cowrite aided to story about race and democracy in washington dc. why did you decide to narrow it down to washington dc and why not give yourself a more narrow window of time? jeff: we wrote about the sea because there was a need. there were a lot of new residents who wanted to know what they're getting into. watchingidents were the city said the way and wanted to understand and make sure that other people knew their story. there hasn't been a good book on race in 50 years in d.c.. we wanted to fill that void. it 400 years made is because most of the books about the city have neglected some of the important racial populations in the city. in particular, the native american population. on theed to start historical beginnings, the first time we have written records in washington d c. that was 1908 when john smith and wentrom jamestown to the native american village on the banks of the anacostia. >> let's focus on the early american. --- american period. what was the makeup at the time? prof. musgrove: once congress got here in 1800, it was 20% african

washington, d.c., the nation's capital. we are not talking to people up here. no, that's washington. we are down here in d.c. down here, d.c. doesn't stand for district of columbia, it's democratic city. diverse culture, distinctively chocolate. we will talk to the working people. people like this dude. sure. was that henry rollins? ♪ >> look, we hear about it every day. if there is thing that regularly brings our country together it's our hatred of washington, d.c. whether you are republican -- >> washington, d.c. is not only broken, it's broke. >> or democrat. >> structural change needs to start here in washington. >> or just a crass opportunist. >> we have to change from the word swamp to sesz pool or perhaps suer. >> you have a dislike for the nation's capital. what's it like for the people who happen to live in d.c.? washington, d.c. is not just capitol hill. while the people who dominate that scene are overwhelmingly white men, the city has proud black leadership and problems like any other city

washington state. and i believe my successful experience as an executive in the most successful state economically in the united states and served as a model to what we can do in the united states. we can have 100% clean electricity. that ought to be something we can tell americans that they can have, because i have told washingtonians they can have it. tomorrow we will talk about that and how to achieve that goal. we have a way to de-carbonized our transportation system. it is possible to drive an electric car. i drove a hydrogen fuel cell car the other day around the capitol hill quadrant. how we will do that is something i will talk about tomorrow. we want to save literally billions of dollars in our heating and cooling costs, so we need to improve the efficiency of buildings. i will talk about the way to do that tomorrow. my approach will be unique for several reasons. number one, it will be multi sectoral i will -- multi sectoral. i will address each sector with a specific proposal. number two, it

downside of the venezuelan embassy in georgetown washington d.c. now as you can see and here behind me the secret service have now entered the building as of this morning the federal authorities posted a notice on the front door saying that anyone inside the embassy was trespassing and that they recognize the u.s. government record. the government of the mr one why don't our opposition leader from venezuela as the president so they posted the trespassing notice and recognize the opposition leader as the president like they've been doing and the opposition's ambassadors of so-called ambassador said that anyone who refuses to comply with this order would be arrested now according to the embassy protection collective via their post on social media from earlier today they are all out of this and busy as of today and just for background basically the u.s. state department on april 24th said that anyone who is representing the government of nicolas maduro who are made in this embassy would be trespassing but something interesting of course as you know ha

download the nbc washington app.e've gotinan teractive radar feature on there, as well as we can sends i publish alerts. clouds now quicklyoving into the washington area. grab the umbrella. you'll need it. it will be a stormy stretch here for the next few hours. most of the chances coming to an end about 10:00 or 11:00 this morning. we turn steamy, hot, and humid later today. there's the cluster of storms that moved through ohio last night. it's been able to maintain thunder and lightning through the predawn hours. andnow into the morning. have one batch coming into the city now. the next areath ofder and lightning out near morgantown, westvirginia. that's about three to four hours away from getting here at the pace that it's going. so since it's just after 00, four hours from now it's just after 10:00 in the morning. i think that 10:00 to 11:00 window should be l thest real serious opportunity for thunder and lightning. this first one, though, moving through downtown leesburg right now. gng to go just to the north o

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and it is president washington. even though he did not live in the house, he built a house, like he was going to live in it. that is not to suggest washington wanted to be president forever, it is to suggest he thought the president's house needed to represent the head of the state for a strong new republic. that was the vision he had for that house. even though he had no intention of living there. it was interesting seeing the dynamic of back-and-forth between him and jefferson. jefferson had a different idea of what the house should look like. but lindsay as she alluded to, there was not much in washington, d.c. at that time. it was mostly farmland, swamps, marshes. to put this incredibly striking stone building in the middle of the national capital was to send a message to the rest of the world that the united states president should be respected and it should be a symbol that is treasured by its people. susan: while we are on the subject of george washington, you mentioned your dissertation which is on his tomb

