elaine wynn and the ex-wife of steve win has been pushing to add new directors in an effort to restore the company's reputation a they investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against her former husband woha. the settled a six-year legal fight earlier this week. shares of wynn finished up 1%. >>> after the bell, aluminum products maker alcoa said it's seeing deman strengthen following the trump administration's tariff on meta. the compa also raised its profit forecast for the year. the shares were initially higher in after hours, they ended the regular session of 4% to59.40. >> amazon revealed for the first time the number of primeme ers. the company said it has 100 million paid prime members globally. the news sent shares higher.

. >> coming up, steve wynn's ex-wife elaine wynn is the large effort shareholder of wynn resorts and gearing up for what looks like an epic board room battle we'll tell what you it means for the stock. and dan morehead says the cryptocurrency is flashing a rare buy sign. later, the ceo of goldman sachs speaking to willford frost we're live from times square in new york city. much more "fast money" right after th isbi agent] you're a br, mr. stevens. your testimony will save lives. mr. stevens? this is your new name. this is your new house. and a perfectly inconspicuous suv. you must become invisible. [hero] i'll take my chances. no one thought much of itm at all.l people said it just made a mess until exxonmobil scientists put it to the test. they thought someday it could become fuel and power our cars wouldn't that be cool? and that's why exxonmobil scientists think it's not small at all. energy lives here. >>> we have a news alert on amazon let's get to san francisco with the details. >> me list yachlt amazon ceo jeff bezos just released his latest annual shareholder letter we're g

steve wynn's ex-wife elaine, is she making a play to take over the company? we have a special report. >>> plus the bitcoin boom is in full force but a civil war is brewing between the two largest cryptocurrencies. tom lee will be here to settle the secure once and for all. you're watching "fast money" live in time square new york city and we got much more right after this. need a change of scenery? the kayak explore tool shows you the places you can fly on your budget. so you can be confident you're getting the most bang for your buck. alo-ha. kayak. search one and done. show me the billboard music awards. the billboard music awards knows how to party. [ cheering ] what up, dog? show me top artist. unbelieveable. i've got my whole family up here. look at my dad looking all sharp. with just the sound of your voice, xfinity x1 gives you a front row seat to the billboard music awards, including throwback clips from some of your favorite artists. the 2018 billboard music awards, sunday, may 20th. only on nbc. >>> welcome back. we've got an earnings alert on wynn.

the other day of pushing for the removal of one of your directors, what is your relationship with elaine wynn% shareholder. i've reached out to her a number of times to talk about the future of the company. i'm really excited about the future of the company. any time she wants to meet with me and talk about the future, i'm open she has my cell phone. she has my e-mail. i talk to all the other shareholders a lot and i'm hopeful that over time the wounds will heal i think they will heal as the results are better >> will elaine wynn ever play an active management role in the company again? >> you know, she said in her letter, i believe, that she has no interest going -- >> she's not interested putting herself on the board at this point. i'd heard rumblings she might be interested in being more involved has that been discussed? >> it's not been discussed i'm not looking in the rearview mirror right now when you associate a brand with a person, you run the rusk whisn you put all into that person >> how do you not associate with the wynns when wynn is still your name and his signature is still the

elaine wynn and the ex-wife of steve win has been pushing to add new directors in an effort to restore the company's reputation a they investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against her former husband woha. the settled a six-year legal fight earlier this week. shares of wynn finished up 1%. >>> after the bell, aluminum products maker alcoa said it's seeing deman strengthen following the trump administration's tariff on meta. the compa also raised its profit forecast for the year. the shares were initially higher in after hours, they ended the regular session of 4% to59.40. >> amazon revealed for the first time the number of primeme ers. the company said it has 100 million paid prime members globally. the news sent shares higher. >> robo calls,et we all them, and we seem to be getting a lot more of them.e senate commerce committee is looking into this issue. ey heard testimony from a florida man who made almost 100 million robo calls over a 3 month period. he denied y wrongdoing. >> the extent of my activities have been significantly erstated. i'm not the king pin of robo lling th

