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Hide a guilty pleasure from your spouse . You wont believe the length that some americans will go to. It is wednesday, it is october 16th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. You got electric boots. A mohair suit. You know i read it in a magazine. Oh, b, b, b, b, benny and the jets. Cheryl elton john kicking it off for us this morning. Good morning, welcome to fbn a. M. Im cheryl casone. Lauren halfway through the week, cheryl. Cant believe it. Flying by. Good morning, im lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets take a look at how your money is doing after yesterdays triple digit gain for the dow on the bank earnings. We have got slightly red arrows to show you, dow down 74, nasdaq down 21. More numbers coming out today. That could change these numbers. Lauren lets take a look at the close in say shaft mixed performance, asia, mixed performance, beijing vowing retaliation in the u. S. Congress passes a bill supporting hong kong protesters. Cheryl in europe, cautious optimism that a deal would be made between the eu and the u. K. To avoid an ugly divorce. More on that later. Lauren it seems things are moving really fast. A record 12 democratic president ial candidates took the gloves off last night in their fourth primary debate in battleground ohio. Taking on President Trumps economy certainly front and center. Cheryl Hillary Vaughn is live in westerville, ohio with details. They all seem to be going after the new front runner Elizabeth Warren. Reporter Elizabeth Warren was in the hot seat last night, also joe biden was too. He resumed the title of frontrunner, taking the stage last night. The second question he received was about his son, hunter biden, and his overseas business dealings while his dad was Vice President in the white hou. Biden brushed off questions about whether or not it was appropriate for his son to sit on a foreign board while he was vp. Look, my sons statement speaks for itself. I did my job. I never discussed a single thing with my son about anything to do with ukraine. No one indicated i had. We always kept everything separate, even when my son was attorney general, we never discussed anything. Reporter Elizabeth Warren took the number two spot last night. Other candidates targeted warren like she was the frontrunner, drilling into her about not being straightforward about how she would pay for the medicare for all plan and whether or not she would raise taxes on the middle class. Not being vague. Tell people what its going to cost, how youre going to do it and why youre going to do it. Thats the way to get it done. President s are supposed to be able to persuade. At least bernie is being honest, saying how hes going to pay for it and that taxes are going to go up. Im sorry, elizabeth, you have not said that i think we owe it to the American People to tell them where youre going to send the inis. A yes or no yes that didnt get a yes or no answer. Thats why people in the midwest are frustrated with washington in general and capitol hill in particular. Your signature is to have a plan for everything, except this. Reporter Bernie Sanders made no excuses on saying he had a similar plan to Elizabeth Warren. One of his ideas is taxing the billionaire class out of existence. Warren on the stage scolded everyone else for not supporting a wealth tax, like her and bernie. But other candidates were against warrens progressive shaming. Tearing each other down because we have a different plan to me is unacceptable. I have seen the script before. Sometimes i think that senator warren is more focused on being punitive or pitting some part of the country against the other. Reporter Bernie Sanders left the debate last night with a huge endorsement. He won the endorsement of congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez. That is a huge progressive win for him and of course is a big hit for his competitor, Elizabeth Warren. Lauren and cheryl. Cheryl hillary, were going to have a lot more on those economic plans that were thrown out last night, what that would mean for american taxes and their healthcare, a lot of it pretty expensive stuff. Hillary vaughn, thank you for getting up early. We should turn our attention to the other side of the debate and not to be outdone, the Trump Campaign decided to fly a plane over the debate venue yesterday with a giant banner that said, quote, socialism destroys ohio jobs, vote trump. The campaign of the rnc expected to report to the Election Commission a 125. 7 million haul raised for the third quarter. The former filings are due this sunday. Lauren jobs and jobs in ohio, a big theme last night. Lets talk about the impeachment battle. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rejecting calls by republicans to hold a full vote on whether to authorize the impeachment probe. Theres no requirement a that we have a vote and so at this time we will not be having a vote. Were not here to call bluff. Were here to find the truth. This is not a game for us. This is deadly serious. Lauren mike pences offices said it declines to comply with the records requests from committees and rieu you di rudyi says he will not comply with the request for documents. White house lawyers launched an internal review into officials surrounding the controversial july phone call with the ukraine leader. Maybe theyre looking for a scapegoat, if you will. Cheryl the democrats impeachment probe could hit the future of the usmca trade deal. Mexico, canada is happening if they can ever get it approved. I doubt they will because its nancy pelosi. Theyre too business work too bees working on impeachment. We just hit the greatest economy weve ever had, lets impeach the president , isnt that a good idea. Cheryl manufacturers said we write to you to urge passage of the usmca this autumn. North america is the most significant trade market for the United States globally with canada and mexico purchasing onefifth of the total value of u. S. Manufacturing output. Lauren could the u. S. China trade deal be in more jeopardy . Overnight, china is vowing to retaliate if Congress Passes ledge statioledgelegislation tog kong protests. The measure requires the u. S. Government to consider changing hong kongs special trading status with washington if human rights are not respected. Cheryl chaos broke out today overnight in this country as hong kongs chief executive was heckled during a policy speech. Pro democracy lawmakers called on carr kir ray, lam cash cae lam lauren turkeys is firmly rejecting President Trumps call to declare an immediate cease fire. The quote is this, we will never declare a cease fire. Cheryl weve got blake berman at at the white house with the latest details. Blake, good morning. Reporter Vice President pence and the secretary of state, mike pompeo, leaving for tour kaytour kifturkey later to. President trump continues to threaten further sanctions and is calling for the shelling to stop. Were being very tough on turkey and a lot of others. Have to b maintain their own properties now, they have to maintain peace and safety and well see what happens. The delegation, were asking for a cease fire. We put the strongest sanctions that you can imagine but they get a lot we have a lot in store if they dont have an impact. Reporter despite sanctions, lawmakers on cap l tol capitol d press for more as they trickle back from their recess. Nancy pelosi said she has spoken with Lindsey Graham who met with the president for more than two hours monday. Graham, like many republicans, has been critical of the president s decision to withdraw troops from northern syria. We have our differences. I support the president. I hope he will make some adjustments that make sense. The real culprit is erdogan but weve got to fix it. We cant let iran be the biggest winner of this debacle and were getting there. Reporter despite the president and the white house demanding that turkey stop its advance into northern syria, so far there are no indications of that happening. Back to you in new york. Cheryl blake, thank you very much. And federal prosecutors in manhattan charged a turkish state owned bank a scheme to evade u. S. Sanctions on iran. Prosecutors say that bank violated restrictions on irans access to the u. S. Financial system between 2012 and 2016. A lot is going on overseas and secretary of state mike pompeo is going to be on mornings with maria, 8 45 a. M. Eastern time this morning. Dont miss marias interview with the secretary of state. Lauren President Trump will host the president of italy today but it might not be all smiles between the two. Cheryl a lot happening with italys government. Politics is fascinating there, tracee carrasco. Good morning. Tracee good morning. President trumps is expected to raise the possibility of u. S. Retaliation against an italian tax on Digital Companies when he reuters reports that italy is write ago a new tax on Digital Companies in the 2020 budget. European Union Members have complained about the way Large Tech Companies collect huge profits in their countries but pay little taxes per year, at most. An oklahoma judge says he made a 107 million math error. The district judged admitting making the error in august when he ordered Johnson Johnson to pay the state 572 million to address the opioid crisis. He said the actual amount should have been 107,000. And three major drug distributors are reportedly in talks to settle litigation brought by state and local governments over the opioid crisis. Mckesson, amerisource and Cardinal Health would collectively pay 18 billion over 18 years under the deal currently on the table. And going from bad to worse, wework reportedly is set to run out of cash by november and investors are trying to save it from bankruptcy. Japans softbank and Jp Morgan Chase are working in an effort to save wework from going under this year by securing emergency funding. Theres a reshoveling in los angeles. Circus circus is being sold. In a separate deal, mgm is placg the be ladies an belagio into at venture. Nevada gaming officials are seeking to ban steve wynn from doing business in sin city. Wynn has 15 days to respond. Wynn resigned as ceo of his company in january 2018, days after allegations of sexual misconduct. And thats whats happening now. Lauren thats a lot going on in sin city, tray civil thank yotracee, thank youvery much. Cheryl right now, theres red arrows across the board. Well be getting more earnings before the bell. That could change the story like it did yesterday. Dow down 88 right now, s p down 10, nasdaq down 23 and a quarter. 