. >>> i am brian sullivan. today on the halftime report, with the s & p 19 points from a record high, some activity that will make you want to make a move. >>> and we're debating nike after wall street gets aggressive on the stock. it is already up 50% since last summer how much more does it have to go >>> and the sector strategist on the sectors she thinks are about to run for the rest of the pack. all that in about 12 and a half minutes.

thanks for being with us i'm brian sullivan your market theme today will be a tug of war between two big stories. on one hand you have apple's big quarter and strong guidance. that stock is up very nicely this morning you can see over 3.5% to $197 per share. we'll get you more on the apple story in a minute. because this is the breaking news that may dampen any apple enthusiasm in the overall market the trump administration is now reportedly planning to propose a new 25% tariff on 200 billion worth of imported chinese goods. that would be a jump from the currently proposed 10% level the goods would include food products, chemicals, steel, aluminum and consumer products china saying it will retaliate if america ups the stakes in the trade war. keep this in mind, china imports less than 1$150 billion in tota goods and products from the united states. that may explain why the market reaction is fairly muted futures are mixed.

i'm brian sullivan so glad you're with us on this friday futures are tumbling this morning. it could be a rough ride dow futures are down 106 points, all eyes are not on the dow, they're on the nasdaq. the nasdaq is up 8 days in a row. it's never done that this year all the talk about tech being dead, f.a.n.g. is dead that's not been the case today nasdaq could start its session in the hole. we have a ways to go as always keep your eyes on the nasdaq >>> one big thing to watch right now for all of you, we talked about it yesterday, is turkey. that country's currency plunging to record lows against many other currencies the lira losing a third of its value this year alone. the stock market also in free fall the big turkey etf, the tur, is down 42% just this year.

. >>> good morning i'm brian sullivan welcome to "worldwide exchange." welcome to some uncharted territory for you and your money and maybe for america politically as well. today officially marks the first day of the second stage of the longest bull remembun in u.s. history. the s&p has been rising for 3,453 days, it's up a cool 323% in that time it all comes off the march 2009 financial crisis lows. every day, every week, every month we rise from here simply adds to the wealth record books. the question this morning is will we keep rising from here? the political turmoil temperature in d.c. is going from hot to boiling hot. futures are slightly weaker this morning on that news all of that because michael cohen pleading guilty yesterday to eight criminal charges and a statement that seemed to implicate the then candidate donald trump and the payoff of

i'm brian sullivan here's the good news, the u.s. and china reportedly ready to sit down and talk trade in a new round of talks that news is helping drive stock futures higher a solid open for the dow futures, up 134 points as we say every morning, it is early, things can change, but we're not down 134 points after yesterday's 137-point decline. stock futures up across the board. >>> that china news along with hope of cooling tensions with turkey also helping the european markets. the major indexes are higher as well with the exception of italy. italy, we have not talked a lot about italy. italy a turkey-like story. political problems there debt issues there as well. do not be surprised if italy continues to be on the market's radar like it is today they also had a holiday in italy. so no trading. but a story to watch i think it's ae sscension day i italy. >>> your number to watch today

i'm brian sullivan here's the good news, the u.s.nd china reportedly ready to sit down and talk trade in a new round of talks that news is helping drive stock futures higher a solid open for the dow futures, up 134 points as we say every morning, it is early, things can change, but we're not down 134 points after

for nightly business report, i'm brian sullivan. >> still ahead, soupy sales.ampbell's soup is making big business, and the jury is out on whether that will work. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the trump administrations canceling pay raises for civilian federal workers. in a letter to congressional leaders, the government must, quote, maintain the nation on a fiscally sustainable course, e quote. an increase of 2% was set to go into effect in january >> it's a familiar story these days and sometimes distressingly so and an iconic american brase its way and today it was turn.ll's soup's weaker than expected quarterly revenue plans to sell some divisions in an effort to refocus the company. that sent the stock lower today, butpban cl move forward by scaling back. we take a look. >> campbell's soup, the 146-year-old company is trying reinvent itself. today announcing it's putting international businesses up for sale. boathouse farms and gden fresh, and kelsen brands. the company left open the possibility for a full sale of what's left over. so what is left? soups and snacks mainly. w

