prime minister are satisfied with the deal. it is good for canada, mexico and all three. this is good for all all three. just that fact makes it good for us. this is good for all three. this is a much different deal than the aft, and this is much more of a reciprocal deal for the united states, which is really good. go ahead, peter. >> reporter: can you talk about kavanaugh briefly? >> president trump: we will do their questions pretty talk about being treated harshly, we will do that in a couple. let's finish up trade, because if a lot of people who want to run over to "the wall street journal" and start writing. go ahead, please. i can't hear you. a mexican journalist customer go ahead, sure. >> reporter: you're going to keep the tariffs from steel and other in mexico and canada? >> president trump: until such time as we can do something that would be different, like quotas, perhaps, so that our industry as

predicted. we are not going to allow our steel industry to disappear. it was almost gone. i will tell you what. if our country and kept going the way it was going, within two years he wouldn't have had a steel industry. we have to have a steel industry. we have to have aluminum. there are certain industries that are important. we are working on that now. that was part of this. but we will do something. in fact, bob, you might want to see a couple words about that. because we literally are talking about that one hour ago. >> think you promised to present. i would say first evolved, two separate things as far as we are concerned. we know there are grave interests to both introduce peer wearing engaging in talks about it try and preserve the effect of our program and still take care of the maids. hopefully we will be able to work that out. we are in communication with them. and really take care of the needs of our steel companies. it >> president trump: i don't want plants closing. they are hiring thousands and thousands of workers all over the country. i'm not giving that up.

>> but the president-elect, he will keep his word? >> president trump: we have a very good understanding, yeah. really good. yes, sir, go ahead please. >> reporter: . i'm hoping you can just reiterate on the terrace. what, specifically, would it take for canada or mexico to be exempt from these tariffs? secondly, did you consider dairy the deal breaker? when to canada? >> president trump: dairy was a deal breaker. for a farmers, it has substantially opened up much more. i know they can't open it completely. they have farmers, also. you know. they can't be overrun. i fully understand that. i told him that. i didn't know they have limits, but they can do better. we have opened up to our farmer farmers. so the folks up in wisconsin. i will tell you what, i went to wisconsin, i went to iowa. joni knows better than anybody, right? scott walker, who i think is a fantastic governor, talks about it all the time.

our farmers were not treated properly by canada. now they will be treated with respect. they are going to be treated fairly. or, as i say, in that reciprocal way. it's very important. yes, sir, go ahead. >> reporter: thanks, mr. president . some give-and-take on both sides with this deal. i wonder in, your view, would be our biggest concession to canada and why he decided to make that concession. number two, if you could dive in to your thoughts on justin trudeau? you talk about tensions. i wonder what you, throughout this process, what you have learned about him and what the state of the relationship is with him today and going forward. >> president trump: i think my biggest concession would be making the deal. because we are the one that people come and take from. i'm talking about every country. that gives us a tremendous advantage in negotiating that we never used before with past

administrations. we never used it. every deal we have is a loser. every deal -- you can look at almost every country in the world, almost every country, we have trade deficits. we lose with everybody. i think my biggest concession was making the deal. because we could have done a different way, but it would have been nasty and it wouldn't have been nice. i don't want to have that. we have a great relationship with canada. i think now it will be better than ever. the only problem with justin is that he loves his people, and he is fighting hard for his people. i think we -- we have always had a very good relationship. it got a little bit testy in the last couple of months, but that was over this agreement. i understand that. no, i think justin is a good person who is doing a good job. he felt very committed to his people, that's what he did. again, this is good for everybody. this is good for canada, good for mexico, also. yes, please. please. go ahead.

>> reporter: thank you, mr. president. as you mention, you will be signing this, and your counterparts will sign it in the next 60 days. then it's a congress. you are very confident, and i get that. you are a confident guy. >> president trump: not at all confident trade i'm not. i don't know. tell me -- are you guys going to sign a question mark tell me. i think they will. >> reporter: if congress is controlled by democrats. it could happen. >> president trump: they might be willing to throw one of the great deals for the people, and the workers, they may be willing to do that for political -- people, political purpose. frankly, they will have 2020 in mind. so i dream about 2020 when i look -- they have 2020 in mind. they want to do as well as they can, so trying to reject even great deals. this is a great deal for our country and other countries. but it's a great deal for our country, and for our workers. i can't tell you whether or not they will obstruct, whether or

