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it's been more than four months since united states mexico and canada renegotiated the north american free trade agreement finally settling on what has been labeled the united states mexico canada free trade agreement while the troubled ministrations making much of the change name experts say the new deal mostly resembles the old one the trump administration allied with apply it president mexico the unpopular and pena nieto to make canada the odd nation out in the negotiation process but in the meantime after critics andres manuel lopez obrador aka amo has been elected to the presidency while in the u.s. democrats have taken control of one chamber of congress the u.s. house seeming to put passage of the u.s. m.c.a. which most are still calling the new nafta very much in doubt so for an expert inside perspective on the deal we are just and just how new or not new it may be we're fortunate to speak with the let me go. on the mexican side of the table moving forward in the on will president see mr ambassador it's so great to see you say our day thank you for spending time with us great p

is true in the past many democrats have voted for a wall along the southern border of the united states and mexico but he the way he characterized again was not perhaps very unifying he said that wealthy of political donors push for open borders while living lives behind walls gates and guards is so that was very provocative i think the last part that we sort of need to look at in all of this is the issue of national security or how he characterized his foreign policy i think that was pretty significant not only did he tell what he believes were some of his successes particularly when it comes to north.

border of the united states and mexico the president did sort of characterize this is a moral issue saying that he felt that many democrats simply were not taking reflecting the priorities of the american people in terms of safety talking about how this was an increase in crime as a result of illegal immigration and really being very productive in the language essentially pointing out a fact that is true in the past many democrats have voted for a wall along the southern border of the united states and mexico but he the way he characterized again was not perhaps very unifying he said that wealthy of political donors push for open borders while living lives behind walls gates and guards is so on that was very provocative i think the last part that we sort of need to look at in all of this is the issue of national security or how he characterized his foreign policy i think that was pretty significant not only did he tell what he believes were some of his successes particularly when it comes to north korea saying that had he not been elected president he believes the united states would break

activities which will be a pretext at the border that's very very serious this could blow up in the united states mexico bolivia of course cuba our standing with venezuela de lima group is basically functioning as a proxy or as an extension of american power again the u.s. has no legal right to carry out the overthrow of a sovereign government you know when when venezuela has elections in the in the opposition wins the government recognize. is that when the when the government wins which is more frequently the opposition always says it's fraud and becomes a pretext for us and to avoid they just don't participate john i mean if we if there is a impending intervention into been is way lower would it be wise to ponder the interventions of afghanistan of iraq of syria of libya throwing the overthrowing the legal government in ukraine it didn't work out too well for half of the country at least here i mean is there any ever any introspection or is it it's do they think that you know this time it will be different how many times can you say that and think it might happen go ahead john i don't envision any typ

but focusing here in the united states to begin with, back in -- when the original nafta was negotiated, mexico developed a strategy to try to get that ratified in the united states congress. can you talk a little bit about what mexico's approach is to the problem today? is it a question of just having conversations with folks up on capitol hill, or are there more things that mexico can and is doing today? ms. de la mora: thank you, duncan. well, yes. i mean, this is a very important initiative for us. the way we see this is a mexico team effort. this is a country effort. why? because we feel that we need to do outreach. we need to educate people on the importance of having this agreement, on the benefits of having a modernized agreement, indiana this sense, we are working with the ministry of foreign affairs, the ministry of foreign affairs has a very important network of offices in the u.s. at the local level. and we are having the same kind of work, i mean, similar probably to what we did in the early 1990's when we passed this agreement. we're also working very closely with the private sect

jim's leadership helped lead the expansion and improvement of habitat throughout the united states, mexico, and canada. his service to the state of arkansas and wildlife and conservation causes will not be forgotten. and i join all arkansans in congrat lating this achievement and wish him much continued success. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the life of truman booth. retired earlier this year after serving 52 years in wildlife service, most recently as the arkansas director of wildlife services for the department of arkansas. thurmond's journey began at louisiana state. he quickly joined the bureau of sport fisheries. became a -- as a trainee and became assistant state supervisor of the division of wildlife services. he served in ack oak since 1968. we appreciate his certificate vase to conservation, the game and fish commission, and i wish him a great retirement. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. deutch, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i don't know what it's like to lose a chil

