12 volunteers also had children under the age of six which kept them up as well. melissa francis you're up. >> adam shapiro, thank you so much. dow 18,000. you may want to hold on confetti and party hats for now. why the very economic data helping to send stocks to new highs is juiced. was it all a genius pr stunt? the last minute reversal as sony says it will release "the interview" on christmas after all. oil prices backing russia into a corner. president putin emergency measures as the economy heads into free fall. pop quiz, are you ready? you guys have been doing this on twitter. what is the better deal, 33% off or 33% more of what you're buying? we're going to tell you. how you can avoid retailers post-christmas tricks. even they say it's not, it is always about "money."

melissa: breaking records, making money. an early christmas present for wall street as the dow crosses 18,000 for the first time in history, let's bring in today's panel. fox business's charlie gasparino, jack hough from "barron's." monica crowley from "the washington times." she is also fox news contributor. jack what do you think of this rally? >> it is certainly welcome. only an idiot would try to predict what the stock market will do. that said, let me predict what the market will do. the u.s. market will rise 8%. melissa: really. >> i pick that number because that is rate of expected earnings growth next year. we had enough of rising valuations in u.s. they have been high as they get relative to earnings. see valuations stable, match -- melissa: nice haircut,. >> petco. melissa: well-played. >> i agree. here's the thing, look at this way, low inflation a huge tax cut in the name of lower oil

prices and lower gas prices. not really great wage growth. and decently expanding economy, unless something takes, throws a monkey wrench into that formula the market has got to go up. i don't know how much. i won't say 8% but got to be a decent run. it has to be. melissa: we'll hold you to that. >> unless one of those -- >> supposed fed has to raise rates because there is asset bubble? that is the sort thing you have to worry about. melissa: i want to bring monica in on this one of the economy is growing at fastest pace in more than a decade rising 5% in the third quarter. is though, is that, there might be something to this number. the government recently changed way it calculates gdp to take advantage of our love of movies and ipad. so they not only want to calculate the income that comes from selling an independednt pad and from us going to the movies but they also want to count the research and development and quantify it that goes into an

independednt pad and also want to try to put a price on intellectual property within a movie so they can make this number bigger. what do you think about that? >> i hope the 5% number is true but however the confidence we've had in government numbers whether unemployment or gdp has been on shaky ground for quite a long time. i hope this is real. my confidence with the government putting in some intangibles to get a higher number, look, i think we're on dicey ground here. we'll see how it plays out but i don't think that 5% number is anywhere near where we ought to be. the growth number has been revised down the last couple of quarters. we know unemployment is fake number. there is this fake money -- melissa: jack, you're chomping at the bit. >> i couldn't disagree more. almost every year there is change how we calculate inflation or jobs or economic growth and every year there is a conspiracy theory that they're faking it. melissa: it is pretty fishy. go after the stuff we love.

trying to apple up the numbers. >> jack, if we had real, 5, 6% growth, wage growth would be better. historically -- i'm not saying they're fake. >> if they were faking economic growth how do you explain the last five years? why don't they fake it better? >> saying they're faking it. here the problem. to say this shows how great things are, 5% growth -- >> that i agree. >> you don't have the wage growth. >> the problem is, the gdp doesn't measure whether we're getting better off. it just measures money whipping around the economy. >> by the way -- >> if mcdonald's making us fat because we're buy hamburgers and drugmaker is curing diabetes and that is not figured in and money whipping through the economy. >> that is the central problem with obama-nomics. very food for the market, rich fat cats. people like us with few bucks to invest, hopefully people watch fox business network for the average joe if you're not in the market you're kind of screwed.

you're getting a decent economy and not -- >> except for the top 1%. >> yes. >> all our viewers hopefully, new york city mayor bill de blasio slamming the media for dividing city. >> i don't see reports on many decent, good people. i don't see reports on everyday cops who do the exemplary thing and hold the line and show restraint and discipline no matter what invective is hurled at them. >> [inaudible] >> you know what? i'm telling you over again -- >> [inaudible] >> that i'm telling you that is how you want to portray the world but we know different reality. some people portray that. it is wrong. they shouldn't do. that it is wrong. it is nasty, it is negative. but they, my friend are not the majority. stop portraying them as the majority. >> damn media! it is always our fault. damn media! >> i've been calling bill de blasio comrade bill de blasio sips even before he came in. i thought the train would come of at tracks a lot later into