. >>> and elaine wynn in a filing said she would like the board to be declassified. that means each direct we're stand for reelection every year. wynn is the company's largest shareholder. >>> brian blockchain said it received a subpoena from the s.e.c. asking for certain information from the company they plan to fully cooperate with that request. riot blockchain was the subject of a cnbc story earlier this year the stock fell roughly 18% the day that story aired the s.e.c. declined to comment >>> much more to do on this very busy morning including an incredible story as reports surface that mike pompeo may have secretly met with kim jong-un in north korea. >>> and shinzo abe's mar-a-lago meeting. we'll tell you what to watch for. as we head to break, here's today's national weather forecast from bill karins. >>> good morning to you, brian on this wednesday we're tracking more snow. can you believe it winter storm warnings continue in iowa. it snowed good overnight in south dakota and nebraska. now that snow is spreading through iowa snowy from ames. 3 to 6 inches al

elaine wynn is demanding a complete overhaul of the board urging other shareholders to hold a vote from close friend of steve, he has no business being on the board and in the meantime look at the charts. right before the earnings on january 22nd were announced, the stock spiked then the report came out about steve wynn and the allegations it plummeted over the last three months, over the first quarter, shares grew until yesterday, 7.6% while the s&p was down 5%. >> they came back. >> it's a remarkable story now jeffries is out this morning, david katz saying he's putting a new price target on the share, 230 bucks a buy >> there's zero indication that said, guys, we're going to vegas for a dude's trip, let's go to caesars not wynn because this happened their core business appears not to have suffered >> he says room revenues look right where they are the outlook is good. they have mass gaming increases in macau they're looking at japan, making ahard play because everybody thinks gaming will happen in japan. >> big interview coming up, contessa thank you. we'll hear from matt maddox late

what we saw here in the last week or so has been elaine wynn taking on that role of activist investorushing for a big overhaul on the board and wynn, naming three new women to the board of directors keeping an eye on that >> surprised they would do a 50% dividend with that beginning on right now. >> that's one thing that they urged to hold, from making any big moves until the overhaul of the board and selling off assets like the property in boston and the like and said there needs to be a new board in place before that happens, so 50% increase in the caps dividends right now is the big news from the earnings release. >> thank you mike, shares down now -- >> yeah, to her point, it's trading not just on this quarter, and i do think you might have puzzlement over the strategy, paying out too low in the past when it was controlled by steve wynn or a way to distract and get cash out of the company, maybe it's not as attractive a target. >> i wonder for the companies, the supreme court, any day now, expected to rule on the new jersey issue about legalizing sports gambling there an online ga

resigned as ceo after allegations of sexual harassment he sold all of his stock in the company and elaine wynnlargest shareholder. she owns 9.24% of the outstanding shares she says a vote against hagenbuch would -- she says he's a long standing friend of wynn's -- steve wynn's and he should not have been in the position of overseeing the investigation into the allegations. >> hagenbuch was always so close to him, to wynn himself. and a view that he may still be acting almost as a proxy for steve wynn even though steve wynn is now out. >> right and that's her point with this there are three directors that are up she seems okay with the other two. but this is the one she would like to make a protest vote against, withhold that vote. if they don't get any -- if any director doesn't get 50% of the votes, we'll see what happens. >> soap opera. >>> as we count down to today's open on wall street, we're watching the treasury as we mentioned before you can see right now yielding 2.981% joining us right now is robert michelle who is portfolio manager at jpmorgan asset management and david baleen from c

is down about 2% today they're losing money and profit for its business apparent ly fell short elaine wynnve wynn's ex-wife is making big waves on the board maybe that got something to do with it. stock, though, is down $4185 although done very well since wynn step aside. now we have cnn jim macarthur in an interview with with variety criticizing trump supporters. roll that tape. >> the problem is that -- people around the country don't know it's an act. they're not in the on the act and take what he says seriously and attack attacks from sean spicer and sara sanders what they do less on a daily basis very seriously. they don't have all of their faculties in some cases their elevator might not hit all fours. >> oh, oh, we're just so stupid. liz pique i said it you say it. >> the last argument for the liberal media is we're just too darn dumb to understand how smart they are, and how wrong headed donald trump is. look, the liberal media isn't going to climb down from this position because it's making them money that's the sad thing. more anti-trump they are, the more their ratings go up but