more than 20 years later, nafta now links 450 million people. economic output of all countries combined second degree $17 trillion. trade flow has gone to more than $1.1 trillion in 2012. but the economic impact is still debated. unions unions have strongly opposed nafta. they argue wages is another casualty. the chamber of commerce sees it differently claiming 5 million american jobs are created due to nafta. it remains a dividing issue more than 20 years after being signed is the only thing clear about nafta. >>> matthew, good to see you. if china gets this free trade zone that involves russia and the united states, what a megafree trade zone that would be. what does that end up looking like? >> well, i think china should get credit for what's accomplished during it. but it's important to remember that the free trade area of the asia-pacific is a long-established idea. the reason for apec was to establish something like this is what the president of singapore said this afternoon. it takes a serious step forward in really formalizing the pursui

there will be a net job loss as there has been on every trade deal since nafta.ay no and have to stand up and say to republicans and democrats in the congress, which side are you on? the chamber of commerce or working america? >> what about that? lori, when you look at the republicans, there are some who are questioning this deal, not have many. but now that boehner and also mcconnell, mcconnell has come out and said we have to do something on international trade. he sounds like he's going to have his people with him. >> there is bipartisan consensus that it is the republican leadership, the chamber of commerce and i'm heart broken to say, president obama and his negotiators for fast track and tpp and more of the same job-killing trade agreements. then there is the bipartisan consensus the grass roots activists in a lot of the republican congressional districts, working people, democrats, tea party members who basically, the polling showed on election night exit polling, don't want fast track. they didn't send their members to congress to give away their authorit

this is also the role that was in nafta. it's not in a band for any company in any trade partner country. the big deal on this is, with the tpp, this is supposed to be what is called a launching agreement. so every other country that wants to join can join. basically, with all of the problems in tpp, it is bigger than already the 12 countries that are in it because any other country can join. >> what if you refuse to do that? what if you said, no, we're going to buy america? what is the enforcement? >> good question. unlike most of our international agreements, the tpp has two strong enforcement mechanisms. continue towere to buy america and give the preference to our domestic economy -- four states would buy all of this things would be a violation of that agreement. than any other country can drag the u.s. into a tpp tribunal. if we don't get rid of the law, the u.s. would face perpetual trade sanctions. this is actually enforceable international corporate law. but worse, in the tpp, the tpp provisions on investment would m

happened with nafta and trade with china. democraticity of the caucus voted no but enough democrats willing to vote yes could achieve it. we'll see. this is a difficult tu issue -- difficult tough issue. >> >> what do you think the election portends for what will get done during the lame-duck session. >> very little. in the lame duck session. we have all served in lame-duck sessions, they are frustrating and not overly productive, i will speak briefly, i hope they can reach an agreed upon on the omnibus appropriations bill this tohan just punting the next congress but that remains to be seen. >> but in 2010 there was a very productive lame-duck session but i would not expect that to take place now. basically, it will be what has to pass at this point between either continuing resolution or omnibus. deciding the expiration date either to mid next year or to end of the fiscal year next october. and beyond that, maybe the internet tax freedom and several other items. but i would doubt this would be a very productive lame duck se

we went from nafta to wto. nixon opened up china because we wanted to sell a billion mcdonald's hamburgers to the chinese and now look what we brought? so entire factories are packed up and shipped to china bus you can't compete with 25-cent an hour later. >> host: does nafta and wto -- talk about how they're hang over what is happening with the tpp negotiations. >> guest: well, there are clearly different views in this country about whether we should be pursuing a free trade agenda. and very controversy as to what has come out of nafta, but i think if you look at the asia-pacific region, this is an area where american exports are growing, and prospects for growing them in the future are quite great. they're in this -- in apec, we have 40% of the world's population. 44% of the world's trade, and 53% of the world's gdp. so, this is a group of countries that are voluntarily coming together to try and lower tariffs, to increase trade, and i think this is good for the united states, and the other countries that are

