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big problems in the world. we're going to create the incentive theory again. anybody investing a billion dollars or more getting a very exwe deeted approval -- expedited approval if process. about 80 world leaders wanted to meet us, meet me as a represent representative of the u.s. there's great big, beautiful companies. nobody 's going the be leaving us. -- to be leaving us. we're going to do it right, and we're going to take care of our people, and we're going to do things nobody thought even to were possible, but we're going to have an economy the likes of which nobody's ever seen before and everybody's coming back to america. stuart: that's the bell, it's ringing. finish. ♪ ♪ yeah, it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪ >> not religious christmas

music. stuart: harry connick jr., i've heard of him, what is that? if. >> wonderful time of the year. it's an interpretation. stuart: all right, let's get on with it. [laughter] it is thursday, december the 12th all day. draw off 40, nasdaq off about -- dow off 40, nasdaq off about 40. big tech, where's that -- this morning? microsoft at $455, up $6. apple, 248. amazon up a fraction, alpha a bet g alpa get google and -- alphabet google up a fraction. nvidia up. no morning. you know, that is appropriate. the stock market's been rallying. investors don't care whether he's a democrat or republican, they care about corporate profits,he beating inflation, and they decided that

trump would do a much better job than kamal. it really is a trump rally. right before he rang the bell "time" magazine announced he's the person of the year. the media to admit it, but trumt he pulled off the greatest comeback in generations. trump is towering above his political rivals. he's already the acting president as joe biden fades. one more item. the inauguration is january the 20th. trump has invade violated -- invited china's leader to attend. if xi refuses to come, it's a snub, and the u.s.-china relationship will be are off to a rocky start. if he does come, it might look like xi is paying homage to his rival. trump wins either way. before the election democrats were embarrassed by the lethargy of the harris campaign, so they tried to counter that by saying trump was showing his age, that he was tired and lost his train

of thought. it was nonsense, of course. it was always obvious that the trump is a human dynamo, and so he is. ringing the bell, dominating world leaders in paris, organizing his administration in rapid, quick time. this man is on the move, and he's taking the country with him. third hour of "varney" starts now. ♪ ♪ stuart: brian brenberg is with me in northern morning. -- this morning. i think there's a positive mood. >> you're a soccer guy, i'm a basketball, football guy, but i love what you said about trump fighting the lethargy, on the move. when you play an opponent who's bigger than you, you try to control the pace. you get the ball down the field quickly, tire them the out, keep them off balance. that's what trump is doing here. he is leaving no time for the bureaucracy, the forces a arrayed against him to get their feet. he's going, he's pushing, and people who watch that see the

strategy, and they like it because they see their teams doing. that's they see competitors doing that, and he's a competitor. >> you're right. i've got a new thing for you. it's a new report. it's from the department of education. they spent over a billion dollars on dei since, that was grants, by the way, since 202 is. -- 2021. that's an enormous if amount of money, many grants, by the way. is that why trump wants to abolish -- >> yes. right away, when you said a billion dollars in dei money, that's taxpayer money that's going to destroy education, given out by an education department. this is why you don't shrink the department of education, you don't make it smaller, you don't rationalize it, you destroy it. you get rid of it. you push the authority back to parents, back to to states. and you know what's going to happen if you give parents the authority in they're never going to the spend a dime on this dei stuff, because they want hair kids the learn math.

stuart: but can you abolish a whole department? awfully difficult to pull it off. >> i'll just say this, it was inventeded in 19. 9 -- 1979. we did education in america for centuries literally before that the thing existed. you can abolish the department of education and fix america's education system the faster you do it. stuart: all right, some universities are beginning to embrace the social media influencer industry. arkansas tech university recently began georgia offering a bachelor's of art in social media influencing. wait a minute -- >> you don't even have time for me to go off on how stupid this is. [laughter] i worked in a college setting for 15 years. i know what's going on here. they're starving for students, there's too many colleges out there to that serve people who want to go to these colleges, so they make stuff up to try to attract students. but just think about this for a second. is there any if social media influencer, and pretend we want people to be there.

