quantitative easing to goose their economy, definitely. [closing bell rings] liz: we will see what happens to rates in the u.s. next. john, thank you so much. that championship season for your portfolio. hopefully it will continue. market off the lows. s&p snapping its eight-day winning streak. melissa: stocks red across the board over trade and growth concerns. the dow ending down 183 points right now. we were down 237 earlier today. s&p 500 snapping a eight-day win being streak. the nasdaq closing down for the second time in four days. take a look at some of the quick winners today, trip advisors, disney, facebook among all things and others. i'm melissa francis. connell: i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." we'll have more on the big market movers we're seeing. first here is what is new at this hour. new legal concerns for lori loughlin. the actress, federal authorities indicting her and her husband

and 14 other parents with an additional money laundering charge thrown in with the college cheating scandal. we'll have latest on possible jail time for loughlin. israeli polls closing. it's a tight race and the ex-prime minister. exit polls not showing a clear winner. so the race is currently too close to call. we'll follow it throughout the hour. we're live at benjamin netanyahu's headquarters in tel aviv a little bit later on. a big day on capitol hill today. you had the attorney general, the treasury secretary, executives from facebook and google and top pharmaceutical ceos. all facing top and tough questions from lawmakers. we'll have the highlights you need to see. melissa: so we got you covered from washington to wall street. fox business team coverage, gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange, blake burman at the white house and hillary vaughn is on capitol hill. let's start with blake. reporter: melissa, president trump pushing back on recent reports he is looking to go back

to the zero tolerance policy that led to family separation at the southern border. the president instead placed blame on his predecessor and made these comments right here as he was meeting with the egyptian president el-sisi. watch. >> we're not looking to do that. thank you very. but it does make, it brings a lot more people to the border. when you don't do it brings a lot more people to the border. we're not looking to do it. president obama had the law. we changed the law. reporter: according to a senior administration official there is real frustration with how, with specifically, u.s. cis, discuss symptoms and immigration services. that official saying as it relates to central americans who make the trip north and seek asylum, 90% are granted asylum by interviews at customs immigration service. this person would not say if the head of cis is safe in his

position. leaving open the possibility, melissa, connell, there could still be more changes within the department of homeland security coming at some point down the line. melissa: blake, thank you. connell: the white house also moving to impose tariffs on $11 billion worth of goods from the european union. let's talk about that with gary kaltbaum, kaltbaum capital management. liz peek. both liz an gary are fox news contributors. that is what hurt markets, with the selloff, imf cutting global forecast outlook as well. are we in store for a second trade war or second front of a trade war here with europes in terms of what the markets have priced in. >> yea, more tariffs. i usually simplify things. let me go general on this i don't think anything good comes from anymore tariffs whether rightfully or wrongfully. in the case of the eu they have been subsidizing airbus for a very long time, so deservedly

so. i think market here, we haven't had any bad days orful bags. we're way overdue. we're heading into earnings season on friday with the financials. we're getting a pull back here. i think no biggie at this point in time. connell: after the run we had, liz, when people try to project out, what i think they're worried about, not necessarily going on here with a threat against europe on airbus boeing stuff, also what is next after that? are there tariffs to come for example, on autos? moody's put out a note saying that would be trouble when it comes to global growth. at the end of the day would it all be worth it, these multiple fronts on the trade war? >> let's distinguish between other tariff battles going on and this one. this one, president trump is well within his rights, well. to rules to apply sanctions and tariffs on the eu for a decade of misbehavior. a decade where the wto ruled not once, but twice, against the eu

subsidizing airbus. so this is a case where the president really is on the right track. the question is whether it will lead to a very unproductive tit-for-tat placement of tariffs that is the risk here. but the eu is in the wrong and they have not made any amends or efforts to really right the wrong. i kind of understand where the white house is coming from. unfortunately it falls at a time where all kinds of stuff is going on. no one will be able to segregate this otherwise from negativity about the trade wars that the president's white house has engaged in. melissa: walmart rolling out the robots? let's go to gerri willis with the details. reporter: that's right. walmart is going big, they say on a.i., adding as many as 4,000 robots across 4600 stores. they will do everything from monitor inventory, up load

