dream nicole: breaking news this morning. a major merger deal in the tobacco industry. british american tobacco taking full control of reynolds. good morning. i'm nicole petallides. drinker welcome back nicole. i am lauren simonetti. $1 billion investment factory peer buddies behind the move. train to u.s. markets open after the martin luther king holiday. checking in on u.s. stock market futures. the dow ,-com,-com ma nasdaq and s&p outdone roughly one third of 1%. lauren: stocks finished mostly higher. the shanghai in china up two tenths of 1% did however, the

nikkei in japan down 1.5% today. it would cut production output, that there is skepticism that opec has the whole would comply with commitment to reduce. right now let's take a look at oil on the move. dream to yield on the 10 year treasury 2.33%. nicole: a suspect in the istanbul massacre and new year's day has been captured. lauren: in sports, warriors broken in cavaliers after the christmas game. 501 -- 5:01 a.m. welcome you to "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. lauren: a major deal in the tobacco industry. edition american tobacco raising its offer to acquire the rest of reynolds american that it does merit beyond for $49 billion. the new sending shares up 4% right now in premarket trading.

reynolds which makes camel and newport regrets rejected an earlier takeover offer. the deal will create the world's biggest listed tobacco company. nicole: meanwhile, investors awaiting a speech this morning for prime minister sharif in may. according to downing street, may and pen to let the hard-line approach from the e.u. including 12 specific rarities. expected to save the u.k. wants to trade as freely as possible, but will not be passed in, half out of the e.u. the speech expected to offer more hands that britain could save the single market. we'll be bringing you her remarks live here this morning starting at 6:45 a.m. eastern time. lauren: there's back and there's this big announcement from general motors. gm expects to unveil plans to invest a billion dollars in its u.s. factories creating or keeping 1000 american jobs.

the announcement comes after building their cars in mexico and then shipping them to the u.s. gm says however the decision was made months ago and is not a risk wants to criticisms from donald trump. nicole: south korean automaker hyundai will invest $3 billion in u.s. landfall as president. also considering building a new u.s. factory. the five-year plan will focus on research and development and maintaining factories in alabama and georgia. lauren: also following breaking is that if turkey were authorities now interrogate the gunman suspected of killing 39 people in a new year's attack on an istanbul nightclub. the shooter is a national arrested in a late-night police raided a luxury presidential complex along with four other suspects. the men received training in afghanistan and has now confessed to carrying out the massacre. isis claiming responsibility for the attack saying it was revenge

for turkish military involvement but it's good they captured him alive. trying to the wife of the terrace behind the deadly attack at polls nightclub is set to appear in a california court this morning. she was arrested by fbi agents at her home on san francisco on debating terrorism. they interviewed her at length after the june attack and came to believe she was not telling the truth about her husband's plan. at least my neighbor also express at the system. >> i felt like if you are married to somebody or had a job, she may have ties and some thoughts about this. if she had said something ahead of time, it would've saved some lives. she may not know any thing and i hope that's the case. train to her husband, omar mateen was killed in the shootout during the nightclub attack which left 49 people died and dozens were injured.

noor salman was with mateen on at least one trip to the club before the massacre. lauren: president-elect donald trump marking the martin luther king holiday pay made into all this time yesterday. martin luther king called the meeting construct it following the war of words between trump and civil rights pioneer and congressman john lewis after lewis said trump is not a legitimate president. king downplayed this view. >> in the heat of emotion, a lot of things can set on both sides. i think that at some point, as john lewis and many others, bring america together. we are a nation, we must become a greater nation. trained at a private meeting included discussion about voting record. he stressed he will represent all americans as president. trained to president-elect

donald trump becomes president lauren: days from now. adam shapiro has a preview of the maturation. >> good morning lauren. good morning, nicole. as the sun rises in washington d.c., festivities get under way much later today, early today. let's talk about the preparations that have gone into making this inaugural festivities and weekends and a success. there have been practice rehearsals down the parade route. they will leave the complex after donald trump is sworn in as the nation's 45th president parade down pennsylvania avenue to essential to bypass internet 18th street and new york avenue to proceed down for the rest of the parade route in front of the white house. how much will this cost? roughly 175 billion to $200 million covers everything from security to porter parties as well as the entertainment because on thursday night coming

