melissa was a glowing bride. alyssa, the little flower girl. >> it wasn't just melissa and ben getting married. it was melissa marrying alyssa, too. >> seriously. they made a particular ceremony of it. >> alyssa, will you promise to share in the love of this family? if so, will you please say i will? >> i will. >> i got her a little bracelet. i had it engraved, letting her know that i will always love her as my own. and gave it to her that day. >> and from that moment on, alyssa called melissa mom. how did that make you feel? >> happy. very happy. >> what a happy couple they were. a happy family. >> for her to be my wife is a blessing. >> that's what you wait for all your life. >> reporter: what were your plans? >> to buy a house and to have babies and have a family. >> reporter: they eventually moved here, a three bedroom ranch in the carson valley looking up towards the sierra nevadas. alyssa spent half her time with ben and melissa. the other time with her birth mom, ben's ex-wife, dawn. but above all, what be

melissa? >> melissa: fascinating. thank you. the disputed venezuelan president, nicolas maduro, confirming secret talks with the white house. so i guess they're not a secret anymore. on the leadership crisis in his country. this, as the u.s. navy continues its mission off the coast of columbia, including providing life-changing surgeries for venezuelans who can't seek medical care in their country. ellison barber is live off the coast of santa marta columbia with more. ellison? >> hi, melissa. the u.s.n.s comfort is on month two of a 5-month mission. they say this mission is aimed at helping venezuelan migrants and relieving the pressure on national medical systems that have been overburdened as a result of so many people being forced to leave their country. in the last few years, for million venezuelans have fled their home country, heading to places like peru, chile, ecuador, and colombia. the u.s. and us comfort always stopped through other countries. they made it to venice wheel this week. they are performing surgeries on th

melis melissa? melissa: thank you for that, jennifer. joining to us get his take on all of this is retired army general jack keane. he is a fox news senior strategic analyst. general, thank you for joining us. what do you make of this explosion? >> well, the russians are notorious for having below standards in terms of safety and maintenance. and they clearly have great scientists and engineers, and they've always been able to develop advanced technology systems, and that's clearly what they are trying to do here, but they've had problems with this system in the past, and for our viewers to understand, if you can put a small nuclear reactor in a cruise missile, then you have actually taken away the restriction of range, and it can circumnavigate any place on the globe, and it provides a huge advantage to somebody who owns that weapons system. so that's what is at stake here. most of our scientists and engineers are quite skeptical about the ability to achieve this kind of new technology breakthrough. melissa: yeah, i mean, they put out a

melissa? >> melissa: jonathan, thank you. speak of the shooter in el paso posted a manifesto online, consumed by recent state. in one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. the sinister ideologies must be defeated. hate has no place in america. >> melissa: president trump condemning hate and racism after deadly shootings in el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio, over the weekend. 2020 democrats blame the presidents rhetoric for the shootings. watch. >> say to president trump, "please stop the racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric." >> at best he's condoning and encouraging white nationalism. >> he is sowing seeds of hatred in our country. this harvest of hate violence that we are seeing right now lies at his feet. >> melissa: the white house seeing these shooters are sick people and that no politician is to blame. let's bring in our own power panel. jason meister's advisory board member of the trump 2020 campaign. and jean zeno's political science professor at iona college. thanks for joining us. when you s

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." the s&p 500, tech-heavy nasdaq ending in positive territory the third day in a row. more on big market movers, but first here is what is brand new at this hour. wooing the heartland. democratic 2020 candidates in iowa today, making their pitch to americans including farmers who have been hit very hard by the trade war. we're live in des moines taking the pulse of voters. >>> white house hopeful, new york city mayor, bill de blasio calling for corporations to pay their fair share. where have i heard that before? vowing to tax the hell out of the wealthy, what he said during a heated interview with fox news's sean hannity. the highlights you have to see. outrage on the left, outrage a growing boycott for a fundraiser for president trump. outrage on both sides of the oil. ashley: fox business team coverage and edward lawrence from the white house, phil flynn from the cme and jackie deangelis from the new york stock exchange. we'll begin with the latest from the white house and edward. re

melissa? >> melissa: christina, thank you. north korea rejecting further peace talks with the south over its joint military drills with the u.s. on the same day pyongyang launched two more short-range missiles. it is the sixth test in less than a month. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is following this story live from london. greg? >> hi, melissa. north korea acting up and speaking out again. first of those missiles, in the latest round, launched from the east coast of north korea into the sea of japan. the distance it traveled, not too far. 140 miles. but experts are saying now that pyongyang is developing a new type of fast, mobile, and hard to detect missiles. it is seen as a threat not just south korea and japan and the region but to come of course, the u.s. military, which is based there as well. north korea statements via also letting go a barrage of insults by president moon, calling him foolish, refusing for the talkss made yesterday that there is momentum towards denuclearization and even reunificatio

