Caught on camera. Is friday, july 26th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Theres no denying. Im leaving it. Lauren happy friday. Welcome to fbn a. M. Im lauren simonetti. Im Deirdre Bolton in for cheryl casone. Lauren lets take a look at how your money is moving this morning. The Dow Jones Industrial average is up 44 points, needs to close 13 points higher to be positive on the week. The nasdaq gaining 24 this morning. Yield on the 10 treasury right now, 2. 08 . Most investors waiting for the fed decision next week. Lauren iran overnight firing a missile thats posing a threat to vessels in the persian gulf. The price of ill i oil is a gaf 27cents. Stocks in asia are mixed. Nikkei, hang seng and kospi lower. Shanghai moving higher. Lauren in europe, is stimulus coming from the ecb in september . The dax in germl germany gained. All eyes on amazon this morning. The companys latest profit came in below analyst expectations, ending a run of record earnings. Amazon reported a profit of a five 22 per share, eps fell on higher shipping costs and slowing growth in the cloud business. Amazon had signaled to investors that spending would rise when it discussed its First Quarter results. The company shelled out about 800 million for next day shipping, keeping us all addicted but that actually cost money and theyre feeling it. Lauren theyre feeling it this morning. I kind of like the one day shipping, im not going to lie. Investors like what they see from alphabet. Take a look at shares of google in the premarket, they are up 8 , 1,228 each. Googles Parent Company t posting better than expected results, revenue jumping about 20 on the year, driven by Core Products like search, maps and google assistant. Alphabet did not confirm it is the focus of an antitrust investigation by federal regulators. Separately, theres this. Democratic president al candidate telsey gabard is suing google for temporary suspended her fund raising account. The campaign accused google of deliberate censorship. Folks were searching her on google and you couldnt get information about her site. Cofounder of facebook and outspoken critic of the company is working with regulators to break up facebook. According to the new york times, chris hughes along with two other prominent antitrust experts have been meeting with the ftc, department of justice and states attorney generals last week. He called for the company to be broken from instagram and whats app. The government opened an investigation into whether or not facebook violated antitrust laws earlier this week. Lauren twitter and mcdonalds, two High Profile Companies reporting this morning. Twitter is expected to post double digit increases for both earnings and revenue thanks to growth in its ad business and also looking for higher profit and same store sales from mcdonalds, more customers bought the companys value meals. Speaking of mcdonalds, theyre using technology to help customers personalize their orders when they go through the drivethrough. They use weather, time of day and popular menu items. After firing two missiles, north korea issues a new warning, vowing to carry out new missile tests. Aswe have the details. Whats the latest . Reporter good morning, lauren and deirdre. The regime is calling out south korean war mongers this morning, demanding they stop importing weapons and carrying out military drills. According to state media, kim jong un claims north korea is developing super powerful weapon systems to remove the potential and direct threats. The regime test fired two short range Ballistic Missiles on thursday for the First Time Since kim and President Trump agreed to revive denuclearization talks last month. Now china, north koreas closest ally, is asking the u. S. To strike a deal soon. The gprk and the u. S. Should restart talks as soon as possible. This is the shared aspiration of the international community. Reporter the president is also speaking out, telling sean hannity, we are on the right track. They really havent tested missiles other than smaller ones. Which is something that lots test. But i think with north korea, weve been doing very well. That doesnt mean its going to continue. We have a relationship. President obama had no relationship. You would have been at war. Had Hillary Clinton won this election, you would be at war with north korea. Reporter iran tested a medium range missile. Recently, they captured a british oil tanker. Secretary of state mike pompeo says irans actions will determine how the u. S. Responds. They continue to engage maligned activity, they continue to work on their Nuclear Systems and yet they want to tell the world that no, theyre just defensive and theyre being a normal nation and we all see differently. President trump has been very clear. Were watching their actions. Its not what they tell us, its what they do that will drive our policy. Reporter pompeo is asking all nations around the world to help protect those waters. Lauren, deirdre. Lauren thank you very much. North koreas economy shrank the most in more than two decades because of International Sanctions and a drought. South koreas Central Bank Says north koreas gdp fell 4. 