so ethel byrne, her mother leaves her when she's 2 years old.when she's born, her father throws her into a snowbank, and she's rescued by margaret sanger. her father's drunk. she has this incredible difficult childhood growing up in catholic orphanages and is rescued again and again by margaret sanger. but she, when marston and his wife say will you join our family and have -- she wants to have children. she's brilliant. she's probably the smartest of all of them. she really wants to have in this family, and she doesn't want her children to grow up with an unconventional family life, because that's what she had. she actually gives her children up for adoption, their not even legally her children after a few years. the family tells the world that she's, like, the housekeeper. and her son, whose name is byrne holloway marston, who's a retired obstetrician -- [laughter] he's lovely. his grandmother was ethel byrne, there's this beautiful thing about carrying on this tradition of caring for women, and he, he, you know, i asked him how he thought abo

we have fox business's tracy byrnes.chaefer, independent woman's forum, executive director and larry shover. tracy, is this keeping the economy down? a lot of consumers seeing their bills going way up? it is not compensated by lowering prices in gas. >> wages have been flat seems like forever, now, david. health insurance premiums and deductibles are going up. try to buy a gallon of milk at the store. that has gone up. food prices going up. basic necessities going up and your wages aren't. david: sabrina, look at those prices. home internet, we've all become dependent, that has gone up 81%. cell phone up, health insurance, despite obamacare or because of, it is going up. >> david, i have been affected by this just this week i learned my health insurance is going up $500 to cover my mid family. i feel optimism, i don't know if holiday spirit or i think energy prices have come way down. david: they have. >> more people traveling this thanksgiving than in the past seven years. that is sort of a sign of things changing. some

liz: tracy byrnes know because she has kids.watching every minute panned every gigabyte. >> they watch frozen on their phones one more time i might blow my head off. i think to gary's point, it is such a pain in the neck to leave your carrier. you don't even know the current amount of data you're getting right now. now you're saying i need more? i guess i need more. i keep getting cut off thanks to frozen. the administrative part of flipping over is so onerous. i'm not sure he will get as many people as he thinks to jump. >> they are the fastest growing telecom wireless carrier, larry shover. they're doing something with this uncarrier idea of making it easier for customers to simply pay for what they want, what they use and if they don't they keep it and use it again. >> yeah is a brilliant idea. also a novel idea. the problem, like me, i'm with sprint right now and i know, if this thing works it is just a matter of time before sprint rolls it out as well they're like chopping each other at the knees to compete. i'm like tracy.

in fact, i believe that is deputy commissioner katherine byrne from new south wales police, we'll hear the questions asked and the response. >> reporter: ..any demands and the condition of the five in there. >> i am here to give an update on an incident that we have operating in martin place sydney at the moment. what is an incident that commenced around 9:44 today, when we received information that there was a byrne who potentially was around, occupying premises in martin place. since that time we have responded with police and other resources. we know that there are people being held in the building in martin place, and we are aware there is a person armed, also in the premises. mays we are seeing this evolving as a negotiation that the new south wales police is undertaking with the person in the premises. we have had five people emerge from the location three earlier, two recently. those people are being assessed to ensure that their health is okay, and then police will speak to them. it's important to reiterate that we have now set up our police operations center, which is a standa

back with lee munson, kerry sheffield and tracy byrnes, lee, what do you think?he sell-off was overdone, i said last week friday was the bottom. we had a hangover monday. people were so freaked out and so many short sellers trying to manipulate the price of oil. oil is down by 50%, but commodities like lumber, copper, industrial metals were down double digits, we don't have the global demand problem that oil would suggest. so i think that the increase in the market we've seen is very good for the market. i think it's well received. i say you have to buy it. today you can commit capital. dave: we have oversupply of oil, the saudis continue to produce it, talking about oil in just a second. lee brings up interesting point. some of the market moves whether on the plus or negative side are not due to fundamentals. covering shorts. we're getting away from the fundamentals. >> exactly, i was a former moody's analyst, we're all about the fundamentals. 2014 has been a good year, you look a year ago, 2013 was a great year as well in terms of the stock market. i'm not so c

