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50 bullets by police this, as theol closing in the uk general electio we've got our very own ashley webster on the scene in london. ashley, good to sigh. what's the latest, ashley? >> reporter: yeah, good to see you, elizabeth. we're going through what the exit poll is showing. this is an exit poll, aren't the real results, this particular exit poll is accurate and it shows the conservatives with the most seats at 314, labour with 266. if this bears out to be true, the conservatives would not be with a majority in parliament. so as a result, that could be a lot hard fer the government to form maybe some sort of coalition as a result of this exit poll. we're already seeing the british pound start to fall in world markets. again, this is an exit poll. it may not be as accurate as we've just suggested to you at 314-266 but 326 seats are needed in the house of parliament in order for a party to have the majority. when theresa may called for this snap election back on april 18, she did have a majority. she thought she could get a bigger majority by calling the snap election, may have blown up in
50 bullets by police this, as theol closing in the uk general electio we've got our very own ashley webster on the scene in london. ashley, good to sigh. what's the latest, ashley? >> reporter: yeah, good to see you, elizabeth. we're going through what the exit poll is showing. this is an exit poll, aren't the real results, this particular exit poll is accurate and it shows the conservatives with the most seats at 314, labour with 266. if this bears out to be true, the conservatives would...
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ashley webster joining us from london with more. , ashley. >> yeah, hey, boris johnson, the former mayor of london has now foreign secretary calling out domestic intelligence agencies saying how did this guy slipped through the net? he was known to intelligence agencies for the last two years. in fact, he appeared in a local documentary on channel four in the u.k. the title of the documentary was the g harding next door. it wasn't like they didn't know he was out there but they say they had no intelligence to suggest he was plotting any sort of attack. the very difficult questions have to be asked. and asked. and my 5 cents at any given time there is used 3000 islamic extremists that they are trying to maintain contact with anytime 500 investigations are in the way. 20,000 individuals may have sympathies towards radical extremism. so it is a huge task, a big issue and a lot of people wondered how we protect ourselves from these people who go with the very low-tech methods to create chaos. as we saw saturday night and three individual
ashley webster joining us from london with more. , ashley. >> yeah, hey, boris johnson, the former mayor of london has now foreign secretary calling out domestic intelligence agencies saying how did this guy slipped through the net? he was known to intelligence agencies for the last two years. in fact, he appeared in a local documentary on channel four in the u.k. the title of the documentary was the g harding next door. it wasn't like they didn't know he was out there but they say they...
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let's go to ashley webster with the very latest on this. nice to see you, ashley. reporter: good morning, lauren. this is the last day of campaigning before the u.k. goes to the polls tomorrow. theresa may visited five different areas. jeremy corbyn visits in six different locations today. as you mentioned, the poll showed the race could be closer than first thought. some have been ahead by 12%, others by one point. they will be a lot closer than people thought in the prime issue has been the threat of islamic terrorism with the attack on london bridge last saturday evening to refresh in in the minds of voters. to reset my last night at an event said more has to be done. she admitted to track down suspected terror suspects even though it could mean changing the laws on human rights in the u.k. take a listen. >> longer prison sentences. i mean, making it easier for authorities to deport foreign terror suspects back to their own country. if our human rights stop us from doing it, will change the laws so they can do it. >> parent than those that say that should end th
let's go to ashley webster with the very latest on this. nice to see you, ashley. reporter: good morning, lauren. this is the last day of campaigning before the u.k. goes to the polls tomorrow. theresa may visited five different areas. jeremy corbyn visits in six different locations today. as you mentioned, the poll showed the race could be closer than first thought. some have been ahead by 12%, others by one point. they will be a lot closer than people thought in the prime issue has been the...
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connell: fun days, ashley webster.time tonight, with special coverage on fox business network. you can see it with lou dobbs at 7:00 and neil cavuto taking over from 9:00 tonight. we shift from comey mode to uk election mode. >>> breaking news from the floor of the united states senate. let's listen to chuck schumer. >> mr. comey didn't want a special counsel in the clinton case and looked at fact and determined there wasn't a case for one. with respect to the russia probe, the director examined the fact and felt there was enough potential evidence a special counsel was warranted. again the contrast is telling. democrats and republicans alike, the american people as well, should be pleased that the investigation is in the hands of former director mueller. and third, the hearings raised serious questions about attorney general sessions, that he and the justice department must answer immediately. senator wyden, senator harris repete he hadly asked director comey about attorney general sessions' involvement in the investi
connell: fun days, ashley webster.time tonight, with special coverage on fox business network. you can see it with lou dobbs at 7:00 and neil cavuto taking over from 9:00 tonight. we shift from comey mode to uk election mode. >>> breaking news from the floor of the united states senate. let's listen to chuck schumer. >> mr. comey didn't want a special counsel in the clinton case and looked at fact and determined there wasn't a case for one. with respect to the russia probe, the...
