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. >>> let's go to bertha coombs, she has a cnbc news update. >>> hi, tyler. the white house says president biden told "the beat" that the future u.s. support for the war in gaza depends on israel taking immediate measurable steps to prevent further civil usage harm. the demand came during a 30-minute phone call this afternoon, just days after an israeli air strike kid seven aid workers in gaza. >>> no labels. the centrist group looking to run a third-party candidate is reportedly abandoning its attempt to create a unity ticket this year. "wall street journal" reports that the organization is making the decision, because it has not been able to find a credibility ticket that could win the election. >>> stanford university announced a new leader months after the former president resigned following scrutiny of his scientific research. the board of trustees nominated jonathan levin to the position today. he will take the helm on august 1st. tyler, back to you. >> bertha coombs, thank you very much. >>> as we head to break, a quick power check. on the positive sig
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anyothk u to bertha coombs. that will do it for us. "squawk box" is coming up next. thank you for watching. my name is oluseyi and some of my favorite moments throughout my life are watching sports with my dad. now, i work at comcast as part of the team that created our ai highlights technology, which uses ai to detect the major plays in a sports game. giving millions of fans, like my dad and me, new ways of catching up on their favorite sport. >>> good morning. earnings alert. we have quarterly results from united health and johnson & johnson and morgan stanley. >>> house speaker mike johnson plans to split the vote for foreign aid bills. >>> and caitlin clark is the top pick in the wnba draft. she won't be getting a big pay take. day. it is tuesday, april 16th, 2024 and "squawk box" begins right now. >>> good morning. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. we are live from the nasdaq market site in times square. i'm melissa lee with andrew ross sorkin. joe and becky are off today. let's look at equity futures at this hour. pointing lower across the board. s&p is dow
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bertha coombs is joining us with new details on the hack reported earlier this year. what do we know? >> "the wall street journal" is reporting citing sources familiar with the investigation that the hackers who got into the health care systems actually got in earlier than the company reported, starting on february 12th according to the journal, they got in through a remote access system that did not have multi-factor authentication. it was not enabled in this particular application which allowed them to get in. now just last week we did hear united health say they are making progress, getting the systems all back together. so far, that hack, that attack, cyber attack has cost some $870 million, it could cost up to 1.6 billion they estimate this year because of all the disruption that has resulted. next week we will see ceo andrew whitty, up on capitol hill testifying before congress on this cyber attack. but again "the washington journal" reporting that it started earlier than the company said, on february 12th the company first revealed it had begun on february 21st
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. >> bertha, thanks very much. bertha coombs. time for today's 20 stock lunch. we will pick up on that thought. scott nations, president of indexes. first up today, scott, is the ever mentioned humana. what is your trade here? >> this is a long term by even though as bertha laid out. a lot of medicated space. they're the worst performer in the s&p, down 14%. why? the medicare advantage program is generally a great business, and it's fairly priced. it's not cheap, but not expensive. i'm not a big fan of technical analysis here, but for humana to -- the one strength indicator i pay attention to says it is oversold here. >> next, downgrading five homebuilders to underperform the neutral. saying that a decline is likely . we were just talking about this with diana. shares are down more than 3% today. what is your trade on dr horton? >> dr horton is a bike, but brace yourself. i will explain why in a little bit. the homebuilders have done a wonderful job of managing higher interest rates. they are higher over one month and one year at times. the forward pe of 11 mean
. >> bertha, thanks very much. bertha coombs. time for today's 20 stock lunch. we will pick up on that thought. scott nations, president of indexes. first up today, scott, is the ever mentioned humana. what is your trade here? >> this is a long term by even though as bertha laid out. a lot of medicated space. they're the worst performer in the s&p, down 14%. why? the medicare advantage program is generally a great business, and it's fairly priced. it's not cheap, but not...
