connell mcshane, great stuff.4:00 p.m., about 12 minutes from now or thereabouts. >>> closing arguments are looming in the state ag trial blocking the $26 billion t-mobile/sprint merger but companies not just sprinting to the finish line, i didn't write this, they are looking to stay one step ahead. what does that mean? charlie gasparino himself is now here with the details. charlie? charlie: sprint just turned down, am i missing something? is that daily or weekly? let's get a daily chart on sprint and t-mobile because this is kind of interesting news. well, that's interesting. kind of interesting news. that's since the merger. ashley: you want today? charlie: we want today. ashley: it's coming. charlie: i want to see if what i'm tweeting out affected them. here's what we do know. wall street is betting against this deal actually happening. they are betting that the state ags led by tish james of new york, xavier bahara of california are putting a major roadblock into this plan. the real question is do they appeal

. >>> connell mcshane, i want to -- i got to watch tv tomorrow and see this spacex thing. nking while you were talking about that, there must never be a boring day at a company that elon musk runs. and he also runs the company called the boring company but that's another -- whole other -- liz: i see what you're doing there. connell: i think we do it on purpose. that's what's going on in my head. coming up top of the hour on "after the bell," we will have a record-breaking week on wall street to recap and then get into 2020 politics a little. there's this theory being floated by, among others, the president, that maybe speaker pelosi was trying to help somebody, joe biden, by taking some of his rivals off the playing field in iowa right before the big caucus there by delaying handing over articles of impeachment. anyway, we will talk about that and some more politics and see how the week settles on wall street. see you at the top of the hour. liz: looking forward to it, thank you. connell mcshane. >>> it's a nail-biter. markets are holding on to records as we head into the c

connell mcshane, there you have it. they said it was one of those big bass boxes. he says no. l: it wasn't that. it was something gasparino would do. you and i are trying to talk, i already hear him. liz: i know. i know. jumping in. connell: the guy with the most informative -- i'm sorry i did that. sorry i did that. if carlos ghosn flew delta it would be an interesting story. whatever it was. we will talk to the judge next hour about that. tell you another thing real quick we will do next hour, we will watch the president's movements because he's supposed to leave the white house to head to toledo, ohio for his political rally. he may say more about iran, may say more about china with the phase one signing next week. charlie: you need more of this great analysis. liz: you created a monster, connell. really? thank you very much. charlie: what would we do without you? trump might say something. liz: thanks, connell. this is a good stat. last year for the first time since facebook went public back in 2012, nasdaq made more money on initial public offerings than rival new york sto

you're not connell mcshane. ashley: i'm not connell mcshane the i'm an i an imposter. this is closing bell. melissa: more on big market movers. here is what is new at this hour. president trump is heading to a wisconsin. we'll bring you any major headlines this hour. the split screen you will see all day, president trump expected to sign one of the biggest accomplishments of his presidency as nancy pelosi makes her move on capitol hill. >>> iran cracking down announcing arrests in the downing of the ukrainian passenger jet as protests rain in the streets of tehran for the fourth day. the latest demand from demonstrators. ashley: fox business team coverage of course. gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence following latest on trade at the white house. edward, let's begin with you. reporter: ashley right now the chinese trade delegation finishing up meetings with american business leaders. this trip was not just about signing for the chinese. it was telling american businesses that china is open for business, come back and do business in

connell mcshane, are you a cord cutter? i'm not. connell: yes, i am.channels including fox business. i dvr "after the bell." liz: is the quality good enough? connell: it's great and the price is good enough. it's a big savings. that's why these trends are going to continue, people like us who work in tv -- liz: i talk about this all the time and i still haven't cut the cord. connell: youtube tv is great. you have netflix and the whole thing. i still have all the channels. not like i don't have tv. i just don't watch it through a cable box like everybody else or a lot of other people. coming up "after the bell" on youtube tv and all kinds of other places, even on your best basic cable company out there, we have a football player coming on, but not to talk about football. he's now in the world of business. he's dhani jones. he had a good career in the nfl as a linebacker. he will talk about politics and make a presidential endorsement. that's kind of fun. that will be next hour and a bunch of stuff on everything going on in the world. we will see how thi

