things having to do with the panama canal and a couple of other canals. the panama canal was built by americans for americans, not for others. but others could use it. but it was built at tremendous cost of american blood and treasure. 38,000 workers died building the panama canal. they died of malaria, they died of snakebites and mosquitoes. not a nice place to work. they paid them very highly to go there knowing there was a 25%

he wrote the panama canal is not in the process of being recovered. it is panamanian, and will remain panamanians this week. black rock us multi national company, announced they've struck a deal to buy 2 ports in the panama canal that had been burned by a chinese company. panama had hoped that this would counter president trump allegations, that the chinese communist party had strategic control of the world's 2nd largest waterway. instead, the us president is insisting more than ever the panama has broken the terms of the panama canal treaty. and therefore, the us has a right to take it back. china is foreign ministry. spokes person has responded with unusual speed to 9 trumps assertions and criticize in the us from pressuring panama. one more time. we oppose the abusive collision and pressure in international economic and trade relations. elsewhere. trump's most energetic threats to date, to take back the panama canal, have not gone unnoticed in these upside and a to the visiting german president, frank walter stein meyer said that he did not share t

instead, the us president is insisting more than ever the panama has broken the terms of the panama canal treaty. and therefore, the us has a right to take it back. the train is foreign ministry. spokes person has responded with unusual speed, denying trumps assertions, and criticizing the us from pressuring panama on the front. we oppose the abuse of collision and pressure in international economic and trade relations. elsewhere. trump's most energetic threats to date, to take back the panama canal, have not gone unnoticed in these upside and a to the visiting german president, frank walter stein meyer said that he did not share trump's vision of a new world order. while chillies president said he had called his panamanian counterpart to convey solidarity and concern, express their unwavering support for ukraine and criticized with us administration in no uncertain terms alluding to the us president signed by a warrant against those who quote, want to a place international law with the law of heath who is the strongest, but president trump seems willing to make good on his vile, to take

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lots of other things having to do with the panama canal and a couple of other canals. the panama canal was built by americans for americans, not for others, but others could use it. >> what is that? he then he went on to say, we're going to take back the panama canal. listen, i'm not making a joke here. the panama canal is one of the most important commerce transit points in the world, along with the other canal's route and the delaware canal, apparently. mick, what was your take on? what does that mean? take back the panama canal? >> yeah, i remember the reclaiming thing. the part you just played. i don't remember the take back. so i apologize. >> to take back the panama canal. >> i believe you. what i'm saying is that i'd have to hear it because. and here's why. i know when donald trump is speaking off of the off the teleprompter and when he is ad libbing, what you've just heard about reclaiming was off the teleprompter. and so that's the that's sort of the official policy. i can't tell if take back was also teleprompter if that was ad libbed. but look, step back for

. >> the president said that the united states was reclaiming the panama canal. the president of panama said that president trump was lying, wanted to get your response to that. and curious if the president had a reason for not mentioning black rom last night when he is praising the company is buying companies around. >> black rock is interested in taking over the two ends of the port which is very important because the president was very vocal several weeks ago about the need to ensure that china isn't controlling the panama canal. this is a very important place for the united states of america. we also saw that the panama canal lifted fees on our u.s. naval ships. that is a win for the united states of america and the president will ensure that the schien ease government cannot be infiltrated in the person hemisphere and not in the panama canal. >> the president continues to call the prime minister governor of canada. what does he mean by that? and any plans that are moving forward with trying to make canada the 51st state? >> the president put that in his truth

my administration will be reclaiming the panama canal. and we've already started doing a waterway at the hearts of our rapidly deteriorating relationship between the united states. i don't want if it's closest regional allies, us on board at smith in booth time looking to why this emulating kingdom expecting big on big the between 20112013 assyrian military police defect to code names. caesar collected thousands of photographs of debt and torch and civilian detainees. i said to do was sent to my department to watch me off to fling syria, he sees a file saved his testimony to the extreme brutality of the outside regime. it was really a journey between good and i'll just very well presents an exclusive interview with caesar as he reveals his identity and tells his dramatic story. these are on last, on al jazeera. trump's agenda includes everything from tax stretch to immigration, but how much is real and how much is bluster? is it runs footprint across the middle, the shrinking, the trump administration is wing options to end the rest of yo

