to find. kristina: stay away from sexy stories. drop the confetti though. >> thank you. kristina: record for dow, s&p 500. that will do it for the "claman countdown". kristina partsinevelos is out. melissa francis. melissa: new records on wall street. all three major averages ending the day in the green on renewed hope for u.s. china trade deal. always one way or the other. the dow ending up. ashley: i'm work here is done, i'm not connell mcshane. i'm bely webster. this is "after the bell." s&p 500 at 24th record this year. ho-hum, nasdaq leading major averages. finishing with the 19th record of the clear.

more on big market movers. here is what is new at this hour. melissa: at the white house president trump set to sign two pieces of legislation following a visit from a very special guest earlier today. we will bring all of the breaking headlines from the president. plus, the mar-a-lago intruder in court just moments ago. sentencing for the chinese business women, convicted of trespassing at president trump's resort, one day before the president heads to florida for thanksgiving. one entrepreneur's fight to preserve her brand. meet the small business owner who has taken on target. wow. ashley: that is a big foe, is it not? we have fox business team coverage of course. blake burman at the white house. jackie deangelis on floor of the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence following the trade talks from washington. susan li live in the newsroom. we begin with edward lawrence on trade. edward? reporter: ashley, the chinese

announcing within the last 24 hours, new protections for intellectual property. these are guidelines. comes with strengthening enforcement for copyrights and patents. this is at the heart of what the u.s. negotiators want. also at center of phase one trade deal. but on the intellectual property , the guidance makes this criteria going forward to evaluate how a government official is doing. that could determine promotions or pay raises. the chinese trying to show that the protections will be in the social fabric going forward. u.s. negotiators remain skeptical that a change in guidelines or regulations will be enough to change the culture. chinese goal to get tariffs removed. chinese say the president knows this he will keep pressure on in order to get meaningful change. >> i think tariff increases are still possible. i think it's a step forward. that china wants to raise penalties on i.p. theft. only thing they first floated that last summer.

they said they already had a law to do just that. the penalties are quite small. so they have to go a long way what they already announced to really appease the president's concern with intellectual property theft. reporter: the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson says the two sides remain in close contact related to a trade deal. u.s. trade sources say the deputy level phone calls are happening almost daily. the two sides are trying to get that deal on paper. now december 15th, that is a date out there for 15% tariffs to be added to basically everything else china imports into the united states. a senior administration official tells me that those tariffs are still scheduled to go on. the caveat though, is if the president hears something he likes or if there is a phase one deal on paper, that could change those tariffs going forward. back to you. ashley: very good. edward, thank you. melissa: major averages closing in record territory. let's go to jackie deangelis with more on that. >> good afternoon to you, melissa. new records across the board.

everyone waiting to pass 28,000. i get to hold it up, even though the second time we closed past that level. 190 point gain on the dow. s&p, nasdaq. edward laid out what is happening in trade. traders would say we're making progress moving forward. we're not moving backwards. that is where momentum came from today. you also hit some important records. you crossed 28,000. the momentum builds. that is why the market saw these signs of gains. other positive news, inferring some act at this time. we had announcement of the deal. lvmh buying tiffany this morning. $135 a share in cash. 16.2 billion. certainly signs that lvmh has confidence the consumer is strong. high-end is strong. they want to additive any to the portfolio of brands. also a lot of optimism on the tiffany side saying lvmh has a lot of experience. they can help with some issues it has been having. we reported on it last week. it was finalized today.

schwab is buying td ameritrade. taking two big discount brokers to combine them in a 26 billion-dollar deal. it's a five trillion dollar company. remember schwab is disruptter. taking commissions off the table. setting stage for the consolidation and scooping up td ameritrade. those stocks saw a big populace week. today td up 7 1/2%, guys. back to you. melissa: jackie, thank you. ashley: in london at least for now the company stripped of its license due to safety concerns and quote, a patent of failures. that is according to the regulator transport for london. susan li in the newsroom with details on the story. susan. >> the transport of london found widespread unauthorized drivers picking up passengers. they say safety issue. even here domestically state side, a college student got into a the wrong lyft car and went up

dead. four reasons cited by london. wrong photos for unlicensed drivers hitting the roads. even those suspended drivers able to create accounts. that meant cars lacked the proper insurance. you can bet that uber says they will fight this they say the decision is extraordinary, it is wrong and they will be appealing it. in fact transport of london found nothing wrong with them two months ago. we continue to go above and beyond. this is not the first time that uber's license has been suspended. this happened back in 2017. they were granted extensions, two more times after that. but they say they will fight this at 21 days to appeal the decision where they can still operate. they also feel unfairly targeted since european rivals like bolt and kaskin from france are able to operate in the city. this is sadiq kahn's message, weighing into this. i support the decision because the safety of londoners is their, his number one priority.

