deirdre?these are the new ones, snap, blue apron and others have graduated from this for the public markets there's 25 of them total they're valued at $37 billion collectively according to pitchbook. some of the american names include internet connected fitness bike start up peloton and clover and then some you may not have heard of called mobike there's also beijing news app, the biggest of the bunch it was valued at $12 billion and that was the third largest vc deal this year behind airbnb what's interesting is that virtually all of the companies on this list are based either in the u.s. or in china last year's list was far more diverse with startups headquarters in india, japan, israel and elsewhere in terms of the hottest verticals for unicorns, pitchbook found that i.t. and b to c -- business to consumer -- have secured most of the capital. these are the new guys but plenty of aging and existing unicorns staying private for longer like airbnb and pinterest. drop box may be next and probab

deirdre bosa has the details. >> in english it's called the geniex1.ut the device only understands mandarin so alibaba announcing this overnight in beijing this is the latest entrance to the smart speaker market and its answer to amazon google echo home. and the speakers have popped up at a quick pace over the last few months it comes with entertainment, education, music and online shopping that's to tap into all bibaba's market it will cost $75 and goes on sale august 8 to the public. search giant bidu has competitors as well. "the wall street journal" reports over the weekend that smartphone giant samsung is working on a device powered by bixby as a voice assistant samsung denied to comment on this the market has grown 130% this year in the u.s. with amazon controlling 70% of it. to put that lead in perspective, alexa just passed 15,000 skills. alibaba's genie launches with hundreds the company says. >> so, deidre, when we look at the home speaker market, we still don't have good numbers on exactly how many are selling we have percentages, amazon has

deirdre bosa has the results for us deirdre. >> reporter: that's right.nd bottom line as you mentioned. looks like a very big miss in terms of eps wouldn't be anything too rare for amazon but we're seeing 40 cents per share versus 1.22 a share which was forecast by the street that's more than $1 miss here. revenue though, 38 billion versus 37.2 which was expected pulling up the stock price as well amazon shares down more than 3%. we're going to continue to go through this and want to lock at cloud certainly and lots of hints because amazon doesn't share a lot of these specific numbers relating to prime and other areas so we'll be listening for all that have on the call i'll continue to go through this and i'll get back to you with more numbers shortly. >> michael yosikami. already that 4% drop is 2.5% what do you think? what would you do with the shares and what do you think about the numbers at first blush? >> first off, as investors everyone knows amazon doesn't really care about the bottom line it's all about growing and market share that's the whole p

liz mcdonald in four deirdre bolton. the first article of impeachment has been introduced a california democrat representative brad sherman accusing president trump of obstruction of justice and interfering with the russian investigation. tonight we are tracking what the media is missing, what is not reported in the wall-to-wall coverage over russia. chaos, upheaval now growing due to wrongheaded progressive policies backfiring. progressive officials making the wrong choices. coast-to-coast coverage they are. shootings and gang violence rising in chicago a so-called antitrust anti-fascist groups open and physically fight back. the representative physically threatening donald trump on his face the age. yet another u.s. citizen killed by an illegal immigrant, this time in nebraska appeared the drunk driver deported seven times. tax hikes on small businesses in seattle at the government worker tension tidal waves. wait, there's more. police officers in new york city turning their back on democratic mayor build up lazio for

>> reporter: turns out, the california woman with the richter scale rage issue was deirdre orozco.adge? from her job at a senior living facility. the closest thing orozco came to being law enforcement, she was once a bail bond agent and i'll bet you a new set of rims you won't guess where she'd just come from. >> she'd literally just been out of jail for, you know, hours before attacking us. >> reporter: yup, this home movie is actually a sequel. four days earlier orozco had crossed paths with this guy, dane larsson. happened in sacramento. at this very intersection. >> and i'm just sitting here. and that's when i hear it. and she's coming up, blaring her horn. >> reporter: she comes up behind, horn blaring and just hits you, bang? >> she was, like, trying to push me out of the way. >> reporter: like that? >> exactly. >> reporter: orozco ended up parked on the lawn of a house a mile or two away. >> she was going crazy. >> reporter: now she's been released on bail and back on the attack, hauling a wide load of anger management issues in that two-ton truck. >> dude, she is so crazy.

