melissa? >> melissa: jennifer, thank you.e on this, let's bring in retired army lieutenant daniel davis. he is a senior fellow and military expert at defense priorities. let me start with the beginning of that report, talking about the number of personnel. jennifer described that as not very much. kind of reflecting how we feel about our commitment to defending the saudis. do you think that's appropriate? >> i can tell you from a perspective that one missile bat going to do anything. even the facilities that were hit, they were hit with weapons at that patriot battery won't shoot down. so it really is insignificant and it doesn't even work. the bigger issue, especially with regard to military, is that there is no basis for us to send our military troops over there for any reason. orwood we want to risk having american soldiers die for something we don't even have a treaty with? we don't have any kind of obligation. this, that they are our allies, that's a loose definition. there is no article five of nato kind of situation. s

melissa? melissa: edward, thank you for that.here now with us to talk more about that is oklahoma congressman frank lucas who sits on the house financial services committee. congressman, good to see you from capitol hill this afternoon. give us the timeline best you understand it. edward said late fall. when can you get this thing passed? >> that is what the speaker has been talking about but she has been backpedaling for months and months trying to avoid the vote. part of the problem, afraid the democratic majority in the house will give president trump a win. remember when he was campaigning trade deals united states had with our neighbors to the north/south, europeans, japanese, chinese, were not fair to americans, not fair to american workers. he set about to renegotiate. the first product is this usmca, a renegotiated agreement with our neighbors to the north and south. it is ready to go. connell: right. >> but nancy says we have to have more, sorry, the speaker says we need more provisions dealing with the environment, deal

melissa: yeah. michael, we have heard this before though about the idea that they will come, deliver and put it inside of your fridge. i mean, how good do people feel about that if they're not home? >> i don't know about having put it in the fridge but i have three small children. going to the grocery store is an absolute nightmare. melissa: yeah. >> whole foods has this as a service which is extraordinarily convenient. you have to shop at whole foods, if you're not a fan of them like say me, you much rather get your groceries from walmart. i think a lot of the brands that they are going to have will be very different from the ones amazon has at whole foods. melissa: yeah. >> i think this will work for them. this is such a big company. i don't know how it moves the dial. at least those this company is waking up to where the business is going and can try to compete with amazon. melissa: it is tough to get amazon same day. walmart is saying same day. that is a big difference. we'll watch this one. tha

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." s&p 500, nasdaq, also ending in negative territory today. plus the east coast is on high alert, waiting for hurricane dorian to make its next move. unless of americans under mandatory evacuation orders from florida to the carolinas. how residents are preparing for an unpredictable storm. fox business team coverage. gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. hillary vaughn is in d.c. with the latest on trade. blake burman is live at the white house. hillary, first to you. reporter: melissa, the u.s. and china still have not set a date for what is supposed to be a refresh on trade negotiations that are scheduled for sometime this month. even the president insists that the negotiations are going well, there have been a few hiccups in their communication between the two countries. first the president went forward with a new round of tariffs against chinese i imports on sunday, denying china's plea to delay them. china now in response says they will file a lawsuit against th

melissa, thanks. melissa: amazon, facebook under fire. whole foods will no long every offer medical benefit for part-time workers next year. that applies to 2% of its workforce. that balances it out i guess. carol and deion are back with us. we were talking yesterday about all the companies trying to hire new workers. it is across the map. so is this really the time to be cutting benefit? >> it probably isn't. almost seems like they're begging for some extra regulation. i almost have a conspiritorial theory on this, if these big guys get regulation in place ends up hurting smaller businesses, make the smaller businesses not compete. all the things going on, even though amazon may say oh, we don't want this, but at the end of the day they may be pushing for that because it will help them in the long run. melissa: i like the suspicious theory, the cynical theory there. deion, the flipside of this coin, whole foods a lot of people complain they have to go back to focusing on their core product and that costs have spiraled out of control. the