for you to the public at the lincoln memorial, there would be a concert, toby keith, lee greenwood three doors down. they will all be performing free of charge right there. for someone who will not be showing up. jennifer holliday, the famous broadway star backed out after hollywood elites pressured her not to perform. here is what kellyanne conway had to say about that. >> and disappointed some folks expressing their opinion. i wish he had called one of us have gotten access to at the president-elect's feeling that any of this is. reporter: i mention the festivities will begin tonight. there is a black-tie invitation only, very witty to eat dinner dinner for the nominees to president-elect comes at modesto is major donors to the inaugural committee. some of the donors include bowling $1 million, jpmorgan chase, ups, all ponying up a great deal of money, close to

$100 million, a record for any inaugural committee so far. when i talk about festivities, there are three official inaugural. 30,000 people expected to attend those. hope you got a ticket. back to you. nicole: not exactly, but hope everybody else does. adam shapiro, thank you. the well-known bruce springsteen tribute band that was supposed to do that one of the maturation galas canceled its performance. the band said in its for bruce springsteen who has been a big supporter of hillary clinton. lauren: trenchers for education secretary could face tough questioning at her senate confirmation hearing today. democrats expected to ask that the device about her support for public education. she has school vouchers preaches a billionaire and her hearing was delayed for six days so financial investments could be viewed for conflicts of interest. they paid $15,000 for a magazine

that sammy randi weingarten for opposing her nomination. trim to the u.s. in cuba working together to fight terrorism, drug trafficking. notably absent from this deal, any mention of returning cuba has harbored and putting black panther hijackers and puerto rican terrorists. donald trump has threatened to scrap in a cooperation between the two countries. true three g user income of the last man to walk on the moon has died. the navy fighter pilot turned astronaut was 82 years old. one of only two astronauts to fly to the moon two times. the second time as commander of apollo 17, the last mission to the moon.

>> one of the greatest honors of my life. i carried to you. lauren: genes surnamed -- like the footprints he left on the moon will never fade. his family said his devotion to the other explanation never waned even in the final year of his life. we remember gene cernan comment that an 82. train to get you caught up on the global market action overnight. the mets back because the nikkei in japan at all into nearly a six-week low down 1.5%. the rest of the aeros are up in the shanghai composite index up two tenths of 1%. hong kong hang seng apostle 1%. this coffee at 131%. the big deal with tobacco taking full control of reynolds american, also we have to resubmit, the prime minister of the u.k. expected to make a speech on how great britain will get out of the european union

and less than two hours from now. with that, the ftse 100 down 24 points in london. cac in france on 26 and dx in germany down 87. a keen eye and u.s. stocks as they were closed for the holiday. without the dow and s&p down two of the last three trading weeks. the nasdaq has done quite well. all down arrows come the dow futures at 131% losing 69 points for the dow. s&p down nine and nasdaq down night team. lauren: do we have too much oil or not? saudi arabia adhering to production cuts. nonetheless, oil at 53.16 this is the fact we continue to see bills in u.s. crude pulled up $200. >> a deal in the energy industry. noble energy $2.7 billion. the combination will expand a position in the southern delaware per diem shall and it

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♪come fill me again >> good morning. 5:15 a.m. in new york. a major deal in the tobacco industry this morning. british american tobacco page $49 billion to take full control of reynolds american princes street and joe will create the world's largest listed tobacco company a ravenous less market value. the shares moving sharply to the outside. general motors making major investment investment. the company expected to announce today is putting up a billion dollars to build new models in the u.s., adding or keeping a thousand jobs in the process. the move comes as donald trump has criticized the automakers

are building cars in mexico. the fbi has arrested the wife of a terrorist behind the deadly attack at an orlando tonight seven months ago. agencies noor salman charged with aiding and abetting terrorism and obstructing justice. investigators interviewed her after the june attack and came to believe she was not telling the truth about her husband's plans. with that, the market opens today for the first time that the mlk holiday yesterday. dow futures down 76 points, 31%. s&p given up 10 points. nasdaq has been at a record closing high day after day down 20 points. that's a look at what's happening now. nicole: lauren, thank you here three days until the presidential inauguration. lawmakers choosing to skip the ceremony. william watching us has the details. >> he's the one that has to bring people together. not me.

