evening. good night from new york. cheryl: it is 5:00 a.m. here are your top stories at this hour. tensions between the u.s. and china hitting a fever jus pitcht one day before high level trade talks are set to begin. overnight, china set new restrictions on chinese nationals looking for u.s. visas. lauren: speaking out in shanghai as tensions escalate between the league and china, an la lakers event canceled hours before it was set to begin. we have the fallout over support for anti-government protesters in hong kong. cheryl: it's the number one issue in poll after poll, healthcare. what exactly do the candidates' plans mean for you and your family? and would your coverage change? and how the 2020 democrats are

planning to pay for it. lauren: and how p man's best friend can be an actual life safer. it is wednesday, october. "fbn: a.m." -- it is wednesday, october 9th. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. ♪ ♪ even while we sleep. ♪ we will find you acting on your best behavior. ♪ turn your back on mother nature. ♪ everybody wants to rule the world. lauren: some tears for fears this morning. good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: i'm cheryl casone. lauren: yesterday, the dow fell over 30 points, this morning we have a rally of 91 for the dow, nasdaq up 35. cheryl: stocks are moving

higher, we're looking for rate cuts as you can he see, so we're kind of looking at markets in asia as well right now, taking a look at how chinese stocks are . you can see the h nikkei is undr pressure. hang seng, that's lower. kospi is closed for a holiday in south korea. lauren: and in europe, stocks are trading up this morning, just fractionally. the best gain is in germany, three quarters of 1%. cheryl: we have got breaking news this morning. china is planning tighter visa restrictions for u.s. nationals with ties to anti-china groups, according to a report by reuters this morning. these proposed curbs are seen as basically retaliation by china and it would follow similar u.s. restrictions on chinese national as relations between the countries continue to deteriorate. there were high hopes this week that u.s.-china trade talks could go in a positive direction

but the hopes currently fading. lauren: 28 chinese companies were black listed because of alleged human rights violations. let's go to edward lawrence in washington with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning, cheryl and lauren. two days of deputy level talks have concluded. we're looking forward the thursday, friday he meeting when the heads of the two trade teams will meet. now, the chinese very upset this week now that the u.s. has added 28 new chinese companies to the entity list for national security and human rights concerns. some of the companies, the chinese government has a huge stake in ownership there. this makes a total of 77 chinese companies on the list. in a statement, the chinese foreign ministry pushed back, saying they urged the u.s. side to immediately correct the mistake and stop interfering in china's internal affairs. the state department adding to this, also restricting visas for

a number of government and communist officials if they were coming to the united states, based on human rights concerns with a minority group in china that folks are speaking about. now, the white house economic advisor, peter nov navarro saidl of this is separate. >> he wants a great deal for the american people. look, this is a man of steely resolve on this issue. he's standing up to china and, look, investors need to relax for a couple days and see what happens rather than get fidgety and trade around the margins. >> reporter: the vice premier is coming here for talks on thursday without the title of special envoy for xi-jinping. that means he doesn't speak for the president of china and would ultimately make the decisions related to trade, so thursday and friday are primary level talks, these will be a big indicator as to if we can have a

trade deal in the feature or not. back to you. cheryl: meanwhile, one of the 27 chinese companies that's on the entity list that edward mentioned, it's meg-v technologies. it's partly owned by a chinese investment firm in which joe biden's son, hunter, has a stake. hunter biden and his father have come under scrutiny over hunter's business dealings in china and ukraine. president trump said they should be investigated. lauren: nba commissioner, adam silver, is on the way to hang high today to make amends between the league and china. he will attend two preseason games between the la lakers and brooklyn nets. china won't televise those games and china has suspended business relationships with the nba. new developments this morning, the lakers event in shanghai was canceled, hours before it was scheduled to begin. this this reaction to tweets

