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he plays the piano, keyboard and guitar. he will be here for our all summer american concert series. >> brian: wonder if he can play all those instruments. >> steve: he has been here a couple of times. welcome back. this year we have the addition of the mclemores from masterbuilt. they are out on the square, fox square making us breakfast. there is john jr. john, what are you making today? >> steve, we are making some burnt end reversed cedar wings. we actually did this for super bowl ...

Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. In the white house. The first lady if President Trump would hammer his successes and tweet less about lebron and this off stuff, it would allow people to focus on what hes done and his administration have done well. Thats called an unforced error. The president is once again putting focus on that Trump Tower Meeting, potentially complicating legal matters for his son over the high level sitdown donald trump junior, jared ku...

National debt. but the government has added about $1.6 trillion to the debt balance since trump took office. lets see. 21 billion in revenue from tariffs. less the 12 billion farmers leaving just $9 billion. nowhere near enough revenue to make even the slightest dent in our debt. maybe im missing something. lets bring in some experts. john harwood and josh boke. when we go out and speak to farmers and speak to factory workers who could be losing their jobs, weve heard over again, theyre saying y...

Missing anything. this is an economic gibberish argument the presidents making, and to the extent that people who are on the short end of the stick economically from that argument are nevertheless embracing what the presidents doing, that is a leap of faith theyre making for somebody they see as an ally on other issues, and sort of their trust -- theyre trusting he has their best interest at heart. if you talk to economists, nobody thinks theyre going to come out ahead through the policies which...

Propelled trump forward. to joshs point, if cultural issues like immigration are hot button issues, immigration takes us back to jobs and the jobs issue and the wage issue doesnt get resolved by cracking down on immigration. there are jobs available in this country, and americans dont want them because they dont pay enough. there are small businesses having to shut down because they cannot get foreign workers because they cant get the approva approvals. how does immigration remain a hot button i...

To race. the same ones that josh is talking about in the reporting that hes done about the economic consequences. hillary clinton carried counties that generate two-thirds of the economic activity in the united states. so if the economy is boosted by trump tax cuts which in the short-term it may be, that is likely to generate jobs disproportionately in the democratic areas, but when the president talks about the wall with mexico, about crime among immigrants when he goes after african american a...