cohost of "outnumbered" melissa francis, we are always happy to have her. lissa, you've been in new york for a while, you are a keen observer of what happens, what is happening there right now? >> so everything you described, that dissent that has happened is allowed to happen because taxpayers who live in these cities have said, well, the only place where i can have the career i want to have, where i can make the money i want to make, have a life that i want are in these cities, that's where the schools are that i want to send my kids to about something just accidentally happened, these same leaders, de blasio and the like accidentally taught us that we don't have the live in these cities and that's what makes it different this time. they locked us up in our apartments and they closed our schools and they closed our jobs. so all of a sudden it dawned on these elites that you're talking about, a lot of the wealthy people who provide the taxes and a lot of middle income people, wait a second, i don't actually have to live in these cities in order to do this j

melissa francis, it's great to see you tonight.n awful lot of crime and violence going on right now, we try to highlight it not for ghoulish reasons but we think it's important you know what's happening. if this one is horrifying, the killing of a 5-year-old boy shucked north carolina and isn't getting national news coverage. rick leventhal has that news story for us. >> this wasn't a kid caught in a cross fire, a victim of some random drive by, this was a little boy playing on his bicycle with his seven and 8-year-old sisters nearby shot point blank in the head. funeral services are being held this hour for 5-year-old cannon hit, witnesses say he was playing on his bike in front of his dad's house sunday afternoon when a man walked up, put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. arriving officers and ems attempted life-saving efforts to come to the hospital but he could not be saved. the suspect was arrested monday and charged with first-degree murder, he lived next door and reportedly may have been angered because canon rode hi

melissa francis, bring us home. >> melissa: i just want to get back to the topic that was actually atabout the postal service and about voting in this election. and say that i was very easily able to download my application for an absentee ballot today right now. if you are worried about the mail service and you want to vote in this election, you can go today and download your request, fill it out, mail it in, and you'll get your own private absentee ballot mailed to you. there is plenty of time. the sooner you do it, the better. i think we are creating a false story about this idea that people aren't going to be able to vote because of the coronavirus. there is plenty of time. if you are uncomfortable, right now, mail in, just google your state and they'll tell you the address. request your own ballot. it'll come and you will fill it out, bring it back in, drop it in a box, however you want to send it in. there was no threat to you not getting your vote done if we don't mass mail ballots, or if the post office doesn't get funded, any of that. you can vote. get your application today

. >> this is outnumbered and i melissa francis. here today is fox business house dagen mcdowell, host of "kennedy" kennedy. syndicated radio host and fox news contributor leslie marshall and former utah congressman and fox news contributor jason chaffetz. let me start with you jason, all through the democratic convention the democrats were silent on all of the violence that's going on in major cities and it was sort of like it's not going on, it's not a big deal, these were isolated incidents that are being hyped up on television. now they've made a very strong change, we saw it last week even with democrats that were out on top shows with new talking points, saying this is donald trump's america, do you feel safe in donald trump america? he's the one that is responsible for this. do you think that the response is effective. >> jason: i don't think it's effective, these are in democratic run cities with democratic governors and it's been going on in some places 90 or 100 days. the democrats have taken a clear position, joe biden ha

i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." connell? connell: melissa, i'm connell mcshane. didn't quite get there on the s&p. we're live from joe biden's hometown. scranton, pennsylvania. ahead of the presumptive nominee's speech tonight at the democratic national convention. i spent a lot of the day speaking to owners and business leaders in the area. you will hear a lot of that throughout the hour. first the top stories. fox team business could have with gerri willis keeping an eye on markets blake burman at the white house as usual gerri, we start with you. >> what a difference in the markets and what a difference the a day makes. they are shrugging off recovery concerns. the dow powering ahead. the dow on pace to snap a three-day losing streak. it did just that. s&p up three of the last four sessions. nasdaq was the star here. you remember back in march we were under 7,000? closing at 11,264 to be exact. apple, guess what, they have the two trillion dollar crown. that is new market cap for apple. shares hitting all-time high. unbelievable at 2,012,000,000,000. apple is

