i want to put a plug for my book "the deep state." it's available for pre-order now, on the book stands september 18th. i appreciate it. have a wonderful weekend. "the ingraham angle" is up next. ♪ >> good evening from chicago. i'm lauren ingraham. and welcome to "the ingraham angle" special. it's a good thing because he's facing a attacks on multiple fronts. in the next hour, we're going to tell you how the media are putting stories out to undermine the president's agenda. you won't believe what we're learning about doj official bruce ohr. raymond arroyo is here with his friday folly segment, where

he'll tell us how the funeral of a legend became a political rally. and president trump's efforts to remake the nafta agreement, all coming up. but first, our top story, cnn caught red-handed. as we've been telling you this week, cnn's blockbuster story last month about michael cohen was dead wrong. the network went wild with a report that said president trump knew in advance about that infamous 2016 trump tower meeting between donald trump jr and a russian lawyer. we now know that cnn lied about the source for the piece. and here's the kicker. davis now says the story is false. but still cnn is sticking with its story. and an insider is reporting that

the network isn't planning on revealing its alleged second source. huh. and the left wonders why trump's fake news narrative is working. joining me now for reaction is federalist molly hemingway, who's also a fox news contributor. howie kirk. and a filmmaker whose new film "death of a nation" is in theaters now. let's start with you here. this is wild. cnn is "this is cnn," the james early jones booming voice. at one time back in the '80s when they started, it was considered a gold standard of journalism. where does it stand now after this davis story, a complete bungle by the network?

>> well, one can almost think back nostalgically to the '80s where they would have a liberal a conservative. that's not the cnn of today. now, it's one thing to spin the news and interpret it in a manner that is consistent with your own ideological agenda. it's a different thing to report facts exposed as false and you dig your heels in and say they're true anyway. this is taking fake news to a new level and it is setting, you may say, almost a new standard of deception that i think will haunt cnn for a while. >> your movie, "death of a nation." this is like death of journalism. >> i know the cables compete with each other and it can be rough and tumble. i get that. but this is unbelievable. they claimed that they tried to,

what, contact davis initially with the story but he declined to comment but it turns out he was initially the source of the story. this story gets worse and worse the more people marinate on it. >> davis told me he never confirmed this allegation for cnn and sort of outed himself as a source. cnn is trying to defend the indefensivabi indefensible. what went wrong on the story, cohen's lawyer now says it's not true. the network is accusing the president of lying about his knowledge about that trump tower meeting. i'll tell you one other thing, laura. if the white house had done something like this, cnn and lots of other news organizations would be hammering the place for stone walling. >> molly, and it's not just how they're stone walling tonight, it's how damaging the particular

allegation was that they ran with, apparently with some source they said was davis, which ended up kind of not being him. so it's the underlying allegation about that trump tower meeting which we know would have been at the crux of the mueller investigation. >> well, they claimed it was a bombshell when they first reported this story. as the story is falling apart, part of the reason why they're unable to take responsibility for flubing the story is that they hyped it so much. it's part of the pattern of behavior for cnn as it relates to the russian conclusion conspiracy story they've been pushing for a year and a half. there have been other stories that also fell through. they also claimed don jr had advance knowledge of a wikileaks dump. they never explained how their multiple sources got it wrong. they also claimed his story was contradict the testimony. but we all saw that testimony.

he admitted that he had told president trump that three times, just as president trump said. they never explained how they got that wrong. these are just three examples of what they got wrong about the russian collusion story. >> according to now new reports, the top brass at nbc tried to put the kibosh on weinstein's sexual predation, basically forcinining farrow to take the y new york magazine. and nbc news chairman is on the hot seat. and this is after president trump weighed in on nbc's troubles last night. >> remember the line there nbc, which is probably worse than

cnn. but the word is they're firing the head of nbc. what a great thing to do. how smart. >> this is unreal. >> i think if the cnn story was a lie of commission, the nbc story is a lie of omission. now, just think about how powerful their ideology would have to be because, remember, this is actually not a lie that would help trump. this actually is a lie to cover up a principle, the principle of sexual harassment, the principle of sexual abuse, which is actually a principle on the left. and so essentially this principle could only be trumped by a greater principle on the left. and the greater principle on the left here is we have to protect our own team. they're very powerful people on the left, and it is an unwritten rule in a sense of progressive

journalism that these people are untouchable and that you have to run defense and protection for them. i believe that was what was going on at nbc. >> yeah, he thought he was untouchable. and harvey weinstein thought everyone else was touchable. that's the problem here. howie, this is another wild story. harvey weinstein had an enormous amount of influence in hollywood, enormous amount of political clout, with all the fundraisers he hosted, the money he raised, and deep friendships within the peacock. he and andy i hear were very good friends. what happened to the "we treat all women the same as men. we believe in women's rights"? and when this farrow young journalist was hot on the trail of this story, general counsel was saying, "you better back off or we're going to smear you."

