situation room much more fallout of donald trump s convictions among wolf s guess, trump s niece, mary trump, appeared weekend happening now, donald trump is raging after his historic criminal conviction condemning it as a scam and promising an appeal and rambling remarks filled with grievances and a flurry of false claims. we re looking at the road ahead for the former president and his campaign to return to the white house. also tonight, top republicans are rushing to trump s defense with house speaker mike johnson, taking it to a whole new level. the us supreme court should step in. all of this as the gop standard bearers facing new restrictions as a convicted felon will take a closer look. what trump can and can t do in the days, weeks, and possibly even years ahead welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer a year in this situation room our top story tonight, donald trump defined, as he begins to fall hi, this felony con
lawrence: it s 8:00, tuesday, june 4. it is folk. president biden taking action t. ainsley: and hunter biden expected to arrive for court this hour. opening argumentn 9:00 a.m., one hour. steve: stealing the show, one congressman s son goes viral for making funny faces during his dad s speech. he did not hear a word. not what i expected when i told him to smile at his brother back home. steve: what does your dad do at work? does boring stuff. brian: roll the animation. lawrence: executive action on the border crisis today. brian: ruin lateral move happens after years of inaction. he could shut down those seeking asylum at a certain number. ainsley: griff jenkins will tell us what the president is doing 3-1/2 years into his presidency. griff: here is what the ap reports are expected, it would shut down the border after 2500 daily encounter and only reopen when that number declined toen fa00. the president is using sekction 212 f. here is key part. when
Linked that same group to those who perpetrated the attack in charlottesville. I dont know i cant tell you im sure Senator Mccain must know what hes talking about. But when you say the altright, definal right to me. You define it. Define it for me, come on. Define it. Senator mccain defined them as the same group what about the altleft that came charging at the, as you say the altright, do they have any semblance of guilt . Let me ask you this, what about the fact that they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs, do they have any problem . I think they do. As far as im concerned, that was a horrible, horrible day wait a minute, im not finished. Im not finished, fake news. That was a horrible day. [ Inaudible Question ] i will tell you something, i watched this much more closely
nationalist rally in charlottesville, the facts were plain before, during and after the bloodshed. The fact that the president had ht his disposal saturday, a fact he had friday night when they
That was President Trump taking a victory lap on the news that the u. S. Economy grew at a robust rate at 4. 1 percent in the Second Quarter. The fastest pace in almost 4 years. Here with a look at whats behind that acceleration is chair of the White House Council of economic advisory. Nice to see you. 4. 1 percent. Economists predicted 4. 4, as you look at the details of the report. What do you like in it . It goes back to a piece i wrote a while back that Corporate Tax cuts would cause a Capital Spending boom. If you look at the average of the first half of the year, we got a Capital Spending boom in the average growth is 3. 1 percent. Its not often that economists can nail it that tightly and it showed its working exactly as we thought. Paul Capital Spending in the First Quarter was more robust than in the Second Quarter. Do you have an explanation for that . One of the things that happened is for Equipment Spending you were allowed to expense it retroactive to october. In the Fourt
Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journals editorial page. Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journals editorial page. Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journals editorial page. Later. Would you say that all of this now can be attributed to the decisions made in washington by the president . I think whats fair to say is that as they move along and move further away from the obama administration, were more than 18 months in, its harder to democrats to make that case. At this point, you see how democrats have talked a lot about other issues, talking a lot about health care, thats their main issue right now, especially as they chug toward the Brett Cavanaugh confirmation. The democrats are talking about health care, talking about russia, talking about issues that arent the economy. Thats something that the republicans have in their back pockest. As long as the economy is moving