dowd. mr. sekulow and the white house was part of the team giving him advice that he should not cooperate. he figured it was probably fine. since all of this appeared to be coming down to him from the president of the united states and all of these people who worked with the president. but then lev parnas got arrested and that's when things went quite pear-shaped. mr. dowd was your attorney for a time and then you changed attorneys. >> i fired him in jail. >> you fired him when you were in jail? >> yes. >> what happened there? >> and mr. downing. basically, when we were arrested, obviously, i had nowhere else to call. i didn't know -- we just retained dowd and downing. so i called downing to come there and i started seeing in the process of the bail stuff the way things were going on that they were more concentrating on -- i didn't feel that they were trying to get me out and at that point, i had a meeting with john dowd and downing inside the jail and john dowd just instead of comforting me an

dowd. mr.rt of the team giving him advice that he should not cooperate. he figured it was probably fun, since all of this appeared to be coming down to him from the president of the united states, and all of these people who worked with the president. but then lev parnas got arrested. and that's when things went quite pare shaped. >> mr. dowd was your attorney for a time and then you changed attorneys. >> i fired him in jail. >> you fired him when you were in jail? >> yes. >> what happened then? >> and mr. downing. >> basically, when we were arrested, obviously, i had nowhere else to call. i didn't know. we just retained downing. so i called downing to come there. and i started seeing in the process of the bail stuff the way things were going on that they were more concentrating on i didn't feel that they were trying to get me out and at that point i had a meeting with john dowd and downing inside the jail and john dowd just instead of comforting me and trying calming me down telling me it's go

i went to john dowd's house.w on the phone and also rudy and they basically came up with a situation that said because i worked for rudy and because i worked for victoria and because rudy worked for the president, we had three-way privilege and basically patsy colon was going to be writing a let to have congress telling them that nobody is cooperating and that would protect us under the same order and he would follow up with that. again, this is the president of the united states so, i said, okay, hear's all the information i have. i did my duty. i gave them whatever paper work i had. >> mr. parnas says he disagreed with this decision not to cooperate with the congressional investigation into ukraine scheme. he said he was inclined to hand over whatever he had, but he says the president himself approved mr. parnas using this lawyer, who the the president himself had used, mr. dowd. mr. sekulow and the white house was part of team giving him advice he should not cooperate. he figured it was probably fine, since al

>> circling the wagons. >>> listen, another email, from dowd to the house intel committee after they. he writes be advised that mr. parnas and fruman assisted je l giuliani, certain information you speak in your september 23rd, 2019 letter is protected by the attorney/client privilege review. elie, does this support parnas's claim about how close he was to the president and his circle? >> this is what we call corroboration. one of the key points lev parnas has been making the last couple days is that he was working through rudy giuliani for the president, an attorney who's represented the president saying the same thing. that's what we call corroboration. when you're looking to potential witness like lev parnas, brings back memories, he's under indictment with credibility issues. you're looking for corroboration, other reliable witnesses, other documents that back him up, perfect example. >> shimon, another check from parnas to an associate, team trump dinner celebration, i'm officially part of team trump and thanks to the "wall street journal" we know that the text was sent on the s

another to john dowd.ays, quote, john, i have discussed the issue of representation with the president. the president consents to allowing your representation of mr. parnas and mr. fuhrman. it's fruman, but you see the point he's making. it is signed jay sekulow, counsel to the president. if mr. sekulow can be taken at his word and there's no reason not to, this would imply that the president personally gave his consent for lev and igor to have the lawyer of their choosing, john dowd, representing them as they were fighting a request for testimony from congressional investigators looking at the impeachment scandal. the day after that email was apparently sent from mr. sekulow to john dowd, that's when dowd told investigators on his client's behalf that they wouldn't be cooperating with the impeachment investigation. now, lev parnas event bely changed his lawyer, dropped john dowd and also changed his mind and started cooperating with the impeachment investigation. that's how we got all these new documents

the other thing parnas said is that dowd wanted him not to cooperate and to be a good boy. go along with what is going on and go along with the plan. parnas said he had a problem with that and fired him. the other thing that pissed off parnas is that the president came out in the beginning saying i don't know this guy. that set parnas off into now wanting to cooperate and him speaking. >> right here, think about this everybody. why do they all hire the same attorneys? think about that. what did you say? >> circling the wagons. >> okay. all right. another e-mail from dowd to the house intel committee after requesting documents from him and he writes parnas and fruman assisted mr. giuliani in connection with his representation of president trump and certain information that you seek in your september 30th, 2019 letter is projected by the attorney-client privilege review. does this support the claim about how close that he was to the president and his circle? >> absolutely. this is called corroboration. one of the key points lev parnas has been making is that he was working th

