melissa. melissa: s&p soaring toward a major record for the longest bull run streak in history. let's bring in our panel. lenore hawkins, thematica research and gary kaltbaum, from it kaltbaum capital management. gary, i feel like we're jinxing it with the segment? >> 1000% jinxing it. when we talk about it, it is already done. my biggest issue we're not in the early innings. the good news, doesn't mean we're in the late innings. let me just say, i have never been more optimistic president people of this country, the workers of this country, the technological breakthroughs, the medical breakthroughs all that stuff. my biggest problem i have never been more pessimistic on the people that are supposed to be fiscally responsible with the taxpayer dollars. if anything, that will kill the goose. it is going to be those lovely people in washington, d.c. melissa: james, that makes me want to cry. >> don't cry. >> you can cry a lot thinking about those lovely people in d.c., but the good news the econ

melissa. melissa: vowing to fight back, turkey threatening retaliation after president trump's decision to double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from our nato ally. blake burman at the white house. blake. reporter: with a big announcement from the president on terrorists you would think that potentially had something to do with china. instead this dealt with tariffs and turkey earlier today. the president revealed on twitter earlier this morning which he wrote the following, saying, quote, i just thorizeed the doubling on tariffs of steel and aluminum with respect to turkey, as their currency, turkish lira goes rapidly down against our strong dollar. aluminum will now be 20% and steel 50%. our relations with turk can are not good at this time. turkish ministry said the increase does not fit within the world trade organization rules. a spokesperson says turkey expect the other member countries to abide by international rules. the white house later clarifying, tariffs, the raise will not

melissa: yeah. mitchell, center for freedom and prosperity cofounder, kristin tate, conservative commentator author of how do i tax thee? supported by majority, socialism, what do you think? >> first a technical thing. socialism is government ownership of the means of production. government steel factories, collective farms. bernie sanders isn't talking about socialism. he is talking about more just a traditional left-wing agenda in the most cheerful attitude, it is sweden. in reality greece or venezuela. as an economist it is important to make sure we understand the definition. melissa: kristin, is there a taint to socialism? do the majority of americans think it's a great thing like bernie thinks? >> i think some naive, economically ignorant voters on the far left will like this socialism message and sadly these types of voters make up a significant portion of the democratic party today. a new gallop poll found 57% of democrats view socialism postively. i have to tell you, melissa, the vast majori

melissa? melissa: bernie sanders not impressed. of eight candidates for federal state candidates losing with his endorsement. maybe that shouldn't be surprising given how much the democratic socialist proposal would cost. vox.com recently totaling up to $42.5 trillion over the next 10 years. rnc spokesperson kayleigh mcenany, capri cafaro, former ohio state senate democrat leader join us now to react. capri, what do you think, sick out of eight lost. two won. bernie might say. >> i ain't surprised. i come from the state of ohio. the brand of democratic socialism may resonate in state like the bronx or vermont for that matter where, or cortez and where bernie sanders are from, that will not play in a place like kansas. it will not play in a place like ohio. this is a good wake-up call hopefully for the democratic party to recognize that the best thing we can do is match our candidates with the personality and values and priorities of the districts that they're running in, not try to have this coastal inward approach. it is not effec

melissa. melissa: wait a second. david: all the details of economic plans you do that, do that, nothing happens. it is not rocket science. you lower the cost of doing business you get more business. >> for the first time we've now got, this has been on going since trump took over, that the big problem facing businesses has been the lack of finding available labor. david: that's right. >> sometimes filling jobs. before that the big problems were taxes and regulations. if government gets out of the way businesses can grow. melissa: all right. stay with us, guys. developing news right now on tesla, forming a special committee to look at elon musk's proposal for taking the company private and then there is rapper azalea banks is weighing in as well. david: what? melissa: just what we needed, omarosa and a rapper. kristina partsinevelos is in the newsroom to tell us what this is all about. kristina. >> so much to talk about with this company and elon musk. i will get to the rapper in a second. i wa

melissa? >> melissa: all right. thank you for that for more let's bring in republican congressman adam kinzinger of illinois a member of the house foreign affairs committee and he is a veteran who served in both iraq and afghanistan. sir, thank you so much for joining us. >> yeah, you bet. >> melissa: what do you think? and i want to start what are the economic conditions in iran right now? we don't have a lot of daily visibility into that. i would imagine you know more than we do. how tough is it economically there already? it's pretty bad if you have been over the last few months we have seen social instability marching on the street which in iran is not something that's undangerous to do. it all comes from the fact that iran got all this money from the nuclear deal and the people are not seeing that money because just as many of us predicted they are not going to use it to build road and bridges they will use it to destabilize their neighborhood. we see proxy war in yemen and syria half a million dead syrians 50,

