well thank you for joining us. >> america's news headquarters starts right now. a fox news alert for you now two big stories that we're following at this hour. president-elect donald trump sitting down with the sultans of tech, key decision by the fed. hello erin, i'm melissa francis, busy hour right now. the federal reserve about to announce whether or not it is going to raise rates. we have fox team coverage of both breaking stories. we have charles payne standing by, we have lance oloff, he is here to talk about tech and trump. we begin with sheryl casoni with the news from the fed, what do you see? >> we were expecting this. and it is happening. the fed is indeed going to raise interest rates. there was a 98% probability we were going to see a rate rise at this meeting which we have not

had in the last year. right now kind of a tepid mixed market reaction. the language. the raising the rate because they're basically saying that there's a worry about inflation throughout the country. and another reason we expected the fed to raise interest rates is because of what we've seen with the markets, the rally that we've had since donald trump was elected president-elect. right now the dow now down about four points. up a quarter percent. .25%, right now a year ago, the range that the fed gave us us, .25%, .5%, now the fed is telling that overnight lending rate that banks use is going to be .5% to .75%. exactly as the markets expected. more importantly, what does this mean to american kps what does this mean to your wallet? if you've got a savings account and you've been hurting with your returns over the last several years, you're going to get a little bit of respite, but rate heights right now. those that have adjustable

mortgage that may be hitting the important marker, you are going to see a bump. and then if you're getting that new mortgage, you're going to see more of an expensive mortgage. not by much. this is a very tepid rate that we're seeing from the fed. savings accounts, credit cards going to get a little more expensive and also cds and car loans. there is going to be that kind of spin effect. but remember, with the market up more than 11% since donald trump was elected, it's the inflation story. and the fed is talking about that. we're digging into it at fox business to see what the statement has to say. >> sheryl, we saw the markets sell off, turning negative, right now it's moving back up in the other direction. it was down about 20 points or so. we expected it to tick down a little bit, rate hike is not necessarily good for the market. people think what's fueled the rally in addition to donald trump but what's fueled over the past years has been this idea there's been so much easy money out in the economy. that would mean at this point if you raise rates, it's bad for the market, but the flip side as you well know is the idea that

it says the fed has some confidence in the economy. and has some confidence in the market. that we can handle, and now i'm looking at the dow, it's back in positive territory. what do you think of all that? >> i agree 100%, melissa. obviously we've workrd together for years. the worry about the interest rate raising, even though we're going to see small amounts of changes for american consumers is that overall we've been waiting for this for a year. and we've got market analysts coming on to fox business telling us we're going to see two, three, four more rate hikes in the next year. that's when you're going to see concerns from the market and participants there and concerns about the u.s. economy. but we also have to have all of this election drama play out. we've got to see if donald trump can deliver on less regulations, lowering the corporate tax rate. bringing more business into the u.s. if that all starts to happen and the economy really gets juice behind it in 2017, then i think you are going to see worries about the interest rate hikes, but you're going to see them

more. >> great job. thank you so much. i want to talk to the rest of the panel here right now, charles payne. take a look at that the. okay, quarter point rate hike which we had been waiting for. the market is up 32. it had been negative in the wake of that announcement, now it's bouncing back, that is a good thing. >> very, very good thing because the rates are going up for the right reasons. unlike last december, when it was just sort of janet yellen proving he wasn't being pushed around by wall street. the key is going to be the telegraph, what she telegraphs. she says next year they anticipate or makes it clear they anticipate two more rate hikes, that means a steady growth in the economy, limited inflation, that would be music to the ears of wall street. should be music to the ears of main street. we could hit dow 20,000 before the day is over. >> you really think if she forecasts, right now they're going to the question/answer period. we're going to hear the statement and the thoughts behind these actions. is what you're talking about. fung she forecasts that we're going to stay on this path, that rather than the market getting

spooked, you think that's going to make it stronger? >> absolutely. remember the last december she forecast four rate hikes and they hiked it at the wrong time, it was the wrong elixir, it was poison, we ended up the worst two weeks of the market ever in the beginning of this year, people remember, 401ks were crashing. i think she'd rather err on being cautious. the message hey, our economy is growing. we're going to have real inflation, wages, right. inflation 101 means what? too much money, chasing too few goods. no one out there feels like they've had too much money. that would be great. also the house goes up in value, too much money would be fantastic. that would be the ideal scenario. obviously she's going to be pressed on donald trump today in the questions and answers. she can't diss his policies too much. i don't think she will because i can tell you right now, janet yellen and her predecessor, more or less as much as they could, griped a lot about the fact that barack obama did not do his

