the only way to stop it is to pile on the costs until the costs we impose are greater than the benefit china gets. lou: t t t t t lauren: it's 5*u6 a.m. here are your top stories this hour. spotlight on china after president trump says he sees the possibility of a trade deal. the two countries may not be on the same page. cherylpresidentpage.cheryl: p d mean for mideast peace efforts and oil. lauren: and why joe biden's electability argument could be hitting a speed bump on the campaign trail. cheryl: imagine not being allowed to use an app because of your credit score.

it's tuesday, august 27th. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. ♪ ♪ the moon comes up and the sun goes down. ♪ we find a little spot at the edge of town. ♪ sip of whiskey, pass it around. ♪ dance in the dusk, turn the radio up. ♪ that fireball whiskey whispers. cheryl: welcome to "fbn: a.m.." good morning. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: let's take a look at investors monitor every twist and turn in u.s.-china trade relations. the dow is down after yesterday's gain by 80 points, the s&p and nasdaq lower as well. lauren: 1.52% is the yield on the 10 year treasury. cheryl: let's take a look at oil after comments from's president that crossed the tape

this morning. oil is up 40-cents. we're at $54.04. gold is showing a slight gain, that flight to safety a little bit there. lauren: stocks in asia edging higher. the nikkei gaining 1%, shanghai composite gaining 1 and a third percent. cheryl: european markets lower, there's a slight contraction in german gdp. red arrows continue across the board across the pond. lauren: china headlines continue to drive this 345r get. presiden-- drivethis market. president trump is back in washington. all eyes on china and a potential end to the ongoing trade war. cheryl: griff jenkins has a look at why the two sides may not be on the same page. >> reporter: we'll have a better idea of where things stand once the talks resume with china in september. but for now, no shortage of drama in the high stakes standoff. the latest, a positive sign from china's vice premier issuing

this statement. china is willing to resolve the trade dispute through calm negotiations and opposes the escalation of the conflict with the president. he called him a great leader yesterday. the president reporting that beijing called his trade team twice over the weekend to resume negotiations. the president now sounding optimistic of a deal. >> i think they want to make a deal very badly. i think that was elevated last night. china's taken a very hard hit over the last number of months. they've lost 3 million jobs. it will soon be much more than 3 million jobs. >> reporter: china's foreign ministry spokesman spokesman wt confirming the calls and threatened they'll continue to retaliate if president trump continues to fight joe biden vowed not to criticize the president while overseas, he was blasting the president's trade war. >> the president has not been

fiscally careful. he has sparked the trade war. >> his trade war with china is blowing up in his face. >> donald trump has no plan. trade war by tweet is harmful to the u.s. economy, harmful to u.s. farmers. >> reporter: the president's back in the white house today so we'll see if we learn more and we'll wait to see how the markets react. it's been a very bumpy ride in the last week. cheryl: griff, thank you. tensions are flairing between china and australia after china arrested an australian writer for alleged spying. he was a blogger and a spy novelist. he's been in custody for the last of a half year. he could be forced to serve a long prison sentence if convicted. australia says there is no basis for the spying charges. lauren: johnson & johnson lost a closely watched case for its role if fueling opioid addiction in the state of oklahoma. the company's shares rose more

than 2% on the news because the fine is actually much less than investors had expected. the verdict sent shares of other drug makers that sell opioids mostly higher. cheryl: we get more on the judge's ruling and the legal fallout from fox news' lauren blanchard. >> the opioid crisis ravaged the >> reporter: a judge decided the actions of johnson & johnson and opioid epidemic. >> i am entering an abatement plan that 572,102,000 and $28. >> reporter: some family members were in the courtroom when the verdict came down. prosecutors say the companies were motivated by agreed and created a public nuisance by flooding the market with pain killers. the attorney general said opioid overdoses claimed the lives of

more than 4600 people from oklahoma in a 10 year period. >they will finally be held accountable. >> reporter: companies are saying they're not responsible for the addictions and deaths. >> we have many strong grounds for appeal and we intend to pursue those vigorously. >> reporter: ahead of the seven-week trial, the state settled with perdue fa pharma as well as teva pharmaceutical industries. this will likely set the precedent for thousands of lawsuit already filed in other states. lauren blanchard, fox news. cheryl: up to 30 alleged victims of jeffrey epstein are going to be heard in court today. new accusers are expected to speak out as well. a judge will formally dismiss

