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Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, breaking news and international stories. Investigation. Let me read between sure. I want to read the tweet. The words the president used in the statement on twitter that he released earlier this morning. This is a terrible situation. And Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob mueller is totally conflicted and his 17 angry democrats that are doing his dirty work are a dis...

Dramatically claiming everybody wants the job. thats classic trump hyperbole. also saying probably about 5 contenders. among them we have seen a handful of names that have come to pass including people already in the administration or working closely with the president. theres keith kellogg, national security advisers to the vice president. rick ren nell, serving as ambassador to germany who is in washington right now. tom bossert, previously homeland security adviser to the president is out of ...

Chief business correspondent, with the state of the u.s. economy. you know, thats true. >> it is. the president takes all the credit and none of the blame. heres what the president could say tonight. the job market is strong. unemployment the lowest in a generation. african-american unemployment a record low. the stock market is back above 25,000. wages are starting to rise. the credit goes to dozens of states raising minimum wage above the federal level. dont look to washington for credit there...

Having an optimistic look that measures higher than what weve seen in recent history. >> thats true. >> unemployment is lower. the stock market is higher. trump is using those along with the growth of the quarter. look, fair point. 2017 i think was 2.3%. it wasnt a blowout year, but he thinks this year is going to be above 4% at the end. forecasters dont agree, but thats the trump hyperbole. the hard part for you is all of the numbers are better now than they were when he took over. isnt that un...

Amongst other things that will persist and that will not go away just because we had trump add a $2 trillion stimulus in the form of a tax cut and a spending increase. one quarter of stronger gdp growth does not make a trend. >> all right. hold on. niger, a problem for each of you. ill pick up on nigers point. heres the problem for you, catherine. one, do you have businesses having an optimistic look that measures higher than what weve seen in recent history. >> thats true. >> unemployment is lo...

Let me read to you another quote from the president. you have a lot of bad people in washington. you knew that a long time ago. frankly, before i knew it, i had no idea how evil some of them are. but you have some great people, too. so hes doubling down on his evil people here in washington. >> what a revelation. i mean, its washington. you have it in every city. listen. it fits his narrative. he blames -- in there is blame he assigns to various folks who criticize him or stand up to him. some o...

Were learning kim jong-un has no intention of fully getting rid of nukes. whats the reality? what is our hope for better on all of this. lets get after it. >> governor bill richardson. good to see you. >> thank you, thank you, chris. >> so i hear two things, help me discern what is true. the first one is, that what we hear from bolton and pompeo, who are doing the hard work of the diplomacy here, we know what theyre about, this isnt going to be easy. >> the other side we hear is the trump hyperb...

Diplomacy here, we know what theyre about, this isnt going to be easy. >> the other side we hear is the trump hyperbole. i took care of it, were great. what is the reality in your eyes. >> the reality is im increasingly worried. theres no question the summit, i agreed with the president, he should meet kim jong-un, it was a risk well taken, at the same time, i was concerned we made the first move. the north koreans always want you to make the first move, that was to stop some of the military exe...

Before. when people think it took it over the edge or caused concern when he said like the world has never seen before and -- thats where im going. has never seen before. he also used it when he was talking about the opioid epidemic, about the southern border. the country has never seen this kind of strength. so he returned to that there line. what do you make of that? >> that its trump hyperbole. but hes throwing it out there in a very serious crisis that we have now. imagine youre in guam or h...

Getting that number? any validity to it? >> i think thats standard trump hyperbole. hillary clinton and some of the other democratic candidates have said accepting up to 65,000. the 200,000 number is not one weve heard from any policymaker at this point. >> ben carsons trip. his campaign came out with an ad blaming the obama administration for the refugee crisis. what is the calculation in the carson camp when it comes to building his foreign policy credentials? >> well, this is something that r...