the american people will know the truth. they will get the documents. they can stall all they want but in the end they get them. >> lou: it's good to have you with us. >> what am i supposed to do? go ahead and ruin this guy's life based on accusation but she should come forward. she is should have her say. >> new claims emerge against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh first accuser agrees to testify on thursday we'll have the latest on the kinches. >> 234 markets dow last week posting best week since july. up to a record high. but new u.s. tariffs on chinese goods taking effect overnight and china has canceled trade talks. u.s. stock market futures are now negative. dow down 40 points. >> we're also watching oil price as timing supply concerns push prices up over 1% taking a look at sweep crude oil up 1.46.

>> a yield on tenure treasury rising ahead of a interest rate meeting that is on wednesday yield at 3.08% now. >> europe stocks open lower. take a look, down 12. st cast 40 down 13. the german market down 47. >> sea of red today in asia only one market was open and that was a hank sang in hong kong closed down 1.6%. comcast wins weekend, but can comcast convince shareholders it did overpay. fbn:am starts right now. it is 5:01 in the morning monday the 24th of septembers. good morning everybody i'm lauren simonetti. >> i'm jerry willis in for cheryl casone.

>> great weekend early start to the week. >> in all week. so -- through thursday. >> okay. yeah getting used to the alarm clock thanks for joining us everybody. shall question get to the breaking news this morning. that is a second woman has now come forward accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct and exposed himself to her when they were at a college party. fox news's mike cantor has the very latest. >> according to a report by new yorker magazine which has not been verified, deborah are, former classmate of kavanaugh claim he exposed himself to her at a party during the 1948 academic year when he was a freshman she's asking fbi to investigate the alleged incident saying she was left aa shamed and humiliated. in response judge kavanaugh said the alleged event from are 35 years ago did not happen. people who knew me then mow this did not happen and this is a

smear i look forward to defending my good name and reputation for integrity i have spent a lifetime building against these last minute allegationings. they stand behind the supreme court nominee, the white house say ising in part, this claim is denied by all who were said to be present and wholly inking the with what many women and knew him at the time in college say. new claim surfacing days before kavanaugh and christine blasey ford set to testify before the senate is judiciary committee. >> what am i supposed to do? go ahead and ruin this guy's life based on accusation but she should come forward. e she should have her say. she will not be afforded a fair hearing. >> this is a panel of senators majority whom are republicans and -- many of whom have indicated they've made up their mind. >> in new york, mike cantor, fox news. >> meanwhile michael who

represents stormy daniels and her case against president trump saying he's representing a third woman with information regarding kavanaugh, and his friend mark judge. tweeted quote we will be demanding the opportunity to present testimony to the committee and will like wise be demanding judge and others be subpoenaed to testify. trade war between washington and bay sing intensifying new u.s. tariffs own 10% on 200 billion of chinese goods are in effect today and china retaliating with tariffs on 60 billion of imports. war goes on mike pompeo on fox news sunday speaking about the administration's goal. >> i saw how companieses were treated differently when they attempted to do business whether they were trying to sell goods into china or to purchase goods to export from china. i watched how american companies were treated unfairly. differently. different set of rules they wanted to invest in my business in kansas they could have and invest in the china chinese

supplier there i couldn't. these were unfair american people know that and president trump will fix it. >> meanwhile big headline today, beijing canceling mid-level trade talkses with the u.s. as well as a proposed visit to washington by its vice premier this week. >> well president trump is expected to discuss north korea's nuclear threat when he speaks this morning before the united nations general assembly. trump speech is also expected to include comments on iran and u.s. sanctions against the country after a the pus pulled out of the iran nuclear deal in may. >> united nations ambassador nikki haley using sharp words after the iranian president blamed u.s. in its allies for a terror attack over the weekend. >> the iranian people are protesting. every ounce of money that goes into iran goes to his military. he's oppressed his people for a long time. i think iranian poo vem had enough and that's where all of this came from. he can blame us thing he has to do is look in the mirror. >> president is vowing deadly

and unforgettable vengeance after accusing allies of attack on a military parade which killed more than two dozen people. >> we have a deal, it is monday barrick gold agreed to buy in all share merger to create the world largest gold company worth more than 18 billion dollars. they randgold and so question of to take a look at the both of the stocks this morning a down, and look at iran gold that is surge hg 5.25% in the premarket. >> big story comcast falling underneath scrutiny after winning takeover battle for sky. >> big story over the weekend we have results and tracee carrasco joins with us that and other headlines making news this morning. good to see you tracee. >> yeah comcast 38.8 billion dollar bid and a rare auction held by british regulators over the weekend. that secured control over sky.

