birkenstock pulled their roducts from amazon and in an termsto the ceo birkenstock's owners wrote "ire in no wcertain terms this is unacceptable and won't be tolerated. any authorized retailer who may do this for even a single pair will be closed forever. repeat, forever." oreached out to birkenstock but they declined to comment. lee gallagher is our senior declinedt large at "fortune" magazine. ou have lots to comment about today. >> good morning, yes. >> it seems the ceo of birkenstock and jeff byezos wont being having lunch any time soon. so the ceo of birkenstock says shis is a middle finger to all brands. why did they pull their shoes? man his is the u.s. ceo. it's a german company. he pulled the product from cernsn because of concerns over counterfeit goods that were therereally -- he was concerned there were too many counterfeit goods there from third party retailers. this is an issue many brands have with amazon. he pulled them. ow amazon is 100,000 percent ocused only on the consumer so they bought up birkenstocks from therr retailers and put them on their site to sell them

birkenstock pulled its products in amazon earlier this year and in an e-mail birkenstock wrote to shop owners, quote, i share in no uncertain terms that this is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. any authorized retailer who may do this for evenly single pair will be closed forever. e repeat. forever. we reached out to birkenstock, but they declined. you got lots of comment today. >> good morning. >> it seems to me the ceo of birkenstock a will not be having lunch. they say this is a middle finger to new brands. >> this is a german company. he pulled the product from amazon because of concerns over counterfeit goods. he was concerned there were too many counterfeit goods from third-party retailers. he pulled them. now, amazon is 100,000% focused only on the consumer so they went and bought up birkenstocks from other retailers and put them on the site to sell them. i did it yesterday. they're still there and he's buying them on the open marketplace from other retailers. amazon does not make a penny when they're doing it. they buy and sell. they don't care because they want to please

. $800 birkenstocks that have taken really the luxury shoe trend a little too far. >> should be gold what on earth? >> they're a strictly limited edition, nautical themed sandals with naturally oiled leather. arizona exquisite is what it's called. >> i thought you could get birkenstocks for $70. >> $70 is still outrageous. >>> we leave you with a silly goose, a running goose, have you ever made to feel inferior? taking off there, right into the sunset. this is grandma goose on the >>> this morning on "world news now," president trump firing back overnight at what he calls fake news. an additional and undisclosed meeting with russian president putin earlier this month that was kept secret from the media, and what we're learning about their conversation. >>> and president trump expressing disappointment over the current state of the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare, saying he'd rather let the current system fail. will democrats be brought to the table for a new plan? details ahead. >>> and new this half hour, the bizarre story involving a puppy stolen from a nfl star. >>

stuart: why can't birkenstock do the same thing?ending e-mails and letters, talking to the "the washington post" and is threatening legal action. stuart: here's a brand name unknown to upbies and hippies -- yuppies and hippies, carhart, clothing for outdoor people. people who work in the country, live in the country buy carhart. i bet that's a name you've never heard of. >> do they have overalls? stuart: lots of them, and they're really good. >> i'm going to look into it on amazon. no, i'm kidding. [laughter] stuart: check that big board one more time. we don't have quite the solid rally we had, but we're at 21,752. we are, actually, on 22,000 watch. kind of hopeful. we're optimists. >>> at the top of the hour, coming up next, my take on the unpredictability of the trump presidency. and kellyanne conway will respond a little later. reminder, kellyanne was the only person who's been able to rein in president trump. .. .. ♪ hey, i'm the internet! i know a bunch of people who would love that. the internet loves what you're doing... ...

