federal reserve and individual states. japan's steel industry said on monday that the a proposal by the u.s. department of commerce to president donald trump would impose curbs on steel imports and that it violates the principles of free trade for more we're joined by r.t. correspondent dan cowen dan thanks for being here so what's the latest on on these on these still import potential quotas good to be with you bart the japanese steel industry is up in arms over the commerce secretary wilbur ross his recommendations to the trump administration to curb the import of steel and aluminum from not only japan but also china vietnam venezuela these would be implemented through tariffs and import quotas on japan the japanese iron and steel federation chairman coast said tariffs are a violation of the principles of free trade and of course japan is a major trading partner of the u.s. very important one there is opposition in the us in the republican party from trump's very own party that tariffs could actually have a negative impact and spike p

these would be implemented through tariffs and import quotas on japan and the japanese iron in steel federation chairman coast said tariffs are a violation of the principles of free trade and of course japan is a major trading partner of the u.s. very important one there is opposition in the u.s. in the republican party from trump's very own party the tariffs could actually have a negative impact and spike prices in products like automobiles electrical wiring and even beer cans. ok now we've seen with the administration just really in the last two weeks dan that they are not shy about imposing import tariffs they did it on solar panels we discussed it here on the program in some detail and they also did all of washing machines so what's the timeframe on the president making a decision on secretary ross's proposal or president trump has until april eleventh to accept or reject the recommendations so i think in that period until april eleventh we can expect to see a massive lobbying fight over this issue and. comes at a particularly interesting time in terms of foreign policy as u.s. and north ko

these would be implemented through tariffs and import quotas on japan the japanese iron and steel federation chairman coast said tariffs are a violation of the principles of free trade and of course japan is a major trading partner of the u.s. very important one there is opposition in the u.s. in the republican party from trump's very own party the tariffs could actually have a negative impact and spike prices in products like automobiles electrical wiring and even beer cans. ok now we've seen with the administration just really in the last two weeks dan that they are not shy about imposing import tariffs they did it on solar panels we discussed it here on the program in some detail and they also did all of washing machines so what's the timeframe on the president making a decision on secretary ross's proposal or president trump has until april eleventh to accept or reject the recommendations so i think in that period until april eleventh we can expect to see a massive lobbying fight over this issue and it. comes at a particularly interesting time in terms of foreign policy as u.s. and north

if this memo is accurate, steele lied to the fbi. and that's a federal crime. t maybe more important, thanks to steele's deception, the fbi relied on a yahoo news report tobi verify the dossier when, in fact, the yahoo story was itself simply citing theoo dossier. circular. it would be pretty funny ifr. it weren't so incompetent. yet, here is the striking thing. even after the fbi learned that steele was lying to them. this they continued to use his dossier to justify spying on carter page. as the senate memo makes clear, there are only two possible explanations for this. either the fbi lied to the fisa court by saying steele had not spoken to journalists before october of 2016, that's one. or, two, steele lied to the fbi and is therefore a discredited source. neither one is good. both are bad. there is more. the senate memo describes steele as sloppy and reckless researcher, intense partisan with passionately left-wing views about american politics whoen included unsolicited, unverified allegations in his assessments you, apparently some of those allegations ca

federal reserve and individual states. japan's steel industry said on monday that the a proposal by the u.s. department of commerce to president donald trump would impose curbs on steel imports and that it violates the principles of free trade for more we're joined by r.t. correspondent dan cowen dan thanks for being here so what's the latest on on these on these steel imports potential quotas good to be with you bart the japanese steel industry is up in arms over the commerce secretary wilbur ross his recommendations to the trump administration to curb the import of steel and aluminum from not only japan but also china vietnam venezuela these would be implemented through tariffs and import quotas on japan the japanese iron and steel federation chairman coast said tariffs are a violation of the principles of free trade and of course japan is a major trading partner of the u.s. very important one there is opposition in the u.s. in the republican party from trump's very own party the tariffs could actually have a negative impact and spike