melissa. melissa: edward, thank you.ere is day two, there is no verdict as of yet, the jury determining the fate of paul manafort, asking if they can go home after 12 hours of deliberations. manafort face as prison sentence of 305 years if he found guilty on all 18 charges related to tax and banking fraud. fox's peter doocy with the very late e. we should get announcement a five, peter? reporter: within my anyone, they asked the judge to go home at 5:00 p.m. eastern. they didn't say they want to read a verdict at 5:00 p.m. eastern. apparently bun of the 12 has an event this evening they want to get to. i'm told while the deliberations are being paul manafort is in small jail cell without any reading material or tv. it is not clear if he knows the president said this morning he thinks it is sad what is happening with paul manafort but his attorneys certainly saw it. >> reaction to the president's comments? >> great comments. mr. manafort appreciates the support of president trump. >> how are you -- deliberating longer fav

melissa. melissa: china is responding with new tariffs of their own as president trump is attacking attorney general jeff session is jet again. hillary vaughn live at the white house. break this down for us. reporter: some senate republicans say attorney general jeff sessions days at doj are numbered. senator lindsey graham says he doesn't think president has confidence for sessions. it may be a time for new face at the department of justice after the midterms that didn't stop the attorney general from showing his face here at the white house this afternoon in the middle of a public feud with the president, because trump said this, this morning. >> the dems are very strong in the justice department. i put in an attorney general that never took control of the justice department, jeff sessions. never took control of the justice department. and it is sort of an incredible thing. reporter: sessions shot right back with a bold statement directed at the president's comments saying quote, i took cont

melissa. melissa: here is john laro, former federal prosecutor. thank you so much for joining us.you about the little snippet of interview with ainsley earhardt we just heard. the president saying he knew afterwards. michael cohen say he did it at his direction, what difference does that make based on who is telling the truth? >> goes to potential of illegality made by campaign contribution made by a corporation not be done or in excess of the limits. what the president is saying. this is my lawyer, he took care these things for me. i expected him to do things in legal way, and i found out about it afterwards, which is a legitimate defense. melissa: not part of the campaign, that you pay somebody to keep it quiet. >> that was the john edwards defense. no, exactly that is valid defense to a campaign contribution if you say listen i was doing it for family reasons to protect my wife and kids, no the in relationship to the campaign. the obama administration brought a prosecution against john edwards, a democratic nominee. that case fizzled just on those grounds. melissa: so, if he, i

melissa? >> melissa: sounds like a good show, harris. the latest of the nfl national anthem controversy. at his rally in west virginia last night. he set his sights on espn this time after the network announced it would not show the anthem in its monday night football broadcast. listen. >> president trump: it was just announced by espn that, rather than defending our anthem, our beautiful, beautiful national anthem, and defending our flag, they have decided that they just want broadcast what they play. so while the players are dealing, you are all proudly standing for our national anthe national anthem. >> what's interesting here is they held a summit on white house reform just a few weeks ago. do you think that the players took players off the field there would be room for compromise? >> on the issue i think possibly. and we've seen people who have gone out and work with communities and tried to get players into the community is to talk about these issues. donald trump has said these players should be fired. so yes he had a wet roundtab

melissa. melissa: jeff, thank you.tributor, former republican presidential candidate, herman cain. my friend, herman cain, good to see you, sir. how are you? >> david, happy to be with you. david: talk about the right-to-work laws. unions call to pay for a union to free riders. i call them free americans. what do you think? >> i call them free americans also. here is what the unions are not telling people in their narrative. the companies that employ people that are in right-to-work states, they get, they provide other benefits that the unions are in denial of, but the biggest point is, the voters in those states, are going to be voting for workers to have the freedom to decide for themselves. all you have to do is look at wisconsin. they had a very similar issue in wisconsin. when they no longer had to be a member of the union by edict, 40% of the people decided, they didn't even want to be a member of the unions. so i think that the election is going to be very telling as you pointed out, but i think that the only go

melissa. melissa: stopping the blue wave.to flip a crucial house seat held by republicans for decades but president trump isn't too worried. he has a new message for the gop. next charlie hurt from "the washington times" sounds off. ♪ the wonderful thing about polident is the fact that it's very, very tough on bacteria, yet it's very gentle on the denture itself. polident consists of 4 powerful ingredients that work together to deep clean your denture in hard to reach places. >> you will be very surprised. we are talking about this blue wave. [booing. i don't think so. if the democrats get in, they will raise your taxes. you will have crime all over the place. people will be pouring across the border. why would that be a blue wave? i think it could be a red wave. melissa: president trump not concerned about the gop chances come november. ahead of that, five states holding big political races tomorrow. kansas, michigan, missouri, washington, ohio, where analysts are expecting especially tight race for governor. joining me now