his mayorty of new york city because he is a left-winger. he is a socialist in ways that barack obama never really is. melissa: right. >> it took less than a year. i will say this, what he is displaying is a disgusting, disgusting portrayal of those protest which anybody that watched those protests would sit there and, it wasn't just three people's chanting let's kill cops. there were hundreds of people. >> this mayor needs to choose between two priorities. one making crowds of black supporters cheer and the other is making saving young black lives. we should stop undermining -- >> we should point out in the protests, there were really few african-americans in the latest protests. not very few. it was majority white people from the union movement that were organized to disrupt new york city. melissa: go ahead. >> he snead to be mayor of all of the people. it is not just, black constituents. not just -- >> unions. melissa: not about -- >> not about slicing and dicing

electorate. what you saw there was really embarrassing speckel. melissa: it was embarassing. >> talk about his lack of leadership throughout but to whine, that it is press's fault for the fact he lost confidence and trust of his blitz department which was on shaky ground to begin with that is one of the most immature things i ever see come from any leader. i don't see how he goes forward. melissa: kill the messenger. >> this is it what we're kind of missing this is the biggest city in the country. one of the biggest cities in the world. center of finance for the world. it is incredibly dynamic place. when you have the mayor this insane losing it this bad, that is a bad story. >> it is public safety situation. melissa: definitely. >> he doesn't have control over his police force and they don't respect him. melissa: get this. white house officially hired a lobbiest of its own to lobby congress. technically calling this position a senate liaison, i mean, come on. this is amazing. on his first day in office he said, you know, he said that he

will not hire any lobbyists. have to take a two-year break before you can serve in my administration. since then he granted wafers to people and hired them anyway. gone to the point where he hired a lobby. monica, are you putting resume' in. >> hire me. call me, mr. president. melissa: no. >> he has huge hypocrisy problem as you point out here. also what the hell does he need a lobbiest for to go to congress? this is what a president does. this is what leadership is all about. go to members of other party, twist theirs arms. go to members of your own party, persuade them. that is your job description. he is outsourcing the presidency -- >> should be most influential guy. >> lobbiest for a lobby. >> call him a czar. >> great idea. answers to why the anaconda just didn't want none. the man behind eaten alive, why he let discovery film. he was apparently merely nibbled

in order to bring mass attention to conservation and anacondas. so he says he was grimsley amused to see the commercial made it look like i was eaten by an anaconda. i love this story. there are a lot of reasons. there are a lot of reasons. >> the guy didn't get evennen. melissa: he didn't get close to getting eaten. >> the name of the whole show was "eaten alive" to drive ratings. eyeball click and eyeball bait. he got a little nibble. melissa: we're delicious about this, excuse the pun, this guy is saying he did it because he loves animals and he wanted to bring awareness to illegal gold mining and deforested areas in the amazon. so he went out there and wanted to show people snakes and goes out there and peta attacks him afterward because the snakes were abused. he didn't even get eaten. >> how do you abuse an anaconda? melissa: almost choked on him. i think that is what peta said.

you tortured the snake. thought it would eat this delicious thing and took the person out of its mouth. take the cheeseburger away from me to see it happens. >> they have a thing called twitter if you want to raise awareness. don't have to put your head in a snake's mouth. melissa: i love the story. charlie doesn't. >> your show, dude. melissa: there you to. we'll have christmas debut after all. sony confirms it is releasing the controversial movie but only in select theaters. dreaming after white christmas? more like a wet and windy one. where stormy weather may make holiday traveling a nightmare and delay last minute packages. more "money" coming up. ♪ she inspires you. no question about that. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready.

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melissa: the sony saga takes another attorney today as the company announces it will release "the interview" in select theaters on christmas day after all. one cinema chain in texas, of course it is texas. its ceo explained last hour on "risk & reward." >> it has become much more than this one movie. this movie is emblem of freedom

of speech at this point. i encourage everybody to support it. it is bigger than just "the view" "view." "the view." >> white house issued a statement applauding sony's decision. we have a attorney from los angeles. and michael tamaro from in the fox light. and jack hough with us as well. dominic, let me start with you. do you think the theaters have to sign a release that they will not hold sony responsible if they show this movie? >> well, obviously they're assuming the risk here and this is a response by sony that appears to be their reaction to the public backlash and high-profile protests you've seen from stars and from the president himself. melissa: yeah. michael, i think this could possibly be the most effective stunt of all time. now they release the movie. there is all -- everybody said release it and we'll go see it in droves because we want to support the movie and we'll not let the terrorists win or

