courtney, the eldest, is a teacher. all of them of course have heard scores of times the story of how their parents met. it was 1978. cristi had gone to see a relative at the air force base in nearby san bernardino. quite by chance, while she was there she encountered a security guard who, to her at least, looked just like elvis. it was blair christopher hall. chris to his friends. >> apparently she was a little flirty at the gate. [ laughter ] >> in short order, chris and cristi got married. she was 17. he, 20. and as the girls grew up, they said they never doubted for a single moment the powerful bond of love. their parents with them, and with each other. >> they were probably closer with their parents than most children. they're the parents i hope to one day be. >> cristi, the vivacious glue of the family. chris, her perfect mirror. >> my dad is a little more kicked back, quiet, relaxed. they're the perfect balance. >> chris was a police officer in san bernardino until he was shot in the line of duty. then he went of

on courtney donohoe -- i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg.gail: we are having a risk off tone on this thursday in contrast to volatility we saw yesterday. today is similar to tuesday. up,s&p and the nasdaq both still down a bit from major averages. the shanghai composite in the asian session up 9/10 of 1%. a little bit of relief today on the part of global investors around the trade war tensions. where that is really being demonstrated, the emerging markets. let's take a look at the 11 day -- 12 day, actually, chart. down 11 days in a row, the longest streak for emerging markets going back to 2015. .ver that time, down 6.8% something to keep in mind, but we are seeing a little bit of relief there. we see in the u.s. also lots of relief supporting that risk off tone. sector composition very bullish. earlier, a few sectors were lower, but right now all 11 higher. we also have utilities and consumer staples, defensive sectors. up top we have tech, one of the growthiest sectors out there. the bulls are really buying the divot. helping out the s&p

courtney, you don't have much of a belly to flop with, do you?> i don't, i'm so sorry. >> jimmy: should the judges take that into account, your obvious handicap? >> hopefully i'll get brownie points for not having a little cushion. >> jimmy: are you ready to do this? >> yes. >> jimmy: three, two, one, belly flop! all right, let's look at that in slow motion again before we get our scores. courtney in slow motion, she didn't quite get flat over the water, which is really want you want, nicole, what do you say? >> it was nice, it was very, very pretty, but it wasn't a big splash. >> jimmy: very generous, nicole. shaun. >> i thought it was great. she had the distance, the intensity, but i went with a nine. >> jimmy: a nine shaun gives. finally, trixie? >> very thin, very blond and beautiful, reminds me of somebody i know. experiment with the pregnancy. so seven. >> jimmy: courtney, the judges have spoken, and i believe you got a 24. >> i'll take it. >> jimmy: you really have no choice but to take it. >> take this, too. >> jimmy: we'll have more flop

let's get a bloomberg first were news update with courtney donohoe. courtney: the u.s.t is still showing signs of strength, filing for unemployment benefit dropped to a four week low. jobless claims decreased to 209,000, below all estimates. the number remains near historically low levels. another signal that europe's largest economy is slowing down german manufacturing shrank the eighth month in a row in august. overall, there is a confidence decline and orders fell for the third time in four months. job growth is still solid but factory employment fell at the fastest pace in seven years. in italy, the president is beginning high-stakes talks to end the political crisis. he will meet with political leaders to try to create a viable governing coalition. he has the power to nominate a new leader and may give two parties, the democrats and five-star, a few more days to enter into formal discussion. global news 24 hours a day 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 do

. >>> good morning i'm courtney reagan in for brian sullivan this morning. we're keeping an eye on shares of johnson & johnson up just about 2% in early trading as an oklahoma judge finds the company liable in that state's widespread opioid crisis we'll update you on the story in a moment it might be surprising shares being up when they are indeed found liable. we'll set the tone for where we're starting the morning here in the united states dow jones features are indicated lower by 26 points after we had a nice day yesterday so all three major averages indicated to open slightly lower take a quick check on what's going on in the treasury markets with the yields. and right now the 10 year yield is at 1.51 look at this though, two year, 1.526. let's go worldwide now let's check on what's going on in asia. we had a mostly higher session the shanghai composite higher by 1.3% and then in europe at least in early trading things are looking largely red here you can see that the ftse 100 is down by .5% here germany is just about flat though spain higher by .1% and

