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so -- [ applause ] now can i finish courtney's question, though? i do want to say on this, courtney, and i was glad to do that. we made some changes in the bill. but we're talking about things like health care coverage. i'm not going to compromise when people say i want to take away health care coverage from 30 million people. i'll tell you what, we'll just take it away from 15 million and that's going to be okay. health care is a basic human right. we fight for basic human rights. so i'm in all the way. thank you. >> so far, this is -- this is tj bray. >> tj? >> yes. >> he worked at carrier plant. and there was coverage on nbc asking donald trump to save the jobs at carrier that is what prompted donald trump, tweet about it and come down. you're a trump voter. i think you're still inclined. >> i didn't vote for trump. >> oh, you're not. >> no, no. [ applause ] >> what would you like to ask the senator? >> hi, tj. >> i'm tj from indianapolis. i work at carrier. i still do. i'm a 17-year employee. thankfully my job is saved. i'm also with the united

my name is courtney trench. >> hi, courtney. >> hello. when i ran for u.s. congress in 2018 -- >> yay! >> thank you. everyone wanted to know, rightly so, how i would work across the aisle. and that's so important. but what i want to know is what is the one issue or piece of legislation that you feel so strongly about, you would not compromise on it? >> so let me put it this way. i believe in working across the aisle when that let's us get things done. and can i do a really short version of this. 40 million americans have hearing loss, but fewer than one in six actually gets a hearing aid. and the reason is because they cost a bazillion dollars. and most people need two, and they're not covered by insurance, and they're not covered by medicaid. okay. so what do they do? they do without. why are they so expensive? and the answer, it's one more market that doesn't work. that is a handful of manufacturers have control of that market and driven up prices. so i had an idea, a plan to say what we're going to do is manufacture, let anybody who wants to manufacture h

courtney kube, we have less than a minute left. from your perspective now they've got the video, they know where it went down, they can tell even from the grainy video that we were looking at, they have the coordinates. >> reporter: that's right, andrea. you know, this is of course going to be the u.s. military's side versus the iranians' point of view of what happened here. the military is saying this happened way inside of international waters, that the drone never strayed more than 21 miles from the iranian coast, which would put it according to the international body in international waters. but then the question is will either side ever acknowledge that the other one is right or wrong? the big point here is that this is not the first time iran has targeted a u.s. drone in recent days. it is the first time that the iranian revolutionary guard has targeted and successfully shot one down. they went after a drone that was flying over the tanker site in the gulf of oman last week but in that case the surface-to-air missile missed a

here is courtney donahoe.ourtney: president trump says he called off retaliatory strikes against iran because they would not have been "proportionate." the intended targets would have been three strikes related to launched that struck an unmanned drone. secretary. defense ash carter said the u.s. and iran do not seem to be on the path to unintentional war, but that does not mean trouble is out of the question. >> our forces are really up against each other. we have tens of thousands of forces in the gulf, it only takes a few minutes for something to develop very quickly. courtney: he added if there were to be an armed conflict with iran, he is confident the u.s. would prevail, but "no but he wants that. nobody could want that -- "nobody wants that. nobody could want that." hasese president xi jinping concluded his first visit to north korea, saying that they have made improvements on improving the economy and the lives of north koreans. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by mo

here with the details is courtney donohoe.rtney: president trump lashed out at social media companies again today for alleged bias against conservatives. he said the government should sue google and facebook for unspecified wrongdoing. the president spoke on foxbusiness network. he also said that twitter has made it difficult for people to tweets.is in other news, special counsel robert mueller has agreed to testify on capitol hill. that sets up what should be a dramatic confrontation over the trump presidency. mueller will testify july 17 before the house judiciary and intelligence committee. in his report, mueller said he couldn't conclude whether president trump's campaign conspired with russia, and also said he couldn't exonerate the president from obstruction of justice. u.s. prosecutors at have joined a multinational crackdown on international trading. the investigation focuses on a group of traders in europe and the middle east suspected of having infiltrated banks and companies to obtain confidential information on meg

let's check the first word news with courtney donohoe.rtney: ubs has put its chief economist on leave after controversial remarks about china. he was discussing a rise in prices due to mainly sick pigs, saying it matters if you are "a chinese pig." donovan apologized on bloomberg tv yesterday. >> i issued an unreserved apology on my podcast this morning, and apologize for anyone who took any offense from my remarks, which were clearly not intended to offend. i got it wrong. i made a mistake and unwittingly used a hugely culturally insensitive language, so i have ,pologized publicly for that and gladly reiterate the apology today. courtney: the trade war may be taking its toll on china's factories. industrial output growth slowed last month still slowest -- last month to the slowest pace since 2002, encouraging china's central bank to adjust monetary policy. julian assange says his life is afectively at stake in fight over extradition to the u.s. he has been charged by the u.s. with endangering national security. his lawyers called the cas

