much. you may have seen the banner. alphabet, parent company of google, now hitting one trillion dollar valuation. get the confetti ready. [closing bell rings] the dow closing above 29,000 for second straight day. s&p above 3500. nasdaq great session that will do it for "the claman countdown. melissa: two days of victories. all major averages closing at record highs as the senate approves the usmca trade deal. of a day after president trump signed a new trade deal with the china. president trump answers questions in the oval office. we'll bring all the headlines at this hour. the dow, up 268 points, second record in a close. i'm melissa francis. they're not worried about impeachment. connell: not at all today. not worried about anything way market is performing. welcome to "after the bell." record close for s&p. nasdaq, fifth for both indexes

so far this year. s&p was up .8 of a percent. it hasn't had 1% move. journal pointed out this morning since either direction, since mid-october. almost got there today. going up slowly by surely. at the white house set to sign a new trade agreement, we referenced with canada and mexico, passed the senate. just before senators were sworn in as jurors in the president's impeachment trial. there is a lot going on. got you covered from washington to wall street. gerri willis on floor of new york stock exchange. first to blake burman live at the white house. blake? reporter: president trump got signature bipartisan piece of legislation today, as the u.s. senate passed the usmca trade deal. that trade deal receiving 89 votes in the senate. next up now comes over here to the white house for the president to sign. ratification in canada. but that vote also came just moments before the senate also formalized the impeachment trial of president trump, the first in 21 years.

just the third time it will occur for a sitting president in u.s. history. president trump afterwards, just a little while ago, lamented that the trade deal isn't generating headlines he believes it deserves. >> today we just passed the usmca. it is going to take the place of nafta which was a terrible deal. the usmca will probably be second to this witch-hunt hoax. which hopefully everyone knows is not going anywhere. there was nothing done wrong. this was a perfect phone call. reporter: meantime here in washington the government accountability office gave democrats potential assist as it released a nine-page report saying that the trump administration did not adhere to the law last year when it delayed military aid to ukraine. that is at the center of this whole impeachment issue. here was the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer on the upcoming senate trial. >> so in the coming days, each

of us, everyone of us, democrat and republican, will face a choice about whether to begin this trial in the search of truth, or in service of the president's desire to cover it up. reporter: earlier today we saw the chief justice of the supreme court john robbers swear in 100 senators. connell, melissa, the actual trial will not begin on tuesday. tuesday by the way is also the same day that the president is scheduled to be in davos, switzerland for the world economic forum. the president saying today inside of the oval office, he is still planning to be there. connell: still going. monday is martin luther king day thank you. here is republican senator pat roberts, the senator robb earth abouts the chairman of the agriculture committee, you put yesterday together along with today, people would argue this is big week for american farmers, and usmca combined. talk to me about the latter, if

you will, the usmca. president says it is much better than what we had, that being nafta. i assume you agree and if so why, the biggest reason? >> this is a great week for agriculture. i think your previous guest said something about confetti. i don't know how much confetti we have in farm country. every producer, every farm organization, all regions of the country, we come through four or five years, i don't think too many people realize what a rough patch we had in farm country. we hope for price recovery. we hope for, you know, getting back to our markets. two big things right in a row. connell: right. bipartisan vote which is paradox of enormous irony before we to into impeachment. connell: yes. >> but at any rate, it is a big vote, 89-10. it was bipartisan vote. then we have the china deal, 50

bull bucks, purchases from u.s. agriculture products rand other products as well. connell: any concern on that front we're too ambitious, that it will be too difficult to meet numbers. >> that may be the case. it is step one. step two. step one 35 billion. step 2, things to right i think we'll see rest of the purchases. quite frankly, china needs what we produce. they're in a tough way, in several areas of their agriculture. connell: you mentioned it, senator, it was quite a day, when you consider guys were passing usmca new trade deal, canada mexico, just before you were sworn in as a juror in impeachment trial that will begin on tuesday. just ask you briefly about that. as blake new information in gio report. combine that with the lev parnas comment over the last few days. does that information in your mind as a juror in the case, warrant witnesses being called? >> i think we're going to

