that's all for this edition of "dateline". i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching.li good morning to you. i'm dara brown. it's 6:00 in. east. tariff deal the u.s. and mexico reach an agreement. we'll tell you what's in it and what's innot. n reversing course. the fallout from joe biden's back tracking on an amendment. who's in, who's out. the deadline who makes the democratiche debate stage. cable tv show about chernobyl is not sitting well with thel russians and they ar doing somethingsi about it.it details ahead.

new this morning, a tariff billor between the u.s. and mexo late yesterday averting an economic and a political stando between two neighbors. president trump announced the threatened tariffs slated to start monday are now indefinitely suspended. part of the deal includes an agreement from mexico to reduce the flow of migrants crossing the border. mexico will deploy up to 6,000 national guard troops to its border with guatemala to reduce the number of central americans heading north. mexico agreed to expand the trump administration program allowing the u.s. to return immigrants to mexico while they wait forle their asylum claims be decided. that policy has been challenged in the courts, and civil rights groups say it violates migrants rights. mexico says m it did not accept position pushed by the trump administration that would have required asylum seekers to apply for refugee status in mexico before reaching the united states. mike, how and why did this come

together? >> the pressure from president trump, his allies touting the fact that the president appear d at this point and we don't know all thewe details and whether o not itan will come to fruition t the president appears to have been vindicated. others are looking at some of the l provisions of this and sa it won't pass muster in the courts. nine days agon the president frustratedth by his inability t stop thein philosophy migrants coming through mexico, a recordx number of individuals applying for alasylum, family members comingyl across the border, facilities overwhelmed at the border along with the united states, the president unable to get his wall built to any significant degree, this was his fall back position using the athlete of tariffs. there was never any pretension this was about the economy. this was about trying to coerce andto compel mexico to take further tosteps. you reported the details last ai night. the president just after arriving back from ireland tweeting out b the fact that th

agreement is now tentatively in place. this inta the face of staunch republican opposition to the proposal of tariffs against mexico, $87 billion in commerce would be under threat if it had gone through. for now it appears as though this crisisou has passed. one other item from late yesterday involves the rainbow pride flag at u.s. embassies overseas. what's the story there? >> some reporting that nbc news has done from josh letterman over at the state department, st the state department refusing permission,in rejecting request from embassies around the world to fly the pride flag now during gay pride month around the world. embassies, in germany and brazil made this request.s the state department came back and said it cannot be known on the main flagpole at these embassy compounds around the world and germany because the ambassador there, the american ambassador is a staunch ally of

president trump backing him all the way andg yet the senior mo gay official in the trump administration is leading a global fight to end the criminality of homosexuality. he says he's going to have that flag flown throughout. so now a controversy brewing this symorning. >> veryng interesting. thank you so much for that report. at let's discuss this furthes with our senior reporter with business insider and editor in kmeef chief of politico. president trump has secured an important victorys on behalf o the american people. and mitch mcconnell said the onus is now on my democratic opponents. was this a political victory for the olpresident? >> it depends on how you look at it. ifoo you're someone who is in

president trump's key base, his core baseba of supporters you st this as a major victory because you think the president is making progress on fighting illegal immigration. but if we take a step back and we actually look at how this crisis happened this is president trump's m.o., where he kind of manufactures a crisis that he says is a problem. he vaguely defines what success would be. he pretends to play "hardball" with whoever the opponent is in this case mexico. and then he gets -- he gets what he- claims is a victory but largely still just, you know, remaining withinyo the status q. it's very unlikely this agreement would even pass legal muster in the courts because none of these stipulations or ul agreements actually address a lot of the human rights violations that civil rights groups, you know, have said the

u.s. government is imposing upon migrants trying to come across. >> i'm sure we'll hear more about that. crucialth to the 2020 battlegrod states they would have been. hit the hardest by these tariffs. is this success for these hi president's base? >> i prthink, you know, for the president's base, sure they will believe anything he says for the most part. he took a lot of heat from republican omsenators. he took a lot of heat from business groups which are becoming increasingly exasperated with his style. would have been a huge economic blow to the country. it would wipe out whatever benefit there was to his tax cuts. he was under increasing pressure to cut a deal and he really had to,ea he really had to cave. he didn't have much choice. he'll spin it as a victory. the white house will spin it as an victory. it's really like a self-imposed

