>> roaring economy, president trump celebrating strong economic growth and says, quote, we're going to go a lot higher. we're going to take a closer look. leland: plus, new fallout from michael cohen's accusations that the president knew about his son's 2016 trump tower meeting with the russians. president trump says the cohen is trying to make up stories to get out of a jam. elizabeth: we are going to get the latest on family reunification at the border and find out if the flow of undocumented immigrants is going to be slowing down at all. ♪ thank you so much for joining us on a very busy saturday. america's headquarters from

washington. i'm elizabeth prann. leland: i'm trying to figure out a saturday that wasn't busy in recent memory. nice to be with you. i'm leland vittert. it's the weekend, but president trump is getting ready for the election mode. we have endorsements for republicans ahead of primary elections this year and new details for the president's plan for hitting the campaign trail for some g.o.p. candidates in vulnerable districts around the country. ellison barber travelling with the president up in new jersey at his golf club. hi, ellison. >> hey, leland, president trump has spent a lot of time on the road of late. he's set to head to tampa on tuesday for a campaign rally there. traditionally in election mid term years, the party, no matter who it is, whoever is in the oval office, their party tends to lose seats, but president trump says he is confident that this year republicans can buck that trend. >> i am going to work very hard. i'll go six or seven days a week

when we're 60 days out and i will be campaigning for all of these great people that do have a difficult race, and we think we're going to bring them over the line and i believe that because we're doing so well as a country and so well with the economy, i think we're going to be surprising a lot of people. >> the president says a big selling point is the economy. that's what the white house is trying to keep the focus on in general, the economy. but a number of other stories are muddying the messaging waters, new questions about the 2016 meeting at trump tower and the president's former lawyer michael cohen, the decision to bar a cnn reporter from an event after she tried to ask questions mostly about cohen and the oval office. and this morning i asked a communications advisor about that decision. here is a little of our explain. >> bill shinen and sarah sanders

spoke with hadder and made it clear that obviously when we have a world leader in the oval office with the president, there needs to be a sense of decorum and conversation. if they say after ten times there's no questions, there's no questions. >> no regret about that concern and no concern about keeping the press out? >> no, we have constant contact and communication with the press. >> obviously, fox news was part of the group of media outlets who said that that behavior, the decision to keep collins out of that meeting was inappropriate leland. leland: all right. ellison barber in new jersey. back to you. who is with the president. back to you. elizabeth: and president trump's attorney and so-called fixer michael cohen, claims to have knowledge of a meeting with the russians. the president fighting back and calling him a liar. never a dull moment. >> on this afternoon especially,

liz. elizabeth: president trump's long time lawyer and confidante, michael cohen, claims that his boss green lighted that trump tower meeting in the mueller probe. it included trump, jr., jared kushner, and a russian lawyer. he claims his father had no knowledge of the meekt. >> it was such a nothing. nothing to tell. i wouldn't have remembered it unless we scour through stuff. it was a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame. >> the president offering confirmation of this via tweet. >> i did not know of the meeting with my son don, jr. it sounds like someone is trying to make up stories to get himself out of an unrelated jam. this comes days after cohen leaked a recording of a taped conversation that he had with trump with regard to hush money to a playboy model.

and now several are speaking about cohen. number one he lied about taping him, the president ap other people. and he went to subterfuge to do it, a whole little game which shows how path logical he is. >> some of trump's close friends does seem to think that cohen poses a big threat. >> i think it's a big deal. first of all, cohen represents a legal threat to the president. there's one consigliere, we have one person we tell all of our life story to. in president trump's case he trusted michael cohen and he was his fixer for many years. >> the former campaign -- the trial of former campaign manager paul manafort is set to begin. elizabeth: we appreciate it, leland. leland: congressman from florida on the foreign affairs

committee, good to see you. >> good to see you, leland. leland: let's put aside for the moment the fact of whether or not the president knew about this meeting. we have no idea, conceivably we are going to get some hard facts on one side or the other. bigger political question, is this becoming a serious distraction for republicans heading into the midterms? >> i don't know if it's a distraction for republicans heading into the midterms. it's a distraction for our nation to get things done. we've got a mounting debt of trillions of dollars, we've got north korea, issues with china and tariffs. i think the midterms, i think, you'll find out turns out positive for the republicans so i guess, it is somewhat of a distraction, but i think it's something we'll work through, but it's more of a distraction for running this country the way it needs to be run. leland: it continues, and as you noted, you said you guess it's going to be a distraction for republicans. part of what we seem to be getting out of the white house is a lot of different stories. take a listen to rudy guiliani.

one time a couple of months ago, and now recently talking about michael cohen. >> he doesn't have any incriminating evidence about the president or himself. the man is an honest, honorable lawyer. there's nobody that knows him who hasn't warned me, if you back him against the wall, he will a he lie because he's lied all his life. leland: how does the white house square two narratives of michael cohen? >> as time comes out, more information comes out and adjust the stories accordingly. let the investigations lead where they will. i think as time goes out you'll see more clarity to this and they'll have a statement stating that. leland: certainly clarity has been lacking in terms of the last few months on this in particular. as you've heard the president talking about the midterms saying he's going to head out on the campaign trail, down

specifically to florida where you represent as well, is he still equally as popular? we know he draws big crowds, but does he still have the influencing coat tails that you had a he like him to have? >> he really does. it's amazing. you know, the momentum out there and the people supporting him is incredible. i mean, so it is in our district and i know throughout florida, through a lot of the other districts it is, too. it's amazing how many people are behind this president, including myself, that you know, he puts america first, and there is no doubt about how much he loves this country and it shows and the people responding to that. leland: we've certainly seen him as an effective campaigner when it comes to the republican primaries. his endorsement meant a lot. >> amazing. leland: whether in south carolina, georgia, the list goes on. >> sure does. leland: when it comes to general elections and granted they've all been special elections, but his coattails doesn't seem to mean anything at all.

he would seriously get his base behind him and have them become enthusiastic, but not great at getting out the vote in the larger sense. >> no, he's not. getting out the vote is something we have to do internally within our states and districts. that's up to us. the president has got an agenda going forward. when you look at bill clinton, everything he was going through, he won reelection and he said it's the economy, stupid. when you look at the economy for the people, their paychecks are bigger, better jobs, they're spending money and the economy is growing as you saw by the gdp. so this is something that people are going to remember when they go to the voting polls. leland: it was not only the economy, stupid. that was 1992. it's also how people feel about the time and feel how the president acts. the moral leadership is important as well. >> sure. leland: fox on rosenstein, should the president fire him? would you support the articles of impeachment?

