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you're a max reporter michael kroger is on her way to the starting line in the lower electric cup a very special car race she's about to test her limits in a twenty or so our electric car with vintage be a cool appeal the race will take her through the mountains of majorca. i think something i've just flipped a little switch in my head and decided just before the race not to be afraid. to set my fear aside and just put the pedal to the metal into the. microscope pilot charlie bosch constructed the lark and give her a few tips. experiences one hundred twenty kilometers and all but we won't go that fast will we could we could if we're daring enough what you can do we can go one hundred twenty six and i'll. back can i tell if the cars already started it already as soon as i could so i can just drive off. today charlie bush has built six chlorox. all that every car is one of a kind. the bodies are close reproductions of the original loric models built on my organ in the one nine hundred twenty s. by the car maker of the same name. bush's six lords are now going to take part in a race with so

the kroger giant says tax cuts will help them restock koeg kroger, that's their plan to ramp up platformso michael schlotman in a few minutes. >>> after a rough year in retail the company is not alone in evolving its strategy, joining us on set is the bud conheim, this has been an interesting year from a policy perspective when it comes to companies like yours, you have been given a lot with the tax cuts, but the trade and tariffs might be a separate issue. >> you want to comment on tariffs or tax cuts or - >> combine them. i know have you pretty opposed views. >> tax cuts to me can't be bad, they put more money in the hands of the customer. i was always for minimum wage increases because everybody says oh my god it will raise the costs of everything. but like wilbur ross says about the price of steel in a can, it's a tiny percentage but gives everybody money to buy it fuels a little of inflation, it gets everybody out buying they also pay off debt you can do a whole bunch of stuff when you have money. tariffs, you ever read arnold toinbe, those that don't learn from history are going to

we're going to continue to watch this kroger shares right now up by 7.5% kroger up by 2.5%. >>> whennited states as trade war fears loom we will talk to former national foreign adtre council bill reinch that is next right here on "squawk box. jj, will you break it down for this gentleman? hey, ian. you know, at td ameritrade, we can walk you through your options trades step by step until you're comfortable. i could be up for that. that's taking options trading from wall st. to main st. hey guys, wanna play some pool? eh, i'm not really a pool guy. what's the hesitation? it's just complicated. step-by-step options trading support from td ameritrade >>> president trump slapping china with over $50 billion in tariffs on imports commerce secretary wilbur ross telling cnbc that he doesn't think the action will start a trade war. >> i think there will be some ultimate retaliation, but i don't think it's going to be the end of the earth think about the 60 billion figure that the president mentioned and that you quoted. this is a tiny fraction of our economy and atiny fraction of the chinese

walmart, kroger's dick's sporting good, they have done it.ate america saying they will act. they clearly know customers. they know what they need to be done to keep the bottom line intact. stuart: i don't want to see the boycott business get nra videos away from amazon or apple. that is intrusion of free speech. but when a public company like walmart tries to do this. i'm with them. liz: citizens united. that was free speech of corporations. stuart: brenburg, you have to make way for kilmeade. >> better brian. stuart: brian kilmeade, host of the "brian kilmeade show." now the president held that bipartisan meeting and at that meeting the president said the nra has less power over him and he said, some of you politicians, you are petrified of the nra. you ever heard that before? >> no, i haven't. what he did already, i thought it was so smart, we all know the nra sponsored, excuse me, supported the president during the campaign. we all know what he has meant to them. vice versa. the president not personally a gun guy. the his whole family is.

we sell to williams sonoma, kroger, a lot of specialty stores, as well, across the u.s.emonis: wow! of the $500,000 you did last year, walk me through where the revenue came from most to least. erica: pancakes -- about 75%. lemonis: and how many of them make up the bulk of the revenue? about six flavors. lemonis: okay. erica: then our fried chicken mix. lemonis: how much was that in revenue? erica: 20%. lemonis: okay. so, you understand so far we're at 95%? erica: yeah. lemonis: okay. pancakes and fried chicken make up 95% of her revenue, and i think the way she developed the other products and the way she connected them together is probably why they didn't take off. why did you choose to package them differently if you were creating a brand? erica: because i wanted to be able to distinguish the grits from the pancakes and the bacon rub. lemonis: and you did a good job with that. erica: thank you. lemonis: they're all different. erica: thank you. lemonis: which is probably why the other ones don't do well. can i taste the product? erica: yeah, i can make it. lemonis: i'm

