reunion, are we in for smores, hugh? >> let's do it. liz: hugh johnson, bob doll, what has to be the most volatile week i've seen in decades. crazy week as we close it out. [closing bell rings]. that will do it for the "claman countdown. thanks for hanging in there with us. time for "after the bell." melissa: wall street and suspect is identified. authorities arresting cesar sayoc of aventura, florida. the 56-year-old faces five federal charges, up to 48 years in prison in connection with the explosive devices were sent across the country. but the fbi investigation remains on going. we have latest details. first we want to tell you about the market, the dow ending rock and roll volatile week in the red. closing down 299 points, off the lows of the session amazingly. melissa francis a this is "after the bell." happy friday, my friend. connell: good news.

connell mcshane, good to be with you again. wall street reacting to some reports we brought to you yesterday on's show. disappointing sales and nasdaq, more than 2% drop. s&p came off the lows, dipped into correction territory. nicole petallides, floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole? >> we're down 21 points. they didn't feel like that had legs. maybe covering happening. others are buying dips. finding some stocks they like at even better prices. look at the dow down 298 points at lowest point, down 539 points. we did see a selloff happening. seeing off the lows, amazon and

google, reports coming out from the two big tech giants. we saw selling happening on both of those companies. guidance on many companies going into 2019. tell you traders, where will be the risk appetite? when will people step back in. if you loved it at certain level, maybe you like it even more. there is a cautionary tone. others are moving for cash, waiting for midterm elections. alphabet google well off the lows, down 1.% 8% at the closing bell. can see home depot down almost 4%. we also noted for the week, dow, s&p, nasdaq have been under pressure. dow down 3%. s&p 4%. s&p roughly 4%. big picture, the dow on pace for the worst month since may of

2010. it has been a tough environment. people are more defensive. again, not panic. just going one day at a time. back to you. connell: nicole, go to the market panel, talk about that. jack hough is here today from "barron's," senior editor there. john layfield joins us, layfield report and fox news contributor. welcome to you both. so nicole, went through it there. it was, it is a rough week. it was a terrible month for stocks, and it was kind of an interesting, john, volatile day. what does it all mean? where are we in all of this, do you think? >> i think we'll see a lot more volatility. we saw gdp number. the number is very good. the economy is under fire. we have geopolitical concerns added to the volatility with potential magnitsky act against saudi arabia, certainly saudi arabia officials. a terror war looking to -- tariff war looking to upgrade at against china. there are a lot of external factors right now influencing the market, not necessarily

economic fundamentals. because economic fundamentals are very strong. connell: we saw that with the gdp report, 3 1/2% annual growth. concerns that john brought up, especially tariff concerns worked their way into it as well. what do you take away, not just from today or talk about that volatility if you want a little bit but from what we saw this month here in october, jack? >> to me it is very simple. i'm supposed to tell investors don't panic, stay the course. go ahead. you have permission to panic a little bit. do it in controlled fashion. forget about tariffs, gdp, all these things, look at 2% in bank savings accounts. investors haven't seen anything in 10 years. suddenly 2% and will be 3% in a year. the better we say the economy is. more certain savings rates will climb. eventually more people with money in stocks. you know what? i will put a little cash on

sidelines. connell: right. >> do soul-searching. if you're one person doing panic selling in the downturn, take a little bit off the table. put it in savings. connell: jack and john are sticking around. but the other big story now. melissa. melissa: details about the suspect involved in the bomb scares nationwide as authorities currently looking into a 14th suspicious package. fox business's edward lawrence live in d.c. with the latest. edward? reporter: he was known to police for prior arrest of burglary and battery and making tariffsic threats. authorities identified him as 56-year-old cesar sayoc, from aventura, florida. he was possibly living in his van. he was charged with mailing explosives, threaten a president and assaulting officers. he faces 48 years in prison.

