lou: thanks for joining us. general jack keane and fred barnes among our guests tomorrow. thank you for being with us. lauren: breaking news this morning, the u.s. drops the mother of all bombs. why now and what message does this send? good morning, everybody, i'm lauren simonetti. >> good morning to you, i'm lea gabrielle. vice president pence to the region. lauren: yesterday stocks took a dive. dow following 131 points on the week, down over 200. >> stocks in asia also with concerns about global tensions, nikkei sliding half of a percent and the kospi in south korea six

tenths of a percent. lauren: today we will find out how march retail sales faired and as jc penny starts to pull back on plans to shut 138 stores at least for now. >> would you buy a pickup truck from this man? he wants to put you behind a tesla or even a big rig. lauren: 15- inning game, the longest ever played in marilyn park. washington capital survive a scare and beet -- bait the maple leafs. >> welcome to fbn:am, first look at morning markets, breaking news and what to expect for the day ahead. lauren: thanks for joining us, everybody. the u.s. dropping the largest nonnuclear bomb on isis. killed 36 militants and

destroyed border in pakistan, blake berman with more. blake. blake: the mother of all bombs, 21,000 pounds and the white house says it landed in eastern afghanistan around 7:30 local time thursday night. white house also say it is goal was to bus through tunnels and caves that isis fighters use as a lifeline. it's not in retaliation of green beret rather it was, quote, the right target. departure from past and current success. you'll see there's a tremendous difference. this was another very, very successful mission. >> the drop comes as north korea could initiate a weapon's test. satellite images suggest it's a strong possibility for the weekend which coincides can a national holiday there. president trump says the

afghanistan mission was not meant to send a signal to pyongyang. >> it doesn't make a difference or not. north korea is a problem, the will be will be taken care of. i think china has really been working very hard. blake: president trump continued to call on china to deescalate the situation in north korea and continued in the recent days, he praised upon president xi jinping calling him, quote, a terrific person. back to you in new york. lauren: blake berman, thank you. >> the u.s. drops one to have largest nonnuclear bombs on isis. what was the action and what is the message to the world, joining us right now andrew peak and former adviser to the u.s. and nato commander in afghanistan, nice to see you, andrew. >> great to be here. >> massive ordinance, what do we

know about the force of this bomb. >> 11 tons of, tnt, the equivalent about 16,000 tons of tnt, there's still a significant difference between this and the nuclear weapon and it's a big freaken weapon. lauren: if it was developed back in 2003, why was it used now for the most time? >> we have been fighting mostly counterinsurgency, the idea of what we do in iraq and afghanistan, i almost said iran, not quite yet, is to try to win the hearts and mind of the population and provide them a better government and more stability for their lives also a giant bomb helps you that.

i would expect up until now commanders never thought it necessary to drop a bomb for fear of casualties.. >> tell us about the presence of isis now? >> isis has grown in many places of the world like nigeria to about a thousand or so members. the real advantage we have over isis and afghanistan is that not many people like them. it's really an alien body. isis is essentially fighting the taliban, after tbean government, us and allies all at once. they don't have a lot of local support. the best weapon we have against islamic terrorism is afghanistan is one of the few places where we have have experienced an afghan radical government. they don't like it. they're not that much appetite to go into a more radical

version of isis. lauren: president trump didn't authorize, is that unusual for the president in. >> that would be a little unusual because the weapon is so anomolus. certainly somebody higher knew, mcmaster, mattis, secretary of defense, there was some command authority on this one. lea: thank you to andrew peek, former u.s. army intelligence officer. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thanks. lauren: opening ten-day trip to the region after tensions continue to rise over the missile programs and all this as the aircraft carrier carl vinson

is teaming to the water. the vice president is also scheduled to visit japan, indonesia, japan and australia. lea: tensions between china and north korea may be helping the coal industry. jeff flock with that story, jeff. jeff: you are looking tat coal pile tat will county generating station, the coal-fired electric generating station outside of chicago and it is on the chopping block, probably will be closed within the next year, another hit for the u.s. coal industry, but could part to have solution come from north korea? there's evidence now that china is refusing shipments of north korean coal at the borders in an effort to perhaps camp down their nuclear ambitions and as a result china now and tre's evidence of this dipping back into the u.s. market f its coal.

