blasio breaking rains with his brother and cheryl: here are your market movers at 5:00 a.m. entertainment blockbluster, netflix boasting one of its biggest quarters in its history, adding 10 million new subscribers worldwide, despite what the company isn't saying about their competition that's making headlines. investigators one step closer to finding out what sparked the notre dame inferno as we learn how much it will take to rebuild the historic treasure, plus the global effort to it ris make ite from the ashes once again. martha stewart's empire making a new move, why her perks were not

a good thing. bob ross wants to make your morning a little more stress-free. how he is bringing his happy little trees to your breakfast table. it is wednesday, april 17th, "fbn: a.m." starts right now. lauren: here's how your money ising at 5:00 cam. investors wait more corporate results. stock market futures modestly higher, dow up 21, nasdaq gaining 17 this morning. in europe, stocks are mixed. the ftse in london is down 8 points but the cac in paris is up 4. and stocks in asia, better than expected reads on gdp, industrial production a and retail sales in china. the shanghai composite, however, only gaining a quarter of 1%. cheryl: we would like to

welcome all of you to "fbn: a.m.." good morning, i'm cheryl casone. lauren: good morning. i'm lauren simonetti. we start with breaking details out of paris this morning. president emmanuel macron meeting with cabinet officials today after setting a five year deadline to restore the historic cathedral of notre dame. some experts say the project could cost up to $8 billion. we are learning there was no insurance policy. investigators say the beloved landmark was only 15 to 30 minutes away from complete destruction. cheryl: we've got amy kellogg live in paris from us this morning with the latest details on the investigation. amy, do we have any sense of what caused the fire? >> reporter: well, good morning, lauren and cheryl. the theory that's getting the most attention this morning is that it may likely have been an electrical short that caused the fire. that would have come from an elevator that had been put inside to access the fire. and the newspaper this morning

quoting some security sources say that they believe that it was actually the spire that first caught fire. the change here is that the -- the challenge here is that the investigators have not been able to get inside to begin their work. there have been increasing concerns about the stability of notre dame. it still stands but after all that water and fire damage, they're worried that the walls could collapse, things could fall, that sort of thing. the next 24 to 48 hours are going to be critical in terms of determining the structural integrity of the building. we're learning more things, reportedly the first alarm went off at 6:20 in the evening but for some reason people concluded within that there was no fire and then there was a second alarm at 6:43. at that point, the fire was well engaged. the weathe rooster atop the firt fell has been recovered. it had a couple relics in it.

statues of jesus and mary have been seen intact and also reportedly fragments of the cross and a nail from that, from the crucifixion are intact. the greatest loss, the fantastic beams that held the roof, they were made from massive trees that longer exist neither in france, nor in europe. last night, people prayed for the cathedral. there was a procession that went to notre dame and president macron repeated his pledge to he rebuild notre dame. >> we will build the cay thee ll of notre dame even more beautiful and i want this to be done within the next five years. >> reporter: now, lauren and cheryl, the next five years seemed awfully ambitious according to architects and archeologists and all sorts of

experts who say it's going to take a lot longer than that. but there has been an overwhelming response to calls for the public to he help and for funds for this project. so r far, it' far it's up to 80n euros, a bit over $800 million in pledges, most of it private. cheryl: it's amazing the amount of generosity from around the world. apple's ceo, tim cook, the latest to reveal his company is going to donate to help rebuild notre dame. we've had contributors also from henry conside kravitz and french billionaires. cheryl: happening today, president trump ramping up pressure on cuba. the trump administration is planning to allow u.s. citizens to sue companies doing business there. john bolton expected to explain

the decision in a speech today in my am b miami. he will announce new sanctions of cuba, venezuela and nicaragua in the latest move against socialist governments. cheryl: a historic-making earnings report for netflix. they added nearly 10 million subscribers globally. they topped the street's expectations. the devil is in the detail. cheryl: deirdre bolton diging into the report for us. >> reporter: netflix reported numbers that beat numbers on the earnings and sales front. the stock fell after reporting because of the light guidance. the company said that in its current quarter, earnings will be about half of previous estimates. netflix says it will earn 55-cents per share versus wall street's estimate for 99-cents per share. the company said it will add fewer subscribers in the current quarter, both overseas and in the us. going over the numbers, netflix says it will add 300,000 new

