thank you for being with us tonight, and good night from new york.cheryl: it is 5:00 a.m. here are your top stories a at this hour. the u.s. pointing the finger at iran after two oil tankers were attacked. iran denying the claim. this morning we have brand-new video that could be proof. iran tensions now weighing on the trade war after chinese president xi-jinping vows to step up his relationship with iran. and the stage is set for the first 2020 presidental democratic debate. who is in, who is out and why the left's latest push may be sinking their chance to take over the white house. plus, the daddy do-over. the popular trend among some fathers that's got them shelling out big bucks. it is friday. it's june 14th. "fbn: a.m." starts right now.

lauren: here is how your money is moving at 5:00 a.m. oil prices at $52.08, down a bit after yesterday's gains following an attack on two oil tankers near the entrance to the persian gulf. stock futures are down this friday morning. particularly looking at the nasdaq, which is down two-thirds of 1%. that on a warning from broadcom that the huawei ban will cost them $2 billion. taking a look at the yield on the 10 year treasury, 2.07%, market is pricing in a quarter percent chance of a rate cut next week. taking a look at stocks in asia, mixed performance. the shanghai losing 1% after the slowest industrial production in more than 17 years. and this is how stocks are trading in europe at this hour, also down across the board. the worst is the dax in germany, down two-thirds of 1%. cheryl: welcome to "fbn: a.m.." good morning. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: good morning.

hi, everybody. happy friday. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: we've got shocking new video to h show you that appears to show an iranian crew removing an unexploded mine from an oil tanker. the u.s. blaming iran for the attacks on friendships in the gulf of oman. lauren: griff jenkins joins us from the d.c. bureau this morning. griff, iran is denying any involvement in these attacks. >> reporter: good morning, cheryl and lauren. two more oil tankers attacked in the persian gulf near that criticals passage through the straits of hormus. iran had to say, iran rejects the unfounded claim with regard to the tanker incidents and condemns it in the strongest possible terms. the foreign minister suggests the attacks were designed to thwart talks between iran and japan. patient gone released a video showing iran's guard removing a

mine from one of the oil tankers. mike pompeo says this can only be the work of one perpetrator. >> this is based on intelligence, the weapons used, the level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar iranian attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. >> reporter: remember, just one month ago the administration blamed attacks on four different tankers nearby on iran. they rescued more than 20 crew members from the damaged tanker, it's another escalation between the u.s. and iran, a situation that has been deteriorating. patrick shanahan says while the u.s. does not seek conflict, we will defend its forces and safeguard he global commerce. japan's defense minister says he has no intention to send japanese troops to respond to

the attack. cheryl: the tensions with iran could impact the u.s. trade war with china. china's president vowed to stand by iran, even though the united states is blaming tehran for the attacks on those two oil tankers. xi says he's going to keep the relationship, no matter how the situation changes. the president of china has been a vocal critic of president trump's pressure on iran. lauren: president trump says canada and mexico are completely in line on usmca and it's up to the u.s. to get it passed. cheryl: edward lawrence at the white house with all the details. good morning, edward. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. president trump talking jobs and trade at the white house. he says he met with apple's ceo, tim cook. the president also saying that the usmca has bipartisan support in washington, d.c. he says that the house speaker needs to put it forward. >> we will get it done very, very fast if we can get support from really the democrats in

congress, nancy pelosi, they have to put the bill forward. >> reporter: next thursday canada's prime minister will be at the white house. he says they have already put forward the bill and next is the debate in the house of commons. u.s. officials say iran attacked tankers in the middle east. last month, four oil tankers were attacked by mines. president trump thanks abe for meeting the ayatollah but the president says i personally think it's too soon to think about making a deal. they are not ready and neither are we. as the japanese prime minister was in iran, his trade delegation was here in washington, d.c., trying to work out a trade deal. there's been a lot of contact between the administration and the japanese over the last month and-a-half. the president would like to announce soon at some point there's a trade deal with japan. back to you. lauren: edward, thank you. we are starting to see

