are trying to give alternatives. instead of using your head, use your shoulder, your upper chest. >> dana: but not your hands because that's not allowed. thank you for joining us. i am dana perino. see you on "the five." here now, brit hume. >> brit: from the fox news deck in new york city, and brit hume. today transcripts released. democratic chair of the house intelligence committee revealing testimony from a couple witnesses in the impeachment investigation. federal appeals court rules it's time for president trump to turn over his taxes. his lawyer say they are not finished fighting. will the highest court in the land take up that case? maybe walter white is still kicking. a new drug is killing americans and you will hear what we know about meth 2.0. "fox news reporting starts now. house democrats leading the impeachment inquiry into president trump have released the first transcript from their

closed-door interviews. test money from two witnesses. from a u.s. investor to ukraine marie yovanovitch and former senior advisor to secretary of state michael pompeo, michael mckinlay. according to the documents, mckinley told lawmakers he resigned partly because of his concerns for his -- of the administration's efforts to procure "negative political information." question: i think you've also said part of the reason why you decided to resign was that you couldn't be blind to what was happening and what was happening was efforts to use the state department to dig up dirt on a political opponent. is that fair? mckinley responds "that's fair." if i can underscore and 37 years in the foreign service in different parts of the globe and working on many controversial issues, working ten years in washington, i've never seen that." president trump however it has repeatedly said he's done nothing wrong. we have fox team coverage from

capitol hill. kristin fisher on the witnesses who did not show up today but first to gillian turner with more on the transcripts. hi, jillian. >> breaking this afternoon the intelligence committee has started releasing those transcripts of depositions held over the last few weeks in a secure facility behind me on capitol hill. we are learning things for the first time. we are learning and testimony from the former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, she told impeachment investigators that it was actually ukrainian officials who told her about rudy giuliani's efforts to have her removed from her position. she says basically it was people in the ukrainian government he said the former prosecutor general was in communication with mayor giuliani and that they had plans and they were going to, you know, do things, including to me. intel chairman adam schiff spoke to us a few moments ago and said this. >> someone who also is one of

the first witnesses to this irregular back channel that the president established with rudy giuliani and the damage it was doing to america's national security and foreign policy interests. >> ambassador michael mckinley, senior advisor to secretary of state pompeo told investigators he resigned after weeks of raising red flags with officials about the way the u.s. policy was handling ukraine. policy towards ukraine. specifically he took issue with what he describes as an effort to try to get ukraine to investigate president trump's political rivals. mckinley says he was most concerned about "the engagement of our mission to procure negative political information for domestic purposes. in the failure i saw it in building for support for our professional cadre in a particularly trying time." republican jim jordan says mckinley wasn't even that involved.

>> mr. mckinley wasn't involved in this situation. as i said, the fundamental facts have never changed and will never change. we seen the transcript. everyone that's been able to read it, that's the best evidence nothing, no quid pro quo, no conditions were in play. >> adam schiff told fox news about an hour ago to expect a lot more transcripts to be released publicly over the coming days. he said first up is ambassador kurt volker tomorrow and then investor gordon sondland. >> brit: thank you. team fox coverage continues. kristin fisher on capitol hill on the witnesses who did not show up today. >> this was not much of a surprise. four white house officials defied the subpoenas from democrats and did not show up today. chairman adam schiff says this is just one more example of president trump allegedly attempting to obstruct congress' investigation. >> as has been the case with

other witnesses, this will be further evidence of an effort by the administration to obstruct the lawful and constitutional duties of congress. >> here the witnesses that did not show up. national security lawyer john eisenberg and michael ellis, white house aide robert blair and brian mccormick from the office of management and budget. democrats were especially interested in questioning john eisenberg who took the step of moving the transcripts of the call with the president of ukraine into the white house is most classified computer system. several other depositions are set for this week, including the former nationall national securr john bolton. fox told it's possible but not probable he will show up. >> brit: the impeachment inquiry whistle-blower is offering to provide written answers to lawmakers questions. what do you know about that? >> it's coming from the whistle-blowers attorneys. they say they see it as a bit of a concession, wave answers and

questions from lawmakers, republican lawmakers in particular without compromising or exposing the whistle-blowers identity. but president trump believes he deserves to meet his accuser face-to-face in person. he wants to make the whistle-blowers identity public and he tweeted today that written answers are not acceptable. house republicans meanwhile, they are more on the fence about it. listen to how congressman jim jordan explain why republicans would prefer to hear from the whistle-blower in person. >> part of determining someone's motivation and credibility and potential bias is to be able to look them in the eye and see how they react to questions. after all, we are talking about the impeachment, potential impeachment of the president of the united states. >> democrats say they do not need to hear from the whistle-blower in person. they say that because so many other witnesses have already corroborated large portions of

