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good friday morning. welcome to "squawk alley." we're at post 9 of the new york stock exchange jon fortt is off today ed lee joins us. a lot to get to tech took a item thbl morning. the nasdaq continues to slide amid that selloff that began in yesterday's session. the index set multiple record highs earlier in the week, mike. as we know, we hit critical levels on market cap on unit performance. >> nasdaq getting 28 year today. we were talking about jeff bezos being the richest man alive. i think also a couple other things working against tech which is this month the market has been inclined to sell the winners. the year to date winners are the worst performers this year and then earnings season, you've had to have absolutely across the board blowout numbers to get rewarded on the first day. so you saw alphabet. you had a little pullback on generally good numbers amazon the same effect i think all that is causing people to wonder whether it's time to take some chips away from tech. >> i think, especially looking at amazon, i mean, it's been great growth stock it always trades at a super high multiple people take some profit taking off that i think there are psychological markers, right, like when you hit that 500 million mark. i think we maybe that's the limit there. so i think -- >> logical versus fundamental catalyst. >> amazon traditionally the bottom line is not the thing you want to look at. they have given a weird range in the estimates. we could lose $300 million or profit $400 million that, kind of thing descent want you to look at. that he wants you to look at is our business growing which it is aws is growing like crazey the retail part of the business, 25% growth, astounding given how the rest of the sector is cratering. so positive signs on the top line >> we had a long discussion this morning about aws margins coming down is it possible that microsoft is a bigger threat in cloud than we thought? >> i think so and google and their cloud business let's look at am zorngs the reason they miss on estimates is they're spending more to hire more sales people specifically for aws. meaning, there is more competition in the marketplace with microsoft azure and google cloud. they need to do more selling they need to do more pitching. and i think that's a sign of first of all, they're spending money the right way but it is getting more kpetive in that space. >> i wonder speaking about competitive pressures on margin whether we can draw anything from competitive pressures from walmart on margins of amazon it's always hard to tell amazon is spending so much on warehouses and planes and got knows what else. but walmart is ramping up e-commerce and they're the king of low prices. >> right they're playing a similar game as amazon. wanting to be a price leader i think that a lot of people have looked at amazon and said all you really have to know are the very, very broad picture picture things they're getting an increasing piece of a growing segment of retail but, yes, i think it's -- i think the easiest part of that is probably over now that you have full commitment from the likes of walmart now, what does it mean for grocery once the whole foods deal is closed then you, once again, set up against walmart. >> are they explaining enough about what they're investing in, how they're going to approach the grocery business, how they're going to sacrifice all of this margin profitability >> not a lot of visibility into that as is traditional for amazon i think, however, i said this on the show before, a big part of the whole foods piece is delivery, right? i think for amazon, for any kind of e-commerce play, it's a delivery hack. the faster you can get it to the customer, the more it feels like going into this >> it's not as really as if it diskorn disgorged a huge amount of the up side. but amazon for this run it's had over however long a period you want to look at, it almost every year had a double digit pullback you haven't had one of those in a long time. that's been the case for the market as a hole it does show that you even on this huge trajectory up, there was pretty some jagged parts of it >> so now add that we got the clearer picture of f.a.n.g. earnings, we had facebook this week, alphabet, how you would summit all up? are they good enough as a whole to keep this as a market leader? >> minus twitter i think facebook did great there were really positive signs. the challenge going forward is finding more places to put ads they're saturated in terms of how many ads they can place on the given servers. that's why they're blowing it out for messenger and what's app. i think there is more upside same thing with amazon in addition to aws, advertising is a new sort of business for them that they're growing even faster, really small right now but that's another thing they're going to sustain. >> one of my favorite pieces is in the "journal" about procter & gamble they cut $100 billion in digital ad spend and they don't feel a thing. largely ineffective taylor says. what an indictment of the digital space, don't you i >> yeah, i did >> it's a nightmare scenario long term. because the promise of digital edge is always that you were going to have more precise measurement. you knew where you were going o waste your money. >> it's good for tv. that's where the money is going back to or sustaining. because the sort of returns on that are more obvious. a lot more data. like, yeah, 50 years of data on how tv works and given really small markets, if i spend this much in advertising, i spend this much in sale. the irony around digital advertising is there is almost too much data. there is too much information. i know it drove some sales i don't know where i should apply that to. was it facebook or goiogle >> they got the biggest