the dow up 405 points as i hand it over to you, liz claman. liz: it's up three full percentage points, so -- charles: by the way, last month the auto sales came in better than anticipated -- liz: right. charles: according to ed moneyeds. liz: that's why everybody needs us. [laughter] we're getting you the facts and information. all right, here's some facts here, back to table. deescalation in the trade wars signaling acceleration for the markets right now. we're about to tell you what happened, but wall street loves it. the u.s. and china confirm the trade talks are now set to resume this month. wait til you hear how it went down. trade-sensitive stocks in technology leading the charge as oil does a 180 after a third straight week of falling stockpiles. dow jones industrials up 408 points right now, the s&p muscling up 40 points and the nasdaq better by 139. but despite the market enthusiasm, america's farmers are still really stuck in limbo over the trade war that's punishing their profit margins. former agriculture secretary tom vilsack is he

you know, liz claman, any time that happens, there's natural anxiety no matter what. liz: it is called climbing the wall of worry; right? charles: yes. liz: wall street climbs that wall of worry. it was interesting to see what happened around -- just shortly after 1:00 p.m. eastern. you talk about setting off a stink bomb just as the garden party starts. hours after a chinese trade delegation of about 30 people arrived at the u.s. trade representative's office, president donald trump advisor on china, michael pillsbury on the left side of your screen, a friend of this show, said tariffs on chinese goods quote could go to 50 percent or 100 percent even if a u.s. china trade deal is not agreed upon soon. in an interview in hong kong, pillsbury telling the south china morning post the president is prepared to escalate the trade war. that quote hitting the tape at 1:37 p.m. eastern time. you can see the dow tumbling to session lows, erasing earlier gains of as much as 125 points to the upside. right now we do have the dow down just 6 points, but what we're going to do is t

liz claman, the dow is off i bet it'll be explosive as useful. liz: i think apple went from 0 to 180. apple tim cook just trampling walked off stage at the special event in california. he pulled off a surprise party in new products and features. the new iphone 11 the big reveal, multiple choices, different price points with the basic 11. more battery life, ultra wide lens, and the fastest chip ever in a smart phone. that is just the basic model. where was the market moving? disney and netflix taking immediate hit after they announced booktv plus would be free for any entire year if you buy a new product, ipad, iphone or new imac. updates to many more products. we'll take you straight to san francisco for all the hot highlights. the markets are not reflecting the excitement of a lot of breaking news. it is down 32, the nasdaq down 42, and oil reversing course after a shocker at the white house. that is that national security advisor john bolton was let go by twitter by president trump as the white house rolls out extensive new sanctions to fight te

liz claman, your hour has been magical this week. i mean, it is like i blink and we go up another -- we just explode to the upside. liz: yeah, but todd just took the oxygen out of the -- talk about energy. charles: that's todd. liz: that's todd. that's charles. that's liz. we're all here for you and your money. lucky seven has the markets rocking the day before friday the 13th. sorry some people hate it when i mention it. don't fear it. the dow is up 138 points up right now, aiming for its seventh straight win, longest in 16 months as president trump gives a trade freebie to china and europe central bank restarts the stimulus machine. so this gift from president trump comes in this form, a goodwill gesture to delay october 1st tariffs on 250 billion in chinese goods by two full weeks so that the chinese can celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china. it comes as china's commerce ministry says its importers are asking american suppliers for prices on pork, soybeans and other agricultural commodities

i'm ashley webster in for liz claman. let's begin "the claman countdown." ashley: we begin breaking news. amazon is introducing new devices, including a smart oven, who doesn't need one of those, eight new echo devices and a wireless plug-in speaker. they all go on sale today. there's also a smart lamp called the echo glow. that's fun. the echo glow which is alexa-enabled, of course. >>> let's get you up to date on what amazon is bringing out. let's get to the markets. the major averages right now are all higher, if you are riding around listening to us on sirius, the dow is up 167 points. the s&p up half a percent, the nasdaq up nearly 1%. but take a look at oil, trading lower after a surprise build in inventory, almost 2.5 more barrels in store than expected. the price of crude down to $56.60, down just 69, 70 cents on the day. take a look at philip morris. the group up 6% while altria down nearly 1%. this after the dissolution of their $187 billion merger talks. apparently investors in philip morris like that that deal is not going to happen. altria also

we popped initially, now we're down 20 as we hand it over to liz claman. yeah, you got it going there. thank you so much, charles. folks, we do have geopolitical tensions as we head into the final hour of trade. even president trump promising in just the last hour that a trade deal with china could come, quote, before the 2020 election or one day after the election is not sending the markets to the moon. stocks are still kind of hovering around ground level as we watch a reversal of fortunes in the oil patch right now. the saudi energy minister claims that as bad as those fires looked on saturday night, the entire country's oil operations will return to full production levels by the end of this month. that's just two weeks, right?