one source says that china over the last two months or the first two months i should say of this year bought about 300,000 tons of coal, coal to be used in steel-making from the u.s. that could be compared to almost nothing bought from china from the u.s. over the course of the past two years. so, you know, we said repeatedly that it would be difficult for president trump to deliver on his campaign promise of rejuvnating the coal industry simply by removing some environmental regulations on plants like this, coal-fired electric plants, but he's able to develop additional overseas market for u.s. coal, something that the obama administration did not want to do, sales of u.s. coal to china declining during the obama administration, if president trump can inspire that, that just may provide a new market for u.s. coal abroad and more u.s. coal jobs here at home. lauren, lea.

lea: that would certainly be a good thing. thank you to jeff flock for that report. lauren: president bashar al-assad denying that he used gas on his own people. calling the claims a 100% fabrication, the u.s. worked hand in hand with terrorists. there's solid evidence that syria is to blame. >> it is attempt by him to throw false flags, create confusion, it's a tactic that we have seen on russia's part in the past, there can be little doubt that recent attacks an chemical weapon's attack was by the syrian government, by the syrian regime. lauren: according to cnn u.s. military intelligence officials intercepted communications last week between syrian military and chemical exp talking about preparations for the sarin attack.

lea: the united airlines passenger preparing a major lawsuit, the attorney for david dao says the client suffers concussion, broken nose and two lost teeth. >> what happened to my dad should have never happened to any human being regardless of the circumstance. we were horrified and shocked and sickened to learn what had happened to him and to see what had happened to me. lea: she also said that her father was a vietnamese immigrant, following news conference united issued a statement saying ceo oscar muñoz called dao numerous times to apologize, shares dropped 1.2%. lauren: massive fire shutting down the las vegas strip. as you can see here, huge flames shooting out of the world famous

casino. it wasn't enough, though, to stop the bellagoi's water show. >> from good news if you like to shop at jc penny. delaying plans to close 140 stores because of a recent surge in sales. liquidation sales for most of the stores due to closes will start on may 22nd instead of next monday. jc penny announce that had the store closings earlier this year, they announced the closings earlier this year in order to save $200 million a year. the company along with traditional store chains is ying to compete with amazon and shares extending losses after hours sliding nearly 3%. lauren: coming up, economists are beginning to low estimates.

and if the economy slows, what happens to the stock market? we are going the take a look with economic professor brian. you're watching fbn:am, first look at morning markets and breaking news.

lea: 5:15 a.m. in new york.

welcome back, let's get you caught up on what's happening now. u.s. dropped what is nicknamed the mother of all bombs in base in afghanistan yesterday killing 36 militants, president trump decline today say whether he personally authorized the bombing. he said he has given the military total authorization. vice president mike pence will arrive in south korea on easter sunday at a time of escalating tensions, there's concerns that north korea is about to conduct sixth nuclear test, seoul is a stop in 10-day trip for pence. elon musk latest innovation would be electric semitruck.

it will help self-driving capabilities like other tesla models. in trading on wall street today. yesterday dropped 138 points. nasdaq and s&p also fell. that's what's happening now. lauren: the economic impact of the failure of the repeal and replace bill for obamacare has begun to sink in now, economists pulling down forecast pretty astonishingly. joining us brian. happy friday. >> happy friday. lauren: according to wall street journal it has come down dramatically, 2.3gdp. in march 1.9% and now 1.4%, really, is it that low? >> economists got really excited at tend of last year when they thought about a unified senate congress and presidency and all the big fiscal stimulus, they

got ahead of themselves and they discover that had the policy making process is messy even with unified government. it's very difficult to do big things like there's recognizing more difficulty and big things aren't going to happen and consumer spending has been weak. lea: that's also in the face of last month's disappointing job's growth. >> the bls number was so bad. adp was a little bit better, there's pessimism happening in the models and taking down forecasts they want to get more within the range where they think things are going to come in.

