we now go over to lauren simonetti who's in for liz claman. boy, hello again, lauren. lauren: hello again, ashley. and i have the last hour of the last day of trading of 2021. happy new year to you, ashley, and all of our viewers at fox business. it is already 2022 in dubai. the world's biggest tower ringing in the new year with a fireworks display like no other. and in 9 hours, we'll see the iconic ball drop in new york city, and america will begin to close the books on 2021. wall street celebrating 2021 in its own fashion, wrapping up this final day with markets just searching for direction. but we could be headed for more fireworks as all three major averages close out the year sharply higher. the nasdaq struggling today, it is down a quarter of 1%. but retailers, they rallied this year with consumers keeping their wallets wide open. the s&p 500 retail etf gaining 40%. you compare that to the s&p 500, it was up 27% this year. retailers did battle supply chain issues, inflation while hopping on the resell trend. and covid-19 cases hit record highs. a burp outcry sis in the

lauren simonetti in for liz claman. the final hour of trade starts now. ♪ ♪ lauren. laureneaking news for you, biogen is jumping on a report from the korean economic daily of a potential buyout deal by samsung group. the report says the deal could be worth over $42 billion. the stock is up 10% on that report. let's go to lived ya hu for somr big movers today, and you're looking at our pop stocks. >> reporter: hey there, lauren. tracking a lot of movement today. elon musk's stock selling spree seems to have come to an end as the world's richest man has finally exercised -- exorcised the last of his stock options that are set to expire next year. musk sold a further $1 billion worth of stocks to pay for taxes. musk also bought $1.6 million worth in shares of his company on tuesday by exercising tesla options. now, the move comes after musk polled his twitter followers back in november asking if he should sell 10% of his stake in tesla which at the time resulted in a $60 billion hit to the company's market value. musk has now sold a total of $15.6 million -- 15.6 million share

lauren: ten seconds, when. when will it be the medium of exchange, in your view? >> within 20 years it will be the world reserve currency. medium of exchange i hope already in q1 next year. lauren: i thought you meant 20 years for exchanging. wow, got it. >> no, no, no. lauren to see you. >> thank you so much. lauren: right now oil is in a bear market, yet gas prices remain stub the bornly high. $4.99 here in new york. but could there be relief at the pump thanks to opec plus? madison alworth is live at a new york gas station with all the stats. and we check big board, the dow jones industrial average down 233 points. friday it was down 905, gained back 20 monday, lost 1,000 tuesday and wednesday, up 600 yesterday. you get the idea. that volatility continues today. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ [energetic music throughout] what's strong with me? i know when i'm ready for a rest day. ...so i can be ready for anything... tomorrow. find out what's strong with you with fitbit sense and daily readiness. mom, hurry! our show's gonna start soon! i promised i wouldn't miss the show and mommy always keeps her promises. oh, no! seriously? hmm! it's not the same if she's not here. oh. -what the. oh my goodness! i don't suppose you can sing, can you? ♪ the snow's comin' dow

going to do it for us today, wow time really flew, lauren simonetti is in for liz claman, and lauren simonetti going to take it from here. over to you. lauren: this is going to be a wild final hour of trading, jackie, because we're looking at the dow jones industrial average and it is so close, hitting its 45th record high this year, the nasdaq, however, continues to lose steam at this hour, and it's a nail biter for the s&p 500. yes, it hit an intraday high, pierced through 4,800 for the first time, but it's now swinging between gains and losses, down just 3 points, cryptocurrency is not feeling the same kind of love bitcoin dropping nearly 4,000 and we'll take a look back at key moments for this sector this year and then what's ahead next year with executives from coin shares and kracken, and the cdc just changed the recommendations for covid-19 quarantining if you do test positive and if you can get your hands on a covid test we'll be talking to the former head of the american medical association and testing kit company e-med, the ceo dr. paris is here, and if you're planning to stay home for new years eve, with all the covid chaos, real

in the meantime i'm going to toss it over to lauren simonetti in for liz claman, lauren? it's all yours. lauren: i'll take it thank you very much, jackie, hi, everybody well happy new year's eve eve one more day to go until the end of the year and the markets trying to go out with a bang. take a look at the dow and the s&p 500 here. any higher close is a record, so we're looking at fresh closing highs for both of them, and a whole tech lexicon cropped up this year, the metaverse, plus apple is inching towards that $3 trillion market cap. we're going to take a look back at the tech year that was and preview what's ahead for the new year and if washington can kill silicon valley's party we've discussed and the jury in the trial of elizabeth holmes has failed to reach a verdict for a second straight week. a live report on what's next in this high profile criminal fraud trial, plus the latest on the pandemic, the fda maybe ready to broaden eligibility of pfizer booster shots for young teenagers, and a record breaking year for ipo's might be ending on a sour note. we're going to take a look at that

lauren? lauren: it is carson wentz. the 15th player on the colts covid list. ashley: wow. lauren his body reacts. it, you know, these games are determined right now by the cdc and the league and this variant. the colts were looking good. we'll see what happens now. 15 players on the covid list. ashley: as a titans fan, i can't get rid of the colts. they keep winning. lauren, thank you very much. even cnn by the way is bashing the president's response to the omicron surge. listen. >> i cannot believe this is where we are almost two years into the pandemic. everybody saw it coming. we knew we needed more tests. i think the administration dropped the ball on this. ashley: that was cnn. what is going on? president biden vowed that he would be the one to shut down the pandemic but that's clearly not the case. we're going to have more on that coming up. new report by the way finds oil and natural gas supplies at a 75-year low. it begs the question will we have enough oil and be able to afford it next year? jeff flock, all over that story. his report next. ♪. your record label is taking

