ashley: good morning. what a festive picture. this 10:00 eastern as you look at manhattan. stuart varney. let's get straight to your money. let's look at the markets, modestly higher, the dow and s&p up one third of 1%, nasdaq up 71 building on yesterday's again where the exchanges were above for the day, look at the 10 year treasury, above the 3.7 area, 3.73, down 2. 9 basis points, way below the 2 year yield, that inversion suggests a recession, the biggest gap we've seen between those two yields in 22 years, quite remarkable, down $3.34,

$77 a barrel. let's look at bitcoin which is trading around 16,000 up 332, 60,440, we have more, lauren simonetti with the latest on new home sales. lauren: a surprise increase in new home sales for october, 632,000 sold, seasonally adjusted season basis, september was revised lower making a jump of 7.5%. wall street was expecting a decline, the price is going up. median sales price, $493,000. ashley: most homebuilders are moving higher. garland's special counsel appointment has trump 2024 in mind that it is not what you think, liz peake wrote that,

great to see you. you argue that this will help trump be the gop nominee in 2024 and this is what the democrats want, right? >> i think it is what the democrats want, they expect resident biden to run and i believe the only candidate they feel biden can beat his donald trump. why would a special prosecutor bring that possibility forward? because trump loves to play the victim card and a lot of americans including myself feel he has been unfairly treated not just by the media but by his democrat opponents, by law enforcement, the department of justice. everybody seems to gang up on donald trump and here again we have a reminder of that, the whole world is out to get him.

what i call always trumpers, people who support him no matter what, this is another sign the world is arrayed against him meaning they need to support him. that will rev people up in the primaries and drive them to vote for donald trump. ashley: democrats used that in the midterms, they tried to promote those candidates on the gop side who were trumpers through and through on the theory they could be beaten in the general and to a large extent they were approved right, this is another example of that. >> they promoted candidates bulldog in new hampshire running against the democrat incumbent senator who is eminently beatable knowing he would not appeal to a broad swath of independents and moderate republicans. it works in a small situation,

not small for the american people, small election like the new hampshire senatorial race, why wouldn't it work in the broader election. they are very much hoping trump will be the candidate, trump versus biden rematch, anybody's guess how that turns out, the polls slightly favor president biden but with the older, not terribly successful president running against someone like ron desantis, republican governor of florida, they worry about that. ashley: we will have to leave it there, great stuff, enjoyed the op-ed and interesting to see how it plays out but happy thanksgiving to you. liz peake. all right, thank you. let's move on to the story, doctor anthony fauci being deposed today. is this the lawsuit that accuses him of collusion with

big tech over covid censorship? lauren: it was brought in may by the attorneys general of louisiana and missouri. they are alleging collusion between the white house and big tech to censor free-speech and they say they have proof that that happens and they will question doctor fauci about his role in setting covid restrictions and mandates as well as the origins of covid, tamping down or discrediting the lab leak hypothesis. ashley: okay, we will follow that. back to the markets now. we've seen a rally yesterday, trading volumes have been low but the dow and nasdaq and s&p mostly higher, 3 quarters of 1%. let's bring in david stravinsky, are we going to see another big decline in stocks before the end of the year? we saw the mid-october lows. there are those who say get

ready for another leg down. do you think that could happen? >> i am someone who is optimistic about the short term, but very fearful of what we see coming in the head wents in the future. there's a little bit of optimism in the black friday week, seeing what will happen with consumer sentiment numbers here today, but it is important to understand the year has been priced in, the fed will pivot by year end. as we see december 13th show up, and what comes out with inflation, if we have a surprise to the upside it will be very bad for stocks and we have a big downturn so i'm looking at the to sever thirteenth timeframe, maybe a week before, a couple weeks from now we can see things cool off and little bit of a run headed into that. as we look at january that is

when we could get an early revision. what was everyone anticipating the market to do this last year and we find out. we are always using 1-month old data so looking at december so earnings are difficult to identify in normal years. ultima what is going to take place when his crosswinds are taking place, we all have significant misses and there could be a lot of surprises. ashley: from an investors point of view i spoke to a number of analysts who say put yourself in cash right now, sit on the sidelines, this is such a difficult environment, would you agree? >> cash is important for us to understand today and we need to evaluate the assets we are investing into. one thing i will note, fixed index annuities. in my personal opinion there's never been a better time to own one. none of the downside,

