jon? jon: conor thanks. the president of iran is warning president trump to make peace with tehran following u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal. he's pledging any conflict with his country would be quote the mother of all wars. >> translator: you cannot mobilize the iranian nation against iran's security. you are making a mistake. you have clearly shown your opposition against the iranian nation. do not play with the lion's tail or else you will regret it. it will bring you eternal regret. jon: president trump has previously suggested that iranian leaders would reach out to him to make a deal. >>> right now the trader joe's suspect is in police custody in los angeles after a deadly stand-off there. what we're learning about him. >>> and new information on the deadly duck boat accident in missouri. was there a red flag about that vessel well before the tragedy? >> my first reaction was oh my god. you know, i inspected those boats. and we saw the exhaust issue from day one. i have type 2 diabetes. i'm

jon: it raises an important question. remember moving to the united date that i was told get ready for payrolls growth to moderate. we are not going to be able to continuously print 200k, 200k. guess what we are doing? we are printing 200k. how is that possible? iain: a lot of slack in the market. the unemployment rate goes up and the participation rate goes up. it shows there is still slack which is why they are going very slowly compared to historical cycles, and we could see good prints going forward. >> 2019 is when we will see the end of hikes. one of the questions is when the , curve starts to get flatter, because the federal reserve continues to hike even with , these good jobs numbers, you wind up getting fears of a recession. flat curves, two to four years, before tend to precede a recession. the question becomes how worried is the fed about that. you heard the minutes yesterday, the fed is looking at the curve. the fed is worried and they're looking at the curve. there is not much they can do about curve flatten

jon? jon: allison, thank you. president trump vetting candidates to fill the soon to be vacant seat of retired supreme court justice anthony kennedy, retiring, i should say. as he aims for a swift confirmation, much like justice neil gorsuch received last year. already facing pushback from democrats, the president must also deal with concerns in his own party. senator susan collins of maine, considered a crucial vote, saying she has urged the president to widen his search beyond his list of 25 candidates. >> there are people on that list whom i could not support because i believe that they have demonstrated a disrespect for the vital principle o, which as chief justice roberts has said is a fundamental principle of our judicial system. jon: garrett teny joins us from washington with more. >> reporter: republicans have just enough seats in the senate that they could confirm the president's nominee on their own without any support from democrats. it only takes one gop senator defecting to change that and that is why

jon? jon: jonathan hunt in california. thank you. we've told you president trump spent the weekend in new jersey at his golf resort there. trump national. he is now at the morristown airport, you can see him striding toward air force one. this is again the smaller version of air force one, not the big 747, because of the shorter runway at morristown and the shorter trip involved, they put the president on a 757. it is still called air force one. any time the president is boarding it, is on board, it gets that designation with air traffic control. so the president will fly back to d.c. it will be a quick trip and back to the oval office and work. in the meantime, the president suggested he is prepared to go to the mat on immigration reform. what he's threatening and why it could have a big impact on the midterms? >>> and a sanctuary city escalating its feud with the white house announcing the end of a decade long contract with i.c.e. how the administration is responding? >>> plus, the white house hanging its hat on the new gdp number,

jon? >> gillian turner, thanks. >>> for more on this, here's a axios reporter, what a wild turn of events, the indictment of these 12 russian government officials just ahead of the putin trump summit. >> absolutely. let's not forget nato. i mean the timing of this summit was already something that people were talking about because allies were worried that the president was going to slam nato allies and praise president putin and on top of that we have these indictments. there's that much pressure for the president to unambiguously condemn russia on election meddling here. there's an argument that the meeting should be cancelled and putin shouldn't be rewarded for election meddling with meeting with the leader of the free world, but the argument, you know, for going ahead with the summit is that this is the time to confront him on this issue. >> a lot of -- there's been a lot of press about the fact that observers say there's more in this for putin than there is for president trump, that by

jon. jon: jillian, thank you.or more on this, let's bring back michael sharer, covering congress and the white house for the washington post. there's been a flip-flop from rudy guliani and some others at the white house regarding michael cohen. it used to be michael cohen was a stand-up guy. now he is not to be believed. so which is it? >> when it comes to trump and his inner circle, if you're helping him you're a good guy and if you're against him you're a bad guy. it can flip in an instant. that's what's happening here. i think cohen flipping, which is an appropriate way of describing what he's doing, it's remarkable. there was nobody closer in the political realm to president trump, going back to 2011. he was trump's enforcer. as we know from the allegations that have come out, he was allegedly read into the most private parts of trump's world, alleged payments to a playmate, from may boy, alleged payments to a porn star. this claim could be really explosive because trump has tried to define the russia investig