melissa? melissa: bring in today's panel, todd horowitz, and money map press chief investment strategist. thank you for joining us. keith, let me start with you, you know ed said it there that it seems like the u.s. could handle this sort of pressure better, even though tariffs aren't good for anybody and the other side would crumble first, what's your take on that? >> you know, it's a very, very dicey question. i spend an awful lot of time in china so i'm very familiar with industrial capacity, from a firsthand view, having put eyeballs on it. i think the president is right. that's accurate. the question is how much damage is he going to do to the american consumer in the meantime. we don't the answer to that yet. melissa: todd, the benefit to the american consumer would be tremendous, if it succeeded, if it fails, like you said, it's a problem. >> i don't think it hurts, i don't think you're going fail. he's doing the right thing. we're as strong as with be and they're as weak as can be, it'

melissa: now i am biased.ot home from a scanned and he had an amazing time focused on space himself. are we as a nation focused enough on that? is the idea of a space wars, a lot of people laughed when the president said that. is that the best way to go out of for you no come you wrote your book about the billionaire told battle in space weather is jeff bezos or elon musk. is that a better approach? >> what these billionaires are able to do is help the pentagon gets satellites into space more cost effectively, more reliably, just quicker. what you're seeing now is they have been talking about space for a number of years, but now he talked about vice president pence visit this morning to the johnson space center about a return to the moon is time to say they are talking about creating a space branch of the united states military dedicated exclusively to space. all of those are big deals. you see them get a lot of attention right now. but the civilian exploration side in the national security side. melissa: is a

good evening everyone, i melissa francis in for martha maccallum. we are still without a verdict for the trial of paul manafort, a verdict that could make or break the future of the russia collusion probe, the deliberation of date two was not without drama. judge t.s. ellis revealing a short time ago that he feared for the safety of the jury and he does not want their identities made public for now despite immediate request to do just that, his reason? he said he has received threats as a result of his participation in the case, so credible that he's under the constant protection of u.s. marshals. the revelations, as the president himself weighed in on the trial and paul manafort sent a response back to his former boss through his attorney. >> president trump: i think the manafort trial is very sad. when you look at what's going on, i think it's a very sad day for our country. he worked for me for a very short period of time but he happens to be a very good perso person. and i think it's very sad what they've done to paul manafort. >> great comments

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." go straight to nicole petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. nicole, quite a bull run for you there today. >> indeed. they focused on earnings and consumer confidence and investor optimism, u.s., china, getting back to the talks. they're not focusing on turkey at least not for today. that is why we saw feigns of over 440 points today. we held on to sizable gains, nearly 400 points, 1 1/2%, our best performance in percentage terms since april 10:00? dow jones industrial average in point terms accounted for half the gains. walmart killed it today. everybody was so impressed numbers, they saw 40% rise in e-commerce. more shoppers and shows shoppers went in spent more that shows you what is going on in our economy. boeing, caterpillar, goldman, all up arrows. apple third straight high, our 22nd for this year. then i have got to show you what happened with the "fang" stocks. i see amazon is in the green. if you look at a chart, everything did so well. technology was the worst of t

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." here is what we're covering this very busy hour. any moment now president trump will sit down with state leaders to hold a roundtable discussion on prison reformone of the rare occasions we'll hear from the president this week as he spends time in bedminster new jersey. we'll have breaking headlines from president trump. >>> vice president mike pence from the pentagon revealing plans to establish a space force by 20 to. coming up we'll speak with famed astrophysicist, my son's hero, neil degrass tyson, why this move is necessary to keep america safe. >>> millions are fleeing. you know ambassador nikki haley in is south america to witness the growing crisis in venezuela of the coming up this hour we'll speak to marc lotter former press secretary for vice president mike pence and ron paul and gregg jarrett. a great show. david: it is still double digits down. it could be worse and nasdaq looks to stay in the green, nicole. >> that's right. when you see the nasdaq in the green, inching c

melissa? melissa: thank you.onnell: here to react to all this, brandon judd, president of the national border patrol council. good to have you on the show today. as hillary talked about, seemed to be a couple of goals for the president at today's white house event. possibly raising the morale of some of these i.c.e. officials and others that had to deal with negative coverage of what they have been doing but also he said to set up his argument on midterm elections for immigration. do you think what he did today was effective, what the president did today in. >> most everything he has done as far as immigration goes is effective. what he is shining a spotlight on the problem and until we solve that problem we're going to continue to discuss this issue. illegal immigration continues to rage. the amount of drugs that cross the border continues to flow across, almost unfettered. in my 21-year career as a border patrol agent i can tell you that we discussed this issue year in, year out but we finally have a president

