could go and feed the demand for workers in the building and trades industries that have an extreme shortage. maria: sign me up. dagen: he's so running. and by the way, how lucky am i to work with you. maria: and i with you. here is stuart varney. stuart: good morning, everybody. we do politics and business, and plenty of action. the trump rally, the dow will go up a little more at the opening bell. so, come on, sit back and watch the march to 20,000, we are very close. the obama team says the russians interfered in the election, so the call is out, show us the evidence. donald trump goes further, what did the president know and when did he know it? the left's attempt to undermine trump's presidency seems to be back firing.

in syria john kerry's diplomacy has failed totally. the russian military has won. aleppo falls, assad wins and president obama clearly lost. and monica crowley joins the national security team and our own judge napolitano says there will be a supreme court pick before the inauguration, he spent an hour at trump tower. this program had a lot to to with who will be running the country, ain't that right? "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ almost paradise, we're knocking on heaven's door ♪ >> almost paradise, i don't know who sings it, but that's the line there. i kind of think that's fitting when you consider how close we came to dow 20,000. and that's where the dow closed yesterday at one point on

wednesday we were only 34 points away. we're a lot-- still about 100 away. right now though i'm going to tell you this, stocks will open higher this morning. 20, 30 points up. we're on 20,000 watch again, and look who is here this morning. scott shellady, complete with cow jacket, bow tie to boot, i might add. >> holiday season. stuart: no, merry christmas, come on! all right, all right, all right. 20,000 today, monday, when? >> it looks like it would happen before christmas. i was hoping it would be when i was in studio. stuart: need luck. >> we're going to need a boost, but a slow march higher and looks like that will be the case the rest of the year. stuart: we've got momentum. >> yes, we do. stuart: have you ever seen an explosion in stocks like this? for a generation. >> money policy we've tried and going to try fiscal policy and i'm introducing a third tenet, mental policy.

we've got a new sort of mental policy eking. ashley: optimism is a wonderful thing and it's contagious. liz: it's true. home builder confidence, small business confidence, consumer sentiment is going up. liberating capital across all economic sectors, there's the fly in the ointment though. stuart: oh, lizzie, what? [laughter] >> what? well, when the fed raises rates three times, maybe next year, and ash talked about it yesterday, the dollar's spiking to a 14-year high. you're not going to like it. the president could inherit a debt crisis in emerging market like the latin american debt crisis or asian flu. and each time it spiked, a crisis occurred. ashley: is doing is a little lower. >> there's a fly in that ointment. stuart: what's that? >> she believes what the fed has to say. liz: who is she? >> liz believes. liz: thanks. >> and apparently three more between now and the-- >> when you have inflation

going up and strengthening, the fed acts, i'm sorry, i know you're not happy about that. stuart: i'm turning over my shoulder because charles payne is entering the building like elvis. >> entering the business. stuart: have you got a mic on at audience hear him? when do we get 20,000? >> i don't know. hopefully today. >> animal spirits. >> it's coming. stuart: coming soon? >> absolutely. stuart: we've discussed animal spirits with the cow man here. [laughter] now, look, next case, the economy, the chair of president obama's team, top guy on the economy for the team, he sounds pretty upbeat about the economy. watch this. >> the economy, i think it's almost all the way healed from the great recession. stuart: okay. it was short, but very much to the point. almost healed from the great recession. look at this. new fox poll tells a completely different story. only one in three say they're

better off financially since president obama took office. that's the reality on the ground. and look at this, look into the future. 56% said the economy will be better in one year's time. charles, that's what this rally is all about, isn't it? >> yes. stuart: looking to growth in the future, right? >> i always say no matter what the economic team is, if people don't buy into it, it's not going to work. a lot of it is self-fulfilling and that's what the fed tried to do, spark the so-called cycle, make us feel richer that we would spend money and make investments and ultimately would make us successful. 56% is a good starting point. stuart: if we get tax cuts and government spending on the military and on infrastructure, do we get 4% growth? i'm not asking when, but do we hit 4% growth? >> definitely, that's definitely the foundation for 4% growth. stuart: scott shellady 4% growth if we get-- >> absolutely.

10-year treasury yield at 6%, some are calling for. stuart: liz, you've got the point. liz: no, you don't, i keep talking about it and you keep jumping around to the other guys. you can't dismiss that, when they talk about higher interest rates and. stuart: i would never dismiss you. and thank you, charles. and the 10-year-- >> i'm not going up against stuart varney. stuart: and during his thank you tour, talking about boeing, watch this. >> where we get more equipment for less money, i don't want a plane to fly around that costs 4.2 billion dollars, believe me. 4.2. not going to happen. but we're going to work with

boeing. stuart: that's interesting. doing more with less. getting more out of the bucks you spend. look, it sounds wonderful, no question about it, but, scott, how many times have i heard that from previous presidents, it never happens. >>, but i think that he's given a little more lip service to this than everybody else and to liz's comment earlier, the next person i would anoint as a common senseocrat. if somebody gets in there and puts a foot in the door, it might make a difference. stuart: he's not cutting spending, talking spending the same amount and getting more for it. liz: hallelujah. stuart: what's wrong with that. ashley: as you say it sounds great in theory, if anyone can do it probably donald trump, let's hope. stuart: okay, charles. >> yeah, i like after the air force one thing, the next day boeing talked about the planes to iran.

the tactic, they were on the offensive, immediately before it became a news headline they said, listen, we're going to keep 100,000 jobs because of this deal and next day raised the dividend and buyback, essentially saying to donald trump we're going to be on the offensive from now on with you, if you question what we do, we're going to tell the american people before you start we're keeping american jobs and we're rewarding shareholders in a capitalistic society so game on. stuart: all right. 21 minutes away to the opening of the market. we are watching for dow 20,000, but i can't resist bringing you this particular news item. this is from "the washington post" and i've got the headline for you. it's the article is totalled, trump considers financial pundit larry kudlow for council of economic advisors. larry kudlow i've known for generations, a good friend of mine and a great guy. the article goes on to say this, kudlow lacks a graduate or undergraduate degree for economics and hasn't written

scholarly papers. >> and i also read that rick per perry failed science in college. >> and president obama and community activism? no, drop it. >> you've got a degree in-- >> i would say this, apparently you don't have to have a job to be a president, right? so who cares if he doesn't have a degree. [laughter] >> he went to harvard. stuart: i want to move on to individual corporate stories here and i'm going to start with mcdonald's. they're talking, i believe, they're planning, what, delivery, home delivery? >> yes. >> i'd like a big mac, brought to my door, large fries and maybe an apple pie. you can do that starting in january, they're going to test it out in florida, tampa, orlando, miami. you can order off the menu and use uber eats app.

now, uber eats is in about 50 cities around the world and literally much like uber cars, you can track your delivery and mcdonald's is like one of the first fast food restaurants to sign up for uber eats. they're going to test it and feedback. stuart: you've got to pay, pay uber, right. ashley: yes. stuart: for $6, fries, shake, big mac, whatever it is, you're going to be paying double. ashley: they haven't given the pricing, but someone is going to get commission off of that. stuart: scott shellady, mcdonald's here in the news, you want to talk. >> i knew you were going to look at me with mcdonald's. if they test piloted where i live, it would be a-- >> and you trade the beef that they put in the burgers. you've got on a cow jacket. [laughter] >> white house press secretary josh ernst says the russians hacked the election and president-elect trump knew about it and trump fires back at his rally. stay there, you'll hear what

mr. trump had to say. to syria, forces taking the city of aleppo, putting president obama on defensive. from "the washington post" of all places, aleppo's fall is obama's failure. we're on that one. sad news to report. legendary side line reporter craig sega after a courageous battle with leukemia. he covered the nba for more than 40 years, known for colorful wardrobe on the sidelines. some players paid tribute, homage to his favorite jackets. he was 65 years old.