melissa. melissa: we're about ten minutes away from bulls and bears with david asman. hour? you told me something i didn't know. >> this is very interesting about the whole whistleblower thing, according to the whistleblower law which we have a copy of you have to be an eyewitness to file a report. this whistleblower who reported on the ukraine phone call by the president was not a personal witness to it. so what is up with that? we'll ask prosecutor doug burns about that. also joe biden's numbers as you've been reporting are slipping. he is taken a page from liz warren and bernie sanders now. he wants to have a stock transaction tax. 75% of all stocks are owned by the elderly. so is this an attack on the elderly? we'll talk about both those issues, a lot more coming up. melissa: good stuff. david asman, "bulls & bears." we'll see you at the top of the hour. can't wait. connell: all right. melissa: the oscar goes to, panel? the phone-maker is entering the film industry. they have their sight on oscar territory. how this will all play out next. ♪ your cash automatically

melissa? melissa: we'll see, grady, thank you. connell: how about this one?e's fifth avenue flagship store, the cube, which has been there but now the store will be much bigger, opening up to the public tomorrow morning. they are going to open it at 8:00 in the morning, new york time. and then after that, you know it is like a drugstore, it will be open 24 hours a day in case you need a new iphone at 3:00 in the morning. melissa: i usually do. connell: right. this comes as the new phone is about to hit the shelves. john meyer joins us, starship call tall management, from austin, texas. good to see you. on the physical retail locations, i watched presentation at the september 10th event. they spent a little time on that. how important is that in this day and age, 2019 physical store experience especially for apple? >> i think apple is doing quite a good job for retail. they have set the bar for retail in the age of essentially an apocalypse going on all threw out the retail industry. i think retail will become crucial for apple is in the next 10 years, where a

melissa. you can't dismiss oprah. she took the stock from $6 in 2015 to $100 in 2018. weight watchers trying to reinvent itself, on brand, losing weight, lifestyle choice. my question, does oprah with all respect to her fans, does she resonate with a younger crowd as she once did? she is positioning herself as elder statesman, will that sell? the stock although popped nowhere near its 52-week high or high for the year. melissa: todd, i think you wouldn't know, unless you're, only ladies know this she has a huge speaking tour. her biggest business that at attracts largest crowds where she is inspirational speaker. she bring brings out inspirational people. people pay a fortune to get there. she is combining all businesses. look, weight watchers i will lend you the very best business i have, which are the huge gatherings around the country are hugely successful. maybe other men don't know about this. that makes it a stock market opportunity. todd, what do you think? >> listen, she is one of the

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 the basketball hall-of-famer, jerry west. the logo himself. we'll bring you any headlines out of that event. especially if the president talks about other subjects. gerri willis watching that rally on the floor of the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence and blake burman are both on the north law

melissa. melissa: exactly. i never heard that before. blake, thank you. connell: meantime trading places, n.o.w. chatter today about the next round of trade talks between top u.s. and chinese officials. two u.s. senators are now revealing details to fox business about their recent trip over to china. edward lawrence live on capitol hill now with the latest. edward. reporter: connell, one of the things that steve mnuchin, the treasury secretary said they agreed on sort of layered dispute mechanism that mechanism is layered. they will have month any meetings at the staff level to work on disputes and quarterly meetings, and semiannual meetings again if it can't be resolved. with that tariffs would be on the issue. u.s. trade sources are saying there is no indication the chinese will put back in a trade deal all of the concessions they had removed according to u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer but there is still movement forward on some key issues. chinese sources telling us among those

melissa. melissa: grady, thank you? connell: more on gm now. years ago general motors would go on strike we would talk about the economic impact of it. i saw numbers in 1998, the strike shaved supposedly half a point off of gdp. but now, smaller company, fewer workers, should we be less worried what the impact on the economy would be if this thing drags on, what do you think? >> that is a good question. i don't think it will have much impact on the economy. more it's a harbinger of couple things. one is unions are fighting for their very survival, in a very hot jobs market we have right now the downside may be that unions feel empowered. guess what? companies don't want to lose workers. they don't want to challenge their workers and lose them in this kind of negotiation. unfortunately the uaw is a little bit of an off note because they're under enormous corruption investigation. it is reported that the president, the current president and former president might be indicted. so they have a whole different agenda going into these negotiations. i