i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. guy: courtney, thank you indeed.et us see where local market markets sit right now with abigail doolittle. >> take a look at the s&p 500, not a huge gain, very small gain of .02%. the second day in a row. the meeting is getting underway ahead of president trump and president xi meeting to tomorrow. the dow jones outperforming, up 1.1%. .8%.at the german dax, up so there is a bit of a risk-on feel. interestingly, bonds are getting a big, not so much risk-on -- getting a bid. when we going to the bloomberg and use the imap, you see that despite the s&p 500 being up slightly, nine of the 11 sectors are higher, health care and technology. today.s a drag health care being dragged on by some of the insurers. the yields down, we had stress test results come out yesterday. the big banks are all rallying. all 18 banks. passed the stress test. and receive nice gains for jp sachs. goldman goldman sachs raising its dividend by 4.9%. jp morgan with a $30 billion buyback. getting it not for a few u.s. operations, and bloomberg sch

here is courtney donohoe. courtney: there a big transaction in pharma.agreed to buy allergan. the deal is valued at about $63 billion. the price represents 45% premium over abbvie closing price yesterday. president trump has threatened iran with overwhelming force if there is any attack on the u.s. the president responded on twitter after iran said the path to a diplomatic solution has closed. all of this today after the president imposed sanctions on iran's supreme leader. those sanctions denied him access to financial resources. meanwhile the cost of insuring middle eastern oil shipments ins by rocketing. -- is skyrocketing. from thepremiums persian gulf in the tanker hauling it can now cost upwards of $500,000, more than 10 times what it was earlier this year. six tankers have been attacked in the region since early last month. the west bank, palestinians demonstrating against a trump administration plan to raise tens of billions dollars to help their economy. aimed at it a snow job giving them to give up their goal of an independent nation. palestini

here's courtney donohoe. courtney: they've spent months jabbing at each other from a distance. president trump and democratic front runner joe biden will both spend today in iowa, a state critical to their political futures. biden needs a win in the state caucuses next year to get a jump on his rival. trump needs the support of iowa to win the midwest again. according to a senior administration official, the next moves would be aimed at an iranian financial body that could cut the economic lifeline that france, germany, and the u.k. have set up for iran. a record number of conservatives are in the race to replace british prime minister theresa may. 10 of them will fight each other to lead their party and the country. they all agree the u.k. has to leave the european union, but so far there are few specifics. many campaigning have turned their focus on the front runner, boris johnson. the helicopter pilot who crashed into a skyscraper in new york was killed. it was foggy and rainy. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists

let's check in on first word news with courtney donohoe.rtney: this report has refused to overturn a conviction on an appeal that could have undercut efforts to clean up wall street. of -- morganted stanley warning that a recession could begin in nine months if the trade war escalates. the firm says it depends on whether president trump keeps his threat to impose threats on more chinese goods. also raised the probability of rate cuts by the federal reserve. the national transportation safety board is conducting a review of how boeing certified the system in its 737 max 8 aircraft. it would have significant implications anyway aircraft are certified. austria swore in its first female chancellor today at the head of the interim government that will serve until after an election expected in september. she pledged stability and assured austrians they were in good hands. she was named interim leader after the previous lost a confidence vote one week ago. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journ

here's courtney donohoe.oldney: president trump abc news there wouldn't be --thing wrong with listing with listening to foreign political dirt. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell trying to avoid shutdown.vernment he's urging the white house to move towards a spending and debt limit deal that helps democrats -- that house democrats and live with. kong, a top business group because on the government to have meaningful dialogue with protesters. tensions remain high a day after a violent demonstration against proposals to allow extradition to mainland china. the public has serious apprehensions about the bill. protesters have asked for a permit to march on sunday. in the u.k., boris johnson led six other candidates in the second round of voting to find prime minister theresa may's successor. johnson had more than twice as many votes as the runner-up, foreign secretary jeremy hunt. three candidates were eliminated. the next round of voting takes place tuesday. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc

courtney, how rare is this and what exactly happened? what do we know? >> reporter: so, chris, there was a stretch there about two years ago, where we saw a lot more of this, russian -- whether it was aircraft or ships, coming over and sort of probing u.s. military ships in the region. this distance though, as close as they got, 50 to 100 feet, that is unusual. and to characterize it as unsafe and unprofessional is appropriate here. the navy tends to err on the side of caution when they're characterizing these kind of interactions. the seventh fleet, which is based in asia, they came right out and said it. what happened here, was about 11:45 a.m. local time on june 7th, the "uss chancellorville" was what they call recovering one of their helicopters. basically, one of the helicopters was getting ready to land. when a ship is doing that, they have to stay on a steady course so the helicopter can come in safely. this russian destroyer came up from behind the ship and approached it from behind, it's the russian destroyer, the dd-572. the chancellorville saw

sara >> all right, courtney, thank you.with the closing ountdown by the way, a little bit of buying action going into the close. back at session highs for the dow and s&p. still looking at our best day for stocks since january 4th we'll be rhtig back. we've got all the angles covered in the close with the a-team ♪ you should be mad they gave this guy a promotion. you should be mad at forced camaraderie. and you should be mad at tech that makes things worse. but you're not mad, because you have e*trade, who's tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad. get e*trade's simplified technical analysis. >>> we have just under five minutes left of the trading session. time for the closing countdown let's break down today's action. kevin hincks from td ameritrade is here to trade the close mike santoli back with the market dashboard bertha coombs at the nasdaq. bob pisani on the floor of the nyse kevin hincks at td ameritrade. what's driving tod

here's courtney donohoe.ourtney: president trump told reporters in france a tariff decision could happen around the g20 manning -- g20 meeting in japan. time is running short for u.s. and mexican negotiators on the threat to impose tariffs next week. to administration's goal is stem the flow of illegal drugs and undocumented migrants from mexico. in new york state, officials at west point say one cadet has been killed and 22 people injured in an accident. the u.s. military academy says a vehicle heading for a summer training site overturned on a dirt road this morning. no other vehicles were involved. no word yet on what caused the crash. fiat chrysler and the french government are blooming each other for the collapse of the renault merger talks. still, both sides are keeping the door open for individual deal. sayssay no deal -- renault no deal as possible in the current political environment, and france suggests the deal is being rushed. it wants more time to win over renault's partner nissan. global news 24

here is courtney donohoe.y: the trump administration it's been on educational travel to cuba will take effect tomorrow. is department says it cracking down on cuba for playing a destabilizing role in the western hemisphere, providing a communist foothold in the region, and propping up u.s. adversaries in places like venezuela and nicaragua. virginia's governor ralph northam is responding to the deadly shooting in virginia beach. he is calling a special session of the legislature to take up gun-control measures. he is a democrat and he says he wants the republican-controlled general assembly to hear from the public about the need for laws related to guns and accessories. no health concerns connected to the fire at notre dame cathedral in paris. recommendingls are parents and young children living close to the site get checked for lead poisoning. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am courtney donohoe. this is bloo

courtney, thank you for joining us tonight. courtney, you know the pentagon well. yesterday night we got reporting that planes were in the air and ships were in position and the president called off the strike. today the president told chuck todd that the planes were not in the air. what are you hearing? >> reporter: so the ships would already have been in position. so u.s. central command has anywhere between 60 and 80,000 troops, ships, aircraft throughout the region at any given time. the aircraft -- the officials who i've spoken with say that in fact the aircraft were not in the air at the time yet but that they were close. so, you know, you made a good point in the intro, and that's the idea that the military when they were planning the operations and all the options, they look at all of the contingencies, and one of those is the collateral damage assessment. that is the potential for how many civilians could be hurt or killed in this kind of an operation. what we don't know is exactly what happened at that meeting at the white house yesterday? did they sit hi

shah, courtney, good to see you both. thanks a lot. melissa: more on the president's decision to hit iran with fresh economic sanctions. why our next guest says this is a good move by the administration. connell: steps to improve safety. we'll tell you what changes airports are making as commercial drones continue to flood the skies. melissa: senator bernie sanders proposing to eliminate all student debt. sounds wonderful! how will he do it? you guessed it, with your money. dan henninger from "the wall street journal" joins us later with his take on this. >> the american people bailed out wall street. now it is team for wall street to come to the aid of the middle class of this country. ♪ fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs. some only call when they have something to sell. fisher calls regularly so you stay informed. and while some advisors are happy to earn commissions whether you do well or not. fisher investments fees are structured so we do better when you do better. maybe that's why most of our clients co