chris, tracy byrnes, peter.be singing "after the bell," but maybe "countdown." >> you know you want to. >> i can fly, but i can't sing. flu season has begun. the cdc warning it could be particularly deadly season. are you protected? we have the details straight ahead. actress halle berry, is sure the sexiest woman in hollywood? many of you think she is. taken a stake in the lingerie line. why increasing celebrities are starting their own businesses instead of just promoting a brand. that's coming next. ♪ >> listen up, folks, the cdc has issued a warning that this flu season will be a bad one. the most common strain of the virus is circulating the us one that tends to send more people to the hospital than other strains and it's caused more deaths. the organization says the virus has mutated from the strain used to make this year's flu vaccine. this means this year's vaccine may not be as effective at combating it. be careful. liz: halle berry is the latest of a string of celebrities buying stakes in companies. no

david asman and tracy byrnes coming up "after the bell."ad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future.you. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. [martha and mildred are good to. go. here's your invoice, ladies. a few stops later, and it looks like big ollie is on the mend. it might not seem that glamorous having an old pickup truck for an office... or filling your days looking down the south end of a heifer, but...i wouldn't have it any other way. look at that, i had my best month ever. and earned a shiny new office upgrade. i run on quickbooks. that's how i own it. david: tracy byrnes is with us today. >> fantastic. david: we have a rally going. we popped over the 18,000 number. nicole petallides at the nyse. talk about the five stocks that really did the heavy lifting. bring

. >> as judge lien byrne dawns her robe, she is prepared for the decision she is about to make, where a child sleeps at night and his immediate safety is in her hands. >> these could be the decisions you make, what if i get it wrong? >> in the seven years of handling child protective cases judge byrne is haunted by those she got wrong. 11 month old arian came before the judge and the judge decided she should stay with an aunt. >> at that moment with the information i was provided i made the best decision i could make. >> reporter: within a year the child was dead. a man visiting the home had crushed her skull. >> it is your worst nightmare that a child under my watch would die. now, if i'd made a different decision, would the same result happen? i don't know. i don't know. >> what the judges here do know is that they have insufficient time to hear cps cases. three judges are assigned to the cases in travis county texas. in three years their annual caseload has swelled from 1600 to 6,000 due in part to a booming population. >> let me call the 8:30 docket. >> the national council of juv

tracy byrnes, take it away. molly: fireball shots be don't forget those. holidays don't come cheap. stocking stuffers taking their toll on the middle class as wages struggle to keep up with the cost of christmas. why some won't pay off the holiday debt up to six months? wow. is it pretty in spring? why cold months like december and january can be the best time to get new digs. battle to save the box office, hollywood struggling with one much its worst years in over a decade. getting antsy at 35,000 feet. if you thought knee defender was bad? hear about the latest device that has air passengers carving up their side of the arm rest. even when you say it's not it is always about money. tracy: markets were doing just fine before christmas. visit from santa never a bad thing for wall street. fittingly oil taking a big ol' lump coal. here to discuss that, damage schaefer, hilary kramer and james frischling. james, this santa rally will continue? >> i think it will continue a little bit. household institutions, lower gas price, particularly create as nice tailwind. consumer doesn't mind o

. >> hey, everyone i'm tracy byrnes in for gerri willis.up at top of the show, the hottest trend in technology for your show. what's not hot, what's not and what will it cost you. that is coming up in a few minutes. don't go anywhere. [vet] two yearly physicals down. martha and mildred are good to go. here's your invoice, ladies. a few stops later, and it looks like big ollie is on the mend. it might not seem that glamorous having an old pickup truck for an office... or filling your days looking down the south end of a heifer, but...i wouldn't have it any other way. look at that, i had my best month ever. and earned a shiny new office upgrade. i run on quickbooks. that's how i own it. dad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future.you. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. can

cheryl: tracy byrnes, thank you very much.e for the s&p 500 if it can stay in the green. taking a look at the s&p and the dow. it istiture time as we go into the last hour of trading. the s&p did hit an intra-day record earlier today. the dow on the verge of record close too, if it can turn things around. up 2 points, that's all it's going to take. few points and we're going to have a record close. keep our eye on both indexes. how high will they rise as wall street gets ready to close the books on record winning year. watching the markets in every move of final hour of trading. >>> desperate search for the airasia flight carrying 162 people that

