[closing bell rings] david asman and melissa francis pick it up for the closing bell. vid: duh dow and s&p 500 hitting highest levels for the year as we approach dow 18,000. this is where we ended the day. i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is after the bell. new at this hour, ted cruz getting ready to take the stage in erie, pennsylvania. the senator trailing in brand new polls out of new york. perhaps he is why he is setting up shot in the quaker state. war of words between him and donald trump is heating up. his latest jabs comparing trump to a mobster. >>> house speaker paul ryan may not be in for running for president but that isn't stopping misdemeanor in the gop from picking a new white knight at convention time. howard kurtz tells us who is on this perhaps fantasy short list.

recover -- up, really looking hisard to this, dipping toes into republican politics years ago, but david bellnew, mediocre. francine: i'm in london and tom keene is in new york, but first the business flash with vonnie quinn. -- techgermany companies taking minority stakes in the share digital mapping service. ben'sudi and were cities bought here from nokia last year. german automobile production fell with upsets in domestic demand. in norway, lawmakers are putting pressures only rose largest sovereign tax fun to quit using tax havens. one lawmaker says the norwegian fund has about $24 billion in assets park in offshore accounts -- parked in offshore accounts. tom: sometimes you get lucky in journalism and you said to do an interview, in this case you move from result to panama and if you are blake schmidt keeps track of the wealthy in latin america and asia, you interviewed two lawyers. he nailed it last year by interviewing the two lawyers at the absolute nexis of the penama papers. dressedidt joins us now like a latin american billionaire. have you on the show. when you walk into the offic

bell. i hand it over to david and melissa for "after the bell." vid: and stocks are dropping as concerns about europe, asia, new regulations at home weigh on the market. i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." at this hour, voting in wisconsin is now underway. we're just a few short hours from the first results. tonight's outcome could change the future of the campaigns on both sides. every vote is critical for republicans. new polls showing the gap between donald trump and ted cruz has narrowed. for democrats, hillary clinton may be looking at her sixth straight loss to bernie sanders. anything can happen. it is all up to the voters. david. david: wisconsin going to the polls. let's go to straight to fox news's doug ke

[closing bell rings] david asman and melissa francis pick it up for the closing bell. david: duh dow and s&p 500 hitting highest levels for the year as we approach dow 18,000. this is where we ended the day. i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is after the bell. new at this hour, ted cruz getting ready to take the stage in erie, pennsylvania. the senator trailing in brand new polls out of new york. perhaps he is why he is setting up shot in the quaker state. war of words between him and donald trump is heating up. his latest jabs comparing trump to a mobster. >>> house speaker paul ryan may not be in for running for president but that isn't stopping misdemeanor in the gop from picking a new white knight at convention time. howard kurtz tells us who is on this perhaps fantasy short list. >>> the navy just releasing brand new video of russian jets close encounter with a u.s. destroyer. this isn't the first time. david. david: wow. look at that. as fight for republican delegates gets tighter trump claims the party is out to get him. take a listen. >> you sa

[closing bell rings] david asman and melissa francis pick it up for "after the bell" with big interviewrnes coming up. melissa: stocks dropping in the final minutes. david: i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." san francisco fed presidentt sas wewe may see at least two more rate hikes this year. speaking in a fox business exclusive, we'll have more of the big interview coming up. of course we bring you right back to the markets. here is what else is happening at this hour. big apple getting blitzed. ted cruz hitting the trail inn brooklyn with new york values comment fresh in the minnds of new yorkers at this hour. he will visit a jewish matzah bakery. both candidates working hard to cut into donald trump's big lead in the state. phil

bell. i hand it over to david and melissa for "after the bell." david: and stocks are dropping as concerns about europe, asia, new regulations at home weigh on the market. i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." at this hour, voting in wisconsin is now underway. we're just a few short hours from the first results. tonight's outcome could change the future of the campaigns on both sides. every vote is critical for republicans. new polls showing the gap between donald trump and ted cruz has narrowed. for democrats, hillary clinton may be looking at her sixth straight loss to bernie sanders. anything can happen. it is all up to the voters. david. david: wisconsin going to the polls. let's go to straight to fox news's doug mckelway. he is at a polling location in waukesha. no gop candidate in the past 20 years won the primary without carrying this particular county. very important. doug, how is turnout so far? reporter: it has been really, really high. in fact we just got off the phone with the county clerk here in wauk