it's not because of anything else, especially two days before that he gave me approval for john dowdt me, or several days. i knew it wasn't -- i didn't take it personal at that moment. >> the president's former personal attorney, or one of the president's former attorneys -- >> is representing me. >> got permission through jay sekulow to represent you. >> to represent me. i kept quiet. i was thinking, stay quiet, they're going to get me out of here and then i'll find out what's going on. but then i started realizing nobody's trying to get me out of here. and not only are they not trying to get me out of here but in my opinion some of the actions my attorneys of john dowd and kevin downing, there's a reason i fired them in my jail cell. >> you fired them while you were in jail? >> correct, and they wouldn't even leave when i got out of jail, they made comments on my behalf. we spent several weeks trying to get them to stop representing us because they wouldn't -- they made sure, you know, they tried to be a part of everything that was going on. it was the actions of john dowd and down

dowd, represent him.ent trump standing up and looking at the camera and saying i don't know lev parnas, if he's being honest to himself and he thinks he doesn't know parnas then we better talk about the 25th amendment because he's unfit. >> why is he letting his lawyer -- he had to give his consent for his lawyer to represent this guy and he's saying he did this for a stranger and he's going to represent trump in the senate. >> lawyers are obligated by our rules of ethics not to perpetrate a fraud in court in an impeachment or against the american people. >> who is going to enforce any of these laws? thank you very much. more amaril.m. joy after the br. .m. . my grandfather used his legal degree and his knowledge to help people that were voiceless in his country. that put a fire in my heart. it made me realize where i got my passion for social justice. bring your family history to life like never before. get started for free at ancestry.com thouwhich is breast cancer metastthat has spreadcer, to other par

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it was the actions of john dowd and downing and rudy giuliani, victoria. the people that were around me that i considered my family. nobody called my wife and helped try to say -- i'm not a wealthy individual. i know there's rumors and stuff. >> igor furman had -- >> he was more of the financial back in -- there was no help. i mean, you know, actually the opposite. when my wife called rudy to say that, you know, lev's getting out in the next couple of days, he wants to see you, he said to her that he's not going to see me without an attorney. i said to myself, interesting. why is he scared to see me without an attorney? then i realized because i got rid of john dowd and john and they were scared of how i would react and everything. and then, you know, thank god i was able to hire joe and it took some time, you know? at first i couldn't believe rudy would turn on me. i couldn't believe rudy wouldn't call. i gave some time and i sat there and i waited and i saw the tweets and i saw the remarks that they would keep saying. nothing about me, nothing about -- y

i was brought into john dowd's house.e got jay sekulow on the phone, also rudy and victor, and came up with the situation that said i worked for rudy and because i worked for victoria and because rudy worked for the president, we had three-way privilege, and that basically pat was going to be writing a letter to congress telling them that nobody is cooperating and that would protect us under the same order and he would follow-up with that. again, this was the president of the united states, so i mean, i thought, okay, i said here's all the information i have. i did my duty. i gave him whatever paperwork i had. >> that's a lot right there. and without delay, let's bring in barbara mcquaid, veteran federal prosecutor, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. all right, barbara, let's start right there. is that, what he just described, at all part of the normal legal world? >> there actually is validity to what he's saying there. imagine if your lawyer has a secretary or a paralegal who works for him. that

he then got rid of dowd and hired another attorney and low and behold he is willing to comply with theena. so here is someone who is complying with the subpoena with explosive documentation that shows that this has been an effort underway dating back to early last year to be able to build a case to tear down biden as he saw him as the most likely opponent in his presidential race. this is a strong case of bribery where the president has used his office to ask for something of personal benefit and to do so by virtue of being the president of the united states seeking this specific favor. again. it is a very strong case of bribery. this is precisely what our founding fathers were concerned about using the office for personal gain and the president i think has been caught red handed. >> well, most ominous about the new documents is that the republican is the russian and march i think it is ukrainian that his contacts that appear to be tracking were quote willing to help. you can do anything in the ukraine with money. what do you make of this? it looks to me like i don't know what they're