i find amazon is easier. >> i am going to try kroger and see how it goes.o much, taylor. let's turn back to international women's day. there has been trouble finding investors eager to buy the vision. there has been a shadow over the company, putting its reputation on the line. we talked to the general manager of the united states and canada on her experience in the company. >> i have been lucky and had a remarkable experience with uber since the day i came on board. i have been working for an incredible women>> who is leadig eighth coast organization. we have women supportive of different backgrounds and styles. i reallyplace where felt like i could thrive and encourage those around me to thrive. you can make decisions with integrity and fight for what you know is right. the disturbing thing we have realized over the past year is not everyone in our organization can say the same thing. it has been invigorating in a way to say, this is our mission going forward. i have been involved in -- and ensuring the cultures and norms in business practices are somethi

at the end of the day kroger, which had such dramatic market share in the u.s., they're going to have to spend, just like walmart had to spend, just like target is doing right now so it comes to when you see the light at the end of the tunnel from a valuation standpoint it's probably starting to bottom out. people are saying at this valuation it makes sense amazon will be spending the integration with whole foods, it won't be such a quick fix so there's multiple winners here. >> but amazon doesn't need to prove to people that their spending is going to lead to at least outside market share gains. people assume that with amazon and what is really interesting, what a tough week for the hard-line retailers. thinking about walmart has go ge down to the low 90s. why? everybody thought walmart was an amendment clone, everybody thought the tax deals were going to get these guys a new break. all these guys are talking about one thing -- they're going to take their corporate tax savings and spend it on their business and that may be good target is doing the right things. >> price investment th

kroger will no longer sell guns to anyone under 21. kroger is the nation's largest grocery chain. it sells weapons at 46 fred meyer stores. walmart and dick's made similar announceme announcements. retailer rei pausing the relationship with vista outdoor. it owns 50 brands. it did not issue a public statement after the parkland shooting. it will stop selling outdoor. rei taking a stand. >> continues to spread? >> i think kids and companies are going to take a stand on this. i think congress will punt. they will do dodd-frank reform next week. not guns. you will see corporate america take a lead at the behest of kids. >> congress can follow. "early start" continues right now with the fascinating move at the white house affecting world trade. >>> turmoil in the white house. now stretches around the globe. the white house announcing tariffs on steel and aluminum that could cost jobs. policy rollout before policy was ready. >>> and the president has a surprise sit down with the nra. the nra says the president does not want gun control. >>> and get ready for a messy day in the northeas

. >>> kroger says profits for the full year will com in below wall street estimates. the company has poured a money into its online operations to compete with walmart and amazon but that investment is cutting into profits. today ieestors w not in a shopping mood. trouble in aisle 6. kroger shares fellag >>> american outfitters offered customers discounts for a prolonged period of time. it hurt gross margins. the concern among analysts is that the retailer may need to rely on those discounts to keep shoppers coming back, they're oked on them. that offsetmerican eagles' sales. shares fell to $18.63. >>> burliopton storesd quarterly profits and issued an upbeat outlook. the ceo says its online operations continue to grow and that trends are improving at its brick a mortar locations. investors seem to like the news, up ing burlington shares nearly 6% to $122.86. >>> investorsad their first chance to react to tran higher than expected revenue wasn't enoug for investors. but the company d sell the "l.a. times" to a billionaire.e >>> e brands which owns victoria's secret pos

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talk about what some of the other players, kroger for instance is doing. >> both kroger and walmart thinkickup is going to be the big thing. shoprder the groceries, and they are ready at the curb. here is why may want to be involved. hiring customers are open to delivery someone there sitting down, i think walmart is having a place at the table. leadingthis be a loss business for them? >> nobody has quite crack the code. this is why amazon is so powerful. play andg to make a anyone can find the volume. that is someone in real america that is out there. 11%,lmart shares down granted lecture was an amazing year up 43% three how much money will they have to invest in the food delivery service? >> a lot. reason why the shares are down as they got hammered when they got the results. jet.come been fighting which shot up in the margins. it is clearly an expensive fight. i like growing -- going to the grocery store and seeing the avocados and talking to the butchers are at i think a lot of people are in the same boat. coming, no deal. come dropped its deal to -- brought come dropped its deal to a

