Business news and analysis. The book, so maybe the president could be right about that. Something that the president knows hes got some backup on when pushing this issue, trish, of immigration and his national security, he was standing there with guiseppe conte, the new Prime Minister of italy that won office based on wanting to reform italys Immigration Laws and tighten Border Security there. Angela merkel, who is not exactly a huge fan of the president , has recently said that germany is going to tighten up its borders as well. So perhaps public sentiment is moving in a direction that the president believes if he were to pull the trigger on a Government Shut Down, might be one that he could benefit from politically. That really would be bucking history, trish. Trish thanks, john. The president pushing ahead with his shut down threat despine warnings from gop leaders, especially with the midterms coming up around the corner. Here with me right now, u. S. A. Today congressional reporter elisa cohen. Good to have you here. Good to be here. Trish how serious is the president on this one . We really dont know. The president has threatened this before. Hes pretty unpredictable. Its a little too close for comfortable for republicans. The Government Spending deadline is end of september. Obviously the midterms are in the beginning of november. Thats close on a year when theyre already fighting against so much. Trish you know, typically and john made the point, that afternoon republicans get blamed for shut downs. Lets face it, the American Public doesnt like it. Their anger gets directed at congress and oftentimes towards the party that is in the seat. This time, this is a little different. My question to you is there political motivation . The president says i really want this done and this might galvanize my supporters, my base . Thats absolutely what he thinks. It probably will galvanize his supporters and his base. The problem is his supporters and his base are not enough to win an election. The republicans cannot lose his base, so they have to keep them motivated. They need those centrist republicans, the independents who will be turn off or likely in the past have been turned off by Government Shut Downs, but this tough rhetoric on immigration. We saw this summer family separation, which is the Trump Administration policy, thats been unpopular in both parties, especially for those independents that every time trump is talking about immigration, talking about the wall, it gives democrats the chance to bring back family separation, which theyre hoping will turn off sort of the middle voters that republicans need. Trish maybe the answer though for those republicans that might have otherwise been on the fence to find a way to get this done and then they dont have the threat of the Government Shut Down because they give him the wall that he has promised to the american people. What are the odds of that, eliza . Very low. The numbers are not in their favor. The senate is 5149. Senator mccain has been out. Its basically 5049. They need 60 votes to pass anything in the senate that wont happen. The house there are enough republicans to move something, but they had a vote or they had two votes earlier this summer. Republicanonly immigration comprehensive votes. They werent able to come to an agreement in their party. Theyre gone all month. So the chances are getting slimmer and slimmer of coming to an agreement, even if that is what trump is urging them to do. Trish thanks, eliza. Our next guest says the president should play hardball if thats is what is needed to get the wall built. Brandon judd is president of the National Border patrol council. He joins me now. Good to have you here. You wrote an oped most recently where you said this is the only
distraction to us so that they can get away and later be reunited, this is an issue that we have to look at. Its a very humane issue. If we build the wall in strategic locations, we can control where illegal immigrant takes place and our country will become a much safer country. Its very necessary. Trish im going to use economic terms in this argument. In other words, youre trying to create the right kind of incentives and trying to remove incentives for people to come here. If its that difficult because theres a wall in the way, youre less likely to try to sneak yourself or your child across the border. If youre less likely to do it, 13 your child and yourself are less likely to come into harm via coyotes or anything else is. That your think something. Were incentivizing these criminal organizations, this is a multibillion dollar industry. Its a business. Thats what it is. These individuals coming here and asking for asylum, they can do it legally. They can give their credible fear claims. Its the criminal cartels that force these people to cross the border at points other than ports of entry, which then of course drains our resources. Again, thats why we need to be able to control where illegal immigration takes place. All you have to do is look at mccallan texas. Over the weekend, there was this Mast Hysteria at a mall where it was thought it was an active shooter situation. The fbi, atf, border patrol, all kinds of Law Enforcement were called to the mall. Turns out that these individuals, theyre believed to be illegal aliens that crossed the border illegally. If we would have had a wall, it wouldnt have happened. Trish a lot of people would pick that apart and say wall is not going to do it. You need to have a lot more than just the wall. Let me get to this for a moment. Philadelphia has a mayor there
