lost my job through nafta. indiana, in bedford, and i think this was a bet my iue, gw a, didn't stand p and try to slow the process down, they did videos of us doing our jobs, pictures of us jobs, like you were being -- i don't know, slandered or something into getting rid of your job. i also have a question, just was bill clinton required to sign the nafta have said go d he ahead and run it under the waters, guy? thank you. eddie.hanks, guest: your main question, sorry about the job situation around of nafta. bill clinton got nafta through congress adding environmental provision to that as adend dum thator the een negotiated under bu there.- it was a big one certainly when it comes to ndiana, you know, there have been shift necessary jobs, jobs going to mexico from the midwest during nafta. the automakers argue that has made north america more figure trade d allowed invest frment japanese automakers in the area. to a suburu plant in indiana. complicated situation. indiana and governor mike pence was he was a g

of nafta what is it it's not a trade agreement nafta was meant to look in mexico in the new liberal policy package this is the main. objective so it will not be possible to get out of the neo liberal policy package because you need to renegotiate nafta to do that and that will not happen because this is this is something you have agreed with the united states so i can you got charged off and say we don't want to say that as a matter of fact thanks killed after all you want to negotiate kill it kill it you know that you're bloviating you know new york real estate developer just kill it absolutely well the thing is you need a new political landscape to do it here in mexico i mean with the present administration this government with these the powers that be today in mexico that won't happen you need to absolutely change but you're right we need to say get out of this mode of thinking and see how can we tweak and change the little details in the after to get a better deal this is this is not going to happen this is you will not get a better deal there rearranging the deck chairs on the

in nafta, this is not hypothetical, the reason why the environmental label consumer groups say nafta needs a total redo simply to stop the damage is already $470 million paid out to multinational corporations. on mining rules, toxic banes, water and timber policies. so just to stop those corporate attacks, to stop the ongoing off shoring -- if you want to talk about the trump trade hypocrisy, put your head around this one. remember hearing them say, i'm going to make copies that offshore suffer. carrier is off shoring thousands of jobs. has anything happened them? not a punishment, but 15 new lucrative government contracts. deepwould say there are politics and conflicts in an administration on not just the but whatca week, happens with the nafta negotiations, that make the concerns about in whose interest, what is going to be on the table, very real. on that note, i would say, a lot of folks are going to see the members of congress in august and should talk to them about making sure nafta is either replaced or we get out of it. juan: where do we go from here? is there a time limit th

you know you mentioned that we're going to talk a lot about but a little bit about nafta nafta for some of us like the fall of the berlin wall and that it gave rise to all the guards like our. slam it stepped and abuse the system grab power became oligarchs to the detriment of the economy is all and. renegotiations ago are about to begin for nafta allegedly. so can you talk about what we might dissipate here john you know what trump is announced on every game and he wants to get rid of nafta and these are the sellouts and the mexican government are desperately trying to hold on for their lives to nafta because they know that if nafta was just abrogated they would pretty much they would lose their jobs next year and the future because it would create a short term at least economic crisis but they're not looking at the midterm in a long term there are other people in civil society in mexico who are actually very excited about the possibility of creating a new way of relating to the world from mexico not just tying our cart to the united states horse because the idea that that is going to

because they know that if nafta was just abrogated they would pretty much have they would lose their jobs next year and the future because it would create a short term at least economic crisis but they're not looking at the mid-term and long term there are other people in civil society in mexico who are actually very excited about the possibility of creating a new way of relating to the world from mexico not just tying our cart to united states horse because the idea that that is going to create automatically economic development has been it's been a big lie when it comes to how you has signed nafta you know twenty three years ago he promised that mexico would be immediately pulled into the first world through nafta but it's turned out that the growth rates the poverty rates everything has gotten worse over the last two decades and so it would be really in mexico's interest to yes renegotiate nafta but from position of national dignity unfortunately what's happening in the federal government mexico thinking it goes basically does beg trump to keep not that any way shape or form so th

