lou: as they say, god speed. appreciate. that's it for us tonight. we thank you for being with us. good night from new york. >> they've always been above board. we collect data and this is how we use it. there's a very different scenario brewing. facebook is an a lot less trouble than some unlike alphabet is. gerri: go coparent alphabet seeking earnings expectations for facing tough questions about its privacy policy. cheryl: a big day for earning dad is six dow components including united type, coca-cola, caterpillar and 3m. the dow down 14 points yesterday in ahead of all those earnings come the u.s. stock market futures now moving higher. the dow up 106 points.

s&p 500 up almost 13. the nasdaq up 36. cheryl: investors are concerned about the rising yield on the 10 year treasury rose 3% you'll be a game changer for the market? you'll see those european markets higher. 50 of 35 points. caci poor coverage eax up 60. cheryl: chinese getting announced an economic and market reforms there. shanghai composite of 2% over in hong kong the hang seng up more than 1%. gerri: in breaking moments ago. new plans for users for content removed and fairly. "fbn:am" starts right now. train 25:01 a.m. in new york.

april 24 tenets tuesday. i'm cheryl casone. gerri: and gerri willis in for lauren simonetti. cheryl: profits are up, but so is google alphabets. gerri: tracee carrasco joins us with other headlines making news. good morning. >> beating analysts exit patients cannot alphabet un distant profit. it also spent a lot more money via spending increase because of new building projects and profit jumped because of higher advertising revenue and change in accounting rules that force alphabet to recognize the rough value of its stake in hooper purchased for 377 back in 2013 appears to be worth $3 billion. shares of all the better trading in premarket. >> there you are in the

premarket, but also facebook coming out with breaking news. new content guidelines. >> this is just breaking right now. users often mask on his face but decide what is allowed on the site and moments ago, publishing the internal guidelines to explain what content stays on its side and what comes down. for the first time, facebook is giving users the right to appeal decision so you can ask for a second opinion when you think facebook made a mistake. cheryl: those roles still kind of unclear. making news today, we expect something from a spot of five. >> it's ready to make another big move. spotify holding a press event in new york city to announce what is next. spotify didn't give many details that really could be anything. maybe some new hardware, new products, but shares have been going up this week.

cheryl: a lot of good technology coming out of there. we will see later on in the show. well, we have got some more breaking news to bring to you from overnight. 70 to $80 billion ipo could be in the works. the chinese right ailing company is in talks with bankers about going public with a possible valuation of up to $80 billion. the offering could happen as soon as this year. the cat should be used for didi to expand nationally if it did go public it would beat rival uber to the public market. a little bit of competition there. transfer the foreign affairs committee sending mike pompeo's to the secretary of state now to the senate. rand paul changed his mind and voted yes last night. this comes after democratic senator chris coons decided to

go present and set if no, noting that johnny isakson couldn't vote because of a funeral. >> committee chairman bob corker holding back tears when describing how he felt about senator cruz decision. >> i in particular want to thank senator cruz for display in the statesmanship that i've been accustomed to seeing in the senate and i'm proud of him, part of our committee. gerri: pompeo expected to be confirmed by the senate later on this week. meanwhile, senator rand paul will be on "mornings with maria" 8:30 a.m. eastern time. again, critical vote on the committee last night. gerri: president trump meanwhile set to meet with french president emmanuelle macron at the white house. the two leaders to discuss key issues including terrorists, the iran nuclear deal which macron

wants the president to support. cheryl: last night they had dinner at mount vernon and virginia opening the first state visit of the trump administration. caroline shively with details. >> these two leaders that relaxed and friendly sharing handshakes and hugs that the issues facing them are anything but easy. >> president trump and french president macron went outside to work today, planting a tree. their work in a weightier topics including syria, north korea and u.s. terrorists. >> you make war against everybody. trade were against china, europe, were in syria. you need an ally. we are the ally. >> president trump nine months ago had an attack on the chemical weapons facilities just over a week ago. two leaders have gone head-to-head on a number of

