ashley: not good.tt shellady, i asked the question just as the markets were opening, can we hit 24,000 on the dow by christmas, and you say -- [laughter] >> well, yeah, that's -- it's one, it's very possible. [laughter] that's about 2% away. we've got 21 days left, can we go a tenth of a percent a day? i think so. there's no more volatility left in the market, investors are getting more comfortable the less and less bad news affects the market. so as long as the investors are comfortable and we don't have some calamitous event, it's well within the sights, yes. ashley: why not? david, do you agree with scott? >> i'm going to give it about a 25% likelihood. ashley: that's not very good. there's a 75% chance it's not going to happen. >> absolutely. of course, everyone's saying santa claus is on steroids this year, but when everyone is bullish, you got to look at the other side. i'll give you two reasons to be cautious. why did the chinese celebrate thanksgiving by dropping 2.3% in their markets? what's g

ashley: no. we're at 23,500 as we speak. we're still down 14, 15 points. that is where we are this friday morning. how about the s&p 500. give me apple. that is the stock of the day. it is up four bucks. 2.3% higher. iphone x on sale. long lines where you can get it. the apple is now worth at this price, worth almost $900 billion. ashley: wow. stuart: most valuable company in the world. ashley: that service number, put the cherry on top, strongest number in 12 years. stuart: is that right? ashley: yes. stuart: that is very important. no impact on market. ashley: no. stuart: the economy is still growing and we're down 13 points on the dow. how about general electric. we closed below 20 bucks a share. struggling back to the tune of three cents, 19.97. starbucks, sales fell short. they have a rebound. they were down 5% when numbers came out this morning. we're back up 3%. 56 bucks on starbucks. >>> got to talk tax reform. who better to tax tax reform, jim jordan republican from ohio. you have a big

why, ashley if. ashley: i'm not sure.er with the mortgage deduction stayed in there. positive for the housing industry. >> they did change it to $500,000. ashley: put a cap on it. stuart: up to value of $500,000. >> right. stuart: currently more than that. it's a million. ashley: yeah. stuart: so that mortgage interest deduction has been messed with. that is why homebuilders are down, right, brian. >> going after the property tax deduction, preserving this up to $10,000. this is going to negotiation. that could get whittled down a bit. if it is on the table that could get whittled down. they have to find revenue. we vent talked where they find revenue. no idea how they pay for this. >> no details on that here. i think growth will help pay for it but they're dodging all the big questions. stuart: no, wit a second. if you restrict the mortgage interest deduction, that is revenue. you will take more in, right? >> i wan, are we talking here, we've been talking $6 trillion in tax cuts over 10 years. i want to know how that wil

-ashley: oh, yeah. if we, like, took the filling away from here, i don't know how i would get my 40 hours a week. lemonis: mm-hmm. they've been very honest with me that nobody's gonna let anything happen to you. nothing. while i'm having this conversation, i'm looking out of the corner of my eye, and miranda was lurking. she wouldn't even let me have a discussion with one of her employees without her standing over there monitoring what i was gonna say. ashley: i need this job to make ends meet. lemonis: i think you have to just trust people. and so if they're telling you that you're gonna get your hours, i think you got to just believe in what they tell you. it's gonna be okay. ashley: but i do love my job in here, marcus. lemonis: i know you do. keep your head up. it's obvious to me in this moment that miranda doesn't trust me. if this relationship's gonna work, it's gonna have to be built on trust. hey, miranda, is this, like, the flavor-of-the-month club right here? -miranda: yep. -lemonis: what is t

david mccabe is with axios, ashley gold is with politico. ashley gold, what did you learn from these three hearings? >> guest: we learned that tech still has a long way to go in explaining what happened on their platforms during the 2016 presidential election as far as who purchased ads, when they bought them, how much money they spent on them and just how many americans saw those advertisements and were affected by them and may have changed their decision the about who they were going to vote for based on them. we learned a few new numbers out of facebook, a total of 146 million users of facebook and instagram, which facebook owns, saw content that came out of these russian-linked ads. we heard some new things from twitter and google as well, and lawmakers had some pretty tough questions for the general counsels of these companies which had to sit through a pretty rough two days of grilling from lawmakers on these different committees. >> host: you said we didn't learn a lot about very specific things at the beginning there. we basically do

