i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. negotiations back to square one after chuck schumer withdrew the offer to fund the president's border wall. part of a deal proposed by senators lindsey graham, jeff flake and dick durbin which is white house turned down. sarah sanders explains. >> the flake/graham/durbin agreement doesn't meet the benchmarks. in short, it is totally unacceptable to the president and should be declared dead on arrival. >> melissa: now president trump says without the wall there is no deal on daca. peter doocy joining me from capitol hill. peter, where do we go from here

i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. the white house wrapping up their first briefing of the new year's. covering a lot of topics from the protests in iran to the number tax law and the 2018 agenda. the president tweeted about these issues this morning. he's back in d.c. with a jam-packed agenda. top white house staffers will meet with congressional leaders tomorrow to talk about the 2018 agenda. white house correspondent kevin corke, fresh out of the briefing and live at the white house for us now. kevin? >> well, let me tell you, it's interesting, the first briefing of the year. for me it's fun. i've done a few of these obviously. both the trump administration and the obama administration, the bush administration. they're always a little different. no matter what. what was interesting today, however, jon, i felt like the white house is interested not just in international issue, pakistan and iran, north korea, a real focus on the domestic agenda and in particular i asked sarah sanders if she could talk about what the a

i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i melissa francis.ump denying that he made disparaging remarks about haitian and african nations during an oval office meeting with members of congress. that was last week. insisting that he is not a racist. when it comes to efforts to protect the dreamers, he is now blaming of democrats saying that they are the reason there is

i'm jon scott. >> melissa: it is monday. you had to remind us. >> jon: could be a long week, too. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. lawmakers could soon hold the first vote on a funding bill to open up the government and keep it running until february. democrats and republicans negotiated over the weekend. failed to come up with an agreement. with the sticking point centering on the deal to protect the dreamers and all this comes on the first full workday of the shutdown. >> you are seeing furloughed workers across america today and troops not getting their pay, border patrol not getting their pay, law enforcement, national parks. on and on and on. it is pointless and needless. senate democrats did this. senate democrats can stop it at noon today. >> melissa: peter doocy is live on capitol hill. i imagine there is a bit of tension there. >> a lot of tension, melissa. democrats are now saying it is no longer enough for mitch mcconnell to say he hopes or intends to bring a daca bill to the floor in early february once this three

i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. wore where with neil cavuto is next. >> neil: forget the hot stocks. california just becoming a sanctuary start. what does the acting ice director think about this? he's here and only here moments from now. i did tell you about the hot stocks and the records today. but the weather, not so much. a bone-chilling cold snap that is gripping 2/3s of the nation, over 200 million people are under windchill advisories as we speak. in florida they're bundling up. this video is showing flurries not too far from the magic kingdom in orlando. yeah, a monster storm is threatening to bring blizzard-like conditions to the east coast and even colder weather after that. we come, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. if first of all, i'd like to thank trish regan and lauren simonetti for filling in while i was away. we'll have more from the winter blast in just a moment. but first, what is going on with it? adam klotz in the fox weather center on whether there is any let-up in sight. what do you hear? >> this co

i'm jon scott. >> i'm julie banderas.im jong-un's government agreeing to send a delegation to the olympics after south korea offered to use next month's winter games as an opportunity for high-level talks. china welcoming those moves. all this coming after the north korean leader's fiery nuclear threat and president trump responding to that by tweeting north korean leader kim jong-un just stated that the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. will

i'm jon scott. >> i'm melissa francis.ng to nashville later where he will become the first sitting president in 25 years to address the national farm bureau federation's national convention and then he is off to atlanta for the big game while the president's allies strongly defend him in the face of michael wolff's explosive new book. >> john roberts is live with more. >> starting you off first. this hour the dhs secretary is expect

jon scott is coming up next. k preview with jon. >> president trump gearing up for his first state of the union address. surely preparing to take a victory lap on the u.s. economy and republicans on the house intel committee voting to release a classified memo detailing alleged surveillance abuses during the obama administration. now the final decision is in the president's hands. will he release that memo with democrats saying it could jeopardize national security? and two young daca recipients picked up for human smuggling. what happens to them. "happening now" top of the hour. >> bill: for years some had considered a major league baseball team's logo racist and now that team is changing course. what this is all about coming up next. n together in simulator, n together in simulator, to know exactly what to do before they have to do it. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. patients that i see about dry mouth. they feel that they have to drink a lot of water. medications seem t

