melissa. melissa: here now is steve hayes, "weekly standard" editor-in-chief and also a fox news contributor. first of all, let's do afghanistan. >> sure. melissa: what did you think about the speech, the tone, tenor, content, where does it put us? >> i think the speech was pretty good. this is one of president trump's better moments. just what you were talking about with blake was the most important part. i think the most significant policy development in the war on terror we've seen in this young administration, that is challenging pakistan. pakistan basically had a free hand to play both side for years now. melissa: yeah. >> and they have done that, particularly after the united states took out osama bin laden in a in abbottabad in may of 2011. melissa: he goes to arizona. he is threading a needle. he ride as good wave after the speech. he has support of senator mccain's support, dangling in front of him, as senator mccain sort of blew up the whole repeal and replace thing. how do you think

melissa. melissa: here is byron york. he is "washington examiner" chief political correspondent, fox news contributor. so, byron, this is a business channel. i want to focus right in on steve mnuchin, and what he said about, this is a historic opportunity when it comes to regulation, when it comes to reforming the tax code, when it comes to trying to unleash the economy and create some real jobs. i'm getting worried about those things getting done. when you read about the rift with mitch mcconnell, what do you think is going to happen here and, i mean it is in everyone's best interests to get this done, even if they're just thinking about their own skin and getting reelected. what happens now, byron? >> which is why i think they will do something on taxes but it may not be exactly what you think they will do on taxes. we know they have a lot of stuff, congress has a lot of stuff to do when they get back, not a lot of time to do it. spending bills, raising the debt ceiling and doing something on taxes. you have some outsid

melissa: i'm melissa francis this is after the bell. we have all the details in this very busy hour ahead. nuclear north korea. details of a new report showing the nation may now be cape ann of launching a minaturized nuclear war ahead. the president -- warhead. the president responding with a warning moments ago. >> north korea best not make anymore threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening, beyond a normal statement. and as i said, they will be met with fire and, fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. melissa: so there is that. we'll have more on all of it. a live update from the pentagon coming up. more breaking news from disney, ending the day higher. but details from its latest report out any minute now could change things for tomorrow of. >>> the plight of espn is once again in focus. we'll bring you numbers you need to know when they come out. david: back to the markets. the dow plunging as reports came out a

melissa: and i'm melissa francis. hundreds of officers are maintaining order, and though we've had some small skirmishes with authorities, we've seen those, today's demonstrations have been largely peaceful. we have live team coverage with steve hey began who is with the -- steve harrigan who's with the counter-protesters. molly line is in boston common. >> reporter: hi, melissa. we have just moved off the edge of boston common where witnesses tell me the members of the boston free speech rally have been moved through the crowd under heavy police coverage, helping them get safely into wagons, and now they have just left through this large crowd that was caboting after them. i'm -- chanting after them. i'm also seeing numerous officers still arriving carrying batons basically looking like tactical units. the counter-protest crowd in the tens of thousands today. this is something the boston police say they were well prepared for. they expected to have over 500 law enforcement officers across the city to be ready for bot

melissa. melissa: nice plug, liz, we love it. the hits keep coming. dow closing at north new record. we were shy of that 22,000. you can see the closing 29. i'm melissa francis. david: i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." glad you could join us. more on big market movers. here is what else we have for you in very busy hour. apple on deck. news on health of the world's largest publicly-traded company out this hour. wall street, anybody with a iphone are waiting to hear if the next iphone is set for launch this fall. everything you need to know as soon as it comes out. small but mighty. president trump focusing on plight of small businesses this afternoon. what he is pledging now to help this driving force of our economy. among our guests this hour, former white house press secretary ari fleischer, south carolina congressman mark sanford, lieutenant colonel oliver north is with us. melissa: back to the markets. the dow closing at new record high for the fifth straight day, inching closer t

melissa. melissa: bring in today's panel for more reaction. carol roth, former entrepreneur and investment banker, robert kelly, former president george w. bush policy advisor. carol, let me start with you, what do you think about stocks turning around on this. >> what happens in the future? what happens next week? where are we? >> we have a very interesting dynamic, melissa, we have mixed information coming out in terms where the economy is, some down with foot locker, up with gap and estee lauder. not sure what that means for the consumer. you have the political chaos on top of it. in this particular environment, it is summer. we're heading into a long weekend. i don't think people were excited making a call on friday going into a long weekend. as we get into next week, we need to look at that dynamic both what is happening really in terms of numbers but also the psychology around the politics. melissa: paul, i think a lot of people hear of the chaos going on, whether it is what we're talkin

