he has the wind on his back right now. gregg: you know what they say about the wind, it will change on a moment's notice.

a massive bombing in afghanistan's capital city of kabul. suicide attackers issue aside shiite wounding about 20 others. no one has yet to claim responsibility for the bombing.

a nice affiliate has carried out recent attacks on shiite in recent months in the capital. the taliban has introduced a statement saying it is not involved in the attack today. >> president trump in a visit in west palm beach florida to think them for their service. trump also talking up its accomplishment during his administration so far including the recently passed gop tax bill. >> we decide that anybody who broke the record saying if we get this subsidy legislation included in war and the repeal. turning to the stock market record-setting performance for mar-a-lago in the winter white

house. >> if you call the financial service person, they are busy. the irs came out with a last-minute notice that could actually hurt tax filers trying to get a jump on 2018 taxes this year to save on the cap that comes into place. >> former and not, blake irving. >> homeowners are rushing to prepay property tax bill for next year. just on the road from us at the white house throughout the day in fairfax county, virginia the government building, lines are forming as taxpayers want to pay their 2018 tax bill now before the new tax code it's next week because the state and local income tax and property tax deduction of $10,000 total. the calculation here is very simple. try to take on as many deductions this year before they go away next year.

the tax administrator in fairfax county says he's never seen a rush like this. >> this started off as a slow drip turned into a trickle in the history of another river. we did not anticipate the numbers that show on tuesday and today much less. i'm amazed. architects are due to is offset by lower rate but homeowners in high tax states like new jersey, connecticut, illinois and california could be hit especially hard in new york's vegoor pitt last wee with an executive order with new jsey governor flowing sui on wednesday. in a statement thers said that thesere ppaymen may be tax-deductible underertain ciumstances. sta advice on taxes if you are considering these prepayments, it is probably best to first can vote with your accountant. back to you in new york. lauren: a lot of those accounting for flipping you off.

lea: tracee carrasco joins us more and not making this this morning. good morning. >> has come in disneyland in anaheim california is not the happiest place on earth after a power outage shut down a dozen rights yesterday and part of the same part of the outage caused by a malfunction with one of the transformers. and not at the power into intended fantasyland around 11:00 a.m. pretested to be escorted off the affected rise. power was restored leading visitors to ask for their money back. visitors said they would not be giving any refunds. trade to its expensive to go there. people plan vacations forever and then to not get their money. lauren: people in companies feeling better. a good year to get a job. trade do some available class

door, job searching websites hiring thousands of employees in 2018 across the country. here's a list of the top of the list him as i'm looking for employees in seattle. cambridge, massachusetts, herndon, virginia, chicago and more. home depot, liberty mutual insurance, geico call whole foods market, ibm and target. according to questar, many companies offer competitive pay, good benefits coming to picture the community. these are great options if you're looking for a job in the new year. lauren: a lot of criticism as companies do better, are they going to actually hire workers and increase wages? i'd like to play the early signs are suggesting yes that is the case. lea: i know at least home depot is saying they are filing more applicants.

lea: speaking of jobs, rapper lil' jon is then the market for that. >> a week after john schneider be stepping down from his position, rapper lil' jon responded to the street saying i will humbly accept position is your new ceo. i can start immediately as recruiter played along, she treated back then still waiting on your resume. this is a dealbreaker we won't rename the company popplewell jones. just got off a great call with papa john's. excited for the future which the restaurant then retreated with a handshake of og. could we see a deal here? maybe they found a new face for commercials. we shouldn't forget the president steve ritchie was officially named as replacement ceo. maybe the spokesperson.

the analogies always baffle me when you get a handshake that means that god deal. >> i think that means it's official. thank you, tracee. lea: coming up, roy moore trying to keep his senate dreams to life senate dreams alive filing last-minute lawsuit in alabama last night. the latest on this year's most anticipated and controversial senate special election. democrats opposing midterm elections at the large large fund-raising disadvantage over republicans. some worry they have no real strategy to win in 2018. our political panel weighs in. u.s. stock market futures in the cream. s&p higher just fractionally. nasdaq higher by 10. you are watching "fbn:am." we'll be right back.