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ashley webster is over in london. he joins us now. the impression there is a new mood and new policy is go get em. what say you? ashley: i think you're right, stuart, as theresa may said, the prime minister, enough is enough but what does that really mean? she is under fire. opposition leader jeremy corbyn says she needs to step down. she was home secretary here in the uk. kind of version of homeland security from 2010 to 2016. she has overseen the reduction of british police by some 20,000. all of this put together with three attacks in the last 10 weeks in the uk, she is under a lot of pressure. she knows she has to come out strong, the question is, i heard you talk about with mike baker, stu, what can you do? she talked about longer prison sentences for those convicted of islamic terrorism, but if an islamic terrorist want to carry out an attack they normally want to die so a longer prison sentence will not deter them. you know london like myself. this is the face of central london. this is a huge concrete brought in overnight. as
ashley webster is over in london. he joins us now. the impression there is a new mood and new policy is go get em. what say you? ashley: i think you're right, stuart, as theresa may said, the prime minister, enough is enough but what does that really mean? she is under fire. opposition leader jeremy corbyn says she needs to step down. she was home secretary here in the uk. kind of version of homeland security from 2010 to 2016. she has overseen the reduction of british police by some 20,000....
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ashley webster has more. hey, ashley. >> yeah, hey, neil. i just want to bring you some interesting news tonight. british prime minister theresa may on the campaign trail with literally less than two days to go before the election talking tough on how to combat these terror attacks. she said "we will rip up human rights laws if it will help prevent the terrorist attacks". she talking about making it easier for authorities to deport foreign terror suspects back to their own countries and also to restrict the freedom of movement. tough talking from theresa may. she's been under fire for the ability to stop the attacks. they managed to foil many plots but it's impossible and takes resources to stop all of them. you mentioned the third suspect named. the 22-year-old joseph zakbar. he's of italian and moroccan descent. the british police say they didn't know about him. late this afternoon, earlier this afternoon, we had a french police officer attacked by a man outside notre dame cathedral in central paris. he was attacked with a hammer. the susp
ashley webster has more. hey, ashley. >> yeah, hey, neil. i just want to bring you some interesting news tonight. british prime minister theresa may on the campaign trail with literally less than two days to go before the election talking tough on how to combat these terror attacks. she said "we will rip up human rights laws if it will help prevent the terrorist attacks". she talking about making it easier for authorities to deport foreign terror suspects back to their own...
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fox business correspondent ashley webster live with us now in london. he has the latest, good evening, ashley? >> reporter: good evening to you, lou. yes, in fact, theresa may, british prime minister theresa may didn't mean to call this election in the first place. on april 18th, denounced a snap poll because she believes she could win more seats and get a supermajority in parliament which would help negotiate a smooth brexit, but it appears to have blown up in her face, as you say, lou, three terror attacks, two in the last ten days or two weeks have certainly put her on the back foot, and jeremy corbyn, the labour leader, main opposition party leader has gained ground. exit polls show the conservative party has lost 17 seats from a majority of 331 down to 314. the labour party gaining some 34 seats. what does this all mean? if the exit polls are right, we could have a hung parliament, which means things get messy, it gets hard, they have to form coalitions, it also means that the political future of theresa may very much in the balance. i caution, this
fox business correspondent ashley webster live with us now in london. he has the latest, good evening, ashley? >> reporter: good evening to you, lou. yes, in fact, theresa may, british prime minister theresa may didn't mean to call this election in the first place. on april 18th, denounced a snap poll because she believes she could win more seats and get a supermajority in parliament which would help negotiate a smooth brexit, but it appears to have blown up in her face, as you say, lou,...
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david: ashley webster. thank you very much. melissa.issa: the house voting right now on the choice act, a bill that repeals some parts of the dodd-frank financial services law and bolsters community banks. it is expected to pass and move on to the senate. we will keep an eye on that one. david: that will help markets. melissa: that is what they're talking about. everybody is obsessed with comey hearing. whatever rest of america focused on real things. david: things are happening. this will help community banks a lot. the nsa hear something underway. what will happen to reality winner, the leaker of the classified information. details coming up. he fleeing from food stamps. hear why many are opting out of food stamps with president trump in office. we'll tell you about that coming up. ♪ i use what's already inside me to reach my goals. so i liked when my doctor told me i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals by activating what's within me with once-weekly trulicity. trulicity is not insulin. it helps activate my body to do what it's sup
david: ashley webster. thank you very much. melissa.issa: the house voting right now on the choice act, a bill that repeals some parts of the dodd-frank financial services law and bolsters community banks. it is expected to pass and move on to the senate. we will keep an eye on that one. david: that will help markets. melissa: that is what they're talking about. everybody is obsessed with comey hearing. whatever rest of america focused on real things. david: things are happening. this will help...
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the fact of matter is, ashley webster originally reported it will be uphill fight. repudiation a little more than seven weeks earlier was up 20 points in the polls. what now? ashley: well, that is a good question, neil. looking at my watch. just coming up to 5:20 in the afternoon. i have a feeling short distance from me theresa may is saying in our office in 10 downing street what the heck happened? she apologized to those tory mps who lost their seats in the election. earlier today she took a trip to buckingham palace and asked her majesty permission to form a government with the democratic unionist party, which has gotten a lot of attention which it never has before. that process begins. she he spoke earlier not so much about the election but need to get on with the job, she said. that included doing negotiations for "brexit." take a listen. >> this will allow us to come together as a country, channel our energiesards successful "brexit" deal that works for everyone in this country, securing a new partnership with the eu which guaranties our long-term prosperity. t
the fact of matter is, ashley webster originally reported it will be uphill fight. repudiation a little more than seven weeks earlier was up 20 points in the polls. what now? ashley: well, that is a good question, neil. looking at my watch. just coming up to 5:20 in the afternoon. i have a feeling short distance from me theresa may is saying in our office in 10 downing street what the heck happened? she apologized to those tory mps who lost their seats in the election. earlier today she took a...
