>> i certainly hope so, varney.s fans and to football fans, let's don't lose sight of the game, a game that just quite frankly, varney, has been very good to african-americans. i have said this repeatedly, i will say it again, no industry in american history has produced more black millionaires than the game of the nfl. that includes the nba. that includes hip-hop and rap and all these other things. so, all this distraction and all this animus being directed at the nfl is actually hurting black men and black people in terms of, where have we been acquiring our wealth? where have we seen black men move from poverty to wealth, to the middle class? it has been in the game of football, through football and we're doing a disservice to this game that has been very good to us. stuart: why is it that in america today, if you want to receive praise from society, you must have struggled? the only people who are highlighted in america today are people who have struggled. they come from a difficult background, they have overcom

varney, for letting me on the show. received a routine hit, left me in concussion state for four months. i consulted some of the best neurologists of the nation including here kevin at unc alongside my amazing family. they came to the conclusion i should medically retire from football. stuart: you did. the world was at your feet. you had a promising future. you made the calculation that your health was more important than your wallet, is that roughly accurate? >> yeah, absolutely. you know, mr. varney, life is so much greater than just football. football teaches you so many amazing things. how to work good with people. how to be goal oriented. how to just work with teammates. i took those lessons and took it to whatever is next in my life. stuart: this concussion problem is a huge negative for the whole sport of football. i mean we think in terms of the anthem problem, got that, but concussion is really grinding away at the game. if i'm not mistaken, tommy, far fewer youngsters are now playing football and it is because

the third hour of "varney & company" is about to begin.e in a moment. not clear exactly where he stands at this point, but he is very much in the news. is he resigning or being fired? that has had some input on the stock market but certainly not much. we are down 140 points. we were down 130 when the rosenstein news came out. but look at this. our next guest says the midterm elections won't affect the market. this is a big call. are you saying that if the democrats retake the house of representatives, it will not hurt this bull market? >> i don't believe so, stuart. i don't think the democrats in the house can stop the momentum of our economy, the fact that the executive controls regulations and this president is creating fewer new ones and trying to roll back some old ones. they are the reasons the bull market's been in gear along with behaved inflation and interest rates. i think democrat or republican house, not going to matter. if the democrats take both houses of congress, we better talk again. stuart: okay. now, china, they canceled

big hour for you on varney.bracing for hurricane florence, that they live shot - that's the map. look at how big that storm is. 400 miles across. the storm to drop, wait for it, or 3 feet of rain for the storm surge could bring up to 15 feet of water on land. question, have you prepared for a storm like that? we find out from the person who used to run fema. apple unveiling that watch that could potentially save lives. doctor siegel will show us how that works and whether or not i should get one. i think i might. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell warning of a knife fight to keep republican control of the senate. later the seller we talked to the candidate hoping to unseat democrats. in wisconsin, other question - why is it to close race with the economy doing so well it's like an hour of "varney & co.". ♪ as moms, we send our kids out into the world, full of hope. and we don't want something like meningitis b getting in their way. meningococcal group b disease, or meningitis b, is real. bexsero is a vaccine

more "varney" after this.attered, but never broken, it stands for the resilience within us all. ♪ stuart: take a look at futures. we have comcast and fox going to settle their 35 billion-dollar takeover battle for sky in a weekend auction. that is kind of unusual, isn't it, susan? susan: definitely is. three round of bidding between fox and disney versus comcast and brian roberts. they're pitting this billionaire versus billionaire. if you look at sky, we're trading higher. last bid at fox, 14 pounds a share. comcast put a higher bid of 14.75-pound as share. that values sky at close to $34 billion. some say we go much higher above that. very reminiscent what happened in 1988, barbarians at the gate. rjr and nabisco. stuart: how much is that in dollars. susan: 35 billion in u.s. dollars. currently. stuart: it will be settled this weekend done and saturday it is gone? susan: 21 months. stuart: dallas mavericks, owner mark cuban have been sanctioned by the nba. is this something to do with harrassment? ashley: se

