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 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

sells it on amazon. great for her and great for amazon because the more people to become amazon prime customers to buy this product. instead of seeing the fruits of her success, this hard-working rhode island are discovers amazon has rolled out a direct replica of her product. amazon gives itself top billing and to moats the entrepreneur to page through results, which most people will never see. how would anyone in light of that sequence of events, how would any entrepreneur invest in this kind of environment where that can happen, where there is no assurance it won't? >> our incentive is doubt ththe seller succeeded. they have many options. we apply the same criteria to vote and we do not use their individual data when we're making decisions to launch private brands. nate sutton answering the questions of the rhode island congress membeber david cicilll. stacy y mitchell, urur response? >> it isis simply not true that merchants have other options. amazon, one out of every two dollars spent online, and h

>> you know, because amazon prime day may have started by amazon but now everybody is jumping into it, you've got macy's, ebay, a whole host, target, other big boxes like wal-mart, they're all having sales at this very moment, for example, we found the instant pot $10 cheaper at macy's as you would find on amazon during prime day right now. jillian: i got a good deal on friday on am done, just saying. >> 49.99 right now. >> you got me beat. amazon smartphone app. >> you know, if you use amazon smartphone app and you use the camera feature to search for a product, they're promising additional 20% off of whatever deal is already going on and that's pretty good deal. jillian: yeah that is good. keep checking for updates because the deals can change, right? >> they change constantly, just write it as we are speaking i'm seeing apple ipad that has never been on sale that i've ever seen, normally $429, now 299, a samsung tv that was $2,200, now at $1,500 and lg tv, adidas 30% off, worth taking a look at all of this and also worth getting the plan of action which i will have at cyberguy.com.

>> yes, today and tomorrow, amazon prime day, lots of deal on amazon really a lot of those amazon devices that we will see mark down, the fire, kindle, all of that, but, of course, you have to have amazon prime membership to take advantage of those prime deals, but there are some other retailers getting in on that action, they've got 2 days of deals as well, running exactly the same amount of time as amazon sales, they are pushing the fact that you don't need a membership to shop on target's website, wal-mart also deal, they've got 4 days of deals starting yesterday through wednesday, so really we are seeing this mid-july shopping spree for consumers out there looking to take a look at deals and websites now. heather: competition is good, well, the time now is about 46 minutes after the top of the hour and they are facing thousands of lawsuits, now johnson & johnson on doj investigation. mothers using tainted powder on their children, dr. mark siegel is here to break it down for us. >> good morning. hh. ooh ohh here we go, here we go. you got cut off there, what were you saying? oooo. oh

we're all focused on amazon. this one skates right past everyone >> it got dissed by us. >> we didn't do a whole show on it there was no trillion dollar market cap ringing the bell. there was no thing we do for bitcoin in the lower right, that whole thing. >> nathan, though, you know dan, maga, that's the m in maga. >> but i think dan would say faded at this point. >> he's not here, he would hate it. >> anyway, with can we move on unh, brian kelly fade it or trade it i'm going to take a page out of carter's book and not tell you what i think. >> because you don't remember. >> take the camera off me while i look at it i'm looking at this in the beginning of the month the stock was $240, right? we've now moved up almost 30 points well over 10% move here any asset that moves up that much and particularly a stock when the volatility is relatively low to that, to me that's a fade. i'll fade it this is where you sell this one, not necessarily anything against the company, but it's just the price action. >> see this is

to tim's point, the stocks had tremendous runs, at least amazon and facebook you look at amazon, into earnings now, you have to wonder, do you want to try to play it from the long side into earnings with this headline risk out there. it is interesting, quickly gene said facebook's five points out of ten which i sort of get, but you talk about stifling competition. i mean that's been -- >> amazon, that's their game. >> -- for a long, long time and it is one of the lead lines i'm reading in the doj headline. >> plus there's the political, bezos. >> no question. >> you can't think of this administration who went after at&t time warner when it was a loser there's another element here. >> yes >>> coming up, chipotle, snap, visa all on the move in after hours. their conference calls getting started. we will break down the headlines straight ahead texas instrument, the stock hitting a new high after hitting a blowout quarter. back now with two more parts of the market that are ready for take breakout. we're live from times square in new york city, much more "fast money" right after this. xfi