bang for their buck, p & g specifically wlchlt they do emotionally and powerful ad on a high profile like the super bowl, they are there. they're the top advertiser in the world. i'm thinking about the always like a girl ad, for instance those are the success stories. and so this incremental figuring out digital ads spend, they're going to be a player they're going to do that but it's going to be about targeting some of the bigger ads. >> that is significant they spend the most on advertising compared to anyone else they know more they actually have done so much work on this that might trigger other big spenders to follow suit. revert back to bigger brand plays, bigger brand messages like that on things like super bowl and traditional tv. >> also an issue at a time when autos are such a tremendous source of ad dollars and rethinking how heavy to go as well. >> remember gm-facebook is one of the early questions after the ipo. >> and the drugs, viagra and the others pulling back. >> sure. >> don't go anywhere, ed we want to get to tes l.a. the mass market car, the model 3, is finally set to ship today. our phil lebeau is following that story and joins us with more hey, phil. >> carl, it's d day for tesla. the first deliveries happening of the model three, a select number of them could be as many as 30 but most people think it may be fewer than that will be delivered to tesla employees threes employees who ordered the model three. that will happen tonight in california it will be a chance for us to also hear from elan musk two numbers that will stand out in terms of people looking at this event and looking at tesla right now. the $35,000 price point is the first number that's going to get a lot of attention. this is tesla saying we believe there is a mass market for electronic vehicles starting at $35,000. though everybody admits, look, price point is likely when it's all said and done to be closer to $48,000 or $52,000 once they configured how the car they want it to be the other number, production will they get up to 150,000 vehicles being built this year that's the estimate that's out there on wall street with about 20,000 of those happening in december for the model three that's the run rate then but more importantly, can tesla hit the target of a half million vehicles being produced next year that's a huge jump going from just over 100,000 to a half million in one year. take a look at shares of tesla, remember, the company reports earnings next week but this is one of the cases where we never say that earnings don't matter but in this case, it's what is happening with production not only with the model 3 but into the second half of this year and next year that's going to get the most attention during that earnings call. and finally, i get this question a lochlt we't and we're showings chart. the number of electronic and plug in hybrid electric vehicles expected to be sold in the united states. while it's growing, we're way behind what is expected in china this year. almost a half million are expected to be bought in china just over, what, 215,000 something around there for the united states and there you see france and germany as well guys, all eyes are on tesla today as the first model 3s are delivered. and then we start watching what is happening with production that's really -- now the clock starts >> what a story, phil. this is going to be a historic day for that company as they make this turn our phil lebeau is in ft. worth today. that will be fun to watch. the impact on -- i mean how they market this thing, what the charging infrastructure looks like, how that changes >> there is supposed to be his model t moment you want to have everyone buying these things or make it affordable enough you can hit a larger sector of the market. i think $35,000, $40,000 is still pretty pricey. this is a big test case for that if, however, if it does work and if he does get the cars on the market, the real play is autonomous, right? now that the hardware is out there, he can update the software to make, you know, autonomous play with a wider group of cars. that's how he's building a lot of the things. i just update the software and it becomes a different car. >> interesting how everyone takes for granted that there is demand for the half million if they can make them that probably is the case. i mean without a lot of incentives or discounting like other traditional car makes have to do. it seems to me that existing tesla models out, there it wasn't so much people going around saying i want to own an electric vehicle i wonld cher one i'll buy. no, you want to own a tesla because of all that represents in terms of luxury and performance. i wonder how that translates into a basic transportation, a lower priced car >> it's not like gas prices are crushing the consumer. >> yeah, it's not driving that way. >> a lot of people want to own a tesla. i don't know why anyone would expect them to meet the production target after the track record they have proven the last few years of missing them. >> it's not a tech solve it's a traditional solve, right? it's producing cars is really hard there's a lot of, you know, there's a lot of things along the way the supply chain that always break down. it's a different skill set, really, in terms of managing a company. he's actually been able to throw it out i think the smart play that he's made is with the luxury vehicles first, really great branding pel want it. and if i can get one for $35,000 or $40,000, that's the attraction more so than the electric, you know, aspect of it >> he says production is growing. we'll find out if that is true et, good weekend. >> thank you >> when we return, we'll have more on the amazon earnings report why the e-commerce giant missed and i didn't think matters but first, a quick check on the markets this friday. dow