>> chipotle is in the news. they say they've entered an agreement with bill ackman's pershing square until 2019. they're getting four new board members from pershing square. ackman's operation, trying to shake things up. turn the business around and

the stock will be, not sure where it's going to open. the price of gold is down big after the fed raised rates and the dollar strengthened. five bucks higher, 1134 is your bullion price. the president-elect's pick ryan zinke for interior secretary. i think he wants-- the man a guest on the program, there he is going into the trump tower. a friend of the program. do you think that he is going to push for drilling for oil on federal lands and/or in the arctic national wildlife preserve? >> he may, but it's going to be a difficult road to hoe. think about it, we have opec and tried to manufacture a higher price and been struggling. i think the fly in the ointment. we slowly, but surely are starting to see that oil price melt lower and the decision will be made for everybody, it will be financial will i seizable-- >> you can't drill in the, a

particular without huge production costs. liz: the president just signed an executive order protecting alaska's bering sea and removing it from drilling and so trump would have to reverse that executive order and put more lands in the west under executive order, meaning federally protected. stuart: charles, i guess this, the aappointment of ryan zinke sends a signal we're going to produce our own energy, but that means lower prices for energy. >> that's the conundrum. stuart: across the board. >> that's the conundrum. if demand doesn't pick up around the world to scott's point, the more we drill we reach that point. we want oil, i think to be around 60 or more because we want the capital spending. a lot of folks don't get that at the pump. that's where the big money came in, we're talking 50, $100 billion a year, welders and construction, that's the stuff that gets us going. i would pay an extra 20 cents at the pump or 50 cents in the pump to get that america. stuart: that big yank tank

that-- >> i'll be honest, i hardly look at the price anyway. stuart: so wealthy, is that it? the bottom line is we're going gung-ho to produce the energy within our boundaries and the price will-- >> perry, yeah, i've got to-- funny feeling we'll be focused on energy independence. stuart: i'm looking forward to energy independence. i'd love to see it. i've got to get this in. facebook says they're trying to tackle the fake news issue. all right, lizzie, spell out, what are they doing? >> basically they're going to put a new button that says, on facebook, you see fake news, report it to us and we'll send it to political fact or checking with abc news to see if it's a fake story. stuart: check with abc news? >> yes, exactly. and then a warning sign pops up, this is in dispute and they'll bury it in the news feed. stuart: and somebody else will decide what it fake news or not

fake news. ashley: the gatekeeper. >> ultimately people should read it and have an education and you know when you're reading something ridiculous and discount it. even that that's a thing that gets traction. >> ditto. and president-elect trump is firing back at critics saying it's okay to be rich, prosperity is good. what a concept. we'll have it for you next. your path to retirement may not always be clear.

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>> two items for you on the russians. first off, this from josh earnest. roll tape. >> mr. trump obviously knew that russia was engaged in malicious cyber activity that was helping him and hurting secretary clinton's campaign and again, these are all facts that are not in dispute. stuart: the russians did it, they tried to help trump. now, mr. trump responded. this was last night, but watch this. >> i had a great conversation with president obama. and i said to him-- no, no, no. although this foolish guy josh

earnest, i don't know if he's talking to president obamament you know, having the right press secretary is so important because he is so bad the way he delivers a message. he can deliver a positive message and it sounds bad. he could say, ladies and gentlemen, today we have totally defeated isis and it wouldn't sound good. stuart: have you ever seen a president-elect, have you ever seen anybody talk like that. ashley: no. stuart: no, you have not. come on in, please, fox news digital editor chris stirewalt. the thing about the russians and hacking is extremely complex, i want to bring it down to one question. why can't we see the evidence? why can't we have it made public so we can all decide? why not? >> well, and good morning to you, dr. varney. the issue here is probably partisan in the sense that there is a misapplication of

appropriate definitions of the english language. we have on one side, or american english anyway. we have on one side the word election and on the other side the word campaign. it is obvious to all, of course, that the return r russians had an influence on the campaign, the way it was conducted. the hacking informed hacks that resulted in damage to the dnc, that through wikileaks and john podesta and affected the discussion. what no one has alleged not even the staunchest supporter of hillary clinton that the rushes shuns had anything to do with hacking the elections, the outcomes, the votes. democrats don't like how much or the way in which the things discussed in the election, but no one says the election is void or invalid in any way. stuart: why can't we see the evidence that the russians tilted the election towards donald trump. that's what the democrats allege and why can't we see the

evidence? >> president obama finds himself in an interesting pickle and starts out, his administration is advancing the argument and advancing the case the part that's obvious and the part that is not obvious about the russians involvement in the 2016 campaign. and then all roads lead back to who? who president obama as americans say, why didn't you prevent it and now we find the news reported by nbc yesterday that in fact the white house thought that hillary clinton was going to win anyway, so they sat on the ball. they sat on the ball and did not respond to russia. it's astonishing. stuart: there's a totally different spin on the story and i think the democrats played defense on this and it's back fired against them. chris, thank you for jumping in, and thanks for your clarity. >> anytime, glad to help. stuart: i want everybody to check this out. 11:08 eastern time on our show. the dow was just 49 points away from 20,000 at that time. there it is right there. it actually went a little higher from there. so, what happened to the rally?

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>> whoa. 28 seconds to gond we will start trading this friday morning. let me tell you, we have established an all-star cast to

check out whether or not we'll get to 20,000 today. maybe monday, or soon. we've got charles payne here, we've got scott shellady. jeff sica. i'll introduce them again when things get that's a star-studded cast and we're trading on what may be another important day. we'll go up, i believe at the opening bell which has just rung. away we go, up 54 from the get-go. better than expected. 62 points from the get-go. lots of green on the left-hand side of your screen. this is exciting! the dow is up 60, 19,913. where is the s&p 500, he asks? put it on the screen, up 5 points. how about the nasdaq? where is that thing going? that is up 10 points as we speak. oil, not that interested, it's not having much effect. 51 bucks a barrel. the price of gold hanging around 1103 per ounce way down

since the election. and i'm going to do it again, tell everybody about the star-studded cast. look at them. liz, scott shellady, jeff sica, charles payne, have i missed anybody, and myself. wednesday we were 34 points from dow 20,000 and then we faded. came back a lot yesterday and then faded. charles, why did we fade? >> more sellers than buyers. [laughter] >> is there something about 20,000-- >> that's a psychological number and we are making a huge, huge deal about it. stuart: of course i am. >> we should be because it does mark something, you know? we've come a long way, but from a fundamental thing and all that we know it doesn't matter. i believe once we get over that hurdle, once we get over that hurdle, a sense that the train is leaving the station then a lot of naysayers are going to have to chase the rally and

that's where the ignition comes in, once we close above 20,000. stuart: jeff sica, do you agree with that? if we cross 20,000 we get some momentum and a lot of people jump in? do you agree with na? >> yeah, this rally are full of people afraid of missing out on 20,000. this is a momentum driven rally and this rally has been highly focused on the financials and the utilities that are going to benefit from deregulation, and i think there will be people jumping in, but keep in mind, this is not uncommon for a new president coming into office for markets to rally and then selloffs happen shortly after. >> may want to go to the rest of the panel, but let's acknowledge this is the best post-election rally. mckinley, put out one of the longest lasting tariffs and by the way he sparked an economic

revival in the late 1800's and won the 1900 reelection in landslides. the bottom line though did $the reason i'm putting these things out is because people are afraid of protectionism, but we've seen it in the past where it helped the economy. people are afraid of this market. we've seen in the past where it worked. by the way, five times since we've had this kind of a rally in a post election rally it's gone on four times and goes up another 10% at least in the next six months. if it starts out this way it normally has legs. >> thank you for that, our star historian, charles payne. >> i thought you were going to get excited about mckinley. stuart: i was there. [laughter] . ashley: cub reporter. stuart: can i move on to amazon? the story of the day, by the way they're down 3% since the election. that's interesting. well, they're up 3 bucks this morning, but down 3% since the election and 10 days until christmas or a bit less than that. what's going on with amazon, jeff sicca?

