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that night, roy drove to this kmart parking lot outside of boston and filled his grandfather's pickup truck with carbon monoxide. when he got scared and left the car, carter later texted a friend. i told him to get back in. i couldn't have him live that way. the judge said that failure to help makes her responsible. >> she admits in a subsequent text she did nothing. >> reporter: legal experts say the verdict shows a message sent via text is as powerful as one delivered in person. >> she didn't turn on the gas in the car, she simply told him turn on the gas, get back in the car so she is two steps removed and 30 miles away from that actual scene. >> reporter: the defense said carter's behavior was because of a bad reaction to was take g and roy was determined to take his own life. >> he chose to breathe in the fumes. >> reporter: the evidence, videos roy made about his own depression. but the prosecution argued he could have been saved. >> he was a wonderful young man who had his whole life in front of him. he was making efforts to better himself and find his way. >> reporter: as the

as judge lawrence moniz announced his verdict in the death of her friend, conrad roy, who died in a kmart parking lot nearly three years ago from carbon monoxide poisoning. the judge found that a stream of text messages and phone calls from carter persuaded 18-year-old roy to take his own life, even as he had doubts. >> this court finds that instructing mr. roy to get back in the truck constituted wanton and reckless conduct by miss carter. >> reporter: in the last week of roy's life, carter sent dozens of text messages, urging him to kill himself, all part of what prosecutors say was an attempt to gain sympathy and attention from classmates. "you're ready and prepared. all you have to do is turn the generator on and be free and happy." but it was this text from carter to her friend, sam boardman, sent two months after roy's death, that sealed her fate. "i could have stopped hip. i was on the phone with him and he got out of the car because it was working and he got scared and i told him to get back in." the defense argued that roy would have taken his life anyway. he had a history of dep

he died in a kmart parking lot nearly three years ago from carbon monoxide poisoning. the judge found that a barrage of text messages and phone calls from carter pushed 18-y though she was miles away at the time. "so i guess you aren't going to do it then, all that for nothing." "i'm just confused. like you were so ready and determined." "i am gonna eventually." "you're just making it harder on yourself by pushing it off. you just have to do it." but it was actually this text from carter to a friend, sam vordman, sent two months after roy's death, that sealed her fate. "sam, his death is my fault. like honestly, i could have stopped him. i was on the phone with him. and he got out of the car because it was working and he got scared, and i told him to get back in." the judge focused in particular on those last three words. get back in. >> this court finds that instructing mr. roy to get back in the truck constituted wanton carter, creating a situation where there is a high degree of likelihood that substantial harm would result to mr. roy. she did not issue a simple add

kmart and sears are suing toshiba for the lithium battery price-fixing. details that we have right now. we will have much more ahead on daybreak asia. this is bloomberg. ♪ betty: this is daybreak asia. i am betty liu in new york. yvonne: i am yvonne man in hong kong. china's telecom giants as it is launching a new highly encrypted phone at the mobile world congress in shanghai. told bloombergce company will continue to set aside 10% of its annual revenue for research and development. they said china remains the toughest market because barriers to entry are so low. >> china, being the most competitive market, and it is very important to us. we are going to display the security here in shanghai. we will see that we will demonstrate the leading encryption technology in all four layers. , system,are layer platform layer. things will go into the business and other public service sectors. anchor: they have launched their latest smartphone. aimed at younger people as well as what honor calls people who act young. the label comes from the technology that allows b

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they are chosing 226 locations, a mix of sears and kmart stores. >>> tonigh is the last friday of ramadanrshadowed by acts ofcrl ñr violence. coming up, prayers for çópeace, and understanding. plus -- >> to me, that would imply guilt. >> she wouldn't show her face but she was willing to talk, for the first time ever. clues from this woman that could shed light on a missing person's case that is now 20 years old. >>> next, what sparked this saying i put the attention on me when i shouldn't have. i screwed up. i took the focus on the investigation. he says he's never midwest kristen. i asked if he had any direct connection to her. >> not that i can prove.ó[ >> reporter: she says she hasn't met her either. the fbi still has kristen's picture on thewa9website, but ty have cleared c!e0 as persons of interest in their case and it's currently closed. opd's is open, and they still consider them sources of interest. >> at times it keeps up at night, yeah. the he o hasn't been able theo fam >> there's hardly a day when we're not thinking we're not thinking kristen. and that person calls in a tip.