here's courtney donohoe.rtney: last month's retail sales had its biggest gain since march, excluding food services, gas, cars, and building materials. sales rose one full percentage point. one reason, search and online shopping. multiple reports that former colorado governor john hickenlooper will drop out of the race for the democratic presidential nomination. instead, he may run for the u.s. senate for his home state. hickenlooper is unlikely to qualify for the next democratic debate. in gibraltar, a judge has agreed to release a tanker sees last month for allegedly -- tanker seized last month for allegedly carrying iranian oil, which would violate u.s. sanctions. moscow, a russian airline pilot narrowly avoided disaster today. he landed an airbus plane in a cornfield. flock of struck a seagulls shortly after takeoff. everyone on board survived. about two dozen people were injured, none seriously. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts

let's get a first word news update with courtney donohoe.rtney: president trump says congressional leadership is now having serious talks on background checks for gun buyers. the president also tweeted that he's been talking with the national rifle association and others so their views can be represented. he said guns should not be placed in the hands of "the mentally ill or do ranged people." the government will not rush two aboard that $10 billion contract for cloud services. president trump has complained. today the defense department said that contractor bids are still under review, and the carried $1 only be million of the possible $10 billion. in malaysia, criminal charges have been filed against 17 current and former goldman sachs employees in the 1mdb scandal, accused of misleading investors when it arranged bond sales to the investment fund. goldman says the charges are misdirected. in hong kong, the anti-china demonstrations has spread to the airport. protesters began a three day sit in of the main terminal today, and they hope to

courtney, let me come back to you. talk about tariffs. firstly with china and the on going trade dispute with them. he talked about the eu, we got a beef deal done but i'm still wanting to figure out this auto tariff issue. europe needs to play at the sail rules we need to play with. do tariffs work. are we taking the right tact? >> economists and are insure what winning would look like? how do we win a trade war? is winning do enough to undo economic damage that may occur as we're in the trade war. this additional threat of 10% on 300 some odd bill dollars worth of imports, we get from china this is the first time the consumer is really, really going to be target. so far the trump administration stayed away from items on the shelf from walmart and the like. when you think about the bedrock of this economic expansion has been, it has been the consumer. we'll see china does not pay for the tariffs. u.s. companies pay for the tariffs. ashley: right. >> they will pass those on to consumers for sure. ashley: lanhee, argument being, short term

here's courtney donohoe.rtney: president trump now in dayton, ohio, the site of one of the two mass shootings over the weekend. he will pay tribute to first responders before flying to el paso for similar event. is being criticized for anti-immigrant rhetoric that critics say helped inspire the el paso shooting. pakistan is underscoring its unhappiness with india's recent action in the disputed kashmir region. it is downgrading dip a medic ties and suspending trade. the indian -- downgrading diplomatic ties and suspending trade. the indian has taken actions that put the region more in control of the central government which is -- central government. kim jong-un's has north korea's latest missile tests are a warning to the u.s., trying to pressure ending military exercises with south korea. defense secretary mark esper says the drills are needed to maintain readiness. a trade group sworn american tech companies will pay the price for tariffs on more chinese products. they say u.s. firms would pay an additional

here's courtney donohoe. courtney: china threatening to take countermeasures if the u.s.s ahead with plans tariff hikes. they said that president trump's -- hong kong is bracing for four straight days of protests. unrest is growing in the asian financial hub was violent clashes downtown last week between police and demonstrators. protests began weeks ago over potential expeditions to china and have grown to include chief executive carrie lam's resignation. ruerto rico governor resignation goes into effect today. u.k. prime minister boris johnson's governing party lost a special election today, leaving the party with a one-vote working majority in parliament. it was the first electoral test for conservatives since johnson took office nine days ago. he says the u.k. will leave the european union october 31 with or without a divorce deal. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: let's get a check on global markets now. we are rec

i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg.onnie: let's check global markets now and here is abigail doolittle. abigail: a pretty interesting trading day. big gains in the u.s.. 1%,s&p 500 up about 9/10 of the best day in more than a month. all of this of course after yesterday's fed-induced pullback for stocks, something that was a hawkish rate cut, dovish investors not liking that but today we are looking at a nice rebound partially on earnings data and the reconsideration of the fed. interesting of course is the fact that we have bonds rallying too. especially that ifn number that was week. we don't have the risk on tone that we did for stocks. take a look at the emerging markets. row, theventh day in a worst stretch since september of last year. this could be worrisome because the emerging markets tend to act better around strong liquidity. the fact that you have emerging-market still selling off tells you that yesterday's hawkish rate cut is being considered and that you could continue to see the emerging-market em pullbac

