donohue: ambassador lighthizer had the same question. to quote him. as i talk to him about it all give it how it looks to me. right now we have enough votes democrats and republicans that we could pass the bill. to make it passage that will period of time without challenge and to make it omfortable for those that are ourageous enough in the democratic party to already state to us and some of them very publicly their support, necessary to get another group of votes from the party. they're there. now, there is discussions ambassador and nancy pelosi and other leaders of the party.tic lighthizer said from the beginning this deal won't work support.democratic there are two or three little issues. we're not opening up the bill, bill -- every agreement always has a few adjustments. there are adjustments the chamber absolutely supports. i have spoken to the speaker about this. will get done on a timely basis. what's timely? everyone would like it setup by end of this month and done in the next few weeks after that. promise that because of so many other thing

thanks. >> if you were inside ambassador lighthizer sort of had the same question. so i'm not going to quote him that -- i thought to about all the time. i'll give you this, it's how it looks to me. right now we have enough votes with democrats and republicans that we could pass the bill. but to make it a passage that will stand for a long period of time without challenge and to make it comfortable for those that are courageous enough in the democratic party to already state to us, and some of them very publicly, their support, it's necessary to get another group of votes from the party. they are there. right now there is discussions between the ambassador and nancy pelosi and other leaders of the democratic party. lighthizer headset from the beginning this deal will not work without democratic support. there are two or three little issues. we are not up the bill but every dell, every agreement always has a few adjustments. there are adjustments at the chamber absently supports. i've spoken at length to the speaker on this. i believe this will get done in a in a tim

lighthizer has said from the beginning this deal won't work without democratic support. there are two or three little issues. we are not opening up the bill but everyry bill, every agreemet always has a few adjustments. there adjustments that the chamber absolutely supports. i have spoken at length to the speaker on this. ido believe this will get done n on a timely basis. what is timely? everybody would like it to be set up at the end of this month and done in the next few weeks after that. i can't promise that because there are so many other things going on but i believe long before we start looking at the holidays we will have this thing done and that is not raised on a thought i came up with in the middle of the night. that's from intelligent discussion from an lot of people that makes you hope is our objective that is you know better than anybody else in what you do objectives slum -- sometimes sly little but we'll get it done. do you want to add something to that? >> james with the financial times. this is a question for mr. donohue and mr. bradley of the chamber.

those are outstanding and richard neal told house democrats that he is waiting to lighthizer, the u.s. trade representative come back with full written counterproposals for the democratic demand. that may be delivered in the coming day by lighthizer who is scheduled to meet with the house working group on trade. that could accelerate the time for a vote this fall. and a member of that house working group told reporters in connecticut that it could seep into next year. >> in terms of senate and house floor action when they come back, the senate will resume deliberations on nominations, expecting to work on bills of banning the offshore drilling of oil and gas. what else are you looking forward to? >> keep your i on prescription drugs. there was a 19-9 vote, the health committee and the senate has passed a bill that addresses generic drugs and surprise medical billing. those are going to be combined. sometime in the coming month. the president has talked about prescription drugs being a top issue and he may throw his weight behind it. nancy pelosi is expected to unveil a house prescript

ambassador lighthizer had the same question. himi am not going to quote because i talked to him about it all the time. this is how it looks to me. right now, we have enough goats with mechanics and republican, that we could pass the bill, but make it a passage that will stand for a long period of time without challenge, to make it comfortable for those courageous ,nough in a democratic party some of them very publicly, their support, it is necessary to get another group of votes from the party. right now, there are discussions between the ambassador, nancy pelosi and other leaders of the democratic party. he said from the beginning that this deal will not work without democratic support. there are two or three little issues. every agreement has a few adjustment. adjustments that the chamber absolutely supports. i have spoken at length to the speaker on this and i believe this will get done in a timely basis. what is timely? everybody would like it to be sent up at the end of this month and run in the next weeks after that. canno

