those. liz: todd rosenbluth the human encyclopedia. [closing bell rings] a record for the s&p and record for the nasdaq. that will do it for "the claman countdown." we'll see you tomorrow. >> happy monday, kicking off the week with new records on wall street. stocks on the rise of strong corporate profits outweigh fears of the coronavirus. the dow closing up 175 points at session highs. the s&p 500 though, hitting all time high in the final moments of trading, ending in record territory. the nasdaq closing at a new record high as well. its 11th record close of the year. i'm melissa francis in new york and this is "after the bell." hey, connell. connell: i'm connell mcshane live from amherst, new hampshire. hello, melissa, as we continue the swing state economy series. we're one day out from the first-in-the-nation primary tomorrow. we're at labelle winery, which

is a small business getting a big boost from this political race and also capitalizing on a growing industry here in the granite state which we talk a lot about. the democratic contenders for president are making a final pitch to supporters before everybody heads to the polls tomorrow. after the disaster that was iowa, they certainly want to make sure every evening. we'll get to all of that. first we begin with fox business team coverage of the stop stories of the day. blake burman is at the white house. susan li on the floor of the new york stock exchange. blake, first to you.

reporter: on this day president trump trying to steal the spotlight a bit from democrats as he set to head any moment now to new hampshire for a campaign rally there later this evening. earlier today the the tried to needle some of those democratic candidate taking to twitter at one point, connell, the budget calls for $740 billion in defense spending. 150 billion less than that in non-discretionary spending. when you add it up, the budget endorse as trillion dollar deficit for the next fiscal year. now the trump administration says its plan will balance the budget but do so 15 years down

the line. earlier today president trump was asked about all of that red ink. listen. >> so we're putting out a plan over today, a period, not that long period of time brings our budget, our deficit down to what it should be, close to zero. i think people will be very impressed by it. reporter: now the budget also calls for what it says are reforms and savings to medicare and medicaid but democrats say that's just code language for cut. they say this budget that the president put forward cuts medicare and medicaid though the white house over here says there are increases of 3 and 6%. bottom line with all of this, it will most unlikely, this is likely never going to make it to the president's desk. congress has the final say with all of this. as we see what is going on the political landscape, new hampshire today, most likely democratic candidates will use it to attack the president down the line.

melissa, back to you. melissa: blake, thank you. susan li on the new york stock exchange. susan. susan: record close for the wall street. dow had 200 point swing in the session, finishing up close to 200 points after we heard from the philly fed governor parker who said the economy is still doing pretty well and we'll get to 2% inflation as we heard from citadel's last week, the fed is obsessed to the inflationary number. this is very positive for the u.s. economy. what drove stocks higher today? a lot of tech names we talk a lot about. amazon hitting record highs along with microsoft. microsoft and boeing were ones driving the dow jones industrials and gains that we saw today. look, if you look at volumes for just around 70% of what we usually see, and on mondays, especially in the era of coronavirus, traders want to look what is happening over in asia before they put their money to work to commit for the rest of this week.

coronavirus was focus especially with the likes of apple. they are supposedly reopening their stores this week in china. but concerns about the production line and supply and supply chain, looks like apple sales are impacted by 50% because of coronavirus limiting consumer demand. back to you. >> susan, thank you. back to connell in new hampshire. what do you have going on there, connell? connell: melissa, well we have a tight race for one thing. tomorrow is the big day. vermont senator bernie sanders is leading in the average of post-iowa polls. south bend, mayor, pete buttigieg followed in second and senator amy klobuchar which has been quite a story surging since the debate on friday and former vice president joe biden and mat mat senator elizabeth warren. paul steinhaeuser has a long history of reporting on the new hampshire political scene, something he is doing in this political cycle for fox news. >> good to see you in person. connell: we met over satellite connection in the past.

