coons: thank you.eoff: the u.s., canada and mexico all agreed to delay the start of president trump's tariffs and hold off at least for now on the possibility of a trade war among allies. the delay is only for a few weeks and as of now there will be new tariffs taking effect tomorrow. 10% on goods from china already on top of materials dating back to president trump's first term. amna: president trump also called the new tariffs and opening salvo and spoke about his plans to issue new punitive tariffs against another ally, the european union. these threats and the prospects of a trade war lead to a number of questions about how tariffs have been used in the past and what effect they will have and potential impacts now. our economics correspondent takes a look. reporter: tariffs. taxes on imports collected in the u.s. at 328 ports across the country. here's a look at some of the reasons president trump gives to hide them. -- height of. >> instead of taxing our citizens, we will tax foreign countries to

coons: so the fbi worked for the white house. mr. patel: the fbi as a member of the department of justice and has been the long-standing application -- sen. coons: who does the different justice work for -- department of justice work for? mr. patel: they are in the executive branch. sen. coons: attorney general bondi gave a different answer but that they work for the american people. president trump has made clear he wants to use the fbi to persecute political adversaries. he has said folks ranging from liz cheney to adam kinzinger to former vice president hairs should be investigated and criminally prosecuted. if you were to order you to open an investigation into any of these individuals let's say vice president harris, would you? mr. patel: this question speaks to my ability to leave political bias and allow independent behavior to be the only guiding light. as a public defender, i learned that in the harshest of arenas. any law enforcement investigation if i'm confirmed at the fbi will only be launched on the following qualificat

senator coons. senator coons: thank you. thank you to your family and those here to support you. as i hope you know, your predecessor in this position in the previous two administrations i have had a particularly strong working relationship with. sb administrator mcmahon came to visit delaware several times. i would agree, my dad said the same thing, this is to senator young's comment. he thought this was the most exciting committee i could possibly be on, and it has been in the past a very productive committee. my hope is that we will get back to turning out legislation that works with the people, that we will appropriately authorize and review funds and programs. when we had a chance to meet two weeks ago, one of the programs are broader was founded in wilmington, delaware, but i think one of the highest federally appropriated dollar for actual impact programs in history -- there is more than 10,000 volunteers who deliver roughly 4 million hours a year of free business plan consulting. clients return $59 in tax revenue for every dollar appropriated. it needs to be reauthorized.

coons: is it possible to give 30 days notice in 10 days? mr. patel: no. i'm not going to entertain hypothetical on legal violations but i will look at all legal violations referred. sen. coons: for those of us concerned about the quality and duration, i think it was a violation of a law passed by congress could in september 2023 on a podcast, you said and i believe i'm quoting accurately, all these general counsel offices throughout every agency and department need to be slashed in half because lawyers come in to slow down and paralyze the movement of the america first agenda. does that comment suggested that if confirmed it would be your intention to fire the career civil servants, the lawyers in the fa general counsel office? mr. patel: no. sen. coon: could you give reassurance it would be your intention to listen to the advice and counsel of the inspector general of the department and agency? mr. patel: with ig's, as you know, i believe and have shown through this proceeding that ideas provide a valuable service to republican and democratic administrat

amna: to discuss more about the fallout, i spoke earlier with chris coons of delaware, who serves onh the senate foreign relations and judiciary committees. welcome back. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. amna: it took just a few days for elon musk to essentially take control of usaid, now threatening to shut down the agency. if this is illegal, then what can be done about it? >> a legal challenge to how and why and when this happened could be coming. second, we are working to press the administration and colleagues to recognize the important work that is done around the world that makes us more safe, that keeps american safe, secure and prosperous, and this work needs to continue, whether it's countering human trafficking in mexico, preserving wild spaces and mozambique, intercepting viruses like ebola in uganda before they break out, the men and women of usaid and the nonprofits from around our country who serve around the world in response to humanitarian disasters and crises and promote democracy, security and stability do valuable work that needs to continue and i will suppor

coons: mr.resident, as if in legislative session, and notwithstanding rule 22, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of senate resolution 51, which was submitted earlier today. further, that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objections? i recognize the senator from idaho. mr. risch: mr. president, reserving the right to object. i want to rise today to talk about what senator coons is attempting to do here, and i have to say that a lot of us have said for years that the greatest national security threat americans face is our skyrocketing national debt. president trump agrees with us, and is committed to do something about this. we must confront this, and to do so hard choices are going to have to be made, and all, all parts of government will have to be looked at very closely. the idea of merging usaid

your colleague senator coons put up this statement when it became official yesterday he says presidentrump he said is going to drive down prices to make america more affordable than on day 13 of his presidency he imposed tariffs that will send prices skyrocketing. is it a good move? >> well is 3000 americans die every two weeks from fentanyl poisoning coming across the mexican border they make the drugs, fans will produce in a mexico precursors come from china. we have been overrun in terms of 11 million illegals coming across the mexican border if you want tariffs to go away, mexico and china stop of poisoning americans stop sending fentanyl into america to kill americans prett.when have a better relatip with the united states do your part on the other side of the border, to her friends in canada i really appreciate what you're doing on the northern border. these tariffs are designed to get these countries to change their behavior. i am glad we are pushing back against china and mexico when it comes to fentanyl poisoning of america i am glad we are putting everybody on notice the old

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upon when you i coon help lean forward 3 and 5 year performance and don't want to go, lot of history but in 20 twoop a very difficult year for us relatively our performance has been strong. some of the changes alison talked about left month and will update you on later in the year is we learned lesson in 22 and when we evolved to with mercer's help a framework where we are better at identifying the risks this wore taking. and we are e involving the portfolio to empsighs was stock selection risk and deemphasize from selection ask counsel row selection. to your question is this one year performance indicative of anything it is if the it is too short we are managing it in i risk aware way today that in the past. >> okay there will be more information and explanations comingil be patient. thank you. >> i wanted to thank you for w. we check in with staff regular low on the rep and i heard good things. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. you appreciate the update in this area. i had -- follow pickups on inflationary piece rather than have you look in your ball we can follow up later. thank you

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