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

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amazon prime day could feel like christmas in july if you can bag that perfect bargain. but there are things to know before you hit that buy button tomorrow. abc's becky worley has your guide to hunting down the best deals. >> amazon prime day is both july 15th and 16th. >> reporter: this is your cheat sheet. when does it start? how long does it last? what kind of discounts are we talking about and some sneaky tricks and tips. so, it starts on monday at midnight pacific time, 3:00 a.m. eastern. am i saying you should stay up? probably not, and that's because it runs for 48 hours. now, it's available only to prime members. but your first insider tip, you can sign up for a free 30-day membership right now, no cost, just remember to cancel it after prime day or you'll be charged $119 for the yearlong membership. so, our second tip, all of the amazon electronics get a price cut on prime day sometimes as much as 40% off. so, if you're in the market for a kindle tablet, a streaming media stick, or maybe an alexa, jump on it now. when discounts go live is random. most of the de

in new antitrust regulators will investigate online retailer amazon to see if it uses data from 3rd party merchants to improve its own market position. inquiries from the office of the e.u. competition commissioner margarita stocker follows complaints from merchants who say click and purchase data on their sells through the site are being used to improve amazon's positioning of its own merchandise coincidentally germany's antitrust authority announced wednesday an agreement with amazon for the retailer to assume more liability for 3rd party order fulfillment and let's check in with our financial correspondent in new york he ends quarter europe once again applying pressure on a american tech giants any reaction there on wall street to these announcements well i mean we did see it takes stocks a little bit under pressure here in the wednesday session and we do not just get the regulatory oh political pressure out of europe but also within the united states there is quite a debate going on but interestingly enough wall street does not seem to be too concerned at least at this point if you lo

we'll get to the amazon deals first. these are what some competitors are offering they want to get in on this, too. the hello nest video doorbell, one of the high-tech video doorbells, a lot of competitors have the sale, $230 to $189. often free shipping for the items, too good one to look at. there's also a nest thermostat available. this is one of the smart thermostats. the nice thing here, lowe's and walmart is throwing in a free $50 google home mini one of the smart speakers, the connected devices to help you around the house it'll also work, not surprisingly, with the nest thermostat. >> of course. >> this is probably the best deal we've seen so far these deals are updating throughout the morning here. apple products rarely go on sale this is a $450 savings at best buy for a mac book pro $850 that is a very good deal. >> most of these are until supplies run out. >> if you want it, get online now because they are changing throughout the morning apple products do well in consumer reports ratings now for the amazon dea

alexa, is amazon good or evil? i like amazon. without amazon, i wouldn't exist. michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. electronics giant samsung estimates that its profits slumped 56% in the three months to the end ofjune, to $5.6 billion. but that was not as bad as expected. let's go to our asia business hub, where rico hizon is following the story. good to see you, hi there. tell us more about these numbers. well, despite the poor numbers, samsung's performance improved from the first quarter, when the company reported its lowest earnings in more than two yea rs, its lowest earnings in more than two years, and the weak earnings guidance from april to june years, and the weak earnings guidance from april tojune is basically due to the semiconductor industry recovery being delayed by the slowing global economy. you also have the us— china trade war and the export controls on huawei. the us campaign against acro to swelled the glut of memory chips in the global market, with the chinese company being one of the korean tech sector's biggest customers. as for korean

so you can get ains a ains not just amazon. >> not just amazon. ainsley: start at the end with the tablet. >> amazon wants to sell their own pry tear products fire tablet. actually the 7 version. normally 49.99. and today it is 29.99. you said you just got that right? steve: terrific. ainsley: like the yellow, too. ♪ just amazon but places like kohl's. >> this is the insta pot. if you remember for black friday this caused like a stir. everybody had great deals on it. everybody was selling it. this is actually normally 79.99. here's the deal with kohl's we'll reveal it 59.99. you also get kohl's cash for every 50 you spend. that's my kohl's cash from yesterday. and yes to your rewards and return four amazon at kohl's now without a box. steve: handy. ainsley: we're seeing big discount on adidas sneakers, ebay. free shipping and returns. not just for grandmother's old watches and such. the men's are actually $85 normally they are going to be 44.99. the women respects 140 and huge discount. $70. you can take them on the way out: ainsley: how about t