from darryl mauery showing support for hong kong protesters. cheryl: golden state warriors' coach is facing criticism for not commenting on the issue. he has been vocal on his criticism for president trump and republicans. he refused to take a stand on the sports controversy. we will dive this into topic later on. amid all of this, vans shoes is facing calls for a boycott. the company removed a shoe that had an anti-chinese design from a sneaker design competition. the decision drew condemnation on social media. that sparked a hashtag, ban vans. lauren: tiffany had a an advertisement with a woman with her right eye covered and they removed that because everything is seen as controversial right now. the white house is refusing to cooperate with the impeachment

inquiry. they called it unconstitutional. the announcement comes after the state department blocked the eu ambassador from testifying on capitol hill moments before he was supposed to testify. cheryl: a new report says the whistleblower had a professional tie to one of the democratic presidential candidates. we've got griff jenkins live this morning in washington with the latest and this is a pretty shocking revelation, griff. good morning. >> reporter: it is, cheryl and lauren. good morning. that coming from the washington examiner l. lauren, you mentioned that last minute blocking of the eu ambassador, we may never hear from him. he's subpoenaed. or any other member of the administration, for that matter. the white house is declaring war on this impeachment inquiry. the white house counsel wrote, quote, president trump reject your baseless and constitutional efforts to overturn the democratic process. your actions left the president with no choice. president trump and his administration cannot participate in your partisan and

unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances. they laid out several reasons why they believe the inquiry violates due process. the speaker was outraged, shooting back in a letter, saying the white house should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the president's abuse of power from the american people will be regarded as further evidence of obstruction. mr. president, you are not above the law. you will be held accountable. meanwhile, senate judiciary committee chairman lindsey graham wants rudy giuliani to testify in open session. when asked if he would appear, giuliani had this to say. >> does it look like i would be shy to point out that biden's family, 40 years worth of corruption. >> i take that as a yes. >> i think i know something more about this area, a little more than they do. >> reporter: the be president's legal team got a new member yesterday, trey gowdy well versed in capitol hill investigations but will be the thing to watch is on friday, the

former u.s. ambassador to ukraine was expected to testify, scheduled on friday to appear, but it's unclear whether or not the administration will try to block her now. cheryl: griff, thank you. well, let's talk about what's going on in the middle east. turkey could invade syria at any moment. a top turkish official says the country's military will, quote, shortly cross into northern syria after a surprise withdrawal of u.s. troops from that region. lauren: jackie obonez has the latest for us. good morning, jackie. >> good morning. turkish officials announced the offensive overnight. heavy machinery and bus carrying military personnel lining up at the border of turkey and syria. the military is expected to invade at any moment. ththey say the kurdish people cn defect or they will have to stop them from disrupting our counter isis efforts.

moments ago, kurdish leadership called troops to move toward the border and resist the imminent invasion. the announcement putting pressure on the trump administration days after announcing u.s. troops would be removed from the region several lawmakers are growing concerned over the possible genocide of our kurdish allies. militants have launched several suicide attacks already. several lawmakers are calling on nato to help avoid a humanitarian disaster. >> i think nato needs to step up and we need to do our part in congress. if we've got to put sanctions on them, whatever we need to do right now at this moment to deter turkey from continuing down this path that is destabilizing in the region. >> reporter: the president threatened sanctions if the company follows through with its plans. back to you. lauren: thank you. take a look at this, johnson & johnson shares are down sharply in the premarket, after a jury ordered the company pay

$8 billion in damages to a man over an anti-psychotic drug. the man said his use of risperdol as a child caused large breasts and the company failed time properly warn of that -- failed to improperly warn of that risk. this is the latest in a series of legal setbacks for johnson & johnson in a slew of lawsuits alleging injuries from products, including the company's baby powder. cheryl: well, big news here in new york. the united nations is facing a big cash shortage. lauren: no surprise here. tracee carrasco with the details, good morning, tracee. tracee: good morning. the international body is facing the worst financial crisis in nearly 1 o 10 years, according a spokesperson for the u.n. secretary general. the organization saying unless actions are taken, operations could take a hit he globally including reduced travel and the ability to pay staffers.

