connell? connell: melissa, i'm connell mcshane. didn't quite get there on the s&p. we're live from joe biden's hometown. scranton, pennsylvania. ahead of the presumptive nominee's speech tonight at the democratic national convention. i spent a lot of the day speaking to owners and business leaders in the area. you will hear a lot of that throughout the hour. first the top stories. fox team business could have with gerri willis keeping an eye on markets blake burman at the white house as usual gerri, we start with you. >> what a difference in the markets and what a difference the a day makes. they are shrugging off recovery concerns. the dow powering ahead. the dow on pace to snap a three-day losing streak. it did just that. s&p up three of the last four sessions. nasdaq was the star here. you remember back in march we were under 7,000? closing at 11,264 to be exact. apple, guess what, they have the two trillion dollar crown. that is new market cap for apple. shares hitting all-time high. unbelievable at 2,012,000,000,000. apple is the first u.s. company to close abo

hey, connell. connell: hey there, melissa, i'm connell mcshane reporting live from another swing state. we're in westchester, pennsylvania. the expectation this will be biden country. not far from home in delaware. the focus is kamala harris as she gets ready to take stage in the democratic national convention. we'll talk about this state important overall, this area is so pivotal for the hopes of the democrats. in moments i will speak with everyday americans and business owners. stay tuned for that. we'll get their perspective which is why we are here. first our top stories, fox business team coverage set up with gerri willis on the markets and blake burman at the white house. gerri, we start with you. reporter: that's right. not as exciting of a day as we had yesterday that's for sure. all three major averages finishing lower taking a breath. all three stock averages down after a big day yesterday. the big stocks driving the dow down, target and lowe's hit all-time highs on blowout earnings. targ

connell? connell: let me go back to the speech, hillary, the vice president will make tonight for a moment. looks like you're there in the inner harbor in baltimore which is a pretty place. what about people allowed into fort mchenry last night? last night there was a audience in the rose garden for the first lady's speech. what will it be like tonight. reporter: we're waiting for more details about that. there are indications there will be a live audience set there. it cobe going along with the theme of tonight, veterans in attendance as well as law enforcement officials. that is really let focus of tonight's event. we're waiting to see who will be in attendance tonight. but it does look like they are making preparations and accomodations for that to happen. connell? connell: all right. interesting. we will watch it. thanks, hillary vaughn in baltimore. melissa. melissa: here now is charlie hurt. he is "the washington times" opinion editor and he is also a fox news contributor. charlie, let's

connell? connell: we will, thank you, lauren. lauren simonetti on the markets and more, coverage from battleground north carolina continues at this hour. a lot more to come. the president has been here on the stump making his pitch in person to voters in this key -- melissa, the first state to start voting through the mail. they start here early next month. melissa: that is exciting. plus an outdoor learning plan in in new york city. how mayor bill de blasio's latest move weeks before schools set to open in manhattan. is it enough time to get a plan in place. tons of time. >>> back-to-back storms threatening the gulf coast. residents bracing for a double hit. we're on the ground in new orleans where things stand. we'll be right back meet jim. for jim, comfort is king. which is why when it comes to his dentures only poligrip cushion and comfort will do. the first and only formula with adaptagrip cushioning technology. choose poligrip cushion and comfort. with adaptagrip cushioning technology. i'm a verizon engineer, and i'm part o

connell. connell: as he seek as second term, cheryl, the president also touting his plan for the country when it comes to the economy especially taxes if he were to be reelected. that also came in the interview with maria. let's get to edward lawrence with details on that. edward. reporter: president is trying to do immediately what is happening right now. he also would address some of what we would see from a second term of president donald trump, specifically the capital gains tax. this is what he told "mornings with maria." listen. >> i've done the payroll tax, this is a temporary payroll tax cut but this is a substantial, positive jolt to the economy. i'm going to do a capital gains tax cut to 15% in the second term. we'll get it down to 15. it is at 21. we'll get that down to 15%. and i will get that done easily. reporter: right now the long-term capital gains maximum is at 20%. the president says former vice president joe biden would increase that tax if elected. now you heard the presid

connell. connell: got us this far. a lot of concern, edward, what comes next especially going into the fall. good reporting as always. edward lawrence. jackie. jackie: a path forward for students. more students reopening for in person learning across the united states. as cases spike like in florida we're live on the ground in the sunshine state next. >>> the escalating feud on the world stage. we have china's latest retaliatory move on the united states and what it could mean for our national security. >>> surviving celebratory setbacks. the champagne industry facing one of the worst years in its history. so are sales going to bounceback? we're live in chicago with the latest as a caricature artist, i appreciate what makes each person unique. that's why i like liberty mutual. they get that no two people are alike and customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. almost done. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ simon pagenaud takes the

