thanks so much for watching. and remember -- you can't take it with you. >> you did it. you did it. >> it's not over yet. we are going to fight all the way to the end. cheryl: not so fast. the pennsylvania race is still close to call this morning. the latest vote count for the special elections and look ahead to the midterm elections for november. lauren: stocks fell yesterday led by technology stocks after president trump killed broadcom plans to kill qualcomm. trading futures pointing to a much higher open.

stocks opening under pressure following losses in a solid wall street. we do have a recovery today. the ftse in london is that the quarter of 1%. cheryl: over in asia, stocks moving lower. the nikkei down 1%. and china's shanghai composite down half of a percent. trailing three and then bitcoin, we'll ask you just a little bit and cheryl: stephen hawking, the famous physicist who explained black holes in the confines of the wheelchair has died at 76. "fbn:am" starts right now. lauren: 5:01 a.m. happy wednesday, everybody. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, everybody. cheryl casone.

10 years ago today the first part of the financial crisis began. bear stearns having a shotgun marriage. lauren: jpmorgan bought them for $2 a share and still to this day started questioning did they make the decision. cheryl: bad mortgage, a lot of leverage in the question we asked today, are we getting to that point again? that is coming out. lauren: breaking news overnight. the race in pennsylvania too close to call. candidate separated by just several hundred votes. pennsylvania special election for a u.s. house seat. last night the democrat, connerly and, declared the jury. >> we are practical people. we are serious people. and tonight we celebrate regaining our voice and our vote in the great citizens of governing this country we love. thank you. cheryl: rick saccone has no

plans to concede. >> we are still fighting the fight. it is not over yet. we will fight all the way to the end. you know i never give out. you know my first race went into the night and we won that. my second race was the same way. we are kind of to this now. cheryl: a spokesperson for pennsylvania secretary of state is no mandatory recount in this election. a statewide race triggers an automatic count if the candidates are separated by half a percent or less. >> also breaking overnight, world renowned physicist stephen hawking is dead at the age of 76. he was known for his breakthrough work with black holes and relativity come is celebrated by the science committee. hockey and vastly exceeded its life expectancy after being

diagnosed at the very rare at the age of 22 then left and vowed to a wheelchair and unable to speak except through a voice synthesizer. his family said he died peacefully in his home in cambridge in england. cheryl: brilliant mind. so much he accomplished in his life. trade a big issue in the pennsylvania race. now the united states is considering new tariff specifically that would target china. the term administrations making to tariffs on up to $60 billion of chinese goods in the technology and telecommunications sectors specifically. president trump has been critical of beijing for its unfair trade practices. china forces american companies to give up secrets in exchange for being allowed to operate in the company. policies like that are responsible for the u.s. is $375 billion trade deficit with china and that was just last year. trying to president trump is president trump is in california, checking out

prototypes for the border wall with mexico. >> the round space pitch you see a peer or more clearly that there comes a larger it is the better days because it's hard to get over the top. it is deterred from getting over the top. trooper after speech out of the san diego marine corps base, his idea for strengthening security. space is a war fighting domain, just like land, air and sea. we may even have a space force. lauren: california state lawmaker says he plans to introduce a bill to deny state tax breaks to companies that build up border wall. cheryl: president trump heading to st. louis to two or a boeing plant to discuss the of the gop tax cut. join in a roundtable discussion with business leaders there. $300 million to improve the company overall in the visit is coming after trump announced

tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. something that affects the dentistry. lauren: calling for mike pompeo to be confirmed quickly as president chimes -- president trump's choice after abruptly firing rex tillerson after disagreements over foreign policy issues such as the korea and iran nuclear deal. rex tillerson spoke to his colleagues at the state department. >> what is most important is to ensure an orderly and smooth transition at the time the country faces significant policy and national security challenges. lauren: he seemed a little upset there. sheena hostel is the new director of the cia. she's been with the agency for decades. the first woman to lead the agency. cheryl: there is some question about things in her background. we are looking to wal-mart this

