lauren simonetti is for melissa. see you at the top of the hour, after the bell. >> after the nonexistent bell. i was listening. thank you. >>> up next tesla's german factory stopped in its tracks but today's countdown closer isn't afraid of that or any other black swans in the market. find out where he thinks there's profits in fear. "the claman countdown" is coming right back. like you, my hands are everything to me. but i was diagnosed with dupuytren's contracture. and it got to the point where things i took for granted got tougher to do. thought surgery was my only option. turns out i was wrong. so when a hand specialist told me about nonsurgical treatments, it was a total game changer. like you, my hands have a lot more to do. learn more at factsonhand.com today. kristina: facebook founder mark zuckerberg spending his presidents' day in europe, speaking out for government regulation for big tech companies. the tech ceo also publishing an op-ed in "the financial times" sunday morning laying out his case saying th

i'm lauren simonetti in for melissa francis today. connell: i'm connell mcshane.e bell. s&p looks like it will settle lower. it was nasdaq, the one we're watching. that could be the 15th record close for nasdaq. it has been pretty much

connell mcshane and lauren simonetti pick it up. lauren: contagion fears. growing concerns about a global outbreak as 3,000 cruise ship passengers return home including 14 americans who believed to be healthy but were found infected before boarding a plane into the united states. good afternoon i'm lauren simonetti in for melissa francis. connell: good to have you, lauren. i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." markets closed so no bell. but futures indicate we may get a higher open tomorrow morning. s&p and nasdaq closed in record territory on friday. we wait for tomorrow morning's opening bell and while we do so here is what is new at this hour. ♪. unprecedented flooding a state of emergency in mississippi. waters are rising near historic levels and with more rain in the forecast officials warning the danger is not over yet. >>> plus hitting the campaign trail. democrats running for president descending on nevada ahead of that state's caucuses and the contenders may be about to agree on one common rival. we'll talk about that. >>> it is finally

more houses are being built with two master bedrooms for a variety of reasons and our very own lauren simonettiew york city and asked people should couples have to share a bed? lauren: oh, man. >> yes, they are supposed to. >> good question. i don't think it's always the ideal situation actually. >> you know, it's probably best if they do. seems like it's just part of marriage. >> some people i know do that because they are snoring, for the most part whatever works for them makes a successful marriage. >> there's a sigma attached to sleeping in separate bedrooms, but the relationships say it can keep you together because you get a good night sleep and it's becoming a trend. >> one in four. 25%, i would have guess one in 10, not one in 4. lauren: can you imagine what a large home would look like with two master sweets, like, your suit and my suit. let's say you want a house like that even though you want to keep the same bedroom, that could be a good option for aging parents, for boomerang children who come back. [laughter] blake: also valentine's day of course tomorrow, don't forget, don't forg

get it over to connell mcshane and lauren simonetti for "after the bell." lauren: thanks, ashley. wall street on edge. nasdaq fighting for a record close. any gain today is a record. the second in a row for the nasdaq as investors continue to weigh coronavirus fears after apple issued a revenue warning over the outbreak in china. the dow jones industrial average is ending down 165 points. i'm lauren simonetti in for melissa francis today. connell: i'm connell mcshane. welcome to after the bell. s&p looks like it will settle lower. it was nasdaq, the one we're watching. that could be the 15th record close for nasdaq. it has been pretty much flat for last few minutes of trading hire is what is new at this hour president trump making his way to california this hour. heading west for a multiday visit to campaign in key swing districts not beforehanding out a few presidential pardons before he hopped on air force one. plane to rein in on wall street. mike bloomberg's newest proposal to crack down on some of his old friend in the financial services industry. we'll talk about that. they

lauren simonetti with details in new york. government's approach on trade after britain left the european union last week, johnson speaking today in london calling for free trade. >> if countries learn to specialize and exchange, then overall wealth will increase and productivity will increase, leading us to conclude that free trade is god's di blow b massey- diplomacy, the only certain way of uniting people. lauren: johnson proposing tough terms for trade talks with the eu, raising fears great britain may not have a deal in place at the end of the 11 month transition period. bernie ebers has died, best known an the former ceo of world com who spent more than 13 years in prison for his part in one of the largest accountant frauds in u.s. history. he was granted a compassionate release due to his poor health back in december. he was 78 years old. google breaking down the super bowl in its most searched key words, noting 5,000 percent increase in searches asking for how many quarters are there in the big game and yearly spike in

