varney, "varney & company" starts now. stuart, it's yours. stuart: dagen, thank you very much indeed. donald trump does it again, he seizes the media moment, dominates the headlines and yes, frames the debate. this guy is good at politics, isn't he? good morning, everyone. did you see it? he held a news conference live on board his 757. he answers rapid fire questions and unveils a $2 million a week ad campaign and grabs hold of the infrastructure issue. i like to build, he said. i like to build under budget. have you ever heard that from any other politician? to the markets, and no, we're not making forecasts about next year. we're looking at 2015. amazon is the stock of the year, it's close to $700 a share today. and we're calling mcdonald's the come back stock of the year. we're at the full day and no-- and there were attacks planned on new year's eve and arrests in turkey, that's why there's a massive police presence across america: times square, the rose bowl, all potential terror targets and all heavily guarded. there's an ominous tone

"varney & company," take it away. stuart: and climate change trumps terror, and hillary's e-mail trouble and on-line shopping, the dow approaches 18,000. good morning, everyone. first off the president is talking climate change, making new commitments for your money and says he's sending a powerful message to terror. to hillary clinton, the count is now 999, that is the number of classified e-mails that were on her personal server. she said there were none. on the campaign trail, she's not talking e-mails, she's introducing five brand new tax credits for favored groups. $3 billion worth of on-line sales yesterday alone. target site went down, couldn't cope. amazon wins big, and that stock is going up some more first thing this morning. it is december the 1st, watch that market go up. "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ >> everybody else is taking climate change really seriously, they think it's a really big problem. it spans political parties, not jus scientists and experts, but 99% of world leaders think this is

good to see you. >> good morning varney. >> varney? >> i'm stuart? >> i leak to call you varney.t. i call my neighbor hammer i like to use the last name. >> i'm varney believe me i'm fine with varney. now i thought that was kind of an over the top attack by donald trump on hillary. not entirely justified, and i don't think it will be successful attack. what so you? >> well, you know donald's wording always interesting but if you look at the middle east hundreds of thousands have died and what's happened in syria. i think what -- whether she killed them or not, i do believes there's been a duty in regard to protecting people, and fall apart in the middle east, the iranian deal this is opening up immigration all of these thing it is that have just been pushed aside during the obama administration and under her watch is really -- really putting us in a situation america where we are under clear and present danger. >> do you think country sees it that way when a female candidate for the presidency is attacked by donald trump in that way? >> i don't think it should have a deal with be

time for stuart varney. stuart, "varney & company" is next. stuart: i'll take it, thank you. everyone, cheap oil has just delivered a christmas present to everyone who drives and we love it. ♪ . [laughter] >> there it is, yes! $1.99 the national average for a gallon of regular, don't you love it? better, nine states already average below $1.80. with oil down again, we can expect gas to get cheaper still, we love it. stock is up this morning this monday, but it's not much recovery after friday's huge selloff and by the way, if oil keeps falling, this rally at that we're about to see, maybe 100 points, may not last. trump winning, there's a headline and he's making headlines this morning, calling hillary clinton a liar, strong language. demanding an apology, and he's getting almost 40% support from republicans in a new fox poll. and then we have this, odell beckham, jr., making headlines not for brilliant play, but a dirty play, watch that carefully, this is not going down-- oh, yeah! we let you see all of it. it's not going down well, folks, but it's christmas week, we have an

more varney after this ♪ i built my business with passion.y dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? stuart: it has been a remarkable day in the financial markets thus far, down 130 on the dow now, we were down just over 200 points and the reason is this. the plunge in the price of oil. at least that's the main reason that i can think of thus far today. oil plunging, same story with stocks. my time is up. neil, it's yours. neil: all right. thank you very much, stuart, we're following that oil situation too because this has a pervasive affect. not too long ago we were up to $37 a barrel, regardless 37 something, 38 something, you're looking added seven-year lows and really tanking the entire energy sector, anything that has to do with energy sector, they're down about 13, 14% respective