not they will resist. the whole campaign is resist. i see those signs. "resist." they don't even know what you are resisting. when you asked them, they can't answer. they had somebody on this weekend, they said "what are you resisting?" and they were unable to answer the question. i can't tell you about delay, obstruct, resist. right after this election -- and i think we are going to do well, although history is not on our side -- i guess in history, whoever has the white house doesn't do well in the midterms. the one difference is that we have the greatest economy in the history of our country. i think that's a big difference. that's one of our problems, too. because people that went out and voted for me -- and they would be voting for me if i was my ticket, but i'm not on the ticket -- congress is on the ticket. i tell my people, that's the same thing as me. in a sense. that's the same thing. think of it as the same thing as me. but i think we are going to do well.

i actually, i think -- we have senate races that weren't even in play six months ago. when i started looking at it closely, i won't mention names, but there were senators that were not in play. they were not even -- you know exactly what i'm talking about. numerous of them. they were not in play. in other words, let's not go here, let's not go to the state, four or five states. now it's like even races -- in one case, they are up two points. who knows with them. as you know, there are a lot of repression poles poll, polls tt aren't reflective. we have areas, and congressional seats, too, where i know it's going to be a positive outcome. but you look at what's going on, and it doesn't seem to be broadcast that way. i certainly had that with my election. they were telling me i was in trouble in certain states that i ended up winning like in a landslide. i knew i was going to win them

in a landslide, but they wouldn't report it that way. you know why? fake news. okay. right behind you. >> reporter: do believe the trade agreement will be a major issue in the midterm elections? >> president trump: it shouldn't be. it's a good agreement. these people -- when i first did it, they said "why don't you just extend that customer" because they have no idea of business. just extend after? that would have been disaster. losing $100 billion a year and deficits. at least. at least, to mexico. under nafta. just look at the results. a substantial amount to canada, although a lot of people try to say it's pretty much even. it's not even. we lose a substantial amount. i think it's a very hard thing to defend. but that's all right. look, i understand the world of politics as well as anybody. i haven't been doing it that long, but i actually have been. because i've been doing on the other side, and i do understand. they can take the greatest thing ever done and try and make it sound as bad as possible.

but this one is tough. this one, people are coming out for this one and saying "that's incredible, what we've been able to do." yes, behind you, please. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. now that you've answered several questions on trade, i'd like to turn -- >> president trump: don't do that. excuse me. you have a question on trade? will do one or two questions. don't do it, that's not nice. beside that, somebody's before you. excuse me, don't do that. do have a question on trade? >> reporter: you answered several questions on trade. my question is on judge kavanaugh. you said the fbi should interview whoever they believe is appropriate. is that include julie swetnick? >> president trump: give me a question, please. give her the microphone, please. report and i think you very much. with border security, or funding for the wall, the negotiation, and will pay for the wall. >> president trump: we are getting $1.6 billion for the wall. we've got $1.6 billion. we have quite done like

$3.2 billion in the wall. move a lot a work of people don't realize. i don't want to talk about it, because i can build a quickly one time. which is what i want. we've building it over at the last year and half with $3.2 billion, and i we have another $1.6 billion. i have a big decision to make after the election as to whether or not we go for it. because, you know what? border security, to the people of our country, very important. it's a big factor in border security. i really believe that the people of our country, they want the wall and they want border security. they don't want open borders like the democrats want to have. they don't want crime pouring into our country. they don't want ms-13 pouring into our country. they don't want that. i think i have a very big decision to make some time right after the election, very quickly, because you know it comes new after the election. they want to do before the election? personally, yes. but i don't want to do that for different reason, because i have some very fine people that are running and close races and it may affect them and it may not.

they may be good for them. i happen to think it will be good for them, but border security for a country -- our people want security. the women of our country, they want security. they don't want to have thousands of people pouring across the border. i will tell you what, they want to have ice. because ice walks into ms-13 and these gangs, and they treat them like it's just another day in the office. they are rough and they are tough, and they love our country. and i'm trying ice good, and i'm treating our law enforcement good. the democrats don't want to take care of our law enforcement. the democrats don't do take care of our military. we are going to have a decision to make some time right after, very close to after the election is over. that will be on border security, and the wall. but border security per the wall is a big factor. okay, do you want to do some questions? >> reporter: was a part of the conversation at the negotiation question market >> president trump: yes, with mexico, we talked about it. it was a big part. certain things in certain understandings or head. at the same time, we don't want