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It costs 30 trillion. Guess what . Thats over 3 trillion its more than the entire federal budget. Let me finish. If you eliminate the entire pentagon, every single thing, planes, ships, troops, the building, everything, satellites, it would pay for a total of four months. Four months. Where do you get the rest . Cheryl that was a great question. I want to add in chuck roka, a democratic strategist. Thank you for joining us. First to ford, your take on the fact that they really went after her, especially biden, who i thought looked pretty strong there, saying how are you going to pay for medicare for all. Gives us a straight answer and ford, she didnt. I think that Elizabeth Warrens the frontrunner. Everybody on the debate stage knows that. He did a good job paring attacks except when it goes to paying for medicare for all. Youre going to eliminate insurance for 160 Million People and youre going to raise taxes not only on the middle class, as bernie admits, possibly even on the lower class. The idea youre going to win the midwest by saying youre going to eliminate private insurance and raise taxes on the middle class is not a winner for the democrats in 2020. Cheryl even if you look at the polling with regard to the question of medicare for all, most americans say at least give us a private option, dont just take away all private insurance and make it governmentrun. Medicare for all works really well and people like it out there. 71 of americans are saying they want to do whats im getting feedback in my ear piece. Im sorry about that you see people across the country, they want real results. I think thats how you get there is with medicare for all. Cheryl chuck, ive got to push back. I hope your ear piece is okay. Let us know if you cant hear. Im good. Cheryl i really felt like the other candidates made a really good point of going after her to say youve got to be more specific on your plan. Because all she a has said is like i bernies plan. Most americans say 180 million americans have private Health Insurance in this country and the polling shows us that theyre open to a governmentrun plan for those that maybe dont have insurance but bidens the one thats pushing that more moderate healthcare plan. You dont think he came out strong last night . If you watched biden last night, it was a big difference in contrast between senator warren. People want to hear about what are you going to do to help me get insurance p and medicare is popular to get that. We can debate how thats delivered. If you dont go big, you can go home. Thats what this debates about, making sure we can do these big things. Cheryl youve got to be realistic. I think thats where we saw that come out on the debate stage. People said we couldnt get there. We have it today. Our grandparents can be in the hospital and get it. There were people who said we couldnt do that. Weve got to think bigger as americans, thats the bottom line. The problem here is the democrats have put more time and thought into impeaching donald trump than they have put into their plans for the economy and other bread and butter issues that americans truly care about. I agree with you, that joe biden had a terrible night because he was basically all over the place. He confused iraq and afghanistan and essentially did not put the hunter biden question to rest. Look, this is generally speaking a two person race, Elizabeth Warrens the frontrunner, joe bidens sliding in the polls and a Bernie Sanders obviously got aocs endorsement but right now looks like hes losing too. Cheryl i want you to respond to the hunter biden part of that because his comment hes getting a lot of grief about that. My son did nothing wrong, i did not wrong, was that enough of a response. I think have you to break it down when youre thinking about who you want to talk to, to that primary voter out there, thats probably a good enough response, only about 180,000 people are going to go to the ca caucuses n iowa. Does that pacify if you make it past the primary into the general electorate to get to that middle class voter who is not republican, who is not democrat, who is trying to figure out who they really trust, that may