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one andthe final washington, d.c. it is getting too expensive, and there is too much interference, running around, and we feel we could spend our money more ron isley -- wisely by helping more troops and their families than spending it down here. the increase in everything is entirely too much. it costs us around $200,000 to put this on. >> what are you telling organizers around the country for next year and beyond? have -- we will usually have our conference at washington, d.c. in november, but last year we discussed it, and with all of our chapters, 90 throughout the country. our chapters are in line with us. we will put events on throughout coast, east west coast, up north, all over, memorial day weekend 2020 will be nationwide. >> you serve in vietnam which is where the name came from here can you explain? >> yes. infantry. >> the term rolling thunder refers to what? mission they did over to hanoi, north vietnam, constant bombing. if you ever hear a b-52 doing a bomb raid, it sounds like the same thing. >> we inte

oh not only must we remove the george washington mural at george washington university but we must expunge and bowdlerized every reference of anything from the subject of history that in any way triggers any kind of sense of discomfort any reference any mention rurik but out of the history books and they are no reference to the pyramids in egypt they were built by slaves in fact recently in my own new york a song that was eighty three years old actually god bless america sung by kate smith was removed and removed by the new york yankees to be sung irving berlin's god bless america because said singer sang a song eighty years ago involving some pretty nasty racist terms that only must we remove any reference we must provide tranquilizers and narcotics to our children lest they perhaps see think or come across anything that is discomforting historical has become hysterical oh this is only the beginning and it is about time. well lonnie makes the point that rape he says is just the beginning where there are cold and how far is this going to go i've never seen or heard anything more hysterical

washington, d.c. let's give carrie a hand for that. [applause] for beingank you here. we are excited. let's kick things off. everyone in the room knows about politico, but can you share the history of politico and why it is so important to america? tommy and thank you, chris. it is good to be here with all of you. it is a lot of fun to always get out of the office. launched in 2007. it was started by robert elberton, the owner and publisher. at the time, he owned a string of vocal television stations. a native washingtonian, but he spent many years here and looked at capitol hill, and he thought it was ripe for competition. he had this idea for creating a competitor. at the same time, two journalists from the washington post were starting to contemplate something similar in that washington journalism was ripe for disruption. they felt there was more going on in washington than the media at the time gave people a window into. it was about personalities.how are we telling the story behind story? it was

this is due to come to you live from berlin the united states escalates its trade dispute which washington imposes new talents and billions of dollars worth of chinese goods as the two countries failed to resolve their differences beijing says it will retaliate what will the impact be on the global economy also coming up. the first results from south africa's election showed that the ruling a.n.c. is heading for its was outcomes in its twenty five years in government. drawing with the party of nelson mandela. and a right kidney company google for plans to make its debut on wall street we speak to the driver discussed struggling to make make ends meet and i'll skip the company's low wage business model has come to an end of its travel. it's a standoff that could have far reaching negative impacts on the global economy at the stroke of midnight of washington time the united states increased talent's on some two hundred billion dollars of imports from china the move comes as the two sides failed to resolve the dispute over trade over the last few hours investors appear to have taken some part

here outside of the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. were earlier today police broke into the building and they arrested the 4 remaining activists who are still inside now points enter the building around 930 this morning but it was an intel about 1115 that we saw those 4 activists being taken away in police transport vehicles now those 4 are from a group of activists who have been occupying the embassy for more than 3 weeks now and they say that their goal is to hold the building for the government of venice line president nicolas maduro despite the fact that the united states has recognized opposition leader one quite as the country's interim president now on monday we saw that police. didn't notice on the door of the building and they said that any of the activists who were still inside would be arrested and charged with trespassing that's when the majority of the activists did leave but those 4 remain and it wasn't until today that they were officially arrested now so far they have been charged with interfering with a protective ord

washington dc. so let's get terry a hand for that. >> .. it's a lot of fun to get out of the office. so politico launched in 2007. it was started robert al britain who was the owner and publisher, he at the time owned a string of tv, local tv stations. he's a native, not actually native washintonian, but he's spent many years here, and he spent many years otcapitol hill. he had this idea for creating a competitor, and at the same time two journalists from "the washington post," were starting to contemplate something similar in that washington journalism was right for disruption. they felt that there was a lot more going on in washington than the media at the time gave people a window into. that tawas about personalities. how are we telling the story behind the story. that it was just a lot more fun and interesting than it was currently reflected in the mead ia. so they happened to be coming to the thought at the very same time. two very well known epi journalist, and then robert a lbritton, funded i