reasonable rates of return on the upside on them. you get the best of both worlds in a timeframe where you want to be optimistic that it goes up but let's be real here and know that what goes up comes down. ashley: thanks for chatting with us today, we appreciate it. thank you. let's bring lahren back in, you are looking at some of the movers, let's begin with credit suisse. lauren: they are seeing client withdrawals especially from their rich clients and prized wealth management business, pulling out their money to the tune of us$63 billion in a 6 week period october through the middle of this month and credit suisse is warning of $1.6 million loss this quarter. this is the number one loser on the s&p, autodesk down 8%, software company, poor guidance for the current quarter, they

are getting hit hard by that and finally another loser for you, they cut their for your profit forecasts. in the past 2 months particularly they saw customers cut down on discretionary spending and expect this holiday season to be marked by discounts. how much? credit suisse is saying one hundred million dollars in markdowns is planned for the holiday quarter so they can clear the inventory. typically people who make more money down 6.7%. ashley: that is brutal, another one for you, talk about ticketmaster, might have to face congress after the fiasco with taylor swift tickets. what are we looking at? lauren: senators klobuchar and likely calling for a hearing before the senate antitrust panel about lack of competition in the ticketing industry, they say that creates little to no incentive to improve your operations and that is why people trying to buy tickets,

they saw all complications and disruptions when they were trying to do that so they could see taylor swift, there's no date yet for this hearing and it is not just the senators and lawmakers that are annoyed, two attorneys general are also investigating. the ticketmaster deal was approved during the obama administration and it basically left 0 competition in the ticket industry and over and over again we are seeing problems. ashley: health and human services considering bringing back mask mandates and social distancing, this time to fight long covid. i would going backwards? we get to that story. doctor fauci, final appearance in the white house briefing room goes off the rails after a reporter asks about the origins of covid. watch this. >> the origin of covid. >> i hear your question but we

are not doing this the way you want it. i'm done with you right now. ashley: they are still dodging the questions. house republican leader kevin mccarthy is calling on dhs secretary mayorkas to resign as kentucky congressman james comeer demand from biden officials on the border, and the fentanyl crisis. congress and james come er will join us live to talk about it next. electric 2023 chevy bolt euv. 247 miles of range on a full charge. america's most affordable ev. evs for everyone, everywhere. chevrolet. it's nice to unwind after a long week of telling people how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need! (limu squawks) he's a natural. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪

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nasdaq up 18% to add to yesterday's 1% gain. a lot is moving higher. republican minority leader kevin mccarthy is threatening to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas if he doesn't resign. let's get to the border in el paso, texas. what is the latest? >> reporter: good morning. we had a chance to meet with el paso's democratic congresswoman, veronica escobar. she essentially said she feels the gop visit yesterday was a political stunt but she's ready and willing to work with republicans on solutions at the border if they are serious about it and one thing she would like to focus on is relieving pressure from border patrol having to do these humanitarian jobs. what does she mean by that? this photo given to me by a border patrol source, border patrol agent sitting down with young unaccompanied minor child who showed up on the border with no parents and border

patrol agents have to do things like this the jobs of babysitters and social workers, take a look at the second photo, sectors across the border, they cited the tucson sector, another agent holding young migrant child. it happens with single adults as well when they turned themselves in, this third piece of video from eagle pass, in large groups of migrants turned themselves in to border patrol it sucks up border patrol resources, highly trained law enforcement agents have to show up and start doing processing and paperwork and transport and take them to the processing facility to do data entry, that holds agents off of the front lines where they are not able to go after the runners, the cartel guys. what congresswoman escobar says is we should be hiring civilians for these humanitarian jobs and leave the front line enforcement to border patrol. take a listen to what she had to say. >> civilian icing that processing so we don't have men

and women who are law enforcement agents doing data processing. warming up meals, basically performing humanitarian functions of the would be better performed by civilian personnel. >> she went on to say the way the situation is now is not fair to anybody, the migrants and not fair to border patrol agents. border patrol has started hiring civilians for these jobs. they are called border patrol processing coordinators but they have only got 900 of them nationwide right now and border patrol sources tell me they want to see a lot more of them. congas womanist bar says she would like to see more of them all across the southern border, she told me she would like to see president biden come down here and visit the border. back to you. ashley: great stuff, appreciate it. congas and james comeer,

republican from kentucky joins me this morning, great to see you. okay, congressman. let's start with this premise, should alejandra mayorkas be impeached? >> i think he should be designed to begin with but if he doesn't resign than i think what we've seen out of him over the past 2 years i don't think the republicans have many other options than to impeach mayorkas. it is a tragedy what is happening at the southern border, you did an excellent job reporting on what is really happening. when he took office the first thing he did was changed the border patrol agents to a welcoming committee and now he's taking it a step further, not only are they the welcoming committee but they are not day care business, changing diapers, processing applications, doing everything they can to keep border patrol from doing their job. the biden open border policy has stuck border patrol agents doing busy work in an office and left our borders even more

