george young of the villere value fund. [closing bell rings] we'll be here at the consumer electronics show where many stocks are represented here. that is it for the "claman countdown." it is still a nervous market with the situation in the middle east. connell: we have a crucial meeting supposed to be happening right now on capitol hill. all three major averages ending today in the red. you see the dow settling lower. nasdaq was fighting for gains in the close. doesn't look like it will get them. the gang of eight, congressional leadership is briefed on tensions with iran ahead of a wide every congressional briefing set to take place tomorrow. that is your backdrop with the dow down 120. good to be with you. i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." nasdaq also ending in negative territory. first, here is what is new at this hour. clearing a major hurdle. we are one step closer to a

final senate vote on the usmca trade deal but will the push to schedule president trump's impeachment trial end up derailing progress in our nation's capitol? we are going to talk to senator chuck grassley, the chairman of the senate finance committee just moments from now. his own version of the electronic slide. oh, my goodness. elon musk sell operating a milestone for tesla in china. we don't need to see more of that dancing. is that dancing? i'm not sure that is what it is. man's best friend going to the robots. you're new favorite pet could be electronic. your interactions will help shape its personality. we'll have details later in the hour. connell: fox business team coverage of our top stories of the day. blake burman at the while house. gerri willis on the floor at the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence in washington. but blake, we start with you. reporter: connell, we start with what's going on up on capitol hill right now as the top eight

congressional leaders at this very hour set to be briefed on the president's decision to take out the top iranian general, qassem soleimani. back over here at the white house earlier today, president trump appeared to walk back the possibility of targeting iran's cultural sites should iran decide to retaliate against the u.s. >> that's what the law is, i like to obey the law but think of it. they kill our people. they blow up our people. then we have to be very get till with their cultural cultural institutions but i'm okay with it. it is okay with me. i will say this, if iran does anything that they shouldn't be doing they will be suffering the consequences, and very strongly. reporter: for a few days the trump administration said the president approved of the airstrike that took out soleimani because an attack against american interests was quote, unquote, imminent. robert brian and mark esper said

imminency meant within day. >> soleimani and those he was plotting were looking to kill american diplomats and soldiers in significant numbers in the coming days. >> attack soleimani was planning days or weeks away? >> i think safe to say days for sure. reporter: iran is continuing to threaten retall is. it is foreign minister, melissa and connell, said that retaliation would be quote, proportional. connell: blake burman at the white house. melissa: one of the most significant trade deals of the decade is usmca. it is winning approval of the senate finance committee. we'll go to the senate floor for a full vote. let's go to fox business's edward lawrence who is live in washington with more details. we've been waiting for this, so long, edward. reporter: so long, right? usmca passed a major hurdle for the full senate to ratify the trade deal. the senate finance committee

voted to move it on. senators from both sides of the aisle praised the deal as a boom for the u.s. economy. >> look, is this perfect? no agreement is perfect but this is a big improvement and a vote for nafta is vote for improvements. a vote against it is a quote for the status quo. reporter: senator chuck brassily added that the ratification vote should go first but he understands a impeachment trial takes priority over any vote. democrats on the finance committee would vote for usmca to ratify it but did not 100% support how we got to this point. >> overall i'm hopeful this agreement will provide consistency and stability that the business community needs. at the same time, i worry that the process that led us to this point may result in reduced u.s. credibility and trust from our allies and closest trading partners. reporter: follow me through this. there may be a few other committees that want to look at usmca but the trade agreement goes to the office of senate majority leader mitch

mcconnell. he then will schedule a vote after the impeachment trial he says. the impeachment trial cannot be scheduled until house speaker nancy pelosi sends over articles of impeachment to the senate. we're possibly looking now at a february ratification vote for usmca. canadian parliament comes back january 27th. trade sources say they will take it up then. mexico already ratified the new deal. melissa: i love your die gram, edward. i need that for my wall at home. connell: senator chuck grassily joins us now. senator grassley is chairman of the finance committee. let's start with what he was saying on that timeline. does that sound right to you? what is the earliest this deal could be approved? >> earliest could be approved if she does not send over the articles of impeachment. i would say within the next few days, 10 days, maybe or so. and we know that we're going to get it done once we start it because under trade promotion,

