rocco, great to have you on the show. that will do it for "the claman countdown. thanks for joining us on this very meaningful holiday. we're all up at bat, there is a lot of global market news. "after the bell" has more of it right now. i will see you tomorrow. connell: president trump on the world stage. he is getting set to leave the white house. leaving today for the world economic forum in davos, switzerland, what promises to historic week back in washington. senate impeachment trial gets going. good to be with you i'm connell mcshane. >> i'm deirdre bolton in for melissa francis. markets closed for the martin luther king, jr. holiday. foot are higher after all three major averages hit new records.

connell: here is what is knew l new at this hour. democrats candidates get in as many stops as they can before they head back to washington for the impeachment trial tomorrow. paying with a wave. how amazon is working to link your credit card information to your hand print. prince harry is breaking his silence on "megxit." we have new details coming out. the duke of sussex with his decision to try to walk away from royal life. deirdre: dueling events on the world stage. president trump getting ready to depart for davos, switzerland as the senate impeachment trial begins to unfold here at home. blake burman with the very latest. first of all, what time does it all start? reporter: well impeachment trial starts tomorrow afternoon. the president though set to leave the white house here, about 2 1/2 hours time.

get him on board marine one, air force one, head to davos, switzerland, for the two-day trip to the world economic forum. we're getting a better idea, deirdre, connell, what the president will speak about over there. he will have discussions with a few different leaders from the middle east. he will meet with the president of the european commission. when you talk about the your reason commission, probably trade and potential tariffs could be part of the discussion. the timing is interesting. as the president will be in switzerland for the world economic forum, here in washington the impeachment trial will officially be underway tomorrow afternoon. today, the president's legal team put out the 110 page trial memorandum, essentially a legal deep dive into how they are going to be defending the president. they say, or at least part of their case, according to this brief is that they say that house democrats do not identify impeachable offenses. they describe the house process as quote irredeemably fraud.

they say it violated precedent and due process. no evidence, this is the attorneys, they say no evidence supported claims made by democrats. and they're also going to do a bit of lawyering, saying articles of impeachment are quote, structurally deficient. outstanding question going into this whether or not there will be witnesses at some point down the line, probably, in the middle of next week should it happen. the white house today though, made a little bit after threat to democrats, if you want to read it that way, saying if there are eventually witnesses, the white house knows potentially at least, who witness number one might be. watch. >> if democrats want to go down the road of possible witnesses, what our grandmothers always told us, be careful what you wish for. witness number one would have to be hunter biden. how else would we know about the corruption in ukraine? reporter: if there are witnesses democrats will likely want to hear from john bolton, president's former national security advisor, though

kellyanne conway you heard from there, suggested if john bolton was put up for testimony, at that point the white house could potentially try to exert executive privilege. deirdre: blake, thank you very much, there from the white house to capitol hill where the impeachment trial will take place, we go now to fox news congressional correspondent, chad pergram. so what does the week look like? >> we're still trying to figure out here because we don't have the resolution from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell which will set the parameters what this debate is going to look like, how much time. we have a pretty good idea here. we really don't know about the issue of witnesses. we don't think that is going to come up until next week. you talk to democrats, especially sources close to the impeachment managers, they say it is preposterous that we're less than 24 hours out and still don't know the terms of this trial. here is senate minority leader chuck schumer. >> now i've seen reports that some republicans are urging that leader mcconnell put in his

proposal some kind of wishy-washy language. maybe we should vote on witnesses, maybe we shouldn't. that is not good enough. that is a dodge. we will demand votes, yes or no, up or down, on the four witnesses we requested and on three sets of documents we requested. we will force those votes. >> those votes could come tomorrow afternoon. this is something that democrats don't have the votes for. they're probably not going to win but they will make a point. here's the general schedule. we're thinking the prosecution, the house democratic managers will present their cases on wednesday and thursday. 12 hour tranches. which means they will probably go to 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning. because they don't start until 1:00 in the afternoon each day. they have to accommodate chief justice of united states, john roberts, hearing cases there. the president's defense team will come in on friday and saturday. this will be different for

