this is actually coming from the president of the national farmers' union — is ita of the national farmersscare story? whenever these things happen, people use the opportunity to plead their case whether that be far more resources 01’ whether that be far more resources or whatever it might be. more rain! in 19th 76 we actually had a minister the drought and within two days it started raining! but it was a very different situation because they also had had a very dry winter whereas we have not had that. in fa ct whereas we have not had that. in fact that was relentless as well, we we re fact that was relentless as well, we were still wearing jumpers at the end of april. what we really need is... we are never happy, let's be honest! but clearly there are issues about production of food. it is an essential for all of us. if this was to be an ongoing situation, where as i was reading this morning but this could be the first of many of these long, hot summers, then we are going to have to make a considerable decision about how we provide the basics that we need. and the way we grow them as well

coming up saturday morning, national farmers union president roger johnson discusses the impact the trump administration tariffs are having on american farmers. senior research fellow christine mcdaniels talks about ongoing u.s. trade disputes, and the impact of tariffs. ben austin, a contributor for the new republic, on his recent battling innovative approaches for policing. be sure to watch "washington journal," saturday morning at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. afterwards,, on former white house secretary sean spicer discusses his book "the briefing politics, the press, and the president." he is interviewed by michael steele. >> ronald reagan and donald trump are about 180 degrees apart from each other. yet, here we are in this space. how did you navigate that? we are both reagan conservatives in that regard. was it a little bit of a dance every once in a while? how did you do it? >> with respect to the president, there is no question. he is not traditional, in terms of how he speaks. he also connects to people in a way that most politicians never have. he talks very bluntly in his

we're talking with roger johnson this morning with the national farmers union, the president, about trade tariffs and farms. we especially want to hear from farmers. rick is a farmer in oklahoma. what do you for? caller: a little bit of everything. rye, corn, soybeans, cattle. host: what's your question for roger johnson this morning? caller: well, what i'd like to see roger do is start a movement. the chinese have targeted us as pawn in and we're ua the deal. what trumps doing needs to be done, they have been ripping us off for 30 years on tariffs, and i know a lot of farmers that are for him to hold the course and stay with it, but what he needs to do is start a movement and try to get the farmers of the united states not to buy chinese goods and everything related to chinese agriculture not to buy chinese goods. host: has there been a hit on your bottom line when it comes to these rising trade disputes? caller: sure. fall., not till you sell soybeans, it's not the time to market your products. some -- i got on the right side of the deal, but it's going to hurt everybody. let's remember

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coming up saturday morning, the national farmers union president discusses the impact the trump tariffs areon's having on farmers. ongoing trade disputes. c-span'so watch washington journal saturday morning. kkoin the discussion. >> sunday night on afterwards, former white house press secretary sean spicer discusses his book. he is interviewed by former republican national committee chairman michael steele. >> ronald reagan and donald trump are about 180 degrees from each other. yet here we are in this space. how did you navigate that? we are both reagan conservatives in that regard. was it a little dance every once in a while? >> with respect to the president himself, there is no question he is nontraditional in terms of how he speaks. he also connects with people in a way most politicians never have. he talks very bluntly in his own style. i don't think he would have won if it weren't for that style. there is this balance with elected officials. they say all the right things and never get anything done. gets all of these things done and people don't like his tweet. i am a result orien

saturday morning, national farmers union president roger johnson discusses the impact the trump administration's tar iffs are having on u.s. farmers. also a contributor for "the new communityexamining policing. watch at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. c-span, commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection talks about the agency's operations and challenges of the board. you can see that at 9:00 eastern on c-span. a senateone is reporter from the hill. the senate heads into august at the time when they are not in session. mcconnell announced plans last month to cancel the recess.