. ♪ ♪ >>> good morning i'm brian sullivan so glad you're beginning your day with us.looks like it could be a nice bounce back day for stocks and your money dow futures up under triple digits very different scene today than what we saw yesterday. a lot of green here. not so much for the cryptos. we'll get to more on that in a minute the focus remains on turkey. stocks may be helped by this a rebound in the turkish currency well, actually, no it is turning around everything i say is the opposite the currency is down 3.7% now. that changes everything. we'll have more on that coming up rip up the show. let's start it over again. the eurozone gdp is just crossing let's get to steve sedgwick who is live in london with the latest headlines rescue us. >> you're right. the currency is up 4%. look at the eurozone data as well euro is picking up versus the greenback. losing a bit of ground, 0.2% lower. we had strong german gdp data out moving into a higher gear despite concerns about trade wars, despite concerns about turkey we had the eurozone data as well i'm a little bit unde

i'm brian sullivan there's a lot going on today let's get to it.uickly get your morning money setup. stock futures are looking strong at this time of day. the dow is up nearly 90. nasdaq up 24 keep this in mind, the nasdaq is in the middle of its longest win streak in months gains today would make it a six-day winning streak for the nasdaq china, by the way, also making a huge move overnight. we'll get to that in just moments. right now we have to begin with the catastrophic fire situation in california. the mendocino wildfire exploding overnight. it's now the biggest in california's history let's get to bill karins with more >>> good morning to you. that's right the california fire has charred now over 283,000 acres that makes it the largest wildfire in the state's history. according to cal fire, the massive blaze has burned through 443 square miles of northern california, about a third of the size of rhode island approaching half the size of rhode island the flames have torched clear lake prompting mandatory evacuations in lake county, mendocino

good morning i'm brian sullivan it's another big green on the screen kind of day nearly everything werack closely just for you in the morning is higher today. not a lot but rising nonetheless. dow futures up 48 points the market looks to make it seven up weeks out of the past eight. long way to go, but still we're on the right track tomorrow may be the unofficial celebration to mark the longest bull market ever for the s&p 500. a lot of people talk about the dates, but it's been a heck of the run nonetheless. the rbi will give you an interesting view on that bull run. >>> china is rebounding on that trade talk optimism. the u.s. and china scheduled so sit down and talk about trade later this week. the shanghai rising 1.3% the main european indexes, nothing huge here. the dax and cac 40 are up about a half percent as always we try to focus on one big number every day today it is the u.s. dollar. it took a leg lower against the euro that after president trump knocking jay powell for raising rates saying he's not thrilled let's get now to susan mcginness live in washington with more on t

i'm brian sullivan we have a lot to get to. first a check of your top headlines.ack with those. >>> let's check on what's leading cnbc.com right now the u.s. senate vote to confirm richard clarida as vice chair of the federal reserve. clarida has worked as a managing director at pimco. he was nominated by president trump back in april. >>> aston mart season geariin ip for a public offering that would value the company at more than 6 $6 billion the sports car brand is planning to list on the london stock exchange. >>> and a late surge in summer travel is lifting u.s. airlines and their stocks airlines forecasting a record 16.5 million people will fly between today and tuesday. trying to get in the last summer trip >> you travel all the time have you been on any plane anywhere lately that's not pretty much 100% full and people are arguing over the baggage space? >> never especially during the summer people are spending money on travel >> thank goodness you're always in 1a. >> phillip mena now with the headlines. >>> the nation is celebrating the legacy of john mccai

i'm brian sullivan trade tensions are topping the headlines.he president instructing his top trade representative to look into slapping a 25% tariff on 2$200 billion worth of chinese imports. as we told you yesterday morning, that would be up from the proposed 10% tariff rate on those goods. u.s. trade rep robert lighthizer saying the rate increase is to encourage china to change its harmful policies china has vowed to retaliate against any new tariffs. markets are reacting to the news keep in mind no tariffs are in place just yet it's subject to public comment congress reversing in the senate some tariffs last week so nothing has changed right now. these are proposals, but enough to spook the market. dow futures are down about 138 a couple hours ago it was more seeing selling across the board. let's see if that moves the bond market, maybe brings people in the haven of treasuries. the ten-year note, that yield back below 3%. it's basically at 3, but 2.997 so we are seeing a move in the bond market on those headlines what about overseas and in

