North korea will reject the results of what it calls the forced autopsy which it says was not witnessed by north korean officials. Who knows if the north korean will ever get that body back or what that autopsy will say about the cause of death. Brian, thank you. Im brianna keilar. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Out front next, breaking news, the dow hits an all time high again seven days in a row. Trump taking the credit. Does he deserve it . And the secret Service Investigating an incident tonight involving trumps mor or the cade, what happened, and trumps twitter tirade. He tweeted, deleted, retweeted. Lets go out front. Good evening. Im erin burnett. One thing going right for trump. An alltime high. These are the facts. Stocks hit a record today in the midst of their best streak in 25
years. Its a dramatically different headline than the ones about chaos and turmoil in the white house. Those headlines are true, but so is this one. The economy is surging. Another fact. A survey at its highest level since 1984. President trump today taking credit at a boeing plant in South Carolina. Since november, jobs have already begun to surge. The president celebrating his boeing visit. But does he get the credit or would that headline be fake news . Sara murray begins our coverage tonight at the white house. Sa sara, the economy right now is the big bright spot for this president. Reporter thats right. Despite President Trump saying earlier this week he inherited a
mess, he does have an economy with a 4. 8 unemployment rate, incredibly low. When he was in South Carolina today he said he would spark even more job creation but didnt say how. I love South Carolina. I love it. Less than a month into his presidency hes breaking out of the bubble getting back into campaign mode. This was going to be a place that was tough to win and we won in a landslide. Reporter he visited a boeing plant today. The president trying to get back to his sweet spot touting his goal to revive american manufacturing. When American Workers win, america as a country wins, bigleague wins. Thats my message here today. America is going to start winning again, winning like never, ever before. Reporter with the administration under fire over
to give him a chance. I think whatever he says it changes from day to day, so i dont actually believe he has the vision and ability to follow through on policy. Reporter strong opinions on the topic. On both sides we heard on a number of issues people are passionate about. Thank you very much. Out front, former economic adviser to Donald Trumps campaign, steven moore and former chairman of the council of economic advisers for barack obama, alston goolsbee. Thanks to both. Four weeks into President Trumps term, taking credit for job growth, stong consumer confidence, surging stocks. Fair . I think there is a trump effect, no question about it. If you look at the stock market, after a level 2016, it started to surge after the november 7th election. No question about it. And its not unusual that a
president would take credit for things that happened on his watch. Hes only been in office for a month and some of these were let in motion. The big effect here, over the last week, the Whole Media Story has been, oh, a tumultuous week for donald trump and washington, but what most americans are paying attention to is not this kind of Palace Intrigue we in washington Pay Attention to but whats going on in the real economy, and trump has had a good number of weeks so youve seen an increase in consumer confidence, Small Business consumer confidence, the Factory Orders that came out last week were strong for january. So things are looking up and its not unusual for a president to take credit for it. Of course theyll take credit, whether fake nudes or real news we are at an alltime record on the dow. Some of the things that are
of wages and jobs is what americans will look at. You know, my attitude about the obama years, yeah, the economy did pretty well, but theres really only about the top 20 that saw gains in income and the other 80 , not much. I traveled around with donald trump and we went to places like michigan, ohio, pennsylvania, and people there were saying they didnt feel much of a recovery. Well, i would say that i disagree with that. You know, if you look at the actual data on wages, the last years wage gains were the biggest in the middle class on record that we have been Keeping Track of that. I get the feeling if you look at what Donald Trumps doing, you know, we just had the super bowl. Barack obama saves us from depression, hes been the starting quarterback for seven years, and with 30 seconds left in the game, and theyre way ahead, they bring in the backup. And hes going around saying i won the game he didnt win the game. Look, we had a crisis i was hoping you would give donald trump a little credit in this interview. [ talking over each other ] steve, heres the thing. Donald trump, say you want to give him credit. He cant take credit until things come to fruition. Optimism is one thing, right . Lets see what happens to those Small Business profits. Hes done a lot of meetings, airlines, the retailers, hes met with everybody. Tech companies. And here is what he has said after each one of those big meetings in recent weeks. Theyre all talking about the bounce, so right now everybody has to like me at least a little bit. But were going to try and have that bounce continue. The Auto Industry just left a week ago. They were here in the same room. And theyre very happy with what were doing and youre going to be so happy with trump. I think you already are. Theres a lot of youre going
