trading session. there you go. a loss of about 240 points. the dow does not make it to positive territory. [closing bell rings] i'm liz claman ma that is it for "the claman countdown." see you on monday. connell: a lucky close. misleading regulators about a key safety issue, that was a big thing for boeing, dragging the dow down. text messages that the company was aware of problems with the boeing 737 max since 2016. all averages mixed for the week. the dow is down more than 250. 254 as we settle in. s&p 500 and nasdaq firmly in negative territory. but not as much, percentagewise on the s&p as the dow. i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." more

on market movers. here is what is new at this hour. firing back at his critics. mark zuckerberg sitting down with fox's own dana perino sounding off on calls to break up big tech and whether or not billionaires should keep their own money. we're going to bring you the facebook ceo's response on that one. plus, a defense of the wealthy, coming from a very unlikely place. why alec baldwin, social warrior, alec ball win, super left, alec baldwin finding himself on the same side of capitalists. holding companies responsible for the worst drug crisis in u.s. history, a landmark opioid trial could be averted if a meeting today ends in enormous sell meant. that is going on right now. connell: that is a big story. fox business team coverage of all top stories. gerri willis on floor of new york stock exchange. blake burman at the white house. deirdre bolton in the newsroom with latest on possible opioid settlement. on friday, in the markets gerri,

we start with you. reporter: what a day today. the dow ending down 255 points. below 27,000. for the week negative. boeing and j&j carving 200 point from the blue-chip average. let's start with boeing. that stock having a very difficult day as you see from this chart. basically, boeing pilot and im, a message saying that he had lied to investigators. lied to the faa. he said to have friend a also a pilot. simulators, in flight simulators using new automated system were running rampant in the simulator. i basically lied to regulators. that news hit the tape. the stock fell like a stone. of course more questions being asked. one congressman saying we need to shake up the head of boeing. that is head of house transportation committee of the johnson & johnson recalling a

shipment of baby powder after food and drug administration discovered asbestos. the company said it could take 30 days oar more. they plan to recall 30,000 bottles in the u.s. after months denying the product contained carcinogens. this stock down, down dramatically today. could have been a good week for the average. it turned out not to be. the dow down for the week. s&p and nasdaq slightly higher. back to you. connell: terrible stories for j&j and boeing. thanks. melissa: defending free enterprise. jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon says corporations should work on meaningful reform but not at the risk of sacrificing capitalism. >> freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of enterprise are capitalism. government is taking control of assets and companies. they start to use those companies for one thing only, keeping themselves in power. using the company's assets to

get votes. okay they erode over time. do end up with venezuela. social democracy is not socialism. controlling companies is socialism. melissa: amen to that. let's bring in today's panel. lanhee chen from the hoover institution. veronica daguerre from the "wall street journal." lanhee, this is where the disconnect always comes in. people don't realize it's a power and money grab on the part of those politicians in charge. what do you think? >> well look, this is exactly the problem with the kind of rhetoric we're hearing out of people like elizabeth warren. you know the kind of politics that she is advocating for is going to lead us down the road to where we have situations where government controls enough of an industry, enough of a sector, it will exert that control for political purposes. that is precisely the concern that jamie dimon is hinting at. unfortunately her sort of critique what is going on in our

economy is gaining some traction, particularly amongst some younger americans. that is a big concern all of us need to keep an eye on. melissa: veronica, if you do any math at all. not only would she have to massively tax the middle class. she would have to confiscate everybody's money. there isn't enough money to do what elizabeth warren is talking about anywhere? >> numbers don't work. i think one of the things jamie is trying to do, never one to hold back he is trying to take back the narrative on capitalism, right? melissa: good. >> some is understanding capitalism employs people. you get employed. you can feed your family. that is helping society. that is helping the society at large and so this is something that is really positive, not to mention a lot of companies have very active philanthropic arms. that is another way they give back to society. so i think there has got to abroader discussion about the benefits of capitalism. connell: almost to that point,