the influx of slaves to washington, d.c. and the number of wounded black soldiers contributed to the increasing patient population. a nurse in the women's ward described the conditions. she said when our ward was not full and the men's ward was crowded, the women would put at be end and soldiers would brought in him we would have to take care of them. another contribute infected to the difficult living conditions were the meager supplies that were provided and the failure to adequately distribute them. in the early days, reverend nichols controlled operations as the superintendent of the camp. denying food rations and his actions forced the residents to live in substandard conditions. inommission was impaneled order to conduct hearings on the conditions under which blacks lived and worked. the panel was convened in washington, d.c. in 1863. there was surgeons asked about his knowledge of the conditions of the camp and that is when he said the health of the people was no good. at ations were similar camp in alexandria, virgin

we need to be where washington state is right now because washington state is listed as the best place to do business by cnbc the best place to be an employee. we have the most rapid weight growth in gdp growth in the nation and the reason we have been able to do this is we have developed what i call a mental out strategy of economic development instead of trickle-down but dedicated to growing middle class and caring for working families and recognize diversity as a strength. if i can tell you quickly what i think the american efficiency should be to have washington state best in the nation paid family leave to care for your family where there is a need. it should not be washington's best information minimum wage. it should be the first net neutrality law passed in the united states. we can protect the internet. you have a radical notion in our state that women should get paid the same as men. i know that is radical -- [applause] we have the most longest gender pay equity law in the united states. i've heard other people talk about it would be a good idea to get educators pay increase

washington dc. i would like to give carrie a hand for that. really thank you for being here we are really excited to have you here. let's kick things off, everyone in the room knows about politico but can you share with us the history of politico and why is it so important to america? >> thank you. it is great to be here with all of you it is a lot of fun to always get out of the office. politico launched in 2007. it was started by robert albritton the publisher who at the time owned a string of local tv stations. he is a native not washingtonian but he spent many years here and he looked at capitol hill and thought it was right for competition. you had roll call, you had the hill and he had this idea for creating a competitor. at the same time two journalists from the washington post are starting to contemplate something similar that washington journalism was ripe for destruction. there was a lot more going on in washington than the media at the time gave people a window into. it was about personal

george washington high school to continue the children in george washington high school to continue to stand up and speak out and let their voices be heard in these road chew signaling social justice warriors these people who were sold said incident in philly that this paving has been there at george washington high school get ready george washington now must be removed because the east children are come on let's turn this ugly history on its head and he used this as a launching pad so that people who have been hurt by this country gruesome history can finally begin to have an equal footing what happens when you then say now let's open up the history book we took the sign down now all right children you have. good ok now let's talk about this wait a minute i don't want to read this book we don't like the story of columbus tear that out we don't like this about the way they treated native americans which is true is terrible we don't like world war two war one the holocaust vietnam war we don't like any of this when this this trigger is ours we would like to rip the pages from the textbo

police arrest for antiwar activists in the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. following a month long sit in protest against the u.s. support for the opposition leader. united states ramps up pressure on iran senator bernie sanders accuses donald trump's national security adviser trying to lead america into a war with iran just as happened with the right. also the philippines recalls its ambassador from canada failed to meet the deadline to take back tons of trash shipped to the southeast asian country years ago. thanks for joining us this evening you're watching international. police have arrested 4 protesters who have been staging a sit in at the venezuelan embassy in washington in protest against america's policy by this way followed warnings from the authorities who said they were trespassing america correspondent rachel blood has more from washington. please enter the building around 930 this morning but it wasn't until about 1115 that we saw those 4 activists being taken away in police transport vehicles now those 4 are from a group of activists who have b

joining us now is devlin barrett from "the washington post." he was first to report tonight on this confrontation by special counsel mueller, directed at the attorney general over how barr handled this. devlin, congratulations on this scoop. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> let me ask if i summarized your -- i didn't summarize every aspect of what you found tonight, but let me ask if i was accurate in the nature of how i described this communication from mueller towards barr. >> i think that's right. there was a letter that was obviously fairly harshly worded and caught senior justice department officials by surprise. and there was a follow-up phone call, which has been described to me as not quite as confrontational, but still an area where these two guys really significantly disagreed. >> i know that you have reported that you have seen this letter from mueller to barr. and obviously, you quote from it extensively tonight in your piece in "the post." are you going to publish the full letter? is it your understanding

