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i think trump's people would say that we need a strong kroger to compete against walmart and costco, which means the deal must go through. the current administration doesn't seem to care at all about that. the government is also trying to top tapestry from buying capri because it consolidates the apparel and accessory space. i bet the trump people find that laughable. the gas market soared on the hopes there would be less regulation and more drilling. i want to disagree with wall street today. the oil stocks did not thrive under trump because there was too much drilling and therefore too much added oil supply. if you want to bet on a trump win, i recommend buying the oil service companies only. i imply halliburton because this is a domestic thesis. but the republican administration means more drilling, good for howell, which means lower oil prices. for all of the stocks that soared today, people seemed to be trump would be more friendly to the health insurers than biden. i'm not sure that's the case. tomorrow's report from unitedhealth group, and these stocks are insanely volatile th

we also know that kroger and instacart are testing it now. but we have not seen it in stores yet. me and you, the regular customer want to see it in the next two or three years unless you shop regularly at walmart. >> the technology is prevalent in parts of europe right now. i want to ask about what retailers say about the benefits of electric store labels and how the benefits might end up trickling down to customers. >> from the walmart perspective, when they introduced this they were speaking about how they could label prices more easily. what would take a week for a worker wilnot a statement of -- will now just take minutes. it will replace eco-shelf labels, cutting back on paper waste by 20%. they said it is an easy technology for them to keep associates abreast of the inventory. and, if they want to use it to let know -- let workers know how to pick up products for online workers. so they can figure out where in the store the product is. there are multiple ways they can use the technology. in fact, sometimes, retailers are using it for displaying qr codes. so if you buy heinz

ademÁs que se puede hacer junto con promociones, por ejemplo, tiendas como walmart y como kroger tienenmÁs facilidad y por ende te va a rendir mÁs la gasolina. tip o consejo nÚmero cuatro utiliza tecnologÍas de rutas eficientes, como por ejemplo aplicaciones al estilo google maps para que te dÉ cuÁl es la ruta donde hay menos trÁfico y de esa manera llegues muchÍsimo mÁs rÁpido. y como tip nÚmero cinco, antes de pasar a las aplicaciones, considera como bien comentaban ustedes, utilizar vehÍculos hÍbridos ofrecen una alta economÍa de combustible sin cambiar nuestro estilo de vida y ademÁs hay incentivos y descuentos al momento de comprarlos. quÉ les parecieron estos tips antes de pasar a las aplicaciones? >> oye, bien interesante y anotando. y bueno, ya que mencionas lo de las aplicaciones, cuÁles son las que no nos pueden faltar y que nos pueden ayudar de centavo en centavo a bajarle al precio, les tengo tres. >> la primera se llama gasbuddy. es una aplicaciÓn que te va a permitir buscar los precios de gasolina en tiempo real en tu Área y te va a permitir encontrar las estaciones de ser

five years ago as i worked at krogers as a bagger or carson -- cashier i was making eight or nine dollars at the most. now i'm making 15 and 20 do you think bony will go up? the grocer won't take the loss. they will lay people off or raise the price so what president will tell any vendor what prices to charge so i don't know why we argue about inflation when we can't control prices. guest: that's what we are trying to find out is what the expert on parkinson's was doing in the white house. was he trying to diagnose president biden? was he talking to his physician about how to treat parkinson's. does he suffer from it. if he is a private citizen that is his business but if you are the president it is everybody's business. as to inflation you can talk to any serious economist and they will say the main drivers of inflation are government spending and we have seen record numbers of spending and deficits. it is unfortunate we are seeing 1.5 trillion adding to a $35 trillion debt. that drivers prices up. we have 40-year high inflation and real wages going down so people might be making more bu

from ohio based weir farms and includes peppers, cucumbers, squash, the vegetables sold at walmart, kroger and aldi in more than a dozen states, but not in california. the fda says. so far, no one has gotten sick. all right, cleared for liftoff. spacex can once again aim for the stars following a flight failure. that failure happened a couple of weeks ago. the rocket launched but didn't ignite in its second stage, so it was stuck in low orbit. engineers blamed a liquid oxygen leak. spacex routinely sends new satellites to space using this model. the falcon nine rocket. but after the mishap, the faa grounded the company. today, the agency cleared spacex to resume launches. the company says it will go back to the stars as soon as tomorrow. still a lot more news ahead. audrey asistio joins us now with what's coming up next. janelle and raj, we're following developing news that fast moving fire near chico is causing serious damage. we've been following the park fire for two days now. it's burning over 170,000 acres. we are live from the fire lines also, while customers continue to pay sky high

