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hi, everybody, i'm lauren simonetti, welcome to cashin' in. our crew this week, gina, tracy and david mercer, hey, guys. >> hey, lauren. lauren: gary, let's start with you. >> happy new year. lauren: yeah, happy new year. the president's biggest accomplishments in 2017, what do you think they are, gary? >> well, look, there's a lot the rhetoric on both sides. the only thing i care about is outcome. the stock market has soared, the economy

hi, everybody, i'm lauren simonetti, welcome to cashin' in. our crew this week, gina, tracy and david mercer, hey, guys. >> hey, lauren. lauren: gary, let's start with you. >> happy new year. lauren: yeah, happy new year. the president's biggest accomplishments in 2017, what do you think they are, gary? >> well, look, there's a lot the rhetoric on both sides. the only thing i care about is outcome. the stock market has soared, the economy accelerated, unemployment is down at 4%. hispanic and black unemployment are at lows going back many, many years. you have 1.5 trillion dollars being kept in the economy over the next ten years because of a tax bill, which, by the way, 500,000 people are now getting 500 million dollars because of it and then let's throw in the mandate, that stupid, silly mandate that hurt the people that make $50,000 or less most. that's going by the wayside. and i'm a happy camper with all of this and i hope it continues. my one big worry, debt and deficits foisted on the public the last 20 years, they may come home to roost

lauren simonetti joins us right now outside. what do you have? hey, there, neil, we just got here moments ago. i will let you go off to side so camera man can show protests. again the tax cut plan that the senate passed in the wee hours in the morning, a lot of health care workers in particular here. the president on his way, he just arrived here and he will be speaking at a series of fundraisers, one happening right behind me. in a few hours expected to make some sort of remark to that breakfast and obviously a lot of questions and topics that the president can address. i don't know if you can hear the loud chanting behind me but on one side of grand central, the other side of one of those fundraisers, the busy time of the year particularly in new york, so there are sand trucks barricading grand central station and the protests are getting louder as the president gets near, neil. neil: i know it's hard for me to hear me but sounds like they are protest has to do with the tax cut passed fbi senate but i heard them earlier in the break, they were

i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: and lauren simonetti. the story just won't stop. going to have a gas talking about them later on. it's fascinating. a lot of breaking news coming in over night. lauren: the reaction that continues to pour in in response to president trump's controversial announcement on the u.s. embassy in israel. cheryl: more on that from blake for men. reporter: inside the white house wednesday president trump said the decision not only to that the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, but also to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel is a recognition of reality. the president simply saying it's the right thing to do. president trump tried to drive home the point his administration is committed to the peace process in a two state solution if the greek duke by both sides. >> we want an agreement that is a great deal for the israelis and the great deal towards the palestinians. the united states remains deeply committed to helping facilitate a peace agreement that is acceptable to both sides. >> alice and arabs in the region protesters bur

in new york on friday, december 29th, good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. lea: good morning, lauren, i'm lea gabrielle in for cheryl casone this morning. last show of the year. it is, indeed. lauren: let's begin with strong words from the oval office, president trump is criticizing north korea and china after the country reportedly and here is the image spotted illegally selling oil to north korea obviously in defiance of un sanctions against the north, trump spoke to new york times, he says his position on trade with china has been soft and hopes the country would help end north koreans nuclear program but now trump says, quote, oil going into north korea, that wasn't my deal. and he tweeted yesterday, caught red-handed very disappointed that china is allowing oil to go into north korea, they'll never be a friendly solution to the north korea problem if this continues to happen. as for china, they say they have been strictly enforcing the un sanctions. separately president trump told "the new york times" that he thinks special counsel robert mueller will be