but then a lot of reports have surfaced since this temporary suspension of uber's license saying if you take a look at some campaign donations, from sadiq kahn running for london mayor, a lot came from anti-uber pro-back cab unions by the way are celebrating the decision today. guys? ashley: i'm sure they are. susan, thank you very much. melissa: sending a message, pro-democracy candidates scoring landslide victory in hong kong's local elections. fox news's jonathan hunt on the ground with details. jonathan? reporter: prodemocracy activists were back on streets of hong kong monday night, demanding what they termed liberation of a couple of dozen student who are still holed up on the campus of hong kong policy technic university. but the mood on the streets was also somewhat celebratory, given the huge victory, the pro-democracy movement won at the ballot box.

>> there is still a long way to go. >> it is uphill battle. we'll continue to fight until the day we get free election, the victory of hong kong. reporter: some 70% of hong kong's four million registered voters turned out, leading even some pro-beijing lawmakers to say it is time for the hong kong authorities to accede at least some of the protesters demands. >> obviously not everyone would be acceded to. we have to think twice about answering people's calls. reporter: real wake-up call for the government. >> if you like, real wake-up call if not a slap in the face really. reporter: howe does the central chinese government respond? will it start to accommodating some protesters demands or will it move to crush the pro-democracy movement? back to you. ashley: jonathan hunt in hong kong, thank you. calling for a vote. president trump slamming house

speaker nancy pelosi what he calls a lack of progress on the trade agreement with canada and mexico. blake burman live at the white house with the latest on this story. blake? reporter: ashley, this is consistent theme for the president and white house in recent days and weeks, calling on nancy pelosi to bring the usmca trade deal to the house floor for a vote. today the president contended if it doesn't get to that point, at some point here, soon, then he says, mexico and canada could potentially back out. he says there would be one person to blame. pelosi. >> a lot of time is being wasted but you can have mexico and canada pull it pretty soon. if they do, it's her fault. it is not mine. we gave you a great deal. it's her fault. reporter: but the president also identified a different target for criticism today, suggesting the afl-cio has political motives. >> she hasn't wanted to do it, i understand a couple of the

unions, afl-cio, they are asking her to hold it for a while, because maybe it will look, make trump look bad although i get a lot of votes out of afl-cio except for the top, who i actually like, richard trumka, a nice guy. reporter: we reached out to the afl-cio for a comment. in a much more lighthearted moment here at white house there was rather unique event in the rose garden, the president, the first lady, the vice president, appeared with, conan. you can see it when the camera tilts down. maybe drop the banner. there's conan. the belgian malanios here yo in syria. ended up during the raid to kill al-baghdadi. conan reportedly chased baghdadi into a tunnel. was injured in the raid. we saw earlier in the rose garden. president said conan is doing just five.

will continue the work with u.s. special forces. ashley: great stuff, blake. conan the warrior. a safer part of the world. melissa: absolutely. did you see vice president mike pence snuggling up to the dog, trump a little further away, a little further away. ashley: reading too much into it i think. melissa: okay. former new york city mayor mike bloomberg throwing his hat into the field but critics say he is distracting from candidates who actually have a shot. dan henninger is here trot "wall street journal." that is next. ashley: booming sales from a blunder. elon musk says the cyber truck is in high demand after the botched debut. what is behind the consumer craze? we'll break it down this hour. melissa: averting a "star wars" crisis. the force that almost ruined the finale to the upcoming skywalker saga. ashley: what? ♪.

