higher, it doesn't hurt to be in gold. cheryl: i saw the gold. i saw the gold. troy, good to see you. of skybridge. [closing bell rings] markets wrapping up the month of august. five straight months we've had the markets higher. i want to say all the major indices up more than 7% for the month. that will do it. connell: all right. it is official, we have the best august for the dow in 36 years. now today we're mixed at the close for the major averages. the s&p was back and forth. looks like it will fall short after new record f it was up at all. nasdaq, time is up, closing again at new highs. second straight record close. 41st record close of the year. and just a great month. good to be with you on a monday, i'm connell mcshane. melissa: we'll take it, i'm melissa francis, this is "after the bell." we start with fox business team

coverage. jackie deangelis is watching the markets, edward lawrence live in d.c. jackie, kick it off for us. reporter: everyone was watching the close very carefully to see which records we get and don't get. the dow had its best august since 1984, even with that 227 point loss that you see there today. now the s&p was vacillating between positive and negative territory. it is ending there with a eight-point loss. by my count that makes it the best august since 1986 which is pretty good as well. looking at nasdaq ending in the green up by 79 points today. let's look for the month overall here. not just for the day. that is where the numbers are really outstanding. you can see across the board gains more than 7% for each of the individual indices, dow, s&p and nasdaq. what happened this month? well it was technology, it was the consumer stocks. it was, you know mix of these kind of propelling us forward. this was not a typical summer where investors sold went away.

no, they actually reinvested in equities as we started to reopen the country and felt more confidence about that with respect to the dow i want to talk about august leaders. we're looking at companies like apple of course, visa, microsoft, home depot. mcdonald's. they accounted for half the dow's more than 2,000-point rally in august. so that is pretty spectacular there. speaking of apple, we had the four for one split today. tesla we had the five for one split as well. we had a little bit of a shift in the dow components. a lot going on here today on an exciting market day but a pretty bang-up august by all accounts, guys. melissa: we love it, jackie. thank you. connell, over to you. connell: all right. president trump, melissa, meeting with the attorney general bill barr. that meeting going on at the white house. we may hear from the president once it concludes. edward lawrence following it all joins us live with the latest. reporter: that meeting is closed to the press going forward here. law and order has been thrust to

the forefront of this election. president donald trump going to kenosha, wisconsin, tomorrow. he will speak with small business owners impacted by riots there. he will speak to law enforcement. they have been reaching out to the family of jacob blake. president saying any type of violence is just unacceptable here. the white house adds the shooting of blake has to be investigated to see exactly what happened. now former vice president joe biden says that he has talked with the family of jacob blake already and they don't want violence in his name. biden says it is the president who is stoking the flames. >> riot something not protesting. loot something not protesting. setting fires is not protesting. none of this is protesting. it is lawlessness, plain and simple. those who do it should be prosecuted. violence will not bring change. reporter: even before the former vice president made his speech in pittsburgh white house press

secretary kayleigh mcenany told report that's the president is not rooting for violence pointing out biden did not care for the violence for 90 days until poles started to turn against him. in an interview with fox news channel, the president saying it is not his america that has this kind of violence. listen. >> biden said again today in pittsburgh that essentially you're not going to be safe in donald trump's america. >> so if it weren't donald trump's america to just use the expression as i'm president, you would have riots like you've never seen. reporter: president trump met about an hour ago, is meeting, started about an hour ago with attorney general william barr about the police shoot national kenosha. he also talked about the overall protests in the cities that the u.s. it has burned small businesses, injured people, gripped the headlines. the white house says operation

legend reduced the violence in kansas city by 1/3 since it started last month. more than 200 people in the city have been arrested in the initial push. it is being mirrored in other cities like fill elf did, st. louis, also baltimore. back to you. connell: edward lawrence live in washington. melissa. melissa: all right. here now is dan henninger from "the wall street journal" he is also a fox news contributor. so, dan, there has been a definite change in tone from the democratic campaign in terms of all this violence. during the convention they were sort of like, it is isolated. just a few cities. you know, protesting, peaceful protesting. a little bit of violence. they kind of ignored it. now they're saying look outside, do you feel safe? this is donald trump's america which is more effective talking point certainly than just dodging it but i would say he went to pennsylvania today. here are some quotes. i watched every minute from his speech. he was reading from the teleprompter he said, this virus

