ashley: good morning i am ashley webster and for stuart varney on this monday december the 30th. 10:00 o'clock eastern let's get straight to your money. on the screen a lot of red the market is taking a dip in the last trading day of the year. we got to chicago pmi for december falling unexpectedly to a sudden month low that does not help the sentiment but the dow is up 650 points, down 1.5%, the s&p downward in half and the nasdaq down one and three quarters% let's take a look at the ten year treasury which itself was falling in his dance

evident half basis points to 4.55% while under the 4.6 that we saw last week. let's take a look at oil and c were attended and all of this up 59 cents $71.19 a barrel and bitcoin let's see where bitcoin is it was slightly lower earlier and there it is slightly lower it's actually down $2700.91604. bitcoin with the economic data we got the latest read on pending home sales the number. >> in november of two-point to percent, to 79 your hire form into the room this is the best rating since february of 2023 and this is why the national association of realtors says buyers are no longer waiting for mortgage rates to fall substantially and are signing the contracts pending home sales indicator contract signed a deal not close. >> thank you very much there is

no particular news that you can point to today. certainly the volume is extremely light which can exaggerate these things what's the profit-taking is that the story a lot of profit-taking there is nvidia and microsoft not only profit-taking and tesla you have investors question in the momentum up to this point coming off the excitement from the election. a lot of that is going to wayne when investors begin to realize that there is no quick fix, we have an academy that is filled with concern there is interest-rate concern if you look at the bond market bond yield is moving up in the longer term bonds that means inflation

is a concern there are no quick fixes, president trump is by far a better solution for the market but is going to take pain that were in the clear and can feel confident about the gains that we've had in the past. >> i wanted to talk about this in particular, donald trump is asking the supreme court to delay a ban on tiktok to think trump will overturn after supporting it. >> initially he supported about one of the quotes that president trump had yet a warm spot in his heart towards tiktok and i went on tiktok is probably the most addictive thing you could do in this world, they keep people in i've spent hours watching cat videos, that's what tiktok is. there is also on a serious note there is a free speech versus national security and i agree

one 100% with president trump he needs to deferred this to his administration because i think for free speech advocates i myself this is a monumental case and if he allows tiktok which i think you should i think we need to get to the bottom of water the chinese doing with the data and if we can't get to the bottom it's good to become problematic. ashley: i have 30 seconds i want to talk about the crypto could ethereum become the next bitcoin, what do you say. >> i said before, bitcoin is digital gold. ethereum is digital silver. ethereum now that a lot of the institutions are bracing ethereum as the number two encryptor currency i think we will see ethereum get momentum because under perform had a good year last year but compared to

bitcoin and underperform just sickly. we're going to have a good year for it. ashley: very good yet so much in a short amount of time we always appreciate you on the show. thank you so much let's bring in lauren simonetti you looking at movers today and most of them are going down let's begin with apple. >> down one and two thirds% not so bad in a heavy down day that apple is discontinuing the iphone 14 and in europe the older models they don't handle a.i. but there discontinuing them because it years mandating standard charging port and those models don't have it. i'm taking a look at the airlines there down pretty sharply united stanford percent but raymond james upgrades american airlines on improved revenue for 2025 they see better engagement with their corporate customers, his business travel coming back a price target of 24

they lifted the price target on southwest to 40 in united to 120. in a heavy selling day the stocks despite the good news are lower. >> thank you i want to get back to this former president jimmy carter has died at the age of 100. these been remembered as a humanitarian nobel peace prize as well as the longest living president in our country his history. charlie hurt drains me how will jimmy carter be remembered. >> i think you will be remembered as a big decent man and he will be remembered for what was probably will go down as one of the successful ex-president sees that we've ever seen and he famously devoted his life to habitat for humanity in doing things for other people it was truly a life of service and his work at

eradicating disease around the world. i think he will be remembered kindly for all of those things. >> absolutely. i want to move on to this one washington post reported that president biden privately regrets dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. it says biden and some of his aides still believe he should of stayed in the race despite the rocky debate performance and the low poll numbers that elected democrats to pressure them to drop out. biden and the aides told people in recent days he could've defeated trump that's according to people familiar with the comments. do you think joe biden could've been donald trump? >> i do not think he could've been donald trump. and in fact he did not. donald trump beat him in one debate without a single vote needing to be cast. the white house can be a pretty tall ivory tower and the level

