lauren and cheryl. lauren: a lot to accomplish and the topic of possible auto tariffs may come up today when president trump meets with the austrian chancellor at the white house. let's take a look right now at where things stand in the trade talks with china. we go to craig dismuke, the vining sparks chief economist. he joins us now. good morning. >> good morning. lauren: we have low level meetings and mid-level meetings and eventually we'll have the big meeting between the president of the united states and china. if they meet, does that mean we have a deal? >> i don't know that it means we have a deal. our base case expectation is that we will. i do expect that they will meet. the stakes are too high. we've seen the impact of all the uncertainty on global growth and then also on the u.s. data in the fourth quarter of last year. i do think they'll meet and i think the stakes are too high for them not to do something. i don't know that it's going to be much different than where we were before. lauren:

cheryl: that looks fun.talking about light sabers. >> it's not a star wars things but why tur not turn it into a sport. cheryl: we just saw dart had dh vader. cheryl: jared's sports reports, fox news headlines, 24/7, sirius xm channel 11. lauren: coming up, ready, aim, shop. now a new app will soon make your grocery shopping faster and easier. and this '90s cult classic, wearemember this, turns 20. >> i used to be over by the window and i could see the squirrels and they were married. lauren: do you know what it is? how you can own a piece of the -- there it is. did you see that, jared? >> it's pretty funny. i'm a fan. there's some people that go bonkers for this movie. ♪ working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living. ♪ barely getting by. ♪ it's all taking and no giving. ♪ need. great news for anyone wh- uh uh - i'm the one who delivers the news around here. ♪ liberty mutual has just announced that they can customize your car insurance so that you only pay for what you need. this is phoebe buckley, on location

lauren and cheryl. cheryl: thank you very much, hillary.this, quote, more money has been extracted by shareholders of nonfinancial publicly traded companies and has been reinvested in 14 of the last 15 years, that's why rules should be changed to put dividends and buybacks on level footing. let's take a look at this issue with david nelson, chief strategist with bell point asset management. this seems to be looking like it's going to be a big issue for the 2020 2020 election, anothey that the democrats, i'm thinking about bernie sanders and chuck schumer to go after corporations and say you can't trust big companies, they're out for themselves. >> i think marco rubio has a better plan. he wants to level the playing field between cap gains and dividend income to maybe change corporate behavior many when you dig down, you start to realize the reasons stock is bought back, it's more sinister. it's a way for the corporation and the ceo to make their bonus and simply goose the bottom line income. but it does absolutely nothing for income. it doe

cheryl: i'm cheryl casone. lauren: there is unease out there. cheryl: just hours from now, the white house says that president trump is going to declare a national emergency to secure $8 billion in additional border wall funding after he signed a spending bill that will keep the government open. lauren: ray bogen is following the ins and outs of all of this in washington. he has details for us. >> reporter: the $330 billion spending bill funds the department of homeland security and other agencies that were shut down for over a month. while the debate over funding may be over, a new fight over presidential powers may just be beginning. >> the ayes are 83. n a ays are 16. >> reporter: the bill is on to the president. sarah sanders says the president will sign the spending bill but he will also declare a national emergency to, quote,en p sur ene stop the national security and humanitarian crisis at the r border. the president is unions again delivering on his promise to build the wall, protect the border and secure our great country. rea action to

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cheryl, lauren. cheryl: thank you. isn't just defending her green new deal, she's taking more heat over celebrating amazon's pull-out of new york city. after this billboard was put up in times square, criticizing aoc for costing new york city 25,000 jobs, the freshman congresswoman responded with a tweet. few things effectively communicate the power we built in fighting dark money and anti-worker policies like billionaire funded groups blowing tons of cash on whack billboards and she writes this one is funded by the mercers. that tweet prompted the job creators network to respond with more billboards. they say hey, aoc we saw your whack tweet and this billboard cost $4,000. you cost new york 4 billion in lost wages. ouch. lauren: indeed. still ahead, facebook under fire once again this time for targeting kids and their parents' credit cards. and there's a new colonel in town, how an '80s action hero is not protecting kfc's secret recipe. you're waifing "fbn watching "f" ♪ cold beer on a friday night. ♪ a pair of jeans

cheryl: good morning, everybody. i am cheryl casone. and, yes, breaking overnight, we finally got what we believe is going to be an aversion to another shutdown. lauren: we shall see. cheryl: yeah. overnight, president trump reportedly may extend now that deadline for imposing higher tariffs on china by 60 days if the two countries are close to reaching a trade deal. right now, tariffs on $200 billion of chinese imports are set to rise to 25% from 10% on march 2nd. meanwhile, china's exports jumping last month, up more than 9% from a year ago. analysts say seasonal factors are likely behind the reading. lauren: let's get the latest on the state of you affairs from d lawrence in washington. >> reporter: good morning. the chinese president xi jinping will meet the u.s. trade delegation in china for the talks. this is the same gesture that president trump extended to the chinese on january 31st when he met the vice premier in the oval office. right now robert lighthizer and steven mnuchin planning their strategy of two days of high level t

