where do you see nafta going from there? is this a paradigm shift as we're seeing now or are we still deciding what its role is going to be? >> it's just a start. there is too much competition between agencies, between departments. so for nafta to become a sea change, to you know basically assume the role that it was designed to play, i think it will take a bit of time. but a start has been made. the minister of interior is taking a pro active role to try to build that framework under which nafta can work as a totally independent body. it will take a little bit of time. it took two years to get the act together. a country like pakistan, the systems are not as strong as they are here in the united states. i think it will probably take time. i think for the first time everybody's convinced that nafta has a role. and you need to -- every department, every organization needs to see space to nafta for it to play that overall coordinating and pro active role which i think is important if we are to be successful in this fight again

the trade deal is nafta on steroids.ill definitely be put first. >> president barack obama and i have have had an excellent meeting on the transpacific partnership agreement. we are negotiating for this economic condition. >> brunei is pushing for a tailed relationship. is the united states called the sultan a friend. human rights activists put the sultan of brunei on the radar when he established sharia law in his country. >> that will ultimately lead to the stoning to death of gale men and lesbians. >> american jobs and human rights there take a backseat for corporate profits. >> the tpp is a dangerous pact in its own right. like nafta, it will offshore many good-paying jobs. >> -- are realizing that it should be killed. >> who will benefit from the tpp? >> this visit gives me a good opportunity to renew the long-standing and warm friend ship. and filmmaker, and now available on netflix. mr. reich, great to have you with us tonight. is this deal as bad as lake says it is? >> it's very, very bad. not only the fast track

george is clinton for nafta or against it? he wouldn't say. >> america has had a hard time convincing the middle class they're on their side. there could be a big divide here in the democratic camp or should i say the commitment from the clintons maybe somewhat short of what is needed for labor. >> somebody may rise up and decide to challenge hillary in the primary. if they do you will see a tug of war here because folks like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, they could make her talk about things and take stands that make it a little bit more difficult, especially with the base. look, i think most conservatives think free trade is a good thing. i personally believe it is a good thing. hillary has danced around with whether she's been with free trade. i think hillary clinton is not going to be for right to work laws. she's not going to be somebody who says i don't think union members shouldn't be forced to pay union dues. and i think labor unions care more about that issue than they do these trade agreements. >> i don't know

so what i have said is that we need to have a plan to fix nafta. would immediately have a trade time-out and i would take that time to fix nafta by making it clear that we'll have core labor and environmental standards in the agreement. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was then senator hillary clinton talking about her opinion on nafta and liberals in the democratic party on the left are focusing their energy on pushing hillary to the further left and shaping her platform rather than finding an alternative to her all but certain candidacy. ready for boldness, a play on ready for hillary, 200 leaders and activists from iowa and new hampshire new hampshire have urged to adopt a populist left-leaning agenda. while hillary stands the best chance to be the nominee in 2016, it's also more likely she'll be forced to face issues like education, free trade and regulating wall street, forcing hillary to take the unions' side, trade packs, tax policy. she will face dueling demands from centrists and the liberal base of the democratic party. so who will hil

nafta's been mentioned here before today. if we had to negotiate nafta all over again, we'd probably do some things differently. and the point you made earlier today is that we do have the opportunity here to negotiate nafta, at least in part maybe in whole, i'm not sure. but just drill down on that particular issue. how do we -- people say nafta hasn't been that helpful to the u.s. i think has been very helpful to mexico. they have a vibrant middle class. probably as many mexicans going into mexico as they are mexicans coming into the u.s. today. and there's -- i think arguably it's been pretty good for the mexicans. not entirely bad for us. but sort of a mixed bag. in terms of poultry, we have a real problem in nafta with canada as you probably know and that's one we can fix. drill down on, the things, what we know now about nafta. what can we do differently what are we going to do differently? >> well, thank you. look nafta was 22 years ago. and like you said, there was a lot we learned from. that experience. there's a lot

