out of the d.c. beltway crowd. tracy: we're waiting jeff and we'll see. have a wonderful holiday. david: thank you very much, jeff. we'll watch very carefully the markets overnight and present you the very latest tomorrow. liz: "the willis report" is next with tracy >> hi, everyone, i'm tracy byrnes in for gerri willis. we're down to the final stretch in the holiday shopping frenzy. with a not so stellar start to the holiday season, retail remembers doing everything they can to attract last minute shoppers. can you snag a deal this late in the game? we have retail expert, eric shiver. thanks for being with us. i thought this was interesting stat. one in four shoppers held off to complete shopping season over the weekend. i think it is more. i know tons of people behind the eight ball this year. >> i know lots of people behind the eight ball and it is true. there were polls taken and over

60% were going to wait because they're looking for deals. the reality is they can get emof this the other reality retailers recognize it. and it is growing to hurt profits in a big way. that's a concern for the retail season of the interesting numbers were, on saturday and sunday, they actually were up up over 2% last year which is a good thing for the country. at least it is going up. it was not flat. 42 million versus 41 for the year. tracy: is that because many of us did not shop on black friday? i personally waited because i knew deals and discounts would get better. i got myself free two-day shipping. there is certain point you can really hold out to get the best deal. >> that was part of it. people are recognizing with the game and with apps and technology and software that helps you figure this out. but here's big warning. don't wait any longer.

today is really day to do it. i recognize a lot of companies are suggesting you can get shipping even the day on wednesday, christmas eve but i also know of a lot of horror stories. in fact people were already expecting they're shipments and are not getting them. push the button. go ahead do it today. make sure you get it done so you don't end up with unhappy kid or loved one on christmas day. tracy: right, otherwise, god forbid you would have to actually go to a brick-and-mortar purchase the thing. that to me is blasphemy at this point. you have have amazon offering same day delivery. ebay is offering five bucks. google express. there are some deals out there? >> you can get same-day delivery as they suggest but practical reality it doesn't always happen. so the more time that you can give yourself the better. there are also many stores that you can still go into and pick up the same day. that may be a safer bet. at least you can get your hand on it. the worst thing that could ever

happen, you order something and it doesn't show. tracy: been there, done that. no hot gift, right? i guess iphone 6 aside, nothing really driving people to the malls? >> well, if you're a kid, anything from the frozen movie. >> fair enough. >> bar by and ken are both in trouble, they're hurting this year. if you're sale, you're elsa, you're kilometer mored. for adults, clothe something hot, but definitely electronics. those things you can get in the stores even the last few days. tracy: eric, do you feel like gas prices helped at all? it makes us feel good but at the end of the day are we really spending more? >> gas prices for those that haven't felt it directly have absolutely helped. oil is now below $60. it has affected gas in a big

way. it is lowest it's been in years. so people have more money to spend but they are also smarter and they're careful what they want to do with that money but they are spending it. i think you will see increase over last year of roughly 2%. not the best but at least we're moving in the right direction. it could be even better. gas helped that. tracy: that's something. what about the day after? this year christmas falls on thursday. so everyone can go shopping on property christmas sales on friday. i would say that is the best day to shop. >> there is no question, after christmas you will always get better deals. so if you can hold out, if you don't have anyone that's waiting or there are other things you want to get, no question you want to do that. again, online would probably be your best bet there because of the reality, you won't have the shipping crunch and you will be able to wheel and deal more. tracy: yeah, amen. god bless elsa, right? we love her. >> god bless elsa. tracy: eric, merry christmas. thank you. >> merry christmas.