the second hour of varney varney and company is just two hours away. ♪ ... >> hour two of "varney & company big stories, donald trump bringing bill clinton's sexual history right into the campaign. monica lewinsky back in the spotlight. trump and hillary, by the way, this is new, in a dead heat. as the iraqis pull off a victory in ramadi, the taliban has been gaining ground and taliban will run the place one day. eth ethan couch on the run with his mother in mexico, they're in handcuffs. olive gardens restaurant at times square new year's eve? no bread sticks either. more varney now. ♪ you can call it wild weather, freakish weather, snow, flooding, tornados crippling the midwest. 730 flights delayed, this is today. 730 canceled, that's today. 2800 flights canceled yesterday. more than half of them at chicago's two-main airports, chaos there. the markets this morning, a nis gain. triple digit up for the industrials and right there at 17,700, why? oil is up $37 a barrel this morning. stocks and oil in sync. gas, disappointment of the day, $2 even. however, i do have to tell you in the great s

next and guess who is in the studio, stuart varney. stuart: good morning, cheryl, don't you ever want to say quit whining? and all the complaints about fedex not delivering by christmas eve, they pulled off a logistics miracle, got that off my chest. it was a stunning win for on-line sales. amazon looks golden, ups, the postal service and fedex 1 billion packages between thanksgiving and christmas, that's a huge on-line win. this was the problem, the weather. killer storms arrived for the holiday season, disruption, travel, and package delivery. it's not over. blizzard conditions forecast for parts of the country again today. let's get to politics. no christmas break. trump and the two clintons went at it and this morning, leaks from his campaign, the front campaign, suggest that donald will take to paid tv ads, there's a first, right before the iowa caucus. and look at this, isis retreats in ramadi liberated, that's without american boots on the ground. how about that? oil down, stocks down, gas a buck 99, amazons stock of the year? m

sheriff jay varney says holidays. s/ sheriff jay varney/ madera county sheriff's dept. the sheriff says they hope to continue and maybe even expand the the sheriff says they hope to continue and maybe even expand the program next year. it's coming up on tody in iowa -- a little girl is being rewarded plus... the beatles are entering the streaming era just in time for christmas. we have some clearing going on right now, but the next system is already tracking toward western iowa. i'll let you know how that is here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: it was warm yesterday, which led to some of us a record high in iowa city... beat the old record by a degree. today will be cooler with some snow tracking in. another round of rain and snow will hold off until after christmas. right now, there are still some roads reporting some snow on them in our north, others may have some frost due to the cooler temps. stormtrack7 live weather network is calm right now, but will show some showers tracking through later today. temperatures are still

the second hour of "varney & company" just two minutes away.ard from capital one likes to keep it simple. real simple. i'm talking easy like-a- walk-in-the-park, nothing-to-worry-about, man-that-feels-good simple. quicksilver earns you unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. it's a simple question. what's in your wallet? >> i'm ashley webster in or for stuart vanny welcome back for the second hour of wall street in the opposite direction down 268 points watching the falling price of oil. but we have some breaking news to get to regarding those online gambling sites let's get to cheryl. >> good morning to a judge in new york has granted eric schneiderman to shut down he wants to shut down fan dual in the state of new york but i want to say just crossing reuters filing emergency appeal reporting lawyer for draft king. this is is it gap gambling, skill, but headline story legally anyway has been happening right here had in new york. >> trying to shut them down completely. >> they wanted to shut them down for now. but remember this

"varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ >> that's b.b.ing and his gang performing auld lang syne, not my favorite, but we're running it. times square, i've been there and it looks like a military zone. according to the police commissioner, it's the most secure place on earth with 6,000 police officers. now, a million people are expected to pass through times square today. once you are in, you will not get out. bathroom breaks virtually impossible. a lot of those people wear adult diapers. that's a true fact liz: that's an interesting 9:00 in the morning story for you. [laughter] just a fact. stuart: what you're looking at is sydney, australia. it's already 2016 and they celebrated with a huge fireworks display right next to the sydney opera house. you just make it out in the background there. in belgium, a different story. authorities have canceled the traditional new years festivities. there's a fireworks display, not this year. terror attacks possible and cancel the fireworks. this comes after the arrest of two people suspected of plann

