a cbs viacom reporter dared, dared to ask biden about his son's laptop before the former vice president boarded a plane friday for michigan. listen to how that exchange went. >> i knew ask it. i have no response.

and viacom's cbs' "60 minutes" in a disputatious battle.stahl claiming that reports of spying on president trump have been, quote-unquote, discuss credited. discredited. we're going to take that up and much more with the editor in the chief of "the news," john solomon, as well as files that he has obtained today from former hunter biden associate tony bobulinski. he's the author of "fallout: nuclear bribes, russian spies and the washington lies that enriched the clinton and biden dynasties." john, good to have you with us. >> good to be with you. lou: did you just about fall out of your seat when you heard lesley stahl say to the president that stories of spying on his administration and campaign have been discredited? >> i did because it's just factually wrong, and "60 minutes" knows better than that. i worked with "60 minutes" on a project about a decade and a half ago. they took great care that every word would be true, and lesley stahl clearly broke that. there is overwhelming evidence that the fbi spied on donald trump and his associat

we're talking about viacom, not just cbs. we're talking about disney when abc newsstands up.cting, the way they're treating this president and demanding, demanding they call him before he does what he wishes as president of the united states, this thing's upside down right now, michael. your thoughts. >> well, you know, watching his press conferences with the doctors, it's a little bit of, you know, allowed bad is he, how bad is he, tell us how bad he is, and now when he's -- lou: yeah. >> -- today at the press conference it was that he's going back to the white house. is it safe, is he safe. i don't know if they're eager to see him get better or the opposite, but their questions certainly always seem to be based on the negative perceptions that they themselves bring to it. lou: yeah, i couldn't agree with you more. and everything that they do is focused toward the negative rather than the positive as the american people are cheering his return to the white house. what is wrong with these people? ed, you haved had to deal with a lot of contrary influences in the national medi

lou: doing their masters' bidding, whether it's at&t, disney, cbs/viacom, comcast or jeff bezos, theaugust washington post doing his bidding every day with great enthusiasm. give us your sense, as we wrap up here, the fbi has done almost nothing. it's pretty clear we're not going to see an fbi report. we find out that the report, the documents, the evidence that rudy giuliani gave to the delaware state police has been turned over to the fbi. we find out that the fbi has had the hunter biden laptop for almost a year, and nothing has happened. what are we to conclude about the fbi and the prospects of the public's right to know being horned -- honored and they bringing a case? >> well, i think it's clear that director wray is not the transformative figure that we needed after james comey. there is a deep state operation there that has been aggressive in subverting the president and our country. and director wray was empowered to be in that position, but he's been in that position for years. you cannot point to anything of any substance that suggests that any of those practices had been

i would like the expert's opinion on the future for viacom cbs stock. will been more profitable or that the streaming service will raise the stock price? thank you so much for your opinion. i appreciate it. have a good day. >> thanks for the question >> hey, we've got a question from dr. john. i'll take that any day look, viacom is one of my core holdings and the reason is because of what the question asked. it's about the streaming business it's very much underappreciated. last quarter the numbers were much better than expect. they will report numbers i believe it's thursday of next week in particular look at pluto tv that thing is growing like a wildfire, and that's where they will get growth in the rest of their streaming services so keep an eye on streaming businesses i'm a believer. >> dr. j, dillan, st. louis, missouri i want to sell covered calls on fcf, freeport mcmoran. should i wait for position or buy 100 shares, what do you think? >> i think you buy it now. luckily, scott, i got this one in july and then i got out of it at 15, and it's since

