>> final thoughts. >> get out there for black friday. make this economy great again and have fun. dagen: mike. >> thankful for my family, love you guys. >> let's remember the troops deployed, god bless america. dagen: every day of the year we thank you. morgan, mike, kirsten, charles payne in for stuart. >> thank you very much, dagen. i'm charles payne in for stewart. it's the day after thanksgiving, and here are your stories. it's black friday, millions are shopping, looking for deals. flat screen tv's, drones, playstations and get this a $18,000 watch drum roll, at wal-mart. we have live reports from malls across the country. there are threats of black friday protests. people were blocking shoppers on magnificent miles and more are promised today as well. to policy, donald trump's team

is starting to fall in, and another conference call from mar lago at 10. and will romney publicly apologize for the anti-trump stance during the campaign? is it a prerequisite? the trump rally on hold here, and markets on record territory and dow futures look to be opening higher. we're in uncharted territory. "varney & company" is go to begin. ♪ >> it's my prayer that on this thanksgiving, we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country strengthened by shared purpose and very, very common resolve. >> more on donald trump's thanksgiving message in a minute. first, i want to at that i can --

i want to take a look at the market futures. they look stronger, you're looking at the dow jones industrial average, the s&p and dow coming in today at record highs, wednesday's close, rather. donald trump, the trump rally going strong. we've got market watcher jeff sica with us. the market is really about anticipation of future growth and of course, now a lot of or ? >> yeah, of course, the conversation about the dow 20,000 and 19,000, what we're dealing with right now, i am completely sold on the fact that if trump is able to execute on his plan, it will be very pro business, it will be pro economy, but here is the one thing that we have to realize is you have a stock market and you have an economy and the stock market very often runs well ahead of the economy. i think-- >> what happens on the day when the stock market was a harbinger for the economy. the stock market was telling where the economy would be six

months out and 12 months out. you're not buying it? >> i long for those days. right now we have a central bank that's artificially suppressed interest rates to keep borrowing costs low to keep stock companies buying their shares back and keep moving up. the problem with this, when you have these types of euphoric rallies and everybody is acting like moths to flames, running into the market. it breeds complacency and we're in a point of complacency. trump's policies are going to be long-term good for the economy, but they shouldn't be-- >> and speaking of euphoria. a lot of money out of bonds and this is smart and institutional money not necessarily individuals exuberant over donald trumpment are they going to find a home in stocks? >> they are, but here is what i

believe will happen. this is the goal all along to starve investors out of the bond market and into the stock market. it will continue to happen. the problem i have is a lot of bond investors are not accustomed to the volatility that you see in the stock market and trying to get dividends. eventually we'll have to deal with volatility and volatility is not always easy for the bond investors to deal with. >> gotcha. back to donald trump's cabinet picks. mitt romney one of donald trump's harshest critics during the election, and is now considered for secretary of state and not sitting well with with trump supporters and now word of a romney apology. we have word that some sort of apology has been given behind closed doors and perhaps as a

prerequisite to get the job, he may have to let the world know that he made a mistake. >> the work for the trump supporters at the time, he made everything more difficult for everyone on the ground. yes, it was personal. unlike when george w. bush called reagan's economics voodoo economics, mitt romney's comments about president-elect trump were personal and extraordinary. >> they're harsh, a phony, a conman. >> and then part of an arrangement effectively, the head of an animal that went to try to get-- take utah away from him, making movement on the ground more difficult and the apology not only to the president-elect, but everyone working on the ground and supported him. that's where the apology is due as well. the conversation i've been happening the next couple of days, even with the apology it's an issue of loyalty and perhaps mr. romney would be fabulous as an example of the secretary of the veterans

admistration, an entity that needs to be reformed. >> a fixer upper. >> a specialist in that. you're not going to other countries, not deal with day-to-day policy. that might be a better suit for the governor. >> let me ask, if indeed he is picked, i did my own survey last week, and almost 4,000 people responded overwhelmingly, the trump supporters would be highly upset. even kellyanne conway tweeted suggestions there is some serious, serious anger bubbling beneath the surface and if it's mitt. >> something changed, he's a good man and then changing the issue, there may have been some conversation, she referred to the deluge on social media, and people are unhappy, it's a plum assignment and it's very important and for someone who

led the effort not just to critique, but to harm is, i think, the very serious issue. >> do you doubt mitt romney's ability to be a good secretaries of state? because i think there are parts of the republican party, the conservative parts, the fiscalfisca fiscalfisca fiscalfisca fiscally conservative part, a turn around specialist-- >> one of the conversations during the obama years, how right mitt romney was in the international scene. in the conversations in 2012. beyond even other republicans, mitt romney was right on russia, right on the middle east, right on the trajectory of everything that we've experienced, and that was what we thought was his weakness. it ended up, i think arguably being one of his strengths. now, what undercuts that, of course, is his loyalty, his trustability with the president himself. >> one of the key hallmarks ever the mainstream media is the magnanimous president-elect.

this would be the ultimate olive branch. thanks, tamley. retailers, typically they wait all year and that's how we got this term, black friday, this is when they turned profitable. this year, there isn't really many of us pushing our way through the long lines for the great deals, one of a kinked. we've got bert here and black friday, is it becoming passe, a thing of the past? >> what we're seeing is millennials in record crowds, people who we would expect to be shopping on the internet more than anyone else, particularly 18 to 24, 25 to 34. our team saw them out in force thanksgiving day, thanksgiving evening, and even more in force on 34th street as we went through the stores last night until 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. >> for those of you who don't

live in new york, you have the stories including the macy's flagship store. >> we saw the same thing in suburban chicago, texas, florida. so millennials could save the holiday season. >> could it be something-- i know the last few years for millennials it's been an fomo, fear of missing out. and do they add this to the list to do. we'll go bungee jumping this week, but let's brave the crowds on black friday. >> you're completely correct. they're out there for the experience and for everything, beats and new apple products, new apparel at american eagle, forever 21, urban outfitters, but back into wal-mart and best buy was doing record volume. and real kudos to the-- >> before we go because we're going to come back to you, but go at the moment. best buy, have they defied the odds? they were on the death watch for a lot. the idea that they're only a showroom.

>> perfect point, deserving-- every star in the buck and one extra for turning around best buy. it's so extraordinary in stores where going between midnight and 2 a.m. best buy had 12 to 20 or more lined up at every register while target was doing some football, but very little by comparison in the same departments. >> thanks a lot. we'll come back in a moment. to the nfl, the dallas cowboys you pulled off their 10th win defeating the redskins. and detroit lions beat the minnesota vikings who continue to find interesting ways to shoot themselves in the foot. and here is the field goal to win it. and everyone is talking about aretha franklin a full four and a half minute version of the

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>> i want to take you to reno, nevada where the road rage dispute over a parking space at wal-mart actually turned deadly. the shooting took place and we're told that wal-mart remind open for black friday shopping there. here is another look at the dow futures. again we're on pace for yet another record. the trump rally continues, in fact, let's call it a locomotive. it's amazing. meanwhile, not locomotive, some are backing congressman keith ellison of the democratic

national committee, a relatively unknown democrat from ohio tim ryan is trying to unseat nancy pelosi. host stacy wattton-- watson, they were tone deaf going into the election and even more tone deaf afterwards and lurching so far to the left, it's hard to believe. >> when you thought of the candidates or people they might bring forward, keith ellison is one of the last individuals i would consider. considering the election results, considering the hard core move to the left that the obama administration made over the past eight years and anger americans feel towards that, lack of focus on jobs, failed energy policy, foreign policy is in the gain they choose someone-- or considering someone, he's

made a trip to mecca funded by muslim brotherhood. we're even on the extreme of hard core democrats. >> even with the communist movement. stacy, you know you're not on the left. can you help me understand? do they need some sort of a tea party movement of their own? >> well, you know, it's interesting that you mention the tea party because that was so organic and natural. the issue, charles, their bench is very, very shallow. they don't have a lot of up and coming young talent connected to lots of constituency groups in america. their base is just in a state of disarrayment so, i really see them as having to reassess their party platform and bring it more in line with more americans. it's fine to have aspirational goals and to have things you'd like to fix, say, in the

sphere. the problem with that is demotrated by this lack of a clear pick for the dnc head. >> and i want to ask you also, big news now, because former green party presidential candidate jill stein apparently has raised enough money to go after a recount, she wants michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, 4.7 million dollars already raised. i mean, what exactly does she think she's getting out of this? or is she being used even perhaps by say a likes of a george soros or hillary clinton who may want the recount and doesn't want her name on it. >> i saw something interesting by mary chastain, and that donald trump wouldn't go forward with the e-mail scandal. and points out the thing that

the clinton crave the most is power and by for giving her, he would take away that spotlight and so this connects to jill stein in that i've seen a lot of discussion on-line about people suspecting what you just said, that this is a ploy by the clintons to get the recount done without having their name attached to it and i find it hard to believe that jill stein would be used in that way, but i think it's unfortunate because it's time to move on, we're in the transition and president-ect trump will be seated and inaugurated in january of 2017. >> don't you find some delicious irony, the big news story going into november 8th is donald trump is going to give the winner, hillary clinton a hard time? >>. [laughter] >> sure. i mean, it's the holidays. he prefer not to think of them fighting and doing all of that, but it is a little delicious. i've been, i call it liberal tears, i've been drinking deeply. the same party that said he

wouldn't accept the election result and instead it's jill stein possibly at the impetus of hillary clinton refusing to accept the results, the irony is outstanding. yes, it is. stacy, we'll see you soon. >> thanks, charles. >> up next a search of illegal immigrants crossing our southern borderment they want to get here before donald trump takes the oval office. we're all over it. the trump rally has been a monster rally, up another 52 points going into the open. more varney after this. ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪

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>> all right. take another look at the dow jones industrial futures. we gained during the commercial break. we'll be up in record territory and the trump rally goes on. i want to take a look at gold. gold sort of drifting a little bit. couldn't hold at 1200. that's a key number, this time it did not hold. it's relatively flat at the open. making a rebound last week and russia saying probably they cut a deal and a lot of head fakes down this morning in the range between 44 and 50 right now. also, reports of scores of central americans surging north trying to cross the border into

the united states and authorities had to open temporary holding facilities near the border of texas just to deal with the influx. tammy, they want to be here before donald trump is inaugurated and it's mind-boggling that they think they can. >> he will have a different look at immigration. coyotes telling you you better get there now or you never will and taking their property. it's a difficult situation, but it was regarding nicaragua and-- you can't send one back, they might be in a holding cell because they're from central america and haitians coming over, half of like less apprehensions of mexicans dropped from 400,000 to 179,00 it doesn't mean

they're not trying, but we're not quote, catching them. we have a surge from the entire region and beyond south and central america with haiti as well and it seems like some people are doing that, president obama this last hurrah getting in as many people as possible. charles: what about the loud and defiant mayors of sanctuary cities. if i'm someone considering coming across the border, i heard an invitation from the mayor deblasio, i heard an invitation from rahm emanuel, from the police chief of los angeles, i've heard invitations to get into the country and get into one of the cities and it's okay. >> what is so obscene, we're using these people as political footballs. these are lives that are ruined. yet, the democrats are using them as a way to increase their political power they think and they're going to fail. charles: thanks a lot. today is black friday, the day after thanksgiving. millions of people shopping and

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>> all right, the opening bell is going to ring in 13 minutes. a lot of anticipation, a lot of excitement. i can tell you right now, this is usually an out-sized session. what i mean by that, if the volume is thin, whoever pushes, the bulls or bears, usually get their way. right now it's the bulls carrying the trump rally into the opening bell. first tick up 17 points, i suspect we could be up 50 very, very shortly. the beautiful thing all the major indices close the record highs on wednesday. it's not just the dow, it's the s&p 500 and check on that as well. up 2 1/2% looking great and the nasdaq has done well this year. nasdaq the home of the tech stocks, they're regaining equilibrium and the price of oil down again. a range between 44 and $50. i want to look at gold. a lot of folks calming --

camping out in gold may change their minds. i want to bring in lauren simonetti and burt, and we're near the all-time highs. jeff, i want to go to you first. i know you're not-- i know you're grappling with this because you like donald trump's economic policies, but just not sure about this market, right? there's a mismatch in your mind? >> to me, there's a clear d distinction between the stock market and the trump economic policies. i think that the policies are good for the economy, but the stock market, which has been fed-driven, has extended itself beyond reality at this point. so, i think the optimism, the problem with optimism it tends to breed complacency. what i see in the marketplace now is an unprecedented amount of complacency. i think we have to get realistic and know that these policies as good as they are are not quick fixes.

>> i will say one thinking, my own version of how i'm asking people to invest. i'm not looking at market optimism, i'm looking at mainstream optimism becoming a self-fulfilling prophesy, i think at that the american public buys into this and we'll see this economy really take off. >> i think you're right and i groo agree with jeff, i like the idea of trump's new policy. the issue where he doesn't get inaugurated until the 20th of january, what he could do between now and even say next summer, there's so much money that's really overextended themselves in the equity market, it's hard to get in on that party. yeah, we're going to go higher because we want to hit those new numbers, but at the end of the day, what's changed economically today? or tomorrow that wasn't the same four weeks ago? we're still in the same problem that we have and we're going to

need to see great changes. right now we're trading on faith. trading without seeing and we need to see the changes. charles: the retail that was up the best in ten years and consumers confidence revised d blews top off. and wages are starting to go up. best home sales since 2007 and ripples in the economy, i think, that tammy, donald trump can take. the enthusiasm has been missing, but believe have to believe. >> it's the same enthusiasm that drove the election, the people they said the economy was the number one issue they were dealing with. we're seeing young people to actually going to brick and mortar stores. there's a sense that what has happened before is bad and they're not quite sure how it's going to work, but the enthusiasm shifting from the election to the economy itself and they're willing to investigate in that because they hear things, whether it's

obamacare and the fines going away, a tax holiday or 15% bracket, but for young people, especially, they might not know, but they feel that it could be better and the feelings matter. charles: they called it morning in america. i'm come back to you. we'll throw this into the mix, black friday, retailers wait all year, statistically when they're profitable. and black friday, is it still rocking and rolling? >> it not rocking and rolling because it's become bifurcated between thanksgiving day black friday and with small business saturday, it's being stretched the whole week. interestingly, charles, for the stores like rei and costco closed on thanksgiving day, they'll do more business in fewer days than stores like target who are extending themselves, raising their costs, cutting their business and forgetting to merchandise christmas effectively. target only has christmas on

sale one day saturday and leading with dirt devil and hoover vacuum cleaners, what are they doing with major merchandising, this is hudson dayton-- >> they are coming from a lower base to your point. jeff sica, nordstrom's is up, macy's up, j.c. penney up 19% since donald trump won the election and extended there and a reflection that perhaps main street might be buying into this. >> and i think that main street should be optimistic. even when it comes to discretionary spending, the savings rates are still low. so if people are out there spending, i mean, i believe that $4.6% of people actually-- 4.6% of people shop on black friday, it's not as big of a deal as people make it out to be. even if they are out there kicking tires, they don't have the discretionary income to

really be spending as they should. >> all right, guys, also, scott, go ahead. >> look, you know what? it kind of reminds me when the vcr's came out and i watched to see what happened with the movie theaters and they morphed into something different. i haven't seen them morph into something different. my target and macy's are the same as years ago, i think that black friday is a social event rather than a shopping event. charles: let's talk about shares of apple. that's one of the key names that reflects all parts of our society. the company offering, black friday deals today. remember, they skipped that last year, is this actually a bad indicator for apple? >> it could be because they promised this really great deals this year, but so far, people are disappointed. so you can get up to $150 as a gift card if you buy certain mac computers and start at $1300 for that particular brand. when it's rare that you offer a

promotion on black friday and tease it in a big way and come out with a gift card as much as $150 i think that people are disappointed and waiting for the next bill thing for the apple and clear some of the things like watches off the shelves. charles: apple got lucky with the samsung phones that became explosive devices, but are they in trouble? >> they're not in trouble. to lauren's point, but reaching unplanned obsolescence. the pipeline from the late steve jobs, they're going to go through their own cycle. >> the average black friday is 39%. if you do the math for apple it's maybe 10%. charles: maybe they think they're too strong to give away 39%. and nicole petallides has

details. nicole: there are reports that johnson & johnson is in talks with a swiss biotech company, and this is a biotech company viewed as an essential take over target because they have two lung medicines viewed as potential blockbusters over the next years. how far are they in the talks? neither company is acknowledging. johnson & johnson is up, and the other is soaring. there there is talk about one of the other drug makers, novartis or others, and johnson & johnson, at least one of the many dow stocks with an up arrow. charles: the big drug companies are in trouble and they've got aging pipelines and i think we'll see a lot of acquisitions. meanwhile, president-elect trump spent part of his

thanksgiving holiday trying to convince carrier to keep in the united states. a tweet, i'm, working hard even on thanksgiving trying to get carrier to stay in the u.s. making progress, we'll know soon. charles: he pledged to keep jobs in this country from not leaving this country. what do you make of that tweet? >> it's kind of like the-- it's going to take a lot longer than working on thanksgiving for a company sea change to move from one country to another. so, it remains to be seen, but depends how far carrier is down the road and if they can really reverse their plans. that's a really big deal, nothing that can be solved in a week, more like a three, four months ordeal. charles: here is the thing, carrier is a behemoth of a company. aerospace and prosecute whitney, otis elevator.

and the business is good for them and the margins 18%, not moving year over year. how do they recognize to the american public and their shareholders, the notion of keeping carrier here if it's going to hit their bottom line? >> i think there's one thing that has to be very stressed in this situation is that production costs in the u.s. are significantly higher. and i'm all for bringing jobs back to the u.s., but trump has got to make it-- he's got to make it profitable for them. he has got to lower corporate taxes in order for them to make a profitable. carrier is one particular company that really needs profitability in a desperate way so there could be some casualties. there could be some collateral damage from this and carrier could be one of them. charles: here is the thing, they've got aerospace, does government business and plat whitney.

i like the carrot not the stick. and told apple and maybe the same with carrier. >> and this is closing the plant at 2019 so there's time to scott's concern and layoffs ap they've said, yes, we're talking with president-elect trump and here is a difference, government usually operates like a turtle and we've got hare. >> this would be huge. want to take a look at the big board, dow jones industrials. >> an up 38 points. looking at yet another record, donald trump's tax cut plans, critics say it will run up the debt. our question is how long will those tax cuts take to get the economy going. we know about supply side. we want the timeline.

