james ash, and including and bell. -- and bell. -- anne bell. greenfielder nephew who was in tennessee. in tennessee in 1824. dozens of enslaved people working in cotton fields. he is a large planter/ shareholder. but bequeathed with the following provisions. the key to the whole case. provided quote he shall not carry them peace, church greenfield. shall not carry them out of the state of maryland or sell them eventone, either of which i will in advise setting free for life. so this will is in all and it's theear last statement of the will. the last thing. not the first, where there are other confusing matters, but it is the final summation. she places this provision. shall not carry them out of the state of maryland and he shall not sell them to anyone, in maryland or elsewhere. ok. you're probably thinking, wait a minute, the will cannot be the whole story here with the timing of the lawsuit. the will was in 1824 and ash is sold in 1839. what happened in the intervening period and why is ash suddenly sold against the provisions of this will?

we see george bell, daniel bell, mary bell, caroline with two children, mary ellen, than this little scribble is a navy yard. the slaveholders, the people who what to do to escape, the slaveholders of those people really effectively wanted to enslavedssage to the across washington dc and maryland to teach the enslaved a lesson not to run away, not to escape. and so, they would be sold. they were sold as of the tarrant -- as a deterrent. mary and most of the children were taken to baltimore for sale, to be sold. this is the senior just saw in the short film. they were taken from the bno railroad station in washington baltimore. daniel is desperate trying to stop the and possibly sale of mary and the children. daniel, on the platform, is sort of bludgeoned by the train conductors, and the train pulls away. saw this andnists helped daniel intervene. and so what happens to mary bell eventually,s that with help from some abolitionists, local abolitionists, daniel bell is able to raise $400 and he is able to purchase mary bell's freedom, but he only has enough money to purchase two of the

but to long does it actually take to make a bell. there are only a few bell makers left in germany. one of them is the butter bell foundry in the southwest of the country. core of bricks covered in clay creates the shape of the inside of the bell the size and shape determine its pitch and sound quality. then the form of the bell is modeled in clay around that call but separate from it. then embellishments or inscriptions are added. the clay model of the bell is lifted off the brick core and a mold is made of the models in a side. then another one is made of its outside the original model is no longer needed the gap between the larger and the smaller molds is the space into which the molten bronze is poured to create the actual bell. that makes between $40.60 bells a year. and is the son of the owner that is when and that it's an ellipse and the entire process is based on tradition. from designing the cord to the molding and casting. however long the staff have been with us the level of tension and excitement remains the same with each bells. the preparations take almost 3 months now

that makes between $40.60 bells a year. and is the son of the owner that is when and from and that it's an illness and the entire process is based on tradition and written from a design in the cord to the molding and casting. however long the staff have been with us the level of tension and excitement remains the same with each bells. the preparations take almost 3 months now it's time. time for the casting. they turn the oven on the evening before. 7 bells are being cast the modes are down in the pit covered with earth. representatives of the 7 churches that have commissioned new bells are waiting with bated breath. says churches are his most important customers a bell can cost anything between 210-0000 euros. may the casting be successful and may their congregations receive wonderful bells that will ring out your praise. are you sure you'll get a bell yes quite sure so we've certainly already paid quite a bit for it. the bell metal is about ready for pouring. it's a special kind of bronze made up of 78 percent copper and

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jude logo. >>> welcome back to the "closing bell".. >> every which way but loose reference to a clint eastwood movie. this is the only one that co-standard an orangutan this is a very long term chart unemployment claims, four week moving verage. always kind of perks up as we say hide of a recession. right now what we've seen it's flat lined at historical loss. right now not giving you a signal perhaps it's bottoming not been a very define uptrend in claims so therefore not a rise in layoffs or anything like that we can define. look at the shorter term chart just to get a look at how that bottoming process is appearing and, you know, you have to look right here obviously very low print right in the turn of last year is that an uptrend is that starting to base and go higher that's the question. we want to northern this every day. coming off very low levels and other job market measures are still strong but maybe a leading indicator. >> we'll keep our eye on that. up next new york's annuity building we'll go behind the secretive condo an

"closing bell" is back after 90 seconds. >>> welcome back to "closing bell."s set to deliver 15 china-made model 3 cars on monday these are the first vehicles to come out of tesla's shanghai factory since the company started production there in october. joining us now to talk about what this means for tesla's bottom line, alexander staclosa. i hope i said that right >> you did >> okay, good. alexander, thanks for joining us >> thank you >> so, uh -- >> how significant of a milestone is this, that tesla is now rolling these cars off the production line there? >> it's quite big. they are finally purk outside of the u.s. market so until now, they've only been building cars in california and this allows them to get cars to consumers in china at a slightly lower cost and mum quicker than they have been up until this point >> one of the conversations we had on our air earlier today, especially in light of everything that's going on with the u.s./china trade dynamics right now is technology transfer and what it has meant for american companies to come in and manufact

