>> i am thrilled to announce that in the second quarter of this year, the united states economy grew at the amazing rate of 4.1 percent. if economic growth continues at this pace, the united states economy will double in size. more than 10 years faster than it would have under either president bush or obama. >>paul: welcome to "the journal editorial report". i am paul gigot.

that was president trump taking a victory lap on the news that the u.s. economy grew at a robust rate at 4.1 percent in the second quarter. the fastest pace in almost 4 years. here with a look at what's behind that acceleration is - - chair of the white house council of economic advisory. nice to see you. 4.1 percent. economists predicted 4.4, as you look at the details of the report. what do you like in it? >> it goes back to a piece i wrote a while back that corporate tax cuts would cause a capital spending boom. if you look at the average of the first half of the year, we got a capital spending boom in the average growth is 3.1 percent. it's not often that economists can nail it that tightly and it showed its working exactly as we thought. >>paul: capital spending in the first quarter was more robust than in the second quarter.

do you have an explanation for that? >> one of the things that happened is for equipment spending you were allowed to expense it retroactive to october. in the fourth quarter of last year, you could deduct a machine at 35 percent so you get a bigger tax deduction. at the start of this year, the value went down to 21 percent to we expected to see a spike and then and negative number in the first quarter but in fact, we got the spike in the fourth quarter but continued strong growth.so capital spending by the way is one of those things when it pushes growth, it means the growth will be sustained. because now we have these new factories and machines in the u.s. over the next year's, they will produce more output. if you have a capital spending boom, you can expect that to be sustained growth. >>paul: here's another surprise, gdp of 4.1 percent came without any increase from residential housing. >> is actually down. one of the bad pieces of news in it.

>>paul: how do you explain that, that housing problem? >> it's something we are studying closely but there are three factors.one is there's an increase in lumber prices and part of that is driven by canadian lumber. second is homebuilders are saying they're having a hard time finding workers to build the homes and the third is the hottest real estate markets have zoning regulations that make it hard to find property to build a home. >>paul: sounds to me you may need more immigration did more people, more workers, more gdp and prosperity. >> we want something that brings prosperity for all americans and he wants to increase gdp on a per capita basis. basically as the president has emphasized, skilled immigration is the right way to go. >>paul: you know the big critique from our friends on the left is that this is a sugar high. this isn't sustainable. it's a one-time hits.

what's the case for this being sustainable? you mentioned capital investment but what else? >> the other thing is the president has emphasized opening up areas for oil exploration. there was a big increase in drilling and mining activity consistent with that. the biggest story going to the second half of the year is a lot of times if the economy is really booming, then inventories will be drawn down because people are buying stuff more than producers are making. then that's a positive for the quarters ahead because the producers want to build up their inventories. it's up a percentage point from gdp growth and we expect you'll see that come back in the second half. last year in the fall, we said we see 3.1. the first tapestry .1 and were carrying into the second half,

this inventory which could go higher. >>paul: the other big economic policy issue is trade. we are beginning to see an earnings call from ceos and anecdotal reporting that we get, they are saying, it's creating uncertainty and i will hold off investing in that plant or my costs are going up so i have to worry about how i manage that. how big a headwind is trade policy going forward? >> in the second quarter, trade was a big positive. net exports skyrocketed. i think that's a sign that maybe one of the effects of the stress to you mentioned is that people are reassuring activity now in anticipation of future uncertainty. but make no mistake, the president has guaranteed the american people he would get them better trade deals. he's assured me over and over that his objective is tomove toward reciprocal deals even , 0-0 deals. i would have to say to people hoping for that outcome must be really happy about the meeting

we had this week with the eu because they removed the ball in the direction of freer and fair trade this week. >>paul: are we going to get a nafta deal before the fall? that thisrepublican congress ca on? wax i'm not >> i'm not a negotiator but what i'm hearing is that they are making tremendous progress. my guess is that we will see something before the fall but i'm not the person authorized to comment on those things. it is amazing the progress they are making. >>paul: thanks for being here. when we come back, united states and the european union declare a tariff terms as the two sides continue to negotiate a larger trade deal. is the over or are there hurdles ahead? great question. see, for a full service brokerage like ours, that's tough to do. schwab does it. next question.

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zero tariffs, zero non-tariff barriers and zero subsidies or non-auto industrial goods. we will also work to reduce barriers and increase trade in services, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical products as well as soybeans. this will open markets for farmers and workers.increase investment and lead to greater prosperity in both the united states and the european union. it will also make trade fair r and more reciprocal. >> that's president trump declaring 80a tariff truce .

in which the united states would back away from imposing a tariff on imported cars. in return, the eu agreed tomake unspecified purchases of soybeans and liquefied natural gas. this as they work toward the larger goal of zero tariffs , barriers and subsidies let's bring in a wallstreet journal editor - - and communist tim straw tim straw- . first the gdp report, i was hoping for better but what do you make as you examine the details of the report. is this sustainable? >> first of all, it is excellent. if the president wants to call it huge, fantastic, beautiful, he's entitled to. this is really the economy hitting a higher gear. whether it's sustainable, i think there is interesting elements and that is very strong business investment which suggests higher productivity in the future and higher gross.there's also this elements within it in

terms of final sales that suggest this is in a one hit wonder for our left-wing economist saying it's a sugar high, i think they will be disappointed again. >>paul: they were telling us it was secular state nation. that said we can't grow much faster so we have to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure because tax reform and the regulation wouldn't do it and yet, the policies are tax reform and the regulation. are we seeing the payoff? >> i think we are good look at the measure at how the expectations have - - that i'm disappointed in 4.1 percent. remember, we were told by so many people that a new normal was two percent or under two percent i think from 2000-2015, the economy grew at 1.7 percent which is miserable. >>paul: we have several liberal

commentators that we publish, that says you can't grow faster than two percent. trump did predict that. >> i think he predicted this in the campaign and was laughed at. we are going to 3-4 percent and maybe five percent. >>paul: let's move to trade. let's talk about the truce with the european union point what do you make of this. why do you think president trump moved in this direction? everything we heard internally from our sources was that he was dead set on really whacking german cars. what changed? >> since you were talking about gdp, he said something interesting in his press conference about those numbers is that the economy is doing fatter wait until we get these trade deals in place and then

it will be even better. which was notable because it was an acknowledgment that trade matters to the economy and the reverse would matter too. these trade fights are going on are hurting the good work the republicans have done in terms of deregulation and taxes. i think that's what was driving this. it matter that - - seemed willing to go to a place that trump is now pushing the zero tariffs and barriers. in the short-term, it has avoided a majorconflict . for longer term, that can be a much harder thing to pull off. >>paul: so you think there was a political part of this and that republicans presumably in the senate and house were telling the president, look, these tariffs are really having an impact in our districts and you need to ease up and reset where you are, at least with the eu. i assume nafta may be going the same direction.