here today, melissa francis, town hall editor and fox news contributor, katie, editor of the story, martha maccallum is with us today and in the center seat former prosecutor trey gowdy, author of the book "doesn't hurt to ask, using the power of questions to communicate, connect and persuade." trey, great to have you today, i will lean mightily on ability you are teaching us. my copy is six inches off to the right here. so many great ways to get to answers, what would be your first question after what we saw last night? i mean, this doesn't have to do necessarily with jacob blake, just as rioting didn't have to do with george floyd. what would your questions look like? >> trey: why can't we do what his mom has asked us to do. she's asked for prayers. pray for her son's health. she's asked for unity, reminiscent of what the families of emmanuel church family asked. i want to see the inventory search of the car. what was in the car he was trying to get into. is there any audio? the video is damming, the video makes me conclude this was a bad shoot, a criminal shoot. i want to know if there

i'm melissa francis and this is "after the bell." hey, connell. connell: hey there, melissa, i'm connell mcshane reporting from beautiful savannah, georgia. we continue our swing through the swing states. georgia politics have been reliably red over the years but the democrats have been hoping to change that and we'll talk a lot about that coming up on the show but first here our top stories as we begin with fox business team coverage. a lot to talk about. lauren simonetti watching those markets, blake burman standing by at the white house and hillary vaughn is in baltimore where the vice president is expected to address the republican national convention this evening. lauren, we start with you. lauren: hey, connell. tech certainly led the way today, but that wasn't all. manufacturing remained strong. orders for the big expensive items surging last month and hopes for a vaccine alive and well. moderna says new trial data that the vaccine candidate built immunity older patients. that lifted sentiment. the dow rising a quarter of 1%. s&p 500, four st

i'm melissa francis and this is "after the bell." hey, connell. ssa, i'm connell mcshane reporting live from another swing state

i'm melissa francis. here today is harris faulkner, town hall editor and fox news contributor katie pavlich. "fox news @ night" anchor shannon bream. joining us today the former white house press secretary for george w. bush and fox news contributor ari fleischer. ari, let me start with you. the fact we don't have the body cam footage is going to make this so much more difficult. what do we do from here? >> ari: we hesitate. we have to allow facts to come in. look, this is distressing. anybody who watches that, your sympathy goes out. how can you shoot somebody in the back. we don't know everything that took place. we don't know the circumstances. we don't know why they did that. was it cold blooded murder or did they have a justification thinking that either their lives could have been in danger or that the children's lives in the backseat could have been in danger? we don't know. i'm just mindful about what happened in ferguson, missouri, where michael brown was involved in the police shooting. rye it y

i'm melissa francis and this is "after the bell." hey, connell. hey there, melissa, i'm connell mcshane reporting from beautiful savannah, georgia. we continue our swing through the swing states. georgia politics have been reliably red over the years but the democrats have been hoping to change that and we'll talk a lot about that coming up on the show but first here our top stories as we begin with fox business team cover

i'm melissa francis and this is "after the bell." hey, connell. connell: hey there, melissa, i'm connell mcshane reporting live from another swing state. we're in westchester, pennsylvania. the expectation this will be biden country. not far from home in delaware. the focus is kamala harris as she gets ready to take stage in the democratic national convention. we'll talk about this state important overall, this area is so pivotal for the hopes of the democrats. in moments i will speak with everyday americans and business owners. stay tuned for that. we'll get their perspective which is why we are here. first our top stories, fox business team coverage set up with gerri willis on the markets and blake burman at the white house. gerri, we start with you. reporter: that's right. not as exciting of a day as we had yesterday that's for sure. all three major averages finishing lower taking a breath. all three stock averages down after a big day yesterday. the big stocks driving the dow down, target and lowe's hit all-time highs on blowout earnings. targe

i'm jackie deangelis in for melissa francis today. this is "after the bell."ear the highs of the session. the s&p 500 edging just a little bit higher. the nasdaq closing at a record high for the second day in a row. we've got fox business team coverage. blake burman at the white house. kristina partsinevelos watching the markets for us. edward lawrence is in washington.

