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Taiwan Film Festival Iceland 2019
Feb 17, 2019 Mar 30, 2019
FilmTaiwan announces the inauguration of the Taiwan Film Festival in Iceland and the UK. The festival celebrates Taiwan's long and tempestuous history and diverse cultural heritage through the uncensored lens of independent Taiwanese filmmakers.
An exciting programme of films will cover a broad range of topical issues that are both particular to Taiwan and also speak to a global audience – including LGBTQ rights, ethnicity, land rights, environment and politics. As the only Mandarin-speaking country in the world who promotes freedom of speech, Taiwan has a powerful voice to tell stories others cannot.
Kicking off in Iceland, the festival will run from 8 – 24 March. The opening film, The Great Buddha + will be featured as part of the StockFish Film Festival and the rest of the programme will be screened at independent cinema Bió Paradis and IDNÓ, a popular events space next to the
Reykjavík Town Hall.
"Bringing the Taiwan Film Festival to Iceland and the UK was an obvious fit because of the strong roots of storytelling and independent filmmaking on each of these islands. Iceland's festival programme is inspired by films which give a voice to forgotten places and peoples," says festival
curator Aephie Chen.
This will be a trailblazing festival programme with over 50% of the films screened made by female directors and the showing of a number of films which have never been released in Iceland or the UK. Several of the Taiwan-based filmmakers will attend the Taiwan Film Festival for
post-screening Q&As, a storytelling workshop, as well as a special reception, "The Storyteller from Taiwan" on 20 March to celebrate Wei Te-Sheng's work.
The festival will open with a screening of the award-winning The Great Buddha +, directed by Huang Hsin-Yao, a black comedy looking at political corruption through the eyes of two disenfranchised lonely losers. This will be followed by a Q&A with the director.
There will also be a selection of short films starting with the The Glamorous Boys of Tang – a gender-bending, surreal story which was developed from an unfilmed scene from the 1985 cult film Tang Chao Chi Li, due to the censorship laws of the time. Female director, Heather Tsui's debut Long Time No Sea is a feel-good, family drama set in the indigenous Tao community of Taiwan's Orchid Island.
Three intricate and seemingly unrelated storylines are interwoven into one in Chen Singing's God Man Dog, a thrilling Taiwanese drama that illustrates the conflicts between city and countryside, immigrants and indigenous people, as well as the different religions that exist on the island.
And finally a collection of films from acclaimed filmmaker Wei Te-Sheng including Warriors of Rainbow: Seediq Bale, Cape No. 7, Pusu Qhuni and KANO. Each will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A or a storytelling workshop.
After the screenings in Iceland, the Taiwan Film Festival will travel to the UK in April 2019 where a second programme of independent Taiwanese films will be screened at various prestigious locations.
Taiwan Film Festival
The Taiwan Film Festival is a collaborative effort between FilmTaiwan and the Cultural Division of the Taiwan Representative Office to showcase the talented and distinct cinematic voice of Taiwan through a programme of classic and new independent films. It also aims to provide opportunities for Taiwanese filmmakers and producers to showcase their works to Icelandic and UK distributors with the goal of creating interactions between the countries.
Aephie Chen is a Taiwanese-born British filmmaker, based in London, and the founder and artistic director of the first Taiwan Film Festival in the UK and Nordic countries. After studying architecture and fashion, she has been practising her concepts and themes across set design, costume design, radio and visual artworks in Europe, USA, Japan and Taiwan. She completed an MA in filmmaking at the London Film School and now writes and directs. She has lived in many countries in her life and the stories she tells are often drawn from relationships, dreams, struggles, identities and self-exile in contemporary society.
Follow Taiwan Film Festival Iceland 2019 for the full Film programme with links for booking.
Link to Taiwan Film Festival Iceland 2019
More about Reykjavik here: Inreykjavik (nice Website in German) or the Official Reykjavik Website.
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Damon Dash launches online TV channel, content to include Poppington push
Hip Hop-to-fashion entrepreneur Damon Dash has come up with what should eventually be a much cooler version of QVC and Home Shopping Network with the launch of his own online lifestyle TV channel.
At the moment, Dame Dash TV is just about entertainment and comes to us courtesy of a deal with streaming TV provider FilmOn.TV networks. But it will later see a dedicated app to allow viewers to buy Dash's Poppington apparel line, which we assume will be heavily promoted on the channel's shows.
But it's more interesting than just a vehicle to sell clothes, even if that vehicle is decidedly less cheesy than much of the home shopping TV content we currently see.
As well as entertainment, the millennial-focused content is offering us a heavy dose of entrepreneurship, talk shows with leading Hip Hop figures, as well as tips for budding entrepreneurs from major success stories in related sectors.
Dash has a number of guests lined up so far, including Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Faith Hill, Mos Def, Kelly Rowlands, RZA, Method Man and quite a few others.
Not that it's set to be too worthy. Shows like International Grizzly, in which Dash loads up a private jet with special guests and heads to global music and fashion capitals like Amsterdam, Milan and Paris, should give us plenty of chance to indulge our appetites for the shallower side of life.
So what exactly is FilmOn? The release announcing the new network said it's part of FOTV Media Networks Inc, the interrelated group of digital media companies that produces and distributes hologram, virtual reality, 360 and premium Hollywood content globally. It has an audience of more than 75m monthly unique users.
Dash himself has been one of music's best-known entrepreneurs since he co-founded Roc-a-Fella Records with Jay-Z back in the 90s. He also played a big part in the launch of several major apparel lines, the best known being Rachel Roy.
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A collection of grants from the John M. Belk Endowment totaling $9.6 million aims to increase community college completion in North Carolina, create career pathways for more students and strengthen the state's workforce.
The bulk of the funds — $7.75 million — will go toward a program called Single Stop, which uses technology, training and counseling to connect students with community and government resources to help pay their college costs and keep them in school. The three-year grant will pay for "start-up and software development costs and implementation of services at more than a dozen sites, including community colleges, veterans' centers and historically black colleges in North Carolina," according to a press release.
$50,000 to Achieving the Dream to sponsor 10 North Carolina community college presidents' participation in a national leadership symposium to study new ways to help students finish college with a credential that leads to a good job.
$550,000 to The Aspen Institute to use its expertise in data gathering, site visit and feedback techniques to help selected North Carolina community colleges enhance their completion outcomes.
$150,000 to Brunswick Community College for its "Project Finish Line," which aims to reengage students who have completed some college to return to complete their workforce credential or degree.
$175,000 to Davidson County Community College to work with a national marketing agency to create new branding and marketing approaches that attract students to high-demand careers.
$125,000 to Degrees Matter!, a partnership program to increase the number of adults with college degrees in the greater Greensboro/High Point area, to hire a volunteer coordinator to train coaches who will help connect adults with some college background to college programs that will help them complete their degrees.
$100,000 to the Foundation for the Carolinas to research and compile a menu of postsecondary education programs in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area.
$525,000 to N.C. State University to partner with The Aspen Institute to infuse its community college leadership programs with new curricula and resources.
$200,000 to NC Works, a partnership between the N.C. Department of Commerce, N.C. community colleges and N.C. Department of Public Instruction, to develop a "pathways" program that will attract people to education and training programs for high-demand jobs within the state's new regional prosperity zones.
