that's where we find claudia cowen live on the ground with more. hello, claudia. >> reporter: hi, mike. well, that rally just wrapping up a few minutes ago. so it's one down and two morallies to go. more than 1,000 people actually showed up here in downtown el paso this morning. this is friendly territory for this hometown son, the first person ever from el paso to run for president and of course the former texas congressman came to within striking distance, just 2 percentage points of unseating senator ted cruz last yea and tt close finish is helping to bouy his campaig campaign now. the he says the continues to shape his message. >> we ar safe, not despite the t that we're a city of immigrants and asylum seekers. we are safe because we are a city of immigrants and asylum seekers. >> reporter: o'rourke is back in the state after announcing his candidacy through a youtube video and embarking on a listening tour in early voting states. he'll attend two other rallies today in houston and austin. there are watch parties happening across the don countr

terps were down as much bs 5 in the second half cowen saves it to moresell who drives to the rim andhe lead tofifive. l minutes terps down three, w owen gets in the lane and find jaylen smith who sinks the corner three. terps come all the way back to tie it uput the tigers get another chance. waters drives, scores off the glass. that's the game-winner. terps lose. >> reporter: so disappointed to see a season end today on a last second shot. the last second shot taken by th opposition. lsu got it and they got the win. >> knowing that your season is in the hands of another team, nothing you can really do but try y to playr best defense. >> we knew what they were going to do. we t about it in the timeout. we just weren't able to stop it. >> i know how hard he works at his craft. if anyedy was to m that him. i'd rather it be i know he works hard on it. >> we knew the ball screen was coming up.is id just made a tough shot. >> basketball can be tcruel, cait? >> definitely. >> takes some time tot dig this one, won't it? >> definitely. my stomach hurts thinking about it. >> reporter: a pheno

cowen initiated coverage of apple as a outperform. it was based on increasing contributions to earnings fromp s services business. the price target now $220. apple closed at $183.73 today, up 1%. >>> btig is upgrading snap to a bul. from neut this is the analyst's first buy eting since snap c public two years ago. he cited snapchat's move to mor premium produced content. the price target is noun $15. snap got 12% closer to that today, up to >>> microsoft is getting a buy rating. the firm sees the company's cloud business c tinuing to drive strong overall growth. the price target $135.of micr rose nearly a dime to close at $114.fi59. boeing's max fleet is grounded, airlines are scrambling to reok flyers and keep routes open. passengers are letting their feelings be known about the jet at the center of the whole controversy. frank holland is at new york's o lagard a for us tonight. >> reporter: boeing's 737 max jets are now grounded, but passengers like john de are letting their theories fly about why they waited for a presidential orde

exxonmobil's rating was cut to market perfo from outperform at cowen. the analyst ces concerns over its investment strategy. the price target is $75. the stock fell more than 1% to $79.01. >>> netflix was downgraded to neutral from buyt buckingham. the analyst cites concerns over new competitive threats and the departure of its chief marketing officer.et the price tas $382. the shares fell a fraction to $349.60. >>> the cannabis company tilray was initiated with an r underperfoing at jeffries in new coverage. the analyst cites the stock's valuation. the price target$61. despite the new rating the stock rose a fraction to $70 even. >>> still ahead, looking for some value in your stocks? this week's market monitor has so food for though >>> the united kingdom is scheduled to leave the european union is just three, we and still thes no approved plan that outlines exactly how that's going to happen. now, that has created a lot of uncertainty for many businesses, especially those in the steel industry, which has been thriving. villa marks is in england for u

. >>> trip advisor was downgraded to underperfo from market perform at cowen. start lyst cited a weak to 2019 for the company and the prospect of fewer visitors to its site. price target $40. the stock fell 3% to $50.65. >>> and csx was downgraded to hold from buy. the analyst says that he no longer sees a solid reason why that stock should outperform the market over the next 12 months. gethe price t $47. the stock was down a fraction today to $72.05. >>> the slide in general day ric stock extends int two. we told you yesterday about the cash downbeat outlook for flow, and today an analyst called his $6 price target on the stock generous. and that sent the shares down nearly 8% in today's session. morgan brennan takes a closer look at what's happening inside >> reporter: years, not months. that washe takeaway from larry culp this week after the general electric ceo said industrial cash flow would behi negative year. >> with respect to cash, you see we were at $4.5 billion last year. as we come into 2019, we're going to be in negative arritory. this will be year

