Meddling well discuss the potential impact for facebook and for the other big tech names. Speaking of big tech names intel Ceo Brian Krzanich will be here for an exculusive interview about the companys new Autonomous Vehicle partnership with alphabets waymo unit that will be coming up a while from now. That will be very interesting. Plus, find out whether a nearly 8 billion Missile Defense deal could signal more deal making on the horizon for the Defense Industry which is enjoying alltime highs in this market today. Lets start, though, with facebook feeling more pressure from washington over those russian ad buys ahead of the election Julia Boorstin has the very latest julia . Reporter hey, kelly. Facebooks under fire for recent revelations that russians bought ads on the social network to influence the president ial election House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member adam schiff is calling on the company to testify before congress saying im distressed it has taken us this long to be
Right now. Good morning warm welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im wilfred frost. Sara eisen is off today. Here are the latest developments on maria the hurricane making landfall overnight on the caribbean island of dominica as a category five storm. It weakened slightly within the past few hours to a category 4 storm. But forecasters warn maria could strengthen as it approaches the Virgin Islands puerto rico is also in the crosshairs well bring you the latest updates on Hurricane Maria as we get them were following a developing story out of Southern California a magnitude 3. 6 earthquake shook parts of los angeles it happened around 11 20 p. M. Local time residents as far away as costa mesa felt the rumble there have been no reports of injury or damage due to the quake. Americas largest toy store is filing for bankruptcy protection toys r us announcing chapter 11 filing late last night. Its one of the largest ever by a specialty retailer the move comes as toys r us looks to relive its 4 4
General assembly our Michelle Carew sa cabrera is on the scene to recap what we just heard michelle hey there, carl a fiery speech where he called out specifically north korea, iran, and venezuela and called for the great revival of nations. Used the word sovereign and sovereignty over and over again, reiterated america first, as he did on the campaign trail, and also during his inauguration speech one of the big headlines will most likely be on the headlines in all the newspapers tomorrow is when he said if its forced to defend itself, United States for its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. Rocketman is on a Suicide Mission for himself and for his regime he referred to north korea repeatedly as the scourge of our planet today, the depraved regime, a band of criminals. When it came to iran, he called it masking a corrupt dictatorship behind democratic facade and he said the iran deal was one of the worst onesided transactions, an embarrassment to the Un
Percentage point dax is slightly weaker, relatively flat as is the cac. Crude oil prices, crude Oil Yesterday was flat ended up by two cents this morning another 44 cents 55. 35 so wti above 50 a barrel. Back to the markets in a moment first the latest developments on Hurricane Maria. The hurricane making landfall on the island of dominica as a category 5 storm it is now weakened slightly within the past few hours to a category 4 thats the good news forecasters warn that maria could reach strength as it nears the Virgin Islands, puerto rico also in marias cross hairs. You know, when these hurricanes come, they come. This come in waves we are also following developing stories out of Southern California overnight a magnitude 3. 6 earthquake shook parts of los angeles it happened at 11 20 p. M. Local time dren residents as far away as costa mesa felt the rumble joseph, why never heard of costa mesa i called it so ed ied it cos, im mesa. Im a messa in the morning. Look at my script its thi
Former governor jeb bush is no longer interested in buying the Miami Marlins and has ended his pursuit of the team. By more than 2700 journalists in more than 120 countries. I am a lissa parenti. This is bloomberg. Emily i am emily chang. This is bloomberg technology. Fires an, uber engineer, in its dispute with waymo, and the road ahead for cars. Riverless and getting crushed by walmart in sales come why investors on thee to double down growth trajectory of the ecommerce giant, amazon, and biggest rivals, how the chevy volt stacks up against the competition, and what mechanics found after stripping down a car, but first, to our lead. Uber, announcingof it has fired the former head of its self driving car unit, anthony live in dell ski ski, who wasndow recruited by uber in 2016 after a long stint. It was alleged to be stole trade secrets and patents for the development of self driving technology. Invoked his fifth amendment rights, which has made it more difficult for uber to defend it