here today melissa francis, senior editor at "the federalist" and fox news contributor mollie hemingway. executive director serve america past marie harf. in the center seat virtually and in the real flesh, fox news senior political analyst and our friend brit hume. great to see you. >> nice to see all of you. >> harris: tell us about night two and the expectations, the audience for it, and how it did or did not hit the mark. >> brit: i thought it hit the mark pretty well in terms of what is certifiably the strengths of joe biden. and that was done primarily by his wife, who made what i thought was a quite effective speech in which to be she spoke of his personal travails, and he certainly had tragedy and his family and how he can make comebacks from each of those things and built a loving marriage with her after a tragedy affecting his first wi wife. and donald trump's name was never mentioned in that speech. and in some respects, that may have been what it was good about it. because part of the convention is to make people look at joe biden and say, i like this man. this is a decent m

this is "outnumbered" and i'm melissa francis. here today is harris faulkner. senior editor of "the federalist" and fox news contributor, mollie hemingway. host of "kennedy" on the fox business network, kennedy herself. joining us today, fox political analyst and cohost of "the five," juan williams. let me ask my partner, harris faulkner, first. what did i miss there? what did you hear that i didn't mention? >> harris: i think you hit all the points. i can only imagine for the iraq prime minister that the litany of questions on steve bannon was certainly not someplace anybody could have imagined him having to sit through. but there they were. you talked about the president saying he felt badly. "i haven't been dealing with him," meaning steve bannon, "for very long. lack of time." but i thought it was interesting when the president said they were having construction problems, didn't want to be associated with that, and that the project really was done for showboating reasons. it was something i very much thought was inappropriate to be doing." no, melissa, i th

i'm melissa francis this is "after the bell." here is connell mcshane. connell: good to see you again, melissa. i'm reporting live today from racine, wisconsin. a beautiful place. you see lake michigan behind me. we're 40 miles to the south of milwaukee, on the very day that the democratic convention kicks off in that city, kind of. things look very different than in years past. it is a virtual convention. speaks come in from across the country. former first lady michelle obama, senator bernie sanders will speak there is a republican on the list, speaking at the democratic convention former ohio governor john kasich. president trump in person will make his way to wisconsin. he will be in oshkosh trying to rally supporters ahead of the republican national convention which begins virtually next week. the real reason we are here to speak to the voters, trying to get a pulse of the people if you will. you will hear from some of those voters in just a few moments. first our top stories with fox business team coverage. blake burman is at the white house. we sta

i'm melissa francis this is "after the bell." here is connell mcshane. d to see you again, melissa. i'm reporting live today from racine, wisconsin. a beautiful place. you see lake michigan behind me. we're 40 miles to the south of milwaukee, on the very day that the democratic convention kicks

i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." connel

in the green in 2020 since february, the index is 4% away from the record close, happy friday, melissa francis, hey connell. connell: i'm connell mcshane, welcomed "after the bell", these are some market numbers if you look for the week the dow is up more than 2% and the s&p and nasdaq at more than 3% a piece for the week and the s&p and the green, five weeks in a row and that the longest winning streak since december, the dow on track to have for august since 1984. so the run keeps going for stocks, we will talk a lot about it, number of stories were covering with fox business team coverage, edward lawrence, blake berman, sit down jerry, we start with edward in washington. >> a quick flight back to jacksonville, part of the gains that we saw here in the markets could be related directly to the federal reserve and the action that the fed took yesterday, the federal reserve president said it's an evolution, not a revolution specifically related to averaging to achieve the average of a 2% target in an inflation, the federal reserve trying to see if they can make things average about 2%, they're

here today, melissa francis. fresh back! so good to see you, my friend. executive director observer america pac and fox news contributor, marie harf. anchor and executive editor of "the story," martha maccallum is here. and in the center seat, fox news chief political anchor bret baier. our special convention coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern with special report, and on into the. both bret and martha will anchor another prime time special at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight. pop your corn, your night is made. welcome, everybody. happy monday. >> bret: good to be here. we are above the white house, by the way. somebody next door is during construction, sorry about that. this is a good spot for us, it'll be our perch throughout the next weeks. >> harris: we would do construction when it's convenient during the summer for us, right? that's nice of them to do that for us. bret and martha, i'm really fascinated by these new polling numbers. martha, i'll come to you first. it looked like a pretty big spread. maybe some outlier polls, but across the board certainly

