as soldiers from the people's liberation army marched across tiananmen square adorned with flags.y are part of the almost 3,000 delegates who arrived in beijing for the opening of the national people's congress china's most important political event of the year. >> thank you, thank you. >> reporter: but hanging over this highly scripted and choreographed event, the escalating tensions with the united states and china's defiance. excuse me, sir, are you worried about the u.s.-china trade war? do you think that president xi and president trump can make amends? inside the hall, all eyes anxiously waited for the main event. the national people's congress is very much focused on the economy. this year, it has been overshadowed by geopolitical events, with the u.s.-china trade war taking center stage. china's leader was warmly greeted. only yesterday, xi's government hit back at the u.s. with retaliatory tariffs against agriculture. while a foreign ministry spokesman issued a warning "if war is what the u.s. wants be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we are ready to

as soldiers from the people's liberation army marched across tiananmen square adorned with flags.art of the almost 3,000 delegates who arrived in beijing for the opening of the national people's congress, china's most important political event of the year. >> thank you, thank you. >> reporter: but hanging over this highly scripted and choreographed event, the escalating tensions with the united states and china's defiance. excuse me, sir, are you worried about the u.s.-china trade war? do you think president xi and president trump can make amends? >> reporter: inside the hall, all eyes anxiously waited for the main event. the national people's congress is very much focused on the economy, but this year it has been overshadowed by geopolitical events with the u.s.-china trade war taking center stage. china's leader was warmly greeted. only yesterday, xi's government hit back at the u.s. with retaliatory tariffs against agriculture. while the spokesman issued a warning, quote, if war is what the u.s. wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we're ready to fig

listen to these house democrats act like he stood in front of a tank at tiananmen square. >> al greenhis thing and we are thankful he did. the reality is, we are going to push back on this. >> i want to say to al green, i wish i would have stood with you. thank you for your courage. >> jesse: the squad called all wound up after we are dolls raising cain and took it out on poor james comber. >> let me proceed. data from texas shows that u.s.-born americans commit more rape and murder than immigrants. >> this trend of you all trying to get thrown out of committee so you can get on msnbc is going to end. we are not going to put up with it. >> documents into the record. >> no, no. i have been very accommodating to you. [simultaneous talking] >> as a survivor of sexual violence. >> order. >> this is my right. thank you. >> no, no. [laughs] >> jesse: pelosi when she was in the drivers he would never have tolerated these kinds of shenanigans but nancy has a crack hip and now she's riding in the back and gets that he came jeffrey shows and nobody knows what the party stands for. >> the democr

tom: you're in tiananmen square. you continue to gauge china's reaction to these tariffs. what are you watching for in the days ahead and to what extent the trade front from the u.s. is going to cast a shadow from what transpires from beijing in the days ahead? >> i don't expect the leaders that gather here for the mpc starts tomorrow and the cpcc, which are gathering this afternoon that's why everyone is here. about to go into the great hall of the people behind me. i don't expect them to necessarily come out and talk directly about the u.s. threat and the u.s. tariffs other than to say that their external environment has become much more challenging. the moves of retaliatory countermeasures taken. but obviously this is an economy here that is struggling to gain footing at a time when the real main pillar of growth has come from exports. those are going to be you aren't threat if a key export destination like to united states is going to be levying 20% tariffs with a threat that possibly could go up to 60 as donald trump promised on the campaign trail. exports are going t

you were a child of the post—tiananmen era. reference what happened in 1989. clearly developed a consciousness that was deeply rebellious toward the communist party and its way of running your country. um... well, i would doubt that. yeah. of the chinese state? well, then my dream, badiucao, as the artist showers around too. some sunny spells to the north. north. north and west too. bye for now. britain and france propose a month long ceaserfire