they are buying both boards around the panama canal and lots of other things having to do with the panama canal and a couple of other canals. the panama canal is built by americans for americans, not for others. and i also have a message tonight for the incredible people of greenland. we strongly support your right to determine your own future. and if you choose, we welcome you into the united states of america. we need greenland for national security and even international security, and we're working with everybody involved to try and get it. but we need it really for international world security. and i think we're gonna get it one way or the other way. going to get it. you don't make your product in america. however, under the trump administration, you will pay a tower. and in some cases, a rather large one. other countries have used tariffs against us for decades, and now it's our turn to start using them against those other countries. on average, the european union, china, brazil, india, mexico and canada. have you heard of them? and countless other nations georgia's tremendously high

things having to do with the panama canal and a couple of other canals. the panama canal is built by americans for americans, not for others, but others could use it. but it was built a tremendous cost of american blood and treasure. 38000 workers died. building the panama canal. they died of malaria. they died of snake bites, and mosquito is not a nice place to work. they paid them very highly to go there knowing there was a 25 percent chance that they would die the most expensive project also that was ever built in our country's history. if you bring it up to modern day costs, it was given away by the carter administration for 1 dollar. but that agreement has been violated very severely. we didn't give it to china. we gave it to panama, and we're taking it back. the we have marco rubio in george. good luck market. now we know who to blame. if anything goes wrong, mark has been amazing and he's going to do a great job. think of it. he got a 100 votes. you know, he was approved was actually 99, but the 100 was this gentleman and i feel very certain. so le

and lots of other things having to do with the panama canal and a couple of other canals. the panama canal was built by americans for americans, not for others, but others could use it. but it was built a tremendous cost of american blood and treasure. 38000 workers died. building the panama canal. they died of malaria. they died of state fives, and mosquito is not a nice place to work. they paid them very highly to go there knowing there was a 25 percent chance that they would die is the most expensive project also that was ever built in our country's history. if you bring it up to modern day costs, it was given away by the carter administration for 1 dollar. but that agreement has been violated very severely. we didn't give it to china. we gave it to panama, and we're taking it back. the we want to rubio in george. good luck. but now we know who to blame. if anything goes wrong, mark has been amazing and he's going to do a great job. think of it. he got a 100 votes. you know, he was approved was actually 99, but the one hundreds was this gentleman and i feel very certain

, and lots of other things having to do with the panama canal, and a couple of other canals. the panama canal was built by americans for americans, not for others. but others could use it. but it was built at tremendous cost of american blood and treasure. 38,000 workers died building the panama canal. they died of malaria. they died of snake bites and mosquitoes. not a nice place to work. they paid them very highly to go there, knowing there was a 25% chance that they would die. the most expensive project also that was ever built in our country's history, if you bring it up to modern day costs. it was given away by the carter administration for one dollar. but that agreement has been violated very severely. we didn't give it to china. we gave it to panama, and we're taking it back. [applause] >> president trump: we have marco rubio in charge. good luck, marco. [applause] >> president trump: now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong. marco has been amazing and he's going to do a great job. think of it, he got a hundred votes. [applause] >> president trump: he was approv

liz: wrong about the panama canal. the democrats and media attacking the president for wanting to get back the panama canal out of control of china and reports that the panama canal will be back in american hands and out of china's control with the help from blackrock. charlie gasparino reports blackrock wants to buy that and 43 ports around the world at suez canal. jason rantz is here to break it down tonight. >> i'm the only president this sentence that doesn't have any -- this decade that doesn't have any troops dying anywhere in the world like he did. liz: that falsehood, president biden remember this wildly and falsely claimed no u.s. soldiers died on his watch. when they did in afghanistan and jordan. now the trump white house nabbed terrorists that helped terrorist bomb and kill 13 u.s. soldiers in afghanistan u.s. army veteran jim hanson here to react to the details. plus this story for you. >> commitment to protecting allures tent-like structures of the city of chicago, no matter where you come from or how lon

current dollars a trillion dollars and 38000 americans lose their lives to malaria to build the panama canalannot paper any nation in the panama leases both mouths to the chinese are building bridges over it. our military and our ships have to go under a chinese bridge. then if you drive across or ride in one of the barges across the panama canal and look at both sides, 70% of every letter and every word is chinese they sold out to the chinese, the president is absolutely right for national security, the panama canal needs to be ours in our protection and the president will protect america and protect shipping and going to help do it, you should expect the panama canal eventually to come back under our oversight because we need to protect ourselves. >> that was a pretty significant statement i thought. >> there is a treaty that panama will maintain neutrality and some reading of the treaty we have the right to go back and panama defaults and the watchdog on china been asleep at the switch this is been going on ten years and the depth of penetration on chinese companies and chinese people, it