and the amazon echo dot, half off, selling for $25. and it's not just amazon. coupon site retail me not anticipates more than 250 retailers will participate in prime day-related promotions. >> amazon has figured out a way to really beat that summer slump. other retailers are noticing that and trying to cash in on the hype. >> macy's black friday in july is here -- >> reporter: macy's discounts are already under way now until july 14th. target deal days are during the exact same time as prime day, but no membership is required. of course a reminder you do have to be an amazon prime member in order to get the special discounts, but it is possible to sign up for the free 30-day trial membership. it's recommended you check out price-tracking sites like google shopping to make sure you're getting the best deal. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> got to get the best deal. >> confession, i'm not a prime member. >> wait, wait, whoa, whoa, wait. >> yeah. >> so does that mean you're spending money on shipping? >> i wait for like certain deals -- >> you do, no, it -- it

amazon's working with ice in this way. and we want to raise the profile and say you know there's many steps that we can take to support the immigrant community which is being targeted. >>by this federal administration say we demand the amazon to the right thing they certainly have the profits to be able to make better choices. >>well we reached out to amazon about the activist claims and they have we have yet to hear back. but the company has reportedly responded to other media outlets saying in part quote companies and government organizations need to use existing and new technology responsibly and lawfully end quote. coming up next. ashes right through a bay area home and there's an infant inside. also after the break after 4 days lost in the woods. a california hikers finally found and safe we'll hear from her family. also after the break a sanctuary for animals in is coming to the bay area. a little peek outside for you 92 story, well, no problems here on the 70 oh bridge working away from the east bay to the peninsula

own merchandise coincidentally germany's antitrust authority announced wednesday an agreement with amazon for the retailer to assume more liability for 3rd party order fulfillment and let's check in with our financial correspondent in new york he ends quarter yes europe once again applying pressure on a an american tech giant any reaction there on wall street to these announcements well i mean we did see it takes stocks a little bit under pressure here in the wednesday session and we do not just get the regulatory oh political pressure out of europe but also within the united states there is quite a debate going on but interestingly enough wall street does not seem to be too concerned at least at this point if you look at companies like amazon but also. google or apple or other companies they're all almost at a record high talking about record to seem to be a little bit of confusion and uncertainty what effect the trade negotiations between the u.s. and china might bring and that is actually causing some pressure not just here on wednesday but to all week long so the record in the recent

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i think it's a great breakthrough for amazon and it can't be bad for her either. >> speaking of amazon, you have prime day around the corner. it's almost been an unofficial kickoff for back to school spending it seems to be a key category and a moment that begins the spending for back to school. deloitte is also out with the back-to-school survey. overall spending relatively flat going back to school spending will be 29% compared to last year >> well, it's also the launch of the new beauty product that's coming out prime day. that will be one of the big launches do i expect them to do well? yes. amazon is taking over, along with walmart and target, back to school electronics are an online business electronics will be the big growth area. i think it will be big for amazon i think that's going to be pretty good. people have worried about the back half versus last year i'm not sure, i think the backpack is pretty close to normal the consumer is really strong. we're seeing great employment, rising wages, record employment. i just don't see how the back half is not going to be as strong eve

what do you expect out of facebook, amazon and alphabet? >> contessa, from a high level, this is a transition quarter, which is different than the wake-up quarter that netflix had. a transition quarter means there will be headwinds. but i think that the themes are on the broader f.a.n.g. will be intact at most risk next week is going to be google in part because last quarter they had a dip in their revenue. they had four years of consistent 20% revenue growth. that dipped last quarter that's not the reason why there's a head winwind they have to be more skillful at navigating questions on what potential regulation could come. google has been largely spared of these regulations and tweaks from regulatory bodies but i think ultimately that's something that investors will weigh more heavily on. and facebook is still in that camp they have regulatory questions i would put those in the headwinds camp apple is a unique case they're the only one of the f.a.n.g. companies that have exposure to china. that's about 10% of their business and that chin

