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. >> so melissa, what happened to gerard kiper after 1969? >> so -- he -- he of course founded this wonderful laboratory that we have here in tucson lunar and plan story laboratory and he knew about the time that the 1970s rolled around that that that laboratory was not going to last it was not going to be able to continue doing its research unless they also became a teaching dpght. as they have incredible vision he wasn't as a person necessarily interested in teaching but interested in research but he had this incredible vision to know that it was going to to trickle away and 79ed to get down to moon but further out to solar system he was going to immediate to make sure his laboratory would last so he found the department of plan story sciences. which was, of course, still here at the university of arizona today passed on baton to dlearkts came after him to keep both laboratory and department going. >> what kind of work is the lunar and plan story laboratory doing is today? >> the laboratory is doing all kiengdz of incredible work today, of c

licit. >> melissa: thank you. so the u.s. russia ahead of president trump and putin's meeting, former cia analyst and spokesperson, senior policy advisor with the counter extremism project, he so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> melissa: so there is some common ground there in terms of syria and isis, beyond that, though, what do you think of what happened today? >> i am all for any cease-fire to try to put a stop to the violence that is happening on the ground in syria, you are right, there are major areas of disagreement, a cease-fire is only as good as the parties on the ground willing to follow it, so it remains to be seen if, in fact, a cease-fire will temporarily put a stop to the violence, and also, they are still outstanding issues here, there are significant issues in opinions, the united states taking a much stronger stance against assad, whereas russia is basically supporting him, and the uss to put more pressure on russia in regard to assad using chemical weapons, which they have turned a blind eye

so, melissa mccarthy is going to be out ofjob on saturday night live with no one to impersonate.ave taken people out of surprise this one.“ anything, that's the greatest tragedy of it. the melissa mccarthy routine presumably not up for much longer, doing that amazing parity. sean spicer seemed too... i mean, everybody presents a boss suddenly been parachuted everybody presents a boss suddenly been pa rachuted about everybody presents a boss suddenly been parachuted about them and perhaps they thought that job may be encompassed in a job title. he made it clear privately he did not want to see anthony scaramucci given this job as director of communications in the white house. apparently as well, trump's strategic advisers, to steve berriman, also did not want to see it happen. but scaramucci was a choice proposed by ivanka trump and her husband jared kushner. i think it shows there are two camps are emerging in the white house. one of thoseis emerging in the white house. one of those is clearly having more influence than the other. i think thatis influence than the other. i think

melissa: yeah. i mean, soe took to the podium, a lot of us were saying, wow, we know him from finance, from the hedge fund world, we know him from doing some television with relate to finance but not necessarily someone who could direct communications. but then he went out there, and the way he handled the media and the things they threw at him and even at the beginning when the mic didn't work and he very smoothly made a joke about it, made everyone laugh, it's a completely different, relaxed, in control approach that we haven't seen from this particular white house. how do you think he applies that as director though? >> well, that's scaramucci. you saw him yesterday. look, he has built a very successful business by selling, and he was selling yesterday. he was selling himself and selling the administration. that, frankly, was the easy part, the introduction. now comes the tough part. there are two challenges he faces from my perspective. if you read the press, the clips, there's an undertone that this is so

i hope so. >> melissa: how could you tell?r joining us. >> jon: america's news headquarters begins right now. >> julie: we begin with a fox news alert. we are awaiting the start of the white house press briefing. it should be quite a show on camera today. again, hello, everyone. good afternoon i'm julie banderas. we are expecting the healthcare bill, the leak, and the sessions and the war in the white house feud. now we're getting word about the president's tweet about a transgender ban won't be implemented from now with the joint chief of staffs just issuing a statement saying just that. we are going to talk to you about that would have got you covered with senator tom. we will talk to him live.

melissa: so what is the other option though?, they're coming into the fold, you're not alone thinking that of course, what does that mean other than just occupying indefinitely? >> we're losing a lot of time and i think what, tending the baghdad government's control over western iraq does is just lay the groundwork for another uprising by the sunnis who are simply not going to sit in quietly in an environment where they're being dictated too in effect all the way from tehran. you have same sort of problem in eastern syria. what it means is, we don't have a political strategy for what comes after the defeat of isis. the notion that you can simply assume that iraq is recreated as iraq and syria recreated as syria is not going to work. in facts the kurds will have independence referendum in just a few months. i think there is little doubt how that will come out. iraq ceased to exist as a state. we're acting like it is still there. melissa: john bolton, thank you. >> thank you, melissa. ashley: back here in the united states, more t

