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how does that work, lauren in. lauren: okay.d unionize 30,000 family caregivers in michigan. it would classify those aides as employees of the state and allow unions to collect dues from them. even if they didn't want to be in a union, they would still have to the pay up. yeah. whitmer says unionization will allow these caregivers of senior, of disabled to collectively bargain for better pay and benefits, but opponents say, look, these bills are is unclear as they're written, and what they do in the end is put pressure on the employers, often small companies. and that leads to worker shortages in the end. so you're not helping the exact population that you want to help, the disabled and the elderly. ashley: exactly. closed shops never work. lauren, thank you very much. let's get back to the port strike. port owners have agreed to a tentative deal with the ila, but only good until january 15th. it's not a wholly-done deal. celebrity chef and restaurant owner andrew gruel joins me this morning. great to see you, andrew. let me beg

lauren: i stuart: i d. lauren: i'm waiting for election day.art: this is a busy week for the markets and big tech earning ands one week to the election, eight days and get the october jobs report on friday. start with big tech hawaii are you expecting to see in the big tech earnings reports? the thing that's even more interesting over the last quart service connected what their projections and forecasts will be. >> the revenue that they're expecting to ramp up from ai and from the cloud services. i think it's going to be very optimistic and going into this election, people are optimistic going into the election and good week in the markets and ai optimistic and people are optimistic going into the election, stuart. stuart: you think we're in the early innings of data center gold rush? we've talked about this before, but it's the gold rush. >> going back to 1869 in san strap and the companies making the most are those companies. look at est, virtue systems and i mean, vrt, they've done great in electrification of the data centers and they're out

lauren: lauren up another 3%.portedly invested another $100 million in openai, the maker of chatgpt. so what, right? $100 million is a drop in the bucket for a $3 trillion company. but what it does, in my opinion, is cements the image that nvidia is attached to the artificial intelligence. as its ceo calls blackwell, their newest chip, demand for that, quote, insane and in full production. so they're not having any issues getting that to market. stuart: come on, that's good for 3% -- >> that's good for 3%, but i'm a long-term investor, not a short-term day trader. look, the yankees can't win the world series every year, they've won the most, nvidia can't win the a.i. race every -- lauren: you would date nvidia, you wouldn't marry nvidia. [laughter] >> i'm already married. stuart: let's move on. amazon -- lauren: they're hiring 250,000 workers for holidays. okay. adobe is predicting online sales overall will jump from last year by almost 8.5% this holiday season. amazon's going to get a huge piece of that action. b

stuart: lauren -- lauren: what?art: you've been making faces. >> i'm feeling the masculinity -- >> i'm a chips and dip, but it's a different kind of club. >> jimmy is on point more than usual today. [laughter] lauren: more than usual. [laughter] >> it was great. stuart: jimmy, we will be watching you on every weekend on fox news saturday night, it airs at 10 p.m. eastern, you're a great guy. thanks for being with us. >>> back to the markets, please. not that much price change for any of the indicators or. identify got the dow up a huge 1.50. there you have it. dow's up a point, now it's down a point. s&p up 8 and the nasdaq clinging to a 69-point gain. mike murphy, big tech companies start reporting today. what are you looking for? >> price movement if -- after the numbers. from last quarter when they announced, stuart, a lot of big techs haven't moved much at all. take meta out of there, there's really been very little price movement. so what are they going to the tell us that's going to kick us to new highs, that'

lauren: trump.three outcomes, the first is harris went, congress is split, he says that is status quo, second, trump wins congress is split, that means tariffs. and number of paris, the most likely in his opinion, trump victory and gop clean sweep of congress. he says, quote, after looking at different metrics such as betting markets, polls, election modelers, forecast and financial markets, the implications of his most likely scenario, trump win, republican sweep for investors, tax cuts and tariffs. he worries that increases the deficit but fuels economic growth, he pegs it at 2.3%. stuart: i love to see what the mccright say if trump and the gop get clean sweep, that will be something to behold. lauren: he could get a lot done. stuart: still their head, the harris campaign not doing well with men, they are listed the help of various movie stars. a new campaign ad implies that women should vote for harris and not tell their trump supporting husbands. that's "my take," top of the our. game 4 of the