senators going back to the 1999 trial. there were no such things as iphones or digital devices back then. they can't take them on to the floor. they have to stay on the floor and listen. these rules were to the created for 1999. they were really created back for 1868. that was during the first presidential impeachment trial of andrew johnson. back to you. deirdre: chad, thanks so much. connell: let's talk about it a little bit. we're joined by brad blakeman. former senior advisor to george w. bush when he was president. i, a lot is being made of so-called split screen brad, we'll be dealing with over the past few days. the president has decided, will leave this evening for the world economic forum. so he will be in the mountains of switzerland speaking to the world economic elite. years ago he said that is not his crowd. when the choice is staying home, watching your own impeachment trial. is this the right pick? >> it is the right pick because he has a lot to tout. the fact that people took him to task when he put tariffs on

china, that brought china around. now we have a phase one deal with china. we have usmca now that is historic deal, 25 years in the making. he has a lot to talk about, a lot more work to do with europe. you know, we have brexit to play out. that requires britain to do some homework in their own country but also equals opportunity for them to do business with us when they get their affairs settled. we also have in negotiation with france. connell: right. >> so i think this is an important forum. it would be a shame for him to miss it. he shouldn't. let the impeachment go through. donald trump's delivering. connell: i seem to recall, kind of similar comments from clinton advisors back in the day. make it look like you're running the country. not only make it look like but run the country and le them do this over there. in case you get thousands and thousands of miles away. i assume from a political perspective which is the business you've been in over the years, this plays well

politically for the president as well? >> absolutely. i would keep to the normal schedule. it has been working, even though impeachment has gone forward as we discussed. there have been historic agreements made and the economy couldn't be doing better and it would be a shame for president to miss an economic forum when he has good news to tout. in addition, the state of the union is looming. i don't think the president should delay that either. i think even if the trial continues, the president needs to do his constitutional duty and address the nation. connell: right after the caucuses in iowa, by the way, the very next day, with impeachment trial in the backdrop. one final question, just a quick one on logistics of impeachment. you heard chad and blake speaking about it a little bit there. this whole thing about witnesses that came up, if you're pub bs looking from that point of view would you allow it, do a trade, you get the hunter biden testimony some republicans are pushing for if democrats get their witnesses, would you go that route or try to put it off?

>> let me put my lawyer hat on. i think it would be malpractice to have further witnesses. i don't think you can fix what the house rushed judgment on. i don't think there is crime or misdemeanor set forth in the constitution or articles of impeachment. i think they're defective on their face. it should be dismissed once the house puts on their case. it is clear then there are no further witnesses needed. the house did not prove a case worthy of a trial. it should be dismissed. connell: you're in the no camp, no witnesses at all? >> right. connell: always good to see you. brad blakeman. >> pleasure. deirdre: the dow closed at new record. clearly above 29,000 points on friday. white house trade advisor told our neil cavuto that it can go higher. >> by the end of the year we should be well over 32,000, but more importantly, we're going to be growing i think closer to 3% real gdp than 2%. we're going to see wages continue to rise, particularly

disproportionately for men and women in this country work with their hands, what president trump focuses on in this great manufacturing economy. deirdre: axe sy owes markets editor, deion a raboui. is 32 possible and if so when. >> anything is possible. might be possible this year, next year. he is on an island by himself predicting that 32,000. most analysts have the s&p and 500 rising two to 5% this year. most bullish out look i saw from goldman sachs. they're predicting six or 7% growth from where s&p ended this year. we've already gone 3%. so we're halfway there. i don't think anyone who follows the market, sees anywhere near that number. that is peter navarro's job is see that we're bullish be.

