. ♪ >>> good morning welcome to the show, i'm dominic chu.ere is how we are looking to start your morning off with fresh all-time highs the dow would open by another 23 points the s&p and nasdaq hit record highs yesterday. on the bond side of things, we are looking at yields coming down slightly. 10-year 1.839% 2-year 1.745%. we look at the asian trade nikkei up. hang seng down similar in the shanghai composite. india is up one quarter of 1%. we are seeing a little positivity german dax up. ftse 100 almost one half of 1% the cac almost flat. it has been moving between major losses in europe four major headlines looking to dominate as trading begins today. new developments as the treasury department lifts the label ahead of the big deal signing. earnings kick into high gear as three big banks are set to report earnings. ahead of the fed decision. investors are awaiting new comments from john williams and george as well with. they are speaking later on today. the wealth of data to pour in including consumer prices, retail sales and sentiment as

i'm dominic chu in for brian sullivan developing story as tensions between united states and iran reach new heights in the wake of that air strike that killed iranian general qasem soleimani. we have team coverage this morning. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington, d.c. also nbc's cal perry is live in doha, qatar. tracie, we'll begin with you. >> reporter: let's start with what's happening on capitol hill and what's expected to happen this week. remember, congress did not get a heads up about this military action against iran. we have learned overnight that democrats now want to push to give president trump a deadline to call it all off in a letter obtained overnight, house speaker nancy pelosi told democrats they'll vote this week to force president trump to end hostilities with iran in a month unless congress approves >> we're much closer to the edge of war. >> i'm concerned they don't have a strategy. >> reporter: congress did not get a heads up about the u.s. drone strike that killed qasem soleimani, iran's top military leader the administration insists there was an imminent

. >>> good morning and welcome to the show i'm dominic chu in for brian sullivan here is how stock futures are looking to kick off the trading week what a week it will be as earnings week kicks off in earnest tomorrow we'll see the dow open up by 112 points the s&p up by 11 the nasdaq up by 42 points as well this week we'll hear from jpmorgan chase, wells fargo, citigroup, delta that's just a few of them in terms of earnings reports due out this week as the earning season starts off. according to data, they say fourth quarter earnings are expected to be down 0.6 of 1% which would mark the second straight quarterly decline that has not happened since 2015-2016. maybe an earnings recession. that's what folks are looking for perhaps this time around treasury yields in focus we see a little movement in the ten-year t-note, ticking slightly higher. let us go worldwide. in the asian trade, stocks there hitting new 19-month highs china, can you see there, coming just about -- just about three quarters of a percent to the upside you can see japan was closed for the coming of age day as well. now,

the second half of "worldwide exchange" begins right now >>> welcome back, i'm dominic chu in for briann. here is how stock futures are looking just one day after the s&p 500 crossed the 3,300 mark for the first time ever. the dow jones would open up by 68, the nasdaq by 28 and the s&p up by 8 points being looing at the bond market, a slight bit of movement with the two-year falling slightly 1.5 there. 10-year currently 1.818% looking at top stories today with rahel >> a couple of facebook stories to get to. a lawsuit over claims of anti-competitive conduct app developers are suing the giant saying it inappropriately roped developer access growing with small app developers that had built their business facebook backing off its plans to sell ads within whatsapp. they have resolved the team that worked at integrating advertisement. that push to try and monday ties what's april to create more. >> a new initiative to erase the company's carbon foot print. aiming to remove more carbon than it emits by 2030 and by 2050, it hopes to have removed all of the carbon it ever made we have more on t

i'm dominic chu in for brian sullivan here are how stock futures are looking after closing with recordighs yesterday the dow coming off its first two-day losing streak since mid-december s&p 500 on pace to break a two-week winning streak with the worst workweek performance since november you can see the dow down by 36 points the bond market also a big focus. we are seeing a slight tick lower. benchmark 10-year yield 1.74%. two-year notes, 1.57%. going worldwide. asia continues to take the brunt of that risk off sentiment and mentality. the nikkei in japan down by 1% the hang seng off by 1.5%. nearly 3% declines in the shanghai composite a lot of that coronavirus scare playing out. the shanghai composite down this week over the concerns of the coronavirus and the threat that has killed 17 people and affected hundreds more keeping a close eye on those markets and the reaction we'll go now to the region matt, take us through what the markets are thinking given this particular move of the coronavirus ahead of the lunar new year >> absolutely. stock across the region as investors spread and

