contessa brewer is in hollywood with the particular moves.contessa, how big of a deal is this for the hard rock and seminole nation? >> reporter: the contessa brewer story is it is a big story. the retail sports book here in florida will welcome betters today for the first time to make wagers on sports. court challenges, legal wrangling forced the seminole tribe, which owns the hard rock brand, to cease operations. now the gaming industry considerconsider s florida a super state. it has a dozen power house sports teams. hard rock and the seminoles have a monopoly in the state. >> it is amazing. it gives us the full scope of product that we haven't had. we haven't had the game of roulette or the game of craps. more importantly after ten plus years in legal challenges, we now offer sports betting not only live and in-person at facilities in florida, but throughout the state of florida with the mobile app. that is something we're excited about. >> reporter: i say near monopoly because there are opportunities to offer sports betting if they partn

and then it didn't matter because people would call me the contessa and the store...e really is about being elegant and earthy. ok. we have to talk aboutjeffrey. this was jeffrey in the military. he was he was aide to the general in charge of the green berets. he was a paratrooper. i mean, everybody seesjeffrey as this incredibly gentle, sweet guy, which he is, but he's also incredibly smart and really good, a wonderful guy. this is after you were first married and jeffrey was in the military and you were apart for a year. well, he was in the military for four years. one of them, he was in thailand. right. and so, yeah, i was finishing college. and he was... he was in thailand and they said dependents couldn't go to thailand where he was, and i kind of said, "ok." and then at some point after i graduated from college, i thought, well, they can't tell me i can't go to bangkok. so i got myself a flight just by myself. i don't know... you're a rule breaker. i'm definitely a rule breaker. and i got myself a flight to bangkok and he came to bangkok and picked me up and we

contessa brewer live in the sunshine state for more on that. contessa? >> melissa, it's not just me. my friends down here, ja-rule and fat joy, and there is south florida icon from the miami heat, dwyane wade, roudsed around the craps -- crowded around the craps table. first time be live cpsra have been offered in this state. why hard rock hit a billion dollar jackpot right after this on "fast money." another excuse, i mean, reason for my family to crave a little pizza time. well, i've got one. my cuisinart indoor pizza oven, ready to bake up some bubbly, cheesy, savory sauciness with that perfect artisan crispy crust in about five minutes. it's great for snack time, dinner time, game time. me time. anytime. it's always time for home baked pizza. . >>> welcome back to "fast money." stocks closing in the green as investors await tomorrow's big jobs report. the dow and s&p snapping a three-day losing streak. the s&p climbing 0.8, the nasdaq having its best day up 1.4% on pace for its sixth positive week in a row. shares of walgreens jumping 7% today, addin

here's contessa brewer >> reporter: investigators say this is a drug diversion in action in this south florida apartment a woman, her husband and son, remove patient names from prescription pill bottles. >> he's using that lighter fluid, a harsh chemical, to clean the bottle and remove the pharmacy prescription label. >> reporter: it's part of a complex operation, across the country counterfeiters are tampering with pill bottles, sometimes even swapping out the life-saving medications and selling them to pharmacies stephen mahmood is assistant special agent in charge at health and human services office of the inspector general. >> drug diversion is widespread and it impacts the entire country. >> reporter: here's how it works a patient fills a prescription for medication, sometimes worth several thousand dollars but turns around and sells it for a fraction of that in cash. the buyer, known as an aggregator, removes the patient information, and sometimes alters the contents of the bottle then, sells it to a distributor who sells it back to pharmacies at a discount. this man, who agreed

we have contessa brewer. contessa, help me out here.hat's the record we're looking for on the s&p? >> we need about half of 1% higher? >> 4800 is it? something like that. not too much to do here. the dow kicked off the final trading week of 2023, closing at a record high. currently up 13% this year. and check out the nasdaq. also at record levels, a whopping 44% this year. did you guys all have your money in nasdaq stocks this year? >> as you know, we're not allowed to hold individual stocks. >> but you can hold nasdaq and qqqs. >> it's on pace to have the best performance in 2003. >> you act like you didn't have it. >> i have a 401(k). you want me to ask. where do you have europes, steve? in a boat, a couple of boats. >> yes, that's right the s&p, half a percent. that index is up just 24% this year. and, of course, you made some money in treasuries as well if you invested at the right time. take a look at treasury yields. there we go. 4.01% on the 30-year, 3.87 on the 10. 3.87 on the 5, and 4.29. i don't know. do you think 2024 is the

contessa brewer, cnbc business news >>> than forks >>> right now at 5:00, tracking incoming rain.and we're issuing a microclimate weather alert. here is a look at our radar, powered by storm ranger. meteorologist

