connell: blake burman at the white house. melissa: we have scott martin, a fox news contributor and deion. looking at market here we setted up about 96 points t had been 101 at the close there. doesn't seem like investors are terribly worried what is going on in washington. what is your take? >> did he didn't seem concerned initially. we got a selloff but wasn't a 2, 3% selloff in times like a constitutional crisis which is what some folks say we're looking at here. i think the market doesn't see this as against president trump is going anywhere. they think it could slow down the agenda, tax cuts, deregulation. things the market did like. but they don't think it will be derailed. the chances of him being put out of the white house is very low. the senate made up of majority republicans. most of them will have the president's back. melissa: scott, for our audience what impact does it have on the economy and markets? we're looking ahead to getting tomorrow ism manufacturing report. you want to know, does this slow down confiden

connell: blake burman at the white house. melissa: let's bring in todays market panel, create or of the future planning legacy system former investment banker and dion, access market reporter what did you make of the numbers what stuck out to you? to me the wage growth looked good. >> you and i are on the same page. the wage growth was a big number not only in terms of solidifying that the economy is looking pretty good but also in motivating more debate about whether the fed needs to cut rates. you saw two fed presidents saying that we don't need to cut rates. i think you could see three at this meeting as that average hourly earnings number suggests that inflation could be picking back up but the economy looks pretty solid and it's hard to justify cutting rates with both of those things happening. melissa: carol? >> yeah, the things from me were some of the minority number s, the fact that we've got record low unemployment for black workers and you've got more women who are coming in to the workforce. it's interesting to me

blake burman has the latest from the white house. blake? >> just a couple hours ago at the white house president trump was set to meet with his national security team on iran, as potential military strike options were expected to be updated. the briefing comes as the president, and the treasury secretary this morning, unveiled new sanctions against iran, targeting the country's central bank and its national development fund. the president says iran is spiraling into financial distress. president trump: it's too bad what's happening with iran. it's going to hell, doing poorly they are practically broke. they are broke. >> earlier this week the secretary of state not only blamed iran for the oil attacks in saudi arabia but also described it as an act of war. the commander-in-chief has yet to rule out potential military strikes but also noted earlier today that there is "plenty of time in dealing with iran." for now the response is coming through sanctions. the president was asked what happened if the new batch doesn't work. president trump: t

blake burman joins us now from the white house with this developing story. take it away, blake. reporter: yeah. the administration appears to want to be giving tax cuts a second version of it, 2.0, another go at some point next year, which would of course put that right in the middle of the presidential election of 2020. to step back for a second, let's look at where things have been moving in the most recent weeks, the most recent months. you remember last month, president trump reversed his support on indexing capital gains, saying that that's not something that he is in favor of. the president and the white house also said that the need for a payroll tax cut isn't necessarily needed at this time. in speaking with a senior administration official early this morning, i am told that serious options that are at least being talked about or considered at this point include extending tax breaks on the personal side to make sure that they are extended after they are set to expire in 2025, and that includes lowering the marginal rates, doubling the standard deduction and extending the

blake burman picks up the story, blake.eporter: president trump says new sanctions could come on iran in the next 48 hours. a definitive response from the united states as it relates to attacks on saudi oil facilities. as you said secretary of state mike pompeo is in saudi arabia right now, on his way over there he spoke with reporters and continued to put the blame squarely on iran and described the attacks, quote, an act of war. when the president was asked about pompeo's comments, the president cautioned against intervention in the middle east but also warned that nothing tops u.s. military might. >> how did going into the middle east? how did that work out? how did going into iraq work out? there is plenty of time to do some dastardly things. it is very easy to start and we'll see what happens. we'll see what happens. i think we have a lot of good capital. if we have to do something we'll do it without hesitation. reporter: standing next to the report there in the video is richard o'brien, the new national security advi

blake burman at it white house with more on that. blake? reporter: president trump on air force one heading to north carolina with special election. the state hit by hurricane dorian but the headlines out of the white house involve afghanistan. as the president says talks with taliban leaders for a potential peace deal with the taliban are quote, as he put it, dead. the president also revealed over the weekend that there was the potential for talks with taliban leaders at camp david on sunday but the president said he decided to scrap those talks after that attack in kabul on thursday in which a u.s. service member was killed. the president has received some bipartisan criticism for entertaining the idea of bringing taliban leaders to the united states and to camp david in the days leading up to 9/11, to potentially sit down and talk face-to-face. just a little while ago when leaving the white house the president was asked about that. he defended that possibility this way. listen. >> there have been plenty of so-called bad people brought up