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bertha coombs this morning. >> we'll get you ready for tesla in a moment and still to come one of the largest home builders out with a warning about the housing market and get a read from the ground with the ceo real estate firm compass on pace for the best day in more than a month stay with us >>> checking the markets on this tuesday. close to session highs with 1% gain on the s&p. nice day for tech and industrials up more than 1.5%. we got some relief in commodities like the metals and other names like cocoa that have been going parabolic in recent weeks. we'll see what happens, of course, big earnings continues tonight. >> they do we'll start off now with a company that just reported, gm, and you see that stock is up over 5% after over what was a big beat on the top and bottom lines. strong north american operations the automaker raising its 2024 guidance tesla will report results after the bell in what has become one of the more important earnings calls in that ev maker's history. the shares, of course, down more than 40% so far this year up today but close to 52-week lows. here t
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. >>> time for the latest corporate stories of the day with bertha coombs. >> good morning, frank. shares of morgan stanley set to withstand the 5% loss after the bank is investigated by u.s. regulators, including the s.e.c., office of the c comptroller of the currency and treasury. according to reports, regulators are looking into whether the bank had adequately investigated the identities of clients and sources the wealth. >>> globe life is responding to a new short sell the report from fuzzy panda research with fraud at the life insurance giant. globe life said the research mischaracterizes facts and uses unsubstantiated claims. shares are higher in the pre-market after falling sharply in the trade yesterday. >>> finally, cathie wood's ark investment holds a stake in a.i. darling openai. in an email to clients, ark said the venture fund invests in openai. the $54 million ark fund was launched in september of 2022 and invests in public and private companies like spacex and epic games and recently the reddit ipo. >> bertha, thank you. >>> more to come here on "worldwide exchange,"
. >>> time for the latest corporate stories of the day with bertha coombs. >> good morning, frank. shares of morgan stanley set to withstand the 5% loss after the bank is investigated by u.s. regulators, including the s.e.c., office of the c comptroller of the currency and treasury. according to reports, regulators are looking into whether the bank had adequately investigated the identities of clients and sources the wealth. >>> globe life is responding to a new short...
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let's get headlines with bertha coombs how are you? >>> oral arguments continue this afternoon at the supreme court over the question whether former president trump has absolute immunity from prosecution after the 2020 election. much of the discussion between the justices and lawyers has focused on whether there is absolute immunity for official acts the former president's federal trial on election interference remains on hold until the supreme court issues a ruling. the epa has set a new rule that would force coal fired power plants to shut down. those that plan to stay in operation past 2039 would have to capture 90 first by 2032, the first time the u.s. has restricted emissions from existing plants. >>> and the first cargo ship has passed through a deep water channel in baltimore the port's main channel is set to reopen next month once the containership dali that slammed into the francis scott key bridge is removed. courtney, back over to you >> bertha, thank you more on the market sell-off. we are off the session lows. we'll break
let's get headlines with bertha coombs how are you? >>> oral arguments continue this afternoon at the supreme court over the question whether former president trump has absolute immunity from prosecution after the 2020 election. much of the discussion between the justices and lawyers has focused on whether there is absolute immunity for official acts the former president's federal trial on election interference remains on hold until the supreme court issues a ruling. the epa has set a...
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. >> bertha coombs, thank you. >>> the happiest place on earth >>> the happiest place on earth is not happy with the (psst! psst!) ahhh! with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary. spray flonase sensimist daily for non-drowsy long lasting relief in a scent free, gentle mist. flonase all good. also, try our allergy headache and nighttime pills. ♪♪ ♪♪ bounce back fast from heartburn with new tums gummy bites, and love food back. ♪♪ ♪ febreze man: i don't about y'all, but when it comes to working from home, i gotta have every part of my house clean. that means tidying up, then spraying my febreze air mist, to leave every room smelling fresh and clean. with that done, it's time to get to work. ♪ la la la la la [tense music] one aleve works all day so i can keep working my magic. just one aleve. 12 hours of uninterrupted pain relief. aleve. who do you take it for? ...and for fast topical pain relief,try alevex. before my doctor and i chose breztri for my copd, i had bad days. [cough] flare-ups that could permanently damage my lungs. with breztri, things changed for me.
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i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc news update. the philippines foreign minister said in a meeting at the state department today that had country will assert its south china sea rights. tensions have been rising between manila and china over the strategic water way. it comes after the u.s., japan and the philippines met and announced new security and economic ties at a white house summit. >>> a houston hospital has stopped its kidney transplant programs after it was discovered a doctor allegedly manipulated patient records to make some of them ineligible for transplants. the department of health and human services says it is investigating. >>> and a golden tea cup worth $68,000 was stolen from a tokyo department store. it was taken from an exhibition event. police say the suspect planned and carried out the crime with the event in mind. he has yet to be found or the tea cup made of 24 carat gold. >> bertha, appreciate that. our senior markets commentator mike santoli with his "midday word." i'm sure there's a lot on your mind. >> i
i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc news update. the philippines foreign minister said in a meeting at the state department today that had country will assert its south china sea rights. tensions have been rising between manila and china over the strategic water way. it comes after the u.s., japan and the philippines met and announced new security and economic ties at a white house summit. >>> a houston hospital has stopped its kidney transplant programs after it was discovered a doctor...
