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>> hi everyone, thanks for tuning into this hour where we bring you tomorrow's news tonight. we have a great lineup of reporters here to share their scripts with us. here tonight, priscilla alvarez, rahel solomon, matthew chance, and brand generous. guys, great to have you here. really fun, looking for to the conversation. the race to the white house is heating up. there is a big announcement expected tomorrow.
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priscilla is following all this closely. what's going to happen tomorrow? >> that's the question on everyone's mind. we can't overlook how sentimental tomorrow is to president biden. he announced on april 25th of 2019 that he was going to run for president. and we are expecting that a similar announcement is going to be made tomorrow. but this time it will be his reelection bid. and we expect he will do so in a video, again, very similar to how he did this before. and so everyone's on pins and needles waiting for this announcement to come. is it a surprise? not really. he has been saying that he plans and intends to run. what we're missing is the announcement. advisers have been working on this around the clock, they've been doing so over the weekend while the president was in camp david. now we are nearing this date when it's supposed to come down. the key now, the difference now of course, is when he announces this, it's not just looking at his predecessor, it's looking at his own agenda. we are anticipating how he starts to discern himself, not
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only from his predecessor, but from what he's already done and how he plans to afford. >> and can you give us any clues into what he's going to say? >> i travel quite a bit with president biden. i can give you a sense, a little bit of color, just based off those events. what he says is he's investing america. he's -- he wants to finish the job. some of the things -- state of the union. every event that's what crops up, we can anticipate that some of these teams are probably going to come up in an announcement video. >> do we know how americans are feeling about this? >> age. that comes up a lot. it also comes up among his advisors. and what we've seen from the polling is that there is tepid support, there is concern among those who opposed biden, according to nbc news poll. nearly 50% stated age is a major reason why they're concerned about another bit. remember, he's the oldest american president in u.s. history. so when you look at all of that together, it raises some
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concerns for people in terms of how old he will be at the end of a second term. that's what the nbc news poll showed us. advisor snow this, his allies know this, but at the end of the day, they still see him as a steady hand. that's what senator amy coverture told -- david bash at the state of the union. voters don't want, what she said, the chaos of the trump administration. what they want is the steady hand. >> how would voters feel about the economy? one thing that's been fascinating for me to watch just during the last few years is that even when consumers were still spending, even when unemployment was still really low, americans felt terrible about the state of the economy. they felt terrible about president biden's about handling of the economy. it was fascinating to watch how damaging inflation can be in terms of perception on a large economy -- >> is coming down. is it your sense that the perception, is it improving it at all? >> i think that's the question. because inflation has come down,
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employment is still very low, but we are seeing unemployment start. mount interest rates are likely to go up again. i guess my question is, in terms of the economy, are his poll numbers improving because he hasn't gotten a lot of credit i think some would argue in his party, he hasn't gotten a lot of credit for the good things that have happened in the economy. >> to your point, remember gas prices, and that was a big moment for the administration as prices were going up, because people felt it in the pocket. as this is going down, we heard from white house officials, they looked at gas prices, they are coming down. we are working on prices across the board. when you visit -- sorry, when you attend a biden event, he always talks about how, we are going to lower the costs, he understands what it is. left for americans have to pay extra. so they know that's a concern for voters, they are speaking to it. of course, it's what people feel in their pockets. so should there be a change in the economy? should those kaz prices go up again? that's where the concern lies.
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>> going back to the -- we know that you travel with him, but what's the sentiment on the press corps view? there -- do you feel like he's energized enough to carry out a campaign into this election? >> when you see him doing what he loves to do which is talking to people, shaking hands, i mean i've been at events that go over because he is simply saying hi to everyone at the end of his remarks. when you see him doing that, he's energized, it's what he does best. it's what we've seen on the campaign trail time and time again. when it comes to his remarks, that's where people are listening to what his agenda is moving forward, what his political priorities are. when advisers are looking at him and looking at who he may run up against, aka probably the former president, donald trump, of course that is going to be a concern for everyone. can they convey his message in the strongest possible way. it always comes down to an awareness of age, an awareness of the way voters feel about age, in his inner circle.