blake burman live at white house. gerri willis on the floor at the new york stock exchange. phil flynn is watching oil and bold gold from the cme in chicago and edward lawrence from the newsroom. reporter: it was deputy level chinese negotiators, canceling or not going a trip to u.s. farms got the market turning down. one thing to keep in mind all of this, this is deputy level negotiators below the principals. nonetheless, market moving. meetings as you can see here, the meetings took place in washington, d.c. between the u.s. and chinese negotiators. a extra field trip to points well beyond the beltway that won't materialize and caught attention of some. here in the white house, president trump mentioned how talks will resume with china in the coming weeks as the principals are scheduled to meet at the beginning of next month. the president shot down about possibility of some short term trade deal with china. the president saying ag purchases alone won't suffice. >> we're looking for a complete deal. i'm not looking for a partial deal. so they would like to do something as

blake burman at the white house. hillary vaughn on capitol hill. president wrapping up one of many meetings. under scrutiny in washington as well. blake, we start with you. reporter: a lot of questions coming president trump's way up in new york city for the u.n. general assembly. as soon as the president walked into the united nations this morning he was pressed about the july phone call early this summer of the phone call he had with the new ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. the president acknowledging on the phone call the two talked about joe biden and corruption in ukraine. biden called that abuse of power. for many democrats it elevated impeachment talk. many of them at least want the whistle-blower complaint be produced. chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell go to the senate floor to give their versions of all of this. schumer called for congressional hearings writing to a mcconnell at one point, this is whistle-blower complaint urged urgent and credible not by democrats. it is the president's duty to take the national security matter serio

blake burman live from the white house with details. blake? reporter: every now and then the president takes to twitter to give a an opinion on general motors. he got to sit down face-to-face in the office office to speak with chief executive mary barra. the white house not providing a readout what the two talked about citing private conversations. there are a host of issues for the automaker. among them negotiating a new contract from the uaw and the closure of plants. they stand as an interested party to the president's trade war with china, a battle over fuel efficiency standards for vehicles. you're looking of video of barra as she left the white house this afternoon, a very, very short comment from her as she faced the cameras after meeting with the president. listen. >> what did you hear from the president today? >> we had a productive and valuable meeting. thank you. reporter: productive and casual meeting, thank you. you mentioned the president and his comments about general motors. just last week he suggested that gm should move facto

blake burman with more details? reporter: this has been a focal point for president trump, monitoring ongoing developments for hurricane dorian off the east coast. the president is being updated not only with the storm bath, what could look like next few days but also preparation efforts taking place at points up and down the east coast. right now the president is scheduled to be meeting with the newly installed defense secretary mark esper and we're learning what role the pentagon could be playing in all of this as it relates to dorian. the pentagon says today, some 5,000 national guard, 2500 active duty forces are standing by ready to assist in the relief efforts. general terrance o'shaughnessy who heads up northern command also told reporters, warships recently dispatched to the atlantic for drills, could potentially be used for hurricane disaster relief but right now, melissa, the u.s. is not planning on using those warships for those efforts. back to you. melissa: blake, thank you. connell: breaking coverage of

neil: thank you, my friend, blake burman at white house. that is a little curious since the chinese out of the blue offered to expand investment opportunity in the united states. to allow companies and individuals boost their invests in the united states. this comes hour after that bloomberg report. the reporting on this it is hard to confirm a lot of this outside the fact blake pointed out they're looking at it. whether that is something they're launching as salvo to the chinese. look this is something that might be done. no way to tell. the markets get whipsawed on these type of developments. trade dictates the course of these markets. now we're competing with impeachment worries for the markets but this is a very big issue today. "the wall street journal"'s john bussey with us. john, timing is everything. the timing is curious, what do you think? >> yeah it is. we haven't reported that development yet, the bloomberg story. if it is accurate it entirely might be. this administration has thrown a number of kind of curveballs into the trade

neil: blake burman at the white house, do you have more on this, blake? reporter: here is so unusual about this one, neil, i know your guest said we're numb to these things around here because this happens in this administration at fairly normal pace at this point i guess you could say, john bolton was scheduled to be inside the brady briefing room in about an hour 1/2 time along with the treasury secretary steve mnuchin. the secretary of state mike pompeo. the white house put out that updated bulletin about 30, 40 minutes ago. yet we learned from the president that last night he had asked for john bolton's resignation. that it was delivered to the president this morning. john bolton, if he has not left the while house already, is in the the process of doing so. so clearly, neil, there was some sort of, someone didn't get the message because the white house had told us about half an hour ago, 45 minutes ago, that john bolton would be inside of this building briefing the media alongside steve mnuchin and, the treasury secretary and secretary of state mike