subscribers in the u.s. analysts had expected 670,000. they said it will add 4.7 million new overseas subscribers. in its letter to shareholders, the company did address new streaming competition from apple and disney, saying it does not expect a negative effect on its subscriber growth. netflix compared the shift from linear viewing to streaming from that from broadcast to cable in the 1980s and '90s. we don't anticipate these new entrants will materially affect our growth from the transition from linear to on-demand entertainment is so massive. we believe there is vast demand for watching great tv and movies and only netflix satisfies a small portion of that demand. take that, bob iger and tim cook. for the record, during the past 52 weeks, a apple's stock up 13%, netflix up 16%, disney, 30%. s&p a 50 500 up 8.5% in that ti.

cheryl: t-mobile and sprint are pushing back against reports that their planned merger is in jeopardy. we learned that the companies have not received notice from the department of justice that the deal would likely be rejected by federal regulators, without major changes. the two companies say they're working with the government to complete the transaction. recent reports suggested anti-trust officials told t-mobile and sprint their deal would likely be rejected because they would eliminate competition in the wireless market. lauren: another exclusive. the battle of the bohemot46789s may be over. apple and qualcomm settled a dispute over technology that allows the iphone to connect to the internet. apple will once again use qualcomm chips in iphone and the deal includes a six year license between the two companies and a one-time payment

from apple to qualcomm. this comes as opening arguments were getting under way in a trial in a federal court in san diego. one analyst is calling this settlement a big win for qualcomm. taking a look, shares of qualcomm are rallying in the he premarket, up more than 5% right now. cheryl: two-year spat ended. the federal aviation administration issuing the initial review of the boeing 737 max update. the anti-stall software is being deemed operational suitable for pilots. it was suspected of contributing to two plane crashes in recent months. investors are considering shaking up the management team. one move is considering shaking up the ceo and chairman roles. cheryl: another stock to watch today. now to this story, some republicans are pushing back against the mueller probe ahead

of tomorrow's redacted release. the ranking member of the house intelligence committee is vowing to investigate the investigators. cheryl: here we go. griff jenkins is live in washington as the moment we've been waiting for, the big day inches closer. good morning, griff. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. here we go. mueller report is not even out yet and the investigation led by devin nunes into the origins of the probe appear to be growing. sources telling fox news as many as two dozen individuals may be implicated in nunes' criminal referral sent to attorney general william barr. at issue, the anti-trump dossier that was used to secure a surveillance warrant on a member of the trump camp pain. >> i think -- campaign. >> i think there was some type of setup involved. if mueller can't answer this for the american people, i don't know what the report was worth. >> reporter: the doj is not commenting beyond the attorney general's previous testimony that he is reviewing the genesis of the investigation. meanwhile, three top

republicans, chuck grassley, lindsey graham and ron johnson are demanding in a letter to the attorney general more information as to why the fbi's clinton e-mail investigation concluded without accessing classified materials. grassley's writing this, the fbi wrote a memo seeking doj permission to review classified information necessary to complete the investigation. however, the memo was never sent to the doj and the mid-year investigation was closed shortly thereafter. all of this, lauren and cheryl, comes before we even know what's inside the much anticipated mule rer report that will be released tomorrow in redacted form and democrats are voicing great skepticism over what we will see and what we will not see, vowing to subpoena the full report for more answers and questioning attorney general barr's motives. one thing is certain. we are headed for a heated battle over the contents of the report here in washington. tomorrow is the release. but really it's only the beginning. lauren, cheryl. lauren: exactly.

