Thanks, greg. [applause] this is really an incredible time for our nation. We are respected again. We are respected again, like we havent been respected in many, many decades. We have the best economy and our history. The stock market today just hit another record high. That is i think 103 times since ive been president that weve hit a new high. And hopefully next year at this time we will hit many more. But thats not a bad number, right . Up to 103, and if im off just a little bit, like 102, it will be headlines. Trump exaggerated. Thats why i always say, i think. With republican congress, we got 4 million new jobs since election day and lifted 4 million americans off of food stamps. Those are tremendous numbers. [applause] jobless claims are at a 50 year low, and the stock market as i just said is at an alltime high today. Africanamerican, hispanicamerican and Asian American unemployment rates have all recently achieved their lowest levels ever recorded. And thats pretty good. [applause] thats a very hard sound bite to beat, if you are the opponent of trump. When you say, highest, best numbers weve ever had. And we have created over 50,000 new jobs in the electrical contracting, and thats pretty good. And its going way up. Its going up very fast. And just remember this, and americas economic revival would not be possible without the men and women in this room. It would not be possible. I built so much, ive done so much business with you. I watch the things that youve done and its incredible. We are truly grateful to our electricians, our wire men, linemen, engineers, technicians, journeymen, contractors, and apprentices. I love that word. Thats a great word. [applause] i love that word you know, i did that show 14 seasons and then i left. They wanted to sign me for three more seasons. I said, no, im going to run for president. So they replaced me with a big, big movie star. And that didnt last very well. It was gone quickly, but i love that name. The apprentice. To keep the engine of america and prosperity running full speed ahead. We are also fixing decades of disastrous trade deals that have plundered our factories and stolen our wealth and our jobs. What has happened here over the last 20 or 25 years, and more, is horrible. We are changing it all. We have added 400,000 new manufacturing jobs since the election, and that number very shortly will be up, david, to 640,000. Big things are happening currently. [applause] and if you remember the past administration said, those are jobs that you are not going to be adding. You are going to need a magic wand. Do you remember that . There was no magic wand, it was good policy and other things. We are in the midst of a manufacturing renaissance, something which nobody thought you would hear, which means more jobs for our great electrical contractors. Yesterday, we made history by announcing an incredible brandnew trade deal to replace the horrible nafta deal that drained our country of jobs and companies. As i have said many times, nafta was one of the worst trade deals ever made in any country at any time, and now we have a great trade deal and we have a deal thats also good for mexico and good for canada. We have a Good Partnership with the three and it worked out. It all worked out. [applause] as you probably noticed, and read and saw her, they were little tough negotiations but it all worked out. And now we are on the right track. And now we are looking at china and other countries and straightening out so of those horrible deals that stole our wealth and so are jobs and stole so much from us. Actually in many ways stole our dignity as a country. Our landmark [applause] the new trade agreement is called the u. S. Mexico canada agreement, or, usmca. Like ymca or United States marine corps, with a a at the end. I didnt want to use the name nafta because nafta has been so bad for us. Ten years ago, 15 years ago, you look at new england where the factories were devastated. People forget. You still have empty buildings all over the country from nafta, and usmca is the most advanced, modern and balanced trade agreement ever negotiated. Its also the largest trade deal the United States has ever made. We think its the largest trade deal ever made in the world. 1. 2 trillion in commerce per year. The usmca will protect america workers, substantially increase exports of american agriculture, and our farmers are so happy. And she was so happy. And they didnt know if we be able to make a deal or certainly a fair deal for them. This deal will revitalize also the American Auto industry. One thing i wanted, was, i dont want any incentives to get companies to leave our country, fire everybody, move to mexico, canada or someplace, and build cars and send them in, no tax and no nothing. In the meantime we ended up with nothing except unemployed people. And thats not going to happen anymore. Thats what i wanted in this deal and it was so important. It was so important, you remember those days, when everybody was leaving the country. We were going to make a product and send it in, and we ended up unemployed. Last week i also stood beside president moon and announced a new trade deal with south korea that will export americanmade cars very substantially. And also medicine which is a very big and important business. We are preparing to start negotiations right now with japan and we are taking the toughest ever actions in our history against chinas very abusive trading policies and trade practices. China has been taking out of our country 500 billion per year. And it was time to stop. Nobody ever did it. Its crazy. 