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exclamation point. keep america great! does the regime discrimination between rebel fighters and civilians in this offensive or not? >> a closer look at mr. trump's speech. >> reporter: well, cyril, when >> reporter: tonight felt very you talk to people on the much like a campaign rally. ground, they tell you that they most definitely don't, they describe this as the most brutal donald trump went over a laundry list of what he says were and campai campaign, relentless bombardment have been his accomplishments so where no home no hospital, nothing they say has been far in office. he mentioned tax cuts, he spared. as you mentioned, more than mentioned tariffs on steel and 1,000 people killed. aluminum, he mentioned some of on the other hand, you hear from the inroads he's made with the regime saying that it is -- negotiations with north korea, essentially blaming the rebel he mentioned the economy. groups on the ground, saying one by one he went over the they are the ones holding civilians, they are hostages, accomplishments made in office so far. they're using them as human you look at one of the campaign shields, the regime and the slogans that's been listed here russians have announced opening what they call these tonight, promises made, promises humanitarian quarters, two of them at least for people to be kept. that is what trump and the gop is hoping voters here are going able to leave eastern ghouta. to remember in the 18th only a handful of people have taken up that offer and moved district. donald trump carried the through these corridors. district by 20 points, but the why that's not happening, you've reality is the race right now got the regime again saying that between republican rick saccone they're being prevented by these

and the democrat challenger rebel groups who they say are conor lamb is too close for targeting the corridors, people comfort. one recent follow showing say that they fear what might be saccone only up by 3 points. on the other side. they're worried about going into and what president trump is hoping is he's hoping all of regime-controlled territory. but we've also heard some that energy that he had out here reports that it is rebel groups tonight will translate into also preventing civilians from voters that will get behind, leaving. so no matter how you look at he's hoping, will get behind this, they seem to be trapped in rick saccone come tuesday for this bloody fight with both that special election. sides determined to fight until ja the bitter end. >> where are we in this jason carroll, cnn, pittsburgh. offensive? is the regime actually close to in that speech, president capturing eastern ghouta? trump praised chinese president xi jinping for helping bring north korea to the negotiating >> reporter: when you talk to table. people on the ground, when you look at what's going on on the >> president xi of china has battlefield, it does seem like it's a matter of time. it's no longer if eastern ghouta really helped us a lot. they've really helped us. is recaptured by the regime, it and because 93% of the goods looks like when is that going to come in through china going into happen? over the past week or so we've korea, north korea. seen the regime really push with 93%. this ground offensive on several so that's pretty powerful. fronts, but they do seem to be and they've been very good. they could have done more, but making advances. that's okay. i say to them, you've been on the eastern front yesterday, great. you could do more, but they've according to the regime, and done a lot. also opposition activists, they they've done more, china has captured the town there.

done more for us than they have ever done for any other and also reports that they're president or ever done for this really closing in on the main country. and i respect that. town of eastern ghouta and >> there's been a major change in china as of a few minutes douma. and they are trying to cut off ago, the u.s. may be working these two main towns from the with president xi for years to come. >> china's parliament and rest of eastern ghouta. national people's congress has that is important for the just approved a constitutional rebels, it as main supply route for them. clearly as we've seen in the amendment to abolish presidential term limits. past, the regime does have the president xi, already one of the upper hand when it comes to the most powerful chinese leaders in battle. they do have the firepower and decades, will now be able to the air power thanks to their rule indefinitely perhaps, allies, the russians and the perhaps for life. >> removing china's presidential others also on the ground. term limits will have major so it really seems that we are consequences inside and outside the country. looking at the regime advancing, matt rivers joins us now live making more and more advances on from beijing. matt, this has just happened, the ground. and the question is how is this going to end with both sides it's official. why has the communist party decided to go along with this idea? determined to fight until the >> reporter: well, there's a lot end here? the feeling is we are going to see a repeat of what was seen in of different potential domestic political reasons for that, other rebel-held areas where natalie. i think what you can see this as they come to some sort of agreement and evacuation deal as

