He has incredible array of very experienced prosecutors coming along with him during investigation. Is certainly shows that the avenues of his reach are going broad. That is complicating for donald trump. People have no idea how is. Essful this its a great company. Also in the course of that conversation with the New York Times. The president talked about attorney general Jeff Sessions. He said acknowledge to them he knew attorney general Jeff Sessions would recuse himself, he would not have appointed Jeff Sessions to that position. We learned today that jeff not intend to step aside. Attorney general jeff earlier today. He plans to stay on board trumpspresident telling the New York Times last evening, he does not he would not have offered the job to attorney general Jeff Sessions. If he would have known that then sessions would have recused himself from russia. All of this still suggesting the president will not be silent from russian medaling. This comes as Jared Kushner set to meet
And jubilant democrats celebrate their win, senators warren and schumer do a gleeful selfie. Thats the political state of play. Not good for the gop or the trump presidency. Another news development. The economy is expanding very nicely. Between april and june, we expanded at an annual rate of 2. 6 , way better than the 1. 3 gain in the first three months of the year. The obvious questions, how to react to the political mess, the economys improving performance and perhaps most importantly, amazons profit decline. Stay right there, please. All will be revealed. Varney companys about to begin. Stuart all right. Friday morning, in 29 minutes we open this market, and im going to start with the news on the economy again. Gdp growth, 3. 6 2. 6 percent annualized in the second parter of this year. Quarter of this year. What kind of growth rate would we get if the republicans got out of their own way . 4 . It is encouraging that were growing a little bit better than europe or crab grass right
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And massive tax cuts, by the way, for middleclass workers. Massive. The biggest. The biggest thing some since reagan. We go from the highest tax nation in the world to one of the lowest, not the lowest yet but dont get greedy. One of the lowest. On regulations, which is perhaps even more important, because our companies are dying and being strangled or regulation, we are going to eliminate all wasteful jobkilling regulations. On energy, we will cancel the job killing restrictions on the production of american energy, and that means Lower Energy Prices for farmers, households, and small businesses. My administration will follow two simple rules. By american and higher american buy american and hire american. From now, it will be america first. We will crack down Foreign Trade abuses that undermine your ability and your companies ability to compete. Those days are over. Our country has lost one third of its manufacturing jobs since nafta. We have lost 70,000 factories since china opened
On capitol hill, what is the anticipated first two questions going to deal with . Will it be regulations or his personal conflicts of interest . I was just outside the Senate Finance Committee Hearing room where a bevy of activity is taking place as we anticipate this hearing to get started at any moment. Already looking to define him as someone who is out of touch with the middle class. They even have former clients of one west bank and they will talk to reporters. Recruitedchin has other folks looking to argue quite the opposite and that he was able to help people particularly low income folks merger. One west the take away there will be a lot of pressure on his previous financial dealings. To marsha question blackburn, a republican, about how they will defend. Will come back to that and in a moment, thank you. Let me go to jim milstein. It sounds like they will talk character and so forth as opposed to actual policy. Does he get confirmed . We will see. Onhink they have the votes th