carl icahn said it best.overnment at war with business and so i don't understand why supporting a third term of what's been happening is somehow good for the markets. we talk about the epa regulations and banking regulations where ceos can't even get loans to get workers more efficient equipment. this is a problem. mr. trump can fix that. liz: some people look at mark cuban, he is a pretty successful guy. he is a bill irthat. he is kind of self-made. he has been able to make very good decisions in his life. he is the "shark tank" guy. he owns this big basketball team. he sold at the top during the dot-com bubble, making billions. then investing it in the right way. you know, is there any validity to certain things that he says about knowing that the markets do like certainty, if you do look what the markets have done, you can blame it on the fed for putting in too much stimulus or giving credit to the fed, rather, but since president obama has become president, over those past eight years the market has done

neil: i appreciate that carl icahn. far from leading still in, still active and at 80 years young, still kicking. much more after this. who's with me? i'm in. i'm in. i'm in. i'm in. ♪ ♪ one, two, - wait, wait. wait - where's tina? doing the hand thing? yep! we are all in for our customers. ally. do it right. remember here at ally, nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. who's with me? i'm in. i'm in. i'm in. i'm in. ♪ ♪ one, two, - wait, wait. wait - where's tina? doing the hand thing? yep! we are all in for our customers. ally. do it right. . neil: all right. well, you know stuart varney is a big deal when carl icahn is quoting his show. now, i'm sure carl is talking about my show. okay, he wasn't. thank you, stuart, for all your hard work in my absence. >> what do you mean by that? great seeing you. neil: same here, my friend. you know what's interesting, i don't know if you're hearing this from your guest, yet another rich guy, two rich guys from opposite ends politically, mark cuban and carl icahn worri

but some market-moving comments from carl icahn on herbalife. would you do a tender offer? >> is that a question? >> yeah. did you hear how it ended up? offer? >> i would consider it. i -- don't mean -- my lawyer is sitting out there somewhere. this is not a 13-d thing. because i certainly have not made -- i don't have any stated intention to do it. but there again, it's something i've thought about. doesn't mean i will. but -- and i think there are other people that might. i think herbalife is certainly a candidate to go private. in fact, frankly, where wearing my shareholder hat, i think herbalife is better off private. >> carl icahn has asked the ftc for rights to buy up to 50% of shares, more than the 35% limit. we're looking at shares of herbalife up around 2% in extended trade. melissa? >> thank you very much. you saw shares moving eyer. is this a trade -- >> i think it's pretty clear he wants to squeeze ackman out of this. i think he's continuing to do that. so, you know, who do you bet with? i would bet with carl? >> who would you bet wi

carl icahn just arriving. icahn making the way with his wife there to the stage where he will shortly be delivering some remarks. and by the way it will be interesting to see how much he goes into this whole back and forth when you think it has been played out there is a new chapter. >> absolutely. the bill acman back and forth. he got a little benefit with bullish comments from valiant earlier today from bill miller. but i do think it will be fascinating that and what he might say about politics or whatever is on his mind. >> josh, by the way, if you are still there, i was going to tie up the subject when it comes to apple and to samsung, have you heard any updates on just what a setback it was the fires for galaxy note 7 for samsung? >> no doubt a setback and embarrassing one for samsung. if you talk to analysts they will say samsung is doing its best in a tough situation. as for the impact of apple i know there are some analysts that he does think samsung's pain could be apple's gains when it comes to smart

global market jitters from pail singer to carl icahn. we'll tell you what's keeping some of the world's most powerful investors up at night. >>> wells fargo ceo telling cnbc he's accountable for alleged abusive accounting practices at the bank, but john stumpf is not ready to resign. >>> and colin powell calls donald trump a national disgrace. and hackers say they have more to release. "worldwide exchange" begins right now. ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "worldwide exchange," i'm sara eisen. >> i'm willfred frost. >> let's check in on the global markets after another selloff on wall street. energy bore the brunt of selling yesterday. futures looking calmer this morning. s&p 500 futures up 6.nasdaq futures up 17. here we go again, on again and off again risk aversion. the volatility is back and moves are getting bigger. we're not seeing a triple digit move in dow futures. we saw that yesterday and the day before and the day before that. we'll see if this relative calm lasts. the futures market has not been a good indicator of the day's tr

carl icahn making headlines at dlirg alpha. >> let's not confuse stock market and the economy. i know maybe you don't want to hear this, but, you know, stocks can go down. >> carl icahn hitting the markets, the fed, politics, and, of course, the herbal life trade. before the break, if you think higher interest rates mean a drop for stocks, check this out. our partners at kensho show when ten-year kreelds yields rise above 2% in the same month, the s&p 500 rose 10% on average. semiconductors, materials, energy, and industrials were top performers. for more on that, go to cnbc.com/pro. more "halftime" with scott wapner in two minutes. builds an appliance, they put everything they know into it. but once it's sold, there usually isn't a way to keep improving that product. today, whirlpool can analyze iot sensor data from connected appliances on the ibm cloud. so they can continuously learn how customers are using their products. and how the machines respond. harnessing data to make great products better - that's what the ibm cloud is built for. this is the new comfort food. harness