>> absolutely. by the way, when you impose tariffs as the president has been doing with china and elsewhere, those efforts are felt immediately in these people's districts. he's been getting a lot of pushback from the ag sector in different parts of manufacturing sector and even from his own economic team saying we can't keep going down this road. >>paul: james, what do you make of the trade agenda going forward. as you look at the gdp numbers, did you see any impact of trade, the trade policies in the numbers?>> you saw a nice contribution from exports. that's a nice reminder that and everyone included, this is part of the growth strategy. >>paul: but some of that people think, let's get our ahead of the tariffs and sell the soybeans. we may not get that balance in the second or third quarter? >> i'm sure that was part of it but balanced somewhat by the

fear of trade fights discouraging some investment. all the capital investment was terrific, it wasn't quite as good as the first quarter. i think some of that was people being afraid to pull the trigger on a new that we not knowing how this new trade stuff would be resolved. going forward, it's really striking the tone of these trade discussions has changed. starting with the g-7 where the present at the end says how about zero tariffs? now he's got the germans excited about it. let's hope that is the discussion but how do we lower instead of raise them. >>paul: is that the larry kudlow affect? >> i don't know. this trump reminds me of totalt mcgraw. load the bases at the end of the game and then strike them out was terrifying until the end. [laughter] he isn't looking for

protectionism, is looking for zero tariffs. >>paul: the trump administration putting those auto tariffs on hold as they continue negotiations. senator - - and what that means for the auto industry in tennessee and across the country, when we come back. your insurance company is gonna raise your rate after the other car got a scratch so small you coulda fixed it with a pen. maybe you should take that pen and use it to sign up with a different insurance company. for drivers with accident forgiveness liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪

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and auto parts. but that would be put on hold as talks between the u.s. and the eu continue. this is good news for tennessee senator lamar alexander who introduced a bipartisan bill to delay the proposed 25 percent penalty. he joins us now. welcome. >> thank you paul. >>paul: you cheered this truce between the united states and the eu, why? >> zero tariffs is exactly the right policy. that's what we did with the north american free trade agreement. we implemented nearly 0 tariffs over 15 years. now that we've got a policy of where were going, zero tariffs, time to get rid of the steel and aluminum tariffs which are driving the cost of cars and hurting the 136,000 tennesseans that work in the automotive industry.

>>paul: you heard wilbur ross say this week that he's still going to go ahead with these investigations. which basically are designed to show, to answer the question, do cars that are imported pose a national security threat? do you think bmws or nissans imported are at all plausibly a national security threat? >> of course they are not. it's wrong for the president to use that pretext. the bread-and-butter part of this is of this.tennessee has become in many ways the number one auto state. we've got 929 auto parts suppliers. 50 percent of the cars we make here are steel. 10 percent are aluminum. when the price of steel goes up, 40 percent as it has since january, think of what that does to our economy and the jobs in tennessee. we are shooting ourselves in the foot with the tariffs and it's time to do with the

president said this week, zero tariffs and the sooner the better. >>paul: you hear from the companies in tennessee that their costs are going up on their supply chains, they are being disruptive because of the tariffs? >> of course i am. you saw this week that ford and general motors, gm has a big plant in tennessee. they announced they each lost $300 million this year. they have to tell that to their stockholders and they attributed most of that to the tariffs. you can't be in the zero tariffs world which is where the president wants to go and raise the price of steel 40 percent and still make cars and trucks in tennessee that are competitive to sell in the united states or export around the world, which we do a lot. >>paul: how many cars are made in tennessee remark you've got a nissan plant and a volkswagen any gm plant. how many of those cars are exported outside the united

states? >> i don't know the exact number but it's billions of dollars of cars that are exported. and billions of parts are exported. the real employment in our state is with the 900+ auto parts suppliers. the way you make automobiles, a nissan rogue will go back and forth with its parts to canada, mexico and back to tennessee before it's finally built. that permits it to be built in a competitive way at a low cost and sold successfully here and exported around the world. >>paul: your colleague bob corker has introduced a bill with other colleagues to take back some of the president's authority to use 232 and that national security definition to impose tariffs. he hasn't been able to get a vote on that with some of your colleagues in the senate. why not?

>> getting a vote on anything is hard in the senate. i am the cosponsor of that bill. i think the visits we've had with the president, senator corker's bill, my bill, all of the activity we've had in the senate to say tariffs are shooting ourselves in the foot. really shooting ourselves in both feet. we have a trade problem but the way you solved it is not to shoot yourself in the foot. you find some other way to deal with it. now that the president has said let's go to zero tariffs, which is the same thing japan and china are doing with each other. same thing we did with the nafta. i think we've had our impact and i suspect we'll get a vote as time goes on. >>paul: the president also saying trying to renegotiate nafta. what's your advice on nafta? are using let's close this negotiation so we can have a vote this congress? >> yes. let's get it done before september. nafta has been good for

tennessee. we've doubled the amount of cars and jobs and it's been good for the united states in my opinion. the president disagrees with that. we are making about as many cars in the united states today as we did when nafta was signed in 1944. the only difference is, we've had 3.5 million jobs shift not overseas but from the midwest to tennessee and other states in the southeast because of right to work and it's more competitive. my advice would be finished the work on nafta. modernize it. that can be done. get it done by september and give us a signal about where these tariffs are going. we need an end to shooting ourselves in the foot. that's a good way to solve a problem. >>paul: senator, i appreciate you being here. still ahead, immigrants are