washington -- "washington journal" continues.fs we come to the mental health awareness month, we are joined by angela kimball, acting ceo of the national alliance on mental illness. remind viewers who the alliance is and what the mission is. hello, thanks for having me. the national alliance on mental illness, otherwise known as nami, is the nation's largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of those who live with mental health conditions and their families. frankly, we are a community that cares. we provide education, support, and advocacy around mental health care in this country. host: we should note our phone lines are a little bit different this morning. if you live in the eastern and central time zones, it is 202-7 48-8000. if you live in the western and mountain zones, it is 202-748- 8001. americans43.8 million experience mental illness in a given year. nearly 60% of adults with a mental illness did receive mental health services in the previous year. put those numbers in perspective. how bad or good

to influx of fugitive slaves washington, d.c. and the number of wounded black soldiers contributed to the increasing patient population. a nurse in the women's ward described the conditions and its effect on the workload of nurses. she said -- sometimes when our ward was not full and the men's ward was crowded, the women would be put at one end and soldiers would be put into our ward and we would have to help take care of them. we worked with sick people, care to them and waited on them day and night. factor tontributing the difficult conditions of residence as well as the high was thee of illness meager supplies provided and the failure to adequately distribute them. in the early days of the camp, robert nichols -- reverend nichols? >> controlled supplies at the camp. denying food rations and blankets, his actions forced the residents to live in substandard conditions. there was a commission impaneled in order to conduct hearings on the conditions under which blacks lived and worked. the panel was convened in washington, d.c. in

spalter, who do you represent here in washington? mr.lter: we represent the broadband all across the country -- small companies, large companies, medium-sized companies. we are all joined together by a fundamental commitment to the idea of the future of connectivity.

washington. to yemen now where the saudi led coalition says it will investigate the possibility of an accidental airstrike in the capital the coalition insists it was striving to target the military positions but residential neighborhoods have also been bombed and at least 6 civilians all from one family have been killed 2 russian citizens are among those injured. ports. for the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen the series of strikes was a successful operation targeting the military installations in the capital sanaa. but these pictures depict another reality residents say the attacks targeted barely civilian areas and that an entire family was buried under the rubble. it is very clear that what happened this morning here in sanaa i was a response to the through the whole drone attacks on the. oil facilities in riyadh it is very clear but unfortunately it was. blind completely blind. because there is only in killing women and children in there is additional area the escalation comes a few days afte

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benjamin in washington she is an author as well as co-founder of code pink also in washington we have walter he's an answer coalition organizer and in romania we crossed a brand jacobson he is the director of the department of peace operations of the remaining peace institute all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate medea let me go to you 1st i mean you and i probably remember quite well in 2003 the illegal invasion of iraq but the anti-war movement was vast it was strong it was loud it was all across europe it was in the u.k. it was a very strong in the united states even though the media didn't like to cover it there was a real anti-war movement now speed up to 2019 under the trumpet ministration the we here we here calls for war and violence in invasion of venezuela of the rand we have the united states supplying lethal weapons to ukraine we have the united states going to the south china sea as remarkably in the middle of trade negotiations here we have a hyper aggressive foreign policy but where is the anti-war movement

more from that washington post article.hey also note 45,000 unaccompanied children have been apprehended since october along the border. as of may 19, 13,200 unaccompanied children are in homeland security custody. 200,000 migrants have been detained in the last two months. you can find it if you go to washington post.com -- washingtonpost.com. our brick, good morning to you. .aller: good morning, greta hopefully america will wake up. president trump is doing the best he can. nobody is giving him a chance. i tell you, we have to do something about the people crossing the border. how much can we take in? they are not coming in legally. president trump is trying his best, let's give him a chance. i listened to some of your callers this morning and they are off-the-wall. when you were speaking with that gentleman that thinks they can come into america not through customs and not learn the language -- they don't want to learn, they just want to take jobs away from the american people. it is unheard of. greta, i really hope thin

