: susan. >> susan: i did not create the rules for tonight.our campaigns agreed to the rules for tonight. the commission on presidential debates. i'm here to enforce them which involves moving from one topic to another, giving roughly equal time to both of you. which is what i'm trying very hard to do. >> vice president pence: go right ahead. >> susan: i want to move to the next topic, an important one. as the last topic. that's the supreme court. on monday the senate judiciary committee is scheduled to open hearings on amy coney barrett's nomination to the supreme court. senator harris, you will be there as a member of the committee. it would cement the court's conservative majority and likely open to more abortion restriction, even to overturning the landmark roe v. wade ruling. access to abortion would be up to the states. vice president pence, you're the former governor of indiana. if roe v. wade is overturned, what would you want indiana to do? would you want your home state to ban all abortion? you have 2 minutes uninterrupted. >> vice p

i'm susan page of "usa today." it is my honor to moderate this debate, an important part of our democracy. in kingsbury hall tonight, we have a small and socially distant audience, and we have taken extra precautions during the pandemic. among other things, everyone in the audience is required to wear a face mask, and the candidates will be seated 12 feet apart. the audience is enthusiastic about the candidates but they have agreed to express that enthusiasm only twice, at the end of the debate and now, when i introduce the candidates. please welcome california senator kamala harris and vice president mike pence. [cheers and applause] being here. we are meeting as president trump and the first lady continue to undergo treatment in washington after testing positive for covid-19. we send our thoughts and prayers for them for the rapid and complete recovery, and for the recovery of everyone afflicted by the coronavirus. the two campaigns have agreed to the ground rules tonight. i'm here to enforce them, on behalf of t

susan: thank you. i'm sorry, your time is up. thank you. vice pres. pence: president trump and i will always put american jobs and american workers first. susan: as a vice president mentioned, you cosponsored the green new deal in congress. vice president biden said in last week's debate he does not support the green new deal. if you look at the biden-harris website, it describes the green new deal as a crucial framework. what exactly would be the stance of a biden-harris administration toward the green new deal? you have two minutes, uninterrupted. sen. harris: first of all, the american people know that joe biden will not ban fracking. that is a fact. i will repeat that joe biden has been very clear that he thinks about growing jobs, which is why he will not increase taxes for anyone who makes less than $400,000 a year. joe biden's economic plans, a reparable wall street firm has said we will create 7 million more jobs than donald trump, and part of those jobs that will be created by joe biden going

i'm susan page of "usa today."is my honor to moderate this debate, an important part of our democracy. in kingsbury hall tonight we have a small and socially distant audience, and we've taken extra precautions during this pandemic. among other things, everyone in the audience is required to wear a face mask, and the candidates will be seated 12 feet apart. the audience is enthusiastic about their candidates, but they've agreed to express that enthusiasm only twice. at the end of the debate and now, when i introduce the candidates. please welcome california senator kamala harris and vice president mike pence. [cheers and applause] >> vice president pence: thank you. >> susan: senator harris and vice president pence, thank you for being here. we are meeting as president trump and the first lady continued to undergo treatment in washington after testing positive for covid-19. we sent our thoughts and prayers to them for their rapid and complete recovery and the recovery of everyone afflicted by the coronavirus. at the

susan: you referenced roe v.ade, 7-2 decision in 1983, and it is obvious to anyone listening to this that it becomes the central theme of every supreme court nomination. what is it about that particular decision that has made it continue to be argued so vociferously in the united states? ilya: i agree with justice ginsburg actually and her criticism of roe v. wade, that it was premature and cut off a political debate going in a certain direction in the country, as well as doing it the wrong way, talking about an amorphous privacy right somewhere and during a previous precedent among various amendments, rather than what justice ginsburg would have it, and equal protection, women's equality justification. it's also different in other privacy cases, unlike the contraceptive cases that came before it or the homosexual, sexual activity cases that came after it, is not just consenting adults. at some point, there is the second human, whether at birth, conception or anytime in between. the way it short-circuited the pol