to like me and be happy, but he hasnt put anything on the table yet, steve. Nothing. Theres no tax plan. Theres nothing on the table yet. Wait a minute. I worked on the campaign and the tax plan. We have a tax plan. There will be some nuanced changes to it but Everybody Knows what he wants to do. He wants to lower taxes for families and bring americas is he going to put his plan on the table . He hasnt done anything yet. This is so far all talk. One reason for that is theyve been focused on obamacare, which is another high priority for trump. But i would make this point to both of you. You know, i think the reason youre seeing a bit of a bounce in the step of the economy since the election is that trump ran a kind of pro worker, pro business platform, and you know what, businesses want pro business in washington. Im not saying, look, i agree with you, we have to make sure regulations are in place to safeguard safety and other things like that, but just
basically saying we want america to be competitive in the global economy, thats a very positive thing. I think businesses are responding in advance of some of these policies. Im not against that. How much time does he have, alston, before he has to have legislative victories in congress . Two things. One, i dont think he has much time. Most of what you get to do as president you do certainly in your first year and probably in your first just few months. I think the more they just kind of sit around and sign vague Executive Orders and dont actually put out details of what they want in a tax plan, the more danger they have that theyre just not going to be able to do it. All right. I agree. Ive been frustrated with the pace of i want to see these things i wanted them to rush out of the gate like secretariat. I agree, alston, i think a president has a bit of a honeymoon period but the press Hasnt Given Him much of a ho y honeymo honeymoon. But you have to get this stuff done quickly. Most president s get their agenda
passed in the first six months. As you know, President Obama got his Stimulus Plan done in the first month and a half or Something Like that. The first month. It was done by this point. He did come out of the gates like secretariat. The Executive Order that got shot down in court. All kinds of things that were secretariatlike, just not the ones you want. Thank you. Next, the Secretary Of State not staying with other World Leaders for a conference in germany. Wait till you see where hes staying. Is it a simple logistical error or something much bigger . And an incident involving the Trump Motorcade on the way to maralago tonight, the secret Service Investigating. And on a lighter note, well introduce you to the guys responsible for Saturday Night Lives newest star. I love how usaa gives me the and the security just like the marines did. At one point, i did change to a Different Company with car insurance, and i was not happy with the customer service. We have switched back over and we feel like were back home now. The process through usaa is so effortless,
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arent consistent. I think the good thing for mike pence is hell be talking to nato allies even though President Trump during the Campaign Said nato is obsolete and allies might have to defend themselves, hes since changed his tune and now weve heard the administration say multiple times that at least they are committed to nato. And, you know, speaking of the world order, the Secretary Of State, Rex Tillerson, at the g20 staying at a sanitarium 30 minutes away from the rest of the World Leaders. The g20 is a major event, known well in advance, right, that the State Department would have planned for regardless of who the secretary was. Does it speak to a lack of coordination within this administration . I think it points to a lack of everything being in place and you psi that throughout. There are people in top positions who are political appointees but who had decades of experience and were here for obviously multiple straights, asked to leave before those positions could be filled by the new administration. You have people within the state
department who arent sure what the policy is even going to be. So this is a little built of disorganization, although the State Department says, look, tillerson has been in office for two weeks and we didnt book it until we knew that everything was going to be in place. But it points to maybe them not being 100 certain he would be confirmed. All right. Thank you very much. Richard haass author of a world of disarray, also met with President Trump during transition. The Secretary Of StateRex Tillerson staying at a sanitarium 30 minutes away from where the players are at the g20 and bloomberg describes it as, you know, Security Agents in a parking lot, elderly people in wheelchairs coming for their spa treatments. Is this a logistical issue or reflective of a State Department behind the 8ball right now . Its a logistical issue on the surface but underneath it all i think it reflects two