so if there's a huge fund of bailing out insurance companies who artie make a huge profit, that's something i'm not for. >> melissahis would hurt your home state, how do you respond to that? >> i would vote to repeal obamacare because it's hurting people. if it's a repeal bill, i will work for it. the current bill keeps the taxes. >> melissa: senator, thank you and i appreciate it. managing blood sugar is a series of smart choices. and when you replace one meal... ...or snack a day with glucerna... ...made with carbsteady... ...to help minimize blood sugar spikes... ...you can really feel it. now with 30% less carbs and sugars. glucerna. >> shepard: noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house, where there are tiny people washing the roof. there are. there's also news. president trump meeting with republican senators to talk healthcare, and to blast obamacare. >> president trump: obamacare was a big lie. you can keep your doctor, lie. you can keep your plan, lie. it was a lie directly from the president. >> shepard: huh. president trump putting new pressure on republicans to get something done. he had quite a w

so. >> melissa and think about the pressure on senator mccain's doctors knowing that health care is in the balance. what they do for a living. interesting. so why the democrat saint at the stage and fight? >> bed is a patient that is eager to get back to work at the capital from the folks i talked to. democrats are saying this bill would be bad for the american people, particularly bad for a lot of people who voted for the president. >> this health care bill is a betrayal of everything that donald trump said on the campaign trail. he recalled that tweet when he said he would not cut medicaid at all. now that huge cut to medicaid in order to provide tax credits to big corporations, pharmaceutical industries. >> you can expect democrats to continue arguing like that, even though they will vote -- it is on hold. we will see some protesters today in the days ahead going against this bill, melissa. >> melissa: there are no cuts to medicaid. only slowing the growth of it. that is not a cot, but anyway. thank you so much, sir. now to the white house, where the president has been tweeting about

. >> thanks so much, melissa. >> justin bieber will not play in beijing anytime soon. he has been banned for bad behavior. they say his past brush with the law is to blame. the 23-year-old singer has several asian dates but not stop in beijing. ♪ ♪ >> bet you know those faces. poodle skirts and pompadours, franky avalon, fabian and bobby rye dell performed at the casino tonight. they have been performing across the country under the name, the golden boys. fans love it. they loved when the phillies won, didn't they? >> it's been hot out there and the phillies hot as well. three win in the past four games. they don't cool off tonight against the brewers. to the sixth, two on for tommy joseph. phillies win 6-1. four wins in the past five games. we are playing good ball lately. i was concerned about the 20 hits the other day. two big innings, freddy's home run set the tone. good things come to those who wait. we have waited long enough. monday morning eagles open training camp. eagles fitted the youth football team with new equipment. the boys recently had their football e

melissa: hey, blake. soing a general in as your chief of staff, that seems about right with this group. you might need a general to straighten things out. >> reporter: the one point we heard donald trump say, he has high respect for generals, and now he institutes a former top member of the military who was the head of his department of homeland security now as his white house chief of staff. here's what i'll add to the conversation briefly, melissa. speaking to a source not yesterday but two or three days ago, close to the president, a source close to the president. as all of the health care stuff is going on, and i asked well, what about reince? and this person had told me that if health care were to fail, there was probably a major shake-up coming. melissa: interesting. >> reporter: and now we have that shake-up, you had everything publicly out there about reince priebus, we don't need to go into the full screens. melissa: not again, i think we're good. >> reporter: exactly, and now this. friday afternoon

. >> harris: so, melissa, what are the immediate challenges as he takes a new post? >> melissa: getting law and order enforced in the white house. i look at this and i think it is a great idea. it reminds me of my sons karate coach, we always joked that we want to hire him to come home and run the household. follow the kids around. >> harris: you need some block chopping? >> melissa: i am tough, but you need a second person in there who is really, sort of instilling the fear of god in everyone and they respect him at the same time. i think that he has this. and he has to restore the discipline. >> abby: he also needs access to the presence schedule. that was a problem. there was a lot of chaos. a lot of disorganization. people did not know who was, and when, what meetings and what they were about. at that general, you will see hopefully quite a different situation in the white house, somebody beyond the resume that is fantastic. but this is somebody who has to be convinced to do the job. he was doing a lot of great things at the dhs, but he had to be convinced to do

prices did contribute to the fact many of these stocks are even higher up on that yield screen, so melissathese are dow stocks with dividends generally safe, so will traders use dividend yields as trade or investment time k factor we'll save that whole con v conversation for a later time. >> thank you >> buyer of any of those names steve. >> yeah, i would buy exxon chevron. i would start nibble there the worst, i know every time you try to pick a bottom in the energy space, it winds up killing your portfolio, but i believe you're going start to see these names tick a little higher as you see by the performance dom gave us, it's easy to lose that dividend. you're down 8% for a 5% yield. doesn't make sense >> if you have a play oil -- >> take a look at exxon most of the decline in exxon came during january and for the rest of the year, we've traded sideways with about $80, so if i'm buying something purely to get paid the dividend, i want something near its low for the year trading sideways and relatively lower risk so i like exxon, too >> general electric, pete. i know how would you think.

