News coverage is provided. Americans were working than eight years before. We have turned it all around. Once again we have been the economic envy of the entire world. It really is a stroke because the gdp did hit four times during the Obama Administration. The highest was 5. 1 percent. But as you say, it was something. Mike growth like this is something obsolete should be celebrated. With the white house and i think others have been saying is that the numbers during the Obama Administration may have been high but it was largely because there was a recovery phase. When the president began with the economy already, pretty decent shape and really revving it up with the agenda of deregulation and all of that. Hes been criticizing the fed recently for trying to pump the brakes on the economy because he did not want them to raise interest rates. Eric meanwhile, this is been
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- - has worked on campaigns for newt gingrich, mitt romney and ben carson. and then kissel is a radio talkshow host and commentator. thank you gentlemen for joining us. ben, i want to start with you. why is senator joe manchin taking this meeting? i think he s probably going to do the exact same thing regarding neil gorsuch. i think he will support brett kavanaugh the way he did neil gorsuch and i wouldn t be supplies to if donnelly and the - - can t out of north dakota does the same thing. right now, the democrats are like a football team taking the field with eight players going against a team with a full squad and i don t see how they will stop this. i would like to point out, i believe the confirmation of brett kavanaugh should wait until after the mueller investigation because it s a total conflict of interest if they do decide to indict donald trump to have brett kavanaugh decide that case i think is something the american people don t want to see.
who voted overwhelmingly by 19 points in favor of president trump. i think it s tough when you belong to a party like joe does what he d like to vote otherwise but he s got to check with chuck schumer on every vote. reporter: donnelly voting for cavanaugh would not come as a complete surprise. he is a pro-life democrat. now he s under pressure. to do the same for brett kavanaugh. senator joe donnelly,will he caved to the extreme left or confirm a supreme justice and protect our rights . reporter: conservative radio host as his listeners want donnelly to give cavanaugh an unbiased look. people are tired of the vitriol. when you hear the democrats come out and say, we are against this guy without knowing he is. reporter: with the race in neck in that, voters think
donnelly will need to cast the friendly vote. i think you have to disappoint his party and vote in favor of the nominee and then we will see where the chips fall. reporter: donnelly thus far has not been to middlesaying we will he will take the same approach adding that he quote, will carefully review and consider the record and qualifications of judge brett kavanaugh. most senate democrats have been refusing a meeting demanding republicans produce paperwork about his past before hand. senator donnelly scheduled one anyhow. in indiana, fox news. alicia: another red state democrat feeling pressure to vote forsupreme president trump supreme court pick. joe manchin will meet with brett kavanaugh on monday, so what can we expect?let s bring in our lyrical panel.