take care. tracy: we want to know what you think. here is our question tonight, have you finished your christmas shopping? log on to gerriwillis.com and vote on the right-hand side of the screen and we'll show results at the end of tonight's show. here is a gift, just in time for holiday travel, a nasty weather system heading our way again. if the snowstorm this thanksgiving wasn't enough. it is expected to impact the eastern half of the country bringing on major holiday headaches. here with what to expect, accuweather meteorologist. justin, really? it is not snow though, right? >> no, it is a mixed bag of a lot of things, a lot of rain coming in, some wind. a little bit of snow. we love to see snow around the christmas season, like you said a lot of travel in packs even though this is not extremely intense storm, it is big storm in size. covering a lot of real estate into the midwest and eventually the east as well. we'll see soaking downpours and a lot of travel delays along

heavily traveled interstate 95 corridor, especially washington, d.c. northbound to boston. biel deal with severe weather along the gulf coast states. there is outside chance of a tornado and damaging wind as we. as we go through time christmas eve, low pressure into the great lakes. a couple of inches of snow from chicago into central michigan. that is about it. much of it is green. with rain, comes travel delays on roads and also through the air. looking at potential for flooding as well into central and northern new england. there is snow as system kicks its way north and eastbound, much of us deal with colder conditions on thursday. poor traveling conditions in the areas highlighted in red. not just the east coast. if in the northwest, another storm on the way. as we head into christmas day we'll look through snow an intermountain west and snow in the northeast. biggest travel impacts are

wednesday and thursday night up and down the eastern seaboard. tracy: merry christmas to you there too, justin. thanks. >> merry christmas to you. thanks. >> we still have a lot more to come this hour. including your voice. we want to hear from you. facebook us, send us e-mails, do something at gerriwillis.com. at bottom of the hour we'll read your comments. next north korea is knocked off-line. is this retaliation or the sony hacking? we'll have details after the break. ♪

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who do you think it is? >> i think it is us. clearly group goes after our country say it was me. they take pride in doing. that we heard no claims of responsibility. this was after president obama said we would do something proportional. this is what north korea did to us. we have gone after north korea i think. tracy: why wouldn't we in the united states say, huh, this is us, don't mess with us anymore? >> because everybody knows that it is us. that is where deterrent effect comes from. north korea knows we're willing to do something. it is up to them to decide if they will counterattack. they could do so, even though the internet is down and most of their cyber warriors are in china and some in germany and u.a.e. most of them are in china. if north korea wants to make a decision to go after us they can do it. this will be very interesting to see what happens in the next 24 hours. tracy: how does china fit into

this whole story with you? >> china was accomplice wit the attacks in north korea. the reason is we know chinese ip addresses were used to attack sony. the firewall, which is internet controls, china knows everything that crosses its boarder with regard to the internet there. is large amount of data going out of china and see enormous amount coming in. because sony lost more than 100 terabytes of data to the north koreans. all that data went across the great firewall into china. tracy: gordon, i want to get to peter barns with mon on this. kt mcfarland call it cyber war. president calling it cyber vandalism. what are you calling this. >> i think it is cyber war especially what we've seen today. i don't think it is important what we call it. important thing we have effective response that prevents north koreans doing this again. this went to the core of human

democracy. tracy: right. >> they tried to affect discourse in the united states which is absolutely bedrock of our system. tracy: go to peter now. has the white house responded to any of this? >> we got a comment out of the national security council saying quote, we have no new information to share regarding north korea today, if in fact north korea's internet has gone down we refer to you that government for comment. that's all that the national security council would say. but, just to speak to what gordon was talking about there, listen, we have got very effective cybersecurity force on our side of the ocean here. this is totally within our capability to knock out north korea's internet and, and it is a very weak internet infrastructure to begin with. not a heavy lift for to us knock

that out and like gordon, i assume we did it. tracy: totally fair enough. but is it enough. should there be economic sanctions as well? >> i think there should be. we should put the sanctions the bush administration did in 2005 when we cut the north koreans off the global financial system. we should enforce about the sale of ballistic missiles and nuclear technology which we have been lax about and we should call out china because china was complicit in these attacks. if he were to do that that we will and north koreans say that oh, my gosh, president obama is actually serious about this. tracy: peter, have you heard anything to that effect that the president will take further steps other than wiping out the internet? >> he said over the weekend he wants to add north korea back to the list of states that sponsor terrorism. that brings with it some

additional sanctions. to gordon's point, the main sanction we could impose would be on financial relationships that north korea has that were dropped during the bush administration, when the bush administration tried to negotiate a nuclear treaty with north korea. there is, gordon, correct me if i'm wrong, the bank of macau is like bank of north korea. we could go after that one bank and some, some trading companies that the north korean leadership controls as well. >> you guys are awesome, gordon, peter, thank you so much. gordon, i'm glad you're here us today. >> thank you. tracy: later in the show, 2014 brought us a rise of wearable tech and new iphones. what is in store for 2015? thinking of giving a taste of the holiday spirit this year? hmmm, coming up, 12 bottles of christmas, that deserve a big spot under the tree. we'll be right back. ♪

