first, ford's ceo, the numbers are ought out and we'll talk to allen mulally.e stock has been outperforming its peers and decidedly so. and rider systems ceo, a very troubled transportation sector, because of a variety of factors. we'll talk to him. and then amazon, given their latest purchase of zappos, do you buy, sell or hold the stock? back to you, melissa. >> up next, julia boorstin at the foreign brainstorm conference with a first on cnbc interview. >> the economic downturn is proving an opportunity for a lot of the tech companies here at fortune brainstorm. i'll be talking to the c eos of one of the companies, coming up, only on "the call." >>> heavy hitters in the business world are gathering at the fortune brainstorm tech conference in pass deana, california. and julia boorstin joins us live from there with a special guest. hello, julia. >> hi, larry, i'm joined by john chen. john, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> earler this week you posted better than expected earnings results, higher revenue from licensing and also higher operating

ford ceo allen muscle al mulally. there you have it, try as you might to get better guidance to whether or not they're going to be profitable any time soon. he is sticking to the conservative nature that ford -- and the future they have laid out there. >> keeping his options open. phil, thank you. >> you bet. >>> let's show you a picture of a live news conference going on at the u.s. attorneys office in if newark, new jersey. about to get under way. stay with us here. this one is complicated, but fascinating. the mayors of two major new jersey cities -- now we're up to three, arrested today along with several rabbi as part of a major corruption in international money laundering conspiracy probe. the u.s. attorneys office says approximately 44 arrests have been made. they have arrested so many people, they had to rent a bus. and you thought the soprano was fiction. and there may be organ selling involved? >> it may be connected. it's a separate tract, but they think some of this may be connected to the international mo