is really just a coronation of they have been called in other what critics would call a parts of the country, where brand-new dictatorship here in rebel fighters and their families and some civilians are china. the likes of which we have not moved out into that shrinking seen since the guy right behind territory controlled by the rebels in other parts of syria. me, mao zedong, the pounder of >> reminiscent what was we've seen in other parts, as you say. communist china. what you now have seen xi aleppo comes to mind, for instance. jinping do is completely take over the government apparatus from ahman, thank you very much. here in china, and really it coming up, one of the most started late last year during famous golfers in the world may the 19th party congress where xi be making an extraordinary jinping was re-elected as comeback. general secretary of the tiger woods could be poised to communist party, also he had xi win his first tournament in a very long time. jinping thought, as it's known, written into the party how do they find the time? constitution. what analysts will tell you is with audible. by doing that, that made him the audible has the world's largest selection most powerful chinese political of audiobooks. books like peak performance... figure since mao zedong. and endurance. if you criticize xi, in essence books that energize and inspire for just $14.95 a month. you're criticizing the communist party itself. less than you'd pay for the hardcover. if you ask why these delegates with audible, you get a credit-a-month at the national people's congress are going along with good for any audiobook. if you don't like it, exchange it any time. this, even if many of them have no questions asked. you can also roll your credits to the next month differing opinions as to whether this is a good thing, they're if you don't use them.

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you mentioned with past dictators? >> absolutely. this is not a monolithic society. people have differing opinions. whether they can voice them publicly is certainly another story altogether. but yes, there is absolutely concern. we were speaking earlier today, actually, with one of the more prominent vocal critics in china, a former newspaper editor for a state-run newspaper, actually. and he is one of the few people who have spoken up and said he thinks this is a terrible idea and that he doesn't want his children to look back at these days and not see him stand up for what he believes is a grave injustice here in china. there's a healthy amount of suspicion as to xi jinping's motives here. he says or the state meade media say it's really just all about making china a more strong country, but people would point to that and say that's an excuse for creating yet another dictatorship in china.

whether there is dissent or not, the effect is that it's not public. because xi jinping is they have businesses to run all-powerful at this point. the state is all-powerful, and they have passions to pursue how do they avoid trips to the post office? there is no room for dissent. i guarantee right now the cnn stamps.com signal here in china is being mail letters blacked out, if you were staying ship packages in a hotel in china, it would be all the amazing services of the post office black because any time there is right on your computer an open and honest conversation get a 4 week trial plus $100 in extras about whether xi jinping staying in power for life is actually a including postage and a digital scale good thing for the world's go to stamps.com/tv and never go to second-most-important country, the post office again the government here doesn't want to see that. >> they don't hesitate to black out media coverage, that certainly doesn't look like something that will change under xi jinping as he continues here. what about the region? does this have the region concern the? concerned? >> i think what other countries are going to be looking at this situation is perhaps a good thing and a bad thing. the good thing, you know who you're dealing with and there is stable leadership. if you're planning to be talking about china in 2025, you can

pretty much bet xi jinping is still going to be in power barring some unforeseen circumstance, that you can do some long-term planning. but if you are feeling hesitant about china's vision, if you are feeling hesitant about his incredible political oppression here domestically, if you are feeling hesitant about his military expansion in the south china sea, if you are feeling hesitant about the terrible loans that china often puts out there's so many endangered to developing countries in order animals in africa. but poachers have pushed the to gain political influence there, then yes, you are looking northern white rhino to the brink of extinction. at this development here and saying, that's not a good thing. all for their horns. >> now there's a move to reverse so there is good and bad to this that trend after the world's if you're an international figure looking at dealing with last male survived a health scare. cnn's linda kincaid reports. china. but at least for planning >> reporter: he's the last male purposes, you know that this guy of his species. is likely going to be around for without him the northern white a very long time. >> as we mentioned, this rhino will become extinct. decision was made just moments ago there in beijing. matt rivers for us, appreciate when he became sick two weeks it, matt, thanks. ago his caretakers were gravely concerned. part of president trump's speech was dedicated to north korea and his upcoming meeting with its leader, kim jong-un.

