. >> that does it for us thank you for watching this week we will see you next time. spirit president trott meeting at the white house right now with the president of japan the same day the heads of russia and china shook hands with the first quarter expectation with the bigger surprise may have come with the announcement he made when speaking to the nra and tonight there is breaking news that that organization has internal struggles. once again the president insisted no was collusion no obstruction he never instructed the former white house counsel to fire the special counsel mueller but the mueller report suggest

otherwise. the department of defense is prepared to send more troops to the southern border good evening i am in for elizabeth mcdonald and the evening at it starts right now. at 6:00 this friday night the work is not over meeting with the japanese prime minister at the white house expected to discuss north korea and trade the meeting talked about gdp growth giving the president another! that the economy has never been better. and we are live at the white house with the latest. >> holding down the fort at

the white house. the japanese prime minister is lasting longer than expected officials say they are talking about national security what to do next with north korea and trade. that is a big one for the white house specifically because us farmers are about the only people in the world paying high tariffs on agriculture now the agriculture secretary says the industry is squeezed out that's very high on the presidents min mind. >> we will be discussing strongly access to health care as the prime minister knows of the tariffs on agriculture going for many years. >> earlier in indiana the president told the nra democrats should move on from the russian probe investigation he survived a political coup the corruption at the highest level

spying, surveillance, trying for an overthrow and we caught them. we caught them. >> at the event the president said wages are going up blue-collar workers are seeing the largest increases in a decade calling democrats to work up with him instead of putting up roadblocks on the trade deals. >> instead of working with us to fix the trade deals and continue creating millions and millions of new jobs democrats are obsessed with a hoax, delusion and witchhunt. >> the president leaves for a rally in wisconsin up before he played golf with the japanese prime minister you kimball but there is a mere twisting relating to trade.

keith: before that meeting the president took a brief trip to indiana, the vice president and the nra convention there the president revealed he was the us signature off the arms treaty. we are live in washington tonight. >> taking back the signature to reject the treaty which is called misguided although never ratified by the senate but president trump said it never will be under his watch. >> under my administration we will never surrender american sovereignty to anyone. [applause] we will never allow for bureaucrats to trample on your second amendment freedom. and that is why my administration will never ratified the un arms trade

treaty. i hope you're happy. by taking these actions we are reaffirming america is sacred and american citizens live by america's laws not by the laws of foreign countries kim jung-un in front of that cheering crowd the president signed what he described as a message to continue that ratification process and return the treaty to the oval office but he said he will dispose of it going from frank's too small arms over 100 countries signed the treaty in 96 ratified but the nra has opposed it for years. critics say it is dangerous and reckless "we should be doing everything in her power

to stop violence not exporting arms trade treaty is to keep the arms out of war stricken countries and to stop them from descending even to further chaos. the president will embolden terrorists and actors around the world. telling reporters an official letter that it is revoking the signature will be delivered to the united nations in the coming days. blake: lie from washington tonight. talking about the nra the "wall street journal" within the last three minutes reporting the ceo and vice president has told the nra board that the president oliver north is extorting him and pressuring him to resign over financial improprieties coming in the form of a letter to the nra board this just broke moments ago we will keep you posted on developments. back to the president who went to twitter to insist his administration has never given a penny to north korea. earlier today the neighboring

country china and russia led that. now to discuss that today olivia thank you for joining us. back to the president that we learned yesterday the citizen returned to the united states comatose after being held 15 minutes they had a demand to give us $2 million. the west signed off but the money never went to north korea here is the tweet earlier this morning "no money was paid to north korea, not $2 million, not anything else. >> no money should be going to north korea or any other actor taking a hostage we don't want to encourage bad actors to take americans only to extract benefits or monetary value from the united states.

the president never issued but the entire t10 situation is a reminder we are dealing with a brutal dictator. kim jung-un is not a nice guy he has 120,000 of his own citizens and political prison camps. >> does that put into perspective as a unique - - denuclearization as a much broader and major topic as well quick. >> yes and to be entirely absent from the conversation that we have been having during diplomacy. it is nearly impossible with denuclearization to not deal with the human rights abuses that enable that kim regime to continue that development.

