we've got mike bell in the studio with us. that is fascinating. in was saying actually the reconsidering more rate cuts. mike: i think the evidence is clear that the hit to the u.k. economy is going to be significant. if you look at consumer confidence, and has fallen sharply. confidence, it has fallen sharply. , the minuteslear from the mpc shows that they were considering a package and what they are doing is working out exactly what type of package is going to be best suited. manus: would be the best package from a j.p. morgan asset management perspective? pound.ng lower on the everything i am reading suggests a moment of reprieve for sterling, i am looking at dollar sterling. many of the analysts are calling for this is the opportunity to sell the currency. that has water ramifications in terms of assets -- that has broader ramifications in terms of assets for you. by the end of the year. we've also got expectations for the rate cuts coming through in the u.k.. we think they will do more qe and some form of credit easing. perhaps,or lending or e

and alejandro pena, mike bell, he was the mvp of the softball game. >> three ball and one strike.o outs. r runners on first and second. to center field. that will do it for the phils in the ninth inning. they lead 2. we'll head to the bottom of the ninth in atlanta. >>> we have wandered to the top of the ninth inning. phillies, nine runs on nine hits and they're going to turn to jeanmar gomez to finish the game off. it has not been a pretty game but the phillies will take it as far as the lead goes. this is not a save situation. gordon beckham will lead it off against jeanmar gomez. >> he takes the strike. 0-1. foul ball. no balls and two strikes. three hits. two allowed. low. one ball and two strikes. swing and a miss. he got him through to change up. that's the first out in the ninth inning. the philries trying to take two of the first three. if they win tonight, they can finish it out. they finish for 5-5. >> very good movement. one of the better ones i've seen. >> freddie freeman is trying to score. the phillies trying to pick up the 48th win. it wasn't until the middle of the

we are joined by mike bell, a delegate a large and interesting work history including some projects yout our viewers would know about. that. whether some of those? >> from the design side or from the fix-it afterward? >> both spent from the fix-it afterward assigned when the most interesting one was the port authority of new york and new jersey. after the 1993 bombing, they asked me to come in and study the basilica find out what things can be done to make facilities safer if some idiot came up with an idea like that again. >> this was in your capacity as a construction engineer? >> mechanical design industry. my particularly best known specialty is contaminant movement within building such as smoke during a fire or things of that sort. they wanted to know how could they keep people safe inside the building because it was so impacted to get it without all that one single shot. so we added to see how would the smoke move throughout the building, depending on where the fire was what the temperature conditions were outside and the wind conditions. and then figure out how we could isolate i

that does it for closing bell. mike, we'll see you tomorrow. have fun with the cats tonight. "fast money" begins now. >>> "fast money" starts right now. live from new york city's times square, i'm melissa lee. your traders on the desk -- tonight on fast, wells fargo making quite the contrarian call saying not only that gold's run is done, but it might be set tig up for a massive plunlg. we're sitting down with the man behind the call. plus, a flashing sell sign. we'll tell you what that is and how you can protect yourself and later, a top adviser told its customers they couldn't sell stocks during the brexit swoon. one regulator says the company did not act in the best interest of its investors. first, we start with the markets. global yields hitting fresh record lows from japan to here in the united states and the hunt for yields continues. staples, which hit a fresh high today, but are those so-called safety stocks now the ultimate danger trade? take a look at that. the pes for the 2016 growth, which is practically anemic. >> well, first of all, part of the problem here is

mike? >> good morning, everyone. no need forum bell umbrella today. at pier 15 we are waking up early.ow 50s. around 60. hanging in the nearly 60 range along the coast. and 90s coming back inland. sue? >> we have a ranch closeure c.h.p. for another hour and a half with 7th street off-ramp from eastbound 80 before you get to the bay bridge because of the early accident. i would suggest taking the 4th street because that will get you into the thick of the morning commute in a couple of hours. we will check back. >> this morning, anyone who makes minimum wage in san francisco and emeryville or sunnyvale is paid more today than

