melissa francis and connell mcshane. we get to witness once again all-time record close for the dow. [closing bell rings] will it be one for the s&p 500? let me see. 2548. looks like it guys. have a great weekend. melissa: what a way to end the week. another record day on wall street. the dow surging to end up 86 points. that is more than 21,630. all right, s&p 500 also setting a brand new record high. all three ending positive for the week. i'm melissa francis. connell: yes you are. i'm connell mcshane. good to be with you again for david asman one more day on "after the bell." more on what is driving the markets to these new records. here else what we're covering should be a very busy hour. president trump putting pressure on republican senators tweeting they must come through for the american people. the health care bill though seems to be at this point happening on by a thread with growing number of holdouts ahead of the vote next week. we have live update from capitol hill where things stand right now. it has been e

the brilliant gary joining us tooted once again. >> and the brilliant connell mcshane. y deal that he was supposedly working out with russia. a lot of blow back on it with republicans, quite frankly. lindseyy graham and others on the sunday shows. the institute for the war, chris and institute expert rebecca and chris, let me start with you on this whole idea about russia, whether it's the answer or the problem. what do you say about working with the russians? especially on cyber. >> yeah. so russia here is the problem. there's nothing wrong with talking with your enemies. there's something very wrong with cooperating with your enemies. so with russia, we've got a storm of educated population widespread criminal organizations and a permissive government environmental that either accepts or encourages cyber crime activities originating out of russia against private citizens, private entities in the united states. at the same time, the russian government itself is sponsoring cyber warfare attacks against the united states. so this was never going to happen. we were never g

melissa francis and connell mcshane.time record close for the dow. [closing bell rings] will it be one for the s&p 500? let me see. 2548. looks like it guys. have a great weekend. melissa: what a way to end the week. another record day on wall street. the dow surging to end up 86 points. that is more than 21,630. all right, s&p 500 also setting a brand new record high. all three ending positive for the week. i'm melissa francis. connell: yes you are. i'm connell mcshane. good to be with you again for david asman one more day on "after the bell." more on what is driving the markets to these new records. here else what we're covering should be a very busy hour. president trump putting pressure on republican senators tweeting they must co t

i'm connell mcshane once again in for david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis.after the bell." what is driving stocks toe new record highs but first here is what we're covering this busy hour. new and improved? senate republicans unveiling a reworked health care bill as early as tomorrow. from what we are hearing it could contain at least some of those obamacare taxes. oh.

i am connel mcshane in for david asman. >> you are not david. >> i am not. >> i am melissa francis.ling on republicans to step up and get something done. president trump just wrapping up comes at the white house, urging g.o.p. to do the right thing and repeal obamacare. on capitol hill, uncertainty still surrounding the healthcare bill, a vote is

connell mcshane.inuing to pile on anthony scaramucci's comments about one guy. you know, the if you think about it, does anyone remember when hillary clinton was calling half the country deplorables? the congress of racial equality spokesperson niger innis wonders about that. niger, it is a good point. >> the -- it shul is. first of all, i believe the communications director is doing a fabulous job with sarah huckabee and the team that they're putting in place to crush the leaks. the president is -- neil: there's got to be a better wayed to do it. right, niger? i don't know. >> there has to be. there has to be. and, of course, getting back to ms. clinton, we all remember when she said that folk were not just deplorable, but irredeemable deplorables. [laughter] you know? the double standard that has existed among the left and the right, i think, is coming to an end. and so i'm very, very pleased with the way the administration is moving forward. a little disappointed about the collapse, seemingly so --

connell mcshane. >>> meanwhile, we know what's happening in washington, right?ut wall street has a funny way of reacting to that. gerri willis on that unique dichotomy. hey, gerri. >> reporter: well, congress, as you say, may be stuck in neutral, but america's biggest companies are firing on all cylinders. stronger consumer spending, a weaker dollar and cost cutting are propelling earnings to new highs, two consecutive quarters of double-digit profit growth for the first time in six years. earnings are expected to rise with 60% of s&p 500 companies reporting results, that follows a 15 percent increase in the first quarter. gains are strong across the board with only the utilities sector posting earnings below last year's levels. technology and financial had the strongest performance. a chief equity strategist told fox business this: politics, he says, makes for great headlines, but it's the economy that makes for a strong bottom line. to value says promises of tax cuts have boosted stock sentiment in the past. that relationship has broken down, and earnings have

