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the special counsel handled that investigation out to someone else. his focus remains on what he was charged to do. tucker: this falls into the distinction of a difference category. we are less than a year on this thing. we ve got 22 indictments, 100 felonies, 13 russians by the way and of five guilty pleas, that s a pretty good day s work and i think we should let him finish his job. tucker: are all guilty pleas the same? is pleading guilty of lying to a federal agent the same as quitting with a foreign government or are they different universes? of course not, but they may be going lately on these guys to get their cooperation, time will tell. i think it s absolutely fair to say this special counsel ought to deliver or wind up his work. benghazi took two years, i think that s way too long, but i ll tell you what. indicting 13 russians for interfering with the election is exactly what he was charged to do, i m glad they were indicted, i hope you are. tucker: let s be to ....
reporter: that reassured wall street, but just hours later, president trump turned up the heat yet again, announcing $100 billion in additional tariffs against china. enter today, the treasury secretary there is the potential of a trade war. and let me just be clear, it is not a trade war. the president wants reciprocal trade. reporter: so, what now? well, just last month, the president himself said the united states had been treated so badly for so long on trade that, quote, trade wars are good and easy to win. does the president think that trade wars are easy to win? is that still his view? i think the president feels like if he is in charge of those negotiations, absolutely. and jon karl joins us from the white house tonight, and jon, the president s top economic adviser calls the tariffs just a proposed idea, but you re not hearing that kind of language from the president himself. reporter: well, tom, it is true that tariffs have not gone into effect yet. the p ....