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>> well, here, we've got a pattern, every time we've got a commercial we're up two or three points. by the end of the show we could be down, the dow is up 40 points. it's a lifetime high and the s&p 500 hitting a lifetime high

and the russell 2000 is up 18%, why? it's sort of a reflection of americana, small investors and small investors, and they enjoyed this. meantime. president-elect donald trump's economic plan calls for tax cuts and spending on infrastructure, the military and even inner city. david mcintosh is near. we understand supply side. revenue that doesn't come from high taxes will come as the velocity of money. as we spend more and it circulates, it will make up the difference and now we're talking perhaps a $10 billion infrastructure plan. rebuilding the military and special for inner cities. are we going to have a debt crisis? >> i think what trump has to make sure happens is not only the tax cuts, but the regulatory relief program goes through.

that does get you about 2% additional growth per year in the economy, that's a huge impact for federal revenue. it increases the amount of money the federal government comes in. but honestly, you're right, charles, at the same time he's got to be careful and not just open the flood gates on spending side. look for places where he can get more for the money spent and save some money and he's got his priorities for infrastructure and the military, fund those, increase the funding, but make some real cuts other places as well. charles: how does he make the cuts? we are going to have another showdown in washington d.c. over spending, a lot of promises were made. where do you cut? i mean, i understand you will-- every president's going line by line and a trillion dollars for the waste, fraud and abuse, can he find it really? >> i think one of the places he should look at are the additional weal fair programs

like food stamps and other areas that have ballooned in the last years of obama. you're not going to need them when trump creates these additional jobs and the economy booms so start making the cuts and save on those areas and eliminate the old sequester formula where any cut in a domestic program has to be offset with a cut in defense. trump should say that's a stupid deal. let's pay for the defense we need and look at cuts in other areas. >> one of the reasons the market rallies, the g.o.p. overwhelmingly won on november 8th not just donald trump. i think coming out the gate, it's going to be important, david. what do you want to see the first 100 days. what's most critical. what do we need to see to spark the economy and keep the stock market rally going? >> you've got to first do the tax cuts and use it on reconciliation is what they

call it, essentially, a 50 vote in the senate and 50% of the house. eliminate obamacare, it's a huge cost for businesses as they've seen their health care costs go up. on the executive side, the president on day one can eliminate the bad executive orders and has to tell his agencies, go and rewrite rules that are costing us more for electricity, costing more for finance and the banking economy, and costing us more for new drugs and health care. that takes time, that's probably a-- you know, a year, two-year process, but sending the signal to the market that that's what they're going to do will keep the rally going. charles: i think households will love that. we feel all of the onerous regulations. thank you. >> see you soon. >> and the dow jones industrials industrial, those are your 30 stocks, majority of them up 7, six, eight, actually are lower. donald trump again though

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>> the irony here is that there's really no way to check on what iran has been doing and we already know when it comes to the heavy water in this last year alone they've cheated twice already going past limits. there seems to be no punishment for that. when we talk about scrapping the deal, i would argue that the iranians probably have already done so because there's no way to check what's happening on various sites. we know that they're generally cheating in some ways already that have been documented and very much like the north korean dynamic, you think you have a deal and presume the bad guys will behave properly and all along they cheat behind the scenes. this is a case of president trump recognizing that. if there's any way the u.n. can get in here. the problem is this is seen as a fraud from the beginning and i think that president trump and whoever the secretary of state is will deal with that properly. charles: they'll have to deal with it.

of course, today being black friday marks the start of the holiday shopping season and cheryl casone is at the mall in white plains, new york. cheryl, you know my sign. >> yes, i've got the list for you at hq. and tell you something, that ron at galleria in white plains, new york, the brick and mortar stores have been struggling. but 27 billion combinationf stores and on-line. one gentleman decided he was getting out there early. >> we figured if we were early enough we would beat the crowds and obviously it did so that plan worked for a chaek. >> i tell you what, it's all about the toys and electronics and i want to bring in zohar and his wife esther has joined him. the drones are the hot sellers.

show us the largest drone. you say you're not going to keep a lot of these, they're going to be sold by today because they're so popular. >> they're popular, they have hd cameras and live stream to your smart phone. >> and all right. and esther, as well you've got another drone flying here and we're learning how to do the drones. >> this one is for more like indoors. >> the smaller one. >> it's hard to control-- >> esther and i have been learning to use the drones. i tell you what, it's fun. if you want this in your stocking, tell me now. charles: i do, i do, of course i do. i can't wait to see you when you get back today. the checking the dow jones industrial average, we're up to 50. this trump post-election rally roars on the president-elect

donald trump extending his message, a call for unity, that doesn't mean he isn't working over the holiday. we will tell you what he had to say.

>> hoot hoot. that's my train locomotive sound, but -- >> i loved it. >> thank you rally is not lame hit another high. dow jones industrial average 19,136 people saying dow 20,000 a matter of time we'll see. of course it is black friday people shopping for deals across the country. even apple taking for the first time in years. that could be a bad sign and black lives matterren playing black friday protest in chicago planning to shutdown a magnificent mile. and president-elect donald trump well, he's sending message of unity he says now is the time for herk to heal. to come together, the second hour of "varney & company" starts right now. ♪

♪ ♪ born to be wild ♪ >> this song is not own because someone saw me eating last nigh. this is because the markets these days are on a wild winning streak i want to check on the big boards you can see right there looking at it up 15 points. 19,133 and tech names are really tech stumbled out of the post election, of facebook amazon, microsoft, google netflix all with some conflicts perhaps with the president-elect. but they've regained their footing in the meantime oil which has been had rarnged and collapse started coming back ask just down a little bit today but a lot of hopes that maybe finally opec will getter that act together. wool see. meanwhile president-elect donald trump calling for a national unity this thanksgiving. it's my prayer on this thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisionings and move

forward as one country, emotions are raw and tensions don't heal overnight . it doesn't go quickly, unfortunately. but to succeed, we must enlist the fort of our entire nation. how do you feel about this call for unity? >> people did not expect it from him. democrats concerned about direction offer that own party are saying well wait a minute this guy is nothing like we remember told he would be. this is -- it is encouraging, and i think just as we were talking about the market had about the issue of faith, moving forward, with this is a confirmation this guy is presidential an he has our best interest in mind and if the political establishment that was so clueless and had no idea, that maybe the other things ey were telling us to be afraid of aren't true either. so he just i think, the xeample is going to be bringing people together because it allays a lot of fears that had people have had. j some of the fears came in a

campaign that had some moments where -- you know, poem were like wow what's going on here? and since then the olive branch donald trump, the acceptance speech donald trump all to your point have defied what had some are saying was negative misbuildings by mean stream media the whole time. >> we want leadership and sometimes leadership is about being hard, about getting something done, about standing for what you believe in. about being able to be who you need to be to get the job done, and that's what donald trump accomplished in primary and election and addition to somebody who is a decent guy. >> campaigning different. he's a businessman and he want it is the u.s. is now his business he wants it to be successful he want to go down as being a great president and he wants profits for everybody and that's how he's doing it. now people who know donald trump well say the same thing. you might be put by him at first but more you get to know him you really like him. easy to work with. >> i say that this is a very

unique opportunity for the republican party to do something over the next four, perhaps eight years that could ultimately completely break the back of the democratic party if all constituents feel like that donald trump worked for them, looked out for them and they were able to benefit. >> i think there's an importance to a two-party dynamic with a loyal opposition it keeps the other party in line. it keeps them why frankly republican presidents are better because they're constantly being how hounded by media and forced to be more transparent. i want a strong democrat party in the mode of kennedy and shriver as example of individuals who are actually normal when it comes to their view of politics. kennedy was about cutting taxes. it's not about what we see in the democrat party becoming. and i think that's going to be important for an opposition party. to exist dinner >> what about real quickagemy the role of the media and what do you think that should be because it felt like they were seriously at war with donald trump. during the campaign and so far hadn't -- >> they completely advocated their responsibility.