melissa: so how do you feel about nosy neighbors? was mowing the lawn when his new neighbor stuck his head through the wall just to say hi. the pup was excited to check out his new home in alabama. don't worry, he's okay. wouldn't you be startled if that was you? look at that guy. he's cute, though, right? he's okay. that's what's important. here's john scott in for shep. >> john: the united nations security council meeting about north korea after kim jong-un fired a intercontinental ballistic missile. washington looking for strong reaction, but will the u.n. get anything done? we could find out in moments. plus, everything we've learned about north korea's weapon from its 1700-mile trip into space to the warheads it potentially could bring to american soil. meantime president trump set to land in poland this afternoon for a meeting with other world leaders. better believe north korea is on the agenda. that's all ahead in this hour.

. >> melissa: so much is going on. i am melissa francis. pressure is on republican senators. a test vote on in obamacare repeal coming this afternoon, but questions remain whether they had the 51 votes to move forward. president trump was in west virginia last night, and told republicans, to keep their word and pass health care refor reform. >> any senator who votes against starting debate is telling america that you are fine with the obamacare nightmare, which is what it is. there has been enough talk, and no action. now is the time for action. >> jon: mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. we begin with doug mckelway at the white house with the latest there. with a key vote in the senate, it little bit later on this afternoon, about whether to proceed with a repeal a basic clean repeal of obamacare. the white house is putting tremendous pressure on senators that are wavering at this point. putting tremendous pressure on anyone who can influence those senators that are sitting on the fence. with tom price who accompanied the president last night to the boy scout jamboree in w

melissa: okay. >> i want to say these gentlemen, these are billionaires. sot up half a million dollars of their own money. they put their money where their mouth is. if they think they have got what it takes to get new blood in, blood not career politicians in it for the right reasons, by all means. look at donald trump's cabinet. it full of billionaires. he has more, four billionaire right now who have more combined wealth than, 50 times the combined wealth of george w. bush's cabinet. so you know -- melissa: by those standards you can imagine what hillary clinton's would have been. she really has all the billionaires in her back pocket. thanks guys. >> you have a point. david: being a billionaire, you want successful people. melissa: they're all democrats. david: kathy griffin. it ain't over for her. reporter interviewed over an hour bit secret service. this following her gory poke at president trump last month, posing with a severed head of the commander-in-chief. she apologized. that is not good enough if you break the law. she is still under federal inve

melissa: congressman chaffetz, thank you. david: sohealth care is held up in the senate the white house is shifting its focus to taxes. that pleases melissa and me. melissa: yes. david: will the president be able to make sure you get your taxes cut this year? we're asking art laffer, mr. tax cut about it, right after the break. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did what? yeah, liberty mutual 24-hour roadside assistance helped him to fix his flat so he could get home safely. my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. don't worry - i know what a lug wrench is, dad. is this a lug wrench? maybe? you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. i needed something more to help control my type 2 diabetes. my a1c wasn't were it needed to be. so i liked when my doctor told me that i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals by activating what's within me with once-weekly trulicity. trulicity is not insulin. it

melissa? >> julia, thank you so much. julia boorstin in los angeles. >>> another blowout quarter under its belt, is netflix a must-own stock, even up here 10%? i go to david first because you pitched in the fast pitch netflix last week. >> guy backed me 100%. look, it was pretty clear early on in the quarter three weeks into the quarter they basically backed their guy, said they had 40% of the subs that they guided for already booked which is incredible so you look at this number, blowout number obviously have the tempo down, figured out how to guide the street correctly it's all about the international subs they knocked the ball out of the park this is a name you stick with. i don't know if i'd run out tomorrow and buy this thing where it is, maybe it settles in a little bit this is a name long term you have to own. >> what do you think, dan? >> david did call it right on friday afternoon i was a bit skeptical. the stock sold off maybe 15% from early june highs and came roaring back in the last couple weeks. to me, i thi

linked for so long that the free market and its natural forces cannot exist in this environment and that's the only thing that will lower costs and improve care in this countr country. >> melissa: it's so frustrating when you watch those sound bites and this is what makes the make and people so mad. you say just ingenuous. almost everyone -- people like susan collins is saying we can't possibly do this if we don't know ugly place, we just try that and you didn't do that either. use of the replace him it was no good. someone like senator portman who says he won't do that. >> kennedy: that's a really important point. >> melissa: when it comes to actual action, they say no and you have someone like jill mansion who says why don't we work on trying to replace this? that's a blessed thing was, you don't want to go anywhere near this. that's the anger out there in america, when you hear what feels like doubletalk and lies and then they all want to go home for recess. if they go home without doing this, they should stay there and come back. >> herman: joe is normally trying to work very constructively, but when he says, let's try and fix obamacare, announcement, you can't fix obamaca

