another high. as we watch all the names, thanks for the voice of reason, chris. [closing bell rings] it is another record for the s&p and nasdaq. a big move, call it froth. it is what it is. yet mirroreds here. with gold spiking in the final few minutes that will do it for "the claman countdown." we'll see you tomorrow. melissa: the longest record streak of the year. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq closing at new highs. it is the fourth straight record close for the s&p and the fifth for the nasdaq. i'm melissa francis and this is "after the bell." hey, connell. connell: hey there, melissa, i'm connell mcshane reporting from beautiful savannah, georgia. we continue our swing through the swing states. georgia politics have been reliably red over the years but the democrats have been hoping to change that and we'll talk a lot about that coming up on the show but first here our top stories as we begin with fox business team coverage. a lot to talk about.

lauren simonetti watching those markets, blake burman standing by at the white house and hillary vaughn is in baltimore where the vice president is expected to address the republican national convention this evening. lauren, we start with you. lauren: hey, connell. tech certainly led the way today, but that wasn't all. manufacturing remained strong. orders for the big expensive items surging last month and hopes for a vaccine alive and well. moderna says new trial data that the vaccine candidate built immunity older patients. that lifted sentiment. the dow rising a quarter of 1%. s&p 500, four straight record closes. the nasdaq, five straight. above 11,600 for the very first time. all-time highs, amazon, alphabet, microsoft, and facebook. yes another record close for apple at $506 a share. look at sales force, guys. these gains are incredible.

investors cheering they raised the full-year guidance. imagine if right now sales force were in the dow jones industrial average. it would be up a lot more than a quarter of 1% today. that move happens next week. look, despite the outsized gains from the tech world. the bulls hopeful that monetary policy remains accommodative. fed chair jay powell speaks tomorrow at the virtual jackson holcim pose yum. i can't be all cheery. travel stocks, look at this, they got whacked today. american airlines cutting 30% of overall staff come october. the cruise lines sinking. carnal canceling some of their cruises into next year -- carnival. connell: lauren, thank you. vice president mike pence will headline the republican national convention tonight. he will speak from fort mchenry. hillary vaughn live in baltimore with the preview for us. hillary. reporter: hi, connell. tonight's theme is "land of heroes." vice president pence will speak

at fort mchenry, the battle site made popular during the war of 1812 and inspired "the star-spangled banner. we're suggesting the permit for the event suggesting there could be a live audience. we're expecting to hear emphasis on president trump's foreign policy accomplishments and also talk about national security. we're expecting to hear from a lot of everyday heroes, people that protect us from law enforcement to military veterans but last night it was really blue-collar workers and businesses that stole the show. after talking about from business people from wisconsin to maine, talked about how they are better off under president trump than they were under obama-biden. >> four years ago the obama-biden administration used the antiquities act to ordered thousands of square miles of ocean off limits to commercial fisherman. they did it to cater to environmental activists. as long as trump is president, fishing families like mine will

have a voice. if biden wins, he will be controlled by environmental extremists. reporter: president trump reversed that decision and ended eu tariffs on lobster that taxed their products up to 20%. so far democrat ric nominee joe biden stayed silent this week until now. what the lobsterman had to say bothered biden enough to directly tweet against the president. president trump can try to shift blame all he wants, the fact is maine's hard-working lobstermen are hurting under his watch. they deserve better. the biden campaign made the state of the economy a flashpoint in his election n his address though white house economic advisor larry kudlow made the case against biden's pledge to eliminate tax cuts. >> this is no time for a 4 trillion-dollar tax hike. coming out of the deep pandemic, who in their right mind would pick the pockets of taxpayers and drain money from their wallets and purses?

reporter: connell, we also have a new event on the biden campaign schedule. tomorrow the vice presidential democratic nominee, kamala harris will deliver a live reboughtal to pence's speech tonight. connell? connell: let me go back to the speech, hillary, the vice president will make tonight for a moment. looks like you're there in the inner harbor in baltimore which is a pretty place. what about people allowed into fort mchenry last night? last night there was a audience in the rose garden for the first lady's speech. what will it be like tonight. reporter: we're waiting for more details about that. there are indications there will be a live audience set there. it cobe going along with the theme of tonight, veterans in attendance as well as law enforcement officials. that is really let focus of tonight's event. we're waiting to see who will be in attendance tonight. but it does look like they are making preparations and accomodations for that to happen.

