outrageous. lou: that's it for us tonight. tomorrow night our guests will include matt gaetz and michael pillsbury and corey lewandowski. listen to my reports three times a lauren: it is 5:00 a.m. here are your top stories. president trump is wrapping up the nato summit today after spending markets in a tailspin yesterday. we're live in london today. cheryl: change at the top, larry page stepping down as ceo of alphabet, with the current ceo of google stepping in. what it means for the king of search. lauren: another attack on a christmas classic. why critics want rudolph on the naughty list. it's wednesday, december 4th. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. ♪

♪ one way or another i'm gonna find you. ♪ i'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya. ♪ one way or another -- meeting cheryl: welcome to "fbn: a.m.." i'm cheryl casone. lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: well, let's the tak tak t how your money is moving today. 24 hours after comments about the china trade deal, look what's happening, we're getting a boost to u.s. futures right now. bloomberg news is reporting that china is moving closer to agreeing with the u u.s. on a phase one deal an the issue of the tariffs being moved back. nasdaq is up 51 right now.

lauren: trade moves the market every time. that report came after the markets in asia closed sharply lower, the hong kong market down 1 and a quarter percent. cheryl: there is a reason i'm talking about france, we're looking at the cac 40. from chanel to champagne, they're watching what will happen with the threat of tariffs. cac 40 is higher, a little optimism, ftse slightly lower. lauren: we are waiting for president trump to walk onto the stage at the nato welcome ceremony. president trump landed on marine one for a packed day two of the nato summit. cheryl: blake berman is live for us in england with the high stakes meeting on tap for today and the issue of how much money our allies are putting into nato

definitely on the table. >> reporter: exactly, cheryl and lauren. good morning from wofford. president trump arrived moments ago for day two of the nato summit, to commemorate 70 years of the nato alliance. the president will have one on one sit-downs with the leaders of denmark, italy and germany. the white house said the president will meet with what it calls the two percenters. by 2024, nato member nations are expected to have their defense spending be 2% of their gdp. the president says he feels the 2% number is far too he lo low d feels it should be double. >> 2% is very low. it should be 4%. 2% is very low. some are well short of that. but they were shorter the year before, the year before, the year before.

they're short all these years. >> reporter: even though it's just 5:00 a.m. back on the east coast, it was around this time yesterday when president trump's comments on china sent the markets directly into the red. the president suggested that a trade deal with china might have to wait a full year. >> the china trade deal is dependent on one thing, do i want to make it. >> you don't really have a deadline? >> i have no deadline, no. in some ways, i think it's better to wait until after the election, you want to know the truth. i think in some ways its better to wait until after the election with china. >> reporter: the president also met yesterday with france's emmanuel macron and vowed the u.s. would go dollar for dollar on tariffs with france should france go forward with a digital services tax that is targeting american tech companies. a live look right now at the

family photo taking place here, it will be a busy da day for the president, one that is expected to culminate with a press conference here. that would go with the press conferences he held yesterday, totaling 120 minutes. lauren: interesting to start this hour, getting the pictures of the world leaders at the welcome ceremony for the nato summit day two today. cheryl: sticking with trade, these are great ceremonial things coming out of london. he will be meeting with german chancellor merkel, a one on one meeting. he will also meet with the prime minister of denmark and prime minister of italy. the question was whether he was going to meet with president erdogan of turkey. that is not on the official

schedule. he is expected to head back to washington later today. the 70th anniversary -- that's why it's important to watch these pictures and enjoy the pomp and circumstance. 70 years, the 70th anniversary of nato. this is a very important picture as we look at the class picture and representatives from all of the countries which is probably the most important alliance we have. lauren: 70 years ago nato was focused on the cold war and preventing the soviet yo power m expanding in europe. there are different concerns right now, as they discuss military spending and defense spending levels. trade may be a topic of discussion today a nato alliance versus china as china expands militarily and different regions of the world with their investments. cheryl: the biggest piece of news we got out of this besides comments about china from the president yesterday which you

