melissa: thank you so much. going nowhere fast, the stock market doomed for dismal results through the rest of the year. that is the warning from goldman sachs. merger of miseries. two of america's largest cable providers looking to merge. i think we heard this one before. this time though it is charter. the chances that the ftc will approve this time. fighter jets scramble after multiple jets to passenger planes, all a hoax. but the serious price we're paying for these empty threats. outrage at the mall. pac-sun forced to yank this upside down american flag it. shirt on memorial day of all things. even when they say it's not it is always about money. stocks diving into their steepest selloff in three weeks. the dow is on track for its worst day in a month dropping more than 200 points right now. look at that all major averages down more than a percent. investors on edge due to a mixed bag of economic data and fears

of a rate hike coming a little sooner than expected. nasdaq biggest loser on percentage basis. iraq back on the offensive, launching a massive operation to drive isis out of the anbar province. it is a region isis has controlled for 10 days since seizing the city of ramadi 70 miles west of baghdad. the announcement comes just days after u.s. defense secretary ash carter blamed the iraq army for losing the city. >> what apparently happened was that the iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. they were not outnumbered. but in fact they vastly outnumbered the opposing force. we have an issue with the will of iraqis to fight isil and defend themselves. >> the obama administration has already tried to mend fences with vice president joe biden calling iraq's prime minister to praise the troop's bravery. i'm joined by david asman and

judy miller of the manhattan institute. she is fox news contributor. also author of "the story." monica crowley is here. wash on times online opinion editor and fox news contributor. monica, i let you kick it off. >> well you can tell the ash carter is secretary of defense not secretary of state because diplomacy not one of his strong points here. he is making a legitimate part that the iraqi army for the most part, gave up the fight. however we wouldn't have been in the situation if president obama hadn't withdrawn all the american troops f there is significant american presence the iraqi army would be backed up by the u.s. army. this goes to the feet of president obama and his original policy of withdrawing all u.s. forces. the challenge is to do what president bush did when he recognized his strategy wasn't working. he took it on the chin politically and went and embraced the surge and it worked. president obama is different political animal.

i don't think he will change course. >> that is not what is happening here. unfortunately the iraqis are doubling down on the failed strategy which is to use militias composed shia whom sunnis and anbar province detest to go in and d.o.t. fighting that the sunni army doesn't want to do. this is the worst thing you can possibly do. ash carter is right about one thing. we can't substitute ourselves for the iraqi army. they have to defend their own country and their own cities. melissa: to what end? >> shia militia -- >> i don't know what to do. it is a mess. isis has suicide bombers that we don't have. they have them blowing up whole trucks worth, with the same tnt equivalent that killed oklahoma city at that time. they did that 27 times. bottom line our servicemen and women died there. there was one great navy seal, but there was a lot of great

people who died in ramadi. mike mansoor, jumped on grenade to save his battalion. they name ad destroyer after him. his people his memory what he did in a maudedy, the place that isis now controls should not be besmirched in any way. we have to remember the americans who fought and died there. i don't know what to do but i want, particularly this memorial day week remember him and others. melissa: there could be soon a new giant in the world of cable. time warner cable shares snaps it up in a $55 billion deal. jo ling kent joins us with more. >> melissa, this new deal could affect one in six american homes with cable just a month after the comcast time warner cable deal fell through all together. charter communications confirmed it is buying time warner cable for $55 billion in cash and stock. this acquisition by charter, which is the third biggest operator and smaller than twc is backed by mogul john malone liberty's broadband.

they will merge with smaller cable operator brighthouse networks. in total the cable internet giant would have 23 million customers. that is 23% market share. becoming a significant rival to comcast 27 million sick scribers. the deal is not approved by regulators. record hely the sec commissioner tom wheeler called ceos of charter and time warner that the agency wouldn't necessarily be against a merger according to "wall street journal" in a statement this morning wheeler said applying public interest test an absence of harm is not sufficient in this deal. the commission will look to see how the american consumers would benefit if the deal were to be approved. now we're watching time warner cable's stock right now. it is up a healthy nearly 8% on this news. melissa? melissa: jo, thank you so much. let's bring back our own david asman along with charles payne the host of making money. charles, what is the buy on this one? >> i wouldn't chase either one of them.

