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and you can see a tick lower in the last few moments, that will do for "the claman countdown", connell mcshanerancis picking it up, "after the bell" start right now, liz claman will be back on monday. connell: it is been a volatile day on wall street, all three of the major adventures and in the red, off the session lows we did sell into the close, president trump testing positive for, 19, the big headline for the day in the market watching the stimulus headlines out of washington throughout the day it seems like we sold off into the close in december that, we will put it together welcome to the show i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i am melissa francis, this is "after the bell" we start with fox business team coverage, edward lawrence is live at the white house, gerri

connell mcshane and melissa francis pick it up for "after the bell." sing bell rings] connell: we kick off the month with gains on wall street. some doubt about the dow in the last few minutes. it turned positive and will close higher for the day. everybody is watching washington again with stimulus uncertainty but the s&p and the nasdaq do end in the green and those gains are the second day of gains in a row for both of them following economic data earlier today. so thanks for joining us. i'm connell mcshane. melissa: and i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." we start with for example business team coverage. best of your memory burr is live at the white house. kristina partsinevelos from newark airport and ashley webster is following all

connell mcshane and melissa francis pick it up for "after the bell." [closing bell rings] connell: we kick off the month with gains on wall street. some doubt about the dow in the last few minutes. it turned positive and will close higher for the day. everybody is watching washington again with stimulus uncertainty but the s&p and the nasdaq do end in the green and those gains are the second day of gains in a row for both of them following economic data earlier today. so thanks for joining us. i'm connell mcshane. melissa: and i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." we start with for example business team coverage. best of your memory burr is live at the white house. kristina partsinevelos from newark airport and ashley webster is following all the markets. ashley, first to you. ashley: well, guys as we say good riddance to september where all the major indexes posted a loss we embrace a new month but we haven't come exactly flying out of the gates although green across the screen. the dow finishing slightly higher as you can see, about 1/10 of a

and you can see a tick lower in the last few moments, that will do for "the claman countdown", connell mcshane and melissa francis picking it up, "after the bell" start right now, liz claman will be back on monday. connell: it is been a volatile day on wall street, all three of the major adventures and in the red, off the session lows we did sell into the close, president trump testing positive for, 19, the big headline for the day in the market watching the stimulus headlines out of washington throughout the day it seems like we sold off into the close in december that, we will put it together welcome to the show i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i am melissa francis, this is "after the bell" we start with fox business team coverage, edward lawrence is live at the white house, gerri willis, white house positions saying the president can work on erected without disruption, he is continuing to do that, the president of first lady seen mild symptoms from the coronavirus, today a flurry of phone calls from the residence of the white house behind me too a number of folks because the president is conti

nice to be with you, connell mcshane reporting live from orlando, florida. as we continue our swing state economy series. >> i'm jackie deangelis in for melissa francis today. this is "after the bell." we have earnings optimism contributing to today's rally. the nasdaq is out of correction territory. big tech leading the way today. apple surging ahead of the big iphone event tomorrow and amazon rising ahead of its two-day prime event. connell: we'll be out on the road speaking to voters. we'll be in the crucial battleground state of florida throughout the week. now today we're in a city that really has been especially hard hit during the pandemic, orlando. usually thrives on the tourism business. working now to bring travelers back. maybe you can tell from looking behind me, i'm on the scene at seaworld today. president trump is actually on his way here this hour as well, not to seaworld but to the orlando area. we'll talk a lot about that. we'll cover all the top stories as we normally do. much more in florida. fox business team coverage with blake burman a

connell mcshane welcome from the state of florida. own "after the bell" the major averages certainly closing off the lows of the. all three, dow, s&p, nasdaq are in the red. this is the third day we've been down. this is the longest losing streak in a month or so our swing state economy series brings us to miami. this was supposed to be the day of the second presidential debate in this city. instead tonight president trump and joe biden will be participating in dueling town halls. as a matter of fact the president is on his way here to miami as we speak. expected to touchdown later this hour. we'll bring you any developments from president trump's visit as we continue. first though, our top stories live with fox business team coverage. jackie deangelis in the new york newsroom. we start with blake burman on the north lawn at the white house. blake. reporter: hi, there, connell. there are two very different messages from the top two republicans here in washington when it comes to the possibility of another covid relief package. let's s

that's where we find our connell mcshane, in clearwater beach, florida. ou 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 h