icahn is asking the state for permission to start winding disconnecting slot machines and destroying cards.. dice and gaming chips beginning september 26th. the casino plans to close october 10th. icahn says he's losing millions of dollars a month while the city's casino workers union is on strike. finally.. some good news for grads. starting salaries are expected to rise next year. that's according to research from the staffing firm "robert half".. the 5 industries expected to see the biggest gains are accounting and finance.. creative and marketing.. administrative and office support.. legal... and technology. all eyes on san francisco -49-er's colin kaepernick tonight..... as the team's season officially kicks off!!! kaepernick has been refusing to stand for "the national anthem" saying.... he's protesting what he refers to as..... "america's treatment of black people and people of color" more athletes are supporting his decision. on sunday... in a show of solidarity... some n-f-l players.... locked arms. other players knelt..... and... a few raised their fists. michael thomas / m

in this case here, we've got carl icahn in a regulatory filing saying he's purchased a little over about 307,000 shares wort of herbalife and he purchased it, about $18.5 million worth. the purchase price was 60.39 or there abouts for again, a total of about $18.5 million worth of stock. it happened on august 31st. 2016. regulatory filing hitting now, so it bripgs it higher the herbalife. only because the back and forth we've heard for the past week or two with regard to big ackman, the shopping around of shares possibly to carl icahn, maybe he's not. but still in a regulatory filing, buying abo307 shares. >> this is separate from the share purchase that he made this week? >> no, this is the one that happened. >> the filing. >> correct. >> if it's the same purchase, thank you. see that little tick higher? up 1%. that's why i said it's up 1%. sfwl there are those that read headlines an when you see that filing, they don't know it's the same. they react to it. >> period. >> herbalife. any -- zpl look, that's a name i'm not going to buy here. there should be some accountability. it'sry lick

a couple ofwatching carl icahn-associated stocks. after vwrising today announced it would take a 16.6% truck maker. there's speculation this will lead to more ownership by vw. and then there's an auto parts company carl icahn already controlled most of and is now buying the rest of it for $9.25 a share after making several other bids. with histo combine it other auto parts holdings. a way from that, we have been watching other asset classes as we talk about the 10 year yield down six basis points and the dollar saw tumble at the same time. the bloomberg dollar index down about one dollar, the bulk of that drop coming in the wake of those numbers at 10:00. check on theget a headlines with the bloomberg first word news with taylor riggs in the newsroom. taylor: hillary clinton says the fbi report on her private e-mail server has answered all the questions. she spoke to reporters on her campaign plane on route to tampa, florida. ms. clinton: the report answered all of this. the findings included debunking inflated conspiracy theories. t

carl icahn to ray dalio are sharing their ideas right here. with us for the hour joe terra nova, josh brown, and steven weiss. markets, as you know, are having a very difficult day. the dow has been down about 250 points. dow and the s&p looking at their four out of five down days now. there's the dow down currently 246. the s&p and the nasdaq and the russell, which is down 2% taking a little bit harder today. give you a check on oil and gold and bonds too. there's so much conversation about what the fed may do. even here at delivering alpha have you heard from some of the largest and most respected money managers in the world with their commentary on the fed and the markets. we're going to talk about that. also word today that atlanta fed president dennis lockhart is stepping down from his post in february. that is big news. that's why we have senior economics reporter steve liesman joining us on set as well. let's discuss what's taking place in the market. it's been an interesting few days. josh, volatility is back, and it is back in a big w

but said icahn is losing millions every month. it's scheduled to close at 6:00 a.m. on october 10th. >>> i want to go to great memories about allen iverson and the sixers, because this is a big weekend for him. not here in philadelphia, but in massachusetts. he is inducted into the hall of fame. we want to go to nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal who is there for the big event. randy? >> reporter: yeah, jim, this is the pinnacle of allen iverson's story. ten-plus year career with the 76ers. let me show you what's going on here. there's a red carpet happening right now in springfield, massachusetts, at the hall of fame. not sure who's getting out of this suv right now, but we're expecting -- it's actually shaquille o'neal. we're expecting allen iverson to come up next as he walks the red carpet. he'll be formally inducted along with shaquille o'neal, plus yao ming of the houston rockets. a big moment tonight happening in springfield mass. in the halls of the hall of fame, you'll find sixers legends, wilt chamberlain, julius irving and joining them now, the iconic number 3. >>

