let's get to eamon javers running us on the fastest line eamon. >> hi, melissa, the president of theted states has tweeted ou he select add acting white house chief of staff going to be nick mulvaney, the director of the office of management and budget, also the official in charge of the consumer finance protection bureau which has been undergone a name change under his tenure the white house though, the president in the tweet saying he is acting white house chief of staff. so leaving open the possibility that he might not be the permanent selection here he might be simply a place holder or responsible as all things in trump white house that plan could change and he could work his way into having the president drop the acting word from his the title so we will wait and see where that goes. but nick mulvaney is somebody the president turned to time and time again when he needs competent staffing in the white house for high profile jobs. and somebody who is a former member of congress will have experience dealing with capitol hill. experience dealing with republican leaders on capitol

eunice yoon standing by and let us begin with eamon javers you were there >> reporter: good morning, brian. you're right absolutely, it is a trade truce between the united states and china. the united states side agreeing to a number of concessions, holding off on the plan to increase tariffs in january that the president had talked about holding off on the $267 billion in additional tariffs that the president had threatened if talks did not go well. so that's the u.s. side. on the chinese side, they have agreed to buy an unspecified amount of american product the u.s. side lays out a number of industries that they committed purchasing from. they have not said what they're going to buy, but an agreement to make significant purchases by the chinese no matter what the dollar amount. the other key element as you've been pointing out here, brian, is that the united states side said there's a 90 day clock on the negotiations if they don't bear fruit, this he could put the tariffs back in place. the chinese side doesn't mention that 90-day negotiating window in their documents on this deal

eamon javers is at the white house tonight for us good to see you as always eamon. >> hi, sioux >> merry christmas to you as well. lots of changes came with the esults of the mid-terms election some of it has to do with the tax laws. some of it has to with thes basically health care because we are going to have a change in the house. >> yeah, absolutely. the president leading up to november was predicting there would be a red wave despite pundits suggesting a blue wave. in the d end wen't get a wave in either direction. but democrats made significant pickups in the house of representatives and able to snatch control of the house of representatives away from th means that nancy peesi will be speaker of the house we expect next year and we expect paul ryan is retiring and going home. that's a big change. and it's going to affect tres trumpdency the last two years. it's going to put democrats in charge of committee on capitol hill that have subpoena power, meaning they can fire upin stigations into all sorts of aspects of the way that the president has been conducting business here at the 1

eamon javers, north launch the white house. it felt the risk was to the upside after powell had the moment back. stocks liked it. >> no question about it. look at the financials today the financials were short-lived. it was beyond technology they have lagged they continue to lag and they have been in our opinion their price action alone is concerning to us >> that's all we had >> you look at today, u.p.s. and fedex when you look at those earnings should they be down 7% today? the market right now there was nothing about this weekend that attracted liquidity. liquidity continues to come out of the market. >> if you actually thought that there was some semblance -- >> who thought that? >> any kind of framework >> but who thought that? >> did ceos, did cfos walk in and make an announcement to everyone that r&d projects would be accelerated >> let's put on a show, everyone places >> you are not going to see that happen this year you might see it next year because i think to wilbur ross' point it's actually very good and good for ma

as eamon javers were other notable moments as well. >> reporter: the whil wind day of economic dloemcy in boons as leaders gathered for the high stakes negotiations and telling personal moments. mie day feature add bro hug of sorts between vla putin of russia and mohammad bin salman. at the signing of the n cada u.s. mexico trade dealanadian prime minister justin tdeau refused to hold up his copy of the agreement. in the announcement of the lay office of general morts president trump touted the benefits of auto workers. >> it will top jobs from going overseas. >> but the canadian leader used the event to press trump on trafrs. >> the recent closures by generally motors attacking thousands of american and canadian workers and family are a heavy blow. and donald it's all m thee reason we need to keep working to remove the tariffs on steel and aminum between our countries. >> but friday was just a preamble for the main event, the dinner between president trump and xi jinping possibly to decide the course of the trade war between the two countries. >> we are working hard. if we can make a

eamon javers in d.c. for us. back to the market itself.down about a third of a percent right now. nasdaq showing signs of life including apple despite what is more news on another country and another injunction. we can tell you this morning that in germany quaalcomm won a case this morning. i haven't heard from apple. i haven't gotten their response as of yet. i'm looking for my notes here. pardon me for one moment. i'm trying to find my notes -- >> made a very strong case that all of his buying of stock is helping. he didn't sell a lot of stock. they continue to be very aggressive buyers. they are not losing money. >> quaalcomm, this had to do with a judge. the injunction applies to all of germany. the envelope tracking patent has to do with regulating the power. obviously important in terms of battery life. they have issued an injunction on all models of iphones that use this patent. so while they said it would be 7 through 10, apparently if the latest models use it, it would apply to that. quaalcomm needs to post a bond. when they do po