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cheryl: i'm cheryl casone in for melissa francis this is of the the bell. the s&p down slightly after touching record territory earlier today. close but no cigar. tology is once again a right spot. nasdaq gaining 30 points. company is planning to unveil a series of subscription bundles with its iphones this fall. apple inching closer to the true trillion dollar milestone. fox business team coverage, blake burman at the white house. edward lawrence is in washington. we begin with blake burman. hi, there, blake. reporter: cheryl, democrats, republicans phase four deal, 2 1/2 trillion dollars give or take apart. president trump says the biggest hangup is a fraction of that. 2 1/2 billion dollars for mail-in voting and $25 billion for the post office which is what the president wants. here is the president speaking to maria bartiromo earlier this morning. president trump: if we don't make the deal, that means they don't get the money. they just can't have mail in universal vogt. they can't have it. sort of a crazy thing. reporter: democrats say right there, ack

here today, melissa francis. fox business anchor, dagen mcdowell. host of "kennedy" on fox business, kennedy. in the center virtual seed, fox news analyst and fox nation host, lawrence jones. great to see everybody on this fine friday. lawrence, i'll start with you. a couple things going on. we had kevin corke's report, so we know there was a moment on washington that blend both histd present and future, and the rnc wrapping last night looking ahead of the future, the way that president trump wants americans to know. >> lawrence: yes, and i am there with them in spirit. i have family members that are there today. i have family members who were there 57 years ago. to the president's speech, this was an interesting speech, because i would say this is a halfway mark between how trump is at a rally versus him delivering a state of the union. but there were several moments where he really made the case against joe biden. one particularly caught my eye, he said something that got me. he said, "joe biden is not the savior of america. he is the destroyer of

i'm melissa francis, and this is "after the bell." there's connell. connell: connell mcshane. good to see you, melissa, live today from jacksonville, florida. florida, the final stop on our swing state tour, out speaking to voters here in the sunshine state the earlier today, all of this as president trump prepares to formally accept the gop nomination later tonight back in washington. so a lot to do on a busy thursday. fox business team coverage for you. blake burman and gerri willis to start us off. blake, you get to go fifth from the north lawn of the white house. >> reporter: and we have a little bit of news as it relates to no deal at all whatsoever for a phase four relief package because the chief of staff, mark meadows, and the house speaker, nancy pelosi, spoke this afternoon, and pelosi has just put out a statement saying, essentially, that the talks once again went nowhere. this was the comment from the house speaker a little while ago. quote: the conversation made clear that the white house continues to disregard the needs of the american people as the coronavirus cr

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jackie: i'm jackie dedough in for melissa francis. apple continuing its winning streak

the nasdaq below both closing a new record high, it is the second in a row for the nasdaq, and melissa francisnew york and this is "after the bell", where in the world is connell mcshane. connell: on the road again, good to see you. today were in washington, d.c. as you can figure out, the focus will be shifting next week for the republican national convention. a lot will be held in the city. we will talk about that but in the meantime were watching apple, tesla, surging higher, both stocks hitting new all-time

melissa: hi, happy friday, i am lauren simonetti and for melissa francis, this is "after the bell".he dow turning positive in the final minutes of trading, the s&p 500 fighting for gains in the end, the nasdaq lower after hitting an all-time high earlier in the day and snapping a four-day record streak at the close, all the major averages ending the week with significant gains, it's a second straight week of gains for the s&p and for the nasdaq. we began with fox business team coverage, blake burman and edward work lawrence in washington and we will start with blake, what is the latest on the stimulus. >> i guess there was a movement the democrats say they are willing to lower their number down a trillion dollars, however, no movement at all because it doesn't seem as if either side as if closer to a deal, we had another meeting on capitol hill, the top ford negotiators steven mnuchin and meadows, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer for democrats. democrats say they're willing to drop the number from three and half trillion dollars to another relief package and down a trillion dollars, s

i'm melissa francis and this is "after the bell."porting live today from charlotte, north carolina. we're coming to you from the home of the