part. that was a all monetary policy and no fiscal policy and the monetary policy could not lift this economy. >> lance yulin, you're going to have -- i'm so excited we're finally raising rates with the fed. i couldn't get your name out straight, you'll have to forgive me my friend. what do you think of this move? what does mean for technology? i nineteen, what does it mean for everybody on the left coast out there that's making new products that needs a strong consumer, needs a lot of cash out there in the economy, what does it tell you? >> well certainly they want more money in consumer pockets so they can buy more gadgets they're building. i think they're a lot more concerned about how businesses are run. how their supply chains work. how they're the import, exports and where they're building. all of that is a bigger concern on the economic side for them than this rate. >> that's a great point. all right. another big story that we are covering right now. two huge head. lines right at this hour. president-elect donald trump is hosting some of silicon valley's

top executives at trump tower, two top jobs and innovation. jeff bezos, tim cook, elon musk, google's ceo, larry page, vice president-elect mike pence had this to say last hour. >> i know the president-elect is looking forward to welcoming some of the leading tech ceos in america to trump tower to talk about how we can grow jobs in high-tech all across the country. yesterday, great meeting with bill gates, and of course we're all very enthusiastic. >> very enthusiastic. so lance, they set the table, ibm said guess what, we're adding 25,000 jobs, they know what president-elect trump wants to hear. they are quote, new caller jobs. i'm not sure everyone has heard that. >> it's very interesting. it's this idea of sort of

technology, highly skilled jobs that don't require a college education. that are sort of learned in a different way. >> not while dollar, or blue collar -- >> new collar. >> new economy, entrepreneurs, self-taught programmers who built apps and entire businesses around them. cloud businesses. a lot of people have come out -- of course mark zuckerberg who never finished college and started facebook. and believe me, that guy is a model for a lot of people coming into the work force. they're looking for more of that. my big question is how do you train new collar workers? do you build more specialized trade schools? you know, because i think pluming is a great trade, but that's not what she's talking about. she's talking about a different skillset which i don't think is taught in those schools yet. and i think that's what she's hoping to build up. >> my ten-year-old is teaching himself those skills. sound byte to get your reaction. >> okay. >> we're going to give you more details of who's at the meeting. that's what i'm getting you to

react to, charles. alphabet, larry page lobbying for privacy and law enforcement access to data, tim cook, you remember, he wouldn't support due to the rnc, now they're meeting face to face. trump also called for an iphone boycott because of the company refused to unlock san bernardino shooter's phone. facebook ceo sheryl sandberg, she's going to be there, cyber security, data, all that kind of stuff. charles, what is this meeting like? >> well here's the thing, both sides have an agenda. shared agenda that we didn't mention and dove tails what lance was talking about. foreign workers, visas -- by the way, she wrote a letter to donald trump as soon as he won. and it was sort of a reiteration that the op-ed was saying that hey, we're going to spend a billion dollars training our people over the next four years. wink, wink, we need you to do the same sort of thing because there are 500,000 jobs out there

that need to be filled immediately. but while we wait, we probably would need -- if you don't mind, us to bring in more foreign workers, but we're going to hire 25,000 workers on our own, but we just don't -- we simply don't have people qualified in this country. it's the magic word she used, vocational. so she knows that hits -- these are the people that voted for donald trump. essentially what she's saying and i think everybody is kind of saying is donald trump, hillary clinton promised $30 billion to retrain coal workers. and you take a like amount and help train these folks for these 500,000 jobs out there, he's going to say, maybe. you bring back some of those $2 trillion you're holding on to at a 10% tax rate, give me 10% to work on infrastructure, and i think we've got a deal. >> yeah. i mean, lance, you know, this is the essential question. we have all these new jobs out there in the economy. this is where we're headed. on one hand donald trump's trying to save jobs for people who they don't want to get retained. they want jobs right now.

