i'm connell mcshane reporting live from clearwater beach in florida. the nasdaq looked like it might eke out gains. it too ends up in the red today. to put all of this into perspective, the dow is only 3% away even with declines from the record closing high. s&p are even closer, about 2% away from record territory. headlines, jpmorgan chase and citigroup both down on the day following quarterly earnings came out this morning. both banks reported better-than-expected results but they warned there are still risks looming for the economy. today our swing state economy series continues from here. the state of florida, we're now in pinellas county which could actually endp deciding the election. it is really the battle ground of all battlegrounds. we'll talk coming up why that is the case from here in clearwater beach. first the news, fox business team coverage of today's top stories. blake burman is the a the white house. hillary vaughn reporting on the supreme court hearings from capitol hill. both jackie deangelis and susan li are in our new york newsroo

we'll be in clearwater, then the fort myers area by the end of the week, on thursday and friday.there. connell: it is. it's hot here in floridaful always fun doing the show with you, jackie deangelis back in new york, i'm connell mcshane in florida. we'll see you tomorrow from beautiful clearwater. it's "lou dobbs tonight" that starts right now. have a great night. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. opening statements in the supreme court confirmation hearing of judge amy coney barrett started today in the senate. and from the very going of the judiciary committee hearing, the radical dems made it clear they would be just as vicious and vile as ever. i think will use this hearing as a means with which to attack president trump, as they did today, as well as republican senators who are up for re-election next month. and they will do so in the nastiest and vilest of terms. the radical dems' vice presidential nominee, senator kamala harris, and former dem presidential

they moved out to clearwater, kansas. when that one did not work out, instead of returning to waterloo, they kept going west until they hit whittier, california. her parents moved later to los angeles, where lou began her first academic college career at los angeles normal university, which is today ucla. her sophomore year, her parents moved to monterey. after her sophomore year, she transferred to san jose normal college, which is today, san jose state university. after graduation, lou tried her love and started working in a bank and realized quickly that women in those days were not going to be allowed to progress or get a very significant job at banks. so she did teach for a little bit. she wanted to look for something that she enjoyed even more. in 1894, she heard a lecture from john brenner on geology. just like her husband, herbert hoover had heard a lecture from the same professor and decided to go to stanford university. lou decided to get a second degree, and was the first woman to enter stanford in the geology

rallies john focused see for example has issued a cease and desist letter over the use of creedence clearwater revival tapes fortunate son. young find a lawsuit in the use of rock in the free world saying he couldn't bear to hear it as a theme song for trump. and phil collins says objection to the use of the night which played at a rally just this month. even heard that american actor jack black and his infamous band tenacious d. have launched an all star cover of time warp to mobilize and voters thought it was funny and i think we can take a look at it. jump to the left doesn't jump to the left it's just a jump to the. hands on your head. yes he's gotten started on the rock the vote so it's a stance about getting the votes out project black actually wanted to tour in support of the democrats and the image to encourage twisting to the left so go figure are the boys and supporters include. taylor swift billy irish the list obviously goes on and i mean there obviously are some artists who have have supported a 2nd round for trump that's right including 50 cent who has been complaining about the

look at the crystal clearwater by the hilton hawaiian village. beaches are largely empty for now.ut five to seven,000 visitors are coming in per day. the restaurant scene at least in waikiki is a little iffy. a lot of hotels and restaurants are still not open. they have not ramped up yet because the state has gone forwards and backwards and backwards and forward on when they're actually opening up. some of the large hotels said we can't do this back and forth. we'll wait until january 1 and then we know we'll be up and running. a lot of restaurants and hotels it will save you a lot of frustration. >> thanks, larry. see you at 4:00. >>> that's it for now. thank you so much for joining us on this interactive show "getting answers." we explored an experimentmental poll out of usc that suggests the presidential race is a lot closer than expected. we talked about the state of the stock market and took you to hawaii with larry beil. world news >>> tonight, the sprint to the finish. election day one week from today. more than 69 million americans voting already. president trump and joe b

using just a leaf blower and an umbrella to power his mop bucket to keep up with traffic there in clearwater it works? >> i don't think it will work for everybody. i got a couple of secrets, but like every great master, you don't reveal your secrets. >> reporter: even for brian, who also works as an actor and stays in crazy good shape, the high-flying mop bucket mobile wasn't totally smooth sailing. >> i was afraid i was going to roll it a couple of times, so i had to cool out. i'm too old for speed. trust me. [ laughter ] >> reporter: a little wobbly, but fuel-efficient and even better, it's a moment of levity in what has certainly been a rough few months for so many. >> just brightened everybody's day. you know, and people really need it. and just for me to be able to make people laugh and forget about everything for all the problems just for a couple of minutes, i have no greater joy than doing that. >> reporter: everyone revved up over the hilarious video which has been shared more than 10,000 times in just a few days. the 57-year-old who's originally from brooklyn saying you don't need

