i haven't had a chance to listen to what everyone else is talking about here but the dau number, theover-year growth in line with the street expectations is incredible because they basically had a nuclear bomb dropped on their brand, and they still were able to power through and deliver those users in the face of a delete facebook campaign i think it really speaks to how sticky this platform to answer your question, what stuck out most in the call, i think your previous hit covered two of the three in the spending there was one piece about some of the changes that they're making on the controls so these are new tools that they're allowing users, and they're doing this in europe but they interestingly said they expect the number of daily active users to be flat to down in the june quarter as people in europe start to use these tools. they're going to roll those tools out across the globe over the next several months. so maybe you do see some bumpiness in that dau number over the next couple of quarters >> all right give us a grade for the quarter. despite all the things you're saying

. >> i got back-to-back profits, dau up 10, i mean, there was some discussion about maus on the calln you can see for the reversal >> i think it's just the company in their rest of the year forecast not wanting to let the enthusiasm for the great results overheat too much. it's net siegel's first quarter in the chair i think that's fine and i think that's a smart approach on their part it's a great quarter and the people at the company all feel pretty good about themselves right now and i think with good reason >> dick, with video being more than half of ad revenue now, does this cause some potential challenges in that when i think of twitter i don't think of video first i know it's a big push i know it's an area where they're looking to grow, but there could be volumeatility th because it's not yet the core of the service. >> i will tell you i take a different look at it my look at it would be twitter thrives when these like huge moments an huge events in the world are in front of all of us. the super bowl, you've got the world cup coming this summer, and boy, that's where big grand

. >> you think it's a pure dau issue. >> i think it's a pure dau issue.facebook, facebook is a company we have facebook.com, we have instagram and they have other products like whatsapp basically giving them immense reach to users. their value is going to become from advertisers of brands to those users and those ads get better if they have data to work from they would love a solution to not sit and own that data. if they could use a product that gave users control over that data but allow for a great ad experience they would be super open to it. >> given the conversation we're having and you are an active angel investor, is this changing or dictating the way you're going to make future investments? >> we do look now at companies leveraging facebook at facebook data to grow and we have a lot of caution around them because it feels like it's a growth chanel and a growth strategy that may not be the right one going forward. we don't have that many companies that rely on that any longer and then from a future investment perspective, we look at companies like

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then they will look whether there was an impact on users the company number is 184 dau, daily averager. expectations are that will be flat or down because of the cambridge analytic scandal and the pressures around it. init's even whether that's flat or down. that's going to a key stock driver the third thing to keep in mind is the operate, he can pens growth i think they are going to tighten up that range and look for 60% opex growth >> what does the stock have to do this afternoon to trade positively if anything you have seen what happened with a bunch of stocks already this quarter. that was supposed to be the quarter that earnings growth helped offset all the worries about rising interest rates. don't worry, stocks can move higher, et cetera. one after another, industrials or major tech, investors clearly getting worried whether or not this is peak earnings, whether or not this is going to be good enough what does facebook have to do this afternoon to trade positively >> for the stock to go up you would need to have in material deceleration in the revenue ad growth rate. you need i

stock futures are very much in the green at least if they stay that way the s&p would go up 10 points, dau jones up by 100 and nasdaq up by 42. >>> busy week on wall street for economic data. personal income and spending and pending home sales tomorrow look to the ism manufacturing index and the start of a two-day fed meeting the fed announcement comes wednesday afternoon and we'll also get the adp employment report thursday it's first quarter productivity and factory orders all topped off more than 30 companies on the s&p 500. a busy week. today we hear from mcdonald's before the opening bell. apple reports after the close tomorrow. >>> and turning over seas secretary of state mike pompeo takes a hard line on iran during his first major trip abroad. >> president trump is doing very well he's directed the administration to fix this flawed deal. if we can't fix it, he's going to withdraw from the deal. pretty straightforward. >> he's talking about the iran deal he made the statement during a meeting with benjamin netanyahu. he's meeting with the king of jordan before he heads back to washin

my name is maggie dau. i'm the one that they just mentioned, the english bilingual liaison. i'm the community outreach liaison for the multi-interlingual department. i'm also honored to work closely with our dlac committees and school elac, as well. so i want to thank superintendent dr. matthews and the board of education for the opportunity to share these recommendations, and we look forward to our continued collaboration in support of our english learners. thank you. >> great. thank you so much for your report and your recommendations. let me see if there's anyone from our -- any other commissioners have any questions or comments on this? no? i'll just quickly say that i'm -- when we were just looking at the other item on the -- on the bcc, the -- this is actually the reclassification piece that i really wanted to emphasize once again 'cause that's where we -- there's a lot of confusion around that, and i don't think our families are educated enough around what it means for our young people, and so i really appreciate that that was one of the recommendations that came up h

but the president was the one who ended dau chasm tca.the one who injected a democratic deal that would have fully funded his border wall in exchange to for a pathway to citizenship for dreamers. he said any dial shoueal should of love. >> if they come to me with things i'm not in who have wilom going to do it. >> reporter: his tirade came after this report from fox news. the semi-annual protest march takes those seeking political asylum to an official ouu.s. border point and none of them would qualify for daca. those tweets reiterated as he walked into easter service. as part of that twitter storm, the president also threatened nafta as trade negotiations with mexico continue. serena marshall, abc 7 news. >>> the trump administration appears ready to revoke california's ability to impoise stricter vehicle emission stand ards than the federal government. scott pruett announced that the emissions limits are not appropriate. the administration is taking aim at california's clean air rules which are much more stringent than the federal ones.

