Take a hit. The covid consumer, walmart, home depot and kohls among retailers reporting earnings today. Walmart says ecommerce sales up 79 . And elon musks billions, tesla getting a spot in the s p 500. It is among the highest valued companies to ever enter the benchmark index and musk is on top to become number three, that is the third richest person in the world. Indeed, guys. Well start with the retail picture this morning, jim, youve been vocal as to the investor response on home depot and walmart. I guess thats related to the news out of amazon. Look, by the way, those stocks do tend to run up in the quarter and sell off thats nothing new a more aggressive amazon is always something we have to Pay Attention to i remember when amazon bought pill packs, the drug stores got killed i also point out that walmarts online david, thats not going to go away you can argue someone is going to argue thats the peak i would argue that amazon and walmart have taken so much share in this country,
Have seen it coming. In theory i would like to start with what was my personal favorite moment in the book which is the first meeting between donald trump and steve bannon who would become a very influential political strategist in his world where he explains to trump that if hes thinking about running for president , he cannot do as a traditional republican. Can you describe the scene. Sure, thanks for having me, i was fascinated buy the book, it made no sense by this, one of the reasons you have to remember donald trump did not, as a bolt out of the blue, he had been speaking for years for running for president but he was not quite sure how he would really have an identity, sometimes he was a democrat, sometimes he was a republican, he flirted with the idea of running in ross perots at one point but in 2012 he was getting serious about it and david bossi, a conservative activist a hardline conservative activist was a friend of Donald Trumps and he decided to talk to him about running
Went forward in jordan. Pennsylvania, the lawsuit has been, it was about observing Elections Come in a transparent the of the ballot counting process. They have been brought in several states including pennsylvania and michigan and other states. And as an michigan and nevada, the court throughout the lawsuit as well, saying that you were procedures in place that provided for observers to observe the election about, so. So he did rule, allowing observers in the Convention Center . They were being allowed, and that they had to do, though, was abide by protocols. So it wasnt anything new. It is about how close they could be to the ballot counting process. And on your second question, the strategy of the Trump Administration, well, it suggests is, its adjusted to me that right now, the Trump Administration or tromp campaign does not really have come you know, strong legal cases yet to stop the ballot counting, or to dispute the ballots that come with accounts that have been made already. A
New book we should have seen it coming. I am curious so lets just start with my personal favorite which is the first meeting between donald trump and steve bannon who would become a very influential political strategist and his world where he explains to trump hes thinking from running for president he cannot do it as a traditional republican and describe the scene. Yes. Thank you for having me. It made no sense but you have to remember donald trump did not just come out out of the blue he talked for years running for president but he wasnt quite sure he knew he was he is identity sometimes independent sometimes democrat it in a looked at Ross Perot Reform Party at one point but at 2012 he was getting serious. David about she a conservative activist, hardline was a friend of donald trump said he decided to talk to him about running for president and he took his friend steve bannon to new york to a meeting at trump tower to talk about the possibility he runs as the outsider how would he
Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Supreme Court by next week. Governments struggle to control the outbreak. The u. S. Secretary of state, mike pompeo has announced a raft sanctions. 27 entities and individuals have been hit with new measures including the Iranian Defense ministry. They also announced sanctions on the venezuelan president , nicolas maduro. He feels a close relationship with tehran. Any u. S. Wonder that connections to iran will face sanctions. Just imagine what iran would do if we were able to freely purchase more advanced weapons. We have no intention of letting that happen. President s executive order gives us a new and powerful tool to enforce the uf u. S. Arms embargo. Today, i will take the first theon by sanctioning ministry of defense and armed forces logistics. Al jazeeras correspondent is in tehran and has more on the iranian response to those sanctions. Ministerard the prime say that these new sanctions are nothing new, that the attention intention of the United Stat