Revolutionary at a time when people on the left and the right are handwringing about what to do about donald trump who has become president. You wrote a book about how to get things done. Tell me why you wanted to do this project. When did you start this project . Guest the day after the election. I had meetings planned with my agent, bob burnett, at the big publishers in new york the day after the election which i send donald trump would lose by 10 00 at night. I was probably the only person i can be sure, but i was probably the only person in 30 rock at nbc that night who voted for donald trump and i thought i would be home by 10 00 to do my readers show the next morning. We stayed until 2 a. M. And did much of the next morning. I saw the president speak at two am and was stunned, and if there was, i can sing this paper, if the meeting was like the nfl would also be in the concussion protocol. I went to all this may be expecting the to say thank you very much, we dont need a book on
Steady. Road map on a busy day for earnings including apple, coke and boeing. Apple surging in the premarket on the sfwheets more from the dnc. Less discord from inside the convention. President obama, joe biden and Vice President ial nominee tim kaine are on tap to speak today. Another tough quarter for twitter and jack dorsey, the stock plunging after results disappoint. What happens to the company next. But first up, apple shares are surging after the Company Reports a beat on the top and bottom line. Revenue did fall for the second straight quarter. Iphones saw the steepest sales decline year on year but that number was less than what the street was expecting. Analysts expecting an uptick in iphone sales when the new 7 is released later this year. Revenue guide not too bad. Jim, cost control, margin guide, okay. Yeah. I think there are probably people at home saying how could they have a huge decline and the stock run. The answer is in the number of iphones that they sold a lot of
Down a bit, as for the 10year note yield and oil, really oil and perhaps becoming more important yet again to our broader equity markets it is up rather sharply extending gains from oh. From friday after the strong jobs number. To our road map and it starts with walmart buying jet. Com for 3 billion in cash and 300 million worth of walmart shares. That will be paid over time. The biggest acquisition of an Ecommerce Company ever. More on the deal coming up. Plus, delta trying to get back to normal after all flights were grounded across the world due to a computer problems. Shares lower this morning. And from the pool to the beach, all the highlights from rio, including Katie Ledecky and michael phelps, both of whom wowed the crowd last night. I could watch that swimming all the time. Just love it. Being thats what i do. More important on the troubles of brazil. Just watch the competition. The competition is incredible. It is. Moratorium on the life. Heres the problem with the water, the
Goldman says not likely unless something changes in china. A fight against United Airlines as investors push for six new Board Members including Gordon Bethune. Reports of a meeting including elan musk, larry page and top ranking republicans to stop donald trump. Well get details on that. First the fight that broke out this morning between United Airlines and two of its shareholders with a combined 7. 1 in the company, par capital which is a well known airline investor and altimeter, a less well known hedge fund. They have a letter after a long period of negotiations with United Airlines. They filed a 13d some time ago that resulted in nothing that either side was willing to keel with in terms of accepting potential nominees. So we get a letter and a press release this morning saying any number of things including the following. In their view given united Strategic Asset base long term under performance results from what they say is an under qualified and effective come play sent and e
Tonight we set yet another record for new cases. Again today he called it the flu, called it the china virus. The fact is today the u. S. Recorded over 70,000 new cases, by far and away a new record. According to the New York Times, coronavirus cases are now increasing in 36 of our 50 states. Were gettin there with big surges in florida, texas, and arizona. Overall, the u. S. Is at nearly 3. 2 million confirmed cases now. Over 134,000 souls have lost their lives. The Washington Post reporting tonight trump has been complaining about the pandemic and has taken on a sullen demeanor around the west wing. Ashley parker, phil rucker, josh dawsey reporting, quote, trump often launches into a monologue, placing himself at the center of the nations turmoil. The president has cast himself in the starring role of the blameless victim of a deadly pandemic, of a stalled economy, of deepseated racial unrest, all of which happened to him rather than the country. Earlier today our own jose diazbalart