500 billion per year. And we will have a great relationship with china but we have to be fair to ourselves also. After years of rebuilding foreign countries, we are finally rebuilding our country, and we are doing it with american aluminum, american steel, and with our great electrical contractors. Its true. We are rebuilding our country. We are committed to revitalizing our infrastructure and strengthening our electrical grid, which is so important. Last week i proudly signed legislation to completely rebuild the United States military and that was all me to hear in the usa. We make the greatest military equipment in the world. Greatest missiles, greatest rockets, greatest planes. We make the best military equipment by far in the year. And much less importantly in this case, david, but its also made with american jobs which is good. Normally jobs are number one, but when it comes to the military we put jobs at number two, we need the equipment. Interestingly, i hope we never have to use it but, you know what, it assures that or almost a sure is that, having the most powerful military by far that weve ever had means we probably will never have to use it. Its very simple. We learned that a long time ago. Right . Another critical element of National Security is National Security. And you are doing a great job. He was the governor of texas for 12 years, and he was nasty against me. Wasnt he . Wow. He was tough. You are doing great here. We appreciate it very much. We are now the single largest producer of oil and gas anywhere in the world. Took a lot of regulations off, and, think of it with the single largest producer of energy in the world. We have ended the war unclean, beautiful pennsylvania coal. Right . Its beautiful and its clean. And we are producing energy rich pennsylvania sale to get you more contracts and more jobs. We slashed a number of regulations and approved immediately like, first day and first week, the keystone xl pipeline and the Dakota Access pipeline. 48,000 jobs in one day. Those companies have never had it so good. It was data, both of them were dead and i came along. We signed it, 48,000 jobs immediately. Better than for our environmen. Right now our air is record clean and our water is crystal clear. And thats what we want, but we dont want stopping jobs. We dont want to do what some people wanted us to do, mostly our foreign competitors. And have ordered federal agencies to dramatically speed up the federal permitting process so that you can get approvals much more quickly. We have the time down to one half of one half already. It used to take 20 years to get a highway approved and we are close to two years. And, we wont approve it. We will be close to one year from 20. My administration has also taken historic action to make health care more affordable. Through association, health pla plan, and allowing businesses to band together to buy much more affordable insurance for their employees. Including across state lines, many have tremendous competitio competition. I use the term last night. Loco, in order to get the business. Meaning, we are getting good deals, we are getting great deals. Individuals can buy the plan, they want, and a plan that they need. At tremendously reduced costs. Theyve done great with that. Weve eliminated much of obamacare and most importantly, weve eliminated the individual mandate, its gone. That was the thing in obamacare that was just no good. Were you paid a fortune for the privilege of not having to pay a fortune to have bad health care. They are paying thousands of dollars so they dont have to buy health care. We got rid of that, gone. That was a big one. Thanks to our actions, im pleased to announce that for the First Time Since obamacare wasnt passed, premiums are not going to go up next year. We have done everything in the book and they will actually go down somewhat. And if we werent here, if you had another administration, they were going up 122 , 150 , 70 and 80 . Look at what youve done just through management of health care . Its not good stuff but we kept the premiums down to the lowest number theyve been, so we are very happy with that. We are strongly protecting your medicare. We oppose efforts from democrats to raid medicare, and medicare belongs to the seniors who have earned it and paid into it for their entire lives. They want to take it away, the democrats. And we will always protect americans with preexisting conditions. That is a major part of what im all about. [applause] at the heart of our economic revival, or the massive tax cuts passed by republicans in congress, we didnt get one democratic vote. But we are talking about a lot of money in the pockets of everybody in this room. A typical family of four earning 75,000 as an example will see an income tax cut of more than 2,000, slashing their tax bill in half and in many cases, much more than that. Big difference. Shepard a President Trump speaking live this afternoon to the National Electrical contractors association. A trade conference is being held in philadelphia. The manager of that event space is 6,000 people are in attendance. Talking today about a growing economy, tax reforms, Small Business jobs and all the rest. A bit of a pep rally in philly for the president this afternoon. Earlier this afternoon im just Shepard Smith in new york, good to have you in. Earlier he supported judge Brett Kavanaugh as the fbi investigates Sexual Assault allegations against him. The president said was happening to judge kavanaugh as part of a much bigger problem in america. President trump my whole life, my whole life i have heard heard, you are innocent until proven guilty. But now you are guilty until proven innocent. That is a very, very difficult standpoint. I say its a very scary time for young man in america when you can be guilty of something that i may not be guilty of. Its a very difficult time. Shepard the president says judge kavanaugh