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ashley webster is in london, and he's been monitoring everything there, talking to a lot of the peopley, we've got to ask you, how's this going to affect theresa may? >> reporter: yeah. well, it hasn't helped, i don't think, trish. you know, the third suspect you talked about there of italian and moroccan descent, italian authorities say they stopped that individual from flying to turkey last year, and when they looked at his phone, they found isis material. what did they do? they said they called u.k. authorities. another example, perhaps, of a radical islamist slipping through the net. and that does not reflect well on theresa may who, for six years, was home secretary here in the u.k. which is, basically, the u.k.'s version of homeland security. so she's been asked a lot of tough questions. she's also overseen a reduction of the british police force of some 20,000 officers during that time. she has been fighting back though saying, well, you know what? we've put more money into counterterrorism. but i think as the polls have suggested thursday's election's going to be a lot closer t
ashley webster is in london, and he's been monitoring everything there, talking to a lot of the peopley, we've got to ask you, how's this going to affect theresa may? >> reporter: yeah. well, it hasn't helped, i don't think, trish. you know, the third suspect you talked about there of italian and moroccan descent, italian authorities say they stopped that individual from flying to turkey last year, and when they looked at his phone, they found isis material. what did they do? they said...
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ashley webster invert list claimant today. i'm still waiting for my slice of blueberry pie. i'm sure the kids already have agents also. you are looking at that triple-double. for the second day in a row. they are not bothered by that controversial decision. and by the way that course happened and that very hour. some 24 hours ago. scott pruitt out today to counterpunch the critics. there he is. he believes humans do contribute to global warming it is up to other world leaders to decide if they will sit down with the president to renegotiate paris accord or even forge a new climate deal. also refusing those multiple questions. with an all-star lineup to break it all down. in the former congressman. they are on opposites sides of the argument. we are talking about him a lot this week. there is more brush and talk. let's start the count on. while i guess disappointing day. they are waking up and let's be honest to a bit of a bummer. the unemployment rate 4.3% sounds good. april's numbers aprils numbers also by the way values down. in spite of that though. markets continue their
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ashley webster is covering it for us. so much happened, ashley, with the attack over the weekend some said this would hurt theresa may, the incumbent prime minister. are the odds still in her favor though? reporter: they are, but certainly those odds connell, narrowed considerably. at one point theresa may and the conservative party had a 20-point lead. by some accounts in last couple days poles show it almost dead-even with perhaps theresa may with a slight lead. at issue here, rather at stake is the in per of seats at parliament. who controls law of the land and very important don't forget, as the country starts to negotiate out of the european union, "brexit." it is interesting, the opposition leader, jeremy corbyn has not been popular even within had is own party. some say he should step down. he has been as a candidate, somewhat awkward and,. problem for theresa may these terror attacks really led to criticism of her policies when she was home secretary here in charge, if you like, of homeland security. she also overs
ashley webster is covering it for us. so much happened, ashley, with the attack over the weekend some said this would hurt theresa may, the incumbent prime minister. are the odds still in her favor though? reporter: they are, but certainly those odds connell, narrowed considerably. at one point theresa may and the conservative party had a 20-point lead. by some accounts in last couple days poles show it almost dead-even with perhaps theresa may with a slight lead. at issue here, rather at stake...
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ashley webster joins us from london. question is very simple, ashley, do the conservatives lose their majority because of terror? >> y, i think so, stuart. in part, certainly in the last seven weeks of the campaign here, we have two terror attacks, the manchester bombing and the attack on westminster bridge road before that and of course, london bridge last saturday night. yes, i do think it played a role. as we know, theresa may was home security for six years, was put on the back foot. it was supposed to be here talking about conservatives leadership and negotiate brexit smoothly. it wasn't the case. she was on the back foot and because of that, i think she lost votes. also, i think the youth vote,stuart. 18 to 25-year-olds voted at a rate of 72%, really remarkable, much higher than the youth did vote for brexit. the question now is how long will theresa may remain as prime minister? in the short-term she's considered a caretaker of some sort, but i think long-term her leadership very much under question. stuart: ashle
ashley webster joins us from london. question is very simple, ashley, do the conservatives lose their majority because of terror? >> y, i think so, stuart. in part, certainly in the last seven weeks of the campaign here, we have two terror attacks, the manchester bombing and the attack on westminster bridge road before that and of course, london bridge last saturday night. yes, i do think it played a role. as we know, theresa may was home security for six years, was put on the back foot....
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ashley webster is live in london. what's at stake here.it's interesting about four weeks ago according to most polls have a 20-point lead as we sit here on the eve of the general election tomorrow some pos have aery ose even perhaps the even odds. it was supposed to be about conservative leadership and the ability to negotiate a great deal for the united kingdom. but now the focus has switched to terror attacks in the fact that thersea may in her own secretary cut the police force. all of a sudden what was supposed to be a landslide has turned into a very competitive race but make no mistake it's a clear choice between the conservatives in the labour party who wants to raise taxes and spend lots of money on public services. we will have adults mount back to you. thersea may is talking tough ahead of that. to keep britain safe. the longer prison sentences for those convicted of terrorist offenses. i mean making it easier for the authorities into the to the fort foreign suspects back to their own country. and i mean doing more to restrict th
ashley webster is live in london. what's at stake here.it's interesting about four weeks ago according to most polls have a 20-point lead as we sit here on the eve of the general election tomorrow some pos have aery ose even perhaps the even odds. it was supposed to be about conservative leadership and the ability to negotiate a great deal for the united kingdom. but now the focus has switched to terror attacks in the fact that thersea may in her own secretary cut the police force. all of a...