blake burman at the white house with more. reporter: neil, a host of headlines involving saudi arabia and iran. you hit on one of them. secretary of state mike pompeo has just landed in saudi arabia where he will have meetings there, but it started this morning with treasury secretary steve mnuchin as the president tweeted out he has authorized the treasury secretary to ramp up sanctions against iran. we have reached out to both the white house and the treasury department on this one and at this point, neil, are willing to elaborate what those sanctions might be and when they might come. fox by the way is also told that the defense secretary mark esper has presented military options to the president should the commander-in-chief want to go down that path. the president has said as you know, the u.s. is quote, locked and loaded but has yet to formally declare iran the culprit of the saudi oil attacks, saying in part he is awaiting the saudis. within the past hour here as well saudi arabian officials said iran-sponsored the atta

blake burman is at the white house. go ahead. jump in real quick.tleblower is the process. in which this call was treated. you get to page 1 of the appendix, it says according to white house officials i spoke with this was quote, not the first time under this administration that a presidential transcript was placed into a code word level system solely for the purpose of protecting political sensitive information. so they are really taking issue with the process. >> we don't impeach presidents based upon defects in the process. in any event, whatever you may think the defects to have been, at the end of the day, what happened here, the president released everything. that's still not enough. maria: let's pass it to stuart varney. stu, it is your time. i know you will delve into this and all the voices you want will be with you. "varney & company" begins right now. stuart: good morning, maria. good morning, everyone. yes, indeed, the whistleblower complaint is out. we are of course going through it as we speak. the headlines so far, the whistleblower r

blake burman is at the white house with the details. blake? this comes from the health and human services department along with the food and drug administration that says they will shortly issue guidance that gets flavored e-cigarette products out of the marketplace. it is important to note here, this won't be immediate, as the official regulation needs to come about with a 30-day waiting period likely to come after that but the decision of the fda with the backing of the president trump and the first lady comes as new data shows a surge of e-cigarette use by kids. >> vaping has become a very big business as i understand it, like a giant business in a very short period of time but we can't allow people to get sick and we can't have our youth be so affected. reporter: tobacco-flavored e-cigarette products will not have to be yanked from stores and online outlets but the health and human services secretary alex azar says those products will need to receive fda approval by may of next year. he suggests that those products could potentially have s

blake burman at white house with latest what they do now. blake. reporter: this was a very public u-turn from president trump over the weekend as he revealed on twitter leaders of the taliban would not be coming to the u.s. to resume peace talk negotiations and specifically not be coming to camp david as those discussions were scheduled for yesterday. the reason that the president gave as he took to twitter over the weekend was that bombing in kabul on thursday which a member of the u.s. military was killed in that bombing. the president has been facing criticism from both sides of the aisle about inviting the taliban which aided in the 9/11 attacks, too camp david just days before the 18th anniversary of 9/11. that drew this defense from the secretary of state mike pompeo. >> we know the history of camp david. we reflected on that as we were thinking about how to deliver for the american people. i want to talk to the taliban negotiators. i want to look them in the eye. i want to see if we can get to final outcome we needed so we could sign off on

blake burman at the white house, with what the president is thinking of doing right now. he said, blake, he was locked and loaded. what does that mean? reporter: all options, i guess, neil, as administration are on the table. the administration clearly putting the blame on iran as u.s. officials are telling fox that the cruise missiles and drones that landed in that saudi arabian facility over the weekend did indeed according to u.s. officials came from iranian soil. the president suggested in a tweet today do not put weight on iranian denials. you remember when iran said the drone was in their airspace. they stuck close to that story because it was a very big lie. now they say that they had nothing to do with the attack on saudi arabia. we'll see. energy secretary rick perry in europe said not only an attack on saudi arabia but also on the global economy and energy markets. listen. >> that the united states wholeheartedly condemns iran's attack on the kingdom of saudi arabia. we call on other nations to do the same. this behavior is unacceptable. it is unacceptable and th