[applause] just today a large american company announced they are buying -- [audio difficulty] panama canal you didn't know -- [laughter] in his joint address to congress last night. the company that's leading a consortium to buy those two panama canal and others, blackrock. the world's largest asset manager making its biggest infrastructure deal in its history. $22.8 billion to buy a majority share or -- of the ports. charlie gasparino joins us now with, okay, what's behind this? >> so some people play checkers, some people play one-dimensional chess. i will say this about a larry fink, because i've covered this guy for a long time, i think he plays, like, 40 dimensional chess. let's be real clear, this is a guy that was the bane of the conservative movement, his embrace of esg. he backed off that, he started going at -- he's focusing on his business like crypto, buying an infrastructure company, which he owns, which bought these ports, and now he's a darling of the trump administration. here's what he did. he literally put the panama canal in american hands because blackrock now controls

things having to do with the panama canal the panama canal was built by american for americans not fore it but it was built a tremendous cost of american blood and treasure. we do not give it to china we gave it to panama and were taken aback. >> the news this week was blackrock leading the charge acquiring the port companies. your reaction. >> that's a really important step because the two ports of both ends of the canal gave china a military capability to close the canal. those are not china's only operation in the canal and we need to get back all of them but the two ports were the most important ones. that's a very good step. right now china can block the canal that will be critical as a number of people have said if there were an accident and the panama canal locking it that would be the first indication that china intended to use in east asia. china knows the u.s. navy needs a canal to search forces from the atlantic to the pacific fleet. were moving in the right direction but we have a lot more work to do. always a pleasure, thank you so much gordon chang. stay with us. we'll be

donald trump, president trump has said of the panama canal, we gave it to panama and we're taking it back. i applaud the panamanians subsequent decision to forego renewal of china's participation in the belt and road initiative and should use the operators in the panama canal area as an opportunity to sever the contracts with chinese companies and rebid the contract to u.s. or allied companies to better ensure panamanian and american interest. encouraging regional calm to derisk from china will be doing these countries a favor and many latin countries entered into agreement with china under previous governments and different geopolitical conditions and today these same countries understand undue chinese influence is not in their interest but do not have the ability to stand up to china on their own. pointing to the united states as the bad cop and help these country takes necessary steps that would be difficult to take on their own. washington cannot however expect regional countries to trade something for nothing. the united states must provide credible and affordable alternatives t

interests in the panama canal? imagine this, so we give the panama -- we spend in current dollars a trillion dollars and 38,000 americans lose their lives to malaria to build the panama canal. jimmy carter gives it to them but says they cannot favor any nation. and then panama if leases both mouths to the chinese. the chinese are building bridges over it so our military and our ships have to go under a chinese bridge. and then if you drive across or you ride if one of these barges across the panama canal and look at a both sides, 70% of every letter and every word chinese. maria: wow. >> they sold out to the chinese. the president is absolutely right. for national security, the panama canal needs to be ours and our protection, and the president's going to protect america, and he's going to present shipping, and he's going to to help do it, so you should expect the panama canal if eventually to come back under our oversight because we need to protect ourselves. and the fact that they sold out to the chinese is ridic

and a lot of other things having to do with the panama canal and a couple of other canals.s but others could use it it was bill out tremendous cost of american blood and treasure it was given away by the carter administration for 1 dollar but that agreement has been violated very severely we did not give it to china we gave it to panama and were taken aback. maria: the united states gained control of the canal to panama back in 1977 and in recent months trump's said it was foolish to give it away. new york congresswoman alexandra ocasio cortes skipping out on the joint address instead going live on instagram. watch this. >> donald trump won the election, republicans won the senate and republicans won the house and some of that was a rejection of democrats and some of it was an abrasive republicans. we cannot give up on winning the hearts and minds of our fellow americans. >> several democrats said they were not attend. congressman jerry connolly of virginia and don wagner of virginia and of course aoc. she said when she opened it up it was a long instagram she says i do not