melissa. melissa: gold continues its climb today, keep an eye on this one, closing at the highest level since early june closing at 1294 an ounce as tensions in north korea fuel an investor flight to safety. good for gold bugs, david. david: you see north korea playing into the market. stocks breaking a three-day losing streak amid heightened tensions with north korea. let's bring in today's panel, jack hough from barron's and carol roth. investment banker. traders like to sell off what they have or safe they can sell to make a profit on. didn't seem to happen today. >> it is an interesting dynamic. we have seen the market be able, overall to digest a lot of bad news. that shows how much cash is still on the sidelines. every time the market comes off of a new benchmark, there is capital being, able to be deployed, i think one of the big things we've seen today too, is that inflation remains very low and that could mean that the fed holds off on raising rates. i think that is a big part of stor

melissa: you are not david asman that is for sure. i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." here is what else we cover for you in this very busy hour. preparing to address the nation in prime time, president trump is back at the white house today set to chart a new course in afghanistan. new details about the commander-in-chief's decision on america's longest war. focusing on policy over politics, meet the ceo who wants to put business back in the spotlight and return to key issues involving immigration, health care and taxes. speaking of those tax cuts, our nation's leaders are speaking out today trying to push the president's economic agenda forward. cheryl: a lot to talk about during the next hour. first back to the markets. the dow ending the day near session highs but worries over north korea and the president's pro-growth agenda still weighing on investors mind. nicole petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. nicole? >> good afternoon, guys. the dow finishes higher by 28. it gets rid of that losing streak for the last couple days. some movers we want to look at,

melissa. melissa: oil driven higher by the strong jobs report ending the day up more than a percent to 49.58 a barrel but it is closing lower for the week, down two of the past three weeks now. david: stocks hopping to another record, thanks to a strong jobs report out this morning. the u.s. economy added 209,000 jobs in july, much higher than the estimate, pushing the unemployment rate down to 4.3%. president trump taking a victory lap, tweeting, quote, excellent jobs numbers just released and i have only just begun. job-stifling regulations con itto fall. movement back to the usa. the president has had more than a jobs under his administration more than a million. paul, let me start with you, we can actually quantify how many regulations pulled back by the administration. they have withdrawn or delayed 860 proposed regulations that is the first five months. there has been another month. 19 of those 860 regulations had economic impact of $100 million or more. this is easy to quantify. >> yeah

. >> melissa: a fox news alert, u.s. special operations troops under direct fire recently in northern syria. fortunately, no u.s. forces were hurt and pentagon officials say they are not sure who was doing the shooting. >> jon: military engagement highlights the dangers our troops face in the complex battle. we are covering all the news, happening now. >> our new president has not been in this line of work before. and i think i had excessive expectations. >> jon: president trump fires back today after those comments from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. frustrations mount over the lack of progress on l-uppercase-letter. new details on and isis plot. while revelations about the terrorist methods are sparking new cause for concern. and this man accused of poisoning home owners drinking water. the alleged act seemingly caught on camera. it is all happening now. we begin with a fox news alert, north korea channeling its threats into an actual battle plan, sending the u.s. territory of guam in its sights. hello and wel

melissa. person at white house in charge of dealing with everything russia at this point, ty cobb brought into the white house to deal with instances like this. he told my colleague john robert, that the white house was not aware bob mueller he will empanel ad grand jury. we favor anything that brings this investigation into a swift conclusion, end quote. president trump, later tonight, a few hours from now will head to west virginia. for a rally there. that is the next time we see the president on camera. potentially getting a reaction from i am -- him. president will describe what he feels the investigation is. he called it a witch-hunt in the past. no reaction from the president immediately right off the bat. important to note, melissa, just "the wall street journal" reporting that this grand jury has been impaneled. on a day here at the white house which has been somewhat, somewhat flat i guess you could say. now we have this. and the headlines come back to russia once again for this white

melissa: david, thank you. >> thanks, melissa. david: james comey, the author, controversial former fbi director inking a deal with flatiron publishing worth reported $2 million, writing about leadership, his handling of the hillary clinton investigation, as well as russian interference in the past election. no word about whether he will say anything about leaking. the book is scheduled for release next spring. melissa: big surprise there, right? chatty cathy getting a book deal together. david: pretty good. melissa: new sanctuary battle. how one violent crime is forcing residents to rethink their city's status. >>> plus it is nice work if you can get it. one reason why government workers are not like your average americans. david: no. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ david: state of washington deemed to be a sanctuary city fighting back, with residents pushing for a vote whether the city should continue to protect undocumented workers. fox news's dan springer is in seattle with the very latest. hi, dan. reporter: hey, david. vicious attack ha

