david: we are speaking with senator ben cardin of maryland. g about the usmca, the agreement to nafta. give us a sense of what that will do to the u.s.'s economy, manufacturing, farmers? sen. cardin: mexico, and canada are two major trading partners. it is important to our academy. -- economy. import and export helps create many jobs in the united states. the problem with nafta is it had chapters dealing with environment and labor that were outside the core agreement and were nonenforceable. that has been corrected by this usmca agreement. we will have enforceable provisions in regards to labor and environment. we will also have a way to trigger that enforcement with time limits so they are effectively enforced. that we did not have enough to. but it will help all three of the economies. canada, mexico and the united states continue to grow. david: as i mentioned, it appears this ultimate ramification of the usmca will wait until after a trial, if there is a trial on these two impeachment articles. we had an exchange today from the majority lea

one of them joins me now, democratic senator ben cardin of maryland. he's also an esteemed member of the foreign relations committee. senator, thanks for joining us. >> al, it's good to be with you, thanks. >> senator, as this -- assuming the articles of impeachment are voted on by the house and it is, in fact, an impeachment and it goes to trial before you and your colleagues, what will you be looking for? because some of your colleagues have already said they're not voting for impeachment or removal. they've already made up their mind. have you made up your mind, and if not, what will you be looking for? >> al, these are very serious charges. the charges are the president of the united states used his office to get a foreign power to interfere in our elections. and then the president obstructed the congressional investigation into these matters. we saw in the house where the republicans did everything they could to distract from the underlining facts of the allegations. what concerns me, the senate will have a trial. we should allow for the appropria

joining us now is democrat ben cardin of maryland.or, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> mike, good to be with you. mike: senate democratic leader chuck schumer is arguing for four witnesses in a senate trial with ties to the white house but former vice president joe biden will not testify in a senate trial. now he is saying he will obey any subpoena sent to him. still biden's complaints about the process undermined leader schumer's negotiations with maas the sole responsibility for the trial. we have responsibility to have a fair trial. we need to hear from those who have the direct information about the president's call with the president of ukraine about the holding up of a presidential meeting, about holding up of aid. those witnesses need to be heard in the united states senate. i think what leader assumer is saying let's have at least those witnesses testify along with the documents that would reflect exactly why the funds were held up. why a meeting was not allowed with the president of ukraine, exactly the context of the ju

steve scalise, the number two republican in the house and get reaction from democratic senator ben cardin of maryland, only on "fox news sunday." plus, christmas passes without a so-called gift from north korea. >> maybe it's a nice present, may be the present word he sends me a beautiful vase. >> mike: we will ask our sunday panel about the fragile state of u.s.-north korea relations all right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ >> mike: an elegant and happy new year from fox news in washington. the debate over the parameters of the senate impeachment trial goes on this holiday weekend. president trump spending it in florida, slamming house speaker nancy pelosi in a series of tweets about the process, which he calls very unfair. in a moment we will speak with the number two republican in the house come as congressman steve scalise but first let's ge rich edson at the mar-a-lago retreat in florida. >> might, president trump is about halfway through his two week trip here in florida. the president is now working in daily criticisms of the house speaker, who led the effort to impeach him. >> she ha

he will have sewer rues with -- interviews withkey scalise and senator ben cardin. you see them both here. just keep it on fox news channel. it will come up right after our newscast at the top of the hour. laura? laura: a new woman comes forward accusing the late convicted child predator jeffrey epstein of sexual abuse. we'll have more on that story just ahead. ♪ ♪ those obstacles that limit a company's growth. i try to find companies that turn these challenges into opportunities. but by going out in the field, and meeting management, suppliers, competitors. in the end, it's these unique companies with creative business models that will generate value for our investors. that's why i go beyond the numbers. that will generate value for our investors. dealing with our finances really haunted me.ttle cranky. thankfully, i got quickbooks, and a live bookkeeper's helping customize it for our business. (live bookkeeper) you're all set up! (janine) great! (vo) get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks. if your glasses aren't so will we. no we won't. don

to discuss ben cardin of maryland, senator, thanks so much for taking the time this morning. >> jim, it's good to be with you. thank you. >> let's begin there with senator schumer's request there specifically for four witnesses with presumably direct knowledge of the president's decision making on ukraine, the assistance, investigating the bidens, chief of staff mick mulvaney, national security adviser john bolton, chief of staff senior adviser to the chief of staff and omb official michael duffey. have you spoken to republican colleagues who support calling these witnesses as well? >> i have not had conversations directly with republicans on this, but i would think that members of the senate acting as a jury would like to hear directly from those who had the information as to why the president did what he did. the motivation here is important, as the president points out over and over again in his tweets, so to hear directly from the parties involved, i would think is a requirement in the united states senate to have a fair trial. i think what senator schumer is suggesting is a limi

