post to bob evans, it was our refrigerator side dish business which has been growing.have a 50% market share and growing at a rate that far exceeds our competitors. >> shares of post were slightly higher to 86.36. bob evans' shares popped 6% to 77.41. >>> the government is reportedly taking steps to make it easier for american gun makers to sell small arms to foreigners. that's according to reuters. the report said new rules would cut regulatory costs and potentially lead to more job creation in the u.s. that was good news for the gun makers. american outdoor brands shares were higher by 10% to 15.70. >>> after the bell, bed bath & beyond reported disappointing profits and weaker than expected sales growth. the home goods retailer cited a number of issues including restructuring charges and the impact from hurricane harvey. shares initially plunged in the extended hours session and also ended the regular day down about 1% to 27.03. >>> homebuilding activity fell for a second straight month in august thanks to a decline in housing starts for multifamily dwellings. but t

the company post hopes so because it's buying food maker bob evans for $1.5 billion and it's prime time kohl's investors. that stock is up after the retailer says it will now offer free returns for amazon customers. more on that straight ahead. we begin, though, with president trump's first speech at the united nations general assembly. as brian said it was a fiery speech where he repeated his policy of america first, also attacked north korea, iran, and venezuela, and vowed to keep americans safe by fighting terrorism. >> as president of the united states i will always put america first. just like you as the leaders of your countries will always and should always put your countries first. if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime the iranian government masks a corrupt dictatorship behind the false guise of a democracy the iran deal was one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the united states has ever entered into. the united states and our allies

. >> get to breaking news, post holdings to acquire bob evans 1/2 billion dollars another deal to talkthrop grumman we see that more competitive. >> this is part of a broader game that we're seeing across industries of big compensation getting bigger bigger there is debate in economics whether that is good for the economy good for workers good for consumers or not when companies get too much market power, we see things like controlling prices, making it harder for competitors to come in with their own products. >> overlap means job cuts. >> well, you know, i can't get over that jeans story, i'm sorry, still stuck on that, because thinking there is really sick people in america think those are going to be great. >> isn't that a play on -- wearing -- >> always i think -- >> the thing you missed were the plastic see through jeans. . >> i never got there. >> this is an improvement over people that wear jeans halfway down to their knee. we did a story i have to -- a story a few years ago about these kids who wear pants really low, and that chased by police officer this came out of a convers

love of economics and massive key regulation, which is why all these deals can pass muster the bob evan's deal these mergers wouldn't have been considered because the fear the trust division would just shoot them down from the get go. and honestly, the sprint sprint/t-mobile tie up it wouldn't hurt you. i can't imagine this justice department blocking a sprint/t-mobile deal, that's fabulous for you as an investor. ideally want north earn to agre compete with good contracts too. you think that the government would want united technologies to own a huge part of the plane to the point where it becomes such a powerful supplier that can box out honeywell, i don't know if the democrats were in charge they'd block these deals, they'd be justifiable even the mergers that were blocked in obama times --. look once investors start to recognize the companies are given a free pass that will be a huge positive for the market i want to be skeptical of this rally, we have had a much too much big move than i thought could happen some of these valuations are difficult to defend. i think it's worth taking s

farm for $77 a share it's a 15% premium >> down on the farm. >> weighted average price of bob evansook right now. showing unchanged. we were saying that in real-time, but we're going to show you as they move. the deal is a total equity value of about $1.5 billion. transaction has officially been approved by both boards. >> you have not stopped at one >> and on the farm it's on your -- well -- >> down. >> as you are flying over the fly-over states, you should look down, and you can see -- >> look down -- >> the overall >> it's not the restaurants. it's a package >> is it just the package. it's not the restaurant. >> just the package. >> you should stop at stuckey's. stuckey's? >> i'll tell the pilot >> if you go over one, yeah. >> you got to do that. you got to try that sometime you won't get -- go over the hudson and kooel keep going. >> what's between new york and california >> new york and san francisco. it's a wonderful -- >> there's something there >> a reason god created all that >> wheat fields >> of course i know this wonderful country. >> you've heard. >> when we come back,