here is connell mcshane. connell: good to see you again, melissa. i'm reporting live today from racine, wisconsin. a beautiful place. you see lake michigan behind me. we're 40 miles to the south of milwaukee, on the very day that the democratic convention kicks off in that city, kind of. things look very different than in years past. it is a virtual convention. speaks come in from across the country. former first lady michelle obama, senator bernie sanders will speak there is a republican on the list, speaking at the democratic convention former ohio governor john kasich. president trump in person will make his way to wisconsin. he will be in oshkosh trying to rally supporters ahead of the republican national convention which begins virtually next week. the real reason we are here to speak to the voters, trying to get a pulse of the people if you will. you will hear from some of those voters in just a few moments. first our top stories with fox business team coverage. blake burman is at the white house. we start with lauren simonetti on the markets.

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there's connell. connell: connell mcshane. good to see you, melissa, live today from jacksonville, florida. florida, the final stop on our swing state tour, out speaking to voters here in the sunshine state the earlier today, all of this as president trump prepares to formally accept the gop nomination later tonight back in washington. so a lot to do on a busy thursday. fox business team coverage for you. blake burman and gerri willis to start us off. blake, you get to go fifth from the north lawn of the white house. >> reporter: and we have a little bit of news as it relates to no deal at all whatsoever for a phase four relief package because the chief of staff, mark meadows, and the house speaker, nancy pelosi, spoke this afternoon, and pelosi has just put out a statement saying, essentially, that the talks once again went nowhere. this was the comment from the house speaker a little while ago. quote: the conversation made clear that the white house continues to disregard the needs of the american people as the coronavirus c

connell: yes.oney, if i can, before i let you go because the knock against the biden campaign is that there hasn't been much enthusiasm that the enthusiasm that's helping biden is anti-trump enthusiasm but they say they raised $48 million in 48 hours since the kamala harris pick. i mean, what does that speak to, if anything, on the enthusiasm side do you think? >> yeah it speaks to the fact that you have these surges when there's a big development in the campaign and picking a number two is a big development so you'll have a lot of people paying attention that's getting across-the-board coverage on all of the news channels and in the newspapers. whether or not that continues as we get closer to the election we'll just have to see , but you know, the trump campaign is not without its resources, and its financial capability, so it's good news for biden but it's not a deciding in this race. both are well-funded going into this final lap of the campaign. connell: yeah, money shouldn't be an issue on ei

connell? connell: crazy times, all right. wise x we thank you for joining us as we covered a number of stories, i guess the big story politically was joe biden making it official and choosing his running mate, it's camilla hearst, senator from -- kamala harris, senator from california. on twitter she just said that joe biden can unify the american people because he's spent his life fighting for the u.s., and as president he'll build an america that lives up to our ideals. harris saying that, quoting here, i'm honored to join him as our party's nominee for vice president if do what it takes to make him our commander in chief. so we have reaction from both sides to that. we'll continue to cover it in the coming days. president trump with a news conference in the next hour, that'll be covered here on fox business as well. so that's that. thanks for joining us, as always, we appreciate it, and we will see you at the same time tomorrow. "lou dobbs tonight" starts right now. have a great day, everybody. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, every

we hope it gets better, connell. connell: jeff, thank you.elaware. here they come, the democratic ticket for president, kamala harris and joe biden. let's listen live to the first joint appearance. >> thanks for being here. i wish we were able to talk to the folks outside but we're keeping our social distancing and playing by the rules. good afternoon, everyone. to me and to kamala, this is an exciting day. it's a great day for our campaign and it is a great day over the past several weeks, i've had the incredible privilege of meeting and spending a good deal of time with a group of talented women leaders, all of whom are qualified to be president. with each one, the more i learned about them, the more i talked to them and the more impressed i was even though i knew them before. i want to thank each and every one of them. i look forward to working with them as we rebuild this country to get elected and, once we are elected, god willing. i approach this with a seriousness of purpose and of mind because this is a serious moment for our nation.

