>> our place in the world right now is trying to figure out if we can afford thanksgiving dinner. that's our place in the world. whether or not we can actually

go somewhere to see the family because of gas prices. that's our place in the world. stop it with this patronizing garbage. >> one for one and eye for an eye. two eyes for one eye and the iranians understand they lose two eyes for every one they take out, boom, they're going to stop it and i don't think this administration gets that. >> this admin will continue along the failed border strategy, and there's no end in sight. month after month after month, the numbers stay at an astronomically high level or they continue to rise. >> even this morning, stuart, there's enough going on in the streets to say how do i feel about my kid getting on the subway and going to school. i don't great and worse if there's fewer police in the streets and that's exactly what's happening. stuart: it's buble, is that correct? lauren: that's correct.

stuart: all right. 11:00 eastern time, it's friday and november 17th. let's check the markets and not much action in stocks and down 30 on the dow and big tech and we have winners and losers and winner is amazon, apple, meta, and alphabet are losers. 10 year treasury yield it has been going up, yes, going up now 4.46%. that maybe why the nasdaq is on the downside. now this. very quietly on tuesday of this week, the biden team waved oil sanctions on iran. that means the med mullers can p earning and that's on top of the hundreds of billions they've made. it's very hard to understand why our president should finance our enemy. perhaps it's part of a hostage deal, really don't know that.

perhaps it's another round of appeasement, but it's certainly not working. iranian proxies attacked our troops over 50 times and over 1,000 hezbollah rockets hit israel, all paid for with iranian money, oil money. the wall street report says iran sent $700 million to hezbollah and $100 million to palestinian terrorists every year. this goes all the way back to the day one of the biden presidency and ended our energy independence and proceeded a nuke deal with iran. we're in the ridiculous position of needing iranians to pump a lot of oil because if they didn't, the price would go straight up. same thing is happening with venezuela. we're allowing that tick day torrship to export their very dirty oil. ironic, isn't it. they send us their oil and a million migrants and we send them money. it's the world turned upside down. if trump were the president, p surely wouldn't be like this, would it? third hour of varney starts now.

stuart: steve hilton is with us now. let's repeat the question. how would this world look, how would america look if trump was still president? >> well, it would be completely different on so many issues because there's an ideology and operation with the biden administration reversing everything that trump did. reversing the moves to secure the southern border, reversing the moves to give america energy independence, to get our economy growing because energy is of course the life blood of a strong dynamic economy and so on and so forth, and what you're seeing here on this particular issue is the intersection of two of the most important ideologies of the left these days. one, as you said, is the ideology of appeasement.

the idea that now informs all of their foreign policy and increasingly their domestic policy, which is if you're nice to bad people, then they'll be good. they apply that to iran, they apply what you saw this week to xi jinping, and apply it here on crime as weapon. the lesson from history is no, the opposite. if you're nice to bad people, they get worse. the other big ideology is the climate extremism that you see and that's driving this as well. they're saying we can't produce oil and gas in america. that's terrible and goes against the ideology and it's fine for it to be produced elsewhere because we don't look so bad in terms of our ideological commitment to the climate agenda. it's so destructive and dishonest and what it ends up doing is weakening america and doing the exact opposite of what they want to do. stuart: speaking of bad people, tiktok says it'll prohibit videos promoting bin laden's better to america and condemns

the u.s.' support of israel has been viewed by millions of youngsters. what should we do about this? ban tiktok out right? >> the thing is this is highlighted, the absolute garbage that is polluting society through tiktok. this is just the latest one that's brought attention to it, but it's going on every single day in so many different ways, but the real point here on tiktok is let's go back again to the trump-appointed era. there was a favorite word that president trump use when had it came to things like this -- used when it cames to things like this in terms of economic relationship with other countries and it's a chinese-owned social media platform. the word trump used all the time was reciprocity. we'll do to you what you do to us. when you look at something like tiktok, we allow the chinese social media platform to operate freely in our country with all the social destruction it causes. they would never let our social media platforms operate in china.

they don't let any of them there. why should we let their platforms here when they don't let our platforms operate there? stuart: what astonishes me is some people really agree with the bin laden letter. >> amazing. amazing. stuart: it's incredible. that letter includes a demand that women not be educated, don't walk with strangers and can't go out of the house, and we have american left ises, femmist is looking at something like that and approving it? that's ridiculous. >> goes back to your earl earlierconversation, it's the ht marxist ideology that's been dominant in u.s. cassioppi deem that your -- academia and infected and created that warped world view that's prevalent in the generations that's exposed to the ideology and we have to fight back. stuart: it would be different if trump were the president, that's my opinion. just my opinion. steve hilton, see you again real soon. have a great thanksgiving.

