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Themselves and competing with us why not go straightaway at china do something specific against china rather than the entire aluminum and steel industry? >> so, you know, on the chess board, we have to defend our steel and aluminum industries. no question about it for national security and it's not a china problem. we had 20 countries flooding our borders with steel and 15 with aluminum. we need to defend against all those countries. maria: so what's the china problem then? >> maria you hit it right on the head china is a very bad actor when it comes to trade practices but nothing is more impo...

Relationship with washington in some of those -- you know, theaters of conflict. but we can't get over the problem of russia's intervention in the u.s. elections. >> the -- another interesting element of that is that clearly putin achieved one thing that he was after. he achieved total chaos in the american political system but the flip side of it is, i don't think he planned -- i mean, who am i to say this, but i don't think he ever planned on the reaction in congress to what he has done. and to your point about, you know what's coming down the road, you have north korea, you have syria, you ...

Trading day when the dow plummeted more than 1,000 points making today's intraday swing on the dow the biggest ever. meanwhile, take a look at where the other markets stand as we show what this all means in a global volatility and domestic volatility. joining me is jared bernstein, former chief economist and economic policy adviser to vice president joe biden. so really, that is two for one having you here because i'm going to talk to you about joe biden and also about the markets and starting with the markets. >> two of my favorite topics. >> let's start with what is the cause, jared, behind ...

How do we change that? how do we change this cycle of seeing north korea act out, engage other enemies and really disrupt the region? >> well, i think there are two things. first of all, south korea can close that industrial complex which has provided a lifeline of economic support to north korea. but more important, we need to talk to the chinese. we need to use our economic leverage and, basically, say to the chinese you can be friends with north korea, you can be friends with the united states but not both at the same time. a fragile chinese economy is now more reliant on the united states....

Rick: we're following developments ouf iran where a deadly earthquake struck near a key nuclear facilities, the operators of the plant say that the reactor is operating normally after the 6.1 magnitude quake. iran's state television reporting that at least 30 people are dead, hundreds more injured. this quake was so powerful that it forced the evacuation of offices across the gulf in qatar and also bahrain. we will bring you new developments as we get them. ♪ ♪ jenna: well, a new report indicating student loan debt tripled between 2004 and last year. an event today on capitol hill seeks to...