serious things. One is the lack of support at the State Department. Rex tillerson is essentially home alope. Theres no staff. He wasnt able to get the deputy he wanted so thats one issue. Second of all, it highlights the basic issue of the relationship between the Secretary Of State and this white house. No Secretary Of State can be successful if the world does not think he speaks and speaks authoritatively for the president. Let me just say every day that goes by with this sort of thing happening, it begins to create doubts and doubts are poisonous for the ability of a Secretary Of State to be effective. Tillerson hasnt taken any questions on this trip as you know. He doesnt have a deputy. He hasnt had a press Conference Since he took over. How much time does he have . He is someone that does lend gravitas and credibility in World Leaderships to the Trump Administration, but as you said, the runway is short. The president has tome power his Secretary Of State. The president has to go out there and show that the
Secretary Of State speaks for him, that the two of them theres no daylight between them. It would also help if there was a National Security adviser in place because we dont really have an administration to speak of when you Start Talking about National Security. So these are early days, only, what, less than a month since the administration began, but they cant count on the world remaining a calm place or a relatively calm place. Sooner or later, a real crisis rather than one general rated by the administration itself is going to come into their in boxes and they had better be up and running and ready for it. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a very important visit, obviously, this week. And trump was asked twice about antisemitism in america. Here at his Press Conference is how he answered a jewish reporters question yesterday. What we havent really heard being addressed is an uptick in antisemitism and how the government is planning to take care of it. There are people who are committing antisemitic acts or threatening he said he was going to ask a simple, easy question, and its not. Its not. Not a simple question. Not a fair question. Okay. Sit down. Number one, i am the least antisemitic person that youve ever seen in your entire life. Number two, racism. The least racist person. He didnt answer the question. What do you make of that response . Well, in what was an odd 77 minutes that was on the short list of odd moments. I thought it was a slow curve, but i thought the president it would have given him a simple opportunity to denounce antisemitism, say it has no place in american society. What i couldnt figure out is whether he simply misunderstood the question, he didnt get it all. You know, i know there are those reading into it saying he politically didnt want to say
certain things. Im not prepared to go there. Again, i just thought it was something of a missed opportunity to stay what needs to be said, that theres simply no place for antisemitism in any aspect of life in this country or anywhere else. He did seem to take it personally, im the least antisemitic person that you know. He made it about himself. Obviously something that on all of these issues something he tend to do. Again, i thought it was a missed opportunity but, you know, one thing i can bet on, hell have another opportunity because anytime a president does that kind of a thing with the sensitive issue, you know and i know that some other journalist is going to revisit it. Your name, richard, has been mentioned as a possible deputy Secretary Of State. Elliott aber talked about his meeting with Rex Tillerson and President Trump and said he thought President Trump was engaged in the entire conversation, obviously that didnt work out. President trump found out that Elliott Abrams criticized him
and wouldnt allow Rex Tillerson to hire him. If you were offered the job, what youve seen this week with Elliott Abrams, the National Security adviser, would you take the job . Well, again, im a great bhooefr that you dont turn jobs you havent been offered, but dont get me wrong, im not interested in that position. Before you take a senior level job you have to be comfortable with the conception of the job, comfortable with the sort of policies youll be asked to represent. Youve really got to be in alignment. Anyone whos read my recent book, anyone whos been reading me on social media or watching me on shows like this will know that im in many areas, many important areas, im not in sufficient alignment with this president and this administration so far to accept a senior position. Richard, there are some who say the United States is less safe right now, and when you look at Foreign Policy or the lack thereof, right, we dont know what Foreign Policy of this administration is, right, there is no syria policy thus far, his