lauren simonetti with details now, lauren.n: maria, good morning, explosion sparking huge fire after tanker carrying 4,000 gallons of jet fuel turns on minneapolis, highway closing in both directions, 3 good samaritans helping the critically injured driver to safety, he apparently lost control on a curve ramp. new york times reporting the settlement could be announced today, no word yet on how much, the paper say it is bank has set aside more than $3 billion, wells fargo after it opened millions of unauthorized bank accounts to realize unrealistic sales goals and baby yoda fans, toys about to arrive, set to make debut on monday at the fair, action figures, lego sets, t-shirts, hats and other merchandise, there's this, the model is available for preorder, it even let's put you baby yoda to sleep, it's very cute, this might drum up support for the season 2. >> it's true, you're right, he's cute, lauren, thank you. meanwhile senior officials tell the house intelligence last week that moscow is looking to interfere in 2020 electio

quarters of 1%, the others also weaker, british regulators investigating the ceo of bar clays, lauren simonettithe details, hey, lauren. lauren: probing alleged relationship with disgraced financeer. epstein committed suicide in new york city jail while awaiting trial or sex trafficking charges, tesla recalling 15,000 of model suv's to fix power-steering wheel, makes it harder to steer and possibly can cause a crash, older model x's that were built before october 2016, there have been no reports of injuries or accident but still the stock is down 3.4% this morning, major milestone for the popular messaging app whatsapp, it's hit 2 billion users since inception a decade ago, was bought from facebook an and it's profitable. new study finding a third of americans run out of money before their next paycheck, the report from salary finance finds that 42% of the american workers experience financial trust more than trust in relationships, in their careers or with their help, but i think it's all tied together, maria, back to you. maria: thank you, meanwhile president trump is coming to william barr d

lauren simonetti is at the event with details. lauren? the excitement, the worry coming out of the new york toy fair is how the factories will produce hundreds of millions of dollars in orders placed this week. there is a real fear that dried up production capacity will render china unable to make toys for summer, for fall, even for holiday 2020. toy store shelves could be empty for christmas because of coronavirus. the ceo of the toy association says supply chains are moving out of china will take time. >> i think 10 years from now half the production will be in china. it is largest toy producer in the world makes sense manufacturing will be there but africa and other parts of world rise? you will see manufacturing move. what went on with coronavirus shows companies they need to diversify. reporter: there are trends that are fun, that are happening, what are alive what are they, isabelle? >> kid power toys. that put power of play in kids hands. he answers to trend in real life, all digital platforms leading the physical toys. generations

i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning. i'm cheryl casone. s take a look at how your money is moving this monday. we've seen a small he setback on wall street, the dow is down 41 points, nasdaq down about 6, this after friday's selloff but taking that into consideration, the major averages ended last week with gains of at least 3% each. cheryl: gas prices down the last 19 days. we're watching oil. this contract is off about 20% from its january peak, traders waiting to hear how the coronavirus is affecting demand, especially in china. lauren: stocks in asia, mixed performance, the shanghai actually higher, dwayneing half -- gaining half of 1%. cheryl: breaking news in the u.k., four more patients have now tested positive for the coronavirus. the u.k. now has eight confirmed cases. the concerns about the contagion of the virus affecting all of the european markets, a lot of red across the board this morning. our top story, in less than one hour the white house expected to unveil the budget for 2021. the $4.8 trillion plans calls for increased m

i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, everybody. i'm cheryl casone. ride for everybody today. lauren: let's take a look at how your money is moving this morning and we have more selling. the s&p has lost for perspective $1.7 trillion in value this week, dow is down 221 this morning, s&p is down 18, nasdaq is down 66. fears of the coronavirus spreading, really making investors nervous. cheryl: oil and gold right now, oil we see the selloff continuing this morning. that contract is down 1.5%. again, think about consumption in china and now other countries. that is affecting oil. gold is the opposite, a little bit of a bump here. that safety play continues. lauren: safety play being seen in the treasury market. the yield on the 10 year treasury down five face a row at 1.33% this morning. cheryl: stocks in asia, investors continue to grapple with the spread of the coronavirus. that's affecting manufacturing, the supply chains, especially in the asian region, red across the board. the biggest loss right now, the kospi, coronavirus affecting that market. la

