thank you. >> vice president courtney: tom? if you don't mind, state your name for the record. >> my name is thomas. i come to the board today with good tidings from the north fork of the river. i have been attending a music festival there for the last ten years or so. during the drought, there was little or no water flowing through those two tributaries. but with the wet winter of 2017 and 2018, part of the watershed has been restored. i mean the trout population has come back in full force. i just wanted to remind the board that when we have increased flows, the ecological systems will come back, and they will come back really strong. so i'm speaking on behalf of raising those flows to 40% or 60%. >> president kwon: -- >> vice president courtney: thank you. thank you for being here. >> thank you and good afternoon. i am a native san franciscan representing the bay keeper and the league of conservation voters. like the others here, i'm here to respond to last week's released. we ask that the commission, at a minimum cat does n

, courtney didn't wake up apparently.ck out. >> as christy returned to the spa, said chris, they passed each other on the patio. he went in the house then, stopped by courtney's room to make sure she was awake, then went right back outside and saw his wife floating face down in the spa. he called courtney then, he said, and they began a frantic effort to revive her. from what, a fall? must have been. >> in your gut, what happened? >> she slipped in. she slipped or something. i don't know. that's the only thing i can think of. >> but chris apparently hadn't noticed the nasty three-inch laceration on christy's head. and here suddenly the point of the police interview is revealed. >> the gash she has on her head -- she's got a huge gash on her head. >> okay. >> something like that is not consistent with just falling down. >> not consistent with just falling down? why would the police think that? >> you've been around for a while. >> i know where you're going, and no, there's nothing -- >> why, in fact, was this ex-police chi

courtney didn't wake up, apparently.back out. >> as cristi returned to the spa, said chris, they passed each other on the patio. he went in the house, stopped by courtney's room to make sure she was awake, then went right back outside and saw his wife floating face down in the spa. he called courtney then, he said, and they began a frantic effort to revive her. from what, a fall? must have been. >> in your gut, tell me what happened. >> i'm thinking she slipped in. she slipped or something. i don't know. that's the only thing i can think of. >> but chris apparently hadn't noticed the nasty three-inch laceration on cristi's head. and here suddenly, the point of the police interview is revealed. >> the gash she has on her head -- >> she's got a gash on her head? >> she's got a huge gash on her head, okay? something like that is not consistent with just falling down. >> not consistent with just falling down? why would the police think that? >> i mean, you've been around for a while. >> i know where you're going. and no. the

i understand your plea. >> commissioner courtney: then just do it. >> we will work on it. and commissioner, there are ways that are touch points. we mentioned our college hill learning garden. there is curriculum there where based around animal husbandry, that gets at the principles of how the environment is affected by the food choices we make. how we raise our animals, etc. that curriculum is based kindergarten through 5th grade. so it's pretty simplistic terms. up to 12th grade. that's where it comes into the s.t.e.m. and science background that blair was describing when we talk about pollution in our waterways. it's there. and it may not be packaged the way we would like to see it, so we'll continue to work on that, but it's very much a part already. >> commissioner courtney: it's important enough to belabor the point. corporate interests are infiltrating our school system and minds of our future leaders. that's a fact. now that i know that you know, a lot of this stuff is wickedly politically charged. so the organizations that we usually think are guarding against wro

this is courtney donohoe.y: secretary of state mike pompeo is in south korea and he carried an unusual gift of tim johnson -- sed "rocket man." president trump walked the leader as "little rocket man," and when they met, the president explained the reference to kim. when president trump visits the u.k. next week, he will avoid london as much as possible to stay away from protesters. instead he will visit a lot of prime british real estate. the president will take tea with the queen a windsor castle. that's the family home to the royals for thousands of years. mr. trump will also meet with prime minister riese may at her country estate, but he will spend thursday night at the u.s. ambassador's residence in london. reports it released 40 soldiers, promised a path to citizenship. some soldiers say they were not told why they were being let go. others were told that they had been labeled a security risk due to relatives abroad or incomplete background checks. and him aquatic say they are concerned about president

courtney: hi, steve. steve: hey, courtney. how you doing? courtney: i'm good. i'm good.eve: good, good. what do you do for a living? courtney: i'm actually a senior at ucla right now. steve: oh, wow. courtney: yes. i just turned 21, so fun year. steve: fun year? courtney: yes. and i'm studying to be a doctor. steve: that's...i mean, that's amazing. congratulations. courtney: thank you. steve: you're obviously smart. well, introduce everybody. courtney: well, i have my lovely mom barbara, my older sister brittany, my eldest sister missy, and my dad duane. steve: hey, listen, welcome to the show, folks.

