where my wife was born and raised, where we live, where my in-laws still live and where jeff cook, our alaskan of the week, calls home. so jeff has been in fair banks his whole life. his parents moved to fairbanks in 1938. he went to college in oregon where his wife sue was there. but the couple moved back to alaska to fairbanks and started a family. he's now 74 years young and he and sue have four children, two of whom have settled in fairbanks, five grandchildren, and he's the patriarch of not only a great family but of many community organizations throughout fairbanks and really alaska. throughout the years, jeff has had a career in real estate, in business, sat on numerous boards, community boards, community groups. let me just give you a couple of examples of his community work sitting on the boards of the fairbanks chamber of commerce, the university of alaska board of regents, the rotary club, the community hospital foundation board, the board for the state of alaska chamber of commerce, the boards for alaska airlines for wells fargo bank. this is an individual, a leader who has

that said, the folks moving the market today are the tim cook's and the jeff bezos's of the world. rightly, may, they are taking a backseat to that. that is really moving the market as opposed to certainly me but folks like lloyd blankfein. where are you looking in the world or the united states to dip into more of the cash you have been allocating to the sidelines? where might it he an opportunity for 2018? >> taking a step back and looking at fundamentals and putting it in the context of the ofbe, there's a lot enthusiasm for high-growth stories. that can be a part of your portfolio. what is left behind is the steady cash flow generation. are you trying, to get rich quickly or are you ok getting rich slowly and dialing back volatility? that is what we're looking at. nice places, financials have been terrific that they are benefiting from this type of environment. other steady asset classes that look interesting to us and where we are allocating more capital versus chasing the latest growth story. have gdp numbers out tomorrow, the expectation that it would be a third second of --

more than 100 ceos including apple's tim cook, and amazon's jeff bezos are signing about d.r.e.a.m.ersts the legislation pass by january 19th. it says the imminent termination is creating an impending crisis for work forces all around the country. >>> secretary ray lahood will lead an investigation into the travel chaos at the busiest airport jfk. lahood led the department of transportation during the obama administration. weather conditions and a massive water leaker known left thousands stranded. some were stuck for days. the investigation will begin next week. >>> and two dog breeds were added to the american kennel club roster. the club will now nederlandse kooikerhondje. >> say that again. >> the nederlandse kooikerhondje. now, the dutch breed was originally trained to train dogs. >> the grand basset griffon vendeem is also added. the french breed is known for is cheerful personality. they're the first to be added to the prestigious roster since 2016. gayle, you try. >> you did it so well, i'm going to leave it alone. john pointed out you can't name a dog like that spot. it has to

and, ed, i always have to think that tim cook and jeff bezos are sitting back laughing with all these advice that they're getting of with what they should buy. what about, though, i mean, gene munster's point on amazon buying target is they realize that they've got to have this hybrid of brick and mortar and online >> brick and mortar and online, i mean, he didn't put a percentage on it, he seems pretty definite it will happen or at least should happen. i like that idea more for the pharmacy aspect. i think that's an area that clearly amazon is taking steps into same time, i don't know that they need all those locations. you can -- it's cheaper to just buy warehouse space directly and use that as a hub for all your deliveries i think target has a nice customer base certainly. i think that's an appeal, but, again, i don't think -- i think amazon right now is in the business of going after logistics, going after owning the infrastructure of both delivery and whatever sort of backend for all kinds of businesses that's where they're headed. their marketplaces division is the faster growin

when you look at the leash that say a jeff bezos has or tim cook, they have room to run because theyvision, they lay it out they let the market come along with them, and ge -- >> a tough comparison. >> we don't know what tim cook -- we don't know what the next product launch is going to be we don't have a vision they have a long leash because their stock price is going in the right direction. >> right, i think it's a fair point to ask when was the moment when ge said we're not going to keepia happy right now because we want to do x, y, and z. the maintenance of the dividend, so crucial to that stock the dividend yield right now is moving up as the stock price moves down like 2.7% and getting higher each day when was the moment when they could say, guys, we're not going to feed you what you want every corner we're going to do this with the company. they never did that until circumstances forced them to, which is right now, at the begin of 2018. it's a shame because it's a wonderful company and it drifted into the wall street malaise >> it look like quite a fall from grace thank you ve

on at whole foods made them a seller it's not necessarily the case, i guess, that jeff bezos and team are there cookingthis list of companies they have in their sights at this very moment right? >> right i don't think so it's all about being absolutely opportunistic and all about also having the global reach because it's not just about the u.s. for example, with whole foods opportunities no the to expand domestically but mainly to expand overseas so all those things need to come together i just think there's so many names being thrown out there and it's really important to look at it through the right lens. and that's what i'm trying to do today. >> i want to get your two cents on this. quickly. >> yeah, i completely agree. i don't think that amazon is out there with a big shopping list even if they are, again, an incredible growth story. i think it is going to be opportunistic. the whole foods deal made a lot of sense to me the target one doesn't make so much sense to me. >> kelly >> smead, we'll give you the final word close it out here. >> we're in seattle, amazon opened their amazon fresh and amazo