good friday morning tou, i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. we made it. >> jon: happy friday. >> melissa: the explosive white house tell-all book released four days early to short circuit legal threats from president trump. author michael wolff paints a picture of an administration in chaos rocked by distrust, back stabbing, widespread doubts. questions about trump's competency to serve. wolff says the president's effort to prevent the release is sparking more interest. >> not only is he helping me sell books but helping me prove the point of the book. this is extraordinary that a president of the united states would try to stop the

good friday morning tou, i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. we made it. we did it. >> jon: happy friday. >> melissa: the explosive white house tell-all book released four days early to short circuit legal threats from president trump. author michael wolff paints a picture of an administration in chaos rocked by distrust, back stabbing, widespread doubts. questions about trump's competency to serve. wolff says the president's effort to prevent the release is sparking more interest. >> not only is he helping me sell books but helping me prove the point of the book. this is extraordinary that a president of the united states would try to stop the publication of a book. this doesn't happen -- has not happened from other presidents, would not even happen from a ceo of a mid-size company. >> jon: kevin corke is live at the white house. now that the book is on store shelves what's the white house saying about its claims and the guy who wrote it? >> i think you could say, jon, they're taking their cue from the boss. white house officials are pushing back forcefull

i'm jon scott. >> busy first day for president trump meeting with british prime minster theresa may. as well as benjamin netanyahu >> this was the first time president sat down with the israeli prime minster benjamin netanyahu since united states announced it will recognize jerusalem. the president during meeting warning the palestinian authority that they need to sit down with israel to broker a peace deal. otherwise all of that money, tens of millions of dollars that the united states gives to palestinian authority in aid, that could be at risk. listen to who the president said. >> the money is on the table. the money was never on the table. i'll it will you up front. we give them tremendous amount, hundreds of millions of dollars a year. that money is on the table. why should we do that as a country if they're doing nothing for us? what we want to do is help them. we want to create peace and save lives. >> the president reaffirming his decision to declare jerusalem as a capital. he hopes the small version opens some time next year. netanyahu for his part dismissed the criticism th

i'm jon scott. >> i'm heather childress. happy friday. >> jon: busy week. we have another hour of news ahead. >> sources reporting the president insulted less developed and third world countries in that meeting asking why the u.s. let so many of their citizens in. many critics calling the alleged statements alarge and racist. the president is pushing back. john roberts is live from the white house with more on this. >> the president is pushing back despite numerous confirmations fox news has gotten from people inside and outside the white house that the president referred to countries like el salvador and haiti, honduras, some african nations as s-holes in a discussion with several members of congress including senators and house members on both the democratic and republican sides and they are talking about a fix for daca. the president again despite the multiple confirmations tweeted out this morning the language used by me at the daca meeting was tough but not the language used. what was tough was the proposal made. bill hemmer asked the white house advis

. >> bill: jon scott is coming up next. preview. >> balancing privacy rights against terrorism fears as the house debates the fisa act. president trump slams it saying the government should not spy on u.s. citizens communicating with foreigners and also saying fisa may have been used against his presidential campaign. plus the feds storm 7-eleven stores across the country looking for undocumented workers. the message this raid is sending to employers at a heist at the paris hotel. >> bill: tragic story out of california. 12-year-old girl misdiagnosed with the flu and days later she was dead. how so many got this so wrong. i realize that ah, that $100k is not exactly a fortune. well, a 103 yeah, 103. well, let me ask you guys. how long did it take you two to save that? a long time. then it's a fortune. well, i'm sure you talk to people all the time who think $100k is just pocket change. right now we're just talking to you. i told you we had a fortune. yes, you did. getting closer to your investment goals starts with a conver

good morning to you, i'm jon scott. >> i'm melissa francis. we saw a shutdown in 2013.time republicans are in the control of the congress and white house, no guarantees this bill will pass and very little agreement on anything else in washington right now. both sides are preparing to blame the other, of course, if the government does shut down. here is white house press secretary sarah sanders. >> the president certainly doesn't want a shutdown. if one happens, i think you

i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i melissa francis.hield hundreds of thousands of those dreamers from deportation. president trump is now set to begin real negotiations. >> he wants to have -- to secure the

