john carl over at abc. which reporter in the briefing room do you learn the most from everyday?e from manhattan asking a pointed question. mr. earnest: it is not dissimilar. i would say my relationship with john carl has not been the same since i came to your program if you much ago. john: who do you learn the most from? mr. earnest: that is a really good question. you know, my colleagues at npr have a habit of asking questions that are a little bit different than the other people in the briefing room. that usually means they are better questions. not always. it often does. mark: they are taxpayer-funded. mr. earnest: that must be it. mark: back to the phones. next caller. >> this is ari calling from town ridge, new york. i heard there are four tvs in the office of the press secretary and they all used to , be set on fox news. i'm just wondering what station they are set on now? mark: what are you watching? mr. earnest: right at this moment, bloomberg. john: on all four screens? i will tell you since ari's time in my fancy office with all the windows, we have taken those televis

johnny talks to john carl this morning. also ahead, the latest on that terrifying crash on the vegas strip. new details about the woman behind the attack injuring dozens leaving one person dead. we're hearing about her this morning. and an abc news exclusive about that miss university pageant. paris hilton's here this morning and there's all kind of some people don't believe it was an honest mistake. >> that's interesting. >> have a great show. >>> it has been nearly a week since a 16-year-old was slashed school in queens. >> we're now hearing from the young woman who says she is still terrified. the teen spoke with eyewitness whitestone. she is afraid to show her face the loose. through an interpreter she says her mind. >> the blood kept coming out. i was bluing a lot -- bleeding it was very traumatizing. i hope to not allow this to happen to anyone else. >> doctors say the teen will take about a year to recover physically from the attack. her injuries so severe she can only communicate by writing. poor thing. >> 6:48 righ

fail and do it on his own. >> john carl, thanks very much. we're going to return now to regular program for a complete wrap-up of the day's events on world news. and abc news will be on in force for saturday's democratic debate up in new hampshire. david and martha moderate. special coverage starting at 8:00 eastern and special edition of this week's sunday morning live from manchester and guests will include donald trump, chris christie, and bernie sanders.

potential answer to who fire-bombed a mosque in southern california. 23-year old carl dial accused of a hate crime. s/john dial/father of carl dial "if he's charged with this, he's going to be responsible, as an adult." his family says dial was consumed by what he's seen on social media. and that while he's innocent until proven guilty.. if he did it, he'll face the consequences. s/john dial/father of carl dial "we will supply him with money for the commissary. we have no plans to bail him out." meanwhile muslims in this bernardino victims, but fear constantly being the target of hate. (nat) reymundo nour/imam mosque "we are grateful that no one was hurt" (nat of aminios funeral) while at funeral homes and churches across the country, friends and family are remembering the victims of the san bernardino attack. like shannon johnson was brought back to his home state of georgia to be laid to rest. honored as a hero who gave his life protecting his co-workers... and isaac amanios who moved to california to escape violence in africa s/lila kelsey/co-worker of isaac amanios "he was so sweet and funny. his smil

john. >> hey, carl.eech from the oval office last night, president obama told the nation we're in a new phase in the war on terrorism. part of the u.s. response is military, special operations, assisting in forces in iraq and syria, air strikes as well. part of it's intelligence sharing with our allies around the world and part of it is coop race from tech companies in an age when it is a key start of the isis strategy. >> we examine our strategy to determine when additional step are also needed to get the job done. that's why i've ordered the departments of state and homeland security to review the visa waiver program under which the female terrorist in san bernardino originally came to this country. that's why i will urge high-tech only law enforcement leaders to make it harder for terrorists to use technology to escape from justice. >> now, the president didn't educate he wants a new law from congress, merely that he wants the tech industry to work with law enforcement, try to figure out ways to help

hey, john. >> hey, carl.oval office last night, president obama told the nation we're in a new phase in the war on terrorism. part of the u.s. response is military, special operations,