closing bell comes now. david asman, gerri willis pick it up for after the bell. [closing bell rings] >> stocks diving into the close. dow is down over 200 points, i'm gerri willis in for melissa francis. >> i'm david asman, this is "after the bell." it is a must-win for ted cruz if he has any chance to stop donald trump from clinching the nomination. cruz will make his case to south bend, indiana at this hour. former republican speaker of the house, back from the past, slamming the candidate cruz, calling him lucifer in the flesh! and vowing never to vote for him. will this have impact? get ready for amazon. within the hour online retail giant out with it is first

david and melissa are here after the bell. melissa: stocks sinking into the close. david: and i'm david asman. and this is "after the bell," at this hour, less than 24 hours away from voting in wisconsin, a state that could play a huge role in the fault turf campaigns both for democrats and republicans. three out of the five candidates making a big push on final day where every vote is crucial. new wisconsin poll showing donald trump is gaining on ted cruz. while hillary clinton and john kasich focus on on the big fight for the big apple, clinton aiming to stop person bierne recent winning streak.

[closing bell rings] david asman and melissa francis pick it up for "after the bell" with big interview from peter barnes coming up. melissa: stocks dropping in the final minutes. david: i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." san francisco fed presidentt sas wewe may see at least two more rate hikes this year. speaking in a fox business exclusive, we'll have more of the big interview coming up. of course we bring you right back to the markets. here is what else is happening at this hour. big apple getting blitzed. ted cruz hitting the trail inn brooklyn with new york values comment fresh in the minnds of new yorkers at this hour. he will visit a jewish matzah bakery. both candidates working hard to cut into donald trump's big lead in the state. phil mickelson is on the hunt for number four with the likes of jason day and. annika sorenstam handicaps the field for us. melissa: first we go back to the markets. stocks seeing biggest intraday drop since february. lori rothman on floor of new york stock exchange. what is dragging stocks down today? reporter: melissa, looks like the s&p 50

david and melissa are here after the bell. melissa: stocks sinking into the close. i'm melissa francis. david: and i'm david asman. and this is "after the bell," at this hour, less than 24 hours away from voting in wisconsin, a state that could play a huge role in the fault turf campaigns both for democrats and republicans. three out of the five candidates making a big push on final day where every vote is crucial. new wisconsin poll showing donald trump is gaining on ted cruz. while hillary clinton and john kasich focus on on the big fight for the big apple, clinton aiming to stop person bierne recent winning streak. trying to shore up early support in the state of new york. melissa: it is the final day of campaigning before voters head to the polls in wisconsin. donald trump just wrapping up his second rally of the day. the done and will hold another event late they are evening as he tries to woo voters in the badger state. fox business's blake burman in madison with the latest. how is the final push going for him, blake? reporter: this is when it is nice to have t

bell. dow stilill under 18,000. david, m melissa, pick it up wih "after the bell." the red. i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francncis. this i is "after the bell."" new at this hour? nope? all right. donaldld trump set to take the stage e in west chester, pennnnsylvania. the keystone state p playing a major role in ththe five states primary. a crucial win for trump on ththe way to securing his ninination. meanwhile d d cruz and john kasich announcing a unprecedented atrtrategy. teaming up to try to revent

closing bell comes now. david asman, gerri willis pick it up for after the bell. [closing bell rings] >> stocks diving into the close. dow is down over 200 points, i'm gerri willis in for melissa francis. >> i'm david asman, this is "after the bell." it is a must-win for ted cruz if he has any chance to stop donald trump from clinching the nomination. cruz will make his case to south bend, indiana at this hour. former republican speaker of the house, back from the past, slamming the candidate cruz, calling him lucifer in the flesh! and vowing never to vote for him. will this have impact? get ready for amazon. within the hour online retail giant out with it is first quarter report. could come out any minute. if history is our guide we'll see the stock move up or down as much as 10% based on what happens. first let's get you back to these stocks, dropping into the close. let's go right to adam shapiro at new york stock exchange. adam, it was about 2:30 when the market really began to slide. what happened? the. reporter: i asked some of the traders down here and they