lauren: yeah. the fiscal year just started october 1st, and already nearly half of that $202 billion disaster fund has been spent responding to helene and milton to. expectagency might have to restrict further spending and lending until congress approve funding. senator j.d. vance slam 2 the administration's -- slammed the administration's response to the disasters. >> north carolina's underwhat water. what should have happened is that the president expect vice president should have sent the 82nd airborne to north carolina that day, and it should have happened right away. [applause] and instead, of course, we had a president at the beach and a vice president at a fundraiser in san francisco. what you need in times like this is you just need leadership. maria: well, the 8 2nd airborne division is the army's global response force. they can deploy in hours, and they're stationed in north carolina. so he does have a point. i think, yes, this is all a hurricane politics, but ron desantis, the governor,

lauren: sony, $400 million.bought pink floyd's entire recorded music catalog after years of infighting about whether to sell it and to whom. it is boom time for vintage rock. sony to end publishing rights for one billion dollars. favor to bruce springsteen, sony paid 500 million for his rights which paul simon, david bowe, bob dylan, all of them selling for hundreds of millions of dollars, that reflect the value placed on their iconic music and its ability to generate revenue through streaming. stuart: that is a fascinating story. $400 million. lauren: wish i had a talent. stuart: back to the markets. after yesterday's selling, the dow is down 15, fractional losses for the s&p and nasdaq. dj t. why is it down after the debate which vance won? lauren: vpd beta don't move the needle. i we moved on? is the news cycle so, the port strike of the middle eastern drama, world war iii feels upon us, maybe we've moved on but i want to check out trump media has been up 50% in 5 trading days so you have a selloff right now.

lauren: thanks,.300 po points and obvs split in favor and those in red while i've got five winners out of the 30 dow stocks. down 330. virginia governor glen youngkin wants to be taken off the state voter rules and the justice department is sue suing to stop him. we have the full story coming at you. ♪ stuart: protester interrupted kamala harris at campaign stop in milwaukee to accuse israel of committing genocide. instead of ignoring the heck herrera, she dealt with him and seemed to agree with him. roll it. >> what about the genocide? >> i am speaking right now. >> yeah. >> thousands of people including children are dead. 19,000 children are dead. >> listen, what he's talking about, it's real and so that's not the subject that i came to discuss today, but it's real and i'll respect his voice. stuart: look, joining us now is jason rantz. why didn't she push back on the genocide claims. setting up 19,000 children that are dead and that's his number. harris then said we'll be hearing from north carolin

lauren: number 2. 10. stuart: i cheated. i listened to our floor manager who sang the song with the state names in and she said ten and she is right. lauren: have we ever all been right? stuart: never. new hampshire, new jersey, new york, new mexico, north carolina, south carolina, north dakota, south dakota, west virginia. you have that song you saying. you have to do that on the air sooner or later. time is up. it has been a great show. see you next week. time is up for me. neil will miraculously appear on your screens. ashley: we are focusing on the rebuilding effort going on right now in florida. this is a live shot of bradenton beach, this got a heavy blow. if you think about it, this is the exact reverse of what we saw in the, the winds doing the damage, and in florida right now. costs are higher and higher. >> rivers are overtopping their banks. and active water rescues, and a number of pets as well. at this late date, still actively rescuing people from this storm. we've seen up and down on the road screens going thr

lauren: i can put numbers on this. helene about two weeks ago, 48 battery fires reported. 11 of them by evs. okay. 11 is a drop in the bucket when you have a quarter million evs that are registered in the state. that's catastrophic for some people. also, salt water intrusions is cagous for the batteries in electric wheelchairs and golf carts and remember all those things moving about everything else and needing to isolate that item with lithium ion battery. stuart: got it. thanks, lauren. donald trump coming back to the belly of the beast. he wants to flip new york. >> we just rented madison square garmin ken. we're going to -- garmin ken. den. we're going to make a play for new york. hasn't been done in a long time. stuart: he's right. also making a play for deep blue california and not letting harris take anything for granted. it's all over that one. check out this video from pebble beach, florida, this morning and that's on the east coast of the state and trees on houses and roofs with significant damage and debris

lauren: this comes from kamala harris.ompany or individual that tries to exploit americans in an emergency should know that the administration is monitoring for allegations of fraud and price gouging and will hold those taking advantage of the situation accountable. look, many airlines started to cap fares because evacuees were posting on social media, like, screen shots of, hey, my one-way ticket from tampa to st. louis is $1,000. there was a budget hotel, normally $9 00 a night, went up to $5500. -- 550. a lot of the companies course-corrected. a reminder if you're going to give to a charity for disaster victims, do your research because that's another scam. stuart: what you get about price gouging in florida in >> so this is a key insight into the minds of not only kamala harris, but democrats. the message should be, let us come together. we will get through this. we are strong, we are americans, we are resilient. instead she's saying, well, there are going to be price gougers, people taking advantage. what an unfortuna

