assets over there. [closing bell ring] s. liz: market ares closed monday. that will do it for "the claman countdown." thanks to all the service members. melissa: signs of a booming economy. more americans hitting the road this memorial day weekend. also major averages ending the day in the green. u.s. china trade sentiment for the day at least. the dow ending up 100 point off session highs. we had been up 180 points earlier in the day. s&p, tech-heavy nasdaq ending in positive territory. i'm melissa francis. happy friday. connell: happy friday before a long weekend. i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." first here is what is knew at this hour. ♪ melissa: right now president trump on his way to japan. the commander-in-chief is scheduled to meet with japanese

prime minister as major trade deals hang in the balance. before taking off the president spoke to reporters at the white house, explaining his decision to give the attorney general new powers to investigate the investigators. what it means for continuing battle in washington. plus a fox news exclusive on iran. new evidence that the president's maximum pressure campaign against tehran is leaving the country short on cash and iran-backed terror groups are scrambling for new funding. devastation in the midwest. dangerous floods are threatening a recovery effort in missouri. we're live in jefferson city. connell: fox business team coverage on all stories of the gerri willis on floor of the new york stock exchange. blake burman is at the white house. with the president on the move, blake, we start with you. reporter: connell first time since the president announced last night that the president told attorney general bill barr to go forward with the declassification process as it

relates to surveillance in the 2016 campaign, ordering the intelligence community to comply, we heard from the president laying out his thinking. the president says he is doing this in the name of transparency. as he put it, to find out how the hoax started. the top democrat on the house intelligence committee adam schiff says that the president is simply targeting his political rivals. schiff said in a statement, quote, president's order conferring new authorities over classified information about the intelligence community is corrupt escalation of the president's intention with the assistance of the attorney general to weaponize the politicize the nation's intelligence and law enforcement entities. president is saying today by no means is this political payback. >> this is all about what happened and when did it happen. because this was an attempted take-down of the president of the united states. we have to find out, it is not payback. i don't care about payback.

i think it is very important for our country to find out what happened. reporter: the president also continued his escalating feud with house speaker. yesterday he called nancy pelosi quote, crazy and a quote mess. here he was today. >> you think nancy is the same as she was? she's not. maybe we could all say that. i think, i think frankly, i think right now we are, i'm only speaking for myself, i want to do what is good for the country. i think nancy pelosi is not helping this country. reporter: president trump and the first lady right now are aboard air force one. they are headed to japan this holiday weekend to meet with the new japanese emperor. the president will be the first world leader to do so. president trump will also meet with the japanese prime minister shinzo abe. back to you. connell: blake burman on the north lawn off the white house. melissa: the dow ending down for

the fifth week in a row. the longest losing streak in eight years. gerri willis at the new york stock exchange with the latest on this. reporter: that's right. that is exactly what we have, the dow down five weeks arrow. that is the longest losing streak in eight years. this is tough week, with the s&p and nasdaq down three weeks in a row. oil, interesting story, we've been following on pace for the worst week of the year. what is going on? they are hit by fears of a supply glut, too much oil, bringing prices down, slowing growth internationally an demand for oil going forward. boeing, another stock, two week high after approval for the 737 max jets to fly by late june. that is what regulators are saying. individual airlines have something very different to say. united airlines said as a matter of fact they will not put them back up in the air until early august. interesting story today. lots more questions after semiconductor manufacturing

international, a shanghai-based chip stock, went for voluntary delisting on the new york stock exchange right here. they were listed with american depository shares. they are delisting those. they said that they had limited trading volume. they are going to leave the new york stock exchange. new york stock exchange has nothing to say about this today. it is one of the biggest chip makers in china. we'll keep an eye on that. could be interesting to see if any other companies do that. back to you guys. melissa: gerri, thank you. connell: that last story dupery had may tell a wider story about u.s.-china trade tensions, some are calling a new coal war "axios" reported on it today. is that the right way to look at it? let's bring in our panel, carol roth, and francis newton stacy from optimal capital where she is director of strategy. start with you, carol. huawei is the biggest example and we saw the president's

