rain forest. and environmentalists call the destruction unprecedented and the peak of the dry season doesn't hit until next month. smoke from the fires has covered half of brazil and spilling to neighboring peru abbolivia and paraguay. outfront next, trouble for trump. new poll numbers show his support slipping at the same time there are new warning signs about the economy. is in what's behind that erratic behavior? plus jared and ivanka missing in action? why are the president's closest advisers no where to be seen after trump's controversial comments about jewish americans? and the ceo of a major online retailer abruptly resigned after he reveals his relationship with an accused russian pie. let's go outfront. good evening, everyone i'm kate baldwin in forer inburn net. ignore the warning signs that's the message from the president

today, mo insists the economy is doing well. and the reason he says it's not breaking record, the federal reserve. even still no reason to worry according to one of the president's top economic advisers. >> i have zero fear father of a rezbleegs i myself don't -- in the foreseeable future as far as the eye can see, no, we are optimistic about the economy. >> i guess it comes down to what your dechgs of the foreseeable future is we'll get to that maybe another day. americans may not be as optimistic as team trump. and maybe showing. look at the poll from the associated press university of chicago, president he is a approval rating down to 36% lowest since january, 66 of americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction. and when it comes to the economy, less than half approve of the way he is handling it. and there is more trouble signs. for the first time in nearly a decade america's machining sector shrank and there is a

major correction revision to what has been a bright spot in the economy under president trump, jobs numbers. the labor department now says between april of 2018 and march of this year, there were half a million fewer jobs created than originally thought. so what the president is saying everything is great. others say it's the source behind his erratic behavior of late. according to "the new york times" let me show you this. former trump administration officials they write in recent days said they were increasingly worried about the president peace behavior. also suggesting that the it stems from the economy. what behavior do you ask? look here. >> i am the chosen one. i thought that the prime minister's statement that it was absurd that it was an absurd idea was nasty. you don't talk to the united states that way. i think that if you vote for a democrat you're very, very disloyal to israel and to the jewish people. that was outsmarting obama.

so russia outsmarted president obama. the doctors were coming out of the operating rooms. there were hundreds and hundreds of people all over the floor. you couldn't walk on it. nobody has done a job like i have done. >> boris sanchez is outfront at the white house. boris, the white house tonight still arguing there is nothing to see here with the economy? >> yeah, that's right, the kate, the message from the administration so so far is everything is fine despite the ominous signals. you saw the director of the national economic council here on the north line of the white house a short while ago. saying a recession was not in the foreseeable future. i asked about the report that the machining sector shrank the frooirs first time in decade. he said he wanted to take a closer look. and the number you mentioned the jobs the number were

substantially weaker than he estimated. he said he wasn't concerned about it. he want today look at the fine print. the president is aware of all this information. he has had discussion was aides according to sources about how the economy could potentially impact his 20 chances, specifically the ongoing trade war with china. just yesterday he tried to distance himself a bit from it saying it's not his trade war with china even though he called himself as you saw there the chosen one. he also sort of skofd and dismissed the idea of payroll taxes pursuing that as a potential way to push off any kind of economic slowdown. just a short while ago larry cudd low says it's something the administration has been working on some time. he called it tax cuts 2.0. and effectively said they weren't imminent but they would put more out into the public going into the 2020 campaign season, kate. >> maybe they'll come out in the foreseeable future. great to see you boris thank you. outfront correspondent for american urbaned radio networks april ryan.

moody analytic mark zandy and nia malika henderson. what are you hearing, april? is the economy causing the president's ee rot rattic behavior. >> yes, yes, and yes. this president has been touting a great economy and that is the cornerstone since i guess since the gipg of his administration for people to feel that he should win re-election, that he is firmly planted for the american public and working for them. but indicators, not traditional indicators are saying something different. he is having a hard time trying to marry the great economy with what it looks like for the american public, particularly the grass roots. and you know, i heard from member of congress when they come back september 9th they were dealing with the issue of the economy. something the president doesn't want to deal with especially as

they highlight the fact that there is a deficit that is expected to be a trillion dollars by the end of the fiscal year. also the fact that they want to find ways to pay for things now pan reduce the tax credit. and other things and deal with trade. particularly the tariffs to try to help fix, correct, this economy before it gets out of control. so the president is erratic now, but come september 9th when they focus on the economy he might get worse than now. >> count me as skeptical. and i'm happy to eat my words if all the sudden a bunch of deficit hawks start showing up on capitol hill. that will be crazy. i'm sure mark zandy thinks about that quite a bit. "the new york times" as i mentioned earlier, the growing concern by former trump administration officials the way the president is acting. here is the thing. if folks inside the administration, inside the white house are concerned, what do they do about it? >> you know, it's hard to snow,

