bush centers north american competitiveness initiative focused on north america border infrastructure and energy policy. previously kim server more than a decade in the u.s. intelligence committee as a political analyst and manager. in 2005-2006 she worked at the white house on the national security council house on the national security council staff as director for mexico and canada. we could have no one better qualified to lead this initiative than kim. with that i'd like to rent the meeting over to kim who together with a group of other mexico experts will guide us through some of the critical border issues that been such an intense focus of public attention in recent weeks. before this we are required by law to make a brief security announcement. in case of any emergency please exit the building by the same entrance that you came in. there will be guidance from csis staff in cases happened and there also emergency exits in the back of the building. thank you all very much. kim. >> good morning, everyone. thanthank you, michael, thanks r coming, everyone, this morning. i think wit

the similarities are extraordinary between the scotts and the north americans. both of them, both the americans and the scotts were provincial people living on the edges of the metropolitan english world. both provisional societies lacked the greater hereditary noble families that were at the ruling center of the political life. when the union with england was formed in 1707, all the great noble families in scotland moved south to london where the action was leaving scotland under control of the minor gentry. in both north american scotland, unlike metropolitan england, the upper most levels of the aristocracy tended to be dominated by the minor gentry, people like washington and jefferson in america and people like boswell and hume and adam smith in scotland. professional men or relatively small landowners who were anxious to have their status determined less by their ancestry or the size of their estates and more by their behavior or their learning, their politeness. both the scotts and the north americans moreover were acutely aware of the contrast between ci

by the way, that was a north american crisis because the number of people having h1n1 was, i mean, very alarming, not only in mexico but entire north america. the y if you look at the map and cities with more than 500 people infected, you'll see that north america was all of red. so why was that? because of the connectivity between canada, the u.s., and mexico. so the connectivity is there and some conservative people in canada. there's people that prefer the bilateral way and that's shortsighted because we have a lot. only 40 regional agreements. now, it's only 300. so now basic trading speaking, so is north america could be very strong if the three remain there but we don't know just yet. stieps anythi sometimes negative about canada because i know there's a lot at stake with canada but i believe we have a lot to gain. canada and mexico especially with will trump. if . >> you mentioned the four border states that support over a million u.s. jobs with the ties and the latin america center, we've been in the hids midst of number of why mexico and social media tiles and one you saw befor

oner today, live coverage the future of the north american free trade relationship and the north american trade agreement with foreign policy and trade specialists. president trump wants to renegotiate with canada and mexico and that starts at 12:30 eastern. we will show you a portion of today's washington journal on president trump's foreign policy. p.j. crowley is the former assistant secretary of state in the obama administration and joins us to talk about president trump's foreign-policy agenda. you pointed out that president trump ran against the government that he is now leading, so how has that impacted his efforts when it comes to foreign policy? >> his foreign-policy is still under construction. it is a slow process. it is normally slow under any administration. it takes time to get a team up and running. it takes time to put together the prophecies and the execution of foreign-policy centered around the situation room. slower but as an antiestablishment candidate, he has run against the foreign-policy establishment. i am part of that. in particular, at the present time, he has d

into a north american trade relationship. david: i want to thank my colleagues at the latin american center, those that put the event together, the deputy director, as well as the entire latin american events team here at the atlantic council. i want to thank secretary gutierrez for his insightful remarks, your leadership on the issues. my colleague who opened the event, and of course, this all-star panel. of course, all of you for joining us today. this is an issue that is incredibly important for the atlantic council and the latin american center and will be continuing to have events and publications and other types of social media awareness about the importance of the mexican relationship in north america overall. thank you for being with us. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] th i90 mut. amarscit im e direorfheolic ror prraandict o sdi foneamic wa tweomyo

