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brent: jeff sessions, a dead man walking politically? >> is going to be very hard to recover. brent: thank you very much. >> thank you. brentre are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. libya's two main rival leaders agreed to a a nationwide cease-fire in ththe country possible more. the breakthrough follows talks near paris, hosted by the french president emmanuel macron. libya's u.n. backed prime minister and eastern based military commander also committed to holding early elections. police in india say at least 8 people died after a building collapsed in the city of mumbai. authorities are searching the rubble for at least 20 others who they fear may be trapped inside. the building was around 40 years old. it's not fear what caused it to collapse -- clear what caused it to collapse. the parents of a terminally ill british child have asked the judge to allow them to take their son home to die. but the hospital treating charlie says it's not practical to move the baby. yesterday charlie's paris abandoned their month-long battle to take him to the united states for experimental treatment. the european

brent: -- brent now for more news. brenty marks 73 years since a german officer tried but failed to assassinate adolf hitler. the nazi leader survived, and he was executed within hours. along with three other officers. thousands more were killed in the months that followed. today he is celebrated as a hero of german resistance to not see rule. and for the modern-day german military -- nazi rule. and for the modern-day german military, his actions have special significance. reporter: more than 300 recruits lined up to take the oath to the federal republic of germany. a historic day for the young men and women. july 20 marks the 73rd anniversary of the plot to assassinate adolf hitler. >> through their resistance, the count and his companion showed even for soldiers, following orders has its limits. such as when injustice and crime takeover. since 1955, this has been the founding principle. reporter: the ceremony took place at the butler block, the site of the attack was planned. on july 20, a group of army officers planted a

brent. brent: the tour de france has entered the mountain stages with the writers -- riders taking on long bursting climbs in the pyrenees. that means it's business time for the reigning champion and his rivals for the yellow jersey. he went into stage 12 at the top of the standings but his slender advantage could be wid out in an instance. reporter: disaster struck 15 kilometers from the finish line for the defending champion. luckily for the brits, his closest rival followed him off the road, fabio aru. the pair were able to continue and build a huge lead over one of the oth favorites. the colombian writer ken tana -- quintana appears to be out of the running. aru and two other writers -- riders broke away. froome wasn't able to keep up. it was france's raomin bardet -- romain bardet taking the victory. froome finished 22 seconds back, enough to see him lose the yellow jersey to aru, the italian leads by six seconds with more tough mountain stages to come. brentand here's a reminder of the tab story we're following for you, u.s. president donald trump has praised the relationship between france and the u.s. as unbreakable. trump is in paris for talks with french president emmanuel macron. the two announced joint efforts on counterterrorism, trade, and syria, but trump danced around the question of whether he would reverse the u.s. withdrawal from the paris climate accord. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. stick around for that. we will be right back, everybody. ♪

brent has some news. brent: the tour de france returned on thursday. there's cyclists -- cyclists enjoyed a day. >> after a grueling mountain stage and a deserved rest day, they were believed to tackle a flat track. it was a chance for some to take a breather. not so for the sprinters. already, this tour seemed specialists -- has seen specialists make early exits. this german took full advantage, the men in green powered ahead to claim his fourth stage victory on this year's tour. a record for a german cyclist. >> i can't really believe it. it is number four. it is actually an incredible amount of tour de france. >> this tour favorite cap hold of the yellow jersey -- kept hold of the yellow jersey. brent: i bet you remember this guy and his superhit gangnam style. it went viral five years ago. it became the most-watched video on youtube of all time. 2 billion views. it is time for gangnam style to move over. as of today, wiz khalifa's "see you again." is the most-watched video of all time. 2,897,000,000 views. the song was released in 2017 on the fast and furious soundtrack. let's give it one more look and i will be back to tell you about today. ♪ it's been a long day without you my friend, i will tell you all about it when i see you again. ♪ is made possible by..." croplife america. and it's member companies and associations in the crop protection industry including: the american farm bureau foundation for agriculture. more information at: agfoundation.org. sacramento's proud to be america's farm to fork capital visit: farmtofork.com ♪ we're on a pretty tight schedule. there are sheep to be fed at sunrise. my children get up earlier than most children. they don't know any different.

