congratulate the producers in the room, that's you, all of our producers and bookers and of course the crew on the floor and in the control room. thanks, everybody, congratulations to the fox business network! leading cable channel of 2015. that will do it for us, "varney & company" is next, charles payne is in for stuart. merry christmas to you and congratulations to you. >> merry christmas and i know you're going to swing by here before you leave the building, right? >> i'll bring you champagne. >> we're not slowing down, we've got a jam packed three hours for you. bricks versus clicks, people are shopping more and more on-line. we've got the guy calling for the retail ice age, black lives matter, that produce causing chaos and they shut down one of the world's largest malls last

year and blocked access to airports and more was for yesterday as well. the nba, they're set to air anti-gun ads during the most watched games. some are calling it an attack on the second amendment. "varney & company" is starting now. ♪ ♪ sing choirs of angels ♪ >> oh, nat king cole. ashley: you can feel the heat. >> it's christmas eve and we've got a nice cozy studio here, we've got the yule log on, not that we need it. here in new york, it's 73 degrees in new york city. in the northeast, it's amazing. the warmest on record. in some parts of new england, they're just as warm fourth of july, i've got to be honest, i'm not complaining at all. i can take it. now to the markets, because we

want to take a look at what, at least right now, this is what we're looking at. we've got a short session today. we're going to be up slightly at the open. we're virtually unchanged for the year. all the wild gyrations and that's where we are. it's been straight down for oil and it's been rebounding the last few days, about 10% off the lows. and we want to take had a look at long-term and it's been bleak and that's good news for you, of course, because that means that gas was down. overnight was town, and the national average hovering at the $2 mark. just about all of us have been shopping in the past few days, but apparently not a physical store. the latest retailing, a 6.78 drop for in store sales and foot traffic down more than 10%. and it seems like everybody is now starting to shop on-line, we heard it's going to happen, it's happening and there are serious ramifications. >> serious ramifications

because you have a number of chain retailers filing for bankruptcy between now, a lot of shopping malls being impaired. but a lot of it is more ron-- moronic marketing mistakes. on black friday they had more vacuum cleaners on sale than christmas trees, wreaths, were completely out of stock on santa hats. wal-mart out of stock on large santa hats and they seemed to have missed christmas on the merchandising calendar. if somebody wants christmas items they've got to go to amazon and for wal-mart.com falling further down the track, target.com falling further down the track and even in warmer weather, you can still make money, but you've got so many rookie buyers at so many chains, they're making a lot of mistak mistakes. >> wal-mart is one of the stocks that took it on the chin and they're trying to revamp

the whole thing, but as the mornings are setting up a competent website. is there anything that brick and mortar could do against the comfort and ease of being able to click on your cell phone and buy what you need to buy? >> charles, as you, ashley, maria, neil cavuto have said, it's leadership and retail. that's what wins the wars in the stores. >> and for macy's, they have go the next generation of leaders. ashley glazer and-- >> why do you love macy's so much and that stock is getting crushed. i know they defined the whole department store thing. but even macy's with the great management can't afford the sort of on-line tide. >> have not been banging the drum for macy's in 2015. i am banging the drum for macy's and nordstroms because of leadership and what you and ashley referenced, leadership

and tj maxx, the ironic winner, bill ackman, john kerry -- jc penney a few years ago. >> "star wars" is going to save disney despite espn. >> that's going to hurt, but the merchandising schedule because of lucas films, "star wars," the theme parts. >> when someone does a pure play like hasbro, disney stock was down in part because wall street news. do you try to be more finite with this, to ashley's points, disney is a lot of moving parts and some are going in the wrong direction. >> and you might want to do disney long and hasbro long. and like ethan allen, housing looks like it's coming on now. do you see a housing boom and

if so, do you think that ethan allen will be a winner? >> on-line, but know the on land. bassett furniture will be okay, bassett better. home depot the clear winner, clear pure play. >> retail in and of itself. on-line and brick and mortar. 2016 better than 2015 overall? >> 2016 better. amazon's going to be the clear winner. a number of losers. some of them just by incorporation issues, so, dollar tree buying family dollar, which was a marginal dollar player, you've got to wait a year. you're the best, merry christmas to you. black lives matter protest minneapolis, disrupting shoppers and the nearby mass transit trains. they've got more planned. ashley: yes, yesterday's protest at the mall of america, the biggest in the country, one of the biggest in the world.

they claim that was a decoy so they could block the roads and terminals. the protests of rail stations are victimizing people on probably one of the busiest shopping and travel days of the year, people who missed planes and they say that they're going to be back again to create havoc, unfortunately an a number of stores, many stores forced to shut down at least an hour and a half on a day when they count on to generate sales. so there's been quite a bit of backlash. >> the city is in an odd predicament here. they went to court and the judge said i can stop the leaders, but i can't stop people going into the mall to protest, so be it. you've got mostly young people peacefully protesting. ashley: they're going to have to tread a careful line. the protests yesterday, they were peaceful. there wasn't any report of injuries or violence of any sort. people were arrested, but i think the longer this goes on,

the more the anger and the backlash is-- >> i think they're doing themselves a huge disservice, whatever their cause is. >> they're hurting people, and business people. >> let's bring in the former candidate and governor of arkansas. i think that the young people are misdirected instead of fighting capitalism, what's in their hearts and on the biggest shopping day, what do you think of it all. >> i think that what you've said is exactly right, this is going to hurt the cause, whatever the cause is. sometimes you have a hard time sort of sorting through it. experience shows that a lot of these protests are led by people who are professional protesters, i call it the rent-a-mob. they may be able to gather up some people, but the leaders and organizers are professionals. i've been many places where police officers say we know who these people, they go to the g7, the climate change, republican and democratic conventions, they're

professional protesters and they don't know what they're against. they show up because it's better than working. >> i believe that the folks in charge, the george soros' of the worlds have an anti-capital and anti-american agenda and they know how to use the rage of young people. i remember out here, watching them on walkie-talkies, it was organized and professionals, not just sing-- angry kids. i want you to watch or listen to this franklin graham is leaving the republican party. >> i'm so disappointed in the leadership of all of our parties. our nation is in trouble, it's a mess. starting january 5th i'm going to all the capitols, state capitols and holding meetings. i felt it was best for me not to be aligned with any party.

>> it looks like an evangelical exodus from the g.o.p. i heard comments from you that echo his sentiments. >> i think so many of us, as republicans, are just outraged at the budget deal, sort of the last straw for franklin graham and i think for many people. let me stay a compliment to franklin graham, i don't know anyone who is a believer and lives authentically, and one of my heroes in the world of faith. all the things that people did to get the republicans in power, they funded planned parenthood, and foreigners taking american jobs, and funded syrian refugee, and obamacare. they gave the democrats everything they wanted. all the republicans got was a lump of coal in their stockings. people are sick of it. the republicans did one thing,

they got oil exports, that's great, but they should have it this anyway. we make sure we take care of them and the rank and file grass roots republicans. >> america got the oil exports at $30 instead of $100. now barack obama's really going to give you the deal of a lifetime. i want to ask real quick before we wrap, there's a big splint a -- splinter, the g.o.p. could look different. if they don't win, if they need a defacto leader, could you be that leader? >> i don't see a third party being viable. the infrastructure isn't there if you don't have the money to fund it. it's probably not something that's going to happen. every four years, somebody predicts the collapse of either the democrat or the republican party. we always hear it. but parties have a way of self-correcting. i don't know if they will, but

it's high time that somebody in washington started paying attention. and they didn't pay attention last week for your sh. >> no doubt, this is the moment of truth for the republicans. you look fantastic, sir, congratulations and merry christmas to you and see you when you get to new york. >> thank you so much, charles. merry christmas to you and the crew. >> thanks a lot. deadly storms sweeping across parts of the country yesterday. tornados touched down in indiana and mississippi where police say several homes, you're looking at devastation right now, blown off their foundations. and strong winds in tennessee and arkansas. string-like storms claimed the lives of six people across the south. and this, the remaining six americans killed in that afghanistan attack now back home and the white house, unusually quiet. more varney next.

