i have been trailing tim cook across birmingham, alabama as they launch this education initiative called the education farm here in birmingham. this is providing coding opportunities for the underrepresented across the city. this is something also that's part of the education initiative at apple [ inaudible ] with the white house on. speaking with tim cook, the wide-ranging interview you will see more of tomorrow, but yes, we talk about the education initiative. also homecoming of sorts for a hero since tim cook grew up in alabama, went to school in auburn and also about coronavirus and how it's impacting the supply chain in china. take a listen. >> it feels to me that china is getting the coronavirus under control. you look at the numbers, they are coming down day by day by day so i'm very optimistic there. on the supplier side, we have suppliers, we have key components coming from the united states, we parkey parts china, so on and so forth. when you look at the parts that are done in china, we have reopened factories, so the factories were able to work through the conditions to reopen

susan. >> neil, we've been tracking apple ceo tim cook across birmingham, alabama.lso, launching an education initiative. speaking to him and that exclusive interview, we had to ask about the coronavirus and how it is impacting the supply chain peered >> it feels to me that china is getting the coronavirus under control. when you look at the numbers, they are coming down day by day by day. i am very optimistic there. on the supplier side, we have suppliers. iphone is built everywhere in the road. we have key components come in to the united states with key parts in china and so on and so forth. when you look at the parts that are down in china, we have reopened factories, so the factories were able to work to the conditions to reopen. they are reopening. i think this is sort of the third phase of getting back to normal and we are in phase three. >> apple is america's biggest company. also, a unique position when it comes to china, because not only do they put more than 50% of their iphones together in the country. they only get a percentage of their sales in china a

i sat down with a wide-ranging interview in birmingham, alabama today, where they talked about the new education mission and expanding that in this region. homecoming for tim cook. he grew up in alabama and went to you a burn. coronavirus and how it paymentings apple's business. listen. >> it feels to me, that china is getting the coronavirus under control. i mean you look at numbers, they're coming down day by day by day. i'm very optimistic there. on supplier side we have suppliers, iphone is built everywhere in the world. we have key components coming from the united states with key parts that are in china, in so on, so forth. when you look at the parts that are done in china we have reopened factories. so the factories were able to work through the conditions to reopen. they're reopening, they're also in ramp. this is sort of the third phase of getting back to normal and we're in phase three of the ramp mode. reporter: now i asked him whether or not they might rethink how much of the supply chain they want to base in china? you will hear from tim cook tomorrow in my exclusive inter

this indirectly to china through lifeline children services their adoption agency based out of birmingham alabama. clearly i can get my daughter and other families can t their children home is we've got to get china althy kristen says the acting gives them hope they're making a positive change and for her it's also a distraction i know she knows that she has a family that's coming for hoping sooner than later their family will be complete. >>and that was fair jackson reporting had a bell is reportedly safe and healthy at her orphanage in china. >>as we get closer ballon highs day a new report says that dating apps may be selling your personal information to other companies. the report found that several dating apps are sharing details about her sexuality religion and location. it also found that ok cupid's tender and others collectively shared people's data with the least 135 mpanies. the match group which owns scake you couldn't tinder says that it complies with privacy laws and shares only specific user data deemed necessary. cyber experts recommend tht you look very closely at any app privacy

educational initiative to empower some of the unserved parts of the communities, especially in birmingham, alabama, which is pivotal. as you know, the civil rights movement, but also 70% african-americans, and alabama has one of the widest gaps in the jobless rate between blacks and whites. so coding for the future and empowering the work force so they can get read for an automation future as well. neil: remarkable interview, susan, but when you talk about being heavily reliability on china and that work force to make a lot of the stuff that he has, it looked like he had toyed around with spreading the wealth around in the region and didn't like those alternatives, and he liked -- say what you will of the rising costs of china labor -- it's well worth it because they do a great job. >> yeah. well, the technology know-how. people don't understand that china isn't cheap anymore, and the reason why they're not cheap is also you've had also shall we say an increase in the value add in technology know-how. so they're able to build the glass that you put on the phones, they're able to build some of the