. >>> welcome back i'm dominic chu in for brian sullivan here is how stock futures are setting up theirt the way the implied morning will start looking at an 8-point rise for the s&p, about 70-point rise for the dow and 50 points for the nasdaq looking at the bond market, a slight down tick in yields continuing a trend we've seen. benchmark 2-year 1.517%. 10-year 1.573%. most of asia are closed for the lunar new year the cac in france, ftse 100 in the uk and dax around 1.3 to 1.5% looking at other top stories with frank holland >> reporter: the department of homeland security is set to release a report today outlining immediate steps and plans that includes warning warehouse operators with scrutiny if they don't fight the fake products. >>> george soros is pledging $1 billion to education going to a network of universities around the world to help educate young people and promote, quote, personal autonomy. in a response to nationalism around the world >>> boeing says a device suffered considerable and irreversible damage. direct tv plans to take steps to reduce the risk of an explosion.

i'm dominic chu in for brian sullivan we begin this morning with wall street's massive 200-point turn around this time lapse is crazy to watch. that huge turn around midday stock futures looking to add to the gains as investors put that middle east tension in the rearview mirror for now. the bond market showing signs of life 10-year note about 1.814%. two-year as well in the asia trade, can you see generally green screen all across the board there the nikkei in japan. over half percent gains out in main land china. the spin of the globe now. we are seeing that green carry over in trading. the cac in france up the ftse up and the german dax up almost one full percent as well going to rahel with more this morning. >> american airlines has reached a settlement with boeing over the grounding of the 737 max it will receive compensation over several years and will share more than $30 million with its employees. separately boeing says it will reassign about 3,000 workers to other jobs as it halts production of the 737 max later this month some will shift to the work on the 767 and triple 7 i

all of that as "worldwide exchange" begins right now ♪ >>> good morning i'm dominic chu in for brianullivan your mystery chart for this thursday, you are looking at the most shorted stock in the united states after losing that title in september we reveal the name to watch coming up. first, here is how stock futures are shaping up after yesterday's landmark trade deal signing. you can see the dow will open up by another 100 points, s&p by 1 and nasdaq by 46 the dow and s&p coming off record closing levels with the dow coming off 29,000. that marks the 40th trading day since the blue chips finished above 28,000 for the first time on november 15 the fastest such climb for the dow since january of 2018 when it took only eight trading sessions to close above the 26,000 mark from 25,000. for perspective. to go from closing above 26,000 to 27,000, it took markets more than a year. yes, the percentage gains are different. still, though, some massive moves and accelerations in terms of milestones reached. to the bond market we are seeing a slighttick higher 1.792% for 10-year treasury. two-y

dominic chu has a look at some of the movers. >> we'll focus on the chinese consumer and bigger themeser food and beverage-related stocks in china, luckin coffee, yum china, starbucks, mcdonald's selling to consumers there. of course the economic selldown concern is people propagate around, don't spend money, so those shares down. in the last week, look at these, luckin down 24%, yum down 16%, starbucks down 5%. travel stocks getting hit. the royal caribbean, intercom hotels, norwegian, carnival. over the last week or so some of these down big trip.com, carve value, all down double digits. and the casino operators, las vegas sands, wynn resorts, melco and mgm have a presence, all ranging from down 7%, down 4%, all of these over the past week, check out this, melco, wynn, sand, mgm down double digits as well casinos, travel, food and beverage big hits today in that downside move. back to you. >> wynn and sands rely a lot on that for the profits dominic chu back at hq now we can start doing it again. i turn to sarah and ask -- >> i almost believe you. >> come on of course. what is coming

