engineering of nasa and the lubl telescope. it's been sending back pictures like this one since 1990. cheryl: it is thursday, february 14th. high level trade talks kick off in beijing with robert lighthizer and steven mnuchin as president trump is weighing a 60 day extension to the march 1st deadline. lawmakers burning the midnight oil to nail down a border security deal. the details breaking overnight. we've got them. and valentine's day spending will hit record today. who is forking over the dough and who is looking to be shourd with gifts? the answer may surprise you.

lauren: turn your attention to the nasdaq at the close yesterday. just 11 points shy of exiting bear market territory. it is up 27.5 points, dow futures higher by 84 and s&p 500 higher for day five. the german dax is up 2/10 of 1%. with german's latest gdp coming in flat, the country avoids recession. in asia, honk song the biggest decliner. stocks in china edging lower, although showing exports rebounded amid trade tensions. beware, the numbers could be affected by the llumar new year. welcome to "fbn: a.m.." i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, everybody. i am cheryl casone. and, yes, breaking overnight, we finally got what we believe is going to be an aversion to another shutdown. lauren: we shall see. cheryl: yeah. overnight, president trump reportedly may extend now that deadline for imposing higher

tariffs on china by 60 days if the two countries are close to reaching a trade deal. right now, tariffs on $200 billion of chinese imports are set to rise to 25% from 10% on march 2nd. meanwhile, china's exports jumping last month, up more than 9% from a year ago. analysts say seasonal factors are likely behind the reading. lauren: let's get the latest on the state of you affairs from d lawrence in washington. >> reporter: good morning. the chinese president xi jinping will meet the u.s. trade delegation in china for the talks. this is the same gesture that president trump extended to the chinese on january 31st when he met the vice premier in the oval office. right now robert lighthizer and steven mnuchin planning their strategy of two days of high level talks, today and friday. one sticking point is the mechanism of enforcement, should

china break the agreement. the u.s. has been clear what it wants and says the chinese acknowledge there needs to be punishment. president trump showing optimism today. >> it's going along very well. we'll see what happens. i think it's going along very well. they're showing us tremendous respect, something which a lot of countries didn't used to show the united states. they're showing us respect now. big difference from the old days, i will tell you that. so the deal with china is going very well. >> reporter: the white house saying it may take a meeting between president trump and president xi jinping in march to seal the final deal. the chinese planning to take the u.s. delegation to a banquet this week in downtown china, much like the dinner the u.s. delegation paid for when the chinese negotiators were in washington, d.c. there is optimism that something could be worked out, maybe not by the march 1st deadline, but soon after. back to you. lauren: let's take a look at the state of play in the u.s./china trade talks with dean cheng, the senior research fellow with the heritage

foundation's asia studies department. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. it's being reported, i'll give you this question first, dean, there would be an extension, perhaps a 60 day, two month extension for the trade talks. but does that just add pressure to actually get some structural changes here for the president of the united states? >> i think it adds pressure to both sides. because the problem here is that what the u.s. is asking for is significant changes in how the chinese do business. this isn't just a matter of buying more soybeans or buying more airliners. we're saying to the chinese, you need to stop i.p. theft which is unfortunately baked into a number of their bureaucracies. so what's on the table here is for xi jinping to actually deliver something that can then be enforced. lauren: jonathan, i want to pull up a quote. this is from an editorial in the global times which is a chinese state run newspaper.

it says this. while the u.s. started the trade war, it is now more willing to reach an agreement with china. china will never harm its fundamental interests. the policy has been tested by the trade war and we have seen the change in washington's attitude. so china is -- you're laughing. why are you laughing? >> well, each leader is trying to spin the trade war for his own constituency. it's been harmful for both -- lauren, for both groups, for both countries. it's hurt the u.s. it's hurt china markedly. look at the tariffs. they're set to increase at the end of the month. we're talking about $9 billion that americans have paid in tariffs in just the last quarter. that's about, what, $100 million a day. and this has affected certainly china, their economy has been wrecked by this. a lot of american countries as well, from big and small, mom and pops to fortune 500, they mentioned the tariff as impacting their business, many

