samuel burke, cnn business tech correspondent: "a star of the tech world also fell in 2018."the securities and exchange commission alleged elon musk misled investors when he tweeted he'd secured the necessary funding to take tesla private at $420 a share, causing the company's stock to soar. he had not secured the funding, the sec said. in september, musk agreed to step down as chairman of tesla and pay a $20 million fine in a deal to settle charges, "without admitting or denying the allegations of the complaint."samuel burke, cnn business tech correspondent: "as much as 2018 will be remembered for its falls, it will also be remembered for the rise of the escooter!" just as quickly as they took off in popularity, the dangers of zooming down the street on a device going 15 mph quickly caught up to local authorities and bans in various cities followed. that didn't stop tech giants like uber from jumping on the scooter craze with hundreds of millions of dollars in investment.helping escooter startups like bird hit valuations of $2 billion dollars.samuel burke, cnn business tech

samuel burke, cnn business tech correspondent: "a star of the tech world also fell in 2018."the securities and exchange commission alleged elon musk misled investors when he tweeted he'd secured the necessary funding to take tesla private at $420 a share, causing the company's stock to soar. he had not secured the funding, the sec said. in september, musk agreed to step down as chairman of tesla and pay a $20 million fine in a deal to settle charges, "without admitting or denying the allegations of the complaint."samuel burke, cnn business tech correspondent: "as much as 2018 will be remembered for its falls, it will also be remembered for the rise of the escooter!" just as quickly as they took off in popularity, the dangers of zooming down the street on a device going 15 mph quickly caught up to local authorities and bans in various cities followed. that didn't stop tech giants like uber from jumping on the scooter craze with hundreds of millions of dollars in investment.helping escooter startups like bird hit valuations of $2 billion dollars.samuel burke, cnn business tech

samuel burke, cnn business tech correspondent: "a star of the tech world also fell in 2018."the securities and exchange commission alleged elon musk misled investors when he tweeted he'd secured the necessary funding to take tesla private at $420 a share, causing the company's stock to soar. he had not secured the funding, the sec said. in september, musk agreed to step down as chairman of tesla and pay a $20 million fine in a deal to settle charges, "without admitting or denying the allegations of the complaint."samuel burke, cnn business tech correspondent: "as much as 2018 will be remembered for its falls, it will also be remembered for the rise of the escooter!" just as quickly as they took off in popularity, the dangers of zooming down the street on a device going 15 mph quickly caught up to local authorities and bans in various cities followed. that didn't stop tech giants like uber from jumping on the scooter craze with hundreds of millions of dollars in investment.helping escooter startups like bird hit valuations of $2 billion dollars.samuel burke, cnn business tech

samuel burke takes a look back samuel burke, cnn business tech correspondent: "in the tech world, 2018 will without a doubt be remembered as the year of cambridge analytica." there wasn't much known about the british firm until journalists banded together to expose the company's links to donald trump's 2016 presidential campaign and how it misused the data of up to 87 million facebook users.the social network experienced the biggest single-day loss in the history of the stock market when its shares fell 19 percent as the company advised investors it would spend more on security and user privacy. the sell-off vaporized about $119 billion in market value samuel burke, cnn business tech correspondent: "that was just one of many falls from grace for the tech sector in 2018, including bitcoin."in december of 2017, one single bitcoin was worth nearly $20,000.but by the first few months of 2018, the cryptocurrency bubble had burst.hundreds of billions of dollars in value disappeared by the end of 2018 and a single bitcoin had plummeted to a worth of around $3,300. samuel burke, cnn business t

cnn's samuel burke reports. samuel burke, cnn business and technology correspondent: "a resurrected al-qaeda going after airliners and airports is what keeps european officials up at night. that's according to uk security minister ben wallace who told the sunday times the terror group behind 9/11 is developing technology to bring down passenger jets. the report says uk officials fear miniaturized bombs and drones packed with explosives could be used to blow up key targets. of course this all comes as president trump surprised even his own military generals last week suddenly declaring isis defeated and announcing plans to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. blind-sided allies and security analysts warned that decision could result in a new haven where groups like al- qaeda can prosper. while much of the world's attention has been focused on isis al-qaeda has continued to loom large over the region. some analysts say al-qaeda's presence in syria is even more pernicious than that of isis. the various splinter groups

samuel burke cnn in the borough of sutton london." (ken) french students are french (ken) walking out of classes again, to hold rallies and marches. they're showing solidarity with anti-government demonstrators -- known as the yellow vests. but they are also pressing for demands of their own - these student protesters are angry over the government's new education reforms - which they say breed inequality. tuesday's protests follow a speech monday night by president emmanuel macron... who promised financial reforms including an increase in the minimum wage. a pair of mass shootings today caused death and panic from europe to south america.grant lodes joins us now in studio with the latest. (grant) at four people were killed and over a dozen others were injured after gunshots were fired in the center of the north-eastern french city of strasbourg tuesday evening. (grant) the incident took place near the christmas market in the center of the city... prompting a large police presence. the gunman remains at large as of tuesday night. he wa

