i'm brian sullivan along with kelly evans.tocks a little bit higher this afternoon, but a bunch of billing tech down again. is it all high? is it all because of borrowing costs? >> good question. 4.8 on the ten-year, we are watching the bond yields after this inflation report. we were 0.2 on the headline, alf as much as expected. core flat. cpi comes out tomorrow. >> all of this may cost you, the taxpayer, more money as debt and deficits keep going up. the higher borrowing costs could take a bite out of everyone. >> absolutely. fair point. also, following this trickle becoming more of what is the next step after a trickle, a flow? united rentals buying h and e equipment services for nearly $5 billion. >> stream. >> you are welcome. >> it's up 105% to the today. breaking news out of the federal reserve. steve liesman, what's the story? >> we have the minutes of the discount rate meetings with the federal reserve. what we learned, kelly, was that only eight of the 12 banks leading into that december meeting requested a cut in th

i'm brian sullivan. cutting yet another big company.ook and parent company meta, confirming to cnbc it is cutting its diversion, equity and inclusion program. it is the latest reversal by companies to do away with the programs. some say are better aligned with incoming president trump. not involved in the daily organizations. wall street journal reporting, an ethics plan set to be released for the family says the company will not enter into new contracts. however, the plan does not say if the organization will pursue contracts with private companies. and last year was the hottest on record. the world meteorological said, temperatures have gone up, beyond 1 1/2 degrees celsius since prehistoric times, all driven by climate change. >> brian sullivan, thank you very much. >>> the media, wrapping up with opening arguments over the fate of ticktox. the app still set to be shut down or sold in about a week, unless the high court intervenes. deirdre bosa. what did we learn? >> tiktok argued that the real law is the speech itself. while governm

. >>> let's get the brian sullivan for the cnbc news update. >> tough story to see you there. >>> talksith the taliban and americans detained in afghanistan. the taliban leader telling nbc news that they are demanding nationals to be released. he didn't name the three americans who are accused of things like spreading christianity. on a similar note, the prime minister announcing cecelia is back after she was freed from an iranian prison. working under a journalist visa was detained after an iranian businessman was arrested in italy for allegedly supplying joan parts to the u.s. and were said to be used to kill three u.s. service members in jordan >>> potential good news around the cost of college. new research from the college board shows the average student attending in-state public university paid just over $11,600 a year in tuition and that is actually 4% lower than 10 years ago. sadly, that does not factor in the out-of-state tuition for a private school. back to you. >> it's something, but not the whole story. we will see you next hour. >>> shares are dipping lower and asking perm

i'm brian sullivan with your cnbc news update.entagon reaching a settlement of more than 35,000 gay and lesbian members discharged based on their sexual orientation. as part of the settlement, they can be reissued paperwork that does not mention sexual orientation and if they were not given an honorable discharge, they will be eligible for immediate review. >>> today in paris france, nicolas sarkozy going on trial on charges he accepted millions of dollars for his 2007 election campaign from libya's late dictator gadhafi. sar sowky faces up to ten years in prison if convicted. he denied any wrong doing. >>> and a massive winter storm moving east across america and up ending travel. kelly, according to flight aware, nearly 2,000 flights were cancelled this morning and amtrack canceling multiple trains along the northeast corridor and other mid atlantic cities because we know train travel is new and often affected by the weather. >> they haven't had a couple hundred years to deal with this. >> yeah. back to you. >> thanks, brian. se

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alongside justine kelly evans, i am brian sullivan and we are watching the latest out of washington as congress tries -- tries to pick a new speaker of the house. unless we seek a different path than we do now, it'll not be enough to save the santa claus rally. the upside? the s&p 500 is likely to break a five day losing streak. >> looks like a failed first round. we will have more on that. >>> two of the best sectors, energy and utilities. take a look at the second best stock in s&p last year. it's up 7% today. it has quadrupled, up 16% year to date and it's only the second trading day of the year. >> i have been here two days and we have done more -- >> energy! almost like we planned it. >> and this, something you will not get anywhere else, even anywhere else on this fine network, the winner of our best city for the stock market competition. this year the winner is -- well, it's surprising. we called it a deep tease for reason. knit tara? >> oh, no. >> the two best performing stocks over the past year based in this city. >> if this is the same natera i am thinking of, call me. we've

brian sullivan and kelly evans from inglewood cliffs.e people who have taken the covid vaccine and 9% saying they're definitely going to get it. how do we reinvigorate, for lack of a better term, confidence in vaccines generally because we're seeing some of the covid vaccine concerns spill over now into other vaccines. how do we regain people's confidence in vaccines generally when, let's be honest, a lot of people, no people that had covid got a vaccine and either still got success or ick or got injur? >> you're right. the fact that we had low vaccination rates in the u.s. will contribute to have probably a little bit more covid and severe symptoms as the population immunity are weighing. >> i don't think that people are not getting right now, we have a reduction in the vaccination rates because they have concerns with the covid vaccine. there is a covid population, and they never got vast majority and they don't feel compelleded to do it because they don't have the need and think, we have controlled covid so owe owe star, we had an eve

>>> welcome to power lunch with kelly evans, i'm brian sullivan. great to be back with you on this fine show going forward. lots to do in the days, weeks and months ahead. stocks taking another turn lower but this after two very good years so the only question we answer now is where do we go from here? >> how much do we make of the one-day decline today, the lack of the santa claus rally. there's still time. energy and utilities are the only two s&p sectors in the green today. nasdaq moving around a lot amid the cold snap in u.s. and ukraine blocking shipments in europe. i don't have to tell you but these prices are up but they are nowhere near where they were a couple years ago. >> i have a feeling we will do more on that story coming up. speaking of, some rangers fans want me to watch their teams here in the new york area. blocked out is this kind of blockade coming to your town and team, next. >> how is it not? figure out who is their distribution and who is the package and where they are trying to go, the streaming world makes all of this compl

alongside justine kelly evans, i am brian sullivan and we are watching the latest out of washington astries -- tries to pick a new speaker of the house. unless we seek

. >>> let's get over to brian sullivan. >> thank you very much. u.s.judge cannon temporarily barring special counsel jack smith from releasing his report on donald trump. that's until an appeals court can act on a request from trump's co-defendants in the case. it will lay out how he tried to overturn the election. >>> an investigation after two people were found dead in the landing gear compartment of a jetblue airport after a flight from new york to fort lauderdale last night. they were discovered during a routine post-flight maintenance check. >>> president biden will create two new national monuments in california to protect native american land. the white house said the president will sign the proclamations which will keep drilling and mining away from nearly 850,000 acres in the state. i will see you in a few minutes. >> thanks very much. >>> some breaking news on the ai startup anthropic. >> we hear anthropic is the middle of a funding raise at $60,000 valuation. this is the amazon-backed ai player. it was valued at $18 billion on paper. a major

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. >> brian: by the way on afghanistan, that was solely his decision. jake sullivan saying i feel bad. resign because i was unable to execute the president's decision. blinken wasn't his idea although he says he has no regret. it was his sole decision to have the worst catastrophe in american military history. jonathan martin network anchor and commentator why don't one of the peoples that watt chief of staff for kamala harris yesterday symone sanders came out and said he is fine. people should defend him better. and jonathan martin said it's not worth defending. every turn over the last year and a half he has taken the path most indulging by himself, running, pardoning his son and some of his choices in medal of freedom. wow, you would have never gotten that a year ago. a couple weeks ago, he was asked about getting hostages out. he came back and said do you think you can keep from getting hit in the head with a camera behind you? what does that mean? the answer was a non sequitur. he was not even asked about that. >> lawrence: i give very little credit people talki

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