lauren simonetti has the story. lauren.n: governor cuomo has pardoned 61 people, the move is based on rehabilitation effort, the democratic governor of new york continuing to criticize president trump's immigration hardline, while the federal government continues to target immigrants and threatens to put families apart, this takes more just and more compassionate new york. while the trump's name could be showing up in israel, the transportation israel wants to name wall after president trump, the first sitting u.s. president to go to the jewish holy site and the u.s. will recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. a cancer risk that could be lurking in your kid's make-up. claire's is pulling 17 products nationwide after testing positive for asbestos. substance that's been linked to cancer. disturbing discovery after make-up sent for testing and all testing positive, claire's now conducting its own investigation. for the second year in a row, disney is box office champ, blockbuster films, star wars last jedi and beauty an

lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. ve to apologize, it is daddy-shopping weekend but i have things to do too. >> you always forget something, right? lauren: i know. recycle gifts from last year. [laughter] lauren: we have to be serious though even though it's christmas weekend and the breaking news is pretty serious because it's good, congress avoiding government shutdown. >> the yeas are 66 and the nays are 32. the motion to concur is agreed to. lauren: senate approving temporary spending bill last night to keep the federal government running just through january 19th, earlier yesterday the house passed the bill 231 to 188. >> legislation has provision to turn off automatic spending cuts to many programs including medicare, but lawmakers will face huge challenges when they get back next month in january, capitol hill's unfinished business includes the federal budget, health insurance chip, daca program and disaster relief package. lots going on. lauren: that's a lot to get to. well, another ceo of a major company is st

it is theirs day, december december 21st and lauren simonetti. gerri: good morning. and gerri willis been for cheryl casone. lauren: subtlest week ever. gerri: you are eager for christmas. lauren: overnight in australia, 14 people injured after a white suv plowed into a crowd of pedestrians on a busy sidewalk filled with holiday shoppers in melbourne, the country's largest city. among those hurt comment a preschool child in serious condition with head injuries. police arrested the driver of the vehicle as well as another person. an investigation underway, but police say this was no accident. >> this is a deliberate act in a repeat at this stage we believe it was a deliberate act. however, we do not know the motivation and it's still early stages with the investigation. lauren: eyewitnesses say bodies went flying as they were headed. the driver ran a red light going at least 40 miles an hour. we continue to update the story as we get more information. some of america's biggest corporations announcing new plans to help employees hours after congress passed a massive tax

and lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning. i'm cheryl casone. a late-night decision to get the tax reform bill in the senate done and done. lauren: the wee hours of the morning saturday morning. that's when we begin with this morning. the senate approving the tax reform bill. the real work begins to iron out differences at the house version. congress returning to work a day early to get the so-called reconciliation process underway. gop lawmakers to send a final compromise bill to president trump by christmas. thank you, mr. june 22 republican congress members to get the next. >> they still need to be made in confidence to get these things done. big difference inside the republican bill eliminates the mandate of upon the care. it takes up on the care from being a mandatory program to a voluntary program. >> i got a commitment that we are going to passed two bills, including the alexander valley for anyone that i sponsored that will help sponsor the individual mandate repeal by lowering premium and i also got an ironclad commitment that we are not

thank you for joining us lauren simonetti. gerald -- gerri willis and four cheryl casone. it looks like one of those building cars. lauren: has a cover which they're going to take off. gerri: so we are not seeing the real plane. transfer will find out soon. the house expected to vote on the tax bill today before sending it to the senate. senator susan collins has expressed concerns about the bill says she was supportive. bringing arnold joins us now from the executive vice president of the national taxpayers union. good morning. collins is on board. it seems like arizona senator jeff flake is the only undecided senator right now. the listed. >> still looking at the bill, still reading the bill of likud and other issues. we are trying to get that moving concurrently with the bill. january is going to be busy. lauren: what you think? maybe, yes? >> even afford to for the bill the first go around. they have enough votes in the senate right now to pass legislation. that could happen as early as tonight, possibly the morning. >> the