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tracy: whether you're looking for last minute gift for the adult on your shopping list or looking to get the holiday started we have festive spirit to toast the holidays. we have market watch reporter charles passy with really cool stuff. before we get to the list, what is hot? is it wine, brown liquors, scotch, whiskeys of the world, is it champagnes? >> you have to start with the brown spirits and particularly bourbon is superhot right now. rye is right up there. we've got a few examples here of some things that might be trending by irish whiskey is getting really popular right now. with wine, california is still

hot. tracy: what is up with that fireball? that is whiskey, right? >> yeah. that is flavored spirit. i think i would want to avoid that one. tracy: i'm with you. they're serving that at the fraternity house. go through your list of the top things you should give or consider giving. number one is the bubbly. >> you can never go wrong with a bottle of bubbly, what i like it carries through to the new year if you give it as a gift. what i love champagne producers do plenty of packaging. pipeer has done it this package doubles as a candle holder. tracy: brilliant. >> just a very classy way of presenting it, classic brut, great champagne. 40 bucks for the bottle. really solid pick. tracy: we had it the other night. great champagne. >> look what you get. tracy: i didn't get that well. red bottle. >> red and green for the

holidays. i have from lee polled brothers a distiller in colorado, very boutique, they make a tart cherry liquor. it is absolutely delicious. we were talking before whether or not you could have stand alone or cocktails. works great in cocktails. i know a chef does it in pork loin recipe. it works as a stand-alone sip. very, very tart. you will pucker up. tracy: finally we come to the whiskey. >> right. tracy: irish whiskey, sales are off the charts, right, up 400% since 2000 two. >> this is my green bottle. as in ireland. >> i get it now. >> this is a new one on the market. i think we'll hear about it especially as we head into st. patrick's day. well-priced like all irish whiskey, it is incredibly drinkable. very smooth. for people who may not like scotch, irish whiskey is beginner's whiskey. tracy: how did that happen the resurgence of these brown liquors? >> the basically cocktail

culture played a huge part. speaking of cot take culture -- tracy: which is coolest thing ever. this cocktail kit at the end, make your own bottle? make your own liquor? >> make your own party i would really say. tracy: fine, that's fair. >> this is from a company that is very hipster and very brooklyn. they're out of new york. what they basically do give you all the ingredients to make a great cocktail at home. this is to make a moscow mule. they have q, which is a great brand of mixers. they have their mixers in there. they have a few bar tools. for 85 bucks you can pretty much assemble and have a party at home. tracy: i see. make your own cocktail. what happened to the martini? used to be what everybody drank. >> right. martinis i think we had a little bit of resurgence with "mad men," where it is frankly at is clever cocktails and quality ingredients. tracy: vodka too, not so much. all of this surpassed vodka sales. >> vodka is the number one spirit, because it goes well

with anything. i think for gifting, people like something a little more distinctive i would say. tracy: beauty of vodka, when you spill it, it doesn't change. >> i wouldn't guess that about cherry liquor. tracy: the full list is on marketwatch.com? >> absolutely. tracy: charles, thank you so much. >> thank you. tracy: these are good ideas. time for a look at stories you're clicking on tonight at foxbusiness.com. existing home sales tumbling of the national association of retailers reporting home resales dropped 6.1% in november. that is the slowest pace in six months. but despite disappointing housing report, the dow and s&p 500, hit closing highs today. the markets extending rallably from last week after the federal resaid it would be patient in raising interest rates. 2014 was a banner year for ipos. according to dealogic, this year's ipos raised $95.9 billion. that is the most since 2000 when they raised 104.6 billion.