trucks. they will add machines to scan for out of stock products. 1500 stores will have autonomous floor scrubbers. the company said we're not getting rid of people who worked here. they added 40,000 folks to run the online sales operation. remember, they lifted wages pretty significantly a year ago to $11 an hour. $15 an hour is coming by 2020. at&t shares down today. they announced a 5g network and seven more cities makes it a total of 19, austin, l.a., nashville, orlando, san diego, san francisco and. they will operate three 5g mobile devices and samsung galaxy s10 will be 5g. investors are not -- thrilled. that stock is lower. >> i'm more interested in robots.

gerry, thank you. bank of america is increasing their salary from 17, to $20 an hour by 2021. gary, the free market at work. i remember not too long ago jamie dimon said it is difficult to keep great people in the teller position. i have to pay competitive wage to get someone in there, who you can trust, who is competent and knows what they're doing. i'm paraphrasing obviously this has become a competitive market, that is how wages should work yes? >> you took the words right out of my mouth. it's a free market. the bottom line companies should be free to do whatever they want to do based on their needs. when there is great people you want to keep you will have to pay up. if there is great people you want to get you will have to pay up. this is a for instance. you know what ends up happening? if bank of america does it, guess what? jpmorgan does it, the rest does it.

that is the greatness of the free market. not mandating from some people in washington, d.c. melissa: liz, the flipside of that, when you force an employer to raise their wage, they just cut back on hours because they have a certain amount of money to pay for labor? >> i can't be more enthusiastic about what bank of america is doing. i think it's a real vote of confidence in the economy. the fact that things are so strong they have to pay up. by the way this is a bank early on when they had a tax cut benefit they shared it with tear workers. that is what they're doing now. by the way the clip you just showed about automation at walmart, think about the implications of those things, right? this is an issue, i do not understand why liberals continue to disregard the harm done to workers by raising minimum wage artificially. this is a real need, a real rise in salary which comes from a strong market place. the other one you're asking for trouble. you're asking to show people the door. that is the ultimate, what will happen. melissa: very true. gary and liz, thanks to both of

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melissa: heat on facebook and google. house judiciary committee tackling the link between social media and hate crimes. hillary vaughn live on capitol hill with the latest. hillary. reporter: hey, melissa. facebook and google admitted finding hate speech on line is harder than it looks and not as simple as deleting offensive comments. they say they have to protect free speech and protect users from hate speech. they say that line can be a little vague. >> content can sit in a gray area. it comes right up fence the line. it may be a positive fence sieve, but does not violate

youtube's policies against incitement of violence and hate speech. >> this is thing we wrestle with daily at all times. we try to strike that balance. reporter: they're also using technology to help them in the fight. not only artificial intelligence but facebook alone has 30,000 people monitoring content on line, making sure they are taking action wherever is necessary. lawmakers making it clear today that they see a major problem with any hate group organizations including white supremacists and white nationalists. they even said they want federal law enforcement to treat white national it hate groups as much of a threat as they do terrorist organizations. but one witness today did not have the same view on hate speech and how big of a problem it plays in society today. take a listen to candace owens. >> hearing today is not about white nationalism or hate crime, it is about fear-mongering power and control. it is preview of democrat 2020

election strategy, same as the democrat 2016 election strategy. the goal here is to scare blacks, hispanics, gays muslims helping them censor dissenting opinions ultimately helping them regain control. reporter: we also her from lawmakers on both sides question the motives for this hearing today, melissa. melissa: hillary, thank you for that. connell: here to talk more about this, "axios," tech reporter david mccaib has been covering these issues. interesting, david, when you look at what hillary's reporting focused on, gives us a place to start. where is the line? could be on the hate speech debate, other parts of regulation where do you actually draw the line? what are you hearing from people you talk to on capitol hill where lawmakers might draw the line as they come up with regulation for these companies? >> as you talk to lawmakers you will fine they are very aware there are serious questions about how congress should go