1 , thats the biggest drop going back to 1997. The house passed its twoyear spending agreement, despite republican objections. Many conservatives object to the bill because of concerns of the growing u. S. Debt. The legislation boosts spending by 320 billion and raises the debt ceiling. It now heads to the senate where some lawmakers are already vowing to vote against it. Everybody likes to spend money. Nobody around this place ever stands up and says ive got a lousy idea and i need a billion dollars for it. And this bill as i said the other day, this bill may taste like pumpkin pie but im going to vote against it. One feature of the bill that gained support was the 738 billion allocated for defense spending. Lauren the federal government will resume executing death row inmates after a 16 year hiatus. Tracee carrasco has the details. Reporter attorney general william barr says five inmates will be executed. The executions have been scheduled for december and january. The federal government hasnt ex kited an inmate since 2003. It has executed only three people since the restoration of the federal Death Penalty in 1988. Intel shares surging after hours, the chip giant posting a big earnings beat and raising its outlook for the year. The chip maker reporting Second Quarter profit of more than 4 billion. The Biggest Surprise came from its traditional pc business which brought in nearly 9 billion. Analysts were actually expecting a decline. Along with its quarterly results, intel announcing its selling the majority of its smartphone modem business to apple for 1 billion. The Justice Department has called a press conference for this morning to reportedly discuss the proposed tmobile, sprint merger. The department has been negotiating with the phone companies to divest enough assets to create fourth wireless carrier in order to secure approval for the 26 billion merger. According to the wall street journal, the doj has also been working to convince a number of state attorneys general who have sued to block the deal to approve the transaction with the new conditions. And europeans are melting in a record heat wave. The thermometer reached 108 in parts of paris and 105 in germany, belgium, 100 in southern england. In paris, people were jumping fully clothed into fountains, thats partly because air conditioning is still scars in europe compared to the u. S. Scarce in europe compared to the u. S. Cooler temps are in the forecast for today. Thats whats happening now. Lauren it will be hot this weekend, but not 108 degrees. Lets take a look at futures. This morning were seeing small gains, about a tenth of a percent for the dow. The nasdaq gaining a quarter of 1 this morning. The do wh doj investigates big h over antitrust concerns. They may have cracked the code on how to break up the big ones. And how an ecigarette company is accused of taking the message directly to your childs classroom. Keep it here on fbn a. M. I get knocked down. But i get up again. Youre never going to keep me down. I get knocked down but i get up again. Youre never going to keep me down. A visual snapshot of your investments. Key portfolio events. All in one place. Because when its decision time. You need decision tech. Only from fidelity. You need decision tech. Is it to carry cargo or to carry on a legacy . . Its show of strength or its sign of intelligence . In crossing harsh terrain or breaking new ground . This is the time to get an exceptional offer on the mercedes of your midsummer dreams at the mercedesbenz summer event, going on now. Lease the gla 250 suv for just 329 a month at the mercedesbenz summer event. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Deirdre ecigarette maker juul is under fire for targeting teenagers. Two teens testified before a Congressional Panel yesterday that a juul representative came to their ninth grade classroom last year and told the class that vaping is totally safe. The disturbing testimony was part of a hearing examining the role that juul plays in nicotine addiction among youth. Numerous schools around the country were offered 10,000 from the ecigarette company for the right to talk to students in classrooms or after school. Lauren ecigarettes are turning never smokers into vapors. Amazon shares are down, after news that the company snapped a record streak. We ask is this just a hiccup in a stellar growth story or a sign of trouble to come. Dan ives joins us now. Dan, good morning. Great to be here. Lauren are you concerned about this miss on profit for amazon or is this part of, you know, as they try to keep growth growing and attracting more prime members and keeping members happy, this is what happens. Theyre just putting more fuel in the engine, in terms of driving the ecosystem in terms of prime and what youre seeing is growth there. It continues to be phenomenal. I think the investment profile over the next call it six, nine months, youre going to need to see more profitability in that ramp. I still view this as a step in the right direction, even though the profit issue will be a focus of the street. Lauren investors were concerned