now, cason had still been a very happy baby before this moment.er, his mother mercedes noticed that his eyes were still crossing even after the usual six month window where that ends. on top of that, no one really agreed with mercedes. her family didn't see it, and when she told cason's pediatrician, she was just like, she looked at him and she was like, i don't see much. >> oh, look at that handsome boy. >> but mercedes was persistent and eventually got referred to an eye care practice called my eye doctor. we spoke with their chief medical officer, doctor artis batey. >> it happens consistently and it's over and over. it doesn't seem to improve. that's a really good sign that that baby needs to have a full exam. so kudos to you for recognizing that. >> well, mercedes says within five minutes of cason's eyes being dilated, he was immediately diagnosed with needing glasses full time. >> i knew, i know, i know, i know, even though you can see he did not want them at first. >> oh baby. mercedes says he is not trying to take his glasses off anymore.

conversation and carol roth national review staff writer caroline downey and fox business cheryl casone. "mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪. maria: president trump expressing support for u.s. dockworkers ahead of a potential strike next month. cheryl casone with the latest. >> were tracking this for you growing concern that the east and gulf coast dockworkers can go on strike january 155 days before president-elect trump is inaugurated that's when the current labor contract ends. they walked off the job for three days in october they shut their major printed new york, new jersey, texas until the body administration intervene they were offered a 62% pay increase over six years but that was content on a wider deal being reached by mid-january, the sites are stuck on the issue of automation the ports are growing volume of cargo the union opposes the use of technology but they say it threatens jobs. yesterday president-elect trump met with union leaders for an hr meeting after the meeting trump posted this untrue social, there's been a lot of discussion with automation on u.s. stock

cheryl casone with new details right now.r eric adams says authorities are closing in on the suspect as nypd officers are on the ground in atlanta with divers searching the bottom of central park's lake over the weekend. searching for more discarded evidence to catch this guy. police found a backpack believed to have been left by the shooter in central park. it contains monopoly money and a jacket the mounted now in the sixth day. this as investigators tell fox news they have pieced together a time line saying the suspect shot and killed the ceo hopped on a bike, rode through central park, drops the backpack in the woods, gets a taxi. authorities releasing new photos of his face in the back of the cab as well. police believe believe he may he caught a bus out of state. he arrived from atlanta on november 24th. you'll be speaking with ray kelly about all of this next hour. jury deliberations in the daniel penny case are set to resume today after the judge dismissed penny's second degree manslaughter charge. the decision is sla

cheryl casone from fox news is here with details. i thought shareholders aspprove this and say what a compensation package is, not a judge? >> cheryl: a judge says this was o overreach by elon musk and the shareholders and basically elon musk has too much control. this was a large pay package. look, he's okay without it. headline from fox business, elon m musk's compensation package re rejected by a delaware judge. musk responded saying shareholders should control, not judges. in january this became a legal issue and musk has taken corporation of tesla and space x and incorporated in texas. talk about cowboys, i can't take the pain. tesla stock is up 42% since the election 150 billion for him. he is the world's richest man, he's okay. funny post, he said never i incorporate in delaware. >> todd: if this business comes to united states under trump, corporations have to think strongly about do i go to delaware, which was always a safe harbor for corporations if this is how court inject themselves in my business. interesting to see what

i'm cheryl casone. i'm in for charles payne. today this is "making money." breaking right now, the market is tumbling across-the-board, dragged down by big tech but the s&p 500 as you can see down by 74 points, the nasdaq is down by 325 points, the russel 2000 down by 39 points and of course the dow is under pressure as well. it is not looking like it today but we're about to wrap up the third year of the bull market, so what does history have to say about returns? paul hickey of bespoke here with the charts and 2024 was all about the chipmakers, powering the a.i. revolution but what takes a.i. to the next level? doug clinton says it's all about software and silicon. he's here to share the names you need to know at 2:40 eastern time. what will the new year hold for house hunters? housing analyst melanie wright expects a big drop in prices but the bright spots stop there. plus should reclining seats on flights be banned? and is it rude to charge your guests for christmas dinner tweet me your thoughts on x, @cheryl casone. i just put up a poll and you can vote

and then we'll talk with louis pretty comes when shaun cason i member the financial services science