to mix up too much prey this is a very big deal and a very good deal for everybody. but border security and security, generally, is a very big factor. we also have drugs. sometimes, some people would say is a very similar thing. but we talked about drugs with mexico. that's a very big factor. very, very big. we have a lot of good understandings. we will be discussing that with them. >> reporter: thank you. >> president trump: it was absently factor in the deal. okay, let's go. come on. get off trade, i guess. people are falling asleep with trade. to me, it's the most exciting thing you can talk about, right? [applause] all right, let's go. come on. on. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. in a tweet he said it was incorrect to say that you are limiting the scope of the fbi investigation into judge kavanaugh. but your own statement on friday made it very clear, use of this investigation must be limited in scope. which is it? >> president trump: i didn't say anything like that. what i said was let the senate decide whatever they want to do was okay with me.

also, the fbi. i think they should do what they have to do to get to the answer. at the same time, just so we all understand, this is our seventh investigation of a man who has really -- you know, you look at his life until his happen, what a change he has gone through. what his family has gone through. the trauma. for a man that has never had any accusation, any -- he hasn't had a bad statement about him. i think he was number one in his class at yale. he was number one in his law school at yale. then, when he has gone through over the last three weeks is incredible. so, i want the fbi -- this is now their seventh investigation. it's not like they are just starting. i want them to do a very comprehensive investigation. whatever that means, according

to the senators and the republicans and the republican majority. i want them to do that. i wanted to become brands of. i actually think it's a good thing for judge kavanaugh. i think it's actually good thing, not a bad thing. i think it's a good thing. with that being said, i'd like it to go quickly. the reason i would like you to go quickly, very simple -- it's so simple. because it's unfair to him at this point. what his wife is going through, what his beautiful children are going through, is not describable. it's not describable. it's not fair. i think it's fair to do it to me, because i've been going -- from day one, from long before i got the office, you've been doing it. it almost became -- i think, for me, it's part of my job description. to handle this crap. but as far as -- this is a man, this is not from his world. you know what? if they aren't going to want him -- and i think it would be a

shame, and with him all the way -- a charge made, or said to have occurred 36 years ago, and nothing happened since. look, i feel badly for all parties. i feel badly for everybody. i feel badly for our country. this is so bad for our country. but i will tell you, i watch those senators on the democrat side and i thought it was a disgrace. partially because i know them. i know them too well. you know what? they are not angels. >> reporter: are you saying your white house have us put no limitations on -- >> president trump: my white house is doing whatever the senators want. you don't understand what i'm saying. you do understand, you just don't want to report that way. just to understand, my white house will do whatever the senators want. i am open to whatever they want. the one thing i want is speed. now, they started, i believe come on friday. it could have been a little

earlier than that, but they started -- they have worked around the clock. on saturday, sunday, they are working right now. they are covering a lot of territory. this is the seventh investigation of judge kavanaugh. number seven. this is the number one. they started on friday, dave gone all weekend, lead into the evenings. the fbi is really working hard. they are putting in a lot of hours. so, hopefully they can come up with what everybody is looking for. i am guided by the senate. i want to make the senate happy. ultimately, they are making the judgment paid i'm not making the judgment. i have already made my judgments. the senate is making a judgment on judge kavanaugh. that's a very important thing to do. yes, go ahead, peter? go ahead. >> reporter: just for clarity, so it's clear, it is up to you

with the fbi. it >> president trump: it is up to me. but i'm instructing them as far as with the senate wants. the senate is making the decision. i am instructing them master with the senate is looking for. >> reporter: for clarity, will you instruct the white house counsel don mcgann to give the fbi free reign to interview whomever they feel is necessary? >> president trump: i have so instructed him, and i did it again over the weekend because i see the press -- i don't want to use the word "misleading," it's a much more complex subject than anybody would understand. most people understand. essentially, i have done that. but i did also say, within the bounds of what the senate wants. we don't want to go on, to use of extortion often used by me, we don't want to go on a witch hunt, do we? >> reporter: just to be clear, should the fbi interview all three of brett kavanaugh's accusers? >> president trump: it wouldn't bother me at all. it depends prayed i don't know all three of the accusers. certainly, i imagine they are going to interview two. the third one, i don't know much

