two-way race. a new fox news poll finds trouble ahead of clinton 45% to 40% in the critical battleground state. clinton in theer buckeye state comes primarily from support among independents and working-class whites. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm courtney collins. this is bloomberg. bet: now, december seems to the next potential date for any interest rate hike by the federal reserve. the mostsent votes, recent to go around, there is new interest in diverging views among its members. --lier today one of those said in a statement that he is modestarguing for gradual tightening now out of concerns that not doing so today will put the recovery positive duration and sustainability at greater risk. the evercore chairman also weighed in on whether the fed made the right call. >> i'm ok with what the fed did. i don't see a big cost of waiting, and you have the election coming up, which isn't talked about a lot. if they had tightened, the dollar spiked up and oil had gone down a lot, and emerging markets get

will take a , spin through battleground states. ♪ ♪ nicolle: fox news has a new poll out that shows the race tightening up a bit. in a two-way contest, hillary clinton is beating donald trump by six points, 48% to 42%, but that is down from her 10 point postconvention lead one month ago. in a four-way race, the two candidates are essentially tied. hillary clinton at 41%, donald trump at 39%, and libertarian candidate gary johnson getting 9%, green party candidate jill stein getting 4%. ofry is the director politics at the university of virginia. he joins us now to make us smarter and talk about the state of the battleground states. so larry, what should we be paying more attention to, these two numbers that seem to be everywhere, or will people see what they see when they vote the , four-way polls? larry: the two-way is more indicative of how the race will probably turn out, and the six points difference there in the two-way is close to the polling average of about five points for hillary clinton. there is some research indicating that, and i think it is very good research, that the fou

helped into a van after 9/11 ceremonies in new york. trump spoke to fox news today. >> the coughing fit was a week ago, i assumed that was pneumonia also. something is going on, but i just hope she gets well and get back on the trail. we will be seeing her at the debate. mark: trump says he will release more of his own health record soon. police and ford are investigating a fire at a mosque that was attended by the gunmen who carried out the deadly orlando nightclub shooting. the fire was at the islamic center of fort pierce. the mosque was attended by omar mateen, who fired into the pulse nightclub on june 12 that left 49 people dead and 53 when did. it was the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history. the truce in syria takes effect at this hour. russia's job was to convince the syrian president to temporarily and the filing. the u.s. role was to enforce the truce.to enforce the david cameron says he is quitting parliament immediately. today's announcement comes less than three months after cameron resigned as prime minister following the printe brexit vot. his departure will tr

and has just weeklyd a new political show on fox news, and frank bruni, a columnist for the new york times. welcome, everybody. i thought we would do two rounds. we will start with frank. what is the most important thing that hillary has to do in the debate? frank: i think she needs to seem genuine. voters have said time and again they are worried about her honesty and trustworthiness. based her a someone who has been in political life for so long, they see her as a vessel of ambition, fulfilling a destiny she charted for herself long ago. i think she needs to convince american voters she has a genuine desire to make their lives better and that she is doing this for them, not for her. >> i am coming back to that because i think she has striven to be genuine. how do you go out there and try to be genuine? but, what do you think? >> i with think she would want to keep the benghazi hearings in mind. she very confidently and firmly, onenot meanly, batted back after another and showed she knows the subject. you name a topic, she will have given six speeches on it over the last year o

his first solo campaign event in philadelphia. the parent company fox news says settled a gender discrimination suit. fox apologized saying it was sorry gretchen carlson was not treated with respect and dignity. her $20 million. in july, she sued fox news ceo roger ailes who stepped down. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. how important is infrastructure spending? a new denver airport helps the rest of the economy take off. our editor in chief rights -- we look at the case for infrastructure. look at the history. is a state that rode the boom and bust of the energy sector for a long time. in 1984 so trough how did they decide to build a new airport? year84 was a terrible especially for the incoming mayor. he said just about everything went wrong that year. even colorado for the first time in its history lost population. people were leaving the state. every sector of the economy was falling apart. he says the only way to deal with it was a conventional way, cut spending because there were n