>> the bodies of six americans killed in afghanistan are back home today. i want to bring in morgan ortega. we've only seen two paragraph responses from the white house. what is your take on this lack of response? >> it's very sad. it's incredibly difficult to read the reports on the six airmen coming homement for the men and women to know that they died fighting for their country and for a noble cause and that, you know, as so close to christmas, it's a horrible time to lose a family member, anytime is bad to lose a family member, but this close to the holiday. i want the families of those men and women know that we appreciate their service, this is the single biggest loss of life since combat ended a year ago. charles: one of the guys was a police officer here in new york, a reservist apparently serving his third tour.

that sort of commitment and patriotism, i don't think it's promoted and i don't think it's certainly not put on the pedestal and it should come from the white house first and foremost and the rest of americans understand what is at stake and what they do for us. >> i agree. when i read the story one of the things i'm going to do is take time to donate to causes related to military families that are important to me. the elizabeth dole foundation helps people who are care givers who come home and their husband or wife are injured in afghanistan or in iraq. i think today as all of us are watching fox business let's take time to support our military families. they're not getting the support they need and should have gotten from the white house, unfortunately. >> in the meantime though, president obama enis vacationin in hawaii and a lot of people say he deserves to take a vacation. i don't know, this is where he makes a 40-foot putt.

he's having fun, good stuff, but really? really? at this time during this period in america? i don't think this is what i want to see from my commander-in-chief. >> i think unfortunately, over the past several years, we've seen it, especially the past year or two we've seen a lot of instances where the president seems to be a bit tone deaf and doesn't understand what the majority of americans are feeling. today i certainly don't speak on behalf of the navy, but i am a navy reservist and spent 2007, thanksgiving in baghdad with the u.s. state kept. i know what it's like to be overseas during the holiday and your worst nightmare is you're going to have a loved one that's not making it home for the holidays. no matter what the president has said these people are heroes, your fellow men and women of the military support you and support the families

and did not die in vain and we remember them today. charles: well said, morgan and i want you to stick around because i want you to come back on another topic. first, i want the audience to look at the video. there's a person in a spider-man mask and no one was injured and he got away with an undisclosed amount of cash, not sure if he got away with it with the webs, but he'll be easy to find, by the way. and this as the department of homeland security is planning a huge raid on illegal immigrants. remember when donald trump proposed something. barack obama said it was unrealistic and would tear family's part. and this for christmas for this mom, her son getting home from the holidays, take a look at that beautiful scene. more varney next. ♪

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issues, a flight circle for hours to burn off fuel. hate to have been on that one. the department of homeland security reportedly preparing for deporrtations early next year. and listen to what president obama had to say about deportations just earlier this year. >> imagine the images on the screen flashed around the world as we were dragging parents away from their children and putting them in detention centers and then systematically sending them out. nobody thinks that that is realistic, more importantly, that's not who we are as americans. charles: i don't know, seems leak he's making a sharp right turn, morgan. >> it's interesting when you look at the facts of the story, there were people that were fleeing violence that came over the border, and the families

deported did not qualify for asylum. i think this should be consistent from the dhs, they came here illegally, didn't qualify for asylum, why should they stay. charles: and the president's executive order muddies the waters here a little here. but, this is odd because he was pretty adamant about the visual aspect of it and start seeing it next week when some of the families are ripped apart and torn from their homes because they're here illegally. >> the interesting thing for me is how did they get across the border in the first place? there are still flaws within our system that we're not addressing. i'm sympathetic, but there's an asylum process and looks like they did not follow that process. charles: our borders are so pourous, it may be easier to walk in. >> happy festivus.

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♪ you're looking at santa folks, guess what, he's flying over china right now. [laughter] that's right. yeah. this is where santa is right now. that's live. norad follows him, of course, you hear opening bell everyone is hoping this christmas cheer is down there. market has been in a nip and tuck belittle all year long with a big swoon. moves to upside. will we, won't we finish in the green for the year? all right well let's bring in a guy who really know about this stuff. lady, of course, o knows this stuff. larry and ashley webster let's talk about the stock in the year. big candidates net flock, amazon maybe something else what was the stock in 2015? >> for me it was actually two of them amazon and google sort of my two big favorites for twimp, and by the way, amazon i just think it is going to continue to

execute you know again this gets back to sort of cost cutting efficient processes, taking control of information. both of them did that very well in my opinion. >> all right larry stock of 2015? >> sure, i agree with jared. i think amazon is really the one. they tush profitable in 2015 and something to watch in 2016. >> amazon is no doubt about it ashley hard not to say amazon. jeff -- he became like 20 billions dollars richer this year. ferghts put me in the second. it is hard to bet against it and trends on retail more and more people are just gong online you can't fight it. it is evident and why kangt you do shopping in your bunny slippers? >> everybody criticize for so long for bringing money to the bottom line but it built a company. i wonder if this will echo with you know what, doapght be a slave to wall street every three months you have to beat the number.

>> counting standards. [laughter] for decades right, so you know, i'll tell you something, when you see an a amazon, you know, performing like this, defying expectation, with just the late 90s saying we're doing it our way and report earnings they're a game change hadder. hey guys last two days i've observed and talk to my subscribers blue chips job caterpillar and volume off the charts. i don't know if they're trying to get a jump start, but i think it is intriguing. what do you see going on here? >> as far as caterpillar is concerned? >> caterpillar last volume it feels to me that there's a transition maybe it is a safe haven near term or maybe you know what, maybe they're oversold. >> yeah, that's very possible. i mean, certainlying when you see big volume in those thing

there's occasionally people know things that everybody duct know. but you know, i think that people need to be careful whether you're buying blue chip or stock index here you have e lower prices an you can buy them lower. >> investors are yank money out of u.s. mutual funds fastest rate in two and a half years. there's a move to defensive plays look ge or kimberly clark or public storage. old -- the old reliable it is that have dividend plays. >> any company around for 100 years will be around for next 100 years that's mine. and by the way, if people complaining financial engineering with the buybacks without them this market will be dead because back to your point it is money out of the markets. probably the surprise stock of the year happened to mcdonald's. many people are calling it the comeback stock of the year. jared mcdonalds what do you make of it and is there a mcdonald's lingering that we just don't know about?

>> well, you know mcremember is back -- and a same time of year for me i will say i like mcdonald's. again, i mean, you know, they've been able l to sort of be really defensive evolve again there's that story right. we've got to be in a society constant isly changing we want new things and demanding. the desires change with ebb and flow of instagrandmother and facebook and serving breakfast. it made a great comeback. i don't know if i see another food stock that i really like right now. i'll tell you this i'm sure santo. but other than that, i don't know if there's mcdonald's i see for 2015. >> here's the thing larry. one thing i noticed with a lot of stocks they mac a miraculous comeback or a new year, management, management matters, doesn't it? >> yeah, for sure that was the change from mcdonald's how they stepped in and took forever for mcdonald's to talk about having breakfast new management made it happen had quickly that

was a big deal. really trade this year ftion buying mcdonald's and selling chipotle that was a great phrase. >> jab first, 2015 it will crush chipotle this year everyone qowf said no. can they come back real qk can chipotle make the comeback? >> it will take a long time. nobody is going to those restaurants right now. but it is going to talk a while that's for sure. >> not gotten in front of this crisis you go through kidney failure. talking about yesterday, gm ceo mary barra put out a video of starbucks shut down its stores for one day. mcdonald's ceo said when they have the asia food problem they said we're going to talk care of this not enough to say we're going to mitigate risk down zero that's not enough. >> maybe simplistic but life expectancy was 45 in america -- we do a bunch of chemical in our pooted and now live to 90 maybe

i'm dumb, simple. [laughter] 3 months without a outbreak and take a while to turn around reputation. larry what are you saying? >> chipotle is -- yeah go ahead larry. larry. >> going to say with chip polings ceo came out and said really -- said we're fixing everything and while they're fixing everything got more being help that's not helping. >> when it leads to this degree that is 350 a share now under 500. do you think it could ever recapture that, because this company was given a bifnt doubt. certain swagger thatted it television an intang public didn't see it in an accounting statement that allowed it to trade, can they ever reare capture that? >> two things gong on but a cult following, and then a sociologic

change that moved to organics and a problem with that is they're really fragmented. you know part of the biggest problem for chipotle is controlling all of these independent farmers because they come if get that supply chain in order. to know honest with with you i don't know if the current state or organic current state if they can do that effect ichly but i think chipotle moves slower here. [laughter] a whole other o story. oil has been all over the police station. last few days we have a 10% rebound from the low. so larry, we actually have some surprises on inventory, we have draw downs everyone the dollar. i think a lot of americans don't understand this strong dollar has wrecked havening had on commodities. where do we go from here? rmingts as far as oil is concerned we held that 3320 l level back from late 2008, early 2009.