connell, over to you. connell: all right. president trump, melissa, meeting with the attorney general bill barr. that meeting going on at the white house. we may hear from the president once it concludes. edward lawrence following it all joins us live with the latest. reporter: that meeting is closed to the press going forward here. law and order has been thrust to the forefront of this election. president donald trump going to kenosha, wisconsin, tomorrow. he will speak with small business owners impacted by riots there. he will speak to law enforcement. they have been reaching out to the family of jacob blake. president saying any type of violence is just unacceptable here. the white house adds the shooting of blake has to be investigated to see exactly what happened. now former vice president joe biden says that he has talked with the family of jacob blake already and they don't want violence in his name. biden says it is the president who is stoking the flames. >> riot something not protesting. loot something not protesti

connell? connell: all right, lauren.tory that is late-breaking here, facebook is announcing it is banning ads from a pro-trump super-pac. live to edward lawrence with details on that one. edward. reporter: the committee to defend the president was told they would no longer be able to put ads on facebook for a period of about 90 days which in effect puts them around the election, taking them off the board for the election. facebook told this group for repeat the offenses of misinformation they are no longer allowing them to have advertisement on facebook here. now in a statement the director of policy communications for facebook says this, quote, as a result of the committee to defend the president's repeated sharing of content determined by third party fact-checkers to be false, they will not be permitted to advertise for a period of time on our platform. again we have learned that period of time is about 90 days, taking them off the board for the election, at least for facebook advertising. they could advertise in other

connell? connell: what a story. molly, thank you. have a great weekend, everybody.ybody. i'm david asman in for the vacationing lou dobbs. the rioting, arson, looting and the violence that has destroyed parts of portland, oregon, appeared to show no signs of slowing down. city officials bracing for another weekend of violence after a 70th straight night of clashes between left-wing anarchists and law enforcement. insurrectionists throwing glass bottles, rocks and paint at police, severely injuring at least one officer. vandals once again attempting to set fire to a police precinct. and members of the mob targeting elderly people as they attempted to thwart the violence. an

connell. connell: i'm connell mcshane, welcomed "after the bell", these are some market numbers if you look for the week the dow is up more than 2% and the s&p and nasdaq at more than 3% a piece for the week and the s&p and the green, five weeks in a row and that the longest winning streak since december, the dow on track to have for august since 1984. so the run keeps going for stocks, we will talk a lot about it, number of stories were covering with fox business team coverage, edward lawrence, blake berman, sit down jerry, we start with edward in washington. >> a quick flight back to jacksonville, part of the gains that we saw here in the markets could be related directly to the federal reserve and the action that the fed took yesterday, the federal reserve president said it's an evolution, not a revolution specifically related to averaging to achieve the average of a 2% target in an inflation, the federal reserve trying to see if they can make things average about 2%, they're saying that th

connell. connell: all right.en players outside the conference headquarters in chicago x they're demanding reconsideration from league officials who have canceled the season earlier this month. grady trimble is live from rosemont, illinois, with the details. grady. >> reporter: connell, their message to the big ten is clear, they held signs and chanted this morning, let us play. these are parents whose kids normally compete against each other on the gridiron, but today they're fighting the same fight on behalf of their kids. parents came from across the country to be here. the organizer of this protest whose son is a captain at ohio state the university, he flew in all the way from florida for the protest. these parents say they prefer a fall season, but if that can't happen safely, they want to know specifically what info the big ten has that led it e to postpone its fall season six days after releasing a schedule, and while the sec, acc and big 12 all plan to play this fall. >> you've got three conferences right

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here is connell mcshane. connell: good to see you again, melissa.ng live today from racine, wisconsin. a beautiful place. you see lake michigan behind me. we're 40 miles to the south of milwaukee, on the very day that the democratic convention kicks

hey, connell.issa, i'm connell mcshane reporting live from another swing state

connell thank you very much.inating connell mc shane in scranton, pennsylvania want the read out with jacqui heinrich following very very closely what former vice president plans to do tonight with his big speech. you know, you think about it, and i know you're in wilmington, everyone knows joe biden right now. he's been vice president, you know, for eight year, been a senator, goes back to almost 50 years of a public career, but he does have to reintroduce himself tonight. what are we hearing he plans to do? >> yeah, he sure does, neil. it be tough to imagine that anything could prepare anybody for a democratic presidential nomination, stripped of all of its usual energy and reduced to a screen and a 77-year-old politician who thrives on retail politics but that's the task at hand, and dnc programming indicates biden will unleash the same criticism of president trump we've heard from other major speakers describing the country under this administration in a state of chaos and crisis delivering his vision for the

