pastor robert jeffress. thanks for being with us. see you tomorrow. good night from new york. [♪] cheryl: it's a5:00 a a.m. here are your top stories at this hour. falling from the cloud, amazon taking a major hit for the first time in two years. its grim holiday forecast and they're spending billions to expand free one day delivery, all of had that hurting the stock, down more than 9% in the overnight trading hours. is spending from the company going to pay off? >> this is going to be a huge weight on the markets, especially for tech shares. say good-bye to gas powered cars, one top democrat putting the party's green initiative where the rubber meets the road, saying if democrats win in 2020, a lot of cars are going to go off the road for good. cheryl: a new poll shaking up

the 2020 race, putting joe biden in fourth place. president trump may having else to worry about. why biden or warren may not be his biggest threat. do you tip your uber driver? a new study reveals whether it's men or women who dip into their wallet. it is friday, october 25th. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. ♪ ♪ singing i love rock and roll. ♪ put another dime in the juke box, baby. ♪ i love rock and roll. ♪ come and take your time and dance with me. ♪ smiled so i got up and asked for his name. ♪ that don't matter he said because it's all the same. cheryl: a little joan jett to wake you up this morning. it's friday. welcome to "fbn: a.m.." good morning, i'm cheryl casone.

>> i'm deirdre bolton, in for lauren simonetti. cheryl: a lot to talk about in the markets as we wrap up the second busiest week earnings. we're going to get verizon before the bell. all major average as higher for the week. the dow is lower in the premarket by 10, s&p and nasdaq are slightly higher. stocks in asia, the nikkei, shanghai, kospi up, hang seng lower. cheryl: the goal line for brexit will likely move again despite boris johnson's deal with the eu. there is pressure in europe. the cac, dax are in the red. shares in amazon are lower in the premarket. third quarter profits falling 26% from a year ago, so missing the estimate. amazon's push for faster delivery eating into profits. the stock dropping 7% after hours, that was yesterday. the company's fourth quarter outlook disappointing analysts

as well. cheryl: amazon says costs for the one day shipping program which customers love is nearly doubled to $1.5 billion. that's going to be for the holiday season that's coming up. jeff bezos saying, quote, it's the right long-term decision for our customers. also, amazon web services, the company's cloud computing operation, also showed signs of slowing growth but just slower. bezos lost about $7 billion in personalal wealth and he also lost his title as the world's rich evidence man to bill gates. for now, anyway. >> for now. they're still both doing fine. verizon reporting this morning before the open of trade. an lists predict -- analyst predict a 2% increase in earnings from the same quarter last year. investors will be looking for advances on the 5g front. verizon trying out the technology in several markets. the goal is 30 cities by the end of the year. the company says half of the u.s. will be accessible by next year. cheryl: well, top u.s. and

chinese trade officials are set to talk over the phone today. that's just a day after vice president pence gave a major speech on china thats was not as harsh as had been expected but it was still pretty hawkish. >> edward lawrence is in dc with the latest. >> reporter: the chinese announced a series of changes to their regulation this that the u.s. has been looking for for 19 months. the regulations protect foreign companies' intellectual property, prevent forced transfer of technology and uphold pa patent and trademark infringements. that prompted a change in mike pence's speech. still a hard line on human rights, blasting china over national security concerns like spying and cyber theft, calling out the chinese for exporting what pence calls the world's largest surveillance state. the vice president saying the united states does not seek confrontation with china but wants to level the trade playing field and secure respect for american values.