liz mcdonald in four deirdre bolton.rticle of impeachment has been introduced a california democrat representative brad sherman accusing president trump of obstruction of justice and interfering with the russian investigation. tonight we are tracking what the media is missing, what is not reported in the wall-to-wall coverage over russia. chaos, upheaval now

which one came out on top, deirdre? >> i'm going to get to that, becky.et me tell you i spent about an hour and a half in the kitchen. at first glance what you're looking at here, this is what i saw first. they're pretty similar this is the new amazon meal kit. it's smaller because it serves two people one meal. the blue apron comes to you in a box, you've got to subscribe and there's three meals in here for two people so we tested both last night, of course, and we found the differences. once we started cooking certainly. the menus, they're laid out almost the exact same way. we even found a catfish meal from both that we could cook said by side to try to make this as fair as possible. here are some of the major differences. in amazon more ingredients were already prepped. like the premade guacamole this is the amazon box that corn on the cob that i didn't even need to shuck. the blue apronbox took about 6 minutes more to cook and there were less ingredients that were already prepped. for example you had corn on the cob that is not shucked. you actually

perhaps tomorrow to begin debate on obama care reform, welcome to "risk & reward," i am liz in for deirdre bolton, dow closed down 66, nasdaq ending at all-time high with big tech earnings. alphabet, the parent of google reported a drop in second quarter profit hurt by the fine from european trust regulators. >> back to the president, pushing to get obamacare reform through before august recess, issuing a warning yesterday, if republicans do not repeal and replace obamacare, the repercussions would be greater than any of them understand. as new cbo numbers demolish the democrat fear mongering, 3/4 of 22 million estimated who will drop cover under obamacare reform, would do so vovoluntarily, they will choose to drop when the individual mandate tax goes away. according to the cbo analysis, 16 million will voltair on -- voluntarily drop out, because of the price tag. behind the scenes, democrats in both house and senate, they see a jackpot pass to victory in winning congress back next year, their plan is big government health medicare for all, that provides universal coverage through governme

liz: welcome to "risk & reward," i am liz in for deirdre bolton. that washington does move quickly on to president's pro growth agenda of tax cuts and infrastructure spending bill. our own adam shapiro has the latest on the health bill. first god no -- did not fly, then just repeal did not go through, what happend. >> you don't have enough senators among republicans to vote to even come to the floor for debate. there are others who kept it on the edge, susan collins of maine, lisa from alaska, and senator from west virginia, they said they were no votes on just a repeal without a replacement, i believe murder cow see said she would not bring it to the fly for a debate. you heard mcconnell said this will be a vote to repeal. back then collins voted again repeal. as you go forward, you heard president say. let affordable care act die, then we can fix this later on. >> president's path, make things worse than they are today is not an acceptable choice. i hope our republican colleagues will realize that. reporter: they will not come to the table if the

i am in for deirdre bolton, dow closing 100 hire, and s&p ending at a record high, earnings came in strong, nasdaq ending in the green. repeal of obamacare clearing 8 hurdles, president trump responding. >> on healthcare, i am happy that we got this vote. liz: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell imblowerring action too -- imploring action too repeal and replace. >> i home everyone will cease the moment, i certainly will. only then can we open a robust debate process, and will senators have the tub the opportunity to offer additional ideaso healthcare. inaction will do nothing. liz: despite 29 diagnosed -- being diagnosed with brain cancer could senator mccain flying in for the vote, casting yes. and heller and lee also casting yes. senator susan collins and lisa murkowski maintaining their no votes, mike pence castingtize breaker. let's bring in former trump campaign national spokesperson. catarina pearson. what do you think of the vote results. >> i think that we're excited about the vote results, you know now we can have a debate. purpose of the weeks of discussing this topic was beca

