>> great show, everybody. have a great weekend. "varney & company" begins right now. stuart,. stuart: yes, it does and good morning, maria, good morning, everyone. it is friday, and we're finishing off another extraordinary week in money and politics. the dow crossed 26,000, and it closed there yesterday. we'll build on that a little when the market opens a half hour from now. please remember in the 14 months since the election, the dow is up over 40%, and it has gone from 18,000 to 26,000. you have been watching financial history. all right. now look at this. ibm way down today. we'll get to the reason shortly. but ibm is one of the 30 dow stocks and so is american express, and it too is moving down. well, think about it. the market opens relatively flat to higher, despite big drops in two key dow

components, which will drop the dow 53 points. the market opens -- well, i'm not going to say strong but flat to higher, despite all the talk of a government shut down. they will be playing the blame game today all day long. the shutdown deadline is midnight tonight. investors don't appear to care. don't forget this and don't ignore it. america is now the dominant energy power. we call the shots. boston, three to one favorite to get amazon headquarters. we had to get the bookies somewhere, we did your? "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ >> this is like getting doggy doodoo and putting a cherry on top and calling it a chocolate sundae.

stuart: that's a revolting image, in my opinion. nancy pelosi sounding off about the tax bill. the president just tweeted this. here we go. government funding bill passed last night in the house of representatives. now democrats are needed if it's just a pass in the senate. but they want illegal immigration and weak borders. shut down coming, question mark? we need more republican victories in 2018. what do you think? are we going to get a shutdown? give me the odds. ashley: yes. stuart: yes? ashley: i think so. i think it's not going to be moved. we talked about the impact on the market. i sometimes -- don't forget, we're in the computer age. algorithms. and once you start getting key words popping up, there is an automatic sell function. so there could be a little blip in the market if they shut down. even though we've had it before, not much happened, but, yes, they're not going to get this thing done. stuart: i don't think they'll get it done. i think there's a shutdown. liz: yeah, i think there's a shutdown too. there are ten democrats in trump district; right? that

trump wants. so that's the issue too. and the other issue too is that the average time of a shut down is 16 weeks. or 16 days. 16 days. the president's state of the union is come up. are democrats really going to hold out through the state of the union? . stuart: they would love to. ashley: but they'll blame republicans because who runs the house? who runs the senate? who's in the oval office? that's going to be their line. liz: that is this is the hardball bear knuckle politics right now. stuart: our opinion is, yes, they will shut it down. liz: yeah,. stuart: okay. let's see. look at dow futures. up. not that much but still up 25 points. plenty of green right there. s&p up about four. nasdaq up as well. now this. ibm and american express, they'll drag on the dow. ibm's revenue actually went up for the first time in nearly six years. but its outflow apparently fell short. american express recorded its first quarterly loss in a quarter century. those two stocks account for

53 points down on the dow. joining us market watcher john lay field. fresh off not the boat but, yes, i'm just joking. honestly. throughout the past year and a half, you've been on this program saying the market's going to keep on going up. you still saying that? >> i think so. it's hard to find a negative out there and one of the negativities is there's no negatives. not much rational behind that. but i think one negatives is six to eight months out, commodities are up six to 8% in the last 12 months. china is pushing commodities higher. stuart: that's way down the road. >> unless you have a geopolitical event, there doesn't seem to be anything to defeat this market. stuart: keeps on going up. stay right there. more for you in a moment. amazon, well, they've narrowed down the list of candidates for the second headquarters to about 20 locations now. there they are on the screen.

do you live near one of them? they include new york, los angeles, dallas, chicago, boston, and toronto and a bunch more. joining us, mike rollins. he's the mayor of dallas texas. your honor, boston is the 3-1 favorite according to the bookies. austin, texas is second favorite at 7-2, and you're way down there at 20-1. what are you going to do to sweeten the odds? >> i'll put a few quit on us i think. stuart: that was a joke. the man is joking with me because he thinks i'm an englishman i'm not an american. go ahead. >> look, when we look at the questions that are asked by amazon, what they need, wall street journal did a kind of up and down score, we were number one. we've got everything we need. we're really kind of soul sisters to amazon. think about how they've grown in the last 10 or 15 years,

that's us. we've created more jobs in america than any city in the united states. we know how to connect -- keep costs low. our cost of doing business is so much lower than the medium. stuart: how much -- the mayor -- i'm sorry. the outgoing governor of new jersey offered amazon $5 billion to move to newark, new jersey. how much are you paying him? >> i'm keeping my cards close to my vest on that. it was in the rfp, and they know that. and we're not going to be outbid by number. stuart: you're one of the 20. are you going to up your offer? >> well, what i'm going to do is listen to them and see what they want, and then we're going to make a package that's right for them. look, these are other good cities, and it's -- this has got to be right for the customer. all right? and they've got issues now that they've got to kind of work boom. we're going to listen to them. stuart: okay. you've got big competition from the dc area because there are three locations in the final 20.

you know this. jeff bezos, you know, he has a house in dc. he owns the washington post. and amazon's threatened politically. he wants to be close to the politicians. how are you going to fight that? >> well, you know, i'm going to take him at their face value. if they wanted to go there, they would have gone there already. los angeles is in it. austin, denver. if they want to go to east coast time zone, that's -- we don't have that. but if you want to get to any place in america, go to either coast and back in the same day nonstop to any place in the world, it's an easier place to do business here. plus, we've got more technology than a lot of those cities on the list. so we match up pretty good, but it will be their decision. the customer's always right. stuart: okay. i don't think jeff bezos watches this program. his politics are a little to the left compared to the politics of this program. but i know you're a democrat so maybe hopes brings eternal

for dallas. thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you for listening. stuart: thank you, sir. back to lay field. where do you think amazon's going? >> i think newark, new jersey. jeff bezos gave $100 million to newark schools. i think -- i guess the question, though, is this going to be like lebron's decision where lebron makes a decision and alienates everybody he turns down? could this be a negative for everybody? you're going to have 19 cities that are going to be very mad. they went through a lot of work to get amazon. liz: does break ground in dc. trump will stand next to bezos when they break ground. ashley: probably not. liz: probably not. just kidding. ashley: newark, by the way, 16-1. stuart: 16-1. back to pure politics. the consumer protection bureau mcmulvaney says he doesn't need any more money for his agency. doesn't need any more. congresswoman who is on the

financial services economy. claudia, i can't remember any agency head in the history of the universe say i don't need more money. >> i love it. it's elizabeth warren's brainchild, socialism, and the fact that they have mick mulvaney there is contributing to the market and tremendous gains. remember, we had the 201ks, 401(k)s, i'm going for a 601k right now. stuart: what about the protection they're giving us poor customers? >> let me talk about government interference, then you get corruption and control of the economy by the government. not regulating. but now -- look. the tax reform really hasn't gotten into play fully and you're seeing this huge up particular in the market, the labor participation rate, everything you talk about on your show that's been going on the last couple of weeks is because of the roll back on regulations. csdb and dodd-frank, the

terrible bill passed by the democrats and problem has caused most of the stagnation in our market. just that being there, the financial choice coming up, parts of that have now been passed in the senate through the committees hopefully good floor. stuart: to the barricades, claudia. it's a revolution. now, i've got to ask you. i think we're going to shut the government down, and i don't care. where am i going wrong? >> you know, last time i was on here, i think it was a while. you said you can't get tax reform done. you remember that? where's tax reform? i'm a republican from new york, and we got tax reform done. 95% of the people in my district, the middle income taxpayers are going to be getting a tax cut. what's governor cuomo doing? he's proposing a $1.5 billion increase in taxes to punish the people who are getting a tax cut and to erase those

gains. now we have a government shut down thanks to another new york legislature chuck schumer, crying chuck as the president affectionately is calls him. this is a schumer shut down. those ten democrats in vulnerable states where trump won, they should be thinking twice about shutting this government down, taking pay away from our military, hurting our military personnel in harms way, taking away from a children's health care insurance, taking away the nfip renewal, that's the national flood insurance program that's affecting people all across this nation this year. that's what the government -- the democrats own, and it's diabolical. i think that they need to pay for this. stuart: diabolical. new word on "varney & company." we've had plenty of others. claudia, we like that. come back and see us real soon, please. >> thank you we're getting things done here. stuart: i've got it. thank you very much. where's the market going to open in 19 minutes time?

higher. not by much but higher. i see green arrows for the dow, the s&p, and the nasdaq. now an aggressive statement from the pope. he's accusing victims of the church sexual abuse scandal of slander. what will father jonathan morris say about that? we'll find out because he's joining us next. and government safety panel calling for strict, new guidelines on blood-alcohol levels in drunk driving cases. when you hear the new limit much lower limit, you might want to think twice about how many drinks you have before you get behind the wheel. more varney after this with adt, you can feel safe for only $49.00. that includes security panel, keypad, key fob, entry and motion sensors and for a limited time, get a camera included and installed at no additional cost.