for amazon, alphabet and others, the narrative of slowing growth, slowing revenue. But both came in, google and amazon, with revenue gains of about 20 for the quarter. Google in particular, real strong advertising. Clouds ramping significantly and theyre going up against microsoft as well as amazon. Fundamentally, i think what youre seeing in tech, its another leg up fundamentally. I continue to see a 15 plus growth in terms of the stocks of these Tech Companies going to yearend. Lauren oh, wow. Fundamentally what you saw here, this is what the bulls need to see from numbers. Lauren if you look at alphabet shares, they were only up about 8 this year, lagging the rest of their sector, but theyre getting an 8 pop now. Today youre saying on average these fang stocks are going to go 15 more . We think 15 more. I also think regulatory has been an overhang. Fundamentally what youre seeing through the earnings season, what youll see with apple next week, it shows numbers look strong, streets are raising numbers going to 2020 and advertising, ecommerce, other areas, thats the focus. Lauren chris hughes, he helped to grow and develop facebook. Now hes working with regulators to essentially break it up. He says its gotten too big. Does that go anywhere . Is there anything to that . Whats going to happen with the size of these tech giants . What hughes is doing speaks to a broader i think it will be more noise and ultimately more ill call it a fine or model tweaks rather than ultimate breakups. Youre seeing the drum roll significantly in the beltway. Theres a line from the ftc to the doj to every other Lauren States attorney generals. Its a line right now, like shy polchipolte. I think its more noise. I think you see it in the stocks. This is going to be an issue over the coming years, i think a two to three years investigation. Lauren its noise but doesnt stop the growth, got it. Deirdre spac spacex has an a to get kids interested in the final frontier and a secret ingredient for getting kids hooked on space. And the funny side of steve jobs. Apparently he played more than a few pranks on the spotify ceo. Well tell you more about it. Youre watching fbn a. M. Every breath you take. Every move you make. Every bond you break. Every step you take. Ill be watching. 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One of the authors of the book, spotify untold, shared that story with variety and says the story comes from a trusted source, though we have to say it has not been verified. Lauren well, space is evidently not slimy enough in the International Space station, spacex and nickelodeon teaming up to send a batch of their famous slime up to the iss to see how it reacts to micro gravity. Theyre hoping the goo will keep kids interested in space and science. Deirdre that works. Lauren deep breathing phone calls and slime. Deirdre there we go. The government hands out the report card on the economy later this morning, it may show a slower pace of growth. Economists forecasting down growth for the first three months of the year. With his due on the cause of the slowdown and how it will affect the feds Rate Decision this week, we bring dominic tavela of diversified private wealth advisor. Will this make the feds job harder on the 31st. The economy is really not in a position where you would normally call for an Interest Rate cut. But when you look at things like manufacturing in the country, youve got boeing that has a problem obviously with the 737 max, caterpillar selling abroad, the economy worldwide, china slowing down and were going to see john deere selling to farmers in the u. S. , manufacturing is in a tough spot right novel. Its not unusual for gdp to take a step back under these circumstances. Deirdre manufacturing is the key reason why the fed will make the cut, you feel its due to the manufacturing weakness. Its a big component of it. The other side is the consumer in the u. S. Is very strong. Look at visas numbers that just came out. Fantastic. So more money in their pocket, lower energy prices. Consumers doing a lot of spending, theyre twothirds of the economy. I think that overall the economys in pretty sound footing but manufacturing is taking a little on the chin right now. Deirdre we know jay powell talked about Global Economic weakness, impact of trade wars and soft inflation reads as reasons why the fed could cut but then we also heard from two separate fed leaders saying, well, we might not really need it. So what do you think . Is it dangerous to cut by 25 basis points if we dont really need it . Yeah, if we lived in a vacuum, you really would make a really compelling hard argument why they should not cut. Economys in pretty sound footing. Inflation is low. But we dont live in a vacuum. We live in a Global Environment and you see overall growth around the world slowing down, particularly china, europe right now, borderline recession, plus 1 or so on their gdp numbers. The fed has to react and live in the Global Environment in a lower Interest Rate environment, i think is appropriate. I think they errorred in december when they raised Interest Rates. This might be what theyre