fast track authority, whatever you want to call it there can only be 20 hours of debate. so we don't have to have 60 votes. at the end of 20 hours or short of that, if people yield it back we can get this passed and it will pass by a wide bipartisan majority. it will be a big victory for the president and beyond this agreement, it is going to bring great credibility to the president's approach to renegotiating and negotiating trade agreements and, you know, that has been questionable till now. but with his success in china and his success with usmca, it gives great credibility, his approach. connell: you mentioned 10 days. is that a number leader mcconnell mentioned to you. if you don't get articles of impeachment say within 10 days, then you will have a vote. is that what you're saying? >> well, that is my guess. i haven't had a conversation with him on this. but, we don't have a lot of

other legislative activity except this or impeachment and impeachment takes priority. your previous interview, laid it out very well. connell: you haven't spoken to senator mcconnell about it? >> i talked to him about it but there is no way, there is no way we can do anything because we don't know what pelosi is going to do. connell: so we'll watch that. in the meantime on the merits as you mentioned, been reported widely this has bipartisan support. you're waiting for it to get done for a long time. as was mentioned in the debate, not to say it is perfect. let me ask you about some of what the critics brought up. i think loudest of critics is senator toomey on republican side. he was quoted saying for the first time you have a trade deal which in his view moves us backwards. in other words, this isn't as good as nafta. so if you can give you specifics why is usmca better than nafta?

>> 25-3 vote in my committee for one. overwhelming vote, 350, more than that in the house of representatives is another good indication of it. then remember all the people that voted against nafta the last 30 years have been saying nafta is so bad, they are voting for that now. so that ought to be enough political proof that it is better but let me give you some figures. for agriculture, we have never been able to get our eggs and our dairy and our cheese and other products, poultry products into canada. we could never get our very best wheat into canada. this is going to give us an opportunity to do that. it is going to add $65 billion to the economy according to the international trade commission. it is going to enhance the gross national product by probably .3,

.4 of a percent. that is 10% increase in our gnp. connell: right. >> it will create 176 new jobs, give you some examples of it. connell: you're confident that this is something that will boost growth rather than take away from it? i know that from the republicans, in order to get this done, there were some concessions made, language that the pharmaceutical companies wanted in, for example, had to be taken out. democrats wanted that to be taken out. some auto companies are not so happy with the rules of origin. that would make life difficult for them, more expensive but you say it is pro-growth? >> auto industry, the itc says is going to invest $34 billion. it will create 176,000 jobs. wages in the automobile manufacturing undercut by $8 wages in mexico. 50% of the parts of a car have to be paid at least $16 an hour. connell: right. >> and, domestic content has to go from 62 1/2% up to 75%.

so this is going to jobs, jobs be jobs. better paying jobs in the auto industry. connell: one question, senator, if you would on iran before we let you go. "gang of eight," congressional leadership is supposed to be briefed at this hour. i assume you are part of it. all senators are briefed on situation tomorrow as you probably learn nor what is going on, what you've know now and what you've been told, what is your take on the situation with iran? how close to war are we with iran right now? >> first of all, you have have got to remember we've been at war with iran since the islamic revolution of 1979. how many, for decades we heard about "death to america," death to israel. we had 600 american soldiers killed as a result of what this general did in iraq. we've had our embassies in east africa bombed, you know, 20

years ago. he has got his fingers in every terrorist plot in the middle east. so we did the right thing because number one responsibility of the president of the united states is to protect the american people and there should be no question about that. and some, some members of the senate, of the other party have been bringing up, well they weren't notified about it. well i can tell you some in the gang of eight were not notified about president obama killing bin laden. they were notified afterwards. and these people, tell me that they praised president obama for doing that. connell: all right. senator, thank you. we always appreciate your time. senator grassley, thanks very much. >> you bet. good-bye. melissa: good stuff. hitting new highs, a great day for tech socks on wall street go to gerri willis on that.