courtney of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 996, the gentleman from connecticut and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. courtney: this would restore 5 million to achieve level funding. this amendment continues the same spirit of bipartisan that congress displayed in 2016 when we reaauthorized the historic preservation fund and when we passed a similar amendment in this chamber. since the hisic preservation fund congress has allowed to connect americans to our history and contribute to our sense of place. historic preservation place create more jobs per dollar spent and other construction and funds. rbon and they work with local communities to revitalize local communities. the state historic preservation funds have the tax credit which nationwide has leveraged $131 billion in private investment and 2.4 million jobs. it is that kind of return and that explains why this program received the funding in the omnibus that mr.

courtney: let me get you caught up.n thailand, eight members of a soccer team have been rescued from a flooded cave. that means four players and a coach are still trapped. the rescuers are racing to finish operation, because heavy rain could lead to more flooding. and president trump announces his choice for the vacant supreme court see tonight. bloomberg has learned tom hardiman is a strong contender. he was a runner-up a year ago when the president selected neil gorsuch. you can watch the president's announcement tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. david westin will be reporting from washington. and china making the latest move in the trade war with the u.s. the government told companies to boost imports of products from anywhere but america. last friday, the u.s. imposed tariffs on $34 billion of chinese goods, and beijing retaliated with their own duties on american products. and anthony scaramucci has big plans for sky bridge capital. the financier who was briefly the committee cases chief for president trump is back at

>> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: here. >> jimmy: i love courtney barnett.is time for "tonight show" hashtags. here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hashtags hashtags ♪ >> jimmy: hey, we do this thing every week where i send out a a hashtag and we ask you guys to respond to that topic. so, since the royal wedding is this saturday, i sent out a a hashtag called #weddingfail. and i asked you guys to send us funny or embarrassing stories that happened at a wedding. within 30 minutes, it was a a trending topic in the u.s. so thank you for playing along, everyone. i appreciate that. [ cheers and applause ] now i thought i would share some of me favorites #weddingfail stories from you guys. here we go. this first is from @mikeolbinski. he said, "my wife's dad officiated our ceremony. he pronounced us 'gina and chad.' my name is mike." [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: oops. >> jimmy: i always liked -- i always liked chad. >> steve: chad was a good dude, man. >> jimmy: chad was the -- [ laughter ] he was the best. this one is from @aurorawailer. she says that, "d

courtney: saudi arabia maybe reading president trump's tweets.t the prices for august sales of crude. plus, they are increasing production today after the president tweeted that opec, reduce prices now to lower u.s. gasoline costs. president trump is said to have narrowed his choices for spring court to three people. they are all federal appeals court judges. expected tot is name his choice to replace anthony kennedy on monday night. first-time applications for u.s. unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week. jobless claims were up 3000 231,000, the overall numbers still consistent with a tight labor market. the june jobs report comes out tomorrow and we will have full coverage. a disgruntled employee has been accused of trying to sell hundreds of millions of dollars of spyware. officials say it could have caused the collapse of nso group. the suspect is a senior official at nso who had been facing dismissal. global news 24 hours a day on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countr

not only commissioner courtney may have an issue, but given this administration, we may want to highlight another component which is a lower level. i want to see what type of flexibility we have, because this is sort of the building block, but there may be an opportunity to take a deeper dive in certain areas. so maybe what we can do is come back as part of this and get some commitment in areas where we want to take a deeper dive and we have that flexibility. >> certainly. i think that's still possible and wouldn't hold up moving forward today. i think we can come back and be specific where the touch points should go deeper and for review and lay it out in a timeline going forward, four years on this agreement. >> commissioner vietor: i concur with what's been said and i appreciate your efforts, because i think it's a very exciting project with a lot of potential. let me add on to whatever it looks like, but i know we've had some conversations around the watershed center and at some point, i would like to have a better understanding of the opportunity that this might present to really dev

