j.b.?brown: chip reid at the white house, thank you very much. it was a day of wild mood swings on wall street coming off the christmas break, stocks rose, then plummeted, then soared again. the dow was up more than 1,086 points, that's the largest one- day point gain ever. demarco morgan now on the big bounce back. ( bells ringing ) >> reporter: investors went on a post-christmas shopping spree, sending all three major indexes into positive territory. the dow snapped a four-day negative skid, and the s&p had its best day since 1973. the surge came on the news that u.s. consumers spent more than $850 billion this holiday season from november 1st through christmas eve. that's up 5.1%, the strongest showing in six years. online sales were also up 19%. the steady pace of shopping has been in stark contrast to wall street's bumps this december. the dow lost $733 billion in value so far this month. the s&p lost $2.6 trillion. >> in the big picture, consumers are the healthy, people have jobs, th

j.b. >> brown: thank you, janet. major winter storm is impacting holiday travel tonight in the heartland. heavy snow and powerful winds are hitting the plains and upper midwest. jennifer mayerle of our cbs minneapolis station wcco, has more on the dangerous weather. >> reporter: high winds and heavy snow slammed parts of kansas, minnesota, and north dakota today as the winter storm hit the plains and upper midwest, burying some areas with more than a foot of snow. blizzard conditions sent cars skidding off roads and caused several highway closures and hundreds of accidents, including one fatal crash in western kansas. authorities there warned drivers to stay off the roads. these snowdrift photos show the strength of the wind in norton, kansas. in northern minnesota, people are just starting to dig out from nearly a foot of snow. >> well, the car was pretty much buried. i have been working on it here a little bit and it was up as high as the windows on the side and front. >> reporter: the snow will taper off here late

j.b. >> brown: thank you, manuel.ecom giant centurylink said today it's still trying to restore internet and 911 emergency services in several states across the country. the outage began early thursday affecting millions of customers from coast to coast. louisiana-based centurylink says the outage was not caused by hacking. the f.c.c. is looking into this. and the nation's third-largest bank wells fargo agreed today to pay $575 million in a multistate settlement over claims that it violated consumer protection laws. in 2016, the bank said its employees created millions of phony bank accounts to meet unrealistic sales goals. wells fargo also acknowledged selling customers unneeded insurance and overcharging mortgage fees. america's oldest veteran, who also happened to be the oldest man in the country, died yesterday from pneumonia at the age of 112. richard overton of austin, texas was the grandson of a slave, and he attributed his longevity to whiskey and cigars. born in 1906, richard overton lived to be 112 years old

j.b.? >> janet shamlian reporting. justice ruth bader ginsburg is now home from the hospital. ginsburg who is 85, had surgery last friday to remove two cancerous growths on her left lung. the growths were discovered after ginsburg fell last month and broke her ribs. doctors say there's no evidence of any remaining cancer. >>> millions of americans could have trouble getting home after christmas. a powerful winter storm is blowing across the country. parts of the plains and midwest will get the worst of it. blizzard conditions are possible in the dakotas tonight. powerful winds, floods and even tornadoes could hit the southwest. >>> and the governor of california this week took the unusual step of ordering new dna tests in a murder case going back 35 years. an inmate on death row is hoping the test will prove he's innocent. here's jamie yuccas. >> reporter: it was a horrifying crime scene. douglas and peggy ryen, their 10-year-old daughter jessica, and a neighbor, 11-year-old christopher hughes, all murdered. 8 yolanda josh ryen, his throat slashed, barely survived. authorities

she has who knows what it was, it looked like a dating thing with j.b. gordon.s this all just coincidence? >> no, absolutely not. and it looks as though from sara's reporting it's going to be spelled out as anything but coincidence. when we see. assuming this plea deal does go through, yes, it's separate from the mueller investigation. the picture is still incredibly important. if she does plea, which will say she is effectively guilty, for the first time a russian national has said that about the 2016 campaign. that's a really big deal. never mind as you played that clip. she was hiding in plain site. she was not hiding the fact that i'm a russian spy. she said she was a graduate student. it doesn't take anyone who has watched a good spy movie, you have to be careful in situations like this you're dealing with a political campaign or even the u.s. government that is really stunning. the last thing i will say by way of the time line. she asked then candidate that question, we know based on the filings last week and before that, the trump organization was activel

that said, j.b., i take mayor giuliani at his words. if he says he misspoke, that's good enough for me, i'll take it. doesn't explain away the whole situation, though, because you still have the president who put that letter in michael cohen's mouth and said he signed it. he knows that he signed it himself. why did they say that? that goes to the p.r. campaign. you would never say things like that if you were worried about winding up in front of a judge or a prosecutor. you would do it if you're worried about how we process it and more importantly, the american people. >> and then michael cohen lied about it for well over a year, and the white house and donald trump let that lie sit out there. >> uh-huh. the lie is all that the maer mamaters. was there a deal? is this a crime? those are distractions. let mueller deal with that. the lying is what matters. when you look at the american people as their president and you lie about what's going on with your business interests, that matters whether or not it's a crime. >> chris, look forward

that said, j.b., i take mayor giuliani at his words.enough for me, i'll take it. doesn't explain away the whole situation, though, because you still have the president who put that letter in michael cohen's mouth and said he signed it. he knows that he signed it himself. why did they say that? that goes to the p.r. campaign. you would never say things like that if you were worried about winding up in front of a judge or a prosecutor. you would do it if you're worried about how we process it and more importantly, the american people. >> and then michael cohen lied about it for well over a year, and the white house and donald trump let that lie sit out there. >> uh-huh. the lie is all that the matters. another good distraction was there a deal? is this a crime? those are distractions. let mueller deal with that. the lying is what matters. when you look at the american people as their president and you lie about what's going on with your business interests, that matters whether or not it's a crime. >> chris, look forward to hearing about t

