robert jeffress. follow me on twitter @loudobbs and like me on facebook. thanks for joining us. see you tomorrow. lauren: it is 5:00 a.m. here are your top stories at this hour. the cease fire between turkey and syria has been broken just hours after the u.s. brokered the deal, violence erupted overnight in syria. how will the white house response correspond today -- respond today. cheryl: a new round of tariffs took effect this morning 689 how how some items got priceyer. lauren: a new report says medicare for all is losing steam and president trump is gaining steam in a brand-new poll. cheryl: there's a new trend sweeping the nation and your finances could play a big part in it. it is friday, it's october 18th and "fbn: a.m." starts right now. ♪

♪ i want to rock and roll all night. ♪ and party every day. ♪ i want to rock and roll all night. ♪ and party every day. ♪ cheryl: welcome to "fbn: a.m.." good morning, i'm cheryl casone. lauren: happy friday. good morning. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: let's take a look at how your money is moving on this friday. the banks so far surprising to the upside, a little bit of pressure on the futures market. the dow is down 18, nasdaq is down 10. we'll be hearing from american express before the bell. lauren: in asia, the shanghai come pocomposite in china, down. beijing reporting the worst economic growth since the 1990s. cheryl: all eyes on europe,

with boris johnson's deal with the eu. the cac 40 is under pressure. the dax is slightly higher. lauren: we have a lot of geo politics in different poll e pos in different parts of the world. the fighting continues in northern syria where shelling and smoke can still be seen. cheryl: griff jenkins has more from washington with all the latest. griff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. these images coming out of northeast syria, is troubling. they're raising serious questions the cease fire apparently has been broken. there's questions really about whether it ever was going to be enforced. you see the smoke and shelling near the syrian, kurdish border town. that is in the center of a attention. the ap has been reporting overnight that journalists are seeing continued fighting in that area. and i can tell you that i spoke

within the last hour to one of my sources, who is saying they're trying to get kurdan casualties out of that area. they were attacked within the last two hours. they are recreating some 10 kim on tears, -- kilometers, worried for their statemen safety. this is not good news after there was said to be a cease fire. there is a question about whether or not president erdogan was sincere. john roberts sat down with mike pence who was on the trip and ask about whether or not we can trust this. listen. >> based on his behavior, based on his action, can you trust him? >> we will take this agreement for what it is. president erdogan knows president trump says what he means, means what he says and i think on the foundation of that kind of a candid and honest

relationship, we can go forward together for a more peaceful region. >> reporter: after the announcement was made of the cease fire, democrats back here, the leadership blasting the agreement. speaker pelosi and minority leader schumer releasing this joint statement, saying president trump is flailing. the president's decision to reverse sanctions against turkey in exchange for a sham cease fire, it sends a dangerous message to allies and adversaries alike that our word cannot be trusted. this is certainly going to be a fluid story all morning long, guys, because again, from the sources i talked to and the reporting coming out of that region, this is not a good sign in the wake of that agreement. lauren, cheryl. cheryl: griff, thank you. we'll have more on this in just a few moments. now to the president and his activities at home. he held a huge rally on friendly turf in dallas, texas last night

and he played up, what else, the trump economy. >> the economy is booming. our people are prospering. our country is thriving. and our nation is stronger than ever before. [ cheering and applause ] >> they believe america is the world's piggy bank and that your tax dollars should subsidize the economy, military and defense of every other nation in the world but our own. it's not happening anymore. but we're finally again putting america first. [ cheering and applause ] cheryl: not only the crowd inside, there was a massive crowd outside of the american airlines center t watch his speh on a large screen. earlier in the day, the president toured a new louis vuitton factory in texas. >> every year, louis vuitton will pay more than $26 million in wages and that number will

increase even higher as the facility doubles to 1,000 workers in a very short period of time. every purse, handbag and piece of luggage produced in johnson county will be made by hand and it will bear the symbol of excellence, envied all around the world, and it will also have made in the usa stamped on out. so we appreciate that. cheryl: and yesterday the president also raised about $5.5 million at a fund raising event in fort worth texas. busy day for president trump. lauren. lauren: well, the u.s. is making good on its plans to slap tariffs on the eu. this morning, the trump administration imposing 25% tariffs on wine, cheese and liquor like scotch whiskey, all in retaliation for european subsidies of airbus. airbus is a direct cor competito america's boeing. the additional costs probably won't hurt small businesses for now because many retailers already have most of their food