pressed on policy during exclusive interview with our friend dana perino on fox news, facebook ceo, mark zuckerberg facing attacks on the rich, whether he believes he earned his money fair and square. let's listen. >> i don't think that is a cosmic sense anyone deserves to have billions of dollars. there are a lot of people who do really good things and kind of help a lot of other people. you get well-compensated for that. but at some level, that is really a lot of wealth. it is not necessarily i agree with some of the policy prescriptions that some of these folks are putting forward. some people think okay, well the issue or the way to deal with this accumulation of wealth is, let's just have the government take it all. connell: that last point we can talk about whether in cosmic sense or any other sense. your thoughts on billionaires and these questions about whether they you know, okay for them to be billionaires essentially, this conversation

we're now suddenly having? >> yeah, look aside from the incoherence of first part of mark zuckerberg's answer, the question really comes down to this, do we punish success in america? has america become a country where we punish success. elizabeth warren and apparently many people on that stage in the democratic debate the other night want that to be what america stands for. if a place you do really well, we're going to figure out as many ways as we can to punish you for it. i don't think the vision of america is one majority of americans agree with. i think a lot of people out there who believe this class warfare is exactly what america needs. i just couldn't disagree more. connell: sounded, veronica, that mark zuckerberg was getting to the point you made earlier. people that have all the money, we can do pretty good things wit. charity work and the like. maybe better off than the government having the money. i think the point he was making at the end, right? >> i think so.

they may be more adept deploying resources more efficiently and effectively. this is fun with mark zuckerberg. this is the least of his worries. he getting hit from regulators all across the globe. he will testify about libra. his cryptocurrency next week. that is coming under fire. he is coming under fire for his social media sites. funny to hear him deflect and focus on something like his billions. connell: little thinks like that. veronica, thanks as always. lanhee, good to see you. melissa. melissa: ohio drug summoning drug company executives to discuss a possible opioid settlement. avoid a trial scheduled to start on monday. deirdre bolton is in the newsroom with the latest. >> the companies want to settle ahead of the trial. distributors versus manufacturers. the manufacturers are playing outsized role, if you like,

including deceptively marketing the drugs, but the drug distribution companies are accused failing to suspect and halt suspicious orders. both kinds of companies deny wrongdoing but the judge is pushing for a deal. he has by some standards unorthodox methods. he wants something good to come out of all this. he wants something meanful to come out of the crisis. look at stocks, mckesson, cardinal health, amerisource amerisourcebergen, teva, in israel. they are supposed defendants with the exception of j&j. companies would pay a collective $50 billion to settle the claims. what would that answer? it would resolve 2600 lawsuits nationally mostly brought by states and local atities. mckesson, bergen, cardinal would

pay $18 billion over 18 years, j&j would pay $4 billion. teva would give away medications, one is offers 15 billion. as part of that quote value proposition, it would provide distribution services. u.s. senators for disease control and prevention, reporting that opioids were responsible for roughly 400,000 overdose deaths in the u.s. from 1999 to 2017. so, clearly the judge, many others want to make a point. melissa? back to you. melissa: deirdre, thank you. >> sure. connell: defending a controversial digs, president trump speaking out on temporary cease-fire deal with turkey after a call he had with the president of turkey, president erdogan. blake burman live with all this. blake? reporter: connell, the call between president trump and erdogan taking place earlier this morning and afterwards the president downplayed reports of renewed fighting in northeastern

syria. at a couple different times today, it is quote minor sniper and mortar fire. the president today continued to hail the cease-fire agreement arranged by the administration. acknowledging though it could be actually tenuous. >> we're doing a very, very significant amount of great work. we'll see if it works. it is very fragile. it has been fragile for years. we had tremendous success over last couple days. a little bit unconventional. a little bit of hard love. reporter: the president today continued to contend, even with the removal of u.s. troops in the area, isis is totally underguard. however there are bipartisan concerns that the decision will create a power vacuum in that region. >> reality the strength of our hand has been diminished as soon as we pulled out. we let other forces take on our bases. instead of doing it in a controlled, strategic manner. >> making alliance with assad

and russians which will further empower iran which is ironic. the president says that containing iran is the number one biggest policy goal. reporter: back here at the white house within the past hour president trump has announced, a new, a, who he will nominate to replace rick perry. come off the video for a second. the president announcing that he is going to nominate dan brlette, rick perry's deputy at department of energy to replace perry. perry said he would leave the post at the end of the year. in an interview perry said it had nothing to do with recommending to the president he made that july 25th phone call to the ukrainian president zelensky. back to you. connell: blake burman, thank you, sir. melissa: defending cheating elite. alec baldwin and the demonization of wealth.