issues. one of the most pressing iran nuclear deals which president trump says is so bad to tear it up by may 12. >> what is your scenario or your plan b? >> hiromi smiles outside not earning tonight. white house officials are dressing the good relationship. >> we have an incredibly good negotiator at the table for the united states. you do have to leaders of the great deal of respect for one another, who have a great friendship. certainly both have a great deal of interest in doing what is best for their country. reporter: another visit is set for friday when angela merkel will meet with mr. trump at the white house. in washington, caroline shively, fox news. gerri: meanwhile, if president abandoned nuclear deal, he will face severe consequences. president trump will hold a joint press conference with president macron following their meeting. fox business will cover this

life at 11:45 a.m. eastern time. you don't want to miss that. trade to welcome a former president george h.w. bush has been hospitalized monday after the funeral for his wife barbara that race over the weekend. according to houston methodist hospital, 90 through bush's speed treated for an infection spread to his blood. bush is responding to treatment and appears to be recovering. the spokesmen releasing a statement saying quote, the 41st president wants to go to maine this summer. he's the most goal oriented person on the planet and i would not bet against him. wish him well. gerri: police in toronto identified a fan into a crowd of pedestrians yesterday with 25 drug alec ganassi eyed of toronto is under arrest charged with killing 10 people and injuring 15 others. police have not ruled out terrorism as a possible motive. witnesses describe chaos at the

scene. >> tedious one on the side out, started hitting everyone. a lot of people got hurt. gerri: joining us now, lou colombo, private security and investigative organization. great to see you. thanks for coming in. just an horrific event yesterday in event yesterday and a lot of us jump to the conclusion that it was terrorism they seem to follow the isis playbook renting a van, driving around and killing people with their bayonets elected. and yes, the details coming out this morning seemed to suggest maybe it isn't. what is your analysis this morning? >> i find it interesting that our intelligence community had knowledge of this individual. they have been elaborated on the extent of what the information is. when they approached the canadian officials. they didn't divulge anything they had.

never to come in the other question we are facing is how do we prevent these attacks after driving forward. sadly with the knowledge of the law enforcement community they're almost impossible to prevent because of this type of one-off situation, the sloan terror attack. i don't want to say the terrorist incident yet because they've not come to a conclusion that is the case. the only thing we could do was in anticipation of these types of incidents that are prepared, which is new york city for example. gerri: that's a very interesting point given what happened on the street yesterday. a toronto police officer i believe really displaying courage in a situation that was out of control. i will show you some video of what happened. >> get down.

gerri: what you may not have seen are difficult to understand from that video from a distant is alek minassian tried to get the cop to shoot him and said he had a gun, which i believe he did not. the cop, coolheaded come was able to get a hold of the situation without injuring them without harming him and that meant they could interview the guy. talk to us about that. >> what he was attempting to accomplish is what we refer to was suicide by police number one. number two come everyone in law enforcement and intelligence realize the value of taking individuals into custody. along with the fact we conduct an investigation into social media, facebook, text messages, et cetera is nothing like sitting down doing an interview. the police officer's actions as you can praise them enough. he certainly put his life at risk because at the end of the day the individual may have well

been armed. the police officer probably made a determination that in fact he wasn't, which is why he didn't engage in. the outcome couldn't have been more favorable under the circumstances. gerri: lou colombo, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. cheryl: a terrifying manhunt coming to a close. the killer at a waffle house has been captured. what role his father played in those murders. and have you seen this? the yield on the ten-year treasury just below 3%. it crosses that line from a game changer for investors. are the markets at risk? take a look at u.s. stock index futures and the green today. the dow pointing higher by 95 points. s&p and nasdaq higher as well. we will be right back. ♪

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the scene where he is accused of shooting and killing four people. and now his dad could be facing charges for giving him his gun after they were taken by police when neither were arrested last year near the white house. that includes the a or 15 years in the waffle house shooting which was eventually shopped on train stopped by your customer. ted cruz raising concerns about robert mueller's impartiality. the investigation has turned into a partisan fishing expedition to get anything on president trump. listen. >> already, the scope of what they are examining has little to do with russia. the whole notion of russian collision seems to have been in the rearview mirror. the independent counsels are such a bad idea. gerri: crusading russia's investigation is in the rearview mirror. a dramatic passenger takedown unfolding on an american airline flight.