fbi director christopher wray said it was evidence in the lab that led them to sayoc. >> they uncover ad latent fingerprint from one of the envelopes containing an ied that had been sent to congresswoman maxine waters. we have confirmed this from time to time is that of cesar sayoc. reporter: further dna evidence came off a package to president obama. sayoc has been charged with connection with 13 known devices as it stands. the another one 14th possible device sent to kamala harris and tom steyer, a democratic supporter or donor. sayoc was taken in custody in plantation, florida. he was at an auto parts store there. president trump talked about the investigation. he said it was utmost priority

to the justice department. >> political violence is antithetical to our vigorous system to self-government. reporter: the van the man drove was plastered with president trump stickers and picture of hillary clinton in the cross-hairs of a rifle. attorney general jeff sessions says there is no place for this kind of violence. melissa: absolutely. thank you for that. economy is still growing. third quarter gdp coming in at 3.5%, beating expectations. steve forbes, forbes media chairman. what did you think of this report? >> the report was a good one across the board. investment i think will go up once we get trade worries out of the way. the inventories bounced back from the second quarter. overall very solid. nothing to shed tears here. the fact the market tumbled on it, the market is worried about the future. not what is happening in the present. melissa: poke a few holes,

higher borrowing costs had a impact on car buying and housing costs. those are purchases people were more reluctant to make in this report. >> but they have been buying elsewhere. consumer outlays were big driver. people's patterns may change but spending still going upward. melissa: although we don't want everybody to spend too much. i always get nervous when you say that. >> not if you're retailer. melissa: yeah, right. there you go. moving into the next quarter do you think they keep up this rate? when various white house spokespeople out during the day, they were a little bit more shy about the future i would characterize it? >> well, because the future does have uncertainty. you have the whole thing about trade. that is hurting investment decisions because people don't know what the rules of the road are. so he, yeah, always good to be a little cautious but i think the fourth quarter will come in above 3%. that will be first time since egyptian times we had 3/4 of

three plus percent. melissa: exactly. why do you think market is so nervous? supposed to be forecasting the future. makes it seem like the future is rosy. seems like there is a disconnect there? >> the markets are wobbly, primarily because we may have a worsening trade fight with china. the tariffs are supposed to go up by the end of the year. that will raise costs and really squeezes profit margins. so businesses are starting to be impacted by that, they don't see end in sight. if you have had rumblings especially president trump meets with president xi next month of the you hear rumblings something may be at work in the deal. market turns quickly upward. melissa: there was a resolution of the deals here in north america with mexico and canada. doesn't seem like that had big impact? >> that is already priced in the market. those deals were in the making several weeks ago. now they're just putting ribbons on it. but that is already done. people worry what will happen with china. the deals there, the uncertainty

there is more, is bigger than mexico and canada. china is $500 billion of a product coming in, with over 150 billion of u.s. going there. moreover, you have very sophisticated supply chains that could be disrupted. so getting whole nafta thing out of the way, very good. that sent the market tumbling last february. we forget in february we had a couple days where the market went down 1000 points. melissa: yeah. >> the market is wobbly because they don't know how the china thing will play out yet. melissa: very sensitive to earnings. the market wasn't rewarding good earnings. taking a tough eye to guidance. >> markets, that is actually a good thing, melissa, market still climbing walls of worry. markets may factor in, congress, congressional elections may not go very well in the house. that means we'll not get a tax cut next year. melissa: do you really think it is that black and white? as we with the last presidential

election, we saw presidential election, whether you like him or not it hadding to to do with better forecasting better growth, regular less regulation, fewer tax, you think the holds same true of the parties? >> in terms if the house of representatives retains house, with gains in the senate, you will not get no more block ans to deregulation, but also prospect after real tax cut next year, in anticipation of paving way for 2020 presidential election. house will have enormous impact on expectations. melissa: steve forbes, thank you. >> thank you. connell: all right, let's try to connect all of this. bring back our panel, talk about how the declines in markets, volatile that we've seen might impact those midterm elections. jack, kind of the opposite what steve and melissa were just talking about in terms of how the midterms might impact markets. what about, you know, as we look at things, what do you think is

the connection between the two right now? might the gop be hurt by the declines in stocks that we're now reporting on? >> i think average investor out there isn't sitting there like us, minute by minute talking about, hey, what is latest gdp report? what went on, during the third hour of trading today. the average person looks at statement at end of the month, they feel pretty good -- connell: not this month. >> value of houses. connell: maybe overall. >> feel good about the unemployment rates. average voter feels pretty good about the economy. that is biggest thing for republicans going into the election. connell: this month, if they look at monthly statement, you're talking about the overall statement, this month is actually, sometimes we overdo it, john, with these superlatives. this is the worst month since october of '08, dow, s&p, nasdaq. anything worse since '08 it will be pretty bad and it was. is there a political impact in your view from that? >> i think there will be a slight political impact. i agree with my friend jack on

this, market volatility will not affect midterms. 3.7% number will affect it much more, lowest unemployment in 50 years. that affects more average consumer out there. connell: okay. >> i don't think market volatility necessarily affects that. people out there not in the market or look at what the market has done since the president -- connell: john, real quick. what about the reverse, that steve forbes was mentioning? there is controversy about that this week, larry kudlow comments, what have you. whether or not the trading we're seeing is related to the midterms as opposed toed the effect of opposite way we're talking about, john? >> there is rumor on wall street that china is significantly trying to impact trading on wall street right now by selling stocks. it is also trying to influence the debt market by the way they buy and sell treasurys by raising interest rates because they want a stalemate in congress next year with at least the democrats taking the house. there could be something to that.

