lou: the fbi admitting her clinton email records found in the obama white house specifically, the executive office of the president. the shocking revelation comes in newly, delivered documents obtained by judicial watch. and that is it for us tonight. thank you for being with lauren: here are your market movers at 5:00 a.m. the busiest day yet for earnings and some of the companies reporting today have some explaining to do. facebook, boeing and tesla have been targets of government and consumer scrutiny. today their ceos will have to answer but will it be enough? tesla struggles to maintain demand cash on hand in the spotlight as it announces it's bringing back cheaper versions of its older model s and model x. what does this mean for the company and its ceo. it's official for joe biden, kind of. he's expected to announce his 2020 white house run tomorrow after scrapping plans to make it official today. what this means for the race for the white house and his attempts

to take on president trump who is winning over big donors. some schools are setting new dress codes but it's not for the students. it's for their parents. how school pick-ups could become a lot more stressful. it is hump day, wednesday, the 24th of april. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. cheryl: here is how your money is moving at 5:00 a.m. after the s&p and nasdaq hit record highs at the close last night, u.s. stock march he get futures under a little bit of pressure, the dow down 11, nasdaq down 12 and h he three te quarters. oil has been on a tear with the highest close since october 29th. oil is slightly lower, by 30-cents, the administration

continues the pressure campaign on iran's exports. the ftse and the cac 40 under pressure right now and some pressure on the hang seng out of hong kong on reports about the health of president xi-jinping in question. as you can see, there was a loss there but the nikkei and coughs by, the bigger story, -- kospi, the bigger story, red arrows there,. lauren: good morning. welcome to "fbn: a.m.." i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: i'm cheryl casone. lauren: it's all about the numbers today. it's the busiest day so far this earnings season. four dow components, boeing, caterpillar this morning, boeing and visa after the close, facebook will report the latest numbers after the bell along with tesla. earnings are actually up 6% from a year ago, they're expected to

fall 2.3% from last year. we'll have more on what you can expect on all of these later in the show. cheryl: a lot of numbers out. you also had twitter that reported yesterday and the stock actually jumped about 16% after that earnings report came out. company's first quarter profit more than tripled to $190 million, but the big news for twitter, ceo jack dorsey, we saw this with the president yesterday, president trump had a meeting with dorsey yesterday and he tweeted, great meeting yesterday. lots of subjects discussed regarding their platform and the role of social media in general. look forward to keeping an open dialogue. the president has been consider criticizing social media companies saying they're biased against conservatives. he slammed twitter earlier in the day for the platform's treatment of him and other republicans. lauren: he said he lost about 200,000 followers and he wanted to know why. okay. also heading to the white house,

chuck schumer and house speaker nancy pelosi, they're scheduled to meet with the president next week to discuss infrastructure. republicans and democrats have continued to point to infrastructure as a possible area for working together. cheryl. cheryl: the trade issue going to be on the top of the agenda today, when vice president mike pence travels to michigan. pence is going to tour a ford truck plant and talk up the usmca trade deal which needs to be ratified by congress. the trump administration says the agreement would create 76,000 auto sector jobs within the next five years. lauren: treasury secretary steven mnuchin and trade representative robert lighthizer travel to china next week for more trade talks. the white house top economic advisor says the two sides are making progress. here he is. >> there's some very important trade reforms which i think are going to pan out. i'm an optimistic on that. i always take the over. i can't say for sure, but things

are moving at pace. lauren: the u.s. has been pressing china on issues that include intellectual property protection and the forced transfer of technology by u.s. companies seeking to do business in beijing. cheryl: president trumps says he's opposed to current and former white house aides testifying before congress in the wake of the mueller report. in an interview, the president said complying with congressional requests is, quote, unnecessary after the white house cooperated with the special counsel's investigation. lauren: hillary clinton says anyone other than the president would have been indicted in the case. >> i think there's enough there that any other person who had engaged in those acts would certainly have been indicted but because of the rule in the justice department that you can't indict a sitting