>> maxine waters joins more than 2 billion and congress. >> i have no working with the president at this time. >> she wasn't in the mood to celebrate. jerry huffman said he preferred the protests. catherine clark says she won't help normalize trump. wisconsin cited russian hack and all chicago's luis gutierrez said >> standing next to a man as he swears allegiance to this country and president of the united states of america after he said mexicans are murderers, drug dealers. >> five at their california lawmakers are undecided. >> i want to know what you tell me. should i participate should i participated in a duration?

traded those surveys internet include 1800 days, 12 women, 12 california, five-meter, three or again, all democrats. >> if you don't honor that, you are dishonoring something of great value. true that republicans did not barack obama. he met there would've been a substantially larger outcry. >> most of the lawmakers will not pay a price. one third of california's budget is federal money according to the u.s. treasury. california leaders say protecting a progressive agenda is more important than reaching across the aisle. >> people doing their patriotic duty is that the maturation and the street. >> the inoculation is supposed to be symbolically the one-day opponents set aside differences to celebrate the peaceful transition of power from one party or president to another. that is one honor some democrats say donald trump doesn't deserve.

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nicole: now, look at the latest on the world of sports. lebron james visiting factory or the words you said in a message after four straight losses. craig thompson wide-open on the wing. first quarter winding down. factory uses the screen. the warrior is up 14. and the second quarter, lebron and transition runs into a wall. goes down. his teammates have sat, the green is -- lebron for flopping on the player. one more time. a hard foul by agreeing. it was not a good night for lebron. later, curry comes from behind

steele said. he drives up the court passes to thompson in the corner for the three. lawyers at 17. first-half winding down. kevin durrant beats curry at the buzzer. bore your score 70 points in the first half. they go on to win 126-91. russell westbrook and the thunder playing the clippers. first quarter, the thunder down five. scary moment for the clippers in the second. westbrook throws up a wild shot. keeps his thumb on the play and has to be taken out of the game. he kicks the cherry frustration. they go on to win big. 120-98. north carolina coach roy williams was 799 career wins. the target is facing syracuse.

they do in this decade, hanks goes back up 10 more in the second. syracuse misses the alley you. it's the bucket on the file and coach williams ends up with his 800th career win. he is only the 11th coach to reach that milestone. nicole: congratulations to him. before you head out the door, a ligature tuesday forecast. fox senior meteorologist janice dean. good morning. reporter: good morning to colin lauren. yesterday a couple reports in and around the houston area all apart at the same system that brought freezing rain and ice across the central u.s. after his the upper midwest and now moving into the northeast. the past 24 hours you can do this no freezing rain sleep i'm pushing and. we could get several inches as no other northern new england. freezing rain advisory for parts of pennsylvania, upstate new

york is so central michigan. this is the next thing by wednesday. snow across northern new england and a riser on west again for the series of storm systems pushing and peered more rain, more mountain snow which is goodness. however, too much could cause flooding an avalanche concerns. for the maturation, your forecast this week not that. above average, but looking at rain for friday. keeping an eye on that. lauren: so busy down there. thank you so much. trade to a major deal. british tobacco taking full control. we will have all the details on that one. general motors announced a big investment in the u.s. how many jobs will be created? you are watching an "fbn:am." under pressure this morning. your first look at morning markets and breaking news.

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nicole: breaking news this morning. a major merger in the tobacco industry. british american tobacco taking full control of reynolds american. good morning. i am nicole petallides. a $1 billion investment back area. lauren: u.s. markets open after the martin luther king jr. holiday. dow futures are down 77 points and nasdaq futures down 23. nicole: and asia and mix back. china gained two tenths of 1% but they moved down 1.5% in

japan. lauren: saudi arabia would cut production output, but opec is able to comply with it commitment to supply. 1.7% find a $53.26 a barrel. checking out the 10 year treasury bond, 2.33%. lauren: the turkish government can permit a suspect in the horrific istanbul nightclub has been captured alive. nicole: the warriors opened the cavaliers with a vengeance in mind. lauren: 5:31 a.m. in new york. welcome to "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. nicole: breaking this morning can i british american tobacco raising its offer to acquire the rest of reynolds american than a dozen are dion. $49 billion is a steal. the new sending shares up 3% in premarket.

