>> good to see you. liz: jeff scuulze, clear bridge investments. [closing bell rings] recovered half of yesterday's losses from the massive selloff. tomorrow, the federal reserve interest rate decision. melissa: relief on wall street. stocks surging following a steep selloff as investors turn away from the deadly china virus to earnings season. strong economic data. the dow closing up 189-point, near session highs, right? snapping a five-day losing streak. i'm melissa francis. connell: a little fade at the end. not too much. i'm connell mcshane. markets are down every day. she is back for one. we're back in the green. melissa: i love him. now you see why. connell: s&p and nasdaq both ending up on the day by 1% a little more, for nasdaq, following yesterday which was the worst losses of the year. we'll look at apple throughout the hour. on the day it was up more than

2%. remember earnings report is coming out here in a few minutes that will be released shortly. could of course massively shake things up. you want to keep it here. find out numbers here first before it impacts the wallet tomorrow. melissa: at the white house this hour president trump heads to new jersey for a campaign event tonight. the rally is held in the district represented by congressman jeff van drew who switched parties to become a republican last month. we'll bring you any breaking headlines from the president, if he stops to talk to reporters on the south lawn. connell: obviously a lot to do. we start with fox business team coverage. jackie deangelis on floor of new york stock exchange. jeff flock in chicago. edward lawrence on capitol hill. with the little bounce back rally, jackie, start with you. >> back to you guys. it was ugly yesterday. we had a turnaround coming off seg highs. looks like 186 right now. as the market fears of the coronavirus is easing a little bit, taking a wait and see

approach, saying not get ahead of our skis here. one of the traders i spoke to, if market was not near all-time highs, it probably wouldn't have sold off on fear quite in the same way. but that is debatable issue of course. buy the dip mentality. you had a little bit of that out there. you had good buys after a 450 point selloff yesterday. watching what is happening in china, watching companies related to china. big tech earnings are out this week, have tangential china relation. sars in 2003, it is comparison we have. it did wipe out about $40 billion. not like the market being worried about this is a fear that is unfounded but something to continue to watch. after the bell today, we are going to hear from starbucks as well. earnings estimates of 76 cents on revenue of 7.1 billion. remember huge business in china. starbucks has been closing stars there because of the coronavirus. as of september 30th. it had 4,000 stores there, a

huge part of its sales, virus or no virus. so investors will wait for any kind of update that management can provide there, guys. back to you. connell: same with apple. we'll see whether either company talks about it. thank you, jackie. melissa: public health officials speaking out on the deadly china virus saying risk to americans is low but u.s. remains on alert. centers for disease control expanding screening for the virus to 20 u.s. airports now. jeff flock in chicago, following latest development in the spread, jeff? reporter: i have extraordinary pictures you will see only on fox business network. first to the numbers, announced by u.s. officials today, put them up there, 18 countries now in the cross-hairs of coronavirus includes 4500 plus cases in china. there may be more. the headline, positive headline, only five still confirmed in the u.s. that number holding steady. u.s. officials today say they

would like to get into china, get on the ground there. haven't been allowed to do that yet. they're not criticizing china but they need to do it and they have urged the u.s. to cancel all non-urgent travel to china. i want to show you a picture or two, picture that puts a face on this. it is a pilot in wuhan at the airport there, paing a cargo plane decked out not only in a mask but in full protective clothing. raises the question, is a mask necessary even here in the u.s.? alex azar, hhs secretary answering that question today. >> drugstores are reporting a run on people buying masks to protect themselves. is that helpful at all? >> no. it is unnecessary. as we said, in the united states, the risk to any individual american is extremely low. we are taking the steps to be prepared for this. we are taking aggressive action but the individual american, this should not be impact on their day-to-day life.