bell rings] the worst week since february. s&p, barely 2 1/2 points above positive territory for the year. a win is a win. davidmelissa francis after the bell. have a great weekend. melissa: stocks ending the day slightly higher. dow and s&p 500 both ending the week down 1.4%. worst week since february. i'm melissa francis. david: i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." at this hour, a press conference just wrapping in belgium. major developments in the hunt for terror suspects linked to the paris and belgium attacks. several arrests have made. the man from the hat in the airport, well, he may be among them. >>> early voting in indiana is underway. colorado is getting national attention for this weekend's state gop convention. more on key roles both will be playing for the race to the

bell. dow stilill under 18,000. david, m melissa, pick it up wih "after the bell." dadavid: stocks closing in the red. i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francncis. this i is "after the bell."" new at this hour? nope? all right. donaldld trump set to take the stage e in west chester, pennnnsylvania. the keystone state p playing a major role in ththe five states primary. a crucial win for trump on ththe way to securing his ninination. meanwhile d d cruz and john kasich announcing a unprecedented atrtrategy. teaming up to try to revent trtrump reaching magic delegate number needing to reacthee nominaon. trump has been hitting t them bk hard. david: fir b before that, trump is set to take ththe stage in a univerersity due west of philelphia. any momentnt he will be out the. gogo to straraighto connell mcshane. connell looks like he isis about to arre. reporter: he is about just t to take the s stage right now, dav. so he is coming out t to a packd arena dodona trump. i will step out of the w way and let them show you mr. trump coming out of west chesser, univerersity

bell rings] the worst week since february. s&p, barely 2 1/2 points above positive territory for the year. a win is a win. david asman, melissa francis after the bell. have a great weekend. melissa: stocks ending the day slightly higher. dow and s&p 500 both ending the week down 1.4%. worst week since february. i'm melissa francis. david: i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." at this hour, a press conference just wrapping in belgium. major developments in the hunt for terror suspects linked to the paris and belgium attacks. several arrests have made. the man from the hat in the airport, well, he may be among them. >>> early voting in indiana is underway. colorado is getting national attention for this weekend's state gop convention. more on key roles both will be playing for the race to the white house coming right up. >>> spacex is gearing up to launch its dragon rocket bound for international space station. it is packed with science experiments and the first expandable room to be used by hypes in orbit. we'll bring you details and the launch live when that happens. melissa: back to breaking news developi

bell. linkedin is trying to broaden its user base beyond jobseekers. davidjoins us from san francisco. the outlook presented in february was not the rosiest. what did he have to say? emily: linkedin has vastly underperformed the broader markets. jeff weiner was surprised. he said, of course that is confident in the core business. he spoke to all of the employees. million stock $14 bonus to try to help with morale. till, investors have not been happy with the company. take a listen to what jeff weiner told me about that big stock plunge. >> it was a surprise. we were not expecting that kind of response. when you look at the core elements of our business, they remain healthy. if you look at north american field sales for our recruiter product, same-store sales growth there has are made consistent over the last few years. still theupdates fastest growing business we have at scale. the launch of our reimagine flagship operation on mobile, we have seen an acceleration in engagement on both mobile and desktop. the core elements of the business remain healthy. stil

bell today. more coming up after the break. ♪ david: let's get a quick check of the markets.he s&p 500 is unchanged at 2087 and the dow is down .1%. at the dollar weakening toward a 10 month low, down about one third of 1%. time for a look at some of the biggest new stories now. toll onolatility took a assets under management. income fell nearly $34 million from $43 million one year ago. it was other fun come these posting to be profits after stocking markets lost in january and february. american sale of south african coal mines are likely to run next year according to two people -- according to people with knowledge of the matter. holding to transform his relation with coal suppliers. another sticking point that could draw out the sales process. air berlin is canceling more than 905 this week because of a strike. outice workers are walking and it could hurt operations, gutting 60% of scheduled flights affecting as many as 87 house and passengers. and that is your business flash update. columbia university economics aster is calling the eurozone dismal failure as the u.k. pr

david: after the bell yesterday, apple announced earnings.xpect them to be down, but they were down more than people expected. we have an analyst here now who has a buy on it. brian white. he has a $185 target on the stock. it was pretty dismal and the stock is down in premarket trading, particularly on iphone. what do you see on the horizon? brian: in the very late stages of the iphone 6 series -- when they upgraded in september of 2014, i remember going to china and i go ask my contacts at they will upgrade and 70% said they would. came out come i don't think there was a single person. you had a massive upgrade cycle , and now you are up against very negative,. comp.y negative there is volatility and weakness. david: does that put it all on the shoulders of the iphone 7? ryan: you have massive volatility around the world. you also have a smartphone market that is maturing. the incremental's people did not know the impact of the iphone 6s, but7 is around the corner. iphone units year-over-year bottom this quarter. the year-over-year changes