. >> melissa: this is "outnumbered" and i'm melissa francis. here today is harris faulkner. town hall editor and fox news contributor, katie pavlich. executive director of serve america pac and fox news contributor, marie harf. during us today, "fox news sunday," chris wallace. chris, i will start with you. without cry asking people to stand down and to stand up against the violence, but to stop with all of this, i would add to that matt finn's reporting, our own matt finn, saying that they placed quick dry cement in the door locks of a police precinct, and then they set fire outside. how is this going on? why aren't we able to stop it? what is your reaction? >> chris: well, it is interesting, as you pointed out at the beginning, melissa, president trump has 200 federal agents -- fbi, dea, u.s. marshals -- in the kenosha area to help settle the situation there. in fact, in wisconsin, local officials seem to have already taken action before the president sent out his call. governor tony evers put 250 national guard on the street in kenosha on tuesday, which was a very bad day

cheryl: i'm cheryl casone in for melissa francis this is of the the bell.slightly after touching record territory earlier today. close but

i'm melissa francis and this is "after the bell." connell: i'm connell mcshane reporting live today from charlotte, north carolina. we're coming to you from the home of the charlotte knights, the city's minor league baseball team. we'll have more on the location later in the hour. the big story on the city, president trump was also here in charlotte addressing the republican national convention after officially securing the delegate meeting to be formally nominated for a second term. president trump: i want to thank the people of north carolina, to be honest with you, i felt an obligation to be here. you have a governor in a total shutdown mood. i guarranty on november 4th. it will all open up. you know these democrats governors they love shutdown until after the election is over because they want to make sure numbers look as bad as possible. reporter: president moved on from the convention center to other parts of north carolina. this hour he is headed to south carolina before flying back to washington where there will be more conve

jackie: i'm jackie dedough in for melissa francis. apple continuing its winning streak following blowout earnings last week and announcement after four for one stock split. we have microsoft higher on a possible tiktok acquisition. we have fox business team coverage. blake burman with the latest from the white house. edward lawrence from washington. we'll start with blake. reporter: hi, there, jackie and david. a lot of the action up on capitol hill there was just a two-hour meeting behind closed doors between the top four negotiators to figure out a way through relief talks. treasury secretary steve mnuchin and chief of staff mark meadows and house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer. after that mnuchin walked out of the meeting and went over to mitch mcconnell's office to top republican in the senate and to brief him on the discussion. this is their readout afterwards. a lot of focus discussed on schools. chuck schumer said we went through the numbers in person that the senate put in and proposal we have, h

the nasdaq below both closing a new record high, it is the second in a row for the nasdaq, and melissa francis in new york and this is "after the bell", where in the world is connell mcshane. connell: on the road again, good to see you. today were in washington, d.c. as you can figure out, the focus will be shifting next week for the republican national convention. a lot will be held in the city. we will talk about that but in the meantime were watching apple, tesla, surging higher, both stocks hitting new all-time highs. a lot to talk about on a friday and we do have fox business team covered set up with jackie deangelis in our new york newsroom blake burman across town from where i am in the white house north one, we'll get to moment blake but jackie we start with you. >> but took a look at where we finished the day, the s&p 500, the nasdaq, the new records, the dow did not manage to get a positive gain for the week but it was positive for the session up 190 points. their use of s&p up 11 points, the nasdaq up a 46, tech continuing to feel the rally and there's the optimism about treatments

