from new york. cheryl: it is 5:00 a.m. here are your market movers at this hour. showdown in the hawk eye state. president trump and joe biden trading barbs in iowa. the president honoring our farmers and taking a swing at beijing as joe biden flip-flops on his stance on china. pus the far-out -- plus the far-out promise from the former v.p. uproar in hong kong. riot police firing tear gas into crowds, blocking major roads around government buildings, we are live on the ground with all of the breaking details. searching for answer as the tourist death count at dominican

republic resorts is rising. we have the latest on the investigations and whether americans should rethink vacationing in the caribbean travel destination. do you sleep with a stuffed animal? what about a childhood blanket? you are not alone. the new stats about adults with so-called comfort items may surprise you. it is wednesday, it is june 12th. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. lauren: here is how your money is moving at 5:00 a.m. u.s. stock market futures are lower, wall street looking at two days of losses awaiting consumer price inflation data out later this morning. dow is down 81 in the premarket. the yield on the 10 year treasury, 2.12%. look at oil, shows that commodity moving sharply lower as well. weighed down by weak demand and rising u.s. supply, down 3% this

morning for west texas, 51, 64 a barrel. stocks in asia closing in the red. the hang seng down 1.8%. in china, food prices soaring, the shanghai composite losing half of 1%. much the same in europe, sea of red for the three markets there. the german market opened today, it is down two-thirds of 1%. cheryl: welcome to "fbn: a.m." and good morning. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: good morning to you at home. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: battle in the hawk eye state. president trump and democratic presidential candidate joe biden both in iowa, trading jabs in the key bat-- battleground area. >> he said my name so many times, people couldn't stand it anymore. don't keep saying it. sleepy guy. lauren: edward r lawrence is at the white house with more. good morning, edward. >> reporter: good morning,

cheryl and lauren. both president trump and the former vice president, joe biden, were in iowa yesterday. they basically split the state in half with president trump working the western half of the state and vice president biden, the former vice president working the eastern part of the state. president trump saying he's not worried about the former vice president. >> i'd rather run against i think biden than anybody. i think he's the weakest mentally. i like running against people that are weak mentally. >> reporter: as the president hits the road in iowa for the first time this year, the white house tracking some harsh language by the chinese. president trump says that we had a deal with the chinese and unless they go back to that deal, he has no interest. china digging in. a spokesperson for the foreign affairs ministry says that the u.s. insists on escalating trade frictions, then china will respond with determination. he says the chinese also still refuse to confirm if the chinese

president xi-jinping will meet president trump at the g-20 summit. >> we note that for some time the u.s. has made multiple public statements that it looks forward to a meeting between the two heads of state during the g-20 summit. we will release information on this when we have it. >> reporter: the president says if that meeting does not happen for if it goes poorly he will impose a 25% tariff on basically everything else that china imports into the united states. some $300 billion worth of items. now, on monday the u.s. trade representative has a public hearing as to what items should be on the list. after that hearing, the u.s. trade representative will finish with a report. once the report is finished, the president can impose those tariffs. back to you. cheryl: thank you. well, the former vice president, joe biden, flip-flopping again, changing his tune on china. >> china imposes real challenges to the united states and some ways a real threat to the united states. cheryl: that is a 180-degree

change. this is what he said in iowa just last month. >> china is going to eat our lunch. come on, man. they're not bad folks, folks. but guess what? they're not competition for us. cheryl: this is his second major flip-flop in a week. last week hlauren: as trade tes between washington and beijing escalate, companies are responding. google reportedly moving more production out of china. that production includes the nest thermostat and server hardware. taiwan-based fox con says it's ready to shift production for apapple and the iphone out of china if necessary and china's huawei is cancelling the launch of a new laptop and pausing production of p.c. business out of restrictions on buying u.s. components. cheryl: breaking overnight,

chaos in hong kong. police firing tear gas as tens of thousands of protesters are blockingen are tri to government headquarters there. they are denouncing a proposed extrextradition law. >> the numbers are starting to grow. connell mcshane is live in hong kong with the very latest. how does it look, connell? how big the crowds 1234. >> reporter: it started much earlier in the day today. as we move into wednesday evening, it's not over yet. the reports that cheryl referenced of the tear gas and rubber bullets being used against the protesters have only come in in the last hour to 90 minutes and that follows a day of relative calm as thousands and thousands of people did turn out in the streets and they're upset about the extradition bill that you referenced. they were able to have quite an effect. they blocked the entrance to the legislature so nobody could get in there and actually have a debate over the bill. we were able to spend a few hours with these protesters.

