>> there's no law supporting all of these individuals whether it's the colorado judges or maine secretary of state. it's untenable under the law, but i will add that every time a state does this, this helps donald trump politically. >> you have something called due process in this country, and trump has not even been charged with insurrection, let alone convicted. jow>> the president is lawless n his own boarder and in his family. does the president and the president's family feel they're above the law? that's essentially the question. >> right now you're seeing a bigger caravan coming now and, you know, cartels are the ones that will handle where the caravan is sent into the united states. they know strategic points of where it stresses more agents because in the end they want to bring nor drugs into the country. ♪ ashley: so good, so good.

neil diamond, sweet caroline. look at scene getting ready for the big night sunday sunday new year's eve. these pictures of earth cam. 11:00 a.m. on east coast this friday, december 29th and the year is almost over and i'm ashley webster in for stuart varney and last trading day of 2023. it's been a good year for stocks right now. the markets are turning slightly lower. the dow off about 31 points nasdaq down half a percent and s&p down two tenths of a percent. take a look at big tech names that drive so much of the market action these days. most of them in the red right now. microsoft, you're welcome, stu, is up higher about a tenth of a percent but amazon, alphabet, apple and meta. meta down 1%. take a look at 10-year treasury yield.

you know, we were saying late october and above 5% and at 3.86%, slightly higher but still under 4%. former obama adviser says it's too late for biden's 2024 campaign. listen to this. >> it's super scary. like the fate of the republic is hanging in the balance and there's polls with donald trump leading right now. there is just this scary thing that overhangs everything about whether, you know, we're just too divided. it's too late and too many silos and how am i going to reach all of the voters i need to reach given all the media silos that there are. that is what i would be churning on every day is just the mechanics of getting that message out. >> david webb joining me now.

is she right, too late for president biden's campaign? >> i'm not going to say it is for a different reason than what she's presenting, fear and loathing and the fear of the republicans and donald trump. they're talking about power number one. democrats want to retain power in whether biden can be that person. biden'se's add led and if he sts out, how do they win a gavin newsom who while he may be from central casting at least doesn't have the political chops of a biden or the political history. that's the real fear. another fear and i'll tell you what, the republicans should be careful and don't ring the victory bell and white house drapes and democrats have a vote getting strategy and one happens on general 1 and increase in paid federal workers. uaw aligning with the squad on israel and look at all of these

left groups and united farm workers and sciu and volt multiplier factor for the democrats and my warning to republicans, ashley is don't measure the drapes because it's not about biden but democrats voting for the strategy and beating republicans. ashley: yeah, you make a good point, david. maine secretary of state barring president trump from their 2024 primary ballot. look, it's a stunt. he hasn't been convicted of anything, but it's a slippery slope. i wouldn't be surprised to see other states follow but my question to you, david, is do you think donald trump gets a bump from this? it's another example of the deep state trying to do away with democracy and take him off the ballot. >> clearly trump has shown he get as surge, a bump if you will

and it's been consist because of this. it's a political play and unconstitutional by anyone but her and electorate for biden in 202 and should have ran in section three, electors of president and vice president. you know, that's someone that can be barred if they committed to insurrection, which trump has neither been charged with or convicted of. fact is there's no charge of insurrection possible or they'd have use it had already whether january 6 or forward and on top of that, within this article, the president's not covered. he was not elected member of congress, he was not an officer of the united states they noisy recordings this, this is the fear and loathing of dividing americans and it's an autocrat

and dictator and downing of america and america is exactly the opposite of that. ashley: very quickly, i've literally got 30 seconds, david. iowa just around the corner. what do you think comes out of iowa? what will we learn? >> if the polls track, trump will win iowa and second nikki haley and desantis going door to door. when they get to new hampshire and people cast votes, i prefer primaries over caucuses, we'll see a lot more shakeout. those first two will tell us something together. ashley: succinct to the point and always brings his a game. a off to outnumbered, my friend. it's a holiday shortened week