cowen leads the terms with 21. under a minute left,he seniors get into the game. maryland finishes out the regular season with a -60 win. over minnesota> big ten regular season champs number eight maryland taking on mhigan state the quarterfinals of the big ten women's tournament. maryland starts off hot from beyond the arc. from way downtown. >> yow. >> good for three. later in the half, blair watson nails the wide open po threter. spartans close the half on a 12-1 run, however. the second half belonged to charles and the terps. maryland only allowed ten points in the t quarter. charles scoring 16 of her game high 21n the second half. maryland improves t 12-1 l-time in big ten play. will face michigan tomorrow in iae semifinals. >> thatnd ring play worked for the men. >> how about that? the reaction of the team was the best. >> she had to know, though. how did he get her down to the middle of the court. >> it was sen night. they were honoring him. >> for top-quality floors at rock-bottom prices, come to floor & decor. the largest tile and wood place i've ever see

vivian azar of cowen >> listen, the regulation here in the u.s., that's the really hardest part about so canopy seems like a really interesting situation here but these stocks have run. i know that you, congratulations to you, tim, you were on the story early, but i think you're much more cautious about them right now, especially after this very short data -- >> it's hard to get excited about a 75% run. when you look at canopy or acreage or cure leaf, guys that are multistate operator, these are guys that are positioned so they can take advantage of hemp that is legal, even when the fda gets around to telling us what products and how they can function you have to find a way to get around the valuations. i think the guys that own assets and own a global footprint, they're developing brands and they're developing those now that i think will be part of this valuation story >> what is the biggest obstacle right now for institutions to get into some of these multistate operators i've heard the argument that multistate operators in the u.s. are the bigger opportunity than the guys in canada

economic situation in the gaza strip and accusing hamas of a violent crackdown our correspondent and ron cowen has more from gaza. asama quaalude can barely sit because he's in so much pain young journalist who went to cover the protests happening outside of his house by the hunger protest as they have been dubbed have been held all over the gaza strip asama documented the ones in his neighborhood on his social media accounts and with his camera soon after he says members of hamas broke into his house beat him up and destroyed his equipment he then says he was taken away and tortured for three days general very little. i knew the sensitivity of covering such an event and so i didn't want to cover it i was criticized for that by my neighbors because i'm the only journalist here so then i went to cover the event and suddenly hamas police stormed my house beating me up destroyed my kit and took me away says it's crackdown on the protests because certain groups want to bring disorder to the streets of gaza i don't deny that there are some mistakes and this mistakes will be investigated by the poli

you talk about international well where is the international plan while we heard we heard richard cowen just talk about gap pederson who i know you know i know very honorable veteran diplomat but what is he going to do now i mean he seems to have slightly moderated away from stefan de mistura his predecessor who it seems to me was taken down a little bit of a blind alley by the russians to some constitutional committee he seems to return to this idea of resolution twenty two fifty four which was bringing everyone together in geneva is that going to work now was it far too late. it would work only if there is an international will to enforce certain things was part of the geneva two and slightly the geneva three effort particularly in and getting the opposition to geneva which has done a marvelous job in terms of rethinking their posture in embracing negotiations they used to oppose sitting down with anybody associated with bashar al assad and you know any u.n. mediator their respective of how good they are they're going any the body that they represent and the member states of the body

anthony cowen to jaylon smith, giving the terps a one-point lead.re going to see this in their nightmares. xavier simpson's hook shot. the six-foot guard gained them the entire game. then with a minute to t,ps still within five when michigan's isaiah livers nailed a dagger three. wolverines win 69-62. we'll have post game reaction from this game coming up tonight on sports final. ls, they are capi finding their groove. since the nhl trade deadline about a week ago, this slightly revamped caps' roster is starting to gel. this afternoon's finish onef the more confusing endings. spoiler alert. alex ovekin plays a key role in today's game against the rangers. so does one of the newest members, carl haglund, down 1-0 in the first period. the forr range scoring his first point as a cap. and take another look.ho haglund'st off the defender, right back to him to tie the 1.e at 60 minutes, not enough. we go todo.t., tie at 2. and in overtime, a wild sequence. braden holtby, getting the stop on the breakaley. but axander gorghev the save. a goal and the caps

the key lines, firstly, on the issue of russian interference, it is the conclusion of the special cowendid not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired or co—ordinated with the russian government, in its election interference activity, now it does go on to say, that as far as the special counsel is concern heed he has no doubt that russia did interfere in the election, but as far as he is concerned, russia did reach out the the trump campaign, but he has found no evidence of the trump campaign accepting that help. he goes on to say that the special counsel did not find that the trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or co—ordinated with the russian government, despite multiple offers from russian affiliated individuals to assist the trump campaign. now, i have no doubt that the president will regard that as being something of a win for him. as far as he is concerned he has said that this has been a hoax, this has been, there has been no collusion, and he will use that to back that up, saying that this really was a witch hunt, there was nothing to find here.

