cheryl?ely, if you know your baby will have serious heart defect you could prevent that, would you make that decision? maybe at end of the day it will be up to families. it is debatable. jonathan, thank you very much. reporter: certainly. cheryl: it is fascinating study that came out. it is groundbreaking. i'm curious what do you think about these findings? >> hey, cheryl. this is definitely a major medical break-through. literally life-changing and life-saving. as a doctor i find it to be incredibly fascinating. what it means to us, parents can have children who won't suddenly die. this new study and finding is geared toward the heart. unfortunately all have seen an athlete running down basketball court or football field and suddenly collapse. this technology was geared towards, what is called hyper trophic cardiomyopathy. an enlarged heart. it is cutting that out so they don't have that problem later in life. i deliver many, many babies. sometimes we find birth defects early. sometimes we d

cheryl: 4.3%. lauren: president trump talked up the economy. >> economic growth has surged to 2.6 nationwide. you have to understand what that means. nobody thought that number was going to happen and it's 3% growth in west virginia. i wonder how that happened. unemployment is at a 16-year low . but don't forget, and i will never forget, the millions and millions of people out there that want jobs that don't register on the unemployment roles because they gave up looking for jobs, factories coming back into this country. you've seen that. they are coming back. we have auto plans expanding coming back, they are coming to michigan, they are really coming into mitch again and they are coming in to ohio and pennsylvania. lauren: that's not the only news, west virginia's governor also making news when he told the crowd he's changing his party. >> today i tell you as west virginiaan i can't help you anymore being a democrat governor. [cheers and applause] >> so tomorrow i will be changing my registration

cheryl: max sales up 7. 7%. >> back-to-school,. cheryl: is that it? >> july and august, interesting the way that apple continues to execute on all cylinders. cheryl: i think that thinking going into this report, the use of smartphones would hurt whether it was iphone or mac, have you surprise jaw dropping. >> we have 9, and knows, we saw facebook last week had a gap and go, it started higher then jumped on pile. we may start apple un up 9 it may go up further. cheryl: pull up that stock one more time, i want to look at this puppy. there it is, where do you think apple will go in next month? >> a month -- up 9 already, maybe 5 or 7. you know, before this is today was a 31st time that dow set a record this year, tomorrow may be 32nd. everyone is calling for a correction, the serial top callers, earning after earnings, boeing, caterpillar, apple, netflix. this is what is holding it up. cheryl: i was at new york stock exchange earlier, the guys were saying we don't care about washington. >> almost like, you know any news that comes out with donald jr., lo

cheryl: janice.her, busy friday at sports desk, second round of pga championship tees off today plus nfl games tim tebow. cheryl: jared max is here. jared: good morning, ladies. how about this in we have update on the cardinals rally cat. let's step up to the plate with home run leader. two-run shot gave marlins a 2-0 lead over washington nationals. washington tied the score in the sixth and went ahead 3-2 in the eighth, miami was in position to tie it in the ninth, runner on third, lines one good but watch and drew stevenson, saving catch as the nationals defeat the marlins 3-2. grounds crew member endured scratches and had to go to the hospital. a woman claimed the cat but she said she lost in city garden, a park in st. louis. hit the grand slam right after the cat ran on in the field. they don't know where the cat is and trying to locate it. they hit another grand slam last night so the mittth of the rally cat lives. 8-5 of the first game cubs. something magical happened, new york mets tim tebow t

cheryl casone through the next hour. hey, cheryl. cheryl: neil, weirdest thing, going by your office and there was this huge stack of "newsweeks" in front of it. neil: i bet, i bet. cheryl: check it out. neil: all righty, i will. cheryl: thanks, neil cavuto. we have a lot of news to cover, we'll stay on it. attorney general jeff sessions issuing a stern warning to would be intel leakers hurting our country and undermining our democracy. don't do it because you will be found and prosecute. as dow hits another all-time high, thanks to better than expected jobs report. we'll talk about that as well. i'm cheryl casone, in for trish regan and welcome to "the intelligence report." a g sessions announcing justice department cracking down on intel leaks hurting national security. already four people have been charged. sessions assured this culture of leaks will end. all of that as we're learning new details about the tarmac meeting between former attorney general loretta lynch and bill clinton, remember that? according to documents aclj, the

cheryl: okay. >> i can assure you of that. cheryl: okay, tax reform, big issue.s specially those in states where trump won and they will face reelection, joe manchin, these are the democrats that may need to come to the table if they want to see their seats in congress remain, what do you think about the three maybe working across the aisle? >> we are already seeing signals from the white house, the white house themselves, this is the first time that i've seen the white house actually reach out to moderate democrats and that's what i'm saying, we have room for flexibility, we want tax reform, we can work with them on that and frankly we have to show some progress going two into the midterm elections because we cannot be the party of no because the republicans were the party of no, we cannot afford to be that what we loathe and despise or it will make us look terrible and really suffer in the midterms if we do do that. cheryl: great to have you on, great discussion, thank you, sir. >> thank you so much. lauren: coming up a bench-clearing role at the new york yanke

