Nicole volatility continues in the asian markets, the nikkei sinking 1. 4 overnight, the shanghai composite index edging lower. Lauren big lives in oil behind the stock market volatility, oil prices shooting up 8 over the past three days. Now they are getting back 4. 16 a barrel. Nicole the latest to report disappointing results getting crushed in the free market, down 17 , jcpenney reports later this morning. Nicole apple makes a 1 billion investment in chinas version of uber as alphabet passes apple as the most valuable company in the world. Nicole mark sucker berg finally responding to accusations of a liberal bias in facebooks trending topics section. We will have his response. Lauren the Oklahoma City thunder eliminates the San Antonio Spurs and the nhl playoffs the San Jose Sharks got past the nashville predators. Those highlights coming up in sports. Nicole it is friday the 13th, welcome to fbn a. M. , your first look at the days markets, the latest breaking news and what is exp
Meeting with conservatives over charges of news bias, and apples ceo tim cook fielding tough questions on working conditions in china. Donald trump punching back at jeff bezos, saying that bezos is using his ownership of the Washington Post to slam him so that politicians dont tax amazon as they should. With me now, former republican president ial candidate, successful businessman herman cain. Herman, it is great to see you. Happy friday. Thank you. Happy to be here. Deirdre you are always a wonderful guest for us to have, but particularly today because there are a lot of issues. That is to say, the Business World and the political world overlapping. Yes. Deirdre so i want to ask you first and foremost if you look at a boxing ring with donald trump in one corner, jeff bezos in the other, what do you think . Billionaire against billionaire. Deirdre thats right. I think donald trump is going to come out in this particular fight, and heres why. The big question isnt whether or not bezos i
Trump. Trust me on that. And thats not all clooney had to say. Why he blames the Mainstream Media for the donalds rise. Why he put his palm on his cheekbone for 20 minutes. What did millenniums think about the election . [ no audio ] right. Later in the show, audio. [ laughter ] liberal voters step into watters world and its not pretty. Let me remind you, mornings are better with friends. Thank you, steve miller. This is not him live. Im not sure he knows were playing it. A little bit later, how does the eagle feel about the mammal . Lets talk to challenger if eagles talk. Theres al with challenger. Our bald eagle. Talks with brian and ainsley and i. The big news this week is we now have a National Animal and its the bison. National mammal is the bison. The eagle is animal. I thought i said mammal. Weve got a lot to talk about. That meeting yesterday. I know it. The meeting between paul ryan and donald trump. Well talk about that first. Well get a chance to talk to donald trump about t
But first, we will speak with Pulitzer Prize winning reporter James Grimaldi of the wall street journal, who has covered the Clinton Foundation for years. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A series of bomb blasts in thailand have hit three of the countrys most popular tourist resorts killing four people and wounding dozens. There were at least 11 explosions in total. No group has claimed responsibility. The blasts comes days after the country voted to accept a militarybacked charter in a referendum. Human rights watch warned that thailand is moving toward become a military dictatorship. Brad adams, the groups asia director said instead of the longpromised return to democratic civilian rule, the new constitution facilitates unaccountable military power and a deepening dictatorship. In campaign news, the New York Times and the gannett newspaper chain have petitioned the new York Supreme Court to unseal re
Scott anderson, author of fractured lands how the arab world came apart. His story takes up the entire print edition of the New York Times magazine. But first, we will speak with Pulitzer Prize winning reporter James Grimaldi of the wall street journal, who has covered the Clinton Foundation for years. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A series of bomb blasts in thailand have hit three of the countrys most popular tourist resorts killing four people and wounding dozens. There were at least 11 explosions in total. No group has claimed responsibility. The blasts comes days after the country voted to accept a militarybacked charter in a referendum. Human rights watch warned that thailand is moving toward become a military dictatorship. Brad adams, the groups asia director said instead of the longpromised return to democratic civilian rule, the w constitution facilitateunaccountabl military power and a deep