president, the whole matter of obstruction was very directly sent to the congress. lauren: hillary clinton of course wasn't charged for her e-mail server scandal. for more on the fallout from the mueller report, president trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, is going to be on "mornings with maria" this morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. cheryl: let's talk about herman cain now. he's spoken out on why he withdrew his name from consideration on a seat of the fedal rail reservfederal reserv. he said allegations of harassment were not a factor in his decision. >> those accusations had nothing to do with my decision. my decision was driven by, one, during the phase one of this process, collecting all of the information and also finding out from administration staffers the things that i could and could not do. cheryl: kando.cheryl: he saide

taking a stallion, keeping him in the stables and not letting him run. president trump tweeted on monday that cain asked not to be put on the central bank. he will be on toda on "morningsh maria" today at 8:00 a.m. lauren: tim cook says he believes the company's greatest trcontributions to society could be in healthcare. they have been moving into healthcare with apple watch, also a study on the human heart. it was at the time 100 summit in new york city where tim cook said apple focuses on policies, not politics. >> apple, this is probably not known to a lot of people in here, but apple doesn't have a pac. apple's probably the only large company i would think or one of the view that doesn't have a p a

ac. i refuse to have one because it shouldn't exist. lauren: he called for more government regulation on the tech industry in order to protect your privacy. cheryl: border patrol he released shocking videos armed smugglers helping immigrants cross our border. meanwhile, the president's plan to keep asylum seekers in mexico has a day in court today. lauren: as we look at this video, we bring in griff jenkins, live in washington with the very latest. good morning, griff. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and r cheryl. i've got to tell you, this new surveillance video is nothing short of troubling, heavily armed smugglers escorting a family unit along the arizona, mexico border, the same area where hundreds of unescorted migrants have been apprehended in recent weeks. officials calling this highly unusual and highly concerning. the border control council president had this to say.

>> walls in strategic locations will absolutely stop the smuggling organizations. then we are allowed ptotic tate where this type of action takes place. it will allow us to force these people to go through ports of entry, present themselves legally instead of entering illegally. >> reporter: the court will hear the remain in mexico poll you sigh today. a judge ruled it did not evaluate the dangers for migrants in mexico enough. since january 29th, 1,928 migrants have been sent back to wait while their asylum claims played out. senior advisor to the president jared kushner spoke out yesterday about a comprehensive plan. >> i tried to put together a detailed proposal for him and my p hope is that we can really do something that unifies people around what we're for in immigration. this week, next week, we'll present it again. then he'll make changes likely and he'll decide what he wants to do with it.

>> reporter: another caravan is on the way, this one in southern mexico now, it's what mexico's interior secretary calls the mother of all caravans. stay tuned. cheryl: you've been at the border for weeks at a time. did that smuggler, those armed smugglers, do you think they were paid by the migrants or do you think that she was in jeopardy? what's your opinion of that video we have now? >> reporter: we don't know fully what the story is. my observation is, i've never -- i've spent dozens of trips on the border -- seen a heavily armed operation like that. we know the cartels control every person that crosses the border. this is their cash cow right now, more than drugs in some places. they don't want to be caught, they don't want attention and they don't want an armed conflict with u.s. officials. if this becomes a regular occurrence, it will shift the

threat at the border. lauren: griff jenkins, thank you very much. cheryl: here are other headlines making news this morning. north korean leader kim jong un has arrived in russia ahead of his planned summit with vladimir putin. they are set to meet for the first time tomorrow but do not plan to sign any agreement or make a joint statement. the islamic state is claiming responsibility for the easter bombings that killed more than 300 people in sri lanka. they posted a video on social media showing the man believed to be the key suspect in the attacks. the video shows the suicide bombers dressed in black robes declaring their loyalty to isis. treasury secretary steven mnuchin failed to meet a final deadline for turning over president trump's tax returns to congress. the outcome could house richard neil to subpoena trump's tax records. fox con and wisconsin are renegotiating their contract for

an lcd plant in the state. the governor said fox con first proposed changing the deal back in march. the deal meant to he create 13,000 jobs and wisconsin offered billions in incentives but the project seems to have stalled. fox con says it remains committed to building the plant at some point. google's wing aviation has received the faa's first approval to operate a fleet of delivery drones. they will begin deliveries in southwest virginia within months with plans to ex a panned to --o expand in other regions. lauren: the drones are coming. facebook's ceo, mark zuckerberg, facing troubles from the fed as the ftc looks to hold him personally accountable for the company's privacy issues. we ask his zuck out of luck? speaking of privacy, amazon wants to make it easier for you to get a package but at what cost, you won't believe it. you're watching "fbn: a.m." ♪ i've been hanging around this