john. >> good morning, carl. want to go through some of what i considered the nomost important exchanges in that debate. you had a debate in which jeb bush, who was lagging in the race, was much more aggressive, especially going after donald trump. this exchange was kicked off when donald trump reiterated his complaints that on immigration, on foreign policy jeb bush is weak. watch these two. >> when jeb comes out and he talks about the border, i saw it, i was witness to it, so was everyone else, i was standing there, they come across as an act of love. he's saying the same thing right now with radical islam. we can't have that in our country. it won't work. we need strength. >> governor bush? >> donald, you won't be able to insult your way to the presidency. that's not going to happen, and i do have the strength. >> good moment for jeb bush. i don't know that it hurt donald trump who went in as the front-runner, comes out as a front-runner. more interesting was the undercard debate on the main stage. that is to

in washington, carl cameron, fox news. state john kerry says he approves of the latest draft plan for peace in syria. kerry spoke at the united nations on friday. kerry says: "what we've achieve today is to pass a resolution in the united nations security council for the first time since this war started that embraces a roadmap for actually trying to end it. a roadmap for trying to bring about a peaceful resolution though the political process obviously. the resolution makes clear the blueprint it endorses will not end the conflict in syria. the fighting is now in its fifth year. more than 300- thousand people have been killed. the resolution comes amid a u-n report, that the number of people who have been forcibly dicplaced worldwide this year-- has passed 60 million. the total number at the end of 20-14 was 59 point 5 people. mother teresa, who dedicated her life to serving others, will "..this is a great news for the entire humanity particularly for india because she sacrificed her life to work among the poor." " pope francis appr

carl quintanilla and john fort are off today, but also joining us from out west this morning jason callicanasit is great to have you. as soon as we do have you, the market is currently consolidating its gains of the morning. dow is currently up triple digits making up for two days of losses, and we'll get more on what's moving in the markets. first, tesla is going on a hiring spree. according to the journal, tesla is looking to add thousands of employees in the next few years to hold off competition in the auto industry. of course, this news comes just a few weeks after elan musk put out a call on twitter for what he called hard core software engineers and said he would interview people personally. jason, do you sense that competition is heating up for engineers and if so, who do you think tesla is competing squarely against? >> if you are going to work for elan musk, it's like a basketball player going to play with michael jordan or lebron james or steph curry. it is the number one destination for the most talented engineers in the world. steve jobs would have been probably the number one de

margaret of antioch and carl river received letters detailing allegations against john o'keefe. it happened more than 30 years ago in the bronx. the same person says it happened again during a trip to virginia. o'keefe says he's innocent. >> very nice, very personable, other than that, i had no idea this was going on. >> don't know anything about it. this is the first thyme hearing of it. and sorry if that did happen. >> the statute of limitations has run out. no charges will be filed, but the church will conduct its own investigation while o'keefe >>> president obama signed a spending package that will finally fund the renewal of the zadroga act. the bill extends the program through 2090. effectively providing lifetime health care for every sick 9/11 first responder. the act is named for nypd detective james zadroga who died after working on ground zero. >>> now to a story about doing what's right. when students were called out on social media for leaving a restaurant without paying the bill, leaving the tip for their waitress, two other students decided to do something about i

if you recall aij in a battle with carl and john paulson. they want the company to consider breaking into three parts. for their part, they don't believe that would result to any benefit to share holders or financial benefit. four of the 15 most senior executives departing. that is a continued effort to real line duties and to cut costs. they are under the pressure from mr. ic icahn and mr. paulson. maybe you don't do it through spins but do it through divestures. move ahead with the three ds. they have strongly come back and said, it is not going to help. it wouldn't help. i am not quite sure what i'm reading here what's going on. >> you don't wake up one day and find out that the top management. >> the new executive leadership team designed to execute the strategic priorities and provide value. >> your new management structure will assure they have strong end to end capability within the segments to transform in a more efficient organization. that is a direct quote from ceo, peter hancock. so they bid ado to a number of senior executives.