just the beginning. griff jenkins in d.c., thank you so much. cheryl: here are some of the headlines making news this morning. a massive manhunt is under way for an armed woul woman infat wd with columbine shooting. she traveled from florida and bought a shotgun and amunition. this ithis is as the community s 20 years since the shooting. no specific threats have been made. president trump has vetoed a measure to end u.s. support in the yemen war. congress passed a resolution that would have forced the military to stop backing the saudi-led coalition against iran's influence 23 in that reg. congress doesn't have the votes to override it at this point. newly released satellite images show movement at north korea's main nuclear site. the images of the nuclear site

show five specialized railcars near the you' uranium enrichment facility. the movement could indicate the transfer of radioactive material which obviously could be turned into bomb fuel. well, a college student filed a civil lawsuit against the founder and ceo of the chinese e-commerce company, j.d..com. he was arrested in minneapolis last august after the woman filed a complaint but he was released the next day, returned to china, which doesn't have an extradition treaty with the u.s. he is denying the charges of assault. martha stewart's brand isn't worth what it used to be. stewart's home making empire has been sold to marquee brands for $215 million. that's $140 million less than what seller sequential brands paid for it in 2015. the new york post reported that sequential has been trying to

unload the brand because of the sky-high pay she is receiving. she receives 5% of gross licensing revenue for life. in 2017 she received more than $6 million including hundreds of thousands for travel expenses, utilities, telecommunications services, personal fitness, and, well, her well-being. that's what's happening now. lauren: it pays to be martha stewart. coming up, more from netflix's earnings report. is there enough audience to go around as the streaming giant takes on competition from disney and others. can you really trust those five star product reviews on amazon? stick around. it turns out that those rave reviews could be fake. details coming up. cheryl: i knew it. lauren: you did?

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netflix. so, you know, disney has a huge advantage here because they have billions and billions in revenue, billions to reinvest in their business from cash from operations, free cash flow. they've got a head start on an unrivaled library, a content creation machine, live sports properties and live entertainment that netflix just doesn't have yet. so i think it's going to be hard to fight. lauren: at the same time, in order to get all this content coming, netflix has to spend and spend massively on original content. so do the other players in this field. there are investors and analysts out there who are concerned about their cash burn. how concerned are you? >> i'm pretty concerned about the cash burn. they have a substantial cash burn. and i like the safety with the markets being at all-time highs of a disney, where you have an attractive valuation and a dividend and get paid to wait while disney and some of these other bigger companies that

might challenge netflix, you get paid to wait and plus they're a better value. so i really like some of the other players as an investment here, versus netflix, which continued to have very strong growth and growth in share price improvement, but i think you get paid to wait long-term for the other players to come and challenge you. lauren: overall, we've seen very thin trading, particularly for the nasdaq. we have more earnings on tap today, namely morgan stanley, that's going to be a big one. what are you focusing on for trade today? >> well, i think you see that there might be a resurgence in global growth here. china came in a little stronger than expected, 6.4% gdp growth versus 6.3. still in the 6% range, which is fen on phenomenal. we may have a calming of the trade war here in the near future, some time soon. the e.u. wants to come to the bargaining table too in regards to tariffs and make sure they

don't have an adverse situation. so i think you have a situation where you could see global growth pick back up, the fed's aaccomodative, stocks may go up this spring and summer due to tail winds we have here. lauren: the slow summer trading might not p happen this year says you. we'll have to have you back on to he see what happens. thank you very much. cheryl: good report from him. we've got a lot more coming up. investing in opportunity, president trump is giving tax breaks to areas across the country, certain areas, but time is running out if you want to get in on this one. how you can make the most out of an opportunity zone. and the world rallying around paris to help it rebuild the historic notre dame cathedral. how deep-pock hpocketed wine los are now joining the cause.

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♪ cheryl: this may not be breaking news to some of you. reviews and ratings on amazon can be a deal breaker for certain products. but is every five star review actually real? lauren: it is breaking news to me. i like these reviews. i trust them. tracee carrasco, am i wrong? tracee: a lot of people trust these reviews and maybe they shouldn't. maybe buyer beware. according to a british consumer group, they're finding that a lot of the five star reviews are actuaactually fake, that maybe u

shouldn't trust them. they looked at the five star reviews for hundreds of tech products including headphones, dashcams, finance trackers, smart watches, they found that a lot of the top reviews were for brands that were not really known. they were just kind of off-brands. and so they found that these were the top rated products on amazon. lauren: and they're filtered into the wrong spot? tracee: , no, they're products that 2340 on no one knows about. cheryl: basically they're e-mailing company employees or friends of friends saying give me a five star review. tracee: maybe. maybe amazon isn't doing enough to filter these out. cheryl: it needs to be a legitimate review. i kind of thought that. lauren: this is a positive, beautiful story. wine lovers will help in the notre dame cathedral relief effort. tracee: hoping to raise