courtney, we'll start with you there in the region. what more do we know about the deployment of these troops? what more do we know about precisely what these troops are going to be doing? >> reporter: so so far, craig, what we've heard is these troops are going to be defensive in nature. it sounds as if they're going to be more support as infantry troops that we might think of. think of what the threat is here that the u.s. military says they're responding to and what they might immediate do. the threat sfrt air, land, and sea. from the air it's threats from drones and from missiles, primarily houthi missiles flying in saudi arabia. at sea it's threats from commercial tankers like we saw these attacks in the two tankers last week in the gulf of oman. and the land it's the threat from iraq. these are the threatser that responding to. so the kinds of things they would need are things like additional support to patriot batteries, those are defensive systems to counter any kind of an attack from the air. we're not looking at, like, infant

here is courtney donohoe. courtney: president trump is threatening to raise tariffs on china again.resident told cnbc tariffs would be imposed immediately if president xi jinping does not meet with him at the upcoming g20 summit. president trump tweeted china will have to make a deal on trade. president trump tweeted today that the u.s. and mexico have signed another part of their immigration and security deal. he would not say what that is. the only hint he gives is that it must be ratified by mexican lawmakers. mexico is not backing up president trump claim that a farm deal was part of the agreement. the agreement led the president to announce the threat of tariffs had been suspended. investors hoping to make a windfall from their stakes in fannie mae and freddie mac will have to wait. steven mnuchin made it clear that freeing the giant mortgage companies from u.s. control will not happen without an overhaul the house finance system. bloomberg you back reform that can only be implemented by congress. in baseball, former boston red sox star david ortiz has been shot and wounded in

courtney, for five minutes. mr. courtney: thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, on june 11, this month, the house education and labor committee reported out legislation, h.r. 1309, an act to -- workplace violent prevention act. mr. speaker, this is a culmination and milestone of a seven-year process that began in 2013. like many members of congress, i had been hearing about stories of rising violence in emergency rooms, ambulances, and treatment facilities to nurses, doctors, nurses aides that, again, showed a disturbing trend. one such case was helen andrews, a registered nurse from dan burry, connecticut, who was assaulted multiple times during her career. she was thrown to the floor and her pelvis was shattered. in 2013, myself and former congressman george miller of california requested a report from the government accountability office to dig deeper to determine how pervasive this violence is and what strategies are at our disposal to reverse this trend. the report, which was completed in 2016, found workers in health care facilities experience subs

them access to forensic evidence before international investigators arrived on the scen kate >> courtney, thank you. >>> in this country, the mayor and police chief of phoeni expressed outrage over the confrontation seen on video between police officers and a family nbc's molly hunter has the new developments and a warning, the images are disturbing. >> get out the [ bleep ] car. >> reporter: a family held at gunpoint ayesha, five months pregnant with her two young daughters >> hands up. hands up. >> i can't put my hands up [ bleep ]. i'm pregnant >> her fiance handcuffed by another officer. >> i'm trying to tell you something and you're [ bleep ] not doing it. >> i am. >> they started to get enraged and bang on windows and yell slurs. i'm going to shoot you in the face >> reporter: the confrontation in may, because police say the parents had stolen from a nearby dollar store the police chief is speaking out. >> i am with everyone in the community who is angry, who is outraged >> reporter: the officers have been moved to desk duty. i know our department is better than that. >> reporter:

for nately business repoightly courtney reagan in fayetteville, arkansas. >> barnes & noble and that'se begin tonighs market focus. the company has been acquired by elliott advisers for $683 million and the nation's largest bookstore chain has been struggling for the past five years, losing more 1 billion in market value. elliott recently boughtbr ain's largest bookseller water stones as well and the hares rose me than % to 662. norwegian cruise line said it would be cutting its full-year earnings outlook due to the e impact of rump administration's ban on cruises visiting cuba. cruise operators are modifying their itineraries and would offer substantial discounts to guests to remain on their b cruises despite the ban, but the shares were up me than 1% today to 52.59. >> online fashionetailer revolve group soared in its trading debut today. this company focuses on millennial customers and attracts many of them through social media. priced at shares of $18 and they closed at 34. that would be up nearly 89% in day's debut. pharmaceutical giant sanofi has hid executive paul hud sorn as it