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. >> meantime, to bertha coombs and get the rest of the news. >> i didn't feel it at all. i read it on the news. but here's your cnbc news update. the israeli military dismissed two senior officers today. the decision followed by a probe into a strike earlier this week that killed seven world central kitchen aid workers in gaza. the idf found errors and violations of protocols, which led forces to repeatedly hit the aid convoy. >>> meanwhile, the chief of the united nations called the humanitarian situation in gaza desperate, as he appealed for an immediate cease-fire this morning. israel committed to opening additional aid routes intothe enclave hours after president biden warned israel to take immediate steps to address civilian harm or face consequences. >>> and new federal data shows more be than 68,000 guns were illegally trafficked through unlicensed dealers in the u.s. from 2017 to 2021. some of those guns were used in nearly 370 shooting cases according to the atf. attorney general merrick garland ordered the report, the first in-depth analysis of firearm trafficki
. >> meantime, to bertha coombs and get the rest of the news. >> i didn't feel it at all. i read it on the news. but here's your cnbc news update. the israeli military dismissed two senior officers today. the decision followed by a probe into a strike earlier this week that killed seven world central kitchen aid workers in gaza. the idf found errors and violations of protocols, which led forces to repeatedly hit the aid convoy. >>> meanwhile, the chief of the united nations...
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our headlines now from bertha coombs. >>> the commander of iran's revolutionary guard warned today that, quote, our brave men will punish the zionist regime. his comments come as thousands gathered in tehran for funerals of seven guard members killed in an air strike in syria earlier this week. that strike widely attributed to israel destroyed the iranian consulate in damascus. >>> mcdonald's announced today it is buying all 225 of the franchise locations in israel after months of lower sales from pro-palestinian boycotts. the franchises had been owned by an israeli businessman. the company did not disclose the purchase price. >>> and bronny james, son of superstar lebron james, is entering the 2024 nba draft. at the same time, though, he is entering the college transfer portal to keep his eligibility before making a final decision. the 19-year-old, who played a shortened freshman season at the university of southern california after suffering cardiac arrest at a summer workout, made that announcement on instagram today. scott, that would be as rare as an eclipse to have a father and so
our headlines now from bertha coombs. >>> the commander of iran's revolutionary guard warned today that, quote, our brave men will punish the zionist regime. his comments come as thousands gathered in tehran for funerals of seven guard members killed in an air strike in syria earlier this week. that strike widely attributed to israel destroyed the iranian consulate in damascus. >>> mcdonald's announced today it is buying all 225 of the franchise locations in israel after...
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let's get to bertha coombs for those details. >> j&j, mixed quarter for j johnson & johnson. quarter saw strength in sales of cardiovascular devices. in the oncology medications. sales of j&j's block buster sir rye sis drug missed expectations. ginn the big eps beat, well, j&j's guidance was lackluster, at least that's how most investors are viewing it. meantime, united health group's earnings report complicated by the financial impact of the february cyberattack on its change health care billing and payment systems, yet the health care giant beat on both the top and the bottom line and maintained guidance as they work to recover. the really positive take away on the health insurance side, medical costs and medicare among seniors appears to have stabilized at a high level, but the medical cost ratio of 84.3%, that's how much a premiums they're paying out in costs includes the impact of the cyberattack on claims and was pretty much right in line with the guidance that united health had given. contessa, tyler? >> back to the stellara drug, i wonder whether that is such a high c
let's get to bertha coombs for those details. >> j&j, mixed quarter for j johnson & johnson. quarter saw strength in sales of cardiovascular devices. in the oncology medications. sales of j&j's block buster sir rye sis drug missed expectations. ginn the big eps beat, well, j&j's guidance was lackluster, at least that's how most investors are viewing it. meantime, united health group's earnings report complicated by the financial impact of the february cyberattack on its...
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i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc news update. ukraine has started to use long-range missiles secretly provided by the u.s. to hit areas held by russia, according to a "new york times" report citing senior u.s. officials the army tactical missile systems were used to bombard russian airfields last week. joe biden had approved the delivery of the missiles early last month in a $300 million package, and the u.s. will provide more in the new aid package the president signed just today >>> secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s. will be sending new military assistance to ukraine in a statement, the state department noted the $1 billion package would provide munitions and equipment for ukraine to use immediately on the battlefield the announcement comes after joe biden signed the national security supplemental package today. >>> and more than a quarter of u.s. adults over 50 years old say they don't expect to ever be able to retire according to an aarp survey, for many, it's just a financial issue. they cited everyday expenses
i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc news update. ukraine has started to use long-range missiles secretly provided by the u.s. to hit areas held by russia, according to a "new york times" report citing senior u.s. officials the army tactical missile systems were used to bombard russian airfields last week. joe biden had approved the delivery of the missiles early last month in a $300 million package, and the u.s. will provide more in the new aid package the president signed just today...
