wanted to buy its beef in huge quantities that's what they told farmers set on barger when he went on a business trip sponsored by the u.s. government to beijing. potential buyers they were they were very excited they wanted to be frightening and they wanted to go ahead and sign a contract they wanted to make a deal that day but that all changed when china imposed retaliatory tariffs on american products over the summer after the u.s. imposed its tariffs china imposed thirty seven percent import duties on beef and at such high prices the chinese prefer to buy elsewhere like in canada the farmers there are the winners of the u.s. is trade disputes and it's not just china european companies are also increasingly buying leach grain and other ira cultural products here the reason is simple. the terrorists that you're placed on u.s. corn twenty five percent tariffs that would be the main driver that would then make u.s. corn more expensive thank you navy and forests barger family has passed down its farm from one generation to the next but now it's under threat from those tariffs. and to t

to be the main driver that would then make us corn more expensive thank you nate in chorus so i'm barger family has passed down its farm from one generation to the next but now it's under threat from those tariffs. and to think that it can come to an end and and. the fact that it would end at the fifth generation is it's hard to swallow sometimes for the family now hopes that the u.s. government can come to an agreement on tariffs with its trading partners as quickly as possible. germany's leading economic research institute say the country can look forward to steady growth at least for the next two years in their autumn forecast phase they predict an uptick in domestic demand that will sustain stable growth of up to two percent through at least twenty twenty bucks after that there are less optimistic for now growth will be sustained by factors like the expected sixty billion euro government budgets plus so two more years of growth in the water help of financial correspondent only bards can have a shed some light on these projections only how bad is it and how did markets react . i don't

wanted to buy its beef in huge quantities that's what they told farmers set on barger when he went on a business trip sponsored by the us government to beijing. potential buyers they were they were very excited they wanted to be frightening and they wanted to go ahead and sign a contract they wanted to make a deal that day but that all changed when china imposed retaliatory tariffs on american products over the summer after the u.s. imposed its tariffs china imposed thirty seven percent import duties on beef and at such high prices the chinese prefer to buy elsewhere like in canada the farmers there are the winners of the u.s. is trade disputes and it's not just china european companies are also increasingly buying meat grain and other i recall general products here the reason is simple. the terrorists that you're placed on u.s. corn twenty five percent tariffs that would be the main driver that would then make u.s. corn more expensive thank you nate in course says the barge your family has passed down its farm from one generation to the next but now it's under threat from those tarif

mark barger, nbc news. >> can't twait!'re so much fun. >> i know. >> i love that they just get on each other and compete --e i l kelly clarkson. >> yeah, ie l nowit hit sheena parveen. >> well, today is going to stay rainy as we go through the entire afternoon, temperatures will be in the upper 60s and we'll continue to see those scattered light rain showers. tomorrow, we still have the rain in the forecast, mostly in the morning, but keep the umbrella all day. a little warmer. wednesday, that's when we could have some evening thunderstorms developing. most of wednesday will be dry, we'll be warming into the mid-80s. late-night thundercoorms could strong to severe. thursday, very slight chance, and friday, into the weekend, we're going to be nice and dry with very comfortable temperatures i so it looks pretty good heading into the weekend, guys. >> all right. thank you,na sh that's going to do it for news 4 midday. thanks so much for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> and you can getshe n an

mark barger, nbc news. >> also tonight is the new season of "the voice." >> a big one there. two former "american idol" stars headline the coaches' panel there. kelly clarkston and jennifer hudson join blake shelton and adam, as well. you know what, fans know kelly's team actually won last season. her first year on the show. some chalk it up as beginner's luck. but whatever it was, adam levine jokes about it. it's really created a different vibe for the show this season. >> she was hard to be around before. >> i'm a big diva. >> now i'm like, shut up! >> i'm like, give me my blooming onion. >> she has changed a lot. kelly was really down to earth and cool. >> yeah. and then i won and it went straight to my head. >> now i can only talk to her at certain times of the day. >> yeah, only between the hours of 2:00 and 6:00. otherwise, nope. >> look at that, "the voice" starts tonight for you at 8:00. afterward, it's the premier of "manifest." then nbc bay area news at 11:00. you know, some people said i was like that after i sang the national anthem. >> what? you wouldn't talk to

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the move comes after it was uncovered that barger took photos of vehicle license plates and sent theabase that could be access by immigration agents. leigh martinez is live at the lafayette station to give us a look at what the policy means. >>> after a series of violent crimes debarr stations this year, the agency wants to add more surveillance cameras. but riders privacy advocates are concerned about how the data will be used. these may times newspaper had uncovers that freight months last year but collected writers license plate information and put it into a database that immigration and customs enforcement agents can access. nearly 60,000 photos of vehicle license plates were sent. back in 2015 cameras also have license plate readers installed without public notice. directors order them turned off. in a statement, bart says that at some point and without bpd knowledge, the cameras accidentally activated began sending data to the northern california regional intelligence center. it is still unclear when exactly this happened. riders want more surveillance cameras, but they want th