president trump appears to be retreats for his calls on stricter background checks. with congress on recess, there has been no movement on gun legislation following the deadly shootings in el paso and dayton and gilroy. americans want action. overwhelming amount wants background checks. what is the latest at the white house, joe? reporter: as you know, donald trump has linked his presidency to the economy and after a week of uncertainty in the markets with many economists saying these are signs of a possible looming recession, the president and his top lieutenants were saying over the weekend you have nothing to fear. we are doing better than any country or even area yir in the world. reporter: president trump insisting the american economy is doing great despite a week of
jerk like this guy who had a rifle, has a list of offenses that s as long as your arm. how did he get the gun that was firing on police officers that injured six of them? and i think there s a frustration that that s happening. yir i think there s a frustration that there s a lack of awareness that these are the folks in blue who are actually standing to protect and make our communities safer. they re the ones who actually went toward the line of fire last night. and i think just a general frustration. and i was there to understand, try to understand that and to listen, and also to say thank you for what you did. we re all so thankful for what they did. do you know yet this went on for hours. do you know yet how many guns, if it was multiple guns this guy had? how much ammunition he had in there?
but real history is often messy, mess yir still because it all came together 48 hours after an invitation from president trump over twitter. kim jong-un stepped over the line into south korea and the ritual was complete. a lot of friendships have been made and this has been in particular a great friendship. so i just want to thank you. reporter: the north korean leader, president trump, his advisers and family members went in for extended talks for almost an hour. the result, a shared goal to resume talks in the next few weeks and appoint negotiators. we re not looking for speed, we re looking to get it right. reporter: the president tweeting, stepping into north korea was a great honor. it s unclear where all of this will go. the two leaders do seem to have some chemistry. they re already talking about another meeting, floating even the idea of having a meeting and bringing kim jong-un to the white house.
light about what these goons who are working for mbs did to jamal khashoggi. and it s not just mike pompeo. it s also president trump and maybe he s being tougher behind closed doors. but i tend to think what he s saying in public is also probably what he s saying in private, which is that we have to give him the benefit of the doubt. we have to wait for the saudis to get to the bottom of this. i mean here s the reality, don. if you re waiting for the saudis to get to the bottom of this case, you might as well be waiting for o.j. to find the real killers, okay? there is zero chance that the saudi government run by mbs is going to implicate mbs in the murder and horrifying torture of jamal khashoggi. it is simply not going to happen. and if you re going to say we re going to rely on whatever the saudis come up with, it s going to be a whitewash. you have to have an yir to get to the bottom of this, and that is what the president should be demanding instead of trying to concoct a cover s