jon? >> ellison barber in new jersey with the president. thank you. >>> meanwhile, thousands braving the sweltering heat in washington, d.c. to attend an immigration rally right across from the white house. one young protester there reading a letter to a child separated from his parents at the southern border. >> i really hope you and everyone else gets free and live a happy playful life like a kid [applause] [cheers] >> i wish the president would think about everyone else who is suffering and sad and try to help. people may argue that there are good reasons for this, but there are not. there's not even one good reason. [cheers and applause] >> garrett tenney is covering that and has more for us from washington. garrett? >> after spending the day out there covering these protests in d.c., it is worth noting that a lot of the groups that are behind today's marches are the same ones that have been involved in organizing other protests against president trump and his policies. what was intere

jon: what do you make of that?shna: investment-grade market ,s driven by issuance --h-yield low issuance high-yield where it issuance was very low, defined more equities and equities are ok, and that is a good thing. the point about emerging markets and tightening financial conditions and the non-us markets, that is real. that is something the fed may not care about. by 2019, they will have no choice but to care about. jon: whether the feedback loop is still sort of their, whether u.s. economy response and whether there is feedback into u.s. credit. right now, on the screen, equity bolts rolling over. placeigh-yield being the to be, does that change? think it does and i would disagree with the investment rate. there is a reason is been selling off in the u.s.. late cycle behavior but we are not seeing that and the high-yield market. high-yield market leverage ratios is coming down following the energy crisis. world, the the european market looks healthy to us on the investment-grade side, but you have got the eleph

. >> jon: john roberts, thanks.anada is answering back to the trump administration's new taxes on steel and aluminum. on midnight sunday the company began imposing tariffs on $12.6 billion in u.s. goods. among the items getting hit with higher rates, steel and iron, dishwasher detergent, catch up and even pizza. mexican voters have elected a new president, one many see as an opportunity for the country to overcome corruption and reduce the deadly violence ther there. national correspondent william la jeunesse is in mexico city with a look at how the president-elect hopes to change the landscape. >> fueled by anger, filled with hope, mexican voters sunday elected a 64-year-old left-wing nationalist andres manuel lopez obrador to lead them for the next six years. >> we will apply the three basic pencils, do not lie, do not steal and do not betray people, viva mexico. >> but satisfy mexican voters could also inflame relations with the u.s., especially his plan to end the drug war in three years. >> why should we go on

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i'm sandra smith. >> jon: i'm jon scott in for bill hemmer.nited nations today after pushing back on the notion that north korea isn't doing anything to dismantle its nuclear arsenal. he said he knows what is going on while others can only guess. >> no one has been closer to that than i have. everyone else is simply speculating. i've been there. the north koreans are consistently reaffirmed their commitment that chairman kim made to president trump. no one was under any illusions it would happen in hours, days or even weeks. it will take time to achieve this outcome. >> sandra: rich edson is live at u.n. headquarters in new york city. >> high-level meetings ongoing at the united nations. secretary of state mike pompeo, u.n. ambassador nikki haley and representatives from the security council, china, russia, south korea talking about north korea and trying to get kim jong-un to surrender his nuclear weapons program. they want to keep up sanctions pressure against north korea until it finally dismantles its program. the u.s. is now complaining o

jon. jon: jillian, thank you.his, let's bring back michael sharer, covering congress and the white house for the washington post. there's been a flip-flop from rudy guliani and some others at the white house regarding michael cohen. it used to be michael cohen was a stand-up guy. now he is not to be believed. so which is it? >> when it comes to trump and his inner circle, if you're helping him you're a good guy and if you're against him you're a bad guy. it can flip in an instant. that's what's happening here. i think cohen flipping, which is an appropriate way of describing what he's doing, it's remarkable. there was nobody closer in the political realm to president trump, going back to 2011. he was trump's enforcer. as we know from the allegations that have come out, he was allegedly read into the most private parts of trump's world, alleged payments to a playmate, from may boy, alleged payments to a porn star. this claim could be really explosive because trump has tried to define the russia investigation around

jon? >> gillian turner, thanks. >>> for more on this, here's a axios reporter, what a wild turn of events, the indictment of these 12 russian government officials just ahead of the putin trump summit. >> absolutely. let's not forget nato. i mean the timing of this summit was already something that people were talking about because allies were worried that the president was going to slam nato allies and praise president putin and on top of that we have these indictments. there's that much pressure for the president to unambiguously condemn russia on election meddling here. there's an argument that the meeting should be cancelled and putin shouldn't be rewarded for election meddling with meeting with the leader of the free world, but the argument, you know, for going ahead with the summit is that this is the time to confront him on this issue. >> a lot of -- there's been a lot of press about the fact that observers say there's more in this for putin than there is for president trump, that by

