>> nicole: breaking news this morning. investors face a new week after stocks sanked an friday. mid concern about riseing rates. >> cheryl: good morning, everyone, i'm cheryl casone. much higher opening this morning. s&p pointing higher by 14 and a quarter. >> nicole: slide in crude market oil driving market action. down another 18 cents. 35.45 right now. cheryl comerl in toll pix trump takes aim at ted cruz.

we are going to have all the numbers for you. nicole kidman faces investors that give her more time to tush around the company. >> cheryl: clinch a playoff spot and also the green bay packers leave the nfc over a win over dallas cowboys. you're watching fbn:am, morning markets and what to expect on your day ahead. positive coming out over the weekend. asia no reacting to that, at least in shanghai and it was chinese data that market 2.1%. nikkei, kospi all down about a fraction. nikkei losing 2%. >> nicole: let's check out what's going on in europe right now. we did see some up arrows this morning. rough week.

here is the bounceback. you have the ftse up 3 quarters of 1%. cac 1.3%. >> cheryl: u.s. stock market futures looking like this. looking like a positive open on this monday. remember, last week pretty rough week. this is fed week. >> nicole: oil dropped nearly 11% last week. biggest slide in the year. we are seeing oil right now 35.42, 20 cents, gold at 10.66. almost down $9. >> cheryl: it could be a rocky week of trading. good morning, sir, it's been a rough week for the markets leading today, but the feds seem baked in.

why do we have market reaction or is there something going on? there are bigger issues in place. they plan to raise rates and, you know, the spike is still unresolved issues. the markets here, perhaps, focusing on comments from the people's bank of china, central banks saying they are going to target the chinese currency. it's basically bringing the devaluation story back front and center. a lot of apprehension out there. volumes are not strong at all. >> nicole: this is nicole.

what if the fed doesn't -- what is the chance that the feds doesn't raise funds? what do they don't? what should investors expect? for u.s. markets. >> yeah, well, i think we may get a rerun as we did in september where, you know, the market just freaks. having guiding with 80% certainty. the only reason they can blink again if they raise the red flag. that's not good but the case scenarios that we wear another quarter-point hike. tricky trading in the last week of the year, for sure. >> cheryl: mike, thank you. >> nicole: major shake-up. sources tell journalists that ceo has been fired from the

mutual fund company. days after the firm announced it was closing. would not allow any more investors redemptions, you can't get your money back. sparking widespread concern. according to morning star the funds has fallen nearly 27% this year. >> cheryl: new fox new poll ted cruz leading presidential raise in iowa. donald trump has 26%. senator marco rubio coming in third with 13%. retired neurosurgeon ben carson can 10%. trump on fox news sunday slamming senator cruz. >> well, you look at the way he's dealt with the senate where he goes in there like, frankly, like a little bit of a maniac.

you can't walk in the senate and call people liars and get along with people. he'll never get anything done and that's the problem with ted. >> cheryl: meanwhile carson threatening to leave the republican if there are signs of a broken convention. >> one of the reasons that i got into this because i heard frustration of people of dishonesty, and, you know, if that is the case, then, you know, i'm out of here. >> cheryl: dr. carson will be on mornings with maria. that's today at 8:28 eastern time right here in the fox business network. >> nicole: president obama set to visit the pentagon to discuss terror threat by isis. white house officials say the president is not expect today announce any major changes to

the current u.s. strategy. also scheduled to visit the counterterrorism center later this week before leave to go annual vacation in hawaii. >> cheryl: isis is believed to have the ability to produce fake syrian passports. terror group may have printing machine as well as blank passports. >> nicole: reported had three background checks before entering the united states. new york times says law enforcement officials discovered on reporting posting as they investigated malik.

concluded an underwater searnl of a small lake in san bernardino, but the fbi have not said that items recovered from the late are from the attack. >> cheryl: russian warship firing shots to turkey beat. it was unable to establish radio contact. moscow said the turkish ship changed course after shots were fired. tensions remain high. >> nicole: major deal is now con controversy. $120billion before breaking up to three parts.

favors the deal but questions the timing. he said, it was rush today prevent him from publicly speaking about it. members of the board including one approved by lobe strongly defended the deal. >> cheryl: yahoo ceo marisa myer may be running out of time. she's had plenty of time to show progress on turnaround plan. another major investors wants yahoo to slash workforce by 75% and replace myer and bring a strategic partner. instead explore spinoff of

internet business. >> nicole: exxon emerges from oil giant ranks. now, prices can change from minute to minute, online sellers have used online pricing for years but others are takeing advantage of software that takes advantage of consumer habits. also john lewis are among the brands with the busiest holiday ads and they are busing this season. >> cheryl: weekend box office winners and losers for you. >> the story of men. >> cheryl: the heart of the sea

sanked at the box office, hunger games remained on top. all the numbers coming up. and in sports. >> you know, a good team wins, a lot of guys contributed. we fought hard. i thought the defense played incredible tom brady and the patriots are back on track and clinch a playoff spak. the packers leave over win over cowboys. coming up. dow looking pretty high. dow pointing higher by 85. s&p by 11 and a half. you're watching fbn:am, first look at morning markets and breaking news. ♪ ♪ opinions. there's no shortage in this world. who do you trust? whose analysis is accurate? how do you make sense of it all? a simple, unbiased stock score consolidated from the opinions of independent analysts...