repercussions of the prolonged trade conflict with china. broadcom said it will make $2 billion less in annual sales than expected following the ban on exports to huawei. taking a look at the shares of the company, they are down 8.5% in premarket trading. other chip makers are falling as well. more than 600 companies including walmart and costco, sending a letter to the president, urging him to resolve the trade dispute. cheryl: white house press secretary sarah sanders has announced she will leave her post at the end of the month. >> i want to thank you for an outstanding job. and thank you. >> i'm a mom. i have three amazing kids. and um going to spend a little more time with them. i'm going to continue to be one of the most outspoken and loyal supporters of the president. cheryl: president trump says he's encouraging her to run for governor when she returns home to arkansas where her father

once held that same job. lauren: and the office of special counsel is recommending that white house counselor, kellyanne conway be fired for violating the hatch act on numerous occasions. the hatch act aims to prevent executive staffers from engaging in activities to influence an election. they call the ruling unprecedented, suggesting it's politically influenced. cheryl: kim kardashian returning to the white house to continue her criminal justice reform efforts. she announced a ride sharing program with lyft to help former presprisoners get transportatioo job interviews. >> formerly incarcerated people will be gifted gift cards so they can get rides to and from job interviews, to and from jobs, family members. i want to thank the president for really standing behind this issue and seeing the compassion that he's had for

criminal justice. cheryl: kardashian is studying to be a lawyer. she lobbied president trump to pardon alice marie johnson who was serving life without parole for drug offenses. kpmg is facing criminal charges after four partners were found sharing confidential information about which of the firm's audits would be examined by regulators. pet smart's online business adding energy to the ipo market. chewy.com pricing at $22 per share on thursday, that is higher than expected. chewy has yet to make a profit but is reportedly valued at above $7 billion and will start trading today on the new york stock exchange under the ticker chwy. new concerns about skie cereals parents feed their kids. some contain traces of the

chemical found in the weed killer roundup. 21 products tested are made by general mills including cheerios, nature valley products. general mills says it's working to minimize the use of pesticides in the ingredients it uses. lauren: let's take a look at oil and stock futures this friday morning. oil is at $52.01 a barrel, it's giving back some of yesterday's gains, down 27-cents this morning as we continue to explore tensions rising in the middle east between the u.s. and iran. the u.s. is blaming iran and says they have the pictures to prove it for an attack on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. where does the conflict go from here? the toronto raptors making history, how they took down a dine city to win their first ever nba t battle title. we're going to have all of that coming up on "fbn: a.m." ♪ we'll be coming back for you

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the attack. right now it's at $52.08. let's bring in a research fellow on the foundation for defense democracy and bill flynn. guys good morning. i want to start with this news of china's kind of cozying up to the iranians. this seems like a pretty kind of dangerous move on the chinese president's part. no? >> i fullly agree here. great to with you. i think the chinese and the russians with whom the u.s. is ingaged in this power competition has used iran and other actors as a pawn in their larger gain of strategic competition with the west and we should expect china and russia to try to fan the flames of conflict with america and cut at america without risking retaliation themselves. cheryl: the danger is the disruption of oil, the attack on

the gulf of oman affected the contract yesterday. how concerned are traders this morning? >> they should be because this is the greatest risk we've seen to supply for quite a long time. the market prices are fairly steady, actually a little lower today, because they're hoping that things will calm down a little bit. we've seen other attacks here over the last couple of months and then the situation seemed to be calm. the only reason we're not seeing prices really spike here today, cheryl, is because the u.s. is a major oil producer. we have a lot of supply here in the united states. also, there's a lot of concern about demand growth as well. cheryl: there is a military threat here as well, not just to oil supply and i'll take that to you. at that the end of the day, even japan and shinzo abe are trying to smoothings over with the iranians. since president trump took us out of the iran nuclear accord last year, iran said they will