. >>> "closing bell" will pick up our coverage right now >>> welcome to the close bell. i'm courtney regan i'm on the floor of the new york stock exchange at the okay terri -- caterpillar booth. 59 minutes left to go. see if we get any more clarity before the "closing bell" sound. >> i'm quintanilla in for wilfred frost. trade obviously the big driver as courtney said reports just crossing u.s.-china deal has been agreed to in principle and awaiting the president's signature. jobless claims rise to their highest level in two years trade headlines have us on record high watch for the s&p, a closer call for the dow and nasdaq and would be the 27th record close of the year for the s&p. joining us for the other, stephanie link, good to have you here this afternoon. what does it mean? the computers take each headline as if it's fresh >> what a difference a year makes is all i have to say last year we had tight fed policy, no idea what would happen with trade. this year we have much more accommodating fed and seems we're getting some pieces of certainty on trade may not be wha

>> "closing bell," right now [ applause ] >> welcome to the "closing bell." tyler just said bill was synonymous with "power lunch." all of us on the show wish him the very best in the future and delighted in the knowledge that we'll be seeing him stauchoften. having established and shown us how it's done, on and offscreen, you're an example to us all, particularly the younger members of the on-air talent like myself and courtney bill, thank you. >> you know, when the stakes and nerves are high, he's a mentor that's taught so much to so many of us, both directly and indirectly while his career can't be topped, bill also taught me to look at life as a three-legged fool, work, family and friends, and faith. hopefully, weapon fi find a newc here with his new position as anchor at large. >> you know what he would be doing, he would be telling you that we have 59 minutes of trade, and in record close watch. here is what's driving the action this afternoon. stocks hitting record highs once again with the s&p 500 poised for its straight fourth week of gains. boeing w

. >> "closing bell" starts right now. >>> welcome to the "closing bell." i'm morgan brennan in for sara eisen at the boeing post, with that stock rallying up 3%, leading the dow higher that after the company fired ceo dennis muilenburg in the wake of the 737 max crisis we've got full coverage of that and the broader market in this last hour of trading >> and i'm carl quintanilla in for wilfred frost. let's look at what's driving the action today s&p 500, a new intraday high nasdaq also hits a high as well and looks to extend its win streak to nine days. the longest streak since 2017. some mixed data today. new home sales top estimates, but durable goods orders did miss the mark. joining us for the hour, stephanie link from nuvine what do you think is driving the action right now, if the calendar is so devoid of data points >> so much for a slow day today, right? you had boeing you had over the weekend, china, small stimulus, which i don't think got a lot of press, it should have. and the data was okay. durable goods can be explained away from boeing for th

. >> and the "closing bell" with more starts right now. >> it does, indeed welcome to the "closing bell," everyone i'm wifflfred frost. i'm at the caterpillar stock it's down, we will discuss that coming up. the broader markets, as tyler just said, up just slightly with 59 minutes left to go. that means we're on track for a record close once again. >> and i'm contessa brewer in for sara eisen let's take a look at what's driving that action. trade, the main driver, as wilf mentioned. stocks rallied to new records earlier, but have come back down to earth as we learned the deal won't be signed until next month. corporate earnings and sharp moves from the likes of broadcom, origacle, and adobe. and the u.s. is weighing new 100% tariffs on new european products, including whiskey and cognac plus, a big interview just minutes from now morgan stanley ceo james gorman, a live and exclusive interview right here at the exchange joining us for the hour is lindsay bell, chief investment strategist at ally invest. good to see you today, lindsey we're seeing the markets kind of shrug over these trad

" is next ♪ >>> welcome to "closing bell."'m seema mody in for sara eisen here at the boeing post where shares are under pressure yet again. the worst performer on the dow as the stock limps into year end. on wall street, the broader markets are at market highs. 59 minutes left in trade >> i'm carl quintanilla in for wilfred frost. nasdaq did hit 9,000 for the first time ever. tenth straight record close driven by all the names that worked all winter long plus a strong read on retail holiday shopping numbers do not disappoint. and jobless claims fall pointing to continued strength in the labor market joining us for the hour, anastasia om row sew it is great to have you with us. >> great to see you. >> what do we make of this >> it's typical. we melt up into year end i mean, think about all the things that got resolved in december we've got the phase one basically a done deal between u.s. and china maybe a little bit overlooked by the usmca getting passed by the house. we've got a lot of good enthuse. we started to see the infl

