"that ashley was a kind of lie," said the defense. >> ashley fallis was a beautiful woman, but she hade pain inside. she was mentally ill. >> reporter: the defense put one of ashley's close friends on the stand. >> what did you know of ashley having a mental illness? >> i knew that she was on medications. we spoke pretty in depth about that. >> reporter: but even with medications, the friend testified, ashley had trouble controlling her emotions. >> what kind of mental health issues, uhm, did you observe ashley fallis to be going through? >> depression, mood swings, impulsive behaviors. >> reporter: in fact, the defense argued ashley was so depressed the summer before she died, she wrote this letter to tom. >> "i have so much pain on the inside i can no longer take it. i'm sorry to do this to you and the kids, but i find myself not even liking my children." >> reporter: "every day is a chore with them and you. i have to pretend to be happy. i have to pretend to be someone i am not. please make sure you raise the kids to continue to go the school we have chosen. i do love them. i just c

ashley: i'm ashley webster. lauren: president trump taking a victory lap at his first rally since the mueller probe concluded. the president on the road in grand rapids, michigan, doing what he does best. that's rallying his base. >> after three years of lies a and smears and slander, the russia hoax is finally dead. the collusion delusion is over. robert mueller was a god to the democrats, was a god to them, until he said there was no collusion. they don't like him so much right now. ashley: the evening was something of a home-coming. presidentrumpbecame the first ro win election in two decades. he wasted no time touting the economy and tearing into democrats. we'll have more in a short while. lauren: in the midterms, michigan got a democratic governor. president trump attacking obamacare again. ashley: we get the latest from edward lawrence. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and ashley. president trump surprising some in his administration, starting a fresh push to repeal obamacare. the department of justice f

ashley: no shorts or flip-flops. lauren: you called them smart jeans, right, ashley? ashley: yes.earing to something once, he said smart jeans. ashley: the clean ones. lauren: without the expensive rips. ashley.ashley: first mayo-katc, what's next for heinz. tracee: heinz has released mayo based barbecue and mustard. they say they're putting it in a bottle, taking the guesswork out of the pe perfect condiment. people have been mixing mayonnaise and mustard, mayonnaise and barbecue sauce, now here it is in one bottle. what's next, mayo salsa, mayo relish. lauren: this week, drama over food themed footwear. tracee: puma's new sneakers were released this month. in and out chain, their colors are red and yellow, the signature palm tree logo. they claim puma ripped off the trademark for the new tennis shoes, which are red and yellow with a palm tree stamped on the sneaker. they said you didn't get our permission, we asked you to stop using our look, our theme, so that's why they're suing, copyright infringement. lauren: tracee, thank you very much. ashley: let's take a look at u.s. fut

ashley: good morning,is, i'm ashley webster in for cheryl casone. lauren: breaking overnight, signs of progress in the u.s.-china trade talks. reuters is reporting that beijing is making unprespreceded proposals. they cover a range of sticking points including forced transfer of technology. a senior official in the trump administration telling reuters that china's ideas have gone further than in the past and treasury secretary steven mnuchin and robert lighthizer arrive in beijing today for two days of talks, aimed at ending the trade war between the world's two biggest economies. ashley: the united states is asking a chinese firm to sell off the majority stake in the dating app grinder. the main concern from national security officials says if asked, the company would have to share information about grinder's users with the chinese government and that information could be used to blackmail u.s. officials. another concern is that the a app's location data could be used to track down even more personal information about a user's comings and goings. l

. >>> ashley webster in for liz claman today. ashley, over to you. ashley: thank you very much. a very solid gain across the markets. let's not ruin it in this last hour before the closing bell. charles payne, thank you. we begin with breaking news. deadly flooding in the midwest creating chaos for millions of residents and over $1 billion in damage to an agriculture industry already under water. the missouri river, about to crest as farmers face the harsh reality of wiped out grain storage, loss of livestock. we will talk to a missouri farmer about mother nature's rage. it's a desperate situation. >>> speaking of desperate situations, overseas, british prime minister theresa may trying to contain an entirely different disaster as the european union is expected to grant an extension to her nation's departure from the economic bloc. ambassador terry miller will be here to give his odds of a no-deal brexit. >>> netflix awakening to the reality it's about to face its biggest streaming challenge yet as apple gets set to launch its new streaming service. but is apple too late to the

