Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber led off the show with market reaction to breaking news amid trade tensions: President Trump and China's President Xi spoke on the phone according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The anchors also discussed corporate layoff announcements from the likes of Procter & Gamble and Citi -- each company set to eliminate thousands of jobs. Hear what Carl, Jim and David said about Amazon reportedly preparing to test humanoid robots that could take the jobs of delivery workers. Also in focus: Elon Musk's "Kill the Bill" message attacking Trump's tax and spending cuts legislation, public debut day for stablecoin issuer Circle, Brown-Forman and PVH shares plunge.

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