unsecured. we got to change policies on the southern border, the fentanyl crisis gets worse every day, every state is a border state because of mayorkas's in action on the border. ashley: you mentioned the drug problem, there are vending machines, the drug used to counteract the effects of the drugs, popping up all over the country, a town in your state, population of 7000 residents, to restock those vending machine 7 times in one month, that says it all, does it not? >> exactly. everyone knows where this fentanyl is coming from, it's coming across the border being manufactured in china, taken to mexico and they are walking across the southern border while border patrol agents are

processing, because of president biden's open border policy, they are taking this fentanyl, distributing it, it and up on the interstates in all 50 states, people are dying every hour because of this administration's terrible open border policies and mayorkas is the person i blame and the person the republican majority is going to blame january 3rd when we take over. dave: ashley: next issue, white house press secretary karine jean-pierre shutdown a reporter asking doctor anthony fauci about the origins of covid. listen to this and i will get your thoughts. >> only 13% of -- >> hold on, we have a process here. i'm not calling out on people who yell, you are being disrespectful to your colleagues and to our guest. >> the origin of covid --

>> i hear the question. i hear your question but we are not doing this the way you want it, this is disrespectful. i'm done, simon. i'm done. i'm done with you right now. ashley: white house shutting down questions on the origin of covid. doctor fauci says he will cooperate with any house investigation into the origins of that virus so do you think he will be held accountable? >> thus far he hasn't cooperated with anything republicans on the house oversight committee have requested from him. i'm hopeful that in january when we have subpoena power that he will be a little bit more willing to do what he says he has been doing and cooperating with the investigators. everyone in the world knows there's a 99.99% chance covid 19 started in the wuhan lab but the biden administration has gone to great lengths to hush

anyone up whether they be in the press corps or a member of congress when just asking simple basic questions like what is the biden administration done to determine the origination of covid 19. this is one of the issues republicans campaigned on when we talked about holding the biden administration accountable and it will be up priority from the oversight investor getting standpoint to determine the origination of covid 19 and holding people accountable. tax dollars were going into fun gain of function research, despite doctor fauci initially denying that. we have a lot of questions for doctor fauci, hopefully in january they will be willing to cooperate with us. ashley: hopefully. congress and james comeer, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks for having me. ashley: now this. that's part of health and human services recommending masks the mandated again. seems like we are moving backwards.

lauren: health and human services commissioned a report on longer covid. this is serious, you had a prior diagnosis, prior infection, still experiencing symptoms. all sorts of symptoms. and because of that they have ptsd about getting infected again so they mask up, get vaccinated, do whatever they can so they don't have to get covid again and have more long covid symptoms. this report concludes we have to respect those people and we do but to protect them masking in public should be reinstated. ashley: all right. we will leave that. >> a lot of people are saying enough. ashley: enough is enough. now the story. tsa agents made a frightening discovery after spotting some orange hair poking out of a passenger's suitcase.

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ashley: markets moving higher, the dow up one hundred 3 points now, the s&p up half of one%, nasdaq up one%, this adding to yesterday's gains as well. let's look at the other movers beginning with energy company, occidental petroleum. lauren: group of 7 nations looking at price on russian oil at a reported price range between $65, $70 a barrel which is actually more than it is selling at right now. energy sector down today. another retailer cutting

full-year profit forecasts, the same story, big discounts to get rid of the inventory and a strong dollar, down 2% and disney we have a winner. winter this week, the new avatar the way of water is going to be released on december 16th in china. that's huge because this is such an expensive film to produce they need the wide international released to get their money back. if you go back to 2009's avatar the box office brought in to billion dollars in ticket sales worldwide, most of that from outside the us, it is big so long as theaters remain open. ashley: i could never finish watching the first one. i fell asleep every time. i don't know why, must be -- lauren: i'm like that with a lot of movies but i did like avatar. try on a friday night after the long work week. not out no matter what it is.