connell? connell: all right. interesting. we will watch it. thanks, hillary vaughn in baltimore. melissa. melissa: here now is charlie hurt. he is "the washington times" opinion editor and he is also a fox news contributor. charlie, let's talk about the case both sides are making on the economy. "wall street journal" for one with the headline saying remember the trump economy, his pre-covid-19 record gives him a clear edge over obama-biden but i wonder how well does that sell right now? does anybody remember their life before this virus and the lockdown? >> no, it is a good question and that is obviously the enormous challenge that i think the trump campaign has right now but i think that the way they're going about doing it and making these arguments where they go and get people who do remember the economy, not only under president trump, prior to this, but also the economy under president obama and

vice president biden before that and it all, it really does all come down to the whole issue of you know, do you want the federal government in charge of everything or do you want people to be able to take more money home, make more decisions, cut more red tape, let, let people make those decisions that create an environment where you have some of the lowest unemployment in history? you have wages going up and one of the hottest stock markets we've ever seen. melissa: yeah. i mean, i wonder if people remember their life before covid and do they remember their life under as you said, obama-biden? we saw median income fall almost the entire time through those eight years. only in the final year that began to turn around. the divide between rich and poor got further apart. we saw the slowest recovery from a recession in history, for as

long as they have been keeping track of these things. all those data points i just mentioned were from the federal reserve about the obama-biden economy. >> right. melissa: under president trump wages for hourly workers were rising twice the rate of their bosses and their managers but, you're asking people to remember way back when and compare to how are they doing right now. >> yeah. melissa: as larry said, who in their right mind would raise taxes right now on anyone? is that maybe the best argument? >> oh, i think it is. i think it is a very important one but it is also, you know, in this hotly, hotly partisan environment where everything is politicized there are certain things that really don't, shouldn't be politicized, like i don't know, a dropping unemployment rate is a good thing under, no matter who is president. that is something that we want

but i almost fell out of my chair during the democratic convention because of course the slowest recovery on record is a absolute fact. it is not, this is not an opinion. the data shows that but to listen to the biden campaign talk about it, they called it the longest recovery in history. well i guess you could call the slowest recovery the definitely the longest recovery as well. if you're walking from here to washington, d.c., it would be the longest trip you had ever been on but it would also be a pretty hard walk. melissa: yeah. an pretty painful. one of the most compelling arguments too that the trump administration could make, i don't know, tell me if you think they made it strongly enough, right now as you're trying to reopen your business and trying to get back to work and trying to get your kids back to school, has government been the answer for you, or has it been the problem as you try to figure things outgoing forward and regulations keep changing and

all the rules keep changing and frustrating businesses left and right? do you think that the trump administration is making that argument. >> i think that actually is the most important argument that they can make. even when we start talking about whether or not the plus-up, the extra $300 a week unemmoment insurance, all of these things, you know, making extra money in a given week is not going to help president trump. what matters is, that people get back to work and the economy keeps going. he does not win re-election unless the economy gets back up and going in the right direction. when you have -- melissa: yeah. >> joe biden and democrats talking about passing federal mandates requiring everybody to wear masks, i think that versus donald trump just talking about the economy, getting people back to work, getting, you know, some semblance of normalcy, that is where they will win the election. it is where, and i also think it

is where joe biden makes terrible mistakes talking about things like a federal -- what are they going to do arrest people, for not wearing masks? how is that going to work? how will that solve the problem with rioting these days? melissa: yeah. i mean he says he is perfectly comfortable with shutting the whole entire economy down again so that is terrifying as well. charlie hurt, thank you. connell, over to you. connell: melissa, more on tackling covid-19. the president had a meeting with medical professionals in the last hour at the white house as the administration looks to fast track authorization of astrazeneca's vaccine. blake burman live from the north lawn with the details on that. blake? reporter: hi, there, connell. we have movement on the front lawn. you caught me off-guard there but president trump over here at the white house meeting in the past hour, at least expected to be meeting with medical experts. i'm told they were experts who have been advising the white house coronavirus task

force over last week and several months. as the white house tries to continue the push down the medical lane down covid-19, there is also no movement whatsoever at all on the economic side of things. as we heard from the white house chief of staff today mark meadows, he gave an interview with "politico" which the chief chief of staff he doesn't expect a deal between white house democrats or congressional republicans until the end of september. that by the way is the deadline to fund the federal government as well. meadows saying if there is not a deal, then the president could potentially issue an executive order to try to shore up the airline industry. >> we may, we're looking at other executive actions. i think everybody every time they hear we're going to do executive actions they don't believe me. we've got four executive actions that actually the president took. we'll take a few others. reporter: looking around, there is a lot going on here at the white house, connell, as you can

