the president's animosity towards jeff bezos is well known. he frequently tweeted accusations that bezos used his power and influence for political gain. >> the washington post has broken significant stories about trump's relationship with russia, the workings of the trump administration and the white house, all of which trump would rather not see the light of day. >> adding to the injury, bezos's washington post employed jamal khassogi. >> i think the fact that the washington post aggressively pursued that story also didn't sit well with the saudis. so you have two powerful entities here who don't care for what jeff bezos is doing. >> the potential saudi link also extended to david pecker. >> in 2018 ami published 200,000 copies of this glossy magazine, glorified the saudi crown prince and stocked at chain stores all across the u.s. >> it wracked at walmart. come here for your vacation, walmart shoppers. >> so let's chart it out. president of the united states can't stand the washington post and its leader jeff bezos. saudi arabia can't stand

bezos. >> this is extortion. it is crime. >> "national enquirer" is in the shame business. >> when we look back at the history of the "national enquirer," we will look at this moment as the point at which the "national enquirer" began to have a profound influence on american politics. >> the "national enquirer" headlines exposed the rich and famous for years. >> the prose is purple and it is sizzling by design. >> they have broken some serious stories that have affected people in the public eye. >> the tabloids seem to have a blind spot when it came to donald trump. by the time we got to 2015. and he was running for president. "national enquirer" became very pertinent to endorse candidate trump as it never endorsed a candidate before. it went after his critics, both his critics in the republican primary like ted cruz and hillary clinton. trump's core supporters also happened to be readers of the "national enquirer." it is a heart land readership. it's older readership. it's a largely white r

he was hired by bezos to sort of sniff out what was going on. >> he's actually been in bezos' employbout 22 years now. they have a longstanding relationship. bezos basically turned to him and said find the people who did this. so he now has conducted this very wide-ranging probe. he's consulted with ate lot of sort of security experts and has determined that, you know, it's not clear whether it was hacking, but that through some means, could have been hacking, you know, the interception of communications, he even leaves open the possibility of physically possessing bezos' phone. that the saudis somehow gained access to this information. there are still plenty of dots that he didn't connect in the column that he published in the daily beast over the weekend and those are leads we're running down now. >> i just want to be clear here. >> yeah. >> what happens is the "national enquirer" has a big scoop. jeff bezos is in the midst of an affair and we have text messages about them. bezos starts to investigate and that's when the weird blackmail thing goes down. call off your dogs or we're

amazon founderjeff bezos and his wife mackenzie have finalized the terms of their split.on stock worth over $35 billion although she will give up all voting rights. it makes the former mrs bezos the world's third richest woman after the heiresses to the l'0real and walmart fortunes. dave lee in san francisco has been following the story. people were bracing themselves because this was going to be the divorce settlement to end all divorce settlements. the world's richest man, jeff bezos, who will still maintain that title after this divorce goes through. he will still have a few billion more than bill gates. mackenzie bezos is about to become the third richest woman in the world when she gets this stake in amazon that will be worth around $35 billion — 4%. one of the crucial parts of the settlement is thatjeff bezos will maintain the voting rights of mackenzie's stock which means he will not lose any power at amazon even though he is losing 25% of his stock. and that is pretty important to him. he has as much say in amazon as he did before. and that is presumably... when y

of mackenzie bezos‘ stock.azon, even though he is losing 25% of his stock. that is obviously pretty important to mr bezos — he has as much say in amazon as he did before. that's why, presumably, when we look at the reaction from investors today looking at this, they seem pretty indifferent. stock down by around 1% today. nothing out of the ordinary there. so, it seems that this divorce settlement has pleased the couple. let's ta ke let's take a look at that story in particular in a bit more detail with laura cooperfrom rbc wealth management. we talked about this story at the beginning of the programme, aboutjeff bezos and the seemingly amicable split and we asked our viewers how easy it is to split amicably because the truth is it is not for a lot of people. i'm assuming it is not, not like this, but i think this case is probably more of an extreme than most people are dealing with. we have had me the unpaid cat made say i want to divorce jeff bezos unpaid cat made say i want to divorcejeff bezos also, what you

