why you heard a lot of the farm state republican senators attacking secretary of commerce ross, chuck grassley, johnr is against all this. the other base areas that will be improved will be ohio, indiana, california. trump has a long-term strategy. he's thinking about our own growth rate. we've been kind of anemic between 2% and 3% for the last 30 or 40 years. the chinese grew at 8% to 10%. that's bad in the long term. if you can get the growth rate up to 4%, or i hope 5%, through these evidenc effective trade s, it will take a lot of years, the market may go up and down in new york, but in the long run he's talking about a much more prosperous america. that's the goal. >> eric: and finally, 30 seconds left, how do you think this will play out? as you just said, several years or what? >> well, certainly not days. you may have noticed the e.u. tariffs came back within hours. the chinese tariffs also came back the same, day the first tariffs were announced. i think we move into round two, what ambassador ligh lighthizers famous for, getting more resigh pro call advantages for -- reciprocal advantages

ross: i think that is a decision that john paul ii made. retirement from an active life as runningal, life an archdiocese or a departnt of the vatican and so on, corresponds a sort of stepping away from responsibility. of course, there's issues of senility and so on the inter in -- that enter in. distant from the constancy's are that you want in choosing the expo -- the next pope. choice theytrary can be changed by different pope. put -- and cardinals have to retire 75. ross: they have to offer their retirement at something five -- at 75. brian: there are 200 plus cardinals still live in the world. why are 40 of them from italy? ta have the most responsible people in the world and catholicism to have a kind of dominance? back faryou want to go enough, st. peter was martyred in rome. the church recognized rum as its capital. that was true then and it has been true ever since. , if natural in certain ways the center of your church is in rome, just as the politics of virginia and maryland loom larger in d.c. -- there will always be italian inf

ross: i think that is a decision that john paul ii made.etirement from an active life as a cardinal, life as running an archdiocese or a department of the vatican and so on, corresponds to a sort of stepping away from responsibility. of course, there's issues of senility and so on that enter in. you get distant from whatever the competencies are that you want in choosing the next pope. like any age rule, it is an arbitrary choice that could be changed right a different pope. brian: and cardinals have to retire at 75. ross: they have to offer their retirement at 75. brian: there are 200-plus cardinals in the world. why are 40 of them from italy? why does italy have the most responsible people in the world in catholicism to have a kind of dominance? ross: if you want to go back far enough, st. peter was martyred in rome. the church sort of recognized rome as its capital. that was true then, and it has been true ever since. so it is natural in certain ways to have -- if the center of your church is in rome, just as the politics of virginia and

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ross sorkin in seattle today. >>> cnbc contributor, along with our own john harwood guys, good morning good to see you. >> good morning jimmy, let's try to game this out. you can take it wherever you at would this look like ostensably how would he get through a primary and succeed to a general? >> there's not a political party for him right now. i can't imagine someone who, at one point, said they would run to the right of hillary clinton, who is talking about debt, deficits and entitlement reform, i don't see a place in the democratic party for someone tha he himself has acknowledged they're moving left. most of the party is already to the left of him. unless he is goio spent $250 million, probably, as an opening bid on an independent run, maybe john has some idea i don't see where this shakes out for him. >> john harwood, it's kind of a strange world where you have a ceo with the track record of howard schultz yet you're saying think thera party for him. it's a brand everybody knows he has a track record of success. what does this say about the polarizing world of politics >> he is an extremely impressive guy. very

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john deere and caterpillar will suffer more than the beer can companies where, as wilbur ross says, ismall percentage. some steel-intensive product also really rise and the consumer eventually will be paying. >> scott, thank you so much for bringing us your insights. scott jones, president of nova steel. >> thanks for having me. >>> and still to come, facebook reportedly close to unveiling a slate of shows, including new shows for its new video platform, watch. more on that, coming up. >>> plus a surge of investments in self-driving, making a big splash this week what it means for the future of transportation and then why rbc thinks netflix could change its name to euroflix not seriously but ybe main rights when "squawk alley" returns. >>> facebook reportedly close to launching watch that may include content from cnn and fox also op facebook today, new pew study shows that teenagers are using the platform less and less, down some 20 points from just four years ago. joining us this morning, inside.com founder and general catalyst phil libin. good to see you both. >> good morning. >> goo

