tree into breaking news this morning. today could be the day for that historic milestone. we came within 13 points yesterday. dow futures this morning suggested we get it to milestone. good morning. i am lauren simonetti. nicole: good morning. i am nicole petallides. the nikkei down one quarter 1%. in china, shanghai composite index gained 1.1%. nicole: oil prices for the third straight day.

53.54-barrel. nicole: yields on the 10 year treasury bond holding steady. lauren: on manhunt intensifies for a manhunt. usaid is beefing up security at our outdoor holiday markets, too. nicole: a powerful blast ripped through a market outside of mexico. mexico city specifically killing at least 29 people and injuring more than 70 people. lauren: fedex may be the stomach to watch today. the world's largest air freight company air freight companies and said spending on ground deliveries. nicole: san antonio spurs rallied the houston rockets 10 game winning streak. and hockey a 44-year-old player for that panthers help lead the team to victory. the story in highlights for you. lauren: good morning. 5:01 a.m. wednesday, december 21st.

four days until christmas. welcome to "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. nicole: breaking news this morning. i met to plan it doesn't watch. today could be the day we had it. meanwhile, a manhunt continues in germany filing monday said the truck attack in a crowded christmas market in berlin. please have released a pakistani man suspected of driving that truck due to a lack of evidence. they released him. 12 people were killed. 48 injured in eight injured when a truck per through the market. isis has claimed responsibility. german officials said other leads are being pursued. >> right now we know of no american citizens that were effect did that at present terrorist attack in berlin. nicole: angela merkel joined

hundreds of minutes at a memorial service. a famous church decided the attack. the christmas market is so close that other christmas markets in berlin art a teacher reopened today with of course some high security. nicole: police are stepping up security as christmas market in the u.s. follow berlin. >> will remain a cold in the christ candle market in chicago. maybe you can tell pack people today. i think having your long time. never have i seen the security is seen today in addition to increased police presence. take a look. that is what they called a squadron typically used to ferry prisoners. it is now being used as a barricade potentially stopping any pre-or post coming down washington street art clark street, which is smoked porters decided the market. streets are still open to traffic in the market still very much up in.

some people have told us it is easier today than it has been at any time since it opened this holiday season. if you see these pictures, you're these similar to the markets and the state placed. if you look at the pictures from new york city, in places like bryant park with various christmas markets, heavily armed police officers in place there. just to be on the safe side. but no one has had any peculiar threats or particular threat. chicago police have stepped up their police presence but not as a result of direct threats in chicago nor have we heard of any elsewhere. i leave you with a picture of the chris kindle market in chicago, america moving forward despite terror half a world away. back to you. nicole: jeff flock, which a new mac for that.

a series of massive fixed lotion destroyed outside the nation's capitol yesterday. deadly explosions killed at least 29 people and injured another 72. some of them burned over 90% of their body. the market was fellow shoppers and the fireworks started to go off. they would find out who was responsible for the incident. the market has plenty of fireworks for sale for the holiday. mexican president tweet at this. my condolences to the relatives of those who lost their lives in this accident and my wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured. lauren: the next president in 42nd trading words over twitter yesterday. the story now from the urban.

nicole: president-elect john engaging bill clinton after clinton this month said trump doesn't know much. bill clinton stated that i called him after the election. wrong. he called me with a nice congratulations. he doesn't know much, especially how to get people, even with an unlimited budget out to vote in the vital swing states and with a focus on rogue states. clinton simply responded with here's one thing that trump and i can agree on. i called him after the election. confirming a report teamed up with carlos slim over the weekend in the stretch run of the general election, mr. trump had claimed the billionaire from mexico who has a stake in "the new york times" was trying to help get hillary clinton elected. mr. trump called slim a great guy. sources tell fox news mr. trump is unsure about possibly naming larry kudlow to have the white house economic advisers. another possible contender

includes peter navarro. back to you in new york. nicole: the presidential election is history that families continue to argue about results as we head into the heart of the holiday season. according to the fox news poll last night, just over half, 51% say they have arguments with friends or family about the election. voters are divided by 77% see in the country is a dysfunctional family breaking apart. only 18% say it's a tightknit family emerging stronger from challenging times. democratic leader chuck schumer is cleaning house in the media department. the new york democrat has fired nearly everyone on this video team. senate democrats need to refocus their message on sharper videos. just before the holidays had worked in the upper chamber by