it just means it was not growing as everybody was hoping for three months ago. lauren: donald trump said he created 6,000 jobs, we are seeing confidence return, new administration doing different things, how is growth actually slowing in he wants 3 to 4% gdp, how do we get there. >> you to remember this is expectations, it's trying to figure out what's happening in the economy and what's going to happen. everybody thought big things because there was going to be big fiscal stimulus, when those hopes erode, you to reassess the possessions. that's what the economists are playing right now. we probably got ahead of ourselves and we have to temper a little bit. lea: do you see that as warning sign for the economy right now? >> we might have gotten a little bit ahead of ourselves, gee, did we get ahead of ourselves, did we expect too much from unified government and the answer is probable you by did or too fast,

you see investors pushing down prices or yield, i don't know if it's going to happen in 2017, it's the same thing with the economists, let's bring back those growth forecasts. lauren: we were trying to get yields of 3% and now we are down to 2.2. brian: fascinating the market reaction as soon as health care didn't happen, all of a sudden all the hopes for infrastructure -- lauren: will health care happen in. >> the president is saying they want to come back to that. the problem is tax reform, is it health care, what about infrastructure? the administration needs to find clarity in what their road map is. lea: we have seen a great run since the election but what happens in the future. brian: we had a great run and pulled back a lot in the past few weeks as investors said, i don't know what's going to happen. you see the market bumping along. gee owe politics is becoming a big deal again.

lauren: dow down over 200 points, the market down two weeks in a row. thank you brian brendberg. lea: see you in a little bit. coming up in sports, the new york mets win dramatic sixth inning game. nhl playoff the stanley cup champion survive the scare and beat the maple leafs, we will have highlight for you. could there be life in own solar system? nasa says maybe so. you're watching fbn:am, first look at morning markets and breaking news. so you're having a party?

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lauren: welcome back, let's take a look at the latest in the world of sports, the mets won a marathon game a few hours ago. you watched this game, you're probably not watching the show. sixteenth inning with a home run, the mets beat miami marlins 9 to 8. go mets. career high, cespedes, second homer. ended 1:00 o'clock in the morning, the longest in five-year history of marlins park. in hl playoffs washington capitals had a scare with maple leafs last night. the capitals fell but came back to force an overtime. wilson scored 5 minutes 15 second to give the victory.

that was all the nashville predators as they beat the chicago black hawks 1 to nothing. renee made 29 saves. 3-2 in western conference opening game. erin hicks and luís didn't meet the yankees expectations but they sure did last night. both instrumental in yankees 3-2 win over tampa rays. hicks homer twice including go-ahead. career 11 batters and 7 innings for the win. 0-7 as starter last year and winless in previous 13 start. with the win the yankees completed a 3-game sweep of the rays, so go new york hands down. lea: good job. major announcement from nasa, the space agency says one of saturn's moons could support life due to discovery of

hydrogen in atmosphere. this is the first suggestion that our solar system may,ther s of life and bring back the anal-old question, lauren, are we really alone? lauren: no, we are not. lea: let's see. lauren: coming up, after dropping the mother of all bombs in afghanistan, the u.s. watching closely amid report that is north korea will test another nuclear soon. >> north korea is a problem, the problem will be taken care of, i will say this, i think china has really been working very hard. lauren: we will have reaction of this. elon musk says he now wants the electric car-maker to get into building semitrucks and pickup trucks. you're watching fbn:am at

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lauren: breaking news this morning, the u.s. drops the mother of all bombs in afghanistan and kills 36 isis fighters, why now and what's the message? good morning, everybody, happy friday, i'm lauren simonetti. lea: good morning, i'm lea gabrielle, the bomb comes as the u.s. keeps a close eye on north korea's nuclear intentions. vice president is traveling to the region. lauren: yesterday stocks took a nose dive after the u.s. dropped the bomb. it's down over 200 on the week. lea: stocks in asia also sliding amid concerns of global tensions. the kospi in south korea down 6 tenths of 1%. lauren: consumer spending makes up about two-thirds of the economy and today we are going

to find out how march retail sales were that as jc penny pulls back on plans to shut 138 stores at least pulling back on that decision for now. lea: would you buy a pickup truck from this man? he wants to put you behind the wheel of electric pickup truck or big rig. lauren: i would get in that. mets win a 16th inning game, the longest ever played at marlins park and nhl washington capitals beat maim -- maple leafs. lea: good friday and happy good friday to you and all of you. today we have your welcome to fbn:am, first look at morning markets, breaking news and what to expect for the day ahead. the u.s. dropping the largest nonnuclear bomb targeting isis. killed 36 militants and destroyed their base near the