but at the same time, we have to think about that next generation that's coming up. so that they have the right training so that they're employed so it's good for everybody, economy, products, good for companies, how do you think we do this? i mean, this is your expertise. >> which is where s.t.e.m. education comes in, science, technology, math, and they've never -- the trump incoming administration, the trump campaign never talked about this and the big question is how are they going to help schools, help young students learn these skills. whether or not they go all the way through to college, they will have a difficult time in the vocational schools doing these new jobs if they haven't had a foundation of s.t.e.m. education. and you know, whether or not, you know, there's the new education secretary who's very into charter schools. we don't to want have haves and have notes with kids getting s.t.e.m. education not. that's where it really starts. >> good stuff, guys, thank you so much. all right. military plane buzzing skyscrapers over new york city causing concern on the ground.

so what was behind this? plus a short-lived ceasefire is no morn in syria. my next guest calls what we are now witnessing there, the worst humanitarian crisis since world war ii. what he says it will take to bring stability and peace to the region. >> assad forces when they entered the neighborhood, they executed 82 people. including like 13 kids and several women, all of them were executed.

fox news alert for you now. what some are calling the complete meltdown of humanity happening in aleppo. that city once syria's largest.

now looks like hell on earth. a landscape of rubble and debris from years of war. a ceasefire meant to help the remaining civilians escape only lasted hours. connor powell is live from our middle east bureau with more on this one. what now, connor? >> reporter: well the international community and activists on the ground described the situation in aleppo as dire with a food and water and medical supplies in very short supply. civilians there trapped in the fighting of the advancing assad forces battling what few rebels exist as ceasefire was supposed to go into effect last night allowing civilians and rebel fighters who wanted to basically surrender aleppo were supposed to be able to leave first thing this morning, but the fighting never really stopped. the shelling, bombing, it all continued pretty much throughout the night and certainly all early morning nap ceasefire has crumbled like so many before it. but the situation on the ground in aleppo is this.

that the assad regime has pushed forth to control the city almost completely at this point. and the few rebels there are basically trapped inside about a square mile or so territory. they look increasingly in a very, very dangerous spot in terms of putting up any further resistance against the assad regime which backed by russia, melissa, has just sort of run over the syrian opposition in what was their strongest, most powerful place of resistance. melissa. >> all right, connor, thank you so much for that report. white house press secretary -- okay, right now we are looking at donald trump right now over at trump tower. that is mike pence as well. this is live, are we going to listen in? let's listen in. >> both the national security in place -- >> ceo of intel. >> donald brook jr. >> eric trump, and welcome. >> brad smith, president of the

microsoft, pleased to be here. >> i'm super excited about the possibility of innovations. >> i'm the youngest company here. >> and youngest person. >> glad to be here. >> we're here to talk about jobs. >> mike pence, governor of indiana, for a few more days, and become vice president-elect of the united states. >> well, i just want to thank everybody. this is a truly amazing group of people. i don't tell you the hundreds of calls we've had asking to come to this meeting. and i will say peter was sort of saying, no, that company's too small. and he's a monster companies, but i want to thank, i want to start by thanking peter because we saw something very early, maybe before we saw it it. and he's known for that in a different way. he's been so terrific and so

outstanding and we've got just about the biggest applause at the republican national convention. he's a head of a guy. and i want to thank you. very special guy. so i want to add that i'm here to help you folks do well. and you're doing well right now, and i'm very honored by the bounce, we were all talking about the bounce. everybody has to like me at least a little bit. we're going to try and have that bounce continue. and perhaps even more importantly, we want you to keep going with the incredible innovation, there's nobody like you in the world. in the world. there's nobody like the people in this room. anything you can do you can help this go along and we're going to be there for you. and you'll call my people, call me, doesn't make any difference. we have no formal chain of command around here. i'm honored to have the

president of goldman sachs to do this. wilbur, everybody knows wilbur. and nobody like him. we're going to do fair trade deals. easier for you to trade across borders. a lot of restrictions. and if you have any ideas on that, that would be, that would be great because there are a lot of border restrictions and a lot of border problems. you probably have less of a problem than some companies and some have massive problems. >> okay. so there we were watching donald trump sitting there with mike pence as well to the left of donald trump was peter teal, he was one of the first people to come out in support of donald trump from silicon valley. probably the only one and a great risk to himself. now the room is filled with everyone else who's trying to come together and have a seat at the table, both literally and figuratively to the right of mike pence.

