violates the law. thanks for joining us tonight. and this is where i say good night from new york. . . . this is a retaliation against our farmers and our industrial workers, our ranchers. if any of that goes on, we're going to kick in another $257 billion. and that will be also at 25%. cheryl: they did retaliate, china announcing $60 billion in new tariffs on u.s. goods. is the president about to go all the way to punish china? lauren: markets are resilience in the face of the dispute. the dow gained 185 points yesterday. cheryl: today, taking a look at futures, pretty flat start to your wednesday. the dow up 2, s&p down 1 3/4. lauren: this is how stocks in europe are trading at this hour. they opened higher.

markets in london are down 15 points, the paris and frankfurt markets are up. cheryl: stocks in asia are mostly higher. they are higher by more than 1%. is america sick of hearing comments like this? >> the only white people that thank jesus are republicans and ex-crack heads. lauren:.lauren: hollywood pacee price for insulting americans. "fbn:am" starts right now. lauren: it's 5:01 in new york. it's wednesday, september 19t september 19th. good morning. i'm chery cheryl casone. lauren: i'm lauren simonetti. a major escalation in the trade fight between the world's two largest economies. president trump threatening to impose tariffs on more chinese goods after beijing announced

new tariffs on $60 billion of u.s. items. cheryl: blake berman is standing by with details. >> reporter: tit-for-tat or trade war as some would describe is continues as president trump went forward with $200 billion worth of tariffs, the chinese followed through on its threat to retaliate. they have targeted $60 billion worth of products from the u.s. the u.s. has imposed tariffs on $250 billion worth of goods from china so far, about half the amount bought from china last year. the president threatened if china continues to target american workers the other half of tariffs would be on the way. >> if there's a retaliation against our farmers and industrial workers, our ranchers, if any of that goes on, we're going to kick in another $257 billion. >> reporter: both sides did he show a bit of restraint. the trump administration had been threatening the $250 billion batch to be set at

a 25% tariff level. it will be 10% starting monday and will ratchet up to 25% starting in 2019. china brought their tariff level down to 5 and 10% depending on the product, lower than originally expected. cheryl: china's state media said it will use the trade march to promote local products and accelerate the development of high tech goods. lauren: canada's foreign minister is back in washington to hold fresh talks with u.s.'s trade representative. she is criticizing possible u.s. tariffs on canadian products ahead of their meeting. >> we believe the notion that canada could somehow pose a national security threat to the united states is not only absurd, the use of this measure against canada is illegal. lauren.lauren: just continue o

deal is better than a bad one. cheryl: the woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual assault is asking for an fbi investigation before she testifies in front of congress. christine ford's request is throwing into doubt her planned testimony on monday. lauren: edward lawrence has been covering the story. he filed this report from washington. >> reporter: good morning, cheryl and lauren. judge brett kavanaugh says he's eager to testify under oath about allegation that's he sexually assaulted a university professor when they were in high school. the senate judiciary committee set aside monday as the hearing for kavanaugh and his accuser, christine ford. the committee gave her the option for an open hearing or closed door hearing. so far republicans and the president not talking about with drawing kavanaugh's name. >> i feel so badly for him that he's going through this, to be honest with you. i feel so badly for him. this is not a man that deserves this. this should have been brought to

the fore, it should have been brought up long ago and that's what you have hearings for. >> reporter: the committee chairman, senator chuck grassley, questioned the timing of the allegation, saying senator dianne feinstein should have told the committee when she received the letter from ford in july. >> i know she did not want to go public. that's why i didn't make the letter public because i couldn't be assured of what would happen and unfortunately that was taken out of my control. >> reporter: democrats want to add witnesses to testify and reopen kavanaugh's background check. >> the path forward is crystal clear. there needs to be a delay in the confirmation vote. before any hearing, there needs to be a full, fair, fbi investigation. >> reporter: some republicans on the committee say putting both kavanaugh and ford under oath will be enough to decide. back to you. lauren: president trump is commenting again on all of this. this is a tweet he sent out last night. the supreme court is one of the main reasons i got elected