that does it for closing bell. mike, we'll see you tomorrow. have fun with the cats tonight. money" begins now. >>> "fast money" starts right now. live from new york city's times square, i'm melissa lee. your traders on the desk -- tonight on fast, wells fargo making quite the contrarian call saying not only that gold's run is done, but it might be set tig up for a massive plunlg. we're sitting down with the man behind the call. plus, a flashing sell sign. we'll tell you what that is and how you can protect yourself and later, a top adviser told its customers they couldn't sell stocks during the brexit swoon. one regulator says the company did not act in the best interest of its investors. first, we start with the markets. global yields hitting fresh

mike and evan. that does it for us on closing bell. "fast money" begins now. >> kelly evans was spot on. fast money begins now. i'm brian sullivan. melissa lee is back next week. tonight, major headlines from the european bank stress test. they are moving stocks at this hour. it's not just amazon surging to record highs. a number of actual brick and mortar retailers also busting out ch we're going to give you the names and tell you what it means for the economy and your money. later, traders are betting one big oil stock may be close to cutting its dividend, the name, what it might mean for the energy space. big show on a steamy friday in new york, but start with the overall markets. stocks closing the month as they began. hire. s&p 500 closing up 3.5% for july. it's fifth consecutive month of gains. the nasdaq though was the big winner mock among the major indexes. up 6.5% in july. guys, here are some stats. 37 of the nasdaq 100 up more than 10% 11 of those up more than 15%. august tends to be a difficult month for the markets. a lot of good stuff happen, but dave, are you concerned? >>

mike? >> good morning, everyone. no need forum bell umbrella today. at pier 15 we are waking up early. low 50s. around 60. hanging in the nearly 60 range along the coast. and 90s coming back inland. sue? >> we have a ranch closeure c.h.p. for another hour and a half with 7th street off-ramp from eastbound 80 before you get to the bay bridge because of the early accident. i would suggest taking the 4th street because that will get you into the thick of the morning commute in a couple of hours. we will check back. >> this morning, anyone who makes minimum wage in san francisco and emeryville or sunnyvale is paid more today than yesterday. the statement minimum rage reaches $15 by 2022. elissa? >> good morning, thousands of bay area workers are getting a raise. some will meet the $15 minimum wage, and make a requirement for the deadline including emeryville where i am. it is actually on pace to go above the prosecute of the country with the minimum wage requirements. today, the small businesses must pay employees $13 an hour and larger businesses $14.82 and the wage will go up baste on co

mike s. from san francisco who e-mailed, how many times can the cable car bells ring?m to ring the bells repetitively early in the morning and late at night. >> oh, mike, it doesn't sound like you like these things. i would suggest you get used to them. they are a federal landmark, so they are not going to change at all. they are going to keep having the regulation. there is a city regulation that says the operator has to ring the bell when going through an intersection, it is a safety regulation and that won't change. how many times can they ring it? as many as they want. there are no rules or regulations. so if you live near the lines, they are loud and live with it, is my advice. >> and michael from petaluma e-mailed, i received a u.s. census form and it states i have to fill it out and that is the law. is that true. i feel the question is invasive. >> boy, they get into your business. they have a short form that isn't that bad, how many are in your household and then the long form that is absolutely remarkable and it seems like they are getting into your business.

mike r, thanks. sleep well. see you early tomorrow. that's it for closing bell" begins right now. >>> cnbc's breaking coverage of the market hitting new highs continues. traders on the desk are -- tonight on "fast money," the man sent to buy the brexit bottom is back. he'll tell us where he sees value now. plus, forget stock, bank of america says gold is going to 1500 bucks ahead of commodity research will be here to explain and later, is twitter's only hope donald trump? a surprising take, but first, breaking news. s&p 500 closing at a record high and it could be the most improbable and surprising rallies of all time. throughout it

