book, ask deceiving the sky." tomorrow nitrogen jack keane and brandon judd join us. be with us. good night from washington, d.c. ashley: it is 5:00 a.m. here are your top stories. happening now, hurricane dorian turning deadly in the u.s. the category 1 storm continues churning north, putting millions into its cross hairs. we are tracking every move. lauren: will recession fears be put to bed today. we'll get the latest jobs report in a few hours, plus comments from fed chair jay powell later today could show the economy's in top shape. ashley: facebook is trying to put likes into loves. we'll have details.

lauren: could binge watching days be coming to a an end? sort of. how netflix is shaping up its streaming strategy. it's friday, september 6th. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. ♪ lauren: and we are off. welcome to friday. welcome to "fbn: a.m.." i'm lauren simonetti. ashley: good morning, i'm ashley webster, in for cheryl casone. lauren: let's take a look at futures. good luck for the markets this week, ashley. dow futures are higher, green on the screen, up 59 on the dow, 14 on the nasdaq, all three major averages up at least 1.2% for the week. ashley: the yield on the 10 year treasury has been rising, as stocks have been going up. the yield is up 3 basis points. lauren: green for oil too, certainly up on the week. actually, oil turned lower, down fractionally at a 56 cars 2 $56a

barrel. ashley: the nikkei, shanghai, hang seng and kospi all higher. lauren: in europe, much of the same, a global rally. the cac in paris is up fractionally. the dax in germany is higher. the ftse in london is down, not even a point. ashley: not ev even a point. flat is what we call it. hurricane dorian slamming north carolina as a category 1 storm, this after the storm swamped roads, knocked down trees and toppled power lines in south carolina. at least four deaths have been blamed on dorian in the southeast. lauren: jeff flock is live in charleston, south carolina. jeff, i have to say you look a lot drier than you did a couple hours ago. >> reporter: i can almost see stars this morning and that's a good sign here in charleston. behind me, you see some of what dorian has brought in south

carolina. this is characteristic of the damage, a lot of trees down, power lines down, that sort of thing. another big factor in south carolina has been flooding, particularly in charleston. take a look at pictures from yesterday as the tides rose and the rain fell, we had a lot of street flooding, about 50 streets closed at one point throughout charleston. many of those have been pumped out and are back and running. this is not their first rodeo in charleston. they know how to deal with a hurricane. the other problem is power out. we were told by emergency management, 184,000, customers of the power companies in south carolina remain at this pointout wouldn't power. big crews of course are in town and ready for that to go better. lots of those transformers exploding yesterday. that's characteristic in a storm, when you get different power lines down, it either overloads or takes power off the transformers and they begin to

explode. not a pretty sight. structural damage, though, limited here in south carolina. that's a good thing. one of those damaged yesterday was a church on the island, st. james island. it is the church called the holy city church, part of the roof came off. if that's the worst it got, that's not necessarily a bad thing. but as you point out, ashley and lauren, they're getting pounded to the north on the outer banks of north carolina. we'll have to watch that one too though, down to a cat 1. we dodged a bullet, a big bullet, i think, folks. lauren: where are you headed now? where is the storm going and where are you going? >> reporter: we're going on the path of dorian. we'll spend the day today surveying the damage up along the south and north carolina coasts. we'll probably arrive on the outer banks just as the storm is shoving off. we'll show you what it's done all the way up the coast.

you don't need to have a hit of a hurricane in order to get a lot of damage, as perhaps you can tell from what you see behind me. so we'll see what it's done. ashley: to your point, it appears certainly where you are that they've dodged a bullet for sure. >> reporter: yeah. i think that's fair. i really do. i mean, we got up to a cat 3 strength yesterday. if it had brushed here, like it is doing now up to the north and came that close, we would have been in the eyewall and if we got into that eyewall there would have been much more serious damage here and much more flooding. so i think we're lucky. lauren: jeff, thank you. i hope you continue to be lucky and as you noted, let's go up to the north right now where it is a much different scene in north carolina. dorian now pounding the state with powerful winds and heavy rain. ashley: guess who is in the middle of it all? a aishah hasnie in moorehead city, north carolina. george. >> reporter: good morning shall ashley and lauren. this is as close as we can get