their responsibility is asking a question to all power. and they clearly band and that's partly i think where hillary clinton has done so badly because they've hamentdzed it her and never had to perform under pressure that et media clearly has been -- with their behavior and with what they've become, we've found that out. they have a chance to become better people. i don't expect it. >> media will pick up the slack. >> they have so far. donald trump being a part of this thanksgiving working to keep carrier -- big news that carrier planning wants to keep them in the united states. trover taking to twitter, quote, i'm working hard even on trying to give carrier ac company to stay in the u.s. making progress we'll know soon. indianaer a conditioner maker responded with its own quote, carrier has had discussions about incoming administration and we look forward to working together nothing to announce at this time. well look who is here john,

chief economist, all right, you know, no company i don't think any american company wants to spend jobs out of this country. i think they're all to a degree patriotic so there's an economic element to this that has to be overcome. how do you think they reach some sort of deal? >> perhaps you're going to be helped on some tax front, other issue that -- involves carrier with a federal government. but there's an important consideration that has not been mentioned and that is -- that the dollar has been soaring against the mexican peso and my goodness up 12% since the election that makes it all the more difficult to keep these jobs in the united states, so much cheaper also i don't think what people know john is that mexico has 40 free trade agreements -- and it is a 10% tear about a pickup truck gets a 20% tear and irony of course is that we're going to rip up our trade grementing and start from scratch. >> and you don't want to forget that these companies these multi--

in the united states compete worldwide. and if they don't, you know, have the best cost position, imaginable these are competitor they're going to pay a price overtime if we end up in a situation where output in the united states is overpriced relative to production from other countries we're going to lose these jobs anyway. >> okay, so donald trump comes in, let's he lashes like -- about billions of these regulations right out the gate. particularly to get rid of executive orders we get corporate tax rates down. that's has to overcome price, salaries that advantages. >> that is exactly what the markets pricing in right right now. if you get rid of all of these regulations you're going to have more flexibility here as far as the domestic production is concerned that could be a very big positive for the united states economy. i think that could add as much as half a percentage point or so to real gdp growth. >> i want to go back to the big board for a moment the trump

market rally surging we're hitting new lifetime high. all right, john i have to ask you, i mean, everyone is now dow 20,000. where do you see in market going? >> more difficult to go higher i'm bothered not only bit dollar exchange rate appreciation this loss of global competitiveness because of a costlier dollar but concerned with what's going on on the interest rate front. year treasury yield u up 8.8.at the time of the election now 2.35% not only higher mortgage yield but higher brring cost but equities will be facing more competition from the treasury bonds, treasury -- and the like. >> can't we say that tenure under three is a sweet spot accustom to where it is historically this is relatively low. >> how sweet it is when find out how home sales respond to now higher mortgage yields not only home sales.

mortgage reare financing over the past several week we've had mortgage refinancings move lower because of higher mortgage. >> although that was impressive. it could it be listen, again could it be where people are waiting and with the stock market a lot waiting, waiting wait about about, rates going down, as they come up maybe that might be to get them to mac a move. >> bump in home sales and that will be the extent of it. regardless of what happened to existing home sales what was in the month of octd, i still what you will popped a loss of momentum by home sales after the spring selling season after seasonal adjustment. >> thank you john appreciate it. wal-mart now offering black friday shoppers a watch from a jewelry brand catie. >> 18,000, all right wal-mart and china trying to do two things number one they want to get amazon shoppers.

amazon shoppers especially prime shoppers they have a bigger budget. wal-mart needs to appeal to them. they want to expand greatly how many items they're selling online they're online presence they bought jet.com. this is how they're doing it third party sellers like kardia brada selling their stuff on wal-mart.com. wal-mart shares up percent. >> watches and diamonds i leak the mechanics of a watch. >> hey, sad news to share with the audience florence henderson beloved mom of brady bunch dead at 82 one of our regular guests knew her and worked with her and she's going to come up shortly to some stories also shocking video out of new york this in grands central terminal a man's pee cigarette exploding in his pocket. and then there's mitt romney troying to get a job as secretary of state fox news reporting he's thinking of apologizing we're talking publicly to donald trump for all of the bad things that he said, in fact, remember this --

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rod stuart one of my favorites i want to check the big board up 53 points dow jones industrial average at a new all-time high. look at the big drop unfortunately, though, for eli lilly this week disappointing reports after the company's treatment actually fell to meet the primary end point latees clu don't want to miss it. take a look at this, a man badly injured after electronic cigarette exploded in his pants pocket. lauren, whew. >> i know. this is terrible. he's in the horrible right now. he had burns to his hand and leg and he needs surgery. okay, so he's out of line in grand central station here in new york city picking out wine, they smell something in the store seconds later all of a sudden his pocket explodes because hi electronic cigarette exploded but we've been hearing this type of e-cig was custom with a more powerful battery. and that caused it. but look we're seeing who made this e-cigarette not the first time you've heard it be this a

teenager, was hurt a couple of months ago. a man's teeth were blown out cig. exploding in his face this is ugly reminds me of the samsung phone and hoverboards, everything else with with a battery in it. >> regulation guide but i've been worried about these e-cigarettes from day one. >> look, i grew up in southern california and reasonable regulations are good when i grew up you couldn't see mountains but the air. when there were regulations about emissions, the air did clear up. there was a role for them. and it's about -- you know, very specific instance like this kind of a dynamic it is not a bachelor's degree idea just not on everything. >> all right good point. i'm sure he would agree with with you this morning. aids to president-elect donald trump questioning, kellyanne conway taking to twitter, quote, receiving deluge of comoongses with respect to romney, some trump loyalists warn against romney has secretary of state. that was followed by a second

tweet as secretary of state flew around the world less consoled president of the united states close to home more and were loyal. check ligs. now fox news reporting that in an apology may be coming. here now respective chris collins of new york chris you were one of the first folks in d.c., to come to donald trump's support. do you think mitt romney should make a public apology? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. there's no question charles, by the way happy had thanksgiving. we're seeing donald j. trump run and surround himself to the best an brightest. we've seen that's how he operates in his business and so i think as we're seeing cabinet pecks he's picking best and brightest. he's looking beyond if you will some of the comments folks may have made or who they were supporting but buttening mitt romney went overbackward an he

absolutely should have apologize whether he's seek to be secretary of state or not. donald j. trump is the president-elect. he's the republican, and he should do that. >> let me ask you this apparently he's apologized maybe you know different behind closed doors so with the public apology be -- to sway uprising of those folks who went behind and backed donald trump from the very beginning because he was the mitt romney he was going to go in there and quote unquote drain the swamp of career politicians and so-called globalists. >> well, i mean, when donald trump said he's going to make america one again, and you saw the speech he gave yesterday at thanksgiving, he is going to unite america and frankly not only mitt romney but the bushes as well could go a long way to making our country unite because we are divided. and certainly within the republican party, it would go a

long way, it is the right thing to do. and i would hope that mitt romney is -- is man enough to do something along those lines that would go a long way within the republican party and our nation. regardless of whether donald trump chose him to be his secretary of state or not. >> i've to tell you so for a mixed bag but this is a decision alone prove that this is going to be a president that is somewhat unpredictable but ultimately is looking for the right people for the right job. representative collins thank you very much. hope you had a great thanksgiving. hope you have a great weekend. >> will do. thanks charles. all righty and then there's this a black lives matter planning protest in chicago, just in time for black friday. they want to block customer manies from getting into stores and shutting down the magnificent mile. aretha franklin free styling national anthem that lasted five minutes. we'll show you some of it now and when we come back from break -- this you'll probably see --

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yesterday not protest america but they got a little bit tired i'm just joking. it was a little long. but i just see some of these guys waiverring lion and vikings national anthemaa rei that franklin sang it and it was pretty good and this wren diecious did does quite a stir on social media. >> first thing first she's the queen of soul and proved why. people were going on, you know, four hins and 35 seconds that's how long she sang for i loved hearing it and i give her respect but some people saying we're never going to eat thanksgiving dinner. >> and all that happened after protest and what a refreshing difference of really being able to em braes that. it was really -- >>really felt it and made us fel it even more. thanks so much. by the way, more protest are being planned apparently folks going to attack to the streets on black friday. black lives matter among groups

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where electorate is going to be the next team you come to the polls. charles. >> thank you, and this president-elect donald trump unifier and chief sending message of unity he wants america to heal. to come together but can it be done in meanwhile florence he understooden son from brady bunch said at 8 our next guest knew her and worked for her. more varney, next. >> maybe she dropped it somewhere. kids are always misplacing they thinks. >> that's true. a month later we found martha's shoe in the freezer. ♪

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♪ playing all of the classics. we can't even get tammy to sit down okay guys. hey -- [laughter] hasty and market is partying big team let's lock at the big board dow u dow average you're looking at is it up 53 points that means yet another all-time record. i want to take a looking now at some of your big tech nails you've got facebook, amazon, google, netflix a mixed bag here they stumbled out of o this post trump victory to issues that between silicon valley and donald trump. reflected in those share prices in the meenl meantime on down side that becomes resistance. still hope, though, that opec along with russia make up a production freeze dale, and president-elect donald trump calling for unity and healing this thanksgiving.