the governor, john bell edwards, and colonel mike edmond son, part of the baton rouge police departmentlding as there's a search for a fourth suspect in what investigators say was a plot to kill police officers. >> everyone needs to protest in the right way with peace. no violence. >> reporter: alton sterling's 15-year-old son speaking out for the first time today, steps from where his father was killed by police last week. >> my father was a good man, that was a sacrifice to show everyone what has been going on in life. >> reporter: his plea for peace comes as baton rouge police say they were the target of a violent plot believed to be made in retaliation for sterling's death. >> this is substantial, credible informed we received. >> reporter: three african americans, including a 13-year-old, were arrested for stealing 8 guns from a pawn shop early saturday morning. afterwards, police say at least one described their plan. >> we learned from that suspect that was taken into custody that the reason the burglary was being done was to harm police officers. their goal and objective in the

mike r, thanks. sleep well. see you early tomorrow. that's it for closing bell. >> "fast money" begins right now. >>> cnbc's breaking coverage of the market hitting new highs continues. traders on the desk are -- tonight on "fast money," the man sent to buy the brexit bottom is back. he'll tell us where he sees value now. plus, forget stock, bank of america says gold is going to 1500 bucks ahead of commodity research will be here to explain and later, is twitter's only hope donald trump? a surprising take, but first, breaking news. s&p 500 closing at a record high and it could be the most improbable and surprising rallies of all time. throughout it all, it's been so-called safe sectors like utilities and staples that have led the way. the question now is do you stick with defense or start playing offense and position your portfolio for growth. >> it's surprising for some. been surprising for me. timmy and pete would say otherwise. i don't think it surprised them that much. i don't think you have to change your game plan. some of the things we've been talking abo

mike and stephanie. thanks so much for joining us on "closing bell" today, and then we have politics, too. stay tuned. we'll be covering hillary clinton's acceptance speech tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern right here hon cnbc. "fast money" starts now. >> yeah, please, step right into the ring because we've got a full-fledged earnings side right now. earnings from amon, google, kind of like apollo creed beat on rocky in rocky i. can you see josh "tough guy "lipton and jon "don't mess with me" fortt and julia boorstin. welcome to "fast money," everybody. i'm brian sullivan. can you tell that melissa is out all this week. our full trader lineup including bob peck who will do double duty tonight on alphabet and amazon. he is on, literally, the red phone which as i went over there is actually connected to nothing. hi, everybody. good to see you. >> welcome. >> you're not supposed to give that away. >> everyone knows that. we have the smartest audience in television. >> look at these after-hour moves. amazon.com up 2% on results and alphabet up more than 5% on its results beating on almost pretty much every sing

mike pence, take stage as the national convention begins in cleveland, ohio. they appeared together on 60 minutes last night. yahoo! and netflix out after the closing bellahoo! will announce that it has received for its core internet business. 20% of the s&p 500 report their latest earnings this week. checking in on stock market futures after hitting record highs last week i had evolved its earnings dow dow futures higher by 17.8 nasdaq futures were up 4.5. that's a look at what is happening now. police in cleveland on high alert as the republican national convention kicks off today. more concerns about security after the deadly shooting in that version last week's terrorist attack in france. massive protests are expected to be held across the city this week as well. peter doocey life in cleveland with more on this. >> the police union is very concerned the anti-police protesters descending on cleveland combined with an open carry law for the state of ohio could create a dangerous situation or officers assigned to protect the rnc. officials from the union are asking the governor to temporarily suspend the state's open carry law before anything bad happe

bell. baseball, inducted two of the greatest to ever do it, yet today. mike piazza and ken griffey junior and yesterday griffey got emotional when talking about his father. >> i was born five months after he was in his senior year and he made a decision to play baseball to provide for his family. so that is what men do. i love you for that. >> just a great hall of fame class. >>> phillies and pirates, andres blanco, ruiz throws out the runner but the runner cleats goes in the blanco's glove. you can see the glove right there. he would leave the game. we will see how long he might be out and to add insult to injure phillies blew a four- two lead n the seventh adam frazier capped off come back with his first home run and go ahead run, phillies lose five-four. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >> 5:42 is the time. the democratic national convention is set to get underway and party has tapped some serious a listers to performed, we will break down this list coming to town after the break. (vo) we went to hollywood to ask if america's favorites - burgers,