consider witnesses anyway, regardless what the gao says. don't want to get into a conversation about my experiences with the gao but, and as well as the other accusations. i have not read the gao report. connell: okay. >> i've really not paid too much attention to the individual that -- connell: but on witnesses? >> but on the witnesses, i think there will be an attempt to put that aside until a later date. then we'll be taking up witnesses. connell: so you're open to it? >> oh, sure. connell: right. what is your mind-set going into this trial, as a juror i mean? do you think the outcome is a foregone conclusion? how do you look at it? >> i don't know if anything is a foregone conclusion of something like this. we didn't even know that with president clinton. for that matter nixon. i've been around a while. so, you just don't want to get into, trying to predict what is going to happen in something like this, but i think, most members, if not all of us, are

really looking at this as a very sober attitude. this not only, is a current event that affects the presidency, what we're doing here, and what we may do on down the road with other legislation but it set as precedent. they're not very good. not only for this president but for future presidents. that is what i think. i, i don't know exactly what will happen down the road but as a juror, i'm going to take a look at all of it. connell: senator, we thank you for covering so much ground. big economic developments as well as preach preach trial beginning next week. senator robb earth abouts. melissa. melissa: the dow closing at record highs for the fourth time this year. let's go to gerri willis for more on this. i mean, gerri, still january, right? fourth time this year? >> my gosh. record closes again. i'm so used to it, i'm bored, right? melissa: no. >> i love it. every investor loves it people saving for retirement. records across the board. the dow closing in record

territory yet again above 29,000. that is the second straight record close for the dow, the fifth this year. it has been january. hello. s&p 500 notching a second straight record close. nasdaq closing at record high too. this is very good day. i will disagree with the guys a little bit. impeachment does matter. tell you what one trader told me, thank god it finally started. they're not expecting impeachment to last long. they are expecting to get it short, want to get it done. let me give dow winners a weird elect tick group. goldman sachs, home depot, microsoft, cisco. no headlines on that stock. amazon apple, microsoft a part of that. google becoming a part of it today. there is speculation to will be in the 2 trillion-dollar club, right? what will be next. heavy betting, amazon leads the

way. back to you guys. melissa: thank you. connell: new chapter in u.s. china trade. that freshly inked phase one deal, officially kicks in on february 14th. holiday, february 14th of some kind? melissa: i can't remember. connell: edward lawrence at the white house with more on all of this. edward? reporter: nothing says romance like a trade deal, right? trade deal goes into effect on valentine's day. the same day $120 billion in tariffs goes down to 7 1/2%. also the 25% tariffs on 250 billion chinese imports stays in place. all of this according to the administration is incentive. those tariffs, incentive for phase two. >> the president gave up very little. mostly just some promised future tariffs, in return for significant concessions from the chinese. we still have tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of chinese goods, are a way to keep them honest, finally to

uphold their commitments to a deal. reporter: u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer says he will no by spring is it is working. there is phase two on your screen. phase two with subsidies that give china unfair advantage around the world. there will be attempt by the united states to limit action of state-owned enterprises like limiting data with chinese security services. a big one, dealing with chinese cyber intrusion. under umbrella of businesses, cyber hacking of u.s. companies to steal technology. spying klein does on business, research, development. the administration says, they are using those tariffs as well as making sure the tariffs follow through on phase one, and those tariffs will make sure china goes to a phase two. >> if they fail to follow through and do what they promised, there are provisions where the united states can unilaterally take action on

enforcement or reinstate the tariffs. >> the president says if this phase one deal is so good there may not be a need for a phase three. connell: edward lawrence live at the white house. melissa: shaking up the system. iowa democrats changing rules of caucus results. it could give candidate, i don't know, more than one candidate it is supposed to say, to claim victory. connell: could have a few results. could be complete chaos. you know something about chaos, right? melissa: right. connell: the bigger the gap, the bigger tax increase. disney heiress, abigail disney, is backing a bill that would raise corporate taxes, to try to cut down on ceo pay. why critics say it could benefit the state more than the employees. >> a car fit for real life james bond. how one company is helping drivers with bullet-proof protection. we are taking armored car for a test drive this hour.