samuel burke live for us in london. there is the closest thing to being a fly on the twul conversations from some world -- the wall to conversations from some world leaders. >> reporter: exactly. arguably president trump has a different style interacting with his colleagues all around the world, different from any other president in the history of the united states. what do people really think, diplomats or other world leaders, when they walk away from some of these incredible interactions with president trump? let's put up on the screen some of the most sensitive topics that we see starting with probably the most important to all of us, trump's negotiations with china. president xi quoted as saying "working with trump feels like a no-rules freestyle boxing match." he goes on to say in these cables that beijing will not be bullied. that's the word used, even if it means a trade war hurts everybody. now when it comes to relations with russia, these diplomatic cables say that a meeting between trump and a president in fin

cnn's samuel burke joining us live from london. i would say this is the closest thing we can get to being a fly on the wall, to hearing what our leaders are really talking about. >> reporter: exactly. gives insight into the methods that president trump has been using since he took office. and we can actually hear what world leaders feel when they walk away from some of these extraordinary meetings. let me just put up on the screen some of the major sensitive topics that we see in these cables, according to this "new york times" report. starting with president trump's negotiations with china. president xi jinping is quoted as saying that trump's style is like a no-rules freestyle boxing match. more importantly, xi jinping quoted as saying that beijing will not submit to the bullying even if it means that the trade war is harmful for everybody on relations with russia, european union diplomats describe a meeting between trump and vladimir putin back in july of this year in finland as successful. but not for president trump. they say

samuel burke live for us in london. samuel, thank you. >>> to talk more about this let's bring in ryan patel. ryan a global business executive joining this hour from los angeles with his experience and knowledge. thank you again, ryan, for your time. >> my pleasure. >> let's talk about where things stand right now because obviously we saw this course reverse. the dow jones rallying more than 1,000 points. great news on the surface. but people are still jittery about a slowdown and even a recession. how would you characterize the markets? >> well, listen, if you have to say great news from being down so much in the morning and then just barely getting to the top, i guess that's great news to walk out of a day that should have been in the red. i think what i learned about this today is that we live in a global economy now. what's different from the depression and from the recession, we're a lot more intertwined. so things like china and the u.s. trade war, news that would come out affects the market. things like brexit ne

let's put it into perspective with samuel burke on the story. and this being called a major incident. what exactly are authorities saying? because it is easy to see how this could play into sensitivity around politics and brexit in that country. >> reporter: the uk officials are saying there has been a significant uptick in just the past few days of syrians, iraqis and especially iranians crossing the stretch of water which is one of the busiest shipping strips in the entire world. the uk authorities are saying this would be like somebody running across a freeway during rush hour on foot. now, why is this happening right now specifically? they say that there are con flew ensz of factors. number one, smugglers may be saying because it is christmas time, there are less border patrol officials is what they are seeming. also because there has been increased security around trains and other types of transportation between france and the uk, it has become much more expensive to use those methods. so they are resorting to small boats. but also it could

dave. >> samuel burke live in london. thank you. >>> the first full year under lower tax rates and how did they sell rate? -- celebrate? $1 trillion in buy backs. the buy back boom is fueled by economic growth. since the president signed the tax cut bill a year ago, stocks are lower. dow down 4.8%. the s&p is down 5.4%. some economists say companies would profit for my imore by in in employees and equipment. >>> and channing dungey now landing at netflix. netflix preparing to compete with disney's streaming service. dunge yerks wi dungey will work on the strategic direction of the production of the company. netflix will spend as much as $81 billion on shows and movies in 2018. >> no substitute for live early morning network news. delivered by your favorite "early start" personalities. >> you can tape us and watch us later. >>> who doesn't get nostalgic for this fresh dance? ♪ it's not unusual to be loved by anyone ♪ >> the carlton from "the fresh prince of bel air." now the actor is suing a popular gamemaker. we will

we have samuel burke with more. chaos and more chaos. walk us through now a date has been set. >> reporter: christine, it looks like chaos and more chaos. divorce lawyers will say the final 10% is the most difficult part to negotiate. that is withis what is happenin. theresa may faced a no confidence vote from her own party. now a no confidence vote from the other party. that doesn't look like it will happen. what's going to happen? i want to put up on the screen the three options we have left here in the united kingdom. number one, the prime minister's plan. this is what theresa may has worked out with the european union. it keeps the wheels greased so businesses can work as it did before. european immigrants could not work to the uk without a visa. the other option is exit without a deal. businesses have been doing business with the european union for decades. all of a sudden, everything could change. the other option is a second referendum. something that people who were against brexit wanted for a long time. the prime minister said t

we're joined by samuel buehl, and barry burk, the cochairman of the he litigation department at cramer/levin. abigail, i know you have reported on this the very tenuous situation between the president and john kelly. >> no surprise here. you've heard about they heightened tensions, even reaching a point where there's so little of a working relationship left. so i think this is a long time coming, especially when we look at the reports that have come out over last we're, this timing isn't all that surprising. i think everybody expected this decisi decision. i think one of the interesting aspects is he -- an interesting bit to sort of take into this broader context of what we're seeing today with john kelly, that he did speak with the mueller investigation. >>> let's bring in kelly o'donnell to speak to what we heard from the president. again, this is not shocking news in and of itself. this has been expected for some time. you have to wonder what it means. >> reporter: well, we were gathered on the south lawn to see if the president would take questions, and he voluntary said john kelly