ashley left for school.n daniel entered the apartment, possibly with ashley's key, the one he'd secretly copied when he borrowed her car and key ring a month before. once inside the apartment, he stabbed shelley to death. he cleaned up any evidence of his presence and got out of there. but he could not erase all the evidence. like, for example, his text messages that morning. particularly his texts to ashley before the murder. he can be seen sending some of those texts while at the walmart on this surveillance video. >> timing was starting after the 10:00 hour on september 10th. and it was one minute, the next minute, the next minute, the next minute. then there was a pause. pause for an hour and something. he was asking her in those text messages if she wanted to go to lunch with him. >> he was hammer texting her. and it was one of those situations where i have no doubt in my mind, he was texting her to see whether or not she was gonna leave that classroom. she repeatedly told him no, that she was in class,

ashley: next.art: these diversity visas are allocated towards country which don't send many immigrants here which are predominantly muslim. >> it doesn't matter. it's not properly vetted, it's the fault of the government failing to do the vetting. it's not the fault of the government for getting the person on line. if they failed the vetting, they don't get in whether they win the lottery or not. stuart: how do you vet people from whatever it is -- >> however the government does it's vetting. i don't know how the vetting works. i know that president trump has ordered more extreme vetting, that's what we should have been doing all along. stuart: you're off to a wishy washy start, let's see if we can get to something serious. [laughter] >> stuart: the senate included obamacare repeal mandate. that goes, i think you'll agree with me that destroys obamacare? >> it does because the only way the supreme court upheld obamacare was on the theory that it is a tax, that's the failure to comply with the indiv

ashley: positive yes.hy the market has gone up a little bit the last few minutes now. >>> now, jim rogers, rogers holding chair, jim is joining us via skype, i believe. is this, i want to know, if we do get a tax cut deal, will you be buying more stock or will you sell on the news that we've got a deal? >> well, it looks like there's a blowout in place, you know. it often happens in markets, every 10, 20, 30 years we have them. we may be having now. stuart, i would buy japan if this happens. japanese markets are down 50% from all-time high. chinese stocks are 40%. i would rather buy low instead of buying high. stuart: that's fine but most of our viewers are going to be investing in america or no place else. would you, do you think -- what is your judgment here? are we at the point where we're going to straight up, blowout? >> stuart, all americans, especially those watching fox can buy japanese shares. they're listed on new york stock exchange, chinese shares. i'm just saying they're cheaper on historic ba

ashley bennett wrote one of those movies for herself.ill join us later to tell that story. in virginia, voters chose danica rome, they first transgender state legislator over a republican who had been calling himself the state's chief homophobe. that was a movie pitch that's habl that's too perfect before last night. danica rome joininged us on this program last night and she refused to say a negative word about her opponent. >> starting next year, delegate marshal will be a constituent and i'm not going to attack my constituents. if there's a lesson coming out of the race this year it's that attacking your constituents singling them out, sigma tizing them and trying to make people feel bad about themselves, that's not our virginia. >> and another only in the movies outcome, virginia voters chose chris hearst, a former local tv anchor who quit his job and became a gun safety advocate after his girlfriend alison parker was shot and killed on live television as she was doing a report. last night, he won a seat in the house of delegates ove

ashley: very nice.art: let's get to your money, the nitty gritty of this country -- this program. liz: and the country. stuart: and the country, it is true. bank of america sees the bull market end of next year, stocks will rally 11% next year. liz peek, which side of the fence are you on? >> i'm definitely on the side of goldman sachs and wall street firms that have a similar expectation based mainly on the growth of appearings. most people are looking at double-digit earnings growth, the bank of america analysis really comes down to looking for the emergence of rational exuberance, again, we are going to note that in various ways but the only economic thing that we are talking about is wage growth and, you know, part of me says wage growth is what we have all been waiting for, in fact, tax reform, the growth of the economy leads to higher wages, that's a good thing. you know, obviously nobody knows and by the way, bank of america is looking for a big surge in the market before we reach levels so you c

ashley: right.ere is a church in malibu, southern california, which has stopped feeding the homeless because the homeless have become a real problem in the community. overand above, not having a house, they are really disrupting the whole town. that is a big deal. i don't know where this thing goes. liz: yeah. stuart: but we'll find out. ashley: yeah. stuart: we have a high of the day for the dow industrials. we're up 81 points, 23,662. that's where we are. we're up today. seven senators could be on the fence with tax reform. i think the president is heading to capitol hill to lay down the hammer today. third hour of "varney & company" is coming up for you. ♪ >> for years, making this pie for years. makings them for friends. here is the warning i would issue, stuart, don't ever, i mean don't ever mess with a southern woman and her homemade pies. stuart: yes indeed, governor. that was former arkansas governor mike huckabee, talking about his daughter sarah, sarah huckabee sanders, she took a lot of h