brent and the world's most procedures ethical race -- procedures bicycle race -- presitgious bike race. brent: mark cavendish may have to withdraw from the tour due to injury. reporter: peter sagan said there was tension until the very end of stage four of the tour de france. he elbowed britain's mark cavendish 100 meters from the finish line. he was taken to hospital with a suspected fractured shoulder. sagan can now kiss the tour de france goodbye. he has been disqualified. it overshadowed geraint thomas's fourth stage victory. geraint thomas managed to hold onto the yellow jersey. this is something you don't see very often. at one point he led by more than 30 minutes before being caught 17 kilometers from the finish line. brent, the first round of wimbledon where germany progressed to the second round with a straight set win. the top set seed will now face belgium. here's a reminder of the top story we're following. north korea says it has tested it intercontinental ballistic missile watched by the dictator kim jong-un. after a short break i would back to take you through the day. stick around for that. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ is made possible by..." croplife america. and it's member companies and associations in the crop protection industry including: the american farm bureau foundation for agriculture. more information at: agfoundation.org. sacramento's proud to be america's farm to fork capital visit: farmtofork.com pests, parasites - disease! they all sound gross to you and me. but for farmers and ranchers they can be devastating to livestock. coming up, i'll take you to florida to find ou

brent. ♪ brent: christoph, thank you. we're going to start with the tour de france. today's riders made their way from belgium to france. this stage is to 13 kilometers long -- is 2013 kilometerws long. a veteran rose to the occasion. reporter: even a minor glitch could not stop them from claiming victory in the third stage of the tour de france. the world champion's foot slipped whilst sprinting to the finish. but he is good at accelerating. he recovered in the nick of time. >> i put my feet out from the clip. that was another mistake. then i won. reporter: rounding off the podium was australia and in third, denmark. devon thomas retains the overall leader's yellow jersey. brenta short break i will be back to take you through the day. for now we are going to leave you pictures of a particularly cheerful residents of a chinese center. her favorite hobby -- sliding down muddly slopes for fun. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] nnova magnets nineteen paris in france twenty four on arsenio the top stories this hour. and i know macro sets out his vision for transforming currents in a wide ranging address from the past and that side the president says he wants to streamline the nor making process. but his opponents accuse him of acting like a monarch. wrapping up the pressure on cats out saudi arabia and its allies give dio hot to you extra days to response to it demands which include crediting the ounces here news network. and security in funding took their gender the twenty ninth edition of the african union summit. into the standards in the flood plain capital

brent. ♪ brent: christoph, thank you. we're going to start with the tour de france. today's riders made their way from belgium to france. this stage is to 13 kilometers long -- is 2013 kilometerws long. a veteran rose to the occasion. reporter: even a minor glitch could not stop them from claiming victory in the third stage of the tour de france. the world champion's foot slipped whilst sprinting to the finish. but he is good at accelerating. he recovered in the nick of time. >> i put my feet out from the clip. that was another mistake. then i won. reporter: rounding off the podium was australia and in third, denmark. devon the overall leader's yellow jersey. brentshort break i will be back to take you through the day. for now we are going to leave you pictures of a particularly cheerful residents of a chinese center. her favorite hobby -- sliding down muddly slopes for fun. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ [theme music] >>> welcome to potus 2017, where we keep watch on the oval office and pour cold, hard facts on the overheated political rhetoric. i'm marty goldensohn, in for brian lehrer. today, the human cost of trumpcare from a doctor who believes the best treatment plan must now include a high dose of political protest, and from another doctor who sees a high price for women if the act passes. >>> and later on in our evidence-based politics segment, planet fever.

brent: all right. rupert, figuring much. rupert: -- thank you very much. brent: chinese doctors are working urgently to save the nation's most prominent dissident. there have been international calls for him to be allowed to go abroad for treatment of the chinese government has rejected it. there was also a leaking of a video made in german specialists visited his hospital bed. reporter: a nobel peace prize laureate critically ill and a chinese hospital. german and american specialists are at his bedside. german visitors agreed these images would not be made public but someone leaked them. the german embassy in beijing has been critical of chinese authorities. they were meant to prove that he is being treated well but cannot be transported. but for experts say he can leave. the hospital is ready to receive them. he and his wife want to leave china. and the german government wants them to come here. >> i can assure you this tragic case is a great concern of the chancellor and he would like the -- reporter: but beijing says this is a matter for it to decide. we hope that other countries will respect chinese judicial independence and not take advantage of a single case and middle in china's internal affairs. he was awarded the nobel peace prize for his nonviolent struggle for human rights. he was already in jail, sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. his seat in oslo remained empty. brentlong-standing friend and supporter is the renowned artist i huawei -- we visited him to find out what he thinks about his friend's predicament. >> thank you for joining us. you have been friends for decades. have you had a chance to talk to him or his family since he is out of prison? >> he is not exactly out of prison. he's still under heavy official surveillance with security in a very restricted hospital. so, i have no contact with them. >> the spokesman with the german chancellor said mrs. merkel would like to see a signal of humanity for him and his family feared in your opinion -- and his family. in your opinion, will the chinese government send the signal? >> i really think this is a hope everyone would like to have, but very unlikely it is going to happen. i hope it is going to happen. it really depends on international pressure. let's see. >> do you think the german government is actually doing enough to shine a light on the situation of dissidents in china? >> i think the ger

brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. we begin tonight in brussels, where negotiations about the united kingdom leaving the european union has entered a second more serious round. separation talks, now divorce proceedings. they were together a few weeks ago about discussing a timetable. but now the more difficult process of reaching agreement on major sticking points has begun. we have this report on the day 's events. reporter: for these politicians, the real work is only just beginning. four days of negotiations are scheduled here in brussels, and no one expects them to be easy. >> i look forward to our negotiations this week. we now delve into the art of the matter. we need to examine and compare our respective positions in order to make good progress. >> for us, it is incredibly important we now make good progress. we must negotiate and identify the differences so we can deal with them and reinforce them. reporter: when of the most contentious -- one of the most contentious issues of the right of eu citizens here in u.k. britain proposes a a setettlemet status for people would live here for a mininimum of five years. >> a serioious offer hasn't putn the table by the u.k. government. the value e we place on the 3.2 million eu citizens in our country. a veryry good o oer that we are making to them any security about their future. reporter: but you go though she -- but eu negotiators say it falls short. it protects many more of their freedoms and rights. negotiators are under pressure to find a compromise. in the autumn, the eu wants to begin the next phase of talks. they will focus on future trade relations and are likely to be no less difficult. brentfor the latest let's cross over to our european affairs correspondent joining us from brussels. as we have heard, citizen rights are a key sticking point in negotiations. how far apart are the two sides tonight? guest: in principle i would not say there not that far apart at all as both sides have an interest that their citizens in the other country are taking care of. the u.k. clearly has a vested interest that the thrill million -- 3 million people working in the u.k. stay because they are important for the economy. but there are a number of serious sticking points on the table. when it comes to guarantees, the eu says it is great i iyou put a generous offer on the table, that is what we want, but we need to have guarantees that that offer will last longer than the current government so a new government can't come in and say let's increase the student fees. that's why they -- for the u.k., that is a redline. brent: we heard with the politicians are saying, there decisions will impact

brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. tonight the free press in turkey is being put on trial on trumped up charges. that is how critics describe the trial that began today involving 17 journalists and executives from the turkish newspaper cumhuriyet. the defendants are charged with helping terrorists and all come from the newspaper which is critical of president erdogan. there were protests as the trial began today in istanbul. reporter: protesters outside the court. inside they from -- they say freedom of speech is on trial. observers both in and outside of turkey are calling the trial a crucial test for press freedom. >> tit is about punishing thoseo speak out. the world is washing --watching. in cases like this which try to -- it will be neither ignored or accepted. reporter: the 17 are charge would terror-related offenses come accusations made after last year's failed military coup. the government says they were behind the coup attempt. the charges are a farce. >> are journalist friends are jailed because of the news stories they have written. but the government cannot admit that. therefore they found a cover for the accusations that can convince anyone. reporter: a brief trial is expected and the defendants could be hit with sentences of up to 43 years if they are found guilty. brent're joined now by ilhan tanir, when of the journalists accused in this trial. he's a former washington correspondent for the turkish newspaper. thank you for taking the time to talk with us tonight. what went through your mind as you saw your former colleagues today? ilhan: it's very difficult. in turkey, this is obviously not the first time journalists are being tried, especially since the 2013 protests. turkey became much more polarized. current president erdogan has basically been following very divisive policies and putting pressure on the journalists. today, i have seen reports and defense of my friends, journalists from turkey, they are still defending journalism because there is no indictment. the so-called accusations are definitely absurd and laughable charges. my friends in turkey -- brent: if i could just interrupt, the you know what the charges will be against you? have you read the indictment, have you seen with the government is claiming against you? ilhan: yes i have see

prices of bounced back from those lows we saw a little over a week ago. 1% to both brent and wti. for brentngest stretch of gains since 2012. profits now are taking a breather. you mentioned russia, not really supporting or looking to support deeper cuts, which is not surprising given less than two months ago they decided to extend those cuts. theyeasoning behind this, want to show the market they are not confident about those cuts. they want to see those worked through and see evidence to see if they are working. it is a common theme a lot of people have been talking about, be patient, see how the cuts take effect. the second half, people are talking about rebalancing and tightening of the market. angie: 1.8 billion euros cut per day. the market, goldman sachs saying, it is not enough. >> that is right. one of the focuses seems to be, the u.s. the u.s. is much more nimble, able to turn the cap on a quicker or off quicker than what most traditional producers can. they are finding ways to produce oil at lower prices. they have the swing factor in all of this. what the market needs to see is

