and i really enjoyed being chair of energy and commerce. it just seemed like the more i thought about whether to run for reelection this cycle, i thought this might be the time for me to come home. >> you have had some prominent roles here in washington. you served as republican conference chair under two speakers. remind our viewers what your role was. rep. mcmorris rodgers: i was elected chair of the conference after the 2012 election. i served as chair of the conference for three years under speaker john boehner and then for three years with speaker paul ryan. as chair of the conference, consider the number four position in leadership, so it is daily meetings with the speaker, the majority leader, the whip, touching gloves and discussing what our priorities are, what bills are going to be on the floor and how we are working to advance our priorities. specifically the conference does a lot to support the members. so it is really the arm of leadership that does a lot of -- well, we focus a lot on the messaging and making sure that the comm

hamilton grew up in the west indies, so he's very much attuned to maritime commerce. international commerce. he has that vantage point. he's very kind of cosmopolitan in sense. he witnesses, you might say, the flags, many nations coming in and out of the caribbean. right. he i think personally for him, it's kind of important. i was born of illegitimate birth and believe that if he was going to better himself, he was going to have to do it through his own efforts, through his own merits. that was key to him and he was sort of recognized by someone who thought he was a particularly sort of high supported his attendance at king's college in new york. right. so your nationalists like alexander hamilton are not cheered by this, but he issued a call through his fellow delegates issued a call to the confederation congress. we need to send out one more appeal. but this appeal will not be about merely economic matters. it will be said to consider a government that is adequate to the exigencies of union. we need a new national government. right. something with emphasis on union

joining me now exclusively is commerce secretary gina raimondo. uh, pleasure to have you.et me ask you the first directly address president trump's criticism. he says this is a very bad deal. you're giving away money. what should have been done was just high tariffs to block out foreign chip makers. and all the chip makers would have come to america anyway. >> yeah. well, first of all, good morning, fareed. thank you for having me. i obviously strongly disagree with that position, but frankly, fareed, i don't think that he will disrupt the great work we've done on the chips program. and the reason i say that is because, number one, it's very successful. tsmc, the best chip company in the world, is because of our efforts right now producing in the united states for the first time ever in our country's history, four nanometer sophisticated chips, which we need for our national security. but at the end of the day, when you tear away the political rhetoric or bluster, let's remember this is a national security effort. and it was bipartisan. senate republicans, house republican

and so we at the commerce.epartment, before the end of this administration are going to put out a rule designed to protect americans from that threat, which is to which is not trade. you know, it's not a tariff. but what we're saying is we have to protect americans, our data from the threats that connected vehicles pose to america's national security. >> many people in democratic circles talk about you as a potential future presidential candidate. are you interested in that? will you will you consider that as part of your post? cabinet life? >> fareed, right now i'm just trying to make it to next friday, finishing all the work that i have working around the clock. and then i plan to take a little bit of a rest and pick my head up. but i am so committed to this country. i dedicated 15 years to service, so i got to run through the tape and then we'll think about the future. after that. >> gina raimondo, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. happy new year. >> next on gps, i will ask the nobel peace priz

in terms of shipping an global commerce, the canal is a very important and perhaps the most important interoceanic waterway. we have to go back in history to understand the importance of the canal to the world and to the united states. the idea of an interoceanic canal from panama dates back to the 16th century of the spanish empire. the spaniards will visions of building a canal. it was technologically impossible then so they built a system whereby their gold hidden galyons from south america would port in the pacific side of the isthmus and transport that gold via land and initially via mule laden cargo to the atlantic side of the isthmus. it is about a 51 mile distance from the pacific at the shortest point from the pacific to the atlantic. then would transport, would transfer that cargo mostly gold and silver on to gallon i don't understand an transfer them first it cuba and then to spain. so the isthmus of panama and geographic location has been a key component of global trade for hundreds of years. in the 1850's, the gold rush in california led the united states to begin to get