it's been more than 20 years since nafta. too many plants shut down in ohio, too many shut down in pennsylvania, too many shut down in the presiding officer's state of louisiana, too many good jobs shipped abroad and replaced in they're replaced at all with low-wage jobs with few benefits. bad trade deals exacerbate the rising inequality, middle class families struggle to get by. the it's all about corporate handouts and worker sellouts. over four decades worker productivity rose 75%, wages rose 9%. what that says, since -- since 1946 into the reagan years productivity went like this and workers were this much more productive and wages stayed parallel to that. since the reagan years as productivity went up, worker wages have been flat except for the 1%, the richest 1% saw their wages explode their salaries explode, everybody else lived in an economy where things just don't get better. the report of the commission on inclusive prosperity chaired by larry summers concluded powerful forces must be navigated or inequalities will

i think nafta really hurt this country.from the flint, michigan area, and i have seen jobs factories just shut up, and delete. they went to mexico. those 49 senators who signed that letter, they should be brought for treason. i think the justice department should be brought in to look at it and find a way to have these guys arrested. or pulled out of congress. what they did was treason. host: ok, don. i will have will marshall address the letter. let's talk about what you said on nafta. he said he is for fair trade. this is what lawmakers of our capitol hill, democrats, are hearing from their constituents. guest: they are hearing some of that from constituents, but keep in mind that 60% of democrats -- both the big trade agreements -- are a good thing for america. and an even higher percentage of millennials, young voters, think it is good. when we get around to the next election, 2016, a large percentage of the electorate are going to be either people who were not born or too young to remember the nafta debate. so really,

we know that our trade policy over the last 20 years, from nafta up through tpp, it really amounts totrade agreement, they make promises of x number of jobs and it's often minus x number of jobs. they say wages will go up. wages instead stagnate. they say environmental policy will get better. environmental policy -- environment is degredated because of what happens. we see one thing after another in the trade agreements that don't work for out country. public health, what this will do to empower american tobacco companyies to have their way in poor countries, to what it means for our sovereignty, primarily for workers in mansfield where i grew. and lima and springfield. you know that. >> senator, are the democrats in the senate united on this? i mean, obviously they don't want to hinder the president, but on the other hand, this is such a horrible deal and it doesn't seem like the president is going to reverse his course on this. how strong are the democrats on this? >> well it's a mixed bag. in the house they look to be according to congresswoman delora, they look to be 80% to 85% op

president, is another nafta. >> we were unanimous that we have to stop fast track. >> we're waiting on a vote. >>> later, what would ronald reagan do? >> i think a lot of people admire what we did in wisconsin. >> i remember my wedding anniversary because it is ronald reagan's birthday. >> the basic right of people to form free trade unions and to strike. >> what would happen if ronald reagan had shown up at this conference with that record? he would have been booed. >>> a dire warning for coastal communities everywhere. >> really we need to be looking to the oceans. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. we start with developing news on the transpacific partnership. a vote for fast track authority could come this week. union leaders have decided to stop all voluntary political contributions until this issue, fast track trade promotion authority, is decided. 63 labor leaders sent a letter to congress urging them to oppose fast track. fast track is an undemocracy and unacceptable way to develop economic policies that effect us all. that was the gist of it. we

it also corrects a lot of the concernslly b raisedy nafta.s why that is an important trade agreement. we want to work on t-tip next. francine: when you talk about the body that would incorporate china, this is be something created -- the reason why we have not had that yet is because china's got complicated in that that they want to be seen as the ones to initiate this kind of stuff. fred: there are two or three things going on. china on one side says we are a poor developing country and we need special rights. and in the next step, they are the largest exporter in the world and the second-largest global economy. so it is at times i do believe -- i am not trying to be critical -- but depending on what they would like, they take a different stand each time. the point is they are the largest exporter in the world. and they cannot stay outside of a rule-based system and be a leader in a world leader as they are. guy: let's go back to, again, back to the wild west. fred: i know you like cowboys and indians. guy: there is no denying. the financing

will she follow in her husband's foot footsteps with nafta?o is she going to appoint? >> where is elizabeth warren on police reform on ferguson? there are a lot of issues here which we don't know. >> which is why it's great to have a primary debate and find out where the candidates stand on the issue and have the opportunity to push and pressure people to be -- >> they call it primary. >> that's why we have them. >>> next cyber bullying. 13-year-old baseball star mo'ne davis, is the latest victim of an online attack. on friday a college baseball player tweeted a sexual slur about mo'ne writing "disney is making a movie about mo'ne davis. what a joke. that blank got rocked by nevada." the public outrage over the tweet was overwhelming and even though the player apologized, he was still kicked off his college team. but today, mo'ne asked his school to put him back on the team. >> everyone makes mistakes and everyone deserves a second chance, and, i mean it's not -- i mean i know he didn't mean it in that type of way, and i know a lot of people g

