1 . Dow jones industrial average down more than 300 points in the premarket. Drain to the european markets opened slightly higher they slightly higher there had to borrow thing. As you can see, the foot peak in the dax have gone into the red. Lauren japanese stocks pulling back about 1 . A similar move in south korea. Stocks remain closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. Trading to chicken crisis for kfc. The chain running out of chicken. Youre not going to believe this one. Fbn am starts right now. Lauren 5 01 a. M. In new york. Tuesday february 20th. And Lauren Simonetti. Cheryl good morning im cheryl casone. If you want chicken you might have problems in some parts of the world. Lauren well, the mashed potatoes are good. Cheryl hope you like your carbs. Lauren President Trump supporting efforts to improve gun purchases after teenager killed 17 people in a Parkland Florida School last week. Cheryl blake burman is limited white house details. Present trouble in the same session on wednesday on the issue School Safety in the white house says the president is quote, supportive of looking for ways to improve the federal background check system. He spoke to senator john corning last week. He has a bill with senator chris murphy which would strengthen reporting standards. The white house says the discussions are ongoing. He has a phone call to the fbi. We look for ways to do fix the system you want to understand what broke down and allowed for this individual to go on unattended by the people raising red flags. Reporter resident trackback at the white house after we can get away at his residence in south florida, during which much of his twitter attention was focused on russian meddling with the president than once point saying obama was president up to and beyond the 2016 election, so why didnt he do something about russian meddling. Back to you in new york. Lauren good question. Speaking of russia. An hour after news broke of the Florida Shooting last week, twitter account suspect it of having links to russia. They released hundreds of posts about guncontrol. Some use gun control now and gun reform now. They focus on making politically divisive for americans. Cheryl staying with this, facebook is coming under fire again following the indictment against 13 russian nationals for allegedly using it to meddle in the president ial election. Researchers say the indictment is proof that facebook was not prepared to deal with the problem. Connecticut secretary of state speak in a recent cybersecurity says americans face a disinformation campaign. It is come true to me also that the biggest threat is not for many of these election process or cybersecurity issues. The biggest threat seems to be from the American Public believing that many false stories that were told out there doing a lot election. Cheryl the russian government maintains it did not try to manipulate the u. S. Election, but many in this country disagree with that. Would bring an attorney for prosecutor david brunel. Good morning, david. Good morning, lauren. Lauren lets start with what the ceo basic rob ullman wrote over the weekend. Most of it if the outcome of the 2016 u. S. Election. I signaled the rationale for making say definitively that swayed the election was not the main goal. The president retreated this outcome using this common come into you think you should be doing now . Is he vindicated in this russia story . In this party years. This is the Information Warfare part included in this indictment and clearly based on the indictment in the words of rod rosenstein, there was no american that was wittingly involved in cooperated. Unfortunately, lauren, that does not vindicate him totally because theres other parts of this. The hacking at the dnc in the clayton staffers in the obstruction of justice. While the indictment does stand for vindication of the Information Warfare component, it does not mean that for the others. Lauren the Information Warfare continues. Not just facebook. It is twitter karma is twitter, too as we see the guncontrol bot spreading back online, on twitter particularly. So what do social Media Companies do to prevent this from happening and what do we do is try to be a welleducated citizenry to stop this from happening . This is their mo. This is what they did. They turned specialist that they were to put out this content to very divisive and controversial topics. What do we first . We have to determine what her false accounts. They were using false u. S. Persons to post and also be mindful of the high volume bots and duplicate content. Those are things the countries can do in this business. Lauren i do not want to downplay the issue at all. This is an insult in detriment to our democracy and any other country trying other country cheryl impactor elections and politics. If you look at the volume in facebooks case, diaz we were seeing at Campaign Time to