is in a tight range, down less than a point -- less than two points we're back in a minute where to get in... where to get out. if only the signs were as obvious when you trade. fidelity's active trader pro can help you find smarter entry and exit points and can help protect your potential profits. fidelity -- where smarter investors will always be. hey you've gotta see this. cno.n. alright, see you down there. mmm, fine. okay, what do we got? okay, watch this. do the thing we talked about. what do we say? it's going to be great. watch. remember what we were just saying? go irish! see that? yes! i'm gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. stocks are falling today the s&p 500 is down .6%. tech is parnlg of the charge lower. financials are staying flat. these two sectors daily divergence is the subject of mike santoli's recent column which means it may be a key theme emerging >> it has been the case for a few months basically the two sectors, financials and tech which if you look way back have almost always moved together they've been on the opposite end of the seesaw tech up is on days when the bond market rallies and yields are lower and growth in question they are the place people gravitate and that's basically exactly when financials backed off. this is something that a lot of observers are saying it can't necessarily last for that long but does it tell you how investors feel as if it's almost a zero sum proposition either we get an economic acceleration and higher yields and financials are good or we have to hide in tech it also is one of the things that is really suppressing index wide volatility. the reason the vix is around nine is because you have the push and pull on a day to day basis with the index it doesn't mean it's this compressed spring and then volatility is going to bounce. but it does give you a little bit of a window into investors priorities now and what they worry about and care about most on a daily basis. >> i wonder which one is going to win out we did get the 2%, 2.6% economic growth number today. that was sort of didn't really give us a signal of whether we're going into a stronger momentum economy or not. >> exactly it is still in the middle. earnings noises it up a little bit, too i think it's a relationship to watch. goldman sachs which looked at this closely is saying for the back half the year, they both can outperform the market for different reasons. so we'll see if that relationship comes back into tune the way it's been >> j.p. morgan on the nas 100 says they see consolidation where 6,000 once again becomes resistance that would take you back to levels we saw months ago, right? >> nasdaq 100 is incredibly concentrated top heavy index it is the closest major index to f.a.n.g. that's what we're talking about when you say you look for an extended group looking to pull back >> let's talk about it more and bring in some guests on the topic. we're heading into the end of the trading month. so let's talk about this overall market pullback that we've seen in the last two days the busiest earnings week of the year for more, joined by ray monld james head of fixed income and matt jones, j.p. morgan. i feel like i'm on "fast money" where they play the game, would you rather financials or technology do you think this keeps up >> we think both can outperform. technology, funneldamentals aren place. and we think that, you know this is a group that can continue to see earnings move higher if you look at it, there is noise aren't quarter revenues are accelerating, you see cloud and semi and internet and search all showing accelerated revenue growth there is a little fatigue in the semisector and tech in general, we think that is short term. when you look long term, we think that there's continued outperformance there and then in financials, for different reason this capital return story is real we think that it's going to continue with short term interest rates gradually moving higher and capital return dividends, buy backs, we think that it is setting up for a multiyear outperformance as well. >> what is happening with interest rates, kevin? mike mentioned it as a big signal for the stock market and certain sectors outperformance and underper forpance. we're stuck around 230 here on the ten year what sort of nall are ysignal au getting? >> it's been about inflation so the combination of kind of problems in washington combined with what's plaguing the fed and lack of inflation continues to keep the long rates especially low. and the fed is not going to continue to act when we're seeing roughly 2% growth and the equivalent inflation today's number prove that out even further until we get a real push towards higher prices than lower rates are going to be here and they'll be here probably through the rest of the year or at least until september when the fed acts on the balance sheet or at least proposes tooblgt act on balance sheet. >> that is driving the treasury markets and the currencies i wonder what the thoughts are on the corporate bond market the credit mashgtsd arket and so rates, that's great for us and people piling into the credit markets you know, at levels that don't necessarily seem to leave tremendous amount of value yet it is supportive of the equity markets right now how does that play out >> you right people are clammering for long, long bonds at low rates. corporations have done well. earnings have been in their favor. that makes this a perfect scenario for them. spreads have been tight. they'll remain tight until we see real big change. there's been a benefit to corporations issuing debt. >> matt, i know you mentioned you like that along with financials should investors be cautious here with the kind of gains they're sitting on >> well, i certainly think in the short term we're not anticipating another 