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but that he can still show that not only, again, as using klobuchar's words, he's a steady hand, but he also has experience to continue to progress. >> matthew, you raised -- in moscow. does this get played in russia? are people following the u.s. presidential race? >> of course, they followed very closely. i'm not sure exactly what -- right now. there's a lot of stuff happening here. the russians on russian state television but just carefully controlled by the kremlin, it loves the idea of bashing the american political system. they often talk about with relish the age of president biden, and sort of lampoon, it in ridicule, it's sometimes in a frankly cruel way. because a place to this idea that america is in fear of russia, and despite what everyone says, in the west, russia in the and has a superior political system and importantly a superior leader and president putin.
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there's gonna be a lot of excitement, i think, in the kremlin where at the prospect of another biden trump presidential race. particularly at the prospect of trump becoming victorious in that. because, of course, trump he reflects so much kremlin talking points. whether it's about multi national organizations like nato, things like that, or solving the war in ukraine. and that's music to the years of the kremlin. >> i'm glad the kremlin's excited because i don't know if america's excited, or if most americans feel excited of watching a repeat of this match again. it's hard for some people to even conceptualize that we are going back into this. >> everybody in the news business. >> yeah. >> there was also concerns -- not concerns but questions about what does he want to announce? we know he plans to do it and he could run out the clock. and there is not another democratic opponent necessarily
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that we know of that is going to come up. so the question then was donors, fundraising. and as of this week, we expect to see donors and fund-raisers go weighing to -- coming to washington to visit biden. part of this too is ramping up the fundraising because they know the race that is to come. they know it's going to be a grueling few months. so could he have waited longer? yes, could he still wait longer? also. yes but it also comes down to the funds. knowing ahead and getting the money behind it. >> priscilla, thank you very much for that preview of what is likely going to happen tomorrow. next, a u.n. meeting on international peace hosted by russia's foreign minister and amidst the russian war in ukraine. democrat -- matthew chance has been covering all this and he has the story for us, next.
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russian foreign minister sergei lavrov for hypocrisy after he hosted a u.n. meeting titled maintenance of international peace and security. of course in the midst of the ukraine war. [speaking non-english] >> translator: as during the cold war, we've reached the dangerous, possibly even more dangerous threshold. the situation has worsened with the loss of trust in multilateralism. that's call a spade a spade. nobody allowed the western minority to speak on behalf of all of humankind. [end of translation] >> our hypocritical convenor today, russia, invaded its neighbor, ukraine, and struck at the heart of the u.n. charter. as we sit here, we brace ourselves for the next bucha, the next mariupol, the next kherson. the next war crime. >> while russia currently holds
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the rotating presidency of the u.n. security council, matthew chance is our correspondent based in moscow. we're lucky to have him here tonight in new york with us. matthew, it's good to have you here. lavrov hosting the international peace panel that does strike americans as observed. how does the rest of the world think of? it >> hypocritical and ironic was what i think the ambassador of the u.s. said. and it's easy isn't it to sit here and go, look, lavrov gave a speech about american grievances against the united states. the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki raised the various supports for revolutions around the world. and not really mentioning russia's war that it's waging against ukraine. so you can see, it's so logical to sit here and say, look, this is hypocritical and ironic that the russians are doing this. but the truth is, a lot of countries around the world, as i mentioned this, a lot of
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countries around the world sympathize with this view. and lavrov's audience, when he's addressing the security council, are not the people of the united states. it's the people of much the rest of the world as he tries to gather support, gardner support, for russia's position. they're a lot of countries like india, like south africa, like china crucially, and in the african continent as well, they're a lot of countries in south america as well. they are genuinely sympathetic to that view. that russia is actually just trying to stand up to the big american superpower. and lavrov knows that very well. he's a smart guy. >> so matthew, while we have, you just tell us what it's like? i think our viewers would like to hear it too. what is it like to report from moscow? killed back the curtain for us on the challenges. >> it's great. >> but can you speak freely? can you report freely? are you constantly being -- what's it like to -- we know that --