connell: dogg, thanks. ashley: dogg mcshane, thank you very much. am i going with this? the dow off 160 odd points. we were down some 200 about 45 minutes ago. i'm betting those of you still on your new year's resolution. are you heading to the gym? it sounds impressive. coming up next, our countdown closer, 2 billion dollars man, barry james is going to tell you how you can trim the fat from your portfolio. good stuff. "claman countdown" coming right back. this commute's been pretty rough, huh? it's great actually, i've been listening to audible. it's audiobooks, news, meditations... gotta go! ♪ ♪ hey! you know, i do think it's weird you've started commuting when you work from home. i'll be in my office. download audible and start every day off right. and when you open a new brokerage account, your cash is automatically invested at a great rate. that's why fidelity leads the industry in value while our competition continues to talk. ♪ talk, talk ashley: closing bell ringing just about 9 minutes from now. market off session lows but certainly a down

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connell mcshane, melissa francis pick it up for "after the bell." melissa: a virus spreading and wall street taking notice. averages falling into the red, cdc confirms a case of mysterious china killed six people in china. the dow ending down. it will settle down 149 points lower. snapping a five-day winning streak, dragged down by shares of boeing as well. the stock tumbling after the company pushed back its timetable for the return of the 737 max saying it doesn't expect regulatory approval until at least the middle of the year. tough day. i'm melissa francis. connell: i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." s&p and nasdaq also in the red. the nasdaq hit an all-time high earlier today, then pulled back from that. we have a lot going on. we're awaiting results from this hour that can shake up markets tomorrow with the netflix numbers coming out. first of tech titans to report quarterly earnings this season. first time for a company that will have numbers where we can compare it to disney plus. a lot of people looking at that. melissa: tha

connell mcshane, melissa francis pick it up now "after the bell." melissa: wall street major averages reversing earlier losses as investors shrug off escalating tensions with iran. the dow gaining steam in the final moments of trading up 68 points. we had been down 216 points at today's lows. i'm melissa francis. welcome back. connell: food to be back. happy new year, i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." that is quite a finish where we were. s&p and nasdaq off the session lows big time, kicking off the week in the green at session highs to wrap up the session. so we'll talk a lot about that. have all big market movers. here is what is new at this hour. less than a month now until the first major test of the 2020 race for president. the candidates that are seeing a surge in the polls, perhaps just at the right time. we'll tell you who that is. we'll talk to karl rove, former senior advisor to president george w. bush. he will sound off later in the hour. >>> plus massive fires, raging in australia. crews working to fight a blazing infern

connell: i'm connell mcshane. good start for the week. welcome to "after the bell."losing record highs. third of year of 2020, s&p, nasdaq leading indexes so far in terms of records. another one up today. almost up 100 points. more on big market movers. first here is what is new at

so there you go, happy friday, i'm connell mcshane. >> we love it, i'm melissa francis. both ending the week in the green with new record closes as we said. first here is what's new at this hour. president trump is on his way to mar-a-lago, the president will attend a round table with supporters later today where he's expected to praise the economy and two major trade victories this week, we are live at the white house with the latest. plus on capitol hill, democrats preparing to make their case for impeachment next week, but will it put the people's business in jeopardy? and disney is cracking down, you better grab your black market baby yoda while you still can. connell: sounds like a threat. melissa: i know. connell: edward lawrence live at the white house saying the president left leaving edwards and the others behind. >> yes, thanks, as melissa alluded to, the white house focused on getting the message out about the economy, white house economic adviser larry kudlow today saying reelect the president and you will get tax cuts, more deregulation and trade agreements,

i'm connell mcshane. markets are down every day. she is back for one. we're back in the green. melissa: i love him. now you see why. connell: s&p and nasdaq both ending up on the day by 1% a little more, for nasdaq, following yesterday which was the worst losses of the year. we'll look at apple throughout the hour. on the day it was up more than 2%. remember earnings report is coming out here in a few minutes that will be released shortly. could of course massively shake things up. you want to keep it here. find out numbers here first before it impacts the wallet tomorrow. melissa: at the white house this hour president trump heads to new jersey for a campaign event tonight. the rally is held in the district represented by congressman jeff van drew who switched parties to become a republican last month. we'll bring you any breaking headlines from the president, if he stops to talk to reporters on the south lawn. connell: obviously a lot to do. we start with fox business team coverage. jackie deangelis on floor of new york stock exchange. jeff flock in chicago. edward lawrence on