you saw sheryl sandberg, the coo of facebook. she, of course, was a big hillary clinton supporter during the election, but now sitting at the table. jeff bezos who had a long history with donald trump, a long history, very accra moans you, and so many -- and between his ownership and a newspaper that routinely talked about donald trump in unfavorable terms. you had larry page at the table, and now everyone sitting together and talking about about the things that are most important to them. innovation, new jobs, coming together. very interesting to listen in on that one. more to come. social media lighting up as hawkeye new yorker spotted a military plane and helicopters over manhattan. what the feds are saying about this very strange scene. it was scary. plus, president-elect trump and house speaker paul ryan may now be buddy-buddy, but the feeling not mutual from trump

supporters. what it means for the political road ahead. congressman steve scalise gives us his take coming up. ♪

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all right. we want to get back to one of the big stories. ceasefire in aleppo breaks, josh ernest responding just minutes ago. >> they are depraved, they do cross just about every line that i can think of. and frankly, they cross lines i hadn't previously thought of. the idea that you would target a playground and bomb kids. hoping that you would then convince people to give up. because you'd kill their kids?

what kind of a sick mind comes up with a strategy like that? >> joining me now is ben collins, former u.s. army green beret officer who served three tours of duty in afghanistan. what is your reaction to what's going on right now, sir? >> well, melissa, to hear josh even mention the word, you know, line is to me a little bit laughable. i mean, look, they've been killing children -- estimates right now are somewhat up to 50 or 75,000 of the 500,000 killed are children. they crossed a red line using chemical weapons, you know, two years ago that obama failed to back up. so, you know, this kind ofthis hearing from the administration is just, it doesn't really strike me as honest. >> yeah. >> it's just an absolute depravity what we're seeing right now. >> and there are critics who say the same thing about the outrage that the administration expresses against russia.

in the "new york times" citing sources saying mr. obama was briefed regularly on all of this, talking about russian hacking, he made a decision that many in the white house now regret. he did not name russians publicly or issue sanctions there. it was always a reason. fear of escalating the cyber war and concern that the united states needed russia's cooperation in negotiations over syria. they are saying one of the reasons that this whole situation has gotten so far out of control was this idea of also trying to negotiate with russia at the same time and maybe thinking they would be helpful in the situation where they certainly have not been, right? >> no, absolutely not. the reality is our foreign policy's been essentially been driven by the green movement. i mean look, you know, we've seen this before, susan rice, you know, said at the end of the -- after the 94th genocide in rwanda that, you know, while we're afraid to act because they didn't to want mess up the election. you know, now here, you know, president obama didn't want to

publicly take a hit out on the russians for cyber because of this negotiation. look, the reality is it comes down to different leverage. right now i'm not advocating for, you know, american troops on the ground, absolutely not, but we have levers of influence that we could have utilized. russia could have held them captive for natural gas. what obama should have done, it doesn't have to be military. he could have leaned into putin's ear and said look, crank up, flood the market, and tank your market. you know, there are levers that we could have utilized, but obama has always been scared. all we do after everything is, you know, we issue these statements much concern, you know, we admonish, josh ernest talks about how horrible it is and nothing changes. and yet civilians, 500,000 have died. it's horrible. >> i mean, it's just one of the many enormous problems that the trump administration will now inherit. ben collins, thank you so much for joining us.

>> thank you, melissa. forget rain, hail, sleet, a letter carrier makes a split second decision when the truck she's driving -- look at that, catches fire. china reportedly plans to slap an american car make we are a hefty fine. we're going to explain why. and president-elect trump with glowing words for house speaker paul ryan, ryan's hometown crowd, not so much. this as we learn the house intelligence committee has called forage emergency briefing with all u.s. intel agencies on russian hacking. >> i think there's nothing wrong with an investigation that looks at all sides of what russia did and frankly any other country. look, north korea, china, other countries have been hacking into america for years. and barack obama sat on the sidelines. i sure had a lot to think about. what about the people i care about? ...including this little girl. and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i asked my doctor.