treasury, commerce, etc. this time there was reportedly, it wasn't unanimous consent. reportedly, treasury, state, and the pentagon all agree that there was no national security threat. so that is what it was surprising that the white house did say there was a credible national security threat when the pentagon itself said there isn't. that is all we know publicly. host: here is the response from the u.s. steel predent who almost served as ceo. president biden's action today is shamefully corrupt. gave a political payback to a that is out of touch with its members while harming our company's future, our workers international security. he insulted japan, a vital all, put erican competitiveness at risk. the chinese communist party leaders are dancing in the streets and biden did it all while refusing to even meet with us to learn the facts. our employees and communities deserve better. what do you think of that response, what is interesting about response to you? guest: both sides are going to be making their statements now. it's look, when the steel was first announced

commerce. i got all of all of the approvals and you said i don't want to sign it, we don't need the water. i said you need the water, your reservoirs are empty, you need the water. that was five years ago. i had it all done, the work was all done, we sent it to him, he refused to sign it and if you noticed yesterday, the hydrants were empty, they didn't have water, many of them, they said 20% but i just heard 50% and an hour none of them have water in the fire is still raging. when he turned that down i was going to give him unlimited water. it comes down from the north, way up north including parts of canada. so much water that they wouldn't know what to do with, just the opposite would have happened. that is the reason that this happens. he wouldn't do, we are going to force that upon him now but it is very late because i think it is one of the great catastrophes in the history of our nation, not just in los angeles. i've never seen anything like that, devastation. we are talking about homes,

that's according to the us commerce secretary who was speaking to reuters, the commerce department previously202a. citing national security concerns. that's it for this edition of business today, thank you for watching, goodbye for now. i'm julia with the catch up. today, lynx on the loose. instagram's big new change and the man who lost 600 million in a dump. but we'll start in los angeles where five wildfires are ripping across thousands of acres in the wider city. the blazes have led to more than 130,000 people being driven out of their homes. adam brodie and delaet meita are among the a—listers who lost their house, as well as paris hilton who took to social media to say: some other stories now. a man has tried to sue the newport council after they refused him entry to the dumping ground. he wanted access to search for a hard drive that was thrown away. it had £598 million of bitcoin on it, but the judge has thrown his case out. if you use instagram or threads, you'll no longer be able to opt out of being shown political content, even if it is from people you don't follow. that's what par

>> look, energy and commerce combity thinks they have a role every everything. i would imagine in that room, you will hear robust discussions on what they can regulate. and what they should be regulating. looks like -- >> i don't have to wait until next week. >> new year, nick starting off on a good foot. >> ask about immigration, and republicans look like they will do a lot of reconciliation, what do you see as places for common ground or bipartisan action with republicans. >> republicans turn the away a bipartisan opportunity for border security and immigration reform. i didn't lover piece of it, i told you what i didn't love of it, i also said i would have vote the for it they do not havee a rich track record in working to solve the issues. you heard leader jeffries the other day, and i have said many times, vice chair we will work to make lives better, for our constituents and ever day morns that our responsibility. if they present us with an opportunity to do that, we will consider it. if it is genuine bipartisan ship of we will consider it we have seen fro

this basic law of interdependence so manifest in the commerce peace applies with thousandfold intensity in the event of war. so are we by necessity and by belief that the strength of our free peoples lies in unity? their danger in this garden to produce unity, to meet the challenge of our time, destiny as laid upon country, the responsibility of the free world leadership. so it is proper that we assure friends once again that in the discharge of this response stability, we are americans and we observe the difference between leadership and imperialism, between firmness, truculence, between a thoughtfully calculated goal and spasmodic reaction to the stimulus of emergencies. we wish our friends the world over to know this above we face the threat, not with dread and confusion but with confidence and conviction. quick. we feel this moral because we know that we are not helpless prisoners of history. we free men. we shall remain free never to be proven guilty of the one capital offense against freedom, a lack of staunch faith in leading our just cause before the bar of history and impressin