cheryl?: that might be a little extreme comparison but to that point, what are the states doing to combat abuse? >> well, they're suing. two dozen cities, states, counties they're suing opioid makers say they didn't warn doctors and patients enough about the addictive quality of their products. we'll wait to see how that turns out but sounds a whole lot like the lawsuits made against tobacco manufacturers way back when. cheryl? cheryl: there is plenty of blame likely to go around whether it is doctors or family dynamics crime or even the drug companies themselves will be assaulted, you're right. gerri, thank you very much. >> thank you. cheryl: breaking news earlier today, president trump made good on his campaign promise to get tough on immigration. he endorsed a new bill that would create a married-based system that would -- merit-based system that would slash he will legal immigration. this is how it will work. the new system will give preference based on english ability, education and job

cheryl. cheryl: we're talking about certainly the president's agenda talking about energy independence and everything else. talk tax reform, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, treasury secretary steve mnuchin answering questions on tax reform at the louisville claim before commerce. that was earlier today. >> there is no point doing tax reform unless we talk about preferences, tax reform is one of them and carried interest. >> will tax reform is permanent? >> that is likely where we end up. there is some internal debate about that. that we'll have to sort out among ourselves but i think that is likely to be where we end up. cheryl: while the primary focus was the gop's effort to rewrite the nation's tax code, treasury secretary steve mnuchin says the first priority is raising the debt ceiling. >> it is my strong preference there is a clean raise of the debt limit. i'm all for spending controls. congress has the absolute right and the absolute obligation to oversee the funding of the u.s.

cheryl: thank you.e've got a lot more coming out to the united nations with a billion dollars in new penalties on south korea -- north korea, excuse me. >> we gave them a kick in the guy with a billion dollars they will fill right away. cheryl: a closer look with one of our guests. new york city mayor bill did lazio has a way to pay for subway repairs. go ahead and soak the rich. another record here. the dow up 41 in the markets. s&p and nasdaq higher as well. you are watching "fbn:am." ♪ restlessness... extreme anxiety... pacing... a constant urge to move. if someone you know is suffering from schizophrenia they may also be struggling with akathisia: a common side effect of some schizophrenia medications. learn more at myakathisia.com. so new touch screens... and biometrics. in 574 branches. all done by... yesterday. ♪ ♪ banks aren't just undergoing a face lift. they're undergoing a transformation. a data fueled, security driven shift in applications and customer experience. which is why comcast busine

cheryl: u.s.th korea kicking off military exercises today as north korean intentions are rising, how the two nations are working together, we will talk about that, plus, all eyes in the sky for the solar eclipse, it's a moment of a lifetime but what exactly are we going to see? our nasa expert telling us coming up .. .. .. maria: good morning it is monday august 21. your top stories at 7:30 a.m. eastern time. tragedy at sea. at least ten navy sailors are missing after the uss john s mccain collided overnight. when sending a strong message to north korea. the u.s. and south korea launched warnings in the face of the nuclear threat from the kim jung un regime. he spoke about the importance of the military drills last night. this right now is an exercise with our allies. in because of the civic circumstance meanwhile markets are on edge with the north north korea back and focus today. a slightly lower open at this moment. european markets actually opened to the downside. in asia we had mixed action a

cheryl: welcome back.s explosion at a private christian school in minneapolis has killed at least two people. officials recovered a second body for the minnehaha academy last night. receptionist was killed and 81-year-old janitor who attended the school as a child is still missing. four people were injured, one seriously. contractors were working at the school at the time of the next version. several planned in the school gym or not her. cheryl: scientists have edited viable human embryos to correct a disease causing can cause a heart condition. the result will raise ethical questions because they involve changes to the genes of, eggs are the embryos themselves. former fbi director james comey has signed a book deal about three months after he was fired by president trump. the book on leadership and decision-making will come out in spring of 2018. the amount of the deal not disclosed, but there are reports it is a multimillion dollars book deal. that is what is happening now. you get fired and make a littl

cheryl? cheryl: hillary vaughn live in crosby, texas, following that plant, those fires this morning. thank you so much, hillary. ashley: we have breaking news for you, president trump tweeting this just a moment ago. thank you to all the incredible heroes in texas. america is with you, #texasstrong. that says it all. cheryl: we have more breaking news right now. the vice president is sitting down to talk with governor abbott of texas. let's listen in for a moment. >> saying thank you, thank you, thank you, for all that you're doing. [cheers and applause] i also want to introduce somebody who is a good friend of mine. a former governor himself but now the incredible vice president of the united states of america, mike pence. [cheers and applause] >> thank you all for being here, i'm vice president mike pence. i'm joined today by my wife irkaren pence. [cheers and applause] we came by today to pay a debt of gratitude to all of you, and a debt of gratitude, to the outstanding, as president trum