continue to try block the strait. is this going to continue? >> i think iran is going to try to -- >> i think it is. cheryl: sorry, i'll take that to you. >> i think iran is going to try to make good on the threat. as on posed to formally blocking it, they're going to go after tankers, go after highly symbolic oil infrastructure targets. iran's goal is to not invite retaliation but to p engage in denyable attacks, basically take its strategy of terrorism, which worked so well on land, and export that into the sea and basically force the u.s. to swerve, perhaps issue some kind of sanctions relief and take advantage of america's desire for a deal and try to win one over against the president. cheryl: it's interesting too, phil, because on the global economic side we just got this report from the iea about concerns about the global economy, the forecast for demand growth in oil is actually down. oil is up 45% in the first four months of 2019 and now we've got price pressure going on. >> i think there's a lot of

concern about the trade war slowing down the global economy. when i look at those numbers, there is a lot of transitory issues that probably cause some of those slowdown as well. the iea has not been very good at predicting demand. they had a big downgrade in demand growth a year ago. they missed it by wide shop. i'm concerned we're taking this too quietly. i think there's significant risk a and i think demand is going to be better than people think. cheryl: final word to you. what do you think the next move by iran is going to be? should we be on guard for more attacks? we've already beefed up the military presence in the region. >> absolutely. i think iran is going to try to use proxies against u.s. interest in the region. we should look at their nuclear program. come july 7, if they make good on their threats, iran would be in formal violation of the nuclear deal.

cheryl: we'll see if they listen to world leaders. gentlemen, thanks to both of you. have a great weekend. lauren: a two-day winning streak for equities is over. futures are down this morning, not by much but still lower. major averages holding on to gains for the week. nasdaq is down 46 now. on tap, we have retail sales and industrial production for the month of may later this morning. amazon getting sued, why parents are enraged over the company and the digital assistant. everything is big in vegas, from the shows to the jackpots. why bitcoin is now even bigger than sin city and not in a good way. keep it here on "fbn: a.m.." ♪ ♪ viva las vegas. ♪ viva las vegas. the latest innovation from xfinity

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cheryl: hong kong getting back to business this morning and the world's most influential tech and business leaders are gathering to talk about everything from trade tensions to the issue of artificial intelligence race. lauren: we've got consistent ce at the tech conference where all this is going down. good evening, connell. >> reporter: good evening to you or good morning from your point of view. it's interesting to get beyond what we've been reporting on in hong kong the last few days and have broader discussions on the issues you guys mentioned, the u.s.-china trade war would dominate the background of any type of discussion. that's been the case here and having some talks on the sidelines with a number of key officials that are here. there are themes emerging. almost everyone has told me there's been some big changes in the last few months, maybe the last few weeks in terms of the

level of tension that has been going up and it's affected the business climate. the economic slowdown in china everybody here would agree is real. there's been talk of layoffs at tech companies. the next area to watch, i found this interesting and a number people told me, talent. look to see where the talent is going. are there people who are living and working in china that decide they've had enough of the tensions, they want to get out of china. at the same time, do those people decide to go to the united states or maybe it's a third country that's not involved as directly in the trade war. i found that quite interesting. we spoke to the ceo of booking holdings, glen fogle earlier, get a view of the travel flow and the booking economy. here's what he told us. take a listen. >> there certainly seems to be more time to hear people talking about recession coming. when we look around the world and we see what's happening right now, we see planes are filled, hotels are filled,

people are traveling. >> reporter: so certainly people are able to hang in there and we're broadcasting to you from one of those beautiful hotels here in hong kong that mr. fogle referred to. next week we have a lot coming up. we will report on the challenge of china moving from hong kong to the mainland. on monday, we confirmed this a short time ago, a rare tv interview and look, a rare look inside of huawei, the company will be traveling there on monday morning, china time, that's something to look forward to on the fox business network, right in the middle of the trade war. we'll be there, inside huawei on monday you day. lauren: good stuff, connell. speaking of monday and next week, are any protests planned to continue? and how big are they expected to get, if so? >> reporter: you broke up a little bit. i believe you were asking about the protests here.