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. >> ashley: well, cheryl casone is here to explore that next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with so much great entertainmentf you could find what you want, all in one place? my favorites. get xfinity streamsaver with netflix, apple tv+, and peacock included, for only $15 a month. >> ashley: china responding to claims that the mysterious drones are coming from the ccp. the u.s. has been accusing china of posing national security risk without reliable evidence and reiterate claims denying the drones pose a national security threat. canadian diplomats will meet with donald trump's team at mar-a-lago for talks. >> todd: the new finance -- and cheryl casone from our fox business is here with more. >> cheryl: you are butting my high school french to shame. >> ashley: same. >> todd: let's not go crazy. >> cheryl: kevin o'leary was on fox business yesterday talking about this post from donald trump again aiming at canada, 51st state saying trudea would make a great governor of the state of canada. donald trump is pushing -- against justin trudea. kevin o'leary addressed trump's plan yesterday. listen to this. >> th

cheryl casone, always a pleasure.overage on this story. >> todd: don't miss cheryl on mornings with maria. tonight is sixth an patriot reward. carley shimkus live at the tillis center to give us backstage look at all the fun happening tonight. do we have my colleague? thanks for showing up to work, carley. >> carley: todd! everything looks great, i'm excited for you to come down and see this. everything is being set up. i'm standing on official fox nation red carpet, your fox favorites will lineup and take pictures tonight. i want to show you more. follow me. this is what we're calling radio row. this is where brian kilmeade and jimmy failla will be doing their radio shows later today. this is all-were approximate, multi functional event. this is radio row here. we are in the tillis center, this is huge fevenue space for patriot award. when you walk in here, we have fox shop. you can buy some -- people scattered, you can be in the shot. you can buy christmas gifts if you need a pa patriot reward har snow globe. t-shir

folks cheryl casone is in for my friend liz claman. >> thank you, charles. we are watching history in the making as the nasdaq tops 20,000 for the first time in i'm cheryl casone in for liz claman as the bulls spring back in action the nasdaq indicating an all-time intraday high on pace for a record close the tech heavy index holding above as you can see that 20,000 level, we shall see how we move the next hour. the s&p 500 is also trying for a record. if it can close, more than 55.36 points that will mark its 58th record close of 2024 now these gains coming after this mornings cpi report was in line with expectations across-the-board. increasing the odds of a 25 basis point rate cut next week to 95% so that number actually jumped from last week 95% is the bet. big tech leading today's gains including the world's most valuable company. take a look at apple. that stock is surging to a record high, as the long-awaited a.i. update officially goes live. the apple intelligence update and ios 18.2 it is now available for all users including chatgpt integration, al

♪ ♪ cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone, in for maria bartiromo.is thursday, december 26, your top stories, 6:00 a.m. eastern. today, president-elect trump's christmas message includes a threat to chinese soldiers that he says are stationed at the panama canal, another offer to purchase greenland and a surprising offer to canadian citizens if the country were to become the 51st state. mike johnson's leadership is on the line as allies urge trump to intervene. what you need to know. futures, we are seeing markets pulling back. the dow is down by 168 points right now, nasdaq down 104, s&p down by more than 26. after markets were closed for the christmas holiday. and there's only a few trading days left in the year, four to be exact. all three major indices poised to end the year with the gains. the dow is up almost 15%, nays q up 33%, s&p up 26%. take a look at the banks this morning. look at jp morgan, b of a, citigroup, all in the red, several of the country's biggest banks are set to sue the federal reserve over the annual stress test. take a look

morning long wealth advisor chris mcmanus here "fox & friends" cohost todd piro and fox business cheryl casoneornings with maria" is live right now. we when it's time for the hot topic of hour president-elect agenda taking shape on trade in foreign policy with incoming commander-in-chief not mincing words when it comes to the tear promises digital political correspondent brooke sigman with the latest. >> good morning president-elect donald trump is laying out goals for his new administration foreign policy and trade agendas as new details are emerging about his friday night dinner with canadian prime minister justin trudeau the president-elect proposed 25% tariff on canada and mexico could reportedly cost each country more than $110 billion which is raising concerns for the canadian prime minister, trudeau told trout he cannot support the tariff because it would completely kill the canadian economy trump reportedly responding your country can't survive unless it's ripping off the u.s. in the tune of $100 billion, trump jokingly suggested that candida become the 51st state which caused the prim