>> we seek a level playing field, open markets, fair trade, and a respect for our values. we are not seeking to contain china's development. we want a constructive relationship with china's leaders. like we have enjoyed for generations with china's people. >> reporter: his speech put china on notice for the abuses. it also took aim at american multinational companies, specifically mentioning nike. >> nike promotes itself as a so-called social justice champion. but when it comes to hong kong, it prefers check its social conscience at the door. nike stores in china actually removed their houston rockets merchandise from their shelves to join the chinese government in protest against the rockets' general managers' seven word tweet which read fight for

freedom, stand with hong kong. >> reporter: he added that nba players and owners routinely exercise their free right to criticize the country but he says lose their voice when it comes to freedom and rights of people in china, siding with the communist party. later on today, the heads of the two trade teams will talk by phone to try to finalize the legal language in the phase one deal. hopefully the add medicine vacation would like it -- administration would like it signed within the next three weeks. cheryl: the vice president used his speech to weigh in on the controversy between the nba and china. you just heard that. pence also really slammed the league for not standing up more for hong kong's pro democracy protesters. that sparked the ire of retired nba star charles barkley. >> vice president pence needs to shut the hell up, number one. all american companies are doing business in china. i don't understand why these holy heholier than thou politicf

they're so worried, why don't they stop all transactions with china. the pentagon is planning to send tanks and soldiers to eastern syria in order to protect oil fields there. so this would mark the first deployment of tanks to syria. the plans coming a day after president trump announced a permanent cease fire in northeast syria and said a small number of u.s. troops would guard oil fields previously held by isis and now in syrian kurdish hands. cheryl: charles yo schumer wans all gas powered cars off the road within 10 years. he's proposing a $462 billion trade-in program to get millions of americans into electric or hybrid cars. his plan also calls for spending about $45 billion to build charging stations, even though a lot of private companies are already doing that.

here are other headlines we're following this morning. a sears reece of failures -- series of failures blamed in the final report on the deadly lion air crash in indonesia. federal regulators criticizing boeing over the failed anti-stall system which pushed the plan plane's nose down. boeing says it has addressed the flaws and grounded the 737 max models earlier this year. power could be shut off at nearly all of northern california this weekend. utility company pg&e trying to prevent new wildfires from erupting. the fast-moving fires scorching the wine country. a second fire threatening homes in the la area. the fire forcing thousands to evacuate. it is beginning to look a lot like christmas at walmart. overnight, the retail giant

launchinlaunching its earliest g sales earlier. there's a late thanksgiving this year. all of walmart's early deal drops are online, available including an ipad for $299 and bose headphones for $39. that's an amazing price. cheryl: you know what else happens this weekend, hallmark channel starts christmas movies 24/7. let's take a look at how your money is moving this morning. you can spend a little more for the holidays, the future% higher by a point for the dow, s&p up 2 and three quarters, nasdaq up 12 and three quarters. we're getting verizon before the bell. we're going to stay with the big news, that's amazon. company says they've got to spend money to make money. after forecasting its holiday sales are going to disappoint,

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deirdre: shares of amazon lower in the premarket. the company's third quarter he net income fell 26% from a year ago. amazon posting a profit of $4.23 per share. that missed analyst expectations. revenue was slightly higher. the company's push for faster delivery ate into profits. charlie o'shea is with us now. cheryl: and pete is here as well. charlie,ism going to start with you. shipping was the big story. bezos is sticking by it. he says this is the long-term strategy, this will work. our customers want one day prime. >> they don't have a choice. because they're competing with brick and mortar retailers that can get you product in an hour if you want it. and walmart doubles down with we're going to do p same day grocery delivery for $100 a year. walmart's got 5400 stores in te u.s. of.

an analyst said yesterday amazon's got 100 plus fulfillment centers, that pales in comparison what brick and mortar can unlock. 40 to 50% of online sales at a brick and mortar store is picked up at a store. this is amazon's counter to having to roll out brick and mortar. deirdre: the race is on. it's walmart versus amazon. some of the other retailers are hanging in there. one of our colleagues at in order state of michigan -- nordstrom opened up a physical store in new york city. as far as the retail goes, who do you see winning? can you pick a winner. >> if you're talking about holiday, walmart is typically a big winner every holiday. target is up there, best buy will be up there, costco will be up there. people don't focus on costco enough. it may be the best run retailer in the world. i think l amazon stays in the game in a big way, but the competitive landscape has shifted as the brick and mortar