there is a plan to have the protesters back in the streets, protesting that controversial extradition law on sunday. 2:30 hong kong time. so we'll see. things have certainly calmed down here the last couple days. it kind of feels like the calm in between the storms. we'll follow that and then there's still no schedule as to when they're actually going to debate that law but the protesters are supposed to be back at it on sunday. cheryl: connell, we'll see you next week and all day today on fox business. facebook's new cryptocurrency is getting some major backers. more than a dozen companies including big names like visa, mastercard, pay pal and uber agreed to back the payment system. facebook will unveil it next week and hope to launch it next year. lauren: if you're betting big on bitcoin, you may want to check your carbon footprint. a new study from the technical university of munich finds that computers that generate bitcoin and process transactions put out

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cheryl: get you caught up on global market action. oil prices right now $51.99, a loss of a little more than half a percent after yesterday's gains, following that attack on two oil tankers near the enhance to the persian gulf. taking a look at futures this morning, slightly lower. the dow is down 32, s&p down 6 and-a-half, nasdaq down 47 and three quarters. nasdaq under pressure, especially after that warning from broadcom that the huawei ban is going to cost them $2 billion. it's a stock watch today. china is down 1% after the slowest industrial production in more than 17 years. finally taking a look at european markets, all about the ecb this weekend. there is pressure there. all of those markets are in the red. lauren: setting the stage, the crowded field of democrats set for the first debate of the 2020 campaign. cheryl: the candidates rushing to break from the pack and set themselves apart. aishah hasnie joins us with the details.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lauren around cheryl. the invites are out. the big dance that everybody's talking about, here's a look at those who made the cut. the candidates who qualified for the first debate, current frontrunner joe biden of course at the top. bernie sanders, elizabeth warren and kamala harris among the well-known names. here's who is out. montana governor steve bullock among the four left behind. he's already challenging that decision, though, claiming he did meet the polling threshold needed to get on stage. we'll see what happens with that. the stage isn't set yet but several democrats going into this ready to impeach the president. senator kamala harris said if she's elected she will go after obstruction of justice charges. president trump responding to that on abc. >> she's running for president, she's doing hou horribly, she'sy down in the polls. i heard she made that statement. probably if i were running in her position i would make the

same statement. there was no crime. there was no russia collusion. >> reporter: there is one democrat contender out there standing out for saying no to putting a political rival behind bars. >> one pattern america should seek to avoid is prosecuting past leaders and presidents and imprisoning them. that's something that america has never fallen into and that's the way i would hope that we would proceed with me the white house. >> reporter: you won't see all 20 candidates on stage at once. it might be too much to take all at once. they will be split into two different groups over two different nights. lauren: still, a lot of candidates. thank you so much. for more on this i want to bring in white house correspondent amber athey. good morning, amber. we know who made the cult, who did not. -- made the cut, who did not. what do you expect to hear? >> everyone will claim the

criteria is not fair, especially if they didn't make it. the dnc has a history of being accused of being unfair to minor at this candidates -- minority candidates. it's not surprising they're facing criticism. lauren: what's the best strategy for the candidates? to attack one another? to attack president trump? or to talk about policy and what they'll do as president? >> that's a great question. i would say talk about policy. the voters especially in midwestern states like iowa are clamoring for policy solution. they don't want to hear the democrats talk about president trump. at the same time, we saw a winning strategy for trump in 2016 on a very crowded debate stage was to be very bullish and to attack his fellow candidates. i think if you're going to see any candidate do that, it would likely be bernie sanders. he's a tough guy who doesn't like being attacked by others. he will likely hit back. if you look for someone with

policy solutions, you'll probably like liz warren out of this. lauren: she seems to be pushing others to come out with a plan since she has a plan for everything. her latest is to erase student debt. is that really -- do you think that's more of a gimmick? >> i think that's trying to prove she has the progressive chops. she's kind of bernie''s protege at this point. a lot of people may think it sounds good on its face and then they think about the implications. also, the idea that people should incur debt that they cannot pay back later, that kind of erases the whole idea of taking out a loan. lauren: talk of impeachment, how much do you think that is going to be on the stage at the debate? >> it will be but it shouldn't be. democratic voters have already said overwhelmingly they don't support impeaching the president. this is more of another virtue