cite one of their executives, their general counsel, if each of these posts for a commercial on on television you got to watch 600 hours of television to see Something Like this. 123,000 pieces of content. Is this stuff by rick selections, david . I dont think this specifically. People are smarter than that just to be influenced by something they read on facebook. But it is a sign. It is a tile. Something has to be done about this because if its not facebook, it could be one of the Voting Machines or registrations. Lauren david brunel, thank you very much. Cheryl facebook is 25,000 employees and the other seemed to be on them. Lauren in money. Cheryl and google. A couple of big retailers reporting earnings. Tracey carrasco has the headlines. Good morning, the fourthquarter earnings season is winding down with big reports expected this morning. Walmart and home depot calls for solid growth on both the top and bottom line for the three months that ended in january of. Theyre looking for modest earnings in the same period of last year. Ksc closing across the united kingdom. Whats going on . This is a crisis. Kfc is facing a shortage of chicken. Two thirds are closed in middelivery challenges. Kfc treated about the issue making light of it. They said the chicken crossed the road, just not a restaurant. We brought a new delivery partner on board but theyve got a couple of problems getting chicken out to 900 restaurants across the country is pretty complex. The colonel is working on it. No word yet whether stores will be back up and running. As of yesterday, 300 were opened. Cheryl i cant believe you got Kentucky Fried Chicken in your name when you ran out of chicken. We will see if they get it together. Millennial so financially worse off than their parents were at the same age. This is interesting. According to Global Analysis of eight high income countries, the Resolution Foundation found that Millennial Center early 30s of household intends lower on average than the numbers of socalled generation x at the same age. Particularly in the u. K. And spain could look in other countries come in the Resolution Foundation said the u. S. And germany at the minimal generation on generation games. Typical approaching 50 are no higher for those one in the late 1960s and those born in the 1920s. Cheryl kind of a surprise considering that that generation is that all the data and the lack of opportunity with wages. We will see you in just a little bit. Tracee carrasco. Well, weve got a lot more coming up. In the wake of the tragedy in florida, democrats are calling for debate in congress over the debate of gun control. It also makes note sense that he could purchase all of these Assault Rifles and thats why we need to have been reformed. Cheryl the president wants to tighten background checks. What if anything should be done about the issue in that romney to become the next senator from utah. You are watching fbn am. [fbi agent] youre a brave man, mr. Stevens. Your testimony will save lives. Mr. Stevens . This is your new name. This is your new house. And a perfectly inconspicuous suv. You must become invisible. [hero] ill take my chances. When you have something you love, you want to protect it. At legalzoom, our network of attorneys can help you every step of the way. With an estate plan including wills or a living trust that grows along with you and your family. Legalzoom. Where life meets legal. Lauren good morning and welcome back. Lets get you caught up with whats happening now. After the games last week, with a selloff. Dow futures down by 214 points and nasdaq futures down by 57. Well continue to monitor activity on wall street. President trump back in his former president ial rival mitt romney in his bid for a senate seat in utah. The president leading his support even though romney calls trump a phony and a fraud. In 2016 this is what he treated. He announced his running for the senate for the wonderful state of utah. He will make a great senator and wouldbe successor to orrin hatch and has my full support and endorsement. Romney treated his thanks to the president. The trap administration is now charging the office of Financial Research as an example government overreach. The wall street journal reporting budget cuts and oppositions from republican have forced Major Projects to be scaled back. The agency created after the financial crisis was supposed to create trouble and issued warning about the financial market, but the paper says it has yet to produce anything of substance. Albertsons trying to stay competitive with amazon and walmart. The wall street journal reported in a Supermarket Chain plans to buy the rest of right aid that isnt being sold to walgreens. Companies were 24 billion including debt. That is what is happening now. Cheryl we have been following this tragedy out of florida and the wake of the School Shooting there. Democrats and call for debate over gun control in congress. Forget this. Abc Washington Post poll shows 59 of americans think Mental Health republicans the Mental Health issues are more responsible for them. Cheryl here to weigh in, republican strategist Chris Maloney and to defend the president , ted harvey. Good morning. Good morning. Thanks for having us. Cheryl when it comes to conservatives, they are now willing to have this debate, but the poll says most americans take the issue is more Mental Health that it is gun control. Where does that politically lead republicans . 