fitz this development, a huge one, but what are you hearing down . >> reporter: well, i can tell you what you've heard about the former director mueller is absolutely correct. you will not find anybody in this city on either side of the political aisle with more impeccable credentials than bob mueller. he took overtime fbi seven days before the 911 attack. then led the country through the early days of remember that time frame almost on edge every single day. waiting in those first few months after 911. he was a steady hand at the fbi and universally been praised by both sides as the reaction has come into this, a few moments ago. congressman jason chaffetz tweeting that, in fact mueller has impeccable credentials. as far as the question you asked little while earlier about a change in tone amongst repuic today. and we heard change of tone on both sides. it's no secret, democrats have been hammering at this for weeks now. calling for investigations. calling for em panelment of special prosecutors. we heard top democrats kind of put the brakes on this and republicans sort of saying we

hey, fitz. >> reporter: we're trying to wrap our minds around we are the world. city dock down here in annapolis and i'll tell you a little weather, it is blowing out crazy here today and earlier this afternoon the governor of maryland larry hogan was down here. he brought with him the two top democratic leaders in the state. now, look at this. you want to talk about a welcoming committee. when the governor got down here today, he was backed up by this. this is the pride of baltimore two and they let loose with cannon salute. there it went. literally blew some people out of their socks. the reason the pride the governor was this what he's doing right there. he's signing bills not just any bills, environmental bills in fact a lot of them. and the governor will tell you one of the reasons he wanted to get democrats and republicans together here in annapolis, yes, they have their differences, yes they go at it at times is because the one thing they do all agree on things like right there electric cars is that maryland's environment is tied to the economy in this sta

i like that. >> i can outfitz fitz, okay? i can spitz with fitz. have changed the game. i can't think of any way to say it. the character as olivia pope. there's so many that wanted to be olivia pope. people wanted to dress like olivia pope. and you, too. embody, you're the president. wherever you go -- >> not really, sheinelle. >> you're president fitz. >> that makes our producer, gavin, your secret service. we're in big trouble. >> can we to some secrets from the set? that might be fun. >> we have to. it's a little game. one of gavin's games he likes to do. we want you to spill secrets from the set. jerry will bring our popcorn box full of questions. >> are you prepared? >> i'm ready. i don't promise anything. here we go. this says, have you used your presidential privilege in real life? >> you honestly think i would reveal that? that would make me look so bad. but the answer is yes. okay? >> what did you do? >> i'm not going to tell you that. >> i have a family, al. next one is, you voiced disney's "tarzan." if the opportunity to do the loin clo

fitz, you know, also we know out there former director of testified that he had seen no evidence of anyon between the trump campaign and russia. >> that statement by jim c clapper today has been a hallmark of the trump administration or trump campaign defense on all of this. keep in mind, republicans and democrats on capital hill and 17 intelligence agencies came to general conclusion that y yes, russia did try to influence the 2016 election and question ahead is this. did trump campaign know about this or participate in any way? so far, there's been no evidence on that and none was produced in the hearing today. but the former acting attorney general of the united states sally yates fired by the trump white house testified today she did warn the trump administration that michael flynn the former national security advisor was telling false tales about his contact with the russians and opening himself up to blaek mail. despite that warning, yooits said flynn stayed on the >> not only do we believe the rush yaps knew this but they likely had proovr this information. and, that created a co

politico also reporting that jason j fitz has asked for the -- jason chaffetz has asked for the attorney general to expand its scope of investigation to include the firing of james comey. coming up next, we are going to show you the hearing that just wrapped up, the heads of intelligence agencies reacting to worldwide threats and testifying about the firing of james comey. here it is on c-span. senator vitter: i would like to call the hearing to order -- senator burr. burr: i would like to call the hearing to order. i would like to thank all of our witnesses for being here today, especially mr. mccabe, for being here on such short notice. since 1985, we have heard about the russian security threat facing the united states of america. i understand many people tuning in today are hoping we will focus solely on the investigation into russian interference in our election. let me be up front. the purpose of today's hearing is to review and highlight, to the extent possible, the range .f threats facing the nation the national security threat picture has evolved significantly. what used to be a