i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." nasdaq also ending in negative territory. first, here is what is new at this hour. clearing a major hurdle. we are one step closer to a final senate vote on the usmca trade deal but will the push to schedule president trump's impeachment trial end up derailing progress in our nation's capitol? we are going to talk to senator chuck grassley, the chairman of the senate finance committee just moments from now. his own version of the electronic slide. oh, my goodness. elon musk sell operating a milestone for tesla in china. we don't need to see more of that dancing. is that dancing? i'm not sure that is what it is. man's best friend going to the robots. you're new favorite pet could be electronic. your interactions will help shape its personality. we'll have details later in the hour. connell: fox business team coverage of our top stories of the day. blake burman at the while house. gerri willis on the floor at the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence in washington. but blake, we star

i'm connell mcshane. deirdre: i'm deirdre bolton in for melissa francis. we have fox team coverage of this developing situation. steve harrigan is in atlanta, kristina partsinevelos on the floor of the new york stock exchange. phil flynn watching oil at the c-me. kristina, starting with you, we closed with a whole different tone to what we saw midday. what are the traders telling you about the turn around? >> we've been talking quite a bit about this virus and whether it is going to get worse. i know that sounds kind of insensitive but seems they're paying attention to the death toll, how much it is spreading. look at sectors, hotels, for example, win, bring it up on the screen, wynn, las vegas sands, they are down because a lot of asians that travel especially during the lunar new year coinciding with the outbreak. you're seeing movement in those stocks. including booking. las vegas is relatively flat. nonetheless we saw a lot of movement. analysts at goldman sachs put out a note for the virus what it could mean for global gdp. they said if the virus is n

i'm melissa francis happy friday connell: i'm connell mcshane welcome to "after the bell" the s&p andd but all three of the major averages earlier were at all times high, before we pulls back so let's talk about how all of that transpired fox business team coverage on a busy friday with blake burma a

connell: i'm connell mcshane. quite a turnaround. welcome to "after the bell".tty much the ones we brought you yesterday, tesla, microsoft both hitting new highs, better-than-expected ears.

i'm connell mcshane. extra cheering downtown as the bell was ringing. welcome to "after the bell." nasdaq up as well. record territory at the close. nasdaq strong on the record, but still up by seven points. big day with china, dow 29,000. all the rest. we'll talk a lot about market movers we saw today. first here is the president, applauding that historic agreement with beijing. >> together we are righting the wrongs of the past. delivering a future of economic justice and security for american workers, farmers and families. melissa: president trump and china's top trade negotiator signing on the dotted line to formalize the phase one deal at the white house while on capitol hill house democrats making their move official sending articles of impeachment against the president to the senate, paving the way for a trial. connell: fox business team coverage with all of this going on. edward lawrence has before covering trade forever. that is a big day for ed at the white house of the gerri willis, dow 29,000 at new york stock exchanges. phil flynn in chicago. gerri, with the milestone

connell: i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." still a good day for the markets. boy, what a 24 hours. with the reports from fox's trey yingst in baghdad, the market pulled off the highs. the s&p, looking to close at a record or thereabouts. it is up by 16 points as we settle in. the nasdaq firmly in record territory. it is up by 60 points. they're off the highs of the session. the second record close of the year for nasdaq. a lot to talk about here. fox team coverage, hillary vaughn at white house. gerri willis on floor of new york stock exchange. jeff flock watching oil. oil over the last 24 hours. he is out in chicago. jackie deangelis standing by in the newsroom. hillary on the north lawn, we start with you. reporter: we're getting reports from our colleague trey yingst in baghdad, there was foxkets fired in the green zone. sirens went off warning of incoming attack. we'll give you details after we find out about that. president saying the country should work with the u.s. on common interest, pursue peace on things taking out isis. president trump is great in

