now both paul sonne and shane harris are leaving "the wall street journal" as of this week. the journal has also shed devlin barrett, who has been a scoop machine on a lot of stories over the years but in particular on this trump russia scandal. "the wall street journal" also lost adam entis, who's the reporter who wound up breaking that big story that during the transition eric prince had held a secret back channel meeting in the seychelles with a guy who'd been sent from vladimir putin, right? so a big chunk of their editorial staff we now know fled that paper in the wake of its turn towards supporting trump, and it may or may not be related but we are also watching them lose a ton of reporting fire power from the news side. now that we know that they spiked a second followup editorial piece on trump and his mafia ties after that really good first one, i'm curious to know what was in that piece that they spiked that they never ran. most mafia-related stories about the trump organization and donald trump feature some amount of involvement from this man. this was felix sater'

well, "the wall street journal" just lost shane harris. the journal this week also lost paul's son who's the one who broke that remarkable story about kaspersky software. that's how we learned that before trump national security adviser mike flynn took money from kaspersky, his own agency, the defense intelligence agency, had published multiple reports and even a pentagon-wide warning saying that kaspersky was from -- was a front for russian intense. that's how we found out that mike flynn knowingly took money from a company that he himself knew was a front for russian intense. now both paul sonne and shane harris are leaving "the wall street journal" as of this week. the journal has also shed devlin barrett who has been a scoop machine on a lot of stories over the years but in particular on this trump/russia scandal. "the wall street journal" also lost adam entis who ended up breaking that big story during the transition, eric prince had held a secret back-channel meeting in the seychelles from a guy who had been sent by vladimir putin. a

host: eric morath is that the economy reporter with the "wall street journal. you can find his work at" >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up sunday morning, a look at immigration enforcement, the new government specifics that show new -- fewer arrests on the u.s.-mexico border. and then, a roundtable on the week ahead in washington and a preview of the senate race with the washington post editorial editor and columnist. join us for washington

joining us now is eric morath, economy reporter with the "wall street journal." he is here to break down the november jobs of report. thank you for joining us this morning. let's start with the headline -- "the u.s. economy is hitting while stones not seen in more than a decade, marked by a --ust hiring that has led to nonfarm payrolls a seasonally adjusted record 86 straight ." its of expansion also says "the unemployment rate is down to 4.1%, down for two straight months the holding at a 17-year low." what is the reason for some of these positive figures? guest: we have been in a long stretch of economic expansion to we have been growing fairly consistently in this country since the middle of 2009, so we are starting to see that they all for more and more americans. businesses are seeing demands for their products and services, and they need workers to meet those demands. are there any surprises in this report so far? is the economy over performing? guest: i think it is performing pretty close to its peak capacity, which is what a lot of people are reporting. t

you were at the wall street journal and so was i and we are trained if you get emotionally involved inaken off that story because you will make errors and not see the facts. >> at the wall street journal we had a lot of editors who would come over the stories to make sure there were no mistakes in it. doesn't look like there are editors at cnn, abc and the washington post. if they are they are all biased against trump and allowing these errors to get in. >> no question the media is unprecedentedly hostile to this administration but i wonder if it is causing trump that much damage. his base is rocksolid, as rocksolid a base is any president ever had and getting stuff done, set a record for first-year presidents in federal appeal judge appointments, rolled back regulation. the economy booming, getting stuff done. >> when you look at the mainstream media, the mistakes they have been making, former managing editor of forbes magazine, and mistakes like this in their does it discourage you to see these mistakes? >> the media are a little bit biased. here are my numbers. 89% of what trump doe

the "wall street journal" is still reporting that. you heard john roberts say he had sources say it was inaccurate and you heard sarah sanders that the reporters have gotten ahead of their skis. these things take a little bit to develop. when we do, we'll report on it. rich edson on the matter of the moving of the embassy. what sort of reaction are we getting from around the world or there at the state department? >> there's been significant push back in international reception. president trump has been on the phone with his international counter parts today. from the arab states, there's been push back, the change in the u.s. policy. we've been hearing from voices within the state department who have advised on this and their point in this is that jerusalem is already a dynamic issue in this. it's already something in an already tense situation between israelis, palestinians and the arab states. something that you shouldn't pour gasoline on at this time. that's the issue. and the secretary of state is overseas right now. we were aski