a call for unity and coming together instead of wedding bells, we heard helicopter blades, he is getting ready to walk down the aisle and join mike pence in political m matromony. they are now saying that a trump organization staffer, meredith mcgeiver is responsible for the speech. will cruz balk at backing a man who said his father had a part in an assassination. a staffer says she is the one that plagiarized the passage from michelle obama, her name is mcgeiver, could have solved it with a few household items, like a laptop. >> she is a speech writer for the trump organization. she says i helped melania. i take full responsibility. melania admires michelle obama, but this woman as the blame rests with her. the real question is why it took the trump campaign three days to clean up this mess. >> donald trump touches down once again in cleveland. >> the next president of the united states, mr. donald trump! >> as the fallout for melania trump's speech now stretches today three of the convention. today meredith mcgeiver is taking the blame for the lines from michelle obama's 2008 speech that ended up in the speech. >> over the pho

bell. donald trump criticized elizabeth warren's record using the term pocahontas to mock her native american heritage. responded calling donald trump's vision for america "reckless." while kaine says a deal fall short, governor mike pence supports the agreement. despite being a supporter of donald trump, david duke will receive the support of the republican party in his senate bid. says thelican party party wants nothing to do with the former ku klux klan leader. he is running for the senate primary in louisiana. trump made headlines earlier this year when he hesitated to condemn the duke. 7 on your side this time about beer. that's always fun. americans, your beer is getting health-conscious, a new initiative to add labels with nutrition facts on bottles and cans. include calorie counts, cards, freshness dates, and alcohol by volume. six leading beer companies have agreed to the new labels, affecting about 80% of all the beers sold in the u.s. i don't know a lot of people who , i'm noton't kno going to drink that beer --" josh: unless they know how many calories, yeah. we are talking about high numbers here, 98 today. 98 dulles, 97 frederick. these are technically unofficial. we may find out in between hours we

mike and alex are stuck in the traffic jam, ring the bell, good morning, haddon field. they will be here in a moment. look at this crowd here. we are ready to go at king's court in haddonfield where we have the brand new mazda that we will be giving away next week when we go up there at the dell in fairmount park. just in case mike gets out offhanded, here they come, here comes the trolley, here they are, giving them a big round of applause. they are here. come on, guys. >> here we are. >> hello haddonfield. >> hi everybody. >> hello. >> i love you right back. >> i watch every day. >> i love alex too. >> hi alex. >> hi. >> i watch every day good thank you. >> bob kelly what is happening. >> traffic jam. >> we have to check timing on the lights there police officers will take care of that. >> are you guys ready to have some fun today. >> yes. >> all morning long we have a couple traffic jams out there this morning. lets check the jam cams, come on kid take some pictures as we do some traffic. i-95 we have volume out of cottman down to girard, ben franklin looking good no

mike and evan. that does it for us on closing bell. "fast money" begins now. >> kelly evans was spot on.gins now. i'm brian sullivan. melissa lee is back next week. tonight, major headlines from the european bank stress test. they are moving stocks at this hour. it's not just amazon surging to record highs. a number of actual brick and mortar retailers also busting out ch we're going to give you the names and tell you what it means for the economy and your money. later, traders are betting one big oil stock may be close to cutting its dividend, the name, what it might mean for the energy space. big show on a steamy friday in new york, but start with the overall markets.