57 of Americans Still think this is a Mental Health issue that is a debate we need to be having. Democrats want to go after gun control. They want this to be at gun control debate. But it really is a Mental Health today. Sick people that take sick action and do horrendous things, but thats what the discussion should be about. How do you stop that, not take away the energy right it is the Second Amendment. Cheryl when you look at the situation the state of florida, perfect example of where were at, florida mayors by law since 2011 can not put any gun laws or restrictions for anything on the books at all. Not only would they be fined by the governor, but you cant restrict people from shooting guns off at a party. Thats the state of florida where this happened. Does it change this . I dont think it would change the laws nationally on the issue. As cliff said, we need to focus on the Mental Health issue. Cheryl dallas florida where that happening. I come from colorado where we have a lot of unfortunate situations with my shootings in colorado and my son went to Arapaho High School. In the case of columbine, in the case of the aurora shooting, everyone of those individuals had no Mental Health problems. It wasnt because there was no gun laws. It was because we knew these people had Mental Health issues and we didnt deal with them. Plus, we have no gun zones come a safe zones where we are leaving our students and their teachers without the ability to defend themselves and these are easy targets for individuals can go into safe zones like a theater, safe zones like a school. My wife is a teacher. I want her to have the ability to be safe. Cheryl ive got to inject because of this latest abc poll, Arming Teachers is not the least favorable things you see in the polling. If you look at that same poll, similar poll when Gabby Giffords were shot in arizona, republican congresswoman after she was shot from use of the pool saying 83 of americans polled said we should report people with mental illnesses. Jay shoji added to the federal database when it comes to trying to get a gun. Where are we now . I think the Violent Attacks are just that. They are horrendous Violent Attacks. When you look at those situations, it is a slippery slope to start to let bureaucrats decide who has a right to bear arms and who doesnt. I dont buy the darn place i dont but i dont play scenarios. They are horrible, horrible acts. But the end of the day, dcf problems that can solve the problems they can solve. Turning to the government to get rid of the Second Amendment right to bear arms for so many citizens that follow the law. I see that as a solution. Cheryl real quick to know when youve got all these High School Kids come in their sweet little face is marching on washington next month, it is going to be in the face of congress that theyve got to do something. Too many children are dying. I look at my sweet little kids face at Arapaho High School and they had to do with a situation like this. We knew the individual had Health Problems and didnt do anything about it and we denied the school the ability to have people there with guns to defend the kids and the teachers. Thats the problem. Cheryl cliff, ted, emotional and tough discussion the nation is having right now. Thank you. Lauren coming up, even fergie admits that something went wrong. That our flag was still there cheryl my ears are still ringing. Lauren she is weighing in on the overwhelming criticism of her on the national and done. Plus, tracking a major weather systems across the nation. Janice dean coming up with the full Weather Forecast for you. Investors back at work today are hitting the cell but not this morning because dow futures are down 223 points. You are watching fbn am. This not cheryl well, fergie is apologizing for her infamous rendition of the National Anthem at the nba allstar game after to the internet by storm. The banner yet wave the lauren she tried to jazz it up. She told tmc, ive always been honored abroad to confirm the National Anthem and last night he wanted to try Something Special for the nba. A risk taker artistically but clearly this rendition didnt strike the intended talent. I love this country and honestly tried my best. Cheryl well, there is nothing to apologize for the world of weather today. Spring in the northeast, but mother nature. Lauren janice dean is tracking all this whether this tuesday morning. Reporter we are loving the warm temperatures ahead of the front, behind the front, along the front. 