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vance jr. the president's attorneys argue the president should be immune from state prosecution. in a 34 page ruling judges say "we conclude presidential immunity does not bar the enforcement of a state grand jury subpoena directing a third-party to produce nonprivileged material even when the subject matter under investigation pertains to the president. they went on to say there is no obvious reason why state could not begin to investigate a president during his term and with the information secured during that search, ultimately determine to prosecute him after he leaves office. manhattan district attorney cyrus vance jr. said he's going to delay the enforcement of the subpoena for ten days while the president's attorney's appeal. jay sekulow sang in a statement to fox news they are going all the way to the top. saying "the decision of the second circuit will be taking to the supreme court. the issue raised in the case goes to the heart of our republic, constitutional issues

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that's inappropriate for the president to do, according to our latest polling. >> brit: thank you. former president jimmy carter is teaching sunday school again less than two weeks after he fell and broke his pelvis. the 95-year-old gave a lesson on life after death at a baptist church in plains georgia, his home town south of atlanta. president carter and his wife roselyn stayed for the service and saying along to hymns. jimmy carter is the oldest former president. 40 years ago today during mr. carter's presidency, iranian militants stormed the u.s. embassy in tehran. one of the americans held hostage for 444 days has his captors would hold "mock execution" and keep him blindfolded for days on end. i will speak to him live coming up. ry year.

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>> brit: chinese state media blaming the "savage behaviors and rioters in hong kong" for another weekend of violence there. they are urging police to get tougher, as video for the weekend shows police firing tear gas and water cannon on people. this has been the scene for five months now in hong kong where people are demanding more democracy and less interference from beijing. police say they arrested more than 300 protesters over the weekend which was one of the bloodiest yet. witnesses say a beijing man went on a stabbing spree and bit of the ear of a pro-democracy politician. it spurred a chaotic and violent chase through a shopping mall and police say elsewhere protesters attacked a man who supports china and they beat and stripped him.

our corporate cousin "the wall street journal" says there's likely no end insight to these protests. beijing has floated the idea of taking more control over education in hong kong and overhauling leadership in the semiautonomous region. iran meanwhile is ramping up its nuclear program and announcing new violations of its deal with world powers. president trump removed the u.s. from the agreement more than a year ago. the country marks 40 years since the iran hostage crisis began. we will speak to one of those former hostages in a little while but first, to trey yingst reporting from our mideast newsroom. >> good afternoon. as iran marked the 40th anniversary of the hostage crisis, the head of iran's atomic energy organization said his country is one step closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon. he said as of today, iran is operating twice the amount of advanced centrifuges has previously known, allowing for

more enrichment of uranium. the speech air live on state television as iran's vice president said the islamic republic is enriching 5,000 grams of uranium a day. earlier this year that number was 450 grams. iran is surpassed the iranian stockpile and enrichment limits laid out in the 2015 nuclear deal. the trump administration imposed sanctions today on iraq condition of the ones that are already there. as we know, more information is going to come out about the sanctions and who exactly they are targeting. as for common ground between the united states and iran, yesterday iran's supreme leader, the ayatollah khamenei said he sticking to his commitment not to negotiate with america or president trump. >> brit: meanwhile, i gather there was an attack by protesters on the iranian consulate in iraq. >> that's exactly right. the antigovernment demonstrations continue across iraq, overnight demonstrators scaled the walls of the iranian consulate in the city of

karbala, many throwing rocks and other projectiles. security forces responding, killing three people when they opened fire. the tension is an extension of protest that erupted last month in baghdad. demonstrators demanding a new constitution, new government and u.n. supervised elections. the violence is continuing. at least five people were killed when security forces opened fire today in the iraqi capital of baghdad. >> brit: thank you. we were planning to talk with one of the hostages from the iran hostage situation but he is currently in a closed-door meeting with the secretary of state. he will join us as soon as that meeting is over and he will tell us why 40 years later, he is still haunted by that experience and iran. first, two murder suspects on the run in california. sheriff's department gave us an update on the manhunt moments ago. we will tell you what we have learned. plus, the ceo of mcdonald's is out of a job after admitting dating an employee. we'll hear from the company

