but first, to eamon javers in baltimore. what's the situation there like now, eamon? >> hi, mandy. we're here at baltimore city hall, and as you can see, there's a heavy maryland state police presence here. also maryland national guard here on the scene at baltimore city hall. the epicenter, though of the rioting last night was up in west baltimore at the intersection of pennsylvania and west north streets. we were there just a little while ago maybe within the hour and we can tell you there's a big crowd there. the crowd is gathering and swelling. we saw the reverend jesse jackson there. a big police presence. they've got several streets blocked off. armored vehicles on the scene there. but what was most impressive about what we just saw in west baltimore just now was the local community coming out on the street. we saw towson university students coming out with brooms and trash bags to clean up some of the wreckage. we saw mothers with small children. we saw a group of teachers all the out to send the message that they want peace and calm in their city today. but guys i can tell

. >> eamon javers has the latest developments on those talks, which, unfortunately, are dragging on.it's pins and needles time as the obama administration waits for word from negotiators on whether there's a deal or no deal on the iran nuclear program. the state department saying that secretary of state john kerry is going to stay in switzerland for another day through thursday in hopes of wrapping up talks, and meanwhile back here in washington at the white house, spokesman josh earnest said that the united states is prepared to throw in the towel on these negotiations. take a listen. >> if we are in a situation where we sense that the talks have stalled, then yes, the united states and the international community is prepared to walk away. >> that said the talks are still ongoing and they said that they are optimistic they might be able to get to a deal. no information on what would be in that deal. earnest deflecting reporters' questions of what the specifics might be and saying any deal will have to be judged as a whole when it's announced if it's announced. a lot of questions in

eamon javers joins us live with more. >> reporter: hi, melissa. we're here at baltimore city hall. there is a large maryland national guard presence here protecting city hall, but take a look at this live shot over baltimore. what you're looking at that we've been looking at for the past 20 mimnutes or so, is very large but calm crowd that marched down pennsylvania avenue toward intersection of pennsylvania and northwest street. that's where the cvs was burned nearly to the ground. we saw a lot of looting activity. today we're seeing a very large crowd, it looks like hundreds of people now have converged on the scene there. they're chanting, carrying signs, chanting slogans. we saw one person actually over a trash can in frustration, but the person right behind him, you put the trash can right back up. so clearly a mix of intentions, but so far calm is prevailing at the scene of the epicenter of last night's riots. but a very large crowd has now gathered. >> all right. thanks very much for that update. >>> now back to the twitter story. stock making some small gains following the h

>> all right, eamon javers.n slightly right now, but it may close higher for a sixth week in a row. >> good afternoon, brian. it's interesting, we're used to seeing swings in either direction that show that the market is positioned one way or another. today we saw lack of conviction really. wti lower, around $57 a barrel. brent was up for most of the day. then it turned negative. it managed to finish a little bit higher as well. profit taking definitely on yesterday's gains. also some position swearing as we go into the weekend. we did get those rig count decline numbers, she meant to say, 20 straight weeks of declines, but the market shrugging that off, really because it's looking for hard data on production. it doesn't even care about the inventory numbers that much that we get on wednesdays anymore. wti, according to traders, probably going to be rangebound until the next catalyst $55 to $58. back to you. >> all right, jackie d. thank you very much. >>> let's get on now to trading nation and take a look at am

eamon javers for us in washington. now from a prominent woman in the news media. arianna huffington is president and editor in chief of the "huffington post" media group. she's the author of "thrive" and joins me at post 9 at the new york stock exchange. welcome. >> thank you. >> what do you make of this gap between social conservatives and big business. what impact could it have on the presidential race? >> well, it's a very significant gap, and it was all shown very clearly during this controversy with indiana law, and you had companies ranging from sales force in san francisco to walmart and many in between taking a stand. so i think that is going to make a big difference. the other major issue i think we're going to say played out when rand paul announces is the question of where do they stand on the iran negotiation agreement because obviously rand paul is coming more from the noninterventionist side of the party, which his father ron paul epitomized but now conservatives and moderate republicans even have become