actually had to be a comment from map or do he's the government relations representative for the national farmers union and this is what he told the stream. net farm income has dropped over fifty percent in the last five years and that financial stress is really giving rise to an increase in mental stress among major cultural community which already has a pretty significant predisposition to high suicide rates this is all compact compounded by the fact that there are very few services available in rural areas sixty percent of rural americans live in an area that has a mental health professional shortage and all of the nonprofits and hotlines out there that serve farmers and ranchers are heavily under resourced to meet skyrocketing demand so we've been working on is really improving awareness around this issue but also providing for more resources to our rural areas. jerry can you take that on yeah i really appreciate you saying that i really think that a lot of people who die by suicide they don't want to die by suicide they want to end their pain and if you're a farmer in rural america and you see you

and the national farmers union says every day of heat and no rain is likely to damage the harvest.rts from selby in north yorkshire. in this parched field on the edge of the vale of york, all humans are welcome — because they bring food. these cows should be eating the grass, but no rain means it hasn't grown, so they have to eat baled feed — highly unusual in summer and very expensive. i've never known anything as dry as this, in all my time farming. i don't think we've had any significant rain for, oh, it'll be six weeks, i would think. so now we're having to feed the winter forage that we've kept back for winter, and there's going to be a shortage of straw. it could be quite an expensive winter. it is exceptional. the last and we had conditions like this was 1976... a short distance away atjohnson‘s commercial nursery, they grow plants for garden centres and local authorities. the trouble is the hot weather means fewer people are wanting to buy plants, because they don't think they'll last. there has been a tangible slowdown in optics, ever since the talk of hosepipe bans etc, p

the national farmers' union is now helping to provide emergency supplies. take a look at this. the heat has called real problems, but for others it's a different story. last weekend, solar power supplied almost 30% of the uk's electricity, and farmers own two thirds of britain's solar power supply. andrew troughton's family made the decision to diversify in the 1990s. now panels cover a quarter of their land. forthe solarfarm, i mean, it's great, it's just basically, the summer are the months that pay the bills on it and produce the income. there's nothing else farming wise that could just sit here and produce the revenue, the energy and the revenue, so it is better. but much of the countryside now wants and needs relief from the heat and what it's bringing with it. clare marshall, bbc news, gloucestershire. at the world cup, england are back in training today, ahead of saturday's quarterfinal with sweden. the team had the day off yesterday, in order to recover from their extraordinary penalty shoot—out victory over colombia. but there are injury concerns for gareth southgate's

speaker, as we enjoy and, of course, community and join the national farmers union and me -- and calling for people not to use sky lanterns ever but certainly not our food producers do deserve our report. >> my honorable friend raises an important issue we want to have the work of the military and other apartmenter in agencies in responding to the wildfires that we've seen in various parts of the country in the last couple of weeks. but i want to encourage all organiz to exercise caution to follow home on our safety and take steps to prevent the risk of fire from lanterns and fireworks and i would also encourage organizeers to think both about the fires but also about impact that lanterns has had on farmers livestock in many cases. >> thank you mr. speaker, since the collapse of sixn't mos ago, new royal liverpool hospital now stands on finish and mpty the monument hospital e agree, hospitals are for treats the sick not lining pockets of investor so instead of waiting for commercial lawyers and holding secret meetings with no public accountability will the government now call in this con

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let's speak to guy smith, deputy president of the national farmers' union, whojoins me down the line headlines in the forecast there is a bit of an east— west divide so where i fan on the east sussex coast, no rain for 50 days, which is extraordinary when you think the record for no rain in britain is 73 days. we're fast approaching beating that record and extreme heat. crops being parched to the bone, spring cups the farm is sold in april barely know what rain is. as you travel west towards where iam now is. as you travel west towards where i am now in wales, a bit more rain but even the tops of the hills here look the nasty colour of biscuit which means the grass has stopped growing. that is problems for livestock farmers because they need to have that grass growth to sustain their sheep and cows through to the winter and we are hearing that livestock farmers are now having to feed winter rations to their stock now and that will cause problems. what else are farmers having to do in terms of trying to get hold of water? you can pray to the weather gods as a farmer but there's not mu