president. i hope republican voters and others are watching and studying the democrats' playbook. cheryl: president trump is set to travel to the carolinas today to visit areas impacted by hurricane florence. the region still dealing with massive flooding. florence is being blamed for at least 34 deaths in three states. about 10,000 people are still in shelters in north carolina alone. the power obviously still a problem there. lauren: wow. president trump is welcoming new agreements between north and south korea. this is what he tweeted. kim jong un has agreed to allow nuclear inspections subject to final negotiations and to permanently dismantle a test site and launch pad in the presence of international experts. in the meantime, there will be no rocket or nuclear testing. hero remains continue to be returned to the united states. north and south korea will file a joint bid to host the 2032

olympics. this comes as south korea's president is taking part in a three day summit with north korea's leader. cheryl: tesla announced another federal investigation. lauren: this one's a big one. tracy krasko joins us with that story and other top headlines. >> tesla says the justice department is investigating the company after elon musk's tweet in august that he secured funding to possibly take the company private. tesla said it received a voluntary request for documents from the justice department last month which is the first step in a federal investigation like this. shares of tesla fell on this news, down more than 3% at the close. tesla said it is cooperating with the investigation. cheryl: there could be criminal charges against elon musk if this goes south for him. lauren: facebook is being accused of hiding certain job postings from women. what's that about? >> bad news for facebook. according to a complaint filed

with the equal employment opportunity commission, facebook is being accused of bias that lets companies target men and exclude women. the complaint was filed on behalf of three women who said the ad filtering kept them from seeing job postings in male dominated fields, like construction and software. cheryl: the ratings are in for another politically charged show on television. >> i think viewers have spoken. there were a couple of jokes that really didn't sit well with some viewers of monday night's emmy awards show. >> you guys don't thank jesus enough. the only white people that thank jesus are republicans and ex-crack heads. >> the first emmys were held back in 1949. things were very different back then. and we all agree that nazis were bad.

>> those jokes among others drew criticism about the show's political tone. according to the wrap, the show's ratings dropped from 10%, setting an all-time low. lauren: political but not even funny. cheryl: i said this monday or tuesday, i think it's just become a big snl skit. i think they should find somebody else to produce it. so we'll see. lauren: tracy, thank you very much. coming up, we have papa johns proving it is moving on. >> you've heard one voice of papa john's for a long time. now you'll hear more of our voices. lauren: how the company is taking john out of papa john's. and how about some beer with that pizza, if you are flying to oktoberfest, the real one this weekend, the one in germany, you can start the party pretty early. we're talking about starting it before you even land. cheryl: okay. lauren: see you then. so dow futures are up just 3 points this morning, nasdaq

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is down just a point, a pretty flat start to the day. a class action lawsuit has been filed on the victims of gas explosions that rocked three massachusetts towns last week. it accuses columbia gas of negligence and the pressure in the gas pipes was shown to 12 times higher than it should have been. during his visit to the white house yesterday, the president of poland says he wants to build a permanent u.s. military base and name it after the commander in chief, fort trump, as it would be called, a proposed $2 billion project fully funded by poland to help defend against russian military threats. ithe polish president touted his country's military development. ge.lufthansa airlines is kicking off oktoberfest in l style, with kegs and costumes. starting today the flight crew will be decked out in

traditional oktoberfest clothing ther. there will be special draft beer and if you fly first class you get a full oktoberfest menu with ox tartar. the first flight takes place later today. cheryl: talk about stumbling through customs. lauren: symptom link blue stuh customs indeed. cheryl: you can do oktoberfest, you can do china. the u.s., china trade war continues to escalate. president trump threatening to impose additional tariffs shortly after beijing announced new tariffs on $60 billion in american goods. that was china's reaction to the president's $200 billion tariff announcement on monday. joining me now, former policy advisor michael barnes. good morning. >> good morning. cheryl: this is what many in

the business community were afraid of, an all-out trade war between ourselves and the chinese of. when you were in the administration, they handled the issue of china very differently. what are we doing right and wrong right now? >> i think the president's trying to level the playing field to make sure americans have the opportunity for fair trade which is the underpinning foundation of free trade. i think that americans recognize that we have to be patient because this is a part of a complex negotiation process and there are signs that china is not doing as well off as they would like us to believe. there's already a slowing of the growth of their economy. actually, it's interesting to see, there are closer to 5%, raising to 4% and above, there could be an evening out in the growth in our economies. there's a lot going on that we should recognize means we're making progress. this is not going to yield long-term impacts on the u.s. economy, our workers that are negative like people fear. cheryl: it depends who you are. this is a statement from the u.s. chamber of commerce.