liz claman, i got a legend here and the market is up 85 points. liz: i remember when i used to go to the atm and take out a single 20 dollar bill when i was in columbus, ohio. for a whole week. charles: impacted everyone's life. liz: did i just sound like my father? i walked to school ten miles uphill both ways. thank you so much. good to see you, charles. can the bulls pull it off? yes, in this final hour of trade, markets are trying to pick up a win for the week, fighting through what some see as a disappointing jobs report and revelations that not one, but two of tech's biggest names now have bull's eyes on their backs. those would be google and facebook. now at this hour, the targets of dozens of state ags from both red and blue states, as the legal arrows fly, we are about to tell you what the social network and search engine kings are accused of doing and what weapons they are using to fight back at this hour. >>> fed chairman jerome powell finally addressing the verbal fire bombs constantly lobbed his way by president trump, including a pret

we popped initially, now we're down 20 as we hand it over to liz claman. liz: i'll take the cp effect. yeah, you got it going there. thank you so much, charles. folks, we do have geopolitical tensions as we head into the final hour of trade. even president trump promising in just the last hour that a trade deal with china could come, quote, before the 2020 election or one day after the election is not sending the markets to the moon. stocks are still kind of hovering around ground level as we watch a reversal of fortunes in the oil patch right now. the saudi energy minister claims that as bad as those fires looked on saturday night, the entire country's oil operations will return to full production levels by the end of this month. that's just two weeks, right? following this weekend's drone attacks on two major facilities. at a presser just over an hour ago, prince bin salman saying that he has restored 50% of lost production and will keep full supply to its customers this month. now, crude prices were already coming down, but the news shook more bears awak

"countdown" host liz claman. liz, they're still shaking their head at this one. >> look at me.ad. it is this one. it's a whole bunch of others, charles. if you just look at peloton, for example. i have one. i love it. but the stock itself is down two pennies, you can see it $225.22, it ipo'd at $29. it never even reached that on its first day. certainly closed below that so it makes you wonder, there are a lot of parallels at the moment to 1999 and 1998. we were going, this country was going through an impeachment trial at that point. this country was also looking at yield curve inversions. all of these different things seemed to be squaring up but is it exactly the same? if you look back on some of the hot ones back in the day, dr. coop.com. c everett coop was surgeon general. it went public in 1 billion-dollar valuation. in 2 years later it sold for 186,000 in bankruptcy. webvan, online grocer, today we have fresh direct which is really great and all but they spent too much money in warehousing of the food. scaled up too quickly. it went public. 15 bucks. now the whole thing

the dow up 405 points as i hand it over to you, liz claman. tage points, so -- charles: by the way, last month the auto sales came in better than anticipated -- liz: right. charles: according to ed moneyeds. liz: that's why everybody needs us. [laughter] we're getting you the facts and information. all right, here's some facts here, back to table. deescalation in the trade wars signaling acceleration for the markets right now. we're about to tell you what happened, but wall street loves it. the u.s. and china confirm the trade talks are now set to resume this month. wait til you hear how it went down. trade-sensitive stocks in technology leading the charge as oil does a 180 after a third straight week of falling stockpiles. dow jones industrials up 408 points right now, the s&p

the dow was up 130 points as a pass it off to liz claman. we had a heckuva rally in your show. maybe again today. liz: it has to do china and trade once again. china supply train is breaking up like a torch. president trump a little over an hour ago said the world second biggest economy still wants a trade deal, only this time china's actions match that claim in the chinese today are relaxing tariffs on a handful of products. even though if they did so under 16 products, the optimism is lifting stocks as you can see, the dow headed for the sixth straight winning session, moving higher by 132 points. both the s&p r1% away from the all-time record. the nasdaq powering higher by 62 points as well. the russell showing muscle once again. will the gains continue if smaller companies struggle to pay the tariffs begin to fail? the trump administration says china is the one that pays but we will introduce you to the medical device maker bio tri-city, the ceos here exclusively armed with receipts showing how much he, not the chinese is pain in tariffs. fox business remember septembe septe