>>most of all street surges in a widespread rally and the kroger albertsons merger is on hold, at leastazarus with money. smart. >>hey, there are rough week on wall street ends on a high note with the dow rising more than 650 points. this after the personal consumption expenditures index showed that inflation was running at 2.5% last month. that's down just a smidge from the month before. and it makes all but certain a rate cut in september. in fact, many on wall street now think, yeah, september's not the whole game. maybe november and december will also see rate cuts. so that has people in a good mood heading east for today. we saw a renewed interest in tech stocks today, but also some of those smaller cap stocks that got attention earlier in the week. they're still seeing cash as well. a tough day. however, san diego's dexcom, a maker of diabetes, glucose sensors, its shares down 41% today after the company issued a warning about upcoming revenue and profit. now, let's take a look at the 20 billion dollars supermarket merger between kroger the operator of ralphs and albertsons. they

or fans -- organicses at kroger, target rather.l chance to make some money here and they are better deals as well. are you looking at any of that? >> we're not looking specifically at either the companies themselves that sort of do the white label production. we do realize that there are advantages at places like costco, another major retailer in the united states known for the sort of value it produces because of its white label capabilities. white label tradedown is a real phenomenon. it is getting underway. [closing bell rings] liz: there it goes. shelby mcfaden. first day of july, first day of the second half. nasdaq sets the 21st record of the year. we'll see you tomorrow. david: hello, everyone, welcome to a special edition of "kudlow." i'm david asman in for larry

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well, we now know which grocery stores would be sold if the proposed mega merger of kroger and albertsonsger's ceo sent a memo to employees saying that they can expect to be able to maintain their employment with cns wholesale grocers. some of the stores are in southern california. they include vons, albertsons, and pavilions. locations. federal trade commission is challenging the proposed $24.6 billion merger, claiming it will lead to higher grocery prices. sam's club plus members will soon have to spend more in order to get free shipping. that's according to the wholesale giant. starting next month, plus, members will have to spend $50 to have the $8 shipping fee waived. economists say the new policy is part of a larger retail trend to combat rising shipping costs. >> our time now. 647 this is jess with pam cook and new this morning. i want you to meet taylor livermore. police shared a proud moment for its four legged member, tater passed his american kennel club community canine test. it's a ten skill test, teaching good manners to dogs. taylor also received an a in his canine ten tric

you have a tapestry bidding and you have kroger and albertson's. >> ftc, second request on ibm. >> thatd of stuff is going to end. i think the agencies have been, as is typical in an administration in the third and fourth year, very strident. this kind of blocking will end. it will end, because i think what trump would say is let's get people in there who want business to get done. if that means fhiring, firing. the kroger deal, they've got a largely union workforce, we're not going to fire anybody. >> we got these reports about alphabet/wiz, which we're going to talk to dan ives about. you've got cleveland-cliffs and stelco. >> they're doubling down on hot rolled steel, and i wish they wouldn't do that. but they are a very smart company. one of the things that i found interesting was the stock, it's immediately accruing, but you see a deal and people get bummed out because there is a stock component. i would tell you that cleveland-cliffs is ridiculously cheap and that they're a trump administration meme. i do think when you see some stock in there, you can get it under nine times earn

the owners of albertsons stores, which also owns safeway, agree to be bought by kroger.rrently reviewing this deal. bloomberg got a list of nearly 600 stores on the chopping block, and the safeway on washington avenue in san leandro is the only bay area store among them. more than 60 stores would close across california, most of which are in southern california. well, the core four are joining the giants wall of fame and that includes javier lopez, santiago casilla, sergio romo and three time world series champion jeremy mayfield. he played with the giants from 2009 to 2015, and this morning on today in the bay, he said he got emotional when he got the call to be on the wall of fame. it just kind of helped kind of bring closure to us. you know, we retired, we kind of roll off, we kind of do our own thing and this kind of for just me, kind of brought everything together and i was very, very, very flattered by it. post baseball life, he now owns a successful life, he now owns a successful brewery in west texas. tha missing out on the things you love because of asthma? get

