he said in his crowd, we've passed peak fortnite >> what we're seeing for 2019 is fortnite remains veryong we think that the battle royale genre took the world by storm. it was the biggest revenue generator of any game in history at $2.4 billion. free content, always something new to play. the 14 days of fortnite. new challenges it's fun to play with your friends. we think in 2019, we put out ten big predictions and fortnite remains strong in the battle royale genre for this year. >> you make a point of saying these free to play games will get bigger and bigger and some of the companies that have eschewed those types of games may get into them. not that you don't pay money just extras. >> it's one of the big paradoxes of video games the free games tend to be the biggest and most profitable. and so one of our, actually, our number one prediction for 2019 is that activision announces the free to play game. just to put it in some perspective, a big game like call of duty or fifa sells over 20 million units a year. those are enormous numbers fortnite in august had over 78 million people pla

this was a real phenomenon going on around the fortnite universe. jason: fortnite is a phenomenon.s north carolina company. it is a multiplayer game where you start with, keep me honest, shawn, 100 or so players. and it is a fight to the death, essentially, a virtual death, as you squad up and do all sorts of things to essentially try and become the winner of each individual session. do i have it mostly right? >> you are doing a good job of dad-splaining it. the truth is it is an old shoot it up kind of game including great characters in it. it's got fun dancing in it. but also, importantly, it's free. and that is the big business revolution here. that is what has turned this game out of the studio in north carolina, epic games, into a global phenomena. there are 200 million registered users of fortnite. this is a country, fortnite is a country bigger than brazil. it's that old-fashioned shoot 'em up game that's a cultural phenomenon. all of those athletes doing dances last season were doing fortnite dances when they got a hit. it's a bigger thing but it's a huge business story, as

and we're talking about fortnite. fun and games for luxury home sellers but it could be different for homebuyers. carol: and now you can drive a mean green vintage machine and embrace the new world. jason: this is bloomberg. ♪ carol: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i am carol massar. jason: i'm jason kelly. you can also listen to us on the radio, on sirius xm 119. also 106 in boston. carol: and 960 in the bay area area and in london and of course on the bloomberg business app. in the economic section, how the ottest videogame on the planet is emblematic of a new digital mile of digitalization. jason: fortnite! carol: who knew? >> at some point over the summer as my son was playing fortnite, he started talking about something he and his friends were doing, which was gaming globalization. he didn't call it that but they were changing the server they were using to brazil or asia to try to take on what they saw as weaker players to build up some wins and build some kind of teenage playground/street credit if you

liz: i'm thinking about fortnite. we will talk about that later, but it has 200 million players worldwide. what do you guys do for them? >> guess what data base it runs on? mongodb. liz: that's amazing. you jumped into the fray, the company was founded in 2007 so you are not an overnight success.

what's going on with that reference to fortnite and hbo? >> the fortnite phenomenon is real.stor in netflix my concern would not be fortnite. my concern is that my company that i invested in is now in a lowered barrier to entry business and people who are really well-positioned to compete with me and compete rather savagely with me are coming into the business. i think the shoe that dropped this past week was the announcement that nbc universal, or comcast is coming into the streaming business. they certainly have an arsenal of weapons that make them a lot scarier than anyone playing fortnite, as far as netflix shareholders go. >> dave, do you think that netflix has the apple iphone problem. at least here in the u.s. everybody has an account. my question is, do they go after those plan shares that they'll make each person have their own plan? >> certainly that kind of sealing up the leaks in the boat makes all kinds a sense but, the issue is that when you move into a created business where there is not direct barriers to entry like, back in the cable era to get that programmi

