The media is piling on, the most rabid antitrump owned bezos, amazons owner. Read about it. 95 days until the election. The Justice Department knew about the cash for hostages swap and objected to it and they were overruled. This is the 400 million all cash ransom payment for the simultaneous release of the hostages. The Obama Administration says its coincidence. The main media have dropped it except for one. And the brits have the free money band wagon and keeping stocks at near record levels. Yes, Varney Company is out to begin. Trump wants to cut taxes for the super rich. [booing] well, were not going there, my friends. Im telling you right now, were going to write fairer rules for the middle class and we are going to raise taxes on the middle class whoa, did you catch that . That was Hillary Clinton on monday. Now, whether or not she misspoke or she actually means what she said about rising taxes on the middle class, i dont know, but the media certainly missed it, got it . And here is what the media is concentrating on. Anything antitrump. And just for one paper today, the Washington Post, im going to repeat these headlines. G. O. P. Reaches new level of panic over trump candidacy. Opinion, trumps shallowness runs deep. Opinion, donald trump makes his most dangerous comments yet. Opinion, the Republican Party has lost its soul. Come in, fred barnes. Any idea why the Washington Post is the most rabid of all the antitrump outlets . Well, it must come from the top. And in this case, look, i get the Washington Post delivered at my door every day and this is pretty consistent. Its antitrump feeling. And its really on the editorial page, too. The columnist, obviously, all the liberal columnists are e ces atrstf eypi o noeea a soinll g. O. P. Trump intervention. Yes. Stuart save his candidacy and rescue him from himself. Is that another media invention or is there something to it . I dont think its a media invention, but there has been some talk about this. I dont think its going to happen and like many things involving trump its been blown out of proportion. Sometimes, of course, thats his fault, but i wouldnt take this too seriously, unless trump does not do one thing. He needs to announce his economic plan. Its been sitting around and he needs to approve it. Theres some talk hell do it early next week. But its something thats going to make the contrast between trump, what hes for and what Hillary Clinton is for, really dramatic. I mean, this is an issue that helps trump enormously. Stuart well said. Because that new fox polls find more voters trust donald trump than hillary on the economy. Its 5045 on the economy. And beats Hillary Clinton on handling the deficit 4944, these are the only issues where he comes out on top and youre saying, play to your strength, is that it . Of course play to your strength. Stuart youve got to focus on your strength and dont go off on tangents. I couldnt agree with you more. Theres a phenomenon that trump seems to be ignoring and that is Hillary Clinton benefits when shes in the background. Her poll numbers go up. This has been true for a long time and not just this campaign, but when shes front shes saying nothing. Thats right, exactly. Stuart virtually nothing about actual policy and shes winning. Shes winning, but if trump makes her front and center on the economy, on immigration, law and order, terrorism, issues that work for him. If he makes her the issue, her numbers will go down and theyve always done that and yet, hes made himself the issue. Stuart yes, use your influence, fred barnes, youve got clout in the beltway, use your influence, thanks for joining us, we appreciate it. Youre welcome. Stuart lets go to london. Last night an american citizen was stabbed to death by a 19yearold. Now, the attacker is reportedly a norwegian of. Ashley they dont believe its an act of terrorism, they say it was spontaneous and victims selected at random. As we know, a u. S. Woman, in her 60s was killed and another u. S. Citizen was hurt in the attack, a britt, israeli, australian and the attack triggered by Mental Health issues. He was tasered by police, and taken to the hospital. Is fine and now talking. Mi5 and mi6 say they have no record of this person and his name does not show up on any terrorism lists. Stuart louise is with us, former from the parliament. I should say that the First Response of the authorities in london was its mental illness, but the police did say and im quoting now, terrorism is a line of inquiry, either way, the level of anxiety goes straight up. And let me just, people do not believe what the police are telling them. It is far, far, too coincidental. This guy, first hes a norwegi norwegian, and then a norwegian of somalia descent. And youre not allowed to have a knife, and you take a knife to the station and an american and an israeli. If you lose confidence in the truthfulness of the authorities and they dont want to jump to conclusions and inspire antimuslim