bell: i'm jeff bell, the general manager of pdt here in new york city.few do's and don'ts of drinking at cocktail bars. there's a few things i see on a nightly basis that i want to address and share with you and things that can make your life easier. don't come into a bar and ask what's good because the bartender does not know what you like. give him something to work with. say, i like whiskey. what's good with whiskey? you know, something that we can build off of. if you have dietary restrictions, no problem. we have plenty of options that can fit your needs. just don't start deconstructing our drinks, adding substitutions here and there. it's going to slow everything down, drinks are going to take a while, and everyone will be mad at you after that. when it comes to house cocktails, try the way it's made, the way it's written on the menu. chances are, the bar staff put a lot of work into making that drink taste as good as possible the way it is. speaking of being dissatisfied with the drink, if you are, it happens. let us know. just let us know as soon

bell: i'm jeff bell, the general manager of pdt here in new york city.ay, we'll go over a few do's and don'ts of drinking at cocktail bars. there's a few things i see on a nightly basis that i want to address and share with you and things that can make your life easier. don't come into a bar and ask what's good because the bartender does not know what you like. give him something to work with. say, i like whiskey. what's good with whiskey? you know, something that we can build off of. if you have dietary restrictions, no problem. we have plenty of options that can fit your needs. just don't start deconstructing our drinks, adding substitutions here and there. it's going to slow everything down, drinks are going to take a while, and everyone will be mad at you after that. when it comes to house cocktails, try the way it's made, the way it's written on the menu. chances are, the bar staff put a lot of work into making that drink taste as good as possible the way it is. speaking of being dissatisfied with the drink, if you are, it happens. let us know. just

he's typically tried to stay out of the spotlight, but a white house official tells my colleague jeff bell am i tonight it was the president's idea or kelly to come out to the press briefing today and try to quiet these rumors about all this turmoil that's in the west wing. and i think he attempted to do just that right at the beginning. listen to what he had to say. >> i'm not quitting today. [ laughter ] >> i don't believe and i just talked to the president, i don't think i'm being fired today. and i am not so frustrated in this job that i'm thinking of leaving. unless things change, i'm not quitting, i'm not getting fired, and i don't think i'll fire anyone tomorrow. >> so, you see there, john kelly is saying that he's not leaving the white house after there are these rumors about that. he said he's going to stay by the president's side for now. but he did admit this is the hardest job he's ever had. >> matt, was kelly successful in painting a rozier picture despite the devastating pieces in the l.a. times, "the new york times," the washington post, vanity fair, or how about cnn's repor

jeff: taco bell about your kids. rich: they are cut -- jeff: talk a little bit about your kids.h: they are cubs fans and i did not do it intentionally. and thetching a game cubs were falling apart. i looked at them and i got that feeling and i looked at them and thought, oh my god. what have i done? i am a monster. this is child abuse. jeff: it is obviously easy for them now after they won. was 48hey won when i result. if they won when i was 16 i would be taller and much more handsome. jeff: how is the dynamic between the cubs and the white sox? rich: the white sox and are going to hate me. friends, therom my white sox fans have resentment toward the cubs and the cubs do not care. -- they are connected in all of these ways. they took the name from the cubs. the white stocks will always be the team in my mind that fits in the world series in 1919. jeff: what is it like writing a book like this as an outsider, reporter?bs' beat rich: my whole thing is i do not want to be outside -- inside. i want to be outside. i want to get it from the grandstand in the with the fans and get it f

jeff reeves, investorplace.com director of content. [closing bell rings] there is the closing bell.traight day we've seen record closes for the dow, nasdaq and s&p. and heck the russell and transports too. thanks for joining the "claman "countdown"". melissa: dow not tired of winning. i didn't want to mess that up. second straight day, s&p 500, nasdaq keep climbing to new records as well. i'm melissa francis. david: trifecta. actually four times if you include the russell 2000. i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." glad you could be here. more on record markets. first is what else we have for you, very busy hour. strap your seatbelts in. president trump in puerto rico touring areas hit hard by hurricane maria, meeting with survivors and officials. we're expecting new video this afternoon. we'll bring that to you as soon as it comes in

jeff snowflake. topic number two. everybody likes to accuse taco belley have the munchies. but if that were true would taco bell be testing a new item called the kit kat quesadilla? they filled it with melted chocolate pieces and kit kat wafers. it sells for $1. they are also making a quesadilla for people who don't want to eat kit kats, but still want to get gout. topic number three. the international sports aassociation. fotbol is table top soccer. it's very multi-cultural. the committee will study three sports for one year. if they catch on it many only a matter of time before we have other olympic sports that can take place in a bar. so get ready for the 200 meter randomly crying girl. could you put your mom on the phone? topic number four. let's head out to the brookfield zoo. in chicago where they gave every animal a pumpkin for halloween. i should warn you the video you are about to see includes more smashed pumpkins. kid, this is a real live chicago bear. and they are very active this time of year. but they go into hibernation come january becau

liz: good to see you, jeff, thank you very much. >>> with the closing bell ringing in about 28 minutes in legal crosshairs once again. a big entanglement. we at "countdown" brought you that epipen overcharging story more than a year ago. we kept pulling at every string and now a new thread is emerging. reports say mylan's president could be the target of a multi-state civil investigation into alleged generic drug price collusion. but mylan along with the ceo, heather bresch, standing by their man saying it has, quote, deep faith in mr. mall lick. -- mallic. excessive drug pricing is one of the many concerns that the white house has been tackling, but for the next 24 hours it's not health care, but tax reform. say it 12 times in a row, you can bet that health care's taking a backseat. it's now 401(k)s, state and local deductions, carried interest all on the line. can the gop finally deliver on its promise of fairer and simpler tax policies for all? that and more coming up, our special panel's about to duke it out. ♪ mike and i are both veterans, both served in the navy. i do outrank my