welcome to "risk & reward" i'm liz macdonald in for deirdre bolton. first more on the strong monthly jobs report. 222,000 jobs created in the month of june. much better than expected moving all three indices higher with the dow jumping 94 points to close out a winning week. this as president trump met with the russian leader for the very first time as president. secretary of state rex tillerson and white house press secretary sean spicer holding an off-camera briefing after the landmark meeting. secretary of state tillerson saying the president did press vladimir putin on russia's meddling in the u.s. election. roll tape. >> the president opened the meeting with president putin by raising the concerns of the american people regarding russian interference in the 2016 election. they had a very robust and lengthy exchange on the subject, and agreed to exchange further work regarding commitments of noninterference in the affairs of the united states and our democratic process as well as those of other countries, so more work could be done in that regard.

welcome to "risk & reward" i'm liz macdonald in for deirdre bolton. all three of the indices closing lower, the dow continued to drop after hours settling down 158. this after ending down more than 450 points throughout the day. the s&p and the nasdaq also in the red. all markets are still up against president trump was elected. this as violent antiglobalization protests break out in germany. crowds coming in en masse carrying sticks and smoke bombs and pipes, trying to create havoc as world leaders including the president arrive for the g20 senate in hamburg, germany. the protests are typical. you see them around economic summits like the g20 essentially in europe. let's get to blake burman on the ground in hamburg. >> 11:00 in hamburg. the street behind me can you see, peaceful, calm, clear. this was very clearly not the scene a few hours ago. over thousands of people behind me here as part of this protest in hamburg. the only activity that we see right now, helicopter in the sky, not sure if that is part of the standard police procedure with all of

welcome to risk and reward i'm liz macdonald in for deirdre bolton. welcoming president trump with a big display of military in paris. the president and the first lady guest of honor at tomorrow's. the world war i to defend europe is also being celebrated. but friday also marks the first anniversary of the horrific nice terrorist attack where a truck rammed into crowds. many other attacks happened, including the shooting and a man who attacked a police officer with a hammer while yelling it's for syria outside one of the most famous sites that would be the noter dam cathedral in paris. in total, there have been a. 246 murdered and 443 injured. president trump tackling terror head on today. >> tomorrow mark one year since a jowous celebration in nice. turned into a massacre. we all remember that, how horrible that was. we mourn the 86 lives that were stolen, and we pray for their loved ones. we also renew our resolve to stand united against these enemies of humanity and to strip them of their territory, their funding, their networks, and idea logical s

liz: web to "risk & reward," in for deirdre bolton. despite dc swamp, dow ending at an all-time high, s&p 500, nasdaq closed lower, after tech sector reversal from record high, amazon profit down year-over-year. we'll have more on that. white house shake up under way, top middle east adviser for president trump fired at his position. he was chief architect of syria and iran policies, white house senior assistant press secretary michael short, his resignation accepted. as white house contends with a wave of leaks that officials warn threaten national security. according to survey by senate homeland security, the leak are streaming out at a rate of one a day, that 7 times higher than two prior administrations. >> the white house leakers are small potatoes, i will tell you about a few weeks that happened last night, but white house leaks are small potatoes relative to things going on with leaking thins about syria or north korea or iraq. those are the types of leaks that are so treasonous, 150 years ago people would have been hanged for t

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welcome to risk and reward, i'm elizabeth macdonald in deirdre bolton. john kelly sworn in as chief of staff earlier today. his inbox already full. venezuela, russia, china, north korea. this as the media belittles the appointment saying the general is on a mission instoppable. but being the right guy at the right time. the dow closing in on 22,000 just about 70 points away. closing 60 points higher to a record high. the s&p in a record high too, nasdaq closing a little to the downside. now geopolitical chaos as we -- this as we have record complacency in the markets. but it is time to be alert. now, last time we had a 5% downturn is when politics shook the market last year. that's when brexit voted to leave the european union. left the rates downward. but it is a world on fire. do not forget the backdrop to what shook the market in the 1987 crash. three days president ronald reagan was contending with a iranian military that had attacked a u.s. -flagged oil tanker in the persian gulf. two days later, the u.s. navy responded by bombarding iranian oil pla

