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andrea mitchell. >> andrea, is. >> my understanding. you are. >> joining us. >> from panama, where. >> you are following. the new. >> secretary of state. i wonder. >> what you are hearing from. >> the. >> state department. >> about. >> the release of these hostages. >> i'm not. >> hearing anything yet. >> from the state. >> department, but i. >> have to tell you. >> that we who have covered this in. >> israel and here. >> in. >> well, in the united states. >> as i await the arrival. tonight of marco rubio here, this. >> is such a moment. >> because aviva siegel and the whole. >> family, her daughters. >> keith's brother, whom i've met with in israel and in the u.s. on. >> my. >> program on msnbc. >> you know, just. >> for more than a year. aviva got. out last november. she had been held for 53 days. >> she has been. >> one of the most. >> passionate advocates. >> among the hostage families, the american hostage families. keith was born in north carolina, came from north carolina. he's now 65 years old. she was, you know, so emotional in

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andrea mitchell reports the country's leaders are rejecting all u.s. claims to the canal. >> reporter: secretary of state marco rubio in panama, his first stop as america's top diplomat. >> of all the agencies out there, there's none i would rather be in charge of and lead. >> reporter: flying into a storm of controversy over president trump's threat to take over the panama canal, claiming china controls it, a threat rubio relayed to panama's government. panama's president rejected the trump claim saying the canal is panamanian and will remain so. it is a source of pride and economic lifeline. rubio said the u.s. has to take steps to protect its rights to the canal unless changes are made to prevent the risk of china shutting it down. because chinese companies operate ports at both ends. this pagoda, proclaiming china's presence here in panama, along with this bridge being built over the canal by chinese-led companies is partly why president trump is raising the alarm. but the canal is self is run by panama with ports along the way from all over the wo

. >> andrea mitchell. thank you so much for that. coming up next, the big breaking news, the trump tariff war with canada and mexico and what's going on behind the scenes as negotiations are underway between the two countries. our next hour starts right now. good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone. to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news. the president launching a trade war with america's closest neighbors. trump slapped 25% tariffs on most products coming from mexico and canada, another 10% tariff on items from china. and democrats fear food prices will rise. >> call this the donald trump super bowl tax. with the big game coming next week. if you, you know, avocados, tomatoes, beer from mexico, prices are going to go up during the trump first term when president trump put tariffs on canada and the eu and mexico. what happened? it was a tax on virginia consumers. prices went up. and then when those nations retaliated, they retaliated against critical virginia industry. >>

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