is sonia shot a latin america analyst with a focus on venezuela and from atlanta by skype is charles shapiro former u.s. ambassador to venezuela thank you all for joining us so now i want to start with you will this new currency help at all. of course not ok this is not the first time that we have seen a go were meant in latin america to remove heroes from the korean city that had happened in argentina and brazil in colombia but the situation was quite different even though that happened every four in the latin america in the seventy's eighty's and so on i mean so you're starting a rough time hugo chavez also not zeros off of the believer in two thousand and eight. yeah that's true so ok it's not against that but till that time menace well it was a very different call on three deer in there travis time and his fellow west hill well to actually the wealthy is venezuela the problem is they mismanagement of the economy because the resources are there there's been a silence there say half her oil they still have a role materials the problem is the mismanagement of the government and that's why t

is sonia shot a latin america analyst with a focus on venezuela and from atlanta by skype is charles shapiro former u.s. ambassador to venezuela thank you all for joining us sonia i want to start with you will this new currency help at all of course not ok this is not the first time that we have seen it go were meant in latin america to remove from the currency that the top and in argentina and brazil in colombia but the situation was quite the friend even though that happened of the flora in the left in america in the seventy's eighty's and so i mean sonia sort interrupt me hugo chavez also not zeros off of the believer in two thousand and eight correct. yeah that's true so ok it's not against that but till that time menace well it was a very different call on three d. you're in there travis time and it's hello westin well to actually the wealthy is famous well the problem is there mismanagement of the economy because the ressources are there there's been a silence there say half her oil they still have roam of the areas the problem is the mismanagement of the garment and that's why this is

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is sonia shot a latin america analyst with a focus on venezuela and from atlanta by skype is charles shapiro former u.s. ambassador to venezuela thank you all for joining us sonia i want to start with you with this new currency help at all of course not ok this is not the first time that we have seen it go were meant in latin america to remove from the currency that the top and in argentina and brazil in colombia but the situation was quite the free and even though that happened of the flora in the left in america in the seventy's eighty's and so i mean sony i'm sorry to interrupt i mean hugo chavez also not zeros off of the believer in two thousand and eight correct. yeah that's true so ok it's not against that but till that time menace well it was a very different call on three d. you're in there travis time and it's hello westin well to actually the wealthy is famous well the problem is there mismanagement of the economy because the ressources are there there's been a silence there say half her oil they still have roam of the areas the problem is the mismanagement of the garment and that'

charles: adam shapiro, thank you very, very much.the question now of course what is next for the tech giant. to tech analyst. russ, first of all, great seeing you. it has been a long time. >> i know it has been a while. charles: what is next? they're sitting on a pile of cash. there have been some investors so long trying to get tim cook to be more acquisitive with it. he has been pretty happy buying back his own stock. >> right. charles: rewarding building internally. >> they have been pretty safe and i think, the big thing that they haven't really explored as much as they should is the service industry. they started dipping into that with apple music. got some people paying for it. spotify is still crushing them. but people buy the phones and computers every year, what have you. they don't like have a monthly charge guaranteed out of people, if they start dipping into that more that is steady income they haven't tapped in. charles: the stock is trading forward ratio of 15.3. that is extraordinarily low than the other big tech names

adam: i'm adam shapiro in for charles payne. the u.s. trade battle with china is escalating. china says it will match the u.s. slapping tariffs on $16 billion of u.s. products. this is mexico's economic minister. he's in washington today meet wusmght s. officials to try and reach an agreement top update nafta. edward lawrence is live at the u.s. trade representative's office in washington, d.c. are they say where they stand? reporter: not quite swraig they stand. but that meeting ended five minutes ago. mexican delegation meeting with the u.s. trade representative's office in washington, they are beating in times this week today and again tomorrow. they are trying to iron out the last three issues related to the auto part of nafta. it was all smiles from the mexican delegation. listen to how they characterized what happened. >> the first meeting into the weekend, we are definitely working, covering all the items that we have to cover. and we added a list of things. report are, talking about the auto part of this. trying to be done by the end of the week. another big issue, th

adam: i'm adam shapiro in for charles payne. it's primary day in five states including ohio.uri voters are heading to the polls today and they will determine whether unions can require union workers to pay dues in a huge right to work decision. what's at stake here, jeff? reporter: ohio has gone the all the attention. but i think this is one of the

adam: i'm adam shapiro in for charles payne. the u.s. trade battle with china is escalating.it will match the u.s. slapping tariffs on $16 billion of u.s. products. this is mexico's economic minister. he's in washington today meet wusmght s. officials to try and reach an agreement top update nafta. edward lawrence is live at the u.s. trade representative's office in washington, d.c. are they say where

adam: i'm adam shapiro in for charles payne. mexican officials are in washington for a second day of talks with the u.s. trying to hammer out a new deal on nafta. this comes as the japanese officials are in town regarding the tariffs on vehicles. reporter: with nafta probably very close to a deal. with the japanese this is just sort of the beginning. the japanese delegation met with the u.s. trade representative for 2 1/2 hours today. the japanese minister of economics and fiscal policy is leading their delegation to get a fair trade deal for japan and the united states. japanese companies have been paying the steel and aluminum tariffs. this has been a day of deals. the mexican economic minister says we are as close as possible to a deal on this. one big issue still, the sun set clause. >> we arranged [inaudible] we have proposals coming back and forth. report are says language was going back and forth even past midnight last night to try and get this deal done. they would like to have at least auto part of the nafta deal done

adam: i'm adam shapiro in for charles payne.ials are in washington for a second day of talks with the u.s. trying to hammer out a new deal on nafta. this comes as the japanese officials are in town regarding the tariffs on vehicles. reporter: with nafta probably very close to a deal. with the japanese this is just sort of the beginning.