the focus is nafta. i think, again, we have a very good relationship with the mexican government and with the president and i think we're moving very proactively to a solution and, again, the two priorities at the moment are immigration where we've already made substantial progress and nafta. and, again, let me tell you, i sat in every single meeting other than the russian meeting, these were substantive meetings and whether it was chancellor merkel, whether it was prime minister theresa may, whether it was the trilat we had with japan and the republic of korea, these were substantive discussions on economics, national security, korea, president trump is all about action and this was just -- we had lots and lots of meetings with lots of discussion on important issues. >> so bottom line, immigration and nafta renegotiation are priorities. paying for the wall is not. i want to move on to tax reform now. i know you're in the middle of that as well and the meetings with speaker ryan and others. when will the

candidate barack obama went after nafta in 2008. i could very easily get a lot of floor statements from members of congress on both sides focusing on the trade deficit for better or worse. you can't have a good argument on the causes of trade deficits. excellent expose a couple weeks ago, the trade surplus, not because of currency and trade but they save more, we consume more, we save less. that is part of it. these aren't new themes. out there for a long time. it is ironic and funny that a lot of people saying i can't believe donald trump is saying these things, he is a others have been saying for a long time, but the siege for what we are seeing today, planted on others, several decades going after nafta complaining about trade deficit saying prefacing that any kind of trade, there has to be an element of unfairness to it and we are seeing result of several decades of statements. >> that makes my point. obama might have made an offhand comment about renegotiating nafta during the primary debates in ohio but he did not send the neg

candidate barack obama went after nafta in 2008. you know, i could very easily get a lot of floor statements from a lot of members of congress on both sides focusing on the trade deficit, for better or worse. you know, you can't have a very good argument on what are the cau causes of the trade deficit, excellent expo situation a couple of weeks ago in "the economist" about the trade surplus with the rest of the world, and it is not because of currency or unfair trade. you know, they save more, they consume less, we consume more, we save less. a lot of that is part of it. these are not new themes. you know, they've been out there for a long time. i kind of find this, you know, ironic and funny that, you know, a lot of the people who are now saying, oh, my gosh, i can't believe prumt esident trump is saying these things, he is just saying things others have been saying for a very long time. so the seeds for, you know, what we're seeing today have been planted by others who sowed them over the past several decades talking about nafta,

candidate barack obama went after nafta. i could easily get a lot of floor statements from a lot of members of congress on both sides. expose couple weeks ago -- we consume more, we save less. there is a lot of that is part of it. i find it ironic that a lot of the people who say now, i can't believe the prison -- comes to say anything. other than things -- for a very long time. the feeds, for what we're seeing today had been planted by others. going after nafta -- going after trade deficits, processing that any kind of trade, there has to be an element of unfairness to it, now we are seeing the results of those several decades of this. myif i may, that makes point. we are now seeing actions. obama made an offhand comment about renegotiating nafta during a primary debate in ohio, but he of naftaeen a notice renegotiating objectives to congress. session >> it's a good point. never in my experience since 1962 have i seen such a determined barrage. is a really pronounced campaign backed by repeated them -- remarks by rhetoric,

, enhanced by nafta. it is so ugly. the cold, critical measure of the job hemorrhaging truth this country has faced since nafta's balance is our trade balance. that is how many more products and services our country exports rather than imports from off-shore sweatshops. that translates into jobs. since the inception of nafta, our trade deficit has ballooned to unprecedented levels. this chart basically goes through what's been happening recently each month, each year we go deeper and deeper into trade deficit, not just with mexico but with a number of other countries, but there's not been a single year of trade balance with mexico since nafta's passage. just more job dislocation and job loss. just in may, the united states experienced an overall $46 billion trade deficit with the world which nafta is a part, but since nafta's passage, get this, our country has accumulated nearly $2 trillion net negative balance with mexico and canada, and that translates into lost jobs here at home and the american people

isn't it time to do something with nafta?> i think in reading over this document, it still is a bit of a black box in terms of what they are going to do that's going to drive the under lying forces behind what president obama was campaigning for, which is how do we bring jobs back. many of these jobs that have been affected by the macro economics. many investments have been made in mexico and certainly in canada, but largely mexico. i don't know there is anything i have seen that is going to make a meaningful difference, a large-scale difference to bring jobs back, and that's sad. it doesn't go far enough. it's possible the trump administration will do that when they negotiate. gerri: jeff, i think it's a good point this is one of the promises of donald trump. he was going to level the playing field. when you look at the economics of mexico and canada in the wake of nafta passing, mexico is growing like to gang busters. that's economy is so much bigger. they realized the hopes and expectations of nafta and china kinds of putt