>> the sentiment is against the technology stocks. a lot of people have bought into this, this mantra that trump is bad for tech. and one thing, and you know, i have a negative bias on the market at this level, but technology should be participating. especially amazon, because amazon is not only a technology company, it's an e-commerce company and it's firing on all cylinders, right now, and i think the sent mentd -- sentiment against it is probably providing an opportunity down the line. i don't think it's warranted that this is happening. >> i've got a news item about amazon, they're working on an uber for truck drivers? >> they are, it's an app that they hope to debut in the summer of next year and what it basically do does is connect the truck drivers with the shippers, taking out the middle person, the brokers that charge a 15% commission. now, this is a huge industry.

800 billion dollars by some estimates, 84% of all freight shipped is done by truck. what amazon wants to be is a full-scale logistics company. they want to take on the entire delivery cycle, another example of that. it's remarkable. stuart: you're shaking your head, what's up? >> that's a slippery slope because then we'll go to the driverless trucks and you have to realize that 29 states in america truck driving is one of their top economic engines. stuart: yeah, so that's a problem for employment in that industry, but you're looking way down the road. >> that's going to be something that's going to be disruptive and another hurdle to get over what you do with all of those people. stuart: i've got to go to facebook taking objection to stop the fake news. two lines. liz: and mark zuckerberg said that pretty crazy to say that fake news impacted the election. and now they're going to 0 use fact checkers.

stuart: the story has no impact on the stock. look, facebook is often touted as the next big tech company that's really going to have a surge. i think we've heard this from you, jeff sicca, haven't we? >> yeah, and i think it's going to continue to have a surge. i personally think that facebook should-- they're putting themselves, in a slippery slope with this and they should back out of it, out of the news business as much as they possibly can, so they don't get any negativity over anything that could go wrong. but as far as everything else, i mean, they're opening up a litany of revenue streams for themselves in the future and if they focus, if they stay in their lane, i really think they're going to have another surge beyond what they've already seen. but they could get a lot of negative publicity if they hold onto becoming the thought police or the news police. that's a very dangerous place to be. stuart: all right. now, check that big board. we're six and a half minutes

into the trading session on a friday morning, we're up 30 points. they have been up 60 and now we're up 29. so we're slowing down the rate of rise. put it like that. we've got another car company talking about self-driving cars. they're all at it. and now it's general motors. testing self-driving vehicles on public roads in michigan. the stock is up 6% this year, unchanged right now. software maker, oracle, shift to the cloud taking longer than wall street thought. the stock is up 10% this year. down 3% this morning. chipotle, they say they've got an agreement with bill ackman's pershing square operation. four new directors going on the board at chipotle. the market kind of likes it, up $8, 2% higher. trying for that turn around. adam shapiro at the new york stock exchange, give us the stocks leading the dow right now. >> and stuart, there are big names leading right now. take a look at ge, united

health, verizon, they're all up as we start the trading session. one stock you'll want to keep your eye on, and this is up flat, they want a 2.5 billion dollar victory over gilliard in a patent lawsuit. and gilead is-- >> i think that applause was for you. >> it was for the men and women of air force who are visiting today. stuart: get them back for the applause, we like that. verizon is pushing yahoo! change the terms of the merger deal, please. liz: we hear they're threatening to go to court to lower the 4.8 billion -- 4.8 million deal. and verizon could walk away. when yahoo! said to users you've got to change your passwords. they could say we're not going to use yahoo!.

verizon says that's material and we'll walk away if you don't cut the price. stuart: and they didn't reveal the hack when they could have in 2013. liz: we don't know when they knew it, we have been talking about that, but a severe hack they finally disclosed in september and did they know that earlier. weren't those two separate hacked. liz: but some of the accounts mix. >> a long time to count to a billion. stuart: and starting in january, you can get mcdonald's delivered to your door, what's this about? >> yes, you can use the app uber eats and big mack, large fries, maybe an apple by-- apple pie, you can tell i've dop done it before. they're starting out in three cities, miami, orlando, tampa, based on the feedback they get, they may expand it, there you go. >> all right, i've got it. look, i want to thank everybody who came on board this friday

morning, it's a special program and we're looking for 20,000 on the dow. scott and charles, we do-- and jeff, we do appreciate you being with us. we're still looking for 20,000. a lot of us think we'll get there at some point and we want you to be watching when we get there. thanks, everyone. check that big board, almost ten minutes into the session on a friday morning, we're up 35 points. 19-8 is where we are. kellyanne conway trump transition team transition advisor getting attacked by feminists, why? because she puts family first. kellyanne is on the show coming up here. and is whoopi goldberg comparing the right to celebrate christmas comparing that to getting an abortion? we'll play you the sound bite. ♪

>> it's friday morning and the trump rally is rolling on. it is the best rally to greet an incoming president in the history of the united states. i'm trying to do the math and i think we're up about 1600 points since election day. 1500, 1600, very roughly in that neighborhood and we're up 42 points right now. and an item of news from apple. they've hired a race car engineer from porsche. what's that. ashley: they have and his name is alexander hipsinger, you know the lamans races, he was part of building a hybrid car that was successful in those races and he says he wants to contribute in a way that will benefit society.

so, obviously, a top mechanic or engineer, more than a mechanic, he's an engineer, joining apple shows their commitment to their car program. it's interesting. stuart: and the car program entails the driverless car. ashley: the driverless car. stuart: becomes a computer essentially. ashley: exactly. stuart: they're all doing it, i don't know any car company that doesn't have a plan of some sorts. ashley: google is doing it, they say they're making the software other cars can use. they're smart people and won't be long before we see them all over the place. stuart: of course that commercial, any day now. you remember that one. [laughter] let's bring in kellyanne conway, let me set this up. she is the first lady in history to run a successful presidential campaign and now, kelly anne conway is getting attacked by feminists, why? because she wants to spend time with her family. and kellyanne is with us, joining us from trump tower.

you're a star and thank you for being with us. >> it's my pleasure, stuart, thank you for having me. stuart: let me see if i've got it right. you say you might not take a top job in the investigation because you've got four young children underage of 12 and you might want to spend more time with them so the feminists are attacking you and saying, you're wrong. what kind of woman does this? do you want to respond to that? >> sure, i can respond to them. i thought that women were a product of their choices and that's what i'm trying to do here, quietly and privately, find the best balance for my family and stuart, maybe i will go into the administration because i know donald trump and my husband are very supportive of that choice as well. the president-elect and the vice-president elect are creating a very family friendly environment in the white house and in this administration. donald trump has never been anything, but gracious and gentlemanly to me and respectful of the fact that i'm a mom of young children and actually thinks it's pretty cool. he obviously has a fabulous relationship with his five children and five grandchildren tan their spouses.

