courtney didn't wake up, apparently.e came back out. >> as cristi returned to the spa, said chris, they passed each other on the patio. he went in the house, stopped by courtney's room to make sure she was awake, then went right back outside and saw his wife floating face down in the spa. he called courtney, he said, and they began a frantic effort to revive her. >> in your gut, tell me what happened. >> she slipped or something. i don't know. that's the only thing i can think of. >> but chris apparently hadn't noticed the nasty three-inch laceration on cristi's head. and here the point of the police interview is revealed. >> she's got a huge gash on her head, okay? something like that is not consistent with just falling down. >> not consistent with just falling down? why would the police think that? >> i mean, you've been around for a while. >> i know where you're going. and no. >> why in fact was this ex-police-chief being questioned at all about the apparently disastrous accident that killed the love of his life? and

courtney cukube and michael warren.he first week back at the pentagon in 2018, what do you think was the dominant story of the week? >> tphoebg tphoebg, i would have to say, hugh. kim jong-un talked about how crippling the sanctions have been in this country. he made an overture to south korea saying he was willing to talk to them about the olympics specifically, about the potential for north korea to send a delegation to pyeongchang which begin in a couple of weeks. that led to south korea extending an invitation to north korea to actually speak. it's been set for january 9th. of course there's still some staff work that has to happen before that actually occurs. but it's looking promising that there will be discussion between north korea and south korea. they have already also opened up this line of communication that has been closed several years now. it's just a telephone. but i don't think most people realize when north korea and south korea communicate back and forth with one another they use a bull horn. i was in

and we have courtney kube. ted cruz became the face of the shutdown in 2013. lot of people thought it would ruin his career. he ran for president. got down to the final four. does chuck humaner become the face of this, and did he get punked by donald trump yesterday who brought him down to the white house for the big showdown and walked out of there branded as the guy who shut the government down? >> clearly republicans are trying to make schumer the face of the shutdown with comments from the white house, from republican lawmakers calling this the schumer shutdown. democrats are trying to turn that right back at republicans and saying this is the trump shutdown. he has never given us a clear direction of what he wants. he controls washington. he cannot get bills passed. but it's interesting. you raise the 2013 impact. there was a lot of concern at the time that the 16-day shutdown would severely damage the republicans's prospects electorally in the midterms. we saw that. that was far from the case. the republicans picked up nine seats to control the chamber.

i want to commend my colleague joe courtney. with has been nobody respect to the issue of kremlin foundations who has been in the forefront on behalf of the citizens of the state of the netiquette, not only in the first district but across the state, and what we are fighting as we -- what we are finding as we talk with our colleagues in massachusetts as well. we have done a lot of work on this but nobody has done more work than joe courtney. when someone takes the point of the spirit and does tireless work and is tenacious everyday, it usually results in a good outcome. joe'sbecause of persistency, and even within the context of this tax bill, and sitting down with the treasury department, and i want to commend the trump administration for their work in our work on this together, from secretary mnuchin to assistant secretary kotter, to all of the individuals involved in this effort. to give you an update, the covfefe has been some confusion, and indirectly leads into this discussion today, with the passage of the hill. there wer

i'm courtney collins.oomberg. ♪ yvonne: coming down to the market open in tokyo and seoul. new zealand and australian rket trading 100 -- market treading water. strong gdp data coming out of china. will that be a strong catalyst? >> the chinese economy cruising along. basing acks are mixed start after u.s. stocks traded sideways overnight. we don't have much else perhaps to sway market sentiment. market activity humming along in china. urbanization increasing sparked a rise in base metals. that is not translating smoothly when it comes to minors in sydney's. -- comes to miners in sydney. lithium miners sliding. this after morgan stanley flagged downside risk, forecasting the battery of raw material could fall faster than expected. to snap acks are set three-day decline. seoul seoul -- ew and .utures in tokyo and seoul yvonne: japanese investors have been jumping on the idea that boj will normalize policy at some point. not everyone is buying into this idea. >> not everyone buying the idea of a policy exit.