how did the meeting with lighthizer go? went very, very well, and the negotiations continue, the discussions are i think all headed in the right direction. we intend to intensify the conversation once we get back. the staffs have been directed on both sides to try to narrow it down. reporter: is the sticking point labor? >> i think it's fair to say labor is the biggest sticking point that we hope to reach an agreement there as well. reporter: it's not just labor that has been a point of contention between this working group and the ustr. they have also tried to address environmental concerns, but according to my conversation with neal today, it sounds like those concerns have been adequately addressed. now it's really down to labor, working protection, how much they are being paid. neal also told reporters this morning that once congress gets back from this october recess, it's about two weeks long, they may be able to see what he calls the goal line to get the u.s. mexico and canada trade agreement through the house. that

with you and lighthizer, mr.retary, great talking with you, appreciate it, look forward to talking soon. >> thank you, lou. lou: much luck. up next, a look at a bill senator mike lee trying to force through the senate, oh, man, does it have interesting sponsors, you know outsourcing and american workers, it say problem in that bill. we take it up right after these lou: something percolating in u.s. senate right now that i want to bring to your attention, it is a very serious matter. rino senator mike lee put forward a plan to week to as he is lead sponsor to push through legislation that would be detrimental to the american worker. no if, ands or buts, 386, fairness for high skilled immigrants act, think about that. it would remove grin green card limits, allow largest countries, india and china to pack greed card lines with as many h-1b visa workers as they like eager to take up u.s. jobs and historically, lower pay. pushing this legislation are companies like coggi cognizant d deloitte, two of the biggest spons

today that that meeting had been approved by the president, treasury secretary mnuchin, and robert lighthizer, and i also want to correct a report that senator dane shared history of outsourcing u.s. jobs. he says he was in no way responsible for the loss of p&g jobs while he worked to expand the company's production in china 20 years ago. my apologies tonight to both senators. and today this is what the president had to say. [inaudible] did you approve that meeting ? >> i predict my people approved. china asked for the meeting, they have a lot of respect for senator dane and covenanter perdue, they are doing it for testing job, i approved of it and all they did was say we really have bipartisan support. if you look at it, and the support is very serious, we are not playing games. that was a message that was given by senator perdue and senator daines and given very strongly, they absolutely have my permission and they also spoke to ambassador lighthizer and secretary mnuchin about the trip before they went there. >> the two senators, i find very careful in the wording, talking about a level p

with you and lighthizer, mr.retary, great talking with you, appreciate it, look forward to talking soon. >> thank you, lou. lou: much luck. up next, a look at a bill senator mike lee trying to force through the senate, oh, man, does it have interesting sponsors, you know outsourcing and american workers, it say problem in that bill. we take it up right after these quick messages, stay with us. the lexus rx has met its match. if they're talking about you... you must be doing something right. experience the style, craftsmanship, and technology that have made the rx the leading luxury suv of all time. lease the 2019 rx 350 for $399 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. they give us excellent customer otservice, every time.e. our 18 year old was in an accident. usaa took care of her car rental, and getting her car towed. all i had to take care of was making sure that my daughter was ok. if i met another veteran, and they were with another insurance company, i would tell them, you need to joi

with you and lighthizer, mr. secretary, great talking with you, appreciate it, look forward to talking soon. >> thank you, lou. lou: much luck. up next, a look at a bill senator mike lee trying to force through the senate, oh, man, does it have interesting sponsors, you know outsourcing and american workers, it say problem in that bill. we take it up right after these great riches will find you when liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. wow. thanks, zoltar. how can i ever repay you? maybe you could free zoltar? thanks, lady. taxi! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i come face-to-face with a lot of behinds. so i know there's a big need for new gas-x maximum strength. it relieves pressure, bloating and discomfort fast. so no one needs to know you've got gas. gas-x. lou: something percolating in u.s. senate right now that i want to bring to your attention, it is a very serious matter. rino senator mike lee put forward a plan to week to as h

liz: do you know robert lighthizer? >> i do. liz: i figured you did.parently responded favorably, according to the house ways and means chair, richard neal, who said that lighthizer actually responded quite positively to this counteroffer from what he had to look at and of course, they will have to go through with a fine tooth comb, but some of this has to do with issues concerning everything from labor, environmental enforcement, drug patent protection. is that a good sign, that robert lighthizer's initial response was not the worst thing i've ever seen? >> absolutely not. congress has the jurisdiction over trade and tariffs and taxes, so it's right that the administration should be negotiating with congress because they've got to pass it. so their negotiating is a good thing. you know, when we negotiated the north american free trade agreement, i went into executive session, i would say about every 20 days with congress, and we were on the same road at the end of the day and we negotiated that in 14 months. but i think the current catch-up is going o

