cheryl casone is here. >> cheryl: basically the white house is in hustle mode, they want to get somethinge dealing with bipartisan groups on the senate side. there is press conference between ukrainian president zelenskyy and president biden. president biden took a moment to get political and bash the gop. watch. >> president biden: i'm ready and offered compromise already, holding ukraine funding hostage in attempt to force through extreme agenda on the border is not how it works. we need real solutions. >> cheryl: what is happening here is that basically before recess begins, the biden administration wants the entire package, funding for border, taiwan, ukraine, israel, they want a huge package. republicans are saying, break this apart, kids. senator langford says a deal is not looking promising, saying we are not at this point and you can't get that kind of language ready to get it done. my point being, this will be next year. the white house seems to be coming to the table on the border. among the, according to politico, title 42-like expulsion expedited removal of migrants, mandatory

millions to a loss and damage fund supposed to help countries hit hardest by climate change. >> todd: cheryl casone cheryl: the summit underway in dubai, the united states and president biden are being criticized for lack of financial support for the cause. world leaders creating loss and damage fund to create nations hit hard by climate crisis, fire, floods, things like that. uae is pledging 100 million and the united states only pledging 17.5 million, just ahead of japan's 10 million. they are criticizing the u.s. for being a wealthy nation and not contributing a meaningful amount. experts saying it was embarrassing and noticed president biden is not there. john kerry is attending. antony blinken is speaking today. vice president kamala harris will head to dubai later this morning. the white house not explaining this change in plans to go attend. it happened after president biden was criticized for not being there. there is call to ban infrastructure products. the problem net gas is looked at as replacement for coal. congressman john curtis is attending the summit, look, republicans need to push

also a still with us, of course, jim grant, remember what -- rebecca walser and cheryl casone.eport. >> this is what i predicted this summer, actually, that housing is not going to be coming down anytime soon. so what we've seen in housing is dramatic reduction in quantity meaning volume of houses because both demand and supply is pushed back by the rate hikes, essentially. demand clearly is, but also supply because people don't want to sell when they're sitting on a low mortgage. so we've seen this case-shiller index essentially rise in price. so the quantity's going down dramatically, prices are not going down because when you have demand reduction, prices fall but supply reduction, prices rise. so those are kind of offsetting forces on prices. and that's what we've seen noun for the second month in a row, very elevated housing kind of number which obviously rah raises the question if the fed is cutting rates in 24, it's not clear exactly what's going to happen to housing prices. but it is depressing because the fed is essentially in the business of going after credit-sensiti

cheryl casone with the details now. cheryl. >> this is interesting. banning the app cannot go into effect next month citing a likely violation of the first amendment, the court putting a preliminary injunction in place to block the law, tied to a lawsuit filed by the social media giant. looks like the suit will go to trial. tiktok saying in a statement it was pleased the judge granted the preliminary injunction. the bill introduced back in february asserted the app could be used by the the chinese to n its users. the fbi is searching for these two suspects accused of carjacking a federal agent at a gunpoint in washington, d.c. police say this happened on wednesday afternoon as the agent was getting out of his car. the robbers got away with the fbi vehicle which was loaded down with the agent's body armor and radio. they didn't make it too far. the car was found 20 minutes later, less than a mile from where it was stolen. still no sign of the suspects. the fbi is turning to the public for help, offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an ar

down at 130,000 for november, market is worsening as we speak, as numbers are coming out right to cheryl casonen, a little bit hotter than expected, 199,000 is actual read for nonfarm payroll the estimate was 180,000 came in 199 not top of the change charles mentioned 275, unemployment rate dropped to 3.7% again unemployment rate dropping to 3.7,% go through some other numbers, here, november factory jobs coming in 28,000 that is light by 2000 jobs estimate there for 30,000 again, factory jobs 28,000, labor as for participation, just talking this 62.8%, label force participation that is pretty much in line with what we have last month, as well. for october, no revisions for october charles mentioned that as well couple more things average workweek for november, that is up --.1 hours 34.4 hours one pick of the estimate that we had, as far as couple other things i am going through they are, average hourly .35%, a smidge above estimate .3% rounding up on that one as far as that number goes, the -- again no revisions to october, by the way, short term interest rate futures falling, traders apparent

cheryl casone, your reaction. >> in academia a few plagiarized especially your dissertation for yours she's been accused of which is an investigation that's been thoroughly vetted already, you basically might as well have murdered somebody at the university. i want to go back to bill ackman for a second. he pointed out to another reason that claudine gay needs to resign or be fired although to his post today on x he does not think that's going to happen. he said basically in recent weeks i learned a lot about the ei practices in harvard i've come to see that this office which was formed under gaze oversight and vision is not of those things, in fact the actions have led to preferences in favor for certain racial gender in lgbtq+ groups, if claudine gay was a white man and said those things in front of congress last week he would be fired into second but it is claudine gay and she will stay right where she is in the wagons are circled around her. maria: it is interested in a good point, there are growing calls for "saturday night live" to apologize with the sketch that made fun of eli