on cnbc i'm wilfred frost. >> and i'm courtney reagan in for sara eisen. >> great to have you here, courtneymes after a week gains up about 1% for three of the indices. volume and volatility are both up we're looking this morning 70 points for the dow. 5 points decline for s&p, 9 points decline for the nasdaq. the big mover last week was the longer end of the euro the ten-year, friday closed at 2.55 last friday closed at 2.66 at the moment, 2.65. the steepening of the curve, the two-year does stay at a ten-year high and it just be featuring last week of the year sharply, however, over the course of the start of this year >>> the federal government is closed this morning. but it could reopen after a vote this afternoon we're all waiting to see the senate is expected to vote at noon. and the new agreement that would fund the government until february 8th would be shorter than the previous bill it still includes funding for the children's health insurance program. the house is on standby while the shutdown plays out in the senate we talk about the impasse of the shutdown, good morning, lauren.

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let me tell you what an honor it is to work alongside joe courtney. he is principled, dedicated and he is damn smart, and he knows how to get the job done. it is an honor to work with him within the united states congress. for all of you who turned out today on a saturday afternoon, i really appreciated. this is what makes a democracy run, to that your feedback and input and to be able to take that and translate that into hopefully what we will become, it is a fair way of representing the people. i want to thank the manchester community college and gina, and c-span, for being here and for the citizens of the first and second congressional district to have the opportunity to speak. hand.ig [applause] >> how are you? good. >> ok. >> mary, make sure we get that. tonthat is a brass but made in waterberry. hat in you to wear t hat i thehouse and some day, in reagan library. the seal was commissioned in 1930. that stopped superior quality 1935.s in 1930 and >> wow, fantastic. keep the faith. >> i know all about your work on he history caucus. i was wonderin

first word news, here is courtney donohoe. courtney: turkey is told to watch it step in syria.ays any miscalculation by turkish forces -- turkish forces could result in great consequences. president trump warned about the showdown between turkey and its u.s. troops. of thousands of muslims living in refugee camps in bangladesh to return to myanmar. the united nations says the security situation must be improved before refugees hit back. more than 600 80,000 have fled myanmar since august to escape escalating violence. opponents of the new corporate tax cuts were right. many companies did not pay the full rate before the law was passed. according to their own estimates, they won't see big reductions this year. the law lowers corporate taxes 14 percentage points, 21%. 24 s&p 500 companies are forecasting an average savings of five percentage points. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am courtney donohoe. this is burke. -- this is bloomberg. vonnie: coming up, bitcoin and much more. this is brick. -- bloomber

as i mentioned at the top of the show, as courtney kube just touched on.may have missed a growing standoff between america and one of its long-time allies and a fellow member of nato, turkey. don't blame yourself if this snuck up on you. it appears it snuck up on the state department as well. as president erdogan said he was going to keep the the push up against allied forces there and indeed soon may be targeting a home to american special forces, of course that raises the first every nato-on-nato hostilities. presently the head of tufts university school of law and diplomacy. he was formerly the supreme allied commander of nato, as well as southern command. for 37 years an officer in the united states navy. the author of three books. accident al admiral, leader's bookshelf and sea power. it has now entered into a period of unprecedented stress. welcome. let's begin with your general overview of what is erupting this confrontation with turkey. how serious the situation and how quickly it might escalate, admiral. >> we've got a very difficult tactical situ

let me begin with you, courtney.n the volcano explosion of news around the president's comments about various places around the globe, you have been covering north korea. fill us in. >> we saw for the first time in years north korea and south korea down along the dmz and they had a discussion. it was supposed to center primarily around the olympics. it started a week ago when kim jong-un gave his new year's day speech and made an overture to the south and said he was interested in talking to them about sending a delegation to the olympics. so far only two north korean athletes have qualified to go, some figure skaters. but south korea septd almost immediately the next day. they got into negotiations how they were going to do it. they set the date for january 9th. and discussions occurred. they happened this week. they seem to have been relatively successful. north korea is now sending a delegation to south korea that will include cheerleaders and some media and the athletes themselves. and they have talked about cont

