what it's doing for its disney brand of products if you think about the value of those brands, nbc universal has a movie studio they also have the theme parks there are various ways they could take the fox brand and do more with them it's worth noting, we're here in los angeles. the universal studios theme park that's just around the corner, there is a big simpsons ride simpsons is one of those valuable fox brands. >> thank you, julia boorstin in los angeles with the latest on this developing story. it's interesting because you were making the point, tim, but a couple of weeks ago. >> here was fox, going into earnings and before we get into earnings, we get the disney announcement earnings were very constructive, largely. then we had this announcement. the stock has now moved 25% from where we were. it gets back to what's the multiple in this sector? fox has given a lot of ground on their multiple you can make an argument that this changes the dynamic again, if it changes it for fox, it probably changes it for other people and this wouldn't be the place i would go for value in the sector >>

but there was a case a couple of years ago, contrast taking over nbc universal. that was into a12. similar vertical takeover, time warner are perhaps make —— perhaps regretting it now, but they were critical of that at the time. yes, funny, that. the specifics of this case do not add up. you have a telecom in each and company on one hand and a media company on one hand and a media company here, and unless you are fox news, donald trump doesn't like you, because you might be telling the truth. donald trump is increasingly acting like thin—skinned petulant man who, according to several people, has a revenge list of people he wants to take revenge on. i think cnn is most certainly the top of that. don't sit on the fence, callous what you think. i think we know where you are coming from. let's move on to the financial times' view on the collapse of talks in germany, these coalition talks. they have been rumbling on for weeks. i think beyond germany, not many people thought there was a crisis in the offing, but now we have a crisis. they are fairly conservative in their reporting, the f

according to reports comcast, owner of nbc universal and the biggest cable tv operator in the us, has has verizon communications. last week it emerged that walt disney had held talks with fox. media companies are looking at mergers as more people ditch cable in favour of streaming services like netflix. norway's government has been told its massive state—run fund should drop its investments in oil and gas stocks. norges bank manages norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund on behalf of the government. it said the step would make the country "less vulnerable to a permanent drop in oil and gas prices". norway is western europe's biggest oil and gas producer. german industrial group siemens has announced plans to cut around 6,900 jobs worldwide, mostly in its fossil fuels division. it said global demand for large turbines produced by its power and gas division had fallen dramatically. half of the jobs will be lost in germany, while 1,100 will go in the rest of europe and 1,800 in the us. and now, what's trending in the business news this morning. forbes is among those reporting that bi

. >> first, good morning i think this particular deal given that comcast through nbc universal and foxtudios control a lot of production assets roughly 30 of the top 50 watched shows on netflix are produced by comcast universal or fox when you look at the global market from duck shproductions, combined entity will have an enterprise value of 4$400 billion. we're talking about a slightly different animal than the at&t time warner deal, which is vertical this is very horizontal. they will probably take about $2 bill rion dollars out of the combined business. they all seem predictable and in line with the relative valuations of fox and comcast. i wo look at other companies smaller down the value chain, like amc, trading 30% less than fox. it's it's having a big lift if these deals are tangible >> if any deal faces regulatory hurdles, how do you trade these stocks we've seen comcast and 21st century move on this report. >> if you're going to be buying the target, fox, you have to be really confident in what you think of the business. the valuation range is $14 at a low level, $32 at a like

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david: what about nbc universal? your predecessor bought that business and it was profitable.ou like hanging out with tv stars and movie stars? jeffrey: good industry. good team. we generated a good return for the company. here is my value added with nbc. david: make better shows. just tell them to make better shows. not adding aere lot of value. number two bank, you could see the industry was going through this change. we always did strategic reviews. one of our theories in 2010 when we sold it is we believe the ability to preserve pricing byer can only be captured those people that own the pipes and content. we had no interest in owning the pipes. three, unless you are in an existential way willing to go into digital delivery, you will get trumped. the one i miss completely was the themepark business. a new ride, the mummy, costs $100 million. i missed it completely. it turned out to be the only business in media that has sustainable competitive advantage come at the theme parks business come up because it takes capital. that was the one i got wrong. david: when you go to un