group founder, john lonski, columnist and fox news contributor, liz peek and fox business' cheryl casone. "mornings with maria" is live right now. it is time for the hot topic of the harks president biden has pardoned his son, hunter biden, despite repeated denials from the president and his administration that he would not do so. >> is there any possibility that the president would end up pardoning his son? >> no. >> i just said no. i just answered the question. go ahead. >> will you accept the jury's outcome, their verdict, no matter what it is? >> yes. >> and have you ruled out a pardon for your son? >> yes. i am satisfied that i'm not going to do anything, i said i would stand by the jury's decision, i will do that. i will not pardon him. >> does the president have any intention of pardoning him. >> we've been asked that question multiple times. our answer stands, which is no. maria: well, president biden releasing this statement, quote, from the day i took office i said i would not interfere with the justice department's decision making and i kept my word. even as i have watched my

joining the conversation lonski group founder john lonski, tiana lowe doescher and fox business' cheryl casone "mornings with maria" is live right now. maria: is time for the hot topic of hour marks are covered donated $1 million to president-elect donald trump's inaugural fund according to the wall street journal as technology ceo are looking to better their relationship with incoming trump administration, amazon founder said he's optimistic about a second trump administration, watch this. >> i'm optimistic this time around i am very hopeful he seems to have a lot of energy around reducing inflation if i can do that i will help him. >> more than half of americans are feeling very or hopeful about trump election victory according to fox news polls take a look at the numbers this morning trump is expected to bring the opening bell at the new york stock exchange, fox news delusional correspondent brooke sigman with the very latest. he should be taking the victory lap, a trump rally from day one going in to the moment in time. >> and marty maria the president-elect is reportedly to unveil the new

get free shipping at circulon.com cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone, i'm in for maria bartiromo. it is tuesday, december 31st, 7:00 a.m. on the east coast. new year's eve. time for the hot topic of the hour. one of china's intelligence agencies hacking the u.s. treasury. gaining access to several workstations and u.n. classified documents. treasury revealing this in a letter to the senate banking committee writing, quote, treasury was notified by a third party software service provider, beyond trust, that a threat actor had gained access to a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud based service used to remotely provide tech support for treasury department offices. the incident's been attributed to a china state sponsored advanced persistent threat actor. it's unclear what hackers were looking for, senior officials think it was a h espionage operation. this comes as the biden administration is dealing with the fallout from the salt typhoon hack, one of the most extensive and damaging chinese operations in history which impacted at least nine u.s. telecom firms. maria spoke with

maria: cheryl casone, your reaction. >> what will be interesting is the relationship, can putin bringto the table, one of the things that donald trump campaigned on and said if he was put back in office he could end the war, will he? if that means a link has to give up land and if trump can convince them to give a plan. as for the nato question we talked about syria and turkey in the last part of the show. liz peek made a great point turkey is a nato what are they doing for us right now they don't really behave like a partner in the financial aspect making sure these countries actually pay up, do we need to be in the business of pain to protect europe. it is time for europe to pay to protect your. maria: i would ask you about to mastic policy. yesterday stephen miller who is the incoming deputy chief of staff on policy for president trump, he told me they will need $100 billion for the border and that means of deportation, securing the border et cetera we know incoming senate majority leader john thune is planning a two-step plan that would see a non- tax cut bill as the priority to b

cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone, i'm in for maria bartiromo. it is monday, december 30th. breaking news at 6:00 a.m. eastern time. former president jimmy carter has died at the age of 100. a look at his life and legacy all morning long. and other stories we're watching for you this morning, president-elect trump is urging the supreme court to halt the ban on tiktok if it cannot find an american buyer. meanwhile, as congress readies its vote for speaker this friday and president biden remains on vacation, his administration is told to stop auctioning off parts of the border wall while intense debate over the h1b visa program is erupting online right now. everything you need to know. taking a look at markets this morning. futures right now are in the red, just slightly, dow down 79, nasdaq down 44, s&p down 13. it is of course another holiday shortened week, markets will be closed on wednesday for the new year's day holiday. so we have two trading days left for the month of december. the fourth quarter all of the year and investors are putting their money into a few differen

