WEBVTT 00:00.934 --> 00:03.660 NO MEETING SCHEDULED BETWEEN CHINESE OFFICIALS AND U.S. 00:03.703 --> 00:04.194 CHINESE OFFICIALS AND U.S. OFFICIALS AS WELL. 00:04.204 --> 00:06.396 OFFICIALS AS WELL. JEFF BENNETT JOINING FROM THE 00:06.406 --> 00:08.398 JEFF BENNETT JOINING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK YOU VERY 00:08.408 --> 00:08.798 WHITE HOUSE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:08.808 --> 00:17.607 MUCH. >> MAINE, HUGE LOBSTER INDUSTRY, 00:17.617 --> 00:19.642 >> MAINE, HUGE LOBSTER INDUSTRY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE THESE 00:19.653 --> 00:22.112 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE THESE IN EFFECT, YOU TALKED TO LOBSTER 00:22.122 --> 00:24.948 IN EFFECT, YOU TALKED TO LOBSTER MEN OUT THERE AND ARE THEY 00:24.992 --> 00:26.950 MEN OUT THERE AND ARE THEY WORRIED ABOUT THIS AND ARE THEY 00:26.960 --> 00:30.320 WORRIED ABOUT THIS AND ARE THEY ALREADY SEEING PRICES RISING 00:30.363 --> 00:33.056 ALREADY SEEING PRICES RISING VAUGHAN HILLYARD. 00:33.066 --> 00:33.757 VAUGHAN HILLYARD. >> Reporter: THESE INDIVIDUALS 00:33.800 --> 00:35.392 >> Reporter: THESE INDIVIDUALS OUT HERE WORKING IN THE LOBSTER 00:35.435 --> 00:36.927 OUT HERE WORKING IN THE LOBSTER INDUSTRY GETTING THE RAW END OF 00:36.937 --> 00:37.461 INDUSTRY GETTING THE RAW END OF THIS DEAL. 00:37.504 --> 00:42.633 THIS DEAL. YOU GOT ABOUT 12,000 FISHERMEN 00:42.676 --> 00:44.468 YOU GOT ABOUT 12,000 FISHERMEN WHO WORK THESE WATERS THAT GO 00:44.511 --> 00:45.202 WHO WORK THESE WATERS THAT GO ESSENTIALLY PREYING THE LOBSTERS 00:45.245 --> 00:47.170 ESSENTIALLY PREYING THE LOBSTERS OUT OF THE WATER. 00:47.214 --> 00:49.072 OUT OF THE WATER. THESE ARE GUYS AND GALS GETTING 00:49.082 --> 00:52.442 THESE ARE GUYS AND GALS GETTING OUT AT 3:00 OR 4:00 IN THE 00:52.486 --> 00:52.776 OUT AT 3:00 OR 4:00 IN THE MORNING. 00:52.820 --> 00:54.978 MORNING. THEY SAT HERE IN JANUARY AND 00:54.988 --> 00:56.880 THEY SAT HERE IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND IN THIS FRIGID NEW 00:56.890 --> 00:57.314 FEBRUARY AND IN THIS FRIGID NEW ENGLAND WATER. 00:57.357 --> 00:58.682 ENGLAND WATER. THEY DON’T KNOW WHERE THEIR FISH 00:58.692 --> 01:00.184 THEY DON’T KNOW WHERE THEIR FISH ARE GOING. 01:00.227 --> 01:02.286 ARE GOING. 20% OF THE LOBSTERS HERE IN 01:02.296 --> 01:04.421 20% OF THE LOBSTERS HERE IN MAINE GO TO CHINA. 01:04.465 --> 01:06.490 MAINE GO TO CHINA. 20% OF THE EXPORTS FROM HERE GO 01:06.500 --> 01:07.391 20% OF THE EXPORTS FROM HERE GO TO CHINA. 01:07.434 --> 01:08.659 TO CHINA. IT IS NOT JUST THOSE ON THE 01:08.702 --> 01:08.992 IT IS NOT JUST THOSE ON THE WATER. 