here today, melissa francis. republican strategist and senior fellow for the independent women's voice waving kindly, lisa boothe. former deputy spokesperson for the department of state, fox news analyst and host of "benson and harf," will she wave? i don't know. marie harf as well. >> marie: no wave. >> harris: also with us today in the center seat, the "outnumbered," the fox business network anchor david asman. the on-television spouse of the woman -- >> david: goodness! >> harris: on television! >> david: i wore the suit that melissa likes the best. >> harris: and to your spouses respectively at home, hi. let's get to the news. facebook says 290,000 users follow fake accounts. which were involved in "coordinated, inauthentic behavior." but the investigation is still in the early stages and we are told it's unclear who was behind the operation. today, senate lawmakers hearing from the social media experts on how to stop foreign actors from using social media to interfere in our elections. senate intelligence ch

right now melissa francis in for hairs. >> melissa: fox news alert. sanctions on iran are back.overtime i'm melissa francis in for harris faulkner. the trump administration today reimposing the first badge of economic sanctions against iran effective at midnight tonight. today's action a warning shot to america's western allies and the world that president trump is serious about keeping the u.s. out of what he has called the worst deal ever negotiated. a short while ago national security advisor john bolton telling fox news that the sanctions are aimed at changing iran's behavior. watch. >> we want to put unprecedented pressure on the government of iran to change its behavior and so far they have shown no indication they are prepared

>> melissa: catherine herridge, thank you so much for that report. >> you're welcome. >> melissa: i will bring it out to the couch. let me start with you, i mean, so he's -- >> me? >> melissa: not you. yeah. peter strzok finally fired after having been escorted out a while ago. it was probably news to some that he was still on the payroll. what do you think about this? >> my reaction and i expect a lot of other's reactions will be about time. that's great. the danger, the establishment, the f.b.i. and others in power here think of this as some kind of sacrificial offering that will make the whole issue of the establishment's role in trying to stop donald trump getting elected and then once he's elected to try to undermine him all go away. it wasn't just peter strzok. he's not the only one. this isn't some rogue agent. there's something deeper going on. while we should be happy that this has happened, we should continue to press for a deeper investigation of the whole system. >> melissa: this is the tip of the iceberg. you'll remember the testimony was very tense when he got up there in f

melissa: makes sense. elon musk looking to clarify his surprise tweet regarding taking tesla private last week as regulators are investigating whether any laws were broken. kristina partsinevelos has the latest on this one. kristina? reporter: that is true. the note came out today from elon musk himself to all tesla shareholders saying yes, we are going through with this private secured funding and the source like you said is going to be the saudi sovereign wealth fund. a sovereign wealth fund is an investment fund operated by the government of saudi, saudi arabia. what elon musk did say was saudi arabia, this sovereign wealth fund, those involved with it, reached out multiple times over the course of two years to take the company private. on july 31st they had a very important meeting where musk walked out of the meeting, was very confident he would get the funding, why he put forth the tweet last week saying he secured funding and he will take the company private at $420. however nobody confirmed that fr

call now tow to learn more. >> melissa: thank you for joining us, i am a melissa francis in for harrisill see you at 4:00 p.m. and of the daily briefing starts right now. >> new fallout from the fbi firing anti-trump text or peter strzok after the president ways and with a tweet. hello everyone, i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing briefing." ♪ spiel and strzok's attorney says his client was fired because of political pressure adding that that should be a deeply troubling to all americans, the president tweeting the same, and the mueller investigation is a total hoax. catherine herridge is live in alexandria, virginia. >> reporter: the president weighed in about an hour after there was confirmation

this is "outnumbered" and i melissa francis. here today fox news contributor today fox news contributor lisa boothe, leah gabriel and democratic strategist and fox news contributor jessica tarlov. and joining us on the couch today former federal prosecutor andrew mccarthy and he is outnumbered. we are leaning on you a lot today. lots of legal going on. >> no day off. >> we will get you a cup of coffee. laugh laugh [laughs] >> the fbi releases peter strzok months after it was revealed that he is sent blistering text messages to his liver. while being lead investigator on the alert clinton email program. now g.o.p. congressman jim jordan during an interview with neil cavuto, stepping up criticism of the russia kroger. watch. >> you know a lot of your colleagues are saying it's reason enough for the bob mueller investigation to be disbanded. >> this is what i know. a year and a half into this investigation or 13 or 14 months into this investigation there is still not one bit of evidence about any type of coordination, collusion or