>> thanks, and you. stuart: back to the markets. not much price movement. dow down 50 and nasdaq down 42. look who's back with us, heather is on the set and you're staying for the hour, aren't you? >> yes, sir, if you'll have me. stuart: so far so good. >> trying not to mess that up. stuart: we've had a pretty good rally for the last three weeks. >> we have. stuart: do legs carry us higher by the end of the year? >> stocks are pulling back but over the past few weeks, it's a been a significant rally across the board and this week in particular, the russell, small cap stocks up over 4%, which goes to show you investors are moving out of big mega cap tech names for example that powered the nasdaq higher over 30% this year into the smaller cap sector because, i think, interest rates have pulled back. smaller names need to borrow a lot of money in order to become bigger companies and you know what that tenure at 4.45% has

pulled back a lot from where it was a few weeks ago over five. stuart: seems to be a nice rosie situation and the rate of inflation has not come down but slowing the pace of inflation. low unemployment rate, profits were pretty good across the board. that's a pretty good situation for a rally, especially if you predict a cut in interest rates by the fed next year. >> well, okay. that's the million dollar question; right. i don't think the fed will cut rates next year because i think inflation will still come down albeit the 2% target and inflation has come down from double digits and still at 4%, if inflation comes down, it allows the fed to stay at a neutral stand or pause and not cut because inflation prices are coming down and that's really helping the fed on their end. stuart: i got a feeling that

inflation is going to come down some more. we've got chief guy at wal-mart saying the -- lauren: price of food cost coming down. stuart: that's a big deal. gas down to $3.30. see a significant drop in inflation right now and this is happening around the world. >> right, the positive is declining prices for consumers and looking at wal-mart and target going into the holiday season, if cons consumers are squeezed, want to offer discounts as a company, as a retailer to the consumer so they can still spend a lot of money and afford some of the holiday year-end purchases. with prices coming down from the manufacturer, or for the supplier they have to get the stuff from, it's a positive story for the consumer going into year end. stuart: positive for investors. >> you're like a glass half full, stu, i'm an optimistic

person as well but, yeah. stuart: i'm an optimist. i always want to be in the market and see it go higher. >> right, going into year end, most of the time the stock market goes up. a santa claus rally, it happens. next year a different ball game maybe. stuart: not going to forecast a year out. that's foolishness. >> get your crystal ball. stuart: heather, stay with us, please. lawn, watching the market and it is the gap. lauren: 31%, best day ever. record daily gain. with come back under the new ceo and old navy segment, their comps rose for the first time in ten months and overall better inventory manage want and fewer discounts and investors are loving up. stuart: up by a third. >> wish i own it had. stuart: you own it? >> i think so. i bought it ages ago. lauren: i'll check now. >> full disclosure. stuart: pump the thing up because you own it.

lauren: bjs down 2.5% and navigating high inflation and deflation and disinflation and low demand for discretionary items. stuart: zoom probably wishes we were back in a pandemic lockdown. lauren: one metric and visit for zoom is the metric down 12% and better than 20% like the prior month and stock is up about 1% and citi goes to neutral and they see more stable increase. stuart: next case, what's coming up on the show. lauren: what is coming up? stuart: amazon reportedly blocking promotions for workers who refuse to return to the office. lauren: that's an ultimatum. stuart: that's right. details on that. texas passed a new bill to let officers enforce immigration laws and not the feds. mexico rejects it. what happens now?

we'll deal with that next. ♪ you can't buy great conversations or moments that matter, but you can invest in them. at t. rowe price our strategic investing approach can help you build the future you imagine. t. rowe price, invest with confidence.