you know mike and gasia, this thing, this cable car ringing is harder than it works. let me show you this bell. all right. so the cable car bell is really very, very heavy. so the cable car professionals are going to -- see, i am just terrible at it. they are going to have some amateurs ringing this bell, and then they will have the professionals, the people who do this for a living, competing against each other on a real cable car on the bell. before we show you that, sheryl brinkman from sfmta, tell us about this. how long has this contest been going on? >> since 1955. it is about 60 years of cable car bell-ringing champions. and this year we have some recurring champions as well as first-time competers who have made it to the finalist. >> reporter: tell us why it's hard to judge. i am going to be a judge a little later on. i see some of these guys are very good. a lot of them are good. how do you go about picking a winner? any tips for me. >> it must be tough. i don't envy you that position. they are all fantastic. they are all great ambassadors. they are going to do a great job. but you do

mike and stephanie. thanks so much for joining us on "closing bell" today, and then we have politics, too. stay tuned.ng hillary clinton's acceptance speech tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern right here hon cnbc. "fast money" starts now. >> yeah, please, step right into the ring because we've got a full-fledged earnings side right now. earnings from amon, google, kind of like apollo creed beat on rocky in rocky i. can you see josh "tough guy "lipton and jon "don't mess with me" fortt and julia boorstin. welcome to "fast money," everybody. i'm brian sullivan. can you tell that melissa is out

mike tyson has an on-again, off-again relationship with a barbie doll. [electronic chime] yes, ma'am. - ken. - is it "ken"? [bell. okay. - raven and bellamy, come on up. - all right. let's go. - all right. all right. all right. all right. all right. - all right, can i have my next "what's in a name?" please? johnny knoxville exists solely to be laughed at. - huh? huh? - it's in his name-- somewhere in his name. [electronic chime] - yes, ma'am? - uh... i just wanted to slam the buzzer. - you rang in without knowing what you were going to say, didn't you? [buzzer sounds] - oh, how about you, bellamy? - i--not see it. i don't see it. - you don't see it? [buzzer sounds] - okay, neither of you got it. it's "joke." yeah. have a seat. have a seat. julia and hannah, come on up here. - i'm a mets fan, by the way. - all right, can i please have our next "what's in a name?" gwyneth paltrow is a kind of stick often found at raves. [electronic chime] yes. - glow stick? - is it "glow"? [bell dings] - yes, ma'am. you smoked it. meredith and rachel, come on up here. - all right. let's do this. - all right. - that one--i didn't

mike pence. some of the biggest name on the g.o.p. side of maryland politics are not there with the republicans in cleveland. our maryland bureau chief brad bell is live where the annual j. miller cause clam bake is wrapping up. brad? brad: you can't hardly blame me for finding this excuse for a story today, right? to get to a crab feast in the beautiful town on the eastern shore. i am not alone here. this is a political event. frankly, many of the people here are not just for the crabs, they are here because they don't want to be in cleveland. clams by the ton, people by the thousands. the maryland event of the week. the annual clam bake in tiny, end of the road crab city, usa. to come out to enjoy yourself. eat crabs and clams. brad: it's a 40-year-old tradition that seems older thrown by the chamber of commerce this time every year. there is miss crustacean, there is one, says it's good for the region. >> this event is so big, people from all over come around and put us on the map. >> it's a magnet for politicians, especially for the election years. >> you get to be out with real people and listen to the concerns and hear about what people

bell, abc7 news. leon: all right. i know you're jealous those of you that like crabs. tonight the focus is on indiana's republican governor, vice presidential nominee mikehe makes the keynote address tonight. coming up in the next half hour our chief political correspondent scott thuman takes a look at what effect pence could have on the race and the republican party going forward. alison: but now, back to the breaking news. the computer problem at southwest airlines that is affecting flights all over the country. sam ford made the way to reagan national airport. what are you seeing there, sam? sam: well, let's take a look. look down this line of folks here. they are all kind of people here who have been sort of stuck because they couldn't do anything. be the country they were doing paper tickets to get flights going. right now we just heard that the computer is back. the computer is back. they are bringing the system back. that is a big deal if you have all the people stuck here. they couldn't figure out what flight for them to get onto. talk to some of the people. how long have you been here? >> we have been here more 45 minutes. sam: that is not that