bell rings] the dow, 18,048. how about that? melissa francis and david asman take it here with five hours before the polls close. melissa: the dow ending mixed. dow managed to stay above. i'm melissa francis. david: i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." at this hour, voting underway way now in new york. it has been nearly 30 years since the empire state played such a big role in the race for the white house. the heat is on for the front-runners. both need a huge win to take back momentum. for donald trump it is imperative for him to grab every delegate possible. we're hours away from the first results. >> donald trump eyeing the victory in new york but it will not be easy. the done and needs to get 50% of the vote statewide and each congressional district to win all the empire state 95 delegates. that is a lot. connell mcshane at trump tower in new york city. what the mood like, connell? reporter: interesting new york atmosphere, a lot of onlookers on fifth avenue in new york, a look at media horde gathering here. thinking mr. trump will come out. h

than 30 minutes away from the opening bell in japan and south korea and australia. davidinutes and so we get the opening bell. on wallof what happened street on friday. some decent momentum going into this monday. the s&p 500 was closing higher. a little bit on the lighter side the in terms of volume. i think the futures are up about one or two points. a fairly decent session. i will get to oil in just a moment. markets in the middle east also saw a decent pop. asia and new zealand is up about 1.5%. look at the nikkei futures. fundsof these foreign have really started to unwind a lot of their long positions. this is the nikkei average over the course of the last three months or so. you can get a better idea of how much money has been pulled out if we get the ticker up just to show you. a very hard index to remember. the netically measures inflow or outflow of foreign money. as we go into the japanese stock market. what thisicture on looks like in asia and europe and the u.s.. the nikkei is around a 21 at the moment. look at the dollar versus the end. it is gone from 111.5

bell rings] the dow, 18,048. how about that? melissa francis and davidth five hours before the polls close. melissa: the dow ending mixed. dow managed to stay above. i'm melissa francis. david: i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." at this hour, voting underway way now in new york. it has been nearly 30 years since the empire state played such a big role in the race for the white house. the heat is on for the front-runners. both need a huge win to take back momentum. for donald trump it is imperative for him to grab every delegate possible. we're hours away from the first results. >> donald trump eyeing the victory in new york but it will

david asman. this is "after the bell."of action from the campaign trail after bitter battles for delegates in colorado, iowa, and wyoming left donald trump empty-handed and slamming the political process. ted cruz responding just moments ago. meanwhile in new york trump is gearing up for a big rally in albany show results after new poll show trump powering. we're eight days from the state primary he has to win. two key members about his team

david, very much. it's almost time for the bell to ring, folks. we'll move on now. >> billionaire investor carl aca icahn telling scott wapner an hour ago he has sold his stake in apple. >> we no longer have a position in apple. in apple today as opposed to maybe even six months or a year ago, well, in this one there's no need for activism assuming you could even do it because i think they have a great management team, but in this one you worry a little bit, maybe more than a little, about altitude in what you've been seeing. >> scott wapner joins us now. scotty, but he still thinks it's a great company. you asked him if they're still an innovative company. he finessed that by calling it a great company. so why did he sell here? >> i think he looked at a couple things. frontally first and foremost, they made a huge profit of what to my calculation was about 2 billion. the cost basis they got into the stock, $68. they exited, he said, around these current prices. so they made some $2 billion, did carl icahn and company, and then the china factor. n

bell. >> david, we could do the valeant show, just on valeant. >> yep. >> we have the center bridge, whethers significant, the testimony, what that means. >> as you say, every day there's something else. now, remember they reached agreement with their bank, last week, valeant, to forestall any default or technical default as a result of them not having their 10 k. >> right. not out of the woods though. >> center bridge, which may own as much as quarter million dollars worth of bonds, they're not in default until they don't get their 10k out by the 29th of april. if they don't, they would be. and then you've got trouble. it always puts them in a position of contesting extractions. you'd buy the stock and then you're playing both sides. ooh, they're going to go into default. >> why wouldn't you short this. >> we know the stocks are going to go up. you can make more on your stock holding than your bond holding. >> what bothers me here -- they've come out and say they have to divest things. points out, they cown't sell bausch & loam for the price they got it. why doesn't it go away? do we keep c

