well, john stuart mill, who was probably the best on the various forms of liberty and freedom, talked about that. one of the exceptions he makes to people being essentially as free as you can make them is relating to addicting drugs. that addicting drugs enslave. and it makes it hard for people to achieve that kind freedom that he was talking about. so i think that government in that area, all of these dangerous has a role in keeping people from using these drugs. the legalizes often say, well, look, nicotine legal. alcohol is legal. well, nicotine legal. we've made progress in decreasing. it. 55 to 60 million americans are addicted to nicotine. all right. let me turn to ethan nadelmann here for a moment. you have not really outlined a specific policy for a legalization regime. if were mayor of newark or or pick any other city where the mayor has already suggested that we consider legalization. what concretely would you do in that position? i'd with three steps. i'd begin with the legalization of marijuana. i begin with a tougher policy on alcohol and tobacco and at the third time i w

that notion, john stuart mill writes about in our own liberty, which is that you should have the right to do whatever you want and think whatever you want, say whatever you want right up until the point until you are encroaching on the rights of others. that's what social liberalism means. it means that you don't get to prevent someone from having a job simply because they are gay or black or whatever it might be. you don't get to censor other people's views. you live in a society where there are a plurality of views and and tolerance is at the heart of that as well of course in the us. i think when people liberal they generally mean it as being synonymous with the left or the democrats in australia, the liberal is the conservative party. so actually word is kind of fraught with various and misunderstandings. so i'm being very clear in the book what i by liberalism, i'm using it in terms of the old fashioned definition, what i believe to be the prevailing definition. and so what i'm saying there is that those are the values that underpin a functioning liberal democracy, a society, what

went on the john stuart show and accused of talking down to union members.ion members "lack courage if they do not support kamala harris". welcome to the show, the vice president of united steel workers local 1557 richard and brian also in that union. great to have you both on. first to you, richard. we're excited to talk to you both. richard, what do you make of tim walz that union members lack courage if they don't go for kamala? >> hard working going for them to do their job and going for that and going for them. liz: what did you think when you heeder that? trump put on for them putting on that shut down and going to ban fracking and going for that. liz: richard, reports are showing harris is struggling with union workers and working class voters and repeatedly campaigns richard and going down and mcdonalds and union workers that trump was doing better with union workers and why is that? democrats went for that. like the coal mines are shut down and we defend on coal and segregated steel and those are all union jobs she doesn't have that and those of us

the solution was,, it was developed in 1861 by john stuart mill, where he proposed proportional representationur party gets 12% of the vote they get 12% of the seats in parliament. the result of that is you can have multiple political parties and then you have to form coalitions and work things out and there's a lot of negotiating but it's far more democratic and it opened things up. the only way to do that in the united states would be to have a constitutional amendment which is not going to happen. the second way would be to have an instant run on voting program which the green party has been pushing for for years. we don't have it nationally, so without instant runoff voting nationally, anytime you vote for a third party, you are basically voting against the party that you feel closest to. >> and that is the interesting part. for better or worse, the people are possibly feeling closer ideologically to the democratic party and they are thinking this is a protest vote but it may just be a spoiler. are people able to make that distinction when you talk to them about it? >> they are. and my ple

the philosopher john stuart mill called it ugly thing. george clemenceau, though the prime minister of france during, world war one, believed that war is too serious, a matter to leave to the soldiers. general smedley butler, who was twice awarded congressional medal of honor and was common down to the marines, said that war is, quote, a racket, but war is also fascinating and alluring. robert e lee remarked, it is well, war is so terrible or, we would grow too fond of it. now the history of the united states is in many ways a history of warfare. by my calculus ation about one fifth of u.s. history since the revolution has been taken up in warfare. there are major wars, of course, there are big wars, but there are also numerous military adventures in china, mexico, nicaragua, dominican republic, the soviet. some of you may not know that during war one we invaded vladivostok, east, the pacific shores of the soviet in an attempt to march moscow to overthrow the new communist. soviet union. lebanon. grenada. kosovo libya. syria. somalia. it