melissa: yeah. >> really? >> i feel like you've got an industry that is -- about creative destruction? this will probably be the biggest test case i can think of an industry where creative destruction, i don't see how we can stop it. if i were these guys i would be trying to figure out how to get on the other side of their business. melissa: john malone is the best in brand -- >> i would not sell him short. charles knows this. i have full disclosure. i used to work for him. i did a tv show for him once. got to know him. he is one of the best deal makers in the world. plus he knows how to deal with regulators. regulation will be one of the stopping points. nobody knows how to deal with regulators than john malone does. he has been doing it for 30 or who years now. he makes great deals. he plans everything out. not seen in the same breadth as comcast. seen as smaller thing. boy, does he have big ambitions. melissa: trying to gobble up a bigger company in order to defend himself.

you talk about the deal in the past not being approved between them and comcast. fcc chairman tom wheeler creech reached out to executives in both companies that the agency is opposed to all cable deals. do you buy that? >> there is a limit. comcast with any of the next two or three would be too much for them. melissa: monopoly. >> too much, particularly on the broadband side. we're talking cable side. broadband side we're they're spying it. time warner and comcast would be 57% market share. that is probably too much in industry where it is not organically like microsoft develop ad product. >> particularly when the fcc is being so interventionist. not doing harm is not enough from their perspective? this is the most interventionist fcc. they want to take over the internet. i think they don't allow this deal to happen, people have to rethink the fcc. >> they have to rethink it anyway. melissa: before you jump on shares of time warner cable make sure you have the right stock. look at these two investors confusing time warner and time warner cable.

giving the media company a premarket boost today. time warner spun off its cable business back in 2009. you can see that investors, you know, saw the error in their ways and went to chase the cable company instead. this makes you chuckle? >> i've seen stuff like this before. isis pharmaceuticals, started going great the stock crashed, down 40%. they kept saying we're not them. we're not them. finally investors got the message. melissa: they had to kill the dog on "downton abbey" because it was named isis. that is dangerous. you have to be careful of names. thanks, twice. the fbi investigating anonymous threats that cause ad scare over the memorial day weekend. at least 10 telephone threats causing a scare at airports in new york and new jersey. fox news's laura engle has more on this one. laura? >> hey, melissa. flights coming into the u.s. from cities such as paris, london and madrid were all

alleged targets of these threats that turned out not to be credible according to fbi. they all seemed to come from the same source. the situation was more than unsettling for many. authorities say the calls were taken seriously enough to prompt some searches of luggage in planes. in one case a military escort. u.s. fighter jets were scrambled to bring a air france flight into new york's jfk after someone claimed there was a chemical weapon on board. a statement from the fbi says the escort was out of abundance of caution. one passenger involved in yesterday's scare says the experience was horrible. other passengers weren't even aware of any threats. these flyers said they didn't know what was going on until they got on the ground. >> we didn't know nothing of a threat or something on the flight until we get over here. >> we have to follow the security procedures. we didn't snow about the chemical weapons or anything. >> no fun to talk about. there was another threat on a

saudi airlines flight to jfk. two planes were searched at newark liberty international airport in new jersey yesterday. a spokesperson with united passengers were removed from a flight from madrid while the plane was inspected. delta flight originated from london was searched. it received its flight from birmingham, england, to jfk was also threatened but by the time it landed in new york the threat was cleared and passengers were not detain ored or searched inbound flight from paris to boston as logan's airport was searched. busy day for investigators. melissa: laura, thank you so much. deadly floods charging through texas as the search continues for the dozen people still missing. plus thousands of people's health insurance happening in the balance as the supreme court rules on obamacare. we'll tell you which states could be hit the hardest. more "money" coming up. ♪