about regulating what is essentially speech? they're bound by the first amendment. the companies themselves are companies or private companies make the choices they want to make but certainly we see a growing frustration among a lot of lawmakers on this or data collection and privacy, that essentially says if the companies are not doing enough maybe we have to find a way to handle the situation. connell: there is also split politically, we got end of that report. today on house side. tomorrow on the senate. i'm sure we'll see differences in approach. on the house side democrats have in control. you will hear more about issues about white nationalism, how do we stop it how can we stop it, correct me if i'm wrong, on senate side where republicans will have pour voice you hear censorship about conservatives and how the legislation will be look like too right? >> senate hearing in judiciary committee what they see as

conservative censorship. the research really borne out there is huge threat of radicalization of white nationalists on products like youtube. researchers have researched this, moving people along the path to radicalization. reporting and research hasn't born out there is active effort to censor conservatives on platforms. there is allegations. people have concerns or expressed concerns but never been proof there was some conspiracy inside of these companies to censor conservative voices other than some early allegations around trending topics feature. connell: right. >> at facebook which was operated by humans and not by an algorithm are. connell: we'll see what comes up on that front i think tomorrow. you did reporting which is interesting on a little bit after different angle on all of this, in terms what might come out of it legislationwise. a couple of senators, one i believe senator mark warner has been quite vocal on these issues, looking into the way the tech companies trick us for lack of a better word, we're opting

into something we don't necessarily know we're opting into. is that an area we will see some movement? >> that's right. we broke this morning a bipartisan bill introduced today to prohibit use of dark patterns. we've seen them, basically steered by the way a website is designed to making a certain choice. the i agree button is gigantic and skip or button is small. we know this. they say you can't do that when it comes to collecting user data. you can't manipulate. connell: if that is the line on user data? goes back to the earlier question on the other subject, where is the line? what is legitimate business practice versus trickery they shouldn't get away it? >> the bill delegates that question in part to the federal trade commission. in part to outside, independent, self-regulatory body it envisions. at that is the direction they have drawn preliminary line, consent is obtained from a user if they had understood what they

were giving consent for and user data. they argue that gives somebody a user big advantage over collection of that date. connell: we all dealt something similar with that. the yes is huge and a little no in the corner. you click on the yes. didn't see the no. something a lot of people are interested in. they don't necessarily know what they are opting into. thank you, david. melissa: that is so annoying. you sit there you have no choice you want to view the content, get to the site. it does, such a scam. connell: cookies, i'm fine with cookies. melissa: they're delicious. chocolate chip. the booming economy at risk. a warning sign from the imf about growth in the u.s. what a slowdown could mean for president trump's economic outlook. plus the scam that is still rocking the nation. so new charges now against lori loughlin today and other parent accused in the college admissions scam. the potential legal fallout and jail time next.

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connell: really was a busy day on capitol hill today. attorney general bill barr grilled by congressional leaders at a budget hearing as you might expect kind of turned into a mueller hearing as he answered questions when the special report will be released to public. >> within a week i will be in a position to release the report to the public. then i will engage with the chairman of both judiciary committees about that report, about any further requests that they have. connell: meanwhile treasury secretary steve mnuchin testifying before the house financial service is committee. he answered questions about the democrats request for president trump's tax returns. >> secretary mnuchin will you comply with the law by the deadline tomorrow and furnish the tax returns even if it means you may be fired by this

president for doing so? >> as i previous said, i want to acknowledge we have received the request. as i said before we will follow the law. we are reviewing it with our internal legal department. i would leave it at that. connell: on top of all that the senate holding a hearing on rising drug prices today. here is a executive from humana responding to growing calls for price transparency. >> will they regress to the mean? will they want to demonstrate one company has a better deal than another company because it is fully transparent? i don't know what that looks like. what know how that will show up but i'm not convinced that full transparency will allow manufacturers to negotiate as feverishly as they could otherwise. melissa: new fallout from the cheating elite. actress lori loughlin and 18

