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Trade imbalance. many republicans on capitol hill, however, who have long champion free trade are not in favor of tariffs. senate majority whip john cornyn trade wars may be necessary but are hard to end and may have unintended consequences. senator said, quote, i'm sympathetic of the concerns that the president has that american has entered into trading relationship that is have been disadvantageous to the country and country's workers in terms of wages, he goes onto say if we start by raising tariffs on aluminum and steel, it would be easy for trading partners to retaliate against our agricu...

Aflcio president whose organization represents some 12.5 million workers on this labor day. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> happy labor day, pam. >> one of the questions looming out there from this announcement by the president is how much will ending daca affect the work force, in your view? >> it will make the workplace less fair. it will make it more difficult to come together and raise wages for everybody. there are 8 million people making contributions every single day. taking away their rights, making them exposed to being fired at will is not only cruel, it's very, very w...

Welcome back to our broadcast. the president's comments on charlottesville came after he was asked, let's not forget, about business leaders who have resigned from his council on manufacturing. six in all so far, leaders of america, intel, alliance for american manufacturing, under armour and the aflcio. about them the president tweeted this morning, quote, for every ceo that drops out of manufacturing council, i have many to take their place. grand standards should not have gone on. jobs. later he was asked about it on camera. well you'll have to trust us. that was him walking out to the podi...

What the aflcio and what union membership thinks is best for them as far as keeping their wages up, and what the democratic party has been doing by 15 -- for the past 15 or 20 years. it's not an easy decision. but they have got to focus on working class americans and doing whatever it takes to bring wages up for them and that may require john heilemann for them to make some uncomfortable decisions that will actually upset some people in their base. and that's another thing, doesn't this whole thing feel like it was a slogan and a program trotted out that split straight down the middle between ...

This investigation. you know, i was talking about it before. if you go back and look at what happened after richard nixon fired archibald cox in 1973. across party lines uniting to defend the rule of law. barry goldwater was the republican presidential nominee before richard nixon. the president who fired cox. the aba held an emergency meeting to condemn the action. aflcio condemned it and called for impeachment. not saying we're anywhere near that today, but i'm saying president trump has i think absorbed the lesson that republicans and congress are willing to accept almost any infringement o...