calling an insurance cut, put things back to more of an equilibrium. Deirdre even though the ecb did not ease. Thank you so much. Lauren lets take a look at how your money is doing this morning. We have slight gains for all three major averagessings right hers right herein the us. Nasdaq gaining 27. The dow trying to end in a positive on the week. Still ahead, after going mono en mono on twitter, aoc and nancy pelosi are set to meet facetoface today. Joe biden vows to change things up for the next democratic debate. How will his new image play out on the detroit stage . Keep it right here on fbn a. M. Dont look down. See that sky usiness, that means a lot. We create Financing Options for your customers. To help them get the things they love instantly. Our data provides insights into what your shoppers have already bought. So you can offer them what they might consider buying next. Our financial and Tech Solutions are changing whats possible in all sorts of ways. So, how can we change whats possible for you . Deirdre today, alexandria ocasiocortez is set to follow up on these remarks about meeting with nancy pelosi. Are you interested in having a conversation facetoface with House Speaker nancy pelosi. Absolutely. Deirdre the House Speaker and freshman democrat set to meet facetoface, amid their tension on twitter over a border aid package bill. Pelosi says she looking forward to the meeting. Sources telling fox pelosi is warning democrats not to disparage their colleagues if theyre not in agreement over impeaching President Trump. Democrats were renewing their calls for that earlier this week, ahead of former special counsel Robert Muellers testimony. Lauren a former Campaign Worker for Bernie Sanders filled a labor complaint against his campaign. He says some workers were retaliated against for their union activity. Now, according to that complaint, the Sanders Campaign made employees work additional days without an equal number of days off, violating the collective bargaining agreement. The campaign declined to comment specifically on the complaint. Deirdre and of course several democratic president ial hopefuls are addressing the National Urban League Conference in indianapolis. The focus for some of them is shifting some of the criticism of President Trump to more pointed attacks on each other. Lauren it could get ugly. Peter doocy in indianapolis with the latest. Reporter joe biden just told donors that at the next democratic debate in detroit, its no more mr. Nice guy, explaining, quote, im not going to be as polite this time. What did you mean when you said youre not going to be as polite in the next debate . Well see. Reporter biden is hinting hell challenge kamala harris, just like she challenged him in their first matchup, telling donors its, quote, because this is the same person who asked me to come to california and nominate her in her convention. Nobody disputes that biden went to the golden state. Its great to be back in california. Reporter just one thing, a Harris Campaign spokesman points out he did not nominate her, not how it works. He didnt even endorse her until months later. Biden is also trying to keep a critical cory booker at bay, saying of booker and harris, ive got a pass im proud of. Theyve got a past thats not quite so good. Biden has 33 support among democratic primary voters and the others in double digits all improved slightly too with sanders, warren and harris all rising. Booker sits at 2 but argues the candidate shouldnt be considered strictly on their electability. What were you doing five, 10, 15 or 20 years ago to fight for racial justice. Reporter for eight years of that time, biden was Barack Obamas vp. Income inequality and wealth inequality grew during that time and continued to grow in the age of trump. Reporter biden basically blames obama. I was the guy at the family picnic who kept thinking we should be dealing with middle class tax cuts. Reporter democrats like the joe biden they know enough to make him number one. Hes the affable lawmaker always laughing and helping people out that are having a tough time. Now biden says he wont be as polite at the next debate and we dont know if democratic primary voters are going to like that joe biden. Peter doocy, fox news. Lauren you have former vp joe biden promising to be not as poe ipolite in these upcoming debats and fellow contenders ganging up against him. What kind of fireworks and new lines of attack can we expect in detroit. Lets ask Washington Examiner commentary writer a tiana lowe. What do you expect . Bu biden doesnt have to go n the offensive. He has to be unapologetic. This has everything to do with persona. President trumps policies are working. If we look at the economy, even if quarter two growth is slower, still longer bull market in history with century half century low unemployment and low inflation. Bidens case is he is a return to normalcy. That doesnt work if h he is apologizing in the face of disingenuous attacks. Lauren does that mr. Nice guy, is that whats responsible for take a look at this fox news poll. He has 33 support, versus 15 for sanders, 10 for kamala harris. So