amazon workers on strike. it is prime day but that is not stopping employees at one shipping facility in minnesota, from walking off the job about one hour ago, calling for better working conditions. more job security, higher wages. we are live on the scene with the breaking headlines. >>> a new warning after a massive blackout crippleed heart of new york city. what officials are saying today. how the mayor of the city, who wants to be president by the way is defending himself for being thousands of miles away. >>> the first hurricane of the season to hit the u.s. is making its way north where we are he can track barry's past. residents begin cleanup efforts. ashley: so much to go at. fox business team coverage. jackie deangelis at the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence as always live at white house. susan li at a amazon fulfillment center warehouse in shakopee, minnesota. we begin with you, jackie. reporter: even though these were small positive gains on nasdaq and dow, hitting records psychologically s

can amazon still deliver? >> it is a good question and ask gibbon founder of nonpolitical news diagnostic and chief research officer, at ace research as well as a retail analyst thanks for joining us ladies. >> thanks for having us. i want to start with first of all did you buy anything today and do you think this a.m. disoon prime day is really going to -- stack up how it is supposed to and how it has in years past? >> you know as a new mom or gave birth about a year ago, you're certainly on amazon prime all of the time. so i'm constantly buying stuff on amazon prime for the kids, however, i think because people are -- they really push this marketing message out there so what they're trying to do especially with new prime members are people that aren't prime members yet. they want to make sure that that membership increases. so you know they have this amazon prime concert, they're really trying to go and kind of take market share away from the target customer through wal-mart mirrors. so there's that big push

amazon. there is always an amazon story and there's one today. they are going to spend $700 million to retrain about a third of their u.s. work force. now, the stock's gone to $2,022. tell me about this. susan: basically, just ahead of prime day as well, where we are expecting a worker strike at a minnesota facility for them. amazon says they will retrain about a third of their work force. that's about 100,000 workers by the year 2025. stuart: $700 million. susan: it breaks down to roughly $7,000 per worker. they are saying look, we are trying to help those that -- whose jobs might be lost because of automation when it comes to robots and facilities and deliveries, that last mile delivery. we are going to try to help those 300,000 they already employ, 100,000 will get extra training. stuart: the story is surely prime days next week, two days, and the stock is back over $2,000 a share. what more is there to this story? >> spending $700 million on retraining and they didn't have to ask for a government subsidy to do it. go figure. stuart: you would

a house cleaning by amazon home services, again, i keep hearing amazon. what's the difference between something that realogy is doing there versus working with me, any other brokerage because at the end of the day, we can also give credit at closing and what i know buyers want is money in their pocket, not just an amazon gift card or smart home or anything else they could just buy on their own, at their own discretion. charles: that's why i did ask ryan if there were other aspects to this, perhaps some technology help, something else. listen, their stock has gone from $52 to $5 in the last six years. so we can see that there's something in that industry, something happening that's not right. it goes beyond the sagging housing market that we have seen although, you know, when it comes to housing, we are getting reports that more and more wealthy new yorkers continue this mass exodus, they are leaving and going down to your neck of the woods. >> yeah. let's also start by saying that foreign spending is down by 36% from last year. so florida's number one wit

working overtime but amazon is not the only company cashing in amazon prime day is july 15th and 16th the black friday of summer starts >> i myself do more online shopping because it's a lot more convenient >> it's a huge incenti >> reporter: amazon is rolling out two daysf deals. like $100 off the fire tv recast, $130 off the ring video doorbell kit, and 40% off top head phone brands. prime day is now a national event. last year the e-commerce giant sold 100 million products. this year they're going bigger, even enlisting taylor swift to kick it off with an online coert. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: for other major retailers, itot forces them get in on the big sale action this week walmart is featuring $150 off lg smart tvs, 100 iff applepad and slashing prices on google home devices kohl's unveiling swim suits and 25% off adidas target jumping in with deep discounts on furniture, electronics and household items, plus same-daicin-store pk up all across the country the race for spending comes as traditionaerl retailface a tough year more than 7400 stores have closed their doors so far in 2019