liz claman, over to you. liz: happy tuesday. happy september. thank you so much. hook, even hercules might not be able to contain this three-headed monster that's driving markets mad on this first trading day of september. stocks underwater not only as new 15% tariffs on chinese goods kicked in over the weekend, but now there is an economist at a major bank who says china is hunkering down and preparing for the trade war with the u.s. to last up to a decade. trade-sensitive stocks are getting pummeled as the schedule for new talks with the chinese is still up in the air, and then there's the deadly hurricane. dorian leaving destruction in in its path. we are going to tell you exactly where it's centered right now and perhaps more importantly where it might go existence. across the pond, an all-out battle in parliament ranging at -- raging at this hour as a no-deal brexit is now challenged by e a break member or two of prime minister boris johnson's own political party. they've defected to the other side, to pro-e.u. side. we'll show you more on that. and add in ma

liz claman, it's up to you. i'm gla that jason didn't . finish. he will be mad at me for saying that. we have to say that oil grabbing the spotlight, now taking center stage right this minute. with a 4% spike in the final hour of trade as president trump cracks the door open to iran. black gold powering the markets after donald trump told the media quote, iran wants to talk. and that a face-to-face could happen at the united nations general assembly here in new york city later thimonth. oil, which is trading right now at $56.20, closed in the regular session more than 4% higher. nice move there. but the president is intransigent when it comes to slapping tariffs on china. american retailers forced to rip up their business plans after levies on chinese goods popped up to 15% over the weekend. the retail industry leaders association is here exclusively on why their clients from walmart to gap, home depot, best buy, all of these stocks see those particular tariffs that kicked in over the weekend as the worst yet. >>> deadly hurricane dorian now huggi

liz claman, over to you. liz: happy tuesday. happy september. thank you so much. to contain this three-headed monster that's driving markets mad on this first trading day of september. stocks underwater not only as new 15% tariffs on chinese goods kicked in over the weekend, but now there is an economist at a major bank who says china is hunkering down and preparing for the trade war with the u.s. to last up to a decade. trade-sensitive stocks are getting pummeled as the schedule for new talks with the chinese is still up in the air, and then there's the deadly hurricane. dorian leaving destruction in in its path. we are going to tell you exactly where it's centered r

liz claman, it's up to you. liz: we've got a lot going. i'm glad that jason didn't finish.hat. we have to say that oil grabbing the spotlight, now taking center stage right this minute. with a 4% spike in the final hour of trade as president trump cracks the door open to iran. black gold powering the markets after donald trump told the media quote, iran wants to talk. and that a face-to-face could happen at the united nations general assembly here in new york city later this month. oil, which is trading right now at $56.20, closed in the regular session more than 4% higher.

liz claman, i got a legend here and the market is up 85 points. i used to go to the atm and take out a single 20 dollar bill when i was in columbus, ohio. for a whole week. charles: impacted everyone's life. liz: did i just sound like my father? i walked to school ten miles uphill both ways. thank you so much. good to see you, charles. can the bulls pull it off? yes, in this final hour of trade, markets are trying to pick up a win for the week, fighting through what some see as a disappointing jobs report and revelations that not one, but two of tech's biggest names now have bull's eyes on their backs. those would be google and facebook. now at this hour, the targets of

liz claman, it's been sort of a side ways monday but there's always something great going on beneath the surface. liz: always. and we've got so much breaking news. you talked about google. we will deep dive into that. we have apple 24 hours away from the big announcement and this breaks news, afghanistan peace talks with the taliban are dead. that according to president trump. he just made the comments at the white house moments ago. he's also talking about the recovery after hurricane dorian. the gop presidential challenger, north korea and more. what we are doing is waiting for the pool, the group of press, to roll the tape. we will bring it to you as soon as it happens. >>> one of the most widely held tech stocks in the world, now has a huge target on its back. a half hour ago, this on your screen. the state attorneys general of all 50 states took to the steps of the supreme court to announce an antitrust investigation into the way google might be doing business. the search engine giant opened up 13 bucks this morning. wait until you see what it's doing now. more importantly, where