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so we all just sierra contessa, as i said for me now, how are your thoughts that you can find more information on our website? i'll just say we're a dot com. i'll be back with more of the top of the witness. that is next. the health coverage of africa is what i'm most proud of. every time i travel away, whether it's east or west africa, people stop me and tell me how much they appreciate coverage. and our focus is not just on their suffering, but also on a more realistic and inspiring story. people trust to tell them what's happening in their communities in at p a and i'm biased and as an applicant, i couldn't be more proud to be part of the last 2 weeks. so the kind of know something content the the, the the model a part of the the the, the, the, the, the i don't have sir, i'm the good little cynical. oh no wish. oh i just settled my head. oh is it a head? because edmond had beside him, she had been gone for the names of no, but the move ahead, it must be good for the man. well then, i'm thinking the mitsubishi inconvenience looked at the man is not going to be my emotional helper says unlimi

we have contessa brewer. contessa, help me out here. we're looking for on the s&p? >> we need about half of 1% higher? >> 4800 is it? something like that. not too much to do here. the dow kicked off the final trading week of 2023, closing at a record high. currently up

>> good morning to you, contessa.a tractor toward its all time high. once we do eclipse that prior high, thereby including the bear market that started in the beginning of 2022, we will probably advance by about 10% over the coming four-month period, but i do think we're likely to be digesting some of those gains before we actually start to move higher earlier in the year. just when you look to the percentage of stocks above their 50-day moving average, the industries within the 500, et cetera, i think we have had a bit too much of the egg nog. so as a result we need to sleep some of that off. >> if it's a wonderful life, as investors seem to think it is, what sectors do you think prove there's some opportunity, sam? >> well, i think because we are expecting not to have a recession, that we do look for economic growth to continue in 2024. i'd be looking for the also rants, groups like financials, like industrials that are seeing an improvement in their technical underpinnings. our technical nan al sis on lowery resear

headlines around the world. opposition to investors of cash for police and the can release capital contessa that demanding the redo of last week's presidential election votes are still being counted, but incumbent president felix to security is leading by a wide margin of the most of the question, the fairness and the gotta do of the what a few 100 has been held for. one of the don stopped. andrews said so as the most savvy that on says he was killed in a strange e. s. troy called a student captain of damascus. on monday with ivy was responsible for the military alliance between city on it on is road has not commented on the strike, but it on has vouch events. prussia are launched almost 15 years on you in which i had drones at ukraine overnight and showed the train station and the southern city of coast on the attack skills, at least 5 people and knocked out power. and most of the city ukraine's military says that shot down cody to drones, but over a dozen most struck the produce of capstone and odessa. or this is rochelle, in india said they've made tangible for press on times to join to

he's serving a 15-year prison sentence. >> that was contessa brewer reporting. .y kind of responsibility, none have been criminally charged, though the ceo of one based in brooklyn was indicted in june. prosecutors say he then resold it to pharmacies. he has pled not guilty. his attorney declined to comment to cnbc. >>> coming up, shohei the money. the $700 million man right here in los angeles. >>> but first, time for today's daily snapshot, this view in kuwait. look at that. the landmark towers. in kuwait city. that's a beautiful photo. historic towers are a symbol of modern kuwait giving people a panoramic view of the my name is caron and i'm from brooklyn. i work for the city of new york as a police administrator. i oversee approximately 20 people and my memory just has to be sharp. i always hear people say, you know, when you get older, you know, people lose memory. i didn't want to be that person. i decided to give prevagen a try. my memory became much sharper. i remembered more! i've been taking prevagen for four years now. prevagen. at stores everywhere wi

