Welldeserved. Kids threw beach balls while i was talking. They didnt walk out. They did not. Accomplishment these days. Yes. Congratulations. From the whole family, from the whole crew. Thank you, thank you. A very big deal. Very, very humbled. Unusual for me. Anyway, lets move on. We got a great show for you today. Ford stock has fallen 35 under mark fields during his threeyear term, and now, of course, as you know by now, hes out of the c suite, but will the replacement turn things around . We have that satisfactory coming up here in a little bit. New problems for amgens experimental drug. We got details on that. Stocks down 2. 5 . More fallout from the biotech sector. Twitter holding a Shareholders Meeting this afternoon. That stock up in the last month. A good Old Fashioned bullbear debate whether the company is getting its mojo back and whether you should buy it now. Beginning, though, with President Trumps foreign trip in israel today after spending time in saudi arabia over the
This point the nikkei ended flat. Hang seng was off just over 1 shanghai composite down as well. And in europe youre going to see at this point it looks like things are also in the red there. The ftse is the biggest decliner down by just over 1 you can see the dax down by 0. 75 if you want to check out crude oil prices, at this point youll see crude oil is up 36 cents 49. 92 facebook it is making a big bet on video. The social media site launching what its calling watch. Redesigned version of its video platform its going to be rolling out to facebook users over the next couple of weeks. It will include a mix of original content as well as live sports recommendations of what to watch will be personalized based on your interests and what your friends are talking about. This is facebooks latest push for tv ad dollars. Mark zuckerberg said video will be the largest driver over the next two to three years. A big push some people wont get it if youre on facebook now and go to look for it tod
Daybreak asia. Im yvonne man in hong kong. Betty im betty liu. , i guess youd of could call it lackluster. We tried to rally earlier in the session, but we just pretty much ended up flat. We will see whether or not earnings from tomorrow are going to help these markets. Another thing we are watching tomorrow is the decision by the courts on this travel ban that was issued, this executive order by the white house. Over the past hour, a federal Appeals Court has been hearing arguments for and against president trumps executive order to ban refugees from these muslim majority nations. Ramy inocencio has more on the story. Off listeningot to what has been happening over at the ninth Circuit Court of appeals in terms of the oral arguments on behalf of the department of justice and the lawyers for the state of washington. Im not sure if it is finished yet, but it was interesting at least for the first half hour. Department of justice lawyer gave his argument, saying that Washington State has
Is the best frame for that. A neutral investigation that can pull together the facts, create a record so that the senators can draw on the information they receive to develop their question. It would seem that the fbi really doesnt do that. Theyve investigated about six times before, and it seems that they dont do that. Its very unfair, i think, to, as you know, Justice Kavanaugh has been treated very, very tough, and his family, i think its a very unfair thing whats going on. So well see, but i do think this, theyve given it a lot of time, and really its up to the senate. I really want to see her. I really would want to see what she has to say, but i want to give it all the time they need. If she shows up, that would be wonderful. If she doesnt show up, that would be unfortunate. If she shows up and makes a credible showing, that will be very interesting, and well have to make a decision. I can only say this, he is such an outstanding man. Very hard for me to imagine that anything hap