where does that head? >> i did support the articles of impeachment. he's a member of the xek if i have branch. the president is the only one who can fire him or jeff sessions, jeff sessions recused himself. >> should he fire him? >> we cannot fire him in the house. all we can do is bring up impeachment and the big one is signing onto the fisa warrant he shouldn't have. leland: i understand you're on the impeachment band wagon because you can't fire him. >> right. leland: i guess it would be your advice to the president to go ahead and fire him because it seems the impeachment resolution is pretty much doa? >> i would rather him do that. he's in a tough political situation, people are going to attack him trying to obstruct justice. when you look at what rosenstein has done, he hasn't answered the subpoena, if that were you and i in a court of law, we would be in jail. if we signed a fisa warrant that should never have been signed,

that's a dereliction of duty and he should be fired. leland: the speak of the house does not support the articles of impeachment. is he not a defender of the president? where is paul ryan on this. >> you have to ask paul ryan about that. we are getting a new leader. leland: i'm asking you, where does he gotten it wrong. >> i haven't talked to paul about this. he's a great guy, and honorable guy. i don't know why he doesn't want to push this forward. i'm more upfront to say he needs to go for what he's done. leland: it certainly seems as if you were saying we're getting a new leader, it seemed there was a smile on your face about that. jim jordan, are you behind it? >> i'm for whoever can bring their best message forwards of leading this conference in the next two years to deal with mandatory spending and bring the

conference together and jim certainly has those attributes as other people. leland: so short of a full-throated endorsement, but at least a positive feeling. good to see you, congressman, appreciate it. >> have a great weekend. leland: all the best. enjoy florida. liz. elizabeth: going back to the cohen tapes, it did little to rattle trump's conservative base. politically the president may or may not have a price. and an attorney joins us live. andrew, thank you for joining us. i want give our viewers a clear understanding exactly what this investigation is about. first of all, with this investigation no one has been indicted and the second distinction i want to make, it's in the hands. u.s. attorney's office, the district in new york. there's a big distinction between the investigation we're talking about with the mueller investigation and this particular investigation. and i want you to sort it ought for us. >> the two are not the same, they're not interchangeable. i think that everyone is trying to lump everything together with

respect to those investigations. they're two separate tracks and i think those tracks are going to continue for a while regardless what happens with respect to the special counsel investigation. elizabeth: okay, so we're talking about a separate investigation, but the fbi did raid michael cohen. they raided his home, his office, also his hotel room. why is that important? we're learning more and more about these tapes. what can these tapes prove? >> you know, look, i'm kind of-- when i hear about these tapes, what i think of is the wendy's commercial. the argument, "where's the beef"? and there's no "there" there. i get why. you have the potential president talking to a -- about a playboy model. and these investigations aren't important because you have the president and his lawyer talking about a hypothetical payment

that never takes place. elizabeth: okay. i want to make a distinction here because the tapes were made -- they cannot-- am i right when they cannot prove intent? or get-- ments they can't get admitted into court. the tapes aren't complete. you can't make a whole bunch of the conversation out and it's only half of the tape. it's a proof problem, i don't think they can be introduced in court, much less used. elizabeth: the take away, a, why do we care and also the timing. you're right. he's now the president of the united states. at the time he was running for president, so that the lines are getting blurred on where is that cash coming from, is there a conflict when it comes to campaign finance. do we need to care about that? >> no, i think ultimately this is going to blow over and it's not going to be important. i think you have to remember the motivation of mr. cohen. his motivation is, a, to get a presumptive pardon from the president or angle and get a

good deal with the special counsel's office and ultimate i will, you have a president or soon to be president talking to his lawyer in conversations that are supposed to be sacrosanct. they're supposed to be protected under all instances, and you have a gentleman, mr. cohen, who's taping these conversations and that's a breach of his attorney obligations, but number two, when he leaked these tapes to cnn, that's a double breach. you have to remember his motivations. his motivations are impure and he's trying to angle for his best deal and that's problematic. elizabeth: and what is his motivation, does he want a better deal? could he be in legal jeopardy otherwise? any chance of him vying for perhaps a pardon? i don't think it takes an expert to say that's probably gone out the window. so-- has it not? >> well? >> no, i don't think it's gone out the window. i think the reason why he released these tapes and he also made that disclosure with

respect to president trump's son meeting. he's very clear angling for a pardon. i call it a presumptive pardon, kind of like what ford did with nixon that's what he wants and if he doesn't get it, he is he going to rat out, for lack of a better word, the president. make no mistakes about it, i think that he has damaging information on the president. but you're with your lawyer, you're free to talk any way you want and not having to worry about that attorney turning over that information to the prosecutors and that's the most unfortunate thing about these tapes. elizabeth: thank you for joining us, sir. perhaps we'll be the same place next weekend talking about the information and the story keeps unravelling. thanks so much, appreciate it. >> any time. elizabeth: tune into fox news sunday. chris wallace will talk with rudy guiliani with the

investigation and the russian investigation. check your listings for time and channel. and maria bartiroma has a conversation. and how why i kirtz will -- howie kirtz has a story, and it's fascinating how they're approaching the story differently. leland: almost like a different world out there. crazy now jobs coming because of his tariffs and a struggling because of the tariffs. look what it means for the tight senate races around the country. what they don't need, more rain. hershey pennsylvania causing flooding and continuing to add to the agony for millions of americans. forecasts coming up next. what they need in california is rain as firefighters continue to battle deadly wildfires in

california. all on the ground now as those fires continue. >> yeah, firefighters are battling multiple fires across the state. the latest on the devastation as residents scramble to get to safety coming up.

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> >> reunifications of the families on the border continue this weekend after that court ordered deadline came and went. complicating things, many of the kids still separated belong to parents who have already been deported. garrett tenney joining us for a breakdown for what is next for some of these families. does the governor have a good plan or they're trying to figure it out already? >> that's one of the problems, we don't have a timeline when this is going to happen. that's what activists are upset about. there's a long way to go before all of these children will be reunited with parents. as of friday, they said they reunited eligible children. that's 1900 of the 2600 separated. dhs says it hasn't reunited the 700 plus children because the parents aren't eligible because

they have a criminal record or some illegal aliens adults are not available or eligible, and some who are in the interior of the u.s. or in their home country or have chosen not to be reunited. the administration will continue to make every effort to reunify eligible adults with their children. now, in a court filing this week, lawyers with a.c.l.u. say that some parents were misled by the government and never meant to leave their children in the u.s., but the director of ice told our own shannon bream for at least some of the parents, leaving their kids here was likely part of the goal all along. >> some of these people had left the united states without their children chose to leave the united states without their children because they basically got what they wanted, got the child to the united states, live with relatives, get the education and be the next daca applicants in the next ten years. >> democrats are attempting to slam the trump administration over the process and a.c.l.u.