trade through "the wall street journal" is: "wall street journal" is calling at "wall street journal"s: if "wall street journal" is: if the trust doctrine, kerstin hayek learned from it today. it really couldn't be any more different from barack obama's. >> really interesting to see the shift in how the outline of the foreign policy from president bush in early 2002 where they are now in the public sentiment about what america should be in the world, how we should read and reflect and extraction in so many conflicts around the world. it's been interesting than a lot of people noticed from the speech is that there is a real consistency with the establishment worldview here in the speech even given the populace. however, donald trump and the administration's actions have been different. for example, he called out russia and china in the speech, yet many of his comments as does the administration have been much more trying to work with china in the situation with north korea as well as russia as early as this week and helping them to combat the potential basis terrorist attack. it was bo

i had an uncle -- an article in wall street journal. the research shows if you're health care insurance premiums went up so you are 30% more likely not to visit a restaurant as much as she did to display. or getting a new car. if you take money out of the system you will hurt retail businesses. it's across-the-board. the current system had a devastating impact on businesses but it's nowhere near as devastating as the individuals having to pay the health insurance premiums are having to pay these incredibly high deductibles and don't know where it's going to go next year. they are very concerned about the -- where the system is taking health care. the government solution is a good solution to the senate does get behind it. it gets rid of government compulsion and reinvigorate competition in the system. i'm hoping senators can figure that out and get behind it. >> host: andy puzder is it fair and the in the reading of "job creation" to say you are suspicious of your? >> guest: absolutely. going back to woodrow wilson he wrote about this e

running out, main street columnist for "the wall street journal" and former chief speechwriter for president george w. bush. nice to see you. let's talk about going into the midterms come... strategy? >> the strategy now try to improve on what they've done to get the economy growing. it's incredible to me that the democrats are relying solely on poles now showing that they have a generic advantage and enthusiasm advantage, that they've boxed themselves out of any growth. put it this way, president trump was elected largely by people who are struggling and thought that he would deliver a growing robust economy for them. if they feel improvement in their lives, that's a big achievement. for democrats to mock bonuses from companies and stuff, i know a lot of people are children who would love to have a $1,000 bonus, covers a lot of christmas presents or music lessons. it is not anything to sneer at. >> lea: that's what republicans wanted to get this tax reform bill passed this year, so that going into next year starting in february, they see that people see more money. more money that they take

cheryl: riva gold from "the wall street journal."ank you for joining us on "fbn:am" this morning. good to be with you. train too good to be with you as well. always fun to see my friend. the senate over to my next friend, maria bartiromo. >> good morning to you. hi, everybody. happy tuesday. i am maria bartiromo. tuesday, december 12. fixing on the east coast at decision day in alabama. polls open at 8:00 a.m. eastern as we decide between raymore and democrat doug jones in the highly contested special election for the state. >> we talk about draining the swamp. we're up to our neck in alligators, people that don't want change in washington d.c. they want to keep at the same, keep their power, to keep their prestige. we've got to change that. >> i think it's time we say no more to putting people down, did we say no more to treating people as second-class

marie harf and joining us for the first time assistant editor for the editorial page at the "wall street journal" james freeman, fox news contributor and welcome to the show. >> good to be here, it is an honor. >> i've seen you quite a bit on fox business. your expertise is stunning and we'll be well-informed with you in the anchor position. >> i was hoping you would lower expectations. >> sorry. then you would have blown past it. >> you're a simple person who smells like off cheese, kidding. you're a delight. president trump rejecting allegations of call aoutions. "the new york times" says he gave an impromptu interview at his golf club in west palm beach yesterday. he did not demand an end to the russia investigation but had plenty to say about the probe including, quote, i think it's a very bad thing for the country. it makes the country look bad. it makes the country look very bad and puts the country in a very bad position. the sooner it is worked out, the better it is for the country. virtually every dem has said there is no collusion. even if there was, it's not a crime but there is no co

