boy, really feel for the people in harm's way. [closing bell rings] >> there will be opportunities going forward. just be prepared for them. stay invested. stay invested. liz: great to see you. thank you so much, craig. appreciate you coming on with all the breaking news. appears markets are closing higher. only nasdaq will eke out a record. melissa: ending the day with records on wall street as we are hearing reports, new reports of warning sirens and, an explosion heard in baghdad, president trump suggests that both u.s. and iran are refraining from military action. the dow, will be just below a record close. up 161 points off session highs. we were up 282 earlier in the day. i'm melissa francis. connell: i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." still a good day for the markets. boy, what a 24 hours. with the reports from fox's trey yingst in baghdad, the market

pulled off the highs. the s&p, looking to close at a record or thereabouts. it is up by 16 points as we settle in. the nasdaq firmly in record territory. it is up by 60 points. they're off the highs of the session. the second record close of the year for nasdaq. a lot to talk about here. fox team coverage, hillary vaughn at white house. gerri willis on floor of new york stock exchange. jeff flock watching oil. oil over the last 24 hours. he is out in chicago. jackie deangelis standing by in the newsroom. hillary on the north lawn, we start with you. reporter: we're getting reports from our colleague trey yingst in baghdad, there was foxkets fired in the green zone. sirens went off warning of incoming attack. we'll give you details after we find out about that. president saying the country should work with the u.s. on common interest, pursue peace on

things taking out isis. president trump is great in last night's missile attack on military bases in iraq, no u.s. or iraqi was killed in the attack. right now administration officials are wrapping up dual briefings on capitol hill with lawmakers. secretary of state mike pompeo, defense secretary mark esper and cia director gina haspel held closed-door conversations with both house and senate but didn't leave all democrats convinced that the situation with iran is effectively diffused. speaker pelosi saying moments ago they will vote on the war powers resolution in the house tomorrow, saying the briefing today did not address her caucus ' concerns and other democrats sounding off, saying they still think iran is a threat. >> nobody believes the imminent threat is upon, let me put it that way. it would be irresponsible to believe or to argue. i have heard nobody argue, that

the threat to our troops, to our diplomats, to our allies, is suddenly gone because the guy is gone. reporter: president announcing new round of sanctions in response to last night's attack. senior administration official tell fox news that the sanctions could roll out tomorrow. the president also today blaming the obama administration for funding attack last night with those missiles with cash they provided to iran during his term. >> the miss sells fired last night at us and your allies were paid for with the funds made available by the last administration. our economy is stronger than ever before. america's achieved energy independence. these historic accomplishments changed our strategic priorities. these are accomplishment nobody thought were possible. and options in the middle east became available. reporter: connell the president

also saying today he wants nato to be more involved in the region. he spoke to the secretary-general, expressed that of nato. connell. connell: hillary vaughn at the white house. melissa: oil plunging below 61 bucks a barrel, settling down after hitting a eight-month high overnight. jeff flock on this one. quite a reversal there, jeff. reporter: if you like roller coasters you should have been in the oil market today. a 10% move, 5% almost to the upside overnight and then today, about a 5% move down, closing at, closing down $3 and i'm looking at the after-hours right now, melissa, we're looking for reaction reported out of baghdad. so far the oil market is not reacting to it. we're off the lows. we closed down $3. we're down $2.36 at this moment. but so not tremendous reaction to it yet. what can i tell you.

it was a wild ride. maybe oil market not reacting this way because it did react that way last night. a lot of people lost money. obviously they jumped in, tried to get long. then, things calmed down. well, there you go. you lose money that way, if you panic. one thing i will leave you with. that is a lot of people concerned about what will this mean for gas prices, when we thought, oh, we had a lot of trouble in the middle east? you can look at gas prices, see they have been steady. all indications are they will remain steady given at that there is no more trouble overseas which now appears to be something we don't know. melissa. melissa: all right. we do produce a lot of oil and natural gas ourselves. reporter: that's a good thing. melissa: thank you for that. let's go to gerri willis with reaction on the floor. reporter: wow, talk about a rocket ride. at one point the dow was up 280 points, ending up 160. we lost all the ground because of bombs we're hearing about over baghdad. that took wind out of our sales.