this year saw the biggest ipo ever with chinese e-commerce giant alibaba raising $25 billion in its public debut. dish networks subscribers are still unable to watch the fox news channel and fox business network because of contract negotiations. dish had similar disputes with other networks including cbs, cnn and the cartoon networks. those are some of the hot stories on foxbusiness.com right now. still to come we'll break down tech hits and misses of 2014. and next. we're giving santa a little help during this busy time, we're heading to good housekeeping to look at hottest stores on shelves right now. ♪ ♪ (holiday music is playing)

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and technology, but not all lived up to the hype, unfortunately. we're going to break down the biggest hits and flops and take a look at next year. mashable's pete is here with us now. i guess number one for 2014, the smartwatch. >> i've got one right here. this is the android platform but, of course, there's a bunch of other, the pebble's been around, and apple had its big unveiling in september, they're going to come into the market early next year. this was definitely a huge year for the smartwatch, next year's looking to be even bigger. tracy: do you really think it's going to take off? >> yeah, i think so. i think the functionality, so if an e-mail comes in, i don't have to dig out my phone, i don't have to have it on a table somewhere, and it's just right there on your wrist, just a quick glance, and you've got it. i think that has some merit. tracy: as opposed to my kids whose faces are in their phones all the time. >> it's got to look good. that's the key thing.

tracy: so, anonymous social networks you said were hot. i don't know what that is? >> you don't have to reveal your name. there's secret, there's whisper, those are both very similar because they're about putting out secrets, whistle blowing or just putting out stuff that you don't necessarily want to put your name on, and then there's ello, and that's kind of more about protecting persecuted groups, you know, if you want, if you don't want to put your real name to whatever you're doing. it's not like a lot of people say this is back to the early days of the internet where anonymous trolling was the norm. tracy: right. >> this is sort of a new movement, but it's definitely a big thing. tracy: okay. still sounds suspect to me. [laughter] virtual reality, definitely video streaming, apple pay and, of course, those big phones are back again. >> yep. tracy: brings you back to gordon gekko on his big phone in "wall street." >> they're not going to be thick, they're just huge

screens. the iphone 6 plus basically confirmed it, and samsung's new note, it's a flagship phone. it's got a huge display, 5.7 inches. tracy: doesn't fit in your jeans pocket. >> there's no going back. tracy: all right. now the lose ors. google glass, what happened to that this. >> yeah, that's too bad. there was the person kicked out of the movie theater, somebody was allegedly assaulted for wearing it. there's been a lot of backlash partly because of how it works. google is still committed to it, they made a deal to come out with new designs which we'll probably see next year, but, i mean, i think they're going to have to completely rethink this design. they've got to make it look like a real pair of glasses. tracy: to your point, it has to look good. >> yeah, anything wearable has to look good. tracy: windows phone, that came and went in a week, and amazon's

fire phone, i thought the commercials were really cute, and it was a cute little marketing thing, but that went nowhere. >> yeah. it's weird about the fire phone because it's actually an okay piece of technology, it's just that amazon isn't the person we're looking to for a phone, you know? tracy: right. >> it doesn't play to their strengths. think about the things you do on a phone, they're different from what you do on a tablet. for a phone, maps are key, messaging is constant, e-mail, and those aren't things we go to amazon for. those are google/apple things. tracy: so next year, you mentioned the smartwatch thing. i love the idea of smartphones, like controlling your heat and alarm and all that, but the drones. they're everywhere, aren't they? >> yep. and the faa's due to come out with some clear rules and hopefully some laws by september next year to write, you know, what people can do with these commercially. right now to the letter of the law, they're still just a hobby, but everybody like amazon to the media, i mean, hello, drone

footage? i mean, that would be -- tracy: you get cameras over -- yeah. >> exactly. everybody wants to use drones. we've got to figure out the rule, and that should happen next year. tracy: otherwise you feel like it's the revenge of the birds movie. >> yeah. one's going to fall out and, boom, where are you, you know? falls on your head. tracy: yes. you're getting hit in the head with a drone. >> that's going to happen, we've just got to figure out how to keep that to a minimum. [laughter] tracy: that's a good goal for 2015. thank you, pete. >> my pleasure. tracy: all right. there's only a few days left until christmas, so what should you do if you're still shopping for the perfect gift? good housekeeping magazine is here to help you with their 2014 best toy of the year award. gerri headed down to the labs. after being put to the test, here they are. ♪ ♪