, it could be broken up but the real question nobody is sure about is what will happen to its north americanuclear division which is deep in debt and still is constructing for nuclear power pla nts constructing for nuclear power plants which are halfway through construction. what is really clear is nobody wants that business, there are no potential buyers apart from perhaps the japanese government. one unit that is attracting interested buyers is its memory chip business. it isa buyers is its memory chip business. it is a crown jewel of the firm but the boss of toshiba said in a press conference that he was willing to be flexible about its fate. our memory chip business, we want to secure resources which will spur future growth. we are thinking very flexibly which means we will not fixate on having majority stakes in the business and will consider introducing external capital with a flexible mindset. journalists expressed frustrations with one saying, what also you hiding? if you wa nt to saying, what also you hiding? if you want to read about it, go to our asian business correspondence's bl

if you look at international rankings, roads, railroads, ports, airports, north american does dismally -- not one of the top ten airports or ports are in north america. that's no way to compete as a region. why not focus on a north american infrastructure plan and let the u.s. companies build in mexico and mexican companies in the u.s. and in canada. i mean this could sound like a pipe dream. but we need a reality check. and lastly, you know, according to pricewaterhousecoopers who has done some estimates about the world in 2050, mexico will be the number six economy by 2050. i do not understand why the u.s. would want to make trade and investment for difficult with a nation that could very well become its main partner, its main destination for u.s. exports, one of its main investors. it just boggles the mind and i think it's important to be very frank and hopefully to have more u.s. companies speak loudly and speak clearly. i know they don't want to be the object of a tweet. but, you know, this is not a zero sum game. and there are specific story to tell about why u.s. investment in m

also in the mid-'90s we developed something we called the north american automation and prototyping of the began moving trucks from one type to another by identifying them with things like that bu that we were testing at the time. then we had the events of 9/11 and we have to rethink everything we were doing and try to inject more focus on security and we did. we created a us-mexico partnership for security and prosperity and created ten working groups, they were focused on the border and many of them on customs and security. our working groups were always developing initiatives and programs that had the two components at the same time. and later i will mention some of these initiatives and you will see how each of them has a strong component or a stronger component because we cannot accept that we are going to facilitate trade if we do not secure its first. we are not the red cross, we are customs and so we have to focus on security first so that we can facilitate trade. that's how we begin developing many initiatives. let me give you an example in the early 2000's after the 9/11 evid

renegotiating the north american free trade agreement as a top priority for the administration.s also said the u.s. should develop harsher penalties for countries that launch cyberattacks against our country. lauren: a small plane crashing into two homes in southern california killing at least three people, injuring two others. cell phone video caught the moment of the crash. huge flames, thick smoke following an explosion. >> we saw a lot of people panicking. the neighbors are exiting. firefighters taking people to safety. >> has beencome away than three teenagers on the plane flying back on the santa fe after event type disneyland. one of the teenagers with proud in the backseat of the plane but remarkably the girl suffered only minor injuries. nicole: north korean leader kim jong on with anti-aircraft machine spits out free intelligence agency says the execution of his punishment for unspecified ulster parts made. the south korean intelligence report also says that dad has came job -- came job mam. he was killed and nerve agent at an airport at the malaysian government says t

the future of the north american free trade of -- free trade agreement was top of the agenda. prime minister justin trudeau laid the importance of nafta on the canadian economy. while president trump thou to build -- vowed to build bridges he spoke about getting a free trade deal -- president trump: our relationship with canada is outstanding and we are going to work to make it even better. border isthe southern concerned, we are going to make it fair. soare going to make it everybody is happy. it's very important to me. >> the european union is predicting stronger growth across member states for 2017. they are expected to achieve a growth rate of 1.6 percent this year, but the european commission wants risk from an eventual breast good -- eventual brexit. politicalwith several storms hitting the world's largest economy, europe has analyzed the data to give its best guest at forecasting the financial climates in the months to come. the brexit vote has proved less harmful than expected, as the u.k. economy has proved resilience. the commission revised its forecast for 2017. the