bell." >> the dow wait another week for 18,000. stocks ending the session lower. i'm melissa francis i'm connell mcshane in for david asman. this is "after the bell." new this hour? donald trump you saw it here on the fox business network wrapping up big rally upstate new york. as he makes his way out of the crowd. republican rivals and rnc, when he continues to call the rigged system with just four days for the primary in our state of new york. new york will be crucial for democrats as well. you might wonder why is bernie sanders in italy at the vatvatican? we'll get into that. melissa: donald trump taking the stage in plattsburgh, new york, as he gears up for tuesday's primary battle. here is what he has to say why he is doing so well in the polls. >> i don't know, people tell me they like trump because he is a straight talker. [cheering] gets me in trouble every once in a while. sometimes we talk too straight. melissa: they like trump because he is straight talker. everyone in that conversation was talking in third person. i like it. trump received endorsement of the "new york post" today. joining with his take what the

david asman. this is "after the bell." at this hour, lots of action from the campaign trail after bitter battles for delegates in colorado, iowa, and wyoming left donald trump empty-handed and slamming the political process. ted cruz responding just moments ago. meanwhile in new york trump is gearing up for a big rally in albany show results after new poll show trump powering. we're eight days from the state primary he has to win. two key members about his team will not be voting for him. we'll tell all but that. melissa: on the hunt for delegates, donald trump and john kasich are fighting for the empire state today. ted cruz is looking ahead to the west coast. fox business's peter barnes is at a kasich event in troy, new york. latest on campaign trail. peter? reporter: hey, melissa the governor just wrapping up a town hall meeting in troy, new york, just north of albany. he is not predicting how he will do in this contest here but the polls kind of suggest he is going to lose big to donald trump. latest "fox news poll" re

slowest pace in years. -- posted earnings that blew past expectations. ♪ david: we are just under 30 minutes away from the opening bellerg go. i'm david westin with carol massar and jonathan ferro. jonathan: futures deep in the red. off by 128 points on the dow. on the s&p 500, -12 points. the nikkei 225 closing lower by 3.61%. the boj does nothing. dollar yen plunges. down by 2.8%. heading for the biggest one-day drop since august 2015. initially it was a rally. that upsome of now. look at crude very quickly. up .71%. more than $40 billion worth of deals this morning and a big chunk. matt: more than 60 s&p 500 companies coming out with earnings. facebook it is one of those that has come out with earnings overnight. opening at a record as it blew past estimates with revenue up 52%, profit up 327%. as far as deals, abbott labs agreed to by saint jude in a deal valued at $25 billion. the total is basically $85 a share for saint jude. -- stem centric investors are going to get an additional $4 billion in certain milestones are met. abbvie also reported first-quarter earnings. a hostile bid to buy medivation. therapy comp

[closing bell rings] liz: armstrongng flooring at the nasdaq. david: we have weak-kneed fed. i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis this. is "after the bell." the rates for white house rolls on. campaign on the trail in new york and pennsylvania, two huge make-or-break contexts with 116 delegates on the line for republicans, 50000 for the democrats. donald trump at this hour not wasting anytime after his loss in wisisconsin. he is holding a big rally in bethpage, new york, this evening. they're expecting a lot ofof people, both supporters and protte

david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis this "after the bell." new at this hour, super tuesday round three we're five days away from voting. candidates out in full force, ted cruz goes on the attack, targeting donald trump for his comments says trump is bowing to political correctness. the world mourning the loss after pop superstar, prince. he was found dead at his minnesota estate. police investigating the cause. david: let's stick with the story. fox's julie banderas has all

bell." >> the dow wait another week for 18,000. stocks ending the session lower. i'm melissa francis i'm connell mcshane in for david asman. this is "after the bell." new this hour? donald trump you saw it here on the fox business network wrapping up big rally upstate new york. as he makes his way out of the crowd. republican rivals and rnc, when he continues to call the rigged system with just four days for the primary in our state of new york.