and drinks here for the holidays. but the tariffs could have a bigger impact of over the long term. cheryl: all right. well, let's stay in europe. a brexit deal has been struck between the u.k. and the e. u but it's still got to be ratified by both parties and parliament might be the sticking point here. lauren: ashley webster is live in london with the yo late e. latest. nges g -- >> reporter: here we are again, deja vu. boris johnson is on a charm offensive. he has a deal with the. u. you could argue he already performed two miracles. he got them to open the agreement and he got them to eliminate the irish backstop. two miracles. can he get the deal approved by

parrelment in a very rare -- parliament in a very rare saturday session. it's only the fourth time parliament met on a saturday since the start of world war r . the question is, where are the votes going to come from? it will be on a knife's edge. when he got the deal yesterday, boris johnson said it is time to come together and get brexit done. take a listen. >> this is a great deal for our country, for the u.k., i also believe it's a very good deal for our friends in the eu. i'm very confident that when my colleagues in parliament study this agreement, that they will want to vote for it. it's been long, it's been painful, it's been devi divisivd now is the moment for us as a country to come together. >> reporter: well, those worths are rallying -- are a rallying

crime. he's got to sway lawmakers that this is the best deal for the u.k. so the question becomes what if they vote it down tomorrow, what if boris johnson doesn't get the votes he needs? under a law thats was passed by parrelment, he would have -- parliament, he would have to ask the. u for another delay. the prime minister says we will leave the eu on october 31st, deal or no deal. so how is he going to do that if there's a law in place? maybe boris johnson has a trick or two up his sleeve. we'll have to wait and see. clearly, we've been here before. is this the moment that the uk after three and-a-half years can actually get out of the eu. we shall see but as we know, don't hold your breath, guys. back to you. lauren: thank you very much. president trump facing backlash after announcing the next g7 summit will be held at his doorl resorts. they say 12 sites were

considered but the doral resort was the best suited. jerry nadler is accusing him of exploiting his office and making decisions for his personal financial gain. senator elizabeth warren calls it corruption, plain and simple. and beto o'rourke calling on congress to block it from happening. cheryl: well, another member -- this is big news -- yesterday of president trump's cabinet is now resigning. lauren: tracee carrasco has he details. tracee: rick perry notified president trump that he intends to leave his job at the end of the year. president trump called him outstanding and said he already has his replacement. the former texas governor has come under scrutiny for his role in the president's dealings with ukraine. your next plane ride with united airlines may be a bit more cramped. the airline is looking to lower prices so it said it will start adding more seats to make more

money. the extra seats will be added to both big and small planes. so get ready for less space. but the f a after a is looking -- faa is looking into safety concerns being raised over packed planes. researchers will be investigating if smaller seats or tighter rows make any difference when trying to evacuate in emergency situations. the data will be used to create standards for airlines. and history taking place in outer space today. astronauts will step out of the united nations for the first -- out of the international space station for the first all women space walk in nasa's history. that's what's happening now. lauren: tracee, thank you. cheryl: he let' let's take a t how your money is moving this friday. we have slight red airs rose. dow is down 28 right now, s&p

down 2 and three quarters, nasdaq down 114 and 1 -- 14 ana quarter. coming up, less than 24 hours after the cease fire, fighting continues in syria overnight. what is the white house's next move going to be? plus, from athletes to doctors, the cbd craze is taking over america. but if you use cbd products, is your job at risk? we've got details coming up on "fbn: a.m.." we're invested in you. ♪ i won't let go. ♪ i want a lifetime tonight. ♪ i won't let go. ♪ ♪

♪ everything your trip needs, for everyone you love. expedia. 2,000 fence posts. 900 acres. 48 bales. all before lunch, which we caught last saturday. we earn our scars. we wear our work ethic. we work until the work's done.