. ♪ >> jon: i am a jon scott emperor shepard smith today.he latest verification from the white house after president trump had a meeting in helsinki. right now about the senate is voting on a resolution against russia -- i guessed russia, i should say to questioning u.s. officials. that would include formal ambassadors to russia. moscow asked to question the ambassador in exchange for allowing the u.s. access to access the queues in russian meddling. president trump called it an incredible offer. in the last couple of hours, officials said president trump disagreed with it. they had called russia's request absolutely absurd and ambassador michael mcfaul tweeted that he would hope the white house would correct the record on what he calls a ridiculous request. so right now, in the senate, they are voting on this nonbinding resolution. we will keep you apprised as to what that vote reveals. >> all right, remember yesterday a reporter asked the president if he thinks russia is still targeting the u.s. resident trump said no. contradicting his to

i'm sandra smith. >> jon: jon scott in for bill hemmer. meet with members of congress to talk taxes while facing a firestorm of criticism from republicans and democrats alike for seeming to side with vladimir putin over his own government on election meddling. >> president trump is not being given enough credit for the actions he has taken against russia and the actions he has taken to strengthen america and our military. our military is being funded. our military personnel have gotten their first raise, veterans being taken care of. all of these things are putting us in a better position against russia. >> sandra: we have fox team coverage. mike emanuel live on capitol hill with reaction from lawmakers but we begin with kristin fisher live at the white house for us this morning. how is the white house responding to all this criticism this morning? >> you know, the first day back after a long foreign trip is usually pretty quiet. today it's especially quiet. we don't know if there will be a briefing today or not. the only event on presiden

jon, you know what i'm excited about? >> jon: what's that?jon: oh, wow. >> stephen: sitting right there. >> jon: i love it. that's exciting. >> stephen: yeah. >> jon: that's going to be the best ever. >> stephen: did you see-- did you see that interview on the "today show" yesterday? >> jon: oh yeah, yeah. >> stephen: yeah, we might talk about it a little bit. >> jon: oh, wow. ( laughter ) >> stephen: okay. are we over here? here, here-- all right. hey, remember that trump tower meeting attended by don, jr., jared kushner, and paul manafort? also known as huey, duey, and colludy. ( laughter ) well, before the election, after being promised dirt on hillary clinton, they met with kremlin lawyer natalia veselnitskaya. ♪ ♪ ( laughter ) once the news of this meeting became public, don, jr. released a statement saying he was meeting was about adoptions. they were hoping to find a loving family for eric. ( laughter ) call now. trump clearly wrote that statement for his son. you knew as soon as you read it. but if that were true, that would be obstru

featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: wo! how are you? ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: i love it! thank you. hey, folks! thank you very much. hey, joseph! hello, louis. please have a seat, everybody. welcome to "the late show," one and all. i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) today, you're excited, i know why you're excited, because today is donald trump's 500th day in office. ( audience reacts ) which means congratulations, we made it through the first trimester of his presidency. ( laughter ) but for some reason my nausea hasn't gone away. you know what else isn't going away: the mueller investigation. ( cheers ) no matter how hard trump tries. and this morning he added a new wrinkle tweeting: "as has been stated by numerous legal scholars, i have the absolute right to pardon myself. ( laughter ) but why would i do that when i have done n

oh, jon. ♪ ba-da-da-day-bom >> jon: ♪ ba-ba-bom-bom-bom >> stephen: good to see you.it. >> jon: thank you so much. >> stephen: i like the tan suit. >> jon: it's on a vibe today. >> stephen: yes, very atticus finch. ( laughter ) >> jon: yeah, feeling good. >> stephen: listen, you know who i'm excited about tonight? >> jon: what's that? who's that? >> stephen: mandy moore, i wanted to talk to her for a long time. josh groban and sara bareilles who are hosting the tonys are going to be out here. and then our musical guest-- you guys are in for a treat-- it's meghan trainor is going to be out here. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: she's all about that bass, no treble. >> stephen: yeah, i'm all about the bass. >> jon: you all about the bass? >> stephen: i'm all about the bass. she's not doing that song, but i'm all about the bass. ( laughter ) it's going to be fantastic. she will be close enough for these people to touch. it's going to be fantastic. ( cheers ) now, ladies and gentlemen, over the weekend, there's been a new contender for "worst dance floor moves." and before

christian: jon sopel reporting there. maybe it was that moment in the press conference when he was asked about the indictmentsf 12 russian military officials, ducking the question, that did bring howls of despair not only from demrats but republicans back at home. he seems incapable, this president, to separate collusion from the russia investigation and the findings of his own intelligence agencies. when he was askedt pointedly abe russian investigation, off to a off -- veered rambling answer about hillae- clinton'il servers. he sees the investigation as a deep state plot agnst him to undermine his election victory and re-freezes point blank to iticize vladimir putin. a lot of people compare that with how other american presidents have behaved alongside russian leaders in the past. think back to ronald r 1gan, who in t0's called russia the evil empire, but then from a position of strength found a way to negotiate with president gorbachev. lookirosenberg has been back at the various meetings over the years between russian

