steve kornacki starting us off this morning. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> and joining me now is commerce secretary howard lutnick. secretary lutnick, welcome to "meet the press." >> great to be here. >> it is great to have you here m secretary. let's start with this past week. as you know, for the second time in two months, president trump announced and then walked back tariffs on canada and mexico. the whiplash causing confusion on wall street and main street as well. does the president have a responsibility to businesses and consumers to spell out his plan and then stick to it? >> you have to remember, this is a drug-related issue. you've got fentanyl pouring into this country, killing 75,000 americans, autopsies, and the president thinks it's many, many more, because multiples more, so it's important for the president to talk to the leaders of both canada and mexico, get them to shut the border, shut the fentanyl coming into the country, and, of course, he's going to be on the phone with them. of course he's going to

plus, steve kornacki will join me to break down the latest economic numbers after a turbulent week. and how will democrats respond to the president and elon musk's cuts to the federal government? i'll speak exclusively with democratic senator elissa slotkin of michigan after her response to the president's joint address. it's all ahead this sunday on meet the press. and you can watch meet the press this sunday right here on nbc bay area. it begins at 8 a.m, a break in the case of a school vandalism attack in the north bay, and a teenage teenager is now under arrest. it happened early monday morning at john reed elementary in rohnert park. the break in and vandalism was so bad the school canceled class for 400 students. 20 classrooms were damaged. the school reopened the next day after a thorough cleanup. police arrested david beach yesterday. he's 18 years old. he faces felony vandalism and grand theft charges. no word on why he targeted that school. vta workers are preparing to walk off the job next week. the union that represents 1500 bus and light rail workers says it's been nego

here's part of a report from nbc's steve kornacki. >> the consumer. >> confidence index, a monthly report gauging the sentiment of consumers. you see these numbers? it clocked in at 98.3 this month. look, the higher the number is, the more consumers are expressing optimism about the economy. so it fell. you see here the number fell seven points in the last month. that declined seven points in one month. that is the biggest single month decline we've seen in this index in four years. >> a new reaction to the tariff chaos. here's some of what we heard on the sunday talk shows. >> we want change. >> but there's reckless. >> change. and then there's responsible change. >> and the way that he's on again off again, you know, pounding canada as if they're the exact same thing as china. it just creates this chaotic feeling. >> we're in a triage situation. tariffs are an attempt to stop the bleeding from the hemorrhaging of jobs in america. for the last 33 years. >> and a vote on the gop stopgap government funding proposal could come to the house floor as early as tuesday. that bill increases defe