not have been the best response. Cheryl i want to move on to the other candidates. Tulsi gabbard needed a Strong Performance last night. She may not make the next debate, as well as julians castrojulian cass castro, those are the two that may not make it to the next debate. I say the next debate will a smaller field. Were keeping our eye on Elizabeth Warren and joe biden. Joe biden did not put the hunter thing to rest. When the American Public finds out how much of Hunter Bidens career has been bought and paid for, thats going to hurt him in the general election. Cheryl thank you very much. Chuck, thanks for joining us last minute. Please come back and wear the hat. Love it. Guys, great morning. Thank you, guys. Good debate. Thank you. Lauren lets take a look at futures right now. We have red arrows. Investors weighing a potential breakthrough on brexit with u. S. Earnings, nasdaq dropping 22 andahalf. Democrats pushing free college for all, unveiling their pricey plan to do so while one popular food chain has a different kind of plan. Well tell you about it. Plus, the unusual way you can own a piece of apple history and searchow much it will set you b. Keep it here on fbn a. M. Ive been a caregiver for 20 years. No two patients are the same. Predicting the next step for them can be challenging. 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Get this, chipotle wants to help its workers get a college degree. Theyre offering Free College Tuition through an eb enhanced n of the benefits program. Felicity huffman is waking up this morning in prison. She will spend two weeks at the correction facility in california for her role in the College Admissions scandal. The low security facility nicknamed club february, recallb fed. Marjorie clapper faces four months in prison. Lauren its day two for bank earnings. Bank of america is reporting before the bell this morning. Warren buffet positive on b of a, looking to increase Berkshire Hathaways stake. Good morning. We saw jp morgan and others report yesterday. Jp morgan, stock at a record high. They say the consumer is strong. Are you seeing, though, any troubling trends, Interest Rates coming down, thats a sign of trouble for the banks. Are you worried by anything. Not really, im worried politically after the debate last night. Other than that, i think china will be resolved by next years election. We have phase one going. We have phase two, phase three, well probably have phase four. Lauren but the banks particularly . The banks, no. Im worried about the Interest Rate cut an the net interest margins. Other than that, i think they trimmed their Balance Sheet in the last correction in 08 and theyve been sitting on hordes of cash. How many people do you know with beg accountbank accounts and the earning 0. 01 interest. Lauren what do retirees tell you . Theyre worried theyre not saving enough, theyre not saving tax smart, thats why i wrote the book, Retirement Reality check. People are buying stupid stuff. Lauren retail sales come out today. Bad for the retiree. Theyve got to start saving their money. Its funny that whats good for the economy at large is bad for peoples personal economy. People need to be saving 10 to 15 of their income. Were not seeing that. People are buying amazon boxes amazon boxes are showing up at my house every day. Lauren retail sales for september due out today, expecting an increase of 0. 3 . Are you seeing signs of the consumer pulling back, slowing down, amid the trade spat, amid the broader Global Economic slowdown. The consumer has propped up the economy. If we lose the consumer, were in trouble. I dont think were going to lose the consumer. The trade war has affected some companies that have global businesses, people with manufacturing, people who need parts. I dont see its affecting the consumers ability to spend. People are still buying stupid stuff. Theyre buying their phones, theyre buying their widgets. Lauren were not going to bias mucbuy as much this year for hn as we did last year. Does that worry you . You i worry about the tax risk. Lauren you worry about Elizabeth Warren being the candidate for 2020. Elizabeth warren seemed more conservative than many of them last night. Kamala harris was taking her on. But generally, theyre talking about busting up facebook, theyre talking about busting up amazon. Lauren save that. Weve got to a topic, a guest on that topic in a bit. Josh, thank you for coming on. Cheryl, over to you. Cheryl coming up, big tech targeted on the big stage last night. You get to be the umpire in the baseball game or you get to have a team but you dont get to do both at the same time. We need to enforce our antitrust laws. Cheryl democrats pushing their plans to rein in technology giants. But is it a good idea and would it actually even fly . Plus, what is old, new again, an american classic getting a streaming makeover, oh, sandy. Just stand by. Details coming up, fbn a. M. Go grease lightning, youre burning up the quarter mile. Go grease lightning oh, dont worry. Voya helps them to and through retirement. Dealing with todays expenses. Like college. While helping plan, invest and protect for the future. So theyll be okay. Without me . 