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lauren: good morning and welcome back. russian president vladimir putin: yesterday's explosion in st. peter's reggae terror attack. 13 people injured. no one has claimed responsibility. roy moore filing a lawsuit trying to stop alabama from

certifying democrat doug jones as the winner of the special senate election. the complaint as there should be a fraud investigation and eventually a new election. gore lost the race by 20,000 votes following accusations against him of misconduct involving teenage girls decades ago. a lawyer accused of helping merton charlie cover up financial frauds convicted of conspiracy charges. prosecutors say they helped send still millions of dollars that during his time as ceo. shkreli was convicted back in august of fraud related to hedge fund investments. that's it's happening now. train to the democratic national committee perch in the midterm election with a large fund-raising disadvantage of the republican national committee. tnt at $6 million on december 1st while the rnc had

about 40 million. michael tobin is the democratic strategist and a former gate to charles schuman prevents the blasi was the republican campaign strategist. i want to start with you, michael appeared the dnc posted its first members in terms of fundraising for a month in about a decade. what is behind the struggles? >> ultimately three key issues hampering funds to compete with the republicans. one, not in the majority of the senate or the house and not a democrat in the white house did right there the institutional good is lacking. we have leadership, the act of this base that there is energy and heat and of course you have different priorities between the senate and the house. the last point is elections are about houses. when we see candidates running against incumbent republicans in

the senate and the house and is a matchup for the democrat or republican in specific states are just ecstasy capitalism fund contribution in a more reliable and robust way that it's all just to defuse sort of theoretical argument discussion. turning to the new "wall street journal" nbc poll showed 50% of respondents wanted democrats to meet commerce after 2015. do you think that's going to be enough to push republicans in the right direction? >> we will see right now. the dnc issues that the way they came into power after donna brazile is heavily tilted are biased towards hillary clinton. the race for party chairmanship was contentious and you ended up with two coleaders which really never goes well. finally, they don't have a cohesive message and that's something they need to work out.

they have not settled on one message. >> terry mcauliffe has said to "the wall street journal" but some of the donors say they need to take a break and be convinced they can't take a break. have you do that? >> it's extremely difficult. my former boss senator schumer was and still is a fundraiser. i think after the run-up to the 2016 presidential election in the infamous quicken money machine donors are exhausted and need a break. the dnc leadership, congressman grayson may does a dear friend of mine and she and i had this conversation. owners need a break in the party leadership at the dnc in house and senate need to understand folks need a little breathing room. the way candidates are given selection is key as we saw in alabama and then you can go, but

until then inciting they should be given a rest during the holiday season. >> as we go into 2018, we are president trump talk about bipartisanship now. is that a republican strategy to make bloggers more comfortable in the midterm? >> may be, but she need two to tango and i don't see democrats getting on board with that. infrastructure is a natural way to get some democratic support. i don't think democrats will get on board with the president and quite frankly that maybe the advantage to the republican party from the midterm elections. so far going back to our previous conversation, democrat said on the winning strategy, too. it is very hard to get people to invest in now when you know you're not going to win 50 state. you have eight seats that are

getting it done or to open the checkbook was saying the 50 state strategy is going to be wasting millions of dollars. >> what's your take on what the democrat strategy will be. are they going to play ball with republicans or are they going to be obstructionist this year? >> i think if president trump had legs in the early days of his administration with a jobs bill in the infrastructure built, we would've seen a very different tone. by choosing again to push unsuccessful repeal of the affordable care act and work on the travel ban. lea: but there is an opportunity to work together in this new year. do you think they're going to? >> i hope so. i can't speak for the house but there's a very different tribes statewide rather than specific house districts. there's an interest in large infrastructure jobs bill with