. >>> i am brian sullivan.lftime report, with the s & p 19 points from a record high, some activity that will make you want to make a move. >>> and we're debating nike after wall street gets aggressive on the stock. it is already up 50% since last summer how much more does it have to go >>> and the sector strategist on the sectors she thinks are about to run for the rest of the pack. all that in about 12 and a half minutes. for now, back downtown jon? >> all right see you then >>> let's go to rick santelli. >> back in the days, thursday and fridays, report released by the cftc has always generically, it's one of the biggest short presences in 26 wreers but if you'92. if you concentrate on the is this. is that the thipg that making markets move is that the underlying financial structure of positions gets changed quickly. that's what can be going on now. central banks and issues that i've just described keep interest rates low, the fact of the matter is that done deal trade everybody knows is around the corner an

i'm brian sullivan despite that new round of tariffs kicking in, despite the trump news, cohen news,aul manafort news, the markets are not reacting too negatively. dow futures are mildly higher right now. call them flat or up 4 points. s&p and nasdaq about the same situation. bond yields follow that trend as well they are unchanged by no means do we think it will be a dull 48 hours not only do we have trade talks under way, new tariffs kicking n but the jackson hole fed conference is tomorrow we have a huge lineup of fed eds for you on cnbc, their comments can move markets >>> japan rising overnight domestic chinese stocks rose stocks in hong kong, the hang seng index did fall. slight moves in europe no clear trend today here's a look at commodities and currencies oil slightly lower keep an eye on bitcoin the s.e.c. again rejecting applications for bitcoin etfs. there were nine of them. that injection over concern about fraud and manipulation in the crypto markets many investors say that until we get the approval of an etf for cryptos, it may be hard for bitcoin and others to take a

i'm brian sullivan we have a lot to get to this morning. we're live in washington, d.c.e do that, let's check the headlines. contessa brewer has those. >> i beg to differ with your musical summary. you meant the best song ever >>> the fed is sure to be in focus today. jerome powell set to deliver a speech in jackson hole >>> u.s. authorities are investigating microsoft for alleged bribe lry in hungary. the s.e.c. is looking at how it sold its word and excel software to firms in hungary at a steep discount microsoft says late yesterday it fired four employees and terminated its relationship with four businesspartners in hungary. >>> apple has been on a hiring spree and they're tapping talent from tesla positions include everything from manufacturers to security to supply chain experts. former tesla employees offered several reasons for jumping ship including lagging compensation and stock price growth >> apparently everyone is working for the weekend. maybe we can play that next. >>> we have a serious news alert. moments ago a magnitude 7.1 earthquake striking north of pe

. ♪ good morning, good afternoon, good evening wherever you're watching, i'm brian sullivan it's a worldwideind of morning. global news set to hit your money and your stocks here at home stock futures are down right now. not considerably so but we're seeing the dow futures offered 48 points. remember on friday the selling accelerated throughout the morning. we're just getting started in the u.s. nasdaq, futures all down the markets breaking many win streaks last friday as the turkish currency continued to slide. turkey, it's not just about them the economy the 17th largest in the world. the issue is that much of the debt is held in turkey in currencies other than it own lira so as the lira drops, it is much more expensive to pay back that debt that is why we're seeing shares of big global banks like paribas and others take a hit. the turkish lira a new low today. down 7% on lira to the dollar. again, new all-time lows that's hitting turkish stocks as well the turkish etf, one of the biggest here, the t.u.r. is the ticker it is lower again. it's lost half the value this year and down 11% in e