primeday kicks off with 48 hours of deals for amazon prime deals. the surge in internet traffic is likely to attract scammers to steal personal information. to avoid ordering from spoof sites. experts says they should shop directly through amazon rather than a browser or a link and should be wary of coupons promising steep discounts and gift cards. >>> and "spider-man" is on top for the second week in a row. >> keep up the good work because i'm going on vacation. >> reporter: disney and pixar's toy story 4 landed in second place with $20 million, and pair month picture "crawl" delivered third with an estimated $12 million, and i must admit i haven't seen any of these yet, anne-marie. >> me neither. >> exactly. do a double feature, triple feature. >> i like it. thanks a lot, mark. >> you bet. >>> still to come, a symphony under the sea. we'll show you a festival that even the fish can enjoy. ♪ get everything you need to go back big at the low prices you love. prestige creams not living up to the hype? one jar shatters the competition. olay regeneri

amazon walked away. we had a deal and they walked away from the deal. >> you understand why they walked away given the political pressure? >> i don't buy it. >> because there were so many other communities across the country dying for amazon to come. >> they made a deal and they walked away. it is not even her congressional district. so i disagree with what she assumed about the deal. but let's put the horse before the cart. amazon had a deal, everything was moving along and in the dead of night they just said we're out of here. i don't put that on her. i put that on them. but it is a lost opportunity for the communities that would have benefited for sure. new york city is doing just fine nonetheless. we have a 4.5 million jobs. we're doing just fine. >> let's talk about the former vice president joe biden arguably the front-runner still right now. he released his criminal justice reform plan. i don't know if you've had a chance to go through it but it is already being criticized by colleagues including

. >> how much time do you spend with the networks as opposed to amazon, who lou etc.? >> the old traditional networks, part of the subject of the book, a vast drop through that content ocean and it used to be every fall, three or four networks would release the shows they were going to premiere the coming season, that is what we were concerned and fall television is one thing among many, so much on amazon. hbo, showtime, basic cable, premium cable. what we used to think of as tv is a tiny amount of what constitutes television and a lot of television is not on what we strictly call television, it is not cable, not broadcast, it is piped into your home over the internet. >> this is a quote from your new book which is coming out this fall, donald trump, the television character, was born on august 21, 1980. what does that mean? >> that was the date of donald trump's first major national television appearance, on the today show with tom brokaw talking about the incipient building of trump tower and other projects and what i mean, for the purposes of my book is my book is n

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

that disadvantages amazon. their shareases later in the season as consumers don't have confidence of getting there products on time like they do with amazon. that compressed season will be to amazon's advantage. was an analyst for the marketer. a tech giant visits the white house, the white house host the biggest tech companies to talk about fallout from the trade war with china and the ban on while -- huawei. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: white house officials said they would send a delegation to china read by robert lighthizer after a high-level meeting in washington between the trump administration and ceos from google, broadcom, intel and qualcomm. the meeting was geared towards easing a ban on sales from china's huawei. >> i think this is a very dangerous meeting. huawei is not an independent actor. it is an arm of the chinese intelligence agency. us doing trust that business with them will not have negative consequences. i just read the washington post this past weekend and huawei was working with a shell

tomorrow is amazon prime day. demonstrators are calling on amazon to stop working with a palo alto-based data company that has contracts with immigration and customs enforcement. the protests also want amazon to improve working conditions at its shipping centers. amazon supports the lawful use of its technology. protests are planned for eight other cities around the country. >>> the time is 8:34. the chinese tech company huawei is planning to lay off hundreds of employees at its subsidiary here in the united states. the wall street journal reports is company is having a lot of trouble because of commerce department blacklisting. huawei is limited in buying hardware and software from american companies and the u.s. has accused huawei of spying on behalf of the chinese government. huawei insists it is an independent company and does not use its technology for espionage. the company employees about 850 people in the united states including its offices in santa clara and cupertino. >>> another round of memos from the