blake: the chinese president and vladimir putin shaking hands. president teethree tried to talk about the initiative to say we are transparent with all of this. with the chinese initiative to build out infrastructure everything should be done in a transparent way with zero tolerance for corruption do you believe them quick. >> definitely not both russia and china love to work together it is ironic russia comes just one day after leading with world leaders both china and russia are often times working together to help north korea around the sanctions. then continuing to work together on this initiative

and with those authoritarianism is a direct threat to the us. blake: thank you for stopping in tonight back on wall street the s&p 500 and nasdaq composite both closed at record highs on the heels of gdp gerri willis is that the new york stock exchang exchange. >> all three indexes finishing in the green nasdaq 27. the tao was bumpy but the s&p and the nasdaq closing at brand-new highs for the second time this year. the energy sector exxon reported earnings with the top and the bottom line coming in at 55 cents per share and then on the revenue line with the expectations of 64.8 billion saying crude prices may have strengthened during the quarter because they were were weaker in the fourth quarter

average. and now the drop in profits. and then wikileaks - - and then back to you. blake: headed into the weekend and have a good day with the big gdp beat look under the hood under the growth story in this country. hi bill you saw the three.2 number we need to stop treating these before as a sacred thing. they are so off by so much. but compared to the predictions. just a few months ago they predicted a lot lower that is why it is such a surprise.

not only with this 3 percent that it was impossible a few years ago people were telling us 2 percent was the new normal and it was a sugar high but the evidence refutes that. blake: talk about the estimates being off but i can remember a few times saying this will be around 2 percent. it seems like it even caught the administration by surprise. >> it caught a lot of people by surprise. that's why we have to be more skeptical. because there is a lot that goes into it. blake: digging into the numbers the critics or the skeptics point that one.2 percent growth final sales

one.4 percent. >> they are all things but there are always a a few things. so to try to get the fundamentals right and keep moving ahead to encourage growth in the proper way. you can always find different science but i don't know about gdp but i'm not sure other people do either. blake: so now moving onto the biggest 2020 number of the day coming from joe biden in the first 24 hours of his campaign says he raised six. $3,000,000.61 percent came from new donors that was not on the list before hand with a 41-dollar average online donation. maybe he's too late to raise a substantial amount of money?

. >> he is the former vice president he shared no top democratic fundraisers. it is a good day for joe biden but my suspicion is there is a delay while he tried to lineup his monies to announce that. it was a good day for him. blake: does this assure you coming out of the gate quick. >> nobody has a majority. it is a plurality. he has the best name recognition of anyone he was vice president eight years we have to see. a lot of the attraction for the democrats and blue-collar workers voted for trump also voted for obama but once you get to the primary but then to know if there is anything

left. . >> thank you for joining us tonight. sri lanka engaged in a shoot out that turned up i.c.e. as uniforms and explosives. back here the pentagon says it will send more troops to the southern border. i knew about the tremors.

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blake: there are major developments in sri lanka as security forces waged a gun battle with cell launching several raids seizing weapons and explosives and aces uniforms we are in london with the latest t2 gunbattles today as soldiers battled it out with more terrorist linked to the easter sunday bombings after security forces rated safe houses and a bomb factory in these of the country 200 miles from the capital of colombo brickle they felt weapons, explosives, bond one - - bond designs and aces flags and detonators. they have identified 140 sri lankans who may be affiliated and have arrested 70 so far

for code the ministry has been decimated from 359 down at 253 that is a huge national investigation underway involving six foreign police agencies including the fbi. today answering the call to prayer for the mosques in the capital remain closed afraid of reprisal bombings. telling muslims to pray at home but that did not stop many to come to the mosque brickle at the same time the catholic archbishop has canceled the sunday masses until further notice concerned there could be further attacks in the us embassy is warning americans to stay away from places of worship this weekend they have said the manhunt will continue until isys no longer poses a threat for the country. in london fox news.

blake: now also tracking other stories venezuela releasing an indiana man imprisoned for the last five years. the 37 -year-old was imprisoned on trumped up charges of arms trafficking last may a court cleared him for release but tonight he is finally free as he landed in florida earlier today. one russian agent was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring with russian officials to infiltrate the nra with republicans and conservative activists. the 30 -year-old who begged for forgiveness will be deported when she finishes her sentence. china will build on the moon and put a research station there over the next decade. earlier this year based landed in unmanned spacecraft on the far side and also put astronauts aboard on temporary space stations. elon musk fighting with the