. stuart: just getting this in, and it's important. tech website it's called recode. it says amazon is raising the cost of its monthly prime membership by nearly 20%. that's per month to 12.99 from 10.99. and look at amazon stock go up

on that news from one website. twenty-three dollars higher. 1316 on amazon. a government panel floats the idea of lowering the blood cell limit as a new strategy to reduce drunk driving debts. ashley, what is the current level? ashley: the current level is .08%. the commissioned report by the government would like to bring it down to .05%. now, before you say anything, most of europe is .05. germany, austria, they've already been at this lower level. cut their traffic debts in half because of alcohol. 10,000 people a year in this country die from alcohol-impaired driving. that number is up to 48% in rural areas, by the way, in fatal crashes. stuart: then you would have to have a very significant in the number of drinks you have. ashley: it all depends on how big you are, whether you've eaten. 150-pound guy, two beers could get him to .05 pretty quickly.

stuart: really? two beers. ashley: 120-pound woman probably one drink could get her to .05. stuart: now, this is a proposal. ashley: it's a proposal. gaining a lot of ground and, again, the u.s. is behind the rest of the world. 120 countries have a lot less threshold than the united states when it comes to alcohol. stuart: interesting development. ashley: yeah,. stuart: ashley, thank you. ashley: sure. stuart: back to house minority leader nancy pelosi and what she said about the budget deal. roll tape. >> this is like giving you a bowl of doggy doo put a cherry on top and calling it a chocolate sunday. stuart: that was specifically she was talking about chip, the children's health insurance program. that's what she was referring to specifically there. larry o'connor is with us now. hold on a second, larry, this comes on top of the armageddon commend, the 80 million american tax increase comment, and whatever that was. i'm not going to characterize

it. what do you think of all of this? >> she's absolutely churchil churchillian with her language, isn't she? . stuart: no, she's not. >> this is a woman who wants to be speaker and, by the way, did i miss something? all week we've been consumed in this town over the president's alleged reference behind closed doors. you're not supposed to use that kind of language and yet here she is with regard to children's health care to doggy doo, stuart,. stuart: yes, i know. >> she's kind of lost it. here's the thing, though, it's pretty ineffective. in fact, a handful of her own democrats voted with republicans last night to pass that bowl of doggy do. so she didn't do much to stop the train from rolling. stuart: nonetheless if the senate rejects a deal and the government shuts down, i'm pretty sure it would be the democrats get the deal, regardless of what speaker pelosi says. >> yeah. i would like to think that. it's interesting to watch how the rhetoric goes. as usual, elizabeth is right in pointing out those states that trump won that now have

democrats as senators. north dakota, florida, a couple of other states too because they have to present to their voters that they're more interested in protecting illegal immigrants status than they are in funding the government, and that's not going to fly. . stuart: well, i don't know about that. look, i say shut it down. i don't care. what say you? >> yeah. i think it's been a boy who cries wolf kind of message the last several times the government has, quote, unquote, shut down. the american people have learned that it doesn't actually shut down and all those federal workers end up getting paid. it's actually the contractors who work for the government that get shafted in this deal, and i think they're willing to stair each other down. the democrats have been saying that this was the first time in history that both houses were run by republicans and the white house was run by republicans and that may be shut down. that may be true but also a person like we've had donald trump sitting in the white house, and i think he's more than willing to stair them down across the table. stuart: if you shut down the government on behalf of

illegal immigrants, i don't see how you avoid the blame, but they will. larry o'connell -- >> and once again, elizabeth was right. i just want to remember that i repeat that. she's always right. stuart: elizabeth as in macdonald. >> yeah. right there. stuart: he's talking about you. liz: thank you, larry. what a fellow. . stuart: got to go. larry, thank you. get this. the attorney general of california says employers may not help federal immigration officials at all. you do that, we'll prosecute. how about that? more varney after this

. stuart: now, we're going to try to get to grips with this story. employers in california could face legal trouble if they help with federal immigration raids. okay. let me see if i can work this out. i'm ice. you're the employer. i knock on your door. we're in california. i walk in, and i say "is that an illegal immigrant you've got working there." liz: right. stuart: if you say "yes," you're in trouble. liz: and i face a $10,000 fine. this is what california is now saying to all employers in the state. and they're also going to issue new guidelines to all employers saying if you cooperate with the federal government ice agents, you better watch out what our laws

say because our laws take precedent. that's what they're saying as well. and they're also saying employers, if you try to verify the legal immigrant status of your worker, you could be in trouble for doing that as well. and, stuart, this comes as the federal government -- you know, the trump administration is saying we're going to send ice agents into northern california to start arresting illegal immigrants that are there wrongfully. but the b now it runs right up against the california attorney general. stuart: ashley and i are shaking. we're immigrants. ashley: how can you demand rights when you're here illegally? it just boggles the mind. it makes my blood boil. it's insane. stuart: when you and i first came here, we knew don't overstay your visa. ashley: oh, yes. stuart: and if you're here illegally, you've got a problem. ashley: yeah, but we play by the rules. and the problem, john and i were just talking about this. employers who hire illegal immigrants knowingly should be taken to task. forget the ice issue. you should not be hiring

illegal immigrants. >> going to employers that stops illegal work. stuart: we've got to open the market with a gain of about 40 nearly 50 points for the dow industrials, and back in a moment with that so i got an offer on the business, and now i'm thinking... i'd like to retire early. oh, that's great sarah. let's talk about this when we meet next week. how did edward jones come to manage a trillion dollars in assets under care? jay. sarah. so i have a few thoughts on that early retirement... by focusing our mind on whatever's on yours.

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ladies and gentlemen kaing off a remarkable week thus far a remarkable year. above 26,000 again, futures indicate a gain of what 60 maybe 70 points when market opens and it is opening right now. let's see where we're going up we're running away. we're up -- we're oh, weren't expecting that. when all dow 30 is open. we expect to be up. 50 or 60 points okay so far we're down 4. but plenty of the dow 30 that have not opened. we are, however, now on the jupes side. now we're on downside. you know i'm going to say opening with a mix -- for this year move on, stu hov on we're down one. how about the s&p, that is up 5 thank you very much indeed s&p. how about nays dag i believe that is up 17 points that is a quarter of one percent what does that tell me? that tells me that technology is doing well this morning and rest of the market dead plat. howamerican express where's that open? masty down nearly 2.5% it lost

money i think for the first time in a quarter industry. that's why it is down. how about ibm, that is down 2 .8%. and we're going to get into this because i don't understand why it is down. but we have perts around us and will will tell us what the devil is going on. ashley, you are are an expert elizabeth macdonald liz, you are an expert. while certainly john is, and definitely -- maria bartiromo standing next to us. welcome to the show good to see you. >> all right. what's wrong with ibm look i have a headline in the journal that reported higher revenue for first tile in 23 quarters. signal continued growth in 2018. pursuing turn arngd and thing is down, why? >> good company but they lost for five straight years basically a revenue gain. but they did been behind curve a.i. and in chess but losing

right now to google emulge has 50 of the top 100 u.s. scientists working in ai for them but i think same thing will happen to block chain an ahead of the curve but get beat. missed out on cloud completely. let me tell you what analysts are saying, stew. i go on. but they say look the latest -- earnings report is underwhelming to turn this ship around is a very, very task and they say so far it is all very confusing having said that, ibm heading into the cloud, they're get intog the area so business block chain those areas that have tremendous are growth potential however. >> a cloud and the cloud computing division was bad. but cloud is what everybody is betting on and it has a lot of competition in the clouds and the cloud sales were disappointing also a narrow beat it wasn't such a great beat so they actually generated revenue for first tile in 23 quarter withs shall we celebrate that? no i think we immediate more evidence that there's growth. j you're all totally wrong i

predict that ibm will close today higher. okay, neck out. you want to stay on this show? >> sicking neck out. now dow is up 30 points. thank you very much everybody i got that one right. ibm at 165 we're hour away from what looks like a fairly likely goth shut cohn, maria, we do shut down is there any money impact at all? >> i think to the extent that market is looking for excuse to pull in a little longer material the market is because we haven't seen impact of the tax plan yet. however, over o near term i think you have to respect what happened the orr day with in uncharted territory and ended lower i wouldn't be surprised to see about backing because of the shutdown last tile it was shut down or it 16 days in 2013 and market was up 180 points. wrong again. care about a government shutdown and cheer it long. where am i going wrong?

>> these grise absolutely buffoon and only measure we have is keeping the doors open. that is an incredibly low bar. reason there's a 13% approval rating more people believe in big foot. [laughter] >> stores within that factor of crazy that actually thinks congressman do a good job. i don't know who 13% ares. but i'm just saying concern so far today i do apologize maria. >> real important things to this market better than trade. that's really what -- >> of the profits but right now we're focused on interest rates after the tenure now up 2.6%. >> i'm not focused on interest rates are stick around. wrong yet again. more to say. i know you do. maria thank you get out of here. america, now this is important. america, this year will achieve energy dominance. we in america are going to produce more oil than saudi arabia. tell me that this is -- tell me this is wonderful because it is. >> this is wonderful. saudi arabia out of the equation they've had a little bit of

spare capacity so they've been producer they've been controller of oil price worldwide what is changing with shell oil. beingest problem with oil is 11% replacement ratio with lowest in history. >> it is a wonderful thing isn't it? >> absolutely a wonderful thing for america. however can't tergt what is going on in iran and middle east and people get worried eastbound though yes i believe u.s. is a power house when it comes -- >> economy in other words if you have an oil bloom here, and we pull out of reliance in saudi arabia and even russia will it up end social welfare economies that are really built off of oil? right because you can see economic upheaval in middle east because of this and you wonder if u.s. should start taxing oil from there and not tax our ole here. >> that's where saudi arabia and march e know this is thises deras egg turnaround to get off of oil and into other areas so it is having an impact. >> in syria he wants part that he got a 4-9d-year lease he

cares about oil infrastructure. >> i feel i've lost control of the show. [laughter] can't get a word in edge wise but dow industrials are up 8 points opened flat to slightly higher just like i said. up 8 points 26,025. apple where is that? in the mid-17s oh down a traction, and how about boeing, took a downside moves just in the last few days but it is holding at 340 a share more than doubling in the past year. lions gate, that stock is higher, there are reports that maybe merger tay talks with amazon but up 7 cents the burg or king launched a new double quarter pounder. i guess that's a half pounder by any other day -- [laughter] just doing the math sports fan. that's all. that's good. okay restaurant brands at the parent company and virtually unchanged rough road for g. e

stock that continues. is it above 16 yet? i don't know. was it 16 yesterday. 1642 today. do you like it at 16 you bought it 18. >> biggest reset since jpmorgan to go it from thomas edison but rare for a 100 yeertd company to have a reset, and repatriatism and pension liability and bring back overseas changes balance sheet completely. >> 83 billion overseas and cash and change balance sheet and doesn't change overlying business but a rare chance for complete reis the an bad news if he can right now. >> book value i hear what you're saying what does it pop to if they break it up? >> i don't know. >> doublesome [laughter] >> you know you're in it. >> i thought it would be up 18% from 18. so at 24. a show me stock we don't know anything. we don't know bad news is out right now we may see further decline at this point totally