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melissa: better hang on to your wallet. markets seeing red as major averages plunge the most in three weeks. look at that adding to bad news goldman sachs is not counting on happy returns for stocks, forecasting no price gain for the s&p 500 for the next 12 months. with the only returns coming in from dividends. david asman is back. this is one of the things really weighing on markets today, this gloomy forecast. >> it is. i will steal something from gary kaltbaum. he is a great guy. we have him on all the time. he had a terrific note today. real bull market this is six years into the bull market, usually they last four years. so it is overdue but that is not necessarily a sign. he said that the problem is 50% of the stocks are doing very well and 50% are doing very badly. so, usually when you have a strong bull market you have 80% or at least 70% of the stocks doing well. you have to look at the divide not just the amount that the market is going up as a whole

but, how many stocks are doing badly compared to how many are doing well. there is too much after divide there for a strong bull market. that is what gary says. i'm inclined to believe him. melissa: another point that makes a lot of sense from the guy at goldman sachs who wrote this s&p 50023.4 times over the past 10 years. what happens in the past, indicates next annual return will be 5% per year. basically things are getting ahead of themselves. which is how the market feels. >> market, i think and, again it is hard to say one thing about the market but basically think the market thought the economy would be doing better. now there is realization. melissa: i don't know why. >> well, because a lot of these phds from harvard at imf were saying economy would do much better. they had to continue ratchet back. melissa: you will bring harvard into this? you will bash harvard into this? this is not harvard's fault. >> my college is not even

accredited. those mucks at the imf get things wrong so often, i think the market has a tendency to believe in it. it was sort of wishful thinking on the markets part. they realize the economy will not behave the way imf thought it would behave and others they're beginning to pull back. >> i think analysts know that the markets are juiced by the fed and may go away. it is clear as that. david don't forget my big move next week, i will join this guy right here, david asman, "after the bell," weekdays at 4:00 p.m. eastern. don't we look fantastic together! >> see you on my left shoulder. move forward. melissa: what do you have coming up on your show today? >> we have scott mcnealy, founder and former chairman of sun microsystems. melissa: nice. >> goes from old tech to new tech. he is chairman of a new tech media company. melissa: will you save me a seat? >> of course i will. of course i will. melissa: a few stories on our radar right now. severe storms caused record

floods in texas. 11 people confirmed dead. recovery teams are still looking for 12 people that went missing after a river burst through a vacation home. more than 1000 homes have been damaged or destroyed. greek officials now saying they won't be able to meet a debt payment next month. the country has to fulfill four installments of the imf more than a billion dollars. its interior minister went on tv to say, there is no more money to give. apple promoted british designer johnny ives to senior design officer. he will hand off his managerial duties to other members of his team. dramatic pictures out of the galopagos islands. a volcano erupting for first time in decades. the islands are famous for inspiring charles darwin's theory of evolution. they are worried that the lava flows would hurt the fragile

ecosystem. melissa: numbers being raised on number of presidential hopefuls joining debates. shocking new claims over the death after music legend. have you heard this? >> no. melissa: why bb king's family thinks he could have been poisoned. >> what? melissa: more "money" and answers coming up.

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u.s. supreme court as we await a critical decision that could wipe out insurance for millions of people. if the court rules against the obama administration insurance subsidies for people in these 34 states right here, that do not have their own health care exchanges, will be in jeopardy. david, monica, are back with us right now. monica, break it down for me. who is rooting for what here as we get down to the last second in these decisions? >> it is pretty messy, right? >> yeah. >> the question is whether or not the federal exchange is legitimate or not because language in the obamacare legislation now law, says the exchanges shall be established by the states. the question is what does the state mean? the argument against is that the state means individual states rather than the state and federal government. so they're arguing that the federal exchange is illegitimate and gutted and uprooted root and brand. in which case it will leave people on federal exchanges without insurance. >> even those who have gone on

federal exchanges have to pay a lot more on deductibleses. they get subsidies because the deductibles have gone up. >> those of us who opposed obamacare from the beginning predicted this. this is logical economic extension of what palm kiar always was. melissa: all of sudden you kick eight million people out of the system. as many as 70% would be without subsidies and couldn't afford it. it would more than triple the average right from $100 a month to $300 a month sound cheap to people hearing insurance costs. who do voters replace. >> they're blaming on republicans. even monica would agree with me. bottom line, democrats want to keep your subsidies. we want to help you have insurance that you couldn't afford before. if you doesn't get it anymore, taken away from you because republicans brought this up at the supreme court. they will follow through. now republicans say, we want a delay until 2017. the time at which these