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cheryl: good morning. cheryl casone.auren: the reaction from silicon valley and the entire world is split. taking action. train to first-come our top story, north korea now threatening to use nuclear weapons against the u.s. is attacked by american forces. pyongyang says it will not negotiate on its nuclear missile program under any circumstances. u.s. spy agencies detected in north korea voting anti-ship cruise missiles onto a patrol boat. north korea not backing down in the face of the economic sanctions unanimously approved by the united nations. north korea tested to intercontinental ballistic missiles. lauren: nikki haley can u.s. ambassador to the united nations told dana perino on the story that america has the upper hand here. >> it was a gut punch to north korea to let them know the international community is tired of it and will fight back. every dollar of revenue that the north korean government gets come and they are not prepared people with. going up to the sanctions going up to their ability to build these

cheryl: good morning. i'm cheryl casone.h at my starbucks, can i sue for that, too? cheryl: will talk about the story and a little bit. right now, the breaking news overnight. north korea preparing to launch four missiles at guam. the military would have a plan to launch the missiles to a use military base in august. they dismissed a statement saying there is concern and worry but not panic. >> i want a president that says that if any nation such as north korea at tax guam, honolulu, the west coast, that they will be met with howling fury. lauren: secretary of state rex tillerson on his way to guam explains the fire and fury comment. >> sending us strong message to north korea in language that kim jong un would understand because he doesn't understand diplomatically. lauren: warren president trump swearwords, escalating war of words from adam shapiro. >> although he did treat on wednesday about the modernization of the usa's nuclear arsenal. the state department monitoring the situation close in the state department spokes p

cheryl: i am cheryl casone. apple going to be a big market.auren: a lot of people are not upgrading ipads because they are waiting on the new ones. train to $1000. we are talking about that. following also the breaking news that happen yesterday. white house director anthony scaramucci was ousted yesterday after marine corps general john kelly was sworn in as president trump's new of staff. the president tweeted about it. a great day at the white house. adam shapiro from washington with more. reporter: good morning, ladies. that's right. this time anthony scaramucci leaving after 10 days on the job which he hadn't officially started. it was supposed to start august 15th. there is a question as to whether scaramucci made this decision on his own. there is also the issue of the new chief of staff, john kelly, wanting mr. scaramucci out that the president not been happy with mr. scaramucci is use of words. here's what terry sanders had to say about it. >> the president felt that anthony's comments were inappropriate for a person in that position

cheryl: thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl casone. a lot of breaking news including what i just told you about. harvey making louisiana. 12 years ago was devastated by hurricane katrina landfall near the texas louisiana border. this comes as catastrophic flooding is continuing in southeastern texas after the monster storm dumped more than 50 inches of rain in parts of the region and that was a record. lauren: yes it was. authorities say at least 18 deaths have been reported and it's still hard to tell. among the victims come of this houston police officer who drowned in his car on the way to work. >> it was too treacherous to go wandering look for him. we made the decision to leave officers dare, waiting until the morning because as much as we wanted to recover them last night, we could not put more officers at risk. cheryl: you can hear the houston police chief trying to hold it together. houston has an overnight curfew. the very latest. jeff, hi. reporter: good morning. i'm in the neighborhood. we are getting a break. if you look up

cheryl: i'm cheryl casone in for melissa francis. this is "after the bell." we have more on the big market movers. first here is what else we're covering in the very busy hour for you. president trump and the first lady are in texas right now surveying the first stages of the recovery efforts from tropical storm harvey. they're speaking to a crowd in corpus christie. >> this has been a total cooperative effort. again we will see you soon. i will tell you this is historic, it is epic, what happened but you know what, it happened in texas and texas can handle anything. thank you all folks, thank you. cheryl: the president making comments in corpus. they arrived in the capital city of austin. they will be briefed on disaster relief efforts across the state. we'll take you live for that previousing during this hour. this is all happening as more than 40, almost 50 inches of rain hit parts of state. this is the most rainfall from one event in u.s. history as louisiana braces for impact. there is new details on another big story we're following. >>> north korea, in

. ♪ cheryl: breaking news this morning. frantic search under his tenure as soldiers are missing five introductory the guided missile collided with a taker in singapore. the second mr. accident in just over two months. lauren: president trump prepares to address the nation tonight with a new strategy in afghanistan while treasury secretary stephen mnuchin prepares to address tax or former senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. train to a week last week as they -- the dow down almost 1%. u.s. stock market futures looking slightly lower. trade rumors with the picture is not much brighter. tac down half of 1% ahead of the european central bank later this week. want south in south korea in south korea the cost to slightly lower as the u.s. and south korea begin joint military exercises today. lauren: tatar eclipse glasses ready if you can find them. the nation prepares for a total eclipse the sun on the ground along the path of totality. "fbn:am" starts right now. cheryl: is 5:01 a.m. in new york trade monday, august 21st. good