and jonathan, can we continue what we've seen in 2023 into 2024? is the momentum still going to be there? >> actually, all depends on politics ironically. why is a condos multi, multimillion in miami and just couple of pesos in havana. all about the politics and, you know, this is why i'm bullish in general on the west. i mean, ashley, we're getting in the new year in the west with all these advancements in technology, you know, vegas sphere, artificial intelligence and less free parts of the world like north korea, cuba, russia or certainly hamas-controlled palestine, these are short sales, if you will. i'm betting on merging economies and truly as long as america stays free, i believe the momentum can continue. ashley: we like the exotic stock picks, jonathan, you like the emerging market democracies, etf, that's emdm.

why do you like it? >> well, this fits exactly this idea, ashley. this focuses on emerging markets, which i think will be very hot in 2024. that are becoming more and more free market oriented. look, china was down 19% last year because it became less free market, more oppressive so this has countries like brazil, mexico, taiwan moving more towards democracies and open markets that tends to be very well for the stocks and emerging markets in general i think will outperform so this is one to put on your radar list and it's owned over at capitalistpig.com. ashley: who are you looking at back in the u.s.? what kind of sector do you think will carry the load this year? ai again? big tech names? >> for me, ashley, i was wrong on the magnificent 7 in the 202. i thought they'd underperform and hold that for 2024. that's why i'm looking at emerging markets, foreign stocks, and gold all time high is bullish. it goes higher from here. ashley: gold.

why gold? >> indeed. technically alone, ashley, all time highs is a bullish sign for any market and the fact as i said the dollar continues to drop. it's at one of the worst stretches in record in history and i think the dollar goes down and gold goes up in 2024. ashley: very good. one thing we've never talked about and talking complete the catch exotics and realize and do you see housing turning around next year? >> bonds had best two month record and best two month stretch in history and up about 10% in just the last two months. all that expectation about the fed pivot and a lot of real estate stocks much to my surprise have come along. i don't think you fight iyir, that's the etf that tracks the big real estate etf. as long as interest rates stay down, real estate will continue to outperform. ashley: very good. boy, we covered an awful lot of

ground. we can do that with you. jonathan hoenig, even the emerging market etfs. great stuff, jonathan, happy new year to you. >> best to you and viewers as well. thanks, ash. ashley: all right, jonathan. thank you very much. by the way, the student loan payment pause inned in october but student debt payments haven't gone so smoothly apparently for many borrowers and new report found 60% of 22 million federal loan borrowers that had payments due in october actually made payments by mid november. more than 4 million borrowers owe payments for the first time and millions more dis ' make payments prior to the pause because they were delint went or obtained a deferment. student loan payments had a negative impact on day-to-day financial health many say. i would imagine so. 76%. okay, coming up, chicago mayor brandon johnson says reparations

will help solve the city's crime crisis. roll the tape. >> half a million for restoration and reparations to address again the cycle of violence. ashley: you can be guaranteed we're all over that one. meantime, the meeting this week between top u.s. and mexican officials included the benefits of regular rising, illegal migrants living here in the united states, in order rewarding them for illegal behavior. leo terrell will be here and he'll take it on next. ♪ they're waiting for you. hey, do you have a second? they're all expecting more. more efficiency. more benefits. more growth. when you realize you can give your people everything, and more. thank you very much. [applause] ask, "now what?"

here's what. you go with prudential to protect, empower and grow. with everything you need to deliver, you guessed it... more. one more thing... who's your rock? learn more at prudential.com

i'm a little anxious, i'm a little excited. i'm gonna be emotional, she's gonna be emotional, but it's gonna be so worth it. i love that i can give back to one of our customers. i hope you enjoy these amazing gifts. oh my goodness. oh, you guys. i know you like wrestling, so we got you some vip tickets. you have made an impact. so have you. for you guys to be out here doing something like this, it restores a lot of faith in humanity.