"The John M. Belk Endowment recognizes community colleges play a vital role in getting more North Carolinians into family sustaining jobs," said executive director Kristy Teskey, in a press release. "In a state with the America's third largest community college system, the Endowment will continue to invest in their efforts to get more students through credentialing programs equipped with skills they need to excel in the jobs of tomorrow."


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PAC raises alarm over government land transactions
The state government's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has expressed concern over transactions involving government lands and called for strengthening of audit trail protocols and inclusion of such properties in the "negative list" to prevent their misuse.
Kasautii Zindagii Kay's Parth Samthaan shares an adorable video of dancing with his mom; watch
Parth Samthaan's start to New Year couldn't have been better than this. The actor shared an adorable video of him dancing with his mother and that's how he welcomed the New Year.
Dineout acquires food tech platform Binge Digital
How the face of education changed in the last decade
Education Times looks at the massive transformations in the education sector that impacted the teaching-learning process, and changed students' lives
Demonetisation reduced cash transactions, encouraged digital payments: Niti Aayog VC
As per the RBI Annual Report released on Wednesday, 99.3 per cent of the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes were returned to the banking system. At the time of demonetisation, about 86-87 per cent of the total currency in circulation was in the form of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
Kolkata: BITM and ISRO in talks to offer visitors live lift-off thrill
In a couple of years, people could virtually watch the launch of rockets and spacecrafts from a gallery off Gurusaday Road in the heart of south Kolkata.
SBI to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation for unauthorised transaction reversal
A district consumer forum here has directed State Bank of India (SBI) to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation and re-credit Rs 75,154 to a consumer for deducting the interest amount deposited into his account without consent.
Online fraud: Man loses cash in four transactions
A man has been booked for allegedly cheating a resident of Rs 16,510, through an online payment platform, on the pretext of buying a cooler from him.
Samsung OMN-D digital window display launched
Samsung OMN-D Series is a dual display, with screens on both sides, allowing retailers to maximize messaging.
Earphones to keep pedestrians alert
Walking the streets while wearing headphones can put people at risk of getting run over by vehicles that can prove to be a threat. In an effort to avert such accidents, a group of scientists is developing special earphones that alert users of approaching vehicles. Researchers are currently carrying out prototype testing on the busy streets of New York.
IIITM-K to get digital university status, ordinance soon: Kerala government
The state cabinet has decided to elevate Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K) to the status of digital university.
Digital footprint: Exposing more than you want to?
In the digital world, you are being watched. Period. Irrespective of whether you like it or not.
'Apps breaching your digital privacy, stealing data'
Every 'free' mobile phone application comes with a heavy price — the applications not only learn your preferences, location, usage patterns and other applications you use, but many can also mine personal data if it's a malware or spyware.
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A senior citizen is struggling to recover Rs 25 lakh debited fraudulently from his bank account using a duplicate SIM card. The amount was transferred into four accounts across the country. While the police are investigating the money trail, the multi-state nature of the crime is making recovery difficult.
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Free Wi-Fi services across villages by March 2020, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
The digital village initiative focuses on empowering rural communities by providing access to education, health or financial services through the digital medium. We have already connected 1.3 lakh gram panchayats (GPs) through Bharat Net. Our target is to take this to 2.5 lakh., said IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
No more printing of cause list as Madras high court goes digital
Ending a nearly four-decade-old practice of issuing hard copies of the entire list of cases taken up for hearing, the Madras high court has decided to go fully digital by doing away with the printed list. The decision has been made in view of Rs 20 crore dues run up by the court.


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China reports H9N2 avian influenza case confirmed in Hunan province toddler
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Chinese health officials reported one new case of human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) to the World Health Organization (WHO) this week. The case is a 20-month-old female from Changsha, Hunan Province, China with onset of mild illness on 23 August 2021 and was hospitalized on 24 August.
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The child had a history of exposure to domestic poultry prior to illness onset and no further cases were suspected among family members or any other close contacts at the time of reporting.
This is the 15th case of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported from China in 2021. A total of 56 cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) have been officially reported from China to WHO since December 2015.
Japan reports first 'Mu strain' COVID-19 variant cases
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Singapore health minister: 'We have crossed another milestone, where 80% of our population has received their full regimen of two doses'
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June 27 is a major milestone for DARK SHADOWS. For orthodox fans, it's the official birthday of the show, which debuted on ABC in most markets on that day in 1966. Sure, the series rebooted (ugh, that term) itself several times during the next 1,225 episodes, but for practical purposes DARK SHADOWS began with Episode 1.
Still, you'll find a great many people who prefer to celebrate the beginning of DARK SHADOWS with the arrival of Barnabas Collins less than a year later. Case in point: Today, Decades will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series by broadcasting the first 12 episodes of DARK SHADOWS ... beginning with actor Jonathan Frid's debut in episode 211. Keep in mind that Decades is not binging these episodes. Rather than airing them in a single six-hour blast, they'll be peppering blocks of episodes throughout the day (and into the next morning.) There's also an episode of the hour-long program "Through the Decades" that will be include a segment devoted to DARK SHADOWS.
Also worth mentioning is the Decades Feature, "The Celluloid Closet," which will air several times throughout the day. The documentary is about the depictions of homosexuals in film and television, and will probably be of interest to many fans of DARK SHADOWS.
Below is a directory for the day's events. Click HERE to see if you get Decades in your area.
Note: All times and dates are EST.
On June 27, Through the Decades turns back the lens of time on the day in history when the landmark gaming company Atari was founded. We're also looking back on the origins of the LGBT community's annual Pride Parade and we remember the debut of television's cult classic DARK SHADOWS. The episode features an interview with fan Steven August Papa, and Walter Podrazik, television curator at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, as well as interviews with DARK SHADOWS cast members Jonathan Frid, Kathryn Leigh Scott and Lara Parker.


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What is one word that you would use to describe yourself?
Other people expressing love for me – thankfully that is not only one memory, but it is one kind of memory.
Don't worry so much – it'll give you grey hairs.
Which person (living or dead) would you most like to meet and why?
Brown sauce or red sauce?
Red: it's a choice between communism and bourgeois democracy.
When did 'God' become more than a word to you?
When I was a toddler and experienced something 'more' in everything around me.
My faith compels me to work for justice and the protection of the Earth, and to do it in a way which is respectful of other people, even those whom I oppose. It means I have to try to do everything in a loving way, being kind and forgiving. Of course, the strain of attempting that is a total wind-up and leads to sleepless nights, bouts of melancholy and explosions of ill-temper when people try my patience, but then I fall back on the joy of mutual forgiveness.
If you were about to be castaway on a desert island, what three items would you take with you?
Apart from the Bible and the complete works of Shakespeare (which I assume are provided) I would take a solar-powered short-wave radio, the complete works of Thomas Merton, and a good friend (but I assume that's not allowed).


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It sounds like an act right out of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
But "Eric Melvin and Angelyne the Amazing Deaf Cattle Dog" is no act. And it's nothing to laugh at, either, although it will bring a smile to the face of anyone who knows the pair.