right. if you think about the trajectory of the folks surrounding this presidency, it's very much thinned out over the last month or so. he came in with a pretty good team, a robust team. and and since then folks left. there's been all sorts of turnover and not the replacements if you think about john kelly, not as strong a personality, not somebody with the stature to chamg the presidency. even though john kelly could be criticized for maybe not challenging the president enough. that's where i think the staff and the country finds themselves. the president without the guard rails that he initially had that did serve to curb some of his indistinct, his public indistinct and comments. now you have a situation where the president doesn't have a filter. and then you have this kind of fear factor of the economy. what was sort of different about the president -- if you think back to his inaugural speech. he was clear about the kind of economy that he wanted to see, right. he talked about sort of the

tombstones of all of the shuttered factories across the country. and he really targeted the manufacturing sector as something he would revive, the steel industry, the coal industry. if you look at the data here about the manufacturing jobs they're not coming back. and you see some layoffs in the big industries steel workers, for instance, coal still struggling. in that way if you think about the states, places like pennsylvania, places like wisconsin, like ohio and michigan, you go to those states. and there isn't some, you know, sort of rebirth of manufacturing in the way that this president promised in very specific ways. i can imagine it's something he is worried about because, you know, it matters in those folks lives, the promises he made to them and not necessarily coming to fruition. >> and it matters how you feel, how your personal economy feels. and that is -- that's where the tough spot is. mark, the president and folks around him but the president especially has been working

overtime this week to try to shrug off the fierce of recession and kpk downturn listen to this. >> our economy is the strongest in the world by far. nothing even close. >> we're far from a rezbleegs i don't see a recession. >> but nia listing out the trouble signs, the labor department rechgs in terms of jobs growth and numbers. what does it show you, mark? >> well, economic growth is slowing. sharply. manufacturing is now arguably in recession, you know, output dhk last month lower than a year ago. and you can connect the dots right back to the trade war. the trade war is really doing a lot of damage to the global economy. the president is right that the u.s. economy is doing better than the rest of the world. but the rest of the world is pretty close to recession if not in relevant session. >> that's definitely relative in in moment. >> yeah, exactly, the value of

the dollar is up. exports are declining and manufacturers rely heavily on selling what they produce to the rest of the world. here is the dark irony in this. the trade war, the tariffs were supposed to help manufacturing. but the -- in fact what's happening is it's pushing it into recession. now the damage is spreading out. you point to the employment statistics, the revision down in the employment gains. knows rechvisions were surprisingly big and broad based. not only manufacturing revised done pop construction, leisure hospitality, retail, health care, education, the economy is weakening. and if the president doesn't stand down on the trade war pretty soon, recession risks will be paufly high by this time next year. >> april, over the long term president trump's approval rating since taking office. we know it's remained remarkably consistent. it's not where anyone -- any

president wants it to be but it's consistent. there have been like the last three approval rating polls we have seen, we are -- we have seen it dip. and for a president i often wonder, who is obsessed with polls, is this adding to him lashing out? >> not only is he obsessed with polls he is obsessed with himself. yes, this is some of the reason why he is lashing out. i mean, when his own television network that he prefers, fox news, says things that democratic polls are saying. and he is actually saying, look, this is not right. you need to recheck this. there is a problem. you know, this is -- there is an independent free press in in nation. this is not russia, china. that's what makes us different. and in president is very upset with the fact that his numbers are slipping. he is the emperor with the new clothes. i don't know if you want to watch him walk down the street

naked. but at this point this president has a hard time facing reality. people are tired of the reality show, the reality is if i don't have money in my pocket, if you are talking against my religion, my culture, there is a problem. so his numbers are slipping for the reasons he created >> nia, president trump and his advisers they continue to blame for any problem or worry of the economy the fed chairman and also the president is now going back to blaming president obama. at what point do you think the white house or any -- this white house or any white house no longer can pass the blame? >> i mean, the only -- to obama, he os a big bouquet of flowers. he was handed a pretty good economy. he obviously talked it down and folks who voted for him believed he could turned it around but the unemployment rate was 4.7% when he took office.

it was obviously juiced up with the tax cuts. and zandy can talk to that more than i can. and some of that is waning. but he has to figure out what's next. there also is the other dynamic of -- this is his sort of his first most mueller phase of the presidency. he was obsessed with mueller and the russia probe. now he mass time on his hands. he liked where the economy was, the stock market was booming. and now he's got is facewood the idea of a recession and the congress that used all the tools in the tool box in facing the big deficit as well. >> that's really very interesting interrogation. thanks so much guys appreciate it. >> thank you. >> outfront next jared and ivanka, both presidential advisers who have no problem speaking out when they want to. why are they silent after this controversial comment? >> if you vote for a democrat you're very, very disloyal to israel and to the jewish people.

