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amazon's prime day does kick off tonight at 9:00 p.m. 100,000 deals rolling out every five minutes over 30 hours for prime members in 13 countries. last year's prime day was amazon's biggest day ever, bigger even than its cyber monday with orders up 60% worldwide compared to that first inaugural prime day. slice intelligence says in 2016 amazon's market share of on-line sales was about 4% higher in the month of july than it averaged the rest of the months of the year, because of prime day now price brinks carl quist found while last year's prime day deals were 30% less in terms of pricing on other sites, there are always exceptions and many of the deepest discounts are on amazon's exclusive items like the kindle, like the fire tv and the echo which means you can't price compare any of those devices. last year, the echos and these devices were among the top sellers, expect the echo to be a marquee sale item and likely large tvs as well. we don't know the extent of the deals yet amazon says the about best way to monitor the deals is throug

it amazon prime. do you think it will succeed ? it is amazon prime. do you think it will succeed?in two hours. we have never seen can deliver in two hours. we have never seen anything like that before. it adds convenience to people who can shop at home and wait for their deliveries. that is a good business proposition as far as i'm concerned. that was tim goh. so, how has america's economy been doing lately? we should find out later today when the latest gdp figures, the gross domestic product numbers, are released. this will tell us how much the economy grew in the last three months. it comes at a time in the current administration has been promising growth rates of 3% or more. that is a goal that some experts believe is pretty lofty. as candidate for president, donald trump had ambitious goals for america's economy, believing he could make the country's gdp saw. —— soar. we are bringing it from 1% to 496. i soar. we are bringing it from 1% to 4%. i think we could go to 5% or 6%. but the realities of governing the country has the president singing in a more muted tone. the variou

amazon prime day is nearly here. tonight, the tips to cash in on what some are calling christmas in july. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. we begin with the developing headline involving the president's campaign team and a meeting with a lawyer tied to the kremlin before the election. late today, donald trump jr. releasing a statement, revealing he was led to believe the attorney had information helpful to the president. that information was about alleged connections between russia, the dnc, and hillary clinton. that leads to the question, were some in the campaign willing to accept russian help? this statement comes as president trump is back from the g-20, and on twitter, claiming he strongly pushed back against russia during their face to face. and proposing a partnership on cyber security that has some in his own party outraged. gloria riviera is at the white house. >> reporter: tonight, abc news learning why president trump's inner circle met with a russian lawyer. i was as

the reason is they want subscribers on amazon prime. they want people on amazon platform. le using echo. they want people using prime. by doing this event now, it really does prime the pump for the fourth quarter, for the very important shopping days in december. if they can get prime members now, they can get them tuned up for an entire year of spending. emily: interestingly, walmart didn't do anything special. target didn't do anything special. what does this mean for other retailers? cory: there is an amazon effect being talked about quite a lot right now. i think the bigger effect is shopping malls. not so much big retailers, but the small retailers that are really getting ground-up by online shopping. people that are walking and taking pictures of things on their amazon phones and then just ordering on amazon. they are getting eaten up by that competition. customers want to pay a lot less money, and amazon is there to help. emily: it is all about building prime, bringing people into the amazon ecosystem. one of the most interesting deals was the $.99 for four months of

every 25 minutes, boom, another special happens at amazon prime. >> amazon prime day, started last nightt 9:00 p.m. >> yes. >> you will get these deals up until midnight, tonight or i guess tomorrow. amazon will have crazy deals, but you have to act fast like mike's said they keep popping up. we have to catch them. >> pop up, grab it, and danry cot owe is here, watching the deals, all night long. >> all night long. >> have not gotten any sleep. >> exhaust continuing. >> do you know what the origin of amazon prime do you know. >> to get more people to sign up. >> that is clearly the goal, it is to celebrate their birthday. it is 20th birthday of amazon. they celebrate their birthday by getting you to spend money on their web site. that is origin, 35 billion-dollar is what is estimated to be spent today. that is more than macy's sells in a year. >> wow. >> can you imagine. >> this is a big deal. lots of good deals out there as mike said they renew them or put new deals out there every five minutes or so. they are lightening deals. we are going to talk about those this morning and some are