. ♪ ♪ fox news has a new poll out that shows the race tightening up a bit. in a two-way contest, hillary clinton is beating donald trump by six points, 48% to 42%, but that is down from her 10 point lead a month ago. in a four-way race, the two candidates are essentially tied. clinton at 41 percent, trump at 39%, and libertarian candidate gary johnson getting 9%, green party candidate jill stein getting 4%. larry sabato joins us now to make us smarter and talk about the state of the battleground states. larry, what should we be paying more attention to, these two-way numbers or the four-way polls? the two-way is more the racee of the way will turn out, and the six point difference in the two-way is close to the polling average of about five points for hillary clinton. there is some research indicating, very good research, that the four-way race, just by introducing the names of the third-party candidates, you increase their support, especially in a race like this. their numbers are going to go down between now and november. john: i want to talk to you about battleground states. i know yo

to reduce black on black crime in america. trump said in a fox news town hall that the program of stopping minority youth on the street worked well in new york. hillary clinton still leading trump nationwide. this survey by nbc news and the wall street journal has clinton ahead 43% to 37% in a three-way race. majority of voters view clinton negatively. in venezuela, the election authority -- could be held early next year. opposition leaders are not happy with the condition. opponents must collected 20% of the electorate signature at the state level next month. dennis will has been crippled by high inflation and a lack of basic goods -- venezuela has been crippled by a high inflation and a lack of basic goods. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor raikes, this is bloomberg. francine: peter 11 joins us. we'll talk about maersk. this is huge because it is a historic checkup. peter, tell me about the rationale. how badly were they doing? peter: maersk has been having to depend on being a conglomerate for almost a

defending racial profiling on fox news, hillary clinton made the in white remarks plains, new york. ms. clinton: we know from the former head of our counterterrorism center, mad olson, that the kinds of rhetoric and language that mr. trump has used as giving aid and comfort to our adversaries. that is why i have been very clear we are going after the bad guys and we going to get them but we are not going to go after an entire religion. we choose results, not fear. we will not turn on each other or undermine our values. we will stand together because we are stronger together in the face of this threat and every other challenge. john: those words echoed verbatim the legal definition of treason. at hishot back with this rally in fort myers, florida this afternoon. mr. trump hillary clinton talks tougher about my supporters than she does about islamic terrorists, right? the patriotic americans who support our campaign, many of them cops and soldiers, deplorable and irredeemable and she means it. millions and millions of people. has she ever talked that way about radical islam? no. the susp

presidential debate at hofstra university in new york. fox news sunday anchor chris wallace takes over for the third and final debate. cbs news reporter elaine couto moderates the best presidential debate. in venezuela, opposition leaders called it the biggest mobilization of protesters in the country's history. hundreds of thousands of venezuelans demonstrated in the streets of caracas, domenico recall vote against president nicolas maduro. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts to more than 120 countries. this is "bloomberg." mark: thank you. still ahead, we will be joined by poland's finance minister. we will ask him how brave it could affect the polish economy and whether poland's new tax on banks is affecting growth. this is "bloomberg." ♪ watchingou are "bloomberg." this is your global business report. here is what we're watching, russian president vladimir putin speaking to bloomberg in an exclusive interview. find out why he wants to settle a decade-long dispute with japan. let's get to this big interview with the polish finance minister at

asked about clinton's health on fox news. >> the coughing fit was a week ago. i assume that was pneumonia as well. something is going on. i hope she gets well and back on the trail and we will be seeing her the debate. >> trump says he will release more information about his own health soon. hillary clinton's top super pac will wrap up its -- ramp up its ad purchases. donald trump has been gaining on clinton the polls and the first debate is coming up on september 26. china is deflecting criticism over north korea's nuclear ambition. a chinese foreign ministry for -- spokesperson said the crux of the issue lies the conflict between north korea and the u.s. china said the problem can only be resolved through dialogue and consultation. philippinent of the said u.s. special forces in the country must go. he says he will review the policy that lets u.s. troops fight muslim terrorist groups on the island. he says the presence makes matters worse. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. chandra, this is bloomberg. debat

