"countdown" with liz claman is right now. liz: will we see it hit a record at the close? what's powering stocks higher and how to play it. >>> bring out the concealer to cover up a huge black eye. avon cosmetics punked by someone trying to drive up the price of the company by issuing a totally bogus press release, how many people got sucked into that? >>> while investigators focus on speed and the exact cause of the amtrak train crash snarling traffic in the northeast, maybe it's time to upgrade the infrastructure and look toward a superfast new way of travel. >>> and the simpson wouldn't be the same without the lovable mr. burns. you don't hear anything because he needs a new voice! who do you think should play the cranky business owner. the last hour of trading, we're all about business. let's start the "countdown." . liz: breaking news, we've got crazy highs and one big low for the markets right now. on the high note, the s&p as we said on track for a record close. here's the number you must watch. anything above 2117.69. we are above that by two points. you need to se

>> liz. no doubt about that if you're in real high quality names, i gave awe couple like microsoft or pipeline company like energy transfer partners. if you're in companies with good solid dividend payers and continue to grow the dividend overtime, that is far superior than being in a treasury instrument. my comment before, in terms of looking at fixed income market, probably at point if you need fixed income you might need to put money to work. liz: a little bit. david: eric, what about growth in the economy? we had this anemic number, almost negative in the first quarter, does that concern you at all particularly when you're talking about the retail sector? >> i think there was a lot of noise particularly in the first quarter. we saw that in the earnings season where you had a lot of crosswinds with currency and energy. also weather a real impact. i think pent up auto sales, new housing sales, those types of things important for the consumer. we're relatively constructive. we think you have

adam: liz? liz: a dry run. developments in the fatal germanwings crash that killed 10050 people. did the copilot practice the deadly descent earlier in the day and why didn't anyone catch it? >>> plus you may not know the name newell-rubbermaid but you know the products from sharpies to graco car seats. a company that truly infiltrated all of our homes. what is ahead for this american staple? we have the ceo next. adam: the copilot of the german wings plane that crashed in the french alps two months ago appears to have practice ad rapid descent on a previous flight according to french investigators. the report is based on analysis of the doomed airplane's flight recorder that andreas lubitz practiced a descent early they're day. it happened over a five minute period and conducted when he was alone in the cockpit. liz: back to business and companies that can really win no matter what's happening in the economy. newell-rubbermaid. it is a household name. it is in your house. it is products can be found in nearly

>> hi, liz.d strength in the new home market as reported today across most of our markets. the tri pointe group represents six different brands in eight different states, ten different markets. across the united states, we're seeing strength in the new home market, and as you see it start to increase, you'll see commodity prices gently move, i'm sure. >> what does the seller want? they want a good home price. your sellers, are you seeing lines when you put up brand-new homes. what's the atmosphere like? >> we're continuing to see very strong markets. california, denver, seattle, las vegas, not only at the entry-level, but also at the premium price point. resp is about $550,000. and actually in houston. south of downtown houston. clear lake, where there's very little supply, we've had campouts for our products there in houston in clear lake. liz: if i'm a seller, should i quickly sell? or if i'm a potential buyer, should i jump in now? do you see prices jumping higher as we get warmer and better w

liz: did he? >> i want to say my margin of error, if you're going to give me a margin of error, i didn't interview 4,000 people. it's not the fox news poll, you know, opinion dynamics poll. it is a good representation. to the man and the woman, dick fuld did not do any favors, except when he shook my hand, he's going to shake my hand in the video. liz: apparently it didn't work, you are telling the truth. >> i am not a dick fuld hater, i've liked dick a lot. he's not a bad guy. it's over the top to blame him for lehman when there was a lot of other stuff going on at lehman. he was the guy at the top but other people running the management day to day that screwed up. the general consensus, that speech was a flop. did not answer the question, did not give us insight into what went down in lehman. he went out there and it was like a perfect storm that killed the company. which it wasn't. the company invested in bad real estate deals and didn't diversify enough and leveraged too high, and the problem

liz? with our panel, federal reserve officials are telling the markets to get prepared for normalized interest rates. that means higher rates. rather than waiting around we'll help you prepare. dominoes, get to that one, changing the way you order your pizza. get ready to fit it into 140 characters. first more people are saving and paying off debt than spending money at malls. which stocks will ben it from from the savings trend? we bring in our panel, bob rice, tangent managing partner. fox business contributor along with gary b. smith, fox business contributor. so much for cheaper gasoline prices. everyone thought we would take money we save to spend on other things. no, we've been smart and saving. numbers, prove that out. gary b. somebody, somewhere has a trade. how do we capitalize on the saving trend? >> go with the obvious play here, liz. people don't put it under a mattress. almost surprising how many people put into a standard savings account or maybe they, you know, they buy a cd