comment yesterday indicating huawei is nothing more than a bargaining chip in a trade conflict but others have said that is much more than that, that this is a new tech war or trade war or cold war i should say. how do you see what is happening with china right now? >> i think we're trying to prevent a cold war or a giant full-out war. i think they are a symptom of early battles. seems like a dysfunctional family trying to get along but we're trying to prevent that from happening. certainly while we all think free trade benefits everyone, if we don't go down the route between cybersecurity and espionage, and full-on cyber warfare that could happen, we could end up in a cold war. i think it is premature. connell: if we do that, there are economic risks. two countries would be theoretically going into opposite direction as opposed win-win we were told about for

years. the economist, did a big piece on that. i believe last week, compared it to the cold war in soviet union, in 1987 the bilateral trade between the u.s. and soviet union was $2 billion a year. last year the two-way trade between u.s. and china was also $2 billion, per day. i thought that was interesting. how do you view what is really happening between us and china? >> boy the wonders of inflation, right? two billion a day. connell: well. >> anyway, i view this as being a cultural impasse, right? they have different political goals. they have different definitions of transparency and the big thing with negotiating with the chinese from those, that i heard from those very familiar with it they like to save face, they like to look good. president xi likes to look good for his citizens. some of trump's tweet about the intellectual property theft and thinks like that don't make xi look good. i think that might have been behind the fact that they pulled back, they said, yes, yes, then

redacted heavily what trump thought we were on track for getting. that being said i think there will be some kind of a deal. i don't think it will be on the time horizon we formally thought. i don't think it will be the great deal. the more they punch, the start after cold war is a possibility but hopefully not we can avoid that. melissa: close to the holiday weekend now, nearly 43 million americans expected to travel this memorial day weekend. that is 3.6% increase from last year according to aaa. wow. carol, that's a big jump year-over-year? >> it's a big jump. which means i will be hiding in my house, melissa, so i don't encounter any of those people. that is a great thing for the economy. the economy is around 70% consumer spending. shows the consumer is feeling good about the economy, they're out there spending. does that mean we'll fully make up what is going on the trade side? probably not. if you're an investor look at

companies that benefit, consume focused, that are not being impacted. consumer feels good. and they want to travel and to spend. melissa: absolutely. francis, what do you think? >> not to be too much of a contrarian, high gases, high prices for travel and anybody been to airport know they are lagging indicators. they can be indicator after late cycle. i will look at growth and inflation against the china backdrop. growth and inflation numbers and market volatility will be determining factor of next sort of moving ahead. i will say i think the dow and s&p have another leg higher. they made a higher low from the reese selloff. i think that is good sign we'll flat enout. growth an inflation are very important, with revised gdp number next week. melissa: you will have to come back to see if that is true. appreciate it. good stuff. have a great weekend. connell: we are getting closer to hanging up, we think on these

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connell: bowing out. theresa may will resign as the leader of the conservative party june 7th. that makes way for a new british prime minister later this summer. >> i will shortly leave the job that it has been the honor of my life to hold. the second female prime minister but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will. but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have the open student to serve the country i love. connell: joined by nile gardiner, the director of the margaret thatcher center for freedom at the heritage foundation. thatcher the first prime minister.

theresa may's comments there, quite emotional at end but what does it all mean, nile? we talked to throughout this process, this hard brexit, crashing out of the eu with no special deal would not necessarily be the end of the world. after watching what you saw happen this week do you think actually where we're headed? >> i think so actually. i think prospect of a no-deal brexit has been increased by theresa may's departure. theresa may was fundamentally opposed to a no-deal brexit. she had two opportunity to take britain out under a no deal, she declined to do so. you will see theresa may replaced by end of july by a new pro-brexit, brexit ear prime minister who i think will be a lot more hard-line in terms of dealing with the european union. as boris johnson the front-runner actually said earlier today, he will take britain out by october 31st, deal or no deal. he think that is very clear.