and when it is, a few hours of shuteye to rest up for tomorrow, the day we'll finally get something done. ( ♪ ) the day we'll finally get something done. i am totally blind. and non-24 can make me show up too early... or too late. or make me feel like i'm not really "there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. to earn j.d. power chevdependability awards... across cars... trucks... and suvs. four years in a row. since more than 32,000 real people... just like me. and me. and me. took the survey that decided these awards. it was only right

that you hear the good news from real people... like us. i'm daniel. i'm casey. i'm julio. only chevy has earned j.d. power dependability awards across cars, trucks and suvs. four years in a row. cheryl: well, we just told you about this at the top of the show, the breaking news, there is new fighting in syria this morning, that breaks the cease fire between turkey and kurdish forces that was brokered just yesterday by vice president mike pence. william ruger is here and the white house is waking up to some rough news. how do you think they're going to handle it? >> well, i think that they should stay the course there. that's what they're going to do. as president trump and secretary esper have talked about, the united states doesn't want to be involved in an ancient conflict between the turks and the kurds and they don't want to be the police force. what they should do and what they may do is actually double down on this and pull the troops

out and pull those troops out of syria all together. cheryl: but the vice president went to ankara. it has to be in response at least in part to the mass amounts of criticism from most members of the republican party and then you had the house vote that was frankly bipartisan that said that the united states should not be pulling, those troops out of syria, that we should not just hand over the region to frankly the russians and iran. >> i mean, they really should have the courage here to stand firm because it's in the united states' interest. i think it's pretty interesting that congress wanted to criticize the president for this pullback, in a country that they never authorized american forces to be there in the first place. i think it goes back to the fact that the turks and the kurds have this a an ancient conflict. there are legitimate grievances the turks have. cheryl: we have legitimate concerns about isis and that is

something that could indeed affect the united states and europe in particular. all eyes there. let's talk about europe, a separate issue and this is brexit. the breaking news yesterday that boris johnson cut a deal with the eu. he's now got to get his own parliament to vote on that. a lot of american interests are at stake here, not just the fact that there is billions of dollars being imported and exported between the two countries, between the u.k. and the u.s. it's also the fact that many u.s. industries are going to have issues if the eu -- excuse me, the u.k. does this hard pull-out of the eu. >> the interesting thing is whether they'll be able to get this through parliament. one of the problems that boris johnson faces is that the unionists are not excited about the fact that there would be essentially a border in the irish sea between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. and so that's going to be a real challenge is to find those votes that he needs to get over the top. but look, as we said in earlier,

he's already pulled a couple miracles, maybe he can pull off a third one. cheryl: i want to get specific here. it's not just industries like pharmaceuticals, the banking industry, automobile companies, in the middle we've got 1.4 million britains that u.s. companies are employing there and you've got things like aircraft, you've got metals, you've got machinery, mineral fuels, i mean, there is a lot of financial stakes for businesses between the u.s. and the u.k. so this does kind of matter to the u.s. economy. >> oh, exactly. that's one of the reasons why i think we might want to look forward to a u.s./u.k. free trade agreement. if brexit does happen, the british will desire to have better trade relations with partners like us and the united states would benefit from this as well. i think it don't hav doesn't haf the concerns the trump administration would have about deals with developing world

countries. there's a real opportunity here that we haven't seen in other regions like with the chinese. cheryl: certainly with the tariffs with the. eu going intoeffect today, fred cheese william on a friday, it's tough news for all of us. >> we don't want scotch to cost more this weekend. cheryl: it's the little things. william, thank you very much for being here. we appreciate it. lauren: i was thinking more the red wine. cheryl: me too. lauren: take a look at wall street this morning. look, there are certainly global pressures but the dow and the s&p 500 within striking distance of new records. that could happen today. american express and coca-cola report. is that the juice the market needs? dow down 31 points. up next, china revealing its ultimate goal in the trade war with the u.s. but will they get it and what does it mean if they don't? a an colleges tracking applicants online. could the websites you visit hurt your chances of getting accepted. we'll have details coming up on

