atchison had known alger hess and his brother donald for years. donald had been a law partner of his since 1947. atchison was truman's secretary of state and he refused to condemn alger hess publicly saying that they remained friends. harry truman allowed himself to get dragged into the case controversy bike calling the case a red herring. which contributed to attacks upon himself and his administration. atchison will remain on the job as long as truman was in the white house. that shows the loyalty in the truman administration. in 1950, just days after his conviction for perjury, a british scientist named clouse fuchs was arrested for passing atomic secrets to the soviets while working in the theoretical division at los alamos during the manhattan project. fuchs that had access to top- secret material much of which he passed to the soviets. the soviets successfully tested their own atomic weapon in 1949, years before us intelligence estimates believed they could do it. fuchs was tried and convicted in britain in the 1950s and served 14 years in p

of it was over hitler told hess i have to play a religious hypocrite because of the masses. so hitler was forthrightly in private dismissing christianity, there's a lot of evidence for this. in good-les dier, and him her's die -- diaries -- some people smith the table talks. he inning ling translation no not reliable and that hasp been on the be the case. we have german editions and that's what i repylon. >> what their table talks? >> times when hitler was -- during world war ii, was in his bunker or in other places where he was headquarterses were where we had mon ologs he gave to generals and other of his onentourage that were around and these were recorded be secretaries and now they're published. the english translations are base bind perhaps fraudulent -- not sure -- set of documents so they're not reliable and i don't use those, but the german wants are pretty reliable and there's two editions and if you compare them, which i have, they compare pretty closely word for word in many places. but again you don't have to rely just on those, goerbles kept dies and rosenberg

has a problem that is political consensus here it's regional elections in bavaria and the state of hesse or including european elections next may that will so whether that extends to the whole of germany and potentially beyond. now at some of the other stories making news around the world people in sweden are preparing to vote in sunday's general election the traditional mainstream posse is a facing a strong challenge from the far right and the immigration sweden democrats the main campaign issue has been how to integrate the lodge number of immigrants the country has taken in polls suggest no policy will win a clear majority. there are unconfirmed reports of renewed russian ass strikes and government bombing in syria's lived province described as the most violent in the months it live is the last rebel stronghold in syria the government says it aims to retake it with three million civilians trapped in it live it's feared an all out assault could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. of course in egypt sentenced seventy five people to death over a twenty thirteen pro muslim brotherhood sys

problem that much is political consensus here it's regional elections in bavaria and the state of hesse or including european elections next may that will show whether that extends to the whole of germany and potentially beyond. now mixed fortunes for two tennis legends in the u.s. open seventy finals with novak djokovic and defending champion rafah nidal in action it was an unhappy day an adult with a spaniard forced to retire with a knee injury after going to set down to one martin del potro joke a bitch powered his way to the final with a straight sets win over japan's k. quarry subban made up last year when he had to watch from the sidelines while recovering from elbow surgery joke of it will now face trial in sunday's final. and after a heavy summer of football england back in action in the inaugural nations league they're looking to maintain the feelgood factor generated by a run to the semifinals of the world cup with a win against spain at wembley the visitors meanwhile hoping to get back on track after a disappointing time in russia but will have to cope with the loss of some l

has a problem that is political consensus here it's regional elections in bavaria and the state of hesse including european elections next may that will so whether that extends to the whole of germany and potentially beyond. acutely reporting that now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world people in sweden opera pairing to vote in a sunday's general election the traditional mainstream parties are facing a strong challenge the far right anti immigration sweden democrats the main campaign issue has been how to integrate the large number of immigrants the country's taken in whole suggest no party will win a majority. jack ma the co-founder of china's biggest e-commerce conglomerate unevolved us says he plans to step down as executive chairman ma told the new york times he wants to spend more time focusing on charity work the fifty four year old days among china's richest men with a fortune all around forty billion dollars. u.n. peace talks for yemen have failed the un special envoy for yemen confirmed the rebel delegation would not be coming to geneva in