jackie: i'm jackie deangelis in for connell mcshane. kristina partsinevelos at the new york stock exchange. to you first. >> we're hitting record highs across the board with the dow, nasdaq, s&p 500. these are stellar results going into 2020. some catalysts could say, january effect pecking up stocks in december to take advantage of a new tax year. the fact the president said he would sign the phase one china trade deal on january 15th. you have easing of monetary policy in china as well to help stimulate slowing economy over there so all of this plus, you know, fear of missing out, fomo, adding to some all-time highs we're seeing. on your screen right now, those are some of the dow winners, some all-time highs. walt disney, one of the reasons we're seeing walt disney higher, "barron's" saying reports that they expect disney plus the streaming platform to have 25 million subscribers even though some are not paying. that is pretty good after seven weeks of launch. visa because of holiday sales. last but not least, look at the number for

connell: i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." the google head lien towards the close. it didn't hope i guess along with jay powell. s&p looks like it will settle lower here, down almost three points. nasdaq is up by five points. all off the highs, right? melissa: yeah. lifting the dow today, boeing reporting a massive loss on fourth quarter results, the first annual loss in 22 years due to the grounding of the 737 max. why was it higher you ask? ending in the green as investors believe the company is on its way to solve the crisis. numbers we brought to you yesterday, apple closing at a record high after iphone demand shattered sales records. connell: look at companies on the screen. some biggest names in tech, facebook, microsoft, tesla are all reporting this afternoon. any moment we'll have the numbers in their most recent quarter. while we wait, let's bring in the panel today, joined by adam lashinsky, "fortune"'s executive editor, jonathan hoenig capitalist pig hedge fund founding member, both fox news contributors. adam, we have a few seconds whether facebook or m

connell: i'm connell mcshane. jacquie: i'm jackie deangelis in for melissa francis. we have fox business team coverage. grady trimble and phil flynn watching the oil and gold from the cme. let's start with you, grady. reporter: jackie, a woman in her 60s being treated in isolation after contracting coronavirus while traveling in china. she is in good condition. the good news from the cdc, there are no new cases of coronavirus. the cdc confirmed the three over the weekend that bring as total of five in the united states. the cdc is monitoring another 110 people who might potentially have the virus. the while the cdc says the virus is not spreading into the united states, it has spread to 15 countries outside of china, up from 13 yesterday. president trump offered united states help. as officials in china try to contain the virus. people in wuhan are not allowed to leave. one major concern is five million people already left before that quarantine was put into place. the cdc says, back in the united states the risk of catching the virus here is low. the risk of contrac

connell: i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." still a good day for the markets.ith the reports from fox's trey yingst in b

i'm connell mcshane. markets are down every day. she is back for one. we're back in the green. ove him. now you see why. connell: s&p and nasdaq both ending up on the day by 1% a little more, for nasdaq, following yesterday which was the worst losses of the year. we'll look at apple throughout the hour. on the day itas

good to be with you i'm connell mcshane. >> i'm deirdre bolton in for melissa francis. markets closed for the martin luther king, jr. holiday. foot are higher after all three major averages hit new records. connell: here is what is knew l new at this hour. democrats candidates get in as many stops as they can before they head back to washington for the impeachment trial tomorrow. paying with a wave. how amazon is working to link your credit card information to your hand print. prince harry is breaking his silence on "megxit." we have new details coming out. the duke of sussex with his decision to try to walk away from royal life. deirdre: dueling events on the world stage. president trump getting ready to depart for davos, switzerland as the senate impeachment trial begins to unfold here at home. blake burman with the very latest. first of all, what time does it all start? reporter: well impeachment trial starts tomorrow afternoon. the president though set to leave the white house here, about 2 1/2 hours time. get him on board marine one, air force one, head to davos, sw