ashley: i'm ashley webster.ren: a boeing 737 max jet forced to make an emergency landing yesterday in orlando due to an engine problem. the airline says no passengers were on-board and the incident was not related to the anti-stall software. the southwest plane was being flown to california. that's where the airline is storing the planes after the grounding of the 737 max earlier this month. boeing is set to unveil a software update o for the jet today, as u.s. regulators will be on capitol hill today to answer questions from a senate panel on the sift our aviation industry. we'll have a preview later in the broadcast. ashley: alexandria ocasio-cortez global warming bill went up in flames. the senate voted a 57-0 against a procedural motion to take up the resolution. most democrats, though, voted -- well, they just said present to protest the gop action. republican senator mike lee slamming the green new deal. >> this is a picture of aquaman. under the green you ne new deals probably hawaii's best bet. there is

ashley? ashley: never a dull day for blake burman at the white house. blake, thank you so much. appreciate it, on those sanctions with north korea. or are there sanctions? we have to wait and see. >>> boeing's problems also weighing on the markets today. it's among the dow 30 laggards, almost at the bottom. there's boeing, as you can see. the aerospace giant tumbling over the fallout after two crashes over its 737 max airplane continues. today, indonesia cancels an order for 49 of the jets, a list price value of some $6 billion. since the ethiopian air crash, boeing stock has lost more than 12%, a market value of $28 billion wiped away. today, you can see it's down another six bucks, nearly 2%. >>> okay. coming up next, the uk now perilously close to crashing out of the european union without a brexit deal despite the two-stage extension. the british north american trade commissioner will join us exclusively to explain the next steps and how a no-deal brexit could disrupt the global economy. that's next on "countdown." (bird chirping) lots to do, hope you fuelled up. sure did. t

ashley: i'm ashley webster. lauren: the attorney general released his summary of the robert mul mueller investigatio. democrats are planning a fight to have the whole report released. ashley: lauren blanchard has the latest. >> reporter: president trump's legal team saying the mueller report has fully vindicated the president but democrats say they want attorney general william barr to testify, believing there was bias in the findings. >> there was no collusion with russia. there was no obstruction and none whatsoever and it was a complete and total exoneration. >> president trump is wrong. this report does not amount to a so-called total exoneration. special counsel mueller was clear that his report, quote, does not exonerate, closed quote, the president. >> reporter: barr submitted his summary to lawmakers. mueller found no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. democrats are not satisfied with the summary, especially the portion that covers obstruction of justice. mueller leaving the dec

ashley: i'm ashley webster in for cheryl casone. lauren: you heard the apple news yesterday, the company announcing new services for entertainment, financial services, news, video games. unfortunately, not everyone's impressed. ashley: that's always the way. hillary vaughn is in california with the he details. >> reporter: good morning. apple announcing it is taking on streaming giants, netflix, hulu and amazon, by hiring hollywood's hottest actors and directors to turn out original content, strictly for their new streaming service, apple tv plus. the new platform is coming this fall. we don't know how much it's going to cost subscribers, but here's the pitch for how they're going to compete in the streaming industry. >> we partnered with the most accomplished story tellers, as well as a new generation of the most exciting voices who, together, will define apple tv plus as the destination for the highest quality originals. >> reporter: the apple event looked like a hollywood movie premier. a-list actors and directors stealing the sh

ashley: good morning, i'm ashley webster. lauren: breaking overnight, new fears over the u.s./china trade talks. the u.s. envoys to china saying the two countries are not as close a deal as everyone had hoped. the ambassador telling the wall street journal that negotiators have yet to set a date for the final trade summit between president xi and president trump. that indicates more work may need to be done here. ashley: that news sending asian markets reeling further. there's selloff with weaker than expecexpected trade data. analysts say even if beijing and washington settle their trade dispute soon, china's export growth this year will likely be lackluster. lauren: what does thisal all meaall mean foru.s. markets ande bring in francis newton stacy, thank you for joining us on this 10 year an verse anniversary ol run. is china more likely to want to do a trade deal or as we just reported, are they still very far apart on the terms? >> well, it's hard to say. but the thing that's interesting is -- so, what's happening with the chai noos chinese central b, they're being acda a

ashley: what year was this? mark: 1870's. that is when the diversity of cedar rapids changed dramatically and the existing population fully welcomed the bohemian population. they populated this area around the job source and the result was they built their own little mini downtown here. it is kind of like how other cities have little italy's and little chinas, we have a little bohemia. we are the only one in the united states to have a little bohemia area. when the became more industrial, the folks of the neighborhood shifts towards the west side, czech village, this is a former bohemian movie theater and on the right they had bohemian language films in there. former hardware store, the oldest restaurant-bar in cedar rapid, since 1934. hasn't changed since 1934. let's go across the bridge and go past the african-american museum. the result was because of the booklet -- the bohemian immigrants, the success story, that opened the door for all other ethnic groups to come to cedar rapids and the 1880s' and 1890's. they were immed