lauren: on a plane. stuart: it sure us. thanks, lauren. lauren: yeah. d of the holiday week. lauren: yeah. stuart: so run through the new, country's new restrictions. lauren: netherlands full lockdown from yesterday through at least january 14. germany will restrict private gatherings of the vaccinated to 10 people. that starts three days after christmas. access to restaurants still limited to the vaccinated and recovered only. we have some good news. it is in austria, their lockdown lifted. that started today for the vaccinated. you have the uk. they did not rule out more restrictions and omicron is surging there and uk citizens are restricted from entering countries like germany for instance. stuart: they still got restrictions in place on the unvaccinated. it's a strict lockdown, in austria. you can't get out of the house. you get on the street, the police asking for your vaccination papers. lauren: are think getting vaccinated as a result? stuart: i don't know. quite a situation is developing, isn't it. we got the airlines, some are sounding alarm ov

lauren. lauren: half a billion dollars, and the drawing is tomorrow. >> are you feeling lucky, ashley? maybe the second time -- go ahead. [laughter] ashley: no, i was just going to say,ing i have played the lottery in the past, and i always have stuart varney's ear because he says it's a complete fraud, a waste of time, you're never going to win. but despite that advice from stuart very first i have bought the odd ticket just for the fun of it. laurenp sum, federal, state, under a billion total but still, i wouldn't be complaining. ashley: well, i tell you what, if you don't play, you can't win. lauren, thanks very much. we are just hours away from a new -- that's right. we're wrapping up pride ifennen's first year in office. i wonder if sean duffy has any new year's resolutions that heepped suggest to the president? i'm going to ask him. plus, a new bill proposed in washington state wants to propose if lower sentences for drive-by shooters. the bill sponsors say it's all about promoting social equity. jason rantz has the story and joins me next. ♪ ♪ do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse with

lauren: not really. stuart: lauren, amazon, put them on the screen. what is this? they're being fined? lauren sales on their own services. amazon says they will appeal, they say look more than half of sales in italy come from small and medium-sized businesses. they can use whatever channel they want to sell their products. they don't have to use ours. they choose to. they were fined same amount $1.2 billion by french regulators. stuart: the europeans just want our money and our technology. simply as that. lauren: the stock is down 21 bucks. stuart: only. that is nearly 2/3 of 1%. >>> next case, lauren, president biden warns putin there will be a strong response if russia invades ukraine. pete hegseth will deal with that next hour. organized crime is causing retailers a lot of money. experts say they know the brazen looters know they can easily get off the hook because of the laws in democrat run cities. we have another report. 12 major cities are seeing a record number of homicides. police in portland are telling residents their 911 response times may be delayed because of staffing shortages.

lauren: he's got to be awfully tired though. stuart: seems to have a lot of energy. lauren: maybe gives up one of those companies. stuart: who knows what he's really doing. laurenlook at this. a 2019 tweet from senator corey booker. it reads, the vicious attack on actor jussie smollett was an attempt at modern day lynch ing. i am glad he's safe. smollett told the word he had been beaten by white trump supporters but it was all a lie. we are seeing biggest inflation spike since 1982 president biden says that does not reflect today 's reality. well, what reality is he talking about? because a majority of americans disagree. we've got a report on that. >> so many people are moving to south florida, they need to create a new area code for your phone. florida congressman byron donald is here to talk about his state 's literally booming economy. >> ♪ welcome to miami ♪ flexshares etfs are built with advanced modeling. to fill portfolio gaps and target specific goals. strengthening client confidence in you. before investing consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. go to flexshares.com for a prospectus containing this information. read it

lauren? lauren: he hinted towards dogecoin but he as flexible, ashley. >> i think mars itself will need to have a different currency. i don't know if mars will have a cryptocurrency thing are but probably, seems likely but kind of localized thing on mars. the future of mars should be up to the martians. laurenn musk and other smart people this is a wide-ranging podcast interview. musk said a few other things i want to quickly point out. he doesn't get ether. he thinks nick zabo is the closest thing to the creator of bitcoin. everybody is trying to figure out who exactly is the creator. we still don't have an answer and i'm not sure it matters. ashley: no, it doesn't. i love the comment. we'll leave it up to the martians. lauren, the largest cryptocurrency binance coin, that outperformed leaders this year by how much. lauren: they all did well, but up 1300% this year. bitcoin by comparison was up 65%. i was thinking 100,000 by the end of the year, felt like we would get there in october and november. ether up more than 400%. there you have it. you were talking with the we bull ceo about dogecoin? ashley: yes. lauren: he is right. it is popular on social media, popular because of elon musk. it was the number one crypto on stock twist. so you know, it does have that social reputation. ashley:

we now go over to lauren simonetti who's in for liz claman. boy, hello again, lauren. laurenlast hour of the last day of trading of 2021. happy new year to you, ashley, and all of our viewers at fox business. it is already 2022 in dubai. the world's biggest tower ringing in the new year with a fireworks display like no other. and in 9 hours, we'll see the iconic ball drop in new york city, and america will begin to close the books on