here the cut to the chase, blake burman at the white house. hi, blake. >> hi, neil. didn't take long for president trump to continue to criticize the federal reserve and its chairman. that tweet that you just put up on the screen in which he said that jay powell and the fed have no guts and they failed came before powell even took to the cameras for his press conference 30 minutes after the big announcement. remember as well, it was a week ago when the president called powell and the fed bone heads. so when powell was asked how he responds to the president's most recent swiped, he took a pass and said he's not that phased by the mounting criticism. >> i'm not going to change my practice of not responding to comments or addressing comments made by elected officials. i will say that i continue to believe that the independence of the federal reserve from direct political control has served the public well over time. >> the president has also said in the recent weeks or so, neil that he believes that the fed should bring interest rates down to zero or even lower than tha

thank you very much, blake burman at the white house. ll the president is hoping clearly to blake's report if you're offering middle class tax cuts you will tempt the democrats who are not a fan of his tax cuts which they argue are disproportionally targeted at the rich. let's get the read from democratic strategist david per steen, former ted cruz pollster chris wilson. let me begin with you. is that a potential differentiator for the president, these are all about the middle class, that these will be targeted for and at the middle class? >> you look to last night's debate the fact neither elizabeth warren or bernie sanders were willing to admit the their plans would increase taxes on the middle class which they would. you can see the contrast beginning to formulate it seven at one point, almost simultaneously, donald trump speaking to the republican caucus, calling for tax cuts whereas the democrat debate they are talking about how they will increase taxes. at some point an economist will add up all the different taxes that will be crea

blake burman is here. reporter: almost simultaneously president trump sent out a tweet that democrats in his view are trying to destroy the republican party. he urged republicans to stand together. the argument from the white house today is coming from press secretary stephanie grisham and she is trying to make the case that the whistleblower complaint illuminate above what was in the memo of the call released by the president just yesterday. here is her statement. quote, nothing has changed from the release of this complaint which is third hand account of events, cobbled together press clippings all of which shows nothing improper. the white house will continue to push back on hysteria and false fairtives peddled by democrats and mainstream media. president trump will continue to work hard on behalf the american people as he always does. however the complaint leads to many questions for this white house. the whistleblower complaint that white house officials were deeply disturbed what happened in the call

blake burman at white house, gerri willis on floor of the new york stock exchange, phil flynn following all action in gold and oil on the cme we'll go to blake first. reporter: the word being used by both the united states and china goodwill after president trump announced he will push back a scheduled tariff increase on october 1st, back, october 1st a couple weeks to october 15th, because of a celebratory anniversary that will be taking place in china. the treasury secretary earlier today, steve mnuchin, saying that the u.s. agreed to china's request. >> the vice premier asked us to delay it and the president agreed to that. i would hope that china reciprocates. this was done as a goodwill gesture to the chinese. reporter: spokesperson for china's commerce ministry saying quote, we welcome the goodwill by the u.s. meantime the market earlier today took notice of a headline from bloomberg which said the president's advisors are considering an interim deal to delay tariffs however the white house has not publicly said that is the direction which this potential trade deal with china is h

my good friend, blake burman is standing by at the white house. he also talked, blake, about the ukraine kerfuffle, and all of the ramifications for that. whether it will lead to more calls for impeachment. it actually already has. whether that goes anywhere is another issue. what is the latest? reporter: i take that title of my good friend, thanks, david. david: absolutely you are. reporter: let me sort of lay out what wave seen from the president because we saw him touch on it earlier. for the first time president is acknowledging aid to ukraine was delayed, he was earlier this summer, he was a part of it, he is sort of giving his reason why. the president is saying today, that he wants other nations to pay their fair share, burden-sharing much the president says this is something, or at least those around him say that this is something that he has talked about for years. we heard the president bring up this issue of burden-sharing in his speech before the u.n. earlier today. sources are telling us today that some of the reservations that the pre

nevertheless blake burman is at the white house where he joins us right now. hey, blake.eporter: neil, president trump continued stream of tweet on this topic focusing on the whistleblower. even using the hashtag, fake whistleblower. he said, the fake whistle blower complaint is blowing up. the whistleblower knew almost nothing. the phone call was fraud. committee heads have five dep depositions scheduled of two current and former state department officials including later this week. the former ambassador to ukraine and curt volcker, who by the way resigned over the weekend as special representative to ukraine. this morning maria bartiromo asked rudy giuliani who is at the center of all of this as the president's personal attorney if he would sit before congress at some point. he suggested that there are legal protections could potentially inhibit that. >> i can't answer that question right now. that is a very, very difficult question for a lawyer. despite the fact that swamp media doesn't accept it, even president trump has constitutional rights called the right to couns

gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange blake burman at white house, jackie deangelis in the newsroom. let's kick it off with blake. reporter: hi, there, melissa, one of those days at the white house. president trump set to meet with republican leadership. congress is back in session. a whole host of issues. among them, passing the usmca, gun legislation and spending bills they have to take up. the headline at the white house for the last four hours or so, the he said, he said, between president trump and former national security advisor john bolton. the president broke the news of bolton's ouster on twitter, saying he essentially fired bolton with this tweet right here. i informed john bolton last night his services are no longer needed at white house. i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions as well as others in the administration. i asked john for his resignation given to me this morning. about 15 minutes after that, bolton went on to twitter to respond to basically say that is not how he believes it all played out. quote, i offered to resign last night and

blake burman following every move from the white house. blake, as soon as president trump walked into the united nations this morning, he was pressed with questions about the july phone call with ukraine's president zelensky. let's talk about the significance up to the minute with six minutes off the top of this hour and 54 left to trade. reporter: president trump is acknowledging he did have this phone call in july with the newly elected ukrainian president zelensky, says joe biden came up and corruption came up. here's where this all fits into the equation with everything. right now, biden is saying that means that the president engaged in abuse of powe democrats, they are calling for the whistleblower complaint at the center of it all. this is revving up talk as it relates to impeachment. they are calling for congressional investigation into that phone call. for example, chuck schumer has written to mitch mcconnell on this monday saying quote, this is a whistleblower complaints that has been labeled urgent and credibility not by democrat

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susan: fox business team coverage, blake burman at white house. edward lawrence with the latest on trade in d.c. and gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. let's start with blake. reporter: this nine-page whistleblower complaint alleges that some in the white house were so concerned on the july 25th call between president trump and new uranium president zelensky, that the white house officials were concerned that the white house used the call for personal gains. that the white house lawyers made sure the call records according to the complaint and transcript were placed on lockdown. the whistleblower alleges because of that concern the transcript was then put on on to a more secure server. here from the whistleblower complaint, according to white house officials i spoke with this is not the first time under this administration that a presidential transcript was placed into the code word level system solely for the purpose of protecting politically sensitive rather than national security sensitive information. nancy pelosi says th

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to blake burman. what exactly went down in this little spat here that has some ramifications? reporter: these were the comments made by president trump in his news conference he held with the australian prime minister, who is having a state visit and state dinner later today. the president saying as it stands right now, it is just a spat with china, that a agricu buy, would not do. the president said he wants a larger, more effective, bigger long-term trade deal. now, the market reacting today to the news that the deputy level negotiators right there from china would not be visiting farms in the u.s. to be clear here, as you can see on the screen, the deputy level negotiations in washington did take place between the u.s. and china, but it is the extra field trip to points well beyond the beltway that will not materialize and that is what the market reacted to. here at the white house, though, the president did mention how talks would resume in the coming weeks as the principals, the group above the deputy level, are scheduled to meet at the beginning of next month. however, t

i want to go to blake burman who is at the white house with more. reporter: hi, charles.he first time since president trump announced tweets announcing john bolton was no longer as part of his team as national security advisor we heard from the president and his thoughts on the former national security advisor. he said he disagreed bolton's stance before he got into office as it related to the iraq war. during his presidency he doesn't think it was smart when bolton brought up the libya model talking about north korea. bolton insists he was the one who was resigned, and that he was not fired by the president. today the president said it was indeed him who made the final call. >> and i told him, john, you have too many people, you're not getting along with people, a lot of us, including me disagree with some of your tactics and some of your ideas. i wish you well but i would like you to submit your resignation and he did that. reporter: those comment in the oval office came as the president unveiled that the food and drug and administration is taking actions against the fl

let's go to blake burman at the white house for details on president trump's call with the ukrainian president. blake. reporter: and, melissa, the president says that memo released today by the while house shows there was not a quid pro quo when he spoke with the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky in july earlier this summer. no quid pro quo he says, meaning withholding aid from ukraine to the tune of some $400 million in exchange for an investigation into joe and hunter biden. that mere transcript released hours before president met with zelensky on the sidelines of the u.n. zelensky was asked if he felt pressured when asked for his country to investigate biden he said he does not want to be involved in elections in the u.s. >> we had i think good phone call. it was normal. we spoke about many things. i think and you read it nobody pushed it, pushed me, yes. >> in other words, no pressure? you know what? there was no pressure. by the way, you know there was no pressure. all you have to do is see it, what went on the on the call. reporter: the memo outlines how the president asked

