plus, blake burman is on supreme court watch. we're looking ahead to tomorrow 's june jobs report and charlie is going to break it all on the ongoing saga over 21st century fox's bidding war we're less than an hour to the closing bell i'm cheryl casone in for liz claman, let's start the countdown. well, we are getting some breaking news right now, just moments ago, the wall street journal reporting that preparations for saudi aramco's hotly anticipated 100 million ip o actually stalled. now this ipo would have created the largest ipo in history and holdups leaving government officials most closely tied to those process over whether the i po will even happen. now a spokesman declined to comment on the support from the journal so we'll keep you posted of course and the possibility of the aramco ipo may be off, on hold. we shall see and now to the markets the major averages rally ing after the 4th of july holiday remember you had the shorten shortened session on tuesday and then the markets were off yesterday trade tensions taking a

our thanks to blake burman and by the way back to bill browder. this herma tank capital hedge fund manager who in the 90s went into russia thinking gorbachev brought down the well and i'll make money investing he's going to react. we had him friday in advance now he will react to president putin 's comments calling bill br owder out of all people, it's very bizarre on making money with charles payne. tune in 6:00 p.m. eastern for this must-see interview and you've got to imagine that this drama playing out has perhaps a slight effect on the markets here the dows crossed the unchanged line 87 times so far we've got the unfolding developments in helsinki, we're watching the money pendulum swinging and the oil prices definitely pressuring the markets at least certain areas as we mentioned earlier we saw oil plummeting about 4% at the lows of the session but on the other hand the earning season so far has really given investors reason to celebrate and this week there's plenty of earnings juice coming your way, 12% of the s&p 500 and seven dow companie

blake burman is there with the very latest. hi, blake. >> we're at the white house with kevin hassett. he said that president trump won't back down. he said that the president as he's said simply wants to equal out the trade imbalance. listen here. >> right now he's called the bluff of other countries that have basically been abusing our firm and workers for a long time. he wants better deals. if you're worried about the short-run stress, the long goal is a worthy one. >> the chinese fired back in the immediate minutes of the u.s. putting on the $34 billion in tariffs by imagining it dollar for dollar. a commerce spokesperson said they had to address are what are counter attacks and fired off this statement saying, the united states violated the wto rules and launched the largest trade war in economic history to date. that is their take. last night at his rally in montana, president trump said that he feels that the u.s. is holding all the cards in this equation. the president told reporters a board air force one that more coul

blake burman, thank you very much. make sure to tune in on monday for president trump's announcement of his supreme court nominee. we're going to have special coverage that begins with lou dobbs tonight at 7 p.m. eastern time and then a special two-hour edition of ca i rue toe coast to coast at 8 p.m., kennedy at 10 p.m. eastern time. all of this, of course, only on fox business, the best in business coverage out there. >>> let's take a look at your markets right now. 134 to the upside on the dow right now. thank you, jobs report. the s&p is up by 26, nasdaq up by 108. the tech-heavy nasdaq, we should say. now let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange with today's fox business brief. nicole? >> good to see you, cheryl. elon musk confirming his spacex company has sent engineers to thailand to give ground support in the rescue effort of the youth soccer team trapped in the flooded cave for nearly two weeks. musk has been tweeting about various ways his businesses could aid in the rescue ef

thank you, blake burman. joining me with more how we should think about nato, the uk, putin, former assistant secretary of defense under president reagan, mr. larry korb. good to see you, sir. >> good to be with you. trish: i kind of like that definition he gave, how would you label putin, is he a friend or a foe, he said he competitor. >> he is a competitor. it is not the cold war but the fact of the matter is, we have a lot of places where our interests are not the same. for example, seizing crimea for example. going into georgia. threatening the baltics which are part of nato. talking about building new nuclear missiles. so we have a lot of areas that he needs to talk to him about but what i worry about is that he will give putin something, for example, say, well, i'm going to cancel some of the military exercises in nato or maybe take some troops out of europe because -- trish: they're not paying for it? >> yeah. i mean that is what i do worry about. he is half right when he says nato should spend more. t

fox business' blake burman joins us now from the white house. and, blake, the president certainly doesn't appear to be backing down anytime soon. >> reporter: no, he is not, ashley, but the white house is pushing back on a story that kind of popped the headlines last night and into this morning. there was a draft document that was published by the web site axios which, according to this draft document, would have upended the u.s. involvement as it relates to the world trade organization, would have given the president greater powers to deal with tariffs. however, i am told that there is no activity whatsoever with this document, it is something that is months old. the white house tried to put the kibosh on this earlier today by saying that they have not dealt with this for quite some time now. just a little while ago the president was asked about the world trade organization, a governing body that he is very, very skeptical of, but he tried to distance himself from this report. listen here. >> wto has treated the united states very badly, and i