cases having to eat the costs themselves. the talks are ongoing, obviously so many, many investors and business leaders are watching intently. we've been told the trade war would be off soon. it hasn't been off yet. everyone's waiting on pins and needles for this result. lauren: how do we ensure follow-through. >> the first thing will be to see what the chinese are willing to say about cutting back on i.p. theft. then it's going to be a matter of finding an enforcement mechanism and whether or not we can do all of that in 60 days, past the march 1st deadline, is a good question. i do think, however, given past chinese behavior, we should be prepared for the chinese to then break their agreement. lauren: what about snapback sanctions, if you don't agree -- i'm sorry, not sanctionses, tariffs. it would work like snapback sanctions do. if you don't agree, dean, we're going to increase tariffs at a later time because you didn't follow through. >> clearly, the threat of going to 2 25% is on the table and

presumably would stay there. i hope they're not like the snapback sanctions because we found out that despite then secretary of state kerry's promise, they aren't nearly as snappy as he said they would be. lauren: yeah. >> i think the promise for those potential new tariffs, further tariffs, it's one of the reasons i think you're starting to see consumer confidence tick down. january was the lowest consumer confidence of the president's term. a lot of that i think has to do with business leaders hesitating to make investment decisions, to allocate that capital, not knowing whether the tariffs would increase, decrease, for a period of time or ongoing. we simply don't know. lauren: final question, jonathan. do you think the president basically will accept the deal that he gets in order to move on to other issues and he can spin it as a victory? >> always with this president you simply don't know. i think even some of his negotiators don't know. that's what makes it so difficult for investors to determine exactly what the course of this is going to be. we'll have to wait and see we've

been fooled before. this might be it, the final negotiations. lauren: jonathan, dean, thank you very much. cheryl: congress now preparing to approve a border security measure to prevent another government shutdown. of course, this is breaking overnight. but the question, is the president going to sign it. lauren: griff jenkins is live in washington with the latest. it's at least 700 pages long. are your eyes hurting, griff? >> reporter: happy valentine's day. my eyes are absolutely burning. it's 1159 pages. just a little bit of light reading for our lawmakers before they vote on this thing. the president has said he does not want another shutdown but he's approaching this with caution. >> we'll be looking for landmines, because you could have that, you know, it's been known to happen before to people. i don't want to see a shutdown. >> reporter: what's in this one? let's take a look. $2.37 billion in border security funding, 1.375 buildin $1.375 br

the fencing, $270 million for facility improvements. it does have a path to reduction in i.c.e. detention beds. there's highlights noted in a press release, put out b. it p includes a pay raise to federal civilian workers which overrides the president's decision to deny them a raise. $3.8 billion invested in census to combat the administration's assault on the census and $9.3 billion for epa and land and water conservation funds. we'll see if the president view these as land mines. democrats are encouraging him to sign off. >> president trump, sign this bill. neither side got everything it wanted in this bill but both sides want to avoid another shutdown. democrats, republicans, house,

senate. >> reporter: lawmakers on both sides are confident it will pass, with some rejections but final vote possibly by tonight. the president of course has been known to change his mind before. he's got a lot of reading to do in a very short order. guys. lauren: he can barely hold that thing. griff jenkins, thank you very much. a sizable majority of voters favor a broad immigration deal that includes a border barrier. a new fox news poll shows the number favoring the wall inched up for the second time in two months to 46%. currently, 50% opposed the wall, down 1 point since january. bipartisan 66% majority favors a budget deal that also includes funding for other security measures as well as humanitarian relief. cheryl: also this morning, president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, now facing more jail time than he bargained for. a federal judge ruled that manafort intentionally lied to special counsel robert mueller and made false statements to the fbi and a grand jury.

this decision likely means that man p fort's going to be up for harsher sentence in the hearing that's scheduled for next month. trump hasn't ruled out pardons for manafort or others within the 2016 campaign who are in at this point legal jeopardy as a result of the mueller investigation. lauren: a new fox news poll finds that captai capitalism isr than socialism. cheryl: here are other headlines that are making news this morning. happening now, florida governor ron de santis has ordered flags to fly at half staff for the one year anniversary of the deadly parkland school shooting. he declared today marjory stoneman douglas remembrance day. the governor calling for a grand jury to look into whether school districts are complying with security measures put in place after the shooting. 17 students and staff killed at

stoneman douglas, that sparked a nationwide debate over gun control and the safety of schools. airbus ending production of super jets after slumping sales to airlines. they made the decision after em emirates chose to slash delivery. drama on a pair of delta airlines flights, a small fire erupted in a cabin after a man's battery overheated. passengers were forced to wait two hours to depart on a different plane to houston. another flight to seattle, five people hurt because of severe turbulence. you can see a cart spilling over in the center aisle. the flight diverted to reno, havnevada. presiden.president trump claims california owes the federal government $3.5 billion.

