in the tpp, it runs over 2,000 pages. so my question is, how many republicans will read this bill in total? how many of them will understand it? and does the general public have access to what is in this bill? thank you. >> thanks for the question. i think you're right. basically the deal right now is being negotiated behind closed doors. the argument is that the governments say they can't get the best deal possible if they're putting their positions out in the public sphere. i think that's erked a lot of people here. especially opponents of the deal who say if we're going to sign this and vote for this, we need to know what's in it. the administration has given members of congress the ability to access the text under certain conditions. they can go in and read what's being negotiated. but they can't -- they have to abide by certain rules. they can't share or take copies of the next but they can go in for their own understanding and read the text. it will be made public. most likely shortly after they conclude. and there

of course, but there are going to be stepping stones of tpp. so in that context we are to be thinking very hard about this election and what it means for the u.s. not in terms of the outcome as much of what the next presidency should focus on our we hope they will focus on to help us support a future for taiwan that is in our interest. and i should say it goes without saying that i don't think the next president, one or two candidates who will go nameless one really can't predict, but i don't think the next president is going to change the core economical position of u.s. interests on china policy, no unilateral change to the status quo. i don't think it's changed very much, and i don't think it will change that much. i think i should go without saying. so in terms of process and then, how should we here in washington and taipei talk to each other over the coming year and a half, two years as we have our presidential election cycle? i would say our taipei based on my experience in the nsc during the reelection campaign, i would say for taipei t

i think what you're seeing is that the residuals of tpp. our members understand the importance of a good free trade agreement that really does help workers and changes the rules of the environment. because you are seeing cincinnati, a group of rules that have been designed to lower wages, to entitle -- nafta -- we want an end to that. you receive the messages of the. he supported it firmly, still does and we a posted speed do you agree with "the new york times" story this morning that argues that in the second term obama has taken a turn towards helping workers with various regulation? do you notice a change of? >> i would say he's probably been more overtly pro-worker in a second term. you have overtime rules that we talked about. disappointments he's made to various places. the wage increases he's given to the federal employees. is starting to talk openly about having to come out important collective bargaining is for workers to raise their standard of living. the fact he's having a summit this year at the white house to talk about collec

our next guest says the tpp is a game changer.n oxley is the former gatt.lian ambassador to isn't going to happen this week, this month? grexit looks like it. -- >> it looks like it. president obama wouldn't have gone to the likes that he was. i think that explains the timing. angie: politics is certainly at play. there is a huge swath of americans who are starting to wake up to what tpp is politically. joseph stiglitz, very interestingly, has now said that this is too secret of a process. does this week in any possibility of a tpp deal. >> that is not going to be a factor. the u.s. government does console industry people on these measures, but it doesn't consult the wider groups. unions, coalition health activists. angie: those groups of interested parties, and at the end of the day it is a democracy there and we're looking ahead to the 26 elections. current tpp be one of the issues that are being made as something to see. so. don't think the interesting thing about this is the congress. the up-and-down yes or no vote required a

bank, getting tpp done, financing and executing on an infrastructure policy. i have had conversations where with larry fink and others where they are able and open to look at creative ways of financing, the notion we are not doing that right now makes absolutely no sense. investing in research and development. these are not partisan issues. there are some areas where there have traditionally been legitimate arguments between democrats and republicans. there are some issues, like on environmental regulations or financial regulations where jamie and i may disagree, or nick and i may disagree. we can have those arguments, and we probably won't convince each other on some of these things. what i am looking at is the low-hanging fruit that are no-brainers and that no one here would argue with. the notion that we are not doing them right now because primarily a faction within one of our parties has gone off of the rails and sees a conspiracy around everything, or simply is opposed to everything i propose, even if they used to propose it. that is a problem. i think i

china has its own version of tpp called r-sap, done with their free trade partners in the region.ference is their standards for engagement on trade are at a much lower level than ours. it is a gold plated agreement once it is done, first quarter. the trick maria going forward will be how do you link it with tpp so trade flows aren't disrupted. you can see two trade agreements mature in the asia pacific region, with different standards. that would be a horrible outcome for prosperity in the region and for u.s. exports. so i hope -- there may have been some conversation about how you bridge tpp longer term with the china view of trade. >> thank you so much. we'll see you soon. jon huntsman. >>> campaign trail moments turning heads for the wrong reason. we'll talk about it. ben carson's comments with kareem abdul-jabbar. here at td ameritrade, they love innovating. and apparently, they also love stickers. what's up with these things, victor? we decided to give ourselves stickers for each feature we release. we read about 10,000 suggestions a week to create features that as traders we