if he has that big lead, youre saying the way he is now is what the party really wants . I mean, obviously if you look at the pulse of the far left wing activists, the most vocal on twitter, biden doesnt represent them. Biden is in favor of the public option sensoption which was conr too extreme when the aca was passed. Biden has moved further left but the party has sprinted further left. However, i think when youre trying to drive out the black vote, the independent vote, and especially obama to Trump Country in the rust belt, someone like biden who is not actively alienating the manufacturing class and Everyday Americans who want to be able to keep their Health Insurance and want to be able to keep their doctor, i dont think you do that with medicare for all. Lauren with had the we had tr hearings this week. Collusion, there was none. Thats the big takeaway. You have nancy pelosi telling a Tucker Carlson producer this. Speaker pelosi, you wondered what putin had on trump. After yesterday, are you closer to figuring that out . Were in the courts right now. Are you any closer to figure out what putin has on trump . Thats why we need to have to answer our subpoena. You migh he might have blackn the president . I wonder what putin has politically, personally or financially. Is it blackmail, do you think . Lauren blackmail. I think the democrats are so obsessed was figuring out and trying to exonerate the fact that hillary lost in 2016, they cant fes up to the fact it was voters in pens vein an pennsa and michigan. I dont know what Silver Bullet theyre waiting for. Why cant they focus on the election thats happening in a year andahalf, rather than trying to relitigate the one that happened two andahalf years ago. Lauren the constant calls for impeachment and investigations. Tiana lowe, thank you. Have a good weekend. Thank you. Deirdre coming up, i. C. E. Is working to solve the crisis at the border as allegations about conditions run rampant. Were going to take you for an exclusive look inside a migrant detention facility. Were going to take you to california, next. Also, one Sheriffs Office has an olive branch for its most wanted fugitive. Some say its an offer they cant refuse. Well bring you the details coming up on fbn a. M. Its going to be forever. Or its going to go down in flames. You can tell me when its over. If the high was worth the pain. Got along like star crossed lovers. Theyll tell you im insane key portfolio events. All in one place. Because when its decision time. You need decision tech. Only from fidelity. Who used expedia to book the Vacation Rental which led to the discovery that sometimes a little down time can lift you right up. Expedia. Everything you need to go. Deirdre democrats are slamming Border Detention Centers as having conditions similar to concentration camps. Were going to take you for an exclusive inside look at one of the largest i. C. E. Facilities in the nation. Lauren Griff Jenkins is going to do that for us. He joins us live from california with an exclusive tour you wont see anywhere else. Show us, griff. Reporter thats right, good morning, lauren and deirdre. I. C. E. Has about 53,000 detainees across the country. Theres 31 facilities. This is one of the largest and after the protests a few weeks ago across the country, protesting facilities just like this, we went inside with the acting director of the la field off, thomas giles, who showed us around. Take a look. Acting director, where are we . Were in the Intake Processing Center at the i. C. E. Processing center. This facility houses up to 1,940 detainees. After they get classified and bobbed in by the facility, were giving them hygiene items. They have soap, shampoo, conditioner, tooth brush, tooth paste, as well as they get they have bed linens, socks, shoes, shower shoes and their uniform. Medical care is a top notch priority. We have a fulltime Medical Clinic here. We offer for consolate phone calls, a free phone call for the detainee. What is this area here . Were in the special housing unit. This area, the individuals that are detained here are individuals that committed infractions. Like fighting or the most common custody. The most common is refusing to follow orders and fighting. While in here, they have the ability to roam around. We have phone calls, books. Individuals are able to play xbox and watch movies. Theyre playing soccer, i presume this is the regular raisrecreationyard. They get two to three hours a day, if not more, depending on availability. In terms of the characterization out there, theres a big national debate. What do you want people to know . I want people to know when individuals are detained here, we give them care in custody that they need. We will do everything they can to keep the individuals safe while detained here. Reporter this facility has about 1700 detainees in there. The capacity is a little over 1900. But we talked to several of the detainees there. All of them told us, lauren and deirdre, that the conditions were goond no good and not certt weve seen or heard from some lawmakers that are criticizing the conditions here. Everyone said they were treated