i'm cheryl casone in for liz claman. we begin with a fox market alert. stocks are in wait and see mode ahead of tomorrows big inflation gauge. the november cpi report. in the meantime, no records for the majors at the moment. the nasdaq did hit an all-time intraday high at the open, right now, it is national and international headlines that are stealing the spotlight. the extradition hearing of luigi mangione, that is the 26-year-old ivy league graduate charged in the murder of united healthcare ceo brian thompson just wrapped up moments ago. what we know at this point is that mangione has been denied bail and fighting extradition to new york and we want to show you this looking at live at the entrance to the blair county courthouse. this is in pennsylvania where earlier, police brought him into the extradition hearing. we'll have a live report on this coming up for you during the hour, plus an expert in healthcare security joins me with his take about corporate security and all of this. and the collapse of syria's government sending shockwaves around th

also joining us, cheryl casone, lisa boothe, and charles payne, host of "making money" on fox business. now this. hunter off the hook for everything. reporters just grilled white house press secretary karine jean-pierre in an off-camera gaggle on air force one about the president's decision to pardon his son. hunter was scheduled to be sentenced this month. it was december 12th, on federal gun and tax charges, and the sweeping part in space and a possible prison sentence. a complete reversal by the president of united states. >> does the president have any intention of pardoning him. >> even asked that question multiple times. the answer stands which is no. the president has been clear would need for ask this que question. >> is there any possibility the president will end up pardoning his son? >> no. i just said no. >> it is still no. >> will you accept the jury's outcome, their verdict, no matter what it is? >> yes. >> have you ruled out a pardon for yo mack. >> yes. i said i would abide by the jury decision. i will do that and i will not pardon him. >> kayleigh: they were categorica

cheryl casone is going to take it from here. cheryl: i was going to ask jeff how many times he has been married but i won't, i'll just run. good afternoon, i'm cheryl casone, i'm in for charles payne today. this is making money. we have breaking news. stocks stumbled out of the gate. they're holding on as best as possible while the bull market is cooling in the final trading days of 2024. will the 2024 themes of mega tech and a.i. fuel 2025? we're going to talk about it. and president-elect trump siding with elon musk and vivek ramaswamy in the h1b visa debate. we're examining the system's economic impact. plus, trump is asking the supreme court to halt the ban of tiktok. congresswoman claudia tenney, she voted for that ban, she is going to weigh in on trump's request. all that and more on making money. ♪ cheryl: well, stocks continue to drop in the final trading days of 2024. that said, we are off of session lows, the markets have hit record highs for the yeemplet year.the market is described ths way. there's an m element of mi

i am cheryl casone in for charles payne. today, and this is "making money" and we've got breaking news right now. will it be a santa claus rally, or tough sledding ahead? right now we are giving back a little bit of gains on the s&p and the nasdaq, the russel 2000 actually coming back higher slightly. we'll watch all of these treasury yields pushing higher. apple is poised to become the first company ever to hit a $4 trillion valuation, and one analyst says it's still underpriced. kenny polcari has bought on weakness and he's here with the case for apple. meanwhile palantir gaining this week. if you bought the stock in april when hillary kramer recommended it to you on this show, you be up almost 300%. hillary is back to share more of her winners, 2:45 eastern time, plus the asset she says is trash for retail investors right now. and how about a slimmed down santa? christmas came early for elon musk's waistline. the billionaire revealing he uses monjaro, as one in four americans say they plan to use weight loss drugs to meet

folks cheryl casone is in for my friend liz claman. >> thank you, charles. time in i'm cheryl casone in for liz claman as the bulls spring back in action the nasdaq indicating an all-time intraday high on pace for a record close the tech

i'm cheryl casone in for liz claman. we begin with a fox market alert.e november cpi report. in the meantime, no records for the majors at the moment. the nasdaq