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the relationship between president-elect donald trump and house speaker paul ryan much warmer now than before the election. the two sharing the same stage at the thank you tour rally in wisconsin last night. but not all of mr. trump's supporters were happy to see the speaker. >> speaker paul ryan i've really come to -- oh no, i've come to appreciate him. speaker paul ryan. where is the speaker? where is he? he has been -- i'll tell you, he has been terrific. and you know, honestly, he's like a fine wine.

every day goes by i get to appreciate his genius more and more. >> that's donald trump's crowd all right. louisiana congressman steve scalise is the house majority whip. he joins me now. those boos, i mean, it seems like for the politicians that go into the golden tower and we see them go up the elevator and everybody comes out and they're all smiles, even after everything that's been said on either side. the crowd as you heard has not forgotten what went on during the campaign. what is it really like when you all are behind closed doors? i mean, are bygones bygones or is it a slower process? >> no, it really has been a great relationship working with president-elect trump. and his whole team. you know, we're real excited about the opportunities we have to get our country back on track and in sync on the things we want to do especially in the first 100 days. we want to go after obamacare. we put a bill to completely gut obamacare and defund planned

parenthood, obama vetoed it. donald trump wants to sign that bill. we want to get that bill to his desk quickly and focus on tax reform or strengthening our military and creating jobs again in america. so we've been working hand and glove, like a fine cabernet growing with time. >> maybe it's a lot of cabernet flowing, when we look at the pictures and you see the smiles and the jerseys and the whole thing, i mean, for regular people, it's hard to put very harsh words behind you, is the really no accra moeny behind the scenes? is it you're excited to get together and work? is that it what it's about, control and the chance to do something. there's not a little bit of bickering and tension? >> none at all. you look at donald trump, he is very, very focussed on getting our economy moving again. creating jobs, fulfilling the promises that he talked about during the campaign. and when we meet, we're talking about how we can get this done quickly because we know, look, there's a small window of

opportunity to get this done. it's only happened three times in the history of our country where republican president came into a republican house and senate. so we're excited about this opportunity. we're not going to -- we're not going to drop the ball, but there's a lot of really good repore about how to work together. >> you're excited, democrats much less so. you talk about the window of opportunity. that would like to slam it right on your fingers and specifically when we're talking about the those electors that are getting together next week. now more than 40 of them are demanding an intel briefing before everyone gets together and makes the whole president thing official. you're on record saying, you know what, go ahead, have an investigation. what do you think comes out of that? what happens? >> well, i think this is just one more reason for the democrats to stay in denial. look, two weeks before the election, barack obama said it would be ludicrous for anybody to suggest that our elections could be -- >> i remember that. >> in some kind of way corrupted. now they lose the election, they

say it might have been corrupted. i think everybody sees it for what it is. you literally have the democrats living in the past. they reelected nancy pelosi as the minority leader after a lot of internal wrangling over there. they're stuck in the past and we're focussing on the future and we're excited about it it, the country is excited about it too. they see the prospect. not only do you see the stock market just really taking off, because they recognize without all these radical regulations, we can have unlimited potential. look at what donald trump did before president. he tells carrier, i want you to stay in the united states. don't ship your jobs to mexico. and they decide to stay. i mean, what a different attitude when barack obama would literally just wait until a company left and then kick them on the way out. in instead, donald trump says we don't want yo tow lead. >> and sent a lead message. you see ibm coming out today and here's what we're going to do. all the companies got the message of what his agenda is. it's very interesting to watch. thank you for joining us today. we appreciate your time. >> great being with you. china reportedly plans to

punish a top u.s. automaker for acting as a monopoly. claiming the company has price fixing since 2014. the name of the company has not been released. but shares of most of the major urs car makers are dropping right now. ashley webster from fox business network joins us live from the floor of the new york stock exchange. it's quite a story, what can you tell us about this report? >> well, it's interesting, but as with everything else with china, melissa, we just don't know who this automaker is. a large u.s. automaker. well, we asked ford, the head of pacific operations for ford simply said, we're unaware of this issue. general motors said in a statement after this news came out, gm fully respects local laws and regulations wherever we operate, we do not comment on media speculation. now, let's be honest about this, china has in the past gone after other automakers for what it calls price rigging. basically trying to run a