democratic leaders spoke out gains against the graham cassidy healthcare bill mayor kenny, bob brady, dwight evans. they discussed the impact it will have on pennsylvania residence. department of health of pennsylvania formally denounced the bill today. >>> anthony weern faces up to 27 -- anthony weiner faces up to 27 months in jail he had contact with a 15-year-old girl asking her to do sexual acts on snap chat. he is going through treatment and is sorry for what he did. >> eagles fans are basking over the victory against the giants. the teams were tied at 24. that's when jake he will i don't let who joined -- he elliot joid the team two weeks ago. we'll hear from coach doug peterson in his day after news conference in the next half-hour. >>> holiday workers and other employees at target get a pay raise. >>> a man is arrested after doing a horrifying stunt holding on to a 70-mile an hour train. >>> david murphy has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your pa

. >> bob evans. >> they're not expanding into a major chain. >> clearly they're going to test to see how it does in this one town but opening a restaurant that's ha high-risk business all by itself. it's got its own issues. >> absolutely. the bearish sentiment you're seeing reflected in the stock move this year for kroger really has to do with not just the amazon/whole foods deal, the fact that these european grocers have moved so aggressively into the u.s. market, there is big-time pricing competition, not to mention the fact that walmart is also taking costs aggressively lower when it comes to pricing to compete in groceries. it's an industry that is changing. >> absolutely. >> consumers are changing. they think this move shows they're trying to keep up -- >> i get all that,i'm not sure opening a restaurant is the answer to any of that. >> yeah. >> i don't know. we will see. we could be wrong. i often am as she tells me. >> by the way, they're all trading lower today. kroger down the most >>> time for krns krcnbc news ue with sue herera. >> hi, sarah, hi, bill, here's what's happen

post holdings is making a bid for bob evans.et. basically combines the cereal maker and hot breakfast maker and make sense as consolidation in the food industry continues. autozone out with a earnings. 2% in premarket. it beat estimates up by 1%. so car parts store expects to have hurricane benefits when you have the damage to vehicles, one million vehicles damaged in a hurricane hervey evidentially irma and will have a boost for the company. david: thank you. we turn to the united nations buried in a dispute, president trump is expected to call on the world. he is going to do about the dangers posed by north korea and iran and are too dangerous for any country to remain on the sideline. for more what to expect, bloomberg reporter nick. good to have you. is he really going to change anybody's mind? >> i do not think so. view, president trump's of view is pretty much staked out at this point. he believes russia and china are the key to unlocking the problem because they constrained on the north korean economy by cutting off the f

cassidy healthcare bill today including philadelphia mayor jim kenney and congressman bob brady brendan boyle and dwight evansy hall to discuss the impact the bill would have on pennsylvania residents. the commissioner of the department of behavior health and other city officials also denounced the measure today. >> turning to today's near record breaking heat it was the september scorcher around the delaware valley with temperatures in philadelphia topping in the 90's and we'll have more from meteorologist adam joseph in a moment but first "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist live at sister cities park in center city with how folks are beating the heat today. hi, sarah. >> reporter: hi, monica. and sister cities super busy tonight. this is a scene more like what we would see in july than late september. people out and about today we talked to many are taking full advantage of what's likely the final days of these summer-like temperatures. others are ready for fall weather to arrive. and fast. splish-splash. it was a summer scene. >> it doesn't feel like the end of september. >> reporter: here at sister ci

the irs is sharing information with special counsel bob mueller and his team in the russia investigation. cnn justice correspondent evan perez live in washington with more. evan, you're tracking down if people did the proper reporting of income, taxes will be part of the equation. what does your reporting suggest about the scope of where mueller is headed? >> chris, right now we know the irs is sharing information with investigators working with special counsel robert mueller. this comes after the two sides were somewhat at odds after the scope of the russian meddling. mueller's investigators wanted information with several people associated with the trump campaign, including paul manafort and michael flynn. we're told by sources that the irs had concerns because of what they saw as far reaching and broad requests for information. in the case of manafort, that includes possible tax and financial crimes that date back to january 2006. that's 10 years before the russian meddling in the president election last fall. >> we understand your reporting indicates that it somewhat centers on that july raid. >> that raid, which t

