you make sure you stay out of some value traps. real estate is attractive. rates are all-time lows. you can invest quite a bit of money at very low rates. make great profits long term. [closing bell rings] liz: shana sissel of ryan. we have records. melissa: all three major indexes in the green. the world's 2:00 largest economies prepare to sign the phase one trade deal this week. the dow closing up 80 points on the day as we settle out. i'm melissa francis. connell: i'm connell mcshane. good start for the week. welcome to "after the bell." s&p, nasdaq closing record highs. third of year of 2020, s&p, nasdaq leading indexes so far in terms of records. another one up today. almost up 100 points. more on big market movers. first here is what is new at

this hour. we're waiting possible new comment from president trump this hour. the president set to depart the white house shortly, make his way to new orleans. he is attending college football national championship game this evening. we'll bring you any remarks from the president, if he stops to speak to reporters on the white house south lawn. plus protests raging in iran. third straight day we've seen this. anti-government demonstrations. reports of forces firing live rounds and tear gas. target, how it is what it means for your store. melissa: edward lawrence and blake burman are live at the white house. edward, starts with you. reporter: melissa, a feeling of glee of folks in the trade circles i talked with the

signing of the trade deal expected to happen on wednesday. the chinese delegation is now here at the hotel in washington, d.c. the one, the chinese are expected to sign that trade deal on wednesday but two, tomorrow the chinese delegation will meet with u.s. businesses to try to get back some of the business that they lost through this sort of billions of dollars that they lost through this trade battle with the u.s. their message to industrial companies as well as the general commerce business, as you're looking at liu he walk into his hotel today, basically china is open for business. the economists think that china will recover although some hard-hit sectors of the u.s. will also recover. they believe farmers will be hit. that we'll see a big gain out of this deal. we were the first to tell you this morning about the foreign exchange report from last october being released before the signing of the phase one trade deal. also, a source in the china, tells us that the chinese will be removed as a currency manipulator in that report. that is one of the things that

china wanted to be able to have before signing a phase one trade deal. now once that deal is signed on wednesday, a senior administration official tells me it will be published online for everyone to see. i'm told that the entire section related to protecting intellectual property is inside of that deal. that could be a game-changer for american businesses going forward, for decades to come. back to you. melissa: edward, thank you. connell: heritage foundation research fellow head of chinese security affairs. welcome to the show. edward doesn't have the text. we bloom wee get the before the signing on wednesday. what you have been able to read and find out ahead of time, which side do you think gave in more before this phase one? >> obviously until the document is revealed and signed we can't be sure but if the chinese have actually agreed to two key provisions, to stop theft of intellectual property, and to

agree to that there will be certain consequences if they renege, that's huge. that has really been the core of the u.s. position. you have to agree to that and if that's in the phase one, that really is a game-changer as your correspondent noted. connell: some of the speculation i've seen ahead of time, indicated possibly to that point, xi xinping the president of china may have wanted to buy himself some time and was willing to give in on some of these issues, buy time, so that chinese industries that are preparing to maybe decouple, the new buzzword of, new decade i guess, decouple from the united states, that they can become more self-reliant. they can go out their own that they're not quite ready yet. what do you think of that theory? >> i think that's, i don't know that would be why xi xinping may have made this, or authorized this concession but i think it is absolutely true. people sometimes think china has much more power than it actually

does. huawei, zte, their two big telecommunications companies are actually still dependent, one on american microchips and one on the android operating system. connell: at the end of all of this, edward mentioned meetings are going on or will be between the chinese delegation and american companies, what will the relationship look like? everyone is focused, phase one, phase two, what will the relationship between the two countries look like five years from now do you think? >> well, first off, it is important to think about what a phase two or even a phase three may look like. this is the relatively easier part, the ag portion in particular is the easier part. we'll probably wind up with ip issues continuing to irritate both sides. and i think that, what this is, what this trade war sent a message to everyone else, it is not a given that the u.s. and china will stay coupled. i think a lot of third parties, indonesia, vietnam, mexico, will benefit regardless of phase one.