♪ explore endless design possibilities. to find your personal style. endless hardie® siding colors. textures and styles. it's possible. with james hardie™. i did have hearing aids from another company... i was just frustrated, i almost gave up. with miracle-ear it's all about service. they're personable, they're friendly. i'm very happy with them. we provide you with a free lifetime of aftercare. meaning free checkups, cleanings, and adjustments. i see someone new... someone happy...it's really made a difference. unlock our best deal of the year during the miracle-ear black friday sale. call 1-800- miracle now.

if you have this... and you get this...

you could end up with this... unexpected out-of-pocket costs. so if you're on medicare, or soon to be, consider this. an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan from unitedhealthcare. medicare alone doesn't pay for everything. and what it doesn't pay for, like deductibles and copays, could add up to thousands of dollars. medicare supplement plans help by paying some of what medicare doesn't... and making your out-of-pocket costs a lot more predictable. call unitedhealthcare now and ask for your free decision guide. medicare supplement plans also let you see any doctor. any specialist. anywhere in the u.s. who accepts medicare patients. take charge of your health care today. consider adding this. call unitedhealthcare today about an aarp medicare supplement plan.

stuart: texas passed a boil for texas officials to arrest migrant at the border and mexico is rejecting that bill. we have the texas general land office commissioner. dawn, the mexicans reject it, they've got a new law, this new rule, i guess it is. what happens now?

>> well, we'll just see. we're hoping mexico can be part of the solution. this bill has been called the strongest illegal immigration bill ever passed and hopefully it'll be signed by the government pretty soon, but it's basically uncuffing our local law enforcement's hands, let them arrest the people coming here illegally, giving them the option to send them to mexico. they're supposed to be staying in mexico anyway, and we're going to keep fighting the fight till we get our boarders secure. stuart: you're going to get heavy pressure from the mexicans. they don't want this kind of interruption to the free flow through mexico. you're hoping for cooperation? i don't think you're going to get it, are you? >> probably not, stuart. you know, in texas we just say bless their hearts, we're going to do it anyway and keep fighting the fight. you made a comment earlier on the last segment about things would be different if president trump was still president. you're so right on so many fronts. not just our economy, but this

division grace of irrelevant grace. stuart: he's going to the border this weekend and i don't know if governor abbott will be there but i'm sure trump will be make ago big play that it won't be like this if i was the president. that's what he's going for. >> 100%. last month actually set an all-time record of illegal crossings across our border. we've seen a significant shift to now. most of the people coming across are military-aged young men. in light that everything is happening in israel, my deep concern is that we're going to see attacks on american soil, and the blood of innocent americans that are killed in any of those attacks will lay squarely on president biden's hands. stuart: meanwhile you in texas, that state is paying for these people who come across the border and moving into other states. you have to pay for them. how much is it costing? >> billions of dollar as year is

what it is costing, and that's just in the stepped up law enforcement. that's just in trying to build the fence, create a barrier. that's not the cost of the diseases that are brought in, the stress on social services and the schools that have all the children coming in. it is a huge stress, economic stress for our state. stuart: are you a trump person? >> i am very much a trump person. so i spoke at his rally in texas i think last week, and he endorsed me in my race so i'm firmly behind him, and we're ready to get things back to business. stuart: do you want to build a wall? >> i am building the wall. the general land office built the first section several cycadeoids ago and we've been an active part of this border thing and we're actually making texas bigger for the first time in a couple hundred years declaring islands in the rio grand texas that's taken away the state haven the cartels have been using to traffic the drugs and

ammunition and weapons and bombs and so we're going to fight every day and get our boarders secure. stuart: we gave a report on this show about this island in the rio grand that had been fortified by the cartels. you rendi retook it. i can't remember, troops who took it or state agencies took it? >> we claim #-d it. we claimed it. stuart: okay. did they leave peacefully? get out? >> no, they didn't leave peacefully, we shoved them out and clear that had island and took their explosive devices, their fully automatic weapons, drugs, humans, not one human has walked across that island since we've claimed it, and it was a hand-in-hand effort between the texas department of public safety, our texas guard, border patrol, and then my agency. we do the mapping and by our treaty with mexico from the 1800s, anything north of the center of the waterway is ours and took me about 48 hours to