mn michael cohen has been one of donald trump's ardent attack dau dogs.ources say "people in trump's inner circle have been in recent days saying that michael cohen might flip." >> reporter: mr. president, could michael cohen flip. are you worried he's not loyal? >> thank you, everybody. i hope you saw the crowds in key west. never seen anything like that. it was really very inspirational. what we just witnessed was incredible. those crowds coming in, i think even the media will have to say that was quite something. thank you very much. >> according to reports, cohen is under criminal investigation potentially for bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign violations. while no charges have been filed against cohen, vanity reports cohen feels he's a means to an end, collateral damage and disposable element to get to his old boss. emily j. fox has interviewed michael cohen multiple times. and katie, hold on for emily. emily, tell me what you know about the likelihood that a guy like cohen, who is fascinating to watch, the way he walks and swaggers and checks out t

they knew it based on that mother/dau mother/daughter talk they had not long before she died. >> sheppy she was. me and bri didn't think much of it at that time, but that being the last time we actually saw her -- >> kind of burned in your memories. >> yeah. >> but right or wrong, the legal trigger had been pulled. chris hall spent almost two months in jail until his daughters received the payout from christy's life insurance policy and used the money to meet his million dollar bail. and then he went back to what was to be his retirement retreat, to prepare with the help of his daughters for a murder trial. >> that's very surprising to have a client in a murder case out on bail, but he was a special man and this was a special situation. >> these are attorneys who would eventually defend him, though at first they only heard about the case. steve harmon and paul gretch. >>> you said two things there, special man and special situation. >> both of us can say this is a man we like and that we know and we don't feel he could have done anything like this. >> so chris hall and his daughters

they see revenue upside and they're adding to positions in advance of the print after the dau miss onedesign. >> they said they're getting the business back to circle back to art peck, he said his favorite buyer is a woman who is about to have a baby and to reach them and to reach any one of the millennials, you just have to go online of course, i'm asking about z-man and he's, like, no come on. we have to reach these people and we forget that it wasn't just putin that uses facebook to try to get people to do something. there's, like, most of the advertisers in the world and -- >> it's a very effective way to target people. >> it is >> and to know a great deal about them and therefore to be able to predict their behavior >> that's okay -- >> if you want some sort of opt. >> we have people who are saying they should pay us >> that's not going to happen. >> no. >> they won't even pay if you do a revenue share if you're doing facebook live. >> they don't pay for any content at all >> that's -- congresswoman, that's our business model. >> no inventory. >> content-free. >> yeah. >> margins

that the problem >> sure, it's the problem, but if you're going to get 14% revenue growth this year, daus at 11%, relative to itself, this is a lot of growth, and it looks like they are turning it around. >> relative to itself. you got a lot of things to pull out of your pockets here >> i'm on tv every day, kelly, i know how to do this. >> in fact, you can tune in on "fast money" at 5:00 p.m thank you both go get ready yes, there's much more coming up at 5:00 p.m. 35 minutes from now. >> he's on tv every day. >> did you have any idea >> i didn't. >> i couldn't do that. >> how much of a buyback boom is created by the tax cut windfall? th'sti tco he at sllo meeron "closing bell. your business.vering virtually f so this won't happen. because you've made sure this sensor and this machine are integrated. atta, boy. & yes, some people assign genders to machines. & with edge-to-edge intelligence, you'll know your customers love this color, & don't love this one. never getting grape again. & you can adjust in near real time. & if someone tries to breach your firewall in london & you start to pani

. >> let's get to the opening bell t >> what we'll see tonight twitter is already out dau is up 10 maui know. we can pinpoint on that because they had to spend more money to keep bots. i think twitter showed you very good daily average user growth i like it. i think it justified the rotten. i think people are saying, you know, this one got pushed down in a frenzy. it's certainly a up and comer that is going to deserve to be in a round one day. >> yeah. stock up over 30% this year. as you point out, it rebounded dramatically from the lows not that long ago. at some point about to be a take over target. maybe it will come up again one day. for now i think shareholders are happy they didn't sell. >> yeah. video very strong. one of the things you mentioned about take over they're monetizing what i regard as being big data that will happen they did seem to temper expectations from the back half of the year. >> yeah, on the call the cfo said the gdpr the privacy standards could have impact on mau over time. twitter may make decisions over time that affect mau we just want to flag it. >> i th

if i show this to my dau >> announcer: this is an abc news special report. meetding with his cabinet at the white house right now over the growing crisis in syria. the president discussing how to respond to the suspected chemical attack blamed for killing dozens of civilians in douma, near the capital city of demascus. it is believed the attack was carried out be the syrian regime, and in recent tweets, president trump calling assad an animal, and blaming putin for backing assad, and saying there will be a, quote, big price. let's get to martha raddatz live in washington. the last time, about a year ago, we know it was just three days before the u.s. struck after first evidence of chemical warfare back then. what kind of proof are they looking for right now and what action could come? >> reporter: what they did the last time they struck, last year, they had satellite imagery and they knew what kind of aircraft dropped those bombs that contained chemicals. this time, they will look and see if they have the same kind of evidence. they will try for tissue sampl