liz: i'm thinking about fortnite. we will talk about that later, but it has 200 million players worldwide. what do you guys do for them? >> guess what data base it runs on? mongodb. liz: that's amazing. you jumped into the fray, the company was founded in 2007 so you are not an overnight success. this took some time. but to come in as the david, and i read malcolm gladwell's book about how dave beat goliath because we see ourselves as david beating a goliath across the river but it can be done. what do you think you guys did to really win like this? >> well, remember, this is one of the largest markets, the data base market is forecast to be $60 billion today going to $80 billion in four years. and the incumbents are using very old technology. in fact, the incumbents are using technology that's over 40 years old. liz, you and i were using rotary phones 40 years ago and the world has radically changed but their technology hasn't. so we see a massive opening using our cutting edge technology to go after a massive market

but-- has fortnite become an obsession for some? (vicki) one of the biggest draws to the game-- it's free to play. marcus espinoza spoke with a child therapist to see of kids can be addicted to fortnite. family counselor mark vander ley with connections family counseling in quincy says, like any video game, addiction can become a possibility."i think there can be an impact. i wouldn't want parents to overreact to it. i think if a child is only playing video games for long long period of time and not having other social interactions, then it can have some negative impacts," said vander ley.the game is incredibly profitable as well.in 2018 alone, the game pulled in an impressive $3 billion in revenue.players are spending on average just under $85 a piece on the game, according to a survey by lendedu.that same survey asked 1,000 players whether or not they missed school time to play fortnite.nearly 15 percent said "yes, a lot." vander ley often recommends setting limits."some parents that means there's a short period of time each day a

your fortnite statements. fortnite is free to play but skins and things cost money. fortnite the company, epic games, just sent me $2.5 billion on a free game. >> extras. >> just on the extras. i want the red helmet. >> remember farmville. people were into that. >> they sure well. >> yeah. >> i'm going to create an app. >> you absolutely should. >> all right. you do that. >> thanks, scott. >> take a look at this, new video into the newsroom. a maserati got stuck in floodwaters last night. rain off 17 off-ramp to hamilton, shut down the off-ramp to tow that car away and work to clear the road. we're told the driver is okay. probably a little upset. no word on how much it's going to cost to fix their sports car. >> marcus, have you -- >> i wish. that was a pretty one, too. a white one. >> they say turn around, don't flood your luxury car. >> i wouldn't go out. once you said that storm was going to come, i picked up the kids from school and that's it. >> it's a good idea to try to avoid being out there when the b

they were doing fortnit dances.19 could be the year of the discount. >> at least when it comes to luxury homes. >> we are entering a difficult time for sellers. 2018 wasn't great for anyone. buyers or sellers. now it's looking like prices are going down, inventory is going up, and buyers make a discount. macro and micro economic trends are causing issues for everyone around the globe, from los angeles to new york to london. each of these different places has different economic impacts that are affecting it. overall we are seeing a bit of a hangover from the housing boom. .oo much building massive amounts of very large houses in los angeles. in london you have massive amounts of both, even an extreme uncertainty about brexit. >> it's a great chart that shows the delta. hit.uver taking a massive >> that had a lot of foreign investment. there is a finite number of people. york has been slowing down for a couple of years now. we have seen in 2019, or we will see a tremendous amount of inventory that has been held back.

winner: 'fortnite' and other free games raked in more than $87 billion last year . . .he rest of the gaming industry is starting to take note. free-to-play video games generated $87.7 billion in revenue during 2018. asian players account for 62% of spending on free games, and seven of the top 10 grossing free-to-play games belong to asian publishers. "fortnite" was the top grossing game of 2018, free or otherwise, with an estimated $2.4 billion in revenue. games played on smartphones account for an increasing majority of play time, and free games still rule mobile app stores. case in point: "fortnite" remains the most popular game in the start of 2019, enjoying more than 80 million active users per month. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) for your health this morning... general mills has issued a nationwide recall on it's gold medal flo