brent for a very special visit. brent: we are going to do some while watching. prince william and his wife jetted into berlin for their first official trip to the german capital. they had a packed itinerary that ranged from the picture postcard views of the brandenburg gate to photos with street children and one of the less well-off suburbs. but the eyes of royal watchers were perhaps most of all on the youngest royals, princess charlotte and her brother george , on the plane with their parents. rupert has been following this regal visit. rupert: the royal couple is punctual as always. at 11:50 a.m., their aircraft lands, and here they are. rinse william, the duke of cambridge, and his wife kate, bringing along the children, the beginning of a visit which gave berlin a royal touch. the brandenburg gate is probably one of the most iconic buildings in berlin. it has seen loads of historic moments and state visits. therefore, it is the perfect place for the royal couple to visit, and one of the rare occasions when the german public has the possibility to meet prince william and his wife, kate. and the german public, or at least 2000 spectators, are eager to catch a glimpse of the couple , ignoring the burning sun. many came hours before william and kate were due to arrive. >> they are both so likable. they are simply a young, modern royal couple. they are interesting. i just like them. rupert: at 1:50 p.m., the long wait was rewarded. the duke and duchess arrive and walk through the brandenburg gate. then, we witness william shaking hands somewhere else, while kate pleases the audience, and all mobile phones go up. it is photo opportunity time. after 15 minutes, they are off to the next stage of their precisely-planned visit. we follow them to the holocaust memorial site. and then it is already back to the car, a drive to housing estates in eastern berlin. it is time for a charity visit. sharing and caring is one of the key qualifications for a member of the royal family. william and kate have been committed to help children from deprived emily's. here in berlin, they are going to visit a project which provides shelter for street kids. here they are. the children they meet our hands on -- are hands-on, and the royals do not seem to mind. the visit focuses on how to deal with depression and suicide among the youngest, an issue prince william feel strongly about. it is already time for the farewell picture. prince william and kate have an invitation for tea. at the palace, the resident of the german president, we leave the royal couple. we also need some refreshments. the first day of the royal visit ends with a reception at the ambassador's residence. only the important in berlin are invited. on thursday, the royal couple has the opportunity to end its day in an evening here at a venue older than 100 years, with berlin's young creative's -- entrepreneurs, artists, and hipsters. perhaps they dare a dance to the tunes of a local dj. brent: time to dance. here is a reminder of the top stories we are following. the german government has some in turkey's ambassador and demanded his country release a german human rights activist arrested on terror charges -- charges germany says are absurd. this is the latest sign of worsening ties between the countries. after a short break, i will take you through the day. ♪ ♪ >>> myanmar. after decades of military rule, a new government headed by aung san suu kyi came to power in 2016. urban areas have been developing rapidly. the economic growth rate has approached 8% for several years. as a deeply

brent: we will see if that happens. that's all for me now. it's back to brent, anti-for some sports action. -- and time for some sports action. brent: the head of the spanish football association has been arrested. his son in several others were detained during a raid as part of a corruption investigation. he is also the vice president world football's governing body, fifa. this is the latest scandal to tarnish the world's most popular sport. reporter: for nearly three decades, he has been at the top of spanish football. as a fee for executive immunity member -- fifa executive member, he has presided over a hugely successful period for spain in the international and club games. i tuesday he found himself in the back of a police car, hauled in on corruption charges by spanish prosecutors. a mighty come down for a man who once seemed untouchable. >> this shows that in spain the legal system works. everybody must obey the law. reporter: authorities raided villar's office and home on tuesday morning. he's accused of falsifying financial disclosure forms and ordered to skim money from spanish fa coffers. villar is also to have said to a

brent, though -- one thing about brent that you want to watch, nigerian libyan and production numbersthey keep coming out higher than expected. bp -- thatopec -- could put out the opec production freeze a little bit in jeopardy. we are down .3% in the session. i just want to ask you about gold. it had a good week last week. how much further does that have to run? joe: it has to get well above $12.37. the dollar weakness is helping, but i think we have got to watch the inflation numbers that continue to come out that are a little bit mixed out of europe, and then also in the states. nejra: joe cusick, thank you so much. vonnie: still ahead, china's economy maintained its momentum last quarter. we have the full report from shanghai next. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: this is "bloomberg markets." i am nejra cehic, in london, with vonnie quinn in new york. vonnie: now to china's better-than-expected forecast gdp, the economy is continuing as a -- at a robust pace. economic growth beat forecast in the second quarter, matching what the economy did in the first quarter at 6.9%. .e were expecti

