u.s.-mexico trade. in particular on energy. 10 years ago mexico had a very healthy $9 billion, $10 billion surplus in the energy trade with the united states. if you look at the numbers today, the numbers you put up there were that, yes, while still on oil and gas, mexico still has a surplus. if you look at refined products, there is a very, very heavy surplus for the united states. so combining the two things, the united states now sells $25 billion in energy to mexico. it's become a very, very important market that really wasn't there 10 years ago. part of that is natural gas. but a large part of it is refined products. with all the changes that are going on in mexico in the energy sector that you alluded to and recognizing that it's not your area, but of course energy trade does come in here, how do you see that developing? because i've begun to hear concerned voices from folks in houston, for example, about whether or not the market, which has become so lucrative for them, is going to be there in a f

cities of the u.s. mexico border are far safer than the u.s. cities far deeper in the interior of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] wallsrourke: we know that do not save lives. walls end lives. , more than 10 years 4000 children, women, and men have died trying to come to this country to work jobs that no one will take, to be with a family member, to flee terrific retaliate and violence and death -- brutality and violence and death in their home country. as we build this wall, we push them to ever more treacherous and remote stretches of the u.s.-mexico border, thereby ensuring greater suffering and death. and wed for america, stand against walls. [cheers and applause] o'rourke: we know that there is no bargain in which we can sacrifice some of our humanity to gain a little more security. we know that we deserve and will if we do.of them we stand for the best traditions and values of this country, for our fellow humanity and who we are when we are at our best. that is el paso, texas. i am glad the country is here to see us. [c

the nextked me to be ambassador of mexico to the u.s.. since then, we were working trade and investment is one of the priorities. when i went to the senate for our hearing because we have to be confirmed by the senate in mexico, just as here, one of the issues that derived more interest from the senate was the usmca ratification process. how it was going to be, what were the challenges for the ratification process, what were the things, the timeline that we thought the agreement could be ratified. arrived to washington , i thought that the usmca ratification process was going to take about 80% of my time, but i think i forgot how complex our relationship is and suddenly we have the unilateral implementation at the border, immigration. suddenly, we have venezuela. suddenly we have the tomatoes in the structures. particularly having established an active dialogue with congress, taking into account the changes in the house of representatives and a lot of new representatives that it is the first time that they will deal with the ratification p

u.s.-mexico border. press secretary sarah sanders says trump signed the bill at the white house on friday.the legislation gives trump 55 additional miles of border fencing, well short of the 200-plus miles he wanted.the legislation also keeps parts of the government from shutting down at midnight friday by providing $333 billion to finance several cabinet agencies through september.trump on friday declared a national emergency at the southern border and is using his executive authority to tap billions of other government funds to build the wall.congress' two top democrats say they'll use "every remedy available" to oppose president donald trump's declaration of an emergency to shift billions of federal dollars into building a wall along the u.s.-mexico border.house speaker nancy pelosi (puh-loh'-see) and senate minority leader chuck schumer said friday they'll take action "in the congress, in the courts, and in the public."they say trump's decision to declare an emergency is unlawful. they say it would "

u.s.-mexico-canada. we will hear from mexico's under secretary on foreign trade. coming up at 2:00, the direct tore of the white house office of science and technology discussing american leap. and live coverage this after thoon getting under way in 10 minutes on c-span 2, a discussion focusing on the constitutional issues of the affordable care act. >> coming up here shortly, mecks mexico's under secretary for oreign trade talking about the u.s.-canada-mexico. the president talked about it in his comments this morning just after he had signed the national emergency declaration and the legislation funding the government through the remapeder of fiscal year 2019. we will be re-airing the president's comments tonight at 8:00 here on c-span. >> welcome, everybody. it's great to have you with us today. the e very honored to have undersecretary of commerce for trade with us in the n