has taken more than 100 years. wait, look, and then one of his other things he said, the declining faith in the birth of our natural future. he paused for a long time. he was really struggling with the script. is my point. he didn't take any questions. it was a little disconcerting. what are your thoughts on their new strategy this week to talk about the violence and blame president trump but to send joe biden out and, he is only following a script, god bless him, he is having a really hard time doing it? >> yeah. the democrats are having a real hard time running this candidacy for sure, melissa. there is know question about it. here we are two months away from the election a little over two months and the democrats are running on fear in donald trump's america f you just roll the tape back, it is quite remarkable. we've been 3 1/2 or more years

for the trump presidency, the democrats first ran against russian collusion, the mueller investigation, the schiff hearings, then it was impeachment. we had an actual impeachment. went on for weeks and weeks, ending earlier this year. they went through their primaries. they were going to run against donald trump's personality. we get to the convention and now, and they are deciding they're going to blame the entire coronavirus, all of covid deaths on donald trump and now because of these protests which are happening in democratic cities, they are going to blame the protests themselves on donald trump in washington. it is really a stretch and to your point about this biden speech, i agree, melissa, at this point in time with these protests, what is going on, i think most americans feel going forward we're going to need a lot of energy in the white house. these are big problems facing us in the here and now and

joe biden is just not, i think this was a big worry for the democrats, now that he is out in public, he is not conveying the kind of energy that it looks like we'll need in a presidency right now. melissa: so let me be the devil's advocate here, play the flipside. if i were the democrats or candidate, this is what i would say. the country's a mess. you look outside the stock market, we have record of a record of a record but things are not going well. you know, do you want things to continue the way they are? maybe we need someone different? that is the argument. you can say it is not the president's fault but that is a pretty simple argument to make. look out the window, things are a wreck? >> well, i think the answer would be, it its going to be up to president trump and his campaign to make, is that, the pandemic was a special event. he is going up presumably to wisconsin tomorrow, talk to small businesses people and

such, make no mistake, melissa, wisconsin, states like wisconsin, benefited enormously from the trump economy those first three years. business was really good as it was in places like pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, nevada and i would expect the president is going to go out and campaign vigorously in those states. he is going to remind them of that. he is going to talk about the steps that the administration has taken on the coronavirus, therapies, the plan to speed up a vaccine. so he at least has a list of things, an agenda and a record to talk about and prosecute aggressively and the question is, how is joe biden going to compare with a president campaigning that vigorously on an agenda and on a record that actually they proved at convention, the republican convention is pretty substantial? melissa: yes. but you're asking people to

remember how things were before things went really badly. do you think that he needs to state very clearly, here are the things i'm going to do in the next few months to turn things around? i want to, he talks about creating 10,000 jobs in 10 months. how? give me the specifics precisely how you're going to do it. final word, dan, does he need to lay that out? >> i think he does have to lay that out and i think president trump has to handle the protests very carefully. shouldn't get too close to any militia or vigilante groups out there. operation legend in conjunction with attorney general barr looks like the right sort of thing to do if you're president. that is the kind of leadership you're hooking for under these circumstances. melissa: yeah. not bill de blasio leadership. dan henninger, thank you so much. connell. connell: more on a 2020 race for the white house that may be tightening. joe biden as you guys were talking about returning to

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♪. melissa: joe biden out on the campaign trail in person. the democratic nominee is in the suburbs of pennsylvania addressing the violence happening across the u.s. hillary vaughn has the details. hillary. reporter: hi, melissa, well suburban voters make up half of the voting demographic. that is way more than rural voters and way more than urban voters which really means this election could be won or lost in american suburbia. president trump is pitching himself as the candidate that will control the chaos, in doing so, is courting the suburban housewife whose support he swept in swing states in 2016. in wisconsin where president trump will be tomorrow, he won 56% of white woman with no college degree last election n

pennsylvania where joe biden campaigned today, 58% of white woman with no college degree swung their support towards trump in 2016. in pittsburgh today biden is on defense, denying that unrest happening in democratic run cities is what would happen under his leadership. >> violence will not bring change. it will only bring destruction. it is wrong in every way. it divides instead of unites, destroys businesses, only hurts working families. reporter: white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany saying today that biden's pivot to law and order, driven by the polls, not safety. >> now all of sudden 90 days later i from the podium talked about law and order. the president talked about law and order repeatedly. because the polling has shifted now it is time for democrats to deny what they said previously and all of sudden focus on law