, which has been really difficult for this particularfarmer, but right across the uk, the national farmers' uniontra resource, the extra resource of feed, their reserve, which you can see behind me, those bales of hay. that's what they use in the winter to feed the animals. usually that is double the height, so at the moment, there's not enough of that winter feed, which could be catastrophic for some farmers later on in the year, when winter approaches. thomas, thank you so much forjoining us this morning. and beautiful polly as well. but this is a serious problem, isn't it, for many farmers? really serious. whilst this morning it perhaps looks a little bit greener here than it has done for many weeks, the shortage of fodder is difficult for the farming industry throughout the country. and what about in other parts? i know you said that some of your friends, other farmers, have found it really difficult, to the point where they actually can't feed their livestock. i think people will feed and maintain their livestock to the best of their abilities and of course, growing forage crops in dry condi

the national farmers' union said that crops are ‘parched to the bone' with livestock farmers having totheir animals fed. danny savage reports from selby in north yorkshire. in this parched field on the edge of the vale of york, all humans are welcome — because they bring food. these cows should be eating the grass, but no rain means it hasn't grown, so they have to eat baled feed — highly unusual in summer and very expensive. i've never known anything as dry as this, and all my time farming. i don't think without any significant rain for, oh, it'll be six weeks, i would think. so now we having to feed the winter forage that we've kept back for winter, and there's going to be a shortage of straw. it could be quite an expensive winter. it is exceptional. the last and we had conditions like this was 1976... a short distance away atjohnson‘s commercial nursery, they grow plants for garden centres and local authorities. the trouble is the hot weather means fewer people are wanting to buy plans, because they don't think they'll last. there has been a tangible slowdown in uptake, ever since t

coming up saturday morning, national farmers union president discusses the impact the trump administration'sariffs are having on american farmers. and then a senior research fellow talks about ongoing trade disputes and the impact of tariffs. also, ben austin, a contributor for the new republic on innovative approaches to policing. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal "q&," join e discussion. this weekend on oral histories, the first of our eight part series on women in congress. sunday at 10:00 eastern, a former congresswoman. >> it also made me a fighter and made me -- i was forced to be tougher. isn't that the secret. at least it was back then. being underestimated is a good thing because you can add the element of surprise. i remember a lot of my debates were people were not taking me seriously until it was too late. i think the same thing happens when you are negotiating. announcer: we will hear from pat schroeder, sue myrick, eva clayton, helen bentley, barbara tonelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-sp

and the national farmers union says every day of heat and no rain is likely to damage the harvest.ot grown, so they have to eat bailed feed, highly unusual in summer and very expensive. i have never known any thing as dry as late as all my time asa any thing as dry as late as all my time as a farmer. i do not think we have any significant rain for maybe six weeks, i would think. now we are having to feed the winter forage that we have cut back for winter and there is going to be a shortage of straw. it could be quite a coup expensive winter. it is exceptional, they lost and we are conditions like this was 1976. a short distance away, the group plans for garden centres and local authorities. the trouble is the hot weather means fewer people wanting to buy plants because they do not think they will last. it has been a tangible slowdown in uptake ever since the talk of hosepipe bans, people are not willing to put plans in and just watch them die in front of them. every farmer we have spoken to concede is that even feels that what it quickly turning bone dry again. here, de graaf does

the national farmers' union is now helping to provide emergency supplies. take a look at this. upply. andrew troughton's family made the decision to diversify in the 1990s. now panels cover a quarter of their land. for the solar farm it's great, itjust basically, the summer are the months that pay the bills on it and produce the income. there's nothing else farming wise that could just sit here and produce the revenue, the energy and the revenue, so it is better. but much of the countryside now wants and needs relief from the heat and what it's bringing with it. clare marshall, bbc news, gloucestershire. police in scotland are questioning a teenager on suspicion of murdering six—year—old alesha macphail on the isle of bute. alesha's body was found near rothesay on the isle of bute on monday, just hours after she was reported missing. the boy, who is under the age of 18, was arrested last night. we are expecting a news conference in the next few minutes. we will ta ke in the next few minutes. we will take you to that when it gets under way. to mark the 70th anniversary of the nhs