. >> melissa: and i'm melissa francis. the president is outlining a new strategy in afghanistan, he says he was deliberately laid on details to give the military more flexibility. he also reaffirmed the u.s. commitment to the afghan government, but set american support should not be taken for granted. >> however, our commitment is not unlimited and our support is not a blank check. one way or another, these problems will be solved. i'm a problem solver. in the end, we will win. >> jon: we have fox teen coverage with john roberts on the latest of elements out of the white house. first, let's go to national security correspondent jennifer griffin whose life at the pentagon. jennifer? >> u.s. military officials tell us there are two aspects of the presidents strategies that are new. there will be no timetable for withdrawal and u.s. troops will have restrictions removed about how far down they can embed to call an air strike. that's not too different from what presidents have tried in the past. president trump is going to try

melissa: okay. but these are ceos sort of expressing a point of view about their feelings, i don't know they should be doing what is right for shareholders all the time. isn't that their fiduciary duty, kevin? >> yeah. i think what they're taking a look at, they have a lot of stakeholders, whether communities, their suppliers it is a lot of stakeholders not only just shareholders that they're adhering to. once you have one who comes out and rebukes the president, a lot of them are starting to feel the other pressure especially when it comes from the media. so the issue we're having here, it is starting identity politics is creeping into corporate america right now. david: despite all this the dow hitting session lows following the announcement but still managing to end in the green for the fourth straight day. still. how will the fallout from charlottesville impact the trump agenda going forward? dan, has the president lost political capital to push tax reform? i know, i was fascinated what you said

melissa: and i'm melissa in for julie banderas. and here is a live look at counterfrom -- counter-protestors getting underway in california. kelly: steve with the counter-protestors in boston but we begin with mollie live at the boston common. >> hi, this is one of the streets off of boston common. there's still a huge crowd of people, this is at least 100 people. the counterprotests has dispersed and the boston free speech rally which drew speakers that the state and the city felt would be hateful has also dispersed. this is a crowd that remains. we see a lot of signs here relate today fascism, we spoke with the police, spoke with a couple of police officers on the way over here and they described the crowd assort of the leftovers, the main crowd, counter-protestors and these were folks that choose to stay behind, the reports earlier today that they were throwing food at police officers, that there was scrimmage that is broke out and this is what remains in the street of boston after what was largely a peaceful day earlier. there

melissa: irresponsible. david: backing down with a nuclear standoff with the united states, why kim jong-un blinked first. chris harmer with the institute for the study of war responding. ♪ got you outnumbered. the dinosaurs' extinction... don't listen to them. not appropriate. now i'm mashing these potatoes with my stick of butter... why don't you sit over here. find your awesome with the xfinity stream app. included with xfinity tv. more to stream to every screen. david: north korea backing down on threat against guam. north korea media reporting that kim jong-un is delaying a decision whether or not to fire missiles at guam. here now to respond, chris harmer institute for study of war, senior naval analyst. chris, let's go over the history of what happened. yesterday was very important day. you had those, that op-ed in "wall street journal" by the defense secretary, secretary of state. you had tough talk from jim mattis a little later. you also had the china sanctions, and i think it was those china san

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." we have more on the big market movers but here is what else we're covering during this very busy hour ahead. president trump calling out hate groups by name in the aftermath of the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia, over the weekend. ray system is evil and those who cause violence in its names are criminals and thugs including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists other hate groups repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. melissa: seems pretty definitive but is it enough to silence critics from both sides of the aisle? david: no. melissa: who demanded this tough talk, from the president since saturday. we have more on all of that. an update from the congressman representing charlottesville, that is tom garrett. plus the president also just announcing measures to protect u.s. innovation and ideas from threatby china. new details coming from the white house. david: we're awaiting a list press briefing any moment from the charlottesville police. new details from sat

