cassidy's voice travels into the call. >> has cassidy witness the murder and awaken and alone to findhis? >> you picture a small child walking around in this blood and tracking it across the hallway and running into the bathroom. >> wake county investigators were descending on the house and securitying the crime scene. on his way out he saw cassidy again. she wase still in her pink pajamas and still in meredith's arms. he asked meredith a question. >> i looked over the child, i didn't see anyhi blood and i asd her did you clean the child and her responseth was no. i thought it was kind of odd because i expect her to say yes. >> somebody did. >> yes, somebody did. >> was it the same person that murdered the p girl's mother. all they had were questions. >> this was a brutal, fisviciou beating. there was a lot of time and energy and in assault. >> i there were over 30 blows wh some sort of a blunt object. >> b detectives started investigating the victim and everyone else around her.st michelle young was born and raised on long island, new york. >> she was smiling all the time. she was th

cassidy's voice chattering to her aunt. had cassidy witnessed the murder, awakened alone to find this? >> you just picture a small child walking around in this blood and tracking it across the hallway over into the bathroom. >> reporter: by now, wake county investigators were descending on the house. having secured the crime scene, earp's job was done. but on his way out he saw cassidy again. she was still in her pink pajamas, still in meredith's arms. he asked meredith a question. >> i looked over at the child. i asked her did you clean the child? her response was no. i thought it was kind of odd because i was expecting her to say yes, i guess. >> reporter: somebody did? >> yeah, somebody did. >> but who? the same person who murdered the little girl's mother? on this november day, all they had were questions. sergeant richard spivey of the wake county sheriff's office probably knows the case better than anyone. >> i mean, this was just a brutal, vicious beeting. there was a lot of time and energy invested into this assault

and for a period was cassidy's nanny. as the young's fights intensified, she took on the role of marriage counselor too. >> what would you say were the main issues? >> michelle's main issues were, jason being more responsible, understanding her more, and his main concern was their lack of sex life. >> prosecutors called friends to the stand to paint a picture of a marriage that was unraveling out loud and in public. >> jason made it very well known that, you know, he was upset about the lack of sex in the relationship. >> reporter: and at parties, said fiona childs, jason's x rated tricks were famously over the top. >> i never observed it myself. i would just hear about it. and you know, he would expose himself and do what he thought was these funny tricks. and i was always just rather embarrassed for michelle. >> he never settled down. it was as if he was still living the single life, that he never bought into the marriage. what that -- what all that meant. >> reporter: in october 2006, when michelle was four months preg

senator cassidy is absolutely right. we want to make sure patients can have access to these medicines, but make no mistake about it, it is not easy in today's world when we are going after diseases that have evaded cure, to convince people to provide the ancient capital to go after alzheimer's disease. if the marketplace is such a that people believe that there are rewards associated with risk risk we are taking over a long favored of time, it will not be periodent -- over a long of time will not be sufficient, i am worried that we will not begin in the length of time we need to find these drugs. >> since you raised this, let us talk about innovation. >> yes. >> it has always been said that to support innovation, companies profit.make a good good, to be defined, but still, you are saying, we are not able to have a reasonable profit, it is difficult to support innovation. yet, it is not clear to me how one determines how much to invest into your r&d. 70% of the new drugs actually come from the -- so what is disconnected i

senator cassidy is right. we want to make sure patients can have access to these medicines but make no mistake about it. it is not easy in today's world when we are going after diseases that have evaded cure to convince people to provide capital to go after alzheimer's disease. if the marketplace is such that people believe that the rewards associate with this risk that were taken over are not going to be sufficient. i'm just worried that we will not get the capital markets to give us a link the time we need to find these new drugs. >> since you raise this let's talk about innovation. >> yes. >> it's always been said that to support innovation companies have to make good profit and could be defined but still you are saying look, are we not able have recent profit, and yet it's not clear to me how one determines how much investment into your r&d and data shows that actually two recent reports, 70% of the drugs should come from the smaller startup tech which forms have been successful and able to get licensed in