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ton missing in action, white house advisers jared kushner and ivanka trump, the president's daughter and son-in-law of course, also jewish publicly silent after the president said this. >> if you vote for a democrat, you're very, very disloyal to israel and to the jewish people. >> those comments widely criticized as playing a anti-semitic trope of accusing jews of dual loyalty something used for a long time, to belittle jews. outfront now keith boykin white house aide for bill clinton. and a member of trump's 2020 re-election advisory. keith, ivanka and trump are known to be strategic in how they weigh in and how they give advice to the president. we know that that definitely isn't always done publicly as no one should expect it to when they disagree or need to course correct the president.

i why do you think they choose to stay silent on this? because it often leaks out? >> yeah, i mean i think -- i don't have special insight into ieskt trump's brain or what she thinks or her republics with her dad. but i think it's all selective. she chooses to speak out when shelves it's in her interest to do so. and often does it privately or surreptitiously leak as story to a friendly reporter she didn't agree with something trump did. only when it's incredibly unpopular and she realizes it doesn't benefit her brand to do so. but most occasions she doesn't speak out against her father even' makes anti-semitic comment. even he says he is the king of zrl. even looking to the skies and says i'm the chosen one. ivanka remains silent in midst of the chaos and stupidity of the trump administration. >> rob what do you think of it. >> well they're on vacation with that. on a family vacation in wyoming and putting that on instagram. and i think if you go back in

time on some of the quote controversial things. >> i think they are back, though regardless when you work for the white house talk to any administration i don't think you're ever on vacation. >> noin eoip, i know but ner entitled to downtime. if you look at her twitter account she lists in the bio, mother, daughter, sister, wife, and fifth is adviser to the president. >> because she is not qualified to be a adviser to the president she know nas. >> that's not the reason. >> of course it is. >> nef a life with kids and they're trying to raise their kids. she is not commenting on everything publicly. >> having kids is not excuse for silence in the face of anti-semitism. >> if she has something to say to her dad she says it in private. i think that's the relationship that it should be. >> but some -- folks inside the white house have conceded to cnn they think when it comes to the disloyalty remark it went too far. i mean it's widely criticized has -- you know that it's a long time anti-semitic trope don't you agree isn't that a crisis

moment in the white house. >> i don't think he should have said things like that. i think he has to be really careful with how he koos his words. but i think what he monte to say -- and this is true -- that you know traditional democratic bloc voters african-americans voters hispanic jewish voters you need to look at an alternative and that alternative is the republican party and this president because of what has happened for groups across the spectrum everyone is doing better than they were three years ago. and that is the argument. >> how are people doing better. >> when anti-semitic incidents increased. >> you can't blame that on donald trump. you can't. >> when people chanting in charlottesville j. ews are not replace him and the spt morally ambiguous threatening the people might be fine people. how are people doing better when there is a mass shooting at tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh and the president blames the synagogue for not having guards. how are people doing better when

the president tweets anti-mittic tropes calling hillary clinton anti-semitic and they attack tom steyer and george bloomberg. how are people doing better under those circumstances when question consistently see anti-semitism from the united states and the republican party. >> shall we talk about tlaib and omar those things. >> talk about whatever you want. >> what i was talking about and what i meant of course and i think what he means by in is, look, you need to look at a different perspective. you need to look at a different party because you've been voting market for a long, long time. and you know what, it's time you give a different look. >> it's clear what the president is trying to do is label the democratic party as anti-semitic. he is trying. >> well there is definitely a problem, no question about that. >> well, tell me this, why is that ever. >> certain members called out from within the party. >> that's the problem they haven't been called out.