good intent and people come to the table ready to make those deals. some bipartisanship could be a welcome change. lea: republicans for leader mitch mcconnell had been blaming steve banning for the loss in alabama and push people away. do you think we will see a change there? b. mac i believe we will. quite frankly for a partner starting to change resolve them with a cut ties with an anti-semitic potential candidate to lebron for paul ryan c. i think they see the writing on the wall and quite frankly they stumbled out of the gate in their brand specifically with alabama and other races. lea: what is going to be an exciting year either way. mcclendon said, thank you for being with us this morning. lauren: coming up, it has been a tough year for the movies. >> show me my place in all of

this. lauren: "star wars" kid given the box office and much-needed bob. was that enough? if he thought it was cold yesterday, wait until you step outside this morning. sun cities feeling way below temperatures and i'll be sticking around through new year's. the latest on the deep freeze sweeping through the nation. it is like an ice box. things are looking pretty good on wall street. the contract for nine months of gains. deals for the s&p. we will be right back. ♪

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>> winter weather alert. varying parts of new york and bitter cold temperatures gripped the nation. upstate new york issuing a state of emergency and travel advisory. >> i lived here my whole life and i've not seen it for a couple years here. more rain and firefighters rescued a woman trapped in her home using shovels in the cloud to take her out. a small plane skidding off the snowy runway may be in a out the snowy runway in indiana played right into the cornfield. now, a major arctic last. temperatures this morning feeling 20 degrees to 30 degrees below zero. the bitter cold to last through the new year. >> i wonder if people say we're not going into times square. we were in the poconos the past couple days that i posted this healthy. nine degrees out and i was out. and then i see international falls minnesota.

you can even go outside. "star wars" given the hollywood doc's office needed boost. pretty tough year for the movie business. claudia cowan tells us why. >> eras top of the beauty and beast beast beast within half a billion dollars, there is no fairytale ending. studio figures for 2017 have revenues down to play 5% last year to just over $11 billion in attendance to slip 4% to one and a quarter billion tickets sold in north america the lowest level since 1995. >> used up all the time. i rarely go now. >> lackluster sequel in that competition for streaming services like amazon and netflix. >> you have more content, more platforms available than any other time in our history, so

while the movie theater experience remains singular inessential it's not the only game in town. >> committees regular brings audiences at the theaters. imax ceo greg foster says the senate showing the movies need to step it up, too. >> premium, a premium come at a premium. yet said if premium. you said that said that the ncc from the bureaucracy by max efprers. in complex and evolving craggy and the feedback so i think i'm on the floor, you notice that especially paid 15 bucks for 17 bucks or whatever it is. >> as people relied on critic reviews and internet buzz social media and word of mouth before heading to the movies, the pressure to create a compelling experience has never been greater. >> when you combine an experience with great movie, then you have people coming back for more than one in decoding the movie theater with all the competition out there.

>> one of the people want to see the theaters, "star wars" the last jedi. two and half weeks after opening on track to exceed $1 billion in ticket sales and pass "beauty & the beast" is the biggest movie of the year. west led california, claudia cowan, fox news. lauren: coming up, china strictly enforcing u.n. sanctions on north korea, but bring a satellite images prove otherwise. if you ear flight into jfk was delayed earlier this week come he might have this kind of blame for that. folks can point a finger ryan seacrest. you are watching trendsetting. ♪ "fbn:am" ♪

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lea: breaking news this morning. donald trump in a visit to first responders in florida thanking them for their service and also to tout his recently passed tax bill. lauren: china claims that strictly enforcing u.n. sanctions on north korea with brand-new evidence proving otherwise. lea: take a look at stock market futures this morning. tell 43, nasdaq until a bona fide. lauren: oil higher by 10 cents at $59.74 a barrel. this is how stocks are trading. we do have a sea of red come of that very small decline for all three major indices we are looking at now. but they never look at asia shanghai composite higher pay half of 1%. the nikkei in japan where they have a percent. hang seng lower in cost to the scene. lauren: starbucks is busting out tuxedos and time for new year's eve. [inaudible conversations] and continues right now.

