good morning, it's fed day, i'm lauren simonetti. >> nicole: good morning, i'm nicole petallides. of fed's policy statement. watch the language. dow futures down 80. s&p futures down 13. >> lauren: another volatile day of trading in china. the shanghai index. >> nicole: right now 28.36 a barrel. down nearly 4% this morning. >> lauren: donald trump decides to skip tomorrow's debate. >> nicole: company warned that iphone sales will fall later this year for the first time ever. >> lauren: in sports andy murry moves on. welcome to fbn:am, first look at morning markets, breaking news and what to expect on the day ahead. >> nicole: breaking news this morning republican presidential candidates gearing up for tomorrow's presidential debate. last gop debate before monday iowa caucuses, front runner donald trump says he's skipping the debate. texas senator last night on hannity with his reactions. >> donald and i are tied in iowa. the voters in iowa deserve a comparison in vision. one candidate is asking for the support, showing humility and the other is hiding from voters, hiding from any f

joining us now is lauren simonetti. good morning. >> reporter: in morning. down seven plus percent. the av 7000 if you are using the average 401(k). will get better. the global economy slowing down. the u.s. is the safest place in the strongest place right now. it does not feel like our economy is growing. it did not look good / share either. 365 points allow for the dow

good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. >> nicole: welcome back to laura. d a beautiful baby girl. we are under pressure. >> lauren: we certainly are. also not helping stocks oil prices. saudi arabia cut diplomatic ties to iran after protestors set fire in embassy in tehran. they are trading to the upside. 37.40 is your quote right now. >> nicole: president obama plans to use oval office powers to tighten control gun laws, gop presidential candidates come out loudly. we will have the reaction on that. good morning, fbn:am, first look at what's moving in today's markets, latest breaking news and what to expect on the day ahead. >> lauren: closely tracking stock market action after that steep selloff that started in asia. right now u.s. stock market futures looking pretty terrible on the first trading day of the year. dow down 270 points. that started in asia. business reporter rachel live in beijing. good morning to kwrorbgs, rachel >> good morning. shanghai composite down 7%. worst start of the year for chinese shares ever. comes after latest data shows manu

i'm lauren simonetti. >> nicole: good morning, u.s. stock market futures looks like this. they actually were up a few hours ago. they have been bouncing around. in the last couple of hours to the downside. >> lauren: let's take a look at price of crude. up a quarter of one percent. >> nicole: president obama said to announce details on executive announcement on gun control. >> lauren: gop front runner donald trump continues attack-dog strategy on bill and clinton. the war of words. >> nicole: college teams face in three overtime battle last night. coach resigns after 12 years. all the details coming up. welcome to fbn:am, first look at your morning markets and breaking news and what to expect ahead. >> lauren: china's government moved to restore confidence there. $20billion in the money market. let's show u.s. stock market futures, worst start of the year. dow futures now down in triple digits, lowered by 107 points, s&p by 13 and nasdaq losing 29 points this morning. we have gary, president and fox news contributor on the phone for outlook. >> thanks for having me. >> laur

. >> lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. china's economy grew last year. >> nicole: let's check out u.s. stock market futures. 1.3%. 216 points for the dow. futures to the upside, s&p nearly up 27. >> lauren: heard -- heart ache in the music world. >> nicole: just hours being named number one. new york knicks hung on. we will have the highlights ahead. welcome to fbn:am, what to expect on the day ahead and breaking news. >> lauren: china's growth domestic products grew 2 nt 68% last year. it's down 6.9 from last quarter. economic growth for all of 2015 was the slowest in 25 years. so let's get a loser look at how asian markets reacted with business reporter tracy yu. tracy is a reporter for chinese state television. good morning, tracy. >> tracy: good morning, ladies, like you said, asian markets are all in the green. the shanghai composite bounced back by more than 3.2% after beijing released gdp. that's pretty much in line with market expectations. that lifted a little bit. like you said, it was the lowest of growth number

. >> lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti, after triple triple-digit dow futures showing gains, dow futures 117 point and nasdaq up 37. >> nicole: shanghai composite fell overnight. down 2.4%. rest of the indices are showing gains. >> lauren: oil about $30 a barrel. right now trading about $31 and change. >> nicole: and then there's this. >> the united states of america right now has the strongest most durable economy in the world. >> many americans are still feeling the squeeze of an economy, two weak to raise income levels. >> nicole: president obama delivers last union address. and nikki with response. we will have reaction to the speech. >> lauren: st. louis allows rams to move los angeles. welcome to fbn:am, morning markets and breaking news. >> nicole: sailers have been, in fact, released. iranian official said the detention of sailers taken into custody after two boats drifted into iranian waters is being resolved, however, wants to u.s. to apologize for the incident. the nine men and one women were held overnight in an iranian base. entered territorial waters in a boat b

good friday morning, i'm lauren simonetti. >> nicole: i'm nicole petallides. rkets futures this morning sinking ahead from the opening bell. s&p futures dropping 30 after we saw asia selloff. >> lauren: in asia it is official. a bare market after chien's stocks. sink another 3 and a half percent overnight. china stocks down 20% from recent high. >> nicole: much the blame in oil. down 5 and a half percent. welcome to fbn:am, first look at what's moving in today's markets and the latest breaking news and what to expect on the day ahead. >> lauren: republican presidential candidates clashes in a crucial debate hosted by fox business network. >> nicole: seven white house hopefuls taking the main stage in north charleston, south carolina, here are the highlights. >> tuesday night i watched story night with barack obama, i have to tell you it sounded like everything in the world was going amazing. >> hillary clinton would be a natural security disaster. if she gets elected instead of setting agenda, she might be going back and forth between the white house and the co