melissa? melissa: let's make a deal. hillary, make a deal. >>> nordstrom reporting second quarter results. let's go back to gerri willis with the numbers. i was help this one too, doing my part at nordstrom. reporter: you didn't do enough. a split decision. earnings a big beat, 90 cents a share versus 75 cents a share expectation but revenue falling short, 3.87 billion in the quarter compared to 3.93 billion expectations. so split decision. good on bottom line. revenue line, not so great. this is company that had high expectations. they are up almost i believe 9%, 10% now after hours. that is a very strong performance. let me tell you what is going on beyond that. digital business. up 4%. represents about 30% of their business. that is very good news. they also are reporting themselves, this according to nordstrom, strong inventory discipline, expense ferb sys. that is what they're attributing the positive results to. also a stronger performance in their, softer performance, pardon me at the anniversary sale and off pric

melissa? >> melissa: thank you for that. i'm now joined by white house dipper terry secretary thank you for joining us first. let me ask you president's visit tomorrow. which we expect, what's it don not up and commend what will he say? >> were heartbreaks of these communities. they have suffered through an unspeakable evil, a tragedy known in this country should ever have to feel or experience. the president on monday made the point that he wanted to share in the grief and sadness that so many are feeling right now. but he also shares in anger. he offered some solutions about how we can address some of these issues so it never happens to never community, or another person in this country's history, ever. >> melissa: what do you make of democrats who say he shouldn't go? or from the area that say they don't want him to come? we know that there will be some protests. some say the wounds are to route and rightly or wrongly they blame the president. so they don't want him to come. >> i understand some emotions are high. the pre

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." the s&p 500 also ending in positive territory for the second day in a row. nasdaq snapping a two-day down streak. look at the volatile week. we'll show it right here. connell: oh, boy. melissa: it is rough. instead go to kristina partsinevelos on floor of the new york stock exchange. kristina? >> i like that. forget that. talk about the whoo-hoo you mentioned. you saw a little bit of a rally towards later half of the day. we were sitting around 250 points. it is a friday. people wearing ties. people are rushing out. what are some of the catalysts. improved sentiment about u.s. china trade progress. we can say that. germany stimulus if needed. same situation with china. a stimulus. talk about the dow winners on the screen. winners for apple, a lot has to do with china u.s. trade sentiment. given supply chain. goldman sachs doing higher because 10-year yields climbed higher. banks benefit from that. they got hammered yesterday. 3m often goes up and down with any trade comment. we talked

melissa. melissa: france taxing big tech. american companies face a 3% revenue tax starting in january. office of trade rep holding a hearing on that tax. representatives from google, amazon, facebook weighing in. hillary vaughn is live at the ustr with the late-breaking details. hillary? >> melissa, a lot of these tech companies have to make their first payment to france in november but it is not as simple as writing a check because, a lot of these companies first have to build systems they need to calculate how much tax revenue they actually owe. amazon's peter hill testified they have not been collecting a lot of data to figure out how much revenue they make from french users. facebook's alan lee says the tax requires a quote massive reengineering effort at the company to track and filter revenue by user's gee -- geolocation or i.p. address. >> some are telling french consumers they will bear a burden of these taxes. services currently being offered to french consumers will increase by the amount of tax burden passed on to

now here's melissa and for harris. take it away, melissa. >> melissa: fox news alert, the search is on after a sniper opens fire on a deputy. this is "outnumbered overtime." i'm melissa francis in today for harris faulkner. southern california is on edge as the gunman remains at large after wounding that deputy outside the l.a. county sheriff lancaster station. we are told the deputy's only alive because he wore his protective vest. despite being the target, he was able to call in the ambush. let's listen. >> melissa: william la jeunesse has more of angeles. william? >> melissa, this number has to be a little nervous right now. this mystery sniper is still out there. unlike last night, there is no longer a lock down, so residents can come and go.

melissa? >> melissa: thank you so much. in the meantime, world leaders hoping for no drama at the g7 summit as president trump gets set to travel to france. the president has made some headlines recently, suggesting among other things that russia be readmitted into the group. and spying with denmark over wanting to buy greenland. he has been outspoken on his support for a no-deal brexit. let's bring our power panel. michael o'hanlon is a director of foreign policy research at the brookings institution. christian whiteness of former senior advisor in both the trump and bush in those regions. thanks to both of you for joining us. michael connelly start with you. these meetings, filling the g7 meetings have gotten to the point, at least outside view, of being diplomatic to the point of being almost meaningless. that they would sort of get together and take pictures and smile. but it felt like not a lot was achieved. the president comes along and kind of blows of the normal protocol for these sort of things. and then later he s