you know, liz claman, any time that happens, there's natural anxiety no matter what. climbing the wall of worry; right? charles: yes. liz: wall street climbs that wall of worry. it was interesting to see what happened around -- just shortly after 1:00 p.m. eastern. you talk about setting off a stink bomb just as the garden party starts. hours after a chinese trade delegation of about 30 people arrived at the u.s. trade representative's office, president donald trump advisor on china, michael pillsbury on the left side of your screen, a friend of this show, said tariffs on chinese goods quote could go to 50 percent or 100 percent even if a u.s. china trade deal is not agreed upon soon. in an interview in hong kong, pillsbury telling the south china morning post the president is prepared to

the dow was up 130 points as a pass it off to liz claman. we had a heckuva rally in your show. : it has to do china and trade once again. china supply train is breaking up like a torch. president trump a little over an hour ago said the world second biggest economy still wants a trade deal, only this time china's actions match that claim in the chinese today are relaxing tariffs on a handful of products. even though if they did so under 16 products, the optimism is lifting stocks as you can see, the dow headed for the sixth straight winning session, moving higher by 132 points. both the s&p r1%

liz claman, the dow is off i bet it'll be explosive as useful. went from 0 to 180. apple tim cook just trampling walked off stage at the special event in california. he pulled off a surprise party in new products and features. the new iphone 11 the big reveal, multiple choices, different price points with the basic 11. more battery life, ultra wide lens, and the fastest chip ever in a smart phone. that is just the basic model. where was the market moving?

liz claman, it's been sort of a side ways monday but there's always something great going on beneath . and we've got so much breaking news. you talked about google. we will deep dive into that. we have apple 24 hours away from the big announcement and this breaks news, afghanistan peace talks with the taliban are dead. that according to president trump. he just made the comments at the white house moments ago. he's also talking about the recovery after hurricane dorian. the gop presidential challenger, north korea and more. what we are doing is waiting for the pool, the group of press, to roll the tape. we will bring it to you as soon as it happens. >>> one of the most widely held tech stocks in the world, now has a huge target on its back. a half hour ago, this on your screen. the state attorneys general

liz claman, you have a lot on your plate as you lead us into the rest of the market. folks, everyone needs to stay tuned right now to this final hour of trade because the markets are running a constantly changing gauntlet trying to duck and weave around the political whip saw at this hour. right now we are heading lower after the washington post says house speaker nancy pelosi will announce that the house will launch a formal impeachment inquiry. you can see the markets right now are moving down on that news. we are expecting an official announcement from speaker pelosi 5:00 p.m. eastern. now the news sent markets immediately lower, following president trump's tweet, that he would release, quote, the complete fully declassified and unredacted transcript of this phone call in question, the

liz claman, your hour has been magical this week. we go up another -- we just explode to the upside. liz: yeah, but todd just took the oxygen out of the -- talk about energy. charles: that's todd. liz: that's todd. that's charles. that's liz. we're all here for you and your money. lucky seven has the markets rocking the day before friday the 13th. sorry some people hate it when i mention it. don't fear it. the dow is up 138 points up right now, aiming for its seventh straight win, longest in 16 months as president trump gives a trade freebie to china and europe central bank restarts the stimulus machine. so this gift from president trump comes in this form, a goodwill gesture to delay october 1st

i'm ashley webster in for liz claman today. let's begin "the claman countdown." ashley: just take a look at the numbers. stocks extending their losses in this final hour of trading, as headlines crossing from the chinese foreign minister, who has been speaking at the united nations, mainly about tariffs and provocation. he says the trade war may even plunge the world into recession. ominously adding quote, the lessons of the great depression should not be forgotten. that obviously does not do great things for the market. and this follows the report today that the white house is thinking about de-listing chinese companies on u.s. exchanges. this promptly sent the crane shares china internet etf, one of those baskets of stocks that carry chinese shares, as you can see, down almost 5%. there you go. down two bucks, 4.69%. and the u.s.-listed stocks of chinese firms also hitting session lows on the news. everyone, throw alibaba in there, citigroup, global markets, all of those down big, as you can see anywhere from 5% to 12%. >>> also, take a look at micron technolog