agreements written by corporate america, and again supported by democratic and republican presidents, like nafta, cap to which have led this country into a race to the bottom. and needless to say, i strongly oppose the transpacific partnership trade agreement. [applause] while in the house, i took on the pharmaceutical industry and the outrageous prices they charge our people and became the first member of congress to take americans across the canadian border to purchase prescription drugs there, and i will never forget that trip where women struggling with breast cancer bought the medicine they needed for 1/10 of the price in montrÉal that they were paying in the united states. [applause] and my understanding is today hundreds of thousands of people, sadly, have to continue buying their medicine in canada rather than local pharmacies. as the chairman of the senate veterans committee, i worked hard in a bipartisan way to pass the most significant veterans legislation passed in many, many years. this legislation put over $15 billion into improving veterans health care, and to making certain that

's's one of nafta requirement -- one of nafta's requirements was that we created cross-border trucking program with the country of mexico, and just this year, after many fits and starts, we have moved forward with creating that program and that work is ongoing to stand it up. that essentially means that mexican -- mexican trucking companies will be at able to go from mexico to a point in the u.s. bringing or taking goods from one point to the other. that is a big development, by the way, because that has been a long, standing issue. the other issue is that we are working with mexico to develop an aviation agreement that opens up more access for both mexican carriers, as well as u.s. carriers, and we are very very encouraged by the work that has been done on that. so, i agree, there are plenty of opportunities. as we have begun looking at our own national freight plan -- i talked about it earlier -- one of the things that we have discovered is that we cannot look at u.s. borders. we have to look at canada, mexico. we have to think about how these different connections intersect. if we b

's one of nafta's requirement -- one of nafta's requirements was that we created cross-border trucking program with the country of mexico, and just this year, after many fits and starts, we have moved forward with creating that program and that work is ongoing to stand it up. that essentially means that mexican -- mexican trucking companies will be at able to go from mexico to a point in the u.s. bringing or taking goods from one point to the other. that is a big development, by the way, because that has been a long, standing issue. the other issue is that we are working with mexico to develop an aviation agreement that opens up more access for both mexican carriers, as well as u.s. carriers, and we are very, very encouraged by the work that has been done on that. so, i agree, there are plenty of opportunities. as we have begun looking at our own national freight plan -- i talked about it earlier -- one of the things that we have discovered is that we cannot look at u.s. borders. we have to look at canada, mexico. we have to think about how these different connections intersect. if we

so i don't have any kind of a formal position on the transpacific partnership or nafta, but i can tell you that philosophically i think it's strugglely important that we try to level labor -- try to have a level playing field for both environmental standards and labor standards. that has to happen. theoretically i think open trade agreements are very good things. reduce costs are very good thing. i just think we have to take -- labor and environmental standards into account. >> host: have the trade agreements upped environmental standards around the world? >> guest: certainly environmental standards are improving around the world. whether we could attribute that to trade agreements is a whole other question. i'm actually somewhat encouraged by what is happening in china right now. they have -- as i mentioned during the panel there's real interest at the grassroots level in improving environmental conditions. and that is a great thing. that can occur even in an authoritarian society like china is something that is very encouraging. i would not say that that is due to fair trade. that th

. >> will the president take this to court under the nafta rule?they cannot make a decision until after the delay. i'm not going to speak to someone above my grade and some of my friends would say. >> would your advice be, if this gets rejected let's take him to court? tags my advice would be let's continue to work to get it passed. we have the senate, 63 votes. we have the house about 13 short. let us keep at it. again, how do you make a decent vision when you have a report that says this is an unsafe action? if something happens then all those people who got this report, the secretary of state the president, i hope it does not happen like it happened in canada but i can tell you the media and the public will go back and told people accountable for having a red flag and a goring at. this is the biggest red flag i have seen on any court the president has to deal with. and i would not reported on my unbiased view. [laughter] >> the obama administration approved the alberta clipper taking oil into the united states. they already a proof that. in 2011