other parents are receiving additional charges of conspiracy and my any laundering on the growing college admissions scam. molly line in boston. reporter: this mark as major turning point in the entire scandal as it moves forward and prosecutions continue as the case moves on. you see all the parents indicted. they're facing another charge potentially jail time, one of the most recognizable cases in this case, lori loughlin. she hand and her house mossimo gianulli. now they and 17 other wealthy parents also indicted including self ceos face an additional count of money laundering and mail and wire fraud allegations. prosecutors say the defendants conspired to launder the bribes

funneling them through the phony charity run by the scheme's mastermind. each charge carries maximum sentence of 20 years in prison of the arraignment dates have yet to be set. other parents chose to plead guilty to the first mail fraud count including actress huff felicity huffman who is expected to return to court for the prehearing. exchange they seek specific recommendations to hough man's case ask for court at incarceration at low end of guidelines. prosecutors allege huffman made 15,000-dollar donation and others paid more. for example, prosecutors recommended 15 months behind bars for owner after vineyard in napa, california who agreed to pay 300,000 to participate in the exam cheating and coach bribing lane of this scheme. at least two parents a doctor and his wife, say they expect to go to trial in this case. so this really speaks to the

different paths parents are taking as this case continues to go forward. melissa. melissa: molly, thank you so much. it is amazing. we said that from the beginning because we're a financial network it was going to be that involvement of the charity fraud that ended up being the most serious part of this case because that's when you get into the real fraud and money laundering and you know, whether it is tax evasion or whatever goes along with that since it was a fake charity. connell: absolutely. today proves these prosecutors are not fooling around with this stuff. for people thought they would get the headlines and deals would be cut and people don't do jail time, especially with the lori loughlin part of it, the opposite is true. they're looking for things, hey we can get them on money laundering that is a serious, serious charge the we'll see what happens ahead. melissa: if you pin fish with a fine, it seems like money is no object. that is out of the window. connell: this is getting started. we have a crazy story developing here, not only here in new york city today.

we had a development as the city declared a public health emergency because there has been a recent measles outbreak, measles. we'll take you to the to the neighborhood in brooklyn that is front and center. we're waiting for results on that. melissa: we're waiting for the results of the highly anticipated israeli election. will benjamin netanyahu hold on to his title. we're live at his headquarters and his opponent's headquarters in tel aviv. danny danon, ambassador to the united nations will join us with the implications for all of this in the u.s.

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start searching for free now at ancestry.com melissa: breaking point. the polls are closed in the israeli election and it is too close to call. team coverage in tel aviv. fox news's trey yingst at benjamin netanyahu's headquarters. and jonathan hunt is at opposition benny gantz. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is expected to arrive here in tel aviv. >> israel after the prime minister declared victory following today's election. tough break down numbers to see why he is declaring victory. appears according to exit polls, two out of three main israeli exit polls, the blue and white party benny gantz won the popular vote. the thing that matters here in israel, the ability to form a coalition government.

according to two out of three israeli polls, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has 66-54 advantage when it comes to the ability. israeli knesset, much like u.s. congress you need majority to get things done. magic number is 61. those polls indicate netanyahu will have 66 if the polls end up being correct over the next 24 hours. we'll get some better numbers here on fox news. we're hearing sources close to the prime minister who indicates he is making calls to garner the support for the next 42 days will be key here in israel. both candidates are expected to form a coalition government. but as you can hear behind me, celebrations are underway in the likud party, where they believe prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be reelected and stay in that position. back to you. melissa: trey, thank you. let's go to jonathan hunt. reporter: good good evening to u from the benny gantz blue-white party headquarters here in tel aviv. there was a sense of euphoria

here when the first of exit polls was put up on the big screen behind me and appeared to show the left-wing bloc that would be led by gantz neck-and-neck with the right-wing block that would be led by benjamin netanyahu. as trey just mentioned, two more polls came out, and as you can see from the crowd the air has somewhat gone out of the room here with the realization, according to those two exit polls, they're not always entirely accurate but according to two of them mr. netanyahu does have far easier path to forming the next governing coalition. nonetheless benny gantz put out a statement a short time ago which said quote, we won. the israeli public has had their say. thank you to the thousands of activists an over a million voters. these elections have a clear winner and a clear loser. netanyahu promised 40 seats and lost. the president can see the picture and should call on the winner to form the next government. there is no other option.