welcome to the "closing bell." the final hour of trading of the year, you can see, celebrations kicking off in dubai that is the burj khalifa the tallest building in the world, still, contessa 830 meters >> and look at the fireworks coming off of that of course, dubai has become a big international tourist destination for new year's eve, among the likes of new york city and london and hong kong and singapore. >> and it's also a big financial center but no trading going on there right this hour, where there is still here one hour left of it. >> good to have you with us here for "closing bell. i'm contessa brewer in for sara eisen today. it has been a big year for stocks the dow, the s&p, the nasdaq all on pace to close the year higher by more than 20% we'll tell you which names have seen the biggest gains and with tech up by nearly 50% this year, we'll have an exclusive interview with tech hedge fund giant, dan niles. he'll give you a peek into his 2020 playbook. >> also, we didn't answer bill's question >> let's do

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[closing bell rings] in is the closing bell.at the lows at least for the dow down 265 points on the beginning of the last month of the decade that will do it for the "claman countdown." see you tomorrow. melissa: stocks kicking off december in the red. all three major averages ending the day in the red for the second day in a row on trade uncertainty, and growing concerns about, you know, whatever. the dow ending down 259 points near session lows. i'm melissa francis. i'm kidding it is always about trade one way or another. ashley: i'm ashley webster in for connell mcshane. thank god the bell rang. melissa: here is what is new at this hour. president trump s

. >> and "closing bell" starts right now. >> welcome to the "closing be " bell." i'm morgan brennan in for sara eisen at the auto zone post. take a look at that stock. it's up 7% right now it's leading the s&p on a strong earnings and sales the broader market, meantime, treading water with 59 minutes left to go in this trading session. >> and i'm brian sullivan. wi wilfred frost will be along shortly. first off, you've got the u.s., mexico, and canada agreeing to a new trade deal the usmca making changes stocks bouncing around all session along on conflicting headlines about that december 15th deadline for china tariffs. will it sfwebe extended. and house democrats officially announcing articles of impeachment, two of them, against president trump. plus, coming up only today on the closing bell, wilfred frost is live from the goldman sachs financial services conference and he's got exclusive interview with howard marcus ks in just aw minutes. joining us now for the hour is steve grasso from stuart frankel. we've got to stop meeting like this >> i know, i know. >>

we're now in the closing bell.ne, commercial-free coverage of all the action as we go into the close. >> mike santoli is here to break down the crucial moments trading day. today, josh brown from ritholtz wealth management as well. after missing earnings expectations and cutting its 2020 profit forecast, fedex ceo called the results an anomaly and blamed some of it on macro pressures. >> this quarter has seen significant effects on the industrial economy due to continuing trade disputes, including reduction in international air freight. >> mike, talking about global weakness at a time when we're starting to see optimism about the global economy. >> exactly. >> how do you fit his comments in with what's happening with fedex? >> looking for all these global industrial plays to buy, aemting something better, fedex might have been the first one you chose in other circumstances the macrois affecting core freig freight, and their own structural and pricing issues. so it's been a value trap, the stock. so i think it's int

. >> and closing bell, we're going to turn it over to closing bell we hope they're ready. have a great weekend, everybody. >> we are ready. welcome to the closing bell. as mentioned, we got a rally on wall street. major averages higher by about a percent. we're going to see if we can hit those record highs brushing off the warning signs we saw about 59 minutes left to trade to see if we can hit those highs. >> this rally sparked by better than expected jobs report. the u.s. economy added 266,000 jobs in november larry kudlow tells cnbc that intense trade talks are ongoing and china confirmed it will waive import tariffs for some soybean and pork shipments that putses up 343 points on the dow. we are positive for the week as a whole now despite the declines earlier on this week joining us for the first hour, nathan from risk aver sal advisers so that point exact ly that we'r up .2 on s&p, do you think the b jobs number justifies that given where we were monday, tuesday? >> i think it's helpful when you think about the weak ism data and services this week that was a cause of

welcome to the closing bell, everyone chair powell keeping rates on holiday. s&p near the highs of the session, up about a quarter of 1%, yields ten-year at 178, so the market taking today's press conference slightly constructively, slightly dovishly, but i say slightly with emphasis because s&p is only slightly higher and ten-yields moved to 178 from the open not huge moves in the context of things. >> a very big lineup of guests are ready to react to today's fed decision they're going to break down the market for us. plus former minneapolis fed chair president and former fed governor sarah bloom raskin whether today is the right one for the economy. josh brown of ritz wealth management joins us. >> if i could sum up his press conference, riveting look at my knuckles. at the edge of my seat there's a character in this novel called found ace he goes to the foreign planet, spends the whole week meeting with everybody and they're recording every second of him, cameras and mics and go and decipher what it all means it turns out he had all these conversations with