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that. >> i, sir. >> he's mine. >> cheryl: well, in the heart of the sea capsize this weekend. scored only 11 million despite a 100 million-dollar production budget. the film sinking numbers allow for the hunger games to keep the top spot earning 11.3 million. pixar new dane -- dinosaur comes in with 10.4 million. movie premiers tonight.

>> nicole: looking forward to it . asia, in particular, we have seen a mix bag. nikkei down almost 2%. hang seng down 3 quarters and 1%. >> cheryl: taking a look at europe stocks. as you can see we have some higher, green arrows. ftse is up by 33, cac up by 54 and dax is up by 44. >> nicole: what a week. it was down almost 4% last week. s&p about 11 and dow futures 79 right now. >> cheryl: oil is what really hurt the market last week. 35.37. lose of 25 cents. futures are still pointing up and as you can see gold is little up more than $7. >> nicole: now let's take a look at the sports. tom brady threw for 226 yards and two touchdowns and the

patriots clinched playoff spot with 27-6 win over the houston texans. houston quarterback was sacked five times and left the game to be evaluated for a concussion. packers are 9-4. groan bay has one two in a row after 1 and 4 slides. ran for 124 yards and a touchdown and fellow running back added two scores and the win. the win came after packers coach mccarthy decided to started calling the plays again. late afternoon games yesterday. five-second half sacks including one in the end zone. carr bounced back from an awful first half to lead the raiders.

12-29 passes. broncos at 10-3 began the game of the afc top seed that couldn't hold onto 12-0 half time lead. >> cheryl: well, the gloves are off for donald trump and ted cruz. >> he'll never get anything done and that's the problem with ted. >> cheryl: we are going to have the fox poll that holds cruz ahead in iowa. stocks in japan sinking almost 2% whre. have live report from asia. on your monday dow pointing higher by 79, s&p by 11. you're watching fbn:am, first look at morning markets and breaking news. ♪ ♪ ♪

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>> nicole: and in sports tom brady and the new england patriots are back on track and clinch a playoff spot. green bay packers lead the nfc north over win of dallas cowboys. we will have all the highlights for you. welcome to fbn:am, first look at morning markets and the what to expect on your day ahead. >> cheryl: let's get you caught up on global market action. first we want to take a look at what happened in europe, europe is actually trading higher right now. it's about lunchtime over there. ftse up, dax in germany 45. >> nicole: last week with everything sank, we saw s&p, drop, today we are seeing up arrows dow. few futures up 79. s&p futures up 11 and nasdaq 24. >> cheryl: oil is at 35.33. we are down 29 cents and gold

done about 25 and a half bucks. >> nicole: let's get a closer look at asian markets with tracy . good morning, tracy. >> tracy: good morning, ladies, asian markets are mostly in the red. the shanghai composite rallied two and a half percent. put on a very strong performance after manufacturing data. over in hong kong markets went in a different direction. tracking global equities lower, environmental stocks bought the and tokyo japanese followed wall street lower overnight. in south korea kospi in the red.

mostly heavy foreign selling. >> nicole: tracy yu, thank you very much. >> cheryl: sources telling wall street journal that ceo has been fired from the mutual fund company. the move comes after announcement was closing strulg lg focus cred fund. it would not allow anymore redemptions. the news rattled credit markets on friday. big story on friday. widespread concern with strongholdings of bonds. also reporting, nicole, not only did he have a large piece of stakes in third avenue but not allowed back in the building. he was shown the exit immediately so not a good good bifor the ceo. >> nicole: texas senator gets

28% support in hawk ie state while donald trump has 26%. senator marco rubio coming in third with 13%. retired neurosurgeon ben carson. >> he goes in there like a maniac. you can't walk into the senate and scream and call people liars and not be able to get along with people. he'll never get anything done and that's the problem with ted. >> nicole: carson threatening to leave the republican party if there are signs of a broken convention. >> one of the reasons that i got into this was because i heard frustration in people that were so tired of dishonesty and, you

know, if that is the state, then, you know, i'm out of here. make sure you watch your calendars for next fox republican debate right here on the box business not work. >> cheryl: president obama set to visit the pentagon. white house officials say the president is not expected to announce any major changes to the current u.s. strategy. he's also scheduled to visit the counterterrorism center before he leaves for annual family vacation in hawaii. >> nicole: we will tell you about the latest giant retailer to band sales of some of those exploding boards. let's check u.s. stock market