>> it's my prayer on this thanksgiving we begin to move forward as one country emotions are raw and tensions just dote heal night it doesn't go quickly unfortunately. but to succeed we must enlist the effort of our entire nation. >> joining me now todd of fox news newsradio critical how are you feeling about hem u right now? >> i wasn't that critical of him charles. look -- >> i do believe that you served a purpose particularly -- i know you're an evangelical and strong belief and don't waiver for political gain soy thought you were a great voice out there great independent voice amongst fans with johnny-come-lately. >> that is true now. i gave himraiswhen praise was due and criticized wn i thought that he was going astray, and i'm feeling cautiously optimistic, very -- sort of puzzled by some of the choices that he's picking for

hitdz team nikki haley for example at the u.n. i'm kind of curious to know what foreign policy background she has. but the issue for me is -- how many of those campaign promises are actually going to come true at the end of the day. >> although that political observer you know that -- promises are one thing, there are always will be some degree of compromise. >> yeah, and you know what, donald trump promised not to be that kind of a guy he said he wasn't a politician and i'm going to hold him account to believe to that. is there, in fact, a wall or campaign rhetoric what is going on with this mitt romney being floated as possible secretary of state iemg not too sure about that. so i think people are again cautiously optimistic willing to give him benefit of the doubt for now. but we'll have to wait and see. >> well, he's got to be president of all americans with huge criticism particularly from the media. do you think to a degree he's trying to also address that perhaps with not just with the

way he's presented himself but been everyone has to agree he's been spot on with his tone and message so how far does he have to go to make all americans feel included and also to as much as he can keep campaign promises? >> i think that donald trump could subscribe to "the new york times" and they still wouldn't like that -- [laughter] >> canceled his subscription. i don't think it is going to matter much and at the end of the day i really not quite sure or whats that much about what washington post says -- >> media per se but some of the folks that maybe media think they're representing. i mean, there's some people out there anti-depressant anti-still for different reasons. >> there are some with tech company a u few days ago said they're canceling about thes of republicans of people who support donald trump. the company i posted a column mornings at todd sterns.com, the owner of that spice xan company

called them a bunch of racist so i think there's a lot of hate that is not going away. and a lot of it is coming from university campuses across the country. so we're going to have to see how this goes but i'm not quite sure these folks are willing to give donald trump a fair shake ppg >> >> his grade since winnig the election -- from the acceptance speech to what we heard from thanksgiving. >> i've giving donald trump a b plus. >> that's pretty good. >> a gold star. and a gold star. give him a gold star. all right mitt romney selection that would drop him precipitously. >> i think so, and for me it was the rhetoric on the campaign trail. and i get it. you're going to say things that you know you really don't mean. but i suspect mitt romney really meant that. but beyond that, he tried to -- sabotage the trump campaign at the republican convention that troubles me and that should disqualify him from being a secretary of state. >>you're not alone a lot of peoe seeing that. okay thank you.

jill stein get this about she's actually seeking presidential rep count that's right former green party candidate saying that her campaign is not raised at necessary funds for recount vote in had washington, pennsylvania now she's also raised money for recould want in michigan, joining me now rachel fox news contributor. thanks for joining us what do you make of this jill stein news? it's kind of crazy. >> it is. i mean, look i think that fact is that jill stein is probably never met donald trump vote or in her life so she's still in denial that this actually happened. she's said either there was a russian hack or some irregularity at -- the ballot box or she thinks that all of these people lied to pollsters and i'm like well duh you heard your last guest. nobody no group voters more aligned than donald trump voters e went charles to a fundraiser in wisconsin about a month before the the election.

it was a gop fundraiser and nobody there had a -- donald trump sign in front of their house. so here they were at a fundraiser all voting for donald trump. by they qongt put a sign in front of their house because they were afraid that it would signal to people or people qowld say they were racist or intolerant so that's what pollsters didn't capture and that's why she's -- scratching her head. when i remember that poll was off based on same reasons. >> i did tell you that. fghts interesting too jill stein people think she's being manipulated either george so maybe even a hillary clinton behind the scenes and all of this. but i want to shift gears to some, you know, sad news of the day -- you knew her, of course, we're talking florence henderson that upbeat mom, she was everyone's mom right from that hit classic the brady bunch she died age 82 one of the most beloved tv moms we knew u her well but knew herbert than most rachel.

>> i worked with her on a show called lifetime network it was a health show. we shot about 28 episodes in a very short period of time. so question got to know each other really well during that time, and i learned so much from her. she was -- an incredible work ethic she was a really are hardworking person upbeat all of the time. people night not know this but had an incredible sense of humor and make crew blush sometimes with that humor. and listen, she was a legend it was an honor to work with her, and i often wonder, you know, so formative watching that show as a kid, you know, i have eight kids i wonder how much influence the brady bunch has had on my decision to have a big family because it made it look so fun and it is actually fun to have a lot of kids. so she was just an incredible person to work with. really sad day for the entertainment business and for those of us who had the pleasure to get to know her or o for a short period of timehile she was an incredible lady.

>> yeah, wow. well thank you very much. really appreciate your thoughts and politics, of course, florence henderson because we felt some connection to her for sure. thank you. >> america's mom. absolutely. >> we'll see you again with real soon. i want to get back to the stock market here for a moment here's apple -- the company is -- offering its first black friday deal in a long time of course they took last year off. go to nec coal and see what she makes of this. nicole petallides. >> seeing the stock relatively flat is at 111 and change and this time touting and really promoting that they were going to have black friday and so wow, they're here. but i'm not sure you're going to think they're so wow at the moment because what they're really giving are gift cards to be used at a future time. so for example, on the apple tv you get 25 dollars off on apple

iphone not the iphone 7 you get $50 off and goes higher. the ipad you get 100 i shouldn't say off gift cards to be used at a future time and then on the real computer, the mack computer 150 gift card to be used in future time but the funny part is that that's -- over 1,000 item goes up to $2,000 and it does not include newest and best product iphone 7 or include the new mack with a touch bar. so which everybody is going to want newest hottest product yes they have deals and tay uk to experts you might get a better deal at a third party selling apple products rather than hitting the apple store but stock is a winner and everybody owns it and 401(k). >> now this, a violent clash between migrants and police, this at a refugee campfiring rubber bulleting using water canyons 400 migrants.

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♪ >> remember "varney & compan starts at 9 a.m. eastern, here's with a you missed last hour syndicated radio host stacey washington discussing congressman keith ellison. >> considering the election result, considering the hard move to the left that obama administration made over past eight year and anger that americans feel towards that lack of focus on jobs, the failed energy policy, the foreign policy that's in the can then they choose someone or considering someone like keith ellison who is an extremist. charles this man has had just made a visit to mecca funded by a group connected to the muslim brotherhood so we're talking about someone who is too extreme are for everyone people on hard core left of democrats.

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to learn more. go long. [laughter] >> quick news alert getting some number on black friday shopping lauren you have them. >> okay this is online shopping so is black friday does it still exist? well it does online so from midnight till 8:30 this morning adobe soys that number is 490 million. they're expecting more than $3 billion online just today and

for the first time ever on your phone mobile shopping should hit a billion dollars. >> today -- >> going to do both online and go to a couple of stores and it's -- rarely have i done this on the black friday. but it's interesting i feel compelled to want to do it and the theme is which about is is faith and looking forward so. a little bit. >> all right cool. make you have elbow pad. >> online for the pets but i'm not -- don't tell them. >> right. i want to take another quick look dow up 52 points and here's the s&p 500, again, another record high for major indices up more than 4% quarter of a point and trump rally in full effect. president obama mean sometime strengthening deal with iran before trump are takes office. so wall street journal out with the headline, quote, u.s. pushes iran on new measures to fortify nuclear deal here now jeff republican strategist, jeff, it

looks like president obama wants to do all he can to sort of submit this deal to make it tamper proof for the next administration. >> yeah, good morning charles that's true, and it's disaster a disaster for the region it is a store for israel and really not just israel there's been a lot of attention focused on israel reaction but all it felt states are -- extremely nervous about this. and really already a nuclear race at least a nuclear race ever since this deal in that region. >> well we know listen, we know iran is, obviously, been flexing its hustle even before this deal they drove a hard bargain because they knew how desperate president obama was to get done and they've been belligerent ever since. >> yep. yeah, i mean i don't knowing what kind of a deal this was and donald trump made this point off and on the campaign trail as did many republicans but drurp hammered hard on what a terrible deal this was. if look, america held all of the cards iran sanctioned and cornered andrad and obama just

threw floodgates open and pallet of billion of cash and not just a past nuclear weapon but it's also a president to nuclear missiles and as we see violation after violation too little too late. >> what happens to israel and how do they react to all of this? >> being the deal or the change of administration? >> since deal has been announced, this series of already broken promises by iran, and to potential of nuclear arm iran with weapons that could deliver those nuke? >> well for israel truly this is exosensual and they have missiles to reach israel with nuclear pay load so this is truly a threat for when iran say they want to wipe off the map they mean it. it is not just for the domestic con consumption and you know race around the region egypt within i was speaking to egyptian ambassador in new york and he said don't --

don't make any mistake. the moments iran is on path to these weapon we're looking for weapons also so sunni and israel are now joining forces in a certain sense that we haven't seen before, and it is shift in that direction that sewnny government in israel allied against this tremendous impending nuclear threat of iran thanks to barack obama. >> speaking of israel, of course, a series of wildfires burning out throughout israel the last few day its and police say they've arrested 12 people on suspicious of arson. jeff are is this more than, though, your garden variety verizon and more going on here? >> well, you know, they've already called it pyroterror i think the prime minister of israel has referred to pyroterror and here's the truth about that situation. israel doesn't -- isn't only surrounded by enemies that want to destroy it but enemies that the to destroy it and lives with that every day so the third largest city in israel and population of i believe about 275,000.

already more than a third -- a thrd third of that population about to be evacuated and this is a threat that israel faces every day on front line of these wars and i think that's a change in administration will really help. >> and quickly, we only have 30 seconds but you're confident that president-elect donald trump can -- come to the rescue if you will in the nick of time here. >> well, if the rescue means have a different approach to this. they've already established a completely different approach. unlike the democrats don't like barack obama not blaming israel for everything john kerry and hillary clinton have to blame israel for the situation in the region. i think that trump advisor and trump himself has clearly that they understand that there are many toxic mythology in the region and none are out of the state of israel. >> netanyahu what's the relationship with donald trump because in the last week we've heard he's cracked down ministers who are having direct -- conversations with the president-elect.