connell mcshane has more in cape coral, florida on that. connell?we have been here all week and the president and former vice president joe biden have both been in florida in person this week. as we watch them, they have been making the case to the senior citizen vote. it's obvious from the way they are addressing their respective crowds. they know how important that bloc of voters is. joe biden, for example, was in broward county yesterday, a deep blue area. he went so far as to say that he thinks the president views seniors as being expendable. now, as we make our way around here in the ft. myers area, which is where we are today, it's reliably republican county, we did run into some voters who identify with that biden message and when they do, they tell us it's because they are not happy with how the president has led the coronavirus response. >> been a real mess. >> awful. >> real mess. we would have been a lot better off as a country if things had been done much earlier. look at some of the other countries in the world. they're doing a lot bett

that has been sending stocks higher although we do close well off the highs of the day, i am connell mcshaneting to you live from miami, welcome to "after the bell", if you look at the numbers in the dow is able to snap a three-game losing streak, retail sales came in and rose much more than we expected making up in some investors mind worry about stimulus and rising coronavirus cases around the country, we thought all three major averages would end up higher and looks like maybe we get two out of three and the s&p has been moving between gains and losses in the

i'm connell mcshane reporting live from sandy springs georgia as we continue the swing state economy series. >>s it hand about a great series. i'm jackie deangelis in for melissa francis today this is "after the bell." s&p 500 and nasdaq ending in the green. connell: we'll talk to business owners as we usually do on a battle ground state in georgia. national polls in the state, joe biden has lead by one, another one shows biden up by 10 points. national polls. it is swing states like this that will decide the election and race much closer in many of these states. hillary vaughn is in nashville ahead of the debate. hillary? reporter: connell, president trump is on the ground here in nashville, tennessee, and democratic nominee joe biden is on his way for tonight's final face-to-face between the two candidates before election day. there are six topics tonight. president trump might be adding one to the list. hunter biden. >> he is going to get into this issue of hunter biden. the american people need to know if the biden family in any way is beholden to china. i mean this is our bigges

i'm connell mcshane in miami. we'll see you back here tomorrow. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody.he radical dems' presidential nominee joe biden faces an avalanche of damaging exposes surrounding his son hunter biden and the alleged corruption of family members. another bombshell report today reported by "the new york post" appearing to reveal how hunter biden peddled his influence in the white house to secure lucrative multimillion dollar deals in china. the article contains more e-mails from a laptop abandoned at a delaware computer repair shop last year. reportedly, the laptop belongs to hunter biden. the e-mails were placed on a backed-up hard drive by the computer repair shop's owner. in those e-mails hunter biden sends messages to executives of china's largest private energy provider cfc. those show that hunter biden struck a three-year deal with the chinese firm for $30 million in 207. and according to the -- 2017. and according to the e-mails, hunter biden was to be paid $10 million a year for his, quote, consulting fees based on introductions alone. hunter's e-mails sugge

i'm connell mcshane good to be with you again reporting from the fort myers area of into as we welcomeat were early gains. treasury secretary steve mnuchin expressing doubt getting a new relief package being passed three weeks before the election. the dow closing down 160 points. on the ground in the sunshine state voters continue to speak

i'm connell mcshane reporting live from sandy springs georgia as we continue the swing state economyhand about a great series. i'm jackie deangelis in for melissa francis today this is "after the bell."

i'm for melissa francis and connell mcshane. and this is "after the bell."

still remain skeptical of the deal before the presidential election, i am david asman and for connell mcshane. >> i am jacqui deangelis, this is "after the bell", we start with fox business team coverage lauren simonetti, blake burman and edward lawrence in washington, lauren were gonna go first to you. >> stocks faded today along with investor hopes for stimulus, let's take a look the broader market up 12 points, the nasdaq up 42 but the dow down 27 and it was wound and turned down to stocks, intel as well as american express, don't miss on earnings, revenue from intel datacenter, customers disappointed, what are the issues plaguing the company and mainly only intel, rival imd closing 3% higher, it mistreats estimates for capital one arrival card issuer, not that one, rally today, we have encouraging news on the coronavirus, not only gilead remdesivir with the first fda approval, but astrazeneca will resume the vaccine trial right here in the u.s., it was good news but not good enough to raise the losses for the week, let's take a look the dow and s&p 500 down for the first time in four week