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>> nicole: all right. let's get you caught up on the markets. rough week. everything went right to the safety bonds. dow futures and s&p nearly 11 and nasdaq up 23. still up arrows right now. >> cheryl: stock to watch is twitter. potential cyber-attack. twitter sending alert staying state-sponsored hackers may have attempted to obtain data from their accounts, e-mail addresses, ip addresses and phone numbers. small group of accounts were targeted, however, there was no indication that sensitive data was obtained. google and facebook have had issues with similar warnings. >> nicole: amazon is taking hover boards off the website. recently raised safety concerns among numerous reports of fires

that have been caused by the devices, links to swag way have been removed but customers may purchase hover boards that are made by razor and jetson. amazon is asking that the batteries and chargers are compliant with the safety standards. a number of airlines have been hoverboards and anyone caught using a hoverboard on the street of new york can receive a fine of 200 bucks. >> cheryl: christmas is ten days away. today will be the busiest mailing day of the year. expecting to process # million cards and packages. 15 and a half billion pieces of mail will be sent, busyiest

delivery day. post office will be open christmas eve. >> nicole: i'm a last-minute girl. the pop star says the 19.89 world tour will be on the streaming platform on december 20th. the concert features sidney australia and special appearances from jus lin tairver -- justin timberlake and m macjagger. >> he will never get anything don't. investors are running out of patience with marisa myer's turnaround in yahoo. we will have more on that story.

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>> nicole: breaking news this morning. investors face a new week after stocks sank on friday. concerns about rising u.s. interest rates and jitters in the market. good morning, i'm nicole petallides. >> cheryl: good morning, everyone, i'm cheryl casone. checking u.s. stock market futures. looks like a positive open. dow pointing open by 84 and it's fed week. >> nicole: the slide in oil almost 11% drop last week. oil right now 35.38 down 24

cents. >> cheryl: in politics donald trump takes aim at ted cruz as cruz rises to the top of a new fox poll in iowa. >> nicole: marisa myer may be running out of time. >> cheryl: in sports tom brady and new england patriots are back on top and clinch a playoff spot and green bay packers lead nfc north over win for the cowboys. another lose for the boys. welcome to fbn:am, first look at morning markets and what to expect on your day ahead. >> nicole: we will kick it off with asia and shanghai composite. that's been up about 2 and a half percent right now. nikkei pulls down 2% and kospi and hang seng 3 quarters of 1%. >> cheryl: you saw shanghai higher.

look at the ftse, cac, ftse, all higher, 29 on the ftse and cac is almost up 46. the energy sector was the loser last week. that's a loss of 26 cents. >> nicole: it's been down 4-5 weeks. 2.16% this morning. dow industrial ended slightly lower. what can investors expect, mike, the market analyst over at bgc partners is back with us from london and wait to go see whether the fed raises rates in the first time in a redade. overall, what kind of reaction should we see? we see everybody flocking to bonds. what's going to happen? what should investors expect?

>> well, as i said earlier, i think we could get a repeat if they do deliver a quarter point hike. i think that whether the market builds on the gain that is we've seen today or, indeed, slips back depends on the plot. that may modify the market somewhat if the language in the statement is affirming that the rate going 16-17 is going low. markets will be confident by that. >> cheryl: mike, i'm sorry, we don't have a lot of time with you. come on, the real story has been oil, that's why the markets went into the tank last week. that's what everybody is concerned about. forget the feds, what about oil? we are at 35.37.

>> mike: i think it's going to get 20 before 50. there's no cohesion with opec and supplier hasn't responded as expected. we have no where to put it. >> nicole: that's what the international energy. the opec keeps producing and weakness will continue into 2016. thank you mike ingram. >> cheryl: this is a big story on wall street. sources telling that ceo has been fired from the mutual company, the firm announcing it was struggling and would not allow any more investor redemptions. according to morning star the fund has fallen nearly 27%, so far this year, nicole, a lot of

people afraid that they're going to see this happen at other major few -- mutual bonds. that's big. >> nicole: ted cruz leading presidential race in iowa, texas senator gets 28%. senator marco rubio coming in third, 13%. ben carson in fourth with 10%. >> well, you look at the way he's dealt with the senate where he goes in there like, frankly, like a little bit of a maniac. you can't walk into the senate and scream and call people liars and not be able to get along with people. he'll never get anything done and that's the problem with ted. >> nicole: meanwhile this week carson threatening to leave the republican party if there are