even so, s&p, nasdaq finishing at record highs tonight. it would appear that risk is off. 10-year yields are higher. gold prices are lower. it has been a fascinating market today. talk about two stocks here. macy's first of all, having a great day even though they announced they are closing 28 stores. why? they had a smaller than expected fall in same-store sales. so that is good news for macy's. stock up 7.1% year-to-date so far. another big stock, today, grubhub. that stock has been struggling today, on fire. up i believe right now 13%. yep. why? because they are pursuing strategic options. you know what the language means. team up, get bought out by something else, lots of players in this crowded category of food delivery. door dash, postmates, uber eats. this company has been having trouble. they have cut revenue, profit forecast. their market value has cratered.

you're looking right there we go. here is the intraday but the market cap on this thing has gone from 12 billion at its high to 4.5. grubhub, popular today for a change in pace. melissa: oh, no. i order from them all the time, gerri. i don't want them to go away. thank you. connell: let's talk to jonathan hoenig, about the day in markets you're fox news contributor. you're always a good guy on stocks. what have you seen in the price action? oil move was ridiculous. biggest move in more than five years. the dow closes up 160. it was up 280, whatever it was. future were down 440 last night. trey yingst report that says there is rocket fire in the baghdad green zone in last 15, 20 minutes. tell us about the market action. >> missiles were flying, so much unknown, you saw the market react accordingly. fear is rational estimate in

those situations. essentially sell first, ask questions later. as word came out, details came out, there was no casualties. in fact after the president spoke, it really calmed markets. it allowed markets to continue what has been amazing bull trend. look underneath the hood. 211 new 523 week highs. they're powering the market forward. any word about potential casualties, or potential attacks this afternoon, like during the iraq war, that will put fear back into the marketplace. connell: we'll keep watching it. back to you on a new top i cantic in a few minutes. melissa: boeing 737 airplane crashing to the ground shortly after taking off tehran, killing all 176 people aboard.

jackie deangelis with the details. port pot not to diminish the human tragedy here but boeing's stock was down. the dow was higher but boeing down 2%. this after the crash, 737-800, it was not two crashes that grounded planes last year. it crashed shortly after takeoff in tehran. , iran. the plane was operated by ukraine airlines. ukraine's president said everyone died in this crash. the cause of the crash not known at this time. iran said it will not release the black box to boeing. so it could be difficult to find out more without that piece of equipment. in a statement boeing said this, quote, this is a tragic event. our heartfelt thoughts are with the crews, passengers and families. we're in contact with our airline customer. we stand by them in difficult time. we're ready to assist any way needed end quote. the plane was serviced january 6th.

that is my understanding. a spokesperson for the airline said there was nothing wrong with the plane at that time. iranian press saying there were technical problems with this plane, melissa. melissa: wow. jackie, thank you for that. connell: a lot more still to come. major medical break-through we'll talk about that coming up. what health officials are saying is helping the survival rate in one of the leading causes of death in the u.s. melissa: plus a plan for the booming economy. michael bloomberg taking aim at president trump unveiling hills own economic agenda. 2020 candidate to push what he call as badly broken system. critics say it could backfire. are they right? connell: backed by innovation, toyota is building high-tech plants in heart after prototype city. we'll have the story on that one later in the hour. ♪. all money managers might seem the same,

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connell: "fox business alert." following fast moving development out of iraq. reports from trey yingst of warning sirens, explosions heard

in baghdad's green zone. within the last half hour. fox's rich edson live from the state department. we heard from secretary pompeo as well. rich? reporter: good afternoon, connell. secretary of state mike pompeo should be arriving back here at the state department after briefing lawmakers on the hill. the message according to senior state department official, the united states reasserted sense of military deterrence in that strike on friday night that killed general qassem soleimani. also the administration going to continue maximum pressure campaign. senior official telling us as early as tomorrow, the administration is aiming to roll out even more sanctions on against, iran. something president mentioned earlier today. >> the united states will immediately impose additional punishing additional economic sanctions on iranian regime. these powerful sanctions will remain until iran changes its

behavior. reporter: now as the administration was briefing senators, a number of democrats came out last few days, criticized the administration for failing to share information about intelligence that led to the strike. democrats are saying what they want out of all of this, way for united states, iran, allies to work together to calm this situation. >> i think the president has an opportunity to seek a coalition of our allies, great britain, france, germany, mention a few, could lead to diplomatic surge of iran to get back to the negotiating table to get back to issues about iran. reporter: this morning pushed countries still part of the iran nuclear agreement. u.s. was a signatory to that in 2016. the trump administration