ashley: indeed.'t agree on how to reform the system so should we leave it to the states? our next guest says yes. the italian government is giving away free money. why not. they're already bankrupt. some democrats want to put a similar program in place here. could that spell the end of american prosperity as we know it? we'll ask that question. you are asking "fbn: a.m.." ♪ so they say that ai will put the future in the palm of our hands. that's great. but right now you've got your hands full with your global supply chain. okay, france wants 50,000 front fenders by friday. that's why you work with watson. i analyzed thousands of contracts and detected a discrepancy. it works with procurement systems you already use to help speed up distribution without slowing down your team. frank, tell fred full force on those french fenders. fine. fine. fantastic. for ai that knows your industry, choose watson. hello! the best ai for the job. lauren: italy's populace unveiling a new welfare program. the so-called

they are determined to fight ashley's killer. they have interviewed more than 90 people but not enough evidence to make an arrest.>> we have either talked to the suspect or we talk to somebody who knows the suspect. >> this is the one that got away, the one that wasn't solved. this is the one i think about.>> this binder, one of many may hold the key to crack the case.>> i have a hard time believing we cannot close the deal on this. something will break someday. i believe it in my heart.>> john griffin split from ashley when their daughter was a year old. >> i told her mommy died and she cried and cried. it is the hardest thing i've ever had to do in my life. see mike ashley's daughter is now 18 and starting college.>> her smile and presence are definitely missed. >> tragedy during mardi gras in new orleans. a crash leaves two people dead, several others hurt. we will tell you what the driver of the car allegedly told police when they arrested him.>> investigations are starting. democrats control the house and they will make life

ashley: yes. adviser john bolton putting out a statement condemning the maduro regime for use of foreign military personnel in venezuela in an attempt to remain in power, including the introduction as we know of russian military personnel and equipment. he says we consider such provocative actions as a direct threat to international peace and security in the region. he says we will continue to defend and protect the interests of the u.s. and our partners in the western hemisphere. obviously saying to russia, as we know, the president has said out. russia needs to get out and all options are still on the table, and there is part of that statement. very strong from the national security adviser. stuart: the president was blunt, wasn't he, get out. next question. how about this one. the european parliament has banned single use plastic items like straws, cotton swabs, they have plastic in the middle. cutlery. all banned. ashley: yes, indeed. they say that look, we want this to be done by 2021 which i

ashley: michael, what stood out to you? i guess this is as bad as close as possible to neutral, the fed can get, right? >> right. yeah, i think the fed got it right and i commend him for that and overall they're doing a good job but i'd like to hear more discussion about these amazing changes in the economy. now there's very fundamental changes going on in the economy. everywhere i look around me i see what you might call marginal cost production being replaced with a big infrastructure. if i go to mcdonald's now i can order my hamburger for a kiosk and go to amazon go, i don't have a checker and everywhere i look, the structure of production is changing from kind of the high and rising marginal cost economy to a high fixed cost economy with low marginal cost and in that world, what we need is more growth in order to have lower prices. i can go to a movie that costs $250 million to produce for $12 because you go and everybody else goes too and people across the world go so what i want is fast growth, because that brings me

ashley left for school.ered the apartment, possibly with ashley's key, the one he'd secretly copied when he borrowed her car and key ring a month before. once inside the apartment, he stabbed shelley to death. he cleaned up any evidence of his presence and got out of there. but he could not erase all the evidence. like, for example, his text messages that morning. particularly his texts to ashley before the murder. he can be seen sending some of those texts while at the walmart on this surveillance video. >> timing was starting after the 10:00 hour on september 10th. and it was one minute, the next minute, the next minute, the next minute. then there was a pause. pause for an hour and something. he was asking her in those text messages if she wanted to go to lunch with him. >> he was hammer texting her. and it was one of those situations where i have no doubt in my mind, he was texting her to see whether or not she was gonna leave that classroom. she repeatedly told him no, that she was in class, that she wa

ashley: sorry about that. s stuart: exposed by ashley webster. ashley: sorry.ck the big board. now we are up ten points. we turned it around. got it. now we're up 12. 25,500 is where we are. >>> better profit at winnebago. what's the stock doing? it's down 1.6%. anyo nintendo is launching two new versions of its switch gaming console released this summer, maybe. that stock is up 2%. >>> viacom and at & t have cut a deal to avert a programming blackout. viacom is up, at & t is down. apple holds a big event in its headquarters later on today. it's expected to announce their new streaming service. here's my question to you, jeff. is this new streaming service a netflix killer? >> no. i'm going to take credit for something again which was that i said apple should have bought netflix in 2012. no, it's not a netflix killer, with over a billion apple devices out, this should have been done back then. it is a good thing for apple but i think apple's going to find a way to blow it because keep in mind, what netflix has that apple desperately needs is a tremendous amount