brad, jeff bezos still has a job.e of this in the context of the larger amazon narrative right now? brad: the whole foods price lowering? that groceries remain a 10 year plus work in progress. they have been trying their own services, they have acquired whole foods. they do not have much to show for it. posted sales have been basically flat, a little down last year. they continue to try to try new things. innovate new kinds of store formats. and lowering the prices to try to choose that particular business segment. emily: brad stone and spencer soper, bring us more juicy details please. thank you. shares of roku jumped 7% in monday's trading session. the price target was saved to $76 from $63, which published a new report saying it is seeing positive momentum with the company's platform business. a trend that could lead to estimates being revised higher. keybank added that the engagement on the platform remains strong and they see minimal impact from apple's recently announced streaming service. 15 years ago on monday

bezos. and that she is giving him all of her interest in the washington post and blue origin, as well as 75% of the amazon stock, and voting control of her shares. let's bring in that day from seattle. nets go through jeff bezos' worth. you can see the function on the bloomberg, and you can see where he stands with his control of amazon, washington post, and so forth. what is this telling us about jeff bezos' control over amazon? the currentlot of generation of technology giants, jeff bezos did not exert exerting control over amazon, owns 62% of the company, but there are still questions when the company announced they were getting divorced, what would happen. would his wife push for a seat on the board, a greater seat on the board? retains full control of the stake that they own, and will keep ownership of three quarters of that. along with being a remarkably amicable thing for her to do, was there concern in the marketplace about some of that turmoil, does that take that off the table in a

that is a much better narrative for bezos.an media is saying, this he own "the national enquirer" and they're saying they don't have any reason to think the saudis had anything to do with it. american media have been flirting with the saudis, trying to get financing it, never happened. the statement from the company says the fact of the matter is the leak about bezos' love life came from lauren sanchez's brother michael sanchez. they say it was michael sanchez who tipped off the inquirer to the affair. this keeps going back and forth. this is not concrete evidence of a saudi connection but that's what bezos' camp is saying. in the end it's going to be up to the authorities. according to bezos' camp the government and federal officials are involved. hopefully somebody will get to the bottom of this. >> good for him for putting out even more embarrassing information about himself to say, look, i'm being blackmailed here, you know, and this can't happen. brian, we appreciate the reports. keep us posted. >> thanks. >>> a day befor

. >>> the divorce has been finalized between jeff bezos. the agreement makes her one of the richest women in the world. on thursday she tweeted she would be keeping 25% of the couple's amazon stock, giving her a 4% stake in the company. based on amazon's current value, that stock is worth about $35 billion. jeff bezos retains voting control over all of her shares. he'll also maintain his interest in the "washington post" and blue origin, a private space company. >> they tweeted they are looking forward to the future. they announced plans to separate in january, ending a 25-year marriage. it quickly morphed into a media frenzy with reporting bezos infidelity. his net worth is estimated at $150 billion. the $35 billion settlement for mckenzie bezos makes her the fourth richest woman in the world behind betancourt myers, allison walton, and jacqueline mars. >>> ohio congressman is joining the party that he has decided to jump in in the crowded field for democratic candidates. he entered the ring on thursday, touting his working class roots and

jeff bezos more importantly will control in terms of voting all of his shares. so nothing changes for jeff bezos in term of the number of shares he votes even though he's giving up economic control of 25%. huge win for him and his attorneys because she could have gotten half. >> he has 12% control of the shares >> voting at 16% no one else in the company that's remotely close to that. so effectively he still has very much control of the stock. >> we've seen ex-spouses be involved after their divorce with the company obviously wynn comes to mind is this mckenzie bezos saying she doesn't want to be a part of it when it comes to the future of amazon the company. >> clearly many people thought once you gave her control of 50% or whatever ownershipship you had an elaine wynn situation shareholders were not that worried because shares didn't pop. they are down a bit. my guess is shareholders kind of knew they would come up with some kind of resolution that would be in the interest of jeff bezos. she still is doing very well with $36 billion clearly didn't want to take

