hasbro makes many toys outside the u.s. and has markets worldwide. stock is up by 30% this year. >>> president trump back to work in washington today and attention will return to the russian investigation. tracie potts joins us with the latest. but congress is on recess, isn't it? >> congress is on recess, but the president is back. the tension is turning to russia and this russia investigation as it was before the president left. senator john mccain, who is a big foreign policy voice on capitol hill says russia is a bigger threat than isis. he made those comments in australia on the way to a defense summit saying that vladimir putin needs to be dealt with. one of the ways the white house is trying to do that, we're told, is setting up a war room, according to multiple sources to deal with questions on the russian investigation. president trump made it clear that he wants this over with. he thinks there's nothing to it. one of the people who is supposed to be key in setting up that russia war room at the white house is his son-in-law. and close advis

we have championed the stock of hasbro for ages and it's not too late to buy h.a.s. we chronically underrate the defense stocks like they're a fad, but under president trump they're going to grow in size and power. i don't mind at all that both raytheon and general dynamics appear on the new high list. both ask till be bought given the terrific books of business. how about some other industrials. i like rockwell collins. an aerospace component play. a robot well -- there's roper. how about roper, it makes all sorts of fluid controls and pumps. with these two lurk a lot of other industrials might not be that far behind. shush, there are -- sure there aren't a lot of drug stocks on the list and that may disturb some. i'm not disturbed by it, but vertex is there. plenty of medical device stocks, way too many to list. let's point out, bexer at henry schein. and there's no doubt that the banks are a huge bummer. there aren't a lot of people -- a lot of people talk about. jpmorgan and bank of america both shocked you today with negative outlooks on trading. look at the fau

>> the hasbro executive is correct.de policies of the trump administration hang like a dark cloud over the u.s. economy and u.s. businesses. this administration has threatened to rip up trade agreements, walk away from the trade organization. these are rules the united states designed to protect u.s. companies as exporters and investors. if we get involved in trade wars with our main trading partners, u.s. companies are going to lose as exporters because other companies are going to retaliate if we retaliate from the lose and lose as producers. you know, more than half of what we import to the united states are not consumer goods. they are stuff imported by u.s. businesses, raw materials, intermediate components, capital machinery, embedded in global supply chains. this disrupts train, u.s. companies will be less deducted, more difficult to raise our productivity, and meet the president's goals of increases our overall economic growth. >> so, daniel, is the way -- daniel put it, michael, as though he's saying, you know,

big brands like ge, adidas, boeing, ford, nike, hasbro, and hershey's are also integrating the technology into their products. >> so there's this idea, almost like a video killed the radio star that innovation is killing manufacturing. >> i would say the opposite. i would say that for a number of reasons. one, because of automation, we're increasing our productivity. we're able to get more products out there at a lower cost and higher quality. being able to do that increases demand. increased demand creates more jobs. >> it's super cool. the question is -- >> absolutely cool. you asked him at one point what is this going to do to the factories in the rust belt and he said i think they're going to adapt. the problem is they haven't adapted and that is because the average hourly wage in america is about $25 an hour. no one is looking to manufacture the great things that they print there using $25-an-hour labor. so ultimately we've got a lot of workers put out of work and no way to retrain them into the type of work we need to do. so it's a bigger company than this compa -- bigger question t

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target, walmart, amazon.com, online and local stores and you can buy one from the manufacturer at hasbrod the best place is usually around the december holidays, if you need a nerf gun now you have to shop around for the best prices. if you have a question for me, record your 10 to 15 second question and share it on social media using the #ask finney. i'll find it and answer here. >>> if you're in the market for a new car, "consumer reports" released its findings of the most reliable cars. lexus, toyota, buick, audi and kia. "consumer reports" studied over half a million vehicles taking surveys from drivers who bought or leased them and we posted the full results online. >>> check out this heart stopping video as a professional race car driver narrowly escapes death and slams into a guardrail and teetering on the massive cliff. you can see the driver running from the car waving a sign that says, okay. it looks like the guardrail saved his life. >>> a theme park offering a new service for people hoping to impress a date. punch a fake bad guy and promoting the new service, the fake bad guy