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ashley: no, no. coming out of the financial crisis, hitting bottom on that march 9th, 2009, who could have predicted this? stuart: some did. ashley: a few. stuart: good news for costco workers. they got a nice surprise. yes, a second pay raise in the past year. how much? susan: up to $15 an hour for everybody. supervisors also get more as well and you get more benefits and that includes paid parental leave. this is an example of a tight labor market so costco raising the minimum wage and that matches amazon, which raised it to $15 an hour. target currently at $12 an hour. they want to move that up to $15 as well starting sometime next year. walmart, which is the largest retailer in the world still, physic physical, they pay $11 an hour, they basically have one and a half million staff. stuart: they want to raise it? susan: no. they haven't indicated that just yet. we are still at $11 but it's a sign of a very tight buoyant labor market. stuart: you know what, capitalism works. i like it myself. >>> t

ashley: yes.ing dollars and cents to things, telling people how it's going to affect their daily life, then it's not so great. stuart: all right. i think we better check the big board. this now is a new low for the day. look at it, down nearly 300 points. stick around for another 30 seconds, it will be down 300 points, well over 1%. the dow is now back of course at 25,600. >>> next, listen to what the president said earlier on "mornings with maria" slamming the federal reserve again. roll tape. >> look, i hope i didn't influence frankly, but it doesn't matter. i don't care if i influenced or not. one thing i was right, but we would have been over 4 if they didn't do all of the interest rate hikes and they tightened. i mean, they did $50 billion a month. i said what are we doing here. stuart: the president said look, we would have 4% growth last year if it wasn't for the federal reserve. now, does the president have a point on that one, ash? ashley: well, you could argue that the signs were there t

ashley: oh, my goodness.ght a giant steer or cow into local petco store. why would they do that? liz: he is a texas rancher. i will call petco's bluff, all pets are welcome. put a leash on the steer. this is african watusi. look at horns. he didn't expect the reaction. petco workers greeted steer with open arms. he put the video up on facebook. this is no china shop. this is funny scene. ashley: who cleaned up afterwards? stuart: texas. great state. >>> gaming revolution. here is a revolution. google is launching a videogame streaming service as we said. basically a netflix for videogames. they're beamed to your computer over the internet. gail dickey with us, "gamer world news" entertainment ceo. gail, explain this to me. sounds like this is game-changer. when google gets into this, changes the game? >> yes i think it's a game-changer. we're looking at streaming. we're looking at eventuality of 5g and mobile traffic and connected devices increase will be important. i was there yesterday, witnessed it for mys

ashley: kind of. she says look, if they started by doing community meetings and really talking to people and working with the local communities, she would be much more on board. that is definitely backtracking on what her objection was in the $3 billion worth of tax prices and public incentives. but it's too late, obviously. by the way, amazon did respond to this comment. it came from her chief of staff. amazon said you know what, on day one we had our first community meeting in queens bridge houses, the massive public housing project close to the area where amazon was going to move to and they held community meetings throughout. not quite sure what she's talking about, but bottom line is, i don't see amazon, despite governor cuomo's desperate efforts, are going to turn around and say oh, okay, aoc, now you're not so mad at us, we will move back in. she's really blown it. stuart: why come to a city where large numbers of people don't want you and will parade in front of your private house screaming yo

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ashley: oh, no.kies in london are offering 500-1 against the next royal baby being called brexit. did you know that? it's true. i'm trying to treat this as a joke because frankly, brexit is a joke. that's the way it seems to me. the latest is parliament taking back control? >> that's exactly right. they always believed, so the ruling class in parliament, in the media, in business, the ruling establishment, call it what you will, have always thought brexit was a bad idea. they thought the people made a mistake when they voted for it. they have been punting to get to this point where they actually control the process ever since. they have finally done it. but remember that even though they can have these votes, they can have these votes this week about what kind of brexit they want, none of that is binding on the government. the government can turn around and say sorry, we're not doing that, so it's still absolute chaos. stuart: yes, it is. almost a joke. i can see the humor in this. >> there's a stick

ashley: 4.06%. stuart: huge drop. ashley: 4.28% last week.die buys say this will help spring season bounceback in the housing market. that is at least the hope with the rates coming down so much. the economy doing reasonably well, certainly in the job market, that gives people confidence to put the house on sale, go and move somewhere else. but that is a remarkably low number. stuart: susan as a newcomer to this company we should tell you ash and i often talk about the mortgage rates that we paid way back when. i paid 12 1/2% on my mortgage in the san francisco house in '70s and you paid? ashley: 16%. stuart: there you go. susan: long time ago. stuart: it was a long time ago, that's right. >>> now this, president trump met with chief ceo at google, sundar pichai, about google doing business with the chinese military. the president said the meeting went well. look at the statement from google, pretty much on the same lines. we were pleased to have productive conversations with the president about investing in the future of the american workfor