reporter: but the risk here in china however very different. i want to show you some pictures here supplied to us by one of the producers of this broadcast. her aunt taking pictures of the town about 600 miles away from wuhan which of course is the center of the outbreak. this town is a tourist destination, particularly now during the lunar knew year period. look at streets of the town. because nobody is there? no. people are there, apparently told, people are hunkering down in the town of shaman. a town of 3 1/2 million people. as you saw poignantly, not a lot on the street. that is what it looks like in china now, even hundreds of miles from the epicenter of the outbreak, melissa. melissa: jeff, thank you for that. if you watched that press conference earlier today, it made you feel a little better talking about the fact they were working on medication for it.

it takes months. people are walking around with masks on, even in new york on the subway, if you look at that street, look at that it's a ghost town. it's a ghost town. connell: speaks to the economic story we talk about. second largest economy in the world. as jeff pointed out. this is hundreds of miles away from the epicenter. if people are inside. we'll see what apple, starbucks says about it. there is obviously going to be impact from this, because people are not out shopping, doing their normal things. melissa: jeff said, lunar new year. generally a time you would see a lot of people out or celebrating, not the case. when you look at those photos. brace for the human and economic impact. connell: speaking of china. we talked now about essentially our enemy within. the fbi has charged a top scientist, charles lieber, the chair of harvard's chemistry department over his alleged ties to the government of china.

so this story broke today in the middle of everything else going on. edward lawrence in washington looking at what we know of the edward. reporter: he was chairman of the chemical biology department at harvard, a big one. he was charged with lying to the department of defense and national institutes of health related to some work he did and some money. the national institutes of health, this is all caught up in an investigation related to china, trying to take powerful minds from the united states, move them to china. pressuring them to bring their research with them. charles lieber started at harvard in 1991. the complaint says in 2012, lieber signed a contract for $50,000 a month plus living expenses of $158,000 a month. in addition to getting $1.5 million to set up a research lab at wuhan university of technology in china. now all part of china's plan to lure the talent there. the problem, he kept working at

harvard and lied to the dod and nih about getting grant money. his team received $15 million in grant from nih and the dod since 2018. the grant requires disclosure of any source of foreign money. lieber says he was developing bio nano electronic sensors to detect one particle of disease and wire was thousands times smaller than the human hair. the other two arrested were chinese nationals related to same complaint. one lied about being part of the people's liberation army while a student at boston university. she completed several projects with the army as well as the university under the guise of being a student. one related to deciphering military data. she accessed military site to do it. quickly the last one was cancer research. he was trying to leave the country as a chinese national, trying to go back to china, taking research with him. 21 vials caught with, get on a

plane. connell: one of many stories we're following today. edward lawrence on capitol hill. melissa: apple set to report quarterly earnings amid the fears it could slow down production in china. susan li in cupertino, california, with the story. susan. susan: there are two suppliers in the epicenter and two in a city close to shanghai. the chinese government said affected areas need to close factories up until february 9th. might go beyond that. those days are critical to complex supply chain like apple the according to reports, they assemble 50% of their iphones in the country. what about consumer demand for apple goods? they can't leave their houses. there is not a lot of transport. does that dent seals forecast in the future. just about a year ago we saw tim cook in their earnings in

january having to explain why chinese demand was slowing. that impacted apple shares. a year from now, 12 months on in 2020 he will explain to us, maybe they will see growth once again in their second largest market but looks like all indications are iphone 11 sales are selling well especially during the all-important holiday period. wearables, that explosive growth especially with airpod pros, hard to find under the christmas tree, will that be enough to make up for slowing iphone sales. guys? melissa: wow, that's a lot to take in, susan. thank you for that. connell: we'll wait for the numbers we'll have late in the hour. we wait for the unveiling of the so-called "deal of the century." president trump unveiled his long-awaited middle east peace plan. some still not so happy with it. we'll have all the details coming your way next. melissa: taking action. california is cracking down on a homeless site outside after major home improvement store. we're breaking this down on what