>> they absolutely have they have. but may i pose the question. right or wrong, what he is trying to do is to label the democratic party as anti-semitic the disloyal remark shows that in and of itself. do you think -- do you worry that it can actually have an impact on the party? >> well, no, because i mean first of all if there is any fixed principle in the constitutional system and see the president does president does determine religious litmus tests for people. and you can't decide that if you don't agree with a particular government or administration that means you are disloyal to the country or not being a good member of your faith. secondly, the democrats have won the jewish vote in president ever presidential election since the creation of the state of israel in 1941. hillary clinton got 71%. barack obama got 78% of the vote. there is no indication that trend diskins even when you have an anti-semite in the wlous who

refuses to to anything when the anti-semitic incidents are on the rise. >> right now you have a cancer growing in the halls of congress. members of the democratic party. certain members have spoken out about what they have seen. unfortunately when it came to the rubber meeting the road they would not specifically condemn them in their congressional resolutions. >> as we leave it here it doesn't help though for republican party hearing what you do hear from the president on the top. really quick because i'm curious. do you think jared kushner and ivanka trump -- do you think they have the kind of weight that people try to say they do with their. >> with the president? >> yeah. >> as any son-in-law and daughter would. they talk in private they should. >> whens they're in crisis and your father/boss is. >> it's not fair to -- fair to expect to speak out against anti-semitism.

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new tonight, president trump facing yet another legal challenge over his administration's immigration policies. this time a new rule that could allow for expedited deportations of undocumented immigrants. attorneys general from 18 states and washington, d.c. urging a federal court to stop the administration in its tracks on this. this is days after multiple states also sued to block another move by the administration to limit legal immigration. that rule making it much easier to deny green cards or visas for applicants seen as poor a or having little education. outfront now is new york's attorney general, la tisha james involved in both of the challenges. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> if i can ask you about the deportations, why are you challenging this rule? a version of the rule has been on the books for years. tell me. >> expedited deportations have

been on the becomes for some time. applying to individual who were 100 miles from the border and individuals who have been in our country for less than 14 days. they've expanded it to include all individuals, all individuals who are undocumented across the nation. in addition to that they will deny them due process rights. i believe in the constitution. i believe in equal protection under the law. and it's a value i hold deer dearly. i will not cytoi'dly buy whie while the constitution is trample pits important we defend the constitution and defend the law. and we also defend marginal and vulnerable populations. it's also important to understand that we just recently filed lawsuit against in administration with respect to the public charge rule. again, individuals who seek to come to the country, who need a hand up and not a handout and individuals who obviously need temporary assistance, non-cash

assistance for a limited period of time. the public charge rule has been on the books a long period of time, decadeslong rule but the change in the rule, gep, would deny visas and would deny green cards who individuals needing assistance. it's important everyone understand that the best and brightest is should not only apply to those with money but all of us. >> your office filed 17 lawsuits against the administration in the eight months -- a little over eight months since you have taken office. you are kinning a civil lawsuit against the trump foundation and have investigated the trump organization. 17 lawsuits in that amount of time is a lot. why so many? >> 17 lawsuits one every two weeks. and since 2017 we have filed the office of attorney general state of new york has filed over 68 lawsuits. and again it's because we are here to defend the constitution and stand up for the rule of law. and to again reit it rate and to stress that no one is above the law including the most powerful person in this country. and across the -- and across the

world. and so it's really critically important that we underscore our values and stand up for the law and the equal opportunity and under the law and for justice as a whole. and to stand up for the constitution. and to stand up for those individuals without a voice. >> president trump has clearly takens notice. foipt play i want to play something he said at a rally just last week. listen to this. >> all new york likes to do is sue me. any like to sue me. they're always suing. i said which lawyer is handling that case? now they sue me for everything. so they can try to stop us by any means possible. >> and in a court filing earlier this year from attorneys for the trump foundation they said quote that you ran -- ran on an anti-trump campaign where you expressed grave anti-pathy and

to mr. trump. >> this is not politic ieszed it's based on facts and rule of law. it's critically important that individuals understand that. what we are trying to do is protect marginalized populations and stand up for the constitution and i will not stand by while the constitution is it trampled on. it's critically important we use the law as a sword and shield. the president referred to me as a bludgeoning -- bludgeoning him and i sort of take that as a compliment. the reality is again the law should be used to shield those who need protection. and that's exactly what i'm doing and standing up for the rights of new york zbleers are you at all concerned with so many legal challenges what losing any one of them bo mean in terms of giving president trump ammunition if you lost one of the cases. >> i think it's important that everyone understand we have stood up on behalf of women on behalf of reproductive rights, stood up on behalf of the environment. we have stood up on behalf of immigrants.