euro max reporter michael kroger is on her way to the starting line and the loric electric company a very special car race she's about to test their limits in a twenty or so our electric car with vintage vehicle appeal the race will take her through the mountains of new york on. this i think i just flipped a little switch in my head and decided just before the race not to be afraid not to set my fear aside and just put the pedal to the metal to. mark his copilot charlie bosch constructed a lark and gives her a few tips. good theory says one hundred twenty kilometers an hour but we won't go that fast will we could we could if we're daring enough what you can do we can go one hundred twenty clicks and i'll. back can i tell if the cause already started it already is a good business so i can just drive off. today charlie bosch is built six chlorox. all the every car is one of a kind. the bodies are close reproductions of the original loric models built on my organ in the one nine hundred twenty s. by the car maker of the same name. bush's six quarts are now going to take part in a race w

come back at kroger, just hitting a speed bump.argest grocery store chain in the u.s., issued a weak earnings forecast for the year, raising concerns about whether kroger can compete with amazon and walmart. they are posted three straight quarters of sale growth. u.k., department store chain john lewis, high costs will squeeze pockets this year. cut employeeso annual bonuses from 6% of salary to 5%. that is your latest "bloomberg business flash". buche: still ahead, jane internationaln women's day and the hedge fund industry. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ live from london, i'm mark barton with the european close roughly 10 minutes away. vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. the disparity between men and women in hedge funds is one of the highest and finances. controlling less than 1% of the $3 trillion in the industry. they control about half the size of assets, as male counterparts. that,rm seeking to change a third of his partners, women led funds as well to invest in. joining us is the ceo. showsit is clear research more women

legacy of his breaking news as you were speaking on screen fast company magazine reporting target krogerlook at stock prices right here gary, targets up 2 and two-thirds% krogen up almost 7% here obviously the retail secretary of state by if you are kaits he by if you are i indicated. >> there was a headlined in post grocery wars, because amazon is coming in there, like winn-dixie stores closing amazon impact across retail sector exciting. >> target kroger. dagen: specific to target struggling in grocery target failed to keep up with wal-mart as wal-mart moved deeper and deeper into grocery, and has become a criticality important part ofwall mart's business a way for target to step up its game. >> i was surprised kroger in my experience in supermarket industry one smart cookie fought off people food lion a number of others if they can go anyone can. >> lot changed after amazon acquired whole foods. >> amazon bringing whole food prices down big time, causing -- that is the problem for kroger and target whole foods viable for average middle class -- >> slook what -- talking about a merger

this is target and kroger.ted talks last fall and neither company wants to comment, but shares of both countries are moving up in the wake of the announcement that amazon would by whole foods. everybody is teaming up with everyone understands the struggles they are facing, not only with amazon but with walmart and their push, as well. david: target wants to get into groceries and this would be a quick way and kroger needs to move into the online -- julia: merchandising e-commerce. they could make justification on both sides. david: digital, i hear it is the future. julia: vicious rumor. david: we want to turn to trade as president trump imposed tariffs on $50 billion or more on chinese goods, any industries will make the claim to the white house that they should be exempt. take us through the affected mechanics -- the affected industries and the mechanics they're up against. sheets.th us is nathan is naboth van den broek. welcome. thanks for having the time. i wanted to go through what is going on in washington

dick's sporting goods and walmart and kroger are taking a stance. today kroger said it will stop gun and ammunition sales to people under 21. i imagine you didn't know that kroger sold guns. it sells them at the fred myers stores. the cincinnati base the chain sells sporting related firearms at select stores, which the "wall street journal" numbers at 43, mostly in western states. several years ago it stopped selling semi-automatic rifles. they told nbc that recent eechblts demonstrate the need for action on the part of responsible gun retailers. with all of the changes regarding the minimum age for buying questions, keep in mind under federal law a person must be at least 21 to buy a handgun but the minimum age under federal law to by an assault rifle is still 18. try and get your head around that. the minimum age to buy an arault rifle is 18. if you ask an 18-year-old, what they can't do. they can't rent a car or buy an alcoholic drink but they could buy an assault rifle. walmart announced this will prohibit any gun sales to anyone under 21. they