morning come out with a new service that could finally let them compete with them in a -- amazon. >> amazon and wal-mart will deliver your groceries to your home and 100 cities by the end of the year and launch same-day delivery here in new york city. online grocery workers will be packed at a wal-mart store and handed off to a contracted delivery company to drop the orders off. bombers to grocery delivery will cost $9.95 and have a minimum order. product prices will be the same as in store. lauren: no more bitcoin ads on google? what happened? >> this is interesting. google following facebook by banning patents for crypto currencies another potential products across its advertising platforms and the policy goes into effect in june across as i'm the describing network as well as youtube with the rise in popularity of bitcoin, scammers

are now using online ads to promote fraudulent crypto currencies schemes. last year removed more than 130 million amps used by hackers for crypto currencies. cheryl: you might want to think twice before you return something to best buy. >> not just best buy we are their name. you are being tracked by a company that has the power to override the store's return policy and refused to refund your money. "the wall street journal" reports best buy among other stores hired a company called retail equation to keep track of customer shopping behaviors and set limits on the amount of merchandise they can return. one man tweeted he was banned from making any returns to best buy for one whole year because he returned three cell phone cases and he's got the paperwork to prove that. if services are used in about 34,000 stores and assistant is

designed to identify 1% of shoppers whose behaviors return for fraud or abuse which is an issue for retailers. lauren: when you competing with amazon, you do not do strategies like this. cheryl: thank you so much. whenever that her go very far. lauren: gunmaker, remington outdoor is now expected to file for bankruptcy. we'll tell you what went wrong. it is history, but now comes the big cleanup in boston. over two more feet of snow. fox meteorologist genistein will tell us what is next on the weather front. cheryl: i told laura yesterday, summer is never happening. winter is staying all year. lauren: you are wearing the right colors today. dow futures up dow futures at

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cheryl: welcome back. this gets you caught up and it's happening now. investigators are piecing together evidence as they hunt for the serial bomber attacks is. two people have been killed in a blast which came from bombs placed in site packages that exploded with no pain.

police do not have a motive yet. be on alert for new packages they don't recognize. florida prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for nicholas cruz. he is the gunman accused of killing 17 people and stoneman douglas high school last month. the range today in fort lauderdale courtroom attorneys have repeated their offer to plead guilty. they agreed not to pursue the death penalty. women tend to file for bankruptcy. more than a decade building up the company but it couldn't overcome nearly a billion dollars in debt. this is what is happening now. the gun control laws being discussed now. >> nor'easter number three is in the history book. now it's time to clean out good one of the cities hardest hit at over two feet of snow, but apparently, check this out, the

cold never bothered the sky. dressed as princes also from frozen. he held bush dissent from this pile of snow. he struggled for a couple minutes but eventually manages to push the ban to freedom. cheryl: in a nice little kurt features now. don't you look pretty. can you imagine janice dean and also costume shoveling snow? >> you know, they don't want to watch alice. maybe they need to see video of the man and the costume. but look at it, shall we. close to two feet in massachusetts and then rhode island. 22 inches, connecticut over 20 inches in eastern long island 18 inches for you. we are still dealing with this across portions of the great

lake. still seeing some of the nor'easter in parts of maine and northern new england. he'll ask him later on today but the temperature will remain cold so the snow is not going anywhere and we are looking at computer models. another one next week. keep you posted. not over yet. 43 new york city. across the central u.s. we do have a stormy pattern across the west as well. sorry you've been ignored, parts of the west, but we will talk about you now because we're potential for for more heavy rain along the coast and heavy snow including southern california. and yes, another no east or possibly on the horizon but i'm not going to talk about it right now because maybe it will go away. lauren: winter won't let it go this year. and everybody is sick. thank you so much. see you soon. cheryl: winter is never ending. coming up, the connection

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cheryl: wall street is on inflation watch for the consumer

price index, cpi common retail retail sales are coming out today. stephen richey dough and chief economist and senior analyst opinion held. good morning. i just want to talk about yesterday we got cpi and it was kind of a mute number. if you look at the numbers come a .2% month over month for january february, consider what the economy is doing. that's a pretty tempted number. >> you 100% correct. the ppi number again this morning. what we are really looking at here is the reality that a falling dollar is not having as much of an impact as we had thought it could have on the inflation environment. that's only because the dollar kind of stabilized towards the end of last year and has been in a flat trading range since then. as you know daniel sierra the pressure on inflation. cheryl: we are looking of course that the market moving data