county executive weighing on the controversy, but first, fitz. >> reporter: good evening, tonight at the fbi, the deputy director drew mccab is in charge but other names are being floated as permanent replacements. who are they? we'll have a live report coming up from fbi headquarters here on fox 5. . >>> great honor and privilege. i'm honored to become a wildcat. >>> and you can hear the boos loud and clear given by betsy devos. what sparked this reaction and the threat made by the school's president during the disruptions. sue? >>> sarah and jim what an extraordinarily beautiful day. check out the temperature, 76 right now. it is going to be beautiful evening, i suggest you soak it up because we've changes to talk about involving rain and much cooler temperatures as early as tomorrow morning. we'll talk about what you can expect coming up in just a few minutes, fox 5 local news at 5:00 will be right back. whoa. are you actually about to scratch it rich at mgm national harbor? of course you are. because everyone who plays is an instant winner. so before you win your share of 1.5 mil

fitz is working that story.ny, sarah, after months of political battles over the trump russia investigation suddenly bipartisanship has broken out over robert mueller as independent counsel. we'll tell you why. ronica. >> reporter: hey, tom. well, we have not heard from sean spicer on camera since monday but today none of that mattered because we heard from the man himself, president trump answered some of your toughest questions after the break. >> ♪ >> plus after countless memes endless twitter jokes and an ice cream cone eating appearance on jimmy fallon joe biden is finally getting an ice cream flavor of his own. we'll have more on that when we return. >> ♪ "tom went to washington to take on the insurance companies and the credit card companies and the wall street banks... that's what tom perriello is about." progressive causes have been my life's work. and before and after congress i led non-profits to battle climate change, poverty and president bush's attacks on civil rights. now i

thanks, fitz. >> thank you. >> in the meantime another memorial. we don't hear a lot about it's vietnam women's memorial and dozens were there to share their stories part of annual in at the event. educational program tells the story of women who served in vietnam and those that served in more recent conflicts and organizers hope these kind of stories bring awareness and support healing. >> vice-president pence welcoming bike riders today for the annual project hero memorial day bike ride. he thanked service men and women for service in the military and in law enforcement. >> all of you who worn the un form of the united states and many of who whom have worn uniform of law enforcement and worn in own bodies and mind the burdens that come with the service and so i say to each one of you thank you, thank you for your service. and you make this place better for you being here today. >> and you honor us all. >> today's group of wounded warriors and first responders coming from the national capital and will inat virginia beach friday. ♪ ♪ bill clinton a

>> let's bring this up a little bit. >> i can outfitz fitz.cast. you guys have changed the game. i can't think of any other way to say it. even the character of olivia pope, so many of us wanted to be here. people wanted to dress like olivia pope. >> she's become iconic. >> and now you're the president. wherever you go -- >> well, not really, sheinelle. >> yes, you are. >> always will be. >> that makes our producer, your secret service. you're in big trouble. >> can we do secrets from the set? >> i think we have to. we have a little game. one of gavin's games. we want you to spill secrets from the set. jerry will bring on the popcorn box full of questions written by o >> i'm ready. i don't promise anything, but here we go. this says have you ever used your presidential privilege in real life? >> you honestly think i would reveal that? that would make me look so bad, but the answer is yes. >> what did you do? >> i'm not going to tell you that. >> all right. >> god, i have a family, al. next one is you voiced disney's tarzan. if the opportunity

. >> has been following fitz he said this decision was one of the world's most painful experiences, what else did he reveal. >> reporter: jim is right. the litigation of election seems to go on but seems to be going on on both sides. what we heard was a lot of complaints from the republicans about what they see as continued leaking out of the fbi about the bureau's investigation into possible connections between the trump campaign in russia. on the other side you had democrats keep going back to what the heck was going on last summer when comb kept coming out and having news conferences and days before the election, announcing they had found thousands of new e-mails on anthony wiener's e-mail, these appearances by the fbi director are quickly becoming must see tv because when he comes up here, people lien in and hear things they weren' expecting to hear, like the fact that comey now says as jim said, he feels mildly nauseous when he that he and the fbi may have influenced this election. so this led to this point, he was asked today what he said to fbi investigators about the lead-up to t