jon: any u.s. presidential visit is an exercise in the projection of power, and while the protesters won't get near him, there are those who support donald trump getting the red carpet treatment as britain's tant ally. >> i think donald trump will have wonderful and fruitful conversations with the prime minister, because at the end of the day, does not matter w is president or prime minister, the long-standing relationship s between our two countriell endure. jon: when president trump arrived into britain today, he was greeted on behalf of the government by the international trade secretary, underlining again the importance of trade, the preeminent issueeresa may's agenda. there are signs that donald trump, far from coming to her aid, idoing his best to undermine a fragile truce she reached with her divided cabinet last friday. jane: short time ago i spoke jon in central london. a may has had a couple of days with the donald trump in brussels. what does she hope to gain by having him home in the u.

jon, gad to see you. you know who we have on tonight, jon?you smell. >> stephen: i do, i can smell, what dwayne johnson is cooking for us. >> jon: oh yeah. that will be slick i love dwayne johnson. >> stephen: i wanted to talk to him, one of the true international superstars, dwayne johnson. >> jon: huge, huge star. >> stephen: i want to call him the rock but it is twain jock son, i don't know if it's rock any more. >> jon: you should ask him that, see what he says, that would be a food question. >> stephen: maybe i will. it might be a good first question. >> jon: you're welcome. >> stephen: i don't know if he are in a j, j.lo, everybody i don't want to be j.lo any more, everybody goes okay, so people don't-- say her name at all. >> right be then she goes okay, j.lo is god. dwayne johnson is a powerful name itself. dwayne the john ton-- johnson. >> oh. >> stephen: it's the "the." >> jon: i don't know about that one. >> stephen: maybe not, okay. (laughter) large man, very friendly. you and me, dwayne, you and me buddy, like this. you know folk

>> i think he'll go after jon tester. but i think the president might encourage this rural audience to be patient and recognize this is a negotiating strategy and the united states will come out better off. it's a heavy agriculture state in montana. but if you look at the agriculture numbers, small businesses. 31% of small businesses increased wages last month. the economy is very impressive. i think it's leading to more people getting training and education. there is a lot to talk about economically. >> when you see the shot of the those people waiting for the rally. those individuals have already felt the benefits of the president's policies. they have questions about what might happen with the tariffs. but they are going to trust him. this is a president with his pulse -- finger on the pulse of the country and he'll speak to voters. charles: donald trump, jr. will play a role in the mid-terms and he's extremely popular with the base. now his son donald trump, jr. being a surrogate out there. today late in the day we ha

and they all talked about jon gruden and you will see a theme here. >> jon gruden a special coach. he is kind of like a player on the field. he's very energetic. he is loud. he is talking noise. he is talking trash. >> high energy guy. what you see is what you get. if you messing up he gonna let you know. you doing good he gonna let you know. >> there's never a time i have seen jon gruden not excited. he is just a guy that can pump you up. >> he doesn't change. he is always fiery. he loves football. he wants to win. he loves his players. he loves his coaches. he demands from you. i think all of those things are things that i knew about him that day and things that i know about him here five years later. >> and derek carr referring to a quarterback camp that was fiv years ago. derek carr now in his fifth season. but it's going to be fun and exciting from a media standpoint. i can't wait to just cover this team all year long. >> all right. so it's a new era for the raiders. jon gruden is in town. last year is jack del rio's team. what's difference even though it's only day one but ho

. >> jon: thank you. this is a fox news alert. welcome to washington, i'm jon scott in for bret baier tonight. president trump expected to make remarks at a military salute to service charity dinner within the hour. we will take you there live when he does, because while we expect him to think veterans for their service, we also wonder whether he might hint at some of the other big issues facing his administration, including new details about who he is interviewing for the supreme court. it's a list that now includes a sitting senator. chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us from the north lawn with details. good evening. >> good evening to you. the white house has been tight-lipped about the interview and selection process but it appears tonight that president trump is nearing the end of his search. president trump left washington for west virginia today with no comment about the search for a supreme court nominee, but the white house tells fox news the president spoke with three more candidates today. sources say t

i am jon scott in for bret baier.n the day that we celebrate our freedom, many are concerned about president trump's pick for the supreme court. president trump isn't talking about it today. he's talking about independence day with military families at the white house. >> hamburgers, hot dogs and the marine corps band. the president kicked off military families pigment here on the south lawn of the white house. president honoring each branch of service here in the south lawn and this is all head of tonight's fireworks show nation's capital. 242 years of independence and the 45th president commemorates the first. >> general george washington fought a long, tough war with the british to end america's freedom. today as we celebrate the fourth of july with friends and family, let us never forget that our freedom has been earned through the blood and sweat and sacrifice of american heroes. >> president trump began celebrations last evening speaking at a salute service dinner in west virginia after a day of interviewing fin

