we'll do aldi versus walmart. and trade secretary mnuchin in italy to find a way of trillions of dollars in foreign earnings to be brought back to the united states. we have it live from the g7 summit. we begin with macy's crushed on weaker than expected earnings. courtney reagan with more. once again, courtney, retail in a reluctant spotlight today. >> i know, isn't that the truth. there's no signs of a turn-around for department stores today. almost across the board, macy's shares down 115%. the disappointing results were in line with the expectations. on the call, the cfo said she only expected the first quarter to be the weakest. despite its ninth straight quarter of misses, she is reiterating the full year forecast. she acknowledges the challenges, but financials will improve the rest of the year because the benefits of store closures. the full roll yacht of new shoe and fine jewelry category, and new marketing coming targeting their most loyal customers, and also some further digital improvements, like buy o

during which democrats say rink aldi threatened to put a bullet in the head of democrat poncho. in a statement posted on facebook, representative admitted did he make the threat, but only after he says na vis threatened his life. >> we have to make sure we hold politicians accountable,. >> nevarez himself took to twitter to dispute the claim, writing in part he's liar and hateful man. got no use for him. no charges were filed against any of the lawmakers involved. rink aldi said he's being protected by the tech as department of public safety. >> and monday was actually the last day of the legislation. some say the scuffle was the result of several stressful weeks every contentious hearings, debates, and vote. jim, rahel? >> just really authorities believe, hena, we do know more pro at the cents expected at the texas state house and weeks to come. what can you tell us about that? we know monday governor greg and booth indicated he might soon recall the legislature to take care of unfinished business, including the so-called bathroom bill. that would limit what facilities can be u

a fire crew on the scene of a gas leak on aldie grocery store. got the call around 3:30 today.they got there there were high levels of carbon monoxide in the store. there were people there who felt sick. right now we know that one person was taken to the hospital. however, no word on a source of that gas leak but we'll keep an eye on this for you. skyfox on the way to the scene so at any tuned. this is the aldie in woodbridge, virginia. >> ♪ >> murder investigation is under county tonight after police found a body in a wooded area in berwyn heights. >> the discovery was made near a walking trail and fox5's matt ackland is live there right now. hey, matt. >> reporter: jim, sarah, this all happened right around 9 o'clock last night. we're told someone was in that wooded area about 200 yards off a walking path when they discovered this body. well, authorities immediately responded. they then took that body to the baltimore medical examiner's office and then today after an autopsy was conducted, they determined that this was in fact a homicide. let's take you to some video, show yo

off and you can see the green with occasionally moderate showers coming through leesburg and toward aldie and fairfax and going toward la plata right now. southern maryland, heavy showers around solomon and lexington park and out to southern parts of st. mary and frederick and shenandoah valley. all the way to strasburg and toward warrenton and part of the problem is we have 50s on top of us and the 70s, roanoke, on the wrong side of the front, it is a pretty good ingredient to keep the showers going. the showers are diminishing tonight and what again saturday morning and the full forecast always on the wusa9 app and we will be back with the seven day in a few minutes. the committee looking into possible trump campaign ties to russia hears from the current acting director of the fbi for the first time. andrew mccabe said fbi director james comey brought support into the fbi, contradicting white house claims. the contradictory claims are just another reason why some lawmakers want a special prosecutor to sort this out. >> reporter: and rude mccabe, acting director of the f vi took the comm

we'll zoom in a little more as you go north of 55 and 15 and out toward 50 toward aldi. nothing severe tonight, just some heavy rain. that's the problem. let's talk about commuting in the morning. you'll have to get up early tomorrow. you'll have to add time. 4:00 in the morning, we have heavy rain just about everywhere. coming in 66, down i-270. either side of 95, matter. you'll have rain. by 6:00, 62 downtown. heavy rain. leesburg, manasas. we have heavy rain to the west and prince georges county. we will come back and track this for the rest of your commuters in the morning. look ahead to the afternoon and we're making changes in the weekend forecast. you might not want to miss. >> all right, top, it's ladies night in one of d.c.'s hippest neighborhoods. >>> plus, we're following up on a tip that you gave us online about a hot new place. grab a bite in virginia. >> this picture is popping up everywhere. is it real? we'll verify that up next. >>> you may have seen this picture of a newborn. that photo has gone viral. a lot of people who see it seem to think the bay was