there is this incredible story of susan winston and how she became to be susan baker. was one of jim baker's first wife's close friends, mary stuart. we mentioned mary stuart at a very young age and her earliest with four young sons was diagnosed with cancer. enough, there is a letter that is in our book from jim baker to george bush in which he tells bush about this terrible diagnosis of cancer and he says, george, i have not told anyone. i didn't tell mary stuart, i didn't tell my mother, i didn't tell our children, but i am telling you. that for peter and i was quite rogatory as what was the nature of the baker-bush relationship and they had a close bond that goes far beyond cocktails at the country club. but interestingly enough, mary stuart knew this was happening to her. she confided in her friend susan winston and she wrote her own letter and gave it and told susan where to find it in their house after she passed away. there is this unbelievably moving scene in the book where susan comes over to the grieving household, finds the letter and gives it to baker. bak

susan: thank you again.ice to see you. ♪ >> all "q&a" programs are available on our website or as a podcast at c-span.org. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the u.s. supreme court begins its new term today, hearing oral arguments via conference call. listen to the oral arguments live or on-demand at www.c-span.org/supreme court. evening, democratic senator ed markey and u.s. senate republican candidate kevin o'connor participate in a televised debate sponsored by gbh news. watch live at seven eastern on c-span or on www.c-span.org announcer: this morning, "wall street journal"'s jess bravin previews the new supreme court term and confirmation hearings for judge amy coney barrett, and later michigan state university , law professor brian kalt discusses the 25th amendment and continuity of government plans. we also take your calls. you can join the c

and congratulations to susan for that. this is the coronavirus election. and one of the reasons you are is that frustrates him. robert: jerry said it is the coronavirus election and also the coronavirus west wing and you said people are freakin out how is it affecting the effectiveness and functioning of american government? >> you have all but one of the joint chiefs of staff quarantining. a number of high level officials ndtesting positive including the president and first lady and the white h press secretary and trump campaign manager. there are a number of people who have testedcl pitive ing stephen miller and chris christie. he is still in the hospital and he rodidn't hear the white house and that gets to the issue of tracing. white house is supposed to ing is how this get started. that saturday event to announce the anomination of the amy coney barrett and people think there might have been a hot spot area. this white house is not taking tside help. the c.d.c. we would be hap to help you but the white house saidy tve

susan, this is -- >> susan, i have -- >> mr.resident if, i'm speaking -- >> 15 more seconds, and then we'll give the -- >> thank you. so i want to ask the american people, how calm were you when you were panicked about where you were going to get your next roll of toilet paper -- >> thank you. >> how calm were you when your children couldn't see your parents because you were afraid they could kill them. >> let's give vice president pence a chance to respond. you have one minute to respond. >> there's not a day that's gone by that i haven't thought of every american family who's lost a loved one. you'll always be in our hearts and in our prayers. but when you see what the american people have done -- say what the american people have done over these past eight months hasn't worked, that's a great disservice -- >> i referred -- >> if i may finish, senator. the reality is dr. fauci said everything that he told the president in the oval office the president told the american people. now, president trump, i will tell you, has boundle

susan: that's right.ext year, june 2021 for amazon staff that can work from home and previously they had said january but other technology companies, apple, allowed employees to work from home for at least 2021. twitter said you can work from home forever if you can. june of next year at least until things get better, but amazon one of the lockdown winners as we know, yeah, since they've made record profit, hired 170,000, looking for another one hundred thousand and pushing jeff bezos to become the first 200 billion-dollar man on the planet. stuart: work from home from the big high-tech companies, loads and loads of highly-paid people they don't have to give in seattle area or northern california. susan: i don't know about that. productivity hasn't proven to be 100%. stuart: work from home permanently. you have a major shift in income, you do. susan: you mean tax revenues. i got it. stuart: there's another amazon story. they are offering fast curbside pickup. i think all whole foods, is that right? lauren