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it was 45 minutes after the announcement was made the white house was unprepared, the judge was on prepares it i think the attacks may be nastier but there's a hint of desperation. as long as the republicans hang together, he will be confirmed. they might get one-to democratic votes because the democratic in the trump seats might be more - - and then those against him. >>paul: this document requesting they want all the documents for his time during the bush white house. that is a clearinghouse for the president. all of the documents coming through him and he make sure the president sees them and they're in the shape the president wants them. should the senate have the right to see all of those? >> no, absolutely not. that is not the precedent. we have had prior supreme court

nominees for whom the executive branch have said some things are off-limits. particularly, elaina kagan where the argument was her time at the solicitors general office, some of those documents were too critical to be exposed. this argument that they should be able to see every piece of paper he touched and initialed while he was there is not going to fly. you have susan collins, one of those key swing republican votes that says i don't need to see that. that's way more than necessary. and chuck grassley who is head of the judiciary committee who will make this final call. think we will get you the paper from white house counsel but not everything thing he touched as staff secretary and that's a reasonable standard. >>paul: they are talking about providing a lot of documents at the white house counsel's office but it's that staff secretary position where i would argue james, those documents really don't relate

to brett kavanaugh's thinking. they relate to the decisions that george w. bush made as president. therefore, they're not really relevant to the court. where as the solicitor general's, that would have told you what a lot of elaina kagan thought about judicial issues and still the obama admission did not turn those documents over. >> speaking of elaina kagan, when she was running harvard law school, she hired brett kavanaugh to teach there. this shows you that rhetoric we saw from senator booker is over-the-top. it's if he's kim jong-un or something. i think it relates to the desperation of democrats to find something. the republicans are saying we will provide hundreds of thousands of pages of emails and documents and they are saying no, millions.

more than 300 open from judge cavanaugh. that's not enough to get some sense of where he's headed? there's nothing in there that would disqualify him. so this is an increasingly frantic search. >>paul: let's talk about what to brett kavanaugh things about presidential power. there's one case, the famous watergate tapes case. nixon had to turn those tapes over. judge cavanaugh was on a panel in the late 90s where he was in a discussion with democrats from bill clinton's defense team. he said maybe u.s./nixon was wrongly decided. >> i think it's ridiculous bid

on a panel, you should be able to say let's think about this and think about the premise. if you can't do that in a panel discussion, we are in a really bad place. he wrote a law review article before that he was firmly on the side of the decision. and chuck grassley, pushing back on chuck schumer, he has a long record and that's what should matter. i will go out on a limb, i think he will get 52 votes. >>paul: what about rand paul? will he be a problem? his raised concerns about the fourth amendment. >> he did meet with brett kavanaugh this week. we haven't heard a lot about where that meeting went. rand paul will often raise these issues. remember he said he was going to vote against mike pompeo. he voted for him in the end. become a real ally of the president so it looks as though republicans are standing together. >>paul: a group of republicans escalating their view with

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recess but supporters say all options are on the table when congress returns in september. we are back with james freeman, kim - - and bill mcgurn. how seriously should we take this threat to impeach rod rosenstein? >> even though the word this week was impeachment, the word everyone was all that was contempt. mark meadows, the head of the freedom caucus after they filed those articles of impeachment and after paul ryan said he disagreed, he gave a little talk. he said he spent the day with leadership. that his group was backing off impeachment but what everyone decided and rallied around, if they come back after their break in august and the department of justice is still not compliant, they will rally around a contempt resolution against rod rosenstein and the department of justice. which is probably a more accurate description of what's been going on rather than high crimes and misdemeanors. >>paul: contempt is no small thing. congress, if they took it far

enough, could call for the arrest of someone who's in contempt of congress. you made a really strong argument in your columns that if congress doesn't enforce its subpoenas, it's losing its authority to oversee the executive. do you want an impeachment? >> i could use an impeachment in the sense that i'm not opposed to any constitutional exercise of power. congress gets to decide high crimes and misdemeanors. if you go back to the federalist papers it's not just treason or bribery. however, i think contempt is a more perfect vehicle in the sense it's been used before against officials not giving documents. when you find someone in contempt, there are three options. you make a criminal referral to the justice department. you could go to the courts in a civil action. or you can jail them in your own jail. congress doesn't have a jail but they could make a deal. i am personally for the last

one because the first to have proved they don't work. >>paul: here's the problem for me, i don't think impeachment is good politics of republican congressmen trying to impeach a republican attorney general. rod rosenstein works for donald trump. he can at any minute saying, turnthose documents over to con. i will do the declassify them. why won't he do that? >> i wish he would. it would allow americans to learn how surveillance was turned - - [indiscernible]. this is kind of dangerous for a democracy. rosenstein is de facto operating without a boss on these matters. >>paul: his boss is the president. >> sort of. >>paul: he works for the president of the united states. >> any attempt by the president

to manage rod rosenstein is seen as a horrible conflict by many on the left. >>paul: if he declassified the documents, he wouldn't be covering up anything. he would simply be sang let's let the public see the record. how could they criticize him for that? i think he should declassify everything it doesn't mean congress doesn't also have a responsibility to conduct oversight. i think when people don't cooperate, we see these markings taking out this redacted material, it's understandable they would take measures to demand the information. >> i agree. it baffles me that donald trump doesn't do this. however, the congress and president are co-equals in the branch of government. until they exercise their power, they're not going to be taken seriously.