i'm lauren simonetti. tracee: good morning, i'm tracee carrasco. the chiefs were going to win. lauren: i did. tracee: i picked the 49ers. let's take a look at how your money is moving this morning. a little stability to see on the board this morning after friday's selloff. the dow falling on friday more than 600 points. you can see futures pointing higher this morning, dow futures up by 62, s&p 500 futures up by 9 and a quarter, nasdaq up by 31 and a quarter. lauren: the chinese market opening for the first time in a week, getting their chance to he response to the coronavirus outbreak. the shanghai composite losing almost 8%, worst trading day since 2015. tracee: let's take a look at how oil is moving this morning. you can see oil once again down, this after closing down by more than 1% on friday. 51, 42 a barrel. lauren: gas prices down 12 days in a row now. take a look at this, european investors showing a muted reaction to the coronavirus as well. i want to point attention to the ftse, it's down about 1%, it's the first trading day since brexit

would you walk down the aisle with someone who isn't on the same side of political aisle as you, lauren simonetti now, this is becoming a major issue. >> used to be don't talk business, don't talk politics but now we are talking politics before we get to talk politics by putting our political affiliation at the top, at the very top of our online dating profiles. >> eharmony did a research that 50% of the users have used the word trump at least once in their dating profile and eharmony has 10 million users. lauren: that's 5 million people with strong view for or against president trump specifically and they don't want to meet someone who doesn't agree with them, in fact, 7 and 10 women won't date someone out political affiliation, we would ask, would you cross party lines for love? >> i will have to say no to that. that makes life very hard. >> i don't think they should bring it up at all and i think it's something that you grow and learn to respect it. >> i'm open mind, i don't care who do you think, who you are, doesn't matter. lauren: he's elder, younger if colleges, no, no, they must think exa

i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: investors continue to monitor any news on the coronavirus. reporting before the bell today, the s&p is up 7, nasdaq up 33 and a quarter. lauren: stocks in asia, mostly higher r despite the coronavirus death toll rising. cheryl: we have positive numbers across the pond, the ftse, da dashing dax and cabbi . president trump holding a l rall--holding a rally before pry voting. lauren: hillary vaughn has more. the president really had another explosive rally last night. >> reporter: lauren and cheryl, good morning. that's right, the president on the stump in manchester, new hampshire, warning his thousands of supporters that turned out last night about putting a socialist in the white house. >> the democrat party wants to run your healthcare but they can't even run a caucus in iowa. does anybody know who won iowa. flip a coin, they're going to run your healthcare. >> reporter: that's something joe biden and amy klobuchar have warned bowed. while bernie sanders continues to surge. biden made the final pitch to voters last night and spent his final

ashley: good morning, i'm ashley webster, in for lauren simonetti.ake a look at how your money is moving this morning. u.s. futures pointing to just a mild lost at the open, the dow off 32 points, the s&p and nasdaq down less than 10%. cheryl: oil and gold activity, gold futures hitting the highest close since march 2013, oil is up by 30-cents. oil on the rise after the trump administration lack listed the arm of -- black listed an r arm of a russian oil giant. ashley: in asia, a mixed bag. the nikkei finishing higher, shanghai up nearly 2%. cheryl: in europe we're taking a look at the markets this morning, the ftse in london up by more than 10%, cac in the red. the 2020 democrats, folks, they pulled no punches with michael bloomberg in his debate debut with elizabeth warren attacking him for making former employees sign nondisclosure agreements. ashley: hillary vaughn is live from las vegas with the latest. what a bruising debate. >> reporter: mayor mike bloomberg, this was his first ft debate. a lot of them gave them their thoughts on his candidacy

good morning, i'm lauren simonetti.'s take a look at how your money is moving on this friday, after all three major indices hit all-time records last night, a little bit of pressure this morning. dow down 90 points in the premarket, s&p down 9 and-a-half, nasdaq down 39 and-a-half. we're waiting on the january jobs report. lauren: let's take a look at the close in asia this friday, basically a sea of red here. the kospi in south korea losing three quarters of 1%. shanghai composite gaining a third of 1%. we're waiting key trade data out of china for the month of january. cheryl: let's take a look at europe. it's been a global market story all week long, european markets in tandem with u.s. markets. red arrows across the board. lauren: it's ban a solid week for most major averages. our top story today is the qualifying 2020 hopefuls are set to take the debate stage tonight, days before the new hampshire primary. a new poll shows pete buttigieg and bernie sanders are in a virtual tie, both are declaring victory in the iow