>> jon: ow! >> stephen: thank you, john! >> jon: yeah, yeah! lucky to work with you, man! lucky to work with these people over here! welcome back, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) you know, folks, we have been talking a lot this week about how our president seems to be playing for the other team. i'm beginning to think it's not the kneeling during the national anthem that bothers him. it's that it's the wrong national anthem. ( audience reacts ) >> jon: wow... >> stephen: and, now, the purposeful confusion over putin's intentions is being continued by secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen, seen here thinking about baby jails. ( laughter ) today, she said this about the intelligence community's conclusion that russia supported trump's candidacy. >> i haven't seen any evidence that the attempts to interfere with our election infrastructure was to favor a particular political party. >> stephen: what? so... they meddled in an election, but didn't care who won? that's like a gambler saying, "don't worry, i fixed the race-f

jon tester voted no on repealing obama care.ven though we got a little surprised vote that evening, you will remember that evening somebody came down with a thumbs down after campaigning for years he was going to repeal and replace. that's ok. for the most part, we have already done it, and we have great health care coming out, as it just came out two weeks ago, and we got rid of the individual mandate and lots of other things. [cheering] pres. trump: sometimes, we have to do it the hard way. but that is ok too. jon tester voted no on tax cuts for montana families. he voted no on cutting the estate tax or the death tax for your farms, your farmers. and your small businesses. think of that one. but you got it anyway because we got it passed. [cheering] pres. trump: for the most part, you will have no estate tax or death tax. you can leave your farm, leave your small business to her children, or whoever you want to leave them. don't always leave them to the children. if the children aren't good children, don't leave them. leave th

jon tester voted know on kate's law.steinle was gunned down by a five-time deported illegal immigrant. you deserve a senator who doesn't talk like he's from montana. you deserve a senator who actually votes like he is from montana. [applause] tester even voted know on extreme vetting for refugees. do you believe this one? what is going on with that? the democrats want open borders, which means lots of crime. we want no crime. we are going to protect ice. we protect ice. they protect us, and we protect them. you saw that clown yesterday on the statue of liberty or did you see the guys who went up there? did you see that clown up on the statue of liberty? did you see those guys? the bravery of doing that? we protect ice and our border patrol and law enforcement and our fire department. we protect our people. jon tester opposed our travel ban to keep america safe, which, by the way, i'm proud to report, the supreme court of the united states just upheld the trump ravel ban. they gave us the authority to rotect our nation. k

i gave this to jon-- how good was it, jon batiste. >> jon: it was killer. >> but it looks terrible itone's puked in that. >> stephen: yeah. >> and the two fingers up. in the u.k. when someone gives you two fingers t is not pleasant. so presentation is lacking. >> stephen: wait a second, presentation is backing lacking, that's fantastic. it's like a broth with shrimp what would you do with it. >> i would make it more creamy. sort of whip some butter in thex th looks dul e, come on. come on. >> stephen: you are a not a nice person. but here's the thing, what i do like, on master chef junior, are you nice to the kids, because you're har be. you are like an avenging angel on someone you think is not doing a good job. but how are you nice to these children if are you such a mean, terrible person most of the time. (laughter) >> they're bloody eight years of age. [bleep], what do you expect, wake up you lyle [bleep], get a grip, are you useless [bleep]. you can't talk like that to kids. [bleep] i mean-- . >> stephen: i have the emotional development of a child. and you attacked me. >> you de

jon: nonsense, said donald trump. pres. trump: i said it one time again and i will say it one more time, there was no collusion. i didn't know the president. there was nobody to collude with. jon: also th uncomfortable question. >> does the russian government ve come from rising -- have compromising material on president trumor his family? [laughter] pres. putin: yes, i did hear these rumors that we collect rocosing material on president trump. when president trump was in moscow back then, i did not know he was in mo i treat president trump with the utmost respect. jon: forget collusiohat about simple russian interference, something the 12 russian intelligence agents were indicted for last week? >> would you with the ole world watching tell president putin -- would you denounce what happened in 2016 and warned him never to do it again pres. trump: all i can do is ask the question. my people came to me, dan came to me and others, and said they think it is russia.i ve president putin. he said it is not ruia. i will say this,