we're not able to even touch that area. but charles, really fighting down there. that's a technical thing. i wouldn't be least bit surprised to see fuss back above $40 so many people struggling in that market. >> ultimately jared vaish launched this war on american frackers, an maybe iran, and then they surprised again with the most recent opec meeting, at some point ting they're going to have to blink if it gets above 45, $50? >> they're -- i feel like opec is in a moment of desperation what they did, you can feel it. this is not a position of strength or o'pack they no longer have the amount of control they did years ago. by the way opec can't predict oil. in 2012 they said trying to keep it around $100 they didn't do that too well. i do think they're in a pickle and in materials of oil prices moving forward i think 45 to 50 is going to be a very difficult level as the high to get through in 2016 because of the supply, and you know, about what, track reverse getting better and prices are coming down so

competition remains. rng what do you think? >> hyperextension and hypermature markets, that's the concern but opec just now saying you may not see $100 oil any time soon until 2040. >> gaitered is right when you get prediction like that. i don't pay them much money. who is oil going from 110 to 30. >> goldman sachs. saying 30. so bad thriewz for some travelers nicole, hi, say they found mall war in their payment systems? >> so much that goes behind this story. first the stock down about half of one percent dropping about 25 cent pps investigating breach on payment processing system. but here's the thing, they have 627 properties worldwide. and there's still a lot of uncertainty. they can say how many properties of those 627 have been affected. they're not able to stay how long this has been going on. the investigation is still

underway and it comes on heals of wood and hilton in november noted they have data breaches for example, star said it was 8 months long. 54 locations. of course that has been a being story overall, and some blue cross, and watch shall have these cybersecurity. >> all right thank you very much nicole looking great in that christmas red. >> you know it's interesting this is hotel chain to report a problem hilton star wood. oriental and data breaches but we don't have that hoilgt. how many can be affected so getting a lot of lack of details. should we go through cyber-- yeah. hey. [laughter] hear that music? [laughter] part of of it we have stuart vay but of course that's beatles now streaming their music and that's good news for apple, amazon they

offer streaming music services. but not so good for pandora because they're not getting any of the catalog. what's that about? >> i'm not sure why. but certainly a major disadvantage for pandora. todays musicless is not the same excitement about beelings an our generation and older but a lot of money out there been waiting long time for this to come on heels. >> get paid .000032 cents. if you're lucky. nuts stses absolutely nuts. check on the being boortd because we've been trading more than 10 minutes. dow jones industrial average up 40 points right now. obviously slow going, we have two big days, we actually could see something happen, though, before the end of the session which happened keep an eye on that. also coming up pro basketball is going antigun, and the new york giants odell beckham he didn't get a christmas gift that he was hoping for. more on that right after this.

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>> in oklahoma mother got an early christmas surprise from her son in the marine marine, hn wyatt has been in infantry training so not prepared but preparing for a.d. l dam. but instead came home. you can see this surprising his mother and ihop restaurant. callinged it a, quote, priceless moment. let's check on the big board again because listen, obviously, slow going here. guys up 30 point. but still we can get movement. we have big mosmght in the market this week to the upside. i want to switch gears to nba getting political planning to air gun violence public service announcement during the christmas basketball game. roll tape. i heard of a shooting my

daughter is three. >> let's bring in a professional athlete, what is your take on sports becoming more political, having a voice in a political arena. >> god to be with you charles. i've got a long hrs. of fallen folks like jim brown, mew hamentd alley poem not afraid to be human, and voice their opinion. this is nothing new not a very controversial -- yet statements. >> those, individuals more so than the entire organization, you know, and i guess another thing someone would say is -- w will they take all sides of this? in other words seth curry he's a small dude and only reason he's one of the best players if not best in the nba amazing amount of accountability and hard work will they come out with thingings to say it is not just

guns but people behind guns take all angles do you understand what i'm saying? >> they didn't attack guns. they didn't mention public policy or gun control but victim and not wanting people to be killed with guns. i don't think that's a big deal to be honest with you personally. >> let's switch gears because next one big news all around the country but particularly here in new york because giants player o'dell odell beckham junior one game suspension held after flagged three time for unnecessary roughness in that game against carolina panthers. what are your thoughts on that in general is? >> a great young player not many come with that speed and he's going to be great. but what he has to learn is to put the personal things aside and do what it takes to one. he has to learn to be a leader so certainly he allowed this personal -- answer back and forth with -- the kid from --

from yeah from the panthers. yeah wilson to get the best, and it took control of the game, in fact, the coaches should have pulled him aside said let's try to win the game. that's something he'll have to learn. >> first thing he said is he's a tremendous player electrifying, what role -- used to be known as a real toughed disciplinary and became a coach they revolted and new york media wondered if he could have staid because no one wanted to play with him. should have yanked him out of the game? >> so we saw at home it was getting out of hand early. on the sidelines maybe that was tougher it see but players do what they do, he's an emotional player talking about beck am as a coach you know winning is above all. so yeah i'm disappointed in he not doing his job.

disappointed in officials not stepping in and flagging beckham early and getting him out of there earlier to stop what we were able to see. >> there's also reports because no one wants to go there and we saw panthers players walking around with baseball bats. also challenging or making suggestions about beck l sexuality. i know that is a sensitive with nfl and professional sports but that's something may become part of this story. what do you think of that? >> i have to tell you i played in nfl this is not the worst i've heard on football field. there's so many things that are politically uncorrect nasty, disgusting things that would make hair stand up. so this is part of the culture of the nfl. i think sometime when is media gets ahold of things that aren't normally hearing and rnt used to hearing it kind of get out of the hand with the public. so this is a deal on the

football field things shouldn't go on in public but peeling back layers seeing things that happen on the field. it happens all of the time trust me. i think we saw a couple of young players. >> before i let you go real we can panthers go undefeated this year? >> absolutely, they can. the way they play. they play great defense. they run the football and cam newton is great. >> i have to let you go merry christmas you are one of our favorite guys particularly when it comes to sports stuff. we appreciate that. >> i appreciate having me that brain part. [laughter] >> all right coming up stuart's favorite time the of the year thition about the true meaning of christmas. stiewts and father jonathan morris are next, and check this out suffering santa taking advantage of the warm weather. by the way that was e-mec.

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>> now, this it is christmas eve and stuart varney sat down with jonathon morris to discuss the true moaning of christmas. take a listen. >> christmas to me is a special time. i don't feel like this at any other time of year. to me, it's not the shopping or presents it's not the lightings and parties but a special spiritual feeling i suspects that that's what you're going to communicate to your parishioners today. >> i hope so, there's the human part no doubt and sounds, smells the party -- cultural association. people are nice around christmas that's the first part but there's a second level. spiritual part and spiritual is thingings intangibles and the interestingly that christmas is both spir chut intangible but also messy human thing. the thing that god would become man this is a christian god will become man, in -- he would be in the form of a baby. the thing that would --

couldn't scare anybody, a baby doesn't scare anybody. i think it's god's way of say where you're at right now in the messiness of your loof, our life i'm coming to you in a form that you can embrace me and embrace my love. >> that special feeling cools to me christmas automatically i don't need to see the christmas tree or i don't need a lot of that it comes to me i'm sure it comes to you -- >> it does but i think because you've had some formation some spiritual formation a lot of people out there who don't have any of that -- basis, the background. >> u how do we reach those people? how do you do that because people shy away from overly religious talk. if pow you say jesus is my savior people back away, you know, how do you reach -- >> remember famous phrase by saying my heart will be reckless until it rests in you, lord.

so i think even those who don't have that spiritual background, education there's a restlessness in the human soul that can be satisfied in my opinion by an understanding in a relationship with god himself that heals the soul. it's talking about ultimate soul mate that's who it is in my opinion. >> deep down all human beings are hard wired to have a spiritual life, that's my belief. >> because the soul o is internal. that's why you don't say i'm going to love you for a little while and then i'm not going to love you anymore. love is tied to the soul and soul is tied to e turnty which is god that's why we long for eternal. >> i get tears in any eyes. i have to go to church to sing a christmas carol and i have tears in my eyes. >> you're a sensitive guy don't let anybody know. don't let anybody know. had is the the greatest time of the year for me i love. i see a special way and you do too. >> i love the fact that our government.

i don't know if they would do it now has made a national, federal holiday over sthng so spiritual. i think there's a danger in our country of losing that and we lose that and we lose part of our soul. >> jonathan on this christmas eve thank you very much indeed father. merry christmas to you. trchg thank you parishioner, back in a moment.

