as for earnings about 70 companies in the s&p 500 are set to report this week such as disney, time warnercoca cola, cell augand twitter. and we have quite high expectations for what the had earnings picture should look like. we're looking for double digit earnings growth over the course of this year. we still have to see if we get a boost from things like a reduction in the corporate tax rate. >> you said the dow's been down three weeks out of four. it's been resilience in the market. and yes, earnings exmecitations were a lot higher than the last few quarters. this time higher expectations and we're not missing them and the other thing people been questioning where we get the deregulation trump, the tax cut trump or opposing free trade trump? and friday was a clear markup. he does plan to cutback on the deregulation. >> i guess the question is how much of that expectation of the dereg ylz boost has already been priced in to the banks. i see they've been und underperforming. >> and that's why we got 2, 3% of the gains. the question comes how much is the signing of the executive order. cle

warner, humana, whole foods. stock market futures after nasdaq record close yesterday. dow futures of 24. s&p futures up on.atch polls in the upcoming french election of prime minister abe says that to washington this week. >> state of emergency in louisiana at 77 tornadoes touched down. meanwhile, snow had in a minority spirit will have forecast for you. lauren: at espn trackside profits at disney's stock prices lower, too. nicole: trailblazers pull off a one-point win over dallas mavericks. we will tell you about one high school sophomore who scored 92 points in one single basketball game. lauren: congratulations to him. wednesday, february 8th. welcome to "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. nicole: breaking news this morning. three federal appeals court judge is set to decide whether to keep in place a hold entrance travel ban. the federal government argues that states cannot challenge the president's executive action. >> the president determined there was a real risk. that's why the best course was a temporary, and a short halt in entry for 90 days while these procedures are

cleary live with more on thisa cl one, as it is s going on, what's going >> protest going on right now, across the street from the capitol. and i have senator warner heree , from virginia, to talk to us little bit about the democrats holding the floorg th for the night to protest betsy b de vos nomination, to try totry get that one vote that you need to keep her from getting this nomination. tell me about that. >> well, it the not only democrats, two republicans rep fighting with us, ir i've had 41,000 contacts, emails, calls from virginians expressingssin concern about this nomination. if somebody supports, i don'ts,i see, though, from mr. vos a basic knowledge of education policy. she didn't understand about dollars need about special ed student, keeping guns out of schoolment didn't understanded that was federal law. and we've seen an un -- un complete lack every under standing about how you measure progress, in school. so, i'm joining with 50 other senators in saying this is not hope the president would sendsls somebody else. els we'll know tomorrow when the votes are counted.ed. >> do you think quickly, talk tl about results. see thehink you'

s&p. we reported here on "countdown" yesterday that cnn president jeff zucker might have to resign as concession for president trump to approve the at&t-time warneramerger. that was charlie's reporting. we have new details, trump's advisor and son-in-law, jared kushner, inserting himself into this story. charlie gasparino? >> right, the journal reported today, right after our story, that jared, now an advisor, son-in-law but advisor to president trump, met with gary ginsberg, senior executive, used to work here. liz: he did, with fox. >> very capable pr guy and communications and does a lot of different things. met with him yesterday to discuss various issues. we are keeping this like obtuse, when we asked hope hicks, what do you mean by various issues? was cnn discussed? no, cnn wasn't discussed. was the time warner, at&t merger discussed which we know donald has spoke out against because of cnn? >> no, that wasn't discussed. so i'm not quite sure what they discussed other than cnn and merger. weather. liz: weather. food. chick-fil-a. >> chick-fil-a. that is the the word coming out of the trump white house. i will reiterate yesterday because oth

s and said, you said you wanted to do deals, but why haven't we seen it? maybe their culture is not structured to do this, unlike at&t and time warner.y have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on acquisitions. caroline: bloomberg's alex sherman there. meantime, this week, apple hit a record high. investors are optimistic the next iphone will drive a resurgence in sales and help the company services business growth. bloomberg technology reporter alex webb joined us to lay out what is behind the stock surge. alex: as much as the stock is at a record high, they aren't not at the record market capitalization because of the buybacks they have done in recent years that help to prop up that stock price. they are below that peak market cap, but the stock is the highest ever. caroline: market cap closing at .31 billion. it is tentatively so close to $700 billion. is it just the market rising? is there is a about the apple business model? alex it did take a boost off the : earnings call, and the expectations for the next iphone sales, but since then, it has taken a spill two weeks ago, and since then the forecast for the present quarter and

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about 70 companies in the s&p 500 are set to report in the coming days including general motors, disney, time-warner. jpmorgan received a license to underwrite corporate bonds in china. that makes it the first united states bank to be granted a license like this. >>> hasbro topping estimates. the toymaker's results were helped by holiday season demand for its disney princess and "frozen" themed dolls. stock up nearly 10%. hasbro ceo will join ceo on madmoney.cnbc.cma madmoney.cnbc.cmad money tonight. >>> tyson foods beating the street on top and bottom lines. the producer raised its full year forecast above current estimates up 3.2%. a mixed quarter for brands, earnings matched estimates while earnings fell below forecast. raising four-year outlooks as benefits from sales, cost savings and other factors stocks are down 3%. tiffany ceo stepping down. chairman will step up as interim chief. that stock down 5% disappointing earnings as well. toyota raising it's outlook by 10%. major contributor to outlet. cost-cutting at toyota is also helping its bottom line. the shares in japanese trade closing at fl

s&p 500. in fcc commissioner had said the sec wants to take a crack at the time warner deal. scrutinize it.od initially. there is concern about growth slowing this year as expenses are kicking up. is trading lower and microsoft as part of the general trading down. we have got amazon earnings after the close of trading. looking for 25% gain in revenue, u.s. dollars. this is a look at capital u.s.expenditures. in order to a lot get growth. jeff bezos, the ceo, put his foot to the pedal depend on the time depending on whether he wanted to increase profitability. j richards rising, stable as a percentage of sales as sales have been growing faster. that is something to keep an eye on in this quarter. we are seeing a little bit of a contrary to the big cap movers. is talking to banks about potentially putting itself up for sale. sharesa big spike in the . president donald trump is scheduled to meet with a group of the nation's tomorrow. -- nation's ceo's tomorrow. for more insight on what wall street is of the to hear from the president, we are joined by the ceo of fitzgerald company. a burning q

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warner set we get stock prices up and they cost cuts. jonathan: much more on that. the investment strategy with stocks and record high on wall street. softer.a little bit down about 0.1% on the seight straight days of gains. a decent hold on the ftse. a weaker euro for a fourth straight session. yields are lower. from new york city, you are watching bloomberg. ♪ alix: this data taylor: this is daybreak. automakers have asked the new head of the epa to the draw a decision on the lack -- with the draw a decision on the obama a decision withdraw on the last days of the obama administration. they say the rules are overly demanding when there is little demand for the most fuel-efficient cars. mcdonald's is cutting the cost of drinks. the world's largest food service company will offer one dollar sodas and two dollar specialty journals in the u.s.. a numberas introduced of promotions and the last two years including the all-day breakfast. luxury home builder has reported a better than expected aims. it is the only public company in the u.s. of building high-end homes and sold 12% more houses than a year ago but the average selling price was down 11%. that it was due to changes and t