this basic law of interdependence so manifest in the commerce peace applies with thousandfold intensity in the event of war. so are we by necessity and by belief that the strength of our free peoples lies in unity? their danger in this garden to produce unity, to meet the challenge of our time, destiny as laid upon country, the responsibility of the free world leadership. so it is proper that we assure friends once again that in the discharge of this response stability, we are americans and we observe the difference between leadership and imperialism, between firmness, truculence, between a thoughtfully calculated goal and spasmodic reaction to the stimulus of emergencies. we wish our friends the world over to know this above we face the threat, not with dread and confusion but with confidence and conviction. quick. we feel this moral because we know that we are not helpless prisoners of history. we free men. we shall remain free never to be proven guilty of the one capital offense against freedom, a lack of staunch faith in leading our just cause before the bar of history and impressin

global commerce passes through the canal on a yearly basis.ver 40% passes through the canal and 70% of canal traffic is from the united states among the leading users of the canal and it's important for trade between the eastern seaboard in the west. it cuts down about 7000 miles so in terms of global commerce is important. perhaps the mostan important oceanic waterway. we have to go back in history to understand the importance of the canal, the world and the united stateses. it dates back to the 16th century. they are building a canal, technologically impossible in the 16th century so it's there galleons from south america would work in the civic died and transport their gold land and you'll related cargo atlantic side. the 51-mile distance from the pacific at the shortest from the pacific to the atlantic transport would transfer the cargo and transport them cuba and a key component and the gold rush in california and interest in the canal. panama was part of columbia and united states worked out a deal in the 50s and 60s to build a well groo

i am the incoming chair of the chamber of commerce. we are a merged chamber of commerce. initially, it was only a pacific palisades chamber of commerce, but the pandemic hurt the chamber, the pacific palisades chamber. so we merged with malibu and now we got another pandemic or just crisis on our hands that is going to affect the chamber, because the businesses i rely on the residents of the palisades to help them with their technology. and there is no pacific palisades. it's been wiped off the map. and i'm not the only one. there have been many restaurants and business owners that don't know what to do. fortunately, we've got good people like the santa monica chamber of commerce, which is a neighboring community that hasn't been affected by the fires, that will be holding a seminar tomorrow to talk about what we can do as business owners, how we can get financial aid, et cetera. so it's and i've been getting an outreach of multiple calls from friends that i haven't been in touch with. so i mean, this the human touch is what's helping us through this. but it's every time

that's according to the british chamber of commerce, which represents about 50,000 companies. cooker of rising costs and taxes", as our business correspondent esyllt carr reports. at this manufacturer in county down, they make everything from hairbrushes to aircraft parts. around 250 people work here, and the boss says the rise in national insurance contributions, along with a higher national living wage, will cost the company over £700,000. he says that'll mean more automation, not taking on more staff, and passing on some of the costs, too. where we can apply price increases on our consumer products, we will unfortunately have to do that. something we don't want to do. we like to give our consumers and customers value, but it's impossible to avoid those circumstances whenever you've been hit with such substantial cost increases. inevitably, some of that is going to end up back on the shelf for the consumer. many firms are facing a pressure cooker of taxes and costs, according to the british chambers of commerce. in its survey of 4,800 businesses towards the end of last year,

i did not realize we go through commerce i thought environmental. but it goes through commerce. i got all the approvals and he said i don't want to sign it. i don't with the water, we don't need the water but he's i said you need the water at your reservoirs are empty you need the water. that was five years ago that i had it all done, the work was all done. we sent it to him and he refused to sign it. if you noticed yesterday the hydrants were empty. they did not have many any water, many of them it said 20% now heard 50% and now none of them have water and the fire is still raging. when he turned that down i was going to give up on limited water. it really comes down from the north, way up north including parts of canada. so much water they would not know what to do with her just the opposite would have happened. that is the reason this happened. he would not do what we wanted but were going to for set upon him now. but it is very late. it's one of the great catastrophes in the history of our nation. this is not just in los angeles. never seen anything like that, the devastatio

