. >>> and linde's merger with praxair has been approved. i think the investor community were waiting on this final approval we finally got it from the u.s the stock this morning, praxair shares are up 6%, 7% people are taking it well. >> so linde shares are up. the news is the antitrust regulator has given oral assurance to praxair that they will approve the deal. neither company has confirmed this yet, but they're expecting written approval to come in the next few days. this has been gone on for quite some time. the merger was announced in december of 2016 we had every other major antitrust body approve this. the u.s. was the last one. the u.s. was the most contentious region this is where investigators feared the u.s. regulators would see the most antitrust overlap the share price today suggests that investors are relieved. >> what else should we be watching for in terms of the synergies created from this merger it has been going on for a while. we passed through the last hurdle what does this mean for the new company that will be formed?

talking about death is never easy, ann linde knows how important it can be four patients were dying andying and their families. when her be four patients were dying and theirfamilies. when her husband was seriously ill four years ago, linda found medical staff struggled with a conversation. they literallyjust said you have got weeks to live, and sadly, it was done in an environment that was not private, there are, as i say, were five people around the bed, pages were going off the same time, it was very chaotic and it left a real sort of feeling of guilt with me, because i felt that i should have done more because that was a private moment, really significant moment for him. -- pagers. nearly half of all deaths in england occur in hospitals. one in three adults admitted to hospital as emergencies in the last year of their life, but only 4% of patients have talked about end of life care with the doctor. as doctors, they will be seen as a failure for saying that we can't necessarily prolong your life and they worried about the reaction they will get. —— they are worried as doctors. the se

. >>> in pittsburg overnight, officers responded to a call on carolyn drive and westley lind road. a man -- west leland road. a man broke into a home and held a woman and baby at gunpoint. he shot the man in the neck and then forced his wife and child into a car. he pulled over at west 10th street and the woman and child ran to safety. police tried to negotiate with the man and use a less lethal projectile when he opened fire and officers returned fire, killing the man. his name was not released. >>> a house fire in san francisco this morning. firefighters were called just after 3:30 this morning and the fire was contained in about 40 minutes. the names of the people who died have not been released. the red cross is helping six other people in the building who were displaced by the fire and the cause is being investigated. >>> new at 4:00, the board of supervisors voted to withhold millions in funding from the trans bay power authority after problems at the salesforce transit center. the $9.7 million of funding that was cut would have gone to the second phase of construction for a

we've been through a catastrophe, but they're strong. >> tammy leitner, nbc news, lind haven, florida. >>> speaking of storms, three weeks after forming in the north atlantic, the storm named leslie made a dramatic landfall in port gal overnight. once a category 1 hurricane, leslie came ashore as a subtropical cyclone. they knocked out power, smashed windows, toppled trees. no lengths have been linked to the storm, but at least 27 people have been hurt. it's rare for a storm to travel across the ocean to europe. when atlantic hurricanes make landfall, they usually hit the united states or the caribbean. >>> president trump appeared on "60 minutes" tonight and opened up on a range of issues, including his belief that he headed off a war with north korea. >> the day before i came in, we were going to war with north korea. i sat with president obama. >> we were going to wore? >> i think it was going to end up in war. and my impression is, and even in my first few months, that rhetoric was as tough as it could possibly get. it doesn't get any tougher than that. >> he went on the say he tr

. >> reporter: it's called accuse flasity mility lind to virus viruses. >> they can cause hand foot mouth common cold symptom. in rare cases, they can cause neurologic disease. >> reporter: in 2014, there were 120 afm cases in 34 states. in 2016, there was another spike. so far this year, there are 38 cases, including the recent cluster in minnesota. symptoms can include sudden limb weakness, drooping eyelids or face, and trouble swallowing or slurred speech. in some cases, it can lead to paralysis or even death. doctors recommend hand washing to prevent virus spread. while they don't know if quentin will regain normal use of his arm, his parents say he's doing better. >> he's as happy and playful as ever. >> reporter: what's often called a one in a million illness now striking fear in parents across the country. kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >>> straight ahead, meghan mccain makes her emotional return to "the view." plus sparks fly as taylor swift targets republicans and how president trump tried to shake it off. you're watching "early today." chatty coworker's youngest daughter's entire j