you, if the president rejects this, will canada essentially take the administration to court under nafta rules? >> well they can't decide until the decision. the delay is not a decision. so i'm not going to speak for somebody above my pay grade as some of my friends would say. >> well, as the ambassador in washington, would the advice be to the government if this gets rejected, take them to court? >> my advice would be to continue to working to get it passed. we have the senate, 63 votes. four short. got the house about 13 short when you look at change. let's keep at it because, again, how do you make a decision when you've got a report that says this is the unsafe option? because i could tell you, if something happens and all those people, that got this report, secretary of state the president, all the president's staff, if something happens god, i hope it doesn't happen like it happened in canada, but i can tell you the media will be, and public will go back and hold people accountable for having a red flag and ignoring it. this is the biggest red flag i've seen on any report that the

why did they give us a health care bill, instead they passed nafta?they came into office in 1992, they had a democratic congress. they could've given us a health care bill. instead, they passed nafta which sent jobs down to mexico. why did they do that? i want an answer to those questions. host: all right got your point. joe is a democrat. caller: good morning. that last person did not sound like an independent, nor did the angry woman from florida. what my point is -- i do not think any official business ones -- was manufactured through enough i'm a person who hates to receive e-mails and all my friends know that. i think anything official would be documented with copies in the state department and put in briefcases, handcuffed to a trusted person with maybe someone else going and flying across the atlantic to deliver them to heads of state or ambassadors. i cannot imagine any official business will be conducted through e-mails. i would think that would be like -- to her secretary, clear my schedule for friday afternoon because there is want to be a

manufacturers and the question i've been question since i opposed nafta, how can you make money if you don't make things anymore? i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlelady from north carolina, ms. foxx, for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to talk about the united nations and what can only be described as its increasingly outrageous actions on the world stage. how else would you describe planning a conference on gender equality, feminism and sexual violence that -- invited only men to participate? or telling the catholic church that its pro-life stance equals psychological torture? well, last week the united nations really went off the deep end when the commission on status of women adopted a resolution that singles out and condemns israel for violating the right to women. that's right, the commission condemned a country that has guaranteed women equality and work, education, health and social welfare for more than 60 years. it denounced a country where rape, including spousal rape, is a felony punishab

president, is another nafta. >> we were unanimous that we have to stop fast track. >> we're waiting on i think a lot of people admire what we did in wisconsin. >> i remember my wedding anniversary because it is ronald reagan's birthday. >> the basic right of people to form free trade unions and to strike. >> what would happen if ronald reagan had shown up at this conference with that record? he

when nafta was passed, it also had a lot of policy cooperation and regulatory cooperation, and the area of transports was one of the intermodal transports was supposed to give the north american region competitiveness. i'm curious with where we are with that now and with the spending transatlantic trade agreement. i'm sure the europeans have a lot of things they want in place for portability, surface transport, aviation. that is what i want to ask. >> you're right there is an awful lot of opportunity for cooperation. i want to talk about two areas where we're working with mexico, for instance. and how we're looking at our own national freight plan in the context of the continent not just the u.s. one of nafta's requirement social security that we create a cross border trucking program with the country of mexico. and just this year after many fits and starts we finally moved forward with creating that program and that work is ongoing. that essentially means that mexican trucking companies can come and go from the u.s. taking goods from one point to the other. that is a big development by

i know that oklahoma in 2001 that's the first state after nafta was the first right to work state andmed that they were going to have eight to tenfold increase in jobs and in manufacturing jobs and the ultimate truth since then they lost one third of their manufacturing jobs because the good work force are going to the states that pay better, and pay their good workers a fair wage. >> let's say this does pass what is the future for you and your fellow union members? >> it's a way to weaken unions. what it is going to do is chip away at our bargaining power, and right to work states unions have 10% less participation, and ultimately it's going to chip away at our opportunity to bargain for fair wages, requirement, safety every aspect of what the middle class deserves and expects to receive if they go into work every day and work hard. that's what they should get. >> where do we stand with unions? are they weaker now than they were ten, 15 years ago? >> they are. they are with all of the right to work passages. in indiana, michigan it's just a way to chip away at -- at our wages, and ul