. >> but you know, on the comedian piece, i agree with john stuart. this is what he does, which is why people are not really directing there fury at him. they're directing their fury at trump. >> and the campaign because they're the ones who decided to bring him on they knew what he was like. >> they saw that roast. they've seen his shows. they're the ones who decided to bring him on to pay him to vet his jokes and to say this is okay. pay because this represents what we want to represent, you know, when i turned on the tom brady roast or anything that jeff ross does got jeff, how are you doing out there? god bless you like, i can't be offended. i know what i'm getting myself. >> exact. yes go to a rose, right? >> not at a rally like they're i don't have a problem with shot comedians. they all are i had a cup of tea, right guys, not my cup of tea, but not appropriate for the leader of the free world to host this person and then not condemn it. >> everyone. stick around. we got a lot more to talk about coming up. steve bannon, fresh out of prison. i do

on visits and that he met john stuart mill at the young winston churchilly and burchard russell stop ore than once to talk about love. he posed the question which american met during his lifetime both john quincy adams and alger hiss? the answer of course was holmes who had met six presence president of the united states and other family friends when he was five years old and he would employ the future soviet spies as one of the last law secretaries in the 1920s. it was ais civil war that touchd him. i to read about those days he wrote aay friend. battles. >> jeff rosen when we were talking earlier think i used the phrase you don't comedy wasabi are then oliver wendell holmes. is that correct to some of the? >> i think that's the gold standard.nk we heard about his incredible friends as blueblood as you can imagine. william james who wedi discussed earlier gave a line about holmes when he was young he was like a machine claiming aid deep beneficial group through life. his father was oliver wendell holmes senior the autocrat of the table. he was a writer for the atlantic to jerry seinf

on visits to england he met john stuart mill, the young winston churchill and the old anthony trollopeburgeoning russell stopped by more than once to talk philosophy. a quiz show in the 1960's posed the question which american met during his lifetime both john quincy adams and alger hiss? the answer of course was holmes who had met the sixth president of the united states, another family friend of his boston boyhood when he was five years old. and who had employed the future soviet spy as one of his last law secretaries in 1929. it was the civil war that was his touchstone. i hate to read about those days, he told friends. he had no interest in reliving the worst squalid preliminaries or blunders and worst of the battles. peter: jeff rosen when we were talking earlier i think i used the phrase you do not come any waspier then oliver wendell holmes. is that a correct sum up? jeff: i think he sets the standard. we heard about his incredible friends, as boston blueblood as you can imagine. william james who is discussed in the metaphysical -- we were talking about earlier had an amazing l

[laughter] stuart: it's a trump rally. we'll ask economist john lonski if he sees it that that way. ack. ♪ shatter every window -- ♪ every brick, every bone -- ♪ stuart: all right, we are 12 minutes into the trading session. there's some red ink but in the much on the left-hand side of your screen. let's take a look at dow winners, there are several led by visa which is up 32. 8%. amazon, boeing, american express if dow incorporated, they're all up. s&p 500 winners, garmin if limited, fmc, vulcan materials or clearway energy. nasdaq winners, clearway energy, fall bet inc. -- alphabet, ge health care edge. there's the winners. we have the latest report on gdp this morning. the economy grew at an annual rate of 2.8%. got it. edward lawrence at the white house. 22.8% growth -- 232.8% growth. -- 232. 8% growth -- 2.8% growth. >> reporter: in the bid to be the next person in that building behind me, former president trump wants you to remember that all prices are up about 202% under the biden-harris administration -- 20%. the gdp report shows it actually went down slightly from the last q

been consistently doing same-store sales in terms of growth better than peers like a papa if john's and -- stuart delivering the piece is saw the right way, digital capabilities -- the pizza. they manage, they sort of from a top down within the company they're able to get the store employees to deliver things really quickly, and it's been a brand favorite for consumers. and guess what and? that drives operating margins, and they're able to grow earnings per share double digits. stuart: you also like adobe. tell me why. >> because it's going to grow double digits earn earnings per share, that's why. rah. [laughter] stuart: keep it simpling, david. where's it go? >> in two years, close to 6000. stuart: i'll take that. david, thank you very much, indeed. let's see now, the opening bell about to be rung on wall street. literally two seconds away. press the button, away we go. the market is now open. the dow's opened with a gain of over 1000 points, up 111,16. 42,000 and change, that's your level. if you look at the dow 30, there's a majority in the green. there is sol buying this mornins morning. s&p

stuart: john quincy adams, rutherford b hayes, benjamin harrison, george w. all lost the popular vote but won the election. now we know. none of us looked it up. i had a bad two weeks. stuart: especially mark, the markets are in the green. see what israel has done, the price of oil is below $70 a barrel. a quick check of the treasury, yield is 3.78%. it's yours. neil: you are right.