>>paul: talk about the fisa documents. the fisa warrant on carter page that was released this week. what was your take away from that? >> the key take away is that what house republicans claimed the fbi did were in fact true. that is what happened. the main argument that house intelligence committee devin nunes made back in february was that the fbi made this steel.ca an essential part of their application to the fisa court and had not told the court where it had come from. both of those things were spelled out crystal clear in that fisa application. this should be very concerning to a lot of americans. it means the fbi was using political dirt to obtain surveillance warrant on another campaign. >>paul: we are following this, continue to follow this.when we come back, as president

trump intensifies his rhetoric against the - - regime. we will look at the strategy against iran.

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an all caps too sang key west dire consequences if he continued to threaten the united states. - - good to have you back with us. we've got the tweets back and forth it might compile giving a speech this week. a speech that i thought was very good. and many statements from the administration. what is the trump administration's policy toward iran? >> i think from what we can tell so far, it is we're not going to simply isolate the iranian nuclear program from the rest of iran's maligned activity. that's why the president walked away from the deal in may why sanctions will snap back into place in november. i think beyond that, this is an administration that will not put up with threats with closing the - - which is something they have alluded to in recent weeks. i think that explains the presidents tweets. and more broadly, we are announcing a policy being laid

out why secretary of state mike pompeo, that we are now basically going to launch an assault on the legitimacy of the iranian regime. that it has pilfered funds from its own people. that is responsible for most of the unrest we are seeing across the middle east and that the u.s. will go on a counteroffensive which i believe is long overdue. >>paul: you've got on the one hand, let's rewrite the nuclear deal so it's more constraining. push back against iran's middle east activities venture resume elsewhere in the middle east. and three, question the jetta misty of the iranian regime. that sounds to me, maybe we have a policy of regime change. is that what we are talking about? >> not sure we can call it exactly that. my compile delivered a speech at the reagan library.

i think he was trying to echo president reagan on the assault of the legitimacy of the soviet union. would you say reagan's policy was a regime change in the soviet union or trying to support the dissidents of the people of the soviet union to rise up against an illegitimate government the one you are. >>paul: you are right. it was telling the truth about the soviet union in a way that might echo through soviet society. it's interesting what might come pao did asmike pompeo did . - - presumably, they would tell the truth that they can't get inside iran as well. >> i think that strategy is incredibly important. part of the problem is that iranians don't understand the united states is behind them

and there is a truthful narrative out there. unfortunately, i think that's born by misbegotten policies in years past. we had the opportunity in 2009 to stand with the iranian people as thousands came into the streets after the - - rigged election. the obama administration elected not to stand on the side of the iranianpeople . again, i think with the iran nuclear deal, providing$150 $15 billion was a legitimization of the regime and it was a message that we were not with the people. we are seeing a shift in policy and i think we are trying to message to them directly. whether through media or mike pompeo's speech. if you look at the people in attendance at the reagan library, many of them were iranian americans in california and beyond. i think it was important that

they were in the audience. that he was speaking to them directly. >>paul: is one question i have that i think will be a test of this policy. in syria, the iranians are trying to establish a permanent beachhead. israel doesn't want that at all and the united states doesn't want that either. i don't see from the attitude of the white house or this administration, any appetite to push hard to get iran out of syria, other than talking about and begging putin to help us. >> that's exactly right point what iran is doing is stretching its influence from its western border all the way to the mediterranean. some are calling it the shiite crescent. they're using the revolutionary guard corps. i think no one has stopped to them to this point. the failure to prevent them from getting that foothold across the middle east. in my view it would be obama

2.0. everything the trump administration is doing to counter would be for not if we don't stop them in terms of the regional ambitions. >>paul: have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week.

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so kudos for raising the issue. >> kim? >> a hit to the interior department for the proposed modest regulatory revisions to the endangered species act. with the goal of making that both more predictable and effective. this is caused the usual meltdown on the environmental area but they have no answers to a law that has failed and has not been revised in 25 years. any efforts here to help those that struggle with this every day ought to be applauded. >> bill? requester innocent businesses that have been hit by the terrace. we've a new one, the trump 2020 campaign.the keep america great banners are coming from china. 90,000 of them. the factor manager there says there are about one dollar apiece.he thinks the campaign has ordered so many because they expect the price to go up with tariffs. a big hit to the flag factory

for not letting politics get in the way of trade. >> all right, thank you very much for that. i'm sure the trump campaign will appreciate it. that is it for this week. thank you to my panel, thanks to all of you for watching. i am paul gigot. i hope to see you all right here next week. >> trump taking a victory lap over strong report on the economy before touching down in new jersey. where he is spending his weekend. economic numbers coming in a good time for the president. it was fresh off of a turbulent week at the white house.hello everyone welcome to a new hour of "americas news headquarters". i am mike emanuel. >> i'm julie banderas. good afternoon. the report shows the u.s. economy grew at a 4.1 percent annual rate in the second quarter of the year. the fastest since 2014. the president quickly praising the numbers yesterday.

>> an economic turnaround of historic proportions. when it came to office 1.5 fewer prime age americans were working than eight years before. we had lost almost 200,000 manufacturing jobs under the previous administration. julie: ellison barber is live from new jersey near the president that mr. golf club. reporter: the white house is love in the economy. they think it is great news for them. some say this is essentially a sugar high, a short term, it is not sustainable long-term. the white house says it is sustainable. the president says the economy is something that will help republicans win in november. >> i will go to work very hard six or seven days a week when we are 60 days out. and i will be campaigning for all of these great people that do have a difficult race.

and we think we are going to bring them over the like. so i really believe because we are doing so well as a country and so well with the economy, i think we are going to be surprising a lot of people. reporter: there are a lot of stories surrounding the white house and a lot of them are not particularly great. they are arguably overshadowing the economic message the white house wants to focus on right now. one issue, allegations from the former lawyer michael cohen about the trump tower meeting with russian officials in 2016. another, the press shops decision to bar a cnn reporter from an open press event after she tried to ask the president questions. mostly about michael cohen in the oval office. the move was condemned by the majority of press outlets including fox news. >> is not going to be a standard moving forward? because i am a newbie and i've only been in the oval office once. i know i continue to shout questions at the same reporter after i was told to leave, leslie.

and i did not have similar repercussions. >> that particular video it was clear that it was ongoing in terms of asking questions over and over again. it was already clear after five or six, seven times they told them to leave the oval office. again, this more of a matter being respectful to our guests at the white house. >> no regret about the decision? >> no. there is constant communication with the press. reporter: no public events on the president's schedule today. he is set to go south this week on tuesday and to tampa will heal attend a campaign rally. julie: ellison barber, thank you very much. mike: the booming economy also spark a reaction from vice president mike pence s&m with maria bartiromo. a wide-ranging exclusive interview. that heirs to mauritanian eastern on "sunday morning futures". here's a preview.