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jeff bezos, the world's richest man, finalized his divorce today, instantly turning mackenzie bezos into a billionaire many times over. jericka duncan has details on this. >> reporter: in her first and only tweet, mackenzie bezos posted today that she was "grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with jeff." the 48-year-old went on to say she was giving all her interest in "the washington post" and her soon-to-besblue origin to well as 75% of their amazonos wl the voting rights. mackenzie bezos' stake in amazon is said to be worth roughly $35 billion, making her one of the top five richest women in the world. 55-year-old jeff bezos retweeted mckenzie's message adding, "she has been an extraordinary partner, ally and mother." the couple first announced their plans to divorce in january. at the time jeff bezos posted on twitter, "after a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce." soon after, the "national enquirer" published alleged photos and text messages between jeff bezos and former television news anchor lauren sanchez.

the saudi regime quickly turned on bezos.tter accounts going after him, calling him every name in the book. now there's this, as you say, rather startling claim from his investigator. >> we have a portion of that. this is in the op-ed with gavin debecker, the head of his security team says, our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the saudis had access to bezos' phone and gained private information. as of today it is unclear to what degree, if any, ami was aware of the details. here is ami's response. they known the "national enquirer." the fact of the matter is it was michael sanchez who tipped the "national enquirer" off to the affair on september 10, 2019 and over the course of four months provided all the materials for our investigation. there was no voemt by any third party whatsoever. so michael sanchez is the brother, now estranged as you can imagine of lauren sanchez, the girlfriend of jeff bezos. in other words, the "national enquirer" is saying the saudis had nothing to do with it. d

. >>> plus, mackenzie bezos is now the world's fourth richest woman. what she got and what she lost in the divorce from the amazon founder. >>> he's still the richest person in the world, even after 35 billion. >> and she didn't get half. >> why didn't she get half? good morning, and welcome to "early start," i'm boris sanchez in for dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. the white house and democrats gearing up on two fights, the mueller report, and president trump's tax returns. jerry nadler demanding communications between the justice department and robert mueller's office about the special counsel's report. >> nadler wants to clear up discrepancy of two different summaries of the 400 page report. bill barr's four-page summary and the secret summaries written by mueller's team. >> i think it's inevitable that mr. mueller is going to testify at some point. the first thing we need is the release of the report and the documents. >> do you think it's inevitable that mueller is going to come before your committee. >> at some point yet. >> several investig

bezos owns the post.u can look at that shanghai composite up over 2.5%, the shenzhen over 3.5% manufacturing activity expanded in march at its fastest pace in eight months according to a private pmi survey the take a quick look at u.s. equity futures at this hour. >>> let's show you what's going on, what you're seeing are green arrows across the board with the dow up over 167 points higher right now. nasdaq would open 63 points higher >>> president trump stepping up his attack on the fed over the weekend. he tweeted late friday, had the fed not mistakenly raised interest rates, especially since there is very little inflation and had they not done the ridiculously timed quantitative tightening, the 3% gdp and stock market would have both been much higher and world markets would be in a better place the president's comments came just hours after white house economic adviser larry kudlow told cnbc that the fed should cut rates by 50 basis points. >> i am echoing the president's view he's not been bashful abo

emily: brad, jeff bezos still has a job. make of this in the context of the larger amazon narrative right now? brad: the whole foods price-lowering? groceries remain a 10-year plus work in progress. you know, they have been trying their own services, they have acquired whole foods. they don't have much to show for it. whole foods sales have been flat, actually, a little bit down last year. they have been trying new things, innovate new store formats. now they are lowering prices to tried to juice that particular business segment. bloomberg's redstone and spencer -- brad stone and spencer soper. that does it for this edition of "the best of bloomberg technology." we will bring you the latest in technology throughout the week. you can tune in every day. 5:00 p.m. in new york, 2:00 p.m. in san francisco. we are live streaming on twitter. be sure to follow our global breaking news network, tictoc, on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ haidi: welcome to "daybreak australia." i am haidi lun in sydney. shery: i'm shery ahn in new york