. >> blake burman is live in helsinki, blake? reporter: gerri, cheryl, i know you've been joking how dark it is stateside. it is 11:00 in helsinki. it has been bright seven or eight hours today. you showed president meeting with the president of finland. he will sit down with vladmir putin one-on-one in couple hours from now here in finland. the president very much downplaying expectations as he heads into this meeting. for example, over the weekend he tweeted out following, write, quote, our relationship with russia has never been worse thanks to many years of u.s. foolishness and stupidity and now the rigged witch-hunt. the president setting a low bar what he thinks could come out of this meeting with the russian leader. >> i go in with very low expectations. i think getting along with russia is a good thing, but it is possible we won't. i think we're greatly hampered by the whole witch-hunt going on in the united states. >> after the indictments the newest round of indictments from bob mueller on friday and special counsel, ma

let's go first trait to the white house to blake burman. blake, tell us what you're hearing. reporter: we're hearing more than anything else. jean-claude juncker got here at 2:30 in the afternoon and now it is 4:00. we aare gathered in the rose garden awaiting president and president of the european commission to make joint announcement and joint statement, potentially take questions, the flags behind me, u.s. flag and european union flag. make of it as you wish. liz is talking about headlines from "the wall street journal," apparently some deals has been reached between both sides though "the wall street journal" is citing european officials. we have not heard from the white house side of things so far, we do believe we'll hear from the president and jean-claude juncker shortly. we don't have any sort of timing. we've been waiting in the rose garden half an hour. i should, add, melissa, we were summoned here seemingly out of nowhere. pool reporters supposed to be covering the president on this day as it relates to video, et cetera, were called 3:15 this afternoon. out of now

and blake burman is covering all of this live in london where the president met with the queen before he left england. blake, are you there? >> i am. hi, rick. doesn't get much cooler than to sit down and have tea with the queen in windsor castle. that's what the president and the first lady did earlier today. just on the outskirts of london. windsor castle is a location that the queen hosts presidents like president obama and president bush and laura bush had tea there and so too did the reagans. queen elizabeth has met with ten -- >> rick: the president now coming down the stairs of air force one, blake with the first lady. tell us what you know about the president's ties to scotland? >> its interesting. as you're watching this, the cameras behind me watching this, too. this is an event that this part of the region has been following since the president touched down yesterday. president trump said earlier today in his news conference with the prime minister, theresa may, how much this means to him because his mother was born in scotland. he talked about it in a news conference and h

i want to get to blake burman, and we're going to keep the shot up, blake. blake is joining us live from the north lawn of the white house. are these companies going to be held accountable? what are you hearing? >> reporter: the one thing the white house had said leading into this is there's not going to be quotas. so these companies are signing on to a pledge. you just showed the card up on the screen in which these companies say they are going to put resources for american workers to adapt and to keep up with the ever-changing job market. for example, work-based learning programs, continuing education, on-the-job training, reskilling, as they put it. but this is an executive order. this isn't legislation. it means it's not going to be law of the land, per se. so if you violate it, you would be in violation of the law. -- you wouldn't be in violation of the law. so while these companies are making a pledge saying that they will do this and they will go forward with it and we have every reason to believe their intention, no, to answer your question, they don

blake burman in london. add nancy pelosi to the course saying this meeting isn't a good idea quoting is pelosi. president trump's continued refusal to condemn the russian attacks on our democracy even after special counsel mueller indicted 12 russian intelligence officials for interferes in the 2016 election makes it clear that meeting with putin would be pointless and dangerous. we don't flow whether he won't bring it up. it's a given he will. whatever. catherine herridge now in washington with what we're learning now about these russian officers. catherine? >> the indictment matters because it's the first time we've had a connection drawn between russian military officers and the election meddling. the officers are part of the gru, which is like the cia or the intelligence i equivalent here. they were mining this with two tracks. one was stealing the documents and political e-mails and the other was disseminating that information. here's the deputy attorney general from earlier today. >> first, they use a

blake burman live from the white house. hey, blake. reporter: trish, farmers have been at the center of the trade battle the trump administration has been involved with and they have been hit the hardest in it because of the retaliatory tariffs. today the president found himself in the heart of the agriculture community as he is in iowa. he is there, one of two stops. a workforce development event, rather, but the president also made comments about the eu framework type agreement that he and jean-claude juncker reached yesterday here at the white house. the president celebrating that agreement saying two would lower tariffs and barriers. the eu, stands by the small amount of u.s. soybeans, the agreement includes more soybean purchases from the u.s. the president is saying that iowa farmers are not going to be angry with him. >> we opened up europe. that will be a great thing for europe and great thing for us. and great thing for our farmers. you have yourself one big market, essentially, would you say, kim, never existed. reporter: neg