i can tell you a few things about them. number one, almost all of them are young people, many of them grew up here, they say they love the freedoms they enjoyed in hong kong and they're afraid that things are changing, not changing for the better. you notice many of these people are wearing masks, no doubt afraid of the tear gas and rubber bullets that were to maybe come later in the day. they say they want to block their faces so authorities couldn't identify them if they saw them in person or on television. we spoke to them about the extradition bill. if it passes, if someone is accused of a crime here they could be sent to mainland china to be tried for the crime. they told them about some of their fears. take a listen. >> they have any reason to make us into a criminal and send us to china or some other places that we cannot imagine, so it is very serious situation. so we cannot make this one to get through. >> china can do whatever they

want and they can just take people from hong kong no matter what accusation. >> reporter: there's obviously plenty of opposition to this bill. the next steps are uncertain because the legislature is controlled by a pro beijing contingent. they would like to get the bill passed, possibly as early as next week but certainly today's' proprotests have thrown a monkey wrench in all of this. we'll follow this throughout tonight and the next few days. cheryl and lauren, back to you. cheryl: connell mcshane live in hong kong, connell, thank you. lauren: the proposed merger of t-mobile and sprint is facing a new you're dole from a group of state attorneys general, 10 stays led by new york and california, suing to block the deal, claiming it will drive up prices for consumers for cell phone services and reduce

competition. the lawsuit comes ahead of a review of the deal by a federal anti-trust officials. connecticut is one of the states that's suing. maria bartiromo will speak with the state's attorney general this morning on mari "mornings h maria." cheryl: economist martin feldstein has died after a fight with cancer. he was one of the influential academic economists of his generation. he served under president reagan. he later served in ad vicely positions to presidents george w. bush and barack obama. martin feldstein was 79 years old. lauren: here are some other headlines making news this morning. investigators say the helicopter pilot who died when he crashed atop a new york high rise on monday shouldn't have been flying in bad weather. faa regulations require that pilots have an instrument rating when flying through poor weather conditions and officials say that this pilot, timothy mccormick, did not have that

rating. he was the only death reported from the crash. the cause of the crash still unknown. japan's prime minister is heading to iran today, marking the first visit to that country by a japanese premier in 41 years, partly aimed at easing tensions between washington and tehran. the $120 billion merger between united technologies and raytheon facing stiff resistance from hedge funds. activist investor bill akman sent and e-mail to the ceo of united technology arguing the deal makes quote, no sense shares would be diluted. the new york post reports that thathird point also proposes the deal. today, maria bartiromo will speak with united technologies' ceo, greg hayes, as well as

raytheon's ceo, tom kennedy. renault shareholders are expected to vote in support of chairman john dominic cenard today. renault's biggest shareholder, the french government, says he has their full confidence. tensions report as he considered resigning hours after fiat chrysler withdrew the merger offer last week bans france failed to -- because france failed to back the deal. in honor of what would have been his 95th birthday, the u.s. postal service unveiling a stamp to honor former president george h.w. bush. the stamp features a striking image of bush. america's 41st president died last year at the age of 94. cheryl: we've got a lot more coming up this morning. president trump and former vice president joe biden going head to head in iowa with biden making far-out promises and

