We had been down nearly triple digits less than an hour ago after commerce secretary wilbur ross echoed the president s America First policy in davos. Even signaling we may be heading for some kind of a trade war. I got to say this. Good for wilbur, good for wilbur. I said over and over again, as we deal with the north korean crisis, we need to be willing to play tough with china. That is what is indicated here. If it means losing a little bit on the economic side, wouldnt you rather lose dollars than lives. So good for wilbur ross. Well talk about effect on markets. News today, starbucks is handing out bonuses because of the republican tax plan. Get this, liberal media and democrats cant seem to give the president any credit for optimism out there or any great Things Companies are doing because of tax reform. Wait until you hear what one reporter said to gary cohn. We go to blake burman out in davos where President Trump will address leaders. Reporter hi, trish. It is a bit of a trick
We now know from multiple sources that Robert Mueller is zeroing in on the president s firing of james comey. Michael flynn who talked to the fbi one year ago today tried to keep the entire thing secret from the white house. That one day a year ago today really set into motion a lot of things were seeing now in terms of the obstruction of justice. There is now a incredible case of obstruction of justice against donald trump. Im not going to sit here and say there was clearly obstruction. Indicting a president of the United States on obstruction of justice isnt like going after you or me. Prosecutors will call this a head shot. You cant miss. Were waiting on a White House Press briefing, Sarah Huckabee sanders will likely face questions about the russia timeline and why president ial felt it was okay to ask who a career Civil Servant voted for. Not to mention news again but nbc news that mueller questioned firing acting attorney general sally yates, mike pompeo and mike rogers all with
Russia investigation, steve bannon. So lets get to this breaking news. Bannon and the mueller team, do you have any idea when and what they will be keying in on . Its expected to be a month. A firm date has not been set, last we heard. The interesting thing about this, sources we have been talking to expect that mueller will be interested in Steve Bannons tenure at the white house. This is not something he was talking about when he testified in front of the house intelligence committee. He inserted privilege and said he wasnt allowed by the white house to talk about his time during the transition or his time at the white house. Things will be different when he goes before mueller. Sources tell us that mueller, in particular, is going to focus on what went on to oust National Security adviser Michael Flynn, what were discussions, flynns discussions with the Russian Ambassador about sanctions, how did this play into this. What went on behind trumps decision to fire acting director sally