good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. a lot to believe in this morning when it comes to our march. laurenmarkets.lauren: good poi. cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone. we have another rally in the premarket, dow up 102, s&p up 8 and a quarter, nasdaq up 32 and a quarter. fears over the coronavirus seem to be less and less on traders' minds. lauren: let's check the price of oil as stocks go up. prices are up 1% this morning, gold moving higher as well. cheryl: we are seeing a surge in asian markets as there is hope the coronavirus will be contained. in japan, big jump there, more than 2 and a quarter percent, shanghai composite up 1ed and a three quarter percent, hang seng more than 2 and-a-half percent. lauren: rising optimism lifting all boats, extending to europe as well, gaining at least half of 1% for the ftse, cac and dax. cheryl: china is cutting tariffs in half, beijing plans to slash tariffs on february 14th. their finance ministry said the move made the to promote the healthy and stable development of u.s.-ch

i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: glad it's friday. that is for sure. what a week. orning, everyone. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: you know what, the selling is not over yet. take a look at how your money is moving this morning. just to remind you, we had the biggest point declines ever yesterday, the dow and s&p in correction territory. this morning, dow is down another 450 points, s&p down 51, nasdaq down 165. everybody's looking for the bottom of this market. cheryl: we had a major selloff in oil yesterday. take a look at that right now. that selling is continuing. look at oil right now, down almost 4%, again, the concern if you've got a global recession on your hands, you are going to see crude demand fall and that is what we're seeing in that contract. what's interesting here is gold is actually down about three quarters of a percent. we had seen gold rising. lauren: let's take a look at the close in asia. it was an ugly one, red across the screen, three plus percent declines in japan, china and south korea. cheryl: european shares slumped and the biggest decline f

good morning, i'll lauren simonetti. lot of buzz about what we're not seeing this morning. good morning, everyone. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: you picked a busy tuesday to come back to the studio. cheryl: right back in it. let's go. lauren: it's a good day if you're looking at your money. the dow is up 310 points, building on the 143 point rally yesterday. s&p up 37, nasdaq up 118, all 1.1 plus percent. it could be because the dems are in disarray. the market is interpreting that as a positive. cheryl: let's take a look at oil. it dipped into bear market territory yesterday. worries about the spread of the coronavirus hitting the global markets. goldman sachs seeing a potential shock, what we're seeing a reversal. you are seeing oil up 1 and-a-half percent. the volatility has been sending the price of gasoline down. the average gallon, $2.46 in this country, a little bit of a positive for the american consumer. lauren: let's take a look at stocks in asia of. the shanghai recovering somewhat, down a quarter of 1%. the hang

welcome to fbn:am happy valentine's day i'm lauren simonetti. >> this for cheryl casone valentine's day what a day it is going to be on a friday headed into the weekend. >> making weather plans tonight difficult. >> you have to have them a busy day, though, looking ahead, and let's take a look at how your money is moving this morning. >> we might see a lot of red on your tv screen -- but look at in the green, in fact, dow is up 1 point s&p up four nasdaq up 23 adding to weakest gains of at least 1.1% for all three major averages. taking a look at stocks in asia this morning the nikkei down about half a percent but shanghai and cosby all up from anywhere about a third it a half of percent. >> got to get out of germany gdp and yet dax is up by two tenths of one percent and they are lower this morning. well a major goal of the trump administration is now a reality phase one of the u.s. china trade deal takes effect today with with beijing set to buy 200 billion dollars of u.s. farm products nonmanufacture good energy and services by the end of 20 12eud so two yearses. china and u.s. both a

. ♪ all right we're with off welcome to fbn:am good morning to you at home i'm lauren simonetti had.> busy monday good morning everyone i'm cheryl casone. >> let's get right to it here money this morning with humbling more than 2.4% across the board as dow tanking 712 point 2.4% and s&p 500 down, and nasdaq is down 3% this morning down 279. we're seeing big moves in oil right now, there's a lot of pressure on crude this morning this is over concerns about a global chick slowdown think about oil consumption in china in particular right now we're seeing oil down more than three and a half percent opposite story for gold, though, seeing that that is right to safety and looking for a safe place to go up two and a quarter percent. seeing that with a tenure treasury yield as well tumbled to lowest level since july 2016, very, very close it all time hoes as concerns about global economic impact of the virus driving investor to safety of u.s. government debt if the record low by the way is 1.37% we're very close to that thissing morning. >> let's take a look at stockses in asia big impact th

lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti.et's take a look t how your moneys is moving this morning. we had another rally in futures right now because of breaking news out of china and the u.k. that a drug has been found that could successfully treat the coronavirus. we saw futures spike with that hitting the tape moments ago. the dow is up 262, s&p up 28 and a quarter, nasdaq up 97. lauren: let's take a look at oil prices this morning. opec is weighing production cuts but as stocks are higher, so too is oil, gaining 2 and-a-half percent, gas prices down 14 days in a row. cheryl: that's due to the fall in crude that we last week. stocks in asia, we are seeing positive numbers in asia. the coronavirus is still looming large over businesses there. commerce almost at a standstill in particular out of china. japan's nikkei up 1%, shanghai, hang seng did clock gains. lauren: a global rally extended to europe, european equities higher as well, 2.3% gain in london. let's get to the breaking news, overnight a significant breakthrough

i'm lauren simonetti. ashley: good morning, i'm ashley webster, in for cheryl casone.e a look at how your money is moving as we round out the week. let's take a look at the futures. well, more red on the screen, selloff yesterday, dow jones and the futures down 110, s&p and nasdaq down about half a percent. lauren: let's take a look at commodities this morning. the gold flight to safety is at 1636 an ounce, a gain of 1%. oil prices down about 1 and-a-half percent, 5302 a barrel. ashley: stocks in china higher after chinese officials said work is resuming in parts of the country. the rest of asia as you can he see, lower, the nikkei, hang seng and kospi in south korea a down on this friday. lauren: a rise in the coronavirus cases outside of china is certainly weighing on investors world wide this morning. the ftse is down three quarters of 1%. and as we continue to watch the threat of the coronavirus, there's a new report that says the cdc was against the 14 passengers that were infected with the virus from the diamond princess cruise ship in japan, they got on the char

. ♪ welcome to fbn:am good morning to you happy wednesday i'm lauren simonetti. >> good morning i'm traceearrasco in for cheryl casone. all right let's take a look at how your money is moving this morning. any gain today forked nasdaq or s&p 500 will be a new record high meanwhile the dow up 108 point after a ever so small pullback yesterday. >>let take a look at how things are moving in asia right now you can see stocks are up in asiabrt the corona virus. the nikkei you can get getting boost from soft bank on springt t-mobile merger. taking a look at the open in europe stock there all in the green so it is rally day globally like that. let take a look at the top story this mornings it was a wild night in state of new hampshire, bernie sanders finishing first in the first in the nation l primary. >> but mayor pete buttigieg comeses ins close second and surprising third place finish for amy klobuchar . out of nowhere that as they call it let's be to hillary vaughn live in new hampshire with the play by play. what a night what a morning hillary,ing good morning. >> good morning, lauren and t

. >> good morning everybody i'm lauren simonetti. >> welcome back after the long weekend.et take a look at how your money is moving this morning we've got well got the red arrows to show you right now dow is down 164 in preb market s&p 16 and three quarters for the down siled. nasdaq down 86. apple premajority loss has shares the iphone maker to shave 85ed a opening bell apple big story this morning. >> let's take a look at stocks and asia mostly lower but check out shanghai composite up fractionally see applicationses for tariff exemptions from companies for u.s. imports. breaking overnight out of europe especially london bc says to cut 35,000 jobs 100 billion in assets in next three careers. they're scaling back operations here in the united states especially and also in europe. you've got red across the board in europe. >> let's talk corona virus because more than a dozen americans evacuated all for quarantine cruise ship in japan they're getting tests done at a nebraska hospital officials diagnosing 14 of theming during the trip back to the u.s. from japan. >> greg is

i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: all right. let's take a look at how your money is doing this morning.another look at futures. it's been a week, right. another loss for the dow and s&p yesterday, both down five days in a row. right now, we do have more red arrows. the dow was down 400 overnight. this is an improvement. the dow is down 133, s&p down 16, nasdaq is down 42. by the way, a lot of retailers reporting before the bell. we have best buy, jc penney to mix it up today. lauren: it's a coronavirus driven market. the price of oil is at 47, 93. down almost 2% right now. gold of course flight to safety, at 1648 an ounce, a gain of $5. goldman sachs sees gold topping 1800 in the next three months. cheryl: we have seen a flight to safety into treasuries. right now the yield is actually down which means the prices are up. that means there is still a flight to safety today and the 10 year treasury, 3.2 basis points to the down side. lauren: there's panic out there. we're seeing that in the asian close. the shanghai composite had a gain. the kospi was down 1%, south korea's central bank ke