numbers. there's a really interesting piece in the journal about bitcoin and it's now become the new barometer for investor sentiment. cut in half a month before the global's selloff earlier this year. >> bitcoin look like that video also pushing the snow up. we see a rise in some sort of asset whether it is.com or revenge of bonds in the late 80s and more recently the housing market in the mid-2000. you can look at bitcoin the rest of the market as a speculative asset that lives in the late market cycles. cheryl: stephen, what do you make of that point? the reason there is interest in something like a crypto kurth is

because central banks have been defacing their currencies for years. starting with doj and its continued through the crisis. with the federal reserve and now the ecb were central banks have believed their balance sheets, basically financed the budget deficit for these regions all through printing money and that is defaced the value of the currency. under relative basis they've all been doing it so no one has been weaker than the other. for a while the u.s. dollar was benefiting at the leading edge of what was happening on the rebound in the economy. that is moved off to the second stage where europe and asia are doing better. cheryl: all of this is that the fed will have to look at. an accelerator do you celebrate. something else today, today is the tenure university of the collapse of bear stearns, the marriage if you will. this is the beginning of the

financial crisis. banks took on too much risk especially bear stearns or do you worry 10 years later we are in the same environment? i say this because there's a lot of hard moments in that the market is overheated. are we in that moment we are -- within a few years ago. >> i don't think it's the speculative assets as they were in 27, 2008. banks obviously have the leverage. i don't see the optimism and exuberance we have at the end of the last cycle. cheryl: the.com bubble and of course the financial crisis for yours worry when you see the markets go up and up. 10 years, $85 billion company going on. we appreciated stephen and ian. >> thanks for having me.

cheryl: 400 billion years ago gone. amazing. lauren: conor lamb call in sick jury. but still too close to call. a look at how all of this could play out in november the mid-terms and why amazon is recalling hundreds of thousands of these portable battery chargers. what can happen. if you do, take a look at the market. just about 100 points. nasdaq with about 32 this morning. we will be right back. ♪

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end. lauren: too close to call, but democrats said five calling victory over republican rick center in pennsylvania. absentee ballots are still being counted in a special election. live report on a tight race in just a bit. trade yesterday the dow fell after president trump killed broadcom's plan to buy qualcomm. lauren: the nasdaq fell for the first time in eight days. more news on inflation plus retail sales for the dow up 113. cheryl: in europe, stocks opening under pressure following the losses on wall street. right now, european markets coming back. cac and dax and agreeing. lauren: the nikkei in japan down 1%, so asia from the sea of red. cheryl: a family devastated after their 10 -month-old puppy

died after the united airlines flight. attendance had the dog put in an overhead bin. more from the story. cheryl: we absolutely will. we remember stephen hawking, the brilliant british physicist confined to a wheelchair for most of his life -- peacefully at his home late last night. "fbn:am" continues right now. cheryl: it is wednesday, march 14th. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: halfway through march. i'm lauren simonetti. today is what we could say is really the beginning of the financial crisis that grips this country. 10 years ago, bear stearns. lauren: shotgun marriage by

jpmorgan chase. cheryl: a lot of breaking news to cover overnight. world renowned physicist even hawking has died at the age of 76. he was known for his breakthrough work with black holes and relativity, published several books celebrated by the science community and the movie was made about his life. hocking vastly exceeded his eye fixed urgency after diagnosed with a rare disease at the age of 22 that left him down to a wheelchair and unable to speak except through a voice synthesizer. he died was silly at his home in cambridge. lauren: katy perry writes there is a big black hole in my heart hours before pi day. rest in peace. pennsylvania special election too close to call. conor lamb and republican rick saccone separated.

cheryl: nobodies popping champagne this morning. eric shawn has the latest on where we stand right now. good morning. >> good morning cheryl and lauren. drinking lots of coffee in the gazette that says it all. a virtual tie remaining so at this hour. more than 1000 absentee ballots are still out in green and washington counties continuing on night. but it does let good for conor lamb. he thinks the labor unions from steel and coal industries the back of last night. focusing the campaign on social security, medicare and pensions. the issues do dovetail president trump though he did tell supporters last night the nation's contentious politics must end. >> people are so tired of the shouting on tv. it is amazing what happens when

you are in a room with real people who have real aspirations and grill travels. there's lots of ideas. there is no angry shouting. our job in congress is to attack the problems, not each other. >> rick saccone as strongly aligned with trump and told his supporters last night he's not getting a. >> you know, we are still fighting the fight. it's not over yet. we will fight all the way to the end. you know i never give up. my first case went into the night and we won not by my second was the same way. we are used to this now. trinity they are still used to at this early hour of the morning and will go through recount and reaching the scene not yet.