ashley: thank you very much. let's move on. american farm bureau says this year's thanksgiving meal could be the most expensive ever. that looks good. grady trimble in illinois, how much are we looking at for the price of a classic thanksgiving dinner? >> reporter: the american farm bureau federation says if you want to feed 10 people this thanks giving that will cost around $64 so around $6.50 per person, that seems low to me but we will take their word for it since they have the secret shoppers who go out and find these prices so we start with the centerpiece of most people's thanks giving dinner, we spared no expense on our graphics today, the cost of the turkey for 16 pounds will cost $20.96, 21% more expensive, i will go item by item and/or bob barker impersonation as we show

you the price of stuffing, $3.88 for a 14 ounce bag of stuffing, almost a 70% increase from a year ago, sweet potato casserole you got to have that with nicely browned marcellos, 3 pound bag of sweet potatoes $3.96, 11% increase from a year ago. a dozen dinner rolls go for $3.73 according to the farm bureau federation, 22% increase from last year and got to have pumpkin pie, $4.28, and 18% increase from one year ago. i feel like a downer talking how much more expensive your thanks giving meal is so i will end with the good news for people who like cranberry sauce, 12 ounces of fresh cranberries go for $2.57, that is down 14% from last year. even though you are paying 20%

more than a year ago, cranberries are less expensive. you are with friends and family, happy thanksgiving to you. ashley: can't put a price on that and bob barker would be proud of that performance, that was excellent, loved it. and now i am hungry, at the top of the hour we told you new-home sales rose 7.5% for the month of october so it is confusing when you get the state in, we need an economist, great to see you, john. let's get into the housing market before we talk about the economy as a whole. we know it has been cooling off. will this be a struggle overall for the housing sector for a while to come? >> that will remain the case as long as we have your to 10 year treasury yield on the high side, we will find a

combination of elevated mortgage yields and superhigh home prices, sales of housing, my guess is we are not going to realize a sustained recovery by home sales until 3.75% 10 year treasury yield falls under 3%. don't hold your breath. speaking about the jump in new-home sales, october's new home sales down by 6% from a year ago, i think nearly 28% year over year drop by existing home sales in october provides you with a more accurate description of what is now going on in the housing sector. ashley: mastercard says us retail sales are expected to grow 15% on black friday. the consumer has been very

resilient and it drives so much of the us economy, do you expect sales in the holiday season to be pretty robust? >> they will be slower than last year by 6% annually for the holiday shopping season. remember, black friday sales results are going to be amplified by one time price discounting, that's not going to continue so that is very much going to be a misrepresentation, and overstatement of what to expect for the entire holiday shopping season. ashley: we believe it right there. thank you so much, really appreciate your time, let's look at this story, this is not a good sign, more people tapping into their retirement accounts as they face financial hardships, telling more. lauren: desperate times call for desperate measures, we are

in an economic downturn, that is personal economic hardship for many americans, like foreclosure, medical problems, what do you do? increasing number of us tapping into our 401(k)s, report by am power who administer retirement plans, 24% spike this year in americans taking hardship withdrawals from their 401(k) plans. fidelity's is overall the numbers are low, just about 2% of their account holders took these hardship withdrawals so far this year but that number is growing, you ask what is a hardship withdrawal acute that's when you have to apply, withdraw money early for an emergency, you pay income tax, and usually a fee, you don't have to pay back the money. there's an increase in people taking loans from their 401(k)s and that is when you have to repay the money with interest which is typically a point above the charge. ashley: it is a sign of the times, next one for you, interesting question. who prefers working at home or,

men are women? lauren: hands down women but the numbers did surprise me, you-g ovi asked both genders do you want to work at home? half of women said yes, 5 days a week i want to be home, 43% of men said the same and like the virtual office, do you want to go into the office 5 days a week, 43% of men said why not? only 28% of women agreed to the daily commute. we know why? i'm not going to say it but i will quote it and i'm quoting the hill, women have a disproportionate amount of unpaid work like childcare at home so i guess they figure while they are doing their paid jobs they also do their unpaid work too. like preparing dinner. i could keep going. ashley: i think you made the point very well. let's move on.

soccer's christianover and although with this final world cup after being booted from manchester united after his interview with piers morgan. we have details on that. the world cup has been nothing short of surprises. saudi arabia pulling off a upset over line all messy, and argentina, japan beat germany, alex hogan will have the latest as team usa gets warmed up to take on england this friday. ♪

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ashley: another major upset in the world cup, japan upsetting germany 2 to one, two

second-half goals in real shocker, alex hogan in qatar with the latest. >> reporter: we are at the fan festival, quite the celebration especially after another surprising upset of japan beating germany, analysts and experts said japan at best needed to score couple points against germany so this came as quite a surprise, the last blaze we've seen a lot of action a lot of protest, that continued with players before this match coming in this photo you can see the german team covering their mouth, this was a symbolic move showing what they say they are being silenced after f ifa banned them from wearing the one love armband some teams have been playing with leading up to this global event, these grateful armbands show support to lgbt q plus community, a country where

