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Position on a bill, so that we knew we would actually be making a law. >> president trump says congress will take the lead on gun reform. mitch mcconnell says it's up to the president to act first. is it any wonder why nothing gets done. meanwhile, america reels from one mass shooting after another, after another. welcome back to "morning joe," it is wednesday, september 4th. with us, we have the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass, msnbc contributor, mike barnicle, white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire, and proud to welcome to the table, forme...

Gordon? >> yeah, economists are going to be horrified but trump is actually right. you know, we can win this trade war. last year, 88.8% of china's overall merchandise trade sur plus related to sales to the united states. that was up from 2016. so, the chinese are really dependents on the u.s. you know, we as americans know that trade surplus countries are vulnerable because in the last grate trade war which was the great depression we got hurt the most because we were the trade surplus country. other countries around the world the great depression was not so great. >> martha: what about the i...

They essentially gave a vote of confidence to the north koreans. >> say that again. >> state media told the north koreans that if the united states acts first, that will not intervene. that is bad. that does not help the situation. that is not using the only actor with leverage to our advantage. but everyone is focusing on -- so the north koreans have to be made to feel that were they to strike first this there is a guarantee they will be destroyed. but they cannot think it's like lick that the united states is going to act first. none of this rhetoric or they're going to strike first, none of...

Cruel it can be. my question, it's a tough one pour the president if i were to get at him today, what exactly is your offer to the republicans that you think they might accept to get around the sequester? are you really going to push for higher taxes? are you going to push for these other programs they really don't believe in? what are you going to cut the deal? i think it's on the president's docket right now to come up with something. >> well, yeah, i think you've heard a lot of that being pushed on congress. having the president act first, the faa issue is anomaly in the way that congress h...

>> well, actually right now he's already made that decision. he's out front. he's in connecticut tonight talking about the importance of gun control. and reasonable restrictions that most americans agree with. so he's there. i think there's one thing you left off, chris, which is his legacy, ultimately, is going to be health care reform and budget-related. he has to make sure health care reform works which means finding a way to get it implemented so people understand the value in their lives. i think he's in a very good position coming out on this budget conversation, bring a budget forward -...