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your daily dashboard from fidelity. a visual snapshot of your investments. key portfolio events. all in one place. because when it's decision time... you need decision tech. only from fidelity. lauren: sense r tore ron widen p calling on federal regulators to penalize mark zuckerberg for the company's privacy lapses. he wrote a letter, saying this, given mr. zuckerberg's deceptive statements, personal control over facebook and role in approving key decisions in relation to sharing user data

ftc must hold him personally responsible. let's bring in a former employee at the federal trade commission, good to see you, good morning, carl. >> thank you for having me. lauren: in your opinion, with your experience, how long can mark zuckerberg be insulated from accountability? >> you know, the situation for the federal trade commission here is this is no slam-dunk case for them. they're on shaky ground, trying to enforce their 201 2011 conset decree against facebook. the idea that they could put in onerous requirements on the board or president of facebook doesn't seem reasonable here. lauren: you're expecting a fine instead? >> i think we're going to expect a couple billion dollar fine. this should have little impact on the market. the market's already prepared for this and everyone is pretty much expecting it. i don't think anyone will really be surprised by it. lauren: this is amazing, based on what you're saying and the facebook earnings report that comes out after the bell today, you don't see any repercussions

from perhaps a fine -- in your case, definitely a fine but perhaps even some onerous changes at the top of facebook by regulators because of all this? >> i don't expect to see any significant onerous regulations or requirements put on top of facebook's board or president. that's because as i mentioned earlier, the ftc is kind of on shaky ground. what the ftc is trying to do is enforce their 2011 consent decree. i don't see any violation of it p. i've done deep analysis of it. this is going to be more of an agreement between the two parties. it's looking to be a couple billion dollars is what we're hearing. lauren: doesn't the ftc have to show their european counterparts that, hey, we're serious too? because europe's doing a lot to help customers feel safe, keep their privacy when it comes to what they do online. >> you know, i think a couple billion dollars will be a significant way of showing force from the federal trade commission.

when it comes to privacy enforcement britain fined goo le over privacy violations and they fined facebook around $57 million. now that we're talking about billions from the ftc, it's a larger fine comparably. lauren: anything happening at the state level at home that you're worried about that could impact facebook and other tech companies. >> we're seeing a push at the state level from states like california, massachusetts, illinois, to really impose onerous privacy regulations on businesses even outside their state. and so what we really need is federal legislation to create standards across the country. lauren: got it. carl, thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. cheryl: coming up, former vice president joe biden reportedly ready to announce his run, later than originally expected. is this a sign of a lack of commitment from the former v.p.? could he possibly meet his goal

of unifying a fractured democratic party. sounds like something out of the movie bad moms, a school issuing a dress code that targets not the kids, but the parents. lauren: oh, no. >> there's that weird stay at home mom. >> what is she wearing? >> matty was up all night, bar a arfing on my hair. cheryl: the school rules that some parents say needs a time out. you're watching "fbn: a.m." ♪ heaven above, got the weight on my shoulders. ♪ one less problem without you. ♪ i've got one less problem without you heading into retirement you want to follow your passions rather than worry about how to pay for long-term care.

