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Request. sounds like hes doing exactly what it was asked of him initially. yet we went through this round of i wont do it, i will and he had a revolt in southern california saying no, governor, we do have a problem here. so here we are, you know, after a couple of weeks of debate doing what the president asked in the first place. >> jon: and you have san diego county, isaac. the county that butts up against the mexico border saying that they dont want any part of californias sanctuary state law....

>> arthel: that is larry kudlow trying to tamp down talks of a trade war as rhetoric between the u.s. and china ramps up. beijing overnight vowing to fight back at any cost if president trump proceeds with the plan to raise tariffs on an additional $100 billion worth of imports from beijing. lets bring in the panel. isaac wright is here with us. and david avelo is the chairman of gopac. so david, china may not want a trade war but theyre not backing down and could inflict damage on the u.s. pres...

Advantage over american workers. >> arthel: isaac, im going to get you in a moment. i want to show a full-screen comment from nebraska ben sasse. republican senators saying hopefully the president is blowing off steam again. if hes half serious, this is nuts. china is guilty of many things but the president has no actual plan to win right now. hes threatening to light american agriculture on fire. lets take on chinese bad behavior but with a plan that punishes them instead of us. he is the dumbe...

Energy industry and it cannot be said enough that china and russian are both concerned about the moves being made to make u.s. economy more competitive in the energy sector. thats what this is about. lets look at regulations and frivolous lawsuits. >> arthel: were short in time. i have to give isaac 10 seconds. quick response from you. >> this is about the american farmer that is a victim of donald trumps reckless trade policies. theres ways to go about this to do strategic initiatives. donald t...

That might not be true. what is it? >> i think yesterday may be an argument for why we have tell prompters and we stick to the script. im one of the presidents biggest supporters, but one of the things im always talking about is stick to the teleprompter, stick to whats being laid out for you. even be a little boring if you have to, especially in a midterm election. i think it comes down to basic message discipline. its one of those things thats always been a bit of a struggle. i would love to s...

School? >> i would think you agree with him on that point. >> yes. the president needs to deal with message. he needs to get back on track. i think he made some blunders in this speech. i would actually welcome the president to have some of these debates. ned mentioned earlier on the immigration issue republicans having a debate about shutting down government for the wall. lets keep in mind mitch mcconnell and paul ryan right now are the ones in charge of congress. thats who basically snoozed at...

It. thats how he wound up a cooperating witness. thats why attorneys dont want to represent the president right now because look at what -- look at what hes doing with mccabe. i mean, hes literally trying to force witness intimidation against the same people who could corroborate comey on a case for obstruction of justice. there were three different people at the f.b.i. who could have corroborated that, they were fired. >> julie: we have someone who lied or leaked information to the press and he...

What the president said months ago on twitter that his goal was -- >> julie: two separate issues! isaac! >> get mccabe out. >> julie: were talking collusion and obstruction of justice. two completely different things. collusion being legal, obstruction of justice is not. if there was collusion but not an obstruction of justice meaning the president did not try to take that information and somehow hold somebody accountable or somehow put pressure on someone to stop an investigation, that would be...

>> julie: fox news alert, john dowd, presidents lead lawyer and special counsel inquiry has resigned. effective today. fox confirming this isaac wright is a partner at forward solutions strategies inc. and democratic strategist. david avela is the chairman of go pac. thank you both for talking with us. paul ryan will be holding a news conference any moment now. if i have to jump in, well get to that. let me start with isaac that we just learned that the lawyer for the special counsel investigati...

Special counsel but his own legal team, its not just dowd. he had a legal team inside and outside of the white house who is on president trumps side. it seems that dowd was among the only ones that disagreed with the idea of sitting down. the president has actually recently hired joe and is expected to make more additions outside of his legal team. i mean, isaac, this is a very critical phase in the mueller investigation. and whether or not the president sits down with the special counsel, he ne...