joining me is carly fiorina, republican candidate for president in 2016.nt to read you what "the new york times" editorial board wrote and what they're saying we're seeing from republicans on capitol hill, accusing democrats of mishandling the process certainly fits with mr. trump's enduring sense of victimhood. the strategy also works to inflame the party's base against the opposing team while allowing republican lawmakers to avoid defending mr. trump's behavior, but mostly it's about all they've got. what do you make of how house republicans acted yesterday and how they're handling impeachment in general? >> well, fixture, i certainly can't speak for the republican party or their strategy. but what i would say is that president trump is so often a showman without a strategy. and i think what we saw yesterday from republicans was a show and not much of a strategy. i do agree that the emphasis on process is about all people can focus on right now, because the picture that has been painted so far, incomplete though it may be, is not a good one, to quote joh

, the chair of carly fiorina enterprises and the former ceo at hewlett-packard.usly know an awful lot about tech and you certainly ran for president, so looked at our relationship between the united states and china do you think these measures are step too far >> well, i think they're not going to be affected first, i applaud the trump administration for deciding that we needed to deal with china once and for all there's no question that they had been violating the commitments they made to the wto when they joined it's also true, and the nba issue reminds us that although they have a very large market, they are not a market economy. this is an economy controlled by the government, as are their companies. and so if you're going to play this game with china, you need to take a very long view that china will not -- the chinese will not respond to threats. i've been doing business in china for a very long time if we're going to get anywhere with china, we need to have a very disciplined, thoughtful, strategic game plan. we need to be patient. we need to pay the long

i am carly fiorina with morgan brennan. jon fortt has the morning off.ng to start the hour with breaking news out of the fed for that, we turn to ylan mui. >> the federal reserve will do repo operations through 2020 the fed saying it will purchase t bills into the second quarter of next year we know fed officials discussed the need for a plan to address volatility in the overnight funding markets. chairman powell said a plan would be coming soon now we have it the fed overnight repo operations will be conducted through2020. t bills will be purchased through the second quarter next year the fed also pointing out that this is not the same as qe and that these actions will not effects the stance of monetary policy back to you. >> thank you very much we'll look for market reaction on those immediate headlines as we said earlier, dow up 408. going to steve liesman, talk about what this may mean steve, you raise the question earlier in the week about what additional purchases would mean. >> yeah. so the fed has this issue of continued illiquidity in the market

>> the reagan debate in 2013, the reagan library debate, and carly fiorina remember she campaigned her and we did 11. >> stephen: you've hosted these debates before. you hosted one of the democratic debates already. >> that's right. >> stephen: exactly. what is it like when you have that huge gang up there? because i've been trying to think back to the 2015-2016 debates when there were 17 republicans at one point. what is like to ride herd on those people? >> it's not fun. it's not-- and -- >> stephen: bernie sanders accused you in the last debate that you moderated of using g.o.p. talking points! >> he almost did that to stephanopoulos tonight, too, with the same kind of-- yeah, it wasn't a very effective g.o.p. talk point. g.o.p. talking points about medicare for all would be like the lines are going to be long, people will die, all i did was say your taxes will go, the premiums will be eliminated, there will be universal coverage. we played it out. we figured he would attack me anyway. >> stephen: how much did mitch mcconnell pay you? do you expect that kind of push- back from candi

was the ceo of hp before he came to oracle leading that company at a time of transition after carly fiorina had left that company after a large acquisition. questions about the direction of the pc business and whether the large tech congromerate could survive. mark hurd known for watching -- he was pushed out and did resign over issues over expense reporting, but the co-founder and ceo at the time of oracle called hp letting mark hurd go the biggest mistake. mark hurd had been leading hp as ceo unique background. he did not come all the way up through silicon valley. before that, he was at -- saw that very closely and used that to really lead in a new era in silicon valley focussed on data. he was at tera data, just quite a towering figure in silicon valley. he could be tough, not universally loved but respected for his leadership and sales ability. >> of course, he made his appearances here on the show. >> we'll be talking about his leg a legacy. >>> we appreciate it. sad news, indeed. welcome to "halftime report." front and center, why another bull run could be on the cars for stocks as s

was the ceo of hp before he came to oracle leading that company at a time of transition after carly fiorina company after a large acquisition. questions about the direction of the pc business and whether the large tech congromerate could survive. mark hurd known for watching -- he was pushed out and did resign over issues over expense reporting, but the co-founder and ceo at the time of oracle called hp letting mark hurd go the biggest mistake. mark hurd had been leading h

i am carly fiorina with morgan brennan and jon fortt at post nine of the new york stock exchange stocksg some steam, off session lows, down now about 175 points on soft data this morning. we'll be over the broader market action but we start with apple, rallying this morning. josh lipton talked to tim cook last night after the earnings print and joins us this morning. josh >> reporter: carl, investors want to see iphone trends improving. that's what they got with the latest report. iphone revenue dropped 9% in q4, but revenue dropped 12% in q3. ceo tim cook telling me for iphone specifically we improved year over year performance even more compared to last quarter, and significantly compared to the first part of the year, and we are off to a really good start with the iphone 11, iphone 11 proand iphone pro11 max i asked about tariffs and trade tensions cook tells me he did not ship more iphones here to the u.s. to try to get ahead of potential new tariffs in december, nor does he plan to, as analysts know that means recent positive supply chain data points represent real demand. more bro

i am carly fiorina with morgan brennan and jon fortt.day of earnings, some tech, some not to sort through today, microsoft, paypal, ebay and others on the tape two biggest movers going the opposite way, tesla is surging, twitter is tanking julia boorstin and phil will he be -- lebeau is with us. >> this is a stock having a rough day, one of the worst days ever as a public company, on pace for the worst month since july, 2018 shares down almost 19% lower despite growing the user base to 145 million active users. the reason it is tanking, revenue and earnings fell short of expectations as technical issues keep them from fourth quarter ads. jack dorsey looked to reassure investors. >> unfortunately we had some missteps in our map ads in july and august despite that, saw strong september results and good advertiser momentum. >> he stressed the commitment to clean up the platform and eliminate abuse. >> 2020 elections and integrity of the conversations around them is our first priority within how we think of health we are paying a lot of atte

passengers have to pay extra carly fiorina has option to opt out.ttle dog that weighses 10 pounds. i put luna in a bag. nobody knows it is there. i don't have to pay a fee. i get away with murder no matter what they decide. melissa: you admitted cheating on television. >> all right. melissa: what is coming up on the big show? there is luna by the way. >> president is about to speak. we'll get that. talking about china with the former commerce department guy who has a lot to say we'll have trade deal. austan goolsbee says don't worry about the tax on capitalism. we'll be fine. she doesn't really mean it. melissa: david asman is 5:00 p.m. eastern on fox business. see you then, my friend,. connell: tell you guys, president trump while talking left the white house. marine one has taken off from the south lawn of the white house to joint base andrews where president will board air force one. he is headed to minnesota for a campaign style rally tonight. they will watch how he handles the rally given the impeachment inquiry. we have news making comment tha

i am carly fiorina with morgan brennan. jon fortt has the morning off. going to start the hour wi

i am carly fiorina with morgan brennan and jon fortt at post nine of the new york stock exchange stocks'll be over the broader market action but we start with apple, rallying thi