now you've got industries coming together to kind of push back. the u.s. chamber says there are less harmful way toss achieve free and fair trade with china. the administration did not heed numerous warnings about rising costs and lost jobs on main str, factories, farms, ranches across the country. that is the chamber t. business community of the united states. >> they're feeling short-term pressure and concern. that doesn't mean we're in a situation that has to remain long-term. even in the worst case scenario, our economy's fast to respond and react. this is an opportunity for us to refocus on improving the u.s. economy and adjusting markets so that we're not taken advantage of in the way we have been over the past 30 years. and there's also other aspects that we need to consider thinking about long-time democrats' position on fair trade, where are they talking about the impact on workers. think about the environment. if we're able to cut our reliance on cheap made disposable goods from china,

what does that mean for our overflowing landfills, polluted seas. cheryl: that's an interesting point. let's get back to business, the environment is certainly a concern, but even the auto industry now is really starting to speak up. i want to read you a statement from a folk spokeswoman at ford. here's what she said about what's happening in the auto industry. what we would emphasize is that it's essential that governments work together to lower, not raise barriers to trade. we encourage both governments to work together to resolve issues between these two important economies. this is what the treasury secretary seems to want to do talk to me from an administration standpoint. within the white house -- >> the president is the one who has the experience in making business deals. i think he's an experienced negotiator. we know his tactic is to take a hard line. he's taken a hard position. china is in a position where they are considering and likely to negotiate with the goal of

trying to reach a fairer situation for the united states so that they can relieve some of the pressure that is causing some of their lower wage workers in lower tech manufacturing to feel the pinch already. so i think that ultimately we are in a stronger position. we buy more of their goods than they buy of ours. they have a lot more to lose and we have a lot more to gain here. i support the president's position and believe that this will result in fairer trade for the u.s. cheryl: this goes all-in if we take it all the way to the $567 billion, which the white house did clarify. thank you very much for being on the show. >> thank you, cheryl. lauren: coming up next, there will finally be clear skys in the carolinas today but flooding a major threat. janice dean will be here with what we can expect. and why elon musk's tweet his efforts to take tesla private has put his company in hot

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lauren: elon musk's statements that he is taking tesla private is haunting the company. the department of justice launching a probe into the matter. in a statement, tesla says it's cooperating, adding we respect the doj's desire to get information about this and believe the matter should be quickly resolved as they review the information they have received. the news still making investors nervous. the stock fell as much as 6% before recovering to close at $284.96 yesterday, still that was a loss of nearly $10.

let's bring in nathan bromey, business reporter for usa today. this could potentially be criminal charges against elon musk. when will enough be enough for the board? >> this is a big problem for tesla. it is a distraction for a company that doesn't need anymore distractions. at it's worst, it's a serious threat to the company. do we think it ends up with elon musk behind bars? maybe not. this company can't afford anymore distractions at this point. lauren: the final straw for investors, you saw the reaction yesterday. the stock is down in the premarket another half a percent, so more pressure on the stock. do you think investors will say you know what, other companies are doing this, whether audi, gm, the electric car market is heading down the road, maybe that's without tesla. >> we saw audi introduce the

e-tron electric suv. general motors are the chevrolet bolt. many auto companies are pursuing electric vehicles. tesla has a competitive advantage. it has this brand that is widely known as electric vehicles. but that damage will erode pretty quickly as the major automakers start to catch up. cheryl: you had the board lawyering up starting back in august. at the same time, it seems to me that this push to get somebody else into the company, a coo, somebody else to be a number two, to kind of manage the corporation along with elon musk, that seems to be a generally well accepted idea. analysts like the idea. is elon musk going to like that idea? >> he never said he's committed to doing it. i think if he was committed to doing it it would have already happened. i believe analysts and investors want to see it. musk believes he can lead the company to where it needs to be. if you look at spacex and the success they've had there,