i spoke to our north american north american reporter. you heard chris coons saying he was going to vote not only no, but no way. it is slow, isn't it? got more nosy devos votes today then all of the education secretaries before her combined, going back to when the position was started in 1980. there is more partisanship, the senate is more factionalized on political grounds, that is plain out. that we had more no votes overall for the presidential nominees this time dan under obama, but more for obama then push before him. this is a trend line going forward. jane: who is next? forony: jeff sessions attorney general. he is contentious, but the republicans have the vote, he will be getting through. for attorney general. jane: he will be handed a hot potato with president trump's travel ban. what is next? anthony: a key hearing in the ninth circuit of appeals where they will vote whether to uphold the lower court's injunction putting the travel ban on hold. they will make arguments on both sides, the trump administration and opponents. whoe

the two arere believed t to hav discussed the north american free trade agreement or nafta. tillerson met canadian foreign minister chrystia freland. she said if the u.s. opposes this her country will respond. he also met another individual the same day and they agreed to hold talks and all three countries are members of nafta. now for a look at the markets. demand for haven assets weighed on tokyo stocks. trump's policies sent investors at the treasury markets and the yen held on to recent gains. our business reporter has more from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> many investors stood on the sideline after the summit of prime minister abe and president trump. they played it safe. let's take a look at the closing levels of thursday, february 9th. nikkei 225 closed at 18,907. topix fell 0.7%. export heavy companies were lower on a stronger yen with car makers leading the losses. toyota, honda, and mazda were all down. also among the losers, hitachi sank 8%. that's after mitsubishi demapped hitachi pay $6.8 billion for costs related to a joint venture in south africa. checking on

if you look at international rankings, roads, railroads, ports, airports, north american does dismally -- not one of the top ten airports or ports are in north america. that's no way to compete as a region. why not focus on a north american infrastructure plan and let the u.s. companies build in mexico and mexican companies in the u.s. and in canada. i mean this could sound like a pipe dream. but we need a reality check. and lastly, you know, according to pricewaterhousecoopers who has done some estimates about the world in 2050, mexico will be the number six economy by 2050. i do not understand why the u.s. would want to make trade and investment for difficult with a nation that could very well become its main partner, its main destination for u.s. exports, one of its main investors. it just boggles the mind and i think it's important to be very frank and hopefully to have more u.s. companies speak loudly and speak clearly. i know they don't want to be the object of a tweet. but, you know, this is not a zero sum game. and there are specific story to tell about why u.s. investment in m

trump wants to renegotiate the north american free trade agreement or impose higher tariffs on products from mexico. we want to hear on what is on the minds of some of these objectives. >> reporter: here is a chairman of a auto parts manufacturer in japan. he is worried trump has expressed the idea of imposing taxes on cars imported in mex o mexico. >> translator: i'm not able to protect president trump's protectionist point of view. >> r reporter: his company manufactures bearings used in car engines worldwide. the firm has a plant in mexico. the country used to run a factory in ohio but the plant was forced to shut down as its losses grew on the back of the global financial crisis in 2008. the company started operations in mexico three years ago a as new production site for the north american market. it spent nearly $80 million to build this factory, which has grown to become the company's second biggest manufacturing facility. handji thinks that any changes in the nafta rules would affect the global's supply system. hehe fears the costs will be prohibitive. >> translator: should we m

we will have a reality check on the north american free—trade deal and what donald trump has been sayingt. well, let me show you donald trump welcoming justin trudeau at the white house a little bit elliott. satin chairs next to each other posing for some pictures and exchanging pleasa ntries. posing for some pictures and exchanging pleasantries. clearly, while those two were getting on in that situation they disagree on a lot, immigration, security probably been top of the list. both issues came up at the joint press conference, here are the answers. came up at the joint press conference, here are the answerslj said we would get out the criminals, the drug lords, general kelly he was sitting right here said he ——— he is doing a fantasticjob. i've said from the beginning we would get the bad ones, the really bad ones that is exactly what we are doing. i think that in the end everyone will be very happy and i will tell you now, a lot of people very happy right now. canada has always understood that keeping canadian safe is one of the fundamental responsibilities of any government and that