ashley: give it time.art: there are four mentioned ashley webster and elizabeth mcdonald along with john and todd, 24,000 on the dow industrials, we are up 106 points. okay, john and todd, you tell me >> making a prediction i predict we hit 24,000 that's today how much i can be certain of. dpengdz on tax cuts if we get the tax cuts we get the uncertainty taken out of the market we move higher and get that 25,000 in a relatively short time. remember, we're getting shaller now percentage wise so not that big of a jump from 24 to 25. stuart: i never know where you stand on these things i know afl your relatives are watching are you going to tell me that we're about to crash or what what? go. >> we should have brought up frank sinatra fly me to the moon. 24,000 maybe this year. we're in -- and keep going up and that you can't fight what's going on. it is going to go straight up. i don't understand why we don't talk about that and other problems that are out there but we keep going up and not getting in front o

ashley: right. it a who are row show. >> big name trophy decision will be announced next week. will be very hard-pressed to change my mind that this horror show in any way helps conservation of elephants or any other animal. liz: wow. stuart: i will get corey lewandoski on this. sorry to press ahead to get to tax cuts. we have david mick. we're back on the show, back in the '80s, you were in the room, there was all controversy about the reagan tax cuts. it was sharp-edged stuff just like it is today. will you make the same idea that i have got that we will get tax cuts by the end of the year? are you with me on this. >> yeah, i'm pretty sure. i think there is about 80% chance some version of the current package. if it all falls apart. they will put together just a tax cut plan very simple one with no deductions. but let me just tell you, speaking of being in the room, during obamacare debate to eliminate obamacare, senators, republican senators would meet, it was like a funeral. now they meet, these

ashley is with me. hello, good morning. ashley: good morning.art: part of his plan is to sell allies in the region. ashley: they have the thaad system already deployed. made by lockheed martin. they also have the patriot defense system which is made by raytheon, sm missile, south korea has eight batteries of those. there's concerns if there was an overwhelming attack whether these defense systems would actually be enough and therefore we could see more business coming from south korea and others in the area. of course,let not forget we have dynamics, defense companies that make all the parts and all those things that put this battery together. stuart: we are going to sell that stuff to the japanese. ashley: we are. stuart: billions of dollars. ashley: chinese aren't happy about it but, hey. stuart: liz, as i open the show there, the president was speaking in sober, measured terms, is that accurate? liz: he is essentially saying no more will we negotiate through position of fear or position of weakness or desperation, not talking about a pivot to

ashley: any ideas? reporter: it wasn't the wet dog. ashley: it wasn't stuart varney?aid that it could have been varney. could have been varney. [laughter] stuart: are you done? ashley: i love it. i love those quote things. we talk about quotes every day on the varney show. hopefully we'll be okay. apparently we're not. got everyone much those wrong. reporter: careful what you say. ashley: jeff flock working hard as always, at a toy fair in chicago, yes, there are lots of political games out there as well. we'll have more "varney" right after this. .. stuart: the congressional hispanic caucus is not for all hispanics, only for hispanic democrats. the caucus has rejected carlos karbala, he is definitely hispanic and his mom and dad came from cuba, he speaks spanish and is a congressman representing a district in the florida keys and south florida, he is qualified clearly, but he is a republican, therefore he is not qualified. he applied for membership in january. a spokesman for the caucus explained their rejections this way. he doesn't share our values. priceless. the

david mccabe, ashley gold. thank you for being on commune commune. -- "the communicators." >> thank you for having us. >> "washington journal" live every dave we policy issues that it impact you, tuesday morning, californian democratic congresswoman jackie spear talk beside her legs to strengthen laws preventing and reporting sexual harassment on capitol hill. and political trade recorder discusses president trump's trade policy goals during his trip to asia, and we're live in baton rouge for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capitols tour will the last secretary of state and the louisiana attorney general. we'll talk about security of voting systems and public policy issues in the state. be sure to watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> the house ways and means committee started work on the house republican tax reform bill on monday at noon. the committee continues going through the bill tuesday and wednesday. committee chair ken brady says substantive chan