i'm brian sullivan a lot to get to this morning, but, first, a check on your top headlines. your executive recap, if you will >> here's leading cnbc this morning. u.s. and mexican trade negotiators closing in on a new nafta agreement. exports of cars from mexico to the u.s. the two sides along with canada are hoping to reach a deal and sign it before mexico's new president takes office in december >>> chinese authorities say the country's largest ride hailing firm bears the responsibility for the murder of a passenger by a driver this weekend. it is the second such case in recent months. didi has suspended car pooling service. the company should face legal punishment if it fails to put customer safety first. uber ceo says it plans to shift focus from cars to electric bikes. those vehicles are better suited for inner city travel despite taking money away from uber drivers. >> would you ride that bike, kate >> i do like to ride bikes. >> that bike if you're on the radio, by the way, it is bright orange or pink and a small basket does it come with a small dog? get in a hot air

wherever you are watching, i'm brian sullivan thank you for joining us the dow is up six of the past seven weeks. right now, your money looks like it's off to another good start dow futures up a solid 70 points nasdaq and s&p futures are higher as well could be another big week. up five of the last six, six of the last seven more on the markets in a second. we've got big breaking corporate news right now pepsi buying soda stream for $3.2 billion $144 a share 11% premium over friday's close. welcome in a familiar face at this hour. sara eisen she con covers the consumer -- you've had a chance to speak with the cfo of pepsi over this deal what drives this purchase. >> good to be back on one of my favorite, worldwide exchange $3.2 billion you mentioned the 10 or 11 poers premium for friday's closing price. soda stream, the last two weeks had a blockbuster quarter and its stock has skyrocketed to an all-time high. the last 30 days, this is a 30% premium. what drove it. in a matter of weeks, it's a big bet for pepsi-co on sparkling water. that's soda stream's bread and butter sustainabili

i'm brian sullivan, welcome. your traders on the desk tonight are tim seymour, karen finerman and guy adami. check out shares of drop box it is dropping down 9% and the earnings call under way right now and we'll tell you what wall street is saying about that report and obviously, investors they no like >> plus all work and no play would make everybody especially jack dorsey a dull boy and he's working overtime on his apology tour his first stop, fox news and sean hannity, but is he playing a dangerous game with shareholders all that coming up, but first, we've got to start again with tesla. it is directly in the crosshairs once again that stock has round tripped since elon musk's famous tweet about taking the company private and that stock down to the levels it hit after the earnings report that wall street didn't like last week, but it may be signaling there is no deal in sight. let's go right now to phil lebeau in chicago for all of the developing details on an equity, phil that is saying investors are not con

i am brian sullivan and you can follow me on twitter. get all of your news from @tictoc. ♪ this is bloomberg markets balance of power. i am shery anh. david: i am david westin. nyu medical school and announced that from now on, its students a no tuition made impossible by donation.lion the donation -- >> money is not the same. the sin of the people who have the money and what they do with it. the greater calling in my life has to be at the end of the day when i am done, did i do something to help society. , butis a tough yardstick it is the right one. david: to tell us more about the unique program at nyu, we welcome annalee wilkins -- explain to me what nyu is doing and how they can do it? >> they announced yesterday that it will be free tuition for all current and incoming medical students. currently there is been $450 million for this end or goal is $600 million. about thel us situation when it comes to students trying to pay their loans. studentverage medical graduates of nearly $200,000 in debt. there is a concern that that is awayn

fast money" begins now >> we are live right now from the nasdaq market site times square i am brian sullivan, your traders on the desk are tim s seymour and tonight on "fast money," the crypto currency is going back to $7,000 what can save bitcoin? it does not need saving. facebook already has your data and now they want your bank accounts it sounds scary to investors i will bring you the latest details. are you tired of winning yet >> the trade war that is president trump may be take an early victory lap. united states continues to be the best performing major stock market in the world inching ever so close back to all time highs. elon trade and japan and china is down nearly 30% from the top. is this what winning looks like? what point does the global sell-off starts to put pressure on stocks. >> 5:00 a.m., worldwide exchange >> 10 the hard way >> and carter braxton is worth on the desk. >>. >> beautiful >> are we tired of winning >> i thought when facebook reported 20% in 10 minutes, i thought that had ramifications for the broader market clearly incorrect. here we are at the s&p at 2850