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cheryl: one of the effects of last month's government shutdown, lack of econ detail. finally today we'll get retail sales for december and producer prices for january. this morning we hear from dow component coca-cola. let's bring in alec bener. let's start with the econ data. investors have been flying blind with th the delay that we've ha. finally we're going to get news. will the market move on this today? >> i think the market will take the news that comes out today with a grain of assume personally speaking, -- grain of salt. personally speaking i'm not going to pay a lot of attention to the statistics for a week or two to make sure all of the bumps get ironed out. in terms of retail sales, a good number will be great. if the number is soft, i'm going to wait until next month. cheryl: we are going to be

hearing earnings. earnings season has been chugging along. we'll be hearing from coca-cola this morning. that will be interesting. we'll be hearing from duke and quest and the video game makers, that news hasn't been so great. what will be the highlight for you? >> i'm curious to see what coca-cola's revenues are going to be. coca-cola only derives 15% of revenue from north america. its revenue number should be some indication of the health of the global economy overall. earnings reports have been great. i think investors are looking to see what the guidance they get from companies going forward, however. there's talk already of an earnings recession, perhaps setting in the first half of next year. we're not in that camp. but we'll be looking to see what sort of guidance we get from the companies reporting today. cheryl: i'm glad you brought up guidance. we had a lot of the estimates that were actually lowered for the first quarter. we heard that from companies, fourth quarter of 2018, and now you're also getting some of

these companies making kind of negative forecasts. some of it based on the situation between the u.s. and china. will we or won't we have the tariffs in place. we're looking at a potentially a 60 day extension, those are the reports that are out, that the president is weighing. does that make you more bullish right now or do you kind of wait and keep your powder dry for now? >> well, it's encouraging for sure and investors who are taking positions right now i think are betting on a positive outcome there. we're in the camp that we are going to get a positive outcome to the trade talks and so i'm encouraged. i'm bullish. cheryl: that's interesting. also really quick, it looks like, again, looks like we're going to be averting a government shutdown. we'll know more today. still some questions out there. but is that something that's on your mind as we follow the news today? >> i have to say, i think the government shutdown is a thorn in investors' side. if we can get it pulled out soon, get it resolved, it will be okay. if we go into another government

shutdown, the impact on consumer confidence could be damaging. it's a concern, not a large one, but i'm looking forward to a positive resolution here too. cheryl: i love the fact that we're going to get the data today but we're going to wait and see and maybe give it a couple weeks. i think that's smart for everyone. no knee-jerk reactions. thank you for getting up with us. >> you're welcome. happy valentine's day. lauren: the same freshman congresswoman who made head pipelines for an anti-semetic tweet is making waves yet again. >> find any testimony a that you give today to be truthful? >> if i could respond to that. >> it wasn't a question. >> i was asked. >> that was not a question. lauren: her unexpected attack on a veteran u.s. diplomat that turned a standard house foreign a affairs hearing to pretty gripping television. if you want to do business in los angeles, you have to do one thing first.

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lauren: spending on your significant other for valentine's day is inevitable. is it? is it really inevitable? who is actually spending the most money? cheryl: this may surprise you. tracee carrasco has that story and a bunch of news this morning. surprise us. tracee: according to bank rate, a new survey, they said that this is the not surprising part. men will spend on average more, about $339. women expected -- they'll spend $64 this valentine's day. lauren: hold on, $339 is what the average man will spend on

valentine's day? tracee: yes. cheryl: that's not a problem. i don't have a problem with that. tracee: women on average spend $64. who has higher expectations when it comes to spending on valentine's day. this is the surprising part. men. men expect their significant other to spend about $211 while women only expect their partners to spend $154. about 70% of people buying something on valentine's day, they'll be spending money on this hallmark holiday which a lot of people do say and some big deals out there for valentine's day. you can go to the olive garden, they have a special deal, $35.99, bread sticks, soup or salad, a shareable desert. chili's, $25, a l valentine's deal there. dunkin' donuts, they have the

