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Hour. >> reporter: so these are decent jobs? >> yeah, it's a living wage. >> reporter: maine coast moves 7 million pounds of lobster a year. they've aggressively pursued other markets when exports to china collapsed. they'd like to expand more. but -- >> the uncertainty is what's hard. and it's trying on all of our employees. we ended the year performing basically on target. we didn't grow as much as we would like to grow or historically have grown, but we didn't lose. >> reporter: the industry holding on for now has a simple message for the president. >> this is american jobs. it's rural jobs...

Unleash them and create havoc in the region. not least of all, this is very troubling for the iraqi people. they endured decades of wars, insurgencies and battles with isis. they're allies with both america and iran who are sworn enemies and both iran and america have forces in iraq. the last thing the iraqi people want to see is their country becoming a battlefield where iran and america settle scores. >> ali arouzi our bureau chief in iran. we'll stay on top of the story with you. jane harmon president and ceo of wouodrow wilson center ad the person i turn to for the most serious of global...

Because it's higher than ever. think it does put pressure on the president to go ahead and cut a deal with the chinese. we asked the president in the oval office how the talks with going with china. he said they're moving along and he expects there to be a deal. he does seem to be moving toward resolution on perhaps some of this tariff war. >> based upon your reportings and observations covering the white house, are we on the edge or into the process here to what the president has reverted to what he's always been, a solo operator? in trump tower, with the thinning out of the white house staff...

Otherwise wouldn't make. the investment stuff, i think that is a mistake. >> sandra: the banks to start doing that anyway? >> i like to see them make loans in general and get back to banking 101. and go to sunday, work on monday, and of -- a novel idea we should make loans. >> sandra: china, economy vice premier will be visiting washington january 30th to the 31st. talks and at solving this tariff war. >> this almost every single day, we see the wheels coming off china economy more and more. and it was something brewing for a long time. i think the trade war exacerbated it and a full view of e...

On earth or certainly one of the biggest enterprises on earth that has many many ramifications for constituents of those republicans and democratic senators and so, you know, the national parks are going to have to start closing, the smithsonian is already shut down. most federal workers don't work in washington so their constituents are not going to get their paychecks. there are farmers who are looking for their subsidy bailout checks from the tariff war that may not get those next checks. there are people who won't get paid, and that ripples through the economy. this is going to start affec...