cheryl: here with reaction. everything you just heard is to strategist on the democratic side, republican strategist fort o'connell. good morning, guys. are you caffeinated? >> sbr, aren't we? >> always. cheryl: letter with you, boris. this is a crazy race in pennsylvania. what does this mean for democrats in november? >> they should be a serious wake-up call. they are in danger of losing the house. democrats are beyond fire up in the tax bill was not hypocritical in terms of resonating everywhere. my advice is very simple. get off your desk of mr. dialing for dollars to knock on doors because the midterms aren't going to be for the faint of heart. cheryl: are they feeling the republican strategy because it seemed to a work in pennsylvania. a moderate democrat who aligns with president trump on many issues is doing really well.

>> i wouldn't see that he aligns with donald trump as much as he ignored them in his he ignored a ministry spirit is focused on of the issues to granular detail in pennsylvania and that is what there is a lot of these voters were democrats haven't picked up seats in the past and focusing on the actual issues in the district, building a machine that hasn't existed for the democratic party for the past two or three cycles. it is amazing to see what conor lamb has pulled off in the district carried just 16 months ago. it's amazing, absolutely amazing. lauren: conor lamb totally distanced himself from nancy pelosi. what is the strategy is to go into midterm elections and is the rise of the conservative democrat who are republicans now have to try to defeat. >> i don't know that democrats will take this in terms of

strategy. in a lot of ways i agree with hamza. he was pro-franking, and basically shunned nancy pelosi. he didn't face any democratic challengers and he was straight out of central casting, while they look and sound like a help was kangaroo. >> that's funny. i just saw this coming on the circuit a second ago. washington county just finished up their absentee ballots and it looks like right now conor lamb is up by 62 votes. it does not look like saccone can come back from this. >> to your point, the message doesn't matter whether saccone wins over lamb wednesday. republicans are in trouble or they are at risk of losing the house. >> democrats are running a lot of strong candidates. it's important to point out in a

lot of cycles, pennsylvania 18 did not have a democrat running at all. >> there is no other democrat running this time either. they could blow a lot of seeds if they cannibalize their own in a lot of primaries. connerly and did not run against democratic opponent who would've drawn to more towards democrats. he's got a great strategy and they hope the democrats trip on themselves. if you take the redistricting in pennsylvania in the seats they could pick up in california come essentially halfway to the 24 seats they need to reach the house republicans redouble their efforts. >> only say this because the president majority today in a moderate democrat, senator claire mccaskill dared my being a tough election. she's going against republicans. >> were in far better shape of a particularly the industrial midwest. we could pick up missouri, indiana and west virginia. we will hold the senate. the house is a real question.

>> i have to disagree with ford. everything is on the table. i know we spend a lot of time focusing on races where we take up seats in the u.s. senate as well as the house. if you would ask me, republicans are looking at their own demise. we could be watching the implosion of the republican party. >> we are going to hold the senate. lauren: we will have this discussion once again it unfortunately we've got to go. hamza in ford, thank you. cheryl: we've got ago. another stories training and social media. united airlines in hot water again after he tragedy in the new europe down flight. lauren: tracee carrasco joining us about another headlines. what happened at united that caused this little puppy did i.? >> this is outrageous. a flight monday from houston to new york city and a flight attendant made the passenger put

the puppy in its tsa compliant carrier in an overhead in. during the four-hour flight, the puppy died. it's unclear exactly why the flight attendant made the passenger put the puppy in carrier in the overhead bin, but this is just awful. united did issue a statement saying this is a tragic accident that should've never occurred as pets should never be placed in the overhead bin. we assume full responsibility for this tragedy and express our deepest condolences and we are thoroughly investigating what occurred to prevent this from ever happening again. of course this comes as the rules have been tightened up on animals aboard planes. delta united, but this is outrageous. cheryl: i was a flight attendant for seven years. i wouldn't put somebody's pet turtle in an overhead in. are you going to put sure baby in an overhead then?

