installed on your schedule. comcast business. built for business. nicole: >> i have stood on the debate stage with senator sanders. nicole: a battle in brooklyn between hillary clinton and bernie sanders as a new fox polls show sanders closing the gap on clinton. i lauren simonetti. nicole: i am lauren pedallides, donald trump widening his lead over ted cruz. we have the numbers and what voters care about most. lauren: that are closing in on 18,000, up 2%, stock futures and "the opening bell" this friday morning.futures giving up 17

points, futures 3.5. nicole: china's economy grew at its lowest pace since 2009, the shanghai composite index edged down 0.1%, the nikkei slipped 0.3%. lauren: watching oil prices ahead of the opec oil meeting this weekend. will they agreed to freeze production? oil up 8% and right now just under $41 a barrel. nicole: front and center, earnings from citigroup. will it below expectations? lauren: microsoft suing the justice department over a gag order when the customer emails were explained. nicole: hockey fans get their moment in the sun. the first matchup in the nhl playoffs. it is april 15th, tax day but the good news is you have an extra three days to file this year. welcome to "fbn a.m.," the

latest breaking news, what to expect for the day ahead. nicole: the race to the white house is tightening between hillary clinton and bernie sanders, clinton leads by just two points urging sanders by 46% down from the 13 point advantage she had last month before sanders won three of the eight most recent concerts. clinton's support from women falling 11 points, sanders is up by 9 points. the two candidates turning up the heat with 5 days until the critical new york state primary sparring over a number of issues including raising the minimum wage. >> i am sure a lot of people are surprised to learn that you supported raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. that is just not accurate. >> i have stood on the debate stage with senator sanders eight times. i have said the exact same thing. if we raise it to $15 in new

york, los angeles, let's do it. >> screaming at each other, the viewers won't be able to hear either of you. nicole: it got contentious. donald trump jumping to an 18 point lead over ted cruz with record highs, leading ted cruz by 45% to 27%, john kasich coming in third with 25%, the three gop candidates made their case for winning the nomination at the gop gala last night. >> we make things happen and it is courage and community service, tremendous community service, new york values were on display for all to see in the aftermath of 9/11, they strike at the heart of our city and our nation. our darkest moments, as the city, we showed the world the very very best. >> we understand the need for a strong commander in chief with clear eyes to the threat we face

and willingness and ability to rebuild our military and defeat our enemies but as the men in this room know, none of that matters if we can't win. if we cannot win the election, if hillary clinton becomes the next president for four to eight more years, the people of new york know full well what comes from that. >> when you go into a room and i have been doing it all across the country can you realize people's anxieties and understand people's anxieties you have two choices. you can either go into the room and tell them how bad everything is or you can walk into the same room and recognize the struggles and problems and anxieties people have and you can talk to them about how we solve those

problems. nicole: tune into the primaries on tuesday, april 19th starting at 7:00 pm on the foxbusiness network. the big news, the new york post has endorsed donald trump for president. the post says trump is a rookie candidate but has electrified the public joining millions of new voters for inspiring people. the newspaper says trump is an imperfect messenger carrying a vital message, reflects the best of new york values and offers the best hope for all americans who feel betrayed by the political class adding trump is a do or who created thousands of jobs and knows how to get things done and yesterday should note the daily news endorsed john kasich. maria: >> they will not proceed against corey lewandowski because there was not enough evidence to charge him with allegedly grabbing reporter michelle fields at a rally last month. corey lewandowski says the feud with fields was unnecessary.

>> a huge distraction for the campaign that should never have been. if michelle fields wants to have a conversation it should be privately and not -- i am sorry this becomes a story today so it is behind us, glad to know we are moving forward. nicole: fields is considering suing corey lewandowski for defamation. nicole: the irs is not to be trusted. there is strong evidence the irs violated constitutional rights of the tea party group delay nonprofit status application and asked inappropriate questions, the court is trying to determine if the tax agency is still targeting tea party groups. nicole: a setback for north korea. a missile to celebrate north korea's found or failed even though the test was a done. is a troubling sign that they are developing ballistic missiles, some that could reach parts of the united states. the latest missile is supposed