melissa? melissa: lucas, thank you. a group of frustrated new yorkers, are getting pretty creative, taking their battle with mayor bill de blasio out of the city. we'll tell you where and the potential impact on his very long shot 2020 hopes. basically everyone else would have to drop out. >>> plus a possible whopper is, impossible whopper is finally here. even i can't believe it. so how do consumers really feel about plant-based protein? more important, is it really healthy? we're breaking down the numbers coming up. >>> if you're looking for an excuse to take that next selfie, this is it. a new study revealing researchers discovered a way to accurately measure your blood pressure with a cell phone camera with a two-minute video. scientists saying there are many potential applications for the technology, like health services for those who live in remote rural areas. how cool. ♪ (groans) hmph... (food grunting menacingly) when the food you love doesn't love you back, stay smooth and fight heartburn fast with tums smoo

melissa is in for harris. >> melissa: fox news alert for you now, another about-face in the standoff between israel and to go democratic congresswomen. this is "outnumbered overtime," i'm melissa francis in today for harris faulkner. michigan congresswoman rashida tlaib now says she won't go to israel after she was granted entry on humanitarian grounds to visit her 90-year-old grandmother in the west bank. after tlaib and fellow democrat ilhan omar were denied entry over their support for boycotting israel, tlaib, who hasn't seen her grandmother in over a decade, tweeting "silencing the is not what she wants for me. it would kill a piece of me. i decided visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands

melissa: absolutely. no, absolutely. >> guys, real quick. melissa: let me give it to ashley. go ahead, ashley. ashley: scott, follow up on that. i have another question for you. >> the only danger we have to remember, this is very controlled, tight economy in china. things we do here in the western world are not really done in china. so when you think about companies moving money around, think about citizens, poor citizens in china seen their currency get smashed, it will get smashed some more, if they're moving money around, moving amongst banks, it is not as easy to do there. that is another concern i have, as this plays out. it gets more involved with the trade war, tariff on this, tariff on that. what exactly happens to stuck holding the renminbi or yuan as it keeps dropping. ashley: that is a good point . i want to bring in danielle. do we have to cut our interest rates in order to compete to answer that? >> that is the real dilemma here. because we don't have a lot of interest rates to cut. we don't want to be pondering in the united states of america negative interest

melissa? >> melissa: hillary, thank you for that. political divisions heightened this week, of course, after deadly mass shootings in el paso and dayton. now prominent congressman jonah goldberg is saying they are both wrong about how to fix with dealing america. he writes, "where everyone loses me is the idea that the solution to these maladies can be found in washington or in nationalizing movements of the right or the left." when each tribe seeks to impose a one says one-size-fits-all, it's nol we hold dear is at stake with the bell docs metastasize. for many and a few, ballads give way to bullets." thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> melissa: this article is compelling because it talks about the idea there's a lot of commonality in what we hear from both republicans and democrats in the sense that on the right, when they talk about nationalism, they are sort of saying that everybody comes together as one. even on the left when they are talking about socialism,

think how we think about it. >> melissa: there's that one clap. >> david: that awkward moment... >> melissa: i didn't mean to q you two are really he corrected himself quickly, we want to say that he has conceded in the past that he is a gaffe machine. there are a few more recent ones, too. >> we choose science over fiction. we choose truth over facts. >> find me a university in the state that doesn't say the education department pointed out that it can provide the three, four, and five years old and new education. they don't increase the chances exponentially. this is the united states of america. we have never been unable to overcome what the problem was. if you agree with me, go to joe 30330 and help me in this fight. thank you very much. >> kennedy: be covered up and able to overcome -- [laughter] >> david: cannot shock everybody for a minute and defend joe biden? the first statement he made, this minority event, he is not wrong. because it's not about poor or rich. it's about ability and opportunity. here's the problem, the end of that statement where he cobbled together "white, black,

melissa: u.s. move to put missiles' -- >> the north koreans do a rip and read and they translate an option to stock missiles in various asian countries, and out of that they get a new cold war. as i understand the program, there is no intent for the united states to put intermediate range ballistic missiles in south korea. it's mainly a deterrent move. the north koreans are so paranoid and so frightened of what the americans might do that even just a minor underlying document out of the d.o.d. has them spun up and talking about a nud cold war. melissa: let me ask you about this buildup of military troops in shin-jin outside of hong kong. >> the first two subjects are interesting, but this is the serious one. look at all these things coming to the fore today. the 800-point drop in the dow. unlike tienanmen square as you can see on your tv screen, the social media in china is all over this, and the hong kong people are not going to back off easily. this is a tinder box, and this type of protest movem