about with our rbi an incredible stat about the stock market rally thanks for being with us i'm brian sullivane's how your money looks now. dow futures are down a bit call it 40 points here we'll see what happens as the morning rolls on let's turn to everybody's favorite topic, politics less than 100 days away from midterm elections. there's a lot at stake but also a lot at stake for small business across america. let's find out why with kate rogers >> cnbc and survey monkey are out with our q3 small business survey finding that confidence is back at a record high of 62 right now about 58% of businesses say that conditions are good that is up from 53% last quarter and 39% this time just a year ago. jobs and the economy are the top priority for one-third of all the small businesses polled followed by healthcare and immigration. look at this one big problem is skilled labor. more than a third of smalled businesses planned to increase headcount over the next 12 months 16% of small business owners reported having openings for three months the problem is worse for businesses with 50 or more workers

i'm brian sullivan that sitco story is one you have to hear to believe right now to the markets and youroney maybe today will be the day the music died, so to speak. futures are lower. we're down about 75 on the dow nearly every day the last few weeks we were making a new high. right now the markets are down but again, it's early. futures could turn around as well all three major indexes are as low as we've seen in a couple days or weeks. ten-year bond yield is ticking higher to 3.87%. oil is one of the few things that is gaining this morning we're seeing a slight move higher in the price of oil when i say slight, 0.2%. bitcoin is down 1.5% that wild ride there for bitcoin continues to 69.36 we also need you and want you to keep an eye on the indian rupi i don't we don't talk about it a lot. it's hitting an all-time low against the u.s. dollar today. 70.79. the impact of higher oil prices hurting that emerging economy. we'll talk more about that and the coming iran sanctions with helema croft the number to focus on today i . 2,000. amazon is hitting $2,000 for the first time in trade. mo

morning good afternoon, good evening, welcome from wherever in the world you are watching i'm brian sullivanlso coming up, the new ceo of janice henderson will join us about his firm, the markets, brexit and a whole host of topics here's how your money and the global markets are setting up. the dow and nasdaq futures are flat tech is really what you want to watch. unless you're coming off vacation or getting out from a seven-day nap, the nasdaq is on a seven-day winning streak that's nearly the longest this year over the past month there are now eight nasdaq 100 stocks that are up more than 10% the rumors of f.a.n.g.'s demise have been greatly exaggerated. >>> overnight in asia, china making another move higher despite continued trade threats. the shanghai jumping another 2% nearly, call it 1.85%. south korea up slightly. the hang seng rising just under 1% the european markets are largely lower. let's get an eye on europe mostly in the red. spain up fractionally. here are two markets that we normally don't talk about that you need to have on your radar right now. they are russia and turkey b

brian sullivan is off today.ere's how your money is setting up stock futures indicating the dow will open by 20 points to the upside relatively calm so far the s&p 500 is up by 1.5 and the nasdaq up 6 points first tesla's ceo elon musk rocking the investment world in one single tweet tweeting yesterday am considering taking tesla private at $420. funding secured. musk adding a final decision has not been made. his tweet comes on the back of a bombshell ft report that saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund built a $2 billion stake in tesla. we'll get shareholder reaction in a second. first let's get to the man who blew the lid off of this story joining us is arash masudi. i remember when this came out yesterday. tell us what you know so far about this saudi investment in tesla. >> thanks. thanks for covering that the way you did yesterday. so i've been looking into this for about six to eight weeks i've been hearing things in the market that someone had taken a position in tesla. i was trying to piece it together we

i'm brian sullivan u.s. futures not doing a whole lot. unless we get some craziness today, it will be another good month for the stock market every day on "worldwide exchange" we bring you the one big number that you need to focus on every day today that number is 5%. that's the nasdaq's gain this month. it's been quite the run for technology stocks over the last 30 or so days. this is the day move not much, but this month has been very solid. we'll get more on your money in moments. once again we have to begin with trade. china is now responding to reports that president trump wants to impose tariffs on 200 billion in chinese goods by next week the chinese foreign minister says putting pressure on trade will not work. more than 50% of imports he says would be subject to tariffs. keep in mind there's a few confusing headlines out there. it's not 200 billion in tariff,s, ittariff, it's 200 billion in goods. >>> trump rejecting an offer from the european union to get rid of tariffs on cars in the u.s. if we did the same. he said the offer w