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lauren: the trade talks between the u.s. and china became more complicated when the trump administration expanded its list of black listed chinese firms because of alleged human rights violations. that will make today's sit-down with negotiators pretty uncomfortable. riley walters is here. how do you negotiate when tensions are this high? >> i think we're in the sticker shock of things. certainly, the announcement was a surprise. i don't think negotiators, both the u.s. or chinese negotiators were really expecting this or were looking forward to negotiating within this context but we've had these instanceses before. i don't think it's going to throw negotiations off in the long term. it will sour talks this week but eventually they'll come back to negotiating table and i think these things will continue to progress as we've seen over the last couple years. lauren: i'm so curious what can come out of any type of discussion when we're black

listing chinese companies and now this morning china is vowing retaliation for the u.s. visa ban on some chinese officials. they're threatening to do the same. >> china's always reciprocated, whether it's with tariffs, as we've seen over the last two years, or right now with the visa reciprocation. there's a bit of a difference here. i think at least for the united states, we have a moral obligation here to punish china and the way that they abuse the minorities within china, and so the u.s. is responding to that. and so it's honestly long overdue. it should be done outside of the context of the trade negotiations. we should be punishing china for human rights violations, whether there's a trade deal or not. lauren: we might have to get used to a world where we might never get a trade deal. riley walters, thank you very much. cheryl: investors are looking for a trade deal in the souring relations between china and the u.s. have really hit financial markets. federal reserve said it will

increase the purchases of short-term treasury securities. for more on this, let's bring in dominic from diversified private wealth advisors. he said we had to go after china for human rights violations. for companies and businesses trying to do business in china, this is hurting them and it's going to get worse for boeing, caterpillar, et cetera. >> yesterday, a couple days before the negotiations are going to restart, basically the administration punched them twice in the face. this is not how you start a negotiation. they had gotten to a limb peace offering, delay of tariffs, but -- cheryl: the markets, dominic, this has caused nothing but volatility and heartburn for not just the investment banks and traders on the desks in new york city but for average people looking at their portfolios. >> companies like caterpillar, boeing, these are significant events and clearly the markets are reacting appropriately. if we go into a global recession, global earnings,

company earnings are going to be significantly affected. so yesterday's pullback was just that. hey, we've got to pay attention to what's going on here. cheryl: i'm glad you brought up earnings. as we're coming into the third quarter reporting season, estimates are we are going to see down numbers year over year and we're going to -- that china story is going to hit a lot of outu.s. companies. >> we came in thinking the third quarter we would earn $34 on th s&p,s it's been brought dn about 10% lower. we may get pleasant surprises. the markets are always looking forward. if we get into a real, nasty, significant trade challenge with china, earnings could go significantly down, the markets could go significantly down. cheryl: i think we're braceing for that. we're going to go backwards now. it will be interesting to see the dialogue, the back and forth. we weren't talking about an october cut. now you've got an 80 plus percent chance you are going of to get an october cut. the he meeting, two weeks from you now. >> that's the difference

between -- a year ago to the day, look at where the s&p was then, look where it is today, almost a direct line. the fed wag talking about increasing interest rates not only in december but three times in 2019. the fed switched gears, 180 degrees. they're supportive of the economy. that's a positive. trade is still almost exactly where we were a year ago, a negligence. cheryl: we'll hear from jay powell today, we'll get a jobs report, the minutes. so futures are up. we'll see how we do. >> economy is solid footing, keep our fingers crossed. cheryl: over to you, lauren. lauren: the white house refuses to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry as a new report says the whistleblower had ties to a 2020 candidate. will the inquiry still fly? and did bob mueller lie under oath. the fox news exclusive revealing the job he really wanted from president trump. keep it here on "fbn: a.m." ♪