you see that cheryl? cheryl: i did see that. thanks, david. we've got a lot more going on this morning. lawmakers are now saying they are near a deal to prevent a second partial government shutdown and resolve the fight over president trump's proposed border wall. reports say negotiations between the democratic controlled house and gop held senate could result in a deal as early as this weekend. there is a february 15th deadline to reach a compromise. that is a week from today. the president says he hasn't ruled out declaring a national emergency if the spending impasse is not resolvedded. lauren: the longest serving member in the history of congress has died. former michigan democrat john dingell died yesterday at his home after battling cancer. he was known for being a master deal maker and for protecting the auto industry. his wife says he will be remembered for, quote, his razor sharp wit and a lifetime of dedication to improving the lives of all who walk this earth. former congressman john continul dead at the age of 92. cheryl: thousands

cheryl: 5:01 in new york. googoodmorning. i'm cheryl casone.erri: i'm gerri willis in for lauren simonetti. cheryl: bipartisan talks hitting a snag over the weekend as the two sides clashed over immigrant detention policy. democrats now want to limit the number of migrants that immigration and customs enforcement groups can he detain at one time. mick mulvaney is not ruling out another government shut down. >> i'm not in a position to say the president will absolutely sign or will not sign. here's what we do know. the president has to sign a piece of legislation in order to keep the government open. he can't sign everything they put in front of him. there are some things we count a agree to. the government shutdown is technically still on the table. we don't want it to come to that but the option is open to the president and will remain so. gerri: negotiators need to reach a deal by today in order to have congress with much time to pass the bill before friday. president trump set to hold a rally in el paso, texas today. cheryl: for more on this

cheryl: take a look at asia real quick. shanghai hang seng still closed for the lunar new year and the nikkei slightly to the lower downside. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. lauren: 5:01 a.m. in new york. thank you for joining us. it's lauren simonetti. it's february 7th, i believe. cheryl: it's february something. it's not valentine's day yet. good morning, everybody. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: that's what happens when the date's not in the prompter. cheryl: the white house announcing that president trump is going to hold his first rally of the year. it's going to be in el paso texas. it's going to be next monday, as the border security standoff continues. a group of bipartisan lawmakers are working to reach a deal on border wall funding, trying to avoid another government shutdown. a negotiator said democrats are showing some flexibility in the dispute. lauren: without an agreement by the deadline, 25% of the government would should down. let's discuss this with collin willhelm and emily larson. emily is a reporter for the

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cheryl: happy president's day, everybody. welcome to "fbn: a.m.." i'm cheryl casone. lauren: good morning. happy president's day. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: we're open for business today while the other guys are asleep on this monday. well, there's a lot of news to get to. democrats are gearing up to challenge president trump's use of a national emergency to fund construction of a border wall. california's attorney general says he is leading a group of states that will definitely file suit against the administration. >> we're confident there are at least 8 billion ways we can prove harm and once we are all clear, all the different states are clear, what pots of money that taxpayers sent to d.c. he's going to raid, a number of states and certainly americans will be harmed and we'll be prepared. cheryl: trump announced a state of emergency in concert with a decision to sign a spending bill that lacked funding for a wall, at least not what he wanted. kevin mccarthy told maria bartiromo that the president will win the court fight. >> so the president, one, has the auth

cheryl: u.s.2-point a 5% in the fourth quarter -- 2.5% in the fourth quarter. they had a problem in china which is something they're going to address this morning when the earnings come out. china sales down 25% in the fourth quarter. are you expecting more bad news for china? >> i think we will see more of that in the gm call. as far as the impact on the stock, i don't think we're going to see that much. i think investors are largely sort of looking beyond these sorts of problems. we all know that china's economy has been slowing down and of course there have been fears so far unfounded about our own economy doing that. all that's been factored into the decline that we saw in u.s. stocks and with gm stock going into the end of the year and a big rebound, 17%, 18% that we've seen in gm shares since the start of the year. no, i don't see much impact where it counts in the stock price. cheryl: dealers are saying that they've got unsold cars. you mentioned the sedans. but people love their trucks. th

cheryl: well u.s. businesses want to see it and markets really want to see those tariffs taken off the table in general. well, there's a lot that's at stake this week. thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> my pleasure. thank you. gerri: investors following signs of progress in washington on the border security deal to head off another partial government shutdown. cheryl: we get the latest on that from blake berman. >> reporter: president trump has yet to signal whether he will sign the legislation coming out of can toll hill. the final language may not be unveiled until later this evening. the top line figures in the deal call for $1.375 billion for a border barrier that covers 55 miles of new barrier. that's less than the $5.7 billion the president wanted but in a win for republicans, there will be roughly 49,000 to 40,000 detention beds throughout the year. at a cabinet meeting tuesday the president said he's not happy with what the hill produced. >> the answer is no, i'm not. i'm not