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. >> i wonder what is going through mike pence's name as he addresses that. i want to bring in ashley bellou. good to be back. >> ashley, what was the point of that? >> you know, you can't beat it. ted cruz made a mistake by not endorsing donald trump. and donald trump wants to make him pay for it. i think ted cruz's career running for president is done either way. >> but he has his opponent now. he has hillary clinton. he's now the nominee. why is he still fighting the primary fights? >> look, i wish we had a teleprompter at every event donald trump was having, but apparently that's not in the budget. but we'll get one and hope he stays on it for the rest of the cycle. >> speaking of the teleprompter, i went back to read every speech of the last 20, 30 years from acceptances at the rnc. everyone mentioned the father of republican orthodoxy ronald reagan, except for donald trump. >> that's true. >> listen to reagan's inaugural in '81 and then we'll talk about donald trump. >> it is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of t

mike piazza and ken griffey junior. piazza greatest hitting catcher of all time, and junior one of the ten greatest players to ever do it. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> so, as we just mentioned, by the way, thanks, sean. if you want an autograph from carson wentz you could run across the street to the novacare complex because he will be there today. you have your number one overall draft pick carson over there, it is his first official day as a, well, not as an eagle but as a practicing eagle. >> true. >> a training eagle. >> eagle in training. >> it is training camp. today marks doug pederson's first time taking on training camp as team's head coach. wentz with other rookies will practice with some veterans. we don't know who else will be there, who were pick but full team will report this week. it will be on thursday. >> yes. >> maybe they try to move that around because dnc last day is officially thursday. maybe they thought, we will bring all of the eagles in. >> clinton speech is thursday night. so by friday, we will be somewhat back to normal, sue. >> and we will still be hot. >> it has been a noisy start to the day for most of us, now all

at the la premier of his newis w movie mike and dave need weddind dates efron revealed he gets widespread compare sons to savet by the bellinum blond? well hl said the reason is for the movie bay watch he's starring in.rr >> makes sense. >> he has photo shoots for theso movie so he cep his frosted f locks. i like it. i think he's so handsome. >> for sure.e >> if you've scene the trailerht for upcoming movie tarzan you'rr likely more than little tha l impressed with those absse abs alexander scars guard is spori sporing. >> oh, my. >> hello.lo >> he plays the lead role in the movie and boy is he ripped. r how did he get so above? he says he spent three months buluk bulking and added 25 pounds of5s muscle by eati per day. pe i wish i could eat that manyhama calories.calo that's three times more than he usually eats. his diet consisted of no sugar, gluten, wheat, dairy or alcoholc clean eating. he ate sick small meals a dayme and trained twice a day.ay. true dedication seriously. >> he looks great.. >> ladies, you're welcome.'re ce >> oh, yeah. >> just keep that picture up. >> scars guard.cars grd >> that's a nice scars guar

governor john bell edwards was the last to speak, but we heard from colonel mike edmondson from the stateel edmondson that there is no active shooter scenario right now in baton rouge, that the person who shot and killed the police officers in baton rouge and wounded three police officers in baton rouge they believe now was shot and killed. that was the person wearing all black said to be with a mask and a long gun. that person was shot in a shootout with police they believe. unclear right now -- they said, look, this is an ongoing investigation with multiple agencies and a lot of moving parts. unclear if that person had help, but they believe only one shooter was involved. there is no active shooter scenario right now in baton rouge. the call came in around 8:45 a.m. a guy carrying a rifle was seen walking down the street dressed in black. around 8:42, there was reports of shots fired. there were exchanges of gunfire around 8:44 and 8:48. that's when police were able to kill the gunman. right now, the condition -- three law enforcement are dead. three others have been wounded. two are in