more varney next. ♪ ♪ i built my business with passion.p it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? when you're on hold, your business is on hold. that's why comcast business doesn't leave you there. when you call, a small business expert will answer you in about 30 seconds. no annoying hold music. just a real person, real fast. whenever you need them. so your business can get back to business. sounds like my ride's ready. don't get stuck on hold. reach an expert fast. comcast business. built for business. when you're on hold, your business is on hold. that's why comcast business doesn't leave you there. when you call, a small business expert will answer you in about 30 seconds. no annoying hold music. just a real person, real fast. whenever you need them. s

more varney after this.country and many conservatives who are disgusted over the way things have gone the less seven years, the trump embodies, takes 27%, as you move into the primaries will those percentages the road at the margin? stuart: dan henninger error on this program. our thanks to ashley webster and gretchen carlson. our time is up. neil: seeing a lot of red going on here, we will detail what is getting it and why. and security alert which seems to be building premier entertainment across the country particularly disney which is beefing up security, following see world and others doing the same. increased security at disney theme parks, increased bomb sniffing dogs, and l.a. guns for a theme park with a great ploy

second our varney and company is seconds away. ♪ ..ting news on how many homes were sold in the month of december. it is 4.76 million. of bigness. let's get this straight. what we are talking about is the number of existing homes that have been sold or are selling at an annualized rate. the annualized rate is 4.76 million homes sold. that is very slow. ashley: slowest pace in 19 months, in a year-and-a-half. stuart: jason knows the real estate market. you are our real estate guy. this is a run number. >> it is a run number and we have been talking about this for quite a while. economy is not doing so well and jobs, some people pay their homes with, gdp numbers came out today, we have a sluggish economy and that is what is happening and the overseas buyers are starting to dry up and i am very concerned about markets like new york city, san francisco, miami, there is something to be concerned about. stuart: the markets you mentioned especially san francisco and new york city those markets have been pumped way up there by a lot of foreign

lou dobbs and stuart varney have some thoughts on the muslim controversy and the factor will be righthis is claira. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her she's agreed to give it up. that's today? we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. after the deliveries, i was ok. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously. all these stops to take more pills can be a pain. can i get my aleve back? for my pain, i want my aleve. get all day minor arthritis pain relief with an easy open cap. put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. then, a brutal act of teterror here at home.. it's time for a tested and proven leader who won't try to contain isis. jeb bush has a plan... to destroy them. and keep america safe. jeb bush: the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. announcer: tested and pro

lou dobbs and stuart varney have some thoughts on the muslim controversy and the muslim controversy andtor will be right back. and i'm still struggling with my diabetes. i do my best to manage. but it's hard to keep up with it. your body and your diabetes change over time. your treatment plan may too. know your options. once-daily toujeo® is a long-acting insulin from the makers of lantus®. it releases slowly to provide consistent insulin levels for a full 24 hours. toujeo® also provides proven full 24-hour blood sugar control and significant a1c reduction. toujeo® is a long-acting, man-made insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. it contains 3 times as much insulin in 1 milliliter as standard insulin. don't use toujeo® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you're allergic to insulin. allergic reaction may occur and may be life threatening. don't reuse needles or share insulin pens, even if the needle has been changed. the most common side effect is low blood sugar, which can be serious and life threatening. it may cause shak

not even stuart varney. stuart: here is one for you.ook a question about bullying and she directed her answer at donald trump. watch this. >> it is important to stand up to bullies wherever is they are and why we shouldn't let anybody bully his way into the presidency. because that is not who we are as americans. stuart: her voice was almost breaking. >> she was going to cry. stuart: it sounded like it. i thought that -- >> kerri 7 cadence. >> i believe hillary clinton tells the truth all the time. stuart: donald trump, in the last couple hours, tweeted out his response to what hillary said in iowa last night, quote, the hillary clinton staged event yesterday was pathetic. be careful, hillary come as you play the war on women or women being degraded card. david, that sounds like an under the surface under the radar threat that if you keep on like this i am going to go after bill clinton and all the women that he had and your role in that situation. >> hillary with clinton can win after the women who accuse bill clinton of various amount