the trump white house rolling out priorities for nafta 2.0. what's bad in the brand new report? will the president really get mexico to pay for a big, quote, beautiful wall? we ask former obama trade representative ambassador ron kirk next on "countdown" and show you nafta's stock. when that pain makes simple errands simply unbearable... ...i hear you. i hear you because my dad struggled with this pain. make sure your doctor hears you too. so folks, don't wait. step on up. and talk to your doctor. because you have places to go... ...and people who can't wait for you to get there. if you have diabetes and burning, shooting pain in your feet or hands... step on up and talk to your doctor today. . . . . nah. not gonna happen. that's it. i'm calling kohler about their walk-in bath. my name is ken. how may i help you? hi, i'm calling about kohler's walk-in bath. excellent! happy to help. huh? hold one moment please... [ finger snaps ] mmm. the kohler walk-in bath features an extra-wide opening and a low step-in at three inches, which is 25 to 60% l

nafta not new even the candidate when after nafta does 2008 i could very easily get statements from members of congress on both sides to focus for better or worse you cannot have an argument on the causes of trade deficits there was an excellent expose say about the surplus and a resident really because of currency but they consume more and we save less. . . [inaudible conversations]

in fairness they start to negotiate a new nafta in about a month and we will be wrapping that up with democrats and the republicans who were voting no on t.p. pay that hey look at the new deal same as the old deal well that's that's actually kind of a card in the hole isn't it because trump actually campaigned on blowing up nafta and so if he tries to just just you know put some some polish on it. i don't see how that works with that it was hopefully it won't work but as you know he's pretty good at saying one thing and doing another yeah that's my great grandmother would say when i was growing up i lived in her house with my parents she would say i watch your feet not your mouth ok here you go what do you what do you do with mary frances understood this stuff we'll see if donald trump does yeah now there's a big union election coming up in canton mississippi on auto plant and revolution has been very organized in the involved in that organizing drive tell us about that so first of all we had a big demonstration there bernie was there a new president nina turner was there. and the com

immediate is there's a lot of talk about nafta, benefits or challenges around nafta and for us to adjust a sort of sitting back and hoping it all works out isn't really that canadian way. we have winters that are too harsh to do that in general, so we reach out and we think and we plan and we thought this would be a great opportunity to really step up our engagement across all different levels of the us administration as many of you know we were extremely proactive in connecting president trump and his administration as they got up and running, but also we realized connecting better with congress, reaching out to states across the country working with governors is something that happens every day at all levels of this relationship and we should be more thoughtful and deliberate about and that's the specific context. i think the general context is that we are in a world that's more more interdependent, more and more interconnected and in which people are more and more aware of the challenges that our communities or societies are facing and more and more eager to see people working hard, r

trade representative les hisor released the objectives for the new nafta and shockingly there are much like the old math that there might be a couple of minor improvements there about procurement that governments can buy american goods or mexican goods if it's a mexican state or local government but overall it's the same deal corporate trade deal and so heard there was some language like basically copy and pasted from t p p yeah yeah oh yeah david you know yeah intellectual property language that would be . now who is that for us after working class people and some of it may have some value but it's a lot of it is pharmaceutical companies they consider intellectual property keeping people paying into orbit and prices around the world and no generic drugs that's part of what's in the objectives so our revolution is going after this where is the democratic party well we hopefully they will be most of them will be with us that we will see so. in fairness they start to negotiate the new nafta in about a month and we will be revving that up with democrats and the republicans who were voting

so, new york times, we have got looking at the nafta overhaul plan?nafta deal. what is worrying for us in the uk is that i think the thoughts about the objectives is they are quite protectionist. it is like the president really likes his barriers. he is really sending a clear signal that the us isn't going to run massive deficits. you are going to have to take our stuff and we will ta ke have to take our stuff and we will take less of your stuff. what is interesting, yes, 0k take less of your stuff. what is interesting, yes, ok the us has got a deficit with mexico. but they have a deficit with mexico. but they have a surplus with canada. exactly. he does well out of it with canada, but not as well as he would like to with mexico? well, this isn'tjust about nafta, he is using that as a template for the rest of the world, probably as a direct link to china. it is very interesting at this stage to see how the us are negotiating the new trade deals because we want a trade deal with the us so it won't bea a trade deal with the us so it won't be a walk in t