defeat. it's like saying i'm going to solve the power crisis in my house by unplug the tv and then plugging it back in and then claiming i'm some sort of thomam edison. >> did the u.s. concede to a weaker deal because of the er opposition to the tariffs by senate republicans and major te corps operations? is it possible that there was just a cause and effect here? >> yeah. there were,>> you know, a whole hostu of factors that contribud to the white house caving in here. one, of course, one key factor wasfa the republican oppositionn the senate because had these tariffs gone into effect and had republicans moved to block themt that would have looked very much like ald defeat for the white house. members of the president's own p party, you know in the upper chamber of commerce were actively moving to block one of his key, you know, 2020 campaign proposals which, of course, is to curbur illegal immigration.at

yeah, there's republican pressure. there's abl push back from corporations. there's a fact that the economy would have taken a hit. that also would have hurt him in 2020. that was really a slew of different things going on. >> chuck schumer reacted writing, quote, this is a historic night now that the problem is solved i'm sure we won't hear any more about it in the future. but thisn is likely not the enn of this. how will this impact negotiations over the administration's request for border funding? >> well, you know, i think that there's always been a fraught relationship between this congress and onpresident. i can speak how these particular negotiations are going down. there's not even a white house liaison to congress in place right now. kind of the hardest job in washington because therd presidt constantly swoops in and tears up the plan at the last minute. so i can't speak to exactly how this affects anything ongoing on

the hill, built everything is pretty, messed up right now ani don't see it getting better any time soon. >> that's an interesting way to point esit.po i want to switch gears. former vice president joe biden is being criticized for reversing a position he's held for nearly four decades. on thursday he announced he no longere supports a federal law that bans use of federal money for abortion. >> for many years as u.s. senator ias supported the hyde amendment like many have. i make no apologies for that. i maker no apologies for what e about to say. but we now see so many governors denying health care to women. if i believe health care is a if right as i do i can no longer support an amendment that makes

that right dependent on somebody's zip code. >> you wrote biden had the worst week of his 2020 campaign. how much could this hurt his campaign in the long run? >> i think reversing his positionng on the hyde amendmen and saying he no longer supports it will help him a little bit as far asit appeasing the more lef wing faction in the democratic party. but there'sde no doubt that thi designate was likely very politically motivated just given the fact that biden had such a rocky run since before he launched his campaign with the accusations that t he touched women inappropriately and he invade their personal safe and then this past week we saw biden making light of those allegations. him being accused of plagiarism. this is an issue that tanked his previous presidential campaign.

then the campaign went out and said the vice president supports the hyde amendment. while his reversal could help him, it's something a lot of his democratic rivals will seize on especially going into the debates and say this is not something you morally believe is correct, something you did for political reasons and there's no guarantee that hean wouldn't, oe again switch his position if it comes down to negotiating with republican lawmakers were he to become president. >> thank you both. so much more to discuss. please stay with us to discuss the 2020 candidates that will be qualifying w for the primary debates starting this month. new reaction from russia after the u.s.ti accused a russn destroyer of a near miss incident on the high seas. officials say they were forced in inev to evasive action. >> reporter: this image is how close the ships came to a collision. as little a 50 feet.

this video from the deck of the uss chancellorville showing the russianor destroyer was so clos you could see russian sailors sun bathing. the u.s. cruiser had to cute all engines back a full to avoid collision. at the pentagon sharp words for russia. >>s the behavior is unsafe and unprofessional. we'll have military to military conversations with the russians. >> reporter: russia's navy is accusing the u.s.na cruiser of crossing in. front of their sh and ist filing a protest. but this close call is not the first by russia. back in 2016 russian fighters buzzed the uss donald cook, but there were fewer unsafe encounters or intercepts for most of 2018. >> themo risk of miscalculations enormous because these are major military operations continue the ducted so close to each other.