>> fire crews on the scene of a gas leak near an aldie grocery store along smoke town road in woodbridge the call around 3:30 this afternoon. upon arrival they found high levels of carbon monoxide coming from a nearby village thrift store. several people reported feeling sick. eight of them were taken to the hospital. fire officials believe the leak was produced by gas powered construction equipment. >> we have a fox5 follow-up now on a story we brought you a few months ago. two-year-old heavens luster got severe led poisoning from paint chips found in her family's d.c. home even though the city deemed the house safe. her family was paying render with d.c. housing vouchers and since november they have been struggling to find a new permanent home. attorneys working with the family told us rental companies often discriminate against families who pay with housing vouchers. the good new home and it should make getting treatment for heavens and the therapy she needs much easier. >>> i don't know if you heard about this one. another black eye for delta airlines. a california family claims they

it was really severe back around aldi. they had hail as big as 2.8 inches. that's unusual for us to have that size of hail around the immediate metro area. and the lightning, we talked about the strokes of lightning. look at the lightning that moved out of loudoun county, fairfax, and at one time, a minute period, between sterling and hay market. we'll come back. we'll talk about a cold front tomorrow that could produce more storms tomorrowaf ternoon. let you know what a problem could be for your morning commute. >> thanks, top, it has been a week of breaking news from the white house. tonight, for the first time, president trump stood before reporters and denied he push former fbi director to shut down an investigation into his administration before firing him. >> did you at any time, urge former fbi director, james comey, in any way, shape, or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn and also as you look back -- >> no. no. next question. >> next question. >> comey's friends say a memo he wrote contradicts that statement from the pres

the chances are, you may have tried aldi and lidl, whose sales have grown as new stores have been openedstaying with supermarkets, as food prices are rising at their fastest rate for more than three yea rs, fastest rate for more than three years, according to the british retail consortium, at the same time the uk exported a record amount of food and drink. they rose by 8.2%. the largest first—quarter figure on record. that is down to better overseas promotion and the weaker pound. let's start with india because in the last hour figures have been released showing that the indian economy grew 6.1% year on year from jan to march — economists had predicted growth of 7.1%. over the year the economy grew 7.1% in line with predictions. india is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. but remember at the end of last year a demonetisation programme saw the government remove around 86% of all banknotes from circulation in a bid to crackdown on corruption. it led to widespread disruption and queues outside banks and cashpoints. joined by sameer hasmi, india business correspondent. thanks

retail sector with online stores and price comparison websites and fierce one economists effect, theys aldiion to the u.s. this is pushing prices for clothing, food, everyday goods that make up a good component of cpi industries around the world. even though there are other pressures pushing inflation, consumption remains the biggest part of the world economy. race towhy this ongoing the bottom amongst retailers is having an impact on them. haidi: this is just the new normal. we have to adjust inflation and citations -- expectations and how structurally things are going to change. reporter: it is not understood how it is going to play out. when we consider inflation, we understand the pickup in the oil prices recently. we understand the impact from commodities and how that close true to the global reflation story. we see that in china's cpi. even though we are seeing inflation, which is positive for economies and good for wages and have any profits, we are now seeing a significant push or offset against that, which is our daily shopping habits. will not go away anytime soon. we do not fully

out 50 toward aldi. you are just west of chantilly. and upperville probably not quite to paris be. we will track this. this will move essentially eastward. great falls at 5:56. and there is no hail in this just yet. we had heavy rain and it will slow you downgoing out route 50. and we'll see if it grows and gets a little stronger and produces a little bit of hail. speaking of hail. this is on the social peek. hail in fredericksburg. this was that one storm. they will be pretty strong. yellow weather alert for these storms. we'll keep the possibility of severe storms in until midnight. weekend cooler. a lot of clouds. but you can still do f outside. maybe a morning shower or drizzle on saturday. i would not plan around that. more clouds than anything. not much bike to their -- not much bite to their bark. hail moderate risk. strong storms high and damaging winds pod rat risks. in terms of impacts, street flooding will be moderate. outdoor dining will be tough. wet commute moderate. so on the day planner, 60s tomorrow. notice a lot of clouds. 67 by 11:00. only 69 by 1:00. but again s

h-e-b and aldi. this is the second consecutive year that wegmans tops the list. trader joe's topped the list for friendly cashiers. >>> there's a sweet treat that you can try that comes from here in washington. after that sugar-free week last week. ps snack cookie dough has three dams of sugar, with chickpea cookie dough. it comes in chocolate chip and peanut butter flavors. here in d.c., you can buy it at whole foods. >>> summer vacation around the corner and the last place you want to spend it is stuck in traffic. >> still ahead, short cuts to the beach that are top jet. our source won't reveal his video. a woman >>> right now on "news4 today," fbi director fired. james comey is back in d.c. after losing his job. new details on the overnight scramble to take action on capitol hill. >>> plus, warming up to 70s. rain. we have the storm team 4 forecast. >>> one night, three games, d.c. now gearing up for a huge sports night for three of our home teams. i'm justin finch with more of the crucial matchups and ways to get tickets. >> announcer: "news4 today" starts no

