. >> that's country superstar jason aldean with his latest "drown out the whiskey." at number one on the billboard chart. it was aldean's fourth consecutive album to hit number one on the chart. but he travels this year with a heavy heart after the tragic shooting last fall that began when he was playing on stage. willie invited aldean here to "sunday today" just hours before his show. >> reporter: jason aldean and his band huddle for a backstage toast before jason is launched, quite literally, in front of a sold-out crowd at madison square garden. >> unless it doesn't go well, unless it breaks and i come up like i'm on "star trek," like an elevator. >> reporter: jason's packed show at the world famous arena is just the latest reminder that country music plays big far outside its nashville home. >> reporter: it must be a crazy thing looking at the marquee from madison square garden seeing, "jason aldean sold out tonight." >> yeah, it is. for a while there was a stigma about playing country concerts in new york. to come here to madison square garden, one of the most ic

. >> i'm jason aldean. this week we witnessed one of the worst tragedies in american history. i'm struggling to understand what happened that night and how to pick up the pieces and start to heal.

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of aind rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. >>> welcome back thanks for being with us on "worldwide exchange. here's how your money and investments are setting up today. there's going to be a tug of war out there. dow futures are down nasdaq is higher on one hand apple is the biggest company in america, biggest company in the world one of the biggest companies in the dow. a price-weighted index it's the sixth heaviest weighted stock. that stock will be solid today now you have threats of a 25% tariff on 200 billion on chinese imports. so the tariff story is growing and maybe weighing on the market there's your fight today in the bond market, treasury bonds also not moving a whole lot. the ten-year yield at 2.98%. that'

another show >> reporter: two days later luke's at new york's madison square garden opening for jason aldean'sust last year he was on stage watching aldean perform in las vegas when shots rang out. >> you know, it's one of those things you don't love to relive it, i guess, but it will always be a part of you a little bit. as much as you'd like to forget, it you don't want those people to be forgotten either. it makes you appreciate what you do a whole lot more. because it all could be gone. especially that night it could have been gone for any of us. i'm definitely blessed to be out here and still being able to do this. and sing and change people's lives in a positive way. >> i've been trying to see him forever. this is the first time he's here. >> i drove 300 miles just to see luke combs. >> wow. >> just to see him sing. feeling. >> enjoy it. >> i will. >> all right. make it count. >> reporter: with his go-to jack and diet in hand luke takes the stage. every man's country star. and as he says, giving the fans what they want. ♪ while living your dream, have you thought of a next dream? >> like

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of aind rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. >>> good morning, everyone, coming up on msnbc your business. this hair salen owner accelerated the growth of her company by learning from the automotive astro. >>> an pitcher takes an opportunity to present products to thousands of influencers. and 90s rock stars go from mmbo pop to hop with a craft beer and a festival to go with it. when it comes to making choices for your business. we have your back. coming up next on your business.

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of a kind rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. >>> once upon a time in the new york city in the tabloids no bigger story than the manhattan madam scandal. the madam was kristin davis. ran a high profile sex service. wednesday, kristin davis met with the team of robert mueller. she is a good friend of roger stone. >> the key difference between the mta and my former escort agency was that i ran one set of books. >> roger stone has been making super super weird instagram post about davis with her child. why do fbi agents dispatched by robert mueller keep asking my friends if i am the father of this baby. in a statement today stone said kristin davis is a long time friend of associate of mine. i am the god father to her 2-y

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of aind rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. >>> it is 5:15 on the east coast. you're looking at a live shot of times square things are getting started it finally stopped raining after three or four years of continuous rain. >>> stocks to watch today include twilio which recorded a second quarter adjusted profit, better than expected guidance for the quarter. and the stock is up 15% right now. it's gained more than 200% so far this year. that's not the only internet company that should be making investors happy and money today. etsy's second quarter earnings did fallshy of forecast, but revenue topped analyst's estimates. the online marketplace now expects revenue to rise as much as 35% this year that stock is up 9% aft

carrie underwood, blake shelton, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of aind rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest tonight 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc tonight 8/7 central. >>> it's 5:00 a.m. at cnbc global head quarters, here's your five 5 at 5:00. >> wall street buzzing after tesla's owe lon muelon musk says considering taking it's a company private. >> mickey misses disney with weaker than expected results. >> and the biggest wildfire in california explodes in size. >>> china reporting a surge in exports as the white house puts the finishing touches on a new round of tariffs. >>> and china has the