>> the reality is in the last two administrations, the economy grew by less than two percent. in the first few much of the ministration we are little shy lester we are on track to be at three percent or better this year. we really believe the internals of the numbers, whether it be the dramatic increase in business investment or dramatic increase in american exports, all support the conclusion that the policies the president has been advancing, that republican congress has supported directly working to revive the economy. mike: new jersey republican congressman on the house energy and commerce committee and my guess, great to have you, sir. >> thank you. >> this is a pretty wonky number. how do explain the big number, 4.1 percent yesterday to the constituents? >> i think it is due to a series of factors including regulatory reform and it has been the past by congress repeatedly in the last year and 1/2. and also, the tax policy.

although, i think we have to be careful about that. i am a free trader, mike. i hope to return to free-trade, because i think that is the way to sustain this. 4.1 percent is terrific. long-term, i hope it is three percent over the course of this year and next year moving forward. and in the last year the obama administration it was not as strong. i do not think that we can maintain 4.1 percent forever but i would like to see three percent growth moving forward. >> you represent a pretty traditional republican district in the big blue state of new jersey. how are you feeling about your reelection bid in your party holding onto the majority? >> i think whichever party controls the new house of representatives will be very re- narrow margin. i think the republicans have the opportunity to retain control. but i take nothing for granted. the democrats carried my district to the presidential

level last time. by 3800 votes, hillary clinton. i won by 38,000 votes. obviously i like the extra zero at the end of that number. but i am optimistic without being overly optimistic because i think it is always important to make sure that we represent the views of our constituents and i am confident that my views, the moderate conservative are the overwhelming majority of constituents i sir. >> full disclosure, i grew up there, you are a big town hall guy. you get out there and really interact with your constituents. is that an opportunity to know how you are doing but how the policies are playing back home? >> yes. we've done 47 town hall meetings and some of them have been very vigorous but i respect the interaction with constituents. sometimes those constituents who attend town hall meetings wish to be vigorous and what they are saying but i think it is an essential part of my responsibilities and i've always conducted them.

>> looking ahead to the midterm the president said he was to be very active on the campaign trail. here is what he told sean hannity on the radio yesterday. >> i said to general kelly, i said, to a whole group of people we have to get a group together. give me the top 25 congresspeople that or you know, could go either way. and i want to go out and campaign for those people. likewise with the senate. because we're going to fix everything once we have -- >> considering your district and being from a very blue state, would you prefer that the president campaigned elsewhere, respectively? >> i've always campaigned on my own and i think that will be the case this year. i support the administration and the policy related to isis, they've done a much better job in the area. i support moving the embassy to jerusalem. i think that was a promise that had been made by a series of presidents and kept by this president. but i do disagree with the position on tariffs.

i am a free trader. and i favor moving forward in an extremely bipartisan capacity. that will require, of course that the democrats come to the table because i do not want to see the house of representatives that is far to the left.and that will be the case in my judgment if my district were to go in the other direction. >> some of your colleagues are already starting to talk about leadership in the next congress. do you have a favorite for the next house speaker? >> i think kevin mccarthy is the leader. i think he has been an excellent majority leader and i do not want to count chickens before the as are hatched because we have to make sure we have the majority. then i think it will be great controversy on the other side. regarding nancy pelosi and the position of speaker or i hope, minority leader. and of course, some democrats say they would not support nancy pelosi for the leadership position. that is not true in the district i serve but the

democrats who have seem to be successful so far have distanced themselves from the current democratic leadership in the house. mike: taking a look at the other side a little bit. do you expect a bloodbath in terms of their leadership? you know, they have such consistent leadership for so long with nancy pelosi and others. then you look at some of the fresh faces that have come up. every democratic socialist running in new york who took out one of the top democrats, joe crowley. what do you see on the other side? >> i see the other side moving far to the left. self-proclaimed lifelong progressive democrats for example, in my district, that is not where think the district is. i think the nation demands bipartisan cooperation. i am a member of what is called the problem solvers caucus. a moderate conservative.there some moderate democrats but i do think there will be a battle royal for the leadership position on the democratic

side. >> congressman, leonard lance, from the great state of new jersey, i can say that! thank you for coming in. >> thank you. mike: a reminder tomorrow morning on sunday morning futures, maria bartiromo with vice president mike pence. they cover a wide range of topics including the tariffs, gop strategy for midterms, confirming judge brett kavanaugh and the planned trip to hawaii to receive the remains of americans killed in the korean war. that is tomorrow at 10 am eastern right here on fox news channel. julie: all right, a fox news alert. officials are holding an update on the car fire in california and what they are doing to combat the raging flames of the deadly car fire, it has doubled in size again to over 80,000 acres. almost the size of philadelphia. the city of philadelphia. thousands have been forced to flee, 500 buildings escorts,

two firefighters have been killed trying to contain this. we'll continue to monitor this and bring you updates throughout the day. meanwhile the white house on federal aid to california as crews their battle several explosive wildfires. now more resources on the way. we have our meteorologist, adam, tracking how the extreme heat and gusty wind could make matters worse. but first, jeff paul on the ground with the latest. reporter: firefighters here tell us that they are preparing for conditions to get worse. so for the creston fire where we are at is 70 percent contained but in the last hour so the wind has really started to pick up and as you take a look to the side of me, you can see the giant plumes of smoke coming from that mountain. that is what crews are worried about. they've been out here hitting the spire hard.

