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piecing together why he deliberately steered the plane into the french alps. jack let me start with you. >> you know, it seems like a one off event. maybe this was the case of a you ranged person. we learned we need two people in those cockpits and europe at all times. >> we struggle for solution that will never happen again. he could have just killed the other person inside their. >> he could have. i think they have changed it to where there will be -- >> the rest of europe may follow.

>> this is huge and it is tragic. it becomes an even bigger story if for some reason the authorities in germany look beyond whatever abnormal emotions he was having. if this thing fell through the cracks because of that, this becomes a story about does the industry itself have to change. stocks trading off on us. melissa: drilling into the liability of little later in the show. preventing 40 of the losses from turning in to the longest losing streak in 10 weeks. four oil, it is the exact opposite. even with the drop, oil is still on track for its biggest weekly gain in four years.

i saw some numbers today that money is pouring out of the markets. the greatest rate since 2009. that would be sort of a buy signal. >> right. it was a good buying opportunity. i remain short term. i do not give advice. short-term bullish until i hear something more meaningful out of the fed and then we will have a correction. >> a continual flow. they go on to index etf's. >> i think it is easier to buy the market. >> technical corrections.

all of this is just a tech to go correction. there is too much supply. it will be really nasty when they start raising rates. >> cranking up the heat in the pressure cooker of the middle east. pursuing a nuclear deal with iran. the u.s. is on the same side as iranians. how can anyone possibly keep those teams straight? >> the enemy of your enemy is still at your enemy. the united states is wearing the suit of the riddler in the middle east. who are we? >> i am not a blame obama first by any stretch. our former president was making chaos in the middle east.

our current president was supposed to be that guy that took a more thoughtful approach. >> you not only are dealing with radical islam but you are also dealing with sunnis, shiites. >> alienating a lot of people. >> and manager wrote a really nice column. i think that he would agree with this. there are no good choices but when we throw israel under the bus, you are really hurting. they are the ones i haven't of stability there. i do not fault president obama. it is insane what is going on.

>> the possibility that has been fostered. >> israel is the one place where women can succeed and achieve. this is the one civil place over there. melissa: five years into the civil war. willing to engage in talks with the u.s. listen to what he told 60 minutes. >> every dialogue is a positive thing. we will be open to any dialogue with anyone, including the united states. melissa: i believe him. he seems totally trustworthy. >> he says he wants to sit down and talk. do you believe him? >> oh, has no don't use policies

that is really clear to anybody. i guess it is all fair game. it is open. it is ridiculous. melissa: there you go. >> listen, i don't know. [laughter] this just goes to show you what a mess we are in right now in the middle east. we need to get on the side of an aside government. these people are worse for us. >> justin president obama's -- this is not the first time the u.s. has supported dick haters or fat guys >> i would not say this.

>> look at the cold war. remember how the term was that i is our dictator. a ruthless, porro horrible guy. >> americans really do not know what our policy is. melissa: the white house is finally getting tough on accountability. >> a cheap florist left side after a rumored clash with the first lady. she quietly left her position earlier this year. then it comes out that she was escorted outside of the building. she had a dust up with the first

lady. she had a fussy style. heads are going to roll. >> i read the story. there is nothing to see here. leaving this high-profile job to move on to bigger and better opportunities. >> playing devils advocate. you work in government and to get a job. the biggest company in the world. melissa: i do not date that that is what happened. >> back away from the scissors. you are leaving right now. >> the styles are different. she likes a stuffy arrangement. michelle obama likes more simplistic styles.

melissa: with everything going on. >> i love huge floral arrangements. >> really? melissa: thanks, guys. prosecutors now considering criminal charges. isis sneaking in as the u.s. ramps up charges. look at this. more money coming up. ♪

melissa: we are getting in breaking news now. paying an initial $54,000. this is according to dow jones. further claims made to just what

you are doing now. we will have much more on the financial and. coming up a little bit later in the show. meanwhile, into the deadly action. french prosecutor on the day of the flight. about how we can prevent a similar tragedy. thank you so much for joining us. they are watching us and saying we want to prevent something like this from happening. what advice can you give? >> i think we have a rush to judgment here. we do not have all the facts.

