and that was blake edwards. >> he was a well-known director for "breakfast at tiffany's", and the "pink devastatingly funny, wicked even. but there was something dangerous about him. he seems to be turning to you to save him, fix him. >> but you have to remember, i was very used to that kind of thing, because you know, very big co-dependent with my own family. so i became that with blake. >> it was two years before she agreed to marry him. perhaps inside still that little girl, who believed if she sang her heart out she could somehow rescue her mother and stepfather. from their alcoholism and disappointment. >> you paint a portrait of a trampoline-kind of life, with this hypo condree yeah,condree , back pain. >> she writes about pulling him through volatile moves, even suicidal anxiety. >> and self-medicating. >> yes, event limit demerol and then oxycodone. it was one of those monsters that got ahold of him so strongly that he couldn't resist. >> but through it all, with that singular determination and stamina, she keeps up a staggering schedule. worried about money, because of his impu

. >> you meet blake edwards. at an intersection -- >> on sunset boulevard. how corny can you get?n writer and director of "the pink panther" was smitten. they would be together for the next 44 years, a partnership both personal and professional. >> when youil- s >> her husband persuaded her to work with the 5'2" actor. >> they've known each other from group therapy? >> dudley. yes. same group therapy together. the whole family was in therapy for a while as me. listen it helped. it sorted out my demons, and what i call the garbage that clu cluters your head. >> what would you say was the biggest obstacle that you had to sort out? >> helped me very much understand and put in perspective my childhood, of course. that was probably the biggest work i did. and it makes for a lot of compassion and understanding. and you realize that everybody else is in the same boat. >> a woman pretend took be a man pretending to a man. >> ridiculous. >> the director of the star would soon have another smash with "victor victoria." but julie andrews book ends just as she and blake edwards edwards to bro

lawrence edwards and blake burman at the white house. edward, start with you. reporter: weighing on the market, business information coming out of a roundtable in china. it included u.s. business leaders. current and former chinese officials as well as the american chamber of commerce. information out of the roundtable according to the global times that china preferred in a trade deal to have simultaneous roll back of tariffs to have a trade deal and the u.s. has not had a positive response related to that. u.s. business leaders in the roundtable told the folks there that the u.s. has not seen a reasonable benefit from a trade relationship with china as it stands now. president donald trump says he wants to fix that trade relationship going forward. so far no phase one deal on paper here in the united states. the president trying to get that deal down. the administration hoped to have it finished by last weekend. president trump addressed this during his cabinet meeting. listen. >> china is going to have to make a deal i like, if they don't that's it, okay? i'm

blake burman and edward lawrence are at the white house one in, one out. gerri willis down on the floor of the new york stock exchange. on the vaping story, melissa referenced, blake. reporter: i was in door for 55 minutes as president trump held the meeting. he threw his support behind raising smoking age to 21. it remains to be seen whether or not he support as ban on flavored vaping products. thises with at times a very testy meeting in cabinet room as executives from e-cigarette and vaping companies, members of vaping associations and also health care advocates. the president at one point, really, at self point, expressed some sort of reservation as it relates to a flavored vaping ban for adults. his concern at that point, would be counterfeiting. >> he watched prohibition. you look with the alcohol. you look at cigarettes. if you don't give it to them, it will come here illegally. they are going to make that. but instead of reynolds or juul or, legitimate companies, good companies making something that's safe, they will be selling stuff on the street c

melissa: we havema r blake burman at white house. edward lawrence at capitol and gerri willis at the floor of the new york stock exchange. >> what powered this index higher? why did all indexes finish record territory today? it had a lot to do with trade, positive sentiment on that. also trump comments and president's comments from the white house on health care. you would have thought more transpare criminal was bad for stocks. traders said not so. j&j trading higher, unitedhealth group, pfizer doing well. unitedhealth group up 5.3%. very good news for the stock. for the week it was boeing, walgreens and disney higher. disney as you know, saying they have 10 million subscribers for their new disney plus service. walgreens, we've got lots of folks interested in taking that company private. now kkr offering to do it. boeing saying they're getting the max back into service. so big news there for the dow. i love wearing this hat. hopefully we can stay above the level. right, ladies? neil: gerri. melissa: commerce secretary wilbur ross telling

stuart: edward lawrence, blake burman, thank you very much indeed. we've got the news. we will move on and bring you updates of course when something merits it. >>> right now, futures point higher across the board. as you know, stock prices are at record high levels. hoor here's my opinion. investors are not worried at all about the president being removed from office. i don't think it's going to happen. investors like that. james freeman, "wall street journal" editorial board guy, is with us now. you agree with that? >> i do. stuart: it's not going to happen. >> i think markets have signaled over the last few months since mid-september when this story broke that it was essentially a non-event. as susan mentioned, a lot of thought about china trade, obviously a lot of focus on what the fed is doing, investors like the rate cuts, but whether it's trump's approval rating or the stock market, the signal since mid-september when this story broke had been don't take the washington noise too seriously. stuart: what about mike bloomberg? i think wall street would like him. i t