5:31 a.m. in the morning. thursday come december 28th. i can't believe it's almost 2018. in lauren simonetti. lea: and lea gabrielle in for cheryl casone this morning. a massive bomb packing afghanistan kabul. targeting the shiite muslim cultural center killing at least 35 people and wounding 20 others. no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing at, but in case of affiliate carried out attacks on shiites in recent months in kabul. the taliban did issue a statement saying it not involved in today's attack. train to seven remaining in 2015. president trump delivering a report card of sorts for his first year in office. >> format from griff jenkins.

>> the president is spending his final days of 2017 visiting west palm beach fire station number two with five -- delivering somewhat of a report card on the turn administration's accomplishments. >> a part-time since they they won the election. so that's a record level. >> copy and number very proud of that. >> a new stay is an twitter addressing a number of things for next year's legislative agenda to the russia pro than taking a shot at former president obama's news that the defeat of isis in iraq comes to life. comparing the day he was inaugurated january 20th with an estimated 35,000 fighters with that territory in iraq and syria to estimate last week at just 1000 nicest fighters left.

the former president hasn't remain silent in an interview at the soon to be married prince harry without mentioning him by name but certainly refrained to the president's twitter have it. >> one of the dangers of the internet is people can have entirely different realities. they can be an information that reinforces their current biases. reporter: no public events today if the president will remain in florida for the new year baby has scheduled a meeting with paul ryan and mitch mcconnell, senate majority leader at the camp david retreat on january 6th and 7th next weekend to talk about the legislative agenda. who knows, we might learn a little more about what he hopes to accomplish over twitter. stay tuned. lea: alright, though as chris -- do you ever wonder how north korea so emboldened lately. china exported illegally selling oil to north korea and defending

u.n. sanctions against the north. images on south korea media from u.s. spy satellite appeared to show fuel being transferred to north korean ships off of chinese waters. apparently have bitten 30 times since i've overpeer the united nations catch north korea's oil imports from response to dictator kim jong subkeys claiming it's been strictly enforcing the u.n. sanctions. >> speaking of oil heading back to 60 bucks a barrel thanks to strong data from china by kodak 2018 record demand from china. phil flynn at price features grew up in the contributor joins us now. hey, phil. >> good morning. sixty dollars at the forever. >> i guess demand is there. supply isn't necessary. opec has been complying with those production cuts. >> it's a record. if i look record.

if i look adobe arguments, the reason people said oil would never go up is because opec was going to cheat, but they told everybody complied at a record case, both opec and not opec and it shocked the world. you're right. strong global demand. china could see record demand next year. india could see record demand. the u.s. demand has been incredible. this is a global demand story and that's what happens when prices get too low, all of a sudden people say let's start using this stuff it's pretty cheap in that usually reduces oversupplied and isoleucine this year. >> and then you have friends saving on oil and gas imports starting in the year 2040. do you see other doing the same? >> they may try to do it but i don't think it's going to be very practical. i bet they're going to have to backtrack. the reality of electric cars and things like that, and they are

coming but they would not replace on. lauren: where you right now? >> is 96 degrees. beautiful oakland hills, illinois. it's a little chilly. lauren: i'm asking because we have this frigid cold weather outdoors. i was heating oil and oil being affected because of oil tanks? >> we've seen a dramatic oil in heating oil and gas because it is a cold, we've seen them not on the highest level we've seen in a couple years. the conundrum is for natural gas. its so cold, wise natural gas struggling to go higher? the simple answer is record production. we are producing more than we did a year ago and so when it's cold outside we don't draw and inventory as much. even with the record production, lauren, these cold temperatures that can turn the gas market around pretty soon.