much of britain's empire and india quote an east india company approach he wrote in the wall street journal will use cheaper private solutions to fill the gaps that plague the afghan security forces including reliable logistics and aviation support you know you go to the wall street journal you go to bloomberg or you go to financial times and you see all of this stuff openly discussed the never gets the sauce on the shrieky cable news which is pushing hoax after hoax after hoax about very are social issues where is the empire is being divided out and cut and chopped all the wealth stolen around the world in the only in the pages of the fight and bubble for.

opportunity. >> bruce, there are some people that are going to look at editorial in the wall street journal and say this is an opportunity, this isn't an excuse to regulate people. this is an opportunity to start something to compete with google. >> you're scaring me waving that wall street journal in my face, david. i would say, listen, people should shop around. if they're worried that google is screwing them over and getting a better deal, they should not go to just one site. that would be my advice. but it's certainly something that should be kept a close eye on. >> john, aren't you at least in favor of exposing this. giving this some sunlight to disinfect the problem? >> i want sunlight because i want to cheer on google. the fact that they've got 60% market share, people go there first, is a sign they're fulfilling a massively unmet market need. why get into business other than to pursue monopoly profits. if you succeed, you fulfill the need and you have set yourself up for competition in free marketplace. david: i love it when john's head is about to explode. it's a good place to end

"wall street journal report"er. david harrison. >>> one of the biggest stories of the year has been the revolution of women coming forward detailing their stories of sexual harassment in the p k workplace. in a new "wall street journal report," they found the department of justice has a systemic problem in how it handles sexual harassment complaints. the department's inspector general's office are found the doj not only mishandled complaints but did very little to discipline people and in some cases rewarded them later. for more, joined by the national security and justice reporter julia aimsly. to be clear, the report, not that they were rewarding them for being complained about but if they would get a performance bonus, they would get it even if they had a complaint filed against them? >> reporter: right. especially if there was a complaint pending an investigation ongoing while up for an award. that clearly did not play against them in any way. >> tell us about what the inspector general found. by the way, this r

dan balls of "the washington post," andrea mitchell of nbc news and eli stokeles of the "wall street journal." >> celebrating 50 years, this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- >> their leadership is instinctive. they understand the challenges of today and research the technologies of tomorrow. some call them veterans. we call them part of our team. >> additional funding is provided by -- newman's own foundation, donating all profits from newman's own food products to charity and nourishing the common good. the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation. koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator, robert costa. robert:good evening. president trump is calling the passage of the republicans' tax bill an early christmas gift to americans and invited republicans to the white house. president trump: ultimately what does it mean? it means jobs, jobs, jobs

allison: right wing paper the wall street journal say the internet is free again. the paper emphasizes, as many on the right do, that net neutrality laws had been put in place by barack obama. the wall street journal said that made the government the gatekeeper to the internet. you can see a very different argument from those on the left, who are worried that service providers are about to become the new gatekeeper. molly: let's turn our attention to france. papers reacting to thursday's tragedy yesterday, when a train plowed into a school bus, killing four children and injuring over a dozen more. allison: this happens not far from the border with spain. the local press only has one word for it, "former." that is the front page of a regional paper. these is the town where students were from. the bus was literally cut in half. it is a very big story in the national papers as well. it was called a tragedy. they while -- they remind us it is not clear how the bus got stuck on the train crossing. many papers are pointing out this is a recurring problem. every year, 30

