to night, a conversation with john mel encamp.reating music that gives voice to the heart and experience. he includes "jack and diane" and hurts so good." he also is a humanitarian. he organized the first farm aid concert in 1985 along with willie nelson and neil young. his latest project is called sad clowns and hillbillies. he joins us to discuss the project and so much more, i suspect. we're glad you joined us, a conversation with john mellencamp coming up in just a moment.

to night, a conversation with john mel encamp. he is known for creating music that gives voice to the heart and experience. he includes "jack and diane" and hurts so good." he also is a humanitarian. he organized the first farm aid concert in 1985 along with willie nelson and neil young. his latest project is called sad clowns and hillbillies. he joins us to discuss the project and so much more, i suspect. we're glad you joined us, a conversation with john mellencamp coming up in just a moment. this guy needs to introduction. his project is called sad clowns and hillbillies. it marks his 23rd album over the course of a remarkable career. here are some of the videos for "easy target" from john mellencamp. ♪ so black lives matter who are we trying to kill ♪ ♪ it's an easy target don't matter ♪ ♪ crosses burning such a long time ago ♪ ♪ we still don't let it go >> so i was waiting to seat other night at the greek theater in l.a. whether or not you were goinging to do this song. and i'm watching you and the band the entire concert exc

is now cnbc.com back over to you >> thank you seeing some unusual activity related to the storm john >> meli'm seeing unusual activity in hds, supply, take a look at the stock. up 40 cents. basically the monies this morning they were 32, 50's out in september. >> here's the stock up 1.3%. aggressive buying at that level tells us that somebody wants to own the stock, not too high above where it is. in other words, this isn't going to be a moon shot but using this perhaps as you said earlier in the week, as a stock substitute. forward to perhaps push towards 45, but maybe a realist looks for more like a move to 35, 36 these calls would triple at that level. i bout them. probably be in h them for about two weeks. >> thank you very much we want to alert you to the s & p 500. pretty much session highing right now. but almost unchanged for the month of august. if you think about what's gone on in the month of august, i mean this is remarkable. fire and furry, then another missile launch that actually went over airspace in japan, and here we are unchanged, and the nasdaq is up 2.6%. >> it's almost

. >> john lithgow is my father, and mel gibson is his, and we have to deal with our dads. >> look, yourher hasn't met the new evolved dusty. >> picking up where the last movie left off, the guys and their families are spending christmas together in the comedy, due out in november. >> a total lack of masculinity, rubbing off on your son, that doesn't bother you? >> i get the idea that you guys would like some privacy? >> would you take your shirt off? >> if they ask me, i'll do anything. >> it was really sexy in the last one. >> well, it always is, right? ♪ >> good luck getting that song out of your head now. carly rae jepsen's song "call me maybe." now, she's getting back to her own music. we have the exclusive. ♪ >> carly rae on the set of your new video. tell me about it. >> casual sun, drive me silly, rehearsal day. and my fake band as well. it's all my friends. >> carly's video drops next week. but fans have already been putting their own take on the track. ♪ >> i love that it can spread like that. there was a gentleman on the plane that did this lip synch version. >> remember the v

. >> john lithgow is my father, and mel gibson who plays kurt and we have to deal with our dads. >> theythe animosity that's under the surface that we put aside for the good of the kids. >> look, your father hasn't met the new evolved dusty. >> what sur president of the united statesed you about mel? >> no surprises. >> i continue to be surprised every day. >> picking up where the last movie left off, the guys and their families are spending christmas together in the comedy, due out in november. >> a total lack of masculinity, rubbing off on your son, that bothers you not a bit. >> i get the feeling you guys would like some privacy. >> would you take your shirt off? >> if they ask me, i'll do anything. >> it was really sexy in the last one. >> well, it always is, right? ♪ >> am i the only one with my shirt off? ♪ this is crazy. here's my number. so call me maybe ♪ >> good luck getting that song out of your head now. carly rae jepsen's song "call me maybe." after staring in last year's "grease live" she's getting back to her music roots. we have the exclusive. ♪ >> carly rae on the set of