host: ashley gold? the fact that we do not know who these content reviewers are, i am not even sure what point in the ad process they look at these ads. is it after they are purchased, before? then she talked about the general racial makeup of the people that worked at facebook. akey have received a lot of fl about not being diverse at all. they went to silicon valley to speak to them about their times that diversity initiatives. they had been there two years ago as well. in the past two years we would've hoped they made progress in adding diversity to their workforce and their board. lawmakers came back very unhappy with what they saw. the companies had made no progress at all. a huge lack of diversity, lack of black board members. the companies were apologizing, scrambling. we had sheryl sandberg, she met with the congressional black caucus and said facebook would pledge to add a black board member. there is a lot of frustration that these companies are not employing people that look like the makeup o

ashley: running shoes.tuart: sneakers, thank you very much indeed i like to know that the price of oil right now, $57 a barrel, virtually unchanged the. >>> joining us now scott shellady with tjm investments. i think he is still in london. developing that british accent and taste for warm beer but he is with us now. the question we've been posing to everybody is this, are you buying this dip? wasn't much of a dip yesterday, down 100 points on the dow. are you buying it? >> it is not a dip. i think market is the market it is okay. think about it this way, stuart, we talk about 3% correction, 5% correction, or maybe 10% correction. 1000 points from this level is roughly 4%. look how many people got their underwear in a bunch over the latest move. can you imagine if we did have a 4% correction which we talked about? no. this really isn't a dip. this is business as usual, if you ask me. markets should do this. right now so far, with earnings that we're seeing everything seems to be hunky-dory. really we have to

ashley: no.art: china's ten cent, the internet company there, took 12% stake in the company, it's not helping the stock. snap is down 12%. maybe later we will cue the organ music for that stock. ashley: it's too hard to use, they are going to redesign it. stuart: really? ashley: yeah. stuart: sears, lower sales, i believe, in the third quarter, and a loss so down they go, just holding at $5 a share. there's another one with organ music that would be appropriate later, the washington post says, reports that senate will consider delaying the tax cut for business, what would that do for the market, what has it done? ashley webster, jack hough, sean, what would it do for this rally if there was a delay for a year? >> stall the rally. earnings will push further and heels and hope for tax cuts coming along. if it's going to be delayed and heading to midterms next year and year after, we will see more -- perhaps more of what we saw yesterday in terms of some elections, i think that's going to scare a lo

ashley, there's another thing and that is mar-a-lago. this president has a kind of terrarium atmosphere of friends and paying guests that become his world of contact for the days he's done there. and it's very important because of what he takes away, the echo chamber effect he takes away from these encounters. >> that's exactly right. it's sort of an atmosphere of curtsons coming to pay their respects in our case, the president. a lot of these wealthy club members were coming up to him and sort of giving him messages that fit into exactly the reality he's trying to create, which is you're doing a great job. you do have all of this accomplishments and the media just simply isn't reflecting that. that was a message he internalized, he stewed over. it was also a message he was happy to hear. you'll notice his first full tweet back on washington monday was one attacking the media and joking we should be vying for a fake news trophy. so it's an environment he very much enjoys. our understanding is he was talking to friends freely there. he wa

ashley, what were you struck by talking to him? >> i've met with jared kushner a handful of times and one thing i was struck by is his natural calm and very soft, whispery voice. you know that, calm often belies sort of a very tush rent undercurrent of the challenges and pressures and stressors he's facing. and also he'll speak sort of sometimes in the parlance of the new york real estate world he comes from, the wall street world he comes from, but he does it in this very quiet, whispery voice that feels a little incongruent. but he's always very polite, very savvy and i think everyone is curious to know what he's thinking and what he sounds like because as you point out, he's very rarely heard from in this administration. >> tell us how it's difference under kelly as it was with reince where he had walk-in privileges in the oval office. he comes up against this general who says one person has walk-in privileges here and you're looking at him. >> at one point jared kushner told people everything goes through me. that's no longer t

-ashley: got it.g for you guys to show him, from all your years of experience -- what's the right way to think about an idea to final production? ashley: okay, so jocelyn and i come up with a bunch of ideas. we print pictures out. we see what's in the stores. we really, like, sit together and figure out, what would be the best dresses made in this group? so then we throw up a rough sketch, then we get it cut, we get it sewn, and then we have our finished garment here. now, if we don't like it, it doesn't go into the sketching phase where it gets put into our line sheet. lemonis: so, sketch to sample, sample to final drawing? -ashley: yes. lemonis: so, do you sketch out anything like this? patrick: no, i don't just do a start up of the sketch. -lemonis: you do not do this? -patrick: no. lemonis: do women traditionally want a "v" as opposed to a crew? jocelyn: i like a "v." but i don't like graphic t-shirts. that's just my opinion. lemonis: because it looks...? jocelyn: it looks too casual. it looks you