bezos one of the richest women in the world.ericka duncan has the story. >> reporter: in her first and only tweet mckenzie bezos posted today that she was "grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with jeff." the 48-year-old went on to say she was giving all her interest in the "washington post" and rocket company blue origin to her soon-to-be ex-husband as well as 75% of their amazon stock. jeff bezos will also keep all the voting rights. mckenzie bezos's stake in amazon is said to be worth roughly $35 billion making her one of the top five richest women in the world. 55-year-old jeff bezos retweeted mckenzie's message ading she has been an extraordinary partner, ally and mother. the couple first announced their plans to divorce back in january. at the time jeff bezos posted on twitter that "after a long period of loving exploration and trial separation we have decided to divorce." soon after the "national enquirer" published alleged photos and text messages between jeff bezos and former television news a

bezos writes, and quote, no one asked for aws, no one. it turns out the world was in fact ready and hungry for an offering like aws, but didn't know it so why did amazon even get into the web services base? they had a hunch, he says. follow your hunch, he tells you. go the curious road. take the financial risk, and then it rate until you get it right. bezos talks a lot about, and i quote, the power of wandering. amazon encourages people to like to explore and invent. he calls it a culture of builders none of this is random when you know where you're going, bezos says, you can be efficient. but when you're not sure of your destination, he explains that wandering is an essential counterbalance to efficiency you need to employee both. the outside discoveries, the nonlinear ones are highly likely to require wandering i got to tell you something, in my all years of business, all my years of working, i have never been encouraged to wander. and i got to tell you something, i sure wish i had. i could have done a lot more with my life next, bezos

to bezos' odding that the kingdom's notive was to retaliate against the washington, which bezos fop it ami was aware of how those compromising texts were originally obtained. he does not provide any hard evidence for his claims, noting that the details and ruts of his investigation have been turned over to federal officials. ami dismissed the claim saying in a statement to cnbc was th that -- and ami reportedly short lonell many mr.vot. >> how did true to when turn out for a in the story and dr. don mcgahn fmt according to his investigation, the saudis hacked into and gained access to jeff bezos's personal information. if that is the case, how damaging is that for the saudi government and for the "national enquirer" and ami? >> it's an astonishing allegation. on march 18th this year, "the wall street journal" reported that ami and david pecker aproved a $200,000 has soofd a hey in now along comes gavin debecker, who is a very well respected security professional. he's paid by jeff bezos. but i think he has some independent standing is the phone that rp nm. that they're poor, the saudis

so clearly, she didn't want to mess with what's working which is jeff bezos creating a lot of wealtht amazon. >> could have had up to $80 billion and a board seat and so far, walking away from all of that and giving him voting control over the remaining shares. >> except for $37 billion, $36 billion. >> wow >> and clearly guys, a lot of money at stake there, right? maybe she prefers having jeff bezos manage that $38 billion that she now holds in the company but we should note when we first got word of their divorce, it all seemed, it came from a tweet from jeff bezos and it seemed kind of to come out of nowhere. then the stories happened from the "national enquirer". it didn't always look amicable. >> how long since that tweet >> january 11th was the initial tweet. >> lightning fast. really thank you. >>> disney may have another blockbuster as "avengers end game." >>> also coming up, the ceo of lmt,waar doug mcmillon joins "power lunch." you should be mad at people whos forget they're in public. and you should be mad at simple things that are unnecessarily complicated. but you're not

bezos and expose this portion of his life, both blackmail and extortion.real detailed evidence to back up their claims. >> i was re-reading some of your reporting with "the times" last fall just on how the saudis had the power to orchestrate a social media attack, right, like the ones they would constantly carry out against jamal khashoggi, but per de becker, he alleged the saudis gained access to bezos' phone, so have you ever heard of the saudis actually doing something like that, mark? >> well, yes. and this sort of fits into this whole other line of reporting that we've been exploring, which is this boom of this new age of hacking technology where a country like saudi arabia can go to a company in israel or elsewhere and acquire the technology to go after enemies. there are cases of this. we wrote about saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, and so there's a whole market now where you can even hack very powerful people and expose some of their detailed information. now, immediately, when he raised th this, suspicion went to a company called nso group,