of delusion inside of the walls of the white house can be pretty blinding in particular for people trying to look back at the regrets that they have. the other thing in the article exhaustively reported article there is kamala harris faction in the white house and their bidder at joe biden for not getting out of the race sooner and they're making the argument that she would've one if she would have more time to run. i don't think that is true. she would've had more time throughout her political career, the more people to get to know her the less they tend to like her in terms of voters. this may have been the best outcome they could've dreamed of for democrats. the real problem instead of having an open primary where

they let the best democrat percolate to the top, that could've been rfk or any number of democrats who were interested in running. they chose to break the contest and they wound up with the two worst people that could run and donald trump beat them both soundly. ashley: he certainly did. of kalama harris had a longer run she would've dug deeper hole. that's "the bottom line". gavin newsom, god bless him, seems to be stirring the pot of republicans work visa status. good to see trump embraced elon musk's position. hard-working immigrants should continue to be part of our great nation. he's actually voicing support from what of trump's policies but is he doing this to so division among republicans, is that what this is. >> without a doubt this is another mind game and people like gavin newsom have a terrible record they love to play the mind games they put a lot of effort to playing mind

games in the chain to play mind games here. when you step back in the will huge debate larger debate about h1b visa is a fascinating debate in entirely happening on the republican side of things democrats have no voice whatsoever in integrate debate to be having. he says everything you need to know about where we are in politics the democrats cannot participate in the argument is entirely outside of their purview. all they can say is we open the border and let unknown millions of low skilled illegals into the country and we don't even know who they are. that's not part of this debate at all. >> charlie hurt as always fascinating stuff. thank you for being with us. great to see you. happy new year. still ahead kevin o'leary wants to help donald trump strike a deal to create an economic union

with canada. kevin is here to layout the plan. the world health organization calling for an end to attacks on hospitals in gaza. the idf claims the medical facilities are being used as command centers for hamas. trey yingst will bring us the latest from israel. were watching the markets take a dip in the final days of 2024. how low can it go. more "varney" next. no matter how ambitious. bank with sofi to score a higher apy and an epic welcome bonus. (tony hawk) skating for over 45 years has taken a toll on my body. i take qunol turmeric because it helps with healthy joints and inflammation support. why qunol? it has superior absorption compared to regular turmeric. qunol. the brand i trust.

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ashley: getting this susan. the new york stock exchange will close markets on january 9, the national day good morning to honor the passing of former president jimmy carter. the new york stock exchange will be closed on january the ninth. in the meantime the markets that

are open are still down significantly so let's bring in lou bethany's. what you're telling your clients on a day like today. >> don't demand about the santa claus valley were in between two hangovers from christmas day and new year's day the fundamentals and the trends are still intact i don't think anyone should make drastic moves in between holidays. to be fair most of wall street is not paying attention or coming back from the holiday. >> that's very true the volumes are very light and it was exaggerated you're not concerned that were losing momentum going into the new year? [crowd boos] here's why you have a fed that will continue to cut one or two times and most important you have earnings growth. within 30 - 40 days were getting at the first set of earnings report that will show the fundamentals are well intact for companies and as long as earnings keep growing like

they're expected to be 15% up this coming year, the stock market should continue on trend rally. ashley: having said all that when you look at the big tech is a buying opportunity. >> the big tech names you gotta be careful, the mag seven at a great year end nvidia. you want to go the one without a favor, do some research on alphabet is the one not get a 22 times earning. if you remember in april may that was apple that was login the mag seven it went on for rally. i think you have the potential set up with google if you're looking to buy into a dip on the mag seven. ashley: the voice of reason. thank you for calling us down on this december 30, thank you for jumping on the phone and talking to us. >> always a pleasure. >> thank you very much, great guy. the head of the world health organization is calling for a

cease-fire in gaza saying hospitals have become battlegrounds. let's get to trey yingst in tel aviv. what is the latest development there. >> good morning. over the weekend israeli forces raided the hospital in northern gaza. the idf claimed that 240 terror suspects were arrested during the rate, independent observers say their noncombatants in medics among the group this month the israelis conducted numerous airstrikes in the vicinity of the hospital while it was treating patients before seville attaining the evacuation of injured and displaced palestinians to other facilities a doctor for the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs says the other semi-functioning facilities are not equipped to treat incoming patients. >> this is a problem we have seen over and over for the past 14 months no answers or access