to be able to hit guam and the philippines as soon as today. asked carter currently visiting. federal health officials said this week that the zika threat is more widespread than originally thought and there is a link between the virus and birth defects. on after the bell yesterday the deputy center for disease control director asked how long after getting the zika virus a woman should wait until the woman gets pregnant. >> we believe the virus is gone in a week or two but suggested that women might have gotten zika, delay trying to conceive for eight weeks. nicole: that goes for men and women too, there are 358 confirmed cases of zika in the united states. we are watching citigroup earnings, the latest of the big banks to report first-quarter

results, it's trading and investment banking fall, the trend turning the entire industry, analysts expect earnings to fall to a dollar and 52 to $1.03 this quarter. nicole: let's get you caught up on global market action. in asia we are seeing a little bit of the selloff, japan's nikkei down one/3%, the hang seng and cosby down fractionally. lauren: down arrows in london down 20 points, the cac is down 18.5 and the dax in germany down 37. nicole: we are looking at the dow jones futures down 13, the s&p down 3, nasdaq down 5, we got close to 18,000. lauren: we have a big meeting on sunday about what to do with oil

supplies. ahead of that meeting oil prices at $40.97 down $.53, gold up $5. nicole: news is the here and minister is not going. microsoft taking a stand over customer information and tech giant filing a lawsuit against the justice department saying it is unconstitutional for the government to search personal data it in the secret to stay silent about it. microsoft has received 5000 government demands for information in the last 18 months and nearly half of them came with gag orders preventing it from disclosing the search to customers. lauren: global markets looking to make a come back. and shares on its own exchange offering in high demand, the company increasing the number of shares available at $19 at the high end of range, the ipo

raising $252.7 million. the stock lifted. >> the s&p 500 may have been flat. $30 million, with chief executives. viacom making $54.2 million. oracle, $53.2 million, disney, $44.9 million and medtronics, $39.5 million. other notable names on the big list, jeff imills, david selloff and mark bennett. lauren: here's a look at headlines, wall street journal, china revival policies show promise, factory output, capital investment and retail sales rose more than expected. sunedison investors got burned,

easy money from wall street, expansion into solar and wind power but rising interest rates left the company vulnerable. after car enthusiasts. nicole: the car publisher is chasing digital ad dollars. among the stocks we are watching closely, halliburton, the wall street journal reports private equity firm in serious talks to buy a package of oil services from the two companies that could be valued at $7 billion. the newspaper says the need for halliburton to reach a deal to increase urgency last week when the justice department filed an challenging their $35 million proposed deal. valiant pharmaceuticals closer to selling off big parts of the company, the company has brought investment banks to review its options amid interest from the buyout firm and other companies.

the number means business. lauren: it has been a wild ride for investors, looks like it was for ted cruz. taking time out from campaigning and we will take a closer look at that roller coaster ride and what to expect next. what are the most important issues for voters? more from our fox news fold coming up, join "fbn a.m." for breaking news, have great weekend plans, final day of the week on the east coast.

nicole: it is 5:15 a.m. in new york and let's get you caught up on what is happening now. hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off in a heated debate in brooklyn. new foxhole shows sanders closing the gap with clinton. foxhole shows donald trump increasing his lead over ted cruz as the crucial new york primary is coming up tuesday. citigroup, latest big banks report earnings today, analysts expect bank earnings to fall and the bank has warned trading and investment banking will drop. let's check us stock market futures, 50 points from tao 18,000 yesterday, now doubt

futures down 7, the s&p 2, and what else is happening now? lauren's birthday. sent her a happy birthday message. lauren: i am 21 now and legal. when it comes to the presidential candidates voters say they would be most proud to have sanders and clinton, trump or ted cruz as their commander in chief. on the issues terrorism, healthcare, climate change and the federal deficit are at the top but the most important issue is the economy. only 21% of voters say the economy is in good condition compared to 79% who say it is fair or poor. more gains as the dow industrials push toward the 18,000 mark at the closing bell yesterday, 74 points from the milestone level. the s&p 500 rising as well. what does the future hold for stocks? we will ask rob morgan, chief investment officer, good morning, i know you are paying attention to bank earnings,