this is a trade bill that it if it looks like there's -- nafta, there's going to be a look.ficits in manufacturing. led to 6 million lost jobs, 60,000 lost factories. there's no track record to run on. i think you're going to find a unified democratic caucus with some republicans in that congress not wanted to have fast track either. >> is the future of the national labor relations board in question after last night's outcome? >> look it. i think the future of national labor relations board is always in jeopardy. if you look at it, it's not a radical board. all they're doing is hearing cases they haven't heard for years and years. all that they're doing is giving workers a chance to have their voice heard, and if they try to do away with the national labor relations board, i can tell you there's some people in the labor movement that wouldn't mind that because then we would have a completely open set of rules. i think they're doing a reasonable job. they're not breaking any ground by any stretch of the imagination. >> okay. leo gerrard, steelworkers, great to have you with u

to mexico because of nafta. these trade agreements, they say they're one thing, but they actually come back and turn negative numbers. negative numbers. i look at this korean account. we were supposed to have 50,000 cars here and all we have gotten here is a handful, several thousand and the koreans have managed to sell over half a million here. if you go to those countries and look at how they keep our vehicles out and how they promote their exports of parts here. the auto motive dealers were here. why were they here? when they try to repair a car and a part comes in and the car was in an accident and you have to replace the hood, the fit isn't as good. the metal is thin. and they can't make it fit the repair. so the customer in our country gets mad and these replacement parts are coming in from all over the world. it's an inforier product. it's not their fault, for heaven's sake. they are caught in the system that doesn't work for them and doesn't work for us. we have to figure out a better way. i think congre

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>> when senator obama was running for president he said he wanted to renegotiate nafta, taking labor and environmental issues which were literally sideshows, and pulling them into the center of nafta, having strong obligations, taking them subject to the binding this peds, that exists for all the other provisions. that is what we are doing through tpp. not just in regards to candida and mexico, but establishing that as the standard for this region and for the global economy. >> i know you talk to all the players here at home. unions, they are happy with this? >> we have a lot of contact with in the labors movement. the have had input in the agreement, in the labor chapter and other elements, the state owned enterprise chapter, the rules of origin. i won't put words in their mouths but we certainly have work to ensure that this agreement raises the labor standards and it is good for americans. >> and to get the backings of the unions. >> i'm not going to put words in their mouths. we are working to ensure that this has the strongest labor and environmental protections ever, and everyt

elections were counted, members of the president's own party were criticizing the economic message of nafta. can you describe how the president or either party is thinking and analyzing what happened, the economic message, and what the agenda should be going forward the next two years on this front? >> i think the party as a whole and the white house included from the president down is thinking deeply about what went wrong in november. we had a tough map. but no one sat around saying it was just because of a tough map that we have the results we had. there is a coalition of voters the president brought into the process in 2008 who showed up. 2010, they did not show up. 2012, they showed up again. 2014, they did not. we have to understand exactly why that happened. one thing that worries me is too often you hear folks in our party believe in a simple equation, demographics plus technology equals victory. what was at the heart and core of the obama campaigns in 2008 and 2012 is we had great organization. we built a better mousetrap. we broke barriers. but organization is only a mechanism to h

the same way that small sovereignty, mexico, their economy has been destroyed by nafta your the same way that now the central american free trade agreement, and now they're talking about the term specific alliance has created the conditions that push people out of the country. that destroy local economies, that create dependence on foreign food imports. i'm from the dominican republic and when i came to new york in 1965, as a result of an invasion of the united states, they claimed they were 55 -- leaving a popular revolt, therefore president johnson said 45,000 marines against 55 communists, the the transformation that occurred was to bring what is called mexico 32 its own, and destroyed some of the local economies. today the dominican republic, we are exposed because the sugar industry has been destroyed. local economies have been destroyed, and sometimes the only alternatives that our people have used to leave our country and come, not just to the united states, the devastation of the environment, what is happening in parts of africa, the loss of agricultural land is also pushing