blake burman live in brussels. blake, what can we expect from the president during his trip? reporter: good evening to you from brussels. president trump is down here about an hour. it will be quiet newt for the president. no public events on his asked you. if today was forecast, you can expect fireworks tomorrow when president trump heads to nato headquarters. the president tweeted as he was landing here to europe, minutes beforehand, following, writing quote, the european union makes it impossible for farmers, workers, and companies to do bus in europe. u.s. has a $150 trade deficit and they want us to happily defend them through nato, nicely pay for it, just doesn't work! that was part of the message from the president minutes before he touched down here. as he was leaving the white house today both on camera and on twitter he was reiterating that very same message as it relates to the eu and nato. one top leader here in europe did not sit by idle. watch here. >> we're being taken advantage of by the european union. we lost $151 billion last year on trade. on top of that w

trish: thank you so much, blake burman. again, let's take a quick look at these markets because it mixed at this point. the dow down slightly. s&p up slightly. all is, second-quarter earnings dominate today's headlines. joining me right now bull's-eye brief publisher, founder, adam johnson. kaltbaum capital management founder, gary kaltbaum. good to have you both here. walk me through, i know you have been very reluctant, gary to see the president put tariffs on to other countries with their goods coming, but walk me through the rational here. ultimately if we're able to stick to it, that is a big if, good will come of it? shouldn't there be a world where nobody charges tariffs? >> in the end if we get rid of tariffs nothing but good happens. i'm all for it. my worry, all evidence insofar what have we got? we had to bail out farmers for $12 billion, of taxpayer dollars by the way because of tariffs. and we're talking now 500 billion with china. look, let me be clear. it isn't a level playing field. we have been taken advant

we go from blake burman, to brad blakeman. let me start with you, brad, i was worried about tongue-twister, can democrats stop this if they don't like the nominee? >> no they can't. they made the bed. harry reid changed 9 rules. simple majority is needed. not so simple to get majority even for republicans. the four candidates being spoken of, if that is in fact the pool president is to choose from are outstanding. by the way it is transparent. people have known about these choices for some time. they have been fully vetted. i don't see any obstacle in the president in any one of these choices getting it past senate confirmation. adam: scott, we've already had senator collins, susan collins from maine say she would not vote in favor of confirmation for any nominee who was intending to overturn roe v. wade, but what nominee would actually testify that was their intention? none of them would sit in that chair, tell the committee that is what i intend to do, aren't they? >> i want to tell my friend, hold on, not so staff. you make

we talk about trade, with blake burman live at the white house. hi, there, blake. reporter: you called it a critical crucial week on trade front and. china each putting $34 billion worth of tariffs. just over the weekend we saw canada retaliate for the steel and aluminum tariffs that the united states put for the in the beginning of june. canada responding with tariffs of their own right, 12 1/2 billion dollars worth, once you do the conversions there. canada putting on 25% tariff for steel. slapping 10% tariffs on a host of products, among them, whiskey, ketchup and soup, just to give you a few different examples. meantime president trump continues to say, continues to look east at the european union and possibly impose a tariff on cars that come in to the united states. right now that number is set at 2 1/2%. he told our maria bartiromo a couple days ago, he is entertaining the possibility still, keeping that, raising that up to 20%. listen here. >> the very interesting, i have a feeling he is going to be fine. the reason is, if they're not fine, i will tax their

blake burman. thank you very much. joining me on set fox news senior strategic analyst general jack keane. general, always a pleasure. that struck me, what the president said and he said this is couple times now that putin is neither an enemy nor a friend. he is a competitor. is that the way to think about it? >> well i think he thinks about it in terms of a personal relationship and therefore i don't think he thinks of too many people being his enemy but clearly russia is trampling all over united states' interests around the world and those of our allies. russia sees the united states as a strategic opponent, adversary to their goals and objectives. they resent the global hegemony the united states has for years. they want to return russia to the greatness it had where it is a world player. we're in the way of that, so yes. trish: can i ask you about that, as we look back in history, think back to the ussr, did they think of themselves as a world player back then, when people were standing in line to get a loaf of br

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blake burman live from the white house. adam: we'll talk about the details we know right now on the ground. paul avansano, michelle girard. welcome to you both. michelle, let me start with you. the gdp number, clearly a good number. is it sustainable? a lot of people asking about that. the second part of question, soybeans. critics saw soybeans export doubled year-over-year. can europe buy enough soybeans to help the third quarter gdp numbers stay high? >> there was a boost in exports and may be broader than soybeans as companies rushed out to send goods before tariffs went into effect in july. what we haven't talked about there was a huge drawdown in inventories as those exports were sent out, as the goods were sent out. inventory subtracted 1% from the gdp number. adam: we have to replenish the interries? >> exactly. in the third quarter, exports will come down a bit but as you aid, there will be restockpiling of inventories. on net it will be a wash in the second quarter. adam: paul, pick up on that inventory possibility