good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. >> cheryl: and good morning, i'm cheryl casone. u.s. stocks not being hit by the china selloff so far. looking to a positive open, the dow pointing higher by 74, s&p looking by 11 and a quarter, nasdaq is wow. >> lauren: finally, right? here you have the price of crude $32. seventy-two cents of barrel. >> cheryl: breaking news overnight rock star david bowie dies of cancer. we are going to have the story coming up. >> lauren: mexican authorities want to talk to sean penn. in the nfl wild card games, greenbay came from behind to defeat the redskins. minnesota and seattle the win with seconds remaining. those details coming up. welcome to fbn:am, first look at what's moving in today's markets and what to expect for your week ahead. >> cheryl: once again this morning go to asia, asian shares sankled to the lowest. tracy, a reporter for chinese state television. good morning, tracy. >> tracy: governing, ladies, 2016 continues to be a terrible day for trading. another plunge 5.3% after beijing released data and numbers over the weekend and f

good morning, i'm nicole petallides. >> lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. korea rattling stock markets overnight. 219 points, s&p 28, nasdaq giving 71. >> nicole: congress is said to repeal president obama's healthcare law and planned parenthood. >> lauren: donald trump taking ted cruz's citizenship. >> nicole: suppliers brace for lower sales. >> lauren: twitter considering expanding way beyond 140 characters, we will have the details. >> nicole: who goes in the fall of fame today and new york knicks almost blew a big lead but hung on. you're watching fbn:am, first look at what's moving in today's markets and what to expect on the day ahead. >> lauren: let's get started. north carolina claiming that it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. the un security council is plan to go hold an emergency meeting later this morning. the north is already under heavy un sanctions for its missile and nuclear test. pyonying had previously conducted test missiles. we condemn any violation of un security resolutions and calling north korea to abide by international obliga

i'm lauren simonetti. like wall street to add to yesterday's gains because of sinning move by japanese central bank. nicole: the central bank of japan shocking markets around the world by cutting interest rates below zero. the nikkei jumping almost 3% on the news. shanghai composite index up 3%. lauren: rising oil prices also helping to lift stocks. right now $33.31 a barrel is the price of crude. that is up .3%, the stock to watch today is amazon. jeff bezos and amazon post its largest profit ever. but it is not enough for investors. the stock is actually down sharply and we'll slain. lauren: in sports the nfl ramps up investigation of denver broncos quarterback peyton manning. the australian open gears up for weekend of finals matches. those details coming up. you're watching "fbn:am," latest markets and breaking news and what to expect in the day ahead. nicole: the republican candidates facing off in the final debate before the iowa caucuses. here is the highlights from the heated debate last night. >>

i'm lauren simonetti. >> nicole: good morning, i'm nicole petallides. u.s. stock market futures sharply lower ahead of the opening bell. also lows in the morning. dow futures down 292, s&p futures down 32. >> lauren: stock prices in asia under pressure sinking another 3.7% today. the hang seng down almost 4%. >> nicole: another letdown for crude oil prices with oil falling $28 a barrel. we will have complete market coverage for you. >> lauren: on the campaign trail donald trump picks up endorsement of sarah palin. and in sports, pete rose will have his number retired as hi gets into the hall of fame. show dominance by setting a new record. all coming up next. welcome to fbn:am, latest breaking news and what to expect ahead. looks like a tough one, nicole. >> nicole: police there say at least 19 have been killed, several other wounded. the taliban has claimed responsibility for this attack. back in 2014 taliban gunmen killed 150 people, mostly children in that country. >> lauren: getting back to the markets, lower ahead of the opening bell. dow futures fallen

i'm lauren simonetti. >> i'm nicole petallides. head fake or worst over for the stock market? lauren: japan's nikkei index soaring over 6%. nicole: oil over $30 a barrel this morning. remember when they were 26 bucks and change. lauren: on campaign trail shows donald trump and bernie sanders with big leads in iowa. we'll have those numbers. nicole: in sports, america's laura davis was eliminated by maria share share. kobe bryant selected to his 18th and final all-star team. all details coming up. details in latest on the markets and breaking news and what is happening in the day ahead. lauren: fox weather alert ahead. a drills snowstorm about to hit the mid-atlantic and northeast. states of emergency have been declared in washington, d.c. and five states. government offices will close in the nation's capitol will close at noon today. they are expected to receive two feet of snow. the mass transit system will shut down today. >> i'm declare state of emergency for the district of columbia. we anticipate the storm will start at 4:00 p.m. and continue through friday night, all day