she is from birmingham, alabama. she writes to the president to say she was turned away when she went to register to vote, but she should have the right to vote under the 14th, 15th and 19th amendments. it's the only letter in all the research i did for this exhibit where i found an african-american woman who mentioned all the constitutional amendments that extend her voting rights. she also goes on further to say that she had two brothers who served during world war i, one of whom lost his life in service to his country, and she's urging the president to get this important act to justice. and i love this little pamphlet next to murray's letter, because it so clearly outlines a number of the different voting restrictions that were used in the south to keep african-americans from exercising their right to vote. i will just read off what they have listed here. it says, "white primaries, inaccessibility of the polls, restrictive registration hours, and other more subtle restrictions against voting--" and i think what th

casey feeling i'm also designs high tech products she moved from her home in birmingham alabama to san francisco a year ago. casey often felt lonely because she was far away from her friends and family then she got acquainted with the replica bought. no it's not real bad i enjoy the feeling i get by using it so i kind of give it a personality and i you know what image i had of what this this thing might. the take a step down a mom with a personality. in the hundreds we've all had social interactions with teddy bears and dolls how does appear to do any harm but it does. tend to. fire as many different things even founder robots of course but also all sorts of far like our paths the same with ai and i guess question is. whether we can create. a connection. but then i definitely think so people crave connection with toys with all sorts of. like not even leaving objects he asked the 1st short story that dealt with the relationship between humans and human eye robots dates back 200 years and mentioned and it was written by e.t.a. how feel that. philip a young man falls in love with a beauti

four little girls the height of the civil rights movement lost their lives in that church in birmingham, alabama. why? because they were innocent. they were trying to be part of that democracy and other people were trying to push it away. so many of our great moments in our country and our worst moments have been about democracy, about our constitution. this guy makes a joke about it. that is what that impeachment hearing was about. it did not end as many of us wanted it to end. but it is still going to be part of what we talk about going forward. why? because it is the same concept -- conduct that we see over and over again, where we have a president who is trying to put his private interests in front of our country's interests. his partisan interests in front of our country's interests. he does not understand the words of my friend, john mccain. he does not understand those words that he showed me, the last thing before he died and it "there is nothing more liberating than fighting for a cause larger than yourself." that is what this democracy is. that is what this democracy is all about. [app

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, people will have a future. >> it was really just a great adventure to follow him across alabama and birminghamme coming of sorts for him. maria: it's really important certainly for the world but they're not only relying on the supply chain in china, but also the demand, because the growth obviously you have expectations included that include people buying their products in china. did he say anything to you about moving production about china, not being so reliant begin now we see what's taken place because of the crisis. >> it's something that he's reviewing. i did ask him that, especially since he's the actor detective e fast moving supply chain which has a big base in china. he says it's being reviewed. i asked if he thinks it's a inflection point in the china manufacturing base, it's something we'll talk about later on in the exclusive interview. maria: great interview. thank you for bringing it to us. you can hear r m more of the interview today at 12:00 and 3:00 p.m. eastern. markets under pressure this morning on the coronavirus fears, we're keeping an eye on companies working on drugs a

he is here in birmingham, alabama, which was a pivotal city in the civil rights movement but also the recipient of apple's education fund which is part of their community education initiative, and that's to provide coding opportunities for the unserved parts of the community in the city. that's something that's really important for tim cook, since this is a homecoming of sorts. he grew up in the state of alabama and for him to give back in education has a lot of meaning and of course, we will bring that special interview to you tomorrow right here for parts of it, right here on "coast to coast." neil: you tease us. thank you very, very much, susan li with tim cook. the stock has rebounded, i believe for awhile today the stock was tumbling about 15 points, down about seven points right now. i believe also, to clarify something that mr. cook said, the cases in china are not going down. the rate of increase, the number of new cases, is going down. other than that, i think was his distinction. jeff flock and phil flynn are at the cme, a lot of attention on what's been happening to oil, wh

