Begun to be opened up to the public, just ahead of the salute to america, which is the flyover and the aerial demonstrations that comes a little later today. Arthel we are going to go to ellison barber, shes live at the nationals all the details. Hi, ellison. A, arthel. Theres a lot of excitement here. Also a lot of criticism. Democrats and some other critics say that the president has turned an event, a day that is meant for all americans, into something partisan. More of a Campaign Political rally. There is a vip section down at the Lincoln Memorial. Republican party donors reportedly received tickets to sit in that area. Democrats are pointing to that as proof that President Trump in their view is using the fourth of july on the salute to america event for partisan purposes. The white house says there is not a political bone in the president s speech paid some protesters are here today. Weve seen some walk by carrying baby trump balloons, made famous in places like london and protes
Lets return to david spunt live from the Justice Department. David, what can you tell us about whats happening inside right now . Hey, gillian, good afternoon from the Justice Department. A busy saturday here, we know that attorney general william barr is behind me right now, behind the walls of the Justice Department and reading that Mueller Report. We have some video of him leaving his home about an hour and a half ago on his way here to the Justice Department. He arrived here late this morning and were told that hes looking at that report right now and will decide what and if hes going to release later this afternoon. We are hearing from sources to fox news, if possible, that could come at some point today and possibly even as early as between 3 00 and 5 00 p. M. Now, from what we understand, barr and his team, and a handful of people, a small handful of people are the ones that have eyes on this report. Its not being circulated around the entire department, definitely not by email
It is difficult to make a call on a possible recession was given the overall strength of the us economy, it is to see a slide in that direction. All that said we have to be honest about possible economic head wents. We consider some of the things we saw last week. And, and there will position to post the deal on china. No other president before him has demanded it. Others allow china to freely loot the us economy 500 billion a year, not million, billion with would be, we have made it clear that the best of american jobs and american wealth is over. That was certainly an applause line. The unrest in hong kong that and well and is random and continued missile testing from north korea, uncertainty over the hard brexit, all of that continues to roil global markets, the white house remains utterly convinced that right now the us is in the most incredible position from a global perspective to keep a stronger economy not just now but into the 2020 election cycle and beyond. Dont forget this w