imagine. vice president mike pence will be the signature event today as you saw from hillary. he will give his speech tomorrow night down the road in fort mchenry and tonight, rather. tomorrow night president trump will headline the rnc back over here at the white house. connell? back to you. connell: really badly want to ask you a follow-up question what is happening there. something tells me -- reporter: no, i can tell you, it was eric trump walking down the driveway. i was looking around to figure what was going on, what he was saying, connell mcshane pops in my ear. hello. connell: you never know who will walk by. blake burman at the north lawn, busy north lawn. battleground georgia coverage will continue throughout the hour. we spoke to voters here in savannah about the state of play in georgia. we connected with a local business owner who was on the show in april talking about her reexperience opening a salon in the height of covid-19.

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♪. connell: back here what could be the new swing state, georgia one of the traditionally red states that president trump won in 2016 but the democrats are hoping to turn it blue. they're looking to capitalize on mr. trump's struggles with suburban voters near cities like savannah and atlanta. the latest polls show a dead-heat between the president and challenger joe biden. as we got around town speaking to voters there are potential warning signs for the presidency but we also found president trump maintains plenty of support in this area. tell me. tell me why? >> definitely the economy. connell: what about taxes? >> taxes are good with

republicans. that is what shifted. i was democrat all my life. once i got older to open businesses up, definitely a shift. >> first time ever, democratic voter. connell: whoa. >> too much nonsense. too much bs. too many lies. done with it. connell: you voted republican? >> all my life. i think biden is capable. again he is, as many people say, everybody is not super enthusiastic about him, but he is capable. he is a known quantity. i don't fear that he is going to go way left or anything like that? so, i think we need to straighten up the house and trump's not the guy to do it. >> i would rather trump than biden. with everything i've been told about biden, i don't think he would be a good president. >> both of them are actually on the same level of ignorant. connell: really? >> in my opinion. connell: you don't like either one. >> no, i don't? connell: will you vote? >> i wish there was a candidate worth voting for. i mean trump he is actually

supporting us a little bit here and there but he is not pushing what we really need and biden, all i see is lies. >> hope things change because right now we are definitely in a situation where this country needs some help. connell: what would you like to see change in this country, biggest change you would like to see? >> biggest change for me is self-respect when it coming to people. you know, here it is, living here in the south, we have so much racial discrimination. now in all honesty seemed like it never went away. connell: georgia is the only state that has two senate races this year. that is something that we'll focus on a little bit later this hour. a lot of people are watching that as well. right now though, following up with a small business owner in the area, we had spoken to the new era salon owner, janet stafford, back in april. that was just days before she reopened the business after the

covid shutdown. we caught up with her again in person while on the road in savannah. we spoke, shannan, right before you were going to open this facility this, salon. i know a lot of people were nervous at the time how it was going to go in georgia. how are you doing? >> so far so good. we have not had any corona cases from the staff or the clients. so that is definitely a plus. we've been trying to make sure that we implement social distancing, just to insure the safety of not only the staff but the clients as well. connell: are you surprised about how well things were going? i know you're probably a little worried back then, right? >> definitely, i was really worried, especially the unknown as far as how the business was going to proceed once we opened the doors. i was anticipating business probably slowing down tremendously but by my surprise it has been, it has been doing very well. connell: so it is a little lower

than pre-covid levels, about the same? how is your volume? >> it has been, we've been doing pretty good. it has been really -- it picked up. connell: really? >> yes. connell: that is funny. you would think people would be reluctant to come in or maybe some people? >> definitely. more of control. i think they feel safer because it's a more controlled environment. we can implement the social distancing making sure we're sanitizing, we're cleaning the areas properly and different things of that nature. connell: all right. thanks to shannon for speaking with us there. it is interesting always to hear from the small business owners when we're in areas like this. as she said, melissa, business so far so good after reopening. >> that is wonderful to hear. thank you. getting the louis vuitton from the same place you get your toothpaste and books? amazon reportedly moving ahead with plans to launch its own luxury brand platform set to