courtney covers and united emirates tlafling with the military. hans at the white house, joined by allied commander general wesley clark, a senior fellow at the uc berkeley center. courtney, get us up to speed on the latest and what you're hearing from your sources inside the pentagon. >> well, this was a global hawk. it's an rq 4 a variant drone shot down. it was shot down by iranian surface-to-air missile over the strait of hormuz. they maintain this is international airspace but iranians are saying the drone had drifted into iranian airspace. one reason this may be in dispute. iran tends to see much of the area, both waterways and airspace as iranian territorial water and air in and around the strait of hormuz, of course the rest of the world sees it as international airspace and water. this comes a day after u.s. military showed hard evidence that, in fact, one of the tankers in the gulf of oman attacked, the courageous was hit by olympic mine. while they aren't exactly pointing the finger at iran for the attack, they are saying that's one of

i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg.s interesting we are seeing the european regular -- regulatory body for aviation. -- regulatory body for aviation. we are waiting to see with the white house has to say about hong kong. let's get it take from marty schenker. how do you think the white house is going to respond? hasy: so far donald trump taken no position on what is happening in hong kong. the state department has issued a statement expressing concern and nancy pelosi has taken a strong stand, warning against an escalation of hostilities. donald trump has a press conference later. you may be asked about it and no one knows what he will say. vonnie: the way our story puts it, it says hong kong risks occupied 2.0. are we at that point? marty: it is rapidly looking like that. the last time, in the occupied situation, the authorities issued violence. -- the authorities is skewed violence and let the protest play out. i think authorities are hoping that will happen this time. authorities have to be wary over escalation of vi

courtney raj who is advocacy director for the committee to protect journalists to see p.j. and joining us from islamabad in pakistan toby cadman an international human rights lawyer welcome to you all but mehmet can i start with you in istanbul this is obviously the location of this heinous crime turkey has welcomed the report what is turkey going to do next. well turkey has welcomed the the report and this is actually in a way it confirms turkey's position from the 1st day the fact that an international investigation has been lounge and that it needs to be you know discussed at the international level is something that turkey has pushed forward from going forward from from today on or from says the report has been released turkey will continue this added to it in this position that jamal khashoggi case is not something that we can isolate and we can keep it in saudi arabia it is an international incident that took place in turkey and it's an international it's an international issue because you know this is something that saudi arabia has done beyond its borders against a

here's courtney donohoe.rtney: for the first time, iran may break a landmark agreement that was made to keep it from developing a nuclear weapon. iran said it would start withdrawing from the agreement unless europe threw an economic lifeline. the u.s. pulled out of the deal a year ago. agentina isn't ruling out cyber attack for a massive blackout that affected the entire country, as well as uruguay, paraguay, chile and brazil. officials are looking at a technical issue or even humidity. the supreme court has told an oregon court to take another look at a 135,000 word against a akery that refused to make cake for a same-sex couple, citing religious grounds. a state appeals court found the bakery violated antidiscrimination laws. the owners say the state violated their speech and religious freedoms. telecom billionaire patrick drahi has agreed to buy sotheby a 67% premiumon, to their closing price friday. shares have fallen 40% in the past year. drahi is an avid collector. -- avid art collector. global news 24

here's courtney donohoe. courtney: two big decisions from the supreme court today.tices ruled that the constitution does not let courts throughout voting mats for being to -- voting maps for being too partisan. the supreme court also blocked question on the census for now, saying the reason he was contrived. the fed is likely to cut rates in1/4 percentage point september and again in december. before the last meeting, economists were expecting just one rate cut. for the first time, iran is set to breach the landmark nuclear deal signed in 2015. iran's atomic energy agency said the country will probably exceed a cap on stockpiles of low-grade uranium today. that puts pressure on european powers to try to salvage the agreement from u.s. sanctions and avert a slide towards war. more tiesears to have to the chinese military than the previously knowledged. several employees have collaborated on projects with chinese military personnel. wally says those projects -- huawei says those projects were not authorized. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter,

nbc's courtney hubi has the latest. he reporter: crippled japanese tanker courageous arrived in port in the united arab emirates today after it was attacked in the gulf of ome. .s. believed iranian boats placed mines on the courageous and motorship. iran denies being involved. the u.s. now saying two u.s. military drones were also targeted iranian forces. the first drone shot down by iranian backed houthi rebels on june 6th, near the red sea. the second was targeted by an iranian surface-to-air missile. it missed, slashing down in the water below. >> iran is blaming the u.s. for destabilizing the region,ng warnif it continues it'll roll back its commitment to the nuear deal by next month. turan calling their relationship multifaceted and . multilateral >> reporter: last month the u.s. military she aircraft carrier abraham lincoln, b-52 bombers and other military assets to this region. but u.s. defense officials say the rinken, the most visible deterrent at sea was in port in iran when the tankerswe attacked. >> courtney