to the eye. the eye is that way, not too far away towards atlantic beach. we're in moorehead city. there's a little bit of water and there's a sliver of an island, i believe it's called emerald aisle and that's where the eye has been hovering. it did not make landfall. that's what we're hearing from the local meteorologists. this is as close as we can get. we don't want to get any closer because it's already so dangerous right now. the wind gusts continuously pick up and actually will knock the breath out of me where i can't breathe while i'm talking. the rain is picked up by the wind and it's smacking all around. it's in high ears, eyes -- it's in my ears, nose, eyes, pout, i'm drinking it. the good news is the power is back on. we need first responders and police officers to be able to see what's going on. the power did go out about a half hour ago. it came back on. we did see what looked like a

transformer blew about 20 minutes ago. we saw some sparks so we're a little worried about that. we're also worried about some of the poles, this power pole right here, this light pole, it just keeps blowing in the wind, shaking around and of course the ground is wet so we're going to keep an eye on that. right now, there is a curfew in place in moorehead city. while we were coming up from charleston last night, it went into place a around 9:00, we got pulled over by the cops here. big shout out to them, they're doing such a good job. they want to know why you're not inside. they're concerned about the safety of everyone here. this is as close as we're going to get to the eye of the storm and, boy, we're hoping that by the next couple hours this is going to be over and we're going to finally see sunlight again on the coast. lauren: we sure hope so. thank you. we hope you can stay dry at least for a little bit. incredible conditions. thank you. and we do want to point out, and

janice has been telling us this all week, that these hurricanes spawn tornadoes, over twoen have been reported in north and south carolina. you can see homes in brunswick county ripped apart. thousands are waking up without power. ashley: another big story today, the august jobs report is front and center for investors this morning. economists are looking for 158,000 jobs, down slightly from july's reading of 164,000. the unemployment rate is expected to hold steady at 3.7%. the new numbers come as concerns of course about the u.s.-china trade war and slowing global growth weigh on investor sentiment. new reports on the u.s. services sector and private hiring suggest the economy's been able to withstand those trade tensions. lauren: we'll look underneath the report as wages go up, the hours worked each week and this, federal reserve chair powell will get the last word on interest rates after today's

jobs report. he's speaking in switzerland. the topic, monetary policy and what is ahead for the u.s. and global economy. now, after powell's speech the fed goes silent. they go into the blackout period ahead of the upcoming policy meeting later this month. as for the jobs report, complete coverage and analysis with "mornings with maria" all starts at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. ashley: a communist party newspaper in china apparently is optimistic that next month's trade talks between the u.s. and china could indeed produce real progress. the editor in chief at global times who is seen as a chinese insider tweeted, personally i think the u.s. worn out by the trade war may no longer hope for crushing china's will. there's more possibility of a breakthrough between the two sides. president trump believes the tariffs will cause enough pain in the chinese economy that china will agree to stop stealing intellectual property. lauren: the wall street journal reports that target is telling its suppliers not shoppers to handle additional costs from new tariffs on chinese products. target and other big retailers

had previously warned the trump administration that consumers would pay the higher prices at the cash register. ashley: we'll see. the trump administration unveiling its plan to privatize fannie mae and freddie mac. the two companies were bailed out by taxpayers after they nearly collapsed in the financial crisis. lauren: hillary vaughn is at the white house with the details. good morning, hillary. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and ashley. the treasury department along with the department of housing and urban development is recommending that the government release control of fannie mae and freddie mac after they turned into government sponsored enterprises following the housing crisis. right now, fannie and fed dry fe giving the government billions in revenue after the bailout. now the government has a plan to restrict future bailouts. there is no timetable for them to exit conservatorship. this official saying it could be through a public or private

placement. treasury officials also say changes could be made to fannie and freddy's net worth sweep. right now, all their profits go to the federal government but that could change. however, there are no details yet on how much. treasury is submitting 50 recommendations to congress for housing finance reform but if congress doesn't act a treasury official says they will try to take unilateral action themselves. lauren and ashley. lauren: hillary vaughn, thank you very much. the white house reportedly expediting its challenge to the state of california on auto emission rules. the wall street journal is reporting that the trump administration is working to accelerate the rollout of new emission rules after california made a side deal with automakers to set tougher standards. the white house has been trying to ease requirements that under the obama administration currently cars are supposed to get 37 miles per gallon. iran is stopping its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal. ashley: indeed. tracee carrasco joins us with