emily: jeff bezos still has a job. make of this in the context of the larger amazon narrative? brad: the whole foods price lowering, you know that groceries remain a 10 year plus work in progress. they've been trying their own services, they acquired whole foods. they don't have much to show for it. sales have been basically flat and a little down last year, so they continue to try new things, innovate new kinds of store formats, and now lowering the prices to try to juice that are together business segment. brad stonemberg's and spencer's poker. that does it for this edition of the best of bloomberg technology. we will bring you the latest in technology throughout the week. you can tune in every day. we are live streaming on twitter. you can check us out at technology, and be sure to follow our breaking news network tick-tock on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ the biggest week in television is almost here. xfinity watchathon week. starting april 8th, enjoy free access to the best shows and movies from hbo, showtime, epi

emily: jeff bezos still has a job.e of this in the context of the larger amazon narrative? >> the whole foods price lowering? groceries remain a 10-year plus work in progress. they've been trying their own services, they acquired whole foods. they don't have much to show for it. whole foods sales have been flat, actually, down last year. they have been trying new things, innovate new store formats. now they are lowering prices to juice that business. emily: and that does it for this edition of "the best of bloomberg technology." we will bring you the latest in technology throughout the week. you can tune in every day. we are live streaming on twitter. be sure to follow our global breaking news network, tictoc, on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ so with xfinity mobile i can customize each line for each family member? yup. and since it comes with your internet, you can switch wireless carriers, and save hundreds of dollars a year. are you pullin' my leg? nope. you sure you're not pullin' my leg? i think it's your dog. oh i

jeff bezos. two months ago, the amazon c.e.o.nd shaved muppet revealed that his nude photos had been leaked to the "national enquirer." that's right. they somehow got pictures of his amazon package. ( laughter ) now the big surprise is how they may have gotten them. >> this morning, an explosive new claim that amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos was targeted in an alleged phone hacking scheme. bezos launched his private investigation to determine who leaked the intimate text messages and racy photos published in a bombshell "national enquirer" story about the billionaire's extra marital affair with girlfriend lauren sanchez. our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the saudis had access to bezos' phone and gained private information. >> trevor: i give up. if the world's biggest tech c.e.o. can get his phone hacked, the rest of us don't stand a chance. i'm serious. i'm going to send my dick picks to saudi arabia right now, save them the trouble. they're probably, like, no trouble, we don't want to see -- aaah

sent to his mistress lauren sanchez bezos security chief says the saudis were intent on damaging bezosresponse to the washington post coverage of the murder of its journalist jamal khashoggi. saudi arabia denies any involvement. >>> kellogg a nearing a deal to sell keibler to ferraro. the deal is reportedly world $1 billion and 1.5 billion the announcement of that deal could come as soon as today. >>> thank you very much. let's get a check on this morning's other top stories outside of the world of money and business, nbc's frances rivera in new york with those. >> good morning to you we start with a shooting in los angeles that's sending shock waves throughout the music industry and beyond as police search for the killer. law enforcement confirm that the rapper known as nitzy hustle was shot multiple times. two other men were shot but survived a suspect is still at large. a law enforcement source tells the l.a. times that the shooting is probably gang-related but they have not confirmed the moti moti motive the grammy nominated rapper was known for giving back to the community. the hi

the bezos people say we have the evidence. we have the proof?t they have and the fbi wants and what proof they need to make a case perhaps could be two different things. we'll see. it's definitely very significant. if the richest man now in the world now meeting with prosecutors in new york who have been investigating. >> that's incredible. >> the trump campaign, have been investigating these hush money payments, have been investigating other issues surrounding trump, this is significant. >> this comes in the context of the yelling about "the washington post," yelling about fake news, gleefully celebrating the end of jeff bezo's marriage, saudi arabia, in support of saudi arabia, which has provided a lot of money to "the national enquirer". i know it's complicated. but all roads lead to trump. do you now have the richest map of the world, a foreign power and donald trump and prosecutors involved in investigating things related to trump all in one sentence. >> and the prosecutors can really go wherever this leads. they're go him to start, not sur