>> he is my great friend. while mr. trump praised china we are feeling so sad that he's for its help in setting the not feeling well. stage for the meeting, he also >> reporter: he was suffering from infection from a leg wound faulted his predecessors. and was in so much pain he kept >> saying that the situation should have been handled at some to his pen for several days. point over the last 30 years. vets feared it may be the end still, at saturday's rally, mr. for him. trump struck an optimistic tone. but thankfully he's slowly regaining his strength after a round of pain killers and >> south korea came to my office antibiotics. >> as we look at it now he's an after having gone to north korea animal that is showing the will to live. and seeing kim jong-un. he's strong. [ booing ] he is eating properly. no, it's very positive, no. he's happy, that is fantastic. after the meeting you may do that, but now we have to be very so it's just the pain and the nice. let's see what happens. let's see what happens. wounds. >> reporter: that's a relief to scientists who are trying to find a way to save the species >> andrew stevens from seoul, a through in vitro fertilization collars look at this upcoming in attempts to mate him with two trump/kim meeting. president trump says the remaining females. meeting's definitely happening. beyond that however, we don't he had a tinder profile created know very much more at this stage. by conservationists to raid money for a $9 million ferty experiment. >> we don't know very much more experts hope to mix his sperm with an egg from a female at this stage. the south korean delegation who carried the invitation of the

northern white rhino and plant kim jong-un to meet with donald trump has actually just landed the embryo into a southern here back in seoul in the last hour or so. rhino. poachers hunted them to the and they are now, we understand, brink of extinction, their horns at the blue house briefing the president. not expecting a press conference selling for $50,000 a kilo. at this stage, but there may be some details coming out over the scientists are concerned with something more precious, a fuel coming hours. but at this same, there is no recovery and the continued hope details. we don't know where it's going he won't be the last of his kind. linda kincaid, cnn. to be, we don't know exactly >> hang in there, buddy. when, the president said by may. so it's very much open to speculation at the moment. >> the tinder profile can only certainly as you see there, help. >> $9 million. donald trump putting a pretty positive spin on things and saying he believes that kim tiger woods, he has not jong-un is at least going to lived up to his reputation in a honor his commitment to no tests long, long time. no nuclear missile tests or but that might be changing. nuclear bomb tests, while these is tiger finally back to his old talks are under way. winning self? it looked that way saturday. so donald trump is rather this was at the valspar thrilled sitting there listening championship in florida. to donald trump telling his >> tiger finished one stroke back in a three-way tie for people to stop booing kim second. a win on sunday would be his jong-un, goes to show how far first since 2013, ending an things have changed in the last week. so. the administration obviously is embarrassingly long drop for scrambling now to put together this former champ. some sort of framework.

we're getting mixed messages, >> i've been in this position many times. we're hearing from the white house there has to be some i've won my share of events. conditions that kim has to take here and overseas. concrete steps toward and so i know what it's like to denuclearization before this talk goes ahead. be one back or near the lead. i've been here before. now donald trump hasn't mentioned any concrete steps, i just need to execute now. neither has the south korean delegation either, cyril. >> a lot of people will be so again, we don't know whether watching on tuesday, see what the u.s. is going to now start happens there. valspar. that's our hour but more ahead. playing hard ball before we get i'm natalie allen. >> i'm cyril vanier. to the actual meeting. >> andrew stevens live from we'll be back with another hour of "cnn newsroom" after the seoul, south korea, thank you very much for the update. break, stay with us. a big part of the speech was also about domestic policy and domestic politics. let's talk about that with gina rinehart, senior lecturer for the department of ethics. mr. trump hit on a lot of his usual topics during his campaign rallies, tough on crime, one of the most notable moments of the speech was he seemed to be calling once again for the death penalty for drug dealers. so this seems to be a theme that he's going to ride on?