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down 49 points. a big christmas season for these three companies, amazon, ups, fedex, living up to all the hype, stocks are down but for amazon is an amazing year. how bad was it for the brick and mortar stores. ashley: we could college the retail brick and mortar stores, look at these numbers, last weekend sales for the stores themselves down six -- 6.7%, store traffic is critical, down 10.4%. you can hear the stinky of people heading to the web. they didn't have to load up the kids, the strollers, and you just click and shot and more people are doing that. it is a challenge for these stores to respond with the discounts and do better promotion in order to get people

to physically come in. charles: monica crowley shaking her head. >> all year long i don't think i ever set foot in a clothing store. in terms of clothes and other things i'd do it all on line. >> distribution centers, and pretend motor to figure it out. looks like he's taking a page from donald trump's playbook with his new plan to deport thousands of illegal immigrants to the homeland security is preparing for massive rates, and listen to what the president said about donald trump's proposal, something very similar. >> imagine the images on screen flashed around the world as we bragging parents away from their

children. putting them in detention centers and systematically sending them out. nobody thinks that is realistic. more importantly that is not who we are as americans. charles: that was this month, monica crowley online, online opinion editor of the washington times and fox news contributor. is this an obama flip-flops, even more massive rounding them up or get them out of a country? >>. and the president mocking this proposal, people ripping them to shreds. contemporary than of muslims coming into the country. the president saying this is what we are going to do.

when you look over all over the last seven years deportation overall are really low, really far down but this is the surge coming over the border, this will be the border patrol apprehending people at the border and removing them and sending them back to where they come from. is is not ice rounding people down the street in brooklyn for example. charles: it doesn't matter where you are in the political spectrum. it would be tough to logistically and otherwise round up 11 million people. even when i use the word around, some people get offended, i don't think people will voluntarily leave the country. >> if you say 11 or 12 million a lot of people think that is a lowball estimate and outdated numbers, 30 million illegals in the country why don't we say we start with half a million and see how it goes?

charles: easy -- what about the felons. in the last spending bill we gave more money to sanctuary cities. i am with you, it is easy to start with the kit. >> that is basic common sense, this is why guys like trump and ted cruz have traction, they're speaking in common sense terms. that is what voters want. charles: u.s. officials barring a british muslim family from entering the united states, they want to go to disney. i should let the audience know it was two men, one woman, two men -- ashley: 18, 19, two brothers were visiting their third brother, eldest brother and operates an auto repair shop in southern california, guess which city. >> there was a red flag because you get muslims coming to the

country visiting human -- families and so on. there's something about this family the raised a red flag. after san bernardino, the red flags everywhere not doing anything. it is appropriate until we can that this family. charles: interesting it would only be one family so far but the u.s. customs and border protection spokesperson says religion was not a factor and believes international travelers are never a determining factor. ashley: one of the brothers was denied entry, he is in the system and a british be mom was stopped at heathrow airport and was taken off of that. >> there have been cases where you set these kinds of things up to engage in law ferry in order to sue the state of california with the federal government for stopping them and it becomes a cost of that. charles: a british family with a spotty record, we will learn more. and iraqi forces facing

challenges, you get land mines and everything, isis is a formidable -- we know that -- led a successful mission to retake ramadi during the iraq war, listen to his perspective. >> it is incredibly challenging, the hardest battlefield around because there are threats everywhere. every window, every balcony, every street corner, and an enemy that is hiding among the local populace. charles: brenda webb, former u.s. navy seal and author of a monk heroes, thank you for joining us. over the last of the days of talking about this with a lot of former seals, former military commanders, all pretty excited about this and the structure of it with sunnis leading the way. and not winning ramadi and keeping it. >> many holidays overseas i

didn't want to wish my fellow service men and women of merry christmas, and the ramadi, the question americans should ask the current administration is what the is the long-term strategic objectives? we take back ramadi but is it a more symbolic victory? charles: the american public thinks exactly what it would be, president obama has bragged about retreating responsibly, whatever term he came up with, the same for war, the notion we train them, let's get out, he campaigned on this kind of stuff and it is interesting the sunni tribesmen would give us another shot but we got to do something. >> we need to develop a long-term strategic objectives for iraq and the groups like isis, this administration has been reactive. and americans are frustrated, veterans are frustrated, a lot

of planned women had territories like ramadi, and for that frustration of what it was all for. charles: the capital and by province, do we use this as a launching point to take all that? what about those old? the questions i what is next? is this just for the optics? >> iraq has turned into one of the most corrupt regimes in the middle east and we need to sit back and take a hard look. charles: we don't know what we're doing, don't know what we need to do. >> we have been treating symptoms of terrorism rather than focusing on the long-term political, social and economic situations that are producing and radicalizing these young terrorists. the world is a much more unstable place than since 9/11. we need to think hard to deal with this. charles: can we focus on

eradicating them in their home base? >> that is part of the plan but we -- whether it is sports or business or warfare you need to develop a long-term strategy, everyone can understand or get behind and we haven't had that. "cavuto coast to coast" for some breaking news, electronic arts, video game, what is going on? ashley: electronic cards, the video game producers working to resolve logging and connection issues which are affecting many game titles. here we are on christmas eve, not a good time for this to happen. may be the demand is so great that the system is having a hard time, that is the latest news from electronic arts. not good timing at all. charles: hillary clinton, donald trump, the verbal battle not even taking a break for christmas, donald trump continues to tweet about italy -- hillary and it started when

donald said this. >> hillary, that is not a president lee she is not taking us, everything that has been involved in hillary has been lostes. even the race with obama, she was going to beat obama. i don't know who would be worse. i don't know. how does it get worse? she was favored to win and she lost. (vo) rush hour around here starts at 6:30 a.m. - on the nose. but for me, it starts with the opening bell. and the rush i get, lasts way more than an hour. (announcer) at scottrade, we share your passion for trading. that's why we've built powerful technology to alert you to your next opportunity. because at scottrade, our passion is to power yours.

charles: let's check the big board, we are down 45 points. and on the plus or negative side. no question for chipotle, they have been under a lot of pressure. stock was $700 a share. and the quinnipiac poll, ted cruz surging to be point that you can argue with a margin of error with donald trump, gop race, calling it at 2 manor

race. >> tree to tears to this race, and marco rubio, chris christie, gaining traction particularly in new hampshire. i have a contrary view, created an alliance early on, benefited both of them. they are competing more of a complementary, in iowa, and vice versa -- and one person gets the nomination. and more hands and gloves coin. charles: when did the gloves coming off? they have to come off, 39 days into the -- >> there has to be aware. it is more sophisticated alliance. >> why is marco rubio stalled

out? charles: oppose debate bump fades away. faded completely away. i want to bring you in. hillary clinton called out donald trump. this race and how it changed the world of politics. it really has. you have all these anti-establishment candidates. >> don't you -- is reflective of grass-roots. anti-establishment movement, who the winner is? >> somehow ted cruz is an outsider and an insider and managed to capitalize on that. 60% of americans want and of outsider in the office, bernie sanders is the outsider, ted cruz, donald trump, ben carson and carly fiorina end ed up being disappointments in how much they could provide. charles: they have their moments.

>> they fit that mold. washington is fundamentally broken and the american people feel that we did nothing gets done and it is interesting to see the freedom caucus rising against paul ryan saying we have a disaster spending bill, we didn't get our priorities that at the end of the day the majority of americans -- charles: no doubt at the end of the day american voters have to look in the mirror because if you when your elected officials to get you a bridge to nowhere and everybody else does the same thing we are all in trouble but having said that there's a huge shuffle going on. i think it will be historic. who wins the white house remains to be seen, hillary clinton has really been upset with donald trump but listen to the most recent response to the attack on her campaign. >> important to stand up to bullies wherever they are. and bully his way into the presidency. because that is not who we are asked americans.

charles: there you see a tweet from donald trump saying it is inflammatory rhetoric, she caused stupidity. >> she killed hundreds of thousands of people -- charles: is hillary using the beckham card too often? is getting a little free. e-mail want to see that. >> hillary clinton is the most watched, the most examined woman in politics. she has been for three decades. she had no scrutiny as well. charles: do you see her as a leader, about a potential opponent? >> i see her as a leader and don't see her complaining. she said it was disgusting and she went to the bathroom, used that word which may be in meant shellacked. charles: or maybe he meant --

>> maybe -- all i can say is donald trump -- charles: i grew up in new york city wall street and all the firms i worked for were owned by a jewish guys. i thought it was just language i never knew it was bulger. we will be right back. monica crowley, a trojan horse theory might be coming true. isis, likely printing authentic passports to pass off to terrorists coming in as refugees leave an amazing story, she was on it first. ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business...