." >> while the lesbian icon is still the birkenstock. [ laughter ] >> seth: are birkenstocks reallyltimate lesbian icon? >> no, the ultimate lesbian icon is your haircut. >> seth: oh, hey. [ laughter ] the maddow. [ light laughter ] the city of rochester, new york, recently hired their first black female firefighter. >> and their dalmatian will not stop barking at her. [ laughter ] hey, seth, you know how you can tell she's a black firefighter? >> seth: how? >> she carries an ask. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] [ cheers and applause ] just you, brother! >> i get it! >> seth: did you find the one person? >> yeah. [ laughter ] you see, black people say "axe." [ light laughter ] so then -- if they're carrying an axe, they would say ask. [ light laughter ] still no? [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: the chinese government recently shut down the country's most popular lesbian dating app. >> a lesbian dating app is like a regular dating app, except you swipe like this. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: get did i get that right? cool. and how long do you have to do it? >> as long as she w

destroyed the coal industry the propaganda and the rhetoric out of the right wing is that it's somehow birkenstock wearing hippies that caused the cold the destruction of coal not the price of natural gas and the ease of building a national gas plant so will we you have this perry memo if you can explain what rick perry how he's involved in this and is his solution to throw taxpayer money essentially at helping coal exist right so rick perry the former governor of texas now the secretary of energy in april of two thousand and seventeen he wrote a memo directing his chief of staff to write a study to examine whether or not cheap renewable energy is unfairly causing baseload generation coal nucular natural gas to be an economic and whether or not corrective actions need to be taken in how our wholesale electric power markets are structured and regulated to account for the unfair advantage that renewables have been granted and i see this perry memo is actually a very dangerous incursion into the efficient operation of wholesale energy markets now the secretary of energy actually has very limited lega

how much would you spend on birkenstocks? $799? the sandal company believe it addition collection -- limited edition collection with hand crafted sterling silver buckling. $799. i don't know about that. michelle: yeah, i know about that. definitely no. nancy: back outside to josh knight. michelle: checking the swim meet in greenbriar. i bet you wish you could jump in the pool. josh: i wish i could. show you the crowd. they are about to take off. dry the start to the relay. check out the fans getting ready for this. there they go. it has been incredibly competitive around here. this is not just the sunshine today. this is about the humidity. talk about the feels like temperatures. it feels like 103. so we are just shy of advisory criteria. even though there is not an advisory this is the heat you have to take seriously. we are not able to cool off overnight. the temperatures will stay in the low to mid-70's. in some places in the upper 70's. we go throughout the next few days the warm overnight turns into hot days. 98. 97's. be caut

. >> number seven, welcome back, birkenstocks, the company reviving the legendary footwear with this price is pretty high. $799. >> what? this better help me levitate or run like usain bolt. >> it's expensive. i'm not into those, but i do own some. >> very comfortable. >> have a good one. ♪ mom. ♪ ♪ where all the walls echo with laughter ♪ ♪ and every room has its own chapter ♪ you've carried on your family's tradition. let us help you prepare for your family's future. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. >>> good morning, america. wildfire emergency. a massive blaze exploding outside yosemite, right at the height of tourist season, forcing an entire town and summer vacationers to evacuate. images captured on this firefighter's helmet cam, showing the flames now threatening the park. more than 20,000 acres scorched. the race to get it under control. >>> system failure. the gop effort to repeal obamacare dies in the senate, a blow to president trump. but he's inviting all republican senators to the white house today, one last stab to close the deal.

i used to sell those in boulder -- >> birkenstocks. >> did you wear them >> i never wore them >> i wored. >> did you wear them with socks on >> let me get this in. we know that kid rock is weighing a run for senate, but the detroit rocker offered his most direct comment about the future in politics in late night post on his website, musician said he'll be scheduling a press conference in the six weeks. he also said if i decide to throw my hat in the ring, and hit does wear a hat, for u.s. senate, believe it's game on believe it kid rock announced an initiative to promo voter and the opposing party, writing the democrats i are shaten in their pant loons followed that by says, diggy, diggy, said the boogie, said up jump the -- >> greatest rock and roll songs of all time. >> he's been planning that all show >> fantastic >> i know it, but i didn't know the lyrics we've got to go. make sure you join us tomorrow "squawk on the street" is next >>> good thursday morning, welcome to "squawk on the street." futures are steady as they chase for more record highs continues, it is the busiest day of