sandra: breaking news this morning. nine people dead after a man opened fire in it but church in charleston, south carolina. nbc's brian williams are reportedly stayed with the network but won't be the anchor chair. the department of transportation hiring practices at the faa after a fox business investigation uncovered misconduct and air traffic controller program. u.s. stocks edged higher after gina gallant's go slow approach to a strike. the dow futures up 10 points to a higher open.

i am sandra smith joined by lauren simonetti and nicole petallides. welcome to "fbn:am," your first look at today's markets. the latest breaking is and what to expect a day ahead. loren, you're watching reaction after the said yesterday. lauren: traders are saying the first rate hike might not be until december. train to nicole, you are looking at the nicole fit bit ipo. nicole: it is going up a little watch for the opening this morning. sandra: nine people killed in a horrific shooting. it happened at an historic african-american church. the pastor was among the big guns. people describe the suspect is a white male with blonde hair in his early 20s. the mayor of charleston says he believes it was a hate crime. meanwhile republican presidential candidate jeb bush has canceled a event planned due

to this shooting. brian williams reportedly not returning as nbc nightly news anchor at the conclusion of his suspension. according to multiple reports, he is now expected to take a new role primarily at the cable news network msnbc. williams was suspended in february for falsely saying he was in a helicopter hit by enemy fire in iraq. global investors meanwhile adjusting to spur the federal reserve's latest comments on the greek debt crisis. first to defense this morning pulling the trigger on raising rates, not pulling the trigger quite yet. the anticipation for what is still heavily better. we are all looking at what that might be. lauren. lauren: if they are not pulling the trigger. interest rate increases will be slow and may not happen until later this year if at all this year. future is now suggesting no great hikes before december because the fed has focused on two things.

higher inflation and more jobs. fresh data today at 8:30 eastern. jobless claims 275,000 people expected to a flat from last week. may consumer prices. expect the headline number to rise to half of a percent if you take out energy, prices to rise two tenths of a percent. at 10:00 a check on manufacturing plus leading economic indicators. sandra: lauren, thank you. time is running out for greece to reach a deal with creditors. nicole, you have been following the story. by the way, a deal is not out of the story. angela merkel says it's still possible. train for the creditors still preparing in case we see the greek xa. european finance ministers meeting in luxembourg. kris finance minister says he's not expecting a deal to be

reached. preparatory work for the meeting has not gone far enough and has until the end of the month to make a $1.8 million debt payment to the imf to avoid a possible default and exit the eurozone. greek prime minister tsipras writing that the blind insistence of cutting great pensions will only work if the country's already financial dire crisis. german chancellor angela merkel said in a bailout deal is still possible for the holiday moment. we will see. protests going on a grace period dozens of people taking to the streets to try and keep those pensions. in the meantime a big meeting today but now everybody's linking to another meeting later in the month. sandra: they will keep us guessing on this one. thank you very much. let's get you caught up on global markets as it does remain a focus for trading across the globe. the nikkei in asia done a full

percent. over in europe a bit of news this morning on the retail sales front. u.k. sales slowed by a colder weather in the month of may. that put a damper on things in the consumer was heading out as much. u.s. stock index futures are also lower this morning pointing to a lower open on wall street. the government isn't expanding its investigation into hiring practices in the air traffic controller program. fox business is adam shapiro has had the story from the beginning and here is what he has now. reporter: the fox business investigation originally uncovered cheating on a key test to become an air traffic controller as well as what you might call corrupt practices within the faa to try and stifle the investigation and the ongoing scandal as a result of all of that. the aviation subcommittee chairman, frank lobiondo sent a letter to the faa administrator

demanding the faa answer questions raised by the original fox business network reporter. the faa sent a letter the other day back to chairman lobiondo say we are going to investigate this internally. chairman lobiondo will have nothing about that. the response to reports of rampant cheating and biometric test, 80 personality test they are now using has been incomplete only after i come that the congressman, raise serious concerns, the faa asked an internal office with appropriate authority and independence to conduct an open-ended investigation. this is absolutely unacceptable. the faa tried to whitewash its own internal investigation. the chairman says this is unacceptable stepping into the fray of investigation. wednesday come to the d.o.t. inspector general announced he will investigate the faa,