liz: welcome to risk and reward i'm liz macdonald in for deirdre bolton. first to your money. the s&p, nasdaq, and russell 2,000 slowing down slightly. the nasdaq posting its first ten-day win streak in more than two years. all closing in the green with humanna in the red. now, back to the roadmap with the gop. they're trying to strike a compromise. but this is what the gop must do now. stops of sicklar firing squad where they're shooting at each other. republicans must realize that they're not in a ditch but a dead end. they can build a ladder out of the dc swamp. the republicans can snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. how? steal a page from the democrats. the democrats do politics and messaging way better. the process is still being driven by politics instead of policy. democrats have won on both. look to hillary clinton after hillary care failed in the 1990s. the clintons got small reforms like this. mental health parody act that forced insurers. hipaa, the patient privacy act and the children's health program that let's parents for the first time let children on medica

controversies including the widening russia probe, welcome to "risk & reward" i'm liz macdonald in for deirdre bolton. ge reported a nearly 60% drop in second quarter profit. stock ended down more than 2%. now after a tumultuous six months marked by frequent clashes with reporters, sean spicer resigns, stepping down amid intensifying pressure from robert mueller's widening russia probe into the trump campaign. so what's going on here is essentially sean spicer is stepping down. he did respond. he said it's been an honor and a privilege to serve the president of the united states donald trump and this amazing country. i will continue my service through august. scaramucci speaking at his first press conference after spicer's resignation. >> i think there's been, at times, a disconnect between the way we see the president and how much we love the president, and the way some of you perhaps see the president, and i certainly see the american people don't see the president the way i do. to use a wall street expression, there might be an arbitrage spread between how well we are doing and how well som

controversies including the widening russia probe, welcome to "risk & reward" i'm liz macdonald in for deirdre second quarter profit. stock ended down more than 2%. now after a tumultuous six months marked by frequent s

welcome to risk and reward, i'm liz macdonald in for deirdre bolton.he nasdaq and the s&p ending higher as tech stocks led the way. we have a new fox poll. shows voters going even more negative on the dc swamp. voters now have a better

welcome to risk and reward, i'm liz macdonald in for deirdre bolton. now, the markets are closing mixed today with the nasdaq and the s&p ending higher as tech stocks led the way. we have a new fox poll. shows voters going even more negative on the dc swamp. voters now have a better opinion of the administration. melania trump, vice president, and the president leading other politicians including republicans and democrats in the dc swamp by double digits. now, president trump pushing for a legislative victory saying quote i cannot imagine that congress would dare to leave dc without a beautiful, new health care bill fully approved and ready to go. while the democrats are still fear mongering, the latest from vermont senator bernie sanders now slamming the gop health care bill. estimating it will be nine times worse than the losses we suffered on 9/11. that's a quote. former trump campaign chief operating officer jeff with me now. all right. let's stay on bernie sanders for a second. i mean, timing is one thing. the muslim pro sharia activist linda just

liz: welcome to risk and reward, i'm liz macdonald in for deirdre bolton. well, he is the most respected banker in the country. it is the biggest bank in the country. he's jamie diamond losing his cool with the dc swamp on his bank's earnings conference call today. the high-powered outspoken executive went on a four-minute rip into washington, d.c. saying it's a an embarrassment being an american overseas when he has to explain the rampant red tape swamping this country. nothing getting done. he's tired of the anemic gdp growth that happened under president obama and is still with us. jamie diamond even says the american business sector is powerful and strong, despite the dc gridlock. now, jp morgan chase reporting earnings that beat wall street estimates. however, the bank lowered its forecast for lending revenue and shares fell about 1% lower to 92 bucks and change. still up 52% year over year. let's take this to former republican presidential candidate, the former representative as well. dr. ron paul. he joins me now. good to see you, dr. paul. >> thank