i am courtney collins.e how the asian markets are shaping up this morning. the big story remains a japan. let's get the latest with sophie kamaruddin. we have pmi data from japan. sophie: bring out the cheerleaders, the manufacturing numbers highest since february 2015. 54 in december. picked up again. the highest reading since february 2014. japanese stocks leading the region as the yen softer for a second day, given the firmer dollar. the nikkei jumping over 2%. on course for a new 1992 high. the topix is not to be outdone, adding over 1.5%. a november 1990 one high. the biggest gain since september. exporters like toyota and sony adding the most in terms of interest points. and others are building on 2017 gains. we have i.t. stocks gaining 2%. along with energy shares. this is one of the suppliers to tesla in asia. checking on the board, rising with panasonic and you, rubber hamaanasonic and yoko rubber. a quick check on japanese auto climbers. honda and toyota jumping to the highest level in two years,

now for all the questions courtney laid out still things to be answered. what we have not heard from the white house is any statement of larger impact of reassurance or concerns about what this caused for the people of hawaii with this kind of a push alert with the dire potential consequences of it. so it's early stages here. but what the white house is telling us is that this was a state controlled exercise. i this i nk we need to get more questions answered about that what state resources deployed for such an exercise. that's one piece. but they are assuring us it was a false alarm during a drill. that could mean that when you consider the universe of possibilities, like a cyber situation where someone hacked into a dye vi'device into a hac. criminal a lacks. perhaps the white house is saying false alarm, we don't know, limited details coming from the white house. but given the impact and the timing, with things like the olympic games coming up in matter of weeks in south korea, the president's talk about his relationship with kim jong-un, leader in nort

i am courtney collins, this is bloomberg. >> courtney, thank you.t's a get how markets are trading to the countdown of the market open in hong kong and soul. the jitters in the bond market continuing, and the first drop in u.s. equities. >> when it comes to the japanese equity session, we have central banks being delivered from investors when heading for the stimulus exit door. that fell to a six-week low, biggest drop. reaching averages all of which were i'd. -- bojity has returned activity will be closely watched , persisting ahead of that trend. take a look at the topics. g #btv 5245, you could see that we could have the topics be tested given its flashing signals. .he 14 day rsi has been after that drop, we are seeing the benchmark that continues to see the pressure. they outperformed their bigger rivals in 2017, and that trend continues. one drag standing out, tell us about that. drugmaker.a bio it has picked up momentum over the last year, outpacing and driving this value. it is expected to do well in europe. with that backdrop, the stock hit

i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. bad, wasing up, was it m&s and tesco? we will break down the health of the u.k. consumer, next. from london, this is bloomberg. ♪

on courtney donohoe. -- i'm horny donahoe. -- i'm courtney donohoe. we will tell you what makes his new fund different. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: i'm mark barton with the european close, 13 minutes away. vonnie: steve cohen is back. stanford harvard capital is set dollars-fouree -- $3-4 billion. we are back with ron and matt robinson. what is different about cohen's new firm? just served a two-year ban for managing outside money. he hired quite a compliance team of 50 members and they are following their traders quite closely. the new general counsel retired a few months ago -- they are following folks, listening to audio and looking at emails. they are getting involved in the hiring process of money managers. he doesn't want to get in the crosshairs of regulators. vonnie: if you have a 50 person compliance team, does that mean you will never get anybody coming after you? matt: you would hope that is the case. sec will be looking at steve cohen. he has an outside monitor to make sure they are following securities laws. mark: he's been working to buil

i am courtney donohoe.his is bloomberg. mark: thank you. coming up, we hear from the chief executive of jpmorgan asset management who talks about the outlook for fixed income in 2018. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ mark: live from london, i am mark barton with the european close roughly 10 minutes away. vonnie: in new york, i am vonnie quinn. let's get back to davos. erik schatzker sat down with mary erdoes. year foras a good margaret and almost forever -- markets. you will get this connection in stocks versus ball mark it's. -- markets -- versus bond markets. people want to put money with people who know how to get it to work. we have to be a net recipient of that. that is a great honor that clients give us those assets. i just think where you do it and how you do it, you have to be more particular. perhaps there was more luck and momentum last year in about everywhere you put the assets. erik: here is maybe where you are getting at, treasury yields are rising and more talk of inflation, our clients