they service all of those orders, so execution is the key issue for tesla rolling forward and amazon prime this has been a success so far. 2016 sales on 2015, 60% higher. amazon hoping that this prime day sale which starts very shortly will build on those gains. it's not been a bad story for the stock, i have to say, but will it be good for other retailers? maybe not. i think a few of those high street retailers will be looking at amazon and shaking their heads and wondering how it's going to hurt their own sales. >> thank you. >>> coming up, this weekend's big box office winners plus a man under arrest that wouldn't let handcuffs get many the way of his proposal plans. your trending stories next here on "early today." house with water dripping from the ceiling. you never know when something like this will happen. so let the geico insurance agency help you with homeowners insurance and protect yourself from things like fire, theft, or in this case, water damage. cannonball! now if i had to guess, i'd say somewhere upstairs there's a broken pipe. let the geico insurance agency help you with

you have to be a member of amazon prime. experts say you can snag tonight's deals without paying the full $99 annual fee. >> two adults, or as amazon calls it, a household can share an account. so, that's about 50 bucks each. >> reporter: or get a free 30-day trial. >> shopping memberships can be worth it. but i always say nobody should pay for the right to shop with more than two retailers, and ideally just with one. >> reporter: and make sure you're saving more than you spend on any membership. at costco there's no official trial, but if you're not satisfied, they'll refund your fee. david, experts also say a membership doesn't guarantee you a lowest prices so before you buy, shop around. david? >> great advice, linzie. >>> when we come back, big news about coffee. also hundreds of rescues after dangerous rip currents along the coast. we'll tell you where. >>> and the trooper responding to a domestic call. the active duty soldier accused of hilling him. we'll be right back. where to go, and how to work around your uc. that'

amazon prime members will be able to save more on thousands of items on the website. zon says there will be more than a hundred thousand new deals offered with sales posted as often as every five minutes, last year, millions of people participated in this biggest prime day yet. this year could be even bigger and people in 12 other countries including uk, mÉxico and china will now be able to participate. amazon doesn't tell you everything that will be on sale. but some items to look out for, ps4, x box 1, gaming laptop and home electronics. look out for products like the amazon echo. some deals have already started, you can get the top-best selling kindle books for 199 to 299, print magazine subscriptions for 99 cents a month, subscriptions like rolling stones, gq incident some deeply discounted. prime exclusive phones, 12 different smart phones from motorola, nokia, others on sale from 250 to $200, amazon unlimited music. prime members will be able to save with alexia device exclusive deals two hours before prime day starts. amazon says the app is the best way to shop

. >> and how amazon prime day could impact tv habit. money watch's roxanna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jim, rahel. wall street is coming off a mixed day. the dow lost five-point on monday. and the nasdaq added 23. >> if you invested in the ipo for snap chat parent company you've lost money. snap stocks fell for the first time monday. since going public in march, the stock has lost around $10 billion in market value. one problem concerns about snap chat's ability to grow and attract advertisers, as fast as expected. >>> amazon prime is catching up with cable tv. projected 90 million us households will pay for cable or satellite tv this year, compare that to the estimated 79 million that will have amazon prime membership. cords willing to the research firm morning star. and that number is expected to rise, with amazon prime day, now underway. >> and if you want to retire early, making your own dinner might help. the millennial money blog, americans spends about 70% of their money on housing, transportation and food. the blog

hard for the analysts to sort of put those numbers into practice >> and i still haven't joined amazon prime so it hasn't peaked. >> you have to buy stuff from somewhere. doesn't have to be amazon. >> exactly i have zero explanation for it because i must pay in delivery from amazon easily the subscription but each time i'm like no, i won't quite commit this time >>> in other corporate news, twitter is tapping a wall street veteran as its new cfo landon dowdy has the details >> twitter naming ned segall to take over. he will report to twitter ceo jack dorsey. segal last served as senior vice president of finance for intuit. spent nearly 17 years at gold man sax. he says he believes twitter has tremendous potential aend can't wait to work with dorsi. s t segal will have a $500,000 salary and a shares of twitter initially popped more than 3% on the news and they are up slightly this morning in early trading back over to you >>> more stocks to watch today, dow chemical agreeing to sell a portion of its business in brazil for $1.1 billion. the move comes as the company seeks regulatory approval f