that is scrapping the skreement that ice has in determines of data sharing. We cannot allow this continue. Its abhorrent in 2018, a federal agency engages and practices and targets lawabiding citizens. Trish what do you think of that . Theyre not lawabiding citizens. They cross illegally. They have broken our law. Everybody will say, well, just the act of crossing the border illegally is a misdemeanor crime. If its the first time, thats correct. But everything that they do after that, if they get a job, thats illegal. A lot of things happen after the fact that sill legal. Theyre not law abiding citizens. Trish i want to go back to that. I think you hit the nail on the head where you want to destroy incentives for people to come here illegally. Does that mean you need bigger penalties if you come here illegally . Theres talks of criminalizing that. Look in april of 2017. When President Trump started talking about the difference sanctions that were going to put open illegal aliens, the illegal immigration dropped to 45 year low. That is because of the fear if they crossed that would be deta detained. We didnt create policies and operations. If we had the Zero Tolerance Policy in 2017, we wouldnt be discussing this today. Trish its amazing, right . Your country. You should have borders. You should know who is coming in and out. The idea that somehow its considered politically incorrect to ask for that just seems like were in a pretty strange state right now. Final thought hand i have to
run. Its the laws. All were talking about doing is talking about properly enforcing the laws of the United States. Thats not wrong and it should be done so we can keep the public safe. Thats what we want to do. Trish thank you, brendan. I want to take a look at the dow. Up 140 points. Trade is the dominant issue on this market right now. Well get to that later on in the show. From crumbs to just crumby. Some democrats want to dump the trump tax cuts if they get control of congress. We report you might want to hide. I think were in good position not only to take back the house but i believe even possibly the senate. Of course, if we do that, then look out, president. Youre in trouble. Ones, chair, new laptop with 24 7 tech support. Yep, thanks guys. I think he might need some support. Yes start them off right. With the School Supplies they need at low prices all summer long. Save 200 on this dell laptop at office depot officemax. And its also a story mail aabout people save 200 on this dell laptop and while we make more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget. That your business is our business the United States postal service. Priority you uhp. I didnt believe it. Again. Ooh, baby, do you know what thats worth . I want to believe it. [ claps hands ] ooh im not hearing the confidence. Okay, hold the name your price tool. Power of options based on your budget and well make heaven a place on earth yeah oh, my angels ooh, heaven is a place on earth [ sobs quietly ] of course the economy has improved and he would like to take credit for all of that. In the final analysis, when this country feels what has been done with the tax scam and what that will do for our deficit in this country, its going to be reversed. Trish dont you love how Maxine Waters is a fiscal conservative, concerned about the deficit all of a sudden in tax scam. You heard that one, right . California democratic congresswoman may be down to a maybe on the president s tax cuts. I think not. Okay. This coming with massachusetts senator democratic senator Elizabeth Warren standing by her call there to dump the trump cuts, including a possible hike on top earners. This is what you want to talk about as you head to the midterms . You want to talk about taking more of peoples paychecks and
spending it via the government . Apparently they think so. Were going to christy, emily and natalie. Good to see you all. What is really going on here . I just dont get how its ever helpful to talk about taking peoples money and redistributing it. I think its fundamentally antiamerican. You can go all the way back to the Founding Fathers and the roots of our country. Its not what were about. The democrats try to sell this wealth distribution. Thats their vision. Not a single democrat offered tax relief. Even though its headed every Income Ladder in this country. This is a tax cut across every
single income group in the United States. Democrats couldnt support it to begin and now they spent every day since then saying if they get power, they want to repeal the tax cuts. They think its a winning message. Lets look at the history here. Democrats lost almost 1,000 different seats in state, federal and local elections because they gave that exact same message, which is that they want to take money away from americans and spend it themselves. Its not worked at the polls and has not worked as a Policy Objective and wont be successful in november. Trish so christy, why do the dems keep doing it . Its a successful message. I dont see a reason we should concede the tax cuts have been good for the american worker. It hasnt. If youre the ceo of a large corporation, youve gotten a ton of money out of the tax cuts. All right. The problem is you horded it trish im going to stop you. Wages have gone down since