generation cartel and the see the lower court that all is definitely the target both the united states and mexico that was mike vigil from the former chief of international operations at the dea thank you so much for your time mike donald trump says he is not happy with a deal on border security that's denied him funds for his long promised war but the u.s. president hasn't rejected the agreement out rights as political allies to support his our white house correspondent can really help it an agreement in principle which would avert yet another u.s. government shutdown but will the u.s. president veto the deal am i happy here first glance i just got to see it here interest no i'm not i'm not happy and monday night democrats and republicans crafted an agreement giving donald trump just one point three billion for eighty eight kilometers of border fencing not a wall it's a small portion of the five point seven billion trump requested added to even less than what the democrats agreed to give him last december before the impasse for that reason there is doubt whether he'll approve the deal i strongly

christian's parents came to the united states from mexico for a better life. but they left something behind. the opportunity for an education. >> both my parents they didn't get to graduate high school because of their economic status and that makes me sad it's not fair. >> neither graduated high school, public school wasn't free and they didn't have the money to pay for it. >> i know both of them could have made it far if they had enough funds or the materials to keep going to school. >> that knowledge is shaping christian's future and potentially others futures as well. he plans on studying business at college. and then. >> i want to start a nonprofit organization to help kids in latin america countries. >> teacher hernandez is inspired. have you this student who wants to change the world. >> for christian, pursuing his nonprofit dream is also a way to say thank you to the two people who mean the most in his life. >> so my parents can know i tried my best and my best is for you. >> for students rising above i'm kristen airs. >> just go to our website kpix.co

by the way, the usmca from mexico that's united states, mexico, canada, that's where the money's coming from not directly but indirectly for the wall. and nobody wants to talk about hat. because we're saving billions and billions of dollars a year, if congress approves that deal. now they might not want to approve a deal just because they'll say, one of the things i'm thinking of doing, this has never been done before, no matter how good a deal i make with china, if they sell me beijing for $1, if they give me 50% of their land and every ship that they built over the last two years, which is a lot, and they give them to me free, the democrats will say, what a lousy deal. that's a terrible deal. like z.t.e., i got $1 billion -- more than $1 billion penalty in a short period of time and the democrats said, oh, should have gotten more. when i made i that deal i said this is incredible. i got over $1 billion penalty plus change a burden of directors, their top anagement. they had to pay over $1 billion. i said what a deal. took like a week. and the democrats didn't even know there was a pro

i mean, that's just spell out, is the united states-mexico-canada agreement, will it bring more jobs?nd do you think this is the right alternative to nafta? >> no, i'm not a fan of this, because if you look at the changes that were made in the usmca as compared to the existing nafta, the changes are meant to diminish trade among the three countries and that's the opposite of the purpose of a continental free trade zone. a continental free trade zone has been very good for america. in my state of pennsylvania, since nafta was signed, we have quinn up theled our exports to mexico, for instance. it is a good thing for us to have access to low cost range or products from canada around mexico. what the -- and mexico. what the new usmca does, is it diminishes our trade and puts conflex regimes and requirements on automobiles manufactured in mexico. there is no precedent for that in a free trade agreement and it's inconsistent with the spirit of a free trade agreement there is an arbitrary and artificial expiration date, with i can only have a chilling way to invest in the three countries. t

intervention, military construction and law enforcement initiatives toward building a wall on the united states/mexicoornia attorney general will file the suit on behalf of the other states, echoed that statement last night. >> if congress can't get a measure passed that could halt what he's trying to do, then that's why we're in court and we'll, i hope, go to an institution that will stand up for what 240 years of democracy has made very clear. there is a separation of powers in this country. >> in the suit, the attorneys general cite the answer to this question asked by my colleague peter alexander. >> will you concede that you were unable to make the deal that you had promised in the past and that the deal you are ending up with now from congress is less than what you could have had before a 35 day shoutdown. >> i went to congress. i made a deal. i wasn't supposed to get one dollar. but on the wall they skimped. so i was success informal that sense. but i want to do it faster. i could do the wall over a longer period of time. i didn't need to do this, but i'd rather do it much faster. and i don't h

you are the first female ambassador to the united states from mexico. as you said, i just arrived less than two months ago. in the middle of the shut down. in the middle of winter. having said that, i must say i've been working on what was going on on her plate with the u.s.-mexico relationship and the usmca since the president won the election. 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 t

during the two thousand and sixteen campaign was that he would build a wall separating the united states from mexico two thousand miles worth of wall and now he's trying to make good on that promise as he has told his core group of supporters that he would do that never mind the fact that he originally said mexico would pay for that nobody believes that's going to happen anymore but the president is pressing on that so the democrats have a couple of different options the democrats control the house of representatives they could pass a bill that would deny funding to the president for this purpose but that would have to go through the senate as well and the senate is unlikely to pass that and even if they did the president could veto it so they're likely to take the court challenge route and what that means is that this whole process this wall funding the president has promised for two years now could drag out in court and that is likely to take it up into the two thousand and twenty election cycle so the best the president can do is promise that he's done all he can a final quick thought from you jo

