liz claman, over to you. liz: okay. so, charles, it's friday the 13th, right? we have no fright fest at the moment on this friday the 13th, but the markets are basically starting to slip a bit lower as we tick off the final hour of trade. any gain, we reminded you, for both the s&p and the dow will be new records. the dow just turned negative a few minutes ago, but we are continuing to watch all of that and more. there is a fin-tech though that is tearing the pants off some of the big bankers in america. i'm talking about the legacy banks, right? well, sofi, yes, it did just miss, but it posted a massive revenue number and massive growth. so the ceo of sof if i is going to join us here live and why he says his one-stop shop of digital banking is really on track to disrupt the banking world and wall street's biggest fish in that sea, certainly. uber of private jets just are released its first quarterly report since going public via spac. wheel's up, the ceo and founder is here. this guy's a real visionary. you want to hear what he has to say because he says he h

now over to liz claman. liz: okay. good to see you, charles. commodities -- charles: you too. liz: -- are in the driver's seat but off the lows of the session. we have to focus on oil for a second here. it's tanking, the energy sector, as a golden flash crash sends precious metal spiraling lower, then up off that floor, but still gold remains down $32. what triggered that dramatic overnight drop in gold prices? no one better to perhaps answer that question than the barrett gold ceo. he's here to tell us what spooked the gold bugs and why he's not spooked at all about the future of his business. warren buffett's midas touch still holding strong as berkshire hathaway posts strong second quarter earnings, boosting its cash pile to a massive $144 billion. the floor show traders are here to tell us where they would invest buffett's billions and what they make of his latest moves. plus, panera bread baking up a new combo that includes caribou coffee and einstein brothers bagels. we've got the ceo of the new business trifecta, panera brands ceo joining us live. and consolidation not

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and danielle, thank you both very much this is what you call a rally and then handed over to liz claman. liz: were looking for the fear factor usually you can find it but it's nowhere to be found on wall street as a kickoff the final trade, you can tell when the fear index goes down and yes it is dropping eight half% right now as investors are buying stocks, overseeing a very broad-based and strong rally, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq haverty hit intraday records, there there right now oil is about to snap a seven-day losing streak with a rally the lesson we haven't seen in five months bitcoin touched $50000 per coin finally after it's not gotten there for a while in this as pfizer gets a word of support from the fda approval of the coronavirus vaccine, today's market enthusiasm right up and down the screen doing nothing to free the massive bottleneck of the nation's port, support of long beach executive director is here in a fox business exclusive on the skyrocketing prices that is costing to move huge containers of goods from china to the u.s. and how it could impact the holiday shopping

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liz claman, over to you. liz: i don't know, i'm looking at these markets, charles, it doesn't look like they've got any bark por bite today. [laughter] -- or bite today. these are the dog days of august. we just opened a brand new trading month. the dow hitting a new intraday high earlier in the session, but traders have been kind of taking profits since then. the dow up just 2 points, the s&p better by 4, the nasdaq up 54. just as tesla shares spike again, it's blue skies ahead for electric moped hairing start-up rebel. beginning to be -- sharing start-up rebel. revving its engine with the launch of a brand new neat of shiny tesla model ys in new york city. the cofounder and coo is here live on how day one is going and how he plans to speed past uber, lyft and maybe even yellow cabs in this dog-eat-dog ride-hailing world. we're going to introduce you to the microchip disrupter hoping to end the semiconductor shortage using two elements from the periodic chart it says are way faster than silicone wafers. in a

ashley webster in for liz claman for the next hour. ashley. ashley: maybe a helmet for me would be an improvement. i'll have to find out. [laughter] charles, thank you very much. you are not a luddite, my good friend. thank you very much. have a great weekend. [laughter] bottom feeding the name of the game on wall street today as markets close out a dow week to the upside. the surge in delta variant cases, the chaos in afghanistan and questions about the fed's tapering plan still weighing on investors' minds. the dow, though, popping back about 35,000, the s&p up half a percent, the nasdaq up 1% at this hour. and at any minute now, we expect to get an update on the state of affairs in afghanistan from the pentagon. we'll have details of the briefing and go to the white house for a are recap of the president's remarks on evacuation efforts from there. the covid pandemic still casting a cloud over some parts of the nation, but las vegas is charging ahead. we're going to talk to sin city's soon to be biggest landlord about how his company is prot