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>> it's a hard question because he used to be able to until about a year ago. you could say whatever you like. basically we were given quite a lot of -- you know, we weren't stopped from doing anything that we wanted to do by the russians. but what happened in the past 12 months is the situation changed dramatically. russia has enact a series of laws that is such decriminalize ordinary reporting. saying things like, calling the war a war is punishable with a very long prison sentence. very general laws like if you criticize the military or criticize a senior figure, you can go to prison for 12 years. as we've seen in the past several weeks, the law -- has been arrested and charged with espionage. but when according to an employee that -- he was trying to dig up stories about russian away that many of
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us have done in the past. so it is very, very hard, if not impossible right now to really get under the skin of russia as a reporter. >> how is that viewed in russia? because the u.s. is now saying that this wall street reporter is wrongfully detained. -- the administration had to step in and secure their release. sometimes through prisoner swaps. which has been criticized domestically. but to what you are speaking to earlier, how is that viewed within russia? >> look, it's difficult to talk about russia as a monolithic block. remember, all of the independent journalists in russia that i know and even the ones i don't know, they've been silenced. they've either been put in jail or they've left the country, or they've left the profession because it's just too dangerous and risky to do it. so there's a lot of russians. millions of russians that are
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horrified about what's happening inside their country. and i'm fascinated by what's going to happen to gershkovich next. he's obviously a major bargaining chip for the kremlin. just like paul whelan's as well, another u.s. citizen who's in prison. >> in fact, his sister was at the u.n. today. >> he was -- she was. >> because of what progress was made. do you want to tell us about what she said? there >> she was to basically speak in front of sergei lavrov to make it an appeal for paul whelan, her brother, to be released from jail. he's in prison on spying charges. he was arrested back in 2018 but i think we've got -- to take a quick listen to what she had to say. >> russia's last and sophisticated take on the promises to arbitrarily detained american citizens in order to extract concessions from the united states. this is not the work of a mature and responsible nature. it is the action up a terrorist
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state. i am here to tell russia, free paul whelan! >> was lavrov listening? i mean, was he present for that? >> well, yes. i'm sure he's heard this. but it would be the first time he's heard an appeal like that. it falls on deaf ears, that the russians are looking for obviously something major that they can get. that they can extract from the united states before they will hand over some one as valuable as an american citizen. >> like? what >> like we learn, like gordon extra covid. that's a concern i have. in the past, there was a significant amount of russian nationals in jail here in the united states. victor boots, the notorious arms trafficker was the main one. he's already been swapped out. so -- >> brittney griner. >> there's not many people that spring to mine in american jails that make the obvious
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exchange. they're probably other people -- >> matthew, can i ask if we can segway just a bit, one thing in terms of the economic sanctions, the questions of have they've been affected, have they not been. we know major american corporations have left russia. but i know it just in terms of reporting -- it's been more difficult as you said. day-to-day life, have you felt the impact of sanctions? do you feel like it's really affecting ordinary russians? what do you think? >> i think it started to. but i think the truth is that at the moment, the sanctions have been have the sort of dramatic effect that perhaps people thought there were going to have. at first. but these are long running sanctions that will have an ongoing impact. already i was in russia just last week or the week before last, prices have gone through the roof. i mean there's no products -- their products in the shops. but no brands you recognize, all the shops in the shopping malls have been boarded up or
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the names have changed to different things. so people in moscow definitely are seeing visually a dramatic change as a result of the sanctions. that can get much worse. just a couple of days ago, the g7 suggested banning all imports, all exports to russia. everything with some items like medicine, perhaps getting an exception. but if that happens, that really will have a dramatic impact on the ability of russians to live lives that they used to live in. people are used to buying products in super markets in russia. >> what are your thoughts? >> listen, he comes in my office, and listen, i'm just so amazed by you because your coverage of ukraine has just been next to none. so i'm always curious how you go back to russia. i know we sort of talked about the difficulties that you face, but mentally i don't know how you do it. and the last time we saw, you i think you said you are staying away for a little bit, and then i saw you on the tv and i was thinking, what are you doing?
