Im a total loser. Im with you. You are with me i didnt mean it with me. Sounded just like you did lets look at futures, of course speaking of exciting, our markets have been exciting lately a higher open this morning after that turnaround yesterday, european markets and well answer and assume well have spain and italy in there there they are all down this morning. Spain the worst performer of those european markets the 10year note yield was a concern. The budget deal exacerbated concerns about a growing deficit. Will we be able to finance it without rates moving higher . Whats the feds role going to be there you see it 2. 866 is the current number. Lets get to the road map. It starts with the stock market seeking stability after those recent very volatile days. A higher after being in the red for most of the morning. Twitter shares are up more than 25 right now in the premarket the social Media Company reporting its first ever net gaap. They didnt fall into the gap any soared into the
Event of the year. We will take you e3 in l. A. But first, to our lead, after years of speculation, apple is finally lifting the hood on its car ambitions, focusing on the technology that makes autonomous driving possible. For the first time ever, apple ceo tim cook spoke about apples car ambitions in an inclusive interview, and also discussed the companys outlook on china. Take a listen. Tim china, for us, we make our decisions for the longterm, and so we are not investing for next quarter or next year. We are thinking about many, many years out, and as i stand back and look at china, i see megatrends there that make china an incredible market. I dont just mean a market to sell in. I also mean a market for Application Developers. We have 1. 5 million Application Developers in china now, probably closer to 2 million now. So it is an incredible marketplace for talent and in terms of the size of the marketplace. And so, the shortterm kinds of economic moves up and down, i dont get too ex
Event of the year. We will take you e3 in l. A. But first, to our lead, after years of speculation, apple is finally lifting the hood on its car ambitions, focusing on the technology that makes autonomous driving possible. For the first time ever, apple ceo tim cook spoke about apples car ambitions in an inclusive interview, and also discussed the companys outlook on china. Take a listen. Tim china, for us, we make our decisions for the longterm, and so we are not investing for next quarter or next year. We are thinking about many, many years out, and as i stand back and look at china, i see megatrends there that make china an incredible market. I dont just mean a market to sell in. I also mean a market for Application Developers. We have 1. 5 million Application Developers in china now, probably closer to 2 million now. So it is an incredible marketplace for talent and in terms of the size of the marketplace. And so, the shortterm kinds of economic moves up and down, i dont get too ex
Giant. Plus, courtroom grilling the Trump Administration defending its use of executive power and the travel ban before a federal Appeals Court. Social medias in focus. Facebook and twitter getting some upgrades ahead of earnings tomorrow. First up though, a bunch of earnings to get to, time warner a beat on both the top and bottom line. Alaska air also beating the street announcing an increase in the Quarterly Dividend ahead of the meeting with airline ceos at the white house tomorrow. Big report focused on is disney, revenue falls short of consensus, rising costs as we said, declining viewership at espn weighing on the results. Here is bob iger last night talking to our Julia Boorstin. I think theres way too much pessimism about espn because espn is still in demand from three constituents you want to be in demand the most from, one, distributors, two, consumers, and three, advertisers. And the reason its in demand is the brand is still strong, the product is still good. Weve invested
There. So much more to talk about, but i hope to check in with you over time. I hope so, too. David, appreciate your time. Bob bakish, ceo of viacom. Carl, back to you for the start of squawk alley. Good stuff, david. Thank you so much, david faber. Its 8 00 a. M. At twitter headquarters in san francisco, 11 00 a. M. On wall street, and squawk alley is live. Good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Jon fortt, sara eisen and myself at post 9. Dows up 101. Record highs for the dow, the s p and the nasdaq, as yields and retailers are climbing. Weve got this meeting between the president and key Airline Executives in washington, d. C. For that well go to phil lebeau. Hi, phil. Reporter hi, guys. I want to bring in gary kelly, ceo of Southwest Airlines. Thank you for joining us after coming out of a meeting with the president. Give us a summary of what you talked about. This meeting went on longer than you expected. It went on it was a very good meeting. We talked to the president an