is the trump administration gears up for nafta re negotiations the white house posted its first made in america week. we're here today to celebrate american manufacturing. and to showcase the amazing products from all fifty states. this showcase of american products is one way trump wants to boost u. s. manufacturing. but the white house is also looking further by reforming the nafta trade deal with canada and mexico. trump has called it the worst trade deal ever and promise to overhaul it. the documents and to lawmakers on monday by u. s. trade representative robert late heiser says the top priority is reducing the trade deficit with canada and mexico. but the renegotiation objectives outlined in the document would only make minor changes to the deal. among these would be a provision policing currency manipulation of first in the u. s. trade deals. inept arbitration panels would be given more power to oversee environmental and labor disputes. fine violators by imposing tariffs. canada's foreign minister christy freelings of the country welcomed the opportunity to improve the existin

but i look at nafta as a trading partner.ed to keep it solid and competitive, because it's asia, it's europe that are really competing, and nafta has to be competitive. so fair trade is good. from what i have seen, it works pretty efficiently we just need to make sure they don't do something to damage the effectiveness of all three countries working together >> previous presidential r regimes, i would have said donald walker has a voice in the white house. is this white house just not talking to any people not american business leaders? >> i think there's been a very good cooperation of the whole auto motive industry and they're having close discussions with people in washington, canada, mexico is involved, as well. there's a good understanding how important it is we work together we don't want to damage the industry so there's been good cooperation and good discussion and wilbur ross knows the industry very well >> i would say that had not -- seven months ago i would be concerned that is too much of a polyannish view. but wi

he said a nafta is obsolete and --minimum.eeds an update news and updates a you can watch his full comments on bloomberg go. ♪ >> is harder to get data? >> we will find out. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets: the trump economy" and i'm david gura. with first word news. mark: the new communications director said president trump is like -- is looking to likely fire attorney general jeff sessions, anthony scaramucci said that the president is obviously unhappy. the president went after sessions on twitter for a second day in a row calling him "weak." the president's son-in-law is back on capitol hill for more closed-door questioning about russia. jared kushner is being interviewed by the house intelligence committee after talking to senate intelligence investors yesterday he said he did not collude with russia or know of anyone in the campaign will did. in poland,the fight over who controls the nation's court is not over yet for he is a valid to redouble efforts to overhaul the judiciary after the presidency total loss that wou

-- of nafta. i've also noticed how relatively inexpensive many household items have been since. we supply parts that cross the border multiple times before they reach final assembly in the u.s. free trade is vital to our success and the success of our customers who not only get us where we need to go, but protect our shores and vital interests. the arizona chamber of commerce noted that their comments on nafta -- in their comments on nafta that, quote, agreement is central to the state's economic prosperity. the nafta agreement, that is. mexico is arizona's leading trade partner. canada is the state's second leading trade partner. in an interview focused on the nafta renegotiation process, the c.e.o. of arizona's hispanic chamber stated, quote, we know that mexican nationals spend over $1 billion in year in just pima county alone. that's just one county. it's hardly surprising to hear such overwhelmingly positive support for nafta considering the benefits it has for arizona's economy. nafta for az

and did they really lose all their jobs because of those trade deals like nafta or was it china and. and then going forward or even britain is bringing jobs back even a remote possibility in this day of artificial intelligence of of robots. automation in a lot of people we've last year on the summer solutions we cover the concept of a basic income a universal basic income and i see this year the likes of mark zuckerberg all the tech silicon tech guys are saying yes we need a basic income so we're going to go over some of these sort of possible solutions to jobs and it's possible the universal basic income thing was definitely being picked up by the tech billionaires possibly to keep them from being alleged or to keep the whole system in place because of course suits them it also addresses the huge problem that does need a solution is we have a consumer economy seventy over seventy percent of our global g.d.p. is consumption so if all these captains of industry deliver massive efficiency for their shareholders by hiring you know robots and automation. well did the robots have hunger a