border with pakistan. blake berman is at the white house with the details. blake: it is known as the mother of all bombs, 21,000 pounds and the white house says it landed in eastern afghanistan around 7:30 local time thursday night. the white house also says the goal was to bust through tunnels and caves that isis fighters use as a lifelong. officials telling fox that it's not in retaliation of death of green beret, rather it was, quote, the right weapon for the right target. president trump held the bombing as departure from the past and a current success. >> if you look at what's happened over the last eight weeks and compare today what really has happened over the last eight years, you'll see there's a tremendous difference. this was another very, very successful mission. blake: the drop comes as north korea could initiate underground weapon's test. it's a strong possibility for the weekend which coincides with a national holiday there.

however, president trump said the afghanistan mission was not meant to send a signal to pyyongyang. >> i don't know if it sends a message. north korea is a problem. the problem will be taken care of. i will say this, i think china has really been working very hard. blake: president trump continued to call on china to deescalate the situation in north korea and he continued in the recent days to heap praise on xi jinping calling him a terrific person. back to you in new york. lea: thank you, blake berman for that report. lauren: the true target of the mother of all bombs was north korea and not isis in afghanistan. joining us now andrew peek, former u.s. army intelligence officer and former adviser to the u.s. and nato commander in afghanistan. good to see you again. >> great to be back. lauren: based on the capabilities of this bomb, you really think this is sending

message to north cor inte and there are nuclear facilities underground. >> absolutely. it was develop today destroy the underground nuclear facility in iran and the nuclear facilities in north korea are the same. lea: to talk about that, though, the white house has declined they were actually the ones who called for the strike and basically the trump administration says it was the military commanders and their authorization. so how does that square with your thoughts that this is really for a message for north korea? >> i'm not sure i totally buy that. to use a weapon we have never used before in arsenal, a weapon with clearly strategic impact, it's clearly meant for elsewhere in the region outside of of nickelson who is the commander in afghanistan right now, this

clearly would have gone up the chain, i suspect the white house even though they are not denying. lauren: how many bombs? >> a couple of dozen. lauren: there's still more to be used. >> absolutely. lauren: it's usually a time and they have in new year's past show their nuclear might by conducting nuclear test. do you expect anything this saturday? >> do i if not on saturday then pretty soon thereafter. what concerns me a little bit about this situation is that kim's regime -- kim, the current ruler of north korea came to power in 2012 and has never known anything except for the obama administration. he had a really good feel if -- feeling of the red lines of the previous administration. new red lines and kind of new limits and i suspect kim doesn't quite understand that the u.s. is not going the respond in exactly the same way. lea: what do you think in your

assessment we can expect from the trump administration if north korea does go forward with another nuclear test? >> two things, one there will be some sort of display with the sad antimissile system that's deny deployed and specifically to defend against these types of thread and announcement of some kind of weapon sales or weapon transfer to one of our pacific allies whether it's japan, south korea or more south like australia or potentially the philippines. lauren: andrew peek, thank you so much for your time. >> great to be here. thank you. lea: vice president mike pence plan to go visit north korea sunday opening trip to 10-day trip to the region. this comes as the exes continue to rise and also comes as the uss carl vinson is steaming to

waters of the peninsula. more than 30,000 u.s. troops in south korea. lauren: tensions between china and north korea may be helping the u.s. coal industry believe it or not. we have jeff block in illinois with that story. jeff: lauren and lea, you are looking tat coal pile at the will county generating station, coal-fire electric generating station outside of chicago and it is on the chopping blockment probably will be closed within the next year. another hit for the u.s. coal industry but could part of the solution come from north korea? s there is evidence now that china is refusing shipments of north korean coal at the borders in an effort to perhaps tamp down their nuclear ambitions and as a result china now and there's evidence of this dipping back into the u.s. market for its coal. one source says that china over the last two months or the first

two months i should say of this year bought about 300,000 tons of coking coal. that could be compared to almost noing ught fm china over the course of the past two years. so, you know, we have said repeatedly that it would be difficult for president trump to deliver on campaign simply by removing environmental regulations on plants like this, coal-fired electric plants but if he's able to develop additional overseas market for u.s. coal, something that the obama administration did not want to do, sales of u.s. coal to china declining during the obama administration, if president trump can inspire that, that just may provide a new market for u.s. coal abroad and more u.s. coal jobs here at home. lauren, lea. lauren: good news for the coal industry, jeff flock, thank you.