. >>> another amazon story. the europeans, they have just opened an antitrust investigation into the company. this going to hurt them? susan: it's basically they are contending amazon has a dual role as a marketplace provider and also a seller as well. do they use data to basically enhance their own product? how do they set up the default option? why were they using this data? it's a money grab in the eu. they fined google $9 billion over the years. back taxes have to be paid by apple, amazon also. don't forget, taxes on revenue in retro active years by facebook as well. stuart: i'm just tired of this story, quite frankly. nothing ever happens. ashley: once a week. stuart: facebook is under pressure, google is under pressure, amazon's under pressure. the stocks hold up at very high levels. what do you say? >> in the case of europe, the european governments are always looking for revenue. they need tax revenue to fund these social programs and if you are a company with a lot of money, a lot of cash, perhaps they

♪ . >>> in just a few hours amazon wil release massive students for highly anticipated prime day. this yea competitors are also getting in on the action, offering big deals of their own. not everyone is on board. somemazon workers are preparing to strike. jo ling kent hasre mo >> reporter: the black summer of starts tonight. >> i do my shopping. it's a lot more convenient. >> it's a huge incentive. >> reporter: amazon is rolling out of two days of deals 40 percent off top headphone brands prime dade is now a national event. last year the e-commerce giant sold over 100 million products, enlists taylor swift with a concert. for other retailers, it forces them. target is $100 tvs, and slashing prices o google smarthome devices. kohl's unveiling 60% off swimsuits and 25% off adid i had das. target was jumping in plus perks like same-day in-store pickup all across the country more than 7400 retail stores have closed their doors so far. >> amazon has created a new spike, with a massive impact on retail. retailers have to have their share of wallet. oeif it just gs to amazon, we'll s sar

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amazon is the enemy? before microsoft, before amazon, seattle in the '80s was a dying timber town. there was no wealth there at all. microsoft came, amazon came, they created the wealth. they created literally millions and millions of millionaires. now as you're seeing just in fact how mobile money is and the more difficulties administrators and bureaucrats make it to create jobs because seattle's minimum wage is just one example, more money not just leaves seattle but leaves america writ large. >> the positive is that the reporter said it only at the end, they are going to bellevue and will create a 40-story plus building over there. they are still focusing on washington area. to add to all of this, apple, just within the past two weeks, announce they hare doing this five-year expansion plan in the united states and specifically within seattle, i know it's not amazon, but apple announced they would be adding 2,000 jobs. hopefully that could offset some of the loss from amazon overall. i still think it's good. you have amazon investing in bellevue, they will build a light rail syst

my mailman was exhausted my amazon home page just says "get help. the floors are lined with packing peanuts. everywhere you step, it's just crunch, crunch, crunch when will ittop? ♪ and an ol "game of thrones" dvd ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: "the tonight show carolers, everybody. [ applause ] thank you, steph hey, guys, here's -- that lookso [ light laughter ] i actually got this toupee off amazon >> steve: i know, it's good. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: it's on prime day. >> steve: it's half off. >> jimmy: here's some music newsht [ laug ] here's some music news i read that iggy azalea's upcoming concerts will have a twerk pit. [ light laughter ] which is like a mosh pit, but for twerking [ light laughter ] from kenny g, she got the idea >> steve: really ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: "our kids watcthe show, don't do [ light laughter ] finally, last night was the fantasy suite episode of "the bachelorette.rs [ cheend applause and we found out that hannah slept with peter inside a windmillin meanwhile, a dad takhis kids mini-golfing w

. >>> and on prime day, amon's biggest event of the year -- >> amazon! hy some made it a day of protests against the retail giant. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lest holt. >> good evening. president trump's message, america love it or leave it. doling down upon harsh words to four liberal democratic congresswomen, all women of cor, all american citizens, whom he told over the weekend to go back to their home countries. a demeaning phrase often used by racists. today the president brushing off the storm of criticism his words created, but not letting it go the four women targeted by the presidensp king out just a short time ago. our hallie jackson has late details. >> reporter: a united front late today from the freshmen democrats attacked by the president as he fans the flames of racial re ntment. >> this is his plan to pit us against one another. >> this is a distraction, and we should not take the bait. >> he does not know how to defend his policies. so what he does is attack us personally, and that is what this is all about. >> i urge house lead

kohl's is now accepting amazon packages, returns. i was just talking about retail headline, i was like wow. different story. foot traffic. we'll see. this could be good because of foot traffic. again, you don't know. stuart: okay. right now, i have to say good-bye to michelle and to joel. thanks for being with us. we appreciate it. nice plug for microsoft. you're all right. what are you doing tomorrow? >>> check that big board, please. we have the dow now down 60 points, 27,150. >>> protests against the governor of puerto rico turning violent. police launched tear gas into the crowds. some cruise lines are avoiding the island all together because of the unrest. you can see it on your screens. >>> jon stewart going after rand paul in an interview on fox news, this after the kentucky senator delayed passage of the 9/11 victims compensation fund. bret baier joins us in our 11:00 hour this morning. >>> the house votes today on a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour. okay. the cbo says that would cost 3.7 mil