concern here that one candidate or the election as a whole might be influenced by the russian federation. >> steele is now the subject of a criminal referral asking the justice department to investigate his handling of the dossier and whether he lied to the fbi about its distribution or the fbi misrepresented his statements. the republican chairman of the senate judiciary committee chuck grassley along with senator lindsay graham made the referral last month and released an un classified version. while redacted by the fbi including references to widely available media reports the senators wrote another stream of information was coming to steele it's troubling enough the clinton campaign funded mr. steele's work but these clinton associates were feeding mr. steele allegations raises additional concerns about his credibility. on capitol hill democrats led by the house intelligence committee is ranking member who drafted a competing 10 page memo called out republican for rejecting a full briefing by fbi director wr ag. >> we do oversight u-haul them in under oath and say why was this included why was

concern here that one candidate or the election as a whole might be influenced by the russian federation. >> steele is the subject of a criminal referral, asking the justice department to investigate. and whether he lied to the fbi about the distribution of the dossier or the fbi misrepresented his statements. republican chairman chuck grassley along with senator lindsey graham made the referral last month and released an unclassified version. while heavily redacted by the fbi, including references to widely available media reports, the senators wrote another stream of information was coming to steele. it's troubling enough the clinton campaign fund on capitol hill, democrats led by the house intelligence maze ranking member who drafted a competing ten page mill called it . when you do oversight, you haul them in under oath and say why was this included. the interest wasn't oversight. the interest was a political hit job on the fbi. stick with a senate minority leader chuck schumer wrote to the president over the weekend in support of the democrats memo in the white house that it would consider the

false, but you can be pretty sure that if the fbi were going to present elements of the steele dossier to a federal judge, that they wrote haould h it into context and done their work to make sure they weren't blind siding or misleading a federal judge. >> congressman jordan, i read the article from april 18th -- >> let me say something. it's essential to tell the court who paid for the document. to go four times to the court and not tell them it's a democrat clinton campaign financed piece of information that they dressed all up like legitimate intelligence, that's a pretty important fact you should have disclosed to the court, not to mention the fact that bruce ohr and nellie ohr were involved. >> congressman himes, should the fisa judge have been told that the steele dossier was funded by the dnc and clinton campaign? >> well, interestingly enough, so let me get to that. but remember that the work of fusion gps and the work of christopher steele started out funded by a republican entity. the free beacon. >> i have to stop you. i think we believe fusion gps was hired by the washington free beacon

having said that, i'm waiting for the charges against steele for lying to federal agents because that'snal charge in and of itself. it seems like that's completed. i guess i won't hold my breath but at the end of the day, again the thing that scares me, removing the partisanship is that we see government leveraged against private citizens in counter to our 4th amendment rights to privacy and 5th and 14th amendment rights to due process. that's what should scare every american. eric: carter has been saying that for months. here's carter page ten months ago speaking to us on fox news. take a listen. >> there's no basis. i'm a loyal american. and i serve my country in the military and i was an eagle scout growing up, catholic school, so i've done nothing wrong. maybe i got a couple speeding tickets along the way, but i've never done anything illegal. so for them to come after me, if this in fact the case, would be quite an astonishing revelation. eric: for them to come after me would be quite an astonishing revelation. your reaction? >> well, look, i mean, i think jeff sessions was at an e

question that came to my mind well where is christopher steele's name what he did he wasn't registered as a foreign agent he didn't register with the federal elections commission i mean everything they accuse these young kids they were basically interns at this troll farm. applies to christopher steele but and in the mainstream media that cable crazy people didn't even one of them there legal experts didn't even draw that conclusion that was the first conclusion i came to go ahead. well first of all you have to look at what exactly this indictment is coming from a grand jury and what the grand jury process is you know famously that's been described as a process where a prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich this was term that was coined by the former head of the state court system here in new york who himself and set up getting indicted on his way out of his career and this is a process that took place a grand jury came out of the grand jury pool it was in washington d.c. district court district of columbia district court the most heavily democratic yeah election district or court district in the united states and so if you look at polling d

steel. the dnc paid a democratic , because of attorney/client privilege, the way the attorney spent the money he received to not show up on federal election commission filings. it was not public. the attorney paid fusion gps to do opposition research on trump and fusion gps hired christopher steele. an interesting campaign finance question that has come out of this story is due attorneys who work for political clients have an obligation to reveal the very political ways that they are spending money that clients pay them. one of the criticisms we have heard from government watchdogs and transparency watchdogs is that the attorney essentially laundered money from the democrats to the opposition research firm. i do not think there is been any ruling or statement on this. it is an interesting and important question. host: with regard to christopher steele, was he a previous informant to the fbi? guest: he was, and that is a revelation we have found in the memo. he had long been a trusted source for the fbi and that is one of the biggest criticisms folks in the intelligence community are making of the memo, that it someone who was the

