. ♪ ♪ maria: good sunday morning, everyone, i'm maria bartiromo.orney general william barr could provide lawmakers with principal conclusions about the mueller report as early as in the next few hours. i had an exclusive sit-down interview with president trump on thursday. the president weighs in this morning on the probe as well as the u.s. economy, trade deals, china, the 2020 democratic field and a lot more. also joining me for reaction this morning to my interview as well as the mueller report, a pair of influential lawmakers. republican congressman john ratcliffe who sits on the house judiciary and intelligence committees, and he is also a former federal prosecutor who has seen the redacted documents. democratic congressman ro khanna of the house oversight committee joining me as well. plus, former u.s. solicitor general ken starr is here. just how much of the mueller report will be made available? we are on it this morning. we look ahead right now on "sunday morning futures." ♪ ♪ maria: and we are awaiting attorney general william barr to del

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maria: welcome back.eapolis federal reserve bank president and ceo neel kashkari is my special guest. and i will see you this weekend on sunday morning futures over on the fox news channel. 10 a.m. eastern live, join me for more of my exclusive interview with president trump on fox news. also on sunday morning futures, my guest interviews with republican congressman john ratcliffe and democratic congressman ro khanna. a lot to discuss there. all that and a lot more, sunday morning, 10 a.m. eastern on fox news channel. plus right here on fox business, start smart from 6-9 a.m. eastern for mornings with maria. have a great weekend, everybody. that'll do it for us for now. thank you for being with me, i'll see you again next time. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ gerry: hello and welcome to the "wall street journal" at large. well, this week was another of those topsy-turvy weeks when things we thought we knew about the world turned out to be wrong after all. take interest rates. when 2019 started, markets were in a why would panic.

maria: right.ween christopher steele and kramer, we really want to know what did they tell the court so this is going to be fascinating information. maria: what about the mueller report? are you expecting it to drop soon? what's going on there? >> you know, you're going to interview ken starr a little later. i don't understand if mueller doesn't have any crimes that he's going to prosecute on, then i don't know what report we'd be looking for, because as far as i can tell, the mueller investigation was stood up for one reason and one reason only, and that was based on the dossier. and remember, we've never seen the scope and the start that we've talked about many times on your show, i hope people understand this, there's a classified scope memo of what mueller is supposed to be doing, and then hidden from congress, hidden from the american people. my guess is all it is is the information from the dossier. maria: real quick, adam schiff is looking for a crime, and he's doubling down on investigation

maria: good friday morning. i'm maria bartiromo.way the expectations call for 180,000 jobs added to economy month of february in unemployment rate expected to about down to 3.9% futures legislator ahead of the number largely due to international weakness this morning, china, as far as exports plunged better than 20% overnight sent shanghai composite down 4405% don't forget the dollar is strong as we'll post ecb meeting yesterday jonathan hoenig your thoughts. >> the economy is tremendously strong the price forward looking we have seen breadth of stock market negative for basically last week, that is why i actually expect we are going to a miss, 180,000 jobs expected i expect that to see 150,000 or less, the dollar has been exceptionally strong as you said bonds strong as well why you will see number come in weaker than we expect. >> jack brewr you are an entrepreneur how do you see the economy right now. >> i think the economy is doing well considering all of the trade mess, everything else that we have going on globally, you know t

maria: welcome back. recently-released house judiciary committee transcripts are shedding more light into fbi investigations into then candidate donald trump, and hillary clinton's e-mails, during the 2016 presidential election. the third and most recent transcript comes from former fbi agent peter strzok's closed door testimony, before congress, from june of last year. it follows transcripts of testimony from former fbi attorney lisa page and justice department department official bruce ohr. joining me right now is the top republican on that committee who made those transcripts public georgia congressman doug cold collins thanks very much for joining us. >> glad to be here, maria. maria: in looking at these transcripts it's pretty clear of an issue that our viewers know very well, and our viewers have followed this for upwards of a year and a half and they know from the beginning, that there was no collusion, and that these transcripts show an incredible amount of bias . let's talk about some of the tran

maria [ laughter ] maria: do you really?ng the wrong way, you've got to ask. sometimes you need to take control and say here's the way that we're going. if we're wrong, i'm going to hear it. dagen: so now men want credit for using google maps but you know what they always do, they -- jared: who said that. dagen: they put the address in after they started driving. that's what they do, they drive and put the address in like this. give me the phone. >> how did this story get to men and google maps. it's unfair. dagen: it's a golfer not taking advice. maria: men p not listening. men not listening again. dagen: there you go. maria: catch jared's sports reports on fox news 24/7. still ahead, cocktail makeover, k-cup enters the world of mixology. details next hour. kevin hassett from the white house is here. we're talking economics. stay with us. ♪ metastatic breast cancer is relentless, but i'm relentless too. mbc doesn't take a day off, and neither will i. i treat my mbc with everyday verzenio, the only one of its kind that can b