paycom.com maria: fox business alert, wal-mart earnings are out, stock is off of early lows, lauren simonetti with more details right now on wal-mart. lauren: we got the earnings report, maria, double miss, if you look at the bottom and top line for wal-mart, disappointing holiday season, there was a lot of positive in this short, so e-commerce, best quarterly growth of the year, growth 35%, as for the coronavirus, they said it has no financial effect on assumption going forward, so that's the only statement we have on that for now, and this could be one of the reasons why the stock is down ever so slightly, the outlook for 2021, they put it at 515 a share, the street was looking more like 522, outlook a little bit light, mentioning the coronavirus, not much information on that overall between e-commerce strength and grocery pickup and delivery, there are solid points in latest earnings report, maria, back to you. maria: this was it why the stock is off of the lows, only down a quarter of a percent right now, that certainly helped futures, we are down on futures this morning after apple warne

future, i'm just saying their politics, fox news contributor kat temp and fox business very own lauren simonettipoison stuart varney. lauren: apparently we don't share the same political beliefs. neil: let me ask you about that, the politics of your significant other is important? >> now it is increasingly so, happened right after the 2016 election, you noticed at the top of profiles 5 million profiles or half of them on e-harmony, don't say republican or democrat, they say trump. 7 in 10 woman want to make sure the person that they are dates has the same political beliefs as they do. neil: they don't want a trump pro. lauren: want someone that believes exactly what they believe. >> i think you need to know the person exactly. marry -- marie madeline, politics was their life and they have been married for years. >> it's a dating app you should be picking who to date based on appearance only. no, i'm sorry. [laughter] >> that's really what they are. >> i agree with carley, i don't care if somebody put on there that they had the exact political views that i have, i still wouldn't want to be around

lauren simonetti has been digging into that. lauren? reporter: right, neil. we're all stressed. of american workers reported experiencing stress at work. do you bother to do a study when 94% of people say they're stressed? that is according to a work management company. i guess it makes sense when the stress goes away, that happens when the work actually goes away? take this. a british travel company finds older adults, 55 and up, they're happier than the younger counterparts because millenials devoted entirely to their jobs, getting ahead as the 55 plus crowd sees the light at the end of the 9:00 to 5:00 tunnel, right? when they're near retirement or in it, this report finds they pursue hobbies. they work out. they see friends. they go on vacations. but can you really argue the key to being happy is not working? you can. this is what greg writes, because i am retired after 44 years in the same profession i escaped the rat race. judy roth says this, being retired, having no debt is like being a teenager all over again. okay. but, back to reality. most of us do work. so how do yo

lauren simonetti, this woman does not stop. >> reporter: the education department want information fromrd, yale and other universities on which parties gave the money and how much. they believe colleges failed to report at least $6 million in funding from countries including china and saudi arabia, this money can buy influence, access to american trade secrets and cutting-edge technology. thar for the trump administration wants to return on their investment, they were they will use it to narrow economic or military apps with the us. harvard and yale in particular failed to report hundreds of millions of dollars in countries that include russia and iran, yale boasted significant presence abroad but did report a single foreign gift or contract between 2014, 2017. the department zeroing in on records related to two chinese telecoms, huawei and ge and russia's christie lab and the foundation of iran. failing to report foreign money had an effect, ten schools have come forward and reported $3.6 billion including cornell, mit and carnegie mellon. the education department can refer the matter

lauren simonetti at the javits center with more. lauren?f millions of dollars at the new york toy fair. the issue you might get the orders but where is the product coming from? over 80% of toys are made in china and there are supply issues in china. i was talking to the ceo of mga entertainment which makes the most popular toy brand in the world, ll surprise, those popular dolls and he said, look, the factories are back open but they're idle. they're idle because the raw materials are not coming in so they can't make the toys. they were supposed to start the christmas production february 1st but the chinese new year and the coronavirus fears putting that completely halted. he is worried. so are many other people here today. i have the editor-in-chief at the toy insider joining us now, just to kind of explain how big of a problem is the supply coming out of china right now for the entire industry? >> it is becoming a little bit of an issue for some companies. right now we're looking potentially a four to six week delay on spring and summer i