cheryl: "the wall street journal" uncovering a trove of fake comments on government websites. lauren: tracee carrasco joins us with that on more other headlines. train for good morning, yes. public comments can influence regulations affecting millions of people on issues like net neutrality and payday lending. federal website service for citizens to voice their opinions. "the wall street journal" reporting thousands of fake comments that favorite anti-regulations dances and comments with all regulations talking points without permission of those names on them. trinity general electric's former ceo is not out of the woods yet. lauren: still making headlines here. we told you about the former ge chief executive jeff emily used to travel with the private jet just in case something went wrong. the journal is reporting ge recently conducted an internal review reportedly a surprise to many companies. u.s. toward the back of jeopardy ended the practice in 2014. ge has said the two plane usage was limited. cheryl: many of the board members had no idea. the shareholders are angry. pote

the details from "the wall street journal" monday and coming up on "fbn:am."ance industry for the father the u.k. and european union take a big step forward in their divorce talks. >> we riva gold from "the wall street journal." >> good morning. bancshares definitely volatile as we move into the new phase of brexit talks hopefully later this week. essentially what banks are looking at is how they are treated both as a kind of potential transition. after the u.k. leads the european union a more long-term going forward what they will be like for financial services between the u.k. and the e.u. this is really important as a lot of banks have signaled that they don't get clarity on what the transition will look like by the first quarter of next year, some of them will have to enact a certain contingency plans in the a lot of bakers out of the city because they can't afford to take the risk of the uncertainty. >> let's talk about this. bitcoin features in a major u.s. exchange. the generic contract 13% right now at $17,500. >> definitely volatile start. much like t

joined on the line by joe lauria who's an independent journalist and author and a former wall street journal correspondent joe nice to have you on. do you think situations like what we just seen with c.n.n. are happening because there's too much reliance on anonymous sources or they're just too enthusiastic to get a story about trump and his family. i think they have become a victim of their own mania that they have themselves helped create more than anyone else we've had a long long list of errors that had to be corrected in this long running hysteria about russia supposing interference in the american election we've had brian ross of c.n.n. a.b.c. the other day has been suspended for a month because he said he said that flynn had talked to the russian ambassador about during the campaign rather than after the campaign we have had the wall street journal reporting falsely that the mill is investigation has asked for the banking records of trump from deutsche bank we've had this ridiculous story that the russians were sending money for the october twenty sixth you know election to try to inf

host: joining us now is eric morath, economy reporter with the "wall street journal." he is here to break down the november jobs of report. thank you for joining us this morning. let's start with the headline -- "the u.s. economy is hitting while stones not seen in more than a decade, marked by a --ust hiring that has led to nonfarm payrolls a seasonally adjusted record 86 straight ." its of expansion also says "the unemployment rate is down to 4.1%, down for two straight months the holding at a 17-year low." what is the reason for some of these positive figures? guest: we have been in a long stretch of economic expansion to we have been growing fairly consistently in this country since the middle of 2009, so we are starting to see that they all for more and more americans. businesses are seeing demands for their products and services, and they need workers to meet those demands. are there any surprises in this report so far? is the economy over performing? guest: i think it is performing pretty close to its peak capacity, which is what a lot of people are reporting. t

including "the wall street journal" saying some of the president's associates say they want the white house to set up a classic war room to respond to the probe, hire attorneys more inclined to challenge mr. mueller or to spotlight what they see as an anti-trump animus. >> this is part of the president's long-term strategy and has been all along, to discredit anybody who disagrees with him. it's not that you're wrong. it's that you are a bad human. you are biased. you are fake news. you are corrupt in some way. this is the president and his allies that said the fbi is corrupt. he runs the fbi, right? they report to him. justice department is corrupt. everybody is inept and corrupt if you can question donald trump. he is all about discrediting any authority that can question his own authority. what you're seeing now as robert mueller's investigation progresses and gets closer and closer to donald trump and the oval office you see an increased effort to discredit any kind of credibility that mueller and the firks the investigation might have with the american public. make them look like