melissa. melissa: interesting stuff, grady.ary vaughn in takoma park, maryland with more on this electric station. reporter: getting very first look at first all electric no-gas gas station in the country. maryland is the first to really convert a gas station to all- electric charging ports. he told us he said it takes 30 hours for his car to charge. coming here he can fill up to about 100% within 30 minutes. each customer will spend around 5 to $10 to charge their battery here at a station like this. we talked to the opener who once owned a gas station. now owns a electric charging station. he owned for 20 years a mechanic shop. the issue is not money but helping out the environment. he is not looking for massive amount of money from this operation here but. >> if i contribute a little bit it doesn't matter to me. i'm not looking at the end of the day how much money we'll make out of this. reporter: there is a demand here for this, melissa. maryland has over 20,000 registered electric vehicles. they have an electric taxi servi

melissa: i'm melissa francis. connell: i'm connell mcshane this is after the bell and we'll talk more about it and all of the big market movers but first here is what's new at this hour. we have unrest at home, and abroad. new protests in hong kong today, despite the protests number one demand there being met. this weekend is not expected to be any quieter and then over the uk, lawmakers voting to block a no deal brexit that's the show down with the prime minister boris johnson, we'll talk about all of that plus hurricane dorian making landfall along the north carolina coast as the storm continues to make its way north, we're live on the ground with the latest on the recovery efforts. melissa: fox business team coverage edward lawrence is in washington, christina partsinevelos is on the floor of the new york stock exchange and blake burman and hillary vaughn are both at the white house. let's start with edward. reporter: melissa today federal reserve chairman jerome powell hints he supports a rate cut, now he base

melissa: i'm melissa francis. here is what is new at this hour president trump at the united nations holding meetings with several world leaders today, including one with the president of egypt of the president defending private talks with the ukrainian president about joe biden as tensions with iran continue to escalate. we'll bring all the breaking headlines from president trump at this hour. >>> four months of demonstrations in hong kong as the city is on edge ahead of china's 7 this anniversary celebrations. we'll later this hour speak to one of the organizers of the protests fresh off her meetings with lawmakers in d.c. on the movement and what demands need to be met. apple's commitment to manufacturing. details of the tech giant latest investment in america. connell: fox team coverage. a lot going on. jackie deangelis on the floor at the new york stock exchange. blake burman at the white house. hillary vaughn on capitol hill. president wrapping up one of many meetings. under scrutiny in washington as well. b

this is "outnumbered" and i melissa francis. here today is harris faulkner, capri cafaro, tomi lahren and joining us on the couch, chris bedford. and he is "outnumbered." >> chris: thank you, i feel great. >> melissa: here we go. supreme court's ruling yesterday to allow the trump administration to deny asylum to migrants who failed to seek refuge in other countries first. this means that migrants from other central american countries cannot seek asylum in the u.s. if they didn't ask for it first in mexico. yesterday's ruling allows her to be enforced while the legal process plays out which could potentially last for months. here is kellyanne conway this morning. >> this victory is the second victory of the summers handed by the supreme court. the mexican president has been a terrific partner with this president on trying to make this happen. >> melissa: two justices dissenting on the decision. ruth bader ginsburg and sonia sotomayor or come up letter saying in a statement "once again the executive branch has issued a rule that

melissa? melissa: i like the tinfoil. why aren't you wearing tinfoil, jonathan? tinfoil hat in there. it just looked so ridiculous. i am not going to put it on. i will bring you one to new york next time i visit. melissa: thank you. we're jealous. we want to be there. >> it's fun. connell: yeah. melissa: i told him there's no cell service and there's no wifi which made me lose interest immediately. connell: i was watching some of the folks that jonathan interviewed, i was thinking there must be some proud parents at home saying i was wondering what the credit card bill was for. melissa: yeah, well -- they are having fun somehow. connell: let's hope it all works out. have a great weekend. melissa: yes, absolutely. dow down 159. that does it for us. connell: bulls & bears starts right now. david: president trump making headlines this afternoon on the time line for a potential china trade deal, but it's the surprise response from the chinese delegation that really moved the markets. hi, everybody. this is bulls & bears. thank you for joining. i'm david asman. joinin