last week i got a report. 20 years after nafta things are much worse than before.e. >> okay congressman, what would turn the democrats to support the president on fast track, which could give him the authority to do this trade deal? i mean what do you need to hear? okay, so there's a secret meeting, okay so you haven't seen the whole thing, but we all know what these trade agreements do. what about that? >> we want to see this is going to create fair trade, not just free trade. we want to make sure we're protecting american jobs. we want to make sure we're helping wages in the united states that have been tag instant during this recovery. we want to know that you don't have the secret tribunal through the investor state dispute settlements that take away our ability to have the u.s. court system to take something up. we can be sued by a foreign national corporation and have the tribunal run by corporate lawyers who when they're not doing the tribunaling are representing the companies. if he can address those issues we can have a real conversation. >> mr. cohen, why

when nafta was passed, it also had a lot of policy cooperation, and regulatory cooperation, and the area of transport was one of the -- you know, intermodal transport was one of the things that was supposed to give the north american region competitiveness in terms of global trade and industry, so i am just curious, where we are with that now, and with the pending transatlantic trade agreement? i'm sure the europeans have a lot of things they want to have in place in terms of compatibility, port systems, surface transport, and aviation. so, anyway, that is just what i wanted to ask. secretary foxx: you are right. there is an awful lot of opportunity in north america for cooperation. i want to talk about two areas where we are working with mexico, for instance, and then to talk more generally about how we are looking at our own national freight plan in the context of the continent, not just the u.s. one of nafta's requirements was that we created cross-border trucking program with the country of mexico, and just this year, after many fits and starts, we have moved forward with creating th

i think when you talk about understanding what we have the nafta country -- countries represent 20% of the world's gdp. that is a significant and important fact. we have lost the opportunity to push forward or push ahead beyond the border. it has lost some of its steam. the regulatory cooperation council may be more important than the beyond the border program because that would reduce the costs to companies on both sides of the border. get if you will standards aligned. those are things that we have lost focus on because we have become focused on this issue and it has taken attention away. it has taken dollars away and it has become a political talking point. each side uses it in the best caucus politics to drive home their point of view but it is not constructive and it seriously taking away from our ability to drive this north american juggernaut that we have. when you think about what's going on in ukraine the ebola crisis the middle east we need to focus on how we strengthen the nafta countries so that we can be as you are suggesting economically self-sufficient and i'm not sugges

you know, when nafta was passed it also had a lot of policy cooperation and the area of transport was one of the intermodal transport was one of the things those i was supposed to give the north american region competitiveness in terms of global trade and global industry. so i'm just choose where we are with that now and with the painting transatlantic trade agreement. i'm sure the europeans have a lot of things they want to have in place in terms of compatibility of port systems and surface transport and aviation. so anyway, that's just what i want to ask. >> you're right, there's an awful lot of opportunity in north america for cooperation. i want to talk about two areas where we are working with mexico, for instance, and then to talk more generally about how we are looking at own national freight plan in the context of, not just the u.s. one of nafta's requirements was that we create a cross-border trucking program with the country of mexico. and just this year after many starts we finally move forward with creating that program. that work is ongoing. they are standing up but that

let's go to the passage of ngatathat nafta. it is in excess of $12 trillion. china is a cheater.th korea is a cheater. we have to lose jobs to prove we were injured. >> do you think the administration is deal making right now with some lawmakers.? >> i think there's a lot of nervousness and a lot of saying if you do this i'll do that. our executive council, we unanimously agreed that we would oppose this trade deal. progressive movements, women's movements, environmental movements. we have seen the results. these trade deals aren't about tariffs tariffs. it has nothing to do with tariffs. >> the bottom line here is the base of president obama's election is telling them not to do this yet he keeps moving forward with it and wants it. he can't sell one union, not one union, in this country. this is almost unprecedented, isn't it? >> it is unprecedented for the labor movement. the environmental movement is unified. the women's movement is unifyied. the anti-poverty movement is unified. there's a culture in washington that somehow these trade deals -- you'll hear the trade ambassador

