we'll see you later, brynn.much. >> it has been cold and rainy this year leading up to new year's eve. let pe let's go to lisa rafa and i guess weather is expected to dampen celebrations in some parts of the country. >> we could have a few snowflakes for some parts of the area, but overall the weather is looking pretty quiet and it's time right now in times square and you can see the roads are dry and if you look at the buildings and you can see some of the gray and it's mostly cloudy and it will not squeeze out too much in new york going into tonight, so you might have one or two snowflakes come down with the con feddy and expecting things to be pretty quiet there, and they do have a storm system that's swirling over the great lakes and it's brought some snow to chicago this morning and minor accumulations, and cleveland, too. as the storm system works its way east you can see the accumulations for rain and snow are pretty minor and mainly an inch or two for western pennsylvania and you can see in the spine the

we will move off of those pictures and brynn gingras is outside of the courthouse, and what is the latest>> reporter: and to elaborate more on the pictures that we have seeing showing the viewer, we are noting that his son, eric trump who was scheduled to testify yesterday but he did not take the stand, and it was a dark day in the courtroom, he is also in the courtroom, and letitia james is not expected to attend court today, and that what we are getting today before the court begins. the former president is expected to take the stand in his own defense and be the last witness for the defense monday, but today, he is a spectator, and a defendant in this case of course, and he wants to listen to testimony of an nyu professor of accounting to back up the defense's claim that trump never, you know, overinflated his, didn't break any accounting rules when it comes to the statement of conditions, and a core claim by attorney general that they inflated the value of assets to get better loans and interest ratesb and this witness is expected to say that there is never ever any intent to do so an

brynn, we will see you soon in the market zone. happy new year to all. >> let's send it over to pit stephens for a look at the biggest names moving into th close. hi, pippa. >> hey, michael. lyft and uber are on today as downgrades both writer stocks. uber goes to neutral from buy, though analysts raise thei price targets $3 to 62 bucks per share. the firm is cutting lift t reduce from neutral saying its growth could be limited due to shrinking market share, and lo profitability compared t peers. this score is firmly i positive territory, after th ev makers said it grew deliveries by over 300% from q three to queue for the company cited strong deman for its ocean suv, in says i will announce a plan to keep the momentum going in january. shares up almost 20% today, bu still down 75% on the year mike >> up 80% to $1.80 pep, thanks so much. we are just getting started. coming up, an incredible retai run, one name surging nearly 300% this year outperforming all of the meg caps including nvidia in triple digit gain will reveal the name

brynn, thank you. >>> so andrea bern stein is with me now. with repubblica, npr and you saw her in the documentary on the trump family business. andrea, you've been in the courtroom throughout this trial. it's interesting how brynn described it. he was there, not on the stand. he was there as a spectator, behind the defense table as a spectator. you were there. how would you describe his demeanor, how he carried himself obviously in this couple of days before he's on the stand again? >> it's so interesting because i've covered trump for so long and i have never seen him the way he is in this courtroom. he's always in command of the room. he was a real estate developer, apprentice, white house, campaign, post campaign, but now he has to sit there when the bailiff says all rise. he has to stand and sit and sit at the defense table. no one can see him. it's all for those moments where he walks out of the courtroom. he doesn't have to be standing behind that police barricade, but he does. it gives a look. he gets to say, i should be in iowa. he c

two big winners for brynn's portfolio, both soaring erov 300%.ll debate if there's more room to run. stay with us. >>> welcome back. let's get to brynn's two big winners. huge gains for the grayscale bitcoin and eetherium trust. does this continue into the new year? >> there's a fever pitch about an etf coming out, so i think we need to be very transparent. i didn't buy this in january of 2023. i've opened this for several years. so i went and looked. i'm up 33%, right? you had a huge downdraft, obviously with all that happened with ftx. so if you were wise enough or bought it in january of 2023, you're up. but just because i was down so much, i'm up 33%. it seems like we're going to get an etf, you just don't hear anything out of the s.e.c. anymore, which i find strange. i think that as that etf comes out, there's going to be once again more momentum of people wanting to buy the space. i will say it's -- bitcoin trust, the reason it's up so much, at its peak it was trading at a 50% discount to bit. >> caller: p it only has about a 4.5% to 5% dis

it takes a special person. >> brynn, thank you so much for that and have fun and anderson cooper andndy cohen will be ringing in the new year from times square tonight starting live at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cnn, and that is it for inside politics sunday. up next, "state of the union" with jake tapper and dana bash and dana's guests are chris sununu and democratic senator chris murphy. thanks again for sharing your sunday morning with us. happy new year. ♪ ♪