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♪ cheryl: kohl's and amazon teaming up to cut down on return time. lauren: tracee carrasco joins us now. what are they doing. tracee: this is a partnership in place since 2017 at 10 1 koh0 kohl's stores. now they're expanding to all the kohl's stores. you can take any purchase from amazon and you can return it at kohl's. they will take care of the packaging for you. it's free to do so. i think the big win for kohl's, it gets you into their stores. the hope here, maybe you'll pick up something else while you're there. lauren: i like it. you can now have your amazon purchases delivered directly to your garage. i'm not sure a lot of people are going to like this idea. tracee: this is part of that key by amazon program. it began as a way to have your packages delivered maybe to your car, inside your home, if you're not home and you don't want to have it stolen from your porch.

now if you have the my q connected garage door opener, you'll allow them to let them have access to your garage to drop off your package. this is something they've been doing, had they just added garages. lauren: is there a fee for it. tracee: you have to have prime for it and be in a certain area. cheryl: there's a school unveiling strict dress codes, not for the kids, it's for parents. tracee: this is the james madison high school in houston. they were having issues, not with the students and how they were dressing, but with the parents. cheryl: the moms. tracee: they had to put down some rules, put them in their guidelines. these are the things you cannot wear. you can't come up in a shower cap, hair roller, pajamas, sagging pants, sheer leggings, low rider shorts, torn jeans, showing a lot of skin.

these were things parents were wearing when they were at the school, dropping off their child, picking up their child. cheryl: it's not just texas. tennessee, virginia, there's been legislation proposed in tennessee to change the code of conduct for schools to target this problem. this is happening in other places. tracee: absolutely, yes. cheryl: moms, let's get it together. lauren: new jersey as well, guilty as charged. don't judge. there's a lot -- shower cap or the hair rollers. more like the loose pants. i should try the shower cap. cheryl: bad mom. still ahead, big promises from elon musk this week. he's bringing back cheaper teslas. is this another pie in the sky idea to get you buy their cars or maybe their stock. a man claiming he won the more than $700 million jackpot. you won't believe how he shared

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lauren: let's get you caught up on global market action overnight. it's my pleasure today because we're seeing investors search for direction this morning as they wait for the earnings reports. dow is up 12, s&p down 1. the dow stands 172 points shy of an all-time high. the nasdaq and s&p 500 at record closes. oil is pulling back a bit today. investors a await the latest inventory numbers. in europe, stocks at this hour are trading mixed. the ftse down 28, the dax up 56. and this is your close in asia overnight, shanghai composite gaining a tenth of 1%. cheryl: here at home, he is biding his time. joe biden, who was expected to announce a run for the white house today, has pushed that

announcement to tomorrow. and reportedly is set to declare through a video. rush limbaugh said that the former v.p. could be the dems greatest hope. >> he's probably the best chance they've got and he doesn't have a chance. biden is putting off this announcement, i don't know how badly he really wants this. and you have to really want this if you're going to have any chance of winning it. cheryl: the former v.p. expected to run on a platform that he can unify the democratic party and the country at the same time. with the expanding field of candidates on the democratic side, is that possible. let's bring in right now white house reporter gabby orr. good morning. >> good morning. cheryl: what do you say, can he unify a fractured and some say very far left-leaning bernie sanders-favoring democratic party with 19 candidates already in the running. >> he definitely thinks he's up for the challenge. but look, i mean, joe biden

would be a pretty difficult general election candidate for the president to beat. he would pull a lot of the voters who supported president trump in 2016, but that means he first has to get through a democratic primary. he has to make it to the party's nominating convention next july. there are quite a few people, both in democratic circles and inside the trump campaign, who think that's not going to happen, that this democratic party, given the progressive base that is pulling all of these candidates more and more to the left isn't going to settle on somebody like biden, a 76-year-old white man who has a questionable record on things like criminal justice and race, some of these issues that a lot of progressive liberal democrats are paying close attention to and favor a lot of the other democratic contenders for. cheryl: tell me who the chatter is about. is it bernie sanders? i think that's something most folks in the middle fear more than having joe biden on the ticket against president trump.