so, fitz, i saw "washington post" headline today it said yates throws white house under bus. >> well, the bus not only went under over the white house and backed up a few times and wept along the route as this went there were good things and bad things in here you have to imagine from the white house prospective. on the one hand you had president obama former director of national intelligence doubling down on that statement he told meet the press that up until this point he still snows of no evidence showing that the trump campaign directly participated in or had knowledge of russian interference in the 2016 election. so there's that. but make no mistak what sally yates had to say today was eye-opening. any time you mention a national security advisor and blackmail in same sentence that's not a good things, folks, that was not a good things for the trump white house. sally yates fired acting attorney general of the united states said this she went to the white house to tell them what they knew and what they knew was this. the statement general flynn was saying they did not talk about

. >> fitz you know how it goes, actions have consequences and kathy griffin she's learning that the hard way tonight for sure. >> in a whole lot of way, in the pocket, every place else >>> let's talk about the weather, earlier it was sunny and beautiful. then we saw storms roll through outside and i swear i saw sunshine >> i'm sure it's back out again, in fact, shawn, we're seeing this line of storms move away now. we still have a warning for baltimore until 7:15 and this is the same storm we've been tracking since about fairfax county. actually even farther back, culpeper, and it's still producing hail up there toward baltimore but you can see most of the rest of the areait george's county annapolis and the waldorf area just about cleared on out now. so we may have a pretty nice evening, this is kind of taking a lot of the energy out of the atmosphere, but before i show you that, i also want to say that as we look up to the north, through pennsylvania, moving pretty quickly now toward morgantown, there's another line of showers and storms, that's the frontal boundary but we think that w

all right, thank you very much, fitz for keeping us updated tonight.eciate it. >> ♪ >>> what day is today? may 12th. >> may 12th. what is it may 11th. thank you. >> easter is long over, right. >> yeah, it is. >> the question is, why were people all excited about this easter bunny? >> that's not what shawn spicer is up to these days. we're going to talk about it after this. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. >> ♪ >> jena bush hager says her dad is a feminist. hager said the way she parents is a reflection on how she was actually raised. she said "people laugh at this but i think my dad was a feminist. he showed us that we could be whatever we wanted to be. i want my girls to feel that way. i want them to feel strong and capable and conquer the world. hager says her dad always pushed her and her twin sister to be the smart test most capable thing they could be ." i think that is called being a great park. that's the way you want to raise your kids per

. >> fitz, as i was watching a the briefing, it came up that fbi agents past and present, there are somehat want the next replacement to come from within the bureau. here on one side, from sources saying that there were people within the bureau who were in tears, they were upset about the dismissal, you here sarah huckabee sanders say the rank and file lost confidence. where does the truth lie? where do they want to get this replacement from eventually? >> reporter: well, i can tell you about the people we've been talking here today. you won't see any of them on camera. they're fbi employees and they have been streaming out of that building today, and coming over to us and talking about this and to a person, they have all had nothing but glowing things to say about james comey. let's also remember that every time someone is replaced at an agency like tsa or like the fbi, you always hear this, or even secret servi that the replacement has to come from within that agency, because agency itself is so particular that only somebody who comes of it can work in it. that might not necessarily be

linda fitz gerald. that's her few. can i come and visit you?nty and that is just a stunning picture tonight she got. let me show you another one, marina marraco in hagerstown that was the you can see the rays. this is the picture from oak hill. we missed it all. then the martinez family saw this in frederick, maryland. keep them coming. if you have a picture post them and we'll put them on. low 70's upper 60's for bwi. showers start to develop in the afternoon's linger in the nighttime. today you had the wet morning commute. dry evening, we flip it tomorrow. dry morning wet for evening. wednesday we have showers on here, most of the day, wednesday is not going to be wet, hit or miss showers, most gone by 7:00■ or 8:00. maybe less rain, about 75 degrees bit warmer on wednesday, round two comes in tomorrow, there will be a round temperature around the region, in the 60's, expect we will fall at least in the upper 50's. we're not seeing much in the way of showers. a persistent cell that wants to hang around. this is a third to half inch of rain. w