lauren: take out your crystal ball. at the end of the year where oil prices? >> sixty-eight dollars, but my average 65. we have a tendency to india in a strong note. i think that is where we arrive. trade to fill fine, happy new year to you. thank you. happy new year to you, too. trained to do you ever get knocked it in your iphone and your iphone and noticed a slowdown afterwards. things that make you go them. apple is a nation of down multi-funds. tracee carrasco joins us with more on that and other headlines making news this morning. what is going on with apple in these lawsuits? they might bring at least a class-action lawsuit against apple filed by iphone users to claim that apple deliberately slowed down their phones and apple could be facing several more lawsuits coming up in the suit filed in california, new

york and illinois and one also in an israeli court. these lawsuits claim there was a staff retreat they may have led these iphone users committing misguided attempts to get the referenced work faster. no word yet on apple that we heard last week that they didn't slow down the phone that we all suspected for a while. >> let's move onto ryan seacrest. there is this very key is to blame for flight delays? >> possibly in a roundabout way. reporting on a job flight from lax that this is a delayed flight and they were given a special priority land that there is a competition winner that they were going to be attending ryan seacrest new year's eve they needed to man because

they're going to be needing seacrest. everyone is wondering how we got the job blue plane to land before it really were supposed to. we don't really know who this person is. so, page six still trying to figure things out also. it's unclear to see our results and other delays because the plan got priority. lea: planes just lay in end up leaving early anyway. did they get starbucks when they landed. starbucks likes to be the special drinks for the season. starbucks introduced the show during the habit of black and white rein in 2018. there it is on your screen.

black and white like a tuxedo. correctly chocolate sequins. light and dark chocolate with the whip cream available right now through the first week of january. there it is. >> this one looks good because of the light and dark chocolate. lauren: there are pine needles in my lap today. thank you. coming up, chaos after the horrific amtrak train derailment . >> there is a trend around that. there's bodies laying everywhere. lauren: 9-1-1 calls from survivors of the earth. those calls justly. one after the other after the other. a look at our crystal ball to see what could be in store for

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lea: welcome back to the future caught up when it's happening now. just released 9-1-1 calls provide a glimpse into the cast of amtrak trains around and in washington state and killed

three people and spent 70 march at the hospital last week. >> 9-1-1. >> we've been on an amtrak train. >> were probably going to need need -- there's a lot of people. >> there's bodies laying everywhere. >> chilling accounts from passengers and witnesses. some passengers were still so shocked that they couldn't recall how old they were. the street was going 80 miles an hour when it crashed following onto an interstate. former state department employees with ties to senator john mccain over connections to the trump dossier demanding answers from mccain introduced after david kramer reported

firsthand knowledge. come up with the author hired by fuchsia gps to read the dossier. apple ceo tim cook and other executives are getting a bump in pay. cook receiving the biggest unfitness pay for fiscal 201747% to $1,220,000,000,000. composition comes after year with annual sales and profit goals despite the pay driven by cook's cash bonus for meeting those goals. that is what is happening now. morning. lauren: 2018 is a different year and apple might have to cut there i found as a result of weak demand. we will see. what else can we expect for 2018 is david nelson chief strategist with asset management. >> things for having me. lauren: and it's hard when traders are for the holidays. what do you see?

>> the financial professional but i make an attempt here. we had a red-hot 2017 and you know, look overseas. investors got a bump in the last couple weeks with the tax overhaul. big news for the markets in 2018. you are to see evidence of that. companies coming out raising wages. raise guidance on the heels of the package, so i see that translating into next year. i don't care what the polls say right now. it sustainable gdp growth. that changes the calculus for the 2018 election. >> which is a wildcard for the stock market. it turns nine years old in march. saying there is an inevitable dip selloff.