bernie sanders is so far left, he's off the reservation. >> look, if you take a look at the polling that we're seeing in early battleground states, it does seem as though joe biden and bernie sanders are right now the two democratic frontrunners. there's momentum behind kamala harris, pete buttigieg. i don't think the democratic base knows what they're looking for right now. it's going to become clear in the coming months whether it's a joe biden or bernie sanders. cheryl: a fractured party which i said at the beginning of the segment. we're getting reports that a lot of the big money republican donors that did not support, sat out the 2016 presidential race because they didn't like president trump, are now coming around, , that they're basically saying they like the poll you sighs, not necessarily -- policieses, not necessarily the man. there's a lot of money behind that. what do you say to that? >> the president can look at the economy, saying despite look at the grievances, look at what

we've done in the last two and-a-half years. i think that's a compelling argument for a lot of the donors who didn't feel comfortable supporting him in 2016 but are republicans at heart and feel as thee the policies have been good for the country and they want them to continue. cheryl: thank you very much for being here. we'll have you back on this very soon i'm sure. lauren: so many companies are reporting today, especially the major tech companies, facebook, tesla, microsoft. our next guest says the bull is back because of tech. lou basineste joins us now. i pinned this as companies with bad behavior, who finally have to show parents the report card. facebook, seems like they're in this mess but the stock is not showing it. it's up 38% this year. >> it's a sad testament to wall street. investors have been putting profits ahead of principles. facebook, it sold off middle of last year not because of the cambridge analytica scandal, it

was because of a profit warning. i think you'll see that continue here. as long as facebook puts up impressive user growth which we expect to happen based on twitter and snap's reports yesterday, they should post about 25% growth on the top line, shares are going to continue their rebound off the december lows which, again, i think this is really sad. your previous guest, i completely disagree with. mark zuckerberg's feet should be held to the fire on privacy and policing the platform. lauren: maybe they will. let's pivot away from tech. i want to talk about bad behavior at boeing. this is a tenth of the dow. we've seen the mess with the 737. is it going to show up on their earnings report today. >> it's absolutely going to show up. it should be the steepest decline year over year in earnings, down to $3.25 per share, since this is a big drop since about 2017. i think boeing's going to stay grounded for a while as an investor, it's a stock you want to avoid but it's got broader implications for the economy if they've just been grounded on production for the 737 max.

lauren: we get tesla as well. i'm just going to let you take it away. your thoughts on tesla. so much to say. >> welcome to the circus. elon musk has gone from a visionary to a carnival barker. there are serious concerns here about demand and more importantly, cash. he can pump up the hype all he wants. if he runs out of cashes going to run out of runway for the business to run. he's got to address the issues. there's so many red flags here about waning demand. bringing back the cheaper versions of the s and the x suggest that demand that he said was endless is drying up. so, look, longer term i think there's a lot of troubles ahead for tesla. lauren: it suggests they might be desperate. investors might be desperate for gains. the stock is down 21% this year. lou, thank you. you're the best. >> thank you. cheryl: starbucks is causing quite the stir with the new policy to install needle disposal boxes inside bathrooms.

lauren: what do customers actually think about this? todtodd piro hit the streets to find out. >> reporter: starbucks has a new policy, they're going to be putting needle disposal boxes in its locations. do you think that's a good idea or bad idea? >> needle disposal boxes? i mean, i would say no, i don't know how sanitary that is in a place where you get breakfast and stuff from. it's a bad idea. that's going to influence people to do drugs in the bathroom. they shouldn't be doing drugs in the bathroom. >> reporter: do you think it's a good idea or bad idea? >> it's a good idea, so you can shoot up safely. >> reporter: all right, you answered it. >> it's a bad example of everything. people should stop doing this stuff and start drinking coffee. >> reporter: is it a good idea or bad idea? >> i don't think it's a good idea. >> i think every place should having like that. >> they don't have to do that. maybe they should address the problem of why they're doing drugs in the bathroom in the first place.