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lauren: a new report casting more light on the possible political motivations of the whistleblower regarding the president's ukraine call. byron york, wash b to washingtor respondent is reporting the whistleblower had a professional tie to one of the democratic presidential candidates for 2020. joining us now, washington examiner commentary writer kayla mcgee. questions this morning, which candidate and how does that conflict of interest, if you will, change the impeachment inquiry and the circumstances? >> first of all, we don't know what candidate the whistleblower allegedly has ties to and we don't know what kind of

relationship it is. so there are a lot of questions that we still need answers to. but it really does call into question the motivations of the whistleblower complaint. doesn't really change the content. we know for the most part what the whistleblower said is indeed true in terms of the ukraine phone call transcript and now we have have another whistleblower saying the same thing. the motivation, those -- we should be questioning those at this point. lauren: we certainly will. at least we are here on this network. it begs the he question, how much of this is just noise. i want you to look at this wall street journal nbc poll. it finds that 55%, so the majority of folks think, yeah, this impeachment inquiry is warranted, yet 39% say not enough to remove the president from office, just let him finish his term. how do voters feel about this? >> it really does seem like the american people are just kind of tired of the controversy at this point. they're done with the back and forth.

but they do want answers moving forward. but it does seem that they're really hesitant to pass judgment on the president until they have those answers which also brings up the question, why won't pelosi and the righ rest of thee democrats allow republicans to subpoena their own witnesses and do their own investigation. lauren: do you think they have the 217 votes they need in the house? >> as of right now it seems like they would have enough democrats on their side to pass the impeachment measure and pelosi hasn't brought this to the floor for a vote because she says the democrats still have a lot of investigating to do. but that's not really a good excuse at this point because she's breaking a lot of impeachment precedent. we've seen in the clinton impeachment, the nixon impeachment, and even going back as far to andrew johnson, that the house has always brought it of a floor vote and then moved forward from there. lauren: the constitution doesn't require that. that's just press den. the wall street journal editorial board writes this, democrats' closed hearings and

selective leaks won't persuade the public and through all of the this, the president's approval rating remains about 43%. so what does that say to you about what the democrats are doing and how h voters are reacting to it? >> the democrats are continuing to play this political game as if 2016 didn't mean anything. it did. they elected president trump because they're sick of the political games and posturing and they wanted a president to shake things up and change that and nothing about that has changed. the fact that the democrats are going to try and use did exact same maneuvers that they have been is just not working. lauren: and everything that they're doing to keep the whistleblower's identity secret, perhaps testimony off of capitol hill, it just gets more interesting. kaley mcgee, thank you for your perspective. >> thank you. cheryl: here's a question for you. does special counsel sell robert mueller contradict sworn testimony about pursuing a job with the fbi while under oath.

>> my understanding, i was not applying for the job. i was asked to give my input on what it would the take to do the job. cheryl: well, officials have told fox news exclusively that mueller was seeking the fbi director post when he first met with president trump back in 2017. e-mails obtained by judicial watch show mueller knew he could be named special counsel if he wasn't chosen. mueller ran the agency under presidents bush and obama. he has not returned a request from fox for comment. a new bipartisan senate report reinforces the findings of other investigations that russia used an array of social media efforts to try to influence the 2016 election. they criticized google and other tech giants for helping spread misinformation during the campaign, now pushing them to work together to frankly prevent a repeat for next year. let tas a look at how -- let's take a look at how wall street

is doing. futures are in the green right now, despite the tit-for-tat between the chinese and u.s. hard core negotiations begin tomorrow. there seems to be optimism on wall street right now. dow is up 193, s&p up 24 and a quarter, nasdaq up 71 at a quarter. coming up next, your healthcare in limbo. with 2020 democrats pitching plans in every direction, what does it mean for you, your p family, your coverage, your wallet? with soaring housing costs, the extreme lengths that some will go to to put a roof over their head. and i'm emphasizing the word roof. keep it here on fox business. we are invested in you. ♪ it ain't me. ♪ it ain't me. ♪ i ain't no senator's son. ♪ it ain't me. ♪ it ain't me. ♪ i ain't no fortunate one, no e every single day. and if you run a business, that means a lot.