saw on "fbn: a.m." 24 hours ago a, later on in the day the president had a contentious meeting with emmanuel macron of france and the two taking public barbs at each other. the meeting began nice enough but then the comments president macron had made, calling nato brain dead, president trump took offense to that. the issues of isis will come up once again today i in the sessin and the lunch that happens after the ceremony goes on, syria, turkey's flirtations i guess the best way to say it with the russians and the digital tax with from the business network perspective is important to us because the french digital tax, we talked about it yesterday, they want to go after american technology companies and the president was clear yesterday. heed said if anyone is going to tax technology companies in the united states, it's going to be the united states. lauren: president trump very much trying and working to

protect american jobs, manufacturing. he will have a news conference this morning during "varney and co.," 1030 eastern time. when he made comments about china, it moved markets yesterday. today we have a very different day, we have markets sharply higher today. what i found interesting yesterday is president trump very critical in the past of nato, was a surprise ally of the alliance yesterday after those macron comments, saying it was brain dead. president trump said no, look at the money the member states are now raising, of course not enough, but he's doing a lot to change things and you can see some movement here, the welcome photo, the welcome ceremony, the class picture if you will of the world leaders gathering, some shaking hands and they seem the to be leaving stage, stage right, right now.

there's president trump. cheryl: we should also add, we brought this up a couple times, and you brought it up again about the digital tax with the foreign. the biggest question today, this was mentioned a moment ago, when they're going to sit down what the president's going to do when he participates in the working lunch, he's only going to meet with the nato two percenters. that's a critical issue of nato, the financing. the president has been very clear. president trump, the campaigning president trump, donald trump, the candidate, was very clear when he was running for president of the united states that he was very frustrated with the amount of money that the united states was putting in. each of the countries in the draft agreement of nato is supposed to put in 2% of their gdp, their annual gdp, into nato and a many countries, including -- we just saw angela merkel on the stage and the ceremony is wrapping up, guys, but these countries have to put in -- germany isn't going to be doing it until 2030. i'm curious to see how the one

on one session between trump and merkel goes today. we'll find out on fox business later today. lauren: let's stick with trade. the usmca trade deal, the u.s., mexico, canada trade pact may not be signed into law this year. mexico's president opposes a plan by democratic lawmakers to have u.s. inspectors confirm factories in his country actually complying with new labor laws. he's opposed to inspections if you will. he wants mexico's senate to approve any changes. usmca was signed in 2018 but it needs approval by congress, plus canadian lawmakers, the impeachment inquiry into president trump and the 2020 election could prevent usmca from being passed next year. cheryl: a major shakeup at google to tell you about. the two men who founded the company, chief executive larry page and the president are stepping down.

google's chief executive are going to lead the parent company, alphabet, after it was restructured and the that was four years ago, believe it or not. the shakeup makes pushi silicon valley one of the most powerful. we should mention here, google shares up 24% so far this year. not bad. lauren: investors liked this move yesterday. senator kamala harris officially calling it quits in the 2020 presidential race. the former democratic frontrunner blamed a lack of funding. cheryl: we've got todd piro joining us live as another presidential hopeful blames media bias for low polling numbers. were you surprised by harris' exit yesterday? >> reporter: not really surprised if you saw how the numbers were going. it comes down to the money. it's not too much of a shock. she said she's very much in the fight against president trump but like i said, she just

doesn't have the cash. >> my campaign for president simply does not have the financial resources to continue. i'm not a billionaire. i can't fund my own campaign. >> reporter: her former 2010foes all friendly on twitter. joe biden tweeting kamala harris is a talent with unlimited potential, her career has been defined by taking on those who abuse power. her intellect and insight will continue to be needed by the democratic party and the country. that echos similar tweets by elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. these comments took a different direction. take a listen. >> the way the media treated senator harris in this campaign has been something else and held her to a different standard, a double standard, has been grossly unfair and unfor unfort. >> reporter: as for the next debate, we're down to six at this point.

