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(Renewable Fuels Association)  Big Oil brought Ron Miller to ethanol. The son of a man who worked at Texaco for nearly 40 years, Miller found himself working there, too, out of Chicago, just as the oil embargoes of the 1970s were sending the American fuel industry into a major transition. Miller ended up helping blend ethanol into Texaco fuel as the refiner worked with Corn Products to produce ethanol at a surplus plant in Pekin, Ill., outside of Peoria, starting in 1981. One can still watch celebrity pitchman Bob Hope tout “Texaco Gasohol” on YouTube. Miller took over marketing at the...

The u.s./china trade war has been hard on farmers. and another issue is causing frustration with the corn lobby. and that is biofuel. corn growers have sent a letter to the president, saying the bio fuel waivers has reduced demand for their crops. they say frustration in the countryside is growing. what's happening here? refiners have to burn a certain amount of corn products to meet government standards. but the epa has been granting waivers. last month, they granted 31 fav waivers to small refiners. corn growers are angry. and trump later tweeted that a giant ethanol package was in the works...

Union is pulling back hard. starting today, european products are being slapped with $2 billion in tariffs. here's what is interesting. they're singling out products from key voting states essential to president trump's re-election campaign. they're targeting orange juice from florida, a key swing state, targeting corn products, corn from iowa, the first state to vote in the primary and targeting steel. mike pence's home state, indiana, is a big steel manufacturer as well. despite this quickly escalating from a economic issue to a political issue for the president, secretary state mike pompeo ...

Des moines, not denmark, working with those people there, those key voters? >> reporter: yeah, remember for a lot of these voters they weren't even necessarily all one issue voters. and on the paris actually there's not much that is holding up in talking to these voters. they're really focused to be honest with you, richard, asking about the paris climate accord, it's much more turning the attention to health care, tax reform and trade. remember, for a lot of these people here a lot of them in iowa are farmers, so issue of trade and exports of their corn products is huge. so you go from place ...

Heart. i got an assortment of corn products. we will throw this in the microwave right now. popcorn. corn on the cob. >> this is probably product of mexico. ladies and gentlemen. >> i didn't even check that. >> some do nflowers. i thought corn. >> that is sweet. every thursday, we have gifts. >> every thursday? gift thursday? are we allowed to eat? >> dave briggs. nice to have you here. you are fun to share the show. >> thank you for being welcoming. i'm dave briggs. have a great day. "new day" starts right now. protect trans students. >> people go. they use the bathroom that they feel is ap...