about. it wouldn't bother me at all. i have heard that the third one has it -- i have no idea if this is true -- has very little credibility. if there is any credibility, interview the third one. but i want to -- i wanted to be done quickly, because it is unfair to the family, and to the judge. it's unfair. it's so unfair to his kids and his wife. >> reporter: how about for the accusers? has this process been fair to them? >> president trump: certainly, we gave the doctor a tremendous time, which is great. she spoke well. but, you know, there are some questions that haven't been answered, like what year was that? what they was it? where was a question mark do know the location? do know the house? a lot of different things. people are saying "what's going on?" with all that, you can't say we've done anything but be

respectful. and i do. i respect her position very much. i respect your position very much. i believe, and again, this is republican senators and this is the senate. i believe they have been very respectful to the doctor. dr. ford. >> reporter: isn't that why the fbi should interview all of them, to exonerate brett kavanaugh? >> president trump: i think the fbi should interview anybody that they want within reason. but you have to say "within reason." they should interview, but they should also be guided. i'm being guided by what the senators are looking for. because they have to make the choice. go ahead, now you can go. >> reporter: should brett kavanaugh be interviewed by the fbi? >> president trump: i think so. as he gets fined if they do. i don't know. is up to them. i think he spoke very conclusively and very well. i think it's been a very rough period of time. i guarantee he's never had a period of time like this. when he was chosen, everybody said "this is going to go so

quickly." look -- ten years ago, if they thought that brett kavanaugh was going to be a supreme court justice, because of his intelle, because of his career, because of the fact that there are no games. now they talk about alcohol, they talk about all of the things that you hear. and, frankly, you take a look at -- they are bringing up subjects. we wouldn't know about this over the last 20 years, 30 years of his career. what happened customers are going back to high school? they're saying he drink a lot when evening high school? you know, i tell you what -- i have been to know some united states senators. one who is on the other side who is pretty aggressive. i have seen that person in very bad situations. okay? i have seen that person in very, very bad situations. somewhat compromising. and, you know -- i think it's very unfair to bring up things like this.

however, whatever the senators want to, that's okay with me. they are going to be making a decision. whatever they want is okay with me. go ahead. that's enough, peter. go, please. say it? [inaudible] i think the press has treated me unbelievably unfairly. in fact, when i won that, i said the good thing is now the press finally gets hit. now they will finally treat me fairly. they got worse! they are worse now than ever! they are loco! but that's okay. i put up with it. go ahead. i use that word because of the fact that we made a deal with mexico. so -- no, please, sit down. go ahead. you're going to be next. >> reporter: i didn't know, i thought you're talking to -- reporting like i have two questions about judge kavanaugh. first, there are concerns they might have lied or mischaracterizes drinking while testifying. if they find that he did, do you think that bars him from being your supreme court nominee?

>> president trump: i watched him. i was surprised at how vocal he was about the fact that he likes beer. and he has had a little bit of difficulty. i mean, he talked about things that happened when he drank. this is not a man that says alcohol -- that he was perfect with respect alcohol. no, i thought he was actually going back so many years, i thought he was excellent. the interesting thing is, nobody asked them about what's happened in the last 25 or 30 years during his professional career. because there are no bad reports. i mean, there are better reports on everybody in here. most of the people sitting down, there are bad -- except for mike pence, by the way. [laughter] if we find one on him, i think that's going to be -- that will be the greatest shock of all time. there are bad reports on everybody. i'm looking at people, i'm sort of -- look at some of these

people asking the questions. okay? look at blumenthal. he lied about vietnam -- he didn't just say "hey, i went to vietnam." for 15 years he said he was a war hero. he fought in dunning province. we call him da nang richard. he never went to vietnam. he's up there saying "we need honesty and we need integrity! the sky lied when he was the attorney general of connecticut. he lied. i don't mean a little bit. then when he got out, he actually dropped out of the race. he won anyway because democrats always win in connecticut. he won very close, probably the closest ever. he lied, and i was up there talking like he's holier-than-thou. you know what? take a look at his record. when he got out, and when he apologized, he was crying. the teams were over the place. and now he acts like "how do you customer" take a look at the juo has led an exemplary life.