. >> melissa: greg, this melissa francis. can i ask you question here? i know you went through some of those statistics. we are talking about 1100 flights per day going through this hub. 120 airlines, 75 million passengers per year. it's important to note, as our viewers are looking at this picture, as it gets increasingly chaotic, that it's midnight in hong kong. this is the middle of the night when we are seeing this. yesterday when we were going off the air on fox business, at 5:00 p.m., over in hong kong, they told us the airport was going to be open and they had everything under control. at the time i had my doubts about that. what happened? between that time, that they thought they had it under control and it then turned into even more chaos today than it was yesterday? >> melissa, basically the airport is closed down from 1:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. that's what happened yesterday. it was shut down and many of the activists either had left or decided to hang in but in a low-key way. they remained. we watch the departure and arrival board. in fact, there

melissa. melissa: promising it will pay for itself, bernie sanders unveiling the 16 trillion-dollar "green new deal" to fight climate change, 16.3 trillion it is by far the most expensive plan among the 2020 candidates. we have republican strategist along with antjuan seawright, blueprint strategy founder, ceo and democratic strategist. let me start with you. so this is the part i found most terrifying. the plan will pay for itself with quote, litigation, fees and taxes and new income tax revenue. wow, that sounds like an economy killer. >> on the surface this number itself would scare anybody. it's a lot of money. i think that, as in every presidential campaign the marketplace of ideas take place. of course how you campaign, how you govern usually tends out, folds out to be different. i commend the center making it a priority. i'm not sure i agree with every step of the way, every aspect of this plan but i commend bold leadership idea taking on climate change because we know it's a real thing

melissa. "meaningful background checks" mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. we have headline from the president and a time of crisis and uncertainty as it relates to gun control. reducing policy proposals like this before, where there's a headline that is difficult to argue with. but the detail, the precise details of what meaningful background checks mean, might make it potentially difficult. at least for the president right now, this is what he says meaningful background checks mean. >> you have to remember -- and i've said it -- it's a big mental illness problem. we want to take that out of the equation. >> the president said he had a phone call with leadership in the house and the senate, and mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, is on board. could be a potentially tough sell. democrats will say background checks aren't enough and some republicans say any additional gun control is a slippery slope. but at least right now the president says he will give those

melissa: i do. connell: is that the idea? melissa: i do. connell: i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." president did a lot of talking. here is what is new at this hour. how about avoiding downturn or recession. the trump administration examining proposals to boost the economy amid warning signs of at least a slowdown. the president made comments in oval office, being very careful. melissa: you don't want me to get hysterical. connell: you're sitting this close to me. latest on white house plan, what the president had to say. new details on apple's streaming service. how the company plans to take on netflix. how it compares to disney plus. as well as major change at one us airport. what you need to know before you head through security. melissa: fox business team coverage. gerri willis on floor of the new york stock exchange. blake burman at the white house and kristina partsinevelos in the newsroom. we'll start with blake. reporter: melissa, president trump said a little while ago talking about a recession is quote, inappropriate be. he also talked down any po

melissa? melissa: blake burman, thank you. ashley: panic in the heart of new york city, hundreds of people scrambling, running away from what they believe sounded like gunfire. police confirming multiple 911 calls for what turned out to be the sound of motorcycles backfiring. six people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries according to authorities but panic for sure on the sound of those backfiring motorcycles. melissa: wow, you can really see it. everybody running up there. that is terrifying. you can understand why, see key of the nation. melissa: hepatitis-a cases forcing cities to declare public health emergencies. why dr. marc siegel says if you don't act fast, it is becoming a national epidemic. he explains this later in the hour. ashley: how the ongoing dispute is hurting tourism to the u.s. what that could mean for the economy in the long term. melissa: another restaurant adding meatless meat, to its menu. really? subway teaming up with beyond meat for hits meatball marinara sub, containing quote, a beyond me

back to you, melissa. melissa: yes we will. greg palkot, thank you. connell: dan mitchell here, from the center for freedom and prosperity where he is chairman. as greg said, president tweeted about the purported build-up of chinese troops near the border he has been alerted to. he hasn't said much more. he hasn't taken sides on the outbreak of protests in hong kong. do you feel he should have said more than he said so far? >> if china actually goes in militarily, i think trump and every other leader in the world for that matter should be very critical but i actually give the president credit for being restrained because right now china probably is on a knife-edge of intervening and if trump starts saying something, that could inadvertently to intervention just to show they're not backing down to the u.s. or something like that. reality is, hong kong is a so-called special administrative region of china. they are not going to allow them to arbitrarily secede. what we need to do, what hopefully trump can help big, getting china to stay away, let hong k

melissa: yeah, absolutely. moving on to hong kong as protests continue to flood the streets, beijing is issuing a bold warning. a government official saying demonstrators will be held accountable, quote, those who play with fire will perish by it? oh, james, what does that mean to you? >> they're not playing with fire. it is not the playing with fire to expect the rights they have been promised to oppose arbitrary capture and detention on mainland china. so, i think they have a good case. think xi's regime is one playing the fire. if they want to break promise the government made to the entire world about hong kong and its autonomy, it wants to reject any reform, move back to liberalization that made china the second largest economy in the world, i would say the chinese regime is playing with fire. melissa: gary, want to go after that? that was pet well-put? >> china had deal with hong kong, one country, two systems. it was supposed to last 50 years. it is year 22. i china is backing away from it. i think this