signaling for the progressive wing of the party. lauren: amber, thank you. cheryl: some of those 2020 democrats are going head to head with big tech right now. amazon taking on former vice president joe biden. the company responded after biden tweeted this, tha no compy pulling in billions of dollars should pay a lower tax rate than firefighters and teachers. amazon hit back. here's what amazon tweeted. we paid $2.6 billion in corporate taxes since 2016. we paid every penny we owe. congress designed the tax law to inspire companies to invest in american economy and we have. assume v.p. biden's complains complaint is with the tax code, not amazon. >> bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio-cortez are taking shots at amazon prime's planned new credit card. amazon wants the card to help consumers rebuild their credit scores. the card comes with a high

interest rate. sanders tweeting this kind of greed makes the poor even poorer and aoc and i intend to outlaw it. by the way, 28% is the interest rate on that card. cheryl: well, our own maria bartiromo had a chance to sit down with real estate developer and billionaire, larry silverstein. they covered everything from the lessons learned after 9/11 to the state of the u.s. economy. maria: what are you seeing then? there's all this conversation happening right now that a recession is on the horizon, look at the inverted yield curve, the federal reserve just recently said, look, we stand ready to act to cut rates. do you see a recession on the horizon? >> honestly, i don't. then again, i'm a little bit of an optimist. i tend to look at things with rose-colored glasses. but as i also look around, i see much of america doing well. theeconomy, much of the economys strong, doing well. look at the job market. there's really nothing short of

remarkable. cheryl: let's bring in gus gako. do you agree with his take take on the economy? >> the short answer is yes. cheryl: okay. let's move on. why do you agree with him? >> there's a whole host of reasons. when we look at the headline numbers for employment, that's the most important thing you want to look at. if you dig deeper, the jobs created in this country are coming from small business. right now, the optimism index from the small business owners is at an all-time high. they can't find enough people to work. and no matter what you are, blue collar, white collar, no matter what ethnic group, you're looking at tremendously low unemployment levels at this point. so i think that says a lot rigt there. cheryl: is there any risk out there you see to what is a strong economy and a good economy and a great job market? is there one thing you can point to that makes you worry? >> as long as the china-u.s. trade tensions continue, you end up having a lack of visibility,

so companies are not willing to invest in more cap ex and things like that, that keep the economy rolling but also improve productivity and that's been a real mainstay that's been under the radar screen. we have 3% productivity growth, triple what we had from 10 years prior. think of this. the more productivity you have, the more you can pay people, the more you can invest and the cycle continues. cheryl: let's talk about the g20. we're looking for a president between president trump and president xi-jinping on the trade issue and the issue of india and russia, these are important leaders throughout our world, in particular the indian prime minister. what do you expect to see? what do you hope to see out of the g-20. >> i think we'll try to get some sort of inclusion where you t get some sort of agreements, even if it's slight movements forward, whether it's u.s. and china or looking at india and russia. we're looking to come together here. the united states really is pulling the world's economy at this point. and people are realizing china is important but the u.s. is

still the heart of the matter. we're 25% of gdp growth. the russian and indian economies together only make up about 25% of what the u.s. does. so, i mean, you need us in order for clay to do well, for europe to do well and right now i think we're at an impasse but that will get over, over the next couple of months. cheryl: i brought this up earlier in the show but president xi-jinping has made some comments that he seems to be cozying up to the iranians. do you think that's going to be a problem for president trump at the g-20? do you think president trump is going to have a problem with that is my question. >> i'm hoping that the united states come to some sort of deescalation. let's face it. right now, everything hinges around china and the u.s. the other things are kind of side notes. the united states in terms of looking across, whether it's oil, looking at the economy, we're actually sitting in the cat bird seat. cheryl: thank you so much for being here. have a great weekend. and you can catch more of maria

bartiromo's interview with larry silverstein tonight on maria bartiromo's wall street at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. lauren, take it away. lauren: let's get to other headlines making news. a new york woman is the latest american tourist to die in the dominican republic. reports say she went on vacation june 5th. was found dead of a heart attack in her hotel room. at least six american tourists have died under mysterious circumstances in the last year in the dominican republic. officials have called these isolated incidents. u.s. officials are investigating if counterfeit alcohol played a role in this of the death hads. amazon's alexa being sued. a pair of lawsuits allege the voice assistant violates laws in nine states bill illegally storing recordings of children on the devices. amazon says it stores data once it's given permission to. parents can delete child's profile and recordings. how long would you wait to go on a ride at an amusement park?