maria: all right.ompanies but they can't be sued for defamation under federal law and again, i brought this up, devin nunes lawsuit against twitter, pushing the legal boundaries of what is going on because mid-90's law you cannot sue internet service providers and other companies because they don't technically create content and aren't media companies but they are. >> on dan's last point, they don't want to stick to to the knitting anymore, zuckerberg has come out and said it's all going to be private messaging, they had to make pivot to mobile, you will have to bet on a whole new company, they are exiting public arena. dagen: it's not a whole new company, they are reckless with people's private information and that's what investors know and i think that's what the public knows, is you're saying it's private but you can still see all messages and all communication and what are zuckerberg and sheryl sandberg going to actually do with that, do we trust them, somebody told me doing business with them like

maria: yes. >> stay tune, maria. maria: have a great weekend. >> you too.mmero, more fallout from facebook, two top executives leaving roles all of that in next hour mornings with maria stay with us . . . us as people. they see us as profits. we're paying the highest prescription drug prices in the world so they can make billions? americans shouldn't have to choose between buying medication and buying food for our families. it's time for someone to look out for us. congress, stop the greed. cut drug prices now. my dream car. it turns out, they want me to start next month. she can stay with you to finish her senior year. things will be tight but, we can make this work. ♪ now... grandpa, what about your dream car? this is my dream now. principal we can help you plan for that . maria: breaking news this morning, terrorism in new zealand, at least 49 people killed, dozens more injured in two mass shootings in mosques. the attack reportedly streamed live on facebook. four people are in custody. a new threat from north korea, kim jong un reportedly rethinking tal

maria: happy weekend, everybody.come to the program that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. i am bringing you my exclusive sit-down interview with president donald trump speaking about everything from the u.s. economy to interest rates and the federal reserve as well as his controversial comments about the late senator john mccain. i began by canning the president what his administration is doing to keep the economic boom going. >> it's happening. you look at what's going on with respect to china, our deal is coming along very well. we'll see what happens, but we're taking in billions and billions of dollars for the first time ever against china in the form of tariffs. i think the deal will probably happen. i think they need it very badly. nobody's ever really seen anything quite like what's happening. and we did the mexico and canada deal, usmca. that's going very well. i think that it should get approved pretty quickly by congress because it's a great deal. it's a really great dea

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maria: yeah, right. all right met me ask you about the broader set of issues here we've got this south by southwest conference going on and alexandria ocasio-cortez is defending per position on the green new deal basically saying what's such a big deal about going from 10% better than garbage. i mean, she actually called the u.s. policies right now garbage. how do you react to that? >> well this new deal it's a crazy new deal. it's a bad deal. i'd take a look at what they proposed what she has introduced and 11 members of the senate have is what's the cost, what are the consequences and will it work? well the cost is staggering, astronomical. $93 trillion. that would empty everyone's bank account in america from warren buffett all the way on down, so the country cannot afford it. individually, the consequences are people are going to lose their jobs and it's going to be about $65,000 per family per year plus higher energy costs, higher heating costs. they want to get rid of airplanes, anybody that works

maria: why an imu?t that the customer wants and so we talked to consumers what they are looking for in insurance and they told us it's kind of a black box, sometimes we are afraid we have too much coverage, sometimes we are worried we don't have enough and there are loopholes, the foundation of advertisement is customizing coverage so people are only paying for what they need and the imu is all about how we bring it to life in a way that is fun. [laughter] dagen: i'm sorry, i've seen the ads and they are hilarious, absolutely hilarious. i was watching the ads that's why i laughed out loud. >> first for us too. we look at what kinds of things actually drive advertising effectiveness and we see the ads that are funny tend to be remembered more. and so we introduce humor into old campaign, truth tellers, the one with the person talking about insurance and statute of liberty, we saw that it was effective and we are trying it again. maria: it's interesting, the insurance companies are more creative than othe

maria: happy weekend.elcome to the programming that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. i'm maria bartiromo. we have another jam-packed program this weekend. coming up, blackrock's rick reider is with me overseeing $2 trillion in assets under management in fixed income among other areas, in blackrock's firm of almost $6 trillion of assets under management. later on, minneapolis federal reserve president and ceo neel kashkari will be here as well. a big story for the market this is week was the inverted yield curve when short-term interest rates are higher than long-term interest rates. a couple of reasons why. the ten-year yield broke 2.4% this week. concern about global growth as well as trump's nominee for the federal board, steven moore, saying the fed should cut interest rates immediately. he thinks the fed should cut rates saying that the fed is sucking the oxygen out of the economy, and it's created an economically debilitating deflation, deflation shrinks the econom