lauren, what do you make of the circular firing squad of the hollywood elite? >> lauren: enough is enough. everywhere you go -- did you hear what congressman bauman said about will back better, and the reason joe manchin didn't vote yes on it, because he's a white man and he doesn't like poor people or women or people of color? i mean, come on. maybe he's actually worried about inflation or what people of west virginia think, i could keep going. salvation army, their donations are down. one reason why that could be is because they put out this woke guide and people are like, enough. let me watch what i want to watch and cast what i want to cast, vote who i want to vote for and stop trying to label me. >> laurenhen you watch the woke stir is try to cancel each other, that's the ultimate level of wokeness. morris b "outnumbered" in just a moment. give them a call. veteran homeowners- with home values at all-time highs and rates at near all-time lows now's the time to do more with your home equity. veterans are calling newday at a . . lue to upgrade the kitchen, add a pool for the grandkids, or have the security of cash in the bank. with an average cash out amount of $60,000, you can do more. with age comes more... get more with neutrogena® retinol pro plus. a powerful .05% retinol that's also gentle on skin. for wrinkles results in one week. [ marcia ] my dental health for peowas not good.. i had periodontal disease, and i just didn't feel well. but then i found clearchoice. [ forde ] replacing marcia's teeth with dental implants at clearchoice was going to afford her that permanent solution. [ marcia ] clearchoice dental implants gave me the ability to take on the world. i feel so much better

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the list goes on, lauren. >> lauren: yeah, you never really hear the correction of the narrative publiclynetworks are going to get sued. i reckon back to, do you remember "the new york times" the editorial page editor james bennett? remember he, he is in charge of the editorial page, and he ran an op-ed by tom cotton that was talking about the urban riots. right? he left his job for that. that article, that op-ed, offered a different point of view then they media, then what the narrative was at the time. you look at all these moments and no one is correcting the way it has been done. it is like to keep trying to cover it up. people are losing their jobs because they are raising their hand and say well, did you actually think about it like this in a space where you are encouraging different point of views. >> kayleigh: yeah, then there was the ivermectin controversy coming to maine where we were told in oklahoma hospital was overcrowded with peo people whod overdosed on ivermectin them, that gunshot wound victims were not getting in. it was a false story line but perpetuated because it was

lauren: in these hot markets that doesn't get you that much more house unfortunately. david: it doesn't. next, lauren, airbnb under fire for properties for rent in china's shen seng region. the problem is the group that owns the land? laurenctioned by the u.s. for genocide accomplice at this time, david. airbnb is stuck in the cross-hairs between the u.s. and china. do the sanctions apply to those dozen or so homes in the northwestern part of china, where the uyghur population is. mass human rights abuses by beijing, by the government. this is reputational risk to airbnb. they are a sponsor of the beijing winter olympics. they're in a pickle quite frankly. they told "axios" it is not required of us to vet the landowner but in a situation like this, a business dealing with the sanctioned entity, they're in some hot water. david: getting harder and harder to justify going to the olympic games? lauren: betting harder and harder to justify doing business with china and in china. david: thank you, lauren. you can no longer post photos or videos of private people on twitwer without their consent. joe concha taking on twitter's new privacy policy you should know aabout. that is in the next hour. house lawmakers are grilling trea

lauren: yeah. david: there are always consequences. there are no sew uggs loos, only tradeoffs. lauren, thank you very much. laurene story. they're making, recommending that boeing make the engine cover stronger because this is crazy, plane parts actually deattached midair in some instances and fell into people that live in the suburbs in their backyard. so the engine-maker is a unit of raytheon, pratt & whitney. they're on board with the changes that the faa is saying. united is essentially the only airline that has this particular jet of course. they're not flying it now. david: you want to see santa's sleigh land on your roof but not a piece of an airplane. that is where i draw the line. lauren: we have this big bowl of reindeer food, we put out tonight, tomorrow night, i'm confused. today is christmas eve eve. so we'll do tomorrow night. david: i haven't even said it to you. merry christmas, lauren. lauren: thank you. we're starting, i'm starting to get in the spirit for a while. this is a tough month. david: it has been a tough month. christmas changes everything. lauren, thank you very much. now this, elon m

lauren? lauren: 10. stuart: susan? reporter: sub-10. single-digits. china has no time zone differences so thinking russia, china. stuart: well give us a number? reporter: seven. stuart: thank you very much indeed. ash? ashley: 12 and how come we don't have four options? stuart: good one. i will say 10. i think that it is 10. let's have a look. oh, it's 11, okay. laurent: no, no, it's wide. the wider the more time zones. neil: i really wasn't interested , >> [laughter] neil: i was just making conversation, thank you, stuart varney a wonderful weekend, my friend. we are following up the time zone thing but the selling thing the dow down about 500 points but what really got my attention is what's been going on in the bond market. i want you to take a gander at the 10 year note. look at that.

lauren: it balances out, thank you for joining us. >> thank you lauren, happy holidays. laurengo daddy under pressure as a major activist investor wants to see more profit from all of the urls. details on that in today's pop stocks coming at you in time for a market check strong start to the final week of 2021 the dow up 268 points, the rest of the market rallying one plus percent. "the claman countdown" coming right back. ♪ lauren: fox business alert take a look shares of go daddy jumping after they disclosed the steak in the website services company said it may purge for changes to improve the stocks performance the hedge fund said it held the 6.5% stake in go daddy shares of go daddy are flat year to date but up a present right now. let's take a look at the stock, that stock is gamestop under pressure after the videogame retailer price target up to $23 a share the brokers is gamestop software sales have been about flat despite very strong videogame industry sales this year and says rising digital concerns to end growth going forward gamestop shares are down 3%. period abbott