reporter: great day tore tech stocks, nasdaq turning positive before it turned negative. apple, hitting fresh new highs intraday. they did not close at those levels but good news for those stocks. investors appear to be grappling for some growth here. google getting a positive report from research analyst. turning positive on the stock first time in three years. this is interesting, it was story out of "the new york times" about facebook. former, current executive andrew bosworth saying that killing telling facebook employees they should not tip the scales in the election. here is what he said, this is his comment. trump didn't get elect because of russia, misinformation, cambridge analytica, he got elected because he ran the single best digital campaign i seen from any advertiser. boss worth is confidante of the ceo of facebook, a former advertising executive there i

will tell you about another stock. that is beyond meat which is up 12% at the end of the day after impossible foods said it is no longer trying to win a coveted deal to supply mcdonald's corporation with plant based burgsers. they don't have the capacity. they can't produce enough meat to make that work. this opens big opportunities for beyond. melissa: gerri, thank you. best digital campaign on facebook? i know the twitter thing. connell: i think during the campaign use of facebook. you remember the campaigns facebook wept out to hillary clinton's campaign and president trump, we'll help you out. hillary clinton didn't take the help. president trump, brad parscale they did. they used facebook effectively. melissa: thank you for reminding me of that. i forgot about that. you're so smart. thank you, connell. connell: every once in a while. meantime when we come back, top

con congressional leaders receiving a brief on the hill. we're live from amman, jordan with where things stand. melissa: he is very smart. high-tech homes leaving consumers at risk. what you need to know to protect yourself from hackers and your privacy. connell: uber and hyundai lifting transportation to new heights. that is later in the hour. ♪ ♪ ♪

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connell: "fox business alert." top congressional leaders are supposed to be receive a briefing on iran at this very moment on capitol hill. at least 56 people were killed earlier today at a stampede. it happened during the funeral for the iranian general qassem soleimani. benjamin hall is in jordan with the details on that and more. reporter: hi, connell. we've been watching closely what has been going on in iran to try to get any indication how they may retaliate. today the big move in parliament there, they voted unanimously to classify the u.s. military and dod as a terrorist entity, also to classify and declare the attack against qassem soleimani as a terrorist attack and an act of war. here is foreign minister zarif

speaking earlier. >> this is act of aggression against iran and arms to armed attack against iran. we will respond but respond proportionally not disproportionally. we're committed to law. we're not lawless like president trump. reporter: zarif claimed soleimani was into baghdad, flying into baghdad to deliver a peace letter, to try to broker peace between saudi arabia and iran. secretary pompeo saying earlier that was laughable, that soleimani never brought anything but war, it was fundamentally false. as you pointed out in iran, 56 people were killed and over 200 injured during the stampede at soleimani's mine ral. it was claimed over million, possibly two million people turned out for that. sass -- qassem soleimani is hailed as hero but two months

ago at the protest, young men were tearing down, burning images of him. at time he was regime's face of foreign aggression abroad spending money when people in iran had very little. these protests are simmering under the surface. the iranian regime they don't have the full support of their people despite the show we saw, one or two million people coming out into the funeral. there is underlying tension in the country. not everyone is in favor of the mullahs. connell. connell: benjamin hall live in amman, jordan. melissa. melissa: here so react, james freeman from "the wall street journal." he is fox news contributor. james, you see iranians to sit down to do this calm interview, as opposed to lobbing bombs in our direction. it seems like it's a change in strategy for them. what do you make of that? >> yeah. it is possible they will wisely decide that a fight with the night is not in their interests.

president has made clear he doesn't want war with iran. he doesn't want to invade and seek regime change. he wants them to basically stop funding terror and threatening their neighbors. that has been pretty consist 10 in terms of the sanctions policy. works well in terms of impact on the economy. this latest attack on soleimani i think was justified given the recent attacks funded by iran. melissa: now so many takes on these pictures we're looking at here on this screen. of course, it was just last week we were talking about all of the insurrection within iran. people rising up against, as you know, they are starving, not having basic needs met. iranian authorities are using their money to export terror. we hear about, you know, thousands of people being killed by the government. now, you see these folks out in the street. if you watch, you know, abc and martha radditz, they're saying

now the country is united against america. he talk to cia officials, a lot of people are forced into the streets by the iranian leaders for the cameras. what do you think is going on and how do we know? >> you can't measure it. it is a safe assumption there is constituency for soleimani in that country and for aggression in the united states. there is clearly a large constituency and large group of people not satisfied with the regime, or absence of economic opportunity, all the human rights abuses. you can't get honest reading. they don't have free elections. they don't have free expression and they crush dissent. how many people are in the crowd they fear not looking like they're upset at the death of soleimani. how many are upset at the death of soleimani. you can't really tell in a society that have kind of liberty we have for people to