essentially trumping the administrator saying there will be no whitewash. d.o.t. is now going to investigate the impropriety of fox business has uncovered and the aviation subcommittee chester chairman entrée lobiondo once uncovered. sandra: the top name and fitness tracking devices goes public today. seeing strong demand for the wearable device is fit bit in general. nicole: we are talking about the ipo here. fit bit price $20 to back share. already price $17 to $19 each. sold $30.6 million shares which buys the company of $4.1 billion. the ipo raising $732 million. the shares are due to begin trading this morning at the new

york stock exchange. i'm sure there will be a lot of excitement surrounding the ipo. the ticker will be saved, appropriately and for the bit. they have a job alone apple to name a few and we will see how they fare and whether or not they are the one hit wonder. they have some money to continue in research and development. sandra: this one seems to be pretty interesting in a wide range of prices for everybody. lauren: roughly $60 to $250. later this morning we speak to james park at 10:00 a.m. eastern. shares of oracle tumbling 7% in extended trading up the software company's fourth-quarter results came in the low expectations. due in part by the stronger

dollar. the company issuing a disappointing earnings forecast for the current quarter. oracle reporting 70 cents per share. eight cents below the forecast. revenue standpoint of a billion dollars also missed the estimate. the treasury says the woman will be a new face for the $10 bill. finally, lauren. train for one lucky lady will be on the new $10 bill in the year 2020. the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment to ban women the right to vote. don't worry, alexander hamilton will be replaced entirely. if you want to pick the one adjoining hand, use the hash tag the new tab or go to h. t. t. p. s.: the new 10.gov. the treasury says the 10 is the next of the nascent security update.

sandra: i need a new bill that is worth more. 110. a key architect of the dog for a financial overlord is joining a backboard. did you see this? barney frank has been appointed to the board of signature bank. a $29 billion they primarily works with privately held businesses. the 14-year-old egg has been growing rapidly and performing well at a time when other banks have struggled. the house is set to vote on the trade bill today. president obama has been working with support for the measure. meeting with pro-trade democrats for the senate and house. this is the second attempt to pass the fast track authority. house democrats derailed regulation by voting against a program to help workers lose their jobs because of imports. this'll be a stand-alone bill expected to pass. approval would also have the president negotiate a

large-scale trade deal. republican presidential candidate donald trump reportedly hired actors for his campaign launch. reports say new york based company sends out an e-mail list seeking act or is for big event. the pay was listed at $50 or less than three hours of work but the trump campaign denies these claims. coming up, the u.s. open golf turn and it gets under way in washington. that is washington state by the way. kim masters chance driven spikes wrapped up another major tournament win? we will take a look. stocks in europe opened or despite janet gallen's go slow approach. people have the latest global market reaction to checking in on u.s. futures this morning, futures down, not the losses they the losses there. a few hours until the opening. you are watching "fbn:am," your

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sandra: welcome back, everybody. 5:15 a.m. on the east coast this thursday morning. let's get you caught up on global markets this morning. the world still reacting to the federal reserve leaving interest rates unchanged in the forecast for an interest rate hike by the fed until the end of the year. december right now is to let a good. in a show weakness, your weakness as well. retail sales data coming out of the u.k. looking at u.s. stock index futures this morning, everybody has this wait and see to see how the market will respond to all of this. dow futures up slightly. s&p and nasdaq down.

gold is a reaction to the federal reserve yesterday. institutional players, retail investors buying gold right now in anticipation of weaker u.s. dollar as they keep the interest rates near zero. a direct play there. go about 20 bucks. turning to sports. the u.s. open golf tournament gets underway today at the chambers bay golf course in washington. masters champ jordans beach has never won the masters and u.s. open in the same year. speeches and a group featuring justin rose who won two years ago. mark my words defending champ. follow coverage of the u.s. open on fox and spot sports one. they will be having that. alex rodriguez three hits a 3000 in his career. new york beat miami two to one. michael pineda carried a

no-hitter into the seventh inning before giving up a home run. in toronto, danny valencia hit a three-run homer to power the blue jays to any passing shot out. adding a solo shot as he went three for four on the night. publisher and formal mets owner nelson junior has died at the age of 81. he partnered with fred wilpon to by the mets in 1980. they won the series six years later. coming up, looks like brian williams will be staying at nbc but not in his anchor chair. we'll have the details. whenever fit bit gave it to make its debut on wall street. in the early going the price is higher than the market was expect. checking u.s. stock futures ahead of the opium. the dow well, s&p and nasdaq are lower. you are watching "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets

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sandra: raking is, nine people dead after a man a black church in charleston, south carolina. nbc's brian williams reportedly staying with the network won't be an anchor chair. the department of transportation audit in hiring practices at the faa after a fox business investigation undercover misconduct and cheating and the air traffic controller program. u.s. stock futures yesterday edged higher after janet yellen's go slow approach to an

interest type to look at the futures this morning after yesterday's trading actions and mixed data coming in and makes trading dow futures at the appliance. good morning, everyone. i am sandra smith joined by lauren simonetti in nicole petallides. welcome to "fbn:am" have your first look at the breaking news and what to expect for the day ahead. laurent, you are focused on the federal reserve. lauren: the central bank downgraded expectations. we might not see a headache this year as a result. transfer nicole, if it did ipo finally happening. nicole: we will be watching for the fit bit ipo. sandra: nicole, thank you. more on the horrific shooting in charleston, south carolina. jonathan has the latest. >> police now say they investigate shootings as a hate crime. they received a call after 9:00 p.m. last night that a

gunman described as a guy white male had opened fire on wednesday evening prayer service at the emanuel african methodist episcopal church in downtown charleston. police on a people dead at the scene. first responders for a big guns but one of them died bringing the death toll to nine. charleston mayor joe riley spoke with family members of the victim. >> i told them that this community sends forth their love to dad and we are all in this together in this community to help those who have lost a loved one and give them the love and support and encouragement as we bring this percentage just days as soon as possible. >> at this point authorities believe one government was involved. described as a white male in

early 20s with sandy blond hair, clean-shaven with a slender small bill. he was wearing a gray sweatshirt, timberland boots. a state legislator tells the press of the church's pastor clement today who is also a state senator was among those killed in the sudan. the church, my cold mother and manual is the oldest ame church in the south and plays a significant role in the struggles of the early 1800s. republican presidential candidate jeb bush is scheduled to speak in charleston today. he canceled today's events and send his thoughts and prayers are with the individuals affected by the tragedy. many members of the community as you can understand are very upset. listen in. >> these people were at church. and they violated the sanctity of that. the ramifications are way beyond what happened tonight. this is unacceptable. >> we want the entire community to pray for his safety for people and we hope this person

who has committed this heinous crime that is a hate crime be brought to justice. >> they are really looking for resolution. as we speak the gun remains at large. sandra: thank you. we will have more on that throughout the hour. turning now to the markets in the federal reserve and not raising interest rates for now. lauren, the indication is this will be a very gradual process. lauren: slow and gradual with the message yesterday. the fed worried about the economy not perking up and suggested it might raise rates once this year by a quarter percentage point they look at hikes that could still happen. they may say below 3%. still historically low until the end of 2017. at that proceeding with caution as they monitor new data coming in. a lot of that this morning. didn't expect they'd to be

filed. many consumer prices expect the headline number to rise out the day%. both due at 8:30 eastern. at 10:00 a.m. eastern to check on the mid-atlantic region plus leading economic indicators. sandra: thank you, lauren. the government to expand investigation into hiring practices in the air traffic controller program. the department of transportation looking into the assay is following a business network report which uncovered misconduct and cheating. the exclusive story uncovered allegations that u.s. air traffic control recruit had access to answers on a key task that helped them gain jobs at the faa. the d.o.t. is audit launched its own internal investigation.