susan: i disagree.e will factor in spending and no matter who wins right now i think the stock market is expecting some sort of stimulus regardless. stuart: okay, i hear you and you're wrong. [laughter] susan: i'm right, happy friday. stuart: happy friday to you. jonathan, i'm saying trump won, what do you say? >> the market seem to indicate it, stuart, it's ticking up a little bit. we didn't see any changes in the betting markets last night. they were basically unchanged which i enjoyed by in large more than previous debate. it was more substantial, but as susan mentioned, i think what wall street is looking at stocks but also looking at the spending. stuart, both candidates are talking about multitrillion dollar spending bills and under the radar screen markets moves we are seeing is interest rates, they are 4-month plus high. 1.7% today. look, i don't want to be october's spooky, if you will, but we are celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the 87th stock market crash and, stuart, that occurred under a

susan is here.e us through the big names speak to the this week and a third-quarter earnings season. apple, amazon, microsoft, facebook and google-- i'm chuckling a bit because if you look at the earnings, it's clustered in our producer did a great job putting all of that in. want to throw in starbucks, boeing, pfizer? it's going to be a busy week so corporate america great so far. stuart: we have had a week and a couple of days of earnings. how do they look overall? susan: 25% of the s&p has reported and i would say corporate america is doing great on high expectations and so far i think 84% has beaten out of the 25% reported so far and if we could quickly talk about the big tech because all eyes will be on thursday without also-- apple, amazon, facebook in one single day and this morning and all us are waiting in on apple. cutting its price target to 115 and, atlantic equity raising their forecast heading into the earnings, but there are concerns starting up the new week with the doj antitrust cas

susan: it is.ioned, today is a day where bad news is good news and that might push the senate to take up a vote on some stimulus plan, maybe not 2.2 trillion which is what the democrats passed last night but something in the realm of 600 billion republicans tried to pass the first time around, i think that is pricing in right now, do you want to bet that the markets within striking distance will actually turn positive by the end of today. stuart: i think if you got real positive news on the likelihood of a stimulus package being accepted at some sort of level, whatever level, anything positive on that you could well be right, you could see that market close higher. susan: that would be extraordinary on a friday to in the week. usually when you have investors taking money off the table on a weekend because they don't want to hold money when you can't trade on weekend days. stuart: absolutely, you take quite a risk with a situation like this, good stuff. i have this breaking right now, we have learne

susan? susan: i'm trying to figure out why. homebuilder sentiment so the economy continues to recover. we started off this morning after the end of that three-day losing streak on friday. there are positives to take away as we started off on monday. for instance, stimulus hopes, speaker pelosi giving a 48 hour deadline to the end of tuesday to get some deal. some of the rhetoric and voicing says they're optimistic a deal might go through. china's economy grows once again. when china grows, that helps the rest of the world from the world's largest economy f it expands the world grows with it. if we bring up big tech names, apple and amazon. last week hedge funds had the biggest short position and buying futures contracts in the fastest rate more than a decade. closing off some of those positions. a little more optimistic to start off this morning and new week. positive news on apple with one of the top apple analysts this, is one of the top stories so far circulating from tf securities, he said apple sold more iphone 12 models i

asma: susan: yes.nd we moved within last 11 e days of ampaign to persuade undecided voters if there are any of them left in trying to turn out the voters who are already for you. and that's why we see president obama out there speaking to democratic audiences saying please go to the polls. it is possible to depress democratic turnout as i s depressed in somees placn 2016. and i actually think that's the ggest problem with president comment on transitioning away from fossil fuels and on racking in the debate last cause it can be used in a state like pennsylvania to be -- raie some qutions about maybe the personal economic consequences of electing biden. not that those voters will then go out and vote for maybe they won't go out and bother to vote. this is a problem that ve esident biden is going to have if he wins. the pressure between progressives who are v hy happy r what he had to say about fracking. and transitioning away from fossil fuels. but at odds with some of these more centrist, more moderate