melissa, back to you. >> thank you so much eamon javers. great job, brian.fast money." straight over to "closing bell." >>> hi everybody and welcome to the "closing bell" on this thursday, bill. as we eye new highs across the major indexes, i'm kelly evans down here at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm bill griffeth

we begin with breaking news and eamon javers in washington. >> at&t is goes to pay a settlement in thedata braechz. they came at call centers in mexico, columbia, and the philippines. the am fcc says employees allegedly stole information about customer accounts and then sold that will information to third parties. the third parties were apparently trying to unlock stolen cell phones. the fcc says that at least 271

eamon javers is coming to us from the conference in san francisco. >> this is the floor of the rsa cyberrs here talking about all the latest developments in cyber security. but i'm join by brian contos of norse. they put out a study focusing on iran. let's talk about what you found here. fascinating case study looking at the iranians and what they're doing in terms of cyber security. what did you find? >> at norse we monitor the internet for attack. at about 30,000 attacks a second. about over the last year we've detected a much greateren crease in attacks coming out of iran and assets that iran controls in the use and other western countries. >> what are the iranians trying to hit inside the united states? what kinds of companies need to be concerned that iran is after them? >> any large enterprise as well as government from critical infrastructure, financial services and health care. anybody that has sensitive systems, data that they might be able to exploit. >> one the toughest issues in cyber security is attribution. how can you contribute these attacks directly to iran? >> it's hard

. >> eamon javers in washington. >>> back in a moment.g a business legalzoom has your back. one million business owners get started. visit legalzoom today for the legal help you need to start and run your business. legalzoom. legal help is here. >>> starbucks releases second quarter earnings after the bell today. a big part of their growth plan involves not coffee but tea. courtney reagan joins with us a special guest on that topic. >> good morning. i am here in tusian arizona, at the global retailing conference joined by annie young scribner involved with all of teavana. if we can talk about teavanna. is there a fear it's can balancizing what's sold in stores is cannibalizeing the stores itself? >> tea is growing. tea and coffee are completely complementary. since our first store in 1971 we sold tea. the consumer tea needs are different. >> tea is the number two beverage in the world behind water. much bigger perhaps in some international markets. it international the growth plan for teavana? >> we are in 66 countries across the globe for star buck. leveraging that scale to

eamon javers has an exclusive interview interview. he was paid $104 million by the u.s.'s right. now bradley bergenfeld is breaking his eye lens about what it was like to receive all of that cash from the u.s. government. also talking about his time in time inside swiss bank secrecy. he was one of the few americans that ever got access to the inside workings of the swiss banks. we started getting a sense of exactly how he's spending all of that money that he got. take a look. ♪ >> you got yourself a new car. >> yeah. german engineering. great car. >> i love this license plate. >> well this is to pay homage to my old employer ubs. >> that's ubs's marketing slogan on your car. >> this was the first thing i did after getting the porsche. >> porsche first, bruins box second. >> yes. >> that's how you spent the money. if that's part of it. it's here to help my friends and my family and charitable causes. i bring a lot of people up here to the box. >> department of justice guys don't come up here? >> no they don't come up here. we wouldn't invite them up here no. >> how many a

we begin with breaking news and eamon javers in washington. >> at&t is goes to pay a settlement in the wake of data braechz. they came at call centers in mexico columbia, and the philippines. the am fcc says employees allegedly stole information about customer accounts and then sold that will information to third parties. the third parties were apparently trying to unlock stolen cell phones. the fcc says that at least 279,701 customer accounts were affected in the thefts. let's say these were largely american customers who were calling spanish or foreign language call centers overseas. they say that at&t will be required to notify all customers who have been affected in this scam. guys we're so used to seeing cyber threats and cyber data braechz now, here's an example of just good old-fashioned insider employees allegedly frc. >> it doesn't seem too worrisome for the stock. barely moving on the news. eamon, we'll continue to follow it. thank you. >>> major deals and potential deals. first, this morning we learn that shell bought bg. a major deal in natural gas space. then milan, this a