gerri: megan, show me the must-have toy of the year. >> this is elsa from frozen. gerri: look at her. >> in spanish and english. she comes with a sidekick olaf. her dress lights up, and our toy testers quite literally wouldn't let her go. [laughter] this was a hit. gerri: and that's the voice, right? >> it is, from the hit movie's actual voice. $35 at target. gerri: there will be tears if it's not under the tree, right? >> especially at my house. the modern day dollhouse. gerri: oh, i love this. >> all the pieces are magnetic, so you can redecorate. it comes right off. exactly. oh, i want to move the lamp to the living room. oh, wait, i need reading light. so the -- gerri: i wish my pieces were like this. >> right? and look how cute the little

characters are. another favorite. gerri: what else do you have? >> this is a little mini recording studio. let's turn it on. gerri: oh, i like it. >> it even has a scratch table. gerri: nice! oh, look at that. how do you do it? there you go. i love it. >> and you can drop some beats, record your track -- gerri: drop some beats? show me, show me. >> ready? >> what up, what up? [laughter] gerri: i see an ipad. >> this is the osmo, and this is a $70 little device that attaches to your ipad or ipad mini. this and the base, so you use it with your ipad to turn it into a teaching tool. watch this. i love this. you pick a design. now we're going to make this in

the physical world. so we're interacting. we're learning spatial, and you're really just trying to mirror -- when you get it right, it gives you the big thumbs up. gerri: it doesn't look like that. this is the tail, right? you're practiced at this, yes. >> it's really -- gerri: legs. >> ta da. yes! gerri: all right. what do you have for me next? >> so we're going to make slime. and what scientists and engineers really bring, i'm going to bring in ernie on the action. gerri: come on over, my friend. >> you're making slime, which is gross, but you're also learning about polymers. it's educational, but it's also fun. gerri: so what are we going to do with this yucky stuff?

>> put it in the -- slime-o-meter. i loved that. okay. >> and then what do we do? gerri: i snapped it closed. wow! i feel like a mad scientist. this is cool. >> so, again, this is, this was a favorite of our engineers who are really just big kids. you can create circuits, 20 different types of circuits. so, basically, we're tricking kids into being electrical engineers. gerri: i love it. >> so you build your own circuits and then make music. gerri: wow. how does it work? i took this apart. does it go back together? >> you have to complete the circuit. gerri: uh-oh, i hear something is about to happen. what are we doing?

>> your own synthesizer and really making deejay magic happen. gerri: toy of the year! >> toy of the year is the meep. it's a robot with party tricks. >> gerri: so does it serve drinks? >> he will respond to hand gestures, he will dance to every song this your itunes library. gerri: i want to see the dancing. >> oh, we've got to get some music. let's cue the music. [laughter] my engineer on the synth, and the mip in full effect. gerri: that's pretty cool. how do you get the best price? amazon price check is a great tool so you can compare prices from brick and more tarp, use retail me not, there's a good

opportunity to get free shipping, 10-15% off your products. and we also like shop adviser. tracy: thanks to good housekeeping for that, and i love that elsa was right there front and center. huge frozen fan. now we want to hear from you, here's what some of you are posting on our facebook page, have you finished christmas shopping? harrison says: nope, last minute is the best. and rick writes: all done. i even got in the holiday spirit this year and went out amongst the crowds. that's always interesting. ha, to say the least. and paul tweets: heck no, i am procrastinating. i am right there with you, that might even be my brother who's saying that. be sure to like fox business on facebook as well. when we come back, we are covering your assets. and after a lackluster year for movies, this year's most buzzed-about film is "the