ashley has the full story. ashley, what do you got for us? reporter: neighbors believe retired chief arrested ap charged for w a hate crime and accused of racially motivated beating a plaque teenager in handcuffs court documents think 60-year-old has significant history of making racist come members concerning african-americans about how he referred to using the n word. he allegedly said the n word would come back and reason to put the hand for him i am tired of them. these ns are like isis they have no value ap line them up and know them down i like to ob on the firing squad i could do it. also mentions anence department in 2016 and police responded t o a complaint about two tonables staying at the oh tell. both were black. allegedly slams the man's head into a metal doorjamb and about the teens involved and these people should stay the f out of the town. >> totally uncall for, unforgivable. there is no excuse. no i am saying sorry he went way over the top. >> we hold our police officers to a higher stan and that is to bow half appropriately

ashley: yes. congress, in our society, generally, is now front and center. ashley: certainly is, as opposed to, foreign policy, tax cuts, growth in the economy or anything else. liz: we didn't see this congressional story coming, right? ashley: no. liz: this is bombshell news. stuart: the allegation against the senator -- liz: with jackie speier testimony about unnamed congressman. stuart: extraordinary stuff. hard to keep track of it. what i can keep track of is the stock market which is going straight up. we're up 178 points. that is the high of the day. 23,449. yes, there will be more "varney" after this. stuart: it was senator john mccain who famously cast the no vote that kept the disastrous obamacare alive, and we still live with it today. will another republican senator cast the no vote that kills tax reform? i find it very hard to believe that any republican would kill the republican party, kill the president's growth plan, maybe kill the market rally and reintroduce the world to speaker n

but ashley, i want to start with you. can you walk through based on your reporting the shift here and how the president came to these public comments? when you were in asia with the president, that -- we had heard he was going to say something when he got back. then kellyanne conway seemed to allude he wouldn't and then yesterday. how did that all unfold? >> a number of ways. you mentioned kellyanne conway. she want fox & friends on monday and road tested this. she didn't so much support roy moore as she argued against doug jones and said we can't have a liberal in the senate seat. that was intensional. he went and talked to the president and said i think this is the most effective strategy. he said go for it. he then started -- he thought it went well so he started echoing that talking point behind closed doors. white house aides didn't know he was going to stop at marine one on his way to mar-a-lago. they never know but they weren't surprised when he said what he said because he'd been talking about that privately and i

ashley.eirdre, you mentioned some shareholders there, this morning, what is their reaction especially to the dividend cut? reporter: not happy going in. i spoke to a few going on. in i give hats off to ceo john flannery and on time and addressed the elephant in the room. he knows the company has not performed as it should. that is all part of these initiatives he is announcing. they grounded corporate jets. for the new headquarters in boston they pulled back on developing that further. they are cutting research, streamlining divisions. so put it this way, he got out there. the tone was very crisp but clean, efficient. so he is certainly seeking to answer the questions that are going to be coming up from these institutional investors. ashley: deirdre. thank you very. good stuff. the stock moved higher because of the dividend cut. they cut their profit outlook, ge, under 4%. under 20 bucks. stuart believes that is a buying opportunity. we'll see if you are right, mr. varney. we'll have more "va

ashley johnson has the full story. what do you got, ashley. reporter: a shooting gun range has sparked a lot of controversy billboards the local naacp are racist. one two of bill boards along route 73 advertising a shooting cl club based in the township. a soldier on the knee with a gun and reads the only time we take a knee. some say it is a mockery of nfl layers who kneel during the national anthem which started with the quarterback colin kaepernick. professional layers continue to kneel during the games as they say to bring attention to racism and police brutality. >> i hope that the people who own that gunshop understand that people are not taking knees disrespect the flag. they are talking knees to try to get attention to a problem that they feel is happening. >> shooting clubowner says the billboard has nothing to do with racism and says it's the club's stance to support veteran and many members of the clubs are vets. >> they have nothing to do with race. it was not up for that. we sem ply put it up, you know, to show support for the vet