connell: right, the phase two part you referenced, even the president himself hinted we may not see that right, before the election? when do you think they will get serious putting something on paper after the phase one is signed? >> considering how long it is taken just to get phase one through, remember, we were supposed to see phase one at the apex summit which was canceled back in november. you know, these are the easy parts. this is the low-hanging fruit. so phase two is going to be some really ugly, to borrow from a current movie, i think it will look like "1917" for the trade negotiators. connell: we'll see what happens on wednesday and deal with the rest. dean, thanks for coming on. melissa: bracing for a showdown. of the house speaker nancy pelosi says she will send the articles of impeachment to the senate by the end of the week as the president issues a new warning to iran. a lot going on. blake burman at the white house with the latest. blake. reporter: melissa the

expectation here in washington that nancy pelosi and house democrats will initiate the process 24 to 48 hours to send the articles of impeachment over to the senate. it remains unclear, there is a little bit of a shift over here as it relates to the president, what might happen after that, and what his preference is after that. because as you remember, recently as friday when he sat down with our colleague laura ingraham. the president liked the idea of a senate trial, bringing up the possibility that his team could call joe and hunter biden as witnesses. however over the weekend he believed that the trial would give undue credibility to the process this is a tweet. many believe by the senate giving credence to a trial based on no evidence, no crime, read the transcripts, no pressure impeachment hoax. rather than an outright dismissal, it gives partisan democrat witch-hunt credibility that it otherwise does not have. i agree. now the white house press secretary stephanie grisham was asked about this today. she says the president does back republican senators who want to

dismiss the articles outright, but if that doesn't happen, then white house expect as fair trial. >> i think the president's communicating that there should be a dismissal because he did nothing wrong. obviously he would want a dismissal of everything but at the end of the day if it does go to the senate for a trial he does want it to be fair which is all he deserves. reporter: you mentioned iran. the president sent a handful of warnings to that country, with tweets even written in persian not to harm the protesters we've seen take to the streets over the last few days. those protesters are directing their anger at the iranian regime who admitted to unintentionally shooting down that ukrainian airlines flight last wednesday that killed all 176 on board. you might be able to hear marine one behind me. the president is set to leave the white house here any moment. there is a football game that the college kids at clemson and lsu will be playing to night. the president and first lady headed down to that.

we'll see if we hear from the south lawn shortly. melissa: that sounds like fun. we heard the noise. we thought you were mowing the lawn in between live shots. reporter: that is what i go home to do next. >> got it. thankthank you. connell: shares of boeing ending slightly in the green today, up 30-cent with all the issues continuing for the u.s. plane maker. treasury secretary steve mnuchin says the crisis is now weighing on the entire u.s. economy. >> there is no question, that the boeing, the boeing situation is going to slow down the gdp numbers. boeing is one of the largest exporters and with the 737 max i think that could impact gdp as much as 50 basis points this year. connell: now with a new ceo in place, let's go to kristina partsinevelos for more on boeing. kristina? reporter: the crisis for boeing continues. you have a new man at the head, dave calhoun but i would like to talk about dennis muilenburg for a second. that is the former ceo. he worked at the company 30

years. he was pushed out in terms of how he handled the 737 deadly crashes. you're wondering how much did he walk away with? $62.2 million. may sound like a lot. he is not taking 2019 bonus or additional severance package. dave calhoun, he is known in the industry as a turnaround specialist. he has experience at blackstone as well as ge. everybody loves to hear about the salaries. making a base of 1.4 million, with possibility of additional millions in bonus, including 7 million if he gets the 737 max in the air but other news in the boeing space, boeing suppliers two, woodward and hextel planning all stock merger. it would be called woodward-hexcel. the share price is up almost 10% today. overall this is quite a story for boeing that seems to continue to rock the entire

industry given there is no firm timeline for when those 737s willing back in the air. i switch gears completely and end on tesla, because tesla continues to ref forward despite short sellers hate that look at tesla, up to $525, up almost 10%. oppenheimer analyst note increased the price target from $385 all the way to $612. they believe the stock will continue to go forward. it has a lot of growth potential. they say tesla pose as existential threat to transportation companies. you have a few more analysts who say you should be taking your profit now. what a run for the company. i'm sure a lot of short sellers are not happy. connell: you're right, 420 was the old magic number. above 520 now. melissa: weighing new comments from president trump. the commander-in-chief set to