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You get to be the umpire in the baseball game or you get to have a team but you dont get to do both at the same time. We need to enforce our antitrust laws, break up these giant companies that are dominating big tech, big pharma, big oil, all of them. Lauren not all the democrats backed senator warren on this. Lou basineste is here. Andrew yang, for instance, beto orourke, they said warren, youve got the problem right but youre diagnosing its the wrong way. What do you think . Look, im tired of this broken record coming out of washington that says we need to break up big tech. Its not feasible. Theres no practical way to go about it. I do think that some of the other candidates came up with solutions that make more sense. I mean, we need to protect our data, treat it as personal property, perhaps ive said it before with you, a sarbanesoxley act for big Tech Companies where theyre personally liable for protecting it. Those are practical solutions. Lauren some of the big companies, facebook, amazon, theyre begging for regulation, give us the rules of the road. Did anything you heard from any potential candidate last night, do you thinks will really influence stocks of these Tech Companies . No. Look, i think the threat of regulation has been baked in for two plus years now, ever since we started talking about it. At this point, investors arent scared about it until theres actual legislation that comes to the floor that maybe poses a threat. Lauren do you see a breakup of the big Tech Companies or no. I dont see a breakup at all. I see maybe regulation of some sort. What did amazon do wrong . Its not a monopoly, its just winning. Lauren lets talk about netflix. Netflix has an issue. Last quarter, they saw a huge miss, in fact a decline in their number of subscribers. Theyre not expecting a decline in the number of subscribers this quarter but what if they do see that decline . How catastrophic would that be for the company . Look out below. I think that investors would bail and the stock would test 52 week lows. In my opinion, its a cant win quarter for netflix. Everyone is so afraid of the competition coming from apple and disney. If they report good numbers, theyre going to chalk it up to its their last your hurrah bee the competition heats up. If they have less numbers lauren Stranger Things have happened. You cant you write off netflix. Look at all the content they produce. Theyre expecting to announce 7 million new subscribers in the last quarter. Thats a lot of paying customers. Its a lot of paying customers. You hit the nail on the head with content. Content is thing. Its a marathon here, not a sprint. So quarter over quarter really doesnt matter. Netflix is going to have to consistently year over year come up with good content, replace the old content that they lose licensing to and thats the name of the game for all these streaming players. Lauren lou, well leave it there. Cheryl lets pick up on that. Some of the competition in the streaming wars has been revealed. A grease spinoff is coming to hbo max. The movie is being turned into a tv series. Its going to be set in the 50s like the classic was. Its going to feature old musical numbers and some new one as well. Paramount television will produce it for hbos brandnew streaming service. Dont mess with danny zuko. In an interview with Maria Bartiromo, expedias chairman barry diller is speaking out about facebook. He says facebook is no match for his match. Com. The truth is, we have not yet seen competition from facebook and i thought, as i thought at the beginning, its our business. For them, its a little Side Business and history has shown, there are some exceptions, but if its the main thing you do, you tend to do it better than others who are sotospeak dabbling. Also, i dont think thats facebooks main purpose. Cheryl he owns match. Com and some other dating sites. You can watch marias full better view with barry diller, 7 30 a. M. Eastern time today on mornings with maria. Taking a look at your money this morning, we have red arrows. We had trip l hel triple digite dow yesterday. Right now, dow is down 84, s p down 9 andahalf, nasdaq down 27. Coming up next, the Holiday Season doesnt come cheap. Its not going to change this year. Why traveling during the holidays may cost you a prettier penny. And if you own a ford mustang, listen up. Chevy has got a deal for you. There is a catch. Well explain. Youre watching fbn a. M. We are invested in you. Easy money. Maybe this one time. Maybe tonight. And etfs. And fidelity also offers zero account fees for brokerage accounts, plus zero minimums to open an account. And only fidelity offers four zero Expense