deirdre: a lot of people are talking about volatility. they're saying markets may go higher this year, but it will be a lot bumpier of a ride. yes or no, do you agree? >> absolutely. we gotten off to the great start so far this year. we're up 3, 3 1/2% on s&p. nasdaq up 4, 4 1/2%. so i mean this big ride up probably isn't going to continue. we'll probably see some more fall. you have number of things coming out from brexit to perhaps phase two of the u.s. china trade deal all kinds of things that could send the market lower. you also have the fed saying they're backing off with all the liquidity they're injecting in market. that could make for a pretty bumpy ride. i expect more volatility than we've seen particularly last year. deirdre: speaking of volatile, one stock involved in this context tomorrow, netflix. the advantages, the biggest streaming company in the world. but the disadvantages it has a lot of debt and continues to spend. here are estimates for tomorrow, 53 cents a share, close to

five 1/2 billion as per revenue but bmo capital markets says netflix will spend 17.3, b as in boy, billion dollars into content creation this year. by the way that is more than they spent last year. apple, just throwing it out as a comparison section billion is what they're spending this year. so netflix has to go with this go big, go home spending plan but what does it mean for shareholders? >> look netflix has been a big spender. they have been the big spender quite some time. this is nothing new for them. i came on here i told melissa francis, that netflix spends like congress. they are out there making it rain on the markets. that is what they have to do, they're going up against not just apple, you talk about disney plus, peacock network from nbc universal. those guys streaming is not their main source of revenue. netflix, that is all they have got now. unless they got a new form of

streaming revenue that is all they have. 24 oscars nominations is huge for them. that will draw people to say i have netflix. nowhere else i get that kind of content. but, this is a big but, at some point you worry about the house falling down. they have all this debt. they're revenue has not matched up. it hasn't come close to their debt. debt over ebitda, it makes them something definitely to watch out for. they have to keep hitting numbers, wall street targets. deirdre: get the nominations. deion. connell: analysts we don't want throwing up in the trash. nice visual. payment in the palm of your hand coming up. amazon high-tech plan for future of retail check out. we'll talk about that. leaving some card companies on edge. deirdre: competing in battleground states, senator elizabeth warren, mayor pete buttigieg in iowa. another candidate leading in the hawkeye state. we'll tell you which one.

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what they want to do, literally use biometrics of your hand, walk into any store to purchase products t would scan twice. see all the wrinkles on your hands as well as veins. they are so serious they filed a patent on this the patent, i quote, non-contact biometric identification system that includes a hand scanner generates images of a user's palm. next image on the screen is taken from the actual patent that those it will be essentially a hand wave going into a store but this is part of the bigger picture. big technology and financial services. we know that apple pay or apple, has apple pay. they have launched a credit card. we know google has a checking account. they have amazon pay wallet as well. now they're moving towards your hand. the future is near. i'm standing in front of a amazon go store. they're planning on expanding stores. there is no cashiers. you need to check out.

this is the amazon app. the big concern when amazon takes it up a notch when they start using palms as credit cards, will consumers get on board? are they worried about fraud? i still have to clarify how they will detect fraud within these terminals and, as people are going to willingly give up more of their data to these big technology companies. i would like to point out that this isn't the first time. there is already elementary schools in florida that are using palm technologies so that kids can get through the food line. they're using it in japan with atms as well. the future is here. are we going to accept it as well. connell: elementary schools in amazon and florida. kristina, interesting. thank you. deirdre: we'll take that point to run with it with our guest. daniel rue beano, dan as kristina mentioned, we're in the era people canceled fitbits. google bought the company. they don't want google to have

the data. there is a big mistrust with tech companies with our data. will consumers go for paying objects with their palms? >> great question and i actually side with amazon here. i think this is an ingenius move. the reason for that, so far we've been heading down the path of facial recognition which is controversial a lot of people do not feel secure giving data over to these companies. with your hand though, i don't think people feel as strongly about it. it is not your identity as much. the technology is also really interesting because it doesn't require you to actually touch anything. it gets around the whole germaphobe yaw for a people as well. this will work out for amazon if they can secure the data. deirdre: i like your point somehow a hand being less threatening than having all crisscross lines of your face being registered somewhere. amazon taking over one field at a time. retail first. then cloud. then shipping, now possibly