down 7% for kroger how about that?ks like bad news for apple -- citi group cutting its iphone x sales forecast in half. they originally say they sell 27 million of them in first quarter now only be 14 million. watch apple stock today. new onis line poll finds that five red state democrats in the senate would lose to their republican challenger if the election were held today. i'm not used to hearing that. they would lose? 5 democrats in the senate would lose -- >> we've got more on that -- a problem, california governor jerry brown he called a jeff sessions lawsuit a political stunt. and that he's declared that sessionses declared war on california. justice department spokesperson zaire has a response to that, after this. on once again. >>yeah. lot of tech companies are reporting today. and, how's it looking? >>i don't know. there's so many opinions out there, it's hard to make sense of it all. well, victor, do you have something for him? >>check this out. td ameritrade aggregates thousands of earnings estimates into a

target and kroger, reports that they are considering a merger. anything more on this? ashley: the amazon affect analysts are looking at reported in a couple places, they say it makes sense and that is where we are going as we see the move to online and the impact it has. stuart: and the move toward the delivery battle. ashley: expanding the size of whole foods stores. the landscape is changing rapidly. stuart: target and kroger, you never would have thought of such a thing a year ago and now it makes sense. more breaking news, a hostage situation in france. i will call this a terror situation. ashley: that is what the french authorities are calling it. a person of moroccan descent, he took a shot at police from a car before heading to a supermarket in the french town, ran into a supermarket, took eight hostages six of which were released but two people have been killed, we believe he is in the supermarket with a hostage who happens to be a police officer and he has claimed allegiance to isys. stuart: next case, the china tariffs. horizon investments. welcome back to th

also moving on the day, kroger retailers,these lowered kroger down 11% on a disappointing earning forecastthe fiscal year earning forecast missed, comeback starts here, stopping and starting, right now stopping. the threat of amazon and cosco down 2%. they actually beat gap earnings estimates. store sell numbers were impressive, investors not liking that. intraday chart of the bloomberg dollar index, a tiny boost from the rhetoric out of the ecb. three tens of 1%, higher right now. it will be interesting to see what inflows that has on stocks in the u.s. and the commodity complex. ecb, all abouty, it in just a second. stocks rising, fourth day of gains, this four-day gain is the we fell forg after four consecutive days. that is the stock market, letters -- let us look at what is happening to the euro. qepping pledge to expand initially the euro rose against the dollar. down a half of 1%. mario draghion is, downplayed the changes to the language. interesting today, the ecb or the euro was unchanged since the last meeting on january 25. .losing at 125.10 on the first the median, most bullish

neil: on that issue, kroger the latest one to say the gun sales they stopped.her age despite the federal age being 18 in most cases. so what do you make of what the walmarts, the dick's sporting goods, what they're doing. >> the federal age is 18. federal age protection doesn't kick in until age 40. in your and my home state of new jersey, state age protection kicks in at 18. translate, 18 to 21 yeermds denied the ability to buy a rifle at dick's sporting goods in paramus, new jersey, can result in a class-action. neil: they have lawyers, right? >> correct, the youngsters will win. you can't discriminate on the basis of age in a state where age is made a protect category and in new york, new jersey, california and illinois it is. neil: they're doing this to get the controversy off them but might have engenderred more. >> correct. and varney will love this, they generated lawyers fees too. neil: correct. we know how cheap that guy is. judge, thank you very, very much. we escalated on the selling off, down 400 points, built on fears as the judge outlined on this

neil: the ones that are doing like dick's sporting goods, wal-mart, kroger, some of the others, we are going the adhere to a policy that keeps a consistent at 21. you say that's wrong, why? >> well, federally, you know, i can purchase a long gun, a rifle or shotgun at the age of 18 and i believe that by dick's sporting goods and other stores changing the timing 21 they are only discriminating against a certain class of individuals, you know, they are just discriminating us by our age, no other reason. neil: he didn't think it was fair, he quit dick's sporting goods. if you're delta you disassociate with nra and if young workers in particular, you know what, i'm out of here, is that the level at which this should be decided, in other words, corporate level, company deciding and have the governments stay out of it and let's go back to dagen mcdowell and sarah. sarah, what do you think? >> you have the first amendment and second amendment coming into conflict when you take delta it's sort of taking a political position on whether the nra should be recognized as a group of people who get d