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forward. comes on same day we told you a new report is out alleging the trump administration broke the law withholding aid from ukraine. as we go to fox congressional correspondent chad pergram. even by standards of modern day washington. this has been quite a day. take it through us, chad. reporter: absolutely. the gao report is interesting you can imagine as the senate trial kicks off, the house impeachment managers will employ that as evidence to try to make the case against president trump. this was solemn, sober day at capitol, walking behind me by the will rogers statue on the house side of the capitol, you had impeachment managers processed over to the senate, formally introduced to the senate. chief justice john roberts coming across the street, sworn in. he then in turn swearing in 99 of the 100 senators. they all signed an oath book for the trial. the absent senator was republican jim inhofe of oklahoma, out due to family

emergency. trying to set up agreement sometime next week how they conduct this trial. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell commented, excuse me, i should say senate minority leader chuck schumer indicate ad few minutes ago, we still have not seen the resolution. that mcconnell, majority leader will profound saying this is how we conduct the trial. they're afraid of having open trial with witnesses, so on, so forth. idea of witnesses that is double-edged sword for both sides as republicans talk about reciprocity. if you call john bolton, maybe we should call the bidens. the other thing very interesting about today, even for washington this was quite a day. look at juxtaposition, house managers going over to the senate to formally start the trial, came nanoseconds after the senate approved the usmca. without question, the biggest bipartisan policy agreement that president trump has secured. you had, it on 89-10 vote. wide bipartisan support.

a lot of democrats voting for this. it was a five minutes later, impeachment managers were there. we were off to the races with the senate trial. just that juxtaposition is remarkable and probably only in washington, connell. connell: usmca helped markets if nothing else. chad we'll talk to you over next few weeks. thank you, chad. melissa. melissa: mixed messages nancy pelosi undercutting claim you just heard it a minute ago, as well the impeachment process was a somber affair by handing out souvenir pens to mark the occasion. look at that! everybody gets their own pen. after this they were posing for photos with a huge smile. here is bill mcgurn, columnist and fox news contributor. did you get your own pen. your own impeachment celebration pen. did you get one? >> i did not. i will say the pomp and circumstance of rituals how the united states government proceeds are quite impressive. but they're kind of belied by

this slipshod impeachment that mrs. pelosi presided over. now the problem that democrats have, we all know how this end, right? we may not know the actual votes but highly unlikely that 20 republicans are going to sign on this to actually remove the president. we're all getting distracted by gao opinion. by pens and so forth. i don't think most people are really paying attention to this. it is a washington drama where the outcome is already known. melissa: it seems like they're trying to do everything they can, though, to bring drama to it. >> right. melissa: i heard chuck schumer, you know when he was standing at the mic, he said, when everybody marched in. it started, he goes, i saw people on both sides of the aisle visibly gulp at the start of this proceeding because it is such a serious thing. he actually said that. i was like, are you kidding? if they go out there, they say how serious dramatic it is, it

will be such. >> i think that is what you do when you have such a weak case. they had a chance to make a stronger case with witnesses in the house. they not only chose not to do it, they didn't need to do it. it is so urgent. unhappiest person in this country today has to be amy klobuchar. iowa is make-or-break for her. she will be stuck in washington at this trial whose out come we more or less know. melissa: speaking of iowa, while we have you, some in the media are frequenting out about a change in the iowa caucus. "politico" framing it in a headline, the caucus change that has iowa bracing for a hot mess. so the iowa democratic caucuses always had two rounds of voting with a precinct level threshold of 15%. you had to get 15% in order to get any delegates. if your candidate didn't get the vote, go home or go caucus with another group that was viable. probably your second choice. so a candidate might surge between the first round and

second round was clearly a second choice for lot of people. now they will release both those totals. they didn't do that before. is blatantly obvious if someone won by virtue being a lot of people's second choice and not their fist. do you think that this hurts someone? >> no. i think, i think it is again one of things we're having a big fuss over. when we look at polls, you and i look at them, we like to see tabs, see a breakdown of it. at the end of the day what matters who gets delegates. that will not change. it could be interesting. maybe it persuades someone better in the first round. didn't quite make it to hang on to another primary. i don't think it will affect much. they haven't really changed how the delegates are allocated, and who wins. this is like, when you watch a football game and, your team gets more yardage with passing and so forth. everything except that they have lost the game. you know at end of the day it matters who put the point on the board. in this game, who gets most

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his job. beltran was a player in 2017. the only player named in the baseball report on the sign-stealing scandal. he released a the following statement. i'm grateful to them, the mets giving me the opportunity. we agreed the best interests of the team. i couldn't let myself be a distraction for the team. i wish entire organization success in the future. melissa: wow this thing taking casualties. fox business exclusive. jackie deangelis sitting down with the former crown prince of iran amid heighted tensions with the u.s. what do you have to say, jackie? >> remember. the former crown prince left the country roughly 40 years ago. his father, the shah ousted when the islamic regime took over. he has been an advocate. he is also an outspoken critic of this regime. he is advocate for the people that is. and wants to elicit change there he says people are ready to act.