senator wyden: nafta needs a big-time upgrade. and certainly, what you are talking about is essential. and look, a lot of the priorities we have today, nobody thought much about back then. that does not make it right. but clearly, human rights, labor protections, the environment, these are all core today to american values and i have said at the public hearings that we have had already in the senate finance committee, number one, i would support them, number two, i will do everything i can to get bipartisan support for them, and number three, i am also going to say that now that the internet is the shipping lane of the 21st century, we add digital goods to this agreement so that people can make things in washington county at a value to them in washington county and ship them all over the world and get a good wage when they do it. [applause] rep. bonamici: what the next number? >> 878. rep. bonamici: 878, the last three numbers on the ticket. 878. we have that right here. >> do we have 713 on deck? how about a 897? >> yeah, hi. i j

the immediate there's a lot of talk about nafta and benefits were challenges around nafta.nd for us, just sort of sitting back and hoping it all works out is not really the canadian way. we have winters that are too harsh to be able to do that in general, so we reach out and think and plan and thought this would be a great opportunity to really step up our engagement across all different levels of the u.s. administration. as many of you know we were extremely proactive in connecting with president trump and his administration as they got up and running. but we also realized that we were connecting better with congress, reaching out to the states righ rate across the cou, working with governors. it's something that happens every day, at all levels of this relationship that we should be a little more thoughtful and deliberative about. that is a specific context. but i think the general context is we are i in the world but as more and more interdependent and interconnected. and in which people are more and more aware of the challenges that our communities and societies are fac

senator wyden: nafta needs a big-time upgrade. and certainly, what you are talking about is essential. and look, a lot of the priorities we have today, nobody thought much about back then. that does not make it right. but clearly, human rights, labor protections, the environment, these are all core today to american values and i have said at the public hearings that we have had already in the senate finance committee, number one, i would support them, number two, i will do everything i can to get bipartisan support for them, and number three, i am also going to say, that now that the internet is the shipping lane of the 21st century, we add digital goods to this agreement so that people can make things in washington county as a value to them in washington county and ship them all over the world and get a good wage when they do it. [applause] what the next number? >> 878. rep. bonamici: 878, the last three numbers on the ticket. deck?we had 713 on 97 -- 897? >> i just want to know what you are doing right now or what you -- do to u

>> you think about nafta. he talked tough on nafta and said i'm going to renegotiate nafta as obama did but he really didn't, and now negotiating. to ford's point, i think a lot of this is negotiation. he loss of the negotiation, he wrote artof the deal, this is how he governs. >> i think that's been one of the things he's been consistent about. talking about protectionism, talking about trade policy, trying to work to the american advantage, to the extent we've seen a policy he's been coherent and consistent upon, this is it, and i think there's potential for it to backfire. >> there is, you're just going to end up making goods so much more expensive for everyone including the people you're trying to upon had. trying to keep steelworkers in a job, but statement the cars and homes they're buying that have steel beams are that much more expensive, i don't know, this is like economics 101. >> absolutely. and i'm take him on his word on this. i don't think he's being quiet, i don't think this is negotiating tool.

the trade realities what we saw on monday when they released their you objectives for nafta much the same is that the p.p. we can still be hopeful that something will be improve there but there's nothing concrete for the guy with a lunch bucket so how does nafta play into this this week's theme of make it in america week. yeah well not so well and again as bart said it's not just republicans and not just the president last weekend our revolution we sponsored a demonstration in front of the national governors association chaired by terry mcauliffe a democrat and they had only pro nafta speakers pierre trudeau and hundreds of corporate lobbyists there so you know we're saying really to democrats and republicans you're on notice we're fed up in small towns across the midwest and across this country and we want the reality of jobs manufacturing and service sector not just words that we're now supporting american manufacturing so can the analysis be made that the longtime base of the democratic party is now starting to split away and looking for devil in the detail and looking for some ac

the plan is kind of modernizing nafta, not gutting it.what happened between the campaign trail, and push back terrible deal, build a wall, whatever to more moderate stance? peter: a lot of people in the business community said in open hearings -- there were like 12,000 comments made on this plan -- actually free trade benefits united states. the benefits the people of the united states, companies, and it will be a shame to throw that away. oliver: any idea what the impetus been from our peers in this agreement on what they want? is there a similar line of sight anywhere? peter: it looks like the reaction to the trump administration put out there are the makings of a deal. there are certain things about nafta that are kind of old and need to be updated. we heard from the ministers of both canada and mexico saying helpful things like, yeah, this is a good blueprint for the modernization. oliver: house republicans are voicing objections to a sanctions bill meant to punishing moscow for interfering in the u.s. election. carol: it would make i