For the past two years, five words in the English language have meant more to Melvin than any other: compassion, patience, focus, caring and giving.
Although those words have always meant something to Melvin, 38, of Windsor, it wasn't until four years ago that they became a part of his daily life.
Today, Melvin works to make those words a part the lives of hundreds of schoolchildren, special needs children and adults by traveling the area to teach them that nothing is impossible if those words are taken to heart.
Searching for a four-legged companion four years ago, Melvin found what he thought was the perfect cattle dog – also known as a blue heeler – through a private breeder.
And he immediately started doing all the right things when he took his new playmate, Angelyne, to her first puppy kindergarten class.
At 13 weeks old, Angelyne didn't respond the way she should have. When the dogs were sent off and then called to come back to their owners, she didn't respond. In fact, she didn't respond to anything the trainers were trying to teach her.
Finally, the teacher pulled Melvin aside and asked him to turn Angelyne's attention away from her. While the puppy sat quietly, the teacher dropped a stack of phone books on the floor behind her.
Although Melvin said she flinched, it was just a small flinch, probably from the breeze of the books when they hit the floor. Her ears stayed floppy. She didn't move; the noise did nothing to startle her.
A subsequent visit to the veterinarian confirmed it.
"The only thing I could think of was, 'How in the heck am I going to train a deaf dog?' " Melvin said.
But instead of abandoning his new friend, Melvin began researching ways to train deaf dogs.
"I bought all that stuff, and I invested time in all that, but nothing made any sense because when it comes right down to it, when you train a dog, it's all about bonding and rewarding when they do something you want them to do," he said.
Melvin started with basic American Sign Language signs, but Angelyne didn't get it, so he came up with his own signals.
"Once a few things started to click, I started rewarding her," he said.
A closed fist instructs Angelyne to focus. Thumbs down and she sits. Thumbs up means "good dog." Two fingers to his lips signals Angelyne that Melvin wants a kiss. A jumping jack motion with his hands makes her come.
More than 40 hand signals and other nonverbal movements now have Angelyne and Melvin talking the same language.
Angelyne's motivation has rubbed off on Melvin, too.
Once the pair felt comfortable with the signs, Melvin entered Angelyne in Paws on the Promenade at the Promenade Shops at Centerra. It was just supposed to be a fun event to see what she could do, but it snowballed into much more.
From there, people started asking Melvin to speak at various motivational events. In the past two years, Melvin and "Angelyne the Amazing Deaf Cattle Dog" have visited dozens of programs across Colorado – 38 this year alone.
Melvin has learned how to use his own experiences with Angelyne to help others overcome adversity.
"I've tailored the presentation and speech to character-development programs – compassion, patience, focus, caring and giving of one's self – all those things that schools try to teach kids these days.
Although Melvin, who was laid off a month ago from his job in marketing and corporate communications, would like to continue his efforts, the ability to fund his project is becoming too much for him to financially handle on his own.
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E-commerce Growing Among Internet Savvy Indonesians
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With more than 140 million Internet users, Indonesia's e-commerce industry has grown rapidly in the past decade, leading to calls for more government regulation in the sector.
"It's a new industry so it's growing very fast. E-commerce started booming in 2010 and since then some of the players that started during that time have become unicorns," said the chairman of Indonesia E-Commerce Association (IDEA), Ignatius Untung, referring to startup companies that are valued above $1 billion.
The Indonesian Ministry of Industry estimates the value of the digital industry at $100 billion, and in 2020 the government expects it will increase to $130 billion.
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Creating new unicorns
Untung said the consumer base for the e-commerce industry continues to grow as there are a continuously increasing number of Internet users in Indonesia, although they are still concentrated in the cities. In a market conducive enough for digital companies to thrive, Indonesia has managed to establish several unicorns.
One of them is Tokopedia, an online marketplace. In 2017, the startup company received a $1.2 billion investment from Alibaba, the massive online retailer in China. Priscilla Anais, the CEO Office Manager of Tokopedia, said the Gross Merchandise Volume or total sales value of goods sold through the marketplace has increased by four times in the past year.
"Now we have more than 90 million active users monthly and have reached 93 percent of all districts in Indonesia," she told VOA via email.
But the value of Indonesia's biggest online marketplace is still far below Gojek, a ride-hailing app, that has received $1.2 billion in investment from several companies, including Google and Tencent holdings. The Indonesian startup has a company value of $ 4 billion. Other unicorns include Traveloka, an online travel startup, and Bukalapak, an online marketplace.
Lack of regulation
Despite the digital economy in Indonesia growing rapidly and receiving support from the government, Untung said clear regulations are still needed. "For example for online payment, or e-wallet. There are players that have the platform and consumers but when they apply for a permit for e-wallet, it was declined. But there are others that don't have the platform but received the permit. So we should make it clear, what are the criteria," he said.
Untung also mentioned the issue of online ojek (motorcycle taxi). Motorcycle taxis are especially popular in big cities in Indonesia, such as Jakarta, where traffic is often congested.
The former Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan, issued a notification letter in 2015 banning online motorcycle taxis.
But in December 2015, President Joko Widodo, said online transportation cannot be banned because people need it.
"With so many people using ride-hailing app, and motorcycle taxi, who can ban it now?" Untung said.
According to the Indonesian Consumers Agency Foundation (YLKI), 84 percent of Jakarta citizens use the service of online transportation.
Nevertheless, Untung lauded the e-commerce roadmap that was established through the Government Regulation No. 74/2017 under the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Samuel Pangerapan, the director general of informatics application at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology said the roadmap was made to prepare an ecosystem that can transform the country to a digital economy era.
"We are addressing issues such as connectivity, infrastructure that can support digital transformation, and the regulations. President Jokowi has instructed us to conduct a study and find out all the things that can interfere with digital economy," he told VOA.
Human resource remains a problem
Untung said one of the biggest problems many e-commerce companies in Indonesia are facing is human resources. "Supply is low, but demand is very high," he told VOA. Untung added that some companies decided to import skilled workers from overseas or acquire companies to be able to use their service.
"So we've started to think how can we have good human resources. The association is thinking to start a vocational school, we also reach out to universities and tell the younger generation that a career in digital economy is possible," he said. "A lot of young people still don't know where they want to go after they finish high school. And many Indonesians are still thinking that becoming doctor, engineer, or pilot, is still the ultimate dream."
Pangerapan assured that the government will also tackle the issue of a lack of skilled workers. "We definitely need to prepare a workforce that will be able to handle digital transformation," he said.
Untung also mentioned that the e-commerce association has started a roadmap to provide better protection for consumers. The end goal is to certify e-commerce companies in Indonesia.
"So let's say a grade A e-commerce is one that has enough resources, they have people to handle complaints and have a guarantee of service. And then we'll start to educate the consumers, please shop at e-commerce that have better grades. After that we will encourage the players to improve their service," he said.
He added that he has targeted the certification program to be launched in 2020.