. >>> starting next monday, the public will be able to weigh in on amazon's first developments. the county officials and representatives from amazon held a public meeting that drew a big enough crowd that some had to actually stand there. they checked out the map to get a better sense of amazon's development plan. >>> we are approaching the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. itas a time that the entire country came together to watch those small steps and hear the famous words fromeal armstrong. now 50 years later, 're getting a look at some pretty cool memorabilia. derrick ward has a look. >> reporter: the national airnd a safety museum is planning to do somethinspecial. >> for people like me who weren't around to see it first hand. >> a life size projection of the saturn rocket that first got men to the moon will appear on the national mal it will be projected on the east front of the washington monumest. >> it i 363 feet tall and it fits perfectl against the monument. it will display the first steps on the surface. >> one small step for man kind. >> including some

today. >> shares of amazon in the premarket trading slightly to the upside amazon of course wrapped up the prime day and some shoppers complaining because longer than expected delivery times because so many orders flooded the site. a data company said the internet searches for canceling amazon prime or 18 times higher on monday. that suggests that some customers just want to snatch up some discounted items without making that long term long-term commitment to amazon and the annual fee. he apparently is celebrated at the close of prime day by standing on top of the amazon spears at the company's seattle headquarters. >> the stock is up $2,000. if you only knew that when. you could've bought some. when it was under hundred and i did it. let's look at the dow and s&p and the nasdaq. weave green arrows. nasdaq up 18 and half. they trade jabs over healthcare. are they trying to woo one of the biggest fans. as i going to work. in the economy may be booming. details coming up when "fbn:am" returns. [music] this is the couple who wanted to get away who used expedia to book the vacation rental

amazon changed everything. they changed it for the better and the reason, they stayed on top, because they have been able to continue to innovate. ironically, that's a risk for the stock moving forward because in order to maintain that valuation, they have to keep innovating. that's one of the reasons you are seeing, for example, amazon now enter the real estate business. this is the number one risk for these companies moving forward. lack of innovation and even more acutely, government. i got microsoft from 1999 to 2016 under the antitrust activations from the federal government, the stock was stagnant. only a government can hurt a company like that. >> you love government, don't you? >> investors certainly don't. >> to add on to your point, if you are looking at the numbers, when you talk about amazon's web services, you saw deceleration, she made the comparison to microsoft and how much growth they had but microsoft also had some deceleration, too. overall, that is what drives a lot of the profits. there was

amazon has shown an ability to go into so many different businesses. >> amazon has amazon web services, too, which is the base behind all the services it provides. uber has nothing like that. if my competition is coming up on uber's heels very fast and furiously. stuart: if i buy uber stock, you better turn bullish on me. >> i will be neutral. stuart: facebook releasing its annual report on work force diversity, says that it wants to double its number of women globally and black and hispanic employees in the united states. are they detracting or distracting from their privacy concerns? i notice the stock is back to $200 a share. >> you looking for me to say something negative about facebook wanting to hire more -- stuart: no, i'm not. >> that's not a hand grenade i'm interested in jumping on this morning. i think it's a great move on facebook's part. stuart: is this diversity move a distraction away from their privacy concerns? does it matter? obviously not, because the price of the stock is 200 bucks a share. >> they've got concerns, they are going to hear from, you know, from the lef

one council auld amazon's founder enemy of the city. it would have cost amazon more than $12 million a year. the rationale, amazon was driving up wages, housing prices so much it was largely responsible for seattle's homeless problem. so it should pay to build subsidized housing for poor. a venture capitalist told the city council that they are chasing jobs away. >> amazon has been unfairly blamed for challenges that we as a region experienced, that we would have experienced regardless of amazon. reporter: amazon just issued a release showing what it has done for seattle over 25-year history. $4.5 billion in capital investment. it has paid out to employees $32 billion in wages which of course is spent locally. now the company is looking across lake washington to bellview. it announced plans for a 43 story story next to twin 15-story towers. it has five other sites under development. >> city staff met with amazon. we want to make sure that they feel welcome in bellevue. reporter: clearly amazon does feel welcome over in bellevue. in fact