$1 million in lon london. sotheby's will auction off wine from france's wine making region. they will have a fundraiser today. they were hoping to raise money for the restoration o of versaille. now, they are raising money for the notre dame cathedral. cheryl: it's the rothschild. tracee: it's like $1,000 bott bottle. cheryl: they go up to like a million dollars. tracee, thank you very much. lauren: i told you she knew about wine. still ahead, president trump reveals who he thinks he'll face off against in 2020. plus, his soon to be famous nicknames coming to the campaign trail. and you've seen it in movies, in

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lauren: let's get you caught up on global market action overnight. stocks in the u.s. modestly higher, the dow gaining 21 points, the s&p adding 4 and three quarters. yesterday the s&p closed at the second highest number this year. the number to watch today for a new high would be 2907. the ftse in london is down 3 points, the dax in frankfurt down 5 and in asia, strong numbers on the economy in china after the new year. the march numbers could go either way or still a false positive if you will after the

lunar new year, the shanghai composite gaining 0.3%. cheryl: now to something in the world of taxes, opportunity zones front and center at the white house today. president trump is going to discuss how they can help create investments in low income communities and maybe give you a tax break. is opportunity knocking when it comes to investing in these zones? let's bring in david nelson, chief strategist with bell point asset management. your company, one of your partners is one of the few that is getting into the game. we'll get to that in a second. this is fascinating. let's talk about the breaks that you get if you put an investment, not cash, into an opportunity zone which is in a low income area in parts of the united states. >> that's really the opportunity. you're not taking cash. you're taking a profit. maybe you sold a house and you had a $50,000 gain. you could put that in. maybe you sold stock. that could go in. and you could defer that capital gain all the way to 2026. if you do it before the end of

the year, you're going to get the full seven years and get a 15% tax reduction on that capital gain. after when it goes into 2020, it's down to 10%. but that's not really the real kicker. the real kicker is if you keep that cash or rather that investment in that vehicle for the full 10 years, you can -- the growth of investment will be tax-free. that's ex straightforward extra. that's what has wall street and investors excited. cheryl: i'm wondering if there's a lack of excitement over this or maybe it wasn't sold properly. this is part of the 2017 tax overhaul from president trump. a lot of folks don't know anything about it. a lot of these -- 25% of each state has the -- the governor can designate 25% of the state as an opportunity zone. a lot of these communities need the cash flow. it's almost a feel good investment but it has to be the right investment and you say

construction is a big piece of this and we've got to be careful. what do you mean? >> we do. management as well. typically investments like this are designated for private equity. a sister company of ours, bell point r.e.i.t. is launching the first public r.e.i.t. where people can invest as little as $10,000 in investment. cheryl: professionals managing the investments, i think that might be a good strategy. i want to tell you what steven mnuchin said about this. we'll see more from the president this afternoon. he said we anticipate $100 billion in private capital will be dedicated towards jobs and economic development in opportunity zones. do you agree with treasury secretary mnuchin on this? >> that could be a low number. cheryl: really? >> if you think about it, how do you attract capital to some of the hardest hit areas of the

country. there's over 800 in california, 72 in connecticut, and the whole island of puerto rico is designated an opportunity zone. so pretty exciting stuff. cheryl: we're going to learn more this afternoon. president trump is going to be speaking, touting this. you have to make this investment by the end of 2019. but after the filing season we just went through, a lot of people are looking for breaks on their taxes. >> this is a break. cheryl: thank you very much. >> thanks so much. lauren: politics takes no breaks. with the ever-growing list of democratic candidates for president on the rise, we can barely fit them on the full screen, president trump knows or he thinks he knows who he will eventually go up against in 2020. he tweeted this, i believe it will be crazy bernie sanders versus sleepy joe biden as to who to run against. i look forward to facing whoever it may be. may god rest their soul. okay, it's worth noting that a