when we passed nafta, we put millions of mexican workers and farmers out of work. we devastated their economy. now folks are coming over the border. they're very desperate. just think of the desperation you have to be living in if you are willing to take all the risks to come to the united states. things must be bad. and i think things like nafta that we passed exacerbated the problem and in many ways created him a to where we have so many mexicans who want to come over the border and come into the united states. reevaluating exactly how we approach our geopolitical strategies and even the strategies in our hemisphere, i think that is important that we don't have to have the same issue in the future. but we also need to be upfront with what is happening in immigration so we can process people quicker payroll some of the, immigration is a good thing for the economy and helps grow the economy. if we are not making investments that will put our building trades to work, that will make reinvestments back into the united states, invest into america, grow the economy, and

you know, mexico has the most nafta treaty's signed -- treat ies signed.with this new signed energy reform, we are expecting more people abandoned by the institution, forced out of their homes. >> among the marchers at thursday's rally in new york was lucero acosta, who came to the united states this year from morelos, mexico, seeking political asylum. >> eight months ago i came -- i came for political asylum because i cannot talk so much about my case, but i could not stay in water is, mexico, because of the violence and mexico,on -- war as, the is of the violence, and the corruption. people are dying everywhere. mexico is bleeding. some people are asking for money, and if they do not get money, they tell us we're going to get killed. some of the women have been raped, and the government does not do anything about it. if we go and tell the police, they will say do not have any proof, we cannot help you. it is very difficult to live in a country where there is no justice, nobody can help us. >> that was lucero acosta, who went on to say she will not be abl

of what is happening with the binational relationship, we have talked about this process of arming naftaeans there are a series of mechanisms, the drug war being the most important, that are really aimed at militarizing the comp -- country in an effort to protect investment. as that becomes more intensified , with more investment in oil and gas, tracking, other things that will be just -- devastating to the environment and the community, there will be more emphasis not to fight the drug cartels. certainly, they have not been doing that, but to fight the resistance of the people to the takeover of their lands and resources. gibler, final comments, as you take is home to guerrero, where there is so much strife, not to say that this has not ignited all of mexico. >> her point about lobbyist continuing to push for the continuation of the merida initiative is excellent. we have to analyze how the drug war is designed to perpetuate itself. it is built to fuel the drug war, not to stop drug production, trafficking, or consumption, not addressing real public health issues, but to create these fo

responsibility is to make sure other countries primarily mexico have a strong economy and when we passed nafta with the mexican workers and farmers out of work. we devastated their economy. now folks are coming over the border. they are very desperate. think of the desperation that you have to be living and if you are willing to take all the risks to come to the united states. things like nafta exacerbated this problem and in many ways created this problem to where we have 7 mexican-americans--mexicans who want to coming to the united states. re-evaluating exactly how we approach our geopolitical strategy is in our hemisphere are important so that we don't have to have the same issue in the future but also need to beef up what is happening in immigration so we can process people quicker. ultimately immigration is good for the economy and helps grow the economy but we're far not making these investments that will put our building trades to work, that reinvest back into the united states, invest in america, grow the economy, we continue to have this divide with issues like inequality and immigra

to help pass nafta in 1993 my involvement goes back literally two decades. i.m. proud of clutch -- of what deal just could do in the midst of politics and challenges. i hope people that get to work on this everyday to make the border safer and more humane and we have a lot more work to do. thank you for being here. [inaudible conversations] in included in the order to receive comments will have the preview of the immigration announcement on c-span. or 8:00 eastern tomorrow night. the senate is expected in shortly after having a classified meeting to combat ice this. to date talking about immigration. >> there was the moment in the civil war when president abraham lincoln said -- sent a message to the general who was in charge of union troops he sat in the camp preparing for battle never going forward. and in his frustration abraham lincoln understood as he waited the forces were getting stronger and the studies were slipping away. sole link and send a message if you will not use your rv send it my way so i can use it. so when i address this issue it is the issue