cnn's brynn gingras is in sometimes square for the pre-party. hi, brynn. what's going on?>> if you can hear us, l.l. cool j is warming up doing a sound check so my phone is going in and out, but i can hear you. we are in the middle of sometimes square where the party is starting with the loud music as revelers are filing into these pens, where they're going to sit until that ball drops at midnight. these are people from virginia, california, texas, all over, really, the world. let's meet these guys. how are you? >> where are you from? >> i am originally from the philippines. yes! and i bring my cousins and my friends, and i have my nephew from germany. >> wow! all over! is this a first-time party for you? >> yes. this is the first time and we were planning for so long and everyone is spending so much money to come to new york city and we were, like, why not do it? it is a party. you can feel ittal read pep. >> how are you lasting until midnight? >> keep dancing and we've been preparing for a week. like, we search on youtube what we're going to do and then we prepare. we do

on the line, donald trump's brand, and the penalty of $250 million, and we go to brynn gingras who is outside of the courtroom, and what has been happening today? >> yeah, kate. remember, it is the judge who is going to decide what those penalties will be at the very end of this, and we are at the end of this, and this new york civil fraud trial going on for two months, and the last full week of testimony, and as you laid out there, the former president is going to be expected to take the stand monday, but right now, he is seated at the defense table, and the defendant in this lawsuit, and he is listening in on testimony from an nyu accounting professor who is expected to really just back up these claims from the defense that trump and the co-defendants did not violate any accounting principles or rules when filling out the financial statement of condition. remember, the new york attorney general has said that trump, and his sons and trump org they intentionally inflated the value of the assets in order to get better bank loans and interest rates, and they are trying to counter that c

brynn gingras, great to see you again. thanks so much. a new year. >> let's go now to paris and cnn's melissa bell is there, where it's just a few hours until midnight. hi there, melissa. how is the city of love and lights preparing to welcome the new year? >> reporter: hi, amara, it is just under three hours to go until new year's eve. i can show you, you can see just behind me, this is all done up this year to the themes of the olympics, that is the theme, of course, of tonight's fireworks display because this is the year paris will host the summer olympics. we have been hearing from the french president saying that what he intends for 2024 is for this to be the year of french pride. that's what he was telling the french. so people have been gathering here for their traditional fireworks display, which is going to begin just before midnight. you can see down there, it is a million people. they were expecting to come out here tonight to watch that fireworks display. they have been gathering already. there's a dj getting them ready to cou

i want to go now to cnn's brynn be gin grass.ive in the middle of all the action in times square tonight. it looks a little chilly but it also seems like folks are ready to party. >> reporter: there's so many billboards of lights, it feels likes you're in a tanning bed. we are hours away from the celebrations you just showed all the viewers, but people are still pretty excited, right, to ring in the new year here in times square. betlet me talk with a few of those people, what is your name and where are you from? >> jenna demers, i'm from maine. >> is this your first time in times square for new year's eve. >> yes, we came to stay at the rockefeller center for christmas and we were already here so we just decided to stay. >> reporter: you're doing all of it. what are you most excited to see, witness, feel when the clock strikes 12:00. >> watching the ball in person. i think, or actually seeing the performers in front of us. >> reporter: you've got good seats, right under the stage. andy and anderson will be right there. what abou

back to you. >> thank you, brynn. john? this morning, russian opposition leader alexei navalny is still meeting and the white house wants answers. his lawyer said that he had quote left their colony, but they could not confirm where he is now, and the white house says they are deeply concerned. fred pleitgen is with us for the latest. fred, what is the status here? >> it is completely unknown. one thing to point out is how difficult it is for navalny's lawyers to get that little bit of information from the russian prison system, and more difficult for them to find alexei navalny, and for the last two days he was supposed to appear on a video link from where he is, and he has not shown up in the past two days. the people inside of that prison said there were issues with the electricity and then they did admit that alexei navalny is no longer listed in the prison, and then they admitted that he had left that prison, and that is how far his lawyers have gotten that he had left that prison, but it is unclear where he is. we kno