i'm cheryl cheryl casone. hitting the ground running, support for president-elect trump's second term growing as more fortune 500 companies shell out donations for his inauguration. at least 15 large corporations and trade organizations have made major contributions. "wall street journal" pointing out it's the first time in at least a decade that goldman sachs, intuit, toyota and pharma if are donating to an inauguration fund at all. a record $200 million already raised, and it's on track to beat the $107 million trump brought in for his first inauguration. president biden's raised only $61 million. all of this following a long list of high profile executives flocking to meet with trump at mar-a-lago ahead of his presidency. joining me now, texas congressman and house oversight committee member pat fallon. congressman, are you surprised to see what seems like an about face from corporate america? if what are you hearing back at home in texas? [laughter] >> well, cheryl, corporate america used to be pragmatic,

and then we'll talk with louis pretty comes when shaun cason i member the financial services science and space and technology committee. also, michael robbins of the association for unproved legal schism talks with the recent drone sightings along the eastern united states and federal state and local concerns about their origins. cspan washington journal during the conversation live seven eastern wednesday morning on c-span and cspan our free mobile app, or online at cspan.org. >> cspan is your unfiltered view of government, funded by these television company some more including media. >> nearly 30 years ago media, was founded on the powerful idea, when getting it brought in underserved communities, from coast-to-coast we connected 850,000 miles of fiber, our team broke speed there is delivered to every customer another way in developing attendee platform and elf mobile is offering the fastest most reliable network on the go, media come from decades of dedication and delivery and decades ahead. >> media come support cspan as a public service all of these other television providers gi

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i am cheryl casone i'm in for maria bartiromo friday, december 27, 8:00 on the east coast time for the hot topic of the hour shocking images show the true extent of a damage caused by christmas day crash of azerbaijan airlines flight hundreds of homes on fuselage tail section of the jet crash-landed in kazakhstan after hundreds of miles off course 38 killed in that crash investigators turning attention to russian forces as likely responsible chechnya boundjet ended up in have area russian air ffs shoot down yuk cranian drone strikes but they said it would be incorrect to suspect the country is responsible it is speculative this morning azerbaijan suspending flights a political game costing lives half a million ukrainians dead untold number russian he forces dead passenger jet not the first time we've seen one shot down over skies of eastern europe russia involved the point that united states has no advantage right now, no negotiating advantage over russia. i think very eye-opening for all of us. >> i think you go back how this began where you had a president joe biden that road of to l

bring in cheryl casone from fox business. this is double-edged sword.teract china, there are people in north carolina that got meezy $750 checks. >> cheryl: there is online backlash over this. is it true china influence has grown in africa and that is a concern? absolutely. has there been drought and food insecurity? absolutely. it is amount of money, billion dollars and many in north carolina say yes, this pledge, fine if you want to give money to 31 different african nations, fair enough. one person on x said this is by far tz worst president of all time. another said you help them rebuild, what about north carolina? it is disgusting to us. there is backlash on this. billion could go to north carolina, you are rhythms. >> todd: speaking of money, dogdog e will take money away from organizations they think are waste sxfl we have democrats on board now, not just republicans. >> cheryl: representative jared moskowitz says this is about budget and federal spending and there are pretty revelations coming from elise stefanik that are fascinating and from dr

cheryl casone from fox business joins us now.trophic crashes we have seen over the years, that plane is boeing 737, it is a bu budget airline flying international at this airport. the pilots had reasonable amount of experience. bird strike is a main suspicion, ntsb, officials from boeing and faa are en route to do an investigation. a boeing aircraft. control tower had warned the plane about a possible bird strike, two minutes later, there was a may day call. they should have had other choices, but they did not take them. why didn't pilots land in water like miracle on the hudson? they landed in the water and efrp survived. that is not what happened here. this is airport is surrounded by water. two survivors, two flight a attendants in the back was the plane and tail. a lot of questions about what happened. it is a tragedy. other thing is they did not put the flaps up. flaps slow the plane down when you are coming in to land. those were not up. i'm thinking engines were dis disabled. aviation experts are talking about, you could h

cheryl: good morning i am cheryl casone i am in for maria bartiromo. it is monday, december 30th 8:00 a.m. on the east coast time for the hot topic of the hour, president-elect trump asking supreme court to halt the upcoming tiktok ban goes into effect january 19th, one day before he aassumes office second time amicus brief trump lawyers asking for stay from plan that forces tiktok sold to american company for trump to make executive decisions of that nature after inauguration. tuesday attorneys general from virginia, montana filing amicus brief of their own asking supreme court to uphold saying tiktok cannot operate in states owned by chinese dpaen with potential ties to ccp montana attorney general speaking to "fox & friends" first earlier, watch. >> if anyone capable of negotiating this deal closing a deal getting china and bytedance die invested from tiktok i think president donald trump congress got this right tiktok chinese spy application the chinese communist party claiming first amendment rights here first amendment does not guarantee the chin