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on china, it's a good pivot. lauren: is this biden's way of dismissing the 2020 hopefuls and going straight up against president trump. >> this is biden looking forward. which he should be doing. the longer biden stays in the woods of the primary, the more he's going to be dragged either to defend his positions from the radical left or be pushed towards the radical left. he's focusing on trump. that works out better for him and his base. lauren: in the national journal, they write donald trump winning a second term depends on democrats making self-destructive decisions. we know that bernie sanders has a slight lead over president trump. would that be sanders' speech today on socialism? >> certainly. i mean, if you look at the polling, around three in 10 americans support medicare for all when they know it abolishes

private health insuranc insurane increases taxes. these are not popular when people understand what the policy implications are. lauren: senator gillibrand is sparing to having a position on pro life to being racist. listen. >> some issues that have such moral clarity that we have as a society decided that the other side is not acceptable. imagine saying that it's okay to appoint a judge who is racist or anti-semetic or homophobic. lauren: she's being criticized for that. what are your thoughts? >> ignoring the history of nugenics, consider this poll that shows that roughly half of the country opposes illegal abortion. if you look at polling, 0% of

the country supports kirsten gillibrand for president and statements like this is why. lauren: thank you very much for covering all of that for us. cheryl: all right. well, let's take a look at futures on your wednesday right now. as you can see, we've got red arrows across the board after strong gains yesterday, dow down 63, s&p down 7, nasdaq down 31 and-a-half. coming up, shocking new numbers about the severeity of the border crisis as mexico confirms a major move overnight to keep our border secure. and tesla's ceo elon musk making big promises but is he just taking investors for a ride? keep it here on "fbn: a.m.." ♪ geico makes it easy to get help when you need it.

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cheryl: google and facebook in the hot seat on capitol hill. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle criticizing the company's impact on the news industry. one of them calling it economic catastrophe. the general counsel for news corp. saying the marketplace for news is broken. >> many in silicon valley dismiss the press as old media. we're not losing business to an innovator who found a better and efficient way to report and investigate the news. we lose business because the dominant platforms deploy our content to turn around and sell that audience to the same advertisers we're trying to serve. lauren: news corp. and fox share common ownership. we bring in brett larsen to talk

about this. do you agree with what the general counsel was saying? >> this is a big issue with the online space. you have google, you have facebook. when you go on facebook and you watch a video that, say, we produced at fox business, facebook gets the revenue for that unless we have an ad somewhere implanted in it. and that's great. but we did the work and they get the money which isn't how content works. cheryl: it's not just larger companies, it's also smaller newspapers, think about the dallas morning news or arizona he republic. this is the first of many hearing about breaking up big tech. both sides of the aisle agree they want to break up big tech. are you sure that's the right road to go down? >> i don't know if that's the right road to go down. we were talking in the break about how these are massive companies, when you're talking about google and facebook and amazon and apple. they're big companies. but the argument could be made by all of them that consumers

aren't really hurting by the fact that they're so large. if anything, they're benefiting from it. prices on electronics are relatively stable. you could argue that apple products are overpriced and i would agree with you on that. google products are slightly less expensive because google is selling your privacy to everybody. they also sell advertising. everything is subsidized by advertising. when you look, content can't just be subsidized by advertising, especially when all of the money is going to three different companies because they get to call the shots about what the content is going to be and where the advertising is going to go and who is going to see it and they're going to make all the money off of it. lauren: that impedes news company's ability to invest in high quality journalism. let's talk about tesla, the shares are moving to the upside in the premarket. they had the annual meeting, musk promised several big things. >> always big promises. >> lauren: a car with a 400-mile range and they might get into

the rare earth mining business for your electric car battery. what? stock's up 2%. >> that part i found the most interesting is the rare earth mining. china sai said as the trade wars back and forth -- they control most of the mining minerals. we're talking about cobalt that goes into rechargeable batteries, this stuff is really important to have access to. fore long to come out and say, if we're not going to get it from one side of the ocean, we'll find it ourselves. good luck with that. lauren: is he taking us for a ride as investors? >> he could potentially take us for a ride. getting a 400-mile range, fantastic. drive me to work, i'm in. cheryl: thank you, brett. lauren: still ahead, jon stewart lashing out at lawmakers