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. >> thanks so much melissa. we have a lot to tell you. an apartment wall collapses in washington. a dozen people are out of their homes. it happened after 3:00 this morning in the 3800 block of v street. dc fire and ems say heavy rain caused part of that basement wall to collapse in that three story building. the good news, everyone made it out safely but inspectors say the building isn't safe. tonight the red cross is assisting those people with finding a place to stay. wet weather being blamed for several road closures tonight. flooding caused this road to be blocked off at judges drive and walker street. the rain was relentless. it also flooded out a bridge in that area. and over in west virginia, the governor has declared a state of emergency. after flooding in parts of that state. most of the flooding caused by the same weather system that really smacked in to help evacuate people from their homes. maintenance crews were dispatched where rock slides where damaged. >>> an emotional day as people looked back at the past year since that devastating flood. the actual anniversary

i hope so. >> melissa: how could you tell? thanks for joining us. >> jon: america's news headquarters begins right now. >> julie: we begin with a fox news alert. we are awaiting the start of the white house press briefing. it should be quite a show on camera today. again, hello, everyone. good afternoon i'm julie banderas. we are expecting the healthcare bill, the leak, and the sessions and the war in the white house feud. now we're getting word about the president's tweet about a transgender ban won't be implemented from now with the joint chief of staffs just issuing a statement saying just that. we are going to talk to you about that would have got you covered with senator tom. we will talk to him live. also peter doocy on capitol hill. we are going to begin with bret baier, anchor of "special report." all right. this is keeping you a very busy man today again. let's just start with the u.s. joint chiefs of staff and their statement regarding the transgender ban in the military. let me read it for you first. there will be n

melissa: nicole, thank you so much. david: protests grow up ahead of the g20 meeting in germany, turning violent as geopolitical concerns and downturn in tech weighing on the markets. let's bring in today's panel. scott martin, kingsview asset management, fox news contributor and dan mitchell from the cato institute. scott, what is it? something spooked market. some people say the central bank, g20, what do you think? >> all of the above, david. non-farm payrolls number. we have a string here relatively week data. david, the market coming into this year, certainly as we get into the spring and summer expect economic data to pick up. north korea starts to pipe up. we have a little dissension at g20. mix that together with what i'm hearing will be a weak jobs number tomorrow, you have a reason for stocks to take a pause here. david: dan, our economy is slower now. what i'm grad not over in germany is the economic team. as far as i can tell, steve mnuchin, dan cohn, rest of them are on fully on board with tax cuts. that is

so will it stay like this over the start of your workweek? i know who knows. meteorologist melissa nord. >> it is going to stay like this in terms of the low humidity, but we are going to see temperatures creeping back up a little bit. can you believe we had clear blue skies today? great sunset this evening as well. lloyd ferguson sent in this photo from paris, virginia, pretty shot there with the farm and the sun going down this evening at 8:20. we've got really dry air which is the reason why it was so comfortable outside today. what you're looking at right now, this is something called water vapor imagery that looks at how humid or how dry the air is. this big red orange area that's right over our area is dry air which sank in today and it's going to stick around for the start to the workweek. so it will be warm tomorrow, but we'll keep the low humidity in the forecast a couple days longer. 74 degrees now in humidity 62%. we've got 74 in town, but 60s already in the suburbs. tomorrow morning suburbs, you will be waking up upper 50s and some low 60s. so refreshing, almost need a

[applause] melissa: thank you so much, we appreciate having you here. [applause] melissa: and a very, very special thank-you to lori bakker, sitting right here, the director of the incident hero foundation, who donated the exoskeleton to gary. [applause] melissa: so, there are many honorable and prestigious things that we you to do here as employees of the ronald reagan foundation, hosting events were sitting cabinet members, hosting debates. last night we had president george w. bush here, but for me getting to know and meet our country's heroes outweighs anything else i have the privilege to do. getting to know tonight's speaker has been the highlight of my career. this event happened because we were looking for speakers who could tie into our interactive. for those who have not seen the exhibition, it's a large-scale highly immersive exhibit that showcases how science fiction can become reality. it shows how modern-day technology has been influenced by popular culture from the '50s through the '80s, changing the ways that we live, work, move, connect,

so awesome. you just want to see him all the time. melissa good party. -- connell: does a good party. melissa: was a good time. melissa: that's it for us. "risk and reward" right now. deirdre:: shutting up donald trump junior e-mails. the u.s. economy is strengthening. markets rallying with the dow hitting even higher all-time high today. the record closes in strong one. welcome to "risk and reward." liz mcdonald in four deirdre bolton. the first article of impeachment has been introduced a california democrat representative brad sherman accusing president trump of obstruction of justice and interfering with the russian investigation. tonight we are tracking what the media is missing, what is not reported in the wall-to-wall coverage over russia. chaos, upheaval now