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melissa: very busy day in washington. president trump expected to depart the white house shortly for a campaign rally tonight in new jersey. earlier today the president announced the new middle east peace plan alongside benjamin netanyahu. on capitol hill the white house defense team making closing arguments in the impeachment trial. just a typical monday. blake burman is here with the details. maybe tuesday? tuesday. reporter: we call it tuesday around here, a monday, a friday, a wednesday, a thursday. melissa: they're all very busy. reporter: sunday would mean i'm here on my weekend. very busy day here. peace in the middle east was topic for the president as he unveiled his peace plan, did so in the east room of the white house, standing next to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the president described this as a detailed plan but let me tick through a handful of the points here. the plan would call for a two-state solution with a future palestinian state.

that palestinians would have to hit benchmarks like reducing terrorism. there was a map as well what could be a continuous palestinian state. it would call for demilitarized palestinian state. that israel would be tasked with maintaining security but israel would have to halt settlements for four years. palestinians are already denouncing the plan. the president earlier today, you see protests taking place in gaza city, the president earlier today had this message for the pal ten leader. listen. >> president abbas, i want you to know that if you choose the path to peace america and many other countries will, we will be there, we will be there to help you in some different ways and we will be there every step of the way. we will be there to help. reporter: mere minutes after that speech concluded in the east room of the white house the president's attorneys up in the senate began their closing

arguments in the impeachment trial, still left unresolved, melissa and connell, will there be witnesses? there is a chance we will get to that or they will get to that as the question an answer portion will likely take place wednesday and thursday. back to you. melissa: blake, thank you so much, only in the trump administration would middle east peace not be the headline of the day. so many other things going on. so much in the plan too. connell: there was. melissa: two-state solution. connell: the president moving forward with that, in the middle of all that, donald trump versus boris johnson. that also broke out today. the uk prime minister apparently, at least in some ways defying the white house. so we'll get into that when we come back. ♪ ou need. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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connell: seems like we heard a sound of defiance coming from across the pond. the uk government will allow

huawei to at least help in building its 5g network. this comes as washington has been repeatedly urging london to block the company over national security concerns. joined by nile gardiner, heritage foundation, margaret thatcher center of freedom. i apologize because of news events. we're short on time. when you heard that boris johnson will allow huawei in on limited basis, limit their market share, do you see that as defiance in his relationship between president trump and the u.s.? >> i think boris johnson does have a very good relationship actually with president trump and the united states but at the same time, this is i think a strategic error of judgment by the british government. a dispointing move. i think it is a high-risk, dangerous move by the united kingdom. so i am very, very disappointed in this decision today by the uk national security council but the special relationship continues. it will continue to be robust and strong and i think the u.s.

certainly will be applying, or certainly urging the united kingdom to reverse its stance over huawei. connell: yes. >> there is also a lot of opposition within parliament to the decision by the prime minister today. connell: will it affect the trade deal? to your point on the special relationship, i will flash up a comment by ben sasse, who has been aggressive on china, the republican senator from nebraska. here is the sad truth, our special relationship is less special now that the uk embraced the surveillance state commies at huawei that was a u.s. senator, ben sasse his comments earlier. is he right about the relationship that might impact the trade deal? well a lot of u.s. senators are rightly very concerned over what's happening and are sending a very strong signal to london. i would say that overall the special relationship is going to continue to be very strong but if you allow china a role in the 5g network in the uk, that

undermines in my view transatlantic intelligence relations and security. i think this is a very rash move by the uk here. i don't think it is going to undermine the u.s.-uk free trade agreement. connell: okay. >> this is certainly very bad decision to take by the uk. connell: certainly worth watching. neil, thanks for coming on? melissa: starbucks, reporting first quarter results the company beating on earnings per share. revenues in line with expectations but here's the key, starbucks does expect an impact from the coronavirus in the second quarter saying it will update its 2020 forecast when it can reasonably estimate the virus' impact. starbucks closed more than half of its stores in china due to the outbreak. connell: we're waiting for apple. we'll see if apple says anything similar when they report moments from now. the company's earnings release is imminent. we'll have it for you as soon as