to blake burman from the white house. that was pretty significant, it started to move the oil markets immediately. reporter: lot of headlines today it relates to the u.s. and iran, liz. as it started earlier today, by the way, with the treasury department, as they put on more sanctions against iran, as the treasury department says they are targeting what is being described as a network that allows oil to get from the iranian revolutionary guard to syria, that ends up benefiting iran, they say, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars a year. so that was from treasury earlier today, though as we heard fro theresident a few hours after that, earlier this afternoon, he is still open to the idea of potentially meeting with the iranian leader rouhani. the president saying the sanctions the u.s. has been putting on iran are crippling and could potentially bring iran to the negotiating table. listen. >> anything's possible. they've got a big problem. they're getting killed financially. their inflation is at a number that f

blake burman at the white house. gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange following ups an downs in the market. hillary vaughn on capitol hill. my colleague kristina partsinevelos will join me here in the u.n. first the political pressure is building on him back in washington. blake, we start with you. reporter: right now connell, up on capitol hill here in washington, d.c., nancy pelosi is set to meet with house democrats behind closed doors to discuss a way forward with an impeachment inquiry against the president of the united states. fox is told that after that, at 5:00, pelosi the house speaker will go before the cameras and make that announcement. today seemingly been a tipping point for many house democrats who are calling for an investigation into the july phone call between president trump and ukraine's newly-elected president this which president trump spoke about the democratic presidential candidate joe biden. the president preempted the democrats meeting and announcement by tweeting this

melissa: blake burman at the white house, gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange and phil flynn watching oil at the cme let's kick it off with blake. reporter: melissa, you said happy friday, did we need this friday ever? what a week it has been here in washington. there is so much public scrutiny over the july 25th phone call between president trump and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky in which the whistleblower complaint brought it all to light. now, especially within the last day or so, many in and around the white house many make the case said the person should not be whistleblower. president trump suggesting that the whistleblower or whoever gave them information is close to a spy. the president's outside legal counsel is questioning that label as well. >> the whistleblower or, i don't even like calling this individual a whistleblower. this individual that decided to spy on the president's conversation based on hearsay information, that is a better way of saying it, this was not drafted by this individual. this was written by a law firm. you know what? the

alleviate terrorist attack on american soil president trump taking part in memorial at pentagon blake burmannot only at the white house but across the country as we begin to look back on 18th anniversary of thes september 11th attack i want to show you part of the scene over here at the white house, this morning as flag above the white house, this is a live picture here, flying half-staff i got to tell you mara walking in here this morning, something when you look at building american flag notice walking into white house on this day it was something to see as it always is on september 11th the american flag above white house, at half-staff. just a couple miles down the road, over at pentagon as well, a different but similar scene american flag draped above that building there as have you well know. thousands died in 9/11 in new york city final plane came down in pennsylvania also one of the planes went into the pentagon, as well. >> 8:40 this morning about 37 minutes from now we will see president trump, in the first lady as american presidents have done, for the last 17, 18 years as will he

melissa: fox business team coverage, blake burman at white house, gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange, phil flynn watching oil, very important at the cme. grady trimble at a gm plant in detroit. lots to get to. let's kick it off with blake. reporter: president trump early today that tapping the strategic oil reserve will not be needed as a result of the oil attacks in saudi arabia. he spoke on his way to california where he will have fund-raisers there. the president telling those reporters saying quote, i don't think i need to but i'm willing to do it, speaking of the strategic petroleum reserve. he went on to say, i don't believe i need to. if we want to use strategic oil reserves i would open them up. the need seems less pressing now as saudi arabia's energy minister said the country's energy production will be at full capacity by the end of the month. >> translator: the company has recovered from damages from the attacks which consumed the state in a matter days. oil production capacity will reach 11 million barrels per day by the end of december. reporter: pre

blake burman at white house, deirdre bolton on floor of the new york stock exchange, phil flynn with all the action from the cme. we have grady trimble from a gm plant in detroit. we'll start off with blake. reporter: melissa, as we heard 23 minutes from president trump speaking inside of the oval office, most of it on the attack in saudi arabia at oil facility where most signs are pointing to iran at this point, as that was going, as that was happening saudi arabia's ministry of foreign affairs simultaneously put out a statement as president trump was speaking which basically echoed what the president said which was at this point all signs are pointing to iran but they are not definitely ready to say yet that it is absolutely for certain iran and where it was launched. this was a statement put out by saudi arabia as president trump was speaking. quote, initial investigations have indicated that the weapons used in the attack were iranian weapons. investigations are still ongoing to determine the source of the attack. as you heard from president trump say there, he said it looks like

