lauren.ders. their job is to connect barrels with customers and they don't care if the price is high or the price is low. they get paid based upon how many barrels they sell. so that's what their business is. but there's another world out there, the world of operators and the operators are caught right now with a glut on their hands and that's because we thought that 2 million barrels a day of iranian oil would come off the market due to sanctions. that didn't happen. so we've got about a 2 million-barrel a day glut which has been accumulating which is why the price keeps dropping. and as long as the sanctions aren't applied, we have to pull back production in other parts of the world because we don't need too mitc too much oil becas too cheap. i think we will pull back. saudi arabia will lead the pack because they have the most at stake, given that they've set a national budget this year for $80 a barrel. lauren: wow. >> i think they will probably prevail in the end. lauren: how much does th

lauren: happy friday, good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. federal reserve reportedly considering a wait and see approach after interest hike later this month, that's expected. we will see. federal reserve officials are becomeing how fast for rates. cheryl: economists are estimating 200,000 jobs created last month but that's down. we will see how the markets react. unemployment rate to hold steady at 3.7%. average hourly earnings to jump from a year ago, that's inflation story. we will have complete analysis on mornings with maria, job's america special. lauren: president trump is expecting optimism that trade deal can be reached with china. last night the president tweeted, statement from china, teams are having good conversations can each other, i agree, okay. trump's trade adviser peter navarro is taking a much more wait and see approach, listen to what he told trish reagan last night. >> so the question is china going to follow through on 142 items it promised on, in order for them to be a good member of the international trading associat

lauren: i did. tracee: fixed a bug for large number of users, small test being distributed widely, some users had to tap and swipe feed horizontally y. -- sparked outrage on twitter. luckily things are back to normal. lauren: i was confused. >> do you think it was a bug, though? lauren: i thought that he redesigned it. it might be free but how much money did fortnite make this year? tracee: creator of fortnite said the game made $3 billion in profit this year and amassed 200 million players fall 2017 debut. even though fortnight it is free, encourages to game in-game purchases and new number shows iphone users alone were spending $1 million every day on fortnight for purchases nearly $40 million a month thanks to fortnite's success, about $15 billion. lauren: wow, tracee carrasco, thank you very much, see you in a bit. >> another chance to become a millionaire, everyone want toes to hear about this, new mega million dollar drawing, now up to estimated $340 million, the odds of winning jackpot 1 in n

lauren simonetti.ryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone. lauren: let's get started because the shutdown clock is ticking, deadline 4 days away and trump administration standing its ground insisting that the president will allow partial shutdown in froth if congress does not provide $5 billion for building wall in border. miller calling fundamental issue. >> stop on going crisis of illegal immigration. it comes to it absolutely. cheryl: but senate minority leader chuck schumer says there's little support in congress for the wall. >> even the house which is a majority republican they don't have the votes for his 5 billion-dollar wall plan, in fact, ryan, afraid of what's going to happen sent all the house home till wednesday night, a day and a half before two days before the shutdown and they certainly don't have the votes in the senate. cheryl: federal agencies have been put on notice to begin planning for partial shutdown. we shall see this week. lauren: another big story is health care, back in politica

lauren: sign me up.r national security michael flynn may be dodging prison time, mueller recommend today federal court that flynn receive lenient and more on what this means attorney david bruno, 19 interviews, david, what is the significance of michael flynn's help. >> certainly tremendous amount. 19 interviews referenced, he's also provided documents and communications and special counsel has stepped up and said, yes, this is an individual that should not be going to jail, it's interesting how this comes full circle because that's what jim comey said that trump said, let this go, right? and we are here. lauren: special counsel memo had so much redacted, what do you make of that, good for republicans, good for the president or not? >> well, let's not forget that the purpose of the sentencing memorandum is for the judge, the judge to come down? sentence, this is not for public, this is not for network and others this was purpose for the judge, this was tremendous amount of redacted no doubt about that an