hackers. >> here's the thing. this movie was going to be a very small player on christmas day. there are a lot of big releases. "american sniper," into the woods. this movie would have been forgotten moment it was released. i don't think it was a stunt. it was a poorly mishandled crisis management situation from the very beginning. now it is about saving face. melissa: looking so silly and ridiculous like they fumbled could be a genius stunt of all time. what a great cover. they look like idiots. you would never believe they're smart. jack, what do you think. are you running to the movie to see the movie. >> i heard the movie was two hours of crotch jokes. that is not a holiday tradition in my family to watch it. the money in the movie is rounding error for larger holding company. they have more potential shutting down electronics businesses that aren't working right now. melissa: they said they would lose $200 million. it had most effective pr of all time. dominic, seth rowing fan was out

there -- rogan was tweeting. the people have spoken. sony didn't give up. how many theaters do you think are going to do it? >> i think as many as can get their hands on it. you have unprecedented interest here. so ironically whoever did this north korea or someone else in attempt to stifle free speech encouraged interest in a movie that would not otherwise have been there. it is remarkable. as many theaters as possible i think you will see a lot of people request the movie. melissa: sony on the offensive trying to stop the hacks of information. going after twitter and threatening it with a lawsuit if it doesn't suspend an account leaking documents. this is great one. at bikini robot army is the guy behind all this this sound like a character from spongebob. >> shows how poorly they handle the whole thing. send out the letter to news networks to stop reporting bit.

tried heavy hand, studio executives with the petition. from the beginning they should have brought in studio executives from other studios and news chiefs. we're all in this together. we're all americans. this is unprecedented situation. today it is us, tomorrow it is you. we need your help but they didn't. that part problem. that's why we're here today. melissa: we know how twitter works, they block the account and opens up another one. what is the point of that? >> i don't think this will work. isn't the internet tough to control once you leak those nude photos or something? isn't it too late to reach back out. melissa: yeah although my -- >> they should know. melissa: go ahead, dominic. >> you're just drawing more attention to it, right? melissa: yeah. >> that's the dilemma. on one hand he wants to protect his clients stolen confidential information. on the other hand sending out stern letters and they're being released it is making more people curious about what's being banned, what is being censored. melissa: definitely, bikini robot army, there you go. thanks, guys.

huge day for markets. s&p and dow hitting new highs. big board topping 18,000 for the first time ever. let's go to nicole petallides on floor of the new york stock exchange with more on today's trade. big day down there, nicole. >> no doubt. dow 18,000. people are waiting for it. does it really mean anything? no. but a great psychological round number. we crossed through. that right now the dow is up 95 points, holding on to some great gains. we have names on the dow, hitting life-time highs today. some folks own these, probably pretty happy to see it. travelers, visa, 3m which since pulled into the red and hit a lifetime high. proctor & gamble, disney and home depot. we've had stellar performers. intel and united health have been great performers on the dow jones industrial average and better than expected gdp numbers showing growth in the economy. that helped things along. back to you. melissa: nicole, thank you so much. a few stories on our radar. keurig is recalling nearly seven million of its popular coffee

machines because of burn-related injuries. its mini plus brewing system has been found to leak boiling water on customers! that's not good. new home sales fallen for a second straight month falling 1.6% in november. follows yesterday's existing home sales data which hit a six-month low. an any made the movie "frozen," named entertainer of year by associated press, the movie. okay. it received 12 of 47 votes followed by taylor swift in second place. jimmy fallon for third. who would have been my vote by the way. melissa: crazy pet lovers took it one step further. the technology, even the dog whisperer would be jealous of. hopefully by now you've gotten all of your shopping done but did you fall for retailers tricks? sneakiest ways stores convince you to spend more money and how to outsmart them. do you ever have too much money? ♪

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melissa: the holidays are almost over but retailers have got their own tricks to get to you spend even more money long after they're gone. they are banking on you, the consumer, to be totally hopeless at math! don't do it! we took to the streets with a simple question, to see what you think and to see if you fall into their trap. take a listen. >> 33% more coffee or 33% discount. which do you think is the better deal? >> uh -- >> good question. >> i rather have more coffee. i'm used to spending price. >> more coffee. >> more coffee. >> the best value for your money i definitely say get the discount. >> could have fee is too

expensive. take the discount. >> probably the discount. >> why is that. >> guessing. >> i don't know. i never pay attention to discounts. >> free coffee. >> would be the same thing, wouldn't it? >> turn out to be same thing. >> in terms of an increase, might actually end up being the same. >> too much the same. >> can't do math without my coffee. melissa: math. come on! i mean, you got to know better. marketing guru bruce turkel joins me now. you know the answer, right? please help me. ah. of. >> of course it is the discount but keep in mind, melissa, that is not math. >> yes it is. >> it is arithmetic. it is reading, adding subtracting dividing multiplying, that's it. melissa: no it is not. what is the bigger number. taking 33% off or adding 33% more? oh. so they do this all the time. they do this all the time. they understand that people out