lauren: get a picture to this. squat down, we want to see his hands and face. >> squat down, man. there you go. lauren: there it is. merry christmas. >> merry christmas, everybody. a beautiful one with your family. i hope santa treats the boys very well. laurenent demand during the pandemic. susan will this carry into the new year. es. susan: especially with the lag time with multiyear long leases. golden age for multifamily should continue ordering to the analysts. several factors for the strong rental market. you have new families moved out, going to their own places after lockdowns and a hot housing market means that people are being priced out. so they can't afford to buy. so they rent instead. occupancy is a record 97%. rents are up 20% the past 12 months. i didn't know this. this definitely got my attention. you know the equity apartment index of all publicly-traded apartment companies is up 60% this year. lauren: wow. susan: double the return for the s&p 500. those returns are pretty lucrative, definitely attention-grabbing. lauren: susan, thank you. let's check the over all market before we head to break. dow jones industrial average, look it is up 69 points at the moment. so continuing to build after a closing at the highs of the se

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lauren simonetti. lauren you're watching novavax. laurenl in india and that stock is up 8.25%. let's take a look at disney, ashley. "spider-man," $242 million in profits. after you factor out the cost of making the movie paying the actors, could triple to 600 million according to deadline. why? not just the box office but character sales. one more note on disney for you up 2% right now, typhoon lagoon opens in florida the day after new year's. it has been closed since march of 2020. that is a popular one. last one for you, inexpensive stock. it is called flow tech chemistry and company, they make air disinfectants. they received 33% gain for all or buyout of the company. i know it is 75 cents but it is a big gain. ashley: 33%, that is 19 cents. lauren, thank you very much. one analyst says costco may be raising membership fees. stuart varney is not going to be happy about that. do we know how much more and when? lauren: we do. five to $10 in about nine months. that is according to guggenheim. they say this is a good thing for the stock. it

lauren michaels leave , mr. ebersol brought in and dick brought lauren in close , as a consultant. so, laurenespect to him by the way. he's built a complete dynasty over there, so why would he want to leave, you know? all he has to do is call the shots and you've got it made , man. neil: you know, it goes through these spurts though where it's very like when you were there, you know, maybe not so much, but it rides these waves and its an iconic institution but lately now, because of the latest omicron scare and the rest is a scaled down, almost like a pandemic-like show and i'm wondering how long that goes on. you didn't have to worry about that sort of stuff when you were on it but viewers i'm sure don't flip over that. no, i don't know but it's great to see tom hanks show up the way the great tom hanks stepped up and paul rudd is just great and i know you're right, people go with the cast, you know me and eddie and everything else but you got i'm a pete davidson fan and michael shay is very funny but this kid is hysterical so they got enough talent to maintain it. you got 30 seconds for a f

lauren fox. lauren is joining us now. laurenitical moment for her party and squeed t indeed the country. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. chuck schumer has made it clear that he wants to vote on the build back better plan before the christmas break. so i asked her very pointedly, is she ready to vote yes? she wouldn't commit to being ready just yet. >> you have met directly with the president. perhaps more than any other senator in the democratic party, maybe aside from joe manchin. what lessons have you learned? what kind of negotiator is the president? and is it hard for you to tell the president, no, i can't do that. >> president biden served in the senate for a long time so he knows how negotiations work. he also during this process called me repeatedly and asked me to continue working with senator rob portman and others in the g-10 to find this bipartisan agreement and showed a real commitment to wanting this bipartisan achievement, which we've accomplished. and i think the big challenge in front of us is for us to all work

lauren. lauren: she was in san francisco talking about the bipartisan infrastructure deal when she was disrupted by you know this chant. >> this is -- >> "let's go brandon"! >> mark, mark desona. laurenbrandon brown writes in an op-ed. i have no interest in leading a political fight, i race cars. i will no longer be silent about the situation i find myself in, millions of americans are chanting my name. i hear them even if washington does not. stuart: that is important. >> that is a way of being political without being political. he didn't want to speak up, canceled by his sponsors, his sport. he listened. why are they chanting my name. i hear you. i use a lot of gas, than most people. i race cars. i get it. stuart: what a fascinating story. thanks, lauren. let's get back to the markets. we're up pretty much on the upside. look who is here, david bahnsen, the man himself. david, i will ask you the same question i asked a lot of people this week and last week too. is the bull market over? >> i'm not sure that the bull market is over but i do think it will slow down, stuart. i think you will have slower rate of growth in the year ahead and particularly some of those high p-e and those

lauren? lauren: let's hear the president himself here you go. >> i've seen more [laughter] of dr. fauci than i have my wife , we kid each other, but look, whose president? fauci. laurenat him, and now president biden is elevating him to commander-in-chief, joke or not, but it gives him, fauci , a public health bureaucrat, more power to dictate how americans should act , and that, a lot of people aren't comfortable with. they feel belittled by to the things that fauci has said in terms he's done in gain of function research. david: now this , black lives matter want people to boycott white companies this holiday season, where do blm's corporate donors stand on this racism? who knows, they are staying pretty silent, but after two years, art basal is back in miami this time, nft's are taking center stage in the form of digital art, susan has got the report from miami that's next. >> ♪ you booked a sunny vrbo ski chalet. with endless views of snow-covered peaks. ♪ ♪ a stove that inspires magnificent hot cocoa. and a perfect ski-in ski-out. but the thing they'll remember forever? grandpa coming out of retirement to give a few ski lessons. the time to plan your get togethe

