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driving car. i trust my driving over any computer. the highly anticipated fbi report in the case for judge brett kavanaugh. they treated out this morning that that report has been sent to the senate possibly paving the way for a vote on nomination. despite protests from democrats. this is breaking overnight. see mack as. >> is senator mitch mcconnell has ended a debate on the supreme court nomination. it sets up up at potential confirmation vote for saturday. they are voicing their frustrations with the fbi investigation. the disapproval comes as a fox news learns fox news learns of

the white house has not requested the fbi interview brett kavanaugh. relying on the testimonies provided during the hearing in front of the judiciary committee. they are responding in part last week's hearing is no substitute for fbi interviews. and asking mother restrictions has the white house placed on the fbi. renewing the demand to see notes from the therapy session. or audio or video from it pollyanna graph. if and when she is interviewed by the fbi. it is the best i can on this circumstance. the company -- in the confirmation hinges on those findings. i asked for the fbi. to reopen. i'm going to evaluate that.

when i have a chance to see it. >> i'm just looking at the human side of it also. and the top two senators on the judiciary committee. they are expected to start reviewing the fbi investigation into sexual assault claims against judge cavanaugh this morning. those that are on that committee. it won't leak to the press. standby for big news on that. this is can be interesting. it set to take a shot at china today. he is going to be outlining the u.s. a policy towards china. he is expected to accuse beijing of trying to undermine present trump as that trade war intensifies between the two nations. china is trying to metal and

midterm elections. we found that china has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 elections. coming up in november. against my administration. the president is going to be heading to rochester minnesota today to hold that rally. >> barnes and noble stocks soared yesterday. after they said it is exploring strategic alternatives. in addition to others the board said in a pointed a special committee to view the

off first. competition really is tight here. ebay is accusing the sales reps. they sent a cease and desist letter to amazon to stop this recruiting practice. they claim that amazon has violated the comprehensive computer data. i heart media is stirring the pot. with the latest investment. they have made a deal to invest up to $10 million in and the publisher of marijuana magazine. it goes with about a 5% stake.

eleven or 12 states down. thank you very much. the yield on the benchmark treasury jumping to 3.2%. it's at the highest level over seven years. she joins us now. the ten year yield. as a sign that is a sign of a strong economy. at what point does the fed start hiking rates too much that hurts the economy. that's a great question. the fed does not have a choice. we've have the lowest interest rates for the longest time in american history.

now we are seeing an alternative. we are starting to see that. things are going to get tighter for corporations. i can actually get some of that done with all of the risk of the equity market. at what point are higher rates a threat to growth rather than a testament to growth. a delicate balance. i do think that any time we are starting to see yield creep up from where they been and they been historically soloed for so long. they are guinness are adjusting and saying this is gonna be more expensive for us. if you look at the services sector. we have that gauge from ism. twenty-one year high. every sector in this report says we are growing we are hiring more workers. we are confident. then we have a report on private payroll.

of course we get the government's number for the month of september tomorrow. we do expect to have higher numbers. the economy is doing very well. it's kind of a catch 22. it starts to do so while and then they want to say inflation is a concern. and then they pull back. those were forecasted next year. we expect things to be going to a more expensive at level. and prices are can have to adjust accordingly. we will see how it shakes out. for the holidays and cheryl well have a segment coming up about any fault lines. it's so good to see you.

we've a lot more coming up this morning. honda is teaming up. but can they finally convince americans that self driving cars are the way to go. in the man expected to send poison to the president is behind bars and taking a look at futures what they were just talking about. worries about the economy and interest rates. it's kind of putting some pressure on the futures market. you're watching fbn:am. stay at . where we're changing with contemporary make-overs. then, use the ultimate power handshake, the upper hander with a double palm grab. who has the upper hand now? start winning today. book now at lq.com.

>> big breaking news in the auto sector. honda and vesting $2.75 billion in gm self driving cars. they are joining the autonomous vehicle spending spree joining us now for more on the self driving revolution. good morning. let's start with the big breaking news with gm and honda. it looks like gm made a pretty smart move by buying that in pushing through. into that self driving space.