liz?ews, the national football league rejected the nfl players' union request for commissioner goodell to be recused from the tom brady deflategate hearing. they wanted him recused and not part of this. nfl says too bad, commissioner goodell will be a part of it. david: interesting. liz: will you be outside grilling this memorial day or inside on a cloudy day? fox news's rick reichmuth has answers from the weather center. >> clouds for some and sunshine for others. starting off really cold, liz. tonight, we have hard-freeze warnings in effect across a lot of interior sections of the northeast as well as parts of michigan. get ready for a very, very cold night. temperatures in the cities like buffalo and sir crews into the -- syracuse and across the coastal areas a really chili night and chilly tomorrow morning. get a little better tomorrow night and sunday morning and sunday night and monday morning things above average and look good. across the northeast a big warm-up coming. the central

liz? liz: scott is such a giant. historic to have him on. >>> quenching kid's thirst without all the sugar and chemicals. look at the shape. will this appeal to kids more? taking on capri sun and kool-aid wrapping up sales, how he plans to have his company become the new king of kids drinks. that's next. >>> paying more for quality wood. lumber prices near a three-year low but a housing rebound could change that and zoo an. -- soon. we take you inside after custom wood shop. with answers. ♪ ♪ ♪ the ones with the guts to stand apart - join a league all their own. ♪ david: charter communications agreed to merge with time warner cable in historic multibillion-dollar cash and stock deal. liz: if history repeats itself the deal will not go through without interference with washington. jo ling kent with the latest details. >> liz, dave. there are mixed messages from the sec. seems on one hand that the 55 billion-dollars acquisition because tom wheeler reportedly directly called both ceos personally that the deal would not

sending to liz. liz: we're covering all the news here, liz.f course, when you look at the bottom level of all the numbers. we have a significant rally going on. we'll keep you posted every step of the way with the markets. if you invested in a share of berkshire hathaway in 1983 or '84. it was about $3,000. today, $214,000. that's what mario did. and two years later, david was just right hot on his tell. david is with wedgewood partners. great to see you both. >> good to see you both. talking about your favorite subject, berkshire hathaway today. liz: it's all these people's favorite subjects. >> i hope so. >> what do you make of the 50th anniversary? how will it be different? >> i'll buy five books. i've never spent money. in the past 15 years of coming here. this is a big day for me. >> all these people are spending money. you can see the bags they're holding in their hands. david, when you bought berkshire hathaway stock, what attracted you to it? >> it was -- it was an underappreciated growth company. typically back then, the domain of val

liz: yeah! >> take it away, liz claman. liz: thank you, melissa francis. former employees have been waiting seven years for answers, the infamous dick fuld, the man at the helm of lehman brothers when it came to its knees, long-awaited return. there is a sign he won't be showed to the public and only charlie gasparino knows it. we'll bring it to you in a moment. >>> beating out queen bee, taylor swift the concert to see, and stubhub tells us how it's going to do it. >>> even this man is weighing in on the fifa scandal. vladimir putin jumped off his horse and jumped to the defense of fifa president sepp blatter accusing the united states of overstepping its bounds. is he right? the last hour of trade. let's start thedown. -- the "countdown." >>> we begin with breaking news. it is the news that all of wall street is chattering about. dick fuld, seen on the screen from this afternoon, former lehman brothers ceo, and the man in charge when the firm went down in a blazing disaster during the financial crisis, making his first public peefrs in 7 years. as you se

liz: yeah.united kingdom independence party. liz: right. >> known widely as the kippers. and there are, apparently, a lot of shy kippers who haven't announced their intention to the pollsters, because they're a bit ashamed. liz: right. >> it's largely seen as a racist party who wants to send anybody with a colorful face home. liz: i told my viewers that we had a reporter who would give them the lowdown, and you just did. christopher, quickly, 20 seconds, how long can this drag on if it's too close to call? >> god, days. [laughter] i really think we're all going to need an enormous holiday by, i should think, the end of next week. liz: great to see you, christopher walker. we're going to check back in with you, i suspect, as this continuings. christopher walker's with grn live. thank you so much. >>> we need to get to a very serious topic here, rail safety. you saw what happened with the burlington northern train yesterday. well, of course, measures to improve safety simply cannot come fast enoug