east germany and his mother still has major problems with the fact that flicks now lives in eastern linde. i've noticed that it's still hard for her to come to berlin and experience the whole border situation even now with the boarders gone and it's had a lasting effect on or not and of course that's had an effect on me and my children as well it's strange when the kids ask why can't grandma just come and see us and i say it's not all that easy for grandma. it's remarkable that felix was able to create such an accurate picture of east germany even though he only knows it from stories. that also gives this viru series a new level of quality. in france spiro enjoys cult status now the comic book series could also gain more fans in germany. the first edition was sold out immediately. now sales have passed the thirty thousand mark unusual for a comic book. and they're still going strong. this year things people who finally getting to make a german spy who had a lot to do with luck and persistence for the people from the publishers met three and a half years ago and the eightieth anniversary w

joining to us handicap which companies may win, lose as they tr to win this category, lind aire bolton wiser is senior search analyst with d.a. davidson covering consumer product companies. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> there is a scramble going on right now. >> yes, absolutel abou 15% share of the u.s. toy retail market up for grabs. all the b retailers are making plans to try to grab some of that share. wal-mart, target, amazon all ha special initiatives they have announced to put more emphasis on the toy ytegory. >> t each have different plans or initiatives as you mentioned torab market share. which one do you think might be the most effective? and how are they going to fai agains amazon? i think eachink -- of them is going to be able to you know gain their fair share. you know wal-mart in particular is stepping up t anding to be a more experiencing type of retailer the way toys "r" us was and they are having instore events leading up to the holidays. amazon reportedly will have a ecial cattle og and distribute at whole foods markets. target has expanded hot toy list and

amanda: that was my conversation with phil lind.omberg. ♪ shery: facebook is nearing the end of its toughest year as a public company, ahead of the third quarter results ahead of the bow, analysts are hoping the we does not get worse, welcome sera from san francisco. it has been a tough quarter, what are the numbers expected to look like? >> analysts have been pulled by polled by facebook, seeing that the revenue is going to slow and users will slow -- user growth will slow, the company will have to ago above what it said it is going to do and it could be less bad than analysts expect. amanda: it shocked the street last quarter by saying that revenue will slow and spending will rise, what is that number? i'm seeing expectations of 34% revenue growth, does it have to do better than that? >> i think it does to stem the fears about how bad this might be. the company has grown to a saturation point in the u.s. and europe. and the users they are adding not other countries are going to be as lucrative, it has to increase the prices and gr

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and as i was talking about, linde opened higher.chemical firms announced their intentions to merge the operations last year they were selling additional assets to get approval from other regulators from the united states and the e.u >>> and given that we are -- i was just speaking about this we've just started up a new quarter. the first day is october 1st the last quarter of the year let's take a look back at how some of the key indices performed in the third quarter of this year let's start with the u.s. index. the dow is actually up about 9% over the last quarter and i should point out that actually the dow is up 44% since u.s. election this was the best quarter we saw since the last quarter of last year better quarter of the dow jones. talking about the s&p performance. we saw a good quarter as well up 7.2% quarter to do through the 3900 level propelled by some of the performance we saw in tech nasdaq as well on the quarter is about 7% performance very strong equities as well and with me to pad it out a little bit more and consu

we also have praxair and linde trading higher. as for some of the weakness, the worst sector is the industrial sector. textron, down 7.2%. they put up a big mess on the top and the bottom line. they also have weakness in their aircraft segment. here from seales down-- sealed air corp. 7.6%. bank of america has cut their writing to a neutral on those shares, and finally, united rentals beat, but those shares down 6%. they also boosted the outlook. the reasoning there has to do with pricing and margins. the shares are down 30% since the last tie back in september. the industrial group is reagan we sit -- is weak in recent weeks. vonnie: as earnings season continuance on pace. we also have concerns in china. the country's stock market and currency have been taking a hit --my and -- amid on growing taking a hit amid ongoing trade tensions and slow consumer growth. it seems like china has a plan for its currency and his -- is executing that plan anyway. >> the last announcement or lack of announcement takes the takes the off -- pressur

linds lindsey graham saying if saudi arabia did it, there will be hell to pay.bul with nic robertson. the president said if saudi arabia did it, it would not be a good things at all. an understatement of epic proportions. what are the working theories right now? >> reporter: well, i think one of the working theories we can take away from having heard this from president trump is how much the president of turkey, erdogan, has been waiting for president trump to weigh in on this. we heard this morning from president erdogan saying the strongest line so far and he has been pretty quiet on this after the drip, drip, drip to media. saying khashoggi was essentially trapped into tcoming to the consulate and there was a hit squad waiting for him. president erdogan now today saying we cannot remain silent on this. this happened inside turkey. this is not a normal occurrence. you have the president of turkey taking some ownership of the issue here. he says his foreign minuistry i continuing to work with the saudis to get access to the consulate building here. remembering