you go back to high school? because he had a beard? i think the judge has been pretty amazing about describing his situation with alcohol and with beer. take a look at cory booker. he ran newark, new jersey into the ground. he was a horrible mare, and he made statements that, when he was in high school or college, what he was doing, he made the statements. and now he is talking about judge kavanaugh? and i could go through a list of them, okay? look at dianne feinstein. you tell me about times, dianne feinstein knew about this two months early. if she wanted a really thorough investigation, we had all the time in the world. she didn't have to wait until after the hearing was closed. essentially. she should have said "listen, i have a problem." i have this report. i would like the fbi to look at it while we are doing the

hearings trade" we had two months. no, she didn't do that. she waited until we are closed, and then she probably leaked it. but, you know, who am i to say? but she probably leaked it, based on the very bad bodily which the other day. more importantly, in a sense, for her to wait for that period of time enough for you democrats -- and i guess i'm including you, too, the media. i consider you a part of the democrat party. but, for you, for the democrats, to be talking about "we want more time for the fbi." if you wanted more time for the fbi, why didn't dianne feinstein bring this up? you know that she showed the southern democrats. she's not the only one. she showed this to other democrats. there are more than just her than knew about this confidential thing. it was confidential until the hearing was over. after it was over, they went public. why didn't they do it during the hearing? and we could have fed all the time in the world. you know why?

because they are dishonest people. okay, yes, please. reported mike he didn't answer my question, mr. president . if you did lie about his drinking, does that mean you will pull his -- >> president trump: i don't think he did. what, here's -- i'm just saying, i'm not a drinker. i can honestly say i've never had a beer in my life. okay? it's one of my only good traits. i don't drink. [laughter] whenever they are looking for something good, i say "i've never had a glass of alkyl. i've never had alcohol." for whatever reason. can you imagine if i had? what a mess i would be? i would be the world's worst. [laughter] but i never drink. an average rent, okay? i can tell you. i watched that hearing, he had difficulty as a young man with a drink. one question i didn't ask is, how about the last 20 years customer did you have difficulty then? nobody said anything bad about him in many years. they go back to high school. i graduate from high school, and

while i didn't drink, i saw people drinking. they drink beer, go crazy. they were in high school paid 16, 17 years old. i saw a lot of it. does that mean that they can't do something that they want to do with their lives? it's a very tough thing. i really believe that he was very strong on the fact that he drank a lot, so i don't know whether there's a big discrepancy. go ahead, please. >> reporter: just to wrap up -- >> president trump: you've had enough. go ahead, please. >> reporter: thanks, mr. president. judge kavanaugh said he was being targeted by democrats. has he made the process overly political? and, how can you assure the america people that he will be able to deliver impartial decisions? >> president trump: you should asking that question, but i will say he's been treated horribly. he's a good man, with a good family. he's been treated horribly. lindsey graham was, i thought, terrific to have a day.

one point that is not being discussed by a lot of people that is, who is going to want to run for office? be in office? not just the supreme court. many positions. i have right now 360 people who aren't being approved. they are very qualified. nobody says they aren't qualified, but senator schumer is not approving them because of resist and obstruct. it is much longer than ever in the history of our country. i think doubled the time, almost. it's far more people than the history of our country. most of those people are routine approvals. these are people that give up jobs. they give up their life to come and serve our country. and schumer and his group won't approve them. they are slow-walking them. everything is going -- 30 hours meeting, they take him out. 30 hours. they're going to be approved, it's a disgrace. when the judge brings up whether it's politics were not, i don't know. you have to ask him. i can say this -- he has been

treated really, really horribly. >> reporter: are you concerned -- >> president trump: i'm not concerned, no. do you know what i'm concerned? that we get great, great people on the u.s. supreme court. that's what i'm concerned. i want to have great people. i don't want to have to call people for any court and have them say "sir, it's such a great honor, but, no thank you. i just can't do it. i can't do it." that would be a sad day for a country. we are going to come close to that. because i know people now that say "i don't know how he does it. i don't know why he would have taken." no one knew a thing like this could have happened. when justice, now justice gorsuch got approved, it was rough, but it was nothing like what they are doing to this man. what they are coming up with. in many cases, fabricating. as you know, certain stories were pulled back that were horrible. what they are doing to this man and his family is very, very sad. very bad for our nation. yes?