"fbn: a.m." ♪ come on! let's hide in the attic. no. in the basement. why can't we just get in the running car? are you crazy? let's hide behind the chainsaws. smart. yeah. ok. if you're in a horror movie, you make poor decisions. it's what you do. this was a good idea. shhhh. i'm being quiet. you're breathing on me! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. let's go to the cemetery! ♪ from the start, the c-class was ahead of its time. still, we never stopped making it stronger. faster. smarter. because to be the best, is to never ever stop making it better.

the 2020 c-class family. lease the c 300 sedan for just $419 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. imagine a world where nothing gets in the way of doing great work. where an american icon uses the latest hr tools to stay true to the family recipe. where a music studio spends less time on hr and payroll, and more time crafting that perfect sound. where the nation's biggest party store can staff up quickly as soon as it's time for fun. this is the world of adp. hr, talent, time, benefits and payroll. designed for people. val, vern... i'm off to college and i'm not gonna be around... i'm worried about my parents' retirement. oh, don't worry. voya helps them to and through retirement... ...dealing with today's expenses... ...like college... ...while helping plan, invest and protect for the future. so they'll be okay... without me? um... and when we knock out this wall imagine the closet space?

yes! oh hey, son. yeah, i think they'll be fine. voya. helping you to and through retirement.

lauren: after more than a month of striking, general motors and the united auto workers may have a deal but is it enough to get workers off the picket lines? cheryl: grady trimble has the latest moving developments. grady, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, cheryl and lauren. lot of developments this morning. the strike will continue for at least another week. local union leaders met yesterday here and they voted to approve a tentative agreement but this is by no means over because they're going to keep the workers on strike until all nearly 50,000 of them vote to approve the agreement as well.

so it's not a done deal. supporters of this contract say it increases wages and keeps at least one plant in detroit open. critics say it doesn't do enough to protect jobs. it confirms the closure of three general motors plants including one in lordstown, ohio. still, the union is calling the agreement a win, not just for gm workers, but for all middle class americans. >> it was about the hearts and minds of american workers and the middle class. >> reporter: gm is calling for the quick approval of this contract, saying this. the agreement reflects our commitment to u.s. manufacturing through the creation of new jobs and increased investment. but again, this strike will continue. the earliest workers will likely be able to go back to work, if they vote to approve this contract, is a week from tomorrow. cheryl and lauren. lauren: grady, thank you very much. we want to talk about china now. they're coming clean on why

they're fighting a trade war with the united states. they're saying the ultimate goal of the consultations between the two sides is to stop the trade war and cancel all the additional tariffs which is beneficial to china and the united states and the whole world. china's economic growth plunged to the slowest pace in more than 27 years in the last quarter. we bring in chris mackie, the institutional investment strategist, he joins us right now. s chris, good morning. >> good morning. it's glait great to be with you -- it's great to be with you. lauren: when you see china growing at the slowest pace since 1992, you have to say how bad does this get for china. why aren't they as we say papering phase one of the deal? >> china's comments reveal a real casm between their approach and the u.s. approach. china revealed their focus is on avoiding the short-term pain. they want to get past the pain they're dealing with today.

conversely, the u.s. is looking for long-term economic gains. the u.s. needs to talk about intellectual property. lauren: we're trying. >> exactly. state owned subsidies. did you know that state owned enterprises in china comprise 25 to 30% of their industrial production? and if you take away their subsidies, they have negative returns. it's very hard for american companies to compete. now, here's the hope. the hope is had that china wants to get a deal done. we've got a presidential election coming up. that means that the odds are better than not that we will get something. unfortunate lirks it will probably -- unfortunately, it will problem b probably be a php truce. that continues the uncertainty. the uncertainty leaves businesses wondering what's going to happen next. and that's going to consistent strai-- con s'sstrain their investment. lauren: the imf is worried about the temporary truce.