it easily passed 21st century fox bid, however, or there are concerns on wall street that are incapable analyst craig move said it is a premium over market e evaluation of sky. shares of fox business parent century fox are up 28 pbility this year shares of comcast are lower in the premarket. there it is right now. and shares of sky are up, 50% this year. european stocks are down, but sky as a trade in europe is about 9% this morning too. let's talk about advertising giant wpp shaking things up. >> that's right wpp may be preparing to consolidate major businesses as company tries to keep up with the industry shift to dimmingal. one of the reported plans is is a merger between young and and wpp digital ad firm dml. >> oaks. all right. so big wins and big swaps at the

box office this is my favorite part of the news this morning. >> this is the best part about about monday. toking the box office this weekend -- take a look. >> the perfectly -- >> that is the house with a clock in its walls. with an estimated 26.9 million dollars in second place, thriller a simple favor brought 10.4 million closely behind in third place, predator and crazy rich are asians and michel moore's anti-republican documentary, 11 opened this weekend. but dismal 3.1 million dollars. >> okay. now we know. by the way i've been saying week of a week i want to see crazy rich asians i bought the book we have plans. you're watching i'm watching.

thanks tracee. >> i'm watching. here's the big news headline we have not gotten to today tiger woods completed best comebacks in sports history. massive crowds i watched this live. it was amazing. they swarmed tiger he couldn't get out in front of them passing by him as he approached 18th hole of the tour championshipper even have president trump cheering and tweeted during final round saying playing great. a big win could happen. very exciting. tiger had had a tap-in to seal win with everyone watching. listen. [applause] >> yeah. you look like he was going to cry through all of this i have to say. winning the tour championship at 42 years of age five years, five long years since his last -- unbelievable. congratulations. stay with with us because we have more coming up.

all eyes on andrew mccabe as republicans zero in on so-called deep state conspiracy. >> especially important now that this new crisis of confidence has arisen in the conduct of mr. rosenstein. but most importantly because we want to get to bottom of how this investigation was ever of launched in the first place -- >> we'll have new legal threat if the doj refuses to play ball and politics believe it or not, swirling into your ice cream. how founders of ben & jerry's are trying to pave a rocky road for republicans. in the midterms -- that was pretty good. i like to show you futures this morning. so last week, or on friday question saw the dow hit pits 101st record high futures giving back 32 s&p down 5, nasdaq down 27. ♪

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>> welcome back happy monday let's get you caught on on what's happening right now. futures do downside as new tariffs go into effect on 200 billion of u.s. goods. chinese goods dow down 36 points. president trump playing the blame on attorney general jeff sessions. for the recent controversy surrounding sessions second in command that's deputy attorney general rod rosenstein.

president speaking on show on wtm radio. >> it was heard by jeff sessions, i was not involved in that process because you know they go out and get their own deputies and people who work in the department. >> well comment come after "new york times" report says that rosenstein offered secretly record kftions with the president and invoke 25th amendment to move him from office. chairl of the house judiciary committee bob is threatened to subpoena the justice department if it fails to release memos written by former fbi director andrew mccabe. >> if they're not produced by tomorrow or tuesday, this week -- we are going to issue a subpoena to the justice department that expands upon the subpoena we issued earlier this year. >> according to "the new york times" mccabe documented rosenstein efforts to wiretap president trump in those memos. and a the founders of ben and jerry ice cream hoping to scoop

up democrat votes in the midterm elections with a new line of ice cream flavors. ben cohen and jerry announcing contest to come up with seven new flavors inspired by seven democratic candidates there you go. cohen and greenfield make a batch of each of the winning flavors and then raffle off pints to supporters sherry. what do you think? >> i think it's a great idea. thank you, lauren. well trade or war escalating between world two biggest economies, china retaliates with tariffs on 60 billion dollars of american goods as new u.s. tariffs on 200 billions of chinese imports goes into effect today. art hogan and manager director at bill great to see you this morning. thanks for coming on. listen, we've got the hong kong market down pretty dramatically this morning after the dow did great last week. it was the the best two weeks since february. well traders finally have to pay

attention to whews going on with these trade negotiations. >> you know it's interesting i don't think so. we have a new set of circumstances that lined up to get us used to what's going on in china. three things to think about is first and foremost if you look the what has been placed in terms of tariffs on china and it is effect on u.s. economy, it adds up to about 35 billion dollar so juxtapose that against a 18 trillion economy it is not that large yet. we also think that there are pieces of this latest round that look like we want negotiate so started at 25% instead of 10% and a don't roll over until turn of the calendar so room. but i think that's what market republican wants to set this table working this out. third thing is economy continues to be so resilient that market seems to be okay in the near tomorrow with what's going on in trade because of the fact that we've got a stronger economy so i think all of those thingses are in place to keep the market chugging along.