happened this morning is that, the repeal option has also failed and we do know that. >> melissa: i don't think sokatie's suggestion is that she thinks that what would work. what would happen after that. >> i do not agree. >> melissa: i get that. >> i want to say what the republican senators said this morning against it. this would create more instability, make the markets crash further. what chuck schumer said was we need this entity that the current system will be in place, so we can make changes on it to make it better, right? spill and simon, you have to answer the question. >> i am. i'm rejecting the premise, because the second already crashed. >> melissa: obamacare is crashing. >> i'm not debating this, because we have disagreed before, but my point, it democrats have a lot invested in that it succeeds. we are anxious to come to the table to make this better, and so once republicans have is, challenge us. come to the table peerless what we can do. we can come up with nothing, shame on us. >> melissa: we have to go. i'm sad to say, the three of us did not do any better then those people befor

melissa: so here's another look at the markets.p 500 closing a at brand new record highs. all of the major records ending higher for second week in a row. there you go, connell. connell: love those records. the senate's august recess already has been delayed two weeks. efforts to get a health care deal through have been sputtering with multiple versions of health reform released and gop senators divided how they should move forward. so can the republicans unite under one solution? to the house side, republican congressman tom reed, state of new york. he is member of the committee. like all of us you have been monitoring what the senate is up to, is there version, maybe put forward by the republican establishment you can support? >> we'll see what the senate puts forward. they have to get on the bill. go through the amendment process. depends what the final bill looks like. the bottom line i hope the senate acts because doing nothing is not acceptable for the american people. connell: that is the question as we look at key changes p

melissa. i like to see all the green on 50 eastbound. so does everybody else who is interested and going out to the beach for a couple of days. the temperatures get higher and higher in the city. it is going to be hot each at the coast tuesday, wednesday and thursday. ocean city to rehoboth. the chance of an afternoon storm. that sounds cool by comparison. sheena has a sizzling forecast coming up. >>> d.c. police trying to solve a shooting at the water front. >>> we've learned the teen that was killed was kennedy javier from maryland. another man in critical condition. police have not yet told us his name. the two were shot whitehurst freeway. no arrests have been made. >>> angie goff here at the live desk with wildfires. more than a dozen wolves being evacuated. they had to leave a nevada refuge. they were moved into crates. crews fighting the fire. today, they're working against more challenging weather conditions again. been a tough fight all weekend. the fire has grown to 315 acres. as of this morning, it's only 10% contained. back to y

thank you so much for joining us daniel, appreciate your insight. bye. >> melissa: o.j. simpson, back in the spotlight today as the parole board repairs to decide his fate. simpson will appear before the parole board and less than two hours from now and he is expected to learn today if he will be released from a nevada prison. speak out the white elephant in the room is the 1995 acquittal for the crimes, the alleged crimes that were committed in los angeles. although they are not supposed to take that into consideration, it is the white elephant in the room and it always will be. >> melissa: claudia cowan is live in carson city, nevada. everybody is watching this. >> it is a big day, the parole board here in nevada has been preparing for this day for many months. this is the only parole hearing happening here today. as you mention, and less than two hours, o.j. simpson will make his case from his prison via closed circuit tv, just as he did four years ago at his first hearing when he was granted parole on some of the charges. it takes for parole commissioners to agree be

so what, apple needs this for the next leg of growth. melissa: all right. guys, kevin, scott, thank you. connell: all right, the power to change the colors of the new york city skyline. not joking around. change the colors of the skyline, you can have that in the palm of your hand. melissa: that is what i vote for. i like blue purple. what do you think? connell: changing color of buildings. there is an app for that. of course there is a catch. we'll tell you about that as well. the founder of spire works will be here. melissa: alan and company conference is known for producing big media deals but we're hearing just the opposite this year. charlie gasparino has the scoop on day two in sun valley. connell: the other big story, president in paris dining at this hour with the french president, earlier facing the press and taking some time to defend his son in his meeting with a russian lawyer. charlie hurt, "washington times," weighs in next. >> nothing happened from the meeting, zero happened from the meeting. honestly the press made a very big deal something

jonathan, thank you so much. melissa. melissa: opioid addiction prices hitting our economy.udy out of goldman sachss one key factor men of prime working age or unable or unwilling to find work is because of opioid abuse, shrinking labor force participation. this growing epidemic kills more than 90 americans ever day. david, i had no idea the number was that huge. david: it is exploding, it is exploding in very bad way. >>> meanwhile protesting jobs. not what you expect the mayor of our country's biggest city to be doing. melissa: no. david: he is getting out of town and leading an anti-capitalist, anti-jobs resistance movement at the g20 summit. get that. melissa: perfect. ♪ it's over. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced. our senses awake. our hearts racing as one. i know this is sudden, but they say...if you love something set it free. see you around, giulia introducing the new sleep number 360™ smart bed. the only bed smart enough to change sleep as we know it. it senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to