he's vowing to force a year-end government shutdown if congress refuses to pufund his border wal eamonis. depending on what channel you watch, it depends on who "won" this fight >> yeah. it was an ugly scene yesterday in the oval office some wild moments there. here's what was going on nancy pelosi and chuck schumer went to the oval office yesterday to negotiate with president trump, to avoid a year-end government shutdown that happens after december 21st the issue is funding for the president's border wall. the president wants about $5 billion in funding democrats have offered up 1.6 billion. but not for the border wall, just for border security generally. they say the border wall is a waste of money and won't work. the president says it is necessary. here is how the scene unfolded yesterday. >> the last time, chuck, you shut it down then you opened it up. >> no, no, 20 times. 20 times you have called for, i will shut down the government if i don't get my wall. >> i'll take it. you know what i will say yes, if we don't get what we want, one way or the other, either through you, throug

for "nightly business report" eamon javers at the white house. heated political discussions are also taking place across the atlantic. one after british prime minister theresa may delayed a brexit vote due to lack of support, her government faces the possibility of a no confidence vote led by the oppositionto party. y may spent the day lobbying european leadners a bid to save the british deal to exit the european union but german leader angela merkel ruled out further moerkss o did the heathe european commission. thng united m is set to leave in march which could affect the global econy. >> back at home a gauge of inflation rose slightly last month. the producer price index measuring the priceusesses receive that was up 0.1% in november slowing down from october's 0.6% begin pch process and increase in the cost of services was offset by a decline in energy prices. but overall prices are up 2.5% compared to last year this time. >>> and market watchers aren'tc just wg inflation but also rising corporate debt levels. bond invtor jeff gundlach recent

, thank you very much eamon javers back in d.c let's bring in phil lebeau >> this was announced by thent via twitter yesterday. he sent out the following tweet and it's pretty straightforward. he says china has agreed to reduce and remove the auto tariffs of cars coming in from china to the u.s., that tariff is currently at 40%. theoretically -- and we haven't gotten details -- that would bring it back down to 15%, which is what it is for all other countries around the world sending vehicles into china. let's look at the european auto stocks bmw and daimler benefit the most out of any automakers in the united states in terms of building in the u.s. and shipping over there. each of them sending more than 80,000 vehicles. that's a huge export, all the suvs they're sending and the u.s. auto stocks, the one you want to focus on is tesla. we'll show you gm, ford and fiat chrysler but tesla gets 14% of its sales in china and china is the largest ev market in the world it's the future of electric vehicles and if tesla were to sell its vehicles in china with a 40% tariff, it was killing sales

eamon javers is at the house tonight. >> the united states department of justice today unsealing this indictment against two chinese individuals that the department of justice says have been involved in a yearslong scheme to steelecretaries secrets from america's dop top technology and defenseco anies. the few individuals ha, and long. the u.s. says they worked wit a private sector company in china but also worked at th behest of the chinese ministry of state security and intelligence agencies. the u.s. government ultimately asserting here in this unsealed dictment that they were involved in activities against a wide rangeri of an companies, including companies n a number of sectors, including space and aviation, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, communications, couter processing and maritime technology. rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general said the chinese government is on notice that the u.s. government knows that it'seen stealing secrets. >> faced with the detailed faayual allegations t and the corroborating statements not just from the united states, but from oth

eamon javers, are you with us? >> reporter: i am, scott i can tell you people here at the white house today are in a bit of a reflective mood we just had larry kudlow out here on the driveway giving a couple of stories from his interactions with george herbert walker bush when he was vice president. larry kudlow was a young staffer. every time he prepped the then vice president for a foreign trip or for an economic trip with bullet points, at the end, bush, ever the gracious host, would have larry come down the hall to the vice president's office to thank him in person. just emphasizing what a gracious vice president he was to interact with and how the staff really felt a warm spot for him. this can be a cutthroat town sometimes and those little gestures mean a lot to people. larry kudlow reflective. >> amazing a human being and the words being used today to describe him really tell the story. it's often what they say, what others say about you that really tell who this person was many more terms used today to desc

alliances around the world. >> eamon thank you eamon javers at the white house for us. >> well, i thinkw, this makes sense and again, series, a big deal we threw putin two christmas presents in syria and r. us l.a..ic soo that's an issue. >> the nike on fire all year plus christmas came early your cryptoinvestors as bitcoin soars 20% this week and the coin base ntesident says key developmes could send the space booming in 2019 he will be here to explain >>> welcome back to "fast money. as you know the santa rally never came for the markets but you know who did make the nice list this year bitcoin if you can believe it in the last week the cryptocurrency surged about $1,000 a rally sending it over $4,000 after a terrible year. bitcoin has down a whopping 80% from the highs a year ago. let's bring in a man at the center of the cryptocraze. president of the largest cryptoexchange asef great to see sfwlu good to see you too. >> i'm not sure the last time we spoke, bitcoin 14 k or 14 k kwab to a it was higher though what makes you think this is the start of a move higher that we'll see conti