cheryl: at wells stuff. they are saying the credit is relatively easy to come by and they're optimistic about the future. cheryl: mark ratner. thanks, mark. >> good to be with you. lauren: no legislation thus no legislation thus far been no regulations either. thinking about what's going on, talks between republicans and democrats breaking up with no progress on the debt ceiling and senate gop leaders planning to go along on tax reform with a simple majority. adam shapiro in washington with those details. reporter: good morning, ladies. the white house was a focus on small business. meeting with small business owners on tuesday. heating up on raising the debt ceiling in tax reform. steve mnuchin met with mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. no agreement on raising the debt ceiling which has to be done according to the treasury department by september 29th. here's what mcconnell said about what is about to happen. >> i don't think this is 1986 when you have a bipartisan effort. maybe there will be a few. severa

cheryl: u.s.are rising after the president's speech look at the future for the first time in three days. up 28, s&p f. two. cheryl: in europe after day in the rain yesterday, stocks opening higher across the board. the index are out to the upside. >> stocks in japan edged lower with half of 1% today. cheryl: the hacking nightmare at hbo is not over. the "game of thrones" finale now been held hostage by hackers. "fbn:am" starts right now. lauren: 5:31 a.m. in new york paid thank you for joining us. i'm lauren simonetti. true to good morning, everybody. i'm cheryl casone. the "game of thrones" continues. lauren: people still tuning in to see the real deal. cheryl: more on that story coming up. the big breaking news overnight come in the united states is sending thousands of more troops to afghanistan. that is one of president trump's plans unveiled last night in his first primetime address since he took office. lauren: blake burman has details from the white house. reporter: the commander-in-chief a

cheryl. cheryl: we're continuing to track harvey.out west today, economic power players gathering in jackson hole, wyoming for the annual fed conference. adam shapiro after just finishing up a interview governor jay powell. adam. reporter: cheryl this, is all focused on boosting global growth. the theme we heard from janet yellen and mario draghi, the head of the ecb, policies central banks in the united states and one in europe using to avert the financial crisis that began in 2008, they say those policies are working. so i asked the governor, jay powell, do you agree, and here is what he said. >> i think that is very wise council frankly and i think that is why we're so focused on preserving and improving the fundamental pillars, higher risk-based capital. formal liquidity requirements, stress testing and resolution planning. those four things are certainly important. we can improve them, make them more efficient, that sort of thing. at the same time, the chair said we have obligation which we take seriously, to review our reforms,

cheryl: good point. ashley: you mentioned liz claman asking warren buffett what he thought about tax reform. here is what the "oracle of omaha" himself had to say. >> if we see a tax change, it isn't necessarily tax reform, it will be a tax cut. but it will be called tax reform though. liz: a lot of people would like that. more money in their pockets. >> sure. liz: including the middle class. that is probably why it won't happen. liz: possibly. do you think it gets done in 2017? >> i think there is more of a chance than most people think. liz: why? >> i think republicans need one and i think that, if you don't make it too complicated to really try to change the code in a massive way. i think you can probably get it done. liz: have you ever seen -- ashley: we'll leave it there. if warren buffett is right and president trump is able to wrangle congress, that is a big if, and get tax reform through this year, what does that mean for the economy? back to our panel for reaction. robert wolf, back to you, sure

cheryl: good morning, everybody. i'm cheryl personae. -- cheryl casone.e are following all of the rattling which has reached ahead. president trump in north korea treating such drugs of fire hours apart. north korea seriously considering a plan to launch a missile strike on a u.s. territory of guam. that is on two nuclear-capable bombers at andersen air force base. the governor guam says the island is prepared for any eventuality. lauren: more and president trump's comments and reactions to them from adam shapiro. reporter: good morning, cheryl, good morning, lauren. the crisis management in the crisis is north korea appeared he tweeted yesterday after many years of failure, countries come together to address the dangers posed by north korea. we must be tough and decisive. the "washington post" indicated north korea is a small nuclear device capable of putting on an intercontinental ballistic missile. this is how the president responded to that thread. >> north korea must not make any were threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury,

cheryl: i am cheryl casone. where the president is in town. lauren: gridlock alert last night. trying to don't attempt fifth avenue if you're in the new york city area. breaking news this morning on the president. president trump condemning white supremacist group two days after the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia. lauren: of like permanent details from the white house. reporter: delivering a statement at charlottesville. the president is drawing complaints not specifically named in the hate groups intertwined with the protest, instead condemning first the egregious display featured cover bigotry and violence on many sides. each one euro more than the seven she was struck by a vehicle into law enforcement enforcement officers died in the helicopter crash. monday the president got more specific when condemning hatred and bigotry. >> racism is evil and those who cause violent in its name are criminals and. including the, and neo-nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. reporter: the president met with the atto

cheryl: i'm cheryl casone in for lou dobbs who is on vacation.ooding isn't the only danger in the wake of hurricane harvey. the flooding has caused exploding on fire at a chemical plant. reporter: we have a new update about this plant. one of the tanks that were burning overnight. the spark that hit at 2:00 a.m. this morning finished burning at noon. it took 10 hours for that tank to fully burn out. this is the perimeter, the 1.5 mile radius. no one can go in and no one can go out of this area for safety purposes. latest update we have is the chemicals are stable, but the company says they are not sending anyone in until the 6 feet of water sitting in the plant has receded. that could take weeks. the police and fire department are not working to put out any fires that may occur on the plant's property. they say what happens on the property is the company's responsibility. they are here to install this perimeter. we got scene update from the epa that told us the fumes that finished burning at noon today are not toxic. 15 deputies were put in the h