show me stock what a sad situation i gulf up on ge. >> do you still own it? >> i do. from previous employer. part of my compensation. >> there you go. all right imold man sax thinks this year will be good year for consumers. how to extend that presumably it is a good year for wal-mart. is there a? connection. retail stories have going to get better but you have to be in the right retail because it is a structure and fractured situation when it comes to retail. >> 104 a share wal-mart do you look it to buy? >> one of the best stocks because of mark and what they're doing in e-commerce but with consumer wal-mart is going to benefit from a rising consumer spending. >> now we turned negative now we turned negative a dead flat majority right at 26,000 and mow this -- president trump heads to davosn next week and maria is going as well. on to you. >> i'm looking forward to it. i think it is brilliant that

president is going why shouldn't the president be there? you have prime minister of india you have heads of state from across the world. the president of the united states should be there. and i'm thrilled that he's going and he should be with everybody else in davos selling american story why not? >> i want to stick it to the american illegal. wanted to do that. probably just going -- you know but he needs guys on north korea, on china. he needs, you know -- assistance on isis he's part of the -- leader of the international community why shouldn't he be there? i don't know what the big stink is. >> he's donald trump. there's the global elite right there. >> deal with it already people. >> i'm with you. [laughter] >> hold on a second quick fact here you have wall street week this weekend i think. and you interviewed glenn hutchens that's his name. and he -- >> cofounder of silver lake. >> big guy on wall street. >> he is, sort of an expert it in tax coming together he was on board of nasdaq among early investors in an --

a number of -- [buzzer] sorry about that. bitcoin he's a believer. >> a believer he talks about that tonight. as well he said he's more interested in companies involved in bit coin as actually buying the actual bitcoin. so -- >> within my ear. first time maria -- i was buzzed, what was i buzzed about? >> financial technology. >> no jargon. bitcoin fun having you on the show. >> it was, really fun -- >> by the way wall street week, tonight 8 p.m. eastern time on the fox business network. with maria, who will be back at some point on this it program. >> thank you so much. >> i have to say thanks maria, thank for being with with us and john same story. one and all. where are we? this is flat and slightly highser market up 26,02 where

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first quarter the investors are pressure smap you have to grow user growth a six-year company but take a look stock is thereat right now. and it has been a loser been a loser in really evan and his team haven't really taken on and worst part of it stain gram of facebook is taking the ideas doing stories, doing animal ears and having a lot of fun with it. >> all right we've bot it nicole thank you very much indeed if you want to boy a bitcoin right now it cost $11,600 however if you want to buy a bitcoin using capital one credit card you can't. tell me all it be. liz. say there's rising incident of loss in cryptocurrency market so you cannot use bitcoin credit cards to buy bitcoin. td bank moving looping the same line. watch this stuart. there's new poll out there lend edu that shows a fifth of about think of the of credit card

users -- who were interested in bitcoin use their credit cards to buy bitcoin, and while volatile swings there you're upside down on credit card balance, buying investing in bitcoin and a way to speculate too when they found consist of those guys they didn't have money to pay back their credit card balance after they made the bitcoin purchase a big wakeup call. j saying you can't do it. and td bank. j they can't buy it. now trump he was stumping for the gop in western pennsylvania. yesterday, big time roll that tape lees. >> rick is a great guy, and special he's a special person. he won this, you won this by 20 points. right can we do as well as you? >> i hope so i said i hope you'll do us well but i'll be back for rick. and -- we're going to fill up a stadium to do something special for rick. i look forward to it. joined by man he was intrusion that is republican congressional

candidate rick. sir, this is an absolute must win for you in that district because president trump won that district, and he won pennsylvania. to lose in november or the special election will be a disaster. thanks for having me on. my phone was blowing up for people who wanted to come to see the president come see him celebrate his successes including the early benefits of the tax plan that was passed. he gave a great speech it was very upbeat. much that i saw that trump hating media didn't report that but he gave a really good comprehensive -- review of some of the benefits of the, of that tax plan. >> let's be clear here that's what you're running on the benefits of the trump tax cuts in your district. that's what your campaign all about, correct? >> my campaign is about the

entire agenda that we voted in a year or so ago in november that's cutting tacks cutting government spending removing ownerrous regulations that are strangling our buzz bees. repealing replacing obamacare. taking care of our veterans rebuilding our military, and enhancing our sending amendment rights protecting our unborn children appointing supreme court justices that are conservative in it goes on. securing our borders go on and on running on thing because they're important and people in the 18th district want everyone of them to succeed. >> how do you counter the president's personal unpopularity? he has been underwater in the approval polls throughout the first year of his presidency. you're going to stress his policies but qhab the personality is he struggling with that or you struggling with his personality is his demean or. >> more popular than in any district we could have filled a

osama bin laden for people who wanted to see him. so i don't know if that's some poll what is they're taking in san francisco or o whatever. but in the 18th district president trump, is still very popular. >> do you have any polls right now about your standing in the forthcoming election? >> there's some polls that have been released publicly but ten points behind so i'll work hard until the very last day comiewngting our message to peel of the 18th district getting out knocking on doors, my wife and i are in front of people every day number of events four or five a day, and we'll continue to do that. we've always done that in my state house races my wife and i do over 200 event miss our district so people know us. they're used to us. happy to be out there with them. >> date of the election is march i think march the what? >> march 13th. march 13th thank you very much. rick thanks for joining us this morning. don't forget people go to rick and they can donating there. i'm looking to see you there too, stu come on. >> okay we'll see. rick, nice plug there for money.

got you. by the way, we reached out to -- his had rival that will be democrat lam we've not yet received a response. okay. got it. check the dow 30 we're stl up not much. 18 point higher. ,036 amarillo national bank. says it is giving more than 300 of its employees one thousand raises. biggest salary increase in the history of the bank thanks to trump tax cuts. executive vp of that bank is coming up next. we use our phones and computers the same way these days.

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>> recently, done this every cay, we've given you a list of dow stocks hit all time highs today three of them jp morgan travel rs yiebted health all hitting all time highs but all time highs. windchill out tesla bmw is making its own electric vehicle. >> you know all of the companies make amazing claims that one caught the idea of the autoshow this past week in detroit because the bmw says it is next vehicle will be able to run up to 435 mile for charge that is basically double what tesla's model three can do. they say this car will be available in 2021 which is not

far away at all about four years. bpw launching range of electric vehicles trying to get the head start on the mercedes and other high end sthif, sniff vehicle bus that is impressive if you can do 435 that takes away to keep plugging in all of the time. you know why i'm laughing. why are you laughing? >> four years from now is not that far away. the long way for me still -- [laughter] >> to say that. ash will be responsible for a new entry in the oxford dictionary sniff, sniff. [laughter] yeah not bad. under new tax plan there are many companies giving bo mouses to their workers joining us on the phone now -- amarillo national bank executive vice president, william ware how much are you giving to how many of your employees? >> good morning, stuart thanks for having me. we're giving $1,000 increases to 313 of our employees. and that's not just a bonus these are true raises to our employees. because that's where you invest

a savings you invest it back in your business. >> are you giving you're going to get extra amount a of money at the bang because of the tax cuts or passing all of it along to your employees? >> not necessarily all of it to our employees we are giving largest salary increases in our history to our salaried employees but we're beginning to reinvest in our branches that needs improvements and also give back to our community and then you've got to remember being a priefltly held company only way to grow is to retain earnings so with additional we can grow. >> well william this is a the separate sort of question but i didn't think that bank brnchs were in favor any longer. we all do online banking. why do you immediate to beef up your branches? >> well a lot of capital improvement to our braivelgs over year was nothing focus on them and clean them up and repurpose some of them and make sure they look real nice and clean for the modern, modern customer. >> well william we thank you very much indeed for being on sh though. you are joining a long list of

companies -- which have given back to their employees and we welcome that news on this program. william ware, amarillo national bank i think i got tay right. thanks for being with us william. we appreciate it. >> it thank you, stuart. america achieves energy dominance, we will pass saudi arabia in oil production this year. i say that's a big win for president trump and a loss for the anti-fracking doctorates my take on that, top of the hour. also next hour, a white house press briefing on the shutdown just added, 10:30 weern. we're going to take you there.

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talk up another win for the president. the u.s. will produce more oil than saudi arabia this year. that's not a trumpet boast,

it's the forecast from the international energy agency. u.s. production, 10.4 million barrels a day, the best since 1970. that is energy dominance. stated differently, people who hate us no longer have us over a barrel. how did this happen? americans came up with two new ways to get oil out of the ground. horizontal drilling. you drill down and then out. and fracking, you drill down real deep and you crack the oil out of the shale. we have a lot of shale. the obama team has said no to oil. the fossil fuel it kills the planet. the trump team ever stop and encourage production. result, america calls the shots on the energy market. i digress for a moment. you can't phrack in new york state. even though there is a mother load of shale underneath upstate new york, governor

cuomo says no you can't go get it. across the state line in pennsylvania, fracking is a multibillion-dollar industry. so, instead of tapping into much-needed resource of income, governor cuomo will raise taxes. the state is already hemorrhaging money and people but we are not allowed to export a resource under our own feet. a year ago we were still in the paris climate accord. still bound to kill call, curtail oil drilling and send billions of dollars. year to our competitors. now we are the dominant energy power in the world. i call that a trump win. the second hour of bernie and company is about to begin. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ coming up this hour, a white house press briefing on a

looming shutdown. they will take to the podium 10:30 eastern time. mc mulvaney says he puts the chances of a government shutdown at 5050. it's down to 94.4, that is less than was expected. it's below december's level. they take several readings throughout the month and get an average but this is a mid-january reading which is a little us and expected. the average for the whole of 2017 was 96.8. so 94.4 is a bit of a blip to start the year. no impact on the market, down seven. 26009. ibm, american express are both