eamon, back to you you've had a few moments to reflect on what we all witnessed. these are the folks that would get infrastructure done? >> reporter: yes, it doesn't look very productive when you see these scenes at the white house. you saw the incoming speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, use the phrase trump shut down i think about four times just now. clearly the democratic strategy here is to pin a shutdown, the blame for a shutdown, on the president. you saw chuck schumer suggesting the president openly admitted he wants a shutdown in the oval office session that's what the democrats are trying to do the president is trying to pin the blame on loose border security on the democrats saying they want loose security and more crime in this country each trying to pin political blame on the other in very blunt terms here we saw this exchange back and forth in which chuck schumer to the president's face talked about the idea the president has not been telling the truth here's that moment >> chuck, did you want to say something? >> we have a lot of disagreements here

eamon is standing by. people's heads are reeling after this. >> reporter: it was intense and heated. the two democratic leaders were here to talk to the president about possible solutions to prevent a government shutdown after december 21st but it devolved into a heated argument over funding for the president's border wall. here's an exchange between chuck schumer, the democratic leader in the senate and the president over that border wall, both of them disagreeing, schumer trying to place political blame and to stick the president with political blame for any shutdown as comes as a result of a failure. here's that moment. >> and you want to shut it down. you keep talking about it. >> the last time, chuck, you shut it down. >> no, no no. 20 times. >> and i don't want to do what you did, but -- >> 20 times you have called for i will shut down for the government if i don't get my wall. >> you want to put that -- >> you said it. >> you know what i'll say, yes. if we don't get what we want, one way or the othe

all right, eamon javers, thank you.ings i want to ask him too. >> i'm sure you have a good list already. add that one tothe bottom if there's time >> all right >>> our guest host for the rest of the morning is tom farley, chairman and ceo of farpoint also the former president of the new york stock exchange. >> good to see you guys. >> let's talk quickly about the market's reaction today to these trade talks over the weekend obviously coming into this, if we get any good news the market will take off on that. dow futures up by 450 points what does that tell you as somebody who's anold hand watching these in the morning? >> coming into last monday, we were worried about the fed being on autopilot and this kind of trade dispute spiraling into something horrible so now a week later, the fed is not an autopilot it looks to me like the start of a muddle through strategy on trade. kind of echoing what transpired in europe. so the markets love that i saw some predictions over the weekend the markets could open up 2%, 5%. this c

i'm eamon javers senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has left the white house, made his way back tohe capitol building and is on the senate floor he has said he is prepared to move the house spending bill which includes boarding wall funding to the floof he blamed politicians on the left for obstructionism and that we need border security. there's no distinction between his proposal that his friends have chose tone oppose today versus what they supported in the past he is signaling he is willing to move forward on the house bill including the border wall funding that the president wants. the expectation is this measure will fail and ultimately they will have to come up with another plan b or face a government shutdown. mcconnell urging his colleagues to support the bill saying he doesn't want a shutdown here mitch mcconnell going with plan "a" on the senate floor, scoot back over to you >> looking at the marks, the s&p with the lows of the day an attempted rally early fizzled. eamon, thank you sue herera, do you have the headlines for us. >> i do indeed turkish president erdogan sai

eamon javers is there. what's the update? >> sara, that's right.ch mcconnell has arrived along with a couple other republican senators at the white house. take a live look at west executive drive. that's where we're seeing the senators coming into the building we'll wait and see who all is attending this session today there you see the side door to the white house where the lawmakers usually enter and we'll watch for those arrivals here the president meanwhile tweeting that democrats are the ones who will get the blame from any shutdown of the government remember, this is a president who said he would be happy and proud to embrace the mantle of being the person who shut down the government for border security now, though, he said he wasn't going to blame the democrats now, though, he clearly is going to blame the democrats if there is a shutdown, the democrats, of course, will blame him meanwhile, the president has been encouraging republican lawmakers on the hill to embrace what's called the nuclear option, that is getting rid of the filibuster on

what gets me, eamon is that can't this country catch a break?ly tsunami to strike indonesia this year. 2500 killed in september. we all also remember the devastating images back from 2004 the day after christmas when the deadliest tsunami ever recorded claimed more than 230,000 lives. saturday's incident smaller but that doesn't make it less pain f ful. >> heartbreaking images out of indonesia. lucy kafanov live in london. >>> coming up, a federal judge struck down the justice department's attempt to main it harder to claim asylum for domestic or gang violence. what that means for one family in the united states and one little girl whose words gave a voice to the thousands of children separated from their families at the border. up to fifty thousand dollars, decided in as little as 60 seconds. the powerful backing of american express. don't do business without it. the meeting of the executive finance committee is now in session. and... adjourned. business loans for eligible card members up to fifty thousand dollars, decided in as little as 60 se