let me bring cheryl casone in on this. >> it's not that hundred millions dollars.new investigation that will be launched by the house and congressman, i want to get your take on this because that you've got the education committee that's going to launch a full investigation, elise stefanik will be leading the charge on this, what is the goal thegoal? obviously with the universities money is the only thing that's going to talk this morning or the presidents will be shown the door. what is the goal of the investigation and what do you want to see happen at the end of it. >> i think the goal is to show the hypocrisy of the presidents and you may be disciplined for mislabeling somebody that want to be called a she and they need to be called they but when you call for the destruction and the murder of the jewish people, no, it all depends on the context. the cou question couldn't have n more direct. the fact she couldn't answer that question tells you everything you need to know. this has been coming on for a long time. we need to uncover it. all of this is, the genesis

cheryl casone has that and the surprising poll that has all eyes on nikki haley this morning.ation is suing a california moving company, you will not believe why and you will have questions. i have questions. we'll talk to the owner next. ♪ ♪ you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? did we peak your interest? you can get two unlimited lines for just $30 each a month. there are no term contracts or line activation fees. and you can bring your own device. oh, and all on the most reliable 5g mobile network nationwide. wireless that works for you. it's not just possible, it's happening. >> todd: democrats calling in hillary clinton to help bail out president biden reelection bid as poor polling is piling on the commander-in-chief. cheryl casone has details >> cheryl: biden administration bringing in hillary clinton to help campaign for president biden's campaign. holding a fundraiser event at

cheryl casone energy was a part of this as well. >> that was a major deflator in the report which wer but basically the index petroleum that was a 9.5% drop in this report, this is at the producer level and we saw a little bit of a deflator when it came to beef prices which was the biggest issue we had a month ago but going back to the issue of energy, nat gas and hay and hayseeds and oilseed, i don't want to get too wonky but to john's point the saudi's and the chinese will have their own moves when it comes to the global oil market but there has been some signs of overproduction here on u.s. soil is been kind of quiet but if you look at the activity with the major drilling companies here domestically we seen a move for more domestic energy production i don't know if that'll move oil down into 2024 but that is a possible factor i guess. maria: trump tried to fill up the strategic petroleum reserve at prices way down from where we are right now he was not able to get it across the finish line because congress would not let them. your thoughts on the energy component of the story. >>

. >> carley: cheryl casone is here with more, hi, cheryl. no, her lipless are moving, we can't hear her. talk about this, todd. >> todd: items sold for 12 and under, fining them if do not have a gender neutral toy section. if stores do not comply, there is a fine. >> carley: according to california research council, he says the government is dictating what words can be used to advertise, this is opening a pandora's box. that guy said it is first amendment issue. the government is saying you have signs that say this aisle is gender neutral, this is a boy sec section, this is a girl section. so california. other levels of the story, it is government overreach. >> todd: this is not number one issue facing people in california. people are fleeing for a plethora of reasons, this is not one of them, i believe we have our friend cheryl casone from fox business. are you back? >> cheryl: i think so, you don't need me. >> todd: we do need you. >> cheryl: fabulous job. you have liberal mayors saying we have a migrant crisis, who are they blaming? not j

cheryl casone has more.he mystery, dude, unreal. >> cheryl: right, this democratic supervisor, dean preston, in the troubled tenderloin district says i think what you are seeing is the result of capitalism and what happens in capitalism to people near the bottom rung. i don't think it is a safety threat to someone walking by. some people living there might disagree. the democratic socialist faced criticism from elon musk saying preston was responsible for what the tenderloin is plagued with. >> todd: nothing will change with people like this in charge. >> cheryl: you get what you vote for. >> todd: stats on the biden border crisis getting worse. >> cheryl: chief jason owens revealed this last weekend, three sex offenders, three gang members were arrested. according to owens, convictions include lewd and lascivious act with a child under 16, assault and theft. fox news learned there is a meeting with the white house over the president's border funding request. members are worried the president will cave to go

cheryl casone breaking down both of those stories coming up next. >> carley: listen to this.ming out about gold bars found in new jersey senator bob menendez's home, new indictment revealing the gold could be traced back to a 2013 violent robbery. what? >> griff: you can't make this stuff up. cheryl casone here with the latest details about the gold bars. >> cheryl: good morning to both of you. you can't make this up because it is actually true. the craziest thing. we are learning more crazy details about this case against bob menendez brought by the feds. this is a 2013 robbery of the home of fred dabes. gold bars were stolen from his home, each bar has a serial number and they are stamped and you will never see two stamped the same way. the gold bars were confiscated by the federal government and now found in the home of bob menendez. dabes is tied to this case of accusations against bob menendez working for the egyptian government. dabes is a real state investor caught up as maybe the middle man. george santos gets expelled and here comes senator john fetterman. if you ous