to healthcare and no access to medical supplies. this is not acceptable. >> more than porridge and 50 days into the war israel is continuing the air and ground campaign against gaza. amid widespread destruction the death toll continues to rise to more than 45000 palestinians killed since october 7th massacre they know a large fraction hamas or islamic jihad fighters though international organization say more than half are civilians. diplomatic efforts are underway to try to bridge the gap between israel and hamas and reach a cease-fire agreement. those negotiations are taking place with the help of the qatari and the egyptians. >> trey yingst in tel aviv with the very latest. thank you very much. now this as we remember jimmy carter one of the defining moments in his presidency when

he managed to broker the first peace agreement in the middle east he successfully ushered in peace between israel and egypt after 30 years of war. kt mcfarland joins mina. it's great to see you. how would you remember president jimmy carter. >> to me jimmy carter was the guy who fulfilled what henry kinzinger has started with the arab-israeli disa disagreementsn the 1973 war. i was on his staff at the time and kinzinger was able to take the word and countries israel, jordan, lebanon, syria and egypt and have them all agree to a disengagement agreement. there was never a peace agreement, that took jimmy carter and he was tireless and trying to find a way for the two biggest countries that it gone to work for hundreds of thousands of years against each other. israel and egypt to find their way to peace. he did, president trump who i

worked for is the guy who fulfilled the promise with abraham accords and spreading that peace between israel and the arab countries and spreading it out to other countries, trump 2.0 will complete it and probably even get the saudis to join us, there will be peace in the middle east to one of the great efforts of jimmy carter. ashley: very good i want to change subjects, there is new concern that china may conduct the largest military buildup since nazi germany during the 1930s. do you think this is a direct response to trump second term. >> i think this is been coming up for a while. 20 years ago republicans and democrats everybody in the world that will have china modernizes academy and that'll be a moderate and open society into trading partner but we won't go to war with each other. we were wrong because the chinese had no intention of being one of the team the chinese want to dominate the

world, that's what they began building up their economy but building up their military. i don't think they want to go to war with military they want to military so strong and powerful that it will deter countries like us or anybody else from coming to taiwan's aid they want taiwan it is the price, taiwan allows them to dominate the world economy because of microprocessors and dominate the trade of the most important trade route in asia and they want to get it and they want to have the big military buildup. ashley: fascinating. another one i want you to listen to what democrat senator said about democrats stance on taking the panama canal, take a listen. >> i don't know what the president-elect is saying in regards to how sincere he is but i can tell you a racist questions globally as to whether we are reliable partner. it feeds in to russia's and

china's appeal to other countries on whether they need to make alliance with russia and china and of america will be there for them globally. ashley: with this really pressure allies towards china and russia? >> anybody who ever read this is not a big deal what is donald trump doing. he negotiates and goes in with the opening bid in his opening bid i want greenland, i want candidate to be part of the united states appear my canal back. is he going to expect all those things. no but i get to get some in greenland would be a big prize if we could get greenland we are to have a defense agreement since 1951 with agreement. american president, abraham lincoln tried to get to greenland and greenland will be a huge addition. it would help us in the defense of north america and potentially a warm water trade route between asia the arctic trade route between asia and north america. when she got greenland, canada

is only one step away. [laughter] ashley: as the 51st state, why not. thank you so much, terrific stuff as always. thank you for bringing your expertise to the show this morning. moving on, vladimir putin has apologized azerbaijan's president over the plane crash but he still has not admitted that russia was responsible. >> no but he apologize for the crash and called it tragic, 38 people died. he said the plane was trying to land on christmas day amid drone strikes by ukraine. the white house says there are early indication that the plane was brought down by russia's air defense system. footage shows shrapnel and fuselage and investigations are underway. putin apologizes but does not accept responsibility. >> apologizes but doesn't

apologize. thank you very much and thank you for joining us this morning as always. take a look at the markets moving down solidly to finish out the year. we're going to talk to mr. wonderful of all things tiktok candidate in the market selloff. stay with us. military decoration awarded by the united states government. the tunnel to towers foundation and the congressional medal of honor society recognizes valor beyond the call of duty. britt slabinski, a recipient of the medal of honor himself, sat down with fellow recipients to hear their stories from their military service to their transition into the veteran community. it■s nothing we won, right? we're pretty vocal on that, saying, look, i didn't win anything like we're a recipient of this. you're going to highlight me for the day.