. >> reporter: biden hasn't taken a position on tpp either, but elizabeth warren has. today she trashed tpp. >> no one should lose a job in a trade deal that benefits giant corporations and leaves workers in the dust. >> reporter: both clinton and biden have to walk a very fine line on tpp. to come out against it would embarrass the president, for whom both worked. bernie sanders doesn't have to worry about that. >>> we'll talk with the panel about how important those labor union endorsements can be in this race. thanks, doug. >>> well, on the republican side, the labor day frontrunners are looking up at a non-politician who has appealed to the common man and way, continues to befuddle the exerts. carl cameron checks out the gop race. >> reporter: gop candidates fanned out across the early voting states for labor day. knowing what happens this fall may decide the nomination next spring. >> america's a great place. we have our problems, but let's be a little bit of positive and count our blessings about what it means to be an american. >> reporter: presidential candidat

adjustheir stance to ensure they are all on the same page ahead of the ministerial talks, and the 12 tpp member countries met in hawaii in july, but they went home without a broad agreement. >>> here's a look at the other business stories we are following. >>> foreign investors last week sold more shares than bought in japanese markets, and sales topped purchases by over 1 trillion yen or $6.8 billion, the highest over. sources say investors are risk averse due to uncertainties in the global economy. crude outpet fell for a 12th straight month in august. last month was about 8.8 million tons. down nearly 6% from a year earlier. the officials say there was sluggish demand for steel products for automobiles and public works. japanese retailers seven and i holdings plans to close a fifth of its supermarkets over the next several years, amounting to about 40 stores. the ito chain plunged more than 80% from the previous year. >>> fans are packing into the tokyo game show. one of the world's largest. this year's event kicked off with a record 480 companies showing their latest gear. nhk world

tpheurblgly in the tpp tends to suffer trade loss eupbeslosses. tpp, as we know, it's not a reality yet, and it still has a way to go. this is a work in progress, and i think the chinese' response to tpp and the future u.s. response to the chinese trade policy initiatives, some involving apec and some involving other countries, very important. >> our caller. hi, there. >> caller: i wanted to question regarding the counterfeit going on in china, and it's called the counterfeit culture which developed in china, and a lot of the people in china from generation to generation to generation is learning how to replicate products and merchandise that is being sent around the world. my question is, you say that the middle class is getting richer. is this counterfeit of these products they sent out worldwide part of the money they have made in china? thank you. >> would you mind repeating the main part of the question? i missed certain words. >> you are asking about counterfeiting? >> counterfeiting? it's a major issue. it's not a uniquely chinese issue and

if he would read it -- lean on the president to try to persuade the tpp to shift to a one china position coated by is not to do that so the point that mike makes is right there would be to support democracy the consistency of american position of the of one china policy. if you want to understand that coming in it is ted years old so read my book. it is a serious issue getting the chinese leadership can understand and i think it is genuine concern for the reasons we talk about exactly how we see the u.s. role i don't know that your recall is not a collaboration with a the prc but also our own interest is very unhappy with the provocations we saw coming out of taipei and we may want to use the inquiry could do this again i don't think we will tell anybody what to do with and we will have to see what that means. >> i will defer to them. [laughter] >> i would like to follow-up on your presentation and. i take everything you say about interest objective to a and don't of a bike to push you to be more operational that even though we will have an election 2016 it takes place will after the tra

the tpp is not just economically beneficial, but it's strategic. and i think our partners understand that. the vietnamese certainly understand it. when i was ambassador in vietnam through last year, the vietnamese had an acute understanding of the strategic importance of tpp. and it will be one of the ways in which we further knit together southeast asian integration and asean strength. not all asean members are tpp partner s but it will raise economic activities among the region and vietnam are among the tpp partners that will benefit the most. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator tillis, i've been informed that some of our colleagues are returning from the vote on the floor and it will give me a few minutes to ask some questions. admiral harris, we've spent a great deal of time talking about the south china sea but india and australia are conducting maritime exercises in the indian ocean, actually anti-submarine exercises, and presumably that's because of the presence more and more often the presence of chinese submarines in that area. can you des