"varney & company" begins now. stuart: maria, thank you so much. it's short-term, until our country gets its act together, that's donald trump defining and clarifying his muslim ban. good morning, everyone. the donald is still hogging the headlines, interviewed by barbara walters, he says he's the least bigoted guy around. you check the establishment media today, they really, really hate him. hillary clinton says this, the whole g.o.p. is just like trump. even though most leading republicans, except ted cruz, have repudiated him. we've got a new revelation in the california terror outrage. syed farook had planned another attack years ago. is there another cell with conspirators on the loose? look at this, please. we're almost there, gas at $2.01 be with oil below $40 a barrel, we should be bebe -- be below $2 by christmas. what a wonderful news day. "varney & company" begins ♪ >> you can call it a chemistry experiment, if it goes through. dow chemical and dupont propose to merge. due month -- dupont is up 8% and dow chemical up 8%, a generation ago

that will do it for us, and "varney & company" starts now. take it away. stuart: i shall indeed. it's one of the big news days with news for donald trump, and isis, contained or not? and a $45 billion gift to charity. good wednesday. we'll start with trump. he he's first and marco rubio is second: isis is contained, no, it's not says his top general. 250 troops are on their way overthere. facebook guy mark zuckerberg will give away $45 billion. extreme generosity or tax avoid dance dressed up as a charity. let's not be cynical. try this, does president obama know the true meaning of christmas? "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ >> all right. let's start with the latest quinnipiac poll. there you see. donald trump 27 and rubio moves into second place and carson and ted cruz tied for third, jeb bush fifth, but the new york times reports the g.o.p. is becoming panicked about trump getting the nomination. why don't we bring in art laffer. he's got a smile on his face. we like that to start the show. >> i love it. stuart: is the g.o.p. rightfully scared about donald trump? >> no,

more varney after this. ♪ tucson. blew an amp.but good nights.siness. we spend days booking gigs, then we've gotta put in the miles to get there. but it's not without its perks. like seeing our album sales go through the roof enough to finally start paying meg's little brother- i mean,our new tour manager-with real,actual money. we run on quickbooks.that's how we own it. >> we do not want to offend them. they are actually liking when you talk about them, if truthful terms. they are proud of what they are doing. the moderate muslims who are with us, they are a lot less sensitive to what the left wants you to believe. stuart: that is monica crowley getting all fired up earlier on this program. i time is up. neil cavuto, it is yours. neil: is crowley not a fan of president obama? >> that is not debatable. >> we are going off a little bit on what stuart is talking about. mainstream media and what they were saying about the muslim proposal. i told you it is not the end of the world. he would do well. when did you remember this? >> he slid off in the p

more varney in a moment. i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? you can't breathed. through your nose. suddenly, you're a mouthbreather. well, just put on a breathe right strip which instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than cold medicine alone. shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. breathe right >> a senior official tells fox news, iran has carried out a medium range ballistic test. this breaches two u.n. security resolutions. the white house was aware and when pressed, did not offer any. and it breaches the iran nuke de deal. and this is happening at donald trump calls for a ban on all muslims entering the country. trump's son, donald trump, jr. stopped by fox a

varney a& company tweeted those school students are all muslim now as far as islam is concerned. >> during last debate by republicans hoping to replace president barack obama, candidates refer to islamic terrorism, isil, and terrorism hundreds of times. health experts say americans are 40,000 times more likely to die of heart disease and obesity and cancer than from terrorism. right now in america, we have 30% of republican primary voters saying they want to bomb agrob a, a ficticious country where aal add inand jasmine road on a magic carpet. people are so fearful that they are responding in this way. on the day of the republican debate, 640,000 students in los angeles returned to class on wednesday after investigators said the bomb and gun threat received via e-mail were a hoax. >>> more on everything we are covering right here. the address is right there: aljazeera.com. incredible beauty but a world in transition. ironically this piece of coral, delicate as fine china, is also a sign of trouble. >> today, we are facing the potential loss or massive degradation of all of our reefs. >>