john, thanks for joining us. have a great new year. >> you, too. >>> carl icahn wins the takeover battle for manny, moe and jack, and that's where we begin "market focus." the investors will buy the auto part seller for just over $1 billion after japan's bridgestone said it would not match the bid. shares of pep boys fell 18% to $18.39. >>> shares of weightwatchers soared today after a new television ad featuring oprah winfrey began to air. she also tweeted the ad yesterday to her more than 30 million followers. winfrey took a 10% stake in the company back in october. today, shares were up 19% to $23.05 and have more than tripled since oprah bought in. >>> a bullish note says tesla will deliver more than 18,000 cars in the fourth quarter. that means tesla is on track to meet the higher end of its quarterly guidance and its latest annual forecast. tesla was up a fraction today to $238.09, but it is up about 8% this year. >>> flat panel-maker universal display get a pop today on a report from korea's "electronic times," saying that samsung and lg are close to final deals with apple to supply oled displays for ipho

. >> carl cameron live for you. thanks. john bussey is with us. trump wants us to talk about him. >> exactly right. so you may view this as unlawful, which it is. >> it's crazy to even think of it. >> you might consider it fear mongering. are or racist. >> it's all of those things. >> you might say why wasn't he criticized for mocking this disabled reporter. cheering the buildings coming down. this is about your coverage about cnn's coverage, about everybody coming out against donald trump how and condemning him. and they're all the establishment. and he's been running an anti-he establishment campaign. in an environment where there a lot of concern about what is going on with with terrorism. and among republicans,in an env lot of concern about what is going on with with terrorism. and among republicans, there are polls that show a lot of republicans particularly evangelical ones feel that islam should not be legal in the united states, a lot more feel that they're not really sure, you know, how they feel about it. >> a lot more need to be led by

carl is off today. with me, john fort, holding down the fort at post nine.s also, the co-founder of aol ventures, now president at confide. a lot to get to in the tech sector. the markets are making up some of the losses from friday. we had steep declines on what was the second highest volume day of the year, the dow fell more than 350 points. crude hovering around $34 a barrel which continue to be one of the leading stories in the market. bob is on the floor with more. as we are counting down, bob, to the end of the trading year. >> yes, and we're up, and we should be up. the fed has made its decision. options exploration is over. we're in a new oil contract. this is the seasonally strong period. particularly the time when you pick up the beaten up stocks this year for possibly gains next year. the problem is this lower for longer theme is really weighing on the markets. so what you want to do is look at the most beaten up sectors recently and see if there's any interest, any buying interest. let's look here. the transports in the russell 2,000 are dramatic

carl quintanilla and john fort are off today, but also joining us from out west this morning jason callicanas is great to have you. as soon as we do have you, the market is currently consolidating

and so let's fix it, but let's not do it in some way that is based on relynn john, let's base it on risks and function. >> carling to get in? >> absolutely. i think what we saw here withsome e and viewers to see this, what she views as damage, a lot of other people view as progress, the majority of americans in a 12-way race are voting for donald trump. that we see as progress, us americans, not damage. >> well, and erin, look, i would just like to add, the reason why we are having this discussion for a third party is because of exactly what se said, you have republicans in the party who literally cry because they want gay marriage and then tell everybody else they are not republican enough. you have someone who wrote a book about media bias and christianity and then wants to bring in all the muslim refugees while the christians are being persecuted and have the audacity to tell republicans that they are not republicans. that's why we are having this discussion of third party. >> not a republican. he would be the first to tell you, he has flirted with running as a third party. he has voted for democrats. he re

carl. you know, it was very interesting to have john claude, former erb president on today and basically what was trying to probe is the notion of the recalibration we're going through is based on a divergent policy, in part, of our central bank. if you consider that there was a time where all the central bank policies were all in the same lane. now there's a bit of a -- i personally thought recalibrating would be demonstrated. the transmission of how it's doing and the aftermath would be in foreign exchange, and indeed, it's correct. i was wrong about the dollar. even though we had some strength yesterday, if you look at the. >> japan and china have a huge trading relationship. the recalibration of what's going on with the dollar yuan, even though it's given way to a basket of valuations for the yuan currency with other currencies, it's had a long string. close to ten sessions in a row of losing ground on the dollar. how do we put all this together? well, i think the fact that you had a failed run-up yesterday on the dollar index is very enlightening because investors, they control capital.