households now have an amazon prime membership.ut 66 million last year and that comes to 90 million households that will pay for satellite and cable this year. >> i know all about that. lana, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> coming up, this weekend's big box office winners plus a man under arrest that wouldn't let handcuffs get in the way of his proposal plans. your trending stories next. like this will happen. so let the geico insurance agency help you with homeowners insurance and protect yourself from things like fire, theft, or in this case, water damage. cannonball! now if i had to guess, i'd say somewhere upstairs there's a broken pipe. let the geico insurance agency help you with homeowners insurance. call today to see how much you could save. introducing the easiest way to get gillette blades noo text "blades" to gillette on demand text to reorder blades with gillette on demand... ...and get $3 off your first order ♪...nausea, heartburn,♪ indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪ ♪nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset st

. >> meantime, today, of course, amazon prime day a look at the ripple effect amazon is having on consumer goods companies. by the way, the shares of the company slightly lower in the session, and battle of the home echo wars. goggle and amazon are slashing prices on their devices. >> 50% or more in some cases. >>> and it's it's the final countdown. we're gearing up for big reveal of america's top state for business we are anxiously awaiting the result, and we will bring it to you later on "closing bell." you probably saw scott cohn reveal that georgia was number two a little while ago >> reporter: but we knew he wasn't in georgia. >> we knew he wasn't in georgia. we just don't know where he is right now, but we'll find out here on "closing bell" today let's begin on capitol hill where our ylan mui has the hill's reaction to the e-mails released by donald jr. in relation to a meeting with a russian lawyer who claimed to have damaging evidence against democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying that he has full confidence in

assistance is 50% off, 70% two luggage set and 25% off smart tv, not idea, but you do have to join amazon prime and it's going to cost you $99 a year. it can pay off if you do a lot of shopping on amazon. >> how much money did you spoend? >> okay, so i did. for research, only, as i told you. >> i did the amazon echo for $39. >> only one. >> i had that jacket. a 12-year-old kid, they're 39 bucks. e yeah, it was almost half price. so research, leon, only. >> yeah, sure. >> that's your story. >> and i'm sticking to it. >> thank you. >>> people weigh in one neighborhood are complaining about cart chaos this afternoon, what shopping carts are causing so many problems in an area that already has enough to deal with. >> not shopping today. plus olympic hopefuls doing their business. but the cities that host a host and olympics, why one u.s. city said it's got s om >>> here is a look at the problem, some residents are complaining about these ladies went shopping a at the costco, they brought their shopping cart on the street, they're unloading it to get back on to the bus, you can see what happened her

depictable me taking in $4 million and baby driver, $12.8 million. >> and amazon prime day. >> while as amazon in the name, there are other retailers who are joining it this year. it's promising to be bigger than ever. here's abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: if cyber monday is the super bowl, amazon prime day is the playoffs. >> when you see a deal, you've got to snatch it up. >> reporter: it starts at 9:00 monday night and runs through 3:00 a.m. wednesday. you have to be an amazon prime customer to get the deals. what are the best deals going to be? >> if you're in the market for a big deal, you want to look at electronics. amazon prime is stocking up when it comes to televisions. >> reporter: amazon will roll out thousands of one-day-only limited-time deals, everything from speakers to printers to lacroix sparkling water and gummy bears. the good news for shoppers? this big sale is pushing other retailers like walmart, target and kohl's to up the ante. >> expect them to roll out things similar to amazon prime prior to black friday. >> reporter: not everything is going to be a steal,