again, these are reported allegation. >> that allegation has been denied by nbc. but it remains a huge embarrassment for nbc. essentially, launched the me too movement. and now you have farrows investigative producer who just left nbc saying this is a massive breach of journalistic integrity by nbc. but two months later, this meticulously reported piece appears in the new yorker. >> what's your gut on this, howie? do you think this producer is blowing smoke here? it sounds a little odd to me, doesn't it? they said today he didn't have enough sources. i think he was working on it and they came down on him. >> when you're a reporter, you know whether your bosses are

enthusiastic, particularly about an investigative piece. nbc was not. they were willing to let him walk out the door. nothing can change the fact that nbc blew this one big time. >> this story also bled into andrew cuomo because he pulled back in an investigation into weinstein after weinstein's attorney gave a $25,000 donation. it even bleeds into that part of the political world. >> it's really clear that we see a lot of stories that get suppressed or elevated depending on political friendships. we want to make sure that our media institutions will tell the stories regardless of where it takes them or apply justice. >> all right. we have one more topic. we have time for that one final topic. president trump last night also shared his thoughts on the current censorship controversy

with big tech. >> look at social media. a thing called free speech rights. you look at google, facebook, twitter, and other social media giants, and i've made it clear that we as a country cannot tolerate political censorship, blacklisting, and rigged search results. and it can go the other way also. [cheers & applause] we will not let large corporations silence conservative voices. >> well, the focus on this from president trump and conservatives may be having an effect. with reports like this one from the new york times stating that some facebook employees are fighting against the intolerant liberal culture. you have written about this in books and spoken about this on college campuses. the west coast, otherwise known

as the left coast, overwhelmingly left wing, overwhelmingly probably voted for hillary. >> this i think is very scary. so many conservatives fled to social media to escape the bias of the mainstream media. and now to discover this effort to sort of take people and make them into digital non-persons, i mean, one has to go back to george orwell to find out this kind of stuff going on now. a lot of people say, well, these are private companies. they should be able to do whatever they want. but this is actually not true. if facebook or google decided to shadow ban blacks or latinos, they would be shut down

overnight. but apparently with conservatives they feel like it's okay to have political discrimination. but i don't see the difference between political discrimination and discrimination on any other basis. >> how big of an issue is this? everyone wants to talk about. everyone seems to have an experience with it. i find bing is the best search engine. the least biased in bing. for whatever reason, that's what i've discovered. >> it's a huge issue because social media is the new public square. and facebook and twitter both have acknowledged eed that the have a problem. president trump and others on the right are obviously going to speak out about this because you can disappear if you don't show up in the search rankings or the trending topics or whatever. but at the same time, i don't think government regulation is the answer. so there has to be another way. >> yeah. molly, we talked about this

earlier. there's a thought that given the enormity of these corporations, and this is a public square today. this is the equivalent of what we used to see in the old town square was people with a bull horn. and so could there be a movement to treat them more like public utilities, so they have some quasi government oversight of these entities or would that open up a total can of worms perhaps in the other direction at some point? >> i personally am not a fan of regulation as an answer to this situation, but these companies absolutely have sometimes huge market share. the percentage of which would make standard oil blush. they are cognizant that they are going to make the government want to weigh in. just because though they're not governmental entities does not mean they're not threats to free expression. in the same way people get mad because president trump criticized the media because that's a threat to first degree expression. it's also a threat to tell