recent fox news poll shows, watch this, that bernie sanders running neck in neck with the president actually beating him within the margin of error. can bernie sanders or joe biden give the president a run for his money. let's bring in daily caller video reporter anders hackstrom. what do you think? >> i think he identified the correct two challengers. people see perso see bernie sana champion of the working class. joe biden is obviously the only person who you could call, reasonably call a moderate who is running at a democrat in 2020. i think he's definitely identified the correct two candidates. as for whether they can win, i think joe biden has a much better chance of beating the president in 2020 than bernie

sanders does. i think that goes back to what the philosophy of this election is. because if -- democrats -- the best situation for democrats in 2020 is turning this into a refer arreferendum on president. he's relatively unpopular outside of the republican party. if you run bernie sanders against the president, it's no longer a referendum on president trump, it's a referendum on socialism. i think that totally changes the game. in a general election that might turn the table on bernie sanders. lauren: challenging the president for the republican nomination is bill weld. listen. >> if the independents came in and voted for me 6-1, that's how i got elected. i'm going to try to make a case to the millennials, th, that thy

should come and vote on the republican party and cast a vote that's going to make a difference between one of two people and not one of 1 a 5 people. we'll see. that's the strategy. lauren: what do you make of weld, and do you think he can get the independents and millennials to go to his side? [ laughter ] lauren: you're laughing. >> i think it's a pretty big joke. there's no way he will beat the president. president trump is very popular within the republican party. on the issues that are most important to republicans, bill weld isn't even there. he's not pro life. how can he expect to win a republican primary when he isn't pro life. i think it's a pretty big joke. lauren: as we look at the fund raising numbers, looking at bernie sanders, ba beto, buttig, together they've raised barely more than president trump. i wanted to show the viewers there. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. cheryl: here are other headlines making news this

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lauren: a washed up seleb who lied to cops, new text messages revealed that's what chicago's top prosecutor called jussie smollett before her office dropped all charges against him. cheryl: there's new questions surrounding kim fox's recusal from the case. >> reporter: you didn't think this case would go away, did you? the smollett case back in the headlines with a whopper of admission by the cook county pros cue prosecutor. smollett was indicted on suspicion of staging a heat crime attack, charges later dropped. in text messages released in response to a public records request, fox writes, so, i'm

recused but when people accuse us of over-charging cases, 16 counts on a class 4 felony becomes exhibit a. the response, yes, i can see where that could be seen as excessive. fox writes, pedophile with four victims, 10 10 counts, that's a reference to the indictment against r. kelly, washed up seleb who lied to cops, 16. on a case eligible for deferral prosecution, i think it's indicative of something we should look at generally. just because we can charge something, doesn't mean we should. the response, agreed. the texts raising questions of whether fox continued her role after recusing herself. her office argued that fox never fofor formally recused herself. >> i recused myself out of an abundance of caution. i did that under the advisement of our first ever chief ethics officer. we never had an ethics officer

in cook county. what i wanted to make sure when i started my term was that any decision that i made, even the appearance of impropriety would be vetted by someone other than myself. >> reporter: that statement clearing nothing up. the inspector general will be reviewing how fox's office handled this ordeal. back to you. cheryl: the discussion continues, todd piro, thank you very much. and for more on this, let's bring in former prosecutor, david brew h bruno. what do you make of kim fox and the new text messages? >> there's two take-aways. she was recused. when you rie recuse yourself, ye not to have any participation in the case. she was sending a message to the person running the investigation that she felt the indictment was over-charged. the second take-away is, he concedes he lied, a washed up celebrity that lied to police. if he lied to police, why did he get the deal h he did?

there are many who came out on this point. why did he get a flat-out dismissal. even if it was eligible for the diversionary program. he didn't get that program. it's so high profile. why. cheryl: the city is suing him for the wasted police work on this one. the mayor is saying this is a disgrace. the outrage will continue in chicago. there's continued outrage over the college admission scandal. we found out lori loughlin and her husband, part of the defense strategy we're learning is they say they thought they were maybe breaking rules but not laws and they just got charged with money laundering. that's 20 years, plus, david. what do you make of these new -- the new news in this story? >> ignorance of the law is not a defense. cheryl: okay. >> what she's going to struggle with here, in the federal system, the defenses are graded and penalties depend on amounts. what we saw in the huffman case,