they want peace. they say that the trade deal is not enough to spur global growth. we need a complete deal with china and it doesn't look like that's going to be possible. >> that's exactly right. i mean, it's easy to call it a trade agreement but really it's a truce. we need something comprehensive. and again, the key to the comprehensive nature is that that takes the uncertainty off the table. so that we don't worry about okay, a month from now, six months from now, we've got another flair-up and businesses are wondering what's the environment we're going to have to deal with. lauren: businesses are reporting their latest earnings. we hear from american express and coca-cola today. we're still in the early part of earning season. everyone is predicting the worst, earnings are going to decline, but so far 82% have reported better than expected profits. so is the expectation too low? why is it that we're surprising our self. >> look, here's the thing. either way, i'll take the upside. lauren: yeah. >> that's very important. because expectations are very

important and exceeding them. one thing that was most interesting in the earnings that we've seen so far is if you look at the large banks, look at the credit card growth that they've had, high single digits. that is especially important because the consumer is the primary driver of economic growth today because businesses have flat-lined their investment because of the trade uncertainty we talked about. lauren: they're holding onto their money. >> exactly. we have trade being dragged and that leaves the consumer and earnings reports so far show good signs. lauren: thank you so much. cheryl: healthcare front and center in the 2020 race for the white house. a new study may be giving bernie sanders and elizabeth warren something to worry about. and have you heard of jomo? it's a new trend and it has a connection to your finances. and a good paying job. we're going to explain that coming up on "fbn: a.m.." we're invested in you. ♪ i'l

i wish i could shake your hand. granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

fidelity now has zero commissions for online u.s. equity trades and etfs. and fidelity also offers zero account fees for brokerage accounts, plus zero minimums to open an account. and only fidelity offers four zero expense ratio index funds directly to investors. with all of those zeros, there are zero reasons to invest anywhere else. fidelity. ♪ so maybe i'll win

♪ saved by zero lauren: mick mulvaney appears to admit there was a quid pro quo during president trump's july phone call with the ukrainian leader. >> did he mention to me in the past that the corruption related to the dnc server, absolutely. no question about that. that's it. that's why we held up the money. lauren: the controversial phone call sparking an impeachment quirky. a survey finds only 7% consider impeachment the most important issue. cheryl: that same poll shows president trump beating former vice president joe biden and senator elizabeth warren, 51% to 49% for each in a hypothetical head to head matchup. emily larson joins us now. this is the first time in a long time we've seen this type of

polling that goes in the president's favor. however faith are you putting in emerson this morning? >> well, it is a pretty close call there in these poll numbers, and it is within the margin of error. but it is good news for presidenpresident trump there i. it's also a little bit disappointing for him to be winning by a couple digit margin in a state that he won by about 9 points in 2016 and so in that sense it could be worrisome for him but we have to remember that this isn't necessarily predictive and president trump has not gotten his campaign into full swing yet. cheryl: i found it interesting that 33% say their number one issue, the economy, after that 19% say healthcare. which seems to jive with what you hear people talking about on the streets. let's move on to the issue of medicare for all. looks like in another type of survey that it's losing support and this could be bad news for elizabeth warren and bad news for bernie sanders. in fact, medicare for all, we

talked about this, the cost is the big question. warren keeps getting hit because she doesn't want to say that taxes are going to go up on the middle class. we know from bernie sanders and other estimates, $34 trillion in 10 years. are people finally waking up that medicare for all is a bad idea? >> well, i don't know if they're thinking it's a bad idea. i think that there is some confusion among democratic voters still as to what medicare for all actually means. and as we're talking about it more, we're seeing support slightly tick downward once people realize that this is going to be a huge cost and eliminate -- virtually eliminate all private insurances plans. i think that could be some explanation for why we're seeing the down-tick in support. it's a major issue and the democratic candidates, i mean, this is something that joe biden has been hammering on the campaign trail lately how medicare for all would cost more than the entire federal budget per year to implement. cheryl: the general spending would be $4.2 trillion if you add medicare for all.

the numbers don't add up. ben shapiro, he made an interesting comment about hillary clinton. he said honestly, if hillary clinton were to make her jabbedd reentry, now would be the time she should do it, the fact is, people are not satisfied with joe biden. what do you make of those comments? >> i'm not expecting hillary clinton to enter the race anytime soon. it's a look at the bigger picture. if we go into the future and say donald trump wins in 2020, we'll look back at this time now and see that the democrats had all these candidates and they couldn't figure out who to put up against him. depending on how things go, that could be what we look back on here. it's also saying -- this is also the time for one of the lower, mid-tier candidates -- i'm interested in pete buttigieg overtaking joe biden. cheryl: thank you for being here as always.