i'm brian sullivan so glad you're joining us.ou can see not a lot of help in the futures right now. dow indicated down nasdaq indicated up. i think in a technical term it means it's anybody's guess which way the market goes today. we have to watch apple you know the news, apple becoming the first company in u.s. modern history to hit $1 trillion in valuation. apple slightly lower this morning. 207.04 per share, that gives it the trillion dollar evaluation we had petro china hit a trillion dollar valuation a few years ago. it lasted about a cup of coffee and then went over a clip. apple shares are down slightly today. still been a heck of a run with some big numbers for apple more on that throughout the day. >>> let's look at overseas once again the chinese stock market is probably your biggest global stock market story. the shanghai composite another 1% it fell 2% yesterday shanghai, which is the domestic chinese market, they have the shenzhen, the hang seng. the shanghai is down 20% in just six months that big drop causing china

. >> i'm brian sullivan. welcome back to "the halftime report." reason that we jumped in, guys, and i apologize for that, is that we did hit a new record on the s&p 500 we've been waiting i know josh is waiting all day 2,872. he was -- joe kept asking me to look at the wall well, guess what, we just hit it, $28.72.99. joe, we might get to your 73 it's a record high you can make fun of it all you want, but here's the thing for a lot of pension funds, for retail investors, pension funds out there, people that own stocks -- this is good >> we're only really laughing at you not the record high. i think -- i think, look when people say -- when people say, oh, it's just a number, it's not significant, sully, you -- >> aren't you that people? >> no. you are right. there is a psychological significance to the fact that we had this january peak. we spent seven months consolidating. there was some damage done beneath the surface. there were a lot of concerns about trade and interest rates and the investigation. whatever you want to heap on top. not to count

i am brian sullivan. your number to watch today is this 2872 why? that is the record high for the s&p 500. we're about 17 points away or 0.5% from that all time high lot to talk about. joining us on the desk, joe, jim, josh, steven and pete i'm kidding. that was for you, pete guys, all right, welcome so we are one-half of one percent away from record territory. what can drive us into that? what could derail the market josh brown, please don't sigh more buyers than sellers >> buy backs will help two things but i still want you to stay around for the rest of the show. these guys probably have some interesting stuff to say as well number one, when you look at the brooefs team we hit that, which was late january of this year on the s&p, two things were happening. number one, we were extremely overbought on the basis of rsi. we were hitting an rsi of between 80 and 90 for two weeks. which is way overdone. meaning the momentum was way o strong that's not the case right now. it's much more healthy to be back at those levels and not yet overbought the secon

that's what brian sullivan is here to talk about more on the citgo story and its a pretty crazy one.d not make too much mistakes. so, michelle, thank you. its a very important story. citgo is owned by the venezuelan oil company. ten years ago a canadian hedge fund sued the government over a gold mine that venezuela stole from the hedge fund. the hedge fund has gone through all these years of courts. they attached themselves to citgo because its one of the few assets that has value in north america. a judge has recently ruled that their claim stands. the idea is this, unless citgo slash venezuelan government can pull a magic rabbit out of a hat and pony up money it owes crystalex, its possible citgo could be seized. they will be seized by federal marshals and sold at auction to pay that $1.4 billion debt. its a houston company controlled by venezuela. >> and this is a u.s. judge that made this ruling. >> third circuit in wilmington, delaware. >> what would happen to the citgo gas stations i would drive by every day >> probably nothing. most of them are franchised. they have refineries

fast money" begins now >> we are live right now from the nasdaq market site times square i am brian sullivan traders on the desk are tim s seymour and tonight on "fast money," the crypto currency is going back to $7,000 what can save bitcoin? it does not need saving. facebook already has your data and now they want your b