cheryl: interesting. there was a report in "wall street journal" in november that the obama administration was telling transition team at the time, after the election, you have to wore about north korea -- you have to worry about north korea, have they been working on this? >> you know what is great to see, you watch that interview from 1999, is the president has already been thinking about this for decades, and his predictions have been accurate. so, i think that great disappointment is that the previous administrations three of them, clinton, bush then obama, they did not do anything, they let the problem get worse, and most of the problem happen in growth of nuclear program under secretary of state clinton. the previous administration have done nothing to solve this, now it lands on the president's lap, we can't ignore it any longer. cheryl: my question was, is president trump prepared? has he been prepared for this moment, this week? today? >> absolutely, he is getting advice from top generals, we hav

i'm cheryl casone.arlottesville, the white house is clarifying its remarks following the initial reaction to the deadly violence over the weekend. vice president penn speaks out in a federal investigation gets underway all began friday night after white supremacist marched on the campus of the university of virginia over the removal of statue of robert e. lee. it turned violent as white nationalist encounter protesters clash. then a car driven by 20-year-old james alex fields plowed into the crowd killing 32-year-old heather haier and injuring 18 people. saturday president trump condemned the violence but does not single out any group in his remarks and that drew criticism from many republicans as well as democrats. the white house clarified those remarks. more on that in a moment. senior justice department officials does tell fox that federal officials are investigating whether the driver of the car had any help and says domestic terrorism charges are possible here. tree into organizers canceled a plan

cheryl, that's happening now.rain to the trump administration is turning up the heat on pakistan when it comes to the war in afghanistan. the middle he is still a hot topic for the administration. as all this pressure going to work? kristen tate joins us once again become a contributor for the and certainly our government has to deal with the government of pakistan of course afghanistan issue. the president was clear afghanistan was dealt with. we are not going to rebuild this nation. do you think the president is on the right track? >> i do. i've conflict being feelings as they know trump supporters do. trump were and are not the u.s. more involved in the building nations, more wars so there's that aspect to it. trump has good points and specifically said a lot of terms so invasively to know what is our exit plan? how long are we going to be there, there's a lot of unanswered questions. >> it continues as you well know. when you talk about the issue of pakistan when he was kennedy trump, he was specific in saying

cheryl: ouch i'm not one. but he said it. >> i wasn't the only quote from the nfl executives, coaches. several different players. tom brady for philip rivers would never consider making a stand on something like that. just because it's not the place. i don't disparage what he did. i understand that i'm all for people standing up for a cause. just not while they are at work. the 13 coordinator to assist personnel directors, five other executives and they see colin kaepernick ranks about 28 in the nfl quarterbacks. talent alone, he is fair. with all the baggage that comes with his level of talent in this business, it's not worth it. >> readings show the fans don't like it. i've yet to see a poll that says he's great for business. cheryl: jared max got me doing a great job in a story by the way. >> we need to get right on track. >> you can see all the sports reports, fox news headlines 24/7 unserious xm 150. >> the world's major economies are all growing. a live report from london on not. ♪ ♪ [brother] any last w

cheryl: good morning. cheryl casone. a lot of breaking news this morning.record flooding. devastating from rain threatening the nation's fourth-largest city. we are in at the center of it all. the most powerful storm to hit in a decade. good morning. reporter: and it is still hitting. this rain just will not die. we had a break of maybe an hour overnight. it is just pounding down again. this is what it's been doing ever since the storm hit on friday night. incredible. we just made our way to a residential neighborhood. these are some of the homes put in jeopardy by the reservoir release we talked about because the teams are in jeopardy now and even though we thought the rising waters had abated for bed,, and now water rising very quickly. some people had their car loaded up ready to go in they were unable to get out. look at the storm track in the radar, and i've never seen anything like it. i've covered every major hurricane since 1988, since the mid-80s actually. i've never seen -- i've seen storm stalled before. i've never seen one for this long dumping

cheryl: it is 5:01 a.m. here in new york. thursday, august 31st and cheryl casone. lauren: i lauren simonetti. explosions at the ark at the arc of a plant in crosby, texas. black smoke coming from the chemical plant right now after the flooded facilities in six feet of water lost power as well as backup power. meanwhile, tropical depression harvey dumping heavy rains in parts of louisiana, arkansas, mississippi and tennessee. a number of flash flood warnings and watches in effect across the region. train to the death toll has risen to 31 in texas. jeff flock is live in houston with the latest. good morning. how are conditions? >> so many peers so many developments. mandatory evacuations in the spot we are right now near the addicts reservoir. this is a staging point for the occasion may be to get people out of here. taking up late this morning will be back as the epicenter of the unfolding disaster move to the west about 100 miles or so from houston in the towns of port arthur, texas and beaumont, texas. incredible pictures come to some of we experienced in houston