guys know cussed more online, they're -- focused more online, they're using the stores. cheryl: you have the second largest mall about to open up in new jersey. web services is a big chunk of profits driven at amazon. there was growth but it was slower growth and that seemed to be a negative ton company last night. >> i think this is fueling a lot of the negativity and the shifting stock price we're seeing in the afterhours trading that, yes, it's a monstrous business for them, yes, they're the dominant player in the field but it is the slowest growth for amp son web -- amazon web services in about five years. deirdre: it was still 35% growth. that's down from 45%. >> i don't understand a lot of the negativity. i get it from a numbers perspective. but it's the law of large numbs betters. they're the biggest player. it's as massive -- it's like # % of their overall profit.

deirdre: microsoft azure is coming from them. >> when you see what happened years ago, there was a huge push to the cloud which paid off. microsoft's cloud business is slowing as well. you can't have these massive 79% sort of year over year gains and expect that to continue. amazon's just a little further along in that process. cheryl: we're looking a the guidance for the holiday quarter, i found that pretty interesting. because there's a lot of talk about the economy. are we weakening, the trade war for china, is that hurting the consumer. amazon flat-out came out and said we do expect a little bit of pressure during the holidayses, not just from their operational costs but from the consumer. what did you make of that? >> i think every year -- i've been doing this for 16 years at moody's. every year i end up saying this will be the most promotional holiday i think i've ever seen. i think this year will be the most promotional holiday. you've got the shipping issues. you've got all sorts of promotions. anybody can ship for free. that's no big deal.

if you're willing to bear the brunt of the cost and amazon spent $9 billion in ke q3 shipp, sales only popped $10 billion. you're seeing that phenomenon. i think this holiday from an amazon perspective, it's possible if you look at the company's guidance, they may not make money as a retailer this fourth quarter because if you look to pete's point, if you look at aws at 2, 2, 2, 3 in operating income, the top end of the guidance i think is 2, 6. so this is setting us up for a profitability wise holiday season in 2019 and that's going to create a lot of opportunity for folks. cheryl: like walmart. >> yes. the problem with the competition is amazon doesn't need to make money. shareholders don't seem to care they're not making money in a lot of quarters. every other retailer has to make money. there will be a race to the bottom on pricing this l holiday. the question is -- we look at it like a limb h limbo contest, how

can you go. if the bar gets too low, some retailers may walk away from the sale and amazon may end up picking up more revenue. cheryl: you made a good point about regulation before the show. you said dc is going to be bezos' biggest problem coming up next year. why? >> two years ago, i would have said it's not a big deal an the reputation of trust with consumers is so good that it wouldn't make a lot of difference. the derivative of that is changing, there's been investigations, the wall street journal reported there's safety issues with some of the products they're selling, some of the products that they're selling also the manufacturers have been blacklisted by other retailers for unsafe practices overseas. there's a bigger microscope. deirdre: conscious consumer. >> and the constant pressure on amazon to keep that growth going, especially into the l holiday quarter, offering more

and more products. we may see an eroding of the trust which may fuel a regulatory oversight. cheryl: it's the stock to watch today. charlie, pete, thank you for coming in. appreciate it. great discussion. deirdre: we're talking about amazon but investor confidence in twitter will be tested in the next few days. shares plunging 20% yesterday, a big revenue this the third quarter, especially ad revenue, that was really the weak spot. the company saying fourth quarter will not be much better. meanwhile, ceo jack dorsey calling out facebook's mark zuckerberg, slamming him for claiming that facebook was koree created in re-- createssed in response to the iraq war. cheryl: coming up, game three of the world series kicking off tonight in washington where the nationals are hoping to sweep the astros at home and jillian will be there with all of the action again. jillian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. cheryl: what's coming up? >> reporter: hello, hell location can yo can -- hello, cu