he stands supportive of the administration and moves it made with the maximum pressure campaign, adding sanctions back on iran. he says it is all about, really not about a military conflict here. but it is about the people. it is about people taking to the streets. feeling like they have the international support. i asked him about nuclear weapons and obama nuclear deal. he said it had to go. it is only way of course, developing those weapons, that this regime could insure it would stay in power. we also talked about terror in the region and iran's proxies. i asked him if the establishment of a democracy was impossible because of those little groups. listen to what he had to say? >> the important thing, when you cut off supply to these groups, whether it is financial or logistical, or what have you, they will dry out. you know. basically you dry out that marshland that has been a cesspool for these mosquitoes that is the result of this

circumstance. immediately. reporter: it is all about going directly to the source. islamic republic of iran, has to go, according to the crown prince. they want a democracy. they want a system allows for human rights. they protested downing of ukrainian airplane. they wouldn't adhere to government pressure to walk on american flags and to walk on the israeli flag. the crown prince think this is country, the people are ready to act. of course the world is watching. we asked him if he wanted to be king. he said he wants to be an advisor and wants to see a legitimate democracy set up. melissa? melissa: wow, jackie deangelis, thank you for that. cool interview. connell: very good interview. a lot of people talking about this tense moment that was caught on a hot mic. new audio reveals postdebate exchange that took place between senators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders after the vermont senator denied telling the senator from massachusetts that a woman couldn't be president.

take a listen. >> i think you scald me a liar on national tv? >> what. >> i think you called me a liar on national tv? >> let's not have that discussion right now. you called me -- connell: tom steyer, he tweeted about that. hello, i just wanted to say hello america. which showed a sense of humor. i wonder if this has any effect on the race? something we talk about for a day? melissa: when i saw it happened i certainly wanted to hear the audio. i am glad they released. steyer was funniest part. i don't want to get in the middle of this. connell: everybody gets involved in one of these things. these little jobbers, microphones. they. melissa: they know that though. i think that that was and warren setup. she knew she had the mic on. she wanted to confront him. getting more out of the cycle this way. that is my theory. connell: we'll see if it helps. anyway. that is that. melissa: calling it an issue 50 years in the making. why disney heiress abigail

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against jeffrey epstein estate, reveal stunning accusations that he sex trafficked girls as young as 11 and into 20 years old. as recently as 2017. they claim he held the victims captive on his private island. when a victim tried to swim away, epstein and others organized a search party and located her, and kept her captive by confiscating among other things, her passport. he coerced girls to travel promising modeling opportunities, once on the island, epstein stripped them of their phones and threatened violence if they did not do sexual acts. he used ll-cs, and shell companies to buy little st. james island where he had his home. and in greater st. james island paid $60 million to insure he had privacy. the only way to his home was

private boat or helicopter from nearby st. thomas. the u.s. attorney general in the virgin island is looking to seize those properties. >> the government of virgin islands, seeks to extinguish and recoup any financial benefits that flowed to epstein and his associates. reporter: prosecutors in the virgin islands claim epstein illegally transferred millions of dollars into a trust days before his death in an attempt to shield his 577 million-dollar estate from accusers, melissa. this is one of those big steps, perhaps getting punitive damages for his alleged victims. melissa: hopefully they untangle it. bryan. thank you. connell: taxes slamming the happen yet place on earth, proposed california tax hike, on executive pay compared to worker pay would impact disney, certainly other companies as well in the golden state. now abigail, disney, the disney

heiress senators this bill. that is getting headlines. she told them that disney workers are paid poorly. grover norquist, americans for tax reform president. complicated i'm sure in disneyland. the history, roy disney and bob iger all the rest. but abigail disney supports this. the idea from people who support it, before i let you respond to it, they basically say, change the inend senttives. they want to incentivize corporations not to pay ceos exorbitant amount of money. what do you say? >> incentivizing it is a massive tax increase. california as 8.8% corporate income tax on top of the 21% national federal tax. they want to take that up to 11 to 15%. so it is a massive tax increase to start with. but then they go, oh, we'll hit you even more if you don't pay people the way we want you to. boards of directors are responsible and shareholders are