u.s.-mexico border. they write that the president is eyeing about $600 million from treasury department drug forfeiture fund and about $2.5 billion from department of defense drug interdiction program according to officials. we may hear more from the president on some specifics on additional funding for border barriers. here on c-span and on c-span radio, we'll stay here live and wait for the president's comments. we plan to let you know that we'll follow with your comments, your calls and reactions, and specifically your thought on the president on declaring a national emergency on the border. live coverage here on c-span. >> live here in the white house rose garden waiting to hear from president trump. expected to sign the border security and government funding bill and declare a national emergency on the border wall. the senate passed this measure yesterday afternoon by a vote of 83-16. and that was shortly after approving the nomination of william barr to be attorney general. kelly o'donnell of nbc r

u.s.-mexico border wall.nadler says his committee will ve constitutional and house and justice department officials to appear at a hearing.he says the decision shows "reckless disregard for the separation of powers and your own responsibilities under our constitutional system."trump said friday he would declare the emergency in an effort to bypass congress, which would not give him full funding for his wall.the american civil liberties union says it will file a lawsuit challenging president donald trump's emergency declaration to fund a wall on the u.s.-mexican border.the friday announcement came hours after trump signed the declaration and said he expected legal challenges. the civil rights group will argue that trump's use of emergency powers is border wall.aclu executive director anthony romero says the declaration is 'patently illegal.' their legal action would be separate from anything congress may do.house speaker nancy pelosi (puh- loh'-see) and senate minority leader chuck schumer have also raised the

c-span2 at 8:00 a.m., the canadian-american business council looks at the chances of anding the u.s., mexico, candida trade deal ratified. speakers include the kentucky governor and the premier of ontario, canada. a look a.m. on c-span3, at the agriculture outlook with the agriculture secretary and his counterparts from canada and mexico. >> next, california governor gavin newsom delivers his state of the state address. he spoke before the legislature at the state capitol in sacramento last week. he announced the withdrawal of the california national guard from the border and he criticized the president's comments about the u.s.-mexico border. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. thank you, everyone. thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you. you might not be clapping at the end of this. takeever know, this could a long time. [laughter] over-under. two hours or one? we are going to be all right. i want to thank all of you for the generosity and spirit. speaker, younk mr. in particular. for being an extraordinary leader and thank you very much for your generosity for welcoming myself and my w

u.s.-mexico border. but the bill that we will be passing is a long overdue pay raise for federal employees to make them on par with military employees as they have always been. an additional $1 billion for the census, to combat the administration's assault and to ensure a fairering, accurate account. $3 billion to keep communities safe by combating the opioid epidemic and hiring more police officers. $17 billion to rebuild america's infrastructure, billions of dollars in support of small businesses, more than $9 billion to protect clean air, clean water and public lands. $9.1 billion in security assistance for our allies and $7.4 billion for global health and nutrition assistance. so this is a very important legislation. that propriations bills were agreed to and not as controversial, and then the homeland security bill, which produced the result that today we will keep government open and that's very important for the american people. but we will also, as we do so, protect our borders and protect our va

u.s.-mexico border, the safe and secure u.s.-mexico border where we have seen this administration rip children from the arms of their mothers and put them in cages. all in the name of so-called border security. tonight, we will undoubtedly hear about the wall that this administration has been so obsessed with. those of us who live on the safe, secure u.s.-mexico border, especially women like sanava, especially my women. my community is made up of one quarter immigrants and we are one of the safest communities in the can you be. we know that walls -- in the country. we know that walls don't work. we know that walls are unnecessary, and we know that they are symbols of xeno phobia and bigotry and hatred. and i am so proud of this caucus and i am so proud of this party that has said enough . enough of false solutions that harm families. enough of false solutions that harm communities. i am so proud to be part of the majority that wants to solve real challenges, to deal with climate change, to deal with income inequities, to deal wi