>> it definitely does. he has landed on this as something that is palatable to some people and very favorable to others. and it's just audacious enough for him to really, really cling to it. because he likes to make sort of bold, audacious claims. and he's i think going to ride with it. because he hasn't had a lot of objection to it yet. >> i'd like you to listen for just a second. >> i was joking and i said, huh. president for life that sounds good. maybe we're going to have to try it. p [ cheers and applause ] president for life. but i'm joking, but i'm joking. >> that wasn't the one i had in mind. however, that was also an interesting moment. mr. trump saying, yeah, he would like to be president for life like president xi, but may, media, don't take me too seriously, i was just kidding,

media's always making a big deal about these pronouncements. still, when you hear that from the u.s. president, is it good form for the u.s. president to be making that kind of joke? >> certainly not. the president for life is essentially a dictator, as your reporter said earlier. and the change in the constitution and the policy in china is really quite scary. and it should be scary to everyone. because it means that there can be no peaceful transition of power to another or opponent group. so if donald trump were to become a president for life, then he would be a dictator of the u.s. as well. i think it's reflective of the lack of respect he has for american political institutions. he did say he was joking. i do think he was joking. but the joke itself i think is in poor taste. >> yeah, if you listen to the whole speech, he praises china. but not just that, also saying

the chinese president has done more for his administration than any other chinese president in the past. then his criticism, of course, here domestically, he actually called -- this didn't get picked up but he actually called an american journalist an s.o.b. there's always this balance with mr. trump where his criticisms are leveled at countries that you could call -- that are not necessarily allies of the u.s., and then here he is actually using expletives against journali journalists. but this seems to work with this crowd. >> it absolutely works with this crowd. don't forget his supporters are people who enjoy the fact that he challenges the establishment. and they're also willing to listen when he claims that he's accomplished things or that what the media is saying are gaffes or mistakes, aren't really exclamation point. keep america great. there. and they listen to what he says. >> president donald trump they believe what he says. announcing his slogan for the so if he says that it's not a 2020 presidential election while leading a rally for someone

problem that the president of china could now be president for else. meanwhile, a historic vote life, that everything's going to be great with north korea, and let's give them a good chance, people think, oh, look, this is an average guy, he's being a nice guy right now, and he's standing up to reporters that he doesn't like, and that's fine. and for trump, that's fine too. because he likes to be praised for things like that, for sticking to his guns. what bothers him is when people say they don't like him. and this crowd is not going to say that. >> no. the fact remains, however, that president trump carries pennsylvania -- carried pennsylvania in the presidential election by a wide margin. and now in this special election that's happening, for a house seat, the gop candidate is actually in a very tough spot. what does that tell us about the president, if anything? >> well, it definitely tells us that his support is slipping. and that even though his hard-core supporters haven't changed, there is, i believe in what we would consider swing or

undecided voters, voters who maybe weren't paying that much attention to the presidential election, there has been more attention to the democratic candidate. and there's been a lot of money going into the democratic campaign there. it shows that the president is losing some of his base, i think. >> gina rinehart speaking to us from the uk, thank you very much, appreciate having you on. >> thank you. his former right-hand ban, steve bannon, is gone from washington politics, but he's not gone. [ inaudible question ] >> no, i don't, not for a second. >> he has something to say. president trump's ex-adviser traveling in europe stirring up the far-right. we'll take you live to france.