lauren simonetti is investigating the trend.ramatic developments. >> maybe they're together because they sleep apart. there is stigma. my wife is pregnant i have to sleep in the other room. so-and-so snores. we caught up with a life coach about that. watch. >> the couples specifically that i have worked with have had a sleep issue and resentment was building and that is how they actually got to me. they didn't come to me for a sleep issue. they came to me with this kind of resentment, you know, i'm not getting good sleep. you have to fix it. if snore something the issue, one partner, the onus is on one partner, fix that. take the pills. find the surgery. >> that sparked a trend in real estate. dual master bedrooms. one suite for you. one suite for you. full bedroom. that is everybody happy. neil: both bedrooms are empty. >> this is the no just a trend for couples, watch this. >> starting to take care of our parents in the latter years. instead of sending them off to the traditional retirement home, we're building homes to accomm

lauren simonetti with the details there. lauren. >> good morning maria.vents president trump from attacking iran without congress approval it is senate first major vote since acquitted president on impeachment charges just last week. president trump expected to veto resolution and Über wants to help elderly hail rides call 1-800-use Über if you don't have a smartphone to request a ride. service nowing being tested in arizona. and finally take a look at this this video on american airlines flight sparking a lot of debate online this guy is seen punching woman's reclined seat in front of him she says look i complained and flight attendant reprimanded her for complaining and offer a the rink and man who plans on pressing challenge annoying when someone in front of you reclined but he was attacking back of her chair. >> aanythinging to go going like this and seat constantly that has happened to e me. that is so wrong. so did you then -- back up? >> i was to shy about it. >> seat back up or stay reclined? >> no it wasn't exactly this situation but somebody was

maria: o a blockout number 291,000 jobs created in the month of january lauren simonetti with details00 private jobs blowing past what street was expecting at 156,000. as you noted we do get the government jobs' report, for january on friday that number 160,000 jobs created with this big beat today you can expect that expectations to be blown away on friday, too back to you. maria: we got 291,000 jobs added to economy in january, versus estimate of 156,000, this was a blowout had to get out. >> absolutely it is it speaks to lots of issues that going on last year corrected where the strike, that we are dealing with other things slowing numbers down, but, again, this very much dovetails with president message i think we need to see market economy stay song he addressed a lot of geopolitical factors with trade that may have hurt. >> manufacturing no longer contracting in month of january, that was first time that you had a positive reading on u.s. manufacturing since last july, then, this is clearly,, a problem with the coronavirus for the u.s. economy and world economy, nevertheless thi

lauren simonetti is with us, sitting next to me. lauren: yep. stuart: we teased this.ong marriage because of separate bedrooms. lauren: lauren: 25% of couples sleep separately. that helps keep them together. listen. the couples specifically that i have worked with have had a sleep issue, resentment was building. that is how they actually got to me. they didn't come to me for a sleep issue. they came to me with this kind of resentment, you know, i'm not getting good sleep. tough fix it, if snoring is the issue, one partner, the onus is on one partner. fix that. take the pills. find surgery. lauren: loss of sleep is sparking a housing trend, a real estate trend. dual master bedrooms. one master suite for you, one for me, listen. >> we're taking care of our parents in latter years. instead of sending them off to the traditional retirement home. we're building homes to accommodate that. lauren: this is multigenerational housing dynamic, you're seeing marketing and a lot of interest for homes with two master suites. stuart: may i say this? lauren: yes. stuart: in my opinion

president obama is talk about taking credit for the trump's booming economy, i want to bring in lauren simonettirump responded to president obama's claim. lauren: on twitter this is what he said, did you hear the latest con job, president obama wanting to take credit for economic boom, weakest recovery since great depression, despite zero fed rate and massive quantitative easing, had to rebuild our military which was totally depleted, fed rate up taxes and regulations way down, military trouble right now. the best is yet to come, keep america great. stuart: don't you have numbers on manufacturing job creation under president obama versus president trump? >> with the trade war increased manufacturing jobs by 3.6% since 2016 or since he took office in 2017. in the final obama 3 years up only 1.7% and none of these numbers talk about confidence, small builder -- small business and home builder confidence. stuart: bottom line is trump's economy. law law deregulation, low taxes. stuart: i think we are all in agreement. we are singing kumbaya, ladies and gentlemen, i want to bring charles, i want char