from nafta to debbie t o. nixon opened up china. now look what we have wrought.hipped toories were china because you can't compete with $.25 an hour labor. can you talk about how this hangs over what is happening with these negotiations? guest: there are different views about whether we should be pursuing free-trade agendas. it is very controversial. at the asia-pacific region, this is an area where american exports are growing. them ins for growing the future a quite great. have 40% of the worlds population in a pack. we have 44% of the worlds trade. this is a group of countries that are voluntarily coming together to try and lower tariffs, increase trade. i think this is good for the united states and the other countries that are engaged in the process. this is different. there is no enforcement mechanism. as the u.s. is trying to do this, can you talk about china with some of these same countries in the region? guest: china has a number of bilateral free trade agreements. one was just announced with south korea. countries group of that is negotiating the reaso

much bigger than nafta. much bigger than the european union. it would remove trade barriers between the u.s., japan, australia, canada, mexico. china has been left out of this. china doesn't want to be part of this right now. it's a thing where once you build it, china can come. it will be fine. it is playing into the idea that there are growing tensions between the united states and china. >> ali, is it standard protocol not to include china on the talks? >> no, but you know, we kind of spent the last 20 years building the entire trade infrastructure around china to the exclusion of a lot of other places is more to hedge your bets. if china sees fit to fit into this thing, china doesn't do this as much. china may see fit to fit into this later on, and that will mean making changes. china is making deals with russia and that suits russia just fine as everybody put sanctions on it. china is devising a new maritime silk road, so it will benefit more from trade in south asia and the east coast of africa, central asia, things like that. china is do

it's participating in this nafta opportunity. of new automotive manufacturing facilities are going up or have been announced in mexico. so a lot of growth there. the government is liberalizing economic policies in mexico. it has a young and growing population. so we're very optimistic about the opportunities in mexico, both for the near term and the longer term. >> one last quick question. you have -- you generate so much cash flow. next thing, buy more stock or still on the hunt for acquisitions? >> well, we're going to do both, jim. we're still in the market here in the fourth quarter for our own stocks. we have a strong balance sheet, even after deploying a little over $2 billion for comex. but we think there are other opportunities for acquisitions. we have an active pipeline. probably not something quite as big as comex. and we've made a couple of smaller bolt-on deals here earlier this year in north america. and we think we have some good discussions going on, so over the next year, we're looking to deploy another $1 billio

administration that have legislative action and to the point where in some ways we have enough policy with the nafta legislation to do what we need to do that failed on execution to do was establish like legislative statutes and i will give you some examples. first of all, president clinton recognized the concern about bio terrorism even though conventional press said it was about the synthetic fibers that someone comes up with but much like the einstein letter of the 1940's sent to president fdr clinton got a letter from a distinguished nova laureate who earlier that decade in 1982 did a study that indicated emerging diseases would be a significant consideration in the future. 1982 before the issues of global climate change before globalization was realized the professors basically recognized we were on a converging path potentially with disaster with the possibility of emerging diseases of bio terrorism. and it was their work that basically initiated things and i agree believer in our system of government that at best to hope for imperfect incrementalism to lookit any issue of the united states hi

i'm just talking about my own experience -- i remember when i was in congress, in the cabinet when nafta came up. he called me personally and said this is important to the united , states of america. it is one of the most important things we have ever done. i am not sure -- he was hyping it a bit, to be honest with you. but he cared about it very much. so i think one of the problems with trade is that if it becomes too technical, if it is explained in too much lawyer talk, then the commodity groups get a hold of it and the public is just -- has a mixed reaction to these things, anyways. the whole government, especially the white house and the u.s. trade representative's office, has to look at these issues like they are very high priority to the united states. if they don't, it is really hard to sell. >> there is another hand back here. in the second row. >> julie howard. i now an independent consultant. ami was with usaid and feed the future. thank you for all you have done over the past years and for a done to layou have the foundation for the future. i have a question, and then a more