i'm connell mcshane reporting from the state of arizona. welcome to "after the bell." moments ago the president told reporters before he started making remarks before the rally, he does not think nancy pelosi will agree to a deal before the election. that already hurt stocks. major averages closed pretty low on the dow. technology leading the decline, nasdaq down more than 1 1/2 in the red. for the fifth trading day in a row. that is the longest losing streak for the nasdaq in more than a year. the president is holding his first arizona rally of the day. first of two. mr. trump heads to the tucson area after he wraps up in prescott. i'm speaking to voters on the ground in maricopa county, talking to them about issues that matter to them. a lot of coming up in arizona. first with fox business team coverage. jackie deangelis with news in new york. beginning with blake burman in the the white house. blake. reporter: father one of those phone calls with nancy pelosi speaker of the house and treasury secretary steve mnuchin was supposed to begin an hour or so ago. they're n

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 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 democra

i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." we check in on the numbers, with the dow, first of all down more than 950 points at the low of the day. we have comb well off the lows. about 300 points off the low. closing down by 650 points. there is a lot going on here. election uncertainty, not just the presidential race and some of the senate races and lack of stimulus action out of d.c. all of that adds to the volatility in the markets today, it could had into it during the election next week. speaker nancy pelosi had a conversation with treasury secretary steve mnuchin late this afternoon. we'll have more on what we know about that conversation here as we bring in our reporters. fox business team coverage. blake burman at the white house for us. today we're starting with ashley webster on the market selloff. ashley? ashley: what a day it has been, connell. all sorts of skittishness and fear on wall street. fear of a second wave in covid as weir seeing in europe. fear of the unknown when it comes to the election just eight days

i'm connell mcshane reporting from the state of arizona. welcome to "after the bell."ts ago the president told reporters before he started making remarks before the rally, he does not think nancy pelosi will agree to a deal before the election. that already hurt stocks. major averages closed pretty low on the dow. technology leading the decline, nasdaq down more

i'm connell mcshane welcome to "after the bell." as we look at number, major averages closing near the highs. it is up almost 2% across the board. 530 points nearly on the dow. we get back all of yesterday's losses. we add a little bit more on top of that. we'll put all of it into perspective. cover all of today's top stories with fox team coverage. reporters standing by. lauren simonetti watching the market action. blake burman on the white house beat. hillary vaughn on the scene of the big debate, the vice-presidential debate in salt lake city. we'll get to all three of you. blake, with a lot to cover. the first things first. the president in the oval office right now? reporter: he is indeed, connell. i was talking to a white house official probably about 20, 30 minutes ago who told me the president is indeed in the oval office. i was told according to the white house official the president was being briefed on two matters. one, the monster hurricane out in the gulf right now that could potentially make land shore friday, texas, l

i'm connell mcshane reporting from the state of minnesota. we welcome you in "after the bell." numbers on major averages it was a swing between gains and losses throughout the trading session. further in the red in the final hour and final moments of trade. a lot going eninn washington. mark meadows telling president trump is willing to lean in, get a relief deal done on covid-19. he says the current number where the whitehouse is at $1.9 trillion. also some comments on timing. a a lot of comment from the white house. tesla is the stock after-hours. trying to eke out gains. looks like it will. ahead of earnings report we expect to come out during this hour. we'll cover that. analysts look for any sign that tesla meets delivery target fore2020. the number to watch is 500,000 vehicles. 500,000 on deliveries. remember that when tesla comes out. today our swing state economy series brings us to south st. paul, minnesota. we've been speaking to people on the ground as president trump wants to flip this state red. he has less than two weeks to do so. we'll hear about business owners

welcome to the show, everybody, or i'm connell mcshane, this is "after the bell." the dow, we're now positive for the year with today's 161-point advance. the major averages are closing today at their highest levels since early last month. much more coming up and plenty of news to cover in general here on a friday. fox business team coverage to start you off this hour with lauren simonetti on the markets, hillary vaughn

i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell."eck in on the numbers, with the dow, first of all down more than 950 points at the low of the day. we have comb well off the lows. about 300 points off the low. closing down by 650 points. there is a lot going on here. election uncertainty, not just the presidential race and some of the senate races and lack of stimulus action out of

i'm connell mcshane this is "after the bell." closing numbers with stocks rising, economy growing at a record pace. we tried to recover some losses from the steepest selloff in four months we all experienced yesterday. the dow was down more than 200 points at the low today. closes up about 139. now this hour, more than five trillion dollars in market cap on the line. apple,n,