. >> the one size fitz all mentality doesn't work. this is a waiver.n they ask for a waiver, they have to meet a whole bunch of requirements and they have to make sure there's a safety net or a pool available. again, do i like getting the government closer to the people? absolutely. i believe as close as you get to the people, the better the product is. that's why i believe it's griea to allow governors the ability to waiver. it doesn't mean they're going to take the waiver and they still have to go through a long process of getting the waiver and they have to meet certain requirements. do i like it? yes. i like anytime they get flexibility for governors to make a difference for the people they serve. >> do you want ohio to seek a waiver so insurance companies in your state are no longer required to provide essential health benefits? >> what i want to do is make sure the government -- we can't continue under this basis either. i'm on the budget committee. the budget numbers don't look very bright for the future. the best way of doing this is get it bac

that does it for me but fitz and ronica taking over.ris wallace about what's ahead on this morning's show, a lot to talk about this morning. >>> thanks for >> have a great weekend. ♪ ♪. ♪ ♪. >>> there is never a slow week tell me what you have on top >> the president on first leg of very ambitious trip oversees. we're going to have an exclusive interview at the top of the had hour with rex tillerson who will break away from the president to talk about what's going on with both the trip and what to accomplish in building a new muslim coalition against extremism. then we'll talk about the foreign policy and the domestic problems with senator john mckaine who this week compared what's going on here to watergate. we'll ask him about that. >> off special guest for your power player of the week, tell us about her. >> we do indeed. judy collinses, the music icon who has been making wonderful music with that remarkable voice more than 50 years, she was in washington last week, we sat down with her, and had such a great talk, and she tells us st

i want vermont with fitz. i also want the sun with you.s went on and on about how special you were. rowan: you can't take command. command takes you. jake: he's coming. david: i can convene a secret grand jury. [ grunts ] [ gasps ] olivia: good morning.

fitz, that's where the vets want to build that moument. >> we're at the scene 23 and constitution to orient you. we're not far from lichk on memorial over there and downwind is vietnam memorial. consider this. people might think the dessert storm only happened a few year as government look at the calendar folks. dessert sorm started to serialize in 1990 and did not end until april of 1991 more than 25 years ago. now a quarter century later you talked to veterans this memorial daily lieu tent ept kernel kyle likes he doesn't want to see conflict or lives lift in dessert storm. that's why he's hopen this land not far from had will turn into the national dessert storm war memorial. >> gear going to -- those that made the ultimate sacrifice. we're here to recognize those shoulders and that's what it's all about. >>> all right. so we want to give you your first look at what the dessert storm war memorial would be. this is it. that curve is with a purpose. it's meant to signify what's been known as a 7th court left hook maneuver and of course, that was decisive move and dessert storm battl

congressman jay fitz is actually retiring and then muddying the waters with more politics. >> jesse:if i was about to retire, i would start working on my tan i would start playing tennis, i don't know that he wants to get embroiled in this in this fiasco four. i do agree with you and some of what ed said, there are benefits to this special counsel. i admit i flip-flopped on this thing. there's already multiple investigations. i can say that i flip-flopped and that's on tape. now i believe because the heat has gone up so much, it lowers the temperature on other levels. it takes the hole trump fired comey and obstructs justice, it gives spicer a big sigh of relief and guys notice you need to help out there. and it takes the democratic messaging away that trump is above the law he's a king that 80s stopping stopping everything from going on, it says something very interesting. it could go into the flynn thin thing, the unmask yours." go to the leakers. who knows where things end up. if this might end up blowing back on the democrats. >> dana: i want to ask you this, the democrats had su

fitz beginning, u.s.ret service officials telling fox 5 tonight that quote threats against a protectees receive the highest priority amongst our investigation. furthermore, other law enforcement officials familiar th us this photograph, gruesome image holding what appeared to be the severed bloody head of the president of the united that level of scrutiny.rise to - understand the reaction to the photo has been intense on both sides of the political spectrum from chelsea clinton to the president of the united states himself. now, kathy griffin herself has apologized for this photo but the controversy has not died down. before we talk about this more, let's show you how she offered the apology online. >> i sincerely apologize. i'm just now seeing the reactions of these image, i'm a comic, i went way too far, the image is too disturbing, i understand how it offends people. it wasn't funny, i get it. i made a lot of mistakes in my career, i will continue, i ask your forgive ness, i'm going to ask the photogra

