Tensions are high with no deal on trade between u. S. And china. China has yet to respond to the latest u. S. Tariffs and it is making the markets jittery. Yeah. Asian markets opened down. You can see all the arrows in the red there. The seoul down 6. 1 . And u. S. Markets suggest a down day on wall street. Look at that, you can see the s p 500 futures lost more than 1 , the nasdaq futures down 1. 25 and the dow losing over 1 there. But President Donald Trump remains confident, tweeting the u. S. Is right where we want to be with china. Mr. Trump claimed the u. S. Would collect tens of billions of dollars from the tariffs. His top economic adviser admitted that is not the case. Its not china that pays tariffs, its the american importers, the American Companies that pay what in effect is a tax increase, and often times passes it on to u. S. Consumers. Fair enough. In fact, both sides will pay. Both sides will pay in these things. All right. Lets go live now to beijing. Cnns stephen jung
Coming at him from 20 different directions. Here is a sample. His taxes, a powerful House Committee chairman has issued a subpoena for President Trumps tax returns. If nothing happensth in a couple days, the speaker of the house could get involved. The attorney general voting to recommend that congress hold him in contempt over the release of the full mueller report. It may come up with contempt charges for other Administration Officials this week. And issue them all at once in a package. What about Robert Mueller . Will he ever testify before congress . Yes, not this week, but they are working on a date. President trump either doesnt want mueller to testify or doesnt care. His position on the subject has changed several times. Look at all of these democrat led investigations. You have to read quickly, there are at least 20 of them. And the white house is actively resisting on every single one. Jeremy diamond is at the white house. Jeremy, a lot of things on the president s plate, all
Available in the United States. All ahead this hour, welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world, were coming to you live from atlanta, im natalie allen. Im George Howell from cnn world headquarters. Newsroom starts right now. At 4 00 a. M. In the u. S. East coast in the span of about an hours time on saturday, the u. S. President unleashed a torrent of praise, of conspiracies and accusations on his favorite medium, twitter. He left no tweet unturned. Among his targets, the mueller report. Saying he was not going to fire the special counsel despite what was said in the report. He defended his son don jr. And retweeted posts about some of his favorite talking points, china, Border Protection and jobs. Mr. Trump is also focusing on the democratic frontrunner in next years president ial race. Yeah, a new interview with politico, the president says it would be appropriate for him to talk with his attorney general about launching an investigation into former Vice President joe
Thats right, fred. Lets start with the president saying that he believes he would be within his rights to ask attorney general bill barr to look into former Vice President joe biden and his son, hunter biden. This stemmed from events that took place in 2016, when joe biden was in office. Then Vice President biden was one of several western leaders to push for the ouster of ukraines then top prosecutor. That ukrainian investigator at the time, or around this time, was looking into a Ukrainian Energy company in which hunter biden had a financial interest. Biden was not alone in pressuring this ukrainian official to step down. There is no evidence that joe bidens actions were connected to his sons business activities. Nonetheless, trump said he could be interested in having the attorney general investigate this. In the same interview, he acknowledged Vice President joe biden, at the moment, looks poised to be the most likely democrat to face him in the 2020 election. This also comes as th
Known to be with him the missing 4yearold. But since the beginning police say his story has been full of holes. A pilot has been indicted for killing three people in 2015 and then burning their bodies. Today, we can announce an indictment of Christian Richard martin. Do you worry that you fully prosecuted in the murder case . No, i have most worries about that. The battle over abortion laws is intensifying. We are taking a stand. Our industry is taking a stand. I agree with them and glad they are taking a stand about it and hopefully taking that stand will make a difference. Good morning to you. 7 01 on this sunday. Youre up early. We are glad for it. Im christi paul. Im Martin Savidge filling in for Victor Blackwell who is off. Developments after tragic nature of a missing girl in the houston area. The man who reported the disappearance has been arrested now. He was pooked into tbooked l. Investigators say they found blood linked to the little girl in his apartment but have not said i