miami police on board. after he allegedly touched a woman inappropriately. jacob garcia was arrested with a slew of charges including disorderly conduct for the airline says the flight took off for chicago an hour later with all remaining passengers and that is what is happening now. cheryl: are we going to be that upset if our investments get in jeopardy. take a look at this. the yield on the 10 year treasury flirting with a 3% level. this could be a game changer with rising cost of our money for consumers. jonathan hoenig from capitalistic.com. good morning. >> great to be with you, cheryl. cheryl: we haven't seen the yield that this bubbles but we are not in the high interest rate environment we were last time this happened. should we be concerned about the number? >> this time it is different as you pointed out. the tenure at 3% which is quite

low for the 90s to the 2000. in fact, 25 years since 1994. the last time we saw them move up in industry. they were given a best in the last saw higher interest rates. in fact, already a lot of those industries sensitive securities are down 10% this year. this is already having an effect. >> you are downplaying the fear we would normally think would receive the tenure to 3%. circumstances are different now. >> i take the other side of that. he should be concerned. i don't think a lot of today's investors know how to operate in this type of environment. they have to go back to the early 1980s before you see a really major bear market.

i think it's important that now not only do we have a changing economic environment, but a decade of government intervention into the interest rate environment, maintaining ls on cruise since 2014 and that was to the downside when oil was actually falling. are you concerned about pressure on the market are bigger story of the economy with oil going up? >> you can make the case very easily that we are starting to see inflation. despite yesterday a major move down in the value of the dollar. commodities like oil. inflation is not dead. it's just hiding for most who are unable to see it in oil a great example. 3% of interest at the bank. you could be paying $3 or more. cheryl: we always have these discussions about interest rates

. gerri: coming up, more good news on the jobs front. disney and the big railroads are hiring. if you want to read the rest come you can even get a $25,000 signing bonus. we'll tell you all about it. good news on the weather front as well. janice dean has your springtime forecasts. i knew it would come some day. you are watching "fbn:am."

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gerri: nice weather continues in the north east. not so much further parts of the country. fox senior meteorologist janice senior meteorologist janice dean is here with her to stay

forecasts. >> i love your sigh of relief. but take a look at it. finally we are getting some springlike temperatures. 48 in new york city. 59 in atlanta. colder air across the northern plains and the upper midwest, but for the most part a quieter day ahead. the northern plains moving across portions of the midwest that will bring a little bit of snow flurry activity. and then the system moving up towards the mid-atlantic in the northeast which is going to bring rain across the northeast tonight into tomorrow. you know what they say. april showers bring may flowers had going with that. overnight tonight into wednesday's commute we see the rainfall. no snow in the forecasts. just a little bit afraid and we can deal with that. gerri: given the rain we've had, were going to have a jungle out there. thank you so much.

cheryl: coming up, those annoying robocalls on your cell phone? well, here's what you can do about it. >> the rules need to be changed to offhand, not opt-out. if you're going to call me and sell me something like a door-to-door salesman, you have to have mike expressed written permission. cheryl: the ceo of united airline says he will pay the price after a year of public relations fiascoes. look at your features on this tuesday morning. nice kick off to your tuesday picked your tuesday picked it up and down in the premarket. s&p nasdaq up as well. we will be right back. ♪ goin' up the country. later, gary' i have a motorcycle! wonderful. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪

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cheryl: president trying to hold a crucial meeting with emmanuel macron this morning to discuss major issues at the end agreement. gerri: baghdad for earnings of six top components reporting results including coca-cola, 3m and verizon. cheryl: the dow down 14 points yesterday. out of all the earnings, take a look at this. the dow up 91 in the free market. s&p nasdaq as well. cheryl: we've been talking about the rising out of the out of the 10 year treasury with the 3% yield could be a game changer for investors. cheryl: over in europe, stocks opening slightly high opening slightly high. the cac fractionally going into the red at the tip 21 comment dax up 41. gerri: the shanghai composite of nearly 2% in the hong kong hang seng up 1.2%. cheryl: railroad workers being offered huge signing bonuses. why they are dangling

significant cash. "fbn:am" continues right now. ♪ gerri: at 5:30 a.m. on april 24th. jerry willis and four lauren simonetti. cheryl: anand cheryl casone did a lot of braking is to get to from overnight. iranian president hasan whereupon he has now issued a warning to president trump to remain in the every nuclear deal or face consequences. this deal was signed by russia, china, germany, britain and france. the topic on the president's agenda during his visit today. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders making the president's position pretty clear.