over the 9/11 victims compensation fund. >> there is not an empty chair on that stage that didn't tweet out never forget the heros of 9/11. lauren: an emotional stewart calling out the no-shows on capitol hill. will it be enough for congress to properly take care of our 9/11 heroes? and mounting tragedies in the dominican republic, scaring away tourists. is it still safe to travel there? how you can protect yourself. we'll have that story coming up on "fbn: a.m.." ♪

lauren: let's get you caught up on global march he get action. tough trade stances pushing global stocks down. here in the u.s., futures down 60 points, looking at the dow, 7 on the s&p and 31 on the that's dabbing. we're awaiting cpi data here at home.

in europe, stocks in the red as well. half a percent declines for the ftse in london and the cac in paris. in asia, stocks closing in the red. we're looking at protests in hong kong, rising food prices, especially in china. the shanghai composite losing half of 1% and the hang seng down 1.7. cheryl: well, shocking testimony on capitol hill revealing the scope of the border crisis and as the trump administration presses congress to act, the president is praising mexico for stepping up to the plate. lauren: jillian turner is live in washington where immigration has taken center stage. good morning, jillian. >> reporter: the homeland security chief shared his concern with the senate judiciary commity painting a grim picture of what he calls a border crisis, that shows no signs of letting up despite the efforts to beef up border control. here's mcaleenan's exchange

yesterday. >> we did an expedited process last year. over 7,000 cases, 90% received final orders. >> 90% did not show up? >> correct. >> reporter: white house sources said mexico agreed to become what's called a safe third country, meaning migrants traveling through central america en route to the united states will have to claim asylum in mexico, rather than in the u.s., as that's their first stop. mexico's foreign minister said this way they'll be better able to assess migration flows, 45 days out from the deal struck last friday. president trump touted the deal in iowa. >> after many years, they stepped up to the plate. their president is a great gentleman. we had a great talk over the last couple of days. and met with their people. >> reporter: also breaking overnight, the mexican foreign minister confirmed national guard troops will head to mexico's southern border with

guatemala today. this is just one of many parts of an agreement struck friday to prevent new tariffs. u.s. customs and border protection reported that in the month of may alone, they encountered 144,000 migrants at the border, a level they say they haven't experienced in several decades. lauren and cheryl. lauren: jillian, thank you very much. cheryl: all right. well, president trump unloading on the federal reserve once again. the president tweeting the fed interest rate way too high, adding to ridiculous quantitative tightening. they don't have a clue, he wrote. michael lee, market strategist, joins us now. good morning. the effect of trump's criticism of the fed, what do you make of it? >> so we were just talking about with mexico and china and trade tariffs and his criticism of the fed, these are all interconnected. the goal of this administration has been to revitalize

manufacturing and work -- create more jobs for people on the lower end of the income scale and that's by and large has worked. all the other major industrialized done flies the world are use -- countries in the world are using various tools to subdic subsidize manufacturing. we are in the middle of resetting the world order in terms of international trade. cheryl: he's been consistent, from the campaign tria trail to, that he wants a weaker dollar. that is his presence. he was -- preference. he was watching fox business yesterday and tweeting about a discussion that was going on. he says maria, dagen, steve, you are the piggy banks that other countries have been ripping off for years. tariffs are a great negotiating tool, a great revenue producer around a powerful way to get -- and there's more. we can show the rest of it --

get companies to come to the usa. he says he won the tariff fight with mexico, the mexicans are willing to help us with the border and the migrant situation. seems to me that the president does think that this tariff strategy with china will pay off. >> i would say that china's already lost and now it's about saving face. a month or so ago they were ready to sign the deal, basically giving the u.s. everything that we wanted. and they pulled back and i think they only pulled back not because they're not going to eventually agree but because they need to save face. they need to look like they have a win here. and this happened a little bit too quickly. so look, i'm a skeptic on some of these tactics but it seems like with what happened in mexico, it's making me a little bit of a believer. cheryl: yeah, i think a lot of people agree with you this morning. michael lee, thanks for being on. always appreciate it. >> thank you. lauren: a second person is arrested overnight after david ortiz is shot in his hometown in