32 in kansas city, 67 in memphis. 60 in chicago. You could really see where this rant is just stalled out and along the front is where we see potential for heavy rain and flooding as well as ice and snow behind the front end its not going to move very quickly so that is my concern. That is the future raider on the ohio, Mississippi River valley, eastern parts of texas to his great lakes. That is where we will see big 10 flooding over the next five to six days. You can see the areas here were really concerned. People need to be on alert for the possibility of flash flooding behind it. Thats where weve got the cold air in the snow. Theres your highs wednesday. New york city 70 degrees and we get into thursday hell be back to reality. My big concern today is going to be ice along the front and the flooding potential as we head into the weekend for parts of the ohio, tennessee and Mississippi River valley. Lauren janice dean coming thank you very much. Well enjoy the nice weather for the next couple hours. Cheryl at least in new york will take it. Consumers seemingly embraced the smaller size of the iphone 10. Why is apple thinking about going bigger . Lauren a lot bigger. Cheryl reports coming that would dwarf the firstgeneration model. Lucky charms is a little more charm been added to the mix for the first time in 10 years. Heres your mix. 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Had their bad lot that would have prevented this individual from obtaining firearms in going to the high school in parkland, florida. Cheryl that was the vice president. The guncontrol debate heating up in washington as a group of florida students had to the State Capitol to call for changes. Meanwhile, the president is supporting efforts to improve background checks. Weve got a live report. Lauren investors back to work after the president s day weekend. The s p 500 coming off of its best week in 500 years. Spectacular gains this week. As new features are down by 20 points. Cheryl waveguide jonathan hoenig. He will be here in a few moments. Asia affairs. The shanghai market still closed after the near holiday. Hang seng, kospi on the red. Lauren we have a mixed bag. Cac, but the ftse in london is down by 36. Cheryl lauren, is a tablet or a phone. Planning to make the iphone 10 plus. It is massive according to reports. Fbn am continues right now. 5 31 a. M. In new york on tuesday, february 20th. Good morning im cheryl casone. Lauren good morning. Im Lauren Simonetti. Thank you for joining us. Iphone 10 plus. Cheryl ive been enjoying the smaller size of the iphone 10 but maybe im about to be outvoted by consumers around the world. Lauren you might have an ipad. President trump supporting efforts to improve federal background checks for gun purchases. A group of students heading to florida today calling for gun control laws after the massive School Shooting killed 17 people last week. Cheryl live in our new york city newsroom at the latest on what will happen today. Kelly wright. Reporter good morning to you both good when students for Marjorie Stoneman arrive in tallahassee today, that when demand for state lawmakers to stop gun violence. A series of vigils being held to remember the 17 people who died in last weeks tragic School Shooting. Today students and parents remember those who were killed and they vowed to push politicians to make real reforms to gun laws. Im not going to let my daughters death go in vain. I promise all these kids that ive been talking to you that theyre going to school and theyre going to be safe and we will have a movement. We will make medicine movement. We are the voice of america. Do not just send us prayers. Let your actions be your words. Reporter verisigns students and parents are being heard in florida because florida lawmakers reportedly are considering raising the h. From buying an Assault Rifle to 21, imposing a three day waiting period and identifying the closing background screening luke. As for the shooter, nikolas cruz, judges ordered a sealed Court Records to be released. Were those allegations that he lived in a home filled with abuse and neglect. The judge saying the public has a right to know. I dont believe that he suffered in a prejudice. It is being kept confidential. I am going to be urging the way it is. Beyond the courtroom and beyond parkland, students are starting a National Movement against gun violence, demanding answers against President Trump. The president plans to have a listening session with the students about this very issue tomorrow. Lauren. Lauren we will be watching out for sure. Kelly wright, thank you very much. Cheryl the president as well as liking what you see in the economy. He treated about the economy. The u. S. Economy looking very good, even better than