with connell mcshane and then neil cavuto on monday. this season really begins to sizzle. >>> meanwhile, the coronavirus is weighing on the markets right now. the dow's off 567 points, and that's overshadowing key housing news. by the way, the bloomberg comfort gauge jumping to a record high. so why isn't the white house talking more about home ownership in i'm going to ask the council of economic advisers chair tom phillipson. he's next. ♪ at fidelity, online u.s. stocks and etfs are commission-free. and when you open a new brokerage account, your cash is automatically invested at a great rate. that's why fidelity leads the industry in value while our competition continues to talk. ♪ talk, talk ♪ ♪ charles: you know, this election cycle's focused on everything from income inequality to climate change and everything in between. but one thing that isn't being hit enough is homeownership. and now business is booming, and i think the trump administration should try to capitalize on it. white house council of economic adviser chairman tom p

connell: i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." s&p 500 closing for record territory the second time this year. nasdaq leading major averages with a third record close. any minute, president trump is set to depart the white house, making his way to battleground ohio for the first major campaign rally of the year. we'll bring you any comment from the president, if he stops to speak to reporters. we have fox business team coverage. blake burman at the white house. gerri willis on floor of new york stock exchange. edward lawrence in minneapolis. phil flynn is watching oil at the cme. let's start with, hmmm blake. reporter: here in washington, u.s. officials believe iran shot down the uranium airlines flight that left iran and crashed in minutes. officials say they believe iran shot the plane down with surface-to-air missile and did so by mistake. one official telling fox of iran, quote, they just screwed up and it is tragic. iran of course first blamed the crash on technical issues on that boeing 737 but president trump today echoed t

i'm connell mcshane. extra cheering downtown as the bell was ringing. welcome to "after the bell."ll. record territory at the close. nasdaq strong on the record, but still up by seven points. big day with

to perry, iowa where connell mcshane is on the ground evaluating the swing state's economy ahead of monday's contest. lot of action there, connell. connell: a lot, liz. it's really interesting, because it's not just the national polls you referenced. here in iowa, senator sanders has had quite a surge in the closing days of this campaign. in fact, if you look at the realclear politics average of all the polls, we can put it up, senator sanders is up over the former vice president by 3.5 points or so, then you get down to the likes of mayor pete buttigieg and senators warren and klobuchar and andrew yang. but it's been quite a move for sanders. to your point, we will be focused today and over the weekend on the economy here. it's the fourth installment we've done in our reporting on swing state economies and the conversation we started to have here in iowa is very similar to what i heard you and phil flynn talking about a moment ago. you think about iowa. on the one hand, things are great here. the unemployment rate is very very low, 2.7%. on the other hand, as we reported on and on for the l

connell: i'm connell mcshane. quite a turnaround. welcome to "after the bell". major movers today, pretty much the ones we brought you yesterday, tesla, microsoft both hitting new highs, better-than-expected earnings. facebook, not as lucky, reporting an earnings beat. wayne enough to impress investors. there you you go we bring you the results from amazon and visa. find out the results before they it markets tomorrow. melissa: president trump is touring a factory in michigan and will make remarks about the trade deal with canada and mexico. we'll bring you the president's comments as soon as they start. connell: we go to breaking earnings news of the day, we bring in our panel to talk about amazon. from miami, jonas max ferries, fox news contributor and hitha. earnings report is coming across. i will try to glance down to give you a little bit of detail. i know the sales number comes in at $87.4 billion for amazon. so in their fourth quarter, that's better than expected, all right? the stock is up 6%. better than expected sales from amazon, in terms of its earn

salted pretzels and fudge browny, all major food groups, all things netflix, with that said, connell mcshane feeling you're a netflix binge-watcher. >> that was good, that was very, very funny, ashley. it's just you. they use every marketing tool you can use there, work them all in together. one of the many things they talked about is the idea that they'll be more tax cuts at some point in the future, the president campaigns in 2020 race on the idea of tax cuts 2.0, anyway, gerber norquist is on and more, we will have that, maybe some more records, impeachment trial, there's enough going onto get us through the -- ashley: i would say you're right, you have about 13 minutes to finish netflix movie and you'll be on tv. let's check the big board, look at this, we are surging into the finish up 238 points now on the dow, thank you very much, it's been a good day and picked up steam, the s&p and the nasdaq all looking like we will finish with records across the board, we shall see, coming up next, today's councildown -- countdown's closer says reliable income, reliable income, the claman count-do

