jon: allison barber is reporting from berkley heights, new jersey, near the president's golf club where he is spending this weekend. allison, how big a deal are these numbers for the white house? >> reporter: for the white house they seem to be an enormous deal. any time we speak to anyone from the administration or hear any interviews with president trump or even from vice president pence, what they want to talk about is the economy and gdp growth, despite warnings from some economists that the growth is not sustainable long-term. the president is telling americans the growth is here to stay. he thinks it will carry republicans to victory in the midterm elections. the party in the oval office in the midterm elections tends to lose seats. president trump said republicans could defy the odds thanks in large part to the economy. >> $52 billion drop in trade deficit, that hasn't happened in decades and it's really something very special and a lot of that is because of the policies that we're putting in place and it's going to get better, shawn, it's totally sustainable. i look so forward t

jon: allison barber is reporting from berkley heights, new jersey, near the president's golf club where he is spending this weekend. allison, how big a deal are these numbers for the white house? >> reporter: for the white house they seem to be an enormous deal. any time we speak to anyone from the administration or hear any interviews with president trump or even from vice president pence, what they want to talk about is the economy and gdp growth, despite warnings from some economists that the growth is not sustainable long-term. the president is telling americans the growth is here to stay. he thinks it will carry republicans to victory in the midterm elections. the party in the oval office in the midterm elections tends to lose seats. president trump said republicans could defy the odds thanks in large part to the economy. >> $52 billion drop in trade deficit, that hasn't happened in decades and it's really something very special and a lot of that is because of the policies that we're putting in place and it's going to get better, shawn, it's totally sustainable. i look so forward t

reporting at the white house, allison barber, ktvu fox 2 news . >>> a stanford professor was caught in the fallout from the helsinki summit, michael mccaul teaches political science and was the u.s. ambassador to russia under president obama and has criticized vladimir putin. just before the summit, the justice department indicted 12 russian agents as part of an investigation into interference with the 2016 presidential election. president putin said he will allow the u.s. to speak with those russians if the kremlin can interrogate americans including mcfall for unspecified crimes. president donald trump first called this officer -- offer incredible but the administration has rejected it. >> what comes across to me is that putin is a man who has personal obsessions, those obsessions include his enemies. >> the senate unanimously approved a resolution telling president donald trump they cannot allow moscow to interrogate former or current diplomats. they tweeted that bipartisanship is not yet dead in the u.s. senate, thank you for your support. >>> the fukushima power plant disaster is

mike: allison barber is live in berkley heights, new jersey, near the president's golf club. allison, great to see you. >> reporter: how's it going. mike: the president set to campaign in tampa next week. will he focus on that economy? >> reporter: it seems like he will at this point. he's talking about any chance he -- about it any chance he gets, as is vice president mike pence. they're pointing to growth numbers in the economy as evidence of what they view as successful governance. >> we believe the internals of these numbers, whether it be the dramatic increase in business investment, dramatic increase in american exports, all support the conclusion that the policies that president trump has been advancing, that ar a republican congress have been supporting are working to revive this economy. >> reporter: pence sat down with an interview with sunday morning futures that will air in full tomorrow morning. the white house, the president, they want to talk about the economy, talk about that they wy see is good news. they're trying to shift everyone's attention to the economy.

allison barber has the latest from washington dc. >>> i am looking forward to a good meeting.gratulations again. >>> brett cavanaugh is spending a third day on capitol hill making! meeting lawmakers that could make him justice cavender. -- cavanaugh. so far they have been supportive with some even predicting that they could pick up democrat votes from states that trump voted for in 2016. >> if we have 51 votes to pass them i think democrats will jump on board but they will be hesitant. >> democratic opposition seems to be coalescing around an effort for the moderate republicans. joining the democrats to launch a coordinated campaign ahead of the confmation. spending $10 million to highlight the stakes on key issues like his healthcare and abortion. >> supporters see it as a way to not sink the abomination -- keep the red states from supporting cavanaugh. >> we are trying to rise to the challenge here, and try to put 10 chili oppose this nominee. >> the two most likely defectors because of their support for abortion rights. both are remaining noncommittal for now, but, flipping

rob: we have a fox news team coverage live in helsinki, and henry and allison barber. jillian: kevin, what can you tell us? >> reporter: interesting opportunity for the president, his perspective is easy to understand, you can't advance your agenda when it comes to world leaders you had past problems with unless you are willing to listen and talk and that is the cornerstone behind what we saw play out in singapore when the president met with north korean leader kim jong un and we'll see it again here is the pres. meets with vladimir putin. before telling you what we can expect on the schedule today the president had an opportunity to meet with finland's president and talk about the relationship we have with their country and the last opportunity for the two leaders to meet over the nato summit. listen to what the president said not long ago. >> highly respect your country and our personal relationship is very good and i enjoyed being with you a couple days ago. nato has never been stronger and clearly was a little bit tough in the beginning and turned out to be love. r

