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>> it is unusual stretch. how often have we seen a president basically publicly ridiculing the attorney general and the deputy attorney general? we are pretty far removed from john and robert kennedy at this point.ne but the bottom line if it is, the president is entitled to a -- to have faith with the people that he put in those positions. he clearly has problems with them. when i think its kind of interesting, youre starting to see little bits of backlash in very subtle ways from either the at...

Positions that havent been filled. we know we have scores of places in secretary of states office that have not been filled. this administration is running at 50% at best -- >> but does trump care? as long as hes in the white house and jared and ivanka are chugging along -- >> i think hell care if all of a sudden the intel committee is headed by a democrat and they bring back everyone else for an interview, it will be a much different white house response. >> for sure. if the democrats get that ...

Little bit of breathing room, small pea politically speaking. legal and factually, the mueller team investigators and prosecutors keep chugging along as they should. theyre probably paying less attention to these political dynamics than we are. whats interesting to me is that the president does seem cornered and he is lashing out, including at his attorney general who for the first time seems to be pushing back, which i think is an encouraging sign. again, i would caution people, though, to be a...

The house may be in recess. but the trump administration keeps chugging along. take a sledgehammer to vital regulations. announcing its first big step to weaken fuel efficiency standards. standards that are a win-win for the consumer and the environment. consumers pay less in fuel cost and there is less carbon put in the atmosphere. who complains about it? even the auto agencies are complaining that they are going too far. this one, better fuel efficiency makes people drive too much and leads to...

President has a concern.but he absolutely respects the independence of the fed.the market expects interest rates to keep going up, the only question is how far and for how long we think the fed will be very careful in managing the economy. >>chris: in fact, isnt it responsible as the economy heats up. when weve had these artificially low interest rates when the economy was chugging along at 1-2 percent. isnt it responsible for the fed to increase interest rates? >> i think it is in the market ex...

President has a concern.but he absolutely respects the independence of the fed.the market expects interest rates to keep going up, the only question is how far and for how long we think the fed will be very careful in managing the economy. >>chris: in fact, isnt it responsible as the economy heats up. when weve had these artificially low interest rates when the economy was chugging along at 1-2 percent. isnt it responsible for the fed to increase interest rates? >> i think it is in the market ex...

President has a concern.but he absolutely respects the independence of the fed.the market expects interest rates to keep going up, the only question is how far and for how long we think the fed will be very careful in managing the economy. >>chris: in fact, isnt it responsible as the economy heats up. when weve had these artificially low interest rates when the economy was chugging along at 1-2 percent. isnt it responsible for the fed to increase interest rates? >> i think it is in the market ex...

Americans are captivated by this. regardless if youre a republican or democrat, you should be cheering a higher gdp number. its the biggest data point that we can look at to see how well the economy is doing. so 4.1% is very good. >> neil: robin, if you are looking at if political landscape here, this is the one thing that republicans keep falling back on. the economy is chugging along at a nice clip. they think it will -- not necessarily 4%, but strong enough to be again, the most robust since ...

Want to build a new plant lets let them expense the stuff. there is things to be done to add more momentum and -- to take the momentum to another level. its possible. >> jon: as you point out the economy is chugging right along. >> it is going remarkable. it is something that cannot be denied and i just want to see it keep going. >> jon: charles payne host of "making money." >> sandra: some of major league baseballs best sluggers showing their stuff in last nights pre-all-star game home run derb...

This was just scott pruitt being too much of an albatross around the neck of this administration? >> this is a change of getting scott pruitt ousted completely or as much as possible from the trump administration and his to-be successor andy wheeler as far as i can gather, is set to take upon himself a very similar policy agenda as scott pruitt did. so for people, especially liberals who had been concerned about the deregulatory regime of the trump era epa, they can expect that to keep chugging ...