so the issue is just a very personal one, but i can't help, but think that people are really judging my politics and not my motherhood. i will just note to you that some people who attacked me are moms. and some who have attacked me are childless interns born in the 1990's or women who have cats as twitter pictures. i'm not going to lose my mind over people attacking me in 140 characters. stuart: kelly anne, i never want to cross you, i would be shredded. that would not be enjoyable. a wonderful response. president-elect trump has been tweeting again this morning and talking about the russian hack. the quotes, are we talking about the same cyber attack that revealed that hillary clinton was given questions to the debate? i've been asking this all morning, why can't we see the

evidence, if there is evidence, that the russians influenced the election in favor of mr. trump, can we see it? and why not? >> well, that's part of the point here is all we have are unsourced, unnamed folks leaking to the lead ye media, coming out of house intelligence closed doors meetings and arguing in the press usually unnamed sources arguing how important it is. and most have their hair on fire about interference in the election, which is unproven, his point is, hey, didn't hillary clinton get this party started when she set up an illegal server that put her e-mails at risk and frankly put us all at risk. for selfish, peevish reasons to do that and dogged her to the point people didn't think she was honest and trustworthy, obviously. look, i think what people are trying to do is conflate so

folks out there get confused and certain that russia hacked into the e-mails of the dnc and then affected the election. stuart, roll the tape. who on the left, who in the democratic party, who in hillary clinton's campaign, 1.2 billion, who was talking about this as a deal breaker as a way they were going to lose the election? answer, no one. why? because they thought they were going to win the election. and so, there's either it's jim comey's fault, bernie sanders's fault. the alt-right movement we have nothing to do with here. and now it's the russian hacking interference. it's hillary clinton and the fact that she had no message for most of america. stuart: would you stay there for a moment? i've got to do a brief market update and a commercial break and bring you right back again. >> absolutely. stuart: thanks, check the market. we're up 41 points and a lot of green on the left-hand side of your screen and a lot of stocks are going up among the dow 30. we've got an opinion article in "the washington post" and it's

about aleppo and it says basically that syria's civil war is over. aleppo's fall is obama's failure. that's what "the washington post" says. kellyanne will respond to that as well.

>> oh, a grim picture indeed. the fall of aleppo. look at these pictures. the city is flat-out leveled. and here is the latest news from that beleaguered city. the evacuation of civilians has been suspended, that's just coming to it. look at this, this is an article, an opinion piece in "the washington post," it's an editorial in "the washington post." it reads, the headline "aleppo's fall is obama's failure". kellyanne conway, i'm surprised to see that in "the washington post," which has been a rabid supporter of president obama and a dire critic of mr. trump. >> i'm happy t"the washington post" has been candid. you have women choosing suicide over rape and a large population underage of 12, i read, that's gone. that's been killed. and this is just one of the

worst humanitarian crisis of our time and it didn't happen yesterday. we basically have sat back and watched for five years. yesterday i heard the states department spokesman john kirby on behalf of secretary of state john kerry, that the secretary is increasingly quote, frustrated and that the imaging are disconcerting. seriously? that's as strong as you can say, not let alone act. indifference is fatal. what is the obama doctrine. what are we doing about aleppo. i know they've tried cease fires and what not, we can simply not look the other way and we indeed have. stuart: russia's military power beat, handsdown, president obama's diplomatic effort. i think that's the conclusion one can draw here, i want to move on from this, we all know that mr. trump loves the tweet. well, a new fox poll shows 63% of responders say his use of

twitter is inappropriate. i don't know what that's based on kellyanne, what's your response? >> i don't know if 63% of the country uses twitter, but it's not inappropriate and here is why. number one, donald trump has a huge platform in his social media followers combined. he says about 35 million between facebook and twitter. it's huge. but for him tweeting certain things, people would probably not see these article or know about the rallies. and that the media wants to cherry pick news as they want to see, but at the same time he's also -- the media don't like it because it helps them go around the media. he doesn't need to hold a press conference every day. he doesn't need to put out a big statement. he can just tweet it and this is part of whom he is. i'm not sure what the protocol, officers of the secret service will say once he's president of the united states, i have no idea, but for the moment this is the way he communicates with

vast numbers of the public. stuart: we like it. stuart: kellyanne conway, thank you for spending so much time with us. >> thank you, stuart. all the best. stuart: of course, we're still on trump tower watch. the president-elect has been filling up his cabinet and the left is apoplectic about it and that's an understatement actually. you'll get my take at the top of of the hour. that sense of optimism is still on. we're on 20k watch. back in a moment.

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stuart: the left has been in and out of trump tower for about a month. but they have had very little influence. trump's cabinet is about as conservative as u get.

mr. trump will use tom price to get rid of zeke's creation. many leonardo leonardo dicaprio came and went. then he named an oil executive to be the top diplomat. you tell betsy devoss that public schools should be a monopoly and you will get a lecture about school choice. have you ever heard a tax cutting plan from obama? vorny regulars monica crowley and will have a big impact.

david freedman vows to move america's embassy to jerusalem. this is the most conservative team in at least a generation. no wonder the left is apoplectic. but they are stuck on the vote, the russians did it, the white supremacists did it. they have inspired investors with a promise of growth and there is optimism. the second hour of "varney and company" is about to begin. [♪] we moved up just a tad more. now we are 48 points high on the dow jones average referring $19,900.

we are on dow 20,000 watch, but it appears to have stalled in the last couple days. look who is here to answer the questions. maria bartiromo and biz peak. maria, you first. wait for it. why did we stall? >> i think 20,000 will be a tough level to get over because it's round numbers. it will get there, you know it, you predicted it first. but it's going to have some resistance because nothing goes up in a straight line. but the fundamental story is still in place. people want to buy because of the growth plans coming out of the trump administration. stuart: people are saying if we

top 20,000. >> when you have a big number, it becomes a resistance point. i know we are not supposed to talk about this sort of thing, but we did have an interest rate increase from the federal reserve. stuart: what do you mean we are not supposed to talk about it. >> i'm waiting for the buzz tore go off. the fed raised rates and they came out with a tougher, more aggressive stance than people expected. i think the market is doing well in light of that. stuart: put the big tech stocks up on the screen. they have not snared this rally. microsoft has done very well. but the rest of them, facebook, google and apple have not gone

up like the rest of the market. >> i think people don't understand the policies of the trump administration as it relates to technology. are they going to be less favorable than the obama administration was. they got pretty much what they wanted from obama. and there is the sheer ownership aspect. remember amazon in the summertime? come on. when you want to buy something you have to sell something. where does the growth come from if they aren't going to see policies that limit things like advise as and immigration that trump is not on the same page as obama was. it could impact these companies a little worse than they have been in the past. stuart: president-elect trump singled out boeing during this thank you tour. he said, look, boeing, we have got to get more out of the money we are getting you. roll the tape.

>> where we get more equipment for less money. i don't want a plane to fly around that cost $4.2 billion, believe me. 4.2. it's not going to happen. but we are going to work with boeing. stuart: that's brow beating individual companies. do you approve of that? >> i disagree. i think it's sending a message common sense prevails in the white house. 90% of the country says $4 billion for an airplane, you must be joking. so if in fact donald trump is going to shake up the swamp, shake up the bureaucracy, this is a very good talking point. i don't view it as brow beating companies. you * elizabeth has that look on

her face. liz: the geo came out with the record $100 million wasted on contractors and back office people and the defense industry. i think the president is on the right track. ashley: it comes back to the day of the $500 toilet rolls. stuart: i think it's a toilet seat. >> there is a new sheriff in town and he's watching the bills. ago andkellyanne conway was on she responded to the feminists attacking her. they have been having a go at her because she said she might spend more time at home with the children rather than take a top job at the administration. >> the issue is a personal one.

i can't help but think people are judging my politic and not my motherhood. i would just note to you that some people that attacked me are moms. but a lot of them who attacked me are childless interns born in the 1990s, or women who have cats as their twitter pictures. i won't lose my mind over people attacking meet at 140 characters. >> i love the cats. this is a personal issue. and i think we are past the point where women should be shaming women information the choices they make. we are not allowed to do it about abortion and other important issues. why should we make motherhood, staying home with your children something to be apologetic about. you know what? i think kid come first is a laudable point of view.