sixteen and order to compete with amazon's same day delivery service other companies like costco and kroger already delivering to shoppers thanks to companies like insta cart amazon has also ramped up its food delivery options after acquiring whole foods last year amazon has recently begun delivering food in major metro areas like dallas and virginia beach. and volkswagen eiji has thrown down the gauntlet valley to overtake within five years c.e.o. mathias. mueller said that the company which also owns audi porsche and lamborghini will roll out a new electric vehicle almost every month starting in twenty nineteen the company has also secured their battery supply from china and south korea unlike tesla which only has a few production factories volkswagen has more than one hundred factories world rock wide ready to start producing vehicles soon this shift comes after volkswagen by the way has pled guilty in two thousand and sixteen to cheating a mission's test in the millions of diesel powered cars. castro family legacy is ending in cuba for the first time in nearly six decades a castro will

kroger will no longer sell guns to anyone under 21.any sells weapons at 46 fred meyers stores. walmart and dick's said similar announcements. rei is stopping its relationship with the brand of vista outdoor until it makes a public statement. >> corporate world leading the way. we are about out of time. veronica is leaving us. the final day before you go. you will not miss dave briggs and christine romans. what is the best thing to get away from? >> i'll finally be able to sleep. >> and high maintenance anchors you deal with. >> she is our hope hicks. we can't live without you. >> our hope hicks. you can't top that. and the high-maintenance anchors huff to deal with here. >> poem picks. >> she's your news whisperer. have a great time in d.c. >> thank you. >> you made us better. >> i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. "new day" has a lot of material. see you next week. >> this trade policy will be disastrous. >> it's been allowed to go on for decades is disgraceful. >> you hold your breath, they may change their mind on p

target and kroger are discussing a possible merger.he talks began last summer about a partnership. now the reports said that the committees are trying to decide if the merger is the best option. together target and kroger had $195 billion in revenue last year. glaxosmithkline has dropped out of the bidding for pfizer's consumer health care business. blackstone was said to make an offer. it added up to $20 billion. now the company says any acquisition must meet its for returns. apple wants to return to its roots in the education market. next week the company will introduce new low-cost i hads and education software. the goal is to impact students and teachers from microsoft and google. it will be the first time apple has had a product launch geared towards schools since 2012. that is your "business flash was quite a bit. still ahead, we will bring you a conversation with minneapolis fed president neel kashkari. this is bloomberg. ♪ for etf friday. fears of a potential trade war and facebook's doubtful as the trading crowd family. here i

amazon is here and that forces tozon and sf forces kroger step up their game.n't have the capital to make themselves relevant. this is a ton of options and walmart finding their stride in grocery might be the biggest factor in the entire industry. walmart has done better and better. that might be the biggest thing. amazon is forcing them to get going. shery: have we seen any growth in this industry? or are all these companies trying to find for the same slice of that one pie? craig: people do not eat, but that's going to be 2% growth, it grows with population and in line with the economy. restaurants, people eat out a lot and you can get seamless and that's been a pressure. meal kits are pressure. going totry is not grow a lot, comes down to a battle over that pie that is flat. vonnie: how much is general food inflation contributed? craig: that was the story before amazon, kroger put declining sales for two straight quarters, deflation was really pressuring them and the feeling was inflation will help once a comes back, in the meantime, we have amazon deal. inf

are no longer allowed and photographs and kroger.mpanies sort of piling on speech restrictions here? >> it's been at least since trump has come along, may be before then, but i return to my refrain, i don't care what your opinion is on free speech or guns or anything else, but please stop pretending you're a rebel, please stop attending or fighting the man when you are lockstep with corporate america. these new radicals we have, the resistance, they'll check with corporate america, apple and twitter, facebook and their professors to ask if they can wear a question authority t-shirt. would that be okay? >> tucker: has there ever been a more obedient cadre of robots than college students? is anyone brave? is anybody giving the finger to the man and speaking the truth? where are those people? what happened? >> the good news is, i'm following a lot of them on twitter. i get the impression that we are creating, the left is creating without realizing it, this really hilarious and ferocious generation of right-wingers, these college student

some of those stocks are going lower with kroger is lower, down more than 4% ahead of earnings tomorrow10 large shareholders in mon delez who sold their shares. brown-foreman with estimates that miss. the conference in houston, oil prices in some of the major production companies are headed lower. comments from the exxon ceo this morning as they come out with an aggressive plan that is taking a different strategy with ben -- strategies than competitors and investors perhaps nervous about the increase in capex. 1528, we are doing derivatives. not looking at a change but the second derivative. rate of change on the 10 year yield. i felt the 10-year was all over the place. the rate of change on the move has been consolidated. a well contained and well-behaved rate of change on the 10 year. vonnie: i love it. thank you. clearancedle for dodd-frank overhaul as the senate voted to open debate on a banking bill that would loosen some industry regulations put in place after the 20 -- 2008 financial crisis. kevin cirilli as a member of the senate banking committee. us,oined by senator tell likel