for "nightly business report", i'm courtney reagan.would think that tariffs stores like dr general and dollar tree because of their slimmer profit margins, but turns out tt's not necessarily the case. both discount retailers reported faster than expected rise in same-store sales and both raised theiruidance. dollar general surged more than it the best performing stock in the s&p 500 today. after a 4% pop at the open,e dollar t trended lower through the day and closed down about 2%. >>> the song sales from the dollar stores coupled with strong numbers recently from larger retailers like walmart and target just drive home that ddle class consumers have money and they are spending it. but f how long? joining us you saw michael lasel and courtney reagan's report and he is back with us now, the retail analyst at ubs. michael, thanks for joining us tonight. >> good evening. thanks for having me. >> i a thinkut target ceo sang he thinks it is the best seen, but macy's ceo warned tham cos have no appetite for higher costs, and if the tariffs l

let's get a catch up on first word news with courtney donohoe. israel will allow rashida tlaib to visit the nation on a humanitarian trip. this is a reversal from the announcement yesterday that our country to two muslim members of the u.s. congress. --an omar and rashida tlaib this comes despite pressure from president trump that says letting them into the country would be a sign of weakness. a russian pilot who managed to smoothly land his disabled plane in a cornfield said a quick landing was the only chance to keep his passengers safe. he spoke to reporters in russia today and landed his plane so gently the just one of the 233 people on board were hospitalized. people all across russia hailing the pilot as a hero. the president said he and his crew will be given high awards. fouledorea firefighter projectiles into waters off the coast according to the south korea defense ministry. the launch comes the day after liberation day, a holiday marked by both koreas to celebrate independence from japan's colonial rule. south korea is monitoring for f

>> courtney said the gap store has no leverage over it but who has leverage walmart.rt has leverage over suppliers. what is going to happen if the tafrs go into play on september 1st? people will preorder their stuff and order too much who is going to benefit? ross stores, tj max, the same trade we saul a couple of months ago. >> carl will probably tell you 80 bucks on this chart, it has been wasting your time on a risk adjusted basis for a long time if you look at the valuation of the company, it is a company that at least in the world of amazonization of so many retailers, they have their game on actually this kind of pull back to me is one to put on your watch list. >> what about nike, a name like that you saw initial reaction again today. >> nike,@lea, at least the last quarters at its peak they told you that the china business is strong if anything, i think this is a pull back in nike to buy. >> walmart, listen, it has extended to the upside for a while with the same value, but 22 times forward. >> it's been a great chart. >> absolutely. so has proctor & gamble.

i'm courtney reagan.rian sullivan is reporting live from hong kong, a very global show this morning. brian, a busy weekend coming up, right? >> yeah. this place could be electric it could be rocking later on tonight. we're in a public park in hong kong the reason we're here is that there is a major rally, yet another one, expected for this evening. it's called the power to the people rally it will feature a speaker named joshua wong. he was really the leader of the 2014 protests. he ended up going to jail. they're setting up the stage there. in a few hours, 8:00 p.m. here, 8:00 a.m. your time back east, this should be filled with thousands or tens of thousands of people. the question for the cnbc audience, the question for the global markets is what is the reaction going to be what is the reaction of the hong kong police? what will the reaction be of the chinese government and potentially the peoples liberation army. we showed you a bunch of trucks lined up over the border in shenzhen yesterday will they

. >> how otule is the american consumer, and where are they spending courtney reagan is taking a looke retail trends kate rogers is at a chipotle to dig into the restaurant numbers and the maybe a little lunch, too, but let's get over to courtney who will kick things off for us hey, court. >> hi there, becky there are reports that economic activity in the united states may be slowing, but not when you look at the consumer that is very strong. in fact, we just posted the strongest retail sales five-month growth streak since 2005 and 2006, and the consumer may very well be what's holding up the economy because about 70% of economic activity is tied to consumer spending, but where we shop and what we buy is changing about a quarter of the nation's malls have closed since the retail building peak, and about 87% is the average occupancy currently. now since 2006, more than 160 non-food retailers have filed for bankruptcy 65 of them have liquidated in less than three years when you net out openings, 9,400 stores have closed, including 500 department stores just last year, and last year spen

i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: courtney, thank you.r stock of the hour. shares of roku up another 8% for a 342% gain year today after more analysts raise the price target on the company and set it is the dominant internet aggregator for streaming tv content. taylor riggs has more. such positivity. taylor: so much, even in the last week alone after a blowout quarter. your at 31%. they are owning the unowned content streaming service. analysts are raising it to a street high-priced target of 150. you cannot launch a new streaming service without doing it on roku because they have become such a dominant player. this is -- previous analysts had already raised the street high-priced target as well. you have growth and accounts, revenue, growth in hours. everything has been looking good. we talk so much about streaming and the competitive landscape we are in. we know roku does have competitors. analysts are saying amazon could always be a threat. threat can always be a to any streaming service that comes out. roku, you relative to all of tho