we do not know this. i think we do have the u.s. air force. someone had a divorce or something in their life, they do not fly. especially in combat situations. what are we trying to avoid. >> let's go down. >> is there a way you could screen that? >> it certainly is positive. a girlfriend breaks up with you. your mother dies. you get like nose with

something. we do need to do more. this argument is we had a sick guy in the cockpit. i think we need to get more information when we jump into this. melissa: one thing that they did already is at least for this outline, was that to be too quick of a reaction? >> no, it is not. if you really had someone really crazy and that cockpit the first victim will be the flight attendant. there is no question. will this have helped? we do not know. we do not know necessarily whether this guy intentionally

did this. >> what are we doing to screen any person in this kind of a situation so they do not owe off the deep end. they would not fly until they were examined. that literally was the case during the cold war. let's get away from this. almost a given of the pilot profession that it is a time bomb waiting to go off. what do we do to address it? melissa: you can understand, people out there see this and then imagine how powerless people were. how can we avoid this in the future. i appreciate what you are

saying. thank you for coming on the show. appreciate it. a few more stories that we are watching right now. a very volatile week in the market. traders waiting for any clues on when she will begin to tighten monetary policy. the jury is still deliberating and that windowless room. the cbo is suing for up to $160 million. that coverage is damages and lost wages. americans are buying more pepsi and diet coke. pepsi has now moved up to be the second most popular soda that is right behind regular coke. soda sales have now dropped every year for a decade. not good for them.

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amazon sells everything from coasters to your plugs. >> they are extending an agreement. employees have the option to either take it or leave it. eighteen months potentially covers the next holiday season. companies compete with each other. ups or another seasonal employer offers a better deal, you better take it. melissa: way above the federal minimum wage. is that enough to say you cannot work anywhere for 18 months after this?

>> no, it is not. we do own it. this upsets the technology fee go system. it is very important for companies to advance. melissa: they do have a lot of robots. it makes sense in a way. i want to move on to walgreens where everybody knows your name. learning customers names. they see all of your information. jonathan do you think that is creepy? >> i think that it is creepy.

even the modern boutique hotel business even talks about preferring to customers in a former manner. melissa: mr. marr and you are sitting there buying chips. in so far the experience better or creepier? >> it is creepier. it is cool. i am a pretty good personality

guy. i just want to get my product and get on with my life. melissa: men are going local for lulu. free and comfortable. spike in same-store sales last quarter. abc. what does it stand for? >> innovation everywhere. hats off to lulu lemon. melissa: do you pay that much

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striking rebels in the region for a second day. those insurgents are back. here now is chris. along with peter brooks from the heritage foundation. thank you to both of you for joining us. i know that you were the deputy director. one of the things you do for that is leading. do you think that that is a good idea? >> no. that is a horrible idea. we are legitimizing your nuclear program. your request to obtain a nuclear

weapon. it is catastrophically bad. clearly on the path for a nuclear weapon. >> i think that that is the case. this is a problem. if you do not get rid of this program now you will end up with a weapon stays. >> at least we have a scene at the table. do you buy that argument? we could come out better than where we started. >> i would rather talk and

fight. the talking in order to facilitate their access to weapons is not a good deal. at some level we have to decide what art u.s. interests. what are we going to do. >> what would be an comfortable agreement? >> the thing i would be comfortable with is a complete dismantle of the program. melissa: there is nothing short of that? >> you need an intrusive inspection. the iraq nuclear or which could give a second pathway to iran. i worry about the intercontinental ballistic program. you do not use it for anything other than delivering weapons of

mass distraction. this is something that i really worry about. i am very skeptical unfortunately. iran has spent a lot of money on this program. a lot of time and money. they see this as a way for predominant power. melissa: the department of defense, look at that. it is a graphic leak that is being dropped by u.s. military overseer yet to discourage people. it looks like they are tossing someone into a chopping machine. what do you think about this?

>> nobody is going to join isis. thank you to everything. they execute people. anyone going to join isis right now know exactly what they are getting into. melissa: peter does this strike you as a bizarre strategies? >> it is accurate. some of them are going to live in the islamic state. it is like hotel california. you can check in, but you cannot check out. they tried to leave. this is very accurate. if any people will decide to work against isis, this may be

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♪ melissa: i am melissa francis with your fox business brief. lower fuel costs helping to save a lot more money. passengers also spending more during their time on board. bookings are looking good for the rest of the gear. the average tax refund is $2900. that is down $600 from earlier in the season. dow chemical, sporting off some of its chlorine business. it will now merge in a deal worth five know you dollars. do not miss cheryl casone's big interview. that is in the next hour during

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melissa: ranking news. paying an initial sum of $54,000. that is according to dow jones. the payment would not protest further claims made by the

families. french prosecutors now considering criminal charges in the case. here now is doug moss. he is an airline pilot. explain to me how they could possibly be guilty of a crime of criminal charges. >> if they had any knowledge of the copilot's preconditions definitely subject them to liability. melissa: criminal liability? >> absolutely. the highest in the world. they have thin ultimate responsibility for ensuring the safety of passengers. melissa: what would qualify? what is the bar?

