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mark lauder. is it working? >> absolutely. example of president backing up what he said he was going to do, protect american interests, as it relates to klein, he has been tough in that talk it causes some agent in the clin -- anxiety in beginning we're starting to see the fruits of the labor. stop theft of american technology and intellectual property that poses a greater long-term threat to our economy. liz: it is about resetting perspective on this story. this is a going to be a long negotiation, there will be several chapters in this negotiation, president said we have lost a trade fight with china, given you know huge trade deficit. zte company, factors big in the march to dominate technology and military technology. it is accused of stealing hundreds of patents, china takes the blueprints and marches off with it, are we being too lenient on xte . >> no, that is why president insisted there be a new management, a new board of directors, someone from u.s. overseeing it. almost like if we were in a weapons negotiation i wou

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and mark lauder former press cretary to mike pence.most americans want the elective represents to -- elected representatives to work as hard as they do and most people don't get to take the month of august off. pplaud t senate will lose most of the august recess? >> well, you work when you go home. not all of it is washington. but i want to say the senate has cast 116 roll call votes thus far this year. that is less than o day that has nothing to do with democratic obstructionism. that is because this is professional thumb-twiddling going on in washington. this is politics. senator mcconnell doesn't want democrats home campaigning which is hard work, important work because there are a lot of democrats in states that donald trump has won. this is a political move. this isn't about getting things done. if it was, the house wouldn't be taking its five-week recess. >> jon: mark, you heard senator mcconnell there saying that this isll about obstruction, that he feels democrats have obstructed important legislation. and he is going to basica

liz: with me now former special assistant to president trump he is mark lauder.at to see you. >> thanks for having me. liz: critics are saying the special place in hell rhetoric is over-the-top and unnecessary what's your take on trudeau. is it a good thing to be angering our allies or is there really unfair trade with canada. set aside that rhetoric go ahead >> there's absolutely unfair trade with canada and that's what the president is calling out just use the example of dairy. they charge a 270% tariff on u.s. dairy products and there was a story today in one of the newspapers talking about how canadians cross over to the american border where they can get milk, cheese and butter for half the price because they are protecting their farmers there and driving up costs for their own residents but this is more about justin trudeau's politics back home where his party was basicallyish you'red out of power in ottawa and the most populist province in canada. liz: the point is senator dianne feinstein blasting the "bullying insults" from the white house advisors sayin

democratic strategist dave brown and special assistant to president trump mark lauder.et's go over a little bit of what we heard this morning in the jobs report. 223,000 jobs added, 3.8% is where unemployment falls, lowest since 1969. there was one in april of 2000. african-americans, unemployment is down to 5.9%, the lowest in history. what do democrats do with that? >> this is the economy that barack obama built. we're in our ninth year of economic growth and expansion. >> shannon: you know he's not going to -- >> let me finish my point. this is obama's legacy. what's interesting about this is notwithstanding the fact that these job numbers are fantastic, republican poll numbers are still in the mud. democrats are leading on the generic ballot. >> shannon: but that's really tightened up. >> but look at the special elections, since trump took office, democrats have outperformed on an average of nine points across the special elections. if that is our performance in the midterms, we retake the house and the senate. >> it was 13 points at the beginning of the year, now t