a cnbc exculusive with mark hur and the at&t communications john donovan.ay. >>> i'm scott walker coming up on "halftime." big names are positioning for a bigger pull-back we'll debate whether you should be as well >>> plus the top-ranked media analyst is live with us on whether disney's new streaming will be a win for the stock or if it's simply a sign of desperation. >>> and the unusual activity that we see around energy stocks we will reveal it at noon eastern on "halftime." john, see you in 15. >>> we'll be watching it, scott, thanks oracle recently announced a strategic agreement with at&t to move the carrier's database to the cloud. a lot more, too. joining us now, mark hurd of oracle, and john donovan of at&t communications welcome to both of you mark, you're in dallas with at&t this is a cloud deal which makes me wonder how much of oracle's cloud infrastructure is going to depend on this >> hi, john. yeah, we're really excited about this part of what john and i architected in the deal that we discussed with the ability for us to bring all of our cap

donovan to check it out. >> welcome. >> reporter: seeing john williams reading in library isn't that unusual. >> i loved ride in the car. >> reporter: seeing him read to the dog in library is in the something you see every day. >> put on his brakes. >> reporter: read to the dog program at haddonfield high bare a laos kid to boost their confidence. >> now know you got every single word ride that is impressive. >> the students and children reading to the dogs have a great environment to read in, that is not pressure. >> reporter: his friend, visa seems to be relaxed too. >> heart warming program. >> reporter: eric zeno says it is just one of the things that makes haddonfield library so popular, they have a 3-d printer. >> if is there a gadget or do dad you want to see what it looks like in the real world before you try to mass produce it, we invite to you come here and use our print tore try that out. >> reporter: this summer they offered stop motion animation classes too. >> kid produce these wonderful videos, very imaginative. >> reporter: library even offers day passes to area attractions. >> just camden ch

. >> jim donovan marked five years to the day that john list austin ended up missing in syria.e weeks ago, a group of mask men released five -- released a video every his disappearance, and they actually stated that they had him, that he was alive, and that they have him, you know, basically in prison there. the company raised banner today outside one of its media outlets to remember tice. >> it is often the case that journalists do their job in difficult conditions, his are extraordinary. we thought it was a good time for people to remember, that sometimes journalists do do their jobs in very difficult conditions. >> employees are hoping this banner and more media attention will encourage the federal government to save him. >> we've all been there. you are expecting something in the mail, and it never gets there. or you sent something you know you sent it but then the person you sent it to says they didn't get it. so you just assume it got lost in the mail, right? maybe not. >> yes, our fox station in north carolina got a tip that a post office was tossing people's mail in the

john dickerson. and he'll be in studio tomorrow sitting >>> a quick personal note. i'm >>> good morning, everyone. i'm jim donovanved his preliminary hearing. 28-year-old david desper faces first and third degree murder charges in the shooting death of 18-year-old bianca roberson. >>> now let's turn to katie for a look at today's frust. >> all in all it does look like an absolutely beautiful day. certainly typical of august. we expect the daytime high to hit the upper 80s. bright blue sky in that sunshine. it really is a pleasant start to the morning. 74 degrees, eye northeast wind flow at just 7 miles per hour. it really isn't too noticeable that breeze but it's just enough to feel refreshing but it does feel like what the thermometer reads. a little muggy throughout the day. storm scan generally empty. that little green is not precip though i did think southern counties can see a spotty storm. it all clears out by the weekend. and for eclipse day monday. >> that's what we're hanging out hat on. thank you so much and we're looking outside right now at the ben franklin bridge, we were looking at it earlier lookin