. >> lauren: and i'm lauren simonetti. the shanghai composite down over 7% once again today before trading was halted. that has dragged all asian stock market slightly lower. nikkei down 2%. worst start in new year in two decades. kospi down more than 1%, nicole. >> nicole: u.s. stock market futures getting hit hard. dow futures 380 to the downside, 2.2% and s&p futures down 46. >> lauren: other big story is the oil market right now, if you look at the quote, 32.94, so far down in double digits. we are looking at double digits this year. we will have the live reports from beijing, london, chicago. welcome to fbn:am, first look at what's moving in today's markets and what to expect on your day ahead. nicole kidman lets get back to the breaking news. globe market selloff is right now. we will go to tracy yu, good morning, tracy, what's behind the selloff in china? >> tracy: good morning to you, ladies, we had a terrible trading day. we only traded for about 15 minutes. 7% triggering the circuit brakier again. fell to 10% dai

good morning, everybody, i'm lauren simonetti. >> jo ling: we will bring you overseas reaction as the market braces. >> lauren: u.s. stock markets are closed today but it's business as usual in markets overseas. >> jo ling: peyton manning leaves the broncos, almost blow a massive lead but wins. >> lauren: let's kick it off this morning, democratic presidential candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders clashing, key issues gun control, healthcare, wall street reform and taxes. >> instead of paying ten thousand dollars to blue cross or blue shield, yes, some middle-class family would be paying more in taxes, the result would be that the middle-class family would be saving $5,000. hick hick i will hillary >> i will not raise taxes. >> that is nonsense. >> he has voted with the nra, gun lobby numerous times. >> he has criticized president obama for taking donations from wall street. >> can you really reform wall street when they are spending millions and millions of dollars on campaign, contributions? >> lauren: both clinton and sanders expressing strong support for dip dimmic approac

good morning, i'm nicole petallides. >> lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti.he dow dropped as much as 565 points yesterday, it ended with a 250-point loss. that's it. rough day. u.s. stock market futures have been bouncing around. they were down 150, now they are down 69. nasdaq futures down 18. >> nicole: stock prices continue to stumble with japan nikkei falling 2 and a half percent. >> lauren: oil prices still driving equity markets. the latest price of crude this second 28.19 a barrel. >> nicole: forecast remain on target for a major potentially crippling snowstorm to slam the mid-atlantic and northeast this weekend. >> lauren: donald trump continues to lash out at ted cruz's failure to discloses loans from wall street. >> nicole: and in sports, the new york knicks come from behind to win in overtime and tennis legend says he was not aware of any corruption in the game during his career. all the details coming up. welcome to fbn:am, first look at what's moving in market and latest breaking news and what to aexcept on the day ahead. >> lauren: folks getting

an update on the storm's aftermath for you. >> lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti.acebook, microsoft and amazon ahead of today's opening bell. u.s. stock market futures are down, down is off 30 points and nasdaq is down six and a half. >> nicole: in asia, japan, start with gains, just like the kospi, we see the hang sen up 1.3%. >> lauren: oil prices edging lower overnight. decline of 2.4% this morning. what? twitter ceo, jack dorsey, top ranks at twitter. >> nicole: peyton manning against cam newton and new concern about matching in tennis welcome to fbn:am, first look at morning markets, breaking news and what to expect on the day ahead. >> lauren: let's kick it off with this breaking news this morning. millions of people from the east coast digging out from a monster snowstorm. the second largest in new york city's history with 26.8-inches of snow measured in central park. long island railroad saying seven of 12 lines are operational this morning. flooding parts of new jersey and in washington, d.c. federal offices will remain closed today. the house has postpone

good morning, everybody, i'm lauren simonetti. >> nicole: good morning, i'm nicole petallides. ck u.s. stock market futures for you. we see dow futures down 44, nasdaq up 14. >> lauren: we will take it. shanghai composite two tenths of 1%. we will have live report from beijing. nick >> nicole: big driver is oil prices. >> lauren: set is stage for fox business network republican debate. we have the lineup for you. >> nicole: president obama gets set to deliver his last state of the union address and we will tell you what to expect. >> lauren: in sports crimson tide edges clemson in a thrill thriller. you're watching fbn:am, first look at morning markets and what to expect on your day ahead. >> nicole: we are going to check with tracy yu, reporter for chinese television. good morning, tracy. >> tracy: most of the markets in the red. still managed to gain about two tenths of 1%. brokerages also rallied on earnings result. in hong kong hang seng dropped after the hong kong trade spiked to 7% overnight as r&b gets squeezed due to intervention. over in tokyo, six-day losing streak 2.7

good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. >> nicole: good morning, i'm nicole petallides. 220 points yesterday. dow futures are moving to the upside overnight. dow futures 93, s&p futures up 14. >> stocks in asia following lead. you do have up arrows for the hang seng and kospi. >> nicole: we have been looking at oil prices. right now 32.73. up 1.3%. >> lauren: latest on ceo mark zuckerberg million-dollar baby. >> nicole: serena breezes to the final and upset in college basketball. number five team in the nation is defeated. all the details coming up. welcome to fbn:am, first look at morning markets, breaking news and what to expect on the day ahead. >> lauren: hi, everybody, let's kick it off with this news this morning. republican presidential cant date to debate tonight in iowa, last gop before monday's iowa caucuses, front runner donald trump not participating in the debate. he was on the o'reilly factor talking about that decision. >> i submit to you that you need to change and get away from the personal, they're unfair to them and make it about them the folks, not about you. and you elev