right north american utility vehicle the year was the hyundai cowen and co no even they're selling them like crazy they've got all kinds of incentives they're really pushing hard and they are selling them and then also part of that sister company is genesis which is the luxury line of hyundai one car of the year with the g seventy and they're going to be at the new york auto show in a couple weeks i'll be there reporting and i know that they've got some really exciting news i'm hearing maybe an s.u.v. or some sort of concept car so i'm pretty excited about what they're doing but the koreans are very excited about this and this is causing good sales of course they've got to produce these cars and then you're going to see it increase in sales and production and those will all be good things and maybe the hedge funds will just go back to where they came from i mean if they're if they're winning these awards like your award and their increasing sales and production who needs a stick at a hedge fund lauren let price move to g.m. there's a major news today you know we we have sort of the back

dave cowens thank you, mr. speaker -- mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. today i learned that john killser, a friend and important figure in memphis, and in the usic community, passed away. he was born in jackson, tennessee, up the road from memphis. he lived most of his life in memphis. he was the epitome of what memphis is about. a lot of times people of memphis call us grit and grinders, the city is a city of grit and grind it. comes from the basketball team, the grizzlies. john's life was memphis and john's life was grit and grind. he was a high school all-american basketball player who went to the university of memphis, then memphis state, played basketball. didn't play at -- it that well. but he played it. he was on the team. a good outside shooter and a scrapper, he got interested in other things. and he had some demons with him too. those demons came along maybe from his father, who was an alcoholic. and it caused john to have problems with abuse, drugs and alcohol as well. interfered with his basketball career, interfered with his music life. but

cowen out with a bull iish. krish, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> this is outside of your coverage universe. why initiate apple >> sure. actually, my coverage is actually traditionally going to be covering the i.t. hardware sector and apple the most attractive name and actually a pretty good time given where the stock is and what it's gone through the last six months. >> so you're going to approach this analyzing apple as a device company? i see here a big part of your argument is about services and obviously quite controversial on the street about whether you can really value this company on that or not given the kind of disclosures they have today and the way they're looking to grow the business what makes you confident about the $220 price target? >> one of the things that's differentiated it is the services side of the business. right? this was about $30 billion revenue business last year touching up on $50 billion next year and it's grown pretty impressively over the last few years

in a note to clients this morning, cowen came out and said because boeing has a software fix in hand which will be rolled out shortly, we don't see meaningful long-term risk. this is typical sentiment on the street the key is whether this is accurate or not. >> bob, thanks so true. >>> we'll talk a lot more about boeing right now lots of moving parts more countries including canada grounding the 737 max 8. contessa brewer has the latest for us >> that was just breaking within the hour the canadian transport minister announcing a big reversal that the boeing max aircraft cannot fly into or out of or above canada's air space restrictions affect not only the max 8 but the max 9 as well. the decision made after what the transport minister described as new data >> what we looked at this morning was simply the profile in about the first ten minutes of the flight of the ethiopian airline when it took off from addis ababa. and we also drew up the same profile for the lion air one out of indonesia so that we could have a basis for comparison. and that's all we looked at. >> what he's saying i

i am joined today by emily cowen from the mayor's office, who would like to say a few words abouted proposed ordinances and declared shelter crisis. >> thank you, commissioners. emily cohen from mayor breed's office. i just want to walk you through a little bit of context related to the ordinance before you, for consideration today. as everyone probably in this room and in this city knows, san francisco is struggling with a significant crisis of homelessness in our community. we estimate from our point in time count, on any given night we have 7500 people living homeless in our community, 4300 of those folks are unsheltered. so living our -- the slides in front of you discuss the level of need we see within the community. the vulnerability of folks living outside. we consistently have over 1,100 people waiting on the shelter waiting list, people sleeping outdoors and who want to come inside. i think that there's -- i just came from downstairs, at the board of supervisors, where there's a hearing on the topic right now. i think there's obviously a consensus around the level of need in our com

you talk about international will where is the international plan while we heard we heard richard cowen just talk about gap pederson who i know you know i know very honorable veteran diplomat but what is he going to do now i mean he seems to have slightly moderated away from stefan de mistura his predecessor who it seems to me was taken down a little bit of a blind alley by the russians to some constitutional committee he seems to return to this idea of resolution twenty two fifty four which was bringing everyone together in geneva is that going to work now or is it far too late. it would work only if there is an international will to enforce certain things was part of the geneva two and slightly the geneva three effort particularly in and getting the opposition to geneva which has done a marvelous job in terms of rethinking their posture in embracing negotiations they used to oppose sitting down with anybody associated with bashar al assad and you know any u.n. mediator irrespective of how good they are they're going any the body that they represent and the member states of the body th