has a problem that is political consensus here it's regional elections in bavaria and the state of hesse including european elections next may that will show whether that extends to the whole of germany and potentially beyond. and there are some of the other stories making news around the world jack ma the co-founder of china's biggest e-commerce conglomerate alibaba says he plans to step down as executive chairman mottled the new york times he wants to spend more time focusing on charity work the fifty four year olds among rich richest men with a fortune of around forty billion dollars we do want. us rapper matt minister at the age of twenty six his family confounded was passing in a statement that did not reveal because miller had been open about his struggle against substance abuse few months ago made headlines with a public breakup from pop star ariana grande. un peace talks the yemen has failed the un special envoy for yemen confirmed the hooty rebel delegation would not be coming to geneva in response the saudi backed government delegation announced it would go home the war in yeme

this season may be too soon for it so as to challenge box hesse's fans seem on track for a broad future. so we'll continue the conversation. how has the team developed under paul darva i mean he's a guy that knows the club he's been there as a player he's coached there used teams and now for three and a half years he's been coaching their senior tim team and he's really been building this up i mean there are a lot of changes he made after his first season after second after a surge he exchanged a lot of players and he shifted the focus on to the young ones on to the talented ones if you look at players like andre do you have for example him and michael play it's they really came in and they said look we want you on the team we're going to give you playing time and you're going to develop and we want you to be a key player so he's really shift the focus and he's really stuck to that is that the attraction about berlin i mean is that why players are actually coming here i mean what do you think about that i definitely think so because if you think about it as a young player if you go to t

has a problem that is political consensus here it's regional elections in bavaria and the state of hesse including european elections next may that will so whether that extends to the whole of germany and potentially beyond. the mars rover curiosity has sent the world a new selfie from the surface of the red planet nasa has just released this three hundred sixty degree printer on the from the rovers position on the vera rubin ridge and shows a red view of the rover itself covered in a layer of dust following a powerful storm in some money you can still see the dust darkening the martian atmosphere and that storm actually put another model so look out all that unity ounce of action. city will take drill samples on the ridge heading to it next libya . and not just a reminder of the top stories we are following for you heavy at strikes are being reported in northern syria described by activists as the most violence in a month it's fair to call out and against it look province the last rebel held stronghold in syria could unleash a humanitarian catastrophe of three million civilians trapped

one person was hurt by brokens glass when hess car window shattered he was taken to the hospital. officials shut down lanes for four hours to investigate. so far cvp has not announced any arrests. >>> new this morning two high school football players were air lifted to the hospital after suffering serious injuries on the field. it happened at two different games in the east bay. our media partners, the east bay times reports the first player suffered a head injury at heritage high school in brentwood around 8:30 last night. an hour later another player suffered a back injury at freedom high school in observingly. both lone to john muir medical center in walnut week backup we don't have updates yet this morning. >>> now new developments in the confirmation battle for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. senate judiciary chairman chuck guardiansly granted another day to decide on terms for the testimony of christine blasey ford. this is the tweet from the senator written as if a note to judge kavanaugh directly, acknowledges the extension then says in part, they should decide so t

the three murders at the trucking firm, cesar ez went to a home and killed two others and then took hess own life. >>> a man approached a young girl and tried to kiss her. investigators say this man approached a 11-year-old girl and her friend on their way home from school last weak. -- week. if you recognize this man, you are asked to call mountain view pd. >>> harrison ford, alec baldwin, all on the lineup. but before things got rolling, a large protest formed, hundreds taking to the streets with an urgent message about climate change. sam brock is live in so wian francisco th more on the action-packed day at the summit. >> reporter: it was action packed and hope-filled. world unity on this issue was clear. there was ang z yxiety. the protesters are worried we're not reducing our carbon foot print enough. they are gone now, but speaker after speaker reinforced the time for action is now and the action is coming. in a captivating moment, actor harrison ford took to the stage and captured the septembntiment. >> stop, for god's sake, the didn't great lak denigration of science. >> reporte