same-sex relationships are illegal and fifa says wearing the gear here is prohibited. the german team later stated this wasn't about making a political statement, human rights are nonnegotiable, denying us the armband is the same as denying us of voice, we stand by our position, saudi arabia, there's no school or work today because it is a national holiday after the country surpassed its expectations as well beating argentina to to one, the us gearing up for its match against england on friday, already tied the first game against wales, the next 2 matchups in this round even more important, in about 20 minutes costa rica will play spain. until then we have this concert it is entertainment for the fans as they wait for the next match and later tonight canada will participate in its first world cup match in the 36 years, we met some canadians who have never been able to

root for their team so it is quite an exciting day. ashley: great stuff, can't wait for the friday matchup, us and england, thank you so much. christianoh renaldo and manchester united agreed to part ways. what do we know about this? what is the story? lauren: the interview renaldo did with piers morgan where he said i feel mistreated and betrayed. >> they are trying to get rid of me. >> i'm always listening, i feel betrayed and i felt some people don't want me here not only this year but last year too. lauren: he paid a lot and has been a free agent for couple hours now and reportedly got a nice offer from the middle

east. ashley: some really big money. it is time those two parted ways and talking of manchester united could they be sold? lauren: they were sold and are owned by the american glazer family and look to bring in an investment including the possibility of sale, they own 2 thirds of total equity in the team, elon musk joked, months ago about buying them, the reports suggest jim ratcliffe could be interested. the market value of 2. $5 billion and they need to upgrade their biggest stadium hundreds of millions of dollars to do that so the story is very much about the glazer's being unpopular and needing money. by the way, friday, keep going to say tomorrow but it is in 2 days, one:00 eastern coverage on fox, usa versus england, who will you go for in a game like this?

ashley: i love both. the united states had to get something out of this game because they withdrew with wales in the first round game so a lot at stake, that will be good, yours seems good, young and fast, can't wait for the game. >> is soccer your favorite? ashley: yes. lauren: it is interesting to do this story with you, thank you for being gentle. ashley: you did very well. back to this country, this country's largest real union could be going on strike despite intervention from president biden also known as amtrak joe. how it can impact the supply chain right before christmas. meanwhile prince harry and megan markel expected to accept an award honoring the couple for standing up against structural racism within the royal family. ally. royal commentator neil sean is going to weigh in on that next ♪

ashley: now this. robert f kennedy's daughter

carrie is going to honor prince harry and megan at a gala for their heroic stance against structural racism of the royal family. royal commentator neil sean joins me now. this isn't going to heal any rift between prince harry and the royal family, right? >> absolutely. the problem, normally when you get an award whether it is the can fun festival, oscar, grammy, tony you normally get it for a performance, this appears to be misguided because it should be an award for an appearance from lying because the bottom line is it is all about institutional racism against the british monarchy but they haven't named a anybody, couldn't get the story correct, she said several conversations, he said one or 2 previously. it has been a shambles but the bottom line is if you wanted to

get near them on that particular evening and why not, now she's showcasing those new teeth, it could be minimum dollars but more importantly it's not a sellout, you could invite me, i could get there and we could go together. ashley: how do the brits view prince harry and megan now? what's the general consensus? >> very sad because the bottom line is they were welcomed, you covered the royal wedding and it was a very warm situation here. really people are perplexed by prince harry because it is like a complete personality change and with megan herself i always said at the start of that relationship i never saw her putting ribbons -- he did not seem to me to be that sort of person but what we have seen

over here right now, king charles iii just welcomed his first state official visit, the president of south africa, what we are seeing is how monarchy does good things and welcomes people and more importantly it must be heartbreaking for him because they come across the pond, his youngest son attacking everything his dear mother built up and the beautiful princess diana, let's not forget that. ashley: just got a minute. you saying those just stop oil protesters vandalize famous works of art are paid actors. is that right? >> i solemn outside the building yesterday, basically dressed up as cleaners, the pitcher, they have been paid to do that, a circle of people are part of it, the rest, if you want to get involved you can profile your costume and get on

camera. this -- filming it but the mayor, 12 police officers and 6 police van stood around because it was a peaceful process. ashley: so ridiculous, great to see you. i hope we see each other again even if it is a wet wednesday afternoon. i will take it. thank you so much. sean duffy, new york city council member joe borelli and theologian jonathan morris, lots to talk about, 11 am hour of "varney and company" is next.

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>> that having the senate controlled by one party and the house controlled by the ore is actually a good thing for stocks. >> that the fed is e staying true to their word, that they would rather overtighten and before risk having inflation spike again. i would think the economy will be worse next year. we think the stock market itself will be better. >> optimistic about the short term but very fearful of what we