strategic command general john hyten, nasa administrator jim bridenstine and commerce secretary wilbur rossstified on utilizing satellites in space for commerce and national security. you can watch the hearing again tonight in its entirety at 8:00 p.m. eastern either on c-span2. this weekend on afterwards, maryland congressman the first democratic to declare a run offers his vision for america and has booked the right answer. how we can unify our divided nation. he's interviewed by donna brazil, former chair of the national committee. >> so you've been a member of congress now since 2013. >> that's right. >> you've had an opportunity to introduce legislation, work with democrats, republicans. but you also in the book call for an end of partisanship, especially one that awards vision. what do you mean by that? >> i think a president or any other elected leader in this country should effectively represent everyone. whether they voted for them or not. they should also take a pledge never to divide us. that doesn't mean they go out there and say why they shouldn't vote for me over the other per

what you'd pay at department stores, ♪ you gotta go to ross (ken) >> welcome back, we will take you to san diego, republican candidate for governor johnothedemocrat. well, as i told him in san jose at the debate, be careful what you wish for. [ applause ] gavin newsom and his corrupt cronies , they did a bunch of ads touting their opposition to the president. let's send him the very first message, and that is, it wasn't trump who made california the highest tax state in the country. it was gavin newsom and the democrats. it wasn't president trump who gave us a $52 billion gas tax increase without any reform of one of the most inefficient agencies in the country. it wasn't trump who give us that gas tax. it was gavin newsom, and we are going to repeal that tax in november. it wasn't president trump but gave us one of the most expensive and failing school systems in the country. this is absolutely criminal to deprive our children of the education they deserve. we know it. the extra tax money that they passed in proposition 30 isn't going to the classroom, it's going to administrators and pensions. we need to get that money into the clas

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john hendren al-jazeera washington. well of the g. seven summit steve mission said the u.s. is also pushing for structural changes to china's economy those talks are being led by u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross who arrived in beijing on saturday washington and china have threatened to for tat tariffs on goods worth up to one hundred fifty billion dollars each the u.s. wants china to buy more american goods to reduce the trade deficit between the world's two biggest economies were florence italy joins us live now from beijing florence so these talks are broadly about the u.s. trying to reduce its trade deficit with china so how is it proposing to do that and what a both sides actually want. that's right now in the u.s. at the moment buyers about four times more products from the chinese than it sells to china and u.s. president donald trump says he has said he wants to reduce the annual trade deficit between us and china by about two hundred billion dollars within the next two years so how are they proposing to do that well the first step is by getting the chinese to buy more u.s. products now there was some sort of great commitment that the two sides had reached during the last round of trad

john hendren has the latest from washington. u.s. president donald trump sent a trade representative to china and he came back with nothing wilbur ross the u.s. commerce secretary had gone there trying to reduce the three hundred seventy five billion dollars trade deficit the u.s. has with china he wanted a target of reducing that amount by two hundred billion but the chinese refused to set a specific number then ross insisted on raising the subject of u.s. tariffs he said the u.s. would increase tariffs on some fifty billion dollars of chinese products by twenty five percent in vats is where things went bad his chinese counterpart said there would be no agreement on anything as long as those tariffs went forward and that kind of mirrors what the u.s. is doing in the g seven negotiations ahead of a meeting later this week in canada in that case those countries are angry over u.s. steel and aluminum tariffs i suppose we got a little insight into president trump's negotiating style from the former head of n.b.c. jeff zucker said that when trump was negotiating after his first season of the apprentice where he was getting fifty thousand

john hyten, nasa mr. jim bridenstine and sector wilbur ross will be testifying utilizing satellites in space for commerce and national security. this is a hearing of the strategic forces subcommittee armed services in the house. it should be getting underway shortly. live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] .. [inaudible conversations] . [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. i want to thank ranking member barrett for cooperation to discuss space situational awareness in the whole of government context. i also appreciate the members expressed by the house armed services committee and committee on space and technology more broadly and ask unanimous consent that noncommittee members can participate. and any objection? hearing none, so ordered. noncommittee members we recognize appropriate time for five minutes. given we have an extra panel of witnesses and lots of member interest, i'd ask to include into the record statements and extra inyus-- extraneous material. the honorable wilbur ross, gerald bridenstine, no stranger to this room or this subject matter, administrator national aeron