two decades. back on track. growing at its lowest rate since last year according to the estimate and manage the rising debt as well. a slowdown of birth had a slight drop in immigration of contributed to just 8.7% increase to just over 323 million. that is the smallest on record since the year 1936. figures show americans continuing to play tonight for western states with utah and nevada in percentage growth. for the first time in a decade. the dow 26 points away from 20,000 yesterday did helps americas and asia as well. the shanghai composite gaining 1.1%. hanks and hong kong at the 31%. the nikkei in japan did for 1%

rate at the highest levels of the year and the kospi in south korea down two tenths of 1%. nicole: and i look at the london ftse down fractionally, down a quarter of 1% from a dax down fractionally. refocus on the italian is been under pressure and it's down about 70%. the limit down and assaulted. we also watched the spanish base coming under pressure after the court ruled against them and that was unfavorable for the spanish banks. lauren: look to your stock market futures because a lot of people say today could be the day we get to the 20,000 milestone after hitting 19,000. dow futures higher pay futures higher by 14 points right now will open at a record high. the nasdaq closed at a record high yesterday -- not even appoint an s&p futures down not even a point as well.

a 2.6% over those three sessions and maybe you can help bring 20,000 to the dow. we'll pulled back and we were within 13 points of dow 20,000 lost some momentum. twenty-six cents higher. 5355 a barrel. nicole: to more twitter executives five minutes. on a messenger and josh mcfarland announcing departures and social media company yesterday. especially in its product team with three heads in less than a year. twitter has been in cost cutting mode. they were shedding 9% of their workforce. with all those cost cuts, god more than 22% in 2016.

driving into the holiday season reciprocity earnings. the reported second-quarter earnings of 280 a share. revenue is just beating this expectations $14.9 billion. it came under some pressure. shares falling 3%. lauren: when it comes to drug delivery, 711 convenience store chain that 77 successful deliveries in reno, nevada last month. he started working with flirty on the service back in july when they deliver coffee, donuts, chicken sandwiches are three to one residents held. this time around popular items also included over-the-counter medicines. on average cover orders were delivered in less than 10 minutes. amazon delivered its first parameter order in the u.k. as for a bag of popcorn.

nicole: wave of the future coming out. the state's retirement system slashes benefits for retirees for the first time ever. >> just scary they can do this. just all of a sudden taking away their welfare. nicole: adam shapiro in that story. a break from the frigid temperature prayers. a snowstorm could have part of the nation with a triple threat. we will go rate thought senior meteorologist janice dean. she loved her forecast for the day. we are still close. dow futures up 14. you are what she'd trade seven. keep it right here.

lauren: 5:15 a.m. in new york picture of a man high up there today as police continue to search for the perpetrator of the attack on the christmas market in berlin. investigators treating monday's attack as an act of terrorism. at least 12 people were killed and 50 injured after a truck plowed through a festive crowd at the market. isis has claimed responsibility for the massacre in a german newspaper says police are looking for each nation man after finding an identity document in that truck. an explosion in a popular market in mexico city has killed at

least 29 people. dozens of others were badly burned. 10 children taken to the hospital. investigators don't know what caused the explosion which reduce the open-air market to nothing but ash and rubble. damages are so sad to look at casting a pall over the country's christmas season. tough news this week. and the markets watching shares of fedex today. delivering disappointing earnings on the stock diving 3% in response. fedex posted a profit. the estimate by 11 cents. fedex stock has been one of the best performers this year of 33%. let's check out u.s. stock index futures because you want to say it. dow 20,000 could come today. dow futures up 15 points at one point yesterday within 12 or 13 points of 13 points of the milestone, nicole. s&p futures up .25 minutes at features a powerful point. we are feeling festive.