state her position on the tpp and fast track and explain how this will not gut american jobs the way nafta did. keep in mind every union has stated they will not support any candidate who supports the tpp. so far hillary clinton has been silent on this issue. she has to decide if she wants to be for the middle class or destroy it. i put it in such dogmatic terms because this is how organized labor views the tpp. they don't believe you can be for the middle class and be for a trade agreement that involves 40% of the world's economy and guts american jobs and all of our trade agreements have a bad history when it comes to trade being upside down and us losing american jobs. so as i see it, she can no longer remain silent but here is the problem. what if hillary clinton runs unopposed? what if this is a coronation? what if everybody else says hillary's got it? look at these polls. nobody else can raise this kind of money so i'm not going to run. what if that is the conclusion of everybody? do we get a real debate on the tp approximate tpp? do we get a real debate on the employee free choice a

but most of those agreements, except for nafta are with capital importing states. so with the tpp and the agreement with europe, those are the expansion of the agreement with capital exporting states. so that means essentially all u.s. companies are being protected but the u.s. hasn't faced the same type of liability. >> genevieve, i'll give you the last word. >> i would say folks should know we benefit from foreign investment in the country. that's what the free trade agreements give us. there are about 5 million jobs in this country that are here because of foreign investors. i think it's a good thing for the economy, a good thing for the worker and we haven't seen this be a problem. >> and american companies would be more free to go into emerging markets where they do not have labor standards and would gut american jobs. so we're at an impasse on this. great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. for the life of me i have no idea why president obama continues to push this. next, we are following breaking news on a building collapse in the heart of new york

corporate america and against -- again supported by democratic and republican presidents agreements like nafta, data normal trade relations with china and other trade agreements with the cost us millions of decent paying jobs and to lead this country to a race to the bottom. in the deuce -- needless to say i strongly oppose the trans-pacific partnership trade agreement. [applause] while in the house i took on the pharmaceutical industry and the outrageous prices they charge our people, and became the first member of congress to take americans across the canadian border to purchase prescription drugs there. and i will never forget that trip where women struggle with breast cancer at the medicine they need for one-tenth of the price in montrÉal that they were paying in the united states. and my understanding is that today, hundreds of thousands of people sadly have to continue buying their medicine in canada rather than in their local pharmacy. as the chairman of the senate veterans committee, i work hard in a bipartisan way to pass the most significant veterans legislation passed in many, many

what happened was that we along with nafta went in there -- not nativity tax nato went in there and bombedn have to repair. >> now it's chaos. >> they don't have the tools and they weren't trained. >> the fact is that she still does have a commanding lead over all our perspective republican challengers. >> she does? >> as they get more known, but i will tell you what and we love you guys. you are very good. you couldn't give me onement and if you can't then hillary clinton i'm sure she is watching tonight, you better come up with something madam secretary because myanmar ain't going to cut it with all due respect. thanks for the debate. starbucks up next. do you want to talk about race while getting your latte. we took a sampling of doers they don't worry if something's possible. they just do it. at sears optical, we're committed to bringing them eyewear that works as hard as they do. right now, buy one pair and get another free. relook. rethink. reimagine. because right here, right now it's time to take a closer look at botox® cosmetic, the only fda approved treatment for the temporary im

nafta's mistakes will be rectified. and once the deal is done it's done. there's no turning back.ngress cannot make amendments to protect american workers, and they are going to be left powerless. >> in exchange for fast tracking bills, congress is supposed to set the negotiating objectives. sadly these objectives are nonbinding, and so they can be rendered meaningless. >> and so the democrats are saying, and those who oppose the tpp and those having fast tract is this trade deal this trade promotion authority would threaten food safety affordable medicine and american jobs. corporations get a payout. the middle class gets left in the cold. but the white house is simply not seeing it that way. they want this deal and they're in the 11th hour down the stretch to try to get it to happen. joining me tonight, congressman peter defasio of gone and debbie dingle of michigan. congressman, you first. we've had this conversation in the past. now you have seen firsthand some information. did it change your mind at all about what's unfolding here? >> well if i listen to the half truths and i