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once again connell mcshane in for david asman. melissa: flattering yourself about the record.s is "after the bell." more on big market movers. here is what else we're covering in this very busy hour. senate republicans take another stab at health care. gop leadership unveiling their new bill today, reaction pouring in from both sides of the aisle.

speaking of exciting, connell mcshane on what happened. >> yeah, it's an interesting day, a fun story to watch. we're here in amazon square where the stock price trades. that's what this is about, the stock price. when it was running up as it had been, from bezos was able to pass mr. gates. take a look at a chart of amazon. from the beginning of the year till now, it's up 40%. really been on a tear, has amazon. from some perspective, if you took 1,000 when amazon first started trading publicly in 1997, $1,000, put it in amazon, that $1,000 would be worth $530,000. that tells you the type of run it's been for amazon and why mr. bezos is a rich man. mr. gates taking over again by the end of the day. when the headline crossed everywhere today we had a new richest man in the world, we took to the streets and started talking to people about it. you run into all kinds of people in new york and the united states as far as hawaii. but some other countries as well. israel, india, scotland. we met up with them today. they all new amazon, all used amazon. as for mr. bezos, you'll see. we had som

i am connel mcshane in for david asman. >> you are not david. >> i am not. >> i am melissa francis. calling on republicans to step up and get something done. president trump just wrapping up comes at the white house, urging g.o.p. to do the right thing and repeal obamacare. on capitol hill, uncertainty still surrounding the healthcare bill, a vote is planned for this week. do senators know what they are going to be voting on? meeting behind closed-doors, president trump's son-in-law speaking with lawmakers this afternoon. first of several people close toed president who will be questioned this week. among our guest ari fleischer. fred barnes, and retired four-star general jack keane. >>> a good lineup, back to markets on close, dow in red, third day in row, investors waiting for a round of earnings report, we're on earnings stand by now. a statement from federal reserve on wednesday. so nicole on the floor of new york stock exchange. the nasdaq making roars again, a big part of the story. >> right. so we'll start with a record, people like to celebrate records, and new highs. that i

connell mcshane on that. >> horseracewise their two big components to this. amazon has been on this amazing run, the stock, the company, bill gates likes to give his money away. the amazon part is the most important part and jeff bezos has beefed up since old videos of him in 1994, he is 53 years old and presides over an empire, a giant empire amazon is into everything thanks to amazon prime service, groceries, you name it they are in it, stock is on fire and if we look at a chartwise, the gain year-to-date almost $1100, that is 40% for the year so jeff bezos was just under $91 billion in net worth. he is ahead of gates. and he has other business interests these days, aerospace company named blue origin, and the washington post newspaper as well. gates is number 2 on the forbes list, he has given a decent amount of money as part of this giving pledge that he has been involved with warren buffett and others. through the end of last year forbes said the numbers in terms of donations to charity in the course of his lifetime $30 billion, plus giving away, that gi

speaking with law enforcement officials earlier, connell mcshane live on long island with the latest.onnell? >> reporter: hey there, melissa. 17 murders in that area over the last year and a half. that's what president trump said ms-13 has been responsible for and says a crackdown on the violent gang which has roots in el salvador has already begun, but called for more to be done today in the federal level. more immigration agents. wants more immigration judges. he talked about the border wall being built, and to your point, it was a receptive crowd, of local law enforcement officials. police officers in the new york city suburbs. an area he's familiar with. >> one by one, we're liberating our american towns. can you believe i'm saying that? i'm talking about liberating our towns, just like a movie, they're liberating the town. like in the old wild west, right? we're liberating our towns. i never thought i'd be standing up here talking about liberating the towns on long island. >> that is what he was talking about, though, most of the speech was a contrast, other than a quick comment