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"varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ >> okay. >> never had that?> i think i tried one once. >> come on, man. [laughter]. probably can't because of stockholders, right? >> i mean it is legal, right? >> totally legal. >> how does that work? do people get upset at you if you do certain things? tobacco and marijuana in there. all it is. stuart: priceless stuff, isn't it. recognize the face. of course you do, that is tesla chief elon musk, smoking weed live own the internet appearing on the joe rogan experience web show. did i miss anything out? liz: california, it is legal to smoke pot. this is three-month low. dipping premarket. because of this interview with him smoking pot that was like a chief and chong size, towel-sized joint. he tried to talk about electric planes. that is not in the future. that is not helping the stock. the chief accountant left after one month. that is the headline. stuart: wait a second. what is pulling that stock down this morning is not so much him smoking weed on tv. it's the fact that his accounting officer just resigned,

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[laughter] >> i am laughing, i love a joke in the morning, varney.ourse, we are big and powerful, we will break ourselves up and share only of the power, that's a good joke. i'm so happy that we have president because he's taking them on head on. he just says what everybody is thinking, he says it and unafraid. i think we are going to see are you resolution for this definitely in the next six years which is how long president trump will be in oval office. stuart: candace owens, so sorry it's short, we have so much news. >> confirm kavanaugh! [laughter] >> more after this. . . i get it all the time. "have you lost weight?" of course i have- ever since i started renting from national. because national lets me lose the wait at the counter... ...and choose any car in the aisle. and i don't wait when i return, thanks to drop & go. at national, i can lose the wait...and keep it off. looking good, patrick. i know. (vo) go national. go like a pro. stuart: two very big, very important stories, we have covered for you today. first of all the kavanaugh hearings

keep it mere for "varney & company" after the break.record day. >>> we just received this from the associated press. a dam near one of duke energy's plants in north carolina has breached. coal ash may be flowing into the cape fear river. meanwhile, elsewhere in fayetteville, north carolina, the cleanup continues from the floods and griff jenkins is there for us. give me the latest from where you are, griff. reporter: well, stuart, that is not good news, because the cape fear river is what caused flooding here at the starlight motel, what is left of it. look at this image. the little river is adjacent to the cape fear river and it wiped out this 28-room, mom-and-pop-owned motel. it is absolutely devastated. the tree line you're sort of seeing in the background is where the little river runs, stuart. in the cape fear, it came over those trees and sheer force of the storm surge caused this entire motel to be wiped out. you want to talk about personal loss? the owner who is here, inside right now, meeting with insurance adjustors, he tells

this is for a stay on "varney & co.".hatever rally has gone but the dow is up, three-point, two-point, zero. it's about to turn - there you go. we cut it at that moment but don't just a fraction and a way to go. want to bring back trish jenkins. he's in north carolina it looks like you're in the thick of it. tell us what you see. reporter: we are getting rain here and we are in morehead city just in front inside of the island atlantic beach and i've been on here since 2:00 a.m. getting whipped around and we went over to atlantic beach and here as well. were getting a lot of wind damage and getting surge from the ocean and if you look there at the veracity of the waves of the water coming up there is a real thing in the condo we are along the seawall and this is the capital of the industry of norcal in a you go about login and is the main thoroughfare in highway 70 and connects all the way to new bern where they have the flooding but we saw power lines and businesses destroyed and saw trees snapped block after block and ga

i'm charles payne in for stuart varney.is is hour two of "varney & company." ♪ charles: start in fayetteville, north carolina. jeff flock, show us what you're see there jeff. reporter: trying to get you a different view charles. i will try to get it next hour. this is modular home community in fayetteville inundated by floodwater. some good news or maybe not good news, as we reported cape fear river continues to rise. although seems to not rise as fast as they thought. i talked to marianne here working in the house behind us, you've been cleaning out your refrigerator. >> my freezer. reporter: freezer. no power. not rising as fast. >> it is going down some. reporter: they say this community, charles, it was worse in hurricane matthew that would be good. the great thing about this is, look at that up there. look at that isn't that good? >> that is a good thing. god is so good. to seat sun. reporter: if we could get drying in here. that could go a long way. all you lost was food? >> i didn't lose any food. i put it in the coo