i'm lauren simonetti. drink your im gerri willis and for cheryl casone. word for how bitcoin is trading at the terra. volatile. gerri: you bet. the breaking news this morning just be up in the air today. after the chaos over the weekend in atlanta, we can to you overnight power has been restored yet this is the world's busiest airport is so many airlines have their hubs bear. many flights and 400 this morning canceled stranding thousands of passengers in a very dark airport for hours and hours heard the mayor of atlanta said a fire undergrad caused a major outage and it took more than two hours to put the fire out. the cause is under investigation. the outage causing quite a headache for travelers a week before christmas. >> every hour kept increasing and increasing until they finally told us they would be six hours. lauren: some people had issues with cell phones. lauren: was forced to canceled 90000 mainland as well as regional flights. drink airports in chicago as well as affect in all of their travel but the big story we're seeing this week, republica

cheryl: lauren simonetti, lea gabrielle, good to see you. and for maria bartiromo today. there is, december 28. blame the building blocks for 2018. president trump is geared up for an infrastructure push after touting the new tax plan yesterday. [inaudible] at&t, comcast, wells fargo

lea: and lea gabrielle -- lea gabrielle and for lauren simonetti.he special election one day away as republican roy moore denies multiple claims of misconduct. speaking on alabama radio program said the attacks against him are politically motivated. >> it's part of everything. they are attacking me in that area. i understand that, but it's also part of the scheme for political parties today, political candidates in both parties quite frankly to degrade your opponent, she take him down so appear to go up, that's the simple political tack it. >> president chomp asking them to vote for more. >> i'm going to make america safer and stronger and better than ever before, but we need that fee. >> alabama republican senator richard shelby says he's not supporting remark. >> i'd rather see the republican win but i hope that with the uprising. i couldn't vote for roy moore. i didn't vote, but i wrote a republican name. >> being challenged under fire for a campaign for george wallace who backed segregation. two hospital systems and talks about the merger. st. j

i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: i am cheryl casone. get ready for this package is to be a little bit later. lauren: i don't get it. they beef up their infrastructures because they know they will see delays but yet they obey. i don't get it. trying to break in this morning, and maybe shake. president trump will declare jerusalem the capital of israel and a plan to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to the holy city. >> this is a promise past presidents have made. bill clinton, george w. bush. in 1995 by a vote of 93-five from the united states senate declare jerusalem to be israel's capital and promised to move at their years later. cheryl: critics say term's could trigger violence from the anger arab allies and damage efforts to get a two state solution. israel and palestine authorities claim jerusalem as their capital moving the embassy to jerusalem would take years. fox business will have live coverage from the white house 1:00 p.m. eastern time today. lauren: joining us now with potential fallout of the embassy move is eli claim fro

lauren: 5:30 in the morning in new york, it is december 15th, good morning, happy friday, i'm lauren simonettigood morning, i'm cheryl casone and happy ugly sweater day, lauren, well done. lauren: by the way, i never pay for shipping, just so you know. cheryl: good, because you don't get things shipped to you on time. [laughter] lauren: are we going to see tax reform this year? president trump touting his record of trying to do on taxes an cutting back regulations, critics say deare regulatory push undermines consumer safety as well as environmental protection. cheryl: blake berman is at the white house and has all the details for us. >> president trump literally cut through red tape. celebrating cancellation or delay of more than 1500 planned regulations since he took office. the administration had set a goal of cutting two regulations for every new one, but the president says that ratio so far has reached 22 to 1. regulation is a stealth taxation, so many of these enormous regulatory burdens were imposed on our citizens with no vote, no debate and no accountability. now there is accountabili

lea: at i am lea gabrielle and four lauren simonetti.fully negotiating a big cat in the u.s. by jay. u.s. abbasid or to the united nations nikki haley said in a statement, quote, the inefficiency and the united nations are well known. the new budget for the 28 teams-2019 fiscal new year is blasphemous ipad $4 billion budget for fiscal year 2016-2017. this comes a few days after the general assembly voted in favor of a resolution demanding the united states rescind its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. meanwhile, guatemala announced it will move its embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. guatemala was one of nine countries that voted against the u.n. resolution. >> rosie o'donnell sending a warm christmas message for house speaker pauline comedienne tweeting paul ryan, don't talk about jesus after what you just did to our nation. you will go straight to. you screwed up fake altar boys #judith munge. harsh words in response to a christmas message for ryan days after the gop successfully passed tax reform. just las

