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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 disgrace to usa. I just want to be specific what the president has said because, dana, this is the most...

Dramatically claiming everybody wants the job. that's 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. there's 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 the administration now. rick waddell, who's been a part of the administration and a part of the na...

Chief business correspondent, with the state of the u.s. economy. you know, that's true. >> it is. the president takes all the credit and none of the blame. here's 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. don't look to washington for credit there. the president's approval ratings on handling the economy are trending higher than the overall a...

Having an optimistic look that measures higher than what we've seen in recent history. >> that's 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 wasn't a blowout year, but he thinks this year is going to be above 4% at the end. forecasters don't agree, but that's the trump hyperbole. the hard part for you is all of the numbers are better now than they were when he took over. isn't that unqualified success? >> no. it's a continuation of the same trends that we saw before. consumer ...

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. i'll pick up on niger's point. here's the problem for you, catherine. one, do you have businesses having an optimistic look that measures higher than what we've seen in recent history. >> that's true. >> unemployment is lower. the stock market is higher. trump is using those along with the growth of the quarter. loo...