mountains of argentina it was funded by the swiss entrepreneur and arts patron donald hess. the museum stands two thousand three hundred meters above sea level fully isolated from the rest of the world. in this place nature often stages its own light ships. when did you really fall in love with the sky as a pilot will certainly as opposed to you do because that. those who supports you and i mean it is this atmosphere that you are swimming in and of course it is life like water it is the it has substance and it has changes as you see weather come or light involved with that atmosphere and that's what fish are quite beautiful and people coming over from the u.s. to europe as you wake up and you go into the the morning that you're headed in to her suppose you're up there with the best seat in the house. and but yours is good enough i mean off to the side it really is amazing what happens as you approach the continent here and so i've always enjoyed that flight and you say that you can even change the color of the sky and how do you do that i'm not changing the color of the sky

karen is up next hess, trade it or fade it? >> i'm going to fade it, which isn't really -- it isn't in any way a knock on hess. am i what? >> are you a giants fan? it's a reference to the jets. >> yeah, yeah, it's hard to be a giants fan anyway, so -- you know, i'd just be chasing it to the top right here i understand the underpinnings of why we have an oil rally but it's not crazy for some of those underpinnings to go away and this will go with it balance sheet is in great shape but i would fade it. >> so would you basically fade every single name we are talking about? >> yes it doesn't mean i'd short them >> you're going to be fading. >> i am. yeah >> it's important to know. >> yes. >> again, i disagree because i think what's happened in especially the e and p -- >> you can't disagree that i don't want to be long oil. you can disagree -- >> why would i do that you just made that very clear. >> you can disagree that being long oim is the right thing to do or not. >> i just think that the oil sector is being run for equity inve

but it served as a remind other telephone challenge aheadn the quest for consistent su hess.ney that. >> should have had success, right? the stanley cup champ alexin ovechk was on hand to support the redskins. he was an honorary captain. so it's got to be a win, right? to the game, though. skip ahead, colts up 7-0. the pass tipped by mason difost. ves for it, come once the interception. great diving play by sweantnger. two iceptions on the day. both lead to redskins field goals. that's a problem. hey, the redskins down14 . but andrew luck finds a wide open ty hilton for the touchdown. colts up 21-9. late in the game they had a chance. alex trying to lead the redskins. their first touchdown of the day. he f jordan reed across the middle. uh-oh, lost the football. their only turnover of the day, colts jump on it. that will do it. colts win , 21-9. with a look at what's to come tonight, a redskins final and my partner sherree burruss. >> redskins final brings the energy the team seems to lack this afternoon. hear from a key partthe offense who says that energy was poor. alex s s

don't we talk about them why don't you talk about them what do you think about i mean yeah i mean hess to win the champions league so yeah i like to as a coach ok i think he can really bring some much needed discipline to p.s.g. because they have a lot of stars that make ridiculous money they have people warming the bench that make more than some of these other teams here you know like but i think for me is is that they don't really have competition on a rightly basis they're not going in and playing teams you know man city and liverpool are going to clash in the league than man city is going to cost chelsea. and they're going to clash man united you know what i mean p.c. who are they going to clash and i look at your group now please liverpool and red star ok therefore big competition people might think ok napoli doesn't have the depth but until last the you know we saw he's won three champions league before we can't underestimate his ability to coach a team through the champions league because he's had success in the past and reds are obviously they're going to go out here and be lik

cardinal donald wuerhle has a heavy assertionske will pope francis for guidance about hess future ofp of washington. chrisawrence has more. what are we learning? >> reporter: well, eun, we just gothold ofhis letter from cardinal wuerhle in which he says he'll fly back to the vatican to speak with the pope. he's been undire since the grand jury report came out of pennsylvania. it said when he was in charge of the diocese in pittsburgh at times he went out of his way to remove so-calledr preda priests but in some casese allowed one priest who gave alcohol to boys beforely alleg molesting them. there are 80,000 signatures demandg that he be removed from office. even some priests in his own dioces have publicly urged him to resign. in northwest d.c. it was at this church in which one woman turned her back on him during the homily andnother man jumped up and yelled shame on you. >> chris, thanks so much. >>> in other news thearents of a university of maryland footballlayer who died during practice could sue the university. espn reports the family filed formal papers of thentt to sue. they