decide this is what we need to do, and we did it. stuart: was there any shooting? >> there were bullets coming across that island every night. it was literally at the most violent part of the border, fully automatic weapons. two of the most violent mexican cartels battle it out for not just the island but battling it out and continue for the town across the river. stuart: it's crazy stuff, isn't it? dawn buckingham, thank you for being on the show today and you've told us a lot about the situation. awes appreciate it. thank you, ma'am. >> my pleasure. take care. stuart: dozens of myo migrants d advocates protested outside gracie manner, that's the home of the mayor. what do they want from mayor adams? ashley: they want the right to shelter law. the adams administration is challenging the shelter rule in the state supreme court arguing that new york is already at capacity from the massive inflation of migrants that began last year. now dozens of protesters or migrants staged what they call a

sleep in in tents and sleeping bags outside the mayor's official residence and they also by the way took aim at adams recently imposed 30 or 60 day shelter stay limits calling it awful and illegal. they're also calling for the city to provide housing vouchers to asylum seekers. as we know, the city is running out of money. stu. stuart: and making cuts all over the place to adominate the migrants. it's crazy stuff. thanks, ash. quick check on the market, dow industrial down about 20 points. that's where we are at this moment. any winners among the dow 30? of course there are. caterpillar, chevron, boeing, they're all winners. s&p 500, ross stores doing very well today, hubble, etsy, expedia and paramount global. nasdaq, russell and palo alto networks on the list and warrener bros discovery -- warner bros discovery, et cetera, et cetera. the yield going up to 4.45%.

the price of gold about $20 away from $2,000 an ounce. bitcoin, 36,000 and change, small change. here's what's coming up: bill gates says ai will utterly change how we live our lives. that's a bold came. we'll tell you exactly why he believes that. the chairman of wake field says he wants workers back in the office maybe five days a week. people really like working remotely. how's he going to get them back? bruce joins me next. ♪

we're travelling all across america, talking to people about their hearts. ooh, take this exit. how's the heart? i feel like it's good. you feel like it's good? how do you know when it's time to check in on your heart? how do you know?

let me show you something. it looks like a credit card, but it is the kardiamobile card. that is a medical-grade ekg. want to see how it works? yeah. put both thumbs on there. that is your heart coming from the kardiamobile card. wow! with kardiamobile card, you can take a medical-grade ekg in just 30 seconds, from anywhere. kardiamobile card is proven to detect atrial fibrillation, one of the leading causes of stroke. and it's the only personal ekg that's fda-cleared to detect normal heart rhythm, bradycardia and tachycardia. how much do you think that costs? probably $500. $99. oh, really? you could carry that in your wallet. of course you could carry it in your wallet, right? yes, yes. kardiamobile card is just $79 during our thanksgiving sale. don't wait! get kardiamobile card for yourself or a loved one today at kardia.com or amazon.

the first time you connected your godaddy website and your store was also the first time you realized... well, we can do anything. cheesecake cookies? the chookie! manage all your sales from one place with a partner that always puts you first. (we did it) start today at godaddy.com

♪ i'm gonna hold you forever... ♪ ♪ i'll be there... ♪ ♪ you don't... ♪ ♪ you don't have to worry... ♪ i got into debt in college and, no matter how much i paid, it followed me everywhere. so i consolidated it into a low-rate personal loan from sofi. get a personal loan with low fixed rates. borrow up to $100k. and no fees required. sofi. get your money right. stuart: quick check of the markets, not much movement. dow down 40 and nasdaq down 28 and s&p down 4. tight range of trading this friday. heather zumarraga still with us and follows the retail sector. seems to me that consumers are spending pretty well going into this holiday season. any problem with that? >> no, they are spending, and i expect a decent holiday shopping