fitz: my fellow americans,ng ] now that congress has fulfilled its constitutional duty, completing theirir and thorough investigation into my administration, i come before you to say how proud and humbled i am to be your president and to say how sorry i am to my family, to mellie, to my children, to every american,

first, fitz what's going on?former fbi director james comey has a date to appear before congress. will he show up? we're live at the fbi headquarters tonight. we'll have all developments coming up in a live report. >>> there was a good samaritan from gw law school that jumped in and if it wasn't for him, i would have gotten even more worse than i did >> a man beaten down at a metro stop. but a complete stranger came to his rescue. next fox 5 talks to that good samaritan on the other side of the break. in my future, i'm twice as likely to have a stroke. i'm at higher risk for depression. i'm 26% more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. i have a 65% higher chance of developing diabetes. no matter who we are, these diseases can be managed or prevented when caught early on. because with better research, the right medicine, we will thrive. ♪♪ >>> this is fox 5 local news at 5:00. >>> up first, a dc man is under arrest for a 2007 cold case murder in land over hills. 49-year-old darryl strictland is accused of str

fitz. >> reporter: this was supposed to be a general hearing about the fbi's operations. it was quickly dominated by sharp questions about the fbi's activities leading up to the 2016 election. republicans wanted to know if the fbi has been leaking information about its investigation into the connection that possibly existing between the trump campaign and russia for their part. fbi announced it was reopening the hillary clinton e-mail investigation just 11 days before voters went to the policy. director james comey said flatly, it makes him mildly nauseous to think that the fbi may have influenced the 2016 vote but he says he stands by that decision. comey said if he didn't reveal they were looking into clinton's e-mails again, he says the american people would have thought they were covering something up. >> i stared at speak and conceal. there's an election in 11 days, that would be really bad. concealing would be catastrophic, not just to the fbi but beyond, between really bad an catastrophic, i said to my team, we got to walk into the world of really bad. i've got to

then the intelligence now kind of fitz into ths into that piec. not accompanying netanyahu to the western wall which would have sent a powerful message. so they're starting to ask a lot of questions. one of the things toii want to is how his comments play out in the israeli press tomorrow. >> rocky last week. you make a key point there. if the president can move the ball when it comes to peace, a lot of these political sides might be forgiven. we'll continue the conversation. up next, pressure but no lecture. the president calls on arab and muslim leaders to do more to might e fight extremists. ♪ the sun'll come out for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace i

hey fitz. >> reporter: areas like the severn river the chesapeake bay produce $17 billion in tourismyland, it's a lot of money. money that maryland's governor tonight says he is working to safeguard. we'll tell you how coming up. jim. >> how about this? eagles are suing a hotel for profiting off of their song guess which one? hotel eagles. >> we got it. >> we'll talk about it after the break. >> ♪ stronger is blasting her tumors... without risking her bones. to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight. it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. ♪ ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. >> we're coming up with more of our top stories. a man sentenced to life without parole for the brutal murde

hiding underneath my father's oval office desk when i was little and sitting on his lab on the honey fitznt out the white shark and purple shark though i could never see them. he had his friends throw their socks overboard which i loved. president kennedy inspired a generation that transformed america. they marched for justice. they served in the peace corps, in the inner cities and outer space. his brothers carried on that work fighting against poverty, violence and war, championing human rights, health care and immigration. as my father said in his inaugural address, this work will not be finished in our lifetime. to us to continue to continue to pass these values on to our children and grandchildren. >> one of defining relationships in my life is with someone i've never met, my grandfather, president john f. kennedy. it's a little odd to be connected to someone you don't know, especially when everyone else has access to much of the same information about him that you do. throughout my life i have been able to connect with my grandfather through the study of history which i know he love

