one of those people that decided to stay behind in texas, right outside of beaumont, is ron rogers, joining us live right now. he is in elevator, texas, about 78 mail miles outside cameron parish, louisiana, where hurricane laura made landfall. rob, are you with us? can you hear me? >> i am. >> rob, what are you seeing right now where you are? >> wind gusts. 60, probably 70 miles per hour, sustained probably 40. shining a flashlight on the woods, it's ripped the bark off the trees. there's a good pine tree that's 150 foot high, i'm waiting for it to snap. we can hear a transformer blowing. unbelievably, we still have power, not sure how, don't expect to it last much longer. we've got another 20 minutes or so before the eye is due east of us. >> with all the officials in the past few days warning residents that they need to leave, the governor of texas saying that it may be up to 24 hours to respond with recuse efforts to the hardest-hit areas, why did you personally decide to stay? >> i personally stayed because i just opened a business. i literally just opened it. i don't have coverage on

be quite honest >> a lot of stuff going on with covid-19 and small business owners ron, sanyaj and our own kate rogersthank you as well. >>> next wednesday, august 12, join cnbc small business playbook virtual submit with facebook's cheryl sandberg and others providing small business owners resources to survive and a path forward to thrive tomorrow go to cnbcevents.com/small business playbook. on deck more of the stocks you need to watch today including the video game publisher hitting new all-time highs that name coming up next you can watch or listen live on the cnbc application we look down on a live shot of times square in new york city. >>> a look at some of these stocks on the move shares of bayer down after the company reported an $11.2 billion loss the german-based pesticide maker with loses due to the round-up weed killer. >>> take-two posts a blow out q 1. shares up nearly 6%. twitter warning of a possible $250 million fine from the federal trade commission accused of misusing personal information to target advertising. those shares down 1.5% >>> market showing some signs of stability. it is

roger marshall leaves chris kobach. beating lacy clay. what do these results signal now that we're 3 months from the presidential election? ron meyer joins me, thanks for being here. the president had previously backed roger marshall, seemed rather excited about it. would you think the results? >> conventional wisdom is ron d marchal was the next, mitch mcconnell got involved in the primary which is rare but wanted to make sure kansas stayed a republican seat. by all means there should be a relatively safe republican hold. roger marshall only beating the democrat by 10% so it is a race to watch, definitely one that people should pay attention to. >> let's look at the results. roger marshall, 40%, chris koc a kocbach 50%. it is the one to watch but it has been a long time. >> democrats have routinely won the governor's mention so kansas has become more competitive over the years. with trump on the ballot it is less likely democrats have a play, they are hoping kobach would win because he was defeated in the 2018 election but nationally a little different, people care more about partisan leanings during a presidential year. >>

commerce and roger marshall taking down former secretary of state kobach. ron meyer joins us to weigh in. >> from won by 20% in 2016 so it should be a relatively safe republican hold. however the polls show roger marshall only being a democrat by one person so i say it is a race to watch. >> in missouri progressive corey bush upsetting 20 year incumbent congressman lacy clay in the democratic primary and rashida tlaib taking the lead in michigan's primary, fighting to keep her seat in congress, brenda jones who she beat in 2018. minnesota democrats divided over national guard deployment. rob: a mob showed up on a gop lawmaker's doorstep. the state senator joins us next. as you get older, are you worried about staying sharp and alert? forebrain, from the harvard-educated experts at force factor, contains key ingredients to help boost memory, learning, clarity, focus, and more! rush to walmart and find forebrain, our #1 brain booster, in the vitamin aisle. unlike ordinary memory want supplements-ter? neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicator

indeed talk to roger stone about e-mails stolen from democratic party computers saying in written responses to questions from special counsel robert mueller that he did not recall doing so. >>> roning nbc universal after telling the company about a secret sett settlement he made with a woman who was making false allegations against him following a brief consensual affair. he said others learned of it and were trying to extort money from here >>> the kansas city chiefs plan to have fans in the stands for its nfl home opener but attendance will be limbed to about 15,000 that's over a fifth of the stadium's capacity tickets sold in groups of six, you got to wear a mask for the whole game >>> let's check on the markets it's the s&p we're watching. 33.86 is the level there looks like we're still a couple of points above that threshold s&p is in the middle today the dow is still down. the dow is down about 34 points. tyler. >>> it's a challenging time for businesses all across the u.s. that's a bit of an understatement big cities are at a stand still amid the coronavirus pandemic. these center cities, these event space, the economy won't be able to get back on its feet. tilman is here