humanely so far. Most i. C. E. Facilities are run by private companies. This one, by a Company Called geo. Lauren, deirdre. Lauren thank you. Excellent report. Really interesting. Lets take a look at how your money is moving. Global Market Action overnight, this is the picture in the u. S. , dows up 76 points, s p up 9, nasdaq up 35. As we wait on the first look for Second Quarter gross domestic product. In asia, the hang high composite shanghai composite gained a quarter of 1 . European markets are trading higher. After the European Central bank left Interest Rates unchanged. Some investors were expecting mario draghi to go out with a bigger bang including our next guest, russ moll. He joins us now. Youre disappointed the ecb didnt act now. Heres my question. So what . They wait until september. Does more stimulus make a difference . Well, i think thats the big question. I think the market is still looking for more stimulus, whether its lower Interest Rates or return to constant easing. The big question is, do policies that havent done much to stimulate growth since 2012, does the continuation of that make sense . I suspect one reason why draghi held back yesterday was there seems to be opposition within the European Central bank itself. Lauren i wanted to talk about this, the new british Prime Minister Boris Johnson kind of taking a page from President Trumps playbook when it comes to cracking down on immigration. Watch. No one believes more strongly than me in the benefits of migration to our country but i am clear that our immigration system must change. I will ask the Migration Advisory Committee to conduct a review of that system as the first step in a radical rewriting. Lauren your response, russ . Its a further step away from the theresa may administrations policy, they set a cap on immigration that was never met. The British Press are moving this as a move to an australian style points system. I think it shows that the new Prime Minister, johnson, is moving more towards a progrowth, low tax, less state intervention type economy, very similar to perhaps Ronald Reagan in the 1980s in america and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher here. The Financial Market seems to be happy to see what he has to to. Lauren russ, thank you. Deirdre coming up, u. S. China trade talks are back on. Chinese officials set to meet with u. S. Representatives in shanghai next week. Were going to tell you which topics will be first on the table. And if you love pizza, but you dont want to be around other humans, pizza hut has a solution for you. Were going to tell you more when fbn a. M. Returns. I like how it feels. Oh, yeah i like how it feels. You know i like how it feels. Oh, yeah, i like how it feels. Were the slowskys. We like drip coffee, layovers and waiting on hold. What we dont like is relying on fancy technology for help. Snail mail we were invited to a y2k party. 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They say its for time strapped customers. A Sheriffs Office hope the most wanted criminals are also the most vain. Take a look at this flier. They are offering to retake mug shots for the top five most wanted criminals if they dont like the way they look. No word on if anyone accepted the offer. And a woman gets a sweet delivery for her birthday. This amazon box is actually a cake. Emily mcgwires husband thought it would be perfect since she gets three amazon packages every week, even the shipping label was edible, featuring the address, one, two, three, four, birthday lane. Thats whats happening now. Deirdre that is great, appropriate for a lot of people. Lauren only three packages a week . Ive got her beat. Bring on the cake. Deirdre the u. S. Is set to resume trade talks with china next week. Top u. S. And chinese officials meeting in shanghai for the First Time Since President Trump and chinese president xijinping agreed to revive negotiations. Riley walters with us now, a heritage policy analyst in asian economy and technology. Riley, thanks in advance for the time. I noticed as part of the group thats going to be meeting that the chinese trade minister, who has really been absent this entire time, is going to be at the table. Hes known as a hardliner. What do you think this changes, if anything, about the conversation . Well, with the inclusion of the trade minister, a lot of people are skeptical because of his hard line tendencies. Im a little optimistic about this, his inclusion. What it mine means is we actualy have the people in charge of the process, the ones who are actually in charge of applying the tariffs. On the u. S. Side, weve always had the ustr, now we have the chinese side coming together so its more reciprocal. Deirdre because in some respects even though their positions are not one for one, on the chinese side he is considered their lighthizer, right, the fact that hes going to be standing there for what china wants. Is that your take . Yeah, certainly. I mean, these last little the end of these talks right now are definitely going to be some of the most difficult, but the fact that they have the guy in charge or at least more of the