am the ceo of north american for censure. lindam ceo of corporation. we are a manufacturing company, we have 57 plant and 125,000 employees all around the world. we are heavily invested in canada. we have doubled our workforce in the u.s. over the u.s. over the last five years. we have a lot of exciting opportunities for growth. mainly in the auto parts. >> thank you. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, two north carolina republican congressman on the house freedom caucus and the republican study committee was discussed the house republican agenda and its approach to conservative ideology. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> next, a conversation on relations between the u.s. and europe. chiefan union policy frederico marini joined an event hosted by the atlantic council. it is about an hour.

that without france they would certainly lose the war into the reunited british empire on the north american continent with threats and the colonies in the caribbean and that was too great a risk to entertain so that is the that he needed to form the alliance with the americans. so the treaty was signed in early 1778 that effectively brought france into the war against britain and the french navy to the american shores that forced them to evacuate and consolidate new york city. now it is time spain was aligned with france but they couldn't risk going to the war in early 1778 and they still had the fleet at sea carrying 50 billion, the equivalent in peru and until the treasure his home in spain they couldn't risk having it attacked by the british. when the fleet arrived safely in spain in 1778, spain was now free to go to war in britain. >> spanish foreign minister had established the goal of the four. they have driven them from the gulf of mexico. spain offered to mediate after the treat treaty of 1778 and tho offered not to enter if they would hand over that britain refused. in one of his t

canada's trade minister seems to not be too worried about president trump and the north american freeeement. france sounded optimistic about the future. >> i was encouraged by the comments from president trump. more than agreement two decades old. take e-commerce, which did not exist. it is also an acknowledgment of the death of our relationship. mark: hsbc is extending a stock buyback. stewart says the bank will spend $1 billion buying back of the stock, which adds to $2.5 billion in purchases it made last week. hsbc posted fourth-quarter profits that missed estimates. the world's largest mutual funds company thinks it can expand its foothold in europe. to model its pioneers in the u.s., it will become more popular in the region. a reason is the regulations would will probably increase the cost of managing money in europe. a chinese billionaire facing some hurdles as it tries to gain a foothold in american tv production. wonder group has offered $1 billion to buy dick clark productions. wonders had difficulties taking money out of china to pay for the deal. vonnie: time now for our b

north american market couldn't be more integral to our business. candidate is a very important export market, and our global operating platform positions us to manufacture in mexico for mexican production. and 80% of what whirlpool cells in the united states is made here in the united states in states like ohio and iowa and michigan, and of a rust belt where a lot of folks came out to vote in this last election. three quick principles. as we think about nafta, the first is to not pull up the drawbridge. allow us to keep things in place. place. let's look at where we can refresh some of the principles that we negotiated 23 years ago. 23 years ago i think i was in grad school, probably reading economics book. joe stiglitz, i think we got the macroeconomic stuff right. we can see the benefits to the industry, to the geopolitical issues, but in hindsight i think there probably is some reconsideration that has to be looked at on the microeconomic level. those are the communities in which we live and operate. and as any of you and i traveled around the u

. >>> the most expensive movie ever made in china made its north american debut this weekend. the great wall didn't have an impressive opening weekend here. the honor goes to the lego batman movie at $34 million. the great wall was third. john wick chapter 2 and fistfight round out the top five. final holiday weekend box office numbers are out on tuesday. that is it for abc 7 news at 6:00. we'll continue to track these storms. our next newscast are on at 9:00 and 11:00. you can follow us online with the latest updates. have a good night everyone. announcer: today on "matter of fact." one month into the trump administration, do national security leaks merit scrutiny? >> does it feel like chaos? >> no. quite the contrary. announcer: hear the advice this california congressman gave the president about keeping america's confidence. plus -- the democrats endure an autopsy. >> republicans have been cleaning our clocks. announcer: do they only look dead? and president trump moves to eliminate rules that wall street might want. >> wall street wants seat belts. wall street wants speed