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>> it's a difficult one. >> it is difficult. >> and none of us want to end up behind bars. and it's a genuine risk. so when i first went back after covering the ukraine war last year, i was a little bit anxious. i went through customs and i thought, there went through my phones, i had to show them photos, who is this, why do you have a photo of president zelenskyy? and my policy is to be totally upfront with them. and they know, me i've lived there for a long time, for close to 20 years have been going in and out of russia. and they know i -- they know i covered ukraine. my strategy with them is just to be like, look, this is what i am, this is what i do, you can see what i do on television. if you don't mean the country then, turn me away. but otherwise, you know, let me go through. thanks. it's worked so far, but you know -- >> i understand, i hear you. i think everyone can understand how dicey it has become because of what you just told us. that's nerve-racking.
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i really appreciate you being so candid and telling us about it because i wasn't quite aware of how nerve-racking it was every time you go in and out of there. >> it's because you can take measures in russia by not being too controversial if that's how you want to play at. but the thing is, if the kremlin decides that they want to bargaining chip, you can get a knock on the door at any moment. and that's the issue, you can mitigate against the risk, and you have to sort of hope that it doesn't happen. >> it's not. matthew, our heads off to. you we appreciate it and we're glad you're here tonight with us. >> it's great to be here. >> stay here. meanwhile, there's a big lawsuit over a very popular edge shearing song in -- ♪ ♪ ♪ does that sound familiar to you? >> did matthew chance to say what is the song?
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♪ ♪ ♪ >> a jury's been selected in the copyright infringement case against ed sheeran. he's accused of copying the 1973 marvin gaye's hit let's
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get it. on -- a ledge similarities between let's get it on and sheeran's grammy award winning song thinking out loud. here are a few seconds of the shearing song first. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> okay, and here is the marvin gaye song. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> okay, bring has been covering this all day. britt, you hear a direct similarity? there >> no. >> because i don't either. do you? >> no. we were talking about this earlier today, we can't hear the difference. >> do you hear the similarity, or you don't hear the similarity? >> i hear the similarity, i
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don't hear the difference, and i sympathize for this jermaine was gonna have to listen to this over and over. i don't hear this similarity, but me being the docket reported that i am that's been listening to it for the last few hours, i actually do you think there's a similarity. >> them are here at, the more here the similarity. >> there are so many songs to sample other songs and immediately you hear that, the echo of the other song. i've heard the ed sheeran song 1000 times and i never thought, that's a rip off of marvin gaye. >> but that's the thing to, guys, the jurors won't be hearing the words, they will just be talking about the rhythm and the notes. that's kind of a big deal when you think about it. >> i can't be the only two songs that sound like let's get it on, it's such a classic fundamental pop song. >> it is. >> i've heard lots of songs that sound a bit like that. >> that's their point. >> that's edge sharon's point, that's a point that -- court progression, these are the building blocks of a song, there's so many that you can choose from one building a
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song. so why being taken to court for this? but let's go into what's gonna happen tomorrow, opening statements are gonna happen in this infringement case and it's funny because the juror selection was today, seven jurors are now on the panel. some of them had to be dismissed because one woman's teenage daughter is a big achievement fan, and -- another woman had an edge here in song at her wedding. so it will be interesting. >> i need people who have and -- people who don't need -- maybe we need matthew chance on the jury! >> you didn't know these songs? you know the marvin gaye song. but you also know the edge here in san, yes? >> music isn't my thing. but, yes. i've heard them both. i've definitely heard them both. >> let's do this. let's play more of the first -- the longer cut of -- should we do the ed sheeran song? it sure. and here's a longer cut. >> but again remember. try to take out the words. >> music, music. okay, here we go.