ashley: no, no, no. stuart: just a shot of a ride. ashley: exactly.public, sports fans. now we know. here's something you may have missed in the fray of the week. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez saying she's going to put more moderate democrats on a list. she says she will try to unseat them. trump 2020 advisory board member is with us. madison, seems to me this represents a dramatic and dangerous split among democrats. am i going too far? >> no. it is a very dangerous split. i think when you look at the majority of people in this country, she does not represent their views. i'm not sure where she gets her false sense of authority and power but guess what, she may be the boss of her staff but she's not the boss of the american people and she's not the boss of her party. her boss is the american people in the 14th district of new york. i would be willing to bet she won't be around very long if she continues to go farther and farther and farther left. because guess what? these policies aren't going to work. stuart: i think she is, to a large degr

ashley, which one is right? jeff are president trump? ashley: a middle ground.e are a little bit closer to the jeff side of the forecast, around the $75 a barrel range. the problem for trump is he tweeted this before and opec responded, range -- raise their production and then there were waivers well above what they expected. we are coming up on the may deadline for waivers again. opec will not act until they know the white house will do. alix: that's why this will be range bound. all the major oil traders met this week. they said the same thing. any between 60-80. maybe around 70. gently bullish. where are the stabilizers? ashley: if i may trading house, i will give a broad range in front of all of the other trading houses. i think that $75 a barrel makes more sense. we have to get some actual conclusions on these iran waivers. what is going on with venezuela? if they can keep the lights on long enough to get the crude offshore, where will it go? that's a big question. alix: we have four or five more weeks until president trump has to decide whether or not he's

ashley: the first time around, yes. stuart: only the first time? ashley: yes. after that you already registered on the device you're watching. susan: why is this a surprise? stuart: then they come back and say you want to change this, what's the password? i'm going to move on. you're making too much fun of me. >>> bitcoin, longest slump in its ten-year history. would you touch it with a ten-foot pole? >> never. i never understood bitcoin. theoretically i understand the blockchain, i think it's fabulous. but for one reason alone, the federal reserve which is in charge of united states currency, prints united states currency, owns united states currency, would never allow another competing currency. so the idea that bitcoin would ever take flight just doesn't make any sense to me. stuart: interesting. they would never allow it, would they? >> no. stuart: why should they? >> they shouldn't. stuart: that's the end of that one. president trump goes to ohio today, this afternoon, actually. he wants general motors to reopen its lordstown plant and he's going to make t

ashley: yeah.hey believe they should have a financial stake in a student's ability to repay government loans which ultimately comes from everyone here, from the taxpayer. in other words, make colleges and universities have some skin in the game. this has been talked about before on both sides of the aisle. elizabeth warren pushed for this, lamar alexander, the republican out of tennessee, was also pushing for this last year. but the white house is thinking about putting this in place. they are already -- also, they are thinking of making federal dollars, if those federal dollars go to universities, that has to be tied to the ability for free speech on campuses which i think is really interesting. that may come along as well. stuart: nice story. thank you very much. this is the story that everybody's talking about right now. the college admissions scandal. big name celebrities felicity huffman, lori loughlin, accused of paying big money to bribe school officials and coaches to get their kids into to

ashley: right. stuart: and the poll asked democrats, bad thing for new york state, who do you blame, and they blame amazon. ashley: they did. think about that. stuart: what other company would want to come to an area -- ashley: right. stuart: and be thrown out. i don't get it. however, i think we will check the big board, see how we're doing. the big board is rational. we are up 126, back above the 26,000 mark. 127 higher. half a percentage point on the dow. good start to a tuesday. >>> what's this? what's this? what you post on social media could have an effect on your insurance. why you could have to pay higher premiums based on those facebook photos. back in a moment. if ywhen you brush or floss, you don't have to choose between healthy gums and strong teeth. complete protection from parodontax has 8 designed benefits for healthy gums and strong teeth. complete protection from parodontax. stuart: "wall street journal" says insurors are likely to look at your social media before they give you a po

it was ashley.uty cordero of the san rafael police department and a retired lieutenant took me to the spot where ashley was found. >> she was lying make it from t waist down wedged between a chain-link fence and a blue car. >> she was asphyxiated, strangled. >> reporter: and ashley was raped. >> it was violent. she fought ferociously for her life with this person. >> as the mother of two teenage boys, investigating a crime scene as violent as this one and how it ended, you don't wish this upon any family. >> reporter: chief yamiguchi remembers the call he got from his brother asking if he had heard what happened to ashley. >> she was murdered. i said -- i thought he was just joking. i said get out of here. what are you talking about? >> reporter: more than a decade has passed since the murder. >> being that it was downtown, not in a rural area or something like that, i didn't think it would take this long. >> reporter: witnesses have come and gone, loved ones have moved away. this bar has shut down

