leslie threw a lot down there and leslie, you are right about a lot of it. if truth is what we are searching for then let's start with the president of the united states. we only have one at a time. let's not bring anyone else into it and let's talk about what we were told by this president and i imagine he will stick with this line of talk because i think that's true or think that will work, but it's not. we knew about that variant, omicron, at least by november 25th when the world health organization now says it notified us. previous to that, the president of south africa says the reason he doesn't understand the travel ban from the very beginning was because he had let the world know including the united states about what they were saying, about what was coming, and they are still doing that. talk about thank yous, i haven't heard this president think the president of south africa for giving us a heads up. what did they do with all that time? i don't know. but if you can't fix testing supplies, then you don't understand how this works. the lease the presi

the july 25th issue of frank leslie's illustrated newspaper, at eight years the oldest of the three u.s. weekly pictorials, included a special double-page supplement depicting 13 scenes during monday, july 13th, and to a lesser extent, tuesday, july 14th, the first two days of the riot. since the pictorial papers were dated by the last day of the week of their publication, these images may have actually reached the public as early as july 18th, only five days after the violence began. publication in such proximity to the events required intensive labor and haste, entailing shortcuts that delivered the news in a timely fashion. but at some cost to clarity and detail. so the end graving of the, as it's called, burning of the colored orphans asylum along with the issue's other illustrations was noticeably crude in its execution although specific as to place. showing the crowd along the 44 street side of the burning building. the new york illustrated news, the new and least solvent -- newest and least solvent pictorial weekly, also rushed out images of the riot withs within days of the onse

as for the similarities between the leslie and london news illustrations, in the 18 50s and 1860, it was common for artists to produce more than one version of a sketch to accommodate two different clients, especially if they were separated by an ocean. finally, illumined le monde did not copy other illustrations that were the basis for other engravings. it's full page august depiction of the insurgents burning the orphans asylum, complete with a barricade in the foreground, and an inaccurate gothic revival building in the back, could be mistaken for a parisian seen during the 1848 revolution. the one instance of racial violence tucked into its corner is an exception. the illustration by le monde often involved a mash-up of european iconography and vivid imagination. during these riots, frank leslie's illustrated newspapers assured its readers, we have had no less than seven artists on the spot translating they are graphic skill from the events. our art is not near skill. persons acquainted with the localities will attest to the accuracy of the sketches. the sketches were not made wi

leslie enfatiza que lo mejor para que esto les suceda es que se vacunen.er nuevas imÁgenes del asalto al capitolio. se puede apreciar cuando un grupo de manifestantes golpea a agentes de la policÍa. guillermo gonzÁlez con el reportaje. guillermo: se trata de un vÍdeo de tres horas en el que se observan nuevos detalles e imÁgenes que no se conocÍan del momento en el que cientos de manifestantes intentan entrar violentamente al capitolio el pasado 6 de enero. inicialmente las cÁmaras de seguridad de uno de los accesos al edificio captan a uno de los atacantes descargando una botella de lo que parece ser un tipo de gas. una vez vaciado su contenido, el hombre arroja el envase a los oficiales. poco despuÉs se observa a los agentes ayudÁndose unos a otros. los policÍas tratan desesperadamente de detener a los atacantes, pero Éstos intensifican sus acciones para sobrepasarlos. el vÍdeo fue publicado por el departamento de justicia. los agitadores usaron diversas armas, como palos, objetos contundentes e incluso algunos de los elementos de los policÍas, como escu

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leslie? >> leslie: i have a happy ending and special holiday time.ated from the university of texas and he got his degree while his granddaughter got her degree. love that. >> joey: got bless america. >> kayleigh: god bless america. it's been wonderful being here with all of you. happy new year's eve eve. that is it for us. watch "the five" tomorrow this time you will have the original crew. "special report" is up next. ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight senior defense officials are privately very concerned russia will make some move in to ukraine soon with tens of thousands of russian troops on the border with ukraine and more heading that way, president biden and russian president vladimir putin just wrapped up their second phone call this month. we don't have too many specifics about what happened on that calling yet. a call requested by putin. the white house officials say today's conversation ran for about 50 minutes. it's a tense time. rich edson traveling with the

would you be leslie picker 2 exactly the same vr?t have the power of a perfect memory. >> i remember that. >> sleep less. you would like that, too. >> impossible. thank you. thank you all for watching "power lunch." "closing bell" begins right now. ♪ >>> it does. thank you. welcome to "closing bell." i'm wilfred frost at new york stock exchange major averages rising. gaining steam throughout the session. on record close watch for the s&p 500. >> for the 69th time of 2021 welcome, everyone. i'm sara eisen consumer discretionary stocks up today as new data showed the strongest pace of holiday sales growth in 17