[laughter] maria: what about china? for a while there the chinese ipos are is where the money was has that slow down quick. >> no. actually was the most last five years this year it is large in the pipeline most go in with the technology space for the market opportunity so think about the headline with trade that is at the impact. >> have you had pressure from the administration not to take any ipos to tell china you cannot go public with these markets quick. >> none whatsoever. >> you would not expect that but that would be a hard card to play quick. >> it would but we don't have any discussions going on like that whatsoever. >> with that sentiment how do you characterize after we had a year that was flat even though the year before was so strong quick. >> it is positive now so we see corporations with 2018 a good reporting structure and we are seeing companies perform very well and the markets are healthy. maria: even though you have these expectations of things slowing down you had a very good growth story last year

maria: some look.ne question that i just have because i know the next 3 months is so busy with ipos's, levi's kicks off, we hat shutdown in january, i'm wonder if all of the supply in the market will be challenge for investors to digest and maybe the markets trade lower the the coming 3 months with all the new supply in the market. dagen: this is off the beat that we will see so many technology companies, i call lyft and uber technology companies because they are driven with underlying technology, no punt intended with that. levi's is kind of a little bit different than offerings that you will see. if people see opportunity, if they think the companies will spend money wisely, watch for levi's to maybe make acquisitions with the money, a lot goes to family members we should point out, that'll be the one thing to watch. again, it works until it stops working and you can't never really tell when an ipo doesn't go so well, $17 a share is where it was priced, watch for that. maria: all right, dagen, thank

maria: yeah.eing among those heavy industries that were among the drivers. does that that stand still. >> it does. pulp and paper added capacity in the late '80s and early '90s. a lot of the equipment needs to be refreshed. we're seeing quite a boost in that industry. maria: we're talking about the automation, industrial automation as far as a growth story for the u.s. what steps need to be taken to ensure that our workers can thrive in today's economy? because a lot of people say, look, our people are not skilled enough. that's why the white house is going through this skilled advisory board, that number of ceos are involved. i know you as well. so tell us about that. >> so first of all, i think the perception, and we're happy to see the trends going in the right direction, that the recognition that manufacturing is at the vital core of the american economy is starting to be more widely recognized. and so as more people look at manufacturing as a great destination for their career, that's a good

maria: thank you.ells fargo ceo is on the hot seat again on capitol hill, cheryl casone headlines. cheryl: will testify before house financial services committee, focus on the fallout from the bank's fake account scandal, first time a bank ceo is going to appear before the committee now that it is led by the democrats, but few -- future may be in question, over the last year wells fargo stock down nearly 15%. new details in the sexual harassment cases that happened over at google, tech giant paid $135 million to top executives who left the company, they left over the allegations of sexual harassment, the price tag was revealed in a shareholder lawsuit at the time the reasons for the departures, maria, were covered up, now we know what the two executives were paid off by google. renault, nissan, japan partnership meeting every month in tokyo or paris, goshn still is one of 8 members of nissan. rejected by a judge, goshn was released last week in tokyo jail in $9 million bail after spending more than 100

i'm ready for maria bartiromo. mornings with maria starts right now. maria: thank you so much, cheryl, good morning, everyone, thanks for joining us, i'm maria bartiromo, happy monday, monday march fourth, your top stories right now, 6:00 a.m. on the button on the east coast. closing in on a deal, the u.s. and china are in the final stages of reaching trade agreement, what's on the table plus the latest on the threat from huawei as the technology and telecom giant lashes out against the u.s. government, extreme weather bearing down across the country this morning, torpids with avalanche, with the very latest right here, retail earning season rolling on, the big one to watch today, target, kohl's, cosco, we have the preview. one lucky person is up against the clock this morning, a winning mega million ticket still unclaimed. the winner has until 4:45 p.m. eastern to take hold of the million dollar prize, mornings with maria begins right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ maria: markets are higher this morning on report that is the u.s. and china are close to deal on trade, w

maria: the u.s.hen we want that as well. >> yeah. the chinese are never going to agree to that. the key thing is not just the enforcement mechanism. it's the ability or willingness of the united states to enforce agreements. we haven't done it consistently in the past. that's why this huawei thing is so important. we are now going to do it in the future. i think that weighs more than any mechanism. >> i will quickly point to what they call a tick-tock about this college cheating scandal. it all started with one guy, a financial executive who was being pursued on securities fraud charges and he told investigators oh, i got something much bigger for you. he pointed to the yale soccer coach wore a wire, meeting with him in boston, who this coach asked for a $450,000 payout to get a kid into yale and there, the ball started rolling. there was surveillance, phones being tapped of the mastermind, rick singer. he was recording conversations. he tried to tip off about half a dozen of the families that he was