the top name and fitness tracking devices going public today. nicole seen strong demand so far in its devices. >> absolutely right. 14 to 16 and 17 to 19. fit bit priced at $20 per share. the company sold 36.6 million shares. by as the company of $4.1 billion. the ipo did raise roughly $732 million shared or do to begin trading this morning on the new york stock exchange. the ticker symbol will be fit. we had a great year last year for ipos in 2014. it is pulled back from this year. this is a highly anticipated ipo. we will have it all bad fox business. sandra: will take a closer look at fit bit this morning with fbi and shoal canticle be speaking with james park at around

10:30 a.m. eastern. you won't want to miss that. we want to get a look at your forecast with fox meteorologist janice dean. good morning to you. reporter: high, sandra. watching the remnants of what was bill moving across the southern plains. flash floods. millions of people here in high-pressure anchored across the south east double print heat indices over 100 degrees. just south of the new york area. there is your travel forecast. you can see some delays later on this afternoon as well. we take a look ahead at dallas, texas. sandra, back to you. sandra: coming up, doesn't matter if you're the apple iphone pricing some galaxy. the reports say they are both vulnerable devices to hackers. global market suggesting janet yellen's go slow and interest

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sandra: welcome back. but do you cut up and market this morning. in asia, stocks finished the day is lower in response to the fed announcing yesterday loving forecast for u.s. economic growth. weakness overseas in europe. stocks moving to the downside as well. retail sales report coming out of the u.k. showing some weakness they are. a negative trading going on there. u.s. stock index futures although not the classes in the red across the board. dow, s&p and nasdaq futures down this morning. looking at gold. a green arrow for you. a gain of $21 in the early goings here. this of course in response to the federal reserve announcement yesterday as well. people are selling the u.s. dollar and u.s. dollar and buying gold, said in a safe haven trade going on right now. another threat to your cell phone. the lauren, what now? lauren: a serious threat to iphones and mac operating

systems. a group of researchers that hackers can build an app capable of stealing passwords on apple keychain which is a app that helps manage passwords. the same block and steal from third-party apps plus apple's own hands. plus 600 million sandstone users are at risk. every galaxy phone has a vulnerability that allows hackers to spy on you. flaws in the can be tricked into accepting malicious files. cybersecurity firm says exposure is greater when you're an insecure wi-fi. they attention to die. sandra: when the company that was packed in that was meant to protect your passwords, it's all over. nothing is safe anymore. coming up, the latest details for the gunman killed during an horrific shooting in south carolina. a live report out of there. a news conference will happen

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sandra: breaking news. a horrific shooting in charleston, south carolina. a news conference will be taking place at 7:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. fox news shauna since kerry has the latest in charleston this morning. jonathan. reporter: good morning again. police still searching for the gunman described as a young white male who opened fire during routine wednesday evening prayer services at the emanuel african methodist episcopal

church in downtown charleston when police arrived on scene they found eight people dead here they initially transported to injured victims to the hospital. one of the victims died, bringing the death toll to nine. police say they are investigating this as a hate crime. >> this is a tragedy that no community should have to experience. it is senseless and it is unfathomable that somebody in today's society would walk into a church when people are having a prayer meeting and take their lives. reporter: the gunman is believed to be a white male and early 20s, sandy blonde hair, clean-shaven with a slender small build. he was wearing a gray sweatshirt, blue jeans and timberland boots. "the associated press" at the pastor clemente who is also a state senator is among those killed in the shooting. he believes behind a wife and two children.

many members of the community are understandably upset. >> these people were at church. they violated the sanctity of that. the ramifications are way beyond that. this is unacceptable. >> we want the entire community to pray for safety for people and we would hope that this person who has committed the heinous crime, which is a hate crime be brought to justice. reporter: in a noon prayer vigil has been scheduled here in charleston at morris brown ame church. they did this morning authorities plan to announce a reward for information leading to arrests in this case. sandra: jonathan, thank you. the briefing will be at 7:30 a.m. this morning. bright williams not returning to nbc nightly news in the anchor chair at the conclusion of his

suspension. according to multiple reports, is expected to take a new role at the cable news network msnbc. williams suspended in february for falsely say this in a helicopter hit by enemy fire in iraq. global investors may not digesting mr. the federal reserve and made his federal reserve and latest comments federal reserve and that his comments have agreed to talks. first of the fed now pulling the trigger on raising interest rates at least for now. and they will get new economic data today. that of course will continue to play a big part in the first interest rate hike is coming. nicole: everybody wants to know. this is the message from the fed in the meantime. rate increases will be slow. they might not happen until later this year if at all this year. futures suggest no great hikes before december the probability for liftoff in january 74%. the fed is concerned about a slowing economy cutting their target for gdp growth this year between 1.8 and 2%.