. >> and "closing bell" starts right now. >> seema, tyler, thank you welcome to "closing bell." i'm contessa brewer in for sara eisen today and we are at the boeing post. that stock off 3.5%. moderating the gains on the dow. the component under pressure we have details on why coming up as we count down to potential record closes on the dow, the s&p, and the nasdaq. wilf >> contessa, thank you i'm wilfred frost. good afternoon let's have a look at what's driving the action optimism over the trade deal with china driving all three majors to new highs with the nasdaq leading the pack today. boeing sitting out the rally and dragging on the dow on new concerns over production of the 737 max jet. and positive news on the housing front, as home builder confidence jumps to its highest level in two decades coming up next hour, former treasury secretary jack lew will join us to discuss trade and the economy. you do not want to miss that and with us for the whole first hour of theshow, dan nathan from risk reversal advisers. dan, good afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> great to be here.

there's the "closing bell. jones industrial average barely eking out positive territory, fighting it out to see whether we can end the day positive on the s&p 500. >> welcome to the "closing bell," everyone. i'm wilfred frost. >> and i'm contessa brewer in for sara eisen there's a lot of burerewers aro here today along with mike santoli, senior cnbc market commentator. >> there are a lot of beers over there which we'll be discussing with anheuser-busch a little bit later on the show. record all-time highs once again for all three of the of the averages the russell led the charge intraday, up half of 1%. not a record itself, but the other three big cap stocks and indices all at records following slight intra-day gains >> we're moments away from earnings for fedex we'll bring you those numbers and analysis joining once keith bliss, ceo of iq capital usa, still with us, along with patrick holfrye hy mike, it looks like there's a lot of unrestrained optimism going into the new year. >> a good deal of optimism or at

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there's the "closing bell.are not far from the lows of the day, just off the dow jones industrial average, 3221 >> welcome to the "closing bell." i'm courtney reagan. >> and i'm wilfred frost >> let's check in on where the markets finished today down around 0.6% for all of the major arches, in points term, down 180 for the dow the low was down 216 we were off the lows all 11 sectors on the s&p 500 were lower, led lower by some of the biggest winners of the year, like tech and communication services, down a full percent. energy, which had been green for a lot of the session also in the red by the close >> joining us to talk about the market day, david ellison, portfolio manager at hennessey funds. and still with us, josh brown. he's ceo at ritholtz wealth management mike, i'll give you the first comment here you know, it seems like when we saw the sell-off in the beginning, i was thinking, what are we going to have another december sell like last year but that's not like that >> it's not like what we had last ye

. >> "closing bell" starts right now. don't go anywhere. >> it does, indeed welcome to the "closing bell," everyone i'm wilfred frost, here at the goldman sachs post today, down sharply, almost 4% over the last two sessions banks leading the sell-off yet again, a sell-off that puts us down 0.9% on the s&p 500 59 minutes left of trade >> and i'm morgan brennan in for sarahize pn. let's take a look at what's driving the action president trump signals a china trade deal could be delayed until after the 2020 election. france and the eu said they were read to retaliate if france imposed tariffs on french luxury goods like champagne and handbags major averages are down more than 2% over the last three sessions we have all the angles of this market sell-off covered for you, though but first, joining us for the hour is aerials investments director of research, charlie bobrinskoy here at post 9. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> pulloff -- pulloff, correction, sell-off, pullback, was this over due? >> well, no, th

this was after the bell. and forecast as e-commerce goliath amazon transitions from fed ex customer to competitor. remember, it told its second and third party shippers no more shipping via ground between now and christmas using fed ex. fed ex is dropping another 10% at the moment. ups getting slightly wet in all of this water fight here. we are down about 2% for ups. >>> let's get right now back to that facebook story. social media stock facebook along with twitter getting quite the buzz. first you see facebook up 2%. twitter better by 3.33%. not only did deutsche bank hike its price target for facebook by $10 to $270, right now we are at $202, but you heard the news, they are banning for both facebook and instagram any kind of gun-related pictures, stories, et cetera. conversely, citigroup cut its price target on twitter to $36 from $45. right now, the stock's at $31. on dim view of the microblogging site's revenue outlook. despite the chop, that stock is still up right now. >>> flipping it over to the real

to "closing bell.n brennan in for sara eisen at the slack post, direct listing. earnings after the bell. the broader market is higher dow down 200 points. >> i'm wilfred frost what's driving the action today? renewed hopes as donald trump said negotiations with china are going, quote, very well. weaker than expected data as private payroll slows and oil having its best day since september. wgi up around 4% and a quic