let's ask her panel leslie marshall and miranda devine.w variant while very widespread and surging everywhere, it's very mild there's only been one death described trip so far. is it that we get used to it except the pandemic and find a way to move on without lives. >> early indications of omicron is very contagious but mild. if that is the case, that is good news it could end up being a natural immunity booster. doctor marty makary from john hopkins is calling it the army called, we know over reacting to the virus in lockdowns and destroying small businesses and destroying the lives particularly of young people has really adverse consequent is. i think we should really take a deep breath, start and to stop counting and obsessing about cases and look hospitalizations and deaths. if that is not drastically going up then that particular young people live their lives. if older people or scare people want to lock themselves down for christmas, there perfectly free to do that if they want to go and have 100 new boosters, go ahead, do it but don

i'm here with scott wapner and leslie picker. the dow -- another gain today would be the first six-day win since march, keeping a close eye on china supply chain. our road map this morning begins with, quote, not the same disease. oxford scientists signaling the omicron variant is less severe, but companies appear to drop out of in-person events such as ces next month. >>> elon musk compaleting his sale >>> where we're watching covid cases set record, global now a million plus for the second day in a row, u.s. printing 441,000 yesterday, seven-day average almost a quarter million now interesting, leslie cdc director what lents can i i think was on five morning shows this morning, talking about their changed guidance her general point was, look, we're trying to give americans what they think they can handle. part of the challenge to her is it sounds like the decision was based as much in business at in science, when they're talking about societal function, making sure employees are not removed from work for ten days >> they've got

david avella, leslie marshall, thank you very much.cs are still going after a "washington post" columnist for claiming president biden gets more negative media coverage than donald trump ever did during his presidency. jason chaffetz is in "focus" and then there is this. >> mayor lori lightfoot appeared amongst retailers for the smash and grab. alexandria ocasio-cortez comments earlier this week that she doubted allegations of organized retail theft. >> harris: all right. so i will dig deeper into crime after getting democrat guest leslie marshall on record with it. the white house distancing itself from comments by progressive lawmakers on the nation's surge in crime. aoc, there to the left. including a rash of smash and grab robberies. what this divide to mean for cities facing violence. >> are you ready to start a great career? >> safelite is now hiring. >> you will love your job. >> there's room to grow... >> ...and lots of opportunities. >> so, what are you waiting for? >> apply now... >> ...and make a difference. >> singers: ♪ sa

leslie, i will start with you.poll after poll is showing -- there are a fair amount of independent voters in these polls we're looking at. that's where everybody wants to focus. if they have lost trust in this president on the one thing that's most important to them right now, the economy, what does that mean to you? >> well the economy is number one with voters. it doesn't matter if you're democrat, republican or independent. it is still the economy, stupid. the reality is inflation is here. it is not just in the united states. the u.k. has had a higher inflation rate. joe biden can't be blamed for the world but he can be blamed for the united states. we've seen it with past presidencys ford and carter. there is very little any white house can do. i know republicans and i know my opponent here will say otherwise but really when you look at it, okay, you could tap into more petroleum reserves that might give you a tiny cent or two at the gas pump and raise immigration levels to help with the jobs that aren't being

i'm here with leslie picker er d mike santoli there you go we're down on the dow, down on the s&p, marginally higher on the nats gab our road map this morning starts with the bull market of 2021, the s&p 500 on pace for its third straight year of gains with the energy sector leading the way. >> plus it's been a wild ride for ev names rivian and lucid motors joining the crowded field. >>> and warren buffett refusing senator bernie sanders's request to enter -- intervene at a strike at a berkshire-owned company. >> we do begin with the markets, of course. what a year it's been. s&p for the year, up 27.2%, that is the best year for the s&p broad stocks since 2019. >> remarkable. i don't think a lot of people ants pailed quite this much up side at the index level. just a few observations of kind of the path along the way is, you know, it wasn't's easy as it seemed arguably, not to say you didn't have pullbacks. you had multiple kind of boom/bust, you know, cycles within this market i not visible on the s&p chart it was the first quarter l.a. years, all about ipos, spacs, ark, speculative growth,

leslie, marshall, and johnny joey jones. that's it for us.slaine maxwell found guilty of five of six charges. stay with us here on fox news for all updats ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier tonight the verdict is n the ghislaine maxwell sex trafficking trial. maxwell was found guilty of five of six federal charges against her. the jury concluding the british socialite to teenage girls to be sexually assaulted. alexia is outside the courthouse. >> good evening, bret. that's right. you could hear a pin drop all day as we waited for that verdict in the ghislaine maxwell sex trafficking t