tweeted some 463 parents were report without their children and the government isn't trying to reunite them. we will not back down, donald trump. you are responsible for fixing the crisis you made. on friday, democratic senator bob menendez said the nightmare is not over. the administration could not meet yesterday's deadline not when 463 parents have been deported without their children. the trump administration says its job of meeting the court deadline is over with. the critics are saying it's far from over. leland: the critics, we'll hear about this through november. garrett, thank you. a former dhs official on challenges and options not only for the separated families going forward, but for protecting the border as well. >> fire and rain are causing life threatening conditions foran americans on both sides of the country this weekend. high temperatures and dry air is

fueling the flames for wildfires out west, forcing evaluaticuatin california. heavy rains pummelling states up and down the east coast causing dangerous flash flooding. we'll have much more on the flooding in the next hour, but first let's turn to the deadly wildfires out west burning all across the state of california. one of the fires is called the carr fire forcing thousands of evacuations in northern california, turning deadly, taking the lives of two firefighters battling the blaze. our own correspondent, jeff paul, is on the ground and he has the latest. jeff. >> yeah, liz, we're inside the containment lines in the town of idlewild. you can see some devastation caused by the cranston fire, a lot of burned trees and other vegetation. if you take a look beyond the tree branches, you can see hot spots that are still firing up. now, this fire so far has scorched 13,000 acres, but

fortunately is 17% contained. but further north in redding, california, a car fire remains. it's already killed a bulldozer operator and a local firefighter. more than 80,000 acres right now, so far burned by the fire and it's only 5% contained. 37,000 people are under evacuation orders. the fire has destroyed at least 500 structures and is threatening an additional 5,000 structures. many right now are scrambling to get to safety. >> threw a few things in the cars in the garage, backed out and got out of here. as we pulled out right here, the flames were just, not even one block down here, swirling and noise, wind blowing. i mean, it was just, nothing i've ever heard in california. >> now, to make matters worse, the conditions throughout the areas where the wildfires are expect today remain constant, dry, hot conditions. the firefighters say they're not expecting relief anytime soon,

but out here where we are in the town of eyidyllwild, they have handle on the fire and crews are holding the lane steady. elizabeth: jeff with the latest. thank you so much. leland: coming up, what options are there for stopping iran's role in syria. why a deal worked out between president trump and president putin, put the brakes on iranian influence isn't working out. the impact of the president's steel tariffs, who is winning and losing. >> we've got an audience of steel workers some of roughest,toughest people you've ever seen and half of them had tears coming down their face. i don't know if these people ever cried before in their life, to be honest. half of them had tears coming down because we opened a tremendo tremendous united states steel

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♪ >> all right, this is happening right now. five family members of the folks killed during the tragic duck boat accident in branson, missouri are being laid to rest today. 11 members of the coleman family were aboard that boat that capsized in rough weather. the only two of the members are still living today. very sad. ♪ >> president trump declared tariff victory. visiting a steel plant that hired 800 workers. but those tariffs are killing some of the manufacturing jobs president trump says he cares about the most. we went to missouri for the president's visit to meet some winners and losers of the tariffs and how it will affect

the very senate race the president has campaigned so much for. >> the silence at this assembly line represents 140 lost jobs. tariffs increased the cost of steel by 25%, forcing the company to raise prices. >> bad, i mean, we're in crisis mode, within two weeks 50% of the orders we had on the books were gone. leland: it keeps getting worse? >> it keeps getting worse. leland: mexican owned mid continent is the largest manufacturer, and they'll close without a tariff waiver, leaving 500 out of a job in poplar bluff, missouri. as we walked around the floor. phil's toolbox grabs our attention. this is his fiancee, she works here, too. and this is his daughter, she has a congenital heart issue. and now he's looking to a

democratic contender to save his job. >> in a tight race for a third term from a state president trump won by 18 points. >> clare came here and is actually fighting for us. i haven't seen the other guy do anything. leland: the other guy is 2018 senate candidate republican attorney general. >> we need josh badly. leland: and president trump endorsee, josh hawley. >> i think they make a strong case for exclusion, but at the end of the day we have got to get better deals across the board. leland: this aluminum is coming out at 2,000 degrees fahrenheit. it might as well be liquid gold for these workers. 300 people hired sips the tariffs came in and it helps bring this plant back that's been closed for more than two years. >> president trump gave us a chance to fight on a level playing field with these tariffs. we have taken advantage of that. we're thankful for the administration for it happening. leland: we caught up with the

cummings family of workers. three of more than 300 workers hired. all three of you supported president trump? >> oh, yes, sir, he's kept his word on everything he's said as far as i'm concerned. leland: no surprise the cummings family is staunchly behind president trump and his candidate, josh hawley. let's bring in indianapolis based radio host tony katz heard on the worldwide web. good to see you, my friend. you think about this, this is playing out not only in missouri, but indiana for the senate race, in wisconsin for the senate race where you've got harley-davidson. do you think this is going to be a problem for the president? >> we don't know yet. we honestly and truly don't know yet. i think one of the things is true that all politics is local. i think it's important and valuable and when you talk about the interviews you did there, which is really well done, and people saying, this is having an effect on my job, i think that's legitimate. we can't deny that's 100%

legitimate. but in the main, people have faith in president trump. he's earned it. when we talk about this economy, talk about the tax cuts, which is one of the things i would say to that missouri worker. claire mccaskill didn't vote for tax cuts. to talk about her on trade, that's you being upset. leland: i was going to follow up with a question and, but i was stunned you gave me a complim t compliment. >> and what about the tie. leland: you can button my top button. and you say all politics is local, chris stire walt's note, it's the economy stupid. and are voters a rational actor. they vote their pocket book, as much as their feelings about

their pocket book. it doesn't meter matter if you get a tax cut if you don't have a job. >> if you look at anecdotal evidence. if you look at the main and where people are with president trump and being supportive, they are still supporters of president trump. and they're willing to let him roll the dice on the tariff conversation. tariffs are taxes, we get this and i do wish that the president had done more in the conversation of listen, there's going to be short-term pain. we're going to do this to get to the real results and i think a good indication of that was when he was in the rose garden and there jean-claude juncker from european union. going through stealing of technology and a whole list of other things and he could have just said, china, china, china, china. that was the story, it was an absolute direct conversation and direct it to china and their trade practices and it was well