>> lover to see that stronger my that's for sure. listen mike pompeo this week on fox news sunday weekend on fox news sunday reiterating for your point that we might be in good position on this. listen. >> well going to get an outcome which forces china to behave in a way that if you want to be a power, global power transparency rule of law, you don't stall intellectual property, fundamental principles of trade around the world fairness, rest -- those are things president trump has told his counterpart there who he very much likes. those are the things that american people are demanding and american workers deserve. >> so china is walking away, though, and we don't have a date or for nor negotiations to continue. how important is it now you say maybe doesn't matter that much. but is it important to get back to negotiating table to finish this round of conversation? >> yeah. i think secretary pompeo brings up a good point the point everyone is forgetting at the end of the day the reason we're

driving so hard on trade is to get china to act like a developed country and world market and that's to open up their markets and, you know, halt intellectual property theft if we can get to that point my guess is we're getting north america rights. canada comes along with mexico with a map two point and not going to escalate with zone and those trade partners behind us we have a better way to negotiate you know in and around november time frame around tbrks 20 immediating with china and hear something substantial about and hear to get something accomplished with china. >> quickly we don't have a lot of time left we have markets tank right -- and the individual chinese investor had trouble here. will they go and devalue to make this all work better for them and is that bad for us? >> yeah, sure it is bad for us. they've publicly stated they're not going to devalue currency that's a a nuclear option for

them at the end of the day they want to gerkt and actually look like a developed country and global marketplace and that's probably last straw and last -- last play for them so no i don't think so that happen it is any time soon. >> thank you for that great to see you today. >> thank you. >> all right still ahead for those of us that want more elbow room when we fly, listen up lawmakers are now taking aim at the airline as and the evershrinking personal space. coming up, can you spend 30 hours in a coffin may feel like that on a airplane. the claimed contest that's raising eye browse this morning as equities end futures are down. dow 43 and nasdaq down 30. you're watching fbn:am.

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>> new claims emerge against supreme court nomineebred kavanaugh as his first accuser agrees to testify thursday. we will have latest on confirmation battle. >> dow up another 86 points on friday to a record high. >> but as new u.s. tariffs on chinese importses canceled trade talks anddown 47 and nasdaq down 29. >> take a look at oil. prices they are tightening supply pushing prices up. now up over 1%. 2% here for cruz that has important going forward. >> 3.08% is the yield on tenure treasury it is rising ahead of a widely expected federal reserve interest rate hike on wednesday. >> in europe stocks open lower take a look, the down 13, the cac 40 down 13 and dax down. and hong kong down 6. >> congress may make it a little

more comfortable fbn:am continues right now. ♪ >> 5:30 on the dot in new york. it is monday september 24th i'm lauren simonetti. >> and good morning i'm gerri willis in for cheryl casone. >> god to see everybody sprowrt nominee brett kavanaugh face new sexual misconduct allegations a yale classmate telling new yorker that during a drunken party in their freshman year kavanaugh exposed himself to her and touched her with his privates. kavanaugh adamantly denying that allegation and this comes as kavanaugh first accuser doctor christine ford agrees to testify before the senate judiciary committee on thursday although details they're still being worked out. >> made ten conditions or request for ten and gave six and not going to her determine how many to call and call ford and

then mr. kavanaugh in any other situation and hire lawyers and that's it. if they can't accept that, that means they really don't want to testify. >> where does nomination stand now? we bring in david bruno good to sew you thank you for joining us. where does it stand now? we have her testifying on thursday at 10:00 as of now. she testifies first who is asking the question? >> the senators. grassley put out a statement yesterday because there was some back and forth whether or not independent counsel would come many to ask the question. however grassley said yesterday that the senators they're constitutional duty to do so -- they will be asking is the questions -- you know this is critical margin so small in senate on this vote coming up, and now we're coming into midterm election where it couldn't be as much important because if the confirmation is not done by then, then who is going to control are the senate after the midterms and if it is the dems will they drag it out