shannon: the trump administration getting tough on a target hoping new threats, allison barber joinse pastor andrew brunson. >> a bipartisan group introduced legislation that would restrict international loans to turkey until they have the attention of citizens including andrew brunson. >> president erdogan and the turkish government, i have a message. >> reporter: a 3 day conference on religious freedom with a warning. >> release pastor andrew brunson now or be prepared to face the consequences. if turkey does not take immediate action to release this innocent man of faith the united states will impose significant sanctions on turkey. >> reporter: donald from reiterating that on twitter adding he is suffering greatly, responding with a tweet of their own about an hour later. the turkish minister of foreign affairs said no one dictates turkey, we will never tolerate threats from anybody, the law is for everyone, no exceptions. they arrested pastor brunson in 2016 on charges related to terrorism and espionage. he was released from prison in place on house arrest in turkey, took us off

allison barbers tracking this. >> the wall street journal has a new report on this as well, saying michaelly recorded chris cuomo earlier this year and they talked about arranging the has payment to stormy daniels telling him i did it on my own. >> the wall street journal breaking news related to the tapes already heard citing a to karen mcdougall's story. they say they had affairs with trump, federal investigators use 12 audio items in april. and now in public, the recording has led to a number of questions today twitter response, the president's personal lawyering:'s lawyer. in the oval office a correspondent tried to ask trump about the one in the tape. >> mister president did michael cohen betray you. >> that is caitlin collins. >> the president did not answer the question but according to collins and cnn the white house banned her from an open press event because of those cnn says, quote, collins was told by white house deputy chief of staff bill sign and press secretary sarah sanders her questions were inappropriate. just because the white house is uncomfortable with a question regar

allison barber traveling with the president ahead of monday's big announcement. rter: that's right, they sat down for dinner last night about 7:30 at the president's golf club in new jersey. the deputy press secretary tells fox news they talked about a lot of things including monday's announcement of a supreme court nominee. we're also told by sources that the white house is working on roll-out packages for four candidates, brett cavenaugh, raymond kethledge and amy coney barrett and thomas hardiman. president trump said his list of 25 candidates is down to four. according to our sources, the president is done with his interviews. he spoke with six judges and spent 45 minutes with kethledge. sources say that was the longest meeting. this morning the president tweeted that a big decision will soon be made on the next supreme court justice. the official announcement is set for monday around 9:00 p.m. he also used twitter this morning to a attack two major news organizations, tweeting that the new york times and the washington post will be out of business in seven ye

allison barber reports there also accusing a prominent congressman of ignoring the conduct when he was part of the coaching team. >>> i never knew of any abuse. >> jim jordan declining that he knew about sexual abuse while he was a wrestling coach. they're publicly knew about the repeated misconduct at ohio state university. jordan was assistant coach from the mid-80s to the mid-90s. the whistleblowers alleged long time abused by the teams physician who committed suicide in 2005. >> it was an uncomfortable joke that doc wanted to give you an exam every time he saw him. >> he insisted he knew nothing. the congressman also denied being contacted by investigators but says he is willing to speak with them. >> we have reached out to the law form and shows how you contacted us. give us a record. >> jordan said he did receive medication from the alleged victims. the victims hope for justice for anyone facing abuse. >> something needs to be done. nec done to protect students, not just athletes. sexual assault is a problem. >> investigators reportedly interviewed more than 150 former students a

rob: we have a fox news team coverage live in helsinki, and henry and allison barber. jillian: kevin, what can you tell

allison barber has all the details tonight. >> good evening. it was an invitation for vladimir putin to visit dc in the fall, then it was postponed, two days ago the white house that the meeting would take place after the russia witchhunt is over and after the first of the year now. another invitation for vladimir putin. >> translator: we are ready for such a meeting, we are ready to invite donald trump to moscow. he has such an invitation. i'm prepared to go to washington but the appropriate conditions for work are created. >> it is unclear what those conditions are but the white house seems to like the idea. in a statement sarah sanders said donald trump looks forward to having vladimir putin in washington and trump is open to visiting moscow upon receiving reciprocal, formal invitation. as for michael:the president's former attorney once known as his fixer, is willing to tell robert mueller that donald trump knew about the notorious june 2016 trump tower meeting after it was reported by cnn were donald trump junior agreed to meet with russia