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the makers of fortnite warning bad guys trick their way into fortnite accounts and a vulnera hack. epic games says it fixed the problem but you definitely want to check your cr c every kid everywhere on planet earth played fortnite. it made $2 billion on a free game off that. >> that's an amazing amount of money for that. >> taking it to the next level. thanks, guys. >>> happening now driving conditions in the sierra difficult at best. as kari mentioned, the area around tahoe dealing with blizzard-like conditions. live look at 880 in kingville. we've seen cars go through but very slow going. we'll get to that in just a little bit. first i want to mention we do have breaking news right now. another earthquake hitting the bay area. a 3.5. take a look at our seismograph right now. it was felt in pleasant hill. kind of a slight jolt for folks out there. 3.5 following an earthquake they had just yesterday morning at 4:45 or so in the morning up near berkeley in the piedmont area there. so no reports of damage or injuries so far. we're going to continue to monitor that. reach out to us a

they're losing screen time. >> right. >> to fortnite as well i can't help to think that fortnite three months from now will not have the impact. >> there will be something else. >> haven't we suggested that disney or cbs or even apple, someone should be buying an ea or a take 2 or someone we don't know about tencent has been doing this but the media companies, this is content, interactive sports. >> remember pokemon go, that was this huge thing two or three years ago. they just raised $250 million the other day. they're going to basically launch a new multi-player game on harry potter. the same nerds who were netflixing and whatever are playing harry potter games and you only have two eyeballs, right? it's serious competition and they're seriously funded. >> you know -- >> guy, defend the nerds right now. >> thursday night is when i go home and put my hat on and play harry potter with my friends, it's brilliant when i say 50% correction, let me be clear. it's a 50% correction of the move we've seen from 250 to 350, which dan nathan gets you $300. >> what are some outstanding questions

the kids are nuts for this "fortnite." and turn off the tv. many of you answered and with that said, here are the results of, hey jimmy kimmel, i turned off the tv during "fortnite." >> what just happened? what! it just turned off! what? oh my god, why'd you do that? >> mommy! i didn't see you. oh no! stop! no! i can still win. >> stop! >> say hi, jimmy kimmel, and i'll turn it on. >> hi, jimmy kimmel. >> dad. dad, what are you doing? i'm in the middle of "fortnite." what is wrong with you? leave. stop turning my tv off. what did you do? go cook! stop, stop. >> yeah, leave. look, jeff. what do you want? stop! what the [ bleep ]. >> jimmy kimmel made me do it. jimmy kimmel made me do it. jimmy kimmel, help! help, jimmy kimmel. >> you just turned off my "fortnite"! >> jimmy kimmel made me do it. >> no! what just happened? no! >> what's the matter? >> someone shut off the [ bleep ] tv. >> are you out of your mind? >> i can't -- mom. what are you doing? what are you doing? >> oh my god, i'm trying to find -- >> my friend is dying. >> what friend?

what do they put them on when they play fortnite in november i pointed out this stock had been roaringheld off recommending it because i thought it was too risky betting on any fad driven by teens of course crocs is the one stocks that managed to keep chugging higher throughout the downturn it was at $25 when i said it was too risky for me now it's at 30 crocs preannounced on monday, the company's forecast for the current quarter was merely good, not great. the stock dropped about a dollar on the news. my view, look, i have been too cautious on crocs, but sooner or later this fad going to run out of juice while i don't know when that will happen, i do know that crocs sells for 24 times earnings, and that's too expensive for a company that's only expecting mid-single-digit growth this year remember what i said about lulu, similar multiple but growing much faster bottom line. the department stores may be in rough shape here but that's because people people are buying stuff online or stores much more fun to shop at we know lululemon, yeti holdings and crocs have been doing well i love lul

