jobs are a drag on the economy? that s the unknown is the trade war and the effects of the tariffs. if you look at the next the numbers coming in for the next quarter, it doesn t matter if they drop. so close to the midterm elections that this is a narrative that s going to stick, 4.1. all of the strong indicators that jason mentioned across the board, of broad growth and expansion. that is really great for president trump out on the campaign trail, stumping for republicans and it s great for republicans. so are the right track numbers which are better than they have been in many, many years. this is something that the incumbent party set to lose seats in the midterm when their president is in power doesn t usually enjoy. the problem is those tariffs. that is the wild card. and that is already having such consequences that threatens to cut in to all this buoyancy that that really, unfortunately, could become the overall headline about the economy. chris: mollie, let s turn to the
talk about it jason riley from the wall street journal and the manhattan institute. a.b. stoddard of real clear politics. and mollie hemingway from the federalist. well, jason, 4.1% is a great number but there seems to be a difference of opinion among experts about whether on the one hand this is sustainable or whether it is something of a blip or an aberration because there was a surge of exports, people trying to get in under the wire from the president s tariffs taking effect. where do you come down on this? well, no one can argue that it is not a remarkable number. and then you cut taxes, you reduce regulations, and this is what happens when you release the animal spirits of the u.s. economy. it happened under jfk and reagan and george w. bush and it s happening again. so there is no surprise there. i don t know if the 4 point percent growth is sustainable. probably not. but i could see 3% being sustainable for a period of time based on what we have
for democrats. let s put up the numbers on the screen. republicans are defending 42 open seats where the republican incumbent is either retired or moving on to another job. 42 open seats. that s the highest since at least 1930. 8 of those seats are in districts that voted for clinton over trump in 2016. and in cases where the president s party over the years is defending an open seat two years after the president failed to carry that district, the party is 0 for 23. it s a little complicated but basically means if you have got an open seat and voting for the opponent, the two years before not good for that party. what do you make of all of this? we know from polling trump remains very popular among republicans. but he s not the on the ballot in november. the whole question is whether he can transfer that popularity to the people who are running. and one of the problems trump has is that he is doing poorly among independents. much more poorly than he was before. 58% now disapprove of
inspector gadget when jason bourne or james bond. should you revoke someone s security clearance because they have been acting like a butthead? maybe the right thing to do is just to ignore the buttheads. lesson number four. requesting investigations. we are tired of the justice department giving us the finger. the truth is when donald trump said cash, which giuliani knows only drug dealers and the mobsters talk about cash. i love my job. i m proud to be an american where at least i know i m free trump that president trump: that s a great song, isn t it? chris: as bret says. that s just one week. that is special report for tonight. i m chris wallace in washington. join us this weekend for fox news sunday. we have excuseive interview with steven mnuchin about the great economic numbers and is there a trade war? and we talk to the trump lead
chris chris loser. loser facebook mark zuckerberg $1 billion in one day. chris: a million dollars is a rounding error. a.b. winner. bret baier free press hero who to clarify for people on twitter the other night it s not about when you align yourself with other members of the media in access to the president. it s not about coverage. it s about access. the loser don blankenship, love him don t want him to away. is he trying to elect senator manchin. he tried to get back on the ballot after losing the primary and constitution party no. according to the sore loser. you can t come in. no longer welcome on the ballot. chris: mollie winner. brett kavanaugh. he seems to be doing fairly well and democratic efforts to fight this by demanding millions of documents failed when mitch mcconnell told schumer no go. he has every reason to be happy. chris: your loser? rod rosenstein he has a range of opinion among