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as you said, inflated stocks. >> of course. tracy: and the index beat the actively-managed mutual fund. so what does that say about next year? because all this stuff could pretty much flow into next year. >> i think defensive stocks won last year because there were a lot of big money people out there, institutional money that thought that when the rug was pulled out, in other words, qe3 ended, it would cause a drop in the market. so that's when defensive stocks typically do better. i believe, though, in many ways janet yellen was very fortunate, and in some ways she dodged a bullet. europe was going deep in the recession, and that helped keep our markets artificially inflated. tracy: that's interesting, right? many people say that we're the prettiest girl at the prom or use whatever analogy you want to use. if europe was doing well, do you think this market would be in the toilet? >> i think we'd probably already be pulling back, yes. and you can see the nervousness now with these big money

investors, just what happened over the last week. tracy: yep. >> we were almost a thousand points down, and now we're almost a thousand points back up again. so when people ask we, gee, where do i think we're going to end the year? i say somewhere between 17 and 18,000, you really don't know. tracy: but will this little rally continue? unfortunately, as the days go on, more and more people go on vacation, so the volume's going to be anemic, but do you think we will end up -- you're not going to say. >> in 2014 or '15? tracy: in 2014. will the santa claus rally continue? >> chances are with thinner trading around the holidays, i think we're going to be okay. right where we are, high 17s, we might end up even over 18. but with the recent volatility, it's anybody's guess at this point. tracy: right. some of of the things that worked this year, southwest airlines was on your list. even with oil that worked. india, really interesting. do you think -- now, you're playing that as an etf? >> india, actually, is one thing. i don't know the airline stocks

did very well last year, i don't know if they can keep it going for another year in light of all this. tracy: right. >> but some of the emerging markets, i think, can. and part of it's because india, for example, doesn't have the debt burden that europe has or even that we have for that matter. tracy: not yet. give 'em time. let's talk about 2015 now. everyone anticipating interest rates hopefully edging up, probably not until june at this point, quantitative easing going away. what happens then? >> well, short-term rates cannot go up significantly, and the reason is because long-term rates cannot go up significantly. right now we have a 2.16 ten-year treasury whereas we have ten-year italian and spanish bonds that are under 2% that arguably have a lot more risk than our own. and with europe being in a recession, perhaps deflationary environment, those rates are going to stay low, and it's going to act as a glass ceiling to keep our ten-year fairly low

for the next year. if the fed were to raise short-term rates from 2.5 to 1.5, we'd have a flat yield curve, and they won't do that because that's not good for the economy. tracy: bottom line, the economy's barely even going to notice. where do we go then, 2015, up or down? [laughter] >> well -- [laughter] i'm going to give you a very decisive answer. 2015 is going to be a double-digit return. double-digit year. whether it's on the upside or the downside is what i don't want to get pinpointed toward. tracy: we could go either way, is what you're saying. >> it can. i think the volatility's going to continue through 2015. but here's an analogy that i like to make, it's kind of like when storm sandy came you remember just a couple years ago now, and i remember that the calendar said that the tide was supposed to be going out. it was an ebb tide, but yet the water was rising, and that's because the storm surge, the wind was keeping the water in, it was holding it in, forcing more water in even though the lunar cycle said we're going to

have an ebb tide. it's kind of like that now because qe's not here and the market should be settling down, but we have a storm surge because of what's going on in europe and money coming into our market. so which is going tond out oi be -- to win out by the end of 2015? it depends on which one keeps its strength longer. tracy: either way, we're going to need a bigger boat. [laughter] >> you better believe it. tracy: david scranton, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. tracy: bmw expanding its recall of those deadly takata airbags nationwide, pushing 2014 even deeper into record territory for the most recalls in a single year. fox business' very own jeff flock joins us now from illinois. you've been following this from day one, so what is the latest on this takata recall? >> reporter: long road, i until ya -- tell ya, it's been an ugly road. an ugly night here in chicago, by the way. yes, this takata thing could become bigger than the gm thing. but when you take a look at the

numbers on this year, just incredible. take a look. 60.5 million, that's without the latest bmw action. that is twice what the previous record was which was set back in 2004. that record broken as of the summer even. and we're not at the end of the year yet. yes, most of it has been as a result of the gm ignition switch recalls, 11.5 million because of switch problems and all the res. but here's something you may not know. most of gm's recalls this year, and it's been almost 30 million, most of those have not been a result of the ignition switch problems. it's been just more simple things and mainly things that are not relateed to safety like -- related to safety like head lamp problems, airbag wiring, hood latch corrosion, stuff like that. that's what most of the recalls have been. now beyond gm, as we said, other reasons, takata. that's the one that's front and center right now. but, you know, the cars are a