strength in bankshares, the s&p financial index up 5 days in a row. does that give you hope? >> absolutely. the fact that bank earnings are doing so well and most of the reports showing loan growth in all sectors. from an economic standpoint that is a good time. nicole: particularly jpmorgan for the long growth. what else are you watching? a big meeting for opec front and center, a chart going out about rate hikes, december is the only time the rate hike is coming. what is on your mind as we go into trading, what are you thinking? >> that meeting in tucker, the oil meeting exploding all week, that russia and saudi arabia reached a production freeze and the oil space where it is underway by the way. that is very encouraging so we

will see what the news is on sunday but the weekend, certainly that is possible along with citigroup earnings. nicole: what is your strategy? what are you overweight or underweight, there has been an allocation with market up 2% going into stocks. >> coming into the year, my expectation on stocks, i am still there as far as the individual sector of the s&p 500, even though i like utilities, telecom, i am underweight on energy and consumer discretionary and healthcare. from the news received from this earnings i am encouraged by what we are seeing. nicole: even though the bar is set low. rob morgan, chief investment officer, thank you so much.

lauren: encouraged by the earnings at the same time his investments are cautious going into telecom utilities. we will check the latest playoffs that are under way and let you know about the game matchups last night and tgif, get ready for the weekend. we have the weekend weather forecast with maria molina, she is standing by checking stock market futures this morning, slightly lower, doubt futures down 10, s&p down 3, nasdaq down 0.1%. you are watching "fbn a.m.," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. show me movies with explosions.

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lauren: let's look at the latest from the world of sports. it is all about the nhl playoffs, new york islanders started game one with a victory over the florida panthers 5-4, to finally grab the leadoff early in the third period. it was a lead the islanders would not let go of for the rest of the game. in washington the capitals and flyers, the capitals rely on special teams and defense to nab the when, they stopped all 19 shots that he faced, all four power-play opportunities, capitalized on their six and scored another. in a numfour-0 route, they took game one in convincing fashion.

number one seed in the west left no doubt jason spencer scored a goal while adding an assist. game 2 saturday night in dallas. the nhl schedule was released last night, the first matchup nfl, the panthers versus the broncos in denver on thursday, december 8th. nicole: let's go to maria molina for your forecast, there might be snow. maria: there will be heavy snowfall across portions of colorado. let's look at the broader picture, we have activity across the southeastern us, showers and storms early this morning and as we head west, the storm system producing heavy snow in the rockies, talking thunderstorms from the texas panhandle to parts of nebraska and some could be producing severe weather in the form of damaging winds,

large hail and isolated tornadoes out there in places like amarillo and garden city. on the cold side of the storm across colorado and wyoming picking up several feet of snow fall, potentially two feet through the weekend so we could be looking at travel issues across parts of the west. current temperatures across the midwest and northeast a little on the chilly side, 40s and 30s early and across parts of the planes a warm one, 86 ° for your forecast high, should make it to 80 in the city of dallas. coming up a new foxhole shows bernie sanders closing the gap on hillary clinton. the two candidates lit up the stage with political fireworks. >> you need to have the judgment on day one to be both president

and commander in chief. nicole: bank earnings taking center stage for investors, today get the results from citigroup and schwab delivering on beating low expectations, we will tell you what to expect, we are checking us stock market futures, right now looking down 16, nasdaq down 6, worth noting that yesterday midday trading was up from 18,000. here is a look at oil which has surged this year, it is down $.51 at the big opec meeting this weekend so phil flynn in the next half hour giving a look, they say they will have that output. will make? you are watching "fbn a.m.," your first look at morning markets. it's more than a network.

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>> wait a minute, wait a minute. i have stood on the debate stage with senator standers eight time. lauren: a battle in brooklyn between democrat hillary clinton and socialist bernie sanders is a new foxhole shows sanders closing the gap on clinton. i am nicole pedallides. lauren: i am lauren simonetti. donald trump widening his lead over ted cruz, have the numbers and tell you what voters are most concerned about. nicole: the dow is up 2% so far this week.

we have bank earnings, doubt futures down 16. lauren: investors not phased by china's lowest growth since 2009, china shanghai composite edging down fractionally company k in japan. nicole: investors watching oil prices ahead of an important opec oil meeting agreeing to freeze production. up 8% this month and down 1% losing $.47. lauren: earnings from citigroup, will it be low expectations? microsoft turns the tables in the privacy debate suing the justice department over a gag order when the government snooped on customer email.