for years. >> good yeses toipght listen to patty murray. >> i've said that anita hill hearing was a disaster but they did have an fbi investigation. they did have other witnesses there were other ways to judge this. the senate republicans have predetermined the outcome of the he said she said by taking that away. >> david how do you litigate a he said she said from 35 years ago -- and then deal with these new allegations too? >> yeah. this is wild, wild west of legal procedure here no burden of proof like a criminal or civil case. you know so comes down to credibility, and sure, this is an interesting issue. although there's a second allegation now, the question of the timing again in question just like dr. ford why come forward so long -- why not come forward earlier and why come forward now less than

50 days from an election. whaivetle did what does a proser do with late evidence like this? >> common for a sex victim not to come forward. corroborating evidence is key or for a prosecutor to have this person come forward before, it is culled a fresh compliant is there any corroborating evidence in forensics what does accuser say and eyewitnesses? so that -- that's a number of things that are prosecutor can do to corroborate. but again this is not a prosecutor presenting this case. this is to the senate and there's no real legal burden as to what has to be met for -- or for senator to be swayed. >> okay bottom line this for me does when will the senate vote on this confirmation does judge kavanaugh get to the supreme court by the new term august -- october first? pjts because of the delays if everything goes forward on thursday, we could probably expect a vote to the following week. does he -- i believe he does at the this

point. unless there's anything crazy that comes up this week. dges and a it will. you know it will. david bruno thank you very much. >> on that, for sure while federal reserve widely expected to raise interest rates for a third time this year when it meets this week but will fed pull trigger against final meeting in the year in the final month of december? let's ask scott at valley invest advisor who is joins us great to have you on the show. so looks like we have a quarter point baked in for this week wednesday, thursday, is the fed meeting another meeting in december. i think that all eyes are going to be on 2019 and what the feds says about next year. what do you see them saying will they change any language here? >> i don't know. i think that they probably want to be more aggressive to limit the expectations from the market in terms of inflation. because if you hold inflation down, it is one of the things also will hold at bay long per end of the yield curve. >> well it's interesting you

know inflation is below 2% if you look at feds preferred target right -- so you know, maybe, maybe it is going it be a slow go next year. who knows. but in the interim we know we're talking china trades and, obviously, walking away from table today we're not having kftions with him not in the near material anyway. will that influence what the fed says today or wednesday and thursday. >> i thinkst there is some impact but overall a 20 trillion economy here in the united states and we'ring looking at a difference of about somewhere in the neighborhood of -- 50 billion dollars in overall change with trade with china with these tariffs. and you have to remember you have to play the the long game with china and what's what trump administration is trying to do. >> you know, we're seeing pressure on wages building that's a major input into inflation crane operator hotel housekeepers folk arranged country asking for more money higher wages unions see leverage

with canes. is that going to be important in the feds's calculation going forward? >> that and a number of other factors if we're looking at productivity starting to improve -- that's something that offsets the wage increases that are potentially out there. the other thing you have to remember is when you start getting to point where labor is starting to take a bigger share, that's when capital investment start to increase and starts cycle where more creates more jobs which is label to allow -- wages to increase. and everyone ingas from that. >> everyone gains from that. yeah more spending by companieses more hiring great news -- i want to get you back, though, to december right we talked about what's happening this week with the fed. what do you see that's baked in the cake for a december rate hike? >> fed wants to get become to a normalized area to have more tools incase there's a downturn in the future that they're able to go into their tool box and basically be able to cut rates and spur economic growth ppg >> gust thanks for coming on the

show. >> thank you. thank you. well president trump could soon be cracking down on social media. tracee carrasco joining us now with with more on that and other headlines making news this morning. good morning, tracee. rng dpork, yes bloomberg reports that the white house is in the early stages of drafting an executive order for president president trump that would instruct federal and trust and law enforcement agencies to investigate google facebook, and other social media company practices. order if signed would take the president's battle with google, facebook, twitter, to the next level for allegedly silencing conservatives online. a white house spokesperson has said that the document is not the result of a official white house policy making process. >> keep an eye on that. but let's talk about this new bill in congress concerning airline passengers. very interesting. >> finally may be some relief for passengers protections for them but congress may be cracking down on airlines. by ordering faa to establish minimum airline seat sizes

