nikola finally allows people to make paid reservations for the nikola badger. p truck the world has seen it's a big day on monday and those reservations turn into tickets for nikola world when we show off the badger. the next four or five months will be an incredibly fun time. >> you mentioned it's the coolest pickup truck the world has seen the world hasn't seen it, right, trever >> no. >> at what point will the world see a truck and one that can operate as opposed to mockup pictures because that's the question for a lot of analysts and investors? they like the long-term vision and see the market as large and potential big but they go back to you guys have not made a truck yet. >> well, we have made a truck. we made the most advanced semi truck the world has seen we seen it last year driving on fuel cell and made deliveries with anheuser-busch. the technology is done we're just now bringing it to the market the next four months everybody has to wait and get in line and monday, the reservations open. in december, they will all get to see it in person. all the cr

you guys june 29th, but nikola world is going to be announced june 29th where we show off the nikola badgerlive person for the whole world to see i want to make sure you guys are there front row and center i'll get you tickets and it will be one of the greatest shows you've seen in your life. >> is it worthy of elon musk unveiling one of his products? that's a comparison, right, that you're basically the next elon musk do you like that >> i am -- i like to -- i like to think about the fact that i'm trevor, not elon but i can tell you this. it will be a better show than you've ever been to in your life for any other automotive show in the world. >> trevor, great to speak with you. see you june 29th. >> thank you very much. >> trevor milton, founder of nikola motor guy, what do you think >> couple things i mean what he said, he said a lot of amazing things. i missed chemistry and physics in high school and college so i can't speak intelligently about the technology what he did say is interesting, the investing public wants to hear that you're changing the world. he just spoke about esg in a n

nikola had a huge day yesterday. it's up another 11% right now. i want you to meet the badger. that cool thing is nikola's battery powered super hot-looking pickup truck. it boasts electric and hydrogen electric trucks. the stock spike came on the heels of their announcement that starting june 29th, it's ready to take preorders for the badger. no used badger yet but dozens of pre-owned teslas are listed on vroom's website. the used car sales site zooming into the land of publicly traded stocks today. can it beat carvana? we have the ceo paul hennessey coming up live. we are going to talk to paul about that. we are going to show his website. we will see how he's different from sort of the leader in the space right now. carvana. >>> while the ipo market is booming so is the craze for gardening. scott miracle grow coming up roses, up 1.66% right now after it forecast higher sales growth thanks to a yen for tending gardens during the covid-19 pandemic. i actually planted mint and basil. don't ask me what happened when i let the dog out. okay. we're not going to talk about that. wasn

nikola motors taking orders for its tesla cyber-truck competitor, the badger. the executive chairman is here to tell us how orders on day one are faring. less than an hour to the closing bell. i'm cheryl casone in for liz claman today. let's start "the claman countdown." cheryl: we begin with some breaking news this hour. amc theaters is going to begin reopening its u.s. theaters on july 30th in line with disney's "mulan" and warner brothers' "tenet." they originally said u.s. theater operations would resume on july 15th. little bit of pushback. they expect to have all their worldwide locations open by early august. stock to watch today. >>> well, while amc prepares to reopen, imax actually just signed a deal to launch 17 new theaters around the world. cgb is a korean cinema giant. cosmetics maker coty looking pretty after buying a 20% stake in reality star kim kardashian west's makeup brand for $200 million. coty already has a 51% stake in little sister kylie jenner's brand. >>> then there's beyond meat getting thrown into the freezer, pun intended, after barc

nikola is trailing the pack with its electric truck called the badger slated for production by 2022. gm is down 1.33%. nikola is down just under 1%. >>> okay. to the mouse house. it is slipping on its announcement it will delay the reopening of disneyland. the two anaheim, california parks that make up disneyland were originally slated to blast back open their gates july 17th. but now we don't have a date for when they are pushing it out to, because they will not be issued more guidelines by the state of california until after the july fourth holiday. disney is down 1.75%. while the park opening has been postponed, the downtown disney district is still expected to open july 9th. rival theme park stocks from comcast which is down about .33% to sea world, six flags, these are names we are watching very closely because we are getting different dates on them. the dates are suddenly starting to move on when they will reopen. sea world down 2.5%. six flags down .5%. by the way, disneyland reopening is not the only disney property in jeopardy. the july 24th release date of its live action mo

our badger pickup truck, we're four months away from unveiling that badger pickup truck at nikola worldr.com. reserve a badger. to come in person, you have to get a res reservation. i want you there. i want you to be front row. maria: thank you, i've got to get my reservation in. good to see you. thank you so much. we'll be watching. quick break and health and human services secretarial ex-azar is here with -- alex azar is here. and safety first, why new york city hotels may not be as clean as they could be, the morning buzz is on the way. wait until you hear this. stay with us. i like liberty mutual. they get that no two people are alike and customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ maria: welcome back. good tuesday morning, everybody. thanks so much for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo. it is tuesday, june 30th. your top stories, 7:32 a.m. on the east coast. it's the final day of the second quarter. futures are pointing to a higher opening this morning for the br

it is called the badger and it's from a company called nikola. closer look at it, a traditional pickup truck more than tesla's cyber truck for sure. now reservations are as low as $250 and they're refundable and that is important because we haven't seen the prototype in real life. nikola has done very well on the stock market. nikola tesla, the inventor, both names have been accounted for. stock markets look to open to the positive today despite all the evidence we have seen that americans badly botched controlling the coronavirus. health secretary czar warning we are on the edge of completely out of control pandemic. notice facebook's price there. facebook moving lower. that has the ceo's attention. >> the 2020 elections were already shaping up to be incredibly heated and that was before we all faced the additional complexities of a global pandemic and protests for racial justice across the country. >> mark zuckerberg stepping in with new rules to control false and violent posts on his social network. this comes after company after company said