. >> closing bell starts now. >> welcome to "closing bell. i'm morgan brennan in for sara eisen at the slack post, direct listing. earnings after the bell. the broader market is higher dow down 200 points. >> i'm wilfred frost what's driving the action today? renewed hopes as donald trump said negotiations with china are going, quote, very well. weaker than expected data as private payroll slows and oil having its best day since september. wgi up around 4% and a quick reminder it's now been 53 days since the president announced the phase one deal with china was agreed and just waiting to be inked that's 53 days and counting. joining us for the full first hour of the show, wealth management ceo josh, did i pronounce it correctly >> nailed it todayly rsi, people toss around these terms, overbought, oversold they use them qualitatively. the market went up a lot it's overbought. there's a technical definition to things like being overbought. by any stretch of any way you want to look at it, we were overbought on something called rsi. s&p 500 we h

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"closing bell" will be right back >>> welcome back to the "closing bell." 30 minutes left in the session. as you can see, quite a lot of selling, though putting in perspective we had a 3.5% increase for the month of november down a full percent for the nasdaq as we stand >> here are the three things driving the action u.s. construction spending unexpectedly fell in november, raising concerns yet again about the strength of the u.s. economy. president trump announced surprise tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from brazil and argentina. and speaking of trade, the president declined to provide more details on the negotiations with china he says, quote, we'll see what happens. >>> time now for a cnbc news update with sue herrera. hi, sue. >> hello, wilf hello, everybody here's what's happening at this hour a developing story out of the uk british police launching a murder investigation into a car crash that killed a 12-year-old boy. but that car also struck children near a high school in essex northeast of london. five other people were hurt. >>> a nor'east

. >>> nike reports after the bell. the stock up 35% this year can today's results continue the run into 2020? we'll talk about that swoosh, when power lunch comes back. gold! nice rock. it's time to drop gold. go digital. go grayscale. we're about to begin. yeah! i'm a magic cat. i love it. and now for the icing on the cake. [ hiss ] and a drumroll, please. [ hisses ] [ hisses and snarls ] [ bell chimes ] let's dance! and now the icing on the cake! >>> well judging by the number of boxes being delivered in my neighborhood, yet alone to my home, online shopping isn't going anywhere but could its rapid growth finally be starting to slow? steve has the details in the cnbc all america economic survey >> thanks very much. i want to show viewers something we have been trablging now not for one, not for two but three straight years let's show you where this year our 800 americans who answered our survey this time said they are shopping 43% say online is their number one or two choice. 24% big box. 14% department store 12% loc

[closing bell rings] liz: we'll put all your choices on facebook.com @lizclaman.w records. two in a row for the dow. fourth in a row for the nasdaq. that will do it for the "claman countdown." connell: this is new normal on wall street. stocks closing at record highs. craziness if washington but on wall street dow up, up and away. 17th record close for the dow. 17th for the year. i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." s&p 500 fighting for records at the close, appears to end in the green. there we go. we like that. it's a record. 30th of the year. both s&p 500 and nasdaq closing at record highs for the fourth straight day. we have fox business team coverage. hillary vaughn is on capitol hill. blake burman is live at the white house. gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence is on the ground

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that is an impressive bell. been allowed up into the tower by contacting your mp and only if you are a uk resident. the powers that be have not yet decided if they will be relaxing those rules when it reopens. as they come up the top of the stairs there will be a glass box, and just above you will be the quarter bell so it will be a really interesting viewpoint and one that will probably scare a few people, and you can also see up to big ben which previously, there was an old bridge structure which wasn't particularly impressive so we replaced it. it kinda gives you that visibility of big ben when you come to the top, it will be a real wow moment when people come up the stairs. u nforg etta ble, really. i can imagine after all those stairs, you would want something that is a wow moment. 324 steps. you get a bit of a break halfway just to catch your breath, but having walked it a few times i thought my fitness level would improve and it would be easier, but it is not. it is stilljust as hard when you get to the t

[closing bell rings] we're cueing fireworks. record day on wall street., s&p, nasdaq close at fresh record highs here on the "claman countdown." melissa: new records on wall street. all three major averages closing at record highs after president trump's top economic advisor tells fox that a u.s.-china trade deal is absolutely done. absolutely. the dow ending up about 100 points there. 99. its 16th record close for the year. welcome back. connell: good to be back on a monday, i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." s&p and nasdaq record highs, third day in a row. nasdaq, the trivia buffs, remains top performing index under president trump. tech stocks have done quite well. got you covered from washington to wall street with kristina partsinevelos on the floor of

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