senator cassidy is absolutely correct. we want to make sure that patients can have access to these medicines, but make no mistake about it, it's not easy in today's world when we go after diseases that have a cure to prepare it-- to convince people to ride the capital to go after alzheimer's disease and if the marketplaces such that people believe that the rewards associated with this risk we are taking over long time i not sufficient then i am worried that we will not get the capital market to give us the length of time we need to find this new drug. >> said she raised this, let's talk innovation. since you raise this issue, let's talk about innovation. it's always been said that to support innovation companies have to make a good prophet and good is to be defined, but still if you say if we are not able to have a reasonable profit it's difficult to support innovation and yet it's not clear to me how one determines how much you invest into your rnd and data shows that actually two reasons 70% of the new drugs actually com

bill cassidy, r-la>"to paris" "the us postal service transports part of the way. and then france post office does part of the way." the universal postal union provides a system for countries across the would to pay each other for the second half of the trip. but louisiana senator bill cassidy says the treaty gives countries like china an advantage. "144 years ago the united states said we want to help out developing countries." that meant a discount for poorer countries that could not afford the extra cost.but cassidy says chinese exporters get lower rates even though china's economy is now highly developed. "this week president trump announced he was pulling out of the universal postal union -- a move that's worrying u-s companies that ship goods overseas." "we're concerned that us export prices will go up." kate muth represents an association of us exporters who say the postal treaty -- which includes nearly e

senator cassidy? >> thank you senators alexander and murray for holding this meeting. i'm a doc, a physician, think if you give the patient the power, the knowledge of power and price, it makes a huge difference in terms of health and pocketbook. i would add the quality outcomes, i agree with each of you so much i can't really challenge you. almost have to ask you to amplify where we're going together. and also point out that you have a bipartisan support. we have been working with senators bennett young, grassley, carper and mccaskill to do a price transparency working group. and have had time i'll refer to something that senator smith and others are working on as regards administrative overhead. i could go on. now let me first speak about surprise medical billing. this is something i'm concerned about. the darker the color, the more likely that somebody is going to an in-network facility with an out of network provider. and they think they're doing the right thing, because they go to their hospital that they know is in network. but the e.r. group for example, or then

senator bill cassidy of louisiana walking down the hallway this afternoon --k i think this afternoond this exchange. put it up for viewers to see it. >> senator cassidy, can you please apologize topl our children for ruining theiror future? >> the parents are using them as tools. so in the future if someone makes an allegation against you and there is no proof for it, you will be okay. thank you. >> tucker: look, you don't know bill cassidy but i'm impressed but the comments and the clarity. is that the answer to screaming mobs? calmness and clarity? >> yeah. it always is. i don't think it's a big mystery. i can get feisty sometimes, my queens personality comesan out. but there is a reason this works. when i ran for office in maryland you -- i will never forget this.s. the irrationals have already committed you are an evil person. you are speaking to the third party listening. the social media ecosystem. they say that lady cared so much about her children why did she chase bill cassidy down the hall and leaves them there? who brings the children to capitol hill to confront a senator?

heather: louisiana senator bill cassidy refusing to be pushed around by anti-judge cavanagh protesterll. >> you are okay as a doctor? >> are you okay as a person to go ahead, an uncorroborated charge -- bill: are learning liberal billionaire george soros has deep financial ties to protesters like this. when will the left stop these tactics? here to debate is and one right and republican strategist jen kearns. appreciate it. i will start with you. when will the stop? when they start getting paid? >> it is interesting, they will not stop these tactics if they continue to work. that is why the midterm elections are so critically important to republicans. last week, we said there was a george soros connection that turned out to be true. we know the group demand justice was set up for the explicit purpose influencing the court systems and turning the more progressive, demand justice tied to the 1630 funds which receive $2.2 million from the open society policy center which is tied to george soros. these protests are as organic as a bucket of polyurethane. there's nothing -- no other way to