that is what is supporting stock prices here and will do so in the future. melissa: setting the stage to overhaul the tax code. speaker paul ryan laying groundwork to rally business behind tax reform. adam shapiro is live in d.c. with the latest on this one. adam, you know this is the story we carry about here. >> reporter: absolutely because it affects business and all of us. 320 million americans and house republicans and senate republicans will see our taxes cut if we do tax reform. the speaker took to the road today, because they learned their lessons from health care. they need to get out in front of all this. we're starting tax reform discussions. here is what he told factory workers in lawrence, massachusetts. >> we're going to get this done in 2017. we're going to get it done because we have to get this done. the competitiveness of our economy, the environment of our jobs, making sure that we can be competitive, that we can grow, we can create and raise families and have faster growth, not just the economy, our wages, standard of living, we can not miss this

>> hey, melissa. so, leet l let's look at the xrt. roughly around a percent or so each roughly around the $38 level if you're a trader, you want to bounce, play with tight stock, it's not a bad place to be looking at here's the key point i think what's critical here is relative performance in the bottom panel still remains week, so it's treacherous territory. there's many other areas in the market doing ed about buying stocks, what i'd like to see from a price perspective is some bounce, consolidation, tradining around and watch this develop and see the relative performance turn, so whether it's bounces in these name, they can be anywhere from 10 to 15% or more, it's just a trade, not an investment yet. this is coach. at least this name began to bottom back in 2017. it now has a series of higher lows developing. very different profile it is into a difficult zone in here it's going to take some time but if you're looking for improvement, this is the name you want to be looking at on pullbacks. >> it's been a big bear market for a prett

melissa: okay. so let's concede that we want to get that server. >> correct. e just heard there, you know, he believed that this was evidence that the russians -- adam schiff just now, congressman adam schiff saying this is evidence that the russian government had information that they were trying to hand over to now president trump and his campaign. do you see, i don't know that we saw that evidence there. i mean they were pretending like they had it. we don't know they really had it, do we? >> we don't and we haven't seen it. a lot of people were calling. i must tell you i talked to members of the trump campaign during this with certain information, that i wanted them to be aware of, had to do with benghazi and how hillary clinton violated the espionage act. and they didn't act on it. so there are lots of people that do these things. that is is the danger that they're not getting to the core products which is hard evidence. melissa: okay. >> server evidence. that is why i brought that up. melissa: i wish we had more time. thank you, sir. we appreciate your ti

so far. meteorologist, melissa nor, wusa9. >> melissa was referring to meteorlogical summer. the average is 30. we're not, you know, crazy hot just yet. we're going to really have a streak here of 90s for the next few days. we forecasted a high of todayment todayment -- we've already made it to 90. right now, it's 91, but it feels like it's 100. dew point is in the mid-70s. that is really comfortable, and a bit of a shower. here's the radar, much like yesterday, just a couple of storms here and there. but the ones that develop are pretty hefty in terms of rainfall. pretty good lightning too. this storm moving out of prince george's county, out of the district. a big storm just north of baker down i-81, toward new market. it is essentially just drifting north, and actually west. this may not even cross over i- 81 in the next hour. this storm, we've been watching this about an hour or two. pretty good range from leesburg, heading out route 7, a slow go, and south of reston, down 28. also heavy rain. rainfall rates about an inch per hour. this is the strongest storm in the immed

so a big thank you from the president it today. a >> jon: on long island, where the president is about to speak. thank you. >> melissapublicans coming up short again and there are to repeal obamacare, the senate shutting down the so-called "skinny repeal" in a late night report, senator john mccain, 1 n the bill, chief congressional corresponded live on capitol hill with more. >> good afternoon, after coming up one vote short, we speak today about next steps. >> whatever micah meant as we go through the committee process, we take the bill, the original one, go through each piece by piece, break that up into pieces, and see what we can do with each part. >> most resources assumed late tonight's event either republicans have the 50 votes to pass this health care repeal, or else they were going to get stud 50 devoted to be able to make it happen, bottom line, it fell apart coming into the sun democratic leaders spoke about health care challenges in a bipartisan way. >> we should sit down and trade ideas. lamar alexander and patty murray are already talking about doing that, and i am hopeful that they can begin a series

melissa: howard, thank you so much. catch "mediabuzz," of course, you know this, with howard kurtz, every sunday on the fox news channel, i never miss it. david: i don't either. terrific show. lot of questions rex tillerson, secretary of state, just asked moments ago if he was going to hold onto cabinet position, taking a short vacation at an interesting time. listen to the response. >> i'm not going anywhere. >> reporter: how long are you going stay for? >> as long as the president keeps me. melissa: more breaking news, meg whitman stepping down from hewlett-packard's board of directors effective immediately. company is appointing chip berg as the new board chairman. meg whitman stepping down. david: interesting. creating jobs in america. the president's promised to do it and getting ready to make a major jobs announcement concerning a company that feeds into apple. is he just following through on campaign promises? we are moments away from a speech you can't miss. melissa: a session showdown, attorney general jeff ses