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♪. connell: there is a "fox business alert" from the world of basketball. the milwaukee bucks refusing to come out of the locker room in their playoff game against the orlando magic in the nba bubble. we have multiple reports that the team is actually boycotting their game. they will not play. this all a protest aimed to draw attention to the jacob blake shooting in kenosha, wisconsin. nba playoff boycott. melissa. melissa: threatening to bring an unsurvivable surge. hurricane laura is now a category 4 storm, battling towards the texas louisiana border. go to jeff flock live in west

lake louisiana, with the latest. jeff? reporter: preparing for the worst. i'm at the phillips 66 refinery just outside of lake charles. much of the u.s. refining capacity shut down as well as a lot of other things shut down right now. melissa, take a look at perhaps some of the preparations. they are almost done to completion. all of the sandbagging, all the evacuating, all the boarding up and the rest. we got our first squall. right now we're in a bit of a lull. then comes a real test overnight as the storm comes in at a much greater intensity level than anyone forecast earlier on. so where that leads, we'll see. if you look at the potential track of this storm, you see that where it is expected to go, at least according to the national hurricane center, that is right where we are, right pretty much on the texas, louisiana border. we're just to the east of the border. why?

because upper east and right quadrant is usually where the most intense effects are. we like to show you just how bad things are. we'll do that as the storm comes in overnight and tomorrow. as for the evacuations, yeah, you know, folks here have been through a lot of hurricanes. i think they're starting to get the picture that they don't want to be through this one. take a listen. >> i am nervous about the winds, the waters, the flooding, everything, just the breaking and i don't, i'm nervous. i'm very nervous. i'm trying to hold my composure but i'm nervous. i have not been sleeping. i've been up pacing trying to make sure everything is held down. it is kind of scary. reporter: well, she is scared. she is probably a smart one. you should be scared of this storm. i leave you, melissa with a picture of the phillips 66 refinery shut down as most of

the refineries along the gulf coast are as we speak. about 80% of the refining capacity on the coast now out of action. how quickly it comes back? that is to be determined overnight when the storm comes ashore. we'll see. melissa: we'll have to see the damage, definitely, but it's really bad. everybody there getting to safety. jeff flock, thank you for at that. be careful, my friend. reporter: will do. melissa: fighting to get kids back on the field. how coaches and parents are coming together to fight the red tape in new york city among other places. plus no touching. alaska airlines adding new options on its mobile app for what they're calling a touch-free travel experience. letting passengers preorder food and beverages, print bag tags, get boarding passes that can be scanned from six feet away. more from connell on the road. wheels mcshane. what have you got going on?

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♪. melissa: let kids play ball, for goodness sake. that is the rallying cry heard from parents and coaches all across new york. it comes after the parks department said it won't issue permits for public fields or ballparks for youth sports because of what they're calling safety concerns. the policy though keeps the fields open to the public but without oversight or schedules, it will likely lead to, you can imagine a whole set of problems, thank you, government. my next guest is helping to lead the fight against the city. she is the executive director and founder of south bronx united. thank you for joining us. what is so stupid about this, among other things is the fact that these parks are open. kids are practicing. adults are there. people are socially distanced. all this not happening as they won't give you the permits so you can plan a season and schedule games. is that right?

>> yeah, exactly. thanks so much for having me. yeah, this is one of the toughest things about it, the parks department cited health and safety concerns for the reason not to give out permits. but the fields are still open. we can look online to see videos and drive by, walk by fields, there is often crowds there. folks without masks on. not maintaining social distancing. we've seen some unauthorized events with people standing side by side no one wearing masks. if we give permits to youth programs like mine, south bronx united, many others on board with this, we have safety plans in place to make sure that the, that we're following the city's, state and cdc guidelines in the parks and providing safe programing for our youth, which makes the parks safer overall. melissa: yeah. it makes you wonder why it is really happening.

to the naked eye, maybe they don't want liability of having people there but they do have the liability because it is open. you guys are the ones bringing your teams there. if a kid was to get infected, parents would be looking to you, not to the parks department, hey, i paid for my kid to go play this sport and now they're sick. you guys have dealt with all of that. so i wonder are they just not working? is that what the problem is? the people that would be doing the permits aren't in the office and so maybe that's why the reason why they're not issuing them? do you have any visibility on that? >> you know we're not really sure. i mean we know, as far as we know, the permit people are in office working. they have been the ones that first communicated with us that, that they weren't giving out permits. and we have had contact, different groups had contact with permit coordinators in different offices. as far as we know they're still working. there is no additional cost. beyond that, providing permits

to youth. we use the programs and we'll do the work of enforcement that is not happening in the park by having our programs out on the fields and implementing plans, across the board follow, already follow new york state reopening guidelines for sports and recreation. we make sure that youth maintain social distancing when they're not playing, wearing masks at all times, except when they're actively playing, making sure spectators are off the field. and helping with contact tracings anything like that that would need to happen if there were any issues that arise. melissa: yeah. i mean i know that the governor issued a new statement earlier this week. he was trying to get sports back on to the field, saying that competition could happen. i understand that had to do with high schools, as opposed to the independent leagues. when you push back, what kind of a response have you gotten?