or fans -- organicses at kroger, target rather. there are opportunities you could have a private label chance to make some money here and they are better deals as well. are you looking at any of that? >> we're not looking specifically at either the companies themselves that sort of do the white label production. we do realize that there are advantages at places like costco, another major retailer in the united states known for the sort of value it produces because of its white label capabilities. white label tradedown is a real phenomenon. it is getting underway. [closing bell rings] liz: there it goes. shelby mcfaden. first day of july, first day of the second half. nasdaq sets the 21st record of the year. we'll see you tomorrow. david: hello, everyone, welcome to a special edition of "kudlow." i'm david asman in for larry kudlow. the supreme court issued the most high-profile and historic decision for the year, majority ruling that presidents have substantial immunity for prosecution, for official acts not necessarily unofficial

the fact that it also brings with it heightened >> wildfire danger to which concern all that and more kroger'sl tran live in a rondo was what you need to know the morning. well. >> what you need to know is you can really help the firefighters and yourself if you don't want to be evacuated, where the firefighters to have to rush out there. you have the power in your hands, all of us to make sure we can minimize the chance of a wildfire. look at this sign right behind me renda. and this is managed by the fire district and they came out in the overnight hours and they're telling the public it is a higher fire danger at this time. it's going to get even higher over the next several days, especially tomorrow. >> when the heat will really kick up. now, let me show you a map right now. we're not in a red flag warning, but it will start tonight going all the way until tomorrow. >> a red flag warning means that the situation, the conditions our right for a wild fire. i mean, dry conditions, extreme heat, low humidity and possibly strong winds and all those things together. and that means for the bulk o

look at kroger, albertson's, safeway, anything like that.'re talking about, at best, low teens, and, i mean, it's a tough business, right? so, you know, even before whole foods got acquired by amazon, if we sort of re234rek9 back on that, that was the one that traded at the rich multiple, and then they ultimately ended up struggling when people recognized what a challenging business it can be. so, 30 times is getting a little rich. >> all right. >>> coming up, rates taking a leg lower ahead of this week's fed meeting. what today's action could say about the market's next move. >>> and a box office bump for disney. how a big weekend for deadpool and wolverine is boosting stock. what it could mean for disney's future. "fast money" is back in two. >>> missed a moment of "fast?" catch us any time on the go. follow the "fast money" podcast. we're back right after this. oh, absolutely. (inner monologue) my kids don't know what they want. you know who knows what she wants? me! with empower, we get all of our financial questions answered. so you don

and the quote, you know, from jerry kroger or my line of unwinding in nation's paranoia that's not like you just you're not going to solve that one fact check and problem with conspiracy theories is that they're not falsifiable right so if i tell you that's no the vaccine works because pfizer did a study well and pfizer's corrupt and if i tell you the cdc approves the pfizer side within the cdc scrubs and like you, you never win that game. yeah yes. thank. hi. hi, stacey. how you have been talking about disinformation? as if it happens sort of spontaneously. what about the biggest disinfo of all, which is all the total lies that donald trump has in the nearest microphone on what has been the impact of that on the reset of the universe or maybe it's just the universities base to listening to disinformation. yeah, i mean, you know, i think that. look we a there are not a lot of strong counterweights in our society right now to people, a megaphone who want to spread disinformation and and i think this has to do with the weakening a lot of the institutions in life that once sort of mediated

albertsons and kroger have released a list of hundreds of grocery stores they plan to sell.lators approve a merger between those two companies. one of the stores on the list is a safeway in san leandro on washington avenue. the merger was announced in 2022, but was stopped by the ftc. now, the ftc is worried about a lack of competition and the control of grocery workers wages. the companies will be going to court again over the merger next month. now we take a live look at the new york stock exchange. as trading gets underway. you can see that we're up about 25 points. >> one city in the south bay is being recognized for having some of the safest drivers in the country. >> san jose has the least amount of people who hold their phones while driving. this is according to a new report by allstate. san francisco ranked number four on that list, the study found. overall honolulu has the safest drivers, with fewer people holding their phone behind the wheel, braking hard or driving too fast. >> some special toads not seeing yosemite more than a decade are back with help from the s

the owners of albertsons stores, which also owns safeway, have agreed to be bought by kroger. the federal trade commission is now reviewing that deal. bloomberg has just obtained a list of 700 stores on the chopping block, and the safeway on washington avenue in san leandro is the only bay area store among them. more than 60 stores would close across california. most are located in southern california. taking a live look. oh, the sun is shining. a little bit of cloud cover there in walnut creek. looks like a nice mild morning to wake up to if you need to get out, do it now before the triple digits rejoin us. meteorologist kari hall is here with the breakdown here for a few days, you say? yes, three days of this heat wave. and so, yes, you want to get out there early, try to get in the outdoor activities. the a lot of the work that you need to do out there before temperatures get hot, but also avoid time outside if you do have any heart conditions or breathing problems in the east bay, as well as santa clara valley, it is a spare the air alert. one thing that we can do on these