melissa: we'll take it, i'm melissa francis, this is "after the bell." we start with fox business team coverage. jackie deangelis is watching the markets, edward lawrence live in d.c. jackie, kick it off for us. reporter: everyone was watching the close very carefully to see which records we get and don't get. the dow had its best august since 1984, even with that 227 point loss that you see there today. now the s&p was vacillating between positive and negative territory. it is ending there with a eight-point loss. by my count that makes it the best august since 1986 which is pretty good as well. looking at nasdaq ending in the green up by 79 points today. let's look for the month overall here. not just for the day. that is where the numbers are really outstanding. you can see across the board gains more than 7% for each of the individual indices, dow, s&p and nasdaq. what happened this month? well it was technology, it was the consumer stocks. it was, you know mix of these kind of propelling us forward. this was not a typical summer where investors sold

in the green in 2020 since february, the index is 4% away from the record close, happy friday, melissa francisl. connell: i'm connell mcshane, welcomed "after the bell", these

i'm jackie deangelis in for melissa francis today. this is "after the bell." the dow closing near the highs of the session. the s&p 500 edging just a little bit higher. the nasdaq closing at a record high for the second day in a row. we've got fox business team coverage. blake burman at the white house. kristina partsinevelos watching the markets for us. edward lawrence is in washington. we'll go ahead and start with kristina. reporter: we had quite a day today with markets looking for direction but you saw all three major u.s. averages closing in the green like jackie mentioned. you saw nasdaq hit an all-time high. s&p 500 as well as the dow closed for the third day in a row in the green. you had a lot of big tech movers as you know but that led nasdaq higher. i want to focus on two particular stocks. take-two interactive had earnings. a big beat. they showed a lot of people, pent-up demand for gaming as well in purchase games and you have amd, advanced micro devices, their stock climbing higher today because jeffries did increase the price target from $86 to

jackie: i'm jackie deangelis in for melissa francis. this is "after the bell." this is the third consecutive close for the nasdaq. that mark its 31st record close of the year. that is the amount of total record closes for the index for all of last year. apple, closing at a new record high for the fourth day in a row. we've got fox business team coverage. blake burman at the white house. hillary vaughn and edward lawrence in washington. we'll start with blake. the latest on reaching a deal for covid-19 relief. blake. reporter: hi, jackie. every afternoon around this time we say there is another big meeting up on capitol hill. let me start by saying there is another big meeting up on capitol hill. treasury secretary steve mnuchin, white house chief of staff mark meadows are negotiating with the top two democrats chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. walking into the meeting mnuchin and meadows were quote, unquote, hopeful. according to sources i'm told during yesterday's meeting, those two, mnuchin and meadows impressed upon schumer and pelosi if there is not significan

jackie: i'm jackie deangelis in for melissa francis. this is "after the bell." consecutive close for the nasdaq. that mark its 31st record close of the year. that is the amount of total record closes for the index for all of last year. apple, closing at a new record

nasdaq with a record close for second day in a row i'm melissa francis. hey, ashley. ashley: always a good day. i'm ashley webster in today for connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." we have blake burman at the white house. we begin with gerri willis. >> we finished with the s&p at new record highs for first time in six months. above the pre-pandemic highs. think about that. that is the 14th record close this year. turn to the nasdaq as well, also at a record high today, second straight record close for that index. the 34th record close this year. 174th record close since election day. good news there. market keeping an eye as you said on two big earnings reports today. one was walmart. shares down after the nation's largest employer reported eps of 31 cents a share, blowing out estimates same-store-sales up 9.9%. online sales up 97%. even so the stock is down. don't know what it takes to get walmart up today. home depot that stock up as well. blowout second quarter with the sales up 23.4%. americans are remaking their homes as they are forced to live there, stay

. >> i'm jackie deangelis in for melissa francis today. this is "after the bell." nasdaq is about 2% away from record territory. blake burman at the white house. edward lawrence in washington. we start with blake, with the latest from the president. reporter: the white house is acknowledging that it might take some time to get federal unemployment benefits out the door going forward. the executive order from the president $300 from the federal post, the states matching $100 if they are able to. some state governors mentioned they can't. in any event the white house is working on this issue. in the interim, they are hoping that democrats return to the negotiating table. >> i can't pinpoint a timeline other than we're working around the clock. we urge democrats on the hill to come back. secretary mnuchin is willing to review any proposal because the american people deserve better than the games and partisanship they have seen from nancy pelosi and chuck schumer and their democrat colleagues. reporter: now the president also took action suspending some collection of p

