Being with me. Im fredricka whitfield. President trump is spending the weekend at the golf resort in bed minu bedminister, new jersey. The news of a booming economy and the president fulfilling a Campaign Promise overshadowed by the latest bombshell in the russia investigation. The man who once said he would take a bullet for trump is now telling special counsel mueller the president knew about that infamous 2016 Trump Tower Meeting ahead of time. This is something the president has repeatedly denied. And now the president is doubling down on that denial. Cnns White House Reporter Sarah Westwood joins us live from new jersey near the president s golf club where he is spending the weekend. How is the president handling
this . Reporter President Trump is settling in for a weekend facing many Unanswered Questions about that 2016 Trump Tower Meeting involving his son, donald trump, and a russian lawyer. Trump refused to answer questions about those claims from his attorney Michael Cohen. T
Rudy Giuliani, the attorney to President Donald Trump, is interviewed. Panelists include Jonah Goldberg National Review ; reporter Gillian Turner Fox News ;. Rudy Giuliani, the attorney to President Donald Trump, is interviewed. Panelists include Jonah Goldberg National Review ; reporter Gillian Turner Fox News ;. President has a concern. But he absolutely respects the independence of the fed. The market expects Interest Rates to keep going up, the only question is how far and for how long we think the fed will be very careful in managing the economy. Chris in fact, isnt it responsible as the Economy Heats up. When weve had these artificially low Interest Rates when the economy was chugging along at 12 percent. Isnt it responsible for the fed to increase Interest Rates . I think it is in the market expects it. Its been targeting two Percent Inflation and with two Percent Inflation, we have to have slightly higher Interest Rates to manage through that. Chris i want to ask you about anot
A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. Before the dot. Com boom went bust until end of the clinton administration. In 1984, three years after the first reagan taxcut the annual gdp had 7. 2 . Many critics believe we will never hit those sustained numbers again. The 2008 recession weeded out antiquated jobs especially manufacturing. Now replaced by automation and industrialization of third world countries but new jobs are coming back in advanced manufacturing, hence the need for retraining. That is what matt told the president of iowa tuesday, he has one and 50 employees and needs a lot more. The jobs are out there. They dont know what to do. We are so busy we have guys on mandatory overtime, they are great guys, i just want more of them. I saw a guy, always hiring, that is a good sign. Whether those gdp numbers are sustainable may depend on whether employers like that can fill those vacant jobs. They are trying to do that by setting up expensive Job Re
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Mandate was originally and whether or not there was any collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia to try to influence the election. In his response letter, mueller said, no, i want to talk about the issues that go to obstruction as well. Im not sure where that leaves things right now. I know that the president s attorneys are formulating a response. Theyll likely have that next week. They dont want to let the president sit down with mueller and talk oneonone about these issues of obstruction. They might be willing to submit some written answers on the question. Mueller has said he would accept written answers in person also. What is interesting as well today about the Press Briefing, President Trump has talked about there being no credibility of this russian investigation, calling it a witch hunt, talking about malign actors at the fbi. Chris wray was asked why we should believe what hes saying about protec
A precursor to Fox Newss morning show, featuring the news and first looks at the other stories of the day. The streets of portland. We saw the mayor turn his back on the citizens of portland for his political ambitions. I dont know who is worse, that mayor or oakland or philadelphia or new york. There are a whole bunch of them and never accepted this president and will put out of the Public Safety of their citizens. Ireland the portland mayor because he will hear about this, ice employees are taxpayers and citizens, he has a duty to protect them. Portlands mayor ted wheeler responding to reports he ordered police to ignore 911 calls from ice agents calling them, quote, inaccurate and inflammatory. Todd donald trump sanctioning officials for refusing to release an american pastor. The white house is turkeys determined of Pastor Andrew Brunson is unfair and unjust. He has been behind bars for two used accused of spying and terrorism. He was placed under house arrest last week due to heal