>> melissa: and befuddled.d. >> brian: plus he doesn't have any choice to say she'd be willing to lose the majority. what else is she going to say? that the only acceptable thing she can say in public. but she's not in this because conditions were met that make her feel good about it. he's in it because the left wing of her party said, "this has to happen now." she had no way -- okay, then why would she will devote to serve inquiry? ski when she doesn't have the vote. she's the best roast counter on capitol hill let's take these conditions breed brian has an the dressing point. as the first one met, that is necessary? because it's necessary for her and her caucus? >> mary anne: : ukraine and making that call, as i stated earlier in the show, is illegal. period, full's. >> harris: how is that different from what joe biden did? that's not whataboutism, i'm just asking. >> mary anne: he was leaving the policy of entire democracies and what you can because of the corruption. >> harris: so when he joked about limit

melissa. melissa: shop on amazon, paying cash, the retail giant announcing a partnership with western union that allows online shoppers to pay for purchases with cash. i don't -- everybody is going in the opposite direction from this. i don't really understand this one. >> i'm not sure this one really moves the needle for amazon. it allows them to say they're looking after people who are underrepresented in banking, the economy, some low income people. also great news for small scale money launderers. melissa: jonathan, that is percent thing i thought of, was no. >> no, no. this is straight up innovation. for years the federal reserve, and other regulators have been talking to business about addressing the unbanked. this is exactly what amazon is doing here. plenty of people who don't have a credit card, don't have traditional bank accounts, frankly deals on amazon simply are not available to them. at a time which so much innovation in banking is cryptocurrency es so tear i can thing this is s

[laughs] >> melissa: i don't know. we never have a legitimate discussion on the fact that we are spending our way into oblivion? the president -- the one thing, if you want to be critical with him on it, he also has come into office and to spend money like everybody else before him. >> steve: where that goes is to place his people don't want to confront, which is painful reductions. not in day-to-day spending, but in those structural elements of government spending. entitlements, pensions, and so on. that's a tough conversation that no one wants to have. >> melissa: he did say if he got into his second term he would have the safety to do that. that was a while ago. maybe this forces that conversation. i know i would welcome that. our men in the middle today has a show on their streaming service. it is called "the deep dive." you can start watching for free on your computer or download the app. long on to foxnation.com. i love it. >> steve: it's fun. >> melissa: you always have fun. if you are involved, it's fun. we kno

melissa: yeah. >> not only employs how many small businesses they have selling their products through amazon. melissa: amen. >> are you kidding me? this is our big government at work. this is of course what elizabeth warrens everybody want in the world, they want to destroy the free market system, capitalist system because we're better than you. we're making more money. look again they're employing hundreds of thousands of little small businesses through their search and platform. why do we want to stop that? i will never figure it out. that is what is going on right now. connell: next up, inch by inch. the u.s. and china signaling they may be getting closer to a trade deal. depends how you read the old tea leaves which edward lawrence is expert in. what is the latest, edward? >> positive talk out of china for sure. also suspension of tariffs on 16 imports from the u.s. on one year. these are items china cannot make or get from another country. president donald trump reading this a different way. >>

melissa: grady, thank you.onnell: quick analysis on this, dan henninger from "the wall street journal" still with us. we should point out president trump is taking questions on the south lawn of the white house as expected. when we get a play back of that, we may hear from the president on this and other topics. interesting to hear grady's reporting on some demands or complaints from the workers, gm's footprint in mexico is coming up. these workers may have more of a friend with this than the average republican, what do you make of all this? >> they have a big friend of the president especially it is so important for mr. trump to carry michigan in the 2020 election. you have a whole lot of angry auto workers out there on the street. i don't think mr. trump wants their anger directed at him. it was interesting to me the way he put his thumb on the scale here, going on complain about gm moving production out of the united states. look, connell, they didn't want to move that production out of the united states. th