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ashley: welcome back. we have this news, president-elect donald trump has endorsed mike johnson in the speakership race. trump saint speaker mike johnson is a good hard-working religious man. he will do the right thing and we will continue to win. mike has my complete and total endorsement. what a strong statement for the president elect for mike joh johnson. let's check the markets, still down solidly. we learned that the new york stock exchange will be closing markets on january the ninth, that is a national day good morning to honor the passing of former president jimmy carter. as you can see the dow off 700 points, down 1.6%, the s&p down 1.6 and the nasdaq at 1.8. a solid walk of red as investors start to take profit, let's take a look at the dow losers many of

those today. bowing down 4%, amazon two and a quarter. nike also down 2%. american express and ibm also all of the moving the work, the nasdaq losers global foundry micron tech on the semi and broad, all down anyway between three and 4%. there you have that, it's not an easy day for the market. a lot of momentum down drafted take a look at the s&p 500 losers bowing in the supermicro to name a few down for - 5%. that's bringing kevin o'leary who joined us this morning. we understand your headed to mar-a-lago to meet with president-elect trump. you said you wanted to broker a deal that would create an economic union between the u.s. and canada, is that right? >> there's no reason to fight we've been talking about this

for decades and i think the time is right. what i did and i been doing this for 48 hours and i'm getting a lot of feedback from the canadian public i enjoy a large social media following there. i said, what deal do you want. they definitely don't want to give up their sovereignty but they want to explore the idea of an economic union because canada. if you think about the 40 million people the size of california, unlimited resources and power and unlimited gas and water an unlimited number and everything. they are not stupid they are thinking what if we have free trade east, west, north, south and we put our resources instead of squabbling on our own border between canada and the united states and put the money to protect ourselves against the chinese and the russians up north. that all makes sense to canadians. they don't want to give up their sovereignty just like 70 warden louisiana doesn't want to be born somewhere else.

i was born in calgary but the way to solve for that is a passport no different than that you. any american can get it any canadian the background check, they're starting to like that idea a lot more than selling out the whole country. >> it'll be interesting to see what headway you can make with the president-elect. i feel like he would be open to something like that. >> i think is a great negotiator and throws out the outlandish ideas and what falls through the crooks is the winning stuff. i really think the two countries should get together. i'm licking my chops at the opportunity of being involved. right now we have leadership that is collapsing. justin trudeau is on his way out the next five months is avoid and as i like to say thank goodness i am here. ashley: by the way, you're going to bring up tiktok.

are you still interested in buying it? >> more than ever you have no idea how much money i'm spending on legals and i bet it's taking 20% of our day and right now here is the story in the situation for everybody to understand. this would kick back up to the supreme court the supreme court in my view will render the decision before the 19th. if there is a valid loi that fits with the order that congress put in place, moving into american ownership. president biden is the only person that could do this until the 19th. he could put a 90 day stay of execution so we could work out a deal with bytedance and keep the split up. it's not about free speech is about chinese spyware, this drips with spyware unit has to be carved outs we have to rewrite the algorithm. the last component that i think

is so important anybody out there that wants to come in with an equity owner anybody as valid american citizen can join me at the same price and buying with equity crowdfunding. i'm hoping millions of people including those who were on tiktok all of the 7 million small businesses that is my universe of shark tank, products and services join me in the d deal. if you go to tiktok.com and see the details you can register i can't tell you any yet because the company is in denial. when the supreme court kicks it out and that is when the clock starts ticking and i am there. ashley: you're the ultimate salesman kevin o'leary. by the way i am nosy when are you going to mar-a-lago are you allowed to tell me that. >> i don't know when the narrative is going to start but everybody knows i'm interested. >> we are and no doubt, by the