the dominican republic. it's not clear if the suspect is the gunman. right now the former red sox star recovering from his injuries at a hospital in boston. according to family he is walking and resting comfortably in intensive care after a second surgery. we wish him well. cheryl: this comes as the fbi joins the investigation into the series of tourist deaths in the dominican republic. six american tourists have died under mysterious circumstances in the last 12 months. officials insist the deaths were due to natural causes. travelers are having second thoughts about traveling to the island. should americans be worried? >> i would definitely expertise extreme caution. -- exercise extreme caution. they say the experiences are not linked. they share uncomfortable coincidences. lauren: if you look at the

numbers, amy, 6.5 million tourists visited the dominican last year. that is a lot of people. that is a lot of money. can you quantify the loss for the dominican republic here, potentially? >> well, you know, in 2019 they reported -- 2017 they reported over $7 billion in economic increase due to tourism there. and 65% of their tourism economy comes from the u.s. so i would imagine that this is going to hurt them quite a bit. cheryl: it's interesting, because local authorities are still saying natural causes. the state department we should adhere, amy, has not issued a travel warning to the dominican republic. at this point, in your opinion, should they? >> well, they're at a level two at this point. level two out of four. it's the same level that both the u.k. and france share as well as much of central america, south america, africa. so there's a lot of places that share the increased warning. i'm not sure if they should increase it to a level three at

this point. the fbi is still investigating. but i would certainly warn travelers to be very concerned. these incidences are happening on resort property, which should be the safest place for tourists to be. lauren: could it be a chemical that's used to clean a room or something else in the drinks at the mini bars in these hotel rooms that could be a common cause of these injuries, illnesses and deaths? >> in the research that i did, between the website i was poisoned.com as well as trip advisor, there are a lot of reports of food borne illnesses in these situations in these resorts, specifically the ones involved, the hard rock as well as the other two that were involved. it's not uncommon to see food related illnesses. however, i would say the coincidences related with the mini bar are quite questionable. cheryl: and trip advisor suspending reviews on their site for these d.r. resorts.

amy, thank you for being here. it's a troubling situation. appreciate your time. >> absolutely. my pleasure. lauren: jon stewart in a house judiciary committee hearing lashing out at congress and lawmakers for failing to ensure that a victim's compensation fund set up of after the 9/11 attacks never runs out of money. >> behind me, a filled room of 9/11 first responders and in front of me a nearly empty congress. sick and dying, they brought themselves down here to speak and no one. shameful. an embarrassment to the country and it is a stain on this institution. you should be ashamed of yourselves for those that aren't here, but you won't be, because accountability doesn't appear to be something that occurs in this

chamber. lauren: stewart has been a long-time advocate for 9/11 responders and making sure they have the money they need for illnesses they might experience later in life. cheryl: well, let's take a look at how your futures are doing on this wednesday. the dow is down 74 right now, s&p down 9 and a quarter, nasdaq down 37 and a quarter. well, coming up next, facebook's ceo, mark zuckerberg, getting a taste of his own medicine. the video that could have facebook rethinking its policy on removing content. and from security blankets to teddy bears, a new study shows the objects people cannot seem to sleep without, well into adulthood. keep it here on "fbn: a.m.." ♪ spend my nights howling at the