nicole: in sports hockey fans get their moment in the sun, who won the first matchup in the nhl playoffs. it is 5:301 am eastern time in new york, april 15th, nobody likes tax day. you do actually have three days to file. "fbn a.m." right here, today's markets, the latest breaking news and what to expect for the day ahead. nicole: the race to the white house tightening between hillary clinton and bernie sanders, clinton leads by two points edging standards by 46% down from the 13 point advantage she had last month before sanders won eight of the most recent contests. clinton's support from women falling 11 points while support for sanders up by 9 points. the two candidates turning up the heat with days ago until the new york primary tuesday sparring over a number of issues including affordable healthcare. >> we need to join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee health care to all

people. thank you. >> make no mistake about it, this is not just an attack on me but on president obama. president obama had a super pac when he ran, president obama took tens of millions of dollars from contributors and president obama was not at all influenced when he made the decision to pass & dodd-frank, the toughest regulation on wall street in many years. so this is a phony attack that is designed to raise questions when there is no evidence or support to the insinuation that he is putting forward in the the tax. nicole: they got pretty heated, speaking over each other. on the republican side donald trump jumping to an 18 point lead over senator ted cruz, support from the gop nominating trump leading cruz by 45% to 27%, john kasich comes in third by for the 5%. the three gop candidates made their case for winning the

nomination at the new york state gop gala last night. >> we make things happen and it is courage and community service because it is tremendous community service. new york values were on display for all to see in the aftermath of 9/11, a strike at the heart of our city and our nation. in our darkest moments as a city, we showed the world that the very best. >> we understand the need for a strong commander-in-chief with clear eyes as to the threat we face and the willingness and ability to rebuild our military and defeat our enemies. as the men and women in this room know, none of that matters if we can't win. if we cannot win the election, if hillary clinton becomes the next president for four or eight more years, the people of new york know full well what comes

from that. >> when you go into a room and i have been doing it all across the country, you realize people's anxieties and you come to understand people's anxieties you have two choices. you can either go into that room and tell them how bad everything is or you can walk into the same room and you can recognize the struggles and problems and anxieties people have and you can talk to them about how we solve those problems. nicole: 30 protesters were arrested outside. tune in and mark your calendars for special coverage, the new york primaries tuesday, april 19th starting at 7:00 pm eastern time right here on the foxbusiness network. lauren: new york post endorsing donald trump for president saying while trump is a rookie candidate he has electrified the public drying millions of new voters to the polls and inspiring people, trump is an

imperfect messenger carrying a vital message, reflects the best of new york values and offers the best hope for all americans who rightly feel betrayed by the political class. the post adding trump is a doer who has created thousands of jobs and knows how to get things done. we should point out yesterday the new york daily news endorsed john kasich. nicole: authorities in florida will not proceed with the case against corey lewandowski because there was not enough evidence to charge him with allegedly grabbing michelle feel that a rally last month. corey lewandowski said the feud with fields was unnecessary. >> a huge distraction for the campaign that should not have been. if michelle fields wants to have a conversation we could have had a conversation privately and not made the story that is today, i am sorry this is the story, i am glad it is behind us. nicole: fields is considering suing corey lewandowski for defamation. lauren: a rally across the nation at college campuses

pushing for free public tuition and student debt cancellation. it is called the million student march and one of its organizers was on coast-to-coast with neil cavuto yesterday. at issue is how to pay for the group demands and how to use taxpayer dollars. >> spending our money on tax breaks for big wealthy corporations. >> how do you feel about spending money on medicare, social security? >> our military budget was $607 billion. neil: how do you feel? >> not going to put one more important than another. nicole: she is a supporter of bernie sanders. lauren: a setback for north korea telling fox news a missile to celebrate north korea's founder failed even though the test was a dud, still a troubling sign that the country is continuing to develop ballistic missiles, some that could reach parts of the united states. the latest missile was supposed to be capable of hitting guam

and the philippines as soon as today. secretary of defense asked carter is visiting the philippines. lauren: the latest big bank to report earnings has already cautioned that it's trading revenue and investment banking revenue will fall, that is a trend we are seeing through the entire industry, analysts expect earnings to fall from a dollar 52 a year ago to $1.03 in the first quarter, the financials the strongest sector this week, the most beaten-down of the year. nicole: the global market action, we are seeing in asia all down arrows, all four major indices, the nikkei in japan one third of 1% and the hang seng down 0.1%, china's shanghai down 0.3%. stocks trading to the downside as well, the worst in the group is the dax in germany down 1/2%, the ftse in london is down 0.5%.