nbc universal is the parent company of this network. >> that was a great interview.hat element, you teased it out yesterday in the show, they offered a behavioral condition without having -- >> time warner already sent the contracts out. they sent them out two days ago. so anybody who wants to sign off on it, it's conditional upon the deal being passed. if they do it's there. >> it's a brilliant not negotiating maneuver but way to approach it. >> one thing i asked him, joe, to your point about fighting city hall, you can win and still not necessarily have clarity on some of these issues if the government chooses to appeal, appeal all the way to the supreme court. we'll see. >> the professor is here we'll get to him in a second president trump is nominating marvin goodfriend to the board of governors mr. liesman has more on that story. >> interesting choice. president trump tapping carnegie melon university president marvin goodfriend. he does not easily characterize as a hawk or a dove. he's a member of the shadow market committee, a group generally criticize iing fe

unlike its treatment of comcast nbc universal, doj has suggested strongly that it will not approve the at&t time warner merger unless time warner sells off cnn's parent company, turner broadcasting. it is well-known that your boss, president trump has great disdain for cnn, which he calls fake news. what i want to know is how's the white house or any individual in or on behalf of the trump administration for the trump political team campaign excluding staff from sec or doj, has anybody contacted you, your office, or your assigns up regarding that at&t-time warner accusation? >> first, i would say that i don't accept and cannot accept the accuracy of that news report. we have a professional -- >> your department has not told time warner that at&t that they must shed turner broadcasting? >> our words were professional, they do meet with -- >> is that a false report or a true report? ago i would just tell you, i don't think i'm able to accept t that have coming out on that. >> let me ask you this question. on october 18th when testifying before the senate judiciary committee, senator sass

but unlike its treatment of comcast/nbc universal, doj has suggested strongly that it will not approve the at&t/time warner merger unless time warner sells off cnn's parent company turner broadcasting. it's well known that your boss, president trump, has great disdain for cnn, which he calls fake news. and what i want to know is, has the white house or any individual in or on behalf of the trump administration or the trump political team or campaign, excluding staff from fcc or doj, has anybody contacted you, your office, or your assigns regarding that at&t/time warner acquisition? >> first, i would say that i don't accept and cannot accept the accuracy of that news report. we have a professional -- >> your department has not told time warner and at&t they must shed turner broadcasting? >> our work -- >> the report? >> our work is professional. they do meet -- >> that is a false report or true report? >> i just would tell you, i don't think it's -- i'm able to accept as accurate a news report. >> i get you. >> that has come out on that. >> on october 18th, when testifying before the se

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but unlike its treatment of comcast-nbc universal, d.o.j. has suggested strongly that it will not approve the at&t time-warner merger unless time-warner cells off cnn's parent company -- sells off cnn's parent company, turner broadcasting. it's well-known that your boss, president trump, has great disdain for cnn, which he calls fake news. what i want to know is has the white house or any individual in or on behalf of the trump administration or the trump political team or campaign excluding staff from f.c.c. or d.o.j., has anybody contacted you, your office, or your ssigns regarding that at&t -time-warner acquisition? mr. sessions: first i would say that i don't accept and cannot accept the accuracy of that news report. we have a professional -- mr. johnson: your department has time-warner that and at&t that they must shed turper broadcasting? mr. sessions: will i work. they do meet -- mr. johnson: is that false report or true report? mr. sessions: i tell you i don't think i'm able to accept as accurate a news report. mr. johnson: let me as

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comcast has made a great effort in turnaround the businesses it has acquired such as nbc universal.en able to take many of the properties and really maximize the revenue out of them and that is what he hoped they would do with the fox assets. so in a way, they would really be combined to his most powerful entities in hollywood when it comes to movie content. the other area, which may be different from disney is a lack of clarity around what each of these parties want. could there be more interest from comcast on the sports i? it is unclear. that is one area that is different between the two of them. fox is clearly benefiting from the interest with their stock price. yesterday, fox had been frustrated by the discount at which its shares trade. financiallyes sense , investors have this question murdoch family want to sell the's crown jewels right now. >> on that note, because things are happening in the offers are being entertained, does it make you more convinced they want to sell? >> the fact they have entered into the conversations, why would you strategically have these conversati

david: what about nbc universal? your predecessor bought that business, and it was profitable.u like hanging out with tv stars and movie stars? you didn't like that? jeffrey: so, good industry, good team. dance we generated a good return -- and we generated a good return for the company in the time we had it, here was my value added with nbc. make better shows. i'm just telling make better , shows. as a company, we were not adding a lot of value. number two, you could see the industry was going through this kind of change. we always did, as a board, strategic reviews of nbc. i think one of our theories in 2010 when we sold it, which really is true today, we believe that this the ability to , preserve pricing power can only be captured by those people that both own the pipes and the content. we had no interest in owning the pipes. and three, i would say unless you are in an existential way willing to go into digital delivery, you are going to get trumped. the one other point i would make -- the one i missed completely was the theme park business. a new ride, the mummy, costs $10