north american region could be the most competitive in the world going forward.mbassador hill, [indiscernible] the federal government in mexico is talking to private sector and other actors and they will last 90 days. that is a process simultaneous internals.'s own process. it looks like there is a push to keep relations open with mexico. is there something the current president could do or has done that will damage the relationship forever? carla: yes, there are things he could and should do. as you pointed out, the north american free trade agreement .as negotiated 23 years ago we do not have digital trade 23 years ago. you did not even have a cell phone, and we don't have ruled of governing that. on thenot have energy table because mexico at the time had the constitutional prohibition about opening the energy market. there are a lot of things we could do. it is true that nafta is 23 years old. that is old. we could build on it but we don't want to tear it up. we want to use it as a foundation for making north america more competitive and that will be good for

. >>> the most expensive movie ever made in china made its north american debut this weekend. great wall didn't have an impressive opening weekend here. the honor goes to the lego batman movie at $34 million. the great wall was third. john wick chapter 2 and fistfight round out the top five. final holiday weekend box office numbers are out on tuesday. that is it for abc 7 news at 6:00. we'll continue to track these storms. our next newscast are on at 9:00 and 11:00. you can follow us online with the latest updates. have a good night everyone. tomorrow's the day besides video games. every day is a gift. especially for people with heart failure. but today there's entresto... a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or

we have about 5 million jobs that rely upon the north american free trade agreement. do is use it as a useful foundation and build upon it with the changes that have occurred in the last 23 years. and he could do that. and mexico and canada would be amenable to that. so we have a partnership that really adds value to our nation's economy. >> ambassador, the news about north korea and their missile test on friday has some wondering whether or not national security clouds the trade argument, whether he can be -- whether he needs to moderate the views he had during the campaign because he needs partners like china to help fight against north korea's aspirations? >> i think trade has three aspects. it enhances your economy, but it also the most efficient development tool we have discovered. we found that out with the marshall plan. and it is also a magnificent security arrangement because poor countries that cannot enforce their laws often become havens for international crime and all sorts of things like disease. so we want to keep open markets. and i do worry here in no

speedway president trump giving a hint as to how he might want to reshape the north american free trade agreement. the president has to justin trudeau monday an signals that if we do to them after trade deal would likely be more consequential for mexico and canada. >> would have been outstanding trade relationship with canada. we'll be tweeting it be tweeting that come at doing things that benefit both of our countries. it's a much less severe situation and what's taken place on the southern border. for many, many years, the transaction was not fair to the united states. trini president trump added he wants to make trade work with mexico potentially complicating the matter is the portable and payment surrounding the ball. mexico's president, has canceled the visit here to the white house over that issue. back to you in new york. nicole: president trump is he meeting with foreign leaders in recent days and tomorrow he will meet with israeli prime minister benjamin yahoo! at the white house. a federal judge to does in place challenging constitutionality of president trump's travel plans.

also another look at the north american free trade agreement. lauren: in u.s. officials told fox news that iran successfully launched by the angst surface-to-air missile sunday. they are used to do aircraft and incoming ballistic missiles that are part of the military exercise. last week and national security adviser michael flynn said the u.s. is putting on notice for testing ballistic missiles and an exclusive interview with the president, bill o'reilly asked trump about a man. >> let's talk about iran. your assessment. you think we are in a collision course with the country? >> the worst you have ever seen negotiated. the deal made by the opponent administration. it's a shame that we've had to deal it that if i had this idea like that and there is no reason to do it. if you're going to do it, have a good deal. lauren: iran said no enemy can can -- iranians will shut their response to trump for a on friday's anniversary of the 1979 revolution. nicole: president of making their first visit to central command. the press and urged nato members to meet their fina

