Happy friday. Maria big story and the top story right now this hour 2020 shakeup, new york city mayor billionaire Michael Bloomberg to enter the 2020 democratic race, hes expected to file paperwork to do in alabama. You heard it here first, white house chief strategist steve bannon and former adviser to the Clintons Mark Penn told me last month. I think that bloomberg and clinton are still there as biden is in fourth in iowa, second in New Hampshire, dropping to third. Hes losing steam everywhere. Maria do you think Michael Bloomberg or Hillary Clinton will enter the race . The two representatives of the centrist party. Maria who are you expecting to enter the race . Im not sure exactly who is going to enter, if youre a Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, john kerry or Michelle Obama, youre probably sitting there saying, i could take this field, maybe i should get in, maybe not, i think all four of them are possibilities. Maria thats why we love our guest so much because you heard it h
The premarket. It is down two and a quarter percent on mcdonalds right now. Under armor under investigation, the Company Reportedly facing a federal probe over its Accounting Practices. How it recorded sales, stock is plunging this morning on that news. Under armor shares down 16 and three quarters percent. U. S. China trade optimism fueling the broader averages. President trump in Constant Contact with chinese president xxijinping. A deal could be reached this month. Futures indicating a gain in the p p triple digits at the start of trading this morning. S p 500 is up 15, nasdaq higher by 51. Mornings with maria begins right now. Youre the only thing i know. So wont you take, wont you take me home. Maria good monday morning. We have a big show this morning. Joining the conversation, lee car first here. Cfra director of Equity Research, ken leon is here and mitch rochell. We have a big shakeup going on at mcdonalds this morning. The Company Fired the ceo over a consensual relationship
I was disgusting. Um, its a good thing im not waiting on you. Youre so ignorant. Unfortunately, one of our servers said to her after seeing her trump attire said, good thing youre not in my section. Reporter trolley car owner Ken Weinstein disputes the wording but doesnt admit his waitress step out of line. He says she was reprimanded but insists with the customer claims happened a week later is not true. Shes standing in a corridor and knocks into me and then checks me with her shoulder. Reporter trump supporter alleges she was targeted and physically assaulted by the same waitress. Thats when a friend with the Group Citizens for trauma sweeted out the story. Soon it was viral with outraged supporters posting messages and including the diner fosses phone and contact info. There was no purposeful assault that happened, and we have other customers that substantiated that. Reporter he thinks hes being set up. Something the customer strongly denies. She wants to be able to express her vie
Officer Jesse Hartnett back here in new york the nypd is alert. This afternoon all commands received a memo from the nypd chief of counterterrorism reminding them there is a of service face from individuals seeking to start Law Enforcement personnel for a variety of reasons including terrorist motivations. It was about a year ago that officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos were shot and killed inside their patrol car in brooklyn by ishmael brinsley. He took the bus from baltimore on december 20th, 2014, vowing to kill officers as revenge for eric garners death and in paris thursday a man armed with a knife lunged at police there before he was shot and killed. After police in philadelphia caught gunman edward archer, he swore his allegiance to isis. He stated that he pledges his allegiance to islamic state. He follows allah. And that is the reason he was called upon to do this. Reporter police say archer firing then reached inside in an attempt to assassinate officer hartnett. He knew wh
Make medical care. Also this report, and a one day. My cologne, take a look at what they apprehended. Almost a thousand pounds of drugs that were coming around the border from smugglers and traffickers. Remember, this is the issue that is at the heart of this will shut down. A shut down that the senate voted on twice today, but failed to bring to an end. Now a new suggestion tonight from the president s. I suggest they pay a down payment for the wall, i think people agree that we need that. A lot of the democrats, almost all of them are saying, the wall is good. Spew and except for nancy pelosi who is saying, absolutely not. But the peace and movements between Mitch Mcconnell and Chuck Schumer were still meeting tonight . Kellyanne conway to President Trump. Thank you for being here and go to see you. What is the very latest . What did you hear out of that meeting and what is the president talking about . We are encouraged that the leaders, they are still meeting into the night here be