cheryl: good morning. i'm cheryl casone.olitics are ready for a bloody mary this morning. a very fast in haiti 24 hours in new york. you missed a day after president john condemned white supremacist is now blaming both sides for the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia. the president speaking at trump tower yesterday. >> the driver of the car is a disgrace to himself, his family and his country and that is coming you can call it terrorism. you can call it murder. you can call it whatever you want. i would just call it the fastest when they come up with a good verdict. what about the old left that came charging, do they have any semblance of guilt? what about the fact they came charging the clubs in their hands? do they have been a problem i think they do. that was a horrible, horrible day. wait a minute, i'm not finished. i'm not finished, fake news. i like mr. bennett. he's a friend of mine. he came on very late. you know that. i went through 17 governors and senators and one on the primaries. mr. bennett came on la

cheryl. >> great way to kick off the monday, liz, thank you so much. >> the dow charging ahead, ending, you guessed it at another record high. we're closing at 221,117. we're just four points away from -- 22,117. let the numbers settle. we might get there. i'm lauren sim in for david asman. >> i'm cheryl casone in for melissa francis. this is "after the bell." we'll have much more on the big market movers. first here is what else we're covering for you during this hour. >>> north korea vowing revenge against the u.s. in response to tough new u.n. sanctions over missile and nuclear programs. former u.n. ambassador john bolton joins us with more on what happens now. >>> illegal and unconstitutional. chicago mayor rahm emanuel suing the department of justice blocking federal tax dollars for sanctuary cities. the doj firing back, saying what emanuel should be focused on instead of this. the white house is pushing back hard what they call an absurd report out of "the new york times" about a 2020 s

cheryl: good morning, everyone. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: tropical storm harvey back in. before it moves onto louisiana appeared causing devastating flooding. looking at the rescue effort. officials say nine people appeared to have died. 30,000 needing shelter. topping 3000. there were 56,000 9-1-1 calls in houston alone between saturday and sunday. president trump will travel today to survey the damage. train to take a look at the national hurricane center. this shows the probable paths of the monster storm expected to make another landfall tomorrow morning here but this time near the texas louisiana border. jeff flock live in houston with the very latest. our conditions this morning? reporter: rescues happening before our very eyes, cheryl and lauren. the lady in this car try to drive to high water images had to rescue her, pulling her out and pulling the car outcome of vehicles on the scene. thousands of times oliver of times all over houston as the rain continues to fall you ask about conditions. they've been horrible all through been horrible all through the night. t

cheryl: in the d.c. area, we will have a partial eclipse with 82% coverage at exactly 2:42, b ut the sun will race across the nation in three hours time starting at 1:00. >> we have a dot of light coming through. cheryl: you can take an object and holes like a colander watch the circles change shape. they are safe ways to watch the sun if you do not have solar viewing glasses. >> we will try to plan this so we are in our car. cheryl: the air and space museum will be handing out thousands of glasses and will have telescopes. you want to snap a picture on your phone. you can use her glasses to protect the lens. >> make sure that you look at the smartphone screen and not the sun itself with your eyes. glasses. cheryl: in this area, you will need these glasses to see the event. you will have to look up to notice what is happening. the areas in the path of totality will see complete darkness during the daytime, but for us in the d.c. area, we will need the glasses to look up and notice the partial eclipse. ch

ashley webster, cheryl casone. cheryl: a busy news day. we're well off session lows at least. s&p is fighting for gains in the final moments of trading. nasdaq closing solidly in the green. i'm cheryl casone in for melissa francis. ashley: i'm ashley webster in for david asman. this is "after the bell." we'll have more on big market movers. here is what else we're covering this very busy hour. houston, america's fourth largest city crippled by unprecedented floods. can you believe this? overwhelmed by more than 11 trillion gallons of water. turning streets into rivers, the rain is still coming down. more than 30,000 people are expected to use city shelters. texas governor greg abbott updating residents this afternoon. >> there is reality we have to come to gyps with, and that is we are just beginning the process of responding to this storm. we are still involved in the search-and-rescue process. our number one goal from corpus christie all the way to east of houston is still protecting and preserving life and rescuing every person that we can find. ashley: this as president tr

cheryl the gas station is -- cheryl: the gas station is a winner as well. for selling the ticket the owner gets $2,500 bonus. now the guessing game continues. who is $1 million richer? jonathan knew it wasn't him before coming back to play again. >> i have the app. i scanned it. i looked at the numbers. it says 6, 7 powerball is 4. cheryl: it matches the first five numbers but not the power ball. >> i get up in the morning i scan and check my tickets before i come to work because i may want to take the day off. cheryl: someone in virginia may be taking the day off. $1 million ticket sold at parkway express in lorton. both states say the jackpot generates millions of dollars for education each year. >> the winners have not come forward. in maryland you can remain anonymous but not in virginia so they may be having dinner with an accountant before coming forward. cheryl conner, abc7 news. michelle: supporters are pitching in to help a d.c. radio station that went silent after a break-in that happened early yesterday at we at radio in southeast. the burglars t