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that will do it for the claman "countdown." kudlow is next. ♪.dlow today. air operations resuming at kabul airport as thousands attempt to flee taliban control in afghanistan. more than 600 people were seen in this photo cramming into an american plane. the plane is h

howie: liz claman, do you think chris cuomo should be speaking out about the resignation of his brotherthough he's not allowed to do it on cnn and do you think this episode has damaged him. >> he's a journalist and he should not be speaking out on it, especially because he is right there as one of the so-called faces on the mount rushmore over at cnn prime time. cnn was in a tough position, you know, and basically they probably held him to what journalistic standards require, that anybody, if there's a conflict of interest they cannot participate in that conversation. that particular night when governor cuomo stepped down and resigned, well, yes, cnn audience didn't get to hear that story because he didn't weigh in but cnn did what they had to do under that circumstance, short of pulling him off the air. if he weighs in, that's a he total disaster. there's very little upside to that. it's an awful situation for him to be in. the governor is his brother. clearly, yeah, it was a tight spot. howie: the problem as i know you understand is that cnn last year changed its rules to allow chris

now, to liz claman. liz: charles we do begin with that horrific breaking news fox news reporting the number of marines killed in the twin bombings at kabul airport has gone from four to 11 and fox news is also confirming a naval medic has died as well. the deadly and complex terror attacks five hours ago in afghanistan throwing the u.s. evacuation efforts into turmoil and driving markets lower. multiple civilian casualties still being counted after two suicide bombers struck the gates of the crowded kabul airport just before 10 a.m. eastern time markets dropped immediately to session lows after the attack, and then, they have just made fresh lows in the last 19 minutes on news that we now have a much larger number of marines killed. now, before the twin bombings investors had been focused squarely on the much-awaited jackson hole virtual conference, which kicks off tonight followed by federal reserve chair jay powell's speech tomorrow. our floor show traders are here to tackle both the taper talk, and th

i'm going to hand you over to connell mcshane in for liz claman. connell, it's on you. my friend. have is fun at the movies tonight. so much for august being the worst month for stocks, looks like we might close out the first week at all-time highs. the dow is on pace, matter of fact, for its 30th record of the year. it's two in a row if we get there for the s&p 500. the nasdaq is the laggard, down by 73 points after the monthly jobs report this morning was a strong one. we'll talk all about that. could there be a bump in the road though as we go towards recovery here and towards full

ashley webster in for liz claman for the next hour. ashley.elmet for me would be an improvement. i'll have to find out. [laughter] charles, thank you very much. you are not a luddite, my good friend. thank you very much. have a great weekend. [laughter] bottom feeding the name of the game on wall street today as markets close out a dow week to the upside. the surge in delta variant cases, the chaos in afghanistan and questions about the fed's tapering plan still weighing on investors' minds. the dow, though, popping back about 35,000, the s&p up half a percent, t

charles: all right liz claman, over to you. liz: joan rivers, fashionista, okay charles.t taper tantrum even though fed chair jay powell says the u.s. economy can now withstand the winding down of stimulus put into place at the height of the pandemic, that's got the s&p 500 and nasdaq looking at new record closes. dow is up 231, s&p better by 38

market holding in there pretty good particularly growth stocks liz claman? over to you.just down 15 after having been down 132. thank you, my friend. charles: call it the cp effect. liz: [laughter] always, cp, the s&p 500 and nasdaq doing a mid-section about base after trading lower most of the session the s&p now looking at its third straight record close, if this can hold. the dow will join if it can dig out of the red in a final 59 minutes of trade any gain will do it but investors could hav

charles: that's what we want to hear amc gamestop, to the moon thank you very much, liz claman over torse from the reddit rebels, great to see you, the nasdaq has cracked a magical milestone on the march 22 straight record closes the heavy index topping 15000 for the first time ever intraday but cannot close their, it's there to 15026 with 59 nu

charles: that stock is on the move, we always appreciate it, lauren sim and eddie is in for liz clamanr to your. >> we have breaking news we expect president joe biden to deliver remarks on the longest war at any moment, 20 years ago american troops were sent into afghanistan in the months following the 9/11 terror attack 2442 u.s. service members died in afghanistan thousands were injured were taking eli to the white house as soon as president biden begins his first address to the n

charles: that stock is on the move, we always appreciate it, lauren sim and eddie is in for liz claman i'm heading over to your. >> we have breaking news we expect president joe biden to deliver remarks on the longest war at any moment, 20 years ago american troops were sent into afghanistan in the months following the 9/11 terror attack 2442 u.s. service members died in afghanistan thousands were injured were taking eli to the white house as soon as president biden begins his first address to the nation since the last ufc soldier left kabul. now the diplomacy, or power panel is here to walk us through the challenges arise in the end war from dealing with the taliban to expo trading up to 200 american citizens and thousands more afghan allies. plus the gulf coast trying to put homes and businesses back together again after the deadly hurricane ida left billions of dollars of damages in her wake. were headed to louisiana for a live report from the center of the disaster. meanwhile markets are mixed on the final trading day of august if the s&p 500 and the nasdaq can make any gains in th