on monday demanding higher wages the strike was scheduled to coincide with amazon's so-called prime day that's a 2 day discount event and retail giants german workers earn a minimum of 10 euros and $0.78 per hour at the labor union verdi says amazon is only able to offer discounts to customers because it doesn't pay its workers fairly . and that's it for me in the business team can of course find out more about these and other stories at d w dot com slash business or on social media with twitter facebook i'm seeing tears in berlin thanks for watching. 80 percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship that. cocoa today girl makes you to challenge. the finest moments. with the exclusive. the must see concerning heart you're a. curious mind. do it yourself networkers to a. subscriber don't miss out. quite melody. later. ready resonate with. the mind amusing. tovan 1st 12019 from september 6th to september 29th. this is the story of a free a simple fridge available all year round all around the world. this is the story of a fruit on which an empire was built on

the power ofell -- google and amazon. fangipos list the two giants as a competitor or risk to their business. bitcoin's rally starting to waver again. the price of the currency down double digits since friday. first to our top story. any victory for beijing, president trump said he would hold off on any further tariffs for now and would relax constraints on huawei. manyonstraints remain and say optimism is overdone as many try to figure out what form the relief will take. huawei is still on the list usually reserved for rogue regimes and affiliated companies. on sunday, white house national economic council director larry kudlow commented on the move. >> this is not a general amnesty. they will remain on the so-called entity list and national security concerns will remain paramount. caroline: for more, we are joined by sarah mcgregor and sophie elstrom. sarah, talk to us about the orails surrounding huawei the lack of details. was it expected? sarah: there were a lot of questions on whether huawei would even come up in th

christmas in july, also known as amazon prime day. >> amazon says it sold more than 100 million products during last year's sale. abc's diane macedo, our dear friend, has tips for finding the best deals today. >> reporter: amazon's biggest sale of the year -- >> it's a two-day parade of epic deals. >> reporter: the company is promising more than a million deals worldwide. >> you don't need to go shopping anymore, you just go to amazon prime. >> reporter: the buying bonanza has been such a success, last year amazon's website crashed. this year the online retailer is extending its sale to two days. new deals will launch as often as every five minutes, including deep discounts like $50 off the echo, up to 50% off select tvs, up to 40% off select toys. and now other retailers are trying to get in on the shopping frenzy, offering deals of their own. walmart is running a competing sales and ebay and target will be slashing their own prices beginning on prime day. >> really be smart about your purchases. make a list in advance of items you want to target. set alerts. they sell browser extension

exhibit a, amazon. it crossed the trillion dollar threshold this morning amazon didn't become this unstoppable behemoth because jeff bezos is brilliant, which he is. it got here by leveraging scale. amazon is dominant because it's so big they use that scale to get better price from the suppliers to pass on to you. we have antitrust law because when you get big enough, well, no one can compete against you bezos saw how he could use amazon's scale to dominate retail he didn't stop there he figured he could do the same thing by creating cloud computing. aws one of the largest businesses growing at a 40% clip we had the head on the show recently, he told us how the position scaled which is the dominant player in the cloud which is true. it allows them to innovate and keep prices down and compete with the competition i urge you to look at that interview. i thought it was mind blowing. i thought to myself, darn it, that guy is real smart amazon also knows the secret to maintaining scale is keeping work force

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amazon continues to be a u.s.—based amazon? amazon continues to be a us. —based company and amazon? amazon continues to be a u.s.—based company and a lot of their revenues still originate from their revenues still originate from the us. they are getting more global but they just pulled the us. they are getting more global but theyjust pulled back the us. they are getting more global but they just pulled back from china, the second—biggest market in the world. not as important as the us but ethnically growing. bao vu on amazon's prime day performance. 50 yea rs performance. 50 years ago, the apollo 11 moon landing marked a defining moment in human history and since then businesses have been looking for ways to make money from our only permanent natural satellite, and that includes mining. earlier the chief executive of japan's ispace told me about his plans. we are looking to be on the moon by 2021. we have a lunar lander and a lunar rover to explore the surface. how do you plan to make money? well, we are aiming to do business by transportation business to the lunar surface at t