i'm brian sullivan, welcome.r traders on the desk tonight are tim seymour, karen finerman and guy adami. check out shares of drop box it is dropping down 9% and the earnings call under way right now and we'll tell you what wall street is saying about that report and obviously, investors they no like >> plus all work and no play would make everybody especially jack dorsey a dull boy and he's working overtime on his apology tour his first stop, fox news and

when we come back we'll have the latest on rising tensions between saudi arabia kennedy >> gnome brian sullivanl speak exclusively with richard weil in his first tv appearance since taking the job at janus henderson. issions for stocks, $0.50 options contracts? $1.50 futures contracts? what about a dedicated service team of trading specialists? did you say yes? good, then it's time for power e*trade. the platform, price and service that gives you the edge you need. looks like we have a couple seconds left. let's do some card twirling twirling cards e*trade. the original place to invest online. are you ready to take your then you need xfinity xfi.? a more powerful way to stay connected. it gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, provides the most wifi coverage for your home, and lets you control your network with the xfi app. it's the ultimate wifi experience. xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. >>> news alert on tesla. >> reporter: headlines just crossing the wire now from dow jones saying the sec made ininquire rice to tesla over el elon musk's take private tweet also why the disclos

i'm going to pull a brian sullivan and say raise your hand if you think daylight savings should go away. >> oh i don't like it. >> are you kidding me? >> no, not for me. >> i look at this as another example of trying to fit a round peg into a square hole with the eu they don't even have a scentral financial economy and now they have some places it's light for 24 hours and other places, nothing works. it's a hodgepodge of how many different, you know, cultures and countries and you wonder why it's come lallapsing italy, are you worried about italy? >> no. >> it's beautiful but it's -- >> the food. the food. >> i know, the wine and the three hour lunches. >> it's a great place to visit not necessarily to live. that's my take on it as somebody that was just there recently. >> it's awesome. >> this one is -- you're going to think that i'm like kidding doesn't look like a super hero action figure. >> russia has appointed overweight hollywood actor steven segal as a special envoy for tie with the u.s., segal's new position is unpaid and meant to deepen cultural art and youth ties between the

. >> these are dog days and i've told brian sullivan about this but i'm going to enlighten my currentrom the position -- i don't read well. i'm trying to give you something. >> give me something. what do you got? >> dog days. >> where is this coming from >> where does it come from >> i don't know. the star sirius? >> sirius xm. >> it's a dog. that star is prevalent so that's where the dog days comes from, but my question is, how do the dogs of the dow do during the dog days of summer do they outperform or not outperform are there cat days >> those are important questions. >> important questions >> here in manhattan where we must -- >> there's a movie called dog days. >> dog day afternoon which is fantastic. >> you're out of order >> it's a new movie. >> oh, really. >> there's a review. >> oh, no kidding. >> we just revealed our age. >> i think that frayedo was in that movie. >> he was. >> one of his last movies. >> amazing. >> treasury yields today are also sort of dog dayish, 295 or so. 2.957. so we'll go elsewhere from the markets to find something compelling, andrew, i think. >> th

they looked at health care, culture, environment, education, infrastructure remember brian sullivan andogether right nx to st. stevens. >> you did vienna is beautiful. >> it is >> vienna's low crime rate -- and we went and saw straus and it's in this beautiful palace. they've been doing it the same way since the 18th century crime rate and downgraded european security threats pushed vienna over the top this year. you go down along the canal and it's all bohemian restaurants and bars. >> did you see the dancers the waltzers >> no. >> the waltzers and the tule dresses? >> i'm not that much of a tourist. everything runs pretty well in vienna people seem to be going places on time. then we went to budapest where things are not -- they're sort of just going -- >> they're hungry. >> no. just more free form. in vienna, things are -- if you can look and check things by your -- >> uh-huh. >>> and bearish on liquor this morning. surveillance video caught a bear wandering into a connecticut liquor store yesterday this is crazy bruce's discount liquor in bristol. the bear walks right through the au