meanwhile, recent ipos on the move today do chew d dominic chu has more >> the number of last year'started off hot and went frigid in terms of coolness look at the near-term trading action in smiledirectclub. 23 bucks a share in mid-september. opened for trading at 20.55. not even at that mark. at the lows in mid-december, smile direct had lost nearly two-thirds of its value, but since then it's up around 55%, thanks in part to news of a sales partnership with walmart and working with dentists and orthodontics then shares of pinterest, it went public last april, 19 buck, as high as $37 a share by late august from there, it lost over half its value from mid-december. now it's up 20% from there amid growing investor optimism over market share they passed snapchat as america's third biggest platform last year. how about fake meat, beyond meat public at 25 bucks a share in early may, going as high as nearly $240 in late july, went down to $71 and change by early december since then, it's up 6% 8% as th buzz heats up once again then uber, the ride-sharing giant possibly the story of ipos

let's get to dominic chu what are you see somethiing?'re better than they were earlier in the day at the low, down nearly 4% those fears over the spread of the coronavirus in china rattling markets all over. prices did fall to their lowest levels since october concerns about the china slowdown in the economy because of the disease could hamper the world's second biggest user of crude oil and importer those prices have fallen by 13% so far just this year. also keep a close eye on what's happening with copper prices they're down u about 3%. often seen as the barometer of economic activity not just in cline, but globally as well. so copper, oil, very much to the downside back to you. >> thanks very much. to julia for market flash. >> movie theatre chain stocks are suffering from coronavirus fears. amc entertainment shares are off more than 5.5% today at a 52-week low and down over 12% over the past week the $700 million market cap company owned by china's wan da group is the largest theatre chain in the u.s. and europe shares of imax are do

. >>> welcome back and happy friday i'm dominic chu in for brian sullivan lets get a check on headlines morning, frances. >> good morning. the house has passed a new war powers resolution meant to limit president trump's military actions against iran the vote was largely along party lines with eight democrats voting against the measure and three republicans voting for it. last night at his major rally of the year in toledo, ohio, president trump blasted the vote and attacked house speaker nancy pelosi as, quote, not operating with a full deck and defended his decision to launch the air strike that killed general soleimani as necessary american firefighters received a standing ovation as they arrived in sydney, australia to help batt battle bushfires that are burning through the country. and cheetos has announced a new snack. it's hitting shelves nationwide on january 13th. it comes just in time to turn the resolutions around if you want to get healthy. >> i love a good popcorn thank you very much. we appreciate it >>> here's how stock futures are looking through the 5:00 a.m. eastern ti

joining us, cnbc's dominic chu and ben white, politico chief correspondent., the markets are loving the trade deal and usmca. how does this overall help the economy and in turn november's election? >> all right. so there's a kind of fundamental maybe conventional wisdom among financial circles that if the economy does well, typically the government that's in place tends to do well along with it. this is an interesting time because there's so much controversy surrounding president trump and his administration. but the one thing that markets can hang their hat on now is the idea that if trade gets resolved, if there are at least steps taken to make it more positive, that the economy not just here in the united states but around the world will do better as well. if that is the situation, we could see movement there by companies to want to hire more people, invest more, all of that positivity is driving some of the stock market action these days. this view, stephanie, that the economy will do better, and as a result people will be better off. that's probably the

2014 >>> the coronavirus is also taking a bite out of oil in bear market territory let's go to dominic chu tyler, oil prices are lower on the day as you pointed out and it's the coronavirus fears again. will it put a damper or not on china? world economic growth as well. those crude prices, they're $51.64 off their worst levels of the day. ice brent crude features world benchmark gauge down by .2%. it's a reversal. both prices were in positive territory at one point in the day. now there's a sense some traders may not want to be exposed to owning things like oil or stocks ahead of a possible coronavirus update the baker hughes weekly report show ed the number of active oi rigs in america fell traders will be looking towards the open of chinese markets after being closed for the lunar new year holiday so a big focus still down back to you. >> thank you >>> energy stocks getting crushed today. worst performing sector down more than 3% if you look at the etf that tracks gas and oil exploration stocks, it's having its worst month since 2011 so how much lower can energy go? with us now, global