cheryl. i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." more on the some of the big market movers, but first here is what is new at this hour. ♪ connell: high level trade talks at the white house in our nation's capital today when the chinese special envoy meeting with treasury secretary steve mnuchin and u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer. we have the latest where those negotiations currently stand. plus the trump administration not sure whether north korea is completely committed to denuclearization ahead of a pivotal meeting between president trump and kim jong-un set for next week. what intelligence officials are saying now. tax season off to a slow start but you may end up taking home a little bit more money than you think. cheryl: invest that in the markets because right now the markets has been and really interesting day. we didn't start off this way. we were dragged down first by wall street-boots alliance and dow technologies and dupont. a volatile trading session, susan. >>

cheryl: u.s.e robert lighthizer on capitol hill today, he's going to testify on the status of u.s./china trade talks before a house panel. will he support the president's positive rhetoric that a deal is going to be, well, great. john layfield joins us now. there's been different viewpoints an analysis, especially from the wall street journal about whether or not lighthizer is going to paint that rosey of a picture about the deal we could be crafting with the chinese. what are you expecting? >> i think he's going to lower expectations is what i think. i don't think he's going to try to cross the president. the president would fire him on twitter if that happens. i think that he's probably going to diminish expectation as best he can. i think he realize that's we're not going to get a good deal with the chinese. the president negotiates exactly opposite of teddy roosevelt. the president speaks very loudly and settles for a deal that's worse than he could have got in the first place. the government

gerri: cheryl, thank you for that. lauren: thanks, cheryl.s in a row, the dow jones industrial average up 38, similar increases for the s&p and nasdaq. we're about half you waway throh earnings season. a lot of big names left to report, from general motors to twitter. we'll see which ones will be hot or not. and united states oil sanctions are hitting venezuelan march cessments imarkets.it might impe u.s. we're vulnerable in one key way. we'll discuss when we return. ♪ the wintertime, sure getting cold. ♪ well, my hands are shaking and my knees are weak. lauren: happy monday. let's get you caught up on what's happening now. the futures look like the super bowl yesterday. basically a bit of a traffic jam. we're not goin going anywhere. more earnings on tap this year. google after the bell today. a veteran border patrol agent has been killed in the line of duty. she was hit by a passing car by a texas state trooper. it's unclear if charges will be filed. and the pentagon is deploying nearly 4,000 more active duty troops to the mexico border, ro

cheryl: you feel all right? as it's virtual reality and not reality, i'll be okay. cheryl: who you think will win on sunday? >> any time you look at a quarterback position, it's about looking at super bowls and wins, tom bray i brady is the best atg that. i'm not going against him this sunday. cheryl: when we were playing it, we were playing based on eight hours of sleep and they switched the game up on us and six hours of sleep. zach insists i only beat him because i was better at operating on less sleep which i do because i host the show every day. let's talk about another great football player that was with us. adam dylan, a wide receiver for the minnesota vikings, two appearances in the pro bowl, a great player. he's also an entrepreneur. we talked about, well, what else, business. >> actually, impart of a business. i have a business partner that we own some gyms. we're trying to keep growing that business as well. it's really fun to be able to put what i did in school and what i learned in school to work. c

cheryl: i'm cheryl casone. the president saying no deal with north korea's kim jong un, leaving vietnam two hours early, en route back to washington. markets watching owl of this. let's take a look at futures. we're pared losses. the dow is down 73 in the premarket, nasdaq down 33 and a quarter. big story in asia was south korea's kospi, the market actually. here's europe, and i'll talk about asia. south korea's kospi losing 1.5%, ticking down. the nikkei in japan down substantially, almost 1%. lauren: global equities have a lot to respond to, sea of red no matter where you look this morning. yet so many investors, so many analysts say this might not be a total loss and they're optimistic. right now, we want to show you a little bit of what happened overnight. president trump in air force one, flying back to a pretty heated washington, d.c. but he did give a news conference before leaving hanoi, vietnam. >> thank you very much. i want to begin by thanking the prime minister and president of vietnam. we're in ha

cheryl, take it a. cheryl: good morning, maria.k, 12 years, quarterback joe theismann. it's great to see you, sir. >> great to see you too. cheryl: let's talk a little bif business here. you love tradings stocks, you love the markets, you love equities, how's the market been treating you? >> it's been treating everybody very well. i think everything in tech which atheequities markets have starto settle down. this is earnings season. we're excited to see what's coming out. i've decided to get involved in the cannabis area, the medicinal market. it's very beneficial on a social basis. i want to find things that benefit society and that's really what cam has done from his involvement with research. of course i knew you bad. boy, does he look like -- holy y makarel. cheryl: you were drafted in 2011. you're still there. you were nominated for man of the year, huge accolades come just being nominated for this. what does that mean for you? >> it's an honor, being next to joe theismann who has already won it. i see the history that's a par