. >> melissa: and i'm melissa francis. the president was on full campaign mode last night. accusing the media of misinterpreting his response to the violence in charlottesville. take a look. >> believe me, we have to close down our government and we are building that wall. does anybody want me to be soft? extreme vetting, i came up with that term. abc this morning, i don't watch it much, but i'm watching in the morning. they have a little george stephanopoulos and they're talking about the speech i made last night, which believe it or not, had great reviews. they had a hard time. the only people giving a platform to these hate groups is the media itself and the fake news. i spoke out forcefully against hatred, bigotry, and violence and strongly condemned the neo nazis, the white supremacist, and the kkk. it is finally time to rebuild our country, to take care of our people and to fight for the jobs our great american workers deserve and that's what we're doing. [cheers and applause] >> melissa: alecia q mills is reporting live from reno. what's the reaction like today? >> h

. >> melissa: and i am melissa francis. a major military hub home to u.s. bombers and 160,000 american u.s. citizens. they say the plan will be in place just days from now. this as kim jong-un calls president trump's threat a "load of nonsense." adding to that, only absolute forceful work by the president and while some at home have been critical, others say the tough talk is necessary. >> the president's comments, secretary tiller since comments are all about that, making sure they could understand, there has been a dramatic policy change with this administration. we mentioned their previous administration, they never believed the obama administration was serious about the military option. with this administration is trying to do was change that thought process. >> jon: we have it live coverage with rick leventhal, but first to rich edson at the state department. >> secretary of state rex tillerson is returning from asia, a diplomatic assignment much of corralling north korea. north korea responded specifically to the linkage of the president in which he s

melissa. melissa: uncertainty over health care. failure to repeal an replace obamacare is spurring insurers to leave state exchanges and hike premiums this according to a new report from the case -- kaiser family foundation. scott, what is your take. >> the health care debate rolls on. doesn't it feel like we're getting closer and closer to a single payer solution. melissa: oh. >> nobody in congress, tell you, melissa, nobody in congress wants to say that, as far as democrats maybe bernie sanders would be standing up clapping talking about this right now. what is interesting, you look anywhere across the board, there has to be pain on insurer side. donald trump came out in may said we'll not pay ransom to insurers. look how well insurers done on obamacare. look how much funding they get going forward. you can't expect them to insure all the sick peel expected to be taken on their books. therefore they will make out like bandits provided they get that funding. >> kevin, i'm inning a gone any listening to that. he might be absolutely

>> two reasons, melissa. the clintons like money and i think she believes she can get some money from this book and the second reason is, hillary clinton in her own words is baffled as to what happened. the fact that hillary clinton is still out there makes her the undead for the democrats. she is continuing to not go away, she will not go quietly into that good, good night and frankly she should make every democrats skin crawl as long as she is out there continuing to try and get herself into the argument and try to be relevant as we approach 2020. i think she's going to run for president again. >> melissa: i don't buy that money argument because the clintons have more money than god, they don't need any more money. the last publisher took a bath on the book she wrote, it didn't even come close to out earning the advance that she got so i can't imagine this was a huge financial benefit to her at all. do you think it is about trying to run for something down the road? >> no. i think it's about -- i worked in

hello and welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i melissa francis, the president should be landing in arizona just ahead of a campaign rally in phoenix, that event comes a day after president trump's primetime address to the nation, outlining a new military plan in afghanistan, a plan he says will help our nato allies. >> we will ask our nato allies in global partners to support our strategies. we are confident they will. since taking office, i have made clear that our allies and partners must contribute much more money to our collective defense. and they have done so. >> melissa: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live at the phoenix convention center where the president's rally will take place, what is it like right now? >> melissa, good afternoon to you. vice president mike pence is saying with congress returning shortly from its august recess, you can expect president trump to use some of his opportunity tonight to lay out the agenda for lawmakers. >> we want to support our troops, we want to provide the resources they need to com

melissa. melissa: go back to markets. nicole, what was the reaction down at the new york stock exchange? i mean closing right at the lows of the session. >> that's right. so we closed down 274 points. that is a loss of 1.2%. that is our biggest selloff for the dow since may 17th. it was selling across the board. there were really a couple of reasons that we saw the selling that we did. first of all, you have worries and controversy surrounding all things washington from trump to charlottesville, gary cohn. those are some of the things. things with earnings being disappointing. with barcelona, the final spark sent things down throughout the afternoon as we sold off. you saw stocks selling off. gold moved higher. treasurys moved higher, the dollar was up as well. these are the safe haven trades, big picture. here is one-week chart looking at dow, s&p and nasdaq. biggest losses for dow and s&p since may. biggest loss for the nasdaq in a week but it was interesting, this would be the first week that was higher for the nasdaq