overall investors and consumers vote with the pocketbook. history says the republicans get beat and beaten badly. i'm not sure if it is different this time. i think you have angst against both parties. i think people don't like democrats or republicans. i think they will vote with their wallet. connell: nobody likes anything. melissa: sure. connell: have a good weekend, john. melissa: how do you have a good weekened if you don't like anything. connell: maybe if you're a good person in general. melissa: what we know about the suspect behind the suspicious packages sent to prominent political figures across the nation. the fbi saying that the investigation is still ongoing and that other packages could be out there. pat brosnan, former nypd detective joins us next. connell: president trump getting ready to leave the white house. he is leaving this hour from what we understand for a campaign rally in north carolina. speaking of midterms. we'll bring you the latest comments meantime on the story melissa just mentioned,

suspect's arrest. what we can expect to hear from him tonight as well. more from him in a moment.

connell: we arrived at some potential answers as police made this arrest of cesar sayoc in connection with a string of at least 13 suspicious packages sent to prominent democrats across the country. fox news correspondent jacqui heinrich in midtown manhattan with the latest. jacqui. reporter: connell in midtown this morning a massive police response prompting evacuations. 14 confirmed packages across the country, latest one happening in california, five happened here in new york. this latest package, addressed to james clapper is the second mail bomb directed to cnn's address. on wednesday another package sent to cnn intended for former

cia director john brennan. at 6:00 a worker saw it looked similar to other,. revealed a pipe bomb. the because the postal service doesn't have the apparatus to scan every single for explosives, the response after this person found the package was swift. >> once we were notified about the device, we put a frozen zone in place. we evacuated a couple of residents as well as the educational facility right across the street, as well as the post office. reporter: that package was taken in a total containment vessel to rodman's neck where it will be held for the fbi and taken to quantico for analysis. with all of this heightened security there is actually a false alarm in central park. that was actually a package leaning up against a tree this morning. the bomb squad quickly clearing

that scene but that scene made for the second false alarm in as many days here in new york. last night the time warner center was briefly evacuated for a pair of unattended packages in a shopping mall. after the first explosive device was found in their mailroom yesterday, police made no expense making sure there was not repeat incident especially after investigators said they are not sure how many other packages could be out there. >> the arrest could mean that new yorkers and people across the nation are safe but as director wray said there may still be more packages out there and everyone needs to proceed with caution. reporter: atmosphere is keyed up, not knowing how many packages could be out there. the governor deployed the national guard and suspect will be prosecuted in new york. connell? connell: southern district, jacqui heinrich live for us in new york, melissa. melissa: joining me to react from the nypd command center in manhattan, pat bronson, former

nypd detective. thank you for joining us. what do you think of the resolution and details as they stand? >> no surprises but extremely heartening to me as former law enforcement. the blood hound from the nypd, and blood hounds from the fbi, this guy didn't stand a chance period. they took him down, took him down quick. a beautiful job. i salute them as always. melissa: one of the biggest factors, is there anyone else out there and are there more bops that we haven't detected yet. what think from what you heard? >> on the first question, impossible to speculation with any precision but i think given the complexity and the scope of this case i don't think it would be unreasonable to conclude that this guy may very well have a coconspirator somewhere in the weeds. that is where the case will go next. it will go into a very, very excruciatingly deep five on his

life. they will identify and validate his entire life. melissa: are you surprised the suspect was driving most obvious van ever created for a criminal? >> not at all. these guys are knuckleheads. there is no union for these guys. there is no newsletter. they behave so bad on some levels they make it easy for us to put the cuffs on him. i'm not surprised at all, none whatsoever. melissa: given that, are you surprised they didn't get him sooner? people said they seen the van around, wondered what the deal was. obviously looks very whacky to say the least. >> absolutely. i don't believe they didn't get him sooner. i believe they had him in their cross-hairs from very early on, given the totality of the facts, cctv, triangulation of cell phones, forensic evidence, fingerprint, the fact he was in their library of suspects. what i suspect they very much put him under surveillance to identify and validate whether there was any other

