Wheres kasie hunt . Is wheres john kasich . Hes the governor of the state. Hes making a big mistake. Hes making a big mistake. Only one former republican nominee or president will be attending this convention. That being the nomination of bob dole. His running mate governor mike pence was chosen to inspire party unity, but even that may not be working. He is headed to cleveland from indianapolis. But the show must go on and donald trump is planning to deliver. Working off a theme of make amersafe again, trump is expect ed to introduce his wife to focus the party on threats at home and abroad. Kelly odonnell and our delegate hunter jacob soeb rof is in cleveland. Hes on the floor trying to rangel the never trumpers and find out what they are doing. Those last ditch efforts to keep donald trump from getting the nomination. I want to be with Kelly Odonnell. Whats the message the rnc and Trump Campaign are hoping to deliver on this first day. Its to reenforce safety and security. Something
Strong, strong bill and really strong on background checks. And tells lawmakers to stand up to the gun lobby. Some of you people are petrified of the nra. But is this the president already backing down . Ive never seen him more determined. Democrat senator joe manchin weighs in on the debate. And eyes on 2020. The president ramps up his reelection campaign. The president will have a challenger from the republican party. And a new report says the white house is keeping an eye on three potential republican challengers. One of them Governor John Kasich of ohio, is here, and joins us in minutes. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is just trying to keep up. President trump said it best himself last night speaking at the annual Gridiron Club dinner in washington, he joked that he likes turnover and chaos. His sometimes selfdeprecating speech was punctuated with jakes about his soninlaw Jared Kushners security clearance and his tense relationship with attorney ge
Secretary jim mattis. Jump tweeted, i am pleased to announce our very talented deputy secretary of defense, patrick shanahan, will assume the title of acting secretary of defense starting january 1st, 2019. Now, Senior Pentagon and Administration Officials tell nbc news that mattis learned of his exit and learned that it was being moved up by two months in a phone call, not from the president , of course, because the guy that actually made youre fired a catchword is terrified of confronting people in person. No, our secretary of defense learned from secretary of state mike pompeo rather than the president himself that he would be leaving on january 1st. On thursday trump tweeted that mattis would be retiring with distinction at the end of february, but the New York Times reports that, quote, trump had not read mattis Resignation Letter nor understood the stinging rebuke of him. The president grew increasingly angry as he watched a parade of defense analysts go on television to ex told
Tensions are high with no deal on trade between u. S. And china. China has yet to respond to the latest u. S. Tariffs and it is making the markets jittery. Yeah. Asian markets opened down. You can see all the arrows in the red there. The seoul down 6. 1 . And u. S. Markets suggest a down day on wall street. Look at that, you can see the s p 500 futures lost more than 1 , the nasdaq futures down 1. 25 and the dow losing over 1 there. But President Donald Trump remains confident, tweeting the u. S. Is right where we want to be with china. Mr. Trump claimed the u. S. Would collect tens of billions of dollars from the tariffs. His top economic adviser admitted that is not the case. Its not china that pays tariffs, its the american importers, the American Companies that pay what in effect is a tax increase, and often times passes it on to u. S. Consumers. Fair enough. In fact, both sides will pay. Both sides will pay in these things. All right. Lets go live now to beijing. Cnns stephen jung
Officials while police say the boy is finally safe. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im george howell. And im rosemary church. From cnn headquarters in atlanta, cnn newsroom starts right now. U. S. President donald trump may feel confident about how the trade war with china is going, but investors are nervous. Thats right. Asian markets closed in negative territory over the latest hike in u. S. Tariffs and beijing is expected to retaliate. You see here the neikke, the shanghai kpoz et and seoul all showing negative in negative territory. U. S. Futures market also. A down day on wall street as well. You see the same playing out there. But President Trump tweeted the u. S. Is right where we want to be with china. He claimed the u. S. Would collect tens of billions of dollars from the tariffs, but his top economic adviser admitted that isnt how it works. Its not china that pays tariffs, its the american importers, the American Companies that pay w