connell: former london mayor, will he be the next prime minister, is that a pretty good bet? >> he is certainly the clear front-runner at the moment. he is popular with the grass roots of the conservative party but there will be self rounds of voting first of all in the house of commons among conservative mps. there could be as high as 15 candidates standing but certainly boris johnson is the man to beat. twice mayor of london. former foreign secretary. he has instant name recognition across the country. pretty well-known over here in the night as well. connell: he is and one of the things i was reading today, i don't know if you agree with this or not, if it is johnson and if he is the next prime minister and especially if there is a no-deal brexit put in place that great britain and the united states might be more closely aligned in the bilateral relationship on issues of foreign policy, even on issues of economics like china with the huawei story come up a number of

times, there might be a closer alignment between the united states and the uk after all of this, is that fair? >> i think that is absolutely likely and, i think that if you have boris johnson or a similar brexiteer prime minister, the relationship with the united states will be far closer. theresa may was very lukewarm towards donald trump. connell: yeah. >> boris johnson has been very friendly towards donald trump. they get along very well. they know each other well. i think you will have a far closer relationship with a brexiteer prime minister, also quite likely a change of british stance on iran, potentially britain could lead the iran nuclear deal. that also a different approach on china as well. so much more alignment with the united states, instead of alignment with the european union. connell: i asked you this a number of times before but will they be in a slower growth scenario?

is there some problem with the slower growth at least in the short term. >> i don't think. the markets built is no deal. foot ftse was up 1.65%. there is confidence in britain. britain is the world's fifth largest economy. fastest growing major economy in europe. i think britain will do just fine under no-deal brexit. connell: that is what you've been predict all along, nile. thank you for coming on. >> thank you very much. melissa: the boeing max returned to flight is delayed by the faa reevaluation of safety procedures for older 737 models. this is according to "the wall street journal" citing officials. the faa has not questioned safety of older jets currently in service but broader review, has become a significant factor in adding extra months to get the grounded fleet of max jets in the air. connell: extra months. we'll continue to follow that up

with as it drags on. the negotiator-in-chief, what is president trump's real goal when it comes to the trade talks with china? steve moore, senior economic advisor to the trump campaign joins us next on that. get ready to see some more drones in the sky. we'll tell you how nasa is planning to manage the traffic up above. ♪

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melissa: a long game in the making perhaps says president trump doubling down on china by increasing tariffs and blacklisting chinese tech companies. his ultimate goal may go beyond a trade deal. here is steve moore from the heritage foundation. he is also senior economic advisor for the trump campaign. steve, thank you for coming on. >> thanks for having me. melissa: i had begun to wonder, i know some others have too, it may be the goal here isn't necessarily a trade deal. that maybe the president is looking down the road and he is

trying to, you know, move us, put a little distance between us and china, especially as china, you know, you watch around the world, they buy up so much debt, whether south america or here, some say more than these countries could ever repay, you know for so long we taken cheap goods in exchange for looking the other way as they rob our companies of intellectual property and take a stake in the companies and militarily they're very aggressive as well. i wonder if the president has looked at the lay of the land, especially as they cozy up to some of our enemies of like north korea, maybe time to drive a wedge between us and china, perhaps you know, if you starve china of a little cash, it kind of brings them down in size. what do you think of that theory? >> well, look, melissa, i do think the president wants this trade deal done because i think he understands it will enhance the chances of his being reelected in 2020, if he can get

a trade deal done with china. by the way the trade deal gets done and i think there will be a trade deal before the end of this year, i don't know how good it will be, but there will be a deal. that will unleash more growth in the economy. trump will be in pretty good shape. i sort of agree what you're saying, this will be a protracted struggle not for the next year, or two, or five, this is the epic battle of our lifetime. i think trump needs to get this done. that is what his white house, both political and economic advisors are telling him, get a deal done now, so we continue with this booming economy. it will make your re-election a lot easier. i do think, melissa, if he gets reelected in 2020, in the second term he will be even tougher with china than he is now. melissa: but at the same time, i mean you hear about so many companies that are going with plan b because, if you're waiting on washington to get something done, i mean as a business person you're just screwed.