the data on the economy. weekly jobless claims the number expected is 250,000 people filed out from last week. may consumer prices. where is the inflation. rice half of 1% if you take out volatile food and energy prices, prices will rise two tenths of 1%. at 10:00 begin 7:00 begin manufacturing the mid-atlantic region. sandra: time is running out for greece to deal with international creditors. nicole, you've been all over this story. >> they did get over a hill you from the emergency of the quiddity program. the european union finance ministers meet in luxembourg with the head anticipated meeting. the greek finance minister does not expect the deal to be reached sane preparatory work for the meeting has not gone far enough. they have until the end of the month to make $1.8 billion debt payment to the imf to avoid a

possible default and exit from the eurozone. the great prime minister alexis tsipras bright in the newspaper that the blind insistence on the great tension will only worsen the countries already dire financial crisis. they hope that the talks continue to do would be done by now. popes continued the deal will be done by the end of the month. in the meantime of the month thousands protesting in the street s. 30 in making their case known. they get at least a little bit of breathing room now with liquidity is in the program. >> the insurgency's continued to hurt markets. >> creek deposits also this week. 1.8 million euros. it is at a 10 year low. sandra: let's get you caught up in global markets. asia stocks they finished the day. a lot of anticipation about what is happening at home. economic growth isn't that great. stocks down, european markets

reacting to retail sales data out of the u.k. this morning. at home stock index futures searching for direction. dow futures up five points, s&p and nasdaq trended nowhere. the government expanded investigation into hiring practices in the air traffic controller program. this is a huge story unveiled adam shapiro on the fox business network. reporter: the fox business network but we should cover cheap manned a test to become an air traffic controller as well as corrupt practices and the faa to try and stifle the investigation and the ongoing scandal. the aviation subcommittee chairman in congress, frank lobiondo sent a letter to the faa administrator demanding that the fea answer questions raised by the original fox business network reporter. the faa sent a letter just the other day back to chairman

lobiondo stayed we are going to investigate this internally. chairman lobiondo will have nothing to do with that. the response to reports of rampant cheating and biometric tests, the weird personality test they are now using has been intentionally incomplete only after i come at a congressman, and my college raise serious concerns the faa to task an internal office with appropriate authority and independence to conduct an open-ended investigation. this is absolutely unacceptable. the faa is trying to whitewash its own internal investigation. the chairman says this is unacceptable. the department of transportation on wednesday. d.o.t. late in the afternoon announced the d.o.t. inspector general will investigate the fea essentially trumping the administrator say there will be no whitewash. d.o.t. now to investigate the impropriety that fox business has uncovered and the aviation

subcommittee chairman mr. lobiondo once resolved. back to you. sandra: adam, thank you. tracking devices going public today. an ipo is an exciting time for the market. a lot of demand for it. nicole: wear it around your wrist to track your health and fitness. priced at $20 per share above the already increased range of $17 to $19 per share. 36.6 million shares values the company roughly $4.1 billion. the ipo raising $732 million. some analysts say they should use research and development. shares begin trading this morning. stay with us on fox business. the ticker symbol is fake. that is an easy one. they will compete against apple, microsoft, sony, garland, sean

made a chinese company makes a cheaper version. the fit bit details -- sandra: you will be on the floor of the stock covering at all today. thankthank you. we'll get a closer look at the ipo happening this morning. join cap will be speaking with the ceo of the company. james park at around 10:30 a.m. eastern. shares are traded shares of oracle tumbling 10%. the company's fourth-quarter results coming in below expectations in part by the stronger dollar they continues to be a big story for u.s. corporation. the company issued a disappointing earnings forecast for the current quarter. oracle reporting 80 cents below the forecast. revenue $10.7 billion. the house is set to vote on the trade bill today. president obama working to win support for that matter. the senate and house with the second attempt to pass the