lot more high-tech these days. that's another factor as well as well as a lot of automakers concerned about liability because gm just today announced yet another 104 claims filed last week in their compensation fund. so for -- so far the numbers are 260 death claims have been filed, 42 of those have been paid out -- not paid out, but have been approved for payout by gm. so they're admitting, tracy, to 42 deaths as a result of the ignition switches. what's this all meant for the bottom line? not good for gm, their stock down about 18%. but fiat chrysler stock, not too many recalls and good performance for the stock last check, year to date up 31%. and, tracy, a lot of automakers have told us as a result of the recalls, people have been bringing their cars in, and they've sold them new cars. maybe it's a silver lining, i don't know if you can call it that. tracy: that's a definite silver

lining. jeff flock, get out of that bad weather. thank you so much. >> wish you were here. [laughter] tracy: all right, next, sony's "the interview" might not be playing at a theater near unit soon, but there's still plenty of movies to see. which ones are gaining buzz and which ones you should just stay home and have some eggnog. we'll be right back. i'm only in my 60's.

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los angeles. micah, thanks for being with us. i was surprised that audience is down 4% year-over-year, i thought it was going to be a lot more because of netflix and all that. people are still going to movies, huh? >> yes, absolutely. in fact, this year is a big year for movies. there's so many movies for the kids, into the woods, big eyes, the hobbit and everything for families, so many good movies to go see. tracy: so what do you like? what would you go see? >> i'm like a kid. i love to go see those big, over-the-top disney movies. i'm definitely going to be seeing into the woods with meryl streep. i've heard she is just epic, as we would expect, and emily blunt is singing for the very first time, and i found out she was pregnant while she was filming it, so i think that's amazing. tracy: so i have to ask because i have a kid at home, annie's getting pinned, is it worth

going to see? >> cameron diaz is awesome, jamie foxx is awesome, and it's just a great adaptation of so -- that so many of us loved as kids. and i think we should all definitely go out and support it. tracy: it's a hard knock life hip-hop style. i don't know, i want to see it. i think it looks so cool. do you think we're ever going to get to see "the interview" out of sony? >> i am hoping so. this was one movie that i was waiting for with baited breath. i know that a lot of people are probably thinking the same exact thing. if they're not going to put it into theaters, then i say put it on the web, you know? put it on youtube, give it to us in some way because they spent $43 million on this movie, so it would be a real shame to not put it out there. tracy: yeah. and at this point i think everyone is going to want to see it too. let's talk about these franchise

nil m. -- films. some of them do really well, you had dumb and dumber to which i think that says it all right there, horrible bosses 2, that probably says it all. what happened here? >> i think, you know what? there's so much hype surrounding these movies, i think we're waiting to walk into that movie theater and just be blown away. but, you know, it's not so much about the storyline, they're just giving us more, you know, special effects or now it's in 3-d, and it's just, it hasn't really lived up to the expectations that a lot of us are really hoping for when we go to see these movies. tracy: right. and i know for next year a lot of people are going to want to see that furious seven with paul walker in it, unfortunately died during the filming of it, that's probably going to be something that's going to get a lot of hype. >> yes, absolutely. and i think that we should all go and support that one as well. tracy: i totally agree. micah, thank you so much for aching the time to be with us. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. tracy: we'll be right back.

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♪ ♪ tracy: that's it for tonight's willis report. "making money" with charles payne starts right now. have a good night. charles: i'm charles payne, and you're watching "making money." the dow at all-time highs, up 155 points. how much longer til 18,000? only 41 points away and a huge super saturday helping holiday retail sales, but oil still dropping. let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole? >> yes, charles. take a look, right? we had a closing bell, an exciting one at that. we moved up to our session highs in the last hour. the dow and the s&p closed at record all-time highs, and for all those bulls out there, they're getting ready for dow 18,000. slightly less volume today, but there were so many wincers. -- winners. and on the dow you