assets let's bring in julia fisher, chair of the british chamber of commerce in china joining us from600 million pounds worth of deals. was that the significant number that you and your members were looking for? what of consequence came from this visit? >> i think first of all that it happened at all is significant. this is the first time in six years we have seen one between the u.k. and china and the fact that it happened so quickly and caught on the heels of david coming to visit is significant but i think we should set expectations. it's really around commitments. in terms of those, there was a lot of stuff around financial services. we have seen openings in terms of quotas and licenses for hsbc, aberdeen, ascent capital, discussions around green bonds in the u.k. from the likes of the bank of china and discussions around the pension fund so a lot of positive stuff happening around u.k. financial services that will have an impact but it was also interesting to see what it might mean for small business in the u.k., particularly on food and alcohol. you have seen openings for pet fo

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eradicate disease, have the ocean depth, and encourage arts and commerce. let both sides unite to lead in all corners of the earth. the command of say too want to do heavy burden and let the oppressed go free free. and it may be head of cooperation may push back jungle of suspicion. let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law where. the strong not just and always secure and a peace preserve all will not be free in the first 100 days, nor will it be in the first 1000 days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime. this planet. but let us begin. in your hands, my fellow citizens. more than mine will rest the final success of failure of article seven. this country was founded. each generation of american has been to give testimony to its national loyalty. their grades of young american boy. the call to service around the globe. now the summons us again not as an call to bear arms. go on. we need not as a call to battle though in we are fighting to bear the burden of a long t

. >>> china's commerce ministry hits u.s.ompanies with export restrictions at trade tensions heat up with the defense sector names. >>> the u.s. kicks off 2025 on high alert in the wake of new year's attack in new orleans that killed 15 people and hours later, the deadly explosion of a tesla cyber truck outside the trump hotel in vegas. >>> and u.s. gas futures pop as russian gas flows via europe as ukraine refuses to a deal. >>> good morning, everyone. we start today's show looking at the session. so far in asia, chinese equities reported the worst start to the year since 2016. let me show you some of these moves. you have them on the screen at this stage. the hang seng down more than 2%. looking at other indices in china, we had the csi 300, the most important one to look at at the moment, down almost 3%. there are different reasons behind this. i also want to take you to the yuan and what we have seen in the yield space before we dive into the details here. to give you an idea, we also saw pressure on the currency space. a

cap the ocean depth and encourage arts and commerce. let both sides unite hate in all corners of the earth. the command of i say to undo the heavy burden and, let the oppressed go free and if a rich man of may back the jungle of suspicion. let both sides join in creating a new endeavor not a new balance of power, but a new world of law where the strong just and the weak secure and peace preserved. all this will not be finished in the first 100 days, nor will it be finished in the first 1000 days? nor in the light of this, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. but let us begin. in your hand. my fellow citizens, more than mine. well, read the final success or failure of our since this country was founded. each generation of has been summoned to give testimony to international loyalty the graves of. young americans who answered call to service. so around the globe now the trumpet summons us again. now do they call to bear arms? the arms need now to the call to battle, though in battle we are on a call to the burden of a twilight

cap the ocean depth and encourage arts and commerce. let both sides unite hate in all corners of the earth. the command of i say to undo the heavy burden and, let the oppressed go free and if a rich man of may back the jungle of suspicion. let both sides join in creating a new endeavor not a new balance of power, but a new world of law where the strong just and the weak secure and peace preserved. all this will not be finished in the first 100 days, nor will it be finished in the first 1000 days? nor in the light of this, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. but let us begin. in your hand. my fellow citizens, more than mine. well, read the final success or failure of our since this country was founded. each generation of has been summoned to give testimony to international loyalty the graves of. young americans who answered call to service. so around the globe now the trumpet summons us again. now do they call to bear arms? the arms need now to the call to battle, though in battle we are on a call to the burden of a twilight

