The death toll in California mudslides has risen to 17 as rescuers continue to look for survivors along Southern California coastal areas stripped of trees by last year's massive wildfires.  States on both coasts are scrambling for exemptions from Trump regime offshore drilling expansions after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke spared Florida's coasts from new oil drilling. Canada believes Donald Trump will announce the US pulling out of NAFTA after a sixth round of talks later this month in Montreal, but experts believe he may need Congress's permission. A new Cambridge University study finds that the UK could lose a half-million jobs over two years without a Brexit transition deal by the end of 2019. Japan will buy four Aegis missile defense cruisers from the US to protect the island nation from North Korean missiles, according to the Defense Department.