jeff flock, that is very, very true. thank you, sir. jeff flock with that live report for us.> well, defense giant raytheon flipping today -- slipping today after "the wall street journal" reported that u.s. authorities are investigating whether the weapons maker may have paid $1.9 billion in bribes to a member of qatar's ruling family. meanwhile, americans and u.s. allies still looking for safe passage out of afghanistan as the taliban takes over. coming up, we talk to one airline who joined the fight to bring our people home. as you can see right now, we've got pressure on the dow, dow is actually escalating a little bit with 29 minutes to go. we're down 251. the s&p lower as well. nasdaq still hanging on to gains. my gains on the nasdaq will be -- any gains on the nasdaq will be the 3w-6th record -- 36th record close on the year. we'll be right back. let's go walter! after you. walter, twelve o' clock. get em boy! [cows mooing] that is incredible. it's the multi-flex tailgate. it can be a step, it can even become a workspace. i meant the cat. what's so great about him? he d

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jeff flock has more. reporter: liz, good evening to you. if you like electric cars and really think they're the future the push by the biden administration towards green energy has not done anything to help restore the nation's refining capacity and that's a problem. look behind me. maybe you see what used to be the philadelphia energy solutions refinery. the sun is setting on it both literally and figuratively today. it is shut down permanently. once the largest refinery on the east coast. it is one of six that have shut in the past year-and-a-half or so since the biden administration took office. you know, it's tough when your focus is on green energy and electrification to get refineries to do their thing. if you look at the top three refineries shut in the last year. the philadelphia refinery, 300,000 plus barrels a day of product coming out of that. a shell refinery in louisiana, another 200,000. a tesoro refinery shut in california, another 160,000. the problem is, liz, if electrification doesn't come quickly as some hope there will b

jeff flock has more. what are they saying? >> those are new york strip steaks.rloin there. that's a prime rib. prices have never been higher. third generation meat purveyor, you say when they say big beef is to blame? you say? >> i say no, big beef is not to blame. >> why do you say that? you do business with those guys. that's where you buy your -- >> yes, i do, we purchase a lot from them. >> wouldn't it be helpful to have more competition? >> definitely, it would be great to have competition with everything. >> -- think they are profiteering. >> not at all. >> that's what the biden administration says. it says the meat producers are generating record profits during the pandemic at the expense of both consumers, farmers, and ranchers. do you buy it? >> for me i buy everything from them. i don't know what their business is. i worry about my business and taking care of my customers. >> do you think it's more overall inflation as a result of the pandemic? i mean, people are having trouble with supply chain. you know, everybody has trouble in this. prices are risi

be safe, they are speeding right by you, jeff flock in the middle of all of that, dan geltrude in the makeup the mind where it wants to go the dow is trying to come back from the better than 900 point sell-off we had at one point going into the last hour trading yesterday before 300 was shaved off that, still a big loss. so, dan, i dare say that if we were to have a down day after yesterday, that could be a problem, that i remember back periods of the market was tested you didn't want to see the next day's gains evaporate. what do you think? >> well, neil, obviously there is some concern out there, but i'm not overly concerned. i really believe that the market , this market has just been incredible as far as its vitality through so much. let's remember, in march of 2020 , the market was half where it is now. so i wouldn't count out the market, right now, granted it's having some indigestion, and we're going to see some uncertainty going through the last quarter, however i am bullish what happens in the remainder of the year in spite of what's happening in washington and all of the cha

jeff flock following all of this islip, illinois. what is going on, jeff?is wholesale beef and other meat establishment. that is a bone-in rib-eye right there. look at that. that is a bone-in rib-eye, rich, how much in the past, how much now? >> usually we charge anywhere from 12.59 to 14.59 for prime product. right now it is up in the 20s because of supply. reporter: here is another one. i have to show neil this, that is called a tomahawk steak? >> tomahawk steak? >> for choice, 10.95, 9.95. right now they're 18.95 per pound. reporter: we always want to blame somebody for this. the administration says it is the processors. who do you blame? >> the administration? reporter: how so? >> we need term limits. that is what we need. reporter: you and i were talking about that earlier. i do want to put the numbers up though. they say too many processors have consolidated. the top four beef processers in the year 19when your dad was running the business -- 1977. top four guys were 25% of the business. now 82% of the business. it would be helpful to have more compet