01:09.002 --> 01:10.393 WATER. IT IS THOSE AT THE DISTRIBUTION 01:10.404 --> 01:10.894 IT IS THOSE AT THE DISTRIBUTION PLANT HERE. 01:10.938 --> 01:13.630 PLANT HERE. WE TALKED TO TWO OF THOSE 01:13.674 --> 01:14.598 WE TALKED TO TWO OF THOSE DISTRIBUTORS OVERSEES BIG PART 01:14.608 --> 01:16.066 DISTRIBUTORS OVERSEES BIG PART OF THE POPULATION AND THEY GONE 01:16.076 --> 01:20.270 OF THE POPULATION AND THEY GONE OUT THERE OVER INTO CHINA AND 01:20.281 --> 01:21.005 OUT THERE OVER INTO CHINA AND INTO THESE FOREIGN MARKETS AND 01:21.015 --> 01:22.006 INTO THESE FOREIGN MARKETS AND THEY SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 01:22.016 --> 01:24.174 THEY SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BUILDING THESE 01:24.185 --> 01:25.609 OF DOLLARS BUILDING THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHINA AND 01:25.652 --> 01:27.077 RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHINA AND THESE ASIAN SEAFOOD DISTRIBUTORS 01:27.121 --> 01:28.412 THESE ASIAN SEAFOOD DISTRIBUTORS AND THEY SAID THEY FEEL LIKE 01:28.422 --> 01:32.216 AND THEY SAID THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN KICKED IN THE 01:32.259 --> 01:32.917 THEY HAVE BEEN KICKED IN THE STOMACH BECAUSE THAT’S A 20% 01:32.927 --> 01:34.919 STOMACH BECAUSE THAT’S A 20% DROP OFF IN THE BUSINESS THAT 01:34.929 --> 01:35.286 DROP OFF IN THE BUSINESS THAT THEY HAVE. 01:35.329 --> 01:36.520 THEY HAVE. THEY ARE LOBSTERS IN THE 01:36.530 --> 01:37.921 THEY ARE LOBSTERS IN THE FACILITY AND THEY ARE LOOKING 01:37.932 --> 01:41.125 FACILITY AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE WHILE THE LOBSTERS 01:41.135 --> 01:43.427 FOR A PLACE WHILE THE LOBSTERS ARE STILL ALIVE TO SEND THEM. 01:43.437 --> 01:44.895 ARE STILL ALIVE TO SEND THEM. I WANT TO PLAY YOU A LITTLE BIT 01:44.905 --> 01:51.034 I WANT TO PLAY YOU A LITTLE BIT OF SOUND WITH ONE OF THE 01:51.045 --> 01:52.737 OF SOUND WITH ONE OF THE FISHERMEN JUST YESTERDAY. 01:52.780 --> 01:54.872 FISHERMEN JUST YESTERDAY. >> IT MEANS EVERYTHING AND 01:54.915 --> 01:56.941 >> IT MEANS EVERYTHING AND FAMILIES CAN PUT CLOTHES ON OUR 01:56.984 --> 02:00.878 FAMILIES CAN PUT CLOTHES ON OUR KIDS AND FEED THEMSELVES. 02:00.922 --> 02:03.548 KIDS AND FEED THEMSELVES. LOBSTERS, A COMMUNITY IN MAINE 02:03.591 --> 02:11.022 LOBSTERS, A COMMUNITY IN MAINE WOULD BE LIKE COLE MINE TOWN. 02:11.065 --> 02:11.722 WOULD BE LIKE COLE MINE TOWN. >> Reporter: THE TARIFFS IN 02:11.732 --> 02:12.857 >> Reporter: THE TARIFFS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW IS - 02:12.900 --> 02:14.225 PLACE RIGHT NOW IS - >> WE’LL LOSE A PART OF THE 02:14.268 --> 02:15.226 >> WE’LL LOSE A PART OF THE MARKET THAT WE DEVELOPED OVER 02:15.236 --> 02:18.763 MARKET THAT WE DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS IN MAINE AND LOSING 02:18.773 --> 02:20.164 THE YEARS IN MAINE AND LOSING SALES AND REVENUES FOR ROUR 02:20.208 --> 02:22.166 SALES AND REVENUES FOR ROUR COMPANY AND MAKING US ELIMINATE 02:22.176 --> 02:23.267 COMPANY AND MAKING US ELIMINATE JOBS AND HOPEFULLY WE DON’T HAVE 02:23.277 --> 02:24.769 JOBS AND HOPEFULLY WE DON’T HAVE TO DO THAT. 02:24.779 --> 02:28.306 TO DO THAT. >> I AM HOPEFUL WHAT HE’S DOING 02:28.349 --> 02:29.073 >> I AM HOPEFUL WHAT HE’S DOING IS GOING TO END UP IN THE LONG 02:29.083 --> 02:30.541 IS GOING TO END UP IN THE LONG RUN BEING GREAT FOR EVERYONE. 