let them call you racist. let them call you xenophobes. let them call you nativists. wear it as a badge of honor. because every day, we get stronger and they get weaker. >> he's still at it. former white house chief strategist steve bannon speaking saturday before a cheering crowd

of france's far-right national front, trying to rebrand itself after doing poorly in last year's french presidential leaks. >> bannon hasn't been in public much since he was kicked out of the white house but lately he's been making the rounds among europe's right-wing parties, groups which share his ultra-nationalist invoices. lyon, france, the national front is holding its two-day party congress. you listened to the speech by steve bannon. did the crowd actually like bannon? >> they loved it, cyril, they loved his message. their side, because they believe they have a lot in common, was winning, steve bannon explained he was cheering europe's populist uprising. he believes even more it's advanced even more than in the united states. he focused his message very much on economic nationalism. that's something that has been one of le pen's focuses since 2011. the idea that the economic

nationalism carries measures to keep business at home. it went down extremely well, standing ovation. perhaps the most chilling part when is he encouraged the crowd to identify the press and to boo them, which they did with alacrity. >> what about marine le pen herself, the far-right candidate, former presidential candidate? how does this fit into her narrative? she's been trying to make the party more mainstream, and here comes steve bannon saying, hey, you should actually own the label of racist and xenophobe. >> well, when you listen to that line that we just heard that crept out of context, appears to be what he's saying. in fact, he made the point several times during the speech and in the press conference that followed, denying the idea either he or the populists in the united states or the parties he was speaking to in europe were either racist or nativist. what he was saying was was, ignore the mainstream media,

ignore the mainstream politicians, ignore political correctness, let yourself stand up for what you believe in. that was the gist of his message. the provocateur, he's used that line that's become the headline. marine le pen has been trying to distance herself of the image of the national front that it had under her father, trying to point out that it was not racist, it was not nativist, but it was all about economic nationalism and making france great again, reflecting that american message. so in fact she really did go in her direction, focusing on economic nationalism. that's not to say it hasn't got the indication of vision in the party. there are those who believe it is a reminder of what so many french electors rejected. >> lyon, northern france, great to talk to you, thank you very much. derek van dam has joined us because winter's still here,

especially in the northeast. >> refusing to give up. every day we look at different computer models as meteorologists and start to see trends in the weather patterns. what we're noticing with this particular storm is it's trending closer and closer to the coast. what that means is a potential nor'easter or a storm that whips into the mid-atlantic and the major cities along the east coast -- boston, new york, philly, as well as d.c. let talk about where it's originating. it's really the rain that we're experiencing across the deep south, including here in atlanta, georgia, where cnn is located. this is all part of the energy and the precipitation that's going to eventually move across the mid-atlantic and up the east coast. to bring us our next potential snowstorm. we're rounding out the middle of march and seeing wet, heavy snow. snowfall is going to take place later today and into the early morning hours of monday across the appalachian, it could pile up to a half foot. look at the energy associated with this system across the east coast. here it goes as that low, the

latest computer models starting to pick up on some of that snowfall moving into the major metropolitans of d.c. and philly. this is an extended out into tuesday when the brunt of the storm will impact that region. we're starting to get a better consensus on the computer models coming together, honing in on the forecast showing us that indeed this storm will bring heavy, wet snow. so the national weather service also agreeing with cnn meteorologists, for instance already issuing winter storm watches across massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island, parts of new hampshire, into maine. they are anticipating yet another nor'easter for this region. comparing the two computer models, global model on the left, european model on the right, you can see snowfall filling in across cape cod and into boston, new york, as well as d.c. the euro taking its time to catch up on that. the bottom line is temperatures will be cold enough, there's enough energy, there's enough precipitation to bring in that possibility of snowfall. look at the temperatures. they actually drop on tuesday. when the snowstorm will impact

the boston region. cold enough for snow. let's talk about what's happening in spain. this is a waterfall halves just a trickle about two weeks ago, now starting to flow rapidly because of the heavy rain that continues to impact portugal and spain. that is a drought-stricken region, but much-needed rainfall will continue through the iberian peninsula through the weekend. >> that's a significant waterfall. >> two weeks ago it was a trickle, now it's got a significant amount of water. >> derek, thank you. our top story, chinese president xi jinping now able to rule his country for life. but why is he solidifying his power? and is he now effectively a dictator? president trump promises new tariffs will bring back u.s. steel jobs. but some u.s. companies say, not so fast. we do whatever it takes to fight cancer. these are the specialists we're proud to call our own. experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care.