>> they have a phenomenal relationship and it goes way beyond just a political one it's one of true friendship seeing things you to eye on region on things that matter and it's, you know, you watch the video worth watching, the video where he welcomes donald trump after the election to congratulate them, and it's impossible not to see his joy at the turn of events. >> yeah, well you know it's a joy shared across the western world. jeff thank you very much really appreciate it. >> true. thank you, charles. >> this report scores of immigrants surging north trying to cross into america before donald trump becomes president. and then there's the big one. that's right, powerball 509 saturday jackpot this time 400 million because no one is won the top prize since mid-september and your odds -- not that bad one in 229 million.

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immigrants from central america surging across the border into the united states rushing to get here before donald trump enters the white house this january. here's tammy bruce on that earlier in the show. >> they'll be deported or have a different approach of immigration and yet coyotes people moving them through arguably are saying you better get there now overs you never will and they're taking their property and it's a difficult situation but also this is the issue regarding central america. it is honduras and guatemala we can't send them back but you can send back someone with mexico right at the border. so these are individuals they might be in a holding cell but they will stay. because they're central america. the other issue, of course, is haitian it is that are coming over. we've got over half had of like less apprehension of mexican that dropped from 400,000 to 179,000 it doesn't mean they're not trying it means that we're just not, quote, catching them. so we have a literally a surge

from the entire region and beyond south and central america again with haiti as well. and it seems like i think of some people arguing that president obama this is his last who are are a getting as many in as possible. >> very loud and defiant mayors sank square cities, i mean if i'm someone considering coming across the border i heard and i invitation from mayor de blasio i heard invitation from rahm emanuel and heard from the police chief of lank, i've heard invitations to get this this country get to one of these city and i'm okay. >> this is so obscene here using individuals as political footballs these are lives that are ruined, they're going to have to be dealt with and yet these democrats are using them as a way to increase their political power. they think and they're going to fail.

charles: i'm charles payne. stuart will be back on monday, but here are your big stories right now.

get out those credit cards, holiday shopping season officially underway. it's black friday, the the biggest shopping today of the year for the most part. here's the question, are people hitting the malls or chilling out at home, shopping online? to politics, president-elect trump's team starting to come together. mitt romney being talked up as one of the leading picks for secretary of state, but that's not sitting too well with a lot of trump's base. and happening this hour, black lives matter protesting in chicago on the magnificent mile, trying to bring attention to what they're calling the city's inaction to the police shooting of a black teenager. we're on it. and the trump rally, of course, it's week two of that. since the election it's been straight up. the market at all-time highs. we've got a big show for you because hour three starts right now. ♪ ♪

charles: breaking news just coming out from president-elect donald trump's daily conference call, announcing that trump will meet with milwaukee county sheriff david clark next week. we have the call out to sheriff clark, and we're hoping that he can join us next week. now right now want to go out, let's check out the big board. dow up 50 points. again, every time you see pluses today, that means we're in new territory, all-time high territory. oil has been short of sloshing around in the range, down today between 44 and $50. a lot of speculation on the takeover front including johnson & johnson reportedly looking into buying a swiss drugmaker. j&j shares, you can see, up on this news. the street probably would be happy to see it happen. we're also watching retailers because, of course, it's black friday. target, walmart, best buy, macy's, kohl's, a mixed picture

but slightly higher. and we cannot forget about apple. this year it's offering some deals, the stock is relatively unchanged on this news. want to bring in lenore hawkins. lenore, the trump rally, let's get your thoughts on that because a lot of professional market watchers are kind of saying it's either extended or it's too early. >> it's a bit overblown, but what we have is an example of just how much investors thought that the economy was being held back by government policies and government gridlock. but, unfortunately, what we saw was really more of a political event. it really wasn't a financial event. it's not unprecedented. back in the 1980s when reagan beat carter, we saw the s&p go up about 18% through february, but by the end of march, it had lost all of those gains. sohis isn't an unusual thing to have happen. charles: although back then though we had reagan and

volcker, paul volcker who was in charge of the fed, they had to make some really serious decisions. and they were painful decisions, but they paid off longer term. it feels like what donald trump is going to do initially out the gate would be things to spur the economy, and so we won't be looking at 18% interest rates like they had back in those days. could we start to see that actually get the market rally even going higher? >> well, i think what trump's facing is a lot more challenges than reagan actually had. back under reagan the top marginal tax rate was 70%. today it's in the 30s. the unemployment rate was 8%, today it's under 5%. back then the national debt to gdp was in the 30% range, today it's over 100%, and back then demographics were very much on our side where the average baby boomer, they were in their 30s, not in their 60s the way they are today. so there's a lot more headwinds. and when people are saying we see the bond market telling us inflation is coming right around

the corner, but i have a tough time seeing that when you have massive capacity utilization that's well overdone. we can do too much with what we have that we don't need. commodity prices, actually a lot of downward pressure on those. energy keeps getting cheaper and cheaper or. we're getting more efficient, and we're coming up with new forms of energy, and that is an input to everything. that's also deflationary -- charles: although some of the commodities, lenore, that bode well or could be a harbinger of massive growth, you know, copper, zinc, even coal has made a huge rebound of late. do you take any, is there any credence in the notion that they're signs, harbingers of the economy probably turning up in part to policy changes but also in part to the so-called animal spirits which could not be unlocked by the fake, you know, stuff with the federal reserve giving money to banks that never made it to main street? >> right. boosting asset prices was not improving the economy. i think there is a lot to be said, but i think it's -- the market is getting ahead of

itself. it takes roughly 12-18 months to implement tax policy, so we're getting a bit ahead of ourselves. as far as international trade, trump can't act unilaterally. there's a few things here and there at the margin that he can do, but most of that is going to take congress. and remember, as much as we all enjoy seeing this stock market rally, trump actually won with fewer votes than romney lost with. so it's not that he's coming in with a massive endorsement from the entire american public. so he's going to have some headwinds. charles: although he is coming in with the house, the senate and the white house which is an unusual trifecta. lenore, thank you very much. enjoy your weekend. we'll see you real soon. i've got some news for you folks. first lady michelle obama welcoming the white house christmas tree. it's a big one too, a 19-foot douglas fir donated by a tree farm in pennsylvania. now to politics. kellyanne conway took to twitter to weigh in on the mitt romney story. of course, the scuttlebutt is

he's going to have a major role in the trump administration. tweeting, quote: receiving downloads of social media and private communications re: romney, some trump loyalists warn against him as secretary of state. fred barnes of "the weekly standard" is with me. fred, what we're hearing is maybe to pave the way mitt romney may do a public apology for all of the things that he said and did to president-elect donald trump. would that assuage potential anger if from some of the masses? the masses of grass root donald trump supporters don't like this idea. >> well, it wouldn't assuage them entirely, but it would sure help. mitt romney was the leader of the never trump movement. as far as i know, he did not vote for donald trump. there have been other critic of trump like nikki haley who criticized trump during the primaries, but she backed him against hillary clinton and, of course, she's going to be u.n. ambassador. and, look, there are forces in

the -- with trump who are lined up against romney. newt gingrich is one, mike huckabee, the former arkansas governor, is one, and it looks like kellyanne conway is not on romney's side either. and then, of course, you have out there a campaign going on by rudy giuliani to be secretary of state. and this, of course, is the biggest job. this is the number one cabinet position. the most prestigious one, the most important one. charles: let's say it's not mitt romney or rudy giuliani. i haven't heard any other names out there of significance, so what happens be it's none -- if it's none of the above? >> well, they'll find somebody else, but it seems to be down to these two right now. and there's strong opposition to both of them. it looks, it looks like trump himself is leaning in favor of romney. remember, he invited him in, and they had a meeting that was, seemed to go well.