mr carden, mr carter, mr casey, mr cassidy, ms collins..., mr corning. mr koons, mr corker, mr coming. the senator will suspend... the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. mr cotton, mrcotton, mr mr cotton, mr crespo, mr cruise, mr danes, mr donnelly, ms duckworth, mr durbin, mrs ernst, mrs feinstein, mrs fisher... the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. mrgardner, mrsjill will restore order in the gallery. mr gardner, mrsjill brown... will restore order in the gallery. mr gardner, mrs jill brown. .. you're watching live coverage of the us senate, these nomination proceedings for confirming a very controversial judge brett kavanaugh as the new member of the zipping courtjudge. what you have been hearing is multiple interruptions by protesters in the gallery as the names of senators are read out. you can hear the sound come in, some of the protests are being muffled and then on it goes. let‘s talk to our correspondence mac who is at the capitol building in

senator bill cassidy is coming up.antikavanaugh protestors but he's not backed down and says he looks forward voting yes for tomorrow -- kavanaugh tomorrow. how about that? you can't do that, we will be back. how do you win at business? stay at la quinta. where we're changing with stylish make-overs. then at your next meeting, set your seat height to its maximum level. bravo, tall meeting man. start winning today. book now at lq.com stuart: wall street journal reports that hundreds of facebook employees are outraged about a top executive who appeared behind judge kavanaugh in the kavanaugh hearings earlier this week. he's a top executive and they don't like him being there. liz: joel kaplin, a friend of kavanaugh. he will be at the town hall today too. here is what's going on, both mark zuckerberg and cheryl sandburg said they didn't like him going -- behind there. what watch cheryl sandburg said, quote, she supports people's rights but this was by no means a straight-forward case. they say he didn't violate facebook p

that run in with bill cassidy may not have gone in her favor.l. jeff flake called for the fbi investigation after this encounter with two protesters in an elevator and mitch mcconnell faced a similar scenario with protesters at an airport and now we know in both cases the women involved are part of an organization that received funding from liberal billionaire george soros. one such organization responded to fox news's request for comment saying the foundations probably support the right of all citizens to make their voices heard by their elected representatives, bedrock principle to democracy that surely fox news believes in as well. here is what folks have to say about this. who keeps letting these people in much less do this? is there no security? a funny question. carry on twitter says anyone surprised? katherine echoing that thank wake up, america, democrats are funded by soros. lots of protests building on capitol hill over this. jillian: weiner base is buying the most expensive cups ever. >> the air force in hot water over hot cups. fox n

senator cassidy. >> thank you for holding this meeting.i was think if you give the patient the power including the power of knowledge or price it makes a huge difference in terms of health and pocketbook. the power quality outcomes many other transparent information. i agree with each of you. i have to ask you to amplify where were going together. i also point out you have a bipartisan support. we've been worked with senator bennett, young, grassley, carper, mccaskill to do a price transparency working group and referred to something that senator smith and others are working on with administrative overhead. i could go on. let me first speak about surprise medical billing. this is something i am concerned about. the more likely somebody is going to an in network facility with an out of network provider and they think they're doing the right thing. the er group, for example the anesthesiologist. they are anesthesiologist and they go to surgery is not in. and so, as much as 25% inpatient bills, 50% for a our use in these areas, 50% of the tim

joining me now on the cnbc news line is gerard cassidy, banking analyst with rbc capital markets.nk you so much for the early wake-up call, gerard what can we expect out of bank of america this morning? will it be just like it was with the other three big banks on friday, a nice pop at the open and a sell-off after that? >> well, i think we're going to see good results from america. you pointed out, last week's results and the big banks were all better than expected we expect that to be the case with bank of america, led by strong credit quality, modest loan growth, and an increase in interest margin. how the stock reacts is going to be interesting because it was surprising that the big banks sold off at the end of the day, considering the numbers were quite good so, hopefully today, if the markets are generally up, bank of america will participate in that rally, assuming they deliver good numbers. >> gerard, you mentioned the net interest margins we are in an environment where interest rates seemingly are on the rise we might get relief in sermz terms of a slightly better steepen