reynolds which makes camel and newport cigarettes rejected an earlier takeover offer from british american tobacco. the deal will create the world's largest listed, biggest listed tobacco company. lauren: investors awaiting a major speech from teresa made this morning on the country's exit from the european union. according to downing street, the hard-line approach for negotiating the country's divorce from the e.u. including 12 specific rarities. teresa and i expect it to stay the u.k. wants to trade as freely as possible but will not be half man, half out of the e.u. her speech is also expected to offer more hands that great britain could see the single market. life remarks this morning. 6:45 a.m. eastern time. nicole: big announcement from general motors from general motors bid later this morning from this morning, gm will unveil its invest $1 billion in factories creating or keeping

1000 jobs. the announcement after president-elect donald trump attacks the automator is building vehicles in mexico and shipping them to the united states. the decision was made months ago and was not a response to trump's criticism. south korean automaker hyundai will invest $3 billion in his u.s. plans for trump is president is also considering building a new u.s. factory. the five-year deal will focus on research and development as well as maintaining factories in alabama and georgia. nicole: we are following breaking news out of turkey where authorities are interrogating the gunman suspected of killing 39 people on a new year's attack in a simple nightclub. the shooter was arrested in the date night police raid along with further suspects it turkish authorities said the men received training in afghanistan and now confess carrying out the massacre. the islamic state claimed responsibility saying it was revenge for turkish military

involvement in syria. lauren: the wife of the terrorist behind the deadly attack of the post-nightclub in atlanta was set to appear in a california court this morning. noor salman was arrested by fbi agents at her home outside of san francisco on charges of aiding and abetting terrorism and obstruct dangerous to us. they interviewed her at length after the attack in june and came to believe she wasn't telling the truth about her husband's plan. at least one neighbor at express get to system. >> i just felt like if you are married to somebody or have a job for somebody, she may have some thoughts about this and that she had said something ahead of time that would've saved some lives. she may not know anything. i hope that is the case. nicole: her husband, omar mateen was killed after the attack that left dozens more injured. at least one trip to the club

before the deadly massacre. nicole: president-elect donald trump but the martin luther king holiday pay meeting with king meeting with kings meeting with king's other son at trump tower yesterday. martin luther king the third called the meeting very construct the following the war of words between trump and civil rights pioneer and congressman john lewis after lewis said trump is not a legitimate president. king downplayed the dispute. >> in the heat of emotion, a lot of things get said on both sides. i'd think that at some point, im as john lewis and many others, the goal is to bring america together. we are a great nation, but we must become a greater nation. nicole: dimity was private and included a discussion about voting reform and added that he will represent all americans as president. >> construct a meeting.

as i like donald trump becomes president trenches three days from now. adam shapiro has a preview of the inauguration. in the good morning, lauren. good morning, nicole. as the sun rises you should know festivities get under way and we'll talk about that in a moment. let's talk about reparations who have gone into making these and not go festivities and we can save and a success. there have been practice rehearses down the parade route. they will be the capital complex after donald trump is sworn in and they will parade down pennsylvania avenue which is essentially 15 straight and over at new york avenue they will proceed the rest of the parade route. how much will this cost? roughly 175 million to $200 million covers everything from security to the porter parties as well as the entertainment because i'm her

stay night, three to the public at the lincoln memorial, there will be a concert, toby keith, lee greenwood thursdays -- three doors down will all be performing free of charge rate air. someone who will not be showing up. jennifer holliday, the famous broadway star, the singer backed out after hollywood elites pressured her not to perform. here's the kellyanne conway had to say about that. >> i'm disappointed she canceled on folks expressing their opinions. i wish he had called one of us and god what the president feeling is on any of this. lauren: is a black-tie invitation on this very hoity-toity dinner for the nominees to president-elect trump's cabinet as well as major donors to the natural committee. bowling, $1 million. jpmorgan chase, ups all ponied up a great deal of money.

