Why that might be easier said than done. A growing debate over the next steps the white house may or may not take to avoid a downturn in the economy. Were getting mixed signals on the strength of the economy. So we start in this hour with Jackie Deangelis who is here in the studio to lay it all out for us. Reporter connell as recession fears linger, concern over the trade war keeping a lid on optimism, especially today. This is big week for retail. Home depot earnings were in focus. Home depot numbers beat the street. A reminder of the thorn in the markets side. Home depot is worried that the trade war a new round of tariffs will cause Consumer Spending to slow down. It. J max, positive report was dampened by earnings guidance. Numbers were under wall street expectations. Headwinds to consider here, global slow down, europe, china, parts of europe, bond yields continue falling, continued flight to safety less proannounced than last week, fundamentals pretty strong. Gdp more than 2 . Ju
My plan b, is that if we dont make a deal, i will tariff, maybe not at 25 , maybe a 10 , but i will tariff the rest of the 600 billion that were talking about. So we have much more than 300 billion worth of products. Reporter exclusive interview with fox businesss Maria Bartiromo President Trump says he is happy where things are with china but it is possible that talks could convince him not to move forward with additional round of tariffs but trump says there is more on the table than just tariffs. He wants china to stop manipulating the value of their money. They devalue their currency like a pingpong ball. They played the devaluation card for years, people dont call them on it, were looking for calling them on it the first time. What is the difference, you call them on it, big deal. I want to have a Good Relationship with china. I have a great personal relationship with president she. He is a friend of mine. I think he is fantastic. Reporter no matter what cops out of the facetoface
Released of kate, the princess of wales. Im kate bolduan, ms sarah cider, and john berman. This is seen a new central we are standing by for a historymaking arrival at a federal prison in miami. Any moment, Donald Trumps former white house adviser, Peter Navarro, is expected to show up in what he does. He will become the first former white house official ever jailed for Contempt Of Congress in a manner of speaking, he is going to prison for donald trump navarro refused to comply with the subpoena for testimony and documents from the january 6 committee. Navarro publicly bragged about his work to contest in there for delay the count from key swings after the 2020 election he called it the green base sweep, but he would not testify about it or even take the fifth and that hes getting him an extended stay in miami. Cnns randy k is live outside the prison this morning. How will this go down today . Randy . Well, john, we expect Peter Navarro to show up here shortly. Hes actually going to h
Alleged coconspirators be in the works . Also tonight, were learning that western hopes for ukraines counteroffensive are fading right now as officials receive very sobering updates on the fight to retake territory from russia. Ill get reaction from key white house official john kirby. And in the president ial race, Florida Governor ron desantis boots his Campaign Manager in an ongoing shakeup, replacing her with a trusted adviser as his bid for the gop nomination keeps on struggling. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News on a key hearing in the January 6th Criminal Prosecution of donald trump. Were joined by our Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid. So what are we hearing tonight from the judge whos overseeing this critically important case . Wolf, the Rocket Docket continues here in d. C. The judge who will oversee the January
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