call 1.800.directv >> i'm jon scott. ahead more fallout from the government shutdown.ies need to do before washington runs out of money again two weeks from now. karl rove joins us live and president trump wants to talk to robert mueller and do it under oath. we'll talk about whether that could happen and the pros and cons for the president. a convenience store robbery. wait until you hear who cops say is behind the hold-up. seven minutes away "happening now." >> bill: see you then. hurricane devastating puerto rico wiping out power and leaving many on the island in the dark. utility companies coast to coast pitching in to repair the grid and now there is more help on the way. we have the story and what more is being sent there this week. >> help has been coming in waves. the teams restoring power will get an additional 1,000 utility trucks and 1500 workers added into the mix. crews have been carving their way through the catastrophic damage left behind by hurricanes irma and maria last fall. homes were destroyed that caused 140 billion in damages. a major milestone wa

i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. negotiations back to square one after chuck schumer withdrew the offer to fund the president's border wall. part of a deal proposed by senators lindsey graham, jeff flake and dick durbin which is white house turned down. sarah sanders explains. >> the flake/graham/durbin agreement doesn't meet the benchmarks. in short, it is totally unacceptable to the president and should be declared dead on arrival. >> melissa: now president trump says without the wall there is no deal on daca. peter doocy joining me from capitol hill. peter, where do we go from here just weeks before the government runs out of money again? >> melissa again they're at an impasse. this time it's because the democratic leadership is saying they won't give any money for a border wall during these negotiations and the president is saying if that's the case, then there won't be any new protections for daca recipients. republican senator ron johnson just told us here in the hallway he thinks an immigration deal is further

i'm jon scott. >> i'm melissa francis. good to be back with you. >> jon: glad we both made it in. >> fire and fury inside the trump white house paints a picture of a president who never expected to win the election in its former white house chief of strategist, steve bannon. the white house statement when he was fired he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. steve had very little to do with our historic victory which was delivered by the forgotten men and women of this country. steve doesn't represent my base. he is only in it for himself. kevin corke is following the story from the white house and kevin within 24 hours steve bannon has commented on the president. >> we will share a bit of those comments in just a bit but clearly the white house is hoping to stop the publication of this book "fire and fury". but let's be honest, a smoke screen, right? make no mistake about it, this would be wrought with peril in discovery and any deposition that might come out ofist to say that no federal judge will side with the preside

i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i melissa francis. democrats look for a fix to shield hundreds of thousands of those dreamers from deportation. president trump is now set to begin real negotiations. >> he wants to have -- to secure the border, interior enforcement, and change migration. i think it's a behavior critical on their part, they were the ones in 2006 who basically supported these physical border barriers. it's time for them to come to the table, let's strike a deal. the president wants to strike a deal with the democrats and the time is now to do it. >> melissa: john roberts is live with more on all of this, busy day, john. >> it's always a busy day, good morning to you. we will start with a little bit of breaking news, fox news has learned that in the next 24 hours the white house expects to confirm the details of a high-level delegation the administration will be sending to the olympics in south korea starting on february the ninth. we are told, it is not confirmed, that the delegation will likely be led by vice president

i'm jon scott. >> i'm melissa francis. the president flying to nashville later where he will become the first sitting president in 25 years to address the national farm bureau federation's national convention and then he is off to atlanta for the big game while the president's allies strongly defend him in the face of michael wolff's explosive new book. >> john roberts is live with more. >> starting you off first. this hour the dhs secretary is expected to announce that the united states, the trump administration will be ending so-called temporary protected status for 200,000 citizens of el salvador, many who have been in the country since the earthquake of el salvador in 2001. it will end as of september 2019. meaning that all those people still in the country under tps will either have to return to el salvador or find some other means of gaining status in the united states. tens of thousands of people who came in as part of that program have already received some other sort of protected status in this country. now to the

i'm jon scott. >> i'm julie banderas. kim jong-un's government agreeing to send a delegation to the olympics after south korea offered to use next month's winter games as an opportunity for high-level talks. china welcoming those moves. all this coming after the north korean leader's fiery nuclear threat and president trump responding to that by tweeting north korean leader kim jong-un just stated that the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. will someone from his regime inform him that i have a nuke button and mine works. >> jon: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. any reaction from the pentagon to the president's tweet? >> no official reaction from the defense secretary but certainly there are concerns that the president's tweet ratchets up the brinkmanship and could interfere with efforts by south korea's president to engage north korea in talks after kim jong-un opened the way for those talks with south korea during his new year's address ahead of the olympics slated for next month. south korea has proposed

