we're grateful to be joined by secretary of agriculture, sonny purdue. thanks very much, sonny.presentatives j.t. thompson. thank you. thank you very much. lloyd smucker and mike conway. thanks, fellows. been very helpful. along with missouri agriculture director, chris chen. thank you. also with us, several of our nation's greatest farmers including american farm bureau president zippy duball. he's been so good to me. thank you, zippy. along with members of the farm groups representing producers of corn, soy beans, wheat and portion. for years, our politicians have allows countries to steal our jobs, punish workers and target an american industry and american agriculture. i can't say this is just the democrats, but in particularthi. from the year 2001 when china joined the world trade organization, which was a disaster, until the year 2016, the united states lost more than 60,000 factories and millions and millions of jobs. china imposed massive barriers to american farm products. you people know that well, right? very well. and engaged in theft of trade secrets from american a

we're grateful to joined by secretary of agriculture sonny purdue. thank you very much. sonny.o representatives g.t. thompson. thank you very much. lloyd smucker and mike conaway, thank you, fellas. appreciate it very much. been very helpful. along with missouri agriculture director chris chin. thank you, chris. great job. also with us today, are several of the nation's greatest farmers. including american farm bureau president zippy duval. zippy has been so good to me. thank you, zippy. i appreciate it very much. along with members of the farm groups representing producers of corn, soybeans and wheat and pork. for years our politicians have allowed other countries to steal our jobs, punish our is just th democrats but in particular the democrats have done absolutely nothing about this. from the year 2001 when china joined the world trade organization which was by the way a disaster. until the year 2016 the united states lost more than 60,000 factories and millions and millions of jobs. china imposed massive barriers to american farm products, you people know that very well, ri

agriculture secretary sonny purdue is here to talk about the impact the tariffs with china will haveney general bill barr discusses the investigation into the investigators with the russia probe. mayor pete buttigieg releases his stance on key policy issues as he tries to separate himself from the crowded presidential field. hello, everyone, i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." the white house expected to make a big announcement this afternoon. trump administration is expected to put tariffs on steel in canada. here are the markets reacting up

about 1 1/2 hours, he'll have the agriculture secretary, sonny purdue. a lot of farmers to bret's point are still under water. they would rather deal with china than getting credits or breaks. also opened up the possibility that other groups, auto concerns and the rest say what you did for them you could do for us. it's problematic. we'll see. the read on this from market watchers, scott is here, rebecca and as bad as it looks, guys a 286 point hit on the dow, it was down 480. i wonder how this carries on here when it looks like both sides, the china situation, are getting increasingly stiff. rebecca, the china say they don't like the bullying attitude. we can endure with it. the chinese government talking about a two-year reprieve in taxes for software companies to absorb the pain they'll feel. they're preparing for a trade war. >> yeah. i and i think they think if they outlast 2020 they might not have to deal with president trump. that's in their minds as well. we don't like to pick winners and losers on the u.s. side but that's what china does. they'r

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here's the agriculture secretary sonny purdue earlier today. >> what we're doing is looking for marks over the world. we have things in india, malaysia, thailand, philippines. we're having small singles and double hits out here. but obviously the china market is huge. we would hope they would come back to the table and do exactly what we asked them to do. >> dana: we should learn more next hour when president trump addresses the nation's farmers at the white house. we'll bring that to you. fbi said there's a staggering number of open terrorism investigations both here and abroad. the pentagon has a new house to house thousands of migrants along the border. it's either the assurance of a 165-point certification proces. or it isn't. it's either testing an array of advanced safety systems. or it isn't. it's either the peace of mind of a standard 5-year unlimited mileage warranty. or it isn't. for those who never settle, it's either mercedes-benz certified pre-owned. or it isn't. the mercedes-benz certified pre-owned sales event. now through may 31st. only at your authorized mercedes-benz

we're also glad to have with us secretary, sonny purdue. stand up, sonny. agriculture. secretary of housing, ben carson. great job, ben. great job. deputy secretary eric hargen and ambassador sam brownback. thank you very much. i'm looking at the beautiful red hair. please stand up. huh? what a voice. what a voice. huh? so great. you better come up here. great to have you. thanks also to the many faith leaders from across the country with us today. special, special people. one of the things i'm most proud of is the johnson amendment. you can speak your mind and speak it freely. i said i was going to do that. i told paula white, who i want to thank very much for everything she's done. paula? that was one of the things i said. they took away your voice politically. these are the people i want to listen to politically. you weren't allowed to speak. they would lose their tax exempt status. that's not happening anymore. we got rid of the johnson amendment. that's a big thing. [ applause ] and also i want to very much thank somebody who has done a fantastic job, president of