investigate the number and size of airplane bathrooms, and come up up with new guidelines for allowing passengers to fly with their service animals so bill would block involuntary bumping of passengers who are already on the plane. >> it's about time. this is one thing i want the government to regulate. >> you like this regulation -- >> speaking of flying when you take a trip, did you -- really, you know, pay attention to the the reviews on tripadvisor? >> i want to think twice about that. be aware because a new investigation by british newspaper and "times" finds one many three tripadvisor review is fake with hotels and restaurant buying these positive reviews. and now now a uses algorithm and machine to identify this suspicious reviews. tripadvisor is disputes "times" claim. >> i wonder who wrote reviews. >> sometimes the the employee who is at the hotel and restaurants are ones behind that -- it >> something like that had to

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>> welcome back to fbn:am let's get you caught up checking u.s. futureses looking at stocks all down today down 40. s&p 500 down 5 nasdaq down 29. iran is blaming saudi arabia in the u.s. for the deadly terrorist attack on a military parade. that left 2-9d people dead and more than 70 injured. iran's president rouhani says foreign militants backed by u.s. in saudi arabia are responsible for the attack and will face, quote, deadly and unforgettable revenge in the the future. >> and according to largest point in over a decade average price for gnaw car came in at 39,000 that's all-time high forcing customers to buy or kas from used car websites and lots. the spike in price attributed to

increase popularity of bigger vehicles with more advanced technology. and listen to this. six flag wants to test your daring, the theme park in missouri is holding competition inviting brave guests to stay in a coffin for 30 straight is hours as part of their annual halloween fright fest and provided and drink with with and a six minute bathroom break every hour. people who complete the challenge will receive 6 flags season passes and be entered to win a $300 prize. not doing it. i don't know about you. >> me neither. >> good way to put it voter support for brett kavanaugh supreme court or is weakening. check this out a new fox news poll shows a record 50% of votes oppose him that's up from 46% last month. 40% would confirm judge kavanaugh what does this mean for midterms is the question we ask we bring in howard franklin

and the creator of make america great again etf also found ire of point bridge capital. gentlemen, good morning. >> good morning. >> hal i want to start request you here. how the gop handles this is a defining moment, no? >> absolutely. i think if they don't confirm judge kavanaugh, it is beginning to be very negative for republicans in the midterms i think they lose the house. that i think potentially go from picking up seats in the senate to actually losing the senate. so the base heavily support kavanaugh and senator feinstein is politicized this issue she held, secretly held this letter for weeks and weeks and spring it is out at the last minute now stalled out process which is exactly what they wanted. and i think it is up to a very negative precedent forward for future supreme court nominations because this could happen going forward all of the time every time they're right before a vote, someone could spripg out allegation against somebody, and cause a delay and cause that person reputation to be hurt forever. and so i think it is a very negative thing. and if you look at what's happened to judge kavanaugh this

happened when he was up for the u.s. -- appellate court in the district. he's nomination was stalled out for three years in appellate court and this allegation never came forward during that time. so this is very political, and it is, obviously, going to be a negative for republicans they don't get him confirmed. enings one of the issues howard let me bring you in here is that more women believe christine blassy ford and suburban more believe her latest poll from fox news shows 38% of women believing dr. ford. what do you make of that? that trump -- that team trump essentially has a problem with women and that could be a -- shown in the midterms. >> absolutely. i think -- well for a number of reasons women l believe that dr. ford, obviously, this is a credible allegation or the senate wouldn't be taking it in and committee wouldn't be taking it serious sly but i think women know and i think men know as well after the the admin of the me too movement to up to -- you know up end one's life to

make this to family and friends, to deal with all that happens in their office and invite threats of bodily harm is a very serious thing to consider. it is from what we've been -- reported it is not so much that senator feinstein withheld letter but from with request wasn't to keep it confidential but it sounds like it is credible thus far and find out on thursday. >> hal, how should much should republicans support their nominee? and it's -- if he is withdrawn or doesn't get confirmed do you think republicans will fit out and not go to polls because they don't think they can get anything done? is that a risk? >> that is a high risk and exactly what democrats have tried to do here. so no i do think it is very difficult. it is a difficult situation. she is going to be heard. i think that poll will see what happens after we hear her testify. if she does, and we'll see what happens after judge kavanaugh