responsible for firing any ceo who overpays himself or herself. it shouldn't be the government's decision to -- sometimes somebodies as ceo could be worth a lot of money, sometimes not. connell: right. >> certainly if they're losing money probably a good idea to change them out for somebody else. the reason we got into the question of high pay, back in the '70s and '80s, people were mad that people were making couple hundred thousand dollars in a year where the business lost money. they they said you should have the compensation in stock. they put it in stock and ceo does well with the the company, then they get paid a lot of money and same people whine about that. if you want to be in business of setting pay, vote as a shear holder, work as in the business of owning part of the company. connell: right. >> the people who should care are people that own it. they don't want to waste money. they don't want to waste millions of dollars on a ceo

that is not good. if they're good and making company very successful i think it is good idea to have pay tied to stock prices because that tells you whether the company is worth more. connell: right. >> when the company does poorly, those guys make very little. connell: funny you bring up shareholder movements. the family tried that as well. roy disney, who i referenced, years ago. that is totally different story. stay on subject of taxes, grover. we had a conversation on the network yesterday, larry kudlow was on with liz claman from the white house, talking about a tactic that the trump administration is considering, for the 2020 campaign, it relates to taxes. let's take a listen. >> president directed me to produce what we're calling tax cuts 2.0. it will be published sometime during the campaign as a message for future trump economic growth policies, particular emphasis on the middle class in his second

term. connell: emphasis on the middle class. the question for you, grover, would be, not whether you would support this, but specifically what type of tax cuts would you like to see proposed this time around? >> certainly i have talked to the white house. i've talked to the house and senate people. this is something that the congressman and senators will have to run on as well as trump. you are looking at things focused on expanding iras and 401(k)s, making it easier for people to put more money into, save more money. save money. one of the things they're looking at is not taxing inflation in capital gains, particularly focused on your 401(k), your ira. 40% of what people pay taxes on capital gains on stocks is inflation, 40%. if you simply said we'll not tax inflation, that would be a tremendous drop in the capital-gains tax cut on your stocks in your 401(k) or ira, pension. those are helpful. connell: that is unconsideration

at the white house? >> absolutely. house and senate as well. i think we're looking other ways to allow people to get money out of 401(k)s, iras. there were two projects at bush campaign, the bush presidency 43 put forth. lifetime savings accounts and universal savings accounts. allowing people to take all the various accounts you can collect over the course of your life and making it easier but also to take them out during your lifetime and universal, meaning for various purposes. i think making it simpler for people to save for the future, and allow you to do more is going to be a big part of that. there are other questions, reducing some marginal tax rates that people pay. connell: we'll talk more about those when we have more time in the coming months. that is a good start. thank you, grover. >> you got it. melissa: robot takeover that you might actually enjoy. we will show you the unexpected results of automation. plus a major canadian newspaper might have a different plan for

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for the humans who work alongside them. the ceo and founder is here to discuss. you have a very cool company, as somebody who recently, you know, built and decorate ad home. you send out samples overnight, a decorator or designer of some type can pick a sample. you get it to them the next day. your business is near a fedex hub, right, and you have robots doing a lot of work? tell me about it. >> sure. we built material bank for architecture, material design and construction industry, allowing them to source and sample materials n this industry no matter what the digital technology, the need to physically review a sample is critical. so what we wanted to do, not only build a database that houses hundreds of manufacturers products, but logistically get it to designers, architects as fast as possible. in order to do that, we had to build proprietary logistics hub.

the goal always was a midnight cutoff, allowing designers and architects to work through the night until midnight and request materials, products, flooring, paint, tile, until midnight. and everything is put into a single box. the put on any desk in the united states by 10:30 a.m. melissa: that is amazing. it is amazing. so it is a big money safer for everyone who is involved because you don't make a lot of mistakes. you get the sample overnight. you make the decision quick but make informed decision. you don't have to return things or order a different amount. what is interesting about the story, so that humans work at your company, are among the highest paid in the city or the industry? tell me about that. why do they make so much more? we have the stat. your wages start 17.50 an hour? >> right, 17.50 an hour. when we had to build the facility, we knew we started with a clean sheet of paper, to design a facility, handle very, very serious volume, eventually