douse stocks, both sharply lower, that would be taking about 50 odd points off the dow industrial. if you want for ibm and american express we would be about flat. there are three more dow stocks that have made all-time highs today. j.p. morgan, travelers and united health. a couple have backed off a bit but those three are there. american express, let me get back, the dragging on the dow costing about 55 points. ups, they've just raised their target price on ibm back to $170. share. i think we will and the day higher on them and ubs agrees with me. general electric, floundering around at $16.17. share. that is yet another six year low. my take on america's energy

dominance at the top of the hour. we will produce more out oil this year than saudi arabia. i said the big win for trump. do you agree with me that now we are going to produce more oil, we call the shots, am i right? >> yes and that will be a big problem. if you put your thinking cap on, i have two big things to say about it. number one, the oil money in the middle east has kept things relatively peaceful. yes there are flareups in bad situations are renown again, but what happens to the stability of that region when you take some of that away with a much lower oil price. something to think about. number two, what's the price of an electric car if gasoline is free. >> that's a trick question. tell me. >> i just want to know where all these people are, what's going to happen when we have such a low petro price that

will wipe out the cost of buying one of these cars with a big expensive battery. that will be a problem if you start to see oil slipped below that price it could ultimately hurt places like tesla and things like that. >> that's fascinating. very good point. venezuela, we are told the oil output is collapsing and that word is used. this is more of a story about the fate of socialism. how all those on the left, their calling and economic utopia and are probably asking harvey weinstein to get the nobel peace prize. never in my life have i been more surprised, this will be something that people study in their masters classes in economics about the fall of venezuela. they have a largest oil reserves in the world and they can't get their act together. something to keep an eye on. remember, oil, generally

speaking in the places that had it were able to keep things peaceful. you take that away that could show some of those places blowup because they can keep the peace. >> i was just going to ask about general electric, having a terrible week. it's down to $16. share. would you buy it at $16. >> i still need more time. you asked me that before. there has been more research i've come across. two big reasons. number one there's been some big cause for them to sell more shares to raise capital. that makes people worried. number two there also some reports that they don't have enough short-term capital to take care of some of their current liabilities. we need to see little bit of a runway where they've got enough capital to take care of things day-to-day before you wanna go back in. by the way, it's gasoline, it's not petro.

[laughter] thank you very much. with you soon many companies giving bonuses as a result of the tax cuts. the democrats continue to criticize it for the latest comes from sandy joya. >> you spend all your time on a tax bill giving resources to the richest people in america. >> okay, he doesn't like the tax cuts. he managed to get that dig in before he blasted republicans on the spending bill. washington examiner joins us now. >> good morning. are you ready for the shutdown. [laughter] will see what happens. if it does shutdown, i don't think it will be for too long but we'll see stuart. >> i want to talk about the democrats. we've got a long list of companies giving bonuses, a long list of companies increasing their contribution to 4o1k, raising wages, we

just had a bank, an executive vice president raising wages. biggest rays in the history of the bank but the democrats seem to say it all goes to the rich. i don't think that is a successful strategy for november the muslim very much mistaken. >> i agree. it was a big misstep. the language they've used, saying it's going to be armageddon and hyperbolic rhetoric, we've seen all these businesses that have decided to invest in their employees and the u.s. economy. not only that but you also have nancy pelosi saying that it's crumbs. that's not crumbs to the average americans or most americans around the country. that is real money that they

need to pay the bill. >> wise president trump so unpopular. his approval rating is way down. why is it that he is so successful. yet he personally is not popular. >> this is kind of where we were during the election as well. he wasn't personally well-liked. is on approval ratings were high or his approval ratings were low. latin americans still felt that he would improve their economic situation. democrats don't want to support a funding bill right now becaus because, as chuck

schumer said, the republican party is in disarray. president trump who blew up this deal. there and tire attempt is to paint him as someone who is incapable of leading. there's too much disarray, there's too much instability and that's where they're going with all this and that's where they been. >> but those economic policies are a wild success. thank you for joining me. >> have a great day. >> we just got updated numbers, more companies announcing bonuses. tell me. >> 217 companies are doing bonuses, 4o1k contributions, raising wages. it looks like the entire u.s. economy, all sectors, were talking barbershop, auto parts, spas, nursing homes, the college of the ozarks giving back, we found a winery in california giving bonuses

so it's a broad part of the economy that's doing it. that winery isn't nancy pelosi's winery but you have nursing homes, trucking companies, gyms, ranchers, supermarket chains, they're all in on the action giving back tax cuts to workers. >> eight out of ten workers live paycheck to paycheck so it's not crumbs to them. >> now it's not at all. >> vladimir putin went for an ac swim bear chested. course he did. it's very cold. he did it in celebration of the epiphany in the orthodox church. it's a tradition throughout russia. nearly 2 million took the plunge. he did it this year. one of the three republican candidates for senate in arizona, martha make sally will respond to one of her

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is a very modest loss for the dow industrials. 38 points, we are at 25000. there are more losers than winners. a quick check at gold. we're up today seven dollars higher, $1334. ounce. krispy kreme asking fans their input to choose a new donut flavor.

they said stick to what works, we like that you've got. >> the fact that there is outrage just shows you where it's headed. >> new flavor. >> i love bacon, but boston cream is the best donut ever invented. i don't know that ever. there's about 3 million calories each, but it's just fantastic. >> liver and onions. [laughter] just joking. >> now this. three gop candidates from the arizona senate race. martha make sally joins us. kelly ward came on the show earlier this week and had this to say about you. roll tape. >> his brand of politics, the brand of never trump and attacking the president and supporting daca and illegal immigration is not flying with arizonans. that's why martha make sally it will have a hard time

because she is jeff flake 2.0. the one thing on the campaign trail, do something else in washington d.c. >> those are fighting words. your response please. >> actually, that's pretty laughable coming from a professional campaigner has been campaigning for the past three years and losing. in that same time i've been on the hill fighting for our troops, fighting to secure the border, working with president trump, i vote 97% of the time with him and i'm the only candidate in this race that was sitting next to him last week and he supports my legislation to address his priorities which i think this opponent you just put up is again against the president and myself on our proposal to secure our border, i'm getting stuff done what other people are campaigning. >> so let's clear this up. you are vigorously opposed to what jeff flake stands for and vigorously for president trump. can i characterize it like

that. >> i am for what the arizonans that i represent and hope to represent in the senate are for which lines up with the president's agenda. >> but you won't dismiss jeff flake because you want anybody who would vote for jet flake, you want them to vote for you. >> i am my own person. i disagree with a lot of things that jeff flake does and i put out statements on that already. i would ask the people of verizon it to look at me, my record of being a fighter, combat fighter, i stood up to make our troops. i was invited to the white house last week. he supports my legislation. i am gladly working with this commander-in-chief to get things done for arizona. >> you are packing a lot in. that's very good. you getting it in there. you know it's only three minutes. you just referred to border security, i prefer to say the

wall. are you very much in favor of building the wall. >> absolutely we need a border wall. we also need to have our border patrol agents have all the tools they need to unleash their ability to stop illegal immigration in the cartels, the technology and other things are going to help secure our borders, i represent a border community. i leave the order subcommittee. i've been fighting for these issues in winning and i'm partnering with our president. the real travesty that we need to talk about is my democrat opponent. last night they voted to shut down the government. they voted against children. this is the real battle ahead and you have one candidate in this race who is working with president trump in getting things done. >> you packed it into three minutes. congratulations. that was very fantastic. come and see us again. we appreciate your input. speaking of the border, they are testing grounds as a way to protect areas to remote for wall. we have a live report later this hour. will show you how that plan to do. pope francis criticized for

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it has a five day plunge that has taken it down 15%. that is its worst run in nine years. it's barely above $16. share as we speak. pope francis on a trip in chile accused church sex abuse

victims of slander just days after meeting with them and asking for forgiveness. he is standing up for a bishop who is accused of covering up those crimes. joining us now his father jonathan morris. father, is that justified to criticize the pope and is the pope justified in saying hey, this is slander. >> it's a great question. first of all, we know there has been despicable actions not only in chile but the u.s. and countries around the world by clergy. it needs to be rejected, we need to speak out against it, and that's what pope francis did in the first part of his day. and then, there was a question of this bishop, his name is borrows, who was accused of covering it up and what pope pope francis said is if you show me a shred of evidence then i will speak out and remove him, but until someone shows me a shred of evidence it is slander to speak out

against him if it didn't happen. that's the question. of course you have to have some evidence. the easiest thing for him to have done would to simply say everyone is guilty, i'm out of here, let's go back to the vatican. he would've been the hero of those who were accused of this dish above cover-up. he didn't do that. >> this has been going on for at least a generation, this church abuse scandal. is it anywhere near over? >> in the united states of america, thankfully there have been regulations and supervision is put in place that it is the most difficult, thankfully the most of go place in terms of institutions to have this occur again. of course it can occur again but the rest of the world is catching up. there have not been those regulations and i'm grateful not only regulations but i would say there's got to be checks and balances and especially to make sure guys who have these despicable,

gross tendencies never get into the clergy in the first place. >> it's very difficult subject but we do appreciate you addressing it head-on. thank you, sir. tomorrow make marks one year in office for president trump. i will say it was a successful year policy wise. i will state my case at the top of the next hour. next, we take you to the white house for live update on the shutdown talks. senator johnson will join us. big day for politics and the money ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we took legendary