withdrew from that in 2017. they said the europeans should get out of the deal, british, their part of the deal. we asked a government prime minister ask to boris johnson's quote, that the j. pcoa is best way to prevent nuclear proriff proration. pompeii. connell: rich edson outside of the state indictment. >> byron york, from the "washington examiner." a fox news contributor. byron, one of the main things i heard from the president's address to the nation today, what feels like his doctrine going forward. he said, i am going to ask nato to get much more involved here in the middle east, in this conflict with iran, saying, guess what? you know the u.s. is energy

independent now. we don't really need to be here. that, you know, that these other nations need to come together, they have a vested interest in the area because they're still dependent on this energy. that, i'm obviously summarizing what he said. did you hear that message what did you think of it? >> absolutely. the president made a hobby making nato uncomfortable for the last several years and it is all in the same sort of theme. in the theme is this. why should the united states insure peace around the world, be the world's policeman, bear the cost of being the world's policeman, when there are prosperous countries, including those in nato, who could do more for their own defense? he asked them to pay more of their own budgets for defense. now he is asking them possibly, to take a larger role in a place like iraq and iran. so this is, this is really consistent with the president's argument which applies all the way around the globe, the united states should not be only power

doing this stuff. melissa: it is so opposite of the role we played in the past, in fact the criticism that we endured over in the middle east poking into other people's business, that we're warmongerrers, that we want oil, we're over there trading blood for oil, he is saying no, end to all of that. the irony, at the same time iran is saying we want you to get out and president trump is saying we don't want to be here anyway. he walked in, stood up. now there is this golden moment where everybody who has an interest in the area come together to make some sort of a deal but he is saying, you know, we're really moving back out. i wonder how those critics who just yesterday were saying, my goodness he is dragging us headlong into another never ending war, i wonder what they're thinking today? >> you were repeating, repeating earlier some of the arguments we heard against the iraq war in

2002 and 2003, no blood for oil arguments. we'll see completely united front from the united states government on this it is pretty clear the house of representatives will vote tomorrow, start work tomorrow on a resolution to limit the president's powers to do what he has just done. he targeted one of the worst people in the world, who has been responsible for the attacks, recent and distant on americans, is probably planning more such attacks t was in a foreign country to do that kind of thing. and the president took him out. and now the democrats i think, in the house want to make sure that he can't do that again. so, there is going to be this debate. if they do pass such a resolution. they will try to insure that it has to be debated in the senate. there will not be a united frond for the united states government for the next few days tore weeks. melissa: it will be interesting

to see how it plays out in the long run on campaign trail near term an long term. they're trying to stop him doing acts like this, trying to impeach him at the same time. thank you byron for coming on. we appreciate it. >> thank you, melissa. connell: get to the carlos ghosn story. melissa: wow, wow. connell: exactly. >> wow, if anybody watched this morning, he is still insisting he is innocent. this is the news conference, former nissan chairman earlier in beirut today, on and on, all kinds of questions. it is some story. he absolutely slammed the japanese judicial system. we'll talk about that coming up. plus impact, devastating australia fires are have globally. now it is affecting parts of south america. that is just ahead as well. ♪

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noaa revealing smoke from the fires reached part of chile, argentina as well as uruguay. they are taking actions against 200 people for fire related violations. 400 people have started for intentionally starting the fires. we'll stay on top of all the developments for you. melissa: stay out or die in japan. those were the choices former auto executive carlos ghosn said he faced when deciding to flee japan where he was held under house arrest. ghosn holding a defiant sues conference in beirut today. susan li with more details on this one. this is a wild story. reporter: extensive press conference, melissa. 2 1/2 hours. carlos ghosn speaking in beirut justifying why he jumped bail in japan because he says i stayed in the country i would have died. listen. >> i did not es keep justice. i fled injustice and persecution, political

persecution. reporter: he was part of a systemic plot being hatched by nissan executives. also tokyo prosecutors. he says even a toyota board member was involved along with law firms as well. and he talked about his mistreatment after being arrested in november of 2:08, having limited access to prescription drugs, not being able to see his wife for nine months, being interrogated without a lawyer. also being able to shower only twice a week. now, we also heard from him, in terms of why, they went after him in the first place. listen. >> unfortunately there was no trust. some of our japanese friends say, only way to get -- nissan get rid of me. unfortunatelily they were right. reporter: we heard from ghosn. new footage emerged this is his private jet that landed at turkey airport in istanbul to beirut. there is no extra decision