about with charlie gasparino but we got exclusive access trailing apple ceo tim cook across birmingham, alabama yesterday, launched the initiative via education farm which could provide coding opportunities for the under served communities across the city, and also homecoming for tim cook as he grew up in the state of alabama, went to auburn and i can tell you, liz, everywhere we went it was like a rock star greeting especially at the apple store, i would call that histeria but of course we took the opportunity to talk about his business as well. listen. >> it's always special coming home but it's even more special coming home and bringing a message about education is the great equalizer, and actually, helping to fulfill that dream, along with lots of community leaders here, and other companies. >> susan: so birmingham is the first place for an education farming and i'm just wondering from your perspective based on somebody that grew up in this state being the first in your family to get an education how does it feel to be back to be able to give back to the community in this way? >> it makes m

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it's very slow moving and you're looking at birmingham, alabama, pictures of the flash google, up toalf foot of rain there. people stranded in their cars. that was tuscaloosa. we have video their from where they're trying to plow throw. don't do that. there are a lot of places almost 200% their normal to date this year and been so, so wet. so the flood watches are on from tennessee back through mississippi, alabama and watch that low. it's not just tonight and tomorrow but it is the damaging storms possible on wednesday from east texas through arkansas all the way to the snow, st. louis into the northeast, cecelia. we'll track it all the way through thursday. >> thanks, ginger. >>> we turn to the coronavirus outbreak. a new case confirmed right here in the u.s. one of the americans evacuated from wuhan coming down with the virus in san diego. this as the number of cases worldwide now tops 42,000 and the number of deaths is over 1,000. maggie rulli joins us from japan where that quarantined cruise ship is still docked this morning. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: good morning. the

. >> so if they are given the flexibility there is a big difference between birmingham alabama and fairfaxly. >> and the program gives the flexibility. what would happen if the trump policy as proposed would go into effect with that flexibility? >> itt would be very burdensome on the states. if the flexibility were taken the states would have a great burden. look at the 183,000 comment submitted under this rule you'll see hundreds from different state agencies or local organizations talking about how upsetting it is for communities, families, schools and others in the state and states will incur millions of dollars of cost having to retrofit their termination systems to train employees in all of the other pieces that come with implementing a change of thehat magnitude. >> looking at who could be affected, three.1 million families with kids could be affected and could actually have that eligibility affected if this change would go into effect. that's a pretty large number. >> it is very significant with the rest seniors and individuals losing snap word obviously impact significantly leading

to take cognizance of cost liberty differences, there's a big difference between living in birmingham, alabama and living in west virginia, or new york city. the program gives them that flexibility. what would happen if the trump administration policy as propose were to go into effect with respect to those folks? >> i think it will be very burdensome on states. >> but the flexibility changed? >> if the flexibility were taken away, states would face a great burden. if you look at the 183,000 comment submitted on this rule, you will see hundreds from different state agencies, local organizations and the like talking about how devastating it will be for communities, for families,, for schools and for others in the state, and states will incur millions of dollars in costs having to retro fit their determination systems to train employees and all of the other pieces that come with implementing a change of this magnitude. >> so, just looking at who could be affected by this, as i understand it, 3.1 million families with kids could be affected, could actually have the eligibility for snap affected if

the flexibility, the cognizance of delivering differences, big difference between living in birmingham alabama and living in fairfax virginia. >> absolutely. >> or new york city. >> and the program gives them flexibility what happens if the new comedy trumpet ministration policy as proposed would go into effect withrespect to that flex . >> i think it would be very burdensome. that is why. >> but with the flexibly changed. >> the flexibly were taking away, if you look at the 183,000comments that made it on this rule , you will see hundreds from different state agencies, local organizations and the like talking about how devastating it will be for communities, families , for schools and for others in this space and the state will incur millions of dollars in cost into retrofit their determinations systems to train employees and all of the other pieces that come with limiting a changeof this magnitude . >> so just looking at who could be affected by this, as i understand it 3.1 million families with kids could be affected. could actually have the eligibility for s.n.a.p. affected if this regulat