. >> and i'm courtney reagan in this morning for sara eisen. the last night's grammy awards this is bruno mars' 24 karat album. took home the album of the year. but i hear he won basically the award. >> he was basically the big winner in once again it was a politicized ceremony we'll definitely have the highlights >>> checking the markets, coming offer the back of a strong week. the s&p and all three indices were up more than 2% for the week as a whole. we talk about a big start to the year, it's also been a broad start of the year on friday, and all of last week, all 11 sectors were positive with s&p month to date, nine out of 11 are high it's been a great start to the year and last week was certainly part of that this morning, we're pointing only slightly, the dow by 17 points s&p by 9, nasdaq down by 30

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but a schedule the first word news with courtney collins. courtney: think you so much.tinue to support donald trump after the denunciation of his former chief strategist. been in told a caller -- anatoly caller that "nothing will come between us and president trump and his agenda." the white house has been defending the president's mental fitness for whit office. >> it is disgraceful and laughable. if he was unfit, he would not be sitting there.he would not have defeated the most qualified group of candidates the republican party has ever seen. this is an incredibly strong and good leader. that is why we have had such successful -- such a successful 2017. >> the united states and south korea will not hold their annual military drill. he ande-in says president trump agreed during a phone call that the games and pyeongchang should be kept peaceful. south korea also plans to fully cornet with the u.s. throughout its talks with north korea scheduled for next week. chinese regulators are stepping up oversight of leverage bond trading, a rule posted on the pboc website. this

i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg.rk: coming up, heading to the close of trade in europe, four days into the new year and the biggest winner on the stoxx 600 include 2017 also-rans like alta is. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: live from new york city, i am vonnie quinn. mark: live from london, i am mark barton counting down to the european close in 12 minutes. euro hawks have reason to pause with inflation slowing in december 2 1.4% with the euro slipping. we find richard jones, fx and rate strategists. food for thought for the hawks on the ecb, today's inflation data? >> yes, we have had encouraging data from europe this year. we have had some strong german employment data. same thing in spain. board.tmi's across the what would give the hawks room for pause, we have not seen strong growth tight data -- type data and macroeconomics data feeding into inflation and until we get a pickup and the ecb believes we will get it this year, the hawks will be kept in check until we see that traction in the inflation. both headline

courtney: germany is maintaining a hard-line stance on brexit.ela merkel's government will demand the u.k. pay for the privilege or its bank to have access to the u.k. mark -- the e.u. market. malaysia says it will pay texas-based ocean infinity up to $70 million they can find the wreckage or black boxes of the missing malaysia airlines flight within three months. the transport minister estimates there is an 85% chance of finding the debris and the new search area, roughly the size of vermont. 20 14ane vanished in while flying from kuala lumpur to beijing. in southern california, deadly mudslides and flooding have killed at least 15 people. more than two dozen others were injured. that were stripped of vegetation were turned into mud. one of hillary clinton's fiercest clinics -- critics on capitol hill is calling it quits. darrell issa off will not run for reelection. used that post to investigate clinton's role in the deadly terrorist attacks in benghazi, libya. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in mo

bloomberg. >> becky so much, courtney.pple, as we mentioned, is going to pay hundreds of billions of dollars overseas that is going to bring back to the united states. is going to bring expenditure over five years. bloombergned by technology's alex webb. how big of a deal is this for the company? >> i think the money they talked about is not one we care about. they have a lot to play with once they pay the tax bill -- there's no going to have wonders they billion dollars to play with. the expectation that it will go to buy back. >> what is apple not talk about in these headlines that we are not seeing? >> they're not talk about what they're going to use the rest of the money for. the 75 billion over six years -- it is these two elements, the drop in the ocean compared to what they're going to have to play with given they have you $1 billion in cash flow each year. a lot of people are interested to see what they talk about when they report the earnings the start of february. well was surprising asked -- was surprising as we