position on Israel Policy has completely flipped. He was for settlements, now is saying that he is wants a deal on that front. You see it with china, whether theres a One China Policy or not. You see wit north korea. Do you think the world right now is less safe than it was one month ago . Well, the one thing i think the administration did that may have made the United States and the world less safe was its position dealing with refugees and the whole Homeland Security issue. More broadly, though, by move eight way from so many established positions, weve created real doubts in the minds of our friends and allies about whether we are dependable, whether were reliable, whether what has been the case remains the case. So i dont think its that were in the short run less safe but what worries me is were setting in Motion Dynamics and trends that over months or years will reduce u. S. Influence and will mean that a lot of traditional friends and allies increasingly go their own way. And they may defer to powerful
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this was on West Palm Beach over the bridge from palm beach, an island. Secret service are investigating. It appears someone threw a rock or something at the motorcade. The Secret Service and local Law Enforcement paid particular attention to a rock about the size of a Baseball Lying in the graz on the edge of the road about 6 to 8 feet from the edge of the road. They took pictures, i believe we have video of it and there was also another object that was a piece of wood about this big. Its unclear whether either of these objects actually struck a vehicle in the motorcade. Thats something theyre investigating. Theyre going to the businesses around that intersection to take a look at video that these businesses have. We just spoke to the man who runs a gas station at that intersection and he has several cameras with several angles and Secret Service was still there reviewing that video. Were awaiting more word. The president travelled in a limo called the beast that is armor plated and able to sustain quite a bit of force but still concerning. Absolutely. The president launching a new strike tonight against the media and this is interesting. He went out on twitter, shocker, tweeted, but then he deleted his tweet, thats unusual, then he edited it and sent out a new tweet and all of this seems to be about one word. Reporter exactly. Lets just spell it out. The president has already said hes at war with the pedia, his chief strategist steve bannon has called the media the opposition party. Clear how he feels about the media. The first tweet was the Fake News Media failing new york sometimes, cnn, nbc, and many more is not my enemy. This is the enemy of the American People. Sick. You see that word there in all caps. He deleted that tweet and tweeted again a few minutes later, apparently wanting to
include more news organizes, which required him to edit himself. Edit out that word sick. That second tweet he said the Fake News Media failing new york times, nbc news, abc, cbs, cnn, is not my enemy. Its the enemy of the American People. He wanted to make sure he got every news outlet he could into that message. I should mention about an hour after that second tweet he said that he tweeted again quoting Rush Limbaugh, who according to the president said his Press Conference yesterday was one of the most Effective Press conferences ive ever seen. The president then adding many agree yet fake media calls it differently. Dishonest. I would expect well hear more of that kind of language tomorrow at the rally. Thats right. Big rally. Athena, thank you very much. Kayleigh mcenany, keith boykin, and niamalika henderson, our senior political reporter. Kayleigh, im sure the Washington Post is shocked and happy to be left off of that
tweet. In all seriousness, hes had a great day. Chaos and turmoil, true headlines. But the headlines about the stock market and the economy are also true. A big moment at boeing. Has this and then he goes off on twitter about the Fake News Media and, you know, had to drop the word sick which im sure was heartbreaking for him because he had to add in more News Organizations. Skeersly, why not capitalize on the fact that he had a good day at boeing . He looked president ial. Everything was going his way. Sure. Hes an equal Opportunity Employer including more news organizes. Its a personal attack on the media. I think the public at large views the media with suspicion. I think when he attacks the media he highlights the coverage, encourages viewers to view the media and their coverage with discerning eye particularly when there are gaps in the facts like the flynn transcript and left wing commentators inserting wild speck haitian. I think when he calls out the media it encourages the public to scrutinize the public and the press and it is a win, supplements his message. Keith, while kayleigh may have some points, i disagree on one important thing. The enemy of the people is something that would bring down an institution that makes our country great. That is deeply concerning to me. Youre right about that. Keith, what is your view on the effectiveness of this . Kayleigh points out, people who like trump, this is what they