>> because the navarro rule takes precedence over the lighthizer rule, trumps the lighthizer. >> trustre, if we're going to get to a great result, we really have to let the process take its course. they're coming here, leo ha, the top negotiator is coming to washington in october and he'll sit down with ambassador lighthizer look we know what the structural issues are it's what i've called the seven deadly sins. it's worthwhile to go over them quickly. it's the cyber intrusions into the business networks. forced technology transfer, the intellectual property theft to the tune of several hundred billion a year the dumping into our markets the massively subsidized state-owned enterprises, the currency manipulation. the last one, the seventh one is very, very important to president trump. this is the made in china, fentanyl and other opioids that are coming into this country, going to kill over 100 americans today. they're going to kill over 1,000 a week and over 50,000 a year. just a couple weeks ago the mexican navy intercepted 23,000 kilograms of what appears to be fentanyl that was co

. >> well, i think, you know, ambassador lighthizer and i have been at this now for a while under thesident's direction, and the president has been very clear. if we can get the right deal, he wants to do a deal. if we can't get the right deal, he's happy with the tariffs. lou: and the chinese position does not seem to have migrated toward anything approaching an end to the theft of hundreds of billions with of dollars in intellectual property and technology, to balance trade as a precept of any agreement. >> well, from our first meeting with president trump and president xi, president xi agreed that rebalancing the trade deficit was a priority. we've been working two years for that and, you're right, it's gone in the other direction. so the president determined that we have to have a fair and reciprocal relationship with trade, and it's been a one-way street. lou it has been a one-way street since the beginning of the chinese adventure, if you will, has it not? and to think that right now agriculture is going to be the number one export of the united states, the world's only superpow

we seen in the past that it really breaks down if lighthizer isn't at the table.r multiple people. peter navarro, larry kudlow. they always deferred to lighthizer and what he thinks of the talks because he's ultimately the one who will brief the president on the status and give him an update on the talks. it is really unclear how far they can advance the agenda. the chinese delegation is going to farm country later this week with sonny perdue, on what he calls "goodwill" with farmers. there will not be any announcement of purchases, but we know that this is one of president trump's top priorities, to get the farmers happy. guy: are we still talking about a partial deal, or back to talking about a full deal? jenny: since we put out our story last week that there is at least some discussion of an offramp for some kind of medium, mini-deal that would include maybe forand ip, and the u.s., giving in on some tariffs and rolling back some tariffs, we have seen a really diverse kind of reaction from the administration. some will say no. others are telling us yes, the pre

doing what the president had approved ammunition in lighthizer, at the same time the voice on this was-- the words lather as they level the playing field you're not talking about trillions of dollars, we're talking about an exponential threat as the president stated to the united states and i'm talking about china is exactly that. and we cannot even get from the republican party in the house or the republicans in the senate, vigorous support for this president in advance of an election that is now within the next year end a half. >> is going to be a very close election. we specifically talked about it. and people have to understand, we could lose the presidency and trump is been a great president. >> people have to understand, what about the senators in the house and the publican. >> in this battle as deep as any as i've seen in the last 50 years, there is a lot of steak, houses at state, the senate can be at stake. >> why in the world, what kind of person is sitting in the house of representatives are the senate who does not come back and just were like a lion and go get them. there a

trade representative robert lighthizer and i also want to enter correct senator daines outsource jobshe was in no way we sponsor both for the p&g jobs, he worked to expand the company's production in china 20 years ago my apologies tonight to both senators in today, this is what the president had tohi say. >> senator daines and purdue were on a visit to china -- did you approve the meeting? >> i approved it in my people approved it. china asked for the meeting and they have a lot of respect for them and i said they are friends of mine in great senators during a fantastic job. i knew about the meeting and approved it in all they did was say that we really have bipartisan support. if you look at it, the support is very serious, we are not playing games. and that was the message that was given by senator purdue and senator daines and given very strongly. they absolutely had myas presumptiopermission they spokeo lighthizer and management before they went there. lou: the two senators, i personally find very careful in the wording. talking about a level playing field. i was still prefer tho