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>> brit: back to our top story. house democrats releasing the first transcript of interviews with players in the impeachment inquiry. senior producer for capitol hill, chad pergram, reports and what qualifies as an impeachable offense. chad, what exactly are high crimes and misdemeanors. >> it's kind of moves around. i spoke with one senior house republican a couple days ago and he said to me that a high crime and misdemeanor impeachment is whatever it is that any one time in the house of representatives. it kind of morphs. the one person who knows more about impeachment than almost anyone in washington is alan baron. on four consecutive occasions of the past 30 years, he's worked for the house of representatives, working on impeachment. listen. >> high crimes and misdemeanors, what is it mean in congressional language. >> it means almost anything that

the congress decides not to be a high crime and misdemeanor. >> that's the key part, what congress decides. >> absolutely. it's a very political process. after all, the articles of impeachment are voted by the house. >> that's the key here, the idea that they wanted to be a political process. if you voted the wrong way, maybe the voters would take it out on you. one thing i should point out, even though they use the terms high crimes and misdemeanors, it does not have to be a crime as it pertains to a statute. that's a very important distinction here and something that trips up the public. it's almost as though impeachment exists in a separate silo of justice in the constitution outside of the statutes. general criminal law.

>> brit: you are up there all the time. there's been under unanimity on the republican side of the house and we imagine perhaps the senate as well. that what they've seen so far has not risen in their eyes to impeachable offense. do you see any slippage in that opinion among republicans? >> that really hasn't moved as yet and that's why getting some of the information, the transcripts, the first of which were released today, it's important as democrats try to build the case. when i talked to alan baron, he talked about the idea that you want to narrow the impeachment charge pretty specifically. you dealt with president nixon, president clinton. one of the things they talked but with nixon was abuse of power and obstruction of congress. alan baron says when you prepped those articles of impeachment, you want it right down the center of the fairway. >> it's a tough judgment. sometimes if you overcharge you lose credibility and you lose the focus on the things you think are most important. on the other hand, if you limit yourself to one or two articles and you don't prevail, you've

possibly made a mistake. >> that's why these impeachment charges, which might be marked up in the judiciary committee and the next month or so critical. when democrats are going to do is take these transcripts, turn it into open hearings and present it to the full house. it's almost as if they are presenting evidence for their colleagues. >> brit: okay, chad. thank you very much. as we reported earlier today is the 14th anniversary of the time when iranian militants stormed the u.s. embassy in tehran and held 52 americans hostage for 444 days. barry rosen was one of them and he just met with secretary of state mike pompeo. mr. rosen, thanks for taking the time to talk to us. it's been 38 years now since he went through that nightmare and it was the end of it, 38 years. what effect do anniversaries like this one have on you and your view of things? >> more than anything else, it brings back memories that are, i

think, profoundly unhappy. the misery that we went through for 444 days somehow comes to me at any moment of the day. i actually don't like february, you know, the date of the hostage crisis. i just don't want to see it in my minds eye. at all. >> brit: on a normal day when this is not in the news or otherwise something you'd be paying attention to, how are you affected by what you went through in a normal day? >> in a normal day, i think there are moments when i can sit down and think about how did i live through this situation? the misery was extreme. the punishment was more than anyone can take.

the psychological trauma was impossible. >> brit: would you have been able to imagine, sir, before you underwent that long ordeal that you could've made it through something like that? >> not at all. how could anybody think that they could survive 444 days under the most extreme conditions of total darkness and also attempts to frighten the hell out of you by putting automatic weapons to your head. >> brit: tell me a little bit about the day itself. it was right after the election. ronald reagan have been elected. jimmy carter had tried ardently to get you and your colleagues back from that ordeal. tell me what that day was like. >> well, that was not the opening day of the captivity day but the closing day of

captivity. that was a hellish day. in the morning, we were awakened and told to pack whatever we had. i had nothing. we got into a bus blindfolded. we rode around the city for about an hour. the central airport. >> brit: review blindfolded the whole time? >> absolutely. then as i marched off the bus, the blindfolds were taken off and then there was a phalanx of iranian students spitting at me. and then i was able to see someone waive their hand. they directed me to their plane. >> brit: at that moment, sir, as you are on the bus, did you have any idea you are about to be released? >> i wasn't sure if it was going to be another place that they put us in. i have been in several places, not just prisons but safe hous