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call today. welcome back to the "cnn newsroom." i'm cyril vanier. >> i'm natalie allen. thanks for joining us live in atlanta. coming up this half hour, a rally for a fellow republican turned into a donald trump campaign stop saturday. his speech was heavy on his own achievements in office. he pointed out success on tax reform and his upcoming meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un. the gunman who killed three women on friday at a mental health facility in northern california was a decorated u.s. army veteran who served in afghanistan. sources tell cnn the shooter, who also died, was recently kicked out of a treatment program after he threatened one of the women. japan's prime minister is marking the seventh anniversary of the fukushima disaster in march of 2011.

a massive earthquake and tsunami sparked a nuclear reactor meltdown in northeastern japan. nearly 20,000 people were killed by the natural disasters and from subsequent related health problems. president xi jinping, one of the most powerful chinese leaders in decades, can now rule indefinitely, perhaps for life. less than an hour ago china's parliament overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to abolish president early term limits. >> let's talk about this with robert lawrence kuhn, long-time adviser, host of "closer to china" on the china global television network. thanks for being with us. >> hi, natalie. interesting day. >> isn't it though. the first question to follow up on your book title, "how china's leaders think," what is xi jinping thinking with this move? >> well, first of all, we have to understand it in context. what this is, there were 21 different clauses in this amendment. and the whole point of it is to

strengthen the governing system of china. china is a party state system where the party controls the state. everybody's focusing on xi and the abolition of term limbs and it is important, but we need to understand the context within this party state system. october 2016, xi jinping was made core of the party that meant the collective leadership of the past was no longer operative, that he was in essence for the party the decisionmaker. then just this last october at the 19th national congress, his name was put into the party constitution as the xi jinping thought on social iism, what it means is he is the arbiter of marxism and party theory. that means in terms of being the core and the interpreter of marxism, that gives him ultimate power. xi doesn't even need a position. when he has that and the party continues to run the country. >> is that a good thing? how could it be a good thing for

the country when one person has the ultimate power? >> this two issues. one is how it happened, and now the presidential abolition of term limits coordinates the party and military, the three largest positions. they're now coordinated because he already had that power in the government. the other provisions strengthen the party dramatically. now the question is, okay, to what end? what is the result? that's a question only history can resolve. i can tell you what is being said here in beijing. there are two general categories. one is that china is in this so-called new era looking forward to the mid-century, 2050, when china emerges on the center stage of the world. the vision is to be prosperous, strong, culturally advanced, harmonious, beautiful. a large vision. and they say only a very strong person can bring this about, so we need that. second problem is short-term. the next three years, they talk

about three major battles, controlling financial risks, reducing pollution, and ending poverty. because there are interest groups that are opposing the reforms, particularly in state-run enterprises and financial services, et cetera, that you need a tremendous power. so with this abolition of term limits, in addition to his party power, wrap it all together, people have to realize they either get on the program to reform and promote rule of law that xi jinping wants to do, because they can't outwit or outwait xi jinping. >> i understand, you explained the inner workings of the chinese system, but the bottom line is if he just now created a dictatorship, is this good or not good, considering he can rule forever? is this good or not good for the people of china? >> i would say a large majority

of the people think it's good to have stable, consistent leadership. only history will be the final judge. but there are substantial problems when you have one-man rule. it's clear. you're dependant upon the physical health, you're a hostage to fortune of an individual, you're making a system below them less robust so if something happens, there could be more political turmoil after that. so look, there are tradeoffs. every system of government has tradeoffs. china is going big-time for individual control, consistency, not just for five years or ten years but into the foreseeable future. they're setting the dates, 2035 may be sort of an intermediary date which people are looking to achieve. during this time, they're putting their -- china's putting its fortune on the shoulders of one individual. there's no question about that. and hopefully the people around him will be loyal enough and