one name not on the list, michael bloomberg. harris l lamented the fact she didn't have the money to continue, that's not the case for the former mayor who spent a whopping $57 million on tv ads since his campaign began on november 24th. that's barely a week ago. back to you. cheryl: elizabeth warren asking that question, can money buy a campaign. so far that he question is still unanswered. todd, thank you very much. lauren: let's stick with the race for the white house, more than 300 ads from president trump's re-election campaign have been taken down from youtube and google. a report by 60 minutes revealed they were taken down this summer for violating company policy. but it's unclear exactly how they did. the ads were up for a few days before being removed. conservative groups have gone after both youtube and google. they claim the website had unfairly suppressed many of their videos. cheryl: here are headlines making news this morning. president trump announcing that he has selected camp david to serve as the location of the

next g-7 during a bilateral meeting with justin trudeau he made the announcement. this comes after his if first fs resort in miami, was largely criticized. united airlines is replacing the aging fleet of boeing 757 with 50 new long range airbus jets. this comes as the boeing jets are set to retire in the coming years. there is uncertainty looming over boeing's proposed mid-size aircraft which was put on hold as it focuses on returning the troubled 737 max to the skies. united airlines' chief commercial officer did state they have not ruled out buying boeing's proposed mid-size t jet some point in the future. stanford university is reporting the mastermind behind the college admissions scandal tried to recruit seven athletic coaches at the university over a ten year period. he was only able to recruit one

coach at the university who provided endorsements in exchange for money. over 50 people have been arrested in connection with the investigation. and starbucks is coming out with yet another new holiday inspired beverage. the irish cream cold brew, oh, yes -- lauren: that sounds really good. cheryl: it's made with irish cream flavored syrup, with cold brew coffee, topped with whipped cream and sprinkled with cocoa powder. i wish i had this on set to present to you as we send it to commercial break. lauren: i've got more sweet news for you. take a look at your money this morning, major rally on our hands, despite the tough talk, heated rhetoric coming from china and the u.s., you have the dow up 128 points, s&p up 13, nasdaq up 47. bloomberg reporting that a possible trade deal could be closer than we think. will it be enough to save the santa claus rally? and baby yoda merchandise -- as

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>> the president's also been willing to use the power of this economy and access to this economy and tariffs to leverage changes in our trading relationships with nations around the world. i think it's that combination that's working for american workers and it's working for the american economy and as we go forward with negotiations, whether it be with france, whether it be with japan or ongoing negotiations with china, the american people can be kv

dente that this -- confident that this president is going to continue to be willing to use access to the economy and use tariffs to put american workers and jobs first. lauren: mike pence speaking at the white house yesterday as president trump meets with eu leaders at the nato summit. trump's comments that a trade deal with china may not be reached this year sent stocks tumbling but our next guest agrees saying there won't be a trade agreement until after the 2020 election. let's bring in doug flynn. the vice president made a point, that the president is able to use the strong u.s. economy as leverage in negotiations with china and bloomberg is reporting some hope this morning that there could be a deal and it might be a rollback on some of those tariffs. >> yeah, i think that this is part of the game. whenever the market seems to hit all-time highs, trump seems to throw some things, that

freeness, forinstance, i don't o a deal until after the election. they don't know if they have to deal with this guy for another four years or not, so he's turning the table on them. he seems to talk like that when the market hits highs. then it settles off again. lauren: it's leverage. these surprise comments and surprise moves that move the market each and every time, do you think we get the tariffs, $160 billion of chinese imports, affects iphones, key items that should be under the christmas tree, do the tariffs kick in on december 15th? >> i don't think they do. i think this was built in, the market anticipated there would be a deal and got ahead of themselves. this gives them an opportunity to walk it back an look like a nice guy if he wants to and talks tough when he needs to. lauren: the argument from the white house, whatever item you're buying for christmas is already here in the united states. still the news, december 15th

tariffs, the headline write s itself. >> the markets pay attention to the headline of the u.s.-china trade deal. they pay too much attention to it. i was hoping for more of a dip here. lauren: it's just not happening. the bloomberg report moving the markets to the upside. do we get a santa claus rally, do you think? last december the dow was down almost 9%. >> there's a lot of history that says that we will get a santa claus rally. a couple things is november, december are historically the two best months of the year, december being the second best. in a pre-election year, there's never been back to back negative years, prior to an election. so if you look last year being down, it would be unprecedented that we're down again this year. trump could drive the market down but the history is saying positive december is always there for us. lauren: doug, thank you very much. over to you. cheryl: a lot more coming up this morning. we've got big news on a major