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that i am running for president to defeat donald trump and to unite and rebuild america. melissa: well if that isn't charisma, i don't know what is. turning up the heat on the democratic 2020 race, media mogul mike bloomberg officially announcing the white house bid. the former new york city mayor is spending $35 million in tv advertisements to launch his campaign but his media out let is refusing to investigate bloomberg and any democratic rivals citing newsroom independence. i don't know what that means. dan henninger, from "the wall street journal." that is hilarious, they don't trust their own reporters to do unbiased reporters. they are not investigating any democrats, so are they not going to investigate donald trump too? >> i don't think that means that at all. there will be a lot of investigating of donald trump. boom berg is a private company.

they can run any way they want to. if they are doing hit jobs on donald trump and nothing on mike bloomberg, that will erode their readership. that become as news source you don't feel they can trust anymore that seems a price they are willing to pay. melissa: ask you about michael bloomberg getting into this. i feel like i love michael bloomberg, but i think only because mayor de blasio is so horrendous, you think fondly of the ex-boyfriend is was not as bad as the current guy. did we like bloomberg or no? >> we did like mike bloomberg. he was a very competent mayor for 12 years. remember he got term limits suspended so he could run for a third time but the city was well-run. i think that would probably theoretically any way reflected in a bloomberg presidency. it would be competent. he hired competent deputy mayors. his police chief was ray kelly who kept the city safe until mike disowned ray kelly's

policing policies. melissa: right. >> the question would be, if he were elected president would he run the country as competent centrist? how many compromises and accommodations would he make to the left to keep his government going? would he have to give them the department of education for instance, or hhs to run? that is the big question for all these centrist democrats right now. melissa: i don't know if outside of new york there is that much of a taste for moderate billionaires or if the race needs another rich guy, businessman from new york. i think it seems like, i don't, what kind of a chance do you think he has? >> i think he probably has a pretty good chance. he has been out of politics for six years. he has to make himself known. look how far pete buttigieg came no time at all, mayor of south bend, indiana, for heaven's sake. if he can do it, mike bloomberg can do it with $50 billion. we'll find out how exactly powerful television political advertising can be. mike will be able to spend all

it takes to saturate a lot of states with political advertising, and showed in new york city it can be very effective. i think that is what we'll learn from bloomberg candidacy, at least initially. melissa: aren't democrats supposed to be against that? >> yeah. melissa: letting a billionaire buy the nomination then in that case? >> well, yeah. bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, the two progressives in the race have been attacking him for that, and attacking him for being a billionaire. it is becoming clear most democrats basically want to defeat donald trump. mike bloomberg is putting that at the center of his campaign. if democrats come to believe that bloomberg with all of his money would be the guy best able to take on donald trump, some of them may migrate into his campaign. melissa: well, just what we need, more candidates. dan, thank you. ashley: absolutely. melissa: more the merrier. ashley: on it with this story. charged with falsifying records. new fallout in the jeffrey epstein case, the two jail

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melissa: new twist in the case of jeffrey epstein. the u.s. district judge setting a trial date for the two jail guards accused of falsifying prison records after failing to check on the convicted sex offender the night of his apparent suicide. fox news's bryan llenas outside of the courthouse with more. brian? reporter: good afternoon to you. let's give viewers some perspective. that is the metropolitan correctional center. that is where the jeffrey epstein was held and died. across the street from that, that is where the two correctional officers appeared in court today to face charges for falsifying records and conspiracy. today a judge set their trial

date for april 20th, 2020. that trial expected to last two weeks. there are also free on 100,000-dollar bond. now after court, a lawyer for one of the jail guards said today, that they don't deserve to be sent to jail for perhaps napping while on the job the night epstein died. the lawyer instead blamed the guards employer, the bureau of prisons for running short-staffed flawed federal prison system. >> does anyone think that throughout the united states that these are the only go guards that may have taken a nap overnight on their shift? i highly doubt it. yet these are the only two guards in the whole system being charged with a crime and being asked to go to jail. reporter: the guards are accused faust filing records saying they were checking on jeffrey epstein every 30 minutes as required. reality they were not. no one checked on epstein for eight hours the night he died.