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let's go to lauren simonetti she's live for us in the fox business studio. what's is look like today? >> only to the downside i did by 276 points it was down 470 at one point. can you imagine? 276 being the relief ?rots of people lost money yesterday, today stocks are down in a big way. once again so we're looking at four straight days of losses. i'm looking at the future market i see it down about 113 points and have a selloff likely at the open. are there bright spots out there? what is going on? i have two bright spots for you. number one is car sales. a lot of people driving old, old cars it is easier to just buy a new one. so december car sales will trickle in throughout this also the president expected to -- announce executive orders and gun stock up in a huge way. names like -- smith and wessen for example but at least there's some. you have a lot of folks saying we keep keeling you everywhere else things are bad. economy in world is slowing. u.s. is still the safist place to park your money. but if your 401(k) followed broader market you didn't make

lauren simonetti is here with what you need to know before you go. >> good morning. >> good morning,et off the shelf. they are cutting prices in more than 100 cities to give people incentive. they have a new app that will help you do things from finding parking to renting out your car while you are not using it. the app work for any one even drivers who do not own a ford. it launches in april. the worst days to fly this year are number 5, march 17th. the day where prices for spring jump. get the daybooked. july 31st is number three. number three is august 22nd. it is the bad day to travel but it is the last day of the expensive summer prices. number one the absolute worst day to take off is the span between november 23rd and 27th. the reason is, thanksgiving. mcdonald gets a make-over. the burger chain moving away from the cafeteria feel to a more comfortable intimate setting. these are the pictures of what the chain restaurants will look like. al leg grow, craft and simply modern. 7-,000 dollars for restaurants. >> lauren simonetti live for us -- not live, but joining us. >>> a mid

. >> joinings now from the fox business studio is lauren simonetti. good morning. all right car seats, he has a baby, toddler. >> i also bought one of the seats tell us. is you ben. a recall 71,000 of them these are models, be safe 35, be safe 35 it leet and be safe travel travel system told from november 2013 through this month. reason they're being called back is because the handles can break and when that happens seats can fall. you have to register for a free repair kit and they'll send to you if you spend around 200 to 250 this is probably your car seat. >> i bought the older car seat for the toddler. but lauren simonetti for us lauren have a good weekend stay safe and snow out there. >> she has a back. over to mike for a check of the weather. >> tomorrow a big mess out there. drain cold today. flurries after midnight and periods of snow tomorrow, and blizzard conditions coming up for us here in triare state that starts up in the morning and pretty much goes through the evening and into the night and then it shuts down by sunday. all right let's bring in ines

good morning the i'm lauren simonetti. nicole: good morning i'm nicole petallides. in the u.s. prices falling china's lead. nicole: oil prices moving off the 12 year lows. they're on the rise with china stocks as well. look at oil, 33.78. lauren: stocks and oil moving in the same direction this week. market chaos in china certainly becomes a political issue on the campaign trail. we'll tell you what candidates like donald trump had to say. nicole: we'll talk to gordon chang. he is the author of the coming collapse of china. is this just the beginning of the end? we'll hear reassuring words from charles schwab chief investment strategist liz ann sonders. live reports and analysis. we have you covered from beijing, new york, and chicago. fbam, your look at -- "fbn:am," your look at markets and breaking news, what to expect in the day ahead. mike ingram, market analyst at bgc partners joins us on the phone. mike what are you thinking now, after this crazy week? look, we're down 5% but up arrows this morning. now what? >> frankly i would just stay well away. very controversially un

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lauren simonetti thank you. see you monday. catch lauren on fox business network . where you can find they will in in your area go to fox business.com/channel findinger. lotion more than 6 billion last night rough nooght for him. after hours trading amazon reported a profit of $1 per share in the first quarter that is 56 cents less than inspectors expected caused stock to fall 100 buck ation share. don't feel bad for bases, though. "forbes" reports he's fourth in the world. >> icon tickle do will come in tall petite and curvey. available in seven skin tones. 22 eye colors and this hair styles. >> 22 tircht eye color, but four whatever. after the toy creates unrealistic expectations for women now expect to have purple eyes. new barbies will hit store >> i thought brown, hazel -- blue, green. and grey . >> some say green doesn't exist but a lighter version of haze itl. >> mix -- eye color. more accurate that's not really accurate. 22 but okay. we'll try to be accurate about the weather. expecting snow showers across the area moving across western new york and pennsylv

ben: joining us now is lauren simonetti. lauren. >> hello. ben: how are we looking on wall street query had hundred? >> we have the best day of the year yesterday. been this morning happened. two reasons for a massive selloff. oil broke $30 a barrel again. the other reason is china. these have been the same reason for the past two weeks. down 20% from the summer. ben: i know it is not good for the oil companies. they employ a lot of people. at the end of the day, it means more money in the pockets for us. >> we get retail sales for fueled people to put more gifts under the christmas tree. because the economy, arguably, is in that shape, people are saving. ben: happy friday. have a good weekend. you can catch lauren on the fox business network. juliet: in california, a huge celebration at a nursing home after a worker there was told she had won the powerball job but on wednesday. ben: when she thought she struck it rich, it was a prank. she is devastated. sun. the family is pretty embarrassed juliet: okay. ladies, listen to this story. ben: ma