lauren. let's see, it's lauren, lauren, i found my phone thank you.: i did have a surprise tyson corner small guy from arkansas. senator tom cotton showed up. ainsley: did he really? brian: gave remarks. ainsley: that's nice. brian: he said do you know where my younger one is? i said no. we had our hands full. he came down and did some shopping. he blended in. made remarks and talked about bob dole, his passing. and then said i have got to go shopping. ainsley: how many children? he has three? brian: he has two. brian he left with two. ainsley: how was your weekend? steve: it was great. i did the tunnel 2 towers event on friday my daughter marry came in. we put up christmas deck core rations and a lot of cook. brian: honored suzanne scott. steve: raised millions of dollars. ainsley: suzanne is our ceo and so involved with that organization. because of all of you, all of your support has raised a lot of money for this organization. steve: we have a very special partnership that has made it possible we are very proud of it. later on today, it's official

lauren, give me the details. lauren: yeah i think he bought it at 200 or $500, conflicting reports maybe both. ashley: wow. lauren$12 billion. he says bitcoin is so powerful because it is traded freely saying fiat money like the dollar, the euro, the yen, they're made out of paper lies because central banks are producing more than ever. his goal, even though it has been shot down by mexico's central bank to make banco as ac to do purchaseby bitcoin. he is a billionaire. ashley: south american countries have adopted bitcoin and other as official tender. i'm wondering would this statement from a billionaire whether this may spread? it is very interesting. lauren: yeah. just think about all the remittances that go to those countries, right? it makes it much easier to do so. ashley: right. lauren: it is borderless, right? it's simple. so we'll see. ashley: it's simple. lauren: whether we see such an institutional adoption of bitcoin and other cryptos this year, 2022 could bring even more. ashley: well, that is interesting because the feds still have a shady view of it because they have concerns about money laundering

in the meantime i'm going to toss it over to lauren simonetti in for liz claman, lauren? it's all yours. laurenerybody well happy new year's eve eve one more day to go until the end of the year and the markets trying to go out with a bang. take a look at the dow and the s&p 500 here. any higher close is a record, so we're looking at fresh closing highs for both of them, and a whole tech lexicon cropped up this year, the metaverse, plus apple is inching towards that $3 trillion market cap. we're going to take a look back at the tech year that was and preview what's ahead for the new

lauren, can you explain that one to me? lauren: i can try. stuart: please. laurenhigh cost. she said what high cost, then deflect flecked blame. >> you saw every single republican in the house vote against build back better. what were they voting against? yes, they were voting against the president's agenda. they were voting against lowering costs. lauren: todd piro called it mental gymnastics lass week, that is what jen psaki tries to control the narrative for the white house, the policies are food, will reduce costs for you. we've seen the penn wharton model, cbo model, it is trickery in the build back better plan. the real cost of it is much higher. when you have inflation wherever you go, more spending doesn't help the problem. she didn't admit that, she blamed republicans being against everything the president wants to do because she want to be against them. stuart: i understand the reasoning. lauren: i tried. stuart: bring in congresswoman nancy mace, republican from south carolina. congresswoman, welcome to the show. great to see you, you are a republican. w

lauren greene with the latest. lauren. >> well we know an drew cuomo troubles into the family tree as his younger bro christian cuomo of cnn trial time anchor terminated today. chris cuomo was taken off the air earlier this week after it was revealed he had been communicating and strategizing with his brother andrew over the attorney general's investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by at least 11 women in the governor's office. a statement tweeted out by cnn communications less than an hour ago, said chris cuomo was defended earlier this week pengsding further evaluation of new information that came to light about his involvement with his brother's defense. we retained a respected law firm to conduct the review and have terminated him effective immediately. while in the process it have that review, additional information has come to light, that despite termination we will investigate as appropriate back in august chris cuomo denies any wrong doing. >> i never misled anyone about the information i was delivering or not delivering on this program. i never attacked nor encouraged anyone to attack any woman who came forward. i never made calls to the press about my brother's situation. i never influenced or attempted to control cnn coverage of my family. reporter: now moments ago chris cuomo tweeted out this is not how i want my team to end but i've already told you why and how i helped my brother. so let me now say as disapongting as this is i could not be more proud of the team at cuomo prime time. and the work we did as cnn's number one show in most competitive time slot. jim i should say it was reviewed that department of justice launched a civil rightings inquiry into andrew cuomo allege sexual harassment, of course, as we all know the scandal forced governor to resign last august. jon. jon: laurenene what a chain of events, lauren, thank you. let's bring in the hill, media, and politics columnist joe concha also a fox news contributor first questions, joe are you surprised? >> not terribly surprised. i was on with bill and dana on america newsroom earlier in the week and i had said that his days were numbered based on conversations that i had with some fairly prom innocent on air people at that particular network. and sure enough, here we are. three things got the best of chris cuomo jon in a complete lack of a moral compass apparently is a thing in that family. quite frankly this action fallen months ago when it was very apparent what was happening here. this was an anchor who served as a quarterback of research by digging up dirt on credible accusers of sexual harassment against his then brother governor. he also lied on air you just played clip about extended role he was playing in that regard this is someone also faked his own quarantine in 2020 even at a police report file