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our own ashley webster joins us now. they are very worked up. it's interesting. cost 6 million jobs. they say it look for those very reasons. plus we want a seat at the table when things are decided. what bugs me about it though and beyond what the companies are saying is that china doesn't really had to play or get involved until about 20 years down the road where as we have a bunch of money. we reduce our admissions. that's why think the whole thing is just some kind of stamp of approval that you can get. the idea that somehow by china gets a free pass because they deserve a shot at that. the biggest clue. and as we sit here china continues to construct factories at the rate of a one a week. i just think the whole thing is just plain lip service. it's a climate change. how much impact are we having. i'm not really sure. it could be whatever. i think being tied into an agreement like this in the course mean been a big contributor of money towards it i think he said on the campaign. it's a bad deal were getting out. i think he probably well. politically it would
our own ashley webster joins us now. they are very worked up. it's interesting. cost 6 million jobs. they say it look for those very reasons. plus we want a seat at the table when things are decided. what bugs me about it though and beyond what the companies are saying is that china doesn't really had to play or get involved until about 20 years down the road where as we have a bunch of money. we reduce our admissions. that's why think the whole thing is just some kind of stamp of approval that...
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to ashley webster in london with how their proceeding with this investigation. ne in as many months, sadly. they're getting used to this. ashley? >> reporter: yeah, sadly, you say, neil, getting used to this. i'm on borough high street, and over my shoulder is borough market where part of the attack saturday night took place. it began on london bridge. three attackers running into this fashionable area of restaurants and bars, one with a machete, others with long knives. now it is still one giant crime scene, but as you mentioned, neil, becoming all too familiar. 34 people killed, 216 people injured in the course of the last ten weeks. the question is, the government. what is the government doing? the pressure is growing,mideast saw may on -- theresa may on the defensive. she is being criticized for reducing the police force by 20,000 officers since her time as a home secretary here, neil, so she has been on the hot seat a little bit. of course, all of this serves as a backdrop to the general election on thursday, and the polls suggests at one point it was going
to ashley webster in london with how their proceeding with this investigation. ne in as many months, sadly. they're getting used to this. ashley? >> reporter: yeah, sadly, you say, neil, getting used to this. i'm on borough high street, and over my shoulder is borough market where part of the attack saturday night took place. it began on london bridge. three attackers running into this fashionable area of restaurants and bars, one with a machete, others with long knives. now it is still...
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ashley webster in london with the latest. i don't know think i've seen that, certainly lately. >> no, that speaks to the general feel of this country right now, neil. three attacks in ten weeks. 34 people killed. 216 people injured. we find out that under the leadership of theresa may when she was home secretary, she cut the police force by 20,000 officers. that, of course, bearing in mind what happened this last saturday night has not sat well with people, especially when she made that announcement of enough is enough. there's those saying wait a minute. two of the individuals were very well-known to intelligence services, both mi 5 and counter terrorism agencies and reported by concerned neighbors to terror hotlines but nothing was done. that has proven to be -- perhaps created that atmosphere you're talking about. people are upset. they're saying what are you doing? we know the people are here. we can't we stop them from happening before they do? the problem these are very low tech attacks. all they have is a car and a machete or a nice and they can wreak havoc. look what hap
ashley webster in london with the latest. i don't know think i've seen that, certainly lately. >> no, that speaks to the general feel of this country right now, neil. three attacks in ten weeks. 34 people killed. 216 people injured. we find out that under the leadership of theresa may when she was home secretary, she cut the police force by 20,000 officers. that, of course, bearing in mind what happened this last saturday night has not sat well with people, especially when she made that...
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. >> i'm ashley webster in london where the polls will be closing in about 17 minutes.the vote has gone. is it for prime minister theresa may? will she get the extra seats she was hoping for in parliament or will opposition leader jeremy corbyn come on stronger than anyone would have believed just four weeks ago? the polls suggested it was a narrowing race before today's election. we'll find out soon when we get the exit polls in 16 minutes. theresa may in april thought she would get a super majority of stronger mandate as this country begins to negotiations for brexit and divorces itself from the european union. in light of the terror attacks here in manchester and london bridge and the capitol, it has been a different story as we head to the vote. theresa may, more on the defensive. how the u.k. voted. we'll find out soon with the polls almost closed. neil, back to you. >> neil: thanks, ashley. we'll pick up the baton with this at 7:00 p.m. with lou dobbs and i get the torch at 9:00 p.m. this is a biggie. it will take you and your money worldwide. we have ronna mcdani
. >> i'm ashley webster in london where the polls will be closing in about 17 minutes.the vote has gone. is it for prime minister theresa may? will she get the extra seats she was hoping for in parliament or will opposition leader jeremy corbyn come on stronger than anyone would have believed just four weeks ago? the polls suggested it was a narrowing race before today's election. we'll find out soon when we get the exit polls in 16 minutes. theresa may in april thought she would get a...
