Consumer spending, you see the fact that we are in a historic moment in terms of our economic growth, i mean, this is the first time in four years that weve seen the gdp break at 4 . It was Larry Summers who said if we get to a 3 growth that it would be fair enough to say if you were to believe in tooth ferries. Jon Allison Barber is reporting from berkley heights, new jersey, near the president s golf club where he is spending this weekend. Allison, how big a deal are these numbers for the white house . Reporter for the white house they seem to be an enormous deal. Any time we speak to anyone from the administration or hear any interviews with President Trump or even from Vice President pence, what they want to talk about is the economy and gdp growth, despite warnings from some economists that the growth is not sustainable longterm. The president is telling americans the growth is here to
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now claiming his boss approved the infamous trump tower meeting that s become a feature in the mueller probe. the meeting took place in new york city in june of 2016 and including paul manafort, jared kushner and a russian lawyer. the president reinforced the claim he made several times, saying i did not know of the meeting with my son, john don d. the president s song has insisted his father had no knowledge of this meeting. it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. i wouldn t have even remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. it was a waste of 20 minutes. reporter: this claim from cohen comes just days after someone leaked a recording of a conversation between him and president trump about hush money paid to a playboy model. now the president s inner circle is painting an unflattering
the piece written by roman pharaoh also claims the misconduct extended to other parts of the country. moonves responded in a statement saying, quote, i recognize that there were times decades ago when i may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances. those were mistakes and i regret them immensely. but i always understood and respected and abided by the principle that no means no and i have never mis misused my permin to harm or hinder anyone s career. new reaction to north korea handing over what are believed to be the remains of 55 u.s. service members killed in the reason war. why vice president mike pence says the development reveals everything you need to know about president trump. plus, the legal implications for the president and his older son, don junior, after the president s former attorney reportedly claims mr. trump knew in advance of his son s meeting with a russian lawyer, something the president and the white house have repeatedly denied. if he s proven hav
remarkable. there was nobody closer in the political realm to president trump, going back to 2011. he was trump s enforcer. as we know from the allegations that have come out, he was allegedly read into the most private parts of trump s world, alleged payments to a playmate, from may boy, alleged payments to a porn star. this claim could be really explosive because trump has tried to define the russia investigation around the question of whether there was collusion or not. the don junior meeting is a clear attempt at collusion. it s in an e-mail. don junior has not denied he went into the meeting hoping to get dirt on clinton. jon: doesn t every campaign do that kind of thing, doesn t every campaign look for dirt on the opponent. they do. every campaign does not try to coordinate with a foreign adversary to get dirt on an
jillian turner has more. reporter: michael cohen is now claiming his boss approved the infamous trump tower meeting that s become a feature in the mueller probe. the meeting took place in new york city in june of 2016 and including paul manafort, jared kushner and a russian lawyer. the president reinforced the claim he made several times, saying i did not know of the meeting with my son, john don d. the president s song has insisted his father had no knowledge of this meeting. it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. i wouldn t have even remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. it was a waste of 20 minutes. reporter: this claim from cohen comes just days after someone leaked a recording of a conversation between him and president trump about hush money paid to a playboy model. now the president s inner circle