ashley: as big cities become more and more un-undated with migrants, small businesses are the ones paying the price. olivia hu -- lydia hu is outside the manhattan hotel in midtown. what are business owners telling you? reporter: ashley, they're saying since the migrant shelter opened, they're see ago drop in foot traffic and falling revenue. in fact we talked to a coffee shop owner saying when the migrant shelter opened seven months ago, he's seen a drop in revenue about 20-25% since before the shelter was here, he was seeing a growth in business. and as you walk around the perimeter of the hotel here along, along madison avenue, this used to be an area where small businesses wanted to come because it was an area for commerce and businesses and now half the businesses next to the migrant shelters are now

appearing to be vacant like this, boarded up, signs in the windows showing these places are available for rent. landlords trying to fill their spaces. in the last two weeks alone, more than 7,000 migrants have arrived here in new york city bringing the total to 161,000 migrants that have flown through the city since the crisis started. ashley, those numbers are expected to grow. a caravan of roughly 8,000 migrants seen here making their way through mexico towards the border just this week. according to cbp sources, there's been more than 276,000 migrant encounters at the southern border since december 1. ash, that's the highest month on record ever. you know, new york city has remained a top destination for migrants because they can obtain shelter in places like this that was formally the roosevelt hotel. so they'll continue to come here as we see an increase of flow at the southern boarder and cost to the city and taxpayer, city

services being pulled back but this is also an example of yet another one of the costs, impact on small businesses and the real estate here. landlords that are not able to fill their spaces. ashley, back to you. ashley: it's a domino effect going on and on. lydia, thank you very much. appreciate that in midtown manhattan. secretaries blink and mayorkas discussed particularly regular rising illegal immigrants live in the u.s. during their meeting with mexico's president obstructing cerumen deer hunting earlier this week making them official. in a joint statement they said "the delegations discussed the benefits of regular rising the situation of hispanic migrants that have been undocumented for several years and the daca beneficiaries that are a vital part of the u.s. economy and society".

ashley: come here and run across the boarder and at some point, we're going to make you official. it's encouraging this behavior, is it not >> you are 100% correct, ashley. it's great to be a lawyer because i can translate that statement. mayorkas and blinken, and obstructiobrador, that's a show. the democrats are playing the long game and have individuals coming across the border illegally and don't get a hearing for seven to eight years from now. they want to make them american citizens. this is their potential voting base. this is what the democrats are doing. they're hoping that they will control the legislation in the future and make all these individual who is are crossing illegally american citizens. we need trump in office, we need

the return to mexico policy, we need title 42 implemented. ashley: all right, i'm going to leave that -- i'm going to change topics because i could talk about the border mess all day long. we've got to move on, leo. i want to get into this issue, chicago mayor brandon johnson pushing for reparations in his city and claims that's going to bring down crime. listen to this. >> added half a million for restoration and reparations to address the cycle of violence, which looks like schools closing, closing of mental health communities, which i've invested in now. ashley: so, leo, the question begs, how would reparations help violence and crime? >> i want to be clear, it will not. chicago was never a slave city. i would be the first lawyer in chicago to file a lawsuit and violates equal protection and

nothing more than a pandering to black citizens and no correlation between reparations, slavery and chicago and violence. the reason there's violence is there's progressive democratic mayors, progressive prosecutors who are george-soros backed andd insulting to the american voters and insulting and condescending to black americans. ashley: it is insulting and you know what, leo, how is it that these politicians get voted in all the time? is that the best he's got to come up with a plan to combat the rampant crime in his city? just pay money? i mean to me it's just ludicrous. >> it's ludicrous and you know why, ashley, because they get protection, protection coverage from the mainstream media. if it wasn't for fox news bringing this up, 95% of the media protects democrat politicians and they get away with it.