cheryl casone with details. cheryl: exactly, maria, congresswoman from minnesota igniting controversy when she suggested in a tweet that group paid members of congress to support israel. omar has apologized. anti-semitism is real and i'm grateful for jewish allies and colleague who is are educating me on the painful history of antisemitic but pointed money in politics. president trump says the congresswoman should be ashamed of herself and nancy pelosi have criticized omar. food and drug administration is cracking down on claims of more than a dozen makers of nutritional supplements, accusing 17 different companies of selling more than 58 products with false chaims -- claims that

cheryl casone with the details. cheryl: anybody surprised?re front and center at the 61st annual grammy awards last night, singer alicia keys hosting the event but the star stills brought the politics with them, singer camilla cabello held newspaper that said build bridges and not walls. singer joe villa making different political statement, border-wall inspired outfit. the back of the dress you just saw. ricky in patriotic suit, keep america great trump in 2020. this was interesting, former first lady michelle obama also made appearance last night, took a break from her book tour. >> from the south side to song that is fueled me through the last decade, music has always helped me tell my story, music tells us share ourselves that all matters, every story within every voice, every note within every song, is that right, ladies? [cheers and applause] cheryl: you heard, the crowd went wild with her comments. after the wards themselves country singer took home the biggest award, album of the year for record golden hour and country super star doll

cheryl casone with the details thousand. what a story, cheryl.charges for allegedly filing a false police report in connection with his claim of being attacked late last month. again, he turned himself in to chicago police this morning. if convicted, smollett could face up to three years in jail. he is due in court for a bond hearing this afternoon. now, his legal team so far continues to maintain his innocence and as for his role on empire, which by the way shoots the show in chicago, one report says producers are considering at this point suspending him from the show. all right. well, apple dethroned. there is the annual list of the most innovative companies. apple fell to the 17th spot from the spot. that's because they didn't break new ground from devices this year. chinese tech platform took the first spot on the list for expediting booking and delivery of services like food and hotel space. that's innovation. samsung teased it back in november. now it is official. the company announcing its new flip phone, the galaxy fold, it goes on sale a

cheryl is on headlines. cheryl: ford is recalling f-150 pickups. one report of whip lash. this recall affects f-150s from the 2011 to the 2013 model years. they have to have the six speed transmission, that's the key. ford's f-series pickup the best selling vehicle in unite the und states. fortune magazine out with the annual list of best companies to work for. topping the list it's not a tech company, hilton hotels. rounding out the top five, sales salesforce, wegmans, food market and workday and kimpton hotels and restaurants. parents everywhere, get ready. disney finally released the first trailer for frozen 2. >> ♪ cheryl: yeah, lot of buzz about this. two new characters were revealed in the trailer that's prompting speculation about who they are. elsa and anna will return to theaters in november. the original 2013 film earned more than $1.2 billion globally. no word yet, maria, if there will be another song that little 5-year-old girls will sing over and over and over. maria: 5-year-old girls or even older people like me. cheryl: 40-year-old g

cheryl: good morning to you. briefly shut down, officials say the drone was operated by the guy in a desert somewhere and not immediately clear. oil prices hilting 2019 high driven by opec-led supply cuts and u.s. sanctions against venezuela and iran. right now 64.92. the benchmark for oil, the first time we have seen contact above 65 for the year as you can see right there expire half percent. crude trading higher this morning, half of 1%. opec and unaffiliated suppliers like russia have agreed to cut production to cut prices. the storm called the pineapple express has tumbled california. powerful mud slides, remarkable video shows roads being broken by the force of the water. more than 30 million people are under flood and flood watches, wild weather spring so far. over to you. charles: cheryl, thank you very much, emergency action, president trump plans to sign a spending bill today that would keep the government open but also planning to declare national emergency to fund the border wall, plus, the u.s.-china

cheryl: u.s. and chinese officials say the two countries are poised to finish a deal over the next month following a likely summit between president trump and chinese president xi jinping at trump's mar-a-lago estate in florida. well, some technology stocks hit hard on disappointing earnings or guidance after the closing bell. the news sending shares of box, square and hewlett-packard sharply lower with box losing a quarter of its value. square is down about 6%. hewlett-packard losing ground on weaker than expected sales. the stock in the premarket hewlett-packard down almost 12% right now. former nissan chairman carlos ghosn's new legal team is applying for bail again. this is ghosn's third bail attempt. he was denied twice after being considered a flight risk by two judges. he's now spent more than 100 days, maria, behind bars. over to you. maria: incredible story the story on nissan and carlos ghosn, just outrageous. dagen: from the moment that carlos ghosn was arrested in japan, you have been