lauren: others. her proposal wants to get black men the tools to grow their wealth like 1 million fully forgivable loans for black entrepreneurs, complete political player, she wants their vote but the language reads, you can see here, to give black entrepreneurs and others, carefully crafted to to avoid being racially exclusive which would open it up to litigation in the wake of the supreme court's ruling that it is unconstitutional to consider race in college admissions that other sectors of the economy are worried too. we want three weeks until election day, roebling and donors are funneling more money into pro trump super pacs. how much money are we talking about? lauren: three specific billionaires and three months give $220 million to pax supporting donald trump. musk, dickie line, the shipping company but others like ben horowitz are also writing these huge checks in this final stretch the trump campus to catch up with the harris camp. they have a large fundraising advantage. crypto donations

good morning, lauren simonetti. take us through the report. lauren: it was good.past expectations, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%. that matches the june level. wages roads faster than expected -- rose faster than expected, 4%. 811,000 added in health care -- 81,000. 31,000 in government, 25,000 in construction. but a loss of 7,000 in manufacturing. remember that the machinists are on strike at boeing. that happened toward the latter part of the reference period for this report. also if you look at the prior two months, july and august, together they were revised higher by 72,000. is so it seems that the job market is still solid, and now traders think that the federal reserve will cut rates in november and december but by less than first thought. ashley: indeed. all right, lauren, thank you very much. guess what? david bahnsen is with us this morning. great to have you here, david. all right. strong jobs report. what do you think? >> yeah, i mean, i agree with lauren. it's really hard to put a negative spin on this. it was a good jobs report. the unemploym

lauren is looking at redit which is certainly a mover. lauren: shares hit a record high.hank you artificial intelligence, we deals with google and open ai to use redit user content to train their ai systems. they came out, boosted revenue forecast for the current quarter and stocks up 37%. a one tell me about shake shack. it is up 11%. what's the story? lauren: pricing power, going all the time, prices are superhigh, go to the chaos can, one hundred dollars, they raise prices in march, did so again this month. they are not saying they are not ruling out additional price hikes. it is working. we are paying. they have those kiosks where you place your own order that saves them money on labor and up sells to you, you usually purchase more or more expensive items. stuart: you can spend $100. brian: my kids better be well behaved. stuart: we've got to get to visa. is the stock up? >> real-time money movement essentially. stuart: thank you. still had. pollster franklin's says kamala harris is making a big mistake. >> a focus on trump rather than herself. at what point is she go

stop laughing, lauren.out the media for down playing the rise in migrant gang violence. watch this. >> incidents limited to handful of apartment complexes. >> only, martha, do you hear yourself in only a handful of apartment complexes in america were taken over by venezuelan gangs and donald trump is the problem? stuart: i think jd vance won that one and gangs are taking over apartments in san antonio and we'll talk to sheriff thadeus cleveland from texas. he's next. and you get this... you could end up with this... unexpected out-of-pocket costs. which for those on medicare, or soon to be, is a good reason to take charge of your health care. so consider this. an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan from unitedhealthcare. why? because medicare alone doesn't pay for everything. and what it doesn't pay for, like deductibles and copays, could really add up. even thousands of dollars a year. medicare supplement plans help by paying some of what medicare doesn't... and making your out-of-pocket costs a lot mo

what do we have, lauren?n: pce, 2.1% on an annual basis, just a hair shy of that 2 2 federal reserve target, and that is the lowest in three and a half years. slightly different if you strip out food and energy prices. core inflation came in slightly hot, 2.7%. that is the most since april. but, look, jobs tomorrow, election tuesday, fed wednesday. a lot of noise for jay powell to consider. stuart: don't forget the election tuesday. lauren: exactly. stuart: and hopefully the resultsen on wednesday morning. lauren: what do you do with all this data with nothing going on? maybe nothing. stuart: thanks, lauren. check futures, please. we've not a ton of red ink, down 240 on the dow, down 150 on the nasdaq. adam johnson with me this morning. what do you make of that pce inflation report? >> not much, and i'll tell you why. two of the four indicators, gdp price index, are both at is 1.8%. two of the four inflation indicators, stuart, are below the fed's target of 2%. so, you know, you look at a pce and say, well,,

