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hour investors still reeling over emergence of deepseek chinese artificial intelligence chatbot up-ended markets yesterday president trump not wider trying to see positives in it fox news digital political correspondent brooke singman with the very latest. >> good morning, the chinese start up between chatgpt calling a record sell-off individual ja major tech stocks nvidia rebounding this morning, sparking a wired conversation about race between united states and china as deepseek was supposedlyly created for fraction of american version, president trump spoke often this yesterday. >> the release of deepseek ai from chinese company should be wake-up all for our industries that we need to be laser focused on competing to win we always have ideas always first, i would say, that is a positive, that could be very much a positive development so

instead of spending billions and billions you will spend less come up with hopefully sameslugs under trump administration going to unleash tech companies going to dominate, the future like never before. >> some on wider ai race. >> do it choorp if you can do it less get same result, that is a good thing for us. >> ri concerned about china dominance? >> we will dominate every -- >> projects new tariffs to keep u.s. technology competitive. >> very near future going to be plague tariffs on foreign production of computer chips semiconductors, pharmaceuticals to return production of these essential goods to the united states of america. they left us, and went to taiwan, where which is about 98% of the chip business, by the way, and we want them to

come back, we don't want to give them billions of dollars like this ridiculous program biden has a give everybody billions they did not need money they needed incentive the incentive is going to be to be not going to want to pay 25, 50 or even one hundred percent tax. . >> "fox business" confirming deepseek ai will not respond to questions related to tiananmen square protest, wore whether xi jinping is a good leader. maria: when asked taiwan said you a quote inableble part of china. >> what chinese champions believers deepseek thinks same thank you so much, todd. >> wait for it they are one and the same i know that is shocking -- but in reality, but the -- that is the point. we need to treat, everything at this point, especially following inauguration of

donald trump, as coming from ccp, because they are scared they may not be showing outward fear because that is not something that they do. but the fact of the matter is world changed last monday, donald trump, is trying to reassert american's dominance do you find it any surprise, that this happened basically, the monday after his inauguration? no. are if we they are concerned they are worried trying to save face on world stage saying don't forget about us we are a big deal we are a world superpower we need to respond accordingly every individual being confirmed already has been to basically, figure this out because this is a war, even though doesn't have traditional area marks of a battle. maria: i agree with that i think that is right on, the money, that china is trying to save face, i don't think that this company or the ccp certainly, xi jinping himself

or as strong as some believe i think there is so much worry in china as economy slips given the real estate losses there, we've got the senate confirming scott bessent treasury secretary yesterday 68 to 29. he is now our new nation's treasury secretary we have more hearings for this week, form confirmation hearings include rfk, jr., hhs secretary howard lutnick consumers kel new loeffler, thursday includes kash patel fbi director tulsi gabbard for director of national intelligence, we are seeing the confirmation process speed up a lot of stalling going on, by the democrats, but maybe president trump will get his cabinet in place by the end of this week or next. >> yes, i look at you, my senator creates murphy state of connecticut for throwing you know a wrench in wheels of

this process, it needs to get done let's stop playing games, donald trump won election, you provide obstacles not going to change that. it is time ago to let's go. maria: we are getting started this hour want to take a short break come right back, ice conducting deportation rates in new york city this morning we are on it then president trump urging republicans stay united on border security, and largest tax cut in u.s. history nebraska senator here the confirmation hackers for trump's cabinet pike's we will get either into it you are watching morning live on "fox business" stay with us. ♪ money -- ♪ ♪ straight talking, and -- ♪ ♪ . .