here is courtney. on capital hill represent leaders are trying to come up with a stop gap spending plan to stop a shot down. some would provide money for children's health care program. any plan can't pass unless it has some democratic votes in the senate. the two korean delegations will march under one flag next month at the opening ceremony in the winter alix: in south korea. the two countries will form a giant women's hockey team during the games. treelingsa may is trying to paper over the cracks in the u.k.'s relationship with the u.s.a. she has advised the queen to invite president trump for a state visit, but the president has not set a date. there is speculation he is unhappy that he won't be invited to prince harry's wedding. she is not responsible for wedding invitation. demreble new year's 24 hours a this is bloomberg. mark? mark: courtney, thanks a lot. we hear about the euros with a rise. quote, i am concerned about sudden movements that doesn't reflect a change in fundamentals. he is one o

i'm courtney collins. this is bloomberg. .- 120 countries i'm courtney collins, this is bloomberg.is comes industrials that i will get to in just a moment. the three markets are open and as for india later on, have a look at the state of play across the currency space. the dollar slightly up. foot, the u.s. dollar has become quite a rarity and you are getting the adjustment lower -- lure. down .9%. the fourthtory in column right there, you look at the short yields. have move up and you also a move down to yields and a longer and. curve following the meeting at the press conference from mario draghi overnight. down about .4%. you do look at the index level to 52 weeks back and you understand there is a lot of that we given the fact are moving quite rapidly to the upside. that is what this does to your dividend yield. have a look at the start a few moments back, some of the big movers to the downside. , the big industrials over in south korea. int so far have disappointed earnings and a lot of that maybe the fact that the currency is stronger as well. missing even the most bearish fo

i'm guessing courtney is a fan >> a huge fan.ave a new outfit inspiration. >> have you watched the video? >> yes >> she came in early to watch. >> it was preparation because we're talking about it. >> totally homework. that was the reason why i watched it this morning. >> mixed reviews on ticket sales. should be interesting. >> it was interesting how they did it with the verified fan through ticket master. it was kind of a pain, but it worked i got the tickets. i got access to the tickets, but you did have to prep she doesn't want the bots and scalpers to get all the tickets. >> i'm sure they will all be sold out >> if there's some available, maybe i'll buy more. >>> big changes coming to hooter's the burger and wings chain is making a push into the delivery space. the company's ceo says the move is part of an effort to entice embarrassed eaters he said the service will be successful because many people would not step foot into our restaurants but they want our product. wilf, have you been to a hooters? >> i've been to a couple m

i am courtney collins.s is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: let's get to your market open, now to south korea as well as tokyo. we are seeing a pause in the bond market selloff, getting a green light for equities. on.ie: it is risk the nikkei 225 resuming gains after stumbling this week. that topix under pressure, sliding 0.2%, as consumer staples and real estate drag on the topix benchmark. a six week high, the dollar struggles amid speculation of the and boj policies. plus, signs of muted u.s. inflation. snapping ahe kospi three day drop. the korean won set for arise in the first six days. a in earnest in japan. fast retailing beating estimates, amid forecast. fast retailing on the up this morning. flipping the board to check other stocks. nintendo set to bring more games to the set console. the stock is up on the back of that. shiseido bought an operation from a u.s. startup. we are watching celltrion in seoul. they are a bio similar drugmaker. aussie stocks rising for the first day in three. but it is on course for