>> reporter: you just said that some centers are not angels, and you've seen some of them encumber rising situations. >> president trump: i would say some of them, yes. >> reporter: can you tell us who come and exactly what -- >> president trump: i think i will save it for a book like everybody else. i will write it. [laughter] i won't give it to you. yes, go ahead. >> reporter: mr. president, if the fbi finds other witnesses that can corroborate any of the counts of the accusers, would that be enough -- >> president trump: i would look at that, i'm open. i think he's a fine man. i think he's a great scholar. i still believed him -- when he said what he did, he focused on being number one at yale. being number one in high school. being number one at law. he focused. i can so understand that. it was so important, though he said that. it made an impact on me. he was so focused on being number one at yale. i believe he was number one at yale. but, i understood that very well. >> reporter: i wanted to ask

about some thing else he brought up today, the las vegas shooting. there are some frustration that more hasn't been done in that past year, more hasn't been done about bump stocks. >> president trump: you are wrong about that. in order to eliminate, terminate, bump stocks, we have to go through procedure. we are now at the final stages of that procedure. in fact, the lawyers were just telling me -- over the next couple weeks, i would be able to -- you can't just write it up. rules and regulations in this country are really tough. even for something like that. we are knocking out bump stocks. i have told the nra, i've told -- bump stocks are gone. but to do what you have to go to public hearings, which we have had. you have to go through all sorts of regulatory control systems. we are in the final couple of weeks, and i will be -- is our attorney around some please, please? he said we are in the final -- we are in the final two or three weeks. i will be able to write out bump stocks. but it's a process that takes,

statutorily, about a year to do it. to do it properly. >> reporter: any other actions you are planning to help prevent -- >> president trump: yeah, we are working with congress on both sides. we're working on a lot of different things. that was a horrible thing. but we are working with both sides of that question. the bump stock is almost gone. again, to do it so it's meaningful, the lawyer just said it -- yes, we have gone three whole procedure. if you look, in fact, you could call derek who you know very well. he has gone through the whole procedure. we have done absently by the book. and in a very short period of time. bump stocks will be ruled out. okay? yes? you have had one, yes, ma'am? go ahead, please. please. please, please. sit down. >> reporter: mr. president, a final trade question. since the aluminum tariffs will be coming down from canada and mexico, can you talk about whether there was discussion of ending those retaliatory tariffs against the u.s.?

>> president trump: they are not retaliatory pair they're trying to get some really bad things from happening happening. they were dumping in our country. it was china and various others. they were dumping massive amounts of dead steel. it's called dead steel. it's also imperfect. inside of that steel was a lot of bad things that make for a weaker steel. when we are building bridges and you have mud steel or other quantities of other material in that steel, that's a very bad thing. it's very unsafe. so it's not just economic. you know, we have -- the miners have been very thankful. he saw that the overnight in west virginia. we have met allergic coal. other materials. we have minds that are opening up now to get that incredible stuff. it's news not for heating and cooling, this is used in electric. this is used to make steel.

those minds are not opening up, and we are making steel. the prices are going to end up being less because we don't have the shipping problems. when you ship it from places so far away. you will see. we'll have hundreds of new plants open up in our country. they will be competing against each other. outsiders will be able to compete. just so you understand what's going to happen, they were going to knock out every steel plant we had. then they were going to double and triple the price, and we couldn't have done anything about it. it's a very dangerous thing. we have employed a lot of people. billions of dollars is now flowing into our treasury. okay, yeah, in the back, please? please. >> reporter: staying here on trade, the stock market has liked the announcement today when we walked in here. the dow was up 250 points or so. there are some who are worried that, because of the threat of future tariffs, it could potentially stifle an economy that is hot. a stock market that is hot. but, yet, today, you have once again said "as it relates to china, more tariffs could be coming down the line."

are you worried that, potentially, you are somewhat suppressing this county from running for the? >> president trump: no, i'm using them to negotiate. hopefully we can make a great deal with china. a fair deal. a reciprocal deal. a great deal, a fair deal. we have a lot of catching up to do with china. when they join us for $500 billion a year, which is probably the real number -- and that's not including the theft of intellectual property and other things. a lot of people say it's hard to value, but a lot of people say that could be $300 billion a year. that's a tremendous -- you just can't let that happen. no, we are using tariffs very successfully to negotiate. if we are unable to make a fair deal, then we will use tariffs. but mexico and -- if you look at mexico and canada, they are way beyond that. we have a deal that really works. the nice part of the deal we make with them is that it's not a specific product, it's a product all across the line. whether it's dairy or -- just a a lot of products.

you see the list. there are many products. and they are all included. it's across the board. >> reporter: mr. president, with china -- one more come if you don't mind? >> president trump: go ahead. >> reporter: mr. president, if the fbi does find something, and brett kavanaugh folds, is there a plan b? >> president trump: i don't want to talk about plan b. i hope it gets approved. i hope the report comes out like it should. like i think it should. i think it will. i hope. i hope. i am waiting, just like you. certainly, if they find something, i'm going to take that into consideration. absolutely. i have a very open mind. the person that takes that position is going to be there for a long time. i have a very open mind. i just think he's an outstanding person. i think he has been treated horribly. even if you are going to bring up some of the subjects that were brought up, they didn't have to treat him so viciously and so violently as they have treated him.