lauren: mark zuckerberg rejecting democrats' calls for president trump's social media to be taken d down. the facebook ceo sounding off in an exclusive interview with dana perino. >> kamala harris said she thinks twitter should shut down president trump's account. do you think that's a ridiculous idea? >> my belief is that in a democracy i don't think that we want private companies censoring politicians in the news. i believe that as a principle, people should decide what is credible and what they want to believe and who they want to vote for and i don't think that that should be something that we want tech companies or any kind of other company doing. lauren: he also grilled zuckerberg on conservative bias in silicon valley. the full interview will air on fox news today at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. from social media tour social life. at what age did you feel you had a fulfilling social life? a new survey says most americans

feel they had their social life together at the age a of 29. haamericans also say they now experience jomo, different from fomo. jomo is the joy of missing out. 82% of americans say they feel relief when friends or family cancel plans. cheryl: i feel jomo. lauren: jomo all the time. cheryl: i love when i can get out of my commitments. lauren: winning week for the stock market. right now dow is just down 13 points, s&p giving up 1, nasdaq down 9. earnings, they continue of to surprise and also geopolitical tensions out there, let's talk about the job market coming up. it's pretty tight. fidelity turning to an unlikely source. we'll plain. uber and the former ceo have had their ups and downs and now you can see them play out on the small screen. how one tv network is hitching a ride with uber.

keep it right here. ♪ welcome to miami. ♪ jump to the club where the heat is on. ♪ all night on the beach until the break of dawn. beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways.

all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network. because beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. rather than worry about how to pay for long-term care. brighthouse smartcare℠ is a hybrid life insurance and

long-term care product. it protects your family while providing long-term care coverage, should you need it. so you can explore all the amazing things ahead. talk to your advisor about brighthouse smartcare. brighthouse financial. build for what's ahead℠ lauren: fidelity investments started a program that looks for individuals who have taken a break from their careers an want to return to their job in financial planning. rachel book, director of recruiting strategy as well as natalie ward, a financial consultant at fidelity and, t natalie, you were a member -- an

apa mri can't of -- applicant of this resume program. tell me your story. why did you leave the workforce? why did you go back? >> i left the work force to raise children. after doing that for many years and volunteering in my community, i had an inner drive to want to go back to work and get back to my profession. when i read about this program that fidelity had, the resume program, it spoke to me as the ideal opportunity and financial consulting was a great role for me. it kind of used my skills from my previous job as well as some of the skills i developed. lauren: can did you have financial skills before hand? >> i did, yes. lauren: we're talking all the time about how hard it is for companies to find workers with the right skills. so what did fidelity say five years ago when you started the program to say okay, there's an untapped pool of workers out there. how do we get them back in, you how is this good for us? >> phi dealt is -- fidelity is always looking to hire the best people. we're thinking about talent we're not able to access through

traditional channels. participants in the resume program are people that left the workforce for a variety of personal reasons and have a challenge coming back because the typical recruiting process is not designed for people with career breaks. and so what we did, we said we're going to reactivate their skill sets and experiences in a supported way so we can benefit from their fresh perspective. lauren: were you nervous going back to work, t natalie? >> yes, of course. it's daunting, the idea but at the same time exhilarating and exciting. it's like a new chapter. i think my clients really appreciate that i have had this journey and i can relate to their journey as well and i think it's actually a great advantage. lauren: what do applicants and people who are part of the program say to you, rachel? do they say this is so hard to juggle, home life and a work life, or i really needed this, it feels so great to be working again or doing something like i used to do again. >> it's an adjustment.

