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Macron on his way to china. the reason they are going there is, of course, trade. china is europe's second—largest trade and investment partner. bilateral trade amounted to more than $860 billion in 2021, and that is why president macron �*s travelling dozens of top country executives to beijing, but what makes trade so important right now is, of course, timing. europe isjust emerging from a painful breakup with russia, and itjust can't afford to lose such an important trading partner as trainer. now, for beijing, well, beijing is facing souring relations with the slightest training partne...

For letting more people in the country. they should turn people back from the border who don't have a right to cross into our country under our laws. more to the point they should be saying don't leave your homes in the first place. you won't get here. if you get here and get in we'll find you and send you home then. that's the way to address this problem at its root to make clear to migrants from across the world that they cannot come to our country with complete disregard for our laws. >> harris: let's get to the military. the senate has approved nearly $860 billion in defense spending and n...

What happened to those eight voe votes? >> reporter: some said it didn't go far enough and argued perhaps some of these churches could be hit with lawsuits if he decided not to perform a same-sex marriage. that argument rejected by some advocates of this legislation but that's the argument why fewer republicans this time supporting this bill, despite the fact the earlier version of the bill did not provide any of those religious exemptions. nevertheless, jake, this is passed, bipartisan support and signed into law by joe biden in the days ahead. >> thank you. manu raju on capitol hill. and...

The ppp program. they are flaunting it. look at some of these pictures. one guy bought himself a lamborghini. what is the thought process behind that? >> the problem with the unemployment insurance, the government gave $860 billion to the 50 states but said they were not liable for any fraud that may occur. so the state had to hire hundreds of people to disburse that money. no one ever checked it out. criminals realized. who has all the money? the government. who is the easiest person to steal from? the government. the government has become a target of people because they know they can get awa...

Commerce department shows the trade deficit increased 27% in 2021 to an all-time high of $860 billion, underscoring, first of all, a lot of spending and buying, but also the country's strong dependence on imports from china and other countries. this as new data also shows china is failing to hold up its end of the trade deal it made with the trump administration. joining us now is brian dietz, director of white house economic council. in addition to the overall trade deficit numbers, the trade deficit specifically with china increased 14.5%. so what concerns do you have with that kind of imbal...