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cheryl: washington nationals bringing their 2-0 lead in the world series to the home park. president trump is planning on taking in game five on sunday. deirdre: why not, if you're there, you have to do it. jillian mele with us now from the ballpark. preparations are underway for tonight's game. it's a little early to have players there, but what's

expected. >> reporter: it's way too early to have players here and fans, that's not happening right now. in 12 hours, this place will be packed with more than 41,000 people. this right here, this is the official rally towel, you can see finish the fight. you are going to see i'll sure more than 41,000 of these flying through the air tonight, 1924, guys, that's the last time a washington team won the world series. that was the senators. the nationals have never done it. let's take a look at the field. we've got fans going on here, a fresh coat of paint, there's dew on the grass. all hope is not lost for astros fans, even though they're down as you guys know, they lost the first two games, games one and two in houston. three teams have won the world series after losing the first two games at home. yankees in '96, mets in '86, royals in '85. but they do have a pretty steep hill to climb at this point. i've got to tell you guys, i was at a post season game in washington a few weeks ago and the atmosphere was electric.

i can only imagine what it is going to be like tonight. i mean, tonight really is all about the washington nationals and their fans because it's the first time in a lifetime for most people that they've seen a world series game here. the last appearance in the world series was 86 years ago, again, the senators. it's going to be an amazing time. doors open at 5:00 p.m. you can bet people will be party ying all day long. -- partying all day long. we'll send it back to you in the studio. an early up-close look at the calm before the storm. cheryl: you are a rock star for being there in the middle of the night. we appreciate it. >> reporter: thanks, guys. cheryl: jillian mele has a big day a ahead of her. you can catch came three tonight, you can watch it right here on fox. deirdre: the russia probe now a criminal case, we'll tell you what that means, who should be worried. we'll bring you the details. and reports are surfacing that actress lor lori loughlin, she y

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back in may, attorney general barr appoints durham to begin the review. in august an september they of travel to italy to investigate. this past tuesday the probe expands, they're seeking interviews with james clap her anperand john ben be john brenn. lindsey graham wants to know more. >> tell us what happened with the fisa warrant application, was the counter intelligence investigation properly opened, was there wrong-doing by the doj and fbi. somebodies has to watch those who watch us. here's what you can't fix. you can't unring a bell. what's happened to president trump in the house has done a lot of damage. >> reporter: the chairman of the house judiciary and intelligence committees, jerry nadler and adam schiff had this warning in a statement, saying these reports if true raise profound

new concerns that the department of justice has lost its independence and become a vehicle for president trump's plight kl revenge. -- political revenge. if the department of justice can be used as a tool of political retribution or to help the president in the next election, the rule of law will suffer new and i reparable car-irreparable damage. michael horowitz says his report is nearing completion and coming very soon. a lot to follow on this friday morning. cheryl, deirdre. cheryl: griff je jenkins, liven washington. thank you for had that. we want to bring in from a legal perspective, brian l ootel. criminal translation, people could go to jail. >> absolutely, cheryl. and let me tell you, i don't think that our attorney general and the u.s. attorney on this were in italy having pasta and a c a anoli, and i'm italian, i

can say that. something serious happened when they went on the trip. remember joseph mifsud, who talked to george papadopoulos, i have a feeling they may have talked to him. the lead into this was absolutely accurate. from a legal perspective, the subpoena power if this turns to a criminal process becomes important. now, what i would be watching for is, one, are there e-mails, documents out there that are actually smoking guns that make this look like what the president's been saying, a witch hunt or has this just become folks lying to federal attorneys and prosecutors and process crimes. cheryl: we've been talking for a long time about the fact that we need to go back and look at where this all began ands was it a political hit job on president trump. and criminal investigation is going to bring out, you're right, more documents into the fray. i want to talk about the fact that we're in the middle of an impeachment inquiry, there's been a lot of drama on capitol