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we'll have the latest on claims that wilbur ross engaged in questionable stock trading that and more when we see you at noon johnu then, scott thanks. >> turning to the future of work, the at work conference kicks off today in new york city focusing on technology, human resources and the workforce of the future joining us is ryan who's speaking today and then live stream at 1:00 p.m. eastern today. ryan, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> you're -- your team building a major team that employers use to gather a workforce. that's key in the time when job openingso openings outnumber the people looking for job and the gap of skills needed and available. what advice do you have for the people who are trying to find, hire quality work, education is expensive. how can they take advantage of the gap in. >> yeah. by virtue of the linkedin platform, professionals and 15 million i don't knows open at any time and a common skill taxonomy underneath that, we understand where various skills gaps exist across the world. for example, right now in san francisco, there are more job openings for teachers

john yang has that. >> yang: judy, u.s./european relations took another hit today when commerce secretary wilbur ross said the administration would impose tariffs on european steel and aluminum. this comes after president trump withdrew from the deal to contain iran's nuclear program, a deal the e.u. helped negotiate and remains committed to. to talk about this, we're joined by david o'sullivan, the european union's ambassador to the united states. mr. ambassador, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. e president of the european commission said today what the united states actions he called them pure protections, pure and simple, he said the e.u. would respond with tariffs of their on on u.s. goods. are we in a trade war? >> i don't think we're in what you could call a full-blown trade war because the volume of trade involved in this dispute compared to the global volume between the european union and the united states is still relatively small, but an important divergence of view. we believe the tariffs are unjustified and illegal under wgo rules and we believe it's important to push back and use our entitlement to protect

trade conflict john hendren al-jazeera washington and at that g seven meeting steve mentioned said the u.s. is pushing for structural changes to china's economy u.s. commerce secretary ross has been holding talks with chinese leaders in beijing he says the meeting so far have been quite friendly and frank. two countries of threatened to attack tariffs on goods worth of two hundred fifty billion dollars each china says any agreement they reach will be void if the u.s. goes ahead with raising tariffs the u.s. says north korea will only get sanctions relief after it takes verifiable and irreversible steps to denuclearize ation defense secretary james mattis was speaking on the sidelines of a defense conference in singapore he made his south korean and japanese counterparts to discuss the upcoming summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un. is a very. good. thank you very much for the wealth of the. good. of all. of. the thirty five israeli military says its jets have targeted fifteen sites belonging to hamas in the gaza strip it says two weapons manufacturing and storage sites were hit israel said it intercepted three rockets fired from g

ross has been holding talks with chinese leaders in beijing. so he and his former prime minister has voted in early parliamentary elections young as john says right wing anti immigration party is likely to win the most seats but will have to find coalition partners to form a government. the deputy prime minister of qatar says it's stronger than it was a year ago when neighboring countries imposed the blockade saudi arabia the united arab emirates and egypt also cut diplomatic relations on june the fifth last year qatar denies there accusations of fostering terrorism. through the unwavering resilience of the property people and the song leadership of his highness the emir we were able to weather the storm and emerge from it stronger than ever before in the years since the blockade was imposed or production of national product including medicine and food grown exponentially we have built on our bilateral relation and have explored the new promising partnership to grow and develop the crisis created shortages in food supply chain iran was one of the countries that stepped in to help fill the gap but as a report stating ties between the two nations c