. >> allison barber live in helsinke, finland. we will continue to follow the developments and press conference coming up this morning. thank you for the update. >>> coming up next here at home, a popular mural defaced. the clean up efforts over the weekend and how community organizers hope to catch the vandal. >>> multi million >>> good morning, right now we see that traffic is moving along well on interstate 88 in oakland as the commute is moving into downtown. more ahead. ice cream inspired iced coffee is here at dunkin' in the flavors you love, cookie dough, pistachio and butter pecan. and now, enjoy any medium iced coffee for $1.50. america runs on dunkin'. >>> tonight's meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. at the city hall council chamber. >>> regulations on selling and delivering cannabis products in california could soon become more lenient. it would let retailers deliver marijuana in the state and let medical marijuana buy cannabis infused edibles that are more potent. the public has until the end of next month to weigh in on the

elizabeth: allison barber with the latest. thank you so much.e 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

jon: allison barber is live in berkley heights, new jersey. this interview covered a lot of ground, allison. >> reporter: yeah, it did. it covered north korea, russia, tax reform, tax cuts, trade, on friday president trump spoke with canadian prime minister justin trudeau, according to the white house press secretary they discussed trade, among other economic issues. the pair have been at odds over u.s. steel and aluminum tariffs. canada's retaliatory tariffs are in effect as of today. the european union imposed their own a little over a week ago. there are warnings that it could spark a global trade war and raise prices for consumers. president trump is defending some of his recent actions. >> harley davidson is saying we'll send production overseas because we can't deal with the retaliatory tariffs out of europe and that's because of our tariffs. should you be calling out specific companies? you're the president. >> yes, i should. >> reporter: the president told reporters that he could meet with a couple potential supreme court nominees this

allison barber has all the details tonight. good evening, allison. >> at first it was an invitatio for pretend to visit dc in the fall, then it was postponed two days ago, the white house said the meeting would take place after the rush of which end is over and after the first of the year now there's another invitation from russian president vladimir putin. >> we are ready for such a meeting. we're ready to invite president trump to moscow. i told him of this bread, bread to go to washington. i repeat, if the appropriate conditions for work or created. >> it unclear what those conditions are, but the white house seems to like the idea in a statement press secretary sir and mrs. preston trump looks forward to having presidents putin in washington. as for michael cohen, the presidents former attorney of the man once known as his fixer he is reportedly willing to tel special counsel robert mueller that donald trump knew about th now notorious june 2016 trump tower meeting is first reported by cnn that the meeting were donald trump

but we are going to start with allison barber at the white house. >> hi, melissa.he president has spent a lot of time trying to backtrack and clarify a number of remarks that president trump made during the press conference in helsinki. but even with the backtracking and the seemingly growing chorus of criticism, president trump said that the summit was a great success. on twitter he attacked the media and said that he is looking forward to a second meeting with russia. his interview with cbs, the president as you just heard said that he told putin behind closed doors that the administration will not allow election meddling, but yesterday the president seemed to suggest that it was not happening paired when asked by a reporter seeing if they are interfering, but seem to replied no and contradicted his intelligence director. sarah sanders went back and forth with reporters and claim that it was not a response to the question on russian meddlin meddling. >> the first thing that the president says after the question was asked was thank you very much, and he said, no,

allison barber is there in helsinki. are there early indications of how the meeting is going? >> reporter: not at this point. it lasted over two hours. we were only expecting it to last about 90 minutes. it went longer than anticipated. it also started an hour later vladimir putin arrived a little bit late. we saw a little bit of that working lunch but as far as we know, no one spoke to the media. the cameras were there heading into the meeting. both the president's talked about how they thought this was important and there were a lot of issues that they needed to cover the president trump specifically talked about nuclear proliferation and the fact that russia in the u.s. had 90% of the world's nuclear weapons and that was something he said was a negative thing. one of the few topics he laid out that they would discuss. >> walk us through what comes next. they plan to hold a joint news conference. >> reporter: right. in terms of exactly what happens , if there were any tangible outcomes, it is impossible to say. we don't even have a clear description of exactly what topics wi

allison barber has the details. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning, dagen. he says he can count his favorites on one hand and that he will announce his pick monday evening. yesterday on air force one he told reporters this, quote, i have narrowed it down to four people. of the four people i have narrowed it down to three or two. i think they are all outstanding. he went on to say i'll have a decision made in my mind by sunday. the president said he does not expect to meet with anyone in bed minister this weekend. president trump finished the interview process and the president spoke with six judges. sources say the top contenders are brett cavenaugh, raymond ketlledge and amy coney barrett. >> the president is looking for someone who will overturn roe versus wade. equally important, he's looking for someone on the court who will make sure that they rule that the affordable care act's protection of those with pre-existing conditions is unconstitutional. that means many will lose their health insurance over this decision on who will fill the kennedy vacancy on

ellison barber joins us now with more. allison president trump has repeatedly defended ice ages this past weekend. he says that men and women who work for the agency are patriots. he also says when it comes to the idea of abolishing i.c.e. as a campaign issue and it could actually benefit republicans more than democrats. >> i love the issue with their coin actually do that. you are going to have a country that is crime-ridden or the border patrol, border patrol agents. these people are incredible. >> the flip side of that was a fairly significant issue in alexandria conseil cortez with the history books. democrat socialists beat the establishment back representative joe crowley. his interview with "sunday morning futures," the president talked about immigration as well as tax reform of the supreme court industry with north korean leader leader kim jong sunday. now reporting u.s. intelligence officials concluded north korea is working to conceal weapons in secret production facilities. north korea does not intend to fully surrender