lauren ralph lauren should not be sold. they're saying it's weakening right now. but retail 's been down, down, down wait for a bounce if you want to sell retail. retail, they make things and do stuff. >> you know what was behind there because it's rare still. >> they're saying they have proprietary channel checks remember, apple -- >> take a look at rl, by the way. >> capri is good but i also think retail is just been crushed and i don't think it makes a lot of sns to sell ralph laurensonoma should be bought. >> what you got on "mad money" tonight? >> i have bumble a stock that's been crushed. and joe papa i happen to like joe he saved the company and -- >> to say the least. >> he used to play -- you know jason on our team? >> of course >> he used to play ice hockey with him >> no kidding. >> yeah. and he and his wife had a baby but he plays hockey with joe too. so, joe is pug nations >> yes, he is. >> i enjoyed this hour >> i'm glad you did so you can have fun >> smuker, another one. >> make things, do stock, as opposed to buy now, pay later. >>> coming up the future of one of china pfls ev makers. we're going to speak about his company's game plan fofwegr rot. as well as the state of chinese d-listing. age before beauty? why not both? visibly diminish wrinkled skin in... crepe corrector lotion... only from gold bond. i'll shoot you an estimate as soon as i get back to the office. hey, i can help you do that right now. high thryv! thryv? yep. i'm the all-in-one man

lauren: i think the previous guest said it perfectly. it is the pandemic. it is anti-police, anti-bail, all coming together and. stuart: you're right. lauren: 52homicides in philadelphia. stuart: thank you, laurenon't have enough workers. we're just beginning to see that. but starting today new york city businesses will require children five to 11 to show proof that they have got the jab. good lord. we have got a report on that one too. ♪. (vo) what's better than giving a better phone this holiday season? oh! i know, i know. giving a better phone on a better network. how much better? ranked #1 in network reliability 16 times in a row better. the most awarded for network quality a whopping 27 times by j.d. power better. yeah. and verizon is ranked #1 in customer satisfaction for small business wireless service better. this round's on me. holiday better with 5g from america's most reliable network. because everyone deserves better. stuart: all right. the markets, look at them know. the dow is up 40, but the nasdaq is down 130. sew let's take a look at old tech. that is what i call i blm. what have you got, susan? susan: big blue teaming up with utech and samsung to microchip design an technology.

lauren, what about you? have you let loose on the air accidentally? >> lauren: you know, but i blame my wardrobe. way too casual. everybody has, and that's why we are cursing. >> gillian: [laughs] mercedes, you get the last word. you have ten seconds. >> mercedes: here's the deal, it starts at the [bleep] and then fauci, or phrases like "let's go, brandon," where we've ended these days. >> gillian: perfect. before we all say goodbye and merry christmas, we want to give a special shout out to our executive producer extraordinaire. he's also very handsome. there is. it's his last day today. before i start crying, i want to say that he has been the heart and soul of this show for seven years. he is leaving, but he's not leaving the fox family. he's going over to be managing editor of foxnews.com. it's a huge job. we offer you all of our congratulations. we are going to miss you every single day, and thank you for making this show what it is. stick around, "america reports" coming up next. ♪ ♪ >> fox news alert to kick off "america reports," millions of americans hitting the roads and taking to the s

lauren simonetti is in for liz claman. lauren, i'm going to send it to you. lauren: hi, everybody, welcome to "the claman countdown."f their all-time highs as the santa claus rally week continues. investors hoping to get to the end of the year on a high note with the s&p 500 beating the dow and the nasdaq for the first time since 2005. tesla ceo and time magazine's man of the year seems to be done selling, we think. elon musk sold another batch of tesla shares as

lauren simonetti is with me. what do you make of all of that? lauren: okay so -- neil: not the hair. laurenhaircut we like, i think he looks very spiffy? neil: really? lauren: i think his overall point, just government, be a referee, don't be a player. those were his words. there is a little bit of hypocrisy there though. he essentially said we don't need subsidies whether for charging stations, okay, government you don't give them to the gas stations either. neil: you liked them when they were starting. lauren: got so many subsidies from the state of nevada. china, cheap land. he was the first to start manufacturing in china without a local partner there he hasgotten a lot about it public's health, and you can name which public you want to choose there. to his credit, past two years, tesla amassed this market share by not having the federal tax credit, subsidy rather. neil: he is worsening the deficit and the debt but one thing i thought he was intriguing, why should there be different ages for these people that buy vehicles from union workers? you get a 12,500-dollar credit doing that, ve

lauren: new high. the drive-thru really strong. they improved major markets the time by 30 seconds over the past two years. stuart: that is important. lauren: fast-food. stuart: fast-food must be fast. laurenive through. i go inside. lauren: i have three kids with me all the time. i hear you. that would be faster. stuart: i hear you. i'm moving on. garmin transferring to the new york stock exchange, 21 years almost to the day after the ipo on the nasdaq. the president and ceo is cliff pemble, he joins me now. cliff, thanks for coming on the show. an important day for you. why the switch? why leave nasdaq to go to the nyse? >> thanks, stuart and good morning. over the last 21 years our stock evolved a lot, the company has evolved a lot. we diversified our position and share hold composition. this move which believe nyse bring as human element we're looking for in the trading and we believe it will help as a management team and benefit our shareholders, cliff, i always think of garmin as the gps people. i think you were the first way back when. but now everybody uses their phone to do gps stuff. you, i think, your company moved on to smartphones. is that accurate? >> no, not really. we actua