you live with that one does have also we have a choice project uses and hydra commerce, so production photos yet. so we entered and throw out those these uh, company to some pricing on each others. so we're, so the nuclear power around for sure, is based on how i task is done sleep. but also from here, the state of the office solutions and as a resident google said fit send repeatedly by not mainly building a nature new platform, applauded waste, stablish, and brand new industry for when they come from. i think learning personnel training and from verse search as training was in there to, to account on that new platform, flowers and some commercial seamless aspects. and they also develop into k like the phone there. if that problem belongs to us entirely a well, just was like, no word, latex isn't supplied. no. so for me, as a socialist, and you know the case, the notion is on a very same basis with the hosting and you're like, so you should be. so you told me it states that it is set cool that we will have another high tech project to know about that trolls and i can squeeze you much

they didn't either chamber of commerce and industry. so thank you for your time. thank you very much. i as well, so that are outside of this and he is out. it was a pleasure to have you with us here on our see international discount. i'll to the com. there's a lot of great stories there, and most of us will be coming out of the top of the hour. we hope you'll join us then. the . i am theater the moon, but here this flyer, kasia conservancy and mike chuck was county and the republicans getting you know, africa as clearly the one said a lot of uh, always something new. and to the extent the african country is it'd be gained the independence in the late fifty's on 60 the, i caught them is what traditionally dependent on western institutions. it was a, the euro, or the united states of america through institutions which was dominated by the west or denied related 5 to the bretton woods institutions created in the bedroom of wood in the 1900 done for it is of the 2nd world war. and the med, yeah, institution that emerged out of that space was the international money to

but there were pictures of it in that chamber of commerce.here was a really wonderful music class called the maze of music. you could buy a guitar, get guitar lessons. it was right down here. you could do karate right here. my brother did karate next door. there was an art studio that i learned how to use chalk and pastels in. that's all gone. it's all gone. and it's just still worse, if you look across the street. and we talked a lot about this building, but i think it bears talking a little more about it. this was the starbucks. okay. it's the starbucks. who cares about starbucks, right? it's one of the first ones in the country. it was a big deal. my mom used to sit on the big, leather chairs here drinking a cappuccino. i think at the time, we called it a cup of chino. it was built in 1994. i believe at one time, a fire tore through this, over the years, but they were able to save the facade. the bank of america was over here. i met my best friend, in front of that bank of america. i hope that they're able to save some of this facade again

navy sailors out in the red sea helping defend shipping lanes and keeping commerce flowing. any thoughts about the cadence and what's being asked of those? gen. milley: well, we do have troops in exposed positions. so you have ground troops in syria. you've got ground troops in iraq. we do have some folks in israel. obviously, you've got american citizens, you've got embassy folks there. you've got the u.s. naval personnel, we've got air forces deployed throughout the middle east. you've got a considerable footprint in the middle east that are all in various levels of exposure. if it was a broad regional conflict. now, we're capable of defending ourselves. your military is extraordinarily capable in so many ways. and i know general carilla, the commander of centcom has taken all the appropriate force protection measures for his troops. so our guys are at risk though, nobody should underestimate the levels of risk. our people are at in the middle east right now. host: let's move into europe if we can in the situation in ukraine. some people have described it as a stalemate. h

as the oldest chamber of commerce in texas, we are blessed to have this remarkable institution in our community and in my district. it's under the outstanding leadership of gina spagnola, president spagnola, and her exceptional team. the chamber continues to make an enduring impact on galveston and beyond with her leadership. congratulations, president gina spagnola, galveston regional chamber of commerce, on 180 years of absolute excellence. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. carter: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to grieve the loss of dr. bob nichols who passed away on december 20. dr. nichols was a renowned professor at young harris college, with impressive 35-year teaching career at the school. he taught math and he coached tennis at the westminster schools in atlanta, gainesville college and you