we don't want this garbage and varney and company tweeted the virginia school students are all muslimr as islam is concerned. during the last debate by republicans hoping to replace the president barack obama candidates referred to islamic terrorism and i.s.i.l. and terrorism hundreds of times. health experts say americans are 40,000 times more likely to die of heart disease and obesity and cancer than from terrorism. >> reality on the ground is right now in america we have 30% of republican primary voters saying that they want to bomb agrabah, that is a fictitious country where aladdin and jasmine fell in love and rode on a magic carpet and are dealing with a situation where people are so fearful that they are responding in this way. >> reporter: that fear is what is attributed to the closer of the second largest public school district in the u.s. on the day of the republican debate. 640,000 students in los angeles returned to class on wednesday after investigators said the bomb and gun threat received via e-mail was a hoax. paul with al jazeera. >>> in the next few hours democratic

"varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ >> why don't we get straight at it with this, stocks set to buildn yesterday's rally, ahead of all expenses interest rate hike. fiscal columnist liz peak is here. i'm hearing that it's going to be benign, a very small hike, it's purely symbolic, because of that we'll get a great big rally by the end of the year. >> why even do it? because janet yellen has got ter heff into a box and promised there would be a rate hike in order to get us inching back toward normalcy, which is certainly higher rates than we see today. i think it's going to be about the messaging. does she come out and say, yes, we are posting 1/4 of a percent, which is probably wh what it will be, a rate hike and then we'll see or this is a series of rate hikes. it's very important, well, we'll see because i think there's uncertainty, what we've seen is the squabbling amongst the board members has been terrible for markets, tremendous uncertainties. so she may want to plot a path, even if it's very gradual. stuart: i'm sure she's not going to come right out and say, this is it, boys,

more varney next. tucson. blew an amp.but good nights. it's still our business. we spend days booking gigs, then we've gotta put in the miles to get there. but it's not without its perks. like seeing our album sales go through the roof enough to finally start paying meg's little brother- i mean,our new tour manager-with real,actual money. we run on quickbooks.that's how we own it. hand apparently, they also lovee stickers.ing. what's up with these things, victor? we decided to give ourselves stickers for each feature we release. we read about 10,000 suggestions a week to create features that as traders we'd want to use, like social signals, a tool that uses social media to help with research. 10,000 suggestions. who reads all those? he does. for all the confidence you need. td ameritrade. you got this. >> welcome back let's check the big board, we have a nice triple digit rally on a friday in december up nierly 249 points. let's check oil, the news is out that opec is going to boost its production ceiling. oil is at the timing that $40 li

it happened here at the intersection of fletcher and varney streets. crowds gathered as the victims were loaded up into ambulances and taken to the hospital. >> my heart goes out to them. this is a sad thing to happen. especially this time of year. with the holidays being nearby. this is the last thing you want to hear. >> reporter: police investigateed. neighbors say this area is not slow down. >> it is really bad around here. people should have more common sense. >> kris: more news today: take a look. this fire in milton now has the department of children and families investigating. a mother apparently left her daughter alone when that fire started. the eight-year-old girl did manage to get out of the house safely. firefighters say the oven was left on while the mother was away. investigators say the fire appears to be accidental. a mother and her boyfriend are now facing charges in the bella bond case. a grand jury handing down the indictments against the mother of the little girl whose remains were found on deer island and her boyfriend michael mcc

>> let's talk to stuart varney. he's on fox business, the fastest growing network in tv during this past calendar year. congratulations. >> i believe we are. that's pretty good. >>> let's talk about this. if i give money to my church or if i give it eye fireman's organization or anybody, they want me to give my social security number to the charity. >> yes. they want -- that's what they want you do. >> money and my number. >> you give money to the church, you write the check. under the irs rules, this is propos proposed. they want to get your social security number. they want to establish a bigger paper chain of who is giving what to whichollow the money. >> it's a little big brother-ish. the lois lerner scandal, tea party people were intimidated by the irs, targeted deliberately. this is something along the same lines. it opens up the possibility of intimidation of people who have given to unpopular causes. >> why do they want do this? >> it's a paper trail. the financial police. they want to know what you're doing