express themselves. melissa: secretary of state pompeo came out an answered questions from reporters today. the media insisting on doubling down on this detail of president trump saying he will blow up cultural sites. they made that the main point of conversation. secretary pompeo pressed back on andrea mitchell, you're not really wondering if we're going to do that right? i said we're not going to. the president came out, he clarified no we're not doing that. we'll do everything else. what do you think about the democrats and media focus on trying to find what is wrong with this? does it play well in the rest of america or, you know what do you think the larger population thinks about it? >> i think that was kind of overdone. what he said is that he vaguely described attacks on potential attacks, if iran attacks on sites in iran that may have

cultural -- important to their culture. he didn't say i am specifically talking about antiquities the entire world values or, it wasn't, i don't think it was a formal legal term he was using. obviously as you said, the u.s. has said over and over again we obey the laws of war. i think too much may have been made of that. you know, i mean, besides when you talk about iranian culture, sadly, a lot of that is not just the amazing ancient artifacts that people treasure and the history but also their current culture which includes unfortunately that lack of freedom we discussed, that militaristic dictatorship essentially run by the mullah yous. melissa: james freeman, thank you. >> thank you, melissa. connell: this is hefty price tag coming up, what mike bloomberg plans to spend on a super bowl ad that will, attack president

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melissa: "fox business alert." apple responding to fbi request to unlock two iphones connected to pensacola air force base shooting last month. susan li is here to break this down for us. susan: looks like fbi sent a letter to apple's general counsel on monday we have corporate permission to search the phones. we need to look into it. that is locked by a pass code. they say, the fbi says we are actively guessing at relevant pass codes. so here is what apple said to us in terms of this investigation. apple says we have the greatest respect for law enforcement and have always worked cooperatively to hip in their investigations. when the fbi requested information from us related to this case a month ago we gave them all data in their possession. we have made available. this sounds eerily familiar to 2015 with the san bernanadino shooting n that case back then the justice department took apple to court in order to unlock the iphone, resorting

to a third party vendor that eventually hacked into the iphone and unlocked it. shooter in that case was syed farouq. apple saying to us we will help outlaw enforcement and some have believed fbi have not exhausted all remedies available. there is maybe a lack of technical know how. that is apple's response. we'll see how that works out. back to you. melissa: susan, thank you. connell: to puerto rico in the dark. recovery efforts underway after deadly 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the region earlier this morning. one person confirmed dead. it triggered an island wide blackout. this is one day after 5.8 magnitude quake shook puerto rico. almost 300,000 homes and businesses are still without water service. officials warning residents to be prepared for aftershocks. still to come in the coming days. >> wow. connell: yeah. melissa: terrifying new trend. hackers are finding even more creative ways to breach your home security systems what you

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may be easier for hackers to get in. amazon's ring is one high-profile target. hillary vaughn live in alexandria virginia. reporter: melissa, families put cameras like this one inand outside of their home to make them safer but that could make them less safe. people don't realize putting cameras inside of your home makes it easier for someone outside to spy on you in your home that happened in december when a amazon ring camera was hacked and went viral. he used it to talk into a 8-year-old girl. he logged in using parents own email and password locked into the account. morgan walked through how the hacker did this in less than five minutes using your stolen data. >> we started looking at all the accounts that have been compromised, the user names and passwords.

we started matching those up together. what we get then is something like this. we put the password in. what you will see now, now we have success there is not two factor authentication. i take the user name and password, i put it into the app. that is how the rackers open up the ring camera, to talk directly through those cameras, talk to the 8-year-old, talk to the family, start extorting them. reporter: three owes ways to protect your homes. don't use same email and password for every account. if you hear of a data breach, make sure you change your password. set up two factor authentication which amazon's ring camera does offer but it doesn't require, that is something that wright tells us he thinks needs to change because he says these tech companies need to be held accountable and inform their customers before they put these devices in their hands. melissa. melissa: i think i lock my doors and not put cameras in my children's room. there you go. connell: problem solved. melissa: i don't know. connell: the great gary kaltbaum is nodding his head.