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indeed coming to tell. he needed over china which is important. indonesia, look at that. courtesy of norad. he has given out 2 billion presents. if you haven't gone yours don't worry, he's coming. shares of nike, the biggest percentage gainer in a dow this year. they cut their target but we shall also note that the stock is split but i will also say two days ago they reported the stock exploded, it is down 9.5% from the opening bid almost in correction territory. good news but maybe it was already built in. passports, very the about where refugees really come from and the report suggests isis is printing authentic syrian and iraqi passports to disguise terrorists as refugees. they're using government password machines, take over these territories, take over government buildings and these other things they get their hands on.

>> we have two sets of worries, one, people leave the west, the united states, great britain to go to see me at. on their authentic national passports and they come back into the country on their american passport or their french passport, sometimes they going to friends and from france to the united states. how will we know to stop them? and the secondary worries their printing passports that look authentic and they can go anywhere. charles: it seems to me we would have some safeguards to tell, the state department must know these machines were stolen, this equipment was stolen. i hope there are some safeguards but we know isis is very clever and have all kinds of tricks. a lot of people say we haven't gone far enough with the visa program. you go to france and hop on a plane to jfk. >> they are making $3 million a day through oil on the black market but also selling antiquities and other sources of

revenue so they have a lot of money and support to get this kind of sophisticated technology. charles: they are making a ton of money may be more, they are taking over large swaths, they control it, thanks a lot. franklin graham explained his decision to leave the gop. we will talk about that next and also how about a full helping of anti-gun rhetoric? just what you need. you are going to get it courtesy of the nba. >> i heard about a shooting involving a 3-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter is that age.

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you are in the plus column. you are not debating there. a 10% low this week. nevertheless, gasoline still at the $2 level. that is your official number. the third straight day. if we get $1.99, anything is possible. this gift of cheap gasoline. minnesota yesterday. shutting it down. we are talking 80 stores. chicago's magnificent. jeff flock, you have been there. protest after protest after protest. >> this would be a big one, charles. this would be a lot like the black friday. the trump tower back here. this is where this protest, we think, will begin.

protesters linking arms. blocking shoppers from entering the stores. a real impact on black friday between 25 and 50% of business lost. hoping for a repeat of that today. i tell you, a volatile mix. shoppers are looking for that last minute gift. they are really eager to get in the store. black friday, they are just shopping. today, you may get some physical confrontations which we did not have before. >> i am going last-minute shopping. i feel sorry for anyone that gets in my way. thanks a lot. we will talk to you again soon. next story. franklin graham is fed up with the republican party.

so much so, he has actually left. take a listen. >> i am so disappointed in the leadership of both parties. our nation is in trouble. it is a mess. starting january 5, i will be going to all the capitals. i just thought it was best for me to not be aligned with any party, but to be an independent. >> i have to tell you something, an article talking about the great revolt. it feels like something seismic is happening there. >> i am calling it the latest incarnation of the two-party. started in 2010. a reaction to barack obama's radicalism. there never would have been a need for the two-party if they had staff to their principles. this budget deal which is what

reverend grandis talking about is the latest establishment in the gop. going down the road a bit progressive policies. specifically referring to the funding of planned parenthood. this is why you felt the rise of the outsider. trump, cruise, the arena. some others in the gop. >> bowl two-party thing had two fathers. barack obama and george bush, to a certain degree did boehner said, they are false prophets out there. you will see ads about gun violence. i want you to check it out. >> there was a point where i felt that i was going to die. the gun never should have been an option. we are americans.

we do not have to live like this. >> can also make a difference. charles: making a difference on guns on christmas day. a fox news contributor. one of the most insightful persons as well. what do you make of this? do you like this ad? >> i like it. finally, the nba is doing something. the domestic violence are anti-domestic campaign which was just a bunch of garbage, in my opinion. people that are anti-gun campaign may not not like it, at least they are getting involved in something. charles: 6 feet, 5-foot 11 inches, short guys doing particularly well. seth curry. the only reason he is doing so well is because he has worked so hard. part of the problem is not just guns. it is what you are doing, too.

if they are going to preach, should they go that far as well? >> getting to the table and join in the conversation. talking about accountability. i am not an anti-gun democrat. i am pro-gun and pro- gun safety. charles: what i am saying, in my mind, guns do not kill people, people kill people. the nba will put themselves on a certain pedestal. should they go about far as well? you owe it to yourself not to shoot your friend across the street. >> sure. that is education. going to school. they cannot go to school because of gun violence. not everybody that is a victim is engaged in act amity or engaged in stupid behavior. charles: a former profiling that they would have this?

>> a majority -- charles: sort of interesting. >> i think that you bring up a very valid point. it is an african-american families. the majority of guys come out of the inner city. that is where they learned to play is the inner-city. it is an interesting target audience. >> merry christmas. >> are right. we will talk stocks now. got some winners for the year and nectar. welcome to the show. under armour and home depot. he missed on kevin durant. he also has tom brady. amazing what he has done with that brand. home depot, same thing.

charles: under armour, buying 20 points below. i like that. home depot, you are buying at the height. you are saying that this stock is a good stop. >> i'm not sure i would be buying here. charles: okay. gotcha. airlines, you like to of those as well. >> i think that oil prices will stay low for the foreseeable future. you have a million barrels flooding. i think that both are incredibly cheap here. i think that both are good highs. >> you think a couple big oil companies are buying as well. >> an absolute contrary him play. buying airlines. buying old stocks. the big companies that had some cash got a lot bigger and a lot better. i think that that is what you

will see. they have incredible yield. incredible cash positions. what you will see is a lot of consolidation. they will get a girl am better. >> they will protect those dividends no matter what. you will get those fat dividends. i can honestly say, a few times i am not jealous. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas, charles. charles: talking candidly about his battle with concussions. how he overcame them. plus darth vader joins us. that's right. the man who legally change his name to darth vader. first, the question is, why? ♪ ♪ everybody knows ♪ a turkey and some mistletoe ♪ help to make the season bright

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studying the effects of football on the brain. joining this program to talk about his experience with burn injuries and what he did to change his life. stuart: joe nemeth. he went under treatment that do he suffered from brutal hits during the nfl. joe nemeth, welcome to the program, sir. >> thank you, stuart. >> knowing that i had had concussions, i reached out for some help because i wanted to find out if in fact i had traumatic brain injuries that we could do something about. virtually no blood flow. we did use a protocol process.

i did 120 dies. after each 40 i was checked again. my cognitive test that i had taken before the die, as well as my brain in the scanned came back to normal. the test improved with each group of guys that i had taken. the brain showed full-blooded flow and working once again the way it should be. >> is this a possible treatment for other players that have concussions and damage. are you putting this out as a possible treatment for them? >> we tried. they improved it. they wanted to see another 100 studies. it works. i promise you. not just the traumatic brain injuries.

there are more dramatic brain injuries around the country every day then there are in athletics. we have discovered. >> you said your cognitive ability improved. >> it felt good before hand. however, i exercise more. i feel sharper than i have in the past. i had a lot of questions prior to doing the dies. those questions have diminished. i feel sharp. i am as healthy as can be. stuart: you look great. >> seeing it during and after. >> oxygen to your brain.

that is what the chamber does. >> weekend fast for a while. we can go without liquids for a while. stuart: how long can we go without oxygen? >> getting into every part of our body. our brain. >> i know the chamber is used. how many times did you have to go into the chamber for the treatment? >> have to or not have to. after 40 dies, we saw a clear improvement. it was over a period of about seven months. we go, they put you under pressure. two atmospheres. like you are going down underwater. per square inch.

it can vary from individual to individual. the atmosphere is 33 feet. say you go down to 70 some feet or 80 something. the doctor's knowledge, the protocol to process, that is the key. that is the major key. no doubt that the oxygen and pressure combined is a major thing. stuart: did it help your memory? 1973, it was the stratford motor in. right next to i-95 in connecticut. the whole team came in. i served you. one great big tip. [laughter] i remember you, stuart. otherwise i would not be sitting

here with you, buddy. i was pretty easy to deal with that breakfast. [laughter] >> you were. i am sorry. i have to ask a very important question here. hillary or trump for joan in -- joe nemeth? >> until you have to make a decision, it utilized the time. try to get the best possible call. >> you guaranteed that the jets would win the super bowl. i remember that. who are you going to guarantee will win the super bowl this year? do not tell me the jets. >> i wish. more importantly, to me at this time, is that alabama clemson tied winning this next game against michigan state.

stuart: it was an honor and pleasure to have you with us. congratulations on the successful treatment. good stuff, sir. thank you. we appreciate it. >> star wars sweeping the nation. legally changing his name to darth vader. find out why. ♪ ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business...