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others to introduce volatility as a hedge or potential upside for growth >> i know that charlie likes viacom and goldman sachs, hates long-term bonds. tell me why you think people should still invest in zoom. >> if we look at risk in the market, it is not the first time in 2001 and 2008 there were huge successful tech companies that got hammered, microsoft, dell, amazon we believe they will get through this we see short-term pressure in the market, but when we come out of that, we have new generational means we are all using zoom like we all used microsoft office. we like cloud applications they will be critical in data management over 90% of people who eat meat aren't necessarily vegetarians includi includi includi including docusign as well so we like these >> thank you both this afternoon. appreciate it. >> we are going to look at names that could take a hit. plus, streaming higher, wall street is in love with netflix with its earnings call next week with one bullish call after another. >>> and are investors giving up on value with a bang, energy and change came to every part of our unive

the other media powerhouses that effectively control the national left-wing media, comcast, disney, viacombs, at&t and verizon have a combined market cap of $894 billion. along with disney. in short silicon valley has chosen joe biden to be their candidate and to be our president. and they have the power to put him in office. under protections provided to him by section 230 of the communications decency act, they will continue to engage in censorship of articles reporting they will discriminate against conservatives and republicans who don't support joe biden and independence of course without any fear of legal repercussions because they are protected class if you can imagine, that is unless republicans are president trump move in move now to change all of that. it is urgent and the remedy must be immediate, the corporate left-wing national media is trying to cover for joe biden and his families corrupt actions overseas, biden was not asked an single question last night during the town hall on walt disney's abc news program about the new york post bombshell reports. now it was a question o

et cetera, and so they are looking at that saying that is where we need to go for us, we're buying viacoms where we said that is more speculative, stock down 30% year to date. but they have got a very large streaming business so i agree with everything that you said because obviously i said it, but right now, that is how we're sort of looking at what could be a recovery play more than disney because they may be shutting down two very large or really de-emphasizing two very large revenue streams in the future. and as jon said, covid is ramping up into the colder weather. >> andrare you viewing the e-commerce names i know you like it, but what did you make of the amazon release of what they sold, but they left out the line that they usually have and that was calling it the biggest shopping day ever. did you read anything into that? >> you bring up a good point in that all these tech names are up a ton. we own lot less of some of our favorite positions than we did before and that includes sonl. we have a position, but not nearly as larnlg ge as it was and you see names like sienna, where the

a cbs viacom reporter dared, dared to ask biden about his son's laptop before the former vice presidented a plane friday for michigan. listen to how that exchange went. >> i knew ask it. i have no response. it's another smear campaign. [inaudible] lou: and are paid to ask that so many in the left-wing national media are not. fox news has confirmed the authenticity of one of those e-mails which suggests joe biden was in for a 10% cut of a deal that hunter biden and his associates were putting together with chinese energy officials in 2017. profits from the venture would be split six ways with a 10% equity stake being held by hunter for the big guy. presumably, the big guy is joe biden. sources tell fox news the big guy is, indeed, a reference to the former vice president. the left-wing national media along with radical demss like congressman adam schiff have been saying for days that this is just part of a russian, are you ready for the? a russian disinformation campaign. but they no longer have that lie to sell to the american public. the nation's number one intelligence officer, direct

we are specifically looking at viacom cbs stock. it is jumping higher by about 1.25% at this hour, as it throws the job of fighting the streaming sharks right to pluto tv ceo tom ryan, now tasked with helming all of their free and paid streaming services. he gets the big job. but has the war already been lost when it comes to the binge watching battleground? netflix about to release its latest quarterly results in what's been a blockbuster year from the original king of content. our power panel hashes it out. who will still be wearing the crown when the dust settles? with the closing bell ringing in 27 minutes, and the s&p up 21 points, "the claman countdown" is coming right back. metastatic breast cancer is relentless, but i'm relentless too. because every day matters. and having more of them is possible with verzenio, the only one of its kind proven to help you live significantly longer when taken with fulvestrant, regardless of menopausal status. and it's the only one of its kind you can take every day. verzenio + fulvestrant is

know people are looking into, like streaming obvious very particular, we like it under radar name viacomn revenue go growing 40% a year a sample in things we are looking at that we really like but trying to find, names that are have not jumped as much during the year so more names that are likely to benefit like in automotive space, or viacom down 0% year-over-year, we are trying to find some of those names to really benefit any know you talked about only sports betting we will talk more about, with going to be the next big intent sensation did i state legalization great to see you we will talk more this week thank you very much for being here catch more with dan niles on maria bartiromo wall street 9 pm eastern fox business dan is special congestive debate buzz find out how some companies are capitalizing on viral debate moments like that slide set up camp, on the vice president's head stay with us. - [narrator] this is kate. - hey. - [narrator] she takes two prescriptions. kate's son jack, takes one too. kate works hard, and thought she had good insurance. but she still pays too much.