charles: courtney? >> yeah. i completely agree.f really good news come out on earnings and it's being overshadowed by all the trade wars out there. it's just more news showing how strong the economy really is. the fact that companies are continuing to grow their earnings despite trade wars and despite a slowing economy is a really good sign. i think it's a reason any of this that happens with trade wars, it's a reason investors need to take advantage and buy while it's low. charles: we are in the midst of a discovery process, because prime example would be lyft and uber. you have the two top names in ride sharing. yesterday lyft was up nicely on a really solid earnings report. today, uber really one of the worst earnings reports you can imagine, $5 billion loss. some of that was -- but what do you make of these companies, what's happening there? >> which is interesting, because neither of these companies are profitable. i think making sure we can see what that path is for them to get there is going to be really interesting. they ar

r "nightly business report," i'm courtney ragan in new york city consumer keep fueling the economy? we're joined by anthony tacumba. anthony, welcome. ce to have you here. >> thanks for having me. >> i guess that is the question. i mean, couney laid it out beautifully for us there. do you think that the consumer ha staying power and will continue to keep the economy healthy? >> we think so. three main indicators that we look at to gauge the health of the consumer are first off oy unemnt, which is at a 50-year low. wage growth, which is at a 10-year high. consumonfidence which is at a multi--year high. just as long as those three indicators stay strong, we see no reasot consumer spending would slow significantly any time soon. >> crtney also highlighted the store closures that we've seen. just breathtaking numbe over the last three years and looks like we could be in for another record number of closures this year. whte are we in t cycle right now, do you think? >> i think that we're getting to the, midd maybe towards the late innings of that. i mean, you know, look, the u.s. was ove

let's get a first word news update with courtney donohoe.rtney: president trump warns he is watching google "very closely," citing claims that google suppressed negative stories about hillary clinton, which he called "all very illegal," and says the ceo has been in the oval office telling him that they did not plan to subvert next year's election. google has denied the claims. talks with kim jong-un up here to be on the verge of collapse -- kim jong-un appeared to be on the verge of collapse. north korea threatening to dictate new road in negotiations if u.s. doesn't cover my's, -- doesn't compromise, after they made their fourth missile launch in two weeks. beijing urged hong kong citizens to stand up to protesters challenging the government. officials described demonstrators as "a very small group of unscrupulous and violent criminals," and protected efforts to get hong kong leader carrie lam to resign would fail. nobel laureate toni morrison has died. morrison gave a voice to the african-american experience, and became the first black wom

courtney reagan t a look at what target is getting right. >> reporter: target's quarterly results oncein show that its three-year turnaround strategy is. worki store traffic is up. online sales grew 34%. both led to stronger than rapected compable sales growth. the retailers same-day online fulfillment options more than doubled their sales in a year, proof shoppers are increasingly andg target's website stores together. most retail experts agree target'sanagement team has done a good job executing a strategy that's resonating with sshoppers, but aong u.s. consumer also contributes to target's performance. on a media call i asked ceo hian cornell he views the economy and consumer. cornell's answer, quote,s i have said for sometime now we continue to see a healthy consumer. environme consumer confidence remains strong. there's been a reduction in fuel prices which we thinkpo is ant for consumers. unemployment remains low and wages are growing. >> you also have seen some of the biggest retailers gettingcr ental share from some of the smaller retailers and probably think the trends will. c

let's get a first word updates with courtney donohoe.rtney: denmark is saying an invitation to president trump to visit the country still stands. the prime minister says she was disappointed and surprised by the president's decision to stay away, and says she had been looking forward to the visit. he was due to arrive september 2. president trump canceled his trip after danish politicians criticized his offer to buy greenland. in venezuela, embattled president nicolas maduro says government officials have been holding secret meetings with u.s. authorities for months. -- maduroo's also says he would like to speak directly to president trump to resolve the conflict. china has confirmed it detained an employee of the british consulate in hong kong. he is being held under a 15 day detention process in shenzhen. beijing called it an internal matter and not a diplomatic dispute. italy, president sergio mattarella has started talks about the next government. he will have to decide whether a new ruling coalition is viable, one of two main option