liz? liz: to latest on outrageous scam. preying on everyday americans who are willing to help fight cancer. tennessee family raised $187 million for cancer charities and turned around and spent all the money on themselves. the feds say james reynolds, jr., and his family, remember that name, james reynolds, jr., and his family bought cars, luxury vacations and gym memberships along with a bunch of other stuff. they claimed to be raising for these four charities in two states, children's cancer fund of america, breast cancer society, cancer fund of america and it is affiliated cancer support services. authorities say if you donated to any one of these charities, do not expect to try to call to get your money back anytime soon if ever at all. i suspect it never went to any sick kids. david: wow. too bad we don't have public caning for people like that. >>> as clinton allegations pile up with no consequences the bar keeps getting lower for bad behavior in the public sector but would the hillary reputation work in the business

liz? liz: tom brady's agent says he and his client will appeal the nfl decision to suspend the quarterback for the first four games next season. he will be suspended without pay. we bring in our all-star panel. people with reallying skin in the game. tayoka jackson. played for the dolphins and buccaneers. scott green, former nfl referee for more than 20 years which included three super bowls. welcome to you both. scott, right to you, we haven't yet really heard from a lot of referees who have been involved in games like this or games at all. to the point right after the bat, have you ever experienced anything where balls completely disappeared right before a game? >> well, i can tell you that 23 years in the league, the footballs were always sitting in the locker room. we hand them over to the ball boys who were usually anxiously waiting to get their hands on them. but to look around before a conference championship game an footballs not being in the locker room, that is pretty alarming. l

trading than liz claman. "countdown" with liz claman starts right now. liz: the company that went from a $500 million valuation to 4.5 billion in less than a year? we'll introduce to you a san francisco start-up that is disrupting the way companies manage employees. benefits and the ceo parker conrad is the luckiest guy on the planet. what he plans to do with the new $500 million cash infusion. >>> did the pilot of the doomed germanwings plane which crashed in the french alps make a few practice attempts before he carried out the real thing? crashing to kill. >>> think the bird flu won't affect your turkey craving? november, thanksgiving is so far away. you are wrong. millions of you could be buying year old turkeys or forced to occur tofurkey. as the dow goes negative for the year. let's start the "countdown." but we begin with stunning breaking news. how it apparently was. that's the cover of the "new york post" right after the super bowl indicating that tom brady of the new york patriots must have known that the balls that he used were deflated to giv

liz: i think that you are terrific. in the meantime, you are saying that congress needs to act now and this could get a lot worse at the irs level. thank you. nice to see you. former irs commissioner and gop candidate did we need to hear from you. are you worried? do you have any sense to whether you have had your data breached? please give us a shout. another massive drama hitting the business world today. the sport that most of the world considers a religion is now being watch for a different reason. a dramatic raid at a luxury motel. people involved in fifa ran away with sheets covering their faces. very wealthy people. charged with corruption and racketeering. loretto lynch has vowed to launch a full investigation into the fifa organization. the future of two world cups and within the balance. who is to blame and does the u.s. somehow -- a sports marker marketing. are you surprised? >> certainly not surprise, liz. there have been rumors for a long time about the corruption. i think that it is the sponsors like visa,

liz?ere is spike in honeybee deaths. it could force you to dig a little deeper into your wallet. we have the story next. as investigators wait to interview the engineer of the derailed amtrak train, we have one man who knows how somebody gets that kind of job and the vetting process behind it. are there any checks and balances in place? we'll find out for you straight ahead. the real question that needs to be asked is "what is it that we can do that is impactful?" what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. it used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome; with the microsoft cloud we can analyze 100 per day. whatever i can do to help compute a cure for cancer, that's what i'd like to do. david: the share of u.s. businesses started by women fell to its lowest level in nearly 20 years in 2014. last year the share of new businesses founded by women entrepreneurs slipped to 36.8%. this is below the average rate over the past 19 years of 40.7%. men launched an a