right now, let's go to melissa francis. she is in for harris. melissa? >> melissa: fox news alert, president trump fitting survivors at a dayton hospital where he was met with protest. next he is set to make his way to el paso, texas, to comfort families of victims of the saturday shooting massacre. this is "outnumbered overtime" and i'm melissa francis in today for harris faulkner. president trump visiting ohio and texas today to console the families of victims, in two communities, after mass shootings over the beacon. prominent democrats skipping today's events. some planning to attend counter rallies. the president accusing his critics of trying to score political points. >> my critics are political people, they are trying to make points. in many cases they are running for president and they are very low in the polls. a couple of them in particular, very low in the polls. >> melissa: white house correspondent john roberts has more from the north lawn. >> good afternoon to you. they are getting ripped his the president and first lady getting ready to l

right now, let's go to melissa francis. she is in for harris. melissa? >> melissa: fox news alert, president trump fitting survivors at a dayton hospital where he was met with protest. next he is set to make his way to el paso, texas, to comfort families of victims of the saturday shooting massacre. this is "outnumbered overtime" and i'm melissa francis in today for harris faulkner. president trump visiting ohio and texas today to console the families of victims, in two communities, after mass shootings over the beacon. prominent democrats skipping today's events. some planning to attend counter rallies. the president accusing his critics of trying to score political points. >> my critics are political people, they are trying to make points. in many cases they are running for president and they are very low in the polls. a couple of them in particular, very low in the

melissa. melissa: overpumping the brakes on celebrations. a new report revealing the ridesharing company is no longer celebrating employees anniversaries with balloons after spending $200,000 a year on those celebrations. the company saying he will now give out stickers for quote, luber anniversaries instead. connell: that they think? melissa: i guess. connell: a suspicious rumor in google among the employees will tell what the employees of the company's are demanding the company does not get involved with. details ahead. unsolved promises and funny the less 3d agenda. apparently it's mathematically impossible. who knew? we dive into the research with an expert behind the report i had. melissa: parents, get ready, best time of year over 14 million kids heading back to school this week. one florida mom celebration is going viral. lisa dropped off her twins on the first day and headed straight to the most magical place on earth. she carried a walt disney pen along with her that red, i'm celebrating the first day of school. i love that. this is

melissa: no. dan, one of the other theories out there, this idea he wants powell to buy him time, lowering rates, keeping economy going, doing anything he can to keep the economy going until closer to the election. at which point he could at anytime take, you know, take this trade off with china. oh, we won, we made a deal. it's over. call it a victory no matter what the deal looks like. you watch the market and economy expand. he wants that to happen as close as to the election as possible. so beating the fed is part of buying more time before he declares victory. what do you think of that theory? >> that is an interesting theory. it is almost like make it worse before he makes it better into the election. that could happen. it could happen. i don't think the federal reserve will have a choice. they will have to lower rates. they're behind the eight-ball according to the two-year treasury. trump, i'm not a big believer in the federal reserve having control of interest rates. i think they should f

melissa. melissa: okay. all right. you want to joe up? sources telling fox news, former illinois governor rod blagojevich who was imprisoned in 2018 on federal corruption charges, who can forget that, made it all the way processing from discharge from colorado prison, on thursday before a member of the trump administration became concerned about public pushback, when the president appeared interested in commuting his sentence. the commutation was put on hold. according to sources, can you imagine that, make it all the way to processing. this is a report. so i don't think we have independently verified this. that would be something, wouldn't it? connell: we're just hear about this right now. the idea is, old blago is on his way out of jail, getting all his belongings back, getting out after cell. sounds like he is getting out eventually or maybe not. there is speculation the president would go through. melissa: there were reports that balloons, welcome home balloons out there today. his wife didn't put them out there. she didn't take them

this is this is "outnumbered" am melissa francis. here today is that host of "kennedy" on the fox business network, kennedy herself. fox business network anchor, dagen mcdowell. former ohio senate democrat minority leader, capri cafaro. joining us on the couch, chris wilson. former poster for the ted cruz 2016 campaign. you are "outnumbered." you are wearing very festive socks. >> chris: they are former presidents. they live to be on my socks. >> kennedy: military industrial complex. [laughter] >> melissa: meanwhile, authorities say it was 700 illegal immigrants were taken into custody yesterday as hundreds of i.c.e. agents swarm seven food-processing plants in mississippi. workers who are found to have legal status were allowed to leave the plants after having their trucks searched. some employees try to escape on foot but were captured. i.c.e. says it will consider a potential military and situation as well as any criminal histories and prior deportation orders when reviewing those who were arrested. speak of the united states of a