now for the amazon deals, not surprisingly, most of the discounts many are on amazon products. gets you in the ecosystem. cube.is the fire tv a smart streaming device. $70, so a nice price there. it will also work with the echo devisos there. hat's a very nice price for amazon there. if you're not looking fo amazon product,ne of these smart locks th works with apple and your phone, this august smart lock did well in consumer reports testing. $280. today, $165. a very good deal. >> a lock for your use? >> yeah, not the traditional put the key in. this smartens it up and works with other connected devices in your home. l that would seeme a significant savings. >> they are. you have to do a little homework, but there are deals out there. shop what you need. back to school is also on sale. speets, eakers, coffee makers, if you need it. some of these holidays i just said it, they get you to spend money when you don't necessarily ne to or want to. but there are deals out there. >> always learn something from you. ank you. >> thanks. >> for more deals and how to get those deals, go to

reviewsap rently, a lot of reviews on amazon are fake or paid for. usually you can tell i mean check it out. for instance, here's aoga mat. the fake review says, "i use it every day. it's comfortable and easy to clean. [ laughter ] real review says, "i carry it around all in my bag so people think i did yoga whether or not i actually did yoga. [ laughter ] [ applause ] next up, here's a roomba the fake review says, "it's really good at cleaning the floors." real review says, "i'm trying to train it to bring me a bud ght from the kitchen." [ laughter and applause trying to train a roombast juet -- takes you longer to train it to just -- whatever jimmy: look at this this is for a one gallon of pure protein powder. fake review says, "drank this shake and got jacked." [ laughter ] real review says, "this thing has been sitting on top ye my fridge for nins in three different apartments." [ laughter and applause i'll use it one day.n the box. and finally, here's a slip 'n slide. the fake review says, "so much fun on a hot summer day. real review says, "i d

amazon shares are lower after record run of earnings come to an end. something tells me it is temporary condition. jeff bezos don't care about share price. his focus is world domination. we have jackie deangelis, and rob luna. jackie, listen, i think the numbers are phenomenal we've seen so far. >> they are. even the weakest link, amazon, one of the reasons they missed they reinvested $800 million back in the company. bezos said in order to grow and deliver what we promised users the one day delivery, we need facilities in check. we, top of this. aws, that is the shining star, future. charles: that is the cloud business. >> the cloud business. growth was 37%. a little less than 41% than we saw previously but still -- charles: getting more competitive there. google for first time i notice bragging about their cloud business. before i go to rob on the investment part of this, technology accounts nine billion dollars, up 25%. fulfillment, 9.3 billion, up 17%. marketing up 48%. amazon spent the money to build the empire. they're not worried about minutia a

amazon prime day. featuring thousands of electronic, entertainment and tech items and remember, shipping is free. tsst year, amazon sold 100 million produc on prime day. there's a hitch, thouh. to membs only. don't worry, though. stores like walmart, target, kohl's, they have already announced their own sales, each offering major discounts on things le ipads, smart tvs and furniture. later on in the newscast,er consum reporter susan hogan has a look on today's amazon deals and how to avoid missing one. >>>. >> so much to look through. if we had more time. >> i try, but it's overwhelming. and i just don't b want to just to buy. >> exactly. >>> we have some good news for some panda lovers this morning. >>eyou love th pandas too? >> i do. but you think you're big -- not like i am. > it's a little crazy. the national zoo says the giant panda mei xiang is starting to build nests, which could be a sign she ise going to hav baby, which would be amazing. before we get to excited, the zoo says besides the nest-

i want to ask about alphabet and amazon. first, jack brewer, jump in here. >> twitter had big plans for streaming, likely sports and gaming. fantasy sports continues to rise, legal gambling continues to rise, being able to chat amongst the platforms could be a revenue source for twitter. what's your opinion on that? >> in terms of their increasing their overall basically usage? they have soccer, they have football. they're doing all kinds of things to basically increase the number of usage in terms of time. as we mentioned before, the average user is only a couple of seconds and they're trying to get to the point where people will kind of listen for an entire game. maria: everybody wants live. >> you can work in the advertising from there. >> and gambling. maria: people want live and l gambling. >> in my opinion, that's a big area of growth for twitter to capitalize on. there's a lot of money going into gaming platforms. no social media platform has gotten their hands around the gaming side and that's what's going to control