dick's sporting goods, kroger, some step.n of gun sales are to people between 18 and 20. >> in the millions. millions of dollars of sales. somewhere between 13 tickets sold. >> it's self-protective. dick's as soon as they saw the shooting they went through their own records to find out if cruz bought a gun from them. he did. but it wasn't the gun used in this massacre. there's an element of we don't want to be the company that sells the next shooter his ar-15. >> i agree with that 100%. there's a reason they went through that exercise. because imagine the pr risk if you are the company that sold that and there's also increasing pressure, remember, before this even started there had been pressure on teachers unions with the pension funds, pressure on groups that are typically left leaning groups that also invest money and that started with other issues before this issue, but now with this issue being elevated in the way it has been by the youth now that target is happening. you're seeing blackrock come out. blackrock the mega

then we talk about kroger. kroger according to all the analysts who look at this is having a hard time conceiving against the giant amazon and walmart as well. it's the number one and the s&p 500 as we speak today came out with their numbers and they disappointed investors. their full year forecast is the key, that's a meant as well and that's why we see the figure at the steepest drop since june. liz: nicole thank you very much. we are now 20 minutes away from the presidents reveal live on "fox business" the tariff proclamations revealing a surprise witness in a business verses government battle. we need to get to that as well. the closing bell, we are 50 minutes away from that with the dow up 72 at&t headed back to port over the phone plan to buy time warner by charlie gasparino says one major cable company could place a spoiler as a surprise witness. we told you that lake berman was getting to -- working to get his hands on on the terraplane. folksy guy. he is rushing to our cameras now. blake will break the

. >> reporter: kroger is the latest retailer to say it is raising the minimum age to 21 to purchase firearms and ammunition from its fred meyer locations. the company joins dick's and walmart, who announced similar moves wednesday. >> we have to act. >> reporter: president trump is demanding stricter gun control at a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers wednesday. he surprised many with his comments saying he would even support bypassing due process to take guns away from the mentally ill. >> take the guns first, go through due process second. >> reporter: the president even criticized lawmakers from his own party for being too fearful of the national rifle association. >> i think there's a lot of excitement afterwards that he might actually lead on this and we need that. >> reporter: the president tweeted this morning: watch. and this winter storm is bringing sierra. >> he emphasized the need for strong background checks. weijia jang, cbs news, the white house. >>> we are on storm watch! and this winter storm is bringing some much-needed snow to the sierra. we'll show you the conditions in the

they're going to go for it but the bad news is its going to cost a lot of money but not a bad start. >> krogerg hammered today. >> mid june last year, the announcement comes out amazon dives from 30 down to 20. listen to this conference call saying all the wrong things. talking about higher labor costs, higher pension costs, lowering prices to drive growth and not enough commentary on e-commerce. >> barclays goes overweight on dollar tree. >> that's your favorite store. >> yeah, look, this stock is down 20% from ties where as retail has been doing quite well so i think it's a good pick up at this level. it's a good company. >> erin brown, you're staying away from utilities. >> yeah. it's being driven by the fact that you've seen yields come off about three basis points in the u.s. and germany if you look at powell testimony last week and yields are going onnue to drive. >> final trades just two minutes away on the other side of this away on the other side of this quick break. is the monolithic view away on the other side of this quick break. of emerging markets obsolete? at pgim, we see alpa i

kroger just came out saying that they will restrict that.hould the president, should congress, support a bill that raises that minute plumb aimum >> my point of view is we are in listening mode. he won't say no to all these orders. >> so you are open to it? >> so you're not like the nra. >> i'm open to the package. as the father of five daughters, if someone is less than the age ev of 21 and they are living alone and someone is stalking them, they have to have the ability to protect themselves. and you know this in your line of work, people who are famous, there are weirdos out there. you have to be able to protect yourself. >> before i let you go, we have to talk about fallout from cpac because there has been some. >> it was a lot of good, too. >> ian walters made the comments. >> it was a fabulous cpac. in all disclosure is the employee of msnbc. so that works both ways. >> so ian walters go? >> absolutely not. did you read his op-ed in the hill? because what he said is as a man of color, he strongly believes that the republican party is t