who works with me and was here left yesterday to meet secretary ross and i think we had a very productive discussions. let's go live to john hendren in washington d.c. for more and they say what the leaders say john well but they were apparently not convinced by anything and had to say he was not able to offer them any relief on those tariffs the french finance minister bruno lemaire said the u.s. has only a few days to deal with this before a trade war starts and every member of the g. seven is now paying those tariffs they are also considering retaliate torrie tariffs on such things as levi's jeans whiskey harley-davidson motorcycles oranges so that trade war is already ready in the making this will be a major subject next week they all signed a statement and in that statement there was unanimity in the criticism of the united states saying finance ministers and central bank governors requested that the united states secretary of the treasury communicate their unanimous concern and disappointment presumably communicating that to donald trump they went on to say that this discussion should continue at the leaders' summit

john thank you well the meeting comes as the u.s. come a secretary's in china's capital for talks on these intention of a tower of the visit by wilbur ross comes off of the trumpet ministration with new threats against china raising fears of a trade war washington wants beijing to reduce the trade deficit of nearly three hundred forty billion dollars for tween the two nations. the israeli army says it's intercepted at least one rocket over its territory rocket sirens have been activated in southern israel bordering the gaza strip well earlier thousands of people attended the funeral of a young palestinian paramedic shot dead by israeli forces at the gaza border on friday twenty one year old resin alan john had been volunteering since the weekend demonstrations began in march and since then israeli soldiers have killed at these two hundred twenty one palestinians protesting for the right to return to their homes for said was at the funeral of han eunice in gaza. the body was on how much is now being brought to once a mosque here i don't hear this there is a huge mixture of emotion here we've seen some of her colleagues trying to quiet him

john home and mexico city the u.s. commerce secretary is in china's capital for talks on easing tension over tariffs will ross's visit comes out of the trump of ministration renewed threats against china raising fears of a trade war washington wants paging to reduce the trade deficit of daily three hundred forty billion dollars between the two nations florence louis reports from beijing. this is the third round of trade talks between china and the u.s. the world's two largest economies and the idea is to avoid a full blown trade war but the events of the past few days have complicated matters first up you have the about face by the u.s. when it comes to the imposition of tariffs on chinese goods now having initially said it will put these tariffs on hold while talks are ongoing the u.s. a few days ago said it would push ahead of tariffs now this has left chinese and u.s. officials in a state of uncertainty and without much confidence that whatever they agree on this weekend will actually amount to anything and then of course second is the issue of the u.s. imposing tariffs on steel an element in products on the e.u. mexico

john hendren al-jazeera washington. the u.s. is also pushing for structural changes to china's economy those talks are being led by u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross who says meetings have been friendly and frank so far the u.s. wants china to buy more american goods to reduce its trade deficit u.s. defense secretary says north korea will only get sanctions relief after it takes verifiable and irreversible steps towards denuclearize ation james mattis has been meeting his south korean and japanese counterparts in singapore they've been discussing the upcoming summit between the u.s. and north korean leaders israeli military says its jets have targeted fifteen sites belonging to hamas in the gaza strip it says two munition fact manufacturing and storage sites were hit earlier israel said it intercepted three rockets fired from gaza thousands of people in gaza have attended the funeral of twenty one year old palestinian medical examiner jarred she was shot dead by israeli forces at the girls' a border she had been volunteering since the weekend demonstrations began in march riot police in mali have fired tear gas at opposition supporters during a ba

john hendren al-jazeera washington. well at the g seven meeting steve milligan said the u.s. is also pushing for structural change to china's economy those talks are being led by u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross who arrived in beijing on saturday washington and china have threatened to attack tariffs on goods worth up to one hundred fifty billion dollars each the u.s. wants china to buy more american goods to reduce the trade deficit in beijing's favor floor's jury has more from beijing u.s. president donald trump has said he wants to reduce the trade deficit with china by about two hundred billion dollars within the next two years and u.s. officials are pro proposing a couple of ways to do this one way is to get the chinese to buy more u.s. products there's already a commitment by china to substantially increase their purchase of u.s. agricultural and energy products but u.s. officials will now want to push for a specific target as well as for the chinese to enter into long term contracts which you chinese officials have so far been reluctant to commit to and then u.s. officials have said they also want to see structural changes in the chinese economy and they've long complained about unfair