is there any influencer who learned allowed to do it through an influencer program at a college or university? stuart: not yet. >> and they never will! because there's no professor in any of these schools who knows anything about it. that's problem number one. if problem number two is this, quit teaching students to be to influencers. you're 22 years old, honestly, you probably shouldn't be influencing many people about anything, because you haven't lived a lot of life. teach them something like, i don't know, history or mathematics or maybe philosophy. what is the good life? if learn that first, and then someday, like when you're stuart, you can influence something. stuart: in your dotage. >> i didn't say that, now, i didn't say that. [laughter] i have some feelings on that one. stuart: that was good. excellent stuff. stay with me, you're with me for the hour. let's see, we've got to check the markets, please. minor loss all around, 15 down on the dow, 21 down on the nasdaq. ryan payne is with me tow today.

-- today. is google leading the next phase in the digital revolution? first it was a.i., now it's quantum computers from google. they're leading this thing, aren't they? >> they have a new chip that powers quantum computing which basically does more complicated -- stuart: it's a big deal. >> it is, but the thing is the commercial user is still years away. it's like drug discovery, think about weather patterns, figuring out days in advance, so there's a lot of uses for it down the line. now, google's up 12% this week, so it had a big move, but it's really just back to where it was in july. it's getting back to its high. hasn't moved the needle for pushing the stock even further. stuart: but investors just love what's new in big tech. they loved a.i., got got an a.i. boom. google got a quantum computer boom. peach latch on this especially -- people latch on to this especially in america. >> starting to to look reminiscent of the dot.com era.

google's up 40%, but i think we're getting to a point where it's just9 getting -- the animal spirits, i talk about this every week. i have a saying, every quarter century the sheep need to be shorn, and right now you've got every investor that's been out of the market, they're clamoring to get in. a lot of people were pessimistic on the economy and the market for two years. they're getting many in late to the party here, so it's going to push these stocks higherment but these are the late stages of this move and quantum computing, again, this is, like, a long, long game. that's not going to affect their bottom line for a long time. stu, just take a little profit off the time. >> stuart: i'm not selling. [laughter] you can call me stupid. >> you have that riege -- regal jacket on today. i couldn't help myself. stuart: it's brand new, fresh out of the box. ryan, you're all right. [laughter] ashley, tell me what's going on with metlife because a 5% gain

is pretty good. >> it's pretty good, indeed. yes, don't be afraid, mr. varney. the health insurance provider, we are told, is going to be unveiling a new growth plan at hair that investor day today. the -- their investor day. they're aiming for double-digit growth over the next five years if they can accomplish that. the stock up 5%. i also want you -- take a look at the steel stocks. a little dented today. ubs put out a few downgrades saying that they expect the stocks to, quote, take a breather after some recent strong performances. ubs says, look, they actually expect increased demand for steel which you'd think would be good, but they say much of that demand is already priced in. cleveland cliffs and united states steel both down. stuart: ashley, thank you. coming up, donald trump promised america's economy will thrive when he steps back into the oval office.

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mandatory evacuations. several roads closed in the area. some limited good news though, the winds in the area are dying down. that will probably help slow the spread. next case, 17 drug cartel members have been indicted in colorado. of they're accused of running an international vehicle theft and narcotics ring are. jeff paul is with us. how much did these members allegedly steal? >> reporter: millions of dollars. and if you drive a pickup truck or a full-sized suv, this is a story you'll want to pay attention to. investigators in denver say thieves are targeting those particular vehicles and ending up in the hands of mexican cartels for a very concerning reason. in the span of about a year and a half, nearly 200 cars were stolen at or near denver international airport then driven to mexico. once across the border, the vehicles were traded to the sinaloa cartel in exchanging for drugs like cocaine and meth. so why specifically target those trucks and big suvs? well, the simple answer, urban