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you know the bill cassidy clip i'm talking about. jesse: he goes up to a woman who brought her kids and she said you are ruining my children's future. and he said your mother is turning you into a pawn. >> i think you have to praise mitch mcconnell for getting the federal judges before the system. he put 84 judges into the system which has long-term effects. but the president has don't against the will of the senate. he just nominated more people to the 9th circuit that were without the advice and consent of the two senators from california. the immigration issue had to go all the way to the supreme court for a 9-0 decision to say the president of the united states has the authority to prevent people from coming into this country he believes are a detriment to our country. the same power every president has used since world war ii. but we have seen judges too often legislating from the bench. they have changed the court system which will have long-term ramification. jesse: i want to play some upping sound of the president today in th

is strong again. >> liz: joining me now is republican senator bill cassidy. senator your reaction to nikki haley there because she was still saying how strong she and the white house have been at the u.n. usually when somebody leaves it's just to say see you later. i mean, she continues to show how the victories that the trump white house via nikki haley have racked up during her time there. >> as a parent i'm willing to accept the between the lines message. she might want to spend more time with her family. she's got two kids who i think are teenagers, i think i know that and she just may want to spend more time with her husband and family. she's had an intense ride and those successes have come because she's been so intense. i thank her for her service and i accept her resignation. >> liz: it's a great point you make, senator because she's been six years as governor of south carolina and two years at the u.n. the question is why before the mid-terms? >> at some point there is no good time, right? i just think that she, let's just accept she's a human being

also i would like to recognize senator alexander senator cassidy my friend. maybe someday she will be a friend senator stab and now. [laughter] and somebody that has really worked hard and also secretary of health and human services and he knows the industry better than anybody who was very successful. one hundred days after releasing the blueprint 15 drug companies released the list prices roll back the price increases for the rest of the year and you probably remember one month ago i called out the request of hhs pfizer, novartis, a couple of others and they had prices that were fairly substantial i said you can go that - - do that. we are going down not up. they ended the increase. so then they put out notices that the increase will not take effect. and then i said this is a powerful position. when i first realize the power of the presidency. we have kept prices down now we will actually watch them go down. and to reduce regulations to deliver medicine faster and cheaper we sped up the fda approval process they proved 1000 generics the most in history savi

here's one protester confronting senator cassidy.ining their future? >> hey, guess what? i know your parents are using you as tools. >> no, we're not using them as tools. >> if someone makes an allegation against you -- trish: is senator cassidy taking a page perhaps out of donald trump's book there, turning that one on its heels? >> yes, trish, for sure. here you have a situation where there's a protester, she has a constitutional right to protest. we admire people who are activists. but here she drags her 4-year-old and 6-year-old kids along with her. those children, as the father of five, the subtleties of partisan politics are lost on 4-year-olds and 6-year-olds. if the mom is saying that that's the bad guy, cassidy is the bad guy and i'm the good guy, i just think it's really unfortunate. it borders on child abuse. my wife, when she protested in favor of the immigrant families where the children were being separated from the parents, our 13-year-old went along. but at 13, she understood the issues. she understood what was going

i would like to recognize senator lamar alexander, senator bill cassidy, senator denise -- whyt -- seven now don't know that someday she will be a friend. and someone who is really worked hard, representative buddy carter. also i would like to thank secretary of health and human ar.vices alex az he was a very successful person in the industry. only 100 days after releasing my drug pricing blueprint, 15 drug companies reduce their list prices, rollback price increases for the rest of the year. i think you probably forever a month ago when i called at the request of alex. i called pfizer, novartis, a couple of others. they announced drug price increases fairly substantial. i said you can't do that. we are going down, not up. that is probably when i first realized the power of the presidency. they all ended that increase. you have never seen them before. they said we will not increase and they put out notices that the increase will not take effect. i said, this is a powerful position. it was really at the test of the ofretary -- at the behest the secretary and we will watch them go down. we