if she does take a position on tpp, she's looking for our support. the difference is, if you get my vote, i come out on election day and pull the lever. if you have my support, i get up at 7:00 in the morning and i stuff 200 envelopes and make seven calls, i go knock on a few doors and get my neighbors all excited about voting for her as well. that's what is at stake for her. >> trump he also is going to be with biden tomorrow. >> joe biden has been a champion for working people all this life. he's a blue-collar guy and is liked by the membership. he's liked by americans and makes a good president. hillary would make a good president. the question becomes, are they willing to articulate a message that really says to our members that workers out there, i'm not only going to talk about changing the rules of the economy, i'm going to fight to make them a reality. and a candidate that can convince our members, working america, that they are going to make the rules better for the working people, it will be a ground swell and a decision will be made quick

if japan joins tpp and the other nine countries -- the other 11 tpp, you, all joint have a massive trade block all around china. ed, chinaing includ tends to suffer trade losses as a result. the chinese are watching this, potentially very nervous. tpp is not a reality yet. it has some ways to go. it is more complicated than mr. froman had sorted -- had thought a while ago. this is a work in progress. i think the chinese response to p is very important. host: teresa is from trenton, new jersey. caller: good morning. i wanted to question regarding the counterfeit going on in china. seen this thing called -- this thing developed in china. a lot of the people in china from generation to generation is learning how to replicate products and merchandise that is being sent around the world. my question is, you say that the middle class is getting richer. is this counterfeit of these products sent out worldwide part of the money being made in china? guest: would you mind repeating the main part of the question? i missed certain keywords. host: you're asking about counterfeiting? guest: the issue

, of course, but there are going to have to be stepping stones to tpp. so, in that context, we ought t be thinking pretty hard about this election and what it means the outcome as much as what the next presidency should focus on or what we hope they will focus on to help us support a future for taiwan that is -- that is in our interests. and i should say it goes without saying that i don't think the next president, one or two candidates who will go nameless core economical position of u.s. interests on china policy. no unilateral change in the status quo. i don't think it's changed very much. and i don't think it will change that much. i think that should go without saying. so in terms of process then, how should we here in washington and taipei talk to each other over the coming year and a half, two years as we have our presidential election cycles. i would say for taipei, there are three nots. first is no surprises. that means constant dialogue. it doesn't mean calling at midnight before some announcement to say by the way we're doing x tomorrow. it me

xm bank, getting tpp done. i've had conversation with people like larry fink and others that we're open to looking at new creative ways of financing, but the notion that we're not doing that right now makes absolutely no sense. investing in research and development. there are some areas where there have traditionally been legitimate arguments between democrats and republicans. there are some issues on financial regulars las vegas where jamie and i may disagree or nick and i may disagree, and we can have those arguments, and we probably won't convince each other on some of these things. what i'm looking at is the low hanging fruit that are no-brainers and that nobody here would argue with. primarily because a faction within one of our parties has gone off the rails and sees a conspiracy around everything or simply is opposed to anything i propose even if they used to propose it, that's a problem. i think it's very important for all of you to step back and take a look at it because you still have influence on at

now, the key then once we close the negotiations and we have an agreement is to get tpp through congress. i will return the compliment of mitch mcconnell worked very hard and very creatively to get it done. we should not assume, though, that because the authority was done that we automatically are going to be able to get tpp done. i will be honest with you. the reason is is that the politics around trade are tough. and i said this even in the authority.etting tpa a lot of americans, when they think of trade, think of plants in their hometown or nearby shutting down and moving to mexico or china, and american manufacturing and good paying jobs being lost. and the argument that i have made consistently to democrats has been that there may have been some mistakes made in past trade agreements and not, for example, having enforceable labor and environmental provisions that put american companies that are doing the right thing at a disadvantage. that there weren't enough safeguards for intellectual property and, you know, the abuses of state owned companies may have been involved with. but th

get tpp done. financing and executing on an infrastructure policy. i've had conversations with folks like larry fink and others about -- we're open to looking at new creative ways of financing it but the notion that we're not doing that right now makes absolutely no sense. investing in research and development. these are not partisan issues. there are some areas where there traditionally have been legitimate arguments between democrats and republicans. there are some issues like on environmental regulations or financial regulations where jamie and i may disagree or nick and i may disagree. we can have those arguments and we probably won't convince each other on some of these things. but what i'm looking at is the low-hanging fruit that are no brainers and that nobody here would argue with and the notion that we're not doing them right now because primarily because a faction within one of our parties has gone off the rails and sees a conspiracy around everything or simply is opposed to anything i propose, even if they used to propose it, that's a prob