warfare. >> it is something akin to -- akin to what we might see in a hollywood movie. this network targeted vehicles here in the denver metro area which could best be modified to support ballistic armor as well as be mountedded with high caliber munitions and firearms. >> reporter: 17 people so far have been indicted, 11 in that group right now are in custody, and they're working the track down the remaining 6. they estimate the suspects involved in this ring in total cost their victims -- 9.5 million -- $9.5 million. and beyond the direct impact, theft rings attributed colorado becoming at one point the number one state per capita for auto theft since 2020. they've now dropped to number two, but it's caused insurance rates for all drivers in colorado to skyrocket. stuart? stuart: all right. thanks very much, indeed, jeff. in the time person of the year article, trump doubled down on wanting the use the military to

round up illegal migrants. his advisers say they're planning to build detention centers to hold these migrants until they can be sent back. texas public safety department lieutenant chris oliveraz joins me. do you think we'll be using the military to guard these detention centers? if so, the that's a big with leap. >> it is, stuart. good morning, great to be with you. i think with the plans in place, i think the military can be beneficial, using them to guard some of these detention centers. it'll alleviate, you know, border patrol agents so they don't have to be at these centers processing, babysitting. now they can get out in the field and seize drugs, look for criminals. for example, in texas our national guard, they have been fundamental as far as what we've been doing on border security and provided so much value to the border operation not only guarding facilities, guarding areas where they can observe any criminal activity the coming across the border, but they're also constructing physical barriers to keep people out from

entering our state in texas. so the national guard, military in any sense can be used to help protect our country and also help guard some of these detention centers. i think it is a good resource to use and free up law enforcement to actually go after more criminals and seize more ill lis are sit drugs coming into the country. stuart: i just wonder about the look of the whole thing. you build a large detention center, i don't know what you put around there, barbed wire, i really don't know those dethe details. and -- details. and then you've got the military presumably armed, i'm just thinking of the look of that, the public relations aspect of that. go ahead. >> yeah. of course, the optics, you talk about the military and anything related to the border, obviously, the optics are it's going to look negative, anything about it. but with tom homan being at the forefront of this, they have a man in place. we've done it with the national guard, and it's been very beneficial. the optics don't look in any way

negative whatsoever, actually it's the been positive. there's a way to use the military in a strategic way where it's t not going to look negative. at the same time, you can accomplish the goal, and that is to detain individuals, criminals that should not be in the country and at the same time allow federal agents, law enforcement, to go out there and protect the borders and focus on criminals. stuart: we got new i.c.e. data that a reveals 1.4 million illegals were given a deportation order, but they remain in the u.s. the vast majority from south and central america, but there are tens of thousands of migrants from africa and the middle east. 38,000, almost 38,000, from china. we've given deportation order to. okay, they've had a deportation the order. they're still here, 1.4 million. how do to you actually get them to leave? >> that's a good question, right? the current add administration should have been doing it and, obviously, they weren't. they were tying the hands of i.c.e. agents from doing their job. now it's going to be a very challenging task. 1.4 million, those are just the ones that have orders of removal

that have already been adjudicated, had due process. now you have to to locate them and get them removed. not only that, over 2 million gotaways are in the country right now, so it's going to be a challenging that task. that's why it does require everyone to cooperate. elected officials, state, local, federal law enforcement to get onboard and actually cooperate with this new administration moving forward because at the end of the day it's about protecting the country and getting rid of people that should not be in the country that have committed violent crime cans that should be removed as per if federal law. it is going to be a challenging task. i can tell you in texas we are ready to support whatever the agenda may be. governor abbott has made it very clear that we're going to locate any criminals in our state and track them down and get them removed and work with i.c.e. agents. again, it's a very shocking number, 1.4 million and 37, 38,000 chinese nationals. those are individuals in the country that shouldn't be. stuart: that's a very big job. lieutenant, thanks for joining us.