coconspirators involved. that is the broader issue. that would be my speculation on it. melissa: not that the devices he weren't mailing weren't dangerous but of course they always are, we heard indication some of them didn't even have a device in order to make them explode. what do you make of that detail? >> well, again, going back to the scope and complexity, either this is the absolute worst bomb-maker in the history of planet earth or there is some broader messaging, broader symbolism, some kind of a fake flag you saw with the navy during wartime, deterrent, partisan effort. it is very difficult to read the tea leaves this early in the investigation. melissa: yeah. there is always a concern about copy cats as well. you give someone so much attention. so many networks following it. no way you couldn't have given the scope and how many people were evacuated but is that a concern? >> that is always a concern quite frankly, that is why it is so important that law

enforcement comes forward, identifies the firepower, the horsepower, the efficiency of their investigative apparatuses so these bad guys lurking in the weeds and waiting to pounce and become a copycat realize leg irons will be in their future very quickly and today will be the last outdoor day like this guy for a very, very long time. no more outdoors. all indoors. melissa: pat brosnan. appreciate it. connell: as we talk about all this, thanks to pat, the investigation continues. not like it is a closed case yet. these intercepted packages have been piling up. the fbi continues to search for the possibility there is something else out there. so we'll have the latest on the investigation as it stands coming up. we have the president speaking out on the arrest that melissa was talking about. we'll tell you what he had to say next. ♪

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connell: the overall message was unity against terror. president trump condemning

politically-motivated attacks on all americans in his remarks at the white house following the arrest of the 56-year-old suspect and in relation to a string of mail bombs sent out around the country to a number of people who have been critical of the president. blake burman at the white house with more on all of this. blake? reporter: connell, fbi director christopher wray said he received congratulatory phone call from president trump of the president was very publicly supportive and congratulated law enforcement from all across the country earlier today when he spoke about this arrest here from the white house. the president also called on the country as a whole to sort of turn down the political temperature. >> the bottom line is that americans must unify and we must show the world that we are united together in peace and love and harmony as fellow american citizens. there is no country like our country, and every day we are showing the world just how truly great we are.

reporter: the president also at one point suggested earlier today that this was becoming a political distraction. he tweeted out the following earlier this morning, writing, quote, republicans are doing so well in early voting and at the polls and now this bomb stuff happens and momentum greatly slows. news not talking politics. very unfortunate going on. republicans go out and vote. that was his message before this arrest was made public. you probably hear the helicopters here behind me, connell. president set to leave the white house now. he will be heading down to north carolina for a rally later tonight. 11 days to the midterm. connell: we're about to talk about that. 11 days indeed. blake, we'll see what he says tonight. blake burman. melissa: friday, we're wiped out, he is going to a rally. it is amazing. connell: almost a rally per day at this point. melissa: i could not do that. as blake said president trump is getting ready to leave washington at any moment making

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month. fox news's kevin corke live in charlotte, north carolina, with the details. kevin? reporter: great to be with you as always, melissa. we're expecting a sea of red hat as the president looks to turn out the vote in the tarheel state. down the stretch we come, 11 days until the midterm elections in 2018. part of heavy schedule for commander-in-chief crisscross the country from texas, wisconsin, north carolina, soon illinois. that strategy to increase the gop lead in the senate, but more importantly perhaps to hang on to the control of house where democrats look to pick up couple dozen seats to wrest control for nancy pelosi. very full day for the president. as you were pointing out before the break. he spent time addressing a group of young african-american leaders, before coming out to charlotte. dan mccready and harris are big

names talking about in the tarheel state. there are a number of close races here, none perhaps as close or as crucial as battle for the north carolina 9 between harris and mccready. that is in part perhaps the most important reason the president is making his way here. don't forget the rally gets underway 7:00 p.m. eastern time. as you can imagine, we're expecting melissa, to say a great deal about the fact that the bomber was captured today, a good day for all americans, for the safety and security of our nation. back to you. melissa: no doubt, kevin, thank you. connell: talk a little bit more about all of this. we bring civic forum pac chair, republican strategist, ford o'connell with us in the studio. good to see you in the studio ford. >> always great to see you, connell. connell: great to see you in person. >> exactly, great to see you. connell: kevin was talking about, i don't know the specifics of one race but maybe does give us a sense what we should thinking about the north carolina nine, that the president is going down to