anticipated. Companies pouring back into our country are versed in trend of leading. Regulations intact have a link type. Jobs, jobs, jobs. Lets take a look at features after the long Holiday Weekend for president s day. Pointing right now to a much lower open for the dow down by 200 points in the premarket s p nasdaq as well. Capitalistpig. Com. The president again last night how great things got a lot shot to the south this morning. What do you make of it . The president is right, cheryl. It is strong. The jobless numbers are good. They anticipate the news and doesnt reflect it. Fundamentals are almost always stellar just as a major selloff for bear market begins. The market especially seems to indicate or so more of these on the horizon moving forward. Are you talking about inflation or to. 9 . Its still kind of gives treater jitters. No . You are too young to even remember inflation. Cheryl no im not. I remember. Good, 50, 60, 70 years old to remember what inflation was like 30, 40 years ago. Todays stock investors havent seen that one of the things on my screen this week is the the government selling another 250 billion in bonds. This is the government expansion of the money supply. Interest rates are now rising even faster than the Federal Reserve is raising them. Thats going to be the market worried despite the fact was a good earnings of low unemployment. Cheryl i see a lot of commentary backing up what youre saying. Concern is the global banks have to pick up the pace with inflation. That could spell the global markets. The global stimulus going back literally and a lot of other economies. Theres no question for that reason. This is time for caution. Its not just opinion. Look at the actionable weve been talking about. Stocks in ats to onemonth highs names like precious metals, soybeans, beyond, although onemonth lows are the spawn related investments. Given the fact that Many Americans are in debt and invest in the stock market makes a good time for caution rather than on breeched enthusiasm. Cheryl pointed to a new study that Shows Millennial so worse off than the gen x, which is their parents age. The economy, earnings were incredibly strong for 2017. Do you see a positive story . The question, cheryl, where is it going to come from . Is it going to be those internet stocks, the face books, amazon said it was the market for the better part of five or six years. A great time for most investors simply to sit on their hands. Cheryl wherever gas lines, mortgages or 14 to 16 . Those were the days. I dont believe it. I dont believe it. Cheryl jonathan hoenig, thank you it great to see you. Lauren the iphone 10 price tag may be the reason sales of their wagons overseas. Cheryl Tracee Carrasco has that another headline news. Iphone may be losing customers in asia, losing out on market share is there because they are choosing other smartphone makers of chinese manufacturers show me corp. , the apple of china as its being called because the price tag is a lot lower, but they offer a lot of same features, even more features than the iphone 10. Features like a better battery, the hardware being more durable, also came as for soap is that more people these phones rather than the iphone, which is interesting to see that shift. With the iphone 10, there can do during a plus version. This is the latest rumor circulating. Always rumors about the new iphone, but we should see three new iphone later this year in september. One would be if he said an iphone 10 with quite ive edge to edge screen. Also a Second Generation of the iphone 10 in a new cheaper lcd model of the iphone 10. These come with an updated. So people have been complaining about the notch on not. They want to make a smaller in the sensor would be smaller. Lauren what is the notch . The sensor. The thing at the bottom. Thats at the tech people call it. Cheryl facial recognition is hit or miss for me. Lauren sometimes my face of an iphone i dont need to another times when i dont want it to happen. But the Second Generation. Lauren lucky charms have a new charm . For the first time in a decade. A magical unicorn and this was coded and chosen by children. They did a social media kind of account on this. They asked parents which time they wanted to see if this is what they voted on. You see it on your screen with some blue and pink games. The last one was the hourglass in 2010. That was retired last year. Cheryl they are hot according to lauren. This issue told me earlier. Lauren there you go. President is kind of thinking. It kind of looks like it. Cheryl a lot more coming out. Elon musk in the news again today the first greenlight, with American Cities issued a permit to build the highspeed tube system. Plus this. Take turns trying to pop these wonderful things on his forehead. Once that pops you never know, but then it will go. Cheryl Lauren Simonetti will take us to the International Toy fair to see the