lauren, i think you saw it. lauren: i saw it. i hated it, actually.r, nobody liked it. so whatever it was, don't do it. anyone else see it? >> no. >> that was a -- if that was a trial, that was a failure. they got their answer. >> i feel like you're big on instagram. >> i'm big on instagram but i didn't see it because i was on a plane. it was the only hour of the world that i wasn't on instagram so i missed it. i would have been outraged. >> lucky you. lauren: coming up, curving vaping, the head of the fda wants to discuss the rise of teen vaping. take care of your selfie. doctors are warning you to watch for wrist pain as you struggle to get the perfect shot. oh, my goodness. the hard work you put into lowering your very high triglycerides with diet and exercise deserves the hard work that went into the science behind vascepa. prescription vascepa. vascepa, along with diet and exercise, has proven results in multiple clinical trials. vascepa looks different because it is different. over a decade of extensive research and development achieved proven r

lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. what a day? cheryl: what a day?nd looks that the tariffs of the u.s. are starting to take a toll on the economy of china, november retail sales slowed in 15 years, rising but at slowest pace in nearly 3 years. lauren: latest down of weak economic data putting more pressure on china to reach deal with the united states. let's get the latest from edward lawrence. >> good morning, lauren, and cheryl, olive branch to farm nester the u.s., the chinese bought more than $500 million worth of joy beans in 24 hours, this will do little to improve trade deficit. china trying to show president trump that they made changes and will buy more u.s. products, they do not want to see tariffs on $20 billion of goods go up and raise tariff of 25%, the president saying today that the policies brought china to the table to talk. >> look, i have great respect for president xi, i will tell you this, china's economy is in trouble and only trouble because of me. we've taken in $11 billion worth of taxes that i taxed china, $11 billion, we h

lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti.ew overnight, talk of defiance in closedly watched speech, the chinese president xi president saying, no one is in a position to dictate to the chinese people what should or should not be done. cheryl: big comments overnight that we have been following, he also said this that china would not develop, quote, at the expense of other country's interest, reiterated opening chinese economy but not unveil any new plans to counter a slowing economy and trade war with the united states. of course, the chinese economy, second largest in the worry worries about slowdown. lauren: we want them to bend when it comes to trade negotiations, i don't know. influential voice right here in the u.s., now advising our federal reserve is not raise interest rates tomorrow, the editorial board of wall street journal writes this, fed chairman jay powell should not pull the trigger, what to do they write, the right answer to ignore politics inside and outside the fed and follow the signals that suggest prudent

lauren: yeah. go ahead, teddy. >> charles payne just had a guest on that in my opinion hit the nail on the head. as far as i'm concerned, it's all about the tick rule. the elimination of the tick rule for short selling basically was the gasoline that the fed -- not the fed, excuse me, that the s.e.c. threw on the fire that greased the rails with all this downside volatility. you want to see an end to the volatility, put the tick rule back in and things will get back to normal pretty quick. lauren: what's the chances of that happening? i will go to you, larry, that happening as the dow is now, we have a 3% up market. we were teetering on the brink of a bear market coming into today's session. now we have got a comeback. >> yeah. we have a comeback. but the fact of the matter is, for the s.e.c. to change those rules, i think the odds of that are very dim. i think they would need to see visible evidence, although teddy and i would definitely agree this is something that should be reinstituted but i do

back to you, lauren. lauren: gerri willis, thank you very much.ra, i want something good a good stock to put under my stocking under the tree. give me something. >> thanks for having me on, lauren. first of all. merry christmas. we have stocks that free cash flow and high free cash flow yield. when you do that you have identify companies with very healthy balance sheets. as the market continues to trend negative for quite some time, the sentiment is really bad, driving stock prices down you start to see real bargains appear if you measure a stock versus the free cash flow. we have two particular areas we're overweight right now. one would be technology, but not the social side of technology. it is chip-makers and device make is and the so a name like f5 networks or micron. those two companies are right smack in the middle of the technological build required for big movers going forward in particular the cloud. we have small specialty retail basket with names like macy's and nordstrom's. pay nice dividends, high free cash flow yield. trade al valua