two years ago when they did this. the headline was a billion dollars and some were kind of scratching their head may be thinking that gm overpaid. but flash forward two years later. with this money from honda. in a soft pink. which they got a few months ago they are now valued at $14.6 billion. again, that's almost a $3 billion they're putting into it. honda really kind of gave those two companies had been in discussion about this. it has spent years and years trying to figure out a way to partner with auto companies around the globe they had been

using chrysler advance. and they have a deal to buy jaguar suvs. and in 2016. they announced a deal to talk about the deal but nothing has come of that just yet. that no car company can go it alone and self driving technology. but no a software company software company can go it alone. they also just announced a major deal. >> just a few hours ago. essentially thinking about what can the services are you get a run in your self driving vehicle. the imagine perhaps these vehicles will become offices or places where doctors can have services for the elderly. and stuff like that. envisioned a pizza hut delivery it's pizza fresh at the door. let's talk about the softbank

toyota. they are looking for an autonomous vehicle that would operate like that. that might be kind of where americans feel more safe and self driving automobiles. kind canvas shuttle type situation. is that correct? slower speed and maybe some different kids of concepts. rather something you use in the community or perhaps in a commercial setting. they don't quite know what to make of autonomous vehicles. especially after some crashes earlier this year. fatal crash of a goober test vehicle. tesla vehicles had been having several crashes. >> this last survey.

is that 45% said that they would be safer if all vehicles were fully autonomous. it was 63% two years ago. were actually losing at and self driving cars. until you been in that you don't really know about it. they did have the issue. that issue. and tesla has have some problems. it's all evolving. thank you for getting up early or staying up late in san francisco for us. >> is still ahead. how the company is encouraging them to stay through the peak holiday shipping season. 8,000 gallons of sparkling wine just went down the drain. when i can assure to you now. what happened to the per sec zero yesterday we came in at the high within 50 points and

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>> let's get you cut up what's happening right now. futures are down significantly. they're down 110 points. nasdaq down 149. when officers has been killed. after a two hour standoff in florence south carolina. they were serving a warrant when the suspect opened fire from inside the house.

he recently celebrated at 30 years with the florence police department. the shooter is now in custody. the former navy veteran has been arrested for sending poisoned envelope to the pentagon. :-) right there in the mug shot. admitted to posting castor seeds which are used to make the deadly poison. i'm with the busy holiday season right around the corner fedex is trying to hold on to its employees. as an incentive to stay on the job. that is not including bonuses. this is all about keeping the talent and the people.

that is good news. coming up next. the fbi reports that brett cavanagh is out. they have additional questions for either one of them and they have a time and an opportunity certainly to ask those. if you are one of the 50 million people affected by the latest attack. the company may have to pay you big bucks taking a look at futures. concerns about borrowing costs. you're watching fbn:am.

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>> this evening the process can move forward. the results are in. mitch mcconnell is pressing ahead with the vote to confirm brett kavanaugh they get set to see the next fbi report on allegations. another record yesterday. we are 172 points away from 27,000. and a lot of this. on the heels of the treasury financials getting a left. they are crossing 3.2 percent. there it is right now. and concerns about those rising rates hitting futures this morning. the s&p down 15. the europe has stocks opening there. more of a global selloff. everything is in the red.

it's down half a%. they're down just about 2%. bernie sanders is at it again. he wants to tear apart the big banks. we continue right now. we are coming up on 5:30 a.m. here in new york. good morning i'm cheryl casone. >> good morning everyone i'm lorne somebody. that is the white house. it has received the investigations into sexual assault charges against brett cavanagh. it has been sent to the senate and administration officials say they are confident that there is nothing in it that will stop judging kavanaugh for me and confirm to the supreme court. but the democrats their

argument is focused on the fact that kavanaugh and dr. ford were not again independently interviewed by the fbi. but in my view we already have sworn testimony on the record. the need to go back and conduct that whole interview might not be necessary. if we see the report and there's something that needs to be followed up on based on new evidence that was collected. maybe go back and ask for more. the fact that they were not interviewed by the fbi at this moment does not necessarily impact the credibility of that report. the argument does not hold water. >> the deputy white house spokesperson said look, over 1200 questions have been answered for the record. half a million pages of documents we did an

investigation. this is our seventh when we looked into judge cavanagh. do you see that they've asked for the polygraph information. the notes that they gave it to her. if we don't get that. what is the point of talking to dr. ford. i think what her testimony that came in on the record. answered a lot of the questions that would be asked. we know the answers. many of those questions she does not have an answer too. you're absolutely right. without the polygraph results. or a video. where the doctors notes. if those are going to be turned over. the testimony is really enough to start an springboard of the investigation. we are expecting a confirmation vote this weekend. of course you have a trio of holdouts here. there is a chance that a democratic senator and it red state that they vote for him. this is can be a nailbiter and

if judge cavanagh is confirmed 35 years in the senate. this will be the biggest victory of his life. we are looking to be sitting with bated breath to see what happens here because again, the whole issue comes down to credibility. each senator is can have to make that assessment. the three senators and the republican side. we don't really know which way they can ago at this point. i'm not surprised about the white house conclusion that there is nothing to cooperate these allegations. i did not expect a smoking gun to come out in the context of this investigation. we will see what happens when it comes down to the confirmation hearing. >> thank you. the central bank raised interest rates by a quarter point yesterday. he sees no need to drop the gradual approach.