"drowns the whiskey," jason aldean featuring miranda lambert.eorgia line. [ applause ] producers wil shire, mix engineers serban ghenea. "tequila!" [ applause ] producers, scott hendriks, dan smeyers. mix engineers jeff juliano. those are the nominees for single of the year. [ applause ] >> christian. >> all right. let's see, let's turn this the right way. the nominees for cma new artist of the year are lauren alaina. [ applause ] luke combs. [ applause ] chris janson. [ applause ] midland. [ applause ] and brett young. [ applause ] esorew artist the year. >> awesome and congratulations, dan + shay, on another nomination. >> thank you. >> we have two more categories to unveil. take it away. >> the nominees for cma vocalist of the year are dierks bentley. [ applause ] luke combs. [ applause ] thomas rhett. [ applause ] chris stapleton. [ applause ] keith urban. [ applause ] nominees for the cma male vocalist of the year. >> that's right. all right. here we go and so finally this is a big one right here, man, the nominees for entertainer of the ye

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of a rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. rose 2% in the third quarter and came in just ahead of expectations revenues fell short of analyst estimates. they also laid out a new strategy has aims to cut divisions and improve profitability. the ceo said his firm needed an overhaul >> it is important that we put our business into an entrepreneurial focus. the business has proven they are able to run well this is now different than it used to be when i took over in 2013 now is the time to give them more focus, more entrepreneurial freedom and expect a payback in incremental growth and significant improvement of our bottom line. >> a check on hugo boss. shares are lower by 5% after second quarter core earnings did fall the f

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of aind rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. >>> armed men stormed into the westgate mall in kenya firing round after fatale round. catherine walton was hunkered down, crouched in a small kiosk with a stranger and her three young daughters. she was desperatery worried about her sons who were somewhere out there, but she had to focus on keeping her daughters quiet so they wouldn't attract attention. >> are you hiding from these gunmen? >> yeah. we were laying down on the ground trying to hide from them so they couldn't see us. porsche kept her fingers in her ears. she said she wanted her brothers. and i told her that we'd see them later. >> catherine could only hope that was true. half a world away, a phone rang in a hot

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of ahomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. >> one of apple's biggest suppliers hit by a computer virus and venezuela's president surviving a bizarre assassination attempt that i'm sure you have seen the video of, conducted by drones. he's likely to use it to consolidate power. it's monday, august 6th, 2018. squawk box begins right now. ♪ >> live from new york where business never sleeps, this is squawk box ♪ >> good morning. welcome to squawk box here on cnbc live from the nasdaq market site joe is here. he's officially back and morgan brennan is here. this is a first time for you in for becky quick. >> it is. >> welcome. >> first time to the three hour ordeal that is squawk box. >> the ordeal. it's, you know, it's a descriptive word. >

catch 27 performances including jason aldean, blake shelton, chris stapleton, carrie underwood, keith urban and more. then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> is that all? >>> big changes coming to the oscars, and some people are not happy about it. >> no. the big change is the addition of a new category, best popular film. so are you a fan of the new popular film category? you can weigh in at abcnews.com/vote. >>> other changes include presenting some awards during commercial breaks on tv, all in an effort to keep the oscars' run time at three hours. the moves were approved by the academy tuesday night. the academy did not announce what cutes a popular film. >> reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings tweeted this perspective today. the last best picture oscar that was also number one at the box office was the third lord of the rings that was 2003. so i get why the oscars are adding a new category for best popular film. they're trying to reach out to folks who say i never saw these nominated movies. >> so many of those popular films never do get attention in the oscars. let's get a look