lauren simonetti, fox business. >> high-tech electronics will cost a pretty penny, right? i saw your powerball ticket. >> tips from a lottery expert how to picker winning numbers. don't do it randomly. >> and, a man and his >> the family of a man accused of sexual battery with them of his girlfriend is speaking only to fox 35 news at the end of the month. terrell williamson is on the run after deputies said he forced himself upon a woman. >> detectives say his girlfriend was arrested and she faced a judge this morning in volusia county. jackie orozco with the story. >> reporter: locked up at the volusia county jail, on a sexual battery and false imprisonment charge. now the judge gave her a $150,000 bond, and her mother was present for her first court appearance and, she says her daughter is innocent and will do out of jail. 18 the 18-year-old was shocked to see how high her bond was set. >> there is probably cause you committed the crime and your bond is set at $100,000. >> reporter: the judge gave her a $50,000 bond for her other charge of false imprisonment. sheriffs de

lauren simonetti. >> he is up for election next year. 3.6 million.ple back to work. it was striking to me in this story. they are declaring economic emergency. what about terrorism. all those fears about national security. we are more concerned about the employment rate. >> all right. thank you very much. it is the worst year since 2009. are we headed to the talked about retail ice age? i think you are the one who coined that phrase. >> yes. are we seeing what you had forecasted? a slowdown in retail. >> yes, ashley. another 60 retail stocks at 52 week lows. in danger of contracting, like walmart has. it will spill over into the economics. >> why? what are they not doing? >> competing against the computers. fixed fortifications. for example order retailers that are not working. the middle class is getting crushed. people are motivated. people are paying higher prices in nine out of 10 monthly expenditures. they do not have the money to shop. reference and france. 10% in the u.s. as well. you look at the lowest labor participation rate in 30 years. as

ben: joining us now is lauren simonetti. >> never part of the criteria in my search for a new home. homes within a mile of a trader joe's or a whole foods see their home values rise. they are looking at home values for 1977. really fixing up the neighborhoods that they are in. trader joe's and the whole foods, moving into neighborhoods that are already established. they charge so much. at least whole foods does. for the most part, your trader joe's and whole foods comes in. ben: i agree. you can tell the demographics, if you will, sometimes. the kind of income levels in that kind of stuff did all right. juliet: simmon eddie, always a pleasure. >> thank you. ben: let's check the forecast. a lot warmer today. let's show you what is up. not as cold out there today. it is not just warmer today, but pretty much for the rest of the week. we still have a coastal storm to keep our eyes on. there. juliet: trafficking queens. several accidents out there. heading towards the verrazano. long island expressway, let's go to skyfoxhd. trying to put them on till. george washington bridge. driving i

ben: lauren simonetti. thank you. >> see you tomorrow. >> you are talking about the type. >> backup. here is what to expect. we are tracking that winter storm saturday into sunday morning. it will have periods of snow as well as minor coastal flooding. high tide time. could be about two and a half feet above normal. that will be a problem this weekend. let's see what is going on with the commute. >> the cross bronx. westbound. you have to lays. past that emergency construction underneath. it has two lanes closed. let's go to the george washington bridge. upper level traffic, not too bad 495, 20-30 heading inbound. sitting next to a very well-dressed j. duke: in the lineup twice. we will show you. they took on the jazz last night at the garden. juliet: i get out of workpand i go to the store, and somebody' s,psmellin' around, "mmm! i smell cookies." i say, "oh no, you just smell me. i just got out of work. that' s honey bunches of oats, that' s all." ben: checking the headlines for you. a major snowstorm hea

joining us now is lauren simonetti. good morning. >> reporter: in morning. down seven plus percent. the av 7000 if you are using the average 401(k). will get better. the global economy slowing down. the u.s. is the safest place in the strongest place right now. it does not feel like our economy is growing. it did not look good / share either. 365 points allow for the dow jones industrial average. ben: we talked about this. we have kind of always thought that the markets are ahead of the economy. >> the question is now, raising interest rates. they say they will do so for time to share. can the market handle that? and watching china. etc. it is not really supposed to look at what is happening. >> holding two republican primary debates tonight. ben: the top candidates taking the stage. that is said to began at 9:00 p.m. kerry: bernie sanders. it has turned into a fund-raising bonanza. showing clinton leading sanders by 7%. that is a job of 13% in just one time now is 6:38 a.m. you may be noticing some flurries outside your window. ben: mike woods is here. good morning. it only takes a

joining us now is lauren simonetti. i think this is the third go around. >> okay. organizing these office you want to download this app. it is free. it will help you keep track of who has paid what. there are good things and bad things. if you need to e-mail the group didn't keep track of who is in and who is getting paid, you can keep track with this out. there is no option where you can pay the organizer, ines, don't you want to get paid, and you cannot buy any tickets through the app. i have a one in 300 million chance to win $1.4 billion cash 868 million. ben: pretty good. 68 million is the cash. she rounded up. it is okay. teresa: we would not want to increase our odds any. ben: republican primary teresa: at the earlier debate will happen at 6:00 o'clock. ben: hello to marianne from brooklyn. she is watching this morning. she says she is kind of tired of us talking about powerball. she says she is going to win. hello, marianne. teresa: if you win, remember, we are buddies. we are friends. ben: she said she would double it and give me $8. mike: very generous. l