after we lost the election closely to carter i created a communication department at the alabama for birmingham and i was yearning to get back into politics. i got on the alabama central committee and at that time in 1977 only 6% identified as republicans. that is the change that we have gone through in the south so we needed to raise money and get people to come in to birmingham and raise money for the party and we ask john connally and he said though there wasn't a chance. so we asked george h. w. bush if he would come over. i was at table and there was a dirty blond young man next to me and said i understand you were a speech writer for president ford. the man is obviously sincere and authentic but he needs organization and stylistic devices and so on and so forth he said my name is carl rove, and i work for him and i said my gosh i'm sorry. we heard from gerald ford you are a good writer and he would like to talk with you. so he was coincidental. >> he was my favorite client of all time. i had to clear this with other friends, jennifer fitzgerald and was flown to houston to do another inter

i created a communication department at the university of alabama birmingham. arning to get back into politics. i had patel nick fever. mac fever.oto 6%that time, in 1977, only of alabama residents identified as republicans. that is the change we went through in the south. and getd to raise money people to come into birmingham and raise money for the republican party. we asked john connolly, he said no. ronald reagan, no. we asked george h. w. bush if he would come over. with a family and he agreed to come over. i was at a table at a fundraiser and there was this nerdy, blonde young man next to me and he said, i understand you were a speechwriter for president ford. i said yes. he said evaluate this for the table, we won't tell anyone. i said all right. george bush got up and gave the speech and then the nerdy little kid said, what did you think? i said the man is obviously sincere, he is authentic but he needs organization. there are stylistic devices he can use. he looked at me and said, my name is karl rove. i work for him. i said oh my gosh, i am sorry. he s

let's talk to jeremiah calling in from birmingham, alabama on the independent line.ler: good morning. [indiscernible] a guy running from new york? host: michael bloomberg? caller: yeah, they are more in line with my thinking. i would support whatever democratic comes out. i think millions of americans don't want to be on socialized medicine. the v.a. is a form of socialized medicine in the united states. linee time, you wait in for long with veterans actually dying to wait to get an appointment. highlight these foreign countries like sweden and denmark. if you look at the statistics, the waiting lines for treatment is 15% longer than it was a few years ago. , itsocialized medicine doesn't work in my opinion and will not get the best doctors. you will not get the best treatment. you are just not. medical costs are way too expensive. i hope we don't get socialized medicine. people should have a choice. don't take away my choice, thank you very much. to turn toe going nevada right now and talk to hugh jackson, the editor of the nevada current and talk to you about what'

i created a communications department at the university of alabama birmingham. i was yearning to get back into politics. i had only been there a year and wanted to get back to washington. i got back on the alabama central committee. at that time in 1977 only 6% of alabamians identified as republicans. that is the change we have gone through in the south. we needed to raise money and get people to come into birmingham and raise money for the republican party. we asked chuck connolly. he said no, not a chance, ronald reagan row, not a chance. we asked george h w bush if he would come over. he was friends with the family there, he agreed to come over. i was at a table at this fundraiser and there was this nerdy kind of blonde young man next to me. he said i understand you were a speechwriter for president ford. yes, i was. why don't you evaluate this for the table. we won't tell anybody. all right. george bush got up and gave the speech, and then the dirty little kid what do you think of this? i said the man is obviously sincere, authentic but needs organization, st

host: dale in birmingham, alabama. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. called to say that i am a democrat. president trump smirked and turned away from nancy pelosi, the other caller said he did not see her hand. he clearly saw her hand. everyone is jumping on her for tearing up the speech which had so many lies in it will stop everyone needs to go back to their corner and realized there is a greater power than trump. when this is all over i think we are going to be real sad. it is amazing how sad this country has turned to that. i am a democrat, but i love republican people. integrityebody with showing how this country should be led. the republicans already know how president trump has been lying to us, but they are willing to th andy their fai everything to go along with wrongdoing. host: south carolina republican line. caller: trump has done a great job. how all of our troops are going to be coming home from the middle east, the economy and stock market are doing good. everything this man has done. he is working for free. he is not even getting paid t