fashion. so amazon is launching a new fashion series. called making the cut. it is a partnership with fashion icons heidi klum, tim gunn, 12 other designers. the show streams on amazon. they can shop featured clothes after each episode airs. will consumers go for high fashion from amazon? do people want to try things on, feel fabrics touch it, see it going on will this be a success? >> i think this is a success. this is brilliant merging of entertainment content as well as creators. then the instant buy feature. we've none a long time since commerce has come around, point-of-purchase is always super important. one thing to show someone something. you can get this right now? right after the show, that is crazy. i think there will be a huge success. a lot of impulse buying here. which always does well for commerce. deirdre: sure does. speaking of expansion of technology, alphabet ceo, sunday

door pichai says developments in artificial intelligence should be regulated. here is a line from his piece in the financial times. now there is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated. it is too important not to be. the only question how to approach it? cynically, dan, some big tech firms love regulation. they have tons of lawyers. they have tons lobbyists and tons of teams that can handle this thing. regulation helps them solidify their footprint, enforce their moat. what is your take? >> this is a great decision. microsoft came out in 2018 saying exact same thing. these companies are trying to get ahead of this. ai is risky and dangerous. all they require a few companies to get this wrong. recent story came out about clear view ai. they're taking public data, public photos of people,

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♪ deirdre: prince harry speaking out since the first public speech to the decision to step down from royal duties. he said the decision was not made lightly. ashley webster in the newsroom with details. ashley, this was a heart-felt comment but i heard him saying he had no choice. >> that is exactly right. you know what? it turns out you can't have one foot and one foot out in the royal family. you're all in or they say bye-bye. the queen came down with decisive decision, quick decision, in many ways she had to do. look if you don't want to live the royal life or be paid, get any money from the taxpayer, that's fine, you don't get your royalty titles an you're on your own. harry giving a speech in front of a charity and he alluded to that. let's listen in very quickly. >> the decision that i have made for my wife and i to step back is not one i made lightly.

it was so many months of talks, after so many years of challenges and i know i haven't always got it right but as far as this goes, there really was no other option. what i want to make clear is, we're not walking away and we certainly aren't walking away from you. >> it was interesting. there was a couple things in there i think i noticed, deirdre. he said a lot of the time, it was, i made this decision and i didn't take it lightly. i think that's trying to quell some of those rumors that it is his wife, meghan markle running the show, that he is doing her bidding. he made it clear i wanted this. i do not want my family to be exposed to the kind of spotlight my mother did which ultimately led to her death back in 1997. the question becomes, okay, you're on your own, you go out, make your fortune but you can't do it if you use the royal family as a backdrop. in other words, you can't

benefit from that. it could be a bit awkward. more video has arisen, harry pitching his wife again, this time to the director of the "lion king," to the premier in london. he already has done it to bob iger, ceo of disney. he has got the director. he does the hollywood agent thing very, very well. deirdre: supporting his wife. >> why not? he will still get millions from his father prince charles. there is no indication that will stop. so you know, yes, financially independent to a point. deirdre: they will figure it out. ash, quickly, reports are that prince andrew has been a rock for the queen. obviously stepped away from the public eye due to his connection with disgraced financeer jeffrey epstein. honestly in that context, is he the best person to be seen sport supporting the queen? >> he is in disgrace. he has been pushed out of the

public eye as far as royals concern, but the royal that has most time on his hands. look, he is actually, has been the queen's favorite son. he is 59 years old. he is skulking around in the background now. why not take time. at least try to be a shoulder to lean on for his mother who had a pretty rough time of it. the last year has not been great. the prince, of course, her husband, the duke, had a car crash, injured a couple women in that. there is andrew and now harry and meghan. not a fun time for the queen. andrew staying in the background doing something worthwhile helping his mother. deirdre: on personal front, world events front, 93 years she has gone through some stuff. >> she certainly has. deirdre: my pleasure. >> thank you. connell: who knew she picked favorites? you want to announce your favorite child on the air? you might get in trouble. deirdre: might get that. >> all eyes on iowa. we'll look at it ourselves in a

moment. front-runners are in the hawkeye state holding events. a candidate with massive ad spending might be bad news for the field but is all of that showing up in the polls? we'll talk about that next. deirdre: making history in space after nearly seven hour spacewalk. two astronaut -- female astronauts smashing records. connell: "bad" boys, the bringing in second biggest opening month for the month of january. it was not good all around. robert downey's "doolittle." grossing in the u.s. and canada. that forced analysts nearly 100 million loss at the box office for that one. kind of a disaster. eat rate.