>> certainly think they should be a better deal when it actually is positive that works then we don't really typically look to the leadership of iran to determine what our foreign policy has. cheryl: with the deadline looming, will that persuade the president to stand? democratic ohio state senator and republican strategist chris her home. good morning. i want to stay with you because this is to do the same before president trump had made it very clear that he thinks this in the united states. but does this borough man's that he's got going with macron change to get to stay in with iran? >> a lot of people have to remember that president trump of course was elected for the people and by the people. its priority is the man of the campaign promises to stand behind america first beauties the american president and it's

his job to secure america at any cost. that's what this is about. he'll have a certain amount of influence of course, that he along with china and others have stated their intentions to stand together as one. president trump will be on the side of the american people. that is what this is about. we cannot have iran supporting terrorists. we certainly cannot have been testing. cheryl: does vote them in this accord and why it was established to stop their nuclear ambitions. at the same time, i want to hone in on this point. moscow beijing has made very clear that they stand together and they're going to fight back. what that means visibility potential trade war with china. those two are teaming up against the president. >> i think only time will tell. the fact that the leaders in iran have tried to put out this

threat actually will backfire. they saw this as timing to save president trump and emmanuel macron are having an opportunity to speak. this is at the top of the agenda for the french president talk about the future of the iran deal coming up against the may 12th deadline. the iranian leadership thought this was a good opportunity to inject themselves into the process but frankly i think it will backfire because as we've seen in the past, anytime you really try to take thread on president trump, he will double down really fight back. i will say this about the quote, unquote borough man's. the diplomatic relationship between france and the united states is the oldest that we have. a very special relationship and president trump does have some respect for president emmanuel macron as a leader. they have incredibly divergent viewpoints on everything, but i think they are going to have a

strong and legitimate dialogue. one of their daily newspapers, you know, they say in the crowd was here trying to get results. cheryl: i do want to get crazy in here. you've got president trump is about america first and then french president macron who is a globalist. he pulled out of the paris climate accord, whether it comes to climate change and the other issues come as so many differences between the men. you have to wonder at the end of the day that the photo opportunity and nothing else. spin that president trump will do whatever he has to for america. president trump should not be punished for standing up for america. that's what this is about is keeping america's strength and come to our borders and nations strong. i don't think he so much as influence as stated previously making comments.

is about strengthening america and we need a president who will stand up and fight for america at all costs. cheryl: we shall see what those costs are if you listen to the iranian president this morning. capri, chris, thank you very much. appreciate it. gerri: as ceo was trying to make things right. cheryl: tracee carrasco has that another had times as good morning again, trace. >> oscar munoz asked the board not to give his 2017 bonus. the announcement comes after a year of pr nightmare started with the passenger dragged off the plane and most recently the death of a puppy in the overhead bin of a plane. in a letter to employees, he said i felt it was important to send a message of the culture of accountability and integrity that we are building here is a united team. we had some incredible successes in 2017, but also some setbacks. chairman robert melton announced these have been decided will be

replaced with another independent chief. >> scott kirby at the erlang underneath veneers who will try to work with employees to an ruffled his if you will. disney world is actually doing some hiring. >> doing a lot of hiring. 3500 positions. disney is doubling its hiring bonuses for some summer jobs are part-time including full-time positions. a chef can get a bonus of up to $3000. a the housekeeper bonus of $1250. jobs include lifeguarding bus driver. disney holding its annual spring hiring event now through may. gerri: jobs market tighter than a drum. we are seeing an often irreverent industry. >> railroad workers can get up to $25,000 in signing bonuses as railroads struggle to fill jobs in this tight labor market. according to the listings

canadian pacific offering $25,000 to electricians to inspect, repair and maintain locomotives and $10,000 to $20,000 to train crews. owned by berkshire hathaway giving them $16,000. of course come a catch of these bonuses. they are paid out after time after meeting certain milestones like competing training there one year of service. gerri: good news. appreciate it. cheryl: well, how often do you pick up the phone to an automated voice asking you for money. robocalls. they are the number one consumer complaint for 2016 minutes still a major issue. >> edgar lawrence went to find out how to combat these telemarketers. >> robocalls are the number one complaint to the fcc and ftc paid the government knows it's a huge problem. we all know it's a huge problem.

