Brands the ceo, nigel travis, will sell will tell us how the weather wreaked havoc on last quarters numbers and how hes feeling the coffee price pain. We will get his reaction when his competitor, starbucks, reports after the bell. Lets move onto to the stocks we are watching julie hyman keeping an eye on the stock. Rex you had mentioned apple and the stocks trading higher. The number of different factors with the company raising its buyback authorization. Raising it dividend and announcing a 71 stock split which many analysts say could place it in the Dow Jones Industrial average. The earnings numbers which also in particular and the companys iphone sales surging as the iphone was introduced through china mobile. Iphones a big driver but sales did disappoint. Verizon numbers are out and even though verizon numbers beat the narrativewth, over at ts earnings yesterday is that more customers are going to the phone installment plans which will be less profitable for these entities. By bio
Storm after storm after storm is made it a wet winter in the eastern u. S. But a lack of rain and snow has created disaster in the west. Temperatures in eastern u. S. Has about below normal this winter while much of the west has seen above normal or record temperatures. That is helping to worsen the drought in california. President obama arrived on the west coast just a short time ago. He will soon announce Financial Assistance for those affected by the drought. For more on the president s trip west, there is a perspective on how bad this drought is. What is extraordinary we havent heard that much about it. Sips they started keeping records this is the worst drought on record. This is a map put out called the drought monitor. Its the dark red you see there is exceptional drought. The red and somewhat lighter drought is extreme drought and half the state and more profoundly affected. And its not justits not just the entire state but some the sensitive agriculture growing regions, the Ce
Fiveyear lows just moments ago and data at adp, 176,000 jobs last month. All of this as you mentioned before the big jobs report comes out tomorrow morning. This is one to watch as it inches ever closely to that 3 mark. Question is whether investors are ready for it. Bank of england and ecb are stating pat on the key decisions today. Plenty more with simon and the close later on. The road map today begins with the jobs data. Unemployment up while weekly jobless claims fall again. The smartwatch competition has started with both samsung and qualcomm unveiling their first wearable devices. We will have both on the show. Yahoo rolling out the new logo for the First Time Since 2009. And symbolic of many recent changes of the company under the new ceo Marissa Mayer. As if that wasnt enough, jcpenney is talking Martha Stewarts home goods line before a judge even decides the outcome of the threeway licensing battle with macys. And speaking of threeways, bk, brian. Thank you. Its good to be he
Senate gym everybody else is there to watch morning joe. 245e6r7b89sd the Previous Story about fifa. Fifa president sepp blatter announcing he is resigning only four days after he was reelected. Now sepp blatter will go back to sounding like disease you look up on web, m. D. Fifa president sepp blaert announced he is he signing after a week since the Corruption Scandal. You can never trust the 79yearold blatter. Hes not a great basketball player. Why is that . But hes a good dribbleer. Wow, im flushed. Hes european. Thats right. Its in the contract. He sat owe stepped down four days after he was elected. The fifa guy. Talk about arrogance. He said a couple days ago i shall not step down to to do so would be an ad mission of guilt. That was ability three days ago. There you go. Wow okay. Maybe its all coming together. Big news. What else is going on in the news today . Usa today . This is a big headline a. Lot of libertarians on the right a. Lot of liberals on the left. Nsa Data Collect
Host day tv is on location at American University washington d. C. And pleased to be joined by professor of islamic studies at American University and his book the thistle and the drone how americas war on terror became a global war on tribal islam professor akbar ahmed, is a class of religion . Guest it is more complex. The concept of the clash of civilizations and others a simplistic. A and more than 10 years after 9 11 we should be aware of the conflicts where america is involved. I find many conflicts are rooted in the clash already taking place before and 11 was centered government and the triumph of the community on the border between states. Without local history or culture it is impossible to impose simplistic notions but someone did waziristan or yemen is aghast at a clash of civilizations and. 90 had no idea what 9 11 was zero or of some of did not been. Would have to be careful how we are analyzing and i maintain there is a crisis already was United States involved in a loca