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this as the senate wrapped up impeachment trial against president trump, another very busy day, blake berman at the white house following every little strand, blake. blake: hi, there, ashley, we should hear from president trump shortly, he's in the middle of an event ongoing in the white house relating to religious freedom, interesting that the first comments, some of the first comments from the president in that meeting were about the usmca trade deal that passed earlier today. according to reporters who were still inside the room, the president described it as, quote, unquote, very exciting noting that the trade deal passed by a comfortable margin as he put it, 89 votes for the usmca trade deal, in the senate a signature bipartisan piece of legislation for the president, the signature for bipartisan legislation to date, however, the headline being pushed below the fold due to impeachment trial against the president that has just become formalized, the supreme court chief justice john roberts swearing in the 100 u.s. senators for impeachment trial which will begin on tuesday, the first time

blake berman has the latest from washington. rning. >> reporter: president trump getting his signature bipartisan legislation passed on thursday as the usmca received 89 votes in the senate. now that trade deal only awaits the president's signature and rat phratification in canada. the vote came moments before the senate formalized the impeachment trial of president trump. the first in 21 years, and just the third for a sitting president in u.s. history. the president l lamented that te trade deal isn't generating the headlines he believes it he deserves. >> today we just had passed the usmca. it's going to take the place of nafta which was a terrible deal and the usmca will probably be second to this witch hunt hoax, which hopefully everyone knows is not going anywhere. there was nothing done wrong of. this was a perfect phone call. >> reporter: the government accountability office potentially gave an assist to democrats on thursday as it released a report saying the trump administration did not adhere to the law last year when

lauren: lets' go to blake berman, he has the details, what exactly is in that deal and certainly the lie ahead. blake. >> reporter: this phase one deal between the u.s. and china eight chapters and more than 80 pages long. it calls for more than $200 billion of additional chinese buys from the u.s. over the next two years. that includes at least $77 billion in u.s. manufactured goods, $52 billion in energy products and $32 billion in agriculture over whats was purchased in 2017 before the trade war broke out. president trump saying wednesday the negotiations were like world class chess. >> this is something that far beyond even this deal, it's going to lead to an even stronger world peace. we now have a big investment in each other and in getting along with each other. >> reporter: ip protections and allowing u.s. companies to remain entirely u.s. owned in china are included in the deal. the chapter on forced technology transfer, though, is only two pages and the u.s. side still wants to he see cyber theft and industrial subsidies tackled in phase two. wanted in phase one but he also

at the white house, blake berman, fox business. >> and overnight fire at a mobile home park is undernvestigation, there are reports that at least one person has died. another is in the hospital. it happened at the el dorado mobile home park at avenue be just before 10:00 last night. we heard from a woman who lives across the street from the houma caught fire. >> it shook me. i was only outside for may be a pet a half-hour and the entire place was gone. >> the cause of the fire is under investigation we will bring you more updates on the stories that develops this morning. struck there's now a $10,000 reward for information leading to the hit-and-run that k on sunday. misha singleton was killed in the crosswalk just outside of her children's school. her husband and family were at the vigil and publicly expressed their grief. >> please bring justice. we needed. we needed. we don't want to. we needed. please. >> police say they are working with the fbi to from the vehicl reported stolen. they also say they believe the reward will help them get more information, and they are confident th

lauren: let's get the details from blake berman, he's in washington. >> reporter: president trump could the oval office to sign the usmca trade deal like he does with most legislation. however, many within the white house felt that this was a kind of piece of legislation that needed to be elevated. so wednesday morning the president used the backdrop of the south portico of the white house to sign the legislation. a second trade deal victory lap for the president in as many weeks. >> this is a cutting edge, state of the art agreement that protects, defends and serves the great people of our country. thanks to our pro worker, pro american economic policies, unemployment is at the lowest level in more than 50 years. >> reporter: democrats were not involved in the ceremony, though they were involved with changes made to the deal. the house speaker nancy pelosi taking credit for the final composition of the usmca. >> because of the work of our chairman of our ways and means committee and the work of organized labor, aflcio, richard trumka, we were able to make vast improvements. >> reporter

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is according to blake berman, the chinese delegation arrives at the white house around 11:00 o'clockeet and greet with president trump, the event itself starts at 11:30, the president, vice president, secretary mnuchin, ambassador lighthizer, they will all speak, the whole thing will last 30, 40 minutes, you will see it all right here on varney & company, history being made tomorrow. next case, president trump, he'll be in milwaukee, wisconsin tonight, another rally coming up, latest polling there puts him behind every democrat, we will ask the rnc about the polling. steve hilton is coming up, he says the establishment gop is dead, i say it's because trump is on fire, killed it, don't believe me, here a clip from last night's game one more time, roll it, look at this. [cheers and applause] fact is, every insurance company hopes you drive safely. but allstate helps you. with drivewise. feedback that helps you drive safer. and that can lower your cost now that you know the truth... are you in good hands? and i recently had a heart attack. it changed my life. but i'm a survivor. after m

in what's happening in the averages, we will get do that in a second, for now i want to get to blake berman house reaction to all of this, sir. >> hi, there, neil, banner week for the white house, we saw what happened here yesterday with the signing of the phase 1 trade deal up on capitol hill today, 89 votes in the senate which accompanies the overwhelming positiver that the usmca had in the house, the biggest bipartisan legislation that the president has put forth to date, two trade deals in 2 days, but a lot of this is getting lost in the headlines because of what is what is happening with impeachment and today another headline that came from the government accountability office which is in independent auditor in which they said that aid that was delayed last year to ukraine, the decision to delay that broke the law signaling out the office of budget and management and with that the president as well, the 9-page report reads that, quote, the president and officers, of course, may consider their own policy objectives as they craft policy proposals for inclusion in the president's budget s

blake berman has the latest on what happened. >> let me unpack this for a second period first off thet and first lady are here at the white house and will be leaving for mar-a-lago later this afternoon. better security scare or incident this morning in the palm beach area. here's what were being told from the u.s. secret service, there was a traffic incident away from mar-a-lago, a traffic stop, the driver did not stop and when they did so afterwards they blew through one of the checkpoints, one of the several checkpoints that surrounds mar-a-lago. that raises alarms at a certain point we were told shots were fired at the vehicle. we are not entirely sure who fired the shots. you can imagine when you're talking about this area there would be potentially a lot of different restrictions and play, palmeu.s. secret service, floria highway patrol, maybe fbi and any event the situation at mar-a-lago is under wrap but her car broke the perimeter, shots were fired and were told the situation has been contained. the president is at the white house and will be out mar-a-lago later this evening.