courtney raj who is advocacy director for the committee to protect journalists to see p.j. and joining us from islamabad in pakistan toby cadman an international human rights lawyer welcome to you all but mehmet can i start with you in istanbul this is obviously the location of this heinous crime turkey has welcomed the report what is turkey going to do next. well turkey has welcomed the report and this is actually in a way it confirms turkey's position from the 1st day the fact that an international investigation has been lounge and that it needs to be you know discussed at the international level is something that turkey has pushed forward from going forward from from today on or from says the report has been released turkey will continue this added to it in this position that jamal khashoggi case is not something that we can isolate and we can keep it in saudi arabia it is an international incident that took place in turkey and it's an international it's an international issue because you know this is something that saudi arabia has done beyond its borders against a diss

as courtney mentioned, it was well aware inside the pentagon that patrick shanahan had a difficult and messy divorce, which is what "the washington post" is referencing. some of those divorce decrees in this piece, which as you mentioned nbc news has not seen those court filings or the divorce decrees. when we think about who is going to replace him, it's also someone not president trump's first choice. mark esper is the acting, current u.s. army secretary. he was the third choice for that after the other two came out. he's a capitol hill insider. he worked on the house and senate side for senate majority frist. he was west point classmates with mike pompeo. one of the dynamics to look for going forward is how pompeo and esper interact. you clearly see pompeo in some ways acting like the current secretary of defense. where was he today? he was down there at centcom at socom talking to troops getting a briefing and update. that's highly unusual for the secretary of state to visit an army base or a cocom, a base like that when there's an acting secretary who is thinking about withdrawing

is considering, quote, a full range of options nbc's courtney kube has more details. >> reporter: the crew of the crippled norwegian tanker arrived at dubai airport this weekend after two days in iran america's top diplomat blamed iran for targeting the tankers >> how certain are you that iran was responsible? >> it's unmistakable what happened here. these were attacks by the islamic republic of iran >> reporter: though not ruling out a military response to the incident, pompeo said the u.s. is still focused on diplomacy. >> we don't want war >> reporter: and now the british government says they are almost certain that the iranian revolutionary guard corps attacked the tankers >> you think it would be pretty obvious who was responsible r this and we actually have veo evidence that shows what the iranians have been doing >> reporter: and the u.s. military now saying an iranian surface to air missile targeted a u.s. drone, attempting to shoot it down to prevent the drones from seeing the tanker attack and who was behind it u.s. officials say iranian forces boarded the damaged tanker alt

courtney is out in the region. this is what officials will tell you is signal demand.emand for more defensive troops to serve as a deterrent to iran's aggressive behavior. this was shanahan approving this request, but it came up from general mckenzie. in a lot of ways what you've seen in the pentagon over the last 2 1/2 years, even more acutely in the last six months is the power of the joint staff as well as the combatant commanders. the forces and the generals actually directing these troops. because you have -- have had an acting secretary there, one frankly that didn't have a lot of experience, you had a lot of senior officials in uniform making these decisions. guys? >> hans, thanks very much. courtney kube as well. >>> joining ining us now, malco. >> crypt logic intelligence. >> that's incredible. in the gulf and former under secretary of state for political affairs and nbc global affairs contributor ambassador wendy sherman whose title hasn't changed. ambassador sherman led the u.s. team that negotiated the iran nuclear deal. >> never in the last two years have

courtney erbey is the woman on your left.. they're in the middle of an ugly divorce. huffpost got the arrest affidavit. it says that joseph followed his wife as she was leaving court and rammed his car repeatedly into the back of her car, forcing her off the road. she calls 911, uncontrollably crying and advised that she was in fear for her life, tells the police she had several restraining orders against her husband in the past. joseph gets arrested. she's charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, the car. courtney applies for another restraining order and then she calls in for her husband's hearing. she hears the judge tell joseph you're going to be granted bail but with one condition. you can't own or carry guns. so courtney goes to her husband's apartment to collect his assault rifle and his handgun. she turns them in to the lakeland police department. to me that's the key fact in all this. she takes the weapons. she doesn't go home. she goes to the police. even tells the officer on duty the backstory, saying