signs of a broken convention. >> one of the reasons that i got into this is because i heard frustration of people that are so tired of dishonesty, and, you know, if that is the case, you know, then i'm out of here. >> nicole: dr. ben carson will be on this morning. maria bartiromo will have him in mornings with maria. don't miss that. make sure to mark your calendars for the next fox business republican debate, thursday january 14th, that'll be right here on the fox business network. >> cheryl: president obama is set to visit the pentagon to discus the domestic and global threat by isis. the president is not expected to announce any major changes to the current u.s. strategy. he's expected to visit the counterterrorism center later this week before leaving to

annual vacation in hawaii. >> nicole: mega merger is not without controversy. a day after the merger us was announced shareholders activist sent a private letter to the board call if for removal of dow chemical chief executive. lobe, chairman favors the deal but questions the timing. he said it was rushed to prevent him from publicly speaking about it and members of the board including one approved by dan lobe himself, strongly defend the deal and andrew liveris. >> cheryl: she's had plenty of time to show progress. one of yahoo's 15 largest shareholders wants the boards to find a buyer or the entire company. another major investor wants yahoo to slash workforce by 75%,

replace myer and bring a strategic partner. >> nicole: all right, coming up, did you hit the movies? the weekend box office winners and losers coming up. >> the story of men and demon. >> nicole: the heart of the sea sang at the box office and the hunger games remains on top, and in sports. >> you know, good team win. a lot of guys contributed so we fought hard. i thought the defense played incredible. >> nicole: tom brady are back on track and clinch playoff spot.

let's check u.s. stock index futures after a nearly 6 -- 600 drop last week. s&p futures up 11. you're watching fbn:am, first look at morning markets and breaking news. ♪ ♪

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>> cheryl: moby dick film, survival story scored only 11 million despite 11-million dollar production. allowed for the how longer games to keep the stop spot earning another 11.3 million. pixar's good dinosaur comes in third place with 10.4 million. the low-key weekend was likely affected by the star wars t force awakens. the movie premiers tonight in la. >> nicole: alien are back. independence day resurgence has been released. >> we will not finish without a fight.

we are going to live on. we are going to survive. >> nicole: sequel picks up 20 years later with first film left off. sequel will have to explain and actor will smith will not appear in the latest film. it hits theaters on june 24th, 2016. >> cheryl: it's going to be hard to watch without will smith. dow up 85, s&p up 12. >> nicole: energy was the worst sector last week. today down arrows for oil. down 25 cents. gold is down nearly $10 at 10.65.

>> cheryl: now let's take a look world of sports. tom brady through for 226 yards and two touchdowns and the patriots clinched a playoff spot over houston texans. houston quarterback was sacked five times and left the game to be reviewed for concussion. green bay is is back on track after beating the cowboys with one-game lead over minnesota. green bay has one two in a row. fellow running back added two scores for the win. the win came after coach decided to start calling the plays again. panthers can't be stopped. they continue to win beating the falcons 38-0 yesterday. wow, first round in nfc playoff.

265 yards and three touchdowns. he described the win as a most complete gain. you complete me. they started 5-0, they have lost six straight. >> nicole: okay, before you head out the door let's get a look at the monday morning forecast, we have fox meteorologist maria molina. good morning, maria. >> maria: we are tracking the mild temperatures yesterday aagain today across the eastern u.s. take a look at the numbers this morning. in the city of cleveland you're at 62-degrees. 50's in new york city and it's only going to get warmer with many areas expected to remain in 60's or 70's over in carolina. we are continuing to track the storm system with severe weather over the weekend.

let's head over to you. >> nicole: maria molina, thank you so much. >> cheryl: we are going to run over global action. stay with us. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ ñ??w

>> nicole: a bounce back this morning. in fact, t dow was almost 600 points last week. today up and oil sanked 11%. biggest selloff in one week. today we are seeing a drop of 36 cents. gold is lower as well. looking at the ten-year bond, safe haven, 2.16%. of course, we wait on the fed this week. and bringing us through the next several hours maria bartiromo, mornings with maria begins right now. good morning, maria. >> maria: happy monday, everybody. it is monday december 14th, with

me fox business network sandra smith and keith mccullough and martin. a new report saying that malik supported jihad in social media. new security concerns about isis and syrian refugee crisis. isis is believed to ve the ability to produce fake syrian passports. it may have a passport printing machine. president obama says series of public appearances, the president will visit the pentagon later today. he is not expect today make any strategy changes on that meeting. that is a listening meeting. new fox polls are out. senator ted cruz take it is lead in iowa. 2-point lead over trump. trump wasted no time going after cruz. >> well, you look at the way

he's dealt with the senate where he goes in there like a, you know, frankly a little bit of a maniac. he's never going to get things done that way. >> maria: latest on the raise plus my interview with ben carson. stocks look to go rebound from last week's selloff. we are kicking off a week,e reserve the raise interest rates on wednesday. in europe major averages are higher, take a look t the cac and dax index in germany. overnight in asia. we are following the moves in oil, now taking a look at 35.33 a