let's go to jeff flock. he's looking into this all day in illinois where it's not that simple. , jeff? >> inside the dry age locker here at whittingham meats, four generations of beef purveyors. that is trip steaks there, a beef tenderloin. the administration says big beef, the biggest processers, jbs, cargill, tyson and national beef are responsible for colluding and profiteering. do you agree? >> i disagree. i would blame it on the establishment. >> establishment. what do you mean by the establishment? >> our local politicians. >> you blame it on inflation. >> definitely. inflation. covid had a lot to do with it and the recovery from covid has a lot to do with it. >> you think the processer is being unfairly targeted? >> definitely. i don't know what they're doing in their business. i worry about my business. with the shortage of help and issue of farmers and that, it's all trickles down on everybody. >> i hear you. we give you an inside look at what a dry age locker looks like. i put up the quote from the administration. they say that the meat processers are generating record

jeff flock in broadview, illinois. >> as you can imagine, the moving business is labor intensive.ving during the pandemic, they've had difficulty finding enough workers. just one of the many industries that has. john, you're hopeful the end of these enemployment benefits will lead to more people coming to work. >> yes, we are. we had a very tough summer, our company and the industry because of the pandemic and the enemployment and the benefits. we're optimistic this fall that we'll see a change now and recruit heavily. we have incentive bonuses in place. we're pretty confident that we can fill the slots. >> i leave you with this caution, martha, as we watch them load up this pallet here. take a look at the numbers. analysis from the "wall street journal" said that the unemployment benefit that ended early, half of the states didn't have much difference in terms of job creation than the states that kept the unemployment benefits. so beware. >> we're watching it closely. we're going to do this smartly. perform the services to perform for consumers and provide the quality services as

[laughter] jeff flock, great to see you. >>> all right.rs' network now preparing to sue the biden administration over what it calls dramatic overreach by the federal government. let's bring in job creators' network chief communications officer elaine parker. elaineing, good afternoon to you. i'm sure part of the frustration here is that there has to be a lawsuit about at all. >> absolutely. and you know, jackie, i have to take issue with how the biden administration has been framing this from the beginning in that it's about big businesses. the fact is when you think of big businesses, you think of deltas and the coca-colas. this mandate is going to impact businesses that are 100 -- that have 100 employees or more, and the fda defines a small business as under 500. so if you're a restaurant owner and you've got two or three locations, it doesn't take you long to hit that threshold. and if you're a small business or a private business in general and you want your employees vaccinated and you make that decision, that's one thing. it's a whol

jeff flock falling the benefits. the sooner the better on losing them, right? think, neil. we're hope they're right about it. john from mini moves, a company outside chicago a moving business, you hope the benefits going away mean more people coming back to work. these guys here, you were able to hire but a lot of people you needed to hire but couldn't. >> yes, with the pandemic made it difficult to hire people and get them in our operation. >> the want street journal did some analysis of the states that ended the unemployment benefits early. they found there was no additional boost to hiring. worried about that? >> a bit worried about it. we're confident in the chicago area. we break them in here get them ready for our fall and winter business. we're concerned about it. >> it's a frustration. the jobs numbers, we thought we would get 700,000. we go 200,000 plus. you had to do what to get people to stay here and work for you? >> bonuses, hiring incentives. lunch hes. >> did it cut into your profit? >> yes. we have to make sure the business is there to service i

jeff flock is live in broadview, illinois with the latest. jeff? reporter: sure hope so, charles.siness we're focusing on that today. as you guess i would expect. it is a labor intensive business. a lot of workers are gig workers. that was one of the benefits extended as part of the cares act and there was extra unemployment benefits. in addition to benefits for folks typically, you know the gig workers they extended the benefits and in addition to that they gave you an extra $300 because you know, people couldn't get back to work. they thought they should sweeten that. f you were a part-time worker and full-time worker extra $100 on top of that. all of that has gone away as of this week. businesses like this, many moves in the chicago suburbs difficulty finding workers. they have had to incentivize, pay people bonuses. they buy lunches. they, you know, sometimes throw parties. it is a whole new landscape out there in the workplace. if we weren't already employed ourselves charles, i suspect we would find a pretty good job somewhere, sir. neil: absolutely. u-haul's stock is up $66