but so many of them are really ready to get back. what they value the most is we're embracing your career break. we hired you because of your career break. you don't need to hide it. your manager is expecting a learning curve and we'll give you training and support to get you back on your feet. lauren: what's the craziest story of someone that you hired who had a career break, what were they doing in their break that spoke to you? >> we have one great story i can think of is one of our colleagues down in west lake, texas, and she graduated from college, did her master's degree, met her husband and got married and followed him to thailand for his career. they stayed there for 12 years, raised a kim children, then they -- couple of children and then went to the u.k. for a couple of years. when they moved back to the u.s., she was starting from scratch. she had a 25 year career break. she joined fidelity, we welcomed her back and she's doing amazing work. lauren: do you feel fidelity has been a pioneer in this trend? >> yes, they've taken the

program and extended it beyond a typical internship. it's six months of paid work. our intention is to extend and convert our resumers to full-time employees if there's a fit from both sides. lauren: you obviously, natalie, were converted from an intern with a lot of life experience to a full-time slate. what does that feel like? >> it was very rewardnding and daunt -- rewarding and daunting. it was exciting. it almost feels like i never left, like getting back on the bicycle again. lauren: what do your kids and husband say? >> they're very proud of me. they get tired of hearing stories from work, because i'm always sharing interesting things about people i've met. the career break was wonderful. i'm glad i had the opportunity with my children. it was always in me to want a career. lauren: and more companies supporting the work/life balance. thank you for coming in. i want to remind our audience,

for more on this, check out my podcast. cheryl: take a look at your money this morning. maybe you need advising on this. because we've been getting earnings from major banks and it's been strong so far. we have american express coming out before the bell. right now, the dow unchanged. the s&p just turning positive. now it's unchanged, sorry. nasdaq is down 6 and-a-half. so we're coming back a little bit in the futures market. coming up, talker about a bad romance, lady gaga dropped by a fan on stage. how the pop princess proved her star power after that nasty slip. and the holidays may be a couple months away, but one cookie company is giving the traditional gingerbread house a run for its money. keep it here on "fbn: a.m.." we're invested in you. ♪ it's tearing up my heart when i'm with you. ♪ when we are apart i feel it too. ♪ and no matter what i do -- here, it all starts with a simple...

hello! -hi! how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! [ camera clicking ] wifi up there? -ahhh. sure, why not? how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy! glad i could help. at xfinity, we're here to make life simple. easy. awesome. so come ask, shop, discover at your xfinity store today.

cheryl: colleges are keeping an eye on potential students. it's not whether or not they're treatincheating on tests. lauren: tracee carrasco has details. tracee: colleges are using tracking software to find out more about potential apa mri ap. at least 44 colleges and universities are using private firms to help track who visits their website, how often they visit, and the areas they are viewing, even how much time is spent on financial aid pages. the information helps the schools build profiles of applicants. how about uber? the tv series? show time announced a limited series based on mike isaac's best selling novel, super pump, the battle for uber. the series will reportedly

feature the rise and fall of the scandal-ridden former ceo. he resigned from the position as ceo in 2017 under mounting pressure from public scandals and widespread media reports of an unethical company culture. move over, gingerbread houses, oreo is moving into the neighborhood. the cookie company introduced a cookie house kit. each kit comes with everything you need to build your edible house including cookie pieces, icing, candy and of course oreos. the kit costs around $10. and a fan lets lady gaga down hard. look at that. the superstar was picked up by a dancing fan during her show in las vegas. the fan lost his balance and the pair took a monster fall off the edge of the stage. thankfully lady gaga was okay.

she got back up, finished the show without missing a beat. that's what's happening now. how did that even happen. cheryl: where was the security, letting that guy on stage? right? tracee: she's a good sport. lauren: tracee, thank you so much. cheryl: careful. that walauren: we have a tropil storm warning in the gulf coast. folks from louisiana to central florida are bracing for heavy rain and wind. cheryl: senior meteorologist janice dean has been tracking the path ands is here with the latest. good morning. janice: we think this will be named, either a tropical system or a subtrope l call sitropical, regardless of whether it becomes nester we will feel the effects of the storm system along the gulf coast to the southeast. it is a potential tropical system. i think it will be named today. it will be a quick-mover. it's going to bring the potential for heavy rainfall, gusty winds, storm surge as well as severe weather across portions of the southeast, up

towards the mid-atlantic. it will be a quick-mover. it will be out of here by this weekend, making a potential land landfall sometime overnight into the southeast. not a huge deal and actually it's going to help the drought situation here but i don't want people to be caught offguard so we will watch this system as it moves inland over the next 12 to 24 hours and then moves very quickly to the north and east. still tropical season, my friends. back to you. cheryl: we're still going. we'll be going until november, to your point. there you go. janice: jam. cheryl: thanyes, ma'am.lauren:e sweeping the nation. if you use them, could you lose your job? and first it was a fight over corn syrup. now there's a new brawl brewing in the beer industry. we'll have those details straight ahead on "fbn: a.m." ♪ say my name, say my name. ♪ baby i love you. ♪ say my name, say my name.

