right direction. tom homan i will be looking forward to your testimony tomorrow and we'll be watching. we thank you for being with us. see you tomorrow night. good night frommmmm lauren: it is 5:00 a.m. here are your top stories at this hour many as more information surfaces about the whistleblower complaint against president trump democrats ramp up their inquiry. will it ultimately backfire. cheryl: the u.s. signing a trade deal with japan but the work is far from over. the big sticking point that has both nations in gridlock. lauren: , plus, a shakeup at juul as they pull their advertising. the cost for the families affected by the vaping threat. cheryl: millennials are complaining they're being ruined by their pets. by avocado toast and the cost of that now takes a back seat to fido and fluffy.

it is thursday, september 26th and "fbn: a.m." starts right now. ♪ ♪ i find the things, they just can't be found. ♪ i'll share this love i found with everyone. ♪ we'll sing and dance. cheryl: welcome to "fbn: a.m.." good morning. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: let's take a look at how your money is doing this morning. hopes of a trade deal with china helped the markets yesterday. we've got green arrows to show you. this morning the dow is up 56, s&p up 5 and-a-half, nasdaq up 11 and a quarter. lauren: the yield on the 10 year treasury is at 1.72%. cheryl: oil down slightly this morning. the price of crude getting close to where it was before the

attack on the saudi arabian oilfield. we have a gain of 1 15-cents. we should add that gas prices in the country are lower today. lauren: stocks in asia mixed. the shanghai composite in china down 0.9%, investors taking profits off the table before trading is suspended next week. cheryl: as the brexit battle continues, the focus turns to global trade and possible global trade agreements. european markets all substantially higher this morning. lauren: the acting director of national intelligence will testify today before congress, he will address the whistleblower complaints that ramped up the democrats' efforts to impeach president trump. joseph mcgwire et threatened mco resign. cheryl: president trump on the defensive over allegations he asked ukraine's president to

look into joe biden and his son's involvement in a ukraine company. in a 2018 letter in which they encouraged ukraine's prosecutor general to cooperate with investigations in the mueller probe, we get the details from kristina partsinevolos here in new york. >> reporter: impeachment talks oversha he doughing much of the president's meetings on wednesday. he admitted he was willing to be transparent, not only about one but both phone calls with the president of the ukraine. he called on the democrats to be transparent about their visit to the ukraine. listen in. >> they went there and wanted to force the new president to do things that they wanted under the form of political threat. they threatened him if he didn't do things. now, that's what they're accusing me of, but i didn't do it. i didn't threaten anybody. >> reporter: i was able to follow up with the president, ask specifically about usmca, should it not be ratified in

congress and passed through congress, what would happen with nafta. >> that would be a shame. i don't want to answer that question but you know how i feel about nafta. i think nafta is the worse trade deal ever made. i think the world trade oranization was not one of the greats. not one of the grates. thathe greats.it was terrible. we're going to find out. that's going to be a very interesting question. >> reporter: sticking the trade, much of the reaction we saw in the markets on wednesday was about china and the fact there could be progress with china, so we saw an uptick in nature gets. i asked the president what changed this time. >> i just think it's progressing. i think they want to make a deal. they're losing their supply chain. >> do you having specific. >> i don't want to say that. >> reporter: from impeachment to trade, all of those questions were answered here at the press conference. lauren: thank you very much. amid the impeachment inquiry, the u.s. signed a trade deal with japan, the world's third

largest economy. it covers agriculture, industrial and digital trade, not auto tariffs. japanese automakers were hoping to see auto tariffs eliminated. they kept them at the current 2.5%. the deal will open new markets for $7 billion in agricultural products going to japan. cheryl: there are growing concerns that the impeachment inquiry into the president could deraise congressional approval of the u.s. trade agreement with canada and mexico. lauren: edward lawrence is in washington with details for us. >> reporter: good morning. the president joking about democrats, that the house may not have time to bring up usmca for a vote this year because of impeachment activities. he's turning one of the democrats' labels back at them. listen. >> i don't think nancy pelosi will have time. she's wasting her time on -- let's use a word they used to