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judgment abuse? where has he been? here to discuss is steve forbes, forbes media chairman. this flies in the fates of everything he has said before this. i bet he does not see the irony? >> well better late than never. man bites dog is always a good interesting story especially on a friday afternoon. the fact of the matter he is right. i also hope now he will take the next step, start educating his fellow people in hollywood their demonization of everything to do with commerce is why you have this suspicion of wealth. why have every democratic candidate denouncing the accumulation and creation of resources that makes possible a higher standard of living? you know, commerce is always destroying assets. you have to replace them. that is what profit is about. it enables us to move ahead. where we get money for investing. melissa: no, that is such a great point. it takes us right into the second topic. one of the things alec baldwin loves to scream about the

environment. second straight friday as promised jane fonda was arrested in washington, calling for immediate action on the "green new deal." what is amazing to me about this, they don't realize how eliteist this is you have to do something in china and india to reach any deal. cheap energy keep as lot of people alive t pollutes. if they could afford cleaner energy, they want to do it. what do they want to live off the planet living off of cheap energy? >> the fact of the matter moving ahead, when countries get richer they want a cleaner environment. china a few years tried to clean up the environment. growing middle class said enough. we don't want this anymore. you see this in other countries if you're pro-environment you want economic growth. in terms of cheap, clean energy, natural gas.

very cheap, very clean. nuclear power, same thing. in terms of the environment, this war against fossil fuels and the like, all they're doing is condemning as you point out, hundreds of millions of people around the world to perpetual poverty. the rest of the world will not put up with it. china, india, in the paris agreement we rightly jettisoned got a pass until 2030 on their emissions. they want people with a better life. there are clean ways to do it. you don't make people pay by being poor and say your environment is cleaner. no it isn't. melissa: why doesn't anybody make that point, you have a war on fossil fuel you are you're having a war on poor people around the world. that is what the celebrities are doing. no one makes the connection. >> you are making that point today, perhaps they will. melissa: don't think so. >> enlightening point of view. it is absolutely true, growth means cleaner world, cleaner environment. you don't get growth without investment. we have clean, cheap energy.

they just want to block it. >> steve forbes always brilliant, thank you. >> thank you. connell: always brilliant indeed. keep calm and brexit on. it is crunch time. really is for boris johnson. melissa: again. connell: the question, will he get the deal through parliament what would be an extraordinary saturday session over there. we're live on the ground in london. >> did you see they're working on a saturday!? connell: these people are always working. it is crazy. american astronauts who made history in space is a great story. we'll look what the future holds later on in the hour. ♪. don't want any trade minimums. yeah, i totally agree, they don't have any of those. i want to know what i'm paying upfront. yes, absolutely. do you just say yes to everything? hm. well i say no to kale. mm. yeah, they say if you blanch it it's better, but that seems like a lot of work. now offering zero commissions on online trades.

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ground with late-breaking details. have you seen any foxes wandering around or a story for another time? >> that is story for another time. how did you know that? anyway, very rare saturday session, all teed up for tomorrow, melissa, and connell. last time they met on a saturday was 37 years ago. only four times since the start of world war ii. tomorrow's session promises to be long, difficult, messy, divisive, you name it, because it will be a tight one. boris johnson needs 230 votes to get the new eu plan across the line. he has 278 conservative votes, see saying they say yes and are on board that leaves him short of 33 votes. trying to get more people on board, certainly northern ireland lawmakers in the dup. former tory rebels who were kicked out months ago.