. >> melissa: we are back tomorrow at noon eastern and here is melissa francis in for harris. >> melissa: fox news alert, former campaign chairman paul manafort telling the judge she will not testify. and now the defense team resting its case in his tax and bank fraud trial. this is "outnumbered over time." manafort's calling no witnesses. prosecutors on robert mueller's team resting their case yesterday after calling more than two dozen witnesses including manafort's former right-hand man, rick gates. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live at the courthouse in alexandria, virginia come up with the latest. >> reporter: as we reported earlier, they got the defense resting the case earlier today. they indicated to the court that they would not be calling their own witnesses, they would not be calling for presenting their own evidence and manafort would not be testifying on his own behalf. legal experts tell fox it's often the strategy that is employed when the defense feels that the government and prosecution may not have bet the burden of proof to get a conviction whi

. >> melissa: fox news alert. we are awaiting a news conference by federal prosecutors in new york city set to start at any minute. they will discuss the indict ment of chris collins on insider trader charges. he has represented the suburb of rochester and buffalo. he was one of president trump's earlier backers in congress. he is denying any wrongdoing. his attorneys issuing a state ment saying they will defend the charges in court and they expect him to be exonerated. brian has more from the newsroom. >> chris collins surrendered to the f.b.i. around 7:00 this morning and he is been charged with the federal insider trading related to an australian biotechnology company called innate immuno therapeutics incorporated. his son and the father of the fiancÉe also face insider trading charges. the company was developing a drug to treat multiple sclerosis and they are saying collins knew it failed the trial five days before it became public and they know it because he received e-mail on a congressional picnic at the wh

it will be interesting. >> melissa: absolutely.uperintendent, running against rahm emmanuel, he has criticism for everyone around. and by the way, the murder rate was much improved under him before he was let go. at the same time he talked about the fact that mayor rahm emmanuel is looking outward. he's talking about president trump and focused on the environment. he's like please solve the problems happening under you. but president trump is promoting a rhetoric or tone that isn't bringing people together. it sort of, criticism for all sides, there is a textbook on how to solve this sort of problem, it starts with reaching out to the pastors. but it is internal and comes from the top and the mayor. >> and you talked about the anti-police sentiment, rahm emmanuel has said that the ferguson effect is real and police officers are in a fetal position. that is an interesting point. >> melissa: more outnumbered coming back. e a struggle? introducing ore-ida potato pay. where ore-ida golden crinkles are your crispy currency to pay for bi

charles this dovetails to what melissa said. if you discredit every day and then they come out in your favor have you discredited, you know -- >> harris: does it linger after it ends? >> charles: the bottom line is that at this point, you know, there is still talk occasionally of getting sessions to act. i feel like we have run at least half of a mare on the. to run back to -- marathon and to run back is ridiculous. >> harris: we are past the snack stand. >> charles: feels like we are on heartbreak hill. >> kennedy: well done. talk about where we are now. charles brings up a good point. if the president is exonerated, it sort of undermines the tweet. so what can happen conclusively that either makes complete sense of all the leaks and everything we have heard so far or actually exonerate the president? i guess the point is that you say that at some point the president is hoping this ends when it ends. this could go on for longer. case this is so politically charged on both sides no matter what the outcome is. if the special coun

this is outnumbered, my melissa francis in here today is harris faulkner, rachel campos duffy, democratic strategist and fox news contributor jessica tarlov. in joining us on the couch, former deputy campaign manager for trump, fox news contributor and the president of citizens united, david bossi. and he is outnumbered. are you ready my friend? >> david: always. >> melissa: we are awaiting a verdict in the paul manafort trial has the jury deliberates for a second day. as you know, paul manafort could spend the rest of his life in prison but his defense team and said, we are still in the game. after learning the jury submitted for written questions to the judge yesterday, including a request for clarity on the definition of reasonable doubt. now president trump is speaking out earlier today. >> president trump: i think the paul manafort trial is very sad, it's a very sad day for our country. he worked for me for a very short period of time but, you know, he happens to be a very good person and i think it's very sad what they have done to paul manafort. >> melissa: peter doocy is live outs

>> melissa: it was lukewarm. car smell. >> kennedy: didn't he say do it for me? talking about hillary clinton vote for her for me. guess what? they didn't. >> harris: that is an excellent question. >> kennedy: she didn't excite his coalition. the sleight against alexandria ocasio-cortez is important. because they are still very much fighting for the soul of the democratic party and there isn't a leader of the democrat party. and president obama -- >> harris: it's not chuck schumer? >> kennedy: president obama doesn't want to do it. he comes out to give speeches. >> melissa: he likes to be a king. >> kennedy: he likes being king-maker but he doesn't like the political side and grunt work. he will have to hit the trail come november. but she represents the chasm in the party. he is on one side. and bernie sanders on the other. >> dagen: she brags about her economic degree. >> harris: i have question for you. when it comes to exacting the payback for the endorsements what do you for barack obama? what is he looking