. >> on varney we were wondering, charlie rose, i wanted him to ask tim cook at what rate would you bring money back into the united states. 15, 20, 10? >> those are some of the proposals, repatriation, a break for bringing all that money home, but we didn't hear from him directly on that. he wouldn't pick a number but says he favors tax reform and favored it for a long time. liz: cheapest form of stimulus. bringing it back home. merry christmas to you. >> to you, too. >> senator lindsey graham giving an early christmas present to donald trump. today, mr. graham, senator graham announcing he is suspending his campaign. foreign policy was senator graham's cornerstone and he is an expert on that. he did say he's much more optimistic in the leadership of his fellow gop candidates when it comes to the war on isis. take a listen. >> i'm far more confident today our party will reject the baem doctrine of leading from behind and provide the strong leadership america needs to restore our military and take the fight to our enemies. liz: i'm joined now by senator george lemieux, he is a former repu

time for stuart varney. stuart, "varney & company" is next. stuart: i'll take it, thank you.yone who drives and we love it. ♪ . [laughter] >> there it is, yes! $1.99 the national average for a gallon of regular, don't you love it? better, nine states already average below $1.80. with oil down again, we can expect gas to get cheaper still, we love it. stock is up this morning this monday, but it's not much recovery after friday's huge selloff and by the way, if oil keeps falling, this rally at that we're about to see, maybe 100 points, may not last. trump winning, there's a headline and he's making

varney, "varney & company" starts now. stuart, it's yours.it again, he seizes the media moment, dominates the headlines and yes, frames the debate. this guy is good at politics, isn't he? good morning, everyone. did you see it? he held a news conference live on board his 757. he answers rapid fire questions and unveils a $2 million a week ad campaign and grabs hold of the infrastructure issue. i like to build, he said. i like to build under budget. have you ever heard that from any other politician? to the markets, and no, we're not making forecasts about next year. we're looking at 2015. amazon is the stock of the year, it's close to $700 a share today. and we're calling mcdonald's the come back stock of the year. we're at the full day and

"varney & company" is coming up next and guess who is in the studio, stuart varney.'t you ever want to say quit whining? and all the complaints about fedex not delivering by christmas eve, they pulled off a logistics miracle, got that off my chest. it was a stunning win for on-line sales. amazon looks golden, ups, the postal service and fedex 1 billion packages between thanksgiving and christmas, that's a huge on-line win. this was the problem, the weather. killer storms arrived for the holiday season, disruption, travel, and package delivery. it's not over. blizzard conditions forecast for parts of the country again today. let's get to politics. no christmas break. trump and the two clintons went at it and this morning, leaks from his campaign, the front campaign, suggest that donald will take to paid tv ads,

i heard that, varney. by the way, that wasn't a rumor your guest was talking about. [laughter] thank you, my friend. all right. we have a lot going on here. so i don't know where to begin. actually i do because i'm going to begin here, i was right on the force awakens. you hear this? what a disaster. what a disaster. $570million in global sales. oh. "jurassic world" took in $525 million. in your face, force awakens. don't say i didn't warn you that this thing has ti titanic written all over it which is a stupid comment because it was a big maker, disney is going to make back a lot of money on it, they paid $4 billion for lucas films, they're going to get multiple movies out of this, they're saying when all said and done this is going to make about $2 billion, i will tell you here and you can put your money on it, it will not make more dollar. no american anywhere will watch this film anymore. so -- just wait. and you don't have to wait for confusion at the corner of wall and broad, the market up more than 100 points; right? then we had a dipping as oil started tumbli

neil: that was former facebook communications director telling our stuart varney, look we're during ourok, doing part in wake of intelligence snafu and the et al. lizzie, are they doing enough? >> no. here is what law enforcement is saying. when facebook see terrorist at it being it, when you unplug the account, we unplucked it and there is terrorist at activity on the site. that is new senate intelligence bill quashed by silicon valley would have asked. it was not saying monitor. it was not saying monitor at all when you do something like that. a lot of free speakers, like judge andrew nap -- andrew napolitano. >> did i predict it. neil: was i talking to you? i was talking to connell. >> fan of edward snowden. all these republicans and democrats became fans much edward snowden. >> no i'm used to this. you're right though, if you go back to, somebody like a ran pal gets hurt something like this being in the camp for so long. the pendulum is swinging. go back to the conversation you had on the show last hour where you guys were talking about the how, you crack down on this comparing it t