this site has been really difficult for this particular farmer, but right across the uk, the national farmers union which could be catastrophic for farmers later in the year when winter approaches. thomas, thank you forjoining us, and beautiful polly. this is a serious problem for many farmers? really serious, this morning it looked greener than it has done for many weeks. the shortage of fodder is difficult for the farming industry throughout the country. what about in other parts? you have said in some farms your friends have found it really difficult to the point where they can't feed their livestock. they will feed them and maintain theirlife to livestock. they will feed them and maintain their life to the best of their abilities. maintain their life to the best of theirabilities. growing maintain their life to the best of their abilities. growing forage crops in hot conditions doesn't help because they don't grow. now they are digging into their winter stock. what about for you here, how bad has it got? we've had to manage around the circumstances and farmers are used to managing the weather a

red tractor, which was partly founded by the national farmers union, said the "health and welfare" ofept like this until the piglets are weaned at four weeks of age. they allow dairy cows to be kept indoors all year round. never going out onto pasture, even during the grass growing season, and their chicken standards are terrible. they allow 50,000 chickens to be crammed into a huge shed so overcrowded, you can't even see the flaw, it is just a sea can't even see the flaw, it is just a sea of chickens. even if they are properly implemented, the standards are too low. but this footage that has emerged shows something worse than standard is not being very high. this farm shows terrible treatment of and conditions for animals, we've got tee separate problems, some farms are really dreadful, that are inhumane, and another problem is that many of the farms album —— allowed to operate a very low standards. how does it help and animals are treated in this way beyond the fact that minimum standards are not being met? clearly, what was going on at this farm is illegal and one would hope the au

farmers and our factory workers, our steelworkers, here we are. all across this nation. i'm very proud to report we have reached a breakthrough agreement yesterday with the european union, commonly referred to as europe. [cheers and applause] to begin lowering trade barriers and establishing a trade relationship that is fair and my favorite word, reciprocal. reciprocal. the european union, and they understood this was wrong but they had barriers where they would sell their cars, we couldn't sell cars into them. they would tax us. but we would tax them far less. by the way, i'll give you one example because it really works. when we build a car and sell it into china, they charge us a tariff of 25%. when they build a car and sell it into the united states, we charge them a tariff of 2.5%. and by the way, they don't pay it. so we get 2.5% and they get 25%. other than that, it's a very fair deal. does that sound fair to you? i say where the hell have our people been? and honsly, i don't think they cared. i just don't think they cared. and it's nasty. look at the bad press i'm getting. oh, he's putting tariffs on. he's being nasty. he was nasty at nato. they said i was too n

of billions of dollars with the european union and we just wanted to be a level playing field for farmers for manufactures grauer everybody. in one thousand nations agency for palestinian refugees has announced it will axe more than two hundred fifty jobs in the occupied west bank and the gaza strip they must redundant says follow the decision by the united states to slash three hundred million dollars in an era funding child stratford report from gaza. after weeks of negotiations with their employer the shock of being told they had lost a job was for many too much to bear the united nations refugee and works agency in gaza says lack of dona funding means it doesn't have enough money and so jobs must go i should have been told that i will no longer have a full time job after the thirty first of august then we will i need be able to work part time until the end of the year then my job will end i'm really sad not just for me but for my colleagues that have families this is the office of the head of the u.n. agencies operations in gaza. but molly was sharper and out of the building on monday night by hamas guards protecting her from the angry crowd.

nations? maria: -- >> the european union, take a look at the car situation, they send a mercedes in, we can't send our cars in. look what they do to our farmersthey don't want our farm products. they have their farmers they want to protect their farmers. we don't protect ours and they protect theirs. the eu last year made if you look at a trade surplus which i think is a very important thing, 151 billion dollars, now we also love the eu, i was there many many years ago meaning my parents were born in the european union. i love those countries. germany and all of the count ris. scotland. -- germany and all of the countries, scotland. they treat us very badly. excuse me, i can say it in a different way. they made last year 151 billion dollars in trade surplus. maria: on america. >> we had a deficit with the eu on top of that we spend a fortune on nato to protect them. maria: president trump weighs in on the emotionally-charged issue of immigration on next and the push by democrats to abolish i.c.e. much more on my interview with president trump coming up as we look you're headed down the highway when the guy in front slams on his brakes out of