now, the key then once we close the negotiations and we have an agreement is to get tpp through congresswe got it through. i will return the compliment of mitch mcconnell worked very hard and very creatively to get it done. . we should not assume, though, that because the authority was done that we automatically are going to be able to get tpp done. i'll be honest with you. the reason is that the politics around trade are tough, and i said this even in the run-up to getting tpa authority. a lot of americans when they think of trade think of plants in their hometown or nearby shutting down and moving to mexico or china and american manufacturing and good paying jobs being lost. the argument that i have made consistently to democrats has been that there may have been some mistakes made in past trade agreements and not, for example, having enforceable labor and environmental provision that is put american companies that are doing the right thing at a disadvantage. that there weren't enough safeguards for intellectual property and the abuses of state-owned enterprises and subsidies that comp

he's been on phone with leaders of countri involved i the tpp talks. obama called chilean president as he flew to new york for the u.n. general assembly. the white house says the leaders agreed that the negotiating countries need to make progress to resolve the remaining issues. st week obama found the presidents of mexico and peru saying that they should seek an early conclusion. in tokyo, the secretary expressed determinatio >> translato we will pursue the best deal that serve japan's national interests. japan will attend the ministerial meeting with a strong resolve to reach a successful conclusion. >> yoshihide suga said jan will try to bridge the gaps. german media is reporting on developments in the volkswagen scandal. it was warned software used could be illegal and another weekly says an auto parts weeker told vw in 2007 equipping cars with software for test runs is illegal. bosch gave the warning to volkswagen. bosch has refused interviews. both charged the automaker to have been aware of the illegality of the software from an early stage. vol

the rule says imports should only be tariff free if a certain amount of the parts come from within tpp countries. >>> chinese officials say they changed the way they calculate their quarterly gross domestic product. they say the new method accurately maps changes in sectors with seasonal fluctuation such as agriculture. they say the new system is closer to international standards. >>> the man set to lead infrastructure investment bank says more than 70 countries is likely to take part. he said many applicants are waiting to join the 57 founding members of the chinese-led bank. if it gets more than 67 members, the aiib will have a wider reputation. >>> japanese scientists have been hard at work developing a little known water treatment technology that could produce big benefits. they say tiny globules of air known as fine bubbles have applications from cleaning to farming and fishing. nhk world's yoous kin noe goe chi has the story. >> reporter: kochi prefecture produces more than any the country. farmers at this greenhouse are using a special kind of water to improve their harvest. >>

>> soon as i see what is in tpp, from what i hear, it's kind of a moving target.shed the negotiations. i've been very clear, if it does not support american jobs, if it does not give us the kind of advantages we need to keep the economy going. we had 3.9% growth last quarter, we need to keep moving in that direction. and if it's not in our security interests, i'm not going to support it. so once i have a chance to review it, i will state where i stand on it. >> 2007, during a debate, you said nafta was a mistake in hindsight. do you still believe that? >> you know, at the time i thought nafta held out a lot of promise, but the fact that a lot of the so-called side agreements were not actually in the treaty, i thought was a problem. and it has turned out that i don't think we had enough of an enforcement mechanism in dealing with nafta. now, i don't think it's as bad or as good as either it's detractors or its supporters say, but i think we've learned, or at least i hope we've learned how better to do trade agreements. i voted against cafta because i didn't think t

tpp of course but there will have to be stepping stones to that. in that context, we should be thinking hard about this election and what it means to the u.s. not in terms of the outcome but in terms of what the next presidency should focus on and on what we hope they will focus on to help us support a future for taiwan that is in our interest. i should say, it goes without saying, that i do not think the 1-2 president, there are name,ates that i cannot -- i do not think it has changed very much. i don't think it will change that much. in terms of process then, how should we here in washington, and taipei talk to each other over the coming year and a half or two years as we have our presidential cycles. taipei, based on my experience in the nsc, i would say that for taipei there are three notes. other people have theirs, no surprises. that means dialogue. it does not mean calling at -- it means constant dialogue. no surprises from taipei. it should go without saying that there should be no unilateral changes to the status quo. what is the status qu