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. ♪ ♪ >> "fortunate son" by credence clearwater revival, an anthem for anti-war movement at the heightar. but i won't explain the lyrics. let's have lead singer john fogerty do it. >> recently the president has been using my song "fortunate son" for his political rallies, which i find confounding to say the least. i wrote this song in 1969. back in those days we still had a draft. something i was very upset about was the fact that people of privilege -- in other words rich people, or people that had position -- could use that to avoid the draft and not be taken into the military. i found that very upsetting that such a thing could occur, and that's why i wrote "fortunate son." that's the whole intent of the song, the inspiration for the song. >> the president, born of privilege, famously avoided serving in vietnam, receiving five deferments to not have to serve, one of which cited bone spur. so technically based on fogerty's explanation "fortunate son" is about someone like president trump. nothing fogerty said he could have written the song about today's events. >> very first lines, s

rallies john focused see for example has issued a cease and desist letter over the use of creedence clearwatervival tapes fortunate son. young find a lawsuit. in the free world saying he couldn't bear to hear it as a theme song for trump. and phil collins says objects is the use of the night which played at iowa rally just this month. i've even heard that american actor jack black and his infamous band tenacious d. have launched an all star cover of time warp to mobilize and voters thought that's right and i think we can take a look at. to jump to the left it's just a jump to the left it's just to jump to. their hands on your head. this is what we started in the rock the vote so it's a stance about getting the vote out project black actually wanted to tour in support of the democrats and the leverage to encourage twisting to the left so go figure all the boys and supporters include. taylor swift billy irish the list obviously goes on and i mean there obviously are some artists who have have supported a 2nd round for trump that's right including 50 cent who has been complaining about . tax rate

that's where we find our connell mcshane, in clearwater beach, florida.you seeing and hearing? >> well, we talk all the time, neil, about florida being the, quote-unquote, swing state. but there's not many swing counties in this state. however, this is one where we are today, one of only 4 out of the 67 counties in florida that when obama won in 2012, trump in 2016. pinellas county almost always gets the presidential election right. going back to 1980, it's picked the winner in every single election with one exception, the year 2000, and that was a different year, to put it mild lu. the county itself, when we look at it, is also split. the democrats have a lot of support in the city of st. petersburg whereas remoneys do better in the -- republicans do better in the northern part. in clearwater beach, we found some potentially encouraging news for the president's re-election. remember, he needs to win this state if he wants to be reelected, and he still has plenty of enthusiastic support here. >> i like everything he's done on the economy. i've liked what

beautiful clearwater. it's "lou dobbs tonight" that starts right now. have a great night. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. opening statements in the supreme court confirmation hearing of judge amy coney barrett started today in the senate. and from the very going of the judiciary committee hearing, the radical dems made it clear they would be just as vicious and vile as ever. i think will use this hearing as a means with which to attack president trump, as they did today, as well as republican senators who are up for re-election next month. and they will do so in the nastiest and vilest of terms. the radical dems' vice presidential nominee, senator kamala harris, and former dem presidential hopeful amy klobuchar led off the day's venomous assault. >> this isn't a rush to justice, this is a rush to put in a justice. we are dealing with a president who doesn't think truth matters, and he has allies in congress who in the past defended our democracy but are now doing his bidding. yes, judge, i think this hearing is a sham. >> more than 9 million americans

now, john fogerty, the founder of credence clearwater revival, to stop using his song by issuing a ceasenti-war movement, at the height of the vietnam war. the song alludes to the rich and powerful being able to avoid the draft and taxes. sound like anybody you know? here it is being played, last night, at a trump rally in nevada. ♪ >> well, let's discuss, now. john fogerty. the founder of credence clear water revival joins me now. he has an album coming out, bithe wby the way, on november 20th. fogerty's factory. john, i am a huge fan. thank you so much. i love classic rock and roll and i love >> thank you, don. it's great to be here. thanks for having me. >> so you wrote this song about a guy like president trump, and he is still using it at his rallies since your cease and desist order. explain why this particular song doesn't belong on that playlist. >> well, way back in the '60s, you know, of course i was drafted at that time. that was one of the parts of the dynamic that's different than now. i dare say most 18-year-old males really kind of didn't want to go to vietnam. but we acce