done. leland: the china play is still coming out of this administration. we keep hearing that and keep hearing more pressure on china. you did get a feeling when-- and you listened to a couple of republican senate candidates who are taking on democrats in trump states. they are so loathe or scared, maybe, to criticize president trump. as we heard from josh hawley, just unwilling to say, hey, look, some of these tariffs are hurting my constituents and my people. does that put them off as a little bit too crass or a little bit too out of touch to just be like, yeah, yeah, there's pain, people have got to deal with it so we can get to better deal? >> i think that they can be honest and they should never be afraid to be honest. i'd say that mr. hawley in missouri and-- >> oh, we all know republicans--

not republicans, all politicians are terrified of telling the truth and you could say that's why president trump was elected? >> no, no, you shouldn't be afraid of telling the truth. the big one, what in the world does it mean to stand up to president trump? what you've heard from josh hawley or mike braun, president trump is trying the thing that needs to be tried. in foxnews.com today, andy puzder talks about the trade imbalance with china. around 150 billion dollars the first five months of this year. you can't sit around and do nothing. there has to be an attempt to make the deal better. i think the president should talk about what it's going to take to make that deal, some of the sacrifice that needs to be involved, some of the price increases that you might see in the short-term, but in the long-term we create the better world for the worker of today, the worker of tomorrow, your kids and that's how we make america great again. i wish he would take my advice on that subject. leland: well, you never know. at least you're not shy about giving your advice. >> i hear he watches, so--

>> i always appreciated you about that. good to see you as always, my friend. to be continued. elizabeth: ahead, curbing iranian influence in syria. president trump calling on russia to help in syria. why that plan does not seem to be coming together.

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>> an agreement between russia and the u.s. to curb iranian influence in syria was one of president trump's biggest selling points following his summit with vladimir putin. it seems to be falling apart and now they're pointing a finger at the u.s. let's bring in general jack keane. there's a lot to break down. i want to bring up the relationship between iran and russia and one of the things that the president said, he

wants iranian influence out of syria. did he accomplish that? and what's your take on the situation? >> first of all, i don't think it's possible. iran runs the war in syria and the ones that motivated the russians to join in that intervention back in 2015 when things were not going well for the regime. i don't think the russians have that kind of influence over the iranians that we would maybe think they do. syria's really a problem for the administration. they were given a lousy hand because obama did nothing with this civil war, kept his hands off of it and it just spun out of control as a human catastrophe we've been talking about it for years here. we're down to very few options. and even, to give you a sense of the problems we have with russians, where the campaign is fighting-- where the pro regime forces are fighting with the iranian proxies, russian air power, is the very place where secretary

tillerson and foreign minister lavrov agreed to establish a deescalation zone where there would be no fighting. and the russians have already broken that. there's major combat operations taking place there. elizabeth: what is the motivation for iran? and why do we care? >> well, we care because the iranians want to dominate and control the middle east. syria is their strategic anchor to do that. elizabeth: it's closer to israel. >> yes, and they have established clearly a shia crescent that moves from their country to iraq into their country and into lebanon. if only you can contain iran, you must confront them in the middle east. and the other thing that the administration is doing a good thing about is they're stitching together a political military alliance, kind of like an arab n.a.t.o., something we've talked about here, also, and they're in the process of putting that together and the main purpose would be to push back on the iranians, to push back on their aggressive and maligning behavior geopolitically.

elizabeth: if somebody is pushing back on iran, you could argue it would be israel, am i right? >> israel has near-term concerns about it. one of the things the iranians are doing, they've got 130,000 rockets and missiles in lebanon and those missiles in there are to one purpose only to fire into israel and they've done that in the past the they're trig trying to do the same thing with smaller bases inside syria with the purpose of firing into israel from multiple locations, thus overwhelming the very good air defense system that the israelis have. and imposing casualties on tel aviv and jerusalem. that's why the israelis are so interested in establishing a buffer zone north of their border. elizabeth: they talked about and this week in particular, they're boasting this red line, they're enforcing it. they want iran out and they want weapons forces, factories, the border, the closures like you said between syria and if not mistaken, lebanon, is that right? is that red line going to be

holding? no, no? >> what has happened is the russians proposed to the israelis a 50 kilometer zone north of the israeli border where there would be no iranian proxies. the iranians rejected that because that's not acceptable and they'll go back and negotiate. possibly something may come out of that, but it's going to sake -- take some time. i don't think that the united states has had a hand here that plays very strong. elizabeth: thank you for talking to us. we'll have you back because the conflict seems to be getting quite heated. appreciate it. leland: hasn't gone anywhere for 2000 years. why the trump administration says parents left their kids behind when they were deported. what does the administration do with those kids? what happens next to the remains

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border. about 700 more children remain separated from their parents according to officials. joining us now theresa cardinal brown, director of immigration policy at the bipartisan policy center and former department of homeland security official. thank you so much for joining us. >> nice to be here. elizabeth: the very, very latest is that we're still seeing about 700 children who are not reunited with their caretakers or their parents, but there's really some nuances there because in some situations the parents have, in fact, been deported and they're not-- they didn't get their children on the way back south. is that correct? >> yeah. so of that 700, some 400-some have been deported. the government is saying they knew their children would be left behind. advocates say maybe they didn't understand what they were saying. and some the parents cannot be located in the united states or elsewhere and then there's a children number of parents the government is not sure they want

to reunite the children with. maybe there's an issue with identifying whether the adult is related to the child or the adult may have criminality. elizabeth: what does it mean when you hear that a parent has left a child. >> parent are trying to look out for the best interest of their children. the whole point of a lot of them coming to the united states is trying to give them and their children, but especially their children, a better life. so-- >> if that means leaving them? leave them? >> if that means leaving them so that they can have a better life in the united states that's what they'll do. frankly, that's not new. there have been stories of children sending people to america for a long, long time and they stay behind in the home country because the child is going to have a better life in the united states. immigrant families have been doing that for generations.

it's not new. elizabeth: that brings me to the next question. and this is more of a macro view, when families are separated perhaps it's not necessarily new? am i right? because the laws have been in place and families have been separated before. it's that we're getting a lot of attention not only because of the influx, the concentration and obviously, it's politically divisive. >> so there are cases previously when the parents have been separated from the child when there's questions of whether or not the adult is actually related to the child and whether the parent may have been involved in criminal activity or smuggling and when there's dorn about the welfare of the child. that's been happening for a while. the difference is the policy determination of the government separating parents from their children via the zero tolerance policy as a way of deterring other families from coming. elizabeth: a public declaration that this is a deterrent. >> that's something new, we

hadn't seen before. elizabeth: any predictions over the next-- we have 700 people who have not been reunited. is this going to be a continuing saga. >> the government says they're working on this. when ice deports somebody back to their home country they know longer keep track of them. so the government's a lot relying on nongovernmental organizations placed in the home countries to try to relocate them. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. leland: millions going to farmers caught up in the trade war. is it enough to keep families from going bust?