feelings, the two people, are separate from the police. In a way almost as damaging as the terror attack because if we cant trust the police to tell us the truth. Who do we trust. Stuart quick story out of d. C. , an active Transit Police officer charged with trying to help isis, the worst possible news, thats from the inside of Law Enforcement authorities. And we hear that this guy was a convert to islam. It shows us that there is justice in both racial and religious profiling. Thank god they caught him. They caught him. And do you believe that we in america should profile people in the Armed Services or in the police force who have converted to islam, profile them, look at them, recheck them. Because profiling isnt judging. It happened to me in the 90s and i lived in dublin and flying into london, im a catholic and fit the profile of an ira, and i didnt mind, we have to get over that profiling people is judging them, its checking them for their safety and all of our safety. Stuart we appreciate it. Looks like a slightly higher opening for the stock market. Ive got to tell you there are big names, powerful investors who are saying sell stock, get out of market. Ill tell you oil is sitting around 40. 60. Down 20 odd cents and gas falling, 2. 11 is your National Average and 15 states where the price is under 2 a gallon. Were told that the rest of the country will join in right about labor day. It will be 2 or less everywhere. Now, weve got growing chorus of wellknown investors saying get out of stocks. Liz, the bond king, bill gross, the latest to say that . The latest and joined Jeff Gundlach and he says that Central Bank Intervention has been too much, that there will be a blowout. And markets are levitating higher artificially on a cascade of money coming in and when the spending goes full bore in britain and the United States if hillary wins and also, if trump wins, too, then youre going to see basically the markets get really sketchy. What hes talking about, quickly, go to gold, go to real estate. Corporate earnings have never slid this length of time and revenues this length of time since the bull market six years ago, about a years worth of downward trends. Ashley he blames the central bank. Stuart gold at 1369 this morning, up another five bucks. Weve got an update on zika for you. Officials investigating a possible new zika case, its outside the small area in downtown miami. We think its a new case outside that small zika zone. Ive got more on that for you in a second. Back to the iran cash hostage swap, also known as ransom, the news today is that the department of justice objected to the payment, they knew about it, but they were overruled by the state department. Again, would those prisoners have been released then if this money had not been paid to them. What i can tell you is that our negotiators, who were talking with the iranians about what was necessary to secure the release of american citizens in iran isnt it essentially a ransom payment then, even if the u. S. Does not view it that way . No, its not a ransom payment. Would those prisoners have been released then, if this money hadnt been paid then . I think what is true is that there were a team of negotiators but, again, would those prisoners have been released then if this moan had not been paid . What i can tell you is that our negotiators who were talking with the iranians about what was necessary to secure the release of american citizens in iran succeeded. But it was a very simple question. Would those let me just say one thing about this if the money wasnt paid on that same weekend . Well, again, i guess what im saying is, its a Pretty Simple negotiation that took place. Stuart you have to admit it was a fair question on the hostages would they have come home when they did in the money wasnt paid when it was paid. The lady asked it three times of the White House Press secretary josh earnest and he really didnt answer. Come in colonel allen west, executive director for central policy and analysis. I want to move past the fight over definitions. I want to know what happens now, there are two more americans in iranians jails and thfr theyve been seized recently and what happens to them. Good to be with you. Its not what josh earnest is saying, but its the perception of others, from iranians and other terrorist organizations in other countries. When you have four americans and all of a sudden, because of an unmarked airplane with u. S. Dollars that have been laundered into euros and swiss francs, all of a sudden lands in the dead of the night and then, you know, in close connection, you have four americans being released, thats the message that people are going to see. And so what you have done without any doubt, you have put a target, you have put a price on american citizens all over the world to at least 100 million because when you break it down, its four times 100 million and thats exactly what we gave them. Stuart do you think its open season