i'm dominic chu. the record rally rolls on. could this be the time to bank some of the profits from the last year? >>> plus call it the catchup trade. after a rough start to 2019, energy closes out the year with a big surge, but can that comeback last? >>> and here come those gift returns. berkshire doesn't put a ring on it and new year, new drug prices. that's all ahead in rapid fire but we begin with today's markets and bob pisani at the new york stock exchange. another day, another record. it feels like 2019 all over again. >> it does, and we're starting off great here record highs right across the board, dow, s&p as well as the nasdaq boeing a big help, by the way, on the dow, up about 6 points. that's 40 points on the dow jones industrial average the big story is overseas. china cut its bank reserve ratios which may free up some money for lending. semi conductors, also trade related, emerging markets trade related as well, industrials, all of this related to the china trade helping things out if you look at new highs, a lo

i'm dominic chu. the record rally rolls on. the time to bank some of the profits from the last year? >>> plus call it the catchup trade. after a rough start to 2019, energy closes out the year with a big surge, but can that comeback last? >>> and here come those gift returns. berkshire doesn't put a ring on it and new year, new drug prices. that's all ahead in rapi

i tried it, it is pretty good. >> thank you so much, dominic chu.age. >> or fork. >> the arc of civilization is upward. >> bending towards pork as it does and should over the course of history. >>> let's turn, dom, thank you very much. quickly what's a crisis in law enforcement. according to a nonprofit that tracks police suicide, 228 officers died by suicide in 2019. that's the highest number the organization has recorded to date, and more than were killed in the line of duty. joining us, msnbc chief legal correspondent, host of the beat on msnbc, ari melber. he is here to preview his report on the fatality rate of law enforcement officers, reporting officers killed on duty and communities and families left behind. good morning. good to see you. we talked on the break, feels like even in new york city, once a week you pick up the paper, read a story about an officer that died by suicide. what is behind the trend with 228, and as the report points out, the number is probably higher than that. >> the number could be technically higher than that. this

let's get to dominic chu for a market flash >> boeing shares have been moving steadily higher and sharply unconfirmed reports and rumors that berkshire hathaway and warren buffett may be taking interest in the stock. we have reached out to berkshire hathaway in response to the cnbc request for comment, they've referred us to some of their own corporate guidelines, in essence saying that they do not confirm nor do they deny any kind of market rumors whether they are correct or incorrect because they do oftentimes traffic in many of these securities, buying or selling, one doesn't preclude the other. what that then means, though, is that berkshire is not really saying anything about whether or not boeing is in their crosshairs or not. that is the statement that we've received from berkshire hathaway, again referring us to their corporate guidelines david, read into that what you will, but boeing shares had been rising on some of this rumor or speculation. berkshire is in essence saying they never comment one way or the other on anything correct or incorrect with regard to the market action,

get to know us at aflac.com >>> i'm dominic chu. stocks losing a little bit of steam.and first republic bank moving higher today. on the other side of things we have welles fargo missing estimates and one of the worst performers in the s&p 500 today. charlie sharp takes the reins on his first call as ceo. back downtown to you guys at the new york stock exchange. >>> coming up on "squawk alley," kathy wood joins us at post 9. stock has doubled. what does she think? (soft music) - when i see obstacles, i create opportunities. - when i see adversity, i find a way. - when i hear never, i say now. - [announcer] southern new hampshire university is education made to fit your goals with over 200 degree programs, flexible class schedules, and some of the lowest online tuition rates in the nation. (cheering) - so when i face barriers, i can break through. - [announcer] breakthrough at snhu.edu. you get the freedom of what a 7-day return policy. this isn't some dealership test drive around the block. it's better. this is seven days to put your carvana car to the test and see if