cheryl casone is here with all the details. walking business.t but then i figured it's just walking, right? [dog barks] oh. no it's just a bunny! calm down taco. sit duchess. stop! sesame no no. archie! walter don't, no, ahhhh. ahhhhh! you're lucky you're so cute. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? did we peak your interest? you can get two unlimited lines for just $30 each a month. there are no term contracts or line activation fees. and you can bring your own device. oh, and all on the most reliable 5g mobile network nationwide. wireless that works for you. it's not just possible, it's happening. >> carley: this is a first on fox, president biden sent thousands of secret e-mails to hunter and his business partners, even though he claimed he never talked business with his son. >> todd:

cheryl casone here is more. this is important. not one or two states, seven states. >> cheryl: arizona, michigan, wisconsin and nevada. what is interesting, it is not just 42% of these gen-z individuals, i don't want to say kids, 18 to 26, they say he hasn't done enough on the economy. he has cancelled some student loan debt. they don't know that. bloomberg morning consult poll shows basically he is losing support among black voters, these are key demographics that he will need next year. they are not there for him. this is gen-z, 18 to 26, born 1997 and later, maybe they are not tuned in or maybe the white house needs to get across he has cancelled a lot of debt. >> carley: president biden can chalk up victory in a lot of states to young voters who turned out in 2022. campaign, houston, we have a problem. and elon musk has something any going on. >> cheryl: i need water. the foundation, trying to get this school up and running, $100 million. he is saying schools have gone too woke. he said we intend to expand to a university dedi

cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone, i'm in for maria bartiromo on this special edition of "mornings with maria." it is friday, december 29th. 7:00 a.m. on the east coast. time for the hot topic of the hour with just over two weeks until the iowa caucuses, candidates are ramping up their efforts in key primary states. ninikki haley in new hampshire taking a question from a 9-year-old boy. watch this. >> chris christie thinks that you're a flip-flopper on donald trump issues and honestly i agree with him. [laughter] >> you're basically the new john kerry. how can you change your opinion like that in just eight years? >> i told you i think he was the right president at the right time. i told you i agree with a lot of his policies. but do i think he's the right policy to go forward? no. cheryl: if you're going to respond to a 9-year-old's question, i guess that's the best way to do it. >> she did a good job. but he was y adorable. obviously he was coached a little bit. what 9-year-old agrees with kristina partsinevolos he at this. wit chris christie. cheryl: or knows who he is. >> new h

[music - inner circle - "bad boys"] >> good morning i am cheryl casone amber maria bartiromo friday december 29 your top stories at 6:00 a.m. eastern time. market is in countdown mode on the final trading day of 2023 in all major averages are seen green as we head into the new year. hopefully a sign of things to come as you can see the dow is higher by 19 and nasdaq up by 18.5. the definition at an all-time high while the s&p 500 shy of its record numbers. european markets are trading all the way higher across the board with the cac 40 and the dax index. in asia overnight markets were mostly higher in asia japan's average the only negative number there. the d.o.j. threatening to sue texas if it enforces the state border law will house speaker mike johnson slams the budget administration for the meeting with the mexican government. we have the latest for you. breaking news, maine secretary of state removing president trump from the 2024 primary ballot pending appeal ruling that trump violated the 14th amendment. colorado secretary of state putting them back on the ballot until the supreme cou

joined the conversation washington examiner colonist tiana lowe doescher, and cheryl casone.mornings with maria" is live right now. it's time for the hot topic of hour senate talks with the southern border coming down to the wire as negotiators are working toward a bipartisan agreement senate majority leader chuck schumer said to bring $100 billion supplemental defense bill to a test vote tomorrow that includes funding for israel as well as you credit you money for the border he's bringing the hold up a set of minority leader mitch mcconnell says border policy changes are necessary capacity measure, watch this. >> the hold up on the security supplemental has not been over ukraine or israel or the indo pacific but over republican decision for hard right measures into the debate. >> we made it crystal clear in order to pass the senate any major we take up in the coming days, must include serious policy changes to get the biden administration's border crisis under control. customer border patrol sources telling fox news 19000 migrant encounters across the southwest border this w

cheryl casone with details now. >> maria, trump notified the court about the 11th hour reversal, yesterdayn truth social. he wrote i already testified to everything and have nothing more to say other than this is a complete and total election interference witch hunt. i will not be the testifying on monday. this follows thursday's testimony by an nyu accounting professor blasting attorney general latisha james' case against trump, she accuses him of fraudulently inflating his worth. leaders are assessing the deadly tornadoes that hit on saturday night, six people were killed including one child. this happened in clarksville and in madison counties, dozens more hurt. this morning thousands in tennessee are without power, you power lines disrupted by the weather. the same system that hit ten see destroyed homes in cob county, georgia. that hit overnight saturday, 20f tennessee. investors group making a $5.8 billion offer for macy's, the deal if agreed to would take macy's private, arc house management submitted the proposal, 32% premium. macy's operates nearly 500 department stores and also o

