brafman trying to say that doesn't matter trying to prove he was bullied by some of these people.aking the point he's a "boy genius. and that all his investors new that and willingly invested their money with him basically saying these people went in knowingly and made their money with brafman >> you wonder why brafman didn't quote wu tang. >> this is a "new york post" story, they covered him. >>> today's top trending stories, happy birthday iphone ten years ago today the original iphone went on sale in the u.s since then the company released eight generations of the product. the first generation iphone had a 3.5 inch screen, 16 gigs of storage, and couldn't take video. compare that to today's 7 plus, which has a 5 1/2 inch screen, 256 gigs of storage, hd quality video. the iphone has been a total cash cow for apple. the stock is up 735% from the first iphone being released. we expect a big one later in the year perhaps one of the reasons that apple's stock has been almost p that much. >> my first iphone was an apple 3g >> it has transformed apple's stock price, as a company. it m

brafman >> all right, that was meg outside the brooklyn courthouse. obviously trying to speak to martin shkreli as well as his attorney the reason why there's so many questions surrounding whether martin would p continue speaking is because he showed up unexpectedly in a press overflow room and started talking to reporters, effectively criticize ing the coverage of their trial. meg? >> i'm still here. >> all right so, what, we missed the top mart of that. did mr. brafman say anything about the trial? >> no, he didn't say anything about the trial. what we asked him about was how he felt about shkreli coming in to talk to reporters in the middle of the trial today. he said if shkreli took his advice, he wouldn't be talking to reporters anymore, but trying to talk over him saying he can do whatever hemts. really the first time i've seen ben brafman express real frustration with his client f. martin list ps to him, he won't do that anymore. but he's still clearly trying to talk over him. even just now. >> it's karen. seems like lewjust looking fromh outsi

we were able to ask brafman a few questions, tried to talk to shkreli. said he's used to this kind of jury selection it is tiring they are still trying to seat this jury after two days in the trial here saying he hopes to get to opening arguments tomorrow, but has no idea if that will actually happen. we could have fireworks today in the courtroom. brafman starting the day by asking for a mistrial based on negative media coverage. citing this morning's cover of the "new york post" with the headline jury of his jeers, quoeling some of the reasons jurors said they may not be able to be unbiased a lot were dismissed because of scheduling conflict. still others coming in with some opinions about shkreli, calling him the face of corporate greed for example, the judge denied that and they are moving on with jury slek. that will continue tomorrow morning. some experts saying that motion for a mistrial really just sets brafman up to appeal at this end of this if they lose the case, but that to come >> thank you very much in terms of the bio tech trade, david. >>

his lawyer, ben brafman, said shkreli may be crazy, but he's definitely innocent.so quoted lady gaga saying though he is odd, he was born this way meg tirrell asked him about that reference. >> can you tell us about the lady gaga defense in there >> no, i think i said what i wanted to say in the courtroom >> why quote her so many times >> the quotes fit. >> with all of these lady gaga references, do you risch martin had more of a poker face >> i'm happy with martin's face exactly the way it is. thank you. >> did you see his face? >> yes he smiled. >> he liked the joke >> by the way, any of the courtroom drawings that meg has shown from these things, they have him drawn with a huge smile on his face. >> yep >> brafman has done a lot of work for interesting people. including michael jackson. that was one of his clients. we will get a live report from the courthouse later in the show >>> time for the executive edge. the white house and republican leadership have been insistent that tax reform must be comprehensive. washington's speak for changes to both individual and

the price on $5,0 5,000% his former bo tech company the morning started without a little drama, ben brafmanew york post," jury of his jeers, talking about. s opinions that jurors came in with asking mistrial based on the reporting around some of those opinions saying that it could impact -- jury the judge dismissed that and jury selection is proceeding shkreli making some characteristic faces toward the press area toward this part of the morning. when they were reading some of the more colorful comments the press quoted, so if history is a guide, this is going to be full of fireworks here. we are waiting to see whether the 12 jury pool can be selected along with six alternates then we'll wait for opening statements >> that's right. they need the six alternates, too. i forgot about that. thank you. >>> kroger falling nearly 6% since amazon said it's buying whole foods. up next, the ce weighs in on the deal coming up on "fast money," jim says the bill is far from dead he'll reveal why in the 5:00 p.m. hour. at crowne plaza we know business travel isn't just business. there's this. 'a bit of t

his attorney, benjamin brafman, declined to give comment to us for our report this morning.rors to get back in -- the potential jurors to be interviewed today. if they can seat this panel, matt and hoda, it will take six weeks for this trial to finish. >> thomas roberts in new york for us on this case. thanks very much. >>> now, to the rapid expansion of online giant amazon. it already commands 33% of ecommerce market. as we told you about this new deal to buy whole nbc's national correspondent miguel almaguer is looking into the story. >> reporter: for amazon, it's not so much a business model as a mission. increase sales and increase stock prices. the way to do that, keep growing and expanding. but in the race to sell everything to everyone, what will amazon gobble up next? when it comes to retail, amazon.com already seems to offer it all. from books and home goods, to electronics and apparel. and now, you can add groceries, with last week's $13.7 billion purchase of whole foods, the internet titan going from cyberspace to shopping cart. >> amazon's goal is world dominatio