ashley petersen of stratus advisors. coming up, brazilian ore miner announcing write-downs and production declines. the first look at the tailing dam collapse that killed 300 people two months ago. as we had to break, you have floods from the mississippi delta to the dakotas. inundating roads and submerged fields of midwestern farmers prepare for planting season. we are looking at collapsed grain bins surrounded by floodwaters. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: i'm alix steel and this is "bloomberg commodities edge." time for the day-to-day to dig into the market trends of the week. the oil inventory numbers were bearish across the board. overall stocks rising by 2.8 million barrels per day. you also had a pretty big build in pad three. lower exports than imports. china is filling up on u.s. imports. second largest economy may buy a record amount of 300,000 tons. think of it as a carrot to help resolve trade issues. between the u.s. and china. i love this chart. seriously, seriously cheap natural gas. this is guess in the permi

ashley: yeah. stuart: got to get online. politics. the white house wants to eliminate obamacare completely. democrats not happy. okay. joining us, rnc chair ronna romney mcdaniel. the obvious question, you want to eradicate it completely. you are back to square one. what do you replace it with? you didn't have an answer two years ago. have you got an answer now? >> well, i think the president when he spoke to the senate yesterday made it very clear we want to protect pre-existing conditions. democrat it is have fearmongered on that, said republicans want to take away that pre-existing condition coverage. that is just patently false. we want to make sure we lower the price of pharmaceuticals. we have seen a lowering in those prices for the first time in 46 years under the trump administration. and then actually return the doctor/patient relationship. obamacare is insurance and it has been cost-prohibitive for many, many people across the country because their deductibles are $10,000, $5,000. they ar

ashley: 10 days.. >> i don't know enough about the facts -- but i do know -- stuart: whoa, judge be careful. >> an executive order on free speech commanding universal application of free speech. could be dangerous. what does that mean? not enough conservatives in the sociology in the department. not enough libertarians who spoke. nobodied is to speak. do you want the government monitoring sweep. i don't and the first amendment doesn't. stuart: availability of free speech is something which i think our federal post -- government should enforce. >> it is already the law. it should enforce it. the president has ability to withhold funds from schools that don't honor free speech. stuart: i wish he would with hold funds. that is rampant on college campuses outrageous. >> did we come to the same meeting of 9 minds, varney? stuart: i don't know about that nap -- napolitano? facebook commission studied, they found people don't trust the internet. okay, fair enough. what else? the stock is at 165. we have a gu

ashley: big hit. stuart: paying more for a ticket. ashley: right.t a lot of competitors to "captain marvel" right now. that is the big release happening right now. stuart: i still like going to the movies. ashley: there are some movies need to be seen on a big screen, right? >> yes. nowadays, theater you have cup holder, reclining. ashley: la-z-boy. liz: take a nap. neil: they will bring food to the seat if you want it. >> recreating your living room. stuart: all you have to do is pay for it. >>> let's move on. the crisis on the border. the dow was down 300. now it is down 235. i really want to talk about the crisis at the border because it is a crisis. president trump says border patrol is on track to apprehend, what, million people trying to get her illegally this year. come in brian kilmeade, the host of the brian kilmeade radio show. i'm appalled, brian, absolutely appalled. we have another caravan just arrived. it eights train. 400 migrants on it. we have got young girls being tested for pregnancy when they get to the border because they may ha

ashley: 59.7. i was getting too carried away. stuart: so what is the number? ashley: 59.7.tuart: 59.7. ashley: still very good. still beats the estimate. anything above 50 shows expansion. it's a good number. stuart: service sector indicator of expansion. ashley: correct. stuart: repeat, new home sales. susan? susan: 621,000 on annualized rate. higher than the previous month. a bit of an uptick here. looks like the northeast is powering ahead up 45%. meantime declines in the midwest, increases in the south and west by single digit. this comes off the existing home sales we got hitting a three-year low, which makes up majority of the housing market. new home sales around 20% tore so still there is up tick here better than expected. stuart: take it. scott shellady is with us. i need your analysis of these two things. improving service sector and improving new home sales sector. your analysis, please? >> once again repeating the drum of good news here, stuart. this is exactly what the market will want to see. it will take a little bit of time before we catch up to what that is