joins us now, kaltbaum capital management, fox news contributor. hillary says changing your password would be a good place to start but what about this idea, you take the safety coming along with having a security camera, put up with the idea, maybe i will be hacked. as melissa says, forget it, i'm not even going to bother? >> to each his own. i think we should go back to the two dixie cups and a string at this point in time. every time we come out with a new product, they say everything is safe. all of sudden it is hacked or something else is going on. i got alexa as a gift. it is in my closet and covered with clothes. anything with a camera, anything with an ear i don't want have anything to do with it. connell: you're concerned about it. other people think the other side. >> being. connell: the odds of this happening are tell really really low. i get out of whether it is with ring or are axe is a. >> you're talking about somebody

hacking into the camera of a 8-year-old owes room if that is my kid i am scared you know whatless. i'm sure it is incumbent on companies to figure out on their end, have a big bold print when you get the product, what to do, what not to do. that should not be happening. connell: you should change the password, don't use same one. jonathan hoenig rules, 123 you're supposed to use different passwords. they look at stat, probably even higher, 52% of internet reuse or modify a new password. >> my new password, the new york giants hired a terrible coach for next year 123. connell: very timeless. speaking of things on a lighter note, this is one of them. everybody talks about the video of elon musk today. the happy dance i guess we're calling it? ceo of tesla and he gets the

first consumer car deliveries from tesla's chinese manufacturing plant in shanghai. he does this dance. first of all -- melissa: i think he is having a stroke. connell: that's right. i was going to say stealing some of gary k.'s high school moves which are patented of course. we might have a patent infringement case on our hands but you know what this guy knows how to do, gary? generate free publicity. melissa: that's true. connell: commercials. here we are talking about it. we're guilty as charged. >> here is the problem with me talking about this. my dancing makes him look like fred astaire. connell: very good. >> i'm like elaine from "seinfeld." that is how bad i am. let me say this, i still believe when they took the sledgehammer to the car that busted the window. connell: on purpose. >> did it on purpose so the world is talking about it. let me tell you the last laugh. i believe the market cap of tesla's stock is up about $40 billion in the last four months. so he can dance the night away all he wants, at this point in

time. again we're talking about it. we're selling cars. connell: the business -- what do you think of their outlook in china? gm had rough numbers in china today. tesla opening up factory. can make cars in country. what is the outlook for them in that country? seems important to them of course? >> look, there is a lot of people in china, a lot of drivers. and he is a great marketer. and, the word gets spread and, i, i got to tell you, i wouldn't bet against anything he is doing right now. he is teflon itis, lack of a better word. something good is going on there. last couple of reports they came out with, much bet per. good on him. connell: name your price. melissa takes up a collection for you to do the elaine dance. melissa: i love it. connell: good to see you. >> pleasure. gary. melissa: where is my plane to

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♪ melissa: you're flying uber is on the way, sooner than you think. the ride-hailing company and hyundai of all people, unveiling concept for a electric air taxi at the consumer electronics show in las vegas, was an expected release date eight years from now. joining us from the conference, bret larson, fox news headlines, 24/7 anchor. is this real, bret larson? >> it is as real as it was was over my head. i saw it in person. it is real, right? >> is it a possibility? >> i think it could be a possibility. they, they have a really cool video playing. there you can see it there. it is about the size, if you ever seen a helicopter, one of

longer helicopters hold six people. might see them at the airport sometimes, if you're ever in manhattan, especially taking people to the hamptons, people afford that kind of thing. it is about that thing. bigger wings with all the rotors on it. they had a cool video showed it flying in and out of ports they will try to set up throughout the country. and it seems, the concept is kind of cool. it seems as though they will have the little pods that you get in that are going to drive around town. they will drive into this flying car, here, this flying device. melissa: oh. >> this flying vehicle, it will fly you somewhere. i don't know, if you ever been in a helicopter, it is an interesting experience. it is kind of like being in a 1970s volkswagen beetle, but 500 to 1000 feet in the air. that kind of like shaking. i don't know, since they're not flying it here, it's a prototype for us to see i don't know how

comfortable will it be smooth? will it be turbulent. okay definitely a sensation people will have to get used to. we'll see if consumers take to that. certainly if you live in -- if you live in l.a. or new york, where there is traffic, you know, might not love that. melissa: there you go. meatless option. impossible foods announcing plant based products, pork and sausage. the sausage is tested to be at select burger king restaurants later this month. our own liz claman interviewed the company's ceo a little while ago, about the plant-based option. listen. >> the demand for our product, and for delicious, nutritious plant-based meats is huge. and it is a real challenge to keep up with that demand. melissa: i don't know, bret. i'm not sure i believe this trend is going to last. what do you think? >> you know, i don't know. there is a lot of, news stories out saying oh, the plant-based