i do take a look at ebay versus amazon. year to date, ebay is outperforming amazon. if you look at the 52-week view, though, amazon is outperforming ebay by about four percentage points. we are joking about amazon prime day, you said it's 48 hours for the first time. i think there's a lot of analysts who say obviously this is good for amazon but it's also probably going to benefit target and walmart are trying pretty hard to keep pace. you can order a lot of stuff on an app on your phone, they will run it out to your car if you want. i'm not kidding. stuart: i want. i want. deirdre: why not. stuart: to immigration. nationwide i.c.e. raids in cities, new york, los angeles, rounding up illegal immigrants for deportation, but it reportedly only happened in a handful of neighborhoods. we are talking to the mayor of miami, florida. i want to know what happened in his city over the weekend. we'll be right back. ♪ - did you know that americans that bought gold in 2005 quadrupled their money by 2012? and even now many experts predict the next gold rush is just beginning. s

today, millions of people will lock to amazon's website f prime day amazon is rolling out two days of deals. the sales bonanza features thousands of electronics, entertainment, and tech items, and shipping is free. last year, the company sold 100 million products on prime y. one hitch. the sale is open to prime members only. walmart, target, and kohl's announce their own sales and giving you options. they have announced t own sales including ipad and smart tvs and furniture. >>> a new warehouse in prince george's county is expected to be more than a million feet t largern first planned. set to be at a town center in upper marlboro. some think the residents is too sú@stalk about that later today. a meeting is held this evening at the colony south hotel in clinton. >>> amazon's arrival could accelerate some improvement plans in crystal city. according to our news partners at ktop, the arlington countyb rd has proposed to close the tunnel for the city sector plan. it ns route 1 and connect t underground mall to area restaurants. the board is asking vdot to formally support the plan. onc

. >>> still ahead on "news4 today," amazon isll rog outso me great deals for the upcoming prime time but other retails are ready toep ke up on their ow susan hogan has how you can win big on prime day. >>a courtroom talk you have to see to believe. find out why these brothers lunged at a man moments before a judgewas supposed to sentence him. >>> i got good new from theth wea departmefor today. next five days will be nothing mo than hot and dry. that is good news indeed. we will talkighs and lows h . . >>> weome back. this morning, a dallas community is mourning the lossf a little boy after his remains ferend in a landfill. on wednesday an amber alert was issued after 18-month-old cedric jackson was reported missing from hisho . investigators found his remains in that landfill yesterday morning. police say a boyfriend of the child's aunt confessed that he put the child's body in a dumpster after the little boy breathing. >>> some dramatic courtroom ftage shows two brothers lunging as a man convicted of murdering their mother. this wild scene happenedin youngstown, ohio. the killer fa

Äí> amazon's products are marketed to make youreife easier. but now the company is under fire for admitting it may keep track of what you say to its voice assisuy alexa.n iletter( to congress, amazon revealed it holds on to a record of what you say, even if youi] v deleteoice recordings. the company says it does not store the audiook responses but acy hold on to other records ofi customers' interons withok alexa, like if you used alexa to order an uber or even food to your home. >> it's important to recognize that if you'r going to use one of theset( devices for uuiut giving up axd certain amount of privacy. >> amazon says storing what you ask alexa to do trainsthe artificial intelligence to better serve you in the t(.futue >>> are you thinking about cutting ties with your cable bill? this sunday isc "cut the t(xdco day. making the switch may not save as much money as you think. elizabeth mclaughlin has more. >> reporter: a record number of amerans arelpurning off traditional tv. >> lastfá quarter, 1 million people dropped out of satellite t

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amazon is huge in the cloud. the stock is down 8 bucks, 1903. >>> facebook says its digital currency, the proposed libra could help law enforcement. do we have anymore on this, why they're saying that? susan: basically facebook is trying to sell libra to regulators saying it is okay people thought and do say cryptocurrencies is a haven for money launderers, i will is lit activity, drug dealers as well. david marcus, the head of colibra and libra at facebook says if you look at blockchain technology which is behind crypto, it's a public ledger of transactions, you have to put information out there in the public. using that information you can trace people, to help law enforcement track down who is using this, the bad guys in all of this. but of course, you know, we heard from the president and saying that if you want enact libra you better get a chart, a new currency at play around the world. stuart: before we close out this block, i do want to thank my colleague and friend mike murphy sticking with us religiously

