connell mcshane. connell: we will continue here with more confusion at only on this show, but with obamacare. just because you signed up does not mean you will be covered. this is the deadline, extended again, again. complaints pour again after ups and fedex to not get online purchases delivered in time. imagine that. if you are not in the stock market, you may want to rethink it, at least for today. december 26 is opposed to be the best day of the year for the market historically. drivers in florida got pulled over for speeding in christmas. they did not get a ticket. something a lot better. coming up this hour of "tech "markets now." thank you for joining us, everybody. here on "markets now," i am connell mcshane. into the trading session, stocks are extending their holiday run. a lot to talk about, peter schiff will, in a minute. juan williams later on. but we will start with lauren simonetti in the stock market. lauren: 105 million shares trading hands down here, but not only up arrows, but record

from new york city,'m connell mcshane and our fox business network studios in midtown, manhatta we have over some of imus' best interviews, have fun with the guys as well. starting off with doris kearns goodwin who's been coming on the program for many years. you probably know her as the author of the book "team of rivals." her recent book, "the bully pulpit," takes a look at the relationship

is here and ♪ ♪ connell: welcome to the best of "imus in the morning" from new york city, i'm connell mcshanes morning, we'll have the journalist and author jim lehrer to get us started, in fact, the first two interviews today deal with the jfk assassination. jim lehrer was ancr on pbs for many years, but he's also been the author of a number of best-selling novels. his latest starts with a premise that's true, lehrer was there on the day president kennedy was assassinated,

. >> oh, man we have to do it againn >> right now we have to hand it over to my hand, connell mcshanely liz, she can go all day, right, liz? talk a little bit about shopping. people like a good deal, so much so they are willing to wait for them. it is helping likes of walmart and target, there is bigger message about the economy. "wall street journal's" simon constable will be here. it is not a good one, give you a hint. kim drapeer has the money to back it up and starring the argument public. we'll look at if anything to this at all, six different states. >>> deadline for signing up for obamacare is creating a last minute scandal by the wwite house to drive people to the healthcare.gov site and what edward snowden has done to american business overseas. the snowden effect. companies are complaining they're being hurt. why one shareholder advocate coming on with s, says the big-name firms need to stop the whining and start

connell mcshane. more confusion at only on this show, but with obamacare. just because you signed up does not mean you will be covered. this is the deadline, extended again, again. complaints pour again after ups and fedex to not get online purchases delivered in time. imagine that. if you are not in the stock market, you may want to rethink it, at least for today. december 26 is opposed to be the best day of the year for the market historically. drivers in florida got pulled over for speeding in christmas. they did not get a ticket. something a lot better. coming up this hour of "tech "markets now."

back to dagen mcdowell and connell mcshane. dagen: thank you so much. les payne is here. communication is key and communication equipment companies. charles: so much money on transportation of information and they survived, we talk about communications, i just think the stock is so cheap, give an example, this improve the 43.6% to 42.5, thirty-nine% year earlier, 8%, 2% year over year, i don't think is factored into the stock get and they had contracts in south africa, cablevision or argentina, scotland and denmark and growing up in this country, -- a small concern for me, people look at these companies have two giant customers, 30% of revenue, pick up those guys on the company. we will pull back a little bit. i am looking for names and extraordinary numbers and growing the market. dagen: will we talk about this later in this half-hour? get the economy strong enough, wringing hands over federal reserve losses? charles: we are making the transition to a faster economy, the period when you hand the fed driven rally to the economy, weeks or months, and the

stuart: connell mcshane, yours. wn, the ins and outs of the new rule named after fed chairman paul volcker. double or ruled in effect. another big story today would be the glass ceiling shattered in the auto sector.f general motor and what she may bring to the table. more snow this winter, these cold snaps have an economic impact especially in the heartland. details coming up and the handshake that has managed to make headlines this morning. could this moment between president obama and the leader of cuba lead to something bigger in economic relations between the two countries? we will talk about that and more as we get going on markets now. ♪ good to have you with us o

connell mcshane is here with this hour of "money "markets no" connell: now we don't all feel bad foring to hear about that in about two minutes. connell: nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange to talk about the market ended up it today.

stuart: connell mcshane, yours. connell: we are dealing with important topics today, banks turning banks upside-down, the ins and outs of the new rule named after fed chairman paul volcker. double or ruled in effect. another big story today would be the glass ceiling shattered in the auto sector.f general motor and what she may bring to the table. more snow this winter, these cold snaps have an economic impact especially in the heartland. details coming up and the handshake that has managed to make headlines this morning. could this moment between president obama and the leader of cuba lead to something bigger in economic relations between the two countries? we will talk about that and more as we get going on markets now. ♪ good to have you with us on markets now and we have a lot coming up. we have big issues in a few minutes, we start with stocks and the markets pulling back a little bit from record highs that were set yesterday hanging above 16,000 on the dow. nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange.