nicole: for superstitious reasons will not take the dow out of the box. here's a look at the headlines in today's edition of "the wall street journal." the u.s. dipping into social security for an eight bed. the government increasingly cutting social security checks to recover billions in unpaid student debt leaving thousands of retired and disabled americans with incomes below the poverty level. silicon valley entrepreneur peter taylor pushing to have commercials to donald trump's team. new appointments reflect the venture capitalist influence as to successfully push as to give commercial space companies a stronger voice. the game that changed the tide of college football. the journal says the south domination of college football is rooted in another alabama and washington game. in 1826 rose bowl. alabama's upset victory was

dubbed the game that changed this out at the magic mirrors the series coming clash between two schools in the college football player semi finals. the california public employees system drastically cutting benefits for some retirees. right to adam shapiro. he explains. >> in remote and tiny and lilting, california, patsy chart and just learned her monthly pension is been cut. 60%. >> how am i going to make it now? >> worked 34 years, but her pension blues now dropped to its little more than $18,000. >> just scary they can do this. >> fellow retiree john cousins got the same letter. from the california public employees retirement system, patsy and john are not the first retirees after an history to

have their pensions cut and critics warned they won't be the last. spokesman brad pacheco says don't think calpers. >> they default on their retirees. they made a bad decision and those retirees are going to suffer for it. >> floats and pulled out three years ago. pensions only 40% funded. >> is watching out for you? bad investments have cost billions of dollars needed to cover pensions for almost 2 million people. that gap right now $164 billion growing. >> we pay out more in benefits than retaking contributions. >> helpers is selling assets to cover the shortfall. but none of that will help to honor pat lee. >> we are the ones that will pay for this. >> an example for other california. >> helpers access the pension fund is healthy but critics say that's not entirely true,

especially when you consider thousands of cities and municipal entities which pay you. satisfy their retirees and loyal to say what happened to them could happen to anybody. adam shapiro, fox business. nicole: thank you paid in sports the san antonio spurs and the hockey a 44-year-old player helps lead that team to the jury. we will have the spores for you and the highlights. while the pla christmas or more of a wintry mix? senior meteorologist janice dean with your holiday forecast a couple days away now. are you ready? you are watching "fbn:am." ♪

nicole: a look at the latest from the world of sports. the rockets looking to win their 11th straight game. they have to do it against the san antonio spurs. right to the fourth quarter. under a minute to play. san antonio within one. had a mouse hits the three pointer. that gets them to share. third win of 102, and in the rocket winning streak. boston celtics outlasted. isaiah thomas is enough. fourth quarter down nine. thomist knocks down a three pointer minute later. a little shake and bake until the three-pointer again. another from downtown and celtics tied the game at 78.

we go to overtime. boston oakland, getting inside and goes off the glass with a basket and the celtics finally went out one in memphis. turn to hockey. going strong at age 44. third. visit on the net. scores the goal. the 18,887-point. almost two dozen points tied for second on all-time points list. this shootout makes a nice move and the panthers tied -- panthers when it. lauren: before you head out the door, literature wednesday forecast. janice dean joining us. it's freezing and then it got a little bit warmer.

>> we must tell you today is the first day of winter arriving in just a few minutes. the good news is if you don't like winter, we are going to warm things up across the country. 20s and 30s across the board gave 52 in houston, 42 in new orleans. things are warming up around these adult, maybe above average this week. goodness we don't have big weather systems right now for the next couple days. the northern plains and great lakes towards the northeast. future vader will show you the storm system coming out of the southwest. friday another one behind this from the pacific will move in and perhaps get the same access to and i assented fairweather on chris miss. this is the one to watch. we'll keep you posted. happy first day of winter, ladies. lauren: janice, thank you.

nicole: a manhunt continues in germany for this aspect in the u.s. beefs up its own security. >> the n.y.p.d. is reinforcing the locations around the city. critical response command and strategic response group are deployed right now. nicole: the latest on that situation. you are watching "fbn:am." you after the break. [vo] is it a force of nature? or a sales event? the season of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. this is your daughter. and she just got this. ooh boy. but, you've got hum. so you can set this. and if she drives like this, you can tell her to drive more like