let me start backwards to work our way up. is the klobuchar story we saw in the numbers a story you sense is for real in the past couple days moving up to third? >> it is for real. she had a lot of good debates friday night but she is getting a lot of a bounce. one tracking poll indicated she jumped nine point in two nights. that is a lot of movement. problem for klobuchar. connell: she is stalk in d.c. for the impeachment trial. her organization up here not as big as elizabeth warren or war bernie sanders or buttigieg. does she have the ground game to take the excitement and momentum to translate into votes? connell: sanders won the state by 20 plus points this time around. by that measure he should win it this time. i assume he is still the favorite going in but mayor pete has a real chance to knock him off, no? >> listen, if bernie sanders doesn't win, that is a little bit of an issue. expectations are for him to win in new hampshire. polls indicate he is ahead. everybody remembers that

22-point victory four years ago. his supporters are energized. bernie would say huge crowds for him. buttigieg is bringing in tons of people. you have been to one of his events. you sign a lot of expectations for pete buttigieg. he beat expectations in iowa. connell: both he and sanders had big crowds to events. bernie sanders was out in keane. we were speaking to reporters. it was cold last night waiting to see bernie. it is interesting to hear their perspectives. you talk to sanders supporters, a lot are diehards, particular issues, "medicare for all." a young woman named noah, we were seeking to on the way in, she recognized whether sanders can win is a real issue. i want you to talk about this. here is what she said in keane, new hampshire. >> you could make the case others are electable and stronger in certain things. i would say it is hard-pressed for the politicians doing same thing for so long and maybe that

is to a fault. connell: maybe that's to a fault. is. maybe he is too consistent. and that hurts him politically. >> that is buttigieg's argument. he won't bend to the whole party. sanders says my way or the highway. electability, joe biden has been touting in the race. poll out from university of new hampshire electability for bernie sanders is on the way up. another trouble spot, buttigieg is doing well with senior voters. trouble signs for biden. connell: we have no idea what will happen with all that said. this state, you know has a habit of surprising us. >> late deciders. the polls back that up. a lot of people are saying i could still change my mind tomorrow. connell: paul, thank you. paul steinhaeuser covers the new hampshire political scene. speaking of which he will talk about the politics of main

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♪ connell: we're back here in the state of new hampshire and we're focused on the swing state economy. this is actually the fifth state we've been to as part of the series we've been working on and like many of the others the economic picture is mixed in new hampshire. the state is highly-educated, if you look at the data. highest median household income from any state in the country as a matter of fact. the unemployment is extremely low here, 2.6%. economists say most of that is function of somewhat of a stagnant labor force. health care related jobs are growing in new hampshire. the manufacturing sector has not been growing. it has lost jobs over the past year. that is a brief snapshot of things. we want to talk with local business leaders. he is the president of new hampshire iphone and

repair. he is joined by cisneros realty group. and paul is the from the construction company, proconn. we like to talk to states living here and get a sense of the economy. paul in your business, you can give us a sense how things are going in new hampshire. how is business. >> things are going very well with us. connell: tell us how. what's cooking? >> we are growing constantly. we're building apartments and hotels and industrial buildings and our volume -- connell: more business than you know what to do with this? >> yes. one thing rye stricting us is not having enough employees to do more business which is -- connell: that's funny. we hear that from so many business owners and business leaders. what do you see, that also works into real estate a little bit and demands for workers trying to find the right skills for the right jobs is interesting. how is the real estate business?

>> the real estate business in new hampshire is off the charts. we're at a high market point right now. the average home price in new hampshire is about $300,000. getting close to be 225 just three years ago. on the flipside of that we need 15,000 homes for our workforce today to catch up to even. houses are selling briskly. we need more houses to sell. people need more housing here. connell: it is a strong economy, generally speaking anecdote rally you told us with some statistics which brings us to you, chad. in your business you may be seeing that. you have a interesting political story. you teased us after the break. you supported president. he barely lost the state last time around with hillary clinton but now this time i understand, use the term trump-gret you have reservations in a strong economy. tell us about it. >> i think one of the biggest