. >> amazon prime day is under way.he company highlighting deals aimed at enticing customers to become prime subscribers as a number of retailers are coming off a rough day on wall street we were talking about it here before it began. macy's saw shares fall 7%. best buy was -- >> yielding 7. >> reports about a geek squad effort at amazon, jcpenney down now in the premarket after announcing the departure of its cfo. you said this yesterday. >> i know i got it ight. >> you said wait till today. >> today is the day. >> there might be bargains in retail. >> that's what i said. everyone is going to panic we'll have to wait to hear it's up 20% somebody is going to have to downgrade. this is going to be a day where i'm taking off -- people have become so -- people have never shopped in their career are shopping i looked at this thing i am not buying the 100% glow in the dark pebble walkways for a saving of -- look at this, $11 it used to be $12.96 i'm not calling it a sham but i don't know anybody who actually went on and boug

amazon prime is stocking up when it comes to televisions. >> reporter: amazon will roll out thousandsday-only limited-time deals, everything from speakers to printers to lacroix sparkling water and gummy bears. you can set alerts for items you want through their app. the good news for shoppers? this big sale is pushing other retailers like walmart, target and kohl's to up the ante. >> expect them to roll out things similar to amazon prime prior to black friday. >> reporter: not everything is going to be a steal, but you can use a cost comparison app to check how good a deal you're really getting. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. >> i was all excited. >> gummy bears! >> a sale on gummy bears! oh, my god, i know what i'm going to be doing for the next 24 hours. >> not really. >>> this morning on "world news now." the president's oldest son revealing he met with a kremlin-linked lawyer shortly after his father clinched the gop nomination. >> donald trump jr. saying he believed the attorney had information harmful to the clinton campaign. the scandal as the president returns from the g20

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happening right now - amazon prime day is underway! you have about 23 hours left to cash in on the savings. the big retail day kicked off at 9 last night. amazon is offering a new deal every five and will continue to do so until three a-m tomorrow! to take part in the fun, you do have to have a prime membership. you can still get one if you don't have one. it cost 99 dollars for a year. if you want an electronic device but don't want to set it up...amazon's got that covered too. the tech giant announced its new "amazon smart home services store." when you purchase an item...you can choose set up an installation appointment, too. the jury is in and the verdict -- today: partly sunny, hot and humid, pm thunderstorms possible (30%) highs: 93-98 winds: southwest 5-10 mph tonight: warm and very humid lows: 71-77 winds: south 5 mph wednesday: hot and humid, pm thunderstorms possible (40%) highs: 93-98 heat index: around 100 winds: southwest 5-10 mph the jury is in and the verdict -- unanimous. the verdict -- unanimous. aaron judge is an abso

dick sporting goods, amazon bucking the trend up 1% ahead of its annual prime day now back downtown for of "squawk alley." guys, back over to you >> all right thank you, dom good morning it is 8:00 a.m. at amazon headquarters in seattle, 11:00 on wall street "squawk alley" is live ♪ ♪ ♪ typical drive today time to emancipate ♪ ♪ i guess

upsets me. >> how some customers can get a head start though on the deals before 9:00 tonight. >> amazon prime night doesn't sound the same. >> prime night. >> sound like more fun. >> anyway. today also marks beginning of the what is being called summer of hell. >> for community's cross the northeast why is it being called that and what will happen. what should we spending. we will go live to find out. >>> trying to figure this out. >> amazon deals start tonight. >> alexa, sign me up for prime >> you do know that is not even on, right. >> yeah. >> i'm just saying. >> it need to be plugged in at least. >> we will figure it out by 9:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. tonight lauren, amazon prime day, yeah >> we will get ready for it. there are some good deals going on here. >> 9:00 o'clock it kicks off you were just talking to the echo, which wasn't on, right. >> it was not plugged in. >> alexa plug yourself in. >> it is half off starting tonight, that is one deal to tell you tonight on this amazon prime day so it will cost you 90 bucks? is that a good deal. >> yeah. >> half off. >> yeah. >> over 100,000 item