treaty between lebanon and japan. as he said in the press conference he is not going back to face charges. back to you. melissa: he is not going back, that's for sure. sues an thank you. this was a huge story today. some are calling it mexit. meghan markle, prince harry announcing they will take a step back as senior members of the royal family, instead working to become financially independent, whatever that means to them. splitting their time between the united kingdom and north america but the move, after the press release went out apparently wasn't okayed by the queen. the palace releasing a statement saying quote, we understand their desire to take a different approach but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through. back now to react. jonathan hoenig, from capitalist pig hedge fund. he is obviously a royalist. don't they watch "the crown"? don't they know you have to run everything by the queen? >> they want out of the crown.

this is spin on brexit. this is royal family saying they're out of here. i applaud them. they are two young individuals, they don't want to be beholden to the tribe, the crown, british people. i applaud the move by megan and mare l harry to extricate themselves from the british people and megan is accomplished actress. harry knows what he is doing coming to business. i think this is terrific move. this could spell eventually end of crown writ large. britain's newfound independence, maybe they should pick this up from the generation from the royals. melissa: i want to see details being financially independent. this is long line of people who live off inheritance of various lands. being independent, they live off the queen's billions rather than taking taxpayer dollars maybe. i don't understand why any of them get taxpayer dollars in the first place, isn't the queen the

richest woman? all very -- >> melissa. sounds like what you said. perhaps that is what they're forgoing. hard for them to leave the royal family but still, accept some of those goodies some of perks that come with it. megan gets residuals and royalties from her tv and movie work. melissa: please. >> she has assets. regardless i applaud them for wanting to take their own path, not being beholden to this tripe alist madness. melissa: maybe she should ask grandma first. putting out press release. ruffling a little royal feathers. >> good for them. melissa: see you later. thank you. connell: it's a high-stakes meeting wrapped up on capitol hill. the white house briefing congressional leaders on the middle east strategy and everything that has been going on with iran. just a moment we'll talk to a democratic support, senator maggie hassan. she was at the briefing. we'll tell you what republicans are saying about the briefing coming up. >> how toyota's plans for a new

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economic plan may look like. here is fox news's peter doocy. he is on the campaign trail in wells, minnesota, with the details. reporter: whole point of michael bloom berg's three day swing to talk about jobs an economy. on his first event in minnesota he had a new lead line the way president trump is handling iran. >> in any crisis it is imperative that the commander-in-chief think through all the implications of his actions or her actions with the help of his or her top advisors and not act rationally or recklessly. i certainly hope the president does that. unfortunately as we all know that is just not in his nature. reporter: joe biden claims all this could have been avoided if president trump didn't walk away from the obama negotiated nuclear deal with iran. as news broke about missiles landing in iraq at airbases last night, biden told donors what is happening in iraq and iran was predictable, not exactly what is

happening but chaos ensuing. pete buttigieg is arguing some of the diplomatic ties that have been severed in the last couple years can't be put together again the same way, telling donors at his fund-raiser about the iran deal, quote, i don't think we'll be able to return to the deal as we knew it. this is a turning point t can be turning point toward war or it can be a turning point toward a different frame wore in our relationships around the middle east and our posture towards iran. for most of the cycle, big issues for democrats have been trump and health care but, at least for a few days in the final sprint towards the iowa caucuses big issues are trump and iran. melissa? melissa: looks nice and warm there. here to react bill mcgurn, "wall street journal" columnist, fox news contributor. so i want to turn you to michael bloomberg's plan, economic plan which will will get no attention because of everything going on.

it was fascinating. raising federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. he has a lot of good ideas on apprenticeships, student training zones, the partnership between businesses and local communities to get people trained in the right direction. then he slings in collective bargaining. i forgot i'm a democrat. i forgot who i am talking to. so throws collective bargaining in there. what do you think? >> he is making the same mistake joe biden is making. joe biden's votes are in the more moderate sides of the democratic party. has thrown over his moderation in pursuit of nomination. if you're the last candidate in the race especially you can't paint on your differences not on your similarities. mayor bloomberg is mayor of a city larger than 2/3 of the american states and he did a pretty good job. he did a pretty good job expanding opportunity,