leland: as promised, we are back for hour two of america's news headquarters from washington. i'm leland vittert. elizabeth: i'm elizabeth prann. the economy is red hot this summer. president trump said it's only the beginning. we'll take closer look. leland: attorneys trading insults and accusations over cohen's new media offensive. elizabeth: vice president mike pence speaking out on the remains of fallen service men finally returning home. president trump said he'll show his support by republicans in

vulnerable districts hoping to shore up the votes ahead of the midterm elections. allison barber has the latest, near bedminister new jersey. >> reporter: president trump is set to be in tampa on tuesday. it seems like he's going to talk a lot about the economy because that's what he's been doing for the past couple of days. he's also saying even though historically the president or whoever the president's party is when they're in the owe l val o, their party tends to lose seats during the midterm elections, president trump says he doesn't think that will happen because of the success they're seeing with the economy. take a listen. >> i'm going to work very hard. i'll go six or seven day days ak when we're 60 days out and i'll campaign for all of these great people that do have a difficult race and we think we're going to bring them over the line. i really believe that because we're doing so well as a country and so well with the economy, i think we're going to be

surprising a lot of people. >> reporter: the white house is trying to keep the focus on the economy in general but a number of other stories are muddying the messaging waters and making it a little difficult from new questions about the 2016 meeting at trump tower and the president's former lawyer to the decision to bar a cnn reporter from an open press event after the reporter tried to ask the questions mostly about cohen in the oval office. i asked about the decision. >> is that going to be a standard moving forward? i know i'm a newbie. i continue to shout questions after the same pool reporter after i was told let's leave and i didn't have a similar percussion. >> if you had seen the video, it was clear that it was ongoing in terms of asking the same question over and over again. it was clear after five or six,

seven times that they told them it was time to leave the oval office. this is more of a matter of being respectful to our guests at the white house. >> no regret about that decision? >> absolutely not. we have constant contact, communication with the press. >> reporter: reporters also asked about the situation with cohen. she referred us to the president's outside counsel. liz? elizabeth: allison barber with the latest. thank you so much. leland: a little bit more about that situation. the war between president trump and his former attorney, michael cohen, is not easing up over the weekend. cohen claims that mr. trump had prior knowledge of the 2016 meeting that his son had with some russians. the president firing back, calling cohen, his former lawyer, a liar. jillian turner with the back and forth. there's a lot of it, the name calling, keeps getting worse. >> reporter: michael cohen, president trump's long-time lawyer is now claiming that 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 on june 9th, 2016 including donald trump junior, paul manafort, jared cur nea kua kremlin lawyer. president trump said he did not know of the meeting with his son, donald trump junior. sounds like someone is trying to make up stories to get himself out of a jam. the president's son 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 wasted 20 minutes which was a shame. >> reporter: the claim comes from cohen 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 speaking out on the matter and they're painting an

unflattering portrait of cohen. >> he lied to people about taping them, both the president and other people. not only that, we went to subterfuge to do it, a whole little game. >> reporter: in an interview two months ago with abc news guliani called cohen, quote an honorable honest lawyer. still looking ahead in a few days, the trial of paul manafort will kick off in arlington, virginia. and insiders anticipate that witnesses there will also be asked about this meeting. leland: before that, rudy guliani on fox news sunday tomorrow, we'll see what he has to say then. it will be interesting for sure. thank you, ma'am. let's bring in democratic strategist, former obama campaign regional field director, robin byro. good to see you. appreciate it. >> thank you. leland: you know that democrats keep yelling this is proof of russian collusion by the trump campaign. there doesn't seem to be a lot there, there and you've got to rely on the word of a lawyer who just a couple of weeks ago

democrats were trashing as his horribly unethical terrible guy. >> i see your point. it's a good one. you have to really wonder, is he just setting himself up for a plea deal. i think yes. you brought up the lead-up to the segment, it was great that you pointed out that just two months ago rudy guliani said he was a very honest and honorable lawyer and now he's saying that he's a pathological liar and that they've known that for years. it's hard to read the truth in any of this. one thing for sure is that cohen is clearly not looking out for his former client's best interest. anyone can see the tea leaves that he's you apparently rolling on trump probably t vie for -- probably vie for a plea deal. leland: do seam democrats hava dangerous proposition going forward if they rely too much on

cohen's word, and it turns out as you say it is an people say t is as a way to save his own hide, to sell out a former client, whether true or not, do democrats have a danger if they rely too much on that going up to the mid-terms and the rug gets pulled out from under them. >> i don't think we should rely too much on this. i question a lot of what's going on. i read the entire transcript of the conversation. a lot of it was unintelligible because there watt a bad record recording. there wasn't a whole lot there. donald trump is is smart enough to have not had it come from campaign funds. democrat woulds have been wise to let this play out and see what unfolds going forward. right now there's not enough to sink our teeth into on this in my opinion. leland: a measured and reasoned response from the hysteria we

typically get on both sides of one lea tea leaf meaning so muc. democrats continue to double down over and over on russia and president trump's treatment of russia. being from the obama campaign, we look back in the archives, you'll remember this moment, we'll play it and get your response. >> governor romney, i'm glad you recognize that al-qaida's a threat. a few months ago when you asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing america, you said russia, not al-qaida. the 1980s are calling to ask for your foreign policy back. the cold war's been over for 20 years. leland: that did not age well, as you might imagine. how do democrats avoid the hypocrisy and sickening feeling when watching that and talking about russia? >> as a special operations veteran, i can say that russia is one of our foremost geopolitical adversaries.

we need to keep that up. they don't have democracy in their best interest. they'll do anything to subvert that. leland: how do democrats answer for all of these times that democrats cozied up to russia, whether it be hillary clinto cln and the reset button or president obama and flexibility or that clip making fun of republicans talking about russia and saying it's so terrible president trump might have had a relationship with the russians. >> there are dangerous mine fields for democrats, make no mistake about it. we have to be careful how we proceed on that. in full disclosure, i was active duty military during the entire obama term. once i was done with the campaign, i joined the army. i'm not quite up-to-speed with everything that happened with obama during that time. i'm getting there. i have concerns about what happened during that period of time. leland: robin, we appreciate it. as things play out as you noted, we don't have all the facts, we'll have you back to talk

about them, sir. >> thank you so much. leland: liz. elizabeth: let's get reaction from the other side of the aisle. let's bring in eric beach. thank you for joining us. we heard from robin, saying this is a mine field for democrats, we need to tread lightly. at the same time, so do republicans. my question to you is if there was coordination, the catch and kill the story, and we have the tapes which we talked about are kind of sexy, does that break campaign finance law? is there proof in these tapes? >> no, i don't think so. i think part of the problem for mr. cohen is, one, he probably illegally or even if he waived attorney/client privilege, at least unethically released the tapes. more importantly, the tapes don't show anything. they don't show demonstration of campaign finance going around those laws. with all of these folks that have attacked the president, what happens is they've been exposed after the facts.