>> reporter: on trade? >> president trump: thank you very much. thank you very much, everybody. [applause] >> the president of the united states. more than an hour ago, with opening comments about a landmark trade deal with mexico and canada. the united states, mexico, canada agreement. or usmca, as you heard them talking about. after that we heard from several people including the trade representative, lighthizer, there. several others. but then the president opened up at the rose garden to taking questions from the media. it got very interesting from there. so, with our broadcast stations along and fox news channel, we have been watching this unfold with sometimes contentious moments with reporters. the president taking a lot of questions. now, wrapping up. that trade deal replaces nafta. this is a huge moment in trade

around the world, with this deal with the united states, mexico, and canada. then this segue -ed into something else. we are wrapping it up here on the fox station. we will continue our coverage now of what you see in the rose garden on fox news channel. stay tuned to fox news channel for continuing coverage. i'm harris faulkner in new york. >> harris: fox news alert, presm wrapping up a news conference on the landmark nutri deal with canada and mexico. he initially brushed off several questions on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh before defending him. >> in a tweet this weekend, you said it's incorrect to say you are limiting the scope of the fbi investigation. >> president trump: what does that have to do with trade? reported mike i do have a second question on the cabin often, when you get back to it. you will take that now? >> president trump: no, no.

if you have a question on trade? do you have a question on trade? >> reporter: my question is on judge kavanaugh. he said the fbi should interview whoever they believe is appropriate. does that include julie swetnick, the third accuser? can you promise to release the full findings of the fbi -- >> president trump: give me a question, please. >> melissa: a lot of fire in the work done mike rose garden to the! let's bring it to the couch here. david webb, me ask you first. he did go back, he did answer those questions, but he wanted to control the flow of questions at the beginning and focus on trade. this is something they have been working on for a long time. they got used to the so idea tt you get hijacked away from what you want to talk about. he did circle back. boy, that was contentious. some of the quotes -- cecilia vega was the one at the beginning, from abc news. that was the most contentious, when he called on her first and said she was in shock because he picked her.

she said something to "i was not thinking of --" i know you are not thinking, you never did. and she said "excuse me? "what did you think about those excluding judges? he was being who he is. i like the fact that he controlled. we will talk about trade first. people can argue about the style but there's a lot of substance in this deal. that's what we should focus on. he did go back to cavanaugh. you know, for everybody who doesn't want to talk about the president's availability to the plus, this is been the most available president to the press. you have all just washed another example. he will take the q&a. we were joking that before the q&a prayed he would take it longer than the speech three times over. he gave them what they wanted. i would talk about the substance. >> melissa: katie, the thing is, this trade deals and arm us. he had promised a better deal, and people have been making fun of him forever saying "you're out there putting. the tariffs, you don't want

this." he got out there. the tone with those reporters, especially when he said to her "i know you were not thinking, you never do." >> katie: i don't think he would've said anything different to jim acosta from cnn. if are going to focus on him telling her that she wasn't thinking about something, which i'm sure the media will, in the environment that we are in, he treats reporters fairly. he has had this town since he started out on the campaign trail with reporters. i think that continued to focus on it is actually huge distraction away from the news, here. you look at the steel couple weeks ago, musk mexico sign on. he said we were going to go on it without you. he did meet with justin trudeau last week at the general assembly meeting in new york city to go over this. here are couple of weeks later with this deal. this has to go through congress. i found interesting that senator chuck grassley of iowa so this morning, he tweeted, the first reading through. he said it looks very favorable to americans and iowa agriculture parade he's on board

with it. he can bring a lot of people in the midwest on board, as well. >> melissa: let's talk about what he had to say about the investigation into brett kavanaugh. it shows where this irritation is going from, you guys respond on the other side. go ahead. >> president trump: i have so instructed him, and i did again over the weekend. i see the press -- i don't want to use the word in this case "misleading." it's a much more complex object than anybody would understand. then most people understand. essentially, i have done that. i also would say that it's within the bounds of what the senate wants. we don't want to go on, to use an expression often used by me, we don't want to go on a witch hunt, do we? >> reporter: just to be clear clear -- >> melissa: harris? >> harris: it's interesting. when the president was asked about corroborating evidence possibly popping up for any of the women accusers, he said "i'm open. i'm open. i think he is a great scholar." talking about the judge. he's in a position right now where he is just watching prayed he said "this is really up to