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melissa: "fox business alert." president trump is about to leave the white house. he will make his way to new orleans to attend the college football national championship game. we'll bring you any comments from president trump, if he stops to speak to reporters on the south lawn. >> he may speak about iran the public fury has been growing in iran. protests raging for a third day after the government admitted to accidentally shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane and killing all 176 people on board that plane. to fox news correspondent benjamin hall in amman, jordan, with the latest from the region. reporter: connell, good evening. those protests continue to

pretty over the weaken and into monday. 17 provinces in all have now seen them and the anger growing as well ever since iran finally admitted it shot down, it was behind the downing of the ukrainian plane which left as you say 176 people dead, most of them iranians. as those protests got underway, police are reported to have used live fire ammunition and tear gas to dispurse them. pools of blood could be seen on the ground where the riot police attacked. secretary of state mike pompeo speaking in the last couple hours warned the iranians not to harm protesters. >> right now you can see it. the iranian people are in the streets. they are likewise, there in astounding numbers in spite of enormous personal risk to themselves. they're burning posters and billboards with soleimani's face on them and chanting, soleimani is a murderer. they know he was one of the key architects of their oppression. reporter: remarkable images as

well at one university in iran. students purposely avoided stepping on u.s. and israeli flags, something they had been encouraged to do since 1979 but yesterday, instead they chanted the u.s. is not our enemy, the regime is. they lied to us. they are obsolete. khamenei and soleimani are the murderers. we're also getting the first look at al-asad base attacked by missiles yesterday. seeing the destruction those 10 missiles left, it is amazing no one was killed. u.s. intelligence is being credited for saving the lives by giving troops early warning to take cover. these protests come on the back of protests across the country coupled with campaign against the administration. many say iran is on the back foot. connell. connell: benjamin hall in sword dan. melissa: chris harmer, thank you for coming back. i want to ask you as we watch

this thing go it iraq, what are the possible outcomes here? >> i don't see a lot outcome but a lot of blood and violence of the regime look invulnerable up until they aren't. if you look up to the cold war, the ire curtain dissipated in relatively short order, that was relatively peaceful collapse. the way iranian regime is structured. there is no possibility they give up power peacefully. no place for them to go. iran is the one of the few shia majority countries, this is shia and jihadist. they have nowhere else to go. they will dig in and i think start killing protesters in the near future. i don't mean to be glib. we've studied iranian regime. they are who they are and they will do what they do and they will respond with violence i believe. melissa: i heard one expert, one possibility they saw, could be somebody, or another faction

within the regime who sees the vulnerability of the guys at the top and could replace them and maybe it is a boris yet sin -- yeltsin, type person or somebody not as extreme as those at the top. what do you think of that. >> utterly ridiculous. they have been in place 41 years. they know who the loyalists are. they have very coherent philosophy. it is despicable, hate filled and built allowed the literal destruction of israel there is no quote, unquote, moderate faction within the iranian government. the guards corps, they have infiltrated every aspect of the iranian society. they own all major industries or control all major industries. they control all financial institutions. they own strategic sectors of society. there is no way they give up without a fight. there is to way for moderates to get traction. i hope and pray there are peaceful transition of lunatics

in power to out of power. i don't see any way for that happening because of the way they structured the regime. melissa: would it be possible for people to topple the government there. >> no. melissa: really. >> we're not talking about, in the soviet union, it was based on a political series of missed assumptions easily disproven over time. when you're dealing with religious theocracy it is a whole different ballgame. middle class iran, such as it exists they know it asset of lies. they know israel is not the enemy. that america is not the enemy. they know the regime is stealing all the resources of the country but you have got a lower class not as educated, that doesn't have access to information the way we do. the same way university students do, the regime maintain as strong core of support there. the way the regime, go ahead. melissa: protesters, who are the protesters we're seeing? looks like there are a lot of them. >> there are a lot of them. i don't mean to diminish the size of the protests. i have a lot of respect.

it is widespread. it covers every sector of country geographically and starting to cover every sector of the country demographically. there is solid base of support, 25, 30% of the iranian people support the regime. that is enough for them to survive. look what happened in syria there was never a point where 15s, 20% of absolute most of body politic of people of syria supported bashar al-assad. yet he is still in power nine years after the syrian civil war started. i think most likely outcome is like the syrian civil war you eventually see a armed insurrection of the problem iranian people don't have access to weapons to defend themselves or attack the regime. the regime is completely flush with cash and firepower. i desperately hoping, yes, in fact praying there will be a peaceful out come here but i just don't see it. melissa: chris harmer, thank you. >> thank you. connell: we may hear president trump talk about it in a few minutes. he is talking right now to reporters on the south lawn of the white house. you know how this works by now.