things, one of the younger people here in the state, this state is losing a lot of. we have a very young work force at my company and the toughest thing for me is finding quality candidates, holding on to them. it is hard for me to compete, looking at things health care, benefit matching. connell: you blame president trump for that? >> one of the reasons i supported him for the health care stance. i was hoping from his business standpoint he would be able to help small businesses like myself to be competitive with those larger businesses offering, helping us to offer health benefits. connell: what would you say, paul? you're a supporter of the president i believe. he has a rally here. we're talking about the democrats. but he has a rally in manchester. go ahead. >> the growth in the state is just phenomenal right now. number of new employees we're trying to draw. they just aren't available. as far as the benefit packages i think you're finding that the wages are increasing because there is a lack of employees

coming in and it is actually good, state of new hampshire is a great place for people to come to. connell: one of those good problems to have? >> absolutely. connell: that is the balance we see. karina is undecided politically. i was asking in the commercial break before we came back. are you undecided you will do tomorrow or what you will do in the fall? >> i don't know what i will do tomorrow. connell: interesting. i told us your business is going well. incumbent president running for re-election in the fall but deciding to vote in the democratic primary? are you a registered democrat. >> i am a registered democrat. i don't know who i would vote for yet. connell: give me the top three. you must have narrowed it down a little? >> i like joe because he has all the experience in government before. however -- connell: if you can't remember his name only kidding around, mayor pete? >> mayor pete buttigieg. he is quite interesting. connell: okay. so you're going between at least those two and thinking about it.

chad, are you registered? that is interesting political question for someone that supported the president in a party or can you vote tomorrow. >> i'm an independent. connell: you are going in democratic. for? >> i'm undecided. connell: i have to try to explain to people. people outside of new hampshire, they don't get it, almost undeclared, almost half the state is undeclared, they're not registered in the party. many of those people haven't decided yet. what are you thinking about? >> a major factor for me, my age, 27 years old, starting a business, seeing where my generation is at, struggling with rising rents, health care, education, stuff like that. i think, you know senator biden -- connell: senator biden? >> vice president biden touching on that. of course with bernie. that is one of his big talking points. but again a big thing small business owner is bittersweet, taxes and all that other fun stuff. connell: you're literally going

to walk in there to make -- >> i've been falling, trying to make an educated decision. connell: we have to wrap it up, guys. paul is for the president. that makes it easy. want to say something real quick before we go? >> i actually registered as an independent. connell: oh, wow. >> so i will challenge myself as when i go into the poll maybe pull democratic ticket to vote just cause chaos. connell: come on. >> i'm kidding no. i'm only kidding. connell: thanks to all three of you for giving as you sense what happens here in new hampshire, chad, karina, and paul. terrific panel. connell: as we continue here, we will have a look at what has turned into up-and-coming wine country. yes, new hampshire. we will sit down with the owner of our host business today and talk about how, well, in some ways some new technology is advancing new hampshire's wine industry. that is coming up. what else, melissa? melissa: i'm counting on you to bring some wine back for me. bernie madoff's appeal for

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♪. melissa: raising the bar. president trump unveiling a $4.8 trillion budget proposal for 2021. the new plan would cut non-defense spending by 6%. dan henninger of "the wall street journal." he is also a fox news contributor. this is sort of like a list of priorities, isn't it? not like congress is going to take his budget? >> not at all this year. this is a signal where trump's ideas on the budget might be going next year, if he is reelected. and i think the key thing, one of the key things to me was, there is not a lot of entitlement cuts here which is the main thing with social security, medicare, you will need to do eventually if you are to get deficits under control but one thing the president is not proposing is new taxes to close the deficit.