. >> and i melissa francis. a speech from fort myer in arlington, virginia, coming after extensive meetings with top military leaders, of the war that has now lasted 16 years. defense secretary james mattis staying quiet on the plans as he made the trip to jordan this morning, but hinted that it could have implications for the number of u.s. troops overseas. >> i was not willing to make significant statements until we knew what the strategy was, what was the commitment going in. in that regard, the president has made a decision. as he said, he wants to be the one to announce head to the american people. so i will stand silent until then. until that point. >> melissa: boy, that is a good tease. we know it's going to be good news based on that. john roberts is alive with more. john. >> good morning to you. live from fort meyer, we will find out what the president is going to do about afghanistan. the decision was made for the most part in that friday national security council meeting up in camp david where all the

. >> melissa: and i melissa francis he is still meeting with aids and cabinet members and he is focusing on the opioid crisis, announcing that roundtable via twitter, but he also weighed in on north korea. this is the poll finds 70% of americans say president trump tweets a little too much in response to the news. he tweeted nine times yesterday alone. byron york of the "washington examiner" on the pluses and minuses of social media. >> the president is staying in the news. and the thing about this twitter stuff, it's not that the president use it as, it's that he gets himself in trouble with it. what we are looking for with the new chief of staff is not whether the president stops tweeting or sends out a bunch of boring tweets, it's whether he stops tweeting things like "president obama was wiretapping me." >> jon: laura engel is keeping tabs on the president, he is live don't act on my dock speak out we have just learned that the first lady will be in attendance for this opioid briefing today. we've been giving a very close eye on the tweeting activity, as we've been reporting in the l

welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i melissa francis, president donald trump making his message clear, that the u.s. will not be bullied. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states, they will be met with fire, fury, and frankly, power the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> melissa: it comes as north korea says it is exploring potential military action against the u.s. pacific island territory of guam. that island is home to 150,000 americans as well as two major military bases. the trump administration says north korea needs to think twice before attempting any kind of attack. >> he is saying don't test america and don't test donald j. trump. we are not just a superpower, we are a superpower, we are now a hyperpower. nobody in the world, especially not north korea comes close to challenging our military capabilities, whether they are conventional, nuclear or special forces. the message is very clear, don't test this white house, pyongyang. >> jon: live at fox news coverage, following news on america's nucle

hello and welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i'm jon scott. >> melissa: >> melissa: i melis. the president spending a week on a working vacation at his golf club in bedminster new jersey but he is not taking a break from twitter, announcing today's roundtable there, tweeting "i will be holding a major briefing on the opioid crisis, a major problem for our country, today at 3:00 p.m. in bedminster, n.j." "i think senator blumenthal should take a nice long vacation in vietnam, where he lied about his service, so he can at least say he was there" that after the senator had spoken out about the russia investigation. >> the special counsel and the president of the united states are on a collision course. they are heading toward a constitutional confrontation that could lead to a crisis and it should be avoided. the best way to avoid it and maybe the only way is through legislation. to protect the integrity and independence of this special counsel. >> jon: all of this is a new cnn poll shows 38% of americans approve of the way mr. trump is handling the presidency. a cbs poll as hi

. >> melissa: and i'm melissa francis. this is president trump faces criticism for his tone on the nuclear threat including his most recent fire and fury comments. the president defending himself with this. >> frankly, the people who question that statement if it was too tough, maybe ed wasn't tough enough. they've been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years, and it's about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries. >> jon: north korea has repeatedly threatened to launch a missile attack on guam in response new sanctions. a state run newspaper says the mainland could be reduced to ashes at any moment. rich edson is live at the state department. >> as the white house and north korea continue to trade threats, we are getting news from the associated press the senior u.s. diplomat is conducting back channel talks with north korea. ongoing discussions that have been ongoing for several months. this is the president tweeted about north korea again this mo