that's in part because of the operational capability they've had in the executive suite. so maybe tesla needs the same thing. cheryl: he's got other people in the room at spacex and the company is doing well, announcing the first japanese tourist. i want to ask about this diver, this british cave diver. he filed a lawsuit against musk and the company, maybe it's not both, he's saying it was definite familiar medication. y long -- defamation. elon musk taunted him on twitter, these comments are not becoming of a ceo. >> it's not the activity we're used to seeing from the corporate suite in america. the problem is, is this going to cost tesla a lot of money? maybe not. the reality is n. cannot afford to show investors they're distracted. they need to focus on the model 3, the electric car, that they need to get out to middle america. cheryl: how can he convince the street -- we're looking at video of him on the joe ro rogen show

where he was smoking pot. how can he convince wall street analysts to favorably cover a stock like tesla. >> they want to see him take a step back from twitter, focus on the fundamentals of the company. they haven't seen that today. cheryl: thank you, nathan. lauren: still ahead o ahead, confirmation in chaos, judge kavanaugh's accuser fusing to take the stand, demanding an investigation. >> she she doesn't want to common day, publicly or privately, we're going to move on and vote wednesday. lauren: is the gop saying enough is enough? if you want to feel like a formula one race car driver, one luxury car maker may have just the car for you, but it's going to cost you a lot of money. cheryl: we would look good in that. lauren: we would. want to drive? we had trade disputes yesterday,

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this is a retaliation against our farmers and our industrial workers, our ranchers. if any of that goes on we'll kick in another $257 billion and that will be also at 25%. cheryl: china did retaliate with $60 billion in new tariffs on u.s. goods. will president trump go all the way to punish china? lauren: markets are resilience in the face of the trade talk, the dow gaining 185 points yesterday. cheryl: for today, taking a look at futures, different reaction, pretty flat for the markets this morning, dow up 9, nasdaq up 1 2 2 3/4.

lauren: the cac in paris making a slight gain. cheryl: asian markets are all higher by more than 1%. lauren: what trade war? that's what the markets are saying. you want to drive the bat mobile, ferrari has just the ride for you. "fbn:am" continues right now. cheryl: it is 5:31 a.m. in new york. it is wednesday, september 19th. good morning, i'm cheryl cheryl. lauren: hi, cheryl. good morning, everybody. i'm lauren simonetti. that car looks nice. cheryl: test drive, lauren, that's all i can say. lauren: we'll hook it up. the dramatic showdown expected at a hearing on monday between brett kavanaugh and christine blasey ford is in doubt. ford is calling for an fbi investigation before she

testifies. her attorneys say ford will talk to the committee but she's not prepared to do so at that hearing on monday. and democrats are already asking for a delay. >> there must not be a hearing on monday and then a possible vote on the no nominee a day oro after. this morning chairman grassley said there would be only two witnesses. that's simply inadequate, unfair, wrong, and a desire not to get at the whole truth and nothing but the truth. lauren: let's bring in attorney jenna ellis to discuss. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. laurenwould.lauren: would you e stall tactics by the democrats? >> absolutely. it's painfully obvious that the only thing the democrats are interested in is derailing and delaying the eventual confirmation of judge brett kavanaugh. an fbi investigation at this point is not only the incorrect use of law enforcement but that's not even what th fbi whas

for. brett kavanaugh has already undergone six different fbi investigations which have considered him completely competent and absolutely qualified for senior white house level positions, for a position on the d.c. circuit bench and now for the supreme court. for the democrats to say we have to delay this further for an fbi investigation is disregarding the last 20 plus years of history that's already on the record. lauren: as you noted, the fbi doesn't conduct investigations, criminal investigation intuse io nominees. in the sound bite from chuck schumer, he said how can you have a hearing with only two witnesses. let me ask you, jenna, what other witnesses, what other evidence can there be in accusations from 35, 36 years ago? what are they going to investigate? >> they really can't at this point. that's what's so interesting and frankly spurious about this type of allegations, because it was