. >> president trump also said the united states is reclaiming the panama canal. the president of panama said president trump was lying. curious if the president had a reason for not mentioning blackrock last night when he was praising the company. ms. leavitt: blackrock is now interested in investing and taking over the port because the president was vocal several weeks ago about the need to ensure that china is not controlling the panama kind now. this is a very important place for the united states of america. we also saw the panama canal listed fees on u.s. naval ships going in and out of the canal. the president will continue to ensure the chinese government cannot be infiltrated in the western hemisphere and certainly not in the panama canal is a very important place for our country. >> continues to call justin trudeau governor of canada. i am curious what he means by that and if there are any plans moving forward with time to make candid on the 51st state. ms. leavitt: the president put that in his truth social post earlier today. he feels strongly it would

and these are two ports on. >> the panama canal. nd president trump. >> in his inauguration. >> speech. >> vowed to. >> take control of it. he has said. >> he wanted to take. >> it back from the chinese. he is touting this as. >> a win. as you. >> alluded. >> he is. frequently suggested. that the. chinese are running. >> the panama canal. >> now. >> as. for ck hutchison, publicly they. >> are saying that this. >> is purely. a commercial transaction unrelated. >> to. >> recent political. news reports. cnbc is digging around the sources, try to understand. >> more of the backstory. >> about how this deal came. >> together. >> given the. >> heavy political. >> interest in the canal. >> and certainly even last night, as the president was talking. >> about it. >> he wished. >> his. >> secretary of state. marco rubio, good luck with dealing with it. so thanks for tracking it for us. cnbc's julianna tatelbaum live from london. >> still ahead, we're going. >> to turn back to president trump's joint address to congress. >> democratic congress

the longest presidential address to congress in modern history, in a speech that ranged from the panama canal to greenland, and the war and ukraine. it talked about his achievements, criticized his adversaries, and declared that america will be, will no longer. trump also revealed, he would, he received a letter from ukraine's president's offering to negotiate peace with russia in sign a minimal deal with the united states. and just a moment we'll be hearing from you or something relevant in moscow. first though, charles strap, it brings us the reaction from keith some of the loud his voice. he's with respect to, to a reaction on that speech is debates as to whether this indeed was electro that trump was reading out from zalinski or not. but that claim is being ledge by the ukrainian and past the in the us. it's getting a lot of traction here in the great media. certainly a lot of what trump mentioned was in that letter was pretty much identical to the nightly kind of statement that to that zalinski gave the statement last night from zalinski saying that said, ukraine can only regret what hap

and lots of other things having to do with the panama canal and a couple of other canals.ama canal was built by americans for americans. not for others. but others could use it. it was built at tremendous cost of american blood and treasure, 38000 workers died building the panama canal. they died of malaria, they died of snakebites and mosquitoes. not a nice place to work they paid them very highly go to go there knowing there's a 25% chance they would die. the most expensive project also that was ever built in our country's history if you bring it up to modern-day costs. he was given away by the carter administration for 1 dollar. that agreement has been violated very severely. we did not give it to china. we gave it to panama and we are taking it back. [applause] and we have marco rubio in charge. good luck, marco. now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong. [laughter] know, marco's been amazing and he is going to do a great job and think of it he got 100 votes, he was approved with actually 99 the 100th was this a gentleman i feel very certain let's assume you got

lots of other things having to do with the panama canal and a couple other canals.ama canal was built by americans for americans, not for others. but others could use it. but it was built at tremendous cost of american blood and treasure. 38,000 workers died building the panama canal. they died of malaria. they died of snakebites and mosquitoes, not nice place to work. they paid the very highly to go there knowing there was 25% chance that they would die. the most expensive project also that was ever built in our country's history, if you bring it up to modern-day costs. it was given away by the carter administration for $1. but that agreement has been violated very severely. we didn't give it to china. we gave it to panama, and we are taking it back. and we have marco rubio in charge. good luck, marco. now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong. marco has been amazing and he's going to do a great job. think of it. he got 100 votes. you know, he was approved with actually 99 but the 100th was this gentleman, and i feel very certain. so let's assume he got 100 v