not want to be mean to "the wall street journal" when you go through who is in the audience. in theere not be ceo's group. when i asked them to raise their hand, they were the right to ceo 's. i talked to a ceo of a mega-company. startinge $500 million january 1. we are going to get the investment. we are going to get money repatriated. i think you will have to judge us on what actually will happen. than by the chairs and the bottom line? gary: the economy is doing really well. i'm going to disagree with your prior guest, and why not? when i look at what is going on in the stock market, i do not think a lot of the tax reform is in the stock market. stockk what is in the market right now is what is going on in the economy. the economy is doing well. we have had two consecutive quarters, and i think we will have a third consecutive quarter, of growth. holiday sales, people are shopping. people are buying. you look at some of the fedex data, people are shipping packages. is doing well. when we continue to grow on the solid economy, the companies will make more and more money. th

while the president continues to lay into the agency, the wall street journal reports that associates of chris ray, trump's hand picked successor to jim comey to lead the fbi says ray has confidence in mr. mccabe and admire how he ran the bureau after comey's firing. and the director does not want to appear to have buckled under pressure from the president or republicans. the paper reports such a move forcing mccabe out would likely irritate the fbi's 13,000 agents, many of whom are upset how trump is criticized the agency. tonight nbc news reports that which represents more than 14,000 current and former special agents have reports they have seen a significant uptick in donors and donations for the two charities in the month of december. joining us is one of the wall street journal reporters that wrote that story about the fbi and covers justice department and federal law enforcement. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> let's start with the top line of your story updated on christmas day that trump's attorneys are sticking to their idea that somehow this probe is going

"the wall street journal" figures out of these gimmicks or they were the first to point out the rate of 4526% in 132 million in income and now this 100% tax in the senate plan. dagen: they go through scenarios in the article but it's incredible. trained do a lot to calm huge show this morning. gemini ceo, cofounder tyler winkle boss, karen winkle boss in the first two bitcoin billionaires. plus the churning sea of the vanguard group your big interview there. bill mcnabb about markets, allocating capital than what is next for vanguard as he steps down. steve scalise is with us this morning in the start nickelodeon have a danger and edge media, cofounder is with us. we have a lot to talk about. the frenzy over the weekend. better than 25% on the chicago trading was so intense it has to be halted twice. joining us right now is the founder and ceo of the trading group. thanks for joining us. are you treating bitcoin? tell us what is behind the huge move. >> it's been volatile to start. 20% is every hour. the experience went to open an account the other day in a time i was trying to build

and your colleague wrote in "the wall street journal," maybe mr.'s and rights to create a position for an official whose only job is to ensure justice department and fbi compliance with congressional oversight. this person needs to be a straight shooter with no influence, history or ties to the justice department or fbi. i thought that sounded extremely reasonable. who could be against that? >> >> she is arguing for transparency, right? >> dana: why wouldn't they haven't already? >> that's a question why the trump administration that claims its innocent is not cooperating and providing documents and so forth. >> dana: the justice department pushes back on that and says we are working with them and providing the documents. >> but their answer is like the roy moore spokesman who wrote, there are many women who haven't excused him of molesting them. just because you have a lot of documents to hide this stuff -- the real problem i think is we need to get back to the right way to investigate this, which is through congress. the ig can have an investigat

that's where "the wall street journal" and "financial times of london." i just got back from london. they're afraid of this. they took me to china. they're afraid to death of this. because they realize when the american working man and american entrepreneurs take over, jiit's going to be a different deal. look at the program he set up already. let's talk about some math. i think it's 3.3% growth in the latest quarter. the new york fed projects 3.9% growth. he's got lowest -- overall lowest employment of 17 years. i realize those numbers are not perfect and we're not talking about all great jobs. but at least the first thing is get people back to work. get labor force participation up. the key stats to look at are wages. along at wages in agriculture and construction. particularly the lowest level are starting to increase. why? you're starting to restrict illegal alien labor from competing against american workers. why has this happen sed? business confidence is at a 20 year high. investment's up 10%. overseas investments, economic nationalism is telling g