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nicole: breaking news. today could be the day for an historic milestone. but the dow cracked that 20,000 model? we came yesterday, 13 points away from 20,000 feet down futures this morning are higher suggesting we could hit the 20,000 mark near the open. good morning. i'm nicole petallides. >> good morning. i'm a kennedy. stocks in asia. the japan down a quarter of 1%. we did have a nice gain in china

with the shanghai composite added one at 1%. nicole: oil prices for the third straight day gaining 2.6% over that period of time. get 20 cents at 5350 a barrel. continuing to rise today holding steady. breaking news this morning, a manhunt intensifies in germany for the suspects in the attack. cities are beefing up security at the outdoor holiday market. >> powerful blast ripped through a market outside of mexico city killing up these 29 people and injuring more than 70. the latest on that. fedex may be the to watch today. profits disappoint investors that the company ramps up spending on ground delivery. the san antonio spurs rallied two and the 10 game winning streak. the 44-year-old player helps lead this team to the jury.

nicole: the dow 20,000 paid by 31:00 a.m. in maher. wednesday, december 21st. we welcome you to "fbn:am," your first look at today's markets in the latest breaking news. lauren: manhunt continues in germany fathered it that they attack and that clouded christmas market in berlin. a pakistani man suspected of driving the truck because they didn't have enough evidence to keep them. 12 people killed, 48 injured when a truck barreled through the christmas market. isis has claimed responsibility but they say other of these are being pursued. >> now we know of no american citizens of the presumed terrorist attack in berlin. nicole: angela merkel joined hundreds of mourners at a memorial service at a famous church a famous churchmen decided that attack. the christmas market where it happened is so close.

other christmas markets in berlin next decade to re-upping today of course is high-security. >> police are stepping up security following the attack in berlin. jeff flock is at a very popular one in chicago. >> lorinda nicoll, we are in the chris came american in chicago. maybe you can tell packed with people today. i've been coming here a lot time. never have they had the kind of security i see today in addition to increase police presence. that is a big what they call this quadrille typically used to ferry prisoners. it is now being used as a barricade potentially stopping any vehicles coming down washington street or clark street which is about orders the side of the market. street still open to traffic. the market still very much up in. some of us -- it's busier today

than anytime since it since it opened this holiday season. if you see these pictures, having seen what happened in berlin, these look eerily similar to the kind of market or in these markets take place around the country. new york city as well. if you look at the pictures from new york city in places like bryant park in columbus square where there are christmas markets, heavily armed police officers in place they are, just be on the safe side. but no one has had any peculiar threats or particular threats. chicago police say they've stepped up their police presence but not as a result of any direct threat nor have we heard of any elsewhere. the view with a picture of the chris could the chris came to america in chicago. america moving forward despite their half a world away. learn a nicoll, that to you. nicole: thank you for bringing that to us.

nicole: let's move to mexico were a series of massive explosions destroyed a fireworks back it up at the capitol yesterday. it looks like a war scene. explosions kill 29 people, injured another 72. some of them burned so bad over 90% of their bodies. the market full of shoppers for the fireworks started to go off. the governor mexico state says they'll find out who was responsible for the incident if they are investigating the cause as well. plenty of fireworks for sale because in mexico to celebrate the christmas holiday with the firework display. mexican president treated my condolences to those who lost their lives in this accident and my wishes for a speedy recovery. >> the next president and the 42nd are trading some words over twitter yesterday. that story from our own blake

berman. >> president-elect trump engaging bill clinton after clinton earlier this month says trump doesn't know much. bill clinton stated that i caught him after the election. while php called me with a nice congratulations. he doesn't know much, especially how to get people, even with a number of a budget out to vote and the vital things they and their focused on wrong states. clinton simply responded but here is one thing donald trump and i can agree on. he met with congressman over the weekend in the stretch run of the general election, mr. cobb had claimed the billionaire from mexico who has a stake in the near times was trying to help hillary clinton elected. mr. trump called slim is a great guy. sources tell fox business mr. trump is unsure about

possibly naming larry kudlow to have the white house council of economic advisers. another possible contender includes the economist can appear navarro. nicole: blake berman, thank you peer >> the present election is history, but argued about results as we head into the heart of the holiday season. if fox news poll released last night, 51% say they had arguments with friends or family about the election. voters remain divided with 77% say the country as a family breaking apart. 18% say the u.s. is a type family emerging stronger stronger from challenging times. trade to senate democratic leader chuck schumer is cleaning house in the media department. the new york democrats have fired nearly everyone in the video team. the aides saying senate democrats need to refocus their message and sharper videos and more creative content will help