there can't do math. talk about some other ones before i rip all of my hair out here. williams-sonoma. put this clever. 429 doll bread-maker, why anyone would spend $429 on a bread maker is beyond me. next to nearly identical bread maker priced at 279. the cheaper one wasn't moving you but the second they put it next to the expense seven one, oh, what a bargain. they snapped it up even though, a loaf of bread is like, dollars. go ahead. yeah. >> keep in mind that the function of the product, the fact that it makes bread is irrelevant. first of all, as to the second time you use it wash it, you never use it again. melissa: right. >> the idea of giving someone a present, williams-sonoma, impressive. most of them cost 400 bucks. one for 200. how can you pass that up? that is how they get you every time. melissa: beware of the stuff grouped together. maybe they're together to sort of trick you, to make you feel like you're getting a deal.

this is another big one. we're also suckers for the number nine. anything that is something 99, right? why is this? >> because if you hear something is 19.99 or hear it is 20 bucks, even though a penny difference, it is not 20 bucks. randy gauge, the guy does all the work on prosperity and prosperity mindsets, he says the last number 7 is even more valuable. end the price with seven. people can't even compute, 19.97 or don't have totally idea. melissa: seven is completely per ex-mr.ing to us. so we'll buy it right away. >> exactly. melissa: we're afraid of extremes. on a display, put things together, people don't buy the cheapest or the most expensive. right? no of course. think about it. you and i go out to inder. the waiter comes over, which wine you like. personally i don't know anything

about wine. i don't want to look like cheapskate. i won't pick cheapest one. i don't want him or her to think some you buy the second cheapest because is worst value on the list because they know that is what you go for. melissa: what are some tricks, bruce. how can we help people shop better other than sending them back to school to learn math? >> a arithmetic. keep in mind, right now the retailers will do anything to sell you something but time is not on your side. of course the day after christmas, time is on your side. coupons, bring any coupon you want. i made one up. 30% off any store in america. thanks to melissa francis. you know what? they will take it. here you, you can have it. melissa: terrific. >> up to the consumer. it is your deal. right now, the buyer makes the rules. you go in there. you negotiate, you bargain, you can get a great deal. melissa: i will remember that. bruce, merry christmas. >> merry christmas, melissa, i've been loving responses on

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>> santa claus arising two days early on wall street. jonathan is on the floor of the news york stock exchange. >> normally, historically over time, i do not think anyone should be surprised. follow through what happens. once the back, two steps forward. i think that will happen. economic data will fit in. they will really buy into this rally, so to speak. there is a lot of skepticism.

>> okay. jonathan, thank you so much. a piece of the world largest christmas lottery. a whopping $3 billion jackpot. being shared among thousands of ticket holders. many of the winners were from a region of the highest unemployment rates in europe. the animal will be sold for $40,000. as many as 60 could be gone in the next few months. landing in vatican city.

the pontiff said that the vatican was suffering from spiritual on on alzheimer's. russian economic crisis putting vladimir putin on the road. forcing a bailout of the sector. suffering from the perfect storm. steve moore. chief economist. also a fox news contributor. steve, how far is this from russia? expanding.

santa claus is not going to be going to moscow this year. that is the root cause of the meltdown. this was an economy that was not saving for a rainy day in russia.

holding up the entire russian economy. this is very important. it could be totally independent for our oil and natural gas. when that didn't happen to economies, bad things happen very fast. that is what you are seeing in russia. >> they made a huge economic bailout. how dangerous, though, is vladimir putin when backed into a corner? >> when you have a meltdown of your economy and people do not have food in the stores, it is

incredible instability. i still think he is much weaker now than he was a teen months ago. the money was just pouring into moscow. i do not think he is nearly as dangerous as he was. >> thanks, guys. merry christmas. google put the finishing touches on its self driving car. a window into your pets every move. the must-have stocking stuffer for the crazy cat lady and all of us. a run for your money and your cat treats. up next. ♪

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melissa: two hands on the wheel may no longer apply. the internet giant putting together the first fully functional prototype of a completely vehicle. the self driving part is straight from google's engineers. safety drivers will be taking the car out for a few test drives over christmas. jack is back with me now. 2015. are you going to buy one? >> i am thinking about driving. you have to bring the strollers. a couple stops along the way. this business is not ready for prime time yet. we are making progress and it is

coming. people make all the jokes they want. people are terrible drivers. so many deaths each year on the road. insurance companies would love for you to do some thing like that. >> my google car would definitely have less road rage. keeping you in constant contact with your pooch. a webcam that allows you to record your pet. even tossed them a treat. we have the company founder. he joins me now. this is genius. it is very simple. i can look and then i can chuck a treat at my dog while at work. how do you feel about that? >> let's hope you are right.