they join walmart, dick's sporting goods and kroger now in restricting gun sales. >>> a congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt was in the bay area last night. >> gabby giffords is hopeful for real gun control reforms. abc news reporter kate larsen heard from her. >> democrats, republicans, we must never stop fighting. >> former congresswoman gabby giffords was shot in the head in 2011. she's demanding nationwide gun control. >> be bold. be courageous. the nation is counting on you. >> giffords, her husband, retired astronaut mark kelly and university of california president janet napolitano spoke at a scholarship event in san francisco. it's in honor of gabe zimmerman who was killed in the assassination attempt on giffords. >> it's not normal. we are unlike any other country when it comes to gun violence. we have mass shootings at a rate comparable with the country of yemen. >> up until this point, the shootings and gun control have had little correlation. however, in the wake of the parkland school shooting, kelly and napolitano believe a change in gun policy is taking p

elwhere in business news, retailers walmart, dick's sporting goods, kroger and l.l. bean announcing they're raise the minimum age to purchase guns at their locations to 2 is years of age. the move coming two weeks after the horrific stoneman douglas shooting perpetrated by a troubled 19-year-old. maria, back to you. maria: thank you. in a market that is up nearly 40% since election day, it can be tough for investors to find value. our next guest has made a career out of discovering hidden value in the stock market, being do you knowed the value guru. you may know of his books that were big hits with individual investors including "you can be a stock market genius" and "the little book that beat the market." over the years, it's outpaced the s&p 500 by 6% upt's up more than 5% year to date with more than $5 billion in assets under management. gotham asset management managing principle joel greenblat joins me now from the forbes adviser's conference in vegas. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. maria: let's start off with where you see things here. characterize the

exactly fifty kilometers per hour so there's not quite such an adrenaline rush and suddenly michael kroger discovers the joys of driving and all the electric lorry. it's really very very different how does the judge have that noise and also you notice lots about your natural surroundings and the smells he smells the herbes you hear the birds chirping. the second stage ends up being a time between the two women. now it's time for the final stage this time the winner will be the first person to reach the finish two hundred kilometers away on a single charge so the competitors will have to drive energy saving passion. which i mean this is a really nice way to drive anything else is just stressful i'm not an adrenaline junkie so now it's mainly about average driving and i'm an average driver so i think i stand a good chance against you because she's bound to have a heavy foot this is about speed. and. just before the finish you're kleinschmidt competitive spirit gets the better of me at least when i have to be honest i'm sick of all this slow motion i say sensible driving sockets like the nerv

kroger now says that it will stop selling guns and ammunitions to people under 21 years old at its fred meijer stores. dick's and walmart announced similar moves yesterday. a leading gun control activist who survived a mass shooting says it's time for lawmakers to put aside their differences. >> joe vazquez caught up with gabby giffords in san francisco. >> reporter: seven years after a gunman changed her life forever, former congresswoman gabby giffords is on a mission. >> stopping gun violence takes courage. the courage to do what's right. >> reporter: giffords and her husband, astronaut mike kelly, attended an event for her friend who was fired at right next to her. she's determined to be on the front lines of the nationwide battle for gun law reform. >> i've seen great courage when my life was on the line. now is the time to come together. be responsible. democrats, republicans, everyone. we must never stop fighting. fight, fight, fight. [ applause ] >> reporter: captain kelly says gun violence is a complicated issue but says the determined student survivors of the school shooting i

today, kroger rolling out new grocery delivery services with instacart for under $8. peapod and fresh direct already charge similar fees. amazon fresh delivers to your door for a monthly membership of $14.99. and whole foods, the grocery store owned by amazon, offers free two-hour delivery with a $35 minimum purchase in some markets. the competition is helping drive food prices down. lean ground beef is 30 cents a pound less than last year. a gallon of milk down 35 cents. >> we're at a tipping point. if you are a grocer right now, you need to think about what your online strategy is going to be. >> reporter: stores like walmart are stepping up now because researchers say a whopping 70% of shoppers will be buying their groceries online by 2024. jo ling kent, nbc news, burbank. >>> coming up here tonight, the dangerous flaw that's leading ford to recall more than a million cars. >>> a big recall tonight from ford warning drivers of certain ford fusion and lincoln mkz cars from model years 2014 through 2018 that the steering wheels could detach from the steering column c