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welcome back. senate trying to move fast to confirm president trump's

cabinet nominees final vote for transportation second sean duffy later after scott bessent confirmed yesterday as nation treasury secretary 68 to 29 more hearings scheduled for this week tomorrow includes rfk, jr., for health human seniors secretary howard lutnick commerce secretary kelly he loeffler. >> thursday cash, cash fbi director items items director of national intelligence some reportedly calling for open committee vote for tulsi gabbard. joining me nebraska senator deb fischer, great job at inauguration. >> thank you it was a very, very good day. >> certainly was you will be part of howard lutnick's confirmation hearing tell us your expectations for howard lutnick the rest of these nominees, do you think they will al get past the finish line. >> it is so very important, that we do get these nominees

confirmed, that we do it quickly, of course, as you are well aware, maria, the democrats slow walking everything, republicans have shown that we will stay late we will stay over the weekends in order to get this done we need to make sure that we have, good solid hearings armed services, i am on that committee we did have a ed hearing with pete hegseth, i am sure that with mr. lutnick going to have another good hearing, with him hp he is well qualified, i have met in my office with him great conversation, looking forward to a good hearing. of course, it is important that the president and the american people have positions filled as soon as possible. >> yes, for sure. i mean national security threats that we talk about everyday, the president needs his team on the ground, do you feel of like your colleagues on a left have been stalling hearings? >> most definitely, you know,

you especially saw it on arms services committee democrat members wanted another round of questioned postupon vote to drag it out i think from fist 12 days of president obama's administration, he had 12 or 15 nominees already confirmed, we need to do that for national security reasons, for reasons that american people are tired of waiting you know. we want to see things happen we need to move ahead. we've got to do our job we've to be thorough in it i can guarantee that we are. >> yeah. i -- i mean more than that, people are sick and tired of the political tricks, we've been watching, political games since president trump walked down that escalator 10 years ago, from the russia collusion lies hiding about biden family to now this obstruction of

justice. there any way to -- to get your colleagues on the left to understand that people are on to this we want to political games to end that we want progress for america? >> i think they american people have been clear about that i would encourage the american people especially those that live in blue states, be vocal about it we want common sense we heard j.d. vance answer a question this weekend, you know i don't really care margaret that is a calling that i hear all across the nebraska and all across america. you know i don't really care anymore we have work to do, we need to get it done, stop with the tricks. stop with all this stalling, let's get to work for the american people energy, inflation, on reconciliation, there is so much to do. maria: well that is right, people don't care about all of the politically correct, interesting democrats can still pull this even though

you are in majority will come on, 53 republicans versus 47 democrats still running the table, we have to watch this hopefully in next two weeks we will be in a better place but house republicans set to meet with vice president vance today at trump doral as part of until you conference reconciliation meetings how to pass president trump's agenda. trump joined lawmakers for dinner last night with a speech on priorities here is what he said, watch. >> in coming weeks, i am looking forward to working with congress on a reconciliation bill that financingly takes care of plans permanently repair sovereign borders of the united states once and for all i am also eager to work with congress on largest package of tax cuts and reforms in american history we've got to get that done. [applause] . >> we don't want to get hung up on budget process we just

want whether it is one bill two bills i don't care. >> how do you see this playing out? >> i agree with the president, on his goals here, i agree when he says whether one bill or two bills, you know i don't care. we need to make sure we are going to deliver for american people what women worried about american families. you know. they have to choose right now between making ends meet, and taking care of their families. my top priority in reconciliation is my paid family medical leave tax credit included in 2017 tax reform and i want to make that permanent, in this reconciliation package we are working hard on that, with number of colleagues, in the senate we are working together, as you know, in reconciliation, we just need to keep our guys together. and we're trying to do that, to a number of committees to make sure, that we protect

this country, that we protect our borders, that we can provide for families and make their needs so they can have a better life for themselves and their children these are promises made going to be promises contend. >> i am glad that you are focused on families whether it be their economic progress object their security. president trump declared a national energy emergency in effort to increase u.s. oil production gas executives cold "new york times" don't plan on doinso until these prices rise significantly, potentially economic yet national security issue i spoke with your colleague the leader, of the u.s. senate john thune an sunday we talked about military spending, being lifted here is what he said watch. >> i are looking for in terms of special effects in bulking up america's defense. >> obviously, our navy, and look at non a shifts relative