liz. liz: there's a lot, cheryl. accidents or accidentally on purpose? the most powerful woman in finance drops bombshells before a tiny chamber of commerce that gives strong hints about the economy and when we might see a rate hike. is the timing and location a little suspicious or at least questionable? next time someone asks you to pick up eggs, better have a credit card handy. egg prices are shattering ceilings. moving higher. a time-honored tradition of honoring our sailors is back. the brave men and women who protect our freedom and ask them how powerful are the dollars in their wallets as they sail the world. this is its first win in five weeks. last hour of trading. before you leave for the holiday. stay with me. let's start the "countdown." ♪ liz: we begin with breaking news. the floodgates of emailgate have started to open. hillary clinton's emails are slowly getting released. and take a look. here is at least one of them. this was regarding patrick kennedy's discussion with a group of people about the benghazi attack in libya back in 2012. and

liz: yeah.d people were putting shirts and outfits and things like that on some of these which is hilarious, and what isn't hilarious is the contracts you guys have landed. as i understand it, people are lining up to get this into their companies. is it so you can allow night owls to stay ott home and work -- at home and work when it's best for them? listen, flexible work hours are very important here. >> yeah. we started at some of these innovation centers in these big companies and they were fast tracked out. the individual contributors and managers are where we're seeing the most growth right now because you want to retain those employees when they need to move away or hire new people, you can't find people many your area, we're out here in silicon valley in the san francisco area. it's very, very difficult to hire people here, rents are extremely expensive. what if you could live on a farm in idaho and still worked add linkedin here in silicon valley? liz: yeah, there's great engineers in ne

liz?vid, more positive housing data came out today as pending home sales hit nine-year highs. so with the housing market appearing to be on more solid footing, will that be what finishes the fed rather -- what pushed the fed rather than better jobs numbers? >>> speaking of housing, investing in subprime loans -- remember what a disaster that was? -- it's back. one top ranked manager says investors should embrace subprime. why? he's playing it, and he'll tell you whether you want to play it too. stay tuned. life begins with a howl, we scream shout, shriek with joy. until, inhibition creeps in, our world gets smaller, quieter, but life should be loud. sing loud, play loud, love loud. dentures shouldn't keep you quiet, life should be ringing in your ears. live loud, polident. you are looking at can you spot the difference? no? you can't see that? alright, let's take a look. the one on the right just used 1% less fuel than the one on the left. now, to an airline, a 1% difference could save eno

liz: the mid 50s. garrett how do you invest around a day like this compared to couple days this week where we saw significant selloffs? we are waiting on jobs number for tomorrow, month of april, a lot of to going on for a investor to digest? >> couple weeks ago we saw record low bond yields in europe and now we've seen a quick rise in long end of europe. bonds that bought long end of europe tenser 15 days ago. it has become a high-end market, very ill-liquid, difficult to trade. that can give another push to higher in terms of bond yields. david: something else is bothering people. they have been saying this for a while. a lot of people are borrowing money to buy stocks, borrowing money to put into stock buybacks specifically. that number has skyrocketed by the way. it is true that a lot of companies have cash that has risen by 570 billion. debt has risen by $1.6 trillion largely because there are some stock buybacks. does that concern you? >> it doesn't too much at these low interest rates. they're t

liz. liz: okay. and jeb was also asked about his immigration stance.inclined to put weight or negative spin about something he said something that happened years ago, like the war. and more inclined to talk about, what are we going to do aboutn in the other ones who have jumped in are against allowing illegals to stay here. i know illegal is an adjudicated word. people who got here without a green card or passport. how does he feel about that? letting people stay? >> this is probably his biggest hurdle should he jump in. common core too. this really is the main one. last year, he told fox that illegal immigration to help one's family is not a felony, but a lack of love he said at the time. over the weekend, he talked about fixing the immigration system citing the children of illegal immigrants is one of the reasons why. he feels that he can gain the support of republican primary voters, this is interesting. >> there has to be a point where we fix this system where illegal immigration is easier than legal immigration. that maybe a valedictorian of his v

now up 32 cents. ♪ liz: why buy, when you can lease?e philosophy more and more airlines are using when leasing their fleet instead of buying the aircrafts outright. who is expanding their fleets? this guy. ray sisson is awas's ceo. travel is taking a hit where it's taking off. it will give us a clear window into which airline is doing better. why do aircrafts lease from you when they can buy and maintain their own planes? >> well, most airlines have a specific time period over which they want to operate a type of aircraft. for example, singapore airlines will operate aircraft for the first 12 years which is usually a 25 useful life cycle. >> you have a lot of money and capital. >> correct. there are other airlines out there that focus on older aircraft. they want a specific age profile. they want them for a specific mission profile. their fleets change. their missions change. their roots change. leasing aircraft gives them flexibility in the way of having to buy and finance aircraft would allow. >> you have a large client base. forty-ni

