Good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Carl quintanilla with jon fortt and Kayla Tausche at post 9 of the new york stock exchange. Joining us, Business Insider ceo Henry Blodgett. And in minneapolis, bill george, former medtronics ceo, former exxonmobil board member, of course a cnbc contributor. Good morning, guys. Our first story is amazon today, announcing it will create more than 100,000 new fulltime, fullbenefit jobs across the u. S. Over the next year and a half. Our deidra bosa is at one market with more on that. Hey, deirdre. Good morning, guys. Amazon was already on track to become one of the largest employers in the country and this announcement confirms that trajectory. The company emphasized that the opportunities will be for people across the country and with all types of experience, education and skill levels. Ceo jeff bezos says these jobs are not just in our seattle headquarters or in Silicon Valley. Theyre in our Customer Service network, Fulfillment Centers a
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Ever since anybody knew such a document existed, this is how the administration has been coping with requests to see this document. This is a letter from the Justice Department telling the aclu that they neither confirm nor deny the existence of the documents described in your request. Quote, the fact excuse me the very fact of the existence or nonexistence of such diagnostics is itself classified. Thats what theyve been saying for more than a year. But now as of tonight, the administration admitted that that legal reasoning memo exists. The Associated Press first breaking the news late tonight. Nbc news confirming it. The president has directed the Justice Department to give the memo to the Intelligence Committees in congress. It is the first time that this will have been seen outside the administration itself. Now, the administration has openly in speeches and in Public Comments asserted that it believes it is acting within the law when president obama or some other Administration Of
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Mine for over ten years. Shes someone i have great affection for. I am as mj lee reported the godfather to her son. Shes a single parent. Shes now in the cosmetology business. At this juncture, mr. Mueller has had full access to my emails and therefore he is well aware that theres no evidence whatsoever. Blake Garrett Tenney live now from washington. How does Kristen Davis figure into this investigation . Well, blake, roger stone said in the interview last night that the only reason he can think of for muellers team that would want to speak with her is because of her close ties to him and stone has long been a person of interest in the special counsels investigation in no small part because of his contact during the campaign with the hacking group, which we know now was operated by russian intelligence officers. In an interview with the Washington Post, friday, Kristen Davis describes stone as one of her best friends and called the Mueller Probe a witch hunt saying quote in terms of ru