support. if republicans keep the house, can they win a district like this? >> they basically have to hold the north carolina 9. this is seat republicans held since 1963. presidents don't usually travel to state with where there is no senatorial and gubernatorial race. this is outside of charlotte. it was urban rural divide. if republicans hold the house it, will start with holding this seat. connell: we talked a lot on this show, others, late cycle boost in republican enthusiasm. kind of after kavanaugh and it is real. the question is, is it enough on the house side? >> well on, let me start first with the senate. the democrats are all but locked out on the senate as long as republicans -- connell: kavanaugh clinched? >> here is what kavanaugh did. it woke up complacent republicans did not understand the stakes of 2018 and didn't believe the polls. connell: i was in tennessee. number as well.

>> texas, tennessee, north dakota, as long as republicans win those, basically democrats are locked out of the senate. in the house we're seeing tighten. democrats are very likely to win. net gain of democrats 15 to 41. they need 23 to take over speaker's gavel. there are certain places, a lot of reason why president trump on late barnstorming streak, we're talking about a base election. 40 million fewer voters. whichever party turns out the base will prevail. he brings the most enthusiasm, has biggest megaphone. connell: that is his specialty, no doubt. i've been to number of these rallies where you see the trump base out in full force. you see enthusiasm he generates, literally see it. what about the undecideds in this race? i know you say this is base election. i saw numbers to back this up, undecideds as a group, not a ton of then, more are likely to be anti-trump than average voter. >> there is polling to suggest

it. we saw similar polling in 2016. a lot of people lie to pollsters. more undecideds you get better you ever. if you win the house nationally, generally have to win independent and undecided voters. connell: we're trying to make this, this is, i mentioned it has been controversial, i don't know if the is right terp, larry kudlow came out with pinning some declines we're seeing in the stock market on the race politically. reason i'm a little bit skeptical of that because i thought a lot of people were betting on a democratic house for months. if anything republicans were starting to look better in the polls last couple weeks. however some people feel differently. they look at it and say, now is the time they're actually pricing it in, which came as surprise to me, maybe dems will take the house of representatives? >> look they are the odds on favorite. they could conceivably lose it by a sliver. voters don't put you back into

power out of gratitude. you have to hit them in the pocketbook, explain things like kavanaugh, illegal alien caravans. those are things most fire up republicans to turn out to vote. connell: funny not the right word, not funny it is interesting. the president knows that. he is open about it. when he talks about the caravan story, he says this election will be about the caravan. this in, notwithstanding the market, you know, declines that we've seen recently, what have you, in an economy been very strong, tax cut that should be something the republicans can run on, that is not what they're running on. that is not what they're selling. they're selling emotional issues. >> exactly. look, they have a great economic story to tell, but again you have to fire up people. you have to tell them the stakes. the emotional issues are always the bet. outside of judges, illegal aliens and illegal immigration is one thing that all wings of the republican party can unite on. gallop tells you, telling seven, eight months, best thing to force republican turnout. connell: does a democratic house

drastically change things? >> absolutely. that is what president trump should be talking about, what exactly impact that is. as soon as speaker pelosi grabs that gavel he has to make the case she will launch so many investigations not only will the country come to grinding halt, so might the economy. connell: you believe there is economic impact, day one. others argue, gridlock, this is old wall street thing, gridlock is good. >> i understand what history said. this is also very different president and been at times very history-bucking. what i say yes, wall street likes gridlock in the government but i don't think they understand the type of gridlock pelosi and democrats are looking to bring, which is launching so many investigations by the time we're done, no one which know which way is up. connell: oh, man. which way is up by the way? good to see you. >> of course, my friend, melissa. melissa: grilled by authorities, a suspect is in custody after officials continue to find out