if i got the editor in chief of the news website along with 2 of the john this stuart at a safe distance from a building, israel boned, it would boom. instead, it struck a building nearby, killing all 3. while international media has only been allowed in which he is ready on the under heavy censorship, john listened, golfing pivotal documenting exposing possible, his ready war crimes and the suffering of posting and for somebody to have them again. among the eldest, there is full because your chief was as deaf, those who continued and his pursuit were close and the war even of his wife, teenage son, 7 year old daughter, and his grandson were killed in an as strike in mid december. he and out, is there a camera then some of the car will quote, is a strike while filming, as a school? well, i would, dr. was wounded a still under heavy fire and network of human rights groups. and john was pressured as well to let them rescue him. arriving 6 and a half hours later, it was too late. i would like to deaf doctor was injured in the same strike. less than a month later doctor's oldest son, holmes,

stuart: john quincy adams, rutherford b hayes, benjamin harrison, george w. bush and donald trump all lost the popular vote but won the election. now we know. none of us looked it up. i had a bad two weeks. stuart: especially mark, the markets are in the green. see what israel has done, the price of oil is below $70 a barrel. a quick check of the treasury, yield is 3.78%. it's yours. neil: you are right. israel's response to the missile attacks on iran is going to judge the tone of the market sample drive market activity for some time to come. oil prices whether you are talking west texas intermediate, the oil we use in the united states, very popular in europe, running up but not as far as they were, up 2% going into morning trading, nothing like that now. by and large we've seen 5% pickup in oil prices over the last 24 to 36 hours. a lot is coming down to the united nations right now. the united nations reunited response, it has been focusing of late on what israel could do in response to that activity yesterday. >> reporter: there's indication that israel

stuart: john, look, thanks nor -- for jumping on the show this morning. we appreciate. ike there? >> reporter: hey, stuart. over my shoulder in front of this port in red hook, brooklyn, they are all of those workers protesting saying they're not coming back to work or the bargaining table until they get what they want. i'm going to step out of the way. they stacked this terminal, they have these guys out here 24 hours a day. this is day three and counting, and they don't want any kind of automation. i asked them if it really is about the pay. they said it's not many -- not as much about the money as making sure they're not replaced by machines. 45,000 dock workers across the east can and gulf coasts. the irk la says they want a nearly 80% raise in wages over their next 6-year contract deal. saying these guys don't work 9-5 job, they work extraordinary hours and sacrifice time with their families. vice president cam lacer that is one -- kamala harris is supporting these dock workers on strike. i asked them how they think this is going to play out here, how long they'll be

stuart: that put the lid on that one. johnjoin us. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: see you later. now this, kamala harris just released new ads targeting asian-americans. madison, what cosay they? >> reporter: that kamala harris would be better for asian-americans than really anyone on the economy. she's trying to solidify support with that group because it is a key voting bloc. we're going to run some of the ad for you. it features five asian-americans making the argument that trump has, quote, a plan for himself while harris has a plan for the economy by lowering the price of housing, banning price gouging like we were just talking about on groceries and tax cuts for new businesses. now, according to recent polling, asian-americans support harris by a 2 to 1 margin. there are. 1.3 million asian-american voters in critical battleground sates line r including arizona a, georgia, michigan, north carolina, pennsylvania and wisconsin. we know those states are going to potentially decide this election. but we're starting to see some

john breckenridge? what have you got? ashley: don't know. dan quayle number 2. >> i will go with dan quayle as well. i know he was younger. stuartenridge. what do you know? james buchanan's vice president at the age of 36, enough information 57-1860 one. after he left office he served in the confederate army as a general during the civil war. that's it for "varney and company". thanks to mark tepper for being with us for the hour. neil, it's yours. neil: thank you.

john breckenridge? what have you got? ashley: don't know. dan quayle number 2. >> i will go with dan quayle as well. i know he was younger. stuartwould go with dan quayle. the answer is john breckenridge. what do you know? james buchanan's vice president at the age of 36, enough information 57-1860 one. after he left office he served in the confederate army as a general during the civil war. that's it for "varney and company". thanks to mark tepper for being with us for the hour. neil, it's yours. neil: thank you. we are focused on developments front and center and what's going on in florida of course, the imminent hit we are going to be seeing very soon from hurricane that has gone in and out of four in five back-and-forth over the last roughly 18 hours but it is a monster and milton will be an even bigger monster. we've got you covered with candles sniff in naples, florida. fort myers mayor kevin anderson is back with us and democratic laura congressman former fema director jared moscowitz, what he makes of this and our hurricane specialist brian norcross. we got a lot to get to so let's get to it. first with kindle in naples,

that notion, john stuart mill writes about in our own liberty, which is that you should have the right to do whatever you want and think whatever you want, say whatever you want right up until the point until you are encroaching on the rights of others. that's what social liberalism means. it means that you don't get to prevent someone from having a job simply because they are gay or black or whatever it might be. you don't get to censor other people's views. you live in a society where there are a plurality of views and and tolerance is at the heart of that as well of course in the us. i think when people liberal they generally mean it as being synonymous with the left or the democrats in australia, the liberal is the conservative party. so actually word is kind of fraught with various and misunderstandings. so i'm being very clear in the book what i by liberalism, i'm using it in terms of the old fashioned definition, what i believe to be the prevailing definition. and so what i'm saying there is that those are the values that underpin a functioning liberal democracy, a society, what