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lauren: here are some other headlines making news this morning. the house oversight committee plans to vote on holding bill barr and wilbur ross in contempt of congress. they are accused of not turning over documents. this comes one day after the full house voted to hold william barr and don mcgahn on civil contempt to force cooperation with subpoenas in the russia

investigation. it has been 25 years since nicole brown simpson and ron goldman were murdered. since then, o.j. simpson has been living in the shadow of what's called the trial of the century. he says he has moved forward and his life is moving into a phase called the no negative zone. he says neither he nor his children want to look back by talking about the 1994 murders. tables have turned on mark zuckerberg. an altered video of zuckerberg has approved where he appears to question his company's data practices. >> imagine this for a second. one man with total control of billions of peoples' stolen data, all their secrets, their lives, their futures, i owe it all to specter. lauren: this comes less than two weeks after the company was slammed by house speaker nancy pelosi for not taking down a

doctored video of her. it is grilling season and beyond meat wants you to take a bigger bite out of plants. the vegetarian protein company releasing a new version of its industry-changing burger. it says it looks, tastes and cooks more like beef than the original beyond burger. americans are sleeping like a baby. new research shows a third of us sleep with a comfort object from our cooledhood, whether -- childhood, whether that's a pillow, blanket or stuffed animal held over from when we were little. 34% of us keep something of sentimental value close to us when we sleep. my doctor's blanky is called uncle craig, believe it or not. cheryl: excessive heat is slamming the west. lauren: janice dean is live for us in the weather center with the forecast. janice: the story across the west is the incredible heat. across the southwest, we'll be

dealing with very high temperatures and dangerous heat. look at portland, 98 today. tomorrow we'll break the heat a little across the northwest. across california and the southwest, we're dealing with very high temperatures and dangerous heat so people are urged to stay indoors in the air conditioning, don't spend a lot of time outside. the past 24 hours shows you the trough across the east and what does that mean? it means rain in the forecast, not only for the next couple of days but into the weekend. here's the next batch that gets into the northeast tomorrow. we'll get a bit of a break friday and another batch this weekend. so taking a look at the precipitation over the next several days, you can he see as we get into next week some of the same areas that have been hit hard by flooding rainfall are indeed going to get hit hard again. so again, those two stories we're watching, especially the heat across the west, especially a across california and the southwest where it's not going to let up but across the northwest we'll get a break as we head into thursday and

friday. all right, ladies, back to you. lauren: here in the northeast, maybe a wet father's day. janice: it's possible. i'll bring you that forecast tomorrow. lauren: we know you will. thank you. cheryl: checking the markets for you this morning, we have red arrows across the board after several days of gains. dow down 86, nasdaq down 40 and a quarter. coming up, the biggest blowout in tournament history. the u.s. women's soccer team destroying thailand in a record-breaking world cup win. did they take the celebration too far? how the team's responding to backlash. and we talked about it with father's day right around the corner, one law mak lawmaker isg for a more inclusive type of celebration for father's day. we've got details on kind of the head-scratching proposal, that's coming up next. ♪ when life leaves you high and dry, i'll be at your door tonight, if you need help, if you need help.

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cheryl: the annual e-3 video game expo underway in los angeles and bigger than ever before, with professional athletes and online streamers pulling down big bucks. lauren: robert gray is certainly having fun, from the expo. >> reporter: e-3 is all about the fan experience. thousands of them streaming in to play, to dance and just to share the experience with other gamers. now, no new consoles being released this year. we got a sneak peek at the x-box, project scarlet, that's not coming until holiday next year. this year, focusing strictly on the games and lots of games. one of the most popular still going of course is fortnite from epic games across all platforms. but also getting new titles being introduced from the likes of take two interactive,

borderlands 3. much like hollywood, you've seen a lot of star power and a lot of sequels, new mario games, an avengers game, of course, and you had ayou had keanu reeves aa new title that he's starring in, cyber punk 2077. one of the components showing a lot of growth within the $100 billion plus video game industry, of course e-sports. within that, streaming as well. and we caught up with one of the pioneers of e-sports to talk about the growth in e-sports and the streamers who are making mad money. >> e-sports and the streaming culture are under the umbrella of gaming in general. many people think streamers making this kind of money these days is insane. if a hollywood actor gets a paid because he has a large a audience, it's appropriate that a popular gamer is going to get paid because he or she has a