charles: all right liz claman, over to you. liz: joan rivers, fashionista, okay charles. okay no white after labor day. sounds a little furious, thank you very much my friend. okay, guys it's friday. taper tantrum, what taper tantrum even though fed chair jay powell says the u.s. economy can now withstand the winding down of stimulus put into place at the height of the pandemic, that's got the s&p 500 and nasdaq looking at new record closes. dow is up 231, s&p better by 38 points, the nasdaq up 189. former atlanta fed president dennis lockheart is here to give us the hidden messages he heard in powell's virtual jackson hole remarks. is there a timeline here, and are we really going to see tapering this year? the president's national security advisors warning of more terror attacks just one day after the deadliest day since 2011 for american troops. what we're going to do is take you live to the white house for up to the minute details and developments and get the threat assessment from one of the nation's top experts on afghanistan's terror network and when we say threat,

there pretty good, but you can feel the tension as we head into the last are hour of trading with liz clamans what we love, charles. yeah, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq, this is what they're stretching for, another record run. any gain will do it for both indices which are aiming for five straight winning sessions. the dow, less than half a percent from all-time highs with green on the screen. the markets' move though are overshadowed by a meeting at the white house with some of the biggest names in all of business. the ceos of apple, google, microsoft, jpmorgan chase and more working and trying to figure out howo

i got to hand it over to my colleague, liz claman. liz, i tell you what this is a pretty impressive session. liz: yeah, impressive particularly because what trader s have endured right? we've kind of got this split decision on wall street at this hour. investors have struggled to make sense of everything, feds taper plans, good jobs numbers, solid earnings, and oil market sell-off, chaos in afghanistan, and surging delta variant number s. it has been a volatile session, but the dow has swung nearly 300 points from peak-to-trough and right now, trying to get back to a little bit of a peak, down about 67 points and it happens as amazon, the biggest online retailer in the world, is reportedly ready to swallow the department store world with its own chain of department stores. we've got kohl's ceo michelle ga ss here, theys a real visionary in this space, we'll ask her how she sees amazon's anchor store ambitions and wait until you see what her stock is doing in just the last couple of hours. speaking of hours, we're just hours away from

liz claman, over to you.they've got any bark por bite today. [laughter] -- or bite today. these are the dog days of august. we just opened a brand new trading month. the dow hitting a new intraday high earlier in the session, but traders have been kind of taking profits since then. the dow up just 2 points, the s&p better by 4, the nasdaq up 54. just as tesla shares spike again, it's blue skies ahead for electric moped hairing start-up

markets really interesting the growth names nasdaq strong all day everything else not so much, liz clamanarrows are hitting the bullseye in such a big way as the s&p 500 does back away from a record close yesterday, we are witnessing jittery market as rising cases of the delta variant could derail the economy and of course rising regulatory pressure could trip up the bull run dow jones industrials down 283, s&p lower by 13 nasdaq holding on to 31 points of gains but

powell not able to move the needle it's a tough hour of trading but you'll be with the best, liz clamanen try, he kind of stayed away from everything in that little discussion, just about in the last hour. thank you, charles, after five straight record closes with the dow and the s&p, guys, the market appears to be suffer ing a little altitude sickness as we kickoff this final hour of trade, a triple wammy slamming stocks right now the chaos in afghanistan, the slipping retail sales numbers and cases of the delta variant filling up hospitals across the nation. all of it together, in the aggregate, yeah pushing investors to take some

liz claman, we're getting a little momentum in this last hour of trading which of course we know we'rehave a love story with hershey stock. it's a chocolate thing and yes, indeed. charles we are going to hear from the president breaking news the situation in afghanistan is deteriorating at light speed, for some 10,000 american civilians stuck on the ground in afghanistan at this hour, as the taliban nearly completes its takeover, this scene on your screen at the airport in kabul speaks volumes. afghan citizens trying desperately to find a

i got to hand it over to my colleague, liz claman.e session. liz: yeah, impressive particularly because what trader s have endured right? we've kind of got this split decision on wall street at this hour. investors have struggled to make sense of everything, feds taper plans, good jobs numbers, solid earnings, and oil market sell-off, chaos in afghanistan, and surging delta variant number s. it has been a volatile session, but the dow has swung