carl quintanilla with me. john fort with me. kelly evans joining us for the hour as well.to have you. we start with the markets that are rallying. dow up triple digits after the u.s. added 211,000 jobs in the month of november. september, october getting revised higher as well. dominik on the floor looking at some of the tom movers. dom, in a market where good news is perhaps good news today. >> yeah. it's been interesting because we saw a bit of volatility both up and down around the release of that number. the futures market. what we are seeing right now are the interest rates moving a little more to the down side from where they were earlier on right after the jobs report. some of the less economically safe ones doing the heavy lifting. we should point out they're not big parts of the market. they're some of the biggest movers. on the down side, industrials, materials, and energy. right now the only sector moving to the down side right now. again, as oil

john's island. if found guilty, he could face the death penalty. >> all right. carl on the solomon. any family members? >> yes, sir. >> you're family member? >> yes, ma'am. i'm his father. >> carlton solomon, your father is here today. you've been charged with murder, burglary, kidnapping, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. on the charge of murder, kidnapping and burglary first, you're placed on a no bond with a charge of a weapons violation, $100,000 surety bond. you may exit. >> thank you, judge. >> she give me $100,000 bond on my possession of a firearm. and for burglary and kidnapping, i didn't get no bond. >> what does this mean for you, carlton? >> i'm stuck. stuck. you know, stuck between a rock and a hard place. >> if you want to know your child's future, look at his friends. that will tell you his future. >> after the hearing, solomon's father does his his son's case with reporters. >> i was told he was up for murder and some other charges. but you never know. you just don't know as a parent. you do all the things that you believe you should do

john spoke to the family about this christmas campaign. >> i carle her out. my house as you see has stairs. >> amanda day steph on has to do this for her daughter. >> she is not able to walk, talk. she is a fantastic sitter. >> any time amanda leaves her house she has to pick up abbey who weighs 50 pounds and put her in the car and same for her daughter's stroller, another 50-pound pick up. >> she is getting too heavy for me to lift. >> that's why amanda is hoping handicapped converted van. the family has been trying to get one for a year now. the big problem is the cost. >> average is 50 to $60,000. >> a fundraising site is set up for abbey raising $18,000. amanda is looking to close the own. >> if i fall and get hurt who sense. >> that's happened before. >> her belly landed on my face and i couldn't push her up. he came running and picked her up off my face. >> for abbey, amanda keeps hoping. >> physically it is easier and make it safer. >> 7news today in new england. >>> new details on a story we have been following. the company formerly owned by one of th

carl. joining me from new york is ohio governor, republican presidential candidate governor john kasich. welcome. you were asked about mr. trump today. i want to play about what you had to say about his candidacy. >> whether in his plans, to attack hispanics, muslims, databases, insults to women, and so far as to make fun of a reporter with a disability. people don't buy this. oh, there may be a few. but this doesn't represent what we are. >> governor, you said some people buy it maybe a few. i want to point to our brand new fox polling out of south carolina which puts mr. trump at the top with 35%. among south carolina's likely gop primary voters. how do you square that with what had you to say today? >> well, i mean polls are one thing. i think to a larger degree, if i got put on television as much as donald trump does, i would be at 40%. and shannon, here's the other thing. when people actually go to vote, then we're going to know what the truth is and it's coming. i mean iowa is not far from now and then we follow up with new hampshire. and i think we're going to be beginning to see