shameful. ashley: are these going to make a difference in the election. we talk about boarder and crime and administration is failing us on the boarder and blue-run cities are allowing crime to run rampant. does this eventually have an impact at the election next year? >> yes, if they allow president trump to run for office, yes. right now the election was held today, those cities would be voting red and voting for trump. hope any they'll allow the democratic process to take place and allow trump to become the next president. joe biden is an absentee president. ashley: yeah, he's in the caribbean today. >> yeah. ashley: leo, thank you so much. always great seeing you. always bringing lots of energy. >> happy new year. ashley: happy new year to you too, sir. another cannabis dispensary cleaning up in washington state after a stolen car smashed through their store front and surveillance video showing a stolen kia plowing through the front doors of the shop robbing

the place. it's not a drive-thru, he turned it into one. the thieves left the kia behind and fled in another vehicle and the store owner will remain in business while making necessary repairs and will reinforce his doors with even thicker wood, not sure that's going to help. good luck to him. police officers in california in january can no longer ask drivers, do you know why i pulled you over during a traffic stop. instead they must state the purpose of the traffic stop before asking any other questions. the same for any stops conducted on a pedestrian. according to the text of the new law, the only time that officers can skip stating the reason for the stop is if the officer deems it necessary to protect life or property from imminent threat. that's another new rule for the year. now this, a department of veteran affairs is providing medical care to illegal migrants even though they have a backlog of cases for our veterans. we're on that story.

democrat congresswoman says president biden will lose support over the border crisis. listen to this. >> we're losing democrats. people are frustrated, frustrated because they're not seeing what should be done at the border. ashley: that's not all he said. we've got the full tape next. ♪

-hey there. -hey. -hi. hey there. how are you? i'm with disabled american veterans. i was wondering if you had a quick minute to thank america's veterans for their service and sacrifices -of course, why not? -oh, sure. -absolutely. -sure. all right. well, come on in here. i'm just going to hit record on this. i would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. i can't even think of the words to say of how grateful i am. i want to tell you guys how much, how much we appreciate. but most importantly, i want to thank you for your courage and bravery.

wow. thank you. someone here who'd like to say something to you? oh god, you guys are awesome! someone has something they want to say to you. oh my goodness! how's it going? awe! so i will let you know how much appreciate it. how much we appreciate it! just feel honored, for everything you've done. thank you for myself, thank you for everybody. i get to live every day, you know, in peace because of you. a lot of people thank us, but we want to take the time to thank you, honestly, for giving back. and when you gave to dav, you are supporting veterans like dave and myself. so thank you so much. thank you, you guys are amazing. thank you. thank you. you can say thank you to our nation's heroes, by calling the number on your screen right now, and giving your monthly support of only $19.

say thank you by going to helpdav.org right now, and give just $19 a month. when you do, we will send you this dav blanket as a thank you and a reminder that you support those who serve please call or go online to helpdav.org right now. your support says thank you to our nation's disabled american veterans i'm going to sell my life insurance cuz i don't need it anymore. my kids are grown, my wife is great, let's settle up the score. it's time to travel to paree, spend retirement happy. call 877-sell-easy. 877-sell-easy. 877-sell-easy, and sell your policy. you can sell all or part, live your life and play it smart. 877-sell-easy, and sell your policy. if you've had a change in health, or you're over 65, and paying for $100,000 or more in a

life insurance policy you don't need, get paid for it instead. then take the money that you get, go to live it up, you bet. call 877-sell-easy. 877-sell-easy. 877-sell-easy, and sell your policy. ashley: let's check the markets for you. we are starting to pick up a little dow momentum at this point of the trading day. the dow off 100 points and down a quarter of percent and nasdaq also down about 134 points. so are we gob that snap the winning streak? doesn't matter. it's been a very strong year for the markets. take a look at 10-year treasury yield if we can. that too has been on the way down and still under 4%. up a little bit today but only 3.86% on the ten year. take a look at price of oil

that's been in the $75 range and it's $72.20 and up 42-cents and that's the latest on crude oil barrel $72.22. bitcoin being moving slightly down and at $40,000 -- 42,221 on bitcoin. all right, now this. even cnn sounding the alarm on joe biden's poll numbers and roll tape. >> take a look at issues and how he fairs. instrategies structures and immigration and he is down 26%. that is not good. >> it's not good at all. ashley: good morning, batya. how worried should the biden campaign be?