i would play golf with president clinton and him to help them discuss the president's condition on naftaly? [laughter] i just play golf remember? throughout my career i was lucky enough to play a few more birdies than the next guy and for some reason i have an audience and people occasionally listen to me. it also provides me a window to how are -- how amazing our game is at crossing borders and bridging generations. five years ago this month i traveled to morocco for a trip to see how we could use the game of golf to enhance tourism efforts of the country. i was to meet -- little did i know that rather than a meeting he had plans to play golf. i was dressed in khakis, boat shoes and playing with borrowed clubs. we played nine holes at a course called blues nika -- buznika. there was not a soul on the course and it was immaculately maintained. the crown prince's father was an avid golfer. he loved the game. the king had died 11 years earlier and the course is a favorite of father and son and no golfer had stepped foot on this golf course in 11 years. it was maintained every day just in c

arguably you could say this was covered is for nafta and knowing that germany would be unified fear ofuropean trade group. so i. so i think -- and he also said this in other ways. he saw europe having shared philosophical and cultural roots cents the 17th since the 17th century and said he thought that they were in some ways kind of the -- i i think the united states is a natural leader of the world. europe would be a partner in this necessary partner. nato gave the united states room to have a dominant influence. >> other side of the table up here. up here. >> do you discuss, did he talk about the nsc system as he ran it as national security advisor and in particular in the views of the people that work for him one was rather unhappy with him later. i just wonder about that part of it. >> i'm sorry i missed of the. >> does he talk about it? do you discuss how he ran that? then in particular any views --. of the people who worked for him on staff. >> their views of him or vice versa? yes a large part of the book and one of the things i ask myself is why would a political scientist be w

the united states had dominant influence and this is what they wanted and this is an impotence for nafta, knowing that germany would unify in fear of a european trade group. he also said this in other ways. philosophic and cultural roots since the seventeenth century and these were in some ways the united states is the national leader of the world's and europe would be a partner in this. the united states for them to have a dominant influence. >> on the table up here. >> at wilson center. do you discuss talking about the nfc system, the national security adviser, any viewers of the people. i wonder about that part of it. >> the undersea system. do you discuss how he does that? any views -- >> his views of them. a large part of the book. why would a scientist's the writing a biography? from the general, is antithetical to social science. one thing i realize in answer to this question is this gave me a handle on issues of exploring is how do we organize national security or how does interagency process work, and white house and media relations, economics of the things that factor into nati

look forward to nafta in 1990 three, subsequently, the tpp, they're negotiating, would also be good,though some sectors are going to be adversely affected by competition. that is how it works. the point i think to keep in mind is that china thinks this is a way to keep them out of the global see and it is become more like the u.s.-japan partnership against china. tom: this is critical. the idea of a multilateral gap round or doha round versus this new contraption we have. is this a step back from what was good decades ago. mr. sri-kumar: i think so. in order to make it effective, you need something which is global. you talked about gas. that could be a positive. to get all of the countries to agree to a common set of tariffs -- what this does, what others have written, it diverts trade when you have trade agreements with one country or a group of countries, it reduces trade with the others. that is not necessarily as beneficial. tom: that would be china in this case. olivia: exactly. saying earlier this week and in "the wall street journal" the monopoly dissipated would leave a polit

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and that's why the trade deal i'm negotiating now, the trans-pacific partnership would reform nafta with new tools to hold countries accountable, focus on the impact it's having on american workers, and would make sure that the rules of the 21st century economy are not written by china but by the united states of america and that's what this does. so helping our working families make ends meet giving them the tools they need for a new economy, revving the engines of competitors, that's what middle class economics offers. that's why america needs to go. if we make these investments in ourselves and our prosperity and our future this economy is not just going to be stronger a year or five from now, it will be stronger for decades. and it falls upon us now. remember those words of fdr, it falls upon us now to say whether the chapters are to come will tell a story of retreat or a story of continued advance. i believe in continued advance. the challenges of this this generation of americans has faced are less dire than those the greatest generation endured. but we have the same strength and d

it did not always live up to the hype and that is why the deal we are negotiating now would reform naftaith higher standards and new tools to hold countries accountable. it would focus the impact on american workers and make sure the 21st century economy rules are not written by china. they need to be written by the united states of america. that is what this does. so, helping working families make ends meet and giving them the tools they need. revving the engines of growth. that is what middle class economics offers. if we make the investments in ourselves and prosperity in our future, the economy will be stronger for decades. it falls upon us now. remember the words of fdr. it falls upon us now to say if the chapters will tell a story of retreat or advance. i believe in advance. the challenges of this generation are less dire than the greatest generation. we have the same will and drive. we know what works. we know what we have to do. we have to put aside the outmoded debates and reject failed policies. embrace policies that work. we are going to write the next great chapter of our con