their current ceo and what the company is saying, interestingly enough here is that john mcadam the crept care man of the carlcompany is going to take over the president and ceo duties, he is to replace and succeed man we will rivelo who has resigned from his position for matters, quote, regarding personal conducted unrelated to the operations or financials of the company. so again, man we will rivelo who is currently the ceo and president of f 5 are stepping down for those undisclosed personal conduct issues that are not related to the company: john mcadam will take over that role of president and ceo, relinquish the chairman title so he can foes us on the executive duties. the board of directors say they will undertake a formal search process to identify a permanent successor. a dividend boost from pfizer and changes in the executive suite over at f 5 networks grabbing headlines in the after hours. >>> meanwhile, concerns over high yields weighing today on markets th the two biggest high yield etfs take a look under pressure again and asset managers who are exposed to the high yield market, trying to make s

carl. joining me from new york is ohio governor, republican presidential candidate governor john kasich. welcome. you were asked about mr. trump today. i want to play about what you had to say about his candidacy. >> whether in his plans, to attack hispanics, muslims, databases, insults to women, and so far as to make fun of a reporter with a disability. people don't buy this. oh, there may be a few. but this doesn't represent what we are. >> governor, you said some people buy it maybe a few. i want to point to our brand new fox polling out of south carolina which puts mr. trump at the top with 35%. among south carolina's likely gop primary voters. how do you square that with what had you to say today? >> well, i mean polls are one thing. i think to a larger degree, if i got put on television as much as donald trump does, i would be at 40%. and shannon, here's the other thing. when people actually go to vote, then we're going to know what the truth is and it's coming. i mean iowa is not far from now and then we follow up with new hampshire. and i think we're going to be beginning to see

believe the president is still talking to other leagues, carl, so we'll wait and see what subsequent comments he makes. >> thank you very much. john harwood played with that tape. it's made available. we'll take it. in the meantime, janet wrelen continues to talk about the rising dollar. blame it on the diverging expectations between ecb policy and fed policy saying that domestic spending, most of the economy here in the u.s., is on what she called a solid course, and that that strong dollar is one reason why in her words fed policy will continue on a gradual path. let's get back to the q and a. >> well, that's a great question, and you introduced a lot of different elements into it. clearly the trends in income and having our disposable income for households are one of the most important factors determining consumer spending, and the fact that wages have been pretty stagnant for a number of wreerz, i guess, compensation has been growing and the 2% or 2.5% range. that, you know, that is something we've had to take account of in forecasting what the strength of the wroefr all u.s. economy has been and it's integral to our forecasts

carl, back to you. >> rick santelli, thank you very much. >>> when we come back, an exclusive with ceo johnf who runs the largest bank in the world based on market cap. meantime on the biggest trading day of december which has not been historically positive up 127. we're back in just a second. >>> three days go. tweet us. the lucky winner receives a nice prize just in time for the holidays. a cnbc ornament signed by the "squawk on the street" gang. good luck. actually the first one to correct closest is the winner. >> other than, you know, the fed numbers still strong. still strong. i think it could be high. >> we'll see. it will have big implications no matter what it does. >> this is ecumenical? >> yes. >> hanging onto whatever you need to. attach it to a menorah. why not. does that work? >> i don't know. >> i don't know either. >> one minute until the jobs report on friday to tweet us the predictions. best of luck on that. dow is up. don't go away. that updates to all your devices. and you can share it with one click. wow. how do you find the time to do all this? easy. we combined every