use a lot. a manufactured crisis. remember when they came up with a word that nobody ever heard of. every media group started using it. they said it was a manufactured crisis. >> reporter: on the usmca, the house speaker met with the eight democrats in the working group. she said there's still concerns before they will go for a vote. >> we still have some issues with enforceability. we want to be as fair as possible to america's working family. that's what drives our decision to go forward or not. >> reporter: a man negotiating with democrats say they have another meeting tomorrow and they have a legitimate concern. >> this should be a bipartisan bill, where there are wins for the president, the speaker and the democrats. >> reporter: on china, the president said a deal could be

sooner than you think. the heads of the two trade teams are looking te tentatively at face-to-face meetings on october tenth and 11t 11th. lauren: edward, thank you. the average cost of employer provided healthcare has passed $20,000 for a family plan. a new survey shows annual premiums jumped 5% this year to $20,576. on average, employers pay 70% of that and employees pay the rest. the survey indicates that more companies are shifting the share of premiums onto workers while raising the costs of copayments and deductibles. cheryl: we are going to see if wall street has the appetite for another unicorn. peloton is going to go public today. they priced their initial public offering at $29 a share, the top end of the expected range.

the ipo likely going to raise about $1.2 billion and this now values peloton at $8.1 billion. the stock's going to make its debut on the nasdaq. the ticker, pton. lauren: boeing's board has created a safety committee following two deadly crashes of its 737 max jet. the committee will oversee the design and production of boeing's products an services. the move comes as boeing faces intent regulatory scrutiny and lawsuits after 737 max planes went down in end knee that last october and -- indonesia last october and in oath ye ethiopian march. the ceo said he expects the 737 max will fly again by the end of the year. cheryl: the uaw strike against general motors is not just affecting workers in general motors, it's also having an impact on customers and dealers. this strike has caused shortages of spots, delaying repairs for trucks, cars and suvs all over the country and dealers are

starting to run low on some models. heading into the 11th day of the strike, progress is being reported in negotiations between the two sides to end that walkout. lauren: facebook is facing yet another anti-trust investigation. cheryl: we've got tracee carrasco with all the details this morning. tracee: good morning. reports say the department of justice will open its own investigation, marking the fourth probe into the company's business practices. the doj joining the federal trade commission, a group of state attorneys general and the house judiciary committee. reports say attorney general william boa barr called for the investigation. match is being a accused of relying on fake accounts to entice new customers to buy subscriptions. nearly 500,000 people signed up to match.com after receiving communications from fake profile. they also own cupid and tinder

and plenty of fish. youtube says content from politicians will be allowed to stay posted even if it goes against the company's standards. this comes after facebook announced a similar policy this week. and amazon's alexa a is getting a new voice. now you can hear samuel l jackson and other celebrities tell you jokes, give you the weather forecast and play music. the upgrade will cost 99-cents and will be available on new versions of echo devices. that is what's happening now. lauren: that is cool. cheryl: he can read me the weather. lauren: tell me a joke. cheryl: we've got green arrows to show you, all of this on optimism about a china-u.s. trade deal and the remarks from the president yesterday. the s&p is up 6, nasdaq higher by 13 and-a-half. still ahead, juul says it won't fight a trump administration's proposed ban on flavored

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cheryl: president trump's administration officially handed over the whistleblower complaint and the acting director of national intelligence is set to testify before congress in just a few hours for what we can expect from all this, let's bring in our favorite attorney, david bruno. this is going to be interesting. we're diving once again into issues of national intelligence in front of congress where nothing is kept secret. >> absolutely. on the impeachment front. if he would have called me and asked me about that call, i would have said don't make the call and don't say that. cheryl: the language in the transcript, you're talking between president trump and the ukrainian president. >> you knew the democrats wanted an impeachment so why give them an argument. but it was not a crime, what he did. we know that because of the mueller investigation. we had the report from mueller, look to page 188 when it talked