business-friendly rezoning, a lot of things like that. a lot of things that i think would go up against democratic party orthodoxy. charter schools for example. and yet, if he is, is he really going to run on minimum wage? if you're a democratic voter, you will turn to mike bloomberg, i think it might be because you think bernie sanders elizabeth warren, pete buttigieg, their green new deals, stuff go a little too far, and you're not going to spend as much. instead he seems to be following down the joe biden path. melissa: even, you're so right, because he, rather than taking purity of his idea, he blends them into everything else. for example, he talks about here, he is going to call for a million student to earn apprenticeship degrees by 2030. the whole point of getting people training is to not earn degrees but begin working. the concept of the future of work has to do with, you start to get trained in something. if you're apprentice you're not

wedded to that field forever. it is that you're learning a skill. you're getting involved. then you may decide to go take that in another direction, get more learning, get back on. he is sort of, he takes his new ideas, makes them old again. >> right. mike mike bloom he is a democrat in his heart. he is very big on big liberal causes, gun control, the environment and so forth. but again as a mayor, as mayor, so he had an executive position, something lacking most of the people on the debate stage except for pete buttigieg who had a tiny city. again with the economy, he did a pretty good job but it was not by apprenticeship programs and so forth. i think, that we need to be open to these sort of things but we need to have environment where people want to invest and hire people. melissa: right. if you slap collective bargaining on that -- >> make it more expensive. melissa: i'm are oh, this guy. >> same with his foreign policy.

i think joe biden really blew it. joe biden will never get the antiwar vote in his party because bernie sanders will say, joe, you voted for iraq, right? he will never have that. what he should have done is go for people saying, i can see joe biden as commander-in-chief and democrats are uncomfortable with the moral use of american force today. that was an opening for mayor bloomberg to talk about it. melissa: bill mcgurn, very wise, they should listen to you. >> but they don't. melissa: all right. connell: this will get buried because of iran but it is interesting to talk about. medical break-through to come up. a break-through with cancer what it means for you and your loved ones. speaking of iran an iraq. sirens heard in baghdad within the last hour or so. we'll be live from the region. tell you where things will stand, when we come back. ♪.ri

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♪. connell: so we do have a major milestone to report today in the fight against cancer. researchers reported the biggest one-year drop in the u.s. cancer death rate ever. they say it was largely driven by advances in lung tumor treatments. overall the death rate in the

u.s. dropped nearly 30% since 1991. that translates officials say into nearly 3 million avoided deaths. melissa: that is terrific. reports of explosions heard in baghdad earlier this hour. fox news's benjamin hall live in jordan with the latest. reporter: melissa we're monitoring reports of explosions in the green zone. early reports suggest they were two katyusha rockets fired in the green zone. those are smaller mortar type rockets often used by iranian backed militias. unlikely directed by the iranian regime. certainly everybody hoping that is the case. there has been widespread praise of president trump's decision to de-escalate the decision and widespread condemnation of the iranian ballistic missile attack last night. that is coming across the region. we heard from the one country iran is threatening again, israel. benjamin netanyahu speaking out yesterday, praising president trump both for his action yesterday but also taking out

qassem soleimani six days ago. take a listen. >> president trump should be congratulated for acting swiftly, boldly, and resolutely against this terrorist -- [applause] reporter: turkish president erdogan as well as russian president putin met today and weighed in. they were opening a new pipeline together. they said they would happily act as intermediaries between iran and u.s. they warned further use of force would lead to quote, new cycle of instability that would damage everyone's interests. the british government weighing in, standing firmly behind the u.s. they had troops, british on al-asad base that was attacked. they have not ruled out a strike on iran should it be warranted. they worked very hard to get ships into place and helicopters on stand by. uk reiterating america's right to defend itself. in iraq we saw people protesting

iranian strike. they said we feel iraq has become a battleground between the new war between the iran and u.s. they hope iniranian influence couldn't continue to build. across the region, praise for president trump de-escalating. we're watching closely to make sure it doesn't escalate any fourth. that is was an isolated event. melissa: benjamin, thanks for terrific reporting. we appreciate it. connell: more with democratic senator maggie hassan, from new hampshire, homeland security committee, finance committee, among other committees, fresh out of briefing with iran. i do want to begin by asking you about it. i know the contents of it are classified. one of your republican colleagues in his reaction has been making headlines in a minute which i will get to in a moment but can you give us some sort of a characterization of your level of satisfaction with the briefing? were you satisfied with what you heard? >> first of all things for having me on. my first priority is keeping