the "countdown" with liz claman starts now. liz: that can very well change. it was just up to the upside in a second. taylor swift said it best. shake it off. massive morning headache. a bond route overseas spills into us treasuries. was over almost as soon as it started. the dow was down triple digits. no permanent hangover from any of that. we just have the nasdaq down ten at the moment. down much more. we have the down jones industrial averages down lower. we're watching this carefully. no european hangover. in the meantime, a heck of a major. at&t and directv get a hint their direct merger may work out soon. very few rules and being your own boss, no title that see you have to compete with others for. a company which believes in a new age way of killing the competition. we'll tell you what it means. who is doing it. and why suddenly a bunch of employees threw in the towel and say they hate it. refusing to be sidelined. tom brady is appealing the nfl's decision to suspend him for four four days. forget brady. sam will let you in on the secret and what he w

liz: why? >> because the population based in massachusetts is so stridently and consistently against the death penalty, and has been since before any of us were born, going back to the late 40s. this is a clear, consistent triumphant win for the government. if the verdict had gone the other way, if it had gone to life without parole, it would have been a classic, catastrophic loss for the government. they spent about 10 million dollars in the prosecution, and tsarnaev's lawyers offered to plead guilty in return for life in prison a year and a half ago. the government did what it thought was the right thing and emerges triumphant. as one of my colleagues just said, sense a resounding message to the rest of the world. bear in mind, this is a recommendation from the jury to the court. the court, the judge, technically, legally has the authority to reject the recommendation. i have not heard of such a recommendation being rejected in the modern era, but there still is another step in which the defe

liz: okay.roke the news after the bell yesterday, that their first quarter numbers came in really bad. [closing bell ringing] >> big loss. stocks down 20%. david: all right. folks, as you see, the numbers, no, i don't think we'll make it on s&p. or the dow jones. we're all negative. run through the indices if we can there. the dow is down about 26 points. nasdaq, and russell 2000 are in positive territory. that's good news. liz: the bell rings. what drove stocks? well it is a different picture now than it was just an hour ago after the federal reserve minutes released the markets, took off. skyrocketed. you see it came back to earth, at least for s&p and the dow. no records just yet. "after the bell" starts right now. david: getting to today's market action, charlie smith from fort pitt capital will tell

liz: it is a record for the nasdaq. an all time closing record as the bells ring on wall street and main street. let's see how stocks finished. 5092, the number to beat. we have a win. 5106 for the nasdaq. (?) small caps had a great day. up one and a quarter percent. followed by the s&p. complete reversal from yesterday. >> we should mention we haven't succeeded enough on the dow to win over what we lost yesterday. we would have had to go over 200 for that. but it is still a healthy day nonetheless. we have a business hour straight ahead. after the bell starts right now. david: getting right into today's action, we have george jr. of the vp wealth preservation fund. he says the energy sector is not out of the woods yet. george bell of shaffer's research. why stocks could give the us a boost down the line. and todd horowitz. our perpetual bear, almost on a day when the market is making records. how do you square your overall belief with what happened in the markets today? >> it would be a new high if i wasn't here to cel

>> liz, good afternoon to you.hat i can tell you, it's a very active scene as it's been all day long. mayor michael announcing he expanded the search area as well. let's take you out to a live look. this heavy equipment has been coming in all day. cranes to lift up the cars that belonged to the train. now, a short time ago mayor michael nutter confirmed seven dead as you mentioned. did not give out any names. pending notification of next of kin. it was revealed that most of the passengers are concluded for. perhaps not all. a very interesting (?) distinction there. meanwhile, the mayor also discussed that vitally important black box. >> as i mentioned earlier today, the event recorders, i think that's the official term for what we often call the black box. there in wilmington, delaware, being downloaded and analyzed. so let's us please not try to speculate. >> in light of that suggestion about not speculating, some people have said that the speed limit behind me is about 50 miles an hour. it has been reported that