hill with republicans storming into a room because they say things shouldn't be done in secret. really, is anything secret anymore when it comes to a legal investigation or impeachment inquiry which is where we're at, in the world of social media. >> no, cheryl, of course not. you start to think are politicians in both sides think this is the 1800s. we have a closed door meeting. let's remember something. when you're talking about impeachment, all we have to look to -- we don't have to look to the 1800s. look at watergate. watergate turned on televised hearings and john deal and the public was turned on that. i think this is he detrimental to the process for our country in general. as a an attorney, let me tell you what is ana analogous, this would be like if you had two people going into the room and telling the rest of the board we don't want you to know what's going on here but we should fire the ceo. that would never happen. cherylit'sbeen.cheryl: it's ben

the college admissions scandal. there's 12 that have gone to jail, they have been sentenced. now there's talk that they may go after the -- the prosecutors may go after lori loughlins' kids to try to pressure her into cutting a plea deal. do you think a prosecutor would do that? >> there's spousal immunity, so a spouse can't testify against you but the kids can. with lorel lore lori loughlin, e big issue is will the jury let her off for her and her husband paying $500,000 for her kids to go to usc. i do think ultimately a plea deal will happen. cheryl: the cost of the trial, a lot of people think that's potentially a waste of money.

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deirdre: it's the face muse political line and strategy, it's the economy, stupid. history shows that democrats will have a tough time unseating president trump if the u.s. economy stays on track. but if a recession hits, the economy could be the president's toughest opponent. dan piptone is with me now, trade zero america. dan, great to see you this morning. >> great to be here. deirdre: the volatility we've seen the past 18 months is great for your business as a broker dealer. what do you think about the premise that the markets, the way that they perform, the way people feel about their 401-ks

or the day trading accounts, whatever they have, is actually the most important character in 2020. >> sure. well, we are a commission free online broker. we provide access to clients that trade both long and on the short side. trading on the short side is one of our specialities. and it's important for investors and traders to have the type of acassess, being able to trade premarket hours, after the market closes, to take advantage of the swings, the news cycles, earnings announcements that we have and being able to participate both when they think stocks are going to go up and also when they're going to go down. deirdre: do you have a fundamental thesis on how the market is going to perform? are you just saying listen, i'm just going to execute what you want, dear clients. >> we're going to provide them with the tools and the access to capitalize on movements in both directions. deirdre: if i ask you do you think the volatility stays at this current level, what's your answer? >> i do. i do and we expect it to

continue. with the current news cycle, the trade war, earnings season, there are a lot of factors playing in what makes up the markets every day and what makes up these violent swings and it's important for investors to have the type of access to be able to capitalize on both of those directions. deirdre: what's more important for volatility, what contributes more to volatility, the political season right now or the earnings season? >> i think the politics. i think that there are a lot of companies that are affected. when trump is talking about china or tariffs, i think that the news cycle as relates to the trade war is more relevant than the earnings are at this point in time. deirdre: all right. does it get more or less volatile if president trump holds onto the presidency in 2020. >> i think while we're in the decision-making process, we're going to see the volatility continue. once we have the clarity of who will be in the oval office come 2021, that will play out at that

point. we believe that obviously most market aplift analyst would agrt a democratic president would be a detriment to the market. deirdre: we heard some business leaders saying if elizabeth warren ends up being the candidate and she wins, the markets close. >> breaking up the banks and wealth taxes and stuff like that. yeah, right now, for the current quarter, we see that the trade war and news related to that is really what's going to be impactful on the markets. deirdre: good for your business, if the volatility helps, because you're doing well. dan, thanks so much. cheryl: volatile here or volatile there, another bump in the road as prime minister boris johnson struggles to take the country out of the eu. parliament may have a say in all this. let's bring in craig erlum.