folks in charge, i think is a good sign for progress. Deirdre riley, what is honestly realistic to expect from these meetings . Because there are a lot of people who say, you know what, china is just trying in the long game, hoping that President Trump doesnt get reelected, hoping theres someone easier to negotiate and theyre basically just playing for time. Do you agree . You know, that theory ive heard it quite often. Its a risky bet because you have to bet that President Trump doesnt rewin win reelection next year. So it could be it could not necessarlybe in the not necee in the chinese favor if that happens. President trump says he wants a deal. He thinks the chinese wants want a deal. The question is when. Timing is a fact to. I wouldnt be surprised if we have a deal before the end of the year. Deirdre comprising what, riley, if you dont mind me asking . Including addressing ip theft . Ip theft, technology transfer, joint venture requirements, i mean, these are all hurdles that exist. Certainly the chinese want to bring huawei into this, but i think these things are easily resolved, to a certain point. Obviously, china is not going to become our greatest trading partner at the end of the day. We could reach a point where we agree on a deal. Deirdre scale of one to ten, how likely something gets done . Before the end of the year . Seven. Deirdre well take it. Lauren better than i thought. Deirdre seven out of ten. Lauren coming up, steve bomber gets a ten for getting excited, really excited, super excited but somehow he just topped himself. Wait until you see exactly what he did. And is there anything confusing about halloween . You wear a costume on the last day of october and you go around getting candy. Why some folks are saying, yeah, thats too easy and theyre looking to change it up. This is halloween. Everybody make a scene. Trick or treat. Prince steveballer in not shy about showing his craziness but might have stopped himself. Now with more on that all right what did he doll now . Los angeles chippers couple of weeks ago Basketball Team signed leonard and paul george so they introduced him yesterday at a press conference to thed media. Steve ballmer 63 years old was just a tad bit excited check it out. Come on. Come on. Come on get up. He makes media stand up, everybody. I like that he demanded standing vaition for his ire palace, i mean, okay hes a little over the top but if youre a mare. Youre like okay. Talk about friday motivation there you go. We have to ask use about this. Mcdonalds drive through got more than they bargained for. We have to listen to this. No. If im clean on my day off im going to clean at home. Britney shes the joke. Girl, if i had to ask her twice she gives me ten dollars right. You. [bleep] how can i help you . That goes on so this is great so somebody who wanted, you know, their fries and a burger gets to listen to all of the family fights. Employee forgot and two minutes and 5 million viewing right now and video gone viral love when that happens. A nice transition become to business hi can i help you. If my food were taking too long im glad theyre chitchatting about loans and im hungry. Never know when that mic is on. Break of this show. Okay lets talk about halloween because i always thought it was october 31st. Listen, 70,000 people want to disagree with you because theres a new a petition right now wanting to move halloween from october 31t to last saturday in october. I want it to. Im all about this. Now wait a minute we have to take a poll. Two on one here. [laughter] all i can say it i have enough moving parts in my its the 31st let me have that. Saturday is so much more fun, though. The company, though, says it might be safer because for children trick or treat during the day when it is sunny outside thats i think they want to just party. I want to party. There is you from having Halloween Party on the saturday before. Youre not invited to our Halloween Party a saturday youre not invited it happen. Especially when your boys were little didnt you feel it was difficult to get home from work to take them trickortreating. At least i know i can keep track that have. Thank you you guys. Mornings with maria starts right now. Good morning to you happy fridays everybody. Tgif thanks for joining us im Maria Bartiromo it is friday july 26th your top stories right now, 6 a. M. On east coast, the pulse of the economy on tap today Second Quarter gdp out later this hrn a final big read before the next week fed meeting well have the number and what it could mean for changes and at the feds and chances of that big rate cut coming next week. Focus on earnings once again google parent alphabet beating expectations posting strong grouse and rising this morning in premarket and amazon string of reported profits coming to an end stock is down this morning. One and a half percent, alphabet up right now. Still more tech on deck today with twitter out later this morning. Also reporting fast food mcdonalds with all of the numbers on earning season that is better than lowered expectationings. Then the 2020 race is
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