>> there is no bright line rule on exactly what constitutes the level at which that would have been. if they have a suspicion that he did have cell phones, they had an affirmative duty to take action on that. melissa: if they were found guilty what would that mean to the airline? >> of governing treaty on these bills. it would impose the highest level of liabilities. melissa: they said they would immediately give $54,000 each to these families. what do you think about that? >> i think that that is a good move. accepting at least some level of responsibility.

providing some type of financial lead. melissa: you look for similar cases. they got a total of 115 million from the airline. do you think that this will be on par with that? >> it could go either way. it is really undetermined at this point. melissa: what would be the factors that would contribute to it? >> primary knowledge of any kind of mental state condition. that would be the overriding issue. melissa: thank you so much for coming on. senate minority leader harry reid is announcing he will not run for reelection in 2016.

what is the reaction of this? >> broad reaction on capitol hill harry reid says he will stay until his term expires. he is known for his ties to wall street and fundraising ability. schumer's colleagues must still elect him. as for the current minority leader joined and commended him in nevada. >> i could not be more proud of him. a whole bunch of really tough issues saving this country from a depression. making sure that these people have health care. making sure that your people were able to go to college. >> refusing to back a candidate

to succeed him. senators patty murray and elizabeth warren are also in current democrat leadership. melissa: what is the cost of? why do people think that he did this? he had a terrible accident exercising. is it that or is it that he just is not up for in another tough election? >> his judgment is the time off has given him the opportunity to work select. he is 75 years old. he was a cop. a boxer. look at the math here. he will be 77 and a couple of years. listen the senate has plenty of

people in their 80s. democrats have had the same leadership for almost a decade now. melissa: these guys are a bunch of idiots. i don't want to do this anymore. thank you so much. do not this strange inheritance tonight at a special time. 10:00 p.m. eastern. after real estate developers secret life as a world-renowned furniture craftsman. do not miss unpacked at 9:30 p.m. eastern on thursdays. we go behind the scenes. sure was a fun one last night. i hope you did not miss it because it was fun to your derek

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now. of over 2%. working on revenue stabilization . seeing the potential of the security stocks. overall, very nice. a big turnaround effort. certainly seems to be working. other analysts have touted this overall. >> thank you so much. a big show ahead. >> the ceo of game stuff is going to be joining me. you know the kids. they are all on their phones. you have all the stores trying to sell games to kids.

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♪ melissa: news right now. senator dick durbin, the number two democrat in the senate will not seek to succeed retiring leader harry reid. he has put his support behind chuck schumer. history making mission to space. starts in less than an hour. american astronaut scott kelly will spend a whole year. wow. on the international space station. both he and his identical twin mark will undergo the same medical experiments. one in orbit and one on earth. this is so cool. foxfox news' phil live with more. phil, i love this. tell me more. >> we have a guinea pig in space and one on earth. over in kazakhstan, scott kelly and two men are seated and strapped into the capsule.

it is just under an hour from now it will be launched. trip to the space station. it's a trip to mars. >> think about what you were doing a year ago most people can't remember. that's how long it was. >> especially if you're not on earth for that year. no restaurants. no walks in the park. just circling the earth 16 times a day. >> you miss the weather the and seasons. you miss the human relationships you have with the friends and family and people you love on the ground. >> in a landmark study to enable us too mars and beyond scott kelly will float for a record 12 months in space. >> long duration space flight causes us to lose bone mass. and radiation. things you can't see. the effects on our immune system. things you can't see. >> mark will be the control sample.

250 miles below his brother, the orbit orbiting guinea pig. >> you're the lab rat on the ground. >> he's the control lab rat. i'm the other than. >> scott kelly has a long-term girlfriend and two children. they live in the houston area. he'll be able to email them and make occasional phone calls from the space station. he can see them as he looks at the porthole as earth spins around 16 times a day, melissa. >> one of the things they're testing for is that your eyeball can lose shape. i wonder what shape they become. how did they decide which of the twins would go? >> well, mark had already retired. they asked, scott, hey, would you be willing to do this? he had come back from a stint on the space station. he was hesitant. they both realized what a great opportunity this is for science to learn

about what's going to happen to humans up there. think about it. we go to mars. six month trip there. six month trip back. >> so we have to know what goes on. that is so cool. that's all we have for now. hope you're making money. here's cheryl. >> thank you very much. fighting in the middle east. nuclear talks with iran described as tough and very serious. and winter blues weighing on american consumer sentiment. adds up to major market confusion this friday. right now we're looking at a market that is fairly flat for the day. a lot of back and forth for the week. how we close the week is what matters. there are the markets right now barely in the green. should the german copilots apparent depression raised red flags? lufthansa announcing it will pay victims families $54,000 each. the tragedy sending ripples