large audience. >> reporter: the owner of the dallas cowboys taking a majority stake in a gaming company. many others are getting in on the game. right now i'm going to get in on some games so back to you. cheryl: thank you. a record win for team usa, beating thailand 13-0 in the most lopsided game in women's world cup history. >> making one here, she's got it. 13-0, u.s. lauren: listen to the crowd, fox news headlines 24/7 reporter carley shimkus is in france. i know you have all the highlights but you also have the backlash the team is facing today. >> reporter: yeah, there is a bit of controversy out there. good morning, lauren. good morning, shaimplet i want to start out by saying i feel lucky today. i'm at a champagne vineyard in

france. we thought this was an appropriate setting to celebrate team usa's big victory last night. it was an historic occasion, never in world cup history has a team scored 13 goals in a sin game. that's what happened last night. fans could not believe their eyes. watch. >> do you have a favorite player? >> alex morgan, for sure. >> alex morgan, amazing. >> alex morgan. >> alex morgan, definitely. >> alex morgan. >> alex morgan, by far. >> alex. >> reporter: the first goal was scored by star forward, alex morgan in the 12th minute. she went on to score four more goals, tying a world cup win right there. but the controversial element to all this is that she was asked later on in a press conference whether or not team usa played thailand too tough.

they're being criticized for celebrating after their ninth and tenth goal. morgan responded, saying that in the world cup, every goal matters and head coach jill ellis says she's got going to rein her team in, in such an important competition. for the most part, fans are happy and the players are pleased and a lot of people are tweeting about the tournament as well. it racked up 350,000 tweets. i'm going t clear for team usa. cheryl: you're live at a champagne house in france. i can't wait to see your expense report, carley. >> reporter: i may have to pocket some of this. but i'll try and be good. cheryl: miscellaneous, miscellaneous, miscellaneous. lauren: thanks, carley. coming up, feeling left out of father's day, one lawmaker thinks he's got the answer for you. you're not going to believe the proposal that is coming out of washington state. and are you ready for a celebrity fight club?

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♪ papa got soul. ♪ lauren: james brown this morning. a washington councilman is pushing to make father's day more inclusive. cheryl: tracee carrasco has this story. how is that supposed to work? tracee: should people who don't have kids be allowed to celebrate father's day. according to one council member in washington state, he says yes. he wants to call it, i didn't reproduce day. it would be celebrated on the same day as father's day, he says it's celebrating saving the planet. people who don't have kids should be praised because of the effect that humans have on the planets, that they should be praised for not bringing another human into the world. lauren: but they came from a father. tracee: that is true. you can imagine that this is meeting resistance. other council members saying

this is insensitive. there are some people who can't have kids, they would like to but they can't. so celebrating would be insensitive. cheryl: celebrities weighing in after a tweet from jus justin br went viral. tracee: justin bieber put out a tweet, challenging tom cruise to a fight. keep in mind the age difference. he says i want to challenge tom cruise to fight in the octagon. we don't know why he he's challenging him. people on social media turning this into a challenge. like let me pick a celebrity 31 years older than i am to challenge them to a fight. several tweets, some of them very funny, challenging meryl streep to a fight. cheryl: watch your back, cheryl. tracee carrasco, thank. lauren: we're not challenging her to a night. maria bartiromo, good morning. maria: good morning.

thanks for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo. it its wednesday, may 12th. breaking news, unrests on the streets of hong kong, police firing tear gas and rubber bullets as thousands of people protest against the proposed extradition law. we will take you there, live, to hong kong coming up. then taking action over china tariffs, google and nintendo are moving production, some production out of china. fox con says it is ready to move iphone production if needed. plus, joe biden flips his stance on china and it comes as he and president trump trade attacks on the campaign trail. wait until you see what he said he would do if he becomes president. investors on edge, futures pointing to a day of losses on wall street. there's a dekline of 80 points, a third of a percent on the dow, the nasdaq down 40, after the dow snapped a six day winning streak yesterday with a fractional loss, down 14 points on the dow, 1 point lower on the s&p and not even a point lower on the nasdaq,