>> well, this is going to surprise you, eamon, but he made it up. literally. 115 miles, and there is no mechanism for the president to award contract, and secondly, to build a wall, the surveying and the design prospects and the imminent domain which used to be a conservative issue is going to tie up the wall that it is planning for months and years if at all, and the fact that the president will announce over the two-day holiday that they have awarded contract to build a wall is just nonsensical. he made it up. same way that he made up the idea that the saudi arabians were going to the build up syria, and he made that up. >> and we are still trying to get confirmation on that. and now, part of the problem with the negotiations with this president is that different people in the white house are actually telling them different things about what the president will or will not support. how do they not box themselves in? how do they negotiate under these circumstances when they don't know what the other side specifically wants? >> it is not limited to w

based corporations deputy attorney general rod rosenstein wrapped up a news conference awhile back eamoners is in washington and has the story. >> reporter: that's right. here's the indictment that department of justice unsealed against two chinese individuals who were working for a private company that the department of justice says was affiliated with the chinese ministry of state security in a global hacking scheme that impacted a significant number of american corporations two individuals, the u.s. government says they were involved in a years long conspiracy with chinese intelligence to steal technology from american corporations that began as early as 2006 the government is saying they stole ultimately hundreds of gig by thes of data, and that included companies in aviation, space and satellite, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, communications, computer processing and maritime industries a range of american companies effected here, the u.s. government says, by the hacking by these two individuals at a press conference rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general said the c

let's get to eamon javers live at the white house eeme >> washington always has tricks up its sleeveof things the market doesn't expect. one of the things here could be the breakup of in deal that seems to be coming together now to avoid a government shutdown the senate is working on a continuing resolution keeping the government funded through february 8th it's not chlorwhether the president will sign that bill if it gets to him senior administration official i talked to today said, look, we will look at the continuing resolution, send it up and we'll look at it see what's in it. not making a commitment the president will sign the continuing resolution. that's still an unknown opinion the other unknown is the mueller investigation. we saw dramatic headlines yesterday in the michael flynn sentencing hearing, real surprises there. i don't think anyone can predict that i think washington could surprise you on the mueller front as well in the coming weeks. finally, trade, that was the thing driving the market day in and day out the past several weeks. that could come back to the foreher

stand was china eamon javers is in washington, d.c. with more on this developing story hi, eeme >> hi, mel aurora. there are a lot of words in the tweet that the president put out. but most people focusing on two. the words tariff man here is what the the president suggested. he says if the talks to don't go well the chines should remember i'm a tariff man when people come in to raid the great wealth of our nation i want them to pay for the privilege. it will be the best way to max out economic power we are taking in billions in tariffs. make america rich again. his treasury secretary, steven mnuchin spoke at "wall street journal" four up here in washington, asked whether or not ultimately this question of market volatility play in the administration decision making about the china deal as the negotiations go on over the next 90 days. here is how he answered that question >> i don't think it's going to have a big impact. i mean, you know from my perspective, first of all, i would just comment, you know, i do think we have a lot more ma

thank you eamon. >> you bet. >> a special shout out to fends. big view erps in kansas city kansas city tonight we got a whole company. digital evolution wchg don't screw it up, adami. >> stop singing. now chargers 31 backup chiefs 24 thursday night stocks attempting to rally cht s&p bounced off the 2018 lows but as the chaos picked up rally lost steam both dow and s&p 500 closing in the red. the questions guys and guy. >> yes. >> is there too much turmoil in d.c. does the d.c. turmoil, mueller's investigation heating up, now this kind of back and forth? does that impact the market. >> mueller investigation absolutely to me the market is not pricing it in. if there is anything behind the mueller investigation. cht vix should be closer to 30 i don't think the market cares process the mueller investigation. but the situation in china, the way the market traded is concerning six months ago you have a positive headline like that off of selloff that we have seen the market would have opened higher and built steam the rest of the day. opened higher tod