cheryl casone with the details right now. good morning. cheryl: good morning.ng to be closely watching this today. he's going to speak before the house finance ailing services commit -- financial services committee. he said the fed is in hurry to raise interest rates. >> we still see muted inflation pressures. that gives us the ability to be patient with monetary policy. that's what we're going to do. this is a good time to be patient and watch and wait and see how the situation evolves. cheryl: powell adding that the u.s. economy should continue to expand at a solid but slower rate for the year. okay, we are waifin p watching s of weight watchers this morning, the stock plunging more than 30% in the premarket after the company said it didn't add as many new members as expected early in the year. weight watchers out with disappointing fourth quarter results. there's the stock down, almost 35% in the premarket. oprah winfrey, the company's biggest single investor, may have lost up to $48 million. all right. a new feature may be coming to the latest version of th

cheryl casone with the details. cheryl: yeah, maria.l lynch name as part of the rebranding effort. it will keep merrell as the brand for the wealth management business. bank of america bought merrill lynch at the height of the 2008 financial crisis. merrill lynch was once the world's largest retail brokerage. well, the new queen of instagram saying thank you, next, to selena gomez. ariana grande, now the most followed woman on instagram, overtaking selena gomez with more than 146 million followers. according to billboard, 13 million people followed gran grande on instagram in the last four months. anyway, here's this, folks. aqua man star jason momoa wants free girl scout cookies after his picture was used to sell samoa cookies. one girl scout got the idea to the pictures on the boxes and brand them momoa samoas. sales skyrocketed. jason momoa says he wants a cut. he says i'm not a big span of ff samoas but he wants the girl scouts to send him trefoil cookies. maria: he sees the pictures on the boxes. they didn't check with him before p

cheryl casone with the details. cheryl: blockbuster deal to tell you about.cks right now. suntrust is up as you can see, more than 8% in the premarket. bb&t is up more than 4% right now in the premarket. this combined company is going to be the sixth largest u.s. bank, based on assets and deposits. 10 million households will be served by the new company. they'll operate under a new name, based in charlotte, north carolina. the deal expected to close in the fourth quarter. well, president trump has nominated david malpass to lead the world bank despite his past criticism of the bank's lending to china. malpass speaking to our very own trish regan last night. he discussed his goals if the bank's executive board approves his nomination. >> what we can do i think is focus the mission, have a core mission that really is to see countries doing better. countries growing, raising their median income and that comes back to the u.s. that's good for us. it helps in terms of stability, in terms of peace, if countries can be doing better. cheryl: malpass weighing in on th

cheryl orsburn/wife"that could've been our grandkids playing out there." (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5.(grant)(grant)at 5. (grant) ken wayne and pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six. (ken)thanks grant and vicki. coming up at six. (ken) multiple areas surrounding the russian river are under mandatory evacuations tonight... as expected to pass flood stage within the next hour.and with the situation only worsening authorities are saying the time to get out is now. (pam) the storm knocking out power and downing trees across the bay area today.we will take you to some of the areas most affected by this atmospheric river. (pam) and chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is tracking the storm....the kron4 news at 6 is next. = (pam) tonight at 6. major flooding on the russian river is prompting mandatory evacuations along its banks. residents in a number of locations are being told to get out now. (pam)thank you for joining us. im pam moore.(ken) and i'm ken wayne. the river is predicted to officially reach flood stage by 7:00-- so time is running out

cheryl casone with that story.ryl: where is spring, maria, good morning, big winter storm in parts of midwest and the east and that's today, the storm brought up 5-inches of snow to the west earlier this week and so it's likely going to affect travel. meanwhile lighting strike forces delta airlines to make emergency landing, the flight down to atlanta and milwaukee, all passengers on board were okay and then a truck in louisiana al struck by lighting bursting into flames, look at this, the driver able to pull out and get out in time. miraculously he's okay. travel and southwest airlines, they are apologizing to their customers after canceling hundreds of flights in recent days, the airline was force today take out planes to service, but the union that southwest trying to divert attention to safety issue. tit for tat continues. according to no internal e-mail no decision has been made of timing but a website says looks like the leasing program is going to launch in the next 2 weeks and model 3, tesla has hit milesto

cheryl has details now. cheryl: el chapo is going away for good this time.er conspiracy charges that carry a mandatory life sentence. he is expected to join the boston bomber and the uni bomber at the country's only supermax prison, known as the alcatraz of the rockies. ted cruz suggested using el chapo's $14 billion in assets to build a southern border wall. well, katy perry under fire for shoes in her fashion line that people are calling black face. she apoll vic aguysing apologiz. the shoes have been pulled from stores and the website. gucci doing damage control after one of the sweaters was called racist. the company's owner admits to having a blind spot on black face, indicating they will increase cultural sensitivity for employees. the sweater is no longer for sale. all right. check this out. the world's most expensive island is now on the market for more than $460 million. it's a bargain. the 660-acre property in the united arab emirates is a collection of four man made islands near the arabian gulf. it has many clubs, luxury hotels and beachside reso