agriculture secretary sonny purdue is here to talk about the impact the tariffs with china will have on farmers. attorney general bill barr discusses the investigation into the investigators with the russia probe. mayor pete buttigieg releases his stance on key policy issues as he tries to separate himself from the crowded presidential field. hello, everyone, i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." the white house expected to make a big announcement this afternoon. trump administration is expected to put tariffs on steel in canada. here are the markets reacting up about 48 points. >> reporter: dana, we are waiting for this announcement. our sources say it could happen as early as this afternoon. so you said it. a steel and aluminum tariff likely to be lifted from canada and from mexico. you remember these tariffs are about a year old. the trump administration put them into place, enforcing national security. that was the reason given. 25% on steel, it was 10% on aluminum. that really kicked off a lot of trade tensions with our neighbors to the north and south. canada and me

. >>> farmers won't bear the brunt, the message from sonny purdue as the agriculture department saysl provide up to $16 billion in aid to farmers hurt by chinese retaliatory tariffs. he says the money comes from tariffs collected on chinese imports, tariffs that are paid by american businesses and consumers. >> china is going to pay for the $16 billion of tariffs coming in, it is a transfer coming in and doing it through the ccc program which was authorized, we used last year. the money and revenue we are receiving is what it was intended to fund farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs. >> president trump will say more about them in a few minutes about how the administration will help farmers and ranchers deal with it. a host of companies

any complaints should go to secretary sonny purdue." >> he is just taking off from the south lawn of the white house and he was speaking to reporters before leaving about this whole fights between whether don began the former counsel will testify for the house judiciary committee. he said he already testified democrats should not get a do over on all of this. >> mike: rich edson, thank you thank you. >> the first lawmaker and the g.o.p. calling for president trumps impeachment. he wrote over the weekend among his principal conclusions to his reading of the mueller report, president trump has engaged an impeachable conduct. the house republican leader question while he even calls him solidly republican. >> this is what he wants, he wants to have attention. devotes more with nancy pelosi. it's a question if he is in our conference as a whole. >> a recent poll suggests he has an outcast, 87% of republicans are imposed to impeachment and president trump just missed him on twitter calling him a total lightweight who is just getting his name out there. in north carolina congressman mark wa

. >>> farmers won't bear the brunt, the message from sonny purdue as the agriculture department says it will provide up to $16 billion in aid to farmers hurt by chinese retaliatory tariffs. he says the money comes from tariffs collected on chinese imports, tariffs that are paid by american businesses and consumers. >> china is going to pay for the $16 billion of tariffs coming in, it is a transfer coming in and doing it through the ccc program which was authorized, we used last year. the money and revenue we are receiving is what it was intended to fund farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs. >> president trump will say more about them in a few minutes about how the administration will help farmers and ranchers deal with it. a host of companies are warning the costs for rising tariffs charged by the united states and china on each other's exports are going to have impact on their earnings. the trade war led to a selloff. we edge to last hour of trading, trading turned lower, steadily lower all day. i will be watching carefully to see what happens in the next hour. you can see all major

agricultural secretary sonny purdue, trump has asked the usda for a plan for farmers affected by tariffs. is that going to be another bailout. is the american president picking win skpeners and losers the american economy. he says potus loves his farmers and will not let them down. there's a possibility trump will meet with xi jinping in june in japan. >> that's late in june. this could go on for a while. there's the question of how does china retaliate. what do they do, and what is the state of their economy. let's go to matt rivers live in beijing. necessary counter measures is what they're saying, what does retaliation look like in this case, and what is the state of the chinese economy? >> reporter: well, it could take a number of different forms, dave. we're really just waiting on word from china's government, s exactly what their retaliation is going to look like. they can do a number of different things. what they can't do is match the united states dollar for dollar when it comes to tariffs because the u.s. ships far fewer goods to china than china ships to the united states and