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agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. >> i understand that you can't join the joint defense, so that's one thing if on the other hand we have, there's information that imply indicates the president, then we've got a national security issue, or maybe a national security issue, i don't know, some issue, we've got to deal with, not only for the president, but for the country. we need some kind of heads up. um, just for the sake of protecting all our interests, if we can. remember what we've always said about the president and his feeling towards flynn, and that still remains. joining me now is msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. good morning, danny. michael cohen's attorney said the voice mail from michael flynn is similar to messages

left from rudy giuliani to cohen. . is not not obstruction or witness tampering? >> not necessarily. on one hand, i criticize the voice mail because who leaves a voice mail of that kind of substance that's so long. i mean nobody leaves voice males that long any more. what's going to happen with something of this import is it's going to be forwarded to somebody and scrutinized. more than likely he was asking about whether or not, tell me, give me heads up are you in this joint defense agreement or out of it. admittedly it's very vague and almost intentionally so. he waffles back and forth. it's not out of the realm someone could characterize it as obstruction. >> i want to turn to reports that congressman nadler could subpoena the special counsel in two weeks and argued an impeachment inquiry would strengthen his standing in court. how would that widen the president's liability. >> mueller gave his only

preconference, he said i want to you read my report. if you call me to testify i don't want to testify, but if you do i will essentially read the report. congress' response is we're still going to ask you to testify. so that is something that could have really not that much effect if mueller comes ultimately to testify, whether in private or in public, and simply reads from the four corners of his report. the real battle may be what happens if and when congress tries to force him to testify beyond his 400-page report. >> danny, we do know the president asserted executive privilege over the full mueller report and its evidence. would that hinder mueller's testimony because mueller already said, he said his testimony wouldn't expand further than the report. >> that plus mueller is no longer within the executive branch. and while the contours of executive privilege are largely undefined one thing we know it

weakens considerably once an individual left the employ of the government and has returned to private life. so while the supreme court has not really fleshed out the extent of executive privilege in situations like this, one the thing is for sure it's now diminished that mueller has left the government. >> danny cevallos, great to have you. thanks for joining us. joe biden's rough week and his reversal on the hyde amendment is only part of it. but will that endanger his big lead in the polls? big lead in the polls? experience the style, craftsmanship and technology

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now to the morning headlines. a college student from new york city is in jail this morning facing federal charges for allegedly plotting to shoot up times square. the suspect a 22-year-old bangladesh immigrant from queens was arrested on thursday after he tried to buy two hand guns from undercover fbi agents. in nine months they kept close watch of him. he talked about targeting a military base, politicians in washington, d.c., and a gathering of gay people. soon there will be a vacancy at the international space station. nasa announced friday it's making the orbiting station available to tourism.

visitors can stay up to 30 days for $30,000. a round trip ticket is $58 million. only two visitors can go up for each visit each other and they need to meet the same medical and training standards as other astronauts. it's like a scene from the supernatural movie "the fog." you barely see the top of the sydney harbor bridge due to fog. the famous buildings and landmarks were practically concealed. the poor visibility created major delays to flights and made for hazardous road conditions. the fog lifted by midday. pretty amazing. now to politics and a bumpy week for the biden campaign. joe biden accused of plagiarizing his climate plan and then changing his position on the hyde amendment. campaign senior adviser taking issue with the idea that he

reversed his position. here's how she describes it. >> you keep calling this reversal. i'll be clear. i was with him all day yesterday. how he arrived at his position on the hyde amendment is not a reversal this was a thoughtful conversation about access and health care. i want to be clear for folks around the country, the vice president is not someone that goes with the wind with my friends on the left. >> joining me now is a democratic strategist, former senior adviser to hillary clinton and conservative radio talk show host, also an attorney. thank you both for joining me this morning. by playing whatted by ensaid on the hyde amendment let's listen. >> i can't justify leaving millions of women without access to the care they need and the ability to exercise their constitutionally protected right. if i believe health care is a right as i do i can no longer

support an amendment that makes that right dependent on someone's zip code. >> what do you make of biden's campaign pushing back on the shift on the hyde amendment. >> this is just my position. sometimes the music is so loud so we don't actually hear the lyrics. when this started earlier this week theed by encampaign said something very clear in that statement. they said to this point, which means that he has the opportunity to evolve and one thing about the presidential primary process is the marketplace of ideas and gives a candidate to evolve on every issue. we've seen it on the gop side and now on the democratic side. what the president said while he was a u.s. senator. if you know anything about the congress there's several members who voted for large package deals that would have included voting for the hyde amendment.