i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. coming up, england didn't quite manage to bring it home in the world cup. but will it pull it off in the battle of the charts and will that be a consolation? we'll find out. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: time for our global battle of the charts. you can see these charts on the bloomberg by running the function g tv . kicking things off is bloomberg's hannah palmer. >> we are halfway into the year. let's take a look and see how hedge funds have done so far. struggled tolly beat the broader stock market. take a look at the first quarter of this year. they actually beat the s&p for the first time in about three years. investors are hoping this is the beginning of a comeback that they might actually be making money on some of the volatility that we have seen. the secondok at quarter data hedge funds yet again failed to beat the s&p disappointing investors. this comeback or turnaround hasn't quite lived up to fruition. we will watch for the rest to see how they do. in the meantime if yo

courtney... courtney: yes. hi, steve. steve: how you doing? courtney: i'm wonderful. it's such an honor to meet you, steve. thank you. steve: well, i'm glad to meet y'all. courtney: just had to tell you that, you know. steve: fungai? fungai: yes. steve: yeah. soon as he started talking--well, soon as i saw his name, i went, "well, he ain't from detroit. that's for damn sure." fungai: no. harare, zimbabwe. steve: huh? fungai: harare, zimbabwe. that's where i was born. steve: oh, zimbabwe. yes. oh, beautiful, so, folks, we're gonna have a good time today. we've got a great crowd... [cheering and applause] two good families. jennifer: yep. steve: hey, let's go win some money. give me courtney. hey, ladies, top 7 answers--

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courtney: time is running out for the iran nuclear deal.an president is in switzerland, where he is pressing europe to deliver on its promise to shore up the 2015 deal, put deal by the u.s. pullout. >> as it has been said before, as long as our interest are respected in the framework of the nuclear deal, as long as we feel that we can enjoy the advantages given to iran as part of this agreement, we will remain committed to this agreement. hastney: president trump said he will reimpose sanctions on iran august 6. china is raising speculation it will take tougher action to stop the plunge in the u.n. will two top bankers vowed to keep the currency stable? they have lost almost 4% against the dollar. there is concern about a possible trade war and a slowing economy with the u.s. businesses in the u.k. are said to be at the breaking point over the lack of clarity over brexit. the british chamber of commerce forcedmpanies are being to slow down investments while they await answers to key questions. the lobbying group says government has made lim

courtney, good to see you.et's talk about what you're hearing regarding divergence of opinions. >> the panels focus on everything russia, from what i was involved in, russia's influence across europe, to helsinki summit and fallout. the one thing that's been pretty consistent, there's been a lot of surprise at the u.s. and confusion about the u.s. position with regards to russia and with regards to putin. i had a fascinating panel with a member from estonia, someone from ukraine and united kingdom and they talked about these were people who were direct victims of russian aggression, vladimir putin's regime. they talked about the ways that russia is really trying to spread its influence whether it be cyber, disinformation campaigns, the weaponization of social media. of course with ukraine actually invading their borders and really testing the limits of nato and pushing in on nato nations. it's been a really fascinating discussion, alex. >> i can imagine. is there a uniform voice, courtney, on russia is perceive

joining me now, national security and military reporter courtney who helped break this nbc story.hael allen, who was on the national security council under george w. bush, serving as special assistant to the president and senior director for counterproliferation strategy. courtney, your reporting, there's no doubt from intelligence sources that they are not only cheating, as they have before, but they are cheating within days or simultaneous with the singapore summit when all these promises were made and where the president was coming home declaring victory. >> that's right. so the things that we learned from u.s. intelligence officials last week is that north korea, rather than decreasing its production or its enrichment of uranium is increasing it in at least one facility and has been throughout the course of this diplomatic period. so that includes the time going back to when north korea and south korea first started speaking. we saw the big panmunjom meeting a few weeks ago and then the summit in singapore with donald trump. the other things we learned was that north korea is

