The president saying crooked h destroyed phones with hammers and emails and had husband meet with a. G. The day before she was cleared, and she talks about obstruction . Gregg, you say trump should kp have hiewler quit . Gregg you cannot be a special counsel if you have a witness close to the case. Comey and mueller are longtime close personal friends, partners, allies. They were joined at the hip at the d. O. J. And f. B. I. Its a mentorprotege relationship. Mueller will decide whether to believe his good friend or the man who fired his good friend. Charles many are saying the key mistake trump may have made was firing comey in the first place. Would this compounds Public Relations point of view, maybe make a legal case more complicated. Every time someone is investigating you, you fire them. Gregg im not suggesting donald trump should fire Robert Mueller, mueller should disqualify himself on his own. To fail to do so violates the statute and the canon of ethics. This is the kinds of
Here is the political situation this morning. President trump continues the rollback of the obama era. Today he will shift cuba policy. New restrictions after the opening of havana two years ago. Obamacare, repeal and replacement coming, reportedly by the end of this month. Afghanistan, 4,000 troops to be added, thats a reversal of the obama drawdown. Now, the president has already cut a lot of red tape. Hes rolled back some Financial Regulation, doesnt make a lot of headlines, but hes chipping away at the obama legacy and it begins this week. News this morning from the russians. They believe theyve killed al baghdadi, the isis leader. The u. S. Has not confirmed his death. What will the left say about this russian connection. Here is where things stand. Unity last night, pledges to tone down the rhetoric, knock off the person attacks. Politics, however, rolls on. The reversal of president obamas legacy will keep this debate redhot. Keep it here. Varney company is about to begin. In wa
David details on his new policy for cuba and what it means for american businesses. And meanwhile the white house is firing back against a steady stream of leaks. Yes, more leaks, anonymouslysourced stories. A new warning from dojs secondincommand, Rod Rosenstein. Supermarket sweep. A huge announcement rocking grocery stocks inside amazons gamechanging to buy whole foods. Melissa back to the markets, the dow ending at a brand new record high. Oil also ending higher today but tumbling for the week. Phil flynn life at cme in chicago but lets go first to nicole petallides. She is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. And, nicole, how did the markets finish the week and give us all the details about everything on the floor including that bombshell deal. Right. We have so much to digest. The market has shown resiliency last week and this week. Headlines from washington. Thed if raising rates and unwinding the balance sheet. Now you can clap your hands, do your dance, your 401 k is te
Business here and around the world, with a dow closing at an alltime high. This, as President Trump canceled obamas softer policies on cuba. Slamming obamas move as a, quote, onesided deal that benefitted and enriched the castro regime. Now the president also promised to expose the crimes of cubas communist dictatorship. Therefore, effective immediately, i am cancelling the last administrations completely onesided deal with cuba. [cheers] the president s latest move in making good on his promise to the American People to undo the stultifying legacy of president obama. Heres what President Trump has done. As Health Reform and tax reform continue to wait in the wings. So far President Trump has issued 16 executive actions. Rolling back numerous obamacare and doddfrank provisions that have stuck Economic Growth below 2 an average for the last eight years. Bank of america says these moves could possibly unlock, watch this. 2 trillion in bank capital sitting on the sidelines because of dodd
The man who told me to fire the f. B. I. Director. witch hunt. Nobody has been able to show any proof of my collusion with the russians. Sources close to trumps legal team say hes not confirming hes under investigation, he was refer together contents of a Washington Post story. Lawrence, i think the idea that this is a witch hunt, five investigations, this other investigation. Even grassley looking for a comey investigation. The swamp surrounded the wagons around President Trump. For months they said the president was under investigation. When the hearing came we heard from james comey that the president was never under investigation. This is particularly interesting. Because we have a sitting member of congress in Critical Condition and lo and behold the f. B. I. Starts to leak to the media that the president is under investigation. I think its damning that f. B. I. Would leak information to the press when we have a sitting member of congress who was just attacked. There is no evidenc