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courtney bembridge reports.986, it was a massive solid white, spilling from the creator of an extinct volcano. but by 2014, it was no longer thick enough to move and the glacier officially declared dead by glaciologist oddur sigursson. translation: by reaching this stage the nature of the glacier changes dramatically. it starts to slide, it erodes the land beneath much more quickly. dirty water emerges from it and the water stops seeping through it. five years later, iceland's prime minister and environment minister were among the mourners who gathered to commemorate the loss of the glacier. the idea for a memorial came from two profressors from a texan university who made a documentary about the loss of the glacier in 2018. one of them is cymene howe. now is the time to act, it's already past the time to act. an so in some ways we see this as a memorial to recognise the loss of this glacier and in that sense it's a sad moment, but we also see it as a call to action. iceland is home to more than 400 glaciers, ok

for "nightly business report", i'm courtney reagan.andmart appears to be one of the companies able to manage this uncertainnt environ that uncertainty may be why some stock investors look towardsca smal, which historically derive their revenue domestically,he insulating a bit from the overseas slow down. but there are some big, well-known companies that are domestically focused as well. joining us to talk about thosee names is caron with washington crossing advisors. kevin, good toinee you a how are you? >> i'm good. thank you for having me. >> you know, it interesting. walmart was able to kind of weather this uncertain trade storm. are there other companies that you think hav the savvy management team to be able to navigate this particular kind of changing environment? >> sure. and it is an environment that is more difcult overseas than here, so we focus our attention on --t washington crossing on u.s. companies for this segment. ngat we are loo for are companies that have very good balance sheets with low debt, veryt consist cash flo

courtney reagan has that for us. hey, court. >> reporter: walmart's u.s. comparable sales is the key metric to watch. the street expects it to grow 2.4%, which would mark the 20th straight quarter of growth earnings expect to fall to $1.22 per share on $130,110,000,000 in revenue, a slight increase over last year. a third of walmart's u.s. sold merchandise is imported, china only a part of that. the ceo told me increased tariffs will raise prices though the goal is to be the low price leader and manage margins, keeping shoppers and shareholders in mind when making tariff mitigation plans. >> courtney, i know you bring us those numbers tomorrow thank you. >>> alibaba is set to report tomorrow morning as well deidre bosa has a look at that hey, deidre. >> reporter: last quarter alibaba vice-chairman addressed trade tensions, what he called the elephant in the room he said that trade talks put alibaba on the right side of the issues on the table and it would actually benefit from consumer spending by china's middle class even as the economy slowed investors w

courtney bembridge reports.rapidly the 0k glacier disappeared. in 1986, it was a massive solid white, spilling from the crater of an extinct volcano. but by 2014, it was no longer thick enough to move and the glacier officially declared dead by glaciologist oddur sigursson. translation: by reaching this stage the nature of the glacier changes dramatically. it starts to slide, it erodes the land beneath much more quickly. dirty water emerges from it and the water stops seeping through it. five years later, iceland's prime minister and environment minister were among the mourners who gathered to commemorate the loss of the glacier. the idea for a memorial came from two professors from a texan university who made a documentary about the loss of the glacier in 2018. one of them is cymene howe. now is the time to act, it's already past the time to act. an so in some ways we see this as a memorial to recognise the loss of this glacier and in that sense it's a sad moment, but we also see it as a call to action. iceland

let's get to courtney regan live with more on the damage, courtney >> of course, for retail china is a very important market for several reasons. first of all, it's the number one country of manufacturing origin for the clothing and shoes we buy in this country with the growing middle class it's important for u.s. brands and retailers to sell into that market so when you put it together, tariffs on imports from china and retaliation imports on goods that are sold to chinese consumers are double painful for some retailers and brands so far in 2019, tariffs have been mentioned on 166 times on different retailers and brands earnings calls but today, a lot of those retailers are letting the trade groups do the talking and responding for them so the national retail federation just putting out a statement here talking about the president hiking those tariff rates after the close and the statements say it's impossible for businesses to plan for the future in this type of environment. administration's approach clearly isn't working and the answer isn't more taxes on american businesses and c

courtney bembridge reports.ly the 0k glacier disappeared. in 1986, it was a massive solid white, spilling from the crater of an extinct volcano. but by 2014, it was no longer thick enough to move, and the glacier was officially declared dead by glaciologist, sigurosson. translation: by reaching this stage, the nature of the glacier changes dramatically. it starts to slide, it erodes the land beneath much more quickly, dirty water emerges from it, and the water stopped seeping through it. five years later, iceland's prime minister and environment minister were among the mourners who gathered to commemorate the loss of the glacier. the idea for a memorial came from two professors from a texan university, who made a documentary about the loss of the glacier in 2018. one of them is cymene howe. now is the time to act, it is already past the time to act, and so in some ways we see this as a memorial to recognise the loss of this glacier, and in that sense, it's a sad moment. but we also see it as a call to action. ic