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according to reports comcast, owner of nbc universal and the biggest cable tv operator in the us — hasin buying assets, as has verizon communications. last week it emerged that walt disney had held talks with fox. media companies are looking at mergers as more people ditch cable in favour of streaming services like netflix. gap shares jumped nearly 8% after—hours. the us clothing retailer raised its outlook for 2017 profit and reported same—store sales ahead of analysts' expectations. the company has been investing to upgrade its offering for customers, and it's paying off. and german industrial group siemens has announced plans to cut around 6,900 jobs worldwide — mostly in its fossil fuels division. it said global demand for large turbines produced by its power and gas division had fallen dramatically. half of the jobs will be lost in germany, while 1,100 will go in the rest of europe and 1,800 in the us. don't forget there's always plenty of business news updated throughout the day on our website, on the business live page. 0n there right now, nissan executives are likely to return

there is no precedent for this area do have comcast and nbc universal as a precedent. we talk about is this business or politics? >> we are with a distinguished is that -- distinguished professor of economics. skeptics go we know your views, we know your politics, we know what your chances, you're bound to hate this tax overhaul plan. defy the critics who say we get what you are saying. says theis a case that u.s. corporate tax has too high a tax rate. the collection of taxes is not too high. 35% is too high at the margin. -- paul ryan's original proposal was actually a decent proposal and a lot of bipartisan support. it died because of republican opposition, but that was ok. >> he didn't like this tax the democrats -- tax cuts for republicans. the most contentious part or one of the most contentious part of this whole debate are a lot of the tax breaks the upper-middle-class people, particularly blue states enjoy. of course the state and local tax the duction. is there an argument that these kinds of tax -- these kinds of tax deductions, in times to get rid of them. >

jeff zucker, the former president and ceo of nbc universal, who led "the today show" when he was just 26, had this to say. >> obviously, i've known matt for 25 years and i didn't know this matt. >> reporter: and nbc's current management doubled down, releasing a statement unequivocally denying any prior knowledge of complaints about matt lauer's conduct. but "variety" magazine is questioning the validity of that statement. >> it is at odds with our reporting. we had talked to dozens of former and current staffers who say that there was general knowledge within all ranks of nbc between staffers, high ranking executives, other anchors that were on air with matt knowing, detailing, speaking about what matt was doing pursuing women. >> you wish me well. >> oh, boy, do we. >> reporter: matt lauer's firing also bringing the tearful departure of ann curry back into curry now breaking her silence on lauer's firing, telling "people m "people" magazine she is "still processing it", adding, "the women's movement got us into the workplace, but it didn't make us safe once we got there. and the bat

unlike its treatment of comcast nbc universal, doj has suggested strongly that it will not time warnerat&t merger unless time warner sells , turners parent company broadcasting. it is well-known that your boss, president trump, has disdain for .nn, which he calls, fake news has the white house or any individual in or on behalf of the trump administration, or the trump political team or campaign , excluding staff from fcc or you,has anybody contacted your office or your assigns regarding that at&t/time warner acquisition? >> first i would say that i don't accept and cannot accept the accuracy of that news report. we have -- toldur department has not time warner that they must shed turner broadcasting? is that a false report or a true report? >> i would tell you i don't think i'm able to accept as accurate a news report -- >> on october 18 when testifying before the senate judiciary asked you ifnator the department had taken adequate action to prevent election meddling in the future. you stated there was no review underway of the cyber security vulnerabilities. have you requested a review