stuart: lauren simonetti is here and has a look on her face, look, stuart, this is a baby yoda. s yet, they were able to license this, the first company to license, plus toy, 2 and a half billion category and this would be the first plus that you can buy in store $25 in april. stuart: is that the baby yod? we are the first ones that have it? lauren: no, you cannot have it. april. ashley: good luck, lauren. stuart: we have emails on this, we've got this from dave in ohio, he says what did baby yoda ever do to you, mr. varney, he's such acute little creature, breaks my heart, you consistently hate on him. give him a chance. #give babyyodaachance. ashley: you're breaking hearts, stu. stuart: by the way, thanks, dave, for the wonderful comment, i don't hate this thing but i wouldn't buy it, okay, are we done? move on. ashley: expression on yoda. what did i do? [laughter] stuart: amazon, they want to kill the checkout line in super markets, they are opening their first cashier super market. we will take you there. bloomberg joins the attack, a ton of money to take out bernie sanders,

help me explain it, please, john layfield is with us, greg valiere and lauren simonetti with us.n, i asked you earlier why is the market retreating in the face of this blockbuster jobs report? >> i think it's the threat of coronavirus. it's the unknown of what is out there. if it's what it is right now, it's contained, but if it spreads, we don't know what's going to happen. what's going on with the market, the jobs number was terrific. jamie dimon coming out with jpmorgan, the very first, used to be ge to come out, now it's jpmorgan, giving us a sanguine look into earnings. the market's doing fine. just a little pullback. stuart: greg, do you think the -- i think the problem with the virus, i'm speaking strictly in stock market terms, we don't know how long this is going to go on, the lockdown in china, and we don't know the impact on china's economy, therefore, we don't know the impact on our economy. that's the uncertainty that investors have to deal with when it comes to the virus. >> yes. i think you're right. let me add one other thing, stuart. president trump wants the fed

lauren simonetti joins us. what we are looking at, we are up 250 on the dow. news of maybe treatment and/or vaccine for the virus and 291,000 private sector jobs from adp this morning. lauren: that was a strong number. when you look under the hood, manufacturing added 10,000 jobs. construction added 47,000 jobs. those were the weak sectors of 2019. big growth for 2020. as far as coronavirus, we are compartmentalizing it. we were talking about casino stocks, why were they up when casinos are being shut down in macao. because the growth, the consumer is good that despite this coronavirus which will be temporary, the fundamentals remain the same. stuart: market's up. it was up 300. we will take a gain of 260. take a look at disney. they reported yesterday afternoon. they added 28.6 million new subscribers. that was in just a month and a half. the stock is down three bucks, $3.66, 2.5%. five million of the new subscribers get it for free. >>> how about ford motor company? way down, negative outlook for the year. they say the virus is affecting their manufacturing

lauren simonetti, update on the -- yes. it is a story. this is the hotel in the canary islands with a thousand people locked, updates? lauren: 130 allowed to leave. imagine if you're being allowed to leave, tested negative for the coronavirus, so as the market goes up -- i don't know how to define what we are seeing now. drop of 490 versus 960, this is contributing to the good news. stuart: canary island in the -- the back story here is that those people have suffered through a sand storm. ashley: yes. from the sahara. stuart: somebody among the thousand people had been -- lauren: italian doctor. >> all confined to hotel rooms for 2 weeks, some of them released. ashley: nightmare. stuart: that's some vacation, isn't it? lauren: nice hotel room. charles: look who is here, david asman, the host of bulls&bears today. in the last 35 minutes, the dow has swung 500 points. >> well, when people are panicking and much too much panic and what charles said is right on, pan kick do a lot of things including preventing people from getting help that ne

lauren simonetti.posal earlier this week increasing military spending to $740 billion for fiscal year 2021. it comes as the u.s. army unveils its $178 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2021 and slightly less than the $180 billion for 2020. of approved it will include a one.3% pay increase for troops and 2.9% increase in basic allowance for housing. it is investing in new technology like ai and quantum computing. joining me is the secretary of the army, ryan mccarthy. thank you for joining us. let's talk about the budget and what the priorities are. an interesting component that you are going to see an increase in things like artificial intelligence and quantum computer, tell us where the priorities are and why. >> this budget in the 21 cycle, we are in the third year of our transformation in the u.s. army. you will see a 26% year-over-year increase from fy 20-fy 21 in our modernization accounts. $800 million for hypersonic glide body missiles, $1 billion to bring in two new helicopter platforms i