and order. reporter: trump argues that biden not only put suburban neighborhoods in danger but fundamentally alter them backing a bill by cory booker to change zoning laws to allow multifamily high-rise housing on smaller lots, in neighborhoods where that would not be normally allowed. melissa. melissa: hillary, thank you for that. connell. connell: let's talk more about all of this, the battle for the suburbs with mercedes schlapp, trump 2020 campaign advisor. mercedes, good to see you again, in watching joe biden's speech today, when he said things like the president failed to protect america, referring to covid-19 and now trying to scare america, i think he is talking directly about what hillary was referring to suburban voters. so what is your response to that, this is just scare tactics? >> well it's a bunch of scare tactics by joe biden. let's remember these are democrat-run cities where you even have the mayors of these

cities like portland basically saying, i don't need federal assistance. i'm not going to allow the national guard to come into my city. then what happens? 95, 96 days later we're still seeing rioting happen in portland. and so i think you find that joe biden america is one that would reflect one of these democrat-run cities which where you're seeing rioting, you're seeing looting. for suburbia america it is scary. i'm a suburban mom. the safety of my family, the safety of the families around me are very important and the last thing we need for this violence to continue but let's remember, the violence is being caused by these groups like antifa, these rioters that even joe biden at one point said that these rioters were peaceful protests. he never condemned antifa. so clearly shows joe biden making sure changing his tactic by now saying this is a about

somewhat law and order in his mind but it has taken him a long time to get there. connell: right. he says the president can't stop it. he used the line because he has been fomenting it for years. the president's rhetoric is getting people more fired up rather than calming them down. the argument there seems to be, if you remove president trump, no matter who you replace him with, if you remove president trump things in the country will be calmer. that seems to be what the democrats are saying. what do you say? >> if you're defunding the police i don't see how you see something being calmer. that is what joe biden and the democrats have decided to take this route basically not supporting our police departments. why today the president received the national troopers coalition endorsement. these endorsements from police associations across the country are supporting the president despite, i can name a few, who supported joe biden and president obama back in the day but what they are seeing now is so much chaos on the streets because of these democrat-run

cities and knowing that president trump stands with our police officers, he supports them. wants to insure that they have resources they need in order for them to do their jobs. so i think we have to go back to the fact that it took joe biden a very long time to even address this issue of violence, supporting rioters. we know campaign officials gave money to the minnesota freedom fund. let me tell you some of those individuals that were bailed out of these jails are outright criminals. one is murderer. another is a rapist. these are the type of people that the biden camp supports. connell: let me talk about the race itself for a moment. last time you and i saw each other in person at least, we were both in wisconsin. you were out of campaigning for the president in person. we were out on the campaign trail talking to voters. a lot obviously happened in that state, but in the race since then. a couple weeks. we've had both conventions,

looking at numbers race, the president's side, republicans raising $76 million. joe biden's raising $70 million in the convention. both sides have a lot of money going into the fall campaign, can you give us, because the narrative out there now, a lot of stories being written about it, the race in the battleground states, others is really tightening. what are you seeing in those states, can you give us a state or two where you've seen movement in. president's direction here, whether the message you're talking about maybe is resonating. >> let me start by saying that it has been 671 days since joe biden has gone to wisconsin. so i think that is very telling that you and i have been in wisconsin but joe biden hasn't shown up. but you know, i think when you're looking at these states, we are starting to see a lot of tightening of these races. in fact our internal polls show that the president is leading in some of these targeted states as well as being in the margin of error or tied to joe guiden. one of the interesting points is like minnesota where we've seen

recently the polls being tied. i got to tell you, it is because for a long time we've been building a strong infrastructure on the ground. i mean i can tell you back in maine in 2016, we maybe had one staffer there. now we have an army of people from maine who are volunteering, knocking on doors, making phone calls. and there is so much voter contact across the united states i think it is making a difference. connell: are you saying internals show the president is leading in minnesota? is that what they show? >> i said leading in several of these states or tied. one of these polls, it's a public poll, the president is tied in minnesota. connell: right. so that would be a big one to turn. final thing on wisconsin tomorrow, your thoughts on whether the president should or should not go, a lot of back and forth with local officials including the governor, no, no, what we were talking about earlier, you will make it worse

by coming to kenosha, why make this trip? >> look i think it is important the president as our leader is there to heal our nation. he will meet with community leaders, with law enforcement, basically see the destruction of what these rioters have caused. let's remember these small business owners, many of them minorities where their businesses are being destroyed because of these rioters. many of these rioters are coming from out of their own city, out of town, to cause this disruption. and so the president is there to remind the people of wisconsin that he is the president of law and order. he is there to also help heal the community. it i was part of his job as president and so i think it is important for the president to go to wisconsin and be with the community that is having a very difficult time. connell: all right. mercedes, good to see you again, thank you. mercedes schlapp from the trump campaign. melissa. melissa: all right.