. >>> amazon's admission. a new letter reveal details about the information the company may have on users like >> a warning about heart disease. you don't have to be at a pack a day smoker to be at a dramatically increased risk. >> yesterday was the fourth and plenty of fireworks to go around. mothers the 5th and will nature bring fireworks of her own? we will let you know >>> men, women gather before me today who just raised their right hand and now join the ranks of the freest and most prosperous nation in the wistory of theld. >> vice president mike pence there welcoming 44 new american citizens yesterday. all of them from the d.c. area. that naturalization ceremony wna held at the tional archives next to the declaration of independence. >>> at thomas jefferson monticello, another naturalization ceremony. america welcomed 76 mor inew citizensn our nation. that is jefferson's home in charlottesville. the founding father wrote the declaration of independence. >>> we are worng for your health this morning. jus

i think they have to understand that amazon's amazon. they can pick up kind of the rest of it if you will. dagen: which retailer does the best job riding on amazon's coat tails. walmart would be the obvious one. >> i would say walmart. i would say target has done a phenomenal job. they're using retail stores more than a lot of other retailers will use them because of the sortments. -- assortments. a lot of retailers are using the actioam xiom if we take the stot of the h equation, we reduce co. >> i'm a regular amazon prime shopper. i didn't know it was amazon prime day. are they advertising -- i mean, how come i didn't get an e-mail about this. you have to turn on "mornings with maria." are they advertising this in a way i'm missing. >> good question. i've been getting hit. they've been blitzing me over the last several days, weeks. the big announcement was june 25th where they announced exactly when it would be. you kind of knew if you're an amazonophile. then they hit you with it's going to be 48 hours this year instead of 36. they ma

but today is amazon prime day. tomorrow will be amazon prime day as well, and there are these protests all across the country. legitimate at this point? or is amazon just being targeted here? >> it's both, right? not one of these things that has to be one or the other. certainly there's an opportunity for employees who have been denied reasons who have legitimate complaints about their working conditions, who have legitimate complaints about the waps treats employees to say all eyes on amazon right now and we'll take this opportunity to stage job protests and make our voices heard but as i wrote about last week, in the axios market newsletter, you're seeing this pushback to the minimum wage hikes all over the place. walmart employees, target employees when they got minimum wage increases they said this is nice but not enough. we haven't gotten a raise in 10, 15, 20 years and now you want to give us an extra dollar more while we see booming profits coming from the company we deserve a bit more so i think you'll see

. >>> amazon products are marketed to make your life easier. >> that is the idea. but this morning, the company is under fire after admitting it may keep track of what you say to its voice assistant alexa. in a letter to congress, amazon reveals it holds on to a record of what you say even if you delete voice recordings. the company says it does not store the audio responses, but may hold on to other responses. thateans amazon can store da when you ordered an uber or food to your how. >> if you're using one of these devices for convenience sake, you're giving up a certain amount of privacy. >> amazon says storing what you say to alexa trains the artificial intelligence to better serve you in the future. >>> summer a great time to catch the biggest films of loe year. it oks like regal cinema is preparing to launch its own unlimited movieicket subscription service. deadline.com reports it will offer three levels of pricing cc all with aess to unlimited tickets. subscriptions might cost more if liyou live in a big city ke the washingtonc. area. source say regal cinema

amazon, everyone points to amazon as the bold case for netflix. neil: but netflix isn't building a structure as much a lot of stuff to for people to watch. it is very different than amazon building you know a infrastructure that would support all of this. >> amazon is leveraged? >> i don't know that. >> i don't think so. >> they have been, amazon can make a lot of money if they want to. >> right. anytime, turn on the switch. >> problem with netflix they have off-balance sheet long term obligations. this company, you you 2011, 2012 like a ferrari. reed hastings is genius. they got the company moving quickly. today they don't have the luxury. they have committed to content. neil: are they raising prices? >> they are trying to. it is tough. the bull case from here, that unit adoption where it is, that we will continue to raise prices aggressively. our work suggests, once you get over $10 a share, $10 a month for streaming service, when price sensitivity, consumer kicked. this quarter we -- >> i can't figure it out. i can't find anything. >> there is