that the cases can be upended, joining the conversation strategic wealth partner mark tepper, cheryl casoneamerican editor for the washington examiner kaylee mcghee white, "mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪. maria: time for the hot topic of hour the impeachment inquiry into joe biden's official after the house voted along party lines 221 - 212 it was unanimous on the gop side including ken buck here is jim jordan and james comer on what's next on the house. >> i would talk to the partners rob walker, eric schwerin, tony bobulinski, jim biden all those individuals are important then we still want to talk to hunter biden. >> is very clear the white house has been obstructing our investigation and the message today was very loud and clear. maria: first son hunter body was supposed to sit for closed-door deposition with the house oversight committee but he defined that subpoena in this statement outside of capitol hill. watch this. >> i'm here to testify at a public hearing today to answer any of the committee's legitimate questions republicans do not want an open process where american

cheryl can casone's going to take it away. cheryl: happy new year. appreciate it, guys. good afternoon, everyone, i'm cheryl casone in for charles payne, and this is "making money." wall street's getting ready to end a winning year on a high note. can the s&p 500 sneak in one more new milestone? if victoria fernandez and erin glibs are on deck. will the federal reserve become entwined with politics more than ever next year? congressman warren davidson is here to react and why he says 2024's the year for sec chair gary gensler to get a new job. plus, businesses in 22 states are bracing for minimum wage hikes. at 2:25, one small business owner shares her story op how she still is catching her breath from last year's mandatory wage increase. all that and more on "making money." ♪ ♪ cheryl: after a year of volatility and up certainty, markets are losing steam on the final trading day of 2023. stocks are rebounding in the second half of the year after suffering steep losses in 202. the major indices all posting double-digit returns to close out this year. s&p gaining 24 and c

i'm julie banderas, joining us is cheryl casone, fox news contributor tomi lahren. that is a lot of tomi lahren. and director of tech policy center at heritage foundation kara frederick and host of the david webb show david webb, not wearing my favorite cross earring today. shawna bellows has selfies with president biden plastered all over her social media and served as executive director of aclu and hours after her landmark ruling she ran to the liberal media. >> first and foremost, it is important to know my oath to constitution and obligation to rule of law come before any other consideration. no other factors could weigh on that decision and did not. i'm duty bound to make this determination. we also, i rather laid out that the record demonstrates events of january 6 were an insurrection in the meaning of section three of the 14th amendment and in reviewing facts presented, the law, the history, we determined under section three of the 14th amendment that mr. trump engaged in insurrection and is disqualified. >> julie: and she doubled down on her decision and do

cheryl casone has more. hi, cheryl. >> cheryl: good morning.r of ohio has one day to stop doctors using blockers and altering children's bodies. the safe act would stop doctors from prescribing gender altering treatment in kids and stop surgery on minors and ban trans gender women and girls from participating in female sports leagues much the governor is yet to act. his opponents are lobbying dewine to leave this in place and let procedures happen. the deadline is today and he will hold a press conference this morning 10:30 a.m. ohio time. we'll see what his decision is. >> todd: all eyes on ohio there. texas is in the cross hairs for trying to protect its own border. >> cheryl: department of justice threatening to sue the state of texas if the governor chooses to support his own law. the supreme court confirmed remo removal must be entrusted and made with one voice, basically let the feds do it. governor abbott responding, texas is prepared to take this fight to the u.s. supreme court to protect texans and americans from the migrant crisis. th

absolutely grady, thank you grady trimble this morning in alabama, joining us the rest of the hour cheryl casone here, cheryl what were your takeaways. cheryl: i did enjoy she said chris christie entertaining, he is never boring i do have to say, i was very disappointed in about vivek going after chris christie making that comment about weight i thought rude that thing is turning off a lot of people this morning to vivek ramaswamy. >> dirty, this is being a good debater,. nikki haley took all punches snield thanksed thaengsed them for attention. >> there are afraiding to after nikki haley knives out there. >> one point mention that she talked about donors donating democratic donors flooding nikki haley's pain with cash according to sources close to those donors they would rather be governed by nikki haley than donald trump so they want nikki haley to come out on top of the gop primary because they see that better than i mean just assuming joe biden is going to lose i also think very interesting. maria: didn't jamie dimon say that other day in a meeting everybody helped inform, even if a democrat

cheryl casone is here. >> cheryl: just in time for christmas, president biden is forgiving 4.8 billionrt, wiping debt of 80's,000 borrowers. i won't back down from using every tool at our disposal. gop candidate and florida governor ron desantis saying it is unfair to those who didn't go get a degree. watch. >> another thing burdening young people are these student loans, i don't support a truck driver having to pay a degree. >> cheryl: the president's job approval rating is below 40%. one thing that helped in 2020 was young voters. democrats need those to turn out. mike johnson slamming this move by biden saying it is unfair and plain wrong. >> carley: let's talk about a beer company and their new calendar. >> cheryl: the antiwoke beer company, y'all have interviewed them, conservative dads ultra-right beer, have a new partnership with famed ncaa swimmer riley gaines, just in time for christmas, buy this calendar. this is seth weathers announcing this. that is not seth, by the way, i want to point that out. he makes the announcement about that calendar. beer companies used to be about