i would always make fun of how a lot of people wore khakis from kmart and here seeing women walking down where you smell literally the food from around the world this is amazing to me and when i was here in chicago after i got done studying at loyola and later in life when i would eventually sell the business, i wanted to go see the world. so, one of my passions is absorbing as much culture as i ever could so i learned a few languages in the process and ended up studying at italy and i learned fluent spanish and troubled pretty extensively. extensively. i'd been heli've been held at gi eating bugs and brain tacos off the streets of mexico in particular but it's been a fun ride. tell us about, you got a phone call to come back in anger a television station and from there you somehow transitioned into life clicking where you decided to run for office. so talk to us about that. >> i left a very comfortable gig in the southwest region of naples ft. myers. as i'm sitting here in the summer does anybody go there in the winter. i left tv news to the communications consulting in boston politics.

it will include kmart and sears stores, most of them closing by september. the latest bring the number to 180 sears has had to shut down this year. a look at u.s. stock market futures right now. dow putting lower by eight team, premarket nasdaq and that is what is happening right now. lauren: still no major selloffs. president trump heads to ohio for the trillion dollars infrastructure spending plan. the trump agenda is back on track. joining us now to talk about it, politics and market reaction from a gop strategist fort o'connell and vice president of global accents. good to see both of you. let me start with you. the president's push for infrastructure, you think i would get bipartis support i also want to know, you start with privatization of air traffic control. why not fixing the bridges and tunnels on potholes. >> you think you would get bipartisan support. but the president is proposing is a trillion dollars in spending and infrastructure with 200 million coming from the government side and 800 billion from the private sector. here's the problem. dem

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they are shutting down 2 kmart locations making for 260 closings this year.e of the new store closings are in our area. there could be going out of business sales. sears was at one point the largest retailer in the country buffer it struggled with competition from walmart and target. >>> netflix launched its first interactive show. it's called puss and book, trapped in an epic tail. the kids can make a soerz of choices as it goes on using their controllers. if you take too long to decide, netflix will make the choice tr you to continue. a cool idea. >>> tropical storm cindy set to have a big impact on the start of our weekend. >> won't be a washout though, right? >> not even close to a washout. but plan around it. we have the threat of thunderstorms tonight and more downpours tomorrow morning. but the rain is going to go away and i'm tracking when we'll stay dry. >>> plus some epic dance moves from this gorilla. he's just enjoying his swimming pool. the video you have to see next on nbc 10 news at 4:00. >>> a father's fumble puts mom over the edge. the crazy

kmart and sears say the pair operated a textbook cartel, engaging in a conspiracy to fix and maintainhe beginning of 2000 through the end of may 2011 three the case is being heard in oakland, california. taking a look at how shares are faring in tokyo, a lot of news flow plaguing toshiba today, up .7%. plunging after the daily limit was removed in .okyo, 67% down extending a 31% tumble on tuesday. received the first day request from a bankruptcy court in delaware that gives it permission to pay staff and vendors, shareholders attacking the board for the biggest postwar manufacturing bankruptcy and the largest product recall ever. >> there was not enough of an explanation from management up until now. they were quite eloquent at the shareholders meeting. i wonder why they could not have explain much earlier the situation to shareholders and media like they did today. it's toppedook says 2 billion greater monthly users. in 2000 was founded four and reach one billion in october 2012, signing up 600,000 users each day since then. facebook says it is concentrating on creating virtual commu