in new york, december 8th, i'm lauren simonetti. good morning, i'm cheryl casone, we will talk about later on in the show, it is star wars time. [laughter] lauren: it opens in the u.s. on the 15th. cheryl: very excited. we couldn't get tickets but we are still going to talk about it. a lot of breaking news this morning, fierce wild fires have been fanned by the powerful santa ana winds, they are still burning out of control in southern california. these fires destroying more than 400 homes and several other large structures overnight. lauren: fire officials say today will be another struggling day. will carl, how does it look? >> well, good morning, guys, it's setting out to be another dangerous day on the ground here. the winds have died down overnight but you can see that the flames are once again baring down on this community and we have been on the front line, take a look at what we have been seeing. the flames have raised down the hillside in the couple of minutes, they are being fanned by the fierce winds that we have had throu

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i am lauren simonetti in for liz claman. let's start the "countdown." ♪ ♪ lauren: and we do have breaking news to get to you. the state department just releasing uma abedin's work-related documents found by the fbi on disgraced former congressman anthony wiener's personal laptop. abedin was former secretary of state under hillary clinton's deputy chief of staff. she kept a nonstate.gov e-mail account that she used repeatedly for government business on hillary clinton's e-mail server. we are right now pouring through those e-mails. we will bring you the headlines as soon as we have them. >>> all this as millions of americans are gearing up for the new year's eve celebration in times square, and investors on wall street are cheering a record-shattering year. at this hour let's show you how your investments are doing. the dow trading slightly lower, we are off the lows of the session but still down to the tune of 37 points. anything can happen in this final hour even on this final trading day of 2017. so, please, stick around to

lauren simonetti has the details, lauren. lauren: good friday morning, dagen.y 90% of refined oil products exported to north korea by capping them at 500,000-barrels a year, it would also force all north koreans working overseas to return home within 12 months. china has signaled it is ready to support the new sanctions. meanwhile the united nations general assembly denounced the u.s. for recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel and pledge to go move the u.s. embassy there. members voting overwhelmingly yesterday resolution herbal essentially rebuking president trump even though the president and un ambassador nikki haley warn that is the u.s. can reduce foreign aid to countries voting in favor of that resolution. >> the united states will remember this day this which it was signaled out for attack in the general assembly per the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation. we will remember it when we are called upon to once again make the world's largest contribution to the united nations. lauren: she wasn't the only one with harsh words, here

david: growth is the key, lauren simonetti, what have you got? >> college a budget brouhaha over the border. a government shutdown over illegal immigration and donald trump says people should be over to sue over news reports that are dead wrong. is he right a wrong? david: we will be watching but up here with people's homes, farms and businesses burned to the ground the new plan to build them back up. hi...so i just got off the phone with our allstate agent, and i know that we have accident forgiveness. so the incredibly minor accident that i had tonight- four weeks without the car. okay, yup. good night. with accident forgiveness your rates won't go up just because of an accident. switching to allstate is worth it. and you'd think with all these options car it would be easy. but only true car shows you what others paid for the car you want and you can connect with certified dealers who offer prices based on this same information. none of those other sites do that. this is true car. >> wildfires leaving scorched-earth, california homes, just a pi

lauren simonetti has the details. uren: over should be regulated as a taxi company and not as a digital service. trying to use court to reduce the regulatory oversight. uber says this is a not. the ruling should not have any impact on how it operates in europe. it's not a publicly traded company. or at least not yet. ups ordering 125 of the all electric semi trucks are the largest public order thus far. the trucks will cost about $200,000 each. tesla expects them. shares of tesla say at 1.1% in premarket trading. sean diddy columns serious about buying the carolina panthers reporting trying to put together an ownership group. those efforts expected to include colin kaepernick. according to the report had a conversation and discuss the former nfl quarterback's role in any potential deal. after his owner jerry richardson announced he would be putting the franchise up for sale amid misconduct allegations. dagen: thank you, lauren. what you think? >> getting back to the uber situation, whether it's google or uber or anythi