carl icahn's management team filed for a petition to close the casino. it allows them to wind down table games, disconnect slot machines and make other moves to shut down. the ownership announced it would shut down after negotiations with the largest casino union stalled. icahn says the taj will close on october 18th. >>> allen iverson shares the love. >> philly fans -- >> the heat ahead, hear what he said about those who cheered him on to basketball immortality. >>> also heat and high hopes, the first alert forecast calls for a saturday scorcher. next hear from jersey shore businesses hoping to recoup losses after hermine. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. well i don't believe that's how you get things done in our country. it takes democrats and republicans working together. that's how we got health care for 8 million kids. rebuilt new york city after 9/11. and got the treaty cutting russia's nuclear arms. we've got to bring people together. that's how you solve problems and that's w

carl icahn has filed with new jersey gambling regulators to shut down the taj mahal next month.petition the taj has asked the state to approve plans for winding down table games disconnecting slots and destroying cards dice and chips and icahn says he's losing millions of dollars a month while the city's main casino workers union carries out a continuing strike. >>> teen clothing retailer aero pose sal will avoid shutting down all of its storm. first the company filed for chapter 11 in may and announced it would be closing all stores. now a judge has ruled 230 stores will remain opened. the major stock indices bounced back after nearly 400-point loss. last friday the dow was up 239 points but this morning it does look like we're pointing to a lower open. >>> olive garden hoping to reel in a little bit of extra business with bottomless bowls of past today. the restaurant chain says it will sell 21,000 never ending pasta passes to promote its 21st anniversary. the passes will be sold online for one hour on thursday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. they cost a hundred dollars and they last f

liz: carl icahn. >> carl icahn, biggest shareholder, carl buying more, they think that is shot that theyve them alone. they're fighting back. what we understand from sources inside of the place, they have no intents and purposes to slow down their attack ads on bill ackman. they will go further on the offensive. here is one other thing. it kind of adds to some of the reporting we've been doing. what we understand, they do, they have, their lawyers have drawn up, put together a draft lawsuit. so there, against bill ackman. they have taken what we understand is the first steps to a possible lawsuit against bill ackman. what the lawsuit might be, i think it might be along the lines of slander and libel. not saying i agree with them. they say they have been libeled and slandered by bill ackman. from what we understand attorneys in the company drawn up a suit on bill ackman, based on his attacks. liz: drawn up. haven't decided. >> i give it, asking me personally, suits like this are difficult to win. we're talking first amendment. the first amendment protections are on shakier ground talking

his predecessor tim quite quite speaking, paul singer, steve are schwartzman karl icahn.nother triple-digit move here in the pre-market. we saw this kind of move yesterday completely reverse course and the dow closing up more than 200 points. dow futures under pressure again, minus 112 there. s&p futures are down 14 half points. nasdaq futures are down about 30 points as well. again this after yesterday's reversal that clawed back more than half from friday's big selloff. >> amazing turn around. yesterday we were looking at similar futures declines. by the end of the day two sectors were up less than 1%, energy and materials. a massive rally that we saw during the course of the day particularly around about lunch time. let's have a look at oil prices. international energy agency cutting its forecast for global demand. they cite would belibbling asia. quick look at the ten year note as well. and we're seeing yields at 1.653, the high yesterday before the turn around was close to 1.7, 1.697. quick look around the rest of the world. interesting thing here is european equitie

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carl icahn cutting a stake in transocean from 5.8% to 1.5%.cahn does say he continues to have confidence in transocean's management team. in fact, he says transocean management team has done a, quote, outstanding job. shares are down slightly after hours but down about 19% year-to-date, melissa. >> all right. seema mody, thank you. the reason behind the sale is also going to be important for investors to grapple with, whether or not he is selling for other reasons. >> how can he say these guys have done a great job. this is a company that i think has been poorly run, overspending at the top of the market. the stock is down 10 bucks. and you're now selling it. so i mean, i don't think this is a day to rejoice. this seems like you're selling the bottom. >> well, the headline that i saw said that he sold it for tax purposes. so that to me -- that's why he's saying he still believes in the company. if this is a tax sale, i wouldn't read much into his view on the company. but i still -- i mean, it's a tough day -- maybe he sold them all today, up 6

icahn: we have carl tensioning a couple of different deals. he happens to be a large shareholder in at the start. take your pick. >> deals tuesday. it would not be complete without icon being involved. beingthout icahn involved. this was near bankruptcy out long ago. it had operational miss the. the shares have reacted .ccordingly of 60%. huge. significant operational problems with the emissions scandal. i think this is an important move to try to rewrite the course in the u.s. the first time they are trying to make the path of trucks and the u.s. -- in the u.s.? >> yes. are there going to be job cuts? we spoke to the ceo this morning. >> you can never ruled out out. when people talk about synergies, they are normally .alking about job cuts there is the possibility down the road. david: ed hammond there with bloomberg news. vonnie: coming up, a state election in germany over the weekend raising questions about angela merkel's political and big. can she continue to push her refugee policy? david:. there is the possibility down the road. david:

icahn -- >> stephen king. >> to give him his due.e's not marketing to anybody, carl icahn, that's all his money. >> you're right. >> when he comes to stock picking, he's also a great stock picker. >> that's what i like him for. >> he's been talking that way for a while now too. but at least i can push out the, well, he's not marketing or anything else. he's telling you from his gut how he feels. >> no, that's not fair to carl. carl say dangerous but say dangerous to like netflix. i'm just regarding danger as being overall theme of fright, of scare, of central bank intervention that frightens all these guys. and i come back and i am a jack bogle say when you run that much money, hay, you're just the market. >> well, there's a difference between saying that they're just plain wrong, that their macro view is wrong, and saying there will be opportunities even if they're right. >> a lot of markets they have to play in are dangerous. i mean, i would not own a german bond. they're dangerous. but what they play in, and i use the word play, i

billionaire investor carl icahn is asking the new jersey division of gaming enforcement to stop some activities at trump taj mahal casino in atlantic table games, disconnect slot machines, store unused liquor and destroy cards, dice, and gaming chips. icahn says he is losing millions of dollars a month while the city's main casino workers union carries out a strike. chipotle is taking part in a test this month to deliver food to students and staff at virginia tech. chipotle workers will put together the burritos at a food truck and then load it onto a drone. the school is conducting the test with project wing, a unit of google owner alphabet, food, medicine and other goods. it's here's a live look at on our city cam. plan on another sunny day from finish. highs will generally be in the upper 70s northeast and lower 80s southwest. rain should approach the area after midnight as our next cold front moves into the area. this front doesn't have the same amount of moisture as our past few systems, and amounts are expected to stay at or below a half inch. temperatures tomorrow will struggl

icahn has been so active. in this case he roughly halved his position from 9.4% to 4.6%.w the threshold to report as a 13 d filer. unless he changes course and buys again this might be the last we get from him on the topic for a little while. no comment yet. i contacted both in the last few minutes. it is worth noting in the last week or so since he has been selling the blocks of stock it is down about 11%. the name was also down dramatically during trading day, a couple of percentage points after the bell as we are getting the news. he has been involved in the stock off and on for many years. first got in most recently really in the second quarter of 2012 when it was roughly at $21 per share. that was a multi month period. he on paper it would seem lost quite a bit on this position. >> carl icahn continuing to sell. >> a lot of pressure given the fact that he filed. maybe it relieves a little pressure. maybe he seems to be taking a loss on this. this is low $2 stock. you remember when energy stocks were in real trouble. you can say i got three or four times what the low

carl icahn to ray dalio are sharing their ideas right here. with us for the hour joe terra nova, josh brown, and steven weiss. markets, as you know, are having a very difficult day. the dow has been down about 250 points. dow and the s&p looking at their four out of five down days now. there's the dow down currently 246. the s&p and the nasdaq and the

it comes a week after icahn cut his stake in chesapeake energy.ilm about the company coming out this weekend. >> seen the previews. >>> in other corporate news, the saga continues over sumner redstone's empire as reports surface that a merger could be on the table. landon dowdy has more on this story. >> reporter: good morning. just weeks after rising to the dominant role in her father's $40 billion media empire, reports say that shari redstone is poised to undo the last strategic move of her father and merge viacom and cbs. they will send the message in a letter before the market opens today. this coming a decade after mr. redstone split the two companies and said the inen it shun to free the fast-growing viacom from the cbs broadcast assets did not pan out address intended. shares of viacom and cbs rising on the news. this following the power struggle that played out all summer over summer redstone's empire as viacom has been struggling. a deal with les moonves, could revitalize viacom's assets, but reporters are concern that the deal would be m

icahn says the taj will shut down on october 10th. >>> this morning 13 kids who live in public housingn philadelphia's east falls neighborhood will head to washington, d.c. this is a live look from the a bots ford homes where the children will board a bus around 6:30. they will visit the white house and capital. the housing resident council says they hope the trip will inspire the kids who live the best lives them. >>> ten after 6:00. coming up, what's happening to the birds in boston? that's what a lot of folks are asking. after the birds started falling from the sky. we will tell you what city officials are doing to try to solve the mystery. >>> and panic is setting in over pumpkin beer and a shortage of it. we will tell you why business is not brewing. narrator: terrorism here at home. fourteen americans killed in a san bernardino mass shooting... but after this tragedy - when pat toomey had the chance to ban suspected terrorists from buying guns - he voted against closing this loophole for terrorists - and with the gun lobby. katie: we have to do everything in our power to keep gun

global market jitters from pail singer to carl icahn. we'll tell you what's keeping some of the world's most powerful investors up at night. >>> wells fargo ceo telling cnbc he's accountable for alleged abusive accounting practices at the bank, but john stumpf is not ready to resign. >>> and colin powell calls donald trump a national disgrace. and hackers say they have more to release. "worldwide exchange" begin

carl icahn ace management team filed a petition for permission to shut down the casino. the petition allows the taj to wind down table games, disconnect slot machines and make other moves to close. in july the casino's ownership announced it would shut down after treegss with the city's largest casino union stalled. icahn says the taj will close on september 10th. >>> now to decision 2016, both donald trump and hillary clinton appear to be taking a break from the campaign trail today, but trump came out swinging against his rival during a rally in florida last night. >> because she is being to protected. she could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching right smack in the middle of the heart and she wouldn't be prosecuted. okay? >> the republican presidential nominee slammed clinton's handling of her e-mails during her time as secretary of state. and attacked the fed's decision not to press charges. >>> pressure keeps building for trump to release his tax returns. his running mate, mike pence, released a decade's worth of his returns