you can get into the mid to high 50's from wti tour to see dollars a barrel and brent over time -- $60 per barrel and brentver time, but i have a bullish buy into i would that be bearish into this opec meeting? they will not say something bearish coming out of it. vonnie: ira epstein with today's futures in focus. nejra: still ahead, for big banks, they are taking new aims at hedge funds. will they succeed? this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: this is bloomberg markets. vonnie: i am vonnie quinn. it is time now for our smart data etf segment. here is julie hyman. julie: jpmorgan filing for two new etf's. one could say they go straight after hedge funds. joining me to discuss why this is not a sure thing is our senior etf analyst at bloomberg intelligence. eric, you call this a hedge fund .tf clone army i do not know you have been watching too much star wars, but what does that mean? eric: yes, i have been watching too much star wars. my six-year-old has discovered it. this is what i mean, if you look at what they filed -- jpmorgan just wild a managed future etf, long short etf, that adds to their long driven etf, a

brent: on to another big question, is opec pumping more than planned? speculation over the oil glut, brent and crude falling 3 percent. the countries made a pact to slow down production but instead produced 145 million more barrels in july been agreed. opec countries are set to meet again on monday. for more on that let's talk to our financial correspondent on wall street. jens, good to see you again. opec output seems to be a big mystery sometimes. we hear it is higher and been lower. how confusing is this for investors? >> we have heard this week is that opec member ecuador is pumping more. it is a smaller producer of oil but still out of economic despair, they are not holding to the quote is opec decided on a month ago and talking about monday, that is when opec will review how the production cuts worked out. will prices on wall street traded sharply lower, losing a good 2.2 percent --2.5%. oil stocks coming under quite some pressure but overall it was a quiet trading day. brent was not a quiet week, several reports including general electric and visa, what are the takeaways for this week? >> overall earnings season is well underway and the numbers came in mostly better than expected but we had to somehow --at one side we hit the dow jones industrial average which depends heavily on a couple of stocks. we had earnings disappointments with ibm and general electric. there we saw bigger decreases for the week. blue chips lost about .3% in value. technology shares setting records, the nasdaq composite gaining 2.2%. we will get a kind of warnings reports -- we will get a time of earnings reports. we get numbers from the big oil producers, companies like mcdonald's, coca-cola, ford and gm. this is an important week when it comes to earning and the rally we saw this week. brent: you will be there to tell us all about it. thank you very much. in line with expectations, the international monetary fund has approved a $1.8 billion loan to greece. instead of asking for m

brent oil spread. the weaker we get come the weaker brent prices are versus dubai prices.ty constructive. this was when the opec deal was informally announce, they picked up quite a bit. constructivee looseness that the market -- constructive bullishness that the market ignored. >> it failed to drop. below $50 per barrel , we think u.s. supply is going to slow down into next year. meanwhile, we think opec supply starts to come back and again, they are ramping up by the end of the year, members are considering -- or weaker seeing -- or we are seeing lower compliance. that is not necessarily a bullish sign. my single biggest issue with this market is between $40 and $60 per barrel, you have a $20 swing per day in u.s. supply. what can opec do? opec can choose its own death, but also but -- but other than that. >> what about crude oil? >> it ends on the geopolitics. qatari-saudithe diplomatic breakdown, we've seen things deteriorating elsewhere come a measures being considered by the trump administration on venezuela. the iran deal seems to be falling apart. there is a lot of

brent, one of the biggest benchmarks. the world's benchmark, not wti, but brent. this is what the pros look at. in can see brentng here at the 50 day moving average. as important ast 4%.t brent is down 2. we need to keep an eye on it. yesterday we heard from the eia, 6.3 industries fell to million barrels. $13ext, will amazon.com's million move into groceries change the sector? we will ask justin king. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: you are watching bloomberg "surveillance." i'm francine lacqua in london. amazon's $13 billion takeover of whole food -- could the foodiant's jump into revolutionize the sector? with me is the former ceo of sainsbury's and now vice-chairman of terra firma. the change about the way we shop and how and what we want. talking in the break, you are saying that actually you believe amazon bought whole foods because they want to understand the relationship that we have with food. mr. king: yeah, i think that is right. i have not seen much commentary in the discussion about their purchase of whole foods. the question you ask is why whole foods? whole foods are famous for the quality of thei

brent chisen ens has been charged with the disappearance of a graduate student in illinois. brent christensen being arrested after surveillance video showed this student getting into his car. abc's alex perez with the disturbing clues allegedly found on his phone. >> reporter: outside this courthouse today, hundreds demanding justice for university of illinois graduate student yingying zhang and her grieving family. inside the man accused in her kidnapping appearing before a judge. >> he's been charged with kidnapping, and if convicted, the penalty is up to life in prison. >> reporter: brent christensen, a former physics graduate student, arrested three weeks after the 26-year-old visiting chinese scholar, vanished. >> everybody is stunned, i've gotten many, many e-mails from graduate students and faculty expressing complete disbelief and surprise. >> reporter: christensen was even spotted here in the crowd at this vigil for zhang last week. prosecutors say zhang was last seen getting into christensen's car at a bus stop -- taking a ride from a stranger likely because she was running late for an appointment. according to a criminal complaint, christensen told investigators he gave zhang a ride, but she became panicked. he made "made a wrong turn," then claims he let her out a few blocks away. >> very saddened that it could happen to a new member coming to campus. >> reporter: on his phone, investigators say they found visits to forums on a fetish website, including one called, abduction 101, and planning a kidnapping. the founder says the website is for consenting adults