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connell: live pictures from the nation's capital vice president opinions and president trump visiting the memorial for martin luther king, jr. this was not on the official schedule for martin luther king day, the president, short time ago, took a short motorcade ride to pay his respects along with the vice president at the memorial for dr. king in the nation's cap tome. so he and the wise president are doing that as we speak. those pictures are being fed back to us live from washington. the president, in the next couple of hours will be leaving the white house and leaving the country as he waves to some of the on lookers, heading to the economic, world economic forum in davos, switzerland as we mentioned earlier. this event not on the official schedule. but the event added late in the

day. we were informed he might take a trip out of the white house. indeed that is where the trip was. let's see if we can dip -- deirdre: he is not taking questions. connell: good to hear a little bit of audio, of some people screaming in the background, the president acknowledging them as such. now, talk politics. we're two weeks until the big showdown, iowa caucuses are right around the corner at this point. on other side of political spectrum, elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg about to host campaign events right now. live pictures from iowa as their events are set to get going. new poll, showing former vice president joe biden leading in the state. with that, matt welch, editor-at-large with "reason" magazine. good to see you, matt. with biden, that poll, focus on rural america, it is close with the top four we always talk

about, some democrats feel if biden can pull this out in iowa, wins out right, as opposed to buttigieg, warren, sanders, but it is not over, he is well on his way to being the nominee. >> it will be awfully hard for anyone else to win if he wins iowa. he is not emphasizing those states, emphasizing south carolina and super tuesday in the south. very, very strong polling leads everywhere. if he can win iowa without trying too hard, it will be particularly difficult. for someone like pete buttigieg in particular, punching above his weight in iowa and new hampshire can wrangle his way into victory there, that can sling shot into different scenarios, if it is biden it will be tough for anyone else. connell: the two almost stated to themselves however long, probably until the caucuses with impeachment being the big story in washington. is that story being overplayed or does that really give them a

big advantage over senators? >> the main way it affects the race because amy klobuchar is not really liking this. she depends on iowa. is polling 11%. not hard to imagine if she doesn't drop out if does not do well in iowa. she has to spend all the time in washington, instead of going door-to-door eating corndogs, that kind of stuff. if she drops out, that is not huge in the race. that is 3% nationally. that will probably not go to the progressive candidates in the state. despite what "the new york times" endorsing any particular day. connell: they endorsed two candidates. >> biden is dominating so far with mayor pete, to a lesser extent michael bloomberg behind him. connell: "the times" endorsing warren and klobuchar which was well, odd. talk about another candidate bound to spend a lot of money, not necessarily in iowa,

everywhere else, billions and billions being spent, billions with a plural, mike bloomberg, already spent hundreds, millions and millions. all of that may put him in the right direction at least in the 2020 race. we'll see whether or not it is enough. edward lawrence is doing reporting. joins us now with reporting from washington. reporter: former new york city mayor michael bloomberg with money to burn and he is burning it. in order to get name recognition you need advertisements with already known democrats. in the primary bloomberg has catching up to do. he is doing it. this is just 13 days from december 30th to january 11th. bloomberg opening up his wallet. he spent 14 million in online ads. biden not even a million. senator bernie sanders two million. bloomberg is showing up in the polls. in state polling he is in tingle digits against other democratic front-runners. his campaign manager says bloomberg wants to get his

message out across the country. >> i have been able to participate in three campaigns mike has run. in his view i want to spend whatever it takes to put myself in a position to make a difference. he made enormous difference in new york city as three terms as mayor. no one who says he didn't bring the city back from 9/11. reporter: spend whatever it takes he said. head-to-head, take michigan for example. president donald trump surprised everyone winning the state in 2016. a new poll by the "detroit news" and wdiv-tv shows bloomberg would beat the president head-to-head in michigan by six points, 47% for bloomberg, 41% for president trump. another poll in michigan has bloomberg winning seven points. this is early on. democrats have not decided who it will be. to replayer his relationship with minorities, bloomberg is saying "stop-and-frisk" policy in new york was a big mistake. he said towards the end of his term in new york he ended up stopping that practice there. bloomberg has already spent