have enough vision to tell him the truth, even if he doesn't like to hear certain things. >> he certainly has pushed out critics. and it will be interesting to see if this can really be something for the country when you think back to the legend of mao, et cetera. we appreciate you breaking it down for us, robert lawrence kuhn, thank you so much. >> pleasure. in the heart of america's steel country, president donald trump is promising to resuscitate the struggling steel industry with tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. he had been getting backlash from trading partners, specifically from the european union. >> the eu has said it would place reciprocal tariffs on u.s. goods, but it is also indicating it may seek exemptions from the tariffs. at saturday's rally in pennsylvania, mr. trump vowed to fight any retaliatory actions by the eu.

>> they said, we don't want to pay tariffs! i said, let's make a deal on nafta. if you make a decent deal, a fair deal for the american worker, the american people, you'll have no problem with a tariff. i said the same thing to the european union. i said, look. you're killing us. we're losing $100 billion a year. you're not accepting our product. then they say, we want those tariffs taken off. i said, good, open up the barriers and get rid of your tariffs, and if you don't, we're going to tax mercedes-benz, we're going to tax bmw. you want to have money -- >> with the new tariffs, the big question, what happens next? struggling u.s. steel workers hope it brings jobs back. >> but others worry the tariffs could actually lead to job losses. ryan nobles looks at how one steel city could be affected. >> reporter: there may not be a place in america paying closer attention to president trump's

proposal to slap a hefty tariff on steel imports than northeast ohio. >> that's what shaped the valley. >> reporter: whether it is the making of steel, the fabrication of steel, or the use of steel to make products like cars, medical equipment, and buildings, cleveland's economy is heavily reliant on the resource. and the impact of these tariffs could be massive and immediate. >> it will be a net loss of jobs in the steel-consuming industry for sure. >> reporter: hydeman steel is smack dab in the middle of the steel supply chain. they buy millions of pounds of raw steel, process it, and sell it to companies like automakers. >> there's about a ton of steel in a vehicle, on average. >> reporter: hydeman's president and ceo tim berra said the tariff man may offer a quick boost, but then a degree of uncertainty. >> every day this steel goes up in value short-term. it's questionable how it's impacting long-term. >> reporter: hydeman, a

family-owned ohio company, counts automakers among its biggest customers. the auto industry at this point is nervous about the proposal. the american automotive policy council put out a statement in the wake of the president's announcement warning that "this would place the u.s. automotive industry, which supports more than 7 million american jobs, at a competitive disadvantage." bill gaskin, president emeritus, said the association represents hundreds of companies that buy and use steel in their products. 150 of those companies are based in ohio. and he warns a decision could lead to job losses and companies closing. >> it leaves very little to hire people and do the other things that a company has to do, especially invest in new equipment. >> reporter: but the people actually making the steel itself are for the tariffs. including tony panza who spent years inside the mills in cleveland and now represents his fellow employees through the local united steel workers. he argues the tariffs will balance the play field and create jobs immediately. >> and certainly more people

working here, more tax money, more tax dollars going to the communities, going to the states. in the long run, it benefits everybody. >> reporter: gaskin disagrees. he argues in the u.s., there are 160,000 steel jobs versus more than 6 million that are related to companies that consume steel. >> it's hard to make the case that this generates more jobs. >> reporter: ryan nobles, cnn, cleveland, ohio. >> we'll have to revisit that plant and see what happens in the future. british police are scouring hundreds of pieces of evidence and witness testimonies hoping to find answers to the mysterious nerve agent attack against a former russian spy and his daughter last week. >> on saturday the british home secretary held an emergency meeting with senior cabinet members. she told reporters afterward that the government is committed to offering investigators all the support they need.

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