unbelievable >> unbelievable number >> that was brian sullivan's rbi this morning >> but i don't thinkt's an outlier. i think there's some strain in china. did you read -- andrew, i read this i couldn't believe that i read this is that not unbelievable let me read this quickly they're quoting an economics professor talking about president xi's stance on everything and the problem with the united states. and he says that this trade dispute delivered in his words a strong dose of sobriety allowing us to realize a huge technological gap still exists between us and the u.s and do we continue to calmly recognize our huge gap u.s. and humbly learn from them or do we insist on walking a populist path of anti-american. that sounds so different than what we think of -- that they're really powerful and that they don't need us -- >> but also the recognition that they're learning from us all the time and -- >> yeah, learning and stealing the technology are -- coming up. we talked more about this trade war fallout. we'll talk about the commodity prices and the stocks that could take a hit if tariff

. >> we just had a story yesterday brian sullivan talked about with citgo.gh deal to have any impact on gas prices? >> it certainly could have some potential. what's going on in venezuela from not only the refined product standpoint but crude oil production there, that's been kind of the rising star, in fact the opposite of the rising star i suppose is that venezuela has been producing less and less crude oil. so watching citgo and watching what may happen there with venezuela's assets that they currently have being seized back from them, of course hugo chavez nationalizing the oil industry there is certainly a potential source of pain watching what will happen this fall moving forward. >> all right, patrick, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> patrick dehaan from gas buddy. >>> coming up, stock ideas and market predictions from guest host steve grasso. check out the futures which you just saw about a minute and a half ago but check them out again. we'll be right back. year, i am sorry about that. [music playing] (vo) progress is in the pursuit. aud

back to "squawk box" right here on cnbc we're live at the nasdaq market site in times square brian sullivanday joe is back next week. take a look at u.s. equity futures at this hour let's show you what's going on a lot of this may well change at 8:30 we will get the jobs number which may turn things in all sorts of ways. dow looks like it would open now about 22 points higher nasdaq up 12 points higher s&p 500 up about 2.5 points higher the president has not tweeted yet about whether he thinks this number is going to be good or bad. mind you, if you get a moment, there is a piece in courts today that they got all the e-mails of the people inside the bls e-mailing each other about president trump's tweet two months ago and it's fascinating it is a fascinating story to read >> was it -- can you summarize it >> i will come up with -- >> did you send it to them >> e-mail is evidence. >> what are they saying back and forth to each other. did you do it? i didn't do it did somebody show it to him? >> we'll go to it in a second. we have other headlines to bring you first, but it is a sight to behol

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people like mike kenzie, andrew sullivan, all of these giants who have gone on to great careers in journalism. i was privileged to be a young staffer at that time. brianb: the constitution center. how big a deal as it? what kind of a budget does it have? where does the money come from? what you do on a day-to-day basis? jeffrey rosen: it is a beautiful temple to the constitution across from independence hall in philadelphia. come see it. inspiring space and the only education center devoted to constitutional education. a hall of statues of the signers, signers hall where the kids can touch george washington and benjamin franklin and see how tall they were. there are original copies of the constitution and the declaration of independence and bill of rights. it is also a national education center, which is devoted to bringing liberals and conservatives together to educate people on the constitution. we have an interactive constitution online to bring together the top liberal and conservative scholars to write about every clause of the constitution, describing why they agree and is a great. -- disagree. the college board is going to work with us to creat

mickey kaus, andrew sullivan, charles lane, all these giants who have gone on to such great careers in journalism, and i was privileged to be a young staffer at that exciting time. briane constitution center. how big of a deal is it? what kind of budget does it have? where does the money come from? what do you do on a day-to-day basis,? running it? jeffrey: thank you for asking about that. it is this beautiful temple to the constitution, on independent small, across from -- independence mall, across from independence hall. i want citizens on c-span to come see it. it is the most inspiring space, and the only education center in the u.s. devoted to constitutional education, with a haul of statues of the signers, where the kids can touch george washington, benjamin franklin, see how tall they were. and the rarest original copies of the constitution and declaration of independence, the bill of rights. but also a national education center, devoted to bringing liberals and conservatives together to educate people about the constitution. c-span viewers know about our great online resource, the interactive constitution, which brings together the top liberal and conservative