close to $100 million, a record for any macro committee so far. when i talk about festivities on friday night, there are three official inaugural. 30,000 people expected to attend us. hope you got a ticket. back to you. lauren: andy tuck sedo, adam shapiro appeared to be street band the well-known bruce springsteen cover band were supposed to play at one of the maturation but they canceled their performance. here is why. respect for the boss himself. bruce springsteen who has been a big supporter of trump's opponent, hillary clinton. nicole: trumps choice for education secretary could face tough questions at her senate confirmation hearing today. democrats expected to ask that the device to better support for public education not to educational experiments. they have supported charter schools and school vouchers and billionaires here in west of eight for six days said that her financial investments could be

reviewed for possible conflicts of interest. meanwhile, supporters have paid for a $15,000 magazine ad slamming brandywine garden, head of the american federation of teachers. lauren: let's get caught up on global market action overnight. initial stocks are mostly higher. checking out the green arrows got half a percent kind. a third of a percent gain for the kospi and south korea in the shanghai composite down two tenths of 1%. however the nikkei in japan down 1.5%. you do have some pressure on the exporters are because began has strengthened the currency. nicole: markets under pressure abroad. the cac in france down half of 1%. the german dax down more than three quarters of 1% and british american tobacco in the reynolds steel $49 billion deal. lauren: back on friday at the last time the markets were up and commend the nasdaq had a six record close this year.

nasdaq futures down half of 1% here dow futures down a third of 1% and s&p futures down half of 1% as well. nicole: mortgage sand lake on the csx and united airlines reporting earnings today. watch for that. commodities higher this morning. both 1.5%. gold gaining almost $20 an ounce. we have the judges tell you about in the energy industry. noble energy bind great williams for $2.7. this combination will expand a position in southern delaware basin. it also gives the new company 4200 drilling locations with more than 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent reserves. shares of craig williams soaring more than 30% in the premarket. a close-up of three, 104. 138 this morning. nicole: a look at the headlines in "the wall street journal." three years after it started,

the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 has been suspended. the plane with 239 people on board vanished on the flight to beijing for what a lump ore. no trace of the aircraft has been found despite an extensive deep-sea search. rolls-royce has agreed to pay more than $800 million to settle bribery and corruption charges could the british maker of reaching an agreement with authorities in the u.s., united kingdom and brazil. an online consignment shop or cleaning up after the holidays. secondhand retailers say the inventory of unwanted kids than that they weren't close is growing rapidly. nicole: now you know what to do with the christmas kiss you goodnight. coming up, ice and freezing rain set in price at the midwest. the latest from the fox extreme weather center just sad. this new vehicle could be a way of avoiding traffic on city roads. how soon can you see something like that.

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nicole: bid tuesday morning. 5:45 a.m. in new york. major deal and the tobacco industry. british american tobacco has been $49 billion to take full control of reynolds american producer eden joe will create the world's largest listed tobacco company by revenue and market value. general motors making a major major investment into his factory. the company will announce it is putting up a billion dollars to build new models in the u.s., adding or keeping a thousand jobs. the move comes as president donald trump has criticized automakers are building cars in mexico. the fbi has arrested the wife of the terrorists behind the deadly

attacks of the orlando nightclub last june. agencies north belmont -- noor salman after aiding and abetting terrorism and obstructing justice. the june attack came to believe she was not telling the truth about her husband's plan. u.s. stock market futures while the nasdaq had a six record close of the year. the s&p and the dow has been down two of the last three trading makes. earnings in at the end of the week the maturation. dow futures down 79. s&p futures on 11. >> earnings came turned red airs around to get the morgan stanley stocks they are watching today as more banks released the latest quarterly results. analysts looking for improved results from a year ago continuing a theme that started last week with earnings from jpmorgan chase, wells fargo and bank of america.

lauren: the dallas-based bank expected to post better than expected numbers compared to last year. the highest earnings per share and revenue from united health group. investors will be looking for comments on how uppers to repeal and replace obama cared to affect the country. the man health group has withdrawn from the abundant care marketplaces. nicole: it sounds like something from the jetsons. aviation giant. the self driving flying car by the end of the year. the company first made a commitment to the technology last august when it is not a project for a client autonomous taxis. the company hopes to find vehicles will reduce infrastructure costs for cities like something new. what is the faa going to say about that? taxis, drugs, coming up. the painful loss on christmas day. south korea and kevin durrant