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-- part of my mission and somebody who's worked on these issues for a long time, i've helped pass nafta in 1993. my involvement in these policy matters go back literally two decades now. i'm proud of what d.h.s. has been able to do in the midst of unbelievably complicated politics and operationally tough challenges and i hope you and your big team have pride in how they've made our borders safer, the immigration system more humane, and we do have a lot more work to do. thank you for being here today. >> thanks. >> you can clap now. [applause] >> thank you. good luck. >> thank you very much. >> yeah. >> thanks, everybody. >> in 2013 president obama visited a las vegas high school to talk about immigration policy. on friday he'll be returning to that same high school to talk again about the executive action he's taking on immigration issues. here are his remarks from two years ago. this is 25 minutes. >> thank you, thank you! thank you so much. thank you. [applause] thank you. well, it is good to be back in las vegas. [cheers and applause] >> and it is good to be among so many good friend

under nafta, we have free trade in energy with mexico and canada, so we already have quite a lot of energy integration. mexico's structural reforms and their opening up of the energy sector are i think an important reason why. if you look at this, they downgraded the growth rate of pretty much every major emerging economy in the world relative to what they thought a few years ago except mexico, which got the lucky distinction of having the same growth rate that the imf had projected a couple years ago. so i think you'll see more integration, but, you know, you didn't mention any particular pipelines, you know, for certain things. we have to look at the question of what it does to carbon emissions, for example. >> what about expormts of energy for the u.s.? gas, i know there's enormous interest in japan to buy u.s. l&g. they're buying from other places, qataris, australia. where is the west wing with respect to energy exports? >> when it comes -- gas and oil are under different statutes. with gas it is a case-by-case process. we have to look at what it means for our economy what it means fo

he provided thousands of classified top-secret reports about the predecessor to nafta called naca. this is the national advisory committee on aeronautics. the first plan for the fighter. later, rosenberg was accused and we believe he did so to have recruited sympathetic individuals into the service. one of the rosenberg spies was one to provide all of this naca information to the soviet union. let's jump to the obvious next step in this case. his wife ethel. she was part of what i consider the second tier of russian spies. mainly because her role is really still up for debate. julius, there is not much debate anymore. he was a full-pledged communist and he provided a lot of information. ethel on the other hand is tricky. there are still questions about was she a spy. the reason she was convicted of this is that david greenglass said she typed up all this information for the spies that was eventually provided to the soviet union. she knew about it. she aided and abetted the spy ring. by typing up all this information. that is what greenglass said he lied about. so ethel probably did

it happened with nafta and the trade with china. we will see. you think the in ction what will get done the lame-duck session? we have both served on those sessions and they are frustrating and not productive. can reach an agreement. rather than planning this to the next congress. >> 2010 was a very productive session. basically it will be, we have the path to continue the resolution. of the tober is the end fiscal year. i would say this is a very productive line. even ey are anxious to give a shot. other national defence act which has been passed every year as far back as everybody can remember. you have some big issues which can be addressed. more finance for ebola. are they going to do a quick and quick out? begin to get l addressed. i was a republican serving in the senate will not much done in lame-duck. >> mcconnell has said he wants a clean slate. will like to get everything put together and passed the deal licans don't have to with a hangover of the other congress. interesting that two senators have sent him a formal saying they will obj

. >> it happened with nafta and it happened with china. the majority of democratic congress voted no but there were enough democrats willing to vote yes that you can achieve it but we will see. this is a very difficult, tough issue. >> >> what do you think the election portends for what will get done during the lame-duck session. >> very little. >> we have all served in lame-duck sessions, they are frustrating and not overly productive, i will speak briefly, i hope they can reach an agreed upon on the bus appropriation bill rather than just pointing this to the next congress but even that remains to be seen. but in 2010 there was a very productive lame-duck session but i would not expect that to take place now. basically, it will be what has to pass at this point between either continuing resolution or omnibus. he did to mid-next year or two the end of the fiscal year. next october and beyond that, maybe the internet tax freedom and several other items, but i doubt this would be productive. >> they will get in and out of town as quickly as