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. >>> more fears that kmart stores are closing in our area including our area. 66 stores will be closed in add is to the 180 that closed earlier this year. it will bring the company back to profitability they hope. one in clementon and one in new jersey and one at the rio grandy is on the closure list. one way to celebrate the schuylkill river is to get in and enjoy it. representatives of natural resources and members of the heritage area paddled today in royersford. this is the 19th year for the event part of pennsylvania rivers month. >>> local college bound students celebrated their big achievement in south philadelphia today. ♪ ♪ demeanor a rapper pumped up the cloud at the wells fargo center for the third annual reach higher college signing day. they celebrated the next chapter in their lives and college superintendant william hite later addressed the group and it's a college event hosted by former first lady, michelle obama. >> charles chaput is in minneapolis county to honor high school graduates. he was at arcadia university. where the high school class of 2017 crossed the stage

they added 66 more sears and kmart locations to its list of closures it totals nearly 2220 so. the reduced footprint would improve profitability. the breaking news let's go to the white house. just one of the many headlines. with obtained a copy of the testimony that he expects to present tomorrow to the senate intelligence committee. the president ask for that loyalty during a dinner we are told in january. after earlier being assured he was not personally under investigation. there was a lot to go through in this. we have all been doing it. no be better than blake burman. he has been making his way through all of what is said. what should we highlight. he is set to read off the testimony tomorrow. to talk to the president about salacious and verified information that was about to be floated out. that was one of three times that he informed the president that he was that the subject of a counter intelligence operation. he writes about that january 6 meeting. during our one-on-one meeting at trump tower based on president-elect trumps reaction and without him directly asking th

on july 13th of 2014, 18-year-old conrad committed suicide behind a kmart in fairhaven massachusetts.n february 6th 2015, michel carter was on involuntary manslaughter after his phone showed text messages from her telling him "you need to just do it." carter's lawyers had asked the state supreme court to dismiss the charges or try her a juvenile. on july 1st of last year the court ruled the case could proceed. yesterday carter waived her right to a jury trial, she faces up to 20 years in prison if she is convicted. i guess it's fair to say conviction is not a sure thing here. >> they are using the involuntary manslaughter statute. there is a lot of evidence in this case, she actually showed him how to do it and while he was in the process of doing it, he walked away and she said "get back into that car." going to judge only was a huge tactical mistake for the defens defense. >> i thought that was brilliant, i totally disagree. i think that was a brilliant move by the defense, there is such public outcry. you read those text messages and you flame up with anger. what do you -- saying t

cap says he is on track to met meelt the ultimate goal of donating a million dollars to kmarts. >> nbc barron bay area responds to a fremont man overnight charged by fast track. >> he turned to our consumer team for help. aurora our consume are investigator joins us now with the story. >> terrie saw a $6 toll charge on his fast track bill he says wasn't here. fast track told him it was from a rental car. he had rented that car and used fast track but that was four months earlier. he showed fast track the rental agreement. the fast track wouldn't bumble. so he reached out to us for help. we learned that terrie had done what fast track suggests you do let it know when you use a trand respond ner car wasn't yours. terrie forgot to let them know when when he was done with the rental terrie there's not true. fast track went ahead and credited terry's account for as the 6 toll charge. fast track says it looks like it's a story with a happy ending all the way around. >> when you tuesday the transrespond ner a car that isn't yours. fast trike to like to know about it they say it's easier if th

sears says it's closing 66 additional sears and kmart stores in addition to the 180 already announced. macy's cfo came out w yesterday that stock fell most in six years. 8%. and i'm not done yet. walmart. that stock fell and walmart is bright spot. they're really making efforts to drive business online and in store as they compete with amazon. amazon did something yesterday they announced discount for prime membership program free shipping program for those on assistance or benefit programs you got a discount. this is amazon straight to walmart shopper and as result walmart was weak yesterday you. >> love competition spurring the market but when competition becomes a few that waters everything else down. with brick and morter store shutting down that doesn't help especially rural areas where those are maul anchors and everything else. let's talk about you'reer. more problems from that company and it seems to have problem after problem lately. >> whether it's another quarterly loss or ceo lashing out angry in viral video now it's more allegations of sexual harassment bullying and discr