. >>> what it could mean for investors, many who are very excited about this eamon. >> created underhe tax care act little known as provision at the time and some investors are excited about this prospect. distressed communities around the world or around the country where investors can get tax preferences for putting money in so, here's what we know about these opportunity zones as of now. they're about 8,700 designated zones in what they call distressed communities throughout the country investors pay reduced rate on capital gains and invest it in these zones. the capital gains realized within the zone could qualify for a tax exemption and i talked to the hud secretary who is here and taking the lead on this. he said that the zones will generate at least $100 billion in investment. he said it could be a lot more money than that. the idea here is that the president is about to sign this executive order and in the executive order create a counsel chaired by ben carson which is going to sort of rawrangle all h different elements to make sure all the different pieces of the government

eamon brophy scored two of the goals, including this one in the sixth minute...ll wrapped up by a greg stewart goal in the final minute... elsewhere in scotland, livingston scored for the first time in 5 games to beat motherwell and move up to sixth, and hamilton won 3—1at10—man motherwell to move 5 points clear of their relegation threatened hosts. that's all from here for now. more details on the premier league results and the stories from the championship, coming up in a few minutes' time. karthi... well we're staying with football as it's fa cup second round weekend, with teams looking to earn the chance of a tie against the premier league's elite when theyjoin the competiton in the third round. one such team was conference side maidstone united but it wasn't to be, as they were beaten 2—0 by old ham athletic. joe lynskey has the details. at this stage of the club there is the romance and spectacle and the allure of opportunity. for some clu bs, allure of opportunity. for some clubs, if there are chance just comes once in a generation. mates though united hav

the markets are not getting everything they want out of eamon javers thank you sore that. >>> apple is tumbling, one of the big loss concerns once again about slowing iphone sales possibly and what apple may have to do about it josh lipton joins us now with more on that story josh. >> reporter: dom, more fuel added to the fire concerns surrounding iphone demands, when it comes to the marketing strategy, bloomberg reports apple moved marketing staff from other projects to work on bolsters sales from the latest and greatest, fire drill, apple defining a comment it's not just moving staff around, though apple is offering new trade-in offers like this one, for the iphone 10r $449 or $300 less than the official price if customers trade in an iphone 7plus. does that mean apple has to boost demand for the 10r because it's so weak or there is a big base customers and they're targeting them for refreshes it's interesting last week apple exec told cnet the 10r has actually been the company's top seller since its launch in october. laying on apple a down grade from hsbc and more bad news, sirius

eamon brophy scored two of the goals. elsewhere, there were wins for livingston and hamilton. can go top of the table with a win. a ninth straight rugby union premiership win sent saracens back to the top of the table. the unbeaten champions beat wasps 29—6 at allianz park, the match was close for an hour before late tries from jamie george and then this interception from nick isekwa made the scoreline more comfortable. bristol, gloucester and newcastle were also winners yesterderday the four—time world champion john higgins has hinted that he might retire from snooker, after losing to fellow scot alan mcmanus in the second round of the uk championship in york. mcmanus came from 5—3 down to win the match 6—5. higgins failed to make a break over 50. he said it was the wost he had ever felt in his career. he said it was the worst he had ever felt in his career. you can follow the sticker today on the bbc sport website and also details of the scottish league cup final coming up between celtic and aberdeen. a lot of fa cup goals on there as well and lots more reaction to tyson fur

eam eamon, thank you so much shares of facebook falling today on the back of a bombshell report about what the company has been doing with data facebook says it never sold your data, but maybe it did give it away for free. the details of those accusations and why this time it could hit the company where it hurts and a fed day "power lunch." we will be right back with that and more ♪ not long ago, ronda started here. and then, more jobs began to appear. these techs in a lab. this builder in a hardhat... ...the welders and electricians who do all of that. the diner staffed up 'cause they all needed lunch. teachers... doctors... jobs grew a bunch. what started with one job spread all around. because each job in energy creates many more in this town. energy lives here. enforcement today, being sued by the d.c. attorney general, this as "the new york times" article says the company was sharing user data with other tech companies. julia boorstin is here to describe why this could be a costly issue. >> it's already been costly for the stock, facebook shares fell over 6% earlier today, now th

eamon brophy scored two of the goals. elsewhere, there were wins for livingston and hamilton. hampden park this afternoon, celtic facing aberdeen. there are eight more ties in the fa cup second round this afternoon. no major uspets yesterday. non—league maidstone united missed out on a first appearance in the third round since the ‘80s. they were beaten 2—0 by old ham athletic, the league one side easing to victory in the end through goals from peter clarke and chris 0'grady. you can watch all the fa cup goals on the bbc sport website. there are eight more ties this afternoon. a ninth straight rugby union premiership win sent saracens back to the top of the table. the unbeaten champions beat wasps 29—6 at allianz park. the match was close for an hour before late tries from jamie george and then this interception from nick isekwa made the scoreline more comfortable. bristol, gloucester and newcastle were also winners yesterday. glasgow warriors withstood a scarlets fight—back to go seven points clear at the top of their pro 14 conference. warriors scored tries in each half thro