i had a meeting yesterday with ambassador lighthizer, , the tre reps to who i know has been meeting with speaker pelosi and her team in fact, a few weeks t ago the speaker to her working group, portrayed working group on usmca, sent to ambassador areas that they would like addressed in the usmca trade agreement, and understand that last night ambassador lighthizer sent a reply, including things that he's worked with the democrat majority on to try to address some of those issues and ultimately get this done. and i say this in the most sincere way. i really do think usmca is something we can do together, that we can get an agreement with our friends from the north and south, canada and mexico have both come to the table and agreed to make nafta work better for american workers come for american industries, are dairy farmers that can't sell the products anticandida right now that we'll be able to better open markets, better working conditions. clearly won't want to make sure there's enforcement and i know that is being worked through. but at the end of a everyday we wait w on more jobs tha

>> i have to defer to investor lighthizer.nus: lighthizer has done a lot of analysis. >> he is in a very important role. region?hat about the we understand there is still some product coming from iran into the uae. have you had discussions? >> i will later today. manus: what will your message be? >> we have to know what they are buying and how much. our expectation is they have been compliant. we expect they are going to continue that. some of the purchases are really at the margins. they are very specialized products. we are going to be very candid with them. maximum pressure does mean maximum pressure. manus: would you reprimand the uae? >> that is for the state department, the treasury department, others. i am here to deliver the message. better whynderstand they continue these marginal purchases. we are going to ask them to stop them. manus: deputy secretary for energy. if you get to see mr. abdulaziz, tell him to have a talk with me. wish you well. next, we are in i would be, but never far from our mind is the brexit conv

i wish i knew what lighthizer and mnuchin were up to was this some kind of stand off between the hawkwer doves? were they trying to evade blame or just clueless and just not even inform the president of the united states? i don't know neither do you so the next time you hear some story point trade negotiations from a random nongovernmental source, hey, maybe you should take it with a grain of salt stick with cramer. had a coach i. really helped me up my game. i had a coach. math. ooh. so, why don't traders have coaches? who says they don't? coach mcadoo! you know, at td ameritrade, we offer free access to coaches and a full education curriculum- just to help you improve your skills. boom! mad skills. education to take your trading to the next level. only with td ameritrade. through the at&t network, edge-to-edge intelligence gives you the power to see every corner of your growing business. from finding out what's selling best... to managing your fleet... to collaborating remotely with your teams. giving you a nice big edge over your competition. that's the power of edge-to-edge intell

the ministers would be mnuchin, liu he and lighthizer. below that is staff. >> even if the ministerial level, you can't assume that any of these people are speaking for the two primaries. there are two people who are going to have to make this decision. >> and no mention anywhere of that the principle sitting down. >> right >> the trade war has been very tumultuous for everyone. and hopefully something good comes out of it. but in some ways i'll miss where the lightest comment can send us up 300 points. it is like nothing happened and just -- oh, well, we -- but on the flip side, you can send us down 800 there are days where it is, like, wow, that doesn't seem like a lot we're up -- >> we spent a lot of time trying to figure out what is going on inside the negotiations. remember we were in france last week, spent a lot of time trying to figure out what the president was talking about in terms of two phone calls from china the president suggested those happened, white house didn't offer any details on who called who or what happened there

the second is the navarro rule, anything you hear in the news that doesn't come from lighthizer willews, designed to part a fool from his money and so what i'd say particularly to investors play the long game in the meantime, maria in the next 45 days, it's absolutely critical that we pass the u.s. mexico canada agreement and in the scheme of things in the short run that's more important and i'll tell you why, most of americans probably don't know this but our trade with mexico and canada is almost twice that but more importantly we export almost five times as many products to canada and mexico as we do to china which tells you just how unbalanced things are and u.s. mca, the biggest best most modern deal we've ever seen and it's design ed basically to turn north america into the world's factory floor with the united states of america at the center of that. maria: just to be clear, because congresswoman debbie dingle has been on this program and she says the same thing every time. i'm not going to sign it until i know that the american worker is not going to compete with the mexico w