way, next one take a look at bitcoin back down into the low '90s, thousand is the trump rally fizzles in the final day of the year. do you think that your presidency will ultimately get bitcoin another big boost in the coming year? >> is about regulation, i know many financial institutions that are not allocated anything to bitcoin waiting for the change of the s sisi to tell them is this a commodity is this insecurity, what are the regulatory rules about engagement all of this stuff matters. when that is finally determined with their compliant systems in the 24 hour cycle you will see billions of interest primarily into one asset bitcoin although there is derivative in digital pain and stable coin, like anybody else and waiting for this whole regulatory thing to be settled, i don't want to be

noncompliant with the sec, of a lot of other businesses that i have to be compliant and to and lack of a better word i don't want to present the regulators why would i want to do that. that's what holds a lot of people back i do have bitcoin and goals are pretty good i have some of that. alternative assets of the long-term game but i like where digital is going to go when i get the whole thing worked out and we have the borders are in the sec and i remember sitting there with gansler, that guy took a blowtorch and he stayed the course and he kept litigated till the cows came home there is a new tone coming into the space, that's going to help bitcoin. ashley: before you leave us, big selloff on the market today we had analysts i don't get too excited typical profit-taking.

wall street isn't paying attention, volumes are very low. what is your take. >> i'm not worried it's a phenomenal year in the lesson learned for every investor large and small estate the market don't try to time it. if you had not been in this market you gave up 30 - 24% upside, this shows you i cannot time the market, you learn the hard way and i bullish for next year. ashley: that's a great place to leave it i look forward to your visit to mar-a-lago. v-uppercase-letter. thank you. >> take care. >> you too. we have some sad news. charles dolan the founder of cablevision the former time warner ceo have both died. he was a media trailblazer the start of multiple companies like hbo, he wanted to introduce 24 hour local news to cable-tv with the creation of news 12.

he passed away peacefully from natural causes. he was 98 years old. he is remembered for being a great problem solver including helping time warner navigate the merger with aol. he was also citigroup's chairman after the financial crisis of 2008. the new york times said he died of bone cancer. he was 76ers old.

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>> let's get back to the markets in the selloff on this december 30, the dow off 600 points and nasdaq downward.5%. kenny polcari on the phone to talk about it. i'm going to ask you the same question i asked lou, what are you telling your clients today. >> i'm telling them to sit back and relax. i'm surprised receipt of pullback in the market.

i feel like is a lot of algorithmic rhythm and one-hit levels and then suddenly have to sell more and they go on. it's not necessarily portfolio managers x driven. all the more reason to sit back. >> we are just starting your audio is break it up but i did hear what you were saying the natural part of the market thank you so much. in the pasture car insurance has risen 21% across the u.s. the hikes are expected to continue after the new year. max gorden joins us. how much are drivers expected to pay in the new year. >> auto insurance prices have

been rising by a whole lot over the past couple of years since 2021. auto insurance has risen by more than 50%. here at waterworks collision center in los angeles the co-owners says that some drivers are willing to pay out of pocket rather than deal with auto insurance at all. >> of customers returning customers that are willing to pay for five. out-of-pocket to avoid going to the insurance company. there is a fear of the premium going up at a bigger fear that their insurance provider dro dropped. >> this is auto insurance prices have been soaring. according to the bureau of labor statistics the cost eases up 57% since january 2021 according to nude wallet, the average cost for minimum coverage is $598 and the average cost for full coverage $2281. insurance costs can vary on

personal situations but a number of factors that led to the rise in prices according to the insurance institute and the increases by rising accident frequency and severity and uptake of totality and injuries and the cost to repair vehicles because of supply chain issues and higher labor costs and increased tech venues and vehicles making them tougher and constantly to repair they project the auto repair would labor included will rise 3.8% in 2025. wyoming, vermont and new hampshire those of the states with the cheapest auto insurance. the most expensive auto insurance in the nation the honor goes to louisiana, florida and rhode island. >> no doubt about it up, up and away thank you very much. now this experts predict that the self driving car market is going to double, really, good

morning madison alworth, when is this supposed to happen. >> were talking about ten years by 2035, i guess we gotta get used to sharing the road to driverless cars, 2035 were expecting 76-point to 1 million cars with some level of autonomous features on the road up from 37 million units today. the reason is the demand of the acceptance of the technology is driving the increase there we see key automakers such as volkswagen, mercedes-benz, bmw are heavily investing in autonomous technology this is globally not just an expansion in the u.s. but adoption of legal pathways opening up in china and europe. don't ask me what this means for car insurance i have no idea how you ensure car that you don't drive but there's going to be more on the road. >> is a very good question we should get into that a little bit more. let's get back to the selloff on wall street, the trading is thin