james comey, he says reach out and try to gwynn it for the democrats -- gwynn i go win ie democrats. elizabeth: i'm sort of curious. there's been so many lines, is cohen flipping, is he rolling on trump. what does that mean and what does the end game there, meaning what does the landscape look like three months from now if he quote, rolls or flips? then what? is it unsavory information or is a violation of campaign finance laws? what is it exactly? >> in the last 18 months, it's been how do we undercut that president. they started off by talking about collusion with russia. turns out that hasn't been accurate. they haven't been able to prove any facts on that. they seem to kind of move the goal post to try to undercut his agenda. many have been attacking his agenda, not just from the democratic sides but they're easy to see where they're coming. we know they have no agenda

moving forward. we know they're going to attack. even the republicans or never-trumpers or folks that are parts of washington establishment, he railed against them. they're trying to prove a case against the president. they're coming up with nothing. elizabeth: i'm curious how you think the president will come out of this unscathed. >> i don't think he comes out of it unscathed. there are deterrents in washington, d.c. what happens here, there's overreach. there is overreach by his opponents and the problems they have is his agenda is working, economically we're doing better. even in the so-called trade war there are many facts that we've seen people coming to the table now that they haven't done so before. his foreign policy decisions and his meetings with other leaders of the world. so i think they're going to have a real problem just focusing on

saying his rhetoric is bad when his policies are working for the people of the united states that he represents. elizabeth: that's why i'm curious. we can see the platform on some of the democrats ahead of the midterms focused on the latest with michael cohen, focusing on the president perhaps lying about, covering up affairs before he was president, when he was a billionaire real estate builder. so if you're a republican, where do you stand and do you take the president's side or how do you campaign on the other side of the aisle? >> i don't think you let the narrative, which is all about russia or were we attacked in russian meddling which no one cared about prior to this election and it's been going on for many years, i think the republicans look at it and say we ran on this agenda, we are proving out that we're getting results for america class, the forgotten men and women of the united states. i think the republicans would be wise to run on this trump

coalition agenda. it's about standing up for what you believe in, talking about protecting our borders, talking about growing the economy with u.s. jobs. elizabeth: at times the administration is the biggest enemy because it's all about distraction. sometimes we want to talk about the agenda, instead we're talking about stormy daniels. >> you can't help it when some of the networks have 90% coverage of it, you have to respond to it and be proactive. look at some of the midterms elections that have happened, some of the 2017 elections, the results matter here. the truth is, we have a great map going in 2018 as republicans. they would be very wise to run on what they campaigned on, those core issues that got donald trump elected. if they do that, they will be elected and grow seats in the senate and house in 2018. elizabeth: to support that argument, who he has endorsed even recently, even this week, they are turning out on top. so we'll see how the midterms come along. eric, thank you so much for

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here to weigh in, fruit grower michael derider joining us from near his farm in grand rapids michigan. it's right there in the center. good to see you, as always, my friend. $12 billion, you guys still have no idea whether cherries are part of this or if it's only soybeans or soybeans and wheat. >> that's correct, leland. we do know that there is assistance package that has been announced. i think farmers at the core get a little uneasy when they heard the word subsidies or freebies. american farmers are some of the hardest working people in america, trying to provide safe food for american people and abroad. i think the assistance package sends a message to american farmers that the trump administration hears us, that they're with us, and they know that we're taking the brunt of this tariff battle that seems to be going on and i hope that the world leaders across the world

are listening and they realize that this administration is not going to let the american farmer go under, take the brunt of this and be pawns essentially in a tariff trade. leland: you make a good point about did american farmers never wanted a hand-out, they want a hand up, if anything and certainly an even playing fields. ron johnson, the senator from which iwisconsin, this is become of a soviet type of economy here, the administration figuring out how they'll sprinkle around benefits. you know it's unsustainable to bail everybody out at some point. >> no, i think that's correct. i heard criticism that $12 billion may not be enough. but like you indicated, we can't bail everybody out. at some point we do need free trade, more importantly we need fair trade. we can't keep letting china

violate world trade order, trade practices, and we can't let them violate intellectual property rights. we can't let turkey dump cherries into the u.s. leland: first to the issue of china, heres the president yesterday. >> china's doing a little number. they want to attack the farm belt because they know the farmers love me, they voted for me, we won every one of the states. leland: that was thursday when president trump was in iowa. is he right that farmers love the president? i know i'm going to ask you to speak for everybody. more importantly, are any farmers starting to lose faith? >> i think right now i don't think the sentiment towards the president has changed a whole lot. that's just my personal opinion. i think we knew when he was running his campaign that he was going to a very aggressive trade agenda and with aggressive trade

agenda sometimes comes a bit of pain. farmers know all too much about risk and reward. it takes one night and i can freeze my crop and lose my entire income. this sends a message that the president's still with american agriculture and he's going to stand with us and try to get us some good trade deals that are free and both fair for the american farmer. leland: we know that especially in michigan the farmers need a lot of help. you talked about cherries, cherry crop this year not great, to say the least. and you've got this issue of turkey continuing to dump cherries into the u.s. market that's killing a lot of michigan and wisconsin farmers for sure, washington state as well. have you guys heard any progress on getting that squared away or any kind of tariffs perhaps to put on turkish cherries to level the playing field? i wish i could sit here and tell you that we have got a great update for you and we've solved the problem. the unfortunate part is we're still trying to work through that situation of turkey dumping

in. as i indicated about a month ago with you, we've spoken with secretary perdue multiple times about tart cherries. we've spoken with wilbur ross in regard to the trade issue with turkey. we had a senator from michigan, senator peters, who mentioned it directly to the president and the president acknowledged that tart cherries need help. leland: you get the sense and maybe this goes back to what ron johnson was saying, deciding between winners and losers. at least right now, the tart cherries in the losing category. come back and let us know if there's any updates. >> thank you so much. appreciate the time. leland: liz? elizabeth: the long journey home for fallen american service members who served in the korean war may soon be coming to an end. the remains arriving yesterday at a united states air force base in south korea before ultimately making their way to a military lab in hawaii for identification which could take some time. brian yenis joins us with more.

hi, brian. >> reporter: u.s. military c-17 landed in north korea friday morning to pick up 55 cases said to contain the remains of missing u.s. soldiers who died serving in the korean war. the aircraft then flu to the osan air base in south korea where u.s. service men and military honor guard lined up on the tarmac to receive the remains given to the u.s. by the north koreans. the cases are being flown to hawaii where forensic examinations will be done to verify two i thin things. one, that the remains are pugh human and two, they are in fact dead americans or allied troops. james mattis said yesterday the u.s. government has no indication that there's anything amiss but he said we don't know exactly who is in those cases. more than 35,000 americans died on the korean peninsula during the korean war from 1 50 to 19 - 1950 to 1953.