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trish: all right. well, thank you to that room there in south carolina. ted cruz and his supporters. we had a lot of fun here. it was a bigger big night -- big, big night. tomorrow night we will have special coverage of nevada's republican caucuses kicking off at 11 p.m. eastern. heading over to liz. liz: guess what? stand by for more breaking news from the campaign trail. both donald trump and ted cruz are about to speak live, so keep one eye on that, we will for you. and the other eye on the markets. wall street with quite a spring in its step. a great day for the bulls as the rally picks up right where it left off last week, and now look at the dow jones industrials, 217 points. propelling energy stocks much higher. so donald trump also has a spring in his step. donald trump jr. is speaking live now, and you can see donald trump right there on the stage as we await the billionaire businessman following saturday's south carolina primary victory.
trump now with a big lead in the delegate race after the big win in which the state historically picks up the potential gop nominee. south carolina usually calls it, but now they head west to nevada. that's going to happen any second now, there is donald trump jr. not to be outdone, senator ted cruz is about to appear at this rally in las vegas. any second from now. the cruz campaign digesting its disappointing third place finish in south carolina, and a new campaign trail fight. cruz campaign senior adviser alice stewart with us live on the secret sauce that worked so well for him in iowa, didn't quite work the other night in south carolina. but whether it will work tomorrow in nevada. and hillary clinton also breathing a sigh of relief after winning the nevada caucus over the weekend. but bernie sanders is trying to spin his by a whisker loss as a win.
this as both democrats now head south for their turn in south carolina. former vermont governor jim douglas and former north dakota senator byron dorgan both know bernie. they are with us live on whether he can climb higher than the hill, hillary clinton. plus, charlie gasparino on the media billionaire whose mental state has now just been revealed in a new court document. nascar's closest race and the latest on the apple v.fbi standoff. we're less than an hour to the closing bell, let's start the "countdown." ♪ ♪ liz: breaking news, and you can see it on the screen, manic monday for the markets. the vix, the fear index, hitting its lowest level in 2016 today, that means fear is leaving the market, and a little bit of jubilance is coming in. you can see what's moving higher? oil. oil and oil names. oil is certainly part of what's really adding some froth to the market. crude settling up 6% today, and as a result, energy names like
chesapeake, marathon, cabot, devon, they are all moving higher. look at chesapeake, up by 20%. now, they have some time, perhaps, to work on drone delivery, but today the news for amazon is that the online retailer announced it would be raising its free shipping minimum to $49. the street seems to love that. the stock is jumping about four and two-thirds percent. we've got amazon standing at $559 a share. petro-china also on the move, the largest state-owned oil and gas producer. it announced tech advances have helped generate billions in profit over just the past five years. that's very typical of china. they'll release a bit of news that then shows what they have done over five years, and we've got petrochina shares moving four and a third percent higher. bill ackman's bet on pharmaceuticals is taking another hit today, valiant is
the reason his fund has taken a massive slice down, the drug maker down another 10.5% after wells fargo issued yet another negative report on valiant. to politics and donald trump, celebration of saturday night's south carolina primary victory. could it be short-lived as the republican candidates zero in on nevada's caucuses tomorrow? or will he win? because right now he's charging higher. we've got a whole new campaign controversy brewing, and this one really doesn't have anything to do with trump. it's between saturday's second and third place finishers, senator marco rubio and ted cruz. this one over a bible, a campaign staffer, and cruz's dad. so we thought let's bring in fox business senior washington correspondent peter barnes to set it all up for us. he's at the ted cruz rally in las vegas. we know there are a whole bunch of issues swirling around, what are the people in the crowd talking about? >> reporter: well, they're waiting to hear from senator cruz who is, right now, not in
the room yet. he's being, he'll be here shortly, but he is supposed to address the media about this latest controversy over charges of dirty tricks by the rubio campaign, as you said, liz. the cruz campaign distributed a video that was posted by a student newspaper yesterday that it said showed rubio dismissing the bible when he walked into a hotel lobby in south carolina and saw cruz's father and a staffer reading it together. rubio's comments, according to the subtitles of the to video, say that rubio told them, quote: got a good book there, not many answers in it. rubio's campaign tweeted out immediately that the comments were incorrect and that the actual comment was got a good book there, all of the answers are in it. a cruz spokesman apologized for the original posting and subtitle saying that the audio was unclear. rubio has accepted the apology but now is calling on the cruz campaign to hold someone
accountable. >> you guys have to be saying this, now it's every single day something comes out of the cruz campaign that's untrue, and in this case goes after my faith. >> reporter: so tensions here are very high in nevada between these two campaigns. it looks like donald trump is probably going to win it here based on the polls, but the two of them, senator cruz and senator rubio, are fighting it out here for a second place finish. and so they're watching each other very, very closely. liz? liz: oh, boy. this has been one of the most interesting campaigns ever. thank you, peter, very much. and by the way, we're going to go back to peter's location the second ted cruz starts to speak. let's at least tackle the controversy, put that aside, and now some experts are predicting that cruz may have an iowa-style surprise in store in nevada. most are pointing to the secret sauce that worked so well for him in iowa. cruz campaign senior adviser alice stewart here with us live
now on the recipe behind that secret sauce, alice. i guess that gave him the punch for iowa, but will it give him the kick for nevada? and the secret sauce is this famed ground game that he seemed to have really capitalized upon in iowa. when you say ground game, talk about why it's so special for ted cruz. >> well, it's critical. it's critical for any candidate that wants to win one of these states. and we will call this for nevada's sake the silver sauce, because it is the silver state, and the ingredients include a great message, a great messenger and a tremendous ground game. and we have ted cruz who's been out there, he hit the ground running right after south carolina there in nevada where he has three rallies yesterday, three today, getting ready to step out on another one, and his message is what really resonates with the people there, and that is, number one, immigration is a big issue there, and ted has been very vocal on fighting against amnesty unlike marco rubio. doing everything he can to help
put an end to anything that would be pro-amnesty, securing the border because he sees this as a national security issue which it is. that is something that resonates with the people there. liz: well, hold on, let me tackle that issue first of all, because people are looking at ted cruz who has been very anti-amnesty, and he's been very clear about that, and yet this is a country that ohs would say was -- others would say was built upon immigrants and there is a way at least to grant amnesty, have them be part of the system, pay into taxes and that this country is now a majority of minorities, alice. and that he may very well -- along with donald trump -- step into the same ankle-breaking hole that a lot of republicans have in the past that doesn't seem to work, and that is being against the minorities in this nation. >> the number one priority in terms of national security with regard to immigration has to do with securing the border and opposing any type of amnesty. and that is what ted has been
saying from the very beginning. he campaigned on posing amnesty -- on opposing amnesty, and he went to washington fighting against marco rubio and the gang of eight's proposal that would bring about amnesty. in order to bring about a positive change with regard to immigration, first and foremost we have to secure the border, we have to enforce the existing laws and take it from there. and that is something that's important to the people there in nevada as well as people across the country. and in addition to pushing that message, with national security. just the other day ted had a phenomenal speech in charleston where he talked about the importance of helping the economy grow, bringing about jobs so we can have the money necessary to rebuild our military -- liz: what people find interesting now is that he has a message, he's absolutely sticking with it, and yet these so-called controversies and now somebody reading a bible and somebody making a comment and the campaign manager of the cruz
organization had to send out an apology tweet. none of this helps the voters figure out how to improve our economy, alice. so the whole bible issue, i mean, what do you have to say about that? i look at that as why are we looking at this kind of thing, but others say, liz, this adds to the sort of liar label -- and i disagree with anybody, listen, a lot of politicians stretch the truth here and there, but how do you move on from that? >> here's what we had starting the moment that ted cruz beat donald trump in the iowa caucus. anytime he would shine a light on donald trump's record, he automatically called him a liar because he didn't want to talk about his record. and the moment that he would shine a light on might be marco rubio -- marco rubio's record dealing with the gang of eight and his support of amnesty, instead of addressing the issues and the policies, they attack the messenger. it's a tried and true tactic that's been used for years, but this is what has been happening ever since ted cruz dominated the field in the iowa caucus.