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♪ ♪ ♪ >> okay. i actually need you to take the words out for me. i get to consumed with the words. >> and the music video -- >> the music video! >> i just wish we had the music. >> makes you want to walk down the aisle. >> do you know if intent matters? doesn't matter if ed sheeran perhaps used this on with the similarities but didn't intend to, and was inspired by it? >> it's a good question. he's gonna take the stand so i think that's probably gonna come up in the questioning. and it's unclear. there is one thing that we should point out here is the song has been released in 2014.
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ed sheeran went on tour and was actually playing his song and actually saying the lyrics. let's get it on. >> let's listen to. it >> okay. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that is the smoking gun right there! >> here's the thing though, the judge said that that can actually be part of the trial. but he did reserve to say it could be based on how the trials going. right now, it's not part of -- jurors won't see that. >> but why not? >> it was a little unclear.
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it's a 95 year old judge, but -- that will not be part of it just yet. it's a little dicey to hear ed sheeran himself that year when the sun came out to actually sing marvin gaye. >> we still hear speaking out loud, but ed sheeran has to pay a fine assuming that they find -- >> here's the thing, as sheeran has been sued many times actually. a couple of times. and he has actually had to add the name of songwriters to one of his songs as a settlement in another case, he actually won in 2022 when someone sued him for copyright infringements. this is the case in the music industry and artists are gonna be watching closely because it will determine what will move forward. this is in the first time that marvin gaye and -- really was marvin gaye's family who sued with [inaudible] >> the blurred lines one i could hear the similarities. >> and they won that. there are cases where the plaintiffs have one and there are others with artists have wands.
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we will have to see how it will go. >> millions of dollars. >> his family is suing for legal fees if they don't -- because they pay millions to the family if he wins. i think you'll have to pay about 5 million. >> come back and tell us what's happening with us because obviously we all need to know at this point including matthew. now, what's going on at disney? the company is now going through its largest wave of cuts as part of a major slash of its workforce. and repelled is going to explain why, that is next. r in your family's diet, the more choices, the better. that's why america's beverage companies are working together to deliver more great tasting options with l less sugar or no sugar at all. in fact, today, nearly 60% of beveverages sold contain zero sugar. different sizes? check. clear calorie labels? just check. with so many options, it's easier than ever to find the balance that's right for you. more choices. less sugar. balanceus.org
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major, news coming from two iconic companies. disney begins its largest wave of layoffs, this week as part of the company's plan to slash its workforce by 7000 employees. and bed bath & beyond filed for bankruptcy over the weekend, the company plans to liquidate all inventory. rahel is following both of these stories. so, let's start with disney, why are they laying off so many? >> a few things are happening with disney, right. media company, many media companies have been scaling back in this largely micro environment. where they have pulled back. companies are pulling back. preparing for a recession. even if we aren't already in a recession,? right so you're starting to see less advertisements spend. so disney has become a victim of that. disney also has kind of a rocky few months. remember, a few years ago, bob iger, the ceo, while the successful ceo stepped down, retire, bob then stepped up, became ceo. he was then fired very quickly.