charges against him due to his recent suicide. some victims plan to sue his estate. the washington post is reporting that some surveillance video outside of the jail cell where epstein hanged himself is unusable, it's unclear why that is, though. lauren: democrats are considering a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown next month. cheryl: tracee carrasco's got that story. tracee: good morning. congress passed a budget deal last month but have notif not finalized an actual funding bill. lawmakers return to capitol hill on september 9th, giving them three weeks to reach a short-term bill will be needed to fund the government into december while a longer term deal is worked out. 20 states are suing over the trump administration's efforts to remove the flores agreement. it would allow migrant families including children to be detained indefinitely. the trump administration says it

will keep children safe from smugglers and cut down on fraught fraudulent families. immigration officials will no longer allow people to stay in the u.s. without risk of deportation while they or their family members receive life-savinsaving medical treatm. papa john's is preparing to have john lynch to take over as the ceo. he would replace steve richie who took over in january 2018 when john schnatter stepped down. spacex launch aborted, less than one second before liftoff the star hopper's test was stopped. the company plans to try again today. this would be the final launch of the rocket, a prototype of a mars launch system. and that's what's happening now. cheryl: it's still going to shatter windows in the neighborhoods where they're going to launch it so that issue not fixed yet. tracee: that warning still in

effect. lauren: thank you. cheryl: poor people in texas. for first time ever, the mtv video music awards took over new jersey. taylor swift, cardi b, little n a as and billy ray cyrus all taking awards while missy elliott took home the lifetime achievement award. the night didn't go off without a hitch. >> i shouldn't do this because i'll just mispronounce [bleep] [bleep]. you do it. cheryl: that was john travolta who famously mispronounced a name at the oscars. he wound up making another flub. he gave the moon man award to a taylor swift imperso impersonatr instead of her. lauren: the night had some political punches. >> as an immigrant i feel like we are the people that make this

country. >> you voting for this video means that you want a world where we're all treated equally under the law. [ cheering and applause ] lauren: check the ratings when they come in. cheryl: that is why ratings for awards shows in general are down. we'll see what the ratings come in for that one. lauren: it's one of the reasons they're going hostless too. let's take a look at futures. we have a downdraft, a headline-driven market. dow is down 25 points but doing better than it had been moments ago. like i said, optimism turning into skepticism over the trade war, beijing casting new doubts that it's eager to get back to the bargaining table. and guess who is back in the neighborhood. >> this is how you answer the door in my neighborhood. who is it? [ laughter ]

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lauren: hong kong's leaders are warning that the violence stemming from anti-government protests could lead to a police crackdown. >> starting a dialogue doesn't

mean that we will condone violence. if violence continues, the only thing that we should do is to stem out through the violence through law enforcement actions. lauren: that's carrie lamb, saying the government is confident it can handle the current situation by itself. more demonstrations are planned over coming days, posing a direct challenge to authority in china. three months of protests. cheryl: beijing is reportedly downplaying president trump's claim that china wants to resume trade talks. our next guest says he hopes both sides want to return to the bargaining table. clark packen, he is here. clark, good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. cheryl: even your tone is shifting a little bit about the likelihood of a trade deal. we've seen the chinese now, the yuan affecting our markets this morning, the devaluation of the currency. they're not propping it up

strongly but they're not pushing it down either which makes you wonder what policy is coming out of beijing. also, the fact that they're pushing back against president trump's comments over the weekend. >> yeah, i'm certainly a little disappointed by the tone from beijing. i would like to see, again, both sides get back to the table. we've been through this four, five times. and it seems like nothing is being resolved. meanwhile, it's creating massive uncertainty in the market and the march h market's basically g water right now. cheryl: look at your screen right now. we were down 100 points on u.s. futures for the dow, now we're down 20. this is based on every tweet, comment, back and forth that we see. it's not just xi-jinping that's the issue. we heard about carrie lamb and the events in beijing. that's not quieting down. and while she's trying to take a consistenconciliatory tone, it t

some point mainland china will jump into the fray. >> i hope not. i hope both sides can remain calm. this has the potential to spiral out of control, the same way that tianemen square did. my hope is both sides can take a deep breath and not resort to any sort of violence or any sort of ratcheting up of tensions, even into the trade space. cheryl: since the tariff fighting began, markets have actually been strong but for the month of august, all of the major averages looking to lose about 3%. all this volatility is on china. and now it seems that the chinese, and we've had several guests come on our program and say this, are basically going to wait this out as we get closer to the election. how likely is that, in your opinion, at this point? >> i think that makes a lot of economic sense if you're a businessman, you're looking to see how this is going to play out. investment doesn't like uncertainty and there's so much uncertainty that i completely understand why businesses are