talk up the economy, while taking a swipe at democrats, during a packed rally in north carolina, blake burmaning democrats last night as he went to north carolina ahead of today's special election congressional flex fayetteville area giving a preview as to what his message could be like at this point, next year, the president saying radical democrats want to dismantle destroy progress that has been made and said it won't take long, he also tried to link democrats to socialism. >> democrats are now the party of high taxes high crime, open borders, late term abortion and socialism they are softists a vote for any democrat in 2020 for any democrat tomorrow in north carolina is vote for rise of radical socialism destruction of american people. >> poll from abc news "washington post" shows president has convinceing to do steering economy in right direction 56% view economy positive light more than 43% view it negatively and marks a dive when it comes to trade 56% americans disapprove of the president's handling of the trade negotiations with china. while only 35% approve, confidence in the economy

general spassembly blake burman at the white house. transcript that have july 25th call between president trump, and newly elected president of ukraine, zelensky president trump will show there was not quid pro quo threat for ukraine to investigate hunter jib in exchange for 400-million-dollar aid package nancy pelosi through support behind impeachment says house will move forward with impeachment inquiry says quid pro quo not only issue in play president admits discussed lead democratic nominee for president at that time biden during call with ukrainian president. >> the actions of the trump presidency revealed facts of president betrayal of oath of office betrayal of national security betrayal of the integrity of our elections. reporter: but president believes biden should be investigated for his actions as vice president involving ukraine, as president believed they benefited hunter biden plooik mueller investigation president trump is calling the impeachment effort a witch hunt and thinks it will backfire for democrats, later next

blake burman at the white house to pick up the story from there. what's the latest, blake? reporter: hi, there, connell. on the political side of things the white house is still walking a fine line saying that they believe iran or at least at this point signs are pointing to iran being behind the attack on the saudi oil complex. they are not yet willing to definitely say that they are absolutely certain that is indeed the case. remember as part of the response from president trump over the weekend, his initial response was that he said that the u.s. was quote, locked and loaded. yesterday on three different occasions when we heard from the president, when he was in the oval office, when he was leaving to get on marine one, when he was at his campaign event in new mexico last night the president did not use that phrase, quote, locked and loaded. in the last 35 minutes or so, vice president mike pence was giving a speech at the heritage foundation here in washington, d.c., and he brought up that phrase once again, while also saying that the evidence still needs to be looked a

blake burman is at the white house. he one thing we learned, i want you to address iran, but on china, and this idea that it's everything or nothing. no parts of the deal. the markets at first fine with that. this might not have anything to do with that but the president has left very little wiggle room here. he's just fine with that. what do you think? reporter: there was wiggle room either last week or two weeks ago when this whole possibility and the headlines erupted of a potential interim deal, you remember the headlines were advisers were talking up the possibility of an interim deal, the white house had really been saying behind the scenes here no, that wasn't the case. the president was asked about it eventually, when he got aboard marine one when he was leaving the white house and he said you know, maybe it's possible but sort of didn't make it seem as if an interim deal was a possibility. today, he was asked point-blank about it. the president sort of shut the door on an interim deal, saying he wants a long-ter

blake burman with the latest from there. hey, blake.to sit down with president trump here at the white house about the next 20, 30 minutes or so. an interesting backdrop here takes chief executive of general motors and the president of the united states are set to sit down face-to-face. of course you have the ongoing trade war right now with the u.s. and china, gm is closing down plants, negotiating with the uaw, then you've got this debate within the auto world right now about fuel efficiency standards and whether to align with the standards out in california or what the trump administration wants to see. the white house and general motors, though, are being pretty tight-lipped about exactly what these two will talk about, though that sort of gives you an idea of which direction this meeting could move. gm of course has frequently been a company that has drawn a presidential tweet or two, or a comment or two. for example, just within the last few weeks here, the president suggested that gm should move factories back from china to the u