on monday demanding higher wages the strike was scheduled to coincide with amazon's so-called prime day that's a 2 day discount event on retail giants german workers earn a minimum of 10 euros and $0.78 per hour for the labor union verity says amazon is only able to offer discounts to customers because it doesn't pay its workers fairly . and that's it for me in the business team going to course find out more about these and other stories at d.f.w. dot com slash business or on social media which would or facebook i'm seeing bears in berlin thanks for watching. allegations are serious. is turkey's intelligence agency carrying out adoptions across the globe. to men to tell their stories of. jail and torture. other kidnappings if they're the ones beating. up dr. shows up in 60 minutes on d.w.i. . it's time to take one step further. and face some. tough drug just such the other nothing and the fight for the truth. is hard to overcome boundaries and connection. it's time for. and you don't really use coming up ahead. minds. diagram. it's been 50 years since the. sheep was the 1st man to w

>>> we are >>> we are back with amazon prime day. the online giant's biggest sale of the year with more than a million deals is just three days away, but how can you tell if you're actually getting the deepest discount? rebecca jarvis has the story. >> it's a two-day parade of epic deals. >> reporter: this morning the countdown is on to amazon's r e first ti er.midnight feeding the shopping frenzy a performance by taylor swift at amazon music's prime day concert. amazon launched its first prime day just four years ago, meant to entice shoppers during the summer doldrums and lure new prime members who pay $119 a year for perks like free shipping. amazon's rivals are launching their own specials. amazon also touting its lightning deals, limited time sales that go live and sell out quickly. so how do you know if that discount is truly a deal? it's not uncommon for retailers to fluctuate the price of their products, marking an item up before listing it as sale soon after. but with websites like camel camel camel you can track the price h

and let's go back to europe where amazon employs a 7 of the company's german locations went on strike on monday to mandate higher wages the strike was scheduled to coincide with amazon's so-called prime day that's a 2 day discount event on retail giants german workers earn a minimum of 10 euros and $0.78 per hour for the labor union verity says amazon is only able to offer discounts to customers because it doesn't pay its workers fairly . and that's it for me in the business team can of course find out more about these and other stories at d w dot com slash business or on social media which would or facebook i'm seeing bears in berlin thanks for watching. early the good tourist guide fun germany's booming capital i love berlin the scope of the multicultural metropolis you know your attack series the financial landslide like. i love you even want to show it was a certain look southwest like me despite the 15 nations 50 story. and 50 very personal tips on berlin's a very busy joseph. book now in atlanta every week on t.w. . now has it been the star. is facing a mass extinction. you coul

. >>> and on prime day, amazon's biggest event of the year -- >> amazon! >> why some made it a day of protests against the retail giant. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. president trump's message, america love it or leave it. doubling down upon harsh words to four liberal democratic congresswomen, all women of color, 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 president speaking 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 resentment >> 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

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

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

. >>> on cbs "money watch" now, some amazon workers threaten to strike on prime day, and why there may soon be a bible or diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, diane. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. second-quarter earnings season kicks off with pepsico set to report before the bell. levi strauss also reports today. stocks retreated yesterday amid uncertainty over whether the fed will cut its key interest rate. the dow tumbled 115 points. the s&p 500 dropped 14, and the nasdaq fell 63. >>> some workers at an amazon warehouse in minneapolis say they'll hit the online retail giant with a strike on its heavily touted prime day which begins next monday. e ribeorganid by a group advocating for somali and east african workers. employees at amazon's nonunion facilities in minnesota began complaining publicly last year about harsh working conditions there. >>> meanwhile, to accommodate the growing trend of online shopping, kohl's will begin accepting amazon returns at its more than 1,100 stores. the retailer will pack, label, and ship the ret