she has. >> melissa: you think it helped george w. bush, everybody thinks it helped bill clinton when he was impeached. it just seems like that same narrative when you hear from "the new york times," our readers wish that he hadn't been elected. >> elizabeth: this keeps like this feels like keeping hope alive for impeachment. you don't usually do it in an election year. the putts showing american say to move on. nothing this gentleman said in his statement is provable high crimes and misdemeanors. nothing he said. impeached based on what? >> lisa: exactly. that is such the critical question for you nailed it. that's the question. there's nothing to impeach president trump -- he's not done anything that's an impeachable offense. you cannot like him, run against him, vote them out in 2020, but he hasn't done anything impeachable. the magic number is 218 and they are simply not here yet. she is fine with this allusion they are moving towards appeasement don't like impeachment, because it satisfis the base. >> melissa: when you propose so

do you -- >> melissa: >> kennedy: you have that separately. you have to you can have people come to this country, and you can have e of them come in if you have less of a welfare state. that is just practical. you can't open the floodgates -- >> capri: we don't have an expense of a welfare state as what's being presented. as someone who served and took these constituent calls day in and day out for a decade -- >> melissa: we are hugely into it because of our welfare state. you can't say we don't have welfare state. >> kennedy: tell me about that nondiscretionary spending and who's going to cut that down? >> capri: no one is willing to touch it. >> kennedy: because it's so guy gigantic. how can you say we don't have a welfare state connects to have because social security and medicare are paid into -- >> melissa: one at a time and we have to go. >> capri: they are paid into by people who work. things like food stamps are more of a "welfare state" thing and there are work requirements on those things. same thing with medicare and medicaid. >> ke

melissa, i will go to first. we'll get a deal out of this before the election or worse is going to keep going on? >> kennedy: i have my own radical theory. the >> jessica: bring it. >> melissa: not a lot of people scrub to it yet but i think they will get there. which is i don't think there'll be a deal. i don't think the present want the deal. i think there is a long run philosophy here that china has all of the rogue intimate control. whether it's their infrastructure all around the world. whether it's leverage they had over economies by virtue of -- even when we talk about our pharmaceutical drugs, that the president's idea is to decouple us from this economy and change where business is, where they have their factories, and divorced us from china. i don't think he's going make a deal. i think is trying to get everyone used to the idea that they have to do something else. >> jessica: steve, you are nodding a lot. >> steve: i couldn't agree more and i couldn't agree more with the president in that intention. he

melissa: we have to go. madison, we'll look for that surprise candidate to jump in, that is interesting, thank you. >> thank you for watching, lou dobbs is next right here on fox business. lou: good evening, the people's republic of china, a nation beset with challenges, an economy in decline. facing now widening unrest, and demonstrations in hong kong. there protesters stormed hong kong's airport for a second straight day. clashing with riot police and the departures from airport canceled for a second straight day. people's liberation army moving troops to hong kong's border, president trump urging all parties to remain

now here's melissa francis. >> melissa: fox news alert, we are awaiting president trump's response to china announcing it will raise tariffs on $75 billion worth of u.s. goods. this, as the president compares the federal reserve chief to the head of the communist nation. this is "outnumbered overtime." i'm melissa francis in today for harris faulkner. the dow plunging today as the u.s.-china trade war escalates. president trump saying he is ordering u.s. companies to find an alternative to china on the heels of beijing unveiling a new round of retaliatory tariffs on the u.s. as we are watching the outcome of the president also had some very harsh words for federal reserve chairman jay powell earlier today, comparing them to the head of the communist party there in china. after powell, in the speech this morning, refused to indicate whether the fed would lower interest rates further. the president tweeting, "as usual, the fed did nothing. it is incredible that they can

i heard melissa say she is on pace. if you look at some of the other sectors we have been following. tech has held up this market for two years. you had oil down more than 3%. that data coming from china and the eurozone making investors question how stable asia and europe are as completely economic reasons. connell: here with us, jonas, do you want to take a first step at this? i don't think melissa is right to blame me. the president is blaming the feds. many are blaming the trade policies of the administration. >> the rate is down and that's scaring people, that the yield curve is a perfect predictor of the future and it's scary because it's scary. that's why the fed had to lower the short-term rates to get the curve. that's behind the anxiety and a terror tantrum going on. it was okay to have a trade war when things were great, but now not so great. connell: what does the federal reserve do with this? does it act sooner than some expect in between meetings? tomorrow. who knows. do you expect something soon from the