maria: welcome back. last week we brought you my exclusive interview with the chief security officer of chinese telecom provider, huawei. now, huawei is suing the u.s. government. challenging the united states decision to bar the government from using the chinese telecom company equipment. this as huawei is in big legal trouble itself over intellectual property theft allegations. here is what andy purdy had to say in response. in the theft of intellectual property by the china government that is not us, the china government doesn't speak for us, we don't speak to the china government. i applaud the united states and others to try and crackdown on the global theft of intellectual property. which has been a disgrace in the last 50 years that we've not done enough about it. i'm glad to see president trump raising that as an important issue in the trade talks. maria: joining right now, a vendor in the technology world, the former chief operating officer at microsoft, managing director -- good to have you on t

maria: welcome back.'ve heard a lot about the green new deal. it seems a left new big idea turns out it comes with an equally really big bill. according to a study by the american action form the plan to combat climate change and income inequality will setback taxpayers $93 trillion. it is $600,000 per household. joining me another co-author behind that study, the american action form president and former director, douglas holtz aiken. >> thank you for having me on. maria: i think this study made a lot of waves. people knew it would be superexpensive but 93, $94 trillion, wow! how did you arrive at such a price tag for. >> went to the 14 page proposal and pulled out the things that we could realistically get some idea of the cost. for example, one of the proposals with electricity grid interiorly driven by renewables, we know what it costs to construct these things. he put all together in the at 5.4 train dollars peter doocy high-speed railing california noted cost per miles you can get an estimate of tha

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maria.a: yeah, yeah, all right, facebook shares obviously have reacted to all of these issues around the company, dagen, i will see you in a little bit. breaking news overnight, one deputy officer shot dead, an offer clinging to his life in washington state this morning, cheryl casone with more on that, cheryl. cheryl: that's right, maria, good morning, the officers who were responding to a complaint about a driver in central washington, officers tried to stop the suspect but he refused. he led them in high-speed chase, the suspect got out of the car and opened fire on those officers and killed one, the suspect was shot dead, none of the victims have been identified so far this year 12 officers have been killed in the line of duty. well, new information about last year's boeing plane crash in indonesia, off-duty pilot reportedly saved the same 737 max from a crash one day prior, the pilot who happening to be riding in cockpit told how to disable a malfunctioning flight control system but the

maria: yeah.th it in the past. >> you don't have to have such requirement, so you can abuse it and the recommendations 3 prong number one, meaningful amount of whole foods that are recommended for daily consumption, number 2, huge amount of saturated fact or sugar or huge amount and you should provide disclosure. >> you've been advocate of healthy snacks and food for a long time, so the new regulations really won't have a negative impact, you won't have to reformulate, is that correct? >> actually out of 80 products because we partner with public health experts and wanted them come up with what they think is best, 80 plus, three of them would be affected and what we would do is low sodium and fiber from coconut-containing products because because they have high saturated fats, that's okay. maria: recent forbes article titled social spin doctor, kind bars built 1 and a half billion dollar fortune, highlights your company's goals but criticize it is charitable donations. >> yeah. they got a lot of f

maria: dr.ot about this. >> yes, i talked a lot about this and ethan has been able to see there's a way to get information out there those who are antivaccine to create a level of common ground and level of compassion so we can influence someone's view, influence them to make the right decision exactly how ethan has done. a lot of the misinformation stems from social media sources, it's difficult to do that, it's difficult to vilify a source like facebook and youtube and say that's the problem because i myself colleague, physician, gets the majority of information from cdc, giving quality information so just to put facebook or social media and say everything on there is wrong is not exactly that. dagen: they do need to be held responsible. ethan, has facebook reached out to you, social media forms some are cracking down on the antivaccine lie, have they talked to you? >> i spoken to anyone specifically. i think that with facebook they are not necessarily to blame, it's the platform have been use

maria--maria: and no predicate.e nothing to base it on, other than the flimsy dossier. >> they thought, number one, we'll do it as counter intelligence because that's classified and then that's a black box that no one will ever be able to get into. and secondly, hillary's going to win anyway and she's not going to have any interest into going into what happened here. they figured they were playing with the house money. when he won, what that meant was 10 months -- 10 weeks from the day he won, he was now going to be president and have control over all of the intelligence files of the government. so they had a choice to make. do we sit here and wait for him to find out what happened? or do we gaslight and create a situation where there looks like there was a collusion conspiracy between trump and the kremlin that we really had a good faith basis to investigate. maria: unbelievable. >> and between intelligence leaks and -- think about what obama did. obama says i a want the intelligence agencies to put out a report on