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>> because you will have a number of chain retailers filing for bankruptcy between now. a lot of shopping malls being impaired. stuart: are right. this is true dedication to a franchise. a star wars fan has change his name to none other than darth vader. you can see him right there. welcome. can i call you darth vader. there you go. your mask is up.

you legally change your name to darth vader last year. why? >> that is a very good question. i had an awakening. when i was diagnosed with you sir and 2002, i just went through a life-changing experience in my life. when it came to the name, i figured i would have a libido fun with it. darth vader, of course, there is still some good in him. charles: drivers license have darth vader on it? >> yes, sir. i have not been pulled over by the police. i have gone over the canadian border a few times.

of course, they have a good time with it. they passed my license around. whether i go out to a restaurant or across the border. stuart: are you wearing your costume when you do this? >> i probably put the costume on probably anywhere from two-three times a month. special events. whether it is hospital visits with children, sporting events, things of that nature. stuart: have you seen the latest star wars movie and what did you think? >> i have seen it twice. i will not give anything away. i thought it was a very good transition between the original trilogy with the cinematography. it kind of took me back. >> before you fade off into the dark. thank you very much.

we really appreciate it. four-speed with you. our next guest says this does not exactly warns christmas. he takes it a step further. the death of christmas. he says he has seen it firsthand. a block from where it is. ♪ we always were told we were german. we were in a german dance group. i wore lederhosen. so i just started poking around on ancestry. then, i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. it turns out i'm scottish. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. next! come on, come on. i haven't got all day here! it doesn't come with peppers!

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>> here is the big story. charles payne just came into the studio. let's take a look at the headlines. department of homeland security getting ready to deport illegal immigrant families. looks like the white house is taking a page from donald trump. clear whether this holiday shopping season. online. foot traffic falling. people staying home to shop in their bunny slippers. the "wall street journal." this week, christmas is dead.

he will make his case. our three starts right now. ♪ >> they told me someone was coming get me. they did not. [laughter] one day before christmas. i also want to check out the price of oil. thirty-seven-$38. next we have a developing story for you. this huge videogame company. that is a major problem this morning. what is exactly going on here? >> nativity issues. they have had this in the past. they have a new star wars a battle crunch game up. people are really excited.

we are tracking the story for you. >> nab good news is that many people wanted. >> holiday shopping season. traditional retailers. it is tough. >> sales down 6.7%. traffic down. 10.4%. now, the growth was online. just ask fedex and ups only people are shopping online right now. fedex is doing its best job to keep up with unexpected volume. >> amazon is considering starting their own delivery. >> $0.49. the map back to the broader markets. a lot of action.

i say, in early starter on the dow, maybe some smart money. ibm, caterpillar. they could surprise us next year. >> a lot of these have been really tormented these last couple of years. now, we have a situation where the fed is raising interest rates. all of a sudden the stocks begin to look a little bit more expensive. john deere 12 times earnings. ibm. some of these bigger names. charles: this is not been a great year for the so-called smart money guys. it has been an interesting year for technology stocks. netflix and google. they have led the way. masking a tough year overall.

>> frankly, no. i do not think that they can. buying last year's winners. a stock, netflix. truthfully this year. losing half the value. this mart money, yeah. taking that a couple of places. you look at guys like buffett and icon. they will miss it every once in a while. 2016, 17. >> a lot of cash out there. companies like apple. >> there are a few good choices. i would love to see them buying tesla. it has been getting a lot of press. very sneaky about it.

that would be a great acquisition. a couple clown companies they can get into and by. 160-200 billion offshore. on u.s. car production if they really wanted to. i am looking for some kind of repatriation. bring your dollars and that 1%. >> working when george bush did it, too. we will see you next year. charles: when you walk down the new york city street, particularly fifth avenue, the energy, it is all about that. dan, here is a song i was singing and i thought about you. busy sidewalks. busy sidewalks. in the air there is a feeling of christmas. >> you would be arrested for singing that.

[laughter] >> it is that bad. >> a story came across the wires. no one should hold a party at the university. a friend of mine e-mailed me and said, adding using a window over on saks fifth avenue? iran over to see it. basically, men and women in about 15 windows, a party. ladies lying on their backs. a tux spilling out his martini. it is all in this weird white and blue that i call vampire white. another great christmas window. they have a window that features the god neptune.

it finally occurred to me. we are not simply neutralizing christmas. the roman colosseum. this is what it has come to. charles: i say that the atheists have been winning. new york city. probably the place where they have won the most. they are anti-. they do not want to celebrate christmas because we do not want to offend anyone. now, there is an actual attack on christmas. >> it is just kind of an in your face against christmas. these are cultural icons. this has an effect after while. eventually, i think parents will start asking themselves why? what are we celebrating. >> what did cornell university

just recently do? >> they have a list of things that are forbidden. one is a nativity scene. christmas stars. grade all. mistletoe. >> forbidden on a campus? >> i do not know. charles: i am glad you pointed it out. i really am. hillary responding to donald trump. roll tape. okay. hillary said i deplore, i really deplore the rhetoric of his campaign. stupidity. fox news contributor is with us. this is getting down and dirty already. for me, hillary has gone hard.

little bit early in this political season. >> she is a woman. as a woman i should feel guilty for not voting for this woman did i think donald trump is completely right on this point. she will start early and she will be careful. we all know it is a fallacy. trying to make young women across america feel guilty. >> this is about something new. the sword of, whether it is class, race. it has been working as a political tool. maybe this can be the wake-up call for all america. >> i think that it works to a point. they have to do a better job of reaching out to women in general. one soundbite and blasting it over and over and over again.

hillary clinton should be very careful. i just think donald trump, i cannot wait to watch them finally attacker. [laughter] >> the point is, the more it is a de facto. >> though more it is. >> for a long time, this is not someone they were taking seriously. you are not spending time tracking jeb bush. charles: i will ask you about black status. attacking donald trump. we think this guy may be the nominee. >> it does suggest. can you imagine, if hillary clinton runs against donald trump, it will be a campaign fought in the mud. start to finish. it will be a totally negative

campaign. amidst all this anger, they want a positive message. they want to look forward. it does not look like the campaign is given. >> right now, the gop is a great. >> they won the midterm elections. just past the spending bill. the most skilled workers. the refugees. going down the list on and on. ultimately the winner of the gop. not just the ones who are angry, but for all americans. maybe donald trump is doing it the way it will be effective. i still think that he is unbelievably polarizing. i think, as you said, the american people want to look at america in a hopeful way.