instead of let's talk about the issues, talk about donald trump and his support for democrats over the years and his tens of thousands of dollars he's donated, let's talk about his policies when it comes to being pro-choice, when it comes to opposing traditional marriage, when it comes to public -- taxpayer-funded money for planned parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider. he won't address those issues and instead simply called ted a liar. and when he go back to marco rubio's -- liz: alice, just because -- i'm going to go back to the issue once again, and this could, in a certain way, be the same for donald trump, because now he's going back on the things -- or he's ignoring the fact that he is on the record as being supportive of the things you just articulated. but there are a lot of republicans, i was just in florida in this weekend, and i talked to a lot of republicans who are his people who said can we move on from gay marriage? can we move on from issues that, battles that have been fought and won? we'd like to figure out the economy and figure out how to
inspire people to get more jobs, and instead we're fighting over who said what a couple of years ago. >> well, it's actually just about a week ago on the debate stage. but i agree with you 100%, liz, let's talk about national security, jobs, the economy. liz: exactly. >> what people want is you hear a lot of people in florida and all over the country, they want a candidate who is consistent on the issues, not someone who was one way 16 years ago or a week ago on one issue and says something different as a candidate. they want a consistent conservative, not a campaign conservative. someone who will fight for the constitution, fight for what made this country great. look, it's one thing to say you want to make america great again and make baseball caps, but it's another to actually understand what fundamentally makes america great from the very beginning. liz: well, let's hope, let's hope that voters are prepared to figure out what to do in nevada, and we'll be watching it. ali, thank you very much. >> thank you, liz.
liz: alice stewart, steady cruz campaign senior adviser. we have much more on the republican race and the democrats' race, the shift south later in the broadcast. former vermont governor jim douglas and former nld senator byron dorgan. they will make their calls on what they think is going to happen in nevada and south carolina. the closing bell ringing in 47 minutes. take a look at our so-called heat map. looks pretty cool. lots of green on the screen. the dow 30 solidly covered in green as we see united technologies -- which there is a bit of a rumor they may be in talks with honeywell, some type of merger -- the government proposing higher payments to health insurers who offer medicare advantage to the elderly and disabled, and oil's driving the markets higher following the best week of the year, but our trading floor experts tell us if this one will be even better. can we string two weeks together? stay tuned for the floor show, the one and only, "countdown to
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components here, exxonmobil. currently it's the biggest laggard on the dow. the reason? well, the reserve ratio for the company fell below 100% for the first time in 22 years. look, we do have that stock down another quarter of a percent, it is, some would argue, cheaper now because of the big oil selloff over the past year and a half, but today oil moving higher, so which stock moves higher because of that? tesla. shifting into higher gear today. the electric carmaker is moving higher by about 6%, looking pretty good here, due in large part to the belief at least on behalf of some that when you have an electric vehicle and oil's higher, more people will pile into the electric vehicle name. let's get right to ted cruz, speaking right now in nevada. let's listen in for a moment. >> i encourage you to unite with our campaign, a proven, consistent conservative. i think the men and women of nevada want someone who's been the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, someone who is a fiscal conservative, a social conservative, a national
security conservative, someone who has devoted his entire adult life to defending the constitution and the bill of rights. i'm very encouraged by what we're seeing on the ground, and today it's all about turnout. >> if you look at the last couple of states, south carolina, new hampshire, i don't need to tell you donald trump won. there's a lot of questions specifically today about whether he is unstoppable. [laughter] how do you stop donald trump? history's on his side. >> well, you know, the first three states, historically the role they play is narrowing the field. we started out with 17 republican candidates. we're now down to three candidates that are viable, and if you look are historically, no candidate has ever won the nomination without winning one of the first three states, iowa, new hampshire, south carolina -- >> but the first two never lost the nomination. >> there are only two of us who have won a state so far, me and donald trump. and i think what we're seeing, look, donald trump is a candidate unlike any we've ever
seen before. he has a passionate, committed base of supporters, but he's got a ceiling where between 60-70% of republican primary vote ors recognize that donald is not the best candidate to go head to head with hillary clinton. the polling shows donald head to head with hillary clinton consistently loses. head to head with hillary, i beat her. and one of the clear outcomes from iowa, new hampshire, south carolina is that i'm the only candidate who can beat donald trump. it's one of the reasons why we're seeing conservatives coalescing behind our campaign, because if you don't think donald trump is the right candidate for republicans to be running with in november, the only campaign who has beaten donald trump and the only campaign that has a path to beating donald trump is our campaign. [inaudible conversations] >> you may not like some things you hear, i'm sure you're not happy that trump's winning all these things. at the same time, is it possible, plausible to say that he may not be -- and we won't
know this for a while -- but is it possible to say at this point he may not be beatable? >> i believe that donald trump will not be our nominee. but the only way to beat him is for conservatives to unite behind our campaign. if other candidates devote all of their time and energy to attacking us, to ebb gauging in perm -- engaging in personal slurs and attacks, it is possible they could weaken us to a sufficient extent that they hand donald trump the nomination. that is a possibility. i hope that it doesn't happen, and the reason i hope it doesn't happen is for this country. i don't think we can afford to gamble. listen, the reason all of us are investing so much time and energy is that our country hangs in the balance. we're bankrupting this nation. the national debt has gone from $10 trillion to $19 trillion, and i want to speak to all the men and women in nevada who are facing economic stagnation, who are struggling to find a job,
who have seen their hours forcibly reduced to 28, 29 hours a week because of obamacare, seen their wages stagnate, who are seeing illegal immigration pushing down wage levels. there is a better way. listen, the obama/clinton economy is not the new normal. young people who are coming out of school of who have got student loans that are strangling them, who are afraid am i going to have a better future, this is not the new normal. there is a better way. but the only way to turn it around is to get back to the free market principles that built this country in the first place. the only way to turn it around is to lessen the burden of washington on small businesses, tax reform and regulatory reform. as president, i will repeal every word of obamacare. as president, i will champion a simple flat tax where we abolish the irs. and we do those two things. [inaudible conversations] >> you will see small businesses exploding.