cheryl casone has the details. cheryl.d by gunfire in friday's mass shooting are back at home this morning. the other expected to survive. police say a factory worker opened fire after he was told he was being fired from his job. well, five people, all employees of the plant, were killed including one intern that was his first day on the job. police did shoot and they did kill that gunman. more than 1,000 people battled freezing weather to pay their respects for the victims in an emotional prayer vigil. they also walked four miles from the plant. the aurora police station to thank all of the first responders. well, liquidation sales of payless shoe source are underway. the company is closing all remaining stores in the united states and puerto rico. stores will be open until at least the end of march. most of them may be open through may. may payless filed for bankruptcy back in 2017. one tip for shoppers out there, the best deals may not come in the sales' early days. there's a lot of inventory they've got to work out. so

cheryl casone is in atlanta with more. cheryl, good morning.er. we've never seen that in a super bowl before. julian edelman is the most valuable player. it's what tom brady did after the game that has a lot of people buzzing this morning. he and rob gronkowski got on instagram to do a fun video. you see gronkowski doing the, well, i don't know, i'm thinking about it, what's happening. well, according to the internet this morning he's basically talking about the speculation, will he or won't he retire after this super bowl. i don't know. i think he's going to stick around. that was my take. that was eminem without me playing underneath that instagram video. now to the halftime show. apolitical. as in not political halftime show, maria. it was a straight show. there was talk that travis scott was maybe going to kneel at some point during the halftime show. he did not. there was concerns about that. of course, maroon 5 came out, adam levine came out, it was quite a performance. watch. ♪ is there anyone out there. ♪ atlanta! cheryl: he broke his s

cheryl casone on headlines now. cheryl. about their finances. they'vthan they've been in 16ye. a new gallup poll shows 69% are expecting their financial situation to improve next year. laura ingram asked the president about this. >> we have a country that's doing the best it's ever done. we are just lapping the world. it used to be were a second sister to china. now china's looking up to us. we are doing so well. and other countries are not doing well. cheryl: the poll also finds 50% of americans believe they are better off today than they were just a year ago. well, shoppers at whole foods are starting to see higher prices. the wall street journal viewed internal communications which cited rising costs for packaging, ingredients and transportation that the suppliers are paying. some of the contract was the suppliers are now expiring. customers are paying more for things like soap and ice cream, crackers, olives, even cookies now cost you more at whole foods. elon musk talking up life on mars. musk, who is the ceo of spacex

reporting live in berkeley, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> cheryl, thank you. >>> well, they say they have their man. uc berkeley police have identified the man caught on camera punching a conservative activist on campus. this video went viral. on tuesday this man pushed and then punched hayden williams. williams is from kentucky and was manning an information table for his conservative group called turning point. now, after the attack pictures of the suspect were posted across campus. within hours police identified the suspect but have not yet released his name or made an arrest. >>> continuing coverage now. the oakland teachers strike, which is still on. the teachers union says there hasn't been much progress at the bargaining table, and that means students will likely not be back in class on monday. the district says it doesn't have the money to meet all the teachers' demands. but educators are holding out for better pay, smaller classes and more resources they say for students. >> our picket lines today were bigger than yesterday. in addition to teachers, we continue to h

it was a sweltering august night, hottest of the year, when cheryl deedham got a strange call from her dad, jack jessee. >> i was getting ready for bed and my phone rings and it's my dad on the phone. >> what time was this? >> 9:20. >> reporter: he was worried about his wife sandra. she was missing. >> he thought she may have got in an accident or something. >> reporter: she'd run to this nearby mall on a quick errand, said cheryl's dad, but was gone so long. would cheryl please find her, asked her dad. >> went through there, the lucky's, the burger king where she was supposed to be, walmart, back 15 minutes later. >> reporter: when she went back into her dad's house she found -- >> one of the worst sights i've ever seen in my life. he was laying facedown on the floor in a pool of blood. it was horrible. >> what did you think happened? >> i thought he had fallen because he had a big gash in the back of his head. i went to the kitchen phone and called 911. >> reporter: when she rolled him over, she could see wounds all across his chest. >> reporter: back at the station, wyatt interviewe