from federal and state regulators. >>> starting today you can get the best deals of the year on amazon prime. >> prime deals start at 9:00 tonight. there are three hours of deals with new deals coming every five minutes for most of the day. hard to keep track of all these deals. prime members will find exclusive deals with the help of amazon's echo devices. fire firefighter or tablet. if you have an amazon deal called alexa, you have first access. alexa customers can score voice activated deals. that's dangerous. you have deals you can endorse. >> amazon prime membership is $99 or $10.99 a month for the two-day shipping. >> good luck everybody. >> i think it's it is back to work on capitol hill. find out where the health care battle stands now and whether the gop is closer to getting a bill passed. >>> have you heard more about metro track work. the impact to riders. >>> plus, we're staying on top of the breaking news. more team coverage on the latest crash on the beltway. ♪ ♪ award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. visit your v

here's matt bomer in "the last tycoon" on amazon prime.to make pictures and they're going to make money and then everyone will be restored to to their rightful salary and all of this will be forgotten. until then, we'll just have to weather this like every other struggling corporation in america. >> i hope you're ashamed of yourself. >> well, shame never got a a picture made. >> it's no time to be glib, monroe. >> that's enough! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: f. scott fitzgerald. you -- you nailed it, dude. you guys did a great job, it's fantastic. matt bomer, everybody. season one of "the last tycoon" is available this friday on amazon prime. we'll be right back with a a performance from kelsea ballerini. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ this is crabfest at red lobster. and right now, classic favorites like crab lover's dream. and new dishes like southern king crab and dueling crab legs with delicious dungeness and sweet snow crab. it's all happening at crabfest. and crabfest is only happening at red lobster. now this is seafood. ♪ i don't th

is that an amazon prime effect or unrelated >> yeah. x bucks and snap for 15. they're limited to amazon merchandise. they have a weber grill. it's not even weber. it's like coleman. i've never seen a bunch of crap that i'm supposed to be buying and be excited about i would rather go to the mall, wilf can we just accept that amazon prime is as boring >> if there's a bar at the mall i'll probably go with you. >> i could be in the race that you're involved. i want to do something so it's more than consumption of amazon goods i don't need prime. >> snap, are you buying this now, did you say buying it below the 17 >> no. i want to buy it for 2 bucks less on amazon prime i certainly don't need the roomba and i don't need the grill. do you see the stuff that i do not need the mermaid or the 22-pair shoe rack. is this what i sold all these stocks for >> totally sold out. you saw that report. >> what's that >> facelift in a bottle it's a gone. >> the facelift in a bottle is gone >> yes. >> holy cow! i'm done for the day. >> jim, thank you very mu

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amazon prime day will offer new deals every five minutes, for 30 hours. but only to customers with a prime membership, which costs $99 a year, and offers free two-day delivery on many items. >> you're going to find deals on great products, like i said, everything from the latest technology gadget, we have tv's-headphones, amazon device toss gardening tools, even the household applies in you if you want to stock up. >> 80% off. >> anna with denver cookies, a savvy save or. >> some fantastic deals available. >> she is finding great already announced deals. you can save 50% on amazon echo samsonite luggage, get sky walker jump and dunk 8-foot tramp for 119 bucks. or element 5-inch of for 399. but she says, don't jump at all over the offers. >> things to wait on are laptops. because we're in back to school season. >> of course it is a lot of information. thousands of offers, some available only for a short time. or until supplies are gone. >> one way to keep track of all of this is get the amazon app on your phone. then, you can get notifications, when the de

hours, discount will be available on hundreds every thousands of eat items, buyers must have the amazon prime donovan on boards, apparently he is significant living in the 19 hundreds. >> i think i bought two, p books? i like going to the store and touch things. >> very tangible type of person. i can appreciate that. >> but do you understand the perks of amazon? two day shipping. >> i don't buy a lot of stuff. i don't need it. >> such a consumer reporter. >> hence i'll retire on february 9th, 2026. >> all right, i mean -- >> telling you, you don't spend money, you retire earl. >> i we'll work on him on the commercial. i'm tell you, i think good group, as the morning team can give him for christmas, just put that in the back of our minds. >> thank you. >> let's switch gears here, talk about how the weather will shape up, all-in-all looking unsettled. but, hang on, it looks as though when we say unsettled, most of the time, next few days, all very isolated showers, thunderstorms, we will find. let's check in with the eyewitness weather watchers, a lot of report, i think a the love folks are up

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