>> melissa: let's do it! "the wall street journal" reports that president trump sat down with democratic senator joe manchin yesterday to discuss possible gun measures. the president has signaled he wants to pass some kind of legislation after several recent mass shootings. democratic senator chris murphy and republican senator pat toomey have sought cooperation with the white house on potentially expanding background checks. this, as fox news learns the justice department has sent a gun legislation package to the white house for its consideration. no word yet on the specifics. hmm. walgreens, cvs, and wegmans the latest companies asking customers not to openly carry firearms in their stores. in texas, where two recent mass shootings took place, governor greg abbott issued eight executive orders and says he hopes to work with lawmakers to keep guns out of the hands of criminals while protecting secondment rights. the state lieutenant governor breaking with the nra on this. >> i believe they are wrong and not

melissa. >> melissa: it's really something.e you want to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. a lot of people said we think she is politically motivated. it seems obvious on its face. you can't say that and can't say it out loud. there is something about hearing the attorney actually say herself that that is part of what motivated christine wanting to have the asterisk next to his name when he took a scalpel to roe versus wade. when she came forward, ford she denounced anyone who said she was politically motivated and she said she wasn't. to have her now have her attorney come forward and contradict that, i thought so. it is nice to hear it straight from your mouth so we can all be honest. >> harris: does anybody else why this attorney has come out now with this information? what else does this attorney know and why is this suddenly the layering that might have been -- i don't want to say helpful to kavanaugh or bad -- i don't know what it could have changed. but it is information about someone's motivation and it might spea

melissa? melissa: let's go to gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange with what traders are saying about today's swings, gerri? reporter: amazing moves today. it was really a roller-coaster ride on the all impeachment headlines. what did traders say? some didn't care. the market was oversold. we were due for a bit of a pull back. they said the house dealing with nothing but impeachment at a time we can't to get the usmca through and the nafta deal through when china trade is hanging in the balance. a lot of opinions down here. it was incredible day. 200 point on john lewis' impeachment talk. crude oil futures down $1.35. that is over 2%. what is going on here? the iranian president he will talk 2015 nuclear deal, make small changes to it if the u.s. lifts sanctions on his country. doesn't seem likely. crude oil plunges as you can see there. finally let's talk about wework and adam newman. this is the most talked about ipo of the season, a stock, company that is, not a stock ye

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melissa? life"] >> kennedy: i miss the spice girls, but at least we have the spice boy! the knives out anew for sean spicer, former white house secretary, who made his debut on "dancing with the stars" last night. it might be his last night. samantha bee show tweeting, "we can't wait to see how flexible sean spicer is on "dancing with the stars" since he had his spine removed years ago." i think that was supposed to be funny. a daily beast writer posting, "this is what life is now," but a journalist with news busters pushing back, "sean spicer does have the best time of his life. offbeat? yes. totally ridiculous? yes. but did i laugh out loud because this is all just a game? yes!" the judges panned spicer's performance as most out of rhythm, putting them next to last with only 12 points. lamar odom scored 11 points last night. >> melissa: that was my next question, who was actually last? i watch that, and i thought he has an ability to get laugh at himself. i wish i had the courage to go out t

as you get some time with the president. >> melissa: india, pakistan, egypt.ecently, it flies in the face of those who thought he would be an isolationist president. what is the reaction to him from elsewhere around the world? when you have these countries and leaders coming in who want to sit down and talk? what is the scuttlebutt like? with the emotion behind the scenes? are the positive, are they used him? a >> amb. grenell: they are very positive, because president trump works these meetings. it's not a formal thing where we know the talking points and everyone has agreed to what's going to be said. that used to happen before, where it was just a show. these are actually working. leaders are actually discussing and negotiating. it's quite front to watch. >> melissa: will be back with more. history tells us that economies don't live in a vacuum. we need to prepare for uncertainty. and you can with rosland capital - a trusted leader in helping people acquire precious metals. call rosland capital today at 800-630-8900 to get started. gold bullion, lady libert