lauren: we talked about citigroup waiting on schwab, we are seeing dow futures down texting, the s&p down 3, nasdaq down 7. nicole: ahead of the oil meeting in cutter, oil trade down $.45, gold up $5. microsoft taking a stand for customer information, the tech giant filing a lawsuit against the justice department saying it is unconstitutional for the government to serve the personal data and forced the company to stay silent about it. according to microsoft it has received 5000 government demands for information in the last 18 months and nearly half came with gag orders preventing it from disclosing the search to those customers. lauren: kyle bass is a guest on wall street we, credited with successfully predicting, i can't speak today. prices in 2008 before nearly

destroying the us financial system. he said he is betting against the chinese currency. >> if we are right about the banking crisis, and the fact that they are going to do everything it takes to fix themselves which they will label recap their banks, reform everything they can do on the spending side and everything they have to do, you and i would do if you parachuted us in the room, the chinese financial situation. that means their currency will have a massive evaluation. nicole: you can see that on wall street we get 8:00 pm eastern time. don't miss it. lauren: the wall street journal, china growth slows, revival policies show promise. industrial outlook, fixed asset investment and retail sales rise more than expected. sunedison's investors got burned, easy money from wall street, the expansion to solar and wind power but rising interest rates left the company vulnerable. timing speed after car

enthusiasts. the publisher has opened the car showroom in order to chase virtual ad dollars. nicole: three stocks to watch, halliburton and baker hughes. the wall street journal reports the group is in serious talks to buy a package of oilfield services from the two companies that could be valued at $7 billion. the newspaper says the need to reach a deal took increased urgency when the justice department filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging their $35 billion proposed deal and valiant pharmaceutical is closer to selling off parts of the company. sources say the company has brought in investment banks to review its options amid interest from buyout firms and a number of its businesses. nicole: we will look at the issues that are most important to voters such as the economy, low oil prices are a help for consumers but that could change this weekend when opec oil leaders meet about a production

freeze. we will find out what to expect with foxbusiness contribute or phil flynn who will tell us what is going on. stock market futures have accelerated over the last 40 minutes. they are down 14, the s&p down 3, nasdaq features down 6. you are watching "fbn a.m.," your first look at morning markets and breaking news.

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nicole: let's get you caught up on what is happening now. hillary clinton and bernie sanders facing off in a heated debate in brooklyn and a new foxhole shows sanders closing the gap with clinton. donald trump increasing his lead over ted cruz as the crucial new york primary is coming up tuesday. citigroup is the latest big banks to report earnings, analyst expect the bank earnings to fall, the bank has warned trading and investment banking will drop. checking ahead of that report, us stock market futures ahead of "the opening bell," markets up 2% but we might have a slight

decline, futures lower by 16 points and nasdaq futures. lauren: more detailed in the latest fox news poll, voters say they would be most proud to have sanders, then clinton, trump and ted cruz as their commander in chief. when it comes to issues voters say terrorism, healthcare, climate change, the federal deficit are all at the top. the most important issue is the economy. only 21% of voters say the economy is in good condition compared to 79% who say it is fair or poor. oil prices under pressure as traders await the outcome of the deal to freeze output at a meeting of key producers in cutter. phil flynn, senior market analyst at price futures group and foxbusiness contribute or joins us with the best oil output, what are you expecting?