then do exactly that. several of those let go before the holidays had worked in the upper chamber where more than two decades. the u.s. population grew at its lowest rate since the great depression last year. a rising death from a slowdown in person a slight drop in immigration numbers contributed to a .7 increase to a population in america of 323 million. that is the smallest going back to 1936. the figures show americans continuing to the north for the west with utah and nevada topping the country in percentage growth. we saw a decline for the first time in a decade. people moving out of new york. nicole: some of the reasons are for taxes. let's call a spade a spade. a mixed bag in issue here. shanghai composite index in china 1.1%. the nikkei in japan down a quarter of 1%.

cost the loss of ground in korea and hong kong hang seng up one third of 1%. lauren: in germany the dax is that not even a not even appointed as the not even a point as authorities the reduced vote for the suspect in the attack on the christmas market monday. in paris, the cac is down the third of 1%. "financial times" reported six banks are suing the bank over capital requirements. and monday, down about five points come a 10th of 1%. it could run out of cash. now they say in just four. that is creating some jitters in europe today. is today the dow 20,000? the dow futures this morning are a beloved. there's certainly some optimism on this market. looking to the downside and the nasdaq down a half of one point.

we got the shortest session because 10,000 to 11,024 days. we're only 19 session since we had 19,000. maybe another record overall. lauren: a lot of energy behind the move upward. toilets up getting 2.5%. that again today getting half of 1%. 53.57 a barrel. gold at $2.1135 an ounce. nicole: germane to lend to have come together after two years of negotiations. companies have agreed to merge creating the industry's biggest player. we will have a combined market value of $67 billion. the industrial gas business provides gas mixtures such as helium, oxygen, also it's a based in connecticut that the stock fell after the deal was announced. lauren: when it comes to drug delivery come in the future is here. 711 did just this. amazon and google delivery services have been admitted off

off the ground and u.s. come and 711877 successful deliveries to customers in reno, nevada last month. started working with the operator back in july when they delivered coffee, donuts and a chicken sandwich to one residents held. this time around the items in who did some over-the-counter medicines. on average, orders were delivered a message time and period it usually has to be something that's five pounds, what would it be? nike is one of the staff so much today. shares rallied 2% after the company's latest quarterly earnings that topped expectations. bed bath and beyond. looking for the retailers to pose higher earnings. investors may also get update on the company's new program called beyond us for $29 a year members get 20% off all the purchases in-store and online.

they're also your firm micron technology after the trading day and spirit memory-chip make her to post improved results compared to last year. recently raised its outlook for fiscal 2017. today could be the day for dow 20,000. we are going to ask chief market analyst about that. let's check in on futures right now. unchanged for the nasdaq, dow futures at 12. turning to other, a brick finely from the bone chilling temperatures. christmas now could be in the forecast for parts of the nation. we will tell you more but janice dean. you are watching "fbn:am." ♪

nicole: 5:45 a.m. in new york at the skate caught up on what's happening now. germany on high alert today. police searching for the perpetrator of the attack. drive the track into the people. monday's attack as an act of terrorism and at least 12 people were killed and 50 injured roughly after the truck plowed through the market. isis has claimed responsibility for the massacre. a german newspaper says police are looking for a tunisian man after find an identity document. an explosion at a popular

fireworks market in mexico city has killed at least 29 people. dozens of others were badly burned. 10 children hospitalized. investigators don't know what caused the explosion which reduced the open-air markets. nothing but ash and rubble all over the country's christmas season. we are watching shares of fedex. delivering disappointing earnings yesterday and stocks fell 3% in response. it posted a profit of 280 a share, trailing wall street estimates by 11 cents. one of the best performers in the transportation of this year at 33%. u.s. stock market futures yesterday came within 13 points of dow 20,000. today's the day for dow 20,000 futures at 13 and s&p futures on change. lauren, that is what's happening now. lauren: thank you, nicole. 20 k. yesterday. everyone wants to know, when is the day we reach the milestone? it could be today.