did i mention "the wall street journal"? not enough for the fulç hour. >> the media is supposed to be the neutral arbiter of fact. and the more that the media goes after this minutiae of the trump administration rather than stepping back and writing about the big themes that they should be caring about, well, you know what? they're going to lose credibility, their brands are going to be diminished, people are going to look elsewhere for news and information. that's just the heart of it. whether it's in print media, they'll go to places like "the wall street journal" or they'll go to podcasts where they can get longer form journalism from people who they trust who are branded. that's what's going to happen. i think there's a big opportunity here on the media market. david: ladies, thank you very much. well, coming up, new year's eve security prep is underway. how do you protect over a million people who are going out in the streets despite the cold to see the festivities? >>> also, house intel chief devin nuÑes blasting the j

to have for the first time according to a "wall street journal" poll, americans prefer democrats. great accomplishment, mitch. great accomplishment, republicans. now second, he said he championed the open process the tax bill went through. sure, it went through an open process. only if you define open by one party negotiating behind closed doors, having one markup with only one expert witness while voting every single amendment proposed by democrats. if anyone believes that this was an open process -- and i have a bridge back in my hometown to sell you. then senator mcconnell told us this bill was encouraged to job creation and put more money in the pockets of working men and women. well, if you believe trickle-down economics, he's right. the trouble is no one in america, not the american blic, not the economists believer trickle down works. corporations are flush with cash right now. the stock market is booming, job creation isn't. look at all the companies who said they are going to use their tax break for stock buybacks, dividends that don't affect average americans and i love

with the gold from "the wall street journal." what can we expect? >> good morning.till really far off from raising interest rates through the markets betting that will not happen until 20 night team. the big questions here or will we get any more of a hint as to when their massive bond purchase program will finally end? we know it's going to at least september. what their projections are for growth and inflation through the year 2020. bank of england very recently acted, so not expecting too much on the policy front that will be very interesting if we get any sense of what they need through the recent brexit development and what that could mean for the u.k. economy. very busy day nearer. five central bank meeting if you also look at the swiss central bank is something going on in norway and turkey. a lot of central bank action today. lauren: called the big bank meeting. bases in central bank meeting. i make it a joke. >> thanks for having me. lauren: thought it was funny. thanks for joining me on this little friday. maria: maria, where he now calls a little friday.

okay, wall street journal reporting this, thank you karl rove great to see you thanks. wall street journal reporting walt disney company finalizing the deal to acquire assets from 21st century fox. the disney deal is expected to value fox, the assets there just over $40 a share. disney's expected to pay as much as $29 a share for tax assets. remaining fox assets to be valued at 11 to 12 a share. the disney 21st century fox deal is expected to be announced thursday we'll have more next up in the next half hour. another record close for the dow after news that the federal rates interest rate so let's get to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange with the latest. nicole? >> nicole: well, liz we did get that rate hike that everybody was anticipating the fed raised rates by a quarter point and expects to do so about three times next year and they also raised gdp forecast to 2.5% and unemployment forecast is down to 3.9% for 2018 and 2019 and the markets held on to gains and it's up 80 points earlier highs were 160 but with this number posted a record c

wall street journal lays it out this way -- let's listen to chris in buffalo, new york. a democrat.hat do you think about tax reforms and efforts to get it passed by next week? on?er: yes, i lie -- yes, mi on? with the republicans passing this tax reform that the only thing that they say is guaranteed our death and taxes. i think it is only death, because taxes will go up. alive forald trump is the next democrat to come in office and reverse everything he has done, so he knows how it feels. host: ok, eric england burnie, maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. it is not like we haven't seen this before . every time a republican get in office, they screw up the economy. it got screwed up under reagan, screwed up under bush senior and junior. junior almost took us down the toilet. there was a congressman by the spratt.john president if you go through with these tax cuts, you are going to bankrupt the country. ages later, the country was bankrupt. later, thears country was bankrupt and spratt was a smart man. he predicted what would happen with these tax cuts. the same thing is g

and the new nbc news wall street journal poll shows what the gop could face heading into the midterms and it is a situation that has not happened since 2008. >>> but we begin with the new details on the russia investigation, the white house pushing back against rumors that special counsel bob mueller's days may be numbered. the presidential transition lawyer firing off a letter to congress accusing mueller of illegally obtaining tens of thousands of transition e-mails, this from a government server. it's a claim promptly denied by mueller's spokesperson. white house official mark shore a bit earlier pushing back that the president may be plotting an end to the investigations. >> this administration is complied in every single possible way with the special counsel, tax payers spent millions and millions of dollars, it is not yet proven any sense of collusion with the russians. i think the american people are ready to turn the page -- >> is he setting the stage for firing bob mul kper. >> no, no -- >> there's no way he's going to fire him? >> there's no conversation in the white house.