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of aking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. billion share buyback. they also introduced a dividend of $1.27 per shape jean-sebastian jacques joins us, the ceo of rio tinto the market has been hard to please big cash payout to shareholders, yet a miss on some of the numbers. aluminum contracts have been cited as a key issue >> yeah, good morning. first, i'm delighted to report a strong set of results today. we just announced in total cash return of 7$7.2 billion including, as you just said, a dividend of 2$2.2 billion, whic is higher than in the previous history of this company. very strong returns to the shareholders we are committed to cash returns long-term. last year for the full year we returned nearly 10 billion to share

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of athomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. >>> welcome back to "fast money," tesla soaring after ceo elon musk said he was considering taking the company off the public market. what does the road to private actually look like karen finerman is at the plasma with "the more you know". >> it's more difficult than a tweet. let's just see when you need to do to get to the finish line and take a company private here's the first step. musk needs to make a formal offer to the board so that hasn't happened yet. we've just seen a tweet. that would be the first step and then the independent members of the board and one can debate how many of them there are, but they would hire a banker to give them some advice on what a fair offer would be. >> th

jason aldean.out show at madison square garden toou talk how close he was not long ago to giving up on his music dream and how he's doing nearly one year after he was the man on stage when thehooting began in las vegas. that's next week >>> hey, willie, we are going to start off with cooler weather this week and next week. we could some isolated stronger storms, it stays hot and dry in the southwest. by the middle of the week, that system falls apart. we finish off the week with temperatures warmi ining back i the lower 90s and0s. >> out our window we have a mix of sun and clouds, a little bit of breeze in the air, not that bad out there, the umidity is not all that bad. maybe a few sprinkles tcross storm team 4 radar, but we may have an isolated shower or two. tuesda ishe best chance for rain for our area. sp >>> that's your latest forecast. >>> thaupg very much, dylan. see you in a minute. next on sunday "today," did you know that more than half of us will not take all of your vacation days this

jason aldean.d-out show at madison square garden to talk about how close he was not long ago to giving up on his music dream and how he's doing nearly one year after he was the man on stage when the shooting began in las vegas. that's next week on sunday "today." >>> dylan is back now with another look at the weather. >> hey, willie. we're starting off with cooler temperatures in the northeast. beginning the workweek with upper 70s and lower 80s. heavy rain will move into the midwest. you could see isolated stronger storms. it stays hot and dry in the southwest. the front tries to move eastward but falls apart a bit. isolated storms up and down the east coast. we finish off the week with temperatures warming back into the upper 80s and lower 90s. isolated showers and storms in the >>> the day starting off with more low clouds compared to the same time yesterday in san jose. 59 degrees currently. to the south of downtown, saratoga, close to 90 degrees. that will be the spread of temperatures. inland

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of aind rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. lemonis: when i went there with michael, the landlord, i knew he was upset. i knew he hadn't gotten paid his rent, i knew that he was about to start the eviction process. and i care about a lot of the people that work there. and so i wanted to make sure that all hell didn't break loose. we look familiar to you? sal: yes. michael: i would like some clarification, because i have been talking to you at length, and i'm just trying to get paid. lemonis: i've tried to help you. michael's tried to help you. and you just struggle with people straight with people. sal: i never, ever did anything -- anything at all to go ahead and try to break this deal whatsoever. lemonis: did you tak

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of aind rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. ♪ >>> welcome to a special show about you, about knowing what you can and can't do, because it's not -- because it's not right for you. welcome to a special show about suitability. the first kind of suitability we'll discuss is age suitability. i want to start with kids, particularly with infants. "mad money" has been on so long now that there are kids who were born who were in their teens if the parents listen to the show when it started, they would already be well on their way towards great wealth parents, grandparents, listen up you can give all sorts of things to families that had just had babies i want you to open up accounts for them, or at least give them some shares o

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of acking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. im? julie: i was just ready to sell the car, sell the wedding ring, like... lemonis: i asked you if you trusted him. julie: i never knew how much debt we were in. to me, i'm like, that looks terrible. lemonis: did he mislead you? julie: not mislead, but i don't think that it was -- robbie: i just never told her. when you have any type of cancer, it scares the crap out of you. i went into, like, survival mode with my family. like, i need to be the provider. you know, am i gonna die from this? and i felt like at times, i was failing. it was hitting us hard at night with bills and her not knowing how we're gonna, like, keep our house, and those things killed my soul. and then after i'