the question can he get the 320 it will be a tough go. if he does not, he will be forced under the law passed by parliament to ask for another extension, but boris johnson said the uk will leave october 31st, do-or-die. i would rather be in a ditch, he said, have to ask for another extension. how he is going to reconcile all of that i don't know. tomorrow there are no time limits. there are no limits on amount of amendments. this thing could go on for a very long time. of course big question, what happens at the end? will it be finally a deal to be struck or are we stuck in the per gaer to that is brexit? perking gaer to. connell: perking gaer john brow. how would you vote. >> i was in the '92 debate, during the falklands. i have known boris johnson and

fighting brexit 30 years and i'm afraid to say i would vote against him. connell: that is not a great sign, right, ashley? someone like john would be aligned on other issues would be vote against him. he needs to pull over 30 some odd ashley he is not aligned with? >> he does. by my calculations 33 votes. by some calculations 33 votes but i think john, many other true brexit tears do not like this deal. it is similar to theresa may's. it does take away the irish backstop. but i think the biggest problem for those who want a clean cut brexit it continues to keep the uk with too many ties, with the eu and that is a big no-no for the brexit tears. connell: is that, it john? >> your correspondent is entirely right. but it is on the surface. it is on the surface. when you look into this, it is very different, even the northern ireland agreement is not really in keeping with the

good friday agreement which it swore to do. the whole thing is increasingly clear, that theresa may, was negotiating with the germans against britain. was then sent back to england to sell it to the british people. it is a ghastly capitulation of freedoms to europe. connell: john, if someone like you is in parliament, vote it down, then what? what are we left -- as ashley said we're back to square one. are you all right with that? >> hopefully we're back to minus one which is calling a general election. which of course the parliament doesn't want because of the, of the 63% of constituencies voted to get out, voted for freedom, only 25% of their representatives voted for freedom. and so they all dread an election. in an election i think there would be a sweeping majority for boris johnson. and then he will get a real brexit, which means not renegotiating this terribly

complex deal but a new deal, a new negotiated deal which would be done with fairness between two equal partners. not a a vasel state pleading with another state. connell: ashley is this jump ball as we make it out to be? even one side, going into brexit, you have a feeling it won't happen. it was almost a surprise when it did. nobody seems to be able to predict this for saturday. is that fair? >> it is so unpredictable. i think people changed their minds up until the last minute. the general consensus is this will not pass tomorrow if you believe the bookies and deutsche bank and anyone else who weighed in. no, i think a general election could be on the books very soon if the deal fails tomorrow. connell: what do you say, john? >> i totally agree. connell: what do you say to the people, boy if you crash out, that's a mess for the economy? people are overdoing that? >> this is all project fair

organized by those global socialists ted heath, major, browne, not me, but the other browne. connell: we know. >> cameron and may. they have all been trying to terrify people. of course the playbook of the european union is delay, delay, delay. meanwhile pour massive dollars into advertising pro-the european union and massive dollars in creating fear amongst people. but i sense that a lot of people in britain, pro-brexit people are really fed up with what is going on. even some of my friends who voted remain in london in the financial industry in particular are thinking of voting for brexit. they say that was the vote. this is the fair democratic decision. and other people are saying, for god's sake let's get rid of this whole problem which is denying investment to britain. it is creating uncertainty. let's get brexit done. connell: ashley was saying that off off-camara, john thank you as

always. we always know where you are. melissa: one 2020 candidate is raking in thousands of dollars from some of silicon valley's largest tech companies. the answer of who that is might surprise you. what this means for the race for the white house. that's next. connell: plus people nan marcus out with their fantasy exist guide, a 35,000-dollar champagne vending machine. the one i purchased for melissa. melissa: perfect. connell: one major catch. melissa: escalating fight that began over a super bowl ad. anheuser-busch is accusing rival millercoors of stealing its beer recipes. anheuser-busch claims a millercoors employee obtained secret recipes for top selling beers, bud light, michelob ultraclaiming through one of the brewers. a representative from millercoors responding to the allegations, if the