about campaign finance law. in the trump tower meeting the problem was you couldn't put a value on information. hillary's dirt could not be valued, it couldn't be a valuation. here, it's the same problem. that's why the department of justice issued a statement yesterday saying that this is not campaign finance violation. but when we talk about impeachment, they don't need a crime. it's high crimes and missed me misdemeanors, very broad. it's essentially a political question. they may get to the 218 they need the house to send it to the senate for that hearing, it sounds from all the reporting yesterday that everybody is staying on party lines and if that's the case, they will not get that conviction in the t senate. although they may get it in the house. cheryl: okay. >> be careful what you ask for because that's going to -- it's going to be dragged out, it's going to go through the democratic primary. cheryl: let's talk about joseph

mcgwire's testimony today. with him, is there legal jeopardy for him, is there legal jeopardy for this whistleblower if it turns out that the president didn't do anything wrong? i'm talking like long-term. but is there going to be legal problems for these -- >> two issues, mcgwire, i don't believe -- they have a rational basis, they're making a legal argument that the president is outside of the national intelligence agency and therefore that that triggering statute did not apply. so i think there's a basis there. but as far as the whistleblower no, he shouldn't be in trouble either. there was a basis as well, just based on that call. you can look at various different channels today and you will see two totally different opinions as to that call. so i don't think whistleblower could be in trouble. i don't think mcgwire should be in trouble either. cheryl: let's move from politics to business. juul has been in the spotlight, it's been a rough week for that

company. a federal probe now, nine vaping related deaths and the families of these at least nine victims, if not more, that have been harmed by these e-cigarettes i'm assuming are going to lawyer up and go after the company. is there going to be any bones left to pick of juul when this is all said and done and do they deserve compensation? >> probably. but is it juul responsible? i don't know. because it could be aftermarket products. there's a tremendous amount of attention coming to this and i think it's important. juul's ceo stepped down. there's been problems over the last couple months with their possible misrepresentation during advertising and all kinds of health related issues to these e-cigarettes. so that's going to be in the press, continuing, no doubt about that. but juul's a huge company and they made a lot of money. i don't know if these deaths and these issues are really going to wipe them out. cheryl: depends if the market wipes them out as well. david bruno, a lot to go

through. >> federal law could change to wipe them out too. cheryl: they've got everyone after them right now. david, thank you so much. lauren: do you find sometimes you really dread going to work? a new report revealed companies shelled out billions of hours due to toxic workplace culture. one in five employees left a job in the past five years because of it and there's a price tag being put on it. turnover rates cost companies $220 billion over the past five years. who is to blame? your boss. the report says managers often lack leadership skills to curb bad worker behavior in the office. let's check in with futures this morning. all this impeachment talk lifting stocks. futures building on yesterday's rally. the dow is up another 54 points in the premarket, nasdaq tacking on 11. still ahead, president trump says the u.s. is close to a trade deal with china, just as a new deal with japan is signed. could the impeachment inquiry undo all the president's work? and a daring heist at jfk

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lauren: president trump is opt mitts particular yesterday on reaching a trade deal with china. that triggered a rally on wall street. >> we picked up trillions of dollars and they've lost trillions of dollars. and they want to make a deal very badly. it could happen. it could happen. it could happen. it could happen sooner than you think. lauren: sooner than you think. jonathan owjonathan hoenig is h.

this deal might come sooner. jonathan, i want to know your thoughts about that. but is it going to be a smaller deal as a result? >> quite simply, we do not know. the president has been on both sides of the issue, favoring at certain times a skinny deal and then being against a skinny deal. it's not like the end of the music man where the town was promised the marching band for months and it hasn't arrived. well, where is the trade deal, this has been going on since january of 2018. businesses big and small have been affected. there has been progress. every time there looks like there's progress, the market seems to rally. lauren: it's been going on for 15 months but something just changed and that is the impeachment inquiry the president is facing. do you think because of that china changes their tactics and the president knows that, so president trump might be more likely to sign a smaller deal? >> we are in unchartered