john harwood, thank you very much. >> you bet >> and of course, i'm sure we're going to try -- i'm just speculating that at 8:00 eastern time, somebody -- andrew rosss probably going to ask howard schultz if, hey, are you doing this because you're going to run for president anyway, big cnbc exclusive interview, 8:00 a.m. eastern time you cannot miss that >>> l right, with all due respect to the monthly jobs number, which gets a lot of play on this fine network, today actually may bring the most important economic number this month. it's called the jolt survey. it's out at 10:00 a.m. without getting wonky, it counts the number of open jobs and the number of people bitting their job in america joining us now to talk about this, why you care and the market, chief market strategist at metlife investment management i want to get to the nasdaq's run in a minute, drew, but i want to talk about the j.o.l.t. survey, job opening and labor turnover survey, 6.8 million open jobs as of the st number. how important is this number and why do you look at it so closely? >> it's important for two reasons. one, it gives an idea of supply and demand, right? so, we kno

john bozzella , appreciate it. we will be talking about trade further. speakn david westin will with u.s. commerce secretary wilbur rossn bloomberg daybreak: americas tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. new york time. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ shery: this is "bloomberg markets." y i'n in new york. amanda: i'm amanda lang in toronto. cb insights is holding the future of thin tech event in new york. erik schatzker is therefore an interview with director of the u.s. office of management and budget as well is the acting director of the consumer financial protection bureau, mick mulvaney. let's listen in. pleasantlyas surprised by when i got to the bureau is that of the 1700 permanent career employees who the vocal, that minority that really hated me and wanted to send me on fire was minimal. most folks wanted to be good bureaucrats. that was helpful. when you are in a bureaucracy which is what i am now, what you want is professionals who can work as hard for the obama administration and the last date as they do for the trump administration on the first-day. and then work hard with the next demonstration or you can't ha

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john carroll, somebody i respect. then they start giving michelle wolf the stink eye. and you know that feeling of, like, i could see the repubbys, like, looking around, like, "oh, well if that -- if wilbur rossg --" and by the way wilbur ross i could tip him like a cow. [ laughter ] he's that old guy in cabinet. he's like 120. he's the secretary of bull[ bleep ] something. [ laughter ] but, i just wanted to see him and go [ blows ] and watch him go down. [ laughter ] anyway, and so what happens is the other people on the podium were giving her a look as if she was bombing and she wasn't. so, it's kind of like a virus. so, the first section gets uncomfortable, then the middle section. and i'm in the back, me and spicey arethe back [ laughter ] so, oh, and that one has the nerve to give me the look, right. so, she makes a joke about him and i stood up like this, i go like this. [ clapping ] [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: you put it out there. [ clapping ] there was no -- >> oh, yeah. >> seth: you were not subtle about it. >> no. >> seth: no subtlety. gotcha. >> i, no, i think they're all going to jail. oh, you know who twatted me last night? >> seth: who twatted you? >> who twat

john. now the the trump administration has reached a deal -- with the chinese cell phone makers zte in sanctions and now wilbur ross says in commerce secretary has assigned settlement deal in hand. one billion dollar in penalty slayed against zte and put in escrow incase they break and violent sanctions again and watch this for ten years a team answerable to commerce department will be embedded as zte to watch over them incase they -- to see if they do any other violations of sanctions. >> wilbur said that zte is only foreign company is in full compliance with our sanctions rules all compliance. so -- stuart, they are popping intel and had done business with zt ergs and key to avoiding a massive trade fight with china, and foqo on the table. >> hardline from trump and it works you've got a deal. >> that's the deal. when do they acknowledge that? come on. okay. calm, stew check this out a little gee wiz from microsoft yeah i do own that stock putting data center on the floor of ocean. well a big server farm underwater and cheap earn more energy efficient to operate. stop laughing lizzy a great story -- [laughter] an