to blake burman at the white house with more on all of the above. blake, what have we got? reporter: hi, there, neil, here is the argument and the president and the white house are making about this five-page memorandum, the july 25th call of president trump and newly elected president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky. this right here says there was no quid pro quo of a threat of $400 million of aid being sent to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into joe and hunter biden. it is not in here. however, democrats are saying that the president of the united states suggested to a political leader of an another country to have an investigation into his main political rival at that time, joe biden is beneath the oath of office, it is a betrayal of the oath of office as democrats put it. one of the key passages in it, i want to focus on, neil, page four, a little more than halfway through the call between president trump and zelensky. the president says at one point, quote, there is a lot of talk about biden's son and biden stopped the prosecution. a lot of people want to find

blake burman at the white house to sort out rumors, everything here. bottom line, markets propelled own the belief, we're closer to something, setting a framework for something. i give it to you. reporter: neil, this is one of those days where you have to separate, put in one bin, what weigh know. you have to separate, put in the other bin, what is out there being reported in the trade spaces, maybe potentially a possibility. let's start with what we know, which is the act of goodwill, as it has been seen by china and what the u.s. is describing it as, delaying tariffs increase from october 1st, to october 15th and apparently an ag buy from china, will come with it as well. this is what a spokesperson for the commerce ministry said today. quote we welcome the goodwill by the u.s. so far as i know chinese companies have begun to make inquiries about purchasing u.s. ag products. that is good, forward-moving sign. the president recognized it on twitter, saying it is expected that china will be buying large amounts of our agricultural products. the reason

blake burman is at the white house with the very latest. reporter: the president arrived at the united nations about an hour early. he will be there for three days of meetings to talk to a dozen world leaders to give a big speech tomorrow. as he was arrived this morning he was asked about the phone call earlier this summer with a newly-elected ukrainian leader volodymyr zelensky. he acknowledged on the phone call he did indeed talk about joe biden. the president also saying the conversations on the call were appropriate and that biden shoulding investigated in his view. the president feels that biden's son hunter benefited from business dealings in ukraine and china. because of his father's position then as vice president. >> phone call with the president of ukraine. everybody knows it. it is just a democrat witch-hunt. here we go again. they failed with russia. they failed with -- they failed with everything. now they're bringing this up. the one who has the problem is biden. when you look what biden did. biden did what they would like for

blake burman has seen it. blake you're on. reporter: yep, i'm here.ions president trump had with volodymyr zelensky at 9:00 a.m. here is the call. the quote, president trump says, quote there is a lot of talk about biden's son. that biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that, so whatever you can do with the attorney general, meaning attorney general bill barr, would be great. biden went around, president said, brag he stopped the prosecution. so if you can look into it, dot, dot, dot. it sounds horrible to me. president zelensky, responds he or she will look into the situation. very clearly on page four president trump asking the ukrainian president, the newly-elected ukrainian president to look into at that time his main, one of his main potential democratic rivals, joe biden, was leading the field. president trump made the claim that joe biden used his position as then vice president to help benefit his son, hunter biden's business dealings with ukraine. i mentioned this is five-pages, stuart. let me just sort of t

generalbly blake burman at the white house with more good morning to you.k city as he heads to united nations general assembly no doubt about it hovering over all of this, especially leading into it,story involving the conversation that president trump had with the newly elected leader of ukraine volodymyr zelensky this summer aj acknowledging when two spoke talked about joe biden. >> wood a great conversation -- the -- conversation i had was largely congratulatory -- all the corruption taking place largely the fact that we don't want our people like vice president biden and his son, creating to the corruption already in the ukraine. >> democrats say that alters to asking foreign pour to dig up potential dirt on a ebb domestic political opponent in a statement nancy pelosi is urging director of national intelligence to provide the whistle-blower complaint regarding the call to congress. writing to colleagues quote, if the president has done what has been alleged, then he is stepping into a dangerous minefield with serious repercussions for administration an

blake burman is there. i understand there's going to be a state dinner. it's only the second time that's happened in this presidency, right? reporter: second time during the trump presidency, you're right. good morning. also the first time australia will have a state dinner here at the white house since 2006, dating back to the end of the george w. bush presidency, when he welcomed john brown. today, the guest of honor is scott morrison, the somewhat newly elected prime minister of australia, been in that role since last year. he's set to arrive here within seconds, we believe. you are looking live, left side of the screen there, south lawn of the white house as it's expected to be a roughly 30-minute or so presentation on the south lawn. all the pomp and circumstance you could want on what is a stunningly beautiful almost fall day here in washington, d.c. 500 members of the u.s. military on the south lawn right now, as morrison will also receive a 19-gun salute. after that, the two leaders, the president and the prime minister, will head over to the oval