interview during a one-hour show on bet on saturday at 6:00 eastern on bet which is a division of viacom back. >>> as we enter the flu season, public health experts are warning about a so-called twindemic of the flu and covid-19. many people are wondering how to tell if their cough is just a cold or covid-19. cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus joins us now with some answers to these questions. dr. agus, good morning. so how do you do it? you've got a cold, you've got the flu and then you've got the coronavirus. there are some similarities, but there are a lot of important differences. can you walk us through them? >> sure, tony. so they're all viruses, right? coronavirus causes the common cold, covid-19 obviously, and then influenza a and b cause the flu. the body's immune response to viruses causes you to have fever, chills, causes you to potentially have diarrhea, headache, so the immune response to the virus. the body doesn't care which virus it is, a virus is a virus so the symptoms are remarkably similar. what's unique to covid is the change to taste and smell that happens

reporter: blue apron joins more than 2,000 corporations including apple, walmart and our parent company viacompledged to provide paid time for employees to vote. old navy and target are paying employees to work at the polls if they want. and blue apron delivered a voter registration drive at the office. >> we are very, very specific we want don't to influence how anyone votes but give them the tools to vote. >> reporter: but for some it's a struggle to get in the door. about one in six americans eligible to vote is disabled including more than 5 million veterans. >> it is sad that veterans from overseas, who defend the american way of life which includes the right to vote only to come home as a disabled veteran and be denied that same right. >> reporter: a right that retired navy s.e.a.l. al kovach was denied after a parachuting accident left him partialized. >> i couldn't even get a parking spot at the polling station. >> reporter: 65% of the polling stations still had one more or more obstacles that could impede access for the disabled. >> people see me in the wheelchair. i sense their assum

want to progress and bring others along organizations that include amazon in the tech sector and viacom organizations like pnc bank, so we have got a strong caudry of organizations that's why i think it's a new day. >> why has bcg signed on and do you think this certification is something that all companies will need to have moving forward? >> thank you for having us we have had a great relationship with john and mlt for a number of years this is just an enxtension of that bcg, it's the right thing to do, deeply embedded in our values, but also it is the right thing to do for a couple of other reasons. a lot of research shows that diverse teams leads to more diverse answers and with the talent strategies, you need people from all backgrounds and talented black people. investors are saying what is your racial equity plan. we team with clients on this topic. we help them think about it internally, are there practices such that they are inclusive and have an equitable culture. and of course i think companies should be giving back to society with talent, money, et cetera. it's important we

you know, stocks on this year's earnings, it's going to be life insurers, old media companies like viacomnd discovery, and it's going to be generic drugmakers in other words, every sector has this issue the thing is with financials most of them are in that category and the mark has no time for pure value stocks, at least at the moment, with yields where they are, and with this obsession with secular growth stocks. >> finally, josh, to round out the conversation on elections and sectors, do you buy into the idea that sectors will be hit differently, depending on the outcome of the presidency, of course, and congress if so, are you positioning that way? are you buying solar stocks, for instance, or are banks worth avoiding, energy stocks? all these sectors have big implications, no matter who wins. >> i used to think that. but then i spent 20 years in the industry and all i've ever seen is that kind of stuff get priced too much in advance of the election and than get unwound after and really simple, recent example to illustrate that point is everyone screaming when donald trump won, he's go