stuart: she is the most successful presidential campaign office holder. maria: now she is a superstar. and may i say she may not want to take a pay cut? ashley: chairman sumner redstone will step down at vi viacom next february. liz martha: viacom has struggled massively. remember when we were watching colbert on viacom? obviously something was not right for the cbs-viacom deal.

something went awry. they will have to do something with vi viacom. i know it's struggling big time. stuart: you might have heard my take talking about president-elect trump and his very conservative cabinet. my point is that's the exact opposite of president obama's cabinet and whole style of government. i'm not wrong on this. i have never seen a more conservative cabinet in my life. >> remember in 2008 we looked at obama's choices for his cabinet. there was not at single private sector person in the white house. that was a first. i remember writing about this. it was a big deal. not a single disman in the white house. now we have entirely private sector people it's a completely

philosophical change. people who have actually done things and now will be running the country. i applaud that. stuart: your colleague and my friend larry kudlow, "the washington post" is taking issue with him because he doesn't have a degree in economics. maria: art laffer came up with the tax plan. liz: heed a advised the reagan administration. maria: larry kudlow is one of the smartest guys out there. stuart: we are up 42 points. we are 40 minutes into the session. and this. a bird strike causing a flight to return to rockford, illinois. the plane lost an engine.

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>> to be a strong nation we must also be a wealthy or rich nation. they say mr. president-elect trump, it doesn't sound good when you say rich nation. i say we have to be a rich nation if we are going to rebuild our military, if we are going to build the wall, we have to be a rich nation.

if we are going to repeal and replace obamacare we have to know what we are doing. and we have to be a wealthy nation again. stuart: isn't that wonderful? it's good to be rich. that's what mr. trump said. it's good to be a wealthy nation. i think that's absolutely wonderful. you heard that. now this from jason fuhrman, top economist from the white house. he said we are almost healed from the great recession. >> almost all the way healed from the great recession. stuart: it was very short. i like clarity. he says we are almost healed. watch this. fox news poll. only 30% say they are better off since president obama came to

office. only 30% say they are better off. steve moore is here. you have got to deal with all of this. it's good to be rich. we are almost healed. 30% say we are almost healed. >> i don't feel too reassured by that statement from jason fuhrman. that didn't make me feel like going to the bank. i think there is a new narrative coming out of the obama administration in its final week saying everything is wonderful. we fixed everything. all we need is trump not to screw things up which is not a narrative most americans believe. if that were the case hillary clinton would have been re-elected. but americans understand there are real serious long-term structural problems with this economy that have to be fixed. we have 40 million people on food stamps. 95 million people out of the

workforce who could and should be working. we have a problem of under investment for 7 1/2 years where businesses have not been putting money into building new factories and purchasing new equipment and expanding their operations. i'm optimistic about the future, but it will require dramatic policy changes. if we don't do that, we are snuck this rut. stuart: when the president-elect says it's good to be a rich nation, he struck a cord. for years and years we heard income inequality is holding us back it's a terrible thing. it's not good to be rich. the rich are bad. this is a change in the mind 70s our president. that's how i'm reading it. >> i'm going to make a confession to you. i like rich people. people are rich and successful

are people who help build this country and they are job creators. and there has been a demonization of companies and corporations and people who are entrepreneurs and successful. the good thing is most americans don't agree with that. most americans admire rich people. we aspire to be rich. we want to be like them. whether it's warren buffet or bill gates or donald trump. donald trump never hid his wealth, he celebrated his richness and wealth to the american people and they absorbed that. that's one of the big attractions donald trump had to voters. i believe that donald trump is going to be judged four years from now, not in terms of how many people he makes rich. but how does he do for those people in the underclass who haven't had a chance. stuart: steve moore, thank you very much. good to see you this friday.

>> it's good to be rich. thanks, steve. it's the latest from the white house north. trump tower. the secretary of homeland security, jeh johnson, he stopped by trump tower. in trump talks to everybody, left and right. uber has self-driving cars, running into some trouble. ashley: the california dmv told iewb tore stop operating driverless cars immediately. we are looking at video that shows a self-driving car blowing through a red light 4 seconds after the light turned red. and there is another video showing a car going through intersection after the light turned red. iesh says we don't need a permit

because it many the driver's fault. the dmv said we are going to take to you court. stop operating these immediately. stuart: a florida police officer capturing an alligator. police found the alligator wandering around the front yard. the officer tackled the gator, tapes its mouth shut, and there you have it. he carries him away. trump's thank you tour continues. tonight he's going to orlando. don't miss lou dobbs starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. your insurance company

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stuart: the abc show "the view," whoopi goldberg compared the right to celebrate christmas as the right to an abortion. >> it's the same conversation on a woman's right to choose. what i do with my body is my right. if you believe in christmas, it's not my right -- stuart: the crowd applaud. emac, what is barbara walters saying about it? liz: she is upset about it that they ruined the show she created. instead of building a show on

smart, educated women. they have a cast of characters who are uninformed. apparently barbara walters calls into the show weekly on her ideas how to fix the show. she didn't show up for post-election show. the word was she was in florida on vacation. stuart: i thought that was a new low to mix those two together. a terrible new low. show me the ratings. can we show that? in barbara walters day she they had 38 million viewers. now they have 3. >> i'm staggered they have 3. i think the reputation of the show has gone straight down hill. equating the issues of abortion and celebrating christmas is beyond. i need to go into the reasons why. wins an extremely controversial

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>> thank you to the incredible people of pennsylvania. i say we have to be a rich nation if we are going rebuild our military. we are going repeal and replace obamacare. forgotten men and women of our country will not be forgotten anymore. we want the wall, we want the wall, build the wall, mr. trump. we'll build the wall. and we'll build safe zones in syria. when i look at what's going on in syria, it's so sad. we'll keep radical islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. remember that we are all americans. and we are all united by one shared destiny.

stuart: just a sampling from the thank you tour last night. the dow industrials moving up a little bit more. now we are up 53, above 19,905. a special guest is joining us. the former president of shell oil. i want to bring to your aextension. ryan zinke president-elect trump wants to put in the interior department. i think he wants to drill on federal lands and i think wants to drill in the arctic wildlife preserve. pie would think so. federal lands are a huge part of this country. to not allow american citizens to develop and grow the wealth

and economy on federal lands is absurd. somebody put a postage stamp on the page of a newspaper. that's the amount of space we are talking about dplilgt arctic wildlife. with a poavmentage stamp on a huge newspaper. why can't americans have access to the mineral wealth they are entitled to. stuart: it costs a lot of money to drill in the arctic. your production costs per barrel is way up there. you don't drill unless the cost is $60, $70, $80 per barrel. >> there is also natural gas. i think it's the energy way of the future. i work on converting natural gas to transportation fuel. and it's good for the oil companies. because guess who drills the

natural gas? stuart: the oil companies. however, you have got the same problem. the price of natural gas is very, very low. sow people don't produce as much of it as they could. >> yes, but my plan would bring 30 billion cubic feet of additional demand for natural gas. stuart: you talk about fracking? >> you would have to frack to get the natural gas. stuart: can you satisfy the greeners that fracking is okay. you can't satisfy them with anything that has to do with fossil fuels. they are willing to i a impoverh their fellow their cans. stuart: this is the "the

economist" said about rex tillerson. from private emperor to public envoy. that was one of the very critical reports on tillerson to go to to state. what do you say? >> they clearly don't know the man. let's use the word "trustworthy." the man is trustworthy. stuart: do you know him? >> i do. he would not be where he is if he were not trustworthy in this industry called oil and gals. he's trusted by the american industry and he's trusted by the global industry. stuart: he's trusted by putin and that could be a problem. >> if you are dealing with a head of state, you don't get to choose who you deal with. the fact that he's dealing with putin or dealing with some other world leader, they are who they are. so what he's trying to do is his job. if he's the secretary of state

he will bring this trustworthiness or incredible skill base into the department of state. he will do a good job for the american people. stu require's good we are coming up on a hard break. so we don't have time to get the money out of you that you owe me. you have got two more weeks to go. >> i will save my pennies. stuart: check out the big board. we are up 36 points. we are wavering. look at this. this is a fox news poll. 5% of people think the economy will be better a year from now. that's interesting. a very positive view of the future from the people responding to that poll. john tapper is here. he's kind of a trump guy. you support this tax cuts and the stimulus to the economy. but i have got a question for you.

