german steel giant to assen cope and india of tata steel have struck a preliminary deal to merge their european operations creating a fifty fifty joint venture if the merger goes ahead up to four thousand jobs could be lost i have a combined workforce of forty eight thousand to a single plant in germany on friday thousands of steel workers took to the streets in protest some fear these cuts are only the beginning. we're all very upset and worried about our jobs as you'd expect one plant after another is closing down they say our jobs are secure until twenty twenty but after that we'll be out on the streets. to find young people need a future that's what's important without jobs the city will die. the problem is that the workers have to shoulder the burden of the merger we're definitely opposed to us and if we can't stop the merger at least we'll try to get as many concessions to workers as possible. just unclip c.e.o. is defending the move in your line of mind if you can manage it if we continue on our own the risk to jobs would have been far greater and the restructuring would be even

stands up and lies daily a man who would get in bed rhetorically and symbolically with a person seen assen them yi of the state vladimir putin. let me tell who disrespects the flag, the man who kds embraces neo-nazi to the people who oppose them. a flag is a piece of cloth unless it is backed up for the high ideals forewhich this country fought and continues to bleed in order to realize the best for everybody. so when nfl players take a knee they are not disrespecting a flag or an anthem they instead are going down to make us rise up, to make us look up at the ambitions we hold dear that should be applied to everybody. right now they're not. kneeling is not about a flag, it's the degree to which african-americans and people of color are continually put upon by police people who do not ultimately respect them. in this case it has to do with african-american people mistreated by the police and other forms of race icist and discrimination that persists. if this president were to do well will listen to the racist rants he echoes in the chamber ofs of private gathering, instead bring us togethe

in america you and i would have had to wear did he doora assen suits even on hot summer days, but somethings you put speech in its sunday best. all of us fake it to a extent. we could have predicted somebody would come along who would only talk rather than speak and become president of the united states. i don't think trump is going to be last in that regard. the or tore call regard. he's the beginning of something new. >> we will put him down as a no vote where president trump is concerned. hour thanks to the professor for that conversation. we have a late update on breaking news. lief. flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. when we breathe in allergens, our bodies react by overproducing 6 key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. flonase helps block 6. most allergy pills only block one and 6 is greater than 1. with more complete relief you can enjoy every beautiful moment to the fullest. flonase. 6 is greater than 1 changes everything. is everything ok?adt, i could hear crackling in the walls, and my mind went totally blank. all i remember saying was, "my boyfriend

an investigation into whether sputnik is acting assen undeclared propaganda arm of the kremlin in violationents registration act. and yesterday came the news about russia today, rt, their u.s. affiliate of russia today being notified by the justice department that they must register as a foreign agent. that is disseminating propaganda in the united states. so both sputnik and rt starting to feel some heat in this country this week, ten months after they were named by the -- or eight months after they were named by the intelligence community for their role in the russian attack last year on the u.s. election. but if you're looking for something in this field of study to keep you up at night, consider this person. her name is la tina. this is her announcing on twitter on the right side of your screen there that she and her family were fleeing russia, fearing for her life. i don't speak or read russian but the little part in blue there at the end of her tweet i am told rep utably that what that says is hashtag putin. this is her announcing that she's leaving russia in fear for her life hashtag

you should be outraged nome as an airman but assen human being.eaf not to think about the backdrop of what's going on in our country. things like charlottesville and ferguson. the protests in the nfl. grab your phones. i want you to videotape so you have it so you can use it. so we all have the moral courage together. this is our institution. if you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, then get out. >> lieutenant general reminding cadets they all come from all walks of life and their diversity is far more powerful than "small thinking and horrible ideas." >>> that wraps things up for me live from washington, d.c. ali velshi picks things up from new york now. ali, a wonderful reminder, i think, to end on. >> excellent reminder and thankfully sometimes good things like that go viral. it's all over the internet. thank you for the reminder. have a good afternoon. desperation in puerto rico. there seems to be no relief in sight despite containers sitting at the dock waiting to be opened, distributed to people. the long lines get longer as peop

part of the business, you shouldn't use it assen as an excuse it ebbs and flows.t's going to grow i do think he's glad about jp morgan's franchise within the business but doesn't like having to kind of explain away sometimes when short-term rult s results don't live up. >> i like the way you said mozzarella. >> that wasn't even more -- >> rolled the "r." >> wasn't even the extreme strict pronunciation. >> i could go all the way. >> could you go a little -- >> not the way jamie said it, put it that way. >> all right thank you, everybody appreciate it. great stuff. thanks for joining us here to kick things off. with some record closes, as i mentioned on these markets at this hour. >>> shares of apple are closing lower after the tech giant revealed two new iphones, 8 and x. we have a bull/bear debate on the stock next. >>> i interviewed hedge fund manageme manager, julian robertson, we'll bring you his thoughts on apple, the faang and his best ideas coming up. contact the show via twitter, facebook or send an e-mail to closingbell@nbcuni.com you're watching cnbc firs