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lauren: hopes for a meeting between the u.s. and iran may be crumbling already. iran's president saying this morning iran has no intention to talk to the united states unless all sanctions are lifted. a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies is here. good morning. >> good morning. lauren: how likely is this meeting in the first place because the iranian president answers to supreme leader who calls the shots. >> that's right. that's the power structure in place. the supreme leader has to give a green light to iran's president or any other iranian diplomat to engage in such negotiations. the reason we're talking about this is because at the tail end of the g7 summit, emmanuel macron, france's president, hinted he would like to see row rohani of iran and president trump of the u.s. meet. lauren: macron said they will likely meet within weeks.

does that tee us off for a potential meeting at the un in september? >> it could tee us up for that. it is the next big major diplomatic marker here. it's natural for different presidents and different officials to meet on the sidelines, formally or informally. the expectations are raised. if there isn't a meeting, there may be a phone call. in 2013, president obama and president rohani had a phone call. two months later there was an interim nuclear deal. lauren: what's the point if both sides are digging in their heels. you have iran struggling economically and saying we're not talking until you lift the sanctions. >> that's a great point. it's not about hawks or doves. it's about good policies or bad policies. in less than one year the u.s. has been able to do the same kind of damage to the iran

economy that it took a decade of multi-lateral sanctions to do. my advice is to keep the pressure up and make sure iran comes to the table in earnest. they want to be able to sell 700,000 barrels of oil, they want a line of credit, that is a sign that the sanctions are working. lauren: if we just keep talking and flirting with them in a way to reduce the tension, reduce the pressure, do you expect that to maybe reduce iran's control of the persian gulf and their provocations in that area? >> actually, i would expect the opposite. i think the iranians are trying to incentiveize the trump administration to not engage in productive diplomacy but rather premature d diplomacy, meaning u have high level photo ops or high level sanctions relief and this gives irans enough political stamp m stamina and eh cash to wait out the president.

lauren: because if a democrat is elected the tune and tone will change. cheryl: tropical storm dorian traveling through the carribean overnight. lauren: janice dean has the latest. janice: we're watching dorian. we got the 5:00 a.m. advisory, it's still a tropical storm, 50-mile-an-hour sustained winds. over the next 24 to 48 hours, the storm is really not going to strengthen. when it gets near the bahamas we could have trouble. watching puerto rico, how close to land does this come? if it comes close to land it will tear part of it apart and it won't have the fuel source. this computer model shows a good path in terms of not a direct hit to puerto rico. of course, they were hit hard by category 5 maria two years ago. a lot of people still living in tents. they don't need to see another tropical system. this one actually brings some of the moisture into the southern part of the island but the bulk

of the storm remains offshore. also watching tropical depression six. this one remains offshore. but again, ladies, we'll watch over the next couple days as the system could come close to the southeast coast or florida on the weekend. back to you. lauren: janice, this is when you make your money. thank you very much. janice: i am here. cheryl: let's take a look at your money and how it's moving on this tuesday. right now we have got dow futures -- we've really come back. we were down more than 100 points earlier. now we're down only 28. nasdaq is down 9 and a quarter. we're watching everything trade and also this. the rock star versus the rock. former vice president joe biden dealt a major blow in a new poll. how all those gaffes caught up with him. and will you be judged based on your social behavior? how a growing trend in china is now hitting the united states. you're watching "fbn: a.m."

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imagine what would have happened if god forbid barack obama had been assassinated after becoming the de facto nominee. when bobby kennedy and dr. king were assassinated in the '70s -- i love this place. what's not to love about vermont. poor kids are just as bright and talented. cheryl: that's joe biden's recent gaffes, have they started to catch up to him. a new poll shows that losing nearly half of the democratic voters he previously had, slipping to third place behind person ben and elizabeth warren. let's bring in bring in brad