so vague, we don't even know specific time and place. even if this were a criminal investigation, likely this wouldn't even be raised to the level of probable cause. the statute of limitations has clearly run. also, a senate confirmation hearing is not the appropriate forum to litigate and criminal allegation. brett kavanaugh is not on trial as a criminal defendant. he is a very distinguished judge who is in the middle of a confirmation hearing. and to have two witnesses like this is just absolutely ridiculous. the senate is not competent and the right forum to really litigate this kind of dispute. lauren: what is the right forum? >> the right forum is if she made the allegation 35 years ago or back in 2012 when she claimed -- the statute of limitations would still have run. if she had gone to appropriate law enforcement in the state and have them investigate it when it wasn't a convenient timing, thane would have been the appropriate timing. lauren: instead it makes its way to senator feinstein who

sits on it for six weeks when the timing is critical, when the time to get judge kavanaugh confirmed or not, certainly before the senate is out of session by the end of the year. so havyou have to be careful noo plight sizpoliticize or weaponie too movement. what do you make of these allegations with regard to sexual assault? >> it's unfortunate. i've been a criminal law prosecutor and defense attorney on both sides of the aisle in terms of sex cases. what's unfortunate is this type of politicizing undermines legitimate victims. i think the truth here is pro women, it's pro men, and it also recognizes that our founding fathers and our constitution put due process protections in place with the presumption of innocence and the burden of proof on the claimant and on the allegation. we're seeing none of that when we litigate this in the court of

public opinion and that's frankly unfair, not only the legitimate victims, but also to judge kavanaugh. lauren: jenna ellis, thank you very much for your legal expertise this morning. very helpful. thank you. >> thank you. cheryl: very interesting perspective from her on that. wow. well, new data shows that u.s. employers would rather offer more benefits than a bump in pay. lauren: what kind of benefits? tracy joins us with that answer and the other headlines making news this morning. do i get like 10 weeks vacation, tracy? >> possibly. u.s. employers are boosting benefits like bonuses and vacation time, maybe that 10 weeks, lauren, at a faster pace than salaries. you can see since 2009, bonuses and supplemental pay jumped 59%, other benefits like retirement and paid leave are also up significantly compared to wage growth at 22%. cheryl: and maybe having a nice gym is part of the company plan. we have one here, by the way.

a new commercial from papa john's is missing a pretty familiar face. lauren: that is right. papa john's continuing to distance itself further from its controversial founder with this new tv ad. >> you've heard one voice of papa john's for a long time. >> it's time you heard from all of us. lauren: the new commercial called voices of papa john's features 24 ethnically diverse workers and franchisees. this comes as the pizza chain is still dealing with the fallout of schnatter's use of a racial slur. ferrari is revving up its lineup. what can you tell us? >> they are planning to launch 15 new special edition models. they unveiled their powerful sp1 and sp2 models yesterday. they appear more like the bat mobile than a car you would

typically see on the road. they plan to launch a larger utility vehicle to compete with luxury suvs. fewer than 500 of these one seat sp1s will be sold for a rumored $1.25 million or more each. cheryl: i'm not a big car person. i don't know about you all. but i think it's a pretty cool looking vehicle. >> it is pretty cool. lauren: it better be at $1.25 million. cheryl: thank you very much. test drive. we've got a lot more come canning up. is it time to throw away some medicine, why a popular drug taken by millions of americans may be a complete waste of your time. and are the "sesame street" characters burt and earny more than just roommates. a burburt and earnie bomb shell. here are the futures, the dow is up 11, nasdaq is up 2 1/2.