i want to thank and recognize bruce evans and fitz elder from chairman cochran's staff, the staff director and deputy staff director. they worked very, very hard. and lastly, on a personal matter, mr. president, i do take a moment, a special recognition for my staff director on appropriations, charles keifer. chuck is well known to the senate. he's a familiar figure here in this chamber. he served on the appropriations committee for many years, under numerous chairmen and vice chairmen. i was grateful that he was willing to take on and continue there when i took over as vice chairman. a lot of people don't know he has been working around the clock on this. in march, he lost his father jerry. just a few weeks ago, he lost his mother fran. if you know even a little bit about his parents, there is no doubt where chuck gets his dedication to public service. his father jerry served as the executive director of the national cultural center at the kennedy center. he held positions in the truman and eisenhower and nixon and ford and carter administrations. chuck's mother fran was a long-time membe

charles: joining us keith fitz-gerald. what is your whole take on this thing, keith? not forget they got hammered last week on bad earnings. >> this is the thing do you react actively or proactively? we're caught right in the middle. the devices he talked about we have to lane into those. a 12-year-old in a drudge can take those down. when they are linked to the financial markets, our banking system you have sear, serious problem. imagine a stock market panic you can't contact the market to sell. that is really going to be nasty. charles: again we keep talking about it, feels one of the ransomware, 3 orhundred bucks that $500 an consultant, pay someone 300 bucks and they go away. who take it seriously and ponies up the money first? will it be corporations or the government? >> you're on to something here, charles. there is legal wrinkle in the system. yahoo!, takes 14, 18 months to report it. corporations are reluctant to report it, because of legal liability. our legal system says hey if you screw up you're liable. they don't detect breaches or want to report them. u

be more frank underwood than fitz.ould be thinking about their own political future and saying we may not say this out loud but at some point this guy may have to go. >> that's a great point. the new polling we have at nbc is approval rating for the revised ahca is 22%, 24%. the president is remarkably unpopular at the moment. the republican party on the generic ballot. there's this sort of every political sign is blinking red at the republican party right now. >> they are, and yet all you get are furrowed brows and you don't get anything more than that. you'll not get anything more than that. i don't think they're going to do anything about this guy. i really don't. i think they'll pass something resembling the current aaca which will be unpopular and i think he'll sign it because there's very little he can do now except sign anything they put on his desk. then they'll get their tax reform. it will shove more wealth upwards. at that point they'll rediscover where they -- >> do you really think they're basically making

obamacare imposed one size fitz all will of so-called policy experts in washington, d.c.es instead of allowing those closer to the communities to taylor their health care system to the needs of their people. the american health care act returns flexibility and accountability back to the states where they can make informed decisions about their own populations. we look forward to seeing the senate take up the bill in short order so that we can move even closer to giving the american people the health care system they deserve. we've got a few things going on as usual here in the white house. & across the administration. this morning's jobs report showed that the president's economic agenda of serious tax reform, slashes regulations, rebuilding our infrastructure and negotiating fair trade deals is adding jobs. we added over 2,000 new jobs in april and unemployment fell a a ten year low. we saw expansion in the sectors of the economy the president has had a particular focus on, construction, manufacturing, and mining. we've made some very important progress over the last ten

jason jason chi fitz, tweeting "impeccable credentials. should be widely accepted." talking about how this changes the dynamic. >> changes the dynamic in the sense that robert mueller is really a seasoned and trained investigator and will follow the facts wherever they lead. not saying that wouldn't have been true with the other investigations. this means we can open up a number of options or possibilities in terms of how the investigation could fan out beyond russia. when i am struck about is personal anecdotes. the fbi had a major anniversary during the period of his term and he said that the fidelity, bravery, and integrity really resonated with him personally because he began his career as a marine. and later when he left the job 12 years later, there was a lot of personal sadness because he is built so many relationships. he is someone of integrity. he understands how the affair works, and he's a seasoned career investigator and he's been tested many times in the past under conditions, i would argue, that are more duress. >> bret: let's take a quick listen from

politico also reporting that jason j fitz has asked for the -- jason chaffetz has asked for the attorney general to expand its scope of investigation to include the firing of james comey.