>> it's a good idea. no one can stop people from doing drugs. it's a good idea to have safety. >> reporter: as a father, do you think it's a good idea or bad idea. >> bad idea. seems like it's promoting it, going to bring it into the establishment where people aren't involved with that type of behavior. >.>> it's probably a good idea o get them off the street so children don't pick them up. >> it's sad they have to think about doing that. >> reporter: why. >> the idea that that's happening in this country. >> reporter: the argument for putting the boxes in is from the employees. the employs ease say there's needles all -- employees say there's needles all over the place, we don't want to hurt ourselves. >> i'm in. >> reporter: you think employee safety is above all else. >> i'm in. lauren: let's get to other headlines making news. executive at anadarko petroleum received pay packages worth millions a day before the company merged with chevron. the ceo is set to receive a minimum of about $43 million

after the deal closes. that's nearly $7 million more than before the changes to pay were made. other top executives were also rewarded. anadarko shareholders still have to vote on the mergers. philippines president says if canada doesn't take back tons of trash within the next week he'll declare war. reports say say he made threats about dozens of shipping containers filled with canadian household and loo electronic gae that's been rotting in a port near manila for six years. a philippine court ordered the trash returned to canada three years ago. talk about early retirement, a l millennial just won the second largest jackpot in u.s. lottery history. 24-year-old manuel franco of milwaukee said he screamed for about 10 minutes of after realizing he won the

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lauren: the supreme court is divided over the trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census. shannon bre am in washington with the he details. >> reporter: it's not about a line on a forel. it's about whether or not everyone in america counts. therein lies the problem, the nine justices must untangle. whether commerce secretary wilbur ross overstepped his authority by adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. critics of the move say it will

discourage people from completing the forms. predicting it will lead to an undercount of primarily minority populations. several of the justices say the administration can get the information they're seeking from other government databases. one justice said it seems like he thought of something, i want to add a citizenship question, adding this is a solution in search of a problem, i've got to find a problem that fits what i want to do. a number of the conservative justices noted the citizenship question has been included on various census forms nearly uniformly between 1820 and 1950 and in a more limited way since then. justice kavanaugh noting that the statute passed by congress gives the commerce secretary enormous discretion in putting together the census forms. asked why if congress objects it hasn't already outlawed the question. quote, why doesn't congress prohibit the asking of the

citizenship question in the same way congress provided that no one can be compelled to provide religious information. opponents trace the entire debate back to the issue of immigration and claim the administration's sole purpose in asking about citizenship is to silence people in the u.s. illegally. the administration says the president's priorities are both legal and fair. >> he wants to know who is in the country. i think as sovereign nation we have that right. >> reporter: a decision from the court is due by late june and time is of the essence. the census forms, whether they contain the citizenship question or not, will head to the printing process this summer. cheryl and lauren, back to you. cheryl: thank you, shannon. for more on this, david bruno is here. what do you make of the fact in oral arguments that the liberal justices were very vocal, the conservative justices were very quiet. >> it's to be expected. we learn a lot from the questioning of the justices

during these types of proceedings. here, the liberals were asking questions that were aligned with the liberal side. right. but not all the republican judges were quiet there. we just heard a piece right there on kavanaugh, i think it's the most important thing to bring up. a federal statute gives the secretary the ability to ask these questions, it actually prohibits the question on religion. it says, no, you cannot include it, right. so the argument is, if congress prohibits something, well, why isn't the citizenship question also prohibited in the statute. and it's been there before. cheryl: it seems to me, though, that the conservative justices -- they weren't completely silent but compared to the liberal justices, seems they could turn the tide, this could be a win for the trump administration even though the lower federal courts denied the trump administration's plan for this one question. >> kavanaugh replacing kennedy

brings the vote to 5-4. if it's going to be on the political lines, it's going to go the republican way and the administration's way. cheryl.cheryl: another case grg the nation, the college admissions scandal. we're finding out lori loughlin and her husband refused to proceed in the case because they want all the evidence the prosecutor has against them. is that a crazy request? >> join the line. the problem is, they're in federal court. federal court is much different than state court's discovery process. in new jersey, you get everything on the state side. the feds, they don't have to give everything at this point. they could hold statements. they could hold other things. so i think that's a very bad reason, if they are guilty, you want to jump out in front of things on the federal side to get what's called a reduction, a 3 point reduction in a federal offense. cheryl: how much trouble is she in? >> she's in big trouble. i reviewed the complaint.