dagen: thank you, lauren simonetti. tax-deferred headed for the finish line is set to approve the tax bill after two key senate holdouts would vote yes on the bill on friday. president trump's desk for his before christmas. confident they can get it done by midweek even without the vote of senator john mccain has returned home to arizona while battling brain cancer. >> wherein the one-yard line to punch in a big strong way and americans on april 15 and will be the last time americans have to file and there was a lot to be happy about. >> to have the votes even if senator mccain is not able to vote this week? >> well, i won't speculate. i'm confident we will pass this bill on tuesday. train to california senator dianne finds time treating this. the republican tax will pass $750,000 for mortgages. in california seven counties with home prices more than $750,000. san mateo, santa clara and santa cruz counties. #gop tax scan. boo-hoo dianne feinstein. she is crying about republicans taking away a tax break for his superrich

i am lauren lauren simonetti in for liz claman. we're at the countdown. breaking news, softbank has successfully bought a large sake in uber the wall street journal is reporting this deal values the ride hailing company at $48 billion which is about a 30% discount to its most recent valuation which was almost $70 billion. meanwhile on wall street the dow racing to another record close again, this would be the 71st record close of the year and while its been a blockbuster year for the dow, not such a wonderful time for toy sales. all right, barbie, hot wheels maker mattel one of the worst performers on the s & p 500 as i speak, ubs putting out a report predicting that the toy industry was down 8-10% in peak times in the three weeks leading up to christmas. mattel shares are down 1.1%. let's flip that chart to netflix currently the best performer on the nasdac and sitting on top of the s & p 500 as well shares 193.31 for a gain of almost 4% and by the way, if you need something to do because you're off and you're watching tv, netflix just teased on twitter

reaction in just over an hour lauren simonetti what do you guys have coming up. >> lauren congress setting up a new shutdown fight in two weeks why something democrats are digging in on is smashing charges of hipocracy plus, a false abc report rattles markets and now the president suggests that investors sue. we will debate it on cashing in i'll see you at 11:30. >> dagen: thanks lauren we'll be watching but up here first violent clashes erupting as the white house officially recognizes jerusalem as the capitol of israel and other presidents promise to do the same before the outrage of president jackie: as an 18 year old, i let my mistakes kind of take over my life. i was point-five credits away from completing high school and i didn't do it. angela: i got pregnant and i was the main one working so, i did what i had to do to survive. jocelyn: sentía que la escuela no era para mí. karim: most of my family they never graduated high school or even let alone go to college so i'm trying to break that barrier. jackie: my family never stopped pushing for me to be better because they knew what i c

suv plowed into a crowd on a busy street injuring at least 14 people, including a child could lauren simonetti as the very latest. what are you hearing? lauren: australian police calling this a deliberate act. this is what officials had to say earlier. >> police arrived at the scene within minutes and arrested two men. at this stage we believe it is a deliberate act, however we do not know the motivation and it's still early stages of the investigation. >> the driver of the white suv and a second person were taken into custody, both arrested. we don't know the motive, but as you mention at least 14 people were arrested, as one australian newspaper the preschool age child admitted to the hospital with a head injury. around the globe this the globe this time of your christmas time officials have become concerned about deadly vehicle attacks. two months ago returned and hot men then drove his truck into pedestrians along the west side highway. if people were killed, others injured there. investigators said the suspects were inspired to commit the attacks. to set this enough in melbourne, australi

lauren simonetti has got details for us this morning, good morning. terrible, cheryl, the fire spread through every floor of a five-story apartment building in the bronx within a matter of minutes last night killing 12 people including four children. it's new york city's deadliest fire in a quarter of a century. four other people in critical condition as investigators are trying to find out what caused this deadly fire. well, softbank has won a bid by stake in uber, japanese company set to acquire a stake for $8 billion, the deal values uber at 48 which is sharply below valuation which was almost $70 billion, the deal will close in january. following that one, not two, but at least eight class action lawsuits from iphone users, apple apologizing for their older iphones performing more slowly. the company saying that it would not intentionally shorten the life of any apple product or degrade the user experience to encourage people to go out and buy new models, apple said i'm sorry and i'm taking 50 bucks off the out of warranty iphone battery replacemen