6,799 are listed as missing in action, 5300 are believed to be on north korean soil. yesterday's handover of remains came on the 65th anniversary of the end of the korean war and especially important day for its veterans. >> the importance of this dramatic return today is the sense that we who served in the military, world war ii and the reason war will never leave one of our people behind. >> reporter: on friday, president trump thanked north korea's leader kim jong un for fulfilling a promise he made to the president during their one on one summit on june 12th. the administration hailed yesterday's move as a sign the summit was successful. on "sunday morning futures with maria bartiromo," in an interview that will air tomorrow, vice president mike pence said this. >> the fact that this president sitting down with kim jong un to

negligence other yates the complete -- negotiate the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula also had our fallen heroes on his heart should tell you everything you need to know about president trump. my wife and i are deeply moved and deeply honored to be able to be there when we bring our boys home. >> reporter: the state department tells fox news that in this instance, north korea did not ask for money and no money was exchanged between governments to hand over those remains. by the way, liz, vice president mike pence will be there for the ceremony in hawaii when the remains arrive on u.s. soil on august 1st. elizabeth: what a story. brian, thank you so much. and a programming note. if you want to see that exclusive interview with vice president mike pence, you can see it in its entirety tomorrow on "sunday morning futures with maria bartiromo," that's right here at 10:00 a.m. eastern. leland: coming up, will the gop fracture over their next leader?

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elizabeth: if you love politics you're probably up-to-date. the fight to replace house speaker paul ryan highlights a split among some republican lawmakers. kevin mccarthy has put the focus on preventing democrats from taking the speaker's ga veal. >gavel.>> i do not want to see y come back as speaker. i want the next speaker to come from california. i don't want it to be than c i want it to be me.

elizabeth: jim jordan's run for house speaker pits him against what he calls the establishment republicans. >> it's the town, it's washington the swamp is the swamp. they don't like someone like donald trump coming in and changing the swamp, changing the way the town works. there's reluctance to ever change. elizabeth: they're both running. they're both republicans. they're running on different platforms. let's bring in our political panel more insight. josh kimball and kevin whaling, thank you for joining me. kevin, i think i know where you stand on this. we're going to get to nancy pelosi. josh, i want to start with you. these are two very different i guess you could say fractions of -- factions of the republican party. will they be splitting the vote? >> they'll split the vote until we agree on somebody that's going to h beat nancy pelosi or whoever the democrats put forward. i like what jim jordan is

saying, we've got to drain the swamp, change the establishment. what i would say to kevin, we have kevin mccarthy on the republican side, nancy pelosi on the democrat side. they're yesterday's news. we need to put new candidates forward, make congress work again. elizabeth: i want to bring you in the conversation, kevin. jim jordan is speaking on behalf of the freedom caucus for those who know politics, that's about 30 members of the republican party who by and large really do a lot to block if you will, to block votes, let's be honest. are you running on blocking? how does that work? >> we are 1 -- we are 101 daysm the midterm election. it's interesting to see the conversations that are going on in both parties. parties are like big families. to see the fact that jim jordan is out, vocal, the first announced candidate for republican leadership in november, the freedom caucus torpedoed kevin mccarthy's bid

for speaker last time which is how we got paul ryan. now to see an announced member of that freedom caucus running it will be interesting heading into the fall. elizabeth: how would he get support from establishment candidates, talking about jim jordan. how will this play out? >> we've got to focus on making sure republicans retain the congress in november. elizabeth: right. we can't be talking about -- we're making assumptions here. we haven't even gotten to the possibility of a speaker pell low c we're making assumption as that the republicans will keep the house, which they may not. >> i believe they will. they're going to have to focus. right now if you look at what's happened, we've had almost two years, a year and-a-half of the trump president c we'v presiden. we've had republican control of both chambers. we've got obamacare as the law of the land. republicans, we're not thrilled about that. what the congress needs to do right now instead of fighting over who will hold the gavel is make sure the party will be able

to hold the gavel, continue to pass the conservative agenda, work with the president, try to get rid of obamacare. we've got to roll back regulation, streamline spending, eliminate agencies, reduce the definitdeficit and they can figr will be speaker. elizabeth: that involves congress getting things done, am i right? so kevin, i want to get your response too. we're making some assumptions on the republican side. we also can assume that there's a possibility of nancy pelosi, you can't tell me she will have a smooth ride to the top. >> that's music to my ears, what josh is saying, taking the fight to the republican leadership that has been ineffective delivering on republican proposal. obamacare is still the law of the land. they're talking about a second tax cut. we have a short time line in the next 101 games we're face -- 101 days. we're also facing a potential government shut down. elizabeth: she has candidates that are winning primaries.

>> you've seen enthusiasm on the democratic. elizabethside.what nancy pelosie raised $87 million so far this cycle. kevin mccarthy raised about 40. she's symptomming for her candidates. when she said what's your reaction to so many democrats say they won't support you for speaker, she said just win and we can have the conversation once the democrats take back the house. elizabeth: i'll give you the last word. we're getting the time cue. >> don't get too excited yet, kevin. >> we have a lot of work to do. >> your party's a disaster. you have ocasio-cortez who is saying she's a straight-up socialist. she's the party of bernie san determines don't get too excited yet. i think the republican congress needs to govern better. your party's strategy right now has been obstruct and block. that's not working either. >> you guys control both claim burkes it's your position --

both chambers. it's your position too. elizabeth: we don't know what's going to happen in the next 101 days. we'll be talking about it before and a thank you, gentlemen. thank you. leland: a fox news weather alert, as more rain is headed to pennsylvania where floodin flooe flooding as killed two people. the race against time to save what property folks can and get out before the water rises again. >> we saw some of the aftereffects of damage to foundations, but what we also saw was a lot of good people pulling together to do whatever they needed to do to make sure lives were saved, property was protected and it was really heartening. leland: meteorologist adam klotz ha at the fox extreme wear center with more. >> a ton of rain on the east coast the last kim days, specifically there in pennsylvania, starting to see darker colors. we're getting spots up to 8 to

12 inches. we're getting a break right now. that's good news. the heaviest rain moving off the coast. there are going to be another round of showers moving through the area. good news, spots like pennsylvania where they saw the heavy rain, they may get more but they won't get the heaviest of the secondary round of rain. here's the future radar. you see a spin of moisture up the east coast. these are isolated pop-up showers, something we'll play close attention to. the heaviest of this rain will fall farther to the south, areas of virginia getting up to another 6 to 8 inches, as you run up the coast, more rain, another 2 to 3 inches on areas that don't need the rain. it's not the real heavy rain that will head in this direction. that's something we'll be watching very closely here the next couple of days, leland. leland: they would do anything for any rain out in california. adam klotz at the weather center. thank you. elizabeth: the u.s. economy hits a high note and the president is seizing on the strong gdp growth.

