Second. First, we have to focus on the big news happening right here at home in the city of oakland. Executors indigo ship warehouse try are now deciding whether or not to seek a second trial against defendant derek l mehta. They found max harris not guilty on all charges. They voted 10to to convict l mehta. That means a hung jury. Prosecutors talk to harris about feedback on whether or not to retry a meta. Derek l mehta. To be an convicted, he is very unhappy when he thinks about the loss. Our hearts have been with the families of the 36 victims that died in this unspeakable tragedy. That still remains our focus. He was released from dublin just last night. His next Court Appearance is scheduled for october 4th. Deputy say they talk with max harris about 15 minutes before releasing him. Authorities said he was quiet and reflective as they drove him to an undisclosed location. Terrace did not want to make any public statements at the time. Derek almeidas attorney said he will not stop
Out what inning it is in. What inning are we with the weight loss drugs or electric vehicles . We are clearing the final inning of the nelson proxy fight for board seat. It is dizzy because he did not get the votes but he could pick up a full million in profit. That inning game that bothers me the most is, what inning are we in the Artificial Intelligence whom . For the last few days weve seen everybody coming down in the ai space. People arguing because the declining stock prices we are in the late innings of the story and perhaps it was all done to begin with. Fortunately it was not enough to do that much damage today. The nasdaq gained. 23 today. Still with the bellwether of ai, nvidia, now down from its high of 974 to 889, down another 4. 88 today we are being told that nvidia conference and supercomputers are just old hat. Its been replaced by the golden age of refining sending stocks like marathon and he. Its the golden age of the Dollar Stores with Dollar General and dollar tree
That is what ive been hearing. Lets look at the risk off tone in europe that is being hit the hardest. We are now at eight straight down days and have not seen that kind of streak since 2014, the dax hit particularly hard. A bit of a safe haven bid as far as bund yields. That does not feel like a risk off move in bunds. The dollaryen down 6 10 of 1 . The bloomberg Commodity Index down 3 10 of 1 . Not just oil and copper, the base metals across the board hurt. David now we turn to emma chandra. Emma Senate Republican leaders may have made tax reform a little more complicated. They decided to add repeal of the obamacare individual mandate to their tax package to help them meet the fiscal target but will change the vote calculations in the senate and house. Twice the senate tried and failed this year. The russians have agreed to restructure more than in venezuelan debt. The Credit Rating firm declared venezuela and its state oil company to be in default after missing payments. In zimbabwe
And im alix steel in for stephanie ruhle. We will have video of the ice bucket challenge later. Was a cold . That is what happens. A lot of video this morning. A little twist to buy Family Dollar. Dollar general is offering a larger bid after it already bid froma lower another rival, Family Dollar tree. Joining us is howard from chairman howard, the chairman of divisiveness and associates. What do you think about this . Its crazy, because now they will have to pay a 305 million breakup fee, and its even crazier that walmart is not buying this company. Walmart has been screwing around with small stores for 20 years. They were ground level zero. Everybody wants convenience. Walmart, once again, sleep at the switch. I dont understand that. As is what is going on. But this is what is going on. Will there be a third player entering this bidding war at some point . That is why the shares are trading, because many hope walmart will jump in. Dollar general could have had this asset month ago,
And year, exposing debit credit card numbers, expiration dates, and the like. Because of that breach and others that have taken place, have you changed your habits coming your habits when it comes to using that it cards that using debit cards. Using that cards. Debit cards. ,025853881. On social media you can find our twitter. You can also participate in a poll. You can also send us email to journal cspan. Org. There was a poll looking at practices bcause because of data breaches. Americans say they fear of theft. G victims of they are apathetic to try to protect their data. 58 say they have deep worries when spending online but only 37 have tried to use cash for purchases rather than pay with plastic in response to the data thats like the one in turn get. Only 41 check their credit reports. Some of the details from that survey that we read you and just to show you once more, 50 eight percent concerned about spending online. 41 say they have checked their credit reports, 30 seven perce