no one will sit around to wait for washington. >> that's true. melissa: they're slower than anybody. you already see companies making different choices, switching over to vietnam, whatever it is. >> yep. melissa: as far as consumers it drives me crazy when people talk about the tariffs americans are going to pay because you have a choice to not buy from china. it is not like they're the only one selling backpacks. i was listening to local radio station, if you buy the backpacks today it will cost this much more. i'm thinking to myself, we're only allowed to buy chinese goods? >> yeah. melissa: seems like people are making different choices and, i wonder if that is his goal? >> well i think that the american people are behind trump on this. i think, the american people understand that china is increasingly an economic and national security threat to the united states because of their abusive treatment in terms of what they're doing militarily and what they're doing with respect to trade. it is really interesting that what secretary mnuchin said

yesterday, which is, you know, he is is having american companies, hey, when you're doing your change, you maybe want to count china out on this, look for other countries like singapore, taiwan, and vietnam, inyaw, others can do what china did, because the tariffs might not be going away anytime soon. melissa: right. >> i think that is a little brinksmanship though. i feel like we've got to get this deal done for economic and political reasons and it is in interests of both nations to get something done. i keep saying that there is nothing that donald trump is asking of the chinese in these negotiations that is not reasonable. these are things they should do. i mean we're the ones wearing white hats here. they're the ones wearing the black hat with -- melissa: i wonder how black that black hat is when the department of homeland security is warning us, that they make the vast majority of drones and those drones are sending information back to china. so you might not want to have them flying over anything you

care about? you start to wonder, do we need a bigger separation or divorce from this country? we'll see. steve moore. thank you for coming on. >> that might be coming, you may be right about that, but the short term thing i think is to get a deal done. this ain't going away anytime soon. melissa: thank you, sir. >> take care. connell: different story about drones. nasa is testing a traffic management system for drones in cities as more businesses look to use the devices for delivery and other purposes. associated press has this story. simulations include multiple drones with gps technology flying in the air at the same time. the chinese company referred to the military stopped buying drones from t.j. i, which spokes to a potential threat there. melissa: interesting. bracing for rising floodwaters. the missouri river is set to crest at highest level in decades. connell: president trump

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another challenge, extreme weather. in missouri flooding is hurting recovery efforts after a tornado left at least three people dead. fox business's matt finn is in jefferson city with the latest. matt? reporter: people in jefferson city going through the painful process trying to assess what they can salvage are doing it here in record high 91-degree heat. we're blocks away from the state capitol, you can clearly see the path the tornado took, cutting through this town, destroying homes and businesses. all day long we've seen recovery crews, utility crews working at stunning pace to restore critical services to this town. we talked to one woman, she says she was grateful her children were not home when she crawled down to her bathtub to pray to god to stay alive. >> this was my home. that is where, i was on the floor, when i watched as it took my roof.

reporter: right now the missouri governor says the missouri river has crested. fortunately he says right now, so far the levees are holding. the army corps of engineers, this afternoon, tells fox business, that it is very concerned about all of the wet weather forecasted for this weekend. it could obviously bring all the recovery efforts to a halt. perhaps lead to historic flooding. melissa. melissa: matt, i can't imagine what that is like, to sit there and watch the roof go away. amazing. thank you for bringing that to us. connell: here is roger johnson. roger is from the national farmers union where he is president. we want to talk about china and trade and follow-up what matt finn was reporting there, struck by combination of those two factors of farming business, the weather and the trade situation, you know, boy, almost pick your poison. which has been worse this year? >> it has really been a difficult period and you add on top of that in fact last six