a vote for susan or sara is a wasted vote. i would like to challenge the premise that it makes a great deal of difference whether we have republican or democratic leadership in these key committees. both parties take big money from corporate interests. you can see for yourself. we have lots of bailouts for the corporation. people are still waiting for a meaningful bailout. we are still waiting for relief to communities and for people to get help with their rent and mortgages. i do not think either of the corporate party candidates will change things in washington. independentelect an . on my website you can see where i stand on the issues. the people of maine should rank me first. host: were going to take a break. we will be back after this. trump: do i let my people run it well, or badly? badly they will blame him but they will blame me but i want to help people. cost 10s already million people their health care. weeks froms than two the election, watch the debate between trump and joe biden tonight from belmont university in

ma susan: yes.nd we moved within last 11 days of the campaign persuade undecided voters if there are any of them left in trying to turn out the voto ers e already for you. and that's why we see president eaking to there please go to the polls. it is possibleo depress depressed in some places in 2016. and i actually think that's the bi problem with president -- with vice president biden's commen aon transitioniy from fossil fuels and on fracking in the debate last night. a state like pennsylvania to be -- raise some questions about maybe the personal economic consequences of electing biden. not that those vo go out and vote for trump but maybe they won't go out and bother to vote. this is a problem that vice president biden is goi have if he wins. the pressure between progressives who are very happy about fracking. had to say and transitioning away from fossil fuels. but at odds with some of these more centrist, more moderate voters from energy states like pennsylvania who are concerned about that po

susan: big. 5%.er forecast, better earnings than anticipated but it's a third straight quarter in a row of falling sales, in fact, they are pulling their guidance for the year. these are not bullish signs by the way and over the past 10 years it went back, you've only seen 5 to 6 quarters of growing sales and that's not a good sign for big blue for some say it's stayed operations. we know they are splitting off and spinning off infrastructure services and keeping cloud business. stuart: stock is town 5%. -- down 5%. not exactly a comeback story for ibm. look at apple, we got a preview of iphone 12. 9 out of 10. the other new model he gave an 8 out of 10 but my question is who is buying it? susan: china is key because 5g is made for chinese markets because all 5g phones are sold in china, three quarters. china has nationwide 5g where in the u.s. it's spotty and only big cities as of now and one chinese e-commerce site, nearly 30% of the iphones preordered are iphone 12 while more than a quarter are ip

susan: yeah. stuart: that would be gigantic. susan: yeah., still in walter reed, but talking about going back to the white house later on today. susan: yeah. stuart: mark meadows says that, chief of staff, yeah, that is a possibility. susan: there are at loaf different asset classes on the move today. we, obviously stocks are rallying. we have oil lifting from three week lows. volatility at the highest in a month. so going back to august, two months now. that is interesting, isn't it? treasury yields at highest since august. everybody buying protection on the downside still. but also enthused enough to buy into risk assets like stocks and oil. stuart: dow up 350. nasdaq up close to 200 that is a monday rally. now this. >>> vanderbilt university assignment asked students whether the constitution was quote, designed to perpetuate white supremacy. i find this unbelievable but correct answer, to that question, according to vanderbilt was true. if you answered false, you lost points. i can't believe this. bring in cabot phillips with campus refor

>> well, susan, thank you. and let me say on behalf of the president in te -- and the first lady how moved we have all been by the outpouring of prayers and concern for the president and i do believe it is emblematic of the prayers and the concern that have ushered forth for every amecan impacted by the coronavirus. but the care theresident received at walter reed hospital, white hous edoctors wasxceptional and the transparency that they practiced all along the way will continue, the american people have a right to know about the health and well-being of the their president and will continue to do that. but i am just extremely grateful and was more than a little moved by the brodad bipartisan support of, senator, i want to thank you you and joe biden f your 0 expressions, genuine concern and i also want to congratulate you as i did on that phone call on the his 0 storying nature of your nomination. >> thank you. >> pi never exected to be on this stage four years ago so i know the feeling, but the reality is we