lauren, good morning to you -- lauren: good morning.t: kid she just demean trump all night long? lauren: yeah. i didn't hear much joy in her speech, little focus on the future. it was certainly all about trump. >> it is a choice about whether we have a country rooted in freedom for every american or ruled by chaos and division. this is someone who is unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance. it is time to turn the page on the drama and the conflict, the fear and division. it is time for a new generation of leadership in america. [cheers and applause] lauren: she'sing positioning herself as the change candidate, but she did so from washington d.c. and if that's odd optics for many voters. donald trump told hannity the kamala harris has no vision of unifying the country. >> this is not a campaign of joy for them, it's a campaign of hatred. they accuse me of being a nazi. they accuse me of being a hitler-type guy. or a hitler lover. and i'm not. i'm the opposite. they're the ones that are doing -- they're oppressive. this i

lauren: they are down 4%.rally we've seen since the chinese stimulus measure a couple days ago. in some cases they are 30%, finally dying down. stuart: thanks. back to the election. kamala harris heading to wisconsin to try to win over rural voters, grady trimble is on the campaign trail. grady, what harris's big message today? >> vice president harris is trying to win over republican voters in wisconsin, population 7700. other smaller cities and towns like across the badger state, rippon is known as the birthplace of the republican party, further reiterating that theme and harris will be joined on stage by liz cheney who is a republican but made it her life's work lately to block donald trump from getting back into the white house. this will be the first event cheney has spoken at since she endorsed harris earlier this month. or last month. we got a sneak peek at the venue all over. country over party, that's the theme. the former president is using a similar strategy in wisconsin where early voting is underw

thankses, lauren.from helene and milton rapidly intensifying and set to hit florida's gulf coast on wednesday. janet dean is in the weather center. >> almost a category 5, stuart, as of 11:00 a.m. advisory and national hurricane center said it'll be a category 5 and it's a monster. it's not often that you see almost category 5 hurricane on the satellite presentation. i mean, it's really perfect. you can see that doughnut shaped eye. you've bot all pour quadrants filled out incredibly and talking about devastating catastrophic damage as it makes a b line towards the tampa bay area. here is the latest tracking and ben, we're going to be talking about category 4 storm as it approaches the west coast of florida and we think sometime wednesday into thursday. hurricane watches are in effect but this is going to be a storm surge story. yes, certainly category 3 and category 4-force winds but the wall of water that gets pushed inland to the very vulnerable coastline from springfield -- spring hill down towards

good morning, lauren. the marquee issues for voters five weeks from today when we go to vote, economy's still number one. 38% say it is the important. immigration is second, 17% say that's important. followed by abortion. trump leads on the top two. he is up 9 points on the economy, and that lead has remained steady despite the rollout of harris' economic plan. trump is up a stronger 11 points on immigration. he, too, has been consistent on the border. meanwhile, harris ahead by a wide margin on abortion, up 17 points. abortion is the third most important issue for voters. stuart: thanks, lauren. pete hegseth joins us now. trump has a solid lead on key issues. is that enough for him to win in november? >> no, but the fundamentals are there. it should be enough. what i mean is it doesn't mean he will win. what it means is the fundamentals are good. he's playing on home terrain on issues -- she's fundamentally incapable of speaking to. we've seen how she's tried to address the economy which starts with a ste

lauren: yeah.ction is -- >> and everybody wants one, everyone needs one, that's the issue. stuart: i've got an interesting story here. a body language expert wrote a piece in politico. he went after j.d. vance's beard saying it can't convey, quote, aggression and opposition to feminist ideals. he then praised walz for his wide eyes saying it revealed his, quote, emotional intensity. mary katharine ham, we need you. your thoughts, please, on beards and wide eyes. [laughter] >> i have thoughts on this. the idea that the demo of, like, sort of 30s and 40s suburban female voters is against beards is disproven by every man in my neighborhood. [laughter] because every husband here has been instructed to grow a beard. it's nonsense. the wide eyes thing is an attempt to, like, just make up a way that tim walz could have been successful that night when he just truly was veried bad. and this is a deeper problem which is somebody who's, like, an expert, quote-unquote, using their expertise to make, clearly, a

lauren, this is developing quickly. >> it is. dan, we have limited information, but this is what we know. the bay area news group reports the case involves sexually explicit material and an alleged relationship. now, officers served torres with a warrant earlier today. san jose police would only confirm to us that an investigation is underway involving a member of the council, but did not say whether it's torres or reveal any details about the case. they called the investigation active and ongoing. torres was elected in 2022 as the first openly gay latino member of the city council. abc seven news has tried to reach torres, but we have not heard back. we asked san jose mayor matt mehan about the investigation, and he declined to comment about the case. at this time. reporting live from san jose, lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> obviously, a lot more coming on this. lauren, thank you very much. >> we turn now to the brutal heat wave that will not let up as we look out live at san francisco. heat warnings extended through saturd