Ratio index funds directly to investors. With all of those zeros, there are zero reasons to invest anywhere else. Fidelity. So maybe ill win saved by zero lauren the upcoming Holiday Travel season could be a costly one. Market watch says you could blame the grounding of the boeing 737 max for that. Airlines are getting overtime fees from the pilots as a result of the grounding. Cheryl Boris Johnson has three days to reach a divorce deal with the ei ou or be forced to request an extension. That deadline is october 31, thats when brexit is supposed to happen or not happen. Michael hughson, market analyst is here. Theres been optimism this week that maybe the eu and u. K. Can work something out which would be good for u. S. Markets and good for Global Investors because it would take the uncertainty out of it. So how likely is it that this could actually be figured out between the two . You know, cheryl, ive got an incredible sense of da deja vu here. Weve been here before. The u. K. And eu arrive at a deal and the u. K. Parliament vetoes it or votes it down. This is no difference. There is optimism that the u. K. And eu can bridge their differences with the u. K. Prime minister, Boris Johnson, bringing the democratic unionists onboard. Ultimately, i think this deal or any deal is only going to live or deion the votes in the die on the votes in the u. K. Parliament. That continues to remain problematic. The fact of the matter is, theresa may had a majority of 10. Boris johnson doesnt have a majority and therein lies the biggest problem. The problem has never been that relationship between the u. K. And the eu. Weve been here before. The problem lies in the u. K. Parliament under its current makeup. The most likely outcome is an extension. Cheryl that would be three months, right, michael . Just want to be clear, that would be a three month extension, right, that would give us until 2020, right . Potentially, yes. But the extension is in the gift of the european union, its not a gift of the u. K. Government. So the u. K. Government can ask for an extension but if there s potential for a deal to be you agreed within the next month or two, any extension could be more time limited than a three month extension. It could be less than that. Everyone wants to get this done. So i think the shorter the extension, depending on the deal that is crafted, the better. Cheryl we always talk about the irish backstop, but the truth is, is that and i realize the irish Prime Minister has been heavily involved, but it seems unrealistic to me to have a hard border between ireland and northern ireland. One would be part of the eu, one would be part of britain. That seems to me to not make a lot of sense. Is that what is your take on that . Thats the gordion knot. Its northern irelands position, whether in the Eu Customs Union or the u. K. Customs union, thats what the talks are about. The current backstop gives dublin a de facto veto on northern irelands position in the Customs Union and the dup are objecting to that. They want consent on their side as well as the irish side. The current backstop doesnt give them that. Cheryl if we hear that again, well know its the crucial part of whether we get a deal or not. The u. S. Investors are waiting for this to be resolved. Michaeling thank you, as always. Lauren a lot of movement in three days. What couldnt be done in three years is moving fast in the past three days. Cheryl cautious optimism. Lauren still ahead, lebron james jumping into the nba china debate, taking chinas side. Is it because he has his own financial incentive to stay on beijings good side . Check this out, this 2yearolds rant has gone viral. Want to give me a kiss . Oh, man. Lauren what made this little guy so mad . Keep it here on fbn a. M. She wanted a roommate to help with the cooking. But she wanted someone who loves cats. So, we got griswalda. Dinners almost ready. But one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with our renters insurance. 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Protesters in hong kong showing their anger against lebron and what he said, lightings one of his jerseys on fire. This follows that controversy that began when the rockets gm tweeted his support of the pro democracy protesters in hong kong. Cheryl well, a fire in a San Francisco bay area prompted a Hazardous Materials emergency, just what they needed. Lauren especially when in California Gas Prices are so high. Tracee carrasco with the details. Tracee an explosion destroyed thousands of gallons of fuel at a storages facility, about 30 miles from downtown San Francisco. Thousands of nearby residents were trapped in their homes to avoid potentially dangerous air. Both state and local inspectors are looking into what caused the accident. Your ford mustang just got a little more valuable. Chevrolet is offering mustang owners a 3,000 cash bonus if they buy a 2019 camaro before the end of october, according