we're going to go to fox business blake burman live on the ground and blake this is quite a welcome, the likes of which it's unbelievable to see. reporter: few do pomp and circumstance better than the british and president trump is getting the royal treatment here in the uk that's the start of his visit here. it's interesting liz because this is not officially a state visit or something that parallel s that but they are certainly rolling out the red carpet for the commander-in-chief, the president of the united states. this is his first event here in the uk, a dinner, a gala probably a better term for it, and then the official visits or the official meetings i should say, rather, will come tomorrow. the president set to meet with the british prime minister theresa may over at checkers in the countryside, and then the president and first lady will also meet out away from the city center with the queen of england herself before the president ends up going to scotland for the weekend ahead of his meeting on monday with vladimir putin. one place that president trump will not be coming to

blake burman's white house press credentials were destroyed. a good series of questions here. how widespread is this going to be and where is it going. let's get the read from charms payne and gary b. smith. charles, the impact is like now. it spreads to a lot of things now that might be worth it in the end if we get some of this stuff under control. but it is palpable, right? >> it is. of course, on friday, toyota said the average pride of a camry will go up $1,800. and then a can of soda could go up 24 cents. the biggest hit right now, we've had tariffs on canadian lumber. since january of last year, it's added $9,000 on average to the cost of a single family home that is real right now. the other stuff we're talking about could happen. the anxiety is there. at some point, americans could and will feel the pinch. >> neil: gary, i raised it earlier with andy pudzer, the long-term deal is to level the playing field. that's important. but a lot of americans when they see the increases in a variety of items and the by the end of the week could be better than 1,000 of them, they'

blake burman he's live on the ground in brussels and blake, much of the world is riveted by this nato summit. is it an over statement on or target to say the future of europe's defense could be hanging in the balance over this meeting? >> well president trump certainly would like to have it that way, because he has once again, liz, throughout the day today, been targeting europe, been targeting nato, first off on the nato front saying you need to pay more money into your defense spending. he did this on twitter before he left, then he stepped out of the white house, went before the cameras, talked about it, reiterated that again. the president about eight or nine minutes or so ago so as air force one was descending over belgium into brussels, the president whipped out the phone once again and then started tweeting about this saying look, you've gotta pay more, you person nation for the majority of you and to your defense budget and oh, by the way he mixes in as well the european union and the trade deficit. he said 10 minutes ago, "the europe union makes it impossible to do business i

let's get to president trump arriving in brussels to meet with nato allies we've got blake burman live on the ground with the very latest. blake? reporter: hi there, liz. 11:00 here in brussels, president trump just got on the ground within the last couple of hours or so, no events for the president as he landed here in europe on this date but that is not to say it was an uneventful day because before the president landed here in belgium just minutes before he continued to keep the pressure on nato nations and their defense spending, and the european union and the trade imbalance, the president sending out this tweet just before he touched down here earlier today, writing "the european union makes it impossible for farmers and workers to do business in europe the u.s. has a $151 billion trade deficit and then they want us to happily defend them through nato and nicely pay for it. just doesn't work! " before the president touched down here, there were a series of tweets back stateside, and on the south lawn of the white house the president reiterated that he wants to see nato pay up , a

neil: blake, thank you very much. blake burman at the white house. we're also focusing the side stocks, the jobs report, at least, concerned about trade, notwithstanding, not weighing on them. look what's happening with oil right now. of course, we have been talking about the saudis and russians increase production the recent run-up the president is concerned about it. to oil associates president andy, good to have you. what is going with oil. what's driving this? >> well, oil is going up on the variety of supply outages that we have seen, whether it's been in libya, venezuela or in canada, and combine that with iranian sanctions taking oil off the market. we see oil prices going up. neil: so we don't accept iranian oil but the president wants to make it next to impossible for anyone to get their hands on it as well. if he were to succeed and punish those countries that do get oil, then what? >> well, to put it in perspective, iran is exporting about 2.2 million barrels a day of oil, half of which is going to china and india and about 20% going to eu

blake burman. look, i don't know what your views are on this but the american intelligence community, say whether it is right or left, pretty much unanimous agree that the russians interfered with the election, they seem almost unanimously agree it didn't change the results of that election. road rosanna last week indicate -- rod rosenstein last week, government agents, intelligence workers, swept up in and indicted for trying to rig that election or certainly trying to interfere in the election process through the democratic national committee and hillary clinton's campaign. so we know as a given that they were mucking around. it does push the bounds of incredulity to say that they were not involved at all as vladmir putin repeated it. it is quite another for our president to sort of side with vladmir putin on that and accept him, essentially at his word after this meeting. that, again, i don't care whether you're republican or democrat, that is unreal. just unreal. former deputy assistant attorne