host: melissa murray? melissa: it is established law. is it safe is a different question. you could have a decision that completely overrules roe v. wade and we've certainly seen the court overruled the opinions they believe are incorrectly decided in recent years but i think the more likely thing to happen that might endanger roe's legacy would be an intermittent chipping away of the decision which i think we have seen over time. i think the idea of a complete over rolling might be more remote, but the idea that there might be incremental restrictions on the force of the decision might be something to think about. host: they would be a legislative response? states are, the often regulating to protect maternal health and fetal life. and that creates the cases that come into the courts. i would add that is roe was overhauled and planned parenthood v. casey. so, the original opinion in roe v. wade is somewhat defunct and has been superseded by the plurality opinion on planned parenthood versus cases in 1992 with a completely new rationale. but roe but roe is completely unset

problematic i would say out of bounds. >> melissa: unnecessary, okay.al team continuing their attacks on the probe calling the entire investigation illegitimate and vowing not to let the president walk into a perjury trap. watch. >> you lined up 100 lawyers, 100 lawyers are going to say don't sit for an interview. this is an investigation that at its outset has been corrupt, no question about that. it continues every single day there seems to be a new revelation. >> can it get any worse? what do we need to know, this is a totally illegitimate investigation. based on a report, a dossier, that was paid for by hillary clinton and the democrats. probably the biggest illegality so far, the biggest collusion so far. >> melissa: guiliani hitting on the electoral politics, saying now i think the continuance of the investigation would actually help. people are getting tired of it. the president needs something to energize his voters because the democrats look like they're energized. nothing would energize republicans more than let's save the president. katie, wh

here today melissa francis, town hall editor katie pavlich. former spokesperson to the host of benson and hamp marie harf. opinion and columnist for the "washington times" and fox news contributor himself charlie hurt is outnumbered. happy summer. >> happy summer. you know, any time you are in new york and it's not 9,000 degrees out. >> or raining. >> harris: i'm never going to complain because when it's snowing i'm sad girl. >> i will take the snow over 99 degrees and humidity in new york city and smells. >> the smell, yeah. >> frost. >> harris: perfect opportunities to move on. [laughter] last night's results showing the trump effect is in full effect for republicans. particularly in the midwest. in the minnesota g.o.p. governor's primary, trump supporter jeff johnson beat former governor tim pawlenty. you may remember pawlenty was once a g.o.p. star and former presidential candidate. he was also fiercely critical of president trump. in wisconsin right next door republican candidate leah vuknir won her primary she will be facing off against

melissa: that's a tough question. i do agree with clarke that a more robust factual record would have made clear what the stakes were for the many women seeking abortion who were unable to get them. i think it would have also made clear what the states were seeking to regulate, whether it was in the case of maternal health or the case of immorality, which some of them are quite forthright about. one of the issues of roe vs. wade is that you don't have that record, see you don't get the voices of the many constituencies affected by this decision. clarke: some issues in a democracy are simply not finally settled, and may take decades to settle, especially issues with such strong cultural current. but i think it's clear that roe vs. wade has unsettled this issue more, and if it had been left to the people, it would have provided the opportunity for public opinion to effect public policy and be more in line with public policy. public opinion is so out of sync with roe vs. wade that it has kept this issue simmering for the

melissa: 50. host: the right to privacy, whether it be founded in the 14th amendment -- a woman's toision whether or not terminate her pregnancy. the detriment the state would impose upon the pregnant woman by denying the choice is altogether apparent. i find nothing in the language or history -- a new constitutional right for pregnant mothers and invests that right with sufficient substance to overturn most existing state abortion statutes. the court that day, we learned that justice blackmun invited his wife to the court. : it was not completely out of the ordinary. host: what do we know about the dynamics in the courtroom that day. melissa: we know that justice powell sent a note to dottie blackmun saying that should be very saying that she should be very proud of her husband. powell was one of the newest justices. he joined with william rehnquist. he was kind of a wildcard. blackmun was very glad when he endorsed roe and actually pushed back on designating when life came into being. he wanted

melissa has been over the scene about an hur ago. we've watched a steady increase on 270 already a heavily traveled route in the morning. we're starting to see the delays stack up well back as you'rec ing out of frederick. 355 will remain clos between old hundred road and 121. that's due to the shuttltof s water for the tanker trucks. we'll keep an eye on this from above. rig, you're right, south from 70, that may be a better option if you're a commuter down 270 from the frederick >> thank you, brad. a couple of other thgs happening. after the beltway crash, might be involving a motorcycle.et we've been tg about that. at the bottom okay. in silver spring, aer new hampshire avenue, a brand new crash reported there as wel we'll keep an eye on this for you. especially the situation building back up there on 270 southbound out of frederick. it'sbout a ten-mile slowdown roach the fire.a chuck? >> thank you, melissa. beautiful morning to get things going here. sun is up over the potomac river, the planes are flying northbound up the pever.