griff: senator cassidy johns us, live coming up.ve given you our picks and now you give us yours straight ahead on this network. ♪ ♪ let's do an ad of a man eating free waffles at comfort inn. they taste like victory because he always gets the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed, when he books direct at choicehotels.com. or just say, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com pete: a couple of quick headlines for you a senate run could be in sarah palin's future the former alaskan governor tweeting this, hey lisa murkowski, i can see 2022 from my house, palin appearing to challenge potentially incumbent senator murkowski after she voted no to a measure to end judge kavanaugh supreme court nomination. the republican is up for re-election after her term ends in 2023. that would be a heck of a face- off and ultra new york city mayor bill deblasio is caught blowing up a homeless activist who interrupts his workout. >> why won't you come in more? for the affordable housing program? only 5% go to the homeless. pete: that activ

cassidy. >> aye. >> miss collins. >> aye. >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. mr. coons. >> no. >> mr. corker. >> aye. >> mr. cornyn senator will suspend. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. >> mr. cornyn. >> aye. >> miss cortes masto. >> no. >> mr. cotton. >> aye. >> mr. crapo. >> aye. >> mr. cruz. >> aye. >> mr. daines. mr. donnelly. miss duckworth. >> no. >> mr. durbin. >> no. >> mr. enzi. >> aye. >> mrs. earns. >> aye. mrs. feinstein. >> no. >> mrs. fisher. >> aye. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr. flake. >> aye. >> mr. gardener. >> aye. >> mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. >> aye. >> mr. grassley. >> aye. >> miss harris. >> no. >> miss hassan. >> hassan votes no. >> mr. hatch. >> aye. >> mr. heinrich. miss heitkamp. mr. heller. miss hirono. >> no. >> mr. hoeven. >> aye. >> mrs. hyde-smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. >> aye. >> mr. isaac con. >> aye. >> mr. johnson. >> aye. >> plaintiff jones. >> no. >> mr. kain. >> no. >> mr. kennedy. >>. >> aye.

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gerard cassidy, thank you very much for joining us. >> you're welcome, brian. >>> top corporate storys one of america's most iconic book stores is evaluating its future. frank holland has more >> good morning. shares of barnes & noble are surging 20% in premarket trading. it's important to note this company's market cap is below 500 million. the chain says it is exploring all of its strategic options after several parties expressed interest in buying the company that includes leonard riggio, the company's largest shareholder with about a 19% stake. barnes & noble said riggio is in favor of any transaction recommended bay special committee created by the board barnes and noble is the last publicly traded book chain but has been struggling with competition from amazon. sales in the last fiscal year fell 6%, and online sales remain weak falling 14% in the last quarter. management turmoil made the issues worse barnes & noble had five ceos since 2013 the latest fired in july in addition to reviewing options, barnes & noble is adopting a poison pill plan to prevent anyone from getting more

williams: congressman, you did express report -- support for graham cassidy? denon to? -- it didn't you? congressman? i think that is a yes. against recently voted the budget. he was one of very few people to vote against the budget. he expressed support for community health centers. the grants for community health centers were in the budget you voted against, congressman, right? ms. williams: we have a spending -- rep. gianforte: they have a spending problem. the people of montana send me to d.c. to get spending under control to we passed a set of a preparation spell last year that balanced the federal budget in 10 years. yet, it went to the senate. billionhumer added $300 of additional domestic spending to that bell. i proudly voted against it. those other marching orders you gave me. host: final thoughts from this williams? -- mrs. williams? ms. williams: making portions of that permanent for the wealthy, and people like warren buffett to got $29 billion out of that, that is what is bankrupting our country. host: thank you both for additional thoughts on that topic o

cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. corker. >> aye. >> mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. >> aye. >> mr. crapo. mr. cruz. >> aye. >> mr. daines. >> aye. >> mr. donnelly. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. >> no. >> mr. insy. >> aye. >> ms. burnes. >> aye. >> ms. feinstein. ms. fisher. >> aye. >> mr. flake. >> aye. >> mr. gardner. >> aye. >> ms. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. >> aye. >> ms. harris. >> no. >> ms. hassan. mr. hatch. mr. hinrich. >> no. >> ms. heitkamp. mr. heller. >> aye. >> ms. hirono. r. hoeven. ms. height smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. mr. isakson. mr. johnson. mr. jones. mr. kaine. mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mr. king. ms. klobuchar. >> no. >> mr. kyl. >> aye. >> mr. lankford. >> aye. >> mr. leahy. mr. lee. mr. manchin. mr. markey. ms. mccaskill. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. >> no. >> mr. moran. ms. murkowski. r. murphy. ms. murray. mr. nelson. r. paul. mr. perdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. > mr. portman. mr. reid. mr. rich -- mr. reisch. mr. roberts. mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. shotts. mr. schumer. mr. scott. >>