you will see jobs exploding. you will see wages rising. and that's what this campaign is about, is bringing back economic opportunity for those who are struggling. [inaudible conversations] >> he is not letting a single 24-hour period pass without suggesting that your campaign has been guilty of dirty tricks, sharp elbows, lies and what he calls -- he's accused you, essentially, of deceiving the voters. what do you say to marco rubio? >> you know, i think it has been an unfortunate dynamic in this race that my two leading competitors, donald trump and marco rubio, don't want to defend their records. and whenever anyone brings up their record, they both follow the same pattern, they scream liar, liar, liar, rather than discuss substance. so, for example, at the last debate in south carolina when i pointed out donald trump's passionate support for planned
parenthood, he responded by bellowing, liar. >> so, senator, when mr. rubio says somebody should be held accountable and should be fired insofar as your communications director admitted a mistake today, will some sort of disciplinary action take place to correct these things, or is that the way you expect the race to continue? >> so, carl, let me finish answering the question. donald trump screams liar because he cannot defend his record because it's inconsistent with how he's campaigning. likewise, marco rubio, you look at that last debate. i pointed out that he currently supports granting citizenship to the 12 million people who are here illegally. that is a fact. that is his position. he said it on the debate stage just a few debates earlier. he said it with chuck todd on "meet the press." his response was simply to say, liar. likewise, i pointed out his record in florida was that he supported in-state tuition for illegal alienings. that is a fact of his legislative record.
and the third thing i said substantively is that he went on univision in spanish, and he promised he would not rescind president obama's illegal executive actions on the first day in office. that is a fact as well. that was on national television. the record is there. and marco's response, echoing donald trump, was simply to say, liar, and throw out that i couldn't speak spanish anyway, so how did i know what was on univisionsome now that particular statement was incorrect, as was demonstrated at that debate. and there is a reason campaigns make a decision to engage in personal attacks. i will point out that both donald trump and marco rubio's campaign have also relied on fabrications, utter fabrications. so donald trump tweeted out a supposed quote from senator tom coburn impugning my honesty. within hours senator coburn said publicly that the tweet that donald trump sent out, the quote was an utter fabrication. rubio, likewise, made multiple
charges of wrongful conduct for which he had no evidence and which we had nothing to do about. now, carl, you asked specifically about the tweet. yesterday a staffer from our campaign sent out a tweet that tweeted a news story that purported to indicate parr coe saying -- marco saying something negative about the bible. the news story was false. that staffer deleted the tweet, acold -- apologized and pulled it down. i've spent this morning investigating what happened, and this morning i asked for rick tyler's resignation. i had made clear in this campaign that we will conduct this campaign with the very highest standards of integrity. that has been how we've conducted it from day one. it is why when other campaigns attack us personally, impugn my integrity or my character, i don't respond in kind. none of you have heard me throw the kind of insults at marco
rubio that he throws at me every single day. if other candidates choose to go into the gutter, we will not do the same. rick tyler's a good man. this was a grave err or of judgment. it turned out the news story he sent around was false, but i'll tell you, even if it was true, we are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candidate. even if it was true, our campaign should not have cement it. that's why i've asked for rick tyler's resignation, because the standards of conduct in this campaign have been made absolutely clear for every member of the campaign. and, listen, i understand that marco's campaign team believes it's politically advantageous to try to distract the topic from his own record. and they have a long record they've earned in south carolina of engaging in this kind of trickery and impugning the integrity of their opponent to distract the attention. we are going to stay focused on issues and substance and record, because i think that's what the
american people want, i think that's what they deserve x. that's what they're going to get. this campaign is about turning this country around, bringing back jobs and economic growth and protecting the constitutional rights of each and every -- [inaudible conversations] >> no. >> you did not? >> no. >> did you speak with him at all? >> no. >> [inaudible] liz: and the breaking news has just been made. we have the first casualty of the bible controversy that had broken over the last 24 hours. ted cruz just announced that he has asked for the resignation of his campaign manager, rick tyler, who's been the face of the campaign in a very big way. in fact, he was just on fox news with martha maccallum this morning, and i was watching the interview. he had said he apologized for tweeting what turned out to be a false news story from a university that somebody had -- that marco rubio had questioned the validity or trash talked the
bible in some way, shape or form. so, again, you know, we were talking just with alice stewart a minute ago about, oh, this is a minor thing. starting to turn into a major thing, folks. let us bring in our next two guests who, i hope, have been watching this. governor jim douglas and senator byron dorgan. i know you just heard this, what do you make of this resignation? i'll start with you, governor. >> well, there's a lot of fallout over the course of campaigns, and these things do happen. i think the american people are unhappy with the negativity that we're seeing from a lot of candidates' organizations. i think they're looking for a candidate who has a message of hope and optimism, someone who can bring the nation together and confront the challenges that we're facing. liz: well, we have no word yet -- i couldn't quite here in the media gaggle as to whether rick tyler accepted that -- agreed to resign after ted cruz requested it.
but do you think that this helps ted cruz's, i guess, image that he will stand for no funny business here? >> well, i think that is a good sign. i haven't had any of that kind of experiences in my own campaigns through the years. i'm pleased to say. but it's important to present an image of integrity in one's campaign, to show that he's rising above a kind of controversy like this and not standing for any misbehavior on the part of his staff. so i think that's a positive step, and i'm not sure mr. tyler will have much choice. liz: senator dorgan, i'd like your reaction to this and, perhaps more importantly, what you think this does to the focus of the entire campaign as far as both the democrats and the republicans are concerned. will this make their campaign managers more accountable and stop some of this, you know, for lack of a better word obnoxiousness when it comes to retweeting things that haven't been vetted? >> right. well, we can wish that were the
case. [laughter] the noise of democracy is not a very good sound sometimes. you know, i really wish that all of the campaign rhetoric were more thoughtful rather than thoughtless. i mean, there's so much out there that has very little to do with the significant and real challenges our country faces. and, you know, the selection of a president of the united states, one would hope, would be based on a series of four, five or six things that are really, really important to the country. instead, we're off on all these little ancillary issues. you know, the american people, i think, are pretty disgusted with politics these days and have demonstrated that in the way they've voted. liz: yeah. that becomes an issue, i think, that people are a little sick and tired of this, governor. going to what happens tomorrow in nevada, does this hurt ted cruz? in the short term? >> well, it may, but this is a marathon. obviously, there are lots of other states that are going to weigh in. we're going to have the super
tuesday events in a variety of different states around the country. i expect he'll do well in some and not do so well in others. so i think despite the front runner status of some candidates on both sides at this point, the outcome is still uncertain. liz: boy, isn't that the truth, senator dorgan? i think governor's correct. i mean, anything could happen in this very immediate news flow world that we live in. >> well, it's going to be a marathon, i think, on both sides. i mean, i don't see bernie sanders pulling out of the race. i think he's going to go all the way to the convention. i do think hillary will win the nomination and have the nomination in hand, but, you know, it's going to be a marathon. and with respect to the republican party, you know, it's like slicing up a pie. when you've got to have three or four slices rather than two, it affects the outcome. so donald trump looks, it looks to me like the republican party's still trying to figure out what on earth do we do with this phenomenon. it appears to me that he holds the upper hand at the moment, so
we'll see. liz: well, he's well ahead in nevada, certainly, governor. >> right. liz: and looking at what may happen, what is your best guess? >> well, he, as the senator indicates, can get a plurality in a large field. it's begun to winnow somewhat as we know. some of my former gubernatorial colleagues have dropped out, a lot of good candidates, but those who haven't been able to gape some traction. in the end, it presumably will come down to mr. trump and one alternative, and i think a lot of folks would like to support an alternative, frankly. liz: do either of you see a brokered convention? >> well, i suppose it's -- >> go ahead, senator dorgan, you first. >> if ever there was the potential, it probably exists this year i think more in the republican party than in the democratic party. as i said, i think hillary's going to have the votes to be nominated. we haven't had a brokered convention for a long, long time, decades, and we'll see.