$250 million on all of his ads over the past eight weeks. connell? connell: just getting warmed up. back to matt welch on this. kevin running the bloomberg campaign helping to do so on bill hemmer's new show, you saw a brief clip in the past hour. he was responded to charlie gasparino's story that bloomberg could spend 2 billion. his point, whether 100 billion or 200 billion, he will spend what is necessary. what will the effect of that on on his own campaign. is he is serious candidate? >> some local television stations are happy to drive up rates to all candidates from here on out. michael bloomberg's problem is that he has kind of no plausible way to get to the democratic nomination. he is joe biden insurance. if something -- connell: what if bernie sanders won the first two, iowa, new hampshire? would that give him a chance. >> there is no reason to believe

the democrats prefer michael bloomberg to joe biden. there is not a single thing about michael bloomberg, with the possible exception, he is sharp on his feet, all that stuff. keep in mind, democrats hate his guts. we had primary season where a lot of people talking about billionaires shouldn't exist. he is like the 7th richest person on planet. connell: they like his money though. as final quick point, all the money in the general could have impact. he will still spend it. >> people would love it spent it on the general for their nominee, but not on someone democrats find to be beyond the pale in different issues. connell: fair enough. matt welch. good to see you as always. matt welch with us. deirdre: u.s. airports is on high alert. deadly new virus claiming two humans in china. we'll tell you how to protect yourself and loved once. your personal data may never be personal again.

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symptoms, similar to the 2003 sars virus. it is transmissible between humans according to chinese officials. there are 200 confirmed cases in china, japan, thailand and south korea. airports in new york, san francisco and l.a. are on high alert. they will be screening passengers arriving from hunan, china, where the first patient was diagnosed. dr. david samadi is with us. thanks for coming in to talk to us about this. >> thank you. deirdre: the world health organization says this strain has never been seen in humans before so how can people protect themselves and their loved ones from it? >> so this is a developing story as we mentioned and we've had a lot of experience with this kind of similar virus, not exactly the same. these are kind of viruses we call them corona viruses. what they normally do, patients present with high fevers, chills, mainly difficulty with breathing. the message for a lot of people out there especially during the flu season, can be very

confusing, if you have any symptoms get checked and go to the emergency room. the good news that the cdc is getting ahead of this story and deploying about 100 staffers in these three airports that you mentioned. we're going to see about 5000 visitors from wuhan, central part of asia coming to these areas. they have scanners that will be looking for temperatures at the airports and screening, screening is the key word. leading to prevention. if they find patients and people with temperatures, they will be going to isolation. they will go basically to the hospital for a checkup. the only critical part of this, the criticism of this program is the fact that you may find patients that may have fever for other reasons. you would put them in isolation for no reason. and also there is incubation period of two weeks. they may be exposed to this but may not have the temperature and would be coming into the country. for that, they are giving a lot of educational programs, giving

them papers to read. that if they have noticed any symptoms of fever, chills, difficulty with breathing, go to the emergency rooms, get checked. that is the way we control this. deirdre: that makes sense. hopefully everyone follow what you just said. that sounds reasonable, we hope everyone follows it. big check is vying for hospital data, google, ibm, microsoft, they're all striking agreements with microsoft to get access to medical data. tech companies want to provide cloud storages and other services. as a doctor what do you think of hospitals giving detailed medical records? quite frankly we think it is legal for hospitals to share the information without doctors knowledge and patients knowledge? >> this is big surprise for doctors and patients. a lot of time you're not aware where all the information from the patients fall into. we see a big marriage between health care systems and also the big techs that you spoke about. now what has happened over the

past two decades, a lot of hospitals have joined. now we see big health care systems, which we didn't have two decades ago. also the high-techs are getting into this financial area. we're dealing with about 3 trillion industries ahead of us. health care is a big industry. this is basically happening. you mentioned google. amazon going into the pharmacy and insurance business. the last piece of the puzzle is basically doctors and patients. there are two type of discussion about this. i think if it is done well, with a quality and control of the hipaa rules which is privacy of the patients, this can lead to many curse in alzheimer's, depression, cancers, can really push us to the next level. we can learn about the diseases. we can do prevention, save lives. deirdre: right. >> but on the other hand you will lose a lot of your privacy and the patients data and can lead to discrimination and ajita and sensitive data out there. that is a problem.