when you look at who makes up the democratic primary and who was the strongest voice, african-american women, and who it impacts the most it's african-american women, i ham thankful that he has evolved to this current position. for the joe biden critics there will be other positions that he and other candidates will evolve on that perhaps their position in the past may be a little different. that's okay. that's what this primary is all about. hearing from the american people and voters and come to a position that makes sense so we can be a very inclusive party. >> a point well taken. in that clip we just played, she denied biden was trying to mullify progressives. >> the problem is the indecisiveness in which the biden campaign is progressing. the other problem is he captured the conservative democratic voice and he distinguished himself from the other

candidates by coming up with positions that were more conservative. the hyde amendment has been around is in 1976. it's been challenged in. court. . the supreme court upheld the hyde amendment in 1980 in the decision of harris versus mccray. so it's well settled law. it's something that many, many senators and representatives have voted on in the past. joe biden has consistently voted for it so to change his position from wednesday when he supported the hyde amendment to thursday when he is supporting repeal of the hyde amendment looks very insincere. like i say now he's no longer distinguishing himself from the rest of the pack he's throwing himself into the same position the other candidates have. >> let me say this. remember biden has always been a pro choice candidate. he has always been consistently in support of roe. so when you say changed position

i don't think so. he says he's for a woman's right to choose. i'm not in the business of telling my mother, grandmother or my sister what they should do with their bodies and i think that's okay. believe it or not there's more people who think like me than you on this issue. your question is biden in trouble? absolutely not. one thing the strength joe biden has and other candidates enjoy this too is the ability to take a licking and keep on ticking and his ability to go through these type of bumps and bruises in a primary and survive and still maintain his front-runner status and for other candidates too will ultimately be their ability to do it in the general election. people who were for joe biden will still be for joe biden. people always against joe biden in the primary, i think they will always be against joe biden in a primary and issues like this really are not a big separation factor because there's a lot of ball left to be played in this game. >> you don't think this will

cost him at all? >> every bump and bruise will cost you something. you have to think about what happens long term. again i think if biden continues to do what he's supposed to do, meaning laying out the issues as he makes his rounds around the country i think yes it will trip him up but not make him fall flat on his face. >> the latest poll has biden at 27% followed by bernie sanders at 15% and elizabeth warren at 12. do president trump supporters see biden as his biggest threat? >> i'm not sure who they see as their biggest threat. i'm not sure that joe biden is distinguishing himself from any of the other candidates at this point. and the problem with his reversal on this issue is the fact that the support or the reasoning for why he switched his position is very questionable. it's almost like his position that he took after there were clips of him touching women in

ways that some people claimed were inappropriate. he said oh, he had evolved on this issue, now he understands the boundaries he needs to use when dealing with women. he's doing the same thing here. ecoming up with some justification that doesn't make sense. >> it's not justification. >> he said it's because of the fact that alabama and georgia and these states have passed very restrictive abortion measures and that's not really anything that's changed. >> let me remind you of something. the country mood changes and people evolve. it wasn't too long ago in which your party had no notion or did not want to embrace the idea of being supportive of the lgbtq community. now because of the mood of the country has changed, because people have evolved on issues we now see a different position that politicians on both sides of the aisle have embraced the idea of celebrating and embracing the lgbtq community.

that's no different. for you to say that a candidate cannot evolve i think that's crazy as hell because issues would change and mood of people change. >> i want to ask you because biden's long record in office could open him up to other criticisms. we've seen that because of his vote on the 1994 crime bill. should his campaign seen that one coming? >> well, i think that when -- first of all politics is a contact sport. you have to assume there will be contact along the way. again, as i said on this program before,ed by enwill have to answer like other candidates for the position, people they stood with, issues they've taken in the past. you have to assume this will come out. i think his ability to make adjustments and remain flexible throughout this process and not just him but every other candidate who served or taken a position before will determine their short or long term success. we've seen this on both sides. i'm not sure why there's so much

noise this time around about this issue or these specific issues when we've seen this on both sides of the aisle in both primaries. >> definitely passionate topics. thank you both. great to have you here this morning. now an apology many think is overdue. >> the stonewall riot sparked the gay rights movement here in this country. only now has the nypd commissioner has said what many wanted to hear. >> the actions and laws were discriminatory and oppressive and for that i apologize. [ applause ] >> the stunning words from new york city's top cop a half century in the making. >> less than 50 years ago, they were arresting us, throwing us