but brett kavanaugh, lind a graham, they are both savvy enough to know that nothing pleases the president and the base more than a good old attack on the clintons. and then there was this. >> if the shoe were on the other foot, and an accusation came from south carolina against a male democratic nominee and i got ahold of it and i didn't disclose it to the committee, i waited to leak it to the press against the wishes of the lady from south carolina, i would be torn apart and i should be. and if a republican had said -- >> go on. >> why are you doing this? we're trying to hold the seat open to get past the midterms so we can take power back, the republican who said that couldn't go five feet in this town without having 100 reporters in her face. so the double standard here offends me and i voted for sotomayor and kagan and never thought twice about it. i would never have done to them what has been done to this good man. >> i got two words for you, senator graham. merrick garland. a lot to discuss about this with a vote on judge brett kavanaugh's nomination set to come as soon as saturday.

i had a look at the stocks before coming on linde is the only stock trading higher on the back that the. everything else in germany trading lower. bayer a standout laggard today across the board it is red italian stocks trading lower down about 1%. steepening some losses we saw earlier today. let's get into the forex markets. euro holding steady versus the dollar we have the ecb meeting on thursday investors will look to that shortly. sterling is recovering after dropping to the lowest point in 2 1/2 weeks on brexit concerns looking to the u.s. futures and seeing how this affects u.s. trading. we are seeing the s&p indicating slightly lower the nasdaq slightly lower as well clearly the u.s. is not immune to the negativity in asia and europe in the u.s., massive focus on earnings this week the busiest week for s&p 500 companies to report. >> the tech sector one of the leading underperforming sectors in europe this morning >>> turkish president recep tayyip erdogan is expected to point the finger at the saudi government for the killing of jamal khashoggi when he addresses parliament in a

. >> reporter: balance with the death of a journalist who wasng lind working in the u.s., still unexplained. turkey's president is already hinting that their finding due out tomorrow will conflict with what the saudis are ying. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> l tomorrow, there w a esecond meeting about the results of an investigation into the culture othe university of maryland football program. on friday, the university's board of regents heard the ndings for the first time, but tomorrow's meeting will be to analyze the informaon and mak some decisions if needed. the results are expected to be released to the public within a epweek. the rt comes after the death of jorn mcnair, who collapsed on the field back in may and died weeks later. >>> bighanges are coming to the university of virginia. the new president there has rolled out an ambitious plan to attract low and middle-income ts stud president james ryan promises free tuition for students whose families earn less than $80,000 a year. students from virginia whose families earn less tha $30,000 will receive both free tuition, room

club staff liaison lind ji underwood. staff member lori coker who manages the house of the president and our staff director bill mccarron. thank you all. thank you. >>> so paul ryan has been characterized as the reluctant speaker. after giving up his beloved chairmanship of the ways and means committee, he took over the speakers gavel in late 2015 when john boehner left the post. now, after two decades in elected office, and a stint as mitt romney's vice presidential running mate, speaker ryan is free to return home to janesville, wisconsin, where he has lived his entire life and be known as just paul. or he could follow a trail blazed by many of his predecessors and take a spin through the revolving door. or key run for president. >> thank you, media. >> and i would take a moment to point out to any of the people who are watching online, or on c-span, that not all of, that the national press club is open to members of the general public, and so any reaction that you hear today may not be from the working press. we are mo

lindsey graham who works with hillary clinton and the iconoclastic john mccain, fwbut this is the linds graham reflecting the feelings of the base in south carolina and this is a lindsey graham who understood that the republicans rank and file are highly motivated by this and this is part of the culture war and the war in their minds for the soul of america for the next 30 years and not to say that he does not feel this as well, but he is a political creature and like everyone on the hill. and he understood just how motivated people were by this. i think that charlie has an interesting point which is to say that if the republicans win this, some of that rage will dissipate, and rage becomes joy, but thien it dissipates, and th democrats have may have the edge going into november, but right now the republicans are unify and enthusiastic and angry, and think they lindsey graham was channeling that. >> and what do you they the impact of all of this is on susan collins as we count down towards her decision at 3:00? >> well, you know, i mean, i don't know, i only understand this directionall

we've heard the president and mitch mcconnell and lind a graham use harsh language to try to portraythe pro fest testers as being out of line. they like to cast the contrast. the people here in the halls who have been here in the halls some 300 of them arrested thursday in the hart atrium, their complaint is that these members of congress are inaccessible. they're not having town halls, not being responsive to their concerns. you called it an explosion of democracy. hey, that works. they've been talking, speaking truth to power in their opinion, it's something they've undertaken. the question is, we're one month out what's the staying power an, two years out, what's the staying power. >> mike, i've been there myself back in the '60s. i've been to demonstrations. i went to one at the pentagon. i do think they make a difference. it takes awhile. but the voices are heard. mike viqueira from the steps of the u.s. capitol. with me right now, reverend al sharpton from politics nation and elise jordan. reverend al, thank you for joining us. give us a sense of your mood right now. you'll be