cheryl casone with the details. it's a good offer.ria: me too. cheryl: uber and lyft are going to offer long-time and highly active drivers stock options during the initial public offering. according to the journal, the company will give the drivers a cash award along with an option toward stocks and the ipo. the cash award is based on the amount of time driving for the company. lyft is taking a $25 billion valuation. lyft may beat uber to an ipo. the journal is reporting they will make the filing public as early as this week. walmart is feeling the heat for phasing out its traditional greeters. the greeters, many of whom are disabled, are being replaced by customer hosts who will have more physically demanding responsibilities. this is -- things like lifting 25 pon25-pound packages, climbig ladders. outraged customers began calling walmart to complain, tens of thousands of people have signed these petitions. walmart says it's doing its best to place greeters in other jobs at the company. some ofs those greeters are the sweetest peopl

cheryl casone with the details on that cheryl, it's a very say sad story.t a life and career, former michigan democrat john dingell died yesterday at his home. he was battling can c he was known for -- cancer. he was known for being a master deal maker and protecting the auto industry. his wife says he will be remembered for, quote, his razor sharp wit and lifetime of dedication of improving the lives for all who walk this earth. former president george h.w. bush said he was remembered as a great man who showed respect for the country and its people. john dingell dead at the age of 92. a federal bankruptcy judge approved eddie lampert's $5.2 billion deal to buy sears but not before issuing a warning to him. the judge told lampert to give sears a fresh start and take meaningful action. sears currently employs about 89,000 people. we shall see. and with barbie in the driver's seat, hot wheels drove mattel to better than expected earnings. get it? strong holiday sales for the company's top two toys lifted profits. the sales of barbie reached a five-year high,

cheryl casone has those details this morning. cheryl: good morning.tumbling like you said. the stock's down about 20% overnight after the company said it received a subpoena from the securities and exchange commission about accounting practices. there it is right now, and then there's more bad news. kraft heinz reported a $12 billion net loss for its latest quarter and they slashed the quarterly dividend. they are looking at selling some of their brands at this point, take your pick of what you're seeing on the screen. photo sharing social media site pinterest reportedly is ready to hit the market. the company has filed confidentially for its initial public offering. they're looking for a l valuation of at least $12 billion out of this. and there's this. shares of stamps.com taking a nose dive after the company said its deal with the u.s. postal service is not going to be renewed. the company cited the need to work with other carriers like ups and fed ex and amazon. stamps.com predicts large declines in its performance this year, very competitive game

cheryl casone with the details. cheryl. cheryl: yeah, maria.igner, chanel's leading designer for 30 years, he died in paris. he was admitted to a hospital there last night. he was part of a crowd of fashion icons. questions about his health surfaced recently after he missed two fashion shows in paris last month. he was famous for his final bow. he is dead at the age of 85. a dramatic rescue operation at seaworld, firefighters rescued more than a dozen people including an infant trapped on a ride at the seaworld amusement park in san diego. they were trapped for several hours last night. fire officials say all of the folks were safely rescued and not harmed. apple shaking up the executive ranks, a move signaled an effort by apple to reduce reliance on the iphone. ceo tim cookie cook is shiftig priorities to artificial intelligence, services and hardware. and one streaming service is beefing up while another is scaling back. netflix announcing it's cutting ties with two marvel superheros series, jessica jones and the punisher. cancellations signa

thank you, r to nbc bay area's cheryl hushed. cheryl's outside of guerneville. for a lot of people whether to leave or not was really a game time decision, but at this point it's maybe a wait and see game because now they can't get out. >> reporter: that's right. you said it. no way in and no way out of guerneville. we figured that out as we tried to get close to the town. now underwater. we ran into this washed out road and now we know how it feels. jose tapia is trying get to a hotel. but because of the massive guerneville river flood he just can't get there. >> we came from the other side of the river road. they didn't let us through because they said the water was too high. >> reporter: roads washed outwe. that road was blocked. andrew granger lives in forestville and he can't get out. >> we're lucky. we're up a hill. the power hasn't gone out. we just huchkered down. we've got the tv. we've got the fireplace. >> reporter: nicole and debbie cook had to evacuate guerneville last night. they are stuck in forestville. >> right now i'm smiling because i'm up on

and, cheryl juaire is one of those parents. 23-year-old son, corey, died of a heroin overdose in 2011. ever since, she's led a group of mothers working to call attention to this crisis, to reform addiction treatment and to pursue action against t drug-makers. welcome to you both. toclaire galofaro, i'd lik start with you first. do your series, you really mented this growing sense thong parents all over the countr they feel that the country has kind of moved on from this crisis.yo couljust give us a sense of the reporting, what you've found? >> s thank you for having us on, william, i think it's a really important story. u know, i think one father who is actually in cheryl's group told me a story that he thinks sort of symbolizes this growing sense of frustration. he was on a sge a rally g at was intended to kind of end the stayi surrounding addiction, he had buried his own son, and he looke out over the crowd and he recognized everyone. s joe's mom, there's kim's father, and he realized they were all parents of other people who

