A mix of newsmaker interviews, political analysis, cultural segments and media analysis. Could trumps own policies undermine the economic uptick. White house economic adviser larry kudlow will be here in moments. Healer in chief . Well talk to a potential dark horse 2020 candidate with a history of bringing people together. You elected me to do the right thing, not the easy thing. Former new orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu next. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is seemingly on two different tracks. There are now 100 days until the midterm elections and President Trump is dealing with two different realities, positive Economic News and also scandal and controversy including a messy public war with his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen. The feud between the president and his former fixer is heating up. Late saturday night, one of the president s current attorneys, rudy giuliani, argued in an
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Someone broke into the house or drunk driving, he would be there in a minute, unquote. Now the president s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani is out there calling Michael Cohen a liar. Do you think Michael Cohen is a liar . Well, listen, theres certainly been a breach in the relationship. So when i said that, i meant that because i had known michael for ten years, known the president for a very long time and my guess was that they were very loyal to each other. When your house gets raided and your apartment and hotel room gets raided and you get jarred by the fbi, maybe that has changed now. The leaking of the tape and i listened to the tape. I think the president is trying to make the point and mayor giuliani is making the point that it seems like the tape was cut off, that there was more e dialogue there and the president thinks it was more favorable to
A mix of newsmaker interviews, political analysis, cultural segments and media analysis. Change Michael Cohens calculus . What i also did say is
when he promised to hit 4%, some economists called that crazy. in the victory lap thursday, president trump says the boon is just beginning. i think the most important thing, and larry kudlow just confirmed to me along with kevin hassert, that these numbers are very sustainable. this isn t a one-time shot. top white house economic adviser larry kudlow joins me. after you were last here, you had health problems. you re out of the woods, good to see you. never better. to quote my favorite author, reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated. we re happy to hear that. 4.1% growth rate is a positive for the country. you said you agreed with the president this is sustainable. there are economists are skeptical.
his humility particularly. this week he had very real bragging rights by any measure. 4.1% growth in gdp is a strong number. when he promised to hit 4%, some economists called that crazy. in the victory lap thursday, president trump says the boone is just beginning. i think the most important thing, and larry kudlow just confirmed to me along with kevin h hassert, that these numbers are very sustainable. this isn t a one-time shot. top kmous economic adviser larry kudlow joins me. after you were last here, you had health problems. you re out of the woods, good to see you. never better. to quote my favorite author, reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated. we re happy to hear that. 4.1% growth rate is a positive for the country. you said you agreed with the