liz claman, over to you. liz: [laughter] oh, well, i don't follow instructions.got 30 seconds and they start reiting war and peace. liz: she's terrific, i have the same issue bumping up to kudlow, charles take a look at the global exit restructure etf, top holdings include vulcan materials, deere not only is it up about two and 1/3 percent on the

now over to liz claman. liz: okay. good to see you, charles. commodities -- charles: you too. we have to focus on oil for a second here. it's tanking, the energy sector, as a golden flash crash sends precious metal spiraling lower, then up off that floor, but still gold remains down $32. what triggered that dramatic overnight drop in gold prices? no one better to perhaps answer that question than the barrett gold ceo. he's here to tell us what spooked the gold

market which is sideways even after we digest the fomc minutes so what's going on i have a feeling liz clamanz: i don't know, charles you've got to look at the skies above the federal reserve in d.c. we got fed hawks dive bombing the fed doves as we kickoff this final hour of trade sending markets tumbling at one point to their lows of the session, they're off those now but the release of the fed minutes from the july meeting showing increasing discussion over reducing its $120 billion per month in asset purchases later this year. our floor show power panel reads between the lines for stock, bonds, and t

and danielle, thank you both very much this is what you call a rally and then handed over to liz clamanhere to be found on wall street as a kickoff the final trade, you can tell when the fear index goes down and yes it is dropping eight half% right now as investors are buying stocks, overseeing a very broad-based and strong rally, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq

markets really interesting the growth names nasdaq strong all day everything else not so much, liz claman, over to you. liz: yeah, but you just mentioned it, robinhood. i mean, robinhood's arrows are hitting the bullseye in such a big way as the s&p 500 does back away from a record close yesterday, we are witnessing jittery market as rising cases of the delta variant could derail the economy and of course rising regulatory pressure could trip up the bull run dow jones industrials down 283, s&p lower by 13 nasdaq holding on to 31 points of gains but the 10 year treasury yield on a bit of a bumpy ride itself this session, standing right now around 1.18% after dropping as low as 1.13%, right after this morning's july adp payroll report missed big. our floor show traders make sense of it all, and yes, actually, we've now seen the 10 year move down to about 1.169%, so there's still some real action in this final hour. now late this afternoon, don't know if you guys heard this yet but one of the nation's biggest auto shows just became the latest covid casualty. the new york city international a

now, to liz claman.hat horrific breaking news fox news reporting the number of marines killed in the twin bombings at kabul airport has gone from four to 11 and fox news is also confirming a naval medic has died as well. the deadly and complex terror attacks five hours ago in afghanistan throwing the u.s. evacuation efforts into turmoil and driving markets lower. multiple civilian casualties still being counted after two suicide bombers struck the gates of the crowded kabul airport just before

liz claman, i'm liking the way this market is acting as we go through the last hour of trading liz: yeah, it's almost like hawaii woke up, right? mid-section for the east coast, and said do you know what? we got the urge to buy on wall street. here we go stocks are shaking off early losses, yeah, i know. and now, we see them pushing back near record highs on strong earnings and economic data. dow jones industrials powering higher by 227 points, the s&p not bad up two-thirds of a percent or 30 points and the nasdaq up 55. markets as charles just said, are virtually ignoring rising cases of delta variant and new coronavirus mandates as one company signs a pandemic pact with another. famous secure company to keep its clients safe, the express boss ceo is here, on its new deal with israeli airline to test its passengers for the virus, this is a fox business exclusive you've got to hear this story of what they are doing and who knows if other airlines are getting in line for that, and nil is the hottest game in all of college sports right now. nil stands for name, image, licensing and it is t

liz claman, i'm liking the way this market is acting as we go through the last hour of trading liz: yeah what? we got the urge to buy on wall street. here we go stocks are shaking off early losses, yeah, i know. and now, we see them pushing back near record highs on strong earnings and economic data. dow jones industrials powering higher by 227 points, the s&p not bad up two-thirds of a percent or 30 points and the nasdaq up 55. markets as charles just said, are virtually ignoring rising

market which is sideways even after we digest the fomc minutes so what's going on i have a feeling liz claman will help us out? liz? liz: i don't know, charles you've got to look at the skies above the federal reserve in d.c. we got fed hawks dive bombing the fed doves as we kickoff this final hour of trade sending markets tumbling at one point to their lows of the session, they're off those now but the release of the fed minutes from the july meeting showing increasing discussion over reducing its $120 billion per month in asset purchases later this year. our floor show power panel reads between the lines for stock, bonds, and the housing market, which stumbled, if you just look at the headline number, as the pandemic supply crunch lingers. what does that mean for a company built on disrupting insurance for homeowners and renters. the lemonade ceo, yeah, the big momentum stock of last year, is here, and the streamer of sports making a big bet on sports gambling. what the fubo tv ceo has up his sleep that could mean big bucks in the quarters ahead, plus we are about to get an update from the