safe houses. and so forth. i never believed what they said to us. >> brit: tell me. you're at the airport. he realized that's where you were. did the blindfold come off? >> yes. the blindfold came off and after they spat at me, i got onto the airplane and i saw people i had not seen for 444 days. >> brit: your fellow captives, correct? >> yes. once they closed the door of the airplane we were ready for the trip to algiers but the problem was crossing iranian airspace and we were fearful that the iranians would shoot us down. >> brit: wow. when did you finally know you are safe and headed home? >> once we cleared iranian airspace, champagne was broken out and we all started to drink.

heavily, i would say. >> brit: [laughs] i can understand why. did you arrive in algiers a little bit loaded? is that what happened? >> yes, yes. he was a very happy situation. we enjoyed ourselves and algiers. we were all very uplifted by it all and they be the champagne helped a lot. >> brit: you are very kind to take this time with us. congratulations on and during that long ordeal all those years ago. all the best to you, sir. >> thank you. >> brit: you bet. now to california and the hunt for two murder suspects. investigators say the men broke out of a county jail yesterday in salinas, 80 miles south of san francisco. the sheriff's office was warning do not get anywhere near these guys. robert gray is live in our west coast newsroom. >> the manhunt continues in central california. authorities searching for two men who escaped early yesterday morning from a monterey county jail. they were discovered missing

during a routine head count. 21-year-old. they had were born locally and had gang affiliations. they were awaiting trial on unrelated murder counts and other felony charges. >> we are looking for of the public's help in locating these folks. we consider them to be armed and dangerous. please do not try to apprehend them. down on one. local law enforcement can respond. >> the sheriff's office as their focus and resources that are dedicated to finding and capturing the two men. law enforcement officers offering a 5,000 word for information leading to their arrest. the investigation is also focusing on how they managed to escape the high-security facility. >> brit: thinks. this is the first time these

guys have broken out of jail? >> it's the first time these guys have but it's not the first time from this particular facility. the monterey sheriff said the two men actually cut a hole in the ceiling and climbed out a narrow crawl space for plumbing and other pipes. five years ago, another inmate climbed his way out of the ventilation duct in another unit at the same facility. that inmate was later captured and arrested. all of this leaving some residents edge. >> it's not the first time somebody escaped the county ja jail. it makes you wonder how is it possible. >> we will follow the story and update the progress and bring your details as we get them. back to you. >> brit: robert gray, thank you. mcdonald's stock is down in the final minutes of trading. the fast food chain fired its seo for having a romantic relationship with an employee. steve easterbrook admitted to the relationship, calling it a mistake and said he agrees with

the company's decision to let him go. fox business networks grady trumbull live at mcdonald's headquarters in chicago. >> brit, the company wouldn't say exactly which rule easterbrook broke but on the website the policy is clear. it says employees who have a direct or indirect reporting relationship to each other are prohibited from dating or having a relationship. if they violate that policy, they are supposed to reported to h.r.. neither mcdonald's nor an attorney for easterbrook would provide details on that relationship or how it came to light other than to say it was consensual. the company is reiterating that easterbrook's departure has nothing to do with the financial performance of the company. in fact, the company has done quite well under easterbrook. shares and mcdonald's have doubled since he became ceo in 2015. >> brit: how well does he do as he walks out the door? >> well, he's not walking away empty-handed, let's put it that way.

his severance package includes his salary for half a year in cash which is around $675,000. he is also able to cash out on a huge chunk of company stock worth $37 million, according to bloomberg. as part of that severance package, he can't work for a competitor for two years. we should point out mcdonald's was quick to name its new ceo. he previously oversaw u.s. operations for the company. >> brit: thank you, sir. fox news urgent. fox news has confirmed the justice department is looking for information on an anonymous author of a soon a soon-to-be published book about president trump or chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us live with more. >> good afternoon to you again. great to be back on with you again after so long. the name of the publisher, "anonymous" is the name of the author. the same person who wrote the op-ed piece on september 5, 2018, claiming i am part of the resistance in the trump

administration. now the trump administration wants to know more information about anonymous. not necessarily the identity of anonymous but they want to know where the person worked in what capacity because they want to know whether or not that person might be subject to nondisclosure agreements that would be violated in the telling of the tale, the publication of the book that's about to come out. we've confirmed with the justice department for the assistant attorney general joseph hunt sent a letter asking for details and also they have said it's not going, they are not going to provide details. trying to do everything to protect the identity of anonymous. the interesting sidebar to all of it, we know the author anonymous is considering doing at least one interview during which a sensibly this person's identity would be protected. if it's print, that's easy to do. it's television, it's more complicated logistically but you can still do it.