. >> carley: cheryl casone from fox business is here with more.cheryl? >> cheryl: much of the same we expect to see, he is serious with tariffs, about the border and will probably leave jerome powell alone. axios makes point trump would spike inflation, which is something american voters said they did not want to see more of. national retail federation says 60% tariff on china could cost $624 a year for american hours holds. full tariff plan would put middle income households in the hole. tariffs are threats and he's using for political threat with canada and mexico, china is a different story. w "wall street journal" wrote protection and pain. they are talking about, i won't get into the weeds of this, there is diminimus tariff exemption. the chinese company, temu and shein, have used this exemption to get african american the tariff situation, they are using mexico more. we shall see. other side of this interview yesterday was issue of jerome powell, will he leave jerome powell in his job? here is what he said. >> no, i don't think so, i don't s

i'm cheryl casone in for maria bartiromo. it is thursday, december 26, 8:00 a.m. on the east coast merry christmas thank you so much for joining us this morning, time for the hot topic of the hour trump upcoming inauguration just 25 days from now on track to become most lucrative yet, inauguration officials estimate trump will rake in par past 107 million in first inauguration 93 biden, by the way, raised 61 million dollars, in contrast. big companions are also going all in for trump, amazon meta openai ford intuit toyota pharmaceutical research manufacturers donating more than one million, uber donating two million dollars other donors goldman sachs gm by the way, at&t, stanley, black & decker ashley your thoughts looking proprietied or maybe nervous about second. ashley: a fit to that, if mark zuckerberg first button to do million everyone followed there is a lot of making up to do in regards to the past election, and i think trying to step up i mean if i looking at what happened in this election how decisive it was, in regards to the popular vote you get onboar

. >> carley: cheryl casone is here. >> cheryl: it is cpi day, excited.numbers. we are looking for inflation to tick higher than last month. estimate is 3% month over month. 2.7% is tick higher than 2.6%. yesterday president biden gives a major address to the nation trying to defence his leg acy ad talk about the economy. here is what hes caused inflation. >> entire world faced spike in inflation from the pandemic and putin's war in ukraine. we acted quickly with help of republicans and democrats, inflation came down to pre-pandemic levels. >> cheryl: dan north says looking at this measure, nothings inflation dragon has been slain. he says inflation is still here, we don't have convincing move it will hit 2%. something he said i thought was interesting, he said wages have increased. they have not kept up with inflation, that is me saying this. struggle with high prices for housing and groceries and daily needs of life. you have been president for four years, that is why your party lost the election and voters have told pollsters that the economy was the n

cheryl casone for maria bartiromo. it is tuesday, december 31, 8:00 a.m. east coast it is new year's eve hot topic of the hour, president-elect trump giving mike johnson resounding endorsement ahead of friday's vote trump writing on truth social quote, the american people need immediate relief from all destructive policies of the last administration speaker mike johnson a good, hard working religious man will do the right thing we will continue to win, mike is my complete, total endorsement, house speaker on "hannity" last night. >> i am really humbled honored to have president trump's endorsement for speaker again he and i worked so hel together closely together we have a lot of big things to do he recognizes what we need i think colleagues recognize as well is a proven fighter a true maga conservative, but many someone can work with every member of our very diverse house gop so we can get president trump's priorities over the line what is ahead of us. cheryl: but some republicans still not convinced of johnson's leadership kentucky congressman thomas mas