but if you give the american people a slice of every amazon sale, every a.i.-driven intersection, just a sliver, because the payment of value that technology will generate will literally be measured in hundreds of millions of dollars. we have to put ourselves in a position to benefit and pay everybody $1,000 a month. >> trevor: one of my favorite quotes of yours is you said you are the complete opposite of donald trump, and the reason was -- ( cheers and applause ) -- listen to the reason why -- >> because the opposite of donald trump is an asian man who likes math. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: how do you think math helps you in campaigning? no, because it feels like americans like more of the show, more to have the celebrity as opposed to the numbers and percentages. do you think you can break through with the math of what you're proposing? >> math is an acronym which stands for make america think harder. ( cheers and applause ) it's certainly not immigrants that are driving these economic problems, it's the fact our economy is now progressing to a poin

. >>> 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

like amazon and microsoft. this is a special time. it is only just beginning. artificial intelligence is the great story of our time, but it is a story that generates lots of mixed emotions. great ambivalence. on one hand, the art of the possible. we see this tactical wonder. all of us spend way too much time on our smart phones working on these platforms. et there is this deep concern with this fear about jobs. the software is eating the world. the foundation of a good society. are we going to be left. society of the hyper rich and then the poor. living off a universal basic income. this is a real concern a lot of folks have. we did a lot of research. our latest book was about this. we actually think there is a song of hope here if you proactive. if you take the right steps. hen it comes to software and jobs or only artificial intelligence and jobs, only one of three things will happen. a job can be eliminated. they can actually be enhanced. think of using ways when you drive around town. you're actually being enhanced by a machine. we will see this come to me

amazon tweeted it was the biggest 24-hour sales day in amazon history, at least day one. we are still waiting on final numbers. there were some shoppers complaining that they were seeing technical glitches. there was a spike in service for canceling amazon prime. so, presumably some of those people bought some things and wanted to cancel. what is the verdict so far, 36 or so hours? brad: sitting back and watching prime day, you have to marvel at what a marketing event they have concocted out of thin air. they created a holiday season in the middle of the summer. a holiday season brings with it a lot of problems. you've got porch pirates. you've got disappointed customers. all sorts of things, the frenzy. overall, you have to sit back and admire the company for bringing itself to a peak season in the middle of the slowest time of year, right? they have created a frenzy where otherwise it would not exist. they not only have done it themselves, but brought the rest of the online retail industry with them. you see everyone else offering sales as well. canceling prime is funny

workers protested during the a amazon prime day sale on monday at a minnesota facility. they say the working conditions are unsafe and unfair. the workers say it's like a 21st century sweat shop. amazon is denying the allegations, renewing the offer to lawmakers to come into the facilities, to tour them, to get a firsthand look at what is going on there. amazon defending themselves, saying that this is really not an accurate portrayal of what's happening at their company. prime day sales, analysts are estimating $5.8 billion in sales brought in during those two days. jillian: okay. so burger king is doing something that seems interesting to me, i guess. or weird. rob: she's a big burger king fan. >> this is their new 50/50 menu. burger king in sweden, this is an effort to promote their new plant based burgers. if you're brave enough to order from the 50/50 menu, you have a chance of getting a real burger or one of these plant based burgers. you just don't know what you are going to get. and burger king wants you to guess and you enter your guess into the burger king app

one survey shows amazon shoppers prime members spend more than double what nonprime amazon shoppers spend in a year.ay primes not just a big day for amazon either. it has created a halo effect for rivals. ee bay, walmart, target, macy's, best buy and many others have competing deals. in fact, target saysri day 2018 was one of its biggest digital days of the year. this year adobe analytics predicts large u. retailers could see sales surge 79% compared to an average monday or tuesday in july. and if amazon site crashes again this year, like it did for hours last pri day, that opens up even more opportunity for competingai rrs. for "nightly business report", i'm courtney reraan. >>> oe loses out on a government cloud contract, and that's where we begin tonight's market focus with a judge dismissing oracle's allegations that the pentagon's bidding process for that $10 billion cloud computing contract was tainted by conflicts of interest. what this means is oracle is now eliminated from the process, leaving just amazon and microsoft to compete for that contract. oracle shares were down a fract

♪ . >>> 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