liz joins us live from the omaha airport. are you ever coming home, liz?tually we didn't even get to the airport, cheryl. i'm on a street in downtown nebraska. right here in omaha. and everybody is sort of fleeing the rain here. it's amazing what's happened over this weekend. why? because a kid from omaha, 55, 60 years ago actually created what is now the world's third most valuable company. that is berkshire hathaway with many of the brands you know. what he does, during a shareholder meeting, he hits the floor. we thought we would take you smack into that crowd of 40,000 shareholders to see what it's like when warren buffett the oracle of omaha walks it. listen. warren: we'd like to move as quickly as we can. but the system is set up to be slow. i wonder what we have here. a recent picture? >> we have a special cake for you and charlie this morning. warren: oh, that is terrific. followed by the fudge. peanut brittle. sorry. >> some initials here. wb here. brk. and brke. >> okay. liz, i don't know if you can hear me, we've lost your audio. i'll let all th

liz, take it away.iz: well, big speculation here about what warren buffett will say when he takes the stage at the annual berkshire hathaway shareholder meeting. the world's third richest man. completely self-made. now a ketchup and mustard after him. he bought into heinz the past year. clearly this has been a very interesting way that he's morphed this business. coming up in the next hour, he's bought many different consumer businesses. but we're talking with the brand-new ceo of what was known as van tiles automotives. the nation's biggest privately owned dealership for private names. (?) we have jeff, the brand-new ceo. we'll be speaking with him about what is now considered the berkshire hathaway automotive group. they'll be buying up a bunch of those. kathy ireland. the supermodel and super mogul. one of the most valuable brands in the world according to a lot of brand masters. she sells her furnishings through nebraska furniture mart. how did she become pals with buffett? plus, the man that everyo

liz: let's define viable. i do not think anyone thinks right now that senator bernie sanders will be the democratic nominee in 2016, but there are plenty people that thought that about senator barack obama in 2007 as well however, i think senator sanders is a much greater long shot at this point to be our nominee. i like senator sanders. i think he is a great guy. i think he is left of left, and while that might play well in vermont, i do not know, even among democratic primary voters, how that is going to play in other states. host: what is the goal of his campaign? liz: have you ever met bernie sanders? this is a guy with something to say, and this is an opportunity for him on a national scale to say some of the things he wants to say. he has definitive opinions about wall street, about corporate america, about how he feels about the american middle class and how he feels about the poor being left behind by our government. this is his chance to stand up and say what he feels. he will get attention because we

liz: they're very smart. they indeed are. john, as you look at this particular case, we know that there will be massive appeals processes, and this does take some time. what's your best guess on the time line, and again, lethal injection, but when? >> i don't see it going more than a year and a half or two years. i think this was preeminently a jury decision. i think the court is going to look at the facts and circumstances and conclude there was a reasonable basis for the jury to do what it did. you have the aggravating circumstances, virtually no mitigating circumstances, under the law, it was compelling, whether you agree with the death penalty or not. the law says that's the sentence that should be imposed. david: doug, massachusetts hasn't had a death sentence carried out since 1947. are they prepared? who would handle the execution itself? would it be the feds? would it be in massachusetts or elsewhere? >> not necessarily, the federal government, the bureau of prisons would handle it, it doesn't necessarily have to be c

liz. brooks is good for about a half billion in revenue for warren buffet company he loves you because you are a catch machine are you talk about products, you are selling these 50th anniversary shoe with picture of warren buffet right here on the inside. the gold laces for 50th anniversary. how much is this going to cost? how many are you expecting to sell. >> probably sell further,000 of these -- sell 4,000 of these, i think we'll likely run out the glycerine is one of the best selling shoes in the market right now runners love it with the berkshire touches and gold, the theme of the week it should be fun. liz: you are for running there are new trends now. how do you carve out a niche that is still as attractive for a sales perspective in midst of these other things, you name it? >> running is still the next big thing in our view. there are so many people running, it has been growing or for every a decade, we technology will continue to grow because it is driven by health and wellness ph

we'll have that full forecast but right now let's say good morning to liz. >>> okay. thank you roberta and out the door, once again, back out to the dublin interchange. they cleared that overnight road work and i can tell you exactly where it was. it was westbound 580 between hacienda. they had various lanes blocked. and here's a live look at the bay bridge. the toll plaza. everything is very crystal clear right now heading into san francisco. no major delays in either direction. and just a live look at the golden gate bridge. they should be doing their lane changes here, this is usually the time zipper crews are out. i haven't seen them yet but it doesn't mean they're not hiding somewhere out of camera range and southbound 101 looks good out of san rafael. 880 anymore etc. freeway, no delays out of downtown. a check of mass transit coming up in the meantime frank michelle back to you guys. >>> all right liz thank you. more potentially serious problems for the new bay bridge. and they're being called game changers. steve hemminger chairman of the oversight panel of th

liz: yeah! >> take it away liz claman. liz: thank you melissa francis.waiting seven years for answers the infamous dick fuld, the man at the helm of lehman brothers when it came to its knees long-awaited return. there is a sign he won't be showed to the public and only charlie gasparino knows it. we'll bring it to you in a moment. >>> beating out queen bee taylor swift the concert to see, and stubhub tells us how it's going to do it. >>> even this man is weighing in on the fifa scandal. vladimir putin jumped off his horse and jumped to the defense of fifa president sepp blatter accusing the united states of overstepping its bounds. is he right? the last hour of trade. let's start thedown.