subsidies would end. therefore by then they may come up with an alternative. it will be a hit on republicans. melissa: i think it is fair to say on both sides of the aisle people are unhappy without it turned out this could be a jump ball to either side. to propose something better if it happens right monica? >> president obama and left are so deeply investing what they currently have obama care they don't want any changes. if the supreme court goes ahead and guts the part of subsidies challenge for republicans, they have been on notice a long time to come up with alternative patient-based, market-based alternative so people who would lose subsidies have coverage. >> give people the right to have catastrophic insurance. if that is all you want you can work that out. >> with obama care the big point was never about health insurance. it was about government power and control. that is all they care about. melissa: stocks diving the most this month with the dow down the most since may 17th. all major averages fouling 1%

right now. look at that. nicole petallides at new york stock exchange, what is causing a selloff nicole? >> indeed we're seeing the dow down 200 points. mixed economic news. durable goods numbers. home prices didn't rise as much as expected. a strong u.s. dollar weighing on commodities as well, melissa. we're seeing energy in particular as a weak spot. also technology and materials that are among the big losers of the day, names such as first solar. that is a big technology name under pressure. names such as rig and neighbors weighing on the s&p 500 -- nabors. that fear gauge, is up 18%. shows you the cautious tone here on wall street. melissa: nicole, thank you so much. get ready to pant suit up. hillary clinton entering the 2016 race for swag. labor pains for the world cup. russia's creative new plan to save themselves some money. smart money on the way. ♪

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melissa: breaking news right now. a federal appeals court has refused to release a hold on president obama's action that could shield immigrants from deportation. a two-one ruling today. a busy week from 2015. an event in vermont. martin o'malley will announce his presidential intentions on saturday. rick santorum is scheduled to make announcements today. breaking down the latest shakeup in the 2016th power index. >> hi, melissa. a great week. the nascar style approach to how you figure out who republicans

will nominate. scott walker. trading a little paint they are there as he moves into second place behind jeb bush. you have to give it to walker even though he had some early stone walls this weekend. the other movers this week is john k 6. he continues to move up as he gets closer to a run. as the two of ohio and a long term congressman. the guy has a fundraising organization. other outside canada and simply do not have this. that is why we are continuing to watch him. closer to a potential

announcement. another outstanding weekend. off to new hampshire on this week. that is what we've got in the power index this week. have a great day. melissa: i love it. grand annuity tape. opposing limits on the number of candidates at this year's debate. both fox news contributors with us now. we will go to the first two debates. limiting it to 10 people. on one hand, i think a lot of republican voters are hoping to see so many people. what is fair? >> i think that there is a

logistical issue. thoughtful responses on these public dollars the issues. i do think that you need a narrowing of the field that will participate. remember we will still have over a dozen debates. i do not take many others will be heard. he is absolutely right. you listen to ben carson, these are candidates that are really gaining traction in in a narrow kind of way. melissa: k.t., what do you think is the right number? >> i do not think that you are dead in the water necessarily. you have rick santorum whining about not being able to get on

stage. on the other hand you have carly who is new blood. looking forward to competing and making it into one of those top 10 spots. i do not know why they are complaining so much. melissa: okay. if you want to look formal, but you are here to party hillary clinton has a solution for you. a pantsuit for just $30. >> i wish that i would have known about this. i am more taken by the throw pillow. it is one thing and every candidate does it, by the way. i think that it is kind of telling. she still has not come back to earth. melissa: i think it is the opposite.

i think she is making fun of herself. i think that it is denigrating to our agenda. someone set it to me last week that they will vote for her because it is about time a woman is in the white house. >> a lot of women that will flow for hillary clinton based on the fact that she is a woman. can you imagine if a woman did this? there would be sexism and war on women and misogyny. a throw pillow to make a bid for hillary clinton we have breaking

news. the federal appeals court ruling on immigration. let's go to plate berman in washington. >> the ruling was two-one against the president. the federal appeals court has refused to lift the temporary hold on president obama's action that could shield up to 5 million immigrants from deportation. twenty-six states that filed this lawsuit. the department of justice had asked the state to reverse a decision. they have upheld the first decision. two-one. here is the reasoning from the fifth circuit court of appeals. because the government is unlikely to succeed we denied

the motion. this is clearly a big step back for the president and his executive action. melissa: be careful what you throw in the trash. getting in trouble for throwing away a double flute. that is next. home in high demand. at the end of the day it is all about money. ♪