but it appears at this point, as i say we have to be careful with these exit polls, but it appears more likely netanyahu will be the one to form that next government. nonetheless benny gantz and his blue white party and others in the left-wing bloc will hope to form a strong opposition. their main focus is keeping legal pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu. remember he is facing serious corruption charges. those threaten to haunt his first few months in office if he does indeed continue as prime minister and there will certainly be a great deal of uncertainty for many months to come in israeli politics. back to you. >> jonathan, thank you so much. here is ambassador danny danon, israeli ambassador to the united nations. thank you so much for joining us. what do you make of this day where everyone is declaring victory? >> good afternoon, melissa. first victory for our democracy. more than 60% of the israelis

cast their votes. it shows the support and strength of our democracy. 21st election in 71 years. we're very proud of our strong democracy. as far as winners too early to call but looks like prime minister netanyahu will be able to form another government. we have to remember it is not about who gets more votes, who is the largest party. our system is about building coalition who has better chances to form a coalition. looks like prime minister netanyahu will have better chances to form a coalition in the future. melissa: that is an important thing to remind american viewers because we're used to you know, you vote for candidate, that is that, whether electoral college versus popular vote is always a struggle in terms of who feels like they won. with the parliamentary system, you guys vote. then you decide who forms a government. the prime minister though, if he continues in his seat will still

be will followed by scandal and corruption charges. how much does that hamper him if he goes to another term? >> we saw today a show of support. the numbers of likud party, becoming second largest party shows the prime minister still has a lot of support in israel. we'll have to wait for the attorney general whether he will indict the prime minister or not. he is innocent like any other israeli until a court decides otherwise. >> i want to ask you, from americans point of view here, those on the left who criticize whether president trump or anyone else that supports benjamin netanyahu they say his policies have gone too far to the right. , even those some running for president, beto o'rourke, they call benjamin netanyahu a racist for his policies within his

country. how do you respond to those claims and has he moved to far to the right? >> forget about supporting prime minister neat. it is about supporting israel. president trump still supports israel, when he pulled out iran bill, moved the embassy to jerusalem and recognition of golan heights. those names that you mentioned they don't support israel. easier for them to attack prime minister netanyahu but not attack israel. you have to look at the policy is. the president is reflecting the support we have in the u.s. because we share the same values of democracy and freedom. look what happened today in israel? where in the middle east elections, free, people go and vote? it doesn't happen in our region. that is why the u.s. is the best friend of israel. melissa: with do you think happens from here? what can the prime minister get done in the next administration that he hasn't done so far? being ambassador to the u.n. what does he do next. >> we are optimistic about that.

we have another quiet negotiations and hopefully in the future it will be public. and today we are flourishing. even at u.n. we see changes in voting of countries and we're very proud of the things which accomplished at u.n. melissa: sounds like you said behind the scenes you're making progress in terms of your neighbors and that is going to come out now? >> absolutely. we have a lot of quiet support and sometimes when i speak with my colleagues they say it is about time you say to your public, to your constituency what you really think about israel. they know we are not the problem. we're the solution for many of the problems in the middle east. melissa: you think you can form more relationships with those, with other muslim nations in alliance against iran in the future? >> indeed we're doing it today. as we speak we cooperate. we share intelligence with some of those countries. it is about time it will become public, we acknowledge what we do. it will strengthen those countries as well.

melissa: they come out to say it to the rest of the world. ambassador danone, thank you very much for that. >> thank you very much, melissa. connell: very interesting comments. melissa: we can guess who he could be alluding to. nice to see them confirm it. connell: major medicare scam targeting senior citizens. we have details on an operation federal officials say exploited the elderly, and cost taxpayers more than a billion dollars. fears of global growth. what it means for our economy. ed to buchholz, former director of economic policy under george h.w. bush. he will respond to that next. ♪ i'm working to keep the fire going

