abc's jonathan carl has more on the president's announcement. >> as a candidate.onald trump promise protect. gay, lesbian, transgender rights. the first nominee to ever make a promise at a republican convention. >> as your president, i will do everything in my power to protect our lgbtq citizens from the violence and oppression of the hateful foreign ideology. believe me. >> a sudden reversal, the president surprising even his own top advisers with a major change in military announced via twitter. please be advise heed declared, the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u.s. military. our military cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruptions that transgender and the military would entail. the pentagon directed all questions to the white house. making it clear the change came from the president himself. we will continue to work closely with the was to address the new guidance provided by the commander-in-chief. but the white house couldn't provide answers to the most basic q

>> reporter: jonathan carl, abc news the white house. >>> and then there's this. a white house spokesperson has said president trump had a previously undisclosed conversation with vladimir putin at the g 20 summit in germany after their official sit down. the two spoke for about an hour with only a translator in attendance. they say the meeting was a breach of protocol. the president reacted with this tweet. fake news story of secret dinner with putin is sick. all g 20 leaders and spouses were invited by the chancellor of germany. press knew. >>> there is a new revelation about that controversial meeting at trump tower during the campaign. we knew the president's son, soin in law and, his campaign chief and a russian american lobbyist were all there. there's abc's chief investigative correspondent. >> a new revelation about that meeting at trump tower. after he was told she had dirt on hillary clinton direct from the russian government. a president's son says he's been transparent. but tonight the ever changing story changes again. the meeting first described as i

it would also explain why spicer might have been in a huff here with jonathan carl of abc, slamming thereme frustration on the part of some who are on the losing end of this this marks a sea change internally for this white house, which has been guided to date, despite the fact that the president today is an outsider, this white house has been guided largely by veteran hands at the republican national committee and longtime washington insiders anthony scaramucci, certainly not that he is a free-talking new york financier by background. he's somebody who has a closeness with the president he's somebody who would probably see himself as a principle, not just sort of staff, the way press secretaries traditionally see themselves and i think we can expect that anthony scaramucci will bring in his own team of people with professional washington expertise. but who would report to him directly, not the other way around spicer had argued that he is the one who should be in charge of the communications director, as the press secretary. obviously, that would have been untenable with anthony scaram

the white house correspondent, jonathan carl has more. >> reporter: it's startling development. they show donald trump jr. was told the russian government was going to help his father's campaign and he was willing and eager to accept their help. they come from a trump acquaintance and publicist involved in the miss universe pageant in moscow a. the subject line, russia, clinton, private and confidential. goldstone tells don jr. that quote the crown prosecutor of russia offered to provi the trump campaign with official information that would be very useful to your father. it is part of russia and its government's support for mr. trump. les than 20 minutes later don jr. responds. thanks, rob. i appreciate that. if it's what you say, i love it. especially later in the summer. four days later on the same chain, he emails him about setting up an email with a russian government attorney flying in from moscow. don jr. replies great it will likely be paul manafort, campaign boss, my brother in law and me. trump tower. then he forwards the full email chain with the same subject line. rus

abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan carl. >> reporter: today just six months into the job, the embattled pres secretary called it quits. the tenure got off to a bad start. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period both in person and around the globe. >> spicer's debut didn't make anybody happy. the president didn't like his look and others criticized his inaccuracies. >> sean spicer, our press secretary gave alternative facts. >> two days later he took his first questions. >> i asked a basic one. >> is it your intention to always tell the truth from that podium and will you pledge never to knowingly say something that is not factual? >> it is. it's an honor to do this and yes, i believe we have to be honest with the american people. >> history will judge whether he lived up to that but his confrontational style. >> somebody's asking a question. it's not your press briefing. we're going to raise our hand like big boys and girls. >> and the unforgettable snl parody. >> i want you to begin by apologizing on behalf of you to me. >> made sean spice

jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. >>> the department of homeland security announced today ast's expanding one of its work visa programs. secretary john kelley said there were not enough qualified and willing u.s. workers to fill the needs of business. the h2b program is a temporary work visa for foreign worker who have seasonal job offers. even president trump's florida resort mar-a-lago announced it would hire 64 workers under the program. immigration opponents said the u.s.-based workforce also suffer because of the 15,000 new clarified who is exempt from the travel ban when traveling from six countries in the middle east and africa. people who can provide proof that they have close family in the u.s. are allowed in. that includes grandparents, grandchildren, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews and first cozens, whole half and step relationships are also included. >>> well, now to the outrage and growing questions over the deadly police shooting of a bride to be in minneapolis. the woman's family saying she was killed after calling 11 to report a disturbance outside. offic

white house correspondent jonathan carl. >> reporter: the president's son-in-law was all smiles as herrived on capitol hill. >> anybody with the campaign col include with russia? >> reporter: the behind the scenes power player is now front and center in the investigation. >> mr. kushner, do you regret that meeting at trump tower. >> were you -- >> reporter: jared kushner is the first trump family member and highest ranking white house official to be questioned by congressional investigators. the two and a half hour session was behind closed doors but kushner release add 11-page statement that he said fully account ford his russia contacts during the campaign and the transition. his conversations with the russian ambassador, the russian banker, and that trump tower meeting with the russian lawyer arranged by don junior who in an e-mail chain was told she was a russian government attorney who had dirt on hillary clinton, part of russia and its government's support for mr. trump. don junior forwarded the e-mail chain to kushner with the subject line "russia clinton private and confidenti

jonathan: carl riccadonna, thank you. medecin willean stick with us. bond trading up and down.d focus on things critical to america, like infrastructure and tax reform. david: a little trump-ian. jonathan: we will bring you highlights on that in a moment. the economy and the data that dropped right now in the u.s. cpi comes in month on month, 0%, dropping -- rising from -0.1% previously, just below the estimate of 0.1%. year on year, coming in at 1.6%. below the median estimate of 1.7%. retail sales. month on month, coming in at -0.2% from a revised -.01%. surprise on retail sales and inflation. that is not what you want to see if you are looking to raise rates. you can see the market today the dollar index down by one third of 1%. average weekly earnings were up over 1% year on year. that is what is odd. retail sales week, inflation lower, and yet earnings are higher. robert kaplan pointed that out. david: the one thing you know is if it is transitory, it is not transitory for four months straight. alix: but what was weak? david: to help us put these numbers in perspective, we

jonathan: i you promoting jackson hole? carl: very good reading between the lines. on hole and other speak in the interim as well. jonathan: the ecb meeting at september 7. september 20 of federal reserve meeting as well. i wonder if they should be so sensitive to what happens at the ecb. what should matter is the domestic economy. carl: it is the domestic economy but the fed has shown time and again they are much more sensitive to international growth prospects, and the currency that has preceded it. while they should be focused on the domestic economy, if the dollar is weak substantially, that is meaningful feedback. erry: the fed is in a difficult situation. they have created this price reflation. that's fuddled and the higher consumer spending. it markets turn a little bit and misinterpret the federal react negatively, we will have an unwind. that can be very troubling for them going forward. jonathan: they have become haunted by the on transparency. they remove one word from a statement and you can move the most liquid market on the planet, with the removal of o

jonathan: the fomc ticks off to meetings of meetings today. the market expects the fed to keep interest rates on a gradual path. here with us now is bloomberg intelligence chief u.s. economist carlbob mckeever still with us as well. carl, your base case? >> most of the economic assessment that can remain intact, growth is proceeding moderately, the labor market is strengthening. consumer spending is bouncing back. all of that language should be fairly bulletproof. the big question is on the inflation assessment. we have had further backsliding in headline and core inflation. we are 50 off of where we started the year with headline inflation. they need to talk more about inflation, but still convey the message they are confident inflation will rebound for their target. the other potential uncertainty is this is a fed that this year has deliver things a bit more quickly than analysts anticipated. i'm standing by the view that the balance sheet runoff starts in october but i think there is a non-negligible chance they could announce that at the meeting, as opposed to waiting until september. we have the refunding coming up from the treasury department. a fed that wants to give plen