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what are you listening for? >> the way the stock has moved over the last year i am listening for if they have a real big beat and big guidance going forward because over the last year earnings have been flat, revenues have been flat. i'm just wondering if these valuations are going to keep the stock in good stead. good news last couple months guidance has been moving up, the numbers are getting better. how much better we'll find out real soon. melissa: liz, i'm interested in wearables, how about you? >> everyone is excited about the wearables because the airpods were an enormous hit since they were rolled out, the high-priced ones in october. so that will be a big part of the story. investors will want to hear about stock buybacks. also of course, we're all going to be wondering whether apple has any insight into what the coronavirus virus means for production supply chain. there are so many questions right now. lots of positives but the real, the issue is the stock has been

gangbusters up over 100% the last year. melissa: lance, a lot of questions about china, right. >> oh, yeah. it is an x-factor there what it is going to mean if they have to shut down a factory or two and what it will mean on the supply chain going forward especially if they have strong demand for these devices but of course we don't really know. i'm looking forward to hearing, i know we don't get actual numbers on the iphone anymore but we can extrapolate from the revenue and service. melissa: the numbers are out. susan li in cupertino, california, just spoke with ceo tim cook. susan? susan: numbers are better than expected for the quarter. earnings, eps profit coming in way ahead of estimates. they put in 4.99 a share. estimates were calling for 4.55. revenue also exceeded expectations as well. they put in $91.8 billion in sales, far exceeding the estimates on markets. analysts were calling for something like 88 1/2 billion

dollars. the forecast here is pretty strong as well. the forecast, analysts calling for this quarter, the quarter we're in, three months we're in right now, looking for apple to make sales around 62.45 billion. apple is telling us they will make a range of 63 billion to $67 billion. that is a 4 billion-dollar range. they usually don't give us that big of a range. they're doing this because of uncertainty they say surrounding coronavirus and sales and production constraints possibly in china. they're returning money to shareholders, 25 billion in total. 20 billion in share repurchases. when you buy back shares, that lifts price of share. there is less supply on the market to buy. dividends have been hiked. 3 1/2 billion dollars. tim cook and cfo of apple talk about giving money back to shareholders on the earnings call but expect more of that for the rest of this year. net cash position, just so you

know, apple still has a lot of cash on hand at $200 billion or so but for the quarter in terms of sales, iphone 11, this is the first full quarter of iphone 11 sales. tim cook telling me, for every week of the quarter, iphone 11 models were the most popular according to him. now, what about coronavirus, what is happening there in china and possible production constraints? first of all, they returned to growth in china which is very positive, since it is the second largest market for apple. they're very happy with the guidance but the reason why they gave us that range, what he calls uncertainty. there is a lot of uncertainty around the coronavirus. so we're allowing for that uncertainty and having broader range than we would normally have. if it wasn't for coronavirus, tim cook sounding very bullish and positive on china saying that without this illness and this epidemic i think china would be doing pretty well. does individual anything to do with the resolving of the phase one china trade deal?

he says yes. it has lifted uncertainty. it has helped propel consumer sentiment. that is very good for both countries. the coronavirus makes this very difficult. it is a fluid situation right now that is very difficult to forecast. what about apple tv plus. i asked them about the popularity of the streaming service, can you give us more indications how many subscribers signed up for apple tv plus? he says, look, we don't break this out into individual numbers for you. if you add up all the subscriptions, that exceeded 480 million. talked about subscriptions for the quarter, music, apple care, the rest. they lump apple tv plus with that. telling us that they are now up 120 million, they say subscriptions over the past year. there were some business segment that came up short. i asked him about it. services were a record for the quarter. so they put in some 12.6 billion from what i saw. estimates are pretty high.