last month there were 3.2 billion robocalls made of the msm and the solutions on display today at an expo put on by the sec and ftc. technology makes it easy for robocallers to make millions of calls each day. the technology can be part of the answer. there are apps for your cell phone as well as boxes you can add to your landline. they intercept incoming calls so you never get it. two of the big ones are no more robo and technology allows these companies to compile a list of numbers making millions of calls that block them. that's a great start but there is no one solution to the massive problem. >> enforcement is absolutely critical. we've stopped billions of calls and that makes a critical difference. it's not going to turn the tide. spin a classic demand that the fcc calls the robocall kingpin testified in front of congress. they proposed a $121 million fine for having a problem which.

may $96 million for robocalls in three months. the founders as part of the problem with this epidemic is that the laws are outdated. >> the landscape change. what needs to happen is the rules need to be changed to make it opt-in, not opt-out. if you are going to comey and some may someday make a door-to-door salesman, you have to have my express written permission. spin that this is on the radar for the ftc and the fcc has calls keep increasing. in washington, edward lorenz, back to you. tranter the fight goes on. 80% of companies have profit estimates so far this earnings season. but why the stocks not moving that much? so faith taken by a monkey can vent -- look at that. can they sue for copyright? u.s. stock index futures now see an improvement to the market they. the dow up 109 points, s&p 500

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cheryl: welcome back felix gets you caught up in what's happening in the dow. u.s. features breakdown. the dow was up 109 points. as you can see in the premarket

come s&p at 12, nasdaq up 39. a petition to fire a fresno state university professor for: the late barbara bush and amazing racist has reached more than 10,000 signatures. also posting she could never be fired for her comment. now under internal investigation at the university. edward lampert may be looking to buy his company's kenmore appliance brand through its hedge fund. lambert are posed after they couldn't find other buyers for the move could also include parts of the home services division would inject cash into the company as it looks to avoid filing for bankruptcy. finally this. where do the monkey getting a paycheck for sulfur which sparks a legal battle if animal rights can own copyrights. he took the photo himself through the federal appeals

court has ruled against, but it was a cute picture. gerri: i thought it was a disney picture i have to tell you what i saw the photo. the earnings season in full swing right now. strong quarterly results. so forget this come as 78% have beat earnings estimates, but market moves needed. google current alphabet said its net income jumped more than 70%. revenue rose 75%, the shares of the company were down in after-hours trading. joining me now, armando soho, managing partner at duff indiana. great to see you. thanks for coming in. let's stroll down into this. we see a proportion of companies being estimates that the highest in seven years since the first quarter 2011. where is the rally? >> you know, we have a lot of uncertainty hanging over our heads in these days. we have a trade war that is

going on as of recent. a lot of asset managers and smart money across the globe are looking for a solution to a lot of the issues that are out there today. we have the iran deal that might come back on the table. north korea is finally coming into the table which is great and resolve old go down as a result of that. there were a lot of things going out today. gerri: a lot of headlines obviously international headlines. when you look at earning gains, is actually going down a 10th of a percent right now and is typically more like 1.1%. the earnings just old hat? are we looking past what we know to be a good earnings season because of the tax cuts in saying that doesn't matter anymore. >> that is part of what is going on. we are going late into an economic world cycle. we had the federal reserve that continues to raise rates and

none is also part of why the market doesn't know which way to go. this administration is very pro-business, that the administration can only do so much. it really comes down at this point to what the financial wizards at the federal reserve are doing for us. gerri: let's talk about stocks reporting today. a dow component 3m is in. caterpillar, koch, verizon and i'm the only expect a shame coming from travelers. we should see some real momentum in the marketplace here. any of these stocks get rewarded in your view? >> i believe we will see caterpillar most like we going up as well because they are pretty big in the emerging market and they essentially help emerging markets become bigger economies and there's a lot of buy-in in that particular

sector. depending on how that sector does, we will get a lot of visibility into what we should ask is coming in the future in regards to global growth. gerri: that will be interesting. we will watch that in the caterpillar reports. thank you. >> thank you. cheryl: welcome your going to want to watch this. 50 points in one quarter. an nba playoff game. jared max has a lot of sports, not. and then, the european commission launching an investigation into apple's acquisition of shazam. who will go to london for the controversy on this deal. look at futures as we go to break right now. wow, the dow up 105 and the free market. s&p and nasdaq moving up as well. we will be right back. ♪