steel's dossier. joining us, jennifer rogers, a former federal prosecutor and the u.s.orney's office and executive director of the senate for advancement of public integrity at columbia law school. your reading of this plea today? >> well, they obviously have another cooperate or on their hands. it was information, not an indictment. so my assumption is they're going to use him to persuade gates finally. apparently he's been in talks about cooperating but it will get him over the line. who they really want is manafort who knows a lot about the trump campaign. my guess is they're continuing to exert pressure in the way of paul manafort. >> the "l.a. times" reported days ago that gates it completed a plea agreement. there was an earlier report saying he was getting close to one. what's unusual about the rhythm of that is usually when one organization gets that kind of leak, the others all get it. nbc news gets it within 24 hours or less of that. no one else has gotten that confirmation that gates has made his plea deal. >> he just got new lawyers a couple weeks ago. i sus

steele or obstruction of justice. this is the standard operating procedure of federal prosecutors. you indict, you charge, you punish at the bottom of the totem poll. we all know who is at the top. kennedy: we do. it's a matter of whether these loosely connected figures and points create a ladder to the white house. if it doesn't, what a phenomenal waste of time. >> manafort would say -- but the down side is, an unaccountable special counsel materially interfering with the president's ability to govern. when will this end? i don't think this will end this year. i think more indictments will come. if they try manafort, the country will be captivated on it. kennedy: pressure continues to you build on politicians to strengthen gun laws. will any of that make schools safer? are pretty much the same. but while some push high commission investment products, fisher investments avoids them. some advisers have hidden and layered fees. fisher investments never does. and while some advisers are happy to earn commissions from you whether you do well or not, fisher investments fees are structur

california would stop not just the wall, but a fence to replace this rusting steel fence california once begged for in 1990. state and federal groups have finished their arguments upstairs, arguing federal overreach that any fence building would violate the endangered species act or the federal government says their construction authority was tested four times under president bush. each time it was upheld. chris, we expect a decision in several weeks. back to you. >> chris: that will be an interesting decision. william, thank you. west virginia had the highest rate in the country in 2016 for drug overdose deaths. that is according to the cdc. now the governor is calling in the national guard to stop an epidemic he says could destroy the state. senior correspondent rick leventhal is on on the grd tonight in huntington, west virginia, . >> people expect to see the army national guard during disasters. in huntington, west virginia, the guard has been called in to help tackle the opioid crisis, which the governor says is a disaster. >> we have to stop. we have to stop this terrible drug epidemic. we have to. if we don't, it will

the democrats write federal officials told the fisa court that the fbi suspected steele was hired by an american, looking for information that could be used to discredit candidate number one's campaign. that's where they left it in front. earlier tonight carter paige sat down with sean hannity at fox news and was asked about his contacts with russia. >> in all your time in the campaign or not on the campaign did anybody in russia ever suggest to you they had negative information on hillary? >> not one word. nothing whatsoever. not even a glimpse of an offer. >> anyone ever suggest to you in any way that there was a hacking that they were aware of? >> absolutely not. i heard about it in the news eventually. >> we american to the national political reporter and reporter for the los angeles times who is exclusively covering russia -- we apologize to the non-russian special counsel. mike, start us off. for folks who perhaps looked away from the news for this two-day period we're just coming off of called the weekend, which exists for some people apparently, what have we just learned in t

republicans say steele's dossier was a key part to the information shown to the federal intelligence surveillance act, or fisa to justify the continued surveillance. it was funded by the dnc and hillary clinton's campaign, though not initiated originally by them. congressman nunez talked about this memo and how it came together earlier tonight. >> i have an obligation to the american people when we see fisa abuse, the american citizens represented before this court have to be protected. and the only place that can protect them is the u.s. congress when abuses do occur. i don't believe that somebody like mr. page should be a target of the fbi. especially using salacious information, paid for by a political campaign like this dossier was, about mr. page. >> did you write it? >> myself, tray gowdy, our two investigators and obviously checked by the lawyers and the rest of our committee members. >> did you read the actual fisa applications? >> no, i didn't. >> more on all of that in a bit. democrats on this house intel kpl committee are outraged at the memo's roadway lease. they have acc