jeff bezos, the world's richest man, has reached a divorce settlement with his former wife, that wille bezos will have to hand over her voting power in the company to her husband and give up her interests in the washington post newspaper and his space travel firm, blue origin. dave lee reports from san francisco. people were bracing themselves because this was going to be the divorce settlement to end all divorce settlement to end all divorce settlements. the world ‘s richest man, geoff bezos, who will still maintain that title after this divorce goes through. he will still have a few billion more than bill gates. mackenzie bezos is about to become the third richest woman in the world when she gets this stake in amazon that will be worth around $35 billion, 4%. one of the crucial parts of the settlement is that geoff bezos will maintain voting right of mackenzie's stock which means he will not lose any power at amazon even though he is losing 25% of his stock. and that is important to him. he has as much say in amazon as he does before. and that is presumably when you look at the reac

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emily: jeff bezos still has a job.u make of this in the context of the larger amazon narrative? >> the whole foods price-lowering? groceries remain a 10-year plus work in progress. they've been trying their own services, they acquired whole foods. they don't have much to show for it. whole foods sales have been flat, actually, down last year. they have been trying new things, innovate new store formats. now they are lowering prices to juice that business. emily: and that doesn't for this -- that does it for this edition of "the best of bloomberg technology." we will bring you the latest in technology throughout the week. you can tune in every day. we are live streaming on twitter. be sure to follow our global breaking news network, tictoc, on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ ,> he grew up in los alamo's his mother a pediatric nurse, his father a theoretical physicist who took him to watch the ucla basketball team when it was in town. drew on his love of teamwork as he rose to the ranks of the tech world at ibm, microsoft,

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more ahead on the news hour including a new twist in the battle between the world's richest man jeff bezos saudi arabia and a u.s. tabloid magazine. dreams on hold but life carries on we talk to those stuck in mexico and cross into the united states. coming up to champion news how to take advantage of the phone to ring for ariz for his for the first scrum free seats . now turkey's opposition has made major gains in local elections at the expense of president. and his party the votes widely seen as a referendum on the act party's dominance for nearly two decades the opposition as one of control in the capital ankara and the coastal city of izmir in istanbul is currently considered too close to call. it concedes that his party has failed to hold on in some regions. every victory and every loss is the will of our nation and we have to accept this fact as a necessity of democracy we will admit that we want people's hearts in cities we won but we were not successful enough in cities we live and we will act accordingly let's speak not to sit in concern of correspondents following these elections

jeff bezos, the world's richest man, has reached a divorce settlement with his former wife that will dave lee reports from san francisco. people were bracing themselves because this was going to be the divorce settlement to end all divorce settlements. the world's richest man, jeff bezos, who will still maintain that title after this divorce goes through. he will still have a few billion more than bill gates. mackenzie bezos is about to become the third richest woman in the world when she gets this stake in amazon that will be worth around $35 billion — 4%. one of the crucial parts of the settlement is thatjeff bezos will maintain the voting rights of mackenzie's stock which means he will not lose any power at amazon even though he is losing 25% of his stock. and that is pretty important to him. he has as much say in amazon as he did before. and that is presumably... when you look at the reaction from investors today, they seem indifferent. stock down by around 1% today, nothing out of the ordinary. it seems that the divorce settlement has pleased the couple. they went on social medi

phone robert frank has more on those claims and more distraction for jeff bezos >> bezos security chiefsaudi arabia hacked the phone and private data of the richest man in the world and helped expose his affair to the world he wrote saturday his internal investigation found with high confidence the saudis had access to bezos phone and gain private information. the saudis was intent on harming bezos because of the "post" coverage of the murder of jamal khashoggi. saudis provide the tip to the enquirer now it lacked any direct evidence saying saudis had the technology to collect smartphone data in the air without leaving a trace and he confirmed reports that lauren sanchez's brother was the paid source for the enquirer story ami for the first time outing michael as the only source for that story saying in a statement on saturday that the claims are false and unsubstantiated and michael sanchez who tipped the "national enquirer" off to the affair and provided all of the materials for our investigation. guys, back to you. >>> robert frank, thank you. up next, lyft investor and grammy award