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lauren: let's take a look at the latest in sports.

lebron james of the and the cavs visiting factory and the warriors. determined to send a message after four straight losses. first quarter, craig thompson wide-open pass to three per the first quarter down now. zachary uses the screen, hit the triple it. let's go to the second quarter. lebron in transition as he runs into a wall. très von green, but lebron grabs it off with the file and max lebron for flopping on the play. when my time. here you go with a hard foul by green and the players have to be separated afterwards. not a good night. later in the second comment curry comes from behind in the field it. he drives up to tom said. where's that now by senate team. the first half winding down. kevin durrant on the wing lashes out some buzzer. 78 points in the first half.

they go on to win 126-91. russell westbrook claims the clippers in the first quarter. the thunder down by five. scary moment in the second. a wild shot, looking for the foul. has to be taken out of the games, kicks the chair in frustration. even without their star, they go on to win big 120-98. north carolina coach ray williams was 799 career wins. the tar heels facing syracuse. close-up. umc is your first look at morning markets and breaking news. dishes that alea. dustin jackson grabs the rebound and ghost coast-to-coast, kicks the bucket. williams ends up with his 800th career win. he is only the 11th coach to reach the milestone.

nicole: a quick football note for you. green bay packers have turned in to a cash cow for two guys from queens. this is according to espn. try and address axelrod has been betting on the packers in thanksgiving. they've done a 300-dollar bet on the team and have been writing the eighth game winning streak. that investment now worth $28,000 in the packers beat the atlanta falcons on sunday. google wins $76,000. they say that money will be wagered on the packers to win the super bowl. >> we find out who's in it this weekend. before you head out the door, click here to stay forecast. senior meteorologist janice dean. at least three tornadoes in texas? >> absolutely. an ice storm across the central u.s. or through reports of tornadoes around the houston area. however they did cost and damage

all courtesy of the frontal boundary or a part of it. cold air to the north of the boundary. warm, unstable air to the south given its potential for large-scale damaging winds, isolated tornadoes throughout the work week and flooding rainfall. watching that really carefully. you can see along that front where we see the range. the cold side we had freezing rain, sleet and snow across the great lakes. many rain event for the big cities. philadelphia, new york towards boston and north of north attack on the west is that we get to smell upwards of three to six inches of snow for the ski resorts and we will deal with the icy mixture across upstate new york and parts of new england. also want to point out a series of storm systems in the west again bringing inches of rain and snow. that is going to bring avalanche danger. for d.c., always on the forecast for the inauguration. we look good for much of the

work week. above average temperatures. the big swearing-in committee on with warm temperatures for rain in the late afternoon. hopefully maybe i can work my magic here and make sure the rain is later on. i'll see what i can do. nicole: mother nature is listening to you. thank you. nicole: coming up, handed over to mornings with maria. close encounter of a different kind. the story behind this gigantic alligator. isn't she cute? it is all coming out. businesses will need legal help as they age and grow. whether it be help starting your business, vendor contracts or employment agreements. legalzoom's network of attorneys can help you every step of the way so you can focus on what you do. we'll handle the legal stuff that comes up along the way.

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lauren: well, well, well. imagine crossing paths with this. giant alligator turning heads over the weekend. mr. humpback is estimated to be at least 12 feet long. look at that tail. massive reptile caught on camera strolling through a nature reserve, just join in central florida. thankfully luscious called a modern-day dinosaur. not as. not as interested initiatives right behind him as they walked by the gator. nicole: one cool dude no doubt. stock market futures under pressure this morning. morgan stanley and i did help, also united airlines and csx. a couple transportation names as stocks down two of the last three weeks of the dow and s&p that the nasdaq has been sitting up record.

the transportation index have also seen recent strikes up a couple weeks in a row. there is a look at oil. lauren: building by 1.5%. $53.11 today. we hear saudi arabia is adhering to production cuts. thank you so much for watching. right now, "mornings with maria." >> life of our nation's capitol, here is maria bartiromo a special coverage of the inoculation of donald trump. maria: good morning from washington. welcome, everyone. i maria bartiromo. maria bartiromo. tuesday, january 17. your top stories right now. fixing on the east coast. the united states three days away from having a new president and the intended illustration pushing the nation to come together even as m