federal government expects even higher growth this year. south korea has launched a complaint with the w t o against planned u.s. import duties on certain products made with steel and aluminum the european union also says it won't take new tariffs lying down the european commission has already threatened countermeasures on the table are possible duties on american products like motorcycles whiskey and produce e.u. representatives have repeatedly emphasized however that the bloc doesn't view the situation as a potential trade war. that greece continues to struggle to clear up a scandal involving pharma giant no vomitus prosecutors have been investigating the swiss company for over a year it stands accused of bribing high ranking politicians to smooth the way for expensive sales and fast approvals for its medicines in greece now the country's parliament is also getting involved the affair has provoked furious reactions in greece where many blame corrupt politicians for the country's economic woes. kentucky fried chicken customers in the u.k. were left disappointed after the fast food chain was forced to close most of its nine hundred outlets because it was unable

then christopher steele should be indicted as well he's a foreigner he wasn't registered as a foreign agent he didn't. report to the federal election commission about what he was doing. this is and he married me live i don't know i mean that we have to go to confession according to the actual terms of its dimitri babich is the odd name fourteen for actually thought yes because people like this is crucial if you read the indictment there could be very possible i'm going to get really let me go back to the. steel because i think it's really important so the questions being answered i mean all the things that people have been indicted for all christopher has done he has lied to the f.b.i. he is into feet in the u.s. election he has done so secretly he has been phoning up new spaces he has been publishing information in adults see it that. he hasn't registered as any kind of foreign agent so why hasn't he been indicted why is the resistance on the part of the justice department to indict this is probably what i find most puzzling of all alexander is the trumps own d.o.j. and f.b.i. maybe it's slightly different situation with

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for more on all of this, we are joined by former federal prosecutor and john sigh offer ba sipher is back with us. michael steelalexa semendinger. alexa, let me begin with you, if i may. the point we keep hearing over and over is that democratic memo shows there is no collusion. does it actually show that? >> no. the republican memo was designed to try to cast the search for information surveillance information as something that was politically motivated and the democratic memo is trying to rebut the facts behind that. but it does not directly in any way discuss whether there was collusion. of course we know legally speaking there is no such thing, legally, as collusion. this is the president's insistence and repeated effort to focus on himself in the effort to describe this entire enterprise or endeavor, including robert mueller as a political endeavor, is something that he had the opportunity to undo because the house intelligence committee deinvolved into a very partisan kind of investigation. >> and miriam, both sides have very different takes on these memos. as you can imagine. in particular they both eith

federal judge. lauren: trump told members of congress is considering putting tariffs on imported aluminum in steel. tram said he wants to protect u.s. producers being hurt by unfair trade practices. the commerce department is investigating china and other countries for allegedly dumping cheap steel and aluminum products on our shores. true end to e.u. could soon be seeing tax-free bonus is thanks to that to be unveiled today. lauren: they are more than crimes i guess if that happens. tracey carrasco with more on that with the news this morning. the whole thousand dollars it could be. >> a republican lawmaker to unveil legislation that would make most bonuses given out tax-free and take a nancy pelosi with representative todd rokita from indiana has dubbed its bill that creating relief in useful middle class benefited dating or crimes act. pelosi famously refers to bonuses as crimes in criticizing the tax plan last month. it would make bonuses received by the worker is tax-free up to $2500. cheryl: is there support for this? >> i'm not sure, but with a name like that who knows. cheryl: i kind of lik

federal law makes that a felony. kennedy: we know millions of dollars were paid for the content of the steele dossier.nowing she and her campaign could get in so much trouble especially if she were elected. judge napolitano: should the justice department. where is jeff sessions. should $jeff sessions direct an investigation of this? or is it just too close to the russians for him to be involved with. kennedy: someone has to investigate something so we don't have to appoint a special counsel every single time. judge napolitano: special counsels have a tendency to overindict. kennedy: coming up,io governor and former presidential candidate john kasich says the two-party system is dying. hi, i'm bob harper, and i recently had a heart attack. it changed my life. but i'm a survivor. after my heart attack, my doctor prescribed brilinta. it's for people who have been hospitalized for a heart attack. brilinta is taken with a low-dose aspirin. no more than 100 milligrams as it affects how well brilinta works. brilinta helps keep platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. in a clinical study, brilinta