federal government is terrible at it. >> melissa: that inspires confidence. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh meeting with key senators from both parties today is a newly released memo shows he urged that bill clinton face some very tough and explicit questions on the monica lewinsky scandal. the impact has a confirmation battle heats up. health and fitness is a big part of my life. for 14 years, i played professional football and i thought my health was perfect. then i had a screening and doctor's discovered i had a serious medical issue. unfortunately, it was the end of my football career, but if i hadn't been tested it could have been the end of my life. i believe in preventive testing, it saved me. many health issues like mine have little or no symptoms. life line screening goes beyond your anual check-up to tell you what your body isn't. call and schedule an appointment. call right now and save over 50%. just $149 for 5 painless screenings including an ultrasound test that actually looks inside your arteries for plaque that builds up as you age, incr

>> yes, melissa mollet is here to talk about the commute this morning. >> yes. that'shy aaron got tongue-tied. >> i just didn't kno what to say when i saw you. >> it comes with emotion. >> is that what it is? >> it's like he's never coming back. >> you surprised everybody. >> that's right. i ran out of vacation days in the middle. week. that means i got to come back. >> you got to earnn back vacat days. you came back at the right time. >> with a little sunshine. it was so hot and humid down in florida, there will be no rerea rearea real relief, until the weekend when unfortunately rain chance are creepingupwards. there are showers way up in west virginia. those are fading out as w get closer to the sunrise hoyers. i don't think there's much of a chance beforehe lunch hour today. future weather shows all of that rain staying west of the mountains forou the nexte hours. later on in the day there could be a stray shower or thunder shower that bubbles up in the heating of the day but not a high afternoon event. highs up around 90 degrees. the chance of getting rain

melissa: this is not the blue. all of us who are in the media know that this is something reporters have been investigating for a long time, right? >> yes. the rumors have been around but rumors around for a lot of people. but "the new yorker" did and those are my snood media figures who were forced to leave it sees documented, ronan farrow documented. he admitted mistakes and he feels immensely regretful about those mistakes but he has not the knowledge the most serious charges. that's where we'll see what if anything gets done by this call. david: we did mention the role of sherri sherri redstone if there is a rope which he played in giving some of this information in the context to ronan farrell. we mentioned les moonves is expected to be on the cbs conference call minutes from now taking questions from analysts, some of them no doubt very pointed. we will see whether the white eye if cbs becomes the lack i is he just put it. we'll it. we'll bring it to you live as soon as it begins than because sometimes they k

aaron. >> melissa, thank you. >>> 4:54. you have probably driven by the exxon gas station inge gewn. this morning, that gas tation is closed. it's been shuttered to make room for. cond it has commuters and lawmakers worried about finding gas in the district inhe future which is already hard enough. >> if you're running out of gasu you need someplace to stop for gas, otherwise you're out of luck. >> we're running out of gas stations in the city. we'llan bettan soon where you don't have to buy gas in the city. you'll haveve to l the town to buy gas. >> which i already do usually. it's not clear where the gas station or when it will be torn down. condos begin going up. >> coming in from virgin, that's t prime spot to fill up. >>> amazon shoppers check this out. we're getting an inside look at the company's new fulfillment center about to open up in maryland. e 25 million building is the onze of 13 football fields. it only took ten ms to build the facility in baltimore county. october, pens up in 1500 employees will work alongs

for now, let's to melissa mollet.ple different problems and befallentown road still have the right side blocked by a crash and still eing some delays there and headed inbound here. stanton road near mississippi avenue lanes blocked there for a police investigation and shotss fired all we know right now. in the district, as well. soubound 295 after laboratory road crash in the right lane there andng arn inbound 66 at fairfax drive right side blocked by the crash. you can see that delay there. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. >>> 5:32. back to that breaking news out of prince george's county. a suspect in police-involved shooting is now dead. this happened la last night in landover. >> megancgrath is at palmer park with more on what we know. good morning. >> good morning, guys. that's right. the person in all of this that was shot by a prince george's county police officer taken to the hospital last night. we haveedow lea that he has died from those injuries. now, take a look at the video here. investigators say that the m