what causes that in your opinion. is there a thread that could turn a wrench into all of this by increasing interest rates to rapidly? >> could could be anything. it could be china. we are actually coming to the end of a very long experiment here. the united states is well ahead on the path to normalization raising raid then this'll be a sequel because the ecb in europe will have to do it. japan will eventually have to do it. some point in time raising rates especially along another curve if you start to get back, they'll be competition for the stock market and we see evidence with commodity prices higher in earlier oil prices higher. one gentleman saying oil prices could be as high as $68 the end of next year. not good for bond investors. >> i do not hold you are and i'm not asking, but at this rate the dow and the s&p could the assignment of the route in the data we have seen in six years that i certainly don't remember

that. thank you for your time this morning. happy new year. >> happy new year. lea: coming up, talk about intense. head football coach caught in the lauren: press conference. the nba's new friend nikki with the state new city jerseys. jared maxa be here with all of your sports highlight. you were watching "fbn:am". ♪ the cloud for business. yours.

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lauren: welcome back, everybody. just a season for ball in college football. but i will tell you about it

today. jared maxa tell you about it. >> until yesterday, a couple of them had been blowouts, but things are heating up now. fox last night was the foster farms bowl. 31-for team for the wildcats led 35-31 the two-minute to play in the 38-yard touchdown pass to anthony mahone grew. boilermakers when it 38-35. first it are in six years for purdue. the pinstripe bull at yankee stadium. dear space rose for thomas sweeney and it's taped, but still holds it in. a one-yard run eventually for iowa with three minutes to play 27 and-20. have you seen is the nba's jerseys? teams will be wearing so that

games in 2018. philadelphia 76ers uniforms paid tribute to the signing of the declaration of independence. the warriors, did they play at oakland and san francisco. the miami heat a mosh to miami vice. new orleans pelicans went home nola but they say. nike actually saw them put from lebron james. lauren: i like them. they've got flair. lauren: altered the miami ones. brando played only 30 minutes against the nets dished out. only the seventh player. they don't do it but just a little cog. the little squirt of water. the thunderstruck the raptors

won 24-107. bt matter. michigan state in the holiday bowl. yesterday while michigan state marcantonio was talking to the media, mike leach got caught in a trance. watch this. written for his press conference imagine a camera was on you 24 hours a day then we see the things and mike leach getting ready for his press conference. you see the other coaches talking. he doesn't even set the. it's too hot. and then he looks up at a press conference. >> he needed the coffee for the press conference to wake him up so he could drink it.

>> it wasn't as bad. trying to cool it off. kim is honest all the time. thank you. you can catch jarod sports report on fox news had in mind unserious xm channel 115. lea: 2017 is a strong year. but the gains continue in 2018? by report straightahead on "fbn:am." ♪ [lance] monica, it is absolute chaos out here!

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lauren: great year for global stock markets. will the gains continue in the new year? the journalist joins us now. what can we expect, riva? investors seem to be very confident that's likely to continue next year. you might not see a 30% gain in stocks, but as long as inflation remains pretty low, there should be a continued hunt for yet that pushes investors into emerging market stocks and bonds. the questions are going to be both about the case of the tightening as well as political

questions you got elections coming up in brazil and mexico and russia as well as ongoing negotiations around and after that could be really interesting and have potential in emerging market aspects next year. >> asian stocks and japan's nikkei take part in the rally. let's part in the pullback? >> today had some fantastic economic data out of japan in the bank of japan's latest meaning suggests that they are thinking if the economy stays on it track they might have to wind down or reconsider his stimulus next year. that combined with a much stronger yen against the dollar as the japanese knock on the back foot this morning as he saw big gains in korea, hong kong across the asian market complex. >> up 35% this year. here in the u.s. we've done so well and we have, but other markets have as well. riva gold, thank you.

lea: thanks for joining us here this morning on "fbn:am". boring, to you. lauren: we say good morning and merry christmas to you, cheryl casone. cheryl: lauren simonetti, lea gabrielle, good to see you. i'm cheryl casone and for maria bartiromo today. there is, december 28. blame the building blocks for 2018. president trump is geared up for an infrastructure push after touting the new tax plan yesterday. [inaudible] at&t, comcast, wells fargo