comes back before the committee but i think the credibility at that point will be looked at on both sides and people have to make a decision. i suspect people will see judge calf kavanaugh a great justice and decent man his whole life and allegations it is not surprising more allegations coming out now because that's of course a pattern that would happen. anybody can say anything -- for 35 years, it is a he said, she said it is very difficult to prove either way. >> i would like to give you final thoughts here. >> sure i think, obviously, the poll numbers that we've seen thus far from most recent poll are going to be going in the wrong direction for judge kavanaugh. i don't imagine that new accusers with more credible threats will bode well for him or for senate committees i imagine this -- nomination very well may be derailed. >> howard franklin we appreciate you. thank you. interesting stuff. coming up in sports everybody loves a comeback. >> i just didn't know if i could, you know, piece together --

but somehow able to do that and here we are. [laughter] >> we'll have the highlights of tiger big win and football in san francisco 49ers, preparing for the worst after their quarterback injured his knee in a loss to the kansas city chiefs. taking a look odd markets the dow down 48. you are watching fbn:am.

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by a mob of fans and almost overtook him and tiger first win since underwent four separate back surgeries he spoke about sport he received from fellow golfers. >> they've really helped throughout this press and last few year. their support and what, you know, some of things that they said you know come off -- meant a lot to me. >> no one gave the detroit lions chance against new england patriots, butst that a -- why they play the game. it's -- a first one for lion coach matt former assistant bill belichick and staph ford cleated 37 passes for 362 yrdz and two touchdowns leaving lions to a 2610 win but a dev sate loss for san francisco 49ers with five minutes left in the game

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>> comcast being 21st industry fox broadcaster sky over 38 billion 21st century fox is parent company, and chris is chief market analyst at ig group and i have two questions for you chris how does comcast convince shareholders they're not paying too much because arguably they are and two what happens, two for you. to fox 39% ownership?

all yours. >> good morning, yes you convince investors say you can cut cost tousle sway e low this. so you'll see cost and maybe some price increases but given the balance nature of the market with amazon and competitor they have a harder job to increase prices. second question, what they do -- that bid, level what they've made quite a bit on that -- money over the past year or so. chris is they look to having a chunk of comcast that's the the oh big at this point and time but interesting to watch being resolved. >> so other topic britain labor party to include a new brexit vote. how can prime minister theresa may stay in office? and is this a big setback for her? >> the big setback comes last week with failure to the check and resolution is that at the moment it is not concrete if she can get past conference season

two weeks time age set out maybe new negotiating plans to push on that october deadline. she may survive and theresa may haven't been best, and despite problems she's faced she is still there. she is in charge of negotiations which means i still think you'll see her with a deal at least by next year in key deadline. >> ten seconds chris what's the biggest mover to where you are today? >> what story -- trade, is it -- [inaudible conversations] >> that's oil prices moving higher i think that's something to watch out for. >> all right. chris, thank you. >> now it is time for mornings with maria we're going to toss right over to maria bartiromo good morning. >> hi good morning to maria: happy monday, good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo, top stories before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. putting america first. the united nations general assembly getting underway this morning national security adviser john bolton previewed president trump's agenda yesterday with me on sunday

morning futures. >> ic he's got a couple of major possibilities really to help illuminate for the american people what america's place in the world is. the president will have a chance to show the international agenda is and how active he has been in areas. maria: we will take a look at top issues this morning straight ahead. rising trade tensions meanwhile u.s. and chinese tariffs going into effect today, china is now accusing the u.s. of being a trade bully. futures this morning reacting, take a look at markets, lower this morning, dow industrials set to be down 50 points right at the beat this morning, fractional move lower, s&p 50 down a quarter of a percent and nasdaq with 31-point decline. this after mixed performances on friday, on friday dow closed at all-time high with 86-point move upward. in europe this morning, markets are showing similar uncertainty, ftse down a third of a percent. 21 points, cac quarante down a

quarter percent. 14 points lower, dax in germany down 250 points almost half a percent. most markets in asia closed overnight for holidays but stocks were lower the hong kong, down one and two-thirds in hang seng index. confirmation controversy accelerating, hours after christine blasey ford reaches deal to testify upcoming thursday a second woman has come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the fallout this morning right here coming up. a new warning from google ceo keep politics out of the office, memo to employees reportedly saying that they'll be consequence ifs politics get in the way of work. tieing e woods back on top, winning first tournament in five years, have all the highlights, all coming up. all the stories this monday morning and joining me to break it all down dagen mcdowell, mitch roschelle and the president