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♪ melissa: now for some of the stories we are looking out from around the world starting in iran. a reporter for the washington post is on trial. an american iranian citizen.

he has been accused of spying. his trial will be held in a closed court. this is a huge story. the judge of death. the european union has placed this judge on a blacklist for human rights abuse. >> right. he gives harsh sentences and almost always gives conviction. this trial is an outrage. that executive editor was denied a visa, deny to go to the trial. the trial itself is not open to the public. this is a pond. a pond in the hands of them in the nuclear negotiations. melissa: dual citizenship between ironic and america.

his mom and wife were led to believe that they would be able to be in court. that is not the case. >> there is no such thing as a bill of rights. freedom of speech or freedom of press that we enjoy here in the united states. when they need leverage against or with the united states, they grabbed an american citizen and do this kind of thing. melissa: do you think that they best they can to get him back? >> i think that if there is a nuclear deal, he may be okay. if not, who knows. it is terrible that this man who was just practicing journalism is now being charged with

espionage. melissa: 2018 world cup. officials are getting worried over how expensive the event has come. one lawmaker thought of a way to keep costs down. they will use prison labor instead of actual paid workers. monica. >> we were fighting and our great man died on the beach in utah and so many other places, fighting exactly this kind of thing. a dictatorship that does not respect human rights whatsoever and uses human beings as, essentially, slaves. it is terrifying. the united states needs to be far more aggressive. just like the loss of crimea and ukraine. this president has done nothing.

>> a workout they are building their grant press thought. a very high number of deaths. people were outraged about that. >> i really took the blame here. they know this is wrong. they know that this is appalling. it is putin's idea. if they go along with it, they are equally culpable. it should not be allowed to happen. melissa: in france, it will soon be illegal for supermarkets to throw away leftover food. anything that is still considered edible will have to be thrown away. they point to the $160 billion that never get en every year.

when a homeless child catches listeria and dies. there is a reason it is past the expiration date, monica. >> in theory, this sounds like a great idea. take food that will be thrown away anyway and give it to those that are in need and hungry. number one the government is coercing this. this is not a voluntary thing. we have god's love where they deliver and bring it almost immediately to shelters. it opens the door to disease and routing food. melissa: thanks to both of you. lumber prices have been down, home construction on the rise. sawmills are hoping that this could mean a big boost for lumber. jeff flock is on the scene in

illinois. jeff: look at all of this timber. i am standing on a giant piece of walnut. i want to take you inside to show you something that maybe you have not seen. i think they are actually cutting up a piece of walnut. fascinating to see how this operates. hope close and personal with that saul played. lumber futures hit a three year low over the past couple of months. in the last two weeks starting to see a bump up. it was not great over the past three years. things have improved. >> yes. people are spending more money. it looks like things are on a

level platform right now and improving. jeff: level platform and improving. go ahead and get back to what you are doing. that is what a nice piece of walnut looks like before it gets to your coffee table perhaps. the lumber mill making some money. melissa: wow. very cool. jeff flock always with the best assignments. pac sun being insensitive during memorial day weekend. tomorrow land falling short at the box office. they are not alone. you can never have too much money. ♪ do you want to know how hard it can be to breathe with copd? it can feel like this. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled

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♪ melissa: whether it is on wall street or main street, this is who is making money on wall street today. a new ranking from the associated press reveals the biggest ceo pay raises. making the most was the head of urban outfitters. a company that has been battling a sales slowdown. half a million dollars. an increase of 682%. the biggest pay cut was trip advisor. paid by $1 million. making less money than planned. disney fantasy tomorrowland came out on top of the u.s. box office. some are worried it will burn struggle to earn back its $180 million budget. arby's.