nothing from the e. today, likely not happening. this really comes down to parliament and the election that borelboris johnson is asking fo. are they going to auto -- agree to a snap l election. >> you think the situation couldn't get more ridiculous and then it does. we're in a situation where by the eu is waiting for the u.k. how it wants to issue an extension and we have jerry i my corbin waiting to see what the extension is going to be before he decides whether he's going to vote for an election. the limbo, looks like we're stuck in it, it's going to continue at least over the weekend. that will make for entertaining headlines at the very least. cheryl: you've got to give a hat tip to boris johnson for getting an e. deal struck in the first place. he doesn't seem to have the support he needs. he's got less of an advantage with his own government than theresa may had and she failed to get anything done. is the sense now that brexit is

going to get pushed and pushed and pushed? >> well, i think it's at least obviously going to be pushed for the next three months and if we do have an election, that's i think going to have quite a significant impact. that gives the people the chance to decide how they want to make up the house of parrelment, if they want -- parliament if they want this to continue indefinitely. this will give us a sense of whether a deal is going to get through. that's assuming we get a conservative brexit party alliance, majority government because we could just end up being stuck in the same limbo as we are. if we get 52-448 situation. we have to remember a lot of politics is being played. it caught many people offguard that boris got a deal from the. u. -- the eu. cheryl: it has been fascinating to watch. we've been watching the european markets. there's been a lot of he reaction, a lot of volatility happening when it comes to this.

really quick, craig, yes or no, is the volatility for european markets going to continue as brexit drags on? >> absolutely. cheryl: okay. there you go. one word answer. craig, always good to have you, sir, from across the pond. deirdre: coming up next, there are numerous democratic candidates for the 2020 contest. it's a crowded field. one frontrunner, though, may be headed in the wrong direction. we'll tell you why. and flying in style, united airlines rolling out the red carpet. details on the new luxury jet, coming up on "fbn: a.m.." we're invested in you. ♪ i'm bad, i'm bad. ♪ real, real bad. ♪ you know i'm bad, i'm bad. ♪ you know it

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cheryl: a new poll shows elizabeth warren taking a commanding lead in iowa, the iowa state civics gives biden and 8 point lead over pete buttigieg -- excuse me, giving warren a lead over buttigieg and then there is sanders and then look, joe biden is in fourth place. what the heck is going on. we showed the graphic. it showed the lineup and buttigieg i think is kind of the big story here, anders. he's been sitting flat in the polls. looks like the last debate performance when he went after elizabeth warren and her waffling on the costs for medicare for all. >> what i'll tells tulsi gabbard and kamala harris and cory booker, they see that and they say hey, i can have that skyrocket rise too. what democrats should be saying to themselves right now and i think they already are, they're worried about a contested convention come june 2020. that would mean that they get to

the convention and no candidate has a majority of delegates. and i think that's becoming more and more likely. you see warren obviously. biden is performing better than 12% nationally. in iowa he's performing particularly poorly. elsewhere, he's up there with the big boys. i think you have four, maybe five candidates who have very high chances of winning at least one or two states. and their delegates and i think that's going to be a disaster, if we get to june 2020 and democrats don't have -- cheryl: we care about iowa, we care about new hampshire and so should they because since 1976 when the caucuses first began, the eventual nominee always had to win at least iowa, new hampshire or both. what does this say about biden's position right now? >> it says he's essentially been falling like a rock since he entered the race. cheryl: is it the p hunter biden controversy? what is it?

>> i think it is the hunter biden controversy, i think it's his inability to argue for himself well on a debate stage or almost any circumstance. i think people are looking at the hunter biden situation, both of them say it is -- there was no wrong-doing and yet hunter biden is scaling back his involvement in all these couldn'controversial business do why would he scale it back if there was no wrong-doing. when you ask joe biden about it he tends to stutter and stumble. cheryl: now you've got a lot of chatter bubbling up that this could cause hillary clinton to jump many back into the race. you're laughing. i know. i get that. more and more people are coming on television, on the networks, saying she's thinking about jumping back in. really? >> i think she might be thinking about it. but again, just because joe biden is seeing a drop in popularity, doesn't necessarily mean that hillary clinton has seen a rise in popularity.