>>> and much more from carl icahn from delivering alpha.p of the hour on "the halftime report." carl, see you in about 15. >> that was good stuff yesterday, scott walker. thank you. >>> now to the cme group, rick santelli, "the santelli exchange." hi, rick. >> hi, carl. there are a lot of cool things being written about the treasury markets, and indeed, there should be. i'm not sure if we're making a generational low. it seems like a safe bet, but do remember, you know, if you look at 2012, a whisker under 140, look at the recent low this year around $136, there's not a big path in between those two. so, arguably, you could argue that we've made a generational low a couple of years ago, but is it really important? it sounds great. i think it makes people look smart, and indeed, maybe you have to be smart to draw those types of conclusions, but that's not in my opinion what's the most important thing. and i think there's a good example. let's look to the oil market, okay? there was a close to $150 trade, and then there was a $26 trade. does

>> listen i think carl icahn is totally right here. how can you predict the what will happen the day after the election. i give mark cuban some credit. there is uncertainty about trump will do on global affairs. here what is exactly certain. hillary clinton we'll see more regulation. we'll see elizabeth warren run economy. higher tax rates and higher capital gains taxes. while trump may not be certain on global affairs, what is certain hillary clinton will allow elizabeth warren and bernie sanders and left of the leftist to run the economy in this country. david: it is true donald trump wants to cut taxes and cut regulations where hillary wants to go into the opposite direction. but he also wants to fire janet yellen. the market is in love with what she is doing with zero interest rates. might that be a problem as far as markets are concerned? >> last week if you put a gun to my head, asked me depending who got elected who would drive markets higher. i would have said trump all the way. after his comments on the fed and said he believe

i didn't want to try and back away from the darn thing even though carl icahn had bailed after three years with the bag name investors saying that a slow down in china convinced it was time to go. many analysts were saying apple's best days were behind them. today we learn that the new iphone 7 widely hailed really before its launch as a total flop, is a huge hit. with many of the models of that phone sold out worldwide, to call these sales better than expected is a dramatic understatement. especially when you consider all the bullish things that sprint, at&t and t-mobile are saying, the latter krouing these are the most pre-ordered devices in t-mobile history. that's huge. it looks like once again you had to own apple, not trade it given its remarkable run over the last couple of weeks. now, i wonder how the 295 ill advised, large funds that bailed on apple according to bloomberg feel about missing this quarter's 21% gain, the ones who traded it and didn't own it. but now i want to rewind the tape to show you the importance of conviction when you own the stock of a company you gener

icahn says the casino he is losing millions of dollars a month.s the casino he to close its doors at 6:00 a.m. on october 10th. >>> mercer county is helping young adults get into the working world. the county's youth career connection announce the its partnerships with businesses educational institutions and other agencies today. they he will target 18 to 24-year-olds that are economically disadvantaged. phase one of the program will start with three weeks of job readiness instruction and then entry into an internship. >> still ahead on "action news" we'll get a check of that accuweather forecast for your weekend. >> looking live outside, sky6 hd showing you the beaches at cape may looking pretty. meteorologist cecily tynan has your exclusive accuweather five day forecast. hopefully some tumbling temperatures when "action news" comes right back. hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady leadership. donald trump: "knock the crap out of them, would you? seriously..."vo: clear th

he things carl icahn would be a great treasury secretary. and these are all things are members know are not good things. my dad used to say that he was born at night but not last night. our members are the same way. when you scrape away the anger, his reality show becomes our reality. >> you think some folks in unions who were on board with him, they see him as a fraud? mr. trumka: i think there is no question about that. the number of people supporting him is less and less. >> usa today. >> thank you. back to the senate race. you mentioned ohio. strickland is behind portman in the polls. a couple of democratic groups have reduced their advertising. kochs have reduced their advertising. what you think is happening there? are you concerned about his chances? mr. trumka: i think the top of the ticket will help. ted needs to be more aggressive right now. portman was for the trade agreement in the pretense he is against tpp. and there are a number of other issues he would be bad. we need to see more of that in the upcoming weeks. >> do you think

it is something you do pay attention to. >> how did carl icahn complicate matters?> i have tried to forget all of that. >> because he made it so miserable? >> he took a substantial position in the stock coupled with the position that some long holders who were in the stock at a loss help together. near blocking position on the special boat that was required for that deal. the result was a negotiation about what the voting rules and the price would be. and ultimately ended in a price increase. and a successful transaction. it has worked out reasonably well. he has done some huge acquisitions. >> and us has happened that it's very hard for me to understand where it stands. the computer business seemed to rally and hit more tough sliding. they sold a bunch of computers. i don't really know where they are now. >> besides dell you have advised international paper and verizon and sotheby's. changed?boards >> probably three or four ways. thanare much more engaged they were before. studies show they are spending more time. they have more to read. there are spending more tim