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on "varney & company," we're just now getting started. mgx minerals' disruptive technology can extract lithium - used for batteries from expired oil wells. mgx's new pilot plant aims to produce lithium-carbonate one hundred times faster than from conventional lithium brine. mgx minerals charles: can't for get about the tesla saga. it goes on. opened significantly lower, breaking $300 support point. there is always an amazon story, reportedly the company setting sights on 88 billion-dollar on line ad market. author of the book on amazon, nyu business professor scott galloway. scott, let's start with facebook and google being concerned because amazon, every time announced they're even thinking about answering someone else's turf, we see the market sell-off and their would be rivals. >> it hasn't happened. these guys don't scare easily. it finally getting into the point where it may eat in its duopoly. it may become a triopoly. you're on amazon buying huggies and they can sell you an ad for pampers which is incredibly attractive proposition.

bonnie -- varney & co. is about to begin. >> the tweet storm starts to the gdp rate 4.2 percent is higher for the first time in over 100 years. is anybody going to take on the present here? because they call it clearly seems to be strong. >> no opposition, right? >> exactly right. >> definitely it is agreat economy. and he deserves a lot of the credit . >> 4.2 percent growth, haven't seen that in 100 years. >> very good! >> obama has been out saying, -- >> but obama does not acknowledge $21 trillion in federal reserve is a lot of money, helps and a lot are spending for the recovery. doubling the federal debt. >> tax reform, deregulation. a wonderful thing. >> it is a fine tweet. 4.2, 3.9. not in 100 years. goodbye. the present by the way also threatening to hit china with tariffs on another $267 billion coming out of china. by the way, this occurs just as china's trade hits a no record with the united states. brian is with us this morning. how come with all of this used to be considered negative trade news,

"varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ stuart: big deal, first to north.pening its doors to outside, i believe independent inspectors. ashley: independent outside inspectors allowed to visit miss sill test sites in north korea. a huge development. looking into the process of decommissioning the nuclear enrichment facility. could this mean a second round of talks between the president and kim jong-un of north korea? certainly we're heading into the right direction. up until now we seen satellite reports and outside reports that the north koreans would not live up to what the president hoped they would do. continuing to develop missile test sites. now a change of direction, after meeting with the south koreans, it appears the tone has changed. indeed allowing outside inspectors into see a missile test site is a huge development. there is always air of skepticism. we're seeing this. what is going on over the mountain? there are always a concern other things could be going on but the fact remains they are open to things the u.s. wants them to do. stuart: they

host of varney & company on the fox business network say it is only way that will happen if republicansn their party's economic success. stuart: they should go after nancy pelosis, the state of the economy, in my opinion it's the greatest story rarely told. we have a booming economy, 4% growth, double what we had in obama era, plenty of jobs, we have prosperity, we are back to it. but you don't hear about it? did you read about this in "the new york times" today? did you hear it on evening news, no, you did not. i have no problem with the president and the republicans getting out there and pounding the table, look what we've got, prosperity. it is a feeling of vigor, pound the table and put out the message, yes, by all means say this goes away if you vote that way. rob: that is an 18-year low. ♪ ♪ jillian: family and friends say final good-byes to john mccain. rob: buried along time friend admiral chuck larson. senator lindsey graham reflecting on mccain's life after reading eulogy. >> nobody loved the soldier more than john mccain that i bear witness to his commitment to have their bac

and ed ramsey joins us, and stuart vair an varney weighs in. a third woman is a accusing judge brett kavanaugh of sexual harassment. more than 30 years ago. as the nominee and christine blasey ford are set to testify before the senate judiciary committee this morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern. president trump weighed in on his expectations for the hearing last night. >> i think when you really look at it all, it's not going to change any of the democrats' minds. they're obstructionists. they're actually con artists, because they know how quality this man is and they've destroyed a man's reputation and they want to destroy it even more. maria: joining us right now is housing weighs and mean committee member, tom reed. thank you for joining us. we want to get your take on all of this. i have to ask you, where are your republican colleagues? i mean, we want to hear from christine blasey ford this morning. we want to hear from judge kavanaugh as well. but a lot of this stuff with no evidence to back it up, anonymous charges, it feels like it's made up an