the details. good morning, tracee. tracee: good morning. iran today will resume nuclear research and development work, ending the limits imposed by the nuclear deal. iran's foreign minister sending a letter to the european union informing it of its move but he stopped short of saying iran was pulling out of the deal completely. iran says it remains open to reversing its decision if other parties to the agreement live up to their part of the bargain. wework is delaying its ipo. the wall street journal reports the company will not go public next week and will dramatically reduce its valuation because of low demand. it's now considering valuing itself somewhere in the $20 billion range, far less than the $47 billion mark it received in the private capital market. serena williams on her way to yet another final at the u.s. open. williams turning in an impressive performance for a victory over the number five

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lauren: hurricane r dorian is slamming north carolina as i speak. we just saw the live shot from aishah hasnie dealing with that heavy rain. we're also talking about potential tornadoes. let's bring in senior meteorologist janice dean from the fox weather center with the very latest and when the storm can finally be put to bed. we've been dealing with this all week. janice: yes, since thursday of last week and finally we're going to start to he see the storm accelerate, but new england could be dealing with tropical storm force winds this weekend. so here's the latest, still 90-mile-an-hour sustained winds, category 1. haven't seen a landfall yet. the greatest chance for a landfall will probably be around cape hatteras in the next couple

hours but it might not even make a landfall. but it doesn't matter. the results are exactly the same. we're still going to see the storm surge, 4 to 7 feet. we're still going to see the hurricane force winds. the worst of them moving up towards cedar point and beauford. tropical storm force winds are extending 220 miles from the center of the storm. so we're still going to feel the results. certainly strong winds across the del marva. parts of new england could get parts of this system as it moves towards the canadian maritime provinces and nova scotia will have to deal with this. we have flash flood warnings in effect for parts of north and south carolina. storm surge 4 to 7 feet at the peak of the system as it inchest

continues to move north and east. we could see landfall around cape hat ratio rase incape hatt. some of the outer rain bands to move into the new york area as well for the weekend. we will finally say good-bye sunday, monday. lauren: janice, thank you for everything this week. janice: you're very welcome. ashley: the august jobs report certainly on investors' radar this morning. will is show healthy growth in the face of global trade tensions? let's bring in pwc partner, mitch rochell and chris mackie, investment strategist. thank you for being here this morning, in yo studio as well. you're true pros. chris, you say more than the number, of course that's morn of what we get today, but you want to look at the pace of how the job growth is slowing. is that right? >> absolutely. and the reason for that is that the month to month number is

very volatile. so you want to look at the three or six month trend to get a sense of the real direction of the job growth. and we are seeing a slowing. it's what you would expect at this point in the cycle. that will give you a much better indicator because that will impact consumer sentiment. ashley: it has to slow, doesn't it, mitch? we're at record low unemployment level. there comes a point where it has to slow, doesn't necessarily mean the economy is going south. >> no question. the thing i'm looking for, ash, is who is getting the jobs. because we're seeing the consumer being very strong. this economy is continuing to expand with the help of the consumer. so will we see it in the retail sector? will we see it in the services sector? most importantly, will we see job growth in manufacturing and potentially in construction? to get into the weeds a little bit, if we do have job growth i'm going to look for where it's coming from. ashley: chris, back to you. the fed of course will look at this number. the bond market i think is telling us that we may expect a

rate cut, this month for sure, maybe a quarter of a point. people would like a half a point at least. maybe again at the end of the year and a maybe at the beginning of next year. does that seem reasonable? >> it does seem reasonable depending on the economic data. the fed says they're data dependent and they're serious about that. that seems reasonable 3w5eu6d on what we're seeing today -- based on what we're seeing today. >> in switzerland, their 50 year treasury is negligence a negati. the thing that will be important as the fed decides if to cut and how much is how we can help our currency because our currency is way too strong relative to other global currencies. i'm cure t curious to see if thc comes up, especially since he's in the land of big time negative interest rates. ashley.ashley: it seems to me,s

