MISS ANY OF THOSE FINE
GENTLEMEN.
THE TOP STORY THIS HOUR, THE
UNITED STATES AND CANADA HOLDING
ANOTHER ROUND OF TRADE TALKS AT
9:00 A.M. EASTERN AFTER A
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WAS REACHED
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AS
MEXICO.
I SPOKE WITH WILBUR ROSS
YESTERDAY WHO LAID OUT WHY HE
THINKS A DEAL IS MORE IMPORTANT
FOR CANADA THAN THE UNITED
STATES.
>> THE KEY THING IS THE CANADIAN
ECONOMY REALLY CAN'T SURVIVE
VERY WELL WITHOUT A DEAL WITH
THE U.S.
THEY ARE TOO DEPENDENT ON US,
AND PARTICULARLY TOO DEPENDENT
ON THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR.
CANADA.
DAGEN: HERE NOW IS TEXAS
CONGRESSMAN BRIAN BABIN, A
MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
TRANSPORTATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE.
CONGRESSMAN, YOUR THOUGHTS ON
THE CURRENT TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
AND HOW QUICKLY DO WE NEED TO
GET A DEAL DONE WITH CANADA?
>> I'M VERY HAPPY THE WAY THINGS
HAVE BEEN GOING, DAGEN.
IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU THIS
MORNING, BY THE WAY.
BUT YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THIS
IS A VERY WISE MOVE ON THE PART
OF CANADA TO GET DOWN AND GET TO
WASHINGTON AND START
NEGOTIATIONS.
I THINK AFTER SEEING THE SUCCESS
THAT WE'VE HAD WITH MEXICO, AND
CERTAINLY IT'S IN CANADA'S BEST
INTEREST TO DO SO.
WHEN YOU HAVE BAD POLICIES,
AMERICANS SEEM TO BE THE --
AMERICAN COMPANIES, WORKERS ARE
THE ONES THAT SEEM TO BE ALWAYS
HURT FIRST.
I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE
TO WORK WITH OUR TRADING
PARTNERS.
I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH SOME OF
THE PROVISIONS THAT I'VE SEEN
WITH THE ONE WITH MEXICO, WITH
LABOR STANDARDS AND PROTECTING
AMERICAN WORKERS AND THE SUNSET
CLAUSE, I LIKE THAT AS WELL.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK
THAT CANADA AND THE UNITED
STATES ARE GOING TO WORK THIS
OUT AND I BELIEVE IT WILL BE
SOMETHING THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR
ALL THREE NATIONS.
>> CONGRESSMAN, IT'S KEVIN
KELLY.
I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE SUNSET
CLAUSE.
THIS AGREEMENT IS OVER 24 YEARS
OLD.
THE MORE IMPORTANT THING IS
WE'RE WORKING WITH MEXICO AND WE
KNOW THE PRESIDENT HAS TALKED
ABOUT A BORDER WALL, A BORDER
WALL WOULD INCLUDE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON
WORKING WITH THE MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT ON THAT?
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A POSITION
THAT THE PRESIDENT ISN'T REALLY
WANTING TO MOVE, RIGHT.
HE'S GOING TO HARP ON THE BORDER
WALL UNTIL THERE'S MOVEMENT ON
THAT.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
>> I THINK THE MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT WILL BE VERY WISE TO
THIS IS PROBABLY THE
BIGGEST ISSUE AND THE REASON
TO STOP THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS
THAT WE'VE HAD, I THINK THE
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WE -- THAT I
HAVE, I CAN TELL YOU AS A
CONGRESSMAN HERE IN TEXAS, IS
THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR
CITIZENS HERE AND LET ME TELL
YOU SOMETHING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE SECURE
BORDERS, YOU DON'T HAVE A
SOVEREIGN NATION.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
INCUMBENT UPON MEXICO TO
COOPERATE WITH OUR GOVERNMENT,
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND TRY TO
STOP SOME OF THIS ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION.
YOU'VE GOT PROBLEMS NOW.