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>> it's due to start moments from now. i'm talking about a press briefing on what is a looming government shutdown. we will take you there when it starts. meanwhile johnson joins us, republicans from south dakota. welcome to the program. it's great having back. the democrats and the republicans control the senate, the republicans control the house, it's their fault, it's your fault, the gop if you shut the government down. your response? >> while the democrats know full wellin the senate that it takes 60 votes to do anything. we can move legislation without democrat support. they are in the position right now of deciding to shut the government down because they are getting everything they want on immigration. we have a daca deadline that has to be dealt with but it's not until march and there's no need to turn the lights out on the federal government today when there's plenty of time to address that issue so

hopefully democrats will come to their senses. >> senator, i will show you and our viewers what th the president said. he says the democrats want to shut it down. roll tape. >> i really believe the democrats want to shut it down to get off the subject of the tax cuts. nobody thought, including the democrats that it could work this well are they been so good that i think the democrats would bite to see a shutdown to get off that subject. >> to think that's good, change the subject from the tax cuts in the growing economy. >> i think they see political advantage in this argument because they are on the losing side when it comes to tax cuts. they played that issue entirely wrong. they blocke block voted against it and now as the stories come out of business is expanding and providing bonuses to employees, you will see more that because not only is this a good short-term story but long-term the tax bill will be incredible. it will stimulate the economy

and get greater growth and higher wages for american workers. >> forgive me but i've got to get back to the blame game for a second. how is it that republicans would probably get the blame for shutting down the government when it appears to me that it's the democrats were going to shut it down to defend illegal aliens. they will shut it down to stop and increase in government spending. i don't know how on earth that works out like this but you are going to get the blame. >> republicans typically, if past history is any indication get blamed for these things but the fact is, the facts really are very clear. the democrats have the cards right now in the senate, senate democrats are the ones who will block us getting a funding bill on the floor while he is considered to keep the lights open for the federal government and instead they will shut it down because they don't get everything they want on this issue of

immigration which doesn't have a deadline until march. were talking about something that's a couple months and can be negotiated and all we are saying is keep the government open, give us an opportunity people of good faith on both sides have been coming to the table to repair the daca issue and if the president would sign it into law but were not there yet. instead, instead of negotiating, the democrats decided they will take their ball and go home. >> you could argue, and i have argued shut it down because it shuts down and there's a shock value to that enforces our political life to address immigration and military spending. it forces the issue. i'm sure you don't agree with me but i'm saying shut it down in the national interest. >> i think the argument is that it's another casualty and it's something democrats don't seem to be concerned about

it. we have 9 million children who are going to lose their health insurance coverage. what we are going to do long term to form the government, they are negotiations that should continue. i don't concur with your argument that shutting it down is the way to do that. i think people should come to the table while the government is functioning in operating but the democrats are resisting that. if it does shut down, it is on them for the press may blame republicans because that's generally what happens but the truth is if you look at where who's trying to bring people to the table and get a deal here, it's republicans and democrats that are resisting and blocking that. frankly there golding about it. senator schumer and others are out there sort of advertising the fact that they can shut the government down. >> senator, the last time there was a government shutdown it lasted 16 days. it was at the end of the year 2013. the obama administration

seemed to try to inflict pain to make it hurt america so we would get rid of the shutdown very quickly. i expect that at this press conference we will hear measures that would not be painful if the government shuts down. >> that's what we would like to see is that? >> i suspect that you will hear from the administration what the expectations would be, what people's expectations can be in that event, hopefully that can be averted and it will require democrats to prevail but obviously know what he wants to see this happen. is not a good outcome for the country but at this point it seems that the democrats have sort of decided that this is in their best political interest and that seems to be the way that they are going to move forward today. we will find out in a few hours. >> senator, thank you very much for joining us at a key moment.

we always appreciate you being on the show. come on in, pete is a military guy, he wears lots of hats but he's a military guy and that's how i know best. i want to talk about military spending. in my opinion, this is my opinion, it is an absolute must that we increased the readiness, spend more money on the readiness of our military forces and yet, it looks like the democrats oppose that and are prepared to shut down the government to prevent an increase in government spending. bear with me here. i don't see how the republicans get the blame for shutting down the government when the democrats won't allow it to get our military to true preparedness level. they shouldn't get the blame. >> a well. >> i don't think they have to if you message it properly. it senate democrats shutting down the government to protect illegal immigrants. they are willing to cut a budget deal. there is a budget deal to be had. then we can deal with daca. it senate democrats who are

praising to their base. that is why they are willing to shut it down. as far as the militaries can send, barack obama gave a sequestration which has crushed our military. president trump is committed to rebuilding it. our readiness is in terrible shape right now. >> yes it is. when the general was sitting in that chair with a long list of how we were just not prepared. the money wasn't there for training and for facilities and equipment. >> and for maintenance and looking ahead at the horizon against future threats. you know who is going over the horizon, china and they have a plan for 2015 in their building toward military dominance. right now we are playing continuing resolution after continuing resolution which is not how you think strategically about a force and then you don't have a force that's ready. you have a smaller army that's less ready than it's ever been in decades and it makes the world a more dangerous place. >> does the public care? we been at war since 2002 in afghanistan. we spent ten years at war in iraq, do we care, does america, is america rather

tired of this endless war, endless military spending. >> i think the public does care, they don't want to see foreign adventurism, they responded to that and president trump but they want to see america able to win and dominate and they think they truly understood what was under the hood of how that it's become on defense spending the very much would care. the president has to stay on that tune. the other thing that we don't talk about is deficit and debt that are just exploding. if you have those two problems and you're trying to cut me go to the discretionary spending and they will do anything about entitlement spending. we are in a really bad spot and yet here we are at midnight tonight, we will shut down the government for fake outrage from democrats. they are solving the wrong problems. the republicans need to follow president trump's lead. do the right things for the right reasons and explain its people. that's exactly what they're doing. >> let me go back, there was a false alert in hawaii about a week ago. i would have thought that

would've set the alarm bells ringing, we are not prepared for the north korean threat in whichever way comes at us. then we heard that our antimissile defense based in alaska is only 50% effective see can't be sure you shoot the thing down as it comes toward you. i would've thought that would've set the alarm bells ringing but the democrats and republicans alike, but it did not. >> the democrats from hawaii said you know what we need to do now, sit down with kim jong-un and start pea peace talks. they don't get the world we live in print they don't understand how eminent a lot of these threats are so they get one false, guy hit the wrong button and they go running to the peace table. that shows you how weak need the american left is. >> p stock is always the easiest option because it kicks the can down the road, you're off the hook for now, get back to the beach and palm trees. appeasement is always the attractive first option. >> and it's always the worst. right now there is no set of good options with north korea

but this president is taking them seriously. i was on your program saying i think we should try the body no strategy. we should rattle their cage, not start all-out war but rattle their cage to where they are willing to change and put the screws to china. >> i think kim jong-un is mystified by president trump. he's never had an american presentation like this before. he doesn't know what he'll do next. >> that's what the president said he will be, unpredictable. you don't get a good outcome and less your enemy truly fears you, and i think he does. >> but not the whole country. there's a large body of opinion that worries about whether or not our president is balanced or whether or not our president should be in charge of this fast and effective military as we confront north korea. he doesn't have a whole country with him on this. >> no he doesn't. ronald reagan had the democratic party out to get him when he was taking on the evil empire. they said he was unstable. how can that be. it took clear vision of right

and wrong and the leadership to take down the soviet union. president trump has those ingredients but his critics will always hate him. republicans have the find a spine to back them up. willie back them up? mitch mcconnell and paul ryan had to stop blinking and start going on offense. >> were you in the army. >> just for a little bit. where did you serve. >> i was in iraq, afghanistan and guantanamo bay. we may have said once or twice were walking on a patrol, some of the beautiful places around the world. >> have you ever fired a gun in anger. >> i have. >> have you been in combat. >> i have. >> i haven't. what was it, what was it like

i know that's a stupid question. >> you never know what it can be like the first time you shot at. the first thing you do is you jump down and then you realize if i don't get back up i'm not doing what i could be for the guys next to me so it's p or instinct and training that kicks in. i was at the 101st airborne over there. knowing you have the most highly trained guys with you who are willing to do it for you and with you, that pushes you through those moments when you would otherwise not want too. >> they are our sharp troops. >> they are. they are deployed in some of the most difficult places. >> they serve different roles. special operators are out there with the seals in the greenbrae doing some of the more covert stuff. were walking on patrol in the neighborhood keeping the beat, at least when i was there in 2005. >> you get your opinion on a sound bite that i'm about to roll. >> we don't want to shut down the government. you spend all your time on a tax bill giving resources 83% of the resources to the richest people in america.

>> they are never going to stop her they have one talking point and they will hammer it away. to the guy wh on stage with trump who set i'm $2400 richer, a woman who worked at walmart said i gotta thousand dollars bonus because of president trump. tell her that's breadcrumbs. the last time i checked, poor people don't hire people. rich people hire people. to the extent to which they are optimistic about the future matters for our economy. i think they will lose on this argument. >> how much money does our military me too get back to the shape you want to get it into. >> hundreds of billions more. where they spend money is a reflection of the country's priority. if you believe in the common defense you invest in the defense system. you have to fix the waste but you look at our entitlement programs that are totally

unsustainable, this president or a future president has to look at that. imagine what they say one word on a reform medicare or medicaid. >> it's a mess. the funding of vital services like the military is an absolute mess. i don't see much improvement in the immediate years. i really don't. >> i don't either because it's a deficit of courage on capitol hill. there's very few legislators that are truly there to try to do the right thing. >> are the votes there? >> that's a whole other issue. >> i don't think they're there. >> no but there's still a deal to be had with the presence priorities are gotten. republicans are so good at giving things away. i think this is a chance they can prove they won't. >> do you enjoy being on television. >> i used wear camouflage and now i'm wear makeup. >> camouflaged makeup. >> sometimes they tell us this is combat television.

>> it's as close as a get. >> no it's not. it's gentle. >> at times you get a good punch in their. >> stay there. i just have to update what's going on in the market. there is nothing going on in the market. general electric is on a dreadful run. the worst five day decline since march 2009. were talking almost nine years. thank you our senior editor who tracks the stuff. ge having a rough time of it no doubt. who would've thought it would be on this program talking about ge might just disappear, the ultimate start. you know this, you're not a financial guy but you know ge was the stock for generations. it was the stock. >> it's down 15% in five days. when i bought a french energy company, a few years ago that 260 market market value. now it's trending down.