that has been sending stocks higher although we do close well off the highs of the day, i am connell mcshane reporting to you live from miami, welcome to "after the bell", if you look at the numbers in the dow is able to snap a three-game losing streak, retail sales came in and rose much more than we expected making up in some investors mind worry about stimulus and rising coronavirus cases around the country, we thought all three major averages would end up higher and looks like maybe we get two out of three and the s&p has been moving between gains and losses in the last few minutes of trading. president trump about to address supporters at a campaign rally in california which is about four hours north from where we are in miami, his opponent joe biden is in another battleground state pitching the healthcare plan to voters in michigan. we have fox business team coverage of her top stories with blake burman standing by the white house, we start today with jacqui deangelis and the new york newsroom as we wrap up with a volatile week on wall street. >> good afternoon connell, two out of three

i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell."or averages erasing earlier gains, closing near the lows of the day and retreating from one month highs. fox business team coverage for you now. edward lawrence is in washington.

i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." welcome to the show, everybody.e s&p and dow around the lows as we close things out. the dow down 221 points. you have a rising number of coronavirus cases. also uncertainty about the election outweighing some of the strong profit reports that came in and positive economic data that came in as well. we'll speak to the chief economist at the white house about those economic numbers. that is coming up shortly. now the nasdaq is higher, up2 points on the strength we

i'm for melissa francis and connell mcshane. and this is "after the bell." we have edward lawrence and in washington. reporter: they are scheduled to talk about right now. they usually talk about an hour on these phone calls. there is very slim chance of getting a relief package to help americans by election day. president donald trump said this morning it is political. and house speaker nancy pelosi does not want to help the economy because that would help the president win. his economic advisors say the house speaker packed her package with a lot of stuff unrelated to the coronavirus. >> there is a number of political and idealogical points in that have nothing to do with covid and we don't want to go that direction. if it is targeted right, absolutely. it is not it is not going to work. reporter: even if a deal could be reached the president said he would go above 2.2 trillion, still reaching republican senators for their vote might be a challenge. the president says he would lean on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to get the votes. it might be a h

connell mcshane welcome from the state of florida.after the bell" the major averages certainly closing off the lows of the. all three, dow, s&p, nasdaq are in the red. this is the third day we've been down. this is the longest losing streak in a month or so our swing state economy series brings us to miami. this was supposed to be the day of the second presidential debate in this

i'm connell mcshane welcome to "after the bell."umber, major averages closing near the highs. it is up almost 2% across the board. 530 points nearly on the dow. we get back all of yesterday's losses. we add a little bit more on top of that. we'll put all of it into perspective. cover all of today's top stories with fox team coverage. reporters standing

i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell."he dow down 941 points at the close at the lowest level since july. the s&p and the nasdaq closing at one-month lows. investors indeed are closing watching that situation in europe and wondering what might be coming our way here in the united states. national lockdown set to begin in france on friday. plus germany earlier in the day plans to shut restaurants down, gyms theaters, for about a month. we're following all of that. we have fox twist business team coverage. grady trimble, in chicago. new restriction being imposed. edward lawrence on the tech hearing in washington. we have to first hear from ashley webster with the market selloff. what a day. ashley: all proving to be a toxic formula for the markets as investors cash in and the vix fear gauge hitting the highest level since mid-july. as you just said, connell, the dow, the s&p, the nasdaq all down 3 1/2% on the day. we saw a little extra selling heading into the bell. maybe that news out of france, adding to germany on a natio

still remain skeptical of the deal before the presidential election, i am david asman and for connell mcshaneis, this is "after the bell", we start with fox business team coverage lauren simonetti, blake burman and edward lawrence in washington, lauren were gonna go first to you.