courtney >> hi, john.though amazon's prime day did start with glitches that prevents some u.s. members from shopping for at least seven hours, the retailer says still record-breaking day. amazon says prime members bought 100 million-plus products making it the biggest in history. sales pusurpassed black friday d cyber monday but it is a little hard to compare it exactly to 2017 it was in four more countries this year than last year and the metric given last year wasn't total products but sales growth of 60%. so we can't compare 2018 to 2017 exactly. now, the online retailer is a is more members joined on the first day of prime day than any previous day in its history topping the own record last year most retail experts agree this is the true goal of the event, because of the value of being a prime member now, the biggest day ever for amazon's devices like the amazon fire stick and others were at the top. the instant pot was at the top of the list. organic strawberries was the best selling deal at whole foo

courtney was still living with her parents as the work began. >> they're going to be doing the tile work and stuff. so we wouldn't have a shower for that day. >> so, shower out of commission, they decided to wake up early, put on their bathing suits and rinse off in the outdoor spa before the contractor arrived at 6:45 a.m. it was june 7th, 2007.

here's courtney donohoe.n-claude juncker will be coming to the white house a great deal on trade. that europeanays leaders do not see a trade crisis. president trump may be seeing differently. he has been critical of the e.u. , saying it runs a surplus with the u.s.. --ctitioners him protectionism is starting to weigh on the euro area economy. softened on weaker new borders and falling confidence. they've reported rising prices for raw materials and that suggests tariffs or the fear of them are starting to disrupt supply chains. in china, financial markets are rediscovering an appetite for risk to -- risk. the index cap this egg is three-day gain in almost two years. bond yields climbed. markets are taking cues from the push to reinvigorate a slowing economy. it looks like north korea has begun dismantling facilities at its main launch site. it would be a step forward in fulfilling a commitment made by kim jong-un at his summit with president trump. said commercial satellite images said the north have started

i'm courtney ragan brian sullivan is off today. it could be a tough day for your money. futures down pretty big after the trump administration upped the ante they indicated lower by more than 187 points at this hour the white house slapping plans on 10% of tariffs on chinese goods. the announcement comes from president trump meeting with nato leaders in belgium. eamon javers is live good morning, eamon. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, guys it's been very fiery here for the beginning of the nato sum 34i9 you're talking about the new chinese tariffs. take a look. 10% tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods and that means it's going to undergo a two-month review on august 20th to the 23rd. the united states here striking directly at that aggressive economic expansion initiative by the chinese. we'll see what the chinese reaction is here that's bound to have some impact on the markets as you've been talking about this morning meanwhile, here in brussels the president of the united states coming out very aggressively with some harsh words for germany in its opening sa

courtney: he was funny. steve: yeah, he was. he was funny. courtney: we're gonna play, steve.eve: you're gonna play. [cheering and applause] fungai, now listen to it carefully. name a reason a woman might say, "my date last night reminded me of steve harvey." fungai: was a hame courtney: good answer. jennifer: good answer. good answer.

joining me now, courtney, always glad to see you. let's talk about how the news of russia is disseminating itself. the reaction overall. what are you hearing in washington? >> well, i think everyone's looking towards helsinki and what is being discussed there. we got a little preview of president trump's press conference in england yesterday. i think what they're looking at out of helsinki, one of them is will president trump really reinforce the unity of the nato alliance? is he going to tell vladimir putin the nato alliance remains strong and nato will continue to participate in exercises, et cetera. and there's also a lot of interest whether he's going to talk about syria. will president trump put pressure on vladimir putin to exert his pressure in syria, and get iran to pull back from areas they're pushing further towards. right now this is moving closer towards iisrael. they're moving closer to europe. and allies that are worried about the stronger ground presence of iran and syria. and then, of course, everyone is watching to s

i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you.lobal get inside on bond markets with a key market voice at jpmorgan asset management. later this hour, we will talk to orcam founder. and a programming note, you can join us live, wednesday, july 4 broadcast of look the boston fireworks spectacular. that is right here on bloomberg television. ♪ vonnie: breaking news on iran. this is the head of the iran team at the state department, and he just said that the goal imports is zero and he wants as many countries as possible that she wants the u.s. to work case-by-case on iran that that he wants the u.s. work case-by-case on iran imports. bringing more headlines as soon as we get them. creatingpolitics instability for investors on trade,close watch brexit, deepening tensions with angela merkel. we are joined now by bloomberg's marcus ashworth. when you wake up, what is the first -- what is the first bit of data? what are the numbers, the charts, the assets that is your introduction to the day for the mood of the markets? marcus: u.s. 10 y

