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Standoff between US and China is making headlines on both sides of the Pacific. 4

That's the first subject were explaining today. 5

I'm Carla Zeus. 6

It's good to have you watching tariffs. 7

Additional Texas are kicking in on many of the goods that the United States imports. 8

Two countries have been holding meetings and negotiations for months. 9

But after they failed to reach a trade deal last week, the new U. 10

S tariffs took effect, and the U. 11

S government expects China will retaliate with tariffs of its own, as China has said it would. 12

Why is this happening? 13

There's a trade deficit between America and China. 14

The U. 15

S. 16

Imports more goods from China that in exports to China. 17

And that's something that U. 18

S. 19

President Donald Trump has called unacceptable. 20

He also says China hasn't been fair and its trade practices. 21

After the two countries issued back and forth tariffs on each other's goods last year, they held a series of talks to try to reach a solution. 22

But when a deal wasn't reached last Friday, the U. 23

S government raised its tariff rate from 10% to 25% on about $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. 24

Why did the talks break down? 25

The U. 26

S government says China went back on promises it made earlier in the negotiations. 27

China says it hopes the U. 28

S will meet it halfway and resolve their differences through cooperation. 29

What happens next? 30

Well, in addition to the question about how and when China will respond, is the question about how much the new tariffs will affect the world's two biggest economies. 31

President Trump's top economic adviser says U. 32

S economic growth would see an impact, but that it would be very small and that the improved trade deal that's possible would make the consequences worthwhile. 33

Still, the government does expect that both countries would feel a pinch. 34

Despite friendly handshakes between Team Trump and the Chinese delegates, Trade talks have stalled. 35

No deal on the horizon. 36

Hello, everybody, and no sign of President Trump giving an inch on the 25% tariff he's launched on Chinese goods. 37

I happen to think that tariffs for a country, a very powerful, you know, with the piggy bank that everybody steals from including China. 38

But American consumers could soon feel a greater impact. 39

If the tariffs expand to consumer products has threatened, China would be expected to pass on those expenses, jacking up prices on smartphones, computers, televisions, fitness trackers and much more. 40

The extra cost for the average American family of four is expected to be close to $800. 41

What could drive it? 42

3/4 of the toys bought in the U. 43

S. 44

Air made in China, including these hugely popular dolls 93% of Chinese made footwear, including some shoes for Nike could be hit. 45

So could clothing, Bluetooth headsets and even drones. 46

Trump's tariffs on China last year steered away from consumer goods and focused on industrial items such as solar panels, steel and aluminum. 47

Those costs were passed on by American companies. 48

American consumers are already paying. 49

They really know it's kind of a stealth tax, but it's going to come a very obvious tax. 50

Not too not too far from now. 51

If this continues, the major markets are already showing unease over the clash in the next three years of China and the U. 52

S. 53

Continue warring over trade, economists say both countries could see their economies slow down and close to a 1,000,000 American jobs might be lost. 54

Still, the president has long insisted China is cheating the US by stealing intellectual property, manipulating currency and most recently, reneging on a framework for a deal. 55

And he's convinced China will blink first. 56

Tweeting tariffs will make our country much stronger, not weaker. 57

Just sit back and watch. 58

The Treasury secretary has called the constructive, but that doesn't tell us much about how long the impasse might last or how far the impact may reach. 59

Tom Foreman, CNN Washington 12th Trivia. 60

Which of these U. 61

S. 62

Landmarks was completed or installed in 18 69? 63

The Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Transcontinental Railroad or Washington Monument? 64

It was in May of 18 69 150 years ago that the transcontinental railroad was completed. 65

The place where that happened is prominent Ori Summit. 66

It's part of present day Utah. 67

The transcontinental railroad joined the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads. 68

But this wasn't just a event that fitted to different rail lines together. 69

It was a turning point in American history. 70

Before 18 69 the railroads that crisscrossed the American East went on Lee about as far as ST Louis, Missouri. 71

If you wanted to go west from there, or really anywhere from the Mississippi River, you had to travel by wagon. 72

That was more dangerous, and the trip took 3 to 6 months. 73

With the transcontinental railroad in place, travelers could get from New York to California in one week. 74

So even in 18 69 people knew the railroad's completion was significant. 75

The hard labour was carried out by veterans of the U. 76

S Civil War, former slaves who had been freed during that war, Irish immigrants who had fled the potato famine and thousands of workers from China who'd blasted, axed and hammered the tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains. 77

The railroad's completion threw gasoline on the fire of America's westward expansion. 78

So from sea to shining sea train depots train museums and trains themselves marking the 150th anniversary I am on the Grand Canyon Railway. 79

You can see how beautiful it is. 80

It connects Williams, Arizona, with Grand Canyon National Park. 81

So many people are enjoying the scenery and time talking to other folks, including Pam here. 82

This is her birthday month. 83

Describe what this has been like for you. 84

This is such a treat. 85

It's beautiful, The scenery is beautiful. 86

It's relaxing. 87

I love it. 88

And if you go a little further down the road here in the car, thank you so much. 89

And Happy birthday, Pam. 90

You can see rambling Rose. 91

But what have you been doing today? 92

That's what I've been doing all day song for us. 93

I've been working on the way. 94

Thank you so much. 95

Rambling Rose from Tennessee found herself on a train here in Arizona. 96

And this is all part of the history. 97

If you think about this event, it was the railroad that opened up the Western United States. 98

The country had not been connected before. 99

For the passengers on the Grand Central Railway, the trip stopped right here. 100

The Grand Canyon El Tovar overlook a magnificent vista. 101

Look below. 102

There's with Colorado River carved out its path century after century after century. 103

For the riders on the train. 104

It was all a commemoration of that 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, and they got a little memento here, Look at this. 105

It's their own version of the Golden Spike reporting from the Grand Canyon on Paul Vercammen now back to you. 106

A new study is shedding new light on wasps and generating some scientific buzz. 107

Researchers say a certain type of WASP may use transitive inference. 108

This allows people in animals toe learn that if a is greater than B and B is greater than C, then A is greater than C simple for us. 109

What about insects? 110

Scientists took paper wasps, which were found on almost every continent, and put them in a rectangular chamber with two colors in it. 111

Some of the colors were more likely to be charged with a mild electric shock, and researchers say the wasps learned which colors were safer. 112

For example, if blue rarely shocked them, green sometimes shocked them, and purple often shocked them. 113

The wasps could demonstrate most of the time that choosing blue and green were safer than choosing purple, even when on lee, two of these colors were presented at once. 114

What's interesting here is that honeybees, which have the same sized brains as paper wasps, failed this test. 115

So one takeaway is that the wasp behavior maybe Maur socially complex than that of the bees. 116

This was the first study that showed an invertebrate may use transitive inference. 117

Hard to say if robots will one day win a battle of the bands in this trio at China's single university, the drummer has four arms, so that's an advantage. 118

But while the flutist doesn't need to breathe, it's also unable to feel the music becoming attuned to the nuances of the notes like humans can. 119

The performance was arranged by teachers, graduates and students, and time to coincide with the university's 108th anniversary. 120

So while some human musicians might see this as a troubling sign and seem a little down beat at the thought of robots becoming majorly instrumental, striking a chord with concert audiences, people really octo have nothing to fear. 121

There's piano way very hard. 122

Many machines have the same ensemble. 123

It eases humans. 124

They're more virtual than virtuoso. 125

Creativity isn't their forte.