u.s./mexico border. we're ten days away from a deadline for bipartisan lawmakers to come up with a deal to keep the government open. he says the country is being invaded by crinals and repeated the threat of a national emergency i he doesn't get the money. the deadline is february 15th. coming up at 4:45, we will check in with tracie potts who has news on this story. >> looking at our other top stories, president trump is sending 3,700 more forces to the u.s./mexico border.ey th will provide support to custom agents. they will provide surveillance and will install about 150 milee of wire bet ports of entry. critics call the move a political ploy. >>> the federal aviation administration is investigating a plane crash inorba linda, california. the plane crashed into a home, injuring at least two people. thefaa says the twin-engine cessna had just taken off from fullerton municipal airport. >>> maryland officials are investigating a crash that claimed the lives of five children. it happened in bowie on satu

u.s./mexico border. 100 packages of the substance were found. rlighing it's worth an estimated $3.5 million. officials found the drugs in a truck trying to come through a border check point in arizona. a drug sniffing dog alerted officers when the truck set out of suspicions when driving through a check point. >> now to the crisis in venezuela, are where the u.s. backed on opposition leader that declared himself acting president has warned police to stay away from his family. we have more. >> reporter: opposition leader greed by supporters outside his apartment, after armed agents came to his home, asking for his wife with his 20 month old daughter inside. they will not intimidate this family. he is backed by the u.s. and most latin american countries is locked in a showdown with the convenie current president, who is backed by russia and china. speaking with cnn, he is saying, as self pointed president, he wants to reconstruct his country and restore its liberty. >> our country, our liberty. >> reporter: mmp odoro retains the backing of the mil

u.s.-mexico border. $1.4ds up with about billion in this legislation. another contentious issue was the number of people that immigrations and customs enforcement can detain. that is something democrats feel passionate about. they had hoped to put a cap on the number of deity names -- detainees at any given time. what they did was reduce that average daily population by about 17%. >> how did leaders in the senate and house get the votes to pass this compromise? than just border security in this package. it is seven bills. agriculture, interior environment, transportation, state foreign ops, so there a whole lot of reasons for members from various districts, states, to find reasons to like this legislation. something we saw getting approved by congressional leadership. everyone seemed to be on board with this. one of the classic talking points that we hear from leaders is that when we have these big agreements, no one is really happy, but everyone gets a little bit of something. >> what can you tell us about president trump's sort of last-minute support

u.s.-mexico-canada trade agreement. kayl kay kay kayla is in washingn for us tonight. >> reporter: the u.s mexico canada trade agreement was signed in november but it's staring down a month-long debate on capitol hill wherepu icans have bristled at its wage requirements and democrats feel it doesn't goar enough to protect manufacturing jobs. the agreement that was supposed to have something for everyone has ended up alienating both sides. laurie walli is director of public citizens global trade grou, a liberal >> they didn't quite finish the job on the environment and labor standards and unless those get strengthened, jobs will continue to be farmed out to mexico to chase $1. a hour wages. >> reporter: gabriela is with theeritage group. >> labor provisions and environmental regulations, it's not their place to be in a trade agreement. it's supposed to be about trade. >> reporter: and then there's the steel t and aluminuiffs that the u.s. still charges its north american neighbors. prominent republicans have said they wo

with the new u.s., mexico, canada agreement, it was signed by the leaders of the three countries and many governors and our counterparts in mexico and canada, they are eager to learn about the next step and how we can potentially deepen trade in relationships under the new agreement. to this end i have the great pleasure of moderating a panel with three representatives, with one representative from each of the countries to gain their insight on the new framework for commerce on their consonant. but first we will hear from the u.s. government and we are thrilled to have this man share the administration's perspective, but on our international and economic agenda. before joining the trumpet ministration, mister kudlow served as the associate director of economics and planning in the office of management and budget in the reagan administration, and served as chief economist for bear stearns and company and an economic media commentator with the national review. delete the coordination of drum trumps domestic and global policy agenda, and he is here to discuss the trade deal, and he stand