connell: i'm connell mcshane. good start for the week. welcome to "after the bell." s&p, nasdaq closing record highs. third of year of 2020, s&p, nasdaq leading indexes so far in terms of records. another one up today. almost up 100 points. more on big market movers. first here is what is new at this hour. we're waiting possible new comment from president trump this hour. the president set to depart the white house shortly, make his way to new orleans. he is attending college football national championship game this evening. we'll bring you any remarks from the president, if he stops to speak to reporters on the white house south lawn. >>> plus protests raging in iran. third straight day we've seen this. anti-government demonstrations. reports of forces firing live rounds and tear gas. target, how it is what it means for your store. melissa: edward lawrence and blake burman are live at the white house. edward, starts with you. reporter: melissa, a feeling of glee of folks in the trade circles i talked with the signing of the trade deal expected to happen on wednesday

i'm melissa francis happy friday >> i'm jackie deangelis in for connell mcshane this is after the bell. the s&p 500 and the nasdac also ending in negative territory today, the major averages down more than 1% at today's lows, but president trump is currently making his way to an event with supporters in miami after addressing the developing situation with iran we're going to bring you any comments from the president this hour. melissa: we have fox business team coverage blake burman is live at the white house, christina partsinevelos on the floor of the new york stock exchange, phil flynn from the cm e, with the latest on oil and gold, but blake, we'll kick it off with you. >> blake: melissa after that sudden strike last night against iran's top military leader qassem soleimani, the president, the vice president, and the secretary of state throughout differing points all defended the decision by saying that soleimani was planning imminent attacks against u.s. interest. senior officials over at the state department say that includes attacks he was planning in spots like syria, lebanon a

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i'm melissa francis happy friday >> i'm jackie deangelis in for connell mcshane this is after the bell500 and the nasdac also ending in negative territory today, the major averages down more than 1% at today's lows, but president trump is currently making his way to an event with supporters in miami after addressing the developing situation with iran we're going to bring youny

i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell."nding in negative territory. first, here is what is new at this hour. clearing a major hurdle. we are one step closer

i'm melissa francis happy friday connell: i'm connell mcshane welcome to "after the bell" the s&p and the nasdac up in the red but all three of the major averages earlier were at all times high, before we pulls back so let's talk about how all of that transpired fox business team coverage on a busy friday with blake burman at the white house, gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange, edward lawrence is in d.c. and grady trimbull is in chicago with all of the news coming out of 1,600 pennsylvania, blake we start with you. reporter: hi there, connell the president's top advisors continue to insist the attack potentially directed by qassem soleimani against the u.s. was imminent, as the secretary of state, mike pompeo, at one point saying that the president's advisors would have been negligent, had he not told the president he should have struck soleimani like he did. as far as the president goes he gave an interview today to fox's laura ingraham and said u.s. embassies were at risk. >> don't the american people have a right to know what specifically was targeted without

connell: i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." the google head lien towards the close.idn't hope i guess along with jay powell. s&p looks like it will settle lower here, down almost three

to barron's roundtable host jack otter and "after the bell" cohost connell mcshane. ype of mentality that exists right now, but it is an excuse to take some profit. >> a lot of sentiment indicators indicate that maybe now was a time to do that, that people were getting a little bit ahead of themselves and the market was doing nothing but going up. i would also say, i don't know that the stock market at least in the interim is the best place to look for reaction to all this. some of the consumer sentiment indicators and kind of macro economic pictures that we see especially out of china might be better, only because if you look back to, you talked about sars, ebola, but other health scares over the years, often the stock market over the time in which we are dealing with them ends up being higher because we are dealing with all kinds of other issues. we are just coming off a crash essentially of the market before sars hit, after the nasdaq bubble, for a couple years, so -- and then the iraq invasion came shortly thereafter. there are other factors happening and this is