. ♪ >> this is lauren simonetti, back after maternity leave.ope mom and child are doing well. >> yes, i'll show you pictures in had a little bit. stuart: we want them. >> great to see you guys. stuart: give us the news. lauren: mississippi flooding and the river cresting to levels not seen this time of year since the 1800's. as a result, they're issuing emergency weather warnings, more than 30 people have died and the worst may be yet to come. some locations along the river in missouri and in illinois, they're rising and the flooding might worsen in some of the southern states. we're watching that for you. then you have the armed protesters, and took over in a wildlife refuge and they expect to stay and protest as long as it takes, they're protesting the sentences of fo local ranchers convicted of arson. and some say they started the fires to cover up poaching and the judge ordered them back to prison. "star wars" "the force awakens" 1 1/2 billion dollar globally and still has not opened in china. that happens this weekend. and yes, thank you s

. >> amy: a plan to boost joining us now is the lovely lauren simonetti. good to see you. >> reporter: hey there. good tuesday morning. nice to see you as well. >> amy: what does the white house want to do? >> reporter: these are plans that be unveiled february 9. they want to make retirement savings easier for 30 million americans. those of us saving for our golden year, one in three americans don't have the opportunity. so the white house is trying to expand that. first of all, helping small companies start to offer retirement plans for their workers, extending retirement plans for part timers or self-employed folks who don't always have these opportunities and making the benefits portable. we'll know more on february 9. this is one of the initiatives that president obama wants to leave as part of his legacy. >> amy: this is interesting, jet blue make i can changes. >> reporter: jet blue takes and they give. they celebrate their 16th year. they are taking their older plans and trying to make them look newer by give youing more leg room. 12 additional sea

. >> amy: joining us is lauren simonetti. after a rough day on wall street. >> reporter: this has been a very boring selloff. seen major, major, major movements in the price of oil and the price of stock moving the same exact direction. yesterday there was a tremendous rally when we spoke at the opening bell. it disintegrated because of the price of oil. you look at the global markets and the japanese market is down 20% from a recent high, european markets down 3%, and a 2% decline. we'll sink another 350 points because oil is now $27 a barrel. it's boring because it's the same headline every day. the same questions remain. when does this stop. when can i look at my 401-k. what are the bright spots in the exphe? is -- in the economy and is the u.s. still a safe place to invest. it's relentless. >> amy: you start to feel like a broken record for a while with no real answers. >> reporter: exactly. the question today, when do you and what are the ripple effects. a report out by barkley, cities and states that have done phenomena

joining us is lauren simonetti. it's a raining cats and dogs here. >> reporter: i know. i just heard the weather. >> amy: we've been talking about the zika virus, and pregnant moms and being careful. and now airlines are saying we're going to help you out? >> reporter: united is being very accommodating. 24 countries that the cdc has a travel alert on most live in latin america and the caribbean. united is saying if you do not want to go to any of the countries because of the fear that you might get the mosquito borne disease, we'll refund your don't worry about it. american airlines is doing something similar, not as friendly as united. it seems like this virus is spreading by the day. we have a person in virginia affected by it. a baby born with a defect. and in hawaii. the mosquito that carries the disease exists in florida. >> they're saying not just pregnant moms but everybody should be wary of this. good to know. we appreciate the update. >> reporter: thank you. >> amy: you can catch lauren every weekday morning starting at 5:00 a.m. go to fox business.com slash ch

lauren simonetti is joining us live with more of what we can expect. i think everybody is nervous, lauren. >> of course, because you have a short week on wall street and you'll have a volatile one. here's good news. after crumbling another 390 points on friday, dow futures are spiking about 240 right now, so we should have a rally at the opening bell and the reason is not good. china's economy last year grew at the slowest pace since 1990, so the slowest growth in a quarter of a century, but that means we might see more stimulus from their central bank and that's why equities are up around the world basically. >> 9:30 is when that opening bell will ring. let's talk about hoverboards. what's theysest story? >> because they're controversial and they could be dangerous, and this is the latest. there's a hoverboard maker called swag way and they're selling boards with a ul on the board and that sticker means that underwriters laboratories, it's a safety company that they've safety stamp this board as being legit. however, underwriters laboratory say thefs n

first checking markets and joining fox business network studios lauren simonetti. hi, lauren. >> good wednesday morning. >> how are we good on the markets today. >> yes, yes, because oil is up. when oil is up, stocks up and vice-versa. big deal though yesterday because oil prices fell to $2 $29.93 and everybody said oh, know they closed above $30 and with that a nice rally. right now another rally down fruit furz high 122 point and oil prices firm 31 a barrel. none this might you know once the opening bell and closing bell come this could be different story were seeing oil and stocks move in the right direction. >> i have not seen that a lot lately. >> apparently aauto makers want us to buy these big cars. >> gas is as chief. >> ford is doing a couple things they're bringing in for new suvs over the next couple years and we might see 'run of bronco and might use at some of the suvs that sell overseas and try here in the ufs and the other part is for lincoln brand they're bringing back the lincoln continental and they expect this to sell well in china. >> you have to