40% move for a lot of the names in the back half of the year. they're in positioning and expectations look to have maybe gotten a little high but as i said earlier, when you look at the fundamentals, the emerging technologies like artificial intelligence. when you look at the growth of the cloud and the amount of spending and growth in infrastructure and scale, that's happening in the technology space. we think over the long term this is a group that can continue to move higher as those numbers move higher. short term, there's -- there looks to be a little fatigue expectations were certainly set high over the long term this is a group we believe will outperform the market the earnings are certainly double digits. it's the best sector earnings growth we see in the market x energy they look to add exposure. >> how do you decide which though, kevin? all the secular trends that matt mentions are totally true. i think most people agree with that but as we once again point to howard marks note earlier in the week, even in the juice promises we've seen, i doesn't mean every company is going to execute perfectly even though the opportunities are huge >> you're right. the credits that you buy and in some of the debt products that are being offered. i think while we have a way to run, except at some point washington is going to get their act together the fed is going to have the ability to raise rates again and some of the credits are going to be under pressure. >> energy, material stocks, copper making a run here do you think it's just kind of a standard bounce or more to it? >> well, i think that's a great question >> i think over the last week, crude prices rallied 15% from the lows equities are starting to see that rotation maybe out of tech. and some of the sectors that have outperforms and into energy and we think this market is tightening very elevated inventories. if you look at the doe numbers over the last several weeks, we've seen significant draws out of inventory there are people looking for value. i think this energy trade has a little bit of ways to go we like the mlps and midstream infrastructure names there is a lot of building going on in the pipeline spice aace. and in the low cost producers, i mean we're looking at a $50 oil price over the next 12 months. you want to own the low cost producers. you want to own the guys that in $50 can earn a real healthy margin >> well, we are seeing a nice boost in crude oil wti pushing towards $50 a barrel we'll leave it there thank you guys kevin and matt, thank you. >> we are looking at some headlines out of nhk regarding north korea. let's get to sue herrera for details on that. >> indeed. thank you very much. this is according to japan's nhk media. it says that north korea appears to have fired another missile. north korea's apparent missile may have landed in what is called japan's exclusive economic zone which is in the sea where there is a lot of trade and a lot of shipping going on and fishing going on. japan's chief cabinet secretary is expected to brief the news media shortly. excuse me, peter >> confirmed by prime minister abe apparently that just happened thank you, peter so we do have another missile launch apparently by north korea. we expect a media briefing shortly. and apparently it hit where the last missile did which is in the economic zone in the sea i'll keep you posted guys. back to you. >> all right continue to follow this breaking story. looks like the yen is a bit firmer it was stronger to day we'll keep an eye on it. sue, thank you when we return, meg whitman reiterating her noninterest in the uber ceo role via twitter. we'll tell what you she said and which other ceo is at the forefront of speculation for the job. and next, amazon reporting disappointing profit numbers after the close yesterday. more from the company's quarter after this because, when you really, really want to be there, but you can't. at cognizant, we're helping today's leading media companies create more immersive ways to experience entertainment with new digital systems and technologies. get ready, because we're helping leading companies see it- and see it through-with digital. hello once again, everybody. senate republicans failing to pass the so-called obamacare skinny repeal bill early this morning. senator john mccain's no vote decisive in helping to sink that bill he joined fellow gop senators lisa myrrh you could ski and susan collins in defeating the measure. >> so, yes, this is a disappointment a disappointment indeed. our friends over in the house, we thank them as well. i regret that our efforts were simply not enough. this time >> two women accused of poisoning the estranged half brother of north korean leader appearing in court today the women face a possible death penalty. they say they were duped into thinking that they were playing a harmless prank and honolulu passing a law banning people from texting while crossing the street. becoming the first major u.s. city to do so. people can be fined up to $35 for the first offense, $75 for the second and $99 for a third violation. you are up to date at this hour i'll send it back down to you guys i'm just seeing a headline crossing that japan's prime minister abe is going to convene an emergency meeting of officials after that north korean missile launch. so sarah, we're following it closely. >> all right thank you. and we'll turn to you as news warrants sue, thank you let's get over to michelle caruso cabrera for the european close. >> european stock markets lower across the board the ecb is going to talk about unwinding the bond sales come this fond. german bond sales are higher on that data i told you about too when you dig into specific markets and sectors, starting to feel like death by 1,000 cuts for the german automakers. emissions fixing scandal does not go