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cheryl: welcome back to "fbn:am." with a double feature on the nba playoffs. >> good morning, gerri, good morning cheryl. two games to one against the timberwolves, houston scored 15 points in the second quarter last night. one of the nba record. the rocket fuel scored 22 in the quarter. the rockets win by 19. they are now a three to one. so not only is the former presidential candidate and massachusetts governor mitt romney running for senate in utah, cozying up with the utah jazz come over into jersey courtside and later talking trash to oklahoma city star russell westbrook. how many files? four.

westbrook eventually picked up a sixth file and the jazz behind jonathan mitchell of three games to one. the next are a pretty embarrassing. a veteran tv sports allegedly was caught on video in san antonio. to steal a jacket at the launch of the golden state warriors have a security ralph walker. he said it they are conducting a full investigation. shuman once won a super bowl with the 49ers. sent home from his playoff coverage. hours after a van plowed through the streets of toronto yesterday killing 10, injuring 15, toronto maple leafs held a moment of silence. and then the crowd unified in song. ♪ canada we stand on guard for

the. the maple leaves won their second straight eliminator. this force became tomorrow and three to one to the capital's winning their fourth at facing the penguins for a third straight year. first time since jill gardiner called play-by-play at a colorado rockies game in 1993, jenny kavner who once worked as a pregame host and color analyst for the rockies since 2012 last night. first woman to call play-by-play. we will share her home run call. coming up on mornings with "mornings with maria" 6:50 eastern time. cheryl: you're going to make us wait? >> one hour. we can wait. who comes back first, robert prosky the player or the horse. he's not going to be running in the kentucky derby. gerri: i love that lead story. you can catch jerry's sports reports on fox news headline 20 or seven unserious xm channel 115. cheryl: coming up next, we'll go to london with e.u. is taking a

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cheryl: the european union investigating apple's plan to buy shazam. joshua mahoney is with us.

this is interesting. what do you think is at stake here for the company in regards to this new push for more regulation? >> yeah, certainly. it depends on which company you are looking at certainly. but we are looking at this from the standpoint of apple, i don't if it's necessarily huge deal because it's such a diversified company. when you look at the big player impacted by this is spotify because it all about competition. are we going to see people -- there is potential for them to remove as an option for when you actually transition from the ad. for the platform if they still exist. it's all about competition. it's all about the details as well and whether the client for

spotify would be essentially garnered by apple and taken from the platform instead of spotify and that would mean the potential is for spotify to lose out an apple ii game. not necessarily diversify to the same extent so you think they would be the ones getting hit by this. train to thank you for the perspective. thank you, joshua. gerri: now it is time for mornings at the rear. maria bartiromo, take it away. >> hey there, ladies. happy tuesday come everybody. i am maria bartiromo. top stories right now 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. a blue-chip earnings slipped six dow components all due out before the opening bell this morning. coca-cola, verizon among others. features looking to come indicating a higher opening. we are expecting the dow industrials to be up 100 points.

nasdaq up about 34 points right out of the gate this morning. we are covering the earnings blitz. alphabet beating expectations of revenue last night. shares of google parent company of 3% in after-hours trading, but a spike in expenses tempered the initial excitement. the stock is up two thirds of a percent. also talking about raising its value and its stake in uber. we'll talk more about that. markets closing mostly lower yesterday. take a look at the dow industrials down 14 points. s&p up a fraction and the nasdaq has been retained. the dow the nasdaq down 17 printed are done for your for first session in a row. that is the longest losing streak since march. in europe this morning, ft 100 is up a third of a percent. cac down a fraction in the dax in germany up 38 points, one third of 1%.

stocks closed mostly higher. the shanghai composite a top performer of 2%. an open book for the first time facebook is revealing his secret rules for heuser posts. what the company says crosses the line. uber of china steps on the gas. china's radio giant reportedly in talks to go public or the jaw-dropping valuation for this company. mitt romney gets jazzed up. the senate hopeful making a scene at utah's game against the thunder. his solaris font against superstar russell westbrook. joining me to