dowd was representing both of these defendants.there has to be some time in a criminal proceeding for a lawyer to make sure that -- where their client stands. they have to make a decision. he's looking with his client to determine what the story is. talking to him, challenging him. and whether or not he needs to come forward to help his case. so i'm not at all shocked that this has taken 90 days or so in a criminal -- a huge criminal case in the southern district of new york for a witness to be able to publicly turn over documents and give their side of the story at least at this point. i think that is par for the course. i'm glad it has happened because it just proves that there is something out there that hasn't been done in part because the administration has blocked witnesses and blocked the receipt of documents. >> doug jones, we appreciate you taking time this morning to come on "new day" and to give your perspective on all of this. we'll talk again soon. >> thank you. >>> that last discussion with alisyn and senator jones th

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so much to talk about, so let's bring in matthew dowd on set with us this morning. great to see you, sir. >> you too, sir. >> is the outcome of this trial predetermined? >> well, you know, in this disruptive time it's hard to say anything is predetermined in what's going on. we thought hillary clinton was predetermined to be president of the news 2016 and thought the new england patriots and baltimore ravens would be playing -- >> why do you make it personal? >> nobody knew the tennessee titans would play tomorrow. i think the likelihood is that 20 republicans aren't going to go against the president but i think as we've seen over the last 72 hours with all this information that's come out with parnas and other memos and we'll see more of this, i'm sure, is it's hard to say for sure what will happen. what we all want to do, watch the process, see what unfolds and ultimately see if they have witnesses at the trial in the senate. >> what are the big risks for the democrats going forward here? >> to overplay their hand. i think the biggest risk is democrats overplay th

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parnas to have john dowd, the president's onetime lawyer represent him when he was summoned to speak to the impeachment investigation, that claim about giuliani setting him up with john dowd, that is also bolstered by these text messages released tonight by the house. also when mr. parnas told me in the interview that he was shocked that california republican congressman devin nunes was taking a leading role in the supposed investigation of this scandal, he said he was shocked by that because he, lev parnas, had arranged for a devin nunes staffer to actually participate in this scheme by trying to dig up dirt on joe biden from corrupt ukrainian officials. that too is bolstered in these many text messages released tonight showing lev parnas doing just that with a top staffer to congressman devin nunes, setting up interviews between that staffer and ukrainian officials who are making these claims against joe biden. what lev said to me is bolstered by the documentation that you would go to look for if you were trying to prove it. and i understand they want to attack lev parnas as an acc

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set to be representing the president in the well of the senate to the president's old lawyer, john dowd, telling him explicitly, "the president consents to allowing your representation of lev parnas and igor fruman." if all the photos of lev parnas and donald trump side by side were not enough proof for you, this email basically shows the president knows exactly who lev parnas is and knew his former lawyer was going to represent him. those are just the highlights. but in order to sort of understand what these documents show, we're still making sense of them, we just got them, we don't have the full context for all them, so we're sort of piecing together, you got to remember, again, who lev parnas is, he's one of the two guys arrested in october on the way to vienna just hours after they ate lunch with rudy giuliani at trump's d.c. hotel. parnas and associate igor fruman were charged with working to get marie yovanovitch removed partly through illegal campaign donations. their lawyer who was trump's lawyer, john dowd, actually said that they were part of trump's legal team in a letter to

his remark about hotel california was based on the fact th john dowd had just quit/been fired. he quit, but it was like jay wag tr to basically withdraw and have less of a role and then the lead lawyer is gone. so now we'll see how long they all last. clearly ken starr will view himself as the most cerebral in terms of the chops and dershowitz and he will be smacky with one another, i would expect, behind the scenes. jay sekulow is thelue that holds it together, he's the sweetheart that says we can all get along. but remember, this goes to some earlier about the president's voice. what does the president want consistently timnd time again in these events? somebody on tv telling everybody how innocent he is and that this is a terrible cloud, a disgrace to our country. you'll see lot of that. robert: what do we know about coming from the president'snt side? is it going to be detailing and rebutting the facts the democrs have laidut, the arguments the democrats have laid out? or will it be about hunter biden and ukraine and joe biden? kimberly: i think it will be all of the above.