let's bring in mitch rochelle. good morning cheryl. let's talk about this. it seems like it's a double whammy. the mortgage rates have jumped in the last few weeks. the interest rates on should be concerned about the economy and the consumer. if you look at how interest rates have gone up over the course of the last year. that's about $100 per month. that second a slow down slow down the economy. the bigger issue with housing as prices are going up. that's probably a bigger issue for housing.

if i look at it from a consumer perspective credit card debt is going up. and other forms of debt it will be a drag that we can see over time. let's move on to the trade war. they have tariffs on them now. those prices are going to be going up. does that were you. there has to be a reason why i don't sleep at night. i do think so. we are entering the holiday season. so much of the stuff that is bought for kids and all american consumers is imported. and a lot of that stuff is from china. we will see it and companies had been very clear. there get up past -- passes. in fact of the the book they came out with the last quarter

commented on the fact that this could be a drag on the economy. the increased input cost that business and consumers are paying. we talk about what their pain at the store. you oil about 76 and change. while at 7624. >> if you talk to traders and there's been a lot of talk about this they are betting on hundred dollar barrel oil. that's because of the sanctions on iran. there are some distribution challenges. all of that can be a tax on business and if you have all of the things and you add them up. they become inflationary. it is the fed worried about

inflation if it goes above that magic 2% level that they're trying to hold at. they begin to raise rates more and then we get into the spiraling effect. the key meeting is can beat the december meeting. that's starting to creep up in the feds future market. no problem cheryl. >> as senator is cooking up another radical plan this time to possibly break up the big banks. good morning tracy. they have a total exposure of greater than 3% of growth.

it's about $584 million to break up. six banks and four non- banks would have to split up. they believe no financial institution should be so large that its failure would cause catastrophic risk 2 million of americans. she was not successful. just pointing that out. tesla's work environment is being scrutinized again. we print a lot about this. they are now facing allegations that the foreign workers at the california assembly plan work launch shifts that violated the forced labor laws and were threatened with deportation if they reported an injury. they had rolled that that two cases against them will now move to trial. it investigated the claims and broke ties with a subcontractor for this alleged behavior. victims of the recent facebook

app. i hear there is a catch here. there is a big catch. one of the 50 million facebook users affected by the recent hack used could be out up to $8,000 in competition -- compensation. damages could run into that thousands. the story is tough to watch. they have something to whine about. take a look at this. they are sending a river of per sec out cascading over the sides. it lost over $8,000 of per seco.

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>> let me get you caught up on what is happening now. the higher interest rates down 116. they are offering voluntary payout packages. a quarter of the entire workforce. and to upgrade to a faster 5g network. a democratic congressional intern being charged with posting the personal information online.

cosco previously interned. this time a drunk lift driver mowing down pedestrians on a sidewalk. it all happens by outside a popular hollywood nightclub. nobody was seriously injured. the driver has been arrested on drunk driving charges. and that is it seeing you don't want to witness. certainly not warranted. this is what we will be witnessing and 33 days. we talk about the possible wave in the house. the sun is now in focus. and typically read arizona. they top republican challenger market mcnally by two points. let's break all of this down.

in the republican strategist. i want to start with you. we have not had a republican senator since 1988 why are the democrats so focused on turning the seat the national party there is a number of reasons. she is doing really well among veterans. as well as seniors as well. and it's important seat for us to get because we have a lot of issues that are writing on whether or not the senate is in the democratic hand. we are focusing on this is can be a good race for it. they have a tight hold on the senate right now. why has this race taken on national importance.

