Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. This was day 844 of the trump administration. If youre looking fr where we stand, where things are, the headlines pretty much tell the story. The New York Times is reporting the white house has been reviewing plans for a potential military confrontation with iran. Former Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who only left the job friday is speaking out tonight calling the Mueller Investigation justified and characterizing onetime fbi director james comey as a partisan pundit. According to the times rosensteins former boss william barr has now asked a federal prosecutor in connecticut to examine the origins of the russia investigation. The Washington Post tonight, for good measure, reports that before trump ousted top officials at Homeland Security they had pushed back on a secret plan to arrest thousands of migrant families living in several cities across our country. And tonight we appear in a full fledged
Cut something you really care about. We will take your money. Bill diblasio isnt running yet but feeling the heat called out at his own rally inside trump tower. Whale of a tale, the incredible moment and unsuspecting fishermen got the surprise of a lifetime. Can you imagine that . Fox and friends starts right now. Rocket man we have some news on that front from someone the president previously called rocket man. You are watching fox and friends first tuesday morning, thank you for starting the day with us. 120,000 troops could be headed to the middle east as tensions with iran boil over. The New York Times reports the white house is considering an Even Stronger military responsive to iran attacks us troops or intensifies its nuclear program. This comes hours after the president s turn warning from the oval office. We will see what happens. It is going to be a big problem for iran if something happens. They are not going to be happy people. You can figure it out, they know what i mean
Were the second worst day of the year as of right now. Heavy selling throughout the day. And lets just put some context around this. The selling really started last week. Take a look at this chart. Were down over 4 right now. This is a clear message from investors to donald trump, they do not think its going to be okay, they dont agree with this tactic of using tariffs. They think that its going to hurt the domestic economy and slow down the global economy. This is going to wreak havoc on Business Confidence and it also is going to impose higher costs on consumers, despite what the president has been putting out there. Its the u. S. Consumer that pays the price here, jake. And rana, what do you make of the timing of this . Obviously, china could have retaliated over the weekend, they did so today, causing these jitters on wall street. Yeah, absolutely. I think that this is china saying, look, were not backing down. And really, this is an existential issue for them. This is not just pan
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