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fox business's ashley webster in london with the very latest. hi, ash. ashley: yeah, hi, david.ncerning indeed. the third suspect identified as 22-year-oldf zaghba. he is from italian moroccan descent. they stopped him in bo loan that from istanbul. they looked at his phone and found isis material on it. they contacted uk authorities watch out this guy could pose a terror threat. ironically, interestingly i should say the british authorities say he was not on our radar. very disturbing we know another suspect in saturday's attack was featured in a documentary just last year on channel 4 here in the uk. the documentary was called "the jihadis next door." rather embarrassing for intelligence authorities. although they say we had no belief any attack was imminent. theresa may on the campaign trail said we'll take stronger steps. we'll do whatever we can to stop these kind of attacks. i should mention the twitter war between president donald trump and london mayor, muslim sadiq kahn goes on. although boris johnson weighed in. sadiq kahn said donald trump is wrong about many things a
fox business's ashley webster in london with the very latest. hi, ash. ashley: yeah, hi, david.ncerning indeed. the third suspect identified as 22-year-oldf zaghba. he is from italian moroccan descent. they stopped him in bo loan that from istanbul. they looked at his phone and found isis material on it. they contacted uk authorities watch out this guy could pose a terror threat. ironically, interestingly i should say the british authorities say he was not on our radar. very disturbing we know...
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i want to go to ashley webster who is there in london right now. hey, ashley. >> reporter: yeah. hey, trish. i'm on borough high street, and just down over my shoulder and down the end of the street was where much of the attack took place on saturday night. it's been described as one massive crime scene as investigators try to put together what happened. the third attack in about ten weeks on u.k. soil. trish, 34 people dead in that time, 216 people injured. they have just released the names of two of the attackers, 27-year-old khuram butt, they say the investigation into him began two years ago. he was a british citizen who was born in pakistan. but authorities say there was no suggestion of or intelligence that he was in any way going to attack or at least not imminently. the other suspect, 30-year-old rashid rachid redouane, believed to be of to moroccan or lib ran origin. they believe there's some 3,000 extremists, radical islamists that they know of in the country, but it's almost impossible to track all of them. mi5 says it has 500 investigations ongoing right now, and you
i want to go to ashley webster who is there in london right now. hey, ashley. >> reporter: yeah. hey, trish. i'm on borough high street, and just down over my shoulder and down the end of the street was where much of the attack took place on saturday night. it's been described as one massive crime scene as investigators try to put together what happened. the third attack in about ten weeks on u.k. soil. trish, 34 people dead in that time, 216 people injured. they have just released the...
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i'm ashley webster. stuart is back tomorrow. thanks for sticking around.ies we cover this hour. gop pushing president's growth agenda big time. paul ryan gives a peach about two hours from now, calling for aggressive tax reform. mitch mcconnell pushing for a vote on health reform before the 4th of july holiday. we'll see if that works out. meanwhile in georgia, it is election day, that hotly-contested to seat to fill tom price's seat in congress. a lot of votes already cast. we'll talk about that. this hour the ceo of my pillow, he is involved in helping the president revive america's inner cities. interesting story. nfl hall of fame are jerome betties criticizing the nfl on the handling of the concussion problem. lots to talk about. hour two of "varney & company" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ashley: starting the day, can't really get your engines revved yet on the markets. the dow hit an all-time high. seems like we do it every day. down 22 points at 21,506, can you believe it. that is the big story of the day, oil down big again today. as you can see oil down a
i'm ashley webster. stuart is back tomorrow. thanks for sticking around.ies we cover this hour. gop pushing president's growth agenda big time. paul ryan gives a peach about two hours from now, calling for aggressive tax reform. mitch mcconnell pushing for a vote on health reform before the 4th of july holiday. we'll see if that works out. meanwhile in georgia, it is election day, that hotly-contested to seat to fill tom price's seat in congress. a lot of votes already cast. we'll talk about...
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of a big network on minds of voters as they head to polls tomorrow morning. >> we check back ashley websterors watching tomorrow a busy day waiting european zral bank decision testimony of former fbi director jim comey joining us wells fargo institute headed global market strategy paul christopher thanks for joining us are all things getting in the way are becoming distraction for investors. >> i don't think so, if you think about elections, only if an election result could undermine the economic recovery do we think investors will pay attention likewise terrorism unfortunately, the economy remains the focus, and even with ecb we i think torque probably more set up for eventually not immediate tapering. >> mid year outlook what is your mid year outlook. >> seize the opportunes we think u.s. investors have been buying large-cap stocks a long time we see consolidation into year end i didn't say bear market we think cycle continues but as goo opportunity to take profits on winners and recycle cash into other places where we have convictions. >> what is risk in the marketplace right now i sigh
of a big network on minds of voters as they head to polls tomorrow morning. >> we check back ashley websterors watching tomorrow a busy day waiting european zral bank decision testimony of former fbi director jim comey joining us wells fargo institute headed global market strategy paul christopher thanks for joining us are all things getting in the way are becoming distraction for investors. >> i don't think so, if you think about elections, only if an election result could...
