i was a member of the nra long before the nra knew of joni ernst private citizen in iowa. >> brennan:ur advice to those young activists? >> i would say, i appreciate the fact that they have the right to peacefully protest. and inform the government of what they believe is the right path forward. i think every citizen has the right to do that. but every citizen as long as they are law abiding also has the right to exercise their second amendment right. what we don't want to do as a nation is start stripping rights away from law abiding citizens. i think that the status quo is not okay. that's where these young demonstrators are speaking out against. we do have to find a way forward, but simply stating we need to get rid of other people's rights is not the right way forward. >> brennan: you have said that -- in part to the concerns of a trade war, iowa is a major exporter to china. what will these new tariffs the president announced on china and other countries do to your home state? >> well, nobody wins in a trade war, margaret. especially been the chinese officials, media reporting th

. >> sreenivasan: republican senator joni ernst of iowa applauded the students' efforts but cautioned against infringing on the second amendment. >> i think that the status quo is not okay and that's what these young demonstrators are- are speaking out against. and so we do have to find a way forward, but simply stating, "we need to get rid of other people rights," is not the right way forward. >> sreenivasan: but the sunday shows also talked about a possible trade war bng after president trump proposed $50 billion in tariffs on china last week. treasury secretary steve mnuchin said he is in negotiations with chinese officials on the tariffs. >> i'm cautiously hopeful we reach an agreement. but, i with these-- these tariffs. we are not putting them on hold unless we have an acceptable agreement that the president signs off on. >> sreenivasan: also at the white house last week, president trump named former u.n. bassador john bolton to replace outgoing national ty advisor h.r. mcmaster former trump campaign manager onrey lewandowski explaine issue where trump and mcmaster failed to see

i think it was joni ernst and who said if we can't defund planned parenthood, shame on us.g to shut the government down to defund planned parenthood. i wouldn't do it alone. i would say let's find out what the make and people want. if they are determined that we should borrow money from china in order to fund abortions in america, the let's find out. >> tucker: let's at least have a conversation. congressman king, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for joining having m. >> tucker: it looks like a fifth bomb blast may have just hit austin, texas. police are responding to another package explosion. a building is being evacuated. the overall severity of that blast is not known, we are following this as close as we can. we're bringing the details as we get them. 50 years ago, a college student campaign for free speech, never saying something called diversity is more important than the first amendment. what does that mean and where is it going? and coulter joins us next. people are fighting type 2 diabetes... with fitness... food... and the pill that starts with f. farxiga, along

but john, the pushback from republicans, from red state republicans, farm state republicans, joni ernst, republican senator from iowa, strongly opposed to this. they are very worried about any major changes to nafta. how that will affect the ag economy, the farm economy. this is far from a done deal here. even after the president signs the policy this afternoon, it could be symbolic, it could be real. there are still likely to be hearings on capitol hill and much blowback here. so the president articulating his view of taking a shot at his outgoing chief economic adviser gary cohn there, calling him a globalist. but the president has vascil vascillated on meeting with mexico. whether he will or won't, we don't know. >> jeff zeleny at the white house. jeff, if you get any more details in the next hour, just raise your hand and come back on. phil mattingly, and mary catherine hamm of "the federalist." i want to start with one of the things the president said, because white house aides aren't the only ones who contradict themselves or tell different versions from time to time. sometimes th

, they do zero mammograms and their drawing down half a billion dollars a year.a i think it was joni ernstif we can't defund planned parenthood, shame on us. i would be willing to shut the government down to defund planned parenthood. i can't do it alone. if there is a strong coalition, ii would say no funding. let's find out what the american people want. if they are determined that we should borrow moneyro from china in order to fund abortions in america, then let's find out. >> tucker: it leads let's have a conversation. congressman king, thanks forg joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> tucker: it looks like a six bomb blast may have just hit austin, texas. police are responding to another package explosion.li a building is being evacuated. the overall severity of that blast is not known. we are following this as close as we can. we're bringing the details as we get them. 50 years ago, college students campaigned for free speech, now they say something called diversity is more important than the first amendment. the grandkids... ♪ music >> tech: ...every minute counts. and you don't

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable joni ernst, a senator from the state of iowa, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, presidet pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i want to start with something i know is on everybody's mind, and that's kentucky basketball. the university of kentucky wildcats men's team won their 31st s.e.c. title, their fourth straight, by the way. hall of fame coach john caliperi is leading big blue nation back to the ncaa tournament and we hope to the school's ninth national championship. at western kentucky university the lady toppers brought home a second straight conference u.s.a. title. they're hoping the hard work keeps on coming as they head to their school's 20th showing in the ncaa tournament. i proudly join many kentuckians in congratulating w.u.k. and w.k.u. and rooting for them in the big dance. the senate will vote to a advance the reform bill before us. senator crapo's legislation starts from the simple premise,

face the nation" margaret talks with mark warner from the senate intelligence committee, senator joni ernst and students from the parkland school rampage who have differing views on guns. sunday here on cbs. >>> a former playboy model is speaking out about her alleged affair with president trump before he took office. karen mcdougal described the alleged relationship in her first tv interview. mcdougal is one of two women seeking to free themselves from legal agreements so they can speak freely about alleged affairs with the president. the other is adult film star stormy daniels. paula reid is at the white house. paula, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. karen mcdougal shared intimate details about her relationship with the president, but this could get her in trouble in a judge finds that this interview violates the agreement she made not to talk about her relationship with the president. speaking with anderson cooper, former playboy model karen mcdougal revealed details of her alleged ten-month affair with president trump, which she says began in summer 2006. >> after we had been in

joni ernst came out in strong support of nafta saying yes, it can be tweaked, but it provides importantin the state of iowa. iowa. iowa is rather important. >> you look at what he's doing. these steel tariffs and these aluminum tariffs are going to work working class voters in wisconsin, in michigan, in illinois, in indiana, in ohio and in pennsylvania. >> so one thing that i think we've learned about the president, and we learned it before he became president, is that once an idea gets into his head, it is very difficult to dislodge it. >> and some conservatives have been going out saying, oh, i could have never seen this coming. >> really? >> only because you weren't paying attention. >> talking like this since the early 1980s. >> and in particular, on trade. and it feeds into his world view and kind of personal view that he is being taken advantage of and we are being taken advantage of as a country. you can explain economics to him all you want, but once that idea is lodged, it's essentially impossible to get rid of it. >> matt, let's move towards expansion of the mueller investigat

i find it funny that some republicans in congress, steve king, joni ernst him have been talking aboutow terrible this will before i went agriculture. it was clear along that the trade policies donald trump fororted with not be good the farm sector, which is a huge part of the economy. right now they estimate the pork arrifs that china has announced will cost iowa producers $224 million. the ethanol tariff will also be costly because a third or more of the corn crop goes toward ethanol production. the one thing people are waiting on holding their breath here is to see whether china does anything on soybeans. so far they have not. most of the grain farmers in iowa are rotating between corn and soybeans. more than half of the iowa soybean crop goes to china. onchina were to put a tariff soybeans, that would be devastating. this was entirely foreseeable in iowa, a trump administration pushing a tariff policy would have bad consequences for iowa. host: you talk a lot about politics there in iowa, so i want to talk about things currently going on. the iowa governor's race, a lot of shakeups