they have surveillance video shows the guards napping for two hours, shopping online, walking around common areas. all this as pressure amounts across the pond for prince andrew, and jeffrey epstein's alleged madam. they are reportedly looking to interviewing prince andrew about his friendship with epstein and well as the friendship with maxwell. the prince indicated he is willing to speak to investigators. gilan maxwell is reportedly perhaps to come out of hiding. she is the madam, one of the primary coconspiracy spurtores according to the victims. they say we can perhaps expect a statement from her to the media. as a second accuser come out accusing prince andrew of sexual misconduct. she says she was groped by prince andrew in jeffrey epstein's new york city mansion when she was 21.

melissa. melissa: bryan llenas, thank you. ashley: joining us to talk about this, attorney caroline pelesi. we'll talk about the guards. we'll look at details on this they never checked from 1030 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. next day. they checked at 12, three, 5:00 a.m. and every 30 minutes. epstein's jail cell was close evidence to the guards. 15 minutes away. family of one of the prison guards blaming the system. you're familiar with this facility. how could something like this happened. >> they're being charged with conspiracy to defraud the united states and falsifying documents in that they did not check on him. nothing more nefarious than that. there are a lot of conspiracy theories out there. attorney general bill barr said this was a perfecter storm of

screw ups his word, not mine. that led to this result. people are angry mr. epstein is not held accountable and victims are not facing him in court. i do agree with the lawyers for the guards this is a bigger problem. there is systemic issue within the bureau of prisons. those are probably not the first guards to fall asleep-over night. i've been to the manhattan correctional center. it is not a model prison. let's not leave it at that. it is not a secret our prisons are overpopulated and understaffed. this is bigger issue on the part of failure of our federal prisons. >> bill barr laid out the case, a perfect storm of screw yups, using his term, that will not quiet conspiracy theorists this is prisoner who by all accounts tried to commit suicide in july. should have been checked on every 30 minutes? >> right. first, you know, foremost new york city, their medical examer came it said this was

suicide. epstein's lawyers hired their own forensic pathologist. that more closer to murder than suicide that was the first conspiracy theory. people say the guards were paid off to turn a blind eye and that it wasn't a suicide. i don't think any amount, that bill barr saying this was not conspiracy will stop the theories from roaming this is a huge, huge deal. people are very interested in it. ashley: i want to switch gears a little bit. same case, prince andrew, second accuser coming forward saying she will talk to the fbi about her experience with him, that he groped her. that is what she claims. the prince apparently saying, yes, i'm quite happy to speak to authorities. how would that happen? would it have to be on uk soil? would fbi agents or some investigators would have to go to the uk s that how it works? >> first and foremost i think the fbi would like if prince andrew were to voluntarily talk to them to give an interview.

there is no way they could compel him without actual formal charges being brought in the united states. then we get into extradition. he doesn't have sovereign immunity or anything like that. but you know, there are obviously political questions at play here. he has come out with a statement saying, i think he qualified that statement saying if were in his best interest, his lawyer said so, he would talk to authorities. if i was his lawyer i would ten him stop talking at all. stop giving interviews to the press. he can only do more harm than good, if he doesn't have criminal exposure here, by all means he should do everything he can to help. ashley: i think buckingham palace would like him to shut up as well. we're out of time. caroline. appreciate it. melissa: chinese businesswoman convicted of trespassing at trump's mar-a-lago resort is about to learn her fate. why federal prosecutors are pushing for a harsher sentence. that is next. ashley: plus "star wars," the cries of skywalker, doesn't hit theaters next month.

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though she has limited english skills. as expected, quickly lost her case decisively. 33-year-old chang has been held in custody after being arrested in march after penetrating through secret service security in mar-a-lago. she showed up claiming she was there to use the pool. when she to the to the second leg of security, mar-a-lago staffer ran her name and she was not supposed to be there and event she claimed to be there for was canceled. what she had on her, that triggered immediate speculation she was perhaps a chinese spy or unwitting dupe of chinese intelligence services. she had four cell phones, one laptop, one external hard drive, one thumb drive according to the government, malware in it. hotel room, had hidden detector, five thumb drives and 8,000 cash

in chinese dollars and yen. she was convicted of entering a restricted building and making false statements to prosecutors. prosecutors want her sentenced to 18 months. that is additional year in prison. she has served six months. she could be releases today or next couple days on time served. then be deported back to china of the as you mentioned at the top, her maximum possible sentence is six years. we're still waiting for the sentence to come from that u.s. magistrate. ashley: very strange case. phil keating, appreciate it. melissa: growing wave of unrest overseas. iran's foreign ministry warning tehran's pro-government rally will show the world who the quote, real iranians are. in response to foreign leaders show of support against the country's rise in fuel prices. torts have yet to give overall figures how much have been injured, arrested or killed during the self days of protests but amnesty international