cheryl conner, abc 7 news. kimberly: from a string of shootings last week, now a rash of robberies in the district. this is a look at where the five robberies happened in a span of just about 10 hours, and some of them were violent. the police a it started last grocery store was pushed to the ground and a suspect made off with cash. home from was walking the congress heights metro station on alabama avenue in southeast when he was surrounded by four suspects. we spoke with his roommate. >> he is one of four people who live here. >> i'm nervous right now. police say the robberies are not connected, but they are reminding people to always be alert. new information about an arson at an apartment building in arlington. we first brought you the story yesterday for stop we know that a tenant is facing charges. q mccray explains what else he is accused of doing. this fiery scene at the apartments in arlington sent one person to the hospital and forced 25 families from their homes. >> the fire alarm was going off and i

live in northwest, cheryl conner, abc 7 news. kimberly: we have a live look right now of a vigil going on at the white house. about 25 people are gathered, standing up to the violence from charlottesville. we are hearing from the mother of the woman who was killed of the street. worked-old heather heyer and had a second job as a waitress. friends and family said she was standing up for what she believed in. >> heather's life was not about hate. ran myung man who daughter down mistakenly believed that hate would change the world. kimberly: some call in the chaos feel lucky to be alive. 19-year-old counter protester said she did not have time to run from the speeding car before being knocked to the ground. >> the minute that i heard the screams is also the minute that i got hit. kimberly: 35 people were injured in that crash. new tonight, the wife of a virginia man who was tossed to the ground when the car rammed into the professors is speaking out. he is still in the hospital and she says he has a long road to recovery. >> he was

reporting live in san ramon i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you cheryl. everyone trying to do their part whether the corporate level or just regular folks. >> let's bring in jeff ranieri and let's talk about the changes in our weather because we are seeing extreme heat livermore 107 degrees that's dangerous. >> you can't be out in that too long without getting some adverse effects. the heat catches up with you quickly. and the relief coming our way is going to be short lived. i want everybody to know that you got to hang on for in ride because we are in for quit a bit of hot weather in the extended forecast. in case you missed it, hottest temperature today was livermore. as jessica mentioned up to 107, walnut creek 106, concord 105. almoua 104 and 102 here. i know every one of you at home want some cooler weather coming in. and we started to see that breeze move in. if you've been out in the past couple hours you know what i'm talking about. we have the thick fog and reaching over to the interior valleys, 8 degrees cooler in concord. down six in livermore

cheryl casone with the details, cheryl. cheryl: it happened earlier this morning.ix soldiers mowed down by a car in a paris suburb, now search on for that driver is currently underway in paris, car was waiting for the soldiers to go on patrol just outside their barracks. this happened in northwest part of the city. local reports are saying that at least two of the soldiers part of antiterrorist unit are seriously injured, we are trying to get more updates out of paris for you. we have some good news here at home for you to share, u.s. job openings jumping to record high in june that outpaced hiring. job openings increasing by 461,000 to adjusted 6.2 million job openings at a one-year high. and toyota mazda trying to make a major decision on where to build $1.6 billion plan, the wall street journal reporting 11 states, iowa, mississippi, north carolina and texas. the factory expect today create up to 4,000 jobs. mazda is hailing technology breakthrough for the engine. japanese auto maker says it is designed a vehicle that doesn't always need spark plugs in a gasolin

cheryl casone is following the breaking story for us, cheryl.ng into the news room, sandra, here is what we know at this point. police in clinton, missouri say officer gary michael was fatally shot during a traffic stop. now it happened last night but the suspect has fled the scene in his car and police have not yet released a suspect, more on the vehicle description of the suspect. but again, active manhunt situation that's going on in clinton, missouri, we are trying to get more details for you. we will bring that all to you as soon as we get a similar information on that this morning. but those in the area should be careful. al we are following with what's happening with north korea, retaliate against the u.s. over latest rounds of united nations sanction that is were put through on saturday. pyongyang is going to make the u.s. pay a price for those sanctions which it calls, quote, a violent violation of our sovereignty. now, the new sanctions include ban on exports over a billion dollars from north korea but the country is also saying it wil

cheryl? takata park, cheryl conner, abc7 news. announcer: this is a stormwatch7 severe weather alert. doug: right now a new severe thunderstorm warning just issued now for the areas of loudoun county and montgomery county over the broadlands. we have a thunderstorm. some of the precipitation is being obstructed because but it is heavy rain and a lot of lightning moving north at 20 miles per hour. the winds could gust in excess briefly of 50 miles per hour. monitoring the other lesser storms to the south of route 50 and north of dumfries. we will keep an eye on that. that could develop but that is a storm we are keeping a close watch on. the other larger clusters of storms north of baltimore moving away. for the next hour or two we will keep an eye on it. another area we are watching is showing the development of the rain and the heavy rain. we will watch it for you and keep in mind that the weekend is a promising forecast. hang around for that as well in a few minutes. alison: see you then, doug. breaking right now a power pole sn