season. stuart: what are they spending it on? >> right, the problem is when you dig a little bit deeper in the consumer data, they're spending on services so they're not necessarily spending on shopping, but they're spending on healthcare, spending on rent so when you look at the pictures, it's kind of a mixed bag because look at ross, gap, wal-mart, target, all of these stores are beating their earning ands doing very well but what they have in common, stu, they're issuing very cautious outlook about next year or the future of consumer spending. stuart: what's wrong with next year? >> well, companies will have to refinance their debt at much higher rates and that can hurt their balance sheets and number two, interest rates are the full impact, they've come down, especially in the ten year from 5 to 4.4 where we are today, they're herr than two years ago

and the 408 day shopping season in 2021 and 2021 might prove to be a stronger than this year and i'm optimistic that consumers are out there spending at this point. stuart: we like optimists. >> i try. stuart: amazon says it'll block promotions for staff that don't run to the office. ashley, do they want employees in the office every day? ashley: well, they would like that but they're not getting it. amazon is stressing that employees that want to climb that corporate ladder must at least spend more time in the office. if you remember back in february, the company mandates that employees return to the office at licitly days a week and went otoacoustic emissions in may and any employees that don't comply must have approval from a vice president or they could get debarred from promotions and that's the threat. all not going down well with workers.

almost 30,000 amazon staff petitioned the company to drop its office policy back in march, but amazon ceo has said it's time for employees to commit. doesn't appear like they want to, but they're being told if you don't, your chances of moving up the ladder are going down the drain. stuart: heather zumarraga, i'm going to maintain that the 9-5 office work five days a week will never return, and you say what? >> i hope you're wrong. this is horrible. get your butt back to work. stu, you're here. stuart: what? >> is it right to say, you're in retirement age and you're here five days a week. stuart: what do you mean i'm in retirement age? >> no, you're young in retirement age but my point is, if you're able to come to work five day as week, what do you expect, millennials are sitting at home? it's not covid anymore. stuart: you can't buck the trend anymore. >> i think you have to. stuart: young people want to work from home. >> i like this move amazon and

bezos saying get your butt back to work and difficult to have a corporate culture unified across the board if you're not together in the same place. how do you have the same ideas and values? stuart: you've used that awful word twice. >> which one, retirement? stuart: i'm not going to do it again. now look who's here. a man that knows something about the office buildings of new york and getting people back to work. let's bring in the former ceo of curbman and wakefield, which is a major corporation handling office buildings. it's bruce mosler with an l and you'll never get 9-5 office work with everybody, you'll never get it. that's what you want, but you won't get it. >> that's what ultimately this young generation wants. it's the baby boomers that aren't so anxious to return. let's talk statistics for a moment. a year ago we were at 52% against the benchmark of 75%, that was considered full comoccupancy.

we must remember that because no office building was ever 100% occupied. today we're at 62%. that's a significant jump. we're seeing people back at least three day as week. that's sort of the consensus around what we're seeing. people like flexibility, but i would contend a year from now, let's look at numbers again and i'll bet you the majority of people coming back, innovation, collaboration. the need to mentor people to grow more efficiently and effectively in their job to know what they need to know means you have to learn from other people that have got that experience. stuart: what's office space demand look like at the moment, because that's your business, isn't it? >> yes. so look, we're clearly off in demand this year. we had take up year-to-date about 14 million against last year of 21. that's because businesses are on pause at the moment. they need clarity, geopolitical and macroeconomic and those are causing businesses to say let's hold a bit and see where it

goes. i expect that will release mid year next year. somewhere in that range. stuart: they don't need the office space. >> but we do. stuart: might have had a thousand square feet or whatever it is last year or three years ago. you don't want that now. >> let me make a point, what we're see asking a need for different office space. people want to return to a different viral. they don't want to see office cubicles. they do want to see collaboration space. they want to see space where you can sit, talk, have conversations with people, conferencing space. we're seeing a different need is the demand overall down by 10 or 15%? yes, but by the way, corporate america was getting efficient pre-covid no matter what, they were finding out how to put more people in less space. stuart: i'm going to break away for one second, bruce, we had the owner of bobby van steak house on the show yesterday. listen to his experience as a restaurant owner and people coming back into the city. roll tape. >> on mondays and fridays, we're down at least 70%, and if you