>> $16 a share. show me amazon. i think amazon is $1300. share. >> they are announced they are raising the prime membership from 1099 a month until 1299 a month. it does not change the cost of the $99 year long membership. there are people out there who use the service month-to-month. that will go up a couple bucks. other than that, they have this prime student monthly plan that you can sign up for new and that's gone from 549 to 649. they are generating more money. >> it's an interesting story, headline coming out of the new york post that kroger made by overstock.com will take on amazon. we don't know, it still report , it's unsubstantiated but that's interesting, the retailer kroger, supermarket

chain is looking at overstock.com prevents bring the cookies back on because they are help putting odds on where amazon will build their second headquarters further down to 20 candidates around the country. paddy power, and irish bookie that does a lot of business all over the world, they make boston 3 - 1 favorite on headquarters. austin and atlanta are both 7 - 2. we've got montgomery county near d.c. at 8 - 1 all the way down at the bottom miami, dallas, raleigh, nashville, l.a., columbus are at 20 - 1. not a gambling guy but where you think. >> by the way, overstock.com excepts big coin. as i write. >> i would say minneapolis not on the list.

that's a high tax state. that's where i'm from. go vikings. >> what's that stock i want to quote, adt this is an ipo that's out today i should've been following that, but i was not more down 11% on adt. in case you're just joining us, we are waiting for the white house press conference will take place momentarily on the shutdown. i guess guess it's whether we will have a shutdown or take some kind of action that makes it less effective. >> you are just showing senator hoyer ripping into the tax cuts. no democrat has called for full repeal. no one is saying that on the democrat side. it's just rhetoric. >> they wonder if they will go into the november election say we will reverse the tax cuts.

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leave a schedule for 10:30 eastern. there are 22 minutes late, haven't yet started the white house press briefing on the impending government shutdown. i do want to report however what i think is another big win for president trump. this year, america will produce more oil than saudi arabia. we will pump out 10.4 million barrels. day. that is the expectation of the international energy agency. it's not a trump boast, that's what they're saying. we will in fact be calling the shots on the price of energy worldwide. >> i think it's a wonderful thing. >> it is a wonderfully amazing thing to double down on hyperbole, especially in spite of, in spite of eight years of obama who did everything he could to shut this industry down which is against our national interest. now we don't have to care what saudi arabia thanks. we don't care as much, we don't have to be entangled there in ways that are not useful to us but we can be entangled when it serves our interest, otherwise if you can make a here and service here, everything is better.

>> venezuela is collapsing as we speak. while output in venezuela absolutely collapsing. they have the largest oil reserves in the world bar none and they are virtually producing nothing. it's american slackers who come into the market, make up for the loss out of venezuela, make up for the cotton production and keep the price run $60 a barrel. >> this is only to get better because of the policies of this illustration. >> i don't see why anyone would want to stop us getting at a resource which is ours. it doesn't belong to someone else. >> the critics say you're ruining the environment, you're contaminating the water, so on and so on. that's always been. >> it's that space, it's also technology. the technology to get at our energy resources is booming. there's all sorts of different ways to get in there in a safe clean way to do it. that is another plus on

president trump's report card. i'll tell you something, when you see the u.s. becoming that exporters of oil, we haven't seen that since the 1950s. the obama administration did say yes to the u.s., lift the restriction on the sale of u.s. oil but we haven't seen that turnabout since the 1950s. you are talking unrest in the middle east, upheaval in the middle east as the u.s. becomes dominant. >> i'm talking energy dominance and i think it's a wonderful thing. the dow industrials are down about 40 points. we are expecting a government shutdown. i don't think investors care. look at that. since the election, the dow is up 41%. it's astonishing for the s&p up 30% and the nasdaq is up 40%. that's astonishing rise, but i do think their software out there, those algorithms, nonhuman traders that may pick up on a few of these back, i'm a government shutdown that may

have a little bit of a selloff but not a big one. >> our thanks to pete. thank you for helping me tap dance. you're not done yet. we have to take a commercial break. we will take it now and will be back with our press conference after this. :

stuart: we will have -- we have been expecting a briefing at the white house on the government shutdown. it was expected to start a half hour ago. when it begins we will take you there. first, this. donald trump is the only president to spend his first year underwater in the polls. 's disapproval number has always been way in front of his approval number. he is not popular. with the stock market rally and stronger economy, more people give credit to barack obama

than donald trump. despite media contempt and public hostility donald trump has had a very successful first year in office, his win list is long, tax cuts, deregulation, energy dominance, low unemployment, lowest jobless rate for african americans in generations and don't forget the huge stock market rally that has enriched everyone's pension plan. what a contrast. and unpopular president puts america on the road to prosperity. maybe that holds the key to his success or failure in the november elections. and anti-trump platform. they exploit his unpopularity. he has to reverse the opinion polls. how does he do that? as he said last night, it's the economy, stupid. if people look at their rising paychecks, if they look at the rising value of their homes,

the big games for their 401(k) they might like president a bit more. if people vote their wallet they will vote for trump. maybe a little twitter control might help too. the third hour of "varney and company" is about to begin. ♪ what i call donald trump at successful first year in office, let's bring in senator bill cassidy, republican from louisiana. it is a paradox. it has been a successful year but the man is deeply unpopular. how the maclean's this? >> the economy doing great but his twitter feed keeps everybody unsettled. the other news networks focus on that which is unsettling and not on his successes. i agree with you, you will look at your paycheck, it is bigger,

job prospects better, look at your pension portfolio and it is better and hopefully folks vote on that kitchen table issue. stuart: the shutdown i think is likely. don't know for sure but it looks likely to me. if we do shutdown, you are a republican and you are going to get the blame. >> i cannot see why we would get the blame. stuart: you will because the media will say it is your fault, it will be portrayed as you guys holding everything up. that is the way it works. >> the children's health insurance program is incredibly important. we listen to the last we 6 months, crocodile tears which were deservedly shut over the importance of the program and the need to renew. and renew it for six years. democrats are shutting down the government and refusing that deal for an issue that doesn't have to be addressed for a month and a half. that is those so nakedly the issue. hopefully those who care about

chip are calling up democrats saying to your job. daca doesn't have to be addressed for a month and a half, get chip reauthorized now. it would be great to be reauthorized for six years. stuart: i don't get how it is possible for you, the republicans, to get the blame when the democrats have this possibility of getting what they want on-chip, children's health insurance program and they are supporting illegals at the expense of the government. i just don't get it how you get the blame and they don't. >> it is only going to be if there are ideological blame doors on the mainstream media. you and fox are going to do your job, you're going to say wait a second, you got a deal, you can fund the military, fund the government and take care of the chip program now and take

care of daca later or you can shut down chip, kids lose their health insurance next week, military is unsettled because of a deal that doesn't have to be done for a month and a half. that is the core of the issue. you do your job and hope the other networks do their job as well and people call democrats and tell them to do their job. stuart: forgive me for saying it but you are more animated this morning on this issue than i have ever seen you before. >> i cannot believe it, democrats are going to deny kids health insurance by -- because of a deal that doesn't have to be done on illegal immigration for a month and a half. as a doctor, as a guy who took care of the uninsured for many years i am passionate about it, talk about the military next, talk about everything else next and yet they are going to shut

that down too. i cannot believe democrats are doing this and people are not calling them out. stuart: senator bill cassidy, republican louisiana, thanks for being on the show. what is happening to your money? we discussed the possibility of a government shutdown. answer, a small decline from the dow industrials up 50 points, 25,000 now, 25968. circle squared alternative investments, if you are watching this show normally in this hour you have never seen this guy before, he usually appears at 9:30 when the market opens, welcome to the 11:00 hour. >> good to be here. stuart: there has got to be a pullback for the stock market. it has to happen. it always happens. >> last week i want about complacency. the market moved 1000 points in one week from last week. this market isn't focusing on anything negative. my concern is a massive

contingency of investors who don't see an end to this market and the problem with those investors is they are dangerous. when the market does start to sell off a won't know how to handle it. stuart: there is going to be a pullback inevitably. should we buy it? if it pulls back 10%, 15%, you buy back in or leave it alone? >> the problem i have with a lot of people is they consider a pullback a few hundred points. this market has moved up for nine years in a row. a pullback needs to be a lot more dramatic than a few hundred points. there needs to be something dramatic, some reason why investors, some of the bearishness needs to come back and the market is to return to reality. stuart: i got to talk about amazon, their new headquarters building. they narrowed it down to a shortlist of 20 locations from which to choose, newark, new

jersey is one of those places and the outgoing governor chris christie has offered $5 billion to get them to go to newark. >> i have a lot of dogs in this hunt but i will tell you they are light years ahead of anybody else on this list when it comes to the infrastructure, the proximity to the largest consumer base in the country. stuart: you are talking up your book, that is not newark's reputation outside of newark, new jersey. >> when i left italy that is where we settled. the bottom line is newark has had a lot of challenges. i see a renaissance on the horizon. there are other big technology companies that want to be there. stuart: we got to that. >> the benefits of newark and the people of new jersey, a lot

more to offer than any other names on that list. stuart: one last one, ibm, they made money, the revenue increased for the first time in 6 years. they have all these alternate new areas to go into, artificial intelligence, block chains, trying at all and the stock is down nearly 4%. why is it down 4%? >> ibm is old technology. i was very optimistic about ibm because they started to venture into cloud computing, they made some strides but if you look at this earnings report they failed to pick up any momentum this quarter. when you have the first revenue increase in 202 quarters that does not leave me to be very optimistic on ibm. the fact they had a wall on cloud computer concerns me greatly. stuart: newark fabulous.

