The economy here in the u. S. Is great. Despite the president s no end in sight trade war with china, the growing number of economists warning of a recession, the white house claiming they are just plain wrong. For his part President Trump is also pushing that same mantra on a tarmac in new jersey yesterday saying that u. S. Consumers are doing just fine. I dont think were having a recession. Were doing tremendously well. Our consumers are rich. I gave a tremendous tax cut and they are loaded up with money. Of course most of that money went to corporations. Joining me now cnns joe johns at the white house. You get a window into trumps mind off with his protest, with his tweets, et cetera, but also into his worries. Does this indicate that the president here is concerned about the Economic Indicators and particularly how that might affect his reelection chances . Right. Its hard to see how he couldnt not be concerned simply because history, if it is any prologue tells you george h. W. B
Shooting plots foiled. Three men in three states have been taken into custody for allegedly threatening or expressing interest in Mass Shootings. How are police and the fbi able to stop them. And absurd. That is what denmark Prime Minister calls President Trumps desire to buy greenland. The worlds biggest island may not be for sale but it is melting. Were going to show you the shocking impact of the cliemts crisis there. Wolf blitzer is off. Im brianna keeler, youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Five years after he was accused of fatally chokingash garner, new York Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo has been fired and will not receive his pension after a disciplinary hearing which he was found guilty of using a chokehold on garner. Garners final words, i cant breathe, were a rallying cry for the black lives Matter Movement and with recession fears mounting President Trump blaming the media, democrats and his own fed chairman for economic concerns and he has yo
Will stay with him until he gets back to his hotel and hes done for the night. Something unusual has happened here in france and that while this g7 working dinner is under way, they essentially told the White House Pool thats all we need from you guys, have a good night and they call what they called lid which means no more photographs of the president , but typically a pool stays with the president until he gets back to his hotel in case something happens, and it has to be reported out to the world and were not seeing that in this case. So it is going to raise all sorts of questions as to whats going on here. Why did they do this . Why did they decide to send the press home before the president gets back to his hotel. And this trip follows a very kay on theic week for the president. The dow plummeted, and former aides expressed his concern over his erratic behavior. Theres been a dip in his Approval Rating and yet the president said hes the chosen one which he apparently brought up ag
President s top economic adviser says give positive thinking a chance. Well, ill tell you what, i sure dont see a recession. Were doing pretty darn well in my judgment. Lets not be afraid of optimism. So i say about everything in life. Boris sanchez is at the white house. Boris for the white house, they surely are on message to the economic message they want out there. But what are you hearing behindthescenes . Privately concerns about the economy have long been a running theme in the president s conversations with his staff. As you know, frequently when he talks about his accomplishments, the economy, the strength of the american economy, is almost always near the top. The president privately has talked to aides about concerns that this ongoing trade war with china could hurt his chances for reelection. Thats part of the reason that you saw him delay these tariffs on china going to december 15th. The president apparently swayed by aides who told him that these tariffs are chinese impo
By a yth moomayenef fest for breastia this is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Odonnell good evening. This is our western edition. We start out with breaking news at the white house. President trump has just spoken again with the head of the National Rifle association. Cbs news is confirming that Wayne Lapierre placed the call and there are questions tonight about the context of that call. Earlier this month after the Mass Shootings in el paso and dayton that killed 31 people, the president said he favored what he called meaningful background checks. But hes been backing away from that. This news comes in addition to the president in the oval office today speaking about the possibility of a recession and what he might do to head it off. So well start tonight at the white house with paula reid. Mberne, wee donomy hwaimy to avd one. Payroll tax is something that we think about and a lot of people would like to see that. Reporter yesterday white house officials denied a payroll t