you won't read it in the wall street journal or the financial times in london they're globalists. what i said in the foreground it's all about pro wrestling. it's irrelevant. the big fight in this city is one fight, between the globalists that run it and the nationalists that want to take it back. and with nationalists -- [ applause ] >> it's not eth know nationalism. it's not ethno -- it's crazy. you hear that from the mainstream media and the cranks on the right, the far-right drying to draft off and get free media time. this is about american workers regardless of your race, regardless of your ethnicity. regardless of your religion, regardless of your gender or your sexual preference. american workers have to have some rights, and those rights, they don't have to compete unfairly with the world. that's the revolution we're talking about. that's where "the wall street journal" financial times of london -- i just got from scotland talking to 50 guys over there. they're afraid to death over this. they took me to china, i talked about it over there. they're afraid to death of this.

global economics editor of "the wall street journal," jon hilsenrath.and also you are expecting a 3% growth in the current quarter as well. three consecutive quarters of 3% or more growth hasn't happened since 2004. >> right. the economy is on a roll right now. we really have to look at the fourth quarter to see if this second and third follow through with 3% growth. the president has been saying a been saying you'll get the the economy up to 3%. he's got something to brag about. a lot of things are behind this. part of it is optimism, stock market hitting new highs. people are more comfortable about spending. we also have a global economy moving and then for the first time in almost two decades. europe finally got through its financial crisis. japan is on a roll. we have a lot of tail wings the economy is back right now. >> john, you had a number of companies as we mentioned them. at&t, comcast paying bonuses for the same thing you're talking about more than 300,000 people there. minimum wage increase to wells fargo if it's third. you think this is jus

you showed "the wall street journal" story saying they had been -- mueller's team had been getting data from cambridge analytica. it's pretty clear that the whole digital operation is being asked here. in the context of everything we have learned about the russian social media operation, the ads on facebook, twitter bots, all if anything, it looks pretty clear that mueller and his team are digging in for the long haul and this will last for quite a long time. >> the rnc part of this, who talks to who in mueller's office? >> right. i'm told that the staffers have been questioned as part of this. you showed "the wall street journal" story saying they had been -- mueller's team had been getting data from cambridge analytica. it's pretty clear that the whole digital operation is being asked here. in the context of everything we have learned about the russian social media operation, the ads on facebook, twitter bots, all of that. one big question that mueller is trying to evolve is was there some sort of coordination/cooperation there between the donald trump r&c and these entities. that doe

i'm glad the wall street journal is reporting it and we're talking about it, it's up to the americanlaw to say she kachbcan't do it but there's ethics code. >> we have pictures of ivanka wearing her brand. her shoes. on november 9th an ivanka trump purse. november 12th the ivanka trump bracelet is that free advertising. >> of course it is. it's her brand and she may have a lot of it at home and may wear it but there's a threat work of promoting to buy this book. when it comes to profiting from the presidency we've not seen anything like this, ivanka can say i learned it from you dad. after trump won the presidency they doubled the fees to get into mara lago and they increased the fees for the new year's eve party. >> if american people don't like it they can pass a law. right now you don't have brothers running the justice department so you have to make laws against this. there should be. absolutely should be. >> all street journal found unincorporated was wearing her own brand 46 out of the 68 outfits and she stepped down from managing her own brand and her company's assets are in a