merry christmas, had a lot of fun and we will pass it to connell mcshane, if the dow is up 37 points,r the holidayy, the big saying around this time of year no matter how you dress up your house today's report on the real-estate market one of the reports not something to celebrate. another report has a different story. this will bring you one story close to the heart of one of our guest driven by one of the great charities in the country to talk about, and the new technology helping to make travel a little better for the holidays. there is boeing's decision where to build its next generation plane could change the fortunes of one town in indiana, one of these towns left behind in the age of manufacturing. a good story coming up in this hour. we have it and more on markets now. connell: we welcome you to markets now in new york, about housing in just a moment and his

over to my hand, connell mcshane. connell: you guys are just getting started. especially liz, she can go all day, right, liz? talk a little bit about shopping. people like a good deal, so much so they are willing to wait for them. it is helping likes of walmart and target, there is bigger message about the economy. "wall street journal's" simon constable will be here. it is not a good one, give you a hint. kim drapeer has the money to back it up and starring the argument public. we'll look at if anything to this at all, six different states. >>> deadline for signing up for obamacare is creating a last minute scandal by the wwite house to drive people to the healthcare.gov site and what edward snowden has done to american business overseas. the snowden effect. companies are complaining they're being hurt. why one shareholder advocate coming on with s, says the big-name firms need to stop the whining and start acting. all this hour, that and more on "markets now." connell: thanks for joining us on "markets now." good to have you with us to bring you through this

back to dagen mcdowell and connell mcshane. dagen: good to see you as always. connell: charles payne not the only big tech company buying up robotic companies, google getting in the arms race as well. charles: google just reported in the last several months they made 7 robot acquisitions. this is good stuff. because there's a human aspect that i think so interesting we have a protest coming at these fast food restaurants and to western agreeable via moved point. these robots if you take some together they have robots with the vision, the hands, that work well with human beings, robot wheels, robot design, robots do logistical stuff to take stock of trucks, stuff that people do end amazon is in the same school, what is extraordinarily exciting is you couple this with 3d printing and groans there will be some serious human impact later down the road. connell: jeff bezos talked about that. this is the way things are going. it is going to happen. you can argue against it, you can't make an argument against -pit. dagen: a retailer gets an edge if they have a phone re

connell mcshane is here with this hour of "money "markets no" connell: now we don't all feel bad for not taking the multivitamins. dagen: we're going to hear about that in about two minutes. connell: nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange to talk about the market ended up it today. nicole: after an update yesterday, we are pulling back a little bit, ahead of the fed, so that is going to be obviously in focus. the two things coming out of washington that really grabs the attention on wall street today and tomorrow. we will find out whether or not the fed decides to taper. a loss of two tenths of 1% at 15,855. the nasdaq down over one third of 1%, and the s&p 500 down half a percent. that being said, the dow was trying for three straight winning sessions. 3m and boeing helping to lead the way. both boosting compensation to a certain extent. watching dividend raises, they are both great performers today. a buyback and wanted to focus also. back to you. dagen: kicking off the annual waste book event today finding government waste seems to be the easy part of it, stopping it not

back to connell mcshane and dagen mcdowell. connell: making money with charles payne, here to make everybody watching a little bit of money. it is friday. let's do it. dagen: talk is in trouble. charles: remember the drive by index? the dry bulk index. wasn't long ago it was the best index in the world at 11,000. we have at least one year chart. look what is breaking out. what it is is we shiftinn the around the world and these big gigantic supertankers, of this is what represents it. the only reason it felt partner in addition to the global economy falling apart was these companies have gone out and expended themselves. these ships cost a lot of money. they brought too many anyway. we are getting back in sync. the index is a proxy what will happen with the global economy, all economy is will have a better 2014 than 2013. being reflected there. i like these stocks. drive bulk and logistics turning it around, took ownership of five ships that go through the the new ones should be open next year. this is a good play all flow i wil

i called him weird last hour and connell mcshane didn't like it.r nba star dennis rodman, he is weird. he says he is there to train the national basketball team, expects to meet his new friend, north korean dictator kim jong knew who he called a very good guy despite his atrocities. this is his third trip to north korea. those are your headlines. back to lori and adam. lori: thank you for the update. w hotel going after the new generation of luxury travelers, changing the way the hotel chain does business. paul james is a global brand leader. please to welcome him, celebrating 15 years in business, nice to meet you. your parents hit an all-time high, the stock outperforming its peers, international and hyatt, analysts, w hotel brand. largely behind the success because you have totally captured this year under high end traveler with whatever or whenever you need it. how did you know there was pent-up demand? >> w hotels was the first brand that was taken to market. was not taking an old hotel but invent something new because it was new york. we see