we know the president is sunning himself in the crip indian but they're not great numbers. >> no, they're not and look at all issues doing really, apreciously and not issues that divide us based on politics and class and what i mean is a topic like inflation and like immigration in that it really does divide the country based on your income. immigration, there's no other topic that reveals the yawning chasm between the overcredentials college elites and the working class who the democrats used to represent and truly no longer do and of course the college educated are the consumers of cheap labor and all of the immigrants are competing with hard working americans who are in the working class for those jobs and democrats like to talk about fimbriation and people need asylum and we know that 90% of them do not qualify

for asylum and the democrats are thinking about it very much in terms of economics and a base and credentialed college education and labor of the migrants and they've totally abandoned the work ting class to indicate tore the people. ashley: do you think joe biden will be the democrat nominee of the poll lines to continue along these lines? >> ashley, i'm a bad prognosticator and the opposite will happen. i can't tell and i know for many, many working class americans, president trump was a god send and spoke to them in economic terms about their struggling toll achieve the american dream and in a way compelling to them and helped them in the pocketbooks and representative saying democrats are losing voters and democrats over immigration, he's 100% correct about that.

ashley: yes, i'm glad you mention that had because that brings me to the next point, the democrat congressman henry cuella saying biden will lose support because of the border crisis. i'll have your comment after. >> we're losing democrats. people are frustrated because that's the democrat party that the president is not doing enough and we'll lose a lot of democrats and we're not doing the right thing at the border. ashley: the administration is not acknowledging what's going on and fox news and bill melugin and hordes of people coming in and now they blame republicans and bottom line, is this border crisis going to hug the biden administration's effort to get reelected?

working class americans into their own homes and widening the pathway to the american people and working class. >> i speak to working class people and the working party and college educated elites and dependent poor and their language and how are you going to help me make america a better place for my children? ashley: that's a very good question. we'll have to leave it there. batya, great conversation and thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. ashley: same to you too.

a multimillion dollar fundraiser and actually doubling as the 70th birthday party and going to be joined by celebrity well wishers including the likeses of martin sheen, mike tyson and super star taylor andrea bocheli going to perform. helping hand music star eric clapton and helped raise 2.2 million when he performed at a private party back in september. the california birthday bash will take place on january the 22nd and that's the eve of the new hampshire primaries. okay, coming up, millions of obese patients that take ozempic are gaining weight. cost is high and increase more in the new year to get together. ♪

(sfx: stone wheel crafting) ♪ the biggest ideas inspire new ones. 30 years ago, state street created an etf that inspired the world to invest differently. it still does. what can you do with spy? ♪

narrator: time is running out to give a year-end gift like no other, a gift that can help st. jude children's research hospital save lives. woman: cancer doesn't care how old you are, and it's devastatingly scary. if you're donating to st. jude, you're supporting finding a cure, because the fight never stops. narrator: every gift counts, and whatever you can give will make a difference for children like gideon. make your donation today to help st. jude save lives.

♪ ashley: you're looking at abysm picture, beautiful day in new orleans. current 46 degrees there, a little crisp air but a beautiful day nevertheless and we're showing you new orleans because that city, believe it or not, is the most expensive to spend new year-over-year's eve this year. forget new york. a new study compared cost of hotel rooms across 60 major cities not only in the u.s. but around the world. the study only looks at hotel withs a trail location and were rated three stars or more. the cheapest reaches were new

orleans and miami beach was second and new york city in third at $1164 per night but it's new orleans. nola, the most expensive place to see the new year. now this, the department of veteran affairs is diverting resources to give illegal migrants medical care. now this despite a backlog of hundreds of thousands of cases and ice detention facility with reimbursements for migrants not serve manager the military and denies that the agency provided healthcare to nonveterans saying at no anytime are va health professionals or non-service members denied service. paying for healthcare expenses without interest or fees. founder and chief executive officer brian worley joins me