in jail, extorting money from us, harassing us and now working with us and finally gave us an apology. >> so different in june of 1969 when police raided greenwich village popular gay bar stonewall inn. >> the neighborhood cops raided the bar and would walk in all right girls line up. we would line up as usual. it was police headquarters and the vice squad they came in nasty, hollering, shoving and pushing. they hit somebody and somebody hit back and that started the whole thing. >> a break point for patrons fed up with harassment and catalyst for the modern-day gay movement. now gay pride is celebrated in marches, same-sex marriage is legal. >> we've come a long way in 50 years but we have 50 years to go. there's much more to conquer in the gay community. >> it is why this morning the police commissioner's words mean

so much. >> i do know what happened should not have happened. the actions taken by the nypd were wrong, plain and simple. . >> that was ann thompson reporting. the stonewall inn exists today perhaps only because a grouch investors saved it after it briefly closed in 2006. one of those investors is stacy lentz. she has a collection of profiles of change makers, rising stars and pioneers of the lgbtq movement. to read more go to nbcnews.com slash pride50. shifting blame. why russia isn't happy about a new mini series on chernobyl and how it's planning to tell a different side of the story. e s. has been excellent. they really appreciate the military family and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us.

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the meeting with the queen was incredible. i think i can say i really got to know her because i sat with her many times, and we had automatic chemistry. i had a great relationship. we had a really great time. there are those that say they have never seen the queen have a better time or more animated time. >> president trump wrapping up his takeaways from this week's trip to europe. his adult sons and daughters joined for part of it. joining me now is christopher dickey. good morning to you,

christopher. you were part of our coverage at normandy on the 75th anniversary of d-day. before we get to that, what is your take on the uk leg of trump's trip? >> reporter: i think from the political point of view of many of the people in great britain, it was a disaster. trump may have felt he got on great with the queen but the whole point much trump's visit was to be photographed with the queen, to be photographed with royalty. it was all about the photo ops. in terms of substance he made some outrageous statements before he even landed he was insulting the mayor of london who he felt insulted him. while he was there he seemed oblivious to what he was seeing. these are the kinds of things you expect of donald trump. it doesn't matter because during the campaign to come we'll be

seeing lots of pictures of him hanging without the queen and that was the point for him. >> christopher, how do you rate the president's performance at normandy? >> reporter: i was in the grandstands so i had a feel for the crowd. most of the speech was a speech that generated huge applause and multiple standing ovations. trump probably thought those were for him, but they were not. again and again, they were for the veterans that he was calling out, that he was giving credit to for their phenomenal bravery on d-day. they deserve that applause. they got it. they got stand ovation after standing ovation. towards the end trump sort of lapsed into mega type rhetoric about religion and american power and greatness and the crowd was very quiet. when he started talking about the role of god in all of this,

i think people really didn't -- it was an applause line where nobody applauded. when he talked about american power being wonderful and great, there was only a polite smattering of clapping. it was very clear that the success of that speech and it was successful lay in the credit that was given to the veterans, not in trump's politics. >> christopher, how does it compare the to past presidents and should he have done a television interview over there? >> reporter: it was the height of arrogance and he kept those veterans waiting in the stands while he gave an interview to laura ingrahm. they tried to push it off as a delay by emanuel macron in his arrival. in fact, he was told to stall so he did stall so it would all be

coordinated in the end when he did arrive. i think it's the height of arrogance for trump to not only give that interview to fox news, but in the interview to say look, i'm keeping the people waiting to talk to you laura ingraham, isn't that great. >> "the washington post" listed what they call the trump's parade of fake claims overseas. some of these came up during an appearance with ireland's prime minister. how do world leaders react to this sort of thing? >> reporter: look, we've said this before. but world leaders think that trump is a dangerous buffoon. a lot of them think he's maybe a little crazy. and this kind of thing doesn't surprise them. you know, i was anxious to see what the french press did with trump's appearance in normandy. they barely covered it.

he merited about a quarter of a page in the working class paper. in another paper he got a quarter of a page on page 17. nobody put him on the front page of any newspaper in france or in paris. it gives you and idea of the way people regard trump here. he's hugely unpopular here on the continent and hugely unpopular in britain. >> axios sat down with jared kushner. jonathan swan asked about russia's efforts to help the trump campaign. let's take a quick listen. >> does it not set off some alarm bell when you see an email -- >> the email i got on my iphone -- i never skrocrolled d. >> i get about 250 emails a day. >> did you call the fbi?