. >> sears planning to close another 66 stores and including 49 kmart and sears stores.ngs announced earlier this year it would close 180 stores nationwide. >> the n the aisles of grocery store while picking up bread and milk, you may want to snag clothes designed by super model heidi klum. milk, bread, clothes, she's bringing apparel line to discount supermarket in germany. they make quality products at affordable prices it's from germany and opening in united states. u.s. headquarters from in arlington. there will be two locations in u.s. one hamilton and other in virginia beach. >> widel got it. >> amazon launching program for prime service to make it more accessible to low-income customers. they're offering a discount for amazon prime or those that get certain types of government assistance. usually it costs $9 a year and gives customers access to free shipping and pri >> all right. 5:24 is the time now. there's michael thomas talking about some showers up the 270 corridor. just clouds today. not a big deal? >> not a total washout. if you live west of town maybe more

kmart is shutting down two more. that makes more than 260 closings for sears holdings this year alone. the chain is feeling the heat from online competitors. in march sears says there's substantial doubt they could make it on its own. >>> the nation's 34 biggest banks cleared the first stage of an annual stress test that shows they have enough capital to lend money even in an extreme recession. the fed introduced the stress test in petition urging the board to keep travis as ceo. he was forced to step down by top uber investors. the petition says quote nobody's perfect. but he can evolve into the leader uber needs today. >>> still ahead, the slow speed chase that landed an 81-year- old woman in handcuffs. >>> the women aren't talking to their doctors about an important subject, the news we need to take to heart. >>> and a basketball phenom from prince georges county becomes an over night millionaire. we'll hear from peop pro-tip for making ribs: don't go it alone. get these great smoked ribs. thanks. sure. twenty min

a warning if you shop at kmart. your bank information could have been stolen. details on what you need to look out for. and people coming to the u-s might have to start providing their facebook and twitter handles before entering the country. we'll explain why. plus after the break... a lot of snow is still in tahoe... but people are now worried about flooding from the snow melt. we'll have already in june... and there is still a lot of snow in the sierras. right now, there is still 180-percent of snow pack for this time of year. that means there's almost two winters worth of snow at some resorts. officials say there is a good chance some of the snow will survive the summer season... as the melting process is taking longer in some spots than others. there has been one to three inches of snowmelt each day, with a lot of runoff flowing into waterways. but officials say the threat of flooding is small. (mark) and taking a live look at squaw valley this morning. you can see how much snow is still on the mountains. squaw valley says they will stay open through the 4

attention kmart shoppers, you may have been the victim of a data breach.pany isn't saying how many credit cards were affected, but it believes some credit card numbers have been compromised. it says no personal information such as contact, details or social security numbers were stolen. the company says there's no evidence consumers who bought items at kmart.com or sears customers were affected by this breach. >>> a new report predicts traditional shopping malls will close soon, lots of them. credit suisse is predicting between 20 and 25% of the nation's malls will close in the next five years, it's all due to online shopping. however, retail analysts say, not so fast. it's thinking lower tier shopping centers will bear the newer malls with more entertainment and more restaurants and fewer clothing stores will be okay. >> daiquiri yosis. >> yeah, that deserved a round of applause. that's saketh sundar come peting at the scripps national spelling bee. he's one of only 15 spellers left in the competition. you just heard sundar successfully spell the word dai

you guys will get billed like any other kmart hosting a tournament at the courses. >> they tried someto make it less arduous on eric's foundation, correct. >> yeah basically a business deal. you know he said hey look we'll make it good for the charity i'll give you guys a $100,000 out of the donald j. trump you can see the money going into the eric trump foundation. but there is a catch because he knew this was part of the deal and that once it went to the eric trump foundation that it would in turn pay for the costs of the event at its own club. and so what you have here is it looks like a case of self-dealing. >> eric trump said on sean hannity tonight i got attacked today. i've raised $16.3 million for st. jude's. $$16.3 million i've dedicated my life to. he goes on i started when i was 21. hi intentions we -- we urge people to read the article. what do you say about his intentions in raising all the money. >> i think when he started he started with pure intentions. he was a kid out of college. from a wealth family obviously he says, hey, i want to put my name to good use. let's us