hockly legend wayne gretzky and bernardo hess, that's tonight 8 p.m. on fox business.elon musk, the official poster boy for the phrase your actions have consequences. that's right, tesla's stock falling down, the company going up in smoke all because someone is in love with mary jane. we'll break down the story when we come back. xfinity mobile is a new wireless network designed to save you money. whether you use your phone to get fit. to find meaningful, thoughtful, slightly-weird gifts. or just to know which way you're facing right now. however you use it, your wireless bill is about to cost a whole lot less. ask how you get xfinity mobile included with your xfinity internet. so you just pay for data -- by the gig or unlimited. saving you hundreds of dollars a year. plus, get $300 back when you buy a new smartphone. xfinity mobile. it's simple. easy. awesome. click, call or visit a store today. drinking whiskey. heck of a thing to do but is it really the right thing to do when you're a big corporate ceo. investors didn't respond to that well with elon musk doing that

she was held hess stage for nine months. it must count time in prison.mitchell, will continue serving to life.> e're learning more about the murder of a nationally ranked amateurr gol and student at iowa state university. this morning we're hearing from her coach. asr body found on monday in a pond inames, iowa. she was stabbedpoultiple times. ce arrested 22-year-old collin richards who was found sleeping not far from the area. you've never seen anyone who's a better ambassador. she loved it. when she found out she was going to be hehonored,as so thrilled. she broke downicn tears. >>rd was charged with first degree murder and faces ife in prison if he's convicted. >>> more awareness about sports injuries. fewer kids are turning out for football teams. today the virginia athletic officials will discu whether they should allow smaller teams. this morning scott mcfarland and the news 4 iteam has a preview. >> reporter: in so many loc school district -- >> a review of the student athlete records shows fewer students are playing football than five years ago a

. >> the surprise is not that he is who hess and he's acting in these ways and these reasons, the surprise, of running the country and of being literally the most important person and the most powerful person on the planet. what's different is not who he is or how he acts or the reasons that undergird that behavior, it is the consequences, it is the take stakes, it is the context. >> listen to our entire conversation, my chat with michael kruse on my weekly podcast. we'll see you right back here this time next week for more "reliable sources." >>> insider attack. >> anonymous editorial. a gutless editorial. >> fear and loathing on pennsylvania avenue. trump hunts down a traitor who denies and defends. how far will trump go to root out the enemy within. kellyanne conway is here. >>> plus warning signs?

conclusion is at odds with much of the scholarship of james many --n, earl has, in hess, and many others. their scholarship that convinced me that men were highly itivated, deeply political -- believe that. but that emphasis has led to a distortion. it has led to a distortion that we do not fully appreciate how the rank and file live in their daily lives. i was further convinced by this when i was doing some research at the national park. actually not in the library. i was in the bookstore. how old-school is that? i was going in the bookstore thumbing through books and that the this -- and i picked up this. titled "no freedom shaker." -- "no freedom shrieker." is one of my favorites from the army of the potomac. katie discovered the letters of i after purchasing a farm in upstateddlecom -- biddlecom after purchasing a farm in upstate new york. what was not purchased was a cardboard whiskey box. she opened that and inside were ddlecom'sarles bi letters. small farm of about 40 acres. he had two kids, married, of course. he employed an irish woman to hope around the house as well. there is

you're right the probe would pass to francisco, unless, it's a big unlease hess he's recused because he worked for the law firm that represented the president during the campaign. there's indication he would see that as necessitating his recusal and then the reins would pas pass to the heed of legal counsel. they are sort of what you could call establishment conservatives and republicans. they've been around d.c. and hope to be around. they have a future. i think we would wouldn't expect them to take precipitous action to really put the put on the neck of the mueller probe. on the other hand there are many ways of the margins that they could kind of curb his wings and that would be what you would look to. it's a very complicated procedural and legal set of maneuvers that would happen. that's one reason that nothing may happen until after the midterms. s >> that picture of jeff sessions, rod rosenstein having dinner together when it was jeff sessions in all the hot water. these are guys who understand the optics of a moment like that. >> politico has done a full piece and said noel mi