see you again soon. >> thanks, stuart. stuart: chicago residents went after mayor brandon johnson during a city council meeting. or what are they really upset about? because they're obviously very upset, ash. >> oh, yes, they are. chicago mayor brandon johnson's ears probably still ringing after that council meeting that that saw some residents accuse the city of basically ignoring their constitutional rights and favoring the welfare of illegal immigrants over theirs. watch this. >> mayor brandon johnson, you took an oath to uphold the constitution. when you took an oath, was it on the to fight for the 10th and 14th amendments regarding illegal aliens? >> we don't want illegal immigrants in our community. we don't want illegal my, grants terrorizing our own people. and to have you all up here saying we have to accept $70 million being given to the them when you've got black people who are already struggling and need help? s it is a disgrace. >> a disgrace. and that speaker, by the way,

went on to to say hat election of donald trump represents something that is more than him winning, went on say it's the end of vote blue. wow. some residents also were wearing chicago flips red shirts to test far-left democrat policies in the city. things -- times are changing as bob dylan said. stuart: i was just going to say that. [laughter] >> yeah. stuart: it seems that even chicago residents are fed up with liberal policies. >> yeah. you pay attention when cities like new york or chicago start -- when residents start saying things like this. i don't blame these people. look, they live in a city that is broken. they've got a mayor who ignores them and who actually, in a lot of ways, mocks them. and they're saying, we're done with this, okay? they're not asking for the moon. they're asking for legal migrants to be removed from their city so they can stop spending $70 million a year on it. i say that's the most reasonable request you could give to a

mayor. stuart: all right, brian, thank you. coming up, while donald trump is "time"'s person of the year, caitlin clark is athlete of the year. she's getting a lot of backlash though after her comments about white privilege. we're going to have portnoy on that later. democrat senator john fetterman, first democrat to join trump's truth social. he says biden should be pardoned pardon trump, sorry. [laughter] that's different, okay? look who's here -- [laughter] david webb is going to talk about all of this. he's just walking up to the set right now. hey, david. thank you very much. ♪ ♪

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autonomous if driving company. they have a new partnership. mobileye will integrate their lidar technology, also likely getting a boost if positive comments made by the uber c forbes after gm -- cf if o after uber dumped their autonomous driving arm. that all said, moving higher today. autonomous vehicles, we don't talk about it as much as we used to, stu, or maybe that's just me. stuart: i think you're right, ashley are. we'll bring it back. we'll do a segment just for you. >> okay. thank you very much. [laughter] stuart: president-elect trump rang the opening bell at the new york exchange after being named time's person of the year. trump spoke on the trading floor. what did he say, rich? >> reporter: well, stuart, the president-elect said in his first administration he built a great economy, and he says he looks forward to doing so again in his second term, then he rang

the bell. >> when we left, we didn't is any of these problems. we didn't have russia with ukraine, we didn't have israel, october 7th, we didn't have the afghanistan disaster, we didn't have inflation. we had no inflation, and we had a very strong economy. and we're going to do that again. but i think we're going to even up it, because now we have experience that we didn't have. >> reporter: a new fox poll finds 34% of voters say the economy is the most important issue facing the country followed by immigration. within that, 60 to % say it's extremely important president-elect trump lower the price of food and gas. president biden has a much different take than trump. he credits his administration with reducing inflation and strong, consistent job, economic and wage growth. >> and we did that. we -- don't take my word for it.

here's how "time "magazine and other commentators describe the economy i'm leaving my successor, and there's a number of these quotes. president-elect trump is receiving the strongest economy in modern history which is the envy of the world. >> reporter: now, despite saying he's to going to target chinese imports with massive tear -- tariffs, there is some reporting, stuart, the president-elect has invited chinese president xi jinping to come to the inauguration. reporters asked trump about that on floor earlier today, and he says he's not going to get into that or answer the question. back to you. [laughter] stuart: that was interesting though, wasn't out? rich edson, thank you very much. pennsylvania senator john fetterman has become the first democrat senator to join truth social. he called for a trump pardon in his first post. david webb with me in -- this morning. fetterman seems to be the voice of common sense, the voice of reason within the democrat party. is he trying to move them to the center? >> nobody knows.