>> playing that i am a degraded woman card. it opens a woman for donald trump. do not play that card hillary. watch it. >> i am so tired of the victim card. i want the next president to make me feel like i can be and do anything. >> inspire confidence. >> great piece again. we know that that is a very serious issue. there is an app for that, believe it or not. it is a remarkable app. ♪

charles: a quick check on lumber liquidators. the stock is today. 114. then someone said cell. i'd be some volume there.

a professor at the university of florida. the most politically correct way to wish people happy holidays. >> have a happy federal holiday. [laughter] it is the most successful one. charles: making an acronym. she said it does not offend anybody. you can say that route the year. all federal holidays. dodgers have a happy holiday or holiday season. >> we have no choice but to observe these government holidays. whether we want to or not. she actually does say happy federal holidays to her friends. it is culturally insensitive to say merry christmas or happy hanukkah. charles: we can piggyback off of this. these are holidays that i recognize.

somebody mandated christmas spirit. >> middle class tax tears are paying tuition costs for these processors. getting offended. this is a real life movement. [laughter] >> think about it. >> the new will smith movie. a certain amount of buzz. football and of course the concussion controversy. a neuroscientist. he has actually created an app that tracks concussions. first of all, congratulations. tell us how this works in white is so important. >> it turns out it is really important to measure brain health. find out what is happening under the hood. we have developed an app that does exactly that.

in five minutes, we can measure what is going on in the brain. we can do that from the sidelines. tell whether or not you need to go to the doctor for a concussion. charles: had you know what is going on in the brain? >> neurocognitive testing. the way you play any other game on the ipad. you play games for about five minutes. we can tell whether something has changed under the hood. charles: wow. they have some sort of baseline, if you will. you know. >> exactly right. a whole bunch of high schools now. athletes take the concussion tests. after they have an incident, they take a post- incident test.

that is how we can tell if there is a lot of daylight between their scores. that is how we can tell if there's something wrong with them. >> what is the next step? their parents. it sounds like a very compelling thing. >> writes. it is a cognitive health tracker. just like other health trackers that you use. the next step is going to the doctor. finding out if you have a concussion by taking the course of this to get it tests their. >> pretty ingenious. the timing is perfect. congratulations. next we have another protest. organizers calling the demonstration black christmas. a live report from chicago next. ♪ ♪ i built my business with passion.

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this. we can all make a difference. >> christmas day. what are your thoughts? >> i have no problem with this. i really don't. i think it is a good conversation to have. we talk through the issues. >> at least it is something. charles: i know these guys are trying to do their part. they are very influential. 10 million by the next couple of years. i think the nba, if they will take to twitter, how far do they take it? i would love to see the same people that are influential. maybe kill each other. that, to me, i do not want it to be about guns. >> who has committed violence with whom. >> all over chicago.

it is unfortunate that it is a nationwide epidemic. >> we have another protest tech spec did today. will disrupt last-minute shoppers. they are actually calling the demonstration black christmas. jeff flock live in chicago. what are we expecting today? jeff: i am in the middle of michigan avenue. black friday. shut this street down to vehicular traffic. then began to shut businesses down one by one. down what they call the magnificent mile. they hope to do that again. i heard you say you think the protest would be better focus at city hall. number one, mayor emanuel, not at city hall. he is on vacation with his family in cuba right now. in addition, i would point out, because they are doing the protest in this way, we are out

here covering it. we would probably not be covering it if they were not shutting down businesses on michigan avenue. i think their strategy is having success. >> is the symbolism, i guess, for me. i just feel like they will get more done legislatively. >> potentially. charles: working out there. time to time. >> thank you, charles. charles: and major conservative voice. we will explain the implications of the next. ♪

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>> you know there's within thing that's not really starting to feel like christmas here in the parts of the woods, the record-breaking temperatures, that feels more like summer than winter, ashley people actually walking around in shorts, t-shirts, here in manhattan. 6 a.m. train from connecticut this morning where people were on it in shorts. it was 70 degrees by the time i got into the city. it is going to be in the 70s and 80s from new york and going to be 70s all the way up to new england buffalo new york

60 degrees blew out the record high for the entire day. you know, this is going to be one for the ages, and december is a whole being warmst by far. >> powerful el-niño movement. >> i kind of feel sorry for the climate, climate alarmist because after calling -- global warming that wasn't working, they shifted it to climate change. i know this year they're like we should have stuck with global warming. [laughter] argument for it. happening now. >> global warming next year -- holiday travelerses are heading to the airport, and hitting road big time. fox business's blake berman joins me now. blake, we're talking about a amount of travelers. >> record this year by the way at 67 degrees right now here in d.c. but as far as travel goes, yeah, the record number is what is expected from triple a this year, they are predicting they

say 100 million travelers all across the country this year over o the next travel holiday period. a shade over 100 million is what they're putting this at about 6 million people will travel through reagan international and d.c. but the story is on the ground here according to aaa. they believe some 91 million people are going to be traveling by vehicle at some point over the next couple of weeks here. at least 50 miles or so. they say average drive is 150 miles this year and there is no surprise what is fueling all of this quite literally they say it is gas prices, they say gas prices cause people to travel. >> before i let you go how can i make money on this? how much money are we talking about here? >> 28.7 billion dollars is the figure that is being thrown out by the u.s. travel association, that will be spent three things that they point to this, they say modest rises in income,

continue improvement in the labor department and, of course, low gas prices fueling it all. >> that might explain why autoparts is up. 72 degrees here. got you right now -- evangelist franklin graham quitting republican party telling fox news why last night, roll tape. >> i'm so disappointed in this -- leadership of both parties. our nation is in trouble, it's in a mess, an starting in january fifth i'm going to go to all of the state capitols holding prayer meetings. i thought television best for me not to be aligned with any party but to be an independent. bring in fox news contradict tore ed rollins, ed, this is a big name. a big important figure to both of the parties. chghts he ises, and his father one of the great leaders of this country not just religious leaders. i believe in a game of addition i don't to lose anybody to the republican party.

i don't think he's walking away from the agenda of the republican party. we still have a pro-life eater and many of the thingings that evangelical support or line with us but surgery a blow. i don't think it's a bad thing for him to have independents and ask for moral leadership across the country that's a good thing. i think we'll miss him at the part and most of the supporters will be republicans. >> one thing with a pro-life party and one thing rubber stamp with federal funding for planned parenthood. some of the other things in the past spending bell with the low number of low skilled workers with 260,000 they're gaping to take american jobs. what does gop -- >> this was a terrible bill. i think anybody that basically has any detail within that 2,000 page bill that was put together in the last closing day of the session would be appalled by it and they were forced to vote for

it to shut the government down. the system has to change and speakership will be tied to this is boehner's billion if he doesn't fix this system to where we don't come a year from now to get the same thing he's going to lose the agenda. >> i know a lot of republicans still think he's going to do the right thing. but he's probably got a short window to do it. >> a short window and this was as i said trapped by boehner put this deal together before he left. less than a month to put it together. >> president obama's taking a paid out of donald trump's book with a new u plan supporting a lot of thousands illegal immigrants here, beginning to be department home lanked security and not ice. but they are beginning to be making raids up to 100,000 central american families what do you make of that? >> first of all u law is being forced it wasn't like they're catching people at the border which is what they want, they came in here illegally they were processed immigration judge is basically ruled that they have to go back if we're not going to have laws and enforce u laws they won't be good. immigration is a being issue.

debated in this campaign and we need a beg overhaul it have immigration laws that is not happening in short but i was involved in the white house in 1986 last time we did a big major immigration. we need another one. >> you mentioned boehner as he was leaving he tacked about false profits, is it false prophesy or o promises to say we're going to be able to deport millions of people and do some of the things that maybe the new gop wants to see done. >> it's a complicated issue it'ses unlike the '86 bill with 5 million illegals in the country most of them were in california, texas. today they're all over the country basically em bred and doing meaningful they thinks in the communities. so a complicated issue no easy solutionings. >> merry christmas. >> appreciate it. thank you. muslim family from the u.k. says they were blocked from boarding a plane bonged for disneyland because eve their religion joining us now is a american muslim convert is this the kind

of the -- islamophobia that they've been warning about has it come to fruition? >> you know i'm not sure that we know all of the facts yet behind what went on there. i think anyone in our mountain wants to make sure there's no threat to the united states no threat to the people here. so we, you know, we support what's beginning on gofers overseas to make sure we don't let people in with any sinister intention. if it seem it is like -- thrftion something going on here where perhaps a terrible mistake was made. perhaps two men and some children. maybe working the way like it should be working. >> that's entirely possible. but at this point i don't think we have really the means to know exactly what's going on. i think the biggest problem here is the fact that we don't have information and it is not transparent there's not enough information to make a rational

decision and rational determination as to whether or not this was justified. >> you use the word ration gnat is it rational right now for the average american to say hey, put brakes on all of this stuff particularly syrian refugees rethink this program. rethink a lot of thingings that we've done because of these incidents that have happened in america and western world in the last few months. >> of course o. we certainly want to make sure that everyone is protected. but you know the rational approach is not necessarily mean putting brashings on indiscriminately and there's a barring to vet people to make sure we're not aa lowing people in with any intention. we need to make sure we tweak it to eliminate as much as possible any possibility of someone coming in who doesn't really want to come here for the right reasons. >> barring everybody entirely, i don't think that that's the who ison.