cassidy. while we were doing henry the sixth which would you were also in, justice ginsburg asked if she could play jack the butcher. [laughter] michael: it was a modern dress production. she put on one of those bandannas around her head. i wonder why did she want to play jack the butcher? then, she had just come from iowa, by the way, and had a difficult time with the press. all of a sudden come in that scene, she says, first, let's kill the lawyer. [laughter] that's got a big laugh. then she added, and the press, too. [laughter] justice breyer: why do people laugh? because they have this love-hate relationship with the lawyers and on the one hand, he says that because he is trying to produce chaos. he is trying to produce a revelation that will be chaos. so people know, we need them. we need the law. thatde this institution has an object which it will never fully achieve, helping people to live together in society in a way that will allow us peacefully to bring out the benefits of a social l

cassidy. >> [ indiscernible ] >> ms. collins. [yelling] >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr. coons. >> no. >> mr. corker. [ indiscernible ] >> mr. corning. >> [yelling] >> senator will suspend. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. [yelling] >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. resume. >> mr. corning. mrs. cortez masto. mr. cotton. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. krepo. mr. cruz. >> aye. >> mr. danes. mr. donnelly. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. >> no. >> mr. ens. >> mrs. ernst. >> aye. >> mrs. feinstein. mrs. fisher. >> aye. >> [yelling] >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr. flake? >> aye. >> mr. gardner. >> aye. >> mrs. gilibrand. mr. graham. >> aye. >> mr. grassley. >> aye. >> ms. harris. >> no. >> ms. house in. > housein.>> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. hatch. [ indiscernible ] >> mr. heinrich. ms. heitkamp. mr. heller. ms. hirono. >> no. >> mr. hoovin. >> aye. >> mrs. hyde smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. >> aye. >> mr. isakson.

we will bring in senator cassidy for the latest. and the dow closing a record high for the second day in a row, the dow inching closer to 27,000. this as jerome powell hails and almost too good to be true u.s. economy. and he says this could stay the four percent through 2020. right in time for the next presidential election. thank you for joining us. thank you forwatching , money, politics, we have the debate behind tomorrow's headlines. i am elizabeth macdonald and "the evening edit" starts right now. elizabeth: to check your 401(k) and pension plans say, the dow closing in on the record high of 64 points. ended the day 26,828. less than 200 points away from 27,000. we are close to earning seasons. when companies tell us how much money they made and what they're expected to make. valuable stocks have gone up $9.3 trillion. the fed chair, jerome powell saying america is in a good place. -- a testament to the fact that we remain in extra ordinary times. even liberal comedian praising the president for his new trade bill say the pres

williams: congressman, you did express support for graham-cassidy, didn't you? congressman? um, i think that is a yes. also, he recently voted against the budget. he was one of few people to vote against the budget, and expressed support for community health centers, but the grants for community health centers were in the budget you voted against, congressman, right? rep. gianforte: we have a spending problem in washington, and the people of montana send me to d.c. to get spending under control. we passed a set of a preparation appropriations bills last year that balanced the federal budget in 10 years. yet, it went to the senate. chuck schumer added $300 billion of additional domestic spending to that bill. i proudly voted against it, because those are the marching orders you gave me. john: final thought from ms. williams? ms. williams: again, a tax giveaway that raises the debt $1.9 trillion, then making portions of that permanent for the wealthy, people like warren buffett, who got $29 billion out of that? that is what is bankrupting our country, congressman. john: thank

