j.c. penney reporting smaller lost in the second quart earl, which is a sign the department store is making a come back after years of falling sales. j.c. penney said it is seek a lot of expanded when it sephora beauty business, and appliance sales. florida thinking beyond oranges and grapefruit and tapping into the exploding craft bare business, farmers in the state have started growing hops, as a bacterial disease, it is iconic citrus industry. florida traditionally considered too hot and how many toyed grow hops. researchers have started to develop some plans that work with this climate. brooke, jim? >> always good to have a plan b. thanks so much, jill. check in with you tomorrow. >> we have breaking news just into the news room, as meisha has been mentioning, update, one person is dead sadly and two others have been returned to the hospital after this crash. it happened near 66th avenue and north 18th street in west oaklane. police have not yet said what caused the crash but we do know it in

on friday, j.c. penney. >>> staying on the consumer theme, drivers may want to get one last road trip to make the most of lower gasoline prices. landon dowdy joins us with more. >> good morning to you. >> the lundberg tracks it at 2500 stations. here's the latest look. the average price dropping $.06 to $2.16 a gallon. that's 55 cents lower than a year ago. the price of it has gone down $.21. analysts say as soon as the slump ends gas price -- the price of crude is declining, down 5% over the past three months. but that decline is starting to slow. so what is the city with the highest pump prices. san diego currently at $2.70 per gallon for unleaded. jackson, mississippi, at the low price of $1.81 a gallon. it's down $.04 from a week ago. >>> landon, thank you very much for that. >>> gawker media is engaged in preliminary talks with hulk hogan to reach a settlement according to the "wall street journal." over $140 million court judgment over invasion of privacy that led gawkers to file for bankruptcy protec

j.c. penney, that up 2%. where is apple?t with the iphone 7's, very, very soon, 107 on apple this morning. amazon, where are we now? don't start laughing. >> this is hilarious on the retail front, i'll tell you why. stuart: this is a horse race i've got going here. amazon at 769. show me facebook, please, where are we? 124. where is google, i'll have to learn the alphabet. 806 a share and microsoft up, please don't tell me-- down, it's at 58 a share, i can handle it. i can handle it, okay? so the big techs are down just a fraction, let me emphasize that. ashley webster is here. tammy bruce remains with us. scott shellady in scott, jeff sika and john, do you first, is the stock market at this all-time highs because america is the only game in town? what says john lonski? >> that's about it, it's the only game in town plus you have very, very low interest rates and companies buying back equity like crazy. on the retail front. we've got a dog of report for july retail sales. this year, prices of retailers move higher. >> okay.

. >> j.c. penney has great offers on apparel and accessories. bed, bath and beyond have great deals on things from lunch steals and deals. >> reporter: the savings will help you find extra cash while others are finding dore ri -- "finding dory." cooper: governor mccrory wants you to believe there's a carolina comeback. but raise your hand if your taxes have gone up while those at the top are the ones getting the tax break. and raise your hand if you're working more for less. ee that those at the top should pay their fair share. raise your hand if you agree that tax breaks should be going to the middle class. and raise your hand if you agree that a comeback should include everyone. >>> north carolina news at 6 starts right now. >> we're following breaking news. i'm sharon tazewell. >> i'm sean maroney. the state's epidemiologist has resigned. >> reporter: this comes down to we've been reporting on involving people who live near coal ash department. she said she cannot work for a department and administration that deliberately misleads the public.

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. >> bombshell in the world of bed sheets, wal*mart, j.c. penneyer fire for selling phony sheets. customers thought they were buying premium egyptian cotton. it turns out they weren't. target pull the sheets last week. no word if others will follow suit. >>> are you pun one of those people that can't live without that morning cup of coffee? why your mom and dad might be to blame for you needing that fix. >>> and at 6:0 6:00, how pennsylvania is trying to cut down on dr. shopping and prescription drug abuse that system doctors will help use to help them be informed of patient's histories. >>> plus a philadelphia towing company accused of of baiting drivers into parking in no sparking zones could be facing some trouble from the city. ♪ >> you drink a lot of coffee? you may want to blame your mom and dad. researchers think that your genes could dictate how much coffee you drink. researchers studied 1200 people and they found that those with specific gene variant drank one less cup of coffee a day than those without it. study authors stay people with t

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j.c. penney also coming out with earnings right now.ng at net sales coming in at 2.9 billion dollars. that looks light. the company is reaffirming its full year of forecast. boost bang in 2% line with estimates and the growth margins coming in a touch light at about $37.1%. in terms of their stock, it was up earlier by as much as 3% in premarket trading helped by colin's and nordstrom's over the last 48 hours. but now the stock is flat. that's the theme of the day. jonathan: 1999, the last time you woke up and had a record. welcome to 2016. future stable ahead of the open. stocks soft in europe but the ftse down 1%. and the d.a.x. down about a quarter. this is a quiet churn and a week of gains in europe. in the fx market, we're up on the bloomberg dollar index. for the commodity market, fascinating. happy talk at opec. the potential for production deal. again, we're playing that game. crude the biggest week of gains since april. softer on the day though with w.t.i. down .4%. copper where the story is. down by 1.82%. weak data out of chi

rounding out friday, we'll hear from j.c. penney. >>> gawker news. they're engaged in preliminary talks with hulk hogan to reach a settlement. concerns of $140 million court judgment over invasion of privacy that led gawker to file for bankruptcy protection. similar talks have taken place throughout the legal process. no agreement was reached. this coming a week ahead that will see -- deal now could allow hogan to cash out without waiting for the bankruptcy proceedings and to some extent, you might imagine who peter teal, the goal was to bankrupt the company and put it into this position. he may have already succeeded. if you remember, very interestingly on this show, nick denton, we asked him if he talked to peter teal. he wouldn't answer the question. he said i might have. >> he said if i had i wouldn't tell you. >> twice. >> that goes a little bit to this. >> all right. there's a developing story out of pakistan this morning. a massive bomb went off on the ground of a government-run hospital. in the southwestern part of that nation. police say at

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