>> fortnite. >> i don't know. >> fortnite was around a couple years ago. >> it's still super, duper hot, i am told. >> you can have more than one hot game >> he says from his headset. >> what's that, player one come in >> no, they'll have every game not just this has got to get kids off of fortnite to do it, period because everybody is playing fortnite >> even the knicks head coach told us that his biggest problem is his players staying up too late playing fortnite i think harry potter has a lot of potential and investors think so, too. >>> "the wall street journal report"ing today that the once popular -- remember this the motorola flip phone. a foldable screen this time. reportedly it will have a starting price of $1500 and it could be available in the u.s. as soon as next month. i think the nostalgia play is smart here i like it. >> will it work and resurrecting this old model when we have nice, beautiful iphones. >> it's made by the chinese now. lenovo do we want any chinese company touching our data when our smartphones are -- i'm not sure people are going to be so excited to hear

hundreds of millions of people across the world are playing the popular game "fortnite".and it's bringing up concerns over video game concerns over wednesday. showers into evening with showers into wednesday. (vicki) still ahead... hundreds of millions of people across the world are playing the popular game "fortnite". and it's bringing up concerns over video game addiction. hear what a child psychologist has to say about your kids playing the game. (grant) plus... flu season is in full swing. and we are learning of an increase in cases in the bay area. why doctors say it's still not too late to get your flu shot. nat cough(vicki)if it seems like you're hearing more people coughing and sneezing lately, it's not just your imagination.the flu season is here in force.this is the time of year when the number of cases begin to soar.(grant)we have some new numbers tonight. catherine heenan is here to tell us about them.catherine? (catherine) you may remember last year was a really bad one for flu cases ... the c-d-c estimates that around 80=thousand americans died.., including

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. —— youtube went down. at clips of a game called fortnite. -- youtube went down.o think of it as being about a certain demographic, the so—called millenials, but that is increasingly becoming the standard way of watching tv across all age groups. in fact, a key growth market for netflix is the older generation, who also adopting behaviours. this is it, it is the changing habits right across the world one area where they have not quite penetrated in terms of subscriber base is low income households. they are not going to be to happy with the idea of price hikes, which is what we are expecting to see rolled out across the world, no? qualcomm is quite interesting. a segment of their customers are price sensitive, so those others low income households. what we tend to see with those customers is a substitution of another kind of atv, so while wealthier household will take both pay—tv and netflix, a low income family will take the decision to ditch and once they ditch, they might takea ditch and once they ditch, they might take a second or third streaming service, amaz

that is a good billion dollars behind "fortnite." amount of money coming from digital game sales, free to play games, took up 80% of all digital sales. that brought in 87.7 billion in revenue last year. there is definitely a chance this could be successful. charles: you mentioned augmented reality. blue magic, first demonstration, more recent demonstration didn't live up to the hype. feels like once we're able to live inside the games all bets are off. >> it is true. and in the case of "pokemon go" it is augmented reality, it is giving you an an image inside of the real world, not so much virtual reality completely taking you out of the world. but as we see these different technologies continue to progress the possibilities for gaming in the future are just astounding. and it is so much fun to be a part of famer world news and watch this evolve over time. charles: so much fun having you too. captain rob, thanks very much. we'll talk to you real soon. >> thanks so much, guys. have a great day. charles: the shutdown, president trump tw

there are 200 million registered users of fortnite.the old-fashioned shoe up kind of game that has become a cultural phenomenon. all of those athletes doing dances last season were doing fortnite dances. jason: how 2019 could be the year of the discount. carol: especially when it comes to luxury homes. >> 2018 was not great for anyone, buyers or sellers and now it looks like prices will go down, inventory is going up and buyers could get a discount. carol: what is going on? -- mikegroh economic groh economic trends and macroeconomic trends are causing issues. london, each of these have different economic impacts of affecting them but we are seeing a bit of a hangover from the housing boom and people are calling it a bit of a bubble. --the lot of building? >> too much building. in london, massive amounts of construction even as there is extreme sensitivity to brexit. jason: there is a great chart that shows the delta of essentially. vancouver taking a massive hit apparently. that was by all accounts a bubble, right? it had a lot of inve