want to hear. It is what his supporters want to hear but not what the American People want to hear. Its not effective. It stepped on his message today at boeing. No discipline. Did same thing about the convention on the benghazi day. Stepped on that message with his fox news interview. This guy is unhinged and he cant stay focused. The problem is his job now as president is to unite the country. And he has not done one thing since the election to unite the media. Hes attacking everyone except vladimir putin, by the way, and this is supposed to be the time president s have their highest Approval Ratings. He has the lowest gallup Approval Rating for any president this time in history. Its not a good start and its his fault. The campaign is over. Time to start acting president ial and i dont think hes capable of doing it. Nia . On the one hand, it does bind his supporters together. This is what they want to here. This is what theyre used to hearing. Donald trump has to have a foil. Its donald trump and fox news and Rush Limbaugh versus everybody. I think his attacks on other institutions like the court hasnt worked out well for him, his attacks on the Intelligence Agencies as he calls them, hasnt worked well for him. As well i think american president s have used the idea of the Freedom Of The Press as an argument why america is an exceptional country. This idea that he and bannon have floated that the media is an Opposition Nal Party is not in keeping with what american president s have used. I think its dangerous taking away that argument. Its also kind of silly and a waste of time. Cnn was here before donald trump was president. Well be hereafter ward. Tthe Washington Post, other News Organizations will be here after hes gone. Its like a broken record. Kind of like what else you got, donald trump . Is there something to be said here for steve bannon, i get it, he came from the opposition, this is how he sees the world. I understand that. But donald trump doesnt have political experience so maybe he doesnt understand the job of the media is to speak truth to power. That is our job. When you are in power, we are going to look, we are going to find, we are going to make sure. That is our job. He doesnt seem to get that. Yeah, erin, i agree entirely about the importance of a free press. It is crucial to a democratic society. There is no argument about that. I think what President Trump is frustrated with is like keith said President Trump hasnt done one thing to unite the country. That is patently false. Yesterday when the media was very into trumps press
conference, rightfully so, it was a big moment, they did so at the expense of what was a unity moment, having coal miners in the white house, rescinding regulations, helping this ailing industry, issuing an order on black colleges and universities. These are unifying acts but left wing commentators ignore them or act as if theyve never happened. We leave it there. I thank you for tonight. Out front next, President Trumps Third Straight weekend at maralago. His adult sons opening a golf course in dubai. A lot of that is on your bill. Melania still spending most days in trump tower. President trump talking tough, putting iran on notice. What does the average iranian think about that . Donald trump, hes just talking. I think hes just talking and he doesnt have anything to do. When youre completely outnumbered, overshadowed, and outshined. So what if you dared to explore this great big beautiful pond. What if you dared to feel small. Celebrate our princess anniversary sale with Award Winning itineraries. 7 day fares from 799. Visit your travel agent or princess. Com. Princess cruises. Come back new. So we know how to cover almost almoanything. Hing, even a rodent ridealong. [dad] alright, buddy, dont forget anything [kid] i wont, dad. [captain rod] happy Tuesday Morning captain rod here. Its pretty hairy out on the interstate. Traffic is literally crawling, but there is some movement on the eastside overpass. Getting word of another collision. [burke] it happened. December 14th, 2015. And we covered it. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum
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permanently hiring out a whole floor for security operations. That would be 13,000 square feet of prime new York Real Estate at a fouryear market value of 6 million, although the president could give his team a deal. Another worry, most of trumps chirp are grown and involved in business meaning lots of travel. The Washington Post puts the secret Service Hotel bill for his sons trip to south america at 100,000. And two sons are opening a golf course in dubai this weekend. I would say the most challenging trips for us are the foreign trips. Reporter ef time a president takes off up to 300 people go along. Teams for personal security, counterassault, intelligence, military support, intelligence, transportation, communication, staffing and more. Price tag is hard to pin down, but a government study found a threeday trip by president