it is known there were several collections in bury st edmunds after the brent g reville street in bury st edmunds after the brentn and the bin lorry went on to other collections in mildenhall, newmarket, so and ely. police were advised the weight of the bin pick—up was 11 kilograms. however, following repeated checking with the company by officers, it was discovered the bin was much heavier than originally thought, over 100 kilograms. the ground was opened up on monday the 19th of september at milton landfill site and waste from the relevant time period and from bury st edmunds was deposited here, as well as waste from other parts of the region. however, it has been determined during the course of the search, waste may have been spread and moved across the area as part of standard procedures on the site. this has informed our search parameters. sell 22 and its borders are where the police have been searching. the site is a combination of...| searching. the site is a combination of... i think we have lost the line to suffolk constabulary for the moment. we will try and re—establish it. let's update what we have h

brent yesterday. we are lower again wti crude back under $45 a barrel 44.34. ice brent at 46.98 keep in mind record output from saudi aramco second we turn up the spigots in the u.s. that is putting oil under pressure turning to gold, the strength in the dollar is playing out in terms of pressure on gold right now. at 12.20 an oun-- 1,220 per oune >> we had 23 straight weeks of baker hughes gains in oil rig counts that got broken we saw a drop in rig counts. you wonder whether the current pricing dynamic will affect some of that spigot action on the u.s. fracking side of things >> we get the baker hughes number today it will be also interesting to see if we have continued to see an increase in jobs within mining and within the energy sector as well >>> some key fed speak overnight. vice chair stanley fischer has a warning for washington the fed vice chair said gamesmanship by poll signals over the nation's debt ceiling could prove catastrophic he is calling on government policymakers to do more to boost business investment and jump start a dismal productivity rate he did not address monetary policy directly in those comments >>> in other central bank speak, cleveland fed president loretta mester said the fomc should implement the plan to shrink its portfolio of assets sooner rather than later. in an interview, mester suggests it would be "totally appropriate" for the central bank to initiate the plan this year this gets back at the debate we've been hearing for weeks about the central bank -- the fed tightening even as the data that we've seen, the economic data has been potentially weaker than expected. this jobs report so important today. >> that jobs report is hard economic data as opposed to the sentiment data something to watch >>> hedge fund investor ray dalio is sounding off on monetary policy. the bridgewater associates founder says the actions of global central bankers suggests the low rate cycle is ending soon dalio adds he did not expect a big debt bubble to burst any time soon. what is interesting about ray dalio, he joins a slew of these bond fund type people, macro managers, bill gross, you have of course stanley druckenmiller, a lot of folks out there echoing some concerns about what's happening in the markets >> yeah. let's get become to jobs friday. the u.s. labor market will be front and center today on wall street the june jobs report is out at 8:30 a.m. eastern. forecasts call for an increase of 174,000 in non-farm payrolls, that's up from 138,000 in may. the unemployment rate is expected to hold steady at 4.3%, which is a 16-year low average hourly earnings, this is so closely watched today by the fed is forecast to rise 0.3% >> that wage growth number will be key for sure. >>> in corporate news, berkshire hathaway saying they will purchase oncor electric. the deal is valued at 11.3 billion. the unit of warren buffett's berkshire hathaway has agreed to it texas regulators blocked two earlier attempts to sell oncor to two other utility companies. >>> the argument here is that berkshire will be able to get this deal done because they don't pay a dividend >> yeah. >> according to the speculator on texas regulators. >> sharing some of those cost savings with the utility customers. >>> stocks to watch, siemens setting up a task force to investigate reports that its turbines had been delivered to crimea for use in russian-built power plants reuters reporting three separate sources had knowledge of the delivery shares of siemens are down about a quarter percent. >>> tesla is building the world's largest lithium-ion battery in southern australia, this is part of a bid to solve an energy crisis that led to ongoing blackouts across the region tesla stock slipping yesterday with the market value falling behind general motors and ford shares are up 2% after it did hit bear market territory yesterday. >>> mondelez saying haven't sret cyberattack will cut into its growth there will be a 3% slice off its revenue growth rate for the quarter. a cyberattack in late june impacted that company's ability to ship and invoice during the last four days of the second quarter. multiple companies around the world have reported being attacked on the same day a number of them, maersk, fedex are saying it's too early to tell the financial impact. >>> qualcomm is asking u.s. trade regulators to ban iphone imports in a new lawsuit the company arguing that apple infringed on six patents that improve on iphone battery life qualcomm shares up fractionally. >>> wells fargo creating a new stake holders relationship group. it combines investor relations, corporate communications, government relations and public policy this is the latest of the several organizational changes at the lender following the sales scandal last roar. >>> shares of lg electronics slipping after second quarter profits are likely to miss after weakness in its mobile unit. >> still to come, the battle between apple and samsung is heating up why one of those two smartphone makers could make history. stay tuned, you're watching "worldwide exchange" on cnbc (slow jazz music) ♪ fly me to the moon ♪ and let me play (bell ring) hey you've gotta see this. cno.n. alright, see you down there. mmm, fine. okay, what do we got? okay, watch this. do the thing we talked about. what do we say? it's going to be great. watch. remember what we were just saying? go irish! see that? yes! i'm gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." if you're just waking up, let's get you up to speed on the market action. all stop for the u.s. equity futures. dow jones up by a single point s&p by a point nasdaq up by 8 points. relatively flat given yesterday's losses we'll see if that jobs number plays out later in the morning wti crude, 4 $4.38, down 2.5%. also brent futures, 47 theres on the nose, down by 2.25%. >>> to corporate news, samsung unveiling estimates for the second quarter and the results could make history arjun kharpal joins us with more arjun? >> yes, well samsung overnight came in with earnings guidance of 14 trillion, a 72% year-on-year jump. analysts are expecting apple to report an operating profit of 10.9 billion u.s. dollars. so samsung could for the first time trump apple's operating profit this is driven by three faektct, the semiconductor division, mobile and the display division. i'll jump into each of those semiconductors seeing great prigs ri price rises because of supply shortage and data center demand because computing. this is the first quarter we will see how well the s8 has done analysts expect about 19 million units to be sold and samsung makes oled displays, next generation displays the apple iphone 8 anniversary edition will have some of these panels in them apple ordered 70 million oled displays from samsung, g