converted to islam what role or obligation do american muslims have to stand up and say hey, this not representing us to condemn this kind of stuff that we've seen san bernardino, paris, do you think that your religious community is doing enough to after tuck late that hey, we're americans we want to be americans and a accept culture and value of america. do you think they're doing enough? >> absolutely. you know, as far as the media is concerned perhaps not. because we're not getting the media coverage. but as a community, we stand firmly against it. any time something happens, not only we issue press releases and go out and make public statements but in our mosque if uh-uh you came to even our mofng mosque in northern virginia for the friday frairs after something like that happens, you will see all of the emoms going against this and telling people

not only to pray for the people who have been the victims of this but to make sure that they stand up against this, they denounce this, and even take whatever steps are necessary to make sure that you cannot continue to happen. in our e prayers alone there will be 25,000 people who will be getting that message. just on one location. >> i guess the thing is americans -- you know, nonmuslim americans like to see perhaps the same vigor that you described visual. you say there's no media coverage bring it out of the mosque and into the streets, lets us see it. no, listen, this is a dangerous time for everybody, and it is incredible time, and ting there's a certain amount of responsibility that america muslims need to stand up and say hey we want to be in this country. we're part of this country and stay, come out in the streets and say it. we want to see it. >> we do that all of the time. actually this saturday -- for example, we're holding a

season of peace -- come to our mosque and cover us. >> i appreciate you coming on. we ran out of time. >> say sure on behalf of all of our congregation merry christmas to all of our brothers and sisters. >> same to you. we want to update you on electronics having big trouble this morning. e-mac you have an update. >> game and services are now available but electronic art is saying that support wake times, though, may be still impacted this may be sort of what target did cueing people getting people in line to get help. but they're saying games are coming back up online this is after a widespread outage people cannot play madden nfl or "star wars" battle front. arts stock did dip downward after treated out they were having problems. now become up. christmas time guys but it seems these days real message behind holiday has gotten lost. we put the christ back in christmas l.

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i'm nicole petallides can requester fox business brief stockings are up. the dow has been down about 58 point, now down 38 sitting at 17,5 a 54, s&p 500 down 2, and the nasdaq look that the up about 5 points right now so in the green. and we're taking a look at smflt dow lagers, mike ye went into efnght after the close yesterday

now down 63 and change down 1.9%. chevron, caterpillar, ge and verizon under pressure as dow is down 1.5% for the year. will 2015 be the first down year since twailgt? here's sol of the best performers, though, on taillight dow jones industrial average, nike came out with stellar numbers and orders up 31% home depot and increased up 30%. fedex has slight days but deliver on christmas if they need to.

>> now, this it is christmas eve, but recently it seems that message behind christmas has been lost joining me now, we've got -- sorry senior is with us. thank you for joining us, a lot of people lament at the fact that every single year feel leak the christmas spirit, the christmas message is fading more and more whether it is commercialization or just nonbelievers. what is that christmas message? >> you know, i'm very happy that our churches will be filled this christmas. people seem to come home. and i love that. i have a radio show on satellite and i have reason to guess stwarts composure who wrote wicked and god spell i said why is a secular jewish man doing a musical on gospel of saint

matthew about the life of jesus christ. you don't have to be christian to know that the world been a much better place if we embrace teachings of jesus this is a popular guy who happens to be jewish a universal message of love, forgiveness, reconciliation, family. one of the things my family would hear there wouldn't be a jesus without a presence of joseph, mary to educate him so i hope we can use this as an opportunity to celebrate family. so many people come from scattered families, divided families, in need of reconciliation one of the thingings i joke about when i go around the country i say who comes from a family and somebody raises hand they say you need to go to confession. there's no perfect family. [laughter] every family needs help, maybe christmas time welcome look to jesus, mary, and joseph say i'm going to be more tolerant, forgiving put aside past hurts, and if the christ child can remind us of the importance of family and values at then we

will have spent the beautiful christmas together. chghts interesting that you would focus on family at a time where household formations are -- at record low, where marriage is at a record low, where, you know, it's -- family in america or need to grow a family, that part has faded tremendously maybe that's a central issue maybe the key peg in all of this is that maybe given up on the notion of family. >> i hope that we can improve family life. you know charles interesting thing you're right about all that you said about family life. but and statistically that where families try to bring god into their lives, kat kat welcome whatever they happen to be, teaches of god and practice of faith into their homes is a better chance of families staying together, forgiveness reigning in the family and in terms of marriage people staying in a marriage and working it out. not every marriage can make it but family an marriages closer

together by a common faith that we try to share or o approach to life that's a little more loving, forgiving merciful. that's the reason that someone like pope francis is so popular. saying put aside division and start with bairvegs love one another. forgive one another to me that's the real message of christmas. >> pope francis is certainly very popular, particularly what young people and some are saying more conservative folkings in the church is saying they don't like where he's going because it is a form ever compromise but ultimately we talk about the christmas message and spirituality does it have to articulate that? >> i think pope francis is part of the change what he's doin. i love the man is say let's get become to basics what would jesus do? you know that jesus doesn't condemn poem who were divorced remarried. we know he sits at the well with that woman who was married five times and she's living with a boyfriend who is not even married to her so we have, you know, who can come to mass,

communion jesus is the man of tolerance, mercy, and acceptance, so pope is doing exactly what jesus would do. >> james i appreciate that. i think we all needed it it give me a shot in the arm. i appreciate it. merry christmas. coming up next we have a little christmas message from our own stuart varney here's a hint, believe it or not stuart gets a little teary-eyed we'll be rooght back. lift with your legs.

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>> now this officials removed an atheist nay nativity scene for mocking christians. ashley -- after the atheist nativity scene. >> that has benjamin franklin statue of liberty, thomas jefferson and george washington all around a major containing manger that is the bill of rights. it says at this season of the winter solstice we are the reason and a bill of rights keep state and church separate. the governor greg abbott said that had won't do that's what he called tasteless sarcasm he said indeed mocking christians ordered it to be taken down that's exactly what happened. >> interesting you shouldn't have belief systems near the government i get that government property. but why now?

you have 365 days out of the year stop offending people. >> want us to talk about it now. we're talking about it. but i know, it's -- atheists have won battles, legal belittles o'things all it tacks is one parents to complain about the christmas play these days, and not just the state capitol but happening everywhere in all facet of our lives. >> peace, love, joy and time of year with heaven can be experienced on earth, right? so -- >> i love it. now this without further adieu stuart varney reads a night before christmas. >> 'twas the night before christmas when all through the house not creature was stirring, not everyone a mouse. the stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that st. nicholas would soon be there. the children nestled all snug in their beds while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.

mother in her kir chief and hat settled our brains for a long winter's nap when out on the lawn arose a clatter i sprng from the bed to see what to my wondering eyes should appear asian tiny reindeer and then in a twinkling i heard on the roof. prancing and paw uing of each other hoof. as i drew in any head turning around down the chimney st. nicholas came with a bound dressed head to to the with ash and suit. this is eyes out they twinkled his cheaps were roses, his nose like a cherry. he had a broad face and a round beer belly concern but shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly. he spoke not a word but straight to his work. and filled all of the stockings and then turned with a jerk. and laying his finger aside of his nose giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. he sprang to his slay and give a

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>> every four years, somebody predicts the collapse and a the democrat or o republican party. we always hear it. but parties have a way of self-correcting. i don't know if they will, but it's high time that somebody in washington start paying attention. and they didn't pay attention last week that's for sure. governor mike huck bow be rolling out collapse of the republican party, and see what facebook u viewers had to say about what he thinks christmas is -- it is about family, good times and tradition, says beautifully spoken, merry christmas. the closing bell is just an hour away. we're short today before we go to any last words -- >> merry christmas everybody. merry christmas to everyone, and

kernel all yours. merry christmas to everyone. even colonel. merry christmas charles. alert as we start "cavuto: coast to coast" not so merry out in chicago. protesters are getting underway again today. along the magnificent mile in chicago as people rush out to do their last minute shopping you say i've seen this somewhere before. filling in nor feel and jeff flock on the casino you did that was black friday. we may have instant replay of that today. these protests as jeff joins us from there now are not scheduled to start for about an hour rought, so i don't see a ton of people left behind you but logically you think people get their shopping done before protesters, shep, what's the deal ?fnlgt a lot of people out doing that very thing. if you look down and lauri can look down michigan avenue you have shoppers down here right now. that surprised me a lot of people connell not aware that this protest is coming.