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. >> melissa: and i'm alyssa francis. tweeting the u.s. nuclear arsenal is a far stronger and more powerful than ever before. this, hours after warning the rogue nation to stop the threats or face fire and fury, but kim jong-un is not backing down and after the report that the north miniaturized a nuclear warhead to fit inside its missiles. now he's saying his country is planning a strike on guam. that's where secretary of state rex tillerson landed just hours ago where he addressed to the crisis. >> we are hopeful that this pressure campaign with it the world has joined us in and with the engagement of china and russia that they can begin to persuade the regime that they need to reconsider the current pathway thereon. they need to think about engaging in a different kind of dialogue. >> jon: we are live with rich edson on development at the state department, jake sherman, senior ready for political on the follow here at home. first, we go to greg palkot in london. >> absolutely, the rhetoric is heating up on both sides. the latest rhetori

welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i'm jon scott. >> melissa: are melissa francis. president trump doubling down on north korea, warning that the u.s. is ready to act militarily if necessary. the president also keeping the pressure on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell over the failure to repeal obamacare for a second straight day. >> jon: in remarks to reporters, the president was asked if he thought it was time for mcconnell to step down. >> if he doesn't get repeal and replace done, and if he doesn't get taxes done, meaning cuts and reform, and if he doesn't get a very easy one to get done, infrastructure, if he doesn't get them done, then you can ask me that question. >> jon: we have live fox team coverage. we begin live in washington on the president's high-stakes feud with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> the majority leader mcconnell continues to take heat from president trump, who did not like the top senate republicans assessment that the president had excessive expectations for wanting obamacare repealed within 200 days. president trump said

melissa has her finger in the air. we've heard steve bannon say -- we've heard president trump say the following that i've talked to -- i've have wealthy friends who tell me they don't mind paying more in taxes. >> melissa: all of that is bluster in the sense that kevin brady did a fantastic interview with bill hemmer yesterday in which he answered that specific question and talked about the fact that you're not hearing that from steve mnuchin who is the president's representative on this, who we've all heard has a 100 people chained to their desk and treasury working on this around the clock, no matter what everybody else is working on. i would point to that market that we see and as we get ready to touch 22,000, that is 100% about this idea that steve mnuchin and his team are reassuring people that they are going to get tax reform done this year, that it's going to take effect for 2017. kevin brady reinforce that yesterday on fox news and he talked about the fact that they aren't going to touch mortgage deduction, th

melissa: and i'm melissa wright. we did see small scrimmages after officers try today keep the rival protests separated. things remained mostly peaceful. we have live fox team coverage with steve who is with the counter-protestors. mollie, what does it look like now? >> both of the rallies have what happened up. there still a big police presence here. we are standing where the rally took place and still a lot of police gathered around. the big trucks blocking and again to the common itself are still in place, boston police said they were going to be ready for this and they were. over 500 law enforcement officers were out in force today. the large trucks, of course, passing blockage of any vehicle attack. that's something that boston has done and other events as well, the boston marathon bombing and that's something the officers were prepared for as well. as the free speech rally ended today, witnesses tell me they were brought out by boston police and assisted in getting through the huge counterprotests and taken awa

melissa: never do this. host: john on twitter said how could an attorney think a sexist joke was a good way to start an oral argument, was he the best they had? clark: obviously not, they replaced him with another attorney for the second argument. he starts out with a bad joke and argument goes down from there. host: after argument is over than the justices go to conference. from what we know about the conference process, a lot of frustration developed among the justice. tell us the story of what you know about what happened there. melissa: one big question was, which case would actually lead? blackmun thought doe was the one that had less consensus. there was broad consensus that the statute in roe was unconstitutional, but mostly for reasons of unconstitutional vagueness. william douglas, who was the most senior justice in the liberal wing of the court felt that, because there was no consensus on doe that there was a obligation to assign that the opinion should've been hit. -- his as the most senior justic

melissa murray? melissa: that is a test question. i do agree with clark that a would have record been clear with the stakes were for many women seeking abortions, or unable to get them. you would have to think it would states forfor the the interest of maternal health, and in the name of immorality. think one of the difficulties is you don't have that record. for that reason, you don't get the voices of the many participants and constituencies affected by the decision. host: how would you answer that? clarke: some issues in a democracy are simply not finally settled, and may take decades to settle such issues, especially issues of strong cultural current. but i do believe that i think it is clear that roe has unsettled this issue more, and the court had not stepped in and left to the american people, it will provide the opportunity for public opinion to affect public policy, and be more in line with public policy. and the fact that public opinion is out of sync with the broad sweep of roe versus wade has kept this issue simmering for