especially if we're talking about health, you have kids outside running around getting exercise, playing against each other. as a mom i talked to so many moms where we've seen our kids, you know gain weight, get out of shape because they're being forced to stay outside and their sports have been taken away. they're playing video games. they're inside. so they're eating more. so it actually a detriment to their health that they're not letting them go outside into the fresh air and have these sports and this recreation with each other. what do they say to you when you push back on them? >> yeah. we've received mostly silence so far from the mayor's office and from the park's department. so we have 118 organizations that signed onto our letter, represent more than 60,000 participating children across the city. we've had nine elected officials sign on to the, endorse the letter as well so far.

but from the mayor's office and from the park's department we haven't heard much of a response yet aside from restating what was initial emails, for health and safety concerns. we're trying to push back, get a response from them and hopeful that these points that you're making really strike a chord. i think it is really important what you just said, this is, this is a physical health, mental health, social, emotional well being issue for our children. they have been stuck inside for six months. we fully understood the reasons for that, and supported that through the spring and through the summer with our infection rate the lowest point it has been in six months. this is the time to get kids back out with bars, restaurants, reopening, with gyms and bowling alleys reopening. we want to get children's programs out there. why should the children and youth be prioritized last? that is really what we're pushing for.

one other point i really want to make. this is equity issue. at south bronx united we represent young people and children in the lowest, district with the highest poverty rate in the entire nation. with most, most impacted by covid-19, by the unemployment rate, by the rising gun violence. these are youth that really need something to do and they need to be able to get back out on the field. they don't have the means, the financial means to go travel outside of the city to join other programs that are costly and require transportation, to go out to other fields in westchester and long island and other places. they are here in the city. these youth and families that we need to be looking out for them the most. and that is another reason why i think so important and really needs to be taken account from the city. melissa: that is a great point and i hope people see this

interview. andrew, thank you, keep us posted. let us know what happens. appreciate it. connell. connell: melissa, ohio, wisconsin, georgia, sounds kind of strange, but the democrats are looking to put this state in play in the 2020 presidential race. we have a congressman coming up who has been in elected office more than 25 years talking about whether or not it could happen, whether it might shift the balance of power in washington. we'll be right back. my name is joe.

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♪. connell: so if georgia really is a 2020 swing state it could very well determine control of senate. something investors are watching. they have two senate races that might be close. david perdue is running for general election against democrat jon ossoff. also for retiring senator johnny

isakson. kel law letter kelly law letter is trying to remain in the race. first we have the republican side of it, congressman buddy carter. congressman carter met us in a park in savannah area with a socially distanced interview. he pushed back on the idea that georgia is a swing state. is georgia a swing state. >> i feel like georgia is a red state. people argue it is a purple state. it may be headed in that direction. i maintain it's a red state. i think republicans will perform quite well in the state. i think the president will do very well. connell: as we're watching the presidential election, one of states we're watching senate races there are two. kelly loeffler and senator purdue's race. that could be key in control of

senate. >> our senior senator, david perdue, contrast to the opponent. his opponent has no experience whatsoever. david perdue is ceo. has business experience. has six years in washington where he has been draining the swamp. he has been doing his job. that should go his way without any problem although he is working hard as he should. we all should. only two-ways to run unopposed and scared. he understands that. the other race is fill unexpired term of johnny isakson, our beloved senator who retired last year. kelly leffler is running in that jungle election along with doug collins who is colleague of mine in the house, a fine fellow. both are great republican candidates. i'm sure we'll be able to elect one of those. connell: one thing i noticed watching those races versus the presidential race. we came from north carolina the opposite dynamic is at play.

the president is polling better, senator tillis is running for re-election. not here. the president is not polling as well as local republicans. do you read anything into that or can tell us why that might be the case? >> once the president gets message out about security and safety, i think that will appeal to suburban women. no question they have a concern. if you look at the news, you see what is going on in the major cities, suburbs around atlanta, it even happened in at lant that that will be the deciding factor there. i think that means a lot to them. they will take that into consideration. i think the president will be fine. i think he will perform quite well. connell: all right. live now to matt lieberman, running as one of the democratic candidates in the special election we talked about. matt, thank you for coming on with us. you're living in georgia. you're a lawyer. you worked as a school principal, run as a democrat in this state over the years is never been easy.