i'm lauren simonetti welcome to cashing in. i cashing in for this week rachel, gerri willis and juan williams. welcome to the show. gary we will begin with you. our democrats being hypocrites right now? >> if there is enough hypocrisy in both parties over the years for a couple of oceans but all you need to do is look at the special place in my heart for the schumer pelosi standards party, say one thing and do the other but let's be clear nothing is going to change when all is said and done that if there's a government shutdown the republicans will be blamed in that there's a government shutdown that things going to change because central services will be out there in what we do know is eventually the ceilings are going up deficits and with what you do with streamers and children brought here illegally with their parents? >> gary is right what you have here is the president using the dreamers as a bargaining chip. the president has said he wants to resolve this issue. public opinion is on the side of these young people who came

reaction in just over an hour lauren simonetti what do you guys have coming up. >> lauren congress settingnew shutdown fight in two weeks why something democrats are digging in on is smashing charges of hipocracy plus, a false abc report rattles markets and now the president suggests that investors sue. we will debate it on cashing in i'll see you at 11:30. >> dagen: thanks lauren we'll be watching but up here first violent clashes erupting as the white house officially recognizes jerusalem as the capitol of israel and other presidents promise to do the same before the outrage of same before the outrage of pryour insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says, "you picked the wrong insurance plan." no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. liberty mutual insurance. my "business" was going nowhere... so i built this kickin' new website with godaddy. building a website in under an hour is easy! 68% of people... ...who have built their website using gocentral, did it in

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and lauren simonetti, the protesters, that kind of quieted down? >> the protesters that were behind me headed south to the wall street area to pick up their protests at foley square and we know that president trump will be in the area leaving 3:00 eastern time to head back to d.c. from the wall street area. overnight we did see the senate pass that tax cut bill and then hours later, and it was just wrapped up, one of the fundraisers for the president right here at cipriani across from grand central station midtown manhattan on a busy holiday month. the protesters behind me a moment ago holding up signs saying tax cuts destroy the country, the wealthy are bad. this and that, but they were mostly here for potential changes that could come as a result of the senate passage of this tax bill. potential changes that could come to social security and medicare in particular. i have a feeling, and some of them say this, that they were going to come no matter what. neil: yeah, i have a feeling one way or another, that kind of thing happens. it is america, th

first right now we will go to lauren simonetti of what we now know is in the bill as what we can sort out as the president arrives at jfk international airport. lauren: he is heading here. we are talking about the tax bill that the senate put overnight in wee hours of the morning but they are still not done. the question is what now? the house is expected to vote monday night on a motion to go to conference which is separate but similar bills into one bill, they would vote on that compromise and send it on to the president's desk, hopefully by christmas, neil, so that means translation, we have 23 calendar days from right now, house and senate republicans will have to address the differences in their bills to pass one with the exact same wording, can all of this be done here is what is left to reconcile, corporate tax rates, both chambers approved slashing them to 20%, the senate delayed cut until 2019, the house kicks it in next year, you have state taxes, exempt 10-$11 million but the house bill repeals so-called deaf tax and never does in the senate, you have the individual tax rat

i lauren simonetti. cheryl: welcome back, lauren. a lot happening. tranter when i went back to -- too bad about 9:30, it was the tories. cheryl: hello, everybody. i'm cheryl casone. checking with the breaking news out of alabama. the first democratic to jury in about a quarter of a century with 49.9%. republican candidate roy moore was hit hard by sexual assault allegations got 48.4% of the vote. >> i have always believed that the people of alabama had more in common. we have shown not just around the state of alabama, but we have shown the country the way that we can be unified. cheryl: president trump trading congratulations to doug jones on hard five replaying a big or butter win win is a win. the people of alabama are great and republicans will have another shot at a seat in a very short. it time. it never ends. train through the roy moore is not conceding. >> when the vote is this close, it is not over and was so got to go by the rules. lauren: chunks takes a seat previously held by attorney general jeff sessions until the term expires in januar