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general assembly this morning joining us host of "varney & company" stuart varney good morning to you this president goes right at the issues of the day and hits them head-on, i am expecting a very entertaining speech 10:5 this morning the president tweeted look not a meeting with rouhani iranian leader but i am absolutely sure he is a lovely man, that is what the president said this morning, about rouhani the leader of the iranians -- diplomatic from the president one year ago stood at u.n. podium talked about "rocket man" north korea kim jong-un. just a few months later, he was sitting down to have a summit with the guy, i we're in what the president will say today somewhat harshly perhaps these then sit down to a meeting or conclude a deal six or seven months from now the speech he entertaining very much to the issues on our show 10:15 eastern time. >> we will be there "varney & company" top of the hour join "varney & company" after "mornings with maria" first, strengthening communities through your iphone wait till you see this nextdoor founder is up. ♪ ♪ my backdoor ♪ ♪ - at afor

get it. >> one of my favorite people as well, stuart varney. stuart: good morning, dagen.trade war with china, climate change is a dire threat. hillary clinton says if trump isn't checked our institutions will be eroded. yet, despite it all, the market is at or near record levels. investors from all around the world keep putting their money into wall street. america it seems is the place to be. that dealt with money. it is looking good this morning. politics, that is a very different story. let's call it kavanaugh chaos. let's call it the sliming of a

for the pbs newsur and kaiser health news, i'm sarah varney in mcallen, texas. >> nawaz: now, we turnk to the controversy surrounding the confirmation of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. and, to the analysis of shields and ponnuru. that's syndicated columnist mark shields, and ramesh ponnuru of the "national review." david ooks is away. gentlemen, welcome. let's jump right in. the biggest story of the week in washington judg're kavanaugh. having this conversation at the unfortunate intersection of high stakes politics and w we handle sexual violence in america. rameshrepublicans are in charge, running the show. how are they handling it? o i would say things tk a marked turn for the worst when president trump decided he was tired of being responsible and sober mined, whichch must have ed, and, instead, decided to attack professor blase ford, saying that, if this is a real thing, she should have come forwardecades ago, whch anybody who's familiar with these cases ups is not the wayth e things work. so i think that's a real black mark on the republicans and i know a lot of republic

well, with options with restrictions joining me host of varney & company stuart varney you were askingrossly unfair to a good man. judge kavanaugh has been hung out to dry. i just play a couple to your attention dagen yesterday, adam assist ranking democrat on house intelligence committee said republicans are quote okay with putting someone who committed attempted rape on the supreme court. you hear that? he committed attempted rape? this man found judge kavanaugh guilty no evidence, don't know where or precisely when this event was supposed to have at an place adam schiff says guilty. >> democrat said visually same thing hollywood types o together videotape saying wrong to put on court believe accuser, entering a new era here, where anybody can be accused of anything without any evidence whatsoever and held to be guilty. the presumption of innocence has been lost i think a terrible, terrible thing that is all i go the to say dagen i am steamed about this! >> i sal to you the democratic narrative and make them put it on a bumper sticker before midterms men are liars women are victims.

here is "varney & company." stuart. stuart: i will try. good morning, everyone.there is another political firestorm but again the market is shrugging it off. more on that in a moment. a anonymous senior official writes in "the new york times" that president trump is ill-informed, half-baked, reckless, impetuous, petty and ineffective. this person and other colleagues within the administration, are doing all they can to reverse the president's policies. they are secretly thwarting the will of the people. can you believe this? this morning the president tweets, the deep state and the left and their vehicle, the