again, i think that donald trump, you know, this process he's going through now with respect to the primary, it's a very different process than running in the general election one on one in which i think the american people are going to demand far more answers to real and challenging problems than they are in the primary process. liz: okay. listen, thanks to both of you for dealing with this breaking news. we appreciate you being here. governor, senator, lovely to have you, as always. >> thank you. liz: and, again, the breaking news is that senator ted cruz has just announced that he has asked for the resignation of rick tyler, his campaign manager, who's been the voice and the face -- communications director, rather -- who has been the voice and the face of the senator cruz campaign. let us go to peter barnes who's at the cruz headquarters in las vegas. what was that moment like? >> reporter: well, liz, we're still at this rally for senator cruz, and he is about to be introduced here at this ymca in las vegas. he's not, i'm pretty sure, not
going to talk about this. this is very kind of back of the campaign bus kind of stuff for those of us who are political reporters, but nonetheless, a significant development because, clearly, the campaign, rick tyler, made a mistake in this instance, and he apologized for it. he said that the audio on that video was not good. but said it was a mistake to forward it out to the media with the subtitles saying that senator rubio had, was dismissing the bible. and so in these situations it's good management, good campaign, good campaigning to cut your losses and just to control the damage and move quickly, which senator cruz did, and then move on to your campaign. a lot on the line here for both of these, for rubio and cruz who are fighting for a second place finish here in nevada. liz: well, yeah x. it is now, when you look at the headlines of a lot of web sites at the
very moment, i'm seeing some of them, they're calling it a fake smear of rubio, they're calling it trash talking marco rubio and all kinds of issues. look, it's a situation that we are watching very closely because it is still breaking and still developing. but for our viewers who are just joining us, here is what ted cruz said just a few moments ago in addressing the issue that involved a certain piece of video. by the way, the video's not out there. we cannot show it to you because it is owned by this university that put it out there. but the audio was so bad that it was immediately interpreted as marco rubio falsely slamming another ted cruz supporter who had a bible that -- that did not appear to be the case, but here's what senator ted cruz just said about that. >> i think it has been an unfortunate dynamic in this race that my two leading competitors, donald trump and marco rubio, don't want to defend their records. and whenever anyone brings up their record, they both follow
the same pattern, they scream, liar, liar, liar, rather than discuss substance. liz: and that, of course, was ted cruz talking about the issue that had sprouted up over the past 24 hours. and, again, it was rick tyler, the communications manager of the senator ted cruz campaign, who had retweeted this issue that turned out to be false. he did apologize, but ted cruz saying that's till unacceptable even -- still unacceptable. even if it were real, we're not going for that tone in our campaign. ted cruz is speaking right now in las vegas. he does not have the lead in advance of the nevada primary. the nevada caucus, rather. and so what we have is donald trump who's the leader on the republican side and, of course, we know what happened between the democrats. but tonight -- tomorrow night, rather, is going to be a major issue. all of this as many voters crave not the gossipy, untrue, he said/he said issues, but more
importantly, what are you going to do about the economy, and can you keep, for example, a big rally in the markets, up 260 points, going considering many people feel their 401(k)s and their own portfolios because social security is still a huge question mark. where do you want to go right now, brad? be okay. let me take it back to peter barnes. peter, what is ted cruz saying on stage right now? i was more interested to know what the crowd behind him had heard about this rick tyler issue. >> reporter: i'm not sure about that, liz, because we've been in here and trying to cover senator cruz who's about to take the stage here, walking -- he just walked into the gym, and he is meeting with his supporters as he gets up and gets ready to talk to his supporters. but, you know, just -- once again, campaign 101, you don't want this controversy over this misinformation, this misquote
over the bible and senator rubio's belief in the bible to be the front page story tomorrow in the las vegas newspapers or the lead story on the news tonight as you're heading into, you know, these caucuses. so get the -- just cut your losses and move on, and that's what senator cruz has done. he wants to focus on the issues and focus on getting these folks to come out and caucus for him. liz: what about the timing, peter -- >> reporter: and here's senator cruz. liz: as he gets started, rick tyler was on fox news saying he had apologized, but alice stewart was just on our air, i don't know, 19 minutes ago, and the minute she went off is when ted cruz went on and announced what he had done. let's listen to ted cruz right now. [cheers and applause] >> god bless the great state of nevada! [cheers and applause] it is wonderful to be here
today. thank you for coming out. let me say thank you to the men and women of nevada. [applause] for electing a strong, principled, constitutionalist warrior like your attorney general. [cheers and applause] you know, adam's grandfather was a legend -- liz: ted cruz playing to the crowd here in las vegas, and i think peter barnes is correct in saying he probably wouldn't address the controversy. he wants to hit it and quit it, move on, which he just did in the news conference moments ago which you saw right here where he said he has asked for his communications adviser, rick tyler, to resign. we have no word -- is that correct, brad? -- as to whether rick tyler has said he will resign? we are waiting to hear actual confirmation of whether he will.
but at the moment, we're watching these developments very closely. we have, certainly, a major casualty right how now of the ted cruz campaign. as soon as we get confirmation, we will let you know. the closing bell is exactly 19 minutes away. we're looking at a gain for the dow jones industrials, up 209, moving in lockstep with oil which closed higher by 6%. you know what's also moving higher? cvs. the stock's on the move since former chairman sumner redstone resigned as chairman earlier this month, but the story has just gotten more dramatic and juicier as private details may provide fodder for shareholder lawsuits that may explode all over the place. charlie gasparino coming down to break it right here next on "countdown to the closing bell." ♪ ♪
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>> i've spent this morning investigating what happened, and this morning i asked for rick tyler's resignation. liz: rick tyler, the communications chief of the senator ted cruz campaign, had distributed a video that falsely depicted marco rubio as trash talking the bible. that actually did not happen and, therefore, senator cruz said he has asked for rick tyler -- even though rick tyler actually apologized -- he's asked for the resignation. let's bring in charlie gasparino to talk about this before we get to viacom. >> i mean -- [laughter] you know, if you're going to do something like that, you better be accurate, and, you know, listen, everybody makes mistakes, right? liz: of course. >> journalists make mistakes all the time, we should point out. and, but this didn't seem like a mistake. this seemed like -- this is just my opinion -- it seemed like, i
mean, if you checked it a little more, you would have found out that it was not a, it was not -- liz: valid. >> anyway, i don't want to talk about this. liz: let me quickly ask what's donald trump's teflon to retweeting stuff that seems to be inaccurate on some occasions? >> yeah. liz: which he's admitted, i didn't know -- >> did he retweet, is that what happened? liz: i believe he tweeted a video. >> interesting. liz: we're waiting, by way, to hear whether rick tyler does resign. "after the bell" did have rick tyler booked, and he just canceled. now to this viacom story, former executive chairman of viacom, sumner redstone, had had his mental stability and capacity questioned.