blake burman. reporter: not sure exactly where we are in relation to that. we're in the middle of parliament that is over there. this is actually 10 downing street. what you can see this is, this is clearly not normal. the street is shut down. people walked in the middle of it. there was a protest behind my camera. these people are headed this way, going in that direction, presumably to approach in that area. what we've seen so far, very civil, very organized. people holding up their signs. this hasn't been hostile. this hasn't been violent. they very much dislike president trump. that is what they are all here to the streets for. keep in mind, stuart, there have been some pretty big news headlines today. the president trashed for the most part theresa may in an interview with "the sun" just last night. they hold this interview, joint press conference today, an appeared sort of chummy, chummy together as it relates to "brexit." the president saying he had given may suggestions going forward, not ne

blake burman is at the white house with more. speemac more. >> earlier this month president trumpç labeled the european union as a a fellow who could potentially see tremendous reprobation but now a totally different in. they are having the positive attitude of the eu. the treasury secretary steve mnuchin saying that there will be a lot of progress towards a trade deal. they are making it seem as if the commission president is an ally on the international stage. >> the relationship with jean-claude was a very tough guy he is an incredible job he has pulled all the countries together. we just opened up the relationship with europe. europe. it's very good. >> retaliatory tariffs are still in place. companies are citing steel in a limit of tariffs as a a headwind. gm, ford and fiat chrysler all lowered profit forecast for the year citing tariffs. the administration nowç. >> as i think. we are monitoring that very carefully. we are dealing with that. he feels some companies are using the steel and aluminum tariffs as an excuse fo

more on this story from her on blake burman. >> president trump and john called juncker avoiding a trade war between the united states and the european union. announcing major trade calls so long as both sides negotiate in good faith. the two leaders will strengthen their cooperation on energy deals like importing lng. increasing sales to the u.n. reform the world trade organization and britain on auto industrial tariffs down to 0%. >> strengthen the trade relationship to all american and european citizens. this is why we agreed today first of all to work together toward zero tariffs from zero non-tariff barriers and zero subsidies on and on auto industrial goods. spin that the president said he is going to back off the steel and aluminum tariffs which is the date you to respond. >> short-term measures to facilitate commercial exchanges and measures and what we can do about that to the betterment of both. while we are working on this, we will not know it and cheryl: against the spirit of the disagreement unless either party terminates the negotiation. we are starting the negotiation righ

our own blake burman report. >> on its way back to the u.s. on air force one from responding to the harsh criticisms he sided with vladimir putin and not the intelligence community. the president writing on twitter, as i said today in many times before, i have great confidence in the intelligence people. however, in order to build a brighter future we cannot exclusively focus on the past is the world's two largest nuclear powers we must get along. earlier monday, the president did not categorically endorsed the intelligence community when asked if he sides with them or putin. >> my people came to me. dan coats and some others and they said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. i don't see any reason why it would be, but i really do want to see the server. >> the intelligence committee led by the fbi, cia tried to drive up chaos. alongside the president and before the television cameras, putin continued to deny election meddling and give the sport response when asked if he should be trusted. >> to be beli

, thank you blake burman, joining me right now former u.s. ambassador to the united nations mexico and philippines former deputy drshg stately former national intelligence director under bush 43 vice chairman for mclarty associates john negroponte ambassador good to see you thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> take on all this. >> yeah where to start? i this i the first there is one very important point of clarification here. when the president says that it is -- they follow a soft brexit, that trade deal with u.s. may not be possible, i think that is less of a threat and more of a statement of fact. because what mrs. may seem to be trying to negotiate is to remain in the european costumes grooin getting out of eu as kneel they remain in customs inare bound by trade rules of eu therefore not at liberty to negotiate separate individual bilateral trade deals, i think maybe, a bullet more is being -- a bit more is being made than it will serves boris johnson, presumably resigned because he wanted a much harder exit so that they wouldn't be pa

all of sudden, blake burman has an alert. don't get me started on soybeans. great job my friend as always. blake at the white house. >>> one thing interesting in the president's discussions about this, trade deficit all of that. it did help here. not so much talking about what is going on with the budget deficit. we'll explore that off and off here. go to market watchers, john layfield, gary b. smith and former white house visor austan goolsbee. this number is great second quarter number, it is hard to repeat. you guys found that out. george bush found that out. what is it about sustaining strong quarterly numbers, what's the problem? >> i don't know, this is a very good number. it follows on a first quarter of this year was a pretty mediocre number. when that came in and consumer spending grew less than 1% at an annual rate, a lot of people said it was from the weather. so if you get a down quarter from the weather or from something that is transitory a lot of times you get a rebound in the following quarter. vice versa. if you get a good quarter you get a r