. >> both our fathers come, so john lithlithgow, who plays don whitaker, is my father. and melrt. and we kind of have to deal with our dads. >> they also bring out the animosity that's kind of under the surface that we've put aside momentarily for the better of the kids. >>ing loo, your father hasn't met. >> that's the stuff he's going to make fun of us for. >> what surprised you about mel? >> there's no surprises here. >> continue to be surprised every day. >> picking up where the last movie left off, the guys and their blended families are spending c the comedy due out in november. >> so it's a total lack of masculinity rubbing off on your son,t tha bothers you not a bit? >> i'm just getting the feel maybe you guys would like some privacy. >> any chance you get to take your shirt off again, and would you, john, take your shirt off in this one too? >> if they ask me. i'll do anything. >> it was really sexy in the last one. >> well, it always is, right? >> am i the only one with my shirt off? ♪ >> well, good luck getting that song out of your head now. carly rae jepsen's breako

mel. >> thanks for that, john >> on apple the news of the product announcement sort of allays concerns thatiphone 8 could be delayed iphone shipments could surge 9% because of this super cycle. anything we don't know from those two data points? >> what is amazing is just how well apple has traded while a lot of the other large cap growth tech names have kind of corrected here over the last couple of weeks. it remains incredibly resilient post earnings and add upon that the news we've gotten and upgrade cycle will be incredibly powerful for apple, the upside looks like the place it's headed. >> i would be concerned because this kind of always happens with apple. it runs out before the product comes out and once it comes out the stock pulls back as well something to watch for because expectations are pretty high. >> is that a recipe for stock replacement? >> it would be, mel. stock replacement where they sell out the stock and partly cloudy a ca-- pick a call insted take the risk down a couple notches. >> let's get to our trader blitz. j jill beating on the top and bottom lines. >> stock is u

john >> and they guided significantly higher, mel. gross margins here, up to 70.5%. that is why you focus on tech rather than the bank's guides. 70.5% gross margins. i thought you were going to say -- >> i said both >> i'm an equal opportunity d t dater when it comes to making money. >> you're in ch robinson >> i've been in there for quite a while. it's been pretty painful we're back towards flat. but they raised the price target significantly up towards $90 a share. when they look at accelerating trends that are going on in trucking and the unique business model, that's why these were upgraded today that's why ch robinson is as big as it is >> a big name chipmaker in a material stock are both looking at unusual activity. john and pete on what the options markets saying about which way these stocks will move that is next first, take a look at the dow 30 got a mixed bag with cisco and goldman sachs leading the way. "halftime report" is back in a flash. [brother] any last words? [boy] karma, danny... ...karma! [vo] progress is seizing the moment. your summer moment awa

up trend and you still feel confident in owning it, it does present an opportunity, mel, you're absolutely right >> john? >> i think i agree with what the gentlemen said i think the biggest thing, is this really going to cause any democrats and republicans to start coming together and do some infrastructure spending to kick start that? obviously, we'll need a lot of -- >> do you think that rebuilding texas should supersede building a wall i do >> i think that -- >> i think that should jump the queue. >> i think the mexicans should pay for the wall i'm joking >> what's the priority now $20 billion in federal aid for texas? >> the priority is obviously texas now and the loss of life i think trump is going to go there. but still, what we need the veil bipartisanship to get something through congress that is -- whether it's tax cuts, tax reform, infrastructure, something needs to happen. >> so this sounds like it's actually a very sort of crystallizing moment i mean, in your view >> for someone, yeah >> if there is any -- >> it's not happening. >> so they can't even get together on agreeing to help the peop

mel brooks. >> this cartoon scribble by a famous funny man fares somewhat better. >> $400. peter falk. >> detective columbo beats that easily. >> $600. this johns a little more. >> "bikini on mars," sold for $1,100. we continue. "horror hospital," ink and marker drawing, dee dee ramone. we're at $1,300 right now, looking for $1,400, $1,400. give me $1,500. sold at $1,500. >> and remember that muhammad ali painting called "sting like a bee"? >> $1,500, $1,600, $1,700, >> it packs a bit more punch. >> all done -- $2,800. >> alas, that's the biggest celebrity hit of the night. >> buddy hackett, sold, $250. rudy giuliani, $800. >> at this rate... >> david bowie, sold at $550. jimi hendrix. >> ...baird jones' million-dollar investment in celebrity art... >> sold at $300. henry fonda. >> ...is looking like a big bust. >> pass it. pass, and we'll pass. moving along. >> this color-pencil doodle by actor ed asner starts with an minimum bid of 400 bucks. >> any bids, $400? and we'll pass. [ buzzer sounds ] >> will matthew broderick do any better? >> any bids at $100? >> $100 only. >> nope. >> and we're passing. [ buzzer sounds ] and we have now "courtya