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cheryl: major changes at google with larry page and sergey brin stepping down at sundar pichai is becoming ceo of the parent company, alphabet. our next guest says they will push them forward in the field of artificial intelligence. i want to start off with an interesting take from you, you have met larry page several years ago and you found he was awkward, uncomfortable and the spotlight didn't work well for him. i wonder if that's part of the decision for him to step down. >> i met him years ago at a google conference, a mixer event. it was the kind of event where you're supposed to be laid back

and have off-the-record conversations, he was he very handled the whole time and seemed very awkward and reluctantly there. which i think is a fairly common sort of anecdote for people who have met larry page. but i think you're dead-on in that that awkwardness, that reluctance to be the person to engage with the goings on of the company is a big reason why he is stepping down now and really it's a reason why he stepped down kind of years ago, like he switched from ceo of google to ceo ofal tak of alphabet to avot of that stuff. it didn't remove the target on his back. as the founder, as the head of the whole operation. he was still looked to as this person to kind of blame in a sense for anything that went wrong. and now i think that sort of removes him at least from that and now sort of sundar pichai who is much more in the day-to-day, really has a command

of what google is doing, is better equipped to handle that. cheryl: we're looking at photos of him now. maybe our viewers don't know the face of sundar pichai, he becomes one of the most powerful men in silicon valley. do you think that is a good or bad thing for him to have so much hold over the region? >> yeah, i mean, very good question and we'll see. generally, i think you want the person in charge to really have like that command of what they're doing and a that's what he's bringing to the foray. he has a different vision of google than, say, larry page and sergey brin. so larry page and brin did a great job. now google evolved into something else and the future of google is about a.i., making these services sort of predictive and more convenient and all the issues that go along with that. that's sort of a new thing that

they're not as equipped to deal with. and pichai clearly has a vision for that. cheryl: he'll have to deal with something, and this is the news of the day, we've got the nato summit going on right now and president trump coming out specifically yesterday and saying why am i going to let the french tax u.s. tech companies, if anybody is going to tax them, it's going to be me. that's pretty close to his words yesterday. pichai has to handle this now, deal with regulators on both sides of the pond. >> he's been pretty adept at doing that. he doesn't create the controversy that a lot of the other founders do, just by saying something or saying the wrong thing. we've seen that with mark zuckerberg and others. that founders glow brings a lot of attention and a lot of sort of scrutiny. cheryl: can he handle the regulation? can he handle regulators?

>> yeah, i think he can. i think he's very good at balancing what the company needs to say, what it needs to do, but also sort of pus pushing forwar. he makes tough decisions. he pulled out of working with the defense department because his employees were not really sort of happy with that. whether that's a good business decision or not, you can't argue he's not engaged and isn't listening to his people. cheryl: thank you for coming in with that personalal story. >>personal story.my pleasure. lauren: we have up arrows across the board, dow up 131 on a report that we may be closer than we think a trade deal with china. the president in london right now making his case for other nato members in the alliance to pay their fair share to the alliance but is there another topic he should be focused on? we discuss. plus, while physical therapy is abroad, the house is -- while president trump is abroad, the house is moving on with impeachment hearings. we have what's next when "fbn:

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before the house judiciary committee in the impeachment inquiry. yesterday the intelligence committee voted along party lines to adopt their report. and today's national cookie day. we're going to have great deals coming up and a story of how one cookie company that started in a college dorm room is now sweeping the nation and the kids still love it. lauren: president trump has been a vocal critic of nato allies not paying their fair share when it comes to defense. but as leaders meet on this day two of the nato summit, we ask should president trump be more focused on the u.s. trade deficit with our european partners. let's bring in fox news foreign policy analyst, kran skinner. thanks for joining us. is the focus of this summit accurate in your view? >> there's not just one focus at this summit. nato and defense spending have been a major theme for president trump but what i've seen in his

remarks so far is an american president who has basically won on this issue and is attempting to move forward to the broader nato agenda. let me explain what i'm saying here. during the 2016 campaign, he shocked the foreign policy elite community when he talked about the problem of nato around defense spending and burden sharing. nato had been the crown jewel of western defense. but when scholars and others began to look into what the president was saying, it was absolutely clear that only three or four countries were paying the 2% pledge of gdp toward defense. now the nato secretary general says we're approaching somewhere between 7 and 9 of the 29 members and as president trump noted, 131 billion additional dollars into collective defense, with that number expected to double in the immediate years ahead. that's been a huge achievement

for a greater understanding of nato as a collective defense organization. lauren: let's move on to another topic, nato, this summit has been criticized as being somewhat disorganized, dueling visions for leadership as well as military leadership. your thoughts on that? >> i see the points that are being made. it's hard when you've got a large and mature multi-lateral organization to get everyone on the same page all the time. because when you think about it, the countries of nato have different priorities. this is not the cold war when the institution was in lock-step, trying to deter the soviet union. the central european countries, poland and the baltic states are focused on the russia threat. the mediterranean countries are focused on north africa. the united states is focused on the china threat and everything else. i think this is a natural

maturation of the community and then all of them are concerned about turkey, its relationship with russia, purchasing missile defense systems. these are big, hard issues. it doesn't mean that nato is dig organized. i think it means that nato is matured. lauren: it's matured and its focus is perhaps changing a bit. i want you to watch this video, it went viral on social media. it's from canada. it shows justin trudeau, emmanuel macron, boris johnson and other vips, if you will, they're at buck buckingham pale yesterday and take a listen to what was said in this impromptu meeting. >>

[ indiscernible ] lauren: it' it's assumed theye talking about president trump and president trump doesn't like to be mocked, particularly on the world stage. your thoughts. >> i didn't hear the clip very clearly but i will say it's not appropriate and in fact, it be lies the reality that there's serious issues that the u.s. and france have to address, the digital tax that france is seeking to impose on american internet companies is something that the be president has a right to be concerned about and so it does -- it's not presidential or statesman-like and nato is an important meeting. lauren: thank you so much for joining us and for the perspective this morning. a note for our viewers. you can catch president trump's press conference from london later this morning during "varney and co.," that's at 10:30 eastern time. cheryl: the next phase of the impeachment inquiry starts today, after the intel

department releases their report. lauren: griff jenkins is outside of the hearing room where the judiciary committee will meet a few hours from now. >> reporter: here comes chairman jerry nadler and the judiciary committee after receiving the report from the intelligence committee that found the president committed serious misconduct for putting the personal interest of his ahead of the national interest, saying he was accused of unare precedented obstruction and the report included yo new phone records from rudy giuliani. chairman schiff had this to say. >> the phone records are remarkable ecoy consistent wie coordination of a lot of this scheme. the president of the united states kis solicited foreign interference in our election and used the you powe power of his , the power to provide or withhold

aid to an ally at war to get his political dirty work done. >> reporter: overseas, amidst busy nato meetings, the president shot back. >> i think adam schiff is a deranged human being. i think he grew up with a complex for lots of reasons that are obvious. i think he's a very sick man and ellies. he -- he lies. >> reporter: today four constitutional scholars will weigh in on whether this rises to high crimes and misdemeanors. there will be the swearing in, the opening statements and there will be 45 minutes of extensive questioning and then it will go to member questions. there's 41 total members, 24 are democrats, 17 are republicans. the ranking member, doug collins, had this to say ahead of the hearings.