and the reality is susan will have no say in washington. with the face of the republican and democratic party that's part of my platform. and infrastructure money needs to go to the state of performance you need someone from the outside have influence and the power. they can't do it because they are tied to the rigged a broken system the election of susan or sarah they will go with nancy pelosi or chuck schumer. they will go to the committees and have no say. i will. host: your tell people you next line to be chairman of the senate appropriation committee. how does that benefit maine did we get more many as a state or is about bringing home the bacon? collins: maine is not about the state. and that shows why it's so important and then to be the next chair and with the senate appropriations committee with the most powerful position in the united states senate. and what they have been able to do through the transportation field but that is on the senate appropriations subcommittee. and to secure funding for two new destroyers that the nav des

susan will explain.on the dow, that is helping lyft with apple still listed on the dow 30. upgrade from rbc capital predict 132 for apple. google getting upgrade from deutsche bank. this is ahead of the earnings season. we're talking about big banks kicking it all off, giving us a broad outlook how the economy is recovering. as you mentioned to anthony chan just then, first time we see analysts upgrade earnings for 10 years. you have to go back to 2010. because we lifted off the bottom from the second quarter from march to june. things should get better from here. also one more thing, low interest rates. we have $31 trillion worth of bonds getting basically zero. people think some of that money will move over to stocks. stuart: that is why stocks are up pretty much across the board this morning. susan, thank you. >>> the world health organization says we don't favor lockdowns. this is relevant to our presidential election because one side you have president trump leading us out of lockdowns. on the other

susan: long term market. stuart: susan, thank you.n to this exchange between jack dorsey and senator ted cruz. roll tape. >> our team made a fast decision. the enforcement action however, blocking urls both in tweets and in dm, in direct messages, we believe was incorrect and we changed it. >> you're still blocking their post. you're still blocking their post. right now today, you're blocking their posts. >> we're not blocking the posts. anyone can tweet. stuart: there is argument right there. by the way the post, the "new york post" editorial board fired back with this front cover this morning, blackmail. block capitals all across the front. carol mark ovitz with us, a columnist with the "new york post." straighten this out, carol, is the post still blocked? >> yes, they are. the "new york post" twitter account remains blocked to this day and no, they cannot tweet anything from that account. and the reason given by dorsey yesterday was that the post, all it has to do is submit and go into their account and delete the tweet that is no

susan: yes.t: anything else? susan: what else is in the wearable? i would say beats. they will have a over the head or phone. stuart: thanks. this stock is down 3%. susan: this is one of the winners of the year of 200% thus far. the reason is guidance, stronger sales prophet in the quarters. for any other company forecast 30% growth in sales would be fantastic they are used to this type of growth and more wall street wanted narrower losses. they are on fire this year as a mentioned this stock ipo in 2016 only $16 and. i know it's when you missed. tripling this year and also by data and start up segments for $3.2 billion. stuart: communications platform to yes, anecdotally i describe it as a company providing a phone call for you and you can't find your uber driver. stuart: got it and it's down $10, 3%. one more and this is for you'd-- you are hogging the show. advanced micro devices reported "after the bell" today, but ahead of that they have a huge deal. susan: $35 billion all stock deal with th

>> well, susan, thank you. let me say on behalf of the president and the first lady how moved we've all been by the outpouring of prayers and concern for the president and i believe it's emblematic of the prayers and concern for every american impacted by the coronavirus. but the care the president received at walter reed hospital, the white house doctors, was exceptional and the transparency they practiced awe long the way will continue. the american people have a right to know about the health and well-being of their president and we'll continue to do that but i'm just extremely grateful and more than a little moved by the broad and bipartisan support and, senator, i want to thank you and joe biden for you expressions of genuine concern and congratulate you as i did on that phone call on the historic nature of your nomination. >> thank you. >> i never expected to be on this stage four years ago so i know the feeling but the reality is we've got an election before the american people in the midst of this chall

susan, this is important. >> susan, i have to weigh in here. >> mr.president, i'm speaking, i'm speaking. >> you have 15 more seconds and we'll give the vice president a chance. >> thank you. i want to ask the american people how calm were you when you were panicked where you were going to get your next roll of toilet paper? how calm were you when your kids were sent home from school and you didn't know when they could go back? >> thank you. thank you, senator harris. >> when your children couldn't see your parents because you were afraid you could kill them? >> let's give vice president pence a chance to respond. vice president pence, you have one minute to respond. >> you know, there is not a day that has gone by that i haven't thought of every american family that has lost a loved one, and i want everyone to know you'll always be in our hearts and in our prayers. but when you say what the american people have done over the last eight months hasn't worked, it's a great disservice to the sacrifices the american people have made. >> i -- >> if i may f