when we thought that there was no prayer, no answer, team rubicon came in. >> reporter: for courtney this was the payoff. >> i had never had so many people tell me how proud they were of me. and it is amazing. >> reporter: from the air houston today looks dry and livable. but nearly a year after harvey struck thousands of residents are still waiting to return home. team rubicon saw that as an opportunity. >> i didn't see as much of a response as i had wanted to see. >> reporter: former u.s. marine rios said he comfelt compelled to act after the volunteers left houston in the months after the storm. >> we are filling the need for a group, a community of individuals that would have never been -- never gotten the opportunity to go back into their homes. >> reporter: brian calcano, a former army pilot, flew blackhawk helicopters during two tours in iraq before finding team rubicon as a way to continue to serve. >> brian, what is the most satisfying part of working for team rubicon for you? >> it doesn't matter what your background-s doesn't matter what your past is. you're here to help.

let's check in on first word news with courtney donohoe. courtney co.rump and angela merkel played nice for the cameras at the nato summit in brussels. the president said the u.s. has a tremendous relationship with germany. merkel says the two countries have been earners. the meeting came after president a pawn ofed germany russia because of energy. pushing ahead with an additional $200 billion in chinese products. they released a list of targeted goods that included television components and refrigerators. china calls the move totally unacceptable. it is down to retaliate. tariffs may not be the only weapon that beijing uses to strike back. according to "the wall street journal," china is considering the approval of mergers delaying u.s. companies. up forions may be ramped american products at the border. in thailand, navy seals have released the first video of the dramatic rescue of those boys trapped in the cave it shows them being dragged across the parts of the cave flying on a structure -- on a stretcher. many were put on harnesses and taken throu

courtney of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 965, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. courtney: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to salute mr. young and mr. huffman on their hard work. this legislation requires a lot of interests to be balanced and hopefully as the process moves forward through the next chamber, we'll get to that sweet spot for good policy for our nation. mr. speaker, the amendment at the desk is a simple amendment which creates a five-year pilot survey for the new england and mid atlantic fishery councils. it will follow a model used in the pacific northwest. the reason i'm offering this bipartisan amendment with congressman lee zeldin is that surveys have been hampered by mechanical with noaa. for example, from august, 2017 to march, 2018, big low missed while in shipyard. even when it is operation national the tralls are not performing and they have yie

thank you courtney. isn't the work of ccu and students like courtney so impressive?hter] >> it gives me a lot of hope. i hope it does for you for the future of our current country. i do want to congratulate ccc you and the students and jeff on for the opportunity to be here today. i want to talk about the issue of poverty. and how we can respond with effective compassion to it. i think this is an issue that cries out for conservative leadership. i want to talk about that today. i want to begin by telling you about a gathering that took place here in denver seven years ago. it brought together ex- gang leaders, former convicts, recovering addicts, they were getting together to talk about what it takes to overcome poverty and social breakdown. they should know, they are experts. they have seen the issue from both sides. now, instead of pushing drugs, they are helping attic's overcome their addiction. instead of being members of gangs there helping young people find belonging in healthy relationships. those of us were in the room to learn from those frontline experts. i

courtney's on the this is the security footage from the c.c.t.v. cameras from the night of talk when they go through the. x. ray like they don't all four of them must have beat yeah right and they have didn't stop them didn't i know the security guy when i see such people they're suspicious yeah i'm going with unusual clothes in such a place. and it happens when they see that you're not for example normal yeah or something strange muskie did we were going. to just from the very beginning when they have a body search right until here it shows that no one is also going to worry going. on is that love see here this city become a most. well that's amazing they were tracking them the whole time and yeah how did they not stop them as you do t.v. cameras did you know the room when it's normally somewhere and it does not move it around but right now they're tracking these guys that yes they were watching them they were watching from the minute they entered the front first gates yeah yeah. the c.c.t.v. footage of the attack actually happening inside their r