president signed with prime -- vice premier counterpart, mike murphy, after the bell cohost, connell mcshaneh you, most opinions regardless motivating any thoughts against the president, those people are still in the camp,overs finding time not moved in that camp and the markets not moved at all. >> i think it's a lot of noise, i think that the timing is actually truly laughable because we talked so much about quid pro quo and tit for tat, well, what is this? we have a great trade announcement benefiter than expected yesterday and then we have all of the noise today but the markets are not -- they are seeing the investment opportunities when we see things like target coming out yesterday, they weren't doing as well as expected through holiday season but they did very well and it's really just more of that, you know. neil: theover stuff used to be drama, the only way why we mention it is the fact that maybe this sort of expectation has changed a tad, that it isn't swift and out of the way quickly, that might not do anything to the market but not what they thought. >> investors are looking at

down, of course they didn't say that but i have a feeling they were thinking it i want to thank connell mcshane and blake burman who were doing a bit too good of a job in my absence. could have taken friday of but said better not. take a look at this and the reaction right now. we have oil actually trending up but not as you'd think yet gold rallying this typically happens, the stock market going into safe havens at times of strike, bonds completing that picture, rising as the secretary of state mike pompeo was talking about why the u.s. took this action against iran. >> president trump made the decision a serious decision, which was necessary. there was an imminent that work orchestrated the primary motivator that costed soleimani to disrupt that plot. you've been talking about the history of who qassem soleimani is. he's got hundreds of american live's blood on his hands but what was sitting before us was his travel throughout the region and his efforts to make a significant strike against america. neil: so this was meant to avoid what was an imminent attack against u.s. interest and our sold

and connell mcshane, from ""after the bell"" on fb n.lieve you are a first time a teamer here. trying to poke holes in the defense case. >> if this is a comparison to a charge of a crime, did thou charge nixon with a crime? no, they didn't. when we saw schiff on the floor of the everyday, he said he was really concerned the american people would get this wrong in 2020. that's why we have to impeach the president. the american people can't be relied on to get it right. that for me showed us the entire game here. at the end of the day, this is about taking the power back. they don't trust the american people to get it right. they are kind of afraid they might tamper with this whole thing. >> ed: what about that can make it seem to be a fundamental question of the heart of this trial. adam schiff and other democrats saying that the american people, we can't trust the vote. and somehow undermining the upcoming election. >> that's an argument democrats have been making. they are making it because they feel that if the president interferes wit

fox business network connell mcshane is here, if you watch a show in the afternoon know how the marketks for being here. what's driving markets? >> a couple things, there's a good backdrop right now. the easing of tensions in the middle east, or the perception of at least for now, it certainly helps. as you said before the last break, we are supposed to get phase one of that trade deal between the united states and china by wednesday. so that helps. at some point it's going to come down to how much money companies can make. earnings, and over the next few weeks you will get the results from the fourth quarter of last year. expectations are relatively low, which can be good. you can jump over that lord barr sometimes. but this year the dressing. it wasn't that long ago when everybody seemed to be worried about the economy, predicting recession and all of that. all that talk is out and most people now expect a pretty good year for earnings. maybe a real acceleration for growth for the economy. if that pans out, it can keep going. all kinds of things get on the way of that between now and

down, of course they didn't say that but i have a feeling they were thinking it i want to thank connell mcshaned of a job in my absence. could have taken friday of but said better not. take a look at this and the reaction right now. we have oil actually trending up but not as you'd think yet gold rallying this typically happens, the stock market

mcshane. deirdre: i'm deirdre bolton. in for melissa francis. this is "after the bell." they failed to close at a new record high. you see where they closed on the screen. connell: little short after record for nasdaq even though it was higher. more on the big market movers. here is what is new at this hour. president trump is on his way back at this hour from davos. president set to arrive at the white house in about an hour or so after laying out his agenda for a possible second term in an interview with maria bartiromo earlier. the latest coming up on the timeline for tax cuts 2.0. this as a democratic challenger revealed a plan that would likely include tax hikes. on capitol hill we're in middle of day two for the third presidential impeachment trial in history. today the house prosecutors are present the case for the removal of president trump from office. we'll have the latest there. we'll have breaking details on that coronavirus. the world health organization held an emergency meeting. the death toll has risen. has nearly tripled. fox team coverage of our top stories. gerri willis on floor of new york stock exchange. first susan li live in the newsroom

mcshane. deirdre: i'm deirdre bolton. in for melissa francis. this is "after the bell." they failed to close at a new record high. you see where they closed on the screen. connell