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and have a private dinner tonight. this amid fears of iran retaliating against the united states with the possible cyberattack. adam lashinsky joins us right now. adam of course is fortune's executive editor, also a fox business contributor. larry ellison and many others are supposedly going to be at this dinner. i guess you talk iran, cyber or any host of other topics that could come up with the secretary of state. what do you make of it? >> he is a very good politician who had a lot of interesting roles just in the last few years so i think he is a pretty easy administration official for anyone in silicon valley to meet with. that said, some of the rumored people meeting are global business, larry ellison of oracle or very interested in politics like mark andreessen who was once a democrat and now probably isn't. connell: what is the relationship or how would you characterize the silicon valley trump administration relationship right now?

>> cordial, you know. much has been made of tim cook's relationship with trump which has been very transactional and cordial and very good for apple an probably a little bit good for president trump and that kind of sums it up. these are business people first and foremost, no matter what anybody else tells you. connell: cordial, transactional, you're definitely right about that. couple other topics adam, while we have you here. taming political donations and city of sea at that time he will proposing pro probably approving legislation banning political contributions from companies with at least 5% ownership. apparently aimed at amazon. the idea is to prevent corporations in general, we suppose it is seattle, amazon in particular from all of this political influence. amazon is about 9% owned by foreign investors, which, at least that's what i read but this is kind of an interesting move from seattle.

>> well, interesting but predictably, seattle and san francisco have a in common, that they have very large, very successful corporations primarily in the technology industry and very liberal legislatures in the city government. they really, i think it is fair to say are not the biggest fans of capitalism. so this would be on a long list of things you wouldn't be shocked to see from them. connell: this is like a, maybe foreign ownership? how much does apson have? we'll make it five. that is what it responds like. >> that is very generous of them. connell: academy awards nominations came out with netflix 24. this isn't your world, tech colliding with, maybe surpassing in some ways hollywood, that is a pretty good performance from netflix. >> it is and you know, people who aren't paying attention to netflix as a business will say, oh, my gosh, they have come out of nowhere. the fact they haven't come out

of nowhere. they have been spending big, big bucks for years now. i know that makes people in hollywood very envious because even though netflix doesn't make a lot of money on an accounting basis they have a lot of money. they're able to spend a lot of money and, you can buy quality in hollywood. connell: doesn't mean you'll win. everybody making a big deal how they went to the golden globes with 34 nominations. they had only two wins. but getting all the nominations says something about the quality. what about the business model of spending, spending, spending on content for netflix? >> well i'll analgize it to amazon which spent and spent and spent for many years and not terribly profitably until they found a business, amazon web services, that did make, does make a ton of money. i think netflix's plan, netflix is highly indebted but their plan is x years from now there will be three large players standing who you have to have

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melissa: all eyes on the new modern family. the queen announcing support for prince harry and meghan markle's decision to move to canada, yeah, right after constructive royal family meeting. ashley webster live in the newsroom with details. >> do i have to detect a slight, slight message of sarcasm for

the royal family, melissa francis? maybe. the listen, the queen gave a statement after the big face-to-face meeting between herself and harry and william and charles. boy, wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall there. a statement came from the palace after the meeting i thought was very cordial from the queen. was unusually personal for her. she talked about my family, my grandson, saying she would have preferred them to stay in their current roles. but she says look, we understand we want to be out there as a independent couple. we understand you want to be financially independent. of course all these questions come up now, exactly how are you going to do that? are you going to keep your royal titles? the fact that the queen called them harry and meghan leading some to believe that could mean no royal title down the road. where are they going to live? what about visas? what about taxes? are they paying taxes in canada and the uk? there is a million things to do. exactly what role will they fulfill. melissa: sorry, ashley.

president trump speaking to reporters at the white house moments ago, let's listen. >> it will be a great game. it will be something that a lot of people want to see and we'll be in new orleans. we look forward to it. stock market way up. country is doing really well. we'll see you at the game. reporter: what does the intelligence show about the -- [inaudible] what does the intelligence say? >> i think it has been totally consistent but here is what has been consistent. we killed soleimani, the number one terrorist in the world by every account. bad person, killed a lot of americans, killed a lot of people. we killed him. when the democrats try to defend him it is a disgrace to our country. they can't do that. let me tell you, it is not working politically very well for them. so we killed the number one terrorist in the world, soleimani and it should have been done 20 years ago. see you at the game. thank you.

reporter: [inaudible], quick comment on iran. not adding any new information. the president walking off to marine one, eventually air force one, down to new orleans. clemson, l. melissa: mentioning a lot of people wants to say. that was a true statement. a lot of people want to see the game. connell: meantime, revamping retail. we're talking about target, talking about the small store strategy, could end up giving it a big pay day. we'll be back. your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. almost done. what do you think?