i think its extreme to suggest its open season on any american travelling anywhere abroad. I think thats a little extreme what you said. I dont think so, i dont think so. I think you have to put yourself in the mindset of the enemy. So i would say its extreme to have ten sailors on their knees at gun point from the iranian guard corps navy. These are the times in which we live in. I think its extreme when all of a sudden you have a 60yearold American Woman that was stabbed. And that remind me of the rash of stabbings that occurred in israel three or four months ago. Stuart people in western europe and north america are going to live like israels, with the threat of a wild stab i attack. I believe isis said were going to london and going off london and said were coming to new york and i think it was d. C. As well. I think they did say that. You know, youre absolutely right. And so, its not a paranoia, but its truly a dark specter of the american citizenry and truly those who live in western civilization worried about the attacks. And now because of that transaction, if you want to call it that, between the Obama Administration and iranians, we have to be concerned about being kidnapped and ransomed. Stuart well said. Colonel allen west, thank you for getting up early for us. We appreciate it. This is late, stuart. Stuart i know it, i know it. [laughter] good luck, see you soon. Thank you, sir. Serious stuff, an update on zika. A possible new zika case in miami and this is outside the neighborhood that was dubbed ground zero for the virus, details. Ashley in florida, Health Officials say it appears the virus was spreading. It was confined to the winwood neighborhood in downtown miami and now cases outside of that area, you have 15 people now in miami and surrounding areas now affected 13 in miamidade and two in broward county. Were going to begin an aggressive spraying operation to a ten mile square area. Stuart i think its a serious story. Tourism is a basis of floridas economy, a good part of it. If you were a Young Pregnant woman, would you want to go to south florida, you dont want to be negative about tourism. Ashley theyre advising against it. Stuart look at this, its a projection of hurricane earl, made landfall in belize. The storm is heading west and look at the photo, this photo shows the hurricane cloud over belize. Now, this may or may not be coming here, but its an interesting shot of the hurricane, isnt it . Weve got this, too, fastmoving wildfire in california burning 4600 acres and this is dubbed the cold fire. It started on tuesday afternoon and no word on the cause. Listen to this, there are now 27 large wildfires burning in the west as of right now. Look at this. Fox news releasing more polls. You wont believe the numbers on the honest and trustworthy poll. More varney next. You pay your Car Insurance premium like clockwork. Month after month. Year after year. Then one night, you hydroplane into a ditch. Yeah. Surprise. Your Insurance Company tells you to pay up again. Why pay for insurance if you have to pay even more for using it . If you have Liberty Mutual deductible fund™, you could pay no deductible at all. Sign up to immediately lower your deductible by 100. 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And they dont believe her shifting and changing answers why she had a server in the basement of her home in chappaqua. And people dont believe it. Thats at stake here. Stuart a fox poll shows them even on one trustworthy and that fox poll was taken just as the Democrat Convention closed all the way up through the weekend. It has to be something that trump did liz it did, you know what . Placing blame on the media or a rigged system wont grow your base, it wont expand it, so the constant tan gents and the fights hes getting into when he should be focusing on the economy. Thats with a people are worried about. Ashley how he could be tied with her with untrustworthiness. Stuart and trump went off message, doesnt matter who hes chasing, in the polls, disasterous. Moving on. The opening bell, four minutes and 40 seconds to be precise. Theyre moving all over the place, and the brits joined in. And thats why well open higher on the market this morning. I have asthma. 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Down. 05. Some of these big investors are saying get into gold. 368 per ounce. Oil has been moving the stock market recently 4059. The guilt on the tenyear treasury, keep a fine Interest Rate down to 1. 51 as of now. A couple individual stocks are moving. Twitter was up 7 yesterday. A lot of. A lot of buyout speculation that flat this morning. Apple. Tim cook says the app store is Monthly Billing broke a record in july holding at 105. It is up 2. 5 . Joining us this morning from ashley webster, listening donald and shaun lately. Back to these big names. Within the caution flag. Billionaire hedge fund, even Goldman Sachs has joined in. John, to your, to you for her spirit say ge