honorable wilbur ross, senator thomas, the honorable jim bridenstine and no stranger to this room or the subject matter. administrator and another person is no stranger to this room general john hyten, of the strategic command. i will turn it to your brief opening statements and we will roll straight into questions in general one, we will start with you. >> thank you, chairman rogers. it is an honor to be here today with secretary ross and administrator training. it's difficult not to say congressman bridenstine but it's on the side of the table which is interesting. it is always a profit should be here and a privilege to represent the hundred 60000 americans that accomplished the munitions of my command everyday. i like to thank both committees for your enduring support or nation's defense and particular to work on a national space policy. my command your strategic command is a i i global war figg command and reset the conditions across the globe and the ultimate guarantor of our national and allied security and our missions are to deter strategic attack and employ nuclear space, global strike, joint [inaudible] to do this we rely on timely and accurate information about the

including the honorable wilbur ross, the honorable jim bridenstine, no stranger to this and or this subject matter, another person who is no stranger to this room, general john hyten. i will turn it over to you for a brief opening statement and we will roll into questions. general--- general hyten, we will start with you. hyten: thank you. it is always a privilege to be here and represent the 162,000 americans that accomplish the mission's mike command every day. committeesnk both for your work on our national space policy. my u.s. strategic command is a global warfare command which sets conditions across the globe. deterssion is to strategic attack and employ nuclear space, joint electronic work forces as directed. to do this we rely on timely and accurate information about the operational environments we operate in. space is one of those environments and it's no different then any other. it's how we bring together the data needed for space control and to assess adversary intentions. our national security mission demands we make the environment as safe as possible to operate in and that's led to current sharing arrangements. today we take our space data awa

ross kudlow to say we are just considering these restrictions. sign is they have heard the republican concerns on this. tom: thank you. with us is john taft.ewardship on global wall street. he has been a student of wall street for decades. we touch on the magical name of taft going back to the election of 1908. john taft is not active in politics. , whichs a certain path is every single person, where is the discourse of the republican party? is the republican party of your family going back beyond your great-grandfather, is it gone? , which is oned it of the reasons i have not gotten involved in politics. wingoderate conservative of the republican party does not seem to have a home in u.s. politics today. there has been a lot written recently about my great-grandfather and his views on the presidency, specifically a new biography, a recent column the washingtonin post, pointing out his constitutional modesty, the idea that he was quoted as saying that the constitution restricts more than it empowers the presidency. that was his view of the role of the presidency, a limited one. of modesty and a mixing it up with hubris -- is the idea of mo

including the honorable wilbur ross, the honorable jim weinstein, no stranger to this room or subject matter, administrator and another person who is no stranger to this room, general john hyden. i will turn it over to you for your brief opening statements and then we will roll straight into russians. we will start with you, general. -- questions. we will start with you, general. to thank you chairman and members. distinguish committee members, all of you who are here today with secretary ross and administrator weinstein, it's difficult not to say that. he is on this side of the table which is interesting. it is a privilege to be here as always and day privilege to represent the 162,000 americans who have accomplished the missions of my -- under my command every day. if you work in our national space policy, [ inaudible ] we have a global fighting command. we set the conditions for allied security. our missions are to deter strategic attack and employ nuclear space global strike, missile defense forces as directed. to do this we rely on timely and accurate information about the operational environments we operate in. space is one of those environments and it's no differ

john uber our great producer pointed this out. neil: i wouldn't call him great. david: well he's okay. but he made a great point which is that will burr rossin china. he's not in europe but china. maybe all of this stuff with europe and canada and mexico is a warning to china. that's the way this president works. neil: there's a method to this. all right david: the method is half baked because if you wanted to take on china -- neil: didn't you see the wilbur ross thing with the can of soup? dagen: and the beer? stop telling the american people this isn't going to have any impact on the economy and their jobs and lives and by the way if you really want to take on china and pushback on them stealing american technology, demanding us to hand over our technological prowess, then you lock arms with europe and canada and mexico. neil: but a lot are just little phonies too, right? no? dagen: well they're not little. david: they they're big phonies neil: kathy you're optimistic as wilbur. >> i'm thinking what are you going to do to these relationships that took centuries to build them and now you're tearing them apart. neil: i am, really? so just