blake burman there with all of them. hey, blake. reporter: hi, there, trish, the street we're on, whitehall, runs from parliament square on other side of my camera, to interest fall car square. this is trench most of the day -- trafalgar. i don't know if you can see that vehicle over there, that is the street sweeper. while it is 2:00 on the east coast, it is 7:00 here. this is when the protests were scheduled to fizzle out. this is what we're seeing at 7:00 hour here in monday done. thousands of people protesting throughout the day. the good news to report, from overwhelming majority of what we've seen, non-violent, largely peaceful folks coming out with their signs. as you can tell, they do not like president trump. that is why they are here. there were some protests yesterday. many throughout the city as well. but the police have had this thing under control. for example, trafalgar square, if you come back out to my camera, this is a gift shop. over here is a pub. they're just sitting there on the streets having a beer. so for th

blake burman at the white house with more, blake. reporter: palace intrigue is always the thing here. "wall street journal" broke a story that the chief of staff john kelly told the president at the president's request he will stay on as president's chief of staff through 2020. that would be the through the 2020 election. that would be at least for the next couple years. i made a phone call during the commercial break, one story told me that indeed "the wall street journal" is accurate. we'll continue to make phone calls on this one but this would be, serve as pretty big ramifications for this white house. as you mentioned there had been long speculation, started i believe by "the wall street journal" most recently maybe a month or so ago that kelly's departure would be imminent. yesterday was his one-year anniversary at the white house. the timing at least appears to match up. president trump sent out a tweet yesterday thanking john kelly for his one year as chief of staff at the white house. as you know, reince priebus, the first c

blake burman is live in brussels with all the latest details. good morning. reporter: it's 11:00 here. president trump hasn't stepped foot on the neatest i'll tell you this much. we already have a days worth of headlines because the president was at the race early this morning with the head of nato john stoltenberg. he took it directly to the nato had, specifically protesting an energy deal that germany has with russia and questioning the president of the benefits nato member nations. listen to the exchange between president trump and john stoltenberg. >> the country is getting its energy against -- [inaudible] >> when we stick together, we are stronger. >> is just making russia richer. reporter: the president saying he wants the pre-nato allies to step up their defense spending up by 2024 which would be an agreement, but he wants them to do so immediately. only a handful of the 29 nato nations up with a commitment to spending 2% of gdp. president trump will be on-site within the next couple hours. the leaders are starting to roll in here and we expect for th

gerri blake burman reports from washington. >> the white house having to fend off concerns that president trump doesn't that the intelligence community's assessment of the relates to russia. the director of national intelligence dan coates said that the russian election is ongoing and pervasive, but this response cast out. >> is russia still targeting the u.s., mr. president? >> sarah sanders was that he now wants to know he won't take further questions. the white house believes there's a challenge in russia. >> we believe the threat still exists the mulch is why we take threats to prevent it. >> to give democrats more ammunition to challenge his leadership. chuck schumer say mr. president, it is time to top taken the word of a kgb agent over your own official. they will not trust to protect them if you continue to picture interests ahead of those of our country. back to you in new york. >> meanwhile, president trump hoping to change the focus to jobs today. he sat to sign an executive order poster and workforce training with the number of skilled workers in the u.s. workforce at a time w

blake burman live at the white house with more. hi, blake. >> seems like a lifetime ago. we were in brussels 2 1/2 weeks after. one of the criticisms, why was tough on our allies? the president said the coverage about nato was unfair and he said he had a good nato meeting and he talked about defense spending this year compared to last in a stronger tone. the president appears to have a new ally on the world stage. that being the italian prime minister, guiseppe conte. conte described the discussion at nato as a "fruitful exchange" and he said the american people are well-served when it comes to negotiations by this president. >> as a lawyer, you have a president that is strong, supporter and advocate of the interests of the american people and the american country. he's a great negotiator. >> shepard, one of the coincidences there of that comment is that italy is not one of the countries that has lived up to the moment to its spending goals, 2% of gdp to military spending. the president said he wants to see it get to 4%. italy right now is 1%. they have a handful of years

we've got a live report from london with fox business's blake burman to start. blake? >> hi, there, liz, you are right, it did change. the president as he got here to the u.k. yesterday afternoon gave an interview to the sun newspaper here in which he was very very critical of teresa may and the new softer brexit approach. those two ended up meeting for the first time after those comments got published earlier today at the prime minister's countryside resort, countryside home rather. there was a bilateral meeting between the two sides and the president afterwards in a news conference tried to back off that a little bit saying that he supports the prime minister. listen here to the president from earlier this morning. >> i said very good things about her. i didn't think they put it in. but that's all right. they didn't put it in the headline. i wish they put that in the headline. that's one of those things. she's a total professional. when i saw her this morning i said i want to apologize because i said such good things about you. she said don't worry it is only the pre