universal debuted the newest harry potter ride yesterday and fans started lining up at sunrise. there was a 1 0 10 hour wait foe ride. now an app will alert fans when it's time to return to the line. oh, dear. more companies joining on the promotional bandwagon for stranger things. burger king will sell an upside down whopper. it will also be served in classic packaging,, packageing from the 1 1980s. nike is making retro sneakers that were also on sale in the 1980s. do you remember your '80s sneakers? cheryl: i loved the '80s. great decade. fresh off president trump's trade victory with mexico,

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sending a message to president trump, urging him to end the trade war with china. more than 600 companies like walmart and costco and trade groups signing a letter, warning the president of the consequences of these escalating tariffs. they say jobs are at stake and so is economic growth. we bring in retail analyst from h squared research. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. lauren: we have public hearings on monday on what could the impact be of slapping a 25% tariff on everything from china. what do you see as the impact of that? >> it will have a major impact. the issue is whether or not these tariffs are really going to get implemented. so we saw tariffs be imposed. however, it's on merchandise that's not necessarily things that we need every single day. these are things like toys, potential shoes, whatnot. that's the issue. it's when it starts getting

taxed, the things american consumers need every day that becomes an issue. lauren: the latest round of tariffs are threatening to do that. everything you buy for your daughter is going to cost you more money. the wall street journal found these are the numbers. 73% of those surveyed say they expect the short-term trade cost to outweigh any long-term benefits here. so that's concerning, that this really could affect our economy and the consumer. >> it could have a major impact. again, we've seen the president go up to bat with countries, for example, like mexico, when it comes to the trade negotiations. so i think he's trying to play hardball here. it's a policy move, not necessarily something that i think he thinks is really going to get implemented. he's really, again, trying to play hardball with china when it comes to the trade negotiation. i think -- i'm not in the president's head right now, but i think in general this type of

economic policy, they're basically waiting for china, since mexico came to the table with negotiating deals, they're waiting for china to do the same thing. lauren: it's a completely different ballgame, if you ask me. the consumer is caught in the middle here. there is fears that if the consumer starts pulling back, not spending as much and the economy slows, can the president run on a strong economy in 2020 when he's going to need to. what do you expect from retail sales today? >> well, the retail sales have been overall pretty good, up until this point. i think if we do see a dive in retail sales, i don't know if it's necessarily going to have to do with these potential tariffs. we have to look at retail earnings, for example, and what same store sales are doing first and foremost before we look at these tariffs. again, lauren, we're looking at a long-term effect if these tariffs go into place and these are on items that aren't necessary goods. we're talking about toys and shoes. lauren: and electronics.

>> sure, electronics. these are discretionary items, they're not -- lauren: and alcohol. >> again, discretionary items. so that's what we're looking at. but again, once we start seeing tariffs imposed on things like milk and eggs and that kind of thing, that's when we need to start getting worried. lauren: got it. thank you. have a good week. cheryl:weekend.cheryl: futuresn slightly, the dow is down 48 right now, s&p down 9 and-a-half, the nasdaq is down 59. coming up, one man snatching victory from the clutches of two kids in an orioles game. was this fair? we're going to talk about it. and how one supermarket's attempt to shame customers into protecting the environment backfired. keep it here on "fbn: a.m.." ♪ in between what i find pleasing. ♪ and i'm feeling fine.