obama gave a major foreign policy address saying, my fellow americans, like bill clinton did with nafta? he didn't because he capitulated the labor backed allies in congress. that's what happens. cite me the speech where he stood up as clinton did or al gore. he sent him to debate what's his name, ross perot on the giant sucking sound. he has not. he has simply not -- >> he has been -- >> we have this fantasy, you all have this fantasy about barack obama. he was the savior. he was a jesus. you have the feeling. but it didn't work out. >> brett -- >> brett is now sounding like the college republican at the cocktail party that you're trying to move away from. look, i wanted to -- by the way, since we're at it, i haven't mentioned this, but i have a reading suggestion for you if you're enjoying this debate. brett has a book out, american retreat, the new isolationism in the coming disorder. wonderfully written, vivid. it has all the things you look for in a good work of fiction. i really suggest -- i really suggest that you pick it up on your next long beach vacation. but what i was going

obama gave a major foreign policy address saying, my fellow americans, like bill clinton did with naftawe are going to promote free trade because it's good for our continent. it's gore our country sflee he did it because he capitulated to labor-backed allies in congress. >> that's what's happened. tell me just site me the speech where he stood up as clinton did or al gore sentence al gore to debate ross perot on the giant sucking sound. he has not. we have this fantasy. you all have this fantasy about barack obama. he was the savior. he was a jesus. you have the feeling. but it didn't work out [applause.] >> now sounds like the party you are trying to move away from. it look, i want to -- by the way, since we are at it, i haven't mentioned this, but i have i have a reading suggestion to you if you are enjoying this debate. brett has a new book out called "america in retreat: the new isolationism" wonderfuly written, vivid, all of the things you look for in a good book of fiction. i really suggest -- i really suggest you pick it up on your next long beach vacation. but what i was going t

. >> it happened with nafta and it happened with trade with china. the majority of the democratic caucus voted no, but there were enough democrats who were willing to vote yes that you could achieve it. but we'll see, this is a tough issue. >> what do you think the election portends for what will get done during the lame duck session are very little. in the lame duck session. and we both, we'll all served in the lame duck sessions, they are frustrating and not overly productive. i hope they can reach an agreed upon omnibus appropriation bill rather than just punting this to the next congress, but even that remains to be seen. >> in 2010 there was a very productive session, but i wouldn't expect that to take place now. i think basically it will be what has to pass at this point between continuing resolution or an only -- omnibus. beyond that, maybe the internet tax freedom and several other i at thes. but i would doubt this would be very productive. >> they're going to get in and out of town as quickly as they can. you've got the national defense auth

and america, canada and mexico nafta is now the pre-eminent power play in energy world politics are changingeconomy changes for the better. >> guess what. >> in china, lower gasoline prices are extremely helpful for the economy. >> helpful for the rebalancing, as well. "gone girl" is twenty-first century fox. >> i checked that too! >> nothing to do with that. >> a wind in your sail. >> i wouldn't have known that. good to hear it. >> brian? >> i would just be careful going into the rest of this week. remember, we had a basically a k k -- we'll talk more about that in 5:00. >> really, really important story. thank you for mentioning it and being here, bk. "fast money" at 5:00 p.m. today talking airlines soaring through the roof as crude oil hits a four-year low today. don't miss that jix you'd think low gas prices, low unemployment, the democrats at the polls americans turning away from president obama and his party threatening to give republicans control of both halves of congress. up next, behind the economic election disconnect. and later, richard trumka giving us his take on the election.

we fixate on russia and less on mexico and last i checked was part of nafta.rming government. >> southern texas. >> so, you know, right. >> tim? >> well, i agree with zach in that, look, mexico is actually making major progress on reform. carlos slim is probably the loser here and the attacks on telmex and opening up of the industry. i think the whole emerging market thematic play they're leapfrogging tech nonology and s very positive news for at&t and i think you have to -- that's where you look for growth in the emerging world. the reason em is failing is because they're playing macro em. you can't just buy the index. that's the best way to do it. >> i sent a note to michelle and dom to find out if the story is linked to the deregulation that's going on in mexico. >> right. >> that makes mexico a really interesting story. in fact, related to the russia story because it's the opposite of the russia story. >> correct. >> they're closed off, had great promise. didn't come true. mexico's a place opening up in the oil business and i think this is related to dereg