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courtney, back to you. >> thank you very much, sue.ppreciate it. >>> the senate expected to hold a vote in 30 minutes from now. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell putting forward a continuing resolution that is said to include assurances on immigration that may find bipartisan support we'll have to wait and see though, of course. joining us now is lanhee chen. he is research fellow. lanhee, thank you for joining us we'll know 30 minutes from now, got knot going to ask you to handicap it, but if this is a cr, are we going to go through this all over again in two weeks and then two weeks more after that i mean, don't we really need a long term solution here? >> courtney, this is the cycle we're in you're absolutely right. even if they are able to get the votes necessary to push this out until the eighth of february, we're going to have another discussion right before the eighth of february about keeping the government open. because remember, what senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said is he'll proceed to discussion on immigratio

i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. mark: coming up on the close, theresa may's cabinet reshuffle becomes chaotic with senior ministers refusing to follow orders. what does it mean for brexit? that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, and vonnie quinn. -- i'm vonnie quinn. mark: i'm mark barton. the closing roughly 13 minutes. theresa may is facing chaos as he attempts to reshuffle her cabinet. it was all smiles for the cabinet today, the first meeting of the cap and after the reshuffle behind the scenes, some senior ministers have refused to follow her orders. --ning us with the latest something interesting did happen. at 3:26 local time. an appointment. what was announced? >> a campaigner for brexit who continues to campaign for a hard brexit -- clean break from the eu. she's quite high-profile. she was a potential threat to may on the back benches if make came back from brussels with a deal that conceded too much to the eu. you can to this appointment is keeping her inside -- mark: is this the no

i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg.heie: still ahead, more on tough issues facing president trump and congress. it includes north korea. and shutdown negotiations. live on capitol hill next. this is bloomberg. ♪ amk: live from london, i mark barton with the european close roughly 15 minutes away. vonnie: a new york city, i am vonnie quinn. trim -- president trump with a warning for kim jong-un, the president saying he has a much bigger and more powerful nuclear button in response to kim jong-un saying the nuclear button is always on his desk. kevin cirilli joins us from capitol hill. does this escalate? kevin: i spoke to a source in the intelligence community is said the back-and-forth may work for president trump's base but they feel it is an appeal source. it does not do much in terms of the actual foreign-policy diplomacy. south korea and north korean officials talking for the first time in more than two years on that testing of a telephone communication in the border area between north korea and south korea. the win

i am courtney collins. this is bloomberg.peaking about president trump, i want to point out a chart that is interesting. for -- wem living have president trump leaving for how much the engine has grown since he took office. #btv, painted an interesting story here of thatmer sentiment continues to improve well above -- as you can see, the red line. his approval rating continues to fall. it is at its lowest level right now it he could claim the u.s. -- that he is responsible for the u.s. economy, some might look at this chart and say that it is growing despite trust -- president trump. a lot of this growth we have seen was set up by the fed and the obama administration, that the voices we have been hearing and davos is saying that we see a conundrum with soft data, not hard data. it has brought optimism in consumer sentiment, and it does not match what we are seeing with the economy so far, so there is that dynamic here when it comes to develop markets across the board. betty: earlier today we heard mixed signals from wilbur ro

vonnie: it's time to check in on the bloomberg first word news with courtney donohoe.ourtney: u.s. authorities are preparing to crack down on minute relation of the futures market. according to a person familiar with the matter, as many as 80 people will be arrested for their goals in -- their roles in so-called moving. hsbc will be fined. the was one of president trump you want to trade war, you will get one. the blocks as any u.s. limits on imports from europe would lead to swift retaliation and over the weekend, the president said he has problems with the eu, and that could morph into something big from a trade standpoint. american shoppers a splurge to during the holiday season, and purchases rose .4%. november's gain was revised upward to .8%. incomes also rose, but the savings rate elsewhere 12 year low. north korea has canceled a planned joint north-south cultural performance next week in advance of the winter olympics. north korea criticized south quote news media for defaming the north. south korea calls the cancellation regretful. global news, 24 hours a day,