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>> if you've been watching other news anchors and pundits over

the last day, you may think they sound like a bunch of kids on christmas eve. now, why am i saying that? >> you made it to friday, it is the beginning of the labor day weekend. >> looking at speculation over whether bob mueller may make some sort of announcement today >> hot speculation among the president's lawyers that today might be a day of action for robert mueller. >> well, today's not quite over yet, but it's a nice serving of wild unsourced speculation on a friday. come on, guys, the news isn't that boring today. there's a lot happening. are the president's critics grasping at any straws over the mueller probe? we're also joined by kendall coff coffey, a former u.s. attorney. that is quite amusing. i've been hearing, it's coming,

it's coming, there's something coming. i don't think mueller's office is leaking anything. they've been pretty tight. is this just a case of desperate wishful thinking on the part of the media? >> i think they thought we're now two months away from the beginning of the election. and they say you shouldn't have matters that might interfere with voting or the election or put a thumb on voting within two months. so this was a time when maybe something would have happened. but i think today what's happened is news reporting has become part of the adversary system. kendall and i are used to the adversary system. he's one of the great lawyers. he was my lawyer, in fact. once -- one side presents its view, the other side presents its view and then a judge decides. that's what's happening with journalism today. >> and, kendall, we're going to

play -- we have a couple of sound bites. this guy has been around for a while now. but this is what constitutes reporting today. >> this could lead to a criminal referral. the manhattan district attorney also considering charges against the trump organization. trump facing lawsuits in maryland and d.c. over the claws. and of course special counsel robert mueller investigating possible collusion with russia and obstruction of justice. will any of these lay the groundwork for impeachment proceedings in congress? >> nothing's changed. and we're reporting it breath lessly like this is all new stuff. >> i've never seen a speculation become so intoxicating to the media.

he's the greatest leading talent in america and a personal hero of mine. >> you guys are too much. >> alan speaks for himself. let me talk about the election. who knows if there's any bombshells to drop. and let's also recognize the election is coming up very fast. if there's a two-month standard years ago, early voting in florida, pretty important state, starts around october 27th. overseas absentees go out next month and by the end of october, domestic absentees go out. but from the standpoint of avoiding interference with an election, i think the deadline has passed. >> the guy who's already in the middle of the davis trump tower story, jim, a name i always mispronounce.

he also weighed in on the speculation. let's watch. >> you used the word constitutional crisis. in this environment, though, would it really be received that way, right, because arguably the president has shirked constitutional responsibility, certainly broken norms a number of times, frankly without consequence. >> broken norms. now we're at broken norms. >> well, the system of checks and balances is working very, very effectively. the courts are striking down some executive orders, upholding some. the media is critical of the president, some supporting the t. the academy is generally putting pressure against the president. churches, businesses. everybody is involved in checking and balancing everybody else. democracy is working. this is not a constitutional crisis. if the president is subpoenaed,

he'll go to court. this is the way madison had in mind when he created our awkward system of checks and balances, which was not designed to promote efficiency, but to avoid tyranny. it's working. >> i'm not sure madison had a special counsel in mind. i might beg to differ with a professor there. i don't know about that. to me it seems like this has gone way beyond a check and a balance. check and balance was impeachment and conviction of a sentence. i'm not sure a special counsel is what any of our framers intended. but another topic because i have you two gentlemen here. i would like to get your thought on another mueller-related tip. so does that endanger mueller's ethical standing? i'll go to kendall on that.

>> well, it's troubling, isn't it? and whether it splashes over to bob mueller is a different question. but it's obvious that he was working for a private company funded by democrats. that is a glaring conflict of interest. and what interactions he had with others, which were frankly outside of his immediate duties as the director. so it raises a lot of questions. doj in my mind has not done a satisfactory job of explaining it they're really effective at investigating others, but when they go under the microscope, sometimes we don't get a lot of clarity. >> alan, at the end of the week here, any more thoughts on the ohr testimony? his name has been occupying a lot of air time, for obvious

reasons for his connection with steele. his wife works at fusion gps. you know the drill. >> i was prepared to give abuse ohr the presumption of innocence. everybody tells me he's a really good guy. and the thing that really put me away from ohr, maybe overcame the pure presumption of innocence, is the presence of his wife at a lunch or breakfast or whatever it was, meeting where obviously he was trying to obtain information in an official capacity and his wife was working for a private company. i do think that the inspector general has to really look into that relationship. and i trust the inspector general. i think he's one of the very few people who comes away from all of this looking very good. and i would leave it to the inspector general to give us a thorough investigation or good answer as to the relationship between bruce ohr, his wife, the company, the democrats, the justice department. it's very complicated.