will see, mike piazza and ken griffey junior, pie as a greatest hitting catcher of all time and junior one of the ten greatest players to ever do it. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> his dad was good too, ken griffey senior. >>> now to the video that put spotlight on a philadelphia little leaguer this was posted on facebook and shared hundreds of times. a man in philadelphia taking his son to a little league game on his birthday. son thought that his dad forgot the about his birthday but you dad did not forget and boy, was it an emotional surprise. listen to this. >> get that box out of there, okay. >> get it. >> happy birthday. don't cry. you are about to make me cry. you will make me cry. pull it out. let the world see it. >> i didn't forget about you. yeah. i want to see some home runs. i love you. >> don't cry. let me see. y think the whole studio is in tears, right. what a great family. isn't that awesome. happy birth the day is right. he play for the philadelphia taney dragons the same day mo'ne davis lead to the little league world series. isn't that amazing. love that. >>> lets go back to lauren johnson. i'm in the so sure you had a, monday there are

bell. >> the stocks are down. a look now, we're up three points gaining grouped 18,537. >> mike murphy. why is market going u up when all around the world you've got anxiety, chaos, con potion and terror and heaven knows what. >> but you have the global central banks not just here but global central banks that are getting floor under market because they've all said in whatever language they chose that they're going to do whatever is necessary to support their local markets. that's why there's money -- >> all of the negative yield we have astowpgding level of soarch trading at negative yield. we have jpmorgan telling clients i'm sorry i can't take your deposit anymore because it cost them money to hold that cash. >> thanks for lending. >> so question discuss why this market is going up with chaos and confusion on left-hand side of the screen we have various group was stocks right now is financials all of them are down. but on balance, overall stock prices holding at or near record levels. i've got -- over individual stocks for you. how about lockheed marte hadden they've raised their out

mike -- 29 minutes away from the open. we are counting you down. ♪ david: we are 30 minutes away from the opening bell.>, i am david westin here with jonathan ferro and alix steel. the big story is the $4.8 billion deal between verizon and yahoo!. no intention to sell alibaba shares from that new company. the new company will return all caps minus operating costs. jonathan: what the skill set is needed. andwho japan and alibaba sell some of the assets as well. one that it is not marissa mayer and we are hoping to get an answer later. david: yet to come in every morning and checked the ticker -- you have to come in every morning and checked the ticker. alix: shery ahn is here in new york with a look ahead of the open in the u.s.. cherry, let's begin with you here in new york. individual movers that are shaking things up? about we are talking sprint, another telecom company in the u.s., the fourth-largest. they released earnings this morning and now the stock surging, because we just found out they had 180,000 monthly described -- monthly subscribers beating analysts forecasts. we are seeing the stock re

mike pence. >> when does pence speak, by wait, do you know? >> we expect a little after 10:00. >> so you will see it on cnbc. >> yes. >> thanks, michelle. >> "closing bell" starts now. >> hi, everybody. welcome to the "closing bell." i'm kelly evans at the republican national convention in cleveland. >> i'm bill griffith here at the new york stock exchange. that means i get all of the peanut butter m & ms today. >> but i discovered mr. goodbar. i've been missing out 31 years now. amazing. >> there is a movie in there, somewhere. besides that, what are you finding in cleveland? >> you know, bill, i got to say that the lack of protesting is probably the most interesting thing that's going on right now. we will see this afternoon and in fact during our show, whether things heat up outside. more of the fireworks have been inside. speeches, whether ted cruz will personally endorse donald trump to knit. it has been much less about what is happening outside of these walls so far. >> things have settled down. they aren't settling down here. dow in record territory. you have big names coming up there, don't you? >> yes. guests coming up for you right here from c