>> no, i want to talk about battle front 2 and hasbro and how they'll be impacted by the incredible slatefilms. because i'm not talking ago espn because i have -- >> well, i want to talk about it. >> that was a narrative i have giving you. geez. >> i want to talk about espn. i'm fascinated by it all. >> we'll move on to disney. we'll keep our eye on the president's meeting with lavrov today. disney did post a better than expected number helped by hollywood box office success. investors though focussing on the decline in subs at the espn. the higher programming costs. last night on "closing bell" iger expressed some optimism about espn's future. >> we will be in a direct to consumer business for espn product. we hope to launch one on our bam tech platform before the end of the year. we're increasing apps significantly. we're running the business more efficiently so we actually are confident in espn's future. >> so cable operating net down three is the fourth quarter in the row. but parks up 20. studio's up 21. >> i thought it was continuing to have the 40 to 60 basis points losses in espn.

hasbro has donated a bunch of kids aging from 4 and up.orlando. hotel paid for. and you get to skip the lines, too. happy mother's day! a fitting gift for a mom who never stops giving. >> how beautiful is that? >> miss brenda. >> i love it. that was joelle reporting. >>> coming up, still wondering how to surprise mom this mother's day? stick around, we have you covered with last-minute gift special from the moment she wakes up. but first, this is ayon nbc. but first this is "today" on nbc. joelle garguilo. >>> okay, listen up, dads and kids. mother's day is tomorrow. if you haven't gotten her anything yet today and need inspiration, how aut this? we have you covered. we'll kick things off with our life tile s eertoakthy ecl for the moment mom woke up. we'll pretend i woke up like this. okay. >> you want to start mom off with breakfast in bed. what i have done here is i have a chalkboard breakfast tray and wrote a message and added all of mom's favorite foods. croissant, granola, fruit and a mimosa. >> so sweet. >> here we have a tulip stra

hasbro has donated a bunch of toys for kids ages four and up. hotel paid for. free access to the parks. and you get to skip the lines, too. happy mother's day! >> happy mother's day! >> reporter: a fitting gift for a mom who never stops giving. >> how beautiful was that? >> i love that. >> miss brenda. >> i love it. that was joelle gar ju low reporting. coming up, still wondering how to surprise mom this mother's day? stick around, we have you covered with last-minute gift ideas that will have mom feeling special from the moment she wakes up. first, this is "today" on nbc. r nbc. joelle garguilo. listen -- i didn't know the music was going to be this way. listen up, dads and kids, mother's day is tomorrow and if you haven't gotten her anything yesterday and you need some inspiration, how about this? we have you covered. i'm going to kick things off with lifestyle expert lemore who has ideas to make mom special from the moment she wakes up. i woke up like this. >> you woke up like this. so you want to start mom off with breakfast in bed. i have a

there's optimism and uncertainty associated with trump and heard one of the former board members of hasbro as well. melissa: is it because they are free free to trump? >> trump does a lot of trade so that's where a lot of ceos would depend on global trade wondering exactly what the rules are going to be. melissa. melissa: thanks guys. david: holes are starting to turn against theresa may. at least one poll has in the conservatives in the united kingm so wilshe be ousted in the british exit from the european union comto a screeching hault? turning his former agent margaret thatcher nile gardner. we should emphasize first of all mile this was one poll and it may be an outlier but just a couple of weeks ago many conservatives here in new york and the uk saying she's going to win by historic proportions by a 100 majority. what happened? >> without a doubt the poll reporting sent shockwaves through the political establishment. his poll showed projections a hung parliament in the case of uk general elections for june 8 and that is contradicted most other polls. at least six points in some polls