brent crude higher a bit stronger action there when we look at the percentage gains for brent over the price of wti crude. we could see that bounce around once we get the inventory numbers at 10:30 a.m. eastern. the dollar did edge off the 10-month lows. right now marginal moves in the dollar against the other world curren currencies the euro is slightly lower against the dollar disappointment about the lack of a new healthcare bill passing. that's caused action in the market for the dollar as well as the treasury if we can get a quick check on gold gold relatively flat it did gain just a bit yesterday right now losing only just a hair gold sitting at 1,238. >> interesting that the dow, it's the laggard the financials were a big part of that story. >> goldman sachs the big ef. biggst >> financials and tech, tech has been strong. >>> we'll see if that trend continues. >>> up next a healthcare hangover what's next for the trump agenda after the senate fails to replace obamacare? we're live in washington with the latest >>> and later why new jersey governor chris christie is crying foul today. today' we will lead you through "worldwide exchange. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." president trump has insided all 52 republican senators to lunch at the white house today to talk about what else, healthcare. chris pollone joins us with more what exactly can we expect to hear out of this kind of a lunch meeting, chris >> it's a good question after everything that's happened over the last couple of days. you know, if obamacare collapses, it could leave 12 million americans without health insurance. that's why today we're seeing a lot of the nation's governors and members of congress hoping to see a real effort by both parties to come together to try to fix it. >> reporter: with senate republicans unable to agree on a plan to replace the nation's healthcare law, president trump has another idea >> let obamacare fail. it will be a lot easier. i think we're probably in that position where we will let obamacare fail. >> reporter: a disconcerting idea for 12 million americans who buy their health insurance on those individual markets. experts say if the administration cuts off obamacare subsidies it would drive up prices. >> you can't force insurers to be more generous without giving something back you have to give them money and more customers that's what the affordable care act does. >> reporter: now 11 governors, five democrats, five republicans and an independent are ratcheting up the pressure demanding that lawmakers launch a bipartisan effort to drive down costs and stabilize the markets. >> we will try a different way to bring the american people relief from obamacare. >> reporter: it comes after the senate majority leader tried to repeal obamacare without voting. three republicans say they oppose it. >> an indefinite hold on this, just creates more chaos and confusion. >> reporter: chaos and confusion in healthcare, with millions of americans paying the price of course all eyes will be on the white house today as president trump invitie ins all republican senators to the white house for launch healthcare is on the agenda. but you have to imagine that tax reform will also be a big subject the president is looking for a win and it is said that the white house has a framework in place, a timeline, if you will, of when they want to get tax reform done. dominic, courtney? >> it's a huge concern for washington and wall street tax reform and healthcare. chris pollone, thank you very much for joining us. >>> time for our top trending stories. chris christie going viral once again. the new jersey governor attending the mets game at citi field last night a player for the st. louis cardinals popped a ball into the stands near the first base dugout it was caught by, yes, you're seeing there, chris christie boos heard all around the stadium, but after a few celebratory handshakes from fans, he gave the ball to a kid a few rows back. it probably saved a little bit of his reputation there with that nice move still sitting on a beach when no one else can go there, catching a foul ball to boos, this guy is not in the spotlight for the right reasons. >> no. it's funny that it landed right there. interesting timing and location. >>> despacito, the hit song by luis fonzi and daddy yankee and justin bieber the most streamed track ever it has garnered more than 4.6 billion global streams in the six months since its release the record was previously held by justin bieber for his 2015 hit "sorry." >> when i was in italy this song was everywhere it doesn't surprise me thatiebeh two most streamed videos of all time >> the biebs who doesn't love the biebs songs, so catchy get on board >> i'm getting on board. >>> good news for harry potter fans bloomsbury is planning on releasing a new pair of books in honor of the