and lots of other things having to do with the panama canal and a couple of other canals. the panama canal was built by americans for americans, not for others. but others could use it. but it was built at tremendous cost of american blood and treasure. 38,000 workers died building the panama canal. they died of malaria, they died of snakebites and mosquitoes. not a nice place to work. they paid them very highly to go there knowing there was a 25% chance that they would die. the most expensive project also that was ever built in our country's history, if you bring it up to modern-day costs. it was given away by the carter administration for one dollar. but that agreement has been violated very severely. we did a give it to china, we gave it to panama. we are taking it back. [applause] and we have marco rubio in charge. good luck, marco. now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong. marco has been amazing and he's going to do a great job. think of it, he got 100 votes. he was approved with actually 99, but the 100th was this gentleman and i feel very certain, so let's as

. >> reporter: the presidents of the united states is reclaiming the panama canal. as lying. i wanted to get your response to that, it also curious if the president and a reason for not specific the mentioning blackrock last night when he was praising the company that is buying, reports around the panama. >> secretary leavitt: i'm not sure panama knows was going on with their own canal but blackrock is not interested in investing and taking over the two ends of the port which is very important because the president was very vocal several weeks ago about the need to ensure that china is not controlling the panama canal. this is a very important place for the united states of america. we also saw that the panama canal lifted fees on our u.s. naval ships that are going in and out of the canal, that is a win for the united states of america and the president will continue to ensure the chinese government, the ccp, cannot be infiltrated in the western hemisphere, and certainly not in the panama canal, which is a very important place for our country. >> reporter: the presi

. >> my administration will be reclaiming the panama canal. and we've already started doing it. >> mr. trump said that secretary of state marco rubio is spearheading that effort, adding, quote, we now know who to blame if anything goes wrong. the president has also got his sights on green land. and he started off by promising self-determination for the people living there but ended on a more ominous note. >> we need greenland for national security and even international security, and we're working with everybody involved to try and get it. but we need it, really, for international world security. and i think we're going to get it, one way or the other, we're going to get it. >> greenland is a part of denmark but has had self rule since 2009. greenland's prime minister has said greenland is not for sale and will never be for sale. >>> wall street watching president trump's speech closely in his defense of those sweeping new tariffs. >> tariffs are about making america rich again and making america great again, and it's happening, and it will ha

lots of other things having to do with the panama canal and a couple of other canals.he panama canal was built by americans for americans, not for others. but others could use it. but it was built at tremendous cost of american blood and treasure. 38,000 workers died building the panama canal. they died of malaria, they died of snake bites and mosquitos. not a nice place to work. they paid them very highly to go there, knowing there was a 25% chance that they would die. the most expensive project also that was ever built in our country's history if you bring it up to modern-day costs. it was given away by the carter administration for $1. but that agreement has been violated very severely. we didn't give it to china. we gave it to panama. we're taking it back. and we have marco rubio in charge. good luck, marco. now we know how to blame if anything goes wrong. marco's been amazing, and he's going to do a great job. think of it. he got 100 votes. you know, he was approved by actually 99, but the 100th was this gentleman, and i feel very certain, so let's assume he got 1

. >> my administration will be reclaiming the panama canal. d we've already started doing it. >> mr. trump said that secretary of state marco rubio is spearheading that effort, adding, quote, now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong. the president has also got his sights on greenland. he started off by promising self-determination to the people living there but ended on a more ominous note. >> we need greenland for national security and even international security. and we're working with everybody involved to try and get it. but we need it really for international world security. and i think we're going to get it, one y or the other, we're going to get it. >> greenland is a part of denmark but has had self rule since 2009. the greenlandic prime minister has said greenland is not for sale and will never be for sale. voters say the economy is their number one issue, and slotkin accused mr. trump of looting the economy on behalf of the wealthy. >> it's important to read the fine print. so, do his plans actually help americans get ahead? no

of other things having to do with the panama canal and a couple of other canals. the panama canal was built by americans for americans, not for others, but others could use it. but it was built at tremendous cost of american blood and treasure. 38,000 workers died building the panama canal. they died of malaria. they died of snake bites and mosquitoes. not a nice place to work. they paid them very highly to go there, knowing there was a 25% chance that they would die. the most expensive project also that was ever built in our country's history. if you bring it up to modern day costs, it was given away by the carter administration for $1. but that agreement has been violated very severely. we didn't give it to china. we gave it to panama, and we're taking it back. and we have marco rubio in charge. good luck. marco. now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong. now, marco has been amazing and he's going to do a great job. think of it. he got 100 votes. you know, he was approved with actually 99, but the 100th was this gentleman. and i feel very certain. so let's