melissa is a proud mama. baby girl was born yesterday. family is doing so awesome. melissa and her husband say they love the name colette and ryan is for melissa's brother. >> great holiday card, the front of the holiday card this year. >> they are so cute and happy. way to go. what a beautiful family. >> and had a gorgeous day to celebrate. today was another gorgeous day. when i go on vacation tomorrow it is all going to go down hill. >> storms in the forecast tomorrow. want to congratulate melissa and her son. if you follow her on facebook and twitter just the sweetest most wonderful boy. he is going to make a great big brother now to two little sisters. storms later in the forecast. tomorrow not a guarantee that you will be dealing with rain. that is your first weather headline. in the forecast at times right now that heavy rain looks to favor the second half of the day into the evening. if you are leaving town friday night for the weekend you do want to keep that in mind. might want to leave a little bit earlier or hold off. a few thunderstorms in the forecast on

. >> great explanation melissa. soorrow we have a yellow weather alert for heat and friday for big storms. >>> still ahead we are in the middle of summer but the back- to-school shopping has started. see how when you shop could influence how much money you spend. >>> concerns over a new app for teenagers. it looks like tinder. >>> a mental health post do people feel guilty when they call in sick for work? restlessness... extreme anxiety... pacing... a constant urge to move. if someone you know is suffering from schizophrenia they may also be struggling with akathisia: a common side effect of some schizophrenia medications. learn more at myakathisia.com. >>> more problems for takata, the company has added another 2.7 million vehicles to the largest recall in us history. ford nissan and mazda models from 2005 two 2012 are included in the recall. takata airbags can explode sending shrapnel flying and at least 12 deaths have been linked to their backs. >>> travel and leisure just named richard branson's virgin airline the

melissa: there is that portion of it. howard kurtz, thank you so much for coming on.e appreciate it. david, what do you think? david: president's roundtable is coming out. he is doing another made in america round table with a lot of people there. we're about to hear the president. i believe we can play the spray. let's listen. [applause] >> michael was a supporter of ours right from the beginning. really appreciate. good to see you here. it is fantastic. i actually bought a couple of pillows. they're very good. i have to tell you they're great. i slept so much better ever since. [laughter]. thank you very much, michael. good afternoon and welcome to the white house. we're here today to continue celebration of american manufacturing as part of made in america week. the leaders and innovators around this table create products that fill our homes, defend our nation and enrich our lives. each one of these products proudly carries the label, made in the usa. do you remember in the old days, used to say made in the usa. that was when we really had a great pride in our prod

so i'm providing some back up here. literally, everybody has left, even polish tv. kind of sad. ladies, lucky guy, back to you. >> melissa: thank you so much for that, i'm sure you'll be with friends soon. i want to tell everybody at home watching what you're seeing there on the side of the screen, and as kristin said, that is the president right there in that car arriving at the hotel in hamburg, germany. he is arriving for this one-on-one meeting, a restricted meeting with german chancellor angela merkel. then after that, they are going to have a broader meeting including other people, but lots of folks are wondering what is going to go on and what they're going to say to each other behind these closed doors here. let me bring on the rest of the couch. a "outnumbered," what do you think? they've had a testy relationship so far. >> meghan: i went to vegas about a month ago and when i was gambling at the blackjack table, i was sitting next to some germans and of course, i brought up angela merkel and her meeting with president trump. to say they were not happy about it, not impressed, these people were very offended. she

you like us can go home. >> melissa: i'm so fascinated. would spend so much money should be in that room. >> kennedy: it seems like there has been a shift and the change in policy towards russia. the secretary of state was accused during his confirmation hearings of being an apologist for russia and too cozy with the kremlin, but then we see nikki haley. she's been very tough on russia and some of the president's own statements and poland, what you make of that? do you see more of a shift in a tougher stance? >> melissa: i don't know that it matters what anyone says. whether they're making a speech or however they talk about it, i hate the fact that president putin, he basically comes out and tells lies about what's going on. when he says there is no proof that north korea's meso was an icbm, who cares what anybody says? it only matters what they do. we know that president trump is going to do a whole heck of a lot more and we saw that right out of the gate with those tomahawk missiles. no matter how much president obama said knock it off,