cnn's brynn gingras joins us live. how did law enforcement uncover this alleged plot?reporter: canton law enforcement and all the way up to the fbi. we learned this chatter was online on the social platform discord. it was counterextremist analysts within discord that alerted the fbi which then sparked an investigation. we learned from the stark county, ohio, sheriff's department that when the fbi went to visit this 13-year-old, they discussed their findings which included a map and detailed plans of wanting to burn and shoot up a local synagogue there in canton, ohio. get this, also. at just 13 years old, this person also told police that he was part of multiple anti-semitic and political groups on discord. this certainly sparked what was called a significant public alarm. the synagogue, of course, had to be notified as well as the student's school district.his t arrested and charged with two misdemeanors, inducing panic and disorderly conduct, jake. >> what happens next to this 13-year-old? >> reporter: so this is going to continue on through juvenile court. it's imp

brynn, do you have a final trade? >> yeah. jepq.hink they're going to do well next year, jepx. >> by the way, we're going to run you up to broadcom earnings, too. which will be significant after the bell. bill? >> abvie. financials and health care, going to be driving, replacing the humira pipeline, adding to things. it's a hated name by mutual and hedge funds. hedge funds are shorting this. >> j snrvegs >> amd. i should probably sell, but i'm not. >> up 8%. that does it for us. see you on "closing bell." "the exchange" is now. ♪ ♪ >> thank you very much, scott. and welcome to "the exchange." i'm kelly evans. here's what's ahead. bond yields have dropped sharply in recent weeks, but our guest says not so fast. he thinks the ten-year is headed back over 5% next year and is in the no lending camp on the economy. we'll debate. >>> airline stocks rebounding today, but it's been a disappointing few months for many of them. yet one supplier is hitting its highest levels of the year. that ceo joins us. >>> there are two housing stocks our

a 13-year-old was arrested in september, and brynn gingras is following this. >> yes, john, we have learnedis 13-year-old put details on the chat room discord that snacaused the authorities notify the synagogue, and that turned into a public alarm. now, you can know that details of the plan that were on line that am larmed someone -- that alarmed someone there to report this teen. this happened in september prior to october 7th what happened in israel, but it is certainly showing, and no se and after the surge, there was a rising incident involving targeting the muslims and ashes. for this, the adl sflog and now n social media as in real life, it cannot and will not be sol rated. this will make the determination for the penalty. >> we are just getting a look of the court documents for the first time. >> hunter sfloernlgt. >>> and now, more on the next moves against the president son's. and more on the president themselves >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we have breaking news, and working through the details on this, but we are learning that four people have been arrested on terrorism off

brynn gingras has that. >> reporter: former president trump expected to take the stand on monday as theinal witness for the defense in this civil fraud trial that is really nearing an end after about two months. but in the courtroom for the defense, the second to final witness is an accounting expert that really was the strongest witness for the defense that we have seen yet. and he will this witness basically said that the financial statements of condition that are at the heart of this case, which of course if you remember the new york attorney general has said had overinflated assets done by the trumps, and they did it intentionally, this witness countered that for the defense basically saying that they weren't out of the ordinary, that no accounting principles were violated and that he in his judgment hasn't even seen a case of fraud here. and even questioned the attorney general as to why they even brought this case forward. so really the strongest witness that the defense has put forward. the former president sitting at the defense table listening to this testimony. but again, the

brynn, start us off today. >> we talked about small caps.o invest in them, i like cath. it has a 12.8% current free cash flow yield. >> jimmy the gambler. [ laughter ] >> qualcomm. >> go quick. >> qualcomm is breaking out. >> weiss? >> taiwan semi. >> joe? >> momentum is strong in energy. diamondback. >> dow is up triple digits at the moment. "the exchange" is now. welcome to "the exchange." i'm kelly evans. here's what's ahead. it's the final two-year note auction oh of the year. you can't miss it. we'll wring you the results as bond markets look to salvage what was a rough 2023. our market guest is watching one key point he expects to trigger the fed's pivot. we'll tell you what it is in a moment. >>> plus, a big pair of biotech b buyouts today. a look at whether more deal making is on the way and if

let's get to cnn's brynn gingras. what are we learning about a possible plea deal? >> reporter: 23 federal charges, some includes stealing identities of his campaign donors and using that money to further enrich his personal life, whether buying expensive clothes or cosmetic procedures. we're learning from court records filed today, he's expected for a status conference tomorrow in the eastern district of new york. prosecutors signaling they're in talks for a plea deal asking the judge if they can have another status conference hearing scheduled 30 days from now, writing the parties are presently engaged in plea negotiations with the goal of resolving this matter without the need for a trial. we'll see how that sort of shakes out. of course, all the walls have been crumbling for two george santos. two former campaign staffers, they've pleaded guilty to federal charges that they were facing. he was recently kicked out of conference. we also know in the paperwork that prosecutors are going to be asking for his trial, which was expected to begin next september, to be a