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i want to make sure people know, she had multiple contacts with j.b. gordon. during the campaign. senior member. anticipated joining the transition. they went out several times together. is there any doubt in your mind that she was targeting team trump? >> so, she is just one of many. we have now documented that there were at least 16 trump operatives who had communication or interaction with russians or russian operatives during the course of the campaign, so she doesn't stand out all by herself. this was a part of a pattern that speaks to the russian effort to, again, steal our election in 2016. erin, i'm going to say something tonight i haven't said before. i've been talking about the russia investigation for nearly two years now since i went on the intel committee, but in light of what happened today, in light of all the events of the last couple weeks and all the sentencing memos files, 36 indictments, 3 prison determines and the like, i'm prepared to say something i've never said. the writing's on the wall. the walls are closing in. this is the beginning

. >> thank you, j.b. i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." some big blows to the president's case he has done nothing wrong. first, a sitting president forced to shut down after a quote shocking pattern of illegality that involved his campaign. could the president of the united states really be banned from ever running a charity? >>> and treason. the flynn sentencing postponed asking the attorneys if he was treasonous. the judge forced flynn to report in court that theories of entrapment were bogus. the white house promoting that lie. why? >>> and we have proof that the president is trying to change the facts as he prepares for the political fight of his life. a key part of the trump tower moscow deal is being twisted up for political effect. we will prove what is true. facts first. let's get after it. ♪ >>> tonight, the facts fly in the face of the story, or at least the story the president would have you believe. take a look at this. this is the letter of intent for the proposed trump tower moscow. all right. it is signed by donald j. trump

. >> thank you, j.b. i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time."s case he has done nothing wrong. first, a sitting president forced to shut down after a quote shocking pattern of illegality that involved his campaign. could the president of the united states really be banned from ever running a charity? >>> and treason. the flynn sentencing postponed asking the attorneys if he was treasonous. the judge forced flynn to report in court that theories of entrapment were bogus.

. >> all right, appreciate it, j.b. let's do that right now. i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time". as you heard, the president's lawyer tonight says he was wrong to suggest that potus never signed anything after our primetime exclusive that proved that potus signed a letter of intent on the russia deal. but how about the president? he looked you in the face and he said, listen to me, there was a deal, everybody knew about it, there was a letter, and it was signed by michael cohen. >>> now, there's another wave in this story. mueller, it seems, does, in fact, have sights on roger stone, one-time key advisor to the president. wait until you hear what he told me. the spin offensive is in full effect. >>> and a mistake of colossal proportions. that's what a senior administration official calls president trump's decision to pull troops out of the fight in syria. even senate republicans are lit, and we're going to go one on one with a key democratic senator about what this is all about. >>> and potus promised a wall. now that promise is -- wait for it -- crumblin

>> i think we have to understand that the idea of the bds, it is decentralized, as j.b. it is decentralized and even though they have a national conference, but each con vass actually makes its own decision. decent ralization is part of the strength and allows each group to take a different trajectory and possible case or issue that they advocate. there is a level of communication and coordination and i'll speak myself being the chair of american muslims for palestine. we coordinate extensively with jewish voice for peace. we coordinate with the campaign for palestinian rights and we coordinate with sabil which is the voice of the palestinian christian community. we coordinate with groups that are part of the larger umbrella working with palestine and we have palestinians on the ground with universities in there in such a way that we are able to make sure that we are utilizing resources effectively because there's no sense it is picking up on issue and they're advocating for a particular peace on congress, there is no reason for us as amp to pick that issue, but we'll ta

right back down to relatively flat with over year levels you got names in that segment like warner and j.b order earnings on of of record earnings in 2019 >> that looks weird, that looks like an old chart and it is supposed to go in the opposite way. >> if it is truly supply, it is causing oil to crumble then the transportation ought to be invert unless it is demand related. >> you are so right. >> i have been right a lot today. >> everyone keeps on saying that i am right >> it is hard to be right. >> no, i have. >> don, to follow on joe's question about oil >> can he answer my question >> absolutely. >> joe, you and i had some epic back and forth there are two joes >> so i am happy to tell you, you are wrong when you are in this instance, you are right. i think everybody is trying to compare this in 2008 and i keep on saying this is not 2008 this time it is in the euro and brexit we have big uncertainty on global trade in a 1998 poetically there are all these similarities in 1998. when we realize the sentiment is too negative, things rebounded oh yeah, don't forget in 1998, we are talking

j.b. in kentucky. home springs -- in palm springs, california. hello.m spring, raining and it doesn't take much have flooding. we need to address draining. top of the city and the water where i live about six in-take ducts drainage that they are -- they are not connected with anything and the water sits stagnates. the water has to travel one mile just to find an open drain. the er thing here is streets themselves, they only put asphalt -- they put the of the sand.p there's almost nothing underneath there. i'm from philadelphia. in chicago for 30 years, and i've got family that works bridges and repairing bridges, and, you know, tens of be sands of jobs that will created is going to be a boom to the economy no matter what are, and it is just interesting listening to people's issues from one end of other.untry to the thank you for taking my call and holiday have a nice season. host: the unemployment rate and out.for november are 3.7% unemployment rate and added last month. the wall street journal on story, the trump administration trying again to fulfill