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♪. melissa: historic moment in the middle east. senior u.s. and israeli officials landing in abu dhabi on the first-ever direct commercial flight from israel to the united arab emirates. fox news's tray trey yingst in tel aviv. reporter: the purpose of the flight was to announce earlier in the month about a peace deal between israel and u.a.e. this boeing 737 was an el al plane painted with peace on the side in hebrew, arabic and english.

the plane had to be equipped for missile defense system because it had such high-profile passengers on board. senior advisor jared kushner was joined by the national security advisor robert o'brien. after landing in abu dhabi answered many questions, will this accord to allow u.a.e. to buy f-35 jets from the u.s. this would change the military balance in the middle east. he said it would be discussed between israeli pretty benjamin netanyahu and president trump. it will also include a security cooperation that includes tourism, trade and security issues. they met in jerusalem to discuss the normalization of ties with the emirates. both appeared optimistic that the countries could see future deals including ones with oman and bahrain this deal led to more tension between the israelis an palestinians. we do have breaking news tonight, hamas announced a cease-fire was brokered with the

help of qatari government with factions inside of gaza. that after a month of tension that included rocket fire into israel and ied balloons launched over the border from gaza. additional breaking news from the past few minutes, we're getting reports out of damascus, syria, there are airstrikes taking place in the vicinity of the city. likely attributed to the israelis. melissa? melissa: trey, thank you for that. connell? connell: they're laying the groundwork, melissa, for a potential strike. new york city's teachers union preparing for what will be a huge vote. it could happen within hours if the schools don't meet a series of demands before reopening. plus we're waiting for remarks from president trump and we'll bring you any breaking headlines that come out of the white house during this hour. stay with us for that. a bid for new subscribers netflix says, it will now offer a collection of its original movies and shows to

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earlier today. >> we continue this work every day with the folks working in the buildings, with our administrators, with our educators, with our custodial teams, building staff, food service staff, you name it, everyone is in this together and we're working constantly with the unions that represent the people that do the work. melissa: fox business's david asman joins me now to discuss. david, we're pointing out this case in new york city because it is the news happening right now but we're seeing the same thing all across the country with the l.a. unified school district teachers. >> absolutely. melissa: their union doing the same thing. we don't want to lay this at the feet of teachers, it is the union. what is going on? >> it is hard to pick sides in new york as i imagine it is in most cities. you have on one hand mayor de blasio who is essentially brought this city to its knees in many ways. certainly brought businesses to

their knees. a lot of citizens to their knees with the surge of crime they put at his doorstep, his being responsible for it all but is he against the teachers union in this because they are still concerned about safety issues that may involve starting school again even though we've reached the mayor previously had said he wouldn't open the schools unless we test than 3% positive of those people tested over a seven-day rolling average. in fact the positivity rate is about 1% now and has been for quite a while. so we did fit the standard that was set for an opening of schools. so it will be, if by the way the teachers union does strike, it will be the first strike we've had in new york city since 1975. it is actually illegal for teachers to strike according to something called the new york's taylor law. they could, teachers could be fined twice tir the the pheayhef if inifnt the doo otrike.trtr

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to be tested and tested repeatedly which is not something that is possible in the public school system. in the private school system, some schools are doing that, but they're private and they're requiring parents to do it at their own expense. so if you don't want to pay for your child to be tested to send them to school, you can take them out to send them to public school. you can't really require kids in public school to say your parent must have you tested. there is a cost associated with that. i wonder, i feel like in l.a. unified it was about, you know, they wanted the police defunded. they had all the other demands that had nothing to do with schools. >> right, right. melissa: in new york city it is harder to dig at the bottom of what is really going on here. what is your sense they're fighting about? >> i'm thinking of that old phrase, i can't remember if jim carville came up with it, or some democratic operative, you don't let a good crisis to go to

waste. you try to squeeze out as much as you possibly can. i have a feeling what is happening with the unions. it is horrible that people turn this crisis we're all suffering from into an opportunity for political and financial gain. but i, i can't think because of, i looked at all the details. the city has brought down the covid rate tremendously and it's gone along with the union on number of different things. i just feel because right now the city is on its knees and it is they can squeeze a little more out of it before they give up. i don't think it will go to a strike. like i said it hasn't happened since 1975, but again, i think they're trying to take advantage of a crisis. again you see that happening all over from city to city. you even see it on a national level as well. it's disgusting when people take advantage of a pandemic but i think that is what is going on here. melissa: the thing that is really terrible the families