in fact tax revenue has been rising since his tax cut. all of his opponents in the democratic party are proposing significant tax increases. even mike bloomberg proposing five trillion dollars in new taxes and i think the problem there would be that the democrats would spend that tax revenue rather than using it to close the deficit. melissa: right. they want to raise taxes and, they talk about things like cuts, it is evil, president trump is hiding cuts in here. if only. that would be fantastic, but no, there is still a lot of spending. it is interesting though, kind of continues the theme from the state of the union where we see him proposing more funding for historically black colleges and targeting a lot of programs for increases in spending but, for african-americans. >> yeah, that's right. a lot for that and, i think, clearly this is a of peace with the president's intention to broaden his base.

everyone is always wondered whether he would just try to run at the trump base, core supporters who show up at the rallies or would he try to expand that beyond that base out into the suburbs and including minorities. so there are things in the trump budget that probably should appear, appeal to voters in the suburbs. i think they're interested in closing the deficit and spending money on things like black colleges, opportunity zones, gives the president an opportunity himself to try to appeal to black voters. if he can expand the base in that way, it is going to be very difficult for a democratic nominee to win in november. melissa: interesting. all right. hang with us. they are calling it extortion. the state of new york officially filing suit to challenge the department of homeland security's decision to block new yorkers from participating in the trusted traveler programs like global entry. fox business's jackie deangelis is live at jfk airport with the

latest. jackie? reporter: good afternoon, to you, melissa, and that's right f you come to jfk for an appointment to renew or apply for global entry and you are a resident of new york state you will find that they will turn you away. a lot of people did show up today who had appointments. they didn't receive email notice. they didn't know it was happening or applied to them. they were very angry about it. what it all stems from is the green light law in new york that was enacted at the end of last year. there are a couple of pieces to this. part of that law allows immigrants in this country that are not legal to apply for drivers licenses. house democrats are actually saying that what the trump administration is doing by freezing global entry is aimed at retaliating against that part of the law. dhs says, no, no, that is not the case at all. there is another part of this law that doesn't allow the dmv to give pertinent information to customs and border patrol when

doing screenings and interview processes. that they say compromises the integrity of the system. that is what is at stake here. the bottom line, if you have global entry, this has nothing to do with tsapre, you will still get benefit of it. if you were applying new or like me on friday, i had a appointment to renew you're out of luck. when i signed up, i had to wait six months for an appointment. i'm still waiting for my money that would come as refund as a result of this whole thing. they let me scheduled another appointment by june. if it is open up by then. a lot of angry travelers came out in the rain for appointments that were canceled. melissa: jackie, i'm sorry. thank you for that. dan henninger is back with us. dan, they try to make it about this is a hit at immigrants. and when you talk to dhs what they say is, we need access to

these records so that we can check and see if you have had, you know, aggravated drunk driving, you know, there are all kinds of things that are in the records they need to check to see if you actually qualify for global entry or not. new york just won't give them access. has completely walled off access to the records, right? >> that's right and you know, acting director of homeland security chad wolf argues in fact that new york state is the only state issuing a blanket refusal to give them access to this information. immigration control is a federal responsibility and as well as immigration is as well. they have a responsibility on the law enforcement side of these immigration issues, i think new york state is on thin legal ground filing a lawsuit against this. i think probably the federal government will prevail if it is ever ajudicated but the fact when will it happen? meantime, jackie, herself and

other angry individuals at jfk are caught up in a battle between new york state and the federal government over immigration think feel they have nothing to do with. so these people are kind of the innocent bystanders in the middle of this smackdown between new york and dhs. melissa: i don't understand how sanctuary cities of themselves how that fits with the law either. maybe they can ajudicate that at the same time, dan, real quick? >> they may have to. i think they should expedite the lawsuits over this so we get these issues resolved, get the responsibility ajudicated between the federal government and the localities. again, even, legal immigrants are getting caught up in this. we need to rationalize this mess. melissa: dan, thank you. facing what will be many days in court, disgraced theranos founder elizabeth holmes is trying a new legal strategy to get the case thrown out. will it work? plus much more from new hampshire. connell? connell: well the democrats aren't the only ones, liz,