. ♪ [music break] amy: "fortunate son" by creedence clearwater revival. w was written by membmr john fogogerty, who isissued an official cease and desist order friday to president trump for using it as part of his campaign's soundtrack. the song came out in 1969 during the vietnam war. fogerty said -- "i wrote this song because, as a veteran, i was disgusted that some people were allowed to be excluded from serving our country because they had access to political and financial privilege. i also wrote about wealthy people not paying their fair share of taxes. mr. trump is a prime example of both of these issues. the fact that mr. trump also fans the flames of hatred, racism, and fear while rewriting recent history is even more reason to be troubled by his use of my song." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. today marks two weeks from november 3, the official election day. amid the pandemic, more than 30 million people nationwide have already voted through mail-in ballot or early voting -- tha

ricardo and greg in clearwater, florida. ruby in hilton head, south carolina.hoenix. robert and nadia in buoy, maryland. newlyweds claire and john in ridgewood, new jersey. good looking couple from a good looking town. gordon, a 99-year-old proud world war ii veteran in rochester, virmont. thank you, sir, for all you have given the country, and marge in port angeles, washington, who celebrated her 64th birthday on friday. we're rooting for marge as he fights stage 4 lung cancer. marge's son calls his mother a ray of sunshine who always puts everyone else first. marge, we are with you. send us a photo of you and your mug with the hasht hashtag #sundaytoday. you might see yourself next week. you can get that big sunday today mug at the nbc loin store. thank you for spending part of your morning >>> good morning. it is sunday, october 18th. 7:00 on the dot. as we take a beautiful look outside cotton candy skies over levi's stadium this might be the first sunday night football on nbc we haven't had to worry about the air quality at levi's stadium. a great way to st

this is a great one that always gets the crowd going, creedence clearwater revival's "fortunate son!"lks are born made to wave the flag ooh that red white and blue ♪ >> jimmy: but isn't that song about rich kids whose parents got them out of serving in vietnam, like president trump? >> i don't think so. >> jimmy: what downhill do you think it's about? >> i always heard it as about don jr., you know, how fortunate he is to be the son of the best dad ever. that's a fortunate son. >> jimmy: no. in fact, i've heard the lead singer, john fogerty, say it's about what i said. >> really? >> jimmy: yeah. >> whoops! >> jimmy: that's a whoops all right, huh? >> yeah. i guess the president was right, i am a moron unworthy of love! >> jimmy: he said that to you? >> many times. poked me in the chest when he does it too. coughs on me on purpose. >> jimmy: i'm sorry to hear that. that's not nice at all. so you don't read the lyrics from these songs before you play them? >> what is this, "reading rainbow"? songs are for rocking, not reading, okay, levar burton? >> jimmy: fine. what are some of the oth

i'm connell mcshane reporting live from clearwater beach in florida. eke out gains. it too ends up in the red today. to put all of this into perspective, the dow is only 3% away even with declines from the record closing high. s&p are even closer, about 2% away from record territory. headlines, jpmorgan chase and citigroup both down on the day

i do love the environment, but what i want is the cleanest, crystal-clearwater come of the cleanest aire have the best, lowest number in carbon emissions, which is a big standard that i notice obama goes with all the time. not joe, i have not heard joe use the term, i'm not sure he knows would represent or means. i have heard obama use it. we have the best carbon emission numbers that we have had in 35 years under this administration. we are working so well with this, but here's what we can do. look at china, how filthy it is. look at russia, look at india. it is filthy. the air is filthy. the paris accord, i took us out because we were going to have to spend trillions of dollars, and we were treated very unfairly hurt when they put us in there, they did us a great disservice. they were going to take away our businesses. i will not sacrifice tens of millions of jobs, thousands and thousands of companies, because of the paris accord. it was so unfair. china doesn't kick in until 2030. russia goes back to a low standard, and we kicked in right away. it would have been -- it would have des