lori is not mentioned much in the complaint, it's massiom. he's really the one on the e-mails and -- lori does pop up on a recorded call, where singer was cooperating with the feds at the time, called lori and said i'm being looked at by the irs. there's going to be questions on this money. we need to get on the same page. not a good conversation for lori. cheryl: we're going to have you back about all this. david bruno, thanks for your perspective. lauren, over to you. lauren: still ahead, a former baseball pro setting a golf record where speed is the key. the incredible details l coming up. you've heard of living in a pine apple under the sea, how about in a potato that looks like that in the middle of idaho? it's a potato hotel. yeah, a potato hotel. details, next. ♪ ain't that america for you and me. ♪ ain't that america. ♪ something to see, baby. ♪ ain't that america.at

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cheryl: welcome back. college sports scandals going from basketball to football now. lauren: and jared max is here with what happened. jared: we're going to find out more and more, like an onion they keep unpeeling. it's a corruption trial in basketball. now we're learning about the potential relationships with college football players. marty blazer, who has pled guilty to multiple counts of fraud, testified that between 2000 and 2014 he made payments tto college football players as investments, said to have gave $10,000 payment to one at penn state and paid players at notre dame, michigan, northwestern and north carolina.

blazers 115, nuggets, 115. take it away, damon willard. >> willard, it's good! are you kidding me? jared: 37-footer, 5 # of points for damian willard and portland goes to round two. denver went up 3-2 on cant on sn antonio. how many holes of golf do you think you could play in one day, nonstop for 24 hours. eric byrnes set the guinness world record between monday and tuesday for speed golf. this is in half moon bay, california. 10 year major league vet, played 42 of holes of golf and that sets a record. he's trying to raise awareness

for -- 420 holes near his home in half moon bay, california. and hey, by the way, speaking of records, did you see james hoshowe the sports better on jeopardy. >> what will your total be today? >> you're going to add a $50,000. that takes you up to 118,815 and now a 14 day total of 1,051,554. the guy is amazing. jared: he ke he's on pace to w right by ken jennings. he's getting close. sharks and bruins last night winning in hockey. lauren: jared max, thanks you so much. you can catch sports reports on fox news headlines, sirius xm channel 115. cheryl: one hotel chain expanding its air fleet. the cost to fly, almost as much as a whole plane. we've got details.

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lauren: wait until you hear about one from the hotel four seasons. cheryl: tracee carrasco has that, combined here. tracee: extravagant, luxury travel, you can get anywhere you want, they arrange all of that for you, one of the new features on the plane they will be debuting in 2021, lounge area with own mixologist on board and chefs that you can take classes with, you can do arts and craft, really an experience here. $147,000 a ticket. cheryl: wow. yeah, not cheap. we have been teasing this for a

show. is it an actual potato? >> not an actual potato but potato prop. traveling on the back of semitruck. once they were done with the tour, they thought what do we do with this thing, turn it into an airbnb, only two people fit inside, fireplace, heating, air-conditioning, queen-size bed, you see some of the pictures. cheryl: has a fireplace to make french fries in. tracee: leave it to the internet to discover this, new trend, dinosaur-style grooming. [laughter] tracee: you can see it on the

screen. #dinocut, look at the pictures. the cat does not look happy. what do you think milo think if he were groomed like that? cheryl: oh, my god. somebody has doctored my cat's picture. [laughter] tracee: i don't even know. cheryl: taking a cat grooming is worse than taking a dog for grooming. tracee: we will have discuss off

camera. cheryl: mornings with maria starts right now. maria: thank you so much, see you in a little bit. good morning, everyone, i'm maria bartiromo, it is wednesday april 24th, happy wednesday, your top stories right now before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. earnings once again, 4 dow components reporting, in an hour or so we will have the numbers. later technology titans after the bell, we have the preview, we have the full analysis after last night's record-setting rally. jock dorsey meeting with president trump as the stock surges following strong earnings of twitter. the fallout from the mueller report comes out. hillary clinton is weighing in. wait till you see what she has to see. dress code for parents, not just kids anymore, some schools are