>> i don't know. it's hard to do hypotheticals. we were not given anything salacious. >> what do you make of this explanation? >> reporter: i didn't scroll down, first thing i thought of is i didn't inhale. that seems the to me the worst kind of dodge. >> christopher dickey, always a pleasure to have you. thank you for keeping it real, my friend. appreciate it. well there is more drama between the u.s. and russia besides that near ship collision we talked about. this time it's over a tv show. the hbo mini series about the chernobyl nuclear disaster, popular with view earns critics but not with russia which is now apparently planning to tell its own version of the story. nbc's chief correspondent richard engel has more. >> reporter: russian television is producing its own show about chernobyl. after this new hbo mini series became an instant hit.

telling the story of the explosion at the number four reactor and the workers who battled to save it. and now the real chernobyl site is seeing its own tourist boom. since the mini series started airing tourism is up 40%. >> it's very surreal being here. >> such a sobering place. it's a beautiful place. >> reporter: officials say radiation levels are now low enough that visiting is safe even though no one has been allowed to live here for decades. >> the radiation is always in the back of your head but i want to see this all so badly that it was a risk i was willing to take. >> that soviet nuclear disaster is the worst in history. riot it exploded back in 1986. hundreds of thousands were relocated by the soviets. the u.n.. says 20,000 cases of thyroid cancer can be traced to the radiation.

and while the hbo series i had lights critical mistakes by plant operators and the government, it's come one fire from some in russia. the new russian show will blame the disaster on cia sabotage. richard engel, nbc news. >> making the stage. requirements for a spot on the democratic debates gets more complicated why we could see some unlikely matchups. this is the couple who wanted to get away who used expedia to book the vacation rental

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it'[ screaming ]by. mmm, mmm, mmm. next battle 2020. despite the fbi director warning that russia will try to meddle with the 2020 election, legislation to help secure voting is going nowhere in congress. the new york times says mitch mcconnell refuses to consider any this term and it is perhaps over upsetting donald trump. >> i cannot support that amendment dependent on someone's zip code. >> the reversal comes after a new poll shows the impact on the 2020 vote. overall, the poll found 12% say abortion is the most important

factor deciding their vote for president. among republicans, it is the second most important issue trailing immigration. for democrats, abortion is the fifth most important issue with climate change and personal finance and well being more decisive factors. immigration ranks sixth. democratic hopefuls have until this wednesday to cross one of two thresholds to qualify for the primary debates. the first debate on june 26th. three weeks away. hosted by nbc and msnbc and telemundo. back with us is the reporter for business insider. among those who have not qualified is the democratic candidate to win a state who voted for trump. steve bullock entered the race in may and is focusing on protecting medicaid in his state. some argue that the dnc is

trying to shape the race. is that fair? >> it is unclear at this point. the one thing that is clear is that going into the debate, this is not a good look for the dnc. especially because of previous controversies the organization th endured in the 2016 elections and tilting the scales to hillary clinton. we don't know the facts at this point as far as what the timeline is here today and when governor bullock was notified of the rule change. you know, it is going to take time getting into the debate. we will see whether equhe qualis before the june 12th deadline. >> and marian williamson qualified. she made it, blake, but not governor bullock.

what does it say to you? >> it says something about the celebrity moment in the politics. we have a president of the united states who was a reality tv star. a lot of the candidates say why not me. that includes a self help guru like marianne williamson and south bend mayor like pete buttigieg. and those governors who have done impressive things with power there. it is unfortunate for governor bullock. he did jump into the race late. he may have considered getting in earlier. >> we have 20 of the 21 doing the debate. sonam and blake, thank you for your time this saturday. i appreciate your time being here. tariffs on hold. mexico agrees to increase

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that wraps up this hour of msnbc live. i'm dara brown. now it is time for "weekends with alex witt." >> thank you, dara. have a good one. good morning to all of you from msnbc headquarters in new york. just about 7:00 a.m. in the east.

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." deal reached. the new questions about the president's family and the benefits of the overseas trip. the iraqi sheik that spent 21 nights at the d.c. hotel. and plus, grocery wars. the strategy in the fight for your money. new this morning, a tariffs deal with the u.s. and mexico late yesterday averting an economic standoff with the allies. donald trump announced the tariffs late e slated to start are suspended. part of the deal includes a deal with mexico. mexico will deploy up to 6,000 national guard troops to the border with guatemala to reduce the central americans heading north. mexico agreed to expand the trump administration program allowing the u.s. to return immigrants t