i'm contessa brewer with your news update.ean union decided to open negotiations for ukraine as well as moldova to join the eu. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy called the decision a victory for ukraine and all of europe. >>> a 13-year-old boy in ohio has been arrested and accused of planning a mass shooting at a synagogue in the city of camden. he's been charged with inducing panic and disorderly product. prosecutors say he made a detailed plan and shared it online in september. that was before the israel-hamas war began. representatives for the teenager have not responded to an nbc news request for comments. >>> and the set of six jerseys worn by lionel messi worn last year in the world cup sold at auction for $7.8 million. it's the most valuable sports memorabilia sold at auction this year. lionel messi, raking it in, kelly. >> huge. contessa, thank you. >>> coming up, a real rally or just a short squeeze? my next guest argues we may have to wait and see, but there are some warning signs underneath the surface of thi

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contessa? -- -- the large scale grounded asian to a more targeted operation in the near future.onal pressure is of course mounting right now for israel to do more to protect civilians and gaza. the jury in really giuliani's civil defamation trial is deliberating right now. they will decide how much the former new york city mayor and donald trump ally will have to pay in damages for two election workers, the mother and daughter at the center of the case are seeking at least $24 million each. they say that they suffered reputational damage when giuliani beastly falsely claimed they committed fraud in the 2020 election. a spokesperson for the late emmy award winning actor andre row or confirmed today that he died of lung cancer just a few months after being diagnosed. he was best known for his roles on nbc's homicide, life on the street, and brooklyn 19. he died monday. he was 61 years old. >> speaking of the deadliness of these diseases, contessa, thank you very much contestable. where as we head to break, let's get a quick power check, with solar edge up 15% today on a boost most

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been extended by one day in some areas, a softer delays at summit, holding stations in the capital contessa and several other towns. some poems didn't open. a tool will say, report, so 40 voting machines. i sent them out and the weather is next. then if i store the low again, let's go with your world, the weather update, kicking this one off in india. it is still a foggy picture to where the northwest and the northeast still, if you, whether it's in play for rain and storms in the south. but i gotta tell you, i think the worst of it will be over them all, deeds on thursday. now for southeast asia, this part anyway, we've got remnants of our tropical storm spinning around in the south china sea. otherwise cold air is really dominating. it's come out of china into northern vietnam. so a noise just 17 degrees on thursday, well below average. and there is where that cooler is in china, 0 in shanghai, i think the temperatures will slowly come up over the next little bit less windy on friday. you're up to 70 degrees on sunday. is those wins shift around to west or the and with it's cold air comin

so you are the 0 contessa to the south korean act, a lease on to a known for his role in the oscar winning film. parasite has died at the age of 48 . he was found dead by police and so last day was reported missing. it'd been under investigation for legit drug use. well that's it for me, sam is a van the why is the result next then inside story will examine the issue of rising violence and remote farming communities in nigeria for back to the top down the the hello. we have some show, so the full costs across the middle east over the next couple of days is logic dry and clear on that satellite picture for the time period. but the shelves will gather out to a bare rock, pushing down towards the white western passed over on northern air is a saudi arabia to catch a shadow, to a slipping a little further south, which is we go on through friday. think it will stay long as you drive around the gulf here in concert temperatures around 27 degrees celsius, allowed to drive with a further north. not too much of the way of west to whether we could see a few showers that just the towards cause or for

you probably know her as the barefoot contessa. ina, i'm so happy to meet you. a space! thank you. this is so lovely. thank you for having us here. this is wonderful. this is... this is your work. i live right next—door. this is your store. and this is my office. yeah. so the house is just there. you have a very short commute. a very short commute. sometimes the rabbits get in the way, but, you know, usually it's fairly... fairly traffic free. i feel like i know the space because i've watched so many videos. you don't have any sense of the scale. you don't. when i first told jeffrey i was going to build a kitchen here, i think he imagined, like, a little kitchen. and he kept seeing this thing go up and up and up. and he was like, "what are you building here?!" is it a pleasure to cook in here still? oh, it's just wonderful! and i actually think good architecture makes you better at whatever you're doing. i walk in every day and i think, "i can't believe i get to work here." and itjust makes me like show up more.