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leland: president trump touting economic gains, tweeting friday we have accomplished an economic turnaround of he said historic proportions. the president talking about the 4.1% growth in the second quarter. vice president pence claiming victory on the economy to fox's maria bartiromo in an interview airing in full tomorrow on sunday morning futures. >> the reality is, in the last two administrations the economy grew by less than 2%. and in the first 18 months of this administration, we were a little shy of 3% last year, we're on track to be at 3% or

better this year. leland: joining us now, founding member of capitalist pig hedge fund, john hoenig. good to see you as always. you listen to the administration. we were on the brink of epic economic disaster and now it's time to pop the champagne and order more. fair? >> well, look, it is time to pop the champagne. no matter what you think of the president, leland, this is a tremendously strong economy. there's no way to get around it. both in terms of gdp as you pointed out, 4.1% and in terms of unemployment also historic lows. this is reason to celebrate. you also i think have to put it in context. the economy has been growing for the better part of 10 years straight and in fact we have seen that 4% gdp number before. we saw it four times under president obama. no reason to denigrate today's rally and today's strong economy but the question now what is do we have moving forward. a lot of the economists and

market investors are pretty concerned about some of the efforts from the president when it comes to trade. that's the big fear. there's no question we can have growth. trade is the sticking point when it comes to investors. leland: give us the pluses and minuses here. what's different now versus q2, q22014 when we had growth numbers better than what we saw yesterday. >> more than anything it's the fangs. if you want to say what's been powering the economy going forward, it hasn't been steel, not the only economy stuff, it's been the high tech stocks, what they call the fangs. leland: there's a difference between the economy and stock market. >> i tend to think the stock market tends to be a good leading indicate leading ender . -- indicator of the economy. the stock market was at an all-time high under president obama. after that, the economic numbers really started to excel. i think the market tends to be a

good leading indicator. i have to say, 10 years into the growth cycle, with a lot of these fang stocks, the facebooks, down so sharply on friday, this is a reason to worry. if technology can't continue to lead the market forward, it's one reason we could see tougher times ahead. leland: we toss up gdp growth 2014 to tight and w 2018 and wet by the quarter as if it was over the whole year. we see that we have the potential as vice president pence was saying about having something greater than 3% in 2018. you talk about facebook got absolutely trashed over the past couple days, their stock. amazon, though, record earnings, apple still doing well. are these tech stocks that really aren't providing a huge amount of jobs and a huge amount back into the economy, are they

the drivers? because if you listen to president trump when he was at the steel factory on thursday, he says u.s. steel is coming back and that's what's going to drive the economy. >> look, there's no question, it's been the tech revolution. that's where the jobs are being created. it's companies like facebook, amazon, netflix, that's where not only the growth has been. that's where the investment has been. that's where the interest has been. it's a global economy. there's no reason why the economy can't continue to grow. i think the only impediment if my opinion could be trade. the president said we lose money on trade. that's a unique way of looking at it. a lot of economists bodies agree. if -- would disa. leland:agree.leland: i lose a y to amazon and apple every quarter. >> you get a lot too. elizabeth: after the break, a major shake up in the vatican this morning as a high-ranking

cardinal resigns in the wake of sexual assault allegations.

leland: a fox news alert. breaking just in the past couple minutes, president trump declaring a state of emergency in california as wildfires continue to rage across that state. no rain in the forecast. thousands of evacuations.

the car fire has resulted in the death of at least two firefighters, killing them as they tried to save so many others. the president's action authorizes the department of homeland security and fema to begin coordinating all of the disaster relief efforts as the fight continues. elizabeth: a high ranking catholic cardinal has stepped down from his position today, resigning in the wake of a decades-old allegation of sexual abuse by at least four people. kitty logan joins us from london with all the details. hi, kitty. >> reporter: pope francis formally accepted the resignation today. the cardinal is one of the most prominent members of the american church, american catholic church, to lose his position in this way and living memory. a statement from the vatican said the resignation letter of the cardinal was received on friday.

the 88-year-old cardinal was removed from public ministry after historical allegations of sexual abuse surfaced in june. those allegations date back more than 50 years. one man has come forward to claim that he abused him when he was a teenager and another man alleges that when he was just age 11, he forced him into abusive relationship. the catholic church has been tainted by sex abuse scandals in the past and is determined now to clean up its image. the vatted can says the pope wants to send a strong message that sexual abuse will not be tolerated. >> what this means is that no matter how important your position, no matter how prestigious, when it comes to sex abuse, you're going to be held accountable. >> reporter: pope francis had ordered mccaric to go into seclusion for a life of prayer while the allegations are into. the cardinal has denied the allegations against him, saying

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leland: welcome back. if you did not get a good night's sleep last night, you have an excuse. it was i hear a full moon and a red moon due to the lunar eclipse. there it is. the longest lunar eclipse of this century, the earth and moon lined up, casting our planet's shadow onto the moon during the one hour and 46 minute eclipse. north america was in daylight during the eclipse. if you missed it, that's why. our continent will see another blood moon come this january. elizabeth: i know you that don't believe me, but you really -- you sometimes don't get a good night's sleep. leland: i don't believe you about most things. i should believe you about this? elizabeth: yes. if i didn't get a good night's sleep last night i would blame

it on the moon or a toddler crying. leland: vote on twitter, people you can believe mike emmanuel, julie banderas coming up from new york. we'll debate why we didn't sleep last night. julie: president trump touting a strong report on the economy as he arrives in new jersey to spend the weekend at his bedminister golf club. his visit comes on the heels of a rocky week with criticism for his handling of the helsinki summit with vladimir putin and for barring a cnn reporter from a white house event. hello, everyone. welcome to america's news headquarters many i was going to say happy saturday as our lovely producer likes to call it. mike: happy saturday to you. julie: happy saturday. mike: a new report showing the u.s. economy went up in the