twinkie in birmingham, alabama. >> caller: good morning. i'm calling because our country is really blind. a 13-year-old child could tell us that they are guilty. donald trump, mike pence and all of the republicans are guilty. america, this is not a witchhunt. people don't don't spend but the lines on -- lights on the lunches to call this a witch hunt. the democrats are doing what god has appointed them to do. unlike the lady just commented about them threatening people, america, this is not the first time donald trump and his cronies have threatened anybody. for them to even suggest threatening from the beginning, 2016, he should've been locked up. you don't come into the office and have another country to help you get in your position. the republicans should've done something about that then. >> host: will go to are not guilty line, debbie in utah. >> caller: how're you? >> host: fine, thank you. >> caller: as i sit here and listen to these people saying he is guilty and a 13-year-old child stands up and does this, i urge people to listen

so that's where the grave concern is today for our trends in mississippi and alabama from the birminghamaying the possibility here of 2 to 4 inches of rain isolated locations could even pick up 5 inches of rain. it has rained nonstop this year in areas of the south. rivers are already in flood stage, above blood stage to this additional rainfall will make it that much worse. minor airport delays in the northeast, bring the umbrellas with you out there today. nothing, you know, horrific like we're going to see in the south today but all eyes will be on what happens in mississippi and alabama with the possibility of, you know, flooding that could flood out homes, evacuations, emergency orders, stuff like that. >> thank you, bill. >>> still ahead, we will get a look at president trump's latest budget proposal. >>> plus a box office bust for d.c. comic's latest debut and other entertain news making business headlines this morning. business headlines this morning. hiv controlling, joint replacing, and depression relieving company. you know, flooding that could business headlines this morning.

the unidentified officers in critical condition in kimberly, alabama, north of birmingham.n he refused to pull over for a traffic stop. johnson and three other people are under arrest. breaking right now, more than 300 americans flying home from china amid the coronavirus outbreak. the evacuation flights will land in california this morning. pats jerusalem wilpassengers wie quarantined for two weeks at two military bases. entire ship is quarantined off the coast of japan. after 10 people including an american test positive for the virus. in china more than 490 people have died. over 24,000 have gotten sick. there have been 11 patients in the u.s. following president trump's third state of the union address. gretchen whitmer delivering the democrats' response. the michigan governor blasting the president for an economy she says is hurting american workers. >> so when the president says the economy is strong, my question is strong for whom? strong for the wealthy? who are reaping rewards from tax cuttings they don't need? the american economy needs to be a different kind of s

african-americans were frequently barred from voting, so when marchers began traveling from selma, alabama, to the capital at birmingham, temperatures -- were high. >> i would strap cameras on my body, and once that happened i was a different person. and i knew that i was forgetting history. i knew that i had the chance to say something important. and i was willing to take chances. >> reporter: herrings images capture the determination of the freedom marches and the anger of the white citizenry who considered them and the media to be outsiders. he wanted world press photographers award for this picture of a policeman tearing an american flag from a five- year-old boy. jones wasn't alive when the pictures were taken but she says it makes history feel alive to her. >> i look at the unity in the marching and now, with our current era and i'm like where is that unity, that sense of purpose and togetherness, we are all distracted. >> reporter: but not all the photos are about conflict. karen also captured moments of victory when people were able to register and vote for the first time and though he experienced the struggle,