ashley?z))i'm outside sacramento's city hall where some sort of demonstration is expected here tonight following the attorney general's announcement. protests are boiling over into a fourth night in a row here as top law enforcement officials clear the officers who shot and killed stephon clark. ((pkg)) trt 1:33"our investigation has concluded that no criminal charges against the officers involved in the shooting can be sustained."california attorney general xavier becerra echoing the conclusion of sacramento's district attorney in the case of the officers who killed stephon clark.the attorney general says critical evidence that factored into his decision include proof clark broke the law, fled from police, ignored officer demands, advanced toward police and the light shining from him that officers mistook for a gun.the attorney general claims the officers truly felt their lives were in daer the night they gunned clark down in his grandmother's backyard. "these kinds of tragedies, they're tou

ashley: good man. he went and said okay, apologies to all the passengers, you have been sitting here for hours. he went and ordered 70 hamburgers from fat guys burger bar and had them delivered to everyone on the plane. there's the captain with the bag of burgers. he paid for the whole thing himself. stuart: it was an american airline? ashley: it was united express, mesa airlines from tulsa to houston. that's a good man right there. stuart: yes, it is. a very nice gesture. wasn't his fault but he wanted to keep them fed. >>> the markets heading a little further south, not a huge sell-off by any means. we will be down about 40 at the opening bell. stay there, please. big day coming up for your money. we will cover it after this. now i'm thinking...i'd like to retire early. let's talk about this when we meet next week. edward jones came to manage a trillion dollars in assets under care by focusing our mind on whatever's on yours. stuart: very nice gain for the dow industrials yesterday, up 148 points, 25

mike ashley the single largest investor with 19% of that firm.cials from boeing and the us aviation regulator will testify before lawmakers about the 737 max aircraft. the jets have been grounded after two fatal crashes since october. a quick look at how the markets are faring. trading in europe has been going for just over 45 minutes and as you can see, pretty flat. the attention in the uk is focused on what happens in parliament today. now, let's get the inside track on childcare, a multi—billion—dollar industry and a massive outlay for many working parents with young kids. sorry, i was laughing because i've got three and it's costing me an arm and a leg! a recent survey puts the average cost of 25 hours of weekly childcare for a toddler in the uk at $8,700 or £6,600 a year. but prices vary across the country with a part—time nursery place in central london costing almost $12,000 a year. that compares with $7,400 in yorkshire and humberside, in the north of england. 0ne leading provider of early years care is bright horizons, established in 198

kron 4's ashley zavala is live near sacramento state to explain. ashley? (ashley)we're learning william rick singer spent several years in sacramento before moving to newport beach...neighbors tell us he lived in this neighborhood outside of sacramento state before moving out last year... some tell us he was either never here, and when he was, he kept to himself. ((pkg)) trt 1:08(nats-)the man at the center of a college admissions bribery scandal now at the center of cameras and questions outside of a federal court house.william rick singer pleaded guilty tuesday to charges including racketeering, money laundering, fraud and obstruction of justice. "no comment"federal authorities say he ran the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the u.s. justice department."between 2011 and 2018 wealthy parents paid singer about $25 million total to gurantee their children's admissions elite schools including yale, georgetown, stanford, usc, university of texas, ucla and wake forest." singer started the college counseling business in sacramento, where he li

on one side, mike ashley, the boss of sports direct, the uk retailer.last year, i will tell you about that in a moment. 0n the other side is that border debenhams, he says you are not running this firm correctly, i wa nt to not running this firm correctly, i want to get rid of all of you, bar one, the finance chief. the expectation is that if he installed himself as chairman or chief executive of debenhams, using his 30% stake in the retailer, he could oversee a merger between house of fraser which he brought out of administration last year, and debenhams, which would maybe breathe new life into the department store chain. debenhams has had a pretty to have time, it issued three profit warnings last year, it has issued another one this week and it's really struggling. it sure prices down by 90% over the past year, shares worth just three p. pretty telling of sports direct shares are up telling of sports direct shares are up and debenhams shares are up quite significantly, but taking them to 3.75 p. debenhams, for its part, it says it is pretty disappoin

san rafael police say they are determined to find ashley's killer. police have interviewed more than 90 people including the man ashley left the bar with. but there is not enough evidence to make an arrest. >> i think we have talked to the suspect. or i think that we have talked to someone who knows the suspect. >> reporter: retired from the police department last year, without arresting the killer. >> this is the one that got away. the one that was not so. this is the one on my last day that i think about. and this is the one i still think about. >>> he says this binder, one of many, might hold the key to cracking the case. is confident it will be solved. >>> i have a hard time believing we cannot close the deal on this. something will break. someday. i believe it in my heart. >> reporter: he spoke to the media just days after she was killed. >> i told her her mom had died, and she cried, and cried and cried. that is the hardest thing i have ever had to do in my life. >>> ashley sauter is now 18 and starting college. as the years pass, chief yamaguc