been a suggestion, this is the way china plays, chris, is that china likes to hold on, play the long game and maybe hope that there will be a different president in the oval office when they get something done. >> we're seeing signal that's remind me of my days of doing deals in private equity. they're slow-playing. they're delaying things. it makes you wonder, do they really want to make a deal? or are they trying to wait until after the election? and unless you're in the room it's hard to know but i can tell you from having done a number of deals, it looks like they're slow-playing and they may be trying to run out the clock. ashley: how much pain are they going through? they're certainly hurting. >> their economy is very slow. i think if they are slow-playing, they'll pay attention to who the democrats put up as a candidate and what they individual is saying about trade policies and how they feel about tariffs. ashley: in the meantime, we

wait for the next headline. >> or the next tweet. ashley: thank you so much. lauren: pick your poison, righ.a hedge fund hit hard by bh bets on argentina. autonomy capital lost $1 billion in one month after the company's market crashed. argentina is now on the brink of financial crisis. the paper says the founder of the company still believes argentina can recover. now, you can place a bet along with your food order at buffalo wild wings. they're teaming up with mgm resorts to bring sports betting in states where betting is legal. they will open at least three restaurants at mgm properties. ashley: let's take a look at what the futures are doing this morning ahead of the big jobs report, moving higher, dow up 84 points, s&p and nasdaq up about a quarter of a percent. with a record ftc fine and new anti-trust probe hanging over

google's head, is the company facing certain doom or certainly regulation. and bernie sanders wants to take on climate change, but first he has to deal with a crying baby. >> [baby crying] >> if we could keep that down a little bit. okay. ashley: what does a baby do? i'm so sorry. the details behind the head to head battle, coming up on "fbn: a.m.."

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take your business beyond. ashley: netflix adding a show that you won't be able to binge. what you say? the company's upcoming reality series rhythm and flow will be broken up into three blocks that will air over the course of three weeks. many fans were outraged when they thought netflix would stop releasing full seasons all at

once for all of the shows. the company says this is a one-off move that will help keep up the suspense and help prevent spoilers. lauren: the tide might be turning for real against big tech. google reportedly facing a major anti-trust probe by more than half of the states and facebook is dealing with its own investigation by the federal trade commission. how can big tech get ahead of the regulators? lou basineste is here. what's the upshot, besides a small fine here and there. >> it's groundhog day all over again. whether it's google, amazon, fume, twitter, in front of congress, they're really just talking about regulations. we saw something with facebook's record fine and mark zuckerberg having to sign off on the privacy and data limitations. i think we need expansive

legislation that requires it of all the tech companies. short of that -- go ahead. lauren.lauren: a serious penalr serious misconduct. would shareholders want that. >> i think we need sarbanes sarbanes-oxley for tech companies. how many times does big tech have to violate user data and privacy before they have a penalty with teeth behind it. i think you need to hold the executives at the top accountable. lauren: looking at the youtube -- the fine of $170 million for the violation of children's privacy, lou, $170 million, alphabet's revenue was $137 billion. it's a joke. >> if we wait 10 seconds, google will have made that money up right now. it's ridiculous. lauren: how can we expect them to change their behavior if that's their punishment. >> you have to go beyond the dollars and cents.

you have to go into personally holding people responsible. i think that's only thing at this point. short of that, you need users to stop using the platform and that's just not going to happen. that's not realistic. none of us are going to give up g-mail and searching on google. there aren't any real alternatives. we're not going to give up facebook. there's 2.1 billion people using facebook. they're the most egregious abuse abusers of privacy. lauren: monday we can expect an you announcannouncement againstr anti-competitive behavior. do you think they're just going to stic with google or do you tk they'll target amazon and facebook and others? >> i think it's grandstanding. there's more hearings in congress coming up, the ninth, 17th, 24th. two years running, we're still just talking about it, not doing anything. lauren: we put the executives out before lawmakers, the

lawmakers ask their questions. i feel like they're starting to understand more about how this big tech stuff works but we're back to square one in terms of resolutions. >> thank you. ashley: still ahead joe biden's latest fundraiser has some supporters scratching their heads. we'll explain. you don't want to miss this touching story out of the bahamas, an amazing rescue you just won't believe. you can keep it right here on "fbn: a.m.." at synchrony, we're changing what's possible. for instance, we know how your customers shop. and what they've already purchased. like this lamp. and we use those insights to show you what they might consider buying next. mid-century modern, nice. that way, you can keep sending them offers for the perfect products. and that keeps them coming back.