before i get too far in the program i want to recognize the nafta executive committee, the board of directors and past asked the chairs. if you were in that group please stand up so we can give a round of applause. [applause] [applause] thank you for all your work and all your service. many of the leaders in this room, let me say i was honored to chair the apta strategic planning effort about a year ago or so. we got it approved by the full board of directors. this plan sharpens our focus and guides or operations for the next five years. this is the cover of that document. i think the marketing folks did a great job in putting this together. five significant challenges that we put forth and we were calling these megatrends, sort of the environmental that we believe that we will be working in for the next five to 10 years. just very quickly and you won't see it on the cover of the strategic plan itself for safety and security was the first one. resource advocacy or funding and we have been talking about that all week, workforce development, demographic shifts and technological innovation. .. t

in my region the garment industry moved south after nafta. when this happened raising rates becomes overly burdensome. in the town of new hebron, mississippi with a town of just over 400 people we're now being told we need to comply with a new epa waste water discharge permit that will cost 2 to 3 million dollars. i will close with some comments on the federal water infrastructure programs. namely the epa state revolving funds and the usda rural development grant and loan program. we are very appreciative for congressional funding of these initiatives. and realize funding constraints in congress and the nation notwithstanding the curtailment of federal funding, the regulatory burden continues into crease and become more complex. we urge you to emphasize grants in these funding programs. low interest loans don't help the communities facing a severe hardship from federal compliance, leaving the loan funds to be used for compliance with greater availability to afford financing. we are very grateful for the funding assistance. it has allowed many

that is why the trade deal i'm negotiating now transpacific partnership would reform nafta with higheror standards higher environmental standards new tools to hold countries accountable would focus on the impact it's having on american workers and would make sure the rules of the 21st century economy and some of the largest markets in the world are run by china. they need to be run by the initiative america and that is what this does. so helping our working families make ends meet giving them the tools they need for a new economy revving the engines of growth and competitiveness. that's what middle-class economics offers. that is where america needs to go. if we make these investments in ourselves and our prosperity and future this economy is not going to just be stronger a year from now or five years ago -- for now but it will be stronger for decades and it falls upon us now now. remember those words of fdr it falls upon us now to say whether the chapters that are tell a story of retreat or a story of continued advance. i believe in continued advance. the challenges of that generation

just two weeks ago scientists that nafta and cornell and columbia found if we fail to act immigrant -- act aggressively we have an 80 percent chance of a mega- drought in the entire west. in the face of this peer-reviewed science states should be working together to find solutions to prevent climate change. we know the american people want action. action. this is not a gas. this is a poor. 83 percent of americans including 61 percent of republicans if nothing is done for emissions global warming we will be a problem again, you can sit here and say it is not an issue, but the american people would be in disagreement with that. ultimately climate change deniers continue to attack the landmark clean air act. just last week the majority leader mcconnell told state government to ignore the clean air act. imagine, ignore the law of the land and one of the most popular legislative actions in the history. we know that we can reduce carbon while growing the economy and i want to talk about california and the regional greenhouse gas initiative where new york is prospering as well. you will hear

>>mark: of a pass incidences' >>: nothing in this nature not like this nafta is a strain >>darya: family did you hear how this all out? >>: initial late michael have the gun at my hunting when she ran out of the house issue talking to the daughter and the offer applies to show off when it came on the balcony in this happen as far as i'm concerned officer shot back for and called him he was shot in the gunfire and died on the balcony by himself he paid the ultimate price for doing what he did. >>darya: able to pay bills and a prize is a sad situation and that is the interviewif you want to watch the entire interview. it's in our website at kron-4 dot com. this morning we learned that dunham was found dead just before 3-30 on a balcony at the apartment complex where this deadly shooting happened. >>mark:the scene is still active this morning. and roads are still closed in the area. >>darya:we have team coverage in san >>darya:first let's go to kron 4's will tran who is at the scene. will, what's the latest? and continuing our team >>will tran: the street are speeding away because it appear