america safe, secure and free. so it was really important to have this all senators classified briefing. obviously soleimani had american blood on his hands and, no one is mourning his death. and i certainly join others condemning ballistic missile attacks from iran on to our bases just last night and i'm very grateful that american lives weren't lost but i think what we're seeing as you report on attacks on the green zone, this continues to be a very volatile situation and so it's going to be increasingly important, not only that the administration share as much information as it can with not only congress but the american public, we continue to work together to develop a strategy, what is a very volatile region to make sure we're protecting our u.s. troops, american interests and allies both in the middle east and around the globe connell: to that point, here is

what senator mike lee, republican from utah said on capitol hill. let's listen. >> probably the worst briefing i've seen on a military issue in the nine years i served in the united states senate. what i found so distressing about that briefing, was that one of the messages we received from the briefers was, do not debate, do not discuss the issue of appropriateness of further military intervention against iran. that if you do, you will be emboldening iran. connell: so that is again a republican senator. anything, senator, that you would add to those comment? >> well i don't want to characterize the briefing. what i continue to believe is really important, is that america be as fully informed as it can be about why the administration chose to take the action it did, when it did, and what our strategy is moving forward. among other things, the men and women of the united states military, especially those on active duty, in harm's way

deserve to know the american public is behind them. that is best assured when we have full information, a open and clear understanding of what our strategy is. connell: do you feel, well, let me ask it this way. president trump earlier today, said in his view iran was pulling back from conflict. do you feel confident that is, do you still hear us, senator? i think we've lost her communications. she doesn't hear us anymore. senator, we'll thank her for the time. we were going to wrap up after that question, anyway. if we get her connected real quick, senator maggie hassan from new hampshire but, was going to talk about president trump earlier today and how he characterized things but we'll never hear her answer. interesting how mike lee characterized that briefing, however. melissa: yeah. connell: any way, answer to age-old question coming up, can a car company build a city. melissa: is that a age-old question? connell: yeah. i've been asking this forever.

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they it is interesting. but, almost with autonomous cars they start from scratch, they design roads without human driving. melissa: they go by themselves. connell: from the beginning. >> that would work for exercise for me. connell: moving along, speaking of ces in las vegas, could streaming servicing get tired of winning? a big year in 2019, major streaming launches by apple, disney and on, there were a record number of americans to cut cable cords. but none of major subscription services have become reliably profit. , hulu plus not until 2023, and hbo max in 2024. 17 years ago media link was founded to help media companies

navigate choppy waters of the dot-com bubble days, today streaming is a large area of focus for media link, founder, and ceo michael cassan joining you from ces in las vegas had. those numbers that i referenced from a bloomberg article this week talking about streaming launches and how they won 2019, but they said winning never looked that bad. should we be concerned about profitability or is it just time. >> i would say that it is just a matter of time. if we build it they will come, seems that industry is building it and the consumer are coming. i think profit bill tie will -- profitability will follow so long as they avoid the churn. connell: many of the launches

go well, you interact with a lot of these companies, disney included. if a company came to you now looking to get in or focus -- change the focus, what advice would you give in. >> you know proceed with caution it is a crowded field. you have got a lot on for this year already with nbc launching peacock. and hbo max coming on-line. today here we have jeffrey cats cat sense berg and meg whitman talk about quiby. and you have got a crowded feel, the question is how many consumers is a consumer going to

subscribe today, there will be bbinaryy choices to make. >> is that what we're headed by the way refunded eling? -- with yo refunded re-bundling? >> it feels that way, that old lyric everything old is new again, i feel like we're creating a new bundle, it will be smaller number, you will not have 500 channels, i guess research shows between 4 and 5 average consumer streaming packager bundle. -- or a bundle, a different sort of a skinny bundle. but i think we will have a refunded eling the consumers will vote with their wallets, not for the faint of heart. >> thank you so much for coming on from las vegas. melissa: fox business alert, bed bed, ba bath and beyond sinking

after hours, reporting a net loss for fourth quarter. >> see you tomorrow. >> "bulls and bears." >> take a look at this, markets soaring after president said that iran appears to be standing down, but nasdaq closes in record territory. but all of major averages ended off session highs, that is falling in final minutes of trading, with respects of sirens -- reports of sirens and more blasts in baghdad. we'll bring you updates through out the show. >> iran appears to be standing down. which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. >> nations have tolerated iran's destructive behavior in middle east and beyond, those days are