millions of skews, tens of thousands of packages a night. one we had to locate ourselves in memphis, tennessee. we had no choice. next door to the fedex super hub. fedex has become a amazing partner to help with those logistics. in order to do that effectively, have a few hours, midnight to 2:00 a.m. to get the packages done, we needed a lot more than a well-designed facility. we had to implement a lot of robotic automation. melissa: yeah. >> nice thing what we had to do was, we had a clean sheet of paper. we were able to design it with robots day one and build the facility around the robotics. that gave us an opportunity with employees. melissa: yeah. then you were able to come in, get best talent, pay them more money. i wish we had a great example of it is cost saving, effective. the people you have get paid well. thank you for coming on. connell. connell: how about this? making the first official

appearance since the royal exit, prince harry hosting the rugby league world cup draw for 2021. this is buckingham palace. it all comes as the biggest newspaper in canada is now saying that the duke and duchess of sussex are not allowed to live in the country. they claim it is unconstitutional. melissa: what? connell: they violate laws, keep canada, once british ruled country at arms length from the mothership. another wrinkle in all that. melissa: nobody checked that before they made the announcement? connell: i didn't. melissa: toasted bagel, roasted mayor. bill de blasio causing an unusual uproar although not for him. he kind of causes trouble wherever he goes with the go-too bagel order, toasted whole wheat bagel with cream cheese. seems innocent enough, that you never toast a traditional new york bagel? shouldn't know this? it is his city. who better to ask than our own

david asman, so fresh, piping hot. >> most logical thing in the world. i lived here for 40 years. i only had to live here for two years i got it about bagels. this mayor is not even supporting the home team in baseball. he is a red sox fan. he is a boston red sox fan. if you live in new york, it is almost required you have to be a yankees fan, to be a mayor, red sox fan. what is really worse though, you and i know this very well, melissa, is his whole terrible policy about crime and the homeless all this stuff that affects new yorkers. they're letting out people who punch up cops. a crazy guy was punching a cop. he is out on the street. bank robbers are out on the street. we have a homeless encamment out at the end of our block where they're extorting us. if you want to get rid of us, give us $8,000. that is the kind of mayor we have, he allows all this stuff to go on. the city is really going down.

melissa: the bagel police. who do you have coming up on the fabulous program. you had de blasio once. >> we did indeed. we did indeed. jodyjodey arrington on the house ways and means committee. he is focused tax and trade policy. is he focused on impeachment? i think i know what he thinks that is more important than that. walid phares on iran's nuclear push. remember the president said the other day i will not allow them to get nukes so but they're going for it anyway so what happens next. melissa: david, thank you. connell: from all that, to james bond deep in the heart of texas. one company in the lone star state tricking out 007's ride. we're live on the ground with that story next. ♪. >>exactly. that's why td ameritrade designed

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connell: james bond car in real life, every day vehicles made

bulletproof, you could never tell by looking at them, unless like this a pollute bullet hole. grady trimble with today's story. reporter: you can't tell it bullet proof on this time, only way you can tell, the door is heavier than a normal door, filled is ballisti ballistic st. we put it to the best at a shooting range [ sound of gunfire ] reporter: trent is the ceo of the company, i see these cars behind me they are stripped walk

me through. >> we armor the whole inside of the vehicle whole cabin area it ballistic. reporter: how much weight does that add. >> about 1500 pounds to total weight of the vehicle. reporter: miles per gallon, down how much mpg . >> the old joke, if you have to ask you can't afford one. reporter: probably right, the price of one of these bad boys this in particular, cost of car otop of that about 85,000 dollars to equip with with bullet proof material. they have done this for high profile ceo, celebrities, dictionaries who travel in truss dangerous parts of foreign country, for examples middle east in mexico, they have done all sorts of trucks pry -- cars primarily trucks and suv, but they have done a ford taurus. connell: really.

that escalade looks nice. melissa: that is cool. there you go. maybe for driving in chicagoism i don't know, thank you for joining us, see you tomorrow. melissa: that is it for us, "bulls and bears" starts right now. >> we're doing phenomenaly well. the economy is doing the best it has been, we have never had a economy like this. we just made the two best trade deals. david: president celebrating another trade victory, two massive dials passed in two days amid the impeachment backdrop, markets are ignoring political noise, dow, s&p 500 and nasdaq all closes record highs, this is "bulls and bears," thank you for joining, i am david asman, today, jonathan, liz peek, gary kaltbaum, and zachary. usmca and china trade deals are give a big boost on the economy,

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