it was a $15,000 theft. and therefore, they're recommending from four to 10 months. but because her and her husband have stolen approximately $500,000, it bumps up the guidelines to potentially 21 months. so i think what she's struggling with here is -- cheryl: i think you meant paid $500,000. they paid $500,000. you're saying stolen. is that -- >> it's paid in the conspiracy of a fraud, but it's used -- the amount is used for the grading of the crime, the offense and the penalty. cheryl: interesting. >> if yo i misspoke, i apologiz. cheryl: 20 years in prison and a financial penalties they're facing, a lot of folks are wondering if they should have taken the plea deal when they had the opportunity and they didn't. so we'll see. david, we'll have you back on this story and lots more. thank you for being here. >> take care. lauren: coming up next, can believe tom brady has been

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cheryl: here we go. baseball's fiercest rivalry kicking off in the bronx. lauren: matt tha napolitano ise with the highlights. >> it's the boston red sox and new york yankees, both under 500 so far. yanks' ace making his pin stripe debut, lights out on the hill, 12 strikeouts, eight innings of work, allowing two hits.

the yankees flanking the red sox, 8-0. boston's pitcher continues to struggle, now 0-4 as the world series hangover continues for the red sox. meantime, in the matrix, houston astros pitcher collin mccue narrowing his dodging this liner during the second inning of the game last night. mccue proceeded to allow just two hits from six innings in how ton's 9-1 win over the a's. and stanley cup playoff stunner, the tampa bay lightning swept by the columbus blue jackets in the first round of the post season. the jackets with a 7-3 shellacking last night, the new york islanders, my team, also punching their ticket to the next round last night. happy birthday coach. new england patriots quarterback

tom brady with a special b-day shout-out, saying happy birthday, coach. the six time super bowl champion so much has been saying he doesn't really use snap face or insta-chat. take a look at this photo. the 199th overall pick in the draft, that is pretv-12. cheryl: he's just a baby in that one. >> he's just a kid. lauren: tom brady only joined twitter last month. >> he tried to have a retirement announcement on april fool's day that no one bought. j.j.watt is set to speak for hisal m alma mater, the universy of wisconsin. a representative of the school asked for a copy of his remarks. he says he wants a black screen on the tell prompter and to be

told when to stop talking. >> i have some things i want to get across. let's be honest, they all just want to drink beer afterwards. they're excited. they just want the person to give a cool message for five minutes and get off the stage. >> amen, i say amen. he will give his speech on may 11th. lauren: matt, thank you so much. you can catch matt on fox news headlines, 24/7, sirius xm channel 115. cheryl: coming up, why more and more companies zero tolerance drug policies are going up in smoke. then, get ready for the best news you've heard all week. >> let's do this one, right back here. here's a happy little bush. he lives right there. cheryl: how famed pbs painter bob ross is going to make your mornings just a little bit happier. lauren: is that the best news we heard all week? cheryl: it might be. ♪ i am still painting flowers

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lauren: marijuana legalization grown across the country. cheryl: tracee carrasco has that

story, tracee. tracee: many dropping marijuana policy, california and employers looking the other way when employees test positive for marijuana saying hard to tell when they are doing something is legal, just don't do it on the job. in new york city we are getting ready to pass law, looking past the pot not testing for that but still doing drugs. cheryl: still do the work but it'll be in your system if you're doing at home. bob ross will make breakfast a little less stressful. tracee: there it is. the joy of cereal.

released by the nolty store. 10 dollars a box, they are named after the description that bob ross used during painting lessons like happy little trees, guiding stars, charming little cabins and bushes. cheryl: poster. interesting, though, years after his death, americans are looking for something to calm him down. i was so stressed out right now in current environment that we need bob ross in our lives. tracee: it is interesting that he's just as relevant even maybe more when he went back during his time on cbs.

as far as police are saying, watching bob ross. lauren: it's been a while since i heard him speak. relaxed to hear voice. cheryl: are his show still on the running? netflix, thank you. all right, there you go. lauren: tracee carrasco, thank you very much. cheryl: and mornings with maria starts right now. maria: ladies, i'm maria bartiromo, it is wednesday april 17th, top stories right now 6:00 a.m. on the east coast, morning for earnings this morning, we are waiting on the numbers. morgan stanley this morning, netflix a new china data overnight, netflix subscribers up is.