years we see net farm income decline every year. it is half of what is was six years ago. there is lot of financial stress to begin with. you add the weather on top, people talk a lot about the trade spat we have with china, it is really beyond that. i mean we've picked fights with countries all over the world. which i would argue -- connell: talking about canada, even our allies, some of that is obviously being wrapped up. >> eu, japan but in many ways we sort of offended our best trading partners at a time when we need them behind us to sort of hold china accountable. connell: what do you think, are you entering into a area where it is almost, the old days are never coming back? that the situation has been permanently changed to some extent? >> i do believe the situation is permanently changed. listen, i farmed most of my life. i lived through the time of the

russian trade embargo happened, decades, decades ago. we still have after effects from that. this is far more severe than that. so there will be long-term consequences that have to be -- connell: even if there is deal with china? >> absolutely if there is a deal. connell: that is interesting. melissa was talking to steve moore, whether there is something going on or divorce or decoupling from the two countries whether there is a new cold war, that will last a long time. even if there is not that, say they sign a deal in september for arguments sake, do you get back market share you lost? you probably don't right away? >> i would be very surprised if we got it back, or got it back quickly, i would be astounded. a lot of the market share we had with china is already down in brazil. connell: yeah. >> soybeans were number one crop exported to china. we were by far the largest exporter. they basically stopped buying

soybeans from us. brazil is breaking out new land, planting more soybeans. they're locking in the market. connell: they don't necessarily switch back to america because of the deal in place. >> exactly. connell: what do you say to the american farmer who you have been a part of this community. >> sure. connell: speak to others who are, what, sounds like a very good future. how do they ad just to this situation if you're right? >> well i think we need to sort of go back to congress and sort of take a longer term look what is the state of the farming economy look like. we have way too much production right now for the markets that are there. we probably need to be rethinking some of our federal farm policies. we certainly need to be rethinking some of our trade policies i think we're in a very different era with this president and regardless of what comes afterward. connell: 16 billion yesterday. much larger than? >> i would certainly argue it is much more than that. connell: roger, good to talk to you, very interesting insights if nothing else.

we'll wish you and all your colleagues all the best of the thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me on, yeah. melissa: interesting conversation. that is like a real structural change. connell: that is what we're kind of talking about right here. that is what you and steve were talking about, whether it is much bigger than trade back and forth. melissa: i think it might be. interesting. classified intelligence revealing iran is strapped for cash. it's a fox news exclusive. that's next. plus cracking down on robocalls. the senate's latest move to get rid of those pesky calls we all hate coming up. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase.

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iran. intelligence shows iran's cyber command needs more money. reports from the region shows hezbollah deploying donation boxes to raise cash. this shows that the administration sanctions against iran are working. >> when people talk about iran's regional aggression, they're talking about iran's support for its proxies, hamas, hezbollah, shia militias in iraq and syria and houthis in yemen. we're making it harder for all of these terrorist organizations to operate and destablize the middle east. reporter: a year ago the trump administration withdrew from the iran nuclear agreement. that meant restoring sanctions on iranian oil, banking exports. some democrats in european governments criticized withdrawal from the nuclear deal, saying it would further destablize an already volatile region. iranian president hassan rouhani they will produce

highly-enriched uranium if european countries don't shield iran from u.s. sanctions. the u.s. sent a carrier strike group to the area, b-52 bombers, patriot missiles. the president has approved increase of force there of troops by about 1500 that will be sent to the region. connell? connell: good reporting. rich edson at the state department. melissa. melissa: here is react retired lieutenant colonel daniel davis. thanks so much for joining us. when you hear that report that now the terror organizations are being starved of cash and they're being told to raise money elsewhere doesn't that kind of tell you by definition iran nuclear deal funded terror, and that the people that put it together have blood on their hands? >> well, no, i would not view it that way. what that shows you is that those are some of the things that iran is doing to, what it considers to take care of its own national security interests in the region. they were doing those with or without the iranian nuclear