and joining us now for an exclusive interview is ashley bennett.ell us about that moment when you decided to do this. >> hi, lawrence. thank you so much for having me. well, that moment was just a moment of pure shock. i just couldn't believe that in 2017 we were actually seeing this. and i went to the freeholder meeting after writing haim letter. i didn't get a response. and i waited to see what kind of a response he was going to give and as you showed in the clip, that was the response. i took off of work. i used vacation time to go to that meeting and i felt like it was a waste. and so, i walked out. and for all the people who felt like their voice wasn't heard, i said i'll run and be your vis. >> did you say it that day, ashley? did you say it walking out of that meeting, i will run? >> i went home and i said to my family how upset i was and they said, why don't you run? i said, well, i will run. >> and how did you find the time to do that, to mount a campaign, not an easy thing to do? you're holding down your own job and you have other respons

ashley said in october he wanted to sell newcastle after ten years of ownership.e are yet to comment publicly on the news, although a club source has disputed the value of the bid. news on another managerial sacking in the premier league today, but first let's bring you tonight's action. brighton twice came from behind to force a thrilling 2—2 draw against stoke at the amex stadium. stoke took the lead through eric maxim choupo—moting — the cameroonian picking up his third premier league goal of the season. the home side hit back when davey propper‘s cross was met by pascal gross in the middle of the box. but barely two minutes later, and stoke were in front again. kurt zouma, on loan from chelsea, powering in another. but not to be undone, glenn murray's clever pass found jose izquierdo. brighton's unbeaten run in the premier league is now five games. so often trusted with steering clubs to safety, tony pulis won't get the chance at west brom after his sacking today with the club one point above the relegation zone. they've failed to register a win in ten premier

ashley johnson has the full story. ashley?porter: new jersey governor-elect phil murphy ace promise to legalize marijuana was a cornerstone of his campaign but one prominent black political leader says not so fast. state senator ron ryce, a former cop, legalizing marijuana with only hurt minorities. at chairman of the legislative black caucus, rice plans to hold public hearings on issue in january. >> to be quite frank bit, like the war on drugs, that we call the jim crow law of this time, it will be a jim crow law if we don't get it right because it will be more impacts on minority communities and urban communities with culture disadvantaged whites and latinos. reporter: he says from studies worries about more children born with birth defects and adults paying for marijuana instead of paying rent and becoming homeless. one of his big problems are the cornerstones right along the avenue outside of his office. >> what we don't need out here is bunch of stores selling gum and cookies and cakes that happened in marijuana. what ha

as of today less than 24 hours after the bombshell in ashley's paper, charlie rose is out of work. you've got conyers, thrush and franken all in trouble and the timing of the president's remarks today against that backdrop. >> and the fact that this national conversation has reached such a fever pitch, critical mass, if you will, charlie rose, a shock to many of us, to a lot of those of us who have been guests on his show, known him for years, to his colleagues. you saw the expressions on gayle king and norah o'donnell's face today as they eloquently reacted with such anger and sorrow at the same time and pain because of their relationship. their close relationship with him. we are at really important turning point. i thought so before. i thought so back with clarence thomas. i was wrong. i thought so after bob hackwood. it has reached this point. more women in the senate, more women in congress, more positions of leadership. women are feeling empowered. interestingly when they're in groups, single women, individual women, rather, do not feel as empowered as hopefully the post and

ashley: i'm not on the list.may be born in a foreign country but i don't have any money overthere, any money period. they're aiming to get rid of all bank secrecy laws, cayman islands. that is what they're going for. deirdre bolton, good report. thank you very much. >> former chair of the dnc, interim chair, i should say, telling people that tell her to stay quiet, go to hell, is what she is saying. excuse the language. we're all over this. hi, i'm mindy kearns. it's great to finally meet you. nice to meet you too. your parents have been talking about you for years. sorry about that. they're all about me saving for a house, or starting a college fund for my son. actually, i want to know what you're thinking. have a seat. knowing that the most important goals are yours. multiplied by 14,000 financial advisors, it's a big deal. and it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. stuart: we're up, 16, 17 points on dow industrials. that puts them at record all-time high, along with similar all-time high for the s&p a

ashley: can't help.iously. >>> coming up the man who says donna brazile's book shows the media covered up hillary's health issues. you remember that fainting spell there? he will be here to explain that in a moment. ♪ ♪. ♪ stuart: that is my anthem, by the way. [laughter] all right. moving on. we were down 150 about a half hour ago. now we're down a mere 72. look at the level, 23,491. how are the big techs holds out on this downside move? not that great. well all of them, the big five are all lower, not that much. the big loss was alphabet, which is down 1 1/2%. >>> the department of justice reportedly demanding that cnn be sold as a precondition for time warner to go ahead and take on the merger with at&t. at&t's stock is up. time warner is down. >>> more u.s. subscribers for the dish network. that is doing the stock some good. it is up 4%. 51 on dish. >>> let's get to donna brazile, former interim dnc chair. she is making the rounds of her new book. she explains to tucker carlson why she gave debate qu