she knew his location, again according to a text that she sent, as being at the kmart plaza.ccording to one of her emails, and other -- i'm sorry, according to other credible evidence, police officers who testified, the location where mr. roy's truck was located was approximately one half mile from the public services office from the fire department and police department. she did not notify his mother or his sister. even though just several days before that, she had requested their phone numbers from mr. roy and had obtained them and had opened a line of communication on july 10th, just a few days before the events in question. she called no one. finally, she did not issue a simple additional instruction. get out of the truck. consequently, this court has found that it is proven without a reasonable doubt that ms. carter's actions and her failure to act where she had a self-created duty to mr. roy since she had put him into that toxic environment constituted each and all wanted and reckless conduct. this court further finds that it is proven beyond a reasonable doubt that sai

sears, kmart, kenmore brand, ard,tsman brand, dieh there's an insurance company. over 100 million square feet of real estate. there are many parts to sears, and it's a tremendous asset base. erik: right now, all of those things are priced at seven dollars per share, roughly speaking. what do you figure it's worth? fairholme, our internal valuation of the assets $100 is between $90 and per share. that our people at fairholme have been doing this for many years now. sadly, our valuations have come down significantly because of the operating losses in retail, but there is still tremendous, tremendous value with sears. erik: sears is, as i'm sure you know, the most shorted stock in the russell 3000. what do you see there that so many other people don't see? bruce: that's exactly what the united states treasury once asked me about aig. i said, i don't know. you will have to ask everybody else. i've studied aig for decades, and i understand the franchise, the global franchise. sears.e same with i can't explain it. the math is there. it's a psychology that the company is

20 stores, according to an fcc filing the company will close down 18 more sears stores and two more kmarts the number of closings for the year now adds up to more than 260. that's your cnbc news update at this hour. scott, back over to you. >> courtney reagan, thank you so much next, our man of steel, pete najarian is tracking unusual kuft activity in a steel stock. plus, the blitz "halftime repor. >> reporter: next week is fang week on the "halftime report." our focus is on -- >> facebook -- >> amazon -- >> netflix -- >> google. >> announcer: have these names run their course or are they about to ochew their way into ne territory. just imagine if all the machines at work were constantly thinking. always on the lookout for patterns and connections to make everything work better. i call it the internet of everything, but it's really the internet of everyday life. ♪ the partnership between dell technologies and sap helps make the promise of the internet of things a reality for our customers. we know how powerful live data can be. we use sap at dell to run everything from finance to procurem

controlling himself at all then he's really no better than an average person who a causes a ruckus in a kmart again, it's like just this decompensating issue for me. like under times of stress. if he lashes out in this way, what do we do to stop it? do we stop responding? does the media stop responding to all this stuff? that's how you tell little kid to stop bullying. you just shut them down. but how do we shut down the president when he's doing stuff like this? and i do think he feels attacked. this is the only way he feels he can lash back out. >> he is attacked. >>> coming up, did the president talk some policy today? he did, floating a new way to get health care reform done, repeal obamacare now and replace it later. we'll speak to a republican governor from the state of new hampshire next. bonus cash back so complicated? they limit where you can earn bonus cash back to a few places and those places keep changing every few months. the quicksilver card from capital one doesn't do any of that. with quicksilver you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. leave complicat

glad -- so glad you stayed with us, a western pennsylvania woman won a battle with kmart for toilet paper the store charged her for sales tax on two occasions. the tax added up to 1.61. she believes thousands of others may have been affected statewide. >> customer like me, should not have to be the toilet tissue police. >> nope. you didn't have to, the judge awarded her $192 in damages and court costs. >>> tell tell markets are cruising a controversial new tool to get into your voice male. federal comment is happening about this right now. if you don't like it, better make your opinion heard. when one comes through you don't know you received a call until you have a missed call or message because your phone never rings. teresa finds this practice annoying because it doesn't give her the opportunity to ask to never be called again. >> that would be fine for regular people but if you're on the do not call list and you're not supposed to be getting this calls, they shouldn't be doing that either. >>> the companies that use this technique are arguing that since the phone never rings they shou