look at all these buildings that we have surrounding us here, 40-50% of those are empty. on the friday and the saturday business coming in to the theater is not coming in like it used to. stuart: bruce, he says business is down 70% on mondays and fridays. that's bad for the city, bad for your business. >> well, it's never good if people aren't coming in, but let me make a point, i'm in the restaurant business myself. i own several restaurants. our business bisis pretty steady and not down at all and hay be hard to get a reservation. stuart: are they in new york? >> absolutely. they're in new york. absolutely, between fifth and sixth on 54th. j right in midtown? >> yes, sir, and hard to get a reservation. stuart: your business is not down? >> not down at all. no sir, not down at all. another point, i chair the intrepid museum. we're off only 10% pre-covid from where we were in covid and

the domestic side has grown and international attendance shrunk a bit. when that comes back, we expect to be back on par or ahead of our numbers. stuart: that's very optimistic outlook. you're basically saying that this city can and will come back. >> i absolutely believe that. stuart: but talking up your own business. that's what you want. >> i'm talking about history. new york is resilient. new york has always come back from -- as significant challenges as we have today. yes, talking historical. stuart: i hope you're right. really do. i'd love to see the city come back. >> can stu get a reservation? >> any time, without a doubt. >> there you go. stuart: bruce mosler, thank you very much. and thank fur the plug for the reservation. fox polling shows overwhelming majority of voters have a negative view of the economy, but the market seems kind of un-bothered. grady trimble will break down the disconnect between main street and wall street. that's coming up for you.

formula 1 grand prix held in las vegas this weekend but ticket prices are taking a dive just before the event. tixpick ceo brett goldburg is telling us why and he's next. ♪ ameritrade is now part of schwab. bringing you an elevated experience, tailor-made for trader minds. go deeper with thinkorswim: our award-wining trading platforms. unlock support from the schwab trade desk, our team of passionate traders who live and breathe trading.

and sharpen your skills with an immersive online education crafted just for traders. all so you can trade brilliantly. businesses need 5g solutions today. that's why they choose t-mobile for business. las vegas grand prix chose t-mobile to help power operations for one of the world's largest racing events. mlb partners with t-mobile to advance how the game is played. and t-mobile's network helps aaa stay connected nationwide... to get their members back on the road. now's the time to see what america's largest and fastest 5g network can do for your business.

stuart: how poorly do voters rate the economy and who do they blame? >> quite poorly, stu and president biden to put it simply, only 17% of voters in our latest fox fuzz poll say the economy's in good shape, a whopping 78% rate the economy as

only fair or poor. no matter what issue you focus in on, voters are pretty unhappy with president biden, but when it comes to the economy in particular, voters are particularly dissatisfied with him, 65% of voters disapprove of his handling of the economy. 69% disapprove of his handling of inflation. and now for the first time ever, the president is saying he knows it. jay acknowledge there's a disconnect between the numbers and how people feel about their place in the world right now. we can deal with the second part as well. we still have work to do, but our model for growing is delivering real results for all americans. >> meantime, retailers are bracing for a less than merry holiday shopping season, partly because of high prices, but also because porroers have to start paying off student loans again

after a three year pause and by the way, the department of justice changed bankruptcy rules last year to make it easier for borrowers to wipe out student loan debt a year into those rule changes and the doj is celebrating the fact that more people are filing compared to previous years. i guess the philosophy when it comes to student loan debt, stu, if you can't forgive them, erase them by declaring bankruptcy. stuart: i hear you. grady trimble, thank you very much indeed. this weekend is the highly anticipated formula 1 grand prix in las vegas. but right now ticket prices are falling and this is just the day before the event. brett goldburg with tikpick and he's joining me now. why are ticket prices plunging? >> thank you for having me on the show. it's complex and it's supply and demand and trying to find out how to complies the districts are challenging to start. we know who's going to win so

that ads an element where the demand is a bit softer and it'll been incredible and first year of a ten year contract, and i think they'll put together a great show that will drive long term demand. stuart: the star driver is actually criticizing the event. i think think he thinks much of the track contraindication for cerumen removal right? >> yeah, i've seen that. obviously hasn't helped as well. from a viewership, it's going to look absolutely amazing. so who knows, but that's what i look forward to. the kid inside me says wow, this is like a dream come true and watch formula 1 race in las vegas. stuart: the main drag going around the strip, doesn't it? >> yeah, but it's a pretty complex track and you're going to see all of las vegas throughout this and one thing from a viewership standpoint, when you're buying the tickets, there's a lot of las vegas flair and circus solay and blue man