david dietz. larry levin. i didn't think you were inhe camera. i want to know from the get-go, why are we down about 60 to 100 points at the opening bell. > was spent the afternoon studying those minutes. people are saying, why are they so damage. reflecting weaker global growth. stuart: that's the story. we global growth about interest rates on the 10 year treasury.y. that's the problem. do you agree witith that? he's there but we can't hear him. ashley: i would say they were more hawks in the said minister expected here the fact that even an april rate hike was on the table was a little shocking on the floor yesterday afternoon and that is what they were telling me. wait a minute, here than we realize. that is bringing them down. liz: corporate earnings kicking off next week if we could have another backorder. stuart: you know what intrigues me, interest rates. the 10 year treasury yield is down to 1.74% to historically very, very low. that is your point. the world economy is in bad shape, puttingll their money to our treasury bonds driving our interest rates down. >> over the continent, the banks are struggling because the 10 year tre

[closing bell rings] liz: armstrongng flooring at the nasdaq. david: we have weak-kneed fed. i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis this. is "after the bell." the rates for white house rolls on. campaign on the trail in new york and pennsylvania, two huge make-or-break contexts with 116 delegates on the line for republicans, 50000 for the democrats. donald trump at this hour not wasting anytime after his loss in wisisconsin. he is holding a big rally in bethpage, new york, this evening. they're expecting a lot ofof people, both supporters and protesters. you're looking at live pictures of trump supporters boarding a shuttle bus to take themo the event. we'll be there live for update. david: first let's updatate you where the candidates stand. despe a loss in wisconsin, trump is still towerering for te fight in the republican nomination. ted cruz stands with 517 delegates. that is 200 delicate behind the donald. cruz needs 82% and kasich, ohio governor needs 124% which of coururse is impossible. melissa: look how the gop race playing out across the country. donald trump

. ♪ vonnie: about 30 minutes away from the opening bell. davidg us for the hour is christopher ailman. here.e, good to have you christopher: good to be here. jon: we've got so much to discuss. retail sales, upsides of price with jpmorgan. jpmorgan stock up by 2.28%. citigroup 1.8%, goldman sachs was of about 15%. on matte screen, it stays unchanged. we get to the other asset classes. wti crude retreating from a four-month high. salesdisappointing retail , yields were higher on treasury earlier in the session, but now on 1.17%. the euro weaker, at one dollar 1312 -- 58 percent of republican voters say the candidate with the most delegates after all the state contest are finished should be the nominee, even if he does not have a clear majority according to a new associated press poll which says 40% believe it would not be acceptable the delegates to choose a different candidate. nation's most the expensive medical marijuana and governor chris christie says that is just fine with him. he recently blocked democratic lawmakers latest efforts to broade

david: i'm david asman, this is "after the bell."this hour, ted cruz says he will make a major announcement any moment in indianapolis, indiana. next week there is a big primary there. sources telling fox news, cruz will announce carly fiorina as his running mate if he gets the gop nomination. we'll bring it to you as soon as he takes the stage. >>> facebook out with first quarter results in just minutes.

david: i'm david asman, this is "after the bell." at this hour, ted cruz says he will make a major announcement any moment in indianapolis, indiana. next week there is a big primary there. sources telling fox news, cruz will announce carly fiorina as his running mate if he gets the gop nomination. we'll bring it to you as soon as he takes the stage. >>> facebook out with first quarter results in just minutes. other big tech names have been big disappointments this quarter including apple yesterday. well, facebook bucked the trend. we'll bring you the numbers. melissa: ted cruz is set to make his major announcement any moment now. let's go to straight to fox business's jeff flock is in in indianapolis with the latest. jeff? >> i'm here at a trump event. i can't wait to hear what donald trump has to say about this when he gets here in two hour's time. already tweeted out actually, a video of carly fiorina during the campaign criticizing ted cruz as politician who would say whatever he needs to say to get elected. take that one. you mig

david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis this "after the bell." new at this hour, super tuesday round three we're five days away from voting. candidates out in full force, ted cruz goes on the attack, targeting donald trump for his comments says trump is bowing to political correctness. the world mourning the loss after pop superstar, prince. he was found dead at his minnesota estate. police investigating the cause. david: let's stick with the story. fox's julie banderas has all details. hi, julie. reporter: actually the most tragic news we've heard quite some time. we've been hearing troubled stars we loved in the '80s. to hear of icon like prince rogers nelson, a lot of people don't even know the name rogers nelson. many hearing that name for the very first time. the reason being he was such a private person. he was born in minnesota. he in fact was born with epilepsy, he was tease ad lot as a child. that is sort of reason why he sort of led this very loud personality. so, as a child he sort of began to sort of hone his special unique ability to