cooks in the kitchen. this is not the narrow scope that jeff flake was hoping for. >> this is not where a deal gets made. this is where there's a lot of posturing and where lines get drawn. a spending bill that could result in a government shutdown. bottom line for both sides, the president wants his border wall. he has also wanted resolution on daca for children of undocumented immigrants. he has come out in favor of that as well. nevertheless, i think he's going to really dig in on the wall. it was a key campaign promise. it's something that he would love to give republicans to campaign on in their seats in a very tough election year. nobody wants the government to shut down. i think republicans in the white house want it less because i think there's so much more to lose for the governing party and republicans are already in so much trouble, the president's approval rating, the generic ballot is in the democrats favor. there's really a lot to lose whachlt i'm looking for here is how each side could define a compromise and victory differently than we might think today. in other words, could a border wal

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jeff bezos, amazon guy, mark zuckerberg, facebook, tim cook, apple.n, and his wife, fox news contributor rachel campos duffy. we've got them sitting together. [laughter] >> hey, stuart, how you doing? [laughter] stuart: i don't want to go on and on with the president's vulgar comments. we've dealt with that, let's move on. we've got these ceos saying get onboard with daca. you are a are republican congressman. you're going to have to deal with this. are you comfortable with getting onboard with daca? >> absolutely, what i think is -- stuart: you want them to stay? >> only if we accomplish the mission of securing the border and getting rid of chain migration. so if these ceos want daca kids to stay, talk to democrats to sit down and negotiate and give donald trump a decent deal. but before those comments were made yesterday that have blown blown up the news media. donald trump was angry that these six senators come with a deal that gives amnesty to daca kids and gives donald trump little sprinkles of what he wanted in border security. so he wants a bet

jeff flake shared thoughts about stalin yesterday. >> socialist workers party when i was at college the people will never be defeated but it's really because the manufacturing should be owned by the people. like tim cookight have said -- not. >> on activist front, i did want to point out aes -- >> a second rate. >> jeff from value act goes on the board now. i mention it in part because this is another sign of social, social investing. >> really? >> yeah. in recent years, aes began a transition to become a more sustainable company by selling its coal assets and investing in wind and solar and energy storage. aes is well position to play a leading role in bringing new energy solutions to the domestic and international market it serves lowering their carbon footprint. it is interesting to note, that's a very large firm, $15 billion in asset. >> david, let's brain storm on that that's a brilliant call. let's talk about that and what's happening with jacobs, credit suisse likes them. last night had i suki on and ge is his partner on large lng infrastructure project, one of the largest projects in the country. jacobs, floor, aes, could they be part of a multiple group of buyers that is interested in the hob

cook who is back in the studio. the reason that wall street is really watching health care this morning. >> jeff bezos of amazon and jamie diamond of jp morgan chase announced they will work together to improve the health of their employees, at the same time reduce health care's burden on the economy. when the opening bell rang this morning, the health care stocks including aetna, cigna and united health dropped on that news. an lefts speculate this collaboration will mean these companies will be forced to provide better services and reduced costs. now, that is contributing to the sell-off so far this morning. but of course we have seen record runs. take a look at the dow jones. it is off 300 points now. more than a percent. 2,125. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 down about a percent as well. i am hearing one of the market analysts from goldman sachs at least saying that any drop is probably then going to create a buying opportunity. so we will keep watching the numbers. apple's stock, we're keeping an eye on that in particular. down three quarters of a percent right now. $166 a share. the market value has already dropp

cook is back to explain in monday business. >> yeah. amazon stock at record highs. the founder and ceo jeff bazos is $705 billion. that is higher than bill gates at his peak. there is still upside for amazon. the stock shot up, along with other retailers, after reports of good strong holiday shopping season numbers coming in. here is a live look at the broader market. the indexes, dow jones up a third of a percent. 25,366. nasdaq getting help from the retailers and technology. it is up as well. so is the s&p 500 this morning. target one of the retailers, one of the biggest, reporting a 3% increase in sales during the critical holiday shopping season. target, along with many other retailers pulled out all of the stops to entice shoppers. they offered free shipping along with others free shipping to commeet online. target even offered hot cookies and cocoa. i missed at that. at some of the stores. kohl's, maze he's and jc penney reported strong holiday sales. h&m is in trouble. it is apologizing for one of the ads. it shows an african-american child modeling a sweatshirt with the slogan coolest monkey in the jungle