but the backlash is, i think, stronger than trump had expected. charles: yeah, i mean, listen, during the campaign donald trump said he could shoot someone on fifth avenue, it feels like people would think this is a lot worse. [laughter] i mean, really, this is the one issue. reince priebus, not a lot of people were happy with that. there was some disappointment with nikki haley, but this is one thing that would certainly challenge those folks who are apolitical or just never really involved this politics who saw once if for all -- once and for all a hero in donald trump. it would tarnish it, but it wouldn't ruin it, would it? >> well, look, i don't think this would be a good example of draining the swamp by bringing in somebody, an elite republican, the republican presidential nominee in 2012 who had been so critical of trump. look, this is going to be -- this will continue to be controversial as the rudy giuliani notion is. and trump may have to turn to somebody else, but i would

reiterate that, as he says, he's the one guy who knows who's going to be picked and who is number one -- charles: right, right. >> -- and it looks like trump is leaning toward romney. charles: listen, the president-elect, okay, he spent the holiday fighting to keep jobs in america, and i want to share a quote, a tweet with you from donald trump and the audience. quote: i'm working hard even on thanksgiving trying to get carrier ac company to stay in the u.s., indiana. making progress, will know soon. fred, what do you make of this? obviously, it would be a huge feather in his cap, and, or you know, people would be just thrilled if this happens. >> well, certainly this shows that trump really is a populist and not a conventional republican. i mean, a conventional republican wouldn't want to interfere in a business decision by some company like carrier which is owned by united technologies. but trump, you know, he certainly talked about thisduris

not only pressuring carrier to cancel their plan to move their manufacturing to mexico, this is a message to companies all over the country. if you're thinking about moving your operations overseas, you better rethink those because if you try to move, you're going to have, you're going to have to contend with the new sheriff in town -- charles: right. >> and that's the president-elect. charles: fred, there are economic consequences in a global economy, and whether it's carrier or ford, so how does -- listen, there's a carrot and a stick. apparently be, donald trump is on the campaign trail talked more about using the stick, but i think whether it's apple or carrier, perhaps talking more about using a carrot, lower taxes and in the case of united technologies, they do tons of business the u.s. we'll see how it works, but it is going to be interesting to see how it all plays out. fred barnes, thank you very much. really appreciate it. >> i enjoyed it. charles: hey, want to take a

look at the market. let's scan this whole thing starting with the big board, dow up, a noise little pop. remember, you're -- a nice little pop. you're looking at history there. in the meantime, donald trump is backing off his promise, it would appear, to prosecute hillary clinton. but the folks at judicial watch, they're not letting up. they're saying they're going to continue to keep hillary clinton in the hot seat. meanwhile, jill stein -- you remember, the green party candidate -- actually raising a bunch of money. where did she get it from? we don't know, but she wants a recall in several states. she's raised, by some accounts, almost $5 billion. but first, florence henderson died overnight. her manager says she suffered a heart failure. florence henderson was 82. >> oh, sweetheart, daddy's gone to play golf. and anyway, we don't want to bother daddy about this on his day off. maybe we can figure out what happened.

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charles: all right, that's live pictures right now you're looking at there chicago. protests expected this hour on chicago's magnificent mile. demonstrators demanding justice for victims of police brutality. they want to block people from shopping on black friday. remember last year when they formed that human chain in front of many department stores? it was major news, and to a degree, it worked. also want to take a look at some retailers since it is black friday. sears, dill a asker, may sitz -- dillards, macy's, nordstroms, all of these have had huge moves since trump won on november 8th. meanwhile, donald trump says he isn't interested in pursuing charges against hillary clinton, but judicial watch still wants to see her in the hot seat.

former president katie fang is with us. katie, i spoke with tom fitton -- not last week, i think it was wednesday. extraordinarily upset. a lot of voters are extraordinarily upset over the prospect of hillary getting away with this. >> so one of the major issues when they were conducting those exit polls of the voters and those that voted for donald trump was this issue involving hillary clinton. would donald trump see it through? we've heard him say, and i've called it the kinder, gentler donald trump that he's not going to make it a priority, but never underestimate the power of the pen and what do i mean by that? well, charles, i mean subpoenas. i'm talking discovery tools in the midst of litigation. judicial watch has aggressively pursued the obama administration looking for transparency, and it's what the american public not only deserves, but what it demands, and i hope they get it by way of judicial watch. charles: some people also saying maybe it's just a matter of semantics, and trump saying he won't pursue it, but his

administration and other law enforcement resources would continue whatever their role is and function is without interruption. could that be an interpretation as well? >> you know what? i think it's impugning maybe a little too much credit to donald trump in that regard. the law enforcement agencies in the federal government operate separate and apart from the executive branch, or at least we think they should. we haven't seen that happen with obama and the department of justice. but, you know, these private lawsuits, these lawsuits brought by organizations like judicial watch, they're incredibly powerful. they're forcing accountability on presidential administrations like obama. i mean, he has to turn over these documents pursuant to a court order, and in failing to do so, there are ramifications. so, again, i wouldn't underestimate the ability of an organization like judicial watch to get some answers that maybe donald trump may not pursue. charles: could they then go, could they be so effective that then maybe this was not the intent of a president trump who is looking now, according to his thanksgiving message and

everything else we have heard, some period of healing, if you will? could they actually force his hand as well? >> of course. i mean, if the information that's provided through the course of this litigation reveals that there was gross conflicts of interest, i mean, we know that bill clinton earned $48 million when his wife, hillary clinton, was secretary of state, and we learned that countries like saudi arabia gave $15 million to the clinton foundation when hillary clinton was secretary of state. things like this, the more that's revealed, it may force donald trump to actually take more of a hard line position which may assuage some of the voters who are, frankly, angered by the fact that he's taken this more conciliatory tone involving hillary clinton. charles: want to shift gears a little bit. former green party candidate jill stein, apparently she's raised $4.7 million to fund recounts, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. i mean, have we seen this before? what's the legal precedent for this? >> so it's pretty incredible,

charles. jill stein only raise inside the 2016 election cycle less than $4 million, and yet right now she's at $4.7 million for a recount which really wouldn't affect her. and what's amazing is the voting rights attorney and the university of michigan professor, jason alderman, i believe is his name, haldeman, excuse me, they're calling for this recount. listen, they pitched this idea to hillary clinton earlier this week. clinton didn't respond, and then they pitched it to stein. let me ask you a question, charles. are they going to offer a black friday sale on the attorneys' tee fees in this case? [laughter] $2-$3 million according to jill stein's web site, and for what? wisconsin and pennsylvania, 30 electoral college votes, and yet there's no evidence, proof, just an insinuation that there was some type of hacngone. but it's crazy to spend that kind of money. charles: a lot of people think this is either george soros and and/or hillary clinton using

jill stein as a front. thank you very much, katie. >> not a problem. charles: all right. the big board, dow jones industrial average up 51 points, yet another record. only seven stocks in the red thus far. black friday and americans are hitting those stores to score the best deals on the year's hottest gifts. we're going to go to show you one of the year's hottest toys next. also, check this out. this might be the most expensive gift you can buy at wal-mart today. we're talking a $18,000 diamond-studded cartier watch. the question is, will anyone buy the thing? more "varney" after this. ♪ ♪

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hitting a new all-time high, dow up 47 points, the s&p 500 also a major index, and that's at an all-time high as well, up more than five points. and the holiday shopping season has begun. cheryl mills is at the gal arena mall in white plains, and she's going to show us the latest christmas toy. it's a hot one? >> reporter: i have to tell you, we're seeing light foot traffic here at the galleria and actually in several malls. you do have a macy's and a sears here, but you have to wonder what that's going to mean for the physical numbers. it seems a lot of online shopping is happening, and adobe showed about 25% of americans are going to be buying things just on their smartphones. $27 billion is going to be spent today on black friday, that's the total number, that's department stores, malls and online. and listen to what a woman told us about why she actually likes to come to the mall. listen to this.

>> we like to try things on, feel them, touch them, see them, see the quality. sometimes you can't tell that online. >> reporter: all right. and i want to show you exactly what you can touch and feel and play with. this is the transformer truck, i want to bring in esther from rc toys here, tell me about the truck. >> it's one of our bestsellers. it's the transformer, it bends -- >> reporter: it goes down, it goes around. >> yeah. >> reporter: but the fun part is that it opens up into a transformer, and the kids love this, right? >> they love it. >> reporter: this is one of your top sellers. >> yes. >> reporter: all right. and also it was funny, it goes on a long charge. how much was it, by the way? >> it was $70, and today we have it at $50. >> reporter: okay, so it's $20 off. there you go. you've got the transformer, was 70, now it's 50, and also really quick, charl, they've got a lamborghini toy car. what do you think? charles: love it. [laughter] hey, if you can't get one, there

you go. i love it. thanks a lot, cheryl. in the meantime, big board near the highs of the day, dow up 53 points. and the democrats, well, it's probably an understatement to say they're in disarray. reports that congressman keith ellison could be the next guy to head the dnc. may have ties, by the way, to the muslim brotherhood. we're going to deal with that next. also, thousands of israelis forced to evacuate their homes after a wildfire tears through the city of haifa. authorities there saying that the fires could be an act of terrorism. more "varney" after this.

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charles: live pictures from chicago. protesters are near the magnificent mile. they want to block shoppers from shopping this friday. we'll look at some of these retail stocks. j.c. penneys, macy's, nordstrom, but some of them are big since trump wouldn't election. walmart is offering discounts on

cartier brands. >> i found another watch selling for $183,000 on walmart.com. walmart stock is up 3%. they are trying to come seat online are amazon.com. one way to do that is to get third-party sellers to sell more items to a different type of shopper. one of the reasons they bought jet.com for $1.3 million. charles: do you think they will sell these expensive items? >> i don't know. charles: the dnc is pushing even further left. there are reports keith ellison will be the likely pick for chairman of the dnc, and there are reports he may have ties to

the muslim brotherhood. are they tone death or just committed to an ideology no matter what as a political party. >> i guess maybe they just can't learn. we have the democrats going from left to further left to far left to maybe over the cliff left with keith ellison, someone with ties to the nation of islam. he has a fax machine in his office but he says they won't respond to faxes for environmental reasons. he says they call for climate justice, wage justice, instead of justice for all. he's got the support of slis beth warren and bernie sanders and chuck schumer and harry reid, the current democrat leader and future democrat in the senate. charles: the anti-defamation league says he's a good guy. your concerns if you are jewish, that's unfound?