. >> hess. >> that does is t for us dow is down 184.power lunch" is up now. >> i'm melissa lee the bears swiping at the bulls deputy attorney general rod rosenstein reportedly on his way out. the latest china tariffs, and a rate hike expected this week the fallout on the market straight ahead. >>> and comcast winning a $40 billion battle and jpmorgan's jamie dimon speaking exclusively to our own jim cramer about his big push into retail, trade wars and where the u.s. economy goes from here we'll break it all down. "power lunch" starts right now

i'd like to specifically thank one of my staff members, logan hess, who was a champion of this bill all the way through x it probably wouldn't have been possible -- through, and it probably wouldn't have been possible without him. shortly after i got out of the military, i worked in substance abuse. i saw the epidemic go from heroin to crack cocaine to methamphetamine back to opioids. during that time what i learneds and as becoming a professor of social work is this issue around relationship. i could teach my students all i wanted about different theories about what works, what doesn't, but the most basic thing what we can do is to connect with someone on a human level and treat them with dignity and respect. and that is the whole idea behind the safe injection sites. i think when we look around, and we tell stories about who we are as a society, when we talk about who we are as a people, as a country, as a state, i think we think about the fabric of who makes up that. is it journalists? is it politicians? is it rich and famous? it's all that more, but it's the people who walk by us on

. >> nguyen was born during the vietnam war he says hess mother oouls always told him his father pwas american gi. >> for 50 years it was a void in my heart. >> he and his other family members during the fall of sighingen making it to the u.s. he worked up becoming the first american clerk recorder but he thought about his father always. >> i wanted to know the man. >> he submitted his dna to ancestor yes.com. years passed until recently he got a hit. a second cousin who started asking around her family. >> she called me to ask me if i had a son that maybe in vietnam. and of course i first didn't think so. >> roy patterson 18 when he served in vietnam was married at the time stationed in the area where nguyen was born in 1967. >> i was born during the training and date decided to do the dna. >> nguyen received the results by email. >> he is alive it's an amazing feeling. >> patterson owning a trophy smot in cookville, tennessee. booked his flight to california. they met privately at first but in front of friends and family they read the official dna results together. >>ro 99.99y is [

because hess so unpopular, why not pull the nomination and thin use it as a political tool and say, listen, we need to keep the senate noin order to confirm another conservative judge. >> because they have to get this nom nations by hook or by crook by the end of the year. >> by hook or by crook? >> that's where they are right now. they have to get this done. and it is more important and let's not kid ourselves, any nominee donald trump puts up is going to match his base popularity. pretty much close to it. so if it's not kavanagh and it's someone else. i'm willing to bet that they're going to have really low approval numbers too. and that's unfortunately the way this process is going to go, probably for a very long time, whether it be a team -- >> there should be more time for americans to get to know who was being put forth. that's exactly why. given that most people don't like it, given that we know the scandal, there should be more time. they're trying to ram this through, and merrick garland didn't get a vote. >> i think he should have gotten the vote, i think he would have been a gre

. >> kavanaugh didn't wear hess yale sweatshirt to the hearing, but he may as well have. >> i got intochool, the number one law school in the country. >> i suppose it can be a way to look at some of the major issues being dissected without really addressing them. >> some combination of "animal house," "caddyshack" and "fast times at ridgemont high." >> such as the crass movies that inspired his yearbook entries. >> have you -- i don't know if it's buffed or boofed. how do you pronounce that? >> that refers to flatulence. we were 16. >> the ads didn't have sin max -- >> the closest i'll ever have to and i am spartacus moment. >> they really wouldn't have been much more upsetting or dramatic than what we did see during this process. >> boy, you all want power. i hope you never get it. i hope the american people can see through this sham. >>> president trump slammed iran at the united nations. iran's foreign minister responds neshlgt. next. ♪ not long ago, ronda started here. and then, more jobs began to appear. these techs in a lab. this builder in a hardhat... ...the welders and electri