to make says he wants to renegotiate nafta... to make it more like ttip.ed countries like japan and germany because they have huge trade surpluses. he was to bring jobs to the united states. well, he says that, he says that. if we look at what he is doing, he will actually end up driving down wages. his secretary has been out there reassuring business audience is that when they renegotiate nafta, they are going to do to make it more like the tra ns—pacific partnership are going to do to make it more like the trans—pacific partnership which is exactly what trump campaigned against. 0f is exactly what trump campaigned against. of course, he raised these hopes but i don't believe he is going to bring thejobs back and support middle—class lifestyles. he did it to get elected and it was a resona nt did it to get elected and it was a resonant promise but that is wide my argument is that progressives need to step up into this moment with a real 21st—ce ntu ry to step up into this moment with a real 21st—century jobs programme and i'm passionate about climate chan

carol: president trump rethinks his nafta strategy.ver: and why house republicans don't like the sanctions bill doubled will punish the kremlin for hacking the u.s. election. carol: this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ ♪ oliver: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." carol: you can listen to us on channelo on sirius xm 119, 99.1 fm in washington, d.c., and am 960 in the bay area. oliver: and in asia on the bloomberg radio plus at. carol: president trump is entirely debt is anti-nafta rhetoric. oliver: the white house now thinks tuneup might be the next move. >> it turns out his plan for nafta is much more moderate than you might expect given what he was saying on the campaign trail, the worst deal ever. oliver: many, many times. >> it is not like this is something he threw out once. he kept hammering on the campaign trail. even after he became president he came within a hair's breadth of just pulling out. he was persuaded not to. that was a positive sign for people who believe free trade with canada and mexico. the next stage was jus

president donald trump has criticized nafta as being the worst trade deal signed anywhere ever.rovocation coincided with the mr. trump launching a by america campaign. as the trump administration gears up for nafta renegotiations the white house hosted its first made in america week. >> we are showcasing the amazing products from all 50 states. of americanase products is one way trump wants to boost u.s. manufacturing. the white house is also looking further. trump has called it the worst trade deal ever and promised to overhaul it. the document sent to lawmakers -- topay since the truck priority is reducing the trade deficit. the objectives outlined in the document would only make minor changes to the deal. a provision policing currency manipulation, a first in a u.s. trade deal. after arbitration panels would be given more power to oversee environmental and labor disputes. saida's foreign minister the country welcomes the opportunity to improve the existing nafta framework. talks between the u.s. canada and mexico could begin in 30 days. congress will need to approve any chang

. >> it's great to be with my friend the president of mexico renegotiating nafta and some other things with mexico. we'll see how it all turns out. but i think we've made very good progress.

>> already seen a fake out with nafta.ports he was getting ready to xra x scrap nafta altogether and then maybe a call into president trump and talked him off the edge on nafta. certainly we have not seen actions of trade match the campaign rhetoric yet with the exception being tpp. he did cancel that almost immediately, fulfilling a campaign promise and at first when he first started talking about killing tpp, it was not very popular in washington. mike said, didn't have a constituency, but he, his rhetoric against tpp, how quickly it caught fire, reshaped the way both parties approached it. politically toxic. one of the few things with bipartisan support. repeal tpp. beyond that, played small ball with some from ka canadian -- no sweeping concerns like we heard. >> and currency inmanipulator d one. he didn't do that. look at approval rating on the economy, overall, worse on this. economy, 44 approve, 46 disappro disapprove. a split for the fred of the united states. sounds snarky. don't mean it. not that good, poll numbe

host: the president unveiled goals for renegotiating nafta. helpould those ideas manufacturing in the american worker? guest: nafta was negotiated 20 plus years ago and the internet did not exist when i was originally negotiated. people whererom 1500 people are working and what the can do is make sure standards are high. we can access the canadian and mexican market in a modern way and set the pace for future negotiations like labor standards, environmental standards, trade enforcement mechanisms that need to be updated. also things like data and digital. they weren't in existence. host: tom reed, republican of new york. thank you so much. another short timeout and we will talk about the house. we will talk to tim ryan on the future the party. later in the program we should point out the wall street journal's william mauldin will talk about the nafta agreement and the changes the president would like to make. that is coming up with mortar calls. ♪ >> sunday night on afterwards. cheryl atkinson reports on how smear tactics are used to influence