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stuart: schlapp, you called me varney. >> webster is here too. ashley: thank you, schlapp. how how much federal taxes have risen in america since president john f. kennedy was in office. webster. ashley: thank you, varney. 1961, very first year that mr. kennedy was elected, federal government taxes per person worked out right around, what do we have here? stuart: 4,000. ashley: $514. in today's money, 4121. what are we at today? 10,000 per person. stuart: that is all adjusted for inflation? ashley: actually, 500 was average back in 1961. today's dollars -- stuart: apples to apples. ashley: correct. that is more than double the amount of taxes collects in 1961. stuart: by the way, schlapp, your husband is on the fox news channel. >> i'm so distracted. i can see my sweet husband on fox news. i don't know if he will get rid of the goatee. stuart: you want him to get rid of it? >> there is twitter handle called schlapp's goatee. stuart: i don't want discussion of goatees. 5500, not residents illegal immigrants, not entitled to vote, reg to vote in one part of virginia. a third o
stuart: schlapp, you called me varney. >> webster is here too. ashley: thank you, schlapp. how how much federal taxes have risen in america since president john f. kennedy was in office. webster. ashley: thank you, varney. 1961, very first year that mr. kennedy was elected, federal government taxes per person worked out right around, what do we have here? stuart: 4,000. ashley: $514. in today's money, 4121. what are we at today? 10,000 per person. stuart: that is all adjusted for...
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ashley webster is with us from london. ashley, i'm saying this is a new approach. it's tough talk.ay in the polls ahead of tomorrow's election? >> well, i tell you what, stu, you better than anyone knows how cynical the brits are, yes, it is the kind of rhetoric that people would have liked to have heard from the prime minister years ago. if she follows through with those pledges to do more to prevent the kinds of attacks that we've seen. she apparently was absolutely furious that one of the london bridge attackers, butts, has been under investigation for two years and actually the intelligence agencies took no action. and so, we would imagine that if she does get reelected, and the odds makers and everybody believes she'll get elected, the question by how many seats in parliament, that she will try to push through the types of human rights laws she was talking about last night. the problem is before when they tried to about ut-- they tried to put those in before, they did noteet with the human rights rules. maybe after brexit they will have more ability to do that. stuart: i hope
ashley webster is with us from london. ashley, i'm saying this is a new approach. it's tough talk.ay in the polls ahead of tomorrow's election? >> well, i tell you what, stu, you better than anyone knows how cynical the brits are, yes, it is the kind of rhetoric that people would have liked to have heard from the prime minister years ago. if she follows through with those pledges to do more to prevent the kinds of attacks that we've seen. she apparently was absolutely furious that one of...
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british police name a third wlond attacker they say he was not on police or intelligence radar ashley websterror attack ashley good morning to you. reporter: good morning to you maria, that person identified as 22-year-old youssef zakbar none on radar or mi-5 moroccan italian descent i heard you talking with mike baker earlier about 27-year-old, he was guth a lot of conversation maybe it is 20/20 hindsight in documentary the jihadi next door known to be handing out leaflets complaints to police of him trying to radicalize younger memorieso members he was certainly on radar investigated two years but to police's point showed no signs of any imminent of an attack the questions being asked boris johnson former london mayor now forren second said mi-5 needs to look at how it is kiking investigations, theresa may take on the incident today saying we have to eliminate those safe spaces where radical islamists are able to continue to you know broadcast their beliefs also try to convert those going to those stooits, question is can they do it legally she says the internet companies don't do it the go
british police name a third wlond attacker they say he was not on police or intelligence radar ashley websterror attack ashley good morning to you. reporter: good morning to you maria, that person identified as 22-year-old youssef zakbar none on radar or mi-5 moroccan italian descent i heard you talking with mike baker earlier about 27-year-old, he was guth a lot of conversation maybe it is 20/20 hindsight in documentary the jihadi next door known to be handing out leaflets complaints to police...
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who is going to help me get through this, liz macdonald, ashley webster, elizabeth peek stays with ushah gilani. i've got a bone to pick with you, galani. ashley: oh. stuart: we're about to see the second or third leg up for the dow industrials. where is it? >> it's coming. stuart: so is christmas. >> okay. that's a great analogy. kind of like christmas, there are presents under the tree, they haven't been opened. if we ever get anything in tax reform, even deregulation, that would be a plus for the market. the market is held up, it's gone up in spite of everything, the disappointments in washington. it wants to get higher. stuart: you're sticking with your prediction and you made it many, many times. >> that doesn't mean that we can't have pullbacks. investors want it take profits if they're nervous. something like cyber attacks could have more profit taking. generally speaking, the markets want to go and they will go up. stuart: we're at 21,400, that's where we are. check again, the bick name technology stocks, all of them were down big, this morning they've come back and not that m
who is going to help me get through this, liz macdonald, ashley webster, elizabeth peek stays with ushah gilani. i've got a bone to pick with you, galani. ashley: oh. stuart: we're about to see the second or third leg up for the dow industrials. where is it? >> it's coming. stuart: so is christmas. >> okay. that's a great analogy. kind of like christmas, there are presents under the tree, they haven't been opened. if we ever get anything in tax reform, even deregulation, that would...