welcome to risk and reward i'm elizabeth macdonald in for deirdre bolton. jamie diamond's not the only one tired of washington, d.c.'s hyperpartisan bickering. a new sound of an anguished caller. he's a working class guy. he called in to a radio station. his call shows how desperate many americans are now feeling. and they're screaming that both dc and the media are ignoring the struggles of everyday people. listen. >> i'm sick of donald trump stuff, all the trump stuff. i consider myself one of the forgotten men and women. i'm worried about job creation. i'm worried about tax cuts, more money. i'm living paycheck to paycheck. they just cut off my cable bill. i'm rubbing two nickels together. my girl can't find a job to help me. we're out here struggling, and these people don't get it. i mean, they really don't get it. i don't have money. i mean, i'm cutting back on my medicine, my groceries. she can't find a job. >> do you feel like the president -- allen, do you feel like the president is keeping his head down and doing what he promised to do to try to he

deirdre? >> do you agree with the president's policy banning all transgender? problem here -- the concern here in the house was whether or not the military will be forced to pay for these surgical procedures. i share those concerns. the question on the broader issue, that is being reviewed by the dod and white house. i'll look forward to saying what it is they produce. >> last question -- >> the dod is reviewing this with the white house. i want to see what it is they actually produce. >> mr. speaker, senator graham earlier today said he was looking at legislation that would create some roadblocks to firing special counsel, some sort of review process. do you think the house needs to act preemptively -- >> i haven't given thought to this. the think it's in the president's interest that he continues to do his job. >> paul ryan finishing up speaking at the podium. there's a lot for us to cover, including new developments surrounding president trump's surprise announcement banning transgender service members. paul ryan noted it there for a moment. reuters reportin

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i'm deirdre from new york fromand we are searching slave rescue in utica. one of the people rescue described how the person who was pursuing them, the bounty hunter would gamble away money in new york city and captured people and take them down south to sell them so we had more money to gamble. i kind of wonder what percentage of people who were kidnapped in new york for example actually had any legal process whatsoever and word just dragged out of there? , i represent gwen the lest we forget museum in philadelphia. i have a question about the conversation as relates to harriet. in my readings i understand she only got her pension later in life and i wonder if it had to do with the fact he was a female as opposed to some of these white men. i heard she got it later in life and that she never got any. >> my question is relating to the community aspect of the underground railroad. escape -- justice kagan slave people. are there people who escaped without the aid of stations or stationmaster's? of thatunderstanding definition in terms of escape, are there any

optimistic expectations >> looking at ibm, moving 1% to the downside and looks like a revenue miss deirdre're right, kelly, a miss on the top line and a beat on the bottom line. eps coming in at $2.97 that is better than the $2.74 the street was expecting revenue though, falling short. 19.3 billion versus $19.5 billion that was expected, and that makes this the 21st straight quarter that ibm has notched declining revenue growth ibm fulfilling its full-year guidance at 13.80 per share. some analysts over the last few days suggested that ibm should cut its full-year guidance but ibm reaffirming it it nodes a strong second half in order to reach that 13.880 per share. bigger pick tower here and bob pisani was alluding to this earlier. ibm tons struggle in its transformation its legacy business continues to slow while it's trying to grow its higher margin next gen including cloud computing and revenue groueff to $8.1 billion, and that's down from the double-digit growth rate we saw in the first quarter shares are down, now they appear to be about flat for ibm as investors digest this, and we'l

deirdre bosa is here today to give us a look inside the empire >> good morning, guys. on today. we talk about masa-son's ambitions. it's far from charter or the u.s. cable market he's after he's building what he refers to as his 300 year vision and he's not content with his current empire which already reaches across the world he has sprint, of course, a big chunk of alibaba, arm holdings and his finger in many, many other companies that we talk about on a regular basis now the nearly $100 billion vision fund is his vehicle to extend that reach further. it is completely unprecedented in size and ambition and it could have major implications for the vc world. it could have major implications for the tech industry at large so far the vision fund itself has employed only a few hundred million in two start-ups but a bunch of softbank investments from one web to nvidia, they're expected to be offered to the vision fund according to people close to the matter. and there are reports just in the last few weeks connecting softbank to some of the buzziest names uber, slack, just