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lauren. should we start with bitcoin? lauren: let's do it. a table below 50000. about 5000 bucks, it's the last whatever was. laurenas a weekend of selling down 20%, 42000 and change at one point. it is still down in november, remember the high 69000 is very volatile and the moves are helping to rule out the idea that bitcoin is a safe haven in the hedge against inflation. you are not seeing that now with what we heard from the fed last week. maybe it's an investment. they are out with a new survey and they said older americans and females are showing more interest. it is pretty widespread. stuart: 483 as we speak and to speak on bitcoin. keith fitz is with us. were talking crypto. who did the selling, the retail guys or the big players. >> it was the big players something called the whale ratio was 95% coming into the weekend. that is the ratio with the amount of bitcoin that people hold their wallets. you see this kind of stuff on the stock exchange in the future and et cetera around the world this is not an abnormal move, big players decided they want to take some skin off the game or whatever the expressionist

lauren boebert. it is lauren boebert. the source of it is someone who spewed hate, vile hate about a fellow member of congress, a fellow human being, about a fellow -- and the leadership does nothing, does nothing. they didn't do anything benz paul gosar when he tweeted a video, says it was a cartoon. he threatened to kill a colleague in a video, nothing done about it. not repudiated, rewarded, the leader of the house republican said he'll get his committee assignments back if they take the majority. marjorie taylor greene puts phone numbers online. that's hate speech too for republicans who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure plan, she gets rewarded. kevin mccarthy has not publicly called out hate within his ranks. that's the source of this. >> john, i want to ask you about a massachusetts connection to all of this. i want to ask you about the fact that the red sox traded for jackie bradley jr. before the lockout. i just learned that moments ago. we're not going to talk about jackie bradley jr., which i really want to, i'll talk about charlie baker. the two-term wildly popular republican governor in massachusetts, speculation he would run for a third term. he announced yesterday he's not going to do that. he says it is not because he's been attacked by former president donald trump. he's been singled out by the former president, trump supporters have gone after charlie baker. he says it is not that, but you do have to wonder if the rhetoric that we're hearing in congress, from laurennd marjorie taylor greene, supported by the former president, is contributing to very popular people like charlie baker not wanting to be in this game anymore. >> i think you're right. there are a lot of people, not our job to take sides, a lot of people are committed public servants who would get paid more money in the private sector, who throughout the covid pandemic like governor baker and other governors around the country had to deal with the stress of that as well, who are stepping aside because they say it is not fun anymore or they want to move on to something else. he could have broken the massachusetts curse, three-term governor doesn't happen in the commonwealth of massachusetts, but he decided to step aside. the former president trump had already gotten involved trying to get a trump candidate into the race. there is a trump candidate into the race right there. what it does is it takes off the stage, we're having a conversation about who will be responsible in the republica

lauren boebert makes all of them look like gandir. >> this is lauren boebert, a congresswoman from colorado. she was at a hearing and her background on her zoom is a whole bunch of guns. >> republican wong woman lauren boebert decided it to copy one of her republican colleagues and posted a photo of herself with her children, some of them rather young here, holding what appear to be semiautomatic rifles in front of their christmas tree. >> on the day she was sworn in, she released this flashy video. >> declaring she will be bringing her 9 millimeter glock to the halls of congress and streets of dsm krvment. >> it is our job in congress to defend your right including your second amendment and that is exactly what i'm here to do. >> boebert has attracted national attention for awhile. she owns a gun themed restaurant where she encourages her employees to be armed. >> i'm guessing you haven't had any sort of altercations or any attempted robbers or anything like that, since the girls started packing heat. >> no, we have had no altercations like that, nothing physical and no one has tried to rob us, unless you count our salt shakers those get taken often. >> trevor: that's right, lauren boebert owns a r

lauren: i find it funny. it's a psa for booster shots. let's watch it. ♪. lauren: really think people will stay home for christmas like many did last year? stuart: no. lauren year. last year he did a duet with dolly parton. all i want for christmas was you. that was 2017 with paul mccartney. did you know about that? stuart: no. lauren: a wonderful christmastime. he does this every year. i think this was a funny ad, to say, people, please, protect everybody, see your family, but get a booster in the process. stuart: i think people will mix and mingle like they do at thanksgiving, and forget about covid, all the rest. that is what they will do. that is my opinion. >> we're fed up. stuart: we have good news from pfizer on vaccines. three doses of their vaccine really work against omicron. but there is a study just released on the omicron variant not such good news. what have we got? lauren: it was a small study, all the studies say same thing. two doses protect but you will need a third dose. that is good news for pfizer because it's a cash cow. they're expecting $36 billion from vaccine sales. -- omicron. stuart: at start of pandemicker this 35. they got the

going to do it for us today, wow time really flew, lauren simonetti is in for liz claman, and lauren simonetti going to take it from here. over to you. laurene're looking at the dow jones industrial average and it is so close, hitting its 45th record high this year, the nasdaq, however, continues to lose steam at this hour, and it's a nail biter for the s&p 500. yes, it hit an intraday high, pierced through 4,800 for the first time, but it's now swinging between gains and losses, down just 3 points, cryptocurrency is not feeling the same kind of love bitcoin dropping nearly 4,000 and we'll take a look