and "fortnite" is free to play.. it's free to play and it's super fun. >> jimmy: that's great. that's a good answer. it's free. [ laughter ] >> it's free f >> jimmy: ite. that's why. yeah. [ applause ] and what do you think of at parents on't want their kids playing "fortnite" and the big controversy there? >> dude, yeah -- no.pl it's s are they doing well in school? are they doing well in their every day activities? d if they are, then rewa them. and if they're not, you know, it's a great motivational, you know, tool. right? same thing with me when i was growing up. my parents would always, like, what was i passionate about? , u know, i loved playing soccer but, you knwasn't, like, passionate about it. i love playing video games. g , if i wasn't doing well in school, or anythke that, they would just, you know, take it away. or be like, "hey, if you want to go play, you know, during the summer, you know play outside, for two hours. you play outside for two hours, you get two more hours of gametime." my: yeah, yeah.

. >>> plus, if you play fortnite, you are not alone. the record-breaking video game sales, coming up next. >>> and taking a live look, beautiful look from emeryville this morning across the bay. a cool start, change in the works? well, we'll find out, when we check that forecast with kari. >>> good morning. i'm frank holland at cnbc global headquarters. here are today's top business headlines. wall street is set to open higher this morning. the markets sold off yesterday as weak data out of china and lower growth forecast from the international monetary fund. there are new worries about the health of the overall global economy. >>> stocks fell to the lows of the day on reports the u.s. canceled a tradeek, m that was later denied by the white house. >>> the dow closing down 301 points, snapping a four-day win streak. on today's watch list, earnings from procter & gamble, united technologies and ford. >>> uber is rolling out rewards program in 25 u.s. cities and metro areas today, expanding beyond nine launch cities, including san francis

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. >>> coming up on mornings on 2 the game fortnite as you know you have little ones, it's the biggest name in the world. however -- game in the world. however the better business bureau is not celebrating a victory royale. the most common complaint for gamers. >>> many of us are struggling to keep the new year's resolutions. up next we're joined by a bay area life coach with how to avoid another disappointing start to the new year. >>> five, four, three, two, one. ignition. liftoff of falcon 9. >> well, you may have watched it here less than two hours ago. right on our air. spacex launched its first mission of the year. the falcon 9 rocket lifted off from vanneddenburg air force base in southern california. smoke from the rocket's engines could actually be seen here in the bay area. the it's carrying ten telecommunications slights and about ten minutes after the -- satellites and about ten minutes after the launch its successfully returned to the pacific ocean. >>> china is showing off any images of the far side of the moon. the images appeared on the state television this morning. yo

who plays fortnite? you? you? they have no complaints as far as i'm aware. the complaints are on my end. >> what are you calling them about, anyway? aren't you busy playing games and acquiring the tools that you need? why would i be calling customer service if i was so enthralled and engaged in the game. >> it's multitasking, i guess. >> there's no point. dagen: exactly. if i get bad customer service, i tweet about it and take photos. [ laughter ] i did that the other day. and, well, it got resolved quickly, i might add. coming up -- >> airline? dagen: no, it was -- should i say? it was torno, a watch store, i had to get my watch fixed. >> well, they fixed it. dagen: it's a watch store, they open at 10:00 a.m. we were standing in the cold at 10:15. if you can't follow the clock, what are you doing. i tweeted about it and called. ford making major cuts, the automaker slashing jobs to remain competitive. plus crude slipping this morning but we've had a bull run in oil prices. can you imagine it? so bear market to bu

now he is saying it "fortnite," "fortnite" being the videogame.e talk about the negatives and end on some of the positives for the company. international growth, the fact they are creating content globally, so that could help reduce margins. you have the possibility of putting those movies in movie theaters like they did with "roma quote, neil. neil: not too bad. we'll see where they go with that. netflix is worried more about "fortnite" than hbo or disney. to john meyer. why is that, john? why is fortnight a bigger threat than some of these others? >> "fortnite" is bigger effect, because netflix has premier market on streaming but only thing second to netflix, other products taking users attention away such as young people, millenial teenagers, et cetera, who at this point are completely glued to netflix. neil: what is it with "fortnite," it withstood the 15 minutes of fame, right? i wonder how that happened and how much longer it continues to happen? >> yeah i think the statement by the ceo of netflix is probably a bit of a comical half-joke sta