they have been implemented. Trish its not true. Wages have gone up and theyre continuing to rise. Im with you. Id love to see them go up. However trish they are going up. Let me also add trish did you see the gdp . Yeah. Trish 4. 1 . That aint too shabby. Have you seen how many jobs weve added to the economy . Yeah, yeah. Super, trish. The problem is the bonuses have been incredible anecdotal. Across the board most people have not seen any bump up. Thats a problem for republicans. Theyre not feeling it. You can laugh. Its true. Trish emily, your thoughts. A couple things here. Some of these democrats are picking up on Public Opinion polling. You can argue. Theres still mixed on the tax cuts. You can argue its a Communication Issue or argue that people arent feeling the tax cuts. At the same time, democrats seem to be latching on to this and saying theyre going to campaign on this issue of higher taxes. Thats never a Good Campaign strategy whether in california or massachusetts. Trish i would agree with you and with emily. I dont think its a Good Campaign message, yet its one that they tried unsuccessfully, although christy disputes that. Well take it under advisement, trish. Trish and there may be a reason why one group won and the other didnt and doesnt that come down to issues of the pocketbook . Right. Heres the deal. You can argue that americans are not feeling the tax cut. We know they are. Look at the Consumer Spending numbers. Americans have more money and spending more money. It comes in the consumer side, the business side of things. Were seeing investment again from businesses. Thats all due to the tax cut and the deregulatory environment. Its coming from ceos. Trish let me get christy in here. You say its just ceos. Nobody else is benefitting. The very tippy top that use the money in their pockets and spreading it. Of course. But if youre not a ceo, a shareholder, no. Youre not feeling those effects. So heres the problems with democrats. Every month that say things are Getting Better for americans and refuse to believe it that will be at their peril in november. Youre giving good advice here. You know there are ways for you to approach this, ive talked about it before, the blue collar democrat that was once a core of your party, you have lost them. You have lost them because youre not about work right now and keeping what you earn. Youre about Wealth Redistribution and doesnt fly. I have to leave it there. Thanks so much. All of you. Supreme Court NomineeBrett Kavanaugh meeting with the democratic senator joe manchin today on capitol hill. His first meeting with the democrat, but could a request by democrats delay his confirmation process . Ari fleischer next. But mania, such as unusual changes in your mood, activity or energy levels, can leave you on shaky ground. Help take control by talking to your doctor. Ask about vraylar. Vraylar is approved for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes of bipolar i disorder in adults. Clinical studies showed that vraylar reduced overall manic symptoms. Vraylar should not be used in elderly patients with dementia due to increased risk of death or stroke. Call your doctor about fever, stiff muscles, or confusion, which may mean a lifethreatening reaction, or uncontrollable muscle movements, which may be permanent. Side effects may not appear for several weeks. High cholesterol and weight gain; high blood sugar,
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reelection. We saw judge kavanaugh arrive this afternoon. This is his 39th meeting with a senator since being nominated to the Supreme Court and first with a democrat. At least two other democrats are expected to meet in august. Senate republicans are only requesting documents from two of the five years that judge kavanaugh was in the white house. Only documents from his time in the white house counsels office, not his Staff Secretary. Staff secretary was the most senior job that he held. A Big Development came with rand paul said hes a yes on kavanaugh. Paul had expressed concerns over privacy issues but today the senator believes that kavanaugh will adhere to the constitution and will take his job to protect individual liberty seriously. Other republicans sound very confident about this nomination. When it comes to Brett Kavanaugh, i have zero doubt that hes going to be on the Supreme Court before the end of october. Hes highly qualified, welldeserving. Were going to break the back of every democratic effort to stop this good man from being on the Supreme Court. That Confirmation Vote could come weeks before the midterm elections putting red state democrats squarely on the spot. Trish . Trish democrats demanding one million documents on judge kavanaugh. Is this a delay tactic . Lets go to former White House Press secretary, Ari Fleischer to answer that. Are they trying to delay . Of course its a delay tac c tactic. They want to get it beyond the election. It wont change anything. Its going to be hard to stop bretts nomination. Its a delay tactic but theres
some legitimacy to it in the fact that relevant documents ought to be made public. That is an important part of the senates process here. Advice an consent. When senator schumer said theyre not requesting Staff Secretary documents, if that is right and if that clip is all theres to it, its a significant concession. Staff secretary doesnt weighin on policy. He shuffles the papers around so the right papers end up on the president s desk. Thats the job. So that caught my area when i