i'm jon scott. >> i'm molly thrilled to be here with you.he president just returned from his working vacation in mar-a-lago where he spent the holidays with his family and while he was there, anti-government protestors took to the streets in iran with deadly results. the ayatollah blaming the unrest on the enemies of iran. while president trump says it's time for a change there. white house correspondent kevin corke is live with more. kevin, what else is the president saying about those ongoing protests in iran and how it might affect u.s. policy going forward? >> great to have you with us, molly. we'll talk a bit about policy shifts in a bit. first i want to say the president has made clear his belief the people in iran want freedom. that's something the leadership there, the people in control refuse to give them. that's why you are seeing this protest play out. we've talked about this over the great many years we've done this. it is not just the trump administration that made this observation. also the obama administration and before that

good morning to you, i'm jon scott. >> julie: i'm julie banderas. deadline drama on capitol hill working to get the votes they need to pass a stopgap measure facing opposition not only from democrats who want a deal for the dreamers but also from members of their very own party. >> it is clear we're not yet ready to move ahead with a major agreement on long-term funding for our armed forces, nor on our immigration policy. compromise solutions are not out of reach. but for now congress needs to keep the government running. there is no cause whatsoever for manufacturing a crisis and holding up funding for the vital services of the federal government. >> julie: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live with the story and has the latest from the white house. >> jon: good morning. first of all let's zone in on the president's health report and the result of the physical he had at the walter reed military center on friday. by definition the white house physician, dr. ronny jackson is apolitical. also the physician for president barack obama and

i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. the president praising a big win for republicans after congress voted for a stopgap funding bill but it is a different picture on the other side of the aisle with democrats blasting chuck schumer for agreeing to the deal. white house press secretary sarah sanders saying that democrats had no choice but to compromise. >> democrats realized that the position that they had taken frankly was indefensible and that they had to focus on first funding our military, protecting border patrol agents, funding vulnerable children through the chip program. these were things that they didn't disagree with. >> melissa: this could be only a cease-fire in the shutdown battle with a new fight looming over immigration reform. john roberts is live on the north lawn. >> good morning, melissa. start with a headline here and it is a headline because we just learned about it. not that it just happened. fox news has confirmed that within the last week or so the attorney general, jeff sessions, was interviewed

i'm jon scott. >> melissa: happy monday. i'm melissa francis. the president's speech coming on the heels of the government shutdown. a continuing battle over immigration reform and the always swirling mueller investigation. we're told the commander-in-chief is looking to move forward. >> i think the president will talk about how america is back and talk about where we are today as far as growing an economy. an economy that has grown at a 3% clip over the last three quarter he and make an appeal to democrats to say we need to rebuild our country and to make an appeal to do infrastructure we need to do it in a bipartisan way. >> melissa: john roberts is live with more on what we can expect. >> good morning to you. we do know the president reviewed the state of the union speech in the draft form it was in over the weekend a couple of times. offered some edits and other points back and forth with his staff over the weekend. today he will be doing much the same thing as well. he does have a couple events on his schedule. he will be attending the swea

i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i melissa francis. president trump denying that he made disparaging remarks about haitian and african nations during an oval office meeting with members of congress. that was last week. insisting that he is not a racist. when it comes to efforts to protect the dreamers, he is now blaming of democrats saying that they are the reason there is no agreement tweeting "honestly, i don't think the democrats want to make a deal. they talk about daca but they don't want to help. we are ready, willing, and able to make a deal, but they don't want to. they don't want security at their border. they don't want. it just keeps going. chief house correspondent john roberts is live with the story. where are we on this? >> i can tell you one thing, we are miles away from where we were about a week ago at this time. remember, last tuesday the president had that meeting here at the white house. at 22 members of congress, almost the entire thing was televised and everybody sounded like we are very close to a daca deal here.