group performing. it's more than just a ticket. stuart: seems like las vegas is trying reposition itself as the capitol of sport. they got a major league baseball team, they got a football team, the grand prix and a few other things. they're repositioning the place; right? >> yeah, it's been happening over years, but residencies have become a huge thing and they've proved they can get people fry flying in for entertainment, no question. stuart: how much would it cost for one top of the line ticket in the best possible viewing area to see the grand prix, how much? >> well, the baseline to get in is around $1,000 and on tix pick when you see a price, that's what you pay. that's important to pay attention to because the fees can get hidden in there and then packages with unbelievable hospitality and unbelievable views that can be $10,000+. stuart: for $1,000, i have a good seat. >> yeah, you get the grand stand. stuart: okay, i'll take it. thanks very much for joining us, brett.

best of luck with the grand prix, very interesting. come and see us again. thanks, see ya. bill gates getting into the ai debate. what is he saying, ashley? a it's very interesting. gates says today's ai software is pretty dumb. he said we typically use apps to complete a singular task like book ago flight or checking bank account, but predicts ai makes using different apps unnecessary within the next five years and gates sees a future in which you'd have your own ai agent-type of software that's able to process and respond to natural language and accomplish a number of different tasks like booking a flight, hotel, or restaurants all based on your preferences. he says there will be challenges including the creation of ai agent data base and exactly figuring out how these agents will interact with each other, but he says we're not far away

from this becoming a reality and we can all say, i'll have my agent call your agent, stu. stuart: yeah, i heard that one before. heather, do you have any idea if ai is really going to change us dramatically? >> oh, i absolutely think s. i'm actually worried about destroying the middle class. that is mainly because of the impact it could have on potentially replacing jobs. the coe doesn't have to concern and gates isn't concerned. your job will never be replaced by -- especially not by robot. there's a concern that in financial services for example that that stuff can be done by ai. stuart: that's h that's your business. heather, hold on a second. dow 30 please, we always do this at this time. it's called get as sense of the market. kind of an even split up and down and dow itself down 41 points.

don't go anywhere. friday feedback is next. ♪ liberty mutual customized my car insurance and i saved hundreds. with the money i saved, i started a dog walking business. oh. [dog barks] no it's just a bunny! only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪

♪ is it possible to fall in love with your home... ...before you even step inside? ♪ discover the magnolia home james hardie collection. available now in siding colors, styles and textures. curated by joanna gaines.

hive digital technologies. a leading bitcoin miner and gpu cloud operator is building the infrastructure of tomorrow, featuring a robust growth strategy that aims to double its mining capacity while accelerating gpu-on demand business. hive digital technologies. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity.

home of the xfinity 10g network. hello is friendly... hello is welcoming... it's everything we want to be when helping people find a medicare plan during the annual enrollment period. so, say hello to hellomedicare... a one-stop shop for medicare plans... including a range of “all-in-one” medicare advantage plans. learn, compare, even enroll—all in one place. give us a call now. we'll guide you to a plan that fits your needs. at hellomedicare, it all starts with a few simple questions so we can get to know what's important to you. then, we'll match you with plans that fit your needs, from well-known names in medicare. compare benefits. compare costs. it's easy. and when you feel good about a plan... we'll sign you up. done. and. done. the annual enrollment period is here. so, let's do this. give us a call today and speak with one of our hellomedicare licensed insurance agents. and say hello to an easier way to do medicare.