lauren: i will have a salad at mcdonald's. lauren: salads recoil when they see me.t to, you are a nonstop working machine giving us all a bad name. thank you very much. she mentioned these cross currents going on including what is going on for some airlines versus other airlines, fast food powerhouses and then a lingering war that is expanding in israel as we speak, another raid into hezbollah territory, trying to seek out the new leader of hezbollah. that's a position you don't want to volunteer for these days after this. ♪ when the sawdust settles and the engine finally roars the thing you care about most is a job well done. ♪ but when you get your tools from harbor freight something about the job feels a little different - your wallet. because we believe no matter what you're working on you need high quality tools at a great price. and that's what we're all about. ♪ whatever you do, do it for less, at harbor freight. ♪ at ameriprise financial our advice is personalized based on your goals, whatever they may be. all that planning has paid off. looks like you can m

lauren, this is developing quickly. >> it is. dan, we have limited information, but this is what we know. the bay area news group reports the case involves sexually explicit material and an alleged relationship. now, officers served torres with a warrant earlier today. san jose police would only confirm to us that an investigation is underway involving a member of the council, but did not say whether it's torres or reveal any details about the case. they called the investigation active and ongoing. torres was elected in 2022 as the first openly gay latino member of the city council. abc seven news has tried to reach torres, but we have not heard back. we asked san jose mayor matt mehan about the investigation, and he declined to comment about the case. at this time. reporting live from san jose, lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> obviously, a lot more coming on this. lauren, thank you very much. >> we turn now to the brutal heat wave that will not let up as we look out live at san francisco. heat warnings extended through saturd

lauren: inflation is a problem. their forecasts pretty poor signaling week demand for certain products especially collectors items. stuart: microsoft, i own a thin sliver of it. stuart: is a dow stock that is responsible for 2 thirds of the losses of the dow jones industrial average today. they are down on guidance for the clap, growth rates slowing. stuart: almost brought me to tears watching that yesterday afternoon. elon musk ordered to attend a pennsylvania court hearing over his controversial $1 million giveaway, we have that story for you. lebanon's prime minister said it could agree to a cease-fire with israel within days. if that happens is it a win for harris? we will ask congressman michael walt's. 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

lauren: it's down 3%. two problems. barclay says their channel checks indicate the iphone 16 orders have been cut. little demand and in india, a fire at a plant that makes parts for the iphone that get hit their production and reportedly asking suppliers in china to fill up. stuart: how about meta. they are down. lauren: they are up and at a new high. in this market malaise, this is a big winner, pivotal research initiated, check the price target, $780, ac strong revenue growth thanks to people using their product and the company being able to charge more for them. stuart: walter bettinger. lauren: 16 years ago, 2008, 2 one hundred $17 billion from $18 billion. good job, stock down. stuart: he is leaving stocks down. thank you very much. cnn admits donald trump could win over the working class. >> data point jump off the street, union, democratic margin, not what it used to be. stuart: charles payne is going to respond to that. the wall street journal reports americans are more dependent than ever on government handouts

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lauren: all over again. stuart: all right thanks lauren.resident biden's already facing calls to step in and put an end to the port strikes, but biden says that's not going to happen. we'll have the latest from the white house. jd vance was fact checked by the moderators of last night's debate and now some in the media are trying to paint his response as man-splaining? >> i actually think if you're a woman that might be the worst moment j.d. vance had, because he was going to man-splain right over that mute button. stuart: [laughter] did kennedy feel that was or she's going to be here and she will explain everything to me. iran launched around 200 ballistic missiles at israel. the us was quick to aid in their defense, but if israel decides to retaliate, will us forces help them? lt. general keith kellogg on that, next. ♪ ♪ with so much great entertainment out there... wouldn't it be easier if you could find what you want, all in one place? my favorites. get xfinity streamsaver with netflix, apple tv+, and peacock included, for only $15 a mo