lauren blanchard joinses us live from washington as a growing number of americans reject the administration's agenda. lauren, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carley, todd. some democrats say vice president kamala harris has been given a nearly impossible of job by the oval office. the vice president shot back, saying that's what she signed up for. >> no, i don't believe i'm being set up to fail. i'm vice president of the united states. anything that i handle is because it's a tough issue. and it couldn't be handled at some other level. knew the cbsinterview aired yes. she was asked if sinking poll numbers and unfavorable headline are because she is a female minority. she said she will leave others to deal with that and she is focused on her job which includes the border which remains chaotic and another part of the jobs is passing the president's stalled bill which she says still could happen. >> you're talking about build back better, asking like it has life to it. senator joe manchin said he's a no. .you don't have the votes. >> i'm not giving up. the president's not giving up and frankly the stakes are too high. >> reporter: a stalled agenda heading into the new year and much of the first year of the biden/harris administration has frustrated many within the party and a most republicans and a growing number of americans. >> we went from literally 11 months safe streets to record crime. we went from a secure border to complete chaos. we went from stable prices to now record inflation. we went from strength and projecting strength around the world to the debacle that was the exit in afghanistan. so you name the policy, they've screwed it up. >> reporter: a real clear politics average of polls shows harris with 52% unfavorable rating, president biden has 53% disapproval on his job so far. carley, todd. todd: lauren blanchard live for us in washington. lauren, thank you very much. a lot of news coming out of that interview that we just saw part of. and one of the major pieces that we're analyzing this morning is kamala harris' take on what the major national security threats are to our country. you think it would involve the border, you think it would involve the wrist situation that is -- tar wrist situation that is more or less cultivated by the pullout of afghanistan. but no, that's not what tops her list of national security threats. >> frankly, one of them is our democracy. there is i think no question in the minds of people who are foreign policy experts that the year 2021 is not the year 2000. i think there's so much about foreign and domestic policy that, for example, was guided and prioritized based on september 11th, 2001 and we are embarking on a new era where the threats to our nation take many forms including the threat of autocracies taking over and having outsize influence. i go ba

lauren: he is not buying it. neil: 48 megapixel camera. lauren: scary i said. neil: lauren simonetti on all of that.as a great read of oil markets. he may have a bunch of apple products i don't know for sure. andy, great to see you. what is going on with opec countries not keen on changing production levels to help us out, not on these days that it is necessary but your thought on oil and where we stand right now? >> well, opec is continuing with their program to increase or restore production in january. that would relief some of the pressure they have been receiving from the united states, china and india about supply shortfalls. you know, as we go forward of course the oil market is really being buffetted by what we see on the demand side, especially from the latest covid variant and since november 9th, we've seen oil prices fall over 20%. you know the good news is that the covid variant did what the strategic petroleum release could not do which was -- neil: that is a very good point. that is a very good point. you're right about that but finish that thought. >> as a result you know the consumer

lauren egan and wendy woolfolk, both nbc correspondents. lauren, of course, reports on behalf of -- for the white house. lauren, let's talk first about the president. we just heard from the president in wilmington, delaware, where you are, addressing the fact that he spoke with the governors earlier today. we'll provide anything these states devastated by these tornados needs in order to help them, of course, recover. take us through some of what we heard from the president. >> that's right. the president promising in his speech to bring with him the full force of the federal government as these states start their rescue and recovery missions right now. he noted that just a few hours ago, he approved kentucky's request for an emergency declaration. he said he would be ready to approve similar requests if other states that were impacted by these tornados requested a similar request as well. the president said that he and the first lady were praying for these families. he has directed fema to provide housing assistance to those that have been displaced by this storm. he also said that he would be willing to go a

lauren fox joins us now. lauren, it took a lot of heavy lifting to get this through the house in its current form. what changes are we talking about from manchin here and do others back those changes? >> well, that's the key question here. hope springs eternal from democratic leaders who are optimistic they can push this through before the christmas holiday. senator joe manchin a key roadblock in these discussions. he spoke with the president yesterday over the phone. they had a productive conversation, that was a readout from manchin's office and the white house. yet there's still no promise that senator manchin is making that he will support this bill. instead he has deep concerns that he made clear yesterday that fall under the categories of inflation. that inflation report last week startled him. he said it was a problem for him. he also has concerns about moving too quickly. so whether or not that categorizes moving before christmas as too quickly, we don't know. senator joe manchin is someone that all of his democratic colleagues are watching very closely. you know, it's always a delicate balance. they can't pressure him too much, they have to let him stay at the table with the president. right now all hopes are in the president to try to get him to yes. jim and erica? >> we'll see if it works this time. laurent month in court today. what to watch for next. it's the you are my diamond sale. get 25% off everything. ♪ this is how we shine... at zales. the diamond store. ♪ ♪ you are my fire ♪ ♪ the one desire ♪ ♪ you are, you are, ♪ ♪ don't wanna hear you say... ♪ ♪ ♪ i want it that way ♪ at capella university, we know the world is pretty smart. wicked smart. so we made flexpath smart enough that you can finish the bachelor's degree in business you've started in 18 months for $18,000. that's smart. capella university. don't just learn. learn smarter. as i observe investors balance risk and reward, i see one element securing portfolios, time after time. gold. your strategic advantage. as a professional bull-rider i'm used to taking chances. but when it comes to my insurance i don't. i use liberty mutual, they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. wooo, yeaa, woooooo and, by switching you could even save 665 dollars. hey tex, can someone else get a turn? yeah, hang on,

while we welcome in political commentary, social media kind of sore, lauren chin for her always welcome analysis. lauren, i tell you i am a fan of take talk out of the band from day one for a really good reason. it was because of the fact that it was very much diverse and the type of information i saw. it wasn't just teenagers dancing. it was everything from cleaning products to household kids. it started with teens with sticking though and dancing, but it's expanded. what's behind it? do you believe this broadening of what we find on tick tock and how much of the pandemic and lock downs? was that the key to success? a good timing? well, you actually got a leg up on me when it comes to tick tock, because i was one of those hold out to didn't really start going on the site until the pandemic until i was born at home. and i started wondering what are all these young people in teams up to on the platform, but like so many others. once i started visiting it more, i all of a sudden got it and you are right. it tick tock does have a reputation as being somewhat of a shallow social media side just with teams,