they are already lind here. the stock is up 6.33%. it is the top dow leader here. phil, chris, thank you very much. seven minutes to go. mark it seven before we hear that closing bell ring. the blame game in full effect. rising rates, peak earnings, trade headwinds, oh, and there's so many more. up next, our "countdown" closer on where the market's finger should really be pointing and what you can do to arm your portfolio against the negativity. dow jones industrials down 107 points. the nasdaq down 30. . . . . >> liz: want to get you caught up on two situations happening right now. let me first discuss the white house. president trump is inside of the white house of the he was making comments before he signed a water infrastructure act and he has now been talking for a great length of time. the tape is rolling. there were no live cameras in there but the comments about khashoggi, et cetera, that's where we got them from, as soon as we get that tape we will turn it around from the president. secondly on the left-hand side of the screen, reporters are amazing at the

you obviously see in the photo a sill lind cylinderical container, wires out of each end, what appears to be the face of a small clock. the package is addressed to former cia chief john brennan. his name is misspelled. president trump has called mr. brennan, who's dedicated his life, frankly, to public service, quote, a very bad guy. he actually doesn't work for cnn. the return address is debbie wasserman-schultz. formerly the dnc in sunrise which is also miss spelled, florida. the bomb was taken to the new york police department's facility in the bronx. and, again, as pam mentioned from there, it goes to quantico, virginia, where the fbi will study it. i want to talk more about the many roads that could lead investigators to whoever did this. with me right now, retired nypd, darren, he teaches here in the new york area. also joining me is former fbi supervisory special agent, josh campbell. he's cnn law enforcement analyst. and former senior counterterrorism official, phil mudd joins us as well. darren, just from what the fact all of these devices are now in the hand of authorities, t

looking at linde basically over the weekend, got the go-ahead from the china regulator, perhaps givingift. ryanair down, hitting a two-year low because of cutting its profit guidance on strikes, but also higher oil prices. we've seen it across other airlines, ryanair taking a hit, worse performance on the stoxx 600. the stuffy percent. we've seen other -- that's down 3%. we seeing others down. that is it for the european open. talking to the equity market action. talking about italy with the yields rising across the curve, but also brexit really in focus, which is why you're at the conservative party conference. anna: absolutely. i'm in birmingham because of the conference with a keen eye on u.k. politics. will theresa may last the week? we'll discuss both of those questions up next on the surveillance program. also, the ceo will be joining francine lacqua for an interview. lots to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: the new nafta. the u.s. and canada agree on a new deal. the italian finance minister prepares to try to convince his it euro area counterparts on his budgets. musk.c reig

outages can stretch into georgia, maybe even the caroinas over time, because saturated soil and the lind, you start knocking down trees and powes. we have to get people ready. some of these power outages could last well more ta week. >> brangham: lastly, your sense is that this forecast is pretty solid u now. n't see any real change in its track? >> no, we really don't at this point. you're looking at the satellite. the forecast is really on track, not only with the intensity, but also with the track. it's interesting with the storm surge, you know, small changes in these systems can maka big difference on the ground, but as a result, you know, we really need everybo ready in these areas. if you think about preparedness, you know, you're going to start seeing those tropical storm force winds arriving tonight. some of the higher tide already arriving. people need to wrap up their preparedness and be in a safe ple by tonight. >> brangham: all right. ken graham at the national hurricane center, thank you so much. >> you bet. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, authories in turkey announce

specializes in warehouse automation that stock is up by more than 1% and praxair after merger with lindeed from the u.s. and south korea to go through. another executive change in c-suite. pfizer ceo ian read will step down burla a veteran of pfizer of 20 years or so. >>> we're back with guest host and cnbc contributor walter isaacson he is the author of "leonardo da vinci" also other great books as well the paperback is now available >> today thank you for touting that i appreciate that. >> you're welcome. we, off camera, were talking about social media do you think that there's a way in the future to reform or rehab the -- what i think are deleterious effects? there are things we haven't factored in. >> i said twitter and facebook, which we're all using now, will be cohesive. it has been so destructive and unleashed the worst ininstincts. there's news today nobody a noticing but the investor of the worldwide web is announcing today a new set of tools called nrupt. which means you can own your own data we were just talking to brian about the at&t data being owned by them. where you can