i'm cheryl jennings. we're always so inspired when we find california connections changing the world. we met a number of them over the past few months and want to bring you their stories. they're people who are working to make a difference, whether it's the arts, architecture, or agriculture. we had the rare opportunity to meet the new young minister of agriculture in afghanistan. he graduated from cal state, east bay in hayward. minister assadullah zamir visited uc davis as part of a nationwide tour to learn about the best practices to take home to his country. it is a huge honor to welcome minister assadullah zamir. he is the minister of agriculture, irrigation & livestock, or mail for short. and you're in charge of everything there. >> well, agriculture is life. it's the backbone of our economy. it's a huge responsibility for me. >> it is a h-- and you're the youngest member of president ghani's cabinet. >> that's right. >> so no pressure at all. >> well, that added responsibility because 75% of our po

i appreciate it, doctor. >> thank you, cheryl. >> all right, we do have to take another break. when we come back, we're gonna learn about some of the exciting research that is helping to reduce preterm birth, so stay with us. we'll be right back. food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. food. water. internet. we need it to live. for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. >> welcome back to "beyond the headlines." we've been talking about reducing premature births and increasing the number of healthy babies. in a wellness report on abc7 news, every day in the womb boosts a baby's brain development. here's a message from jane king. >> carrying a baby as close to full term as possible is better for the baby's brain development. researchers at the children's nationa

reporting live in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> cheryl thank you. >>> we did tweet about the who high profile arrests. he can full the breaking and developing news the twitter ha the bat nbc bay area. >> the weekend is here felt like florida around here earlier. humid, sticky and rainy. right now here is a live look in palo alto. let's bring in the chief meteorologist jeff ranieri what's up with the weekend jeff. >> the humid monsoonal moisture we've been track something moving towards to the north away from us. we're eventually going to set ourselves up with better weather heading into the weekend forecast. closer view of doppler radar shows across the central valley rainfall but moving to the north not a threat for us. now the thing a lot of you are happy to see are the tufrmts dropping. with the fog at the coastline surnlt 61 in san francisco. a cooler breeze to walnut creek and right now at 72. one of the hottest places this week was in danville withant plenty of low 100s and the humidity. tomorrow by 1:00 p.m. a more comfortable 89. more the forecast coming up pat 11

cheryl casone has the details, cheryl.erson killed in the world trade center attacked has now been identified. the new york city medical examiner offices says remains were identified through dna testing. name was not released upon the family's request, more than 1100 victims still remained unidentified. you're looking at pictures, of course, of the 9/11 mem or oil in lower manhattan. well, a freak accident near dallas has claimed the life of a third boy scout, so the sailboat carrying a group of scouts struck overhead power line in lake east of dallas, it happened on saturday. the 11-year-old scout had been hospitalized since the accident, he died yesterday. two other boy scouts died at the scene over the weekend. well, here is a question for you, if you build a plane that doesn't need a pilot is anybody going to fly on it? yeah. wow. a report from aviation industry, can save $35 billion a year with pilotless planes. analysts say remote control planes can start appearing in the year 2025 and then finally this, how would yo

cheryl casone has the details. cheryl. cheryl: bass proshop is pitching in with hurricane harvey relief efforts donating 8 tractor boats to government agencies, the company's total donation worth $40,000, contribution support convoy of hope and the american red cross both in cash all going to the folks of houston. also two beer makers are sending water to the victims of hurricane harvey. aheuser-bush to provide clean drinking waters. a hundred thousand drinking cans of water and, of course, area surrounding houston, texas. the actor making that plea on instagram. >> i'm challenging a lot of my celebrity friends to follow my lead and donating $25,000 to hurricane harvey, to the red cross, i challenge the rock, steve harvey, chris rock, i think you all should tag somebody else. cheryl: chris brown posted a video that he donated $100,000, largest amount that kevin hart has taken in so far but he's leaving the charge, dagen, trying to get any type of help that they can get down to the folks in houston, in particular. dagen: i

cheryl casone with the stoirl, cheryl.at provided voting software and electronic machines for venezuela's election said the figures were manipulated and vote tole as were off by about one million. sunday's election to pick 550-member body to rewrite the country's constitution. meanwhile fear that is venezuela may default on billions of dollars of bonds as the economy there collapses. more legal trouble for wells fargo to tell you about. at least three lawsuits filed by customers after wells fargo revealed 600,000 were signed up for car insurance they didn't need. the bank is still trying to recover from last fall's fake account scandal. wells fargo shares down nearly 3% so far this year. have you ever been have you ever gotten to the airport and realize that had you forgot your jacket or jacket, you can buy clothes at the airport from a vending machine. first one is oakland international airport in california, they have shirts, they are going to change the clothes with different seasons, nine more of vending machines come