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but it must be really weird for this guy, because christopher byrnes, he was sent over to the middlet. he was supposed to be away for eight months, going off to serve his country. but two months after he left, his wife gave birth to his first baby little girl. so, he's coming back to meet a new member in his family, his 6-month-old daughter. all the families are kind of getting ready. eventually, the plane pulled up. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ everyone's looking super excited. everybody's waiting to see their husbands and wives and brothers and sisters and moms and dads. >> y'all. >> the moment when he finally gets to meet his daughter for the first time, and it's just one of the sweetest things. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, look at dad. oh, my gosh, can you imagine that? holding your daughter who is now 6 months old for the very first time and looking into her eyes and seeing her little face? >> he's got her in his arms and you can see, he's almost unsure how to hold her at the same time, and then he just starts talking to her. it's just adorable. ♪ ♪ >>> the thanksgiving holiday

and then the new south wales police commissioner and kathryn byrne.ll of them speaking but not necessarily revealing too much. we learned through those press conferences that negotiators were in contact with this gunman. and that you know, five hostages were released. but, you know, we, there's another ambulance that just drove past me a short time ago. they are all rolled up here in case something goes wrong. while it's a promising sign they are releasing these hostages, we don't know what could unfold over the coming hours. these things are volatile, extremely unpredictable. we don't know what the motives are of this gunman. we don't know what sort of statement he's wanting to make to the world. we don't know if he's operating with isis, whether he's a lone wolf, whether he's affiliated with a completely different group. but clearly he wanted the world's attention. he chose this cafe opposite, you know, major television network here in the heart of the city. so he obviously has some message that he wants to get out. he has the world's attention. we

patrick m byrne, overstock.com founder and ceo. good to see you, patrick.ow much were you up oaf last year, so far this holiday? >> so far this holiday tell you the number for the last four days, we're up 23.5. so almost 10 points above the 14% that you just named. david: wow. >> we're growing, yeah. >> i was just going to ask were you expecting such an increase? >> no. i was expecting sort of 15ish percent, something like that. i still think for the quarter that is probably a better guess. i don't want people thinking i'm saying we'll grow 24% for the quarter. over these four days we grew 24%. i'm anxious to start to think 15 to 18% is probably the range for the quarter. we're doing 10 points better than the market. david: do you have the inventory? are you unprepared for this rush? >> we are so prepared. we are so prepared. in our business model fools a lot of people. 91% of our sales are not even from products in our warehouses where various supplier relationships. so we can scale without having to sink the billions into the new warehouses that certain o

at first, helen byrne was worried that her fellow villages -- villagers might not take to her whimsicalhoto re-create and from history -- her whimsical photo recreations from history. >> if you put animals or people in the windows, we were afraid people would vandalize it in some other way. so far, not one of them has been vandalized, so it has been a great success that way. >> it's almost ironic that her idea of success has le to the first of the figures being taken down, thanks to the stream of tourists. a real cafe has opened here. roy and bart are already planning their next coup in its back room, a hiking trail to the coast about five miles away. >> it's bold, yes, but it needs to be because it's the only way you will get anything done. you take a backseat, and nothing will get done at all. >> it's possible, you know. if you have that vision, these days, you can offer change and make it work. >> helen has taken her photo tableau to the next village where it is getting around. this is a private order for you mc millan, who closed his accordion shop because he could not find anyone w

greg byrne is the young athletic director for arizona. became successful for them. if you think about rich rodriguez, this is, nationally a basketball school. no one's going to get in his way or be critical of the way he wants to win football games, which was the case at michigan. >> joel: you're right. >> tim: third and five. scroggins, tries to keep the play alive. and he pays a heavy price. absolutely hammered. isaac aha coming away with the tackle. and that was a big blow. >> joel: for as good of a season that arizona has had, this was a buzzsaw. this was a team determined, even after a low start, to put themselves where they thought they would be, from n the beginning of the year, which is in the first college football playoff. that's what tonight has been about for me. this oregon team, taking what they feel is rightfully theirs. >> tim: they've been the preimminent program of late. especially since the sanctions came down to usc. here's our diamond moment of the game, presented by kay jewelers. carrington, targeted again. at first,

catherine byrne as indicated they don't want to enter into what the gun man is asking for. ,t is notpful for anyone nor is it helpful for them to comment on what hostages remain in that cafe. five have either escaped or been released. we had three out at around 3:00 escapedd another two at about 5:00 p.m. at this point, that main precinct does remain under police locked down. police are negotiating with that gun man that we don't know how many police are -- how many hostages are left in the cafe. >> thank you very much for the update. we will bring you updates on the .atest on the situation coming up, we had to tokyo for a reaction as prime minister shinzo abe wins big. what is next on the agenda? stay tuned for that. as we had to the break, here is a picture of the markets. we are up here in london. the moves in emerging markets, the thai stock index down 7.5%. you see some pain in the currency markets. emerging markets as well. the indonesian rupiah hitting some big lows. concerns we saw last week in the european equity markets carrying over to asia. if you want to talk markets, yo

