maria: carlos goshn story sin credible.int no new information has happened, they are still holding him on this idea that he hid his compensation when in fact, there's a compensation committee and a board of directors, dagen, you know how i feel about this because i just think it's outrageous but these are the rules of japan. dagen: right, actually, carlos goshn because he's not u.s. born you don't have the u.s. government at your back intervening in this situation. and so -- maria: like they did with greg kelly number 2 who is out on bail. dagen: with carlos goshn maybe the family needs to come out and use the media and talk more explicitly about it, because he's in custody in japan they are worried about care and safety quite frankly i'm guessing and you go out and talk about it, put pressure on the japanese government about what's going on but the family and friends are in a bind at this point. maria: let's see where this goes, we all know the underpinnings here that he wanted to merge nissan with renault a french company

cheryl: he looked really thin, maria, a lot to go through with the story, former nissan chairman carlos goshn did declare innocence. it was first public appearance since arrest back in november of 2018. goshn said in the courtroom, quote, i have been wrongly accused and unfairly detained based on meritless and unstaubsuated allegations, he was charged with failing to report compensation accurately in nissan's financial statements, a judge says that goshn should remain behind bars because he is a flight risk and because he might destroy evidence if released. goshn's current detention period is friday but lawyers said in such cases that happen in japan bail is not approved before trial takes place, guys, it could be 6 months before the first trial is held in the case, nissan's ceo says compani' reliance with renault is not in danger. also another issue that came up in the courtroom that his relationship with the saudi businessmen and payments of nissan 14.7 million to the saudi, he denies inappropriately as well. maria: i have been skeptical from day one, carlos goshn was engineering a merger b

cheryl, we talked about it in the beginning, there are other people involved in carlos goshn's salary and compensation. cheryl: where was nissan? sec is taking a look at this, securities and exchange commission is investigating now nissan in connection with goshn's alleged financial misconduct. sec has requested documents from both nissan and from goshn, the japanese automaker says it's fully cooperating with u.s. officials. taking a look at shares of nissan, they are down more than 20% from a year ago, carlos goshn still remains in a tokyo jail. well, the treasury department is lifting sanctions on 3 companies connected to russian oligarch, oleg, the move comes despite effort in congress to block the action with many lawmakers concerned that the current administration is not being tough enough in putin and allies, the treasury says it's removing russian aluminum giant and other companies from list because they reduced, interesting story. the first tax filing season under the president's tax law opens today but two-thirds of households are getting tax cuts paying less income taxes tha

and exchange commission reportedly investigating nissan now, automaker facing questions tied to carlos goshn'sight, we are watching markets this morning, beginning of big week for investors, caterpillar is reporting, tig technology companies, apple, facebook, also reporting later on this week, joining me right now market strategists, michael lee, it is good to see you this morning. >> thanks for having me. maria: how would you be positioning ahead of big week, of course, the earnings period? >> well, look, i think you have to have exposure to u.s. stocks, it's a matter of how aggressive you want to be. what i'm looking for are we going to punish all of the losers the same or are we going to award the winners, is there going to be diversion between winners and losers or everything move in unison. maria: yeah, but i mean, you see a change in this market with the federal reserve on hold, correct? friday we get article in the journal basically saying, look, they may not necessarily be on hold for raising interest rates, they may actually be on hold in terms of the balance sheet unwind, is that a p

carlos goshn is speaking out, former nissan chairman has appeared in japanese courtroom yesterday, what this morning. plus president trump will address the country tonight as government shutdown enters days

well, former nissan chairman carlos goshn to appear in tokyo court on tuesday, this is going to be hisirst public appearance since arrest 7 weeks ago for allegedly underreporting income by 44 million, goshn has denied any wrongdoing. goshn reportedly has paid two middle east acquaintances, that's charges against them, all of this public next week when we get to hear from him finally for the first time. late holiday gift for formertous are us workers, employees who lost jobs begun receiving checks from 20 million-dollar hardship fund, worker advocacy groups have been pressuring groups because they did not provide severance payments, the 54,000 employees were entitled 75 million in severance based on, dagen, their years of service. you will put somebody out of business maybe do the right thing by those folks who worked hard for so many years. dagen: indeed, cheryl, thank you so much, next year be sure to tune in, maria is back on monday and she will be sitting down starting tuesday at 6:00 a.m. maria's interview with jamie dimon. he cannot only talk health care but the state of the world

all right, another story we are following, former nissan chairman carlos goshn exclusive interview withkei asian review, charges against are as a result of plot and treason by nissan executive. goshn says the plan was against plan to integrate with the partners in japanese alliance ranot and we are finally hearing, maria, from carlos goshn who, yes, sits in jail. maria: we expected that from the get-go in terms of what was behind this, i'm really surprised that he was allowed to do interview for japanese paper. trump trade and tariffs, investors eyeing china as talks begin today, facebook under fire, controversial way media giant used teenagers, the fallout coming after this. [nondescript dialogue] what would it look like if we listened more? could the right voice - the right set of words - bring us all just a little closer, get us to open up, even push us further? it could, if we took the time to listen. the most inspiring minds, the most compelling stories. download audible and listen for a change. maria: welcome back, big program this morning, former new jersey governor and author of