trade representative robert lighthizer resolving some issues related to usmca. that is something to look at. is it enough to strike a deal? the great chad pergram. he will explain the whole thing. melissa: thank goodness we have chad. someone has to explain it. impeachment talks striking a bigger divide in washington. how does it impact the 2020 election? we'll break down the possible scenarios this hour. connell: apple is saying hello to hollywood. the iphone maker entering the movie industry, hoping to bring feature lien movies it theaters before they stream them on their platform. what we can expect from the tech giant. that is also coming up. ♪. interest rate right. so you can save big. get a no-fee personal loan up to $100k. (groans) hmph... (food grunting menacingly) when the food you love doesn't love you back, stay smooth and fight heartburn fast with tums smoothies. ♪ tum tum-tum tum tums with tums smoothies. performance comes in lots of flavors. ♪ (dramatic orchestra) there's the amped-up, over-tuned, feeding-frenzy-of sheet-metal-kind. and then there'

boblig lighthizer is here, our trade representative. your trade representative is here. we can have substantially more trade with the uk. we look forward to doing that. so we'll talk about other things also. it's great to have you, boris. >> thank you very much. it's great to be here, and i certainly hope that we can make a lot of progress quite fast on trade. we have our secretaries of state, international trade leader here. we hope to get doigoing on that always remembering the nhs is not for sale. but everything else because there's a huge amount we can do. i guess we'll also talk a bit about iran and some of those difficult issues where i think we share a common perspective. we want to dial things down, but also make sure that people in the gulf don't get the wrong idea about what they can get away with. that's a complicated issue. we hope to make progress there as well. >> we'll be talking about many things. we look forward to it. we'll start in just a minute. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. >> some of your critics are saying you should resign because you

that's what ambassador lighthizer is focused on commentators are free to speculate on whatever else youx here, but that's not my job. my job basically is to have the president and ambassador lighthizer as we navigate to sensitive negotiations here. i get back to fake news by bloomberg. this kind of thing doesn't help us, joe. >> but you started off with talking about -- i think you called it another impeachment hoax how does -- with that as a backdrop -- >> yeah. >> -- just forecast how that changes or doesn't change our negotiations with the chinese over the next month or between now and the election even? >> well, let's look at it from two perspectives one, let's look at it from president trump's perspective. this man has steely resolve about standing up to china nothing's going to change about that the probability of a great deal has not changed, right he has said very clearly we're either going to get a great deal or we're not with respect to the chinese, i think -- i think it's fair to say that throughout these negotiations they've consistently miscalculated the resolve of this pre

i know her bob lighthizer ambassador lighthizer has been terrific relationship with her very accommodative pro-growth, i mean look canada and mexico so important our total trade with those two countries is twice what our total trade is with china for example. china may be a sexier global story fire american estimates maybe 100,000 jobs per year maybe a hundred billion dollars of direct investment, and would have the brilliant parts of bob lighthizer's negotiations here in one of the essentially a nonpartisan deal all the economy stuff still very important would raise domestic content to manufacturers, with higher wages governing much production opening up farm and dairy areas with canada tough nut to crack we managed to get there intellectual property rights copy protection best anyone to see breakthrough in trade deal incidentally services even a currency stability aspect to this a powerful deal, the sooner we get it passed the sooner going to act positively on the economy, the job implications terrific blue cal collar jobs farm jobs the technology jobs. >> why saying we're getting there,

trade representative lighthizer. >> can he do a deal without looking at national security. >> lighthizerhis is not a hot seat i keep telling same thing negotiations behind closed doors lighthizer rule inactivo rule if you read stories. >> we've got to make a productive thank youh interview european central bank cuts 10 basis points markets rallying if fed cuts rates next week 25 basis points as journal reported is that going dooeb enough to move the immediately on economic growth. >> move the needle but not enough this is a chess match. fed is playing checkers in a chess world you got to look at what europeans just did match that -- >> the president wants ratesing to to zero the president -- zero ratings, peter, that is indicative of weak economies you are saying the economy is strong do you really want fed to go to zero? >> you are you going to let me answer. >> go ahead, sorry. >> the problem is that we have a large interest rate spread between what we have and what europe has that is driving up the dollar through trade higher the dollar goes that hurts our exports we saw in q2, that w