our courtney reagan is in fayetteville, arkansas, with more courtney >> hi, john.t's right, that celebration taking place in the arena right behind me. walmart ceo doug mcmillon just taking to stage talking to employees about this new in-home delivery program that the retailer announced today so, starting in the fall, in three cities, st. louis, pittsburgh, and vera beach, florida, about a million customers will be able to have walmart employees deliver groceries directly into their fridge or their garage if they show choose. walmart's head of e-commerce, marc lore, tells me that walmart will eventually be able to install these smart locks on your door, you'll get a unique four digit code that will only be able to be opened during a specified period of time the delivery will only happen if the camera on the vest is live and active so you can actually watch a live stream of the delivery taking place with those groceries going right into your fridge and then i asked marc lore what the possibility of other opportunities this could open up if you've got an associate li

good morning, courtney >> reporter: good morning to you.r way here in northwest arkansas the shareholder business meeting kicking off the events yesterday, attended by senator bernie sanders who presented a proposal on behalf of an employee today executives giving store tours. we're here at a sam's club in springdale also some media briefings. and each year walmart has for the last several years given us some kind of announcement during this week. typically a pilot program, largely connected to e-commerce. if you look back the last several years, many of those announcements have not panned out to be big material ads to the walmart business so in 2016, walmart announcing it was partnering with uber and lyft to do a grocery delivery test in denver and phoenix two years later, it add postmates and door dash. by may of 2018, walmart had ended its partnership with uber and lyft and still continues to work with other local providers in many areas. shareholders 2017, walmart said it was testing employee delivery of online orders in new jersey and

courtney reagan, morgan brennan.hanks >>> a fire ripping through a refinery in philadelphia on friday while the east coast gasoline market is spared the worst, we'll talk more about that with brian sullivan who is on site for us brian? >> kelly, we are trying to get answers. not completely shut down that's how one insider described the situation behind us to cnbc a couple hours ago what happens and what is going to happen to the gasoline market and has the rather bizarre ownership structure contributed to not just one, but two fires in the last two weeks behind us? wel ve y'lgiou more on this live from philadelphia when "the exchange" returns right after this short break >>> welcome back a fire ripping through a major refinery in philadelphia on friday the refinery represents more than 25% of regional gas supplies and it's not even owned by an energy company brian sullivan is there for us with a look at this bizarre ownership and some new quements on the story >> yeah, it has to be one of the most bizarre ownership t

only 25,000, 1.5 million associates, are current high school students. >> courtney reagan thank you fort in perspective for us. >> when we come back the head of amazon services and devices, david limp, about the company's product pipeline, competition and more first, take a look at dow right now. up 84 points the s&p is also up fractionally five points as well. crude oil hitting the lowest level since january 17th after the weekly ei data swsho surprise inventory build more "squawk alley" when we come back i thought it was unfair. when-- when you hear those words that you get diagnosed with cancer. (osamah) successfully treating it still remains one of the most enormous challenges facing us today. we realized that, if we developed the technology that could take 2-dimensional patient imaging and convert it into 3-dimensional holographic renderings, we could enable surgeons to dissect around the cancer so we can precisely remove it. when we first started, we felt like this might just not be possible because computing power just wasn't there, but verizon 5g ultra wideband will give us the

well i think what courtney said is chilling that is the most in port thing here if we do nothing it is setting a very very dangerous precedent states will all see that they can carry or acts like this and this is this is one of the worst things that we've seen but i think we also need to look at some of the very important points that that has has brought her and her report it's not just about criminal accountability it's setting up an institutional framework under the united nations for human rights defenders free of expression all of those points are very very important the trial we we see in saudi arabia is a total farce it's not aimed accountability and i fully agree that that needs to be suspended that does like the to be accountability this is not this is not the murder of one man this is a chilling act by a brutal state and i think we should all be very afraid if nothing comes from that thank you all very much indeed a minute challenge in istanbul court. in washington d.c. and toby kevin in islamabad thank you all very much indeed and thank you for watching the program of course

nbc's courtney kube is with the u.s. forces in the persian gulf. >> reporter: tonight rare access to the two most visible military assets deployed to the middle east last month. their mission? to stop a possible attack by iranian-backed forces. four long-range b-52 bombers sent as a show of force. they arrived at al udeid air base in qatar 51 hours after being ordered to deploy and were flying missions three days later. also in the region, the aircraft carrier "uss abraham lincoln." >> i am the reason you are here tonight. >> reporter: general frank mckenzie, the head of u.s. central command, traveled to the region to address troops and see if the additional u.s. military power is deterring iran. in addition to bringing this enormous aircraft carrier into the region, the u.s. is also flying fa-18s every single day as part of the presence mission. >> the carrier is seen by potential opponents, and they have to weigh the enormous capabilities that are resident aboard this platform. >> reporter: the iranians were close to l

