good friday morning. welcome to squawk alley. i m kaylee towshe. rick santelli joins us as well. carl quintanilla has the morning off. executive editor kara swisher. good morning to you too. how you doing? i m in d.c., actually. all right. let s get to our top story today. i think we ll work on kara s audio there. shares of microsoft at all-time highs this morning for the first time since 1999, the company beating the street on the top and bottom lines and showing significant growth if the cloud. former microsoft ceo steve ballmer joining our friend op squawk box talking about the stellar quarter and a potential acquisition of twitter. i have never, ever, ever wanted to buy twitter myself. i mean, come on. i ve got a good life right now. i don t need to do that. of course, mike, they asked the question because he is a large twitter shareholder, not just an outside tech observer. interestingly on microsoft this morning, people are joking that it only took 17 years
nikkei down one-third of one percent. shanghai composite up a quarter of 1% and congress honing trading was close bus because of a typhoon that threatened the island. up slightly right now 50.65. stock to watch today microsoft. cloud-computing business is kicking in high grear. lauren: in sports rogers scorches chicago bears. are you awake? nicole: we are. welcome to fbn:am, first look at morning markets, breaking news and what to expect for the day ahead. lauren: british american tobacco offering to buy reynolds america. the value is $93 billion. offer represents a 20% premium over reynolds closing price yesterday and deal brings camel, new port and shares of american tobacco both higher as you can see in the premarket. nicole: also breaking this morning a day after the final presidential debate, donald trump explaining what he meant when he said he might not except accept a election result. i would accept a legal election result and i will challenge in the case of a q
fraud may take place on election day. those polls saying they are most concerned with voter intimidation, illegal immigrants voting and people fraudulently casting ballots for people who are dead. we ll examine the issue tonight talking with noted conservative commentator patrick buchanan who says the establishment is panicking about donald trump s refusal to accept the outcome unconditionally. we ll take that with pat buchanan. also among my guests, fred barnes. truck $supporters evangelical leader pastor robert jeffress joins me. and a lot to take up. donald trump outworking hillary clinton. holding three rallies in the battleground states of north carolina and pennsylvania. a rally in fletcher, north carolina. another pay-to-play scandal uncovered by wikileaks. we just learned she tried to get $12 million from the quick of morocco for an appearance more pay-for-play. that s why i m proposing a pack of ethics reforms to make our government honest once again. lou: trump wi
fraud may take place on election day. those polls saying they are most concerned with voter intimidation, illegal immigrants voting and people fraudulently casting ballots for people who are dead. we ll examine the issue tonight talking with noted conservative commentator patrick buchanan who says the establishment is panicking about donald trump s refusal to accept the outcome unconditionally. we ll take that with pat buchanan. also among my guests, fred barnes. truck $supporters evangelical leader pastor robert jeffress joins me. and a lot to take up. donald trump outworking hillary clinton. holding three rallies in the battleground states of north carolina and pennsylvania. a rally in fletcher, north carolina. another pay-to-pla uncovered by wikileaks. we just learned she tried to get $12 million from the quick of morocco for an appearance more pay-for-play. that s why i m proposing a pack of ethics reforms to make our government honest once again. lou: trump will be hol
fraud may take place on election day. those polls saying they are most concerned with voter intimidation, illegal immigrants voting and people fraudulently casting ballots for people who are dead. we ll examine the issue tonight talking with noted conservative commentator patrick buchanan who says the establishment is panicking about donald trump s refusal to accept the outcome unconditionally. we ll take that with pat buchanan. also among my guests, fred barnes. truck $supporters evangelical leader pastor robert jeffress joins me. and a lot to take up. donald trump outworking hillary clinton. holding three rallies in the battleground states of north carolina and pennsylvania. a rally in fletcher, north carolina. another pay-to-play scandal uncovered by wikileaks. we just learned she tried to get $12 million from the quick of morocco for an appearance more pay-for-play. that s why i m proposing a pack of ethics reforms to make our government honest once again. lou: trump wi