is a highquality person but he is waiting to see what the fbi comes back with. Agents are supposed to wrap up their investigation friday at the latest. Judge kavanaugh denies all of the investigations allegationss never sexually assaulted anyone. Fox news has learned feds have finished questioning this key witness, mark judge, who was kavanaughs friend in high school. His first accuser, dr. Christine blasey ford claims mark judge was in the room when she says judge kavanaugh assaulted her at a high school party. Mark judge gave a sworn statement indicating he did not remember that incident. Kavanaugh says it never happened. Some former classmates have also raised questions about judge kavanaughs drinking while he was in school, while kavanaugh repeatedly testified that he likes beer, the New York Times report says police questioned kavanaugh after a brawl at a pub when he was a student at yale in 1985. According to the police report, officers did not arrest kavanaugh but somebody says he was at the bar tells the fbi that kavanaugh started the fight. He said [bleep] you or something to that effect and through the ice at the guy. So he took a swing at brett and then it was two guys fighting. Chris dudley, who had his drink in his hand, proceeded to smash it up against the guys head. Be one judge kavanaugh has been downplaying his drinking and testified on capitol hill that hes never blacked out after drinking too much. We will have team fox coverage on this in just a moment. We have Kristin Fisher on capitol hill and our own mike emanuel will be there as well. And expert analysis just ahead. 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Christine blasey ford just told fox news in the last couple of minutes that they have reached out to the fbi multiple times and still have not been contacted by the fbi. They said interview anyone and everyone but be finished by friday. However senior Law Enforcement forces tell us its possible that the fbi will rely on for its testimony in the u. S. Senate provided last week. Kristin fisher with the rest of the days news on the subject, she is live on capitol hill. High, kristin. The President Trump says his Supreme Court nominee is still doing very well but a lot will hinge on what exactly is in this fbi report that comes back after they have wrapped up the investigation. We are in a little bit of a Holding Pattern here and capitol hill as everybody waits to see what this investigation proves. President trump i dont want to do anything to interrupt what is happening with judge kavanaugh. And i think the process i must say, i think hopefully as he said, they will have a vote by the end of the week and it will be a positive vote. It will be dependent on what comes back from the fbi. The fbi is working, working very hard and, lets see what happen happens. That fbi report could come back today. They are working around the clock, and they have finished interviewing mark judge, according to judge his attorney. And they have not interviewed or even contacted dr. Ford. Jay gibson says they may not need to in order to finish what they need to find in this investigation, they may just rely on her testimony last week. Shepard kristin, regarding the president and his statements today, he did defend judge kavanaughs tone during the hearing last week. He did defend the tone because his tone came under fire by republican senator jeff flake. Jeff flake said that he has been concerned by the tone because he was too political, to partisan and too sharp. President trump defended that tone, and heres why. President trump i think he was fighting people that would make very tough charges against him and i thought he did very well. He is fighting very for his reputation, for his family. I know what happened was really tough. Ive been watching this for a long time and ive never seen anything going on with respect to judge kavanaugh. Today President Trump also described everything going on with judge kavanaugh and his family, he said that is going to be a rallying cry for republicans heading into the midterms. He believes that will help them in in november. Shepard the Top Republican in the u. S. Senate is insisting that lawmakers will indeed vote on judge kavanaughs nomination this week. He left no room for change. But the top democrat says that senator should get a briefing on the fbi investigation before they vote. Our chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel continues team fox coverage and hes at the rotunda this afternoon on the hill. It sounds like the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is expecting the fbi to be done with its work shortly and then says its time for the senate to act, an up or down vote on the judge kavanaugh investigation. So let me tell you what will certainly happen. We will get an fbi support will not report soon. It will be made available to each senator, and only senators will be allowed to look at it. And we will be voting this week. So the fbi report will be finished, and we will be voting this week on the kavanaugh nomination. Then moments ago, the Senate Democratic leader called forgiving the senator is that information 24 hours before a procedural vote. We need to be briefed by the fbi, by the agent in charge on the extent of the investigation. Shepard apologies for the audio there but, five weeks out from the midterm elections, tensions are building here on capitol hill and the stakes are incredibly high. Shepard is the fact of the matter here that they could receive this, what we are told could be a voluminous report that doesnt draw conclusions, its just a matter of it, heres what their findings are . By way of example, they could receive that on friday afternoon and vote within hours . Thats the argument back and f