monopoly. they've gone after audi, mercedes, diamond, even toyota. so the question is who is the u.s. automaker? we don't know. let's not forget, melissa, all of this, of course, amid the tough words from president-elect donald trump when it comes to dealing with china. >> i mean, we do so much business with them. this feels like it is really what you just said, a response to what's going on with donald trump. you're going to try and keep companies here, you're going to talk about a trade war with china, we're going to do it right back to you, don't you think? >> well, yeah. i mean let's be honest, the time looks a little suspicious. the report in the chinese state newspaper, of course said no, no, nothing to do with that, however, there was an editorial in the same paper that said donald trump has got wrong. he has to deal with china. but yes, $116 billion worth of exports go to china from the u.s. as you can see, civilian aircraft, equipment and parts, 10 billion in soybeans, 9

billion in cars new and used. largest oil market in the world. there has to be a nice, hopefully we can come to some sort of arrangement with the chinese. >> it's the art of the deal my friend, it's the art of the deal. see thousand turns out, ashley webster, thank you. so this was a really unsettling situation in new york city yesterday. a hilt-style plane flying very low. circling manhattan. at first no one on the ground had a clue why. not even new york city police, can you imagine? trace gallagher is live with more on all of this, trace, it's an incredible story, tell us. >> and melissa, this wasn't just a little military plane, it was a c-130 cargo plane which if you haven't seen one, is a beast. they're used to carry military equipment and supplies all over the world. it flew over manhattan for about 30 minutes and new yorkers who naturally don't like to see big giant planes flying overhead at a low altitude, had a little online panic attack, posting videos and pictures and looking

for some rational explanation as to what was going on. we should note there were some cooler heads that prevailed, like the guy who posted, quote, the military plan over new york city right now is a c-130, it's a cargo plane, not a bomber. unusual, but don't spread misinformation, y'all. not only is it unusual for a military cargo plane to fly over manhattan, it's more unusual when the military doesn't know about it. new york air mobility command which deploys u.s. armed forces anywhere in the world apparently was not informed about the flight, and initially either was nypd. turns out the plane was from international guard base in west hampton, and the flyover was a routine training mission, at least routine for them. a lot of new yorkers didn't really like being kept in the dark. watch now. >> they can send occupant, they being whatever the government or city of new york, send out alerts if there's a missing child, amber alert, you can get a push notification.

we should have been notified. >> in other words, can you let us know. remember what air force one did a photo shoot into the statue of liberty and the white house had to apologize for not issuing an alert? there have also been a few more examples of post-9/11 flyovers that have prompted new yorkers to look up and say what the heck. is going on around here. >> absolutely. weird story, trace, thank you for that. all right. the trump transition team according to high profile democrats, what one of them is saying about the invitation and is it really more of an effort to tip the balance of power in the senate? [ crowd noise ]

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criminal have his hand over his phone pass code to help investigators? a judge in one case ruled, you bet, but critics claim that goes against our constitutional rights. judge napolitano will weigh in coming up top of the hour on "shepherd smith reporting" we'll see you then. so if you want to see what job dedication looks like, look no further. this north carolina letter carrier was just going about delivering packages when her truck started burning. the flames apparently sparked from the engine somehow before spreading to the entire truck. a good samaritan jumped in to help save as many of the packages as they could before the truck burned up. they saved christmas presents, i'm sure. wow. look at that. all right. the president-elect's transition team targeting two democrats to potentially add to the cabinet. west virginia senator joe manchin, and north dakota senator heidi highcamp. after meeting trump this week,

manchin saying in part right now, i believe that i can best serve my state of west virginia in the united states senate. no word on what senator highcamp is deciding. let's bring in sarah flores, former fiorina deputy campaign manager, and former rnc spokesperson and les si marshall, syndicated talk show host and fox news contributor. thanks to both of you for joining us. so, leslie, it's not worth a seat at the table in influence over major issues like energy or agriculture? it's not worth that given what's going on in the senate? >> well, as a democrat, i breathe a sigh of relief. if in fact he goes forward remaining in the senate. and i do believe as he said that joe manchin can do more for the state of west virginia in the senate. this clearly would have been very difficult for democrats if he were to give up his seat in the midterms, democrats have 25 seats up for grabs as opposed to