i know it sounds good in the headlines, fetterman says this, trump should receive a pardon from biden. nobody really knows who he is and where he is still. look, this is a guy who had no experience to become a senator, right? he ran a small town of 1500 people badly. i mean, what's his real background? now, maybe he is, but i'm a verify then trust, trust and verify. webb, verify then trust. i want to see john fetterman take votes, i want to see what he puts forward on the floor, i want to see what his job performance is, then i'll consider buying into it. stuart: is he the only democrat centrist around at this moment? >> come on. we bought this kyrsten sinema was a centrist, we bought -- as americans, i didn't -- joe manchin as a centrist, until you looked at his votes. america, look at the votes. stuart: there's no such thing as

a centrist democrat? the answer is yes -- [inaudible conversations] i hope you were watching this morning because you would have seen donald trump ringing the opening bell at the new york stock exchange today. he gave remarks, and he said he's focusing on making an economy that works for everyone. watch this. >> we're going to do it right, and we're going to take care of our people, and we're going to do things that nobody ever thought even were possible. but we're going to have an economy the likes of which nobody's ever seen before. and everybody's coming back to america. stuart: the likes of which nobody's ever seen before. [laughter] by the way, a new poll, it's a fox poll, it shows 54% of people are hopeful for the future because of donald trump's election. he seems to be winning people over. i sense a positive mood in the country. >> there's a positive mood in the country, there's a positive mood in your former home country. i've been commune candidating with some of the u.n. conservatives over there. there's hope that they can move these issues forward because they saw the left-wing keir starmer step in the way we had

joe biden and kamala harris. of so there's a lot to -- by the way, can we have a little fun with this? i was a person of the year in 2011, one of them. i've rung the stock exchange bell. i think i should at least run for vice president -- well, i can't, because i wasn't born here -- stuart: what the hell are you talking about? >> i think he wants an endorsement. >> i should run for president. stuart: you're not born here? >> no. born in jamaica. stuart: i didn't know that. i'll take you under advise. [laughter] >> look, donald trump has produced a resurgence of hope in the if real sense, not the obama version, because heir seeing the economic possibility -- they're seeing the economic possibility, tax policy, safety, the things people really care about. stuart: things are looking up. >> things are looking up. stuart: thank you. some people have suggested daniel penny sue alvin bragg for dragging him through the mud. former manhattan d.a. prosecutor elliot felig will tell us if

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stuart: you may remember several brawls broke out after the michigan and ohio state game. a player had planted a flag on the field, and a brawl broke out. now an ohio state lawmaker wants to make flag planting at buckeye stadium a felony.

barstool sports founder dave portnoy joins me now. a felony for that? can't be right. >> it hurts me, it cuts me deep, stuart. listen, i feel for the state of ohio. they've been emasculated, humiliated, demoralizedded, embarrassed. they have no reason to wake up when the sun comes up -- [laughter] but even my friends in ohio don't want to go this far, stuart. they want their team, their people to show some fight, the type of fight that they showed after the game during the game. so even though it's embarrassing and it seems like it's a rite of passage for everybody in ohio to have to watch these michigan wolverines take the flag and stomp on them and steal their heart and their soul, settle this on the field. not just michigan people, ohio people. we can lock arms and finally agree, let the buckeyes fight for themselves on the field, stuart, not in the courthouses, not in the legislation. if you can't beat us, you'll just is have to deal with it.

stuart: see, that's why we like you with, dave. you've got a very specific, obvious opinion. and you fire it up and express it. you're a great entertainer -- >> that one entertainment! this is both sides of the aisle, we can all agree on this one. [laughter] stuart: it's entertaining to me, dave, i've got to tell you, because i don't know anything about college football. i do know the buffalo bills and miami dolphins have become the league's first clubs to sell a stake in their team to private equity firms. dave, that's going to bring a lot of money into the sport. is that a good thing? >> well, no. as a fan, you never want to see private equity get with involved. but at the same time, a lot of these guys are private equity guys anyway. steve cohen just gave juan soto $9 billion. he's a private equity guy, the most notorious and probably successful one. but at least in his case he's a fan of the team, and he's going to spend the money because he wants the mets to win. i think as a fan private equity

money is okay, but when you just say the entire firm with no rooting interests and you just become a dollar sign, i think that's where fans are going to get hurt and probably wary and rightfully so. stuart: all right. talk to me about bill belichick. i'm told that he's finalized a deal with the north carolina -- the tar heels. he's going to become the next head football coach. is he the right guy to go from the nfl to college coaching? >> well, he's as good as they'd ever get. he's a dream hire, so, you know, i'm a patriot pharynx i respect him. i think he's the greatest coach of all time, so i'm sure he'll do a great job, and i'm not going to take the low hanging fruit that every single pundit is taking which is seems like he can already recruit at this age, shame on you, pundits, going if for that type of joke is too easy. be better. [laughter] stuart: i've heard, there is talk, i believe, this some colleges are thinking of separating their athletics