verdict last night in the kate steinle murder trial sending shock waves across the country, lauren simonetti with the details this morning and headlines, lauren, good morning to you. lauren: a jury finding yesterday an undocumented mexican immigrant not guilty in the killing of kate steinle on a san francisco pier back in 2015, josÉ zarate acquitted of first and second-degree murder as well as involuntary manslaughter. the jury had deliberated for six days. >> this really is about the family and shown incredible resolve during the whole process and our hearts go out to them. lauren: yeah, well, the shooting touched a fierce immigration debate during presidential campaign and the debate continued then candidate trump had used the tragedy to push for a wall on the mexican border and late yesterday, the president tweeted the verdict is disgraceful. early this morning he added to that, the kate steinle killer came back and back over the weekly protected obama border always committing crimes and this info was not used in court. his exoneration is a complete travesty of justice, build the wall and

i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: little friday. good one. almost there. i'm cheryl casone. en: russian president vladimir holden is discovered that last for hours. a rare chance for reporters to ask him questions. all of this coming a week after he announced he ran for reelection in march. true to putin says he's not going to be dragged into an arms race with the dead beats. russia will not back out of it commitment to conclude an arms reduction treaty despite washington's leverage on the arms control treaty stay anonymous for the american people to do. they will monitor for any news that comes out of it. >> gop lawmakers reaching a deal on a massive tax overhaul plan. take a closer look and also talk about the timeline. he wants this in place but christmas, but what has to happen for that to happen. be that great question. the committee has to issue a report. everything we've heard has been leaks of messages come out. they need to issue the final report. the drive to of the bill be worked on simultaneously needs to go out. the joint committee on taxation and to make it stil

lauren simonetti has more. lauren? >> what a monster a bonus is, especially in time for christmas. the corporate tax cuts are permanent. so are companies going to use their tax savings? the answer is they already are. first out of the gate, at&t. they're giving 200,000 workers a $1,000 bonus. also investing a billion dollars into the u.s. next year because they believe tax reform will drive growth and create jobs. yes, neil, at&t, i wouldn't call them friendly to the administration right now after a block of their purchase of time-warner. comcast also giving 100,000 workers $1,000 bonuses and investing more than $50 billion in infrastructure thanks also to the recent repeal by the fcc of net neutrality. the company is adding "with these investments, we expect to add thousands of new direct and indirect jobs." speaking of jobs, many bank workers will see their paychecks go up. 36,000 employees at scandal ridden wells fargo will see the minimum wage hike to $15 an hour. that starts in march. well fargo will donate hundreds of millions to programs that help small businesses as well as

december 27th amendment should peer win for lauren simonetti. lea: im lea gabrielle and four. transferred only to be helped further by our tax code that will be here for companies and jobs for another year of success. he also appears to be setting the tone to work with democrats leading republicans and democrats will eventually come together to develop a new health care plan. meanwhile, congresswoman, democrats say she will work with the president on issues like infrastructure. >> i've been clear for them to be getting donald trump will work with anyone who helps the working men and women of the district will work with him on infrastructure fuel work with us. transfer the president plans to meet with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell as well as house speaker paul ryan on the first weekend in january. to do some homeowners to a tax tax -- that's because the new attempts at $10,000 b- state and local taxes that homeowners can deduct. as his tax bill exceeded that amount could benefit by paying more taxes here when a deduction has no limit. adam: russia is now offering to me

lauren: friday the first of december, i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone. i wonder how many lawmakers blood pressure is really high this morning? lauren: what are we thinking, we are talking about long island ice teas? cheryl: breaking this morning there was a lot of more drama on capitol hill, senators work to go bring tax reform bill to a vote. senators trying to reach a deal in the legislation to win support with those that are concerned about a projected jump in the budget deficit. ted cruz taking on bob corker, trigger measure to protect taxpayers in case reform doesn't boost the economy as expected. will, -- well, cruz, saying, 50% want tax cuts, one is trying to raise tack cuts, that's not right. lauren: tax reform bill has critically needed support and this is important, the move to the market in upside in a big yesterday support coming from john mccain. this is a statement that he issued after careful consideration, i have decided to support the senate tax reform bill, though not pefect, this bill will delive