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then, bob iger came back. so, part of this is his bob iger's plan to transform the company. he's trying to get 5.5 billion dollars in cost. this is. that this latest round of layoffs is the largest so far, it brings total layoffs to 4000, but we know this is not the end. we expect another round of layoffs, which will ultimately bring us to 7000, i should say. it should impact espn. it will not, however, some of its entertainment division, it will not however affect the frontline employees at the be part, et cetera. >> and at the theme parks, haven't they already announced significant increases in entrance fees? >> yes, they had, so they had been raising prices, and for some of the theme parks, that acquitted to 12% and i should say, in the last earning call, the theme park division was the highlight of the report. i, mean they are doing very well in live entertainment at the park addition. so, that is actually an area of strength for the company. and, yes, we have raised prices. the company has said, in its earnings report, not only are people continuing to go to the theme park. but they're spending more time,
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while they're there. and, they are spending more money while they're. there, and that is going to be helping disney in a really big way. >> those, what we just saw, 100 24 to 1 89 for disney world, that's to get in for one ticket a day? >> yes. that's what it looks like. >> yeah, i just feel like it's the most magical place on earth, and you can't afford to go there. i feel like it's exclusive to so many people. it's disappointing. >> you get up the magic. it's just going to cost you a lot. it's very expensive. >> expensive, and not that exclusive. >> but, yes, that's amazing. and so, let's talk about how it's alluding to with bob iger. so, as we know, governor desantis of florida has been in this feud with disney, and at times, bob iger, why? isn't disney, aren't disney and florida synonymous with each other? and isn't this helping governor desantis? >> major employer, right? as we were talking about, during the break, disney just can't get out of the headlines because not only of their own situation, internally but
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because of governor desantis. look, he continues to go after disney, going after what he calls their woke culture, and their decisions that they have made, and the pushback that they have had against desantis and his own measure in the state legislative. he has his allies and his allies rallied on this issue but when you look at the republicans in a broader way, they are not so pleased with this. i mean this is not necessarily where the republican party fears, right? by getting involved in private businesses. and, in big corporations, especially ones that are massive employers in the eat despite the layoffs, in the spite of florida. so, we are seeing pushback from republicans. donald trump has gone after him for this. chris christie has mentioned it. so, is it an issue that he's going to cling on to going forward? assuming that he does announce his candidacy for 2024? we will see. but, for now, really sort of
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mixed reactions. and >> just to add to what priscilla said. not just a major employer, but a major source of tourism, revenue dollars, for central florida and for the state of florida. i wish i had my reporting with me. but, the numbers are astounding how much money disney brings to the state of florida. because of tourism. >> that's why this feud has confused me in the pass. but, i should say it's really working for him, politically. >> now, bed bath & beyond, they just declared bankruptcy. what do we know? >> this has been a long time coming. for people within the industry, we've been watching this unfold for quite some years. the company announcing, sunday, that it's going to be in liquidating process. begin the liquidating process. what does this look like? so, technically, it could still find a buyer. although analysts, i speak to today, say that that's unlikely. perhaps it could turn into an e-commerce plane. but anyone who buys it, at this point, is going to be looking for a pretty steep discount because otherwise they would've already stepped up by this point. so, what it means is for people who work at bed bath & beyond, the physical stores, they might
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see a pink slip, a layoff, if you are a consumer and you shop at bed bath & beyond, you have a gift card, you have a return, you want to do that sooner rather than later. but bed bath & beyond has really suffered from really a slew of things. it was very slow to the e-commerce trend. i mean very slow. painfully slow. so, that hurt. it also buckled under the weight of competition from the likes of the targets of the world, the walmarts of the world. and, of course, it had a coupon program, which depending on who you ask was either a success or hurting. >> which one was? if because we get these coupons every day in the mail. so, where they hit or no? >> it's a bit complicated. so, it was a hit for a really long time except it hurt its profit margins, and people got used to it, right? if you suddenly -- when the company started to pull back its grip on program, suddenly people don't want to go to bed bath & beyond anymore because they're, likewise my coupon? you've been sort of conditioned to shelf with a coupon. someone they tried to pull that program back it really had
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disastrous impacts. that's really interesting. i know. we >> have you ever bought anything from bed bath & beyond? >> i haven't. not yet. but i am -- seriously, i'm concerned about the thousands of people that have been unemployed. because 79, 000, how many people bed bath & beyond do you know? but is this part of a sort of broader spike in unemployment that we're seeing amid recession? >> that's a great question. well, we have actually seen as a spike in unemployment in white color professions. they've seen it in tech, we've seen it in the financial services, we've seen it in the media businesses. we have not, however, seen it at the lower end of the income spectrum frontline workers. we haven't seen it because there still is a lot of demands for those type of workers. and still to the latest data is a lot for those. workers but i think it's very fascinating point as these little start to mound and will there still be as much demand for those people?