. >> todd: cheryl casone has more. ood morning, fallout from the testimony from the university presidents this week is exploding today. house education and workforce committee launching an investigation into harvard, mit, and upenn after the three presidents failed to condemn calls for genocide of jews. the blistering grilling from elise stefanik and the presidents responses highlight root of hate speech on campus. protesters calling for jewish genocide and destruction of israel. elise stefanik saying after this week's testimony by university presidents when answering my questions, education and workforce committee launching a congressional investigation with full force of subpoena power. even vice president harris's husband was appalled by the testimony. uch wa. >> seeing the presidents of elite universities literally unable to denounce calling for the genocide of jews as antisemitism, lack of moral clarity is simply unacceptable. >> cheryl: penn losing $100 million donation from ross stevens, stoneridge. in the near f

. >> todd: cheryl casone has details. >> cheryl: it is strange.lle with you, defending her party. no white members of city council were invited. >> this group has been in place for many years, we celebrate all kind of connection and identity and heritage in the city. >> cheryl: unless you are white. initially all 13 members were invited, then invites were rescinded to the white city council members. on behalf of michelle with you, cordially invite you and a guest. second one going out to white members only. i did send that to everyone by accident, i apologize, sorry for any confusion this may have caused. hashtag, you are still not invited. when asked by reporters about the party, one said we have stopped getting to know each other and started attacking each other. >> carley: wow, everybody was invited initially and she sent another message and the white people were not invited. sticking with the christmas theme, over to the white house, what is going on there? >> >> cheryl: jill biden releasing an odd video celebrating christmas at the white hous

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are winter is coming, earlier this year, cheryl casone with more on wild incoming weather >> bearer ofrm were could cause -- people in maine without power snow brings down tree branches power lines, going make thunderstorms possible pennsylvania southwestern new york, one point delayed game between card namz and steelers, after apple released ios update released urgent update concerns with security this, is recommended for all users apple customers download new update as soon as possible stock of apple slightly lower premarket, spotify laying off, job cuts music streaming giants 1500 more jobs cut trying to cut costs lock in profits ceo, writing, saying cuts not just option but were necessary. >> is this good news for struggling college students out there amazon announcing teaming up with universe to officer 25 dollar domestic airline flights starting december 5 to december 7 will offer 1,000 25 dollar tickets each day act fast, according to study cost of travel affects 75% college kids stresses them out, on top of everything else to stress about in college. maria: yeah thank you so mu

i'm cheryl casone anymore for maria bartiromo on specials edition "mornings with maria" friday, december 29, it is 8:00 a.m. on the east coast time for hot topic of the hour. small businesses paying the price for migrant crisis cities hitting the breaking point, fox business lydia hu joins us live now outside the roosevelt hot real-time midtown manhattan with the latest good morning. reporter: i know you're familiar with roosevelt hotel this was a destination for tourists from around the world wanted to stay in the heart mid up to man hat ap, but the hotel closed when reopened a shelter for migrants that is having a huge impact on small businesses that once depended on tourists we waked around the city block occupied the hotel counted half retailers small businesses spaces appear vacant bordered up signs in window landlords advertising commercial space available, those operating say they are struggling sales down 40% over a year ag that is expected to continue as more arrive in the city over just the past two weeks, city said 7,000 migrants have arrived here in the city more than 161,000

this is "outnumbered," i'm kayleigh mcenany here with co-host emily compagno, fox bus business's cheryl casone, fox news contributor lisa boothe and former new york congressman lee zeldin. hunter lawyers are expected to file papers asking a judge to dismiss gun charges today. he was indicted on nine tax charges in california on thursday and expected to premiere for a preliminary hearing in that case this week. this as house republicans plan to vote on formalizing impeachment proceedings against joe biden. the president's son is speaking out on the podcast moby. hunter says the media is trying to kill him, who covered for him and trying to destroy his father's presidency. >> i will survive this, i will survive it clean and sober is because i will not let these mother -- okay, use me. they are trying to in their most illegitimate way, but rationale way, they are trying to destroy a presidency. it is not about me. what they are trying to do is kill me. knowing that it will be a pain greater than my father could be able to handle. >> kayleigh: a whole lot of me, me, me, me, me. lisa, liberal media