helicopters are flying overhead as they dump water, hoping to douse the remaining flames. for the north in redding california, this fire remains a huge threat. in fact, a few minutes ago cal fire issued a new round of even more evacuations. it is on top of the thousands and thousands who already have been ordered to evacuate. there's a bulldozer operator, firefighter and some families are reporting their missing loved ones. and for terms of damage, 80,000 acres and it is only five percent contained. many residents in the area are scrambling to get to safety leaving behind everything they own. >> through a few things in the car, we driving back out and get out of here. as we pulled out right here the flames were not even one block down. swirling and noise, wind blowing. i mean it was just, nothing i have ever heard. reporter: back out here live, in idyllwild, you can see the giant plumes of smoke going

into the air. every once in a while a helicopter will come over and dump water from the nearby lake. here's what they're worried about. everything out here is extremely dry. all of the pine needles and pinecones. anytime embers go airborne, it is a potential for another fire to start. julie? julie: thank you, jeff paul. mike: conditions in northern california expected to get worse. red flag warning said are now up amid extreme heat and gusty wind. adam is tracking all of this. adam: the entire western half of the country is dealing with wildfires. 73 of them, greater than 100 acres. obviously some of the largest and california. these are all of the spots that have been dealing with such dry conditions and windy conditions the last several days. unfortunately, you are right it is going to be continuing. here is what some of the dangers, they continue in northern california. when you start to see red flag

warning, what does it mean? the wind is strong in these areas. humidity is very low and they can to to deal with a lot of heat. also looking at spots in southern oregon. in a large area moving across portions of nevada stretching up into colorado. the wildfires really stretching across the west. this is something to watch the next couple of days. unfortunately, it comes with all the heat and the heat is not going anywhere. this is the current heat advisors. you are looking at spots across portions of southern california running all the way up the west coast. again, oregon up to washington. the heat is extreme and humidity is very low. the wind is continuing also. the forecasted highs today and a lot of the locations running into the triple digits. spots getting close to 110 degrees in phoenix. that is the case up and down portions of california, redding california 110 today. it does not collect the next couple of days as you're looking at again, 110 degrees for folks in northern

california. tomorrow throughout the entire state, spots in the triple digits. this also unfortunately, lingers into monday. with all of this on top of tha , you really need rounds of showers. those are not on the way. we have seen some pop up showers but some of the worst hit areas in northern california over to nevada continue to be dry. and as we run out here the next couple of days, it does look as though things will be staying dry and we will not get a lot in the way ofrain. mike: triple digits can temperatures, no rain, thank you. julie: the president firing back at his former personal attorney. as he comes out with a new allegation against the president. michael cohen reportedly claiming the president knew in advance about the 2015 trump tower meeting with the russian lawyer. will have reaction from washington straightahead. plus the trump administer sustained have met a court order deadline to reunite families as the battle over immigration heats up. >> we are calling to ensure

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reuniting families separated at the border.homeland security saying a statement quote - it ministration continues to comply in good faith at the courts request. while protecting the safety and well-being of all children in our care. some illegal alien adults are not eligible for or available for reunification today. including some adults who are not in i.c.e. custody. garrett tenney is live in washington. reporter: parents are not eligible because a ready been deported of the country. this morning the aclu slammed the administration for allowing this to happen.tweeting in part some 463 parents were deported without their children. in the government isn't even trying to reunite them. dhs says they're making every effort to reunify eligible adults with their children. they claim some parents are not eligible because of criminal records and others decided not

to be reunited with their children. so that the kids can stay here in the u.s. with family members while the court process plays out. in hopes of being granted asylum. in a court filing this week lawyers with the aclu argued some of the parents either misunderstood or were misled by the government. they were never meant to leave the children in the us. democratic lawmakers are suggesting some parents and children may never be reunited. in a statement one center said a lack of accountability in the administration is stunning. there appears to be no plans to beautify children with parents who have already been deported without their informed consent and no guidelines as to how the administration is deciding who is eligible to be reunited and who is not. this issue is not going away anytime soon. the head of customs and border protections is expected to face a lot of tough questions on tuesday when he testifies

before the senate judiciary committee. what questions is short to be what the process and timeline will be to reunify those remaining kids. mike: garrett tenney, thank you. julie: for more on the suffering and democratic strategist steve brown. brad blakeman former deputy assistant to george w. bush. gentlemen, thank you very much for coming on. there is a court filing on thursday. which released the numbers. the government said this. among the child migrants in the country, 1820 children ages five through 17 were eligible to be reunited with their families. in all, 2531 children were separated at the border. that means more than 700 children were not approved for reunification. so how does the process work, brad, to decide whether or not parents history makes him ineligible to be reunited with their children? >> is on a case-by-case basis. we have twos records, we have two interviews. we have to make sure the children are being but with the people who can care for them.

that's how they got here in the first history of forced borders, democrats will not secure the border that's how we got the mess. it did not start with trump and it will not end with trump.we have to stop the influx of people were willing to bring their children here illegally or smugglers who bring children here. the key is the president and the administration is acting in good faith to solve this problem. julie: dave? >> look, one child not reunited with his or her mom and dad is one too many. if that families eligible for reunification. you heard from the report, this government, this administer agent, donald trumps administration deported over 400 parents before reunited them with their kids. now the kids are trapped here. there without their moms and dads and no clear path forward to reunite them. this policy fails from day one

because it is repugnant to who we are as a people. it is morally apprehensible. but what's striking to me, beyond the chaotic indifference and cruelty to these families, it just underscores how this administration is just so incompetent. not only on this issue, but on so many other issues. whether it is looking at tariff policies with farmers which -- julie: have to jump in. just to put into perspective here. it is not the trump administration, however, the obama administered in the in fact if you come in illegally need to be detained. but before a settlement in 1997 that essentially put a 20 day. if the child was detained for a day over 20 days, you're breaking the law.in other words this it ministration by going forward with jeff sessions zero-tolerance policy, made at the loft, essentially, that if you're detained for over 20 days you have to be separated. and that is why the separation -- not necessarily a law to do so, this settlement only states

20 days and up. the judge last week that filed for the 20 days settlement to be wiped out, the families can stay together is that a good i guess, compromise? because you have to add to the numbers that was just brought up of the 431 parents that have been deported. said i have official have to work with the courts and have to figure out how to find the parents in order to reunite them with their children. and they are still detained in the us. it is a total mess!>> it is a total mess and again, it was not created by the trump administration. it was created by the fact that we have -- people are willing to bring the children or smuggle children into the united states. either for them to leave and have the children stay and remain while they leave and they are here with others. this is a system that is broken from the beginning. they can't get into the country unless we have secure borders.