>> all right, gentlemen, thank you so much. and a musical legend's funeral turning political? and ryan gosling setting up a controversy. save thousands on america's favorite boats during our model year clearance sale. and get a gift card for up to $1,000 with select models. bass pro shops and cabela's. your adventure starts here.

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start. he said he refused to compromise with canada. president trump called the leak a serious violation, but added that at least canada knows where it stands. i'm mary ann. now back to "the ingraham angle". >> it's friday, and you know what that means. ryan goslings new neil armstrong b biopic has set off a new controversy. we're joined by new york times best-selling author and raymond arroyo. ryan gosling, he's such a nice guy. why could this be possibly in any way cantankerous or

controversial? >> they decided not to show neil armstrong planting the american flag on the moon. now, their reason for doing this is this. and we'll put it up on the screen. he says, i think this was widely regarded in the end as a human achievement, and that's how we chose to view it. so i don't think that neil viewed himself as an american hero. from my interviews with his family and people that knew him, it was quite the opposite. and we wanted the film to reflect neil. now, i don't understand how planting a flag on the moon in any way contradicts his being a humble hero or being reluctant to embrace that moniker as the hero. >> it's another way of trashing patriotism. it's another way of moving beyond the nationalism of the moment. and chuck threw some water on

what gosling said, that he didn't consider it an american achievement. it's ridiculous. >> stick to the facts. he planted an american flag. now there's a boycott movement. and this thing is sparking all sorts of outrage and it's not even out yet. >> yeah. what's that on his space outfit there? i think that's an american flag. yeah, chuck said, "not the chuck i knew." he's 95 years old and he still had it in him. yeah, look at that flag on his astronaut uniform there. come on. all right, raymond. what else is happening? we had kind of duelling funerals today. it was something on television. you had the john mccain funeral and then you had the -- or memorial service. then you aretha franklin

funeral in detroit. >> aretha franklin's funeral turned very political. here is al sharpton at the funeral in detroit. >> i misspelled respect, and a will t lot of y'all corrected me. now i want y'all to help me teach president trump what it means. [applause] when word had went out that ms. franklin passed, trump said, "she used to work for me."

no, she used to perform for you. she worked for us. >> i don't know why they have to politicize everything, but we see this across american life. people just want to turn force. now even the great celebration of a life, a musical legend, the queen of soul is being twisted and turned into a political rally. >> this was so gratuitous. and, again, aretha franklin, one of the great american voices of all time. didn't she get an award from george w. bush? i guess she was a democrat. she didn't seem like an overtly political person. maybe i missed that. maybe i wasn't aware of that. but it just seemed completely out of step. and then you had farakhan up on stage. he was an interesting person to

have there on the same stage as bill clinton and other l luminaries. ariana grande took the stage, chaka khan. but here's my larger problem with this. rather than focus on the individual whose life is being celebrated, it turns into everybody elbowing each other to get their moment on the stage. even maxine waters managed to barge into this celebration. watch. >> councilwoman -- i'm sorry, congresswoman who has been attacked like never before because she's a strong black woman. congresswoman maxine waters from south side l.a., south central.

[applause] everybody just point over there. tell her, we've got your back. come on, say it so everybody will hear you out there. we've got your back. >> but maxine during the salute there from black panther. so everybody got their moment in the spotlight. my problem with this, both of these funerals had become television events. mul multi-venue, star-studded lineups. we're going to see people ahead of time booking the rights to their own funeral. netflix announces cher's funeral. they've got the exclusive right. i don't see how they serve celebrating life and bringing people together. we're using great lives to divide america. >> some mean person on facebook said something like, "aretha franklin's memorial service was

so great that it's been picked up for ten episodes on netflix." i almost fell over. but, okay, i guess it was on for four or five hours. but, my goodness, it was star-studded and it did get political. and as the nfl season prepares to kick off, there's new data on just how many americans side with president trump over the national anthem protest. why it should send chills through the league, next. buffalo style chicken in a pouch-- bold choice, charlie! just tear, eat... mmmmm. and go! try all of my chicken creations! chicken!