cheryl casone with details now. ratic city supervisor says it's the fault of business that the city has a homeless crisis, this is dean preston, district 5 supervisor, which is the troubled tenderloin district. he is somebody that supports defunding the police. he says i think what you're seeing is absolutely the result of capitalism and what happens in capitalism to the people in the bottom wrungs. i don't think every issue is a safety threat to somebody walking by. so this democratic socialist also faced criticism from tesla ceo elon musk this year, he said that preston was probably the person most responsible for the destruction of the city of san francisco. rampant open air drug use and crime has plagued the tenderloin for years. breaking news this morning, earninernst & young is laying of dozens of partners across u.s. businesses. the big four accounting firms are all facing slower demand and they're looking to cut costs. ey had already cut 3,000 workers back in april. looks like another warning sign for the ele

cheryl casone is in with the details. cheryl. >> i'm in, that's right. maria.sports world. spanish golf star john rom is leaving the pga tour for s you i backed liv golf. >> you know, it's not an easy decision because i've had a really successful career and i've been very happy but there's a lot of things that liv golf has to offer that were very enticing. i don't play golf for the money. i have a duty to my family to give them the best opportunities and most amount of resources possible. >> he has signed a three year deal valued at $300 million. the decision a shock to some after he peteedly criticized the league. we have a new color of the year, yes, this is a real thing, everybody. peach fuzz is the winner for 2024, writing in a, quote, time of turmoil, the need for furnituring and compassion grows stronger and velvety peach has a spirit that enriches the mind, body and soul. expect to see a lot of bridesmaids wearing that color this spring. the ongoing climate summit in you dubai is calling for people around the world to consume less meat, saying it harms t

cheryl casone with all the details now. g down from his fight over military promotions after he lost support of several republicans. it was tied to the pentagon's abortion policy, he wanted the department to allowing travel funds and time off for healthcare including abortions. he held up the promotions of several. the elon musk's new start up is looking to raise $1 billion in equity after already raising about 135 million. that's according to a recent s.e.c. filing. the startup has debuted one product, a chat bot called groc. it is modeled after the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. small town in illinois approving a chinese owned ev battery factory to be built despite a protest from many local residents who say the approval to build the new plant is, quote, unamerican. goshen will the factory in illinois, bringing in 536 million in incentives, creates 2600 jobs, would make illinois a major hub for ev production. it is the arm of g oshen high tech, a chinese company. a house hearing about the competitive unfairness about bi

cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone, in for maria bartiromo on this special edition of "mornings with maria." thursday, december 28th 7:00 a.m. on the east coast. it's time for the hot topic of the hour. the house may be on recess until the new year, but two top committee chairmen are still pressing a along in the impeachment inquiry of president biden. oversight chair james comer, judiciary chair jim jordan are now looking into what influence if any president biden had about his son hunter's plan to the defy two house subpoenas. in a letter, they want to inquire, quote, whether the president engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct proceedings of congress, an impeachable offense. they say the republicans zeroing in on the comments from the white house press secretary a after 00 defied the -- after hunter defied the subpoena. >> the president wasp familiar with what his son was going to say and i think what you saw was from the heart, from his son. cheryl: so tiana, you mentioned this earlier in the last hour. so obviously we know they had communications and if president biden as a fa

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cheryl casone with more details on that. iden forgiving another 4.8 billion in student debt. once again going around the decision of the supreme court wipeing away the loans of another 80,000 bor borrowers, sg he values the system so there's prosperity not student loan debt and i won't back down from using every tool at our disposal. ron desantis saying it's unfair to those who didn't get a degree. watch. >> another thing that's burdening young people are these student loans. now, i don't support having a truck driver having to pay a student loan for someone that got a degree in gender studies, that is wrong. we should not have taxpayers do that. >> house speaker mike johnson slamming the ethics of the move, saying it's not only unfair, it's just wrong. well, the lapd and border patrol investigating second boat believed to have smuggled migrants that washed up on the coast of malibu yesterday. it y was found overturned surrounded by fuel canisters. another boat washed up in the same ritzy neighborhood home to a-listers. fox n

back for members of hamas suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in europe are now under arrest, cheryl casoneand dutch police said they were plotting terrorist attacks on jewish institutions around europe three of the suspects arrested in berlin the fourth one arrested in the netherlands after being conducted to a bunker for hamas weapons german prosecutors say the group of suspects were long-standing members of hamas and i participated in hamas operations abroad who are closely linked to the military branches leadership, the three suspects in germany set to appear in court this morning. elon musk pledging $100 million to launch a school in austin, texas to basically combat the woke virus that is hitting universities. elon musk funding the foundation that is a name with the money and effort to establish a university that according to an application with the irs to receive tax-exempt status and intent ultimately to expand its operation to pay the university dedicated to education at the highest level that is in the filing with the taxes. elon musk saying unless the woke mind virus antiscience

cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone, in for maria bartiromo on this special edition of "morningsor the hot topic of the hour. the house may be on recess until the new year, but two top committee chairmen are still pressing a along in the impeachmen