adam: i'm adam shapiro in for charles payne. it's primary day in five states including ohio. missouri voters are heading to the polls today and they will determine whether unions can require union workers to pay dues in a huge right to work decision. what's at stake here, jeff? reporter: ohio has gone the all the attention. but i think this is one of the more interesting races. this is called the right to work or what unions would call a free rider state. essentially you don't have to joint union and pay any dues, even though the unions point out they negotiate contracts and get raises and benefits, but you can free ride. take a look at money that's been spent in missouri. $15 million on the part of labor compared to $3 million on the part of the folks who like the notion of right to work. think of any union you have ever head, the afl-cio to the teamsters, sheet metal workers, they put money into this cause. it might be they are winning the ground war. the right-to-work folks are losing it. but a professor at the university of hour says that is an indicator of the uphill fig

adam shapiro - >> i'm in for charles payne. us trade officials meeting with the economic minister in motion. the minister says they are very close to a deal and so he will be back with his team in washington dc next week. right after the meeting with mexico it was japan's turn up at bat. they met robert lighthouse, us trade representative. here to break this down is fox correspondent edward lawrence. i know you know the people at us cr but there has to be news positive.

adam shapiro - >> i'm in for charles payne. a big day for us trade officials meeting with the economic minister in motion. the minister says they are very close to a deal and so he will be back with his team in washington dc next week. right after the meeting with mexico it was japan's turn up at bat. they met robert lighthouse, us trade representative. here to break this down is fox correspondent edward lawrence. i know you know the people at us cr but there has to be news positive. >> we almost need a flowchart for the trade representatives coming in and out. it's a unique actuation where the mexican delegation ran so long the recently passed in the halls with the japanese delegation. us trade representative lease to photo of them meeting there in a statement late today, us trade representative said they agreed with the japanese site to work towards more open and free bilateral trade. that will be the second pin for the ministration as they work to finish nafta. mexican economy minister said that on a scale with the negotiati

. >> great to be back, i am charles payne, thank you so much to adam shapiro who filled in for he lasteek, markets were down, stocks could not gain traction, president launches a series of tweets again a former staffer, omarosa manigault newman, made a private white house recording of her and president trump and another one of her and john kelly, but first, a new gallup -- poll showing democrats view socialism as positive, the shocker only 47% have a favorable view

. >> great to be back, i am charles payne, thank you so much to adam shapiro who filled in for he last week, markets were down, stocks could not gain traction, president launches a series of tweets again a former staffer, omarosa manigault newman, made a private white house recording of her and president trump and another one of her and john kelly, but first, a new gallup -- poll showing democrats view socialism as positive, the shocker only 47% have a favorable view of capitalism, that is a 10% drop from 2 years ago. here is discuss is ford o'connel. kayleigh mcenany. ford. you know, this is not necessarily new, per se, on the socialist side, these numbers have not changed a lot for millennials or democrats in terms of how they positively view socialism, what dropped is their belief that capitalism is answer, in 2010, 68% had a positive view, that number is 45%, that poses a amazing political and economic problem. >> i have to say, somewhere adam smith, modern of father capitalism is rolling over in his grave in disgust. this poll shows how far left the democratic party is moving and

charles payne. maria will be back next week. we have a couple special interviews maria did before she left for vacation coming up. her news making interviews with the egyptian billionaire and steven mnuchin. adam shapiro is standing by in the newsroom. reporter: a stellar week for walmart. it reported its strongest growth in a decade. walmart beat estimates by reporting earnings per share. it surged 40% for the quarter. walmart shares closed up on that news. despite the dow rally, thanks to walmart and easing trade tensions in china, markets finished up for the week. andrew brunson has been in prison for nearly two years in turkey. this comes as the u.s. doubled its tariffs on metal imported from turkey. this made it difficult for turkey's currency the lira. it lost a third its value against the dollar. turkey says it won't give in to u.s. threats. more trouble for tesla. the sec is investigating whether the automaker misled investors. they are look at what the company directors knew about elon musk's plans to take the company private. charles, back to you. charles: the chinese government is sending a delegation to the united states for trade talks at the end of the month. the market is hoping this co

want to go to adam shapiro at the new york stock exchange. >> reporter: hey, charles. to be friday when we get the employment numbers, but adp actually having a beat here. you know, the street was expecting we would have roughly 185,000 jobs added, but it actually came in, according to adp, at 219,000 jobs for the last month. so that would be a gain that was better than analysts were expecting. big gains in businesses that have between 50 and 499 employees and then, of course, the biggest number as far as sector was service sector, 177,000 gains. one thing that you hear people in the labor department lock up complain about is that the adp number so often does not mimic what we get in the labor department, but it's expected the number will be good on friday when we get the official unemployment report. also when you take into consideration gdp is 4.1%, that's pushing wages up. that's a big number we're going to be looking at, pressure on employers to offer more money. and we see that happening. the last report it was year-over-year a growth of 2.7%. so we'll want to wat

charles payne. maria will be back next week. we have a couple special interviews maria did before she left for vacation coming up. her news making interviews with the egyptian billionaire and steven mnuchin. adam shapiro

charles payne. maria will be back next week. we have a couple special interviews maria did before she left for vacation coming up. her news making interviews with the egyptian billionaire and steven mnuchin. adam shapiro the newsroom. reporter: a