-- jeff bezos? that's an interesting thing.saudi government had access to his phone, this is the best they could come up with? by the nature of what spin revealed so far, it looks like the person with access to the messages is someone close to lauren sanchez. great point. michael sanchez does not deny he provided some of the texts. the question is where did originate? he says the national inquirer already knew about it. becker,what gavin the it's almost coming off his juvenile. who started it? what is the point? who knows? million onds $1.6 his personal security. disclosures, it's kind of amazing that a lot of people paid their a well to executive,otect this they didn't do their jobs properly. emily: they say they are going to lower the price of goods at whole foods across the board. what do we know about this? >> we know that's a small fraction of their inventory. whole foods is a lot more expensive than most other places to buy groceries. jeff bezos still has a job. what do you make of this in the context of the larger amazon

one of my colleagues spotted bezos in new york this week. to sit down with prosecutors any time now sharing his side of the story. one reason prosecutors want to look into this is because they have a deal with ami, with american media. they struck that deal last year in exchange for the company's cooperation in the michael cohen hush money case. that deal says you can't commit any more crimes. you can't do anything wrong. and this, of course, would be a crime. bezos has alleged is a crime, extortion, blackmail, tampering with a phone. that's why prosecutors are looking into this, speaking with bez bezos. it shows american media, national enquirer, and president trump's past friend david pecker continue to be in a legal quagmire. >> yeah. it's so fascinating, brian stelter. >> if you're looking to buy a supermarket tabloid -- >> someone is going to buy it. pecker is trying to sell it, we don't know to who, but probably a fire sale. >> that doesn't mean your legal woes go away. brian, great reporting. thank you. >>> coming up, breaking news in

jeff bezos' camp says this was a foreign government that might have been involved.rosecutors here in new york are look nothing that claim. they are investigating. i think it shows that the legal issues around this tabloid are very serious and are escalating, and that's why david peck per, a former friend of president trump's, he's trying to cut bait and sell the magazine. it's a mess. >> it's a mess. and more to come. thanks. >> any minute the justice department will hold a press conference on the dozens of new charges that have just been filed against attorney michael avenatti. his future and defense and fight against it. you'll want to hear it. stay with us. making my dreams a reality takes more than just investment advice. from insurance to savings to retirement, it takes someone with experience and knowledge who can help me build a complete plan. brian, my certified financial planner™ professional, is committed to working in my best interest. i call it my "comfortable future plan," and it's all possible with a cfp® professional. find your certified financial pla

bezos investigator said no way.oid knew all about the photos and knew all about them from the saudis. atena jones is out front. >> reporter: a january "national enquirer" expose about jeff bezos' affair with lauren sanchez, a stunning new twist. a probe conducted by bezos' long-time investigator leading to a specific claim about saudi arabia. writing in the daily beast, our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the saudis had access to his phone. his team spoke with a long list of sources, including middle east intelligence experts, trump advisers and sources at the even quirer. ami denied the saudi link. ami's statement read american media has and continued to refute the unsubstantiated claims that the materials for our report. while texts and photographs sent were shared with the even quirer by michael sanchez, the tabloid knew about the messages before approaching sanchez. he believes the saudi government was the source of that knowledge but says it was not clear whether ami was aw

jeff bezos hired investigator gavin de bequer.ne. and he has turned over evidence to federal officials. >> reporter: this morning an explosive new claim that amazon's ceo jeff bezos was targeted in an alleged phone hacking scheme conducted by saudi arabia. bezos launched his own private investigation in an effort to determine who leaked the intimate text messages and racy photos published in a bombshell national enquirer story about the billionaire's extramarital affair with girlfriend lauren sanchez. bezos' security consultant writes our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the saudis had access to bezos' phone and gained information. de bequer accusing the saudi government of seeking revenge because he owns "the washington post." they have aggressively reported on jamal khashoggi. reyad maintain that bin salman did not know about the operation to chill khashoggi. de bequer did not include details, he mentioned interviews with cybersecurity experts and people who personally know bin salman. "the e