. >>> sounding the alarms bells against the president today senator bob cork squr jeff flake both voicedoncerns about the president on the world stage. they warned the president has, quote, purposely been breaking down relationships around the world. this is the chairman of the foreign relations republican. >> do you trust him with the tuckl nuclear codes? >> i expressed my feelings weeks ago about his leadership and his stability and the lack of desire to be competent on issues and understand, and, you know, nothing has changed. >> senator flake took it step further say ogthen floor of the senate that president trump's tweets threatened the, quote, alliances and agreements that ensure the stability of the world. clapper joins us now. senator corker saying president trump could be sending the u.s. on a path to war. do you believe that's true the. >> well, it's certainly a possibility, and that's what concerns me about some of the president's intemperate statements in relation to north korea. no one knows what the ignition point is from kim jong-un. kim jong-un is not surrounded by a grou

bell. let's start the "countdown." breaking news, not only the news that trish just brought that you senator jeff flake of arizona will not run again to keep his seat for the senate. but in about, i want to say, 28 minutes from now, white house press secretary sarah sanders is expected to tackle a hot-button issue that has the power, not for sure, the power to derail a tax plan vote. it is the escalation of the trump-corker fight. a twitter war between the president and the tennessee republican senator over who should now take the lead on cutting americans' taxes? the president or members of congress. we'll take you live to the white house in literally two minutes. one eye trained on that and the other on the markets. wow, what a day we are seeing for the dow jones industrials. it was higher by 211 points, still up about 184. looking at the best month since february for the dow. what is giving the blue chip index wings today? no, it's not red bull. it's blockbuster earnings from some of the biggest but also the oldest names out there, 3m, minnesota mining & manufacturing and caterpillar doing the heavy lifting, adding

bell. coming in jeff seca, how much higher are we going to go, is this the beginning yet of another leg up?well, i think a market celebrating the fact that this -- you could never underestimate the incompetency of this congress and the fact that they were actually able to take a step forward and getting closer to the tax cuts, the market should celebrate. right now, the fact that it's this -- reached this level with the anticipation, all we have to hope for is that these tax cuts pass because if they don't, we have a big problem. stuart: i mean, odds are it passes. i'm making the case, very tough to see the republicans turning it down at this late stage. >> right. stuart: are you on board with that that it does indeed looks likely? >> it does look likely. stuart: is that important? >> i think it's very important. it has -- we have to make more progress this year to get it passed this year. i think if it's passed next year there will be disappointment. stuart: a lot more on the program. byron york and your opinion, please, the budget has passed, i'm saying that makes tax cuts much more likel

mahogany, ♪ ♪ gany, gany, gany, gany ♪ watch this don't get mad (bell mnemonic) get e*trade and get invested >> trish: attorney general jeffpitol hill today where he had an intense back-and-forth exchange with dick durbin. out-of-control murder rates in chicago is the reason for this exchange, which also happens to be a six ray city. chicago, that is. take a look. >> i think the politicians cannot say if you remove a violent criminal from america that is illegally in the country and he is arrested by chicago police and put in chicago jail, once they release them, they should not be turned over to the federal i.c.e. officer so they can be removed from the country. they were here illegally to begin with. much less committed another crime. how does that make city of chicago safer? if you don't remove criminals who are illegally in the country customer >> you cannot throw a bouquet to local police and ignore what the police in chicago tells you has nothing to do with gun violence. you want to cut off federal funds to that city and come here and criticize the murder rate. >> i've increased the number of atf agents with gun crim

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bell. >> and she said they don't think they have anything to correct. the idea that jeff flake is out there today trying to get a headline, he's not worried about headlines, he's talking for history, and he is as kimberly said, the word complicit, was the word that jumped off the page at me, because he was talking to his colleagues. his colleagues to stand up there, engage in his magical thinking that they had a unity lunch today, and that everything is fine and they're united on tax reform. flake gave the speech right after that lunch, there's nothing unified about the republican party right now, they're afraid of getting primaried. they stand there and hope everything works out in the end. but the president will throw pieces of the policy under the bus as soon as he hears a negative worth about them on tv. he'll say the bill is good, he'll say the bill is bad. so why they're lining up for another beating, electoral politics are still not a big deal for corker and flake. they're still not paying attention to how it's gone for nine months. >> is it deep, psychological, tr

♪watch this don't get mad (bell mnemonic) get e*trade and get invested >> lou: the senate judiciary committee grilled the attorney general for four and half-hours. this is jeffirst appearance before the committee before the confirmation. grassly ordered the committee to investigate the uranium deal that transferred 20 percent to russia and resulted in 150 million in donations and perhaps bribes is the better and more accurate word to the clint foundation white hillary served as secretary of state and obama administration. involved in the administration's russian bribery were well known names? >>>>> then director robert mueller then special counsel and u.s. attorney rod rosen stein. the deputy attorney general who appointed mueller as special counsel and andrew mccaa who himself is under investigation as well. sessions defended rosen stein when asked if he is recuse himself in the investigation in the russian bribery scandal. >> it would be his decision and he's a man of integrity and if he has inability to perceive to investigate. it would be his responsibility to determine. >> that is amounting to the exxoneration of hillary clinton who was exonerated by fb

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