Attendance today, and the attention, i should say, is focused on the nations capital. Maybe it is an uproar to you. Maybe it is not. It is certainly an uproar inside the beltway. If you have been sleeping overnight, the Trump Administration takes fertile judicial action takes further judicial action against the former National Security advisor john bolton. His book is out, and trust me, it has been. In the news ritika gupta it has been in the news. Ritika gupta will give you the latest on that. Jonathan ferro, i am thrilled to talk to you about this. It must seem so foreign to see this. How do you, being from the motherland, how do you see all of these First Amendment debates within america . Jonathan i am not sure the United States would like to refer to the u. K. As the motherland this morning, so i will avoid my personal opinion on the matter. I do think it is amazing to witness what is happening, which is a man, john bolton, with the rare ability to upset pretty much everyone. I re
Lets see how things did overnight in asia. Asia was leading the declines yesterday. This time a little different story. Nikkei closed up by 1. 5 hang seng was up by 0. 6 shanghai was flat. In europe, at least at this early trading hour, there are green arrows across the board. Barely hanging on for the ftse the dax and cac each up by better than 0. 6 looking at crude oil prices, at least right now, crude oil looks like its down 7 cents 55. 26. Couple big stories were watching, mattel has rejected a takeover approach from rival hasbro reuters reporting that mattel believes the offer undervalues the company and doesnt take into account the potential for regulators to rejected the deal on antitrust grounds reports saying mattels new ceo who took over in february may be trying to drive a harder bargain in talks with hasbro the company cut its fullyear revenue outlook. You are looking at both of those stocks now time inc is reportedly restarting talks to sell itself to publisher and broadca
Doubledigit lead if elections were today. The president will say get it done or expect defeat next year. Markets open higher again today and, yes, we are again at or near record stock price levels and as amazon powers ahead, we will pose the question, jeff bezos, 100 billiondollar guy, is he also the new steve jobs . Varney company is about to begin. Stuart this is the face of the retail revolution. Online is on the march like never before. Adobe says yesterday was the Largest Online sale history, 6. 9 billion worth of sale online and the revenue often driven by smartphones that hit alltime high, 1. 59 billion worth of sales, that, again, just from phone purchases. Lets bring in mike murphy, hes with rosecliff capital, im going overboard on this. Wait for it. The revolution is now, we are in the middle of it. Are you going to take me on . Mike im with you. People know that they can shop with convenience, people are willing to spend money but on their terms. The only way brick and morta
Legends breaking down implications on the tax bill, how much will you really be able to deduct of your mortgage interest . What does that mean for all you fence hitters ready but wait to go buy a new home . Plus, we are all geeked up for the debut of star wars, the last jedi, we have so many questions, is skywalker the last jedi. [laughter] shows how much i know. Why did carla turn to the right side. Mike tamara just left the screening. I dont know if hes going to give the spoiler alert. Dont freak out. S p 50 headed to new records as we await final details of the tax plan on the quadruple friday, less than an hour to the closing bell. Lets start the countdown. Liz folks, i do just need to get you breaking news we are getting, we are now learning that a u. S. Judge says he will be releasing former Trump Campaign manager trump manafort from home confinement. Manafort has been indicted in the case whether trump colluded with russia. For now i want you to turn the attention for the lower
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