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lauren: let's get you caught up on global market action overnight. u.s. futures pointing up, dow up 77, s&p up 6 points, up five days in a row here and the nasdaq very likely to exit bear market territory today, it's higher by 25 points. in europe, stocks are trading to the upside at this hour. the biggest percentage gainer is the cac 40 in paris, up almost half of 1%. this is your close in asia. the chinese market barely moving today, despite a report that exports surprisingly rebounded amid all these trade tensions. the one green arrow up 1.1% is the kospi in south korea. cheryl: breaking overnight right now, lawmakers have finally hammered out a border security deal. it's more than 1,000 pages in size. president trump not said if he's going to sign it since it includes a lot less money for barriers along the u.s./mexico border. many conservatives are unhappy with the l dea deal as well.

>> the amount of money that is here, it would take 20 years to complete the wall. so are we going to wait for 20 years to stop drug traffickers? are we going to wait 20 years to stop human trafficking? are we going to wait 20 years to allow cartels to control our southern border. i hope not. cheryl: the time is running out. trump doesn't want to see another government shut down. what are we going to do here? let's bring in emily larson from the daily caller news foundation. some could say this was a loss for the president. some could say it's a win. he got more than $1 from nancy pelosi. >> exactly. it's a lot more than the $1 that nancy pelosi joked about only giving hip at the beginning of the year. it's only a quarter of what he was originally asking for, with $5.7 billion for the border. but it's better than nothing. and right now all signs are pointing to trump signing this. he has no other option if he wants to avoid a government shutdown and that doesn't seem

like a fight that the administration is willing to take on again. there have been hints from people on both sides of the aisle that he seemed optimistic. senator shelby said he talked to president trump last night and he seemed in good spirits. so while he hasn't 100% committed yet, it's looking pretty good for this border agreement. cheryl: $1.375 billion, he wanted a $5.7 billion, so there you go. that's the big number we're looking at here. the detention beds, that was a big issue as well here, democrats were looking to reduce the amount of detention beds. there seems to be a cap on this agreement. >> yes, there is -- they're only funding about 40,000 i.c.e. beds which is something that the democrats were really trying to put a cap on. and it's really interesting, though, how this fight has turned from d daca and dreamersr last month and last year to now talking about i.c.e. beds.

you have democrats who are freshmefreshmen democrats who wo abolish i.c.e. all together. so while there is still funding for i.c.e. beds in this bill, it's interesting that the democrats are trying to push it away to reduce the scope of i.c.e. all together. cheryl: real quick, i want to ask you before we run here, you think though that he would still kind of be looking to kind of come up with some emergency funds. do you think that's being talked about within the walls of the white house? >> this is definitely something that trump and other people in the administration have hinted at and they could probably get some funding for border wall construction without having to declare a national emergency. there's a provision where they can reappropriate some funds within the department of defense to build walls for border wall barriers in drug areas. so that looks like something that's very likely and something that we should keep an eye on. cheryl: emily, thank you. great perspective from you.

appreciate it. lauren: from one possible deal to another, treasury secretary steven mnuchin expressing optimism as trade talks with china move to a higher level today in beijing. he and robert lighthizer trying to deescalate a trade war before the march 1st deadline when u.s. tariffs on $200 billion worth of imports from china are scheduled to rise to 25%. time is quickly running out. let's bring in scott sheledi of tjm europe. i want you to look into your crystal ball. do we get a trade deal with china and if corks what does it look like? >> yeah, we'll get a deal done sometime soon here and the markets are liking this idea that maybe there might be a 60 day kind of extension. so once we get through this, the markets can go back to trading like they normally used to trade. we trade a lot of things in chicago. a lot of them have a black cloud of cha ove china over their heas especially the grains.