so you are the 0 contessa at least a 160 people have been killed in central nigeria and attacks on remote villages over the weekend. another 300 were injured as gunman going down houses and destroyed property. funerals have been taking place in the plateau state. thousands of people have flipped their homes. the violence is the worst in central nigeria for 5 years feed into somebody's in just with the latest. it's pretty common to people that telling me that's a big feel that this is more like a kids, nicholas and then the state government. all you're not interview on tuesday did say that's a this is actually an act of terrorism and has nothing to do with this head of 5 months prices because of the timing. and also because there's been a history behind, is that this has been happening most times very close to the time that to a residence or people from bacteria trying to celebrate christmas. i bet, hoping back to this with no repeat ticket because the governor has problem is that the major us will be put in place to ensure that says such occurrences doesn't happen again. and the governor

contessa brewer has the details for us. what do we know here?me give you a rough estimate. $5 billion in gross gaming revenue for new york casinos. you've got 50 million visitors who come into the metropolitan area. you have 23 million or so people who live in and around new york city. so that's a lot of people up for grabs. >> target rich environment >> absolutely. and right now, if those people want to gamble, they have to go to atlantic city or they have to go upstate or to connecticut. and this would make another, in a city that never sleeps, it would be one more amenity to offer. you can see why the knives would be out, and the casinos would be vying for this license. but here's the deal -- the state is running a kind of "hunger games" competition where they are telling the casino companies, you want a piece of this, bid on what your tax rate will be, and let's see who the highest est bidder is. it's just the license fees alone, that started at $500 million. so at least one casino company has gone to the lawmakers have said we can top that,

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here's contessa brewer with a cnbc investigation "fraud in a bottle." >> reporter: at the casino cagery boats and private planes, lazaro hernandez fashioned himself as a high-flying, high roller. turns out, he was the mastermind of a $230 million drug counterfeiting operation. these thousands of bottles were all originally prescribed and filled for patients. now they fill an evidence room at gilead sciences in northern california. every single bottle was discovered in a complex criminal drug diversion scheme. >> we are playing a bit of a game of whack a mole. >> reporter: lori fights to find the counterfeits every day. she oversees global product security at gilead which monitors biktarvy. >> we know upwards of 80,000 bottles of counterfeits were enter today the supply chain. >> what would those be worth if someone was paying retail price. >> those bottles would be about $230 million. >> reporter: here's how drug diversion works. a patient fills a precipitation for a medication worth several thousand dollars but turns around and sells it for a fraction of that in cash. the buyer, know

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a popular car is getting major recall and forever stamp prices are on the rise, contessa brewer joins us now. >>> honda is recalling more than 2.5 million vehicles over risk of fuel pump failure the national transportation safety board said it could cause an engine stall while driving. models from 2018 to 2022. >>> the x platform is back up and running after outage overnight, tens of thousands of users across several countries including the united states were unable to access posts we still don't know why it happened. >>> a price hike at the post office, announced today the price of the forever stamp will go from 66 to 68 cents on january 21st, other services priority mail, ground advantage will also see a more than 5% increase, can count on price increases. >> i was going to say, my question is, is the increase forever for forever stamps? >> that's the forever stamp going up to 68 cents and next year the year after that. at least if it's forever stamp you just buy them and they're good no matter what the price is. >> just in time for mailing season. >>> coming up, 2023 has been the y

. >> contessa brewer joins us now. >>> meta's social media platform threads is now available to users in the european union that platform launched a competitor to x today and nearly six months after it came out in the u.s., the eu faced delays to make sure it met regulations. >>> the company will pay to use its news stories with atricks to train its a.i. machines. the two companies didn't share the financial terms of that deal. >>> a world cup jersey set sold for $10 million, $7.8 million. less than the $10 million. the most valuable this year. lot of money. >> that's a lot of money. >> that's true. >>> coming up, steer clear. the bull that caused chaos at one of the busiest train stations in the country. >> more puns from you. >>> plus, cracking down, a rare inside look at how police are inside look at how police are protecting retail stores from a when my doctor gave me breztri for my copd things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing, symptom improvement, and reduced flare-ups. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tel