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cheryl: welcome back. let's get you caught up on what's happening. taking a look at futures, it was a flat opening this morning. the dow is up 6, s&p down 1.5, nasdaq down 1.5. the final words of political

comment tate asof charleskrauth. the book is going to be released in december. a decades old theory on the impact of high cholesterol is being challenged. a new study shows that there is no evidence that bad cholesterol leads to heart disease. this is big. the findings have also proven that certain drugs used to tackle high cholesterol like statins have no benefit in preventing heart problems. the creators of "sesame street" are setting the record straight on the relationship between burt and ernie. after one of the show's writers admitted the characters are more than just friends. sesame's work shop said even though they're identified as

male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics, they remain pup pets and do not have a sexual orientation. the bert and ernie bombshell -- lauren: now i he know. cheryl: there you have it, they were gay, according to the writer. over to you. lauren: stocks rallied yesterday as investors shrugged off the latest escalation of trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies. joining me now is chief investment officer joseph stroka. joe, good morning. >> good morning, lauren. lauren: what do you make of the markets kind of saying we're going to rally today, who cares about this trade tit-for-tat and the constant retaliation between the u.s. and china? >> i don't think it was so much who cares about the trade issues, it was more of it's notice going to be as bad as it was anticipated going into the week. lauren: because the tariffs start at 1 10% and there's timeo talk? >> the time to talk is the key.

they're going to start at 10%. the administration is taking some action. then there's the trigger for january for them to go to 25%. and that gives ample room to bring everyone back to the negotiating table. lauren: what amazed me, joe, if you look at the bulk of why the dow was positive, the multinationals and trade related stocks. boeing, caterpillar 3m, utx accounted for most of the gain. what do you make of that? >> multinationals have underperformed a good portion of the year, as a group, relative to the more digital or tech names. so a little bit of relief rally there. lauren: do you see unintended consequences with the trade spat, trade war with china, in that china bulks up its own manufacturing, its own high tech

manufacturing and they can just do more for themselves? >> you know, i don't think that happens soon. one of the big issues on the table is intellectual property and key negotiating point from the us is they don't want u.s. companies to have to turn over intellectual property to chinese partners to access the market. i think if that's secured, that puts china in a least favorable position as far as being able to bulk up. lauren: how does this affect the economy? how does it shake out. you have seen some companies trying to get ahead of the tariffs by bulking up orders and getting more goods in now. that inflates the numbers. how do you see that playing out let's say in the new year. will there be a new year's hang overwhehangover when all is said done? >> there may be as far as inventories go. if we go to 25% tariffs in

january, it looks good to have stocked up. if trade gets resolved before january, then it may look like it was ill-fated to stock up in advance. lauren: what do you make of china's response to our tariffs and threatened tariffs. the way the president sees it, he's going to put all 500 plus billion of imports each year from china under tariff if he needs to. >> that's the thing. china on a dollar for dollar basis is about out of bullets. the u.s. only exports about $130 billion to china. the u.s. imports $500 billion from china. so china really can't go any further at this point. maybe their next action is to do something in the investment market with u.s. treasuries. lauren: unfortunately, we have to leave it on that key point, joe. good to see you and thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you. have a great day. cheryl: we've got a lot more coming up this morning. joe namath, deon sanders, they're the grates of football.

now they're making heavy new demands of the nfl and they're threatening to league. and then there's this, michael jordajuror,jordan, what he did e many saying he is actually a true hero. futures are completely flat, the dow is unchanged, s&p is down 1 3/4, nays dashin nasdaq is down. you're watching "fbn:am." ♪.

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lauren: some of the biggest names in the pro football hall of fame are threatening a boycott. they say they sacrificed their bodies and their minds. cheryl: now they have some pretty big demands. jared max is here with this story and i think some of the

controversy around it as well. jared: interesting story, you wonder if they're drawing a line in the sand that could extend to other sports and legends of the game. if demands are not met, a substantial group of hall famers say they will boycott future ceremonies. a letter sent to roger goodell and the heads of the player's association and football hall of fame call for all living hall of famers to get a piece of the modern day cash cow pie the nfl is. dickerson, chairman of the hall of fame board, wrote to build this game we sacrificed our bodies and minds. we believe we deserve more many we write to demand two things. health insurance and annual salary for all hall of famers, including a share of league revenue. last year $14 billion. now, while nearly every big name in the hall of fame is included on this, joe namath, deon sanders, lawrence taylor, jerry rice and kirk warner said their

name should have been attached. they say they will not boycott future induction ceremonies. eric dickerson called it a miscommunication. standing in baseball's national league division, a game of musical chairs nearly every night but not last night. >> bottom of the tenth, tied at 2, a high fly ball to left! the dodgers are going to win it on a walk-off by chris taylor! jared: the dodgers win it, they move a game and-a-half up on colorado on top of the national league west. last weekend in new jersey, a man named anthony prince made a bet on the denver broncos that was not paid for what his winning ticket said it should be. the sports book said a computer glitch produced odds of 750 to one the broncos would come back to beat the raiders. the winning rager should have paid off over $82,000.