versus a dozen for our tpp. and by the way, some of the first to join it were britain, germany, france, our greatest. so i think china is on to this. they're will took be more aggressive than we are. i think the notification is rome. i steer clear of it because i hate this notion everytime we have great idea the only way to pay for it is raising taxes, so i think there are more creative ideas. but i don't think it's a terrible idea. >> what do you think of iran? >> part of the trouble is, deal guy should never criticize another person's deal. but -- [laughter] >> but here guy. -- but here i go. i know john kerry. a friend of mine. i'm no john kerry. okay? he was sent over with a job which was to get a deal done. get a deal done, and red lines turned into pink lines turned into i don't know what. this notion that the only alternative for iran is that they're going to go all nuclear war and we should buy and accept a bad deal that will in my opinion destabilize the middle east, will create an arms race in the midd

officials to do their utmost to get results beneficial to the japan's national interest and says a tpp deal would be a core part of the growth strategy under his economic policy known as abenomics. sales at restaurants and fast food chains in japan rose in august for the second month in a row. officials at the japan food service association say total sales gained 3% from a year earlier and say hot weather early last month pushed up demand and ses at mcdonald's japan bounce back after a food safety scandal. >>> japanese government officials say the country's economy is on a moderate recovery while slowness can be seen in some areas. they kept their assessment unchanged in many categories, but they say exports have been weak as shipments to europe and other asian countries declined. they see no progress in recovery of consumer sentimt. >>> and that's all for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> a government panel looking into why the projected construction costs of a new stadium for the 2020 tokyo olympics doubled in three years releasedts findings. it suggests a failure i

getting tpp done. on aning and executing infrastructure policy. i have had conversations with folks like larry fink and others, if we are open to looking at new creative ways of financing but the notion that we are not doing it right now makes absolutely no sense. investing in research and development. these are not partisan issues. there are some areas where there have traditionally been legitimate arguments between democrats and republicans. there are some issues. like on environmental regulations or financial regulations where jamie and i may disagree or nick and i may disagree. and we can have those arguments. we probably won't convince each other on some of these things. but what i'm looking at is the low hanging fruit that are no-brainers and that nobody here would argue with. and the notion that we are not doing them right now, primarily because the faction within one of our parties has gone off the rails and sees a conspiracy around everything, or simply is opposed to anything i have proposed even if they used to propose it, that is a prob

cost jobs and cause a lot of unemployment and cause china to participate and get all the benefits of tpp by sending their products to other country. china can make 70% of a product, send it to another country that makes 25% of the product and the product would get the benefit as if it were made in the tpp countries. >> on the presidential endorsement process, the alf-c fl-cio ascher additionally waited to see how the primaries play out. . the acceptance -- exceptions were with gore and mondale. do you see any scenario where the afl-cio endorses before the primaries? secondly, are you seeing any consensus among your larger member unions -- any consensus among your larger unions or has the vice president's recent deliberations but that endorsement process on ice? >> i think most of our affiliates are still going through the process that i described earlier. going through their membership, getting the facts and trying to find out where their members are. and which candidate fits that the best. most of them have not completed that process yet. i think we have had a couple of unions that have

although already substantial and should be expanded for ruth day tpp to remove remaining barriers. turning to the rest of the overall there in europe the former u.s.s.r. countries are struggling to receive more freedom with sub-saharan africa despite some setbacks with ebola over the last year's sub-saharan africa is the most improved region in the 2015 index. of all countries setter greater in the index was registered by sub-saharan african countries. as a whole it continues to underperform when it comes to following through on the dynamic kravis sector but more critically to continue in existence of the uneven playing fields with no week rule of law and those connections are still left out the global agenda that calls for privatizing the fight against corruption and africa with that fragile prediction of property rights and elsewhere in africa to recall that a highly centralized governments with direct budgetary control and the process could result in the gains of decentralization of power of limited government and requires natalie enhancing liberal legislative capacity to encour

