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
inventory is very low. cap goods booming, business investment spending really booming. that s a productivity creator, that s a job creator, that s a wage creator for ordinary main street folks. terribly important. in fact, the saving rate was revised higher by $500 billion. that gives consumers plenty of ammunition. and as i say, as mr. trump has made it very clear that he intends to reward success, he s not trashing businesses, he wants people to take a rip at the ball. you re seeing the results of these new policies now. we ve got five trump quarters, just under 3%, 2.9%. this was 4.1. the first half was 3.1. honestly, any reason why we can t run this for several quarters again in technical terms, rock bottom inventories and a capital goods investment boom, that s are strong factors. i want to get to both trade and the eu deal that you talked about. but before i do, i would be remiss if i didn t point out
numbers, the 4.1% quarter. inventory is very low. cap goods booming, business investment spending really booming. that s a productivity creator, that s a job creator, that s a wage creator for ordinary main street folks. terribly important. in fact, the saving rate was revised higher by $500 billion. that gives consumers plenty of ammunition. and as i say, as mr. trump has made it very clear that he intends to reward success, he s not trashing businesses, he wants people to take a rip at the ball. you re seeing the results of these new policies now. we ve got five trump quarters, just under 3%, 2.9%. this was 4.1. the first half was 3.1. honestly, any reason why we can t run this for several quarters again in technical terms, rock bottom inventories and a capital goods investment