after the bell. david asman. absoluly. meli we will see you out for. oncted cruz is mathematically elinating is the money dryingp for him. florida delete and former jet bush cochair is here. it eliminated the fit-round winner. do you disage with that? >> do not disagree with that. one hundred pluslla gets. i think you will come fully close to tt237. >> you are basical in agement with me. this is the day where trp opens up andooks like he has that very clear shoto vivictory. >> i totally agree ese five primaries played in th strength. you have indiana. ask your viewers to ok a indian 1237 or over en, parof the deal will have to close the deal between th end of therimary season and the ginning of the conventio >> expressing another opinion on the prram tay. giving the nomination to someone el. that somebody else willose. that is my pition. you say what? >> not donald trump t cruz, i think that you are rig. amoral shot at winning t nomination. the way this is situatedow on e last month, see it gets tougr and tougher for d cruz. >> do you rely think that h

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david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell."d of assault charges -- donald trump campaign manager cleared of assault charges. we'll speak with his attorney. >>> zika spreading across the country. who is at risk? how do you protect yourself. we'll talk to the director of cdc the fantastic questions on twitter we'll use them. >>> fight for 15,

david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis and this is "after the bell.." at this hour, donald trump set to take the stage any minute for a big rally in rome new york, as drama between him and cruz escalates. trading jabs over accusations of rigged politics and paul ryan formally ruling himself out of the race for the white house once and for all, so he says. speaking at rnc headquarters press conference moments ago. david: before we get to donald trump and all that, let's go to peter barnes at trump's rally with the very latest. what is happening there, peter? reporter: hey, david and melissa. we're waiting for donald trump to show up, he is running 20, 30 minutes late. this hang far on outskirts of rome is packed. several thousand people are chanting trump, trump, and usa, usa as speakers trying to stretch to buy time for him to arrive. we expect to hear a lot more of trump from trump in particular. as you know he says he is counterpuncher. if he gets punched he likes to punched back. somebody who punched this morn in new york was ohio above john kasich,

david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis and this is "after the bell.."this hour, donald trump set to take the stage any minute for a big rally in rome new york, as drama between him and cruz escalates. trading jabs over accusations of rigged politics and paul ryan formally ruling himself out of the race for the white house once and for all, so he says. speaking at rnc head

david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." donald trump now cleared of assault charges -- donald trump campaign manager cleared of assault charges. we'll speak with his attorney. >>> zika spreading across the country. who is at risk? how do you protect yourself. we'll talk to the director of cdc the fantastic questions on twitter we'll use them. >>> fight for 15, demanding $15 an hour minimum wage. looking at live pictures after protest kicking off in times square new york. david: we'll get to those in a moment. victory for trump campaign, florida prosecutor announcing will they not prosecute trump's campaign manager cory douse does because of alleged battery of michelle fields because the evidence doesn't support a conviction. blake burman has the details. reporter: hi, david. trump campaign is trying to move forward from the event after the campaign manager corey lewandoski put this criminal potential episode behind him. let me take you back to march 8th. it was? jupiter, florida. donald trump was holding a press event after

david asman. this is "after the bell." a couple of things we learned.ne apparently there was no trauma involved in the death of prince. also according to the sheriff there is no reason to believe that this was a suicide. as far as we can tell all the information seemed to point to a accidental overdose of an opiate. >> that is the reports we're getting from "tmz." the entertainment website has been all over the story throughout the day. harvey levin telling fox news last night that he did have an addiction to percocet. also we should say here the autopsy of prince has been completed today. it got underway about 9:00 a.m. central time. wrapped up 1:00 p.m. the body has been released to the family but the toxicology reports on prince's body, the blood, tissue samples, that is going to take weeks days likely but weeks to find out the exact cause of death. also the question was who was the last person to see him t was last night just after 8:00 p.m. he was dropped off in his paisley park residence. that was last sightings of prince until he was discovered b