we may not have that one but collins basically says that the facts are on the republicans' side. here's the point of the hearings, the judiciary committee will write the articles of impeachment if they are coming which would go to the house for a full vote. speaker pelosi's sources tell fox news a full vote on impeachment isn't likely to come before christmas. cheryl: as we were looking at the live pictures coming out of nato and the summit underway there, that's happen aing oversea as the impeachment inquiry again continues without president trump even in the country today. a lot of discussion about that. griff jenkins, live for us. thank you very much. well, you know what, u.s. and china, that trade deal big topic in nato, big topic this morning. dow up 124 on reports that we may be a couple of steps closer. maybe we take a step back. i don't know, lauren. it's been back and forth. 125 up on the dow. coming up, a fox business exclusive, a no l vea novel newm

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cheryl: a fox business exclusive. hofstra university announcing today one of the richest pitch contests for u.s. veterans, $100,000 entrepreneurshi entrepp competition that would provide seed money, mentoring and access to potential investors for our nation's heros. joining us now is kevin

heselburg and stacy stikes. this is very important toe to of extra university. why is the university putting so much behind this? >> veteran entrepreneurs place more challenges than nonveterans starting a business. they have trouble seeking access to capital. they don't have social capital or access to mentor networks and business connections. we worked with a lot of veteran entrepreneurs at the center for entrepreneurship and they have the qualities you look for in entrepreneurs, leadership, maturity, discipline, risk-taking, and that's why we saw there was a critical need to start this program for veterans. cheryl: kevin, you're putting your own money into this. this is something you really believe in. one of the things you told me earlier, veterans don't get loan as commonly as regular small business owners do and they go into their own savings to start

their businesses more than a regular person out there. why? >> a lot of it is access to business social networks, so the rest of us have the opportunity, our networks are linkedin profiles, we can find people with financial backgrounds, legal backgrounds, tech any l caltechnicalbackgrounds. the veterans have all the great skills you want from a an entrepreneur, they don't have access to legal, financial, technical, digital marketing skills that can really help them evolve. this program is really designed to help them bridge that gap and really kind of give them drinking from the fire hose, boot camp program where they learn the business skills but we throw mentorship on top of that to really help them thrive. cheryl: maybe give them access to investors, to seed money, which is huge for any business trying to get off the ground. the deadline for the veterans out -- this is also spouses and

gold star family members that can apply, february 29th. and march 2020, finalists will be announced. the pitch contest will be june 19th. i'll be judging and i'm excited. how can people apply? >> go to the website, hofstra.edu/veteranschallenge. applications are open right now, open to veterans nationwide. they'll have acassess to mentorship -- access to mentorship and an opportunity to win capital and meet with mentors like kevin. cheryl: kevin, last word to you. what is the main driver for you to put so much of your own capital behind this? why is this so meaningful to you. >> i've been involved in the center for entrepreneurship, trying to help grow business. and when we looked at the veteran community, looking for an under-served population to give back to, i was shocked to find out how underserved the veteran community was when it came to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship training. it's great and won full that

every-- wonderful that everyone thinks they'll get a pension but there's a long time between retirement and pension. they have great skills, but they don't have some of the missing components. cheryl: i've done a lot of these segments over the years, there's so many great veterans out there that don't get the chance they deserve. thank you for what you're doing for them. >> thank you. cheryl: thank you for coming in. over to you. lauren: federal officials are considering a new identification system for those entering and leaving the united states. the department of homeland security says it will propose using facial recognition on travelers including american citizens. critics already raising red flags, massachusetts senator edward markey said he will bring legislation to block the plan. a number of airlines testing similar technology to make the boarding process easier, but now travelers are allowed to opt out. the holiday season becoming more dreary than cheery for some.