the democrats know that if they have any chance to flip the senate majority it goes through nevada and arizona. and literally the firewall race to make sure that elizabeth warren and all of their friends are not in charge come january. that's why this is so high consequence not just for arizona and the country. >> justin, does she have a point here. >> she does but overall i don't think that the senate is in dire jeopardy of going democratic. i think frankly yes. in arizona. it's too close to call. there's no question about that. other way says -- races compensate for that. there could be ones that go republican. they would be more reliably

democratic. i don't think they lose the senate. and the polling was really interesting. it revealed a heightened public enthusiasm. i think that's what really drives the election for this. the reason i wanted to point out arizona is because there has not been a democratic senator since 1988. alas a lot of it is national money. they're not trying to make any mistakes. i want to talk about marsha blackburn. she's a congresswoman obviously. nashville mayor and if you look at the local politics. they actually have a lot of support from a local level do you think that's enough. even though he is trailing at the polls. i think it does. and the fact that they are

trailing by five points. it's a big point to make your. he has a great brand. he is known for being above the fray of politics and running on issues that tennesseans care about. >> they have a recent debate. in the the action made a bit of a mistake. and if he actually knew the research. he has not given any money to that. it was actually a fallacy. she went after planned parenthood. does that hurt her with the female in tennessee. it could. five points is significant but is not so far of a delta to be comfortable. i do think there is an overarching intensity and an increase of support and i

think this shows itself in tennessee. i believe, that the candidate would be able to surround those items. will see if it is enough to push blackburn into senator corker's seat. from politics to sports that's what we had coming up. they slam up 440-yard homer. but was that enough. to put them in the playoffs. it can accost tom wilson some pretty big bucks. they strike above 2.2 percent. [music] too cold for camping?

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>> the new york yankees lived up to their nickname as the bronx bombers. so the yanks and the red sox. and knock their socks off. but first they have to win the american wild card game. the second batter of the night alan judge helped make sure it would happen. two-zero yankees. all the way to the sixth when they score four runs.

it hits an eighth inning home run. they beat the athletics seven-two. tomorrow at fenway park. the national league division series begins tonight in milwaukee. the brewers will be playing host to the colorado rockies. best-of-five series begins in la just after 8:30 eastern. one day after the chicago cubs were eliminated. addison russell accepted a 40 game suspension by major league baseball retroactive to september 21 at this for violating the domestic violence policy. he's already served 11 games. the cubs is said that joe maddon will return. the epic executive vp. a team record. i guess we will still see that in the seinfeld reef runs. it's thursday night football on fox. they are paid favorite at home.

even with rob gutkowski questionable. >> is really sad story. cj fuller has died. cause of death is unknown. the coach said his deepest control dolan says. they raise the stanley cup beginner. the washington capitals last night raised it. they would put the stanley cup away and then go to work. one of six to score in the seven-zero shutout. washington's tom wilson was suspended 20 games for a blind side hit on sunday against the blues. it will cost him $1.62 million in salary. if you hit something like that on the street. you probably pay a lot more in a civil suit. and you might end up behind bars. thank you so much.

and coming up interest rates are spiking. sharply higher here in the u.s. but what is that mean for global markets. we will get the biggest picture when we come back. where we're changing with contemporary make-overs. then, use the ultimate power handshake, the upper hander with a double palm grab. who has the upper hand now? start winning today. book now at lq.com.

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the big story today is the interest rates as they spike sharply in the u.s. scott, love the shirt this morning. it's above 3.2 percent. what is the impact where you are. deaden the games yesterday. and it kind of slowed over the globe already this morning. is kind of caught that. i think when i really read the story are sought unfold last night. this is the first time we've been about 3.2 percent. what the heck were we doing at 3.2%. things were so bad back then. we are actually on her way down. we're all kind of getting

better than they had been before. i think it's all healthy. they are going at each other. is it about to be the new grace. >> italy is so much bigger than greece. just leave it to the italians. we are arguing about percentage points. they were looking for 2.4 percent. what are we really arguing about. it's really not about that big a deal. when we have our own currency we could probably do a much better job. and that's where the markets not really the percentage. coming up with something better. it's time for some maria

bartiromo this morning. ladies we will see both in a few minutes. good morning everybody. i think you for joining us. your top stories right now just before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. the report is in the white house and senate judiciary committee receiving at the results of the fbi investigation into the allegations against the supreme court nominee judge brett cavanaugh. they are doubling down on the rhetoric. >> the president was stating the facts. they were stating facts given during and the testimony. in the senate has to make a decision based on this fax. investors are watching treasury yields this morning. the strong eight bp numbers. driving into a new seven-year high. that has stocks lower this morning. take a look at a kid -- equities right now.

they are down 114 points. thomas one half almost one half of 1%. in two thirds of 1%. just after another record day yesterday. is picking up 54 points on all time high. the s&p was higher as was the nasdaq. with the third of a% moving higher at the close. this morning in europe they were lower there as well. the dax index in germany done one half of 1%. now this. tragedy in south carolina. seven police officer shot. one of them dying from his injuries.