which state, lauren? lauren: new hampshire.re by 7 points, and a republican hasn't won the there in 24 careers, so this is a big deal. it's the momentum. it shows trump is ebbs expand -- expanding the map with potential pickups not just in new hampshire, but minnesota, new mexico, even virginia. stuart: hey, that's something p. all right, lauren. check these markets, please. we've got a downside move for the dow industrials. i see we're off 877 points, dow. down 3 on the nasdaq. >>> still ahead, melania trump opened up about how she's feeling just a week away from election day. brian kilmeade has that. china plans to double its nuclear arsenal by 2030. is a new arms race beginning, and are we prepared to pay for it? california congressman darrell issa has that. israel waiting for results from the u.s. election before moving forward on a ceasefire deal. morgan ortagus joins us. and the 10:00 hour of "varney & company" is next. ♪ anything could happen, anything could happen ♪ .. power outages can be unpredictable, inconvenient, a

lauren: sure are.e is up not only in every issue but also the national pulling up two points, he has 50% of registered voters telling fox news they would vote for him versus 48% for harris. let remind your month ago it was the opposite with the numbers. the economy remains the number one issue by far, 40% say it is their top concern, 7 in 10 view the economy negatively. that's a referendum on kamala hurst. stuart: thanks. kamala harris sat down with bret baer for her first formal fox interview. watch this. >> you've been vice president for 3.5 years. what are you turning the page from? >> first of all, turning the page from the last decade in which we've been burdened with the kind of rhetoric coming from donald trump that has been designed and implemented to divide our country and have americans point fingers at each other. >> joe biden was on his game. >> joe biden is not on the ballot. donald trump is. and donald trump is. stuart: there's a lot more like of that. former governor mike huckabee, seems

lauren is getting a firsthand look at how the technology is being used. she's bot the report from tennessee in just a moment. charles payne says our nation was built on animal spirit so they can help -- that can be used to built a chaos proof portfolio. charles is here to make his case. ♪ (♪) (♪) what took you so long? i'm sorry, there was a long line at the thai place. you get the sauce i like? of course! you're the man! i wish. the future isn't scary. not investing in it is. nasdaq-100 innovators. one etf. before investing, carefully read and consider fund investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and more in prospectus at invesco.com stuart: song gain for the dow is now up 260 and nasdaq up 70 points. mark tepper still with us. you have your stock picks and i'm intrigued. tetratech. >> one that doesn't get talked about a lot. your engineering consulting company that specializes really in water and the environment. we know that as it comes to water, quality's important and water is very scarce and this is a hydro-plate and up like 50% this year. o

lauren, will you look at tesla for us, please? lauren: big drop. down almost 4.ls fargo added tesla the what they call their tactical ideas list for this current quarter. that that doesn't have to be a positive. they actually have a sell rating on tesla and a $120 price target. they're skeptical about the 10-10 robotaxi event -- stuart: they think it's going to go down to 120? lauren: yes. stuart: that's news. >> tesla has been up the past couple of days. stuart: that would take a a lot of money out of musk's pocket, i believe. apple is down 3.5%. lauren: barclays adds to the chorus saying there are indicators or that show there is weak demand for iphone 16 orders. you got another one from barclays today plus a fire at an indian manufacturing plant that makes parts for the iphone. not a good look for apple. stuart: i've got to believe the defense stocks are up. lauren: they are, bigtime. north run drum man up 3.is %. -- 3.1%. ubs says it's going to $614 a share. stuart: who makes rockets? i'll buy that stock, because i think that's a pretty good bet right now. [l

so we thought let's get fox business lauren simonetti out there live. lauren?romise for so many companies working in this region. when you think about it the growth in the entire united states of america is right now in new mexico and this side, the untapped oil, this side, of the permian basin. >> it is this little pocket in new mexico but it creates, you know, an immense amount of value. lauren: a third generation oil man, his company has been drilling for decades. lee county just became the first in the nation to produce a million barrels of oil a day and not far behind it is neighboring eddie county, combined, the two are responsible for 17% of all onshore oil out pit in the lower 48. that number could rise as chaz's five new wells start producing. >> out of the five wells somewhere between 3.5 and 5 million barrels of oil over the life of these wells and these wells produce anywhere from 30 to 40 years. we're crazy excited and we've been here a long time. lauren: with a big boom there's concern about a bust, but folks here say they don't see that happening

lauren: didn't specify.art: trump will hold a rally in aurora, colorado, seeing an influx in gang activity. is trump's focus on gang activity in that state? >> he will try to call out the democrats who are trying to downplay the issue. this is a campaign promise he made that he was going to come to aurora and talk about the immigration crisis coming to this blue state, storing up quite a bit of opinion. a lot of responses from the mayor all the way to the governor. here's the former president talking about it. >> they came from places all over the world coming into your cities and small towns, changing them forever and i would say ruining them, ruining your cities and towns including murderers, drug dealers, gang members, people from mental institutions and insane asylums. >> reporter: you might remember this video went viral. the city's republican mayor admitted to fox news they had a problem in the several apartment complexes in aurora. he insisted the city is not overrun by these venezuelan gangs. democra