firm to promote equality while he did talk about improving hiring practices and hr tech sneaks at cowenresting examples how men can step up and change the culture and how they deal with women in the workplace. listen to this. >> i would like each of the men to do this when there's a woman in the room, see how many times she gets interrupted like i had no idea i probably do it i probably still do it and i shouldn't, but i'm much more aware of it now. when you see your female colleagues getting interrupted inadvertently, stop the male colleague and say, excuse me, let susie finish after a while, you can -- you can pull the male aside and say you interrupted her three times. next time you're in a meeting, why don't you try to let her finish first that's something that men can do for women that is really tangible and super helpful >> the reason i picked this specific sound bite to play was i thought it was interesting to have a conversation about this unconscious bias that we have. i mean it's one thing to say, look, we're going to have 50% of our incoming hirings like goldman sachs is doin

mike: claudia cowen is live in el paso. hi, claudia. >> reporter: hi, michael.nce he narrowly lost to ted cruz last year. today was no, sir exception. more than 1,000 people packed the downtown intersection to hear from el paso's favorite son. he said living on the border with mexico, immigration reform has always been a key issue for him and he wants to help illegal immigrants living in the u.s. including so-called dreamers, brought here as children by their parents and who are still uncertain about their fate. >> we truly believe we are a country of immigrants and asylum seekers and refugees and they're the very premise of our strength, let's bring millions more out of the shadows and onto a path to contribute to their maximum potential, to the success of this country. >> reporter: another pressing issue, the growing crisis at the border. el paso and the rest of the texas border have seen record numbers of migrant families crossing to seek asylum. a few miles from here, migrants are held at a makeshift camp under a bridge. o'rourke said he visited the area to

joining us, former toys "r" us ceo and cowen senior research analyst, oliver chen welcome back to bothshing itself. what is brian cornell doing right? >> well, this is really the victory for the omni channel model. we saw strong sales in stores and strong results on the internet it's the same thing we saw from target's bigger brother walmart when they reported as we've talked before, there's a gross margin hit as you grow e-commerce and you saw that in target's numbers and walmart. about 40 basis points. they were able to off set that with corresponding expense rate to get the operating profit about flat that's the model going forward for people who can forward to invest like target and walmart have done so they can succeed in the future >> recently, oliver, target is a lot cheaper than walmart looking at p/e how does the valuation stack up to you >> yeah, we are recommending both target and kohl's target's p/e is 12 walmart around 20. target put out attractive guidance here. i agree with jerry in the fact is the consumer is in a strong place in terms of the low and middle end consumer

and coaching cowen republicans want to know if that's what staffers of house intel chair adam schiff were doing ahead of michael cohen's testimony. will there be fall-out from it or is there nothing to it? former whitewater independent counsel ken starr is on it and then to a new controversy surrounding democrat congresswoman elan omar, what she just said about president obama that may not sit well with her party. all that, and is noco going back to being up to no good? senate arms services committee republican mike rounds is here and so are two very special guests. the american journalist back home after being held captive in venezuela, he tells his incredible story here and only here, and parkland dad andrew po llach, forever on a mission to keep kids safe after his daughter meadow was gunned down in last year's horrific school shooting today he wants us to meet this meadow who just graduated from puppy to protect or, a lot to get to so let's get to it, cavuto live starts right now. a big miss on jobs as the bull market turns 10 good morning, everyone. i'm david asman in for neil c

>> reporter: you could call ernie cowen and his wife, katy, documenters of the desert for decades snapping of flowers and the night sky. but say this year's of -- is it an extrasuper bloom? >> it's different than the last one. >> reporter: the last one was in 2017 and it took parks by surprise. this year they were ready. >> right now we're seeing over 1,000 visitors on a week day and over 4,000 on weekends. we're getting people from all over the world. >> reporter: some brought their phones and others capturing the beauty of the bloom by brush. >> we wanted to take advge of the super bloom and the flowers and scenery is perfect. >> reporter: the closer you get to these flowers, the more spectacular they are. and some people are getting too close. hundreds of thousands of hikers haven't stayed on the poppy path. this instagram post entitled day dream inspired this reply that they + destroy it by crushing it with their bodies for a pathetic social media likes. enjoy. that that's partially why this weekend they shut off access roads and charged a fee to see the flowers. but for people like ka

and coaching cowen republicans want to know if that's what staffers of house intel chair adam schiff

federation says councils are refusing to adopt land which means residents rely on management company, but cowen who bought her house in 2001 and has been paying a charge ever since. bought her house in 2001 and has been paying a charge ever sincem annoys me when i think about it truthfully, we are living on the bottom end of an estate where we never see this green area, we have a bill come yearly, we are charged for things that we don't know whether they are been done or not. there are more than 460 estates across the uk in dispute with their management company, or builder over these private fees. this has been a problem that sort of crept up on the community which stealth. this has been under the radar, because it has occurred incrementally. it has happened bit by bit. it is starting to to merge for individual communities koilt mange a difference. the government has promised more legal rights but residents say they would think twice before buying again. vishala is here — in a moment she will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afterno