i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. caroline: thank you. a busy week ahead for european earnings, 12 companies in the sector will report, including skye, scarce trading lower -- shares trading lower today. next, we will check in with ian whittaker. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i am vonnie quinn caroline: live from london, i am caroline hyde county you down to the european close. gives up the chase and thousand of its bidding war with disney for fox's assets and comcast will focus on the crown jewel, sky. u.k. broadcaster in for a big week as it reports earnings on thursday. just before a panel has the sky ruling on friday. fox shareholders will decide on the disney deal. ian whittaker is head of european research at liberum capital. sky, agreement or not agreement. fox's as its off but is this a signal where doubling down on sky, or therefore with disney and fox back away from sky? >> that is right. two signals that comcast is trying to send. disney, here is the deal, we will bid for michal krupinski

courtney: moore signs the housing market in the u.s. is cooling, new home sales fell to a low in june, down more than 5% from $631,000. the median selling price klein for the most in a year -- declined for the most in a year. the trump administration is a knology its trade war is hurting farmers. larry kudlow says a plan to pay farmers as much is $12 billion in emergency aid is only a temporary program and does not think the payouts will get close to that amount. in pakistan, national elections have turned deadly. people were killed in an explosion outside a polling station in the southwest. today's vote will determine the course of a nation central to anti-terror efforts. parties willtan's win a majority, according to polls, so they will need to form a coalition government. a satellite for viridian communications later desperately are today. -- earlier today. of thes the 14th mission year for the company run by billionaire elon musk. global news 24 hours a day on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and ana

courtney, do you want to start? >> that's right, nicolle. basically what we found in the course of our reporting last week was not just that north korea was not decreasing its production or its enrichment of uranium, but one place it was increasing it. u.s. was confident north korea was already working to deceive the united states. you know, that is particularly interesting given the news we're getting this week that secretary of state mike pompeo is going back to north korea later this week. one of the next steps in this diplomatic process, of course, would be for north korea to hand the u.s. a document or a declaration that would include locations or information about their nuclear program. and now if the u.s. knows or is confident that north korea is already working to see receive them, what will that declaration look like? it's possible, you know, that they won't include everything that the u.s. knows that they already have, so the fact that the deception part, that in and of itself this week is really, really striking to me, nicolle. >>

isn't the work of ccu and students like courtney so impressive?ause] jennifer: it gives me a lot of hope and i hope it does to you for the future of our country. i want to read weight ccu and the centennial institute and thank jeff hunt for the opportunity to be with you here today. i want to talk about the issue of poverty. how we can respond with effective compassion to it. i think this is an issue that cries out for conservative leadership. i want to talk about that today. i want to begin i telling you about a gathering that took place here in denver seven years ago. it brought together next gang leaders, on convicts, recovering addicts. they got together to talk about what it takes to overcome poverty and social breakdown. they should know. they are experts. they have seen this issue from both sides. now, instead of pushing drugs, they are helping addicts overcome their addiction. instead of being members of gangs, they are helping young people find belonging and healthy relationship. the others of us in the room were there to learn from these

. >> hey, courtney thank you very much.he president arriving here three our four hours ago and he's spent the afternoon at winfield house that's the residence of the u.s. ambassador to the u.k., woody johnson. the first really engagement is dinner at glennon palace the birthplace of winston church hill hosted by theresa may and attended by a slew of business leaders. tomorrow he'll see a military display at the military academy. he'll have a working meeting with the prime minister at checkers, her country residence and tea with her majesty, the between, in windsor, before going to scotland for the weekend. protests are expected, of course, particularly here in lynn london. i just caught with jeremy hunt and asked for his view on the likely protests against president trump. >> you know, what brings britain and america together we are the strongest believers in the world in democracy and democratic values. and yes, we have lots of leaders who visit london from countries that aren't democracies. and we have to explain to them,

here's courtney donohoe. courtney: president trump is often the midwest, where he will celebrate with hundreds of formerly laid off employees who were brought back to work in a steel mill in illinois. u.s. steel give credit to the president's plan to impose tariffs on imported steel aluminum. and everyone in the state is happy. caterpillar and boeing have already felt the negative effect of this tariffs. a warning from vice president mike pence to turkey, pence says the u.s. will impose sanctions on his nato ally in turkey doesn't release detained american pastor accused of terrorism and espionage. he was moved from jail the house arrest yesterday because of health problems. capital equipment orders in the u.s. rose in june for a third month in a row. , or is up arcraft better-than-expected .6% and that is viewed as a promising sign at a time many corporations are concerned about tariffs. a radical option for breaking the brexit deadlock is still in play. british officials are considering whether to let the e