i'm jon scott. >> i'm julie banderas. major progress on the cone me and push for bipartisanship among the themes for tonight's speech as the president addresses the congress and the nation live the prime time and set to pitch his immigration plan as the clock ticks down to another government shutdown. we have team fox coverage for you with kevin corke live at the white house. but we start with peter doocy live on capitol hill. a big day in washington, peter. >> julie, republicans in congress think they've been doing a lot of good things over here. so they hope that part of the state of the union address tonight is a sort of highlight reel before the president's attention shifts to the next big fight, immigration. >> he deserves some credit to be able to drive some of these things through. tax reform, dodd-frank. we might hear him talking about what his plans are with the daca recipients and how to resolve that. we expect a lot of things. >> democrats want the president to touch on an agenda item believed to have a lot of

i'm jon scott. >> did you watch the whole thing? i did, too. it was long and late but it was a lot. there was a lot in there. >> jon: interesting stuff. >> absolutely. i'm melissa francis. last night's speech was filled to calls for action with lawmakers and appeal for untease and warnings to our enemies. the president striking an optimistic tone highlighting the growing economy and the strength of the american spirit. >> president trump: as long as we are proud of who we are and what we are fighting for, there is nothing we cannot achieve. >> chief white house correspondent john roberts is live with the story. john. >> jon: good morning to you. first of all a headline out of the white house. the department of health and human services more to the point the new cdc director is stepping down from her position after it was reported that she had bought stocks in a japanese tobacco company after she became the cdc director. part of her role as the director is to lead the nation's anti-smoking campaign. hhs said dr. fitzgerald owns certain complex financial interests that have opposed a b

good morning to you, i'm jon scott. >> i'm melissa francis. we saw a shutdown in 2013. this time republicans are in the control of the congress and white house, no guarantees this bill will pass and very little agreement on anything else in washington right now. both sides are preparing to blame the other, of course, if the government does shut down. here is white house press secretary sarah sanders. >> the president certainly doesn't want a shutdown. if one happens, i think you only have one place to look. that's to the democrats who are holding our military and our national security hostage by trying to push through other policies that have nothing to do with the budget. we would like to again get a budget deal done, a two-year budget deal, a clean budget deal and focus on negotiations. following that deal with finding a permanent solution to daca and responsible immigration reform. we've said that many times before. our position has not changed. >> john roberts joins us now. how is it shaping up there, john? >> well, they think it looks pretty good but not sure at th

good morning to you i'm jon scott. >> julie: i'm julie banderas. the president saying it over and over again there was no collusion and citing it as the reason why an interview with special counsel robert mueller couldn't and wouldn't be necessary. >> it's a democrat hoax that was brought up as an excuse for losing an election that frankly the democrats should have won because they have such a tremendous advantage in the electoral college, so it was brought up for that reason. but it has been determined that there is no collusion. >> jon: chief white house correspondent john roberts who asked the question that elise silted thaeelicited that . >> president trump appears to be moving the goal post in terms of whether or not he will sit down for interview with special counsel robert mueller. legal sources tell fox news fully expects that mueller will ask for an interview sometime between now and wrapping up the investigation which they believe will be in the next few weeks. when the president was first asked about this june of 2016 he said yes he woul

i'm jon scott. >> i'm molly thrilled to be here with you.sident just returned from his working vacation in mar-a-lago where he spent the holidays with his family and while he was there, anti-government protestors took to the streets in iran with deadly results. the ayatollah blaming the unrest on the enemies of iran. while president trump says it's time for a change there. white house correspondent kevin corke is live with more.

i'm jon scott. >> i'm heather childress. happy friday. >> jon: busy week.s ahead. >> sources reporting the president insulted less developed and third world countries in that meeting asking why the u.s. let so many of their citizens in. many critics calling the alleged statements alarge and racist. the president is pushing back. john roberts is live from the white house with more on this. >> the president is pushing back despite nu

i'm jon scott. >> did you watch the whole thing? i did, too. it was long and late but it was a lot. a lot in there. >> jon: interesting stuff. >> absolutely. i'm melissa francis. last night's speech was filled to calls for action with lawmakers and appeal for untease and warnings to our enemies. the president striking an optimistic tone highlighting the growing economy and the strength of the american spirit. >> president trump: as long as we are proud of who we are and wh

i'm jon scott. >> i'm melissa francis.