i want to bring in connell mcshane, live for us in brentwood new york, he's going to tell us how the president is going to defeat ms-13 once and for all. >> reporter: as we wait for the president to arrive, he should be here momentarily at suffolk community college. does give him a chance to speak about issues near and dear when he was a candidate and even in the early days of the administration, his illegal immigration, combining that with violent crime, and ms-13 and speaking to the local officials, and even to congressman peter king, who accompanied the president on the trip is the most violent of violent street gangs. linked to 17 murders in this area. brentwood is where we are, central islip that's been hit so hard. so that's the violent crime part of it. when you think illegal immigration, the gang has roots in el salvador. the attorney general jeff sessions was there yesterday working with local authorities, so the president is expected to talk about what the federal government can do to prevent people affiliated with the gang from coming in here in the first place and arresti

i'm connell mcshane once again in for david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." what is driving stocks toe new record highs but first here is what we're covering this busy hour. new and improved? senate republicans unveiling a reworked health care bill as early as tomorrow. from what we are hearing it could contain at least some of those obamacare taxes. oh. new details what is in, what's out. president trump standing up for his son, and slamming critics in the mainstream media what he is calling a witch-hunt. am so tired of that term. white house press briefing just wrapping up. we'll take you there live for update. major media wheeling and dealing in sun valley, idaho. charlie gasparino is there with the scoop, if he hasn't already been kicked out. it happened in the past. among our other guests this hour, alabama senator, luther strange, the head of house freedom caucus, mark meadows, the host of "mediabuzz," howard kurtz. connell: hop gasparino makes it to his hit. -- hope. 120 point gain are he or about theres. we're at record terri

fbn's connell mcshane. >> yeah, you're right. the jared kushner point is taken.covered it ourselves a lot. but we confirmed ben rhodes was on capitol hill as well yesterday. he was the top adviser in the obama administration on issues of national security. i received a statement about it from his lawyer a short time ago and reads as follows. "yesterday ben rhodes met voluntarily with the intelligence committee as part of the investigation into russia's interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential election. mr. rhodes was pleased to cooperate and is supportive of efforts to investigate russia's unprecedented interference in our election." many have been calling for mr. rhodes to testify as part of the investigation into leaks. we don't know because of his closed testimony whether or not that came up yesterday. we do know he was there, rhodes, on capitol hill. we know he testified. that's one story. the other story this house i.t. staffer that worked for the democratic congress woman debbie wasserman schultz. it was in a dulles airport. the guy was said to be on his

once again connell mcshane in for david asman. melissa: flattering yourself about the record. i was waiting. i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." more on big market movers. here is what else we're covering in this very busy hour. senate republicans take another stab at health care. gop leadership unveiling their new bill today, reaction pouring in from both sides of the aisle. does it have enough support to move forward? the latest from washington. >>> meanwhile president trump is across the pond in paris with the french president at eiffel tower. why not? president trump facing reporters on camera for the first time since the controversy over his son's meeting with a russian lawyer. we have a lot more coming up. among our guests this hour, former arkansas governor, mike huckabee, arizona congressman andy biggs, charlie hurt of "the washington times" and former head of the cbo, douglas holtz-eakin, we can't forget, i don't know what that means, charlie gasparino. who could forget, maybe that is what it is supposed to say. connell: he looks angry. melissa: that's norm

. >> breaking news tonight, new evidence that the trump team hasn't fully connell mcshane cle come cleanut possible collusion. eight possible people were inside that meeting, more than donald trump, jr. spoke about publicly. according to multiple reports, a russian american lobbyist with

i'm connell mcshane it says in the teleprompter. here is what else we are ever coulding at this very busy hour. breaking news this afternoon. feeling pressure of the ticking clock, the senate giving back two weeks of august vacation to work on pushing the again today forward, including repealing and replacing obamacare. republican leadership blaming the delay of the recess on democrats obstruction. we have third highest ranking republican senator, john thune of south dakota. chris van hollen, democrat of maryland both joining us this hour. >>> there is donald trump, jr., releasing his entire email exchange about a meeting with a russian lawyer. he did it to be quote, unquote, totally transparent. if he was aiming to make the story about russia go away. he failed there. it is blown up. we have white house reaction. legal analysis later in the hour. melissa: back to the markets. the dow logging a 160 point swing on heels of big news out of washington. straight to nicole petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. >> we have you co