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the electro commission will give them a free fair and credible election. catherine saw all the 0 contessa fighting and through don between the army and the power military route. that support forces has recently forced up 230-0000 people to flee to 0. providence, an area southeast of call to him, previously untouched by the fighting to 0, had become how the session monetary and aid the are assessed to control, to sit on the 2nd largest city of what, not in a on monday, off to the army. they were treated hundreds of thousands and fled the city on such along with many a groups you and swan fried program, had to temporarily suspend its food assistance to some parts of the region. the oven 20 people have been killed and hundreds of others displaced by floods. in the south indian state, just tell them not do they know fernandez has the ruling was of war to leaving a trail of destruction across parts of south india. the state government to blame the kills unworthy code rick or green, heavier than full showers and warnings which came a bit late. oh, not a good word. i it into a lower than the sal

the electoral commission will give them a free fair and credible election. catherine saw all the 0 contessa a fighting and sedan between the army and the parent military. rapid support forces has recently forced up to 300000 people to flee these a 0 province, an area south east of car to him, and previously untouched by the fighting to 0. i had become a hub for humanitarian aid. the or assess the control of sedan, 2nd largest city of one, the dani on monday, after the army retreated, the you and the world food program had to temporarily suspended, screwed assistance to some parts of the region. a record breaking surge of the illegal crossings along the us. mexico border is overwhelming. the border patrol within 10000 migrants have crossed every day in recent days, largely into the southwest in states of texas and arizona. julia go, yano has more from mexico city a moment of prayer for waiting into the freezing waters of the rio grande. the youngest today, just 2 months old this is part of a huge search of migrants to reach the us border in recent days, over 4000 a day in the mexican state o

and many voices see the country's wealth does not reach them. catherine slowly, all just sierra contessa, the democratic republic of congo fighters from the rapid support forces incident instead of enter the town of wide in the dani, they control the number of military base is off to function with the suit in these national ami wideman boundaries. the capital of which is a state less than $200.00 calories of self cartoon. hundreds of thousands of people fled the flashing among them. those who had already escaped bottom from the capital, holding 12000 people have died since the war began in april. to the far right, national valley says they'll back french president and manual met collins flagship bill, which tightens immigration rules. the support is good news for mack on his show to a majority in parliament as tried to convince parts of the fall. right, a position to back the bill, both houses of parliament, but what this afternoon on whether to approve it or not. a final on the train in bond divisions, capital bank has killed 4 people. the police currently investigating the incident and

yeah, catherine saw you are the 0 contessa humanitarian crisis in sudan is deepening is the conflict between the army and power military rapids support forces, interest. it's 9 months in full to them. the capital of the country is eastern red sea state. the lack of medical supplies is hampering the treatment of thousands of new cholera cases. michael, apple reports displaced by months of conflicts. these people on all battling an outbreak of cholera, the children's pulled sedan, thousands of people live in unsanitary, make shift structures and dormitories. julia adam slade fighting in the capital, hot tomb with a daughter's voice. what hospitalized with called her? well, i'm glad you brought it down. my 2 goals are infected. i took them to the hospital when recovered, you know, they didn't make it through them. this was, wes was called her. she died 2 months ago. had him provides for her family as best she can, but it's an almost impossible task to keep the water bone disease at bay flies on every way potentially spinning the disease to food and water in the hiking i. then we are rea

and many votes to see the country's wealth does not reach them. catherine slowly, all just sierra contessa, the democratic republic of congo, asya on a train in bangladesh. his capital city of taco has killed 4 people. police currently investigating the incident say that they are considering sabotage. the country's railway minister has accused opposition protest as affecting that train of blaze and comes in it a nationwide strike demanding the government's resignation ahead of an upcoming election that well, it's now time for overlays of sports news. let's check in with snohomish to 0 and i have returned to the top of my legal after they beat i. life is a 3 now. they continue to be just surprised side of the season as to goes up from uh, adobe, and another from 4 to put them 2 points clear of real madrid that with the 10th, when in 11 matches. the question now is it, can they keep it up all the way through to the end of the season? demo nash has more now on to own as unexpected the rapids rise to the top. the target sounds like the season was to avoid relegation that you right now have big