storming the state here, liz. president trump is set to take the stage tonight here in new hampshire. how solid is his base in the early voting state? we'll talk to a republican state senator jeb bradley when we return live from new hampshire next. ♪. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪. connell: soon to be wheels up on the campaign trail. president trump is about to

leave washington, well for here, for new hampshire. he has a rally in manchester this evening, one day ahead of the state's primary which i will be held tomorrow. there is republican primary as well as a democratic one. fox news correspondent kristin fisher is waiting for the president in manchester. she joins us with the latest from there. reporter: this is show of force by the trump campaign on primary eve. thousands of people are inside of the arena and they have a big surrogate operation heading into tomorrow's primary but the first person inside of this arena got here yesterday. about a dozen or so waited overnight in the cold and in the rain. they were finally allowed in a few hours ago. but this just goes to show you, this is one of the things that president trump will be talking about tonight, the crowd size. he will compare the amount of people that came out to hear him talk tonight with the crowds that we have been seeing turn up for some of the top democratic contenders. tonight's rally is about collecting critical voter data

in the state of new hampshire. remember, this is a state the trump campaign believes is very much in play in the general election. hillary clinton won it by .4% in 2016. according to president trump, the rally is about getting into the heads of his democratic opponents. i said earlier today on twitter, quote, i want to shake up the dems a little bit. they have a really boring deal going on. still waiting for the iowa results. votes were fried. big crowd in manchester. these big crowds are also making it much more difficult for democrats to campaign and get-out-the-vote here in manchester the day before, the night before the polls open before the primary. connell? connell: kristin, good to see you. half hour from our location in manchester. more now about republicans in the state. we're joined by republican state senator jeb bradley. senator, good to see you.

former member of u.s. congress as well. what is the state of the republican party in new hampshire? as kristin said, the president will turn out a good crowd tonight. >> a great crowd in manchester like iowa last week. no issues counting republican votes. president trump will do just great tomorrow. the economy is very strong. the gallup poll recently said nine out of 10 americans thought their position in life was very satisfactory. i think that mirrors new hampshire. i think people when they go to vote not only tomorrow especially in november they will vote their pocketbook and the president will be very strong. connell: with all due respect of bill weld, former governor of a neighboring state, nobody is expecting anything but a big victory for the president tomorrow. what about november? people forget how close the state was last time around. hillary clinton won it by percentagewise, .04%. it was very close. what would you say about new hampshire being in play in

new hampshire. >> voters are very common sense in new hampshire. especially election voters. we don't have a income tax and sales tax. progressives in new hampshire are trying to implement both. that will help the president on top of a very strong economy. we have the lowest poverty rank as you said before, highest per capita income. people are moving to new hampshire because the jobs are good here. i think when people get into the election booth in november, they're going to vote their pocketbooks. that man is president trump. connell: young man on with us earlier in the show, own a iphone repair shop business owner. he said he voted for president last time around, was one of those has his doubts. listen what chad had to say. i will let you react to it. this was early in the show. >> we have a very young workforce in the my company, the toughest thing is finding quality candidates and hold on to them. it is hard to compete looking at health care, benefit matching,

things like that. connell: do you blame president trump for that? >> that is one of the reasons i supported him for his health care stance. hoping from his business standpoint he would help small businesses like myself. connell: i will say that, that issue, health care, speaking to voters, mostly democratic voters since that is the race we've before covering, that is big issue here and other states. what would you say about that issue? >> in the general election you have a debate about "medicare for all," a government-run health care system where it costs trillions of dollars, people lose existing coverage, maybe the doctor of their choice, likely leading to less quality and rationing versus making our health care system better i think that plays to what the president is trying to do. connell: right. >> i think we win back voters who maybe expressing some reservation because it is not just that with you it is the end of fracking, higher energy costs, less border security, a weaker military, all the things