it is called the badger and it's from a company called nikola. here is a closer look at it.t's more like a traditional pickup truck than tesla's cyber truck. reservations as low as $250 and they are refundable. that's important because we haven't even seen a prototype in real life. they have yet to build a factory or contract out the work. nikola, the company, has done very well on the stock market with this idea. you may have guessed where they got their name, from the inventor nikola tesla. >>> the stock markets looking to open to the positive despite all the evidence we have badly botched controlling coronavirus. health secretary czar warning we are on the edge of completely being out of control. you saw how hard stocks got hit on friday. facebook's price there, facebook moving lower, that has the ceo's attention. >> the 2020 elections were already shaping up to be incredibly heated and that was before we faced the additional complexities of a global pandemic and protests for racial injustice across the country. >> mark zuckerberg stepping in with new rules to control fal

not just the nikola one but the nikola two and upcoming badger.his how will he be able to deliver the models? there is a bit of skepticism after the bloomberg report comes out. this company expects to make a billion dollars by year 2023 they have 14,000 reservations for their fuel cell electric trucks. thee rhettally, if you do the math, 14,000 reservations is $10 billion this is theoretical. no sales, no revenue, no deliveries. stuart: but the stock is holding at the 63, 64-dollar level. thatthat is a nice gain from whe it was. nikola down 20 odd cents. that's it. >>> now this, secretary of state mike pompeo met with his chinese counterpart in hawaii. we're told, we're told they discussed relations between the u.s. and china, need of full transparency fighting the pandemic. that is what we're told. come in retired general jack keane. general, what did they really talk about? >> first of all the backdrop for this, stuart is, president xi has been in power since 2013 and he has never faced a situation like this where he and hits country have faced

nikola is moving at this hour once again. it is up 5.33% after cowan initiated coverage with an outperform as preorders of its badger truck start on june 29th. what does that mean? i said they start june 29th. they don't have any right now. but nikola has been just on a tear here. it's up a stunning 556% year to date. >>> nintendo investors have plenty to smile about right now. the company announcing new gains and refreshed versions for its pokemon franchise including pokemon smile. this is a free play mobile game meant to encourage toothbrushing habits in children. well, good, because that's certainly helping the stock. it's up 3.25% right now. >>> tech stocks have been flying high and the nasdaq as we just mentioned is just about less than 1% away from a new record close and what are we talking about? take a look at how social media names have performed since the beginning of the quarter. when we look at everybody from facebook which is up 41%, we have twitter up 39%, snap and google have also been performing rather well. in fact, alphabet is up 25%. of course, this is quarter to date, reminder. snap up 83%. but in just the l

differences though, it is important to know those differences because nikola is going after the commercial side of the business, the badgera consumer pickup truck, that will be a smaller part of the business and you are leasing the truck, but you are also bundling that with services as well as fuel. so the business model is very different as well as the fact that they are basically partnering on the manufacturing side of the business so they won't have that heavy infrastructure but there are skeptics about hydrogen, period >> yeah, fuel cell, different estimates about when those vehicles will be ready but when you have the emissions targets coming down from governments especially in europe, they are really stringent. this is not about them choosing to make that capex, they have to meet the targets >> and the more fun side of the story is to compare the two ceos because both make bold audacious promises, they use twitter a lot. trevor milton is on twitter constantly and he likes to make big promises sound familiar >> he's seen the playbook. tesla is tesla's stock is the playbook for anybody. >>> and coming up, the benefits

badger. it is all electric. here is a closer look at it from a company called nikola. it goes on sale sort of today.ttle as $250. that is a returnable fee. this company has yet to show us an actual prototype. >>> all right. let's see if you're going to need a convertible out there today. that would be nice. cooler temperatures, kari? >>> it's going to be cooler in parlts of the bay area. we will still have that valley heat with upper 80s and low 90s. we check out what's happening in walnut creek, one of the spots that are very warm and in the north bay the concern of a high fire danger as we look at the areas shaded in red and included in the red flag warning that will continue until 8:00 this evening. winds will be gusty and we'll have some low humidity and we'll have to be very careful. looking at all of our micro climates and high temperatures for today we have some upper 60s along the coastline and for the inland areas upper 80s and low 90s. today in san jose expect a high of 81 degrees. laura? >>> wow. looks like a really nice day ahead. thank you for joining us as well. we'll be back with a lo

badger's been so unique. stuart: i paid roughly $50,000 for my ford f-150. what would i pay for the nikolalectric pickup truck? >> it starts at about $60,000, and then there's a $7500 federal credit. so it's not too far off. it can go up to 90 if it's fully loaded, but it's almost 1,000 horsepower. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds. i mean, this thing a beast. it's four-wheel drive the entire time, i mean, this thing is -- it's awesome. i can't wait to show, i really want you to see it in person because that's the critique we get, where's your product? well, we unveiled it this year, so hopefully, i can give you a perm tour and let you drive it -- personal tour. stuart: that's an intriguing prospect, trevor milton. i'm very glad you're a fan of the show, and we wait with interest to see your product on the market. trevor millson -- >> thank yous so much. stuart: thanks very much. check that market, we've come back a bit, i'm afraid. we were up over 800 points, now we're up just over 500. that's a 2% gain after a whopping, great big drop yesterday. i want to talk about disney. lauren, come into this, ple