meantime in the last decade there was a vertical merger that the agencies cost against comcast and nbc universal it led to behavioral remedies, and so even if these cases don't make it to court there still could be anti-competitive harm. >> thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >>> we have breaking news. house speaker paul ryan reacting to the news that john conyers had settlements, and we will have more ahead. [ keyboard clacking ] [ click ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ clacking continues ] good questions lead to good answers. our advisors can help you find both. talk to one today and see why we're bullish on the future. yours. talk to one today and see why we're bullish on the future. when it comes to molding sarah is ayoung minds, teacher. nobody does it better. she also builds her own fighting robots. destroy. but when it comes to mortgages, she's less confident. fortunately for sarah, there's rocket mortgage by quicken loans. it's simple, so she can understand the details and be sure she's getting the right mortgage. apply simply. understand fully. mortgage confidently

to actually control once the sign with the government, that being comcast did, when it bought nbc universalears ago expire, let's call it this august or so. none of which is to say this is going to happen. either with disney or with our parent comcast any trust question marks are all over this. meanwhile, the potential opposition to at&t's plan to buy time warner, whether or not they will come there, if that is the fact of the matter, if they do actually bring an objection there and go to court, well, that would certainly have to give everybody pause as to whether the government would ever allow comcast to get bigger in content and so we have these question marks around it, but we also have what are talks going on, low intensity with disney, perhaps a bit higher intensity given the more recent talks with comcast. none of which may lead to a transaction, but all of which point to this overriding theme, which is, fox believes perhaps that it is not simply large enough to compete in a world where scale is so important and the likes of facebook, google, amazon and netflix are the dominant provi

in this particular instance, though, i look at the approval given to comcast to buy nbc universal not. the comparison between that and at&t time warner is a very closely related in my mind. the comcast deal got approved. neil: didn't comcast have to do certain things? >> yes, there was some restrictions placed on comcast. neil: they did not do did not to sell any assets. >> as far as i know they did not to sell assets. the competitors of nbc universal that the content that flows through comcast would be treated in the same way. they were going to slow down speeds. they were going to restrict things. that's the agreement they reached. neil: everyone would be treated fairly and nbc are comcast would be favoring products over competitors. i've read where there is question about that. i don't know. neil: real quickly on the tax-cut stuff going back and forth now. what do you think about it? >> well, and if it is not across the board as we are now hearing for personal income tax, i think it a mistake. in order to really stimulate the economy, winning across the board cuts. i like the busin

treatment ofts comcast-nbc-universal, doj has suggested strongly that it will not approve the at&t time warner merger unless time warner sells off cnn's parent company, turner broadcasting. your boss-known that has a great disdain for cnn, which he calls fake news. has i want to know it is the white house or any individual in or on behalf of the trump administration or the trump political team or campaign , excluding staff from sec or doj, has anybody contacted you, your office, or your signs regarding that at&t-time warner acquisition? mr. sessions: first, i would say that i don't accept and cannot accept the accuracy of that news report. your department has not told time warner that -- and at&t -- that they must shed turner broadcasting? mr. sessions: our work is professional. rep. johnson: is that a false report or a true report? mr. sessions: i'm able to accept as accurate news reports that have come out on that. rep. johnson: testifying before the senate judiciary committee, senator sass asked you if the department had taken adequate action to prevent election meddling in the futur

different from the combination that put our parent company, comcast together with our direct parent nbc universal what's the difference? >> well, it's hard to see a big difference look, this is a vertical merger and in deals like this, it would be normal to focus on potential harms to the government. to look at a vertically integrated distributioncompany doesn't favor it's own business or disadvantage it's competitors, in the comcast nbc universal deal, the doj approved the deal. >> so these were behavioral bumper guards i guess you would call it, rather than the threat of not letting the deal go through? >> very unusual in a vertical deal like this to insist on divestitures, behavioral conditions would be a norm >> so are there any areas in here, in this particular deal, that do suggest to you that there could be either regulatory or antitrust concerns? you may have just answered it in saying that it's hard to find them on a vertical deal like this >> first of all, it's worth pausing on where we are in the process, it sure seems like we're getting close to the end of the government's review and

this is breaking news that ahead of the doj antitrust division is the comcast nbc universal deal went through, believe it or not, they actually did have to come to an agreement on some sort of fair play. i think the trump administration here who were to look at this specifically from a legal aspect and if the district judge came back in their favor, they would like to see structural remedies whereby they have to sell off parts of cnn or all of turner network in terms of the channels. so even though this is a vertical merger and usually the doj doesn't step in, you have to understand that even though these are not two light things, when you put them together, it does come about control of media and where is the law in this place? >> but we also know there's a major amount of mergers going on in this space, and it's like the wild, wild west. remember, a couple of weeks ago, or a week ago when randall stevens came out blasting saying, hey, we're not going to sell cnn. he brought it up again today. let's take a listen. >> in agreement the results of us forfeiting control with cnn either d