>> i know you well. you love our country. you're proud of our history. and you always respect our great american flag. we are standing up for the heroes who protect america. we are proudly standing up for our national anthem. >> well, that was president trump in evansville, indiana last night. and when the nfl season is ready to kick off, the national anthem protests are yet again taking center field. pun intended. the league has plenty of reason to be concerned. a new poll finds that 54% of voters think that kneeling during the anthem is not appropriate. and that's compared to 43% who say it's a fair way to protest racial inequality. joining me now with their

actions. gentlemen, it's great to see you tonight. let's start with you. the numbers aren't huge ly disparate there. a majority saying the national anthem kneeling is not appropriate. but there's a sizable number of people saying it's fine, doesn't really bother them. i'm ready to go to the notre dame game tomorrow night. and college football is where it's at. i'm sorry. nfl football, i just know a lot of people who are just not all that jazzed on it. and i think that is part of the reason, even if it's not intended to be disrespectful to the military, a lot of military veterans do feel that way. and i think that ends up hurting the whole experience for just a lot of folks. >> well, a couple of things. i think sometimes what gets lost in the conversation is why this even started. this started because kaepernick felt like black and brown people

were mistreated at the hands of law enforcement. that's number one. and number two, when you look at polls, it's all about how the question is asked and how the question is framed. but if you look at the nfl and their revenue numbers, their revenue increased by 5% last year, not to mention the $50 million amazon deal for streaming. i tend to believe that they still will watch the nfl. and football, like any other sport, is one of the very few things that most people agree on. i just hate it's turned into a political football, no pun intended. >> yeah, well, kevin, i don't think anyone is trying to make it political. i think people -- >> well, the president is. >> well, i think the president is standing up for what he believes in, just like the other folks kneeling. they're kneeling for what they believe in and the president is

standing up for what he believes in. you can't have it one way. >> nfl is going to stand for not for long. he can quote all the numbers and statics he wants. the nfl is in triage. and i don't know why they're on this self-defeating path, but they like being on it. and it reminds me of what the democrats are doing. >> here we go. >> you're exactly right. here we go. donald trump is standing up for the flag, veterans, and also for police. i've got a film coming out called "bleeding blue." and one of police says, when something happens in your neighborhood, are you going to call a cop or kaepernick? he's exactly right. kaepernick, whether he likes it or not, he started a trend. and, laura, i don't know what

the statistics are. but the overwhelming number of americans believe in the anthem, the military, and the police. >> you can take a knee in protest but also stand up for believing in america and everything she stands for. >> again, i'll say, you can focus on why this even started, the fact that black and brown people are five times the more likely to be killed. this is why that started. and while you can see these people are not pro-america, look, my father served in the military so these players would have the right to take their knee. >> and you can argue this as much as you want. randy moss wore a tie to get inducted into the nfl hall of fame and it had 12 black people's names on it that expanded over a decade.

this idea that cops are out hunting and killing black people is ridiculous. >> no one said they were out hunting and killing black people. i said they were mishandled at the hands of law enforcement. >> we've got to move on. we've got other topics we want to hit. i want to get your reaction to this. last night cnn's don lemmon took a pretty nasty shot at kanye west over his support for president trump. watch. >> it's like you realize that kanye west, entitled to his own opinion, but is not very bright and not very -- when it comes -- not overall, but when it comes to these issues, he's not clued in. he needs to read about it before he speaks about it. i'm not saying he's not a bright person. but when it comes to these particular issues, he needs to read a book, look at history and understand what he's talking

about. >> that's pretty condescending coming from don lemmon, who himself has had a few wobbly moments. let's watch. >> we really don't need to see what's about to happen here. i love you, don. no, keep it closed. i'm cutting you off after this one. should i cut him off? >> a lot of people have been asking about that, about black holes and all of these conspiracy theories. what else can you think about? black hole, bermuda triangle. and it's also referencing "the twilight zone," which has a very similar plot. is it preposterous? >> talking in that last sound bite about the malaysian jet that disappeared, crashed, but could have been pulled up by a black hole. i mean, i guess. i'm being charitable tonight. i guess. >> you don't have to have him

being drunk to showcase his lunacy. just watch his program any night. >> because you don't agree with him, okay. >> no. i don't agree with you, but you're sitting here and i'm not interrupting you. look, at the end of the day, when you look at what he said about kanye west, he's trying to correct a grown man who dare have an opinion that differs from his. and, oh, by the way, kanye happens to be right. there are many reasons for us to look at donald trump as a person who's done a lot more for blacks than barack obama. and people don't want to admit this. and for this particular gentleman to keep talking about donald trump as if he's some bad guy. more black people are waking up because of kanye west and his comments, because they're tired of being demonized. >> laura, that sounds all good.