. >> gets jobless claims news cheryl casone.224 thousand, the estimate was 215 continuing claims fell below what we estimated 1.871 million looking for 1.905 million, quick i know in focus the u.s. trade balance actually is now a deficit 73.8 billion we were 75 billion, that was the estimate, we were last month previously 84 1/2 billion, job report tomorrow, nonfarm the estimate 4.2 is the percent estimate for the announcement rate back to you. maria: great joint jobs friday tomorrow thank you for that, keith, doesn't look like markets moved very much on job claims unjust, of course, two weeks away from another fed meeting. >> invite. >> are they going to cut. >> i think they probably will. but then going into next year, you could get a 25 or 50 basis-point cut in that, you know, two different sessions, in have first half of the year, then i think what powell will do fed will do is wait to see what are the trump how are the trump policies translating from economic growth standpoint, from a inflation standpoint, and i think they

maria: cheryl casone. >> my favorite op-ed this morning is on foxnews.com, go woke, go broke, time isnment. maria: liz peek. >> i think joe biden's forgiveness of hunter sets the stage for kash patel to be confirmed. maria: have a great day, everybody. see you tomorrow. "varney & company" picks it up. take it away. stuart: president biden has done what he said he

maria: welcome back. , the sptdz measureer unitedhealthcare thompson caught after days on run cheryl casoned murderer of brian thompson caught arrested yesterday after five days 26-year-old luigi mangione saying charges in new york second degree murder three other gun rattled charges pennsylvania facing five more forgery carrying gun without a license lying about identity to officers after a tip from mcdonald's worker in altoona pennsylvania called police recognizing the superintendent authorities say carrying a gun believed the one used to shoot thompson, authorities said gun may have been 3-d printed, fake ids writing expressing quote ill will toward corporate america mangione had 26-year-old originally from maryland living in hawaii prior to shooting graduated from upenn bachelor manufactures degree in engineering, a society for electrical computer engineering without bail this morning in pennsylvania jail awaiting extradition to new york. described as breakthrough even elon musk seems impressed google introducing rollo new state of the art microchip solved we quantum challenge ceo poste

cheryl casone. >> i can't wait for that to pass.e what doge does with the epa, maria. maria: that'll be lee zeldin running things. thank you so much, guys. have a great weekend. "varney & company" picks it up now. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone. todaying up -- tying up loose ends, the president-elect wants to hit the ground running. he's agreed he

maria: cheryl casone. >> my favorite op-ed this morning is on foxnews.com, go woke, go broke, time is real for american businesses to get back to business, bring in doge, bring in a new government. maria: liz peek. >> i think joe biden's forgiveness of hunter sets the stage for kash patel to be confirmed. maria: have a great day, everybody. see you tomorrow. "varney & company" picks it up. take it away. stuart: president biden has done what he said he would never do. he has pardoned his son, hunter. for years he said he would abide by the jury's decision. late sunday night he did a 180. the republicans are going after the president for what they call his lies about the pardon. the democrats worry the pardon detracts from their opposition to some of trump's contentious appointees. nbc news says biden was considering a pardon all the way back in june of this year but he didn't do it until after the election. we're seeing the trump effect, canada's prime minister rushed to mar-a-lago after trump threatened 25% tariffs on canadian products, justin trudeau held a three hour meet, now says

tough day as president biden the settable new pond steels proposed takeover of the steeles, cheryl casoneomentarily halted yesterday on reports of biden plans to block it and takeover of the company of the grounds of national security the 15 billion-dollar deal has been in jeopardy under review the political wrangling under a foreign company with the oldest deal media factors in the country the panel has to refer the decision on the merger to the white house by december 22 or 23rd president-elect trump set on the campaign trail he would walk the deal at the hit is desk, let's take a look at the stocks in the premarket. those are some of the u.s. steel slightly higher but a lot of group in front of your screen were to watches today. the 20 sexual man charging united healthcare ceo brian thompson not making easy on local authorities as he entered a pennsylvania courtroom yesterday. the health of the american people. >> murder suspect luigi mangione was withheld bail after they got used to dangerous to release he is warning to hold off on jump on conclusion about his client. >> i haven't see