ashley, typically this is where i challenge liz claman to keep it going. ashley: very good.y best to hold the torch, charles payne. no pressure, right? thank you very much. >>> guess what? wall street ignoring the impeachment noise. zeroing in on trade in this final hour ahead of the close. trade-sensitive stocks leading today's gains as the markets look to snap a three-day losing streak. look at all the green. the dow up 167 points, s&p up, the nasdaq up almost 1%. good day for big tech. trade optimism coming from a new trade deal with japan and president trump remarks the trade deal with china could come sooner than you think. he is in new york city for the u.n. general assembly. the president expected to hold a press conference within the next hour and we will bring it

i'm ashley webster in for liz claman. let's start "the claman countdown." ashley: but we begin with breaking news. sentencing proceedings under way for actress felicity huffman in federal court in boston. her husband, william h. macy, the actor, is with her as she already pled guilty in may to conspiring to pay $15,000 to a fake charity that essentially facilitated cheating with her daughter taking a college entrance exam. prosecutors have asked for a month in prison and a $20,000 fine. we of course will keep an eye on this and bring you the very latest in that case. >>> meanwhile, back to the markets right now, the dow hanging in there, up 41 points at this hour with less than an hour to go in the session, and in the week. but as we mentioned, the s&p and nasdaq just falling back a little bit. by the way, for the week, the major averages all higher, on pace for a third straight week of gains. by the way, apple coming off session lows as well, after it disputes a report by goldman sachs which cut its price target for the stock, citing concerns over its new

liz claman, you have a lot on your plate as you lead us into the rest of the market. liz: i would think so, folks, everyone needs to stay tuned right now to this final hour of trade because the markets are running a constantly changing gauntlet trying to duck and weave around the political whip saw at this hour. right now we are heading lower after the washington post says house speaker nancy pelosi will announce that the house will launch a formal impeachment inquiry. you can see the markets right now are moving down on that news. we are expecting an official announcement from speaker pelosi 5:00 p.m. eastern. now the news sent markets immediately lower, following president trump's tweet, that he would release, quote, the complete fully declassified and unredacted transcript of this phone call in question, the phone call with the president of ukraine that during which, it is alleged that the president discussed joe biden, his chief rival on the democratic side. the president has admitted that too, but now the questions swirl at this hour, what exactly was said and was

i'm ashley webster in for liz claman, let's start "the claman countdown." ♪ ♪ ashley: well, let's takeook at some breaking news. oil prices paring their losses after the pentagon said it will deploy military equipment, support personnel to saudi arabia. this comes following the attack on the country's oil production facility ten days ago. oil just essentially flat, at 56.45. meanwhile, stocks on the dow off 36 points. we were down 166 at the low point, but are we on pace for the second down day in three? we'll have to find out. take a look at some of the stocks. chevron, united health care and disney accounting for all of the blue chip indexes losses today, well, not all of them but certainly not helping. chevron, united health, walt disney, disney down 3.5%. 1.5%. investors not exactly riding high on peloton. the stock right now at $25, down $3.86 after opening at $27 a share on its very first day of trading on the nasdaq. the fitness company's initial offering was priced at $29, so off as you can see from that price, down 13 percent. if you didn't know, peloton makes high-end cycles

let's start "the claman countdown." liz: we are getting this breaking news. dustin and the old crew will be back in the upside down world. "stranger things," so huge, has now been renewed for a fourth season and the streaming giant has signed the series creators to a multi-year film and tv deal. now they are getting into features. sources say it's worth not seven, not eight, but nine figures. that is good for a 1% move on netflix to $265.92. "stranger things," a lot of people will be thrilled with season four, i'm sure. >>> from series to seasons, as the autumn leaves change to yellow and orange, we are seeing green on our screen this final trading day of both the month and the quarter. thanks to everyone's favorite fall fruit, apple. or rather, shares of the iphone 11 maker which are trading near an 11-month high right now, after jpmorgan this morning raised its price target on the stock to $265. they say it will hit that by december of next year. right now, we are at $224.05 but apple is now above that $1 trillion market cap once again for the first time si

