president declared that there is just no way that he could have seen this coming. a lot of parents are watching about baby formula. a few questions, all of a sudden it s on the front page of every newspaper and that is important. should you have taken those steps sooner before this happened? if we would ve been better mind readers, i guess we could have, but we moved as quickly as it became apparent to us. we have to move with caution as well as speed. tammy: it s on the cover of the newspapers, so he has to deal with it. the administration and their allies are putting blame, a washington post fact checker called it an outrage. and yesterday the press secretary spoke out and bette midler said try breast-feeding, it s free and available on demand. meanwhile, another individual placed blame on a woman wanting to starve small children in the government stockpiling formula for illegal immigrants. and another blame the united states for not having federally paid maternit
Muted start. And Chlorinated Chickens, the Electric Mini and tech titans well be looking at whats been a busy week in today we want to know does great wealth bring great responsibility . Yesterday amazon founder jeff bezos was, briefly, the richest person in the world what would you do if it was you . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start with retail giant amazon it has seen its shares fall sharply after its latest figures disappointed wall street. The good news it is raking in huge sums of money as its sales keep expanding. The bad news its spending a fortune on developing its business and that is making investors nervous. Lets show you the details. Total sales in the three months tojune jumped almost a quarter compared to last year to just under 38 billion. Unfortunately they spent almost all of it Operating Expenses surged to well over 37 billion. That means there wasnt much actual profit a comparatively measly 197 million and down 77 on last
Controversial Stand Your Ground law. The lawyers who represented Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman are here. Plus, for the president , it was the best of weeks and the worst of weeks, depending on your point of view. Michael cohen again dominating headlines claiming trump knew in advance of the heating with russian representativeles. Meanwhile, the longstanding accountant gets a federal subpoena. Amidst the legal woes came more economic news. The president lifts the gdp above 4 . Midterms on the horizon, is it still the semistupid . And this Pennsylvania 5th and 6th grade teacher has been moonlighting for years. Suddenly its endangering his day job . Because he plays a bad guy that does the nazi salute and shouts
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Not to prosecute citing the controversial stand your ground law. Now federal lawmakers want a Justice Department investigation. The lawyers who represented Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman are here. Plus, for the president , it was the best of weeks and the worst of weeks, depending on your point of view. Michael cohen again dominating headlines claiming trump knew in advance of the meeting with russian representatives. Meanwhile, the longstanding accountant gets a federal subpoena. Amidst the legal woes came more economic news. The president lifts the gdp above 4 . Midterms on the horizon, is it still the economy, stupid . And this Pennsylvania 5th and 6th grade teacher has been moonlighting for years. Suddenly its endangering his day job . Because he plays a bad guy that
does the nazi salute and shouts zig heil. Is the problem his or the fans who cheer him on, rather than booing . But first theres a funeral today for a man shot dead july 19 in a Florida Parking lot. The shooting i
do? they choose wrongro eachh and every time. how about this ? i have this crazy idea. youu use the tax code to allow people to use our resources to create different and diverse forms of energy. don t pickkdon one over the otr and let s see what is the best so far the history of humankind . there s nothing like fossil fuels and if that is a form of energy that allows more middle class and lower class people to get to the upper echelons, that allows america to compete and make things that i m all for it and let s stop setting the world against the forms of energy that can make america grow again. and ial feel you touched on this about the first war of the green new deal. this is a national security issue, isn t it? ultimatelyat this is about whether or not the economy is involved. all of this is about whether or not this country can defend herself if under the gun by tyrants in china or in russia or in north korea or anywhere. you re absolutely right. you know, every world war has