. >> breaking news tonight, new evidence that the trump team hasn't fully connell mcshane cle come clean about possible collusion. eight possible people were inside that meeting, more than donald trump, jr. spoke about publicly. according to multiple reports, a russian american lobbyist with alleged ties to kremlin intelligence says he was in the meeting that included the president's son, his son-in-law jared kushner, and former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. the lobbyist reportedly says the russian lawyer brought documents related to the democratic national committee. these new revelations are only adding to the suspicion surrounding the meeting in the midst of the presidential campaign. it was arranged with a promise that the trump camp would get dirt on hillary clinton from moscow. information trump junior says he never got. the top democrat on the house intelligence committee calls the new details deeply disturbing. tonight, top trump white house aides are at risk of being dragged into the special counsel investigation for their roles in crafting the administration's incomple

i'm connell mcshane in for neil cavuto. has suggested a limited bill, maybe to fix parts of obamacare. he says that could aback upplan. the white house projecting confidence that the president tweeting out this morning i can not imagine congress would dare leave washington without a

connell mcshane following all of that and the attention this gets and takes away from other things. >> no doubt about it. i would imagine the statement would be very short and nondescript. i would have to think because he testified before the senate intelligence committee and still has to speak to the house intelligence committee and all been behind closed doors and you can't expect him to say much more than i told them what i needed to tell them and i look forward to having further conversations. your point is exactly right. we are even supposed to be having a different conversation. neil: this came. >> that's what happens, right, a new show or it's people in washington, that this investigation is hanging over everything and, you know, the administration to be fair hasn't done the best job in making it go away. stories have changed or either updated with filings or meetings with embassadors, the meeting at trump tower and that gives the story new light. neil: you know what happens is there's always stuff out there and i can understand what kushner was saying about the additional run-

to former nevada gop chair, connell mcshane and chris bedford. so connell, to you first on what we're looking at here. a lot of people on both sides, you can argue the sign of problem, but others are saying, wait a minute, we fought so long and hard for seven years plus for a skinny repeal? >> the jenny craig special as adam says, that makes a lot of sense, that argument, they have every right, the conservatives to be angry if nothing gets done here. at this point, we've proven that mitch mcconnell can never be counted out. he was able to get that vote to bring the bill to the floor yesterday, but if you just stop and think about what really happened in that vote is that it was a vote not necessarily on a piece of legislation, but it was a vote to talk about the legislation, and it barely passed. they had to use everything they had politically to get it there including the vice president. mathematically now, maybe he can do something like that again, but seems awfully tough. neil: there are groups dissatisfied, amy, in all of this, the result is v

but ahead of that, connell mcshane on the tick tock that doesn't look, for the time being, very goodwe started the day with this new york times story, another one, saying donald trump jr. knew that the russian government was the source of some potentially damaging information about hillary clinton. now don jr. with these e-mails that he's released basically confirms that story. and the exchange between himself and a p.r. guy, a publicist named rob goldstone, with whom he shares a couple of friends. as we read through those e-mails, that's part of the background. there were multiple investigations underway into whether the trump campaign colluded with the russian government to help sway the election last year. here now are some of the e-mail excerpts from june 3rd of 2016. goldstone, the publicist, writes: >> reporter: he continues, and many people think this part is important: >> reporter: one more quick interpret, goldstone to trump jr.: >> reporter: finally a response, don j. to goldstone: >> reporter: paul manafort, jared kushner both said to be in the meeting as well according to

neil: to connell mcshane, what factors might be behind spicer quitting?missing, maybe the fact the way the president handled the "new york times" interview and throwing jeff sessions under the bus, hurt in a wound that still festers months after the fact, that maybe spicer might have felt loyalty works both ways. obviously, it's not that way in this white house, what? >> i think part of this is assessing it from spicer and a lot of other people in washington who handle communications come from conventional communications backgrounds. and normally, if you're a communications expert, your job is to manage the message coming out of the white houser to respond defensively. the problem for spicer is that how do you speak for the man who always has the microphone? and president trump constantly set the communications agenda just by freelancing, and i think as you saw spicer go, he was the face of the administration, he was mocked regularly. he had difficulty communicating in a way that the president wanted. even from the very first press conference, we heard re