away. it's getting worse the manufacturers are now being accused of collusion there is the euro at $1.17 let's move on to the stocks and german dax porsche dealing with a massive recall for the cayenne recalling 22,000 cayennes for having software that allows them to cheat on emissions. volkswagen owns porsche and down 1% this week daimler is not doing any better. ditto, down roughly 1%, 4.5% in the last week. and bmw lower by 1%, also nearing 5% declines for the week worthy of note, the decline in the swiss frank against the euro here i believe we're showing -- this is daimler. we're showing it against the swiss frank. it is weaker against the dollar but particularly against the euro the swiss frank is still overvalued they're sticking with negative rates. also currency interventions. so they're even more ultra easy than the ecb mike, back to you. >> all right michelle, thank you very much. as we've been talking about of, amazon reporting a second quarter miss continuing to push ahead into invest ment. s in video is it time for investors to pull back an analyst joins us. we'll talk about it with these guys john, you know, you obviously have a little bit of a pullback in the stock i wonder if you characterize this as really a disappointment in terms of what was expected in the general tone of what amazon does as i mentioned, the stock is back to where it was a few weeks ago. so how do you think the street is going to be positioned going into the third quarter >> yeah. no, i mean the stock up is 40% this year. it's given a couple percent back today. it was like the top line, all the signals for top line and demand were great. i mean they beat second quarter revenue. they came in the high end of the range. north american e-commerce growth is plus 26.5%, 3% acceleration from one 1-q growth rate the prior five years we've only seen on average 1.5% acceleration for that data point. paid unit growth globally accelerated. aws revenue growth is better and then the 3-q guide is way ahead of the street. all signals on demand were g you're right, they missed on the cost side and it's because of significant growth in fulfill ment and prime video and a laundry list of other things, head count growth, aws infrastructure but we still like it here. we kept our price target at $1125. stock is trading at 19 times forward. the peak to trough is 13 to 25 times. so still, you know, it's amazon. they're playing the long game. and we're in a bit of an investment cycle at this point >> rob, i wonder just, you know, the question has always been to what degree investors along the way are willing to play that long game with jeff bezos here even the next quarter guidance for top line, i mean, this is a $2.5 billion range there and obviously -- $700 million range in terms of operating income so not only do they not sort of plan for the short term results, they seem not to really want to give you a very focused idea of what they're going to do so you think as investors, you're willing to accept the fact that they might actually have this more intense investment cycle than what they're expecting? >> yeah. part of it is you have to trust jeff bezos and his management team and i think the track record that amazon has delivered, especially with the top line growth, the markets that they've gone in and taken over and just wiped out the competition, i think they've earned that. if they just met expectations, we would be having a completely different conversation the stock is up now 36% year to date it's a good time to, you know, take a pause and prepare for that investment cycle and prepare for longer term growth >> john, you know, ever since whole foods was anounsd, everyone played this parlor game where they ask what category is next what could be amazon besides grocery? does do these results suggest to you that their appetite for being inquiztive also takes a pause that we can stop having at least that discussion for a while? >> i think so. you know, obviously, they way favor building versus buying so, yeah, i don't think there is any big acquisitions to come as we talked about on the show and as we write in our research, we think grocery and apparel very big retail markets are going to be key drivers of amazon's retail business growth over the long term but, yeah, i don't think there's any big acquisitions let's get through the whole foods deal let's close it and, yeah, i agree with that yeah kind of intergrated and execute and continue to execute. >> rob, you think within the sort of reasonable investors time horizon right here you'll have to have to think hard about regulatory threats whether it's, you know, with regard to grocery and the whole foods deal or just, you know, more broadly speaking? you know, the bold case for amazon it is takes over all the industries the bear case is the government may not like that. >> so any one individual industry i don't think it's an issue. even with the whole foods acquisition, maybe that's one, 1.5% of the grocery market but i think as amazon gets bigger and bigger and has market power in all of the industries across the board, then the government might take notice and that's always going to be a risk going forward. >> all right well, we'll see how it plays out down the road. rob and john, thanks very much appreciate your time. >> thank you >> thanks. and when we come back, snap's lockup on shares set to expire making about 85% the total number of shares 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thn he ran from '09 to '13 in that post. the reason i remember him so well is because he seemed to have this fascination with europe he loved their $10 price for gasoline matter of fact, he wanted $10 gasoline here. wanted it. use that notion in speeches. because he knew what was best for us in you have $10, you make things that are not feasible feasible