to adversaries particularly china something president interested in american iron dome, we've underfunded in biden budget wasn't a tightening budget that kept up with rate of inflation when it comes to military we've got making up to do, i think there is a very compelling argument on panama on greenland, and optimism in america we've seen in a long time i think a real this has been a sluggish country country bogged down the weight of government regulation red tape, taxation. >> senator, i've got the iron to come executive order in front of me one way president trump says protecting america from about national security standpoint, what are are you considering in terms of defense spending? tell us where the priorities are in this plan. >> right. you know on arm services committee last three years,

president biden sent us his top line for budget, we increased that in the senate arm services committee, because we are well aware of the threats that face this nation. i happened to chair subcommittee on strategic forces not only do we have jurisdictions over stratcom space command but jurisdictions over nuclear triad to make sure that we have that strong deterrence policy you heard president trump and vice president talk about deterrence, that is so important, to keep this country safe we also have jurisdiction on strategic forces over in defense we have been putting funding in interest of defends in in this country since i have been here on that committee now into my third term i am very, very pleased to hear that president trump is prioritizing that with the focus on iron dome we need to continue to look at

our missile defense capabilities that we have capabilities that we need, in order to defend and protect our homeland. maria: yeah, i am so glad to hear you talk this way i could not agree more. unfortunately, something has to give, senator can you name one or two important offsets that you think will be significant i mean interest is single largest item in budget behind social security more than spending on defense medicare children what is most important offset to pay for that you will. >> a number of things as you know, that all of us, are looking at, and being able to go through a budget on appropriations, committee we are going to be, really having a strong oversight, with eases we have jurisdiction over hold them accountable for programs i think we can look, for example, on job training

programs, i know a few years ago, cross agencies, it was like 37 different job training programs. i am all for job training. but i think we need to figure out what the balance is, and i think that is a private enterprise, a private business does training in conjunction with our community colleges in conjunction with state you universities simply things like that you are going to see a lot of things like that i know we've heard some in the past, what i want to see though is return to energy dominance, that is going to bring in to going to help lower, prices, for families in this country. i want to be able to see inflation addressed we will. >> >>, of course,. >> i know many are saying well, we seen price eggs go up whys hasn't it adopted it has been a week folks it has been a week. maria: that is right.

>> we are focused we are getting it done. maria: we will watch your work a great point oversight alone may save a lot. given the reckless spending in the past we will be watching thank you so much senator deb fischer joining us thank you on capitol hill quick break futures in the green although dow back-and-forth after yesterday's global sell-off dow industrials down 3 points nasdaq up 81 we are talker about tech stocks rattled by china ai modeled deepseek, u.s. ate chief investment officer, friedman here ahead of the feed meeting back in a minute you are watching "mornings with maria" live on "fox business." .

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mixed opening this morning dow industrials down 2 points right now, the nasdaq is up 96 pretty good bounce after yesterday's global tech sell-off nasdaq s&p 500 lower over chinese ai modeled deepseek worries investors weighing future of ai spending nasdaq down full 612 points, 3%, that was partly due to nvidia plunged 17% on section wiping out nearly 600 billion dollars market value in a day, that is the largest single day

decline in history telling "fox business" deepseek excellent ai dwoo. perfect capital test time scaling illustrates how models can be created using that tech leveraging wild available modulars compute that is fully export price control compliance stock this morning reversing course after that 17% drubbing up 3 1/2% right now, joining me u.s. bank asset management group chief investment officer eric freedman good to see you. thanks for being here first give us your reaction to what went on yesterday. >>, maria, thanks for having us on we said official company specific event vie it more buying opportunity nvidia 45% revenues last quarter from you four customers if anything what this provides is an opportunity for the rules to change i used to be on the board of ai software company one thing you learn quickly that industry is things change technologies change, rapidly

those companies can adapt especially customers potentially going to pay lower price means earnings go up if anything we think probably a specific issue that is a buying opportunity for broader basket of stocks still like technology we think tech spend continues or worst today is tech spend come comes down earnings hire for customers make obviously, high prices for chips. maria: how does trump policy changes look at how you invest in stocks or does it. >> i think biggest thing focused on, number one what happens to interest rates. and you know one of the things that sticks out to us, is that we've had 18 years literally 18 years, of 10-year treasury yield being below 5%. that is a long period of time so if we hear hear from fed tomorrow still concerned about nation we think fed probably got ahead of themselves in december meeting, we reflected concern about inflation what