i am courtney donohoe. mark: coming up, new year, new rules -- the biggest shakeup in european markets in a decade. how are markets managing with it? we will speak with a guest. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am vonnie quinn. mark: and from london, i am mark martin, counting you down to the european close. out with the old, in with mifid ii. the fallout, market liquidity trading on europe's biggest exchanges, down about 30% from the 30 have a day average. it may be a one-off as traders test the waters. is joining us. thanks for joining it is it too early to assess the impact of mifid ii on markets? >> i think it probably is. this is something that people operating in your, our colleagues in europe you have been working on for the last couple of years to get ready for . it is a massive piece of legislation affecting european markets. i think we need to see how it goes through, not just over the next few days, but the next few months, and certainly over the

courtney will not be eligible for early parole. >>> we're learning about a man killed at a workplace accident in fremont wednesday night. office identified the victim as travis michelson tomorrow. he was helping the driver of a big rig backup in an industrial area of fremont on stewart avenue near chrystie street when he was pinned between the truck and the loading dock. the driver did not realize what happened and only spotted the victim unresponsive a short time later. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> new information about the search for two missing toddler's in stockton. the police are saying their parents are not cooperating with the investigation. last week the entire family was reported missing. the parents and three children were found on tuesday living in their car. but the 20 month old twins have not been found. aaron wattles and his wife, princess walker, arrested on charges of felony child abuse and child endangerment. they were in court yesterday on outstanding warrants. both parents have a history of arrests. a friend of wattles who was at the hearing cal

i'm courtney reagan. in the early going, things look slightly mixed the dow jones indicating to open about 17 points higher the s&p 500 higher by a point. the nasdaq opening lower by 9 points we saw a markedly down day on friday, however after a strong year with the dow, s&p and nasdaq seeing the best year since 2013 let's look at what's going on in the bond market with the ten-year treasury note by in large, most of the euro saw records for the ten-year and five-year yield. this morning the price of bonds ticking down a little bit across the board from the two-year to the 30-year treasury >>> the new year brings new financial regulations in the eu. will frid you have to explain this why does this matter >> mifid ii which comes in tomorrow, and, you know, it's a huge, huge piece of legislation. 1.7 million paragraphs i don't want to oversimplify it. the main point is from now on asset managers have to pay hard dollars, cash, for research from brokers, rather than in the past they paid soft dollars, it's c

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this is to courtney howard. courtney, i want to say hello to you.get facebook posts and twitter posts, e-mails. i have been here for two months now. this is my first. courtney, you are my first actual mailed in letter. that is very positive. loves our station, loves our team. loves the energy we all have. she watched doug and nothing but respect and honored to have taken his role. he is doing great from what i unction. she is here. thank you for taking time to spend that in. let me get you 'sed to show what is happening. 42 degrees. seasonable day. go figure. it feels like it should for this time of year. 42 in gaithersburg. 45 in frederick. to the west is 51 in petersburg. warmer the farther west you go. let me show you that right now. 44 in richmond. you go to huntington. huntington, west virginia, is almost 70 degrees in the beginning/middle of january. 63 in bristol. columbus at 57. you know something is going on when the temperatures are like this, especially after the big, big cooldown we have all had. temperatures are up a solid 20 to 25 degr

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. >> i'm courtney reggen in for sara eisen thanks for having me it's a great day to be on wex on friday> happy friday to everyone watching our top story, countdown to shutdown lawmakers have under 19 hours to pass a spending bill or else the lights go out in washington. the republican-controlled house okayed a temporary funding measure late last night but now the senate must approve it so far it's unclear whether or not they will. senate democrats are holding their ground demanding an immigration deal they have until midnight tonight. the last time we saw a government shutdown was 2013 it lasted for 16 days. we'll have much more on this developing story coming up >> we'll see how the markets are reacting to the d.c. drama a marginally higher open on wall street, the dow higher by 15 points, the nasdaq higher by 21, and s&p 500 higher by about 4. throughout the day yesterday the markets did slip as it got more and more evident that we were getting closer to the shutdown we had that late vote by the house last night let's look at the ten-year we saw a nice move yesterday hitting a high of