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idea of how extensive the damage is in the bahamas. it's still early in the process. there's the human toll to consider as well and. there who survived the storm have been left with virtually nothing. >> you make all these plans. the house, you build things and you plant gardens and everything and it's so temporary. >> we have rice, you have to share. >> reporter: rick scott is proposinpropose a four-point plo help the bahamas recover. they're talking about changing the tax code and providing humanitarian assistance and redirecting foreign aid that is currently given to u.s. adversaries like russia and china and cuba and giving that money instead to the bahamas, also talking about having peace corps workers currently deployed to china, having them instead go

to the bahamas. yesterday, scott along with florida senator marco rubio, so two senators there from florida, talking about trying to change some immigration policy to allow individuals in the bahamas who have relatives in the u.s., to allow them to more easily come here. back to you guys. ashley: doug, thank you very much. lauren: we want to show you an amazing story of survival in the bahamas. the new york times tells the story of a blind man who carried his disabled son to safety. look here. hurricane dorian pummeling his home. brett lowe huddled inside with a group of new year's day of neigf blew out. he put his son on his shoulders, felt his way to the closest home still standing which is five minutes away. both are okay. ashley: to politics. 2020 frontrunner joe biden telling fundraiserses not in the pocket of fuel execs at a

fundraiser held by fossil fuel exec andrew goldman. he said i want to be very clear to everyone here that i am committed to not raising money from fossil fuel executives and i'm not doing that here. the former vice president was asked how he could be trusted to keep his pledge to not accept those big donations from fuel executives after goldman's ties were revealed at a town hall appearance wednesday night. lauren: does new york city mayor really care about climate change? fox's tucker carlson isn't so sure. >> how can you take an suv to the gym and back every day and say that you're really worried about climate change. >> it's a chrysler p pacifica. >> it's bugged me for years. >> it's a pacifica. it's a hybrid electric. >> should the climate have to pay the cost for that? >> oh, come on. it's a few miles.

lauren: de blasio insisted his taking an suv to the gym is no big deal while laying out his plans for a new tax. >>let's institute something that -- bill gates was the first one to call for which is a quote, unquote -- teak. lauren--lauren: it's a way to f automation in the workplace because it leads to humans losing their jobs. ashley: person ben has a run-in -- bernie sanders had a run-in at a town hall this week. >> did i hear you say you have to cut your pills in half yourself? [baby crying] >> could we keep that down a little bit. ashley: he was interrupted with a crying baby. he's not the first to go toe to

toe on the campaign trail. >> don't worry about that baby. i love babies. actually, i was only kidding. you can get the baby out of here. that's all right. don't worry. ashley: you got to love it. politicians are supposed to kiss babies, not berate them. president trump asked to have the crying baby removed during a campaign speech. lauren: bernie sanders has seven grandchildren. you would think he would recognize the sound of a crying baby. we talk about crying babies all the time on the podcast. ashley: just not in front of bernie. let's check the action on wall street this morning take a look at the premarket. we are moving higher. we know that. there you go. not by much, though. there you go, 100 points on the dow s&p and nasdaq up a quarter to a third of a percent. all of that ahead of the jobs report at 8:30. coming up, the cause of vaping

illnesses around the country may have been found. the chemical that's a key focus for investigators. and even his brother walking away, well, it won't stop him. why british prime minister boris johnson said he would rather be dead in a ditch than delay brexit. hope it doesn't come to that. you are watching "fbn: a.m." ♪ we are a part of the rhythm nation. ♪ here you go little guy.