president trump picking mick mulvaney to be his acting chief of staff eamon javers joins us. >> good morning, becky former republican congressman from south carolina. that should help from the president's efforts to get him up on stage. now though the president announcing mick mulvaney will replace john kelly but with a catch. here's the president's tweet announcing this which came late on friday night. the president saying i am pleased to announce that mick mulvaney will be named acting white house chief of staff replacing general john kelly who has served our nation with distinction. mick has done an outstanding job in this capacity john will be staying until the end of the year. he is a great patriot and i want to personally thank him for his service. then to underscore the point the president putting this on. >> the -- chris christie took his name out of the running, anything ayers removed his name. two high profile figures in washington deciding not to accept that job. mick mulvaney, however, will get the job on an acting basis, guys not sure whether or not the president has a t

either way it's part of the football now the political football >> let's get down to eamon javers tosk him what he reads on all of these things >> good morning. let me bring you that comment from the president that you were talking about. here's what president said in an interview late yesterday with reuters about the huawei cfo, meng wanzhou he said if i think it's good for the country, if i think it's good for what will certainly be the largest trade deal ever made, which is a very important thing, what's good for national security, i would certainly intervene if i thought it was necessary. so the president there suggesting that he might intervene and somehow soften the legal picture for meng wanzhou around this extradition request by the united states you know, under article 2 of the constitution, the president is the top law enforcement official in the united states presumably he could do that if he felt it was in the national security interests of the united states to trade meng wanzhou for some other concessions in this larger trade war interestingly robert lighthizer and other

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opera and what it means for your money eamon javers and ylan mui are in washington bob pisani is livethe new york stock exchange. ylan, the shutdown deadline fast approaching. what is the latest >> republicans and senate are still in the middle of that procedural vote that would tie border wall funding to government funding we don't know how long this vote is going to last last i checked, numbers were 43 to 45 with more nays than yeas so we dough know th know that tl be very close. jeff flake has already voted against it bob corker says that he is withholding his vote until he sees which senators come back in town, when they come back in town he wants to chat with all of his colleagues and kind of see where the landscape lies now, the reality here though is that this is all just a political exercise because whether this bill fails on the procedural vote or whether it fails on the actual vote, it is still going to fail. and so that means that there is no real plan in place for owe vefrti averting a government shutdown and senator scott was very straight with reporters, he said it is ei

eamon javers has more. is there a sense that navarro, there's a push here to back up the president and put pressure on the fed >> the president on twitter this morning had this to say. working the refs in terms of the fed saying incredible with a strong dollar and no inflation the outside world blowing up around us. paris is burning and china way down the fed is even considering yet another interest rate hike take the victory, capital v for sfrirk the presiden-- victory, president. >> predominant factor hands down and at the top of the list is federal reserve policy donald trump's instincts are always right on this and months ago he started pointing out that the fed was going too far too fast right now we have zero inflation for all practical purposes, so on wednesday the only argument i hear for the fed to raise rates now is if somehow they have to exert their independence from the white house. now this is a bad argument i think what the fed should do is simply do what it says it's going to do, which is lo

stories that's driving today's move josh lipton is in san francisco on apple's latest troubles and eamon javers in d.c. on what's worrying washington. bob, you get to go first >> reporter: thanks very much. oil and banks have been a major problem for a while, all throughout the last couple of weeks. apple in the middle of the day, we had a four, five, close to $6 move in apple just about 40 minutes or so ago. guys on "halftime report" talked about technicals and oversold conditions stock did move gives you and idea of how difficult the market is right now, trying to figure out what's the right direction for to it take for the moment. they see apple as a bit oversold the important thing is in the middle of the day two other events, brexit and technical matters. theresa may talked about delaying the brexit vote early this morning markets took a leg lower on that news then we broke below to october lows that was 2603 or so. that was a little past 11:00 the markets, again, dropped another 10 points or so on the s&p 500. you got brexit, technical levels let me show you the s&p because we're i

eamon abbott. >> oh, he was not. >> she loved us, of course, but she adored dad. >> soon after, theyirstborn, george walker bush. next, the couple had a little girl, robin. then three more sons, jeb, neal, and marvin. >> we're blessed that we had such an amazing set of parents that raised us and guided us and have given us these values. >> and then tragedy. >> they would come in with the bone marrow tests. >> 3-year-old robin had leukemia. >> and, i've got to go, he have to go home. barbara hung right in there. >> dad was just a whirlwind of activity. and mom was the rock of stability, she was by robin's side the whole time. when robin finally died, mother cratered. and dad became the rock. >> robin died before her 4th birthday. and bush once again wrote to his mother. years later, a letter still too painful for him to read. >> we need a legitimate christmas angel. we need someone who's afraid of frogs. we need someone to cry when i get mad, not argue. we need a girl. >> they had another girl, dorothy, in 1959. >> i believe the death of my sister strengthened their marriage in ways t