the big hive mind this afternoon is the department of justice wanting to know in what capacity this person worked in the administration. the person described themselves as a senior administration official. we don't know exactly what that means because that word could be thrown around pretty liberally. but they want to know, the department of justice, and what capacity this person worked to see if they might be subject to some nondisclosure agreement that could be violated through the publication of the book. >> brit: i think we can confidently expect there will be howls from some quarters that the administration is trying to intimidate this person. would you not agree? >> i think you could put some pretty good money down on that. >> brit: thank you. those were the nearly 900 inmates in one city could be free by christmas. they may not leave empty-handed. why would officials give criminals free tickets to ball games and movies? the answer is up ahead. plus, cheap, powerful, reportedly killing faster than

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>> brit: a new kind of drug is killing americans at a faster rate than opioids according to "usa today." law enforcement calling it meth

2.0. they say it is stronger and cheaper than traditional meth and more addictive than opioids. phil keating is live with more. >> hi, brit. going back to the 1990s, most of america's crystal meth supply was made an illegal meth labs throughout the midwest. but this new meth 2.0 is coming from super labs in mexico and it's more pure, more potent, cheaper, and more dangerous than the old drug. according to authorities, nearly 90% of this new version of methamphetamine is coming from mexico and being smuggled in, sold and consumed in the u.s. the surge in meth overdose deaths quadrupled in just five years from 2600 deaths in 2012 to more than 10,000 in 2017. take a look at this graph which shows a nationwide meth related overdose deaths skyrocketing. now almost 3.5 deaths per 100,000 people in 2017. you can see the spike beginning

around 2012. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, the states with the highest rate of drug overdose deaths are west virginia, ohio, pennsylvania, kentucky. as well as washington, d.c. that's for all drugs, and that's expected to kill about 70,000 americans this year. the cdc says of all those drugs, 68% are in fact opioids. they are the main driver of our overdose death problem. >> brit: remind you that a tv show "breaking bad." i take it i'm not the only one who's had that thought. >> you're not. remember that show, a high school chemistry teacher who manufactured a super potent form of methamphetamine. i spoke with the charles county missouri prosecutor he says what he is seeing reminds him very much of that show. prosecutor tim lowe mars has five years ago most of his drug cases involved heroin opioids. now methamphetamine has taken over the past few years.

"it's as pure as anything that's ever been on the streets. easily acceptable, mass-produced. the cost is low. according to the drug enforcement administration, the new meth is that 97% pure and a lot of times the dealers cut it so they add dangerous chemicals so they can sell more of it and make more money. these chemicals are things like lithium metal, hydrochloric and sulfuric acid and red phosphorus. >> brit: my goodness. good stuff to stay away from. phil, thank you. oklahoma is releasing more than 450 prisoners today, the largest mass release in u.s. history. they were all serving time for what are called low-level crimes, including drug possession. it comes after the state passed a law producing sentences for nonviolent offenders. "the new york post" reports nearly 900 inmates in new york could walk free by christmas. they might even receive gifts like baseball tickets and movie passes to encourage them to show up for court dates.

according to our corporate cousins at the post, the offenders have been serving time for charges including criminally negligent homicide and assault on a child. leventhal reports now live from our newsroom in new york. hello, rick. >> it's all tied to a law taking effect january 1st. new york limiting in the living veil for defendants charged with more than 400 misdemeanor and felony crimes from selling drugs on or near school grounds to come as you mention, criminally negligent homicide, according to "the new york post." the lot is retroactive so anyone held on such cases can apply to a veil lifted and go free. the state office of court of administration is trying to avoid a delusion of applications in the new year by letting hundreds of prisoners loose early. new york governor andrew cuomo signed a law as part of a criminal justice reform package sink back in 2018. and before trial should be the rule, not the exception. tying freedom to money has created a two-tiered system that puts an unfair burden on the economically disadvantaged.