ashley, welcome back. it's great to see you. i guess i'll start by saying if this is couples performance art it is of the hyper uncomfortable look away variety. what do you think is at work sneer and i know you have a very, very memorable vignette from election night regarding this couple. >> yeah, that's true. on election night i was in the bar, in the midtown ballroom for president trump's party, and i was standing there and george conway, once it became clear that trump was going to win, he came barreling in and tears were just streaming down his face. he was standing with a group of people next to me and he was sort of weeping with joy and pride and saying "she did it, she did it," referring to his wife, kellyanne conway. and saying she managed this campaign, she got him elected. and he was just so deeply proud and truly happy for her in that moment. so it's sort of striking to see how things seem to have at least from a public point of view descended in just those two years. so when you ask is this sort of performance art f

ashley: no. stuart: in my opinion, utter and abject nonsense from aoc at the south by southwest festival. come in, brian westbury with first trust. i don't want to spend too long on this but she also called capitalism irredeemable. give me 20 seconds on why she's totally wrong. >> you know, it was the first sentence. automation is creating wealth and you're not automated out of a job. you are automated into a new job. think about it. if we had never invented the tractor, we never would have invented the ipad, we wouldn't have twitter and we wouldn't have people like aoc. so if you kind of look at history, technology always creates new jobs and new wealth and rising incomes, and her first sentence was the right one, but without that part about losing your job to technology. you just change your job. stuart: okay. okay. i think we have had 25 seconds there. i think that's about enough on this. >> there you go. sorry. stuart: let's get serious. no, no, i asked for it, i got it. fed chair powell, he

>>hi muir is next. >>> i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley.new zealand.s in the deadly terror attack. a gunman opening fire killing more than 40 at one mosque and then going to a second one and opening fire there too. tonight what we're learning about the suspect, and what president trump said moments ago making news tonight. our correspondent asking does he see white nationalism as a rising threat? new zealand's prime minister responding tonight. >>> here at home, the alarming panic at the mall, the evacuations amid reports of a man with a gun. smoke seen coming from the mall. what authorities said moments a short time ago. >>> the developing headline tonight in the crash of that boeing jet. for the first time what the pilot said not long before the crash. the ni

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fox business's ashley webster in the newsroom with the details. ashley, the sky is falling.eporter: it is. 17 days and counting, melissa, until the uk is supposed to leave the european union. that may not happen but as you say another major overwhelmingly defeat for the british prime minister today and this was supposed to be at revamped deal. the deal she got from the eu was better, would take care of the northern ireland back symptom but you no what? doubt grew throughout the day. no surprise she lost but by the amount she lost by. in the end 391 no votes to 242 votes for the plan. that was the margin. 149-vote defeat. there it is. back in january she lost the same vote by 230 votes. so okay, an improvement, but still pretty embarrassing for the prime minister. so what happens now? tomorrow there will be a debate and then a vote on a no-deal scenario. in other words leave with nothing in place. the so-called crash-out possibility. if that goes down to defeat which it's a expected to do on thursday there will be a potential vote on brexit extension. prime minister says if y

from ashley and from me, goodbye.had the downpours, and some snow in the north. things do not quiet down much of it the next 2a hours. tonight, i beg sabrina and the hills. by the south, some claret spells, states windy through the night. temperatures will not drop to five. a windy day tomorrow. that's up a lot. some of that snow coming down to slightly lower at levels as the day wears on. moving across northern england, north wales, commitments, and east anglia, southern counties will be predominantly dry. a chill he at the weather 7—11d. the weekend, very unsettled. snow over the hills, gals will feel cold. some sunshine. hello, i'm karin giannone, this is 0utside source. r&b star r kelly breaks his silence over sex abuse allegations in an extraordinary interview. it all quit playing! quit plan! i didn't do the stuff! this is not me! iam fighting didn't do the stuff! this is not me! i am fighting for my life! you are killing me with this! in the first interview after his arrest, the rap star rejects the allegations.

ashley: no. connell: not personnel, it is just content? ashley: content, exactly right.hange the prime minister at the late-stage of the game. if they get an extension there could be call for general election to bring in a new conservative leader. that could happen. the bottom line she doesn't really have control of her party. 60% of her conservatives voted against her today, including the brexit secretary. how embarrassing? connell: embarassment after embarassment as you said many times. you want to do the impersonation of the speaker there? melissa: please. >> order. please sit down. order. connell: not bad. you could do better. ashley: i'll work on it. >> not loud enough. the nation -- you want to do yours? come on. order! i love that guy. melissa: nationwide scam. we have latest details on the college admission scheme rocking the country and when it means tore the celebrities and elite business leaders. try it again. connell: elite -- they need order. tesla why the ongoing dispute continues between elon musk and sec? what can we expect, what does it mean for the auto