no two patients are the same. predicting the next step for them can be challenging. today we're using the ibm cloud to run new analytics tools that help us better predict and plan a patient's recovery. ♪ ♪ ultimately, it's helping thousands of patients return home. and who doesn't love going home. 2,000 fence posts. 900 acres. 48 bales. all before lunch, which we caught last saturday. we earn our scars. we wear our work ethic. we work until the work's done. and when it is, a few hours of shuteye to rest up for tomorrow, the day we'll finally get something done. ( ♪ ) ♪

♪ everything your trip needs, for everyone you love. expedia.

♪ ♪ lauren: bat of the brews, first fight over corn say rum and now an highser brewer alleges that one of the employees gave the recipe to a miller employee, that employee has since then

been suspended pending investigation and speaking of special ingredients, budweiser is jumping on cbd train for cbd infused beer, it's going to hit the market by the end of this year. cheryl: legal does not mean allowed. cbd products could still face professional consequences, brady, good morning, is it because the employees are finding themselves using cbd products and getting in trouble with employees on drug tests. >> it's going to go illegal, federally, now potentially legal, state conflicts between state and federal law, employers, large employers are making statements, big automotive group in florida that made a statement they are not

testing for thc anymore and if a patient has a card and using it for medicine, and the other question is workers' comp. cheryl: not just medical marijuana but the use of cbd which was supposed to be safe and not technically marijuana, i think that's where the line seems to be blurred but also for a lot of us, we worry if we are using cbd cream and going to work? >> absolutely, it is cannabis, same plan, different variety and if it's less than 4.2% it's federally legal, no issue there whatsoever, you can cbd products, topicals, any of that to help you sleep, anxiety, anything that cbd is originally good for.

quite popular. >> what about regulation, you know, it's not legal in all states, this is marijuana, medical marijuana or just marijuana, and states are really struggling figure out how to regulate marijuana, you're one of the few people who say we should be regulating the industry. >> i have been begging to be taxed and regulated. the vaping crisis, to me it's not really much of a crisis because there's no issues related to state legal products, everything is in the black market, if legal products we have to be lab testing, absolutely. cheryl: we need to come back and take banking act. you've been on the floor, come back and keep us posted. >> absolutely, it's going move quickly. cheryl: lauren. lauren: thank you for watching

fbn:am, have a good weekend, everybody, mornings with maria start right now. maria: good morning, everyone, thanks for joining us, i'm maria bartiromo, happy friday, october 18th before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. just hours u.s. brokered deal for 5-day cease fire, fighting continues this morning, we have the latest coming up. economic slowdown continues in china, gdp coming in at 6%, much lower than expected, the slowest pace since 1992, what it could mean with a trade deal with the united states, markets looking for second day of green, futures indicating fractional move for s&p 500, nasdaq is lower, mixed story this morning, there's drama around brexit. uk prime minister with boris johnson deal facing opposition ahead crucial parliament vote that happens tomorrow, mornings with maria begins right now.

♪ ♪ good morning, big show this morning, fox news dagen mcdowell and john and the wall street journal editorial page assistant editor james freeman, great to see you, guys. >> great to be here. maria: big story in terms of syria, potential cease fire in syria in doubt, that deal is now being questioned this morning after reports of fighting in a syrian-turkish border town, president trump weighed in on this last night. >> we've all agreed on a pause or a cease fire in the border region of syria and it was unconventional what i did so now we are doing a 5-day period, we will see if we can get it all finalized, i think it will be, so turkey will be happy, the kurds are going to be happy, isis g