? [laughter] >> i really -- i never thought i would hear donald trump in the context of fox news defending the first amendment right of an nfl player to protest during the national anthem -- >> with o'reilly repeatedly dating him -- bating him. >> trump comments -- -- he held himself back last night. >> he keeps going on fox news, you know? whatever. the press, he just keeps going on fox news and there is nothing in it for him. >> we have an abundance of information outlets. >> trump, we are waiting. >> we will give you in our -- >> trump unveiled a new catch phrase very much on message now, sure to set off a google alert. the phrase is, follow the money. an attempt to portray hillary clinton as a corrupt politician. he is painting clinton as a crooked washington insider who is beholden to donors and other special interests. he held a rally where he continued using this attack and he also added this: people havecan added with years and decades of clinton corruption and scandal. corruption and scandal. impeachment for lying -- remember that? they are tired of the lies. they are tired of the

organizations, either fox news or the morning shows or glossy magazines. this was an interaction she had with a glossy magazine where she felt like the questions that a cosmopolitan reporter was asking her were not fair. she was asking her basically words about, words that her father had said about maternity leave and women in the past and ivanka didn't find those questions fair. don jr. getting into a bit of heat over a couple things, the gas chamber remarks, that if the republican nominee was doing what hillary clinton was doing, he would be sent to a gas chamber. he said that had nothing to do with the holocaust, that was essentially a poor choice of words in that moment. he was also getting some heat for talking about his father's taxes saying, basically saying it was less to do with the i.r.s. and more to do with the american public when every individual in the public because their own auditor and distracts from his message. are we going to see less of the children? we have seen less of them on national outlets than we have seen in the past. of course they want to protect their reputatio

will -- the comments came during a town hall hosted by fox news in ohio. according to a transcript released by fox, trump said we did it in new york, it worked incredibly well. be a governor has made his first -- new rba governor has made his first -- he expects inflation to remain low but will pick up as the labor market strengthens. he says it is in the public interest to deliver inflation at 2% or 3%, but he insisted that notnd his colleagues are inflating. >> we have not seen our job as trying to keep inflation within a tight, narrow range. we have not been what some have called "inflation masses." some degree of variability in inflation from year to year, seems an notable and inappropriate. -- and appropriate. rosalyn: president obama has been promoting trade between the u.s. and africa. he says progress and have cut is important to security and prosperity around the world. >> on so many challenges that we prosperity,curity, climate change, the struggle for ,uman rights and human dignity the reduction of conflict, africa is essential to our progress. africa's rise is not just

. john: when we come back, we look at recent polls. stay tuned. ♪ nicolle: fox news has a new national poll out, showing the presidential race tightening up. hillary clinton beating donald trump by 6 points, but that is down from poor 10 point lead a month ago. in a four-way race, they are tied come with hillary clinton at 41%, libertarian gary johnson getting 9% of the bow. green party's jill stein coming in at 4%. the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia is tracking polls and joins us to talk about the battleground states. what should we be paying more attention to? these to a numbers that seem to be everywhere, or what people actually see when they go to vote, the four-way polls? >> the two way is much more indicative of how it will turn out, and the six point friends -- difference is pretty close to the polling average of about five points for hillary clinton. there is research indicating, and i think it is good research, that the four-way race, just by introducing the names of the third-party candidates, you increase their support. especially in a race

says the health of candidates is now an issue in the presidential race. his comments on fox news today came as the democratic campaign announced that hillary clinton has pneumonia. the clinton campaign says it will release additional medical records this week. mr. trump says he will release detailed health information from a new exam in the coming days. nearly a quarter of americans say candidates performance in the presidential debates may be the deciding factor in how they vote. that is according to a poll from abc news and ssrs. 20% say they expect at the base to have a major impact on their choice of donald trump or hillary clinton. 74% say they are likely to watch the first debate on september 26. immigration and economy top the list of the most important debate topics. a u.s. russian brokered cease-fire for syria is in effect. the cease-fire marks the latest attempt to end the five-year conflict which has killed more than a quarter million people and driven some 11 million from their homes. u.s. secretary of state john kerry spoke short time ago in washington. > there will be cha