i'm going to add up a hundred plus billion dollars, i said to my farm people and sonny purdue, secretary of agriculture, what's the most money that china has ever paid toward agriculture, toward buying food product. he said $15 billion a number of years ago. i said is at the most, he said yes. some people say closer to 20 but $15 billion was about the most. i said good. i'm gonna take $15 billion out of the hundred billion dollars enemy to give that to our farmers. now i don't have to give all that. [inaudible] >> i don't have to give all of it because they're going to be able to sell at a much lower price. the difference between where they were and the lower price, so maybe if it's a 15 billion-dollar amount, they may end up getting six or seven or ten or whatever it is , but they will be able to sell. >> 's are compensating them. >> will tell you an interesting story. i met with farmers about three weeks ago. first of all they are unbelievable patriots. they said sure, we don't want a subsidy, we just want a level playing field. we also know we are being killed by these countries. chin

we're also glad to have with us secretary sonny purdue. where's sonny? agriculture.ob. deputy secretary eric harigan and ambassador sam brownback. thank you both very much. thank you. thank you very much. i'm looking at that beautiful red hair. will you please stand up? what a voice. what a voice. huh? so great. you better come up here. great to have you. thanks also to the many faith leaders from across the country with us today. special, special people. one of the things i'm most proud of is the johnson amendment. you can now speak your mind and speak it freely. i said i was going to do that, i told paula white, who i want to thank so much for everything she's done, paula. that was one of the things i said. they took away your voice politically and these are the people i want to listen to politically, but you weren't allowed to speak. they would lose their tax-exempt status. that's not happening anymore. so we got rid of the johnson amendment. that's a big thing. and also, i want to very much thank somebody who's done a fantastic job, president of the national day

agriculture secretary sonny purdue told fox business the administration will offer $16 billion to help out. all right, everyone. here comes the deluge of news. >>> hard line modi wins india's election. prime minister may on her way out, perhaps within hours. disruptive elections under way for europe's parliament and watch out, tesla stockholders. it's down again. "varney & company" is about to begin. stuart: deadly tornadoes, look at that, deadly, in jefferson city, missouri. the word is in quotes here, catastrophic damage. ashley: yeah. a tornado hit last night just before midnight in jefferson city. jeff city, as they call it, the capital of missouri. being at nighttime, you can't see it. the sirens were wailing, people were taking cover as best they could. the damage as per the governor of missouri, as you say, is devastating. but at last report, no fatalities. nine injuries, nine people taken to local hospitals. however, let me just, you know, just add this. they are now really going around looking at the damage, seeing if anyone is trapped. but this has just been a series, 29 torn

agricultural secretary sonny purdue previewing a $16 billion aid program. mr.mp will unveil that funding this afternoon at the white house. >> the threat is real, credible. without getting into specifics you can be sure president trump will ensure we have resources necessary if iran should decide to attack americans or american interests. 40 years of terror coming out of iran, president trump is determined to change the course of that regime. >> bill: strong message there mike pompeo on the growing tensions with iran as the pentagon said to be weighing a request for 5,000 additional u.s. forces in the middle east. general jack keane chairman of the institute for the study of war and strategic analyst. nice to see you. are we sending more forces to the middle east and should we? >> certainly the commanders can make that assessment. the initial build-up of our forces and really returning forces that we had already pulled out of there carrier strike group, patriot missiles and additional force, the bombers themselves, that was about deterrents. making certain that

agriculture secretary sonny purdue saying up to $20 billion could be made available as part of this bail-outow is patty edelburg, vice president of the national farmers union. good morning to you. i know that looking at states like wisconsin and illinois and iowa, there is a real impact here. we really wanted to look and dig deeper into that and talk to you and the farmers and those who represent the farmers and tell us what has the impact been on our farmers. >> it has been insane. we've had a lot of farmers, a lot more bankruptcies going on. a lot more farmer suicides. these things are highlighting many of the news stories in our local news but we have more commodities, more grain sitting on the ground now because we lost huge export markets that we had for 30 years that we'll never get a chance to get back again. farmers are hopeful to get their crops in the ground this year but hopeful we have a place to sell it come fall. >> sandra: it is horrible for all of us to hear that. we love our farmers and want to support our farmers. as a result you are hearing the white house is thinking abou