excellent column that you penned in "the wall street journal" today. i want to -- many presidents have sort of hinted that they are so disgusted with the united nations that they have threatened under their breath, if nothing more than that, to cut some of the funding. this is a president who had the courage to actually do it. what you make of it? >> i think it's an important step and i think there's every prospect, there's going to be more of it. this particular budget cut was negotiated basically baked in the cake before the jerusalem vote. but if there were ever a pivot point for an administration to say to congress and the american public, this is what we're spending our money on, i can't think think of a better one. you know, back in the day, in the 1980s, it was congress cutting the budget to the u.n. and cut a substantial amount under the leadership of senator jesse helms. now i think president trump has an opportunity to do something about it and i hope he takes advantage of it. gregg: going back a few days just before the vote and a great many

they can find it in the "wall street journal." a tale of two presidents. >> of course, it's donald trump, jon. needless to say he wasn't going to settle with one presidency, he has given us two in one year. yes, i think there is the trump of twitter and it is the trump that i think is probably responsible for strangely enough the president's approval rating bouncing along below 40% for most of this year. meanwhile, you have what i call the trump of accomplishments. he has produced an extraordinary economy, consumer confidence is at a 17-year high. unemployment is at a 17-year low. when you think about that jumping across the entire obama presidency into a period when people are very pleased with how the economy is going. nonetheless you had for the first six months of this presidency a white house that seemed like a place of mayhem. you had the battles between bannon, scaramucci and priebus and sean spicer's press conferences were bear baiting. the situation couldn't go on and it didn't. in july he appointed john kelly as his chie

trump ends 2017 "the wall street journal" crunching the numbers on just how frequently he has visited one of his namesake properties. all told the president has spent nearly 1/3 of his first year in office at trump-owned properties. according to the journal, of more than the 100n one of days trump propertie been golf course in new jersey. another 40 have been spent at his mar-a-lago resort in florida. with his air travel to the palm beach club costing the government around $6 million this year alone. the president is expected to spend the next seven days at that very florida resort. >>> the identity of the man who left manure at the home of treasury secretary steve mnuchin sparking a bomb scare may have been revealed. l.a. psychologist robby strong gave aol.com information that he would indicate he was the likely culprit behind a gift wrapped box of horseman newer outside of mnuchin's l.a. home. strong al.com the thing i live by is the rule of transparence circumstances and i was exercising my first amendment rights. strong continued, if corporations are free speech then so is horse e

riva gold from "the wall street journal" joins us with what exactly is selling. tech selloff for something else now? >> it is really hard to say. this morning was pretty brutal in asian trading. hong kong's knocks down by the most in japan the most in eight months. tech stocks are definitely underperforming. people may be looking to lock in some profits where they've done really well this year. you've also got a generally downbeat tone around the world. commodity stocks are lower unfallen metal prices in this uncertainty and ongoing developments in washington creating a little bit of a sour mood for stocks in the short-term, just giving the fantastic when they party had so far this year. cheryl: they are not going to get the benefit of tax reform in this country like other sectors would. let's talk about banks, the pair rotation in the banker jpmorgan of bank of america morning trading revenues will be down 15% year-over-year. >> boosting weak trading revenues in the first three quarters of the year and it looks like that will continue in the fourth quarter. real

the "wall street journal" has a theory.y of what they were discussing, it still makes no sense. ainsley: dirty dossier lead to surveillance? he will be asked about ohr, the guy who worked for doj bruce ohr and his wife working for fusion gps and he was meeting with christopher steele who was writing the dirty dossier. meanwhile he is meeting with the president. steve: since you mentioned the "wall street journal" we should explain what that was. what it is expected mr. mccabe is going to say that insurance policy was actually to continue with the russia investigation. apparently lisa page, the woman who was having the affair with peter strzok, the agent, she felt that hillary clinton was going to win and they would have plenty of time to investigate. but he felt there was a possibility that donald trump could win, so they had to be very aggressive with it. and gather the evidence quickly. so that was the insurance policy according to the reporting by the "wall street journal." and, you know, it does seem plausible that appa