used to be you couldn't sue amazon if the product you bought at amazon was defective. you would have to sue the manufacturer of that product. the court ruled you can now sue amazon. maria: all the retailers wanted it to go that way. they thought amazon got a free ride. a lot to come, the border crisis, mike pence visiting the southern border this friday. i'll speak with his chief of staff, mark short, next. stay with us. most people think a button is just a button. ♪ that a speaker is just a speaker. ♪ or - that the journey can't be the destination. most people haven't driven a lincoln. discover the lincoln approach to craftsmanship at the lincoln summer invitation. right now, get 0% apr on all 2019 lincoln vehicles plus no payments for up to 90 days. only at your lincoln dealer. maria: welcome back. good wednesday morning, everybody. thanks so much for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo. it is wednesday, july 10. your top stories right now, 7:3. jay powell on the hot seat today. it is day one of his two-day testimony. his prepared remarks will come out at 8:30 a.m. e

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charles: moments ago president trump brought up amazon. amazon was already in the news. people were feeling antsy how this major pentagon contract, 10 billion-dollar contract went to the company. a employee who worked for the pentagon, then for amazon. he went back to the pentagon. shares are really tumbling. when you see something like this, is it a buying opportunity? is it a red flag if what do you make of it? >> here is how, excuse me, here is how i look at that. does this disturb the business case for anything amazon does in any business segment it has? the answer is no. this is about sentiment this is technically-driven trading. to me it does not disturb the buying case for amazon. this i look as opportunity to pick up shares if i'm interested. i think it has a little bit more to fall but that doesn't bother me in the scheme of things. charles: we're at summer doldrums. we hit a new high earlier in the week. we've been sort of drifting. no sense of panic. when does that turn around? do we wait for entire earnings period, wait for the fed to cut rates? what will be

this is amazon in particular. amazon is celebrating an anniversary today. we will tell you about that later. the dow jones industrials down about 118 right now. s&p is down by a greater amount percentage-wise. the nasdaq's the worst performer in premarket activity. that could change as investors begin to realize the effect of so many more people coming into the work force. that's why the unemployment number ticked up despite the big jobs numbers. 335,000 people coming back into the work force. that is a huge number. >>> now this. president trump held his salute to america event on the washington mall. hoor here's a clip of his speech. >> from the banks of the chesapeake to the cliffs of california, from the humming shores of the great lakes to the sand dunes of the carolinas, from the fields of the heartland to the everglades of florida, the spirit of america's independence will never fade, never fail, but will reign forever and ever and ever. david: come in, larry o'connor, "washington times" associate editor. i heard the rain kept you away from the mall b

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reporter: amazon is getting a clear showout for thinking ahead. i would be remiss, jpmorgan chase has a partnership with mit. at&t has a partnership with notre dame university. other large companies are trying to figure this out. it is not for altruistic purposes. connell: so many industries. one you would think of, ours as half a joke. i was at hong kong, in hong kong at "wall street journal" tech conference. they had the artificial intelligence news anchor there. there was no deirdre bolton. >> that is google is working on, have the computer make the appointment with the hairdresser. it sounds completely natural. the front end, direct customer relations will be handled in automated, computer or a.i. fashion. connell: crazy world. >> those studies, the oxford study, they talk about the pace of change, if the pace of change is matched by retraining then we're okay. if the pace of change goes too fast, then you will have more people out of jobs because they -- connell: you can't keep up with it. we have to go. thanks, lance, deirdre, appreciate it.

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they drove amazon out. david: that's right. >> so they should stay clear of political activism. >> first of all, it is a shoe. it is a shoe that nike itself introduced and then withdrew. this whole thing is -- if not a teapot, then a sports shoe in the sun devil stadium. this is probably going to hurt in the state of arizona. [laughter] >> i'm trying here. this is going to hurt arizona more than it is going to hurt nike. after all it was their shoe that they withdrew. the "wall street journal" reported that there was some, you know, white nationalists using this as their own thing. i have no idea. david: we tried to find it. we couldn't find it. >> again, nike has every right -- not every right. like bank of america last week not lending to detention centers -- they don't want the bad press. they now have some bad press. that's just what companies do. and it is a shoe. >> well, speaking of press, nike of course had a statement of their own that they made. they said we already employ 35,000 people in the u.s

