general electric says it's not into supplying its engines also driven to distraction my guest brian pruitt a contributor read say break sound the most expensive u.s. house race in history is taking place today we break down the local national and international implications of this and how it's distracting lawmakers from actually getting business done in the nation's capital to stand by the us starts right now. in the broadest measure of trade the u.s. deficit hit its highest level in a year according to first quarter reports the department of commerce says the deficit rose to one hundred sixteen point eight billion dollars in january in the january through march period that's a hike of two point four percent from one hundred fourteen billion dollars in the last three months of two thousand and sixteen the deficit was the largest since a one hundred nineteen point two billion dollars a year earlier the deficit in goods rose to two hundred point three billion dollars from one hundred ninety five point one billion between october and december of two thousand and sixteen this current account r

to fight neo nazis who look into the disturbing possibilities in tonight's political panel with brian pruitt and sam sachs. mitch mcconnell has now delayed a vote on the senate republican health care bill until after the july fourth recess what exactly this means for the future of the so-called better care reconciliation act is at this point unclear but one thing is certain in its current form the senate republican health care bill is a death sentence for tens of thousands of americans every year in fact a new study published in the annals of internal medicine suggests that about twenty eight thousand six hundred more people could die every year in the united states if the senate health care bill becomes law for more of the republican party's murderous health care bill i'm joined now by richard wolffe visiting professor at the new school co-founder of democracy at work and the author of numerous books including capitalism is crisis deepens as sais on the global economic meltdown professor richard wolffe welcome back sir. thank you glad to be here great having you what kind of ideology sacrif

things done on capitol hill that affect our country and the international community we go now to brian pruitt here with me a contributor at red state brian there is some massive drama going on down in georgia right now let's talk about the young relative nobody democrat john also against republican karen handel it's a special election for a seat vacated by new cabinet member tom price heading up now health and human services secretary of that in the cabinet give us a lay of the land on this this is been brutal and very expensive very very expensive it hasn't been necessarily nasty. what i'm hearing from my sources in atlanta is that the most recent negative against all soft has actually turned a little bit of the polling in handel's favor in the last week but so it's been very last minute this is literally going to go down to the wire everyone is going to be up late tonight. this is also not an educated district this is you know they hear something in atlanta in georgia people make draw their own conclusions about geographically where that's coming from. important to point out that these are

general electric says it's not into supplying its engines also driven to distraction my guest brian pruitt a contributor read say breaks down the most expensive u.s. house race in history it's taking place today we break down the local national and international implications of this and how it's distracting lawmakers from actually getting business done in the nation's capital to stand by the us starts right now.

general electric says it's not into supplying its engines also driven to distraction my guest brian pruitt a contributor read say break sound the most expensive u.s. house race in history is taking place today we break down the local national and international implications of this and how it's distracting lawmakers from actually getting business done in the nation's capital to stand by the us starts right now. in the broadest measure of trade the u.s. deficit hit its highest level in a year according to first quarter reports the department of commerce says the deficit rose to one hundred sixteen point eight billion dollars in january in the january through march period that's a hike of two points. four percent from one hundred fourteen billion dollars in the last three months of two thousand and sixteen the deficit was the largest since a one hundred nineteen point two billion dollars cafe year earlier the deficit in goods rose to two hundred point three billion dollars from one hundred ninety five point one billion between october and december of two thousand and sixteen this current acco

will be for tonight's politics panel our brian pruitt contributor to red state and sam sax writer and co-founder of the districts thank you both for being here tonight going to have you guys so after democrats held a monday night talk a thought to protest the still secret g.o.p. health care plan mitch mcconnell said today that republicans would provide the senate with a discussion draft his phrase of their bill on thursday fall goes according to schedule that would give the senate about a week one week to look over the plan before voting up meanwhile even some republicans like utah senator mike lee are starting to express frustration with how this is all been and will i be fine don't get me wrong to be voting on something soon. but we should be able to see it first we should have been able to see it weeks ago if we're going to be voting on it next week. john mccain rand paul lisa murkowski all have said similar things to what mike lee said does this mean that the democrats' strategy of trying to embarrass republicans by withholding consent is already working or does it just mean that

pruitt, epa administrator, and former vice president al gore about the president's decision to withdraw there the paris climate agreement. coming up later this morning on "this week." right here on abc. >> george and brian, thank you. >>> here in the u.s., the department of homeland security is saying it's closely monitoring the situation and warning any americans in the uk to maintain security awareness. >> abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas is in washington with that part of the story. pierre, how are american authorities responding to the london attack? >> reporter: paula, good morning. homeland security officials say there's no specific threat to the u.s. law enforcement officials in some major cities are stepping up security. in new york city, expect to see heavily armed tactical teams. deployed at major landmarks. the governor has directed police to step up patrols in high-profile locations. across new york, including airports, bridges, and tunnels, and mass transit systems. there is no specific threat. there's always concerns about copy cats in the immediate aftermath of an event like we saw in london. of particular concern are the low-tech attacks involving knives and vehicles used

pruitt defended the president. >> the president made a very courageous decision. >> mr. trump said his decision to wit senior >>> he joins us from portland, maine. brianood morning. let's start first with the practicalities of all this. while there has been a lot of consternation and controversy surrounding the president's decision, it is inherently a four-year process to get the u.s. out of the paris agreement. what does that mean and why was it arranged in such a fashion? >> that's right and ironically the first day that officially the u.s. could withdraw is the day after the 2020 presidential election. so some time from now. it was structured that way because this agreement was meant with a longvi view in mind, so countries all around the world for the first time in history came together in common cause to try to do something about climate change, so the process to get there was long and the process to withdraw was also intended to be significant. >> brian, the president said he's open to renegotiating this. is that a viable option? >> i think that's incoherent. you have to understand what the actual paris agreement is. the paris agreement is based