secretary mnuchin, ambassador lighthizer on the phone with vice premier liu he, they decided to chinese team would come to the u.s.. that will be preceded by a deputies meeting. the chinese deputies team will come to the u.s. in a week or two in september to meet with our deputies. they will hammer out an agenda with key discussion points, and then i guess in early october, the precise date is yet to be set, our principal negotiators, secretary mnuchin and ambassador lighthizer, will sit down with vice premier liu he and others to talk about the deal. throughried to maintain a kind of long summer here that, while president trump continues his defense of the american worker and the american economy, president trump is a very tough negotiator. i hope people appreciate that now. the other part of the story is that we are talking. it's always better to talk than not to talk. president trump has indicated he would take a deal as long as it is a good deal for this country. the president also believes that china once a deal. coming back to the job numbers, you made that important linkage. our

there's going to be discussions with ambassador robert lighthizer and let's see what happens.antime, what i'd like to talk about today is something that's going to be really important for americans. this is the issue of the universal postal union which is an organization america helped found hundreds of years ago. basically it sets international postal rates and last year the president found out that under the system of that organization, americans were really getting taken to the cleaners. importing a lot of small packages and only about 40% of those costs were being borne by the foreigners. he said fix it. we issued a notice of withdrawal from the universal postal union last october. it's coming to a head this month and i'm going over with the delegation from the state department and we have on the table two options that an extraordinary congress could vote on that would keep us in the this. we are getting screwed apparently, that our guys are paying more just to move packages around that seems like you're in the middle of this big china fight. >> one has nothing at all to d

lighthizer, ambassador lighthizer is somebody we respect and operating in good faith and we think he is a positive -- someone we can work with and have been working with. we sent a letter six weeks ago and as the gentleman pointed out, we got an answer yesterday. taking time for our task force to get answers to questions and move forward to ensure that the matters included in the agreement become reality, not simply words on paper. that is important for workers, it's important for our environment, very frankly also as well in terms of trying to contain drug prices here and around the world. the gentleman talked about prescription drugs. that is one of the items ta is still in dispute. we want to get to yes. we think this is an improvement on what exists and therefore i'm hopeful we will get to an agreement. we believe it will require that the agreement be open and that enforcement be included so as the chamber said it can really be enforced. and if that happens, i'm hopeful we can pass that agreement with the agreement of our friends in labor, with our friends at the chamber of comme

appropriations bill to do we have a government shut dhiewshutdown that could occur. >> reporter: lighthizere a catastrophe for the u.s. economy if the usmca doesn't pass. the republican leadership warning the house speaker to get her priorities straight. >> millions of americans are waiting for speaker pelosi to remember that serving the public interest includes more than picking fights with the president. it entails addressing the people's business. >> reporter: the white house pushing for a he vote sooner rather than later to end the uncertainty for business. >> we are thinking sometime this autumn speaker pelosi will give us a vote and we have a very good chance of getting this. >> reporter: larry kudlow says the trade deal with china is still moving forward, wrapped into all a of this could be huawei. u.s. companies are selling to huawei under a temporary general license. those waivers end november 17th. administration sources tell me it's just too far out to see if the waivers will be renewed. >> likely, unlikely, i think we should deal with facts as they occur. we'll make an announcem

he said, look, the lighthizer deal was 18 months of negotiation.ng of the chinese economy, integrate it into the world ee conminute it has those semen verticals they have to address the tariffs are part of that but remember, this is an economic war that beijing has run against the west for 20 years. donald trump stood up to this and i think if you really listen to president trump and you listen to lighthizer, they're talking about really -- we're staying on track on the major deal we're not going to be gamed by some two-step process in ccp -- >> in terms of timing, i know the president trump thinks he has the leverage and he may actually -- from a rational perspective, but you can make the argument the chinese are willing to take the pain >> look, the chinese -- i think president xi said to a counsel inside of beijing, hey, we can eat grass for three years if we have to. we're tough, we did the long march. the reality is, and this is the major shift in the overton window that president trump has had, we're not the declining power. he was elected pr