high expectations for apple. they're still looking at a record quarter but it came up short of the 13 billion that the analysts was forecasting. also, we had ipad sales a little bit short here. this came up short just by a bit. this is tough comparison to the ipad pro that was released last year as well. all in although, strong quarter, strong forecast. but uncertainty they will highlight on the earnings call surrounding the coronavirus and production constraints. melissa: big beat for apple. the only thing i see a miss on services. i see 12.27 billion. i'm not sure we dig into that. great stuff. connell: liz, gary, back on our panel to talk about all of this. susan says, guys this in perspective is a strong number for number of reasons. we can nitpick and talk about business segments, and to dive into the actual numbers, if you

think about it, stock is up eight or nine bucks, up 2 1/2%, if you're apple, how do we forecast the future with the coronavirus in china, obviously for all companies difficult to do. it is essentially acknowledging that, as susan told us saying we'll give you a wider range in our forecast for revenue next quarter than we normally do. but, even if they were at the low end of that range, 63 to 67 billion, they're still above expectations. that tells you i guess how optimistic tim cook and company are coming after the virus. what is your take? >> step back a moment couple years ago we were stopping about there is no new flair for apple and what do we have iphone doing incredibly well. people talking about the 11 and new camera how successful it is. airpods, who would have thunk white things in your ears would

be a gang buster type of product. it beat expectations and revived the wearables market. watches are doing well. look at apple overall, there is tremendous amount of good news. the revenue number is just off the charts. it is above not only expectations but above the range they set out. what happens with the virus it is a speed bump. i think all important ingredients justify where the stock is, justify expanded multiple, those are in place. i think that is what investors will cheer. connell: you're right about the airpod and also about the iphone 11, lance, as liz points out. there is surprising to a lot of people. there is a thought people would wait until 5g. they were impressed by the phone, started buying it. any concern about the numbers on services or independent pad revenue? as i said if we're going to nitpick i guess where it would be. what do you think? >> ipads it has been roller

coaster ride. it is up and down. the new 10.2 model didn't propel many sales. as a new ipad pro model. services still on a growth pattern. still looking strong. we want to dig into how is tv plus doing? $200 billion in the bank. they need to use that to make acquisition on the content creation side to really complete with netflix. i heard with whispers that is what they're looking to do. i hope that happens. connell: they like to do it themselves. melissa: that is very smart, very astute. go back to susan for a second who has more details. susan li. susan: i asked tim cook about the outlook on the u.s. economy. he says the outlook is very strong of the consumer is still very strong. he doesn't see anything impeding that. i heard liz peek talk about the wearables as well. they can't make wearables and airpod pros in particular fast enough. he talked about supply constraints when it comes to the apple watch 3. that is something they're

looking to rectify. when it comes to the coronavirus and whether or not they will shift production from those factories that are now being shut in china, he says he will try to address that on the earnings call but, want to make sure their employees are safe and that is they say their number one priority right now in dealing with the coronavirus. melissa: thank you for that. gary, let me ask you, you said that you were looking for a big beat. we have shares hitting a new all-time high on apple. i wonder, given the fact that they have crushed it on all of the production issues in the sense that you know, this new iphone, the camera made it something people have to upgrade. ear buds, airpods are something all of the kids have to have, if there is any pullback on the coronavirus, would that be a big buying opportunity for you? >> yeah. because the virus will last only so long. melissa: yeah. >> i would suggest that but look, good reaction. the most important part, not

only did beat numbers raised, they beat them badly. they're talking about good numbers going forward. you have a company for the last 18 months had flat earnings and revenues to down. now they're accelerating them up to near the teens. you're talking about a company that does what, 300 billion in revenues? to be able to do that is pretty much a miracle. by the way this number is coming from what quarter? their biggest quarter. the holiday quarter. so it is meaningful. we haven't even gotten to 5g yet, anything else they may do. this is pretty big stuff. just nothing but applause to tim cook at this point. melissa: liz, they do just keep executing, when it comes down to the product. they always say the apple model, you don't have to be first but they are going to be the best and it is on the style, simplicity the way you can use it and it just, these phones are so expensive but i don't know how many consumers know how much