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and the department of commerce agrees. we target export control to not give you one example. there's commercial spyware which is a thread on many levels to national security and when it's misused by authoritarian regimes that used to really get into the personal computers and to stop the work of civil society and civil dissonance so we've been successful of commerce at saying no to an export commercial spyware company that was trying to do business with an authoritarian regime and they had no idea frankly this company with their product would be used for. there were some barest not embarrass the so alarmed about the product they created a company policy to only sell and do business in democracy but that's an example of the impact and the fact of our export control and finally i will highlight dhs working on supply-chain issues and this goes back to the biden priority. i'm happy to be able to institutionalize them good to add a flavor to and really implement directly which is the biden administration has focused on supply-chain sprint competitors such as the prc and we know ab

chamber of commerce. neil, good morning. >> good morning. to be with you. >> neil, i don't know if you saw the developments with the quote/unquote secret talks. the dispute is automation and semi automation at the ports. do you have a view? >> it is needed. we are talking about basic technology. the basic technology we need to efficiently and safely operate a modern port. you know, we pride ourselves in the united states of having the best infrastructure and best businesses in the world, but we don't have a single port that's in the top 50 in global ports in terms of operations because the leadership of unions like the ila keep opposing the introduction of basic technology into port operations. if you care about the price of goods, if you care about global trade, this is an important fight that's going on right now. it's really important that we have the flexibility to modernize our ports. >> i want to be clear, neil. you are talking about prices for consumers. are you saying that is inflationary? >> absolutely. it costs more to load and unl

the department of commerce agrees. we have had a lock in targeting expert controls. there is commercial spyware, which is a threat to national security. when it is misused by authoritarian regimes, it is used to get into the phones and personal computers and to stop the work of political society. we have been saying no to requests from a spyware company that was trying to do with an authoritarian regime. they were so embarrassed or not embarrassed, but so alarmed about the use of their product that they created a company policy to only sell and do business in democracy. finally, i will highlight with dhs, we are working on supply chain issues and this goes back to one of the biden priorities i'm happy to be able to institutionalize and to really implement very directly. the biden administration has focused a lot on supply chains from competitors such as the p.r.c. and we know about the chips act and many other ways in which the biden administration has created a smart industrial policy to make sure that american workers and companies get a fair advantage when the sup

time of peace, even from overseas on the river and on the lake beyond, chicagoans carry on their commerce. and in summer, numerous water sports as. well. one need not own a yard however to enjoy the waters of lake michigan. and there is ample testimony to this fact in the thousands who make use of chicago's miles of lakefront and the numerous well-guarded bathing beaches here on warm days from to autumn. residents of the city, visitors alike seek the white sands and the blue waters. swimming areas are so extensive the crowds are seldom excessive unless the weather is abnormally warm. beautifully landscaped in every section of the city are the refreshment of broad lawns, great trees and the quiet waters lagoons. here, visitors may picnics or dine somewhat more luxuriously in a nearby pavilion overlooking the water. and there are rowboats for those who consider not to adventurous. in lincoln park, one may find numerous specimens of native and that the chicago zoological gardens in suburban brookfield is one of the finest collection in the world to name the specimens which so many thousands

i didn't realize it would go through commerce. would have thought environmental, but it goes through commerce. i got all of the approvals and he said, i don't want to sign it. i don't want the water. >> cnn's daniel dale is joining us for a fact check of some of this. so, daniel, can you tell us about what trump said there? is it true? >> i showed a social media post from the president elect yesterday to an expert in california water policy, a man named jeffrey mount. he said, abby, none of it is true. so this has just been a staggering quantity of wrongness from the president elect in a very short period of time. and there have been some small specific examples, like he keeps saying that governor newsom refused to sign a so-called water restoration declaration. in fact, no such declaration even exists. as newsom's office has pointed out. he also said yesterday that they're not using firefighting planes. we've seen those planes. they're there. but more than that, abby, i think the president elect has promoted an overarching false