jeff flock in illinois at a moving company. ask him in a second. stuff coming in from st. louis. this is going out to florida. it has been a busy moving season but john of mini moves it was tough to find people. >> it was. tough summer, good summer for the industry. reporter: lot of people wanted to move. >> wanted to move. pandemic demand brought in business for 2021. labor shortages, labor increases, signing bonuses. reporter: let some people work from home that you wouldn't have let? >> absolutely some people work from home as well. very flexible. trying to manage a business. reporter: take me through a warehouse, as we look through the numbers, you made this point earlier in the broadcast. there is no guarranty to the end to unemployment benefits are going to lead to more people, is it? >> no. we're not sure about that as well. we're concerned what happens in the next couple weeks with the unemployment benefits. hopefully bring people back to work. opportunities for us to increase staff. reporter: look at numbers, stuart, w

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shortage new report putting price tag on ship shortage 210 billion dollars lost revenue this year jeff flockrning to you i am at future of auto shows this morning take a look, you are looking live, at a ford bronco going up 38 degree incline called bronco -- this is called morter bella when they say a wave up there future of at you -- shoes, doug put this together, this comes midst of chip shortage maria talked about a big meeting at the white house today ford and gm going to be there. >> hopefully build more plants begin to ship more chips from all over the world, but we are really excited they are starting to come a little bit quicker. >> walk with me you in addition you put this together i was going to say signing handsidly not quite but experiential i want to no maria new ford lightning you are trying to put people in electric futures you think the future right. >> certainly most manufactures are beginning to produce looks like their futures. >> lightning right here they call this the frunk, where engine would be kind of a trunk the numbers in democratic federal reserve bill talking abou

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jeff flock in illinois with more on all of that. hey, jeff.ter: lots of jobs out there in need of people to fill them. you can imagine the moving business is one of the industries that is tremendously labor intensive. a lot of people have been moving during the pandemic. finding enough workers has been a huge issue for people like, a company like minimoves. john, the president and been in the moving business how many years? >> just over 35 years. reporter: never harder to find workers. >> very, very tough this time with the pandemic. there has been a, an influx of additional moves simply because no one was moving during the pandemic. corporations were freezing relocation of their transferees. now in 2021 it is really difficult now with all of the activity we have. lack of labor. reporter: going to say, lack of labor. you're hopeful with end of additional benefits, by the way, neil, we talk about, what are the benefits? there was four different separate programs, one for gig workers, part-time workers typically not eligible for unemployment. th

jeff flock in the chicago suburbs. what is the response from the meat companies?he whole thing, they are the same they were. crime is ridiculous and you can hardly find it right now. >> fox news did a poll asking people what they were most concerned and worried about. top on the list, not healthcare, not crime, it was inflation. does that worry you? >> definitely. it affects my business. people won't have the money to buy my products or go to our restaurants we sell to go eat. >> the press and the administration say the problem is the processors, the folks you buy this meat from, they say they are profiteering. you do business with these guys, you may not want to piss them off. >> i can't say what is going on. i take care of my customers. i've been working tight margins for my people because they are all hurting right now but coming down the chain. >> i want to read you what they said. don't have my glasses but the meat processors, wish i had my glasses. it is dark and the cooler, record profits, generated record profits during this time. >> don't see their number

world many large cities brought new questions about security, for skyscrapers in post-9/11 world jeff flocki right there behind me as i come to you from an extraordinarily windy perhaps you can tell top of trump tower in chicago six tallest building in united states willis tour now back then was sears tour extraordinary view from top of trump tour this morning back then remember, not only was willis tour thought a target but people were wondering where skyscraper continue to exist would we continue to build them would people continue to want to work live in buildings this tall? i am 90 stores in the air 1300 stories, well the answer to that question came after 9/11. 17 of the tallest buildings built after 9/11 i am 1300 feet in air that building twice height in dubai extraordinary structure, there have been many extraordinary structures so maybe if we asked the question these days, oh, will life go back to normal after this pandemic? will we want to come inside office buildings again and work? well, back then we were thinking do we ever want to go inside a tall building the answer astoundin