eamon javers is at the white house with more. >> reporter: two pieces of news breaking in the past coupleinutes. "the washington post" is now reporting that president trump agreed to shut down his personal charity after they say allegations he used it for personal and political benefit we have a tweet from new york state ag office, the state attorney general in new york, we secured a stipulation requiring the trump foundation to dissolve under judicial supervision with our review of recipient charities. the foundation functioned as little more than a checkbook to serve mr. trump's interests. our lawsuit remains on-going so the president according to "the washington post" agreeing to shut down the trump foundation we'll ask the white house for their comment on that in the next couple of minutes earlier, sarah sanders was on fox news, saying the president may be willing to back off his demand for $5 billion in wall fund before a government shutdown date. he may be able to accept the offer on the table from democrats and republicans on capitol hill if she said they can match it with addition

. >> well, eamon, that's what he would like you to think.s that in both russia and saudi arabia, the government is so intermingled and intertangled. and in saudi arabia, through blood, that you can't really separate the official actions of the government from what's going on at the top. >> yeah. that's a very valid point. david corn and david k. johnson, thank you very much. we'll be right back. the meeting of the executive finance committee is now in session. and... adjourned. business loans for eligible card members up to fifty thousand dollars, decided in as little as 60 seconds. the powerful backing of american express. don't do business without it. means they won't hike your rates over one mistake. see, liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ we were talking about the model t. now here we are talking about winning the most jd power iqs and appeal awards. talking about driver-assist technolog

let's guy to eamon javers who has all the details on that and a shocking chinese hacking story. >> a couple surprises on a couple different fronts, melissa. you just heard paul ryan saying in the white house driveway that the president tells him he will not sign the government funding bill that the senate passed because it doesn't have his border wall funding in it. the president wants that boarding wall funding. despite indications that we had been getting last night and earlier this morning that he might be inclined to sign it even with without that in order to get a deal to keep the government open, now the president drawing a line in the sand politically and saying i need funding for the wall or we will have a government shutdown. that sends lawmakers back to the hill i can tell you paul ryan walked very quickly toward his vehicle here to get back to the hill to figure out with republican lawmakers exactly what they can do about this, not clear that they have the votes to pass a bill that includes border wall funding in the house and the senate and get it to the president for his

i'm eamon mohoudini in with you. and now a serious slide marking the ending of a year in trading. >>> and a surprise trip to the kcome bat zone from the presidet as he decided to talk about america's role in the world. >> the united states cannot continue to be the policeman of the world. we don't want to do that. we want to protect our country. >> and still shutdown over border security, and we are awaiting senate floor action amid the government shutdown as the lawmakers are heading back to work trying to find a way out o, but the president is digging in on the demands of a border wa wall. >>> we have to start with the markets, because this roller coaster week on the markets is showing no signs of slowing down. looking at where the markets stand right now, about 330 points down. following a surge wednesday where the dow saw the biggest single-day gain ever, but it is causing the whiplash among in s investors, and here to try to the make sense of it is cnbc's leslie picker, and why are we seeing this fluctuation? >>

. >> mike mcfaul, ambassador, thank you so much, and gayle eamon, thank you for your reporting from theund, and general john allen as always, and anne guerin, thank you for this conversation. and set in stone. why is robert mueller asking the house intelligence committee for the testimony of confidant roger stone. - [narrator] the typical vacuum head has its limitations, so shark invented duo clean. while deep cleaning carpets, the added soft brush roll picks up large particles, gives floors a polished look, and fearlessly devours piles. duo clean technology, corded and cord-free. and fearlessly devours piles. what does help for heart ♪ the beat goes on. it looks like emily cooking dinner for ten. ♪ the beat goes on. it looks like jonathan on a date with his wife. ♪ la-di-la-di. entresto is a heart failure medicine that helps your heart... so you can keep on doing what you love. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. it helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. don't take entresto if

i'm eamon mohoudini in with you.ous slide marking the ending of a year in trading. >>> and a surprise trip to the kcome bat zone from the presidet as he decided to talk about america's role in the world. >> the united states cannot continue to be the policeman of the world. we don't want to do that. we want to protect our country. >> and still shutdown over

