and from washington, grover norquist, the founder and president of americans for tax reform on the fallout for the american consumer. >>> plus, why the poor are getting poorer under president trump. the u.n. special rapporteur on poverty and human rights revealing the truth about the great american divide. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. now, if you live here in europe it may soon be a lot more expensive to love and buy american motorcycles, blue jeans or bourbon whiskey. the eu is threatens those with import taxes in response to president trump's decision to tax steel and aluminum from its closest allies, here in the eu and also in canada and mexico. to get around congress, the administration had to make the legal argument that it was vital to america's national security interests to produce those metals at home. >> one of the reasons that we have to rely on canada or on britain, for example, for some of our metals. metals we use for the defense of this nation only come from england. while they're a great ally and good partner, wo

grover norquist, thank you for joining us on phone.ll pivot now to ron johnson, former ceo of jcpenney, to get his thoughts on this ruling from the supreme court as well. ron, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> were you surprised? >> no, not at all. i think it's about a decade too late but i think it's the right decision the internet has had an unfair advantage. it's hurt main street and it's just leveling the playing field. i think it's the right thing to do. >> do you think as grover just laid out the argument that this is a pandora's box and sales tax is just the beginning? >> he made a great point and i hadn't thought about that. what would a few percentage make on a sales tax it's actually extraordinary. i've been in retail a long time. at apple we had two stores that were in tax-free states. one up in new hampshire and one in delaware. and they were amongst our highest volume stores as people would drive from neighboring states to buy their computers in the tax-free states. similarly, a lot of these states will do a two-d

russell ryan grover of jiffy tickets in san francisco says ticket praises for game 4 in cleveland haveves to go to a wedding but nobody likes to go to a funeral. you know, come the next game it could be the last. >> ryan grover says many warriors fans are secretly hoping there is a game 5 why mean the team could clefrm the nba title at home. if that happens, he says there would be a high demand for tickets. and that's good for business. lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> now remember, abc 7 is the only place where you can watch the nba finals presentlied by youtube tv. we'll have a pregame show at 5:00. abc coverage at 5:30 with tipoff at 6:00. stay with us for toyota after the game. >>> a proposed bill would create an easier path to a new stadium for the oakland a's. the bill would provide shortcuts to approval if the proposed stadium faces environmental challenges. it encouraging judges to decide any lawsuit under the california environmental quality act within nine months. judges would be prohibited from stopping construction unless there were imminent life and safety risks. the bill

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to how we got to this stage the talks were first announced in march but last month came voices on grover military drills between south korea and the u.s. and threaten to call it all off then nine days later trump council meeting accusing kim of hostility but just the next day the white house said things were back on track on the first of june washington officially announced the summit would go away . but the world's key players have all been responding as you might a suggest to the talks china said history was made at the summit site korea well they.

grover norquist joins us after this break let's begin. yes or no? do you want the same tools and seamless experience across web and tablet? do you want $4.95 commissions for stocks, $0.50 options contracts? $1.50 futures contracts? what about a dedicated service team of trading specialists? did you say yes? good, then it's time for power e*trade. the platform, price and service that gives you the edge you need. looks like we have a couple seconds left. let's do some card twirling twirling cards e*trade. the original place to invest online. >>> welcome back today marks the six-month anniversary of president trump signing into law the tax cuts and jobs act while the administration praises the tax plan, looming tariffs could cast a dark cloud over the success. joining us now is grover norquist thanks for being here. >> good to be with you >> six-month anniversary how has the tax bill changed, affected the u.s. economy? >> there's what happened and also a comparison with what the democrats said would happen. the opponents of the higher taxes. every sing