things like renewables this is about bridges. i'm talking about bridges here because it's hard to argue with the nakt we afact that we all wo take care of the planet and hard to argue that no society that has an active manufacturing presence can be a great economy without energy and the cheaper the energy is, the more profit you make, the bigger your manufacturing gets it isn't only manufacturing in, you want to curl your hair you want to do anything, you pretty much have to plug things in so i find it so ironic in a when i was pa ruesing my roiter's news feed is i found an export up 60% you want to know what it was it was coal! boy, you talk about something that has been berated on every front. the ridicule the president had just basically saying, listen, let the economies and economics of scale and choice, let's do it the old fashioned way. if there are things better than coal, they will develop. we have given many of these industries a lot of help thus far, subti i dids for things like electric cars the real eastern irony is a big chunk of the command was coming from europe and germany. they're dune with nuclear. the kill owe watt hour manufacturing is way more than ours coal and then after the president pulled out of the paris accord, they ridiculed them. that's where the coal is going listen, we all want a bridge but the bridge is what we make our power from now, nat gas. so this is important and another issue this week quickly. the repeal, it failed. listen, i'm a big movie buff stanley cooper did 95 takes in a movie with tom cruise just having him move one foot through a doorway. in the current political landscape we have, they're supposed to make this movie of health care 20% of the economy and they're supposed to film it in one take. yeah, right. back to you. >> rick santelli at the white board again. rick, thank you very much. as we head to break, take a look at shares of american airlines much the company beating forecasts on earnings and revenue this morning the stock is down almost 2%, the entire group is down today and for the week and the month phil lebeau as scott mentioned will be speaking to american's ceo in just under an hour from now. and next here on "squawk alley," facebook's cafeteria employees offial uonin cilyniizg. the fda announces a new plan to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to a nonaddictive level. joining us now joe agnici, he covers the tobacco names a lot them are off the lows. altria is still down 9%. philip morris international is pochlt i doesn't have the u.s. business but what does this actually mean for the companies? >> in the long term, it's seen as a negative and reduce the addictive nature of smokeable cigarettes which will most likely affect the younger smokers, not so much the older smokers. but we also see this as a potential positive for manufacturers of electronic cigarettes as it encourages the development and use and availability of an alternative to combustable cigarettes. >> i just wonder about the consequences of this could this create a black market for cigarettes what's going to happen >> i think it surely does encourage us a black market for cigarettes but we don't see any near term impacts. i think this will take a while to be implemented. for people that are currently addicted, changes that take place. and nicotine levels are reduced. if they're dakted, they'll smoke more that may be supportive of volumes for people that are not addicted it is the younger smokers that will be addicted >> you saw this coming and remind viewers that not all of these tobacco companies are trading the same because not in part sell cigarettes in this country, right >> well, that's true so altria has the exposure to operations reynolds american closed yesterday. so they have exposure. philip morris international is -- doesn't have the domestic exposure they're less exposed to the actions. altria does have the right to philip morris' electronic cigarette. so we think the actions are actually supportive of future demand for that product which altria is seeking to gain fda approval and by the statement today, we think that this is actually very encouraging sign for the long term future of the electronic cigarette market while it does have that negative impact on the combustible smokeable cigarettes. >> how does that look for these companies, to a world of more e-cigarettes i would assume the economics are not as good until several years down the road for e-cigarettes >> i think that's correct. i think the economics are not agood right now. but as the market develops and perhaps with changes, there'll a greater push and acceleration of growth in electronic cigarettes, that longer term, the economics could improve. >> all right, we'll leave it there and continue to monitor these stocks, which are all still trading lower on this fda announcement joe, thank you for joining us. >> thank you facebook cafeteria workers are officially unionizing in an effort to increase their hourly wages, as many struggle to afford living in the valley. facebook, for its part, issued a statement saying our vendor workers are valued members of our community. we are committed to providing a safe, fair work environment to everyone, including contractors, regardless of union status for more, we're joined now by the head of that union, unit, here is enrique ferfernandez good to have you with us good morning >> thank you, carl a pleasure to be here. >> i don't think anybody needs an explanation about the difficulties in, a, just finding basic housing in an area of the country that's become so cost prohibitive, right >> correct it's been horrible for many years and we're trying to make a difference about three years ago, we created a silicon valley rising with teamsters, united, faith and labor organizations and we're making a difference, trying