. >> the drugs that you see next to me were attempted to be smuggled into the united states from mexico. >> reporter: agents became suspicious of a tractor trailer carrying cucumbers which was trying to enter the united states states through a border checkpoint. the load was sent for a secondary inspection when this truck mounted x-ray found hidden compartments in the truck. >> they like to use vehicles with hidden compartments that they're able to track say instead of between ports of entry. >> reporter: they say the amount in this shipment was enough to provide 115 million lethal doses of the drugm which is now blamed for the majority of overdose deaths in the united states. >> it is said that a quarter milligram or the size of a few grains of salt of fentanyl, which is a dangerous opioid, can kill a person very quickly. >> reporter: also on the tractor trailer, 395 pounds of meth, the third largest seizure of its kind in the u.s. data from customs and border protection shows smuggling of meth and fentanyl is on the rise. and the ports araces for smuggl drugs through the country. >> m

we made the usmca which is going to be a great deal and by the way, the usmca from mexico, united states, mexico, canada, that's what the money is coming from not directly but indirectly for the wall. and nobody wants to talk about that because we're saving billions and billions of dollars a year, if congress approves that deal. now, they might not want to approve a deal because they'll say one of the things i'm thinking of doing this has never been done before, no matter how good a deal i make with china, if they sell me beijing for $1, if they give me 50% of their land and every ship they built over the last two years, which is a lot, and they give them to me free, the democrats will say what a lousy deal. that's a terrible deal like zte i have a billion, more than a billion dollar penalty in a short period of time, and the democrats said oh, should have gotten more. when i made that deal, i said this is incredible i got over a billion dollar penalty and they had to change the board of directors, change the top management, but they had to pay over a billion dollars. i said what a deal took lik

mca from mexico that is united states mexico canada, that's where the money is coming from, not directly but indirectly for the wall. nobody wants to talk about that. because we are saving billions and billions of dollars a year if congress approves that deal. now, they might not want to approve a deal just because they will say one of the things i'm thinking of doing, this has never been done before, no matter how good a deal i make with china, if they sell me beijing for one dollar, if they give me 50% of their land and every ship that they built which is a lot and they give them to me free, the democrats will say what a lousy deal. that's a terrible deal. like zte. i have a billion dollar penalty in a short period of time. the democrats said should have gotten more. when i made that deal, i said this is incredible. i got over a billion dollar penalty plus they change their board of directors. they had to pay over a billion dollars. i said what a deal. it took me like a week. and the democrats didn't know there was a problem with zte. i'm the one that fined them and settled it. over a

cornerstone of president trump's agenda has been his promise to build a wall between the united states and mexico to stop illegal immigration, but the political promise has proven hard for the president to fulfill. i traveled to the border in hidalgo county, texas, for a first-hand look at how this controversial policy is impacting the people who are living there. the border between the u.s. and mexico is nearly 2,000 miles long, and president trump certainly isn't the first president to build a physical barrier there. immigration policies dating back to president bill clinton and george w. bush walled off large sections of the border in california and arizona and new mexico, but large swaths of the southern texas border remain open, and that's because it's estimated that 95% of the land is privately owned, including a large portion in hidalgo county, and landowners there told our correspondent, jess gomez, they are not giving up their land without a fight. jess gomez: in south texas, the rio grande river, the border between mexicoacef. jess: for the cavazos siblings, the banks of the rio grande

