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Mnuchin and ross and lighthizer and all the other people in trade issues for president to carry out his policies they've heard for 12 months. that i know it. >> when will the confirmation hearings begin for brett kavanaugh? >> i can only give you a rough guesstima guesstimate. if you look at the last two or three from the time they were nominated until the senate voted on them was about 65 to 70 days. so a hearing would come somewhere about two-thirds along that road. >> so somewhere around 40 days you think there will be a hearing? >> i can't be very certain on that because as you pointed out...

Separately inviting their raft on these trade issues. are you surprised it's gotten the response it has, the european commission saying effectively, you know, watch your allies. you don't have that many of them? >> first on the 2% nato commitment, they ought to do it. the president is right on that. he has seen real problems. $14 billion more in defense spending in the last year. the european countries are starting to come on board. they understand that we've borne the lion's share for too long and it's time to step up. on trade, neil, we talked about this before, we have to be careful. if the...

Companies as they sell their products around the world. >> stephen, before i let you go, what's your response to that concern? >> i think china is more dependent on us than we' are of them. there's no question both sides are going to lose here if this continues to escalate. but i would submit that, you know, china's economy, which has been amazing for the last 20 years, it can't grow if it doesn't have access to american markets. by the way, you're right. $500 billion, that's about the amount that china's -- that would basically be a tariff on everything they sell us. i hope it doesn't come to...

Republicans and democrats would be critical of giving him more authority. even without some of the additional authorities, the president is opening several fronts on trade issues between the united states, the european union, canada, mexico and, of course, china. later this week, $34 billion of tariffs on chinese goods the president has promised are set to go into affect. with that, we're expecting chinese retaliation of the same amount. >> jeremy, thanks. exactly what jeremy is talking about, the dow is down once again this morning. is this the reason why? canada revealed tariffs on products....

Years, it runs out of money and pay about 90 cents on the dollar in benefits there. one of the issues is that we need to have the population keep growing. we're an economy, neil, because it's so healthy and ultimately, healthy-- healthier economy will have more tax revenue coming in which we've seen from the tax cuts and we have more job openings than there are unemployed in this country. so we need legal immigration to keep the population growing and keep the money flowing into security. neil: the emphasize legal. >> i did say legal. neil: and this whole thing chokes me up, excuse me. you wor...