polombo. a big piece in politico that crossed last night that basically said you've got a rock star and a rock and the rock star is elizabeth warren who even had -- she had 15,000 people in a crowd, they thought they were going to get 12,000 and that progressive message blowing up washington as she has put it, basically, seems to be resonating with democratic voters. >> yeah, what i'll say about this poll, it had a very small sample size of under 300 and margin of error of almost 6%. i want to be careful not to overstate the importance of what's probably basically an outlier. but it does go to a general trend that we're seeing, that joe biden is a terrible candidate. he has given us gaffe after gaffe. he looks old. he looks slow. he looks like a very weak candidate. he's always been a bad campaigner many it's even worse around this time. we are finally starting to see that he reflected in the polls. cheryl: point taken on the polls. it's still early on and they do change a lot and they are volatile. but at the same time we have

seen this gaffe machine really come into play and that electability question comes back, right? it seems that democratic voters were 100% he focused on electability, or 80%, according to one poll. now the younger democratic voter, the one that's showing up to the warren and sanders rallies, might be the one that pushes the party to the far left. that could be bad for joe biden. >> i think you're right. i think that joe biden has to deal with that problem because right now -- over the weekend, he foregot what state he was in. cheryl: vermont, yeah. >> are you kidding me, joe? if you're a young voter and you're looking at this guy, he doesn't represent your left wing policies. i don't see what the appeal is with this gaffe machine. cheryl: the next round of debates, we've got 10 folks that will be on the stage. we're watching closely to see if anybody else will catch on. of those, julian castro, biden,

harris, klobuchar, beto, are any of these candidates kind of that sleeping candidate right now that we're going to see really come out on that debate stage and take over? >> you know, it remains to be seen because nobody thought that kamala harris would come out in the first debate and kill it. let's talk about the candidates that aren't getting in. and that's because the dnc will not release the metrics that they're using to select which polls they will accept. you need four polls showing 2%. so you have candidates like tulsi gabbard that have enough polls but for some reason the dnc won't recognize the polls they have even though they're from reputable newspapers. cheryl: maybe the dnc should vote on who is the tallest candidate, then bill di glass do would be on the stage. >> that's about all he has going for him. cheryl: brad, thank you very much. great to have you, as always. lauren: beijing is reportedly downplaying president trump's

claim that china wants to resume trade talks. rebecca walser is here. rebecca, good morning. >> good morning. lauren: overnight we saw optimism turn into skepticism. how do investors play a market that is completely headline-driven? >> well, i think you have to be in it for the long game. at least a longer game than day-to-day and tweet to tweet. this is a long strategy play. this is not a short-term strategy. this is a long haul. and so if we're going to be going tweet to tweet, call to call, we're going to have volatility and investors don't like that. lauren: it has severe consequences. morgan stanley is warning of a global recession if the u.s. raises the tariffs on chinese imports to 25% and china retaliates. that's a big deal, a global recession. >> of course. yes. absolutely. i totally agree with you. this is going to be painful. this is definitely not something that is easy to do, to unwind to an extent the u.s.'s dependence on chinese supplying our walmart

and our targets and basically our cheap goods is very painful, lauren. it's going to have an impact, yes. lauren: will it impact consumers? the dialogue we've gone wit with-quite frankly, the dialogue we've seen in the data is the consumer remains strong. we get a consumer confidence number this morning. do you expect the consumer to start to get nervous and pull back? >> i think we're going to probably see a number more along the lines of june where trade was more of an impact, before the rebound in july. i expect we'll see a little bit more volatility because we have had this month pretty much dominated by a tit-for-tat on the back and forth between us and china. lauren: let's say the consumer does pull back and then you have those big name momentum technology stocks, the so-called fang trade, they're 20% of the broader market. they've pulled back in the past year. so if they're not fueling gains or quite frankly losses

recently, what's the new trade? >> you know, lauren, that remains to be seen. there's always something that's going to come out, just like the old days. we had before microsoft, oracle, intel and fang stocks now have been the bet for the last -- they don't trad trade unilatera. they each have their own issues they're dealing with. they're not moving unilaterally as a block anymore and each of them have their own issues, obviously. facebook with private circumstance google with competition and data privacy and censorship. you've got amazon with walmart and target doing so well, with supply chain and getting out there and expanding distribution and netflix using subscribe sus for the first time. lauren: yes or no, this is the worst time for the dow in eight years, is it a time to buy or you stay away? >> if you're in it for the short game, we have a lot of

volatility. long-term, it's going to be painful and we're going to have to deal with this china issue and we have to play a long game. lauren: rebecca, thank you very much. >> thank you. cheryl: well, big brother's always watching, a trend that's been made popular in china, making its way to the us. companies like airbnb, uber, insurance companies are starting to grade consumers based on a social system score. consumers receive a score based on social media profiles and behaviors which can hope decide whether you can maybe get a loan or use certain apps on your phone. people have now been banned from using mass transit, getting some jobs for having a lower score, even some folks being allowed -- not being allowed to get into a bar. that's rough. lauren: it certainly is. coming up, johnson & johnson found liable in a major opioid court case. the verdict could have major widespread effects even on the fast food industry. we discuss. and a slew of scams hitting