obama in 2013 cost taxpayers 3. 6 million. Will the total be tens of millions, hundreds . Its hard to forecast what the cost will be. Reporter other president s have raised security challenges with their lifestyles and travel. Bill clintons vacations in marthas vineyard, george bushs retreats to texas, Barack Obamas holidays in hawaii. And cnn is told just protecting Vice President bidens family took nearly 50 agents. Thats stunning. Unprecedented bills to taxpayers . That depends on what kind of pattern they set into over the long run. This could be a lot more than barack obama, but not necessarily. If they settle down and deal
with new york and d. C. And maralago, then maybe. President obama made various trips across the country, all of which cost a lot of money. The bottom line is President Trump is not doing anything wrong. These are just the challenges in the modern world of guarding a president and those challenges can be very expensive. All right. Thank you very much, tom foreman. Next, jeanne moos on Saturday Night Live giving new meaning to the bully pulpit. And antiamericanism in iran. Intensifying since the election of donald trump. We are ready to fight. All of us. With every early morning. Every late night. And moment away. With every click. Call. Punch. And paycheck. Youve earned your medicare. It was a deal that was made long ago, and aarp believes
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a stern warning from iran to President Trump. The controversial travel ban has sparked outrage, anger we are seeing play out first hand. Frederik pleitgen is out front from iran. Reporter death to donald trump, Death To America these protesters chanted at the Iranian Revolutionary day in iran. On top of the usual antiamerican chants in protesters, many depicting the new president. We are ready to fight. All of us. From the child, from the baby to the oldest one in iran. Reporter some three weeks into Donald Trumps presidency, the antiamerican rhetoric and criticism is intensifntensifyin. President row hanni mocking trump, calling him a political newcomer after the u. S. Hit iran with new sanctions following a
ballistic missile test. Saying his Administration Needs to be careful and all options including military actions are on the table. Donald trump, hes just talking. I think hes just talking and he doesnt have anything to do. And he cant do anything. Reporter as pictures of trump and israelis Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu broadcast around the world, iranian officials are balking with one top official attacking israels influence on the Trump Administration. We think the decisions in the early stages of the Trump Administration are influenced by delusion and propaganda like the israeli lobby which is determined to damage the recent nuclear agreement. While iran continues to taunt the u. S. , posters like this one mocking american sailors who were captured by the Revolutionary Guard Navy last year popping up in tehran, theres also this, posters thanking americans protesting
President Trumps travel ban. Still many here fear they could be headed for a major conflict with the new administration after a relative warming of ties during the obama years. Frederik pleitgen, cnn, iran. And tonight it is becoming americas most famous podium, right . You know the one im talking about. As we said, something that gives a whole new meaning to the world bully pulpit, here is jeanne moos. Reporter when President Trump stood behind a podium and asked a reporter you okay . Reporter it reminded us of another podium and a fake reporter asking the same question. Just mentally, though, are you okay . Are you kidding me . Are you reporter Melissa Mccarthy as press Secretary Sean Spicer drove her snl podium into immortality. The worlds most famous motorized podium. Did you have to teach Jenny Mccarthy how to drive a podium . We did. It was a lot of fun. Reporter snl gave this small Pennsylvania Company monkey boys productions less than 48 hours to create the podium. Snl first suggested rigging a segue, but that was deemed dangerous so they took a motorized wheelchair, removed the seat, and built a podium on it out of foam and wood. Mccart mccarthy controlled wit a joysti joystick. In her first rehearsal, Mccarthys Driving was a little bit tentative. Something youve never done before but once she got the hang of it she was playing around having a great time, trying to run people over. Reporter of course even nonmotorized podiums have mishaps. Whooo reporter hillarys collapsed. And obamas we cannot sustain whoops. Was that my reporter yep. President ial seal. All of you know who i am. Reporter podiums are always
getting abused. By coaches. Well reporter makes mccarthy seem almost gentle. When you take the podium, try not to take it with you. Then Prime Minister of italy tripped on a mike cord at the white house. Vil veoh berlusconi decapitated the podium but kept talking. When your podium acts like a bully weve been calling wit the bully pulpit. Reporter jeanne moos, new york. Live from new york Its Saturday Night well be right back. She seems nice. [ door closes ] shes actually pretty nice. Oh. Yeah