iphones according to a person familiar with the matter. fox's new owner has built apple devices for years. salesforce lost out on a bid to buy linkedin. it is looking at microsoft's proposed acquisition. salesforce said it would pose a threat to competition and privacy. microsoft will deliver competition to the management sector where salesforce is the dominant player. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. alix: david foley, blackstone .nergy partners' ceo he deployed nothing last year and did not find a dip or hype. this year here is committed $1 billion in the permian basin. is still with us. tell us your number one invest the opportunity now. david f.: we like buying long oil. lots of reserves in the ground. low breakeven's. you cannot get a bar again when it is producing. oil companies are restraining their cash flow. more tangible. it is also yield-oriented. in an era where sovereign debt is zero, yield, we think, is overbought. there are selling contracted assets. assets in the development phase you have to put in more capital for several years until you get a return. , as a d

plan, expand the controversial practice of stop and frisk. he said in a fox news townhall that stopping minorities on the streets worked well in new york. trail, an the campaign new poll shows democratic presidential nominee still leading donald trump. the survey, by nbc news and "the wall street journal," has clinton ahead 43% to 37% in a three-way race. a majority of the voters view clinton negatively but trump's negatives are even global news 24 -- are even higher. global news 24 hours a day in more than 120 countries. i am alisa parenti. consensus fed chair janet yellen has worked hard to maintain among policymakers showed signs of strain yesterday. voting members including the boston fed president and esther george all dissented from the majority view to hold interest rates steady. sinces the most dissents 2014, plus sign up into alan greenspan -- a positive sign according to alan greenspan. the thing i did want to convey is that the fed had a single point of view and it was no discussion going on. vonnie: joining us is the chief monetary economist at cumberland advisors, and the f

universe. she spent the last way for hours telling her story with cnn, fox news, and the today show. >> what were the names he called you? >> miss piggy, ms. housekeeping. ms. eating machine. >> to your face? >> yes! all the time. i know what i lived with him and he knows, too. he was really aggressive. he was really rude. he was a bad person with me, and that is the story that i need to share for my community. we cannot accept more insults for my latin community. no more. i need to share my story. i think i can open a few eyes. i can maybe change a few minds. you know, i don't think this person is the right person that can be a president. john: we will talk about how the media has been covering this story in a moment, but my question for you in this hour is if the story is accelerating for starting to settle down. mark: i think the campaign could be forgiven for thinking it would just go away because that has happened in the past when he has had these flaps. some of them have lingered, but not as dominant. the reason i think this may linger in a pretty hot way is we are in a differ

nearly a quarter. the parent company of fox news as it has settled a gender discrimination suit i gretchen carlson. fox apologized. fox will pay carlson $20 million. in july, carlson sued fox news ceo roger ailes. president obama is reassuring asian allies of the u.s. commitment to the region. president obama: we will stand with our allies and partners in upholding fundamental interests. including the freedom of navigation, peaceful resolution of disputes. that is the security we seek. courtney: president obama also pledged $90 million to clean up unexploded bombs and other munitions dropped in laos during the vietnam war. china is considering a wide-ranging overhaul of consumer taxes. ministry officials probably support tax cuts on less expensive toiletries and cosmetics. they are considering raising taxes on alcohol and tobacco. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. mark: is the ecb suffering from a case of bond buying exhaustion? europe's central bank is widely expected to extend the qe program. will they run

emily: enough secretary fox, take a listen about these new rules and what sort of industries they could help open up when it comes to drones. take a listen. >> it will open to many more uses, commercial uses. wethe other hand, i think as have commercial uses, hobbyists, airplanes, the integration of all those different uses into a single system is going to be the most complicated part of this. emily: so, let's talk about jd industries --the industries that it will affect most? what do you see? ground, an imaging is the number one vertical. that would be things like real estate photography, even photography, wedding photography. anybody who is a photographer or the other for is basically a drone photographer and will be going out to get a license. areremaining large areas inspections, and that could be anything from roof inspections, cell tower inspections, any number of things that people inspect, and a more safely done with drones. emily: what about amazon? amazon drones an delivering packages to my doorstep? >> amazon is doing most of its testing in cambridge and the u.k. right now. w