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hands on. carol roth, future legacy file planning system. elizabeth warren wants to go after big tech companies. what do you make of all the money she is raising out on silicon valley? >> the technical term is covering your behind. elizabeth warren is surging in the polls. if you're a member of silicon valley and she is sure to win, we supported you and maybe she will go easy on you. there are reports out of silicon valley, people who work for some of these big companies who hope for their own job prospects or experience that these companies do get broken up. they live in a fantasy bubble. they think it will be more of a start-up environment. a little bit strange. connell: we hear more and more. we talked about it yesterday. we find that really, really interesting. we'll see how it develops as the campaign goes on. don't be sure they're not betting for or the breakup.

couple other topics. one, coca-cola, the numbers went up at coca-cola which was interesting because the soda sales are strong. more customers drawn into healthier options. they have zero sugar soda and smaller cans. don't feel as bad, drink it out of a smaller. the whole idea these companies were buying water, bottled water and the like and selling healthier items soda was supposed to be dead. i guess soda is not dead. what do you make of this? >> genius idea. made coke zero, coke zero sugar. everybody thinks it is healthy. i don't certainly buy it but consumers are buying to the level of double-digit increases. they're doing a good job of mini cans appealing to younger demographics. look at gen-z the brands they talk about on a regular basis, coca-cola remains a top brand. this is great management job by

jim quincy and his team. new coke zero in smaller cans. connell: soda might be dead but young people show that is not necessarily the case. chicago, we talk about the teachers strike. second day, classes are canceled as 32,000 educators returned to the picket lines. third largest school district in the country. how big after story is that? >> it's a huge story. saw the strike go in front of the studio. hundreds of people are participating. this is not really about compensation at this point. everybody feels good about compensation. class size and resources gives it a little bit of a different flavor. it is chicago, the chicago way if there is opportunity to strike, they will do that. connell: i wonder how long it will last is the big question? this is different than gm or somebody. kids don't have their teachers. have a great weekend. covered a lot of ground. >> you too. melissa: losing their religion.

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connell: a "fox business alert," settlement talks on the opioid trial we talked about monday. plaintiff's attorney paul hanley says he fully expects the trial to begin this monday. this report from reuters. hanley says players are open to discussions with defendants but the local governments quote, aren't there yet. he does not expect any talks over the weekend. we'll keep you updated on a developing story. melissa. melissa: losing faith. the number of americans with no religious affiliation is on the rise, according to new data from the pew research center, with 26% of adults identifying with no religion at all. that is up from 17% in 2009. what is behind this trend. who better to ask than david asman. what do you think? >> who better to ask. i'm your religion expert i guess. melissa: you're my expert on everything, david. >> well, thank you. there have been a lot of scandals first of all, not only with the catholic church but a

lot of protestant churches as well. it is also a lot of politics in church. you know i don't know why, preachers and priests have a tendency to pontificate politically when they're up there. a lot of people don't like it, walk away from it. but, i tend to focus on the positive. you still have 65% of americans identifying themselves as christians. that is about 200 million people. that is a lot of people. when you think jesus started with 12 or 11 after judas killed himself. that ain't bad, to go from 11 people to 200 million in just one country. there is still a lot of positive news out there. melissa: i love your positive spin. what is coming up on "bulls & bears" my friend? >> we're trying to find a positive spin about the felicity huffman conviction and sentencing. perhaps somebody went too far. the judge might have been harsher than he should have. we'll ask cab about the phillips

from campus reform whether he has empathy for the people of alec baldwin came out with a tweet saying they shouldn't be in prison. we'll ask cabot what he thinks about that. melissa: because alec baldwin is never wrong. >> wait until you hear what he says about the bernie sanders wealth haters out there. there might be something changing. melissa: david asman 5:00 p.m. eastern on fox business. connell: who better to ask? the women of nasa taking the reins in outer space. astronauts christina cook and jessica bier taking part in all women spacewalk. phil keating in miami with details. phil. reporter: a dozen astronauts or cosmonauts who with women spacewalked before. they always had a mail companion with them. not today. two only females spacewalked outside of the space station making this an historic day.