who zakrzewski reports for technology matters of "the washington post.". guest: thanks for having me. host: when it comes to the general attitude of washington, what do they feel about the regulation of so-called big tech companies? guest: there is momentum picking up on capitol hill to regulate these companies. for many years, there were not a lot of rules to the road when it comes to the categories of nowal media or search, and after repeated privacy violations and after the 2016 election shows how these elections could be abused, spread misinformation, lawmakers are getting more serious about holding these companies to account. host: what is the general consensus of how they do that? are a lot of different proposals, but one of the most immediate ideas is to pass a comprehensive federal privacy law, so that is a big focus we are seeing. a mix of republicans and democrats working together to put together legislation that would address this. being forced to the table right now for the california state law that will go into effect in 2020 that the companie

heather: live shot of washington dc.to arrive in the nation's capital on the south lawn, marine one at 2:30 this afternoon, a successful trip to japan. a busy day in washington dc as always. situations like this have you stressed out about work? >> i'm also going to need you to go ahead and come in on sunday too, okay? we have lost some people this weekend we need to sort of play catch up. thanks. heather: work burnout is now classified a legitimate medical diagnosis that can be diagnosed by exhaustion, feeling cynicism related to your job, burnout impact an employee's ability to get their job done. the mayo clinic suggests sleeping more, relaxing and exercising can help with stress management. we are asking what you think about burnout as a medical diagnosis. roxanne says that is true for some people, depends on the job. kathleen on facebook says about time. it is real. usually writes i suffer chronic burnout for 25 years. an amazing remedy lifted my spirits every time i took it, called paycheck. time for the good, the

the russian embassy in washington d.c. says u.s. intelligence may have staged a provocation that after a russian games designer was detained on suspicion of trying to export u.s. fighter jet manuals an egg to shank a faces up to 10 years in jail for allegedly smuggling arms documents and palming against the u.s. government and hawkins picks up the story. conspiracy to smuggle classified documents an undercover sting operation at a trail leading to russia. for a classic james bond movie but for a leg to shouldn't go it's playing out in real life not on the silver screen with no hint of glamour the russian citizen is set to go on trial in august in the united states the charges are serious conspiring against the u.s. smuggling and violating almost export control laws and you know despite decades of stereotypes about russians is the titian co isn't a secret agent or a spy many would label him a computer nerd a guy whose passion and job was developing airplane flight simulators like this one . according to the manuals he wanted to obtai

cross talking american foreign policy i'm joined by my guest max blumenthal in washington he's the editor of gray zone dot com as well as author of the new book the management of savagery how america's national security state fueled the rise of al qaeda isis and donald trump also in washington we have james chatteris he's a former u.s. diplomat and former advisor to the u.s. senate republican leadership all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate where we're getting set up here i notice you have your book can you just lift it up and show our audience here it's fresh off the press. and it. must have savagery i must say it must be a good book because i've already heard that you've been deeply formed during talk about your book so it must be good ok so that's already. indication to me that my viewer should go out and buy the book here all right let's get serious here max i haven't read your book but i've read a lot of commentary about it and watch some interviews on you tube including the interview you did with another med

they could be summoned back to washington. the speaker could return from wherever she is at this hour and we could take this matter up and have it passed later today. if that is what she chose to do. instead, the speaker let us leave town. believe that we should be here and the taxpayers deserve to have their members to vote on these matters.

licenses this year their main decision is whether to follow washington's lead or to trust huawei and anger the us government joining us now is helena humphrey our washington correspondent helena it's great to see you why has the us been intervening and who gets to build which part of other countries five hundred networks. two overarching reasons for you genelle and essentially we do have to acknowledge that the trumpet administration has been extremely hawkish on china in terms of its economic power or influence and reach that's one reason secondly of course that allegation from washington d.c. that hardware made by huawei will be used to spy on sensitive information now the argument from washington d.c. is it can ban the hardware being used at government agencies here and indeed it has done her for example when it comes to liaising with allies such as britain for example the connection may not then be secure with london for example in classified information which would be transmitted if for example the u.k. used that hardware from quote way a threat to intelligence sharing then but

deference in washington not only. you know but also to to riyadh and in fact the the the policy in yemen of going after the good deeds which is taking on increased importance that it's mainly a knob to the song ok we're going to go to a short break here and after a short break we'll continue our discussion on john bolton and trumps foreign policy stay with our team. in the world's big part of the modelers and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that make history media refuses to tell. more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing john bolton and trumps foreign policy. and let me go back to gareth in washington i have a pet theory and been sticking with it for the last couple of months and th