eight seats that republicans have. and about ten of those are in districts that voted heavily trump and they're looking more red-leaning at this moment. >> yeah. sarah, i mean, you know, conspiracy theorists think that courting both of these candidates isn't about trying to be bipartisan and trying to bring democrats to the table and, you know, the whole kumbaya moment out there, that it's really about the senate, what do you think? >> well, democrats have their hands full with all sorts of conspiracies and recounts these days, so they maybe should concentrate on what's coming next. but, look, joe manchin's likelihood of keeping his seat in west virginia anyway politically speaking is a long shot. trump won west virginia, i mean by lots of double digits. so he's in trouble. i'd be surprised if he wasn't willing to take a position in the cabinet. as i understand it, that statement came out after rick perry had already been named energy secretary designate. so, i think that donald trump is actually looking for the best people for his cabinet. and whoever that happens to be

is who's getting tapped. so, whether he picked democrats or not while ting makes a ton of sense to look at 2018, unfortunately for democrats, that's already a huge uphill battle for them. republicans are in very safe spot keeping the senate in 2018. >> leslie, i mean, it makes it seem like democrats don't care about policy, they care about power. you know, you have a chance to really have influence over what's going on by holding one of these cabinet posts and to put it aside when the balance of power right now is already 52-48, what difference does one more make? isn't it more important to have real impact and agriculture or energy? >> well, you have to remember that joe manchin is arguably one of the most conservative democrats and is definitely stepped aside from his party and broken ranks with them a number of times over the years. >> so then you don't need him in the senate. you're making my argument. you don't need him. >> no, no, no, because i don't agree that when you get into the cabinet of a president of that party, that, you know, you're going to fight with the

commander in chief on every issue and that you're going to help your party. as a matter of fact, what you're going to do is help put forth the agenda of that commander in chief. whether they're a democrat or a have any power with regard to a filibuster, you want a filibuster-proof senate, and if you want the republicans to have enough votes to override a presidential veto, well, i would say that definitely is a power grab that's worth the fight. >> all right, we'll leave it there. thanks to both of you. appreciate it. do you know who beyonce is? do you? up don't. some uber workers are accused of using data from the app to track her and politicians and ex-girlfriends. uh-oh. we'll explain this one. totaled new car. the guy says, "you picked the wrong insurance plan." no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. liberty mutual insurance.

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we are told that uber wor r workers can spy on anyone they want, even including celebrities an politicians. for more on this, we'll bring in trace gallagher. trace, this makes you feel so safe and secure and good about unloading all your information into the uber app. oh, my. take it away. >> right. the former uber employee says the company collects data on every single rider, including names, user names, e-mail addresses and your pickup location. and then employees can also access information, like you said, about politicians, celebrities. we should note, so far there's no evidence that someone like beyonce was actually tracked. uber denies the allegations saying the system actually limits employees from controlling user information. a judge has ruled this lawsuit will be settle in arbitration,

which means the information and outcome could remain private. but a new uber policy is certainly raising eyebrows. it turns out the company is tracking riders for five minutes after they get dropped off, meaning if they drop you off at a bar, they can kind of watch you roam around inside. uber says it helps pick ups, drop offs, customer safety, but man, it creeps some riders out. listen. >> i don't really like it. i respect my own privacy and don't want them to track me five minutes after i've gotten out of the car. >> right, who does? you can always turn off the tracking system on your phone, but then when you use uber, you'll have to type in the address and where to get picked up. >> wow, so if i'm going to rob a bank or egg someone's house, i will not taken a uber. i've got it. meanwhile, uber is making news out in san francisco as well. i mean, this story is a fun one, too. what is going on out there, trace? >> well, san francisco is the headquarters that was founded there.

and now in san francisco you can get picked up by a self-driving driving uber car in the city by the bay. the company is testing this information out in pittsburgh. for now, the rollout in san francisco is limited to a small number of vehicles offered to some of uber's most frequent customers. and the rides will just be within a few miles, but the deal is the company engineer will sit behind the wheel and take over if needed. but essentially, the car will drive itself using a series of computers, cameras and radar sensors and what it's perfected with the idea is to send you a car with nobody inside. i'm going to wait until then. >> yeah, okay. i'll let you know first and then you let me know how it works out, okay? an epidemic in paris forcing tourists to vacate some of the most high-profile areas. [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette.

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