lauren: performed at the super bowl a few years back. stuart: it is a person. lauren: in tampa. needs to buy a towel. stuart: our viewers are well-informed to. it is 10:00 eastern. got to get to the money. nice rally going on. on nasdaq gain of 1.4%. back to $4.19 a little down and the price of oil 70 one dollars a barrel. bitcoin, we had it at 68,000, we got the latest read on consumer sentiment. what is the number? ashley: we shall find out. the number is a 17.5 which is better than 69. the final reading for october, the highest since april. sentiment improving according to the university of michigan. we are still in the green. stuart: consumer confidence doesn't hurt the market at this point. now this. kamala harris is basing her campaign on star power, demonizing donald trump and abortion. is that enough to turn the tide which is running against her? is it a platform worthy of the presidency? it seems thin to me. the vice president goes to texas, a border state but the border is unlikely to get much of a mention. why get into an issue where you are losing? beyoncÉ will perfo

lauren? >> reporter: yeah, hey, juliette. today for the first time, jurors saw video footage of the stabbing itself. but because of its low resolution, it leaves the question open as to whether jurors will side with the prosecution's theory that momeni intended to stab bob lee or will jurors side with the defense who maintains their client act in self-defense? gasps could be heard inside the courtroom as jurors were shown surveillance video of bob lee collapsing in the street just after 2:30 in the morning. minutes after he was stabbed in the chest. >> very, very hard to watch, right? >> yeah. >> of course, you could expect that to be fun to watch. but i think the video speaks for itself of what tail happened that day. we'll be looking forward to justice being done. >> reporter: it was it the first time they saw footage of the moment prosecutors say nima momeni stabbed lee on a dark street. the video recorded from a residential apartment more than 100 feet above the street shows two figures. one in light clothing, identified

lauren: 20 neil: she says there's nothing she would change. a couple things. >> at least a handful the last four years, so much history. adding a republican to the cabinet is pretty small change, small potatoes when you look at the last term of president biden. neil: thank you, real clear politics. remember some weeks back when donald trump was in lower manhattan and visited this cupcake? it was a pretty entertaining political appearance, a chance for the president to promote his interest and fascination anything having to do with bitcoin boot in an investment horizon he says will boom under him. the guy who runs that place is next. >> transaction by a president on the bitcoin protocol. ♪ chase really knows how to put the hart in your local community. see what i did there? hey, jackie! (♪) evan, my guy! you're helping them with savings, right? (♪) i wish i had someone like evan when i started. somebody just got their first debit card! ice cream on you? ooo, tacos! i got you. wait hold on, don't you owe me money? what?! your money is a part of

lauren: i want to do a max. connecticut. i'm going to go with number one, six years. >> i will go ten years. stuart: madison. madison:a little time. i will go with six years. stuart: i will go if 10, number 2. i got it right. thank you. you got it right. 10 years from 1790 to 1800, philadelphia was the capital, before than it was new york city, 1785 to 1790. that is it for "varney and company" and in a moment stay tuned, mark cuban will be on with neil, three seconds to go. it is yours. neil: reviewers are so excited to have him on so we will get to that soon. in the battle of billionaires you know about elon musk and all his attention to donald trump but they are not all in the trump corner. mark cuban speaks bluntly and the clearly on behalf of kamala harris who he admits is not good at marketing her message but the underlying message is but a good, we will talk about that and we want to give you the latest on what the campaigns are up to 11 days to go, let's start with mark meredith in michigan with what donald trump will

lauren: it's like back to normal.g value for what we purchase so pepsi is on shrinking the shrinking. many food giants got around inflation, gave consumers less product for the same price or a higher price. it stopped working and pepsico says tostitos will come with 20% more chips in the bag and multipack's of dario chips throw into her 3 extra packs into that box, good thing for consumers, they are getting something where shareholders are not getting anything today, stock is down a little bit. relatively flat for this year and nestlÉ, their new ceo saying they priced out consumers who started to trade down to private label brands. they cut therefore your sales forecast for the second time and offering more promotions to get customers back to their brand products. this includes cheerios but pure arena, petfood business. customers have been giving less to their cats and dogs. disney is moving in a different direction. they think you will spend more. they will sell a $400 per person per day premier pass that will let vi