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year mexico stopped allowing migrants to cross its territory with few restrictions in june officials dowd unprecedented steps to block crossings into the u.s. absolutely the country was responding to threats issued by president donald trump squares he had tweeted in may we will impose increasing tariffs on all goods coming into our country from mexico until illegal migrants stop coming through and into our country. mexico's tougher stance appears to be having an effect since many u.s. officials say there's been a steady drop in the number of people arrested or stopped at its southern border. or to bring up to speed with some of the other stories making news around the world and back to china where a court there has jailed the former head of interpol for 13 and a half years on bribery charges making a hung ways tenure as in a poll chief was cut short after the then ist on a visit to china in 2018 at a trial last year and pleaded guilty to accepting 2100000 dollars in bribes saying in china that country is ship the court capsule of its planned orbital space station to a launch base for test

. >> i had a meeting with john dowd inside the jail. instead of comforting me, he basically starts talking to me like a drill sergeant and giving the orders. like, "be a good way." >> bill: parnas is talking a lot. you've heard a lot about it. what you make of it? >> these individuals have suspect credibility anyway. he is certainly under indictment. but the question you have here, just like the information that was sent over to the senate, you have a bunch ofu/8e1(p evidence. people conjecturing asked with the president of the united states thinks or says. that's how you end up with impeachment that's been sent over that is a carless impeachment. the abuse of power articles that have been sent over, which i think it's very dangerous precedent. if the adam schiff regime with nancy pelosi had believed a crime that occurred there, impeachment articles would have alleged one. >> bill: obviously the president was asked about yesterday in the oval office. here's how he reacted. >> he's trying to probably make a deal for himself. i don't eve

year mexico stopped allowing migrants to cross its territory with few restrictions in june officials dowd unprecedented steps to block crossings into the u.s. absolutely the country was responding to threats issued by president donald trump is 1st he had tweeted in may we will impose increasing tariffs on all goods coming into our country from mexico until illegal migrants stop coming through and into our country. mexico's tougher stance appears to be having an effect since may u.s. officials say there's been a steady drop in the number of people arrested or stopped at its southern border. thousands of pro-gun activists from across the u.s. have stage a rally in the state of virginia the urging lawmakers to abandon plans for stricter gun control laws democrats promised to tighten gun legislation after they gained control of the state's legislature in november but their proposed package of control says enraged gun rights campaign as. pro-gun campaign is gather in richmond every january but this year they are here in far greater numbers with new reason to rally for that cause no make is in

thank you also, ambassador dowd, our agriculture negotiating, and the long suffering jamison greer whoas the task of being my chief of staff. as i said 16 months ago, thank you also jared kushner, my friend and partner, for all your work and guidance and support. i said before from the heart, thank you to the cabinet members who devoted a substantial part of their terms to this effort, particularly the secretaries of treasury, commerce, agriculture, labor, and thank you, of course, the chief negotiator of the usmca was assistant ustr john mely. he was throughout the one who was responsible for the 350 or so people on our team. john is the best example of a career public servant. he retires this week. and he will be missed. in closing, let me just say that i mostly want to thank the president of the united states for allowing me to lead this special team, for his constant steady leadership, and for always being supportive during very difficult times. and to congratulate him on his magnificent achievement. to do this and to do it under these circumstances is a monumental part of your leg

tencent, who ann dowd red packets -- who hands out red packets, they will stop doing that in person.: the story of china's economy, it has been weak for a while. there have been hopes the try deal would help. we have seen the strengthening of the currency. how much to the measures being taken to address this threaten that recovery? >> we can compared to what 2003.ed in we have see the chinese economy stabilize. now, factoring the sars outbreak, 17 years ago, the chinese economy was different. this is what is concerning. we are talking about the impact on the global markets during sars with commodity prices falling. it is the structure of the chinese economy. back then, it third of the share of the economy was a small. now you are talking about china being led by consumption, terrorism, leisure. if you have this virus and fear of the spread of this virus, that can hit the economy. even if it is contained within china, the chinese economy against the world economy has grown exponentially since 2002. back then, we are talking about 8.7% of global gdp. now it is almost 20%. 1/5 of the wo

and, in fact, john dowd initially put out a statement saying essentially that parnas was on the team. cannot stop lying and they can't stop trying to retroactively conform their stories. this thin veil of attorney/client privilege, it doesn't exist when you're doing a bunch of criminal stuff. and this guy, the irony of rudy's career he started out at the sdny busting corruption, public corruption and scum bags and money laundering. >> you worked on the campaign -- >> the '97 campaign, and city hall as an advisor. this guy, he has gotten hiel as the proof case of everything trump touches dies. and trump -- >> that's your last book. >> that's my last book. >> trump has destroyed him so thoroughly now. the thing about rudy that he doesn't understand now, is trump has hung him out to dry already. he's already been killed. he just doesn't know he's dead yet. >> yeah. during our debate last night, biden spoke about the attention trump gives him. >> sure. >> i want you to listen to this. >> okay. >> the object of his affection now more than anybody else in the state. i've taken all the hits