. >> carl icahn. is that the reason those stocks are favorites among millennial, apple, netflix, chesapeake, freeport mcmoran, all big icahn holdings. >> carl icahn has a millennial following? >> it's a thesis of up wione of viewers, currently a genius. >> undergrad or -- >> graduate! >> interesting theory. >>> we have some new video coming in from the space-x explosion. it's shocking video. take a look at this. now, remember, earlier -- an hour and a half ago or so, elon musk had tweeted that the loss of falcon today happened during the propellant fill operation and it originated around the upper stage oxygen tank. and you can see there where that explosion actually happened. he did tweet that the cause is still unknown. more soon, but this is the latest video coming in from the falcon 9 explosion. >>> tonight on cnbc, "ground zero rising: freedom versus fear." that premieres 10:00 p.m. eastern time. coming up, we'll talk to jim cramer about it and he'll introduce us to the only person who was a tena

arotech -- carl icahn said about this? is he in favor?out anybody, but they all voted unanimously for the strategic alliance. vonnie: our thanks to the ceo of navistar and volkswagen. congratulations to you both. breaking news now. icon, -- carlrl the stock.wns 82% of this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: from an overcast london it's battle of the charts. we look at some of the most compelling charts of the day. this is what they mean for investors. charts atcess these the bloomberg. taking things off is joe. joe: a lot of people are interested in the impact the u.s. election will have on markets. people are looking at the peso to being sensitive given donald trump's rhetoric about rhetoric and promising to build a wall. we've seen some evidence of that. at 6:00 a.m., trump is back in the lead. it's just one poll. check out this chart. it has two lines. the light line is dollar/peso. 6:00, i have highlighted in that rectangle. you saw the white line top up a little. generally, the two lines are moving in tandem. it is notable that the dollar pop hig

enbridge did a $28 billion deal, carl icahn announced a deal. or $6 billion plus situations that went on today. september should be busy from what we can tell. i think we will see a lot of and and a activity. investors assumed to be supportive of this. bridge is a calgary-based company looking to widen -- >> it's maybe the biggest outbound canadian deal. when the oil prices dropped, they were largely immune from that. investors started to realize that a lot of the companies they do business with could go bankrupt because of oil prices. we will see more consolidation. that is going on and we are replanting all of north america with these shell assets. -- shell assets. building a pipeline is not a $5 million or $10 million deal. it's hundreds of billions so it's likely to be a bigger company. scarlet: you mentioned carl icon. he will take an auto parts supplier private and he is an investor in navistar. >> it's funny how much he plays in automobiles. he also owns pep boys. he is vertically integrated. >> navistar has not had a great run. their sha

carl icahn is asked the federal trade commission if you can have stake.ion to raise his it does not meane will do so but nonetheless he is asking for that kind of permission. he acquired a most 3 million shares of the company, 21% currently has permission to raise. it does not mean he will the sts 35% and he said delivering a conference yesterday that the company might the better off is a privately held firm. he has been bullish on the company for a long time. up 4% this morning. getting more into health care proper, the japanese drugmaker told reuters that the company is looking to potentially make acquisitions although the ceo would not confirm in a report that he would set aside $10 million to make those acquisitions but we are seeing some potential target that and talked about by analysts rising in u.s. trading. all trading higher this morning. we also want to look at a big move today. up 27%. they make an experimental medication to treat muscular dystrophy. the drug to treat it has not been approved by the fda. controversial. those who have this are pushing for approval in the perso

icahn says the casino has lost millions a month while local casino workers strike against it. 3 auto-pilot feature...to rely more heavily on radar instead of just cameras. in may, a tesla driver was killed while using the auto-pilot feature. tesla says this improved auto- pilot system would have prevented that accident. 3 more people are taking to the skies to travel. new report shows global air travel increased about six and a half percent in 2015. that's the biggest rise since 2010. atlanta-hartsfield-jackson was ranked the world's busiest 3 espn's fantasy football app crashed on the first sunday of the n-f-l season.the outage began around noon yesterday...juts as games began to kickoff.espn fantasy sports sent a tweet that said it was "aware of the current technical difficulties" and was "working to resolve the issue. three hours later -- in time for the day's second round of games -- e app and website became at least partially operational.espn says their fantasy football in the country...and had more than 7-million users last season. 3 in today's health watch --- new information that c