on behalf of against housing skrims. on a wide range of issues we continue to use the law as a means to address wrong doings. and in administration has consistently and repeatedly rolled back all of the progress that we have made in this nation. including but not limited to standing up to defend the affordable care act at a time when individuals are facing bankruptcy, when they are faced with rising health care bills. it's always important to have an attorney general that understands the rule of law applies to all of us. and i have a duty and obligation to protect the interests and the rights of new yorkers. >> the rule -- the law applies to all of us, yes. but as we learned from the mueller investigation for one it is basically impossible to charge a sitting president. do you expect president trump to face charges in new york once he leaves office? >> so, again, my issue again is making sure that the law is enforced. and so as we investigate the trump foundation for example --

the trump foundation was formed in the not for profit laws in the state of new york and there have been individuals who come to our office to raise questions with respect to the trump foundation, as whether -- we are looking into the allegations. and ensuring that in fact the beneficiaries are protected, the assets are protected and that individuals who contribute to the trump foundation are doing it in a way that's consistent with the law. and so all that we are doing is following the law and making sure that the law is enforced and that the -- and underskoerpg the point the law applies to all of of us. i believe the simple concept of justice and equality for law under our constitution. >> 17 case in the eight months. >> yes. >> does this trend continue under the dmoorgs. >> if this administration rolls back all the progress we made in the nation, if this administration continuing to trample upon the constitution, if this administration continues, again, to violate the

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tonight, the ceo of the major online retailer overstock.com has resigned in the wake of his newly revealed romantic relationship with accused agent maria buttona currently serving time in jail. he recently shared he was involved with her for three years. his comments triggered a decline in the stock price. which surged more than 10% on news of the exit. outfront now, sara murray. what do we know about this. >> this is a weird story obviously. as you can imagine the ceo came forward and said- dsh he said in the interview with the "new york times" they met at freedom fest, a libertarian confab at las vegas. they struck up the relationship and lasted arthrothree years.

at some point burns started the the fbi about maria buttona and about replace. at some point he believes it was a deep state effort at political espionage although he has no proof to back it up. as for maria buttona it's unclear what she wanted out of the relationship with bern. she was trying to make inroads with political groups including the nra. and she ended up pleading guilty to failing to register as a foreign agent. she is spending 18 months behind bars. right now she is in prison in tallahassee. and all of the bus around the patrick burns relationship with her and his claims of the a deep state efforts were unsettling to investors and led to him stepping aside. >> thank you so much. outfront now cnn security analyst steve hall, the former cia chief of russia operations. if buttona was working at a

russian agent. what would make burn a target. >> well this is sort of confirmation if you will in my view as to the fact that maria was indeed part of an intelligence operation run by the russians first looking at 2016 elections and then ownward. looking from the russian perspective from buttona's filter. she comes from a country ruled by vrd vladimir put. who surrounds himself with powerful guys known as oligarchs when she comes to the united states with her tasking being you need to look for important people in the u.s. system to plug into so we can understand better and maybe influence what's happening in the united states, she is looking for an american oligarch. she reaches out to a number of different people. she was very active. and one of the people she makes contact with is the ceo of overstock. and begins a relationship with him. this is exactly what the kremlin would have wanted her to do. because big companies, big ceos have influence in the united states. and that's what the russians

were interested in doing. influencing politics and other events in the united states. she was successful in that. >> interesting spp. i want to ask you about, steve, about a report out of russia we are finally learning more about the highly secretive botched nuclear missile test killing at least five people. the kremlin is denying a report from russian newspapers that a radioactive the isotope was found in the muscle tissue of one of the treating doctors treating the victims what does it sound like to you. >> what it sounds like is typical russian spin of any situation. look, one thing we can be fairly certain of, not because anybody is a russiaphobe or don't like vladimir putin or any of that but it's place based on russian track record. if we say five people were killed we have to multiply that by ten or more to get a better idea. if you go back to cheer noble

which bears erie similarities to what's going on now, we see a person pattern. one thing we can be sure that russia will do and vladimir putin will do in this is deny everything. make counteraccusations and refuse to admit anything issing going on. s in a chip on the shoulder that the russians have on scientific appear nuclear programs and are concerned about what they look like in the international world when something goes wrong. >> that seems to be one thing clear here for sure. steve, thank you so much. outfront next, we'll take you inside mayor pete buttigieg and his make or break strategy to remain a top candidate. plus, the man who paved the way for the designers who dressed first lady michelle obama. let's see, aleve is proven better on pain