he was told it was a glitch. as were a handful of others. he was offered $500 for tickets to future games. he refused and is pursuing legal action. michael jordan hit hard by hurricane florence, m.j. donates $2 million towards relief, $1 million to the red cross and $1 million to the carolinas hurricane florence relief fund. cheryl: i'm torn about those nfl hall of famers, jared. these guys made millions of dollars. jared: there are pensions, some have medicare and medicaid as they point out. cheryl: they want their piece? what about the lower paid current nfl players. jared: they're saying this is war it starts, let's open it up here and if there's any sport where the former players certainly should be taken care of when you look from the medical side it's in the nfl. they argue you make us into these mythological figures, you make a lot of money off of us, but there's too many of us who don't even know who we are at this point because we gave our

minds and they also blame the nfl says the commissioner, that they kept it from us purposefully. cheryl: we'll be air ago story tomorrow on the nfl and what they're doing to protect players, they're redesigning helmets. that will be tomorrow on "fbn:am." lauren: jared's sports reports are on fox news headline, 24/7, sirius xm channel 115. when we come back we're talking german car makers in hot water with the european union. we're going to london for that. ♪ - at athene, we think it's time for the financial world to stop acting the same old way. you need a partner that is willing to break free from conventional thinking. we are a different kind of financial company. we are athene, and we are driven to do more.

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lauren: german car makers are facing eu investigation for allegedly con pyring clean energy, what do you make of this latest investigation, michael? >> at the moment it's important this is just an investigation into alleged collusion of clean air technology between the big three bmw, mercedes, i think in terms it's not great, bmw in

particular and the bad publicity they received in europe, at the moments investors don't appear to be too concerned about it. have been up three days in succession but the inquiry does uncover smoking gun, we could see significant declines in german car makers in the next few months. cheryl: also trade war with china and the united states because this at the end of the day could really hurt u.s. car maker, the entire industry under threat right now. michael, thank you very much, great to have you on the show, have a great day. >> no problem, thank you. lauren: thank you for joining us, we will say good morning to dagen mcdowell, mornings with maria starts right now. dagen: good morning, ladies, i will see you shortly, i'm dagen mcdowell in for maria bartiromo, it's wednesday september 19th, your top stories at 6:00 a.m. eastern. supreme court showdown, the woman accusing brett kavanaugh

of sexually assaulting her 35 years ago now demanding full fbi investigation before she attends any congressional hearing, president trump weighing in at the white house yesterday. >> i feel so badly for him that he's going through this to be honest with you, i feel so badly for you, this is not a man that deserves this, this should have been brought to the -- it should have been brought up long ago. dagen: latest developments an how democrats are responding. trade retaliation, china slapping fresh tariffs on $60 billion worth of american goods after president trump announces new tariffs against that country yesterday. checkingchecking the market acts morning, we have a little bit of a mixed picture with s&p 50 futures slightly lower, the dow future going 2 at the moment, 184-point rally yesterday for the blue chips, so yesterday the

market shaking off those trade concerns, 10% tariff that we are putting on chinese import maybe at least until the end of the year in europe we have markets that are moving to the plus side this morning, the ftse 100 in england gaining as french and german markets. in asia overnight, markets mostly higher, nikkei, shanghai and hang seng and hong kong moving to plus side. florence's future, north carolina residents still struggling as thousands of homes and roadways remain under water, we take you there live as president trump gears up to travel to the region later this morning and survey the impact. plus, more trouble for tesla, the electric automaker revealing it is under investigation by the department of justice as founder and ceo elon musk tweeted about possibly taking the company private. all that and so much more coming up this morning, pollster and ma