deirdre: two great points. doctor, good to have you here. connell: cruising around the world. princess cruise line setting sail for its 111 day voyage on the ship, pacific princess. yes, 111 days. it is said to hit 38 ports, 26 countries, five continents. it leaves from los angeles, returns to port may 11th. our question today who in their right mind would consider something like this? who better to ask that question -- >> somebody not in their complete mind is that what you are going to say. connell: no. be honestly, david asman from "bulls & bears" sounds like insanity. i never been on a cruise. >> i used to do a show, "forbes on fox," lasted 17 years on the fox news fox news channel. steve forbes and i used the financial cruises. i did is a half dozen.

i was reluctant. ate least cruising short term is not bad. connell: would you do duets? >> talk about invests. replay what we did "forbes on fox," do it a couple times on the ship. the bottom line is, it was the crystal line by the way, which is top of the line i think. it is not bad for short period of time but you always overeat. that is the bottom line about cruises. they have a gym there, you go kind of pro-forma. you don't work out enough to make up for all extra eating you do. imagine how much weight you would gain in six months worth of these cruises or even three-month cruise. i don't think it is healthy for you in the long run. a lot of people do it. apparently they sold out. connell: who has the time. >> retired. connell: and money. it is a lot of money. >> they have one that is 245 days for $93,000 a person. connell: sounds like a prison sentence. connell: what is coming up

tonight on "bulls & bears"? >> you like lou dobbs you will like "bulls & bears." we have mr. lou dobbs to talk about the president, trump economy, impeachment. he will join us. as well as famed pathologist dr. michael bauden. he did, or at least oversaw the autopsy of jeffrey epstein. he found out extraordinary things that make people scratch their head what went on with epstein. whether he was murdered or it was suicide. the doctor will join us as well. don't miss it coming right up. connell: good stuff, david. if you and forbes get the cruise going -- >> i let you know if we have another edition. connell: steve forbes and david? that would be great. deirdre: making history in space. we'll take you to florida, tell you what the all female team of astronauts is up to. details coming your way next. into opportunities. it's these unique companies

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battery improvements outside of the international space station today, fox news jeff paul in miami with more, this sounds exciting. reporter: nasa calling it a big success. the astronauts spent 7 hours today in the vacuum of space, both chri christina cook and jea mere wrapped up their fifth spacewalk together. the batteries power the ow entie initiainternational space stati. also in terms of stace news over weekend spacex launched one of its rockets and blew it up on purpose. it was an essential test to

prove that emergency escape, if astronauts had to abort their mission. here is elon musk. >> anyone who has an adventurous bone in their body will be very excited about this. i think it will help reinvigorate interest in space, i am super fired up, this is great, really great. reporter: the test puts nasa one step closer to launching its own astronaut from american soil, instead of relying on the russians to do so. deirdre: thank you very much. ready for liftoff, newest branch of military u.s. space force unveiling the uniforms, camouflage, features same look as other branches, they are safing on costs by sticking with traditional uniforms, members will look like three count their

county parts to the ground. you don't need camouflage in space. deirdre: taxpayers say okayism connell: thanks for joining us, "bulls and bears" starts right now, we'll see you tomorrow. >> today markets are closed but we're open for business, you need an edge on the economic news. you won't get that on reruns from cnbc, stay with fox business. >> ladies and gentlemen we're coming to live on this martin luther king day, president trump set to leave the white house about an hour from thousand, traveling to world economic forum gathering in davos, switzerland, he has two major initial trade deals and a -- international trade deals and a booming economy. will world leaders take notice. this "bulls and bears," i am david asman, joining me jonathan, liz peek, gary kaltba,