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discovery, viacom, fox those are down 3%.'s talk about what is causing it scott wren is here from wells fargo investment institute why the sharp turn lower here? >> sara i think we are going to continue to be sensitive to any talk that has anything to do with stimulus. the market's really -- the market is expecting better medical news in terms of a vaccine and things like that the federal reserve being very easy, and stimulus i think all of those things are very important and we have got one -- you know, one leg that has been pulled out or at least is wobbly. that's whether or not we are going to get stimulus. in our view, it's going to come but we don't know what the timing is. >> if you look at what's being sold the hardest right now, communications services, as i mentioned, health care, and technology what's holding up the best in the selloff, utilities, materials, and consumer staples. how do you make sense of that given anything right now, the ongoing debate overgrowth versus value and what part of the market you need to

these new entrants are coming into the mark place, peacock launching, disney plus earlier this year, viacoming their service to be more streaming forward. there is key difference. unlike these others, netflix spends every penny on production and then some. they are going to be cash flow negative again this year despite the cash flow positive we had this quarter last quarter and most this year that's going to go back to negative that's a positive for investors. tis me for all of the machine they spend on sports rights, content and movie studio stuff a lot of it doesn't end up on streaming. a lot of it may not end up on streaming services that's a bridge they haven't crossed. once that happens that's when netflix should be getting worried because for all the money they are spending these other byes are spending more on content overall. >> kevin, your perspective as a share holer. the 2.2 million net additions for subscribers, does that fall in line with what you are expecting as far as a moderating growth rate after the height of the pandemic last quarter or are you disappointed i think it is

viacom's president says it makes sense considering as we spend more time at home, our fascination withous. mtv's "cribs" will debut october 26th 8:00 p.m. eastern and then on regular mtv starting in 2021. >>> and finally, everybody -- oh, hello, riva. just in time for my last pod. it's a very moving experience that will lower your blood pressure. cow hugging. it's all the rage in the netherlands and now it's happening on farms across america. the cows' warm temperature and slow breathing are soothing in these troubling times and researchers say it works both ways. cows become more relaxed when people hug them. several farms are offering cow hugging. so check online for a cow huddle near you, and on that note, i'll hand it back to the studio. >> did they mention anything about the aroma of being around said cows? how relaxing -- >> i didn't know they could get any more relaxed. >> they are pretty chill as is riva. hey, lara, thank you, as always. >>> now to our "gma" cover story. rapper megan thee stallion's powerful new essay speaking up for black women. why she says she's not afraid o

operators were invested looking through the list of investors included comcast, at&t, warner media, viacom disney sold traditional streaming seems to be doing well as they add subscribers, but the short form videos for quibi not doing well. they are billionaires and will be fine, but even if you bring in big names you have to have the right design. stuart: may have been the right design, but not for lockdown, five-minute bursts don't work when you have a lot of time on your hands. lets get to tesla as they have reported fit the straight quarter of profits. a glutton for punishment who is with us. he's back again today. welcome back. always good to see you and art-- do you still have your $578 target on tesla and explain it again, please. >> everything i heard and could see and calculate yesterday really increased my conviction there, so tesla, gross margin 22% once you exclude-- you have to compare that to the gross margin of the manufacturer and even premium brands like bmw could be 20% so that's the next section. in its very early days with production and then what's interesting is how t

that is black entertainment television which he sold to viacom almost 20 years ago.s the ninth of 10 children. he is a self-made man. he is no fan of joe biden. anything but. when asked about trump and biden he said, better the devil i know over the devil i don't know. the devil he knows is trump. the devil he doesn't know is biden. this black billionaire prefers trump. then he really slammed biden. as a businessman he says i haven't heard anything cohern from him. you don't hear something like that often from celebrities in business. he is not endorsing trump. he didn't say he would vote for trump either. it is very clear trump has little appeal to self-made business people. when is attraction of a huge tax increase on business? that is biden's action plan is. what is the advantage of massive tax increases like wealthy job creators robert johnson. that is vice president biden plan. and we haven't seen started with the deadening effects of biden's green regulations. joe biden is anti-business and has no clue how to generate growth and jobs. what a pleasure to hear a