02:30.551 --> 02:32.443 RUN BEING GREAT FOR EVERYONE. >> Reporter: HOW CONFIDENT ARE 02:32.453 --> 02:32.677 >> Reporter: HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU? 02:32.720 --> 02:35.747 YOU? >> NOT VERY. 02:35.790 --> 02:38.483 >> NOT VERY. >> Reporter: DAVID, THIS IS A 02:38.526 --> 02:39.217 >> Reporter: DAVID, THIS IS A $1.5 BILLION INDUSTRY. 02:39.260 --> 02:42.086 $1.5 BILLION INDUSTRY. IF YOU JUST DRIVE UP AND DOWN 02:42.096 --> 02:42.853 IF YOU JUST DRIVE UP AND DOWN THE COAST OF MAINE HERE, YOU RUN 02:42.864 --> 02:46.758 THE COAST OF MAINE HERE, YOU RUN INTO A LOT OF THOSE POST TOWN, 02:46.768 --> 02:49.994 INTO A LOT OF THOSE POST TOWN, THEIR VERSION OF COLE TOWN. 02:50.038 --> 02:52.396 THEIR VERSION OF COLE TOWN. WE HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE 02:52.407 --> 02:54.499 WE HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE AND THE INDUSTRY OFIES OF THESE 02:54.509 --> 02:55.600 AND THE INDUSTRY OFIES OF THESE PLACES ARE LOBSTERS. 02:55.610 --> 02:57.502 PLACES ARE LOBSTERS. OVER THE LAST MONTH WE HAVE BEEN 02:57.512 --> 02:59.437 OVER THE LAST MONTH WE HAVE BEEN TRAVELING THIS COUNTRY FROM 02:59.481 --> 03:02.307 TRAVELING THIS COUNTRY FROM IDAHO AND WISCONSIN AND IOWA AND 03:02.351 --> 03:03.508 IDAHO AND WISCONSIN AND IOWA AND TALKING DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, 03:03.518 --> 03:04.909 TALKING DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, THEY TOLD US THEY HOPED THE 03:04.919 --> 03:06.110 THEY TOLD US THEY HOPED THE PRESIDENT IN THIS ADMINISTRATION 03:06.121 --> 03:08.847 PRESIDENT IN THIS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE TIME THEY CAST THEIR 03:08.890 --> 03:10.115 FROM THE TIME THEY CAST THEIR VOTES, HE’LL BE ABLE TO BRING 03:10.125 --> 03:13.218 VOTES, HE’LL BE ABLE TO BRING MORE JOBS AND HELP OUT THEIR 03:13.261 --> 03:15.921 MORE JOBS AND HELP OUT THEIR TRADE AGREEMENTS TO EXPAND 03:15.931 --> 03:16.321 TRADE AGREEMENTS TO EXPAND MARKETS. 03:16.331 --> 03:18.423 MARKETS. NOW IN MISSOURI AND HERE IN 03:18.433 --> 03:19.524 NOW IN MISSOURI AND HERE IN MAINE ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND 03:19.534 --> 03:21.092 MAINE ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND SOME VOTED FOR HILLARY CLINTON 03:21.136 --> 03:23.328 SOME VOTED FOR HILLARY CLINTON BUT ALSO THOSE VOTED FOR DONALD 03:23.372 --> 03:24.529 BUT ALSO THOSE VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP TELLING US THIS IS THE 03:24.539 --> 03:25.730 TRUMP TELLING US THIS IS THE MOMENT, THEY ARE LOSING BUSINESS 03:25.740 --> 03:32.136 MOMENT, THEY ARE LOSING BUSINESS AND PRICES ARE DOING GOWN 03:32.147 --> 03:33.839 AND PRICES ARE DOING GOWN WHETHER IT IS THE MAIL THEY’RE 03:33.849 --> 03:35.207 WHETHER IT IS THE MAIL THEY’RE TRYING TO SEND OUT. 03:35.250 --> 03:37.542 TRYING TO SEND OUT. THEY AS SMALL BUSINESSMEN AND 03:37.586 --> 03:38.520 THEY AS SMALL BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN CAN’T AFFORD FOR THIS TO