cassidy has grown. her father, her mother, bits of memory ever farther away. that's all for this edition of "dateline"ment i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> good morning to you. i'm richard liu i in new york. 7:00 in the east, 4:00 in the west. here's what we're watching this morning. new poll numbers showing voters are significantly more energized than nerp four years ago. what's good for the ds, what's good for thers? >> collusion, obstruction of justice, the issues being raised and what they mean. >>> plus the death toll and the rise for hurricane michael. the hard choices ahead for those who lost almost everything. first, new this morning, just 23 days to the midterm election and re-electing and not re-electing some of the folks headed to that building. a new poll giving a hint of what might happen. a sharp inees in voter en throughs yachl since the last midterm. 77% of registered voters say they are absolutely certain to vote or have already voted early. that's up 12 percentage points from a 2014 poll from october that year. specifically, enth

senator bill cassidy, republican, louisiana. don't like it. >> it is totally toxic and some on the left having been unable to win elections and unable to do with the consequences of being able to appeal to the american point role have resulted to thuggery, intimidation physical and emotional and unfortunately some leadership sink it in their face or kick them or don't be civil. done about works. it should be pushed back on by the leadership, not encouraged. >> i've not heard a single leading democrats say knock it off, retreat, become more civil. i don't think that's a very good strategy as the midterms approach. >> hey, listen. it may not be a good strategy but it's good for the united states of america. if this was the right to do to the left who would be all over the place. i'm from louisiana. i know steve scalise and i know what also happened to steve. there are accomplishments to get in their face into kick. some folks unhinged will go too far and i would ask all in our political spectrum. maybe it not good for electoral ch

marco finley was overseas with his army national guard unit while his wife cassidy was back in iowa counting dn the days to her due date. neither expected him to be home for the deliver but in a matter of moments everything changed for the best as they welcomed their new baby boy together. that's amazing. >> best day ever. leading the news, a mother in new jersey is being called a hero after stepping in to prevent school shooting by reporting a racist facebook to poli nbc's ron mott picks up the story from there. >> reporter: erco bull is a mother of three biracial children in new jersey. so when she got a facebook message from someone in kentucky she didn't know threatening her kids she was concerned. >> basically used the n word a lot. he hoped that my children -- something in the back of my mind was do not let this go. >> reporte she called authorities and may have stond a school shooter in his tracks. police confronted 20-year-old dylan jarrell as he backed out of his driveway armed with a ev gun, kr vest, more than 200 rounds ofio ammun and what police say was a detailed plan avenue tac

wasn't bad enough that he took that boat, he put his name on another radical repeal deal, the graham cassidy that willl, a bill slash medicaid, allow insurance companies to charge some older americans thousands more and events/protections for people with pre-existing conditions. why would senator heller do that? because he knew his party leaders and donors would reward him for breaking his promise. after he folded, mitch mcconnell's super pac are missed to run millions of dollars in ads to get senator heller reelected. senator heller says he still wants to repeal and replace the affordable care act. like i said, i say it's time to repeal and replace dean heller. [applause] so we have an opportunity day because it is the start of early vote. we're going to cast our votes and hold senator heller accountable for everything he has done in washington. we will hold accountable to these facts. number one, the fact that he voted to confirm brett kavanaugh to the supreme court with no reservation. none. the fact that he helped write a tax giveaway to giant corporations and all drove out the ceos. we

senator bill cassidy harassed by a protester on capitol hill. wait until you hear what he said when the protester challenged him on brett kavanaugh. this place isn't for me. that last place was pretty nice. i don't like this whole thing. i think we can do better. change is hard. try to keep an open mind. come on, dad. this is for me, son? principal. we can help you plan for that. stuart: big-name, barnes & noble putting itself up for sale. investors like that, up 22% reaching $6.77 a share. sears is going to close 11 stores and close the first of them two days before christmas. much more on that, stock down to $.76. capitol hill police arrested after posting private information about us senators online. it is illegal. >> 27-year-old jackson costco most recently worked in the office of representative sheila jackson lee of texas. he is accused of putting basically the personal information of at least one senator on the wikipedia page, home addresses, personal information, very dangerous. the senators targeted lindsey graham, mike lee, orrin hatch,