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selloff on thin trading the dow off 600 points, the nasdaq and s&p 500 all the major embassies down about 1.5%. we will continue to keep a close eye on that. turning to the death of president jimmy carter, delta air lines posting the video as a tribute, back in 2017 showing carter's shaking hands with every person on board a plane, delta said carter did this every time he flew with them. what a treat, coca-cola honoring carter they now situated $50000 donation to the carter center as well as habitat for humanity. in this statement gerald r ford to become the 49th president united states he notably converted the white house back to coca-cola. president nixon and ford were pepsi fans. i do believe president-elect trump is a diet coke fan.

carter is leaving behind a long legacy in public health as well. he was diagnosed with melanoma back in 2015 that introduced the world to immunotherapy which led to future cancer research. doctor marc siegel joined just now. how do you think he chooses the diagnosis for cancer patients. >> it made people aware that melanoma was no longer a death sentence. that basically you had an option if melanoma had spread before that was a deadly cancer, his spread to the brain and liver he said in 2019 i don't know if i'm going to make it a very strong prayer and he talks at the school and says my spirit is strong even if my body is weak. then he showed immunotherapy how it's done and melanoma became knowingly very responsive to

chemo to immunotherapy and he was right at the cusp of that and he sent the message to the america public. >> remarkable long life next one a new survey found that gen z with ozempic and wegovy longer than hitting the gym. i wouldn't imagine you would support that strategy. >> i support the drugs. i think the incredible because what they do after you make them digested meal and they lead to insulin release and it overcomes insulin resistance and decreases hunger, these are great job under drugs but i don't want young people jumping to them instead of what they should be doing, most of them i do think some young people that are

morbidly obese could be taking this. but the railway temperature and younger people as with more exercise, change in diet and decreasing stress, decreasing alcohol, decreasing carbohydrates and decreasing altar processed foods again while increasing exercise, that is the place to start. i'm concerned about this as a magic pill that too many people are using in that report that you much about the way leaves out one word, doctor period too easy for people to acquire this from a telehealth visit or someone else it disturbs me that doctors are not always every limiting step your. ashley: doctors warning about holiday heart syndrome as we head into new year's day. i guess what the heck is that now can we prevent that. holiday heart syndrome means that something is toxic to your

heart and maybe your sanitarian babies you suddenly drink a lot. usually it's a combination of alcohol and caffeine. what it does it increases the heart rate and you can go into an arrhythmia is atrial fibrillation, that's what i'm concerned about. you get your regular rapid heart rate and its do to what are essentially two poisons at once, too much caffeine into much alcohol, watch out for binge drinking around the holidays this is a known phenomenon, good news most of the time he gets better. ashley: what are the warning signs, you would not know until it could be too late, what signs should you look out for. >> when you feel something in your neck rapid heart rate, irregular heart rate, racing heart, feeling stressed and anxious that's what caused causes it. that would let you know what's coming on absolutely. >> as you talk about it i start

to feel it, thank you so much for being here with your advice. we always appreciate it. let's check the big board, it is continuing on wall street were not taking her eyes off of this, the dow was off 600 points but coming back a very small bit. we will continue to follow it the 11:00 a.m. hour of "varney & company" is next. ♪

>> americans will look back at the carter presidency as primarily a failure, but will not look back on him personally as a failure. quite the opposite in fact. >> either too much eggnog or the grinch got the best of him when it comes to the stock markets. balance side volatility and downside momentum and looks uglier than upside momentum and nobody panics when they're making more money. >> we can't have the disaster over the last year and a half of having more democrats voting for massive bills than republicans under republican-led house. >> i've been around donald trump now for nine years. i've got to tell you, this guy is the most extraordinary deal maker and know gaucheuater i've ever seen. >>-- negotiator i've seen. >> they rigged the contest