cheryl: just saying.the hour, speaking of football president trump asked if he let his son barron play the sport. >> i hate to say it because i love to watch football, i think the nfl is a great product but i really think that as far as my son -- i would have a hard time with it. jillian: keep them coming, we will share them coming up. rob: and aoc praised by film miker michael moore as leader of democrat, does her own party agree? former ohio state senator capri cafaro says not so fast coming up. for better value, tackle grease with dawn ultra. dawn is for more than just dishes. it provides 3x more grease cleaning power per drop, which cuts through tough kitchen messes, pre-treats laundry stains, and even tackles grease build-up on car rims. tackle tough greasy messes around your home, and save money with dawn ultra. brand power. helping you better. rob: all right, welcome back, look at the headlines, patriots fans flooding the streets celebrating another victory overnight, tom brady and the defense lead

cheryl casone with the news in headlines now. cheryl.ew regional jets that mostly have premium seats. they're trying to get business travelers that are in those smaller cities to join them as part of an industry trend that's getting more space and better service to those that are willing to pay more. united the nation's third biggest airline by revenue. but they do trail american and delta and there's the chart on your screen just now. if you haven't heard, ad gnaws , the final season of game of thrones is coming. >> i was born to rule the seven kingdoms and i will. cheryl: now you can watch the finale wearing your game of thrones sneakers. adidas is teaming up with the fantasy series to release a set of ultra boost. they are inspired by the show's six houses. you've got the white walkers are getting a sneaker. all shoes have special game of thrones details on the insoles and the tong portion of the shoe. final season of the series premiers april 14th, maria. there you have it. winter is coming. maria: we'll be watching. good one. thank

live at treasure island, cheryl hurd, do we know what caused it? >> reporter: they're investigating right now but rain is coming down hard factor. unexpected light show tonight. lights are on, most of them right now. wasn't that way at 6:00 tonight. when cal trans first started getting calls the lights were flickering on the oakland side of the bridge. that went on for a while. then the bridge went to total darkness. cal trans technicians called in to investigate. they turned off half the lights on the bridge at one point in effort to fix the problem. spokesperson says this could be weather related. >> right now it looks like an electrical issue with short in the substation on the bridge. at this point we're not sure if weather caused it. it was raining really hard at the time. >> reporter: a lot of people noticed this tonight. in fact social media started going crazy with pictures and questions about what was going on. cal trans telling me tonight that they will look up and see what happened here tonight tomorrow morning. reporting live, treasure

cheryl orsburn/wife"he was very lucky. he really was." that could have ended a lot worse.cheryl orsburn/wife "that could've been our grandkids playing out there." it's an experience they've learned from.and hope other valley natives like them will take note.next time you plan to head north for the view, it can still turn dangerous at any moment.even when you think you're prepared.marv orsburn/homeowner"it can come down at any time, snow stops or not."> ( james ) ( james )( james ) that was nicole valdes reporting. the orsburns want to warn everyone cleaning up snow to be on the lookout for what could fall from above. ( james ) as we head to break...here's a look at radar as rain moves in the bay area. ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, jason wu could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while putting on a runway show for new york fashioweek. he could. or, he could make it even easier - and set up recurring payments to his neighbor. for cat sitting. (meow) whoa. you've groomed her, too. (cell phone vibrating) and now she's ready for the ca

cheryl casone, have a great time. see you soon.ootball fans who are preparing the food tables for the big game, the former official pizza of the nfl, papa john's, is getting a little bit burnt today. kristina partsinevelos is at the new york stock exchange with today's business brief. reporter: shares of papa john's dropping on the news the world's third largest pizza chain will be seeking investments, according to sources, after it did not meet valuation expectations. shares right now are down over 9%. japanese conglomerate sony reporting its best ever quarterly profit thanks to its acquisition of emi music publishing, but shrinking profits from the gaming business have some investors concerned and looking for successors to its five-year-old gaming console, play station 4. shares of sony are down 8%. >>> and merck is seeing the benefits of its cancer drug keytruda. the pharma giant's earnings getting a boost after soaring 66% last quarter, accounting for 20% of merck's total revenue. shares of merck are up nearly 3% on the news. >

we start with cheryl hurd on highway 17. the warning for the morning commute. >> reporter: that's right. chp officers are very worried about slick roads. caltrans workers are stationed here ready to spring into action in case something happens on the roadway. sometime we're seeing officers escorting cars and trucks off the mountain. making sure they don't speed. that's happening up here. there's no escorting cars on mt. hamilton road. drive at your own risk. snow is falling up there. that's why the road leading to the top of the mountain is closed. when you get there, there's lots and lots of snow. several feet of it. snow is expected in the santa cruz mountains as well. maybe not as much as you see here but we talked to a woman who lives in the santa cruz mountains and works in a restaurant along highway 17. >> we have a lot of accidents up here. we see them every day with the restaurant west see them here. somebody driving too fast, not slowing down and they spin out and cause the accidents. >>> she tells me she sees two o