blake burman live in brussels with more. hey there, blake. reporter: hi, there, trish. the world leaders are at dinner, a chance with each other to schmooze after day of tough issues. this is soft landing especially considering president trump followed up with demands at nato headquarters, many nations decreased defense spending. current commitment little is by 2024, for nations to have defense spending. president wants to up that, up to 4%. however only handful of these countries are currently at the 2% level. this is highly improbable in the short run. germany is one tick over defense spending compared to its gross national product. talking about germany the he was having breakfast with nato secretary-general january stoltenberg, criticizing germany having a gas pipe loin with russia. listening to the back and forth the president had with the nato secretary-general earlier today. watch. >> how can you be together when a country is getting its energy from the person you want protection against or from the group that you want protection? >> we understand, when we stand

blake burman at the white house with the latest. hi, blake. reporter: the official interviews process is over. now president trump has to do, make the final decision who he wants to nominate to replace anthony kennedy on the supreme court. a big decision indeed. i'm told from a source familiar with the process the president is scheduled, at least his team is gearing up for him to make the decision at some point by the end of the weekend. the president is scheduled to unveil the pick on monday. the nominees, let me tick through them briefly. brett kavanaugh is local here in washington, d.c. he sits on the first circuit court after peals. he was appointed by president george w. bush. those in the bush orbit speak incredibly of him, i'm told would include the 43rd president as well. raymond kethledge was appointed by president george w. bush. amy comey barrett is on 7th court of appeals based out of chicago, she was put there by president trump. thomas hardiman was believed to be finished runner-up last time around with kneel gorsuch. he could re

blake burman is live at the white house with the latest. blake? reporter: this keeps on getting narrower and narrower and narrower, melissa. we believe president trump is down to three, possibly a fourth at this point. we also know according to sources that vice president mike pence has been instrumental in the interview process. he was so last time for the process that led to the selection of neil gorsuch, the white house following a similar playbook this time around. the vice president interviewed brett kavanaugh at his residence in washington, d.c. that make sense. kavanaugh sits on d.c. court of appeals. kavanaugh was a former staff secretary to president george w. bush. the other two, the vice president met with indiana as those two are based on courts out of the midwest. raymond kethledge was appointed by president george w. bush to the sixth circuit. president trump had a very good interview with him. amy comey barrett, on the 7th circuit of the she was appointed to the circuit by president trump. the white house is preparing for the possib

. >> i want you to listen to an exchange between fbn's blake burman and sarah sanders. it's on what the trade battle means for every day americans. roll the tape. >> is the united states winning this battle and if so how? >> again, the president is focused not only the short term but the long-term. he wants to make sure we're doing things to help protect american workers and protect american industry. he's going keep pushing to make sure we have good trade deals. we've been in trade deficits with every country across the globe for years and the president wants to make sure that doesn't continue. >> what is the long-term? the folks impacted by this and they just hear, well, we're in it for the long-term, is that weeks, months, years? how long is the long-term? >> we're not setting a timetable. there's a lot of different negotiations going on. >> jonas, your thoughts? >> low prices by themselves are not necessarily the greatest time in the world. if china ripped off every movie and sold them for 10 cents in chain, that would be one thing. but it's more about making movies

sanctions are affecting him and the russian economy but i want to get to blake burman who just rushed literally out of that press briefing to the white house cameras. blake you got in two questions one we'll get to in a minute about the trade wars and the concerns by u.s. manufactures that have been articulated, but get right to the tenor, and the tense atmosphere that might have been in that press briefing. >> well look the issue that has been dominating this white house today and this president today of course is russia and whether or not he stands bite intelligence community and not vladimir putin's assessment on election meddling in 2016. the president has tried to change the tone there, the white house has tried to change the tone as well, but earlier today, at a cabinet meeting just a little while ago the president was asked at the very end of his remarks, the following question right here, that has drawn up even more questions and even more controversy for the president on this day. listen here. >> is russia still targeting the u.s. , mr. president? >> there saying thank you ve

blake burman is outside the white house. blake, this meeting's being called less than two weeks after a deluge of criticism against president trump and his handling of the summit with vladimir putin. what's the administration saying about what's really happening in this meeting? >> reporter: well, this is going to be the president right now here inside the white house with his national security council, and the claire mccaskill example is a really good one because it is the intelligence community who continues to say not only did russia meddle in the 2016 election, but they're trying to do it again in 2018, and they will try to continue to do this for years on down the line. keep in mind it is just 102 days until the midterm elections this upcoming november. the defense secretary, jim mattis, was trying to reassure that the u.s. does, indeed, have deterrence measures. >> rest assured, there are actions underway to protect our elections or to expose any external, by anybody, efforts to influence the american public, to show f

fox business's blake burman is live with the latest. blake. reporter: melissa, for the third day in a row president trump threatening a government shutdown should congress not fulfill his immigration priorities. the latest threat came via twitter. the president wrote, i don't care what political ramifications are. our border security has been a complete disaster for decades and no way the democrats will allow it to be fixed without a government shutdown. second tweet, he writes, border security is national security, national security is the long-term viability for our country. a government shutdown is a very small price to pay for a safe and prosperous america f there is a shutdown ahead of the november elections this could have huge political ramifications. the top republican in the senate, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell this afternoon said hopes it does not get to that point. >> i support what the president is trying to do on the wall. most of my members do as well. and we're trying to go through a normal appropriations process that