thank you, jon!n extremely talented artist who has been an "archandroid", an "electric lady", and now, a "dirty computer." please welcome, janelle monae! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: hello! hey! >> hi, y'all! how y'all doing? >> stephen: hey, nice to see you again. >> oh, my goodness, so happy to be here. good to see you. >> stephen: do you remember the first time we met? >> yes, how could i forget? >> stephen: i will never forget. we were at the white house. >> at the white house. >> stephen: it was a good party. >> oh, yeah, it was an amazing party. >> stephen: it was not this president, but a different president. >> it was under different circumstances. >> stephen: it was the previous president's 55t 55th birthday. probably the best party i have been to. >> hands down. >> stephen: you've probably been to better parties. >> oh, no, that was it. there's nobody who knows how to party like my forever president, barack obama. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: one of the parts

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. jane: a short time ago i spoke with heather long "the washington post." what is behind the growth? heather: there are two key things behind the 4.1% growth in the second quarter. the first is good thing, that american consumers are still spending. they are opening utheir wallets, using some savings from the tax cut to buy things. that is good news for the economy. the other thing is the magic bean, and that is a bunch ofco tries overseas bought a lot of u.s. soybeans andlt agrial products in the second quarter because they wanted to buy them before the tariffs went into effect. that boost helped get us over 4% in the second quarter, but it is not going to last. jane: does that mean that the riffs could undermine th growth we are seeing? heather: so what happened is kindf funny -- in the second quarter it boosted growth because inpanies to get purchases ahead of july 1. but you are right, heading into the third quarter and fourth quarter, president trump says thegr 4th will be sustaina

it's time to retire liberal democrat jon tester. get on your side a real montana fighter. you see it. you've been watching for the last six months. he is a tough cookie. he's a fighter, matt rosen dale. jon tester says one thing when he's in montana, but i will tell you -- i'm a testament to it -- he does the exact opposite when he goes to washington. tester is a vote for chuck schumer, nancy pelosi -- [crowd boos] and the new leader of the democrat party, maxine waters. [crowd boos] where have they gone? on repealingted no obama care. you all remember that evening somebody came down with a thumbs down after campaigning for years he was going to repeal and replace. that's ok. for the most part, we have already done it, and we have great health care coming out, as it just came out two weeks ago, and we got rid of the individual lots of other things. sometimes, we have to do it the hard way. jon tester voted no on tax cuts for montana families. he voted no on cutting the estate tax or the death tax for your farms, your farmers. think

clearly jon tester sees the vulnerability there. campaign ads this weekend, but if president trump goes there tonight, he's already called on tester to resign, he's going to go there, clearly that sort of mitigates in his entire argument. >> tester is someone that has hung in a number of really tough races in montana and he knows the people of his state and the people of his state like him. i think it will be difficult for trump to do something which is just throw some red meat out because people have known him for some time now and he's been through a lot of tough fights. >> he's never gotten more than 50% of the vote, we've always had close races. this is a state president trump won by nearly 20 points, this will be a very competitive senate race. you look at the tax reform law, jon tester wasn't there. jon tester railroaded ronnie jackson, president trump stake for va secretary. there's plenty of red meat for individuals who support president trump and wanted jon tester to show up. >> melissa: how would you knock him specifically

>> jon: oh, david sedaris!ack. >> thank you so much. >> stephen: nice to see ya. >> you, too. >> stephen: now, you're giving this weekend-- you have a real honor coming up. you're a graduation speaker. where are you doing it this time? >> oberlin. >> stephen: oberlin college. nice liberal place, oberlin. >> i know you've done a few. you have two audiences, the students and their parents. it's hard to talk to both groups at the same time. >> stephen: do you have a plan or are you going to pick one side or the other? >> i'm going to go back and forth. i mean, i went to the art institute of chicago. >> stephen: oh, yes, i remember. >> so our graduation speaker was a conceptual artist, named vito aconchi, and he had built a ramp and gallery and crouched beneath it and masturbated for two weeks without stopping. that's actually what he did. >> stephen: wow. so he's a 14-year-old artist. ( laughter ) >> my mom didn't know, so i explained to her who he was. and she said, you could do that! ( laughter ) it gave the par

ooh. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's jon hamm in "tag" with ed helms.ry and part of what is great about the movie is that really, these -- there really is a group of guys who really do play tag. >> 100%. it started -- the setup there is that a "wall street journal" reporter is interviewing me about my company. >> jimmy: yes. >> and this thing happens where this crazy game happens in front of the reporter. and i try to pick up at the end like, okay, what were we talking about? the reporter's like, no, no, no, we're not talking about your business anymore, we're talking about whatever that was. >> jimmy: and is that how it really went down? >> yeah. >> jimmy: is that how the article -- >> it was like a happy accident. >> jimmy: wow. >> it's based on the story of these ten guys in spokane, washington that have now kind of dispersed around the country, because they're adults with jobs and careers and families, who one month out of the year play this kind of no holds barred game of tag and have been doing it since they were 9. >> jimmy: they'll show up, fly