territory when it comes to these impeachment proceedings. during the clinton era, the market went up, s&p, 30%. during watergate the market had one of its worst bear markets in years. we're not talking about economic these days. this is total politics. that's what makes it even more difficult for individual investors to navigate successfully in the market. lauren: i'm so glad you brought that up. back in 1998, 1999 when we were talking about this with bill clinton an his impeachment the broader market went up 28%. why do you think now investors are shrugging this off? >> if you want to compare this year with the watergate era, we're more like the clinton era in that the economy at large is stronger. what we don't have now that we had back then is that internet explosion. during the clinton impeachment era, the nasdaq went up 60%. it was nos those internet -- its those internet names that were

leading the charge. the market is better equipped to handle these impeachment proceedings than than they did during the nixon era. lauren: thank you very much for the time. cheryl: the california startup, impossible foods, is bringing the pretty good meatless patty to the east coast. starting today, wegmans and fairway markets will start selling 12-ounce packages that, i have tried it and it's really good. lauren: it is really good. okay. cheryl: now they're coming to the east coast. i think the east coast folks are going to love it. dow is up 53, s&p is up 5 and a quarter, nasdaq up 9 and a quarter. still ahead, as the democrats circle the wagons, they're gearing up for that impeachment inquiry against the president, but as the democrats focus on president trump, is anybody focused on governing the

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should always be working harder. that's why your cash automatically goes into a money market fund when you open a new account. just another reminder of the value you'll find at fidelity. open an account today. cheryl: democrats remain focused on the political tug of war over the president's phone call with ukraine's president. a defiant president trump insisting he did nothing wrong. but joe biden, who is at the center of the controversy, says democrats are right to pursue impeachment. >> it's such a blatant aabuse of power that it's just -- i don't think it can stand. based on the material that they acknowledge today, it seems to me it's awful hard to avoid the conclusion that it is an impeachable offense and a violation of constitutional

responsibility. cheryl: will the impeachment inquiry backfire on the democrats? let's bring in ted harvey and laura fink. good morning. >> good morning. cheryl: ted, to you first, the wall street journal opinion has an op ed out this morning, and it says campaign finance fizzle. your thoughts. >> this is embarrassing that the democrat party, a once great party, is going down the drain right before our very eyes. the reason why the market in your last segment, you were talking about how the market is brushing this off, the reason why they are is because the democrats haven't even brought it up to a vote to go into an impeachment inquiry, because they don't have the vote. they know they can't go forward with this ridiculous claim. the markets know that the republicans in the senate will never go forward with it.

so this is just a political charade because they have nothing else to go with. they can't win in the next election. they know that. and so they're doing everything they can to try to bring down this president with any false claims they can come up with. cheryl: laura, this was -- many said this, this was a dangerous route for nancy pelosi to take. she for months and months has resisted the progression i've uber left in the -- progressive uber left in the party that were pushing towards impeachment. now we're getting to the election and twi 2020. is this a bad risk? >> it's actually bad politics for nancy pelosi and the democrats. if you're a trump supporter or if you're on the fence, as we look at the evidence, this is a historic day yesterday, the second president to move towards an impeachment inquiry. that's historic. we have to look at this first as americans and look at the

evidence in front of us and say do you believe what's in front of you and what your eyes and ears are telling you and whether that, if the phone call is convincing to you, the withholding of aid or future evidence that will be introduced later this morning and as we find out more and more about the president and his associates' interactions with the ukraine and his using taxpayer dollars as leverage potentially. as these facts are unveiled, the american people will sit as judge as jury and i think -- i'm going to say i agree with republican senator ben sass when he says let's not circle the wagons. the issues need to be evaluated by the american people and use said, this is not something that politically benefits the democrats so even if you're not a democrat fan and even if you're not a fan of nancy pelosi, it begs examination as americans. for us to look at this as a potential abuse of power and look at the evidence in front of us and to me, that points towards an impeachment inquire youly being the only road and not only that, we do -- all of