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melissa: billion dollar scam targeting seniors on medicare. the justice department announcing charges against 24 people across the country. fox news's jonathan serrie is in atlanta with the details. reporter: yeah, one reason not to talk to telemarketers. in some cases it was telemarketers calling medicare beneficiaries directly. in other cases they were advertising on tv and radio, a to free number to call if you wanted free orthopedic brace is. today the hhs inspector general's office issued a video warning people to avoid this

scam, listen. >> if anyone other than your doctor's office asks for your medicare number, you may be the target of fraud. people are reaching out to medicare beneficiaries to offer medical equipment such as braces, wheelchairs and diabetic test strips. reporter: justice department announces charges against two dozen people in california, new jersey, texas, alabama and texas. they write fake prescriptions, telemedicine providers and medical equipment companies. investigators say 130 companies billed medicare for $1.37 billion. that the program already paid out 900 million. if you suspect medicaid fraud or medicare fraud it is important you contact health and human services fraud hotline immediately at 1-800-hhs-tips. that is 1-880-447-8 477.

they say it was tips from medicare beneficiaries that led them to this investigation. melissa: incredible. all of our taxpayer dollars at work. are there evidence that the medicare beneficiaries themselves, the people lost money? >> they were asked to pay nothing up front. what enticed them is that they were offered these free orthopedic devices but authorities say they're still victims because in the process they shared their medicare numbers, they shared personal information, and all that can be sold and traded on the black market for other crimes. melissa: jonathan, thank you. connell: wow. we do want to point out we have a very special show planned for you this coming thursday. every day we have a good show. melissa: yeah, come on. connell: but "after the bell" is headed to our nation's capitol. we'll be reporting from the north lawn of the white house for thursday's show. one of the big reasons i'm on the show i will interview christine lagarde, imf managing director, then head over to the

white house, kevin hassett, white house counsel of economic advisers chairman. todd buchholz is here. bring up imf not only for self-promotion of our show on thursday. they cut their global outlook, three times in six months. if there is anything today, u.s. wasn't immune. it wasn't like the rest of the world is a mess but the u.s. is okay. >> the u.s. is doing far better. the u.s. has the goldilocks scenario, cliche everyone keeps using. the rest of the world is like lox, dead smoked salmon sitting there not moving. when you look around the world, countries are bringing down the average. argentina is a mess. turkey is a mess. china has been skidding. in fact by context u.s. is best in class but it's a pretty weak class at the moment. connell: the question whether that class is pulling us down or do we have our own issues, self-inflicted ones particularly

trade? will the trade war not only with china but today europe is in the news, usmca trade deal, that is still not passed, is that something that could drag on things? >> i i do think it is the case that there are businesses a little bit more hesitant to make capital investment than they otherwise would and obviously the trump administration is making a calculus here. they're deciding it is better to engage in these trade disputes now when the u.s. is growing stronger than other countries -- connell: is that true, is this the time to do it or is there ever a time to do it? >> when you look at the u.s. versus china, both countries have probably been injured a little bit by the trade war but seems like the chinese are suffering more than the u.s. which is why they keep coming back to the table. if the chinese were not suffering they would not have flown on boeing jets to come to washington, d.c. connell: say we get a deal soon. a lot of people assume we will with china, doesn't necessarily mean the other quote, unquote

trade wars, the other fronts in the trade war, canadas get resolved. >> president trump said he was tariff man and a debt man. he seems to work on both of those fronts. as you point out connell, it is not just china. when the president first came to office, he turned north to dastardly canadians. i don't know if he accuses them of dumping canadian mountie horses or what the next claim will be but we're probably not done. connell: probably not. all that said, you brought this up right away, things do look pretty good here. what is the key? why are we holding up so well? the employment figure is great. >> the key is inflation. the key inflation has not bubbled up which means the fed has no strong reason to raise interest rates. and if interest rates are low, people can afford to borrow and equities continue to look attractive. there is an old adage don't