he corrected his statement. >> i'm going to interrupt him like he did me, laura. >> kanye even apologized a couple of days ago on a national radio show because he was actually wrong. look, i am not for criticizing someone for having an opinion because we all have one. >> yeah, why not? >> make sure when you speak of a certain instance, make sure that the facts are very, very clear. and i'm glad that kanye west was able to be man enough to walk back his comments. >> thanks so much for joining us tonight. i have a question. is president trump about to prove his naysayers wrong and score a huge victory for america? well, how about in trade? back in a moment. are you ready to take your wifi to the next level?

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>> canada feeling the heat from president trump over a new trade deal. tensions spilled out in the public view throughout the day under a looming deadline. take a listen to canada's minister of foreign affairs. >> we are committed to speaking for canada to a deal which is a good deal for canada, not just any deal. we are very good as.

>> now, a final agreement was not yet inked, reached today. but talks are set to resume next wednesday. and my sources are telling me they're very close. joining us now to analyze is wisconsin republican sean duffy. great to see you both. roger, let's start with you. this issue of trade is something i've been writing about for about 20 years. they were all behind closed doors today. they're hammering this out. it's very complicated. the agricultural subsidies that canada gives, especially to it's dairy farmers, are important to quebec, and that's a sticking point. but my sources are telling me they're extremely close.

and no one wants canada to walk away from the table. canada doesn't and obviously the administration doesn't. your reaction tonight? >> i think it's the tale of two trade talks. i find some encouraging elements to how the administration has conducted itself with the mexican set of the trade talks. that's been more sober, more process-driven. they've been working on it for a year. i hope that the success of that as we move forward starts to guide how the president views the resources around him, starts to maybe trust in some of the professionals there to help him. the canadian discussion is much more accelerated and will take more time than what we think right now. and then there's other factors that are going to make this more difficult as we go ahead. we have the 90-day window with congress. if you look at the letter that the senate majority leader sent to the president with 35 of his colleagues, i think there's every indication that congress wants to get into the details of this and then you're going to have a change of administrations

in mexico. overall, i think we're actually closer to the starting line than the finish line. i wouldn't want the administration to start spiking the football. there's more work to do, but this is actually encouraging. >> no. i mean, sean, congressman duffy, this is something that the left, never trump, they were all against this. chamber of commerce never wanted this. they said it was never going to happen. it is going to happen. i will count my chickens. and it's probably going to happen next week. and no one thought trump could do it. no one thought trump could do it. your reaction tonight. >> when donald trump engaged mexico, they recognized that there was some unfair practices between the two countries. they sat down and worked them out. and it's a winner for both and for the american worker. the canadians, they've been really hard to deal with. they're using america as a piggy

bank, as donald trump will say. and they want to keep it alive and well, sucking cash and jobs out of our country. thank god he's standing up for the wisconsin dairy. we can't sell it to canada. what happens if we said, okay, you put a 300% tariff on our milk. we put a 300% tariff on your auto. unfair. >> what happened in this nafta set of talks is canada was involved for almost the entire last year except for the last two months, because then they thought, oh, they're never going to agree, mexico and the united states, then we'll stand with mexico against the united states and we'll get more out of it. mexico struck a deal and canada would you describe odd man out. so he flies in at the last minute and says, okay, maybe we can work something out. but that was a brilliant move. i think they underestimated the

strength of the relationship forged, that these guys have been working around the clock, literally around the clock over the last ten days. and i don't think people fully understood the strength of this new relationship with mexico. presidential tweets notwithstanding. >> well, i think it's a great indication that the president should be able to rely on some of the experts he has. and i hope he starts to do that in some of the other challenges that he has on his plate. the issues with mexico, some of the progress that was made with the auto parts and where the assembly points are located and things like that are great. i think there's still more work to be done. >> but let's not just look to the globalists there before for their expertise. we want those who want to negotiate for america, for american dairy and american manufacturers. >> thank you so much. fantastic conversation.

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