carl icahn reducing his stake in chesapeake energy.e said that the company he thinks has done a good job but doing this as kind of writing down some tax losses on it. the shares of that stock down by 4.5%. >> the other big story is wells fargo chairman and ceo john stumpf who is testifying before the senate banking committee later this morning over the bank's sales practices. wilfred frost is in d.c. today and he's got more on that. >> good morning. yes so the ceo john stumpf will tell the senate banking committee that he's quote deeply sorry today for the recent fraudulent account scandal. seen the share price decline 7% since the story broke on the 8th of september. the fine of $185 million has already been paid with 5 million set aside. the ceo accepted accountability but there's a sense that he and the company have not yet sufficiently placated a desire amongst consumers, press and politicians for a fuel apology. he'll say today i'm deeply sorry we failed to fulfill our responsibility to our customers, to our team members and to th

steve schwartzman and carl icahn. you want to stay tuned all day for the highlights.look at u.s. equity futures at this hour because we're looking like we're in the red after what was a big day in the green yesterday. dow was off 85 points. s&p 500 looking to open down 11.5 points and nasdaq off 21 point. >> time for the executive edge. court ruling yesterday that yelp is not liable for businesses bad star ratings. this comes after a liable lawsuit was filed by yelp by the owner of a washington state locksmith company and the federal court of appeals dismissing that lawsuit saying the rating system is based on users input and not content created by the company. >> the problem is when people or competitor try to knock you down or there's a fraudulent post it's hard to get rid of some of those things. hard to determine legitimate customers from somebody who is trying to take you down. i can understand -- >> interesting. other companies like youtube at one point were going to be held liable if people put up copyrighted material. in this case it's not a copyright issue. >

billionaire carl icahn watches "varney & company."e appeared on neil's show yesterday and gave us a shoutout when talking about regulation issues. watch this. >> in our economy you don't have capital spending. if you don't have capital spending because in certain cases one of the major reasons, and i think stuart varney spoke about it earlier today on your program, and actually, you know, steven moore was on with him. it was interesting. varney, i think he's right. you have to grow and maybe have to lower taxes, but i think the point that's more important, to get capital spending back, you have to not do irrational regulation. stuart: we're proud that carl icahn watches the show and frankly, i think he's right, liz. he's right. >> i think he's totally right. it's business investment that's hold back, or the lack of business investment that's holding back the economy. businesses are not spending, why? because they feel under siege. and let's go back to the beginning of the obama white house when there was not a single private sector pe

they are worried turning over by carly to a group icahn would -- let me see if i can find the place.cahn and other nongovernmental organizations could allow activity, they have been handling domain, name system under a contract with the it is notnment, and carl icahn, it is the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers. sorry for the stumble. there was a lot to read. matthew from alexandria, virginia. caller: i am a 24 year marine veteran and i worked for the nsa for years. i do not think edwards noted should be pardoned. there is a mechanism well-established in the communications for whistleblowers. he is not a whistleblower, he is basically a coward who took information that was not his. took it to another country. instead of standing before the man and saying "there is a problem here. i have identified a problem." and face any charges coming his way. nsa than likely, have the look at the information he provided and say we made mistakes and need to correct ourselves, which is what they do on a daily basis. no one walks to the nsa in the morning and say, i can't wait to ge

carl icahn, $50,000.m of money for a guy tremendously talkative and supportive towards trump. john paulson, $250,000. you may recall he hosted a fund-raiser for trump. and nelson peltz, $50,000 to various trump causes. >> icahn mentioned in the past when he was one with scott wh wapner in the last month or so, he didn't want to be an economic adviser for trump because he wanted to put his money into a pac, and there are rules against that if he's an official adviser. the other thing is does trump use this as a point of pride, i'm not taking big money from wall street, they don't like me because they're afraid of my policies. you wonder how that plays. >> he does use it as a point of pride. he used it on the stump. some figures trickled out over the summer based on a "wall street journal" story that was erroneous, but the basic point remains the same. tens of millions to hillary clinton. tens of thousands at the time to trump. now hundreds of thousands. i think your point on icahn is right. this money has

and the makers is to the short-term thank you effectively when you take money and it goes to carl icahn it comes at of the real economy. he is able to venture capitalists and amazon. i am rich i am clear that customers create jobs. and if we don't pay people enough they cannot be customers. i can only sleep and in one bed or use one palo. i can take a surgeon number of vacations but not will it -- not 1 billion times as money -- many but the self-interest review really put your figure is you have written the rules a beloved by the way of book his called rewriting the rules say prize-winning economist and says the economy is not like the law of gravity but colada that is tilted it cruelly they favor financial interest of the incentive structure for the corporate cio. so talk about the the trade-offs that we make when we reward for angeles station over productive investment over hiring people this is the trade-offs. >> his book is amazing and a plan that he has developed that is at backbone of the book in the pivot points but so the way that the tax code incentivizes behavior's that are n