they also spoke to ambassador lighthizer and secretary mnuchin about the trip before they went there. reporter: [ inaudible ]. >> they told me the attitude of china. basically they said china would like to do something. i know they would like to do something. look, they are having their worst year in, you know, many, many decades, as i said. they are having a supply chain that's being absolutely fractured and broken which is very bad for them. they have lost three million jobs. and the jobs are moving to vietnam and other places, including the united states, by the way. some people are just making the product here. but they are moving all over asia and some here, and you know, if i were china, i would want to make a deal. i can tell you they do want to make a deal. we will see if we can do a real deal, not a fake deal. like the fake media. a real deal. okay? what else? reporter: [ inaudible ]. >> well, again, i guess you would call it a british protectorate but i will do a lot. we just have a call. we're waiting for the call. they're having a lot of trouble with the telephones over th

and it is a small group named by nancy pelosi and that is causing grumbling among democrats but lighthizerc on a fast track and through the house through the august recess fizzled so they are taking a go slow approach and banking on speaker pelosi giving the go-ahead in early november. keep an eye on this. catch us week days at noon eastern and up next a busy hour. "state of the union" with jake tapper and his guests include house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff and the president's secretary treasurer steve mnuchin. have a great day. ♪ (music plays throughout) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and your mother told me all her life that i should fix it. and now it reminds me of her. i'm just glad i never fixed it. listen, you don't need to go anywhere dad. meet christine, she's going to help you around the house. the best home to be in is your own. from personal care and memory care, to help around the house, home instead offers personalized in-home services for your loved ones. home instead senior care. to us, it's personal. but allstate actually helps you drive safely... with drivewise. it lets you kn

robert lighthizer would not talk about a interim deal. this is one step at a time.told the chamber they would like to have a real deal. the chamber of commerce president goes on to say, basically if they don't have intellectual protection in an agreement, it would be hard to come to trade deal with china. david: thank you, edward. >>> new york may ban sale of flavored e-cigarettes. ash, you have the story. ashley: new york governor andrew cuomo will push for a ban on all flavored e-cigarettes except for tobacco and menthol. you know, the president is also weighed in on this on the federal level as we no. while i like vaping alternative to cigarettes we need to make sure this alternative is safe for all. let's get counterfeits off the market which is a big problem by the way and keep young children from vaping. but those counterfeits are everywhere. david: all right. to a chicago law firm which filed a nationwide lawsuit against juul e-cigarettes for targeting teens. come on in the law group president. ken, are you trying to essentially put juul out of business or ar

they are being led by different people inside the administration, bob lighthizer is leading the trade negotiations. larry kudlow is leading these discussions. but there is no doubt these things are related. there is a broader economic war, if you will, that is being waged here by the trump administration. we have seen everything from technology to immigration to chinesevisas to investment in u.s. companies being targeted by the trump administration, or considered as potential targets. this is more of that same gam e. amanda: i don't know if you agree, but the difference to me between a tariff and a limit on capital is a norm us. justify, notould all economists would back you up, but in terms of trade and protecting your industries. this feels like a sanction, something that you would do to some of you were trying to punish, not negotiate with. shawn: at the imf, they would call this a capital control. these are things that the u.s. has actively lobbied in the past. u.s. has been lobbying china to open up its financial markets. shawn donnan, thank you. wonderful reporting. we appreciat

counterparts, robert lighthizer and steven mnuchin. both agreed to meet face to face in washington as planned working level teams will consult each other in mid-september to lay the ground work for the high level conversations. chinese indicated they're approaching the talks with caution. the u.s. imposed tariffs this weekend and plans more later this year including on october 1st, the anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china. beijing wants all the additional tariffs lifted the commerce ministry said the two sides agreed to work together to create favorable conditions for negotiations, though it is still unclear if these talks will lead to a breakthrough for a trade deal. eunice yoon, cnbc business news, beijing. >> the other top story in europe, boris johnson isn't giving up on the snap election despite a defeat in the house of commons. the prime minister will today say the labor leaders refusal to get behind a vote is, quote, a cowardly insult to democracy certainly has been a wild ride for the pound over the las