christian's parents came to the united states from mexico for a better life but they left something behind, the opportunity for an education. >> both my parents didn't get to graduate high school because of their economic status. that makes me sad cause -- its not fair. >> neither graduated high school. public school wasn't free. they didn't have the money to pay for it. >> i know both of them could have made it very far if they had enough funds even just the materials needed to keep going forward. >> he plans on studying business at college and then -- >> i want to start my own non-profit organization to help kids in latin america countries. a lot of them don't get an education. >> the teacher is inspired. >> you have this student who wants to change the world. >> for christian, pursuing his non-profit dream is also a way to say thank you to the two people who mean the most in his life. >> just so my parents can know i tried my best and -- my best is for you. >> and to learn more about students rising above and its scholars go to our website kpix5.com/sra. >>> well you may remember the be

amy: meanwhile, the venezuelan opposition and the united states have rejected an offer by mexico and uruguay to host talks between the two sides. on vice e president mike pence friday, spoke in miami and ruled out any negotiatations. >> this is no time for d dialog. this is time for actioion. end thetime has come to maduro dictatorship once and for all. president was vice mike pence.

something along the wall along the border would -- most of us canadians do come to the united states via mexicoown data says the southern border is not the primary source of unlawful -- that's a fact. then saying -- the d.e.a.'s national drug threat assessment found that most drugs were actually seized at ports of entry. for example, 90% of heroin seized was taken at ports of entry, 88% of cocaine. 87% of methamphetamine. so, there should be nothing coming in between ports. >> so the white house may see that and respond and say 10% is 10% too much. >> fair enough. >> to that, fair point, but 10%, does that constitute a national emergency. >> if 90% is coming through the places. that's what's coming in through ports of entry, but you have to fit out ways in which your ports of entry which actually have state of, maybe needs better technology to look through the things that come through. if you don't want people overstaying visas in the united states, get tough on canadians. by the way, they're all old canadians, the southern states, they're snowbirds, because they don't get a visa. they come acr

by the way, the usmca from mexico that's united states, mexico, canada, that's where the money's coming from, not directly but indirectly for the wall. nobody wants to talk about that. because we're saving billions of dollars a year if congress approves that deal. they might not want to approve a deal just because they'll say one of the things i'm thinking of doing -- this has never been done before -- no matter how good a deal i make with china, if they sell me beijing for $1, if they give me 50% of their land and every ship they've built over the last two years, which is a lot, and they give them to me free, the democrats will say what a lousy deal. that's a terrible deal. like zte i got more than a billion dollar penalty in a short period of time and the democrats said oh, should have got more. when i made this deal i said this is incredible. i got over a billion dollar penalty and they had to change their board of directors, they had to change their top management. but they had to pay over a billion dollars. what a deal, it took a week and the democrats didn't know there was a probl

i am certainly very pleased to be here with my two counterparts from the united states and mexico. it is vitally important. it is one of our first meetings , but again,lalobos it is very important that we get to know each other and have a good rapport so that we are able to deal with issues as they come forward. nny, mentioned that a trade deal was so important. i think i am speaking to people here that understand very well that over the past 25 years, trade has quadrupled in our countries, so it is important we continue to do this and to make sure we work together. there are a few things that have to be -- of course, sunny and i illalobos spoke about trade issues, and the problem it is causing for us in the three countries, and hopefully, that will be addressed. but it is so good to be with these people here and make sure we continue to work together. working together, supplying the as of the secretary indicated, the population of the 10ld is going to be close to billion and 30 years time, so we have to feed to this. this is an obligation frost us to make sure we do that, and it t

achieve a campaign promise namely to build the border wall along the southern border of the united states and mexico can you give us a sense of the timeline of this we know it probably will end up in the court but what happens first of all he literally has to sign this declaration doesn't. right so it sounds like he signed that order already there may be a few more signatures required but for those viewers who were with us listening to the president make this announcement it was every laughing almost at for a moment because of the way donald trump himself was describing the process in a kind of an unusual sing song voice he described how he sees this process moving forward much like how the travel ban was put in place at the start of his term back in twenty seventeen essentially that he knows this is going to be a challenge in the courts he knows that the lower federal courts particularly the ninth circuit which is out of the west coast and is more liberal leaning he already expects that this will be challenged there and he was almost mocking it away saying yeah you're going to go through this you'r