>> if you're wealthy, you can walk out. but if you're not wealthy, then you have to sit in jail. and you can sit in jail for a year or two before you ever get before a judge. that my friends is not a justice system. >> one republican lawmaker says the new law is a threat to public safety calling it a disservice to law-abiding citizens. >> brit: rick, what's up with giving, the city giving out gift cards and other free stuff? >> spokesman for new york city mayor bill de blasio told the post it's about encouraging those released to show up for court dates. in the past, the city gave out $15 dunkin' donuts gift cards. "the post" reports this new plan goes further, offering free baseball tickets, movie passes and other incentives to help guarantee attendance with a judge. it's one critic called it rewarding them for committing a crime. fox news has confirmed there is 880 defendants held in new york city who are eligible

for release and it's likely they will be set free on a staggered basis starting sometime next month. the office of court administration says many defendants who will be released must release medical and/or mental health assistance, medications, housing assistance, placements and other services as mandated by settlement, consent decree, or regulation. some judges reportedly reluctant to go along with it but they will have to change the position once it takes effect. likely sooner than that. >> brit: breaking news. trump administration has notified the united nations it will begin its formal withdrawal from the paris climate deal. it might be news to you that the u.s. was still in the deal in the first place, given president trump's long-standing promise to pull out but moments ago the administration took the first formal step to make it happen. state department correspondent rich edson departs live. >> good afternoon. it was an announcement the administration made in june of 2017 that it was going to leave

the agreement. the problem of the time for the administration is in terms of the agreement, it said you had to wait a few years from the start of the paris agreement in order to officially withdraw. that time period has expired. that means the united states under the trump administration can withdraw from the paris agreement. this is a process that's still going to take a year to withdraw from. it's going to come right after the 2020 u.s. presidential election when the united states can finally exit. that project or that process now officially starting as the united states has submitted paperwork to the united nations. justifying this move, secretary of state mike pompeo says president trump made the decision to withdraw because of the unfair economic burden imposed on american workers, businesses, and taxpayers and by u.s. pledges made under the agreement. there are about 200 nations that are part of this deal and it could be possible perhaps if the presidential election, if the american people choose someone else to be president, this

process could be reversed around that time but again this is going to take a year. the official notification goes out to the united nations today of the u.s. exiting the paris climate deal. >> brit: i believe i called you rick before, rich. i'm a big fan of yours. i know perfectly well your name. >> i've been called worse. >> brit: i very sorry. the party is over at some rental houses. how airbnb is cracking down after halloween get-together turn deadly. the hunt for a killer next. near 50-year lows. d to one call to newday usa can save you $2,000 every year. billions of problems. sore gums? bleeding gums? painful flossing? 's and prevents gum disease for 24 hours. so you can...

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properties. >> this is an upscale area just outside california. neighbors called the police at 9:20 and ten: 15 complaining about noise. they would all ready been reports of shots fired. more than a hundred people were trying to flee the home. at that point, an unknown number of suspects had either gotten away over in the process of getting away and they still remain at large. five people were killed, several more were injured. police did find weapons of the house but i don't know that they were used in the shooting. neighbors are a bit on edge. watch. >> i'm worried that this is going to affect me. how do i sleep? i locked the door. it's kind of frustrating. it's kind of scary. >> the five victims have not been identified as 22 euros told, 23-year-old, and

29-year-old at 24-year-old. apparently was hired as a dj for the party. his parents say that he was on the wrong place at the wrong time. >> brit: what is the company going to do to avoid this type of problem? >> if they are going to crack down on these unauthorized problems. it was a known party house. the owners had previously been cited for violating the maximum occupancy. the halloween party was advertised on social media. the ceo says that the shooting is unacceptable. the company has to combat high-risk reservations. airbnb will also create up party house rapid response team that will immediately respond to complaints of unauthorized parties. >> brit: thank you, my friend. that's about it from us from the fox news deck this monday afternoon. don't go away.

"your world" with neil cavuto and all that market and news that comes with it is coming up next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ >> neil: you are looking live at the white house where the president will be departing for a big rally in lexington, kentucky. no doubt eager to crow about bigger market rally. not just one. try three records. the dow jones industrials join the s&p 500 to all-time highs today. forget about defying gravity. what is amazing is how investors continue to find tough headlines as well. welcome everyone. i'm neil cavuto and this is "your world." wall street loves to climb wall of worry.