brynn gingras joins us mwith more. >> it is shocking.nd let's keep in mind this was happening in ohio where they were debating reproductive rights. she was charged a month ago. we learned much about britney watts from "the washington post." a 33-year-old black woman from just outside cleveland, ohio, and what we have learned is that she was nearly 22 peeks pregnant when she spatarted feeling painn her stomach. the doctor said that her water broke, the fetus was not going to be viable and she had to immediately get to the er because she was at risk of losing her life as well. she went to the er. according to "the post," doctors debated while she waited in pain to essentially see if they could induce her which basically would be the equivalent of having an abortion because she was at that cu cusp when abortion is illegal in oyster. she goes home, has a miscarriage in her bathroom and this is where prosecutors say she committed a crime. she flushes this fetus down the toilet and actually tries to pump it back out according to "the post" and

brynn, what are prosecutors looking to see happen today? do we know how this is all gonna end?> reporter: yeah, i mean, phil, listen, 23 federal charges is what george santos is facing. now, today is a status conference hearing. past status conference hearings we have seen prosecutors turn over pages and pages of evidence, some of which have been text messages and emails that prosecutors say implicate the former congressman in these charges. so we expect more of those documents to sort of be exchanged in court today. however, we learned in court paperwork filed yesterday that prosecutors are asking for another status conference hearing in about 30 days, and they say that's because the two sides are in talks to describe some sort of plea deal, saying the goal of resolving this matter without the need for a trial. now, listen, george santos actually sat down with our local affiliate wcbs and discussed and hinted at the fact that he might strike a deal. take a listen. >> the plea is not off the table. so there is, obviously, conversations taking place, especially after what happen

brynn, final trade? >> nylk. oil futures contract. i'm riding momentum in humana. it should recover everything it lost. >> i think you're going to see much more spending from millennials. >> eli lily continues to push higher. >> so we've got the s&p, the dow, nasdaq higher. yields fell today, leading up to what happens in a little bit. "the exchange" is right now. >> thank you, scott. welcome to "the exchange." i'm kelly evans. here'swhat's ahead this hour. an hour from now, we get the latest fed decision oninterest rates. stocks are in a holding pattern as you can see ahead of that announcement. dow is up 15 points. bond yields are down, though, especially after that cooler than expected producer price data this morning. the market is pricing in a full point of cuts next year as inflation has receded rapidly. will chair powell push back on that today or not? let's start there with full team coverage on the economy, the

. >> brynn, thank you so much for that and have fun and anderson cooper and andy cohen will be ringing in the new year from times square tonight starting live at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cnn, and that is it for inside politics sunday. up next, "state of the union" with jake tapper and dana bash and dana's guests are chris sununu and democratic senator chris murphy. thanks again for sharing your sunday morning with us. happy new year. ♪ ♪ >>> ballot bombshell, the special counsel argues former president trump does not have immunity as another state moves to strike him from the ballot. >> mr. trump engaged in that insurrection. >> could the supreme court buy that argument? >> the constitution could not be any clearer. >> former january 6th committee member jamie rask inis here exclusively. and closing in, two weeks until iowa and nikki haley is still cleaning up comments about the civil war. her allies say -- >> acknowledge it and move on. >> her opponents disagree. new hampshire is seeing the slippery, slick, nikki haley. how will she fare in new hampshire? governor chris sununu joins me ex

they are arguing that we should go to war to defend our ally brynn, because of what sense, are they reallyey are corrupt, and empire, cruel, week, the germans, who have a much better idea, are going to run over them in a matter of weeks. why side with the feeling of empire said that the germans, who have a better idea? they also try to make us believe, that we are inherently weak, that we should change our own form of government, and that by having a democracy, we our opening ourselves up to be controlled by the jews, to be controlled by international forces, to be controlled by those who will sent us into the meat grinder so they wore, whereas we can side with germany. they were trying to articulate all of those things to any american voices that they could put their words in the mouth of. its members of congress, it's your senators, it's people like lawrence denys, who they are funding up at the was. it's a sylvester -- who is an american nazi, running about 12 different publications. it's magazines, and the messages that they were trying to sell us, to me, it's just unnerving and terrif