now to explain. brian, health insurance costs under the biden administration are too expensive and it's only going to get worse next year, explain it to me. >> yeah, i think said otherwise, more americans are going to seek care in 2024 than they are in 2023 and the price of the care that folks will be paying in '24 will be higher than 2023. so those two factors together, volume times price means there's a greater total cost of care being provided next year. you know, ashley, we can dive a little deeper into two factors under volume and one factor under price as to why that is. one, it's how much care are people getting? there's a demographic tail wind here in the united states where more merri bowls are aging into a chapter of life that needs more care. so more folks will be going into the doctor's office more often.

second is there's just more care that is possible. you know, there's innovation that was a lot as part of acc when it remove -- aca when it removed to price controls, lifetime limit and annual amount being paid ten plus years ago that that caused innovators to fill that market space with new treatments that they're able to bring to market and a lot are treatments we're seeing ten years later and it's enabling the ebb verne lope that the therapeuses ick envelope larger and folks living with disease can get treatment and some of the treatments are very, very expensive and we'll have to find a way to -- ashley: sorry to interrupt but i want to get to the heart of this, how does your company help bring down the cost? >> we partner with health plans, large health plans, employers

and otherwise to give people the means to effortlessly pay for care. we want to change the position of that easily and effortlessly. it's important to the plan sponsors, insurers and ployers that folks are getting pair and paying for care is often the most painful part of experience and increditably -- incredibly intentional about accessing care. ashley: how many people are you helping right now? is it expanding at a fast pace? >> absolutely. we started six years ago and here in the first quarter we'll help nearly 3 million people. better access to afford care. we expect that in 2025 to scale

to tens of millions as medicare -- as there's important changes as it relates to part d health plans. ashley: very good. brian, thank you for taking the time to talk with us. congratulations on your efforts and anything that can help bring down the cost of healthcare is a good thing. brian, thank you so much. >> you're incredibly welcome. ashley: i want to talk -- thank you. it is incredibly rewarding. millions of patients that take ozempic at risk of gaining more weight. they could be at weight-related illness because too many given causes of the drug that are too short. people that go off the medicine could quickly gain the weight back that they lost plus it may increase the risk of problems similar to basically yo-yo dieting like high pleasure and elevated blood pressure.

take a look at dow 30 stocks and little leg down in the last 45 minutes to an hour and ten points with verizon at the top and ball greens, boots alliance and bag guard on the dow and dow itself off 105 points but the dow overall this year is up nearly 14%. so don't worry about today, it's been a good year. okay, the moment we've all been waiting for, we'll be taking a look at some of the very best moments from the show this year. do not miss it. it's a lot of fun. we'll be back. ♪ they're waiting for you. hey, do you have a second? they're all expecting more. more efficiency. more benefits. more growth.

when you realize you can give your people everything, and more. thank you very much. [applause] ask, "now what?" here's what. you go with prudential to protect, empower and grow. with everything you need to deliver, you guessed it... more. one more thing... who's your rock? learn more at prudential.com about two years ago, i realized that jade was overweight. i wish i would have introduced the fresh food a lot sooner. after farmer's dog, she's a much healthier weight. she's a lot more active. and she's able to join us on our adventures. get started at betterforthem.com

stuart: "varney & co." is about to begin. stuart: i don't have any close friends, i don't have any

friends quite frankly. i don't put personal friends on mine on the show and no personal friend of mine is a politician. murphy, i get along with him. we're friends. >> tough give me a second because i have to get my classes on. stuart: oh, hand that will computer. come on, man. i'm the guy that can't handle computers, not you. >> i like naples too but i go out and naples is dinner at 6:00. that's lunch for me. i'm still alive here. i'm still alive. stuart: well, i'm in my mid 70s, and i eat dinner at 4:00 in the afternoon for the early bird special. lauren: were you a crayon eater, stuart? stuart: i'm afraid i was, yes. yes. worse, i used to chew on the end of a lead pencil ask that's probably extremely bad for me. >> we don't have time for this, stu. it's a small harboring device but continue. >> i have a dong l for my phone. stuart: moving on. welcome to second republican debate of 2024 primary, live