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fortnite. >> i don't know what fortnite is. >> this is the most brilliant game ever.est. apple became the first u.s. company worth a trillion dollars. >> how do you write a trillion dollars? >> what does that look like? >> worst continuing problem with the iphone? >> oh, girl, i can't with apple. >> bring the headphone jack back. you know how many adapters i have to have with me at all times? it's ridiculous. >> best and worst technology trend. the continued rise of robots which are helpful, sure, but seem to be listening to a lot of what we say and tracking everywhere we go. >> do they enhance our daily living? yes. are we going overboard? probably. >> most creative computer. the machine that scanned 15,000 classic portraits, then painted this one which sold for more than $400,000. best human response? banksy who auctioned an iconic image for more than a million and rigged the frame to shred it moments later. >> i thought it was cool, but i didn't buy it. >> best picture perfect moment. the royal wedding. >> here's meghan markle, an american black woman marrying prin

in non—egg news, 0range shirt kid joined the list of people accusing video game fortnite of allegedly shared images of the first seed to sprout on the moon. youtube has said it will now ban clips of dangerous and harmful pranks from the platform. the change comes in response to so—called challenge videos which, in some cases, have resulted in injuries or even death. following through with the change may be difficult, though, with critics arguing it could be hard to decide where to draw the line on what constitutes ‘dangerous‘. time to make room on the bedside table for yet another essential gadget. sportswear company nike has unveiled the latest incarnation of its self—lacing smart shoe. controlled by an app, the $350 trainers adapt to your foot with a range of lace tensions. and if you're worried about getting stuck in them, no fear — the company says the battery will last at least ten days. and finally, spare a thought for the robots of henn na hotel this week, some of whom are looking for work. in a twist to the classic tale, japan's iconic robot hotel has had to lay off half of it

that eve ryo ne get digitally like fortnite that everyone is talking about which brought him an enormoust is coming from. when we think of the consumer is driving these trends, we think are probably younger people in the gaming market, but there is a lot of stuff still at play and when we are talking about physical copies of dvds, that was still consumers who want that. yes, absolutely. physical is important to young kids, especially parents are more likely to buy physicalfor their to buy physical for their children than get involved in the digital marketplaces, older people may want to walk into a shop and buy a physical game. it is interesting you talk about the kind of consumers driving this because in games, we have this idea games are all young people, but that is just not true. statistics show across gender and age, everyone is playing video games. 0n age, everyone is playing video games. on twitter the other day, someone games. on twitter the other day, someone said that 87—year—old grandma had played animal crossing every day for the past four years, so every day for the past fou

and you might notice that this kid right here, 100% of his dances were from fortnite.g that is where kids are learning how to dance these days. i don't know who was the winner, both of them very impressive though. >> can you do any fortnite dances? >> no, i can't. i can maybe floss a little bit if i was standing up, but fortunately for you, i'm sitting. >> i cannot do that. but in that game, how about james harden, 30 plus points in 20 straight games. i know that you are a houston rockets fan. almost as impressive as those dances. >> tying the record. >> andy, thank you. laura, can you dance that well? >> i want to see you floss. >> i can't do it. no one over age 40 can floss. no one. >>> with federal workers set to miss another paycheck, lawmakers are set to introduce a plan that doesn't have the votes. top stories next. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats moderate to severe plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla,75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vom