u.s.-mexico border in south texas. hidalgo county has been at the center of the debate over immigration for more than a century. border crossings both legal and illegal are part of daily life there, so now two perspectives on the impact, one from the border patrol chief who says he needs a wall to stop a crisis, and one one from the mayor of mcallen, texas, who says this issue is being politicized by people who don't know what they're talking about in washington, d.c. man: just watch your step right here. o'brien: manuel padilla knows each twist and turn of this stretch of the rio grande in hidalgo county. he's the border patrol chief of the busiest crossing point for undocumented immigrants in the southwest. padilla: yesterday we had over 800 apprehensions. o'brien: smugglers watch from across the narrow stretch of o'brien: the smugglers are persistent because this is big business. padilla: every person--again, the grand total that every person pays, whether it's a 5-month-old child or an adult, it's $4,000. what happ

u.s.-mexico border. even those working inside mexico. officers all across mexico and central america. they are saying we need these boundaries. we need to enforce border security. lou: you know what's extraordinary to me? this president has to explain to anyone but the entire democratic party that it's not a good thing to permit a wide-open border. the devastation and the depth that's being shipped in the form of deadly drugs being shipped across that border. the majority of all the deadliest drugs in this country originate in mexico and every one of them understands it. and they are willing to accept 70,000 deaths a year. >> the extraordinary thing is, you will hear people say walls work. they actually work on the u.s.-mexico border. we have many examples in which there were portions of the border in which thousands of people came over illegally into the united states. then a barrier was built and it went down 85, 90, 95%. lou: what kind of a sorry lying sob would maintain that walls don't work trait to our faces? this is insane what we

u.s.-mexico border. texas a result of authored the resolution and spoke about the need to get it passed. this is 20

started president trump might declare a national emergency to build his border wall across the u.s. mexico border, my staff and i tried to find a way to make sure congress would have a say in this matter. the result is hj res 46, which would terminate the president's declaration of a national emergency to build his border wall. foundingry since its has become the most prosperous and powerful nation on earth without any wall. that is why i believe most of the american people and most people in my home state of texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border. the president consistently said that anyone would be paid for by mexico. well, mexico refused to pay, and congress refused to pay. and so the president, rather than letting things be, decided he would act unilaterally, unconstitutionally by usurping the power of congress. today we ask all members of congress to respect the rule of law with us, to respect the separation of powers enshrined in our constitution and to support this resolution. if the president is successful in getting his way on this, rest assured he wil

that are u.s. mexico and canada they would not be affected you do their current trade agreements with the u.s. senate zoom in on another huge exporter and that is germany the study found that a new twenty five percent tariff trump has threatened would cut a german car explored revenues in half from thirty four billion dollars to just seventeen billion the u.s. would pour in another eight spawn six billion euros in a tariff revenue and the e.u. would lose almost as much the you could even things up with counter-terrorist but that would hurt the global economy so the numbers once again show how trade disputes have a ripple effect around the world and the government in berlin is deeply worried too on the american express rather strong feelings about the new terrorist threats here's what she said oh this man did not german cars are also built in the united states you know i know the south carolina is actually b.m.w.'s biggest factory. cars are being built here in south carolina or in bavaria if they're consid

u.s.-mexico border. that is his weight to send a message to the trump administration that they are wrong about the emigration crisis. there are 360 national guard members at the u.s.-mexico border. 100 troops will remain in place to keep guns and drugs from being smuggled in by commercial trucks. tomorrow, the government will hold the state address core plans to say quote, the border emergency is a manufactured crisis. california will not be a part of political. here the troops have to be back in california march 31. he says they will be reassigned to prevent wildfires in the golden state. at the state capital, ktvu, fox 2 . >>> lawmakers have until friday to reach eight deal on border security. as chickens report, it comes as the president holds a rally for a border wall in el paso. >> reporter: democrats and republicans are in a stalemate over border security pick the latest talks reportedly results in a dispute over capping the number of immigrants they can catch in the u.s. democrats propose cutting

u.s./mexico border. but that is well under the $5 billion that is requested by president trump. they have till friday night to get this through congress and to the president's desk. the president heard about this deal while he was at a rally in el paso, texas. there were large banners on the wall that said finish the wall. president trump said that he will find a way to build the barrier and the recent 35 day government shutdown served a purpose. >>> this video shows the moment that one of the president's men attacked this photographer at the rally in texas. the man in the red hat made his way on the reporter's platform. in the end, no one hurt. the bbc washington news editor said that the el paso, texas had been whipped up into a frenzy by president trump and other speakers overnight. >>> environmentalist want the san francisco court to stop border barriers being built in san diego and imperial counties. they ruled that they could the overturn the facility but they could review the plans for the barriers. the environmentalists are considering another appeal to the u.s. supreme