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♪ connell: search for answers as investigation continues into the explosive devices sent to high-profile lawmakers and others across the country. that investigation even with today's arrest, is still on going. the fbi looking into the possibility of additional suspects but also warning there could be even more packages out there, could have been mailed already. former fbi director is here. they included what he described as energetic material that could have exploded. they were not hoaxes. that was the words of the fbi director but what do we still want to know? do we still have questions tonight? >> i think the most important questions that we have from a security standpoint is, to, insure that there are no other

devices that are out there that may put the public at risk. so we need to neutralize any potential threats that may be out there. once we are satisfied, that there are no other devices out there, we want to go back and get into the mind of this individual and really try to figure out what his motivation is, and of course also, know whether or not he had any assistance. anybody who may have lended any assistance to assist him in assembling these devices, or assisting him mailing devices to various locations. connell: right, on whether or not there are any other devices out there, we'll see how that investigation turns out, but, what questions would you be asking tonight? you know, for example, i mentioned that there was explosive material in there, or material that could have exploded, sometimes people let their guard down, right? they have seen all of these devices that are sent out so far did not explode.

and just because those didn't, does that mean others wouldn't? i guess not, right? >> no. and that is a great point so we want to make sure that, did he send out these 12 devices or whatever the remaining devices are, that are basically not capable of being detonated. connell: right. >> because he left a critical component out and is there a more sinister plot to somehow distract us that unfortunately may eventually occur? so we want to build a pour with this individual be -- rapport with this individual. there is treasure trove of evidence. he was fingerprinted during the prior arrest history. i'm not trying to minimize it, but this was an easy investigation once there was a latent fingerprint that was identified on one package and of course because there was the redundancy, it was easy to zero in on him but we need to get into his mind and figure out ultimately why is it that he

composed these 12 devices and why is it that he left some component out that apparently made them only more of a threat or more of an harassing nature than ultimately being detonated. connell: what you say get into his mind, is that to, rule out a number of things? in other words, maybe you hope the motivation is just that this guy is, is some, he was, some sort of a deranged guy? obviously thought, based on what is on his van, thinks he is supporting the president, obviously he is not by these actions but he is just, you know, he is a crazy guy that did horrible things? that you hope that is the case as opposed to maybe you find something else and he is working with someone, is that why you want to get inside his mind? >> look, you know the public and rhetoric that is being put out there clearly is trying to suggest that this was a politically-motivated situation. that he was driven by the discourse in our political

world. the fbi is not a political organization. we really just want to get back down to the motivation of whether or not he is just a psychopath. connell: right. >> whether or not someone else put him up to it. is he someone a mule in all of this. is he a being used by other individuals, or is it possible that for whatever affiliation he had, or has, was he motivated by the discourse? at the end of the day it doesn't bring any comfort to the victims, to the people that are on the receiving end because it really is very disruptive to their lives and certainly moving on in their lives, just that overall concern that could this happen again to them. connell: right. and you mentioned copycats, by the way we're mentioning comments from president trump to be played back to us as leaves the white house.

we'll take the comments to see what he had to say about this and other top picks. do you worry, the guy is caught now, for the sake of the argument, what we know is correct, this is the guy, they got the right guy, there is nobody else. do we have experience in similar cases, that after the incident is over, still prompted copycats? i assume always a concern being problem men in the news, right? >> sure, there is always the possibility that someone now gets, the courage to follow in his footsteps. let me just digress for a moment. we really have to take our hats off to law enforcement, the united states postal service, secret service. connell: yes. >> the heightened -- connell: i have to jump on you, stuart. here is the president on the south lawn moments ago. let's listen. >> i want to compliment law enforcement for having done an incredible job, fbi, secret service, so many. they just got together and did a fantastic job, like finding a needle in a haystack.

so i want to congratulate them, as you know, i think everybody wants to congratulate them but they did a fantastic job. i'm going to north carolina right now. it is raining. if you don't mind i will step out of the rain, but i really, we're very proud of law enforcement. [shouting questions] >> i did not -- i heard he was a person that preferred me over others but i did not see that. >> does that bother you at all, sir? >> no, not at all. not at all. no. that is, there is no blame. there is no anything. if you look at what happened to steve scalise, that was from a supporter of a different party. look what happened to, these incidents they were supporters of others. no, i'm really proud of law enforcement. i think they did an incredible job. i will see you in north carolina [shouting questions]

>> [inaudible] >> no, i don't think so. i think they were running a great campaign. people love what we're doing. they love what they're saying. republicans have tremendous momentum this happened all you people talked about was that. rightfully so. it was a big thing, rights fully so. now we have to start the momentum again. i think republicans have tremendous momentum when you think of judge kavanaugh, think of all the things that have happened, and hopefully we will do great victory. we have a lot of senate races we're leading, races that frankly were going to be uncontested, looks like we're leading a lot of those races. the house is, a lot of people in the house so we'll see how that goes but i think we're doing very well in the house. [shouting questions] >> [inaudible] >> if they wanted me to but i think we'll probably pass. thank you very much.