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connell: here is a retailer doing some big things by going smaller. target is trying out a new business strategy, increasing sales, avoiding the retail apocalypse think hope but adding smaller version of its stores in affluent neighborhoods like here in new york city on upper east side of manhattan. jackie deangelis is there with details on the strategy. jackie? reporter: connell, that is exactly right. we're at the upper east side, a affluent neighborhood here. this is target micro store. this opened before the holidays, part of target's strategy merging the online experience with the in-store experience. i can click and order on the

smartphone or my computer. i can pick up here in the store. i can return here in the store. hey, maybe when i'm in there i will buy a few more things too. this is at a time when brick-and-mortar is really struggling. we've reported on countless numbers of other chains closing stores. target is actually expanding. i talked to a lot of folks in the neighborhood who said when it comes to the local grocery store, they come to target to get paper towels and chinaing supplies because it is cheaper. you can't compete on price. as a matter of fact, in this location, there is a gracious homes store. now only across the street that had to consolidate and target came in to take over. what is interesting, a lot of people talk about the convenience, saying they like it up here. one women stopped me, you know i was initially against it, because i didn't want another big box up here. it does really help a lot when you're in a pinch and you need something. there are different views, different sides to every story. another one of these will open across the park on the west side as well. target is having a lot of

success with them. you can stand back to say the rent is probably a lot. are they making end meet? they continue to open the stores and they like presence, again, combined with the online, they're really neat and really sleek. they're well lit. they make you feel good when you go inside. they don't have the total inventory you find in suburbia but they have a lot of stuff, guys. connell: interesting. jackie, thank you. melissa: here to react jonas max ferris, founder of maxfunds.com. fox news contributor. i'm sold. going directly to target on the way home. she talks about the rent, target is not cheap. their stuff is very cool and fashionable and fun but it is not really cheap. what are your thoughts on these stores? >> i've been one of these mini targets. they opened one on south beach. it is really, really nice. you wouldn't think that is a target. their plan to get further away from walmart. they were nicer than walmarts. that is becoming more important to deliver a actual store experience upscale, to buffer against the online threat

walmart and amazon obviously is offering. i think it is working, it is a nice store. it was doing very well. it was a good shopping experience. melissa: from target to walmart, reports that the retail giant is expanding the use of shelf-scanning robots to 650 additional stores this summer. the bots help reduce out of stock shelves, which cost retailers worldwide nearly a trillion dollars in lost sales. jonas, what do you think about this one, robots going up and down the aisle. i always feel bad when i see someone straightening up a mess someone made on a shelf looking for a particular color. i don't feel bad when robot does it. >> you will when they have full artificial intelligence and personality. target spent almost $100 million already. a lot of customers in the pipeline aren't public like walmart. it's a very expensive computer. in fact people, it is debatable whether this even makes sense at

this level, compared to hiring somebody. is not just like, walmart knows when they sell something, literally theft it replaces, you wouldn't know if that happened or customers misplace stuff. it works alongside consumers, going up and down the aisles. it is the future. they're a very early adopter. obviously they think it has the potential. it's a big order. melissa: looks like i will get run over by it. when you hit video. >> it has lidar, won't hit people, because the liability would be far in excess of rogue employee. melissa: that is what they say now. you think your car can't talk? check out elon musk isolatest show. >> you're staring. >> that was the car talking, jonas. don't stand there staring hop in. all we need more noise on the street. now the cars are talking too? >> there is a reason this company's market cap is gm and ford combined now. this is little more alexa than like kit in "knight rider."