deal. but we have to look at the bigger picture here. we don't want to get to the point to say sanctions, are working, working towards what end? if we put them further and further into a corner where they start repros soesing nuclear materials and increasing heavy water to make potentially weapons-grade. that is not a win for us that pushes us closer to war. we're looking to -- melissa: so you think that the facts that they are not able to fund terror and kill people does not mean that sanctions are working? >> well, of course no one would want that, absolutely we don't. what i'm saying that is going to happen because of the way that iran, right or wrong, we'll say it's wrong, that is the way they view their security needs. they will do that no matter what. melissa: but they're telling them to look elsewhere for money. we can't give you money. that means they were giving them money. >> they were. that means they will continue. melissa: you're saying they're not giving them money right now because they that i that is in

their strategic interests, not because they're cash-strapped? >> clearly they're cash-strapped. no question about that. i'm saying much bigger issue for the west and united states is that we don't want to pub them to develop nuclear weapons which they weren't doing prior to that. that is much more important than this other part which is bad. i'm not saying it is not. melissa: why do you think they weren't developing nuclear weapons? i mean israelis went in and found they had moved all of their material and all of their documents to a different location. they just changed the name on everything? >> well what we have from both united nations and our own state department prior to pulling out of this last may that they were compliance. now there were problems with the deal which are, widely reported and many of them are accurate but they had a deal. we had pressure and standing to actually make them comply in the areas where they weren't. but they were complying it was putting restraint. we have the risk of taking restraints off. melissa: they weren't compliant if they found all of those

documents because they said they weren't doing it anymore, they changed the name of the project. let me ask you about north korea while we're still here. they're insisting they won't return to talk until the u.s. stops what it calls, unilateral demand for total disarmament, what about that one? >> that is something i've been arguing we pushed a little too hard on that. when we seek complete and total dedenuclearization as required entry point where we ask them to do everything we want them to do, only then will we release sanctions and stuff that is nonstarter. they have to have something to give something. if we want denuclearization we have to give something for that. that will take a step by step approach towards peace which is what the south korean government advocates and they want. i think we need to go in that direction. melissa: they have always taken advantage of us this that situation in the past. anyway, colonel, thanks for coming on. appreciate the time. >> thanks, melissa. connell: completely different subject now, but one you will care about, saying no to robo.

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calls before you even get the first ring. fcc chairman ajit pai saying in a statement, quote, further powers like increased fines, longer statutes of limitations removing citation requirements that make us warn robocallers before penalizing them, that will improve our already strong robocalling efforts. the bill moves to the house. fcc votes on a measure that would let phone companies automatically block the calls for consumers. connell. connell: hillary, we're all hoping for the best. hillary vaughn in d.c. melissa: if you're heading out of town for the holiday weekend, you're not alone. jeff flock is on the open road. we'll tell you what you need to know before driving out of your driveway, that's next. connell: very good driver, flock. ♪ w had a coach in high school. really helped me up my game. i had a coach. math. ooh.

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memorial day weaken making it the busiest in 14 years. even with gas prices on the rise, jeff flock is in chicago with the latest. jeff? reporter: we thought we would give you two for one here. we're heading into midway airport. this is the road heading into midway. you will see it coming up make on kyle's camera. this is cicero avenue. planes, trains, automobiles, you got them all. this is the second busiest travel day in history in the booming economy. you can see travel wise on the roads, 37 million people in the air. talking another 3 plus million. another two million in the rails. they're all increases over last year which is great news. midway, by the way if you come back to take a look at kyle's camera, maybe you see this is major construction project. i tell you traffic in here has not been terrible.