tracy byrnes. tracy, what do you think? tracy: we need to show respect to our police officers. they save lives. these one or two incidents that get confusing and blurred should not take away -- neil: it's widening to cleveland and detroit. when there are separate white incidents, of blacks attacking whites, that gets ignored. in all cases, all such attacks are just a fraction of the overall number. tracy: right of all of them. but i blame the politicians and al sharpton and his kind that get out there and just spew this crap that people listen to all the time because that's -- that is the problem here. we're listening to the wrong people. these police officers are doing what they're supposed to -- with all due respect to al sharpton, you take out a guy 6-3. you tell me what you'll do. neil: i could look at that case, maybe i'd feel sorry for the guy. if there's a case for an indictment, maybe that was the one. even allowing for all that. a grand jury had all the evidence beyond what i have beyond what any of us have. that's the conclusion. so you're free to protest. tracy: righ

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tracy byrnes to say that's not fair either. why not, scott? >> well, neil, it's weird like hairless pets. neil, let's go back in time -- neil: i'll let that one gu go. >> it's a bill murray quote. they said, hey, your eight days eight days your aides were putting the public in danger. i've been lucky to be caught in these protests twice. first time in chicago after the michael brown decision kind of foggy about what happened then in new york last week, as you know, so well with the decision as well. that was the other issue. very much more questionable outcome. both times putting the public in harm's way. and getting fuel from the left. >> i have been in both bridgegate and the protests here in town. at least you eventually made it through. i didn't have to worry about running someone down to get through the lincoln tunnel, which crossed my mind. i will be the first to admit. me and many others, this was dangerous. i'm not sure why it's not getting play like that. christie was dumb. that whole thing was dumb. it reeked wreaked a lot of havoc.

has long been seeing hillary is not a sure bet, joining lizzy mcdonald, and max for is and tracy byrnes, what do you make? >> they say, she does not know what the economy is going to be like in 2016. there are a lot of question marks, they think she is leaning toward running. neil: this is the time. >> they think she will do it but there is a lingering question, she will inherit a lot of bad stuff from this president. can she overcome that. right now, you see hunger games, reservoir dog inside of the democratic party if you want to talk about. neil: i heard about your performance on imus. >> well, we'll talk about that later. you have patrick saying we should have ran toward the president not away from his policies. >> easy for him to say as outgoing governor. >> yes, and democrats lost that state. there is a big fight going on about what direct they take, this cannot be sitting well with hillary clinton, i think if you are going to bet, she is going to do it. neil: tracy, she will not be the democratic nominee, i don't know who will be? >> i think you say same on both sides, seems like

tracy byrnes. tracy. >> so anything you send in emails, just presume it's on a billboard in times square. everything we say is out there. and everything you've said is probably still out there as well. neil: we forget that. >> i have one simple rule. if you're not going to say it to somebody's face, don't put it in an email. in hollywood, so many big egos -- neil: i tell them to their face. lizzie. >> the thing about these emails, they are so long. they're like -- neil: i noticed that. why not just say angelina jolie sucks. but no. on and on. >> on and on. and the insanity and the rampaging spoiled ego of angelina jolie. all she does is make giant movie bombs. i mean, remarkable emails. this is the most colorful part of the sony hack. >> she's laughing all the way to the bank. she could care less. >> it's cool they have code names. we should come up code names. >> what would neil's code name be? >> sarah michelle geller. they're creative code names. i give them credit. neil: i wonder if it will mak

david: overstock, we love patrick byrne.uge gain. >> 23% growth he year-over-year, four days, black friday into cyber monday. up 5% going into the close. liz: material stocks really led today's gains which is an interesting move considering you still have pretty much of a china slowdown. look at this, as you see a lot of miners involved. >> some names down with sluggish news out of china. cliff natural resources up five 1/2%. rio tinto up 2 1/2%. there are some winners in the materials sector. [closing bell ringing] david: by the way on the flipside there are some losers. amazon moving to the downside as one example but generally this is a good day in the markets. liz: look at gang of bny mellon there. david: big gang. >> bells ring on wall street. closing out two record highs. and lifetime intraday highs as well. look at stocks finishing to the upside. we pick out the winners here, dow jones industrials up, 80 points, 90 points away from dow 18,000? could we see that soon at least before the end of the year? s&p hitting all