of our works, in the theme of trade and power, rethinking the north american west, rethinking native america and one of the ways a lot of the which we'll talk bout today reconceives this is spatially, thinking about concepts of borders and things, s, all of the all of the terms that many think culture both in popular academy.n the but these are things we're starting to rethink by thinking political enous economy and trade. all of us work with these concepts, and in josh's book, he uses the term, the chadi borderlands. david's book, the concept of gun work, the nd my concept of the interior world. i wanted to maybe spend some ime to talk about all those concepts and how you think about it, hew they are employed, and helps us w that rethink indigenous space in early america. with maybe josh first. came into now, so i this project as a trained historian and also an environmental historian, in primary field of american indian history. so when i started to really kind macaw k about the relationship with the ocean, that's really what my history details. automatically, that spatial oncept,

host: we will talk about the north american free trade agreement in our next segment.he color mentioning the ease dropping by the cia desk eavesdropping by the ca -- the caller mentioning the eavesdropping by the cia. he knew his call to the russian investor would be subject to electronic surveillance. mr. flynn is a retired general who ran the defense intelligence agency, so surely he knew that his call to the russian ambassador would be subject to electronic surveillance. you can find that in "the wall we are taking." calls on the resignation of michael flynn and what it means when it comes to the resignation itself and national security interest. paul in florida. republican line. does anybody remember susan rice? she was president obama's security advisor, the same position that general flynn occupies. she told the biggest boldfaced lie the american people have ever experienced. that videos were the reason for benghazi. how did she get that job? president obama brought her in so she could be called before congress that he kept her for his entire administration. plea

bring you a forum on the future of the north american trade relationship with foreign policy and tradepecialists. president trump says he wants to renegotiate nafta with canada and mexico. coming up tonight at 8:00 david clark will be speaking at a constitution day dinner in st. louis. here, he talks about critics of law-enforcement. [applause] not acknowledging the underlying myths of the black lives matter movement and the false narrative of police involved killings is counterproductive to the common good of this great republic. raceding frenzy of provocateurs, self-serving prominent politicians at the highest level of state and national government, and archivists and dozens of other groups sensing opportunity to exploit a series of tragedies and seize upon this moment to advance their own selfish agendas. lawe who oppose the rule of are causing great damage to the profession of policing that has been my soul life's work. they are turned to undermine the trust that primarily minority disadvantaged residents need to have in their community's finest. i sense that those at the highest l

the positive news was overshadowed by concerns over the group's future dealings in the north american market. unsurprisingly the new administration's threaten crackdown is causing alarm. competition for a stake in u.s. market is fierce among automakers. here is how they fared last year. over 380,000 vehicles sold. up slightly from the year before. sales fell by nearly 10%. audi did better with an increase of 4%. german carmakers have production sites in the united states and mexico. donald trump's threat to impose a 35% import tariff could put a lot of pressure on the german auto industry. >> clearly these days the car industry is not just about the vehicles but the software they run on. my colleague spoke earlier asking whether his company can keep up with the new breed of rivals from silicon valley. >> certainly i do believe, that is typically the perspective that within the traditional carmakers we are in a leading position as far as autonomous driving. there are new class, another example of that leading position . our intention is to maintain and we are putting a lot of resources

our north american editor has the details.he first one ordered by america's new resident in chief. at a prayer request in washington, that experience seemed to weigh heavy. greater love has no more than this, but a man lay down his life for his friend. we will never forget the men and women who wear the uniform. believe me. but overwhelmingly the tone on foreign policy is abrasive. when you hear about the tough phone calls, don't worry about it. we have to be tough. we are taking advantage —— we are being taken advantage of by every nation in the world, virtually. it won't happen any more. we saw a warning shot fired at iran. details have emerged of what was a p pa re ntly details have emerged of what was apparently a shouting match between him and australia's by minister. this was over an obama agreement, that the us would accept many muslim refugees that australia would take. the person in charge of us foreign policy for now want rex tillerson took up his post and what was striking was how much more conciliatory he was. no o