that the president has made promises and kept promises he is going to win those voters. connell: on the issue of government-run health care that debate is happening internally in the democratic party in this state right now. so does the opponent matter more than anything else for the president? in other words, if he is facing bernie sanders, you're right, he will have the direct debate. if he is facing pete buttigieg for example, maybe it is not the same conversation, i don't know? >> more muted the debate but it is still there because virtually every democrat running for president wants a much more government-run health care system that hasn't worked in other countries. so, why is it canadians coming to the united states? because they're rationing in canada. yeah are there health care issues we're trying to solve? the president should be looking at congress to move on some of his initiatives. connell: right. >> associated health plans where he tried to push for that but, congress has blocked him. so i think, you know, that is a big issue coming into 2020, no question bit. connell: i hear it, especially

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♪. melissa: elizabeth holmes back in court today. the former theranos ceo trying to dismiss charges. the allegations that she misled patients she argues should be dismissed because the government can't prove that the people that got inaccurate test results were actually harmed. here to discuss is an attorney of course. mark what do you think of the attorney, the fact that you said there are over 20 million pages

of discovery? yikes? >> that's a lot. i have cases at large. i will tell you her chances of success getting motion to dismissed granted about me choosing to invest in her company right now. it is not going to work. the judge will say as many of my motions to dismiss, we'll let a jury decide. that's it. melissa: michael avenatti deciding not to testify in his nike extortion trial. the decision came after the federal judge denied his attempt to limit testimony. the judge says allegations of lies and deseat involving past clients is highly relevant to the case. that avenatti could be questioned about them if he took the stand. not looking good for him, right? >> no. not unless he really wanted to testify. i question whether he did because you know, he may be guilty and through cross-examination, that usually comes out. he need ad reason to tell everybody publicly i wanted to testify but they were going to

let in the stormy daniels stuff and all that other fraud stuff that might make me look bad in front of this jury so i passed. >> right. all the other lies. meanwhile asking for compassion, the justice department is requesting victims of bernie madoff's ponzi scheme to give their opinions on madoff's early release request. i don't know, i can't imagine that a lot of them are going to say yeah, go ahead. but who knows. what do you think? >> first thing they will say, we don't believe he is dying. we've seen his documentation. he has kidney problems? we don't believe it. eastern when he is in the ground they won't believe it. so, no, i do not expect any of them to say we have any interest in supporting them. i don't believe any of them will feel compassion for him. melissa: i always think that has something to do with the government trying to save money or something. maybe his treatment has gotten to be so expensive they feel like if they released him but in theory he doesn't have any money anyway? >> no. melissa: does he have money to

go back to? >> i don't know what he has got but i want to challenge that first point. i don't think anyone, is specially the government wants this guy out, period, even if it costs them more money for treatment. while it is not the best place to get any kind of medical treatment, they can treat most people. not the way i want to be treated but then again i didn't commit fraud like he did. melissa: you think they want to keep him in? >> absolutely. melissa: i know we've talked about others who have gotten out in the same circumstance but it seems hard with the amount of pr this release is getting i don't know what is your bet real quick, do you think he gets out early or do you think they keep him? >> i think his chances of getting out are equal to me investing in that woman's company i said earlier. not happening. >> mark, thank you. i love your decisiveness. awesome. >> thanks. melissa: see you next time. didn't catch the oscars last night? you weren't only one. ratings for the award show hitting all-time lows. bad news for netflix, only winning two of 24 nominations.

where do the academy awards go from here? who better to ask than our own david asman. you're a movie buff. >> i am. >> i didn't consider watching the oscars? >> i have to admit i watched a little bit. i was having dinner with my daughter and her husband and which had a nice time. we came home. we turned on the set. the academy awards were on. i have to admit i wasn't into it. it doesn't have the same feel. first of all, no host. there is nobody to kind of guide it along. no billy crystal-like character who guides it along with a sense of humor. so many with the opposite of a sense of humor. so many deadly serious talks about the world and the problems that we have. phoenix what is up with him, i didn't understand exactly what he was saying. i only saw a repeat of that one. i turned it off by then. there is so much good stuff on television with netflix. it wasn't a coincidence that netflix did pretty well with the exception of "the irishman" which i was not crazy about