yesterday we had tom hartman on and we were talking about the tpp.aller said, make sure this goes out to the urban community. and my call screener is like, you do know that this is urban view, right? the urban community needs to know this. it's like, oh, okay. it's just interesting to me that i don't necessarily draw those boundaries and lines. that's why i think we have a very diverse audience of a lot of people. i do hang up on a lot of people, too. could be broader if i didn't hang up on so many. >> then i'm going to ask -- julie, i'm going to ask you the woman question. since you are the reigning woman of the year. people ask me all the time, how come there aren't more woman on the heavy hundred. i say don't blame the messenger. now when i'm asked the question as the go-to guy in the press, how come there aren't more women in talk radio, my answer is because there aren't any. because there aren't more. it is what it is or it is what it isn't. there is no answer. what's your answer? >> i've had a lot of conversations even today with women in the i

yesterday we had tom hartman on and talking about the tpp. a caller said you should make sure this goes out to the urban community. my call screener said you do know this is urban view. >> the urban community needs to know this. >> okay. but it's just interesting to me that i don't necessarily draw those boundaries and lines. that's why i think we have a very difbers audience of a whole lot of people. i do hang up on a lot of people. could be broader if i didn't. >> julie, i'll ask you the woman question since you are the reigning woman of the year. people ask me all the time how come there aren't more women on the heavy hundred. don't kill the messenger. why. >> -- why aren't there more women in talk radio. >> i've had a lot of conversations even today with women in the industry. i think the most important thing is people ask, how do i become that big success? and the response that i gave today and i'm kind of looking around for some of those folks that we were talking with, we said who has defined success? if you've got a great show and you

the bounty on the tpp n. duke could effect that debate while the founder is staffed again a room inside of an embassy in lending in flood dash london without divulging resources, how you see that ongoing relevancy in the current era. even though you were stuck talking on a video screen and limited in your movements? how are you get documents? >> there is a frown on my face because it sounds like you are digitized and placed under water on mars. if that is possible. >> dick cheney is in the room. can you hear me clearly? >> i can hear you perfectly. >> a will try to fix your audio. i did not get the gist of your correction -- question. i can make a dedication while we're waiting. i would like to dedicate this book and its launch to michael the center for constitutional rights. [applause] a very dear friend of mine and to some degree this book would not be written without him. providing a legal cover so we wish you were here and felt by a number of other people. >> just so you know, if you don't know michael is

you still get documents, you had the bounty on the tpp that produced results. you managed to shift that debate and and impact that debate, and it seems like when people are are trying to say, oh, well, wikileaks was just the manning stuff or just iraq ask afghanistan, you somehow always manage to op up with new documents. and i'm just wondering, i don't want you to divulge think sources or methods, but how is it you're able to do that given where you are where you are right now? >> well, i can divulge the source confident methods quite easily. sure bloody mindedness on the one hand and oarnd, having a pretty good team. people in my organization. so that's, i mean, we can go further afield and, of course, we have legal support, and we have a bunch of donors in the community and sources still believe in us. it is, it is interesting to try and pull it off. it is quite hard work. i should say right around this embassy right now there's around, about seven uniform police and about the same number of covert police in the covert action surveillance team that operates

on the other hand, taiwan's attempts to join a tpp request further domestic structure. adjustments. on the other hand, the formation of a new grand strategy in china such as one wide load or aiib, does not necessarily apply an attempted dealing with the u.s. in dominant high-tech development. up until now, they still enjoy relative advantages in innovati innovation. but the deepening engagement between china and the countries of continental europe broadens the horizon of china to embrace a more comprehensive global corporative methods. so, taiwanese would think about different trends in the global divisional labor in terms of economic security arrangement. so, in my opinion, taiwanese took just its economic strategies to incorporate for instance, more southeast asian countries and even european regions into its global strategies of lodgistics. one of the policy options to create more comprehensive economic strategic rises to explore these booming markets, such a partnership does not aim to replace a chinese market t. real prep work is to ally with new engines of global development a

it will allow china to participate and get all that the -- benefits of tpp by sending products to other countries. china can make 70% of your product is set to another country making a 25% of the product and that would get the benefits as if it were more -- were made in the tpp countries. >> on the presidential endorsement process, the afl-cio has traditionally waited to see how the primaries played out, the exceptions were in 2000 with gore and 84 with mondale. do you see any scenario in which the afl-cio endorses before the iowa caucuses or new hampshire primaries? are you seeing any consensus among larger member unions, any consensus among larger unions or has the vice president's recent deliberations essentially put that endorsement process on ice? >> i think most of our affiliates are still going through the process that i described earlier. going to membership, getting the facts, trying to find out whether members are, what they want and desire and which candidate fits that. most of them haven't completed the process. i think we have had a couple of unions that have endorsed so fa