this was an idea that senator cassidy raised, and actually senator kane from virginia raised this with me at a hearing. i expressed concern about doing it immediately as a single national approach, and he said, well, why don't do you it as a pilot? why don't you actually try this as a demonstration, an experiment, and see what works. i am nothing but a good listener. >> is there a connection between other countries and drug manufacturers that will be pursued in a different manner? for instance, rebates that will raise prices and potentially reduce savings from a proposal? in other words, my drug manufacturers gain this policy. >> it's a good question, and they will have available the net pricing information from various pricing resources to tell us what deals, in fact, they are getting. but we're also looking at requiring the drug makers, as we already do for domestic sales, for them to report to us their discounts. that is a mechanism which i expect we'll use and implement, which would be they will actually have to come and under undergo, so i am not at all concerned about that data o

interesting because we have one of those senators now, bill cassidy, republican louisiana. what is your reaction to the poll saying there was damage done to brett kavanaugh with his testimony thursday, he is underwater with the american people but if the fbi finds little or nothing new they think he should be confirmed. >> it is what i expect. when i tell people wait a second, every witness from doctor for denied that it happened including her best friends, that was lost. four people she says were there don't remember and said to the best of their knowledge it did not occur. once it clicks with them that that is the case -- >> will that resonate with susan collins and lisa murkowski? what conversations do you have with moderate senators on the republican and democrat side? >> they have been keeping their heads down. i understand completely. we are in a society where we cannot destroy another person just by saying something against them without any corroboration, they go with brett cavanagh. ed: your analysis reported some confusion about that. should the white house turn ov

senator bill cassidy said criminal referrals should be sent to the fbi and doj regarding false affidavitie swetnick. >> it is for to investigate anyone who had a role whether it was democrats or republicans or anyone else. it is clear the seat -- everybody's motive should be questions. >> it can be referred and acted upon. shannon: final word on julie swetnick as we hear from supporters and in a statement from someone who said she did see these things happen, she made gang grape accusations and supports julie swetnick. >> doesn't mean it happens, they should go after each of these women if it can be proven they lied because they have ruined brett kavanaugh's life for the rest of his life, he will be tainted with it and there is 0 corroboration for these stories. even deborah ramirez reached out to several dozen people at the new york times, if it is proven. shannon: interesting to see the fbi report, to see if anybody is happy. thank you all for your time. the new york times getting financial records with the real news roundup. donald trump reached millions from a funny corporation to av

this was an idea that senator cassidy raised. and actually senator caine from virginia raised this with me at a hearing and i expressed concern about doing it immediately as a single national approach. he said why don't you do this as a pilot, try this as experiment and see if it works? i'm nothing if not a good listener. >> is there a risk of transactions for drugs companies in other countries will be pursued in a different manner, rebates that would list prices and redouuce proposals. >> the drug manufacturing policy. >> that's why we ask about the data sources. we currently have available the net pricing information from various pricing resources to tell us what deals they're in fact getting. but we also are looking at requiring the drug makers as we do for domestic sales for them to report to us their discounts. so that's a mechanism that i expect we will use and implement, which would be, they would have to come in and actually present this under the penalty of law with what their negotiated discounts were in the reference p

gerard cassidy, thank you very much. >> thank you, sara. >>> time now to send it over to morgan brennanat what's coming up on "squawk alley. >> we're sitting at the lows of the day with the dow down triple digits we are all over this earnings-dominated market. we'll talk about that as we come off of conference calls and look ahead after the bell with big tech names like microsoft. we've got at athnd so much more coming up on "squawk alley." at&t provides edge-to-edge intelligence, covering virtually every part of your finance business. and so if someone tries to breach your firewall in london & you start to panic... don't. because your cto says we've got allies on the outside... ...& security algorithms on the inside... ...& that way you can focus on expanding into eastern europe... ...& that makes the branch managers happy & yes, that's the branch managers happy. at&t provides edge-to-edge intelligence. it can do so much for your business, the list goes on and on. that's the power of &. & when this happens you'll know how to quickly react... >>> welcome back to "squawk on the street."