john. >> all right, thank you very much, diana olick. >>> in the meantime, europe is extending its losses going into the session. >> that's right, carl. this has been quite a brutal day as it emerged through the session for europe. one of the major reasons for that is proportionately the value of the international bench mark for oil is falling more rapidly than west texas in this country with all the ramifications that has. worth pointing out s&p today warned the uk on its referendum to leave the european union. a bigger impact is s&p's warning to them, putting them on credit marks. basically the reason why last week they went to recover. bleeding in red, as you can see. the majors are lower, but a lot of the banks are also lower as the high yield credit concerns move across the atlantic. on the oil majors, today, royal dutch shell finally got chinese approval for the bg by '16 billion dollars. trying to get the market more convinced this deal is a good idea as the prices fall away. volkswagen is also lower notably today. they've released their second clear month of sales figures since the crisis, the emotions scandal. perhaps no surp

carl, thanks so much. welcome to the halftime show. let's meet our starting line-up for today. joe tear november wra is here along with stephanie link, john brown, and pete negarian. with us for the hour, doug sefu, the ceo of virtu financial. also with us today and for good reason senior economics reporter steve liesman. our game plan looks like this. apple versus amazon. which one is the better bet for 2016? our desk debates the two tech all-stars with the stocks going in opposite directions. >> the sool system decided to close the schools. this is because also, keep in mind, what has happened just less than two weeks ago with the san bernardino shooting, and they wanted to take all necessary precautions because this was a threat not just to one or two schools, but to the entire system. what we're learning now, though, is that new york city officials say they received the seam threat that led to the closure of the l.a. school system, but they quickly concluded that it was a hoax. mayor bill deblasio said this morning he was convinced there was no danger to schoolchildren in new york. >> a writing to a number of different places simultan

carl, thanks so much. welcome to the halftime show. let's meet our starting line-up for today. joe tear november wra is here along with stephanie link, john brown, and pete negarian. with us for the hour, doug sefu, the ceo of virtu financial. also with us today and for good reason senior economics reporter steve liesman. our game plan looks like this. apple versus amazon. which one is the better bet for 2016? our desk debates the two tech all-stars with the stocks going in

john, this case is far from over. back over to you. >> we'll see how it progresses. thank you very much, julia borstein. >> let's get to the close. more red than green today, simon. >> that's absolutely correct, carlat's partly, of course, because we're two days away from what the ecb will do, and that's a huge event risk in a market that's still at three, three and a half month highs. the data in europe didn't disappoint today. manufacturing pmi confirmed 52.8. it's a strong expansion from italy and spain. looking at the data you're getting from germany, jp morgan concluding that the industrial sector there is broadly unscathed from the vw emissions scandal. it's interesting that unemployment has fall tony record low today of 6.3 3erz%, and then you start seeing a lot of the anomalies for setting one interest rate policy across the whole of the euro zone. you actually have now negative yields on german bonds going out for seven years. this is the picture for the whole of the euro zone as can you see. the unemployment rate there at a three-year low within. what you can't see is the rate of job creation has declined to 13,000 a month. that's the lowest three-month figure you've had all year. theref

john the head of commercial come also leaving. commercial insurance is one of the primary businesses at aig. the ceo is going to be stepping into doyle's role. what is happening at aig, you have carlr door. pretty tough to breathe when you have carl standing on your throat. just learned that bank of america has passed its stress test. they had to resubmit after failing last march. this is good news for brian moynihan and his new cfo. good news for bank of america. brendan: he has to short-term the company. it was about capital controls. they could not take all the different businesses and make them work together. this will make shareholders happy as well. these are the three stories that matter to markets right now. number one, no movement. the bank of england and swiss national bank left their rates unchanged. subdued wage growth and oil would keep the controls -- jonathan ferro spoke to the president. take a listen. >> there is no necessity to change monetary policy at the moment. rates and the willingness to intervene if necessary. >> these are two central banks facing two completely different challenges. thomas jordan is in a currency war with mario draghi. the bank of england

john, i'm going to have to end it there. make sure you join us. "squawk on the street" is coming up next. >>> good tuesday morning. welcome to "squawk on the street." i'm carllong with jim cramer and david faber. a lot of data coming in from around the world. pmis have the world in a pretty good decision. we'll watch auto sales coming in in about 15 minutes.