bell. trading just about flat right now. we are taking a look at the certain stocks moving higher. we've got mike murphy here.e's the thing. goldman sachs are now saying 10% correction in the s&p 500. the s&p 500 thing quickly? they are right that we closed flat on the air from where we are now. 2100 on the s&p. downside in rally appeared trent or what are you buying right now? >> european banks make money in bank of america and jpmorgan. the opening bell is ringing. we will check the big board. we've got a mixed bag right now. they simply also the son action going to the downside. verizon to the downside. travelers and home depot as well. the witness also in the bread. we want to also check the price of gold. gold is just at the tipping point of the major bull run. if you go above 1400 training at 1475 by the end of 2018 date we've got silver training to the downside down more than 1%. let's check the price of oil. oil basically up fractionally. now take a look at the 10 year 1.38. but now one point for a taping up a little higher. we haven't seen these deals in a 10 year period the safe haven still is a tra

mike pence and newt gingrich. breakfast this morning, feeling even more -- fueling more speculation about whether pence will be his guy. we'll follow any developments on that rate. >>> opening belln wall street this morning, let's look at the big board here. of course we know that the dow starting the day at the highest point ever and appears to be in positive territory again this morning. allison is joining us from the new york stock exchange, allison, we are now at record territory. why suddenly it surge? >> well you know what, gone are the worries about the brexit vote, crashing oil prices we saw and china's economy slowdowns which seems that wall street is putting all of that on the back burner. on friday, so what that's translating to is two all time at the highest level ever after a three-day winning streak. s&p 500 hit it's all-time high monday. it sure has been a wild ride for stocks this year. the nasdaq hitting a significant mark, the first time we've seen it turn positive for the year. dow and s&p 500 are put up nas great news for as many fun reflect the major arches. just couldn't bear to look earlier in the year at your portfolio, i would say today is a good day to

mike pence. >> when does pence speak, by wait, do you know? >> we expect a little after 10:00. >> so you will see it on cnbc. >> yes. >> thanks, michelle. >> "closing bell>> hi, everybody. welcome to the "closing bell." i'm kelly evans at the republican national convention in cleveland. >> i'm bill griffith here at the new york stock exchange. that means i get all of the peanut butter m & ms today. >> but i discovered mr. goodbar. i've been missing out 31 years now. amazing. >> there is a movie in there, somewhere. besides that, what are you finding in cleveland? >> you know, bill, i got to say that the lack of protesting is probably the most interesting thing that's going on right now.

bell among other things, brian. >> yes. how much do we really know about philly i asked myself quietly? >> here to quiz us, somebody i have known since 1947, mikerick, kansas native. co-host of good day america. >> good day to be back. >> beautiful day here in philly. >> how much do you know about philadelphia? >> we're about to find out. >> you have your cards. >> play along at home, folks. >> "a" through "d." i live in philly. i picked some easy questions. >> have you changed at all? have you grown up? a different broadcast philosophy? >> no i'm the same guy. i'm still 16 years old. or a 13-year-old boy. philadelphia hosted america's first birthday of course. it's home to the first -- newspaper, hospital, zoo or all of the above? steve doocy? >> all of the above. ainsley goes "b." you're right, guys. "d," all of the above. >> thank you. >> who did not sign the constitution? thomas jefferson, george washington, ben franklin or abraham -- wait, you have the wrong graphic up. want to go to the liberty bell? >> no. let's do this. >> constitution -- the constitution. thomas jefferson, washington, franklin or a dude named abraham baldwin. >> you're

bell had leased the ticket. i remember when they said i'm going to run for the senate, i said that's the best news i've heard because for you to win the senate, mike thompson estimated his seat, you're going to do everything you can to make sure my common agency and paid off your dues fully . donald trump winning that district. >> this is the fourth district, several vegas. >> it's more democrat than the third district. but when you have somebody with the caliber of joe heck who knows how to run good campaigns, who is marshaling his fortune come have to be strong in his own district, competitive in the fourth and will when the second. i'll be out there next week helping do some events. speakers will be and do. we pretty good about those races. now you're into the battlegrou battleground. the group of seats that will be impolite. >> who has a question? i think we have a microphone. >> the rnc is when as the national security party and donald trump has taken a strong position against isis. yet we have never heard him distinguished a sunni from a shiite. he doesn't seem to be aware of the fact that carpet bombing our bombing that all would destroy ci