one u.s. company adding hundreds of positions. one in illinois. defense secretary james mattis weighed in on trade concerns. will the trade impact have an effect on the security relationship? right now i don t see that. i still think it is premature to call it a trade war. as it starts maturing, there is always give and take on these things. along the path, it will be rocky and bumpy. so far, i do not anticipate any effect in the security arena. in congress, senator bob corker tells us the president called him and to back off the efforts to curb the president s hour on trade. power on trade.
stock exchange. it opened an hour later. wall street ignored the trade tensions. dow back above 25,000. nasdaq with three straight record highs in a row. speaking of trade, the u.s. trade deficit fell to a seven-month low. imports fell. exports hit a record high lifted by increase in oil and soybeans. tesla stock up 10% after elon musk said model 3 production is back on track. shares are still down 9% from a year ago. tesla has missed production deadlines for the car. musk admitted tesla has made a lot of mistakes, but will likely reach the goal by the end of the month. are you flying this summer? rising fuel prices mean you will pay more. global oil up 12% putting pressure on airlines. carriers warn they will hike
the woods yet either. he is expected to face blame fort fbi s delay in reviewing those additional e-mails believed to be relevant to the investigation. they were found on anthony weiner s laptop in the final days of the campaign. john? laura jarrett, thank you for that. some want to limit the president s power on trade. but is it more than just talk? we re going to ask about the new details in this ig report that we re just learning now with the key republican congressman. that s next.
effort to curb the president s power on trade. the president telling corker this would hurt negotiations. corker says he has a duty to push ahead. maybe so, mitch mcconnell telling sirius xm that the senate does not need to rein in the president through legislation. breaking overnight. the doj will offer top lawmaker a s a chance to review documents over the confidential source in the 2016 campaign. the justice department resisted fearing the confidential source s life would be at risk. president trump has seized on the use of confidential source to claim without evidence that the fbi infiltrated his campaign to spy on it. three top republicans now breaking with the president on
one source said to a degree, one can take ever what is said as a joke. the impact on canada on workers in the u.s. won t be laughing matter. one senior official did not comment on the 1812 statement. they did try to justify the tariffs arguing the steel and aluminum industries in the united states are so depressed, they could not mount mobilization. new american jobs are added in the wake of the immediate tariffs. one company adding positions it to restart furnaces. james mattis weighed in on these statements. will the trade impact have an effect on the security relationship? right now i don t see that. i still think it is premature to call it a trade war. as it starts maturing, there is always give and take on these