department from the school so the athletics department, the football team engages in, like, a mini nfl. have you heard that? >> i haven't heard that -- [laughter] but, i mean, they should because that -- it's a separate business anyways. stuart: yes. >> the illusion that education has anything to do with the football program, i mean, yeah, you're not fooling anybody at this point, so you might as well just to do what it is. stuart: all right, let's move on. 22-year-old women's basketball star the caitlin clark named time's athlete of the year. she admits the feeling white privilege. she's getting dragged for that that. what do you think? >> yeah. she was put in a tough spot. she said she deserves it, and it has nothing to do with white privilege, but she's in a league, and she's had to deal with anytime she's been successful over the past year, two years everyone's tearing her down saying, oh, it's only because you're right. -- you're white. that's garbage. you don't hear people talking about it with tiger woods,

simone biles, with serena williams. what she has similar with all athletes, black, white, indifferent, she's the most unique talent we've seen in the sport. that's why everyone loves her. it has nothing to do with the color of her skin. she in a lot of ways, i think, doesn't want to be the center of this controversy, but every time you mention her name, it's brought up. and i think it was just trying her the to appease both sides. i personally wish she didn't say it, but i certainly understand why she would, and maybe i would in those shoes too. stuart: taylor swift has invited clark to a chiefs' game. you're a big swiftie -- >> yeah, i'm jealous as hell. stuart: of what? >> of both of 'em! i want to be best friends with both of 'em. i want to get the invite, front row to both these concerts and schmooze and walk arm in arm and say, hey, taylor, hey, caitlin,

let's all go out for dinner and talk shop. stuart: well, you're a famous guy, you're a think guy, you've got a huge platform. do you think you can get an invite from if taylor swift and caitlin clark? they'd snap you up in a second. >> i don't know about that. i did get a handwritten letter from taylor, so that's a win and, caitlin, hopefully, i'm going to play golf with her in a couple months, so i'll keep you posted -- stuart: oh, so there is a developing relationship here. you are engaged with these folks. >> of course, stuart. all -- i do all my stuff behind the scenes except when i talk about it with you on national tv. stuart: very good. one last one. are you putting any more money into bitcoin now that trump is going to be the president and he's a big crypto guy? >> yeah. i love it. i had michael saylor, who owns, i think, the most bitcoin in the world over to my house the other day, and he was red pilling me. i still feel like an idiot buying it at this $100,000, but i do think it's going to continue to go up, and i keep

missing the boat. you know, every time i wake up and and look at it 0 so 0 -- 100 grand, i pound my first on the table, so i will be buying more bitcoin -- stuart: what is red pilling? >> that means that they take over your brain, stuart. when you wake up, you just go bitcoin, bitcoin, bitcoin, bitcoin -- [laughter] it jumps into your brain, that's what it is. stuart: hey, port noirks you really are good at a your job, and thanks very much for coming on the show. we appreciate it, dave. we'll have you back soon, we hope. >> thanks for having me. go, army. stuart: okay. legal analysts say once the united health care chief executive officer shooter is sent back to to new york, the case should be open and shut. but will there be issues getting an unbiased jury? i'll put that to elliot felig. he's next. ♪ if you have wet amd,