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around. >> sent pete buttigieg from no where apology at 1 percent in march in the cnn iowa poll to a blood alcohol blow out $$25 million second judge fund raising number and firmly in the top five of democratic primary candidates. >> well it's been >> reporter: iowa is ground zero for its efforts. >> we're calling about mayor pete pete. >> reporter: with seven visits in a rapidly growing organization. compared to his competitors who spent a year or more building their iowa organizations, buttigieg's campaign launched lean and minimal and is just reaching full strength in the

state with more than 60 staffers. but it's the campaign's volunteers who are key to their strategy. >> so there was a house party in dallas county. didn't know anybody. >> reporter: pam kenyan, a democrat who never actively volunteered on a campaign before is the prototype for that  effort. >> i wanted more. i signed up, i did some phone banking which i did the week after that and the week after that and then there was another house party. i couldn't get enough. >> reporter: with money, media and more than five months to the caucuses, buttigieg has staying power in the race. even if for the moment the polling has hit a plateau. >> you need to have that kind of army of people who can spread the message, and often they find ways that i wouldn't have even thought of to describe what's at stake and why this candidacy matters. when somebody is explaining what this campaign means to them, it creates a whole new way to bring

it home that just multiplies what i'm able to do in a podium or in an app. >> reporter: no question the buttigieg campaign has the money to be in the race the long haul. the question is whether or not the long haul can turn into a victory. that victory may well lie with those volunteers and their relationships. kate? >> thanks so much. good to see you. out front next from jackie o. to studio 54, it's the new cnn film about one of the most influential designers. you should be mad at tech that makes things worse. but you're not, because you have e*trade whose tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad, get e*trade. that's ensure max protein,

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like elizabeth taylor and bianca jagger. ahead of the new fimt about halston, aaron sat down with the man, the legend. but first here's a look at the film. >> oh, sure, it's fun. and it's not fun, and as my mother says, it's the price you have to pay. >> the most successful individual in the history of american fashion, halston. >> halston. >> halston. >> i'm halston. >> i made it in new york. >> his clothes danced with you. >> halston felt that he had to design everything. >> rugs, sheets, perfume, bags. he came like a king. >> all right. out front now fashion journalist, al. to give people a sense of halston, right, he was an all-american hero from the cornfields of iowa, originally, moves to new york. >> good old roy. >> you can make it in new york.

becomes a superstar in fashion. remind us how famous he was, how influential for people who see that and say, wow, i didn't know. >> he really was an all-american boy. roy halston frowig from illinois, he started off a hat maker in burgdorf goodman and rose to acclaim because you will all remember this. he designed the infamous pill box jackie o. wore at the inauguration of her husband in 1961. >> let's take a look at that. >> were you the person who put the pill box on jackie kennedy? >> yes, i was. it's a very funny story. it was a rather windy day. and she put her hand on the hat and it ended up to have a dent in it. and so during all the ceremonies it had a dent in the hat, and everybody who copied it put a dent in it which was so funny. >> it's pretty incredible. but it just goes to show you how influential it was, and his design was. >> absolutely. i think it is really the influence of the first lady, the

influence. whougs. jackie o. wanted something different. she didn't love hats and she wanted to wear something different and she did, and she created a lot of news around that particular look. >> michele obama also did that with some designs. we think about jason wu, tracy reese, a whole lot of them, obviously inauguration, inaugural dresses were a big part of that. melania trump also a controversial first lady, but one with glamorous taste and style. is there any designer who could make their career a melania trump or is it too controversial? >> it's a difficult place. the fashion industry has become incredibly political the last few years in terms of what -- >> some people refuse to even dress her. she did wear ralph lauren. it wasn't like he stood up and said, let's take a look. >> there are still designers who refuse to dress her. maybe the legacy of melania will end up being the controversy.

>> thank you, good to see you, joe. tune in to see the film halston, it premiers sunday 9:00 p.m. only on cnn. all right. thank you so much for joining us, everybody. ac 360 starts right now. /s >> good evening. thanks for joining us. buckle up because late today, yesterday's presidential flip-flop after tuesday's phlegm, monday's flop on taxes got flipped yet again. that's right. follow along. in another about face as more evidence of a slowing economy comes to light, according to maggie haberman and baker of "the new york times," even some people who once worked closely with the president are voicing concerns he's acting erratically. i'm quoting now. some former trump administration officials in recent days said they are increasingly worried about the president's behavior suggesting it stems from rising pressure on mr. trump because the economy seems more worrisome as next year's election approaches. that's the latest flip