we'll get a deal done. at the end of the day, we have to get a deal done. i think the president's right. he's trying to totally change the way the world trades with china because it hasn't been fair up until now. there's going to have to be a little pain so you can get a lot of gain. lauren: scott, let's just say we get that two month extension. i asked dean chang this earlier. that just raises the stakes for the trump administration to get a real concession from the chinese. is that possible? >> yeah, i think so. because some of the meetings that were taking place this week have been extended because things are going well. i think if things are going well and they look for another extension that means they're getting into the knit it in at . lauren: are you worried there will be a market reaction by the rumor, so we'll sell the deal. >> you've got a crystal ball, not me. a lot of times that's the case in these things. we get a fever by the good news

that the market sells off. if you want think like a trader, if you get that good news, the market's going to have to go up. somebody's going to have to buy the good news. if nobody buys the good news, who will you sell your stuff to to take a profit. that's the risk that we sell the fact instead of buying the rumor up until now. lauren: i want to ask you about something that senator marco rubio is testing, if you will. he sounds more like a democrat at this point. what he wants to do is he says the tax code is responsible for inflating prices of shares at the expense of future productivity and job creation. he wants to tax share buybacks the same way dividends are taxed. what do you make of that? >> you know what? i applaud his efforts but i think he's going down the wrong path. this whole idea of nationalizing nationalizing shares, you're going to have to ask schumer and

sanders, whomever, if you can buy your own shares back as a ceo. that's a big deal. they're nationalizing everything. he's going down to the wrong path. continue to keep it the way it is. if you buy back shares, the money goes back into the system because the shareholders invest in good things as well. the money stays in the system and everybody benefits from that. i like what he's thinking. at the end of the day, the way we have it now is the best way capitalism works and i think it's fair. lauren: thank you. cheryl: happy valentine's day, mr. romance we call him. on capitol hill, freshman democratic congress woman, iilhan omar blasting president trump's special envoy to venezuela. >> in 1991, you pleaded guilty to two counts of withholding information from congress regarding your involvement in the iran contra affair. i fail to understand why members of this committee or the

american people should find any testimony that you give today to be truthful. >> if i could respond to that -- >> it wasn't a question. on february -- that was not a question. >> i would -- >> i reserve the right to my time. >> it is not right. >> that was not a question. >> -- that this committee can attack a witness who is not permitted to reply. >> that was not a question. cheryl: all right. well, the president appointed elliott abrams as a special envoy last month after announcing the u.s. would recognize opposition leader juan guaido as venezuela's interim leader. lauren: here are other headlines making news this morning. president trump will address the ongoing turmoil in venezuela at florida international university on monday. the white house says he'll reaffirm his support for opposition leader juan guaido. the dru trump administration pug for an end to nicolas maduro's socialist regime.

the u.s. is accusing a former intelligence officer of giving secrets to iran. she allegedly helped hackers mount campaigns against u.s. spies. wit, who was a u.s. air force special agent, defected from the u.s. in 2013. she's believed to still be in iran. senator and 2020 democratic presidential candidate kamala harris is under fire after tweeting that lower refunds were a direct result of president trump's tax cuts, saying that the tax cut was only for wealthy individuals. economists were quick to point out that the size of someone's tax return has nothing to do with them paying higher taxes. finally, this. a business trying to work for the city of los angeles will have to disclose its relationship with the national rifle association. a new ordinance states business versus to severe tie was the nra in order to land a contract with the city. businesses would have to ensure

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putting it to a vote. >> i noted with great interest the green new deal and we're going to be voting on that in the senate. we'll give everybody an opportunity to go on record and see how they feel. >> reporter: of course, this is getting varied reactions, from kamala harris doubling down on her support. >> senator, harris will you vote for the green new deal? >> do you support the deal? >> i support the green new deal. >> reporter: to kirsten gillibrand calling out mcconnell. >> i think it's a political employ at this point. political ploy at this point. we have a crisis with climate change. >> reporter: bob menendez threatened to call police on a reporter. >> i'm wondering why you won't answer questions on the new green deal. >> i won't answer questions to the daily caller, period, you're

trash. >> why do you think we're trash, sir? >> don't keep harassing me. >> reporter: finally, the brains behind it all, alexandria ocasio-cortez, getting feisty tweeting don't mess with our future. when it comes to climate, it's all our lives at stake. the younger you are, the more consequences we'll see. it's life and death for us and we will fight like it. the president saying it would shut down american energy, describing it as a high school term paper that got a low mark. cheryl: i think republicans are hoping the dems will run on the green new deal in 2020. >> reporter: there's a camp that hopes that they run. mcconnell is forcing them to a vote to say yes or no. they can say present which is a nice way of punting the issue and saying mcconnell, we're not taking your bait. it will be interesting to see who says what. cheryl: todd, thank you. lauren: let's take a look at futures at the moment. we have all in the green, dow up 69 points, nasdaq up 21