61% of americans are dreading the holidays because they're too expensive. the report also says the pressure to spend can lead to loss of sleep and added debt. disney's the mandalorian sensation, baby yoda, has taken the internet by storm. fans of this little green guy will have to wait until they can buy the toys. disney is accepting pre-orders on baby yoda merchandise. that's just preorders. most of the items won't be available until february 2020. and guess what? it's national cookie day, many many bakeries and shops across the country are participating and one of them is here with us today. let's bring in the marketing development manager of insomnia cookies, katherine gaitlynn. and cheryl -- cheryl: i jum jumped right in. good morning. national cookie day, i'm excited about this. >> yes, national cookie day is

our favorite day of the year. it's the chance to share in the joy of the cookies with our insome aninsomniacs. lauren: they're served hot. cheryl: they were started by a person in their dorm room and it's still huge on college campuses like in the middle of the night. >> yes, yes. we started on a college campus back in 2003, actually our ceo started re-- realized there was a lack of late night food options and started delivering cookies around campus from the dorm room. lauren: how many do you have across the nation? >> we have more than 165 locations across college campuses and in different cities across the country. we recently expanded from the east coast over across to the west coast you now too. cheryl: are we going to get deals for national cookie day. >> we're doing free cookie in stores all day to at an -- todat

any of our locations, as well as 12-packs for $12. we have extended national cookie day to a week-long celebration. we offer a free cookie with delivery orders and then all week long and then 20% off of gifting orders too. and finally, we're also doing win cooks ease for a year sweepstakes. lauren: what's the most popular cookie? >> the double chocolate chunk cookie. cheryl: i've got it here. i'm on it. this is my favorite too. >> that is my favorite. chocolate chunk is another classic. lauren: this is a chocolate cookie cake? >> yes, that is a cookie cake. we've got different cookie cakes that are fun for the holiday season as well as the spicey hot cocoa cookie that comes out tomorrow. lauren: what makes it spicey. >> we hav have ancho and chipoe spices with sea salt. lauren: how is it, cheryl.

cheryl: i'm a chocolate add adt so this is amazing. lauren: no fair, i only got the cake. cheryl: i'll be rolling the rest of the day with all of the sugar. thanks so much for coming in. >> of course. thanks for having us. cheryl: we have a lot more coming up. on a more serious note, the pc police are going after another beloved christmas classic character. >> stop calling me names! >> rudolph the red nosed reindeer. >> donner, you should be ashamed of yourself. what a pit a a pity. cheryl: why critics want to put rudolph on the naughty list. do you consider yourself a tv addict? you're probably not alone. there's shocking statistics about our tv habits. that's coming up on cookie day. ♪

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more than just bullies are coming after rudolph the red nosed reindeer this christmas. >> is anything sacred. >> are we allowed to enjoy anything anymore?

know people are going off to rudolph. was on cbs earlier this week people started freaking out saying this is a horrible story because it promotes bullying because he got bullied by the other reindeer's this is not a nice story for kids. >> rudolph is not a heartwarming story it's a story of bullying and only valuing others. kids should look up to the story. you're in the face people that are mean to persevere through that and you can save christmas. why not. >> i think social media is giving folks an outlet for them to be bullied everything about how it's time much time you actually spend watching tv. a new start's -- study.

the average person will spend three to half hours in front of the tv every single day. that could be regular tv like streaming services and more. six in ten people said they would feel lost without their tv. the fact here right. rudolph was just on tv earlier this week. should be banned from the bullion scene. let us know your thoughts. willie nelson picking up the habit. he has decided to stop smoking marijuana.

his lungs are starting to hurt he wants to start living more of a healthy lifestyle and 86 he said he is done. my man. it's a plethora of stories for us. thank you for joining us. we send it over to maria bartiromo. >> happy wednesday everybody. it is wednesday, december 4. just before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. mixed signals this morning new reports say washington and beijing are making headway on a trade truce. it comes as china issues fresh warnings to the united states threatening retaliation over the u.s. bill. we've been telling you about that story now for a year. officials echoing sentiments on the deadline for a deal. have no target date. we have a pretty good rally underway.

s&p futures up 11 and the nasdaq futures up to 22 points right now. that is a firm tone on the expectations with the bluebird report out now. >> a shake up shakeup in alphabet. the google ceo will show google and alphabet simultaneously. president sharp on the world stage today. today the president will participate in a bilateral meeting with the chancellor of germany. that's at 7:30 a.m. eastern and we will take you there live all morning long in london for the nato meeting. stay with us on that. [music]