barns partnering with professor mike schumer to conduct research with drones and train first respondersow to operate them. >> they can permit first responders to communicate much faster and make decisions faster. if they can make decisions faster the likelihood of saving lives is there. >> barns also working with the jersey city school system on a program to get kids out of the classroom and into the field so they can put drones in the air expecting the sky is the limit when it comes to the future of drones. for cnbc, i'm mary thompson in new jersey. >> and as we go to break, these are your headlines, crude ticking up from multiyear lows. european markets drift lower from a positive open. u.s. investigators probe another e.coli strain linked to chipotle and spacex brings it's rocket booster back to earth in a space first. we'll be back in two. >> that was another beautiful shot of that christmas tree at 30 rock. we wanted to know from you what would you short next year? are you also worried about commodity stocks? do you see a slow down in tech? what about the retailers? we had a lot of

barnes partnering with professor mike schumer of the new jersey institute of technology to conduct researchdrones and to drain first responders on how to operate them. >> they can permit first responders to communicate much faster. they make decisions faster. if they can make decisions faster, the likelihood of saving lives is there. >> reporter: barnes also working with the jersey city school system on a program to get kids out of the classroom, into the field so they can put drones in the air. expecting the sky's the limit when it comes to the future of drones. for "nightly business report" i'm mary thompson in ringose, new jersey. >> now for the drone. regulators reject staples' bid for office depot and that's where we begin tonight's market focus. the trade commission turned down the revised acquisition offer. staples says the ftc isn't making a counteroffer and it is still willing to enter negotiations to address the concerns. staples rose a fraction to 9.39. office depot off 1 1/2% to 5.33. oracle has settled allegations by the federal trade commission. the ftc accusing the company of

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we don't have marco rubio, chuck schumer, barack obama's law on amnesty, because people like ted cruz stood up against it. mike lee, senator mike lee said -- >> you load up the bill with amendments so that it fails -- >> you want it -- you want it to fail, because you don't want the democrats to have 12 million new voters. >> ruben, here's an important question. i think the voters who are watching right now, hispanic voters and non-hispanics want to know. on one side of the debate you have donald trump, very strong against illegal immigration, reform, whatever. on the other side you have a perception of marco rubio being the softest on the issue. where is ted cruz? is he in the middle? who is he close to? rubio or trump? >> this is very much the problem. when it suits ted politically, he's on one side. the problem that we have here, very clearly -- >> that's unfair. have you looked at his website? go to ted cruz.org. what do you see? you can't just make it up. i read the entire plan. have you read it? >> don't change the subject. here it is. it's very clear. we've all seen the courtroom dramas where they say,

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we don't have barack obama, chuck schumer's idea of amnesty as law today, because people like ted cruz stood up against it. last night on this network, on hannity, mikeed cruz is 100% -- >> so you load up the bill with amendments so it fails -- you want it fail because you don't want the democrats to have 12 million new voters. >> here's an important question. i think the voters who are watching right now, hispanic voters and nonhispanics as well want to know, on one side of this debate you have donald trump, very, very strong against immigration, et cetera, reform, whatever. on the other side, you have the perception of marco rubio being the softest on the issue. where is ted cruz? is he some -- is he in the middle? and who is he close to? rubio or trump? >> he will be on one side when it suits him and he'll be on the other side. >> that's completely unfair. have you even looked at his website. go to tedcruz.org, what do you see? 11 pages on immigration reform -- >> i was quiet and polite -- let me speak. >> have you read it? i've read the entire thing. >> don't change the subject. we've all seen those courtroom dramas where they say to the witness,