dod's said the evidence linking soldiers to damage from byrne there. >> it's highly plausible, probable that some individuals have health conditions acquired as a result of exposures in theatre. being able to identify which exporms and individuals is difficult because we don't have the individual exposure information helping us to establish that link. >> miese left the military. his doctors told him he was not fit to work as a file clerk. with his fiancee he moved to the mississippi coast. the humid air helps with the future. as for the future... future. >> jamie and antony were married shortly after he came back from iraq. they have a 3-year-old daughter. >> i mean this, is not what i thought our life would be. you know, at 33, 34, 35. it affected us tremendously. a lot of people say this is our generations. thorntons say they want the military to acknowledge harm done to soldiers. >> my plan was to keep working, and get a good job working. she doesn't have to do anything and be a good man. but i've erased that now. >> you're still a good man. >> it's hard to accept that. >> reporter:

. >> to our fox biz all-stars, veronica dagher, mark serrano and tracy byrnes. is the media at all to blame? >> just like the president on a smaller level. god forbid he take blame for this. not the protesters who blocked bridges, laid down in the middle of stores so people couldn't shop. certainly wasn't them or the protesters that called the police, the kkk spat on them. come on now! take responsibility for this. >> mark, i'm sensing panic with the mayor of new york now. that's the comment when somebody starts pointing fingers, he was shaking answering. that dangerous to have a mayor of new york city panicking like that? >> i'm the son of a retired nypd cop. the outrage in the police community is unprecedented. here's the reason you have the conflict and pointing blame at the media. he used the media to advance the propaganda of the protesters. now he wants to blame the media for pointing the finger at him. there is outrage in the police community over. this a very close colleague of mine said here's why far left democrats have a hard time governing. their ide

byrne, thank you for joining us. the current trajectory and the limited number of days that we have is that 2014 will be the hottest year ever on the planet. slightly conflicting by university of alabama huntsville that is maybe the third warmest. where is the dispute here? >> it comes down to how you process data. what we have gotten from noaa thus far, there is nasa, there is the hadley office in u.k, the japanese meteorological society, but overall they are all telling the same thing. maybe not the hottest but one of the hottest. >> the way they measure temperature, surface temperature, speaker spheric -- atmospheric temperature? >> these organizations add up their numbers. however the one you're talking about in huntsville alabama that takes satellite measurements, goes a little higher in the atmosphere. these are very small nuances because overall, the story is still the same, one of the hottest if not the hottest years on record. pollution we see mounting body of evidence of all these hot years building up toge

more like grid like to the fox biz all-stars veronica dagher tracy byrnes. >> once we got a sense that there's going to be gridlock, people went off to the races, a better sense of where obamacare is going to hit, and it is going to hit, you figure that into the numbers and the companies took off. this is like a mature version of the dot com boom, i think a lot of companies would come to markets sooner if we were in the dot com era. a little more thought behind, it venture capital money out there thanks to janet yellen, and made for amazing year for start-ups. neil: jonathan? >> neil, where they've interfered where, government has interfered in the market there's been massive wealth destruction. just this last week, it came out that insurer created under obamacare which was loaned $125 million is belly-up. billions of dollars with green energy, and all through the 2014 small businesses were reluctant to hire because of obamacare. i'm happy the dow is up. i'm happy the market's up i think it's despite always seeing from government because of it, and all of the companies, the net flicks

cheryl: tracy byrnes, thank you very much. one hour away from a new record close for the s&p 500 if it can stay in the green. taking a look at the s&p and the dow. it istiture time as we go into the last hour of trading. the s&p did hit an intra-day record earlier today. the dow on the verge of record close too, if it can turn things around. up 2 points, that's all it's going to take. few points and we're going to have a record close. keep our eye on both indexes. how high will they rise as wall street gets ready to close the books on record winning year. watching the markets in every move of final hour of trading. >>> desperate search for the airasia flight carrying 162 people that vanished into thin air. dozens of ships and planes are taking part and the united states is asked to help now, too. we'll have the latest details in just a moment. >>> and help wanted in the national football league. three teams and counting are hiring after firing their coaches this black monday. will the shake-ups help the jets, falcons and bears