>> good afternoon, melissa. state department officials are watching those military maneuvers going on in the region there. it's unclear whether this is a way that build up of chinese military is seeing there, if it's part of any future response according to the protesters or whether this is something to try and intimidate them. or, as china claims, they are only conducting drills there. this is after shutting down hong kong's airports for two days. protesters have now moved back into the cities. of all of the scum of the state department says, "the united states is deeply concerned by reports of chinese paramilitary movement along the hong kong border. the ongoing demonstrations in hong kong reflect the sentiments of hong hong kongers and the ern of their autonomy." state officials tell us china has a disturbing pattern of broken promises and these protesters are interaction of what was supposed be the handover of the former british colony of hong kong to the chinese government, a 50-year process that is suppose

>> melissa: the market gives him credit. if you go over on fox business that's a lot of what's being talked about. the fact that the president is treating that tim cook made some good points, when he tried to say that. the trade war is helping samsung over apple, the fact that he said he made good points is tipping his hand. i believe at some point he almost arbitrarily declares victory on the trade war with china. and we see a big boost in the market and the economy. i think giving him some justification with cook. >> gillian: a lot of folks don't realize this, part of the reason they met is because technology, cybersecurity, is at the heart of the standoff with china at the moment. intellectual property rights. so that's why they are meeting now. that's another huge aside from prices -- >> harris: is richard right about that? if he declares victory has to figure out some of that stuff? not to get too much into the weeds here, but i'm not single a lot of talk about that. i know it matters that he met with tim cook. we will

this is "outnumbered" and on melissa francis. here today is fox business network anchor, dagen mcdowell. fox news contributor, lisa boothe. host of cavity on the fox business network, kennedy herself. and in the center seat, former white house press secretary, sean spicer. tough times. we are happy to have you here today. we will get right to it. vigils are still being held in el paso, texas and dayton, ohio. for some, there is little sense of national unity. 2020 democratic presidential candidate and el paso native, beto o'rourke, treating that president trump "has no place in el paso." that sentiment echoing tech assists democratic i was moon veronica escobar said the president should not visit. >> he is not welcome here. he should not come here. but we are in morning. i would encourage the president's staff members to have him do a little self-reflection. i would encourage them to show him his own words and his actions at the rally. >> melissa: chief white house correspondent john roberts live at the white house with more. >>

td ameritrade. ♪ >> melissa: are you ready for beto 3.0? butter or worked looking to reset his 2020 campaign again, making a major address in his hometown of el paso, nearly two weeks after mass shooting there. the former democratic honest mincing the president's rhetoric is dividing the nation. >> until this president, who so openly speaks in racist terms, who so openly favors one race, one religion, one kind of people in this country over every other kind of people in this country. >> harris: o'rourke's previous attempt at a reboot fizzled, with much of the discussion centering around -- you remember, that splashy "vanity fair" story from march. where he was recorded saying, "ma'am, i'm just born to be in it!" the candidate saying he regretted that. you think? >> there are things i've been privileged to do in my life that others cannot. i think it reinforces that perception of privilege. that headline that says i was born to be in this, in the article, i was attempting to say that i felt my calling wasn't public service. nobody is born to

melissa? >> melissa: breaking this hour, a fox news exclusive as we are obtaining a letter to president trump and congress from a top government watchdog. it claims that customs and border protection has been feeling to collect dna samples from detained migrants for nearly a decade. and that this distributed distg violation of federal law has allowed criminals to walk free. catherine herridge is live at the justice department with more on this story. catherine? >> thanks, melissa. good afternoon. in this 7-page letter to the president obtained by fox news, the office of special counsel said customs and border protection has failed to follow federal law, compromise public safety, and let violent offenders walk through it also contains the strongest possible language rebuking the department for also defending its actions over the last decade. it reads in part, "the agency's noncompliance with the law has allowed subjects subsequently accused of violent crimes, including homicide and sexual assau

melissa is the brains. i'm the brawn because i'm the doer. >> these three have already thought up their next gig together. tiffany pitched us the idea back in february. >> when are we doing our tv series, "purses"? >> what's "purses" about? >> it's about three beautiful women that have bombass purses. >> three exciting women and they have purses. >> beautiful, beautiful handbags of all sorts. >> who knows what's in it? is it weapons? you don't know. >> the theme song is just basically us going -- >> all: purses. >> and like a lot of posing with >> and i guess i'll come public with it. i can't hold a purse on my shoulder for real. i'm built like a christmas tree and i can't keep a handbag with a strap on my shoulder. >>> let's move on to olivia newton-john. after revealing just how aggressive her cancer battle has been, olivia has been receiving well-wishes from her fell low countryman, hugh jackman. >> hi, olivia. it's hugh, with 15,000 friends and family. >> while on tour in sydney, the greatest showman se

