almena s wife said she is trained. i am tired. i m really tired. reporter: her three kids hope they can soon hug their father. they missed their father. my kids miss their father. they haven t been able to hold his hand. reporter: she acknowledges their pain cannot compare to the families who lost sons and daughters. last month a jury acquitted the defendant max harris and deadlocked on derek almena. 10-2 in favor of finding him guilty of manslaughter charges. prosecutors believe in the new trial they can get a unanimous guilty conviction. the defense said no way. are cases stronger. we are confident in the next trial we will prevail. reporter: he is facing up to 39 years in prison. colleen says she faces a lifetime of grief. i miss her every day. i miss her every night. i think about the fire every day and every night. i do want the man who is responsible to be held accountable. reporter: the judge denied his bill reduction request. that amount remains at $750,
that s likely to be down about .33%. let s see how they close. let s get to hong kong because today, we see china s clout. the general manager for the houston rockets, basketball team, tweeted support for hong kong. beijing immediately objected very strongly. the tweet was immediately withdrawn. lots of criticism for the nba this morning. they caved to the communists, to preserve basketball s appeal in china. hong kong itself, i m going to say it s virtually shut down as violent protests returned over the weekend. next case, what have we got for you? joe biden. he says he will beat the president like a drum, end quote. the general motors strike takes a rather ominous turn. and amid very visible security, joker hits the theaters and wins big. varney & company is about to begin. stuart: you know, this could be the stock of the day, maybe the week, maybe the month. general motors, down 1%. it s back to $34 a share. when the strike started, it was $37. now, talks with uni
less than what were expected. but there are more than 1.5 million more jobs than unemployed people. changing the job search. shelter from the trade storm. it is more sheltered from trade tensions than its u.s. or chinese competitors. .e see we hear from its ceo but first, our top story. microsoft is exposing a foreign power for trying to hack into a u.s. presidential campaign. the tech giant says computer hackers related to the iranian government tried to infiltrate a campaign account. foreign accounts were compromised by the group. to further discuss, am joined by bloomberg executive editor tom giles. does this show basically that we have not done enough to look at election hacking? be a big issue. election security and protection ininst foreign interference an election has been a big issue and it potentially will be an even bigger issue in 2020. all kinds of ways for foreign powers to get in and muck around with u.s. elections. we saw it here today with microsoft talking