this flight attendant should be fired. i'm sorry, fired tear to >> at 100% agree with you. the fact that stephen was suggested to someone is crazy. lauren: how much pushback to the family give? do we know? >> i'm not exactly sure why the dog had to go in the bin. lauren: amazon recalling arteries that there is concern they could blow up. >> a portable charger you can take with you on the go. amazon recalling 260,000 of these amazon basics brand. they are very convenient, but more than 50 reports of them overheating. one report of a person being burned by battery acid and overheating and causing damage to your goods, items and things. if you have one of these can stop using it. amazon will refund you. i have one at home i'm going to get rid of it.

cheryl: it is pi day. i'm confused which one it is. >> anyone you want. march 14th, the annual celebration of the mathematical constant, which is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. i had to look that one up. here are some deals whether you wanted pizza pie covered baked by a covered by a kebab potpie contemplates pizza at $3.14. boston market by one chicken pot pie get one free. whole foods take $3.14 off large bakery pies. anyway you want to celebrate. cheryl: anything for pie. tree into a lot more coming up on yes, what is pi day. russia has taken to the headlines. how a british government is preparing to punish the kremlin. plus, mike pompeo replacing rex tillerson on the state

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lauren: good morning. russia. two the deadline imposed by british prime minister theresa may. wanting answers regarding a chemical attack in the u.k. and a former spy and his daughter.

it is highly likely that the nerve agent used to kill them came from russia. russia now demanding that london provide a sample of the substance used for the top democrat on the house intelligence committee adam schiff is blasting republicans on the panel claiming the russia pro-bush had done prematurely. on monday, congressman mike conway who led the investigation of the committee released a report stating they found no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and rush after 14 months of investigation. following rex tillerson surprise ousting of secretary of state president trump is reportedly considering another cabinet shuffle. veterans affairs secretary david shelton could be the next to go. reportedly energy secretary rick perry taking his place. cheryl: a lot of shifts from the white house cabinet and that's what we're talking about right now. the cabinet shakeup at a

critical time for foreign relations. mike pompeo picked to replace tillerson and will be thrown right into the fire. negotiations over north korea's nuclear program as well as what to do with the iran nuclear deal. for magnus, fox news foreign policy analyst skynyrd. good morning. >> good morning. all of this comes at a time might pompeo spock and his two big issues. the calendar site to get the confirmation. first the issue of north korea appeared very hawkish about north korea, more in line with the president. the tough talk is the way to go with kim jong someday. how do you see this playing out? >> the president needs a partner in the national security leadership team that sees the north korea problem the way that he does. i think that was one of the reasons that rex tillerson was asked to step down. he wanted a different sequencing

of dialogue with north korea. the president's closer to dialogue denny's been in the past year, but he wanted the maximum pressure strategy to take hold. that is something that might pompeo have supported. so i believe that pompeo secretary of state would provide the kind of substance and context to the instincts of the president have fun going into a meeting. with the north korean leader. cheryl: the president did say we are always on the same wavelength and that makes sense. mike pompeo is just on "fox news sunday." i want you to listen to what he said with regard to negotiation. >> president trump has been doing this for theater. he is going to solve the problem and so the location of the meeting will determine and figure it out. what is most important is what is discussed in the clarity and

strength and resolve of this president and administration to achieve the outcome americans so desperately deserve. cheryl: you hear him saying this is not some kind of snap meeting that will solve any issue. i thought i was interest in. with regards to iran, pompeo has been quoted as saying he doesn't believe in the iran nuclear deal. these are two major issues. >> absolutely. on the iran issue, the president again has not had a senior member of the national security team to make a really strong case for pulling out of the iranian nuclear deal. it doesn't mean that will ultimately happen. but the others on the team and they are excellent statesmen and policymakers, but their price push them in the direction it came with the iranian nuclear deal. the president is credible arguments on all five and i believe mike pompeo will provide

that for the president and the state department. tree into the confirmation process will need to be quick and contentious. they've also got a lot of other appointments they need to fill. appreciate you getting up early with this morning. >> thank you. lauren: coming up, we are talking something different. agencies in full swing. many football stars are finding sydney teams. jared max coming up at the biggs finance. the answer is live from london when we come back. you are watching the "fbn:am." ♪ her than ever. as the world leader in unmanned aerial systems, we're attracting the world's best talent to central new york. and turning the airport into a first-class transportation hub. all while growing urban areas into vibrant places to live and work.