that has a murky future because of a proposed merger between proposed merger between albertsons and kroger. grab it. now that was a great halftime speech. let's go win. [jim valvano] don't give up. don't ever give up® >> we hope you enjoyed those cooler temperatures yesterday because the heat is back today. many areas are seeing triple digits again. lisa is here to tell us which areas will be the warmest san francisco mayor london breed among the mayors supporting president biden's reelection bid. >> how other bay area democrats are reacting

minutes may 21, 2024. 5b, authorizing a 5 amendment to the personal suvls contract with forester and kroger landscape maintenance inc. a california corporation to extend the term month to month basis not to exceed 6 months to december 31, 2024 and increase the contract amount by up to $56.172 for a total amounts not to exceed $701.372 for landscape maintenance services in community facilities district 1, south beach, former rin conpoint south beach redevelopment area. action. resolution 15-2024. madam chair. >> madam secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to comment? >> if there are members who wish to comment, please call 415-655-0001 access code, 266382 o3710 and star fallowed by 3. if had you are listening by phone, press star 3 if you like to raise your hand to provide a comment. like to invited anyone in person. if you like to provide public comment on these consent item s, you may come up to the podium at this time. for those who joined remotely, if you like to comment on these items, press star 3 or raise hand icon. madam chair, does not appear we have any members of

kroger and piggly wiggly out of louisiana will take over the market industry.n louisiana right now, jim crow is taking place. they are segregating in the louisiana. building white-only communities. this is fact. my mother was born on a plantation. we have property there. another thing i want to bring up. how is a convicted felon allowed to be around guns and armored vehicles? and conspiring with another felon? amber rose is a gang member's girlfriend. i have so many concerns here. the democratic party is violating the american disability act, taking a president, asking him to resign and get off the ticket. that is wrong, people. you are talking about bringing america together. i am married to a mexican-american living in a gated community for 20 years. you people, i don't know what y'all see that this world is in terrible shape if we do not elect the right party to get in that office. host: let's talk to robert in ohio, a democrat. caller: good morning. i would like to know why is it that the former president is always talking about if he was elected during the

can stay in the warehouse longer or shorter but getting it on the truck going to the walmart or the krogeres off the road. >> a bunch of less than truckload stuff and putting it together? >> yes. >> and exciting part of this whole thing, you can do good, do well while doing good. >> do you have everything in these warehouses? everything? >> you got it. you'd be amazed what comes to your freezefreezer. go to the high-end warehouse, the sushi has been in our warehouse. >> anything you don't have in there? >> a great question. nothing we can tell you about. >> right. >> got your hands on everything that people are eating. it's really no good, if it stays out. >> perishable stuff. truly the best way to preserve product without preservatives like salt. freeze it, just as good as when it came out of the ground. frozen and fresh, but -- >> and -- >> we're global business. in 19 countries. close to 500 warehouses around the world and that's really because the global food supply chain is global. our biggest customers use us across all continents, across 10, 20, 50 buildings. >> i'd like to see that

kroger and piggly wiggly out of louisiana will take over the market industry. in louisiana right now, jim crow is taking place. they are segregating in the louisiana. building white-only communities. this is fact. my mother was born on a plantation. we have property there. another thing i want to bring up. how is a convicted felon allowed to be around guns and armored vehicles? and conspiring with another felon? amber rose is a gang member's girlfriend. i have so many concerns here. the democratic party is violating the american disability act, taking a president, asking him to resign and get off the ticket. that is wrong, people. you are talking about bringing america together. i am married to a mexican-american living in a gated community for 20 years. you people, i don't know what y'all see that this world is in terrible shape if we do not elect the right party to get in that office. host: let's talk to robert in ohio, a democrat. caller: good morning. i would like to know why is it that the former president is always talking about if he was elected during t

he brought the guy from kroger. there was no one like rich, the $1.50 hot dog. >> he retired.ople do that, jim, when they get to a certain age. some people choose to do that. >> salt pickles is what people like in china. >> we'll get cramer's mad dash, countdown to the opening bell. we're about 40 minutes ahead of the powell and yellen testimony. stay with us. at morgan stanley, old school hard work meets bold new thinking. to help you see untapped possibilities and relentlessly work with you to make them real. >>> welcome back. let's get to a "mad dash." opening bell six minutes away. we'll talk a little apple and the race for 3.5 trillion in market cap. >> there's new news? have you seen the trailer for f 1? >> no. >> this is the new movie coming out with brad pitt. it starts at imax, but apple plus is just gaining momentum, momentum. david, i want you to remember one stock. if you remember one stock from this morning's show, one stock. it's expense phi. it became public during the worst period of the market, during the spac period. it disexpense management that. they are on