to be welcomed by israel of the home from washington thank you. now to ukraine where a former comedian volodymyr the landscape has been sworn in as president his 1st act was to announce that he would dissolve parliament and hold new elections in 2 months his 1st challenge he said was to end the conflict with russia in ukraine's east. it was a big day full of demons selenski and for his many supporters the beaming president elect embraced an enthusiastic crowd on his way to being sworn in. the integration is a reality check for a man who not long ago played the role of a president in a popular t.v. comedy show the outsider had been voted in on the promise of change. and the country didn't have to wait long for the new president to shake things up as he does so all parliaments only moments after being sworn in a great fight dissolve the work of lower order of the 8th convocation. selinski call here snap elections that he hopes will give him a majority in parliament the president really needs the backing of the house to tackle ukraine's mounting debt

while i'm here outside of the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. where we have learned that police broke into the building this morning at a rest of the 4 remaining activists who were still inside now we're still waiting to confirm me the status of those 4 activists i have seen reports that at least 2 of the activists were removed from the building earlier this morning by police. transport vehicles literally waiting to see exactly where they are and what charges they're facing now here at the embassy we know that police reportedly entered the building around 930 this morning and so far we have seen a very heavy police presence including secret service agents d.c. metro police officers and federal agents we've also seen an ambulance on the scene and a presence from the fire department here as well so we're still waiting to learn exactly what all is going on inside of that building and that seems to be the biggest question surrounding it we know that police are inside conducting a search right now but we still don't know exactly what the state of the

george washington to be painted over arguing that they could traumatize minorities. this hard work which is a tribute to this. whole oh god yes if you want to go. look. this is a big deal. and in new york the first. something provoked mixed reactions among locals. watching all t. international live from last year with me. welcome to the program leaders of the russia have spoken by phone in their bid to find common ground on a number of pressing global issues among them venezuela the latin american countries violence this week amid well some of describing it as a failed coup attempt. putin had a productive discussion about the crisis. he is. not looking at all to get involved in venezuela other than he'd like to see something positive happen for venezuela and i feel the same way so we want to help out on humanitarian basis and i thought it was a very positive conversation i had with president putin on venezuela. there could be some follow up on the back of those positive vibes next week when the russian foreign minister and his u.s. counterpart meet in finland they ar

correspondent rachel blevins has more from washington. police broke into the building this morning at a rest of the 4 remaining activists who were still inside now we're still waiting to confirm the status of those 4 activists i have seen reports that at least 2 of the activists were removed from the building earlier this morning by a police transport vehicle solution to leaving the scene exactly where they are and what charges they're facing now here at the embassy we know that police. reportedly entered the building around $930.00 this morning and so far we have seen a very heavy police presence including secret service agents d.c. metro police officers and federal agents we've also seen an ambulance on the scene and a presence from the fire department here as well so we're still waiting to learn exactly what all is going on inside of that building and that seems to be the biggest question surrounding it we know that police are inside conducting a search right now but we still don't know exactly what the state of the embassy is there ha

goods worth $60000000000.00 in response to fresh tariffs from washington on friday washington high tariffs on $200000000000.00 of chinese goods the latest tit for tat exchange between the 2 countries came after trade talks failed to produce a deal china has already imposed levies on imports from the u.s. worth $100000000000.00 and the latest measure targets $5000.00 goods ranging from coffee beef and the televisions president said that despite china's retaliation though the u.s. is in a strong position. i love the position we're in so our farmers will be very happy our manufacturers will be very happy and our government is very happy because we take it in tens of billions of dollars i think it's working out very well again we do much less business with china than they do with us and trump insists to that america is actually benefiting from a trade war with china by cashing in on import taxes although his chief economic advisor appears to disagree. president says china doesn't that china it pays the terrace they may suffer consequences but it's u.s. businesses and u.s. consumers who pay cor

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--m washington, u.s. tried u.s. china trade relations, and from johannesburg, south african elections. tell us what happened today -- how big of a surprise was it germany came in with .5% growth? in general the commission downgraded slightly the forecast for the eurozone and a lot more for germany. surprise, as there is a slump we happen the eurozone economy, but because in recent days we have had positive q1 data there was expectation it would be better this time. date for its assumptions for the forecast was at the end of april. there is a potential upside risk to the numbers we saw today. germany was the worst, way down the eurozone. 0.5%lasted from 1.1% to largely due to manufacturing weakness. that is the biggest problem. trade tensions are a big risk. david: we will come back to you in just a moment. let's go to shaun donovan in washington for the -- shaun inovan -- shawn donnan washington on the tray topic. what we expect to happen on thursday? questionat is the big over the trade talks. it is good news the v