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ashley: a smashing success. tesla's new evident edition, the cyber truck already racking up 200,000 preorders, three days after its debut? interesting looking vehicle, that's for sure. here now adam lashinsky, fortune executive editor, fox business contributor. they smashed windows which wasn't supposed to happen. elon musk saying, we used a sledgehammer on the door first, that cracked bottom of the glass itself but sounds kind of plausible but any way you look at this has been success for elon musk and tesla because they're getting those orders? >> that's right. he has subsequently pointed out it was free publicity, it hasn't paid a dime for any advertising on this struck. he says he has 200,000 preorders

for it. and so, you know, i said on friday, on air, i thought that the decline in the stock because of this was ridiculous. this is tesla we're talking about. that has been born out today so far? ashley: smoke and mirrors. 200,000, could be 400,000 by the end of the year. we only have to put down $100 deposit. it is not an actual fully fledged purchase. it is just putting your name down, right? >> correct and that was the case with the model 3 as well but i should remind all of us that we're talking about it right now. so $100 or a lot of free publicity? ashley: very true. let's move on, adam. the apple watch possibly saving more lives. we have two individuals, that have come forward, a grandmother from here in new york city and queens, a texas veterinarian, crediting the device for detecting a serious heart condition. is that right? >> this is, what is interesting about the apple watch, when they came out with it several years ago it, looked like another smartwatch or another fitness

tracker. they very quickly started saying, yes it is all those things. it is really cool, it is pretty, powerful but it is also very important health monitoring device. so these kinds of stories, if they become more than onesies or twosies, both exciting from a medical perspective. a very powerful commercial engine for apple. they have the potential to scare and stress out people. but you know, progress is progress. ashley: apple gaining free publicity coming forward. not baddest specially saving someone's life. move on to the robot. who will follow you around apparently, carry the groceries home all night. the jita, first cargo carrying robot marketed directly to consumers. it will be the holiday season, right, adam? >> i actually wish we had mixed up the order a little bit from, from you know, plausible to, to

already here. the apple watch is already here. ashley: right. >> the tesla car is kind of in middle of things which talked about? this is one of those things that maybe will be a big deal. maybe never will be a big deal. will look different from the way it looks today. but i don't know. maybe because we're heading into the holidays, feeling very optimistic and cheerful, this is an example of the tech industry, giving something ridiculous a go. some day, something will come of this. we don't know what. ashley: weighs 50 pounds. costs $2315. already analysts say it is doomed to failure, find as more practical application other than following you home from the grocery store. >> that is particularly relevant to the company making it. not to the rest of us that will benefit from these things $50 and widespread and so on. ashley: very good, adam lashinsky, great stories.

melissa: target facing federal lawsuit for trademark infringement. they are suing the retailer for stealing the company's logo, name, even its products, target's good and gather brand is to similar to her garnish and gather. the woman behind the lawsuit is here with us now. you know to our eyes you have a compelling case. it does seem quite similar. how do you know that they knew about your products beforehand? did they sell them at target? >> you know, we don't have any indication they necessarily copied our brand but i think there is a lot of things that are just a little bit too similar to me. there is a lot of influences in their logo and design and certainly the name, good and gather, garnish and gather. it is too similar to be a coincidence. melissa: i'm a huge fan of target and all of their proprietary brands. part of the reason why they're so attractive, is because they strike you as trendy and familiar, because whether you realize it or not, you have seen something similar out there.