lauren.auren: president trump changing tune on possible trade truce with china after yesterday's market selloff. blake burman. is at the white house. blake, words matter when we talk about the markets and economy. reporter: they do. it has been a quiet day for president trump during the national day of mourning. the president and first lady heading over to the national cathedral today to take part in the memorial service for the 41st president george h.w. bush. before that the president sent off a couple of tweets, series of twists he seemed to give a nod as developments relates to u.s. and china on trade. one of the big outstanding questions, when you look at differing statements between the united states and china was, whether or not china would acknowledge this 90-day negotiating window and today they did just that. a spokesperson for commerce ministry saying to reporters the following, quote, the economic and trade teams of both sides will actively push forward within 90 days in accordanc

lauren: welcome back lauren simonetti for maria bartiromo. shut down that number 216,000 that is down from estimate was 217,000. meanwhile, the bears they are running wild on wall street this morning, futures are pointing to sell-off to tune 329 points on dow markets in europe back open after christmas down arrows across the board there asia mixed performance the nikkei up about 4% in japan. here at home day six government have a been partially shut down about a week now, congress returning from the christmas holiday to washington today, both sides digging in for the long haul shutdown affecting release of key data today jobless claims not new home soles end of era the gap says time to -- manhattan fifth avenue tech stocks taking a hit again technology didn't stop innovation who has the most clever ideas of 2018. and headed for a standoff verizon disney locking horns customers in the cross fire disney channel set to go dark as early as next week about possibly taking nfl playoff games with them we have the details, you need to know both stock

lauren: yeah.ker and giving bonus to employees, even employee million dollar bonus, how great is that? [laughter] maria: great to see you both. merry christmas, happy new year, happy holidays, lauren simonetti, connell mcshane, don't go anywhere, more wall street after this. the world is alive as you can see, this time of the year is so much more than a bow and a tree. (morgan vo) those who give their best, deserve the best. get up to a $1,250 credit on select models now during the season of audi sales event. ♪ maria: next weekend on the program hope you'll join us, we have a titan in venture capital world, alan is my special guest, investment ceo john walks us through what he's expecting in 2019 and i will see you sunday morning this weekend on the fox news channel for sunday morning futures, big show coming up. cardinal timothy dolan along with john ratcliffe and congressman david joining the program. smart weekend days on fox business 6:00 a.m. eastern mornings with maria, that will do it for us

lauren: yeah.ria: e-cigarette maker and giving bonus to employees, even employee million dollar bonus, how great is that? [laughter] maria: great to see you both. merry christmas, happy new year, happy holidays, lauren simonetti, connell mcshane, don't go anywhere, more wall street after this. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in clinical trials to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. whoa! the mercedes-benz winter event is back and you won't want to stop for anything else. [ barks ] ho! lease the c 300 sport sedan for $399 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. a new way to save on travel. now when you book a flight you unlock discounts on select hotels that you can use up until your trip starts. so whether you want to go out, stay in, or be in the middle of it all... add the perfect hotel

lauren: there's no reward.'s no reward to own it. >> why that's good news, come the first of the year, you could see the bidding kicking in again. lauren: that's a good point. >> what is this really about? we have slowing growth and even the u.s. is showing slower data here. europe and emerging markets have been in the mud all year, frankly. they just haven't been buyable. the u.s., now the data is starting to slow down and markets slowing down has an effect. it will be affecting the data. on the 31st and then right after the new year, we will get that chicago pmi and manufacturing. you think purchasing managers are in a good mood when their 401(k)s are going south? lauren: you are supposed to be in a good mood now. santa claus rally. christmas, come on. >> it's not one of those years. >> my point is this. there's a lot of pain out there right now. pain begets pain. when you have a day where the stock market's up but oil is down 7%, don't tell me fund managers are not getting hurt by that. that's why -- lauren:

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a look and consider the auto industry from this year and look to twenty nineteen with a car coach lauren fix and later we look at the economics and big bucks of the beauty industry as startups challenge the status quo companies molly burrows would be here to discuss all that directly ahead but first we have. those headlines let's go. opec and oil prices lead our global report today as russia lends key outside support to a plan to cut production the organization of petroleum exporting countries on the second day of the one hundred seventy fifth meeting is firming up plans for a total cutback of one point two million barrels of production per day after opec member states iran was given a waiver to gain their support and key nonmember ally russia got on board the move cost oil prices to spike with prices jumping four point five percent in early trading pushing towards fifty four dollars per barrel although prices did wane later in trading the pullback plan would reportedly assigned cuts of eight hundred thousand barrels per day to opec members while russia and a number of other small produc

i am lauren simonetti. >> good morning.heryl casone if you thought you were going to have a quiet trading day today, well you are not. there is so much news going on, as we approach the holidays, the house, a bill that would fund the federal government through early february 5 billion dollars for border wall increases chance of a partial government shutted. >> hours after president trump refused to sign a bill passed by senate did not include border wall funding. >> i have made my position very clear. any measure that funds the government must club border security, has to not for political purposes but for -- for our country. >> now, president trump is throwing the temper tantrum creating the trump shutdown of the government. >> president trump tweeting thank you to great republican members of congress for your vote to fund border security and wall final numbers 217 to 185 many said enthusiasm was greater than they have ever seen before. so proud of you all, now on to the senate, will they find common ground. >> the preside

fix the car coach lauren welcome back to the show we're glad to have you. thanks part as so what is the ultimate diagnosis lauren for the auto industry this year i mean overall was it successful or did the engine stall what do you make of it. well i don't think the engine started and we have to look at the numbers right now are about a little over seventeen million sales for light trucks and cars so that combination is still really good numbers and we've had some ups and downs in months and sometimes it's affected by weather or it's infective affected by incentives we're seeing some shifts some of them are pushed by government such as electric vehicles on a global basis i was just talking to a friend of mine who works for navigon they do real solid numbers on what's going on in the industry and they're saying by the year twenty thirty we're not going to have a higher percentage than fifteen percent on a global basis for electric vehicles so that's all evie plugins and that's not a big percentage so those are still being available is lots of new products rol

lauren underwood became a nurse. ended up taking her nursing experience to the obama administration where she worked at the health and human services department, helping implement the affordable care act. back home in illinois, lauren underwood's congressman, republican randy hultgren voted to repeal the affordable care act, and that's when things started to change in lauren underwood's life. >> kborm, everyogood morning, e. it's lauren underwood. i want to remind you to vote. i'm lauren underwood. i'm licensed as a nurse. i spent my career working to expand health care in communi communities. when the 2016 election happened, i was faced with this america that didn't look like anything i knew. being a young millennial women of color is certainly a lot for some people. no one invited us to this table. >> i'm so proud of you. >> no one. and i think that's also what makes it so powerful. >> after the 2016 presidential election with her hometown congressman voting to get rid of the affordable care act, lauren underwood d

lauren is in for cck bell thi morning with details. ethen we'll hav an update on your commute from wtop's jack taylor are we going to see sunshine today lauren? s> we will get some sunshine. thank goodn we'll see some sunshine out there because we're due for it after this weekend. it felt like it was raini all weekend. leave the umbrella at home today xtd the clothes at home today. not only are we going to be dry, we'll be on the mild side. we'll have plenty of sunshine. sun coming upfter 7:00. 39 degrees by 6:00 a.m. by 8:00 a.m.th temperatures i low 40s, so not too bad as you make your way out theor but who to wear on this monday, windbreai rs. n't know if people wear those anymore. but breezy as the winds start to up.k it's going to be much cooler. temperatures 50 today but low 30s and 40s tomorrow and still yreezy. but wednesday more sun and thursday more rain. we'll time-out the rain on thursday and tk aboutour christmas and christmas eve which is coming up on our ten day recast. but right now, let's talk to jack taylor. >> good m