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blake: a news alert as the japanese by minister departing the white house a moment ago they will return for a dinner with the president and first lady expected to take place in about an hour we will stay on top of this. the president expected to nominate the acting defense secretary shanahan to be defense secretary within days. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon t2 officials say the president could announce acting defense secretary shanahan is choice in the coming four days thinking that the senate could confirm shanahan before he travels to asia for a defense conference coming just one day after the pentagon inspector general from boeing of any unfair

influence over the former employer in business dealings of the pentagon. a us defense official says the pentagon will sign off on the dhs request for 500 more troops sent to the border. including cooks and drivers the medics the pentagon will loosen existing rules that bar the troops from interacting with migrants. legal authorities of the troops are tightly overseen by the lawyers but will change that they are now permitted to have incidental contact for instance if he is serving food at a cdp facility or transporting migrants the soldier could drive the bus. still cannot have custody of the migrants these troops are

not entering a law enforcement role. meanwhile dhs has issued a waiver that the army corps of engineers can begin replacing 26 miles of border wall in arizona coming from cdp funds not the defense budget. blake: thank you from the pentagon now let's go to robert scale thank you for joining us so let's start where jennifer left off these that are going down to the southern border basically to help out in a wide range of issues. how much will this help in the grand scheme of things quick. >> the biggest problem on the border is not guarding the border but logistics because t15 is not trained to do what the soldiers are trained by construction, barbed wire, driving trucks, and that

manpower is siphoned off to do these ancillary things none of these have anything to do so what the president is trying to do is lessen the logistical burden and using soldiers as logistical backup and that makes sense. blake: talk about a massive border like 5000 troops quick. >> know the biggest number has been 5001 year ago but soldiers also work in places like honduras, el salvador, guatemal salvador, guatemala, and often times they are stationed in places near el paso they work

with these types of jobs before these is just a temporary assignment and will be back home in a couple of months. blake: mister shanahan is expected to be nominated in the next couple days he has been in an acting role over the pentagon the last few months. do you know, him you have gotten to know him what can you say quick. >> he is a businessman. there is a strong belief within the dod the biggest problem with the defense department is managerial. being able to spend the $750 billion wisely there are programs we have cuts tomorrow so the leader of the department of defense right now the skills that our most needed is what shanahan has come a good manager come in deeply important the president

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blake: setting the ipo price range between 44 and $50 a share and it has or the evaluation. buffer company is already public the harvard business review ranks the world's best ceos and guess who came out on topics. >> after seeing earnings like amazon facebook and microsoft is the best ceo? and it depends on the metric at the harvard business review is all encompassing but also

nonfinancial data as well to increase corporate culture. look at the harvard business review amazon doesn't make the list there is a lot of european names. and then others that round out the top five how do you measure the best ceo? shareholder return are also ranking others as well that return the best value to shareholders and bob geiger from disney morgan stanley and then you can see the rest of the list by increasing a market cap of microsoft by

$500 billion quintuple ring in value since he has taken over that is a good metric. blake: good points. thank you gas prices spiking across the country and in california drivers are looking at near five dollars a gallon. robert gray is live from los angeles ic $4.79 behind you. >> t to knocking on the door three dollars bed this morning pre- sunrise the premium for 79 there is prices by 20 cents a gallon now looking at three dollars extra at that level. it could get worse we are still one month away from the start of the unofficial summer driving season. take a look at the prices california pump prices historically higher than average but we are at the highest level since halloween

but going back to the summer of 2014 to find above four dollars a gallon. taxes is one dollar of that spread because of the environmental regulations now calling for an investigation into inappropriate industry practices. analyst say 20 cents a gallon unaccounted for in that spread go they are trying to get to the bottom of that and refineries are shutting down switching over to the summer blend and experts say it is even giving californians pause. >> they may not drive as far or they will pack a lunch on the road trip. but we anticipate a busy traffic season in the summer.

reporter: consumers not going as far or staying as long and packing the sack lunch. that could hurt consumer spending out here in nationwide if the prices creep up. blake: have a safe drive home tonight. attorneys for the new england patriots owner arguing in court today the surveillance video led to his arrest should not be made public. we are in west palm beach with the latest. reporter: the high profile legal team aiming at the heart of the investigation the search warrant itself hoping to get the charges dropped in the case tossed out. the attorneys were in the courtroom today continuing the hearing on tuesday. kraft himself was not here the attorneys say the search for the jupiter place on - - police obtained never should have been granted one judge has ruled that highly

controversial tapes should not be publicly released for now a second judge will hear suppression arguments on monday. the patriots owners lawyers don't want them to be released even if it does go to trial that they are the unconstitutional violation of fourth amendment rights and jupiter police exaggerated the need for a warrant saying at the time it was for a far more serious human? trafficking investigation which was just a ruse. it was nothing more than multi- jurists - - jurisdiction prosecution sting shutting down some massage parlors nobody has been charged with human trafficking that misdemeanor prostitution. thirty-one people men and women have filed a class action lawsuit against jupiter police arguing the footage was the unjustified invasion of privacy. not only getting massages but undressing and getting naked

lying down and getting the massage wild mood which was being videotaped and watched by police. blake: from west palm beach tonight thank you. what about the nfl draft last night? do you like the first round pick? the biggest winner could have been the city of nashville. president trump declaring once again he is the most transparent president ever. is he? ken starr ways in. back then, we checked our zero times a day. times change. eyes haven't. that's why there's ocuvite. screen light... sunlight... longer hours... eyes today are stressed! but ocuvite has vital nutrients to help protect them.