let's start "the claman countdown." liz: breaking news on fitbit. look at the wearables stock. this is a device maker and apple watch competitor spiking at the moment 18%. why? it may be up for sale. reuters is reporting that the company has been in talks with an investment bank about whether it should start speaking with potential acquirers. why would they do that? well, fitbit stock is down 40% over the past year and it has been very difficult to go up against not only other competitors and watches, but of course, the apple watch which is striking all kinds of deals with health care companies. now, from one device maker to another, yes, the launch of the apple watch 5 series was akin to a rock star event. if you just go back to may, i met apple ceo tim cook at the berkshire hathaway annual shareholder meeting where crowds jostled for selfies and a glimpse of, of course, the silicon valley star. today in the big apple, look at the crowds. the apple chief attracted rock star sized crowds hours ago at the grand opening right up the street, the fifth avenue store. apple fans eage

let's start "the claman countdown." liz: breaking news. as the dow jones industrials see about a 150 point swing from trough to peak, we have news of boeing stock flat at the moment but the news is jumping all over the place. its $50 million financial assistance fund has just announced it will make a payment to the families of the 346 people killed in those two fatal 737 max jet crashes, one in indonesia, the second of course in ethiopia. the fund's administrators, this is just moving on the tape here, they say each family who lost a member will receive $144,000 and will begin accepting claims immediately. don't know how that's going to go over. in the moment, we are looking at boeing, flat. let's go to the markets overall. the dow jones industrials, not flat, up about 51 points. high of the session, a gain of 54 so we're not far from that. that's a firm reversal of session losses as the s&p 500 is up four points. it's just 1% away from the record high we saw before, we are at 2,996 right now. apple, by the way, lists on both indexes and t

liz: thank you, ernie. thank you. that will do it for the "claman countdown." connell: you guessed it, when we're in the green we saw renewed trade optimism. we had positive data on the economy which we'll talk about as well. the dow settles in up 372 points to the upside a really good day for stocks. i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." the s&p 500 and the nasdaq continuing their rallies from yesterday, pushing us toward record levels we saw back in july. we're keeping track of dorian as it moves north. the category 2 hurricane battering the carolinas, could make landfall tonight or tomorrow. 250,000 people are currently without power in south carolina as charleston braces for a possible 10-foot storm surge. can you imagine if governor of north carolina is expected to make comments about the impact of dorian. we'll keep you updated on the storm's path throughout the hour. connell: then there is president trump, expected to speak any moment from now at the white house. a event awarding the presidential medal of freedom to

liz: apple certainly a member of the dow 30. the dow hitting session highs in the final hour, minute of trade up 52 points. that will do it for the "claman countdown." thanks, paul detreich. melissa: on wall street stocks mixed at the close on global growth concerns as investors await direction on trade. the dow there though, positive territory, pushing into the green in the final minutes, ending up 68 points. s&p 500 ending the day, see it there, in positive territory, just barely. the nasdaq, in the red three days in a row, down three points. i'm melissa francis. connell: i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." we'll have more on big market movers. here is what is new at this hour. right now the white house, president trump is expected to sit down with congressional republican leaders. this follows the removal today of john bolton as his national security advisor. we'll have the details as we know them on that announcement and the timeline of how it all went down. >>> plus apple revealing its new lineup of smartphones and devices. the surprise move for the next iphone and how the tech giant is planning to compete with netflix. >

liz: sam stovall, great to have you on a look at the dow, gain of 221 points. i point to the small caps with a gain of 2% as winners that do it for the "claman countdown." melissa: apple closing above one trillion dollars. the stocks on the rise, inching closer to record territory. all three major averages ending the day in the green on easing trade tensions. that's what we always say. connell: if we're up. melissa: that is what it is. the dow ending up 223 points at session highs, the longest winning streak in three months, less than 1% away from the record close as we mentioned. i'm melissa francis. >> i'm connell mcshane. nice close for the market. welcome to the bell. s&p 500 also in positive territory. the nasdaq best of the bunch of the big three snapping a three-session losing streak. melissa: we have fox business team coverage this hour. gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange, edward lawrence in washington, d.c., with the latest on trade, jackie deangelis live in the newsroom following the amazon probe. gerri, let's start with you. reporter: what a day in the markets here, anniversary of 9/11, everybody talking about it, the ma