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dagen: ashley webster is going to go punch you in arm off air saying masters u.s.rnaments. -- okay can't call british open -- >> we are americans here, dagen. let's not forget. maria: indeed. >> we wish you were with us a beautiful course you are right, and we are happy to be here see you back in new york. >> i will be watching i will be watching. >> we will see you top of the hour. >> you will. >> thanks, "varney & company" 9 a.m. after "mornings with maria" join stuart a lot on the agenda this morning, he will be up next first congressman steve scalise in critical condition this morning, after a gunman targets republican lawmakers at baseball practice yesterday. . the tragedy uniting politicians on capitol hill the new moshe of unity coming next. back in a moment. ♪ there's nothing more important than your health. so if you're on medicare or will be soon, you may want more than parts a and b here's why. medicare only covers about 80% of your part b mic expenses. the rest is up to you. you might want to consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured
dagen: ashley webster is going to go punch you in arm off air saying masters u.s.rnaments. -- okay can't call british open -- >> we are americans here, dagen. let's not forget. maria: indeed. >> we wish you were with us a beautiful course you are right, and we are happy to be here see you back in new york. >> i will be watching i will be watching. >> we will see you top of the hour. >> you will. >> thanks, "varney & company" 9 a.m. after...
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ashley webster, 70-30, it will get done. what does marsha blackburn?, i think that mitch mcconnell will get this across the finish line this week. he certainly is working on it. i think many of the senators realize they need to get to yes on this, i've got a card here with the stats in tennessee and people are being booted out of the health care access system because the insurance market is failing, they cannot get in to see a physician. they are needing to move to high deductible plans and bear in mind, 19 million people chose to either get exempted or to pay the penalty last year. that is what we're dealing with. stuart: what do you-- how do you respond to former speaker nancy pelosi who said that the passage of this health care bill will cause the death of hundreds of thousands of people. what do you make of that? >> i think nancy pelosi likes the drama lines. but this is not a one-act, two-act or three-act play. this is serious business and you have people that no longer can get health insurance, that lost their health insurance, and when you look
ashley webster, 70-30, it will get done. what does marsha blackburn?, i think that mitch mcconnell will get this across the finish line this week. he certainly is working on it. i think many of the senators realize they need to get to yes on this, i've got a card here with the stats in tennessee and people are being booted out of the health care access system because the insurance market is failing, they cannot get in to see a physician. they are needing to move to high deductible plans and...
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ashley webster makes a welcome return. art laffer and keith fitz-gerald. are on a monday morning, the market has gone up despite what's going on in d.c. explain it, keith. what's going on? >> traders have grudgingly figured out they better get on board, stuart, like it or not, the data underlying this is pretty darn good and that means they have to do what they do best. stuart: hold on a second, durable goods orders, we don't usually get into the technical stuff, durable goods, down 1%, that's big ticket items, i don't call that good economic news. >> no, but on the company side two important readings. government readings are more cooked than a christmas goose, we've talk about that many times. look at particularly big technology companies, increasing, even if the government has not caught up. traders know they've got to get on board or left behind. stuart: on the left-hand side of the screen, facebook has now reached 156 per share. apple at the top 147. let me go back to facebook, we've got news on that company. they're going to have original programming.
ashley webster makes a welcome return. art laffer and keith fitz-gerald. are on a monday morning, the market has gone up despite what's going on in d.c. explain it, keith. what's going on? >> traders have grudgingly figured out they better get on board, stuart, like it or not, the data underlying this is pretty darn good and that means they have to do what they do best. stuart: hold on a second, durable goods orders, we don't usually get into the technical stuff, durable goods, down 1%,...
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joining us this morning, we are going to fill the screen, ashley webster, elizabeth mcdonald, elizabethrtin, andy puzder. ap scott, is this a new drop for the overall stock market? >> i don't think a new drop, stuart. i think this is a continuation of some of the selling pressure we saw last friday, an amazing day when you look at the volume and fervor going into some of the selling orders on friday afternoon. to me it's a repricing, a general pullback, i don't think it's the big contraction that everybody is looking for. you listed to scott shellady, i watch even when i am a-- i'm on. he walks about the weak hands, had the weak hands if you are, stay in the names. stuart: what say you, liz peek? >> i don't think so, basically investors still have no place else to go are the rates are moving up slightly, but the yields are incredibly low. survey, a lot of professionals think the market is overvalued. but the number two thing, that the european market is overvalued which is a shock. there's not a lot of opportunities for the growing market. it's all about the trump agenda. investors are
joining us this morning, we are going to fill the screen, ashley webster, elizabeth mcdonald, elizabethrtin, andy puzder. ap scott, is this a new drop for the overall stock market? >> i don't think a new drop, stuart. i think this is a continuation of some of the selling pressure we saw last friday, an amazing day when you look at the volume and fervor going into some of the selling orders on friday afternoon. to me it's a repricing, a general pullback, i don't think it's the big...
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who is with us on a thursday morning to cover the market action, ashley webster, john layfield and scottt now, senate leadership meeting behind closed doors on health care. no market impact yet, but if there is news that they're making real progress and they're going to get something done, scott martin, i think that could lift the market. what say you? >> definitely, stuart. we've had this months of lull period here where nothing has been done. in fact, i would argue that the opposition in the house and certainly the senate has only risen. so, seeing some progress on health care here, with the notion that the president and paul ryan and others worked with the senate to get something in there for everyone is a great sign for the next big steps for this country, which is tax reform which needs to happen by the end of the year. stuart: john, would you agree with this? my premise is, if we see real progress in the immediate future on health care, just getting something done, i don't care what is done, getting something done, that's a shot in the arm for the market. >> absolutely. i 100% agre
who is with us on a thursday morning to cover the market action, ashley webster, john layfield and scottt now, senate leadership meeting behind closed doors on health care. no market impact yet, but if there is news that they're making real progress and they're going to get something done, scott martin, i think that could lift the market. what say you? >> definitely, stuart. we've had this months of lull period here where nothing has been done. in fact, i would argue that the opposition...