move it is good for the environment because it requires less meats. we tried the plant-based dunkin' donuts product which tasted planty. liz tried it. they said it was good. the trend seems to be little bit salty. i did not try it although they're handing out free samples. i'm timed of eating free samples of food in large environments like this. melissa: someone described it as dirt. samsung unveiled a robot called ballie. it looks like bb-8 from "star wars." it uses artificial intelligence to help you around the house, understands you supports you reactings to your needs. what do you think, bret brett. >> isn't that nice. i want a robot that looks like a tennis ball that terrorizes my dog. that is kind of what it looks

like. this is interesting what the robots will be. we've seen a few robots. another one looked like a stuffed teddy bear, that rolled around and smiled at you. said to make you feel better. i would think that would be more appropriate. melissa: i think that is creepy. >> want that in the office. melissa: your next bed would bee a robot. >> you're not creeped out? it wouldn't make a mess. melissa: robot cat, mars cat, it was on display. the company claims it can walk, stretch, play with toys, recognize human faces just like a real cat. brett? >> here is the thing. what i want to know about the robotic cat, does it give you attitude? that face it is the bonus of having a cat. what, you talking to me? put food in my dish. i don't know a robotic cat can mimic cat behavior it has to go all the way to the cat's

attitude. melissa: it has to show disdain. >> it has to show disdain for you. i am thinking about your demise while playing with me. melissa: yeah. >> you remember sony ibo, the robotic dog? i feel we saw where it went. it went to sony stores. sold for thousands of dollars. a few people thought them and thought it was cool. you know what i say, go to the shelter, get a cat, get a dog, a real one, you know enjoy the joy that it brings to your life. melissa: your theme is -- >> there are a lot of robots here right now. melissa: brett, perfect. thank you. see you soon. connell: all right. we do have some big news today, surrounding this guy, 2020 presidential candidate mike bloomberg. his campaign confirms a 60 second advertising slot in this year's super bowl game which will be broadcast on fox. he reportedly pay as whopping $10 million for that spot. now, the question is, all this major spending he is doing. will it be enough to put

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right now. we're only the beginning. he is probably, i think he will be shooting for a billion dollars. he is in fourth place. about 7% in the polls for the nomination. i don't know. i don't think he will make it. connell: tell us coming up on the big "bulls & bears" program tonight. >> iran, strike on soleimani with steve watkins, army vet, a congressman. he has a lot to say about this. he is with the house foreign affairs committee. bobby jindal, former governor of louisiana. he says republicans can win issue of health care. they couldn't do it in 2018 in the midterms but he says with a new message. he will present that message to us in the next hour, that the republicans can claim title to the health care issue. we'll see if he is right. connell: that would be big for them obviously. >> could would be huge. connell: see you guys at top of the hour. david asman. yep. melissa: packing up. a major store closing its doors

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connell: hitting nearly rock bottom, pier one imports closing about half its stores nationwide, reportedly filing bankruptcy. reporter: well, it is 450

stores, that is nearly half of the retail presence in terms of brick and mortar. the store here, employees told hme they are not sure if this is on list. the announcement came after dismal earnings were released yesterday. the stock has been beaten up for some time, street speculates that there could be a bankruptcy file coming, the ceo, robert rice beck said: >> and closing stores is certainly one way to do, that you takeover head away from operating this store. and also layoffs come, estimates indicate 300 people could potentially lose their jobs.

the competition has been fierce. you look at, commerce, selling furniture and home accent items, the space is very competitive. these companies have to figure out ways to move into the next decade. and be a little bit more competitive themselves, at the same time retails presence changing to narrowing the stores, but still keeping a foothold. giving consumers a place to go to touch and test things. if you look at that chart it has been brutalism a trough industry. jackie at pier 1 in new jersey. melissa: an out of this world admission, aliens that might be living amongst us according to first british astronaut to go to space, 56-year-old comb chemist saying that aliens may not be made of nitrogen and carbon like

humans but it possible we might not see them. connell: they are invisible. melissa: that wom would explaine elon musk thing. david: fox, alert, ivanka trump will take the stage at this year's consumers electronic show in las vegas. why some critics, particularly some women there, say she should not be speaking there. and happening now on capitol hill, house democrats, and lou wills committee meeting to prep a war-powers resolution for the floor tomorrow, that would limit the president's military actions on iran. this as white house briefing top congressional leaders to reasons why the u.s. attacked and killed iran's top general. we get any news out of these