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the dow is up 183 points of after falling 314 yesterday. s&p up 23, nasdaq building almost 1% or 68 points now. of course, this is after two days of pretty sharp losses. bloomburg is reporting that china might be open to a partial trade deal, despite the u.s. black list of several chinese tech companies. we do have trade talks this week in washington. predicting bipartisan support, nancy pelosi outlining her plan to make prescription drugs more affordable. hillary vaughn is on capitol hill. she has the details. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. house democrats are laser focused on impeachment on capitol hill, nancy pelosi is busy focusing on another item on her agenda, lowering the cost of prescription drugs. in seattle yesterday, pelosi says she wants to make sure under her plan that u.s. consumers pay the same price that patients overseas pay for the same prescriptions. >> whatever that price is, it says that in the u.s. the

companies cannot charge more than under 20% of that. this is a absolutely essential. i believe that we can do this in a nonpartisan or buy bipartisa. the president says he wants to do this. i take that sincerely. >> reporter: the big makes changes that would help drugs become more affordable. it lets the federal government negotiate with drug companies for about 250 drugs supplied by medicare right now. pelosi's plan punishes drug companies that don't want to negotiate prices with a 65% excise tax on drug sales and increases by 10% every quarter. it would cap seniors' out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 a year for prescriptions. pelosi says she thinks congress can reach a compromise on lowering costs for consumers by the end of this year.

lauren and cheryl. cheryl: hillary, thank you. that could be good news for folks out there. for reaction, let's bring in drd certified physician in new york city. what do you make of this. do you think the drug companies, which you have to work with and have a relationship with as a doctor, do you think they'll come to the table and work with the government? >> they have to and if they don't we're already seeing they'll be fined millions of dollars, just like malinot was raised millions of dollars. cheryl, the exorbitant drug prices -- i see it firsthand, they're having a major many impact on patients. blood pressure medicines, asthma medicines, epipens, di diabetes patients, they can't afford insulin. i've had patients that couldn't afford copays for insulin medicine. they ended up in the icu on

insulin drips because the blood ph went too low, because they couldn't afford medications. we definitely need to take action. with b nancy pelosi's plan, she wants to put negotiations, allow for negotiations on about 250 medications but who is to choose what those 250 medications are. cheryl: maybe the government thinks they can do better. i don't know. i want to move on to something else. the number one topic for voters for 2020 is healthcare, obviously and the 2020 democrats have all these different plans. medicare follow all being the most vocal plan we've heard from person ben and elizabetbernie sh warren. what would that mean for me, if we got rid of private insurance, what does that mean for the average person out there. >> i think medicare for all means more taxes for everyone and less options. i know firsthand, it doesn't work. i know firsthand, for example, look at the va, government run healthcare, it's a mess. it's a disaster. our president had to pass the

mission act to allow our veterans access to private healthcare just so they wouldn't have to wait months to see a doctor or wait months to get healthcare, to get procedure done. and so just last week our president also passed an executive order to allow more options on medicare advantage plan. cheryl: he came up with his own plan. >> more options. cheryl: we're showing the candidates that support medicare for all or some form of it. many candidates don't and joe biden is one of them. he wants to expand on obamacare and his plan would cost $750 billion, according to estimates. but what about that? what about fi fixing obamacare. >> ultimately, we're going to end up paying more taxes on the back end. we need to focus on getting lower drug prices, selling healthcare across state lines, we need transparency. cheryl: which obamacare didn't do, by the way. >> yeah. trantransparency of procedures, transparency of costs from hospital to hospital. more health savings accounts.

we need portability. we need to have more fda involvement to expedite the approval of new innovations, new types of procedures and drugs to help more affordable options. cheryl: the more you have a government in our healthcare system, you don't get that and that's what's so worrisome about some of these plans. thank you for your medical opinion on this. it's very helpful. lauren, over to you. lauren: up next, the nba blackout by china, could the growing backlash keep teams off the court there today and will the nba put principle over profit or cave to china's communist pressure? tracking your location, apple finally letting the cat out of the bag and how much and when the apps on your iphone are watching your every move. we'll have those details, coming up right here on "fbn: a.m." ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa, sweet child of mine. ♪ whoa, oh, oh, sweet love of mine.