today, trumps high was loose, fox news was on the big screen, and some others were sitting nearby. this is the scene. -- white wasit was significant and why did he tell you he was not going to speak out on the birther issue and then this morning he speaks out about it. guest: trump is very confident at this moment. i have never seen him more bullish about his chances. he revels in looking at the poll numbers. spending 10 hours with him, this is still donald trump, someone at the center of his campaign, running on his instincts. when i heard his campaign manager say a week ago, that he believes president obama was born in the united states, i thought, that is quite a change in position. i asked him during the course of a wider interview, what you think of conway's statement? we had a long conversation about it. he said he did not want to engage on it. trump said conway can say whatever she wants to say. this is still a candidate who comes out of that birther movement, a true outsider who does not follow the political rules. charlie: do you believe he believes barack obama was not born in

melendez has news from outside the business world. >> donald trump says health is now a key factor in the race. hillary clinton appeared to stumble after being held into a van. donald trump spoke to fox news today. >> the coughing fit was a week ago and i assume that was pneumonia also appeared pneumonia also. something's going on. i hope she gets back on the trail. we will see her at the debate. nina: trump says he will release medical records and. china says do not blame us. the korean nuclear issue is all about the conflict between north korea and the u.s. the valuetioned abou of economic sanctions on north korea and says the problem can only be resolved through dialogue and confrontation. the president of the philippine says the u.s. special forces in the country must go. he says he will review the policy of letting u.s. troops fight muslim terrorist groups on the island. he says the presence makes matters worse. as many as 1300 americans have been on the island since 2002. global news 20 for hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analyst and more than 120 countries, i

. is scheduled to hold his first solo campaign event for philip -- in philadelphia. fox news says it has settled gretchen carlson's sexual-harassment lawsuit. they have agreed to pay carlson $20 million according to a person with knowledge of the terms. roger ailes stepped down as chairman and chief executive in july after carlson brought her lawsuit. she says in a statement that she is ready to move on to the next chapter of her life. a pennsylvania judge says bill cosby is blind and might need special accommodations in his upcoming trial. they disclosed the condition in a letter before the pretrial conference. they are asking that prosecutors not be allowed to use a telephone conversation of recorded by his accusers mother at the trial. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. markets close in under 30 minutes. let's go to the nasdaq where abigail doolittle is standing by. abigail: we have seen a shift through the day. we had the nasdaq fluctuating between small gains and losses. but just minutes before the close, the

the report on monday. the first of they will be held at hofstra university in new york. fox news christopher wallace takes over for the third and final debate. german chancellor angela merkel hinted today that she would decide on whether or not she would pursue a fourth term in september. her popularity has fallen to a five-year low, in part because of her stance on refugees. the acting prime minister of spain gets another chance to win parliaments approval today. it is a bit of a long shot. he has the confidence vote on wednesday. he was not able to work out a compromise with the socialist party. spain would be closer to holding a third general election in september. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. nejra: thank you. now, a quick check on u.s. stocks. let's have a look, if we can, of the indices and how they are faring. the s&p 500 up. we are seeing some modest gains on this job's day. nothing to strong -- too strong. let's go to courtney collins live from the nasdaq. courtney: the nasdaq is moving

what secretary fox had to say about the new rules and what industries they could help open up when it comes to drones. take a listen. secretary fox: it will open to -- open the door to many more uas's.commercial uses for on the other hand, i think as we have commercial uses, hobbyists, airplanes, the integration of all those different uses into a single system is going to be the most complicated part of this. emily: so, let's talk about jd -- two of the industries that this will affect most. there has been talk about agriculture, transportation. what do you see? >> on the ground, an imaging is the number one vertical. that would be things like real estate photography, event photography, wedding photography. anybody who is a photographer or videographer is basically a drone photographer and will be going out to get a license. the remaining large areas are inspections, and that could be anything from roof inspections, to cell tower inspections, any number of things that people inspected with human beings but are more efficient and safely done with drones. emily: what about amazon? how f