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courtney reagan has more on the mess at macy's. >> reporter: macy's quarter didn't go as planned.he department store's women's clothing disappointed shoppers, sales ofarm weather apparel was slow and international tourist spending was down. internationals touri typically buy full-price merchandise and make few to no returns. as a result, macy's discounted merchandise more than planned to ttice consumers boy and it took a big bite out of earnings. the ceo told us, we took our medicine, we took almost a full point of margin with the additional mark downs, adding, we needed to protect fall. still, there are headwinds and uncertainty ahead. macy's lowered its annual earnings forecast to reflect thisssquarter's mi but it doesn't include the impact of tariffs on september 1st and december 15th. the retailer isti s evaluating itss plan to addhose higherst he told me he learned from the last round of tariffs going from 10% to 25% in may that, quote, e customer has no appetite for price increases, and that right now we are expecting thatn' the be price increases, at least with new tariffs

and in this economy the consumer is holding up really well as courtney well knows, and even at the topspecially at the top the consumer is holding up well. so lots of strong bidding so far here at pebble beach they had a good auction last night. we'll see what this sells for tonight. >> a lot of marijuana money? >> i know. i just got to say if you're driving that car, you better not be playing pearl jam or smoking marijuana you better be playing the aladdin soundtrack >> i realized it wasn't my brother's netflix account. >> it was my husband's sister's netflix account just to set the recordstraight leslie, contessa, courtney, have a great weekend. thank you very, very much. >>> shares of general electric are rebounding larry buys an additional $5 million worth of shares we'll talk about what's xtne for the company. and should you be a buyer next i. that's why verizon now offers more plans to mix and match so everyone gets what they need without paying for things they don't. new plans start at just $35. the network more people rely on gives you more. >>> welcome back shares of ge are bo

back over to you guys. >> what a day in your space, courtney great stuff. getting us all up to speed dow is down 55 to the judge >> carl, thanks. scott wapner, front and center apple comeback shares surging over the past two weeks. is a new high possible it's 12 noon this is "the halftime report." >> apple making big moves. the stock up 10% in two weeks. your next trade is straight ahead. >>> home depot, kohl's and tjx missing the mark on sales. is the american consumer running out of steam >>> beyond meat shares sizzling on an upgrade. is it time to jump back in after the recent sell-off? >>> the investment committee is

i'm joined by courtney kube.what are the dangers of north korea developing a submarine like the one that we may be seeing from those satellite images? >> reporter: so, morgan, it wouldn't be a surprise. north korea has been trying to develop a submarine and submarine launch ballistic missile. they have even tried testing them the past four or five years. a submarine represents a new layer of obscurity. they can be difficult to track. if in fact, they have a submarine that could launch as many as three ballistic missiles, it would present a new way for them to quietly launch some sort of potential missile without any kind of notice. we have seen that in the movement that they have been making toward their ground launch missiles as well as with the missile launchers, things they can move around that might be on a track or they can move to a location and set up a missile and launch it very quickly. the whole point of that is to surprise the u.s., south carolina, japan and adversaries who might be watch to go see whe

"power lunch" begins right now >>> i'm courtney reagan. here is what to do at 2:00 on power lunch. trade world whiplash as markets close in on finishing a wild week, president trump fanning the flames saying he's not ready to make a deal with china just yet. should we brace for more summer swoons as trade tensions heat up, semis get slammed. there are a number of traders buying on this dip only 138 days until christmas. wall street already thinks it could be a sober holiday for the major retailers. we've got those details. power lunch starts right now >>> welcome to "power lunch. scott walker the dow off the lows of the day when it was down nearly 300 points on the trump comments we just mentioned the s&p 500 coming back a bit. the nasdaq the big loser down more than a percent. check out the small caps in the transports, goth groups rebounding yesterday, but sinking deeper into correction territory. more on those moves a little later. >>> as scott mentioned, stocks in the red as president trump told reporters no deal is coming with tauschh china. >> reporter: the comment by preside