hank l right, melissa, you. >>> we are in the dog days of summer, we know.kstarbu is already thinking about the fall. >> c we enjoy august? >> starting next week starbucks ill start selling its pumpkin spice. the company will introduce two new productsnly available in grocery store. pumpkin spice cookie straws and ground coffee k-cup pods. >> can we do tru confessions. i don't like pumpkin spice lattes. i'm a peppermint mo i'm not trying to drink a peppermint mocha in august. >>> the grocery store aldi is bringing more products to its aisles. >> fresh, organic and easy to prepare options. organic meats, salad bowls,sl iced fruit. the sliced fruit for you so you don't have to slice your own fruit. gourmet cheeses and baked goods that is just to name a few items. the rollout will continue through early next year and part of aldi adding hundreds of new stores across the country. >> i buy my grapes in a bowl. >> that is the laziest. you know what,onhat's just they should not sell grapes in a bowl. >> it's ready for you. all you have to do is eat it. no vine. >>

let's go to melissa mollet. we want an easy commute, melissa. >> i know, i give it to you every day. right now, though, pretty green on my maps here right now. beth this sa, inner loop after e pike. you have two left lanes getting by. as you take a look at the rest of the beltway, you can seeyt evng else is actually looking pretty good this moing. inner loop and outer loop. 120 lien dol mison and the parkway, you can see that slowdown, you can get through, but a bit throw. aaron. >> melissa, thank you. >>> it's 4:02 and the lights are back on at rage national airport after a blackout plunged travelers into darkness. ravelers shared video and pictures from inside the terminal. you can see people wandering arou in near darkness. backup generators did evepually power but that was only for critical systems. escalatortnd got pretty hot inside the terminal because air conditners shut off, too. passengers said it went without any warning. >> i've never sen anything lik that before. >> everything s off. the lights went

. >> melissa mollet is back with > us. elcome back, melissa. >> thank you. >>> we're tracking more storms this afternoon, ladies. >> we had storms yesterday afternoon. severe weather. >> i think more later on this afternoon. >> little mor widespread today. you know, we're going to see some into the eveningte ially. this could be a late evening. we're going to be wating it throughout the day. still sticky outside. patchy a little bit of fog around this morning too. temperatures as you make your way out the door. a little b of acooldown in leesburg. although, it is pretty muggy out there. 64 degrees 76 washington. 72 manassas. 72 in annapolis. we'll still be in the 70s. similar morning to what we've had over the past few days. dry a we go through your morning. we're not expecting the rain for your morning commute. heating up to 80 degrees. humid. feeling closer to 100 through the da if we do -- way off to the west we see broken up showers and thunderstorms early this morning. that'sll part of a cold front giving us a higher

melissa caen joins us. melissa. >> so for decades there have been calls to change the electoral college system. and after the 2016 election the calls got louder. while the constitutional amendment would be one way to make a change, one group is trying to do it through the courts. >> we need a better way to elect the president. >> reporter: josh says the current system of electing a president is not equal. and the problem is the states. >> for many years essentialy every state including california has awarded all of the electoral vosohene t state's popular vote. >> it's called a winner take all system. votes in california. that's why a nonprofit called equal citizens are suing. >> the votes were tossed out. the republican candidate donald trump got zero votes from california. >> reporter: he wants his

let's head over to melissa mollet who iback. welcome back melissa.ck of the roads from you. >> laurel northbounbw parkway near 198, crash reported this is brand new. trying to get more information on that one this morning. capital s, walker mill road at rollins avenue. i mentioned this because there is a police and ambulance response on the scene. you may see delays through that area. prince george's county, looking pretty good. inbound on branch avenue, indian head highway, all looking nice and clear. 66 and 95 also rolling along nicely. 270 southbound frederick to the spur, 65 miles per nhour. yo see you get there in seven or eight minutes. eun? >>> thank you, melissa. probably the basic piece of cooking equipment in your kitchen. is your cuttingoard harboring germs? reporter susan hogan has tips and warning youight not have does your business internet provider promise a lot? ve let's see who de more. comcast business gives you gig-speed in more places. e hers don't. we offer up to 6 hours of 4g wireless network backup. everyone else, no way. we le

a look at travel times coming up. > melissa, thank you.ow to two developing stories we're following. two men once tonnectedo president trump are both facing me in federal prison. >> first, the president's former attorney, michael cohen pletyed guilo tax evasion and two counts of campaign finance violations. the plea acknowledges payments two women for the purpose o influencing the 2016 election. he'll be sentenced in december. >>> in alexandria, a jury found paul manafort guilty counts of bank and tax fraud.ud the j declared a mistrial on ten other counts. this was the first trialy prosecut the office of special counsel, robert mueer. in a fewminutes, we'll have reaction from capitol hill with reporter susan mcginnis. >>> neighbors in montgomery county want following the deadly shooting of an unarmed black man in silver 1pring. this is from juneth. it shows theic o chasing robert white. the encounter continues and eventuallynds with the officer shooting and killing white. at a town hall meeting last night, neighbors who knew white say he w