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come in, ashley webster from london for us. take it the state visit is still on and deal with the naming of the third suspect in the terror attack. ashley: let's talk about the twitter battle that's erupted. the london mayor, sadiq khan, the london mayor says that donald trump does not deserve to come here for a state visit. he says donald trump is wrong about many things, his visit should be stopped of the the leader of the liberal democrats here ferrin calls trump an embarrassment to america. and now the foreign secretary says, look, i don't agree with mr. trump on t twitter wa but he has every right to come for the state visit later on in the year. i've got to be honest, this twitter feud is not getting much coverage. they're focusing the attack. and you mentioned of third person of moroccan and italian descent. disturbingly, we're hearing from italian media he was stopped trying to fly from the bologna airport, he was stopped, on his phone isis material. stuart: got to leave you, ashley. i'm sorry i know you can't hear memen
come in, ashley webster from london for us. take it the state visit is still on and deal with the naming of the third suspect in the terror attack. ashley: let's talk about the twitter battle that's erupted. the london mayor, sadiq khan, the london mayor says that donald trump does not deserve to come here for a state visit. he says donald trump is wrong about many things, his visit should be stopped of the the leader of the liberal democrats here ferrin calls trump an embarrassment to america....
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stuart: my colleagues, elizabeth mcdonald and ashley webster are with me now following the story. a lot of shot fired. ashley: that's a lot to gauge. stuart: senator rand paul. ashley: 50 shots where apparently the shooter reloaded the guns and rand paul was in the outfield and went on for ten minutes, that's a long time. liz: he had hunkered down behind the third base dugout according to fox news. senator jeff flake took mr. scalise's phone to call mr. scalise's wife. he did not want his wife to hear about the shooting from the news so alerted the wife to what was happening. stuart: we should alert everyone that congressman roger williams of texas shot in this accident and carried off the field on a stretcher and his condition is unknown. congressman duffy, we have reports that steve scalise was hit, schemreamed and dragged himself across the field. you heard this? >> yes, i did hear it and i mean, just think how freightening and scary that situation is. and the wherewithal and the drive that steve scalise dragged himself to safety. roger williams from texas, a former car dealer,
stuart: my colleagues, elizabeth mcdonald and ashley webster are with me now following the story. a lot of shot fired. ashley: that's a lot to gauge. stuart: senator rand paul. ashley: 50 shots where apparently the shooter reloaded the guns and rand paul was in the outfield and went on for ten minutes, that's a long time. liz: he had hunkered down behind the third base dugout according to fox news. senator jeff flake took mr. scalise's phone to call mr. scalise's wife. he did not want his wife...
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ashley webster with the very latest, ashley. ashley: yeah, neil, very interesting.as supposed to be a conservative landslide, they were talking about 200-seat majority in parliament, oh, how times have changed as we have seen the last final hours for theresa main and jeremy corbin and can conservatives hang onto their seats or do they even lose some? it means that governing in the uk will be much harder because we have the prospect of a hunged parliament and let us not forget that the country is trying to begin negotiations to get out of the european union. the conservative says you need that to do that smoothly. as the background to all of this clearly has been the terror attacks, we have seen three in the last two weeks, the most recent saturday night. eight victims now from that attack. theresa may was furious at at least two attackers from saturday night were known to intelligence agencies, one had been under two years worth of investigation but no action was ever taken. neil, it's kind of interesting, a t ofinger-pointing today regarding that attack. for instan
ashley webster with the very latest, ashley. ashley: yeah, neil, very interesting.as supposed to be a conservative landslide, they were talking about 200-seat majority in parliament, oh, how times have changed as we have seen the last final hours for theresa main and jeremy corbin and can conservatives hang onto their seats or do they even lose some? it means that governing in the uk will be much harder because we have the prospect of a hunged parliament and let us not forget that the country...
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ashley webster is live in london with the latest. what's going on there? >> a shocking development no doubt. we have been watching was what's going on here indeed. right now waiting for the individual constituencies to report their numbers. 650 seats in parliament. we have gotten through about 50 of them so far. the exit poll with you have pointed out in that exit poll has been quite accurate shows that conservatives will end up with 314 states. still the party with the most seats but below that magic 326 a majority so now what happens? the political future of theresa may very much in doubt. she is the conservative party are unable to form some sort of coalition government to give them the majority then she may be forced to step down and invite the party party becomes the second i.e. the labour party under jeremy corbyn to try to form a government. jeremy corbyn make no mistake is far left. this is a candidate who proposes to raise corporate business taxes and taxes on the wealthy to pay for massive public sector spending. also you know he's not afraid of
ashley webster is live in london with the latest. what's going on there? >> a shocking development no doubt. we have been watching was what's going on here indeed. right now waiting for the individual constituencies to report their numbers. 650 seats in parliament. we have gotten through about 50 of them so far. the exit poll with you have pointed out in that exit poll has been quite accurate shows that conservatives will end up with 314 states. still the party with the most seats but...