podcast, the jon taffer podcast. no one looks after their friends and colleagues in the hospitality and even the restaurant industry like you do, touche to you there but unfortunately talking to the president, obviously his interest in trying to see some sort of stimulus put together, it doesn't look like it is going to happen, certainly before next week, if at all in the near future. what do you think of that? >> well i asked the president that very question, neil and, he feels that the democrats won't move until after the election. so, he sort of given up the past few weeks on dealing with it until after the election but, you know, he is a hospitality guy, neil, and my purpose in the interview was not to be supportive or combative with the president but get his policies on the table with regard to our industry. i also want to note, neil, we reached out to the biden camp at the same time as the hospitality industry wanting to ask the same questions and i have not heard back. this was a bipartisan effort on my part t

tammy bruce coming up and jon taffer.e with the president about the restaurant and bar industry. he's going to tell us all about that just a little later this hour. >>> breaking right now, the latest read on consumer sentiment. susan. >> positive. the october final number shows that americans continue to be optimistic. 81.2, the read, and 81.8 is the read, so that's higher than what economists had forecasted. still, coming off a six month high and extending that even further, so that's pretty good for the u.s. economy. stuart: none of it seems to have an effect on the market, we're still way down on big tech and the volatility before the election. >> yeah, that's right. stuart: down 144 on the dow. and now this. sometimes the sheer nastiness of the trump haters takes you by surprise. you could pick any one of a thousand examples, but this one stood out. here's cnn's don lemon. >> i had to get rid of a lot of people in my life because sometimes you just have to let them go. they have to hit rock bottom like an addict, righ

but first "bar rescue" guy jon taffer is back.new york mayor de blasio proposing more shutdowns. can you believe it? the second hour of "varney" is just getting started. stuart: sina world is closing 540 theaters in america, 120 in britain. they're shuttered indefinitely. they couldn't take the delay in releasing blockbuster films like james bond, "no time to die." couldn't take the public's reluctance to watch movies outside the home. it raises another industry, should dying industry stay alive with taxpayer money? the counterargument to that is, well it, was the government that shut things down in the first place. cinemases, airlines, cruise lines, restaurants bars. they did nothing wrong, the government should them down. why shouldn't they be compensated for government imposed losses? you will hear a lot about this. jonathan hunt is with us, fox news chief correspondent in los angeles. in los angeles. what i read about cine world closing down. that is bad news for the name industry. reporter: it is really is. blame james bond f