, but the fox news host. -- with the fox news host. bby: there is a lot of talk, both among trump campaign strategist and alsods from hi -- strategists and also from his surrogates about the bill clinton of the 1990's. the way they are framing it is, what hillary clinton did to the women accusing bill clinton of wrongdoing is what makes her unacceptable. but it is kind of a tricky that they find themselves in, because hillary clinton's approval rating at that time went way up, and she became immensely popular in the face of a lot of adversity. there is some clear dissension in the trump campaign about other this is the right route to go. it is clear that donald trump wants to go down this road. i think he feels most comfortable when he is going on the attack and putting the clinton on the defense on an issue that he thinks is very uncomfortable, and decidedly not politically correct. that at the same time, his advisors recognize that it is hard to frame an argument like that against a woman about her husband's behavior, and i think that's where the concern is. charlie: he wants to

benefit to do that. if donald trump is just looking at fox news and reading breitbart, he does not understand what kind of residence this is having in the real world -- what kind of residence -- what kind of resonance this is having in the real world. : if they think they are getting a realistic appraisal of how this issue is playing, not just in the media, but with real people -- every reporter i know is being asked about this by people who are not involved in politics -- they are kidding themselves, doing trump a disservice, and if he is watching fox inking they're not talking about it and he does not have to deal with it -- insane. john: we watched the same thing happen in 2012 when mitt romney and paul ryan started thinking big aussie was a huge story -- thinking benghazi was a huge story. mark: the other thing is fox can ignore it all they want, but it is getting huge play everywhere else. it is one thing to be in the cocoon when you are trying to win the nomination, but when you are trying to win a general election -- john: even if you think the rest of the media is liberally

outlets that come with a point of view like fox news and outlets that try not to come with a point of view. andrew: ben, i'm assuming you think nobody comes without a point of view. ben: obviously trying to language using brian's fox news into the opinionated , basket and cnn into the non-opinionated basket, anybody who views both networks knows there is an editorial bent to both networks. when it comes to the idea that flowers bloom i agree. , i would point out a distention. brian you shifted away from the , fact that judicial watch was named. judicial watch has been doing much of the heavy lifting on the clinton documentation. it is not a media outlet. judicial watch is a 501(c)(3) organization that foia's these documents. why "the washington post" wasn't doing that or the new york times or you at cnn, it is a question that really ought to be looked at. brian: where i disagree with you is that judicial watch is now a media outlet. all of these groups are now media outlets in the way media matters. i would also say donald trump's campaign and hillary clinton's campaigns are media out

rebranded with the cyber pioneer as ceo. he joined pimm fox to discuss this new venture. john: when i became the ceo, we throughout all the sting projects and became a pure cyber security firm and i think we have some of the rest, certainly the most up to date, avant-garde cyber security firm on the planet. >> google became a verb that needsto search and mcafee a word like that associated with online security. what is the technology that is going to set this new venture you joined a part western mark john: i invented the current technology. it started with antivirus technology and wrenched out into a whole system of programs involved in finding malware. but by the time you find out where, it's too late. the office of personnel management was hacked in 2013. 21 million records were taken. they did not find out until 25th. all of our products today are reactive. i'm developing an entire line of proactive alex. all of my friends are hackers. i started writing hackers but as i got older, i got some grudging respect and they asked me to keynote desk on two years ago, the worldwide hacking

big studios, disney's drama was the only major new entry with $5 million in ticket sales. 20th century fox's sci-fi's morgan failed to make the top 10. welcome back. me is the head of asset allocation at ubs. of thelike a movie summer, don't breathe. wait for the fed. everyone is a g-20. the attack against globalism and globalization seems to be top of the agenda. that would be a bad outcome for the global economy. you see how people are voting. the afdseen in germany, is the second strongest party. >> she lost in her home state. >> exactly. that is one of the concerns. there will be a french election, probably similar outcomes. there are some nationalistic tones going on in the u.s. political stock markets usually have short legs, particularly the u.s.. i think there is a lot of things that we have to watch in the u.s. coming back to the g-20, there is a lot of talk, but very little action coming out of it. >> that is typical of chinese events. it is an event to showcase themselves. >> they had a very nice show yesterday evening. you deftly have to watch what is going on. benefit.be a