john mcclellan of arkansas, henry jackson of washington, and stuart symington of missouri. those hearings lasted from february of 53 through march of 90, 54 for the reports came out beginning in january. of 1954. what can you tell us about the other members of the committee? did they agree with senator mccarthy? were they eager to be on this committee and do this investigation? well, you have to understand the context of the government affairs committee and the permanent subcommittee on investigations. government affairs committee was not the most desirable committee for members to be on. it was sort of a place where newer members, first term members, would would end up serving because more experienced, more senior members would want to be on higher profile committees. so the interesting thing about the makeup of the committee and particularly that permanent subcommittee, which did the actual investigations and held the hearings, was that was that all of them, except for one, were first term members, including mccarthy himself. he was still in his first term and at least on

he thought that following john stuart mill, knowledge and truth are further when we have active discussion he recognized, people aren't perfect. you make the best decisions you can. >> lanny ebenstein, what were your interactions with milton and rose friedman like? >> i tell you, i really benefited from my interactions with milton and rose friedman. i remember the first time i went to milton and knocked on his door, i had set up an appointment with him when i was writing on rita kallick who had been a colic of his at the university of chicago. i asked if i could interview him, he said, sure, come up. the first thing i asked, do you mind if i take tape the conversation and the first thing he said, i have a single rule, what i said to one person, i say to everyone, i never say anything off the record. that is a principal, if you can live on, that is a moral principle. as i said, that greatly influenced me. he had an incredibly warm personality, whether you agreed or disagreed with him. he really cared about other people. he had a great sense of humor, huge energy, creative, extraordinarily f

john kell and she nobody else. that's a really bizarre closing message. stuart: last night didn't help her at all and didn't define who she is and why she's running only that she kent stand trump and he's dangerous. >> well, again, that wall street journal poll showed that people had a very daveable view of donald trump's job as president and had an unfavorable view of kamala harris'. she needs to explain -- she needs to make a case for herself and she hasn't done it and doesn't seem like it's happening in the last two weeks here. stuart: mollie hemingway, always a pleasure. come back and see us in new york. check the markets, please. we're down 159 for the dow and look at this, ibm down, they have a report which was not well received and the stock is down about 5% and now it's shaving 100 points off the dow. lou basenese with me for the hour sitting next to me. my question, obvious question, are higher rates on treasury yields going to kill this market rally? >> absolutely not. this is just a normalization. that's kind of contrarean to say. if you think about w

cash and one outlier montana where incumbent donald trump john tester remains down 7 points to tim sheehy despite a huge fundraising lead. stuartinteresting in the last five presidential elections, democrats outspent and outraised republicans in each race and bush, clinton to trump and this time clearly we'll see it's important but not decisive. stuart: important but not decisive. well done, william. brian brenberg with me, 60 million worth of tv ads a day. that's a big number. >> it makes me sick. spend all the money you want to get your message out there but our federal government is too important and has too much sway and the stakes are too high and all the money is spend on this and you've got government outright and wouldn't spend so much money on these politicians and you could invest it in something that creates wealth, stuart. stuart: you're never getting the government. brian, i think you're all right. thanks for joining us. all right, kamala harris says trump, it is trump who is hiding from voters and rejecting the debate and 60 minutes interview. roll it. you've got to see this. >> makes you wonder, why does his staf

stuart: you are definitely harrisburg, the guy with a british accent knows these things. john719, named the state capital in 1812. hosted the first national convention for the whig party in 1839. harrisburg is the state capital of pennsylvania. that's it for "varney and company". thanks for being with us. neil: i did not know that pennsylvania had so many distinctions not the least of which is the cheesesteak. no digressing what happening the corner of wall and broad. the catalyst among other things fo

stuart: you are definitely harrisburg, the guy with a british accent knows these things. john harris senior, 1719, named the state capital in 1812. hosted the first national convention for the whig party in 1839. harrisburg is the state capital of pennsylvania. that's it for "varney and company". thanks for being with us. neil: i did not know that pennsylvania had so many distinctions not the least of which is the cheesesteak. no digressing what happening the corner of wall and broad. the catalyst among other things for the dow, chip stocks taking it on the chin, collapsing oil prices down again today, $70 a barrel, built on optimism whatever the israelis do to respond to to this is rain in missile attack, attacking oil facilities, it or any of that as well as those nuclear facilities, sending a clear message to the markets that the built in fear premium that brought prices to $80 a barrel subsided significantly from that time. that might not all work out but we will see. donald trump in this town hall meeting was riveting especially when you heard him talk about the economy b