lauren: we have.nts both sides to the come back to the bargaining table and urges the carriers to the offer a better deal. this is coming from the white house. quote, these foreign companies have seen record profits, up as much as 8000% if since the -- 8000% -- 8000%. the president believes it is time they present an offer that reflects the workers' invaluable contribution to their success. okay. the union wants a $. >> 69 an hour -- $69 an hour wage in six years' time. they want a complete ask and total ban on automation and 100% of what's called container royalties. the "wall street journal" describes that as a union welfare program that pays them regardless of whether they work. they might think they have the upper hand now. of course, labor's had this string of victories under this administration. but you've got the presidential election next month. they want to to continue that. day two of the strike, 38 container ships already waiting offshore. stuart: and that's savannah, georgia, you just saw

lauren simonetti is not working hard enough. lauren: i started the christmas countdown clock.ell me there are 83 days until christmas. with that, amazon is getting ready, 230,000 workers to help with those online orders. seasonal employees, access to benefits of healthcare. other top retailers hiring for the busiest time of the year, target, dick's sporting goods, bath and body works, you want a piece of the action, retail sales are expected to increase 2.3 to 3.3% and reach $1.6 trillion, according to deloitte but the price increases are coming from inflation and that's why the growth is 2% to 3%. as we started to book our airfare, a story about this, jetblue is cutting back, no longer offering you the hot meal when you are sitting in economy on an overseas trip. you get a cold meal, let's pull up the updated menu. you can get breakfast but it is chilled. cold. would you ever order breakfast from that? neil: i really wouldn't. neil: few couldn't get your hands on the costco gold bars how about a platinum one? costco selling platinum bars online for just under $1100, they did

lauren: that's the case.nt work from home is still happening for the federal workers. bipartisan group of lawmakers, republican senator joni ernst and gary peters taking that issue head on with what they are calling the telework transparency act. it would require each federal agency to count how many workers are coming into the office. and answer that question. federal employees need to be held to the highest standards because it's a privilege to serve citizens who utilize government services on a daily basis. it is time for bureaucrats to pull the plug on the bathtub drain and plug back into work. governmentfr one year ago show 24 agency used 25% or less of their office space. other agencies use half. the wall street journal highlighting this, not one of 20 agencies, use half of its office space during a 3-month period according to the office of personal management. the social security administration was essentially a ghost town with 7% of states occupied. that adds up to costs for the taxpayer. federal offi

lauren: he told kellyanne conway the debates are too rigged. >> 2 or 3 more debates, i like it. it is so stacked, you will see it tomorrow, it will be stacked. going up against a moron, total moron, how she picked him is unbelievable. i think it is a big factor. there something wrong with that guy. he is sick. there's never been a time in our country where people want a change so badly.

lauren, great work. thank you so much.tti at amazon this morning. >>> bank of america releasing its annual women and minority business owner report today finding nearly 80% anticipate revenue growth in the coming year, 60 plan to expand their business and 522% plan -- 52 plan to hire more employees in the next two months. joining me now is head of specialty banking and lending, sharon miller back with us. sharon, good to see you. thank you so much for being here. walk us through your key takeaways from this report. it sounds like you got some optimism on the part of leaders here. what are you seeing? >> well, we do see that revenue expectationses do remain high, so over the next 12 months, 78% of our employees, businesses that we surveyed said they do expect their revenues to increase. and over half said that they were planning to hire. so this is a good sign for the economy as we go into the next year ahead of us. maria: the report also finds women and minority business owners believe access the capitalling is a key issue

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lauren: a nice warm halloween. stuart: i can't remember a time there has been weather this good for so long. back to that. 10:00 eastern. look at the market on the nasdaq, much of the dow lost is accounted for by mcdonald's which is taking a 7% hit this morning, the 10 year treasury yield is moving up 4.25%. that is not good for the market. the 2-year treasury firmly above 4%. the price of oil $71 a barrel. $66,000 a coin. realtors, listen up. the latest read on existing home sales, the biggest thing in the retail business. the number, please. ashley: the number is 3.84 million units. we are looking for more than that, much change from august, high mortgage rates, higher prices sales suffering. stuart: what a month. stuart: thanks very much. for now now this. no wonder kamala harris doesn't want to campaign with joe biden but the president has become an embarrassment, a loose cannon. in concorde, new hampshire, they said lock him up. he tried to correct himself saying politically lock him up at the damage was done.

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