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back with dineen, connell and james.he seemed to hint that that stimulus check, or whatever you want to call it, is contingent on congress, presumably the democrats, going along with it. not so much some of the other things he's done like the payroll tax cuts, extending unemployment benefit part where it's going to be $400 but $100 of that is for the states to fork over, they say they can't, but this stimulus thing is another issue. what did you make of that? >> well, i think that's good news if he's seeing some restraint there, because i think for both parties, they need to let the private economy run, let people get fully back to work, let kids get back to school and move on from this period of spending enormous sums, paying people not to work. it's time. i also, i think what's happened is basically he has lately been encouraged by the supreme court's daca decision to make an aggressive use of executive authority. i don't agree with that decision. i think he was surprised by it. but given that it happened, i think he t

connell mcshane with the latest from charlotte, north carolina. good to see you, connell.nell: good to see you, emac. we are coming from the minor league baseball stadium. a great backdrop. president trump spoke at the convention center down the block, accepting his party's nomination for second term as president. in doing so he was critical of some of the democrats who we heard from last week and also tried to highlight what he sees as his most important accomplishments in the first term. here is a sample. president trump: we just broke a record on jobs, an all-time record. there has never been three months where we put more people to work, over nine million people. and again we're just about ready to break the all-time stock market record. connell: following those remarks the president stayed here in north carolina. made a couple other campaign stops in person, even one in greer, south carolina. then back to washington where the focus shifts and speakers on night one of the convention, will include, speaking of south carolina, senator tim scott. congressman steve scalise

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this was not expected connell. connell: well, there is a difference though, neil, between something you can do and something you will do and we'll have to see how this plays out over the next few weeks in the state of new york, but the governor giving the go-ahead for schools to open pretty much is in line with what he had been saying if the infection rate in new york state remained low and state-wide give or take, it is low, hovering around the 1% mark the schools could open. governor cuomo previously said if it stayed below 5% they could open if it were to spike up to 9 % they would then close down so this is in line with that, what the governor is saying today. the most important part of all of this is what the local jurisdictions decide to do, and the way it played out in new york is that the local superintendents of school districts around the state submitted their plan by last friday. now, some didn't get a plan in at all but most did, and most of those superintendents submitted a plan that had some blended a

connell?at's exactly, neil what stood out to us in this first stop of what'll be a two-week tour of some of the key swing states is the different approaches of the campaigns all virtual on the dnc side instead of being in-person in milwaukee but anything but virtual for president trump. in person himself in this state later today and over the weekend in pleasant prairie, wisconsin we saw the trump campaign out and about this big pink bus with women for trump printed on the side of it and mercedes schlapp who worked in the white house for the president and now moved over to the campaign and i spoke to her in that aforementioned parking lot and she says this is all meant to make a point. listen. >> we're going to be very loud this week. we've got a big digital ad buy, in fact i think you'll see more advertisements of donald trump that people will see the democrat convention. we want to be in-person, in these different states. connell: as for the democrats this should be the week when downtown mi

connell mcshane is on the ground in scranton with more. hi, connell.orter: david, good to see you. the president here in the scranton area on the very same night joe biden will speak at his own convention. president trump says even though joe biden was born in this area his economic values don't match up anymore with the blue-collar workers here. take a listen. president trump: joe biden is no friend of pennsylvania. he is actually for the reasons we just said he is your worst nightmare. biden supported every single globalist attack on pennsylvania workers. reporter: that the is argument the trump campaign feels will resonate in this part of this key state and it worked four years ago. mr. trump saying today hopes to build on it. president trump: in a second term in office we will create 10 million jobs in the next year. we will end our reliance on china and other countries for drugs and other things. [applause] we will make our critical drugs, medicines and supplies here in the united states. we will give tax credits to companies. reporter: all of thi

connell, thank you very very much. connell mcshane in charlotte with all of that. mind we are almost going to roll call of states right now. the president made mention of the fact networks were not covering that as they were last week with the democrats. the difference of course, the democrats did that in prime time when most of the networks were obligated from 9:00 to 11:00 to cover the event as they are for the republican convention. this is happening earlier in the opening day. in fact, the formal event is seen as kicking off tonight. be that as it may, the president did capture the delegates necessary to be the republican nominee for the second time. four years ago he easily captured the republican nomination, even easier tonight. let's go to bobby jindal, the former louisiana governor, former 2016 presidential candidate. he was competing of course with donald trump back then. laura fink back with us, democratic strategist. governor jindal, good to have you. thank you both for your patience through all of this. the president was mentioning a litany of developme

