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Melissa Francis: From a Little House to Prime Time

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    FBN’s Melissa Francis on her child-acting career and new show, “MONEY With Melissa Francis.”

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More instructions good morning it's currently on.

You're more than welcome we're delighted to have your here.

Thank -- -- taken time but we're gonna look up but it comes on top of medication clearly -- found out -- -- of well you beat up everybody and.

-- Gaza and I totally out of contact politics you're talking about your health problems and I said you still managed to beat up everyone who.

Out -- so it was sort it was more of a compliment on your own strength -- and yeah.

The cigarette a profit.

It was told us -- wonder Richard joined fox I joined fox back in December summer relative newbie -- have been here about six months.

Still being used everything or does your -- -- I came from CNBC dark side.

Well depends on which side you're looking -- -- the -- all agree with you now -- And a phone I don't know where this is going to ask to be a little house -- early afternoon that's me as well yes of one was Latin and that was when I was like eight or nine years old.

I grew up in LA I was inactive -- -- during our.

Soleil and after that went -- and then I went to Harvard and left -- and sort of never went back.

So you decide to watch a lot of Houston's yeah or in the shelves.

And they're trying to hang on and one of their -- drugs and there you are not always -- but try to be actress for some successful some not.

Here but just look I don't well you know my -- -- -- In school whole time that I was acting and they said that they expected -- -- three days even though I was on television that was no excuse you know so.

And they sell long you know one day you'll go off to college and if you decide afterwards you -- be an actor than you can do that but you know you're definitely going way to college direct sound.

That was that was sort of -- that happened project an armored.

And I know sent him a Lotta cash I know people I know.

I do tests include brilliant say isn't and the whole thing and you SAT economic and stuff officer Greg -- -- Did you in fact I just wrote a book about it is such a great -- -- need to know that.

It's coming out in on November all about my childhood and growing up in LA and growing up in Hollywood and you know then.

They're born American out of those.

To -- Melissa the -- of them remarked that's limited.

System idling.

But support all it's called diary of -- stage -- daughter so I basically dish on everyone and you Gurria.

And how old were you when you left on.

Eighteen.

What can now detractors and -- up to that point I didn't.

I did I -- -- right up until the end -- was NF frosted flakes commercial like during managing your senior year which still lives on the inner Internet much to my embarrassment and -- born and I miss that somehow but you know a lot of people do ask that night yet now -- I I didn't I went off to college and staff at I.

Great question.

-- and one of two ways right yeah they're are spit out the bottom of the -- industry your you end up going to college and making something every Sunday Israel there's almost nothing Kennametal now.

So tell me about this mission -- the debuts of today and that's rates called money with Melissa Francis very subtle.

Bomb you know and it's it's all about everything that impacts your money we're gonna debate in debunk all business stories of the day.

I'm really go out -- it's not your normal business show we don't have any boring bull bear debate to -- do you buy sell hold Cisco 6000 times like some other financial networks -- instead.

Here we're gonna go deeper on the issues.

Punch credentials that business you know eyes so I was an economics major college and I was -- intern on The Today Show and I kept pitching business related stories and they say it's me first of all.

That is so boring.

And second of all if you really interest in that you should go be a financial reporter does seem to really have passion -- So I started working for -- they financial reporting the economics reporter for the MacNeil Lehrer news hour.

Was actually operating rate near the Harvard Business School campus -- start working for him in college.

And I was totally -- So I'm -- -- still a night on Hannity.

That he requirement party -- that feeling and have confetti.

I'm party balloons and I wasn't and I'd better not happen so -- sort of lose its economic news for the country's -- wasn't going to what happened.

Yes and the economic news is definitely not that -- I have to do is look at the yield on the ten year mean everybody's piling into the treasury because -- well they're going out there buying government bonds you know what's sad shape our government -- and so if you're willing to lend the government money for almost nothing.

You must really not have faith in anything else that's going on that's basically what that means.

I mean unemployment rate -- -- Unemployment rate went up you know it was so only 69000 jobs added way below what anyone expected -- mean recoveries salt it's really tough.

And the result.

The people who fall -- for jobs qualify for unemployment.

I -- -- as well yeah which definitely shouldn't be happening you know at this point to recovery -- just.

A lot -- signals -- we should all cling to our jobs right now.

-- when I think about that.

You know during the day when you're talking about various people averages Alzheimer managers before you might wanna what are you talking about -- jobs picture of support what's manager bank I -- want to bring -- up -- you're saying well I -- -- -- them.

I ID to -- -- -- my boss it is not my fault of his fast and I would not how what what -- rebound -- rated what did we contribute.

Kevin -- being fat.

-- we -- Vick please god don't ask me were -- this stuff.

These -- stick to this is so we worked -- it's a tough she loves are taking up more room on a planet -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- But the Fox Business summer -- -- Debuts at 5 PM eastern -- Fox Business Network.

What happens journalists person she's on its -- now they're even better what happened to Cavuto who -- on it because he's the -- That's the big time -- new time for Cavuto yeah new time tonight on is -- one O'Reilly is on yeah yeah.

So that just shows you that's the -- you your biggest talent you put at 8 o'clock.

Against O'Reilly.

And meeting or do you need your strongest person there.

Don't fans were all once daily were one -- Prime time rate.

Sort products the fox slowly going down.

Army O'Reilly is going down I don't know -- -- is on our president is there -- of viewers out there for everywhere and it's our position to fit in a our position of the -- is going down yes.

As of now -- outstretched Brian we saw our occasional dale Melissa Francis and five now.

And then Gerri Willis yet that there matter on a couple of dollar current viciously attacked and -- -- her again.

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Really well on -- -- against count count like everybody.

The should like zero she does clearly partially written and get a I asked her about you -- and we did get a thumbs down that's yeah okay as an I and then we have vol -- -- -- -- Zealand seven he's seven slim Lou Dobbs is on at seven.

You can -- worked on who don't know.

-- -- look -- you know I'm his time dobbs is incredibly handsome sure there now.

-- wanted to you know look through -- You know he looks fantastic every -- with a gradualism and -- don't they yeah that's.

Should she I'm actually going to watch it and you just because hours wants to brutal.

And sometimes I -- -- brutal for dinner on the monitored fortunately doodles.

And then sometimes I want to world's yeah but she dug in around -- come Regina torture.

And stick and then.

You feel free to call -- to give me criticism during the show if you want -- you can send an email I do my email career and and I mean email.

And I -- it.

It is Thomas about his guests.

And answers -- -- -- senator and songs program.

-- -- congratulations my estimation of thank you thanks for -- good sport of migrant idiotic question but -- I'm Melissa France's 5 PM eastern time on the Fox Business Network prominence not to --