fight the fed. connell: right. >> and boy, that has paid of off for investors over this economic cycle. connell: it is funny the imf puts out this warning of a new global out look and they did talk about trade as one of the big things dragging but they also talked about the potential for tighter monetary policy which i thought was back ward looking. >> connell, i'm sure you understand, how does this work. the imf is composed of bureaucrats. they don't deliver immediately. they don't deliver analysis. takes them time to look overdrafts. what you're reading is not last week's news but last year's news. connell: sounds that way especially monetary policy. >> put it this way, when you ask christine lagarde about her earlier career in synchronized swimming, she was a competitive synchronized swimmer and imf believes in synchronizing global growth. very difficult to get that done

in capitalist economy which we have here. connell: little-known fact, melissa and i do that, mixed doubles, synchronized swimming. >> i will have to miss that. i think my segment is over. connell: thank you todd. melissa: i do enjoy that. the hello crisis spreading across the nation. mandatory vaccines ordered across parts of brooklyn. how the city is trying to prevent it from spreading even further next. ♪ and to manage this risk, the world turns to cme group. we help farmers lock in future prices, ... they all lead here. cme group - how the world advances. ♪ ♪

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paying off. there you go. melissa: the measles crisis spreading across new york city mayor bill deblasio declaring a public health emergency amid the brooklyn outbreak ordering mandatory vaccines for select zip codes across the area. fox news is in williamsburg with the latest. brian? reporter: melissa there are 285 confirm confirmed measles cases in new york city, 246 are children and most are in the orthodox jewish communities where the vaccination rate is lower, i'm in brooklyn where it's a jewish religious school. in january, one was connected to more than 40 measles cases and that's why on top of the mandatory vaccination order the cities health department is ordering all to exclude all un vaccinated students from attending school or daycare until the outbreak is over or the school risks being shut down now under the new mandatory vaccine order issued today everyone living in these four zip codes must get vaccinated

with the mmr vaccine which protects against measles. violators will be fined $1,000. this is the first mandatory vaccination order in the u.s. since 1905. the city acknowledged today the extra efforts being made to inform these communities. >> there's been a very extensive outreach to community leaders, faith leaders. >> we have put ads in the newspapers as well, we've done mailings to 30,000 households, we've done three rounds of robocalls. reporter: the anti-vaccination message has spread throughout the orthodox jewish communities warning that the vaccines are dangerous and the cdc says that's not true. the mmr vaccine is 97% effective in protecting people from this highly-contagious and dangerous disease. melissa? melissa: brian, thank you and i heard someone interviewing earlier saying what is the difference between this and the flu vaccine because that's optional and people don't like it and they, you know, have the response and whatever and he said well it's pretty simple even though he supports the flu

vaccine it's nowhere near as good and effective as the measles vaccine, where there's absolutely no question about how effective it is, so if you try to make that comparison because sometimes people do, they go you don't like to get the flu vaccine you try to force people to get this other one. well their if cassie is dramatically different. connell: that's really interesting i haven't heard that before but it is amazing to a lot of people we've made it to 2019 and still having a conversation about this because measles was eradicated but still you have religious reasons that play into it and other things obviously as well, but boy we'll see anyway, let's do a quick check of the markets today. only because it's notable that we were down, we just have not had many down days the s&p was up eight sessions in a row heading into today,s the dow falling 190 now for back to back days and a couple of things you have the trade especially with the european threats the president is now making, and then what we talked about a few minutes ago the imf lowering its global outlook so we'll see how

tomorrow goes. melissa: and an important trip to washington for a very special show tell us one more time? connell: we got christine mc guard, and that will be pretty good stuff, i hope, on thursday. melissa: absolutely, bulls & bears starts now. >> do you receive hate speech directed at you? >> all the time they threaten us online. i receive threatening letters to my home. david: conservative comentator candice owens speaking out about the proliferation of hate speech on social media and how it has effected her personally, this at a hearing whereas executives from facebook and google were grilled over what they can do to stop the growing crisis, you just saw house judiciary member andy biggs questioning ms. owens he will be joining us in moments with his response to today' hearing hi everybody, this is bulls & bears thanks for joining us i'm david asman, joining us carol roth, robert wolf, kevin kelly, john layfield. first let's go to hillary vaughn