may happen from trump administration we do think trump administration will be with very mindful of what the bond market allowed them to do, so number one factor focused on what is the impact on interest rates, second of course is trade, has related point to interest rates, giving we think there has been more café study versus more knee-jerk reactions on tariff front, we still think there is again more pragmatic approach to follow if anything still a decent earnings picture again we would be buyers on weakness of stocks here. maria: all right. talk about earnings fourth-quarter earnings season in full swing boeing reported double miss this morning, they lost 11.8 billion dollars for the year largest decline since 2020 wrestling with issues commercial defense unities a crippling strike by west coast, meta microsoft tessa out after the bell tonight

your thoughts what do you want to do with tech names going into earnings. >> yeah, so far we are about 15% of the way through earnings we still think a reasonable expectancy 5% revenue growth expectation we've actually hit that so far. and again for the full year we think earnings probably come in 12% breath rate from bottom line we think early on track for that if anything interesting to hear some companies you mentioned their forward-looking views on capex for us biggest variable driving bullish theses on technology we see buyers on broader bass account can probably wait on semiconductor names we think big tech is still a worth while place for clients' capel looking for capks numbers still healthy. >> everybody talking capex what expecting given new threat from china, that seems to be rising, look the federal reserve kicking off meeting today two-day meeting let's

talk about macrostory cheryl casone has breaking news on durable goods numbers, just hitting the tape. cheryl: yeah headline month-over-month got me got attention, this is really what we're seeing a little bit of pressure, negative 2.2%, december durable goods month-over-month, expectation was a jump of .6%. so that is one thing. that is the big headline entire report, if you strip out transport, the month-over-month lighter than expected, up .3% street looking for a gain of .4%, but then core capital goods month-over-month came in up a half percent street looking for .3%, again, it really is that headline month-over-month negative 2.2 the concern manufacturing industry,, maria, durable goods this caused appliances machinery furniture but downturn in manufacturing larger economic picture back to you. maria: great points all around, and eric your take

here because if we're seeing a decline in some big ticket items costing so much what does that mean for decision-making from the fed jay powell will speak tomorrow at 2:30 pm eastern after two-day meeting widely expected to hold rates did after cutting last three consecutiveing meetings your reaction what that means for the fed. >> we think, maria, the professional investors markets prognosticators probable different durable goods a bit of a hall pass the reason tariff uncertainty tariff tightening so i think a little bit of brinksmanship happening where had the to purchases, at more wroel level, debate should go i stock up now, last quarter also on durable goods one thing to keep in mind product cycles lasting a lot longer in terms of replace meant of things like cars, refrigerators again things that if you drop on foot hurt kind of stuff that is just

taking a longer cycle, so i think the month-over-month annoys will be there we do think that you are in this period hit well earlier on salary segment, the earnings outlooks will be key what do we hear from companies particularly those consumer sensitive those concerns lower income scale starting to feel some challenge. that we think is going to be more popular variable to pay attention to again fed will likely talk about, probably if anything a little bit of a concern they saw from university of michigan and consumer data thought inflationary a hall pass because of durable goods annoys concerns about tariffs i think most recent take on, on the matter for now. maria: eric friedman this morning on stocks, ice raids are happening as we speak. right now in new york city. trump administration, is working to remove all criminal

migrants from the country and send them back home, mike braun here on internal resistance the state is facing against deportation efforts. we'll be right back.