the transportation authority does in support of this work thank you. >> good evening, commissioners liz brison a senior transportation planner at the transportation authority as a background some people often have not heard of the sf mta agency we have a role in the planning and funding of transportation we serve as the counties fields task action we administer prop k the we're up to one hundred million dollars a year to fund the transportation improvements by the voters and we coordinate san francisco with the rest of the region and we report to the board of supervisors as our board so it is really in that role we were asked by supervisor wiener to come in and play the transportation role with this process with ben and jocelyn with the stakeholders so. >> can it interject supervisor wiener walked in do you want him to go go ahead of you. >> why. >> thanks for being here thank you sorry i wasn't here earlier you guys are started. >> we're efficient. >> we were at the mta board earlier that is great we're not just putting out a report and let it collect dust open the shelf but making sur

liz dunn, j margolis. ahead, billionaire ry.estor mark las his thoughts on who can be the biggest challenger to hillary clinton. ♪ pimm: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. top stories crossing the terminal right now. two hours from now the federal reserve for release minutes from last month's policy makers meeting. investors will look for clues about timing for an interest rate increase. mayral reserve officials reiterated that they expect a bounceback. tanks the world's a gift -- of the world's biggest banks will have to pay $5.8 billion in penalties. five of the banks agreed to plead guilty. prosecutors say currency traders used chat to manipulate the banks. a crime wave involving atms. fike oh says criminals are stealing debit card data from atms at the highest level at least 20 years. criminals steal information from credit card so they can make counterfeit ones. lasrynaire investor marc is betting big on hillary clinton in the 2016 campaign. as a chief executive of avenue capital group, he is p

liz? >> where are you going to be? i want to be where you are? >> on tuesday, mexico lindo in pleasanton. there's [ indiscernible ] play. >> heard it here first. >> thank you, roberta. >>> out the door, it's friday. we are cross our fingers for "friday light" traffic at least in the early-morning hours. appears to be the case across the richmond/san rafael not too many commuters. 880 overnight they had an overnight roadwork still out there by the way 29th to 23rd. it isn't scheduled to wrap up until about 6:00 this morning. but sometimes they run some traffic breaks before it and it does cause a backup near oakland airport. not the case so far. live look through the livermore valley altamont pass not even seeing one yellow sensor even on 205 out of tracy it looks good so 63 miles per hour. that's the lighter commute than normal. even for this time of the morning that's still pretty quiet. out to the bay bridge, westbound traffic into san francisco is moving fine. eastbound you may hit some of that overnight roadwork still approaching the center a

liz: we are watching that s&p will it be yet another record melissa?e commencement address given by the most famous american ceo is the talk of town and the talk of colleges and universities around the nation. gw university nabbed apple's tim cook. but what was the one line that affected those students in the audience the most? coming up, we've got a fox business exclusive with the student body president at gw who has that one thing cook said that has all his friends ready for the real world. nick gumas outgoing student body prez joining us live and exclusively. didn't google try google glass and it kind of petered out? the company that's ready to roll out wearable smart glasses, and are we really at the mercy of hackers every time we get on plane? the surprise turn in the air and the scramble to now block air hack attacks. that's pretty scary stuff melissa. we've got much more on the story coming up. melissa: liz, thanks so much. the world's oldest toy store is shutting its doors for good. paying rent on one of the world's most expensive streets. at t