you do bar rescue. you are in the restaurant business. will this expansion, this stimulus, help the restaurant business which has gone through some tough times? >> it has. 17 has been forecast as a restaurant recession year. but since the election the numbers have been resides. we look at the impact of a revision of obamacare and reduction of taxes and more disposable income in a marketplace. things are more optimistic in the restaurant business. but i'm feeling it all over. i have friend looking to open businesses in 17 that wouldn't have considered it in 16. stuart: if you run a small business you are taxed as an individual as opposed to a corporation. if individual tax rates go way down, that's good for small business. that's factored into your equation, i take it. >> absolutely.

and the shift in medical costs. employees will have less deductibles on their policies which has been a problem with obamacare. when those deductible dollars go back into the economy, several of those dollars will go to the restaurants. stuart: hollywood celebrities put out a video telling the electoral voters, don't vote for trump. >> what else evident is donald trump lacks more than the qualifications to be president. >> he lacks the necessary stability. >> and clearly the respect for the constitution of our great nation. >> by voting your conscience you and other brave republican electors can give the house of representatives the option to select a qualified candidate. stuart: i don't think much of that, john, what do you say? >> those are all opinions. but we look at the facts. we have a system in this country and it's time we start to

respect it and each other, honestly. stuart: you don't think much of that. >> it's a bunch of opinions and we know that's not going to happen. the electoral college is not going to turn around and change their minds. it's rhetoric that creates more divisiveness. it's time to rally and say look at the market. look how there is an inclusiveness starting to happen in trump. if somebody can't find some good news in that to hold on to, something is wrong. it isn't all bad to even anyone. stuart: john tapper thanks for joining us. big tech companies have not been participating in the trump rally. adam shapiro is with us. winners and losers among tech. >> they are up 200-plus% just this year.

hewlett-packard is up. stu require's a mixed bag. thank you very much indeed. wind chill temperatures is what you will look at. this is wait feel like as opposed to the actual temperature out there. bottom line, very, very cold. call it what you want. arctic blast, polar vortex. you are looking at single digits in many parts of the country when it comes to wind chill. one republican in the electoral college said he got,000 emails telling him to cast his ballot for hillary and not trump. he, however, is not budging.

ashley: trump's senior advisor kellyanne conway says she may not take a job in the trump administration, saying she wants to focus on her four young children. the fell fists powngs on her. here is what she had to say by the.

>> he has a fabulous relationship with his five children and grandchildren can their spouses. i can't help but think people are judging my politics and not my motherhood. i would just note to you that some people who attacked me are moms. but a lot of them who attacked me are childless interns born in the 1990s. or women who have cats as their twitter pictures. i'm not going to lose my mind over being attacked with 140 characters.

stuart: in weush state another police officer shot in the line of duty. this is not being called an ambush. the officer is in stable you are about serious condition. in dallas 90 officers have quit just since october. the chief of police says he is having trouble recruiting more police officers. 39 police officers were shot and killed last year. 62 were shot and killed so far this year. detective steve lumas from the

cleveland police department is here. you said president obama is partially responsible and he has blood on his hands. >> yes, sir. president obama, the attorney general, they both have blood on their hands. the false narrative they validated the past several years is absolutely offensive and causing crazy people to get crazier and attack the police at a much, much higher rate than we have seen in past history. stuart: in dallas 99 police officers have quit or retired since october. the police chief is having a hard time replacing them. is that because of the position police officers find themselves in these days, under attack and abused royally? >> absolutely. the police officers don't have any allies at this point. they are afraid to get out of the cars and do the jobs they want to do. and that's gut-wrenching for a police officer.

it is 0 you are passion. we want -- it's our passion. but when you are criticized by the media and the president of the united states and the department of justice, by your own department, and you have no allies here other than the good god-fearing citizens in the country and here in cleveland, then things are very, very difficult. the same problems here in cleveland with recruitment. stuart: what do you want the incoming president donald trump to do. a white police officer shoots and kills an unarmed black man in the united states. how do you want president-elect trump to deal with that? >> i would like to see him say pump the brakes before we come out with crazy their tifs and false their tifs and allow an investigation to continue. let's get to the bottom of the situation. let's get to the facts.

let's apply fact to law. there are supreme court decisions, graham is one of them. police officers are responsible for the facts they have at the time of the incident and nothing more, nothing less. and nothing will change that. so just allow the investigation to go forward, and then we come out with the results. if a police officer was wrong, then the system will catch it. and the system will take care of that. stuart: we have a new fox poll and it shows 43% of the people responded to the policy they feel less safe since president obama has taken office. that's a very large number. >> yes, and i believe that number. i go to these community meetings in cleveland. the law-abiding citizens aren't concerned about what we do on these scenes, they are concerned about us not being there. the democrats have decimated the

numbers in all the big cities. we have seen that across the country. more with less. and when you get us in a situation where we need to react we are dorg it with two police officers instead of four or five or six like when i was a rookie it's a very difficult situation and it's difficult for the police officers. this job is a calling. nobody is getting rich doing this. they are doing it to give back to the community they work in. to not have the support of the politicians and the media and for the false narrative and this black lives matter nonsense, the president of the united states to validate it is appalling. the men and women of the police department are the good guys. stuart: attorney general loretta lynch says there is no real evidence of interest force from

russia in our election. what's this? >> unfortunately we didn't see the technical interference that i know people had concerns about in terms of voting machines and the like. but a lot of education went on about that, a lot of training went on about that, and a significant number of states did reach out to dhs and talk to them about those issues. stuart: that's no interests force detected in the balloting procedure. liz: hacked the campaign but didn't hack the votes. if russia hacked the vote, why didn't they change it to make donald trump win the popular vote. stuart: show us the evidence. ashley: they refuse. stuart: i have this for you, totally different subject from taiwan. a lamborghini crushed by government officials. why?

because it was illegally imported. if you are wondering how much one of those things costs. it is $380 million. the top of the hour. chris wallace will joins on this russia hack. we'll ask is there any evidence it actually took place and why can't we see the evidence if it is there. nba players pay tribute to craiging aer. craigincraigsager. we live in a pick and choose world.