for your reporting, eric. thank you very much. ♪ >> fox news has a new poll out. contest, hillary clinton is beating donald trump, but it is down from her post-convention lead. gary johnson, getting 9% of the vote. jill stein, 4%. larry sabato is the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia. he is tracking polls and joins us now from uva to make us smarter and talk about the state of battleground states. what should we be paying more attention to? larry: the two-way is much more indicative of how the race will probably turn out, and these ex-different -- the six-point difference is probably closer to about five points for hillary clinton. there is research, and i think it is very good research, that the four-way race just by introducing the names of third-party candidates, you increase their support just -- especially in a race like this. their numbers will go down between now and november. john: i want to talk about some battleground states. you say colorado, minnesota, wisconsin, michigan, virginia, all likely democrat, but a bunch of traditionally blue

issued an apology to carlson. beta van susteren will departing fox news. something to keep an eye on as well. lower after vw agreed to buy navistar. this could be negative for cummins. 90 minutes left in the trading day here in europe. we are unchanged on the day. we've been down .1% today. we were rising for a fourth day earlier. the best run for almost a month. we are unchanged now, the highest level since january 6. a little flavor for today. , sweetening the bid for monsanto. than the previous bid. pay to be, i have to successful in the deal. it is m&a tuesday today. shares up by 5.6%, a german company, europe's biggest publicly traded health care provider commissioners rising the most in the year. it will pay almost 6 billion euros. you, 58%ard holdings sl owned by the capital partners and the company's management. the merger should result in savings of about 50 million euros a year and will be highly accreted to net income next year. euro area gdp .3%. we had a surge in exports driving growth in the second quarter. domestic spending slowed. .3 versus .5 in the previous quarter. po

publication to reserve document with possible defamation claim over the fox news chairman. >> want a redo? >> hulk hogan. >> there you go. >>> the happiest place on earth just got a little cheaper maybe making people happier. annual passes for the california adventure are on sale. $330. you can do it at costco. the annual discounted pass is available at costco stores in southern california only for a limited time and only passes must be used before december 1st of this year. i wonder why they're doing that. >> i don't know. they sell a lot of stuff, i guess. >> i know. but discounting with the december -- are they trying to get people -- you know, to say something about what the people are not going to -- i don't know. >> why would you go to disney world when you can go to -- or disneyland when you can go to the harry potter attraction at universal? i don't think it's mentioned in the same -- >> owned by a great company called comcast. i've heard about them. >> yeah. wasn't even thinking of that. >>> when we come back, done deal. officially completing a merge eer. but the tieup is not wit

former fox news chairman. >>> let's move on to top trending stories. looks like sony really does want daniel craig back in his bond tuxedo. reportedly been offered $150 million to return for two more films. played bond since 2005 has made no secret of reluctant to continue playing spy. turned down an offer of 68 million pounds to return as bond back in may. significantly increasing the offer of that figure is correct. i always maintained i do think he will come back for another one. >> would you take that role if they offered it to you. >> i think everyone knows that answer. >>> san francisco 49ers jersey now the thirst most popular. the spike in jer say sales coming off controversial decision not to stand for the national anthem. has been the seventh best seller in the nfl over the last week. espn tweeting over the weekend. more of his gear sold on the 49ers sight than the past eight months combined. >> interesting turn. >> next trending story. happiest place on earth got cheaper. annual passes for california are on sale for $330 at costco. a normal day pass goes for $95. this d

fox polls out yesterday that showed hillary clinton trailing donald trump in north carolina, nevada and ohio. those are significant. on the other hand, there was a poll out yesterday showing hillary clinton plus nine in new hampshire, plus nine in colorado. she doesn't need to win all the battleground states. remember, president obama won nearly all of them against mitt romney. she could lose florida, ohio, nevada and still win the election. we just got to see how all of those shake out, but if you look at the electoral college and the average of state polls, she's ahead in that as well. >> all right. john harwood in washington. trump has five events in pennsylvania today. hillary clinton largely doing debate prep for monday. thanks, john. we'll get cramer's mad dash and countdown to the opening bell in a few moments. take a look at the premarket on this thursday. more "squawk on the street" from the nyse straight ahead. images, videos, social updates. we call it dark data. 80% is invisible to most businesses. the ibm cloud has tools that can help e dark data and put it to work. heo