chuck bell. >> good morning, melissa. so far 13 of the first 17 days here in the month of july have been 90 degrees for higher, including yesterday's 91. we have a whole lot more 90s straight ahead, including today. there's a live picture of the sun over northwest washington. nothing on radar this morning. we'll have a chance for a stray shower or thunderstorm. on the whole, the trend is a downward trend for rain chances and upward trend for isolated storms. low to mid-70s in prince george's county this morning. mid-70s to a few spots in the upper 70s in and around the city to get your day started. four things to know about the weather. isolated storms again today. like yesterday. they'll be slow movers. they're not going to cover a lot of real estate. but the real estate they do sit over could drop a quick half an inch to an inch of rain. temperatures lime the next couple of days. mid-730s across the area. planning out your day, we'll be in the upper 80s to near 90 by as early as lunchtime. high of 92 degrees. it will be a

so. that's a fairly strong indicator that whoever counts the votes and whoever is manning the scoreboard thinks there's a very good shot that this thing, will at least proceed to the floor. >> melissa kevin, there is been so much back and forth on the senate rules. mitch mcconnell came out and said this boat was just about opening the discussion, getting it off the floor. you can offer whatever amendments he wanted. rand paul arguing the opposite, that's not the case at all and he will only vote on this if it's repeal and if that's on hitting the floor, he can even agree what the rules are. >> he's wrong on the immaterial argument. his only job as a senator, the only thing that he needs to do is debate bills and take votes and he's not even allowing this vote to be debated. >> melissa: i don't see who wins at they don't take this up, even on the democratic side. it's undeniable that people out there are getting a huge increase in their health care bill. no one's happy with this thing, so the vote on not working to improve it at all, it seems like that's a loser for everybody. >> for them to work on it, they first have to know what they are working on. >> melissa: a horrible health

melissa mollet. collet ryan is opening her eyes to a new world. >> collet came into the world on tuesday. >> they're so cute. everyone. >> the whole familiment. >> can't stop crying tears of joy. we're crying with you, melissa. this is a special moment you'll want to look at. this is melissa's other daughter meeting collet for the first time. she doesn't know yet what's going on. >> really good with babies. >> he's a good big brother. everyone is so happy about this new baby. needed and wonderful these past few months. collet ryan says thank you, too. >> the best part of my job is that second or two where we went from here it comes here it comes to here's your baby. those are my favorite words. >> you know how i feel about all of this. a miracle. she was 7 pounds 20.5 inches long much just as beautiful as can be. everyone seems happy. everyone. >> she's a sweetie. >> i can't wait to meet her. >>> 6:26 right now. chipotle sickness explained. more than 100 customers say the food made them sick. >> we're learning the role an employee played in the sickness. >> reporter: witnesses report hearing the gunsho

and she winds up dead. >> she protected him and wound up dead. >> melissa: it's not safe to have one of his secrets. soto say that he confessed that he killed this friend. >> now that does not make the case by any means a slam dunk, melissa. because even if -- this is a pretrial hearing. if it gets in the actual hearing, you are going to be able to test the credibility of the witnesses as they testify now. 17 years old, why are you coming forward now as recently as "the jinx" was playing. why did you remain friends with him if you knew he was a murderer? there are a lot of ways that the defense is going to attack. >> melissa: on the flip side what does he have to gain by testifying? everybody else who testifies winds up dead, why would they come forward and lie? >> they want to say, this is what i know, hopefully we will get police protection. everybody in this man's life ends up dead. if you know something about him, it's almost like "the sopranos," if you know something, i'm going to knock you off. that's what he is accused of doing. >> melissa: it could just be an incredible coincidence. but back to

melissa dennis. softer 108 years of sorrow, the cubs are really bringing joy to this city. >> the cubs are bringing joy, and the joy just keeps coming. >> reporter: the baby bump also apparently visited boston in the wake of the red sox win. ♪ we're all babies >> reporter: and the nfl's even created the super bowl babies choir, with kids the stork sent winning cities nine months after their big victories. phil and jackie young of iowa honeymooned at wrigley field and have named their newborn daughter ivy for the fabled foliage in the outfield. >> i'd love to have another boom of world series babies this year and then maybe next year and the year after that. >> reporter: sounds like some cubs fans want to field their own team. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> how's that for team spirit? >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. cold-cocked -- by a. the

. >> i'm melissa lee so long summer recess. the president turning up the heat on senators right now in a lunch meeting with them. the details straight ahead >>> higher highs, nasdaq and dow setting new records. >>> plus, man versus machine health care. the surgeon who is using robots in the operating room. "power lunch" starts right now >> we begin in the nation's capital. happening right now, president trump giving senators both a prep talk and beattodown, too, r not getting the health care over the finish lime. eamon javers is at the white house. eamon. >> reporter: that's right. i can tell you that we know some of what he has said to these republican senators. he's gathering them here to talk about ways forward on the obamacare repeal and replace effort which was all but dead earlier this week. today the president says he wants to continue to push forward. he says ultimately that we have no choice. we have to repeal and replace obamacare. the best option is repeal and replace even though the president suggested early that ma