i remember when i was in congress, i wasn't yet in the cabinet when nafta came up. and he called me personally. he said, this is important to the united states of america. it's one of the most important things we've ever done. i'm not sure -- he was hyping it a bit to be honest with you. but he cared about it very much. and so i think one of the problems with trade is that if it becomes too technical, if it's explained in too much lawyerly talk, then the commodity groups can get ahold of it and the public is just kind of has a mixed reaction to these things anyway. and so, the whole government, especially the white house and the u.s. trade representatives office, you know, has to look at these issues like they're very high priority for the united states. and if they don't, it's hard, it's really, really hard to sell them. >> there was another hand back here. julie, in the second row there. >> julie, i'm an independent consultant from usaid and feed the future. thank you so much for all you've done over the past 40 years and what you've done to sort of lay the founda

. >> it happened with nafta and trade with china. a majority of the democratic caucus voted nobody enough democrats voted yes that you could achieve it but we will see. >> is a difficult, tough issue. >> over there at the microphone. >> what do you think the election portends for what will get done during a lame-duck session? >> very little. in the lame duck session we have all served in lame duck sessions, they are frustrating and not overly productive. i will speak briefly again. i hope they can reach an agreed upon on the bus appropriation bill rather than punting this to the next congress but even that remains to be seen. >> in 2010 there was a very productive lame-duck session but i wouldn't expect that to take place now. i think basically it will be what has to pass at this point between continuing resolution or and on the bus deciding on the expiration date next year or to the end of the fiscal year next october and beyond that, tax freedom and several other items, this would be a very productive -- >> they will get in and out

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you have to talk about nafta. you have to talk about these programs that are hurting american workers. we need work. i don't care what anyone says. work, things will correct themselves in the country. ,hen you talk about obamacare we see people on social security. the medicaid program works. hospitals still see people that are indigent. i know that was not perfect. the worst thing that you can do is to promise somebody and then not deliver. kentuckyple that are -- that are in kentucky to sign up for obamacare. i don't know anything about the president's health care plan or i tried to get it but it was just too expensive. you've got to be telling truths whenever you get to these programs and how they work. democratsow that the have pulled out on kentucky. i don't care if it is mitch ,cconnell or allison lundgren it is somebody that is going to talk truths, work with the president, and the president vice versa with them. host: neither of those candidates sound like they are all that eager to work with the president,

and that is that of funding -- of plannedng , the birthright citizenship, and nafta.that is just what i see. i mean, defunding land yearshood -- i worked 15 with health workers and the first thing they said they wanted was birth control. margaret writes about what is ahead for congress. she writes about a couple of issues. throughks extended 2015. the irs has warned that failure to act by december could cause a delay in the opening of the filing season for some taxpayers. if congress does wait until next year, could make filing more difficult and republicans could face political fallout. she also writes about the keystone xl pipeline from canada through the u.s. to my divisive throughthe u.s. -- the u.s., a divisive issue in the u.s. a decision was delayed until after the election, and yesterday the president was asked about it again. [video clip] >> there is an independent process. it's moving forward, and i will let the process play out. i've given some parameters in terms of how i think about it. ultimately, is this going to be good for the american people? is it g

hillary needs to voted for bill twice, but i think that hillary needs to consider the damage that nafta and the china accords did for the working class, especially out here in the midwest. i think the benghazi episode damage to irreparably. i also think the closeness with israel and the elite money in the east is a real problem for me. the other problem that i see is what obama has just done. this is incredibly damaging. there are so few jobs out here. so, i think for these reasons, the democrats -- of course the republicans don't -- but i do not think my party represents the working class. i consider other voters to look at other parties. i think they should never go back to john webb or sanders. there are other candidates. thank you. host: thank you very much for the call. saying that this was necessary in the face of action, and this is about people's lives. this is about people. i would venture to guess, says those who inton, that end up laboring, it is really the lives of the people who are in, so many instances, longtime residents and workers who have not only raise children, but