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investigation bob mueller and congressional investigators, all of this is a probe into the possible collusion between russian and president trump. and the campaign enters a new phase. our evan in washington breaking the news. it's interesting reading your reporting because it seems to be going both ways, mueller and his team seem -- of the congressional committees seem irked at his team. >> reporter: three investigations in h congress and one probe led buy robert mueller. it's probably predictable there would be complications. one such happened earlier when they asked for a transcript. the former trump campaign chairman. manafort's lawyers blocked that request. le mueller's office claimed they were given the consent prompting that brief fight over what they were authorized to have. the manafort is a top focus on mil mueller's investigators. the manafort denies any wrongdoing but congressional sources tell us that the practice of allowing key figures in the russian investigations to testify behind closed doors is key. if it happens in public they can use the statements without going through lawyers. they are looking to obtain a letter drafted by president trump's aides to ex

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evan perez, they broke this story. shimon is joining me right now. shimon, what have you learned? >> so we've learned that the team, the bobinvestigators, have gone as far back as 2006 in this investigation that now appears to center on possible tax and financial crimes of paul manafort. it's one indication of the pressure mueller's team is placing on the former trump campaign chairman. we're told that the fbi's warrant for the july search of manafort's virginia home says that the investigation centered on possible crimes as far back as january 2006. and the broad time frame shows mueller's team is going well beyond russia meddling during the campaign as part of the investigation of trump campaign associates. manafort's spokesman as declined to comment for the story, but previously, manafort has denied any financial wrongdoing, kate. >> and shimon, why all the way back to 2006? >> so that period, from 2006, sort of into a couple of years that was mentioned in the search warrant covers much of the decade that manafort worked as a consultant for ukraine's former ruling party. it's that work that prompted the fub fbi's intere

bob. >> okay. >> records again 41st time this year for the dow. stay tuned for those earnings and lot more coming up on the second hour of "the closing bell" with kelly evans. see you tomorrow, kell >>> thank you, bill. welcome to "the closing bell," everybody, i'm kelly evans here's what we're finishing up the day on wall street the dow going out with a gain of 41 points. looking to see if we'd get big declines on the bells and big sell orders. nevertheless, hang in there at the end, up to 22,372. the broad market s&p 500 adding nearly three points today, 25,003 the nasdaq setting a new record at 6,461 and that laggard russell 2000 dipped a little lower today just about a point or so, 1,440 for the small caps checking on the dollar, down about a quarter point, sometimes the dollar and russell have been going hand in hand we have earnings ramping up after the bell we will get results from adobe, bed bath, and fedex. we'll bring you all those numbers as soon as they're out and joining me on the panel today is cnbc's senior markets commentator michael santoli, next to him is danni hughes, ce o of divine asset management michael, this market has a lot of diff

bob william lauder ringing the closing well as we mentioned at the new york stock exchange. stay tuned for kb earnings and much more on the second hour of "the closing bell" with kelly evans.l >> thank you, bill welcome to "the closing bell," everybody, i'm kelly evans we have a bevy of records on wall street today. looks like at least the transports, small cap rustlsell going out at record high levels and s&p with a small .10% gain as i mentioned, also a record high for the russell up to 1,488 with a quarter percentage move higher today record high for the transforts which had a 40-point jump. just have been moving this market higher as well. meanwhile for the dow, no the quite there but did gain 39 points today 2,23 22,33379 the nasdaq, 6,453. >>> coming up, congressional conflicts of interest. the details of a new report who says it's not just congressmen and congresswomen who may have interestingly timed stock trades also the aides who are working on capitol hill. and we will get you those details coming up. >>> joining me on the panel today, cnbc senior markets commentator michael santoli, next to him stephanie link, managing director, equity portfolio manager at tiia