i'm dominic chu. new records for the dow, the s&p 500, and nasdaq in today's session.stock is tried r trading in positive territory and stocks near their highs of the day one underperformer is the material sector. albemarle, dragging. you can see that sea of red in the midst of a sea of e grogree. ppg falling after missing estimates. iwill send things back to you, guys, david faber at the new york stock exchange. >> the race for the white house is heating up. one of the democratic front-runners has been raking in large donations from wall street and silicon valley robert frank has the story >> good morning, dave. bernie sanders won the money race in the fourth quarter with $34 million compared to biden's $23 million, but biden is way ahead when it comes to big bundlers the biden campaign releasing its list of over 200 bundlers, who have raised more than $25,000 so far. they includen wall street, silicon valley and these are who make up the list from hollywood, you've got jeffrey katzenberg, harry sloan. in politics, he's got erskine boes, choformer chief of staff r und

i'm dominic chu.r leading us lower is health care, driven to the downside with a slate of firms out with quarterly results among the worst performers in health care you've got the lex i don't know, thermofisher scientific, but as we see the that a maa joe torre of health care in the negative territory realm, we want to highlight the outperformers. am amerisource, and e eli lily beating profits and revenues keep an eye on those shares. david, back to you >> i will take those things. thank you, dom now i will turn to sara to ask her what is coming up on "closing bell. >> we have a great lineup. dirk van de put. and we'll talk all about the consumer and the markets, today's closer is famed activist investor nelson peltz from trian partners. >> are you kidding me? and peltz coming on? >> i'm back, david >> why wasn't i informed >> i'm telling you now we're all about the consumer and we're going to get names too from amazon after the bell this is a must-watch program >> why is peltz coming on? >> we're goi

dominic chu has a look at the top stock movers good morning. >> good morning.ames on the move so far. start off with share of alt rirks ia is lowered around close to a 1% or 10,000 shares of premarket volume this after it reported quarterly profits that matched and list estimates revenues fell shy of expectations results were hurt in part by a $4.1 billion charge it will take to write down the value of its investment in e-cigarettes maker juul lab >>> now you have shares of coca-cola, the non-alcoholic beverage giant up 115,000 shares of premarket volume. it meant profit estimates but revenues were actually better here than expectations, helped along by new product launches like the coke plus coffee line also the expansion of the coke zero sugar line of drinks also those shares up nearly1.5% we'll end on shares of biogen up 2.5% premarket, roughly 15,000 shares of premarket value after the company reported profits and revenues that both beat analysts' estimates. results were helped in part by stronger sales of its multiple sclerosis drug franchise they also off

i'm dominic chu with a look at some of the notable morning movers as markets overall are in negativerend you have shares of smile direct club which are higher by around 8% or so in roughly 100,000 shares of premarket volume the medical technology company specializing in dental aligners announced a new slate of oral care products available for sale exclusively at over 3800 walmart locations driving the news here. the initial rollout will include electric toothbrushes, teeth whitening systems, future plans for toothpaste, water flossers and others those shares up 7.5% next up shares of boeing down around a percent or so, roughly 40,000 shares of premarket volume the giant saw a number of headlines this past weekend regarding possible wiring problems in its 737 max jetliner this morning, "the wall street journal" is reporting that boeing might look to raise money in the debt market to the tune of around $5 billion to help cover costs related to that jet's grounding. we will end on shares of apple which are down by nearly a percent or so premarket, roughly 208,000 shares of premarket vol

. >> dominic chu, thank you very much. passing of jim lehrer, he started in print as a print reporter in texas but switched over to broadcast journalism and what an impact his life had, what a wonderful contrast to what we see today in so many people on television. no glitz, no glamour, no flash, no cutting remarks. a journalist, a reporter to the end. >> joe, jim lehrer was one of those rare people, he just had the ability to pull the world together. he had that calm demeanor, that voice that was out of the heartland of america, trustworthy. a good friend to many of us in the business, including me. i tweeted when jim passed, if he were to try to think of who was the mayor of our journalistic world in washington, it was jim lehrer. we know, just remembering his presence on television, what good, steady public serving journalism is all about. so real lesson to everybody in our business. >> a real kindness in his delivery and his writing. my father loved him. >> i first arrived in washington, been here two weeks, happened t