hour-long footage of the brisket getting smoked. who would not want that? that is exactly what i want playing all day long. rough day in the markets. all major averages plummet more than 1%. let's see what liz claman has coming up. dave chauffeur you. liz: look at those numbers. we have decent data today. look at yum brands. are americans young -- are americans over this food? as taco bell and pete it but units simplify food -- matching the color of my neon sneakers. whether it is good business and will americans embrace the

change. new home sales spurring higher as better sales finally push of april. we will push him. what are the trends and what is he still worried about? this many years after the housing bubble blew up. all of that and much more. melissa: thank you so much. fast food chains taking the junk out of junk food. find out why taco bell is saying adios to artificial players. at the end of the day it is all about money and flavors. ♪

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right now, the unthinkable is happening. faithful christians are being kidnapped, tourtured, beheaded and crucified simply because they are christians. this is genocide and it won't stop unless we do something about it. at the aclj, we are the frontlines in washington at the un, and in the region advocating for those who cannot defend themselves. but we cannot do it alone, we need your support and we need it now. go to aclj.org right now and help us fight

to restore christians to their homes and families. the aclj has the global resources to engage the decision makers fight against persecution, and protect the faithful christians in these regions. with every passing minute the threat against christians grows and intensifies. we need your help to get our leaders to understand that christians overseas are under attack and need our help. you can help the aclj stop the senseless and evil persecution. call the number on your screen or go to aclj.org >> teen retailer pacific sun wear feel the heat over this t-shirt. a black and white american flag shown upside down originally designed by a new york rapper. it angers consumers. pacsun has pulled the shirt from the shelves. bruce and our nicole petallides

is back. i looked up on the internet, which you can trust about all things. it said the upside-down flag means a subversion of morals or government. it could mean distress. it could mean anarchy. and, of course, it's at the beginning of house of cards. why is it so bad in this case? >> i think, melissa you and i should start a new program. we'll call it bad advertising. it's in house of cards. they're showing how frank underwood was subject subji gating the american people. to think no one thinks you did it on purpose. come on. >> the rapper who did it, flags are upside down because our world is upside down now. i'm just trying to be understood. that makes it okay. nicole: oh, yeah, all right. just because our country is at a difficult turning point. the t-shirt is black and

white, for example. and former senator scott brown was on fox and friends and noted the racial tensions building. (?) we don't want that. we want a great american nation. there's a couple of things you don't mess with. in our home, you don't mess with the holy bible and the us flag. leave them alone. we appreciate both of them and honor both of them. >> they're marketing to teens and tweens and subas he --we've shown the logo and store. doesn't it make teenagers want to buy their stuff? >> they would. except teenagers aren't watching this show very much. >> come on. >> the parents will say, no, you can't shop there. which will make them want to shop more. marketing to teenagers and kids doesn't mean you can be stupid. and it doesn't mean just because you don't know what an icon means that you're free to say

whatever you want. >> meanwhile, taco bell going the way of mcdonald's. the fast food giant that brought you doritos flavored tacos. pizza hut plans to do the same. nicole petallides, what is wrong with yellow number six? why is it being ridden out on a rod. yellow number six, nothing wrong with it. nicole: we know artificial ingredients aren't great. all the food chains are doing exactly that. getting rid of the artificial coloring. they'll be keeping the brand names. doritos. the fountain sodas. those will stay. how about if they took out salt, sugar and the things that -- the penn state professor actually said do that. that will be a bigger health impact. >> it will be interesting to see the impact on the bottom line. you get there the product is different. balancing act. thanks to both of you. that is all we have for

now. hope you're making money. even though it's a rough day for stocks. dow down 200 points. 238 points. all three major averages down about 1%. "countdown" starts right now. liz: yeah melissa the steepest sell-off in about three weeks. we'll take you three every step of it. keeping up with the joneses or changing tastes of the joneses and other americans. yum brands giving the boot to artificial coloring and flavoring. will it attract investors and health conscious millennials? will this mean your next taco will be better for you? american homeowners should be feeling more flush today. the kay schiller index rising on average 5% in march. a year ago much better. and more americansbuying homes. we've got doug bower, the ceo of tri point homes. (?) we'll ask him the precise time to sell your home or