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Richard Trumka, labor leader and Greene County native, has died.

>> yeah, he sure could. let's talk about the broader issue of labor unions and the democratic base and getting working voters out to the polls again. first, i want to show you what the president tweeted this morning. shockingly, the president was tweeting this morning. so weird. the head of the aflcio represented his union porly on television this morning. some of the things he said were so against the working men and women of our country and the success of the u.s. itself that it is easy to see why unions are doing so poorly. a dem. >> well, and i think the president has a point here when he ...

Disagreement. >> trump is like a carpet salesman out along the highways near the mall. i think there's a lot of bluster in the way he negotiates. i'm oversimplifying things a lot. if we look at this curated trade deals over the years, they've been great for corporations and not so great for american workers. while it's easy to try to draw partisan lines with issues like this, 2015 and 2016 showed us this is a populous versus establishment issue. they're trade, that concept registers with many democrats, which are on the populous left side and it registers with a lot of republicans. so the rust...

Now are pro choice, they now support row v wade, paul ryan and all those republicans are now against a 20-week ban on adorg aborti abortion. they're all against the trump tax cuts, and paul ryan and all those republicans and laura ingram, i saw her yesterday saying the same thing and donald trump all believe that the tax cuts are giveaways for the rich. paul ryan and laura ingram and donald trump and all those republicans now actually support obamacare, and are against the giveaways to obamacare. i mean, i could go on. also paul ryan and donald trump and all those other republicans now actuall...

The president says because china trans ships, the percentage is higher. we stop trans shipment or we will allow their products or they will be taxed. here we go. we'll see what happens. >> thanks, john roberts. we saw the mark moving higher. stocks moving up as fears of an all-out trade war began to ease. with me right now, melissa arnold. liz harrington with the washington pecan and former aflcio organizer, stewart acuff. you know what is interesting, we don't always agree on stuff. this might be one where -- i've started to think long and hard about this trade issue. i'm thinking we might ac...