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alexis mcadams has been polling the story. when do we think the suspect is coming back to new york? >> reporter: well, they're doing everything they can to get him back as soon as. luigi mangione's going to be back in the state in the next couple days as the governor says the d.a. needs this case to be as strong as possible. >> i trust the d. a. here in manhattan to make sure that he puts forth an indictment that is going to be ironclad are. we expect that to be issued any day now, and the second that happens, i'm issuing a warrant for extradition. >> reporter: so we'll see what happens. on paper the ivy league grad really looked like he had it all, but he's now accused of murder. he's wearing a jail jump suit now, and he's still in pennsylvania as more charges could soon be filed. so the question is what's the motive for this 26-year-old? look at this, it might have to do with this x-ray. you can see it on your screen, he has a bunch of screws and hardware in his lower back

according to a picture he posted. the 26-year-old says that recent back surgery left him in some bad pain that sometimes he was in bed for days. photos like this have gone viral, okay? you see him on the beach without a shirt on. people are infatuated with this kid, and it looks like it happens with some other cases a therapist explains why that the that is. >> when it comes to the man who is capable of that kind of -- it almost reminds me of the american psycho character of patrick batheman, you know? he was very -- bateman, he was very attractive the to the public. i think that is the antihero that we're seeing play out in the character of luigi. >> reporter: but it's disturbing whether people think he's good looking or not, and they also are calling him a hero, doxxing other health care ceos here in new york city, putting their information out there on the streets. these are wanted posters up across the big apple, each one the picture of a different health care ceo. the one of brian thompson has a

big x across his face. so right now he's held in a a cell, luigi mangione, in pennsylvania. the police want him back here so they can bring those charges. stuart: alexis, thank you very much, indeed. former manhattan d.a. prosecutor elliot felig joins me now. if mangione is extradited to new york, can you get an impartial jury in new york city? >> look, it's a rock crusher case to begin with. video, dna, fingerprints, the weapon. is so there's no question that they have proof far beyond a reasonable doubt. for that reason, i'm not sure it'll ever go to trial. this is the kind of case where the defense attorney, he or she is going to spend all of his time the either asking the district attorney's office to make some kind of plea offer or just begging the client to the plead guilty. if it ever goes to trial, you don't need to have jurors unaware of the case, you just need jurors that can give an assurance that they can approach the case with an open mind. stuart: fair if enough.

i asked manhattan district attorney candidate maude marin what she thinks of the daniel penny case. watch this. >> we need the city and the law enforcement to make sure that our city, that our subways and if streets are safe and the kids and people, workers, tourists, everybody can be on the subways. but when that doesn't happen and a young man who's honorably served his country steps up to protect people, i think he deserves praise and certainly not a prosecution. alvin bragg got that one completely wrong. stuart: some people have suggested that penny should sue the d.a., alvin bragg. is that the possible? >> it would be a real uphill battle. every defendant who gets acquitted says now i'm going to turn the tables and sue the prosecutors, but the fact of the matter is prosecutors get extremely broad corrosion in this country, extremely broad latitude, they get extremely broad immunity. unless you have proof of somebody hiding evidence, destroying evidence, packly candidating evidence, very hard to sue a prosecutor even if you get acquitted.

stuart: penny may be on the hook for civil damages, civil suits filed against him. >> right. no, he's going to have to face that, and he's facing potential financial liability. that being said, his lawyers will be able to go on offense, the people who are suing him, mr. neely's background than they would have gotten in the criminal trial, is that'll take a long time, and it's an open question. but, yeah, he's certainly potentially on the hook for financial liability. stuart: what an extraordinary the situation. thanks for stretching -- sorting things out for us. we appreciate it diswhoo. here we go, the thursday trivial ya -- trivia with question. in colorado how many rocky mountain the peaks are 14,000 above sea level? 38, 48, 58 or 68? what's the number? the answer e when we come back. ♪ ♪ ..

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>> we asked in colorado, how many peaks are 14,000 feet. peaks of 14,000. ashley: no idea. of the lowest number is 38. stuart: brian brenberg. brian: 58. stuart: i will go with 40

stuart: 3,000 miles and stretches through 8 states, two connecting provinces, 58 peaks. we are back to come to a close. it has been a great day. we saw trump we are in "the opening bell" at the new york stock exchange walking the floor, and adoring audience of traders. he will meet with jeff bezos at mar-a-lago next week. top executives, and adoring audience at the new york exchange says a lot. after all it is a trump rally on the stock market. time is up for us. coast-to-coast starts now. neil: we are focusing on donald trump at the stock exchange. last sitting president who was there was ronald reagan in 1985. they canol