he says hess mother told him his fathers was an american gi killed in combat. >> 50 years in my lifeit was a void in my heart. >> nguyen and his other family escaped to the u.s. and nicing worked up to become the first vietnamese american clerk recorder but always thought about his father. >> i always wanted to know the man. >> nguyen submitted his dna to ancestry.com years passed until he got a hit. a second cousin started asking around her family. >> she called me to ask if i had a son that may be in vietnam. of course i at first didn't think. >> roy patterson, 18 serving in vietnam was married at the time. stationed where nguyenway was born in the 1967. >> he was born on the date and decided to do the dna. >> nguyen received the results by e-mail. >> he is alive it's amazing. >> patterson who owns a trophy shop in cookville, tennessee. booked a flit to california. in fronts of friends and family they read the official results together. 99 pft 9995 is as roy is my father [ applause ] >> yeah, he is a truly awesome. i'm telling you amazing man. has a great family. >> i'm so happy to

we're talking about a 17-year-old boy in high school with hess toss ttestosterone ru.one this. i would like to know. >> based on my reporting, interviews with law enforcement, victims' advocates, researchers, i can tell you, why don't they come forward, oftentimes, they're afraid. afraid of being blamed. afraid of not being believed, just like you saw there. afraid of retaliation. afraid of having to relive the assault. sometimes it's because they're ashamed. they feel guilty. maybe if they hadn't gotten in that car, maybe if they hadn't gone into a room alone with a man. sometimes they're struggling just to accept what happened. they think if they don't talk about it, if they don't admit it, maybe they'll forget about it. sometimes it's simply a question of whether it's worth it. is it worth having your integrity and character called into question when 99% of perpetrators go free? and when headlines will still highlight your attacker's achievements. when a judge may ask, why you simply didn't close your legs or simply give your attacker a pass. what about when a man c

is what the mueller investigation is looking at, he is talking about the campaign finance payment hess women. he's talking to the attorney general about what he knows about the foundation. there's nothing that is off limits to michael. >> there is nothing that's off limits to michael. how worried should the president be? remember, michael cohen himself said, i am the president's fixer. comparing himself to ray donovan. people in the know have said yikes, this is the guy who knows where the bodies are buried. i don't mean literally, i mean metaphorically. how worrisome? >> maybe literally, we don't know that, right? the president should certainly be worried because as you said this was his fixer and this gets close to him. this is close to the family. and, you know, even -- it's surprisinging to me that many of his family members have been very quiet lately and i wonder why. and so to me i think the president should be extraordinarily worried about this. for as much as michael cohen was strided in his support for donald trump, i think he will be strided in the other direction in trying

all of hess aides blocked him from doing that.s important as we remember the life of for john mccain here and his heroism to point out he is not eager to have the 2008 campaign, particularly the selection of sarah palin, a part of this memory here. so he is having joe lieberman speak because he wanted to choose and he said no the party will never go tore that. so by crafting who is in the audience who is speaking the senator is having a final word on. that history will show the 2008 campaign really was the beginning of this the wakening inside the republican party that senator mccain didn't like and he, in fact, is turn theing against it here. i'm very intrigued by senator lieberman speaking here. >> you see the satellite tv vehicles there, the motorcade now arriving at the national cathedral with the hearst and the family of senator john mccain, jamie, you have been dock reporting on what else we can attest to. >> i have been hearing from some of the people who are already inside the cathedral. former staffers, trends, people who