so-called fast track authority. house democrats derail the legislation by voting against a program to help workers who lose their jobs because of imports. this'll be a stand-alone bill expected to pass. approval would help the president negotiated large scale specific written trade deal. a key architect of the.frank lost his join in a big board. former house democratic ernie frank has been appointed to the board of signature bank. based in new york a $29 billion spent that primarily works of privately owned businesses. the 14-year-old that has been growing rapidly in performing well at a time when other banks charla swell. we'll keep you today on the shooting in charleston, south carolina. a news conference now scheduled to come at a fox business. we'll bring that that to you live. yesterday u.s. stock futures at the bit of a breather this

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sandra: welcome back from everyone. let's say you caught the you caught up in global markets as you head into your day. asia down across the board. nikkei, hang seng, finishing.

you're a writer is as well. the cac in france down 1.2%. weak retail sales out of the u.k. weighed on sentiment there. u.s. stock index futures primarily to the downside and the overnight session and here we've got re-narrows across the board. dow futures to the hyatt this session now down -- now at 18 points. we'll keep watching that as they head towards the open on wall street. u.s. open golf tournament gets underway today at the chambers bay golf course in washington state. jordan speak will tee off this afternoon. only three players have ever won the masters and the u.s. open in the same year. will he be the guy to do it? dusted rose 12 years ago. martin kiner is the defending champ. follow the open on fox and fox sports. covering up for the first time. and baseball, kurt caselli

blasted his first major-league home run of the tampa bay rays held that the method is standing by shutting out the natural five to nothing. the nationals committed three errors in just two hits. danny valencia hit a three-run homer to power the blue jays to an eight to nothing shutout the mets. kevin solarz added a shot as he went three for four in the ninth. the former owner and publisher nelson doubleday junior died yesterday at the age of 81. he partnered to by the mets in 1980 ensign new york win when the world series six years later. doubleday's grandfather founded the publishing company. before you head out the door, let's get a look at your thursday forecast with fox meteorologist janice dean. good morning. i guess we are starting to get a look at the weekend as well. reporter: never too early to look at the weather in the weekend. watching what is left of tropical storm bill. it will bring potential for

heavy rain across the ohio valley and the northeast on father's day. take note for picnics. very warm across the southwest in the southeast with heat indices anywhere for 105 to 110 degrees. a quick look at the travel forecast could see delays. otherwise looking good in detroit. chicago looking like the cloudy skies. and the potential for showers and thunderstorms for d.c. and atlanta. watch the delays there. back to you, sandra. sandra: coming up, before we handed over to maria bartiromo, we'll have the latest on that shooting in charleston, south carolina. please stay with us. ♪ two streetlights. the only difference: that little blue thingy. you see it? that's a sensor. using ge software, the light can react to its environment-

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maria: here is a final look at your market this morning as they kicked off thursday morning. the dollar is in focus. global currencies moving higher against the greenback. the federal reserve yesterday says the forecast is that once they once thought it was for the u.s. economy. the u.s. dollar weakness as a result looking at commodity prices. crude oil moving significant date with a gain of 1.5% of nearly 1 dollar topping $60 arrow. certainly been a scene weakness in the dollar. you have gold just below $2000 at $21 on the session. we haven't seen in haven't seen a move like that in quite some time for gold. huge u.s. stock index futures. dow futures up 31, moving to their highest in the session. the overnight session did show a lot of indecisive trading after

the mixed signals from the said yesterday. i said the futures at 2.5. nasdaq up seven. pointed to a higher open on wall street this morning. now over to maria bartiromo where she will have big latest on the doubly tragic shooting in south carolina in the news conference coming in at 7:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. you'll carry that live on your show. maria: we will, sandra. we are in fact going to take you live to the police chief of charleston momentarily following the breaking news out of south carolina. a terrible story this morning where nine people are dead this morning after a white man opens fire in an historic church in that city. the suspect is still large as we speak. authorities investigating this as a hate crime. >> that as well but he really made. we need information. they've got a good starting