ibm forget it. thank you. now this. a company that is working to fight the opioid crisis created a wearable ultrasound the not only reduces pain but helps heal, they say. the ceo of that company is with us and brother device with him. he will see it. more than 7 million americans with long-term care insurance are seeing major rate increases, details coming up. we are joined by travis allen, one of the republicans running for governor in california. i want to know how he will take on the democrats. we are still waiting for the white house press briefing on the shutdown. i don't want to read too much into it but why is it delayed 40 minutes? we will see. mitch mcconnell on the senate floor. >> tell them it was all for

nothing. maybe it is time to come back to reality. we are ready have a bill we know can pass the house because it already did. we have a bill we know the president will sign into law because he has already committed to do just that. we know with one noncontroversial and bipartisan vote we can keep the government up and running. we can fund the children's health care program for six years and we can give ourselves the time we need to finish ongoing negotiations on daca, border security and the long-term needs of our military and we could do all of that today. all of it. or, or our democratic friends can continue to take democratic leader's advice and vote to

shut down the government, destabilize funding for our troops, shutdown the children's health care program, still not get what they are demanding on illegal immigration. it is really up to them. i look forward to voting cloture on the house bill. the american people, the citizens who elected us will be watching, they will say which senators make patriotic decision, stand up for the american people and continue government funding and extend tilton's healthcare when we continue bipartisan talks. they will see which senators vote to shove aside veterans,

military families and vulnerable children to hold the entire country hostage, hold the entire country hostage until we passed and immigration bill that hasn't been yet. this is completely unfair and uncompassionate to filibuster government-funded, our troops and jeopardize health coverage for 9 million children, extreme elements of their base want illegal immigration to crowd out every other priority. they believe the issue of illegal immigration is more important than everything else. all the government services the american people depend on. i would recommend stop the wild

goose chase that will go to a destination that cannot be explained. let's fulfill the core responsibilities of congress, fund the government, provide for the american people and resume serious negotiations on the issues that matter most. let's fund the government for a full month so we can actually get something done. stuart: told that as soon as mitch mcconnell had finished his address, the white house press briefing on the possible shutdown, that is what is about to happen. the media is assembled, the podium is set to go. we are waiting for mc mulvaney

and a couple other official thing are we going to get a shutdown and if we do, what measures are we going to take to mitigate the effects. i should say just maybe there is some wrangling at the last minute here before they start the press conference. are we going to get a shutdown or not? that press conference is supposed to begin momentarily, no reaction on the market at all. we have a drop of 48 points, the dow industrials, that is it. in previous government shutdowns, last time we saw one, 16 days in 2013 and the dow industrials went up, 1% during that time, the nasdaq composite went down 2%. mixed reaction right there. new york's governor andrew cuomo proposes more than $1 billion -- i got to interrupt

myself. here we go. >> to get you folks up to speed where things stand regarding the potential lapse in funding, the shutdown. omb is preparing for what we call the schumer shutdown. it still surprises me, i have been through some of these before, that the democrats in the senate are opposing a bill they don't oppose. they are for the extension to the chip program, many support delays, the medical device tax, and don't oppose anything in the bill but opposing the bill. we don't want a shutdown, but mister schumer insists on in a position to force this on the american people. we want to let folks understand

it will look very different than it did under the previous administration. one thing i learned since i have been in this office is there is no other way -- the obama administrator weapon eyes to the shutdown in 2013, what they didn't tell you is they did not encourage agencies to use carryforward funds. norwood they encourage agencies to use transfer authority, and they did so for political purposes. it will look different this time around. taking questions about specifics on that. mark short is here with an update where we stand. >> as mc said last night the

house passed the bipartisan bill with 230 votes. the president stands ready to sign that bill to keep the government functioning and a float. it appears unfortunately senate democrats are entrenched in forcing a shutdown. i think there's obviously a lot of hypocrisy in this town. there's some ironies to point out as the director said, nancy pelosi called them legislative arsonists, and those voting for a shutdown at the time commenting they are there to burn down, we should be building up in terms of investment in education and scientific research. section merced at the time it is like this, someone goes into your house, take your wife and children hostage and says let's negotiate over the price of your house and that is the same tactic, last night as many of you know, senator feinstein's

position, she said the government shutdown, people will die. how is she going to vote? sees said she hasn't decided yet. people are going to die, don't know how to vote on this. the reality is this is not about policy, it is about politics. we are not familiar with anything democrats are opposing. they champion and support the chip program, this will reauthorize it for six years, new study says 9 million children getting health insurance through the program. the reality is we will jeopardize payments for the military and troops. and border patrol ice, those are to protect our borders and protect our country. we are frustrated because mc's job is to submit a budget to congress. make is that in february.

congress has months to complete the appropriations process, the fiscal year end on september 30th, we are in mid-january, it is frustrating that we are in this position but what is it democrats are asking in order to get out of the shutdown queue they are hell-bent in a shutdown, we are a just to make sure our troops and those on the front lines get paid. >> a couple things on that. we know democrats want to deal on daca. the president on the other hand tweeted our country needs a good shutdown. is he getting exactly what he asked for? the president as i'm sure you know on the last time we had a government shutdown that it is the president's responsibility to lead. he needs to get the players in the room, he needs to lead. how is he going to lead on this? >> the president was very active yesterday bringing together the house to get 230

votes. he was speaking to the freedom caucus members, that was where we had the best challenge, he helped get that bill accomplished and making continued -- bipartisan members today, he is leading on this issue. regarding daca, we feel the administration has put forward our plan on this. keep in mind the secretary kelly a year ago, says we want a solution on daca with. we ask congress to fix it. several states sued the federal government over obama's unconstitutional policies, gave them plenty of heads up on this coming in the fall we submitted our priorities to congress in october and refined those to say this is too much, we negotiate against ourselves and we noted down the list to say practical things get to a deal -- we put forward that plan, you saw a study a couple years ago that showed 2500 people trying to get into the country

every year. that is seven per day. it is time to fix immigration problems in the country and we put forward a proposal to do that, continue to have conversations that we have productive conversations with leader mccarthy, senator durbin and senator cornyn. and continue those conversations, we are making progress, what doesn't make sense is to shut down the government just because you're making progress but i need something else. >> let me ask a couple questions. the president's comments about -- whole countries, what challenges does he bear? >> make one thing clear, one of the differences between where we are and where we were in 2013, the president is actively working to try to prevent a shutdown. i will contend to you it is dramatically different when president obama was doing it in

2013. i was there, i was involved heavily and i will tell you it is my belief president obama wanted a shutdown in 2013 because he thought republicans would get blamed lose the president actively worked all day yesterday to get a bill through the house and continue his conversations today, there is no way you could lay this at the feet of the president of the united states, he is actively working to try to get a deal. >> the why not bring leadership here? >> the president continues bipartisan conversations. i'm not privy -- i am not privy to meetings the president may or may not have. >> we are talking government shutdown but this is an important topic, 100,000 or more people taking part in the march for life today. a 20 week abortion ban is a fast track, will you expect a vote and why does the white house want a vote? >> this administration has continued to defend life from the very beginning, the vice president last year was the

first vice president to speak to the march for life, the president is hosting people to protect life. it is an important issue for this administration. you saw with reversal of mexico city policy the president looked to make sure we aren't making sure taxpayer dollars are not used overseas to fund abortions. that is the commitment of this administration. we don't have a date when the senate will vote but the question whether it fails or passes we think is important for the said ministries and be on record in support of life. if i could go back to the next to the last question, keep in mind just last week we had a bipartisan meeting here the president organized with leadership to try to get to a resolution on daca. after the press had departed discussion was the four leaders, mccarthy, durbin, cornyn and hoyer would be the ones organizing the meeting, that is what we have in part

of. we ask why is in the present bringing members over? he did. he has tried to reach the biggest issue which is shutting down the government over illegal immigration, trying to solve that problem and bring that conversation. >> you said this was the schumer shutdown was how can it be the schumer shutdown when republican-controlled white house, the house and the senate? >> you know the answer to that. i have to laugh when people say that? we control the house and senate and white house, why can't you get this done, you know as well as anybody it takes 60 votes to pass and appropriations bill. we only have 51 votes in the senate, you have to have democrats for it in order to keep the government to fund the government. that is the answer to your question. >> why not have a solution for the dreamers, congress was in the room, members of congress in the room with the president last week, seem to be a fairly productive meeting and the whole process got blown up. and republicans -- it seems the whole process was blown up by

the president's comment. >> when republicans tried to add a discussion about obamacare to the funding process in 2013 we were accused by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer of inserting non-financial issue into the spending process to shut the government down. how is that not exactly what happened today? the reason to deal with daca this week? no reason before the end of february. daca doesn't expire until march 5th. this is purely an attempt by senate democrats led by mister schumer which is why we call it the schumer shutdown to try to get a shutdown and think the president gets blamed for it. >> you are saying you need democrat support in the senate so are there any concessions the white house is willing to make to get support from those immigrants that you need? >> go back to what i said at the opening, they don't oppose anything in there.

they support chip. every member of the finance subcommittee voted for this exact chip extension. they don't want the cadillac tax to go into place, they always supported clean crs, those are concessions we ordinarily with them they put up a clean cr and let them voted. it worked in out, there were several democrats voted for it. >> leave it on the bill that passed the house so democrats have to support the bill in the house. >> should support the bill in the senate. the house passed a bill, the senate has a couple choices, they cannot take it up, basic civics, they take it up and don't pass or change the senate back to the house, things on this bill, nothing in this bill they do not like. the only reason they are not voting for it is they want other things to be added to it. that is the only explanation we have. >> main thing democrats want added is daca and many of you

said they want a solution on daca. what is the sticking point on your end about putting it in this bill? >> the bill is not ready. you don't vote on a summary, you don't -- there have been months of work with any major piece of legislation, it doesn't and shouldn't come together overnight, there is no bill to vote on and no emergency in terms of the timing on daca. daca does not expire until march 5th. there is no reason to tie these things together anymore. >> important to remember, we are approaching the march 5th deadline but the president put forward, we have been asking congress to address this. the reality is there's no legislation for them to pull up. there is this proposal, there is not legislation to vote on so when they say we need to have daca solved, there is not a bill to vote on.