>> brad, hang on a second. >> we are fighting tooth and nail -- we have a problem we should fix it. we should not have the courts determining the policy. >> when you serve president bush, like president obama is administration, they look at a policy of separating. a zero-tolerance policy separating kids and families. both your administration and the obama administration rejected that. it is not a characterization to say this is not something of donald trump and is doing. -- julie: there was no law that says you have to separate parents. >> it takes away prosecutorial discretion. which triggers other laws produce a policy choice by this administration. it is disingenuous to say otherwise. >> no. it was based on condition we children were separated. when there was no law the fact is the administration is trying to get a handle on a system

that is totally broken from top to bottom with democrats -- democrats are tripping over themselves to get over the border, to get to the photo op and get back to exploit the very children that they -- [multiple speakers] >> there is no bipartisan -- [multiple speakers] julie: the statement in 2013 that there was an opportunity for republicans and democrats to come together and try to fix this mess before it gets to where it is today. >> it was never done in good faith. they never wanted to solve the problem. the reason they did not have the spine to do is because they used it as leverage for other things. the democrats are so disingenuous. they do not want to secure the border. if we had a secure border they would be coming in.

julie: i believe -- it was the democrats in fact, the obama it ministration that were very adamant about wanting to secure our borders. so i have to disagree that the democrats have not wanted this. it does seem, however, that now there is a republican in office, the agenda seems to be shifting a bit because now the protection of all of these under age children in the country is starting to take center stage. which is unfortunate but it is a fact that these are human children. clearly you cannot forget that it is taking with the conversation of immigration control. which is something the democrats did want. i don't know what happened with -- >> here is the problem -- >> you have record numbers of deportation -- [multiple speakers] julie: here we are in 2018. let's move forward.

you had to foresee this happening. the process of separating a five-year-old from their mother or father and now, this minor illegal immigrant with noah to take responsibility for them here in the united states is now in the hands of u.s. taxpayers while their parents, over 400 of them have been shipped back to their country. how much of this whole separation mess will end up costing americans? brad, i leave and then gave the final word. >> it cost us dearly. we don't want to see this. we don't want that responsibility. we should not have that responsibility but we do. and we want, illegal immigrants in this country, to have the custody while in the care of the american government. so we can deal with it he monetarily. >> final word. >> it is cost us and our moral integrity. who we are as a people and it will cost us millions of dollars to the american taxpayer because of the failed policy that donald trump has of his own creation. julie: that is it for now. thank you very much. mike: a star nfl quarterback

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the president taken to twitter yesterday to reinforce the claim he has made several times. saying, i did not know of the meeting with my son. sounds like to me someone is trying to make up stories in order to get himself out of an unrelated jam. the president son is also long assisted his father had no knowledge of the meeting. >> it was such a nothing, there is nothing to tell. i wouldn't have even been remembered until he started scouring through things which is a shame.>> someone like the recording between the president and his lawyer. now they are speaking out painting an unflattering portrait of michael cohen. >> number one, elected people about taping the president and other people. not only that, he went and --

to do it. it shows how pathological he is. >> looking ahead in a few days the trial of the former campaign manager, paul manafort will kick off in arlington, virginia. insiders anticipate witnesses there will also be asked about the meeting. mike: gillian turner, thank you very much bit more and thus less bring a former federal prosecutor doug burns. great to have you here. >> thank you. mike: how big of a deal are the michael cohen recordings? those who do not like the present are quick to say aha! but is it a big deal? >> everyone is quick but this really does apply. we have a legal process in court with tapes, by the way. we look at it really closely for voice inflection, audibility, things like that. context. i've been working with tapes for three decades.the point is, i'm not judging one way or the other. but when he says pay cash versus don't pay cash. it depends, there has to be a forensic expert to look at what the words are. the point is, i do not think it is as earth shattering as it has been made out to be. the cash thing is interesting. donald trump is in real estate. if you tell me you bought a

building, if it's an all cash deal doesn't mean you have a suitcase -- as a lawyer i don't prejudge.mike: do you think that michael cohen was trying to protect himself? >> i do. it is interesting i was talking to friends earlier this afternoon. it is really a double edge sword because on the one hand is outrageous, why would a lawyer tape a client? it is highly unusual but there's also the flip argument. and that is what law is, to side. dad had to protect himself against something. so it really is a tie. mike: the president has said he did not know about this 2016 meeting between his son, donald junior and a russian lawyer. here is a california congressman on it. >> if he is proven to have not told the whole truth about the fact that campaigns look for dirt and if someone offers that you listen to them, no one will

be surprised. there are some things in politics a just take for granted. mike: what do you make of it? >> as part of the problem. everyone is working backwards as though it is some nefarious federal crime.it is not necessarily. there are factual scenarios where it could be a crime, money changing hands, conspiracy to break laws. will understand that peer but the fact of taking a meeting i think everyone again, a little too quick to jump. in fairness, the collateral point about lying about it, absolutely. that can create legal exposure. donald trump jr. said he did not tell his father. investigators were drilling him, maybe someone else told him. again, you have to carefully weigh in. mike: since michael cohen was his mr. fix it, i'm sure the president and those close to him are not particularly comfortable with him at this point. >> is a fascinating question. because in this toxic climate it is funny because a figure can be embraced one day and

