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That report. and he's postponed it again. the uncertainty is hurting just as much as the tariffs are at this day and age. our farmers are beginning to hurt. the threatened tariffs with mexico the other way when we were talking about mixing tariffs and trade with immigration policy had a lot of businesses in alabama very, very concerned. and they're certainly relieved now the tariffs are not on there, but when the president says they're still on the table, that makes for some very unsettling business decisions that have to be made going forward. credit decisions. you name it. alabama is an expo...

That have to be made going forward. credit decisions. you name it. alabama is an exporting state. we depend on trade. and this needs to get over with quickly, and i'd like to see more people on the other side of the aisle speaking out. this trade war with china needs to end? >> what will be your number one, number one issue in this campaign and what do you think roy moore's number one issue will be? >> well, apparently roy is just nothing but religion. that's all he's ever run on was his religion. and that's fine. if that's what all he wants to run on, but the fact is i think generally i would...

Chamber of commerce, it would be the sixth hardest hit state from the tariffs. joining me is democratic senator doug jones. thanks for coming on. much appreciated. >> thanks. good to be here. >> talk about these tariffs. the president came out in the rose garden and said there was a deal struck with the eu. talks to keep talking. are you satisfied? is that enough? >> no. i mean look, that's a fine for a start. i applaud him for a step. but it's only one small sliver of a much bigger pie. alabama is an exporting state. we spend the automobile tariffs alone, which is really where i've been the m...

>> that is just the first of many that we'll see as a result of these tariffs. i don't think the tariff process and the announcement that's have come out have been very good for a number of things. steel and aluminum in my state are really big. we are an exporting state but we use that steel and aluminum to make our cars, to make other items. manufacturing in alabama is really concerned about where we are. our farmers are concerned. it's easy for somebody like harley-davidson to pick up a factory. it's a lot harder for my soy bean farmers to move their farms overseas. these tariffs need to be ...

Of texas elm we diversified the economy. texas is now the none high-tech exporting state in the nation. the bulk of the jobs are in other areas. half as many percentage-wise jobs are in the oil and gas industry than in 1978 and the only gas industry still about the same percentage of our gross state product. so texas exploded economically, and it happened in a lot of other outside of the oil and gas industry. >> you're talking big tents talking inclusion. you were also asked about donald trump, so of the comments he made and the way he entered the g.o.p. race. one thing that is undeniable he h...