joining us is lauren simonetti. nice to see you. >> reporter: good morning, nice to see you. >> amy: just how expensive will it be? is going up by an hour. seek good evening says on the -- seek geek says at least $5,300. other sources have started at $6,800. it's going to be expensive. here's the good news. if you look at history between championship sunday and the big game, tickets generally come down a little bit as you go closer to. but if you have to fly in, get a hotel, air fare, those things keep going up. it's a catch-22. last year's super bowl, patriots and the seahawks, $4,300. and the most expensive ever was 2011, packers versus steelers, almost $3,600. we could have a record per ticket. >>> wow. fascinating stuff. thank you, lauren. >> amy: you can catch lauren on the fox business network go to fox business.com/channel finder. >> i could stand in the middle of manhattan and shoot someone and not h lose any voters, it's incredible. >> amy: donald trump getting more and more confident in supporters. a new p

joining us now is the lovely lauren simonetti. good to see you. hoping for some good news today. >> reporter: well, maybe. futures were up more than 100 and now they're flat lining. it'll be a up and down session. >> amy: let's move on from that. that's just depressing. >> reporter: it is. >> amy: if you are in the market for a new car, this might be the year to do it. >> reporter: last year prices were flat and this year they are expected to be relatively flat as well. there's an affordability index. a household can afford a bit better. there are more used cars on the market is the reason its stalling. >> amy: interesting. we'll talk to you later. lauren you can find her on the fox business network at 5:00 a.m. and hosting the republican debate on fox news. that starts a the 9:00 p.m. >> john: the average 401-k has lost $7,000 this year. $7,000. >> amy: less than two weeks into the new year. >> john: you have time to recover. >> john: seven people are dead after a series of explosions in indonesia. >> amy: we have the moment one of the blasts hit

joining us now from the fox network business studio is lauren simonetti. >> reporter: the dow was down 250. it had been down 600. it's looking like slight. it's not a better day today. dow futures are down almost 100 point. we did have hope earlier. that hope is disintegrating. watch the price of oil and watch what happened in china. and japan. they sold in bull market territory today. >> amazon is giving a refund? >> reporter: a full refund to any customer who bought a hover board on their website. the reason they're doing that is because of the jitters of using a hoverboard. the fires, people falling and getting injured. this is a move that the cpsc is really applauding and hoping other retailers do as well. >> a lot of disappointed kids out there, lauren. >> reporter: yeah. >> we'll catch you later in the show. you can catch lauren at 5:00 a.m. if you are not sure where to find her, go to fox35orlando.com slash channel finder. >> john: parenters could some day choose which public schools their kids could attend. >> they could attend across districts and county lines. they believe th

joining us is lauren simonetti. good morning, finally some good news, huh. >> reporter: it is a happy you know if the gains i am seeing in the premarket, dow up 200, if they hold, we have a positive week. it was a short week. it never felt positive. it felt like chaos and destruction all week on the market. oil is back to almost $31, good for stocks for the moment. and if you look at at asia, it was up 6%. breakfast was served early, if you will, and we like what we got starting in asia. >>> we're learning that gm is getting in on the car sharing game with a unique twist. whap are they doing here? >> reporter: gm estimates that 5 million people use car sharing apps which is expected to go five fold by the year 2020. they want to be in the forefront. gm is renting car, sharing car, ann arbor, michigan. malibus, tahoes, available through a map called maisken. you lock and unlock the cars with your phone. they rent it out. and it's an odd shift. but the industry is changing and they don't want to be left behind. >> it

lauren simonetti is joining us live from new york to let us know if perhaps we have a trend starting here. >> reporter: good morning. maybe we have a trend starting. dow futures are looking great. up 100 points on top of a 52 point gain yesterday. the reason that yesterday's 50. point gain was a big deal was because stocks are all over the place. oil prices are going closer to closer to $29 a barrel. >> amy: wow. stock market responding. there are so many energy companies and oil producer, et cetera, that could poachly and -- potentially. >> amy: att bringing back unlimited data. seems like good things on the >> reporter: since 2010 they are back. to attract users to bring them into the at&t universe for their wireless plans. here's the catch. you need to sign up for direct tv and the u-verse, the home television service. they want you under the at&t umbrella. so many people using data for everything. unlimited data is attractive to many. >> amy: always a catch with everything. thanks, lauren. >> reporter: see you later. >> amy: you can catch lauren on the fox business network. go to

lauren simonetti is joining us. >> reporter: good to see you. it was a great day yesterday. the biggest gains we have seen all year. we'll take it. we needed it. we hoped for follow through today, but this morning the dow is crumble more than 260 points. oil prices dipped, and the chinese market dipped into fair market, and it's down 20%. those are pieces of bad information that are really smacking the stock market this morning. it seems like yesterday's big gains were a one time thing. >> amy: oh, boy. that's not what we wanted to hear. maybe next week we'll see improvement. >> amy: lauren, if you stayed a the a high high >> reporter: if you stayed at a hyatt, or one of its brands, or gotten a massage you want to be careful. mal-with malware was found at 250 different properties. they can get access to your personal information. >> amy: check your credit card statement? what should you do? >> reporter: yes. check your credit card statement. if the hotel didn't say hyatt, but said another one of its brands, just be careful here. >> amy: you can catch more of lauren on the fo