everyone is waiting for this freeze. is it for really big rumor? >> i think it is for real. i am excited about it, but a little bit of nervousness because there was a report that oil ministers skip the meeting. i can't believe this, it is raising concerns they won't get a deal done but i think they will get a deal done. saudi arabia and russia said they can do it. you ran not being there, the only concern is they won't come to a larger agreement about freezing uranium production in the future but we will have to wait for that another day. lauren: say we get this freeze. will it have an impact on the markets? >> i think it will. we have already seen it. the anticipation, the price of oil has got up and it is historic. even though from a barrel perspective it doesn't mean anything, from a situation where

the market has some sense of some restraint at some point, enough for demand to catch up. nicole: i will be thinking about two things, if they don't actually freeze oil prices going down to 32 or 35 and if you ran doesn't participate in the freeze how can other countries agree to that. they will be pretty mad. >> i think they will but the first question is i don't think we will go that far but the second question, he ran has always been a loose cannon. the rest of the producers will look out for their own barrel price. >> thanks for getting up early and giving viewers an inside look at oil. coming up we checked the latest sports, nhl playoffs are underway and we will let you know about the game one matchup last night and real-life planet of the apes, a chimp makes a wild escape from a zoo and set off a massive search. we send details on his wild ride

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the capitals took down the flyers, the capitals relied on defense to nab the win, 19 shots, flyers failed on all four of their power-play opportunities while washington capitalized on one of their six and scored another 4 on 4 play. the kings get out in the playoffs after years this time it was san jose that came out on top numfour-3 over los angeles. joe broke the tie in the third period and the sharks went on to win, game 2 will be saturday night at the staples center and the nfl schedule was released last night, the first matchup of the year, a rematch of the super bowl in denver, thursday. i am going with the islanders. let's bring it over to tim tebo, drafted for congress? >> have you thought about

politics? >> crazy, isn't it? i don't know. at this time in my life. >> you are saying there is hope. >> could make a difference someday at something. nicole: two weeks ago he hinted to fox news that he may be interested in a political career and rumor has it the quarterback is considering a congressional run. speculation comes after the surprise retirement of a key jacksonville, florida republican congressman. lauren: a chimpanzee escaped from a zoo in japan. the mail chimp display trying to avoid being captured by climbing an electric pole and swinging from the wires. electricity was lost in almost 2,000 homes. he was on the loose two hours before workers were able to

sedate him. investigators found the whole in the fence through which he escaped. it will take a few days to recover from the sedative. nicole let's get a look at your forecast with maria molina. maria: it will be a beautiful day across the northeast and the mid-atlantic. we are expecting dry conditions into the weekend and as far as the southeastern us, showers and thunderstorms in place throughout the day. across the western us a massive storm system in the warm sector will bring the threat that not only heavy rainfall but severe weather from the texas panhandle into places like nebraska and western kansas, damaging winds and large hail and isolated tornadoes possible including areas out here across the high plains and central and southern plains.

otherwise several inches of rain will come down, as many as 6 inches through the weekend and on the cold side of the storm heavy snowfall possible in some areas across higher elevations outside the city of denver so expect to see travel issues if you are heading west. lauren: we will have global market action before handing it to "mornings with maria" hosted by dagan mcdowell today. i order b14. i get b14. no surprises. buying business internet, on the other hand, can be a roller coaster white knuckle thrill ride. you're promised one speed. but do you consistently get it? you do with comcast business. it's reliable. just like kung pao fish. thank you, ping. reliably fast internet

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nicole: down futures down 9 points, s&p down 2, nasdaq down 4, yesterday we were 50 points away from dow 18,000, mixed bag for earnings, waiting on citigroup and schwab but we are up 2% on the tao. oil is up 8%, a big meeting in cutter this weekend, oil today, down $.29 at 4 numb 101, gold gaining $12 a troy ounce, bringing you through the next several hours of "mornings with maria". dagen: have a fantastic weekend.

i am dagan mcdowell, maria bartiroma was off this morning, it is april 15th, top stories at 6 am eastern time, four days until the new york primary, candidates focus on appealing to new yorkers and their values. >> we understand if we lift the burden of washington, jobs will return. >> anyone who helps clear the rubble and the rescue, those are new york values. every small act of kindness. >> i do believe folks in new york will forgive me on the big mistake i made when i had that scalding piece of pizza and touched the pizza pie with it but i do know how to eat pizza. dagen: this is the latest fox news poll shows donald trump has expanded his lead over ted cruz and john kasich and i