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maria: welcome back mike brian taking bold action in his first would weeks in office, introducing a state version of doge just formed by trump administration, his budget proposals identifies 7 hundred million dollars state costs can be cut next two years, directing his cabinet to find 5% worth of cuts in each of their agencies, governor signing new executive order would force falltime state employees back do office by middle of the year governor great to see you.

thank you for being here congratulations. >> thank you very much good to be back on show get a in indiana. >> you are taking a page out of president trump's book, this is your third week in office, you've done so much, your state of state address is tomorrow. what is the state of your state? >> so we're lucky in that we are a state has been run pretty well. you go back, 20 years ago, it was state that was kind of purple, red, politically in the red financially a guy mitch daniels did some fixup pretty good stewardship but all governments, maria, local and state much more run like a business, than place i have come from. they can overtime have things creep into the system that makes it more difficult, to do business. great place to raise a family. thank goodness indiana one in pretty good shape i am

sprucing it up a bit, got entrepreneurial cabinet members reorganizing state government at the executive level it was sprawling on its organizational chart, into eight cabinet positions on policy side of it. and it is working already. so we are getting all kind of ideas from legislators, asking the folks that work in the agencies tell us what needs to improve, just like in running a business for 37 years. i can already see it working. >> look when you are o no a businessperson running a business you prioritize growth. and that is what president trump is doing prioritizing growth. i want to share a press release chevron put out announcing that engine number one chevron are announcing formation of a new company to build a new company to develop salable reliable pour solutions in the united states, based data centers on

u.s. natural gas your state is energy state the president has talked you can about this need for more data centers why he has got massive commitment, of 500 billion dollars for his stargate project to build the ai infrastructure, and -- and the data centers tell us your thoughts, about the need for energy, and how you can actually tap into that in indiana. >> here is where the experience in senate for six years why i got involved in that whole discussion, see what that leading edge was. and up until two years ago, we did not hear much about data centers chip factories battery factors indiana currently produces 20 gigs electricity for all current uses each facility uses one gig unbelievable increase in demand on a system that has

been pretty lethargic in terms of need of more of it. so whatever governor whatever state gets the right mix of say small modular reactors hydrogen stretches out your fossil fuels facilits maybe close down call units before you got something else, base loaded going to be in leading edge getting these new business, right now every state in a race for it, not to mention water is a big deal, then only abt 10 to 15 states that have water resource that go along, with the increased demand on electricity. i look fward to leading the pa maybe getting a consortium of local tateto get on the edge of new technologies for base loaded. >> very good point see the need i see opportunity ever have, we also need more

electricians, i was told we don't have enough electricians, we need he recollectricians as well you joined a a non executive orders focused on bringing down healthcare for indiana residents how will you do it given the fact that there is so much mandatory spending and so much waste within the althcare infrastructure, a lot of middle he men how could you cut costs? , maria, healthcare industry is like an unregulated utility, they say free enterprise they don't embrace competition they give coumer no transparency, you got a big administrativensurance companies it was designed to indemnify you agait significant risk it evolved into something that costs so much indiana has some of highest healthcare costs some poorest outcomes, i am asking

the industry, to help me he reform it before business partner becomes bernie sanders. >> we've got to get them to embrace what all the rest of us do. in our own business. we have competition. we got to tell the customer what we are going to charge them before they actually buy the service or the product. i am going to try to lead on that i fixed it in my business 17 years ago where it was consumer driven based on wellness prevention, not expensive remediation, it can work we cut costs nearly 50% then. maria: very good, sir, i will be watching for sure quick, a couple seconds here, your ag, filing a lawsuit against the st. joseph county sheriff's department for rfk to cooperate with federal immigration authority the department is refusing to properly notify eyes about

reefs of israel illegal migrants, what is going on are you in step with president trump efforts to get criminals out of america? >> one hundred percent, you are going to see an executive order i am putting out around 1:00 today dovetail with what trump administration is doing in our state like many have pockets where dragging their feet making it difficult, south bend st. joe county one of about five again for us that is exception, rather than raoul we are getting them to imply as well. because we need to. >> fantastic governor good to talk with you we will be watching your work sir we appreciate it, it mike brawn this morning governor in indiana we'll be right back.