wait until we start this derivative slot thing, varney. you're going to go nuts. stuart: you're killing me. neil: thank you very, very much, stuart. we've got a lot of folks with who are really focused on what janel yellen is saying, especially when we heard from the chicago fed and said what you know? holding back on hiking interest rates, that's not a gimme, but it was a shift here on the thinking. now, we are told that later on this hour janet yellen is going to spell out the case for making a rate hike. then again i have the statement here. and i could ignore the embargo, couldn't i? hello, i'm janet yellen. no. wouldn't that be funny? what would happen, connell, if i did it. >> i think you just did. neil: i did. tell us what's at stake. >> there goes what we have for journalism credibility. i feel silly reporting about all of this because you know more than i did and you might start laughing in the middle of my report bill we will have to see or hear what janet yellen will say, we will read in between the lines when she starts speaking at the economic club of

." >> same movie who said on stuart varney show just got married that you and your husband celebratingt exchange gifts. >> we give trips. >> that's better -- >> judge the pope and who are you to judge? >> i'm not but i will say i walked out of "star wars" in the middle of the movie. >> you're with us the dark force. on the side. >> you didn't like it. >> i haven't watched it but i hear it, no way. but -- >> you haven't seen it. saber thing whatever hangt advanced since jimmy carter. we know nothing about it. >> neil i think that you secretly camped out overnight to line up to be one of the first to see. because -- i think you really want to see it. >> not at this showing. at loing i dressed up at lincoln but the woman said you have to tack it. [laughter] look at the too many. [laughter] time. in a moment. just to be kind of your wing man on this. i want to take you all. go ahead kim. i want to say something. >> there are two more "star wars" movies to come out in this trilogy to character development. >> so that is exactly a back story, there might be more evilness to the characters we

neil: threadbare and stuart varney. the drop of the holidays.wing that the more recessed, the less likely that is. deadline pressure. some conservative measures. that is the wonder we're dealing with here. always this time of year. getting home within easy way to do so. keep the government up and running. it'll be used as leverage. maybe it will be used as leverage as well. >> the dynamic that builds up among the conservative measures has been already interesting to watch. how they pressure the new speaker. if you have to continually go to get the other boats. what does that mean for his influence and power. >> getting a lot of stuff done. an elected republican president. planning on stuff that may not happen. thank you very, very much. top obama economic advisor. always good to have you, my friend. >> good to be back. neil: raising interest in this environment. a quarter point to a quarter-point. your argument was much like larry summers. now is not the time to be doing this. why? >> the fed has never tightened in an environment where we were g

varney, it's all you yours. stuart: miss dagen, thank you very much.nt and center, he's gone where no candidate has gone before. he's bringing him into focus. monica may return to the national scene, there's a headline. donald trump and hillary clinton are neck and neck in a straight matchup, but that was in a national poll. extreme weather sweeping north and east right now. perhaps a bigger headline is the travel disruption. that's extreme. we sure hope you don't have a loved one trying to get home today. it's awful. the affluenza kid and his

that will do it for us, and "varney & company" starts now. take it away. stuart: i shall indeed. news days with news for donald trump, and isis, contained or not? and a $45 billion gift to charity. good wednesday. we'll start with trump. he he's first and marco rubio is second: isis is contained, no, it's not says his top general. 250 troops are on their way overthere. facebook guy mark zuckerberg

that will do it for us, "varney & company" is next and stuart, have a good show. the battle is joined, head to head clash, donald trump and hillary clinton. yes, on this eve of christmas eve, that political fight, it doesn't seem like christmas does it? trump says his vulgarity was misinterpreted. hillary says he's a bully and yes, he is helping the jihadists. it was the clash of styles, as well. trump loud and aggressive, hillary, calmly playing the victim. we will discuss. ted cruz the republican side is down to a two-man race, him and trump. polls suggest he's right. we have two companies we're going to call the stocks of the year, amazon and nike with an honorable mention to facebook, and seven other techs. steve harvey returns next year to host the miss universe pageant.

