Thursday Morning Politics: NAFTA Talks with Canada, Congressional Races Heat Up, Don McGahn

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 30, 2018

Daniel Dale, Washington bureau chief for The Toronto Star, and Ben Schreckinger, POLITICO national political correspondent, discuss the latest national political news, from NAFTA talks to White House counsel Don McGahn's ousting.

Can Trump and Trudeau reach a NAFTA deal by tomorrow? @ddale8 says "it's possible" but it's not certain they will.

Could come down to trade in which Canada gives US access to their dairy market, while US agrees to continue to exempt cultural industries from free trade rule
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) August 30, 2018

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