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bertha coombs is here with more. everybody is looking at the medical loss ratio from the cyber attack there. >> the change cyber attack is being looked at or accounted for in two buckets. united health revenue coming in at $99.8 billion. beating estimates. it is unclear if the adjusted $6.91 per share is comparable to the consensus number. it includes 25 cents per share impact for business disruption costs from the change cyber attack in february. it excludes the costs of advanced payments and interest-free loans due to the o outage which amounts to $6 billion so far. it is drilling down on overall performance. the top expectations at more than $6 billion which is up 13% year over year. optum health includes the 90,000 do doctors. this includes a $279 million hit from change disruption costs. on the united healthcare insurance side, $75.4 billion in revenue was in line with expectations driven by commercial and medicare growth. net operating earnings came up light due to the cyber attack response. the medical costs r
bertha coombs is here with more. everybody is looking at the medical loss ratio from the cyber attack there. >> the change cyber attack is being looked at or accounted for in two buckets. united health revenue coming in at $99.8 billion. beating estimates. it is unclear if the adjusted $6.91 per share is comparable to the consensus number. it includes 25 cents per share impact for business disruption costs from the change cyber attack in february. it excludes the costs of advanced...
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and bertha coombs is tracking biotech giants phil, starting with you on boeing >> you know, david, boeing shares moving higher as the campaign reported a massive loss for the first quarter. why is the stock high centre it wasn't as bad as many on wall street expected. they did lose $1.13 a share, street was expecting $1.76 revenue better than expected free cash flow, a lot of $3.9 billion but that was not as bad as many expected all of that contributing to the shares moving up 1% right now. the commercial airplanebusines is where the focus is, specifically 737 max production. revenue down 31% in the first quarter as deliveries and production dropped dramatically. deliveries, 83 in the first quarter of this year, compared to 130 last year they're working with the faa to come up with a new template, if you will, in terms of what's expected for quality control here's what dave calhoun had to say earlier today about where they are in those discussions with the faa. >> the review is going well. in the sense that we're both approaching it business like we all want the same thing we want a facto
and bertha coombs is tracking biotech giants phil, starting with you on boeing >> you know, david, boeing shares moving higher as the campaign reported a massive loss for the first quarter. why is the stock high centre it wasn't as bad as many on wall street expected. they did lose $1.13 a share, street was expecting $1.76 revenue better than expected free cash flow, a lot of $3.9 billion but that was not as bad as many expected all of that contributing to the shares moving up 1% right...
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bertha coombs has been covering it since early this morning. good morning. >> hey, carl. j&j's adjusted earnings of 271 per share solidly beat expectations. on the top line revenues of 21.4 billion were in line. the quarter benefitted from a big jump in medical device sales. we've been hearing about that from the insurers a lot of people are getting these transplants. med tech was below consensus. j&j cut its guidance, particularly on the top line a bit below expectations. on the other side united health big beat on the top and bottom line. adjusted earnings of 691 per share, nearly $100 billion in revenues, despite the impact of the change health care cyberattack which made for a complex report. on the call the ceo said united health's scale has really helped them provide support for providers during the outage as they've worked to get billing and payment systems fully restored. >> extraordinary example of really the resources of usg and the support of many of the biggest companies across america in the tech environment coming in to help recover from this particular atta
bertha coombs has been covering it since early this morning. good morning. >> hey, carl. j&j's adjusted earnings of 271 per share solidly beat expectations. on the top line revenues of 21.4 billion were in line. the quarter benefitted from a big jump in medical device sales. we've been hearing about that from the insurers a lot of people are getting these transplants. med tech was below consensus. j&j cut its guidance, particularly on the top line a bit below expectations. on the...
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to bertha coombs with more on what's driving that action. >> carl, usually the center for medicare and medicaid revises its advance notice for what kind of rates they will pay. they usually revise them to a higher level. not this time. for 2025, cms says it's maintaining its outlook of a 3.7% payment increase on average for medicare advantage plans. analysts say that rate effectively amounts to a 16 basis points cut for next year when you add in other factors. last month humana calculated the impact for its plans would be effectively a 1.6% cut. humana is struggling with high medical costs and analysts saying that humana is struggling as well with tough competition and premiums and higher costs this year and will likely need to cut its 2025 outlook. united health also a major m.a. player taking a hit. a big drag on the dow, but united health also has an advantage over its peers with 90,000 doctors. on the other side it can easily control medical care costs. cvs health aetna has more of its own doctors after acquiring oak street health. cigna is the least impacted because it is in the p
to bertha coombs with more on what's driving that action. >> carl, usually the center for medicare and medicaid revises its advance notice for what kind of rates they will pay. they usually revise them to a higher level. not this time. for 2025, cms says it's maintaining its outlook of a 3.7% payment increase on average for medicare advantage plans. analysts say that rate effectively amounts to a 16 basis points cut for next year when you add in other factors. last month humana calculated...