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lauren: there was a big nba press conference with the los angeles lakers and brooklyn nets that was supposed to take place in china. it was canceled overnight. nba commissioner adam silver is scheduled to address the controversy sparked by the rockets' general manager and comments he made in support of hong kong protesters. the commissioner expected to talk about this with chinese officials today. cheryl: here to weigh in, matt

napolitano. let's talk about the value of china to the nba. this is a $4 billion price tag. many feel in this country that the nba is ignoring what brought them to the table and that is american fans. >>s that's the issue that adam silver tried to bring up during yesterday's press conference where he said we stand with darryl mauery who tweeted out a photo showing his support standing with the pro democracy protesters in hong kong. they turned around and were trying to quell everything. they said they were standing behind his right to speak his mind. china tv said they don't want anybody that will go against the state to have any rights to the airways. they're cutting off ties with the nba right now. the streaming service in china said they are getting requests for refunds because rockets fans and other nba fans don't want to tune in anymore. so it's a lot underway to deal

with today for adam silver l. they canceled the press conference scheduled for this morning. we'll see if he has anything to say later in the day. lauren: this is a wake-up call for all businesses doing business in china because you look at their size and what that means to your corporate bottom line but you have to value the american way of life and stand you up for it. >> we saw south park coming out of it this week, talking about how we're trying to cater to chinese values when we have to look at what's going on state-side and the bottom line right here. cheryl: what about the criticism with steve kerr because he refuses to talk about it. >> the bigger issue is that steve kerr is known for being very outspoken on a number of topics, things from president trump, be it gun control, and he's staying radio silent on this, makes everyone question if

he's so concerned about his own bottom line, if there's league officials whispering in his ear. he claims he reached out to his brother-in-law who is a ria chinese history professor to get more detail on this. i have a hard time believing that this coach is not aware of the biggest geopolitical topic going on right now. lauren: 800 million people watch basketball games in china. it's a lot of eye balls. a lot of money. >> it's gotten huge. cheryl: thanks for the commentary this morning. >> thank you for having me. lauren: the united auto workers focusing on mexico as the gm strike drags on. in a letter, the union vice president said his members want job security and that can happen when cars are built in the united states. mexico is still a major sticking point as gm would not commit to moving any production from mexico to the united states. effects of the strike continue to spread.

more than 100 u.s. suppliers have temporarily laid off about 12,000 workers due to the more than three week long walkout. cheryl: we got a tweet from a bloomburg reporter, basically saying that the chinese are willing to still do some kind of partial trade deal. that sent futures up. we were up 200 a moment ago. now we're back down. there is optimism that there will be a deal, something happening. dow up 185, s&p up 23 and-a-half, nasdaq up 69 and-a-half. coming up, college football fans get excited. airbnb has sky highways for you to celebrate. that's your tease. and one lion cub working on its halloween moves, giving mom a big old scare. we've got the hilarious viral video coming up on "fbn: a.m.." ♪ you're a rich girl and you've gone too far. ♪ because you know it don't

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cheryl: we just got another headline crossing, this is from the financial times. here's the headline, this pushed futures up above 2 o 200 points, china is offering to increase annual purchases of u.s. ag products by $10 billion. unnamed sources in the report, that's helping futures, plus bloomburg reporting that china is going to come to the table with a partial trade deal. we shall see. dow is up 168, nasdaq up 64. the first lady will be meeting with children affected by vaping today. lauren: tracee carrasco is here with the details. tracee: melania trump will