lauren: fireworks, indeed.bly across the pond, theresa may heading to brussels after postponing critical vote, here from london, reversal, what do you think will happen here and do you think it's in disarray? >> it depends really if theresa may regains some sort of concessions from the eu which enables her party to gain comfort in the backstop which ultimately at this moment in time keeps the uk indefinitely tied to eu unless there's a broad agreement on future trade deal. my gut feeling is they will not offer concessions. this leads door open to vote of no confidence in government, potential for second referendum. i think a lot more chaos before things start to move smoothly again. lauren: i know those are the options, plan b's, do you think we see leadership change? is there an appetite for that at this point since uncertainty gotten so bad, does theresa may hold onto job? >> backstop is really a deal-broker for so many people not just mp's in parliament but general public as well. cheryl: thank you for persp

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lauren. >> yes. we have sunshine.n at 7:20. 7:21 actually and we are going to have some sunshut there today. finally have some sunshine and we deservet because we have had rain all weekend. temperatures right now not too bad. the's areas down below the freezing mark. there could be icy spots out there. becareful. bridges, ramps and overpasses. as far as the planning is concerned,she temperatun the low to mid 50s for daytime highs today. plenty of sunshine and gorgeous out there. flood warnings on going from the rain we had overnd the wee but let's talk to jack taylor and talk about how that's going to impact your commute. >> this could be better, that's for su we have accidents now, 3:55. we have the reported crash.r chop is on the bottom end eading down toward the lane divide just working your way toward the outer loop of the beltway.he you can see's a lot of volume and there's all the buses being turned on before they head out with all of their flashing lights. we have a crh, beach drive. close to kensington. we hav

welcome back lauren. >> thank you. for this item we are seeking your approval to modify this grant for provision of adults with disabilities congregate meals. as i mentioned earlier, the contractors opened two new sites so they need to expand services to meet community needs. thank you and happy to answer any questions. >> president serina: thank you. any comments or questions? >> commissioner pappas: where are those sites? >> district 11 and veterans academy in the presidio. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, may i have a motion to approve? >> commissioner pappas: so moved. >> vice president loo: second. >> president serina: all in favor? [ayes] >> commissioner pappas: the motion carries. item bb. requesting authorization to m.d. fi the grant agreement with russian american community services for the provision of adults with disabilities congregate meals from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2020, in the additional

it lauren. we award you with the mug.and for this month, so that is how coveted it is, we feel the same way about him. he is atop our christmas tree. i want you to drink your coffee every morning and think of us and him. >> i will. >> tucker: merry christmas to both of you. that is it for tonight "final exam." watch the news closely each night, tune in every thursday, to see if you can be to the professionals. i don't know if you can. we will be right back. ♪ this b6 cnn just hates it when they are called fake news and the president's brother gets all upset but, one guy who was a investigative journalist in germany, he was honored as journalist of the year. now he's being canned, he was caught inventing many of his stories. and it's probably not surprising, they were absurd stories. one was a profile of a minnesota town called fergus falls that had a number of trump supporters and he went and stayed for a number of weeks to mock them. he wrote a number of absurd claims to make them sound ridiculous and at one point he sai

lauren, it doesn't look good. lauren: it really doesn't. session, too, which has been a common theme, right? investors nervous going into the close and ho, ho, no for this santa claus rally. david: have a wonderful christmas, everybody. you have a great christmas, lauren. connell mcshane is in for neil cavuto. have a wonderful christmas. connell: you, too, merry christmas. thank you for this market you have given us today. what a mess. thank you very much. welcome you to "coast to coast." i'm connell mcshane filling in for neil with an hour left in the trading day. this brutal december continues for stocks. treasury secretary steve mnuchin appears to maybe spark some new fears in his attempt to calm investors over the weekend with calls that he made to bank ceos. the dow down 400 points. you also have the president going after the fed again. that brings us to blake burman to start off our two hours here from the white house with what ordinarily would be a nice calm day, the day before christmas,