say hello to jon batiste and the band, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) jon, you know what it meansover here in the second act of the show is we had too much monologue for our monologue so now we're going to remonologue. you obviously deserve more, don't you? ( cheers and applause ) before the break, we were talking about the complete meltdown of institutional integrity in washington. and you know who wasn't there? donald trump. that's kind of his thing. because today he's in england getting ready to have tea with the queen. (as trump) "i was watching 'the crown' on netflix. man, you used to be smokin' hot. like an 8, 9 metric. ( laughter ) but just this morning, he was busy making nato great again. for instance, he was at a meeting about russian aggression in ukraine and georgia, and-- surprise, surprise-- trump swiftly changed the subject to military spending and warned allies that if they didn't increase their payments, "i'll do my own thing." and he means it, because i'm pretty sure melania won't anymore. ( laughter ) >> jon: aaahhh! (singing). >> stephen: i have no idea what th

dagen: in what way jon? that.nt rate 3.8 or possibly move it higher, that is just where i think there could be a surprise in the report. dagen: what are you watching for. >> labor participation i want to know how er we getting creative to get americans back into the market really far reform untapped market those out of the jail retired coming back i want to look at. dagen: something maria bartiromo talked about on this program there are more job openings in this country than people unemployed, and you've had employers waiving drug testing on individuals. >> marijuana. dagen: marijuana testing on individuals years easier to fin people 78-point loss on your futures right now as we get close to the bottom of the hour that much anticipated jobs' report. 195,000 jobs is the expectation, 207,000 jobs is the average, so far this year, so we're taking to you labor department -- >> unemployment rated actually rose to 4% in june, the job market created 213,000 jobs breaks down to 202000 jobs private sector 11,000 jobs in th

jon: certain wariness. be a if you look at donald trump's language towards president rouhani compared to president putin, it is very different. donald trump has been tough on iran and has made that a central feature of his policy to be tough. i don't think the same circumstances apply as did post helsinki. ne: jon sopel, thanks very much indeed.n for morey iran meeting and what took place at the white efhouse today, i spoke a b time ago with former state department official heather conley, who is now astthe center fotegic and international studies. having just pulled out of the deal that europeans spent brars trying ter, what do you think they are making of the invitation to meet with the president of iran? her: our european friend are still recovering from the president's nato and helsinki summit, i'm sure they are reeling right now. we don't know what this means. two months into his tenure, secretary of state mike pompeo an,ted 12 demands for g dealth regional influence,th ballistic missile program, deali

jon: i'm jon erlichman. when it comes to some of the news overseas today, u.k.rime minister theresa may was not the only person president trump criticized in his interview with the british newspaper "the sun." he also had some harsh words for the london mayor city time, saying he was doing a terrible job preventing terrorism and crime. trump singled me out, in the tweets that he sends come in interviews that he gives. it is quite clear that here in london we love americans. americans contribute hugely to our city economically, socially, culturally. americans here in london, calling themselves londoners for joining in the protest today. we will see many of them protesting against president trump, the policies he has. it is not an anti-american march today. i cannot explain what goes to president trump's mine or what he picks on me. >> you have also been attacks in other parts of the britain and europe. you think racism is something that motivates him? >> president trump can why he says what he does. thetimes he can normalize attitudes that far right groups hold.

jon: the u.s. and the europeans announced last week that they seem to have an agreement in the works, is the u.s. going to start talking to china again, that's on hold right now. dagen: real quick, kat, i want to get your sense because we talk about technology stocks selling off every day despite month to date, all the market gauges are out, even dow transports are up even of all market gauges, how much does it affect people if at all feeling about the overall economy, the wealth in the country, particularly among your age group? >> i don't think it really affects whatsoever. i don't think people focus on tinny ins and outs. i think tariffs are taxes and i don't think that people are really as pieted about them as many of president trump's supporters are specifically are. dagen: dan, i will give you a final word, whatever you want to say, put explanation for us. >> they are going to work the way through the system over the next several quarters and perhaps next few years, what we think that ultimat