eamon brophy scored two of the goals. elsewhere, there were wins for livingston and hamilton.05. they were beaten 2—0 by old ham athletic, the league one side easing to victory in the end through goals from peter clarke and chris o'grady. you can watch all yesterdays cup goals on the bbc sport website. there are 8 more ties this afternoon. a ninth straight rugby union premiership win sent saracens back to the top of the table. the unbeaten champions beat wasps 29—6 at allianz park, the match was close for an hour before late tries from jamie george and then this interception from nick isekwa made the scoreline more comfortable. bristol, gloucester and newcastle were also winners yesterderday. glasgow warriors withstood a scarlets fight—back to go seven points clear at the top of their pro1a conference. warriors scored tries in each half through brandon thomson and nick grigg. thomson also made the difference with his boot and scored 2a points in total, as glasgow won 29—20. cardiff blues were leading ulster at half—time in belfast before two second half penalties from scrum—ha

eamon javers joins us now with more just to clarify for you, it's not just 211 cars.t's right. >> that's what we've been saying all among. it's more than that. but this is the same 40% to 15% we thought we were getting it's just official now >> what the chinese have done is announced a temporary suspension of their temporary tariffs right? so they were raised on u.s. manufactured vehicles earlier this year in response to the tariff tensions between the united states and china. now they're announcing our eunice yoon passes this along from the chinese finance ministry overnight they're announcing a percentage of that. they're suspending on 25% tariff on 144 items 5% tariff on 67 items. autos and auto parts that are going to be seeing that suspended tariff all this taking place in three months the decision takes place on january 1st. and ironically, some of the biggest beneficiaries of this could be bmw and mercedes. daimler and bmw both manufacture vehicles in the united states and export them to china they might benefit in a big way. they've said previously that their

thanks, ross thanks, eamon. 19%.ill clinton won the presidency with 43% >>> wilbur ross will join us to talk trade at 7:30 or at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. >>> let's get back to our guest host, bob dahl, chief equity strategist and senior portfolio manager at nuveen. we saw yesterday an erosion of some of those gains, this morning the futures are down people are thinking oh, the euphoria, there's trade talks coming and a potential deal. now we hear it's more convoluted >> no question the president -- we had a phenomenal dinner and we had an amazing deal there is no deal it's an agreement to postpone so they can figure out if there's something to talk about. eventually either the president will get something done or he will have to start backing off, because the economy and re-election will be front and center in his mind and he'll declare victory something far short of what he originally intended >> it looks a little bit like the rally after the midterm elections. one-day pop, people thought it was some kind of a signal

eamon javers has the story nick ayers looks like if he graduates, i figure maybe he can -- did you sees? he's very young. >> yes. >> he has triplets apparently. >> he's 20. >> he has triplets that are 6 years old or something, too. >> right which is better than me, i'm 46 and i look 66. >> not really. you have the distinguished hair. >> that's right. that's right i dye it thisway. >> the face is very youth full >> thank you i'll take it so the president announced this on saturday. it's been long rumored that john kelly was going to leave as the president's chief of staff the two men had developed an acrimonious relationship over the year that kelly has been in the job as chief of staff at the white house. the president though going out of his way on saturday to suggest this was an amicable departure and also to suggest that he had a successor waiting in the wings here's what the president said >> john kelly will be leaving. retiring great guy. john kelly will be leaving at the end of the year. we'll be announcing who will be taking john's place. it might be on an interim basis. john wi

with the latest eamon. >> yes we are learning more detail on exactly what was there that deal that the two leaders made on saturday night the first thing that we learned is that 90 day clock that you're talking about does not start on saturday night according to larry. it actually starts on june 1st it gives us about another month more than some assumed in the first 24 hours we are learning lighthizer will be the lead negotiator here. they are saying he will be taking the lead here it is committed to lifting tariffs immediately and he expects ultimately the tariffs on u.s. cars to go to zero for cars from the united states going into klichina. not sure when but they expect the number will end up being zero a few more clarifications as go through the afternoon. >> anything on what the chinese are saying is there any significance to that >> yeah. it is the middle of the night there. that might explain that. was on this morning explaining some of the chinese take away here they didn't talk at all about the 90 day period of time. they put out aheadline that wasn't confirmed about the u.s.

. >> eamon, thank you. was there a risk for that? there as a list of worries so if you can remove that for this week we can focus on 2:00 today. >>> up next, we'll talk about a megadeal that could change the face of global health care pfizer and glaxosmithkline teaming up plus, a report that general electric is going to be moving ahead with that spinoff of its health care unit that would be in the form of an initial public offering. medtronics ceo bill george wl wh us to discuss all of that big show ahead don't go away. this isn't just any moving day. this is moving day with the best in-home wifi experience and millions of wifi hotspots to help you stay connected. and this is moving day with reliable service appointments in a two-hour window so you're up and running in no time. show me decorating shows. this is staying connected with xfinity to make moving... simple. easy. awesome. stay connected while you move with the best wifi experience and two-hour appointment windows. click, call or visit a store today. >>> big news day for hea