i've known bob lighthizer for 30 some years. i would state unequivocally that he is an honorable man, that we are working to try to get it and if we can we willl and if we don't we will fight. i think that he will try and i'm going to mexico to see if i can try as well because on all three of the issues it would take at least a reopening for some of the issues, couple of them so i'm going to help. if the administration insists on an up-or-down vote right now we would oppose it and i think we would be successful in opposing it. i think the mexican worker would oppose it with us. i think they would oppose a. >> mark rutenberg from press associates. >> thank you for talking with us, rich. irrespective of who wins the nomination next year, has the afl-cio and your political committee started laying plans for what labour's effort is going to be? >> absolutely. we started a year ago. we started a year ago and it will be -- and 2018 we went to the biggest member to member program we have ever had and i will pull out a few actuals for y

lighthizer says it would be a catastrophe for the u.s. economy if u.s. does not pass the republican leadership warning the house speaker to get her priorities straight. >> millions of americans are waiting for speaker pelosi to remember that serving the public interest requires more than just picking fights with the president. it actually entails addressing the people's business. reporter: and white house economic advisor larry kudlow believes there will be a vote in the fall. the administration officials from the president to the commerce secretary are pushing for a vote sooner rather than later to end the uncertainty for businesses. liz? liz: edward lawrence thank you so much for your reporting there president trump punching back today tweeting this, about impeachment. "if they actually did this, the markets would crash and now remember the dow is up 43%, since the president was elected, and jp morgan chase warning we are on brand new ground, lots of wildcards now in the economy in the markets, it's different than the clinton or nixon impeachment eras.

reporter: lighthizer said it would be a catastrophe for the economy in usmca passed. the republican leadership warning the house speaker to get her priorities in shape. >> we're waiting for speaker pelosi to serving the public interest concerns more than picking fights with the president. it entails addressing the people's business. reporter: the white house pushing a vote sooner rather than later to end uncertainty for businesses. >> we are still thinking sometime this autumn speaker pelosi will give as you vote. we have a very good chance of getting there. reporter: now white house economic advisor larry kudlow says that a china trade deal is still moving forward. wrapped into all this could be huawei. right now u.s. companies are selling to huawei una temporary general license. those waivers end november 17th. administration sources that is too far out to see if the waivers will be renewed. >> likely, unlikely i think we should deal with facts as they occur. we'll make announcement when we make the decision. reporter: they haven't made the decision. so it is busine

there is a story out there, robert lighthizer, the u.s.epresentative, went out to tell a group of business executives -- >> chamber of commerce. it's a big meeting they had. connell: contrary to reports we've seen there is a lot of work to do on the china trade deal. >> what i said last week, reported here on cavuto and on claman's show, was simply this. i was at a dinner meeting. a top chinese diplomat was at the meeting. i can't disclose his name. connell: right. >> i was there with 30 other people. these are verifiable facts. he is not directly involved in the trade talks but someone high enough in the chinese leadership he knows exactly what the talking points are and what's the position. what i, i asked him about trade. well you know, why don't you just cut a deal? it is hurting both our economies, particularly yours right now? and what he basically said this, they will not give in that much. doesn't mean they won't cut a deal. doesn't mean they don't want a deal. he basically through cold water that they will cave. at that is some of

lighthizer helped paper that deal with japan. that involved currency.e out of the gate saying that will not be part of our deal but he knows how to paper the deals. what do you think the concessions make on their side ultimately get president trump to sign off? >> you know i think intellectual property, that is one of the key elements. the transfer of technology from acquisition that is another one. charles: art, i will have to jump in here. i'm sorry, buddy. there is live event in washington, d.c., attorney general ken paxton is back at the mi this. >> there may be some things we can't answer because there is an investigation. carl and i have happy to answer questions. if you have a specific question for a specific ag, just let us know. reporter: thank you so much. i understand it is early days. i understand the investigation hasn't been concluded but would you be willing to go ahead and assume that the conclusion finds monopolistic tendencies can you discuss what some possible remedies might be? would, google for example, be required to sell off doubl