>> melissa: but she's right. a lot of us of having. >> harris: "the new york post" reporter who was working on this all weekend has said that the time story claims that this person who said he saw mr. kavanaugh with his pants down, blah, blah, blah, whom apparently they did not talk to. they notified senators and the fbi by the super but they not investigate. the post corroborated that with two officials who have communicated with this person. your question to me, how would they have known what anyone was thinking if they didn't talk with him? you know, this reporter for the post because it journalistic malpractice. you can call it whatever you want, but what it is is an allergy to the truth. that's a problem. because they can write, i guess, what they want in the book. the editors can deem it to be interesting, and they should do fact-finding. i don't want to through the publisher under the bus because i don't know who that is. we don't have an advance copy of "the education of brett kavanaugh," the name of the

it has to be a whole rebuild of those communities. >> melissa: no doubt. steve harrigan is live on the ground in the bahamas in the capital city of nassau right now. >> melissa, this airstrip on the edge of nassau is abuzz. you can see what's been going on here. helicopters and ambulances. the wounded from abaco island and from grand bahama are arriving here one at a time. placed into ambulances and taken to hospitals in nassau. the hospitals are either flooded or destroyed on site. we've seen workers put on masks. many of the people we've seen earlier had small wounds, broken arms and legs and diabetics as well transport evidence out one at a time. gives you a sense of how complicated this rescue operation is, how complicated it has become. the main airport in freeport is several feet under water. some of the local hospitals damaged beyond working use. a tremendous challenge. as many as 70,000 people in the wake of this storm are scrambling for food, shelter and medicine and the rescue operation is really gearing up. we saw initially it was just volunteer

>> melissa: it's been his whole life. walk and then start, unless you bring something great to the table. i don't know in his case what that would be. there's no record of anything. >> harris: would be his father father? >> kennedy: no! [laughter] >> harris: you asked such an interesting question to kick things off, kennedy. what is the most politically dangerous thing for joe biden? you said what's ahead. i would argue it's two things. elizabeth warren would be the most politically dangerous. >> chris: true. >> harris: i would say the progressives on the left. did you catch the interview that ilhan omar did? she's one of the four of the squad. with the guardian over the weekend connect there are few people who fit into the kind of progress that we all want to see in this country, and i would say joe biden is not one of them." >> kennedy: oh, mercy! mean girl job! >> harris: conceivably what's happening is you got an opening. there are very few left to say, "i don't know what's going on with this, don't know if an investi

>> jessica: prospect park tomorrow. >> melissa: that sounds amazing. >> elizabeth: i passed. >> melissa: guy benson. have a great week, everybody. we are back monday. here's harris. >> harris: we begin with this. president trump says he is slapping iran with the strongest sanctions ever, put on a countr country. potential motor action. this is "outnumbered overtime." i'm harris faulkner. the present wrapped up remarks with reporters in a joint press conference with the australian prime minister just a few seconds ago. he watched it live with us. he is set to meet with pentagon officials today as they way possible military response due to last weekend attacks on the saudi arabian oil facilities. which could include sending more troops that region. iran denies they are behind those attacks on oil facilities. chief white house correspondent john roberts' love for us at the white house. we have heard from the president twice, with a lot of

melissa? melissa: hillary, thank you. connell: as a result of all that the juul fallout on hillary's reporting philip morris and altria is ending merger talks. a story gerri willis is following on the floor of the exchange for us. reporter: start with how the markets did today. close to session highs. looking past impeachment talk. s&p, nasdaq snapping a three-day losing streak. juul, and altria and philip morris call off the merger. good news for philip morris. altria is falling because of large stake in juul. match.com the shares down because of the ftc going after that because it uses phony profiles to lure subscribers. the company behind match.com vowing to fight the ftc and what they're going to do. they flag non-subscribers you caught their eye. even if you weren't a member, they tried to lure you in with fake people. ftc going after match.com. those shares down today. connell: quite a story. gerri, thanks. melissa: for more on juul, jeff and jonathan are back. what is your take on this? >> i want to confront of hyp

we'll stay on the story, melissa. >> melissa: last minute preparations are underway as hurricane dorian inches closer to the florida coast. let's bring in brian kuhn, he joins us by phone. sir, thank you for joining us. you spent your career improving the response of emergency teams in florida in situations like this. we were just talking about the storm surge. obviously this storm is a big rain maker as well and a lot of wind. what do you see as the biggest threat from this storm from that perspective to florida. >> i think you've got it right. the biggest threat here is the water. the biggest threat right now is people not heeding their local officials asking them to stay indoors right now. stay off the road. no need to be out there. don't go out and be a disaster tourist. stay inside and stay safe. let the first responders take care of those who need it and don't get in their way. >> melissa: in terms of the surge versus the rain versus the wind, they are all deadly. can you tell us a little bit about what the threat from this particular storm looks like versus the other ones that fl