& company" stuart varney you think market would be a lot lower if not for backdrop in the economy?othing, about corporate profits weren't booming all trade stuff kavanaugh stuff in the backed i am sure market would be much lower this monday morning another case of despite it all, the markets down what 20 points at opening bell this monday morning? after a series of record highs last week? and in news back ground as you correctly say maria you've got the trade talks, with china, not going to happen this week, we've imposed those tariffs on chinese goods, we've got a second accuser forward with the kavanaugh case, we've got the polls suggest the republicans are going to have a very hard time maintaining control of house of representatives despite all of that i think all negatives the markets going to be what down 20 points for the dow industrials? after all record highs? it is a resilient market in the face of a rising economy rising corporate profits and one more factor maria, how about those corporate buybacks? stock buybacks? apple spent i believe, 63 billion dollars buying back i

& company" stuart varney to weigh in, have you been part of that traffic grid lock?t gridlock unless something bad going on 3:45 my heart goes out to new yorkers the degree of gridlock that we're seeing in new york city, this week, with the president in town, and all the world dignitaries for summit with all that going on you can't believe what is happening in mid up to new york city walking around yesterday 35rd street all of a sudden 20, 30 police officers arrive stop everybody not just cars buses. no. people, pedestrians you have to stand in place, because president trump was on the move. when on the move anywhere in midtown manhattan everybody stands still quite something i want viewers outside of new york city to know the horrors of gritlock in new york city a workday made my point? your producer tammy miller likes to hear me rant so i just thought i would give you a rant on traffic today. maria: well i mean every time any president is on the move the gridlock the gridlock comes into focus that happened to me yesterday too the president on move just stand still.

bettebernardo hess is with us ts morning, awell as stuart varney. tweeted on nike's decision to choose collin kaepernick as the face of the ad campaign. the president writes this, what was nik knee think -- nike thin, that's it. partisan theatrics took over yesterday with corey booker releasing documents he claimed were confidential. but actually they turned out to be preapproved for release and out already. joining us now to talk more about that, fox news contributor, author of trump's america, newt gingrich. good to see you this morning. thank you for joining us. >> it's good to be with you. when you see these kind of stunts, particularly if they're not well done, i think booker shrank as a possible presidential candidate yesterday, except maybe on the comedy channel. the whole thing was absurd. it has the kind of hyperbol hyperbole-spartacus was a gladiator who led a rebellion, after which he and several people were crucified. to stand in front of the senate and say this will be my spartacus moment, it has so little historical reference,. maria:

here is "varney & company" and stu. stuart: good morning maria and good morning, everyone.wing access to u.s. dairy products. not a full nafta deal but it is progress. milk was the sticking point. perhaps we see chrystia freeland approaching the microphones today. she usually does. indicators for the economy. 860,000 business startups in the first three months of this year. that is huge. 6.9 million job openings. there are more jobs available than workers to fill them. bottom line,

stuart varney takes you over now. stuart: good morning everyone. the cavanaugh's nomination, wall street journal, the politics of destruction. character assassination might be more appropriate. without evidence without witnesses the judge's been accused of sexual misconduct from 30 years ago. now he's defending himself. watch this. >> the truth is i've never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or otherwise. i am not questioning and have not questioned that perhaps doctor ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted by someone in someplace. but what i know is i never sexually assaulted anyone. i will not let both accusations drive us out of this process. we are looking for a fair process where i can be heard and defend my integrity. and my lifelong record of promoting dignity and equality for women, starting with women who knew me when i was 14 years old. i'm not going anywhere. stuart: mitch mcconnell on the senate floor was adamant there will be a vote on judge cavanagh up or down in the near future. his words. hearing scheduled for