carl icahn told this election is not about individuals. >> the thinness is all about is the economy.e a very troubled economy. this country is going to be really on the brink of a precipice. will he make it? i sure hope so. it's difficult when you are a democracy and you have the gridlock congress and we have to do something about it. nicole: federal reserve chair janice yellen are holding up the economy price and with zero interest rates which are causing huge bubbles. nicole: we are not likely to see a rate hike in september i don't think either. a federal prosecutor to find out if clinton aide had anything to do with deletion of thousands of her e-mails. jason chaffetz is on the record last night. >> is a conference call between the management and engineering and david kendall, her lead attorney and sure enough, we stop in council. a week later there is a order to destroy the document and suddenly the documents are destroyed it now enough in the fbi there were federal records in there. nicole: meanwhile, wikileaks founder julian assange will release documents needed to hillary cli

get two seats on the board that includes active investors carl icahn who controls 20% of the company.>> travel problems for air passengers in britain today. first a computer glitch hit british air ways check ins. reports of major delays for ba flights in the u.s. then the airline said it was taking longer than normal to process customers at heath row and gatt wick. unrerated, but police saying nine protesters from the british arms of black lives matter forced their way on to london city airport and locked themselves together. it's near the canary financial district and handles short flights to business des destinations in europe. >>> robert ailes hired a lawyer. sent new york magazine an e-mail on behalf of ailes asking the publication to preserve documents over a possible defamation claim over reporting of the former fox news chairman. >>> let's move on to top trending stories. looks like sony really does want daniel craig back in his bond tuxedo. reportedly been offered $150 million to return for two more films. played bond since 2005 has made no secret of reluctant to continue play

journalist court icahn explores how the business ties to criminals could up end u.s. security. writing if trump moves into the white house and family continues to receive any benefit from the company during and after presidency, almost every foreign policy decision he makes will raise serious conflicts of interest and ethical kwag mires. >> curt, the piece goes through, i want to first sort of sketch out the highest level. the basic thrust of the piece which are about donald trump's business dealings overseas and what kind of potential conflicts they would raise for a donald trump presidency. >> okay. well, the primary thing here is you've got trump has about 500 different partnerships, entities that are subsidiaries of the trump organization. many of those have partners that are overseas or domestic. i focused on the overseas ones. every time i was able to track one down, every time i was able to look at them, these were people who were tied to governments, very closely, much more so than you would find in the united states. they were involved in illegal activities, their inte

connell: by the way, carl icahn is back on with neil when he comes back. aig a few years ago you would call nothing aid. >> right it was the plague. but now they think enough time has lapsed and if they call it aig -- we should point out people inside the company say there are no plans. they're going to downsize the company a little bit given the fact that carl has two board seats. they're not on any list. aig pupil funds is what son of america comes. we understand what's happening towards the end of the year. and this is a big story because we should point out this is a huge mutual fund company. 23billion. sold generally to our viewers through the likes of merrill lynch, morgan stanley through the brokers. so this is kind of a big story. this one company is not going anywhere. and it looks like aig is trying to stay keep as much as they have now the coherent company moving forward. connell: very interesting. now, the final story, i want to talk to you about cuban. we know he's been going after trump, he's for hillary. in many of these cases someone like c

carl icahn believes donald trump would be good for the economy, others say he wouldn't. i think we're all navel gazing. put all their ideas aside for the second. people want to know what's predictable. would that be hillary clinton or donald trump? >> don't knock my habit of navel gazing. kennedy: you don't just gaze at your own navel which is something i respect but. [laughter] . >> the latest "fox news poll," respondents say donald trump is better able to handle the economy than hillary clinton. 66-44%. he is directly appealing to voters who believe in him with a speech like today, something that is measured, sounds practical, maybe harder, too. >> maybe not just those who already believe in him, but he's trying to have inroads with the independents and starting to see that happen in places like florida where he's leading hillary clinton i believe by double digits among independents. he's trying to sound a little bit more level. the market is going to watch for who doesn't shake it up too much, when you talk specifics about shrinking the tax codes from 7 to 3 and putti

you heard from mark cuban, carl icahn, political extremes who are worried about it, past that along and cheryl casone he knows about the same worries. cheryl: i loved your interview with mark cuban because he was wearing a t-shirt that says iron man. i thought that is neil cavuto. you are the iron man. great to see you. we are now down to the final stretch, until this election. donald trump leading hillary clinton in the polls and pulling out all the stops. i am cheryl casone he in for trish reagan, welcome to "the intelligence report". the donald trump campaigning in virginia, for military members, heads to another swing state in north carolina, hillary clinton is holding a rally in florida. it is vital in the race for 270 electoral votes. all of this comes as trump and ashley pulled ahead of clinton in the siena national poll, until that is the first debate. blake -- >> rinds priebus predicted hillary clinton leading comfortably in the polls, he said come labor day the polls would be a different story and turns out you might be right. the national poll released this morning, donald tr