i'm connell mcshane reporting from the state of minnesota. we welcome you in "after the bell."n major averages it was a swing between gains and losses throughout the trading session. further in the red in the final hour and final moments of trade. a lot going eninn washington. mark meadows telling president trump is willing to lean in, get a relief deal done on covid-19. he says the current number where the whitehouse is

i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." major averages erasing earlier gains, closing near the lows of the day and retreating from one month highs. fox business team coverage for you now. edward lawrence is in washington. hillary vaughn on site at salt lake city for tomorrow's debate. edward we'll start with you. president trump shocked the market, democrats, and told his representatives to stop negotiating because the democrats are negotiating in bad faith. he started out his tweet saying that house speaker nancy pelosi wants $2.4 trillion package to help poorly-run, in his words, poorly-run high crime democratic states. money no way intended for covid-19. adding she is not negotiating in good faith. the president is saying he is rejecting their request, instructing his representatives to stop negotiating until after the election. he urged senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to nominate and approve his supreme court nominee. this comes on a day that the federal reserve chairman jay powell also stressing that stimulus, m

i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." we start with fox team coverage. edward lawrence live from walter reed hospital. kristina partsinevelos following the markets. start with you. reporter: within the last hour the president's physician says he is back. the president donald trump will walk out of walter reed medical hospital or military national hospital in about 2 1/2 hours to go back to the white house either by car or by marine one. we'll have to see which route he takes, his physician, dr. sean conley, said they will do everything necessary to make sure he is safe while working in the residence or the white house. listen. >> we're in a bit of uncharted territory when it comes to a patient that received therapies he has so early in the course. so we're looking to this weekend, if we can get through to monday, with him remaining the same or improving, better yet then we will all take that final deep sigh of relief. but as i said, 24/7 world class medical care surrounding him down there. reporter: down there at the whit

i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." welcome to the show, everybody. it was a choppy session. the s&p and dow around the lows as we close things out. the dow down 221 points. you have a rising number of coronavirus cases. also uncertainty about the election outweighing some of the strong profit reports that came in and positive economic data that came in as well. we'll speak to the chief economist at the white house about those economic numbers. that is coming up shortly. now the nasdaq is higher, up2 points on the strength we saw in technology stocks. microsoft, the big one to watch "after the bell," releasing quarterly results any moment now. so we'll have live coverage of those microsoft numbers as they come out. plus in the tech world, the ceos of facebook, google and twitter are all set to appear tomorrow on capitol hill. it is a lot of people will be watching that. in fact in the last few minutes we're getting word on exactly what they plan to say. the top leaders on silicon valley releasing some of the remarks early. we'll also talk about that.

i'm connell mcshane, this is "after the bell." the market was dragged downed today by big tech. nasdaq the worst of the bunch. the dow down 150 plus, the nasdaq down about 2.5%. we also will be reporting on the record jump in coronavirus cases as we have been throughout the week. so the fear of lockdowns so out there as well. apple, its stock down about 5.5% at the close today. amazon, 5.5%, facebook more than 6%. the results we brought you first yesterday from those companies, the reaction today, apple slammed by falling iphone sales, but you might remember the company was relatively optimistic for the iphone 12. that said, not a good day for the tech stocks today. now, for the week, the market really had a rough week. the dow down 6.5%, so that's almost 2,000 points. it was at one point, 1800 at the close. the s&p and the nasdaq both down more than 5% apiece for the week, so it's the worst week since march, also the worst month since march for the market. the dow down more than 4 percent for october, 4.6. the s&p and nasdaq also off for the month a little less than 3%. they're

connell mcshane is live in orlando. great place to be. hey. >> hey. it's good to see you. we are trying to get a sense of the economy in central florida. there are some tourists coming back at seaworld which is where i am today. but it's nothing close to what you would expect in the normal times. you pick the indicator in metro orlando and the economy here has been struggling. hotel occupancy down 45% at last check. airport traffic, 54%. convention center business off by 57%. that may be why the orange county mayor is a democrat named jerry dimmings said the economy recovery in his view is going to take some time. >> we have seen a $1.7 billion impact. when we add in the impact from the theme parks and the other industries. that is truly a multibillion dollar impact. we believe our recovery is one that u-shaped opposed to v-shaped. we think it will be a three- to five-year period. >> with all of that said what we did find when we got out to talk to voters the president does well when you bring up his handling the economy. there are other challenges. the big one is the seni

i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." dow down 941 points at the close at the lowest level since july. the s&p and the nasdaq closing at one-month lows. investors indeed are closing watching that situation in europe and wondering what might be coming our way here in the united states. national lockdown set to begin in france on friday. plus germany earlier in the day plans

i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." we have a lot of news to cover.have fox business team coverage with reporters. ashley webster sorts out the