thanks for having me today. >> it is priced at $169,000. you have been raising money on indigo go. when you bring this to market, how much do you think that this will cost? >> we are shipping product as we speak. we anticipate that we will begin shipping additional units in the january time frame. >> i can see endless uses for this. i feel like it would work on my husband as well. it just makes all kinds of sense. how did you come up with this idea? >> well, it is really quite simple. the subject of pets came up. we began showing each other pictures of our pet on the phone.

it would be interesting if i could actually introduce you to my pet on my phone. that was the germ of what became pepsi connect. melissa: i want to know your next idea. we have to go. thank you so much. we are heading into the last hour of trading. let's check in with ashley webster. >> hi, melissa. it is santalo rally. how long can we remain above 18,000? also the big story at sony. it is now releasing the interview. we will be talking about every angle of this story. we will be asking our market panel of three things that are there for 2015. taking some interesting thoughts

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more than 14,000 wishes this year alone. the most in their history. it is so impressive. this has been your biggest year ever. about $8000 to make a wish come true. >> it was a fabulous wish. and lots of companies and individuals will also donate their services to be able to produce that kind of video. >> it is really incredible. we work for a great production company. it just went over the top for creating that video. it was a great experience. melissa: yosemite park ranger.

>> wanted to be a park ranger at yosemite. they did a fantastic job and not experience. got to do a search and rescue. it was some bolick. somewhere within the united states every 38 minutes. we celebrated 250,000. the flipside is, 20,000 kids that are dyed dosed every year. for every family that we are helping, there is another that we are not. that is why this is so important. melissa: the into production. what is the process to get to that point?

there is still misconception that a child has a terminal diagnosis. more and more kids are actually surviving their illness. how does that help them? >> the emotional aspect of it. you will have six months of chemotherapy. if you do everything that we tell you to do, you will be strong enough. it is kind of a neat thing. melissa: happy holidays. hollywood travel in danger of a washout.

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melissa: some nasty weather could be making a mess of your holiday plans. stormy conditions among the midwest are causing travel delays some flights taking off an hour late in new york, philadelphia. flights out of denver and salt lake city, also disrupted. strong winds and soaking rains will intensify. when a record breaking 99 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more. yikes. holiday shopping on the fly. we have you covered with the airport goodies that actually do make great gifts. they aren't completely lame, i promise you. jack is back with me now. >> i will be the judge of that. melissa: okay. you can be. i saw the list and said

it's not possible to buy something at the airport and not have it awful. it's barely possible. number one we saw is the clear path. it's a thing you put on your luggage. put it on your bag. get to the front of the line. seventy-nine dollars. >> i'm sorry, grandma. i know you live in buffalo. you don't know how this works. i'll pass on that. melissa: give a book, chocolate, or wine. book is a good idea. >> whisky and a book, great. melissa: i have to say, i used to buy books at the airport when i wasn't reading electronic books, they're full price. express -- you can get a massage or manicure. >> your christmas gift is a stranger will rub you. i'll ride the subway. melissa: really?

>> not for me. maybe for someone -- melissa: you don't get a lot of massages? no. okay. interesting to know. may have been too much information about jack. i don't know. >> just enough. you never know. melissa: electronic devices. they're actually pretty great. they have one in jfk. electronic store that has a ton of stuff. pop in there, get something. >> we have some sort of braided charging cable. if your phone is blinged out, work on your charging cable. melissa: do you like this one? >> i think that's a winner. melissa: i think it's decent. the last one, favorite bottle of booze. holiday shots for everyone. >> more liquor is better than just liquor. that's another win. doing well. melissa: if you had to pick one, which one? >> i would have to go with the booze. booze works just about everywhere. melissa: jack, i know so much more about you. i'm not sure i'm better for it.

happy holidays, my friend. thanks for coming on the show. you're a great guy. that's all we have for now. i hope you're making money today. "countdown" starts right now. >> melissa, thank you very much. a lot of so-called experts said we'd never see it before the new year. oh, yeah.? how long will the dow 18,000 stick around? we'll ask the floor show and get their predictions. the all important predictions for 2015. oh, yeah, sony hits back going after twitter, as well as thumbing its nose against north korea. "the interview" will go along as planned. it's the last hour of trading. anything can happen. let's start the "countdown." ♪ >> and good afternoon, everybody. i'm ashley webster in for liz claman. this is the story of the afternoon, if not the day or the week. "the interview" back on. oh, yeah. we received word that a