from the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. i'm stuart varney of fox business. chris thristy is the an tim -- chris christie is the anti-trump candidate and joins me on the set after this. former vice president mike pence is here. vivek ramaswamy is about to walk straight towards me, he's here in new york visiting. the 2024 gop hopeful nikki haley is here walking to the set as we speak, what a pleasure it is. look who's here, label, logan paul. let's talk about prime. i've got to ask you about taylor swift. >> love her. stuart: you're really a huge fan. why do you like her so many? >> brilliant artist. anything else? >> she's always been true to herself and always told the truth. stuart: i think that's the first time we've ever had a camel on the program. oh, it's not a camel, it's a rhino. thanks very much for bringing the first rhino onto the show.

i thought it was a camel. i couldn't see the hump or horn. lauren: i didn't know what it was. stuart: i've been handouted a chick, okay. that's a chick, baby chicken as in we're going to tell you what i'm doing here in just a moment. reporter: come on here. hey, whoa, hey, knock it off. quit that now. don't get crazy with me. okay, that's good. stuart: jeff flock has the story from illinois. how do farmers think about this, jeff? reporter: what do you think? not too thrilled. i don't think the pigs much care for it either. stuart: i'm dying to know the reaction to goat smuggling. charles payne is with me. have you ever smuggled a goat? >> i haven't but i have a new item on my bucket list. ashley: i actually won best hair in nashville, i worked in nashville for ten years and beat out a female anchor at another station, it was called hairicon idol award and it's award

winning. don't hate me. this hair would never let anything on it. lauren: nothing in your hair right now? ashley: it would spit it right back. lauren: can i touch it? ashley: of course you. lauren: it is soft. ashley: careful, it bites. stuart: could you turn me into ken? >> you're a ken dmo my eyes. stuart: what would it take? >> like six pack etching and add fat to your muscles. stuart: you can do that? >> oh, yeah. stuart: add fat? we have a special guest that's a guest today and young ray and 7-year-old daughter of lauren. okay, that would be the rolling stones. a band from my generation i might add. lauren: rolling bones. ashley: lauren simonetti saying i kind of pop. you do, the color. lauren: no, the name of the band. i was proud of myself when i recognize that had. we're matching today, your tie and my dress, we pop. stuart: what was that line, put me in, coach?

lauren: put me in the game, i want to play. stuart: oh, put me in coach. i thought it meant the airlines. put me in the back of the plane. lauren: put me in first. lauren: i'm offended by it. stuart: i'm offended. >> did you think of a g? abigail, is that her name? stuart: it is. lauren: do you know who abigail is? stuart: that's incredible. >> you bought it and put it in your pocket. which one did you buy? say it. >> skittles. what! stuart: they're skittles. >> i'm walking offset. stuart: it's skittles. >> he's a demon! ashley: he's a demon says todd pyro. you know what, i love stu and the suggestion he'd go into coach on the plane, he was

panicked. we find out stu has no friends and he eats dinner at 4:00 p.m. and spent a lot of childhood eating crayons and lead pencils and can't tell the difference between a camel and a rhino. what a great year 2023 has been. thank you to of course the viewers for enjoying our time here. we love having you on board. all right, move on they say. time for the friday trivia question, a tiny one of course. when did the new year's eve ball first drop in time square? 1899, 1907, 1915, or 1922? i don't have a clue. we ask every year and i forget. ..

ashley: hopefully you put your thinking. we asked when did the new year's eve ball first drop in times square. i was going to go from 1915. i think it is after 1899. let's look at the answer. the reveal. it was 19 oh 7. i was wrong. the first ball made of iron and wood included one hundred 25 watt light bulbs, weighed 700 pounds. it is a lot bigger these days. we are out of time. coast-to-coast is next. happy new year. everyone