host: quick question from robert in clearwater, florida. cost back in 1950's and 1960's to run? guest: excellent question. if you werebecause going to -- it depended what show you were running it in. a lot of it depended on your production costs. i will just give you one example that i know. costdaisy girl" spot around $25,000 to buy the time on nbc to run it for a minute. and it probably cost another $10,000 to $20,000 to produce. i can't remember what that would be in 2020 dollars, but it was not cheap. it is still not cheap to buy a minute of time on network television. it is very expensive. that is why you do not see a lot of network spots today, because they are expensive. they are not well targeted. people like going to local markets to get more efficiency for your money. host: let's go to callers. republican line, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for the trip down memory lane. so much has changed since the early days. the media also plays a role. the news was much less opinion. of course, we had newspapers and television

host: question for you from robert in clearwater, florida. did a commercial cost in the 1950's and 1960's to run? guest: excellent question. it depends. -- it are going to depends what show you are running it in. a little bit dependent on your production costs. the daisy girl spot, it cost $25,000 to buy the time on mbc to run it for one minute, and probably another $10,000 to $20,000 to produce. i can't imagine what that would be in $2020, but it was not cheap. it still is not cheap to buy one man of time on network television that is why you don't. necessarily -- that is why you don't see a lot of spots. candidates prefer going to local media markets where they can get cheaper time and more efficiency for their money. host: kathy in gainesville, new york, on the republican line. caller: thank you for the trip down memory lane. looking back, so much has changed since the early days. the media also plays a role in it. news was much less opinions. we just had newspapers and television and radio. i love the presidential advertisements, but i do

by the name of kenneth gardner, has confessed to him for the murder of a hardware store owner in clearwaterat time that mr. gardner had made a statement to him to the effect of, i killed him, but no one will be able to prove it. >> gardner is convicted, and skalnik is later paroled after serving only half of a five-year sentence for grand theft. >> but skalnik can't stay out of jail. and he also can't get murderers to stop confessing to him. >> prosecutors used him an awful lot. i had a case in the mid-'80s, and it was a triple homicide. three gentlemen were murdered execution style. and skalnik was a witness in that case. and i remember taking his deposition. and asking him, how many times have you testified before? he said, 28. >> was skalnik benefitting from his testimony? well, in one case, a handwritten note found in the state's attorney's file says that if skalnik's assistance in previous cases is substantial, quote, the state will be seeking to mitigate and, quote, that probation was discussed. now, this is not to say that skalnik gave up his own criminal career. it seemed that whene

host: from robert in clearwater, florida. how much did a commercial cost in the 1950's and 1960's?estion. if you were going to -- it depended what show you were running it in. a lot of it depended on production costs. one example that i know, the daisy girl. around $25,000 to buy the time on nbc to run it for a minute. it probably cost another $10,000-$20,000 to produce. i can't remember what that would be in 2020 dollars, but it was not cheap. it is still not cheap to buy omitted of time on network television. it is very expensive. that is why you do not see a lot of network spots because they are expensive, not targeted. justice ginsburg: -- i was puzzled, looking back, so much has changed since the early days. the media plays a role, and the news was much less opinions and just had newspapers and television and radio things. i love the advertisements, but i keep in mind they are advertisements. now with a social media, how many people do think are really affected by these advertisements? 's are they worth the money that is spent on them? until thehanged 1960's when they started

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we start with mark out of clearwater, florida. good morning. , i'm reallyf all not very political. with what's going on, i think all of the stuff being unfair towards trump, i, trump supporter. misinformationof over who is really at blame. concerned thatf harris and biden getting into think there is not enough being said about what their ideal is of running the country. i think there is a lot of unfairness towards trump. him not running things correctly. he has not gotten a fair chance since 2016. information enough with voters being able to call in and express their concerns. horrible, i can't believe they are allowed to say some of the things they say. trump has done a lot for a lot of people. host: what is the biggest thing he has done for you down in florida? know, just tax breaks. everybody is complaining about from shouldn't have done it. i think the tax breaks were awesome. i've never really been political until now. armen.lso in florida, caller: good morning. , new viewer to c-span. i would like to say you have a really ni