[shouting questions] >> i think i have been toned down, you want to know the truth. i could tone it up because as you know the media is unfair to me and republican party. i think media has been very, very unfair in terms of republican party and the way it has been covered. and, they understand that. they write articles about that many of them admit that. but the media has been unbelievably unfair to republicans conservatives and certainly to me. but with all of that being said we're winning. i like that. thank you very much, thank you. connell: all right. now he heads to the helicopter. president trump on the south lawn moments ago, on his way to north carolina. there will be a number of comments he made there, melissa, get attention talking about the suspect, saying he didn't see his face on the van which was there, and also at the very end there, talking about whether he would tone down his own rhetoric. he said, i could tone it up

given attacks he has endured. melissa: here is joe concha. "the hill" media reporter. one of the biggest points the president was making there is something we heard a couple times over the past couple days, this idea because all the focus has turned to this bomb scare, that the momentum of the republicans had been building right before that, on the back of what happened to brett kavanaugh, that that this sort of stalled it. what do you think about that? >> i think we have 12 days to the election, melissa, right? you work in the news business where you're covering this stuff every day. how many stories do you think will happen between now and the midterms where i'm not saying we forget about this -- melissa: 185,000. >> you know what? that is exactly right. that is exact number i will go with. in other words things that were big even at the beginning of this week, can you even remember what that was? melissa: no. >> i really can't. the kavanaugh hearings feel like they happened in 1994. that is the thing. if we live in the moment these

bombings or attempted bombings or explosive devices whatever you want to call them that weren't very effective, done for political reasons, not really meant to hurt anybody because this guy was clearly deranged, didn't know what he was doing, seems meant to scare people i think people see that for what it is. these were sent strictly as a political message, not actually to hurt people. so i don't think, if there were casualties and blood spilled, we're talking a completely different ballgame. this will be not forgotten, rear view mirror quicker than we think it will. melissa: in the run-up to the presidential election i remember there was dramatic swing, you went from deplorables to the "access hollywood" tape, email scandal, terrorist attack, only mattered on what day everyone voted, that it was like a jump ball. on that day, whoever had the news cycle was going to win. that is the way it felt. a lot of people will argue with that idea and say, to be fair a

lot of people didn't think the president was going to win. do you think it is as volatile and variable now as it felt back then? >> yeah. i think, melissa. that is a great point. think in the end one party had a message and one party in 2016 and one didn't. president trump saying we'll keep jobs here, make better trade deals, we'll cut your taxes and we'll build a wall. he had definitive messages. agree or disagree with them. by they were definitive. hillary clinton was vote for me so i could be the first woman president, by the way, that guy is bad. that is not how you win. i look at race, what democrats are running on quite frankly? what issue besides animus of trump, i'm not sure what it is but i think it is health care but i don't hear the message. melissa: let me play devil's advocate. you don't think that is message? a lot of people are angry with

president trump, and into it and people feeling good about the economy and that is not as powerful and anti-trump has momentum. >> i agree with you prekavanaugh. post-kavanaugh, a sleeping giant was awaken. enthusiasm gap was 10 or 12 points, that is even. ford o'connell said, whoever gets their people out, keeps house. senate is probably republican hands. melissa: joe concha, fantastic. thank you. >> pleasure always on this side of the table. melissa: very smooth. connell: he said all the ride things. we saw the president leaving the white house. now he arrived at joint base andrews, heading down for another rally, this time in north carolina but he is all over the place. he has more plans. will this strategy help the gop? we'll talk about the midterms next. but some give their clies cookie cutter portfolios. fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs.

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melissa: breaking news, president trump just departing joint base andrews, making his way to charlotte, north carolina

for a campaign rally. connell: he's heading to illinois tomorrow continuing to support republicans got 11 days until the mid-terms so the president tries to turn out the vote. melissa: there you go have a terrific week out. go ahead, signing off for now. >> bulls & bears starts right now. from wall street to washington across the country we're talking about the topics that matter most to you and to your money, this is bulls & bears. hey, everyone i am trish regan in today for david asman. we have susan li, gary b. smith, and john layfield, ceo of the layfield report. you are all fox contributors let's get to it we had certainly another wild day for these markets take a look at the dow today dropping nearly 300 points at one point it had actually been down 539 bigec