david: that's what happened with comcast nbc universal. not to do certain things and reports are that this new system -- new assistant attorney general does not like behavior remedies. what are the chances he would go to court and the court says ok, fine, it's going to be behavioral and not structural. jennifer: that could absolutely happen. sometimes the court which is very hard, agree to a settlement now and let's just get this out of your and settle in and never finish up because they read the tea leaves and see how it's going in the end up doing something like that. shery: how link because the whole process be? -- how lengthy good the whole process be? jennifer: they could be four to six months, if not more. ie, great tofer r have you here. shery: gop leaders threatening to expel roy moore if he wins. the latest on the controversy. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: welcome back. this is "bloomberg markets: balance of power." i'm shery ahn. westin.'m david republican leaders are escalating efforts to force roy moore out of the senate race. sp

the judge appointed, richard leon, oversaw the comcast-nbc universal case which was allowed to go through. this is a similar situation. is he also known of being somewhat skeptical of government and pro business >> you spent time looking at different regimes and how friendly they are to deals, what type of regulations are in the back drop. effectively the fcc would have cast their eye over this type of deal and from the outside when i spoke to the chairman he said he would not look at this deal. since then we have had commentary around net neutrality which gives at&t more power in the telecoms market. so the administration is giving at&t a win on one side and taking it away on the other side, and the two people behind the scenes are trump appointees. >> i think heir confuthey're cod i would like to see we are still in a regime whereby there is a respect and trust for institutions, and we follow that through. don't have political meddling in legal and commercial decisions >> there's one other deal i wanted to bring up, and that's axe a akzonobel. nippon has entered the picture typically th

universal studios is a division of nbc universal and this television station. >> who has been on thatide? >> i haven't been on the ride, but went through it. it was amazing. >> you have to go on the ride. it's like wow, this is cool. oh, my gosh, i don't feel good. >> go before you eat. >> yeah. >> i made it, i was okay. >> that's cool. gets you in the mind set of thinking about the holidays and cooler weather. we are starting to feel that right now. it's really soggy as we get a live look outside in san rafael for the morning commute. everyone heading farther south and having to allow extra time to get where they are going. windshield wipers on this friday morning. here is a look at the radar. the storm system bringing rounds of rain. we can see that moisture being drawn in from the pacific. as you check out the seven day forecast at the bottom of the screen, more rain in the forecast. we are starting to see that moving out of san francisco as well. we have seen the rain in most of sonoma county for the past couple of hours here. seeing measurements up to a quarter inch of rain with

the one hand you have vertical integration, which is what netflix seems to be doing, comcast, nbc universal about, and i guess time warner, at&t if that's right, would horizontal be wrong? we've seen these moves in tech, as well, apple going vertical while others go horizontal >> i think it's a tough one, especially for companies that are just not traditionally used to integrating both. i'm really curious to see how disney's stake in bam tech works, which is, of course, their thing they are going to use to do distribution for folks in the future. and the advantage that they have, as scott was noting, was all these really great content assets, you know, obviously there's the whole marvel franchise that disney owns, if that goes through, so they have the content side i think they have a really strong base there. i'm very curious if anyone has a chance at this, seems like disney with its acquisition of bam might have a good shot and i think scott's right, too you kind of have to have both here and i'm very curious to look at facebook or apple, which are kind of delving into that original conte

>> pretty much all of the sales have been horribly timed they used to be the parent company of nbc universalhe health of that asset became much better once comcast bought it they bought energy assets, that was right before the big selloff in oil so all of their acquisitions seem to be terribly timed. we'll see if flan lnery has his finger on the button and can fix this company >>> coming up, more on the oil selloff with crude down 1% following a near 2% decline yesterday. >>> and a developing story out of zimbabwe. there was big military action overnight. we'll ve t lhaheate breaking details when "worldwide exchange" returns. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." i'm wilfred frost along with kayla tausche. let's get up to speed on the market action. we are seeing a global selloff this morning sparked by some declined yesterday and oil price and commodity weakness japan off 1.6% hong kong off 1% shanghai off 0.8 % all of asia is in the red. do bear in mind the huge gains we've seen in places like japan over recent weeks and months europe is down, too. the best part of about a half percent