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. maria: welcome back aerospace company tries to break sound barrier for the first time will pave for supersonic air travel by 2029 grady trimble live from noho mojave california with more. >> grady. >> good morning, today marks milestone not just for boom super son ig but really the entire country, and the world of aviation as this company looks to bring back supersonic commercial flights in five

years or so, blake schultz ceo of this company this is plane up in the air today a one third prototype of what you hope will be the commercial jetliner talk us through what is going to happen when you break the sound barrier today. >> exciting but uneventful, this will be first 2 years a civilian supersonic flight made in america first time done outside of a nation state, governments military, today private sector for the first time. >> you are a start-up competing, ultimately big guys like boeing what makes you think you can you been pull this off. >> history of progress is that small driven teams that care about about emission airplane

invented by bicycle mechanics. >> the jetliner going to fly commercially in the united states this is truly you said it a story that you could only tell and achieve in the united states. >> yeah. i think only in america can a small group of people get together, decide something matters just go do it absolutely you the theme of american innovation i think never mattered more than it does today china catching up, they are 10 years behind boeing unless we invent build next generation we are all flying chinese planes in future we can fix that. >> one trivia for you airspace in mojave cal where chuck yeager growing bare in 40s this according to plan doing the same thing. maria: cool grady, thank you so much grady trimble we will come back with our esteem panel two minutes you are watching "mornings with maria"

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>> reporter: good morning, maria. the road to the super bowl starts right here in ada. the craftsmen and women of this ohio factory have been meticulously working to create this. this is the official football of the nfl, and it is adorned with the names that are going to be competing for the lomb barry trophy as well as -- lombardi trophy. when the tock hit triple 0s on sunday, the people that work here immediately got to their stations to start doing their tasks and their roles to to put this together. now, one of the things that is notable about this is that, like you mentioned, every football made for the nfl is created right here in this factory in the u.s. this is something that they have been doing for years, something that wilson and the nfl have agreed on. and one of the hardest parts of this process is turning. it's what you're looking at right now.

you'll see they are just turning the leather quite literally inside out in just a couple of motions, and i want to know, it is extremely difficult. even though you see him doing it with ease, some nfl players have tried to do it, they cannot even do it. they let me try it, and i will say to give myself some grace, they did note that the machinery was much taller than it should be for someone my size. nonetheless,, the no matter your job here in this factory, everyone when works here takes a lot of pride. most of the fans here are browns fans, and even though cleveland's team has never been to a super bowl, they know that ada is represented on the world stage no matter what. take a listen. >> this ball in itself defining american craftsmanship, american manufacturing. these are made by the blood, sweat and tears of the employees from ada, ohio. so there's a lot of love that that goes into this. finish. >> reporter: willson is

ingrained, you could even say stitched into this community, their water tower even has will wilson on it, maria with. maria: what a cool assignment. love it. in this year's super bowl is on fox. catch it february 9th, 6:30 p.m. eastern live. you know, i love football, you guys. you know why i love football? i love football because football did not go nuts in terms of wokeness like so many other sports, like basketball who went to kiss the ring of xi jinping over the over -- over and over again. that's one of the reasons i like football. >> okay, but they did try. i checked, racism still exists. i don't think signs worked as well as they wanted. if i were in kelly saberi's job, i would have brought some vaseline for the ones that were specifically earmarked for the philadelphia eagles and made sure that save -- saquon fumbled every time he touched the ball, because i'm a bitter giants' --

maria: do we know who's going to be the entertainment? maybe it makes sense for taylor swift to do it, david. >> i think we do know already. >> kendrick lamar. march r. maria: all right, that'll be great. cheryl, you're a big football fan. >> no, i've covered 11 super bowls for fox business. i actually did that one year live on the air like kelly's doing. it is really, really hard to do, but my hats are off to that company that she's going to be the spending the day with, because they are the nice ifest people. today work so hard, and they put so much care and craftsmanship into every single football. they do it with love. maria: very cool stuff. >> it's a wonderful american company. maria: all right, guys. great show. really important information this morning. david, great to have you. todd piro, cheryl casone, always a pleasure. have a great day, everybody. "varney & company" picks it up 30 minutes before the opening bell. stuart, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone. it's a rebound