"varney & company" begins now. stuart: maria, thank you so much.ountry gets its act together, that's donald trump defining and clarifying his muslim ban. good morning, everyone. the donald is still hogging the headlines, interviewed by barbara walters, he says he's the least bigoted guy around. you check the establishment media today, they really, really hate him. hillary clinton says this, the whole g.o.p. is just like trump. even though most leading republicans, except ted cruz, have repudiated him. we've got a new revelation in the california terror outrage. syed farook had planned anotr

"varney & company," take it away.limate change trumps terror, and hillary's e-mail trouble and on-line shopping, the dow approaches 18,000. good morning, everyone. first off the president is talking climate change, making new commitments for your money and says he's sending a powerful message to terror. to hillary clinton, the count is now 999, that is the number of classified e-mails that were on her personal server. she said there were none. on the campaign trail, she's not talking e-mails, she's introducing five brand new tax credits for favored groups. $3 billion worth o

"varney & company" is next and stuart it at the ready. stuart: thank you very much, maria.e morning after the president's big speech, are we gearing up to take the fight to the terrorists? are we going to get them? no, we're not. good morning, everyone. gun control fiancee visa reform and don't be nasty to muslims. that's what he delivered in the address. he did not call it islamic terror and despite the christmas decorations at the massacre site, he called it a holiday party. he did not outline a big new strategy. donald trump, he says, we need a new president fast. now, for the markets, and watch out, everybody. the price of oil has plunged well below $40 a barrel. and that is hurting stocks. police, a former treasury secretary says if interest rates go up now, we'll have a recession. that's not helping stocks either. you get the feeling the news is busting out all over?

stuart varney take it away. stuart: that's 20 seconds early, i'm not sure i can do that.oing to count down the clock for the next 15 seconds. maria, thank you very much indeed. see you tomorrow. all right, trump, big lead, political correctness exposed. the president gets isis all wrong and how about a benign interest rate hike? do we have a lot to go at today or what? good morning, everyone. start with trump, how about this? trump at 41% support after his muslim comments. how about his doctor who says the donald is in astonishingly excellent health and boxer mike tyson looks him, too, and there's another debate tonight. political correctness strikes again, the fed did not check the jihadist facebook postings because we didn't want to defend anyone, 14 dead. president obama losing credibility, he reports process on isis and only a handful of gitmo guys return to the battlefield.

. >> keith, and matt, and stuart varney, it is yours, my dear. stuart: it is indeed.d. now three words i really don't care, happy new year. here is my new year toast, prosperity, liberty, freedom. ain't no platitudes on this show. good morning, everybody. [laughter] in the news business he is the gift that keeps giving. it's at it again. trump declares war on the clintons and he calls bill and hillary his enemy. no poll yet whether that will be a winning approach, but sure grabs the headlines, doesn't it? this is the serious and, yes, tragic headline. flooding across a wide swatch of the land.

that will do it for us, "varney & company" is next, charles payne is in for stuart.rry christmas and i know you're going to swing by here before you leave the building, right? >> i'll bring you champagne. >> we're not slowing down, we've got a jam packed three hours for you. bricks versus clicks, people are shopping more and more on-line. we've got the guy calling for the retail ice age, black lives matter, that produce causing chaos and they shut down one of the world's largest malls last

time for "varney & company," stuart, over to you. that went right on on a limb and you know what? i was right. good morning, everybody, here it is, $2 gas. the national average for regular is $2 even. ♪ >> thank you for the trumpets. in 26 states, the average is below $2. 26 states, and it's all the way down to buck 76 in missouri and still falling. next prediction, $1.95 by christmas eve, one week away. i say this is flat-out good news for america, got it? okay. on-line shopping, booming. way above last year, fedex, they deliver the stuff and may

maria: that will do it for us, "varney & company" starts now. over to you. stuart: we'll take it.e and love between donald and hillary, anything but. good morning, trump repeats his claim that hillary is a liar and continues to demand she apologize that he's a recruitment tool. apologize, me, hillary says, hell no. quinnipiac voter, would you be embarrassed if he were president? hajavhalf say yes. and a german police chief makes headlines saying the men don't

more varney in a moment.