it's hurting, i have a son in public school, if they don't open and they strike he can stay with me. there are a lot of people who are essential workers who don't have a place for their kids to be if these teachers go on strike. these are, they can't afford it. these are essential workers who don't have a lot of money and that is who gets hurt by it. and these kids in those families. it is just heartbreaking. connell. >> we will, thank you. connell: all right. melissa and david. we go to the crisis now in the windy city as chicago mayor lori lightfoot is unveiling the city's budget forecast as economic uncertainty persists and more protesters take to the the streets in that city. grady trimble live in chicago with the details for us. reporter: connell, mayor lori lightfoot announcing a budget shortfall of 2021 of $1.2 billion. 65% of that she blames on the coronavirus pandemic.

light-foot says we have seen catastrophic collapse of the local and national economy due to the coronavirus and damage to local businesses after the recent looting. to close the gap lightfoot says all options are still on the table and that includes job cuts as well as the dreaded property tax hikes. of course unrest and violence is causing businesses and people to consider leaving the windy city like many cities across the country. there was another protest this weekend t was on michigan avenue. there was no looting this time but the protesters still hit retailers in another way. their goal was to shut down the magnificent mile and they did in some respects. they forced several businesses to close early. several others are boarded up. police superintendent david brown saying that the protesters didn't have the numbers they were expecting and it was peaceful but police were ready for anything to happen. >> have to be right every day, every hour of the day.

we can't, we can't let our guard down for a moment. our strategy is to be prepared for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. all of our retail corridors and to practice that preparation. reporter: several industries in the city still struggling including hospitality, tourism and of course retail after the recent looting. so there is a tough road ahead for this city as its property tax base dilutes as people leave the city. connell? connell: grady trimble in chicago for us today. melissa? melissa: so get out your telescopes. an asteroid wider than a basketball court is being closely monitored by nasa and is expected to fly past earth tomorrow at least 45,000 miles away. officials classify it as an neo, near earth object although its path maintain as safe distance from earth. it is socially distanced.

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sensitive to the business and the importance of keeping the economy going because that could have caused even more problems. he needs to be reelected four more years. i believe when all the chips are in florida is going to stand by him. >> i'm a democrat. i believe in his policies. i believe in the rule of law. we've got an unlawful guy in the office. connell: how do you think it will go in this state? might decide it? >> well this is a, it is kind of turning into a purple state. trump. >> i can't believe that anybody would question the economy it has been. if biden gets in, it will be a total social lyft economy and socialist government. i can't live like that. >> we need somebody to take care of us, take care of the pandemic. put taxes back the way they were and tax corporations and tax people that have money. connell: how do you think florida will go? >> i think it will go for joe biden. connell: a little bit of everything when we were speak towing the voters in

battleground florida. let's bring in nikki fried, florida head of agriculture and consumer services. he is a democrat. the only elected democrat statewide in politics. you obviously know how to win as a democrat in the state. usually, it was the governors race and two senate races. state ag down the line. usually the republican, no matter what the polls show wins at the end in a close race. why would it be different for joe biden versus donald trump? >> i think why joe biden will be able to take florida in november is because he has a plan. he has a plan of how to get our state and our country over this pandemic and how to get our economy back on track. what has happened, donald trump didn't get control of the virus in time. we've seen over 16 million jobs across the entire country lost. nearly half of them won't be ever coming back. so while we're seeing, while the stock market continues to rise,

that is not a snapshot what is happening in our economy. here in the state of florida we're a one trillion economic driver for the country and here in basically based on tourism. until which time the covid is under control, people will not come here to travel to the state of florida. it is 60% decrease last quarter in tourism alone which has dress i can impact on the state. so the people of the state of florida want something different. they want to know the president of the united states has a plan to make sure small businesses, small farmers, are top priority. not the top corporations and stock market. connell: what is that plan as you see it? because, i understand the criticism of the current president. we heard it from some of the voters in florida. i spoke about it earlier this hour with mercedes schlapp from the trump campaign. the criticism, well the president hasn't handled coronavirus but what is the plan from biden as you see it, because the criticism there the plan hasn't been specific enough other than, higher taxes and the