stay with fox business, we've got the hearing coming up, and here is stuart varney. stuart: thanks very much, maria. good morning, everyone. this is the day when judge brett kavanaugh meets his accuser, dr. christine blasey ford. the questioning begins in one hour. look, it's the going to be a titanic battle. democrats will do just about anything to prevent a conservative getting on the supreme court. republicans will be walking on egg shells, trying to avoid looking hard. with an alleged sexual assault weapons. president trump says if judge kavanaugh is kept off the court on the basis of 36-year-old charges without proof or corroboration, quote, it'll be a horrible, horrible thing. we have late-breaking news on this. two men have come forward who say dr. ford may have mistaken the judge for them; that is, mistaken identity. it's already a circus, and that degrading spectacle will probably continue today. it didn't have to be this way. senator dye can january feinstein knew -- dye job feinstein knew about the allegations back in july but chose to reveal it on the at

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brian: here to react, stuart and varney, host of varney and company and fox business network 9 to noonake it permanent? can they do this? >> it is designed to give republican as lift in the mid terms. it's designed to remind voters it is the republicans tax cuts that created this great economy. what they are trying to do is, one, make these tax cuts to individuals permanent. in other words, they are not going to go away ever. they're permanent. number two, make it easier for small businesses to introduce a 401(k) pension plan for their workers. number three, more writeoffs for small business startups. all of this would be good for the economy but primarily politically motivated. real mind people it's the trump tax cuts that have given us this economy. steve: they are trying to put every democrat in the house and maybe the senate on the record voting against it before the mid terms. >> whether or not the senate takes this up is very much in question. i mean, have you got 8 weeks until the actual election. the senate is not likely to take up this bill it is -- i'm not going to call it wi

pete: nobody told the stock market, stuart varney, host of varney and company, is it happening? a dispute going on. first point to make is this. china's economy is suffering much more than america's economy, china slowing down, we are speeding up, their market is going down, our market is going up. so far in this dispute we are getting the upper hand. however, it is not going to be easy to solve this thing. it is not going to be easy to come together and get a clear and effective agreement because what they are discussing is something that is not easily settled. they are stealing our technology. they are forcing the transfer of our technology to them. how do you come up with an agreement that fixes that? very difficult to do and very difficult to come up with an agreement where neither side loses face. that is very important in these. >> the president saying america first, don't care about your interests, i care about interest of the americans who put me in office. why hasn't that been vocalized in the past? why are we in this position? leland: in the past, trade agreements were

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will discuss this morning in mornings with maria with special, we want the tell you about this, on varney company, close look at job's report with larry kudlow, that's president trump's top economic adviser and dallas federal reserve president robert kaplin. cheryl: elon musk lit up the internet again when he appeared in rogan's podcast. the shocking moment, the following video shows musk smoking marijuana which is legal in california, musk takes a puff of a joint that rogan offers him, asked about artificial intelligence and the warnings that he's given to regulate it. >> i try to convince people to slow down, slow down ai to regulate ai, can he recall cheryl there was also whiskey onset. musk on ai and how humans interact with technology, he did talk about tesla and the possibility of bringing video games to cars. >> yeah, and you will put video games in it. >> you are? >> for example, we were putting the atari emulator. cheryl: shares of tesla trading lower, stock is down more than 1%. lauren: $278, he was taking private for 420. cheryl: troubles aren't over for him. lauren: cbs and mo

"varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ stuart: got to start with tesla.n a new email elon musk goes after the cave rescuer again. i have excerpts that the musk sent to buzzfeed. i suggest you call people you know in thailand, find out what is going on and stop defending child rapists. that is what he put down on paper, you expletive. an old single white guy from england, traveling to, living in thailand for 30 or 40 years until moving to for a child bride 12 years old at the time. for this alleged threat after lawsuit which magically appeared when i raised issue i expletive hope he sues me. keith fitz-gerald, how much longer can this go on? >> i don't know sturt. i'm god fobbed how long this will go on. i can't even process the enormity what he is doing. stuart: does the guy have to move if the stock tanks? is that the mechanism which pushes him aside? >> technically no. he doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to. the board of directors on the other hand probably will. they have all kinds of management responsibility. they have direct liability to