a lot of them are comparable to this brand, similar to that brand. that is how they built the business. what does your lawyer tell you about, you know what is too close to be legal? >> yeah. i mean you know, we filed a trademark for our brand when we built it five years ago, for garnish and gather and this means that, that we have protection here. we are not supposed to have any other brands that are so similar. to me, it is disappointing because i also love target. i shop there with my kids, i don't know almost every weekend it seemed. i always respected what they did and love the brands they built. i know how effectively they can launch a brand which makes it to us so scary. to watch them launch good and gather, a 2 billion-dollar brand, possibly their largest private label brand in couple years. that means there is really no space in the marketplace for our brand. we were here first, right? just because we're small doesn't

mean we're not important. melissa: is that how you did find out about it or how did you notice. >> a customer shared with us. did you guys see target is launching a private label grocery brand with good and gather. it is similar to your brand. they put out a press release in mid-august. they launched products in their stores, first wave of products in the stores in mid-september. melissa: we're showing up on the screen. they made a statement. we have deep appreciation and respect for trademarks. we're aware of the lawsuit and confident that targets brands are distinctive in the marketplace. we share the feedback and continue to defend the claims through the legal process. have they made you an offer? is there anything they can do make this better short of going all the way to court? >> what we're looking for to stop using the brand, pick another brand name. there is a lot of words out there. i wish you wouldn't pick one so similar to ours when we're selling the same products.

they haven't taken the matter seriously. officially they would happened to help us with search engine optization. i need don't search engine optimization. i need to protect my brand. if terribles were turned and good and gather were on the market six years and we tried to launch garnish and gather, this would be a similar story. melissa: too close to be coincidence. emily thank you coming on. >> thank you. >> mike "the situation" sorrentino, who rose to fame on the "jersey shore", was eight months behind bars. >> it wasn't my choice to cheat the taxman. i didn't know what was happening with so many moving parts. it was being uneducated naive and substance abuse. you combine all that, it is definitely a situation. melissa: it is definitely a situation. who better to ask about this

situation than our own david asman. david, i saw that interview. >> yes. melissa: what did you think? >> i liked him. i liked the guy. you seal people on tv, as you well know, you work in the business, you never know what they're like behind the scenes. he is a really nice guy. he has been through a lot. he is only 37 years old. he made millions of dollars. he lost millions of dollars. he has been a drug addict. he went through a rehabilitation program, been drug free for five years now, he and his wife, and they have been very public about this, they just had a miscarriage. an awful thing. he has been through a lot but he is not a bitter man. you and i know people, larry kudlow, he has been very open about this, the president's economic advisor, went through drug addiction. came out of it. he is not a bitter man. had a faith conversion at the same time. that is part of it also. that was the same thing with mike. mike sorrentino, the situation,

he had faith as a component of his recovery. he turned into a pretty good guy. my feeling was very favorable. melissa: interesting. when people say that they don't understand the tax code, that is easy to believe. we an all relate to that. >> particularly in your 20s, you're making millions of dollars. it is pretty confusing. >> what is coming up on your fantastic program? >> speaking of young folks with, very somebody that knows the situation of universities very well, christopher colby, he is from campus reform. he was at the harvard-yale game where they had the big protest, climate change protest, most of people in the stands, even though were probably mostly liberal, they were not happy about the game being stopped for an hour and sun was setting, they don't have lights on field. we'll ask him about what their feelings were of that. melissa: that was frustrating. the games are not barn burners, sitting there for extra hour. >> you're a harvard alum. you know what it is like.

melissa: i didn't go into the games. i stayed outside to have fun. thank you, david. ashley: they didn't have any lights. they had to get the game finished it would be pitch black. melissa: it was funny, it was about climate change. we're not even electrifying the stadium. a little bit of irony there. ashley: yeah. ashley: how about the ultimate "star wars" spoiler? no, we'll not give that. how the secrets behind "the rise of skywalker" were almost spilled thanks to one careless actor. he almost put his giant foot into it. expanding recall in time for thanksgiving unfortunately. what you need to know ahead of the holidays up next. does your broker offer more than just free trades? fidelity has zero commissions for online u.s. equity trades and etfs, plus zero minimums to open a brokerage account.

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terry to replace him. >> rick perry seine cl. the disease control issuing an e. coli warning on romaine lettuce. even more retailers are being included in that recall, grady trimble outside chicago with the details. >> the fda announced the recall on friday and those stores reacted swiftly to remove the lettuce. after 40 cases of e. coli with interlink to romaine reported in 16 states including illinois. 28 people got so sick they had to go to hospital. grocery store chains have pulled the product from the shelves walmart, target, kroger, wegmans and others. the recalled romaine calls head lettuce, precut, hard to remain as well as solid mixes and kits, and the question we should point out it was grown in salina

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