. >> then, melissa joan hart in africa. her family's life-changing journey. >>> closed captioning provided by -- ♪ >>> if we leave this body here, then we're just going to get in a load of trouble. >> oh, no. not a load of trouble. jessica biel posted her screen test for 2003's "the texas chainsaw massacre," her audition was enough to book the part. j.t.'s comment on the throwback? "god i love you." >> he's killing him, he's killing him. >> who's killing who? >> he's over there. he's over there. you got to help me. >> come along with me and i'll give you a tour of the hewitt house. >> "e.t." was on the set with then-20-year-old jessica as she shot the horror film in austin, texas. >> this is kind of a dream come true actually. i know that sounds so cheesy, but i've really always wanted to be an action star. >> did you know that the terminator franchise has generated over $1.8 billion worldwide and that quickly close $2 billion after the next installment dark fate. >> i can see you're very upset. >> what did it take to mak

. >> then, melissa joan hart in africa. her family's life-changing journey. >>> closed captioning provided by -- ♪ >>> if we leave this body here, then we're just going to get in a load of trouble. >> oh, no. not a load of trouble. jessica biel posted her screen test for 2003's "the texas chainsaw massacre," her audition was enough to ok the part. j.t.'s comment on the throwback? "god i love you." >> he's killing him, he's killing him. >> who's killing who? >> he's over there. he's over there. you got to help me. >> come along with me and i'll give you a tour of the hewitt house. >> "e.t." was on the set with then-20-year-old jessica as she shot the horror film in austin, texas. >> this is kind of a dream come true actually. i know that sounds so cheesy, but i've really always wanted to be an action star. >> did you know that the terminator franchise has generated over $1.8 billion worldwide and that quickly close $2 billion after the next installment dark fate. >> i can see you're very upset. >> what did it take to make

hey, seema >> hey, melissa. it may seem like i'm inside a high-speed train in italy jetting from rome to naples on the last week of august. well, i wish that was the case i'm actually in delaware getting us a preview of the new acela coming into service in about two year years' time. i'll give you a look at what to expect and whether the big bet made by amtrak will pay off. that's next on "power lunch. >>> welcome back here's a taste of some of the other stories we're watching for you today. according to a william blair analyst, roku is growing faster than netflix did at a similar stage in the company's life. they expect had to reach 80 million active accounts. alongside isusers, it projects a $4.5 billion for the streaming platform, and the stock has been on ar as it has surged over 370% this year >> that's insane >> compared to netflix, for instance which is up 8% >> wow is that all for netflix now? year to date >> retired super bowl champion rob gronkowski is making headlines as he announces a new line of cbd

>> reporter: that's a good question, melissa. i'm not really sure. i think what we know from the speech today is how the fed is going to react when these tariffs take place he was guardedly suggesting the fed could be cutting rates in the months ahead even though he said the u.s. economic outlook remains favorable. here are some of the things powell said. he said there's evidence of global deterioration since the last meeting, said trade policy is playing a role in global slowdown, said manufacturing has weakened he noted there's only so much the fed can do as far as trade he sat down in an exclusive cnbc interview and backed up the chairman's outlook. >> the economy is in a good place. we try to filter day-to-day, but obviously the global outlook worsened since the july meeting. the global economy is slowing and there are inflationary pressures. we are not looking at any one day but at the trend in the data to make our decisions. >> reporter: for the record, clarity did not specify whether or not the fed would be cutting rates. not every fed officia

and joining me in the studio to talk about this is my colleague melissa holroyd thanks for being here melissa just how serious are these allegations you have a fairly serious one accuser has said that domingo stuck his hand down her skirt and 3 others have said that he forcibly kissed other women of spoke of being stalked backstage touched without permission forced to fend off persistent romantic overtures it has to be said that none of these women authored documentation in the form of phone calls or texts or anything like that but the a.p. said it spoke to almost 3 dozen mostly colleagues who said they also witnessed inappropriate behavior i think more troubling than this level of harassment is that he's also accused of punishing the women who refused his advances 7 of the 9 women said that their careers suffered adversely. so it's looking like yet another shocking abuse of power we i mean these are still accusations at the moment which is interestingly enough has been received very differently in spain than it has in the rest of the world there's been received a lot more skepticism.

the highest standards of operatic and theatrical productions and concert performances my colleague melissa holroyd will be telling us morning minutes but 1st a look at some of the operatic highlights this year. was. what does revenge sounds like in a day out is the ancient greek story of a mother driven to kill her children and herself to get back at her husband. to set is clearly divided into distinct worlds of rich and poor at home and exile. the day i played by elena stick ina is a so-called illegal and unwanted person. director simon stein believes the ancient tale of catastrophe is still relevant today. via de mint the overflow we think with these superficial things we develop like mobile phones internet and so on but we're so far along but mentally and spiritually we're not that advanced. evolvement so. i. can dr thomas hamill brock and the vienna philharmonic power through luigi kind of be nice wrestler score. in the end all that's left is the protagonist desire to destroy the world and herself. with it dominate no conductor to it all trances and director peter sellars have interpre