lauren: all right, mornings with maria starts right now.ng to you, good morning, happy tuesday to you, i'm maria bartiromo and tuesday december 4th, the trade rally is fading this morning, futures indicating a decline at the start of trading after strong rally yesterday in stocks, of course, the major indices ending up in triple digits closing off sessions high with the dow industrials up almost 300 points, 288 points, investors showing optimism over 90-day trade truce between the united states and china, nasdaq up better than 119 points, meanwhile one concern is bond market, yield on 10-year treasury closing below 3% for the first time since september. we will take a look at that, 8:00 a.m. eastern this morning, interview with treasury secretary steven mnuchin as he walks us through the agreement over the next 90 days with china, steven mnuchin. the dax index down about 2

first goes to lauren. multiple choice.fficially nothing left to tax unless you live in the state of california. lawmakers are working on a new tax involving one of the following. is it a, pets, tattoos or c, texts. >> it's c, text messages. >> tucker: you don't think it's pets or tattoos? >> i know less about pets and ink than i do about -- >> tucker: let's see if you're right. is it text messages? >> state regulators in california are considering a text on text messaging. >> tucker: you said it. >> it's likely a flat charge per customer. >> tucker: the millennial tax they're calling it. >> a lot of young people don't texas. they're in apps. >> tucker: that's right. that's next. question 3. which two-time mvp basketball player managed to upset nasa in the global space community when he said you must finish the question before answering it? >> i want to hear the rest of the question. >> tucker: he said humans never made it to the moon. >> it's steph curry. >> tucker: what? did you know >> tucker: did steph curry doubt the m

lauren: good morning to maria bartiromo.rybody, i'm maria bartiromo, it is thursday december 6th, your top stories right now just before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. stocks are sliding again. futures are indicating a sharp sell ah at the start of trading this morning extending the 80 point selloff on tuesday before the market closed yesterday, dow industrials down 427 points right now, the s&p is also down 1 and 3 quarters percent. 43 points lower. nasdaq 151 point selloff. the dow and s&p 50 will fall back in negative territory for 2018, investors rattled by the arrest of chief financial officer in canada. news sparking fear about trade truce between the u.s. and china and the relationship getting

good morning lauren and cheryl. a significant tone and change from the chinese since president donald trump. china started taking internal actions with the market reaction. the white house is cautiously optimistic. were obviously eyes wide open here. in the meantime the signals are good. they agreed and let's watch the process play out. the important thing is. they would look at changing their made in china 2025 plan. in the tech manufacturing. the market is adjusting to it. always adjusting. and despite the trade-off. there is some tensions. it's been investigated. british prime minister thersea may. the brexit deal. after a critical no-confidence vote. maybe what happens. yes uk prime minister. surviving a vote of confidence in her leadership. the final count 200 to 117. not exactly a ringing endorsement. and it shows. but after the vote of the prime minister called on all politicians. in building a better future for this country. it delivers on the votes people gay. it protects a jobs. security and the union. it

a little bit colder today, lauren. >>ityeah. ae bit chillier today. the temperatures starting under clear skies in the 30s and 40s now. 41 at reagan international airport and we'll take the temperates only into theid 40s today. that is it. a little warmer yesterday but so we had the winds yesterday. a little bit of a breeze out there today. sun coming up 7:22. if you're traveling, look at this, nothing happening. even around our area nothing happening. and back off to the midwest looking dry. looking good next to high pressure. what do you need to wear as you walk out the door? sunglasses and then umbrella. specifically thursday afternoon and thursday night and all t rain gear you have for friday. we have another soaker coming our way for fr'lay. wel let you know who is going to expect the heaviest rain. a lot of people traveling on friday. we'll show you that coming up let's g to jeff. >> hey, lauren, thanks. good morning. just that reminder. metro service is not effected. no word as to any kind of disruption. what we had working in virginia was our