toys for this year. Lauren i like to pop pimples. Thats what she was doing. Cheryl okay, this is interesting. Shes coming out. Whos the new guy . They call him the whisperer. The whisperer . Why do they call him the whisperer . He talks to planes. He talks to planes. Watch this. Hey watson, whats avionics telling you . Maintenance records and performance data suggest replacing capacitor c4. Not bad. Whats with the coffee maker . Sorry. We are not on speaking terms. light musical cords whats with the coffee maker . Cheryl welcome back. This gets you caught up on whats happening now after the president three day weekend. Investors are hitting the sell button as you see in the premarket futures down 173 in the dow, s p, nasdaq pointing to a lower open as well. Were also watching this. Google are looking to expand to the skies. The companys ceo says he can be commercialization of the air find taxi service happening within five to 10 years. Meanwhile, elon musk has been given the greenlight to Start Building in washington. Washington post reported the District Of Columbia has issued a preliminary permit to start digging an abandoned lot better. This could be the first step in fulfilling the dream of a highspeed Transportation System that can take them from kneejerk to d. C. In 29 minutes. As north koreas return home from the winter games possibly without any metals. They hope to avoid the gallant or 22 north koreans participated, but none have won a model. Kim jong uns grandfather sent to the world cup from concentration camps are losing the championship game. We shall see, lauren. That is what is happening now. Lauren unbelievable on a different note. A related toy story this week for an toys to sign. Dozens of what can be this years hottest toys or showcase for the near toy for is a place for vendors to show off their latest product and for attendees like me to feel like kid again. The most exciting four days of the year. Tons of new products. Little robots and basically you connect it to your phone or tablet. We show you stepbystep how to do it. Take your finger and draw whatever design you want. Here you can actually see it driving on the screen and she will also dry up on the floor, like this. Lauren she better be bringing that doughnut to me. These are sad abandoned pets to take with you. You love them. Now that weve adopted him, well give him a little brush. We are going to wipe the tears out of his eyes. This is a cute item for kids who want to adopt a pet. Lauren turbojet by razor might be the cool thing one time powered by lithium ion battery that is an electric motor there. You can see him move and groove. The hottest toy is the toy they love and will continue to play with. Lauren how do you know that her hearty best predict that . You cant. No one predicted l. Wells and fingerlings wouldve taken the world by storm. If the baby monkey that lives on your finger and likes to case. I hear slime is very trendy, particularly in social media. People love to make their own unique combinations. Its all about the diy movement. One of the cool trends is grossed out games. This is poppies z. You roll the dice and take turns poppies miss it on your forehead. Lauren you cant predict where this it is going to pop. Trade to the camera lens. Thats actually disgusting. Lauren i kid you not. Parents, now you know what to get for kids 2018. Trade to or get the little bear you can wipe his tears off. Weve got a lot more coming up this morning. American matti bellman trying to defend her olympic gold medal in the free ski half pipe. Jared max has all the highlights from the olympics coming up. Well also go to london to check out whats going on with your markets. A big selloff. The europeans are watching it and you are watching fbn am. Retail. Under pressure like never before. And its connected technology thats moving companies forward fast. Ecommerce. Real time inventory. Virtual changing rooms. Thats why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent Network Speed across multiple locations. Every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. Leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. Comcast business outmaneuver. Lauren finally some great news for team u. S. A. At the winter games. Cheryl jared max as with all the highlights from pyeongchang. Doing better . Yakima doing better. A little bit of a kick up last night. Thatll smart tactic, decorative red white and blue among which u. S. A. Scored two. Matti bellman crashed in each of her three runs. Her last fall especially rough. She ended up finishing 11 worst. Each in the same spot every time. Bruno sigourney edged teammate Annalisa Drew by one point to get on the per diem for a bronze medal. By scott moyer won gold for the third time and became the most decorated winter olympic skaters now with five medals, olympic american siblings maja and alec should the tiny won a bronze medal as they