hey, connell.: hey there, melissa, i'm connell mcshane reporting from beautiful savannah, georgia. we continue our swing through the swing states. georgia politics have been reliably red over the years but the democrats have been hoping to change that and we'll talk a lot about that coming up on the show but first here our top stories as we begin with fox business team cover

connell, thank you very much. connell mcshane following all of that. let's look at read on oil, other commodities markets how they're reacting to all these crosscurrent including the peace deal between the u.a.e. and israel. likelihood is that the parties go to war or at least have bellicose intentions better it is for things remaining stable and anxiety factor in the oil prices subside as little bit, just a little bit. phil flynn following all of. thatphil, what are we looking at here? >> i think this is historic checkmate when you look at the global chest game when it comes to security. israel and u.a.e. having diplomatic relations puts pressure on iran which was the biggest threat to global oil supplies the last couple years. it also puts more pressure on saudi arabia to improve the relations with the united states. in recent weeks and months we've seen a lot of influence from other countries trying to exert their influence into the middle eastern region. russia and china mainly, trying to take advantage of the tensions we've seen in iran and in lib

how is it looking there right now, connell?untry so if joe biden is going to take back the state of pennsylvania for the democrats, he has to run up the score as the political pundits say in chester county. it's been trending blue here for a number of years. barack obama became the first democrat to win it in 2008 since lbj. the party has been kind of building on that ever since. they did well in the midterms last time around. you kind of add to that that trend, a home court advantage of sorts for joe biden. some voters have been telling us they kind of feel like they know him. we are only about a half hour drive from wilmington, delaware. >> -- not as big of a fan as biden because they view him as being too centrist, but i mean, i met him before, i went to his high school, i actually had the opportunity to play at his christmas party one year and sing. i met the guy, i know his family's a great, you know, they are a great family. connell: if there's a challenge for biden here, it might very well come in the small business comm

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i would say i already ordered my absentee ballot, so i'm good to go, connell. connell: there you go. see you from georgia and florida later in the week. "lou dobbs tonight" starts right now. thanks for joining us. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. delegates at the republican national convention today unanimously and officially nominating president trump and vice president mike pence to lead them to another victory in november. the republicans' nomination announced after an in-person roll call vote in charlotte, north carolina, a move already upstaging the radical dems' dull, lackluster, even occasionally lifeless virtual roll call last week for china joe biden. both president trump and vice president pence made their own surprise in-person appearances in charlotte to thank all of the delegates from all across the country. vice president pence rejected the radical dem' suggestion that, quote, democracy is on the ballot this november and offered this contrasting and much brighter message: >> the economy is on the ballot. [applause] law and order is on the ballot.

connell: possible milestone in the economic recovery today.ing at the close but the numbers of americans applying for jobless benefits fell below one million. that is the first time that happened in more than five months. it is happening as lawmakers in our nation's capitol remain far apart on the stimulus plan. i'm connell mcshane. cheryl: i'm cheryl casone in for melissa francis this is of the the bell. the s&p down slightly after touching record territory earlier today. close but

connell: on the road again, good to see you. today were in washington, d.c.you can figure out, the focus will be shifting next week for the republican national convention. a lot will be held in the city. we will talk about that but in the meantime were watching apple, tesla, surging higher, both stocks hitting new all-time

good to be with you on a monday, i'm connell mcshane.take it, i'm melissa francis, this is "after the bell." we start with fox business team

historian victor davis hanson, pastor robert jeffress among our ♪ ♪ connell: welcome to fox businessnell mcshane, it's great to be with you reporting live tonight from jacksonville, florida, which is the fifth and final stop in a two week tour for us of key swing states that will likely decide the winner of this year's presidential election. now tonight the incumbent president, donald trump, will directly make his case for re-election, and he'll do it in a way that has never been done before. we're going to look

connell: well it's a holdup of thousands of dollars to american families. today the dow did turn positiver in the final moment moments of prayed and a mixed day on wall street and president trump is putting the blame on democrats in a delay of a second round of stimulus checks being sent out good to be here with you on a friday i'm connell mcshane. hi, everyone i'm cheryl casone, this is "after the bell" major average is weighed down by the weakness and big tech and the s&p is hovering just above or excuse me just below as you can see the flat line there, for the week the dow and the s&p finishing in