bettebernardo hess is with us ts morning, awell as stuart varney. tweeted on nike's decision to choose collin kaepernick as the face of the ad campaign. the president writes this, what was nik knee think -- nike thin, that's it. partisan theatrics took over yesterday with corey booker releasing documents he claimed were confidential. but actually they turned out to be preapproved for release and out already. joining us now to talk more about that, fox news contributor, author of trump's america, newt gingrich. good to see you this morning. thank you for joining us. >> it's good to be with you. when you see these kind of stunts, particularly if they're not well done, i think booker shrank as a possible presidential candidate yesterday, except maybe on the comedy channel. the whole thing was absurd. it has the kind of hyperbol hyperbole-spartacus was a gladiator who led a rebellion, after which he and several people were crucified. to stand in front of the senate and say this will be my spartacus moment, it has so little historical reference,. maria:

and b g lukianoff and jonathan height identifies the stakes, we'll be hess happy and become a natione a generous interpretation of their views, allow them to clarify before shaming them, don't judge their motive, or judge them by the group they're in. if you are religious, follow the first tenet of every major religion, treat others the way you would like to be treated. this leads to understanding, and if that doesn't happen no one gets sore and reaches for the fireplace poker to setting things. above all, practice humility. follow the maxim, when arguing with a fool, make sure they're not doing the same thing. ot doing the same thing. >> that's good. when arguing a fool, make sure they're not doing the same thing. i have to take notes. generous interpretations of their views. >> i'm going to make sure all of my thanksgiving guests watch this. >> when you mix argument and family, that can be a particularly difficult challenge to one's generosity. >> you need to send that piece over to washington, d.c., my friend. they could use that in a lot of places. check out today's "cbs this mor

. >> hess. >> that does is t for us dow is down 184. "power lunch" is up now. >> i'm melissa lee the bears swiping at the bulls deputy attorney general rod rosenstein reportedly on his way out. the latest china tariffs, and a rate hike expected this week the fallout on the market straight ahead. >>> and comcast winning a $40 billion battle and jpmorgan's jamie dimon speaking exclusively to our own jim cramer about his big push into retail, trade wars and where the u.s. economy goes from here we'll break it all down. "power lunch" starts right now >>> and welcome to "power lunch. i'm contessa brewer. stocks down across the board, sitting near session lows. the dow posting its biggest drop since early august the s&p 500 and the nasdaq both lower for a second straight day. oil rallying brent breaking above 80 bucks. hitting its highest level since 2014 news on an $18 billion merger. shares down 30% since last wednesday. but check out amarin, reducing heart attacks and strokes. the ceo joins us later in the show, tyler. >> thank you very mu

kavanaugh a great gentleman and in a pre rally with fox news the president appeared to question why hess to see what's going on is just very, very sad. you say, why didn't somebody call the fbi 36 years ago? you could also say, when did this all happen? what's going on. to take a man like this and with that being said, let her have her say and let's see how it all works out, but i don't think you can delay it any longer, they've delayed it a week already. >> reporter: you have been very acam dating. >> i have been accommodating. i say let her say what she has to say. let's see how it all comes out. they've delayed it a week. they have to get on with it. >> judges, oh, look at our judges. oh. what's going on? brett kavanaugh and i'll not saying anything about anybody else but i want to tell you that brett kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. a great intellect, a great gentleman and impeccable reputation. so we'll let it play out and i think everything is going to be just fine. and we're going to get -- we just got neil gorsuch

his niece, nancy lee hess, released this statement on behalf of his family.ur political correspondent chris mason is in westminster — he has been talking to our former political editor. the timing of this, it is all rather interesting, isn't it? how he's talking about the labour party and specificallyjeremy corbyn? yes, good morning. it is. it is worth remembering probably even the dogs in the street now have clocked that the labour party under tony blair and underjeremy corbyn are rather different beasts but when are rather different beasts but when a former prime minister and former party leader gives a half an hour interview, which minute by minute is a dissection of the current leader's approach and is very, very critical, thenit approach and is very, very critical, then it is inevitably quite striking. so, tony blair talks about how people like him within the labour party feel lost. they wonder if they will ever get is what they feared their party back. they wonder if there might be space for another party to re—merge. that was something that tony blair