joining us also is nancy cook from politico and damian paletta from the washington post. let me begin on the issue of china and trade. the president this past week saying we are moving closer to a new agreement. last week you said, "we have china over a barrel." where do things stand? mr. kudlow: actually, we are making good progress. i were trade negotiator was on hishill a lot of this week basic message is we are gaining on it, we are moving forward, closing on a deal. there are still issues to be resolved, particularly in the enforcement area. i also want to say as i have in the past, the discussions here have gotten deeper than at a ny time in u.s.-china trade relations. way beyond anything we have done. on the whole, they have been quite successful. three weeks ago, he came with his top deputies and that went very well. of course, he has to go back and get clearance from president xi and the bureau. then we had whatever it is, teleconference meetings, everyday last week. this week, our principles, which is steven mnuchin, treasury secretary, and bob lighthizer made a

host: nancy cook, white house reporter for politico. and the white house economic journalist. thank you for being with us on c-span. >> congress is in recess until monday, march 25. house speaker nancy pelosi vote ond the house will an override of the president's veto of the american declaration resolution. that measure to terminate the president's border emergency declaration originally passed 245-182, by a vote of but will need a two thirds majority to override the veto. that vote will be held tuesday, arch 26, live on cease -- march 26, live on c-span. when the senate returns, work continues on judicial nominations with the procedural vote on a nominee to serve on the ninth circuit court of appeals. later in the week, they will begin debates on the green new deal proposal and the disaster aid measure. watch live senate coverage on c-span2. on capitol hill this week, the ceo of wells fargo, tim sloan, told lawmakers about improvements he says wells fargo has made in its approach to customer service since he took over in 2016. he faced questions by members of the house financi

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joining us also is nancy cook from politico and damian paletta from the washington post. let me begin on the issue of china and trade. the president this past week saying we are moving closer to a new agreement. last week you said, "we have china over a barrel." where do things stand? mr. kudlow: actually, we are making good progress. i were trade negotiator was on hishill a lot of this week basic message is we are gaining on it, we are moving forward,

let me bring in andy card, nancy cook, and talu. thank you for being here on a monday morning. andy, let me play for you a little bit of what larry kudlow had to say. why this matters has to do with the potential for maybe another shutdown down the road. >> there's going to be another budget fight over the wall? >> i suppose there will be. >> the heavy say doesn't mask it. what happens from here? >> the president's digit really is a political document. geoff bennett had it right. it will be thrown in the basket and congress will become a talking point for people to criticize the president and everybody in the administration will say this is what we're asking for, we're going to fight for it and the battle has just started. i do think the battle over the wall funding is going to be particularly challenging. and i don't know how the president expects to get $8.6 billion in addition to what he's already got, but i think he wants it for a political issue and to drive up the reality that there are problems on the border. >> what is the signal to the trump base? it seems like that's

and now, let me introduce my colleague, nancy cook. and governor chris of new hampshire. [ applause ] >> thank you. it's great to see you. >> don't all cheer at once. [ laughter ] . >> hi. thanks so much for being here. i'm nancy cook. i'm a white house reporter at mitt co. and as you see, i am here to talk to new hampshire governor, chris, who is serving his second term leading the state. only now you are facing a democratic controlled legislature. >> identify been told, yes. -- i've been told, yes, i got the memo on election night. he comes from a political family. his father served as governor and the former white house chief of staff. he ran a ski resort that employed over 700 people before getting into politics. and this is one of my favorite facts, worked for ten years cleaning up hazardous waste sites after receiving your degree in civil and environmental engineering. >> that's right. >> so i thought we'd start off by talking just about the opioid epidemic that's been such a huge issue in your state. and it's been, you know, the

i'm nancy cook, a white house reporter at politico. and as you see, i am here to talk to new hampshire governor chris sununu who is serving as second term leading the state only now you are facing a democrat controlled legislature. >> i've been told, yes, i got the memo on election night. >> as many of you know he comes from a political family. father served as governor and former white house chief of staff and interestingly, he ran a ski resort that employed over 700 people before getting into politics. and this is one of my favorite facts worked for ten years cleaning up hazardous waste sites after receiving your degree in civil and environmental engineering. >> that's right. >> yeah, so i thought we'd start off by talking just about the opioid epidemic that's been such a huge issue in your state. and it's been -- you know, the nation's chief doctor said no place has come further however in fighting the epidemic. what are some of the three policy moves that your state has dune to combat that. >> when we came in to office the state wa

also, nancy cook. mr. kudlow, let me begin on the issue of china and trade.week, you said we have china over a barrel. where do things stand? mr. kudlow: actually, we are making good progress.

cook joins us with the latest. >> reporter: talks broke down overnight in the summit ended early. president trump even getting credit from house speaker nancy pelosi for walking away from those negotiations. >> they wanted the sanctions 't. >>foreign mister h dierent taay rea asked for partial sanctions relief in exchange for dismantling their main nuclear facility. >> remained our proposal. the outcome won the president rare praise from house speaker nancy pelosi. >> it took two meetings for him to realize kim jong-un is not on the level. he was a big winner getting to sit face-to- face with the most powerful person in the world the president of the united states and really it is good that the president did not give him anything for the little he was proposing. >> the president getting bipartisan criticism for saying he did not believe kim jong-un was aware of the condition of american hostage otto warmbier before he was returned to the u.s.. >> he attempt to exonerate or excuse kim jong-un over the death of this young man i thought was abysmal. >> we know what happened. i support the president's effort to denuclearize but i do not have a

cook dinner tonight. i'll make you some nice fava beans and nice chian [ laughter ] >> steve: oh.au [ ap ] >> jimmy: and finally, here's one that nancysent her husband.ay it "thank you for sending me an edible arrangement. so original, i really love it. [ laughter and applaus really great, great, great gift." listen to this, guys, for valentine's day, i heard am icans will spend about $2 billion on flowers. [ audience ohs ] yeah, when trump heard that, he tried to sell the white house rose garden to pay for the wall. >> steve: oh. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: "got to use your brain." that's right. congress won't give trump what . he asked f so he's looking for other ways to fund the wall. today he was outsideushe white singing kid rock songs in an open guitar case. [ laughter ] i screwed that one up. behind an open guitar case. [ laughter ] leme screw it up again. [ laughter ] today he was outside the white house singing kid rock songs behind an open guita. ca >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: yeah. [ cheers and applause ] please.ve oh, e a break. [ laughter and applause ] ♪ wall with the wall bang a bang ♪ i don't even know. ♪[ laugh