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release her first book of photography. it s cold of love and war. that s it for today. have a great week and we will see you next fox news sunday . i am thrilled to announce that in the second quarter of this year, the united states economy grew at the amazing rate of 4.1 percent. if economic growth continues at this pace, the united states economy will double in size. more than 10 years faster than it would have under either president bush or obama. paul: welcome to the journal editorial report . i am paul gigot. that was president trump taking a victory lap on the news that the u.s. economy grew at a robust rate at 4.1 percent in the second quarter. the fastest pace in almost 4 years. here with a look at what s behind that acceleration is - - chair of the white house council of economic advisory. nice to see you. 4.1 percent. economists predicted 4.4, as you look at the details of the report. what do you like in it? it goes back to a piece i wrote a while back that co ....
that was president trump taking a victory lap on the news that the u.s. economy grew at a robust rate at 4.1 percent in the second quarter. the fastest pace in almost 4 years. here with a look at what s behind that acceleration is - - chair of the white house council of economic advisory. nice to see you. 4.1 percent. economists predicted 4.4, as you look at the details of the report. what do you like in it? it goes back to a piece i wrote a while back that corporate tax cuts would cause a capital spending boom. if you look at the average of the first half of the year, we got a capital spending boom in the average growth is 3.1 percent. it s not often that economists can nail it that tightly and it showed its working exactly as we thought. paul: capital spending in the first quarter was more robust than in the second quarter. do you have an explanation for that? one of the things that happened is for equipment spending you were allowed to expense it retroactive to october ....
Brian Williams examines the day s top political stories and current political-campaign news. a source says michael cohen is prepared to tell robert mueller that donald trump knew about that meeting before it happened. he did not participate in any meeting about the russia transaction. the president? the president did not. i m happy to tell him, he wasn t there. he wasn t at the meeting. the meeting with the russians. how can you be sure that the president didn t know beforehand? you re saying it s just a he said, he said. nobody can be sure of anything. earlier this evening, a long time former trump organization employee said this about the possibility of such a meeting occurring without trump s knowledge. based on my experience working with trump and everybody that worked for trump, something major, something newsworthy, something press worthy, would always go before trump. always. i think that he would have told donald about the meeting and then if it didn t am ....
A weeknight look at the news, featuring interviews, analysis and panel discussions hosted by Bret Baier. one concession, according to sources he has agreed to reduce his number of questions from pandas initial list of 49 and he s willing to accept some answers in writing, but others he still wants oral answers to. sources say it talks continue but add there is a long way to go. rudy giuliani told fox news his inclination is still to say no to an interview but president trump wants him to keep talking with mueller. news of the mueller response followed a this morning in which president trump criticized the investigation and strongest language yet. the president tweeting this is a terrible situation, attorney general jeff sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stay in our country any further. the white house was quick to proclaim he was airing his frustration, not telling jeff sessions what to do. piece stating his opinion clearly and is e ....
Ayman Mohyeldin hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. he walked that fine line. he was just very critical of the investigation. not going after mueller in a personal kpcapacity. but with the tone of the tweet we just read, he is really trying to assign mueller a motive as to why he s going after trump eluding to things like he didn t get the job, nasty business relationship that went sour between the two men. do you think this is a different tactic now that we re seeing that he s building up for the past several months? he s been going after mueller for a while. i do think we re at a critical moment here. there s a lot of of expectation that mueller is building to some more indictments, to some more cases and there s that obstruction report that he has been working on for some time. and there s a generally belief that he s not going to do anything after labor day. he doesn t want to be accused of interfearing in the election in the sa ....