i'm jon scott. >> melissa: happy monday. i'm melissa francis.t's speech coming on the heels of the government shutdown. a continuing battle over immigration reform and the always swirling mueller investigation. we're told the commander-in-chief is looking to move forward. >> i think the president will talk about how america is back and talk about where we are today as far as growing an economy. an economy that has grown at a 3% clip over the last three quarter he and make an appeal to democrats to say we need to rebuild our country

i'm jon scott. >> melissa: it is monday. remind us. >> jon: could be a long week, too. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. lawmakers could soon hold the first vote on a funding bill to open up the government and keep it running until february. democrats and republicans negotiated over the weekend. failed to come up with an agreement. with the sticking point centering on the deal to protect the dreamers and all this comes on the first full workday of the shutdown. >> you are seeing furloughed workers across america today and troops not getting

. >> bill: jon scott is coming up on "happening now." a quick preview.ing. >> 10 minutes away your federal government open once again after a compromise. each side still blames the other for a shutdown. so what will it mean for legislators up for reelection in 2018? the u.s. stepping up its presence in afghanistan putting the thunderbolt back in the air for the first time in three years. what prompted this aggressive move against the taliban? and fear on the west coast this morning after a tsunami warning follows a major earthquake off alaska. top of the hour. >> bill: see you then. a mother/daughter team up to steal from a store. yet they walked out with a tip jar and now police want to talk to both. can't make that up. your brain changes as you get older. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. >> bill: chairman of fox news channel offering a solution to fake news on social media. murdoch has an idea

. >> bill: in a moment jon scott is coming up on "happening now."at's on. >> president trump meeting with his cabinet on the heels of an unprecedented day of the white house. cameras rolling on the key immigration talks. we'll see what results today. plus deadly mudslides in southern california. how folks there are dealing with back-to-back disasters and a terrifying school bus fire caught on camera. flames and smoke pouring out of windows and doors. tell you what happened there at the top of the hour. >> bill: thank you, jon. the appointment of neil gorsuch got all the headlines. there are signs president trump is getting ready to reshape the judiciary system in a much more significant way. how is that possible? we know that when you're spending time with the grandkids every minute counts. and you don't have time for a cracked windshield. that's why we show you exactly when we'll be there. saving you time, so you can keep saving the world. >> kids: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ >> bill: today there are nearly 150 federal judicial vacancies

good morning to you, i'm jon scott. >> julie: i'm julie banderas.ma on capitol hill working to get the votes they need to pass a stopgap measure facing opposition not only from democrats who want a deal for the dreamers but also from members of their very own party. >> it is clear we're not yet ready to move ahead with a major agreement on long-term funding for our armed forces, nor on our immigration policy. compromise solutions are not out of reach. but for now congress needs to

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scott, you're up to day. i'll send it back to you. >> sue, thank you so much. sue herera jon najarian is at the telestrator for some unusual activity doc, you're looking at a defense name you're up first. >> textron, txt. saw some big activity in the name, jumping, and because of that the stock is up 56 cents. not big, but you look over basically here in november, they were talking about a potential takeover is that what's brewing here? don't know, but they came scrambling in to buy calls i bought the calls as well i'll probably be in them two weeks, maybe a little less maybe only ten days, by like it. i like textron also because of the tax play that goes on with this defense stock. >> all right pete what, have you got for us >> well, scott, you know, it's interesting because apple had a lot of news really in the last week and a half, two weeks or so we watched the stock actually go down from that upper 170s and got underneath $170 a share, but today very, very active as the stock is you are abouting back up trading at 174. very heavy buying of next week's expiring 175 calls

i'm scott wapner this half hour, why some say volatility is about to come back in a big way with us, steve weiss, jon and pete najarian, kevin o'leary, and with us on set, our senior economics reporter steve liesman. we begin with the markets today, what's already been a wild week. the dow traveling an astounding 1,500 points in the last four sessions, hitting a new high earlier today before turning negative we're just off the lows of the day. rates are in focus the ten-year is pushing past two six. pete, what's happening we erase a 280-point gain the other day. then we go up more than 300. then today we find ourselves falling as we speak. >> a little slipping >> welcome to the new world of the market >> welcome to the new world, and you talk about 1,500 points, that's why we're seeing the volatility rise the way we're seeing it. this is significant. these moves are huge they have volume behind them i was talking about the volumes the other day in the options world. 24 million, 37 million contracts over the last three sessions so volatility is here, scott i wouldn't be surprised if we start to see a