it's been the wettest start to the year on record for some cities in alabama and mississippi. birmingham drenched by nearly 17 inches of rain since january 1st. that's 10 inches above normal. in many places the soil is saturated and can't absorb any more rain, but it's still coming down. >> we see heavy rainfall rates. 2 1/2 inches per hour. >> reporter: in mississippi. >> we're approaching 10 to 12 inches on doppler radar. >> reporter: forcing some residents out of their homes. near vicksburg, heavy rains washed out highway 80, shutting it in both directions. further north, near tupelo, this county road collapsed from all the water. meanwhile, starting today, folks in the midwest and the northeast are bracing for a very big chill. an icy blast of winter that could bring some of the lowest temperatures of the season. here in atlanta, as you look at the levels of the chattahoochee river behind me. that's one of the big concerns as we move forward. there are about 250 creeks and rivers throughout the region expected to either reach or exceed flood stage at some point today. keeping a close

this is alabama where a home was isolated. birmingham issue, which we still have today, mississippi and alabama included. also though damaging wind. even a 60-mile-per-hour wind when the ground is that saturated could take down trees and put them into your homes and cars so watch for that and the big-time cold that comes in behind it. >>> all right, we have so much more coming up here on "gma" including siba, best in show. you'll want to see it. local news and weather is coming up, of course, in just a bit. when mike first became mayor, there were places where black and brown children hadn't received an education for 30 years. mike said, "those are the kids i want to give an opportunity". he increased teacher's salaries. he increased the graduation rates by 40%. he made schools safer all over this country. children aren't getting a quality education. mike is going to fight for all the children. i saw him do it in the largest school system in america. he's going to do the same thing in this country. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this m

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alabama. the electric buses. they make a growing demand as well. and december of last year, the city of birmingham watching new transportation micro transit pilot program with via. birmingham on demand is an on site shared service with a fleet of vans. in a comedy six passengers. wheelchair excessive will. it complements and extends our public transportation. for select areas of the city. it focuses on increasing, and improving connections for work, education venues, offer a flat rate of a dollar 50. that is obviously. i would like to ask how those things can alleviate some of the public transportation concerns, were the first alas gap mile. in those programs, how basket we expand them into rural areas? i have a lot of rural areas. i know that's a big issue for everybody. on this panel. how can we expand those micro transit pilot programs into rural areas? i will open it up. whoever wants to best answer. >> senator. for my part. either what you described again is something that is occurring across our industry and cities all across the u.s.. looking for new options. how can we deliver more service

alabama. >> susan: he's just from outside of the state and went to auburn and this is a homecoming of sorts for tim cook, the reception he got when we tracked him across birminghamgram there. susan: he does called the education farm which is the white house policy development force, that he's working on with ivanka trump and here is what he had to say about it. >> it makes my heart sing to just say it simplistic simplistically. there's so much that we can all do from an equality point of view, but one of the most important, maybe the most important is education, and so if we can bring coding in, if we can bring creativity skills, if we can bring the intersection of those two things together, people will have an incredible future, and that's what we're all about. >> susan: birmingham the first to get an education farm and pivotal in civil rights history via martin luther king of course it was very touching, and so they just wanted to make sure they are helping those under represented minorit ies across the entire state. brian: where did we get the full interview? >> susan: on fox business which you watch every day anyway so the first airing is at 12 p.m. with nei

following his clerkship with judge pryor, andrew brasher practiced law in birmingham, alabama, with the law firm bradley, ray, brant, and cummings. during his time, he worked in the firm's litigation and white collar criminal defense practices groups. he eventually, mr. president, joined the alabama attorney general's office serving for several years as a deputy solicitor general and then went on to become the solicitor general for the state of alabama. judge brasher's experience speaks for itself. he has argued and won cases before the u.s. supreme court, the u.s. court of appeals for the 11th circuit, and the supreme court of alabama. and while serving as solicitor general of the state of alabama, judge brasher won two best brief award honors from the national association of attorneys general. this accomplishment, as the presiding officer knows, is no easy feat. he proved to be an exceptionally skilled attorney but his ambitions did not stop there. in 2018, the presiding officer will probably remember, i recommended and president trump nominated andrew brasher to serve on the u.s. dis