carlos gutierrez will be part of a discussion on the future of north american trade between mexico, the u.s., and canada. the live coverage from the atlantic council begins at 12:30 eastern on c-span. andaukee county sheriff david clark speaks at this years annual constitution coalition dinner at 8:00 p.m. eastern. washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. michael steele joins us to talk about the party and president trump. philip crowley, former assistant secretary of state under president obama on the trunk administration's national security and foreign policy efforts as well as white house plans to roll out new travel and admitting guidance. usa today reporter alan gomez looks at new immigration guidelines drafted by the department of homeland security as part of president trump's efforts to increase reinforcement and the united states. be sure to watch washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. a former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan and a former undersecretary of state, talking about the ongoing contact this conflict between

for more on the nomination i spoke to our north american editor, jon sopel. question is how much of a fight the democrats are going to put up over the appointment. jon: it will be quite a fight. not everyone is going to say, good guy, impeccable credentials, let's march him through. overemocrats are seething the fact that barack obama -- remember justice scalia died last february. barack obama had the duty to appoint the next supreme court justice, and the republicans would not hear from him, point blank refused. there is an appetite for the democrats to say "you expect us to play ball now?" raceave the democratic saying let's not do anything to help this process. even though he has the credentials, they will try to make it difficult. it?e 100% guaranteed to get no, but the republicans have a majority in the house and senate . i cannot help thinking it will go through in the end. laura: donald trump got his way with rex tillerson being nominated despite concerns initially overhead being too close to russia. does it look like iran could be the first big test?

the north american free trade agreement eliminates tariffs between the u.s., mexico and canada. they expect official negotiations to begin in june. >>> smartcompany companies are showcasing their latest products at the industry's biggest trade show. sony unveiled new products including a phone with enhanced video and a bluetooth ear bud. a new smartphone from china has a camera that takes high quality selfies. smartphone markets are become increasingly saturated especially in developed countries. >>> japanese athletes struggle to find companies. they are supporting the competitors while giving a boost to business. >> reporter: a running track geared towards athletes with disabilities. this facility opened in tokyo in december. there are six running lanes. the track surface is the same one used in olympics. some top runners are training here. this is not just an ordinary running field. a company that makes prosthetic legs uses the facility. their company is right here next to the track. ceo ken endo is an engineer. he studies how each athlete runs and he says this is the ideal pl

he's been very critical of china'ad as the north american free trade agreement. ahead of the confirmation vote chuck schumer acruised ross of having questionable business ties with russia. he was approved. >>> parents and staff are on alert at three local jewish day schools after bomb threats. the school was forced to evacuate after a hoax call. minutes later other schools also received threatening calls. we'll have a live report on all these threats and how schools are trying to keep students safe. >>> in d.c. wilson high school's principle is asking parents to talk to their children about what could have been a dangerous situation. yesterday a 16-year-old was arrested for bringing a loaded gun to the school in northwest. the student was stopped at a security check point on campus before heading to class. the teen's name has not been released. >>> angie is following some >> this deadly scene not too far away from dunbar high school. we've had footage here of officers responding to hanover place northwest. this is near north capitol street. a man who has not been

avocados and other mexican produce can cross the border thanks to the 1994 north american free trade agreement, nafta, which president trump is now threatening to tear up. trump's administration is threatening a 20% trade tariff on mexican exports if f the country refuses toto pay for a borderer wall. mexican officials say these trends do not worry them. >> the volume will not diminish significantltly, precisesely bee theree is no other s source of supply to the u.s. even if tariffs were put in place, mexico's fruit will continue to be sent there. >> further north from the avocado fields, mexico industrial powerhouse. workers and business owners are more concerned about trump's threats. free trade agreeeement is a positive v vehicle for the country. -- it hasmeans the created the possibibility of having unstable currency. we have to borrow or go into debt. since the opening up of trade, the debt crisis has disappeared. >> nafta was not always popular in mexico. when it was signed in 1992, critics clala small comompanies would not be able to compete with powerful u.s. corporations. lo