but maryland democratic senator ben cardin says he's not convinced according to we have not been successfulg them trying to interfere in 2020 harding says he wants to know exactly how the state department plans to keep our election scif and why the car strategy isn't working. diplomacy failed had the sanctions not been used effectively has the messaging of this administration, not been effective hale says it comes down to money. he says the department needs $46 million more from congress to get the job done. >>ohio republican senator rob portman supports be increased funding. i think it's really important center murphy agrees we've we've worked on this over the years to try to ensure that we have the ability to push back on the disinformation propaganda but cardin says the state department still has access to funds. it hasn't used congress gave us 600 some million that you didn't ask for and didn't spend. >>i can tell you from where i sit that that that kind of support is very helpful with the election fast approaching any decision would need to be made soon in washington, i'm in a warning

vonnie: coming up on "balance of power" we have been pardoned, maryland -- we have senator ben cardine trade deal and impeachment. checking u.s. markets, a slight moves. they are all to the upside. generally positive. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york to our tv and radio audiences worldwide, i am david westin. welcome to "balance of power," where the world of politics meets the world of business. other brief today, kevin cirilli from capitol hill on impeachment. edward evans from london with a hard brexit back on the table, and edward baker from san francisco on pg&e versus the california governor. kevin cirilli, let's start with you. impeachment, we will figure out the rules today and about tomorrow. kevin: as we talk, the house rules committee is underway navigating the rules for the impeachment proceeding. the vote is anticipated tomorrow. some of the key questions members of the rules committee are grappling with is whether there will be a voice vote or an electronic vote. just within the last half-hour, new developments from the senate , th

. >> senator ben cardin said the same thing in the first hour of this broadcast, he said we're not sure how the politics play out and that's probably wise advice from both of you. charlie dent, thanks very much. >> thank you. >>> still to come this hour, history unfolding in washington but what do voters think about the process? are they paying attention? do they consider it history? new poll numbers ahead. >>> and former republican presidential candidate carly fiona sits down one-on-one with us. we talk 2020 and she minces no words when it comes to what she thinks should happen this week. >> i think it is vital that he be peechd. great riches will find you when liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. wow. thanks, zoltar. how can i ever repay you? maybe you could free zoltar? thanks, lady. taxi! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ new poll numbers ahead. >>> welcome back. so this morning half of american voters say the president should be impeached and removed from office, according to a new poll from fox taken aft

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emanuel is in for chris wallace with exclusive interviews with house minority whip steve scalise and ben cardinal listings and tomorrow on media buzz howard kurtz will break down how the press is covering the impeachment effort sunday at 11 am eastern. leland: a good time to take a fact check. we look overseas, growing death toll happening in somalia. a truck bombing in the capital city has killed more than 120 injured. the latest from the london bureau. >> the bomb went off just as the morning rush hour was in effect. somalis on their way to work. saturday is the first day of work in the week in somalia. effectively our monday and the police say the majority killed in the attack killed on the way to school. there is a nearby university and they were on a bus on their way. one of the deadliest attacks in somalia, hundred people were killed in a similar truck bombing and a lot of people are comparing the two blue somalia's president is one of them. he blamed an extremist group with links to al qaeda for the attack. they were blamed for the 2017 attack. many experts say this looks like their dirt

voices on both sides of the aisle in the senate, primarily john mccain and republican side and ben cardinic side willing to go against the administration of his own party to make that law reality. >> i think the difference that a lot of those of us on this side of the sort of country divide see is that with the republican party now, it's quite different. what we've seen that i've not seen growing up in this country in this reaganite world is you had open praise for vladimir putin from not just donald trump. we're talking about rudy giuliani has been doing this for years. republicans saying putin is a stronger leader than obama and using putin as the anti-obama perfect example of what a strong leader is supposed to look like. the republican party in this country, this hasn't been bipartisan. push to undo sanctions against russian oligarchs. some of those sanctions that went away then allowed a russian american sort of based oligarch to pump $200 million into the state of kentucky. that was gone through, which is the reason that people are calling mitch mcconnell moscow mitch. that's his ne