i'm connell mcshane this is "after the bell." first the closing numbers with stocks rising, economy growing at a record pace. we tried to recover some losses from the steepest selloff in four months we all experienced yesterday. the dow was down more than 200 points at the low today. closes up about 139. now this hour, more than five trillion dollars in market cap on the line. apple, amazon, alphabet, facebook, twitter set to report quarterly results. more importantly get a little bit of a sense for the out look of what is a uncertain future. we'll hear from some of the biggest names in american business. so let's get to it. fox business team coverage. lauren simonetti and susan li are standing by. edward lawrence on the record-setting economic growth i mentioned. edward in washington. first we have the panel, lance ulanoff, geir i hry b. smith -- gary b. smith, scott, an erin gibbs joins us from gibbs wealth management. it will be a fun hour to go through all of this. amazon is the big one. amazon's numbers are just coming out.

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

i'm connell mcshane, this is "after the bell." the market was dragged downed today by big tech. the bunch. the dow down 150 plus, the nasdaq down about 2.5%. we also will be reporting on the record jump in coronavirus cases as we have been throughout the week. so the fear of lockdowns so out there as well. apple, its stock down about 5.5% at the close today. amazon,

i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." team coverage. edward lawrence live from walter reed hospital. kristina partsinevelos following the markets. start with you. reporter: within the last hour the president'sci

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

welcome to the show, everybody, or i'm connell mcshane, this is "after the bell." look at the dow, we're now positive for the year with today's 161-point advance. the major averages are closing today at their highest levels since early last month. much more coming up and plenty of news to cover in general here on a friday. fox business team coverage to start you off this hour with lauren simonetti on the markets, hillary vaughn and blake burman from washington. of blake, we start with you, my friend. >> reporter: connell, the headline over here in washington is that the white house has increased its offer for a revised covid-19 relief package. a senior administration official telling me the new number is, give or take, $1.8 trillion. the white house has come up from the $1.6 trillion range that it was previously at. larry kudlow revealed the news on fox business earlier this morning saying there was an oval office with president trump, treasury secretary steve mnuchin and chief of staff mark meadows in which the president gave the green light on the new offer. mnuc

i'm connell mcshane good to be with you again reporting from the fort myers area of into as we welcome another edition of "after the bell." we erased what were early gains. treasury secretary steve mnuchin expressing doubt getting a new relief package being passed three weeks before the election. the dow closing down 160 points. on the ground in the sunshine state voters continue to speak out on key issues that matter most to them and their families. we'll look at one of the crucial demographics for president trump's chances of re-election. stay tune, we have fox business team coverage, jackie deangelis in our new york newsroom, blake burman standing by at the white house which is where we begin. blake. reporter: connell there was another phone call between treasury secretary steve mnuchin and speaker of the house nancy pelosi to go over at least the hopes of trying to put together another covid relief package. we can tell you it lasted about an hour. they exchanged language on proposals. we're told there is expected to be another phone call tomorrow. this is the readout afterward at l

i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." we have a lot of news to cover. we have fox business team coverage with reporters. ashley webster sorts out the market action. blake burman doing sorting of his own at the white house. edward lawrence with the fed in a few minutes from washington. like, to you. reporter: we heard from the commission that oversees the presidential debate, next debate one would be virtual debate. president trump reacted instantly, no, no will not take any part in that whatsoever. instead his campaign is saying they would like to see the debate happen on october 22nd. which was supposed to be the last debate and one on october 29th. the biden campaign came out said they're good with the 22nd. that was on the calendar to begin with but they do not believe president trump can unilaterally dictate the debate schedule after that. that is where we stand. here is how both candidates reacted today. president trump: i don't want to do a virtual debate. a virtual debate is a joke. i'm in great shape. unlike joe i don't have the luxury staying i

that's where you'll find our connell mcshane. l travels the entire country, the whole 50 states. right now for the time being in the keystone state they're getting ready to hear the president. no less than four venues? >> it's the back drop of 14 events the president will hold in the final three days of thinks campaign. he has four in pennsylvania today and you look behind me and you see kind of the normal president podium and monitors set up behind there, is a farmhouse. that's known here as headquarters farm, it's where general george washington is said to have planned the crossing of the delaware during the revolutionary war. so the president is using this as his back drop to make what the campaign is calling the beginning of his closing arguments in pennsylvania. they're characterizing these remarks as just that, remarks, not a rally. it's a smaller crowd, kind of an interind-- intimate setting and they're packed closely together and a video that they're clapping for. maybe 300 people much smaller than what would have been a n