>> well, susan, thank you. although i would like to go back -- >> i think we need to move on to the issue of -- >> thank you. but i would like to go back because the reality is that we're going to have a vaccine, senator, in record time, in unheard of time, in less than a year. we have five companies in phase three clinical trials, and we're right now producing tens of millions of doses. so the fact that you continue to undermine public confidence in a vaccine, if a vaccine emerges during the trump administration, i think is unconscionable. and, senator, i just ask you stop playing politics with people's lives. the reality is that we will have a vaccine, we believe, before the end of this year, and it will have the capacity to save countless american lives. and your continuous undermining of confidence in a vaccine is just -- it's just unacceptable. and let me also say, you know, the reality is when you talk about failure in this administration, we actually do know what failure looks like in a pandemic. it was

stuart: thank you, susan.ew cuomo of new york closing nearly 100 schools he says are virus hot spots. deaths, hospitalizations in the city, they are down. explain that one. we're also later talking to kayleigh mcenany. she was at judge barrett's rose garden nomination ceremony. i will ask if she thinks it was a superspreader event. we'll get the latest own the president's condition this morning. the media slamming the president saying don't let the virus dominate you. >> oh, my goodness, nicole. when i saw that trump, i mean i literally overwhelmed. >> now we zoo this tweet which is heartless, it is cruel. stuart: heartless and cruel. we're talking to dr. marc siegel in a moment. this is the second hour of "varney & company," can't you tell. >> oh, my goodness, nicole, when i saw that trump, i mean i literally was overwhelmed. >> now we see this tweet which is heartless, it is cruel. >> what does that mean, don't be afraid of it? first of all it is a contagious disease that kills people. there is nowhere to ev

susan: yes. stuart: 7% just like that. susan, thank you.et's turn to the virus with disturbing news. 80000 cases reported across the country yesterday hitting a new daily record. what's the latest on this, lauren? lauren: three records this week, stuart. half the country is reporting a record number of covid cases pushing the weekly total to over half a million infections. what is different between now and spring? first off, the infections are geographically widespread, so the worst hit states are wisconsin and north dakota. hospitalizations are rising, but the fatality rate has improved and that's promising. speaking of hospitalizations, el paso, texas, completely overwhelmed. a judge issued a second block down that will last two weeks. hospitals in el paso are actually airlifting non- covid patients to other cities setting up field hospital to handle the surge, so in total if you look at the number of cases here in the us nearly-- actually more than 9 million americans have contracted the virus took almost 229,000 have died and yes these

>> well, susan, thank you. though i would like to go back. >> i think we need to move onto the issue. >> thank you, but i would like to go back. >> the reality is, we're going to have a vaccine, senator, in record time, in unheard of time, in less than a year. we have five companies in phase three clinical trials and we're right now producing tens of millions of doses. so the fact that you continue to undermine public confidence in a vaccine, if the vaccine emerges during the trump administration, i think is unconscionable. and senator, i just ask you, stop playing politics with people's lives. the reality is that we will have a vaccine, we believe, before the end of this year and i will have the capacity to save countless american lives and your continuous undermining of confidence in a vaccine is ju just -- it's just unacceptable. and let me also say, you know, the reality is, when you talk about failure in this administration, we actually do know what failure looks like in a pandemic. it was 2009, the swine