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stuart: we have been covering opioid addiction. some of our viewers finds our coverage to be insensitive. ken says the doc, that would be doctor sealing. the doc and you have no idea what one who mass chronic terrible pain goes through just

to live day to day, much less about getting medication. paul says, just watch the doctor discussing the opioid problem in america. i definitely agree it exists, but i'm an example of how rx drugs can work. from michael, it seems dr. siegel comes across that nobody can be on these pain killers. i have tremendous pain. i have never gone doctor shopping. stuart: those are legitimate points because some people have chronic pain. ashley: if you can't function because you are in so much pain and there is a pill to help you get through the day, i have total sympathy for people in that a situation. liz: what's happening is, obamacare put in niece quality measures, patients get to tick off a survey whether they like their experience with their

doctors. and it led to the overprescription of narcotics including antibiotics@as well. so there is an overprescribing. if you don't get that check, the doctor won't get higher pay for bonuses. the drive higher towards the for prescription of pain killers. remember this an overprescription of antibiotics? >> my sympathies are with our viewers who wrote into us with chronic pain problems. i don't have an answer but one does feel your pain, and that is the truth. thanks, everyone for writing in mike lice and we'll have more for you in a moment.

c-1 there is a glaring contradiction between the way the economy is in the obama team sees it.

it is reality versus spin. let's deal with the spin first. he just said we have almost healed from the great recession. this administration believes it has set a done a good job. how do you see it. you see it finally. in the new fox and paul 33% say the economy is good or excellent. only 33 percent. it's not an academic study. only 30% say they are better off since mister obama took office. ronald reagan took that. let me take you back to the last jobs report. the media and the white house failed to mention about it was at the vast majority of new jobs were part-time. that is how this recovery has unfolded. the great middle class is

shrinking, working people need to part-time jobs to make ends meet. this hasn't stopped some democrats from saying that the recent surge in competence is a result of mister obama's policies. that is nonsense. 56% believe they will be better off in a year. in reality, reality, versus spin. in the election reality one. the third hour is about to begin. the third hour is about to begin. politics in money that's what we do. we start with money. we are still watching and looking for 24,000 on the dow. the price of oil holding steady right around $50 per barrel.

you really set the social media turning the other day. you know what it was about. you said that we would get to 21,000 on the dow by the end of this year that's 15 days away. do you want to repeat that. >> was about 20,000. i don't think it's unlikely. we could really get there today. it is half a percentage point away. it is entirely possible that the market has the potential. nobody expected them to propose three hikes in 2017. they took a breather in there. we are back on track there. friday is always an important day. and strong then we will

probably get there today. i think 21,000 is within grabs. five percentage points away. has nothing. it's a 5% move. this is an explosive rally. that is for sure but there is a lot of people who have not gotten into this market. they may be in cash or bonds. they are not in the stock market and they want to get into it. you brought with you three stocks which you think you could buy now and still make money. it's not too late with these three stocks. we own it has a great dividend yield. we are looking for stocks right now to say into when there is a next rotation. the big mutual funds they will jump into that. they will like it.

they have no had no debt on the balance sheet. they make guns. it went up when hillary clinton look like she was going because she would have a go at the gun owners. he is not going to clamp down on the second amendment. are you taking the politics here into account. they are out of it for me at this point. now it's about the quality of earnings. it's about the balance sheet. this now i'm taking the politics out. it works for me. >> write about a 6% dividend yield now. it is the fifth largest in terms of revenue. they had grown their dividend 16 years in a row. it's also at the 52 week lows. the value folks will look for

these kind of position. if i buy that stock now i get a 6% yield are you telling me that that is safe that i'm going to cut the dividend next month or something. it is a widows and orphans stock. they're going to have to get their house in order in terms of lowering some of their costs in order to maintain that dividend. they are making good strong efforts towards that. can you tell me your third stock. can you tell me your third stock. given what is happening with the president-elect trump and what he's gonna do. in for energy. i like valero energy partners. it's one of them that is

plummeting here low. >> i'm rushing you but i have to go. we are looking for 21,000. just like you. thank you very much indeed. the first off here is what president obama said in an npr interview about it. i think there's no doubt when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we well at a time and place of our own choosing. some of it may be explicit and publicized. but vladimir putin is aware of my feelings about this. now listen to what the attorney general have to say. roll tape. >> we did not see the

technical interference that i know people have concerns about in terms of voting machines and the like. a lot of education went on about that. in a significant number of states did a reach out to dhs and talk with them about those issues. >> chris wallace is with us. we will ask you can you give us some clarity if there is evidence that russia interfered on the side of donald trump why can't we see it. >> i think we can see it. there are two separate issues here. one is happy of the dnc e-mails and other john podesta e-mails that were given.

the intelligence community seems to be unanimous all 17 agencies that the russians were involved in that. the russians were involved in hacking. there is a separate question which gets to what were talking about. as far as i'm concerned nobody ever said there was. what about the allegation that russia and interference filtered towards donald trump in favor of donald trump. is there evidence of that and if so can i see it can we see it. >> you do have a security clearance and neither do i. there seems to be a difference. some agencies say they were tilting in favor of trump.

others say they believe the fbi that they were interfering i can't say what the motive was and that was to tilt towards trump. i don't think it is a huge reach when we see all of the e-mails that were publicized from the dnc all of the e-mails that were publicized from john podesta and nothing of the same sort about trump are the republicans it isn't a huge reach to suggest that they were trying to help trump or at least to hurt clinton. it does not mean that the election is invalid. james comey got involved with the clinton e-mail investigation. but clearly these seem to go against hillary clinton against the course of the campaign. what about that the economy. the reality as seen by ordinary people in the way the obama team looks at it.

i think the obama team is spinning successful recovery. the boots on the ground say hold on a second. were better off than we were four years ago. and yet, mister trump won the election on the perception that the economy is not in great shape. i think there are metrics on both sides. if you look at the latest fox paul people like in the proof of the presidency. has a 53% approval rating. in generally speaking would be an indication that the canada of his own party would succeed anything over 50%. but you're exactly right. that the trump campaign against obama's management of the economy. on the one hand they seem

reasonably priest. with a minimum of the economy. but they shouldn't want four more years of it. there were waiting for the dow to hit. we will see you on fox news the left slamming president-elect trump for saying america needs to be a rich nation. trump is firing back. we will tell you what he said in a moment. she is to be a traitor. she is on in a moment. come on, wake up!!! come on, why ya sleepin'? come on! what time is it? it's go time. come on. let's go, let's go, let's go. woooo hoooo!! yeah!! i feel like i went to bed an hour ago. i'll make the cocoa.

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february. two and half% on that news. president-elect trump said it's okay to be rich again. and it's a okay for america to be a rich nation. we must also be doesn't sound good when you say rich nation. we have to be a rich nation and were going to rebuild our military if are going to build the wall we have to be a rich nation. if you going to repeal and replace. and we have to do be a wealthy nation again. she joins us now.

i just heard donald trump say that. it doesn't sound good to say were rich. he is completely turning that around. remember on the campaign trail he also said in order to be a rich nation we need to be a safe nation. as with what the american people want to hear. he has reversed that. it's not good to make a lot of money. mitt romney felt like she have to apologize for the bath. that's what he thought the american people wanted to hear. donald trump said look at me i'm rich i want you and your family to be rich also. and people thought it was not going to be pc and it has. they want their family to do well.

he has mastered that message. i do. this is from the south china sea. aggression from china. china has seized an underwater drone in the south china sea. a boat that is owned by the u.s. navy was doing some research in the area. they seized the drum. in the contested area. pretty aggressive move. it's an area that is pretty intense. sandra smith has been city patiently here. we have kelly and conway on the show earlier she is being

attacked by feminists on the grounds that she might want to spend more time with her family. here is her response. roll tape. the issue is a very personal one. i can't help but think that people are really judging my politics and not my mother have. some people have attacked me but a lot of them who had attacked me are childless interns for a notice women who have cats who their twitter picture. i can assure you of that. i would never cross her. what she was seen in her own way as a mother and as a working professional how dare you attack me in that way. one that we all face every single day.

she is being attacked from her politics. how insulting and she absolutely has the right to react however she wants. what a star she is. and look at how the left is not pointed out even one time look at the success of a woman who led to a triumphant victory. it was kelly and conway who got donald trump under control. the wild stuff all over. he would say things that you wouldn't believe he was sane. there was a very clear change. it was outnumbered at noon. i won't tell you who are one lucky guy is. thank you sandra.