speaks to the national governors association about the new trade agreement with it between the u.s., mexico, and canada. >> the governors of puerto rico, guam, and the u.s. virgin islands and the northern mariana islands were on capitol hill to testify on the state of their respective territories. one issue included the need for more disaster relief funding following recent hurricanes and other natural disasters. the senate energy and natural resources hearing is o

u.s.-mexico border, despite a tentative deal from u.s.awmakers that would mean far less money for the wall to avoid a new w government shutdown. also coming up in business, how french winemakers are hoping a new industry even in paris will help boost their sales abrbroad. you will see some of thousands of different likes lit up at the international lantern festival in china. but first, our top stories from paris. ♪ >> we will start with what has been described as the trial of the century in madrid. 12 separatists are in court today charged with their role in the region's failure for independence, turning it into spain's worst political crisis in years. the leader weighed in on the trial earlier today from berlin. in madrid this for the wholeess system. [indiscernible] our political --ders on trial [indiscernible] we had been keeping and i on the trial in madrid. sarah, what is been happening in court? sarah: there have been preliminary questions and preliminary matters for the defense lawyers. we heard from the defense lawyer, who was the

before being extradited to the u.s., guzman had escaped from jail in mexico twice. n a dozen of his former associates struck deals to cooperatate withth u.s. prosecu, who say guzman trafficked d tons of cocaine, heheroin, marijuanaa and methamphetamine into the united states for more than two decades. the trial also implicated the mexican government in the cartel's corruption, with one witness alleging that former mexican president enrique peÑa nieto accepted a $100 million bribe from drug traffickers. peÑa nieto has denied the claim. amy: the trial concludes as donald trump continues to call for a wall betweenen the u.s-mexico border, which he claims w will be a security measure e to stem m drug trafafficking. howevever, several former sinala cartel m members tesestified dug the e trial that they primarily smuggleded drugs through legegal ports of entry, on trucks, cars, trains and fishing boats. u.s. government data shshows most of the hahard narcotics seized by customs and d border prorotectin come at legal ports of entryry, not from people trying to secretly cros

u.s.-mexico border. texas a result of authored the resolution and spoke about the need to get it passed. this is 20 minutes from the u.s. capitol. ms. pelosi: good afternoon, everyone. we gathered here about a matter of utmost importance to our country. every one of us, every member of congress, every official across officentry in serving an takes an oath to uphold the constitution of the united states. to support and defend it. the constitution which begins with our beautiful with the people. the preamble to the constitution. , the wordsur purpose following the preamble, article one, the legislative branch. ,he beauty of the constitution the heart and the soul of the constitution is the separation of power with coequal branches of government to be a balance of power. achieve that purpose, the founders were very visionary. many beautiful things came and follow that bill. but what they wanted to do is to be sure that we did not have monarchy but we had three ,istinct branches of government a check and bala

u.s.-canada-mexico trade agreement. watch the national governors association winter meeting live this weekend on c-span, c-span.org, or listen with the c-span radio app. >> next, presidential candidate senator elizabeth warning speaking at the democratic party national dinner in manchester. this dinner series started in 1959 as a way to support the party. senator warren announced her support for universal childcare for american families. ♪ senator warren: hello, new hampshire! it feels so good to be back in new hampshire. i never thought i would get into politics in a million years, but when i got into this fight, i quickly learned that nobody does it alone. i wanted to start by taking a few minutes to say thank you to some of the hardest working democrats in the country. terrific united states senators jeanne shaheen and maggie hassan. i cannot do this without you. these are two women i have had the honor of traveling with across this great state. i have been fighting shoulder to shoulder to make change. they are remar