i think she needs her narrative right now, when you say i don't know if tpp is for the best, i think that lessens the energy for workers. i think the narrative really has to speak to the wants and the needs of workers. not just hurts. anybody wants workers support is going to have to have a narrative that lets them say, here is how i'm going to solve your problems. here is what i am going to do to create an economy that assures prosperity, that changes the rules, and that makes work pay. and they have to be specific about it. if they do that, i think that energizes workers. you are seeing a smattering of it. has been warren articulate about the needs of workers. people respond to it. i think bernie does a good job, people respond to it. and hillary has done a good job at times. i think it has to be -- here is the economy, the vision of the economy i have. here's what i'm willing to do. then they have to believe that that candidate is going to fight to make that decision a reality. in the last election, when we analyzed it, we spent a great amount time analyzing. heard no coherent eco

bring back american manufacturing job and would you repeal nafta and how do you fell about the new tpp new trade deal is -- and currency manipulation is a disaster and that answers that question. that deal is not the deal that should be made. i've not been a fan of and a half attempt you know about nafta better than anybody because your places have been stripped out of new england, and they've gone to mexico, all over the place. i have never been fan of nafta. we are going to bring our jobs back. we're going to have ford and other countries -- companies, instead of going down to mexico, and lots of other places. lots of other places. we'll have them built here. we'll give them the incentive they need to built here go ahead. go ahead. go ahead, darling. >> hi, mr. trump. i'm a volunteer with the league of conservation voters and here to ask you what your plan is to reduce pollution driving climate change, and endangers public health? >> that's an interesting question. let me ask you a question. take it easy, fella. how many people -- how many people here believe in global warming? do yo

if she does take a position on tpp, then she's looking for our support. and the difference is if you get my vote, i come out on election day and i pull the lever. if you got my support, i get up at 7:00 in the morning, i stuff 200 envelope, i make seven calls, i go knock on a few doors and i get my neighbor all excited about voting for her as well. that's what's at stake for her. >> you know what's going on, everybody is pulling her chain because they think she's a little vulnerable. >> of course. >> is biden going to make the move? i mean, i don't want to make it too tough on you guys because i don't know the answer. will he get closer to running? >> i think he wants to get closer to running. >> november he says now. you have to predict things. job >> but in this case more of a psychiatrist trying to predict somethinan a pitical analyst. >> you don't want him to run? >> do i, though? there's this part of me that wants him to run, then he knows what it is to run and does he have the stamina. >> people who run for president tend to keep running until they

you know, our status in the regional, in regional ents great lakes, whether we can get membership in tpp and also reset. this check modulization issue, and also for the rez in a catch 22 might be a very pressing challenge. the next president might face this dilemma, either accepting one china and enduring the backlash from the green camp or facing diplomatic setback and rupture in major economic change. so my prediction is that the parliament for the next president will be very, very brief. i stop right here. thank you for your attention. [ applause ] >>> thanks to each of you for outstanding presentations. you've covered a lot of ground. and i think hit all the right issues and even some we didn't think about. we have half an hour. i'm sure you have lots of questions. i have lots of questions, but i'm not going to take eup your time, because we want to hear from you. the ground rules are, once i recognize you, wait for a mic. designate to whom you want to pose the question, identify yourself, and keep the question brief. these are very smart people. you sdroepts to give a paragraph for

one on tpp and one on the iran deal. you were on different sides of those two.ut you've, the president has this reputation of being stand-offish or being ineffective working with congress. and i feel like the record shows the opposite. this white house does seem to get what it wants in the end. >> well, i would mostly agree with that. i think with the trans pacific partnership, the fact the president of the united states, the republican leadership and virtually all of corporate america were on one side is a pretty powerful bloc. conversations in persuasiveness or lack of persuasiveness notwithstanding. i don't quite see that. i do believe the president, it is not lbj arm twisting. i've watched him in small meekts on this issue. i've watched him speaking to a larger group of senators. and i've seen he is persuasive. democrats, and i think most of the public, i won't talk about republican members of the house and senate, but democrats in the house and senate and most of the public, respect barack obama's political acumen. they respect his intellect, his powers of