blake burman at the white house. blake, what is everything talking about? there were a bunch of different headlines. >> as you know, melissa the president said over the weekend he would endorse a government shut down come october if he doesn't get his priorities as it relates to immigration. the president addressed this not only in the prepared remarks but when he was asked about it, and the president doubled down on that tweet from over the weekend. >> i would certainly be willing to close it down to get it done. as you know we are already improving things in various bills including we're going to be taking care of the military. we always put the military and law enforcement very high but i would be certainly willing to consider a shutdown if we don't get proper border security. reporter: the president though would not say if a 25 billion-dollar funding bill for the wall would constitute a red line or not, anything short of that. the president leaving all possibilities clearly open. he made those comments here at the white house with a news conference alon

blake burman has the details from london. blake? reporter: hi, there, good evening, 9:00 here in london tonight. president trump having dinner alongside the first lady with british prime minister theresa may and her husband at blenheim palace, half an hour away outside of the town of oxford. all the president's events scheduled here in the later london area are outside of the city center, and with meetings tomorrow with theresa may and the queen of england as well, they are gearing up as well for some pretty big protests they are expecting in london. we've seen a little bit of that throughout the day for -- sporadically in different parts of city. nothing on the massive scale that police and some counterterrorism officials are gearing up for tomorrow. we'll see what tomorrow brings on that front. the president began this day in brussels. he was at nato headquarters there for day two of meetings. the president was part of a very interesting day there. nato head, jens stoltenberg. he demanded nations increase defense spending. after t

blake burman live at the white house with the very latest. blake? reporter: president trump set to leave the white house next hour. it is clear that immigration remains top of mind for the president. he continues to threaten the possibility, possibility of a government shut down in the next couple months. the president tweeting out the following just moments ago, writing quote, i don't care what the political ramifications are. our immigration laws and border security have been a complete and total disaster for decades. there is no way the democrats allow it to be fixed without a government shut down. tweet two. border excuser is national security. national security is the long-term viability of our country. a government shutdown is a very small price to pay for a safe and prosperous america. that is from the president just moments ago. you mentioned mitch mcconnell, will speak here trish. will be very interesting to hear what he has to say because a congressional source telling us earlier today, when the president met with mitch mcconnell and paul

blake burman has been navigating his way through these protests all day instead of drinking tea. blake, what can you tell us about this trip? reporter: i did not have tea with the queen of the maybe next time, melissa. this day for president trump was set up by some comments actually he made yesterday in an interview with the "the sun" newspaper, one of the largest newspapers here in london which president trump was highly critical of british prime minister theresa may and her decision to lean toward a softer "brexit." they had a bilateral with their teams in the country side out of london. after that a press conference and during the president conference the president tried to soothe over publicly any sort of tensions, make it appear if there there was no tensions. here is the president. >> i said very good things about it. i think they didn't put it in. i wished they put that in the headline, that is one of those things. she is a total professional. i said i wanted to apologize i said such good things but. don't worry. it is only the press. i thought that was very professional.

blake burman from the white house. he has more details on the plan. reporter: trish, president trump will sign this next hour, 3:00, from the east room from the white house. it will be national council for the american worker. what is really behind this a pledge from companies and many major companies that signed off on this right on the bat, right off the bat, rather, that tries to get these companies to help out workers, sort of innovate the workforce going forward and the last sentence of this sums it up. let me read it to you quickly. quote, specifically over the next five years we pledge to create enhanced career opportunities for increased apprenticeships, increasedded education and, work based learning programs, continuing education an on-the-job training and reskilling. there will be no quotas placed on the companies. there will be no ramifications as well should they fall short if that is the case. so we hear from the president next hour. this is something being pushed by ivanka trump by the way but this is also a white house at this very min

let's go to our own blake burman, who saw it all first hand live in helsinki with the very latest. blake, take it away. reporter: trish, important to know right off the top this is not the first time president trump discussed russian meddling with president putin. he has done so in the past on sidelines of international events. what made it difference this time around, there was a press conference afterwards. u.s. reporters getting to press the russian president why russia meddled in the 2016. vladmir putin once again denied any involvement of the russian government meddling in 2016. which led the first reporter to ask him, if you deny all of it, then why should we trust you? and this was his blunt response. >> translator: you can trust no one if you take this. where did you get this idea that president trump trusts me or i trust him? he defends the interests of the united states of america and i do defend the interests of the russian federation. reporter: you can trust no one says vladmir putin. keep in mind, the fbi, the cia, the nsa, all said beyond a shadow of a doubt that russ