let's get to the first word news with courtney donohoe. the trade were between beijing and washington, china's monthly trade surplus with the u.s. rose to a record $29 billion in june, chinese exports to the u.s. rose to a high. they opposed chairs -- they imposed tariffs on each other's goods and the president trump is proposing more. at&t is facing an attack on its takeover of time warner. the justice department has the field the last -- the justice department ruling that cleared it. if successful, at&t would be forced to sell the time warner property and a government lost good restrict future enforcement. consumer sentiment in the u.s. drop to a six-month low in july, university of michigan survey found americans became increasingly concerned about the fallout from the trade war. sentiment remained relatively high to the tax cuts and a tight labor market. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonn

i'm courtney reagan. >> for those of you kee score, amazon shares while they closed lower today for aher and midday, amon's market value reached $900 billion before pulling back. >> weecided to take a loo at where the race to $1 trillion stands right now, andpl s still in the lead and the market cap is $935 amazon stands at number two followed by alphabet. >> coming up, your financial future, common myths about social security that could make or break your retirement. ♪ ♪ >>> google has been fined billion by the european commission as one of the steepest penalties ever made against an american technology mpany. regulators say that google unfairly pushed its apps on to smartphone users and abused the dominant market position. >> this is an ongoing abuse. this is very serious. it affects so many devices and of course, it's a big company, so you s the turnover that comes in. this is the thing that makes is a very hard find. >> the thing that google has to do now is ocourse, to stop. it has to stop this behavior. it has 90 days to put an effective to this infringement and this, of course,

courtney reagan has amazon's quarterly highlights. >>> so it's not a complete sleep for amazon's second quarter. as e earnings were twice strong as expected, other metrics fell short. north america and intertional arvenues disappointed and its high mn cloud computing business, amazon web services generated more revenue than nalysts forecast. during thequarter, amazon extended prime membership benefits to whole fds shoppers and the company neglected to reveal any further details and amazon's annual prime day e shoppingnt is not part of this quarter, but part of the next quarter to be repored. whil amazon had said it was its best day ever, its revenue forecast for the thirdrter that includes prime day is well below wall street esthtates. for "n business report" i'm courtney reagan. >>> they'll join us to talk about amazon's soliduarter and he's senior equity analyst, and alwayseood to you. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> big beat on the bottomdiine. you see any weakness at all on these numbers tonight? >> ihe think overall results, frankly, i think, had a lot of positivetakeaways,

i turn it over to president-elect vince courtney. >> commissioner courtney: counting votes already. thank you, president kwon. i asked ms. hood to place a couple of images on the screen, if you can do that by our friends at sfgov tv. thank you. so i wanted to just take an opportunity to thank the general manager for joining us last week, when we recognized that three individuals from c.d.d. -- and i know it's not easy to find the time sometimes to recognize the workers, especially the field workers. but this particular honor is in the name of brothers anthony montoya and anthony montoya jr., both with the department of public works and both who have since passed away. anthony montoya sr., former with 261, and montoya jr. passed away while working for public works. so we recognized some individuals at our 8th annual montoya recognition and the general manager was able to join us and the director was able to join us. and i wanted to share it with my colleagues, share it with the audience, and make a public thank you to you for showing up and recognizing the workers. thank you very muc

courtney, christmas and grinches courtney reagan, thank you very much >>> let's bring in rogers. remain optimistic about the consumer and retailer in the second half of the year. why? >> the grinch is not going to steal christmas. the tariffs aren't going to steal christmas. if we do have an impact from the tariffs, it will be compressing margins, not raising prices to the consumer, which could be a little scary there's just not enough there unless we see a whole heck of a lot come through on the tariff side. >> you know it's funny you say that we were talking about china and the devaluation of their currency that would be the greatest gift to the u.s. consumer there may be an upside to the trade war talk because products may get cheaper due to currency swings, correct? >> i don't think the tariff side is all that frightening. we're moving a lot of the kind of stuff we talked about out of china. it's going to vietnam, sri lanka. it was in america, mexico, now china and capital goes where it's priced least. bangladesh or back to mexico >> that would accelerate the trend. we won't