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and also the people looking at the debt that their savings have already been depleted. they're already not necessarily making a lot of money. and they're buckling under the weight of higher inflation, higher borrowing costs so they're already among those vulnerable and we're starting to see layoffs and that's a really good point, so we haven't really seen that play off to see it. but that could be changing. >> thank you all for that information. okay, up next, on the lookout, our reporters tell us what stories they are seeing on the horizon. we'll be right back. what's important. your dedicated fidelity advisor can help you open those doors. by working with you on a a retirement-income plan designed to balance growth and guaranteed income. because doors were meant to be opened. harry and david makes mother's day easy. share a gift made with love with a mom in your life. choose from hundreds of stunning baskets and towers. 's the perfect way to say thank you for everything. harry and david. life is a gift. share more.
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we call it on the lookout. okay, tell us, what's coming up? >> well, this week, we're expecting to hear from homeland security, secretary -- , on their border preparations. the reason why is because, in the coming days on may 11th a border restriction known as title 42 is going to expire. that has allowed authorities to turn away certain migrants at the u.s. southern border. and, in a moment of unprecedented mass migration in the western hemisphere, there is concerns about what it looks like when we go back to our traditional protocols. and, inevitably, that may mean a surge of migrants at the border. so, i have been talking to sources over the last few days, even today, many sources who already spoke to white house officials and dhs officials who are getting out in front of it. i'm noticing a shift in strategy as they tried to tell members of congress, and their staff what those preparations look at. because they have already faced criticism before when they didn't share enough. and everybody was surprised by the numbers and the policies. so that's what i'm keeping an
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eye out on. what do those look like. what are they going to say this week when there's only days away from a really critical moment? and on an issue that is a political vulnerability for president biden. >> so glad you're alerting us to that. that's a really important story. okay, matthew, what are you keeping an eye on? >> over the next 24 hours, or, so i am keeping an eye on this russian delegation that's in new york, the united nations, led by sergei lavrov. and what i'm looking for is any contact between them directly and american officials to discuss the whole gambit of problems between those two countries. particularly the [inaudible] i mean he's not obviously the subject of the negotiation. and, i want to see if that's taking place. so, we're going to be looking at that very closely. more broadly, in the military situation, in ukraine, i know we saw some fade into the background. there is about to be a massive military push in ukraine, what the ukrainians, with all the american weapons, the western weapons trying to take back as much territory from russia as
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they possibly can. so, in the weeks ahead, that is kind of welcome in my own. >> thank, you really important. that's really good to. no rahel? >> so, it's earning season, it's the time of the quarter when all public companies announce how they've done in the previous quarter, they tell investors what they expect to be doing in the previous quarter, and tomorrow we have a phone company reportings earning spotify. so they have spent a lot of money in the podcast unit, for big names like kim kardashian, the obamas, aryan meghan. so, they've been under the impression to cut back a bit, sort of manage expansions, work on the profit margins. so, it will be a fun one to, what fun one to see how they're doing, and also what's ahead. >> dial down the 50 million dollar deals. >> a little bit, a little bit. >> great. >> and, so, bring your keeping eye on to alert us on the -- it's a really fascinating piece. >> we talk about that in oklahoma, he's been on death row for 20, years the privacy is coming up on wednesday. he's pretty much run out of legal options, disables life. the attorney general, in
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oklahoma, is going to recommend to the pro board clemency's but the big thing here is kim kardashian. this case is on the radar, we know how many followers she has. so, it will be interested to see how that sort of affects all these decisions. she's asking her followers to call the, board called the governor and say look -- execution date is in three weeks. so, time is ticking. >> that will be fascinating. >> right? i mean, it has before. >> that's right. that will be fascinating. all right, thank you all so much. really appreciate you guys being here. it was great conversation. so, tune in tomorrow and on cnn tomorrow, breonna taylor will be on the show to react to news that the officer who fired the shot that killed breonna taylor has just gotten another policing job. thanks so much for watching us tonight. our coverage continues, and now.
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