again, the 2016 l election more so than a referendum on trump, its was a referendum on hillary clinton and she lost and america said no, we don't want hillary clinton. i don't see that changing going into 2020. cheryl: tulsi gabbard, she had -- there were headlines this week that hillary clinton called tulsi gabbard a russian assets. nows there's corrections going around in the media that she was talking about a republican asset, she said the word republican, not russian in the comments. attend of the day, does this help tulsi gabbard, having hillary clinton go after her? we are talking about her, showing her picture on television right now. >> it is benefiting her in the short term at least. hillary clinton is an unpopular person. i think that tulsi gabbard is seeing a bump in her recognition nationally, every time she gets on the debate stage she sees a bump in re recognition national.

cheryl: gabbard, pete buttigieg, look at his numbers. i think it's an interesting trend. always great to have you. >> great to be here. deirdre: here are headlines making news this morning. barn any's may avoid -- barney's may avoid bankruptcy. they are on the verge of being sold. the he'll deal is not final. barney's still holding the door open for another potential buyer. united airlines wants customers to fly in style. the airline is designing a new luxury jet for an a exclusive group of fliers. united wants to close the amenities gap with its exeat to competitors. the jet will seat 5 passengers, it includes -- 50 passengers. it includes luxury closets. americans spend a lot of time

dreaming about a vacation. a recent poll finds that americans spend 200 hours a year day dreaming about taking the time off. that went up 24 work days. the survey found that 79% of people worry about getting the best deal when booking a trip. 71% admit they mess up travel dates when they do their bookings, so not just me. cheryl: that's a big mistake to mess up your travel days. deirdre: i can understand it, you're stressed, you're busy, you're trying to put it in quickly and get the best price. cheryl: after we thought about it for days and days. we've got a lot more coming up. are you a good tipper? according to one city dirks it may depend on whether you are a man or a woman. and bobo fett, two holy grail items are about to hit the auction block. star wars fans are really excited about this one.

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♪ >> pay me my money, new study revealing how much people tip their uber drivers and may depend on whether you're a man or a woman. cheryl: gender, age and how that plays in tipping. >> university of chicago looked at 40 million uber rides, the average person, only 16% of people only even tip. 16. >> i believe that, it's a premium. i duals tip if the person is extra polite. >> compare today regular cabs when you're doing it and the person right in front of you, you feel obligateed. >> female drivers will get tipped more than male and males tip more than females when it comes to customers. >> boom. >> how about that?

good. cheryl: another story, two item that is will cost you top dollar. what's this about? >> star wars film comes out december 20th and the 1979 limited edition action figure upwards of $500,000. >> happening on, half a million dollars. >> half a million dollars for that thing right there. the reason is there were only 100 made, the missile, red alabama, choking hazard for children, less than a 100. something that i care more about, drinking, all right, yes, whiskey, scotch -- this bottle of whiskey is from 1926 is going from $1.9 million. one bottle of whiskey. you break it down, that's $1,000 per shot, more than a porch for a bottle of whiskey for a shot.

>> per shot that better be preserving me for like 500 years. >> aim thing. [laughter] cheryl: great to have you here. >> shaw. cheryl: thank you for joining us, dierdre, thank you for joining us, we seasoned it over the maria bartiromo. maria: happy friday, thank you very much for joining us, i'm maria bartiromo, friday october 25th, top stories right now just before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast, amazon stock is plummeting this morning, take a look, third-quarter profits down 26%, the company hit by heavy investment in one-day shipping, the retail giant disappointing investors raising concern of shortened holiday shopping season up on us. broader market looks like, this futures indicating we will see -- it's exactly where it closed yesterday on the dow industrials, we are looking at fractional gains, however, major indices on track for a win for the week, s&p 500 up 200 points,

nasdaq up 10, dow industrials exactly where it closed yesterday, vice president mike pence slams -- slam dunked the nba and nike, silencing free speech all for money. charles barkley sounds off on the comment, find white the nba hall of famer said after mike pence, russia probe turns criminal now, federal prosecutor john durham giving the power to subpoena witnesses in his investigation into the origins of the mueller, into the origins to have russia probe, we will have the very latest, mornings with maria begins right now. ♪ ♪ maria: big show this morning, fox business dagen mcdowell, pwc mitch roschelle, healthy women podcast verónica, good to see you