lauren: i climb steps very fast and you're on your way to do the same, see you in a bit.ria bartiromo, wednesday 26th of december, merry christmas. here your top stories at 6:00 a.m. eastern. some early-morning buying on wall street, take a look at futures, markets up 77 points at the moment, we did have triple-digit gain. s&p futures up 10, nasdaq up 17. this after a sharp drop for the major indices back on monday, christmas eve sell ah, investors shaken by the news of treasury secretary steven mnuchin. the dow lost just about 3%, it is on track for its worst december since 1931. s&p 500 down 2.7%, 6 and a half for bear market territory. but president trump throwing support behind treasury secretary mnuchin even as he doubled down on criticism of the fed and monetary policy. >> very talented guy, very smart. >> what about the fed chairman? >> we will see, they are raising interest rates too fast. that's my opinion. lauren: closer look at what all means to the market, close dow 2018, 4 trading days left. european markets closed for holiday, they have shopping over in euro

. >> good morning lauren and christina. visiting a troops overseas.his is his first visit to a combat zone as president. the president and first lady leaving the white house in the middle of the night on christmas arriving just in time for dinner on base. 5,000 u.s. military men and women stationed overseas. spent over three hours with their commander-in-chief. her commander-in-chief. the present explaining his decision to pull troops out of neighboring syria. iraq will be a launchpad for any military action needed against the group. also pushing back on critics who claim that leaving syria is a hasty move. trump said he gave them several six-month extensions. it's time to go. today they're not so dominant anymore. >> two years ago it was a lot of red all over that map. but i have a couple of little spots. we will be watching isis very closely. >> it comes in the middle of it government shutdown. the border wall is standing in the way. trump was asked how long the shutdown will last and he made it clear that he is not budging on the wall. >> we will h

. >> fox news correspondent lauren blanchard has more from college station, texas. lauren? >> reporter: hi. well, it was a truly somber day here in college station. we are next to the george h.w. bush presidential library, and when that train pulled into college station, pulled into town, we could hear the horns announcing the arrival of the bush family and the casket carrying the 41st president. the train ride, one of the final events of a week up mourning. a special crowd, giving one last final look at the president's flag draped casket. in houston, 1200 mourners passing through the family church overnight, saying goodbye to the 41st president  before a private service where more than 1000 people joined to celebrate his life. >> and in honoring his accomplishments, we will see that we are really praising what's best about our nation. the nation he dearly loved and values embodied. >> reporter: close friend james baker and bush's grandson, george p. bush among those eulogizing the late president today. throughout the ceremony, there was a mix of celebration and solemnity

so you talk about -- lauren had said we are going to start to see atrocities.that it has already begun for 42,000 folks, in uniform, and otherwise, working for the coast guard. i think that pressure is going to get ratcheted up and a big, big way in the coming days. all of the fingers are being pointed at president trump in terms of who is to blame. i have never seen pulling this precise. the american people know squarely where to place blame this time. >> lauren, on this question of what you people do if they start missing paychecks, the government put out a tweet saying hey, here's a sample letter to send out to your creditors. it has raised some eyebrows. here is a letter to send your creditors. my income has been. i will keep in touch with you to keep you informed about my income status. i would like to discuss the possibility of treating my status for partial rent payment payments." in the real world is not going to really work? >> i mean i don't understand how some of these people who have been deemed essential and national law enforcement, how they are g

lauren has joined with other counties to defend state sanctuary laws.he sheriff does not support sp54. >> it is not immigration reform that is very deceptive. >> reporter: they released newspapers in 2017, they were notified of the release of 137 inmates and arrested 68 of them. the jail told ice about 172 people and ice picked up 65. >> when ice knows someone is going to be released, they notify us that they are going to pick them up and we do the exchange in the county jail. >> reporter: at a rally before the court, protesters said that doyle's ice run offices and other bay area jails and under pressure, sheriff softened slightly saying that they will no longer with ice and let them know of an immigrant's release unless they were a subject of a violent crime. >> we're required by law to share public information. >> if there are no charges against you, you can be picked up from the jail. >> reporter: the sheriff must steps back from the ice. >> it destroys immigrants and their family. >> sheriff doyle, do your job and enforce the law. >> reporter: the