the people, the seven frontline democrats that authored an op ed in the washington post, they said -- they come from national security backgrounds, military backgrounds. these are not people on the front edge of the impeachment push but now they looked at the evidence and said we must move forward because our oath of office demands it. cheryl: we're going to be debating this a and talking about it for a while because the inquiry is going down the road but i want to move to the issue of elizabeth warren. i found this interesting, ted. she was out on the campaign trail yesterday. a reporter asked her about this exact issue and said, you know, -- she was asked would your vice president's children be on the board of a foreign company and she quickly says no. and then they asked well, why, could you give us details and she said i'll get back to you and she hasn't responded yet. this is putting those that will be on the debate stage with joe biden of the maybe awkward position of having to go after

him. maybe it's not awkward, maybe it's great for elizabeth warren. >> it's the best thing that could ever happen for her campaign. she is the winner in all of this. the american people are the losers, but warren is definitely the winner in this. joe biden cannot explain away the fact that his son got $50,000 a month from the ukrainian business that was overseeing the oil business that biden, the vice president, was pushing and saying if you do not -- if you investigate this, we are not going to give you the money. there was a idea pro he quo. quid pro quo. not what the president said in his comments yesterday. the quid pro quo was the vice president of the united states saying if you continue to investigate my son and continue to investigate this business, we will keep away all of the money. cheryl: quick response, laura, we're just about out of time. >> the investigation had been concluded by the time that -- >> you're wrong. that's wrong. >> those facts just simply

aren't true. >> you're wrong. cheryl: i wish we had more time. certainly this is very hot button topic and very debateable. we would love to have you back on. ted, laura, thank you very much. >> thank you. lauren: president trump warning the impeachment inquiry could derail congressional approval of the usmca. >> i don't think nancy pelosi will have time. she's wasting her time on a -- let's use a word they used to use a lot. a manufactured crisis. are they going to get to take a vote? the agreement is signed. it's approved by canada. it's approved by mexico. it's a great trade deal, the greatest we've ever had. nafta was a horrible trade deal. lauren: some analysts say nafta 2.0 is now on life support. kaley mcgee is one of them, she's a washington examiner commentary writer and she joins us now. kaley, why, i guess, is the question. if the other countries have signed it, why won't nancy pelosi bring this to the floor?

>> well, i think it's pretty simple. they could have put this on the table for a vote a long time ago but obviously with this inquiry, it's very likely leas she's goio use it as ransom to get the white house to comply with the inquiry. lauren: how so? >> you think about it. the white house has been pushing the trade deal for months now. the democrats could have been doing something about it. instead, they've been debating impeachment for the past several months, they've been doing these investigations and they've been taking their sweet time really getting it on the floor for ratification. it's not going to g to go away y time soon. lauren: at one point it seemed like nancy pelosi and the democrats didn't want to give the president a political win with usmca. now it seems like it might be something more, that they're not bringing it to the floor for other reasons, as you say. it doesn't make any sense to me. what are they concerned about? don't they care about farmers in the country who need export

markets and revenue? >> this is not in pelosi's best interest. this trade deal adopts many of the standards that have been democratic standards for a long time in terms of jobs and labor and the environment. so this would actually be in the democratic party's best interest to push this trade deal forward and it's only going to continue hurting industries if it's not passed. lauren: let's also talk about china. obviously it's been going on, these trade negotiations for 15 months now. we have the 13th round of trade talks next month. where do we go from here? nobody knows. it's the big question mark rattling investors, farmers and americans who are paying the price of many some of these tariffs. do you think that the president agrees to a smaller deal now because of the impeachment inquiry that he is facing or do you think china increases its stall tactics to get through to 2020? because maybe they'll be negotiating with somebody else. >> i don't think that trump is

going to accept anything less than everything that he's demanded. i don't think that he's necessarily worried about the inquiry as of now and i don't think that he's going to let it affect his trade policy. what we do need to be looking at, though, is how investors react to this of. so when pelosi announced her impeachment inquiry the dow industrial tanked 142 points. but as soon as trump mentioned talks with china, it bounced back up. so clearly he's going to use trade policy to his advantage to distract from the inquiry so that the markets don't. lauren: china moves the market. anything china related, each and every time. in fact, we're up today, kaley, and that's because chinas has agreed to buy sizable amounts of soybeans and pork from the u.s. so to your point. kaley mcgee, thank you so much. cheryl: millennials facing money problems because of their furry friends. according to a recent study from lending tree, more than 40% of millennials have gone into debt because of their pets. we do love them, though, just to