stuart: thanks, edward. let's get back to the interesting but very contentious interview with john michel this wait. >> we're going to bring the companies back, we're going to lower taxes still further for companies that are going to make their product in the usa. if we're going to protect those companies with strong tariffs. >> you're also talking about 10, 20% tariffs on the rest of the world. that is going to have a serious effect on the overall economy, the. >> i agree it's going to have a massive effect, positive effect. it's going to be a positive, not a negative. police departments let me just -- no, no, i know how committed you are to this, and it must be hard for you to spend 25 years talking about tariffs as negative and then have somebody explain to you that you're totally wrong. stuart: that was something of a putdown now, one it? james freeman joining us this morning, "wall street journal"ing guy. your opinion, will trump's tariff plan help or hurt the u.s. economy? >> the tariffs husbander, their costs. -- hurt. trump mommicsing is going to be -- trump mom ecs is going to be the good f

john and abigail adams who were the first. host: how did you get the named the white house and when? stuartif you did not have the paint on the stone, the stone is from virginia 30 miles down on the five heading toward richmond. it is a county park today. go back in the woods and you can see the outcropping of stone with the stonecutter's markings on them. they would break off the piece of the rock, drag it down the river, and with the help of enslaved workers they would bullet against the shore all the way upstream, offloaded here in what was called defendable sitting at the time. that they would drag it over to lafayette park. we call it that today, but it is the building grunt of the white house, in this gray -- stone was a great sandstone. if you were to see it it would be great, but the scottish stonemasons knew that you had to seal it so that the water creeping into would not expanding and crack the stone further, so they whitewashed it, and after the war of 1812 when it was burned by the british and rebuild, it was after that time that it was painted white. so it was referred to desc

stuart: a step in the right direction. brown university has rejected a proposal to divest from companies involved with israel's military. howell student protesters react to that? johnine has the story. president biden raised eyebrows with these comments yesterday. >> mr. president, what did benjamin netanyahu tell you about that? >> president biden: he is coming to help with the storm. blue on was that and was that a joke or gaffe? we will ask. dara lysa about it next. ♪ when you're looking for answers, it's good to have help. because the right information, at the right time, may make all the difference. at humana, we know that's especially true when you're looking for a medicare supplement insurance plan. that's why we're offering "seven things every medicare supplement should have". it's your free, just for calling the number on your screen. and when you call, a knowledgeable, licensed agent-producer can answer any questions you have and help you choose the plan that's right for you. the call is free. and there's no obligation. you see, medicare covers only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. that's why so many people purchase medica

stuart: we have a huge jump on djt and successful rally at madison area garden yesterday and over the last month, steady climb for djt and trump climbed in the polls. pennsylvania senator johnred donald trump is taylor swift. how did he figure that out, ashley? ashley: yeah, fetterman said trump's impact on the state is astonishing and referencing the former president's super stores throughout the state that sell t-shirts, bumper stickers, hats and other par fade pattern needn to this. >> anybody spends time driving around and see the intensity, it's astonishing. taylor swift kind of swag and like everything. it wasn't just a sign but it's the kinds of thing that's taken on its own life on that. and it's like something very special exists there and that doesn't mean that i admire it. ashley: he acknowledges it. fetterman said pennsylvania voters affinity for trump deepened after the former president was shot and survived an assassination attempt in the state. fetterman says "trump has created a special kind of hold. very interesting. stu. stuart: he acknowledges it at least. that's for sure. thanks, ash. with eight days till the election, both campaigns are focusing heavily

stuart: why do you think co are drifting towards trump because he is going to win. >> i got recruited as managing director of morgan stanley 20 years ago, my first day the ceo john mack love called and asked to contribute to hillary clinton dinner and i said in a lifetime conservative republican and he said so in my and he said our job is to bet on the winning pony it's good to not get deep into harris, the obviously not getting deep into trump player back they have to be pragmatic they have shareholders to think about. covenant president biden has been noticeably absent from the harris campaign it looks like an intentional move to dump the president, jason chaffetz will tell us how he sees it, for the congressman byron donalds criticizing harris' economy at the trump madison square garden rally last night. >> she unleased the massive inflation that made it harder for every working family in our country. she was around when i was a kid it would've devastated my mom who still lives in brooklyn. >> donald has stayed in new york city and use joining us onset here in the city in the next couple of minutes. we will be back. ♪ erful music) (phone ringing) [narrator] not al