increased teens u. S. A. Medal total 12 to 16 fewer than the overall leader norway. Miracle on ice part 2. The u. S. Hockey team needed to beat slovakia last night to stay alive. Its not coming to u. S. A. Would have been eliminated. Team u. S. A. Breaks out. First, when nothing in the 44 seconds later, james writes that americans spend three to one in the dream is still alive. Short turnaround. The guys are back on the ice. A must for an Elimination Game against the Czech Republic faceoff 10 10 eastern time. The u. S. Womens hockey team goes for gold facing canada into the final. Over 2000 fans showed up to new york yankees spring training yesterday in tampa to watch Giancarlo Stanton and aaron judge take batting practice. Yesterday the rival Boston Red Sox did as well. They agree to a fiveyear contract for 110 million for jd martinez. Last year 45 home runs and also 103 rbis. Baseball geeks, if you are craving another stack to keep track of when youre scoring the game, we have some good news for you. Major League Baseball instituted some rules changes. Teaching on visits. Keep track of that in your scorebook. Shorter commercial breaks will range between 205 and two minutes 50 seconds unlimited trips to the mound page six trips per nine innings. Cheryl it takes forever to watch a baseball game. I dont have six hours to watch a baseball game. They are starting to get it. I need a page clock. You do. Jerry sports reports. Of course you can listen to the headlines 21st of an xm channel 115. Lauren coming up, asian shares for the markets that are open. They stop overnight. European markets mostly higher, but what is going on with the ftse . We are going straight to london to find out. The [fbi agent] youre a brave man, mr. Stevens. Your testimony will save lives. Mr. Stevens . This is your new name. This is your new house. And a perfectly inconspicuous suv. You must become invisible. [hero] ill take my chances. Was a success for lastchoicehotels. Comign badda book. Badda boom. This year, were taking it up a notch. 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Could potentially a Single Market access in the town rally in the back of strength as weakness in terms of the ftse 100 could the strength in the u. K. Focus to 50 in this really is in line with the weakness we see on the ftse 100 in line with the trend we see globally indicted but worries remain in relation to the fact we are seeing a rising inflation and that means we have to get used to the fact monetary polytheism necessarily going to be here to stay in terms of the environment weve been seeing globally for the past eight to 10 years. Lauren that is very much to struggle u. S. Investors are facing right now. Thank you very much. Thank you. Cheryl lauren, thats it was real. Its been two days. The president a holiday now pointing down 200 points on the dow. Lauren without, will well send it over to maria bartiromo. Mornings that very starts right now. Maria thank you so much. Happy to say to you. I am maria bartiromo. Tuesday, february 20th. 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. A volatile return points to a sharp decline. Take a look at what is taking place at the dow and s p 500 coming off of a sixday winning streak. A decline of about the trade opening this morning. Investors were bluechip retailers today. Home depot and walmart to report earnings for the battle. Numbers before they had before they hit the tape to give you a sense of what is happening with consumers to year, next performance is that the Market Indices at the ft 100point back a quarter of a percent of the cac in the dax in germany higher this morning. Right across the board as you can see with korea and japan, done better than 1 apiece. Shanghai composite closed at the chinese Lunar New Year celebration there. A taxing situation. Republicans said to be in a battle for which Government Agencies are writing your regulations following the historic tax overhaul. Some of the office of management and budget to get involved in what was traditionally handled by the Treasury Department and the irs. This coming as it shows the majority of americans now support tax reform. Speaker of the house, paul ryan about the overhaul last week. Because of tax reform coming up massive amounts of repatriation. Because of tax reform you wont see any more versions. Because of tax refunds you see Foreign Investment coming through. We had the worst tax code before tax reform. Now we have one of the best tax codes in the industrialized world because of tax reform. Its the basics of Economic Growth that we have placed here. Very serious progrowth policy. Higher wages. That is good for everybody. Maria on that debate coming up this morning. Starbucks grooming him for big change unveiling a new color changing cold groove. There is a catch. We bring it for you. Speaker fergies speech event following her disastrous rendition of the National Anthem