farmers and our factory workers, our steelworkers, here we are. all across this nation. i'm very proud to report we have reached a breakthrough agreement yesterday with the european union,ommonly referred to as europe. [applause] to begin lowering trade barriers and establishing a trade relationship that is fair and my favorite word, reciprocal. reciprocal. the european union, and they understood this was wrong but they had barriers where they would sell their cars, we couldn't sell cars into them. they would tax us. but we would tax them far less. by the way, i'll give you one example because it really works. when we build a car and sell it into china, they charge us a tariff of 25%. when they build a car and sell it into the united states, we charge them a tariff of 2.5%. and by the way, they don't pay it. so we get 2.5% and they get 25%. other than that, it's a very fair deal. does that sound fair to you? i say where the hell have our people been? and honestly, i don't think they cared. i just don't think they cared. and it's nasty. look at the bad press i'm getting. oh, he's putting tariffs on. he's being nasty. he was nasty at nato. they said i was too nasty to nat

farmers and our factory workers and steel workers. here we are all across this nation. i'm very proud to record we've reached a break-through agreement yesterday with the european union commonly referred to as europe. [applause] to begin lowering trade barriers and establishing a trade relationship that is fair and my favorite word, reciprocal, reciprocal. [applause] the european union. they understood this was wrong. they had barriers. they would sell their cars, we couldn't sell cars to them. they would tax us, but we would tax them far less. by the way, i'll give you one example. because it really works. when we build a car and sell it to china, they charge us a tariff of 25%. when they build a car and sell it into the united states, we charge them a tariff of 2.5%. by the way, they don't pay them.we get 2.5% and they get 25%. other than that it's a very fair deal. does that sound fair to you? i say where the hell have our people be. honestly, i don't think they cared. i don't think they cared. it's nasty. look at the bad press i'm getting. oh, he's putting tariffs on. he's nasty. he was nasty at nato. too nasty to nato and too nice to russia. figure that out. i'm the one

farmers and our factory workers, our steelworkers. here we are, all across this nation. i'm very proud to report, we have reached a break-through agreement yesterday, with the european unionly referred to as europe -- [applause] , to begin lowering trade barriers, and establishing a trade relationship that is fair and, my favorite word, reciprocal, reciprocal. [applause] the european union and they understood this was wrong but they had barriers where they would sell their cars, we couldn't sell cars into them. they would tax us, but we would tax them far less. by the way, i'll give you one example because it really works. when we build a car and sell it into china, they charge us a tariff of 25%. when they build a car and sell it into the united states, we charge them a tariff of 2 1/2%. and by the way, and they don't pay it. so, we get 2 1/2%, and they get 25%. other than it is a very fair deal. does that sound fair to you? very fair. i say where the hell have our people been? honestly i don't think they cared. i don't think they cared. it is nasty. look at the bad press i'm getting. these guys, he is putting tariffs on, he was nasty. he was nasty at nato. he said i was

nations and their defense spending, and the european union and the trade imbalance, the president sending out this tweet just before he touched down here earlier today, writing "the european union makes it impossible for farmers and workers to do business in europe the u.s. has a $151 billion trade deficit and then they want us to happily defend them through nato and nicely pay for it. just doesn't work! " before the president touched down here, there were a series of tweets back stateside, and on the south lawn of the white house the president reiterated that he wants to see nato pay up , as it relates to defense spending, however one of the top politicians here in europe pushed right back on the president. listen here. >> we're being taken advantage of by the european union, we lost $151 billion last year on trade and on top of that we spend at least 70% for nato. >> dear america, i appreciate your life, after all you don't have that many. reporter: so here is the president's schedule as it goes from here on out. tomorrow he will be at nato headquarters for those meetings. after that he goes to the united kingdom for several days meetings with the prime minister theresa may and then after that is higy antip