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back to you guys. >>> thank you liz. some people in palo alto are complaining about increase noise from airplanes on the way to and from sfo. they blame the agency's next gen program which uses satellite technology. >> been constant, like every ten minutes it's been more noisy. in some cases we actually can't carry on a conversation in our backyards. >> residents say the faa changed their traffic plans once again around sfo, they can do it again. >>> a facelift. kpix 5's ryan takeo explains how high technology is being used in an effort to lure a large tech company to the old sears building. >> reporter: instead of just using their imagination, or renderings, they can use this. this 3d virtual reality headset that puts them right in the middle of a finished space. >> you know as uh-uh put these on, you're looking inside of a 360-degree environment of the space that i'm actually sitting in. >> reporter: the headset is bringing it to life. no imagination required. just high-tech. >> when you've gotten an old building like

first, morning, liz! >>> off to a great start on the road. not a lot of people out there, including trans workers. you can see all this clear right now into san francisco. and we didn't spot any overnight road work westbound or eastbound 80. sometimes they have those major roadway projects. but not the case today. looks like a little bit of overnight roadway into san lorenzo out to 580. sounds like they have one lane blocked. not causing a delay. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge where you're cruising at both directions. but we have a san mateo closure this weekend. that's our kpix traffic. back to you guys. >>> the san francisco bay for city system is now on a summer schedule. it has a few time changes. passengers are advised to check the new schedules when you come in this morning. >>> today's city leaders plan to unveil a plan to make our streets zero. it will include timing for lights and looking at bike lanes and the goal is to slow things down a bit to make things safer from cars to pedestrians and bicyclists. >> in the state o

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liz, i love watching this event. you're right there with warren. what did he say? liz: oh, my gosh.are going to get to hear it all. put this one in the record books, melissa. now you have some 40,000 people finally leaving town in omaha after spending the whole weekend here. it is official warren buffett has brought in more people for a single day's event than taylor swift and garth brooks. people come from all over the world. they swarm around him. they get their first chance to get close to him on saturday morning before he starts taking questions from shareholders during the meeting. they jump around him. yell for pictures. they want selfies. he walks among them. journalists, more than 100 internationally are pushing and shoving. fox business manages to get right next to him and talks to him about a host of issues. he goes all weekend long. yesterday he was at the jewelry company that berkshire hathaway owns. they have 80 subsidiaries. all different companies. he played ping-pong against bill gates against the chinese olympic champion. a lot of lightheartedness. we spoke with him

adam: liz is live from omaha. what do you have in store for us? we saw a bunch shareholders, berkshire hathaway shareholders the company warren buffett started 50 years ago wearing these passes. it will by end of entire five-day, six-day weekend it, will prove he made 50 million plus dollars for the company. that is more revenue than some companies make in entire year. because they get shareholder discount, they are buying so much jewelry, et cetera. it is on the floor of the centurylink arena where he is surrounded by i'm guessing 41, 42,000. he hasn't given us the full number. they surround him, warren, look over here. let me take a selfie. it is absolutely crazy. festivities continue all weekend long. brooks running, a running shoe company berkshire hathaway owns has a 5-k race where there was gigantic warren buffett bobblehead running the race. it was a festive atmosphere. he had to answer tough questions about couple of subsidiaryish like clayton homes and netjets. a lot of job cuts. doesn't fit well with some shareholders. they asked him abo

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back to you guys. >>> we thank you liz. 5:04. new this morning growing concerns about safety on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. lisa chan joins us live to explain the potential damage to the base of that bridge's tower. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, it's been one week since one of the anchor rods failed a key test. now an investigation will be done to determine what is wrong with it and just how big the problem is. as much as $4 million in toll payers' money will be spent to study problems on the bay bridge's eastern span tower. last week the tower rod moved easily when it was tugged on which may mean it corroded from exposure to water and fractures. significant levels of corrosive chloride were found in the steel rods at the base of to tower. >> as if the saltwater got in there during construction just like some of the fresh water did. we have to find that amount of stuff and we can eventually suction it out and dry it out if get back to where we want to be. -- and -- and get wac to where we want. -- bac

what do you make of all this, liz?> i think once again it is showing that the clintons are trying to play by their own rules like fred said. they want a special deal from the charity navigator eastern though that they're not going to get any special treatment. charity navigator said you will not get off the list until you explain all of these controversies all these news reports. and explaining, in a strong way. the fact of matter clip:will not come out there and defend the foundation. they sent out bill clinton to defend it. even did not have a good response. he said, oh, we had to pay our bills, when he was talking about taking six figure speeches. it really doesn't look like they will be taken off this list anytime soon. gerri: to switch it up a little bit, peter schweizer out today defending his book about clinton money. what he says, essentially is that, look, the supreme court has defended what i said, which is that, here's, here's the comment right here. the supreme court unanimously upheld the ban on foreign po

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