create more competition, and also noted that the doj approved a similar merger between comcast and nbc university 2011. earlier in the month at the "new york times" conference stevenson said he's ready to defend the merger, and said at&t will ask for an competent dieted hearing. stephenson also say as they merge distribution and content, they don't expect to distribute google and facebook, they just want an opportunity to compete this well. we'll be back with the latest. >> thank you very much, julia boorstin guy, what would be your question, as we listen for this press conference >> for -- >> what is the outstanding question you have. >> i'm asking mr. stephenson, do you think this is political, yes or no? you've seen deals like this go by, you mentioned the nbc deal is this a political witchhunt, or is this for legitimate business reasons, in your opinion? that's the first question i would ask. >> in terms of the chances of the deal going through, what are you listening for? >> i think he has to be as positive as he can, regardless of what he feels, but that having been said, i do believe he re

. >> the future princess is an actress on "suits," on the network owned by nbc universal. >> we have n. >> is she family and we're getting invited to the wedding? >> so cool. i didn't know that. we're joined by camila, nbc news royal contributor. great to see you. thank you for joining us. how significant is this engagement? >> reporter: i think it is really significant, ali. at the end of the day, we've not had an american princess marry in for several decades. i think there's great interest in meghan because of her background as an actress, how she'll adapt to royal life. and marrying prince harry, a man who i think ular over years, des the world's most eligible bachelor. now off the market. we saw in the sunken garden behind me, the couple striding out arm in arm. meghan looking bridal in a wonderful coat and flashing the diamond engagement ring. >> what is the connection to the ring and princess diana? of course, prince harry's late mother. >> reporter: well, it is so sweet, stephanie. the actual diamond itself, and this is a ring, by the way, that prince harry designed personally

nbc universal is a subsidiary of comcast that stock ending more than 2% higher today to $37 and let's get to lauren simonetti whose outside 30 rock where nbc is housed with the latest. lauren? >> lauren: some of these details, i warn you and viewers that some of them are pretty explicit. variety detailing accounts from women who choose to remain anonymous who have come forward and spoken to variety about their experiences, their harassment by 20 year today show veteran matt lauer now fired from nbc news. one said he presented her with a gift, liz and that gift was a sex toy and it came with a note with instructions on how he wanted to use it with her. another woman came forward and said he summoned her to his office. he actually had a button to unlock and lock the door at his desk so he was ensured privacy and never even had to get up and when that producer came to the office, he dropped his pants and exposed himself in front of her and then he reprimanded her, liz for not engaging with him. he would often play sexual games and quizzes with other women, female employees asking them wh

if you look at what comcast has done with its acquisition of nbc universal, integrating that vertical integration of distribution and content, it seems like there could be more room to go with content, especially now that there are so many different buyers for content, especially from the tech companies >> at the same time, julia, we also have the at&t/time warner deal that there reportedly may be government pushback on. they'll cite the comcast/nbc universal deal, they'll say you let that merger go through, why not us this is changing the kind of light being shown on this deal would it be less favorable in this regulatory environment, because if we're not going to get at&t and time warner go, we shouldn't let comcast double down >> reporter: absolutely. since david reported that news that disney was interested in buying fox, there were questions how likely this was to happen. i've been talking to a lot of people in the media space, people in hollywood. it really seems like the likelihood of that deal going through really hinged on how easily the at&t and time warner deal was approved

the father of nbc universal. he'll join us live here at post 9. get his take on the outlook for general electric >>> and conflicting reports in the last hour about whether the senate tax bill will include repeal of the obamacare individual mandate we have senate finance committee member pat toomey here to tell us what's going on, and what other changes have been made in that bill. >> we've been getting conflicting reports on exactly what's in that bill. we'll get it directly from senator toomey. >>> is the rok uru run over stock pulling back after the 125% gain in just the past 3 days a debate on whether this streaming stock has run its course or just taking a breather right now. >>> but we start today with big moves in retail. as companies like dick's sporting goods and tjx fall after reporting their results this morning courtney reagan joins us with a roundup of what's driving those stocks lower courtn courtney >> hi there, bill, so it was a mixed bag for retail earnings ahead of the black friday week today. dow component home depot, did, though