. >> we should point out that john dowd who represents, who is the player that he represents exactly> well, he -- >> rudy at one point? >> well, he was representing the president, and then he came in and he was supposed to be representing parnas and the other man. >> and he said that parnas legally represented him. >> yes, and working on the president's legal team, and so therefore some of this would be attorney/client privilege, and now, of course, the president is saying that he doesn't know anything about parnas and he doesn't have any recollection of him, and the white house is saying that you can't trust parnas, because he has been indicted. this is a pattern though, right? so basically the president is either tangentially or the people connected to the president, rudy giuliani, who the president doesn't deny has said that this is my personal lawyer, people connected to them, they get indicted, and then it is, oh, well, you can't trust this person, and they are not trustworthy, and they just got indicted, but why are all of the people, and even in the outer circles of being able

there, they found out and were indicted, there is interesting correspondence for the president, john dowdth of them in the criminal proceedings. that's changed. lev parnas is represented by different counsel. so the evidence that fills in whatever gaps people have. i relate to be one of those senators who think they have to lie for the president and vote for him at this upcoming trial with this kind of evidence. >> this goes to the factual pattern. are you claiming the phone call was just a phone zmaul that there wasn't a wider alleged conspiracy? or boom, as more evidence comes out, here it is. that brings me to the other big report. we led with this breaking news. i have to ask you about the other big thing going on. as the senate prepares to put donald trump on trial, the other reports about who will defend trump. "the new york times" reporting alan dershowitz. this leaves one big name out in the cold. rudy giuliani. there are a few reasons to leave him out. there's first defense lawyer to ever get a presidential client impeached. a twist worth reflecting on. we checked. if a universit

lighthizer: i would also like to single out ambassador greg yeary dowd, my agriculture deputy. [applause] amb. lighthizer: and the assistant ustr responsible for this enormous effort, terri mccartin. [applause] amb. lighthizer: this was a great team effort by my office as well as the departments of treasury, agriculture, commerce, and many others. i should also acknowledge the hard work of the chinese side. vice premier liu he is a leader who was a diligent, patriotic, and as far as i can tell, always working and has proven himself honorable. [applause] we appreciater: all the efforts -- also the efforts, thank you to his restipal deputy, and the of your team. once again, congratulations, president trump and congratulations, president xi. [applause] thank you very much, mr. vice president, under your leadership, the economic policies of this administration are working. tax cuts, regulatory relief and now great trade deals are making the u.s. economy stronger and helping american business and workers and farmers. this is an incredible accomplishment. i want to thank ambassador l

while trump's current attorney wrote john dowd says the president consents to allowing your representationf mr. parnas. betsy, the stuff goes back to the old stuff of the communists, the hearings back in the early '50s. you don't say you don't know somebody as your defense when it's clear you do know them. you can argue when you are aist communist or perjury, that's how you end up in prison. why is he completely denying somebody he clearly does know? what's the point? >> it's certainly unusual. i spoke with lev parnas this afternoon here in manhattan. we specifically talked about the fact that trump said he doesn't know him as well as other sort of issues that informed parnas' confidence about frankly about going public, including first on this network. parnas told me that some contributing factors to the reason that he now is speaking out publicly, one, of course, was the fact that the president said he doesn't know him. parnas is emphatic that that's a lie. but in addition to that, he also told me that the silence from some of his former friends was really galvanizing for him. over the c

he made a decision after getting rid of the lawyer dowd who represented donald trump, he made a driecision to cooperate d start providing documents. this was the soonest we could get them. that's not justification for any senator to sigh w wh say why di house have before. the real question is why aren't they asking the president to release the documents he has. >> the new evidence that's been released by the house including text messages that appear to show some sort of surveillance by a man named robert hyde and a possible threat to marie yavonv yavonvitch. how do you interpret these text messages? >> i have to say it's deeply disturbing to see that it looks like someone had the ambassador under surveillance. there were implicit or potential threats to the ambassador. we don't know where those originated or the explanation for them but we're determined to find out. >> lev parnas, the associate of rudy giuliani is about to speak publicly on television. his lawyer says he's been making his case with a flash social media campaign that's been ongoing. the lawyer has been doing it. do you beli