i'm scott wapner this half hour, why some say volatility is about to come back in a big way with us, steve weiss, jonrian, kevin o'leary, and with us on set, our senior economics reporter steve liesman. we begin with the markets today, what's already been a wild week. the dow traveling an astounding 1,500 points in the last four sessions, hitting a ne

so what jon ha is doing here is something between philanthropy and charity and return-driven investing but it helps that goodwill among lps in its traditional activist funds scott les, stay with us. >> first of all, i literally while you were talking went from settings to general to restrictions apple's done amazing things to try to make it so parents are not alone. that's right apple is probably the most sensitive to this stuff versus say a facebook or a google or snap which is like the equivalent of captain morgan for kids it's like, wow, i really want to get with the captain what i would like to know, leslie jona has been involved before, heavily involved with walgreens. at the same time involves's larry merloe pulled out. how long did it take them to get cigarettes out begin and like the fact this mentioned mental health leslie, how much did they do >> there was a shareholder company to get rid of cigarettes at walgreens and jona did not par tis in that campaign, at least publicly all they have done is on the "g" side, nothing environmentally related to environmental or publicly related to social until now with what we're seeing with apple. this is a new ar

jon and pete are using unusual activity to trade that. >>> first, though, a look at what's coming up on "power lunch" less than 30 minutes away >>> hey there, thank you, scott. a lot of "power lunch" will be live from wenatchie, washington. 1800 servers here. why are they all coming to the small down in central washington three hours east of seattle? we'll explain coming up on "power lunch" and also talk earnings, markets and oil. don't move, "halftime" is ckba right after this commercial. "power lunch" starts at the top of the hour. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ what we do every night is like something out of a strange dream. except that the next morning... it all makes sense. fedex powers global commerce with vast, far-reaching networks... deep knowledge of industries... and, yes... maybe a little magic. ♪ when it might be time to buy or sell? with fidelity's real-time analytics, you'll get clear, actionable alerts about potential investment opportunities in real time. fidelity. open an account today. >>> welcome back, everybody. i'm sue herera here's what's happening at this hour stunning new cell phone video reveals the critical situation that unfolded as a wall of mud heade

report i'm scott wapner our top trade, current state of stocks and whether the market's unabated meltup will continue rolling on for the hour we have joe terranova, jim lebenthal, josh brown, jonian and karen firestone and kevin o'leary is here let's begin with the markets, of course stocks coming off another record close. they are slightly lower this hour they are still seeing though, as you see here, the best start to a year since 1987. the world's most famous investor weighing in today on cnbc on

short-term volatility here, scott, even if it's created in earnings reports because the bigger picture lend it is so obvious and solid i would rather in it than not in it to jon's point, if you're within half a mile of a shake shack and pay $6 for a mcdonald's versus the shake shack $7 version, you should have your head examined. >> a look at how moves are being used in the options market first, an s&p sector check s&p starts the new year right noup now up 17 points. discretionry, energy, healthcare 'rading the way. wee back after this on "halftime. at fidelity, trades are now just $4.95. we cut the price of trades to give investors even more value. and at $4.95, you can trade with a clear advantage. fidelity, where smarter investors will always be. [music playing] >>> welcome back, everybody. i'm sue herera here's what's happening at this hour an arctic blast causing extremely cold weather across much of the country with temperatures in many states at or below freezing. winter storm watches are in effect from new england all the way from northern florida. you're not even safe in florida these days with that weather. >>> president trump tweeting about north kor

report i'm scott wapner our top trade, current state of stocks and whether the market's unabated meltup will continue rolling on for the hour we have joe terranova, jim lebenthal, josh brown, jon najarian and karen firestone and kevin o'leary is here let's begin with the markets, of course stocks coming off another record close. they are slightly lower this hour they are still seeing though, as you see here, the best start to a year since 1987. the world's most famous investor weighing in today on cnbc on whether stocks are now too expensive. >> they are not valued relative to the interest rates. what's happened in the markets has been very sensible nobody thought we'd have these kinds of interest rates for a long time. additionally you have the tax act which is a huge factor in valuation. >> all right so kevin o'leary, there's buffet today on the network stocks aren't too expensive, echos what tepper told me last week, what we've heard, from you know, gary cohn out of the white house and others are they right >> i think the most interesting aspect what have buffet said was you're getting 14% to 15% given back to you from the government to an american company shareholders now,

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