to gm authorities. It follows a similar Incentive Program chevy ran in august that gave them 2,500, applying to anyone who owned or leased a mess tang fomustang for at leas. Steve jobs turtleneck lives on. There is a piece of take trick k inside a newfabric inside a new phone. Its unclear whether the garment was really jobs or a phony knockoff. The latest overnight gimmick from jim bean, visitors can book a stay at the bourbon distillery in kentucky. It accommodates six people and costs 23 a night on airbnb. You can only book one night. It includes a fully stocked bar, a guided distillery tour, dinner and a jim beam bourbon tasting. Thats whats happening now. Lauren i wouldnt be able to handle one night. Cheryl i dont even drink bourbon, but i think it would be fun to stay at the distillery. Lauren something all parents are probably guilty of, running late, forgetting to say goodbye to your little one. This 2yearold not having it when his mom left for work without giving him a kiss goodbye. Mom and me and look she didnt give you a kiss . She just went to work . Yeah. What kind of mama does that . I dont know. You dont know . Me neither. And hi and nothing more, hi, leaving, mama, da da, me, and you wanted to give her a kiss. Lauren alexander was outraged at his mother for forgetting him and his newborn sister a kiss before heading out the door. That video has been liked more than 45,000 times. Cheryl the guilt starts early with that family. Coming up, if you wanted to be a social media star, well guess what, there is now a College Class for that. And how far would you go to hide a guilty pleasure from your spouse . You wont believe the lengths that some americans will go to do that. Es. All before lunch, which we caught last saturday. We earn our scars. We wear our work ethic. We work until the works done. And when it is, a few hours of shuteye to rest up for tomorrow, the day well finally get something done. thand find inspiration who win new places. Ct. 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So we have this stoirp for you so a lot of pipes you regret a purchase youre not ace loan in that reet great you also are trying to hide the purchase. [laughter] weve all been there. Weve been there where we lied o either a family e member or friend about how much or embarrassed we were about a product that we bought now a poll by First Internet Bank they said up to 60 of people are so embarrassed by what they bought that theyve lied theyre havent told spouse or Family Member or friend about it and found out through this poll that average person will spending it 00 a month on things that they regret. Purchasing. So this includes you return it and just return it or you buy and return it. Hide it or at the time it felt great and nine hours after impulse purchases like why did i order a blender at midnight, i dont know but now i have a blender you know what i mean . Does this include boxes that come to the doorstep. Hiding those bocks so someone else cant see them l . Sm its a exactly. Or how do you hide something in the trunk so they cant see it so theres a photo ups person saw a there was a doormat that purchases from a husband. And person actually put the package underneath it kind of cute and funny. But yeah weve all been there where were just like i dont know if i want anybody to know that or how something cost. It was on sale 65 off. So thank you. Thats it for fbn am were invested in you over to mornings with maria right now. Good morning. Hey there ladies good morning. Happy wednesday everybody thanks for joining us im Maria Bartiromo your top stories right now before 6 a. M. On east coast Battle Ground ohio, the 2020 include candidate clashing on debate stage last nigh on key issues including trade, the wealth tax and jobs. Senator warren feeling heat as she rises in polls were taking you to buck eye state for the highlights all of that coming up. Then ferning season rolls on banks reporting before open this morning including bank of america well have number full analysis tell you how it is impacting markets right now futures indicating lower opening for afnlg take a look dow industrials down 78 point and s p down 9 and nasdaq lower by 22, this on top of a rally yesterday, mean that meanwhile this chaos in hong kong once again china threatening retaliation right now if the u. S. Congress moves ahead with support for hong kong activist. This after house passed a bill backing prodemocracy movement meanwhile protest continue forcing leader kerry lamb to suspend annual speech all of that right now. Mornings with maria begins right now. All right we have a big show this morning joining conversation fox business Dagen Mcdowell the wall street journal Senior Writer and home depot ceo chrysler bob, good morning. Perform great to see perve this morning. Man you have great guest up. A lot to talk about a marming news day this morning we want to get right to it our top story is leading 2020 in the