the president of south korea is facing impeachment this morning after declaring martial law, cheryl casoneimpeached in the nations parliament voted to reject martial law order, president declaring martial law claims of political pundits have made the nation vulnerable to north korean communist forces, the president reversing his order after parliament voted to reject in several key staff members submitted the resignation, lawmakers scaled fences and made it into the country's national assembly voting 190 - 0 against the measure the order sparked multiple protests across the south korean capital sold order was lifted early wednesday. in pennsylvania as search and rescue mission for a missing pennsylvania woman is intrigued the second day 64-year-old elizabeth paul is believed to have fallen into a sinkhole there was a coal mine beauty township, 30s digging into the sinkhole to try to find her she was reportedly looking for her missing cat when she disappeared she is not been heard from for more than 24 hours, rescue workers got down to the my nearly and found a shoe, crews replacing cameras

already hit the champagning or cheryl cheryl casone. i'm ashley webster in for stued today. and we quinn with a look at the markets. futures pointing dog a slightly higher beginning for the final trade thing diet to year. the dow up 72 points, the s&p and nasdaq also up ever so slightly. nice if change from yesterday when we saw more of a selloff. let's take a look at the 10-year treasury yield. backing off that 7-month high now at 4.54%, well under 4.6 that we saw last year. the 2-year treasury yield with up ever so slightly at 4.25 %. let's take a look at bitcoin which, of course, at one point plowed through the $10 100,000 mark, has since bulled -- pulled back. this morning at $95,000, almost 96,000. >>> okay, on the show today, house republicans want to extend donald trump's tax cuts. the chair of the ways and means committee, jason smith, is warning taxpayers they'll face a 22% tax hike if they are not extended. we don't like that. meantime, the crisis at the border goes on. texas dps found a 9-year-old girl and a 5-year-old girl just abandoned by a smuggler along the s

cheryl casone with details now. >> that's right, the 26-year-old charged with killing united healthcare he entered a pennsylvania courtroom yesterday. watch. >> the intelligence of the american people -- >> the murder suspect, luigi mangione was denied bail after prosecutors said he wase too dangerous to be release heed. his lawyer is warning people to hold off on jumping to conclusions about his client. >> i haven't seen any evidence that he's the shooter. the concept of american justice is the presumption of innocence. until you're proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. i've seen zero evidence exhibit. >> mangione remains behind bars in pennsylvania. he faces more serious charges here. the blair county da says it could take more than a among ' month for him to return back to new york. the biden administration approving a project to limit trump era oil and gas leases in alaska. the tax cuts required at least two oil and gas drilling lease sales in the arctic national wildlife refuge. that sale is scheduled for january 9th. the last minute move happening with biden in office for just

cheryl: and good morning, i'm cheryl casone, i'm in for maria bartiromo. it is thursday, december 26th. 7:00 a.m. on the east coast. time for the hot topic of the hour. allies of house speaker mike johnson are warning any effort to remove him as speaker could delay the certification of the 2024 election. lawmakers will hold a speakership vote friday, januar. they'll vote to certify the election on january 6th. if they agree on a speaker. if the speaker is not electioned by that date lawmakers cannot be sworn in, therefore they cannot certify the election. took about three weeks for republicans to replace former speaker kevin mccarthy last year. texas congressman pat fallon is urging president-elect trump to reaffirm his support for johnson, saying the endorsement would be powerful. politico is reporting trump is unhappy with johnson despite say voiding a government shutdown last week. the incoming administration questioning whether johnson is capable of managing the republicans' razor thin majority. trump felt blind sided by the first cr deal johnson struc

look at lu dort die for the steal, then ahead to cason wallace for the hammer.roduct jalen williams. he's going to get defensive coming up. here he is the steal. ooh nice pick. and then he's going to throw it down on the other end. he had 20 points. rockets head coach ime udoka can feel this game starting to slip away for his houston rockets and thunder star shai gilgeous-alexander started slow just 12 points in the first half, had 12 in the third quarter and the thunder were up six after three. sga went for a game high 32 points. here he comes with a tough step back three gave him a double digit lead and the thunder win one 1196 advancing to the nba cup where they will play the winner of this game. it's the eastern side. cirque du soleil. half time show for the bucks and the hawks. pick it up in the third. trae young for the hawks. going to step up from the logo. he had a game high 35 as a close game into the fourth quarter. but giannis taking over down the stretch. look at him get up for that bucket right there. and then defensively a huge block on clint capel