it is about politics and not policy. >> general kelly will tell you he mentioned this to senators during his confirmation process. this administration has been trying for you to get progress on daca and congress is taking that. >> you have been the one on capitol hill every day. what i'm getting from the podium is this happens, it is democrats fault. what as a practical matter can you do between now and midnight tonight to change the equation, get people on board? >> it is not clear what democrats are asking for. they want a solution to daca but they are asking republicans to bring up, i they believe for political reasons it is better to force a shutdown. the president is continuing to reach out to the man's will continue to do so throughout the day. he is actively on the phone,

what is a solution you guys make? we think giving the children's health insurance program and democrats asked for, reauthorized for six years, something that would attract democrat votes. >> the other big story is cfpb and your request for 0 funding. are you working to reduce spending? what is the future of cfpb? what is leander english's role? >> i won't seek litigation with miss english. at the cfpb, we didn't think it was necessary. $177 million in its reserve funds and able to operate next quarter off of that. that is why we asked for no money this quarter. we intend to continue to fulfill the statutory mission of the cfpb. the day i walked in i wasn't

there to shut the place down or blow it up but the focus on the statutory mission, plenty of money in the bank to do that. >> you mentioned daca is not an immediate need because of the march 5th deadline and that is the sticking point for many democrats, people sitting at home and they are wondering if there is a government shutdown, how long would this last, could this potentially go weeks like the last one was 16 days especially since you are talking about the march 5th deadline, what is a realistic timeframe how long a shutdown could last? >> talk about immigration and a quote from mister schumer from 2013, basically it is like we could say we are shutting down the government, won't raise the debt ceiling, it would be governmental chaos. bernie sanders, one of my favorites, this was me by back in 2013, trying to figure out

away to force a debate on obamacare repealed, what they are saying is maybe we have lost the presidential election, maybe we lost seats for the senate and house, this is sanders in 2013, it doesn't matter, we can bring the government to a shutdown, 300 hard-working americans on the 3, we are going to get our way no matter what. this is exactly what the accused republicans of doing in 2013. there is absolutely no reason to insert a daca discussion into the funding bill today. >> how long can people expect -- >> a couple different things. omb is responsible for managing the shutdown. the military will go to work. they will not get paid. the border will be patrolled, won't get paid. fire folks will fight the fires out west, they will not get paid. parks will be open, the whole list, a bunch of different

things, compared to 2013, don't lose sight of the fact we are asking the military to work without pay, asking firefighters to work without pay. it is harming the people. what is different, parks will be open this time and they weren't before. go down the list. the parks will be open. the way it works, the parks are open, but especially if the service is provided by third parties, things like the trash won't get picked up, fannie and freddie will be open, the post office will be open, the tsa will be open, all of these people will be working for nothing which is not fair. we are going to manage the shutdown different, we are not going to weapon eyes it, we are not going to try to hurt people especially people who work for the federal government. we still need congress to appropriate the funds. that is all the time we have. we will be doing this again.

stuart: that was a contentious press conference. mick mulvaney, the office budget guy about the impending government shutdown. the bottom line from what administration officials were saying was this is the schumer shutdown is in senator chuck schumer, democrat, leader of the democrats in the senate, schumer's shutdown, that was the repeated statement by mick mulvaney and other people, legislative affairs director, betsy mccoy, what did you -- >> the most important point for our viewers is this shutdown will not be weapon eyes, it will not be painful for most americans. many federal employees including the military, the shutdown was over. it was retrospectively. people get their social security checks and most of the government will remain open.

stuart: sorry we have 2 keep it short. it is not a weapon eyes to shut down, you can see that in the stock market. we were down 45 points when mick mulvaney started to speak, we are down 31 but evidently the market was not upset by all this talk about a government shutdown, what we are going to do about it. we are down 29 as we speak. listen to what the mayor of oakland, california, says she would do to defend her city's sanctuary policies. >> i would be willing to go to jail to defend oakland sanctuary status and policies that reflect the values of the community. stuart: let's bring in california's gubernatorial candidate, travis allen who is

with us today. you heard with the mayor of oakland has to sandwich he proposes to do, your response please. >> come to california, we have criminal obstruction of justice. this is gone from bad to worst in california, from bad to actual criminal. the mayor of oakland, federal immigration authorities, the attorney general of california, and for and every california employer, prosecution under california law. that was criminal obstruction. stuart: if you are elected governor of california as a republican what will you do about this? >> the illegal sanctuary state, the governor of california, anytime they choose, on the ballot, let people of

california throw it out. and california citizens, clearly this is unconstitutional. stuart: i got numbers from the census department the other day which show california amazingly has the highest poverty rate in the country. what would you do about it if you like the governor as a republican of california? >> 39 of 40 of the last years have been democrat controlled legislature, 24 the last 50 years, the brown family controlling california, this has led to one in five californians living below the poverty line, nation's highest poverty rate, highest and sheltered homeless rate. california is too expensive to live, 243,000 in the last seven years, $8 billion, the jobs are leaving, companies are leaving, the rest of the country is booming but california has the

nation's highest taxes, highest corporate tax in the western united states, you have to start by cutting taxes in california making it affordable, and welfare recipients more than any state in the nation. californians want to work, they need new governor who will cut their taxes. stuart: a rock and roll day you can appreciate. >> thank you. completely different subject, the opioid crisis. the next guest invented a device that would help fight the opioid problem. and brian murphy is with us to

explain, an ultrasound device, you can prove it is effective. >> incorporating platform technology, it is a form of ultrasound in the products. ultrasounds it was proven for years to be anti-inflammatory -- stuart: does the fda recognize your device as a fixer for pain? >> it does. stuart: do insurance companies, if i want your device, do the insurance company pay? >> we are -- mostly direct to consumer, we are focused on many sports injuries, the facial nerve pain also called

the suicide pain. stuart: this is intense? >> it is the most intense pain there is. stuart: i have heard of this. the treatment for that degree of pain might be opioids. you are telling me your device is as effective as opioids and reducing the pain, chronic pain you getting your nerves and face. >> it is a longer-term solution, curative as opposed to masking the symptoms of pain, the opioid crisis, opioids have been demonized, the pain still exists. >> $595, the device lasts three years, very effective on soft tissue injuries. stuart: i will apologize to you

as well, we are rushed for time, we have a rock 'n roll day but brian murphy, nano vivonex, appreciate it. now this, nancy pelosi sounding off on the spending bill calling it dog do, yes, she did. you are going to hear the full monty after this. the proposed california bullet train cost exploding, our conservative voice from the golden state joins us on that one but first seven members of a news crew working for cnbc. >> said they were but may not have been. stuart: tried to sneak a fake explosive device through a security checkpoint at newark airport, the crewmembers face multiple charges and fines. we want to alert our viewers at foxbusiness. we break news, not the law. we will be back. ♪

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president in his first year ever, getting rid of the obamacare mandate was massive, we can drill in and noir, stock market record highs, $6 trillion in equity, $2 trillion in home equity, consumer confidence off the charts, border crossings down 50%, an amazing year considering head wind in his own party. he had a fantastic year, his biggest secret weapon is he is still underestimated. stuart: unless he controls the more virulent outbursts he may remain politically unpopular all the way into the november elections and that could damage him and the republicans. >> i disagree. these moment outbursts to me are expressions of him being a human being, being frustrated in his job. most americans don't care.

he tweeted mother two ago -- people care about one more time it is still the economy, stupid. we get the economy rocking and rolling a 4% who is going to give a report tweet he sent tuesday or thursday or whatever. stuart: i am listening. i want to show you how nancy pelosi referred to the gop proposal for the children's health insurance program. this is what nancy said. >> this is like giving you a bowl of doggie do, but a cherry on top and call it a chocolate sundae. stuart: you are in california, nist nancy pelosi is in california, what you got to say for yourself? >> i don't want to weigh on nancy pelosi of dietary habits, she didn't call it a blank whole and she has a lot on her plate, she just agreed to be a judge for rupaul's all-star drag race. she is a little distracted

right now. we ought to lighten up on her. stuart: i promised an update on the california bullet train. it is supposed to go from san francisco to los angeles. i understand the costs are skyrocketing, the price of the first leg of the deal has gone 35% from early projections, that is a $3 billion increase. what is going on? >> the usual what is going on is politicians have proposed a stupid project for which there is no reason. they talk about how profitable it is going to be, to run without any subsidies, it won't, the voters voted for it, initially the cost will be $40 billion, now they estimate $65 billion, probably $100 billion by the time it is done. if it is a great idea why don't all these californians put their money in, build the thing by themselves? stuart: that is a find out you right there. we dealt with a lot in 21/2 minutes. i am proud, well-done, see you

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stuart: the flu season is bad, it is reported that 85 adults and 20 children have died from across the country, doctor siegal is with us, worst in years? >> 2012-14 are similar but what is worth it is peaking very early. captain gallagher, 27 years old, tragically just died in california. i want to talk about her because she had the flu but developed pneumonia and a urinary infection and ear infection and those were missed. i need everyone to understand the flu is an enabler. once you have the flu it knocked on your immune system and you can have another infection come in the we need to treat with antibiotics. a lot of times i use tamiflu and at an antibiotic with bronchitis, ear infection is very common. stuart: young man walked in the

studio, went to the doctor, he had what he thought was the flu, the doctor gave him tamiflu and lanoxin -- what is a calls? the guy is fine. >> i do that too. it is a very smart thing to do. i don't know what it is, could be two things at once. we have to think outside the box. there is a universal flu vaccine in the works, the head of the national institute of infectious diseases starting clinical trials, sounds very promising to me. one shot. stuart: i'm not answering your question. i want to make time for this please european researchers say they have an anticancer drug in development that could stop tumors from spreading, it stops cancer in his tracks. >> it is coming out of sweden,

a molecule called the hod age, focusing on the cell membrane and an enzyme goes in place of where the cancer would be. it jumps from cell to cell, grows and the whole signature of cancer, knows how to take over the cell, make it deranged and grow very fast, they stick to struggling and prevents the cancer cells from growing. stuart: do you think we will ever develop one single treatment drug like a key that turns cancer often fixes it forever? >> of all the things we talked about on the show, one is crisper, the genetic editor that can cut out the dna problem influencer. the other we talked about, we take out your immune cells reengineer them genetically, put them back to fight the cancer, those are the two best things was the idea of preventing cancer from growing is interesting because cancer

grows, the key to its success, it takes over the body. stuart: we love this promising stuff. thank you. thank you very much. there will be more varney after this. whoooo.

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