lea: syrian president bashar al-assad fiercely denying that he used sarin gas on his people. assad calling the claims 100% fabrication this despite solid officials saying syria is to blame. >> it is attempt by him to throw false flags and create confusion. it's a tactic that we have seen on russia's part as well in the past. there can be little doubt that the recent attacks and the chemical weapon's attack was by the syrian government, by the syrian regime. lea: u.s. military and intelligence officials reportedly intercepted communications last week between syrian military and chemical experts talking about preparations for that sarin attack, fbn:am has not independently verified the reports.

lauren: bheernl was dragged from chicago's o'hare airport this week preparing a major lawsuit. an attorney saying his client suffered concussion, broken nose and two lost teeth. the pager's daughter speaking about the incident at a news conference yesterday. >> what happened to my dad should have never happened to any human being regardless of the circumstance. we were horrified, shocked and sickened to learn what had happened to him and to see what had happened to me. lauren: her father is a vietnamese immigrant who came to the u.s. in 1975. united issued a statement, another statement saying its ceo oscar murchlz and the airline had called dao numerous times to apologize. this has been a market story as well. shares of united continental down all week dropping 1.2% yesterday. lea: anxious moments out of

washington, d.c. last night after a roller coaster stalled leaving 2,000 riders stuck 2,000 feet in the air. firefighters had to use a rescue bucket to bring those stranded people down, six flags said the ride will be closed for thorough inspection before reopening. that same ride with the same number of people also got stuck back in august of 2014 and thank you to our firefighters for their skills. lauren: absolutely. i have chills looking at the video. can you imagine? >> i can't even programming that. lauren: tesla turning attention to trucks. he broke the news on twitter with his tweet, tesla semitruck unveil set for september, team has done an amazing job, seriously next level. elon musk did not say whether the truck will be equipped with tesla's partially self-drriefing auto pilot system, he also says tesla plans to show off pickup truck within two year's time,

ter lea shares up more than 2% yesterday. the stock has been on fire this year surging over 40%. lea: well, coming up a little later this morning we will find out how retailers are doing, consumer spending is going up but it doesn't seem to follow. you're watching fbn:am, first look at morning markets and breaking news. at bp's cooper river plant, employees take safety personally - down to each piece of equipment, so they can protect their teammates and the surrounding wetlands, too. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better.

lauren: good morning, everybody, 5:45 in new york. let's get you caught up on what is happening now. the u.s. dropped what is called the mother of all bombs in an isis base yesterday killing 36 militants, president trump decline today say whether he personally authorized the bombing. he said he has given the military total authorization. well, vice president mike pence will arrive in south korea on easter sunday at the time of escalating tensions with the north over nuclear programs. there's concern that north korea is about to conduct sixth nuclear attempt, so is the first stop in a long plan, elon musk latest innovation is an electric semitruck, the tesla ceo say it

is truck will be delivered in september. we've got no trading on wall street today. markets are closed for good friday but yesterday and this week the dow falling down 138 points thursday after news of the u.s. bomb on isis in afghanistan. the nasdaq and s&p as you can see also fell more than half of 1% each. that's a look at what's happening now. lea: all right. little later this morning we will be be getting the latest retail sales data from the government. it's expect today show that march sales are falling below the february sales, but what else is going on, joining us is brian brendberg again, chair of the program in business and finance, the king of college in manhattan, welcome back, brian. >> good to be here again. lea: consumer spending is two-thirds of all economic activity and what we are seeing as we mentioned consumer confidence is up but spending isn't. brian: yeah, what you're seeing with the confidence number is consumers are saying we think things are going to get better

in 2017, we think big policies are going to past but at the same time they are holding back on spending, more saving, record-lie levels right now and people are hopeful for the future but they're not putting their money where their mouth is right now. lauren: when will they do, what does it take to get them to have that confidence translate into spending? >> tax refunds might help a little bit. again, it's execution, everybody in the economy is looking for things to get done. we've had the promises, we reacted to the promises but now they want to see, is my healthcare going to change, are my taxes going to go lower. when those things happen, people say, okay, the money is going to be there, the wages are going to be there, i'm putting on the table. lea: what would you say -- how much of what we are seeing is because of fiscal policy out of washington and sort of the slow movement that we are seeing in some of the policies? brian: all the good expectations are from the hope of fiscal policy. the pullback here right now, we think good things are coming but we want to see the proof first,