. >> in the crazy world olobal trade, as more avocados come north into the united states from mexico, u.s. farmers want the trump administration to open up the market for american avocados across then ocean china. >> current california avocados do not have marketes acc to china. >> ken melbishn wants avocados issues like pest control can be worked out. >> we've been working with the united states department of intoulture to get acces china since 2005. and suffice it to say that effort has been stalled tremendously. we're at a point now we are just asking fors acc to other markets so that we can compete with the producers that areo coming i the u.s. also. >> a local congresswoman has written the administration to make avocado part of the china trade talks. theyeported a surprising fourth quarter loss as avocado prices fell. but if theke chinese m opens up, perhaps investors will buy the dip. for "nightly business report," jane wells, california. >> oh, jane. >>> coming up, fresh food delivered, to your dog. meet the entrepreneurs who are doing it and cating jobs at the same time. it's

will be imposed then after nineteen days probably they will shift production towards the united states or to mexico and to somehow circumvent terrorists and then also. by price reduction and they are sure of share of burden. for the german economy on the whole what would a new set of terror mean well this is definitely an attack on the heart of the german economy or on the heart of the european economy the german car manufacturing production that work is not just located in germany but also in many eastern european countries so this is definitely an attack on the. economic structure of the continent. or are we likely to see it as a reaction from the you are likely to seek and to terrorists. i guess so so already last year when the united states imposed steel and aluminum tariffs also the argument of a threat to national security and the european commission responded by counterterrorist ritalin tory measures come in place and probably does this the only signal that we can send to washington to go back on the negotiation table and to find a way to abolish all terrorists that are imposed right now do

frankfurt or dublin or elsewhere has a big impact on the big financial interests in the united states, in mexico and canada. the third thing is the brits are -- somehow we are going to arrange a free trade agreement with the united states or canada. we know nafta organizing free-trade agreements is something for quite a long time. that christ is there is opportunity. you never let a good crisis go to waste. we have a free trade agreement with the european union. if the brits leave, we both will probably be looking at a free-trade agreement with the u.k. given the trumpet ministration has spoken about a free-trade agreement with the u.k. there is synergy with the north american free trade agreement brexit does happen. >> that is a good points. you are seeing is integrating the world financial capital. i do not think it is going to be frankfurt. it could be toronto. [laughter] >> you have all mentioned the wto. trump on thetick world trade organization? appointedzer appellate judges and they are holding back. of the guilt, canada has taken a lead of countries of which mexico is one to see how we c

the nafta agreement renegotiating that between canada the united states and mexico to china that he can make these deals at a moment's notice so they know that what matters is what happens in that face to face meeting that's why they were so much attention not only in this dinner but the meetings that will take place over the next twenty four hours because so much of it can be done in advance but this is a president that operates spur of the moment and anything is possible and i should point out that's what concerns many of the president's critics particularly in the u.s. congress that fear the president doesn't understand the nuances in the subtleties of this type of diplomacy and may give away too much and may potentially have already given north korea the upper hand ok kimberly thank you kimberly how could there i want a house correspondent who's traveled with the trauma team let's go back now to james bays a diplomatic editor and james kimberly there pointing out the real apprehension surrounding. don't know trump and his into the what are very very complex negotiations many people

this is the border between the united states and mexico.r, it is now, because of some treaty that happened in history. every time you a border, people on the side will say it is illegal to do this and that, and on the other side they will say it is illegal to bring things here. this is what it is like to live here on the border. the employment opportunities are very limited. we do not have any big industries. we hope someday somebody will see the opportunity to come here and set up a big company. that is our biggest dream. when bbc correspondent frank gardner was paralysed in 2004 after being shot six times, skiing was one of the joys he did not want to lose. he's filed this report from the italian alps and, despite the challenges, he makes it look easy. how to you still ski if you cannot use your legs or like me your legs are use your legs or like me your legs a re partly use your legs or like me your legs are partly paralysed ? use your legs or like me your legs are partly paralysed? it is the one thing a did not want to give up after i g

> well, given that what president trump is trying to do, to build a big wall between the united states and mexicoto meet a campaign promise, something that congress considered and rejected, that the president was not able to secure over two years when republicans controlled the congress, i do think, margaret, we should take action to disapprove of this excessive use of executive power, and make it clear that the article 1 branch, the congress, is going to gelly is defend our right to be the body that decides on federal spending and not let the president use this extreme measure as an end-around our appropriations process. >> brennan: do f you do see a democratic president in that office, would you share the concern? do you think congress now needs to put some restrictions on the executive's ability to declare a national emergency? >> i do think that we should not set the terrible precedent of letting a president declare a national emergency simply as a way of getting around a congressional appropriations process. presidents do have emergency powers. they can declare national emergency, but if you