. >> all right eamon javers thank you. >>> up next, an interview with john donahoe plus a take on theawk on the street"" live from the new york stock exchange and live from one san francisco, we'll be right back after this break t. dow is down 82 points. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom. don't just visit new york. visit tripadvisor new york. with millions of reviews and the best hotel prices... book your next trip at tripadvisor.com today. >>> ebay in the midst of spinning off the pay pal unit which will become a separate company this year as paypal quits the marketplace in sales. that was for the first time ever. so what does it all mean for the future of this company, soon to be too? joining me from new york is ebay ceo john donahoe john nice to see you, sorry you are fought here since we are, of course, appreciate you taking the

eamon javers has been working that for us from our newsroom. >> the president signed the executive orderior administration officials are calling it a new teal that they can have in their toolbox in the fight against cyber crime around the world. particularly in the hard to reach jurors dicks for u.s. law enforcement. had he say this new security bill declares a national emergency in terms of cyber crimes and under this executive order treasury is now going to be able to go after and sanction individuals and entities. that means people and companies that will be able to go after their financial assets and all kinds of real estate and other things that they might hold here in the united states. also it's set out to protect critical infrastructure and the financial stability of the united states, among other things. i asked senior administration officials today about this, and when they say that they're going after people in far-reaching areas of the world like eastern europe, north korea, do those cyber hackers actually have assets inside the united states that the u.s. government would be

. >> thank you so much eamon javers. great job, brian. i'll see you all tonight on "fast money." straight over to "closing bell." >>> hi everybody and welcome to the "closing bell" on this thursday, bill. as we eye new highs across the major indexes, i'm kelly evans down here at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm bill griffeth back here at cnbc headquarters. this is a day when you think about it more than 15 years in the making. the nasdaq on track finally to end the day in uncharted territory. trading above its march 2000 all-time high. that close was at 4,0548. set back march 10th of 2000. we're a little less than 16 points above that level. the other number we're watching this hour the s&p 500 also flirting with new highs. the previous all-time high on the left, 2,117. there's the current level. we're flirting with that one. see if we can do that in the next hour. >>> the market's very next direction could be determined by a huge batch of earnings after the bell today. it is highlighted by google amazon microsoft and starbucks. we'll hear exclusively from starbucks' ceo howar

let us get right now to eamon javers with more. how severe is the power outage in washington d.c.?spread power outages in washington. all the federal buildings as you can imagine, have back uppower, but we've seen reports of the state department being hit with a power outage. the white house briefly. the capitol grounds lost power, but then had power restored. they're warning now on the capitol that they might see further power outages throughout the day. we're also seeing reports now that some metro stations the subway here in washington d.c. have been impacted by these power outages. of course people will need electricity to get those escalators moving to get them into and out of those metro stations throughout the afternoon and the rush hour commute. at this point the department of homeland security saying they're seeing nothing out of the ordinary here to worry about in terms of these power outages except for the fact of the outages themselves. we're also seeing reports now from the associated press and reuters that there was an explosion at a power plant in southern maryland.

eamon javers. >>> rbc releasing its top 30 global ideas list. since 30 would take up the whole hour we'll try to boil it down to about the top three. >> joining us with the picks, mark harris global head of research at rbc. good to see you. tell us how you came up with the names. what metrics did you use? >> we've tried to at the beginning of the year identify themes. we do that at the beginning of every year. that list in particular we started at the beginning of the year we pick 30 names and we stick about it all year long. >> how many energy names? >> a couple. but quite honestly it's been great performance. we're up 8.7% for the year to diet. that's against the market that's up -- >> i'm wondering how the dollar and currency moves have factored in to the where these companies are located. >> it is has to factor in but frankly, we have a whole strategy team. we have 300 streetategists all around the world. it was a bottoms-up approach what are themes. some of the things most successful contrarian ideas, individual one-ups and growth in the ma