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of acking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. ♪ >>> pepsico's ceo indra nooyi announced her retirement today, and it's truly a tectonic shift. not just for her company, but for way we do business itself. nooyi is a pioneer in so many ways, especially when it comes to the candor with which she approached being both the ceo and a mom, and how hard it is to juggle both. we just don't get a lot of ceos who own up to how difficult the job is, let alone how much more difficult it can be for a female ceo. her honesty, i don't know, it's part of her incredible strength as pepsico's leader. it's a bittersweet story under noaa nooyi's tutelage, pepsico has outperformed, something that most likely would have been unconceivable given a po

jason aldean, luke bryan and one of a kind rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest tonight 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc tonight 8/7 central. >> laura: it's one of the big looming questions of the russia probe, will president trump sit down for an interview with bob mueller? the president's legal team gave its highly anticipated response to the special counsel today. fox news chief national correspondent ed henry joins us now with details. ed? >> good to see you, the president's legal team tonight seems to be sending to cochlear -- two clear messages to the special counsel. they are willing to work with him on a potential interview with the president but they believe it is basically put up or shut up time in terms of bringing this probe to some kind of a conclusion as part of a deal to get testimony from the president. rudy giuliani declaring this a short time ago with sean hannity, tha

jason aldean, luke bryan and one of a kind rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host...'s get this started! cma fest tonight 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc tonight 8/7 central. >>> welcome back to "fast money. roku and yelp soaring. conference calls under way as we speak. our seema modi is pulling double duty seema? >> roku, shares rally being on an upbeat earnings report and news that it is expanding access to free streaming entertainment, plus launching a roku channel for the web. d.a. davidson says world cup in june likely contributed to roku's strock performance and key bank says roku is an attractive asset given its engagement with upon on the rating system and data while roku is a good buyout target given the consolidation we're seeing in the media la landscape, analysts say it has plenty of room to grow on its own. earnings fueled by strength and advertising and matthew thornton of sdrh says yelp's results are raised

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of ag duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. >>> welcome back to "squawk box. take a look at the futures right now as we start a new month, august 1st the s&p indicated down just slightly about 2% loss at the moment. the dow down 44. nasdaq looking like it's going to get a pop up 15 points at this hour. apple up 4%. not doing a lot for the broader market at this point >>> autonation quarterly results hitting the wire right now revenue landing just about in line with the street's forecast. joining us now is autonation's chairman, president, and ceo mike jackson thank you for being here today >> becky, it's always a pleasure to see you first thing in the morning. >> all right so let's talk about your numbers revenue about in line.

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of ad rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. >>> welcome back to "the closing bell." tv ameritrade index is out and it shows positive earnings spurred retail investors optimism in july >> but where will retail investors look you always have great insight into what the retail investors are doing because you see the fles what do you think that means for this coming month? >> i think the key lesson is the retail investors are confused about whether to raise earning more or the constant headlines more >> trade in particular >> yes, it's this constant back and forth. a couple of things i'll add to that, there were net buyers this month, but with that volatility is one of the factards in our index so that helped even it up. fac

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of aing duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. >>> trade wars have heightened trade tensions in the last few months cloef investment officer, kyle, you and i talked a few months ago i know at least at this point, about the aluminum and steal tariffs and you were explaining the rationale behind them and let's fast forward to where you are, the president continuing to say tariffs are going to be a benefit and the chinese saying they have time to fight until the end and that the chinese will eventually make fools of themselves. why won't we make fools of ourselves? >> i think the key is to understand this in an even larger picture of trade. it's the geo politics of china whether you look at the defense department reports whether you

carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of a kind rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. >> one of the longest serving female ceos of pepsico will step down in october after 12 years at the helm. she's part of a running list of ceos that have departed recently the number of female fortune 500 heads has dropped 25% this year. what does her departure mean for women this in leadership positions. we have the current ceo and founder of think market, and on the newsline is suzy welch, cnbc contributor and author of "winning." welcome to both of you lisa, let me begin the number, that 25% of female ceos have stepped away over the last year. that's a large number, but it doesn't take many when the sample size is so small. why is the sample size so damn small still? >>