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. >> maureen dowd had a fascinating little nugget in her column today. i want to put it up here.ffer mourned the apathy, our phones aren't ringing. nobody cares. it's the saddest thing ever. the fact that you don't have even democrats storming the capital protesting, it's not there. >> i was in iowa, no one talked about this. it's not that voters don't care about it or democrats don't think it's a big deal. i think what it is -- they get the joke. they know what the vote is going to look like. so what they are looking for now -- >> somebody said that to me, i'm not watching because i already know the outcome. >> that's where it puts the issue of who's going to face the president into starker contrast. >> let's pause that and have that conversation about who's going to face this president. what the iowa caucuses may tell us about where the democratic party is headed in november. >>> as we go to break, i want to remember a colleague for all of us, it's jim lehrer, the face of presidential debes and then needles. essential for the sea urchin, but maybe not for people with rheumatoid

. >> i was brought in to john dowd's house and we -- he got jay sekulow on the phone and also rudy and victoria and then basically they came up with a situation that said that because i worked for rudy and because i worked for victoria and because rudy worked for the president, we had three-way privilege and that basically pat cipollone was going to be writing a letter to congress telling them that nobody's cooperating and that would protect us under the same order and he would follow up with that. again, this was the president of the united states, so, i mean, i thought, okay. >> harvard law professor laurence tribe taught constitutional law to chief justice john roberts when roberts was a harvard law school student. in an op-ped piece for "the boston globe" yesterday professor tribe wrote, "senators who take seriously the solemn oath that chief justice john roberts will administer to them at the outset of the forthcoming impeachment trial cannot in good conscience, whatever the political fallout, vote not to hear and see all the evidence that would shed light on whether and how this

ivan grumberg and willie dowd office in 1987, you get prices for trials, murder trial and you add it up. and you add the prices up. my thing is, nobody said where do you get the money from. you asked, nobody upper said, where did he get the money from to afford him? they though i didn't get it from my mama. damn sure never got it from my daddy. nobody never asked that question. read the books about history of new haven. any questions? i remember i used to be in school. i used to be scared to ask questions, right? i would want the teacher tell me, i would be worried about people going to say, you ask that dumb question again? yes, sir. >> my question is in regard to prison reform. i know spent, time of your life in prison, what do you think is like there needs to be done considering prison reforms now? >> well, you know, first, let me tell you something, prison reform is a new fancy word. two years ago it was reentry. the government gave out a lot of money for reentry. now the government will give out a lot of money for prison reform. most prison reform, most reentry look like you, la

joined by rahm emanuel, former governor of chicago, chris christie, matthew dowd.e strike against soleimani may have been justified, was it wise? >> i think it's what the iranians understand. george, i think we have 40-year-plus history now with if the original regime that they take every sign of goodwill as weakness and i think the president did what he needed to do. i think admiral stavridis was right, we're a safer place today because this guy is off map. but it's going present challenges. shocking, the middle east is presenting us with challenges. the president's going to have to deal with it. the one ramification of it for him is sending more than 3500 more troops there. that's not what he wants to do. contrary to what he wants to do. every action has a ramification to it. >> he's laying it on president obama. you served as chief of staff, both president obama and president bush consistently decided the risks outweighed the benefits. >> also the israelis. i'd add that. which is why this is a strategic setback of first order of president trump's credibility. pr

to bob lighthizer and dowd, it ansan, greg will have the authority of the resident to swiftly reinstate old tariffs and impose new ones avoid the nd thus long drawnout decisions of the w.t.o. disputes don't end overnight. as the president and his team acknowledged, there is a lot of work to be done on china. advocate for e to kansas agriculture and anufacturing directly to this administration. president trump's efforts to olidify deals with our four largest exports markets, mexico, and now china, will have us move into the next decade and beyond. these four countries, along with a completed trade deal with south korea, represent over half of our country's trade. stage for the rest of our trade agreements. hard e it through this path, and better days of fair and reciprocal trade lie ahead generations. thank you, mr. president, and thanks to our entire trade team your efforts to protect and row american jobs, to improve wages, for your commitment to make and keep america great. work.up the good mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from ill