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♪ i'm just sitting out here watching airplanes. ♪ take off and fly. lauren: if you are flying out of new jersey's newark, liberty international airport anytime soon, bring an extra book, charge your phone, plenty of snacks. the airport is ranked the worst in the country for having the highest percent of flights that were delayed or ca canceled. other airports, o'hare, laguardia, denver international and dallas/fort worth international. stay away from those if you can. ashley: let's talk about brexit. stocks in europe are higher this morning as we finish out the trading week. there you go. even the ftse, we'll call that flat. the cac and dax just moving slightly higher. but again, as we wait for ahead of the release of the august jobs report, all of this going

on, let's take a look at the pound. the pound dropped to $1.19, that's incredibly low at at the beginning of the week. it has come back a little bit. if you think about two, three, five years ago, it's getting cheaper to go visit the u.k. lauren: i want to chime in here. moments ago we saw it here in the u.s., we had a great rally all week but a big jump in the futures, unusual when we're waiting for a jobs report. look at that. u.s. stock markets are up across the board. dow up 10 107. ashley: what's the headline? lauren: the people's bank of china cut the reserve requirement ratio. they're essentially reducing the amount of funds that banks have to hold. they're opening up the spigots for lending, trying to prop up the economy with stimulus and that's apparently helping the global outlook this morning as we deal with this trade war. ashley: as our guest said earlier today, china likes to play the long game but at the

same time their economy is hurting. so this is another indication of that. lauren: that their economy is hurting and they need to act accordingly. vitamin e suspected in vaping illnesses. ashley: tracee carrasco joins us again with the details. tracee: doctors are zeroing in on a vitamin e chemical as the possible source of a spike in vaping relatednesses. new tests reveal extremely high levels of vitamin e in nearly all products containing cannabis. the cdc is investigating at least 215 cases of severe lung disease that could be linked to vaping, a cause for the sickness has not been determined just yet. the national football league is adding reddit to its roster of digital marketing channels. as the new season begins, the league will host a series of ask me anything discussions on reddit. they aren't paying them a fee but the companies will share any

revenue generated by sponsorship for the videos. lego is going to the dark side, it's adding an imperial star destroyer to the star wars ultimate collector series. the destroyer is dart ha darth s personal ship, if you didn't know. it's the longest set at 43 inches. it will have nearly a 5,000 pieces. a set like this does not come cheap. it will cost about $700. and applebees' is saying good buy to summer with a new cocktail, the adios. it's made with five types of alcohol, vodka, rum, tequila, gin, blue curas of o and sweet and sour. it will cost just $1. it is only available during september. that is what is happening now. lauren: it's not adios to summer, trace. it's adios to you. ashley: before you pass out.

lauren: exactly. ashley: the brexit drama is rolling on with boris johnson saying he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask brussels to delay britain's exit from the european union. its sound drastic. neil wilson, cheap market analyst joins us now. neil, good morning. okay, that's what boris says. it feels to me that boris johnson painted himself into a bit of a corner and the only way out of this whole mess is a general election and the only question there is when will it be held? >> well, i think that's right. i think we are definitely heading towards a general election. the conservative government lacks any kind of majority. it's very much in the minority in parliament now. the question is, the timing of it. i think labor and the other opposition parties are not really keen to go for this october 15th date.

they know that plays into boris johnson's hand. the question, therefore, is do they wait until october 29th. that's close to the brexit deadline. we would see an extension, therefore, to brexit. there is one option open to boris. i think he could bring a bill that sort of says notwithstanding the 610 parliament act that they will hold an election on october 15th. that would require not the two-thirds super majority that would normally be required to call an election. a that would require an ordinary majority in parrel inapt would be more likely -- parliament that would be more likely to pass. ashley: neil wilson in london. you get the feeling we're never going to stop talking about brexit. lauren: i'd like to say adios, like one of those drinks. still ahead, gerri willis is going to join us, opening up about her nine month battle with breast cancer. she's here. she's going to tell us what she

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ashley: it was the fight of her life. our very own gerri willis was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in 2016 and she beat it after a long road of treatment. lauren: she's here now, we're talking about it. she's helping others in their fight with the deadly disease and she's going to lace up at the susan g komen race for the cure this weekend, along with l team fox in new york estimate n. this shouldn't be and it's often not a deadly disease.