>> reporter: ashley shepherd is making the e.r.>> when's the last time you had a treatment? >> reporter: aas a specially trained pediatric physician's assistant, ashley is in high demand across the country but there's a reason she ended up here. the hospital was targeting her phone. >> i kept seeing john hopkins all children showing up so i started investigating more and seeing what opportunities they had available. >> reporter: every time ashley drove to her old job in dallas, help wanted ads would pop up. jo johns hopkins is using geof geofencing technology, targeting cell phones in zip codes with pediatric hospitals, in seattle, chicago, boston, ohio, and texas. kind of like those online shopping ads that keep following you. pediatric nurse practitioners, this is on somebody's facebook page? >> absolutely. we specifically targeted them around whatever profile they set up online. >> reporter: including linkedin and facebook. they were the top two social networks used for recruiting job candidates. for johns hopkins, the strategy

ashley: fabulous.uart: one of the reasons why this market is up so much, speaker ryan suggesting that you'll get that 20% top corporate tax rate, will go effect immediately. it's not going to be fazed in, none of that. however, the other side, high-income earners could end up paying more than they pay now because this is not a tax cut for wealthy people. find out all about it after this. retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. stuart: jay timons is with us this morning. jay, you have to be one happy camper this morning because you're going to get exactly what you want which is a top tax rate of 20% on corporations ef

ashley jon has the full story. ashley? reporter: new developments today on the shocking firing of nbc "the today show" host matt lauer after employee filed a come lint for inappropriate sexual bow heavier the workplace. colleagues at the network were cram bling to ed did it did out preportions of the rockefeller tree lying ser pony featuring this long-time host matt lauer. savannah guthrie was emotional as she shares news the firing after employee filed a complaint nor appropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. >> hoda, we're heart brock be. i feel an edge and construct of morning television and they strife. that was clearly underlooned today when the announcement came made clearly moments after he is fired both savannah guthrie and hoda didn't know what happened and they were trying to pros. was authentic. reporter: nbc news stated two more women come forward with complains against lauer. according exclusive. reporter: about by variety, lauer gave a present and described how he wanted to use it on her. then another ins

. >> ashley: really? did i win something?by: [ laughs ] dad is throwing me a party tonight to celebrate designdate's raging success. >> ashley: sweetie! >> abby: yeah, and not only that, he's been very secretive, lots of closed-door meetings. i think he might be giving me a new title and a bigger role in the company. [ chuckles ] >> ashley: i'm so proud of you. congratulations. you've worked so hard. >> abby: oh, thank you. >> victor: well, this is coming along well. >> victoria: where are the flowers? >> victor: they'll be here shortly, i'm sure. neil! >> neil: well, just what i like to see. you're both here early. good to see you. >> victoria: yes. we're all yours. >> neil: okay, good. now, here it is. our mission is to revise the brash & sassy narrative by announcing the merger with newman enterprises, obviously.

trish: ashley, thank you very much it is not true. ashley is absolutely right. they have one note and story sticking to it. adam johnson, heather zumarriaga back with me here. already chuck schumer is releasing a statement here, well sort of as expected basically saying this is, you know, this is just going to help the rich. nobody wants to help corporations. nobody wants to help people that are actually paying taxes. adam johnson, nearly half the country, they are not paying a darn thing at all. >> no, they're not. what is unfortunate here, trish, this is becoming a giant give-and-take thing where all of sudden, you have different factions, admittedly even within the republican party, spoilers, mccain, corker, and collins are playing this populist tune. i think that is the reason why ashley was just conveying the fact that the top marginal tax rate may actually stay put. the good news, though, trish, they are trying to care out a little bit of fairness, getting rid of that state and local tax deduction. i shouldn't be saying that i'm a new yorker. >> that is no

ashley, back to you. stock goes down briefly, deirdre, thank you very much. we'll have more "varney" after this. stuart: when you tax successful people, they leave. threaten to tax them even more, and it becomes an exodus. yeah, the evidence is in. high-tax states have seen an astounding outflow of money, and that's according to the irs. and the way the tax package is shaping up, it's going to get a lot worse. start with this, just look at this. $8.5 billion worth of income left new jersey. $6.2 billion left connecticut. $13.6 billion left illinois. where did all that money go? look at this. in the same time frame, florida -- with no state income tax -- gained, took in $39.3 billion. now look, you can stamp your feet, you can shout and scream about how unfair it is and how the rich are avoiding paying their fair share, but the simple truth is this: tax 'em, and they will leave. and just wait. the new tax package is likely to end the deduction for local taxes. that means high income earners in high-tax sta