. >> our girlfriend is smart lauren simonetti sgle news on monday stocks sold off.an versus saudi arabia news stocks sold off. now add to that north korea says they tested hide dro jen bomb that could be part of war head that could hit u.s. that is hitting stocks. down more than 200 points. look at that. >> okay. >> not to the mention that's pretty scary news. but we'll talk about that i'm sure at length later. also let's talk about twitter what is advantage of letting posts be longer and significantly longer at that. >> and tweet more than 140 characters in a twitter message and also reduces brieftivity timeline. with twitter what they're thinking and what the ceo said people when they want to say more they do stwiter storm where you rapid fire tweets or q of long tweet and then tweet that out so people can sdpand. to read longer tweets. this is something twitter is thinking about. i say it makes it look more like facebook. it's difficult to say something in 140 words. >> it is my brain started working in a different way having been a twitter user, okay, we'll wait

live from new york is lauren simonetti. >> reporter: i don't have a lot of information on this one for you. what we know right now is very limited. wendy's said it was subject to a data breech. they think it started late last year. they don't know which restaurants or how many people were affected. they have hired a cyber security professional. if you ate recently at a wendy, comb through your credit card statement. there are reports of folks eating at a8:n wendy's, and possibly in florida, and then there's a big purchase made in new york. if you ate at a wendy's recently. keep an eye on your bill. >> amy: you can catch lauren each weekday morning. go to fox35orlando.com/channel finder. >> john: the republican presidential hopelefuls are getting ready for tonight's debate. >> amy: and the front runner donald trump is not going to be there. >> i feel like i have a double win. in the main debate. i don't have to put up with donald trump. >> amy: he's probably not the only one that feels that way. details on how some of the other candidates said. >> jayme: rainfall around the melbourne ar

en jo is us from the fox business network studio is lauren simonetti good morning, lauren. >> good morning good to see you. >> hey i know everyone is tota totally loving the low gas prices but, low oil prices does have a down side. >> you know, gas prices being super cheap. >> great. >> bring it on. >> and when you have a down economy when people are thinking about recession, when your 401 k is doing nothing but going down they can give gasoline away for free and it won't make a difference. that seems to be the market that we're entering into now. because oil prices are at 27 a barrel and with that dow futures are down 300 points and if you look in asia or europe this morning you will see deklipz of 3% and shaping up to have 2% down day once again it. what that means for you bottom lining it for you the average 401 k, 92,000, down about% this year and that's down 8,000. no longer in your 401 k. >> that hurts, that hurts. >> when you concerned 16 lauren i went on my birthday and took my driving test. that's how excited i was to get my driver's license. >> i know. >> not the case these days.

lauren simonetti is here with what to expect today. >> good morning, lauren. >> the major averages falling sharp lip and down for the third day in a row. the dow tumbling on monday the worst trading day since the financial crisis. blame it on china. unfortunately markets are not looking much better. in the future you may be able to order a car with your phone and have it arrive without the driver. that's because general motors and the ride hailing service lift are teaming up for a plan to build a sweet of self driving cars. united airlines wants fliers to bundle their trips. two new packages available economy plus he is succeessenti economy plus enhance. you can check bagged for a savings around 25 percent. pizza wars are on. pizza hut says customers who spent $5 can get a medium pie for $5. customers who buy a large pie can get a second for $0.50. if you need a caffeine kick this morning here is something new to try. the latte maciato at starbucks is made of steamed and aerated whole milk poured over espresso shops on the espresso sale if you will. it is one step up from the light. >>> it

. >> joining us is u lar lar lauren simonetti. >> when they don't charge you for extra guac that you ordered. what about a free bro toe ever get that for free? no. well -- you will happen to like this story. >> if it breaks extra tortilla that's it. giving away more free food to say i'm sorry. sorry for affecting traffic and sales and, obviously, health of the restaurant goers so saying i'm sorry is with some free food. i can tell you okay chipotle on 48th street will give away free burrito bowls to 12 to 1 but no discretion of each restaurant. but some customers might find themselveses with extra lunch at in extra charge. >> maybe i bad my eyelashes to that person that day. when i was paying i want to say you forgot but u now they gave it to me for free on purpose because that's what they do. would you have said you forgot about the guac? >> probably not. of course i would. >> three there for a scoop. it is ridiculous. >> thanks, bye. thank you lauren. okay let's check the forecast. 17 degree all awfully cold. >> i take a bottle -- 5 in napkins every time he goes. shall we get stack

plife picture of the board, no we pdon't have live picture of we phave lauren simonetti but she pcan tell us what it is doing. pi can tell you. pi have access to it. pdow is up 180 points. pso we have nice gains, 20 pminutes into session reason oil rices are up. pabout $0.30 right now. psince they've down every day so pfar this year, it's a reversal phelping energy companies. pwall street journal reporting pwith $30 oil, and i mean you pcasey anthony break even a $30. pwith oil being that cheap we pcould see, get this a third of pnorth american energy producers pgo out of business. p>> can you believe this is has phappened? pi mean, how long ago was it we pwere talking what was high? p>> oh, 145 a couple years ago. pi mean this is crazy. p>> well you know opec looking at pthe situation and they are psaying where, we're not cutting roduction. pwe want to push the shell roducers in in u.s. out of pbusiness we've established for pquite some time theyer new. pthey think they can profit when rices around really high we can roduce a really low cost they pare trying to drive them out of pby