almost down to aldie. they are moving. north northeast about 55 miles per hour.urther south we will show you the storm down toward charlottesville. this is anywhere from 30 to 35000 feet. why am i showing you that? that's headed our way and it's stronger storms. we will track the storms off to the north and talk about storms to the west. severe thunderstorm warning for garrett county until 6:30. >>> who knew having a parent meeting at a school could be so hard? in a few minutes, frustrated parents who are circulating a petition about issues they are having will be holding a rally, but nobl the school because they have not been allowed to come inside. scott, what's going on? >> reporter: taking the public out of public schools is one of the clips. you've heard the old saying you can't fight city hall. whoever wrote that apparently has never tried to take on a big school system on an issue like this. the board of education has even limited -- excuse me, even discuss the possibility of limiting public comment at its meetings. here at do ball, activist parents who th

i love aldi, i go there myself. >> and little is coming, and it's pronounced little. >> that's true.erman invasion in walmart's backyard, a darn good thing. why? they are going after amazon. face it, there's going to be from the ashes of retail rises a champion, and it's target or walmart, and walmart is beating target. >> why won't walmart get it right? >> good points, but as we say, investing in e-commerce and losing, we estimate $150 million a month in e-commerce business. look at the companies, u.s. dollars, they've dropped 4.5 billion. that's billion since 2014. they are likely to be the winner. i guess the question i say, is, what are you winning? when will i win? outlook for earnings continues to be done. their stores produced only 60 basis points of top store sales growth. low end wages rise at 6% right now. it's going to be very hard for them to run the stores and not deteriorate economics. so we agree with steven wholeheartedly. the company made good and hard decisions. they are chasing after amazon with gusto, but at the same time, that chase is very expensive. we have see

>> we already talked about aldi. lidel is coming after walmart's turf.n brady coming on. we will talk to him and all that. this is one of these spam calls. do you get these all the time? >> not at 5:40 in the morning. >> i get these every 15 minutes. it's crazy time. we will talk to wilbur ross, i might ask him about these spam calls. >> kelly, we look forward to that. i look forward to seeing you on closing bell later today. >> thank you. long day for everybody here. >> but a great day. busy day. great to be involved with the markets, lots of volatility yesterday. >>> still ahead on "worldwide exchange." the vix hitting a one-month high. we'll talk markets and the economy with paul donovan from ubs wealth. ♪ i love you, basement guest bathroom. your privacy makes you my number 1 place... ...to go number 2. i love you, but sometimes you stink. ♪ new febreze air effects with odorclear technology cleans... ...away odors like never before. because the things you love the most can stink. and try febreze small spaces to clean away odors for up... ...to 30 day

costco, aldi's, the dollar stores doing really well.s really, really good at price and asortment and every time they do that well they're successful and when they stray from it, they run into trouble. several years ago, we eliminated a lot of sku's with the exception of target and the dollar stores sucked up that volume and that's their resurgence and now you've got aldi's and ledl on the value and wal-mart has to be careful because this'll get flanked on that end, too. charles: that's one thing that people have a hard time outsourcing. they like to go and feel those vegetables. i had trump's economic advicer gary cohn on friday and we discussed many things, including bringing overseas cash back home. i want you to listen to this. >> big, one-time incentive rate to get a lot of the money off shore. you know, we know there's trillions of dollars off shore and we want to get that back into america. we know if we don't incentivize to bring that money back, it will be invested overseas. we've seen it. history tells us. we want that money ba

sales at aldi and lidl have grown at their fastest rate in more than two years as the discounters openedred with the same period last year, as 1.1 million more households shopped at either store and inflation pushed up prices. and staying with supermarkets as food prices are rising at the fastest rate for more than three years, according to the british retail consortium. at the same time, the uk exported a record amount of food and drink. those exports rose by 8.3% over the year to £4.9 billion — the largest first quarter figure on record. that's down to better overseas promotion and the weaker pound. and we'll stay with that food and drink story because after years of price wars between our largest supermarkets, all vying for our custom, prices are starting to rise. the british retail consortium measured the prices of 500 everyday goods and found food inflation was 1.4% during the month, up from 0.9% in april. but it said overall inflation including non—food items had fallen. so what does it mean for our household incomes? rachel lund, head of retail insight & analytics at the british r