lots of other things having to do with the panama canal and a couple of other canals. the panama canal was built by americans for americans, not for others, but others could use it. but it was built at tremendous cost of american blood and treasure. 38,000 workers died building the panama canal. they died of malaria. they died of snake bites and mosquitoes. not a nice place to work. they paid them very highly to go there, knowing there was a 25% chance that they would die. the most expensive project also that was ever built in our country's history. if you bring it up to modern day costs, it was given away by the carter administration for $1. but that agreement has been violated very severely. we didn't give it to china, we gave it to panama, and we're taking it back. and we have marco rubio in charge. good luck. marco. now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong. now, marco has been amazing and he's going to do a great job. think of it. he got 100 votes. you know, he was approved with actually 99, but the 100th was this gentleman. and i feel very certain. so let's

the panama canal was built by americans for americans, not for others. but others could use it, but it was built at tremendous cost of american blood and treasure, 38,000 workers died building the panama canal. they died of malaria, they died of snake bites and mosquitos, not a nice place to work. they paid them very highly to go there, knowing there was a 25% chance that they would die. the most expensive project also that was ever built in our country's history, if you bring it up to modern day costs. it was given away the carter administration for $1, but that agreement has been violated very severely. we didn't give it to china, we gave it to panama, and we're taking it back. [ applause ] and we have marco rubio in charge, good luck, marco. now, we know who to blame if anything goes wrong. marco's been amazing, and he's going to do a great job. think of it, he got 100 votes. [ applause ] you know, he was approved with actually 99, but the 100th was this gentleman, and i feel very certain, so, let's assume he got 100 votes, and i'm very, very happy ab

the longest presidential address to congress in modern history, in a speech that ranged from the panama canal to greenland underwear and ukraine. trump talked about his achievements, criticized his adversaries, and declared that america will be well awoke no longer. he also revealed, he had received a letter from ukraine's president's offerings to negotiate peace with russia and sign and minerals deal with the united states. an official reports from capital hill. it came late in the speech only from surprise, had run more than an hour when he revealed use of a break through a reconciliation of sorts. a letter from the cleaning and president saying he's ready to to piece the letter read ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. the also revealed the lodge masterminded the attack on american troops as they pulled those of us can, is done as being arrested by pakistani authorities. and he is right now on his way here to face the swift sort of american justice. the american president received the rep to his welcome from republicans as he

president trump has threatened to take back the canal, complaining that china now runs it. in fact, panama operates the canal. a powerful storm is set to reach the east coast of the u.s. later today, affecting more than 55 million people in areas from florida to new york. it could bring gusty winds, rain and hail with a chance of tornadoes. meanwhile, blizzard conditions are expected in the central u.s. and the midwest through this afternoon. well, the stock market hates them, and retailers say that they will drive up prices. but donald trump is defending his new tariffs against canada, mexico and china. he also told congress last night that he will roll out dollar for dollar tariffs against other countries, starting on april 2nd. a leading farm group says that the trade war will take a toll on rural america and drive up prices for u.s. consumers. president trump has a different outlook. >> tariffs are about making america rich again and making america great again. and it's happening and it will happen rather quickly. there will be a little disturbance, but we're okay with that. it won't b

lisa: blackrock's fink used a direct line to trump on the panama canal deal.stening to what he says and saying i have a deal for you. i can figure out how to put $19 billion into this and get the net estates ownership over a key trading infrastructure piece the united states helped build. a question of what else is to follow. these are all of the ways people are hearing donald trump speeches differently. if they are in the private sector, what can we do to take on some of those projects? we can expect more of that. jonathan: a 100 minute address. he defended his tariff plan. america may go through "a little disturbance." annmarie joins us from washington for more. over to you. annmarie: that's right. the president doubling down on his tariff agenda and plan even though he said we could see a little bit of economic disturbance when it comes to those, diluting to the financial markets. potential from corporate executives. i'm very pleased to say we are now joined by congressman french hill of arkansas, chairman of the financial services committee. thank you for