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lauren: boeing is facing its first clients lawsuit over the 737 max jet. russian aircraft group via accusing boeing of breach of contract and withholding safety

information from inspectors. they called the two fatal crashes a result of boeing's negligent actions and decisions and demanded their order be canceled. the 737 max has been grounded since march. cheryl: well, a bitter pill to swallow for johnson & johnson. a judge ordered the company to pay $572 million for fueling the opioid crisis but that's far less than the $17 billion and change oklahoma wanted. j & j is still going to appeal. they call this a flawed ruling. let's bring in attorney misty maris. is this a flawed ruling? >> it's a landmark case. that's the issue. so basically in oklahoma, johnson & johnson is now being held responsible as what the prosecutors said a king pin of the opioid epidemic. cheryl: which is something we've never seen a pharmaceutical company ever been accused of before. >> this is really interesting. the legal arguments are the same that we saw against big tobacco back in the '90s.

that's what this is based off of. cheryl: which blue u blew up te tobacco industry. >> we have this binding decision that will set the tone for 2,000 other cases across the country. cheryl: states attorneys general across the country are looking at this and saying great he we're going to go after not just j and yo jawndz j & j, buty pharmaceutical company. teva settled. it's the type of ruling that this was that's the problem for the industry. >> teva settled. perdue settled. you look at these cases, ohio this fall, we're going to see more of these cases. you may see settlements come out of that. there's a number now. there's a rubric. cheryl: it's not affecting the stock now because they're going to fight it but long term, no one knows where this goes. if you own shares of j & j you're wondering to yourself what's going to happen, right?

>> it didn't affect the stock immediately i think because investors are thinking oh, my gosh they're asking for 17 billion. so maybe the sting wasn't quite as bad. there is a pending a appeal. but more of these cases, that could affect the stock market. cheryl: two other quick big high profile cases today, epstein, new york, his death ruled a suicide but the victims are going to be heard. what does that mean for the estate? >> this is going to play out like victim impact statements like we've seen in criminal cases. what this means for the estate, the lawsuits will add for fury as we see the lawsuits press forward. cheryl: lori laughlin will be back in court today with her husband. so many people are poking holes in their defense that they didn't think they were doing anything wrong, like giving $500,000 to a fake charity. do you think they're still in trouble. >> i definitely think they're in trouble. their kids got in, pretending to row crew.

everybody knew they did not. they knew that, their parents new that. the ignorance of the law defense, that is not a defense. cheryl: you can't play dumb in court? that's good, misty. thank you for telling me that, just for future reference. you never know. thank you so much. >> thank you. cheryl: over to you. lauren: soaring student debt is opening the door to new relief scams. the wall street journal is reporting that fraudulent companies are promising to help borrowers reduce or forgive their debt and that number is growing. regulators filed nine civil cases against debt he release scams since 2017 involving 77 companies. and the fcc is to issue a new warning about fake medicare calls that tar he get the elderly. scammers pretend to be representatives of a medical supply company and offer free services in exchange for your information. the fcc says never give out personal data over the phone and the caller id could be manipulated. cheryl: we are seeing a pullback in futures a, and thats

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moment. german market gaining a fifth of 1%. the british market down a fifth of 1%. there's optimism across the pond as boris johnson says he believes a hard brexit can be avoided. craig erlam joins us from london. any reason for real hope here or is boris johnson trying to give himself cover if he can't get the deal done? >> reporter: i think he has to seem optimistic, he has to stress the fact that he believes these alternative arrangements are feasible and the eu is buying into them. the problem he doesn't have on his side is time and that's where the skee skepticism arriv. he has to continue with positivity. if this goes wrong and we see a no deal brexit, he doesn't want the fingers pointing at him. he wants them pointing at europe. lauren: great britain is reportedly to make a decision on whether to use huawei in the 5g