corrie arriaga pleaded guilty to the murder of courtney turney, who died at 33 -years old. the investigation revealed... arriaga imprisoned the victim in her in the apartment, starved her , and forced her to perform physical labor for years. although the victim's last known weight was 230 pounds... she weighed only 54- pounds at the time of her autopsy. the victim had a fractured skull, rib fractures, pressure ulcers, and bruising and swelling. (pam vo) ahead.. a mother seen at a bus stop with an assault rifle , after her son told her he was beiing bullied on the bus. details on why she says, it was all just a misunderstanding. (ken) a new immigration rule that affects military families and government offcials working outside of the u-s causes confusion and an uproar.details on the new changes ahead. (pam) u-s immigration officials are defending new citizenship rules for children born to ásomeá u.s. military and federal employees serving outside of the country.(ken) now the administration is facing criticism for the rule change and for the way it was announced.washington co

it seems like a lot of these northampton players, courtney lawes has also been brilliant, have had ais season under new management. european solheim cup captain catriona matthew has announced herfour wild card picks to join the eight women who had already qualified to face the us at gleneagles next month. the biggest surprise is the inclusion of veteran suzanne pettersen — the norwegian has played at eight solheim cups but is currently ranked 620th in the world after taking time away from the tour to have a baby. there are four englishwomen in the 12. manchester's bronte law has impressed on the us tour this season, and jodi ewart shadoff also gets a wild card. charley hull and georgia hall had already booked their places due to their world rankings. here is the 12 player squad in full. the captain's other wild card pick is the frenchwoman celine boutier. the us have won the last two solheim cups, and ten of the last 15, but europe have triumphed the last two times it was staged in scotland. matthew admits they go in as the underdogs. they were going as favourites. if you look at the

courtney kube has more on that good morning >> reporter: the elite u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s have been among the elite groups in the military now, after scandals, the admiral in charge is raising a red flag. we have a problem. those are the words of rear admiral collin green, commander of the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s in a stern letter to his command amid a series of high-profile incidents of alleged misbehavior. green writing, i don't know yet if we have a culture problem i do know that we have a good order and discipline problem that must be addressed immediately. it comes after a s.e.a.l. platoon was pulled out from iraq over reports of an alcohol-fueled party and a report a female service member was raped, also wide-spread cocaine use by another s.e.a.l. team in virginia, calling the testing efforts a joke all amid the back drop of a high-profile case against navy s.e.a.l. chief gallagher, accused of killing an iraqi prisoner he was found not guilty on six of the seven war crime charges, including the most serious charge of premeditated murder. during the two-wee

courtney harrison, news watch 16, susquehanna county. >> a big thanks to courtney harrison and our scrantonffiliate wnep. i just think this is such an empowering message. we know as kids head into school, middle school can be the toughest for them. the numbers say 1 in 4 and 1 in 3 u.s. students have been bullied at school. >> and bullying happens in middle school and a lot of times adults don't see all of it, don't know the extent of it. so that is one way to help combat it. >>> capping off our #goodnewstues, a second grader from wichita, kansas, is teaching all of us a thing or two this morning about reaching out to someone in need. >> the start of a new school year can be stressful for any kid but it was particularly hard for 8-year-old connor who has autism. he was finding it difficult to adjust and was off by himself crying when another 8-year-old boy, christian, came over to him just to hold his hand. >> oh, christian's mother captured the moment and shared it on social media. oh, look at the moms there. conner's mother responded with a heartfelt thanks. the two boys are now inseparab

time to travel courtney's or for day meet i and minister to all the programs we have all the accounts we oversee. it's like taking care of to me. the last reunion was you know the early ninety's. so if this is going to be the 1st event for a long time i think it's going to be so special. 8 will be traveling to welsh today with behringer weather permitting 8 of them will be staying at the school and maybe 5 or 6 my house between my house and 4 picks. for that stop gate i have that were signed. and. if you read the permits they will be traveling to well we didn't pour the weather to come down to come today we can go depend on the weather and you know what they're going to come here on the weather is ours the thing for me so if it's going to be delayed it's going to be done they'd. nothing really works on schedule. time times dire need it's really hard to live and. they always. remind us when the ice starts to reseat and me you know you could fall through. i lost my daughter my youngest she went to the ice me 212000 i. was 6 years old. just 5 minutes before she was with me then she was d

courtney with the earnings. >> it was a miss reporting $2.76.looking for $2.80 revenues of 1.6 billion is light. the street looking for 1.679 billion and analysts expecting 6.7 growth and ulta lowering the full-year earnings guidance. gross margin did expand to 36.4% from 36% last year in the same quarter. and ceo dylan said that the forecast was cut to reflect head winds in the u.s. cosmetics market and doesn't get into details of what she believes the head winds will be. >> is this an industry that's heavily exposed to tariffs >> so in the early lists there was a lot of cosmetic makeup components, sort of the ingredients going into the cosmetics so again kind of complicated what piece of that impacts everyone but there is certainly some exposure there. ulta's a retailer, right they're one removed from the vendors so there's some ability to split some of those costs but yes it does get complicated and can create uncertainty. >> thank you that's a big drop for the stock. 15.5% and expect 4.6% and they were at 6% to 7% e-commerce growth of 20 ins