this is melissa, that's lucy. "ghost busters" that's melissa. that's lucy. and on "the boss," that's melissa. >> you're going to regret that. >> and that's lucy. >> she wants to do all the stunts herself. on "the boss," she's like, i can do it. and her husband is like, yeah, you can do it once. >> lucy took that hit. >> and her famous super bowl commercial, lucy says that's mostly melissa. >> we have her falling down and getting picked up by the rhino. >> when else do you get to get picked up like a rag doll and literally thrown around? >> she can do the splits. >> i saw the picture of you both in the splits. holy cow. >> she's incredible. >> what has been the craziest stunt you and melissa have done together? >> probably the helicopter sequence on "spy." getting to hang from a helicopter. she killed it too. >> meaning a lot of that work was mccarthy as well. it took three days to shoot that scene. >> your hands go numb, you get weird blisters. i love that stuff. >> lucy says in shape by free running. it's competitive running that includes gymnastics and acr

>> melissa: absolutely. number one, when to start these, they get bigger and number to call, they don't result in anything happening. they may come out with this finding there is no point and starting them and there'sç no point in stopping them. i've watched so many now. >> marie: clinton got impeached because of one. >> melissa: there is a lot different since then. >> harris: what would we expect the special counsel to tell us in public about his investigation? i don't know that we've seen anything like that other than james comey when he was a former fbi director. he was described as a chatty kathy. i don't know that going public -- he's just going to simply say i can't talk about that because the investigation is ongoing. in fact, he needs one of those buttons where he can just say i can't talk about that because the investigation isç ongoing. >> marie: there are processes in place to make sure the special counsel there all these processes in place. i don't remember them asking can start to come and t

melissa: in other cases. there is a question of a provision in missouri love that requires meant -- women to get the consent of her husband. both of those provisions are invalidated by the court in those cases. other supreme court cases deal with paternal rights, at the -- so a 1970 when kay's called family versus illinois, which considered the rights of unmarried fathers. those decisions interact that are not necessarily understood. host: let's listen to justice harry blackmun about writing this opinion. we will learn about how he got the other justices to sign on. conference,t the after the first argument, the thef justice sent sensitiveness of the argument. probably preferred not to assign it to himself as he could have. also were personal reasons , for family reasons i think. , i think youglas , but i don'tse think he misunderstood this comment on my part. he was in the waning years of his service. he was not writing as well as he years and would have treated the case rather preemptively. he was the only

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that was a direct message. >> melissa: at your point is a good one, harris. the idea that he's made a lot of promises, americans are keeping track. they need the jobs, they need the health care, they need the economy, they need the tax code to change. >> sandra: they need a win. >> david: they've had a lot of wins. the media doesn't report. we need the big ticket items. when 1,000 people were sent out of the epa, when you have over 500 people fired or disciplined, something that never happened before, then you have all these other bureaus being slimmed down, the day-to-day work is getting done, but that is make the headlines. the republican party needs the big ticket win. whether his tax reform, a aggravated their responsibility. >> harris: will they do it? >> david: the problem is, susan collins is a "no" vote, rand paul is a "no" vote. the republican senators are to blame for the failure. >> melissa: there's enough blame to go around for everyone and they need to get something done. meantime, chief of staff, john kelly bringing in a military style disciplin

. >> melissa: he said both sides are to blame. >> juan: if you show up for american values and say it is wrong to be racist and stand outside of synagogues with automatic machine guns and scare jewish people inside, i think that's not to be equivocal. >> melissa: no one said equivocal, no one said equal and that's one of the places where this went off the rails, he never said equal blame. >> marie: he did say those words. >> melissa: he said there were good people among neo-nazi protesters. there are people who were opposed. i am so uncomfortable having this conversation because i know it's in my heart and i know that i don't think anyone is different, better, or worse based on color of skin, but there is nothing any of us can say right now without being judged. >> harris: there's been a lot of tears on our network and across the country and across the world. with people who are serving, as my father did, he came to visit and i took him to the statue of liberty for the first time in his life yesterday. we cried together. it's a difficult place where we are, but it's not where we've be