i interviewed him on stuart varney, i don't know if you call it karma, out in the middle of the streetf hurricane, waving an american flag in his underwear. afterwards he happened to be in behind me in my shot. why is a half naked guy behind you. he pretty much said, it is america, i'm free. reason why he did it. it is going viral. what has he done, got over a million, two million views. so, definitely viral. we're showing the video. liz: he has done it before in hurricane matthew. great to see you, kristina. thank you so much. >> okay. liz: get back to the tropical storm storm on the move in south carolina. this state three years ago endured epic historic flooding. half a million people evacuated in south carolina. the state faces historic flash flooding. from north carolina, rivers are pouring downstream into the state. let's get reaction from a north carolina congressman. thanks for coming on, sir. what is your reaction to the storm? it is slow moving, and about the average time a person walks. that is why it is picking up ocean water this is different from hugo, any others i've see

i have got no microsoft stock by the way unlike stuart varney. >> that's good. david: bing shows me, that it's a little less biased than google. that is my opinion. go ahead. >> i like that idea. i hope more people follow suit. if google cannot prove to us that they have removed any type of political bias from their search engines, because at the end of the day i have no issue with a company leaning left or leaning right. but when you dominate the industry and don't have competition, which hopefully they do from bing, at least, you're a user of bing, then in that case you can influence elections by influencing opinions and that is not okay. david: all right. i hope there is enough competition to keep the government out of it. keith, heather. thank you very much. melissa. >> thank you. melissa: hurricane florence approaching the carolinas as more than 10 million americans covered by hurricane and tropical storm warnings and watches. fox news's rick reichmuth joins us from the fox weather center with more. rick. >> the winds have come down a little bit over last f

. >> stuart varney. >> neil: he still has abacas. >> an event called gather around.ike we are going to gather around the camp fire. 5 billion-dollar campus in california. what we could be hearing about new iphone. let's begin with that perhaps 5.8-inch all led device. this could would be a follow-up to the current iphone x. maybe they will call it the iphone xs. have 6.5-inch oled device that could be up to 1200 bucks to begin with it will be a massive fun edge to edge screen. and then you have the 6.1-inch device that could be like the low end, just starting at a mere $700. perhaps more my style. and also there is perhaps double sim cards in these phones. that would be boon for those like to travel internationally or have two cell data plans. what about the apple watch? i have the three series. already out of data, apparently, could be hearing about the 4 series. apple watch series 4. 15% larger display. more room for apps and watch faces. also, of course, compatible with the existing apple watch bands. and what about other products that could be coming along? a lot

. >> jim varney. >> how long have you been waiting for gas? >> two and a half hours. >> how is your house? >> it's demolished. the tree feel and roof cave in. >> where are you going to stay. >> right now we're staying with my stepsister thank god. nobody that we know of has power yet. >> you're obviously filling up the car. i know some of these folks have generators. do you have a generator? >> no, unfortunately. nobody alley anticipated the storm to be this bad because they said it was going to be a category 2 and when it hit shore it was going to be a category 1. i think that people didn't understand the slowness of the storm. and how long it was going to be affecting the area. that was the biggest problem. >> everybody is okay in the family? >> yes, thank god. everybody's okay. >> god bless you. good look. thanks for talking to us. i appreciate it. we hear that a lot here. the dur ration of this storm, ts was a duration event. this storm kind of lingered. a lot of people with destroyed homes, staying with relatives, waiting to get back in h

government 's emergency response to hurricane florence and i don't know if you saw this earlier on varneyompany retired general jack keane was on the set with stuart this morning and during a commercial break the general actually received a call from secretary of defense james mattis who told him that he should tell our viewers the military is ready to roll. listen. >> he's moving troops from the tenth mountain division into the area and has people positioned at fort campbell, kentucky and he's got other ships other than the ones that i mentioned and he said all a commander has to do is i've got a two minute approval authority for them to deploy resources into any one of these areas he said they call in , and in two minutes we want to know what they are going to do and give them an approval authority and deploy forces. liz: moving the mountain division into the area, blake that was pretty stunning that moment where clearly, the defense secretary wants the word out. we're getting it out certainly, but what do you now have regarding the president's latest briefing? >> this has consumed the