stacey abrams ran and almost won. republicans usually win in the end. why is it different in 2020? >> i'm running, for one thing, to answer statistically going on. one, demographics are moving in a very positive direction for democrats which is to say just diverse representative group of people have been moving into the state of georgia over the last couple of decades. so that's one. the other thing, the other trend that helps is that georgia gop has also been moving in a politically helpful direction for democrats which is to say, literally as far right as hard right as you could go. that is great for the republican base but that leaves probably 60% of georgians kind of scratching their heads and, it is a tremendous opportunity for the right democrat to win this race with the democratic base and with a lot of folks in the middle and romney republican types as well. i feel like i'm in a great position to do that.

connell: you're in a very crowded race, in a special election the way it works out, 20 some people running in it or whatever ends up being. you run into controversy yourself the chairwoman of the party, democratic party was critical of a novel you wrote a few years ago, supposedly had a racist character in it. that prompted even some democrats say you should drop out of this race. so how do you, how do you react to that and are any plans to drop out? >> no, i have no plans to drop out. look, you know, this is just a sign of what politics is in 2020. look, my main democrat opponent, reverend warnoch, major surrogates of his called me a racist. for what? after scharre lotsville, reaction to charlotte asville, antiracist novel. it has about racist characters who shockingly say racist

things. somehow they say i'm a racist. it doesn't bother me as a person because i know who i am. it bothers me as a citizen because it is a prime and awful example of the kind of distraction and divisiveness, racial divisiveness, problem in our politics. people care about the economy. they care about whether their kids can safely go to school. they care about a health care system that will deliver quality and affordability. they don't care about this nonsense. all we've been getting from washington and washington types is a bunch of nonsense. people are sick of it. that is why i'm running. connell: we'll watch the race very closely. as i said it could help determine control of the senate. matt lieberman. joe lieberman's son running in the state of georgia. melissa, back over to you. melissa: dueling theme parks. fewer parkgoers are visiting walt disney world. it it's rival universal orlando,

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connell: fox business alert, more developments now in the nba, the houston rockets and oklahoma city thunder also planning to boycott their game tonight, game five of their series in the nba playoffs, same move that we told you about earlier in the hour from the milwaukee bucks, this all follows the shooting of jacob break in wisconsin. we have a cnn report that all the nba games tonight will be postponed, so we'll continue to follow that.

back now to the voters here in georgia. >> i think i'm voting for biden this year. connell: tell me why. >> i just think he's a better choice. he has prior experience in the white house. connell: what do you think of president trump? he's been there for four years now. >> what i think of president trump? well, you know, or i think he's done good things for the economy. however, i don't think he's fit to be president for the uping election. -- upcoming election. >> he does say some crazy stuff, but who doesn't? i'm glad to have someone who keeps it honest. connell: if you had to vote today, trump or biden? >> i'm really not sure. connell: undecided? will you vote? >> i lean more conservative, so i'll probably enup voting for trump. >> they all say the same thing. the democrats say one thing, the republicans say the other thing, and they don't do what they're supposed to do. they get in there, they change their mind, so i they really need a president that's going to be for everybody. connell: all right. well, most of the people we've

been talking to throughout the hour from here in savannah about whether georgia really a swing state. stacey abrams almost won but didn't. if this state's a a swing state, president trump's in trouble. any model says if he loses georgia, he's probably having a really rough night. if you believe the polls are going to tighten after the conventions, then georgia would stay red, and, you know, the president would keep it in his camp. we have found a decent amount of support for him here, but it's been closer the last few elections. melissa: yeah. i mean, it's interesting because everything those people said was basically true, and then you sort through it and kind of decide who you're going to vote for. like he says some crazy things but you know where he stands, the economy got better, i don't know, i mean, it was just -- and then nobody ever does what they're supposed to once they get into office, they make promises and then they don't do it -- connell: yeah. melissa: all those comments were

spot on. it's interesting to see where people land though. i think lap on different candidates -- land on different candidates after they say those things. connell: just depends on which side turns them out. boy, savannah is a beautiful place. we will see you tomorrow from jacksonville, florida. it's "lou dobbs tonight" that starts right now. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. the repalin party's national -- republican party's national convention in its third night, and president trump is moving higher in the polls. rasmussen today finding president trump and china joe biden in a virtual tie. biden, 46% support. president trump, 45%. biden's support has slipped two point since the close of his disastrous democratic national convention. president trump's rising in the polls, correlating with a strong and resounding message this week from his party. unlike joe biden, this president stands wit t