sales at aldi and lidl have grown at their fastest rate in more than two years as the discounters openedmost 20% in the 12 weeks to 21 may compared with the same period last year as 1.1 million more households shopped at either store and inflation pushed up prices. and staying with supermarkets as food prices are rising at the fastest rate for more than three years, according to the british retail consortium. at the same time, the uk exported a record amount of food and drink. those exports rose by 8.3% over the year to £4.9 billion — the largest first quarter figure on record. that‘s down to better overseas promotion and the weaker pound. a chinese activist has been detained while investigating alleged workers‘ rights abuses at a supplier for ivanka trump‘s shoe brand. the activist was working undercover for the us—based china labor watch, which said he had witnessed examples of forced overtime and wage violations. michelle fleury is in new york. what more can you tell us? we understand that this man has been detained, because his wife spoke to the associated press and said her husband

the texas state legislature has people like matt ren aldy who like to pursue this agenda of hatred andards -- assuming they're undocumented. >> shannon: the people who had signs saying they were undocumented. >> i don't wear t-shirts, i have a t-shirt that says fight for families. i've gone for protests in favor of -- i'm a born citizen of the united states of america. if i were there yesterday he would have pointed at me and questioning my citizenship and my right to be there and my right to have speech in this capacity. a cowardly act. the people of texas deserve better than that. he is from connecticut. he is a connecticut yankee down there pretending to say he's not. >> shannon: we've gotten to carpet bagging as our latest volley in this, rich. >> i don't think ice should have shown up and arrested people and they didn't. it is galling to have people showing up at protests flaunting their illegal status when one of their arguments why they need amnesty is that they're living in the shadows. you aren't living in the shadows if you show up at the state capitol with a sign or t-shirt

confident that they will be able to compete especially against the likes of not only walmart but now aldy>> they did talk about it a little bit that they are focused on price investment and a lot of price investment coming on the food side. but to your point i think it will take some time. walmart does such a good job and walmart's been putting the pressure on as well just by lowering their own prices and kroeger brings prices down and they're all getting ready with legal coming. it's going to be very competitive in the space, and i think target will need to do a lot of work to continue to even play catch-up right now. >> john, is there any hope at all? if you take a look at past retail turnarounds you invest when the days seem pretty dark. is it just that? is it just that the turnaround is way too far off? >> yeah, i mean, we do agree firmly with walmart lowering prices, to compete for those customers before they make a big statement in the u.s. so we think the retail environment is not going to get any better. we think target is transitioning to the online model. they're third so amazon

from when aldi told you, audi, this is the chip company -- the shorts have trying to hold this down.y reported a quarter that's one of the best quarters -- certainly one -- really one of the great quarters of this era. david, get used to the term. the term is moba -- m-o-b-a multiplayer online arena. esports which is moba is now as popular among the u.s. male millennials as america's favorite pastime. how popular? more people will be gaming than people who watch hbo, netflix, espn and hulu altaught. >> so important. >> you need the nvidia chips. >> activision is now another player in the sports. >> electronic arts. >> my friend got that nailed. keep an eye on that. didn't he come -- >> yeah, leff has not been right. >> leff. >> yes. who uses the chips? how about facebook and google and lockheed martin for reliable visual reality. how about ikea. 220 cars -- i mean, he's predicting that we don't have enough professional drivers so everyone has to use artificial intelligence. david, they finally -- they are in the big nintendo, you know, they're in the nintendo machine. >> wow. a thing

all names that i think can compete with amazon or very differentiated from amazon, like five below, aldi'shis morning. it's difficult out there. the story was you know very, very tough february. some of that from later tax refunds. then a decent rebound in march and also in april. but probably not sustainable at those levels, so overall, yeah, it's very difficult out there and as tough as i have seen it really in my coming up on close to 20 years covering the sector up. >> sure. >> guys, we have to leave it there. to make up for time, but thank you for weighing in on what has been an important retail season. oliver when and patrick mckooefer, happy friday. >> thanks, guys. when we come back, mark zuckerberg's message to harvard grads. dow's down seven. fees? what did you have in mind? i don't know. $4.95 per trade? uhhh. and i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee? guarantee? where we can get our fees and commissions back if we're not happy. so can you offer me what schwab is offering? what's with all the questions? ask your broker if they're offering $4.95 online e

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