. >>> ibm reporting after the bell instant reaction to the numbers with the cfo jim kavanaugh let's getthe markets we are very close to the session lows with one hour left of trade. there's the s&p 500. down 1.8%. the low of the day was 1.9 you will see the dow is down 406 points at moment the dow in the dow was 435 and the nasdaq down 2%. >> every sector in the red consumer discretionary worst performing and the latest headlines of u.s./china trade talks may be hitting an impasse right now. but we're going to begin today with a latest on those trade talks. kayla is in washington with those headlines. kayla? >> the development that the market is watching so closely is the u.s. decision to call off a meeting expected to take place this week. two of china's vice ministers were planning to visit the u.s. to essentially lay groundwork for a higher level delegation still planning so far as we know to visit the u.s. to flesh out a trade deal next week this is my reporting according to people briefed on this discussion but according to these people, officials from the u.s. trade representative

do you think that change resulted in getting gore said jim kavanaugh confirmed or would they have been confirmed without it and do you think that adopted the change back to 60 votes they get rotter consensus? >> dream on. that's like asking people to disarm unilaterally. that's what the democrats would say to you. i think they would not have been confirmed if there had been, if there was still the filibuster rule but there is no doubt in my mind that even if the democrats had not done what they did mitch mcconnell were to change the filibuster rules for judges period because that was the way -- his presidency was his chance and he took it. i don't for a moment think that if harry reid had had desperation at the end of the obama administration managed to finally change the rule or lower court judges, if he had never done that pretty sure that mitch mcconnell would have changed the rules and the best evidence of that is enough of a old rules on the democratic side didn't really want to change the rules and neither did some of the old republicans like mccain. mccain went to mcconnell and

kavanaugh hearing. they have a big voice. they have been outspoken during the partial government shutdown. you've got guys like jimothers. kevin mccarthy has been able to kind of steel the ship. he's been able to get through. >> charlie: one of the things with the last election, you saw a lot of republicans lose or refuse to run again because they didn't buy into the trump agend agenda. you now have a republican caucus in both houses that beliefs far more in the trump agenda. it's not the most conservative agenda in the world, but it's the most conservative and successful agenda that republicans have ever had. i think that only speaks probably well for president -- for that agenda. not only will they get things done, but i think it puts them in the footing to win clinical sites. >> harris: >> melissa: you see nancy pelosi their shaking hands. we have voting set to begin here on the speakership in this new congress. you are watching history. don't you dare turn away, but will be right back. not having a good breakfast can make you feel like your day never started. get going with carnation breakfast essentials®. it

jim crow may be dead, he still has some nieces and nephews that are alive and well. >> laura: this covington catholic high school episode also reveals something that reared its ugly head during the kavanaugh battle. blatant anti-catholic bigotry. even to a catholic education, the left was clearly attempting to spin this nothing story into an indictment not only of trump supporters but of the pro-life cause and the face that sustains it. if pressed, what they would tell you their ultimate goal is, to shut down catholic and christian education and eradicate all vestiges of those traditions underpinning them. this is a smattering of the weekend hate. check it out. a former chair of the dnc, howard dean, how old are the following. "it seems like a hate factory to me. why not just close it?" an la-based dj named uncle she was tweeted "lock the kids in the school, and burned that be to the ground." a producer, who worked on "beauty and the beast" tweeted this. "hats first into the wood chipper." erica wrist of vulture tweeted "i don't know what it says about me, but i have truly lost the ability to articulate that historical stomach hysterical hard rage that this causes me to feel. i just want