with me, melissa francis. host a fox to kennedy , kennedy. but marshall is with us, anchor and executive editor of "special report" ." "outnumbered," and what he's here. >> bret: good to be here. >> harris: it's a light newsday. [laughter] >> bret: i thought i was going to cover the u.n., i don't know what happened along the way. >> melissa: interesting point. the timing is a topic of discussion, for sure. >> bret: fascinating day already, just for the reaction you are seeing from democrats and republicans. looking at the same transcript and fully different ways. as you look through the prism, it depends what you see in that transcript. some are seeing an impeachable offense that is as plain as the front of their face. others are saying, "where is that they are there? can make the case that this is a direct quid pro quo even though the president talks about funding and talks about doing a favor and just getting joe biden cannot" be when you've laid it all out, we are done! >> bret: okay, bye-bye! thanks! [laughter] >> harris: glad you're here

melissa, dan.m not going to give it to you because it has little predictive qualities and that's my prerequisites. i'm going to give it to dan because we could be seeing movement in the future there. dan, you got it today. melissa, my apologies and sorry about getting the wrong chart up the first time, my fault entirely. melissa and dan joining us from singapore and dan murtaugh, as well. tom: that's a tough start to the friday, melissa, double blow. steve will take us inside the hong kong protests. don't miss this. this is a special one-hour program. that is hong kong on edge at midday in hong kong, 8:00 p.m. in new york. make sure you tune in for that. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ taylor: i am taylor riggs in san francisco. this is "bloomberg technology." coming up in the next bumpy hour, ride. pellet gun makes its public debut in the stock opens below its ipo price. we hear from the ceo john foley, who cited some disappointment. plus, chipmaker micron reports shares fall after hours after gross margin

i'm melissa lee. we have the dow higher by 166 point right now or up 0.7 and s&p up eight points and the nasdaq the best of the three major averages higher by more than a percent let's go to elon for the latest. >> this was a very modest beige book the federal reserve finding that the economy is expanding at a modest pace, that is the same language that the fed used in the previous beige book and that was also modest and wage growth modest to moderate and price increases were modest. even though there was continued uncertainty over the trade war, the majority of businesses were still optimistic about the nearterm outlook a lot of interesting anecdotes on how businesses are adjusting to the trade war and major retail chain in new york that raised prices on furniture and thinking about reversing them because consumers weren't buying it in boston businesses talked about a delay of getting product from other places than china because foreign imports could not handle the excess capacity overall the fed mon

and my colleague melissa holroyd has joined me in the studio thanks for coming in melissa to tell us some more big occasion for music fans obviously what's happening for this anniversary well at abbey road studios itself at the at the at the zebra crossing that have been lodged crowds of people old that a. writing taking lots of fees taking notes of pitches on the crossing traffic was at a stand still though of people dressed up as rita the maid to my even though she's not even on the album you know people having a terrific time there also after 50 years here comes the sun by george harrison is getting its 1st music video oh that's just released i think we should now and this the 50th anniversary reissue of abbey road it features new album as well also did it for the white album with the same people mixes by giles martin and he is the son of the light bass producer george martin interesting connection there keeping things in the family now this is one of the most famous pictures in the history of pop music as we know so recognizable and it's been imitated a 1000 times tell us more ab

well for more on all this i'm joined in the studio now by melissa holroyd from v.w. culture melissa very good to see you ok so joker's been awarded the top prize at the venice film festival do you think it deserves that when so many looked like it deserved it during the screenings it got standing ovations showing a lot of its screenings there and largely i think because of work in phoenix's outstanding performance he apparently lost a lot of weight when he went half crazy during his preparations but you know people are speaking very highly about about his performance he plays a stand up comic who turns into a killer a killer clown the urban nightmare takes place in a very grubby gotham city and a big part of this film is punch is that the film invites the audience to love the monster it has a lot to say about mental illness and access to guns and its inspiration reportedly comes from martin scorsese's taxi driver and his king of comedy film. says sounds like a very psychological very dark kind of film and let's talk about the director todd phillips now how important