lauren simonetti with the latest. lauren? you do not remember the "wannacry" virus that affected computers around the globe back in may, let me remind you. ransomware attack. it relied on a flaw in windows code to affect and paralyze 200,000 computers in 150 countries, including you're right, british hospitals, potentially putting lives at risk and banks and homes across the globe. white house now believes that north korea was behind that hack, and has evidence to prove it. homeland security advisor tom bossert saying north korea has largely gone unchecked for over a decade. >> we don't have a lot of room left here to apply pressure to change their behavior. nevertheless to call them out, to let them know it is them and we know it's them. >> the administration also praising the work of the private sector to patch as well as stop the attacks. >> last week microsoft and facebook and other major tech companies act toddies able a number of north korean cyber exploits and disrupt their operations as north koreans were still infect

i'm lauren simonetti. david: in for melissa francis. you got green. i got red. i noticed. perfect combination. glad you're here. happy coincidence. i'm david asman. glad you could be here. this is "after the bell." more on major market movers but here is what else we're covering this hour. president trump looking ahead to 2018 after signing historic tax reform bill into law. what he says he will tackle next. why it could be odds with one republican leader in congress. while the president touting new law as largest tax overhaul in decades. polls showing americans are not quite on board. the koch brothers network now spending millions of dollars on ads selling the benefits of the plan. we're speaking up the man heading up this project. freedom partners, executive vice president, james davis, among our guests, steve forbes, zane tankel, john hofmeister, former president of shell oil. we have a full show. lauren: we do. get back to the down markets. another down day for stocks despite passage of tax reform and avoiding a government shutdown. nicole petallides on floor of new y

[laughter] lauren simonetti, she's working hard too, she's in for liz. ew year's resolution is to get some sleep. trish: well, i've got a vacation coming up, i'm looking forward to that. lauren lauren happy 2018. we begin with tough talk from team trump. president trump blasting north korea as well as china today. the president meeting with members of the u.s. coast guard at trump international in florida early this afternoon, but the big headlines coming from his pretty wide-ranging interview with "the new york times." the president calling north korea and its leader, kim jong un, a, quote, nuclear menace and blasting china for allegedly delivering oil to the hermit kingdom. meanwhile, his defense secretary, james mattis, says he expects increased pressure on north korea in

on the story , so i certainly hope to see you in both locations, lauren simonetti is in for liz clamanht now. >> you are busy trish, good luck trish: thanks. >> let's take it away now an arctic freeze, taxes infrastructure, nuclear war and record-setting markets dominat ing the headlines at this hour and early winter polar blast is slamming the country, massive snow, frozen roads in some parts disrupting business near and far as forecasters are warning workers of the deadly side effects of hypothermia and frostbite. we're going to tell you how long this deep freeze will be in the united states. all of it coming as president donald trump soaks up the florida sunshine on a working vacation, tweeting about booming retail s

one of the top stories on wall street, cvs acquiring aetna 69 billion dollars cash and stock lauren simonettieal of the year 69 billion cash and stock, go through all the numbers first essentially that values aetna 270 dollars a share rally on friday look at continuation today, up 3 1/3 percent. why this deal case companies don't seem like competitors if you look at cvs, 9700 storefronts they store prescriptions they have 178 billion dollars in revenue and look at aetna a health insurer much strauler 22 million members. the reason they are taking and they want this to go through because the traditional line, in health care, between different countries companies have been -- i can see cvs saying let's juice 9700 store fronts become clinic ikz preventative care essentially change health care experience, as you know it. so also looking at the antitrust regulatory landscape how many deals do we see not go through between i have to look at them there are so many, aetna wander to buy humana anthem cigna didn't work in backdrop of all this you have -- >> the different, when -- companies that you men