anyway. so much you can watch on television, without paying tickets at the theater or people kicking you in the back of the seat, i think people are losing the thrill of hollywood. melissa: definitely. what do you have up on your great show. >> the israeli ambassador to the u.n. he is here about an attempt by the palestinian authority at the u.n. to try to sink the middle east peace deal. he is telling us why that would be a terrible mistake. he will be with us in ten minutes. melissa: look forward to see you at the top. hour. back to connell in new hampshire. connell: melissa, as we continue here, what is that? new hampshire wine. apart from the rest of the world. we'll talk to the owners of the labelle winery. our hosts of the day. only here coming up next.

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♪ just one thing makes me forget ♪ red, red wine ♪ connell: one of the best parts, doing these shows on swing state economy has been introducing you to business owners in the country, that maybe you would not normally see on television. we're able to do that again today, we're at la belle winery, our host for the day in a in --m hearst, new hampshire. she is joined by her husband. this has been great. >> our pleasure. connell: tell us the story, i am -- one thing we like about these types of shows we meet business owners with great personal stories, you were a personal lawyer for years then a light

bulb goes off. >> yes, i took a small vacation, i went to nova scop scotia, i wd into a small winery there one day, killing time. i walked in, i said,oirk my gosh, i think i'm supposed to do this. connell: really. like a vision. >> i said i miss my thing this is my thing. connell: you started how. >> from that day. me,4083 days to get the doors to this winery open, it took a lot to pusha dream forward. connell: and ceasar, how did you get involved. >> we met at work, she told me this dream, i thought she was crazy, and 14 years later still doing it we're proud of it. yoit.

>> you didn't quit your job at fidelity right away. >> no, i still had to pay my bills, i loved my job, i worked hard at if fiddle fidelity dury and then i worked here at night and weekends. connell: how did you know it was working out as well. >> woo started winery in a smaller barn behind our home. so we could work there at night and weekend when kids were slipping it was a time of hard work. and perseverance that is a hallmark of the american dream. connell: a great story, la "law& order: svu" talk about business -- let' let's talk about busine. we have wine here. how is business, looks like you have a marketing tool.

>> business is great, we're in a real growth mode, we're excited to be in position we're in right now, we decided to celebrate our first status this year, we're first -- red and white, fair and balanced. it is a political, no matter who you lov love, you can find a wie here at la belle. connell: people, they take what side job they take politics seriously. >> very good for business. it is you know new hampshire is a great place to live. connell: a lot of people coming to new hampshire, you moved here from -- >> we were from massachusetts. connell: and i saw i was at rallies over weekend. at one point i was at bernie sanders event last night, i

asked if someone was there from new hampshire, good for business, i guess for politics. any plans to expand? >> future for la belle is bright, we're planning an expansion roughly double size of the winery, we bought landa, cross the street. to meet demand of our growing business. we'rwe're excited about that and we'll be launching a television show soonis. connell: is that right, i was thinking about joining television myself. >> you are more than welcome to join us. connell: thank you so, good luck with everything. >> thank you. connell: la belle winery, our host for the day, and terrific hosts, we have one more day here. >> i can't wait to see who wins that was a really inspirational story, she was struck by this idea, this is what i was meant to do and made it happen, now

they doing a tv show that makes me feel a little threatened and slightly jealous, it's all good, bring weinbac wine, back for me. connell: i will. melissa: "bulls and bears" starts right now. david: a fox business alert for you, attorney general william barr is announce a crackdown on sanctuary cities within the hour, he will speak with national sheriff association in the bhel bet way we'll bring -- beltway, we'll bring you details. and president trump on his way to new hampshire, he will beholding a rally less then 24 hours before polls open for first in nation democratic primary, supporters coming from far and wide, they have been camping out for hours for the president's rally. this is "bulls and bears," i am david asman, joining me today, gary