series 20th anniversary it will give readers into the insight of magic taught at hogwarts. both books will be available in the uk on october 20th >> have to get on board with harry potterment. >> i've seen all of them >> i totally missed out. i need to get involved >>> it looks like amazon is already selling some of its meal kits one amazon fresh customer telling geek wire he began seeing the prepared meal kits in his shopping searches about a week or two ago. there are reportedly 17 different options available including pork tacos, veggie burgers, steak and smoked eggplants. vegetarian options are around $16, other kits range up to 20 dollars for two servings amazon did have a partnership with marlee spoon and martha stewart, then the news about the trademark for -- we do the prep, you be the chef. >> that sent blue apron shares down again >> like they needed more pressure. >>> a round up of the top stories ahead and more on the breaking deal news overnight in the media world. >> potentially a blockbuster deal heading to break, another check on the futures we are slightly higher overall we'll see if those gains can build momentum into the opening bell today you're watching "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. for your heart... your joints... or your digestion... so why wouldn't you take something for the most important part of you... your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. >>> good morning earnings front and center as wall street awaits another batch of corporate reports >>> breaking deal news, discovery and scripps are reportedly in merger talks we have full details. >>> and chipotle gets a big upgrade despite new reports of customers getting sick it's wednesday july 19, 2017 you're watching "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. ♪ >> nothing like justin timberlake >> bieber, timberlake, a good morning. >> i saw him at american century golf championship last week. i was lucky enough to be in tahoe last week. j.t., a great golfer nice guy >> i saw him at a garth brooks concert. surprised? >> not at all. >> welcome to "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. i'm courtney reagan in for sara eisen. >> i'm dominic chu in for wilfred frost. we have a check on the global markets. they are showing signs of steadiness, maybe a mixed picture so far looking at what's happening on the future side of things, we're steady and geared up for a flat to slightly positive open. s&p opening up by 2 points the dow off by 4 the nasdaq building on some gains over the last eight days up by 19 points so far in early trading. as for yields, on the ten-year u.s. treasury note, 2.27%. it's still about 2.27% we've seen a slight down trend for those yields as of late over the past couple of weeks we'll see if there's stability brought to those maybe yields ticking higher in trading today. let's turn to what's happening in asia. >> overnight the mainland chinese markets are mostly higher some of this as the dollar coming off those ten-month lows. a bit of push from relatively good u.s. earnings reports though we're early and we'll get to that in a second. we had the better than expected chinese gdp data earlier on in the week the shanghai up by more than 1.4% the south korean kospi was a touch lower and that was an outlier. looking in europe, largely higher but only marginally so here you can see there we have the france cac only up by 0.2% there's some earnings out in europe many of them from swedish companies including electrolux and vol vo group brexit negotiators entering their third day of talks in brussels the ecb will hold its policy meeting on thursday. >> let's turn to the broader markets. a check on oil prices. they have been in focus. energy a big part of the market story. wti crude $46.44, similar percentage gains in brentrude futures, $48.89. as for the currency side of things, kind of perhaps hand in hand there you can see dollar strength versus the euro, 1.1536 is the last trade there dollar/yen, 111.94 the pound is about flat. 1.3037 as for gold prices, we are watching them closely to see whether there is an indicator, inflation concerns, safety concerns, not really there 1,239. >>> the top story, discovery communications reportedly in merger talks with scripps networks terms are unclear. but a deal would combine the owner of discovery channel and tlc with the parent of hgtv and the food ned work. discovery ceo david zaslav was on "squawk box" questioned he talked about how content remains king in the media world. >> we have a choice. we can hold on to our existing business or try and do some new forms of content or figure out how to disrupt ourselves. the question is not how much money. the question is can we be relevant on all platforms. if we are we will be rewarded by share hoholder shareholders

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