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i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc news update. >>> japan's prime minister is meeting with the top four congressional leader this morning ahead of a scheduled address at a joint session of congress. it comes one day after his government upgraded japan's security alliance with the united states and before a trilateral leader summit with the u.s. and philippines. >>> a vietnamese court has sentenced a real estate tycoon to death. according to state media, committed the largest financial fraud case in the country's history taking out 2500 unlawful loans at a bank diverting the funds to shell companies resulting in $27 billion in losses to the bank. >>> the former interpreter for shohei ohtani is reportedly negotiating a guilty plea on federal charges in the u.s. ipy my zahara was fired after allegedly stealing millions of dollars from otani to cover gambling debts. sources tell "the new york times" the investigation into the interpreter is nearing a conclusion. sara, back to you. >> thank you. >>> the imf this morning sticking with modest 3% growth outlook for the global economy, well belo
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i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc news update. >>> it's a big day for donald trump as the supreme court hears arguments on the former president's immunity claim in his election interference case his lawyers argue his efforts to overturn the 2020 results were official acts taken in office. the federal appeals court ruled in february against that claim that he is immune from prosecution. >>> meantime trump is in a new york court today as the former national enquirer publisher david pecker resuming his testimony in the hush money trial. pecker is expected to detail the alleged payment to adult film actress stormy daniels that is at the heart of the case. >>> finally, new york's top court overturned hollywood producer harvey weinstein's 2020 rape conviction this morning the court found that the judge in the landmark trial prejudiced the former film mogul's case with improper rulings including a decision to let women testify about allegations that were not part of that case. prosecutors must decide whether to retry weinstein who is serving 16 years for a separate conviction in los angeles. >
i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc news update. >>> it's a big day for donald trump as the supreme court hears arguments on the former president's immunity claim in his election interference case his lawyers argue his efforts to overturn the 2020 results were official acts taken in office. the federal appeals court ruled in february against that claim that he is immune from prosecution. >>> meantime trump is in a new york court today as the former national enquirer publisher...
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i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc news update. >>> the israeli military has called off all leaves and time off for all combat units. there are growing fears of an escalation with iran following an attack this week on tehran's consulate in syria that killed a number of senior military commanders. >>> four people died in a russian attack on two apartment buildings and a power plant in ukraine's second largest city. the drone strike also cut off power for around 350,000 people according to local officials. the attack comes as the kremlin escalates its bombardment of urban areas ahead of an expected large-scale russian offensive this summer. >>> and a new freight rail route built to ease disruptions from the baltimore bridge collapse completed its first shipments. csx announced the new line days ago allowing baltimore bound containers that had been diverted to new york and new jersey to be unloaded back in baltimore. amazing how they can do that in such quick time. carl, back to you. >> imagine the work that has gone into that. thank you. >>> we continue to watch disney this morning, just
i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc news update. >>> the israeli military has called off all leaves and time off for all combat units. there are growing fears of an escalation with iran following an attack this week on tehran's consulate in syria that killed a number of senior military commanders. >>> four people died in a russian attack on two apartment buildings and a power plant in ukraine's second largest city. the drone strike also cut off power for around 350,000 people...
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i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc news update. the u.s. is restricting travel for its staff in israel as tel aviv reportedly prepares for an iranian attack this weekend. the security alert restricts u.s. employees and their family members from personal travel in certain parts of israel out of an abundance of caution. india, france and other countries have issued similar warnings to their citizens. >>> russia is reviewing a peace proposal from 2022 that ukraine had previously rejected. the kremlin said today that the draft agreement could serve as a starting point for talks to end the war. russia has dismissed ukraine's proposal which demands for moscow to pull back its troops, compensate ukraine and face an international tribunal. >>> president biden announced another round of student debt forgiveness this morning. he said today his administration will cancel $7.4 billion in loans for 277,000 borrowers in certain low income programs. with this latest move the white house says it has now canceled $153 billion in loans for 4.3 million americ
i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc news update. the u.s. is restricting travel for its staff in israel as tel aviv reportedly prepares for an iranian attack this weekend. the security alert restricts u.s. employees and their family members from personal travel in certain parts of israel out of an abundance of caution. india, france and other countries have issued similar warnings to their citizens. >>> russia is reviewing a peace proposal from 2022 that ukraine had previously rejected....