: catherine, it's melissa melissa francis. we have three locations, three events, i understand that there were two people in the custody, what do we know about the perpetrators? the original van driver, what do we have? >> the picture today, the latest information coming from spanish police is that at least two people are in custody, but not describing them as the driver of the van in barcelona. which leaves open the possibility that this individual is on the run and under pressure. you have to consider that the person who drove that van was willing to die today. so they would be extremely high risk. especially in the hours that they are trying to track them. we also know that someone was injured in cambrils, the seaside town that i mentioned earlier where there was another attack according to spanish media with the white van targeting pedestrians on the coast. another person was injured. we believe that they have also been taken into custody. and a for the individual was in the explosion at that home in alcanar. this is the t

melissa magee is at the "action news" big board with the first check of the forecast, hey melissa. >> reporter: hi, rick it's a dreary start on the back to work on monday. we'll be in and out of the rain and pockets of heavy moisture, as well. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar you can see the rain along the i-95 corridor and areas north and west. pockets are starting to fill in once again across south jersey and delaware. we'll go in tighter on street level on storm tracker 6 live, if you're traveling along i-95 give yourself extra time. down to the south and east, you can see the showers pressing into elmer. pockets of heavy rain millville, fortescue, lightning strikes associated with the region, as well. dover and smyrna getting hit, as well. the majority of the day, the flood watch has been posted went up at noon today right through midnight southeastern chester lower bucks county and montgomery and delaware. we have a flash flood warning for kents county in delaware. this stays up until 2:45 p.m. this location partly over into dover has seen three inches of rain this will con

i think that's what we saw. >> melissa: that's always the case after these big losses. do we go extreme, i would say it's about who has the fire. i don't think it's about the left or center or right when the power vacuum comes around, i think that's what we learn from the last election and it's something we learned in cable news, that being broad from any capacity doesn't work anymore. the people have too many options, whether it's television or politics, you don't get enough support that what you have to do is stick out a territory and really get people excited in that group. i think both sides have a chance, it could be someone firing towards the middle or someone to the left. president trump, they said we have to not have a white man. >> gillian: he's neither centrist nor more to the right or left. >> david: the rare occurrence where i'm going to disagree with my work wife. republicans should be very happy with what elizabeth warren said because it's a recipe for failure. the democratic seat is lost in congress. 63 in the house, 11 and the senate and the state legisl

>> that's a good point, melissa. so for context, our top picks overall in the chemical space are dow chemical, eastman, and wr graves. with regard to the hurricane angle specifically, our preliminary analysis suggests that many of westlake's competitors in markets like polyethylene, chlorine and caustic soda have already suffered pretty significant outages. as you pointed out, westlake does have production assets in lake charles, louisiana, which is now suffering some of the heavier rainfall so we'll need to continue to monitor west lake's ability to keep their plants up and r running, but we do like the stock overall with the 12-month view >> and it's already had a stellar 12-month performance kevin, thanks so much. who's going to trade on chemicals, whether it be because of the storm or not. outside of the storm, we looked at west lake it's up 30 plus percent over the past 12 months anyone no one in the space? >> well, i think the only concern you would have would be on the rails, because a lot of the movement on t

melissa dipane, abc 7 news. jonathan: more charges against the man accused of rimming his car into crime for pro woman the crowd. james feels has -- james fields has been charged with murder. and lindsey mastis is at the live desk with with the mother is saying. mother: heather heyer's said the white house reached out to her. first she missed their calls, and now she does not want to speak to president trump whatsoever. >> with been said about my child, it's not that i thought about the tweet, i saw a clip of him at a press conference equating the protesters like ms. heyer with the kkk and white supremacists. lindsey: she does not want to talk to any politicians. she worries that some may try to use her daughter's name. she worries she has not had time to grieve and she is on a mission to carry on her daughter's legacy. she says the outpouring of love and support going. new tonight, steve bannon is going back to breitbart. that announcement hours after he resigned as chief strategist for the white house. with th

we have the full and exclusive forecast, walter. >> melissa ready for the eclipse. in two days, all eyes will turn to the heavens. the rush is on to try to find protective glasses needed to gaze at the event. bob brooks has an update on the hottest item since the cabbage patch kid. >> we have known the eclipse is coming for a long time, but so many have waited to the last minute to get the proper glasses. as kim from coatesville put it, i called around so many places. i'm a procrastinator. i'm very, very happy. >> she was one of the so many people coming to main line optical in ardmore to get her family glasses. she and several others say, had she not found them, we would have probably taken our chances and become a patient here. >> it's damaging. people don't realize that it can happen years later that the damage comes out. >> we are sold out of the eclipse glasses. >> they had 500 pairs available this morning. they are all accounted for. could have been another 2,000. >> it's simple, hol fold the sis and put them on. >> you can't see anything. >> they block out 99