jackie: i'm jackie deangelis in for melissa francis. this is "after the bell." inching closer to record territory. the dow 6% away from the record close. the s&p flirting with the record close as well. nasdaq up about 2% with tesla leading the charge. shares surging after the company announced a five for one stock split. we have fox business team coverage. blake burman at the white house. hillary vaughn in wilmington, delaware. we'll start with blake, latest on stimulus negotiations picked up again but stuck in neutral, right? reporter: picked up again, jackie, going absolutely nowhere it seems. top democrats here in washington, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, they put out a statement in the last hour, that they spoke with the treasury secretary, top negotiator for the white house today, they say it was mnuchin that initiated the conversation. afterwards pelosi took to twitter and said the following, democrats compromised. we repeatedly said we're willing to come down a trillion if they're willing to come up a trillion. clear that the administration does not grasp

this is "overtime," i'm melissa francis in today for harris faulkner. protests and portland, another unlawful assembly after people threw rocks and eggs at officers. this follows a deadly shooting on saturday. an unknown gunman shot a member of the right wing patriot prayer group during a confrontation with black lives matter protesters. the fbi and atf are not helping portland law enforcement in that investigation. yesterday, the mayor of portland, oregon, rejected help from the feds to contain the unrest and accused president trump of inflaming tensions. the president responding this morning tweeting "portland is a mess. and it has been for many years. if the stroke of a mayor doesn't clean it up we will go in and do it for them." florida congressman val demings say president trump created the crisis. >> this is exactly what happens when homeland security, the intelligence community, the military, and others who were charged with protecting our homeland are politicized. >> melissa: matt is life in portland with more. >> right now, portland police are

nasdaq with a record close for second day in a row i'm melissa francis. hey, ashley.ebster in today for connell mcshane. this is "after the bell."

melissa: hi, happy friday, i am lauren simonetti and for melissa francis, this is "after the bell". turning positive in the final minutes of trading, the s&p 500 fighting for gains in the end, the nasdaq lower after hitting an all-time high earlier in the day and snapping a four-day record

lauren: i'm lauren simonetti in for melissa francis this is "after the bell." let's look at the major averages. they closed near the highs of the day. the fourth straight record close for the nasdaq, take a look, above the 11,000 milestone for the very first time. apple helping to drive nasdaq. the tech giant closing at its own record high for the fifth consecutive trading day it is near, get this, a valuation of two trillion dollars. we have fox business team coverage for you. blake burman at white house, susan li in the newsroom and edward lawrence in washington. we start with blake and the latest from the president still speaking in ohio, a swing state he won in 2016. blake? reporter: he is still speaking in ohio. back here in washington, lauren we continue to keep our eyes up on capitol hill with the negotiations between democrats and republicans for a possible next step relief measure. as one white house officials says nothing is happening. both sides are dug in right now, before the president left for ohio he sent out this warning to democrats. the presid

today, we have melissa francis, katie pavlich, former white house press secretary sarah sanders.lso joining us today, bret baier and martha maccallum who will cohost special coverage of the republican national convention beginning tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. although it feels like as mike pence said moments ago, it's on. and he had a lot to say about four more years, jobs, judges, so one. your first thoughts? >> it's interesting to see the phrase make america great again again, that's what the vice president said. obviously, he was re-nominated by acclamation by the delegates there in charlotte saying that he doesn't want the country to elect vice president biden to raise taxes and to have abortion on demand. i think you will see a mix of this this week, contrasting what they say the democrats are fighting for, and are portraying biden and kamala harris as being taken over by the left. and then kind of looking at what has happened as far as substance under this current administration, list what they call the accomplishments and say what is yet to do. obviously, covid-19 and th

jackie: i'm jackie deangelis in for melissa francis. this is "after the bell."ng closer to record territory. the dow 6% away from the record close. the s&p flirting with the record close as well. nasdaq up about 2% with tesla leading the charge. shares surging after the company announced a five