blake burman live at the white house. gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence with the the latest on trade from washington, d.c. gerri, we start with you. silly dow turned a little bit lower on us. >> that's true. no unch for walmart if you know what i mean. that stock had an incredible quarter. shares are down because i think the thing has gotten so expensive. here is what happened in the quarter. sales extended the growth streak for five years. think about it. comp sales up 3.2%. e-commerce up 41%. the company is raising its guidance because it see as great big christmas turkey. they think it will be a great holiday season of the stock hitting all-time high, pulling back. here is the tell you should pay attention to. look at comparison, amazon, walmart, year-to-date. amazon shares up 16.8%. you think that is a winner? no. walmart up 28.7% on the year. this company is going strong. they have numbers to prove it. who else likes the report? donald trump he tweeted this. walmart announces great numbers. no impact from tariffs which are contributing billi

blake burman at the white house. jackie deangelis on floor of the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence following the trade talks from washington. susan li live in the newsroom. we begin with edward lawrence on trade. edward? reporter: ashley, the chinese announcing within the last 24 hours, new protections for intellectual property. these are guidelines. comes with strengthening enforcement for copyrights and patents. this is at the heart of what the u.s. negotiators want. also at center of phase one trade deal. but on the intellectual property , the guidance makes this criteria going forward to evaluate how a government official is doing. that could determine promotions or pay raises. the chinese trying to show that the protections will be in the social fabric going forward. u.s. negotiators remain skeptical that a change in guidelines or regulations will be enough to change the culture. chinese goal to get tariffs removed. chinese say the president knows this he will keep pressure on in order to get meaningful change. >> i think tariff increases are still possible. i think i

blake burman live at white house. gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence in d.c. why don't you kick it off. reporter: let's do that. the number of jobs created beat expectations. 128,000 jobs in october. the unemployment rate still near a 50-year low, 3.6. that is exactly what the market wanted to hear in conjunction with the chinese trade talks phase one moving nicely. revisions are story in itself. job totals for august, september were revised up. total of 95,000 jobs. that shows continued strength in the foundation of the economy. then wage growth. wages are growing at 3% offer the past 12 months. that number low enough where there is no pressure on inflation. white house economic advisors taking a victory lap based on this report. >> it shows, by the by, that the labor market is still strong, consumers and wage earners are still strong. as i said, america is working. i think people are underestimating the underlying strength of this economy. reporter: the weakness here is in the manufacturing numbers. ism data came out, 48.3. that number under 50. any number u

blake burman at the white house. kristina partsinevelos, on the floor of the new york stock exchange. phil flynn is watching oil at the cme. edward lawrence with the latest on trade talks from d.c. we start with kristina. >> starting with me instead of edward lawrence. what we'll talk about is the hp deal. a lot of people were talking about rumors that xerox wanted to buy hp. unanimously hp board decided to reject xerox's bid. in? they think it is way too low at $22 a share. it undervalues hp. you're thinking similarities between the two portfolios. the end of that relationship. it could not be. according to hp in the statement, they said we're open to exploring whether there is value to be created for hp shareholders. there is few analysts like credit suisse putting out there, maybe a combination for the company as they continue to restructure, to overcome the loss of revenue. switching gears completely. i want to focus on kylie jenner. why? she makes a lot of money. she has a cosmetics firm that brought in $177 million in revenue this year. thee is selling a huge stake, 51% to coty, the new york based cosmetic firm that owns co

blake burman live at the east room of the white house still waiting for the news conference to begin. gerri willis on floor of new york stock exchange. edward lawrence from capitol hill. kristina partsinevelos in new york and jeff flock in chicago. try to get to everybody. kristina, the huge day i referenced about disney. >> hit it on the head. did is any had over -- disney had over 10 million subscribers over the streaming platform they launched yesterday. those numbers blew a lot of expectations out of the park. look at disney's stock. closed up a little bit at the high. it was originally up 8%. if you own the shares, need at least 10 bucks. competitor netflix took a hit. why is that? disney going at them with a lower price target right now. the fact that the walt disney streaming service is a little bit cheaper. the fact that you had increase in subscribers so quickly, 10 million in just one day. but the big question is, how many subscribers are going to stay on? you have first the free trial for seven days. some of those guys may not be paying. the second thing, verizon is offering all of their customers a verizon is offering a free yea

blake burman at the white house. gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence is in washington.erri, record-setting day. we begin with you. reporter: dow, nasdaq with report setting. traders say stocks seem to go nowhere but up. with will bring them down? that is what they're talking about. walgreens, dow component, could it go private. that is a big question this afternoon after a reuters story said it's a possibility. this would be the biggest ever leveraged buyout. the stock is up, almost, 1 1/2% as you can see. reuters saying walgreens has preliminary discussions with evercore partners. how will they replace that on the dow? that is one question we're asking this afternoon. peloton, the stock falling out of bed after being up 7% premarket. they closed down 1.8%. the share price hovering 23. that is below the ipo price. earnings beat expectations. the ceo there saying they are opting to spend to grow, rather than delivering cents to the bottom line. that hammered the stock today. investors show proclivity for earnings rather than growth lately. back to you. melissa: taking a