not only did everything as planned as expected, the women did even more, going seven plus hours. christina coch and jessica meir replace ad power station that failed last weekend. they became astronauts back the in class of 2013. today their historic spacewalk got the attention of the white house and a phone call. >> i just want to congratulate you both. you're very brave, brilliant women and you represent this country so well. and, our country is very proud of you. >> for us this is really us doing our job. something we've been training for six years, preparing for. >> coke and meir are colleagues and friends. the failed unit had no impact on crew safety or ongoing lab experiments but they are important, they regulate the amount of charge put into the

batteries and collect energy from the station's enormous solar arrays. the necessary woman's massive feet when the owe iron capsule lands on the moon's surface where a female astronaut with a male counterpart will land on the moon's surface, scheduled in 2024. a woman will be able to join that club for about 50 years now, has only been men with footprints on the moon. connell? connell: great stuff. phil keating. thank you, sir. melissa: speaking of female empowerment in outer space. here is abby harrison our aspiring astronaut. thanks so much for joining us. what do you make for what went on today? >> thanks for having me. i thought it was an incredible moment, historic moment. it was a especially important for all the young girls across the united states but also across the world, for the first time were able to watch a

spacewalk and to see themselves represented fully in it. so not only were these two astronauts, the two who were performing extra vehicular activity, the cap come, the capsule communicate tore. only person in mission control allowed to talk to astronauts during their mission was also a female astronaut. really for all the young girls around the world who were watching this was an inspiring moment. something i think will stem a lot of future passion for science and space. melissa: do you think that is why it its important? i know they almost today they were talking to the president, watching it live. for everybody male female, have a dream, you work really hard to work for that position you can do it. you bring up a great point how if you're going to bring women into math, science and space he have this to be able to envision themselves out there and see

someone lead the charge. do you think that has been a problem? obviously wasn't a problem for you. do you think it's a problem for others? >> i think that it is. i think space is one of those fields that historically has been really heavily skewed towards men. it becomes difficult for girls and for young women to pursue careers when they can't see themselves succeeding in them. they don't have role models they can look up to. for instance, we can look at the number of female space sidewalkser -- spacewalkers there have been. jessica was the 15th female spacewalker, there have 215 men walked in space. you can see the huge disparity there. i think that does make a difference in how girls and young whimper cvs themselves growing up. melissa: what is the difference between men and will in space? is there a reason why men are more suited?

there will be people watching, if you wonder, look at things like, being a navy seal, we went through all that, can women be as tough and as strong. are there similar challenges being a astronaut. >> not so much. space is definitely an equalizer when you think some of those things you consider traditionally difference between men and women. micro gravity levels the playing field in a lot of ways. when you look at it, a big part of the reason we have this disparity or this gap in the number of women versus men who have been involved in the space industry, it just goes back to the time when the space industry was first being founded. there was a lot of prejudice. there was a lot of bias against women. there weren't as many opportunities for them. for instance, early astronauts had to be test pilots through the military. that was a role that simply wasn't open to women.

and so it wasn't possible for women to become astronauts at that early stage. all kinds of barriers in place that had nothing to do with their actual ability to accomplish the job to a high level of satisfaction which i think we saw today because, as we, as we heard in the intro to this segment, astronauts christina, jessica, they went above and beyond during their spacewalk today. they accomplished a lot. that goes to show there is not a whole lot of difference when it comes to the capabilities of men and women in space. melissa: abby harrison, we can't wait for your big day. >> me too. melissa: have a good one. thanks for coming on. connell: that is for sure. breaking the bank this holiday season. neiman marcus unveiling its 2019 gift guide for ultrarich. includes fantasy items shy after million dollars. melissa: perfect. connell: we'll break down the list for you coming up next.

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hamburger seat as well. >> it weighs 1433 pounds. that's a lot of meat. >> we will explore that another time thank you for joining us have a great weekend. david: tim cook under fire tonight for meeting with the chief regulator in china just weeks after apple removed an app. they use that by protesters now facing new questions over what exactly was discussed at the meeting in china. this is "bulls and bears" thank you for joining us joining me today on the panel is jonas max ferris and we are happy to have you here as well. tim cook face backlash last week for removing a app that