like? what do you see as his plan? >> first and foremost the plan has to be to get covid under control. that is the recognition covid is still present. at rnc there was no recognition covid is in place in the country. we're seeing record deaths here in the state of florida. until we get joe biden has a plan. make sure there is leadership on this make sure he is working with the governors. make sure he is working with the cdc. make sure the message is consistent and clear that is the same problems we had here with governor desantis. there is misinformation coming out of our health department, non-transparency. people all across the state confused whether we're behind, the pandemic is behind us or still to come. we need clear leadership with a message that we're all working together. we're going to get through this together. once you get past and under control -- connell: to that point, sorry to interrupt, but on that point about getting covid under control, what vice president has

said is that he would listen to the experts, listen to the medical experts but in that same vein he said if the advice is to shut down the country so to speak or shut down the economy, shut down business he would do that. is there a political minefield there, because that obviously would hurt the economic recovery. how does that sell, with that type of talk with voters in florida who struggle as you point out economically? the. >> absolutely. it has to be a measured approach. the same reason why i asked for governor desantis to close down our state three weeks prior to him doing so. if we're all going to be in this together. we need to make sure we're in fact in this together. when he was able to, when we were not able to close down the state in time, the pandemic was rampant through our entire state. when we finally closed down we reopened too quickly it didn't have the opportunity to get the control of the virus. you need to have that measured approach. that means you're going in and actually listening to the data points. making sure you're keeping numbers within a certain positivity rating.

you're starting to see spikes closing down. we need tracing. we have had not tracing anywhere in the country. you start seeing a spike in a certain area, you know coming from the gyms, coming from the restaurants, coming from the movie theaters. connell: right. >> if you don't have that, you can't, there is no measured approach. so by listening to the experts, putting more testing into place, which we have decreased significantly across the entire country, put more testing in place, contact tracing, make sure that is effective. make sure you're enforcing regulations actually out there. just because restaurants -- in that capacity, if they're at max capacity we need a regulator to come in say this is not going to help. we need to come in to make sure they are in fact listening to the regulations in place or unfortunately, have some kind of a fines or worst-case scenario close down that specific restaurant. but again, if we don't have the clear leadership saying we need to do this together, there is no way to get this under control. connell: all right. florida just reported fewest

cases of coronavirus since june. you made the point about testing being down as well. we continue the conversation. nikki fried, top ranking democrat in the state of florida. thanks for joining us. melissa. >> president trump set to hold a news conference within the next hour. we'll bring you straight to the white house as soon as it begins. fox business's charles payne is hosting an "america invests together" virtual town hall. joining charles is special guest and founder of bar stool sports, dave portnoy. they will answer your questions about how you can take control of your own wealth and investments. are you a millenial or gen-zer who wants to learn how to get rich? we want to show you how you can do it yourself. send a video of yourself to fox business on facebook, instagram, or email that video to us at ininvestedinyou@foxbusiness.com.

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♪ ♪ connell: college students are looking for new jobs. usually there are opportunities from the work at a dining hall of library or some other business on campus, but, you know, this year it's different. gotta kind of think outside the box. gerri willis joins us with the details. >> it's way different, connell, no doubt about it. college students facing a weak job market particularly for the kinds of skills they have. because of coronavirus and the pandemic, they're becoming more creative than ever before to make money. studies show one-third of students lost their job because of the pandemic, and i'm thinking ra, if you're a bartender, if you're a waitress, if you work in the lunchroom like i did. now tamareck sweat tapped her creativity, she's a sophomore at texas a&m, and she started a

custom clothing business where she runs from her apartment near campus. listen. >> i do have to pay rent, and i have a light bill, and i have to also juggling and school stuff as far as books and all this other stuff that college requires. so i knew i needed money. >> now, her cousin lent her the money to start her venture, and in july she bought a cotton cloth and heat press. she takes orders from students at over 30 universities. most of her business is done on instagram where she sells sweat shirts. back to you. connell: all right, thank you. it's interesting because you do have to get creative in these times. so different in so many ways whether it's college or just, you know,ing everybody's job. so thank you, gerri willis looking into that. thanks, everybody, for joining us once again, we appreciate it.

we will be back here at the same time tomorrow. as we said, this is the last day of trading for august, and what a month. the best month for the dow jones industrial average since way back in 1984. all right, we'll see you guys tomorrow. it's "lou dobbs tonight" that starts right now. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. president trump today holding a meeting on law and order in democrat-run cities facing runaway violence, meeting with his top law enforcement heads at the white house. in that meeting attorney general william barr and dhs secretary chad wolf, planning to stop further violence. the meeting follows another weekend of anarchy and violence across much of the country. police in chicago reporting 54 people shot, 10 of them were killed. two police officers and a teenag