economy, giving people the opportunity to put their kids through college and gain health care. chris: let s look at the trump record on economy which you agree will be the key issue inab november. employers are adding an average of 202,000 jobs a month this year. the unemployment rate has been 4.1% for six straight months. that s the lowest level in 17 years. and wages are up 2.7%, the highest rate in almost nine years. congressman, a solid majority of americans according to the polls feel good about the trump economy. show me how in any of these statistics they differed from any month that president obama was president of the united states. chris: it s the lowestth levl in 17 years. they ve been moving at a downward trend. where was it when president bush left office? chris: president bush or president obama. president bush. when he left office and
across this country. we have good days ahead of us. chris: thank you for coming in today. please come back. up next, we ll bring in the sunday group to discuss theto escalating tariff threats between the u.s. and china. plus, we ll discuss the president s pruitt problem andla growing ethical concerns aboutpl the epa chief. pruitt problem - this. is. lobsterfest. at red lobster with exciting new dishes like dueling lobster tails and lobster truffle mac & cheese. classics like lobster lover s dream are here too. so enjoy these 10 lobsterlicious dishes while you can because lobsterfest won t last.
chris: we ll ask whether the president will fire his epa chief over ethics violations. and our power player of the week, a member of the obama cabinet goes back to school. there were two scenes in the matthews household, one was education and the other was public service. chris: all right now on fox news sunday. no and hello again from fox news in washington. we begin with breaking news. the state department is monitoring reports of a poison gas attack in a rebel held town near syria s capital. video claims to show victims including children getting hosed down. a human rights group says dozens have been killed in the attack and we ll stay on top of this story. now to the faceoff over trade between the u.s. and china which has sent tensing soaring and markets tumbling. in the latest move, president
president obama was in the office chris: i understand, there was a recession. democrats moved us toward the sustained economy. chris: are you saying the president deserves no i didn t say that. chris: i m asking. what i m suggesting is what this is based on is a false premise. the notion of this tax cut that is going to somehow help the american people in the long run i think is a scam. i think what they ve done is a desperate need to pass anything. bit the end of the year, they rammed through a bill without fully understanding what was in the bill. it was done in a very, very highly partisan way. and i think in the end, it s the average worker, the middle clas in this country is going to suffer because of the tax cut bill. chris: let s turn toan immigration. the president ordered the deployment of up to 4,000 members of the nation fall guard to the southern border and the fact is more people are attempting to cross the border illegally, just take a look at these stat
brings down its barriers, opens up its markets and stop this technology steal that they re doing from the usa. chris: nobody is saying china isn t to blame. the question is the president s he response. here s what you said last month when president trump announced his first round of tariffs. this wasn t an announcement, this was real imposition of tariffs on aluminum and steel. here you are. tariff hikes are prosperity killers. they always have been and they always will be. tariffs are taxes. the ones who suffer most are the users. chris: so who should we believe? that larry kudlow or this one? i thought you might run that. i m opposed to blanket tariffs. and that s what first started. chris: but that s what the president is talking about. he s changed his view, even onis the national security acti, we ve got a lot of exceptionsch and a lot of carve-outs. chris: you re not talking about exceptions ora carve-outs