the vp of messaging david marcus is going to join closing bell in a first on cnbc interview. you do not want to miss that. we have a news alert on berkshire this morning. >> so this is interesting here. what we have is a dow jones report citing a company spokesperson saying that the ceo of general reinsurance that's a very large part of berkshire hathaway is going to retire by the end of this year. now the reason why this is important is bause according to the spokesperson, the successor at this general reinsurance division of berkshire, he reports directly to warren buffet. whoever is going to be the new ceo to replace that man is now going to report to the head of the overall reinsurance business at berkshire so the current ceo currently reports to warren buffet but this new person is going to take over and is going to report instead. now some people will view this as a tea laef in trying to figure out who will succeed warren buffet again. so an interesting nugget to mull over carl. back to you guys. >> warren says he knows. just a matter of whether or not the rest of us ca

david: let's stick with tech. amazon is reporting after the bell. i want to talk a bit about what we can expect.any has been investing quite heavily, trying to extend that. what can we learn? >> what we will learn is you're seeing profit and that is good as a generalzon rule. because they invest so much, investors have had to get used to the occasional corner were profit does not look so good where there is little to no profit. this is a quarter where you see things trickle through to the bottom line. what that says is the investments in same day delivery, quick turnaround, entertainment, prime membership, they are starting to pay off and more and more people are willing to say i want my stuff, i wanted instantly, i want the freedom to order something online, and i will pay the $99 a year in order to get it. more more people are doing that. we want to see how many people are doing it. david call you look of the amazon?, something they are touting. there is an article about the device and how it was created, and the success of it. could that lead amazon to release more information on the products

david cameron led tributes to the longest-serving monarch. >> her majesty has been steadfast. for our commonwealth and on so many occasions. >> the bellsf westminster abbey. the royal horse artillery fired a 100 gun salute. the street parties expected around the country. brent: the dealmakers and the deal breakers. why countries are not taking in migrants as was promised to turkey. the british entrepreneur richard branson says the united nations has just taken a step backwards on its global drugs policy. find out why in an exclusive dw interview. all of that and more after a 62nd -- 60-second break. brent: you are with dw news, live from berlin. the american pop singer prince has died. his publicist confirmed prince died suddenly at his home in minneapolis today. prince was one of the most inventive and influential musicians of his time with hits including purple rain and little red corvette. europe's migration crisis was in focus today as eu interior ministers met in luxembourg. there is broad agreement on a new european border and coast guard that could be in service by the summer. but there is less progress on governments making goo

david asman of the happy friday. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." after this hour, ted cruz in control.ct the senator to begin speaking at a conservative conference in pennsylvania any minute now, after taking a commanding 10-point lead in our brand new fox business poll. okay you guys want to advance up where you want me to go there? all right. we're going to the nuclear summit right now. where president obama is speaking.

. ♪ david: we are just over an hour away from the opening bell here in new york city.he will be with us for the rest of the hour. imf, wells fargo, those things. jonathan: future ahead of the open, a little bit soft, gas , s&p down4 points 0.2%. let the story is the banks, beat, beat. we have had from bank of america, and that was marginal yesterday. this morning is all about is theup, and it province from the previous year, that is what we got a dig at of these earnings. the cost cut, how long can that continue for. meantime, citigroup dropping 9.2%, having a tremendous week, but it has been pretty tough. banks are leaving the game once again. -- leading the game. vonnie: secret eu report detailing airport security oversights in the wake of the bombings at brussels airport. the confidential documents leading to resignation said the oversight was slow. they also talked about serious deficiencies in the way the tanks are managed. --sident obama will exit the and of the brexit debate. it isesident says important for the british people, but it is also in the interest of t

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david, tracy, back to you. facebook reports earnings after the bell. e hopeful for another strong quarter, setting high expectations for the company. david: brian, facebook has 1.5 billion users. mark zuckerberg has not been shy about saying that he wants to expand it. how much work would it take to do that? whatsay they keep doing they are doing. they have pr battles in some countries, india, for example. the bigger story comes down to commercialization of the products. it really just keeps that topline at such an amazing pace and scale. tracy: i'm sure a lot of investors will be focused on that and we did see some lower-than-expected pricing and programmatic advertising numbers from google and yahoo!, who are facebook competitors. what do you see on that front? anything intod that on facebook. you have to look at google's top line well in excess of pace of growth for the entire industry. pricing is an output, not an input when it comes to the volume of dollars out there. when we look at facebook, facebook and google today -- together are in hegemonic