they really paid for the phone. if you have gone and upgraded, you have a plan, you pay this per month. it isn't a clean breakout number where you pay $1200 for the phone. so many people have them. what do you think? >> like taking an apartment out, it is a monthly charge. i thought it was pretty clever they did that actually. going back to what gary is talking about, we haven't talked about 5g. to the extent people are bored with the iphones, even as i mentioned, iphone 11 is doing great, this 5g rollout i think will initiate a huge replacement demand, upgrade demand. >> you are right. >> which haven't seen that in a long time. i don't know about you guys, i held my own phone, back a couple models because i didn't really need a new one. i think when 5g comes out everyone will want to see how that delivers new content, streaming content et cetera, so much faster, so much more

effectively. it is pretty darn exciting prospect. guess what? that is why the stock doubled. melissa: lance, real quick, last word, what liz said is really true. when i need up to grade to camera, i show the pictures, how did you take that, the camera on latest one is such innovation, what will 5g look like? >> 5g picture is so muddy right now. that is one reason people decided not to wait. there is different versions and speed is not promised for consumers what they were expecting. so that will take some time to bake in. this may not be the year. next year might be a year for that. quality products, good prices. i would be curious to learn which of the iphone 11 sold the most. 11 straight up or 11 pro or 11 pro max which is the highest tear. melissa: thanks so much. we appreciate it. acres live look at the white house. waiting for president trump to

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connell: apple hit all-time high in after-hours trade, with record revenue. earnings driven by strong sales of the new iphone 11 and airpod business. all of that looks strong. it was little less earlier. still higher by 2% plus. as apple says it is planning to release 5g iphones this fall. add to earlier reporting. on track to add 55 points or so to the dow if this gain holds to nearly $7. melissa. melissa: stack kelling the growing crisis in oakland, california, they are planning to shut down a homeless site outside after home depot next month. james freeman, "wall street journal" and fox news contributor. this is one of those stories, james, home depot says they were

complaining about i am proesafety and store security in the county where this is. homelessness is up 47% versus last time they did the survey two years ago. they were paying $100 an hour to, for patrol to go around the home depot and try to keep it safe. i mean, at what point does the city help out a business? >> yeah, that is a question. another one of those entries in the annals dysfunction in your beloved home state of california. you wonder how long do businesses have to be patient before they move out? we know hundreds of thousands of people are moving out of california every year but this is a situation where home depot, i think, really has been waiting years for the city to take some action. they're finally promising to start monday and complete over next several weeks, a move of people, essentially a village that has grown up around a home depot. it has including material stolens from the home depot.

stolen cars, some recreational vehicles. dozens of people living there all the time. the company had direct threats against employees. one of the people brandishing a weapon when two employees are in the lot. it is way i don't know what any business should tolerate. melissa: that is the extreme version. there are things going on around the country. starbucks here in the city. you know which ones to go to. some you go in, there are a lot of homeless people who can be threatening or menacing. i was in one recently with another woman who said, we need to leave. she was so uncomfortable with the person next to her yelling. at what point, cities have liberal policies, where they want to let people live, but when it begins to encroach on citizens personal safety why do you see citizens still not getting involved? >> absolutely. the city's responsibility.

and i think it is not just as you pointed out, it is unreasonable to ask a business to address these kind of societal problems but also difficult in this environment we're in terms of a tight job market. you will have a pay a barista more if they have clean up a lot of needles in the bathroom. and same with home depot, dealing with a threat in the parking lot, it will be tough to recruit people? melissa: do businesses have a legal remedy? they would be able to quantify the cost and business is going down, they will sue the people? >> home depot has tried. they have been writing letters. they have been patient, not making that much noise about it. they have been sending letters to the oakland government for years now this is an issue. you have to address it. i'm surprised they haven't threatened to leave, at least