and then ashley's friends start throwing out clues. >> okay.skating. ice skating. >> think of las vegas. >> vegas? >> velvet elvis. >> these clues are experiences that ashley has had with people. there's one clue that tips her off. >> think about the time that -- >> what! >> i know that voice. >> oh my god. >> he gets down on one knee, whips out a very nice ring. >> i didn't know where you were going with that. >> will you marry me? >> yes! [ cheers and applause ]. >> well, executed surprise plus you had your mates there and you had a couple of glasses of wine. >> sounds like a win, win, win to me. ♪ >>> that's our show. thanks for watching. we'll see you on the next all new "rtm." sfx: tinny headphone music sfx: feet shuffling life can change in an instant. be covered when it does... ...with a health plan through covered california. we offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. and all of our plans include free preventive care. financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. for health insura

it's time to grow up. >> ashley, obviously, a difference of political party here.alking about the tweeting. there are plenty of republicans who have been saying that as well. >> that's exactly right. the president's tweeting seems to be one of the few things that can unite this divided nation. it's republicans, it's democrats and one thing that's interesting is when you talk to trump's voters, his supporters, who still deeply support him, they sort of even say look, i wish he wasn't sending all of those tweets, you know, but i think he's trying his best or i think he's doing a good job on immigration or whatever it may be. so i think it is going to frustrate people across the board. i think it is something that this president, he's been on this earth for aeight decades, s not going to change either. >> joe biden not being the only person. john mccain expressed the same sentiments to tom brokaw in an extraordinary interview. check it out online but let's play a little bit. >> if the president said, john what should i be doing i'm not doing right now, what would you

ashley, let me start with you. first of all, a stunning piece of reporting. i've picked up bits and snippets of this. but i want to ask you to share with us your reporting on the president's adherence to a set of facts that are not at all related to the truth. >> sure. so this president has always been prone to conspiracy theories. in this moment, one thing we found that on a number of issues from the "access hollywood" tape which you just covered there, even to the russia investigation, most people close to the investigation, most experts say this is going to go on for a while. it could reach a messy conclusion. we found the president believes the exact opposite and that he has been in pretty good spirits telling people he expects it to be over by the end of this year. in talking to aides and advisers and people close to him, they've said on the one hand they're confused he is trafficking in these theories. they don't think it's particularly helpful but they view him as newly emboldened and throughout his entire life he's always, to put it in charitable term

i am ashley johnson, reporting for "chasing news." bill: thank you, ashley. all right. let's turn to a great story locally in our area and allison gormly has chased down woman who has worked with and made the favorites. allison, what do you got? reporter: what do they have in common? well, they were created by bonnie ericsson. bonnie and her husband wade won a mascot business out of their home in brooklyn. she decided to move to new york to work in theater. i was prepared for when luck came my way. i had something to offer. that turned into an interview of a lifetime with none other than muppets creator. bonnie and jim work together on and off for around 20 years not only created miss piggy but waldorf eventually bonnie and her husband wade start tir own business. we found a great spot for studio. >> we had bonnie's skills which are considerable. i became a business partner. >> and a photographer. >> there the company continued to create characters out of the second part of the business. >> we also go and visit the stadiums. we take a look at what the venue is. we want

ashley: yes. miles an hour, you're inches from the competition. >> and sometimes inches from the wall, yeah. i think the fastest i ever been in stock car about 220. cars are fast. it's a lot of fun to drive them. they're big heavy cars. 34, 3500 pounds. not like a little time any car that is really right and low to the ground. they're quite a machine to hustle around. stuart: it is all about tactics, isn't it? >> sure. stuart: i don't understand what is going on besides going around and around. tactics when to make the move, when not to make the move? >> technology in the cars to make them go faster and handle better. our races are won and lost through the corners. whoever foes through the corners fastest, basically same rules, tires, within a few horsepower. it is very, very technical. there is a lot behind the wheel you have to learn. stuart: when you are going around a corner, tight corner, do you slide? >> yeah. stuart: you do? >> a lot. stuart: how do you control it? >> the key is to make you