u.s./mexico border.you mentioned, there has been at least one lawsuit that has been filed by public citizen, a liberal group that is representing a number of land owners down in texas and they believe that they have been agrieved by this national emergency that's been declared by the president because that border wall they say will run right through their property. eric: what about those who are saying, the critics, that as a constitutional issue, this is a violation of the separation of powers that congress has already voted on something and it's the first time this has ever been used in that type of case where congress has already stated under the power of its purse, its result, and that is the president is trying to do a run around that. >> this is where the president and the administration will run into some trouble, constitutionally. if you listen to the words of susan collins, republican of maine, or lamar alexander, republican of tennessee or marco rubio, republican of florida, they say the same t

u.s./mexico border. the president wants to depict undocumented immigrants which is not true. he makes claims that are also not true like claims that el paso was once -- >> considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities. >> false. claims that el paso only became safe. >> immediately upon its building with a powerful barrier in place. >> false. the president is lying to you to get his border wall. president trump wrapped a meeting with white house aids on border wall funding. he will head to el paso's border wall funding. we kick off our coverage from texas. >> president trump heading to el paso for the first campaign rally for the year. republicans want an exception for criminals. they want the brand new demand crazy. white house officials say if lawmakers can't come to an agreement another partial government shutdown could happen leaving 800,000 federal workers in limbo once again. >> know some republican senators aren't sure he has that authority. >> it's probably a gray area in terms of the legality of it. i would rather not go down that road. this should be resolved

now some along the u.s. mexicoorder are suing to stop the trump administration from building the wall through their property. >> i have never seen anybody here cross. >> you have never in 40 years? >> not at all. >> zero people. >> she has lived on this land in texas since she was in second grade. even though she has never seen anyone crossing, it didn't stop government officials from approaching her a few months ago. >> they said they want to build the wall. >> on your property. >> she has received three letters from u.s. customs and border protection. asking permission to survey the property. which she said no to. it's all leading to the government offering her price for the eight acres. if he turns it down declaring imminent domain and taking it away for a fair market value. >> the people came over and said based on the map the wall is going to be here. >> this is about six yards. maybe 20 feet from your house. and want to build a road in front of the wall. >> they didn't mention the road. >> that's what you hea

u.s.-mexico-canada -- i don't know if has an acronym -- previously known as nafta but not nafta. the concerns centered around workers' rights, centered around the environment and centered around prescription drug prices, those are some of the subjects, but the overarching issue is enforcement. you can have the best language on any subject in a bill, but if you don't have the enforcement provisions very strongly spelled out, not as a sidebar, not as a side letter, but central to the treaty, then there's a problem. i believe that the trade representative has been most accommodating and being available for members. hopefully he'll come to answer some questions soon but we've had good repour with mr. lighthizer. i believe that the committees of jurisdiction, that being the ways and means committee largely, will be having sessions with members so that members can see what is in the legislation, what we'd like to see in the legislation and how we can be supportive. i have always thought this was probably one of the easier trade agreements to come to agreement on, but so far we're not t

their opposition to president donald trump's emergency declaration for funding to build wall on the u.s. mexicoborder. some of these protesters say if there is a humanitarian crisis at the border, the president's immigration policy is responsible ( robin ) the rally lasted a little over an hour and ended peacefully. rallies were also held in walnut creek and oakland. ( robin ) new this morning... san leandro police need your help finding a 63-year old woman who disappeared from a board and care home. gloria lee was last seen on the 300 block of juana avenue monday night. lee's family says returning late to the facility is out of character for her. off

u.s./mexico border. hello i am julie haner. >> i'm frank sommerville. the deal tonight leaves time for passage through both houses to avoid a shutdown. jana katsuyama with more. >> reporter: frank in jewelry, julie, 25% of the government she could shutdown if this does not finalize. some 800,000 federal in place will not get pay. the president said the last shutdown did serve a purpose. word of a breakthrough on the border budget came late monday evening. members of the bipartisan border security committee saying they had reached a deal. >> some people may have done it differently, but we did it together, and i think it is good product. >> reporter: the bipartisan deal include