out on the rest of the expressways in chicago it has been a mess. speaking after mess, this is midway unconstruction. travel, leisure, where are most of the people going that are going somewhere memorial day? the number one destination remains, disney world. and, that is good news to the folks at disney, who already had it -- missed my turn. i get to talking. melissa: [laughter] >> i was going to take you into the airport, i want to see if i can get over there, you probably don't have time. disney they're doing well, for various reasons. people are going to disney world too. that is kind of a cool thing. i will spin around. connell: take a u-turn. melissa: make a u-turn. show us what is going on at the airport. connell: hold on? >> weigh -- he was going to stop. he was going to stop, don't

worry. when you're on television live, you're 10 feet tall, and bulletproof. there you see midway. this is the people coming in. see if i had gotten over there, but i took the u-turn too quick. what else can i tell you. i think i've exhausted my knowledge. melissa: keep your hands on the wheel, jeff. we're interested. gas prices are up, we still have more people on the road than ever before? reporter: well it is because, yeah they're up, but compared to this time last year, we're up about 30% over the course of the past six months. compared to last year, we're actually down a little bit, year-to-date. year-over-year. so you know, this is not bad. economy is booming. everybody has a job, that wants one, people to the money in their pocket. melissa: i like the shout out of the front window. we have to let you know when you hit the breaks. go ahead and break, jeff. good thoughts. reporter: yeah, he is getting combat pay for driving with me today.

i think. melissa: jeff flock, thank you. be careful. connell: split that ticket, when you guys get pulled over. anyway, good time to check weather. >> we can all do that, but not when you're on tv. do as we say, not as we do. weather in the same spot where there has been weather same part of last week. across illinois. town here from areas of kansas, oklahoma, down in across texas, oklahoma, overall, this at earn we're in completely stuck in. severe weather. we'll see more of it. this is exactly from d.c. yesterday, up across parts of the great lakes. back down across southern plains. there is same story. area of high pressure, solidly set in place here. it has been baking things across

the southeast, really, really hot temperatures for may. then the storm track just sees one storm after the other, continuing to go in the same spot. wiggles a little bit. goes back 100-miles or so. overall, that doesn't really break down. severe threat today, areas of the great lakes, down across the south, incruding tornado threat we'll watch. tomorrow doesn't look different. more of intense threat for severe weather. all the severe weather comes with rain that comes along with it. that happened over the last week. seen a lot of spots, northern areas of oklahoma, southeast kansas. eight to 10 inches of rain. it brought incredible amounts of flooding we're watching. anywhere you see green, that is flooding we're worried about. that dotted lines is river flooding. all of that water has to get into the mississippi river and go to the south. unfortunately we have more rain coming this weekend. more rain next week.

this flooding threat will be with us. guys? connell: middle of the country. matt finn on earlier. rick, have a good weekend. melissa. melissa: need to return something to amazon? try asking ceo >> can you please return this for me? [laughter] >> yeah, sure. we will help you with that right after the meeting. hang around a little bit. we will have somebody come and help. we will get that return taken care of. >> thank you very much. >> my apologies you had to use this unusual venue to accomplish what should be a much simpler task. >> hey, i give them credit. if you had one question to ask jeff bezos, i don't know that would be it. >> you brought it all the way to the shareholder meeting? that also doesn't make sense to me. probably there was an opportunity in the lobby or somewhere to ask someone else. i shop on amazon every day. it is very easy to return stuff.

>> every day, huh? well, i shouldn't say. we're crazy for it too. every day i get home -- >> you say every day like that's a lot. every minute, there you go. >> have a good weekend everybody. thanks for joining us. >> bulls & bears starts right now. >> she made horrible statements. she knows they are not true. she said terrible things. so i just responded in kind. >> [inaudible] >> yeah, that's possible. i do believe you can't go down two tracks. they want to do a redo of the mueller report. it is over. there is no redo. david: president trump speaking to reporters moments before leaving for a four-day state visit to japan where the mood will no doubt be a lot more pleasant than what we have seen during the contentious week. fiery war of words with house speaker pelosi continues. made a lot of headlines during