i'm carl quintanilla with courtney reagan, john fortt here at the new york stock exchange a lot goingtake a look at the markets right now. historic milestone passed. the s&p and nasdaq hit some record highs, as well. number of tech names hit all-time highs netflix, amazon, facebook, google, microsoft, ebay, and a lot more dan morgan is a portfolio manager. what a day, guys dan, do you think these first couple days of the new year are giving us a clue as to how the year is going to go overall? >> well, i'm really encouraged, carl, by the pack the technology sector is doing so well. as you know, we saw a big selloff in the last couple weeks of december in terms of the year end. you saw a lot of profit taking on some of the names you just mentioned, so it's very encouraging to me to see, you know, the leaders in technology doing very well and kicking things off as you know, tech was one of the leading sectors in 2017 but had profit taking in the last month of the year. >> and for all of the complaints about lack of exposure to the benefits of tax reform, uncertainty over repatriation, ar

this is the situation fort friends and family of 29-year-old courtney roland.for help to find her. courtney was last seen on saturday afternoon she was covering a texas a and m football camp for rivals.com prior to disappearing. courtneyss roommate told police she got a text message from her at around 12:30 that night saying she was being followed by a suspicious man in blue truck courtney's mother received a text from her phone that read hello, the owner of this phone courtney i am buying and i-pad. there has been outpouring of support on social media to help find courtney and police are asking anyone with information to please come forward in this case. and we've all seen the stories on television and reported on the stories as well about things that go horribly wrong stalkers start, you know, get into the picture. you just don't know at this point. you just don't know, innocents frightening. that's frightening. >> it's scary. give her credit for being alert enough to at least tell somebody something strange was happening. >> yeah. >> blue truck, yeah. >> you

i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: breaking news.ox is said to have filed confidentially for an ipo. in the last funding round, dropbox was valued at $12 billion. goldman sachs and jpmorgan said to be leading this possible ipo. dropbox has filed for an ipo confidentially. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: the house has voted to reauthorize the pfizer law that allows for surveillance -- earlier, the house rejected the amendment that sought to limit u.s. surveillance. the limitation of spying on foreigners' digital communications. however, that failed. the fisa bill is now through. it hasn't been a slamdunk. some lawmakers were looking for sticker limits. it has now passed. dropbox is said to have filed for an ipo confidentially. bloomberg's ipo reporter joins us to explain. sources have told you that the ipo is filed. >> it is filed. we expect this listing to happen in the first half of this year. dropbox is this $10 million filesharing company, one of the unicorns we've been watching who's been waiting for quite a while to list. we will b

squawk alley" is live ♪ ♪ >>> good tuesday morning, welcome to "squawk alley," i'm carl quintanilla, courtneygan joins us here at post 9, john fortt is live in las vegas at this year's consumer electronics show so much news coming from ces today, bringing us to faang stocks joining us this morning to talk about it, btig's managing director, andy hargreaves, senior research analyst. good morning to you both on ces, so many of these names are presenting this week, are having workshops for developers, and unveiling ostensibly technologies that are going to drive earnings higher. how much of a catalyst is ces this week? >> there's always something that becomes the theme of the show, but it doesn't always necessarily translate into a lot of revenue and earnings growth we talked about artificial intelligence and the goggles that people were wearing a couple of years ago for virtual reality, excuse me, and didn't really materialize in anything that significant for these companies. so it's fun to see new products and hear a lot of the teams update investors to start the year off, but i wouldn't get t

here's courtney donohoe.rtney: the commerce department has given president trump report that lead to terrorists on imported aluminum. investigators began looking at whether it aluminum imports pose a threat to national security. the president has 90 days to decide on potential action. vice president mike pence said the u.s. will open its embassy in jerusalem next year. pence is in that city where he was heckled by arab lawmakers in the israeli parliament. authorities talked him out of the house. in saudi arabia, settlements from the crackdown on corruption could be more than $100 billion according to a senior saudi official. about 95 of the richest saudi's are being held at the ritz-carlton. cases have been settled by payments that are a combination of cash, real estate stocks and other assets. greece is moving a step closer toward exiting its financial rescue program. finance ministers are expected to sign off on the greek government's latest set of economic overhauls that will clear the way for another $8 b