. >>> and then on "sunday today," willie sits down with country star jason aldean, on stage during the chase. officers say they spotted that car late last night in san jose. they ran into a neighborhood, and that's when police say they set up a perimeter. and officers managed to nab the suspects. >>> hurricane lane is having an impact in the bay area. some flights are getting canceled. also military members headed there from the main land to the bases in hawaii are now stuck at sfo. tonight is supposed to be a critical one for oahu. that's when lane hurricane is supposed to turn and hopefully avoid the direct hit on the islands. we'll have a direct hit on midday and you can go to our twitter feed right now to see more of the danimage left behin. more news in an hour. >> stay connected to your world wherever the world takes you. th east bay monday. and getting work done on your car? you can get repairs checked by an expert for free! we )ll show you how- join us monday from 4:30 to 7. [ cheers and applause ] >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. it's been a bu

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carrie underwood, blake sheldon, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of a kind rocking duets thomas rhett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest wednesday august 8th 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc wednesday august 8th. ♪ >>> welcome back triple crown winner justify has officially retired the thoroughbred champion caught a flight home to kentucky where he will spend his retirement on winstar farms. he is in the process of being sold to a breeder. it's estimated he will bring in $150,000 per mare, which works out to about $37 pill omillion r in stud fees i saw pictures of that horse this morning such a big horse >> profitable retirement >>> road warriors, if you need to get somewhere fast in austria, take a car. the country is raising the speed limit on two stretches of highway to 87 miles per hour the transport ministry is testing the higher limits for one year because of the safety record

man was i mistaken, jason aldean.at's the great thing about opening up out show whoever is singing we put their name in the corner. ainsley: can you download the music and i often do that the president is up and tweeting this morning. steve: he is indeed, ainsley. it's a fox news alert. we are going to be talking about this. the president tweeted just about 20 minutes ago, the iran sanctions have officially cast as of midnight. these are the most biting sanctions ever imposed. in november they ratchet up to yet another level. anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states of america. i am asking for world peace, and nothing less. brian: that's interesting. because the european union saying wait a second, we are going to keep this deal intact. are they? sooner or later it's going to be, can you decide, i want to invest in iran or do business with america. you make the call. ainsley: first set of economic sanctions took effect at midnight. targets the automotive sector, the purchase of

carrie underwood, blake shelton, keith urban, chris stapleton, jason aldean, luke bryan and one of ahett and kelsea ballerini host... let's get this started! cma fest tonight 8/7 central on abc. xfinity gives you more of the cma fest with an encore performance from old dominion right after the show. only with xfinity on demand. and watch it live on abc tonight 8/7 central. >>> a news alert china's commerce ministry says it will match u.s. tariffs on $16 billion in chinese goods china had announced it would match any new u.s. tariffs >>> disney shares are slightly lower this morning after the company reported earnings that fell short of expectations julia boorstin joins us now with more >> good morning to you, joe. after disney's revenue and earnings growth fell shy of expectations, the stock first dipped but then they shot into the green during the earnings call after bob iger reassured that cord cutting was slowing thanks to the tv bundles. saying they've seen improvement. right now you see disney shares trading down just about half a percent. iger outlined how disney would benefit

. ♪ brian: i was just in nashville jason aldean has his own bar as well on broadway.ow because i was with john rich. you will see the celebrity scroll there in a short while. across the street from john rich's place is kid rock's place going to open up on broadway. amazing celebrities buying bars. this could be a trend. steve: meanwhile, today ainsley is live at our white house down in our nation's capital. you know, ainsley, i know you are scheduled to interview the president a little later on this morning, but he has been known to actually see people on the north lawn and then walk out and talk to them. brian: maybe he will get it over with now. ainsley: wasn't that great? i know, i need to go ahead and prepare myself just in case that happens, right? steve, when did you that interview, you were standing right here and the president and brian and i were in the studio and we were watching him walk down with the press trying to ask questions he wouldn't answer came right up here and talked to you. it was a great day. you didn't even know. it was a surprise, right? ste