courtney, what more are we learning?w a little bit more detail about one of those reaper drones that the u.s. military is saying was targeted by iranians. this is the one that was shot at on thursday. so, the reaper approached -- right after the "altair" called a distress call, said that they had been attacked, the reaper was on station about eight minutes later. and about 20 minutes after that, an sa-7, which is an iranian surface-to-air missile, targeted the reaper drone. it didn't hit it. it splashed down in the water nearby. but the u.s. military is now saying they believe that that iranian surface-to-air missile was targeting the drone in an effort to disrupt it from getting video of the next tanker, which was targeted minutes later. >> courtney kube, thank you. >>> now to the economy. new numbers painting a clear picture of how millennials are spending their money and how much they have to spend to begin with. a new study found the average net worth of americans under 35 has dropped by 35% over the last generation.

. >>> now to courtney reagan for a cnbc news update >> good afternoon. house speaker nancy pelosi says the children coming across the southern border are the most important part of discussing a border bill. this as senate majority leader mitch mcconnell demanded that house democrats drop their insistence for changes in a $4.6 billion border aid package the senate passed. >> so, if this is how he sees things for the future, cooperation is a two-way street. when you're talking about the children, this is a very big priority for us. so we'll continue our conversation they're not threats. >>> fisher-price recalled 71,000 inclined sleeper accessories because infants can roll from their backs on to their stomachs risking injury or death. infant deaths have been reported using other inclined sleep products >>> and a special memorial was held today for the victims of the virginia beach shooter tomorrow marks one month since a man opened fire inside the city's municipal building killing 12 city employees and injuring four others staff members gathered to honor th

now can i finish courtney's question, though?do want to say on this, i was glad to do that and we made some changes in the bill, but we're talking about things like health care coverage. i'm not going to compromise when people say i want to take away health care coverage from 30 million people, say we'll take it away from 15 million and that's going to be okay. health care is a basic human right. we fight for basic human rights so i'm in all the way. thank you, courtney. >> so senator, i wanted you -- this is tj. >> tj? >> yes. he worked at the carrier plant, there was coverage of him asking donald trump to save the jobs at carrier, that's what prompted donald trump to tweet about it. you're a trump voter. >> no, i didn't vote for trump. no, no. >> okay. what is this -- are you -- what would you like to ask the senator? >> hi, tj. >> i'm from indianapolis. i worked at carrier, i still do, i'm a 17-year employee, thankfully my job was safed. i'm also with the united steelworkers union 1989. >> go steelworkers. >> i don't know much

our next question is with courtney taylor. she's a multimedia marketing strategist.our mind. >> thanks for being here. you've strongly opposed the president's views on immigration. seven children have now died as a result of the humanitarian crisis at our southern border. and too many families are still separated. why isn't congress doing more to ensure the health and safety of immigrants in u.s. custody and more specifically, what is your role as a member of the house in finding a solution? and then as the nominee, how will you help reach bipartisanship on immigration reform? >> thank you, courtney, for your question. it is a humanitarian -- it is a humanitarian crisis. and in congress, we are working right now to pass the dream act. that's one pass of what we can do to bring a certain fate for people who came here with their parents. we -- i'm a co-sponsor of comprehensive immigration reform. but the real challenge here, what's so frustrating. and i went to the san diego sector a couple weeks ago. and a young border patrol agent showed me around. and in a room half

courtney raj who is advocacy director for the committee to protect journalists to see p.j. and joining us from islamabad in pakistan toby cadman an international human rights lawyer welcome to you all but mehmet can i start with you in istanbul this is obviously the location of this heinous crime turkey has welcomed the report what is turkey going to do next. well turkey has welcomed the report and this is actually in a way it confirms turkey's position from the 1st day the fact that an international investigation has been lounge and that it needs to be you know discussed at the international level is something that turkey has pushed forward from going forward from from today on or from says the report has been released turkey will continue this added to it in this position that jamal khashoggi case is not something that we can isolate and we can keep it in saudi arabia it is an international incident that took place in turkey and it's an international it's an international issue because you know this is something that saudi arabia has done beyond its borders against a diss