THESE ARE NOT JUST PEOPLE
LOOKING FOR JOBS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE COMING IN HERE,
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS TERRIBLE.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT
MEXICO WILL PAY FOR IT.
THEREON THE PRESIDENT AND WE'LL
GET MORE OF YOUR REACTION.
>> THE WALL WILL BE PAID FOR BY
MEXICO.
DAGEN: MEXICO'S FOREIGN
MINISTER SAID NOT SO FAST,
OUTLOOK FOR OUR RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES IS
VERY POSITIVE.
WE WILL NEVER PAY FOR A WALL,
HOWEVER.
THAT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY CLEAR
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THINGS?
ONE ISSUE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAD TROUBLE WITH IS SANCTUARY
CITIES, THE FUNDING FOR THOSE
AND NOTHING WAS DONE TO PUT
PRESSURE ON THESE LIBERAL CITIES
IN THIS COUNTRY FROM REMAINING
SANCTUARIES FOR THOSE IN THE
COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.
>> I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED, VERY
FRUSTRATED.
I VOTED FOR THE SAFE ACT, WHICH
WAS THE GOODLATTE ONE BILL WHICH
I THOUGHT WAS A DECENT BILL.
IT WOULD HAVE HAD PROVISIONS FOR
A WALL.
I THINK THAT MEXICO EVENTUALLY
WILL IN ONE WAY, ONE FASHION OR
ANOTHER, IT'S GOING TO WIND UP
PAYING FOR THIS WALL BECAUSE I
THINK THE LAST INFORMATION I HAD
WAS THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS
COSTING THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS
ABOUT $140 BILLION TO
$150 BILLION A YEAR.
SO THE COST OF THIS WALL WILL
CERTAINLY PAY FOR ITSELF IN A
VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AS
AMERICANS ARE VERY, VERY WEARY
OF HAVING OUR SCHOOLS, OUR
HOSPITALS, INUNDATED, OVERRUN,
COMMUNITY SERVICES AND
ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS ON AND ON,
JOBS BEING TAKEN BY ILLEGAL
ALIENS, THE VICTIMS OF CRIMINAL
ALIENS.
I'VE TALKED WITH THESE PEOPLE.
THIS IS A TERRIBLE SITUATION.
I THINK AMERICANS ARE FED UP AND
THEY WANT TO HAVE SECURE BORDERS
AND I AGREE WITH THAT.
IT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE I THINK
WE HAVE HERE IN TEXAS AND WE'VE
GOT TO START PUTTING OUR COUNTRY
FIRST AND AS I SAID EARLIER, IF
YOU WANT A SOVEREIGN NATION,
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SECURE
BORDERS AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S
GOING TO HAVE TO BE.
DAGEN: CONGRESSMAN --
>> I'M HOPING WE CAN DO THIS IN
CONGRESS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW
LEADERSHIP AS WE COME INTO THE
NEXT CONGRESS THAT WILL REALLY
SHORT.
DAGEN: IF THE REPUBLICANS KEEP
THE HOUSE, WHO DO YOU WANT TO
ONLY BEEN A NAME OR TWO THAT
HAVE SURFACED.
QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE
DISCUSSED AS WE GO INTO THE
FUTURE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, DAGEN, NUMBER
ONE WE'VE GOT TO HANG ONTHE
MAJORITY AND I REALLY THINK WE
WILL.
I DON'T THINK AMERICANS WANT TO
GO BACK TO HIGHER TAXES.
WE'VE GOT A BOOMING ECONOMY,
SAFER COMMUNITIES.
WE'VE GOT A STRONGER MILITARY.
WE'VE GOT A LEADER RIGHT NOW IN
THE WHITE HOUSE.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO
WANT TO REVERSE COURSE ON THAT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HANG
ONTO IT AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT
DAGEN: CONGRESSMAN ALWAYS GREAT
FEEL LIKE I WAS BORN AND RAISED
IN TEXAS.
SOUTHERNERS CAN'T HELP IT, MY
ACCENT JUST HEADS SOUTH,