be clear here. research examined close to 800 pet owners and found that millennials have the most amount of pet related debt than any other generation. unexpected medical emergencies mostly are to blame for the financial strains or the outfit you had to get for the dog or the cat. lauren: they're members the family. what is milo dressing up as for halloween. cheryl: milo hates outfits. i made several attempts on that cat. lauren: we are waiting for the final read on second quarter gdp, s&p is up 5. where a company is bringing autonomous vehicles and do you want to be a better cook? the food network says it's got you covered. they're unveiling their plan to take a dip in the streaming pool. cooking and streaming, sign me up. keep it here on "fbn: a.m."

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in 2018. the industry is responsible for more than half a million jobs across the country. cheryl: stocks in europe trading higher this morning on hopes the u.s. and china are going to reach a trade deal. the fate of brexit still hangs in the balance. boris johnson now says his government will respect the law and leave the eu by the october 31st dead lune. let's -- deadline. let's bring in russ mull. i'm not sure what to say about this anymore. what's your reaction to the comments from boris johnson? >> he said he's determined to try to drive through some form of withdrawal by the 31st of october. his negotiating position probably has to be that. he will argue if he gives any ground to the european union they will go for extend and pretend. he feels he has to take a hard line to try to get a deal. he says he still wants one. we'll see what happens. the default position is the u.k. leaves on the firstleaves on t.

if the u.k. wants to delay, europe has to agree to it. there's no guarantee of that. cheryl: the supreme court in britain ruled against boris johnson, said his actions to suspend parliament were unlawful and they basically said boris johnson manipulated the queen. where does that play into all of this? doesn't parliament have the power to stop this? can they call another l election? i mean, what's next? >?there>> there could be anothr general election. at this point, the opposition leader said he will only press for that if the decision to leave the european union is postponed until january. he doesn't want to fight an election on a straight-up brexit a argument because he fears he may actually lose. it is possible we could get that. at the moment, sterling is rising generally. the stock market is rising -- is holding relatively firm because at the moment financial markets

think there could be a chance of a delay. cheryl: i thought our political system was crazy sometimes. but you take the cake over there. it's something to watch, russ. thank you very much. >> at the moment it's all very embarrassing. thank you, cheryl. cheryl: but it is fascinating. it is fascinating. i do love british parliament. i watch it on tv, believe it or not. thank you for being on our can channel this morning. lauren: politics here affecting our markets, but not as you might think as the president faces an impeachment inquiry. you have the dow up for the second day, gaining 44 this morning, the s&p and nasdaq each tacking on 4 points. still ahead, why mcdonald's is having trouble finding workers and who they're asking for help might surprise you. and how you can get paid to eat garlic bread. keep it here on "fbn: a.m." ♪ imagine a world where

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lauren: possible flash flooding threatening the southwest as tropical moisture remains across the region. cheryl: senior meteorologist janice dean live at the fox weather center with the forecast. janice: a little rain can cause flooding across the southwest. we have flood advisories in effect with the potential for more moisture working its way in from the pacific so flash flooding will be a concern for parts of the southwest. we have the threat for stronger storms, severe thunderstorm watch in effect for parts of oklahoma, in towards arkansas where we could see large hail, damaging winds, flooding rainfall, also isolated tornados and look at this, winter has

arrived across the north. i mean, snow anyone? across the northern rockies and the northern plains, feet of snow. so in one part of the country we're dealing with wintertime. the other parts of the country, it's still the tropics. here we're dealing with remnants of karen, brought a lot of moisture to puerto rico. we think karen is going to weaken and not going to be affecting the u.s. we'll have to keep an eye on it. this is lorenzo. we expect it to become a major hurricane but not affect any land which is great news. here is karen as we go further out in time. we expect the storm to weaken. we're going to have to monitor it. but i don't think karen is going to be a big deal. and there's the forecast today. we're dealing with cold temperatures and the potential for snow across the northern rockies, it's still very warm as cross the south and also here in the northeast, 84 degrees. i'm going to go with mostly sunny for much of the day. cheryl: sounds like a great title for a book. janice: amazing, right?