chance to win. now, donald trump if you look at the polls yesterday, fox news came out with a poll showed him narrowing hillary clinton's formerly 10-point lead to 6 points. that is still a substantial lead. he's got work to do and the challenge of mixing both messages is you don't communicate clearly to either side. trying to turn the message and make it moderate for the general, he has to do it consistently. not for a moment and then switch in the next event, guys. >> all right. john, thank you once again. we'll talk to you later. >>> let's talk more about donald trump's visit to mexico and plans to tackle immigration. joining us is jeffrey davidavo. he is a former ambassador to mexico from president clinton. nice to see you. on one hand, the positive for donald trump were the optics meeting with the head of state and then the other side, the negative, if you will, is the whole controversy about who's going to pay for the wall and whether they talked about it or not. what is your assessment of his trip to mexico? >> i think if he were on the apprentice you would have to say you'r

heels of a number of apple content deals and announcements. the news fox sports go app with the ability to watch four games simultaneously launched first on apple tv last month. in july apple bought the exclusive rights to distribute a new car pool karaoke show, which tim cook referenced in his opening comments. and apple's also developing a reality show called planet of the apps. plus, twitter and apple are reportedly working on an app which would enable easy live streaming of some nfl games that twitter has the rights to. with amazon stepping up its investment in original content for its amazon prime video, and with a consumer shift away from buying tv shows from the likes of itunes and towards subscription services, it's no surprise that apple's making some changes to keep up, tyler. >> julia, thank you. by the way, julia, have you heard whether tim cook can sing on that car pool karaoke? >> we'll all have to tune in to watch, tyler. >> we'll have to watch. it's a fun feature. but i have my doubts on whether -- >> probably sing the auburn fight song. >> who knows what that is? there'

accordingly. i imagine she was wanting to criticize him for backtracking. this is nothing new for her. >> the campaign set expectations. in fact he himself used the word softening in an interview with fox last week. it was unexpected, but especially after that. did you see the news conference in mexico. >> i heard it. very surprising turn about in terms of what we were lead to believe was going to happen. >>> now to sports. could be the play of the night for major league baseball. we head over to chicago with the cubs facing te pittsburg pirate lift add ball down third base. shifted into a higher gear and ran it down making a great catch for the first out. ran more than 100 feet and reached a top speed of 19 miles per hour on his dash. the cubs held on to win 6-5. >> great camp. round of applause for him. >> that's why we featured it. >> i understand. still to come, top stories in action. plus eunice yoon exclusively with alibaba founder. jack ma. stay tuned. "world wide exchange" is back in just a couple of minutes. download the new app? we're good. okay... what if a million people d

. importantly chase keri, remember his name, man who ran fox news -- excuse me, 21st century fox, coo for many years, important operational role. same here, chairman of formula one. the man who created this will remain head ceo. he is about 80 years old and john malone moving into racing. i'm an big fan but perhaps you are and can have more on what the opportunities are here in the u.s. for what is clearly a very popular sport in much of the world. >> the u.s. question is interesting. what you say is you go overseas and these are pretty lucrative property. some of the better known talent. we are talking about one of the now corporate executives, one of the biggest u.s. private land owners by the way, and trying to figure out and follow all of the tracking stocks and different structures he is constantly juggling around makes one's head spin. you mentioned braves tracking stops and other things going on. what is this all fundamentally about? >> well, listen. liberty as you know, i know mr. malone quite well through the years and always looking for tax efficient deals and yet in ways to show val

trouble? who knows. >> it's one of the prime generators of cash flow at the company is fox news and there have been questions given the change in leadership, whether over time there will be a change in programming at all. that remains unclear. but certainly it's got to be something investors keep in mind and say the growth profile of this company, which has suffered on a number of fronts over the last year, the stock is down almost 10% every day. >> the rest of the group is kind of treading water. sounds like it's been red hot. >> also, twitter has a board meeting. rico has written a piece about that. >> i did something when you were o w away on thursday. >> these comments were by eb williams. >> the comments got a lot of attention. that board meeting will be important and the stock had been moving up which we pointed out. nothing new that recode did the same thing. >> bob peck's story was difficult today, twitter not in play, the first year, i think there are a the love initiatives. >> i would be curious to see what comes out of that meeting, that he may be correct, mr. peck, but i