as courtney mentioned, down 5% in sales in the second quarter and ultimately, they're outlining a viewhat they can get to a flattish if not positive by year end while there are, we're probably on the skeptical side. >> you think this is a short squeeze plan on the market today? >> absolutely. expectations were very low for nordstrom with a view for many investors that their full year guidance was going to be cut we did not get that. in fact, they beat earnings in the second quarter pretty meanful meanfully. >> we want to start with your retail winners, who you expect to be b the biggest winners going forwad if not nordstrom. >> absolutely. we think that global brands who have strong innovation from a product and product and marketing standpoint stand to be the winners across retail so in our view as we look at top ideas, we have to start with lulu lemon, followed by nike ultimately, these are brands that are putting up double digit revenue growth they're not making any excuses regarding weather or tourism they have pricing power. and they have a very r, very strong customer base who's

courtn courtney reagan has a look. >> under pressure since it reported in may.own about 22% in the three months the street isn't hopeful for a strong quarter here either looking for total comparable sales to fall about 2% followed by anthropology, free people estimated to gain 1.4%. the earnings expected to fall more than 31% over last year to 58 cents on a slight increase of revenues apparel has been a tough spot for many retailers lately. with upcoming tariffs the pressure continues both kohls and tjx pointed to strength never know >>> we've got five minutes left in today's session time for "the closing countdown. kevin joins us kevin, notable that home depot is the biggest winner now in the s&p. lows is a big executor is the third biggest winner what does it tell you about how the market is absorbing earn sngs. >> well number one, with home depot and low's. it's a great comparison. low's up 3% today. there's so many comparisons between the two companies with marvin ellison the exemployee at home depot taking over low's we'll see if they're closing the gap or

know her new love charles courtney was lord courtney, son of the 18th early of devin.04 and in 2015 the 19th early of devin, a.j. assumed the title countis of devin. >> so weird. >> such an adventure. life is always that for me. >> she was just so friendly and so sweet and the crying, i was like you are nothing like ray ann. >> ray ann was friendly. that was the problem. too friendly. >> two-sided. >> morris, aka mark paul. >> the star is m ccoming back tv in the "blackish" prequel. >> i want to be an idiot. >> they were literally on a show so is it bringing you back, you got a saved by the bell vibe? >> my character is stuck in the 70s. i'm a full hippy on the show. the hair and all this stuff. got more compliments about my shirt. what do they call that? >> a captain. >> is that what that's call snd. >> i guess so. >> you've done all the decades now. >> yeah, thanks for making me feel. >> this prequel is set in the '80s. we'll see how rainbow grew up in a mixed family. mark paul is the throwback version of tracy's dad played by beau bridges on "blackish" and became av

courtney wilde said's he robbed me of a day in court and for that he's a coward. >> we need to get toof everyone who was involved in that. >> virginia was 1 of 4 women who named maxwell as a coconspirato coconspirator, his former girlfriend was accused of being his madam. >> i was recruited at a very young age and entrapped in a world i didn't understand and i've been fighting that world to this day. i won't stop fighting, i will never be silenced. >> prosecutors confirmed inquiries into coconspirators will continue. >> i want to thank the judge for letting us speak and having some closure. >> this as epstein's defense attorney said they have a profound conclusion with the medical examiner's that he died of suicide. adding he was not a suicidal person. the judge has not yet officially dismissed the case against epstein. >> bret: thank you. sometimes, conflicting signals from president trump about the trade war with china and where things could be headed now. we'll discuss it all with the panel when we get back. is the? can we franchise? how do you do that? meg! oh meg! we should do th

let's check in with courtney donohoe.ourtney: we are waiting to see what president trump does next. he says he will respond to china's announcement its imposing new tariffs on american goods. beijing is slapping an additional levies on $75 billion fund u.s. products, including soybeans, cars and oil. billionaire david coke has died. he was an industrialist and a libertarian used his fortune to back conservative causes and candidates. he donated billions of dollars to foreign profit -- for-profit causes. he and his brother charles took over coke industries and turned ch industries. he was 79 years old. president has given rival political parties until tuesday to form a new coalition. the five start movement is now in talks with the centerleft democrats. he has the power to either appoint the next prime minister or call early elections. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. vonnie: we will be looking at david k