news 4 first told youes sourc say a new amazon fulfllment isn for upper marlboro. the center is not sitting well with people who live in that the developer spoke at the meeting, he didn't confirm what's going in the building. but he did tell us how it would help prince georges county. >> a unique opportunity for the county, and this is a very rare opportunity for the county. when a proposed tenant is anticipating having 1500 new high quality jobs. >> prince georges county officials have not approved the proposal. they will hold a public hearing on thursday at 1:00 at the countyministration building. >>> now to an update we brought you at 11:00, pepco worked overnight to restore power to thousands of customers in d.c. it was pitch da, the nand was all black, except for two police cars at a 7-eleven. we're still working to find out what knocked out the power. >> this morning, neil armstrg's apollo 11's space suit was reunveiled if you will at the smithsonian. the suit had been in storage since 2006. in 2015, donations helped toea this display case. mike pence spoke b

we are talking about amazon prime day. this year some celebrities are getting in on the action. >> consumer reporter susan hogan has all the details. >> amazon's own devices are typically the star on prime day. don't get me ywrong, t still are. but this year the online retailer is hoping to add some star power that will help drive up sales as well. >> lady gaga just launched a line of beautyod prts called health laboratories and presales are on prime day or pr members. also mark wahlberg has a line of nutrition problems called performance inspired nutrition. they are on sale on prime day. a line of sustaina water. and then favorite, ellie, produt are exclusive on amazon. also really excited. i love that the stars are getting involved. >> reporter: want to know when something you like goes on sale? if it's one of the deals that amazon is actually advertising early, just click "watch this deal" and you'll get a notification when it's live. no idea if it will be included in prime day? simply add that item to your wish list. i

amazon, alphabet set to report after the bell. the trend has been the friend of the earning are looking pretty good as charles payne. charles: intel that was one of the big names. nobody talked about it. they report after the bell. who cares. neil: i'm sure you do. charles: but i'm weird like that. good afternoon, everyone, i'm charles payne. this is "making money." the stocks are lower as investors wait two powerhouses, amazon and alphabet/google. buying stocks after everybody writes off the company. i can tell you how when we go in depth. most americans in decades review the economy postively. they are giving p

the basically the argument is amazon and google have too much control. they control what you search for. they pretty much providing the platform, so the information about pricing what have you is in their hands. what do you make of this? >> companies are so worried that google and amazon are taking all of the oxygen out of the room. i think this goes to show how important search is among other things, right? so if you can't find something, based on internet, basically doesn't exist in the mind of the consumer. the question though they will be facing regulators if they decide to look at this more closely, how are you going to set up rules that will debate, design how much people can search what they can search for? connell: right. >> how would you even enforce those rules especially dealing with a company like amazon that is not only a marketplace, 50% of all e-commerce sales cross the internet? it is huge. connell: this retail group is saying you have to do things disclose where products are from, erin. you should talk about whether they are new or used.

. >> whether it's amazon or apple or google, they are all buildin a big surveillance economy that makes its money watching you and me. >> reporter: as we reported, much like alexa and google's assistant, siri records you as so. as you have activated h >> hey, siri, what's the weather? >> reporter: activation happens by accident attinconvenient s. >> i found something. >> it is rare you are heckled by your own mobile phone. >> reporter: a whistleblower tells theap guardian new when computers can't understand apple's human contractors take overnd can wiend up hearing drug deals, confidentialedical conversations and couples having sex. a spokesperson says a small portion of requests are analyzed to improve siri and dictation. >> the business model isn't to use humans to listen to you. it is to use computers to learn as much about yourit habs as possible. >> reporter: betterearn your habits because it is better for busiss. >> the question of whether they are listening to you, recording you, that's secondary in my mind to the larger issue which is that there are surveillance systems built to

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. >> new reports tay that developers want to maken amazon fulfillment center in prince george's county a whole lot bigger than first planned. washington business journal reports a new proposal for the fulfillment center shows it's more than a million square feet larger than suggested. just three months ago. the prince george's county planning board is set to onsider the new plan at a meeting next we . the new warehouse is set to go in the westphalia town center development in prince george's. >>> arlington is movingd ahea with its development plan to welcome amazon hq2. they're holding a meeting tonight to tell residents about the first phase of development. thatet me something taking trace at the trade center park operations building. it runs from 7:00 to 8:00. we're approaching the 50th anniversary of thepollo 11 moon landing. july 1969 the entire country watching those small steps and hearing the famous words from neil armstrong as man landed on the moon. now 50 years later we'reco gettg a look at memorabilia. news4's derek ward has more from the nnau knowatio ilt is hard believe it