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lauren: talk about a frenzy of nfl free agency. a lot of players changing teams. cheryl: it is game on. a jared max as he recalled a big deals. >> a lot of money being thrown around the eastern the 2018th week year begins in free-agent contracts become official. quarterback kurt cousins will sign a contract to the minnesota vikings. $28 million annually for three seasons. the vikings lost three quarterbacks to free agency and find one big fish. cousins steel only guaranteed $84 million. drew brees for two years and 50 mill. sam bradford leaves and gets 20 million for one season for the cardinals. teddy bridgwater thieves for the jets. wasser re-signed quarterback josh mccowan got jermaine johnson. big day for the jets.

the packers will cut aaron rodgers and geordie nelson but give the new one and tight end teddy bridgwater. the all-around specialist deion lewis and receiver danny sees the patriots for the dolphins. ncaa basketball tournament underway last night advancing into the brackets. pulling off an upset against ucla in eliminating the bruins, moving on for the first time in 40 years help raise the florida gators and defeat alia brooklyn and face top seed villanova. two more coming up tonight in the ncaa and the bracket will come into play on thursday. cheryl: any surprises so far? >> yeah, i'm surprised by the ucla result. i didn't think they were going to do that. a lot of surprises. cheryl: at. cheryl: it's a fun tournament. thank you very much.

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cheryl: our next guest says the world economy faces a bigger chunk of president trump's tariffs on the linoleum and i'm dead and that from the british european union. peter, good morning. there is a threat from the trump terrace. this is pretty big as you see it. >> without a shadow of the doubt because these potentially could drag in lots of other players. the chinese coming number of european countries. it affects canada of course. if these things don't get out of control it becomes a global issue rather than a localized issue here in london. cheryl: peter, what are we talking about here exactly? if you look at agricultural imports come a lot of the goods going to the e.u. from the united states are at right now. as that's where you see the pressure being put on by e.u. officials? >> i think the problem is much of the goods which come into the e.u. from the united states also

have a tariff and it's not the other way around. also covered the average level of terrace and the e.u. is rather high. so for it to be a little bit more accommodating with regards to the u.s. on tariffs issues. the last thing we want to see if the e.u. and partners around the world to retaliate by slapping tariffs on the u.s. imports which could be very nasty indeed. lauren: do you see europe unifying than trying to retaliate on this tariffs? >> i think it will. i think the europeans will definitely try to act debate on this one because they think they see it as its own fair attack on their trade positions. lauren: peter, thank you so much. cheryl: thank you for watching "fbn:am" this morning. great to have you. always great to see ms. maria bartiromo. maria: good morning, ladies. happy to see you.

wednesday morning. i am maria bartiromo and it is wednesday, march 14th. top stories on the east coast. president trump taking action with secretary of state rex tillerson after just 14 months on the job, he will be replaced by see a direct or might pompeo. the commander-in-chief praised tillerson yesterday calling them a good man but said they were not on the same page. >> racks and i have been talking about this for a long time. we got along actually quite well, but we disagreed on things. >> what is most important is to ensure an orderly transition. time where we face significant policy and national security challenges. maria: the latest this morning is that shakeup as president trump travels to st. louis. with his historic tax overhaul later today. uncertainty over the departure on stocks yesterday. dow industrials closing lower,

down 171-point, two thirds of 1%. the nasdaq decliners 77 points, 1% lower. show you what we're looking at right now. looking at a rally. investors are watching for the february retail sales and ppi report due out in two and half hours, 8:30 a.m. eastern. we'll have the markets and the financial services sectors in mark the 10 year anniversary of the bear stearns bailout. dow industrials up one third of a percent and nasdaq up almost one half of 1%. here is what is happening right now. markets are higher across the board. ft 100 come to see a c. in a third of a percent. right across the board, declining with the worst performer darren japan. nikkei average down 1%. too close to call even at this hour despite democrat conor lamb claiming victory. he remains in a dead heat with republican rick saccone in the