bezos is looking forward to the next phase of her life. fortune that works out to $1.5 billion for every single year they were married. >> reporter: this morning jeff bezos still the world's richest man after the most expensive divorce in history. his ex-wife mackenzie walking away with amazon stock worth $36 billion. mackenzie bezos, who is retaining 25% of the couple's total amazon stock, taking to twitter to announce the terms of their now final divorce tweeting, happy to be giving him all of my interest in "the washington post" and blue origin and 75% of our amazon stock plus voting control of my shares to support his continued contributions with the teams of these incredible companies. she is now the third biggest shareholder of the internet giant. behind her ex-husband at number one, an investment advisor vanguard at number two. >> customer obsession is a deep principle. >> reporter: bezos, who is still the world's richest man with a net worth of $110 billion, re-tweeting mackenzie's message with a note of his own writing of his ex,

amazon's ceo jeff bezos and now ex-wife mckenzie announcing they billions. here is miguel almaguer. >> reporter: jeff and mckenzie bezos were the world's richest couple married 25 years, parent and partners in business. >> even she could say what's the internet, she said great, let's go. >> reporter: today they finalized their divorce making mckenzie the fourth richest woman in the world. she's walking away with 25% of the amazon stock valued nearly $36 billion. >> by far it's the biggest divorce settlement in history. she was eligible by law to get somewhere between $75 and $80 billion. >> reporter: still, mckenzie says she's happy to be giving jeff 75% of their company shares, along with her interest in the "washington post" and blue origin. the aero space company planning to take people to space. i'm grateful for her support and kindness writes jeff. grateful for the past as i look forward to what comes next says with a lucrative future. for jeff, even with a $35 billion loss, he remains the est main the wod. news. >>> when we come back, we're going to ra

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in fact, with her -year rriage to jeff bezos now over, mackenzie bezos says she's looking forwa to then's early success is getting a fortune that works out to $1.5 billion for every single year they were married. this morning, jeff bezos still theworld's richest man after the most expsive divorce in his ex-wife mackenzie walking away with amazon stock worth $36 billion. mackenzie bezos who is retaining 25% of the couple's tal amazon stock taking to twitter to announce the terms of their now-final divorce. tweeting, happyiv to beg him all of my interests in "the washington post" and blue. orig and 75% of our amazon stock plus voting control of my shares to support his continued contributions with the teams of these incredible companies. she is now t trd biggest shareholder of the internet giant behind her ex-husband at number one and investment adviser vanguard at number two. >> customer obsession is deep principle -- >> reporter: bezos who is still the world's richest man with net worth of 10 billion retweeting mackenzie's message with a note of his own writing of his ex, i'm grateful

amazon chief jeff bezos gets a bargain divorce of a lifetime as jeff bezos keeps control of amazon as expected but how much did his wife get? you won't believe the estimates we're looking at numbers showing he is still the richest man in the world we've got the details on that. to the beginning of the rise to the democrat moderates we have the names of 17 democrats that are running, and this as three more women accuse joe biden of improper contact, after biden's non-apology yesterday to do better but the democrats behind the scenes they are nervous about losing 2020 due to the hard left radical shift. that's what we're hearing we've got that word tonight i'm elizabeth macdonald, the evening edit starts right now. thank you for joining us you're watching the fox business network. we have you covered on all the angles we got edward lawrence in washington, casey stege el on the ground at the border in texas let's get right to edward at the white house with the details on that trade deal with china. edward? >> yeah, liz we're inching closer to that trade deal president donald trump has sp

. >> still to come back, jeff bezos, why the owner now wants to sell the tabloid runs by donald trump'sriend, the face of the national inquirer. ♪ ♪ ♪ - i think the best company's succeed as a team and our shirts from custom ink help bring us together. we order custom ink to welcome new employees, personalize team shirts, and even for company events. the design lab is so easy to use. we just upload out logo and if we have any questions, customer service is there to help. seeing our team together in custom ink gear is an amazing reminder of how far we've come as a business. - [narrator] custom ink has hundreds of products to help you look and feel like a team. upload your logo or start your design today at customink.com >> national enquirer days of being solved the story first by washington post, jeff bezos, subject of expose that led to divorce and accused the tabloid of blackmail. joining us to shed light on why tabloid, charlie gasparino, charlie, they may not known that it's run by hedge fund, why is the inquirer right now on the verge -- >> the hedge fund guy is embarrassed and thin