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warriors throws the blazers. he came insensed when referees hit his star with a foul. he slammed the clipboard down and got tossed from the game. he said he had a few choice words. warriors lost by 7. in case you're wondering, the knicks extend a team record losing streak the to 18. the phoenix sun lost their 15th straight. lamar jackson made veteran joe flacco expendable. he will be traded to the broncos. reportedly for a fourth round draft pick. as of yesterday, every major league baseball team opened spring training. the new york yankees unseated the world series champion boston red sox as the favorites to win this year's fall classic at 6 to 1 odds. the red sox and astros 7 to 1. this is at the online sports book. golfers typically tip caddies 10% of their winnings. not all the time. yet mad kuchar defended

accusations of being frugal. he won an event in mexico and paid $1.266 million, around $12,000, $13,000 for the caddie? no, he gave him $5,000. it was a fill-in caddie. he later offered another $15,000. he was turned down. today, the genesis open begins. tiger woods will be on the course this afternoon. we know president trump loves to play golf. owns, what, 16 golf courses. now he can play the best courses in the world without leaving the white house. virtual golf, he recently went for a system that about $50,000, paid for it himself, replaces a previous unit that president obama had put in. and this is just complete state of the art, high tech stuff. it's within his personal quarters. cheryl: wow, nice. lauren: is he good at golf, the president? >> yes, yes. lauren: i didn't know. >> yeah. lauren: jared max, thank you very much. no outbursts here. >> happy valentine's day. >> lauren.cheryl: coming up, if ye

hoping to score a date online this valentine's day, beware. how scammers are using cupid's arrow to target victims. who says humans get to have all the dating fun? how cows are now getting in on the love ac. lauren: i keep thinking of flatulence. cheryl: i know. ♪ come on, co come on, get turne faster. to make you everybody else... ♪ ♪ means to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can fight and never stop. does this sound dismal? it isn't. ♪ ♪ it's the most wonderful life on earth. ♪ ♪

>> okay, if you want to fall in love this valentine's day, make sure you don't fall for scams. they are suing for millions of dollars. lauren: serious stuff, tracee carrasco with more on that. tracee: according to friday tradition, romance-related

scams, surged within the last year. the number jumped from 8500 to 21,000 in 2018. now, the ftc the amount quadrupled and the prime targets those between the ages of 40 and 69, those 70 and older, they were the ones the lost the most money. cheryl: that's a shame. just when you thought you heard it all, somebody has created tinder for cows. >> tudor, let's farmers swipe right on cattle they like the look of. they are directed to a page after they swipe right, the

pages sellmylifewebsite but there's data what offspring would look like. cheryl: granddaughter of cattleman from texas, this actually works, you review the cows and pick one you want. that's a online version. awesome.tracee: they go to random farms and see if they work, that gives them the opportunity to browse through. lauren: i wonder if they do this with horses, pedigree, kentucky derby and racehorses is very important. tracee: dogs as well. cheryl: we kind of do that. big news for the weekend to see

rescue shelters. yeah, i'm willing to put that out on television and i will be watching hallmark sunday because it's dog rescue show. a lot of big news, marks off to great start this morning, as you can see it looses like we will have another day of gains. lauren: with that, good morning to maria bartiromo, mornings with maria starts right now. maria: thanks for joining us, thursday february 14, happy valentine's day, top stories before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. china trade talks underway right now, u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer and steven mnuchin meeting with chinese counterparts trying to make a deal before march first deadline. new report says the could fly. heading for a vote, lawmakers to vote on border security bill to avoid government shutdown

tomorrow's deadline. president trump insisting that he will make decision on any border wall proposal after he reads it. end of era, will stop production of super jumbo jet and we will tell you why and implications, demanding a refund, gavin nesom putting funding and asking for 3 and a half billion dollars back to the federal government. danger in the air, a delta flight making emergency landing after hitting some severe turbulence. more with inside the plane. mornings with maria begins right now. ♪ ♪