candidate i ana pressley taking out 10 term combatant congressman double-digit win joining me stuart varney i understand a tight real estates in end not tight 59-41 gigantic margin of victory a shock the shock how far left the democrat party is being pulled for november midterms, looks to me like going into that vote, on base of supporting free college open borders, issue medicare for all impeach trump seems overriding position taken by democrats going into the midterms. i am not sure america is ready for that. i just don't think it is qualify i would be horrified if it was to go for that kind of socialism but that is writing on wall for democrats the moment i have to say nancy pelosi is not happy with the result yesterday, in boston, massachusetts. >> incredible we will see how this all the plays out the come november more top of the hour thanks so much "varney & company" top of the hour right after "mornings with maria" join stuart and company coming up. coming up first amazon new milestone yes, the trillion dollars details on e-customers giant hitting a trillion dollars in market value r

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stuart varney will be withs also. off with keeping america safe, john bolton making his first major policy speech later today. he is expected to address international threats and announce the closure of the palestinian liberation organization's office in washington. joining us right now is former florida congressman and author of the book, hold texas, hold the nation, victory or death, alan west. colonel west, thank you for joining us. >> always a pleasure. maria: let me kick it off with john bolton and what we're going to hear from him whavment do you want to hear from john bolton at this point. tell us your thoughts, what we could expect. >> i think it's very important that we see the intersection between what is going on with the economic pressure we're putting on china and what china is doing as far as their expansion and their threats to our national security. if you have read the one belt, one road strategy of china, if you know about the china, pakistan economic corridor, you will see that china is expanding it

some are going to interpret it being anti-varney. was not meant to be. but anyway, thank you very, very much. we're taking under and over who the heck wrote this letter, in this editorial. everyone is doing the palace intrigue. and apparently there are a dozen possible candidates here. we'll get into that. we'll get into the fact that this is nothing new. certainly at this level it raises concerns but in corporate america happens all the time, when ceos, lose the support or there is a palace revolt within their own boards. steve jobs experienced it. papa john's founder john schnatter experienced it. of course uber ceo travis kalanick was kicked out by his own board. "wall street journal's" james freeman is here, fox business's deirdre bolton and late but not least noelle nikpour. if you could tell us who wrote this? >> i will tell you. i need a contract from fox if i am out of business, i will have no one hire me for campaigns. neil: what is the advantage, of keeping it anonymous? >> well, what i told you before we went on air, the reason why this person

reporter: if varney has never seen anything like this, that's all the information we need. you're right about technology pulling back a little. i will highlight three stocks at the top to give you an idea what you were getting to. mcdonald's, 3m and boeing. they are making up about half the dow's gain, those three. if there was a trade war theory in this market, you would think it would show up. mcdonald's raising its dividend, leading to a 2% rise today. we have four dow stocks hitting all-time record highs today. this will seem like a replay of yesterday. microsoft, nike, utx and visa all at record highs today. not only because it's pulling back a little bit but for another reason, keep an eye on tech and telecom. we have been talking about it throughout the day, highlighting twitter, facebook and alphabet which are pulling back, as all technology stocks or most seem to be after a strong start. there's a huge rebalancing going on today in the market which is interesting. there will be a new sector for many of these stocks within the s&p 500 called the communications servi

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"varney & company" is next. take it away, stuart. stuart: good morning, everyone.ou. dramatic pictures from the carolinas. the wind gusting above 100 miles an hour. you see the rain, it is an absolute deluge. you see the storm surge, that is nine or 10 feet of ocean moving inland. we'll bring in local officials in the middle of it. they will tell us first-hand what it is like where they are. how they are dealing with people who stayed behind. many did. some are now in trouble. misery for the millions whose lives have been