elsewhere in business news, retailers walmart, dick's sporting goods, kroger and l.l. bean announcing they're raise the minimum age to purchase guns at their locations to 2 is years of age. the move coming two weeks after the horrific stoneman douglas shooting perpetrated by a troubled 19-year-old. maria, back to you. maria: thank you. in a market that is up nearly 40% since election day, it can be tough for investors to find value. our next guest has made a career out of discovering hidden value in the stock market, being do you knowed the value guru. you may know of his books that were big hits with individual investors including "you can be a stock market genius" and "the little book that beat the market." over the years, it's outpaced the s&p 500 by 6% upt's up more than 5% year to date with more than $5 billion in assets under management. gotham asset management managing principle joel greenblat joins me now from the forbes adviser's conference in vegas. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. maria: let's start off with where you see things here. characterize the

morning some m&a rumors swirling with kroger and target.e have not heard from the companies themselves, but shares are higher on the m&a potential. there is some validity in the logic, but morgan stanley coming out with five reasons why this does not make sense, it does not problem,gets grocery and -- target's grocery problem, one thing the analysts point out. and finally, dropbox. those shares are gaining. they are doing better than the private market valuation, so it ends up being a good day, lisa. so much.lor, thank you a lot of maybe, maybe not today. let's get the first word news with mark trumped in. mark: after tweeting he was considering a veto, president trump said he had signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill that averts a government shutdown. the president said he signed the measure "as a matter of national security." president trump: there are a lot of things that i am unhappy about in this bill. there are a lot of things that we should not have had in this sense,ut we were, in a force. if we want to build our military, we were fo

dick's sporting goods,, kroger and l.l. bean say now anyone buying a gun must be 21 years old instead of 18. head of lawmakers who are still debating legislation. >> if the government does not pass legislation that some brother, he is preferred this is another way to act upon that. some people feel businesses should not take a political stance.>> reporter: kelly michael haney say some companies see it important to their brand images and values.>> you have an increasing stakeholder consumer demand. taking a stand. haney said the company can respond more quickly than lawmakers, and often have a big impact.>> walmart -- walmart is the number one fortune 500 entity of the world. they have more cash. they have more power. than 30 percent of the countries in the world. when they speak out it has a significant impact.>> reporter: she believes is the gun debate intensifies, more companies will take stands.>> reporter: we need to have this public transparent debate from both sides. we need to have voices represented from all sides o

kroger and walma both said that the tragic events in parkland, florida, led them to take a look at their policies for firearm sales. the decision by both retailers follow's a similar move by dick's sporting goods. >>> ab imbev is raising a glass. the world's largest beer company says improved perfilmance in brone of its key markets, helped that company grow profits at a faster clip than analysts were expecting. the company expects salnd profits to remain strongye this . ab imbev, which uses aluminum in its products, also said the trumpadministration's plan to slap tariffs on aluminum could hurt the beer industry. shares rose 3% to 109.45 sotheby's says private sales right. total profits the auction house expects its performance this year to be strong.so eby's shares finished up nearly 10% to $50.78. best buy said improved inventory management led to stronger-than-expected sales and profits during the holiday period. the electronics company said the majoamty of its sales from purchases of mobile phones, gaming devices, and appliances. the shares rose nearly 4% to 75.30. >> the cable chann

its parent company kroger said it believes the change is a common sense step that it can take is in line with its values. an outdoor retailer rei is taking a stronger stance, holding all future orders from vista outdoors until the company outlines a plan of action on guns. vista owns some of rei's longtime partners like camel back as well as rifle manufacturer savage arms. rei says it believes it's up to companies who make and sell firearms to work towards a common sense solution. this is days after delta said it would eliminate its discount for nra members. lawmakers have hit back, killing a proposal that would give major airlines a tax break on fuel. governor nathan called the controversy an unbecoming squabble but said he will sign whatever bill is passed. this as nra top leaders met with president trump at the white house last night with director kris cox suggesting the president may be swayed against gun control. cox tweeted potus and vpotus dent want gun control. >>> cnn reports counterintelligence officials have been looking into a business deal involving a vancouver hotel and spa

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