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stuart: in syria the forces are backed by the russian have retaken the city of aleppo. as you can see the city is now in ruins. this is a black eye for the obama presidency. it's on the opinion page. his fall is obama's failure. now listen to what president-elect trump said about this last night. see mac when i look at what's going on it so sad. and we have to help people and we have the gulf states. we don't have money. we owe $20 trillion. i will give them lots of money and we will help build safe

zones. the washington post and implication of their columns today is that he is so anti- imperialists that he would let the u.s. step in to help out what was going on in syria. see mac we have just just sat on the sidelines and watched one of the worst crisis as we've seen in history and a lot of the victims here many women and children hardly any left. it's been an absolutely horrible thing. and to be honest we haven't paid much attention to it. it's a terrible situation. now at this.

this is a new ad. here is a sample. >> and clearly in the respect to the constitution of our great nation. you and other brave republican electors can give the house of representatives the option to select qualified candidate.

no wonder the left is epileptic. they are still shocked of the electrical -- electoral college votes. they're very close to tears. >> we just thought we'd bring you that. five weeks after the election. there is a lot of whining going on here. there hoping for last ditch efforts. when we bring in our favorite guy. from the left. you guys are select shock. it is a the grinch that stole the election.

i like your take because it is the take of the right. they want to reduce this to the having gotten over the fact that trump beat clinton. i think this russian stuff is beyond politics. what can the russians do. they have the have the house intel and others saying they want a briefing right now. but what you hear from jim clapper who is the have of the director of national intelligence we want to wrap everything up because argument is if you don't have concrete evidence that people say they want to get as close to concrete as possible. parts of it had been leaked. there are two key developments. in the second one that it

wasn't just in general but they specifically went after dnc even though they have the capacity to look at rnc material. why did the administration but the house intelligence committee. they were not allowed to attend. they haven't testified to some extent. i understand why they did not act earlier the president did not want to suggest that somehow our democrat processes were being threatened. i think they play down something that now the democrats are playing up. it is just whining. when i think there's something bigger.

i'm sure you have seen this this is the ad made by celebrities begging the republican they change sides. donald trump lacks more than the qualifications to be president. in clearly in the respect. you and other brave republican electors can give the house a block representatives who are these people. he said they were celebrities. i think the bottom line is that those folks celebrated celebrities came out to hillary clinton. this is an interesting attempt.

to sway electors. i don't see any evidence that it's having any impact. to undermine the legitimacy of president-elect trump. let me just say it's not hard. the polls in the and the american people. you mean like saying he was born in another country. trying to change that vote and turn it around. i agree with you but it is legitimate politics. it is not legitimate in a democracy. gratefully elected. these people are the electoral college. you don't like the structure i agree with you. let's go with the popular

vote. that's what we do. these people are the representatives. you can argue with them. i think these people will be faithful electors. it's not the not the case that you say. this is all politics and it is legitimate. they are determined to undermine the legitimacy. we saw that absolutely. it will not change any votes and if they did it would go to the house of representatives to decide and it would go to donald trump because the house is republican. if they did that the country would be in turmoil. we usually end by shaking hands. we can agree on this point my friend that even i as a democrat would say to you i'm surprised that republicans to this point still had questions about donald trump.

even a great president is so limited. let's just to give him a chance. that is the best people can do with the christmas spirit. that wasn't bad. i will give you that. do a fist pump or not. with the stocks. with scott. i came in here. you missed it. staying on this topic. it is harassing electors. asking them to sign petitions.

sign the petition. i ask that you join me in's signing this. it will be inconsistent -- inconsistent with the constitution. you received over 2000 e-mails pressuring you. that is right. as of this morning a few hundred more. they're very polite. but they are mistaken. they have alre conscience.

that is part of this. i think for democrats is trying to do that themselves. we may not win a presidential election again for a very long time. that's what it was all about as well. even if you did you change your votes and messed up the college vote it would then go to the house of representatives to decide at the presidency. it would go to donald trump anyway this essentially is a futile effort. my point is. i think that's what it's all about. when they took a half million dollars in funds. any administration.

from russia. where were democrats when barack obama and they press the reset button. there is something to that russian issue in the intelligence world. it is happening for north korea and china. show me what you have. what's the evidence. show me why not. we elect people to congress to tell us just those things. what right do i have to go out there and demand a confidential national security briefing. people don't understand our system in our constitutional government.

we appreciate it sir. i will get back to the gun issue specifically this time the concealed carry effort. remember ohio. to allow concealed carry express my concern about that. i'm next will he agreed with me or dana lasch. watch this. >> parents are tired of seeing their kids under attack. they don't want to be victimized. well have a common criminal anymore. this is a new world. the safer we will be.

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>> a couple of minutes ago aggression from china. the state department is saying give us our drone back. it was seized by chinese navy. they had been shadowing the u.s. both in that area. closer area that is disputed. pretty aggressive move. only a few years ago that a lot of people have put best buy on deathwatch. do you remember for five years ago best buy was getting

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we do. is it okay to bill. now listen to what they said this program about ohio's law. they didn't want any more victims. grown men and women who are on college campuses they did not want to be disarmed and victimized. come on and can schmidt. welcome to the program. we have a vigorous debate about this going on. i expressed my concerns about guns and daycare centers. i am concerned. talk me out of it. i can certainly understand i you may think this seems crazy to want to have guns around kids.

as you change your perspective a little bit and think about what the firearms will be protecting. thing to understand is this whole idea of gun free zones they simply don't work. if you are creating this perfect environment for an that's what i believe. is there any degree of control on the gun that's been carried concealed into a daycare center. i will not had ammunition with you. are you allowed to have around in the chamber. the law to do that. it is certainly the law in ohio says it's okay. hundreds of thousands of them are currently doing this right now. the fact of the matter is the people that go through the

process to get that permit they are the most responsible gun owners and ultimately they would prevent the next tragedy. i have not been in a society or a town i don't think where there is concealed carry. i'm not actually seen guns carried around the streets. maybe i'm limited to the tri-state area. i have not seen this. my likely two. am i likely to see someone walk down the street. not in real life. the thing is the open carry a take away tactical advantage. the reason you're not seeing them is they are concealed.

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now we know hillary clinton is telling us why she lost the election and now she will tell us. >> she could not connect to voters. she said release by fbi james comey that said how she was handling e-mails she said that swung the vote against her in several key states. she said that was responsible for voters turning against

her. the russian hakki and her campaign chairman. that was a result of vladimir putin and his personal beef against her. calling those raked. those two things meant that she lost against donald trump. thank you. we were december 20 points now. hawkins is with us right now. you manage the money of wealthy people here and in europe. data gets too late if you have a client who is not yet got money in the market but they've got money and they want to get in to think it's too late now. there at valuations we only see in 2007

the upside potential is falling not so attractive at the moment. on top of that the reason that we have all of this money going in 16 was a rough year. because of the fed and a strong dollar. all of that money has to go somewhere. it's going into stocks. since everything thinks that tax rates will be lower. don't really had any sellers. if you don't have many sellers it doesn't take much to move the market up. you could get carried away with this march towards 20,000. it has been such an explosive rally. i think you are the voice of reason here.

and then early next year we have a pullback. would you then jump in. >> depending on what was going on. i think we really do have some reason for optimism. looks to me. you get rid of the regulation you reduce the taxation levels. that is really good for the economy. i'm sorry we are so short. at least you are in san diego. come back soon and we will see it before christmas. we're not done yet. the dow was up 32 points rising slightly. back in a moment.

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