a walmart was attacked, latino communities in a mass shooting, a few days later a kroger attack in kentuckymerican community. the very next day, a synagogue, pittsburgh mass shooting. we should not be looking to go backwards. that only happened because you had someone in the white house of game license to a level of hatred and people carry it out. we need a leader that brings us together, gives a message of hope, and lead into the public policies that solve the problems , and really have an inclusive society. project 2025 takes us away from that. what this campaign should represent is a way for us come together and continue to be a leading nation. >>> next, kentucky governor and a sheer joint the show, is reported to be on the short list to become vice president harris's running mate. we will talk to him. him. not every decision you make will be as good as getting a volkswagen at the savvy vw summer sales event. 2024 volkswagen models cost less to maintain than honda. get 1.9% apr financing or a $2500 customer bonus on a new 2024 tiguan. an alternative to pills, voltaren is a clinically pro

jeff that people are going to be talking about right the president united states has kroger, right?and just looking at this statement a little closer from the white house that are kayla tausche either in las vegas, was talking about there's a note from the president's doctor and this sort of stuck out at me too. the president presented this afternoon with upper respiratory symptoms to include but runny nose, non-productive costs and with general malaise that we have been talking about, the president, he's had a busy schedule. he had the lester holt interview. he flew to las vegas to be eating he interviewed the general malaise is something that just at this moment pops out not a doctor, but in a political context, it's kind of looked flight that actually, but he was at an event earlier this afternoon just a couple hours ago with voters there nevada. so we do know this. he's going back to rehoboth to his summer beach house basically. in a delaware, this could also perhaps as well give him a little bit of breathing room as well. on the rise in calls from within, within the democratic

wells fargo adding kroger to its third-quarter idealist. seeing strong potential for earnings.f tenths of 1%. morgan stanley rising its price target on nvidia. raising 2025 estimates but saying it is lower than it once was. we are down about three quarters of 1% on that stock. lisa: must mean it is time to buy. if they could increase earnings expectations, i get it. jonathan: the third and final call. highlighting the ev makers monumental partnership with volkswagen calling it a game changer. the transaction went down on that stock by about half of 1%. bloomberg reporting the doj plans to slam criminal charges reporting to two fatal crashes. boeing is said to buyback spirit aerosystems in a $4.7 billion all stop deal -- stock deal. reports of the doj criminal fines and the story that ultimately they will get back together with spirit aerosystems. could you walk us through the second story? george: the second story is extremely important to boeing. this will give them the opportunity to streamline the manufacturing boeing 737. that is the big moneymaker for the company. it gener

five years ago as i worked at krogers as a bagger or carson -- cashier i was making eight or nine dollarsm making 15 and 20 do you think bony will go up? the grocer won't take the loss. they will lay people off or raise the price so what president will tell any vendor what prices to charge so i don't know why we argue about inflation when we can't control prices. guest: that's what we are trying to find out is what the expert on parkinson's was doing in the white house. was he trying to diagnose president biden? was he talking to his physician about how to treat parkinson's. does he suffer from it. if he is a private citizen that is his business but if you are the president it is everybody's business. as to inflation you can talk to any serious economist and they will say the main drivers of inflation are government spending and we have seen record numbers of spending and deficits. it is unfortunate we are seeing 1.5 trillion adding to a $35 trillion debt. that drivers prices up. we have 40-year high inflation and real wages going down so people might be making more but purchasing power i

few days later, louisville, kentucky, kroger, targeting the african-american community.ittsburgh, mass shooting. we should not be looking to go backwards. that only happened because you had someone in the white house who gave license to a level of hatred. people carried it out. we need a leader that brings us together, gives a message of hope, and lean into the public policies that solve the problems and really have an inclusive society. project 2025 takes us away from that. what this campaign should represent is a way for us to come together and continue to be a leading nation. >> all right. president and ceo of the naacp, derrick johnson, always great to have you on the show. thank you very much, sir. >> thank you. >>> our next guest coming up is looking at the impact of conspiracy theories by digging into the psychology of how ordinary people come to believe the unbelievable. the author of "the quiet damage, qanon and the destruction of the american family," joins us straight ahead on "morning joe." have you ever considered getting a walk-in tub? well, look no further