liz: "the willis report" is next with tracy >> hi, everyone, i'm tracy byrnes in for gerri willis. we're down to the final stretch in the holiday shopping frenzy. with a not so stellar start to the holiday season, retail remembers doing everything they can to attract last minute shoppers. can you snag a deal this late in the game? we have retail expert, eric shiver. thanks for being with us. i thought this was interesting stat. one in four shoppers held off to complete shopping season over the weekend. i think it is more. i know tons of people behind the eight ball this year. >> i know lots of people behind the eight ball and it is true. there were polls taken and over 60% were going to wait because they're looking for deals. the reality is they can get emof this the other reality retailers recognize it. and it is growing to hurt profits in a big way. that's a concern for the retail season of the interesting numbers were, on saturday and sunday, they actually were up up over 2% last year which is a good thing for the country. at least it is going up. it was not flat. 42 million ver

in our panel, john tamny, real clear markets editor, larry shover, sfg alternative cio, and tracy byrnesus in studio still. john, a lot of people are wondering whether this rally is for real or whether it is a market bubble. what do you think? >> well if you show me an end to the fed's quantitative easing burden that was not good for the stock market, if you also show me gridlock in washington and give me a strong dollar, i will always give you a bull market. and the question is will this go into the future? economies naturally grow if left alone. so if washington stays relatively benign we'll see more economic growth and this will reflect in the stock market. david: all right. larry, what do you think? >> i certainly think the market will continually grind higher. the domestic landscape is good. i fully acknowledge disinflation but the core numbers are still very sturdy. monetary policy around the world is diverging but very accommodative. corporate health is still decent. we're seeing share buybacks. corporate valuations continue to move higher. all is a green light with me. david: tra

wonderful cast -- james earl jones, rose byrne. it's really funny and wonderful.is thing, living in new york, i always want to see more broadway shows. and every time i see them, i'm so happy i did. but every time i sit down to the beginning of a broadway show, i'm super bummed out because i have no attention span. and i just sit there and think, "oh, my god, this is going to take forever." [ laughter ] then they starts, and i'm so, so happy. and this was a wonderful play that i think everyone should see. the biggest example -- or the best example, i should say, of a play that i really thought i was going to hate is -- a few years ago my mom really wanted to see "jersey boys." has anyone seen "jersey boys"? [ cheers and applause ] and i did not want to see "jersey boys." i don't love musicals. and my mom really wanted to see "jersey boys." so my parents came in, and we went and saw "snl." they came and saw "snl" -- i did the show. [ laughter ] so then i stayed out really late. and so the next morning i was really hung over, and then i really didn't want to see "je

fox business' tracy byrnes is a former accountant, my friend.eed to know. >> here's the thing, like you said, you probably made some money, and you have gains. you don't want to pay tax on that. if you're a high net worth, you're paying upwards of 23.8% thanks to obamacare, so you've got to generate some losses. be very careful. you might have positions that have losses that you really still want to hold. irs is totally on to you because they say, look, if you have a stock, let's say you buy it on monday at ten, you sell it on tuesday for $8. it's a $2 loss right there. you're thinking to yourself, i'm just going to buy it back on wednesday. they're saying, no way. you cannot take that loss on your tax return. it's this big rule that you've got to pay attention to because they will disallow your losses, and then you're owing tax, and you don't want to do that. gerri: you've got to tell me about m&as, because a lot of people own stocks that were in an m&a deal of some sort. how does that play in? >> it's all about substantially identical stocks.

. >> from this conference on james byrnes suicide of the west, and examining and testing of liberalism, a panel entitled the drift of u.s. foreign policy and the challenges to western survival. >> my pleasure to introduce the moderator for the final panel which is u.s. foreign policy of the challenges of western survival. the professors to diplomat and lectern international studies here at your mic the report immediately, he served as a senior advisor to george shultz, and because new and reagan justin mckee. professor hill is a research fellow at stanford's hoover institute. i served as chief foreign policy adviser to candidate rudy giuliani. author of the book's grand strategy and trial of 1000, professor teaches in the brady just program one of the most part but also most rigorous to their summers offered at yale that handles questions leadership, stay cricket diplomacy. he teaches in direct studies, ma western civilization freshman your program. without further ado please welcome our moderator, professor charles hill. [applause] >> thank you, and good afternoon. my first job before