joining us now, liz macdonald, keith fitz-gerald.big news item that no one is paying attention to, up more than 13% from a year ago, the best quarterly performance since the third quarter, 2011. washington is looking for a big quarter, but are you surprised how big it's been so far? >> no, not really and here is why. we knew growth was around the corner and we new that managed expectations were so low a limbo dancer would have it's like betting on the horse race afterwards. if it were anyplace other than up, we'd be in trouble. charles: jim. >> earnings are great and the trump revival project is on track with the house health care vote and you have to be optimistic looking at the european results. macron was an advisor for a socialist, but he's for lower taxes and reduced government spending, at least in terms of the work force there. charles: there was, i don't think, a perfect candidate in the french election, you could have cherry picked a little from all the candidates and probably why so many people stayed away, but back here at

blackrock's larry fitz pointing to a lackluster second quarter. banks, for more than one quarter of the s&p 500 this year. from new york city, good morning, good morning. ." s "bloomberg daybreak we are counting you down to the opening bell. futures are firmer on the market , of 1/10 of 1%. possibly 2/10 on the s&p 500. kaplan,e and robert with a bottle of scotch. the marathon conversation between these two, wrapping up, the highlights of which we will bring you quickly as they had the market daybreak. alix: here is where we stand in terms of movers. michael kors getting slammed by over 7%. the revenue was a bit at her, but really the outlook was not great. fourth-quarter sales missed estimates, slashing the first quarter, earning estimates down overall 11%. closing 125 stores over the next two years. the brand stores and mall traffic of suffered. remember, flagship stores are important, that's where they get their pricing power. on the flipside, analog devices are up over 6%, reporting second-quarter earnings that were better. it's the third-quar

blige, dnce, new kids on the block, niall, thomas rhett, ed sheeran, chris stapleton, fitz and the tantrumsgraw and fifth hill. camilla cabello. flo rida. bruno mars. and kicking it off tomorrow -- >> the wait is over. >> british pop sensation harry styles. it's an endless summer of music live on the plaza. the city concert series. get up to get down. only on "today." >> i love it. >> that's a lineup! >> what are you most excited to get down to? >> the country music blog is sic sick. zach brown, chris stapleton. >> how about bruno mars? >> my favorite. >> total show stopper. >> ed sheeran. this is crazy. we'll see the whole thing. >> a lot of people will be sleeping on 48th street. >> by the way, i said get out your calendars, we didn't give a date but on "today".com you can get all the details on the concert so we're so excited. >> i love the country music, all i do is listen to country by i'm fired up for bruno mars but remember when they were dressed like it was prom night? they had a good entrance. again, though, you guys once again you'll be able to shazam all the concerts to unlock ex

ashley, liz, james freeman and keith fitz-gerald.ll right, let's talk about president trump mideast treat. $400 billion worth of deals with saudi arabia. keith, is that really going to create jobs back here? if so, how many? what's your guess? >> i don't have any idea on the figure, but, yeah, you bet it's going to create jobs because it creates demand and people forget that demand equals sales, equals revenues, equals profits, equals higher stock prices. stuart: is that what the market is reacting to? now we've got a 75 point gain. and wasn't expecting such a gain. is that a reaction to the deal making? >> a certainty. if it's uncertainty, traders don't like that. if it's certainty, deals particularly signed by the president, money is going to flow, they can bank on it. stuart: james, repeat what you said five minutes ago. changed the conversation, it's not political turmoil it's historical deal making and diplomacy. >> and i think the market maybe likes that the trump administration has regained its footing. the trump program of ta

ashley webster, elizabeth peek and keith fitz-gerald. keith, remind me a little of the dot-com bubble. what say you? >> well, it does on the surface, stuart, but very, very different. back then, we didn't understand what dot-com meant. we had pets.com with no revenue garnering millions of dollars. and now you've got capital and this is the finest example of capitalism most people would see in generations. stuart: would you put any of your client's money into the big five stocks. >> without reservations on both counts. stuart: which ones? >> all of them. stuart: really? that's a strong endorsement from the west coast there, all right. keith fitz, you've set blood racing early in the morning there. liz, are you going with that? >> i'll drink the kool-aid. this is a sector that has growth prospects that are exciting. there is no end in sight. that makes amazon a $1,000 stock. there are sectors of the economy they haven't tried yet. remember, they started out selling books. it's extraordinary and now they're going into retail and opening up