to tackle that horrible reality of silicon valley. and it is a person who would have to make $41 an hour just to pay for a two-bedroom apartment in menlo park, where facebook is so the good thing about this is that we are creating partnerships and this partnership, the reality that's happening today, workers are coming together, forming a union, having a voice. that voice is realized by some of those companies so i think that we are in our way to tackle that challenge of living in silicon valley and i'm very, very optimistic that we're going to be able to do it. the first step is always to form a union. and that's what's happening in silicon valley that's what's happening with facebook and this contract 500 plus workers got together and we are now awaiting our first-time contract there. >> ewrawe read the statement frm facebook have they tried to talk you out of this move >> no, not at all. i think that there is a partnership between the contractor, i think there is an understanding in my view of these tech companies that there has to be a dialogue and we have to bring the service workers into this conversation otherwise, we are going to be leaving a great part of silicon valley on the side while we are struggling right now in our industry, in the service industry, is how to tackle housing i mean, workers are having to drive 2 1/2 hours to work in this cafeterias. i mean, we have been successful at unite here, creating these partnerships and i think we are on our way to make a difference in the service workers. we are on our way to organize 10,000 we're halfway out of those 10,000, 3,000 security guards, 1,000 drivers, and now over a thousand food sfs workers who are actually having a voice in what the future will be. we're going to be talking about wages, health care, pension, housing. so that's the only way to actually make a difference, when we get together, form a union, and we sit down with this company. >> when you're talking, enrique, about the issue of housing how is that going to translate into bargaining? essentially, is it just about getting wages up to a point where they can afford something more local or actual help with specific sort of housing subsidies or new housing or transportation to housing? i mean, what set of solutions do you think you should be looking at >> well, i think it's a matter of, you know, creating a wage structure that a person can afford to make a living and pay for rent i mean, the majority of facebook workers are renters, and we see workers living, two or three families in a house, living in garages. so i think that there is an understanding in the industry, i'm talking about the tech industry, that we have to sit down and find a solution if you ask me today, i think, there are many avenues, but the dialogue that we are starting and the voice that the workers are getting to bring to the table, their issues and bringing the service industry into the dialogue is what is making the difference today and i am certainly that we are going to find an answer. we're going to be able to fix this in one day or one week? no i think it's a big problem but the fact that we are actually talking in silicon valley rising is bringing all these people together, companies, workers, i think that's going to make a difference and i believe it starts with ages, yes pip mean, that's what we're going to be talking about. it's also health care. it's also access to pension, access to an affordable health care >> enrique, appreciate the time. we'll be watching the story as it evolves enrique fernandez, a business ernager at unite he. dow again in a tight range down a point we'll be right back after this you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged depression, don't get too 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kalanick leaving was difficult for her. >> was travis leaving the company difficult? >> yes yes. i think it's difficult anytime there is real significant change in a culture you know bad or good. so, you have to recalibrate -- people have to find new direction, new ways of mofing, ways of working. i see potential, i see opportunity. there are certainly things that have happened that i don't condone, that i'm not comfortable, that i'm not okay with but i think representation matters, too >> the search committee over at uber includes kalanick and arianna huffington the immelt news raised a lot of eyebrows he is only 61. unlikely to just go off into the pasture. >> certainly, the ability to undertake some other new project like this -- i just think that the names being thrown around tells you what a tricky spot it is to be looking for a replacement for a founder of a company at this stage of its development. when it's still in kind of this hypergrowth mode, but it still has to get its arms around all of these big corporate-type issues >> and immelt had a great reputation around fellow ceos and ge has faced a number of macro conforms, but it's the worst-performing dow component so far this year, down 19% and his tenure was marked by underperformance of the shares versus the broader markets so that could raise some questions, too >> flannery, by the way, the first day on the job is the 1st, august 1st, next week. meanwhile, obviously in a tight range, we're going to watch for developments out of these north korean headlines the pentagon has a statement out right now. abe holding this meeting with officials. and next week, guys, this has been the heaviest of earnings season, but it will continue next week. >> it's still going to be the story, i do think. plus, you have end of month, which has always got an little bit fun in the markets the last couple of months >> it's been nice to get you back this week, as well. >> thank you, it's good to be back it was way too long. 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