some politicians locally are assuming that comes next if they don't get it cleaned up. melissa: james, thank you for that. >> thank you, melissa. connell: this is not old-fashioned. a new "gallup poll" reveals americans took twice as many trips to the library as they did the to the movie theater. libraries beat out venues, theatrical event, museums, casinos. libraries topped them all. what does it say about the expanding digital society? who better to ask than our own librarian david asman. >> asman the librarian. connell: this is one you think a little more b seems a little strange. >> you do. i kind of like it. it is a nice feeling twice as many people go to quiet place surrounded by books than go to the movie theater. i think emphasis is on the word quiet. people want someplace to go that is quiet. there is so much noise in the world. so much noise going on

everywhere, a lot of libraries won't allow you to play with your cell phone while you're there, you are kind of forced to get involved in the book reading. what is also interesting, are the demos. women visited the library nearly twice as many times as men did. so women deserve kudos for this. adults from low-income housing went much more often than wealthier people, than people who are better off. so again, it is a nice, safe place where you can go, be surrounded by books. get into your own thoughts. get into books that surround you. it is good news. we don't often get to report good news. this is one of them. connell: a lot of women are taking a break from the husband and kids. >> there may be a little bit of that going on. connell: what is coming up tonight, "bulls & bears"? >> we have peter schweizer who you know has written a lot about political corruption. he will talk exactly how the biden family profited from political connections they had over the years. it is not just hunter. we're talking about the whole

family. zuhdi jasser is with us to talk about the new peace plan. whether it is possible to drag the palestinian leadership kicking and screaming into the peace room for at least some time to see if something could be worked out. both of these gentlemen as you know are great sources. so we'll be having, looking forward to it. connell: we'll see you guys at the top of the hour, "bulls & bears." >> absolutely. melissa: maybe women are just saying they're going to the library. do we have any proof? i don't want to -- i'm permanently cynical. connell: from experience? melissa: no, no. let's move on. looking for a vacation spot, you won't find this one on airbnb. how nasa is planning your next getaway, not to the library. connell: that is not a library. ♪. with td ameritrade you've got courses, tools, and help from pros. it's almost like you're training me to become

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melissa: in critical condition, authorities confirm that connecticut man who was charged with murder of hissie estrangede attempted suicide today, he was found by police in his garage. suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning after a wellness check, when he did not show up at a bail hearing this morning. connell: a chick o a -- check o, crushing wall street expectations in terms of first quarter earnings. the stock is off its after hour highs. melissa: still hit new all-time highs after hou after hours. >> looking to plan a vacation? what when to outer space? you are in luck if that is your

dream, nasa is planning to attach a room to the international space station, deirdre bolton to tell us about it. reporter: a vacation spot or a unique coworking space, astronaut in training, scientists doing research. nasa partnering with act acxiom space, people get used to living and working in space. timeline is unclear. but acxiom said it would like to start sending client to international space station as soon as 2021. there are a few billionaires working on similar projects. spacex ceo musk say his company will fly a japanese billionaire around the moon aboard big falcon spaceship in 23, and sir

richard branson taking a test flight of spaceshiptwo this february. and jeff bezos often refers to his work with blue origin as most important, planning that charge customers 200,000 to 300,000 dollars for a brief suborbital flight aboard new shepard spacecraft. if you believe in those 3 entrepreneurs, one day we'll be back coming and going. melissa: i love that idea, are you jumping on. connell: i am not, i do have suggestions for others to send. melissa: name, namessis. connell: that is not necessary, until proper time. quick note, president trump did leave the white house and did not speak to reporters on the southland, he has that campaign rally in new jersey, this evening. melissa: big story, the big beat

from apple among other things, it has been a busy day, thank you for joining us. connell: stokes fading a little bit. "bulls and bears" starts right now. david: shares of apple of higher after hours of getting a big boost from the latest report but it may be short lived with threat of the spreading coronavirus. how tim cook is responding to it all, his comments on fox, coming up, thank you for joining this is "bulls and bears," i am david david -- david asman. lea head to susan lee in cupertino, california, you spoke with tim cook today? reporter: right, after their earnings which were better than expected guidance was also better than expected. they put in better