cheryl casone you with the details. >> mckendree recently known for temporarily steering the gavel throughed as a house leader not running for reelection. in the statement mchenry say now be retiring from congress at the end of my current term this is not a decision i come to lightly but there is a season for everything and for me this season has come to an end the north carolina republican who chairs the house financial services received bipartisan praise over 22 data of the speaker pro tem port he brought legislation to the floor maintained it is not his role to do that the youngest member of congress back in 2005 when he began uber arrived at the age of 29. cvs health is revamping our prices restriction drugs for its customers with a complex reimbursement model that determines how much pharmacies get reimbursed and how much patients have to pay. it begins january 1, 2025 but it may not necessarily decrease costs for patients that's according to the company, some drugs may cost less, others may rise of the plan is going to be cvs cost to be encouraged with more transparent with pricing w

joining the conversation gop strategist joe pinion, cheryl casone and wealth management president rebecca walser. "mornings with maria" is life right now. a♪ ♪. maria: it is time for the hot topic of the hour. a fiery night in georgia last night the longest dissipated debate between ron desantis and gavin newsom face-off in the great red versus blue state debate on fox news. both leaders taking swipes at each other's records and governing styles as they try to make the case on which side of the political party gets it right. watch. >> there is one thing and closing that we have in common, neither of us will be the nominee for a party in 2024. >> yes is in decline, it's a danger to the country, yes no business running for president. gavin newsom el cariso that he won't say it that's why he's running a shadow campaign. >> there's one person i would not listen to on this topic more than the guy i'm standing next to run desantis. he lacks any credibility on the issue of immigration. >> this is an app where they plot the human feces that are found on the streets of san francisco. they cleaned

joining me right now is global head of sector a analysis, peter mcnally, ryan belanger and cheryl casoneu for being here and joining the conversation. he peter, let me kick things off with you with a market that is trading down once again ahead of a lot of data coming out, dow industrials down 103 right now and we're looking at the selling extended from yesterday. but for the month of november of course we've had a great performance as has been the case all year. so far, for the month of november we've got a 30 plus percent rail h rally in the nasw industrials up 9 and a quarter percent, s&p 500 higher by 19%. oil prices are higher following voluntary output cuts by opec plus last week and ongoing tensions in the middle east, the minister said the cuts can continue past the first quarter if needed. peter, your reaction to what's moving markets and how do you see things playing out into year end? >> well, maybe i'll start with the oil market, your last point there. opec's being being put to the t, they're forced into a situation where they have to cut again and it's hard to see where seas

cheryl casone with the details. >> as this morning three people are dead another still hospitalized afterty of nevada las vegas campus. the shooter who was shot dead beat identified as a 67-year-old former professor who failed to secure a job he applied for at the school. meadow will be following crypto messages on facebook and as messenger at despite concerns from law enforcement officials and other groups. it's a win for privacy advocates, critics is had messages fully encrypted to monitor and catch child predators, hackers, spies and other criminals. meta owns whatsapp in his pulling cryptic that's been a long favor of the cartel the terrorist after despite the company's code of conduct policy, there's met in the premarket slightly down. elon musk spacex valued at $175 billion as the company is reportedly in discussions to do an insider share sale at that value while nothing is been finalize including the size of the sale the deal is a premium to the what a 50 billion-dollar evaluation of the spacex received her a tender offer earlier in the year. finally this today marks 82 years sinc

maria: welcome back the university of pennsylvania decides an interim president, cheryl casone with the president will temporarily replace liz mcgill who resigned after this performance on capitol hill last week. >> i am asking and specifically calling for the genocide of jews, does that constitute bullying or harassment? >> if it is directed and severe pervasive it is harassment. >> the answer is yes? >> it is a context of decision congresswoman. >> those comments created uproar to her to step down doctor larry james will step in as interim president but she will be staying with the university. sparks berg president puma dropping the sponsorship of israel soccer team although the company says it has nothing to do with the israeli war in gaza, pro-palestinian groups are celebrating the announcement it's no longer get a provide the jerseys to israel's team, the palestinian campaign for the academic and cultural cut of israel says it's targeting puma and they consider this a win for them. the most extensive bottle of wine ever sold 1945 roman a county selling for $558,000 held as a master

cheryl casone with details now. >> yeah, maria. harvard shab batz says it's a sad state of affairs. some students feel they have to remove anything about their physical apern appearance that suggests they're a target. arizona representative eli crane says hey, the best way to deal with these universities not calling out anti-semitism on campus is to hit them where it hurts, the wallet. crane introducing legislation to defund the schools that he says, quote, will make harvard and other colleges face real financial consequences if they're found to have fostered anti-semitism on campus in the wake of the october 7th terrorist massacres of israelis by hamas. harvard alum bill ackman has been targeting funding at harvard, he's furious over the school's handling of anti-jewish protests. gm is planning to lay off 1300 michigan workers, the cuts will start next year because -- nextr because some vehicles are ending production. taking a look at the stock this morning in the premarket, stock is up a little more than 1%. and finally, how abou