the senate." he's right about that. >> david: which is constitutionally correct. the advise and consent is left to the senate. >> they are responding favorably to the nafta usmc a move, and the fact is being altered -- it's a great object for the present. anything in the economy is good for them, especially in creating passion. that's why he was trying to set the tone at the beginning of the press conference. to david's point, the press knows. they can ask them a question prayed he had what, 78 minute press conference after the kavanaugh-4 testimony? they know they have access to improve their lot of important questions that have yet to be answered. it was interesting, because he got very emotional and very torqued up in defense of judge kavanaugh. i made a point of saying "you guys can bring this at me all day, he did long before kim's office. i expect it from you. don't do that to him." we will see whether or not that telegraphs to the centers on the fence. >> melissa: obsolete. we have more in the story, also what he said about some of the

other centers on that. we will talk about that on the upside of this break. don't go away. ♪

>> president trump: look at some of these people asking the questions, okay? look at blumenthal. he lied about vietnam. he didn't just say "i went to vietnam." 15 years he said he was a war hero. he fought in da nang province. we call him "da nang richard." da nang. that's his nickname. da nang. he never went to vietnam. he's up there saying "we need honesty, and we need integrity." the sky lied when he was the attorney general of connecticut. >> harris: it's worth mentioning that blumenthal had just wrapped up a news conference before, or as it was beginning of the rose garden. the present saying these words. u.s. senator richard blumenthal of connecticut held that news conference on the latest in the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh.

some of his comments including wanting more people to be interviewed and the fbi investigation, so on and so forth. what do you think about the president and what he said about blumenthal? >> david: absolutely true. as the sun and that few of vietnam veterans, my father did. he is one of the lowest of the low when it comes to stolen valley. there is not an excuse. you don't excellently excellent deployed to vietnam. after that, your credibility is shot with me. if you look at what he's been tweeting about in the past 24 hours or so, he's just pushing that for himself. >> harris: kennedy, as we sat here, you looked shocked -- we had forgotten how much there wa was. >> kennedy: i didn't realize he had said he'd been part to the part vietnam were some of te bloodiest fighting was, the casualties for men and women. it's a disgrace. i still harbor quite a grudge

against jane fonda. i'm never going to let go of that. it still should mean something. that's the problem with hypermoralizing. when both sides are doing it, and it becomes this tit-for-tat, what are you expecting a people? are you expecting people to not have pasts? it's not to say the bad behavior is not forgiven, but you have to keep things in perspective when you are going after people because it's very easy for them to come back at you. especially in people are split up into only two groups. spew when it comes down to a civil work, which is "hypocrisy." that's the thing they got the president elected. that's the thing the american people hate the most right now, is the hypocrisy. when you have someone that has lied about something that is a very big deal, and the kids a blumenthal, and then he comes out and he's acting very moral and is charging people with long to do immoral things, hypocrisy is what kills. >> harris: katie pavlich come iou time on the flip side! we we will be right back. ♪

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>> certainly if they find something i am going to take that into consideration. absolutely. i have a very open mind. person that take that is position is going to be there a

long time. i have a very open mind. i think he is an outstanding person. i think he has been treated horribly. even if you were going to bring it up, they didn't viciously as. >> katie, what do you think? >> good for the president to be open politically to the fbi investigation. whether they are going to find anything new, nice to see the president standing behind his nominee. people who have worked with him feel the same way. >> problem is no decent person is going to want their name put up for nomination again. >> this is beyond a -- far beyond having your opinions and writings scrutinized. democrats are so upset some of this behavior wasn't caught in such previous fbi

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>> all right. david web, final thought? >> what we saw is the president coming out strong on the economy, good for the base. all visits from west virginia

democrat country and joe mansion in a tough race. stayed on focus. i am on that for the new deal. >> here is paris. >> we continue fox news fiery president trump pushing back against claims the white house is putting limits on the reopened investigation into judge brett kavanaugh. we are "outnumbered" i am harris faulkner. fbi begun its probe introo supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the white house is trying to limit the scope of that investigation which president trump denied. president was going back and forth with reporters at a white house ceremony. you watched it unfold in the last few minutes. all about the announcement of a new nasa replacement. then