and yum china. >>> coming up, unusual activity with jon and pete.t is next we're find out the options move they are tracking in a stock that's already seen a gain of 11% in a month where's it going next? we'll try and give you the answer first up, the s&p sector check there it is. more green than red. s&p is flat. utilities adg leinthe way. we're back in two minutes. year, i am sorry about that. [music playing] (vo) progress is in the pursuit. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during summer of audi sales event. ♪ >>> let's talk about gilead now. there's a look at the stock today it's down slightly it subpoena is up 11% over the month. what is the options saying at the meter. jon and pete with unusual activity >> you're up first >> look at this nice rising you were referring to, scott that's a nice move from 65 up to the $78 level it's trading now september 82 calls, 10,000 of those bought today looking out a little bit this has had nothing but move inside for gilead pretty aggressive. i like the stock enough. i like t

jon: i noticed the wheels are a little scuffed, also.nis: i also eliminated the wholesalers so we could sell higher. they're taking margin right out of your pocket. do you not see that? jon: who the hell am i gonna sell my cars to? lemonis: dealers. previously, they were buying 70 cars a month at an average gross profit of $1,100 per car. today, they buy an average of 220 cars a month with an average gross profit of $2,300 per car. on an annual basis, they're generating more than $5 million of additional gross profit. that's why changing the process was important. jon: after marcus came, business increased substantially and the profit margins increased, as well. andrew: marcus has imagination, and that's what really propels businesses forward. lemonis: what i love the most is that the baron brothers are closer than ever, and they're secure, debt-free, and making a lot of money. they're each making over $200,000 a year, with the opportunity to make a lot more. andrew: you gave us hope. lemonis: i'm really proud of you. jon: the man built

they recognized jon tester has tried to obstruct it at every turn.reform to regulatory reform to voting against supreme court nominees to character assassination on ronnie jackson, his last nominee for the veterans administration. were noty these polls part of the thousands and tens of thousands of people that attended a rally in great falls, montana, on july 5 and were cheering for the present. dodd-frank,entioned senator tester on the senate banking committee. he has been opposed to the presidents trade policy. lots of farmers near state are not thrilled about the president has been negotiating entree. how would you urge the president on the issue of trade, particularly as it impacts agricultural parts of your state? matt: we are watching those trade negotiations very closely. i was pleased to see the european commission president was going to come to the u.s. this week to have discussions about the different tariffs. i watched as the president stood on canadian soil and invited everyone that was there talking about trade to remove all tariffs, to

jon, thank you so much. jon hilsenrath, we covered it all. vacation horror, at least 11 people dead after tour boat flips over in branson, missouri, frantic search for 5 others that are still missing, accident caused by rough weather in midwest which also triggered tornadoes in parts of iowa, we have the very latest. and donate over a million dollars every day. so our communities can be even stronger. it's a new day at wells fargo. but it's a lot like our first day. >> at least 11 people some of them children are dead after a powerful storm in missouri causes boat to capsize. >> 31 passengers on board the bet. dive teams working through the night to find several that are still missing, the boat sunk to the bottom of lake as intense thunderstorms passed through area, 11 dead and two adults listed in critical condition, ntsb is investigating why the boat was out in such rough waters. in the meantime we have tornadoes ripping through iowa shredding homes at least 17, the twisters flattening buildings and flipping over cars at least in 3 cities.

this is bloomberg. ♪ jon: this is bloomberg markets. i'm jon erlichman in toronto.ry: disney make it happily ever after. comcast dropped its bid for rupert murdoch's 21st century fox, clearing the way for bob iger's $85.1 billion at edition. so what comes next? to have you with us. the first question would be what would happen to sky? >> it seems like the fox situation has been cleared up. disney is probably going to close that deal. they have regulatory approval. off sky may be disney backs of that. maybe they decide we will just let comcast have it given where the prices have gotten to for this deal. it possible that disney continues pursuing it. they have said that it is the crown jewel. i think we are getting to the point where there's a lot of egg numbers involved here and disney had to end up offering cash. when they are looking at their balance sheet and thinking about the debt that they didn't want to take on to do this may be selling fox's stake in sky would be a way to raise cash and get things back to where they wanted. shery: what does it mean for comcas

>> jon: right, just like that suit.: not only is that jazz, it's also barbershop quartet. >> i like it because it makes you happy when you see it because you think ice cream right away. >> stephen: peppermint ice cream. >> yeah. >> stephen: let me ask you about this country we call america. are you familiar? i familiar? >> stephen: what's going on with america? >> don't you get up and try to figure it out? i was cleaning or something and all of a sudden i think i've articulated, electing trump is to americans what beaching themselves is to whales. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> that's it! >> stephen: yeah. you don't know why -- >> scientists don't understand it. >> stephen: mmm. right? noe only difference is we don't back in the water. >> stephen: not even splash water on us. >> but don't you find ate lit ail districtive? there's been a steady deterioration, but it's been steady to some degree. aren't there days when you wake up and if he hasn't said something absolutely stupid you just feel a little empty? i mean, you, i