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cheryl: a new nba champion is crowned and history is made. lauren: mike gunzlman is here. >> congratulations to the toronto raptors, winning their first championship last night in franchise history, defeating the golden state warriors, 114-110, in a game that came down to the last second before the raptors got their first major sports tie title in canada since 19 1993. clay thompson came down the wrong way, you can see the knee twist. he would be helped off the

court, walking back to the locker room. then he came back and made both of his fre free throws. he tore his acl. he was unable to return to the game. raptors fans won't be going hungry today. at the start of the season, mcdonald's said they would give away a free medium size order of french fries any time the raptors scored more than 12 3-pointers in the game. the raptors are very good at hitting 3s. last night was the 55th time this season that the raptors made more than 12 3-pointers. to california we go where the first round of the u.s. open wrapped up with justin rose as the leader with 6 un 6 under. it tied tiger woods back in

2000. speaking of tiger woods, he finished five strokes yesterday at one under. it was a rough day for jordan spieth. he finished at one over for the day. on the eighth hole he shot the ball pretty far from the hole. what does he do next? he called out his caddie on the air. >> super he's shot. you got me in the water on one and in the green on the other. >> some on social media not happy with him doing that. they said you're the golfer, not the caddie. back in january, a st. louis blues fan put $400 on them to win the stanley cup. the blues ended up defeating the bruins in that game seven championship. and the payout, i don't know, how about $100,000 on that

ticket. in this baseball game, it shows a middle aged man running and beating two kids to get a foul ball. rather than giving it, he keeps the ball for himself. who does that? cheryl: he's getting beat up on social media. >> good. cheryl: thank you so much for being here. lauren: coming up supermarkets plan to shame customers who use plastic bags, that majorly backfires. we have details coming up. the latest trend sweeping dads who want to look good for father's day. be right back. ♪ oh, yo yeah, how sweet it is o be loved by you. ♪ how sweet it is whoa. travis in it made it. it's amazing. oh is that travis's app? it's pretty cool, isn't it?

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♪ ain't no drag. ♪ papa's got a brand-new bag. lauren: paper or plastic in speaking of bags. the supermarket is guilting customers into going green. cheryl: tracee carrasco has that story. what are they doing. tracee: there's a canadian grocery store that wanted to shame customers that didn't bring in their own reusable bags, by charging then five cents a bag and putting embarrassing messages on the plastic bags, things like you can see, there they are, colon care, adult videos.

they wanted you to be embarrassed walking out of the store with these plastic bags in hopes that next time you bring your own bag. that kind of backfired. because now customers say hey, these are pretty funny. we want to collect these. we like these bags. lauren: i think they're awesome. tracee: now they're collecting the bags, not sure if they really got their message across to bring in their own reusable bags. cheryl: real quick, dad bod. tracee: it's a thing. dads are getting plastic surgery because they want to look good on the beach and at work. in 2018, cosmetic procedures went up about 29% for men. cheryl: good for them. lauren: happy father's day. if you need a present -- i have a podcast on some of this stuff. that's it for us. cheryl: send it over to dagen mcdowell, "mornings with maria" right now. dagen: good morning. great to see everyone.

i'm dagen mcdowell, in for maria bartiromo. it is friday, june 14th. breaking news, rising tensions, the u.s. blaming tehran for the fuel tanker attacks in the gulf ooman and releasing new video of what it says is an iranian navy boat removing an unexploded mine from a tanker. calling for a trade truce, more than 600 companies urging president trump to reach a deal with china to prevent the next round of tariffs from going into effect. the huawei ban hitting chip makers, broadcom slashing the sales guidance, the stock sinking and dragging down the entire sector, 9% loss in premarket trading for broadcom. facebook's crypto push, reportedly unveiling a new currency next week and it's got some major backers. we'll tell you who's in and how it differs from bitcoin. and oh, canada, the toronto raptors winning their first ever nba championship, drake celebrating with new music.

"mornings with maria" starts right now. ♪ dagen: breaking news right now, tensions rising in the gulf following the tanker attack near iran. the u.s. releasing this new video of what it says are iranians removing an unexploded mine from one of the vessels. this coming after secretary of state mike pompeo placed blame on iran for the attacks. >> it is the assessment of the united states government that the islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman today. this assessment is based on