speak directly with teens and young adults about their experiences with electronic cigarettes and vaping. the white house says she has invited a group from the truth initiative to take part in a listening session. yesterday, the first lady pressuring companies to stop marketing e-cigarettes to children. well, we know that apps on our smartphones keep track of our locations. now apple is letting you know how often. the new ios 13 software on iphones will tell you how many times an app has tracked where you've been over a period of time. it will also pinpoint the location on a map. for more control, the software lets you grant an app access on a per use basis, particularly useful for those worried about privacy. living in a car is far from luxury, but it's a necessity for a growing number of americans who can't afford high housing costs. the problem is especially bad in california. annual los angeles county numbers show 5% jump in the number of people sleeping in

vehicles. there's an uptick in rv dwellers in places like santa barbara and san jose. that pushed some organizations to find a solution to help people who can work but can't afford traditional housing. air bnb is helping college football celebrate the 150th anniversary, giving fans a chance to spend a night aboard the good year blimp. they will offer three one night stays aboard the air ship inside the hangar in ohio. for $150, two guests can spend one night inside the aircraft. the booking does not include a ride on the blimp. you do have to act soon. the booking starts next tuesday. that's what's happening now. lauren: you have to pay for the ride on the blimp? tracee: i don't know if you can. that would be the best part. lauren: still cool, i guess. tracee, thank you. cheryl: some are getting into the halloween spirit a bit early. this is from scotland's zoo.

a tiny lion cub put quite the fright into her mother. the cub who was less than two months old is seen casually walking behind mom, before she pounces on her and surprises the adult lionesse. that is pretty darn cute. lauren: walking on water, how nike is chan he he'lling jesus -- channeling jesus with its latest kicks. plus, a new study that proves who really is man's best friend? is it fido? i don't know. ♪ baby, you're a fire work. ♪ come on let your colors burst. ♪ make them go ah, ah, ah well, saving on homeowners insurance with geico's help was pretty fun too. ahhhh, it's a tiny dancer. they left a ton of stuff up here.

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♪ ♪ lauren: if you ever wish you could walk on water, nike is making it happen, sort of. cheryl: if the song wasn't a hit, that was kanye west. >> yes, absolutely. jesus walking, we are getting closer to it, huge design company, it's called nschs, they bought a bunch of nikes, redesigned them, we have to make that known, here is the thing, what they did was they added a

cross as you see the shoe laces and even you see the nike air bubbles on the bottom, filled with water from the jordan river that they claim was blessed by a priest, now, this is all part of new shoe craze out there. cheryl: is this okay with nike, is it legal? minimum 3,000 dolores right now. holy shoe. cheryl: we bless all of you who want to buy the shoes, but dogs, turns out maybe man's best friend. >> new study from journal from the american heart association, our four-legged will actually help you live longer, yeah, baby, that's what we are talking about as they found that people

who suffered from heart attacks and also lived alone ended up 33% less likely to pass away, 27% less likely for stroke survivors, the argument is the fact that having the companion whether it's a dog here, perhaps a cat, it's the fact that it's better to have one than nobody at all and they found lowest blood pressure having an animal. helps with isolation, get out and take care of something. cheryl: nursing homes, they bring in cats and dogs and they come in to spend time with the folks that are in the homes and actually really helps with their spirits but also help them with -- helps them with health issues, i think that's a great

story. >> the american heart association, a legitimate organization, boom, right there giving, you know, credit to that. lauren: by byes do work too by the way. [laughter] >> i'm good on that one. we bring my daughter to the hospital. [laughter] cheryl: that is it for fbn:am. lauren: my heart is crushed. maria: hey, there ladies, good morning to you, i'm maria bartiromo, thanks for joining us, wednesday october 9th, top stories before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast, looking at u.s.- china trade tensions. what could that mean for the trade talk expected to resume today and certainly tomorrow. futures pointing to big rally,

s&p 500 up 27 and nasdaq also higher this morning in double digits. nba controversy continues, commissioner silver on the ground of china to salvage probillion dollar relationship. trump administration calling the investigation partisan and unconstitutional. mornings with maria begins right now. ♪ ♪ maria: big show this morning fox business dagen mcdowell and maslansky + partners lee carter.