now there is an actual court document revelation. >> okay. now, let's be clear why this is important to the average investor. there's, you know -- liz: even if they don't own viacom. >> well, even if you do or don't. you have to worry about the corporate governance. do boards of directors have any say over their ceos and their chairmen when they're sick? and maybe not mentally able to perform the job and maybe led astray, potentially, allegedly, possibly by other -- by the people under them who are getting paid a lot of money? we should point out that philippe due monday get be -- dumong gets paid a lot of money. i think it was something like $40 million last year. that's a lot of money. the question is, is sumner redstone mentally viable to make the determination that he's worth that much money? and that will be set in lawsuits and court suits. i'm just going to read some of the highlights of these documents that were filed.
redstone, 92, was examined by a ucla psychiatrist who came at the behest of redstone's former caregiver who was fired and filed a lawsuit demanding that his mental competency be challenged. liz: who was he being paid by? psychiatrist? >> i believe it was the former girlfriend, caregiver who was fired -- that's a good point. it doesn't matter. he says redstone is totally isolated in a virtual intensive care unit and dependent on others for his well being. he lives behind a black curtain. sounds like your house. [laughter] i'm only kidding. in a home he no longer leaves. you leave your house. with a fantasy life where he is told he is having intimate relations that did not occur. that's from the doctor. okay? liz: yeah, that's in my house too. >> here's a better one -- don't go to this one. apparently, he's got a male nurse in the room.
the filing claims the nurse -- now, this is not the doctor. that was the doctor speaking. this is herzer, the ex-girlfriend. he says, new paperwork, claims that the nurse that he has was able to convince redstone that he actually performed sexual relations, and it reached, i don't know, what do you call it, climax, i guess? i don't want to use the word it alleges here when he had not. [laughter] so the nurse is telling him like, okay, you did your job. move on. [laughter] we should point out -- liz: the stock is up, so to speak, right now. [laughter] >> that was a good -- how long did it take you to think of that? that's pretty good. liz: thank you. on occasion i'm vaguely quick. >> the stock moved 4%? liz: yeah. up. [laughter] >> this is a very hard story to do, let me tell you. liz: i'm telling you, that's
funny. >> so in any event, this is -- okay. this story is seedy and sordid, and it's very hard to get through without laughing, i get it -- liz: it's not funny because you've got shareholders who are serious at the moment. >> let's be clear, the way sumner redstone ran viacom and cbs, it was a holding company that he ran that broke out these two. sumner at the top, the two at the bottom --less moonves, cbs, but they reported to him, he did the contract. and what the lawsuits are saying, so, you know, if you're a shareholder in this company, the lawsuits are saying this guy had no clue what he was doing. those guys, like les and philippe, this is what they're saying, were manipulating this guy to give them bigger pay packagings and underperforming, particularly in the philippe/viacom part x they're serious charges. we had lisa on the other day, the lawyer who said these are legitimate lawsuits.
if you're a shareholder in these companies, you've got to pay attention. if you're a shareholder in any company, what is the corporate governance if you have a ceo gone awry? does the chairman of the board -- liz: usually it's the board gone awry. >> by the way, there's some interesting people on that -- i think deborah norville -- liz: she works on that show, and she's fabulous. >> i like her, but what's she doing on the board? liz: we've got this breaking news. not a surprise that donald trump sees this controversy with ted cruz announcing the resignation or asking for the resignation of his communications director, rick tyler, has an opportunity. didn't take donald trump long to tweet this out: wow. ted cruz falsely suggested marco rubio mocked the bible and was just forced to fire his communications director. that from the donald trump -- >> i think we have to unpack
this story just a bit before this ends. did the communications director retweet something, or did he purposely -- liz: yes, he did. he retweeted the video that a university put out, and the audio was terrible on it, and the university kids were wrong -- was it kids? be they were wrong on what the -- >> it's a little different than crafting a commercial. liz: once again, it's like dirty tricks. >> it's a little different. i've seen donald retweet stuff from people that was instain. liz: well, there you are. you agreed with me. you didn't tell me you were going to ask me this. liz: okay. he's very malleable and quick. he moves quickly. >> i had to -- it's a retweet. sometimes, you know, it's a mistake. liz: charlie, thank you very much. dow jones industrials up 217 points. we're going to be right back, don't go away. more breaking news in just a moment.
liz: breaking news. we have the dow up 218 points. just off the highs of the session here. and looking pretty good although actually the high of the
session, dow up 272. so we're off a bit but still looking healthy. the cruz controversy, the latest one to hit the campaign trail but outcome of 2016 race could affect your portfolio. let's bring in david branson. david, show you the bayer rohn's cover. trump and sanders are they kill the market? listen you can't game who will be good or bad for a market but let's go ahead and do that you are an expert at this. who will be best for the people's portfolios in the future? >> i think the candidate would be best for client portfolios if the person was elected in my opinion is senator marco rubio. the issue though that you have to look at in terms of the short term is, what is most likely to happen. from a policy standpoint we think the markets would react very favorably to rubio. but along the way, the reason why we don't think the markets react, for example, negatively when bernie sanders won
previously, is because i don't think the markets take that threat very seriously. so they're constantly pricing in, discounting what they expect will happen. it adds to the volatility. liz: you never know right, do you? we could show the market performance since president obama was inaugurated back in 2009 and the dow and s&p have done extremely well. dow jones industrials are up 100%. s&p up 128%. a lot of that is fed putting a massive pillow of quantitative easing under this market. either way it has been very good for people's portfolios who were certainly diminished during the financial crisis. talk about what you at high tower are suggesting they buy right now? i don't know, give us two names at the moment. at the bronson group at hightower we're buying high quality names in the energy sector that we think are overly beaten up from this debacle.
we're buying names, defensive, dividend growers, health care, telecom, things along those lines. liz: jpmorgan, enterprise product. they have 7% dividend. facebook.com/liz claman. david, thank you. look at this market, following from there. let me send it to david and melissa, big breaking news, rick tyler possibly resigning here affected your show. david: wait a minute. he was supposed to be on our show. melissa: all of sudden he is not coming on. i wonder what that means. david: 24 hours, the republican lineup is down to five republican candidates who are out west hoping to get lucky in nevada. >> crucial time on the campaign trail. we are just learning ted cruz's communications director has been asked to design for tweeting the wrong video of rival marco rubio. we had him booked to come on today. now of course he has canceled but is this indication of bigger
issues inside of the cruz campaign? bret baier is standing by to weigh in on that one. david: then there is donald trump. he is on a roll aiming to keep his winning streak alive. outspoken conservative erick erickson will never vote for "the donald" even if he is the republican nominee. [closing bell rings] he is up against roger stone, big trump supporter. fireworks to come. big rally on wall street, if you're in stocks probably making money today. only if you have gold could you lose a little bit of money. all the indices up over a point and we're going to have a lot more to tell you what happened with oil, way up today. melissa: stocks surging, driven higher by a spike in oil. let's go to alan knuckman, trading advantage, watching all the action from the cme. alan, what is fueling the rally in oil today in your opinion? >> i think we're seeing a technical asset bottom.
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