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they might mean playing fortnite. t i mean for the long time. >>ge inion? >> yeah. thi >>> this morning, we have a warning for anybody who received a dna testing kit for christmas. >> a radiologistaid he sent the kit away. it tested positive for a genetic disorder that can lead to potentially deadly cancers at an early age. >> it was scary to think i might have something i have to act on the rest of m life. do i have a low level of cancer now that i don't know about. >> dr. clayton went to get a test with a medical specialist. the result came back negative. if you are curious about your genetic riskdi for ase, you should see a genetic counselor. >>> for busy consumers there's a slew of new tech products about to be designed to make your le easier. the consumer technology show featuresro products 4,000 companies, like a touchscreen oven and a fresh bread vending machine. >> a fresh bread vending machine? >> there's evenobot helpers for the elderly. >> artificial intelligence is the ingredient of the show, the uture, because that allows products to be smart and more r

americans play video games, that estimate might be a bit low, considering 200 million people play fortnite alone, though that's a worldwide number. but 150 million americans is pretty amazing, because that is half of the entire country's population. >> wow. when do people have time to do that? >> you know what? it's a great question. netflix, the other day, said that's what they're doing, that's our problem. we're not competing against nbc, we're competing against video games. >> video games. >> you only have time to do one thing, and sometimes it's playing fortnite. >> usually work or take care of my kids. i don't have time for either. >> neither do i. some play those games while they're going on trips, places. >> absolutely. >> because a lot of people are going on trips. so trip advisor has the best hotels. charleston, south carolina, is home to the best hotel, french quarter inn takes the top honor. coming in second place, the nantucket hotel and resort located in nantucket, massachusetts, and rounding out the top three is the spectator hotel, also located in charleston, south carolina.

remember, there is 80 million people playing fortnite. it is starting to cut into all the other games. let's go to ernest in florida. ernest >> yes, mr. cramer how you? >> yes i'm doing all right. how are you? >> caller: good. i wanted to find out about boeing they have earnings coming out on the 30th see what your thoughts are on it >> i think you have good cash flow i think they're going to do a real good job. the day that will better ross says i can see for miles, miles, miles and i don't see a trade agreement while at the same time wondering how people who are poor don't have any money, i find that whole thing disingenuous, frankly. but if the trade talks go bad that day, boeing's stock will go down no matter what they said, okay and i got to tell you, i wish i could and we could all write checks to the people who work for the federal government who are not getting paid, because that is a the dumbest thing i've ever heard let's go to joseph in new jersey, please joseph >> caller: hi, jim love your show. >> thank you >> caller: my ques

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epic games say it has fixed the problem but if you or your children play fortnite, check your credit card statements. it is free to play but you can buy new skins and upgrades in the game. the company saideay $2.5 billion just last year. >>> happening today, the mayor of los angeles tries his hand in helping bridge the divide between schools and striking teachers. the mayor is scheduled to mediate today's contract talks at city hall. l.a. unified teachers walked off the job monday. schools, however, still operating, often holding huge, improvised classes in school gymnasiums. l.a. unified is america's second largest school district. >>> l.a. teachers certainly not alone in feeling undervalued and underappreciated. oakland teachers are also enduring some lengthy contract negotiations. so far, talks have been fruitless. happening now or tomorrow, i should say, teachers at life academy school plan to stage a one-day sick out along with that tomorrow morning. teachers have organized a rally and march from oakland technical high school. >>> turning back to our microclimate weather alert n

penetration of the service and talking about competition and they say we compete with and lose to fortniteyoutube went down globally in october, our viewer an sign-up spiked for that time indicating that youtube is a competitor the growth is compared the experience this is all from reed hastings saying the focus is not disney plus or amazon or others but improving the experience for members and notable trying to say they're competing with everyone and many ways more with the free services like youtube and also things that are very different such as video games. very interesting stuff here. i'm going to continue to dig through. >> all right julia, thank you very much. >>> on the fly reading through that reed hastings letter. let's bring in ed lee for more i love how netflix gives the letter to chew on, including name by name competition and approaching them. >> right you know, i think the other thing to point out here, late lynette flix has been doing the best to really appeal to hollywood talent with everyone else getting in the streaming game, also getting into it, there's that much more