americans rank 42nd compared with 19th for the canadians. we headed northnada to find out what they think we're doing wrong. >> when i heard we were come, i did not anticipate feeling like i was coming to the gym. >> right, no, the gym is part of the doctor's office. >> reporter: this is all about prevention. >> exactly. >> reporter: you don't have to be wealthy in canada to get good preventative care and seeing the hospital, dr. nadia runs a government-funded program aimed at stopping health crisis before they happen. >> we do a lot of work to get the message out there about how important it is to control blood pressure. we work with doctors to be aggressive in treatment. >> reporter: before you end up in the c.t. machine. >> that's right. before you end up there. >> reporter: one puts the rate of hypertension at 19% while the u.s. is around 30%. and that's a reflection of the united states spending more than canada on medical technology and health care in social services. like a stress test. >> this is going to be really itchy. >> reporter: this is my 40-

. >>> the most expensive movie ever made in china made its north american debut this weekend.at wall didn't have an impressive opening weekend here. the action flick missed the number one spot. that honor goes to the lego birthday batman movie at $34 million. 50 shades darker holds on at number two. the great wall was third with $18 million in tickets. john wick, chapter 2, and fistfight round out the top five. final holiday weekend becomes office numberso are out on tuesday. >>> speaking of movies, watch the oscars live only on abc 7 next sunday. jimmy kimmel is hosting for the first time. our coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. check out the abc7 news app for a complete list of nominees. shouldr shu, you are a big hollywood guy, you pick all the hollywood guy, you pick all the winners (electronic music) - [voiceover] it's the michelle meow show, your a through z covering the lgbt, lmnop, and everyone in between. (electronic music) here's michelle meow. - welcome to the michelle meow show, your a through z covering the lgbt, lmnop and everyone in between show. tonight, we continue i

automaker. >> toyoda also referred to trump's plan to review the north american free trade agreement. he said his firm will do what it can to conform to any changes, and he'll watch how things develop. toyoda said he doesn't know for sure whether he will be meeting japan's prime minister on friday, but if he does, he will explain toyota's basic policy. >>> donald trump claims japan makes it hard for u.s. automakers to sell cars there, but the head of an influential business group says that's not true, and he wants prime minister shinzo abe to make that clear to the u.s. president at a summit next week. chairman akio miymura of f the chamber of commerce and industry dismissed trump's claim that japan devalues its currency and says unlike american cars, german cars sell well in japan. >> translator: u.s. automakers don't have enough dealer shaebz and repair factories in japan, and american cars are big. if they want to sell their cars here, they need to i improve th quality of their vehicles to meet the needs of japanese customers. >> mimura says he hopes the summit would be a step towa

today they announced a north american stadium tour. >> now we sit here in our early 50s and go, wow.ey keep coming. >> reporter: in just a few months they've sold nearly 1 million copies of "hardwired to self-destruct" and over 36 years have, well, not self-destructed. you guys are still playing the grammys. you guys are still selling out stadiums. you're still number one. >> it's very honest, what we do. we strap on our instruments, the four of us, what you see is what you get. ♪ >> reporter: this all might never have happened. he came to the u.s. in 1979 from his native denmark to become a tennis player. >> the black sheep of the tennis side of the family because my father was a professional tennis player. music had always been my passion, my hobby, waiting in the wings to take over, and it did. >> reporter: james hatfield answered a want ad for other metal musicians to jam with. >> when james and i started, i was my mom. i never said that before. that's an exclusive on "nightline." >> you never want to play stiff. sometimes we look stiff. ♪ >> i love the facial expressions, nice.