♪ stuart: this is just for lauren who loves her elvis. lauren: i actually listen every day. that's my background music in the kitchen. stuart: is it really? lauren: i was thinking long island. stuart: port washington. lauren, ashley, friday feedback. first from mark, stu, tuesday you threw your perusers under the bus for buy -- producers under the bus for buying a $7 coffee. coffee i got free wawa coffee till the end of the year. it's outrageous that youngsters on this program would spend $7 every day for a cup of coffee. don't you think that's crazy? lauren. lauren: it's a different generation. i buy $7 coffees but not daily.

stuart: you can afford it. ashley, $7 coffee? ashley: nope, sorry. to your point, stu, you know, if you want to save money for a house or anything, the good place to begin is kind of skip starbucks if you can. make coffee at home. stuart: you're so right. next from ken. mr. stuart, are you ever going to tell us how much this thin sliver of microsoft is worth? lauren: been trying. stuart: we're all trying to find out. never give that away. okay, i've got to move on. donald, hi, stuart and lauren and ashley, by the way, first question, any plans to take the show on the road? not just reports from various locations, but stuart getting away from behind the desk, maybe from the tree farm or the vineyard? leave the prompter right there. let's consider this, are we taking the show on the road? it's under consideration and a possibility, but i'm fighting it. how about you, lauren? lauren: you can see your legs for once. i would love to go to montana. someone said that to me.

i always report from the desk. they're like, she has legs when i was finally in the field on a live shot. stuart: take to montana because you used to live in montana; right, ash? ashley: i did, indeed. it's a beautiful state. just go in the summer. my only advice. we've talked about this for over nine years now, stuart varney, i think it's time to bust out the backdoor and take it on the road. stuart: okay. lauren: show us your legs. stuart: moving swiftly on here. second parred to don's question, do either of you host thanks giving and do you have a go-to dish you have to prepare each year as a tradition? i'll start this one, sage and onion stuffing. that's it. ash. ashley: bisto gravy, mr. varney. lauren: i don't even know what you're talking about. thanksgiving not my holiday when it comes to culinary skills.

stuart: do you do italian thing s? lauren: we do. started withlasagna but people got too full so now we start with a chicken soup. stuart: this is annexal example of stupid stuff and sounds good at the time. shaking my head. send a picture, it's like a small pillow shaped like a hot dog. what stupid stuff have you bought, lauren? lauren: i buy ughs for my children, many of them and it's very stupid. stuart: that is stupid. ashley. ashley: that's me. too many stupid purchases to go over them, stuart. i understand the grief. stuart: okay, we avoid that had rather successfully. it's time for the friday trivia question. how many presidents were there in the 20th century? 9, 12, 15, or 18? the answer after this. ♪ (fisher investments) it's easy to think that all money managers

are pretty much the same, but at fisher investments we're clearly different. (other money manager) different how? you sell high commission investment products, right? (fisher investments) nope. fisher avoids them. (other money manager) well, you must earn commissions on trades. (fisher investments) never at fisher investments. (other money manager) ok, then you probably sneak in .. ture our fees so we do better when clients do better. that might be why most of our clients come from other money managers. at fisher investments, we're clearly different. my little family is me, aria, and jade. just the three of us girls. i never thought twice about feeding her kibble. but about two years ago, i realized she was overweight. she was always out of breath. that's when i decided to introduce the farmer's dog to her diet. it's just so fresh that she literally gets bubbles in her mouth. now she's a lot more active, she's able to join us on our adventures. and we're all able to do things as a family. ♪ get started at betterforthem.com hey you, with the small business...

...whoa... you've got all kinds of bright ideas, that your customers need to know about. constant contact makes it easy. with everything from managing your social posts, and events, to email and sms marketing. constant contact delivers all the tools you need to help your business grow. get started today at constantcontact.com constant contact. helping the small stand tall.

stuart: we are trying to figure out who were the president's essentials. i will break the tradition and go first. i'm going to say 12 presidents in the 20th century. lauren: it is not there because you counted the names. you are right because you didn't work.

ashley: not so sure. i will go 15. stuart: okay. the field please. know. william mckinley was the first president elected in the 20th century, bill clinton was the last. wilson, harding, coolidge, truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, nixon, ford, carter, reagan, bush, bill clinton, how about that, 18. could have missed to them out. i missed johnson, missed mckinley. ashley: thanks very much. warren and ashley, see you next week. "varney and company" is just about done. five seconds to go. coast to coast starts now. neil: a stubborn stock market rally that's mrp