grover norquist is the president of americans for tax reform. he joins us right now.cause, currently, unemployment is near a 50 year low and she said we really need better consumer confidence. this is at an 18-year high. right now it's at 128 they tell us. >> she is running outs of excuses. remember americans for tax reform listed all of the bonuses and pay increases and benefit increases that many companies were rolling out in december-january. these called these crumbs, thousand dollar bonuses. walmart gave $500 adoption cost benefit packages. people got 401(k), more ira pension money put up. she poo pooed that. now she is belittling lower unemployment. historically low unemployment. increasing wages. steve: right. >> she wants a wage increase. she wants to be speaker. the disappointment in her voice is she is never going to be speaker now because the economy is growing as strong as it is. steve: yeah. don't the democrats just look tone-deaf when they talk like that? >> well, it's never a good idea to bad mouth the american people or to poo poo their successes. stev

joining us, there's grover, he's president and founder of americans for tax reform he says trade warsre wars of choice tariffs are going to hurt americans. is that right? i mean, i guess the question becomes, how long these tariffs remain in place. i mean, they could change on a dime they could be gone tomorrow, right? >> well, this is coming in the wake of tremendous good economic news over the last year, the economy's growing not at 2% but 3%, the fed has a new gdp now out. they say second quarter is at 4.7% we're looking at some wonderful head winds some wonderful winds in the right direction, helping the economy. there is this challenge, and that is, as we do what larry kudlow says, negotiate katariff down for more market access, more respect for our intellectual property, the bludgeon that they're using in these negotiations is a tariff and that could bring you a lot of -- it could bring you a trade war. >> but let me play pollyanna for a second i mean, the idea here is to narrow the trade gap that's plain and simple. that we have with many countries out there. isn't it possible

how we got to this stage the talks were first announced in march but last month kim voiced design grover military drills between south korea and the u.s. and threaten to call it all off then nine days later trump council meeting accusing kim of hostility but just the next day the white house said things were back on track on the first of june washington officially announced the summit would go ahead but the world's key players have all been responding as you might suggest to the talks china said history was made at the summit site korea well they hailed it as a new way forward on here the foreign policy chief sees the meeting shows that denuclearization of the korean peninsula is achievable japan though has said that pressure needs to be kept on the north all until concrete steps towards this argument our senior political analyst chris bambery told us he's skeptical about the deal that's been signed going into the work through said that they were going to insist america is going to insist on the complete. all of the potential of that had to be signed up to in this agreement of course you

for a while republicans actually try to use it against grover cleveland and found themselves absolutely stymied and other really embarrassed by it -- absolutely stymied and utterly embarrassed by it. it has not been on the books now for about 125 years. i believe the naming of andrew johnson as vice president was the last time in american history that a party picked as their candidate for that office a member of the opposing party. is this a coincidence or one lesson that has somehow seeped into the minds of people who make the decision of who would be vice president? mark: that is a very fair question. except, was in joe lieberman nominated for vice president on the republican ticket? mccain wanted him there, ok that's my mistake. it was attempting kind of thing. some reason iwas dislike lieberman, but i couldn't remember what it was. let's use another issue out there. [laughter] back in the 1860's, 1870's, 1880's, president didn't -- president's day and generally pick the vice president's, they left that to the party. and johnson and lincoln were essentially in the same party, that is

grover norquist, americans for tax reform president. let that sink in.sted paying retired teachers. a third of t iome tax revenue goes to retired teachers? is that right? >> well, some of that money comes from property taxes, but if you took the income tax, how much money goes to retired teachers? a third of all income tax. so, yes, in effect, that amount of money is spent for retirees. stuart: what are they going to do? because you can't go on like that. >> well the challenge you have is that elected officials mayors, school boards, love to be able to give away things when they're negotiating with unions, but they don't have any money today. so they promise you the world in 10, 15, 20, 30 years, when you are retired and politician is dead or retired himself or herself. so there is, realblem when elecd officials give away the store from 10 years from now, 20 years from now, they do that particularly with pensions. why a lot of competent states, illinois is not on that list, have moved to he defined contribution pensions, so when you give somebody a pensi