cheryl casone with more details. >> the meeting tomorrow set to highlight the quote unshakeable commitmentupporting the people of ukraine, that's according to press secretary kjp. last week remember senate republicans blocked billions of dollars in additional aid to ukraine along with taiwan and the border. the president is asking for $106 billion in total. well, former house speaker kevin mccarthy endorsing former president trump for president in the 2024 race for the white house. mccarthy also saying in the same interview he would be open to serving in trump's cabinet in the right position. speaking of 2024, she is back, the biden administration reported librarying in hillary clinton -- bringing in hillary clinton to help campaign for him had, nbc news is reporting that's due to the fact that clinton is popular with women and remains a fund raising draw that with help ensure biden has the money to get the money out. charlie heard responding, saying it runs deeper, watch. >> you know you were in deep, deep trouble if you are picking up the bat phone and calls hillary clinton to come help

an international climate declaration about the future of fossil fuels, cheryl casone with details nowway from fossil fuels, countries will begin moving away from coal and oil with the goal of achieving net zero greenhouse gas em gasemissions by 2050. netflix posting viewer data on every show and film, the company releasing the global mid-year review for every title and they plan to make this a regular thing. the political thriller the night agent was the most watched globally, the first half of this with812 million hours of viewin. number two, a south korean series. the disclosure tied to the end of the a actor and writer strikes. they heavily criticized the lack of transparency about which shows were hits. breaking news, tesla recalling more than 2 million vehicles over the concern of the auto pilot system. this is related to a probe related to several crashes involving the system. they were manufactured between 22012 and 2023. they may not be able to prevent driver misuse. one democratic lawmaker mott in the holiday spirit while vice president harris was speaking. watch the video. >

appreciate your time, or tomas, congressman dan meuser, jim grant, rebecca walser, todd piro, cheryl casone, thank you so much. thank you so much for joining us, everybody. we will be back at it tomorrow morning, and i hope you'll join us then. have a great tuesday. "varney & company" picks it up. stu, take it away. stuart good morning, everyone. here's the number that affects interest rates, the stock market and your wallet, 0.1%. that's how much prices went up in the last month. 3.1%, that's how much consumer prices went up in the last 12 months. bottom line, inflation is slowing, prices are still rising but at a slower pace. now, here is the market's reaction. at first stocks took off when that inflation news came out. we've moderated the gains significantly though. the dow may be up 20 points, s&p down 4, nasdaq up 4 points. very different picture from a half hour ago when the numbers came out, stocks went straight up. as for the yield on the 10-year treasury, down just a traction, 4.22. the yield on the 2-year, that's up nearly 3 basis points, 4.73. gas prices, here's the good news, ke

. >> it's cheryl casone. you say to moderate republicans, your colleagues who are going into an he election year, have democrat leaning districts, they're concerned about how this plays out, the optics of the impeachment inquiry if it goes to an impeachment vote on the floor. i know there's been a lot of back and forth with that group of moderate republicans. what do you say to them as this moves forward once you come back from recess? >> yes, so look, the democrats are saying this is all political. i mean, just factually speaking from a political standpoint it was probably easier for a large portion of our party not to vote to do this advancement in the impeachment inquiry so they're doing the responsible thing. i think our speaker has been clear about this. we're going to be responsible in this, we're going to outline the case as we push forward and the politically easy thing to do was to not do the impeachment inquiry and so i think that they took the responsible vote. i think we're doing the responsible t

cheryl casone with the details. >> a man allegedly killing one person, a jeer german touristsd injuring26-year-old french national was subdued with a taser gun and arrested by police after the attack. he was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 for planning another attack. hes was known to have psychiatric disorders. the house of representatives set to hold a vote on a bill that would strike down president biden's push for electric vehicles. the floor vote expected this week on the legislation that would strike down new regulations targeting gas powered vehicles. it would also stop any ev mandate from being enacted. supporters say if these mandates go into effect many families will be priced out of the auto market. finally to football, the san francisco 49ers meeting the eagles in philly for a highly anticipated rematch of last year's nfc championship game. the niners getting revenge, the quarterback tossing foured the, helping 4r lift them to the victory. the bucs hosting the panthers, the bucs winning as mike evans becomes the second player ever with 1,000 receiving yards in each

cheryl casone with the details. >> maria, breaking this morning, prince harry e has been awarded $180,000ing his battle against mirror group newspapers. the court ruling that he was a are victim of phone hacking. the prince alleged there were 140 instances of illegal news gathering. he was originally seeking double that amount. los angeles-based prince part of several legal actions right now, part of a group that includes elton john that is suing for unlawful information gathering in a similar case. >>> and then there is this, a powerful repre-holiday storm about to take aim at 20 states just as a holiday travel starts to pick pup. the severe weather expected to travel up the east coast this weekend into early next week bringing heavy rain and some strong winds. fox weather meteorologists are saying that the timing really on the storm is everything. as it slides up along the i-95 corridor, flooding and severe winds could affect busy airports as well. 250 million americans expected the travel this holiday season, a lot of them going this weekend, maria. those are some of your headlines. ma