>> it's surprising. i don't know why the anti-defamation league would embrace someone associated with lewis farakan. charles: he tinkered with communism when he was young. the guy you thought the democratic party was trying to move away from. >> you would think what you want to doyles move towards the center and reembrace. he has given speeches and ought to be focused on economic growth and win people over that way. instead it's mort fascination with climate change and weather. >> economic justice. >> have the government live -- charles: your latest piece in national review, you say hillary clinton's actions deserve a special prosecutor. >> i think one of the core

principles of this society is emblazoned on the side of the supreme court it says equal justice under the law. we lack that. if we have a two-tier system, one for regular folks and one for the rich and powerful. this society will fall apart. if you look at what hillary clinton has done. her actual maid print out classified documents and handing them to her. this woman needs to be pursued. i don't think donald trump wants to do it. they should have a special prosecutor look at this independently. if it turns out it's all sweet and wonderful -- >> america wants answers on that. if she has done the wrong thing, she is the prosecutor. charles: thousands are forced to evacuate their homes after wildfires have torn through. authorities have iing it's an act of terror. reporter: israeli prime minister

benjamin netanyahu calling it pyroterrorism. they would trite and punish it as terrorism. 12 people have been arrested as the u.s. is sending in planes and troops to help put out these fires. it's not the first time is rail has seen fires like this. charles: donald trump has received two intelligence briefings since he wouldn't election. even vp elect mike pence received more. i wants to go to the former chairman of the house intelligence committee, pete hochospitalhostra.>> donald true strategies right. he said i'm going to confront isis and the muslim brotherhood.

it will be pike pompeo and michael flynn who have to implement the strategies. when they say he only had two tactical briefings, that doesn't bother me. he has talented people working with him who will implement his strategy. by has the strategy right. >> the:blanket approach and the intelligence briefingsing is thabriefings.they know they havg else right. >> they are the presidential daily brief. it updates him every day. there is important information in there. it helps the president move alon every president has a different style in how they access and consume that data. but i'm not concerned he only had two briefings. he's going down the right direction and putting in place

the people that will implement the strategy that he has outlined. >> i think much ado about nothing. the u.s. and our allies pushing iran to keep to the terms of the nuclear arms deal. they are worried donald trump will throw this whole thing out. where are we with senate it feels like president obama is trying to actually strengthen the deal pen more, make it sort of tamper-proof. >> what the irony here is it appears that the people who are a party to this agreement are saying we need to hold iran accountable now that there is a new sheriff in town in washington. which tells you that our european allies and maybe president obama and the democrats weren't all that serious about sticking to the letter of the law about what is really a lousy agreement. now they are trying to strengthen it as much as they

can under the current parameters to try to convince the trump administration that, hey, this is better than you thought it was and maybe you ought to keep it. >> it's one of these deals where iran, they were bridge rant before. since signing a deal. but apparently one of the issues is a lot of the european countries loving a access to the iranian market. is it going to be tough to get them to make some alterations. >> it will be good to get our european allies to come back and retrench from what has been a bad agreement. in our fashion stall security interest, we can't have an iran that gets a nuclear deal. but takes the money that has been freed up by that nuclear deal to continue funding terrorism throughout the middle east and africa * to continue to partner with north korea on

their nuclear program. there is going to be a real serious discussion here in terms of how do we rein in their nuke program and their terrorism efforts and partnership with north korea. charles: retired general mattis is being talked up as secretary of defense. it feels like one of these picks that would not be controversial but will be applauded by all the republican party and people not in if the republican party. >> i think donald trump is putting together a team that is getting to be a broad-based team that has, you know, a breath of support across the political spectrum. he's talking about bringing some democrats in. he is serious about two things. number one, unifying the country. and number two, coming to washington and having washington work and getting things done. he's put congress on notice that for the first three or four

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to go back to work. reporter: the judge said imagine christmas without amazon. saying the striking pilots have no evidence to support their claim there were violations of the collective bargaining agreement. they are sing we are working emergency hours and not getting enough time off. but they say amazon so important to christmas. work. charles: the president-elect opting to put his thanksgiving media on social media rather than a traditional news conference. ari fleischer, former news director for george w. bush is joining me. he's change the way they communicate with main street, bypassing the media. how far do you think this is going to go?

>> it will go far. donald trump is just warming up. he goes through the mainstream media, he did interviews with the "wall street journal," the "new york times" and 60 minute *. but he also understands the power of going around the media. it gives the president more tools to go around the media and i predict he will do a lot more of it. charles: the media complained bitterly toward the end of the campaign. they didn't make those complaints about obama. but there has been a serious battle between the main street media and donald trump. we saw that play out when he called up a lot of tv honchos to trump towers. is this an extension of that battle or is it a technology revolution? >> it's both. barack obama was the first one

to go around the white house mainstream media. the white house is the last bastion of the mainstream media. donald trump is following what barack obama did to go around it. but what donald trump has the power to do is take on the press directly. i have never seen a republican do it with the strength and effectiveness of donald trump. democrats don't try because the press doesn't give them the same trouble they give republicans. so donald trump will break all the rules and i predict we'll watch a clash between donald trump and a clash. it's just in the first stages of it. the press is not going to be happy, and we'll see tremendous strive between donald trump and the press. charles: it seems one of the angles the press will take. will the press represents the people. if you don't speak to the press and don't accept them being

tough on you, then you are actually denying the people of america a voice. will that help them at all? >> what the media has got to understand is they are in decline because of the quality of their coverage. when the gat up poll reports the public trust in the press is at a record low, the press has to take that seriously. it's republicans, independent and democrats. the press will say we'll ignore all the evidence we have. and we'll get even more aggressive against donald trump. but nobody else. >> according to gallup only congress has a lower approval rating than the press. trump tweeting this on thanksgiving night. i'm working hard, even on thanksgiving, trying to get carrier a.c. company to stay in the u.s., indiana. making progress. we'll know soon. he's talking directly to the american people and by the same

token he's putting pressure on carrier and the corporate world, isn't he? >> that's exactly what he's doing. he has 10 million followers on twitter so he has the ability to talk directly with the country. and when he does that, the press covers what he tweeted. he gets the fact that he's got these abilities. he has the relationship to go around the press, and he can fight on take on the press. that's why it's going to be fascinating to watch. wait until he gets the keys to the white house web page. the obama white house spent millions of dollars to improve that web page and make it a place where you can put your own videos up. when i was in office it would have been called government propaganda. there were no tools to get the news to the country. but the changes in technology will make it harder for the reporters to do what they traditionally have done.

charles: i appreciate your time and expertise this morning. dow jones industrial average up 52 points, where we have been for the last couple hours. you are watching history in the making. also want to check on the price of oil. $4 to $50, under a lot of pressure. black lives matter protesters holding a big demonstration at chicago's busiest shopping district. we'll go there live next. ♪ chicago chicago i will show you around ♪

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but some of the protesters say they plan to stand in front of these doors and stop people from going in. charles: bargain seekers are shopping and they are out in full force. hillary vaughn is in culver city this morning. are you seeing big crowds out there? >> the midnight shoppers have gone home and now the morning crowd is hitting the stores, stopping some of the best deals they will see before christmas. but less people are waiting in line and more people are going online to shop for their christmas list. target announced they had their biggest online shopping day of the year, and they tell us it's part of their new strategy to bring new online shoppers into the store.

>> they start shopping online. we understand that's equally as important as coming into the store. we want to leverage them coming in so they can touch, feel and see what items are really like. >> the target the door buster items flew off the shelf. s box 1x and playstation 4 are in high demand. the top toy this year a jettison b hoverboard. and the 3-foot giant bear stuffed animal. it sold out in stores and online. if you missed these flashy door buster deals, don't worry, there are plenty of deep discounts for shoppers look for a good deal. charles: i love those big teddy bears. my granddaughter is. i'm going to get her one today.

reporter: is black friday dead? no, not online. and it's an experience instore for any thenalls. charles: millennials live for the moment. the fear of missing out. you only live once, that kind of stuff. but these stocks are up. so i am not so sure this is necessarily a bad thing. most of these stocks have run up after donald trump was elected. >> when you look at overall numbers, $655 billion will be spent on the holidays. add to that a little over $100 billion online. that's what they will say. >> i'm not getting the teddy bear for connell. they have teddy bears over at target. i don't know if you just saw it. those are so impressivei saw "t"

reporter: happy thanksgiving, charles. as we start things off and "cavuto: coast to coast," a lot of the black friday shores. the protesters in the city of chicago. we'll talk about that. let's start off with mitt romney. there is a look at the streets of chicago. romney facing criticism. a tweet from kellyanne conway adding to the concern expressed by the likes of newt gingrich and mike huckabee about mitt romney as a pick for secretary of state. we are going to talk about politics