you are on with sam gilston, go ahead. caller: you just have a graphic up about a $40 billion trade deficit each month, correct? host: april 4, 2010. caller: how much oil do we iiport each month? hostguest: i can tell you in 20, we imported $254 billion in petroleum products. divide that by 12 and that's what you come out to. host: you have a follow-up? caller: the amount of oil import is similar to the trade deficit. if we were not importing the oil, most of that deficit would be raised, correct? guest: not entirely -- would be erasers, correct? guest: not entirely. if you look at the deficit over all, there are probably about five categories of products that makeup the bulk of our trade deficit. you have in petroleum, automobiles and auto parts, textiles and apparel, toys, consumer electronics, cell phones and tv's and such as that, and that makes of the bulk of the trade deficit. host: off of twitter someone has asked -- guest: i cannot say trade deficits are good. we have had them for a long time and we continue to be

you are on with sam gilston, go ahead. caller: you just have a graphic up about a $40 billion trade deficit each month, correct? host: april 4, 2010. caller: how much oil do we iiport each month? hostguest: i can tell you in 20, we imported $254 billion in petroleum products. divide that by 12 and that's what you come out to. host: you have a follow-up? caller: the amount of oil import is similar to the trade deficit. if we were not importing the oil, most of that deficit would be raised, correct? guest: not entirely -- would be erasers, correct? guest: not entirely. if you look at the deficit over all, there are probably about five categories of products that makeup the bulk of our trade deficit. you have in petroleum, automobiles and auto parts, textiles and apparel, toys, consumer electronics cell phones and tv's and such as that, and that makes of the bulk of the trade deficit. host: o of twitter someone has asked -- guest: i cannot say trade decits are good. we have had them for a long time and we continue to be a str

also sam gilston. he will be talking about trade agreements in u.s. exports. we will also be talking to tom fahey, the state house bureau chief. we will be talking about the balanced budget in new hampshire. enjoy the rest of your day. we will see you back here tomorrow. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . >> part in a meeting last week on energy and climate change and at that meeting president obama said he would like to see the senate pass legislation that requirrs kns to pay for the right to use greenhouse gases. what does the president need to do to get such a bill passed? >> i think he is doing all he is able to do at this point. i think the meeting this week was a very useful meeting and he encouraged us to work together to try to come up with a bill that could get bipartisan support and could pass the senate. that was his main focus. i do think he said again, as he has many times, that he would like this to be comprehensive legislation. he would like it to deal not only with

and china with sam gilston.llowing that, we will talk with tom fahey on new hampshire is balanced budget. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. eastern here on c-span.

and china with sam gilston. following that, we will chat with tom fahey of the manchester union reader on new ventures balanced budget. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. eastern here on c-span.

journal," -- >> pm de mar on "washington journal," -- tomorrow on "washington journal," stephen rose, sam gilston, and tom fahey. tom fahey details of the condition of the new hampshire state budget. washington journal "" -- washington journal "" -- "washington

also, a look at trade between america and china with sam gilston. more with tom fahey of "the new hampshire union