. >> here comes lauren. age ten hello lauren. you are not lauren. you are naomi. [laughter] i have to give him the question though naomi. >> is that your mom? we will let her take a picture. . >> who was your favorite author as a child? there's two of you with the same question? how did she or he inspire you with your career? . >> there was a series of books i liked as a child. nancy drew. [cheers and applause] they were my absolute favorite at first chapter books before that i read children's books now all of a sudden i have a whole chapter book. nancy drew was is different from me as you can imagine. she lived in a house. i lived in the apartment building. they took very exotic vacations. she had a fancy sports car. it took me until i became a judge that has something that even looked like a sports car. she talked about truth and doing things i had only read about. that she had a sense of adventure and so did i. when she wanted to help people that is why she did her detective work because she wanted to help people. i want to be curious about the world and i want

let's get true this -- lauren lauren what kind of family do you have, scott?at sounds miserable. [laughter] >> i want to talk about the credit market and do you really see this as being a massive bubble especially when you consider no junk bonds issuance, leveraged debt just climbing higher. what are your thoughts on that. >> yeah, it's something to be worried about. yes, i want to keep an eye on that. but, you know what? just because some of those things are creeking a tad doesn't mean that we're in some sort of def-con 5 situation here. 3.7% unemployment. we haven't seen wage growth that's going to give us an inflation scare. all those numbers out there with earnings as well. when we talk about recession, you know, that's another borrowing trouble thing. we're not going into a recession with numbers like that before. have your turkey, relax, it'll be okay in the end. lauren: we don't have turkey on christmas, scott. show me the price of oil, we are looking at about $45 and change this morning. can opec do anything to turn this around? >> no. no. you know wha

lauren simonetti has those details. lauren. lauren: unbelievable, charles. if it happened..s. government apparently intervened in 2014 when the red kins agreed to advertise huawei technologies in exchange for free wi-fi for fans in the stadium. the agreement came two years after a congressional report labeled huawei a national security threat. a government advisor heard about the deal, knowing that lawmakers frequently use the suite at fed ex field. they notified the redskins and they scrapped the plans. check your freezer. jenny o recalling 164,000 pounds of ground turkey because the meat may be contaminated with salmonella. this is part of a november outbreak that sickened 216 people in 38 states and one person has died. the turkey has the tag, so this is what you want to watch out for, p579 on the front of the damagpackage with a use or freey date of november 13th. shares of hormel foods is up by 17% this year. self-driving car start-up zook winning permission to offer rides to passenger in the state of california. under a pilot program, a backup driver must be in the ca

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boxes lauren blanchard on the final tribute -- foxes -- lauren blanchard on the final tribute.re he is at the resting place where his political dissent began. and historic site is the 41st president was remembered at services in the loan state. 21 fighter jet flying low over the presidential library performing the missing men maneuverthe navy. his casket arrived in college station by train, making the trip from spring texas in a special car with windows, letting bystanders pay respects by the thousands. >> it is great for the country to do this sort of thing so more people can be part of showing respect and giving attribute to this man. he was a family man. that got to me. >> reporter: that they began in houston at the family's longtime church. >> lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. >> reporter: more than 1000 peopleplus famous faces from th worlds of sports, business and politics. >> when the last words are written, they will include this, the fulfillment of a complete life cannot be achieved without service to others. >> reporter: the train procession was pr