cheryl: janice, thank you so much. lauren: discoveries is cooking up a new streaming service. the cable tv network is rolling out a paid subscription service featuring live interactive cooking classes. how nice. the new video app offers a lineup of 25 virtual classes each week, including some hosted by celebrity chefs. it will be $6.99 a month, expected to launch in late october. here we go again, we have to pay for more subscriptions. cheryl: a major heist at jfk airport in new york city. lauren: tracee carrasco with the details. tracee: this is crazy. the fbi is on the hunt for thieves who made off with $300,000 in cash from jfk airport. the missing cash was supposed to arrive at the airport as part of a larger delivery from an armored car company. officials say it's too early to determine if the money was removed from the shipment before it arrived at the ai airport orf

that was taken out at the airport after the delivery was made. ford will begin testing its autonomous vehicles in austin, texas. the automaker says it will be working with self-driving technology partner argo ai to map out the texas capital. they have he begun testing on these vehicles in miami and washington, d.c. a water company is planning to fly high above the competition. creative waters is launching a seltzer infused with cbd and thc. it comes in several flavors infused with vair i didding vaf cannabis. dominos is hiring one person to be its chief garlic bread taste tester. the once in a lifetime gig requires you to indulge in foods created by the pizza chain for seven hours straight and then

give your honest opinion on how it all tastes. it requires all candidates to have working taste buds, a love for carbs and garlic and a history of reviewing other people's food choices. the job is for one day and is offered for people currently living in australia. that's a bummer. that's what's happening now. i had all those qualities. lauren: oh, well. we've got to go to australia, i guess. cheryl: we've got a lot more coming up. mask domcdonald's is trying outh tech hiring. why you may soon be saying hey, alexa, help me get a job. at synchrony, we're changing what's possible every single day. and if you run a business, that means a lot. we create financing options for your customers. to help them get the things they love instantly. our data provides insights into what your shoppers have already bought. so you can offer them

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cheryl: you can use amazon and google to help you get a job at mcdonalds. >> bret larson with the details. for yeah, it's an interesting twist on a virtual assistance, they can help us get real jobs, you can ask alexa or google home to apply for a job online with mcdonalds, that's the first one out of the gate, it's a cool idea, i think mcdonalds say they are america's best first job, that's their tag line, you can do it literally online, on the flip side of that, we are

hearing of artificial intelligence being used to hire people, so it would actually do the whole process, now we were talking about this in the break, we've seen this before, you submit resume and filters you out, in this instance, in insweden -- in sweden you're talking to a bot. cheryl: are you missing a good candidate. with the mcdonalds story, they send you an e-mail. >> it's the beginning to have process. >> i think we are giving digital assistance way too much power. i'm thinking to have amazon story where alexa in order to make political donation to 2020 candidate. >> you can say their name and give that through alexa, it's an

interesting time, i wouldn't necessarily call it the golden age of artificial intelligence. the concern in the beginning is with a lot of technology we do this, you run into it with the horse binders up and go, but it's so cool, it can do so much, alexa can turn my lights on and air-conditioning on, weather report without thinking the ramifications of doing virtual assistance, giving them all this information specially in hiring. you know they're going to ask for personal information. >> the other side too, companies, it's a job market better for employees than employers. in corporate america they have to go and find the appropriate candidate, the onus is on them. >> maybe human interaction will help out, you don't want to

miss. my first thought it's going to be looking for keywords and you can easily lie to the computer, people do it online all of the time. [laughter] lauren: we don't lie. bret larson, 24/7, siriusxm 115. cheryl: thanks for watching fbn:am, time for mornings with maria. maria: happy thursday, thanks for joining us, i'm maria bartiromo, thursday september 25th, your top stories right now just before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast, ukraine controversy continues, stocks rising yesterday after the release of the transcripts and the call between president trump and the ukrainian president showing no clear quid pro quo and the whistleblower complaint has been dye -- declassifying.

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