connell: yeah, that is what we call a reversal in the final hour of trading.ed what were earlier gains. closed pretty close to the lows of the session. there were a few things happening at once. it seemed like stimulus fears, those mitch mcconnell comments hit wall street. we'll talk about all. i'm connell mcshane. jackie: i'm jackie deangelis in foremelissa francis this is "after the bell." the dow and the s&p snapping a seven day win streak. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell telling fox news there have been no talks between officials from the white house and democrats on aid for millions ofme

connell: all right. it is the ticket debut. going on, joe biden, kamala harris are about to make their first public appearance as running mates. we'll watch that. we expect to see them this hour. while we wait for that, we have the stock market closing today, not far from the highs. news rally driven by the tech stocks. good could be with you, i'm connell mcshane. jackie: i'm jackie deangelis in for melissa francis. this is "after the bell." inching closer to record territory. the dow 6% away from the record close. the s&p flirting with the record close as well. nasdaq up about 2% with tesla leading the charge. shares surging after the company announced a five

[laughter] connell: the great jeff flock. i'm glad we had the extra 20 seconds to have that conversation. >> reporter: yeah, me too. connell: thanks for joining us, everybody, see you back here tomorrow on "after the bell." it is "lou dobbs tonight" -- ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. president trump today announced an historic achievement in the middle east. president trump has accomplished what has eluded every administration since the founding of israel in 1948. president trump has brokered a deal that normalizes diplomatic ties between israel and the united arab emirates. this agreement is known as the abraham accord, and it marks the first time that israel has established diplomatic ties with a gulf arab astronaut. state. the deal is part of what the white house calls an untraditional approach to peace in the middle east, and president trump says this is just the beginning. >> now that the ice has been broken, i expect more arab and muslim countries will follow the united arab emirates' lead are, and we are already disc

the panel actually closed ready closed with ties for this friday session, get to be with the arm connell. melissa: hi, happy friday, i am lauren simonetti and for melissa francis, this is "after the bell". the dow turning positive in the final minutes of trading, the s&p 500 fighting for gains in the end, the nasdaq lower after hitting an all-time high earlier in the day and snapping a four-day record

connell? connell: what a story. molly, thank you. have a great weekend, everybody. thank you, lauren. "lou dobbs tonight" starts -- david: good evening, everybody. i'm david asman in for the vacationing lou dobbs. the rioting, arson, looting and the violence that has destroyed parts of portland, oregon, appeared to show no signs of slowing down. city officials bracing for another weekend of violence after a 70th straight night of clashes between left-wing anarchists and law enforcement. insurrectionists throwing glass bottles, rocks and paint at police, severely injuring at least one officer. vandals once again attempting to set fire to a police precinct. and members of the mob targeting elderly people as they attempted to thwart the violence. an elderly woman using a walker seen here coveredded by the mob with paint. police officers making several arrests last night including one case involving someone with a loaded gun. president trump threatening more federal action yesterday if the riots do not end. >> these are the people that you're dealing with. if i didn't s

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serious crisis from the security council our american colleagues do not seem to care about this we're connel countries to resist and i stress once again that the u.s. plans are on loehle. the united states has withdrawn. the comprehensive agreement on the iranian nuclear issue and he's not qualified to call for a rapid resumption of sanctions by the security council as i have repeatedly recalled the u.s. unilaterally seized participation in the j.c.b. away by presidential memorandum on the 8th of may 28th in and has subsequently not participated in any j c p o a related activities he cannot therefore be considered to be a j c p a a participant state for the purposes of possible sanctions not by foreseen by the resolution the united states hold out of the iran nuclear deal in may of 28 scene and at this point we've got the trumpet ministration saying that they are open to renegotiating a new deal that would restrict iran's activities more harshly now at this point people are reacting to the recent effort by the united states to extend the arms embargo against the islamic republic of iran whic

connell mcshane, what are you hearing?eil, as a part of our swing state tour. we've done five states now in two weeks and finally made it to, i guess, what they call the ultimate swing state here in florida. and, you know, you look at some of the other places we've been, they all voted for president trump the last time around, but they have unique characteristics. for example, north carolina and georgia lean to the red side of things at least historically whereas the state we were in last week, wisconsin and pennsylvania, more blue state tendencies you could argue where florida florida. if you look at the last 12 presidential elections, florida has picked the winner 11 times, went for bush instead of clinton in '92x that was it. '92. speaking of voters in the jacksonville area, we did not, as we did in some of those other states, find a lot of undecided voters. what we did find was a lot of passion on both sides. >> look at the employment has recovered and jobs have come back, and the economy overall with all the numbers.