then hated the next day. that is what happened here. michael cohen was a confidant, the fixer, the cohn of the earliest part of donald trump career. he was embraced as a inner-circle member. now he is hated, terrible, lying etc. it is a bit of a roller coaster. it's funny how they show giuliani saying he is not credible then there's a soundbite a month ago saying he was credible. all jokes aside you go into court listen to the person, we evaluate credibility taking it from the jury, the matter in which a person testifies their intelligence, the delivery, whether they are calm and the absolute standard, the extent to what they're saying backed up or corroborated by other evidence. and to use what he is saying, they'll have to back it up and corroborate it. mike: from experience, there are recordings. is it your expectation that

robert mueller and his team are aware and going through them? or is this michael cohen trying to cut a deal? >> a great question. the point is, they have recordings and where your question goes, mike, wait a minute, how did this get in front of the public? the team has been close, they have not leaked this. they say, would michael cohen have leaked this? no, i don't believe so because it does not help him. i think giuliani, the trump side wanted to have this credibility question. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. julie: a summer day is the remains of american service members from the korean war begin their journey back to the united states. we will have more on our fallen heroes next. >> we honor the sacred memory of every incredible american patriot. who fought and died in that war. and everything we do and every action we take, we are fighting

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remains of u.s. soldiers who fought in the korean war. these remains will undergo forensic testing in hawaii to verify they are human and that the remains are in fact, of missing u.s. troops. yacyk, u.s. military c-17 transfer the 55 cases of remains from north korea to the airbase and south korea. where they were received with military honors. more than 35,000 americans died on the korean peninsula during the korean war. from 1950 to 1953. of those, 7699 are still listed as missing in action. 300 are believed to be on north korean soil. yesterday's ceremonial handover remains came on the 65th anniversary of the end of the korean war and especially important day for its veterans. >> there are no two ways about it. the military personnel, who dies or perishes not only in

fighting for a cause, no matter what it costs, no matter what consequences should be brought home. reporter: the return of possible remains is being held by the administration as a sign the summit on june 12 between president trump and the north korean kim jong-un, was a success fee listen to vice president mike pence an interview on sunday morning futures with maria bartiromo. >> the fact that this president sandel of kim jong-un to negotiate the compute denuclearization of the korean peninsula. also had our fallen heroes on his heart. should tell you everything you need to know about president donald trump. my wife and i are deeply moved and deeply honored to be able to be there when we bring our boys home. reporter: vice president mike pence will be in hawaii on august 1 when remains are expected to arrive in hawaii.

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anthem controversy announce a new policy for the team. which requires players to stand for the national anthem regardless of nfl rules. the quarterback prescott is backing the decision. >> and every protester in anthem and i don't think it is the time or venue to do so. the game of football has always brought me such peace and i think it does the same for a lot of people. taking the next step, whatever that may be, i am for action. julie: a reporter axios is here to talk about this one. it is a confusing message we are getting from the nfl. when a team like the cowboys and league are not on the same page with how players regard the national anthem, isn't it? >> a good point. because even though prescott has come out in support of what jones is saying here, jerry jones the first to come out

after the nfl announced the new policy to say how his team will handle the policy. at the same time the nfl still in the midst of renegotiating the policy after some concerns were raised over collective bargaining and political freedom of speech rights. it is still in the midst of negotiations. julie: the present has applauded jones for his leadership role. but the coalition later of the philadelphia eagles, jenkins, calls jones a bully. he says it was a bully move by making that call. what is your thoughts? >> jenkins is pointing out the fact he thinks our political rights that players still have whether they are on or off the field. raise the point of things jones is exploiting his power and position to intimidate players, to tell them how to do what they can do on the field in relation to the anthem and a lot of plato saying it's not mutually exclusive. you can stand up for the anthem and show patriotism and also believe that it is important to show what you think about police brutality and racial

inequality in the united states. at the end of the day we have to member the reason why a lot of players are kneeling in the first place is recalling what, brought up. about racial inequality and injustice. it might not matter to some people. julie: also black lives matter. it is a true cause and one that deserves respect. it deserves attention. there is also a time in the place. and i know for myself, i compare those who go to a football game, there out there to enjoy themselves. if i'm on vacation or not in the office, where all i do is talk politics, the last thing want to do is hear about politics. when i'm trying to enjoy myself much like the fans there in the stadium. players have political rights and freedom of expression. we all get that. but can they take it off the field so fans can enjoy football without the politics? such is one of the agreements would be, if they want to get down on a knee stay in the locker room.

but it is not necessarily being enforced by the nfl either. >> is still up for debate. some are saying staying in a locker room would still show something very visible about how players feel about the way the police brutality functions in the country. others say is important out there and nail down because it's more visible. and it is all still in the air about how other teams are handling it. we know there was controversy over whether the miami dolphins were handling it by saying that players, if they kneel they will be suspended. now the miami dolphins are saying it is not necessarily the policy. julie: what is the policy? that's a good point. the nfl announced in may that they would require players to stand and then that was suspended. then the miami dolphins policy said they would essentially suspend players that were kneeling during the anthem. when will the rules be issues of players from all teams can adhere to one message? >> it is still in the process.

miami dolphins have said that the reporting is not necessarily true. they say they do not have a policy even though some documents reveal that. i think everything still -- julie: they just have to wait and wait. it's just going on too long. thank you, we appreciate you coming on. >> thank you. mike: it's been a pleasure. julie: it has been a pleasure! it is a beautiful day outside. mike: sunshine in here. that does it for us. thank you for watching. julie: the news continues at the top of the hour. we are not done yet, more after this quick break. for drivers with accident forgiveness liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪ stay at la quinta. where we're changing with stylish make-overs.

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alert. the present looks forward to campaigning for republican candidates next week. he wraps up this week with a visit to his golf course in bedminster new jersey. of course this comes after a mixed bag for the present including more criticism over russia and the strongest showing of economic growth, great news in nearly 4 years. hello everyone and welcome to "americas news headquarters", i'm eric shawn. >> i am alisha and for arthel neville. certain consumer spending up in the us economy grow by 4.1 percent in the second