we want to see the policy get past, i want to see my wages continue to pick up a little bit more, i want to get that job. those things are happening, by the way. the economy is not fundamentally weak. it's just not moving out. it's notreaking out the way people thought. lauren: you add risks and you see the that for two weeks has been down. he said consumer debt is really rising right now. brian: it is, it's coming back. a lot of people are going to use tax refund to save, pay down debt. lauren: not go to hawaii. brian: that's a good thing for the economy long-term. we all know the problems of rising debt. they are going to do that. the problem with with -- lea: what would you say projections are then? >> i think people are going to save money, they are going the wait and see on their spending. they want to see what comes out of washington. everybody is holding their breath.

investors are holding their breath, consumers are holding their breath. we want to see things get done and that's why the trump administration is so keen on getting getting getting that quick. they have to figure that out and they have to get that done to inentire the country. lauren: we might see tax reform next year. brian: the move suggest that is they're banking on 2018. 2017 just isn't looking credible right now specially talking about health care before taxes. lauren: all right. lea: we will see, chair of king's college here in new york city. lauren: coming in sports, two home runs leading new york yankees to a win and sweep over the tampa bay rays. there are a lot of games going on. washington capitals survive a scare and beat the maple leafs in overtime. we will show you more of the highlights. let's take a look at current weather temperatures across the country.

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marlins. career high four hits. cespedes had second multihomer game, the longest in the five-year history of marlins park. washington capitals had a scare in their opening eastern conference playoff games with the toronto maple leafs, that happened last night. they came back to force overtime and they breath sigh of relief. 3-2 victory. scored in the first period and that was all the predators needed as they beat chicago black hawks in western conference opener. 29 saves for nashville. the ducks 3-2 in opening game. sad ws we have for you, chairman dan runey died

yesterday after at anal of 84, took from his father art who founded the franchise under dan's direction. he is the one who developed the rule and that requires nfl teams to interview minority candidates for coaching and front office positions. rooney served as the u.s. embassador to ireland from 2009 to 2012. dan rooney. lauren: major announcement from nasa has the world buzzing, one of saturn's means has the ability to sustain life due to the discovery of hydrogen in atmosphere, scientists have been exploring saturn's means using the spacecraft due to make its final mission this year and this is the first suggestion that our solar system may, indeed, be home to other forms of life and it brings back the age-old question, are we really alone? lea: that is the question and, you know, there is a life that

we are very excited about here. someone right here in the studio is turning 17 today and that would be our very own lauren simonetti, lauren, happy birthday to you. lauren: thank you, everybody. you surprised me. lea: all right, guys, coming up, soon you'll be able to buy a robot to mow your lawn, maybe that's what you want for your birthday. >> my husband wants that. lea: fbn:am, stay with us

lauren: how would you like to have a robot mow your lawn, i think it's the one area that people would be really excited about. honda has unveiled autonomous robot that uses three sensors and three programming cutting patterns. capable of recharging itself, the japanese car maker plans to release two models in the u.s. just in time for father's day in june. now, they start at $2,500 but it could be worth it and they'll be able to cover up to 300 square miles. so but that in the back of your head when you're looking at a gift the -- for dad.

good morning to you, dagen mcdowell. mornings with maria starts now. dagen: i'm going to see you in a little while and lea gabrielle should be with us. good morning to everybody, i'm dagen mcdowell in for maria bartiromo, it is friday 14th, it's god friday. top stories at 6:00 a.m. eastern time. president trump's policy shift, he's changing tone on very key issues from the campaign trail, his meetings with ceo's influencing that change, the president recently weighed in on those very meetings. >> i brought a lot of great people, my friend steve is helping us out. we have a super star committee. i have 22 people. the head of biggest companies and they all want to be in our committee, steven, but steve likes to keep it very small and they'll go off and disappear and we will put others. we've had great meetings and we've learned a lot. dagen: we will take a closer