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Been better if only the federal reserve would follow his instructions and lower interest rates. >> if we had a fed that would lower interest rate, wed be like a rocket ship. were paying a lot of interest and its unnecessary. we dont have a fed that knows what they are doing. >> reporter: when asked why the citizenship question is important, the president told reporters its needed to help draw congressional districts but thats what the presidents critics fear. that the question will be used as a ...

Addendum after we get a positive decision, so we are working on a lot of things including an executive order. >> mike: president trump on his desire to have a citizenship question on this years sentences. matthew continetti, editor of the washington free beacon. mauling him away, and jeff mason, white house correspondent with waiters traveling with the president in new jersey. lets start with you. can you get a sense from your sources the white house believes they can win this legal fight for th...

So were fighting very hard against the system that is a very difficult system. but well make a decision. the attorney general is working oen th on that right now. >> kaitlyn collins is there and that crowd of reporters shouting questions at the president. he laid out a few options to all of this. >> he said he had several but he didnt go into detail. essentially he did confirm that what weve been reporting behind the scenes, one thing they are looking at is potentially doing an executive order. ...

>> yeah, no campaign messages there. thanks, tom. today is the deadline for the justice department to tell a federal judge whether it does plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. doing so would defy the supreme court. earlier this week the president ordered the doj to find a way after they conceded the census would be printed without a question. one option would be an executive order from the president but that would likely be challenged in the lower courts. theres also the poss...

Federal prosecutor. so on the law of this, michael, the notion of having this addendum like printing now, having this addendum of the question later or an executive order, this is, of course, all after the u.s. supreme court has spoken. is that constitutional? >> yes, if the court says it is. what we have to remember is what the court was asked to decide was litigation that was begun in april of 2018 where the commerce department said they are adding a citizenship question to help enforce the vo...

Essentially he said come back. thats what he said. so well see what happens. we can also add an addition on. we can start the printing now and maybe do an addendum after we got a positive decision. >> a question like this has not been on the standard census forms since the 50s. the president said he would consider an executive order but that it wont override a supreme court decision. this will continue to play out. >> neil: thanks very much. lets get the read on this from general t general tom d...

History, as long as we never, ever stop fighting for a better future, then there will be nothing that america can not do. >> reporter: de1350i9spite a lo fears, the president steered away and talked about american people, american exceptionalism and including, according to him, a trip to mars. >> dave, michelle? thanks, tom. today is the deadline for the justice department to tell a federal judge whether it does plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. doing so would defy the supre...

We can also add an addition on. we can start the procedure now and do an addendum after we get a positive decision. so were working on a lot of things, including an executive order. >> reporter: the supreme court ruled against the administration, saying they could not add the citizenship question, at least for now, because the administration justification in the courts seem to have been con traoeufrbed. the commerce secretary left a statement saying they have started the process of printing the ...

President trump told reporters four or five options are under consideration. >> we can start now and do an addendum after we get a positive decision. we are working a lot of things, including an executive order. >> minority leader chuck schumer tweeting, lets be clear whats happening here. career, career lawyers through in the towel because they couldnt defend the indefensible, but president trump got mad so his campaign press secretary, attorney general william barr, stepped in to try and pleas...

New jersey golf club but before departing the white house, a venting session on the north lawn. attacking democratic front-runner joe biden and insisting a citizenship question will be added to the 2020 census after all. the president said the administration is looking at a number of options to make that happen, including an executive order. cnns abby phillip kicks off now from the white house. >> reporter: president trump signaling he may use an executive order to force a citizenship question o...