initially extended the pole by a single day of the delays at some pointing centers in the capital contessa on wednesday, and several of the towns samples didn't open a tour on the 1st day of writing. and what was the reports of faulty voting machines and allegations and version for opposition candidates have said this extension is unconstitutional. thank. holding for re run of the election. catherine's toys in conjunction with the latest auto appalling station inc and shots, the counting of votes. here is going on in many of the areas across this country. voting is still going on. the electro commission has extended voting by 2 days us. so a polls will close on on friday. and this is because of a lot of logistical and a security challenges that send me the electro commission task space in some calling stations voting materials did not arrive. and then, you know, there was a lot of frustration by people who destroyed some of the machines. they send me is investigating that as well. and these are issues that we expected because even the president of the elect, charles commission himself, i t

so it has more from contessa. we have been speaking to the president of the commission will say that she's facing. she was challenging, especially when it comes to transporting materials to different parts of the country. this is a huge country. she's struggling with, you know, in a just me we're talking with talk, we're talking about of areas that have bad road the talking that he's also talking about that there's not enough money. but we've also been talking to, kimberly was saying that says a wants to come to vote at and they just was up to a free fair and credible election bus cuz the bus a boise has a vote to scott, but she would cost up by that. she's at a comp for the displaced in north cube of providence fighting between rebel groups and colonies. troops has been raging for yes, but so boise is a month 6500000 people who've been forced from that homes. many are unlikely to vote right now, and i guess the government has abandoned us. it doesn't care that we're dying. no one even came to tell us how we can v

br contessa brewer is joining us.nywhere there is gambling? >> reporter: i made a bid to be the reporter and cover lots of other vices. they think gambling keeps me busy enough. look, south florida is the scene of big excitement here today. hard rock and the seminole tribe hit the jackpot. near monopoly on sports betting. mobile sports betting on the app and trotting out a-list celebrities to throw the first dice at the craps table tonight. here is the chairman of hard rock. >> you see the excitement. the game of roulette and specifically in south florida with the amazing amount of visitations from international guests from brazil and argentina and central and south america is a boost to our business. >> reporter: look, they won. fanduel and draftkings fought to get a piece of the gambling action in florida. the gaming industry considers this a super state with the 23 million population and growing. hard rock defended those attacks to get on the ballot and win the gaming licenses and operate sports books. that brings

here's contessa brewer with a cnbc investigation, fraud in a bottle. >> at the casino cage, wads of cashhan life gambler with luxury boats and private planes, lazro hernandez fashioned himself as a high flying high roller. turns out he was a mastermind of a $230 million drug counterfeiting operation. these thousands of bottles were all originally prescribed and filled for patients. now they fill an evidence room in northern california. every single bottle was discovered in a complex criminal drug diversion scheme. >> we are playing a bit of a game of whac-a-mole. >> laurie mayoff fights to find the counterfeits every day. she oversees global product security at gilead, which manuf manufacturers hiv medication, drugs at the center of hernandez's fraud. >> upwards of 80,000 bottles of counterfeits were entered into the supply chain. >> what would those be worth if someone was paying full retail price? >> those bottles would be about $230 million. >> here's how drug diversion works. a patient fills a prescription for a medication worth several thousand dollars, but turns around and sells it

are we going to make that record today, contessa? are you feeling it? >> if you're looking at only need 0.5%, don't you think that everybody goes to buy just to see it? >> let's take collective action. join us tomorrow. "squawk on the street" coming right up next. ♪ >>> good wednesday morning, welcome to "squawk on the street," i'm sara eisen with scott wapner live from post nine of the new york stock exchange. carl, jim, and david have the morning off. take a look at futures, improving throughout the morning. getting a higher start, at least, if you look at s&p and nasdaq futures, both pointing higher. dow futures, unchanged. our road map begins with the stock market momentum on wall street. the s&p 500 within 0.5% of a record closing high. >>> also ahead, tesla joining the december rally. the stock doubling year to date ahead of the company's quarterly deliveries report. >>> plus the latest on houthi rebels attacking vessels in the red sea. one shipping giant says it will continue to avoid the area. >>> we'll begin with the markets chasing history her