hello to you melissa so joker gets the top prize do you think it deserves it. certainly look like it deserves it during the screenings that got very long standing ovations during almost all of that screenings down there a large part of that was due to joaquin phoenix's outstanding performance as flick a mentally ill stand up comic who's taking care of his ailing mother and who ends up going down a very very dark path pinnock said he lost $52.00 pounds and started to go mad while preparing for the role that occasion which. he's always doing that work in phoenix is always diving into roles the film has a lot to say about mental illness and access to guns the act the inspiration for it is said to come from martin scorsese's taxi driver and king of comedy both which spotlight the dark side of american celebrity a big part of this film's punch is that it invites the audience to love the monster so it sounds like a very psychological film very dark i mean i suppose that resonated with a lot of people this time around all right let's talk about director todd philips h

. >> melissa: the president and the oval office today. he is speaking on the hurricane. he's participating in a briefing on hurricane dorian and he is also making comments about a host of other issues along the way, as you might imagine. reporters talking to him and him talking about everything from tariffs to the impact of the hurricane. let's listen and right now as he addresses a host of topics. all right, we are still waiting for that play out right now. i will give you some of the comments as we straighten it out. he says, "we've been asked to help in the bahamas. we are sending people to help there. over the years there have been bigger hurricanes. also talking about on the farmers, "they are warriors, they also know we have to do this." on china, talking about the tariff war. in the price the farmers are paying. "our farmers would have helped, this should have done but presidents before me and not just president obama." a theme he has hit on with trade before he prayed also ask about china, "they want to make a deal, but we will see what happ" >> kennedy: that's a

here today harris faulkner and melissa frances, katie, and juan williams. it is friday, let's do it, "outnumbered." >> juan: the mood here is good, you guys are ready for the weekend. >> harris: we are, we are ready for the news, let's get to it. former vp was a frequent target, progressive challenged moderate proposal, one moment got buzz. former housing secretary julian castro seemed to take a swipe at biden's fitness. >> the difference between what i support and you support vice president biden, you require them to opt in. >> they do not have to opt in. >> you just said that. >> are you forgetting what you said, forgetting what you said two minutes ago? >> two minutes ago, they had to buy in, now they don't have to, you are forgetting that. >> oh. >> what is the spin today, castro says it is all about policy. >> he denied saying people would have to buy into his plan. i was ark amazed he denied saying people would have to buy into the plan, that is why i pointed it out, if somebody on the debate stage says one thing and then two minutes later they deny t

let's get to lesley picker with the details. >> melissa ahead of its potential ipos.ar what levels give this stock sufficient investor demand to go public they're toying with something less than $25 billion. that's about half valuation. it is unclear even if a $20 billion value investigation would suffice. corporate governance and price, the wall street reported that has newark went to tokyo last week to meet they discussed possibility that would allow work to be delayed to next year or having soft bank as an an kor investigator in the ipo. >> it would not be the first time if year, pinterest, marketing, all that goes to show we were debuting the private round that they may or may not be helpful >> therefore, they believe any challenges related to the deal are unlikely to be the death now or the entire ipo market melissa. >> lesley pickers. >> i agree we work different from a lot of other people that are hitting the market or coming in from the market they're not making money zr never operated in an environment where there is as economic slow down this is some what ty

i think melissa, you bring up an interesting point. this meeting could be taking place and john bolton could be against it. in the aftermath, things wept in his direction. they dent have the meeting with the taliban. in a way, you think john bolton would be in a positive light with the president. >> unless disagreeing about iran. >> look, the president said they disagreed on many things and he talked about the fact that that played a role in this. so it may not have been a one-off situation where it was only this. we don't know. neither one of them is talking specifically. we're going on john bolton's reporting and his sources. i mean, it could be any number of things. we talked about iran, north korea. there's been some things. i want to come back to you, johanna. >> yeah, the important thing is he should get someone with a lot of experience in there quickly. this is not a time to be messing around with, you know, a learning curve ahead of the most international meeting hosted here in new york. i think you're absolutely right. what se