networks, that decision expected by fall. if there is a hard brexit, great britain would need a trade deal with the u.s. so do you expect great britain to oppose huawei? >> i think the link between these two things is quite significant. if the u.k. is reliant on the u.s. for a trade deal, i struggle to see a scenario whereby trump and the rest of his administration don't say to the u.k., look, we will give you the trade deal that you want but you have to stand by us issues. i think huawei is one of them 678 i think it will be difficult for to accept huawei and rely on the u.s. for take trade deal. lauren: craig, we have to leave it there. but thank you. >> thank you. lauren: i'm curious if they have psl in london. cheryl: more trouble to harvey weinstein. it wasn't related to sex wall you assault charges against him. lauren: tracee carrasco has the details. tracee: law enforcement telling the new york post that the

disgraced movie mogul crashhoodd his cheap about 9:00 in the morning on august 17th. weinstein told police he swerved to avoid hitting a deer. he walked away without injuries. federal officials are close to a decision on whether to charge former fbi official andrew mccabe. a source tells fox news that the former deputy and act director of the fbi has had a, quote, target on his back, because of his findings against him over actions during the hillary clinton e-mail investigation as well as his role in the surveillance warrants against trump campaign associates during the russia investigation. straws from paper to plastic to pasta. two companies have created pasta straws. they say they don't get soggy like the paper ones and will not impact the taste of your drink. and cheetos going from store shelves to the big screen. the movie tells the story of

richard montana, a janitor who created the idea for flaming hot shcheetos. the movie is called, what else, flaming hot. casting and a release date have not yet been released. and that is what's happening now. cheryl: tracee, thank you. it's been 35 years but eddie murphy is finally returning to "saturday night live." >> should i get in the hot tub? will it make me sweat? should i get in the hot tub? will it make me wet? well, well, well. cheryl: murphy last hosted the show back in 1984 after he got his big break on snl in 1980. he will join david harper, kristin stewart, taylor swift. he will be hosting the christmas show on december 21st. this is such a big deal because all the anniversary specials

expect for the 40 year he refused to participate. it's been known he doesn't have a good relationshiporen michaels. for him to come back after all these years is a coup for the show. people say when he left the show it wasn't the same. lauren: i love eddie murphy. i want another coming to america. cheryl: i think there's another one coming. lauren: it is? cheryl: our producer is confirming. lauren: awesome. if loving the lord is wrong, i don't want to be right. an everyday technology that could be putting you in danger, we're going to tell you how you can protect yourself in just a bit. ♪ if you'll be my body guard, i can be your long lost pal. ♪ i can call you -- when i calle, it was that voice asking me, "is your daughter ok?" that's where i felt relief. we're the rivera family and we plan to be with usaa for life. see how much you can save with usaa insurance.

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to iphone, i can air drop photos to both of you if you have iphone and that's partially overbluetooth that makes it problematic. it was after king bluetooth because he had a blue tooth. that was united all. the point to be low power wireless communication system and it's used everywhere. cheryl: specifically through bluetooth or the bluetooth itself that's flawed and possibility against it? >> it's a low-level security threat. the one thing can bluetooth is they need to be near you, 35 feet, that's a pretty goodies

tans but if you're in a crowded retail store that would make it pretty easy. the problem is in terms to have connection, it's not necessarily secure. when i take my apple pencil, i stick it on my ipad and it's ready to go, that's great, super convenient. that's the point of bluetooth but that makes it vulnerable. >> so if you want convenience, then your information is open to hackers and if you want to do things the hard way, you're safe. >> right. is there risk? security experts are saying two things, keep it turned off if you don't need it and when you do need it you have to flip on the screen and turn it back -- cheryl: it's on for everything. bret larson, thank you so much. you can catch bret larson in fox news 24/7, siriusxm 115. dagen: good morning, everyone, in for maria bartiromo, tuesday

august 27th, top stories at 6:00 a.m. eastern. u.s.-china trade uncertainty. the focus shifting to phone calls, exclamation mark, china not aware of calls between u.s. and beijing, headlines on china trade moving markets, calm prevailing yesterday but this morning futures are turning lower on the news but start today recover a bit 25-point loss on dow futures and we move onto historic ruling, judge holding johnson & johnson responsible for opioid crisis in oklahoma, the judge ordering to pay $572 million, shares of j&j are rising on the news. boeing, jet maker sued by customer who ordered, first of what could be many lawsuits.

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