Ellison barber is live at the white house with the very latest. Hi dear the president is trying to keep the focus on jobs, the economy, tax cuts. Please undo that that the roundtable in cleveland and also statements that he made over the past couple of days in dc. But in the past couple of days, payment to Stormy Daniels has been the primary focus. 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels that she received from longtime trump attorney Michael Cohen. Install news because the newest attorney, Rudy Giuliani. He made an unexpected admission during an interview. He made the payment and the president repaid. Question is a statement quote clarifying some of his remarks basically there is no campaign violation. The payment was made to resolve a personal and false allegation in order to protect the president s family. He wouldve been done in any event whether he was a candidate or not. He also said that quote my reference to timing were not describing my understanding of the president s knowledge but
Hour. You can expect the unexpected. The white house saying that the script right now calls for a focus on tax reform and that legislation that was successfully passed, particularly by republicans in december. However, of course, President Trump often has a tendency perhaps to veer off script and address other issues and other topics. We certainly have to hear what happens in the auditorium that you see behind me. President trump is making his way here after make a couple of brief stops for some rnc fundraisers. Access to this by reporters was denied by the white house. Certainly not unusual by this or previous administrations before. As the president meets with some of these republican fundraisers. But, again, the main focus and topic of conversation inside this auditorium right now will be tax reform. So a lot of policy. But thats certainly doesnt mean politics will be absent today. This is a state that is rolling into a primary in the next few days. And of course one of the republic
does well with independents. sources told fox giuliani wants to run. and many are convinced he will run. but the former mayor insists he won t make a time decision until august. bret? a lot happening quickly. thank you. for most people the idea of going back to college or going to college in the first place is to improve their job prospects. president obama today addressed students who may not be able to find any job once they graduate. white house correspondent wendell goler shows us what he said. reporter: at a community college outside washington, president obama acknowledged for the second time this week the economy isn t creating job fast enough. there are too many people out there who are still out of work. without a job that allows them to save money, or create the life they want for the families. a new fox news poll indicates the president s job performance rating lost the bounce it got after usama bin laden was killed in early may. one by gallup puts critics handling