u.s./mexico border. they will provide support tost cus and border protection agents. critics call the move a political employ. >>> we're ten days away from the deadline for a bipartisan group of lawmakers to come up with a deal to keep the government open. the president says the company is bei country is being invaded by controls a criminals and the best way to protect it is with a wall. law makers optimistic a deal can be made. coming up at 4:45, we'll check in with tracie potts, who has more on this story. >>> the new engnd patriots fans are celebrating a sixth tuper bowl win. the pats the rams in a 13-3 victory. low-scoring game for sure.ad glys knight kicked off things in atlanta withhe national anthem, just autiful. andthen, the teams took the field. it was downhill from there. by some of the least eventful super bowls ever played. the lowest sowring super in the 53-year history. >> there wasn't much action in the first trtee quas of this game. and then, the patriots pulled ahead. bill belichickhe tipped hat to his players and the coaching staff. >> i can't say e

and on sunday, our live coverage continues at 9 am eastern, as governors look at a new u.s., mexico canada. and at 11:45 am, governor stay ensley and asa hutchinson discuss education policy. watch the national governors association winter meeting, life this weekend, on c-span, cspan.org, or listen with a free c-span radio app. >>> in august 1619, 20 africans who had been forced to cross the atlantic ocean arrived in the virginia colony, aboard a dutch ship. next, in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the beginning of forced migration to north america, the association for the study of african-american life and history host a panel discussion of the same 400 years of perseverance. this is about two hours. >>> good afternoon. thank you again. here for black history month,

u.s.-mexico-canada trade agreement. topics include changes in u.s.-canada relationships, steel and aluminum tariffs, and the 2020 democratic presidential field. this debate was hosted by the canadian american business council. [inaudible conversations] >> ok. i have to use my teacher voice here. time to settle down. get back to business. eo for our next set of panelists. they don't just note u.s. -- relations,anadian actually lived u.s.-canada relations. -- relations of all been ambassadors for either the u.s. or canada, and several have held elected office and we suspect they all have some stories to tell as well as perspectives to share. moderating this discussion is emily of the "washington post." she now writes about foreign affairs with a focus on candidate. she reported for the post and four times in asia and she shared an award for the internet in china. joining her on this on the stage right now is jim blanchard, u.s. ambassador to canada in 1993-96. he played an important part in the passage of nafta one. he is also a former member of congre

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u.s.-mexico border, touring the area and meeting immigrant-rights advocates. steny hoyer tweeted this picture writing, i'm visiting texas and new mexico with representatives veronica escobar, small, holland and scanlon. with localg we met immigrant advocates. we are committed to ensuring our immigration policies aligned with our nation's values and treat migrants with dignity and respect. wongn spoke with scott about the status of border security ahead of next week's funding deadline. wong as a senior staff writer with that hill -- with that hill. what is the status of house and senate border security talks ? like negotiators are nearing a compromise deal to keep government open. they are approaching a compromise number somewhere from the range of about one point $3 billion for president trump's border wall, to about $2 billion for his border wall. that is significantly lower than has beenident trump demanding for the last several months. the president wants 5.7 billion dollars, but given the fact that we just had a 35-day shutdown and the president was weaken

the u.s. mexico border is a major drug trafficking corridor.k to the folks in the coast guard and homeland security. they will confirm that the drugs are grown largely in peru and other parts of colombia. they land in honduras and trafficked over the border. having a physical border in addition to the technology and the drones. ports of entry enhancement. all of that makes us safer. >> you have physical barriers in many places. you could use more. how much and where. not just -- >> my expectation is that the 1.3 and change that we approved tonight will be enhanced by additional $6 billion. the majority -- the plurality will come from military construction dollars and drug interdiction dollars and treasury forfeit. round out the contribution to the fund. we know the country doesn't want to go through another shut down. the country wants the border secure. this could despite the fact this is painful and showed the worst elements of washington. we may end up getting a government that's open and working and at the same time more border security tha