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He is a member of the oversight committee and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first to cnn white house correspondent abby phillip. and abby, the president is really raising the stakes tonight in this trade war with china. >> that's right, brianna. the president this morning spent the day lashing out at china. and as he tweeted his attacks, the dow industrial average took a nosedive. but then later he huddled with his advisers to try to figure out what to do to respond to those $75 billion in tariffs that china announced on u.s. products. the president now is upping the an...

Tonight as president trump lashes out about the economy, a scramble is unfolding behind the scenes in the west wing about how to respond to china's tariff retaliation. amid fears of an economic slowdown, trump today held an unpopularity contest between his hand-picked fed chairman and the communist leader of china, asking, who is our bigger enemy, jay powell or chairman xi? trump adding that american companies are "hereby ordered to look for alternatives to china." this after china announced retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion in american goods. the markets at one point appearing to tumble with...

>> in an unpopularity contest, this president is going to have his hands full. it will be a battle of attrition. we will see what happens going forward. but just to be very clear, i asked you that question because it should have been easy for you, kaylee, it should have been an easy no if he admitted he was a racist -- >> the president is not a racist. >> i didn't tell you he was. i said if he said it. the fact that you can't handle the question, that's on you. >> the president is not a racist. i won't allow you to attack the president -- >> if you ask me, would i be friends with kaylee if she...

Ilhan omar. >> it's so ridiculous. this is such an -- >> crickets. >> this is what this election is going to be about. when the president said, yeah, we got a plan for health care, but i'm going to give it to you after the election, he was telling you the truth. the reason he's not going to fight you on health care. he'll fight you with what happened with the aca stinks, this is the battleground of this election. what is this country about? i'm testing both of you on that level because -- >> 9% approve of ilhan omar. >> in an unpopularity contest, this president is going to have his hands full...