liz claman, over to you. liz: [laughter] oh, well, i don't follow instructions. charles: you know, you tell a guest we got 30 seconds and they start reiting war and peace. liz: she's terrific, i have the same issue bumping up to kudlow, charles take a look at the global exit restructure etf, top holdings include vulcan materials, deere not only is it up about two and 1/3 percent on the senate passage of the infrastructure bill but that vote is also powering the broader market to all-time highs. we're talking about the dow and the s&p, they are closing in on brand new record, but infrastructure paths still somewhat unclear because the road leads to the house of representatives, which could be haunted bipartisan battles we'll take you live to d.c., the game, what happens next, to pay for the spending on roads, bridges and broadband both democrats and republicans agreed upon among other things attacks on cryptocurrency. child star turned bitcoin billionaire, brock pierce, is not amused in a countdown exclusive. he's about to tell you what un intended consequences he

market holding in there pretty good particularly growth stocks liz claman? over to you. liz: hey, the dow looks like it's maybe going to go positive, charles. we're just down 15 after having been down 132. thank you, my friend. charles: call it the cp effect. liz: [laughter] always, cp, the s&p 500 and nasdaq doing a mid-section about base after trading lower most of the session the s&p now looking at its third straight record close, if this can hold. the dow will join if it can dig out of the red in a final 59 minutes of trade any gain will do it but investors could have their eyes and mickey ears on disney earnings after the bell. the mouse house opening its disney plus streaming service won't have a bad batch of number s as increasing cases of the delta variant could slow theme park attendance in the current quarter. it's all about what's happening now, not rear view. meanwhile, congress throwing billions into the construction of electric vehicle charging stations, and a nationwide network. we've got the blink charging ceo , we're going to ask him if he thinks he can

that will do it for us here at the "claman countdown." two records, the dow and s&p. the heels of the infrastructure package, democrats worked to rush through the framework working through voter rama and republican amendments, complaints that unfortunately won't amount to a hill of beans. the final final vote on final final package, 50-49 in favor of the dems. senator mike rou

liz claman, over to you. liz: okay. so, charles, it's friday the 13th, right?iday the 13th, but the markets are basically starting to slip a bit lower as we tick off the final hour of trade. any gain, we reminded you, for both the s&p and the dow will be new records. the dow just turned negative a few minutes ago, but we are continuing to watch all of that and more. there is a fin-tech though that is tearing the pants off some of the big bankers in america. i'm talking about

you can watch the president's remarks on "the claman countdown." that's it for me.tatement, embassies and foreign nationals are not in danger. they shouldn't be fearful. the insurgents told residents of

you can watch the president's remarks on "the claman countdown." that's it for me. thank you for letting me fill in for stuart varney. neil cavuto, yours. neil: thank you, lauren. the president has interrippedded his vacation to return to talk about afghanistan. the taliban put out a statement, embassies and foreign nationals are not in danger. they shouldn't be fearful. the insurgents told residents of kabul to stay in their homes. they have very little when it comes to alternatives right now. the airport is effectively closed as they try to lock it down to make sure the runaways are safe. hundreds were pouring on to the runway right now. several trying to hide in planes. several leaping to their deaths as a result. trying to keep order there has proven a tall task. trey yingst with the latest from jerusalem. reporter: neil, good afternoon. the taliban declared victory in afghanistan after taking the capital of kabul yesterday. the images from this country this morning, devastating and deteriorating. we saw afghan civilians rush the airport overflight, chasing down

on the 4th, on your show, and on claman's show when i started reporting his powers are limited , cryptolatory, there's some, but not a lot. sec needs more legislative approvals, more clout, you have to go to congress, elizabeth warren whose gary gensler's i guess rabbi in his regulatory efforts, can't just do that. he's going to need republicans and they aren't giving him anything but the other thing is if you take the regulatory threat out of crypto, then it becomes a decent hedge against inflation again, remember crypto , like gold, is a hedge against inflation, so that's what you're seeing right now. lots of cross currentses in this market, potential slow down , higher inflation, people are going to be confused, the fed is tapering, listen we keep saying it. it could be really bad and the markets keep going up, but you know? the fed starts raising rates because it has to, and you still have to, you have higher inflation, and you have a slow down on top of that, it's not a recipe for great corporate earnings and usually, stocks reflect corporate earnings in the long run, maybe you can