says the security issues related to north korea aren t connected to the trade issues and something that was a cornerstone of president trump s campaign, negotiating better trade deals. we heard about that on twitter from him earlier today talking about how he wants to keep working on the trade issues. but boy, does it make for a complicated world when on one hand you re asking china for help and saying we need you to put pressure on north korea and on the other hand the chinese get the message oh gee, suddenly there is a possibility of a trade war. those two things don t normally go hand in hand. in the meantime we ll thank commissioner davis for sticking around. his thoughts are important over the coming week as we hear from president trump about the events in charlottesville and going forward about this joint f.b.i./doj investigation there and some of the groups involved. shannon: let s bring in judge napolitano as we watch marine one to land directly at the white house.
the need for some extensive repair work at the white house. but either way, mr. trump may have been ready to get away from washington after a week of turmoil and leaks. cnn s tom foreman takes a look back. reporter: the white house clearly wanted american dream week to underscore the things it s doing for the economy, how they were cutting red tape and regulation for businesses out there, how they were working on better trade deals, how they were supporting small businesses, how they hoped to rewrite the tax code and hope this would produce millions of jobs for regular people. look what happened. they were derailed by their own problems. monday, all the news was about how the new communications director anthony scaramucci was fired after ten tumultuous days. tuesday, the news was dominated by the fact that donald trump sr., the president, had helped his son donald trump, jr. craft a statement about the meeting
numbers look great and they are up, but what about gdp, what about the new fed chair if we are to get one, what about about the jobs report coming out this week? there s a lot there. stock markets doing fine. corporate profits are very strong and so with the exception of a handful of stocks and a couple of days in which the nasdaq pulled away from record levels, the stock market looks pretty good both in the first quarter and second quarter have been supportive. gdp up at 2.6% annual rate, a little light of expectations but consumer spending and investments are strong. the numbers are looking good. job growth has been decent to solid so that s supportive. whether or not with respect to let s say foxconn, the president may get some credit. it s not a huge deal but it s important in so far as any time we can bring manufacturing jobs back to the u.s. that is helpful. so in general, it sounds like you re saying things are good. yeah, they re fine. they re fine here and the rest of th
economic growth or by negotiating better trade deals, but rick, the exact details how he plans to do that remain unclear. rick? kristin, president trump celebrated 100 days with rally in harrisburg, pennsylvania. i understand you have highlights. reporter: yeah, this was a really big moment for president trump. he wanted to celebrate the 100 day milestone surrounded by all of his supporters, and it was a lively crowd. one of the most lively rallies since president trump has taken office, but the most rowdy moment of the night by far came right off the top. 11 minute rant against the press that covers him at the exact same time they were sitting down to dinner at the white house correspondents dinner. they re trapped at the dinner which will be very, very boring. [laughter] but next year, maybe we ll make it more exciting for them in washington. reporter: hey, he was a
negotiating better trade deals, but rick, the exact details how he plans to do that remain unclear. rick? kristin, president trump celebrated 100 days with rally in harrisburg, pennsylvania. i understand you have highlights. reporter: yeah, this was a really big moment for president trump. he wanted to celebrate the 100 day milestone surrounded by all of his supporters, and it was a lively crowd. one of the most lively rallies since president trump has taken office, but the most rowdy moment of the night by far came right off the top. 11 minute rant against the press that covers him at the exact same time they were sitting down to dinner at the white house correspondents dinner. they re trapped at the dinner which will be very, very boring. [laughter] but next year, maybe we ll make it more exciting for them in washington. reporter: hey, he was a no-show this year, but hey,