>> if you can get early diagnosis, your chances are huge. most people don't die of this disease. you don't have to. it's if you let it go. a lot of women out there, i hear your pain, i feel it. you put yourself at the bottom of the list. the kids come first, the husband comes first, the job, the education, this is me in pt while i was getting better. this is me in the chemo suite. it was eight to nine months. you do not want to take this journey. get yourself tested. i reconnected with family as you can see here. that's my brother and my husband. and ultimately it was really a good news story because it' it o changes your world view. you can really appreciate so much once you go through this journey. you learn what's important. you learn it's family. you learn it's being out in nature. it resets priorities. ashley: why is it so important to get involved? are we getting closer to a cure? >> yes. what i'm hearing, and i actually meet with these doctors.

they are like 70-year-old physicians are now like little boys when you talk to them about what's going on. they have treatment for met static breast cancer that they're working on. they're throwing all kinds of things at the wall. here we are, look at hammer. look at that picture. ashley: look at hammer. >> and that's the team at the finish line. there's all kinds of new things coming out every single day. it's really progressing. what's important, though, is to get women that mammogram. insurers don't always pay for it. if you're young, a lot of insurers will not pony up the dough and they are expensive. susan g komen pays for mammograms. there's a lot of work to be done. and we are really trying to make it happen. ashley: and you are doing tremendously. we're very proud of you. well done. good luck this weekend. >> thank you so much. come on, we need you. lauren: thank you so much,

gerri. well, the chicken wars may be dying down. now the nonmeat wars are heating up and wendy's fans are feeling left out. more than 24,000 people actually signed an online petition demanding that wendy's get a plant-based burger option on the menu or risk, t quote, falling behind the times. during his second quarter earnings call, the ceo actually said the company has taken a hard look at possibly adding meatless menu options. ashley: possibly. rubber chicken, there you go. lauren: no thank you. i hear it's good but i'm not interested. ashley: all right. coming up, facebook is trying to turn likes into loves but will it work? plus, a new study claims to have the secret behind why fewer folks are getting married. lauren: are we trying to tell them something? ashley: i think so. ♪ you know i wish that i had jessie's girl. ♪ i wish that i had jessie's girl. rement.

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>> already plenty of dating apps and now facebook has their own dating app because now facebook would have a dating app. they have everything -- lauren: they have our numbers. 119 million of them. >> instagram and profiles into separating dating profile, bottom line, millennials have hundreds of thousands of them are just leaving because facebook is not as cool or hip as it used to be, your aunts, uncles, who wants to be associated with that, they are trying to bring you back in. facebook has concerns just as you mentioned the security aspect of it, 400 million phone numbers leaked yesterday online because some genius decided not to put a password on the server. [laughter] >> time and time again this happens with facebook, but listen, do we need another dating app? i need all the help in the world.

lauren: let's you find out your secret crush. like -- but -- >> links you with a friend that might have had a crush on you and hit crush button and if you hit crush. ashley: kind of awkward. lauren: organic in online dating -- >> big questions are you profiled on facebook, have you done that? >> by the time noon hits today -- [laughter] >> i will be there. lauren: rich enough to get a date? >> funny you say that, i might be rich enough for a date but not for marriage. [laughter] >> new study by cornell says marriage is not happening because of the amount of economically attractive men is decreasing, people, stable jobs and being well off financially isn't happening. ashley: if you're hot but poor, no good.

>> right, definitely not there. [laughter] >> story of my life. ashley: no comment. lauren: is there an ugly rich man, is such a thing? >> they say money can buy love. [laughter] lauren: mornings with maria start now. maria: hey, there, thank you so much, lauren, good morning, everyone, happy friday, it is job's friday, thanks for joining us, i'm maria bartiromo, and it is job's friday september 6th, top stories right now just before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. jobs in america the job report due out in 2 and a half hours, 158,000 jobs to have been added to the economy in the month of august, unemployment rate to hold steady at 3.7%, all hands on deck, 7:00, 8:00 a.m. eastern this morning. take a look at futures, gain start of trading, better than 60 points on dow industrials, we are tracking dorian's path of

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