this is really a lot of it is gimmicky. it will make fart noises and stuff. the future of this company's support of market value, it has to essentially supply the cars to the ubers of the world and you need a car to talk because there will not be a driver when it comes to pick you up. it is a very important feature. this is not like video games they have done in the car before. this become as software valuation, you can legitimatize it as opposed to a car company valuation. melissa: thank you, jonas. connell: uber making fart noises that is the future. melissa: please. connell: does the perfect parent exist? there is a new report saying the average parent makes 221 mistakes a year while raising their child. you take that number every year until the child is say 18 and it adds up to nearly 4,000 mishaps over the child's life and any parent will tell you that number has got to be low. who better to ask about all of

this, than our own david asman. >> i only raised two kids. i don't know. i didn't have 14 children. the more kids you have, the less you can be bothered by these stupid surveys because you have to do what has to get done you know? you get all the kids working together. you don't care if they're going to eventually need a psychiatrist because you yelled at them one or twice more than you should have. they turn out to be basically i think, better integrated into the world than those of us that become obsessed with every little thing we do. connell: sure. >> because we only have two kids or god forbid we only have one kid. i think more kids you have the easier it is you can't afford to constantly question whether you're doing the right thing. you're the parent. they're the children. you have to get things done. you got to get in the car, even if you have to maybe, give a little pat on the fannie to get them in a little quicker. connell: you beat yourself up about all of this. >> i am not recommending anything to anybody.

all i'm saying don't obsess over the details. connell: because if you beat yourself up, everybody makes some sort of a mistake. i actually do think it has to be average of one per day. i'm sure my kids say two or three or whatever. what's coming up today, "bulls & bears." >> christian whiton will be on. he will talk about the very latest with iran. what is happening there with these protests. does it mean we get regime change eventually. does president trump get the credit. eduardo neret from campus reform. a new survey over 1/3 of young people would rather live someplace other than the united states. is this a problem and coming directly from the education we're paying tens of thousands of dollars every year for. connell: maybe the parents made too many mistakes. david, see you at top of the hour. melissa: caught stealing. in october, the houston astros lost the world series today, bigger loss, is being handed to the team. details right here.

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you it make summer flights cheaper flying on unpopular days like mid week and saturday. winter is the cheapest. are you taking notes. there are a thousand things. connell: just take a flight tonight. a public service announcement. >> all right, houston, we have a problem, not the texans, yesterday. losing the game, it is the baseball time, astros remember today of they fired their manager and general manager after major league baseball brought the hammer down on them for stealing signs. from their opponents, former assistant gm, was additionally put on the ineligible list and team fined 5 million, they lost draft picks, it say mess. you can hear jared to radio in morning. can you explain what they were doing first? for people who are not following this. >> they used a rather detailed

way to figure out what pitches would come from opposing teams, one -- finger fastball, two finger slider, and or a change-up, they would go through -- it is a dirty method. a center field camera, with machine inside of dugout with a large monitor watching what pitches would come, relay that to batter on a littl a plate --e plate by smashing on a garbage can. connell: they got caught, they were using technology. >> camera. >> that makes it difference, and they won the world series. people say was it tainted? i believe it is strongly tainted. why did the patriots cheat, why did -- you can look at it, cheaters cheat, astros got busted, and past year in play-offs when yankees brought it to attention of major league baseball, they brought astros

were teaching again, the manager was pompous about it he said if we did that we would practice in spring training. while they lose their jobs, they get suspended without pay for a year, then fired, the players are those who did this. but these guys knew. back to baseball pressing. one blackstock scandal, shoe less joe jackson, banned from baseball, he knew his teammates were conspire ing to throw the world series and did not report it. connell: that is how rosenthal and other reporters found out that other players on the team. >> a former pitcher bursted them. connell: alex cora, manager of red sox, he was bench coach, he could be in trouble, and the players, one of best known involved carlos beltran at the time of the not disciplined but

he is now manager of mets. >> yes, bell tron and cora -- they had a large role in this. after reading manfred's report, i believe beltran better keep a really clean note wit -- nose wh the mets. >> the cora ruling will come after investigation of the 2018 red sox, i think that cora's days in baseball are numbersism .connell: a big deal. >> an embarrassment to baseball. they say if they get caught again, they are banned for life. does this set a precedent, if nfl finds that patriots did the cheating spying again, what does that mean. connell: interesting, are careful there bill belichick. a big deal in baseball world today, they are out, owner fired

them. go way. thank you for joining us yeah, fascinatingism yo -- melissa: fascinating. connell: you don't care, like high and disney or something. melissa: "bulls and bears" starts right now. david: secretary of state mike pompeo. in silicon valley meeting with tech leaders that include larry ellison from her oracle to drusm udrawmdrumup support. tehran admitted it accidently drowned the ukrainian passenger plane. this players players, thank you for joining us, i am david asman, joining me on the panel, gary kaltbaum, liz peek, zachary and kevin o'leary, we look at this "new york post"