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blake: the first round of the 2019 nfl draft kicked off last night selected by the cardinals the number one pick but quite possibly the biggest winner was the city of nashville for the fifth year in a row taking the festivities out of new york city last night the music city was electric with 100,000 people taking a downtown the largest single event national has ever hosted.

. >> let's show the pictures because nashville downtown looked like nothing nashville has ever seen, 100,000 people taking to the streets. what does this mean for your city quick. >> it is a huge opportunity we are more than thrilled to have the nfl here. from a business perspective that economic impact of $100 million in revenue. nashville is the big winner. blake: you plan on taking that and reinvesting that is that taxes or you figure that out down the line? . >> i'm sure it's figured out down the line but i'm sure they are appreciating it. blake: how did you sign this?

you are a large or medium-sized city but now put up 100,000 people in one night 200,000 over the weekend. looking like times square on new year's eve. how do you go about to make sure it went off okay quick. >> fortunately we have posted other large events we do a very big firework show during fourth of july we do have some experience that what makes this different not only the draft but jimmy buffett plays tomorrow with the rock 'n roll marathon. we have a lot of coordination over one year to make sure this goes off without a hitch. blake: what are people telling you? . >> absolutely. we have been very accommodating allowing workers to work remotely or are shutting down but the bars and

restaurants have been rented out by teams those are the big winners. . >> in the political world is like a convention if you going to cleveland a few years ago and with milwaukee going forward ringing 100,000 people into downtown and to the extreme. >> and patting ourselves on the back looking at the cities the nfl has hosted the draft we are not that large compared to them. that impact will go a long way for the city and then back here in two years for the super bowl. blake: any words you could impart on las vegas?

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blake: i never told don began to fire mueller. if i wanted to i would have done it myself. one.4,000,500 people testified. blake: the president denying that he told the former white house counsel to fire the special counsel as the battle calls for the former white house counsel to testify on capitol hill. can, thank you for joining us ken starr. blake: volume two page 85 of the mueller report relating if

he asked to get rid of or fire the special counsel cormac on saturday june 17, 2017 the president called mcgann to have him removed it goes on to say the president called him at home twice on both occasions told him to call rosenstein that he had conflicts from serving as special counsel. i guess the question is, is the president right? or is the special counsel right how this may or may not have happened quick. >> they may both be right given the sense of a personal transparency. but like a very good measuring stick to allow 500 witnesses

to testify and most importantly don mcgann himself this is extraordinary to allow him to testify to begin with. second not to invoke a constitutional privilege namely executive privilege. in terms to justify what the president says, no one has been this transparent. it would appear that's not the case but with respect directed to fire or not fire it was not done. the president said i know how to fire someone. he knows how to fire the special counsel and did not do it. blake: but who should we believe if the president instructed it to happen? because very clearly the president says what they are

saying are two different things. >> with that determination of credibility of witnesses. as those who serve in the executive branch very quick to invoke privilege it did not fit at all it is totally inappropriate. the president should get credit for the conflict of the testimony. >> and now house democrats want him to testify? does that stick? . >> and for all intents and purposes? know he did not.

that is your hardluck. but the protection of the presidency is so important the president needs to invoke those constitutionally based privilege as well as the attorney-client privilege. >> there is a way to ratchet down the subpoena and the trump administration says you don't have to comply how was this brought down to that level that it should be quick. >> either a negotiated settlement or you go to court i think it will go to court and we can sort this out. . >> thank you for joining us. leaving here as the japanese prime minister and his wife are set to return to the white house in the next 20 minutes

to have dinner with the president and the first lady. we will stay on top if there is any news from that and we will go through that on the next hour so lou dobbs is next. thanks for watching. . >> good evening i am david asman sitting in for lou dobbs. the trump economy is booming and outperforming the predictions of the analyst a few short weeks ago the president calls the american economy the greatest in the world. >> the economy is now the hottest anywhere on the planet earth. just this morning we learned that gdp smashed expectations with the economy growing at an annual rate of three.2 percent in the