grover norquist is here on taxes.th anniversary since the tax cuts were passed robert frank will make his way live on a helicopter to the hamptons, and that's always good for something. that's what we got >> robert frank is going to the hamptons on a helicopter and then somehow marketing that as a tv segment he's getting a ride to the hamptons and saying let's bring a camera and make it look like work >> maybe i don't know if he'll stay out there, come back who knows. >> i thought you had the best gig on this network, you don't it's robert frank, he has a better gig than everybody else >> he figured it out >> he mansions, it's a verb. what are you doing this weekend? mansioning >> what's your phrase? rpp? is that it >> rich people problems. the nancy's mercedes broke down on the way to pick up the kids rpp. >> nice to see you >> i'll see you in a bit 7:00 if my mercedes doesn't break down >>> back to the markets. futures look like they'll have a good friday. jeff hirsch is here. dow is up 160, everybody go back to bed

as he's doing this, or writing the memoirs the democrats win the white house with grover cleveland.he cleveland presidency is about what the civil war is about now that the white house is in democratic hands. and amay have been a whig douglas democrat, but starting in 1864 he is a rock river ribic and -- rock republican. political loyalties became obvious to me as i followed the course of john porter's request for assistance in achieving some sort of exoneration for what was really a political hit in 1862. he was also quite sympathetic, although not particularly generous to burnside in his memoirs because burnside was by then a republican. he was dead so there was nothing he could do about getting him reelected. he -- i think he could've been a lot harsher and certainly would have been harsher in 1864. aide porter and when he ultimately said was a just effort to obtain some sort reputation.of his he waited until he was out of the presidency to do that and that he didn't abruptly. -- did it abruptly. >> how have these political considerations you feel shaped grant's assessment of oth

most all of this if you're into the native alfa harbor and that was important of the grovers now we are protected from the force of the waves. if it weren't for the wall we would never be able to topple all these boats. nor. the residents of matric who are happy but it might take a little more time to satisfy the investors. wave energy plans are still being tested but their potential could be huge. arrived for a visit back to phil thanks so much for the german president. has been in the united states to open a new restored home of one of germany's gracie's literary icons thomas mann who lived in los angeles in exile during germany's nazi right and was outspoken in his condemnation of hitler's row his house had been too to be demolished two years ago but the german government bought it as a symbol of the country's continued support for democracy on both sides of the amount. this was thomas months california home his grandson freedom and took germany's president from their steinmeyer on a trip down memory lane sharing family moments from some seventy years ago. it would be face think if w

country knows i support maintaining and including crop insurance that we heard from farmers, ranchers, grovers all across this country number one. i believe we were able to establish that in the provisio provisions. the amendment would make technical changes passed in the 2,014th farm bill by clarifying circumstances that reductions and benefits will apply to. we will continue to work as we move to the floor. all of those in favor signify a. >> i would echo what the senator said we worked on this for some time. we appreciate the committee adopting a provision that closes the substitution loophole that folks found a way around so that has been tightened up which is a good thing. we would love to see this go nation widenationwide, but the t has been offered and it certainly makes sense. we appreciate your good faith commitment as we continue to advance this and appreciate your support of the amendment. >> i thank the senator >> this is one wearingha going o withdraw. the renewable fuel standard as you all know it's critically important to a minnesota and the reports indicate dozens have been gra

♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage the president of americans for tax reform, grovere come because when we went to battle against britain to become an independent country in the american revolution, it was back in 1774, the average american, the average colonist paid between one and 2% of their income in taxes, total, one and 2%. the british in london were paying 20%. we were paying one or 2%. they were thinking of three and we took the guns out. there's been a little backsliding. the federal government is about 20% of gdp, state and and local ten or 12. we have a long way to go to get back towards a reasonable level of taxation. but the divisions then are the same as those now. there were two teams during the american revolution. there were the sons of liberty, the patriots that wanted independence and lower taxes, and the other team was known as the friends of government. and somehow that hasn't changed. always there and scrub the question is what's best for the government? if we cut taxes, this government lose it its money? the american people gain resources and ti