the chief market analyst at i.t. group in london joining us on the phone. good morning, chris. are you as excited there as we are here about this possibility of dow 20,000, and potentially 19 sessions after 19,000? >> i think it's lining up quite nicely. everyone loves a good round number. it isn't anything more -- it's strange how often we've been here so often before. i think it's a sign of the health for the u.s. stock market going in the right direction. clearly i think it probably a bit of a number. >> everybody likes to see a money market. nobody wants to see in 2009 pair

market territory of 200% fitness levels. assuming we have the 20,000 mark today, sometime by the end of 2016, what happens? do they continue the momentum or lose some ground? >> take a cue from fedex last night the miss on earnings. a massive rise in u.s. dollars over the last couple months and that the big question. how is that going to affect them in 2017? will it reflect a bit of a move lower in this market. the dow is 2009 was tripled in that time. still a very healthy bull market. we can get aboard this rally and pick up some more stuff. >> caddies got the valley you're seeing? is it a relief rally? what type of rally. >> it's interesting that they can float into the u.s.

people getting back into the market. there's an expectation the new administration would deliver the stimulus program and the people are very happy moving on from a people perceived as a manipulative rally over the past five or six years could be a good year for the u.s. market. >> this puts pressure on donald trump to follow through with thomas says. thank you so much for your time this morning. you can call it a trump rally. we get it. the san antonio spurs rally to the houston rocket. and k., a 44-year-old player for the florida panthers be the team to the jury. we will have that story and all the highlights for you. bolivia white christmas, wintry mix? janice dean will have your holiday forecast on this first day of winter.

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lauren: welcome back. a look at the latest sports paper rocket looking to render that one game in a row. but they have to do it against the san antonio spurs. the fourth quarter under a minute to play.

san antonio within one. moments later tell down one. a white oak head patty melts at a clutch three-pointer. that gets the bench to cheer. first when one of 2-100. the boston celtics have lost their last four games in memphis. down nine, knocks down a three pointer and minute later. the three pointer igad. celtics down three. thomas is another from downtown. we go into ot. get the inside, goes off the glass with a basket and the celtics finally went one in memphis. let's go to hockey. florida panthers going strong at at the age of 44. he goes around the net. he scores the goal is the 1887

points, tying him for a second on the all-time points list. the panthers when. nicole: before you head out the door, ligature wednesday forecast. janice dean oliver at this time. good morning. what is happening out there? the sadness at its lowest point in the sky. from here on in, the days start to get longer. meteorologist lee speaking rates are dependent to enter. the first of december. to celebrate the first day of winter, a warm-up for much of the country. 67 is your daytime high. minneapolis 43 new york 53. 71 in los angeles. a weak system across the northern plains. great lakes into the north east. our next big weather maker will

come on christmas eve and christmas day with storm coming out of the rockies and give this potential bias as well including maybe tornadoes and christmas day. so that is going to be a big deal. why christmas is that going to happen for you. covering a good chunk of the country that because temperatures are warming because you've got rain on the way, doubtful about some of that snow. great lakes, midwest, northern rockies, that is where we will see the snow cover. along the east coast unfortunately santa is not going to see any snow. nicole: thank you are waving happy santa and christmas lights. >> and it did for christmas and for you ladies on fox business. lauren: thank you very much. first a look. we are all waiting thousand today. s&p and nasdaq futures are fractionally.

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lauren: christmas countdown begins, dow 20,000 countdown begins. nibbling nick certainly within reach for dow 20,000. taking you through the next hours maria bartiromo. maria: hey, ladies, hi,

everybody, happy wednesday. i'm maria bartiromo, it is wednesday december 21st, first official day of winter. dow 20,000 within reach. another record close yesterday for the markets as the dow ended the day less than 27 points away from the round number of 20,000. futures indicating a higher opening this morning. for dow fractional move. there's resistance as usually the case for round numbers. dow industrial looking higher this morning once again. nasdaq in positive territory. check the markets in europe right now and we will see the major averages are fractionally lower. dax index are in territory and cac quarante in paris down 16. shanghai composite top performer, up better than 1% in china. president-elect trump continues