how are they doing, susan? susan: mixed right now. we have two big events.or apple we're expecting the iphone 12 to be rethesed in a couple of hours. don't forget they had huge days yesterday. apple had the best day since end of july, reported record june earnings and four-for-one stock slight and three new iphones and 5g super cycle. if you look at the broader markets i want to point out americans might be doing better, feeling like they're doing bet,er we'll in striking distance of brand new record highs. the dow is 2 1/2% away. the s&p and the nasdaq now just 1 1/2% away from record highs once again. stuart: awfully close i would say. you know what the time is? i do. we've got an atomic clock right here. it is exactly 10:51 on the dot. time for brian kilmeade. host of the brian kilmeade joe. i want to raise a couple of gaffs with joe biden. he is claimed he is running for the u.s. senate. he is obviously not, running for the u.s. presidency and questioned memory of voters now from four years ago. these gaffs were overshadowed by the hearings in supreme co

susan: inc.nd earning estimates have been raised for the first time in a decade for the third quarter, that we are living in a pandemic with business closures in corporate america is doing very well. stuart: we are up 346 points on the dow industrial. susan: you may back the losses from yesterday. stuart: who was expecting that i certainly was not. then we have mcdonald's adding new menu items. what are weakening. susan: bakery goods, cinnamon buns, blueberry muffins, apple fritters to its permanent menu on october the 28th, you can bring that into the office in the morning. it will be available all day long and mcdonald's has been losing breakfast sales during covid as more people working from home, down 18% from last year according to mpd, but losing out the competition like rivals when these that has breakfast menu nationwide, don't you go to wendy's. stuart: enough of breakfast. susan: mcdonald's is trained to bring in a younger demographic which travis got meals and signing autographs stars,

this is for susan. oh, this is definitely for susan.llowances every week, my mom would give me an allowance, i would say i saved up one year, and i think my first stock was when i was 15 and i bought coca-cola because michael jordan was an endorser. and i think the bulls won that year. stuart: you were 15. >> yeah. stuart: just last year. [laughter] coca-cola, okay. i was 31, and i bought goodyear tire and rubber. in hong kong, as a matter of fact. maybe earlier than that, 25. ed katz writes this: i still have difficulty visualizing ash as a reporter in montana. are there any pictureses of him in cowboy gear? go for it, ash. [laughter] >> i wish did. i actually had to announce the rodeo once. [laughter] >> oh, wow! >> there's a picture of me, 1991, channel 12 in helena, montana. god, that's almost 30 years ago. a little more fresh faced there. oh, and there you go. ashley webster with lori and al -- >> great hair. stuart: yes. >> yeah. great town, great people, loved montana. stuart: great hair. fantastic hour. >> thank you very much. i

susan is following that. reporter: pretty strong quarter, connell, coming back from the decline in ad sales the last time. we're looking earnings per share this, is the profit margin and profit number came in stronger than anticipated. $16.40. looking for $11.29. revenue 47.6 where market was looking close to 42.9. i will hop in on the call to listen to ruth porat to bring you comments and quotes later on in the program. connell: good enough. sounds like a plan. good to hear from you, susan. we'll hear from apple earnings out later. it wouldn't shock me, gary b. smith, if all five of the companies we're talking about, twitter not in the same class, not as big as these companies, wouldn't shock me if they beat the analyst estimates in the last quarter. the outlooks will be interesting. to see amazon guiding high on sales was encouraging. alphabet looks like it is better an mat, can the market side, stock up 10%. what do you think, gary. >> alphabet and amazon are in "a league of their own" and here is why. the

susan: we have a big election facing us in a short period of time. do you see one outcome or another with the election of donald trump or joe biden having influence on the antifa movement? speak to antifa protesters, there is a lot of skepticism about other donald trump will step down, and there was also i think a reluctance to believe that any donald trump when could be a legitimate win. areink a lot of them gearing up for protesting, and a towardthem are geared violent protest. there is the potential for this, is onelly if there candidate who appears to be in front at the beginning and several weeks later when the ballots are counted -- i get -- i guess if there is ambiguity about the election, there is the high potential for confrontation , including violent ones. from your perch on the editorial page of the wall street journal, do you continue to follow antifa and the alt-right? what interests you most? jillian: i think with movements like this, there is a tendency on the left and the right to create -- it is important to cover these movements be