leslie abramson defending erik. engaged against each other over these boys? >> yes. >> i say boys. but they weren't really boys -- >> no, they -- >> were they? >> weren't boys at all. in fact, that's what the defense wanted everybody to hear, "these boys." >> poor boys? >> and, "these poor boys, these orphans. >> orphans, an impression the defense tried to play up. leslie abramson wrapped her arms around their shoulders. had them trade their dapper suits for preppy sweaters. >> everything that jill lansing and leslie abramson did was deliberate and calculated. >> prosecutor bozanich steeled herself, determined not to let the optics distract the juries. >> based upon this evidence, it will become apparent that this murder was unlawful, unjustified, and wholly premeditated. >> in basic english, the prosecution's case was this. "just the facts, ma'am." >> fact number one. lyle and erik driving down to san diego, two days before the murders, to buy shotguns and with a stolen i.d. >> why are you using the fake i.d.? beca

leslie picker has that story for us hi, leslie. >> yeah, that's right, carl.day of trading for buzzfeed today. as you mentioned, shares surging nearly 30% at the open, only to plum met to trade lower by 8% currently although the day is still young. buzzfeed marks its debut after completing a merger with a spac known as 890 fifth avenue partners nod to the address of the avengers headquarters. the volatility, though, is the result of a small amount of shares being floated in the market after the spac received an abnormally large amount of redemptions. 94% opted to sell their shares at the ipo price that proportion more than doubled the average redemption rate for spacs this year and means that buzzfeed receives only 16 million dollars in cash. >> having a lot of cash would be nice, but it's important to use your cash in a way that -- where you really are understanding inputs and outputs of your business and investing wisely. and we've been able to do that and be able to -- being able to have a business that generates cash is more important than just raising a t

leslie marshall was introduced brought to you by nabisco.igh hope cracker, that's what my friends in high school used to say to me. [laughter] are you go, shane. which came first, joe biden or the nba? >> golly, i should probably know this. nba. kennedy: joe biden actually. new york city and 1946, basketball association of america and changed to the nba in 1949. joe biden was invented in 1942. all right, i told you, you are the big winner so far, you one round one. he got one point jimmy and shane are trying to catch up. jim, which came first, joe biden or the film casablanca? >> ow, ow. biden. kennedy: the film debuted days after joe biden was born. joe biden is in fact older than casablanca. you are tied with leslie marshall. lastly, pop in again with this, which came first? joe biden or the happy birthday to you song? [mouth trumpet] >> i'm going to say happy birthday to your song. kennedy: you are right. leslie marshall onpoint tonight. you got to get on the board with this one. which came first, joe biden or velcro? >> joe biden, for su

leslie covid-19 for — now the numbers are soaring.umbers are soaring. leslie covid-19 for mama and get to the i covid—19 for mama and get to the front page of the financial times with a straight political story in your both political beasts so i will both give you a at this. johnson to be clear to breaking rules over downing street flat refurbishment commit which is may recall boris johnson's flat was refurbished and there was a row over how that was paid for. lucy, what is latest here? latest here is that borisjohnson is set to be cleared again of having broken the ministerial code, although likely it will be criticised, the independent ethics adviser. if we just rewind slightly, if you may recall that back in may, lord guide first investigated this and at that time boris johnson and at that time borisjohnson claimed he had known and at that time boris johnson claimed he had known nothing at and at that time borisjohnson claimed he had known nothing at all of the payment made by lord brownlow, a tory donor, to finance a renovation of

>> i think that's probably right, leslie. i think it's not just omicron.iables the markets haven't digest right now. a lot come with a lot of uncertainty and potential downside risk. you talk act ole omicron, the fed at the base of its tightening there is issues around you know fiscal slowing, impulse there. so there is a lot to comprehend right now. ultimately, i think this will be a short lived risk to the market i think you are right. the volatility will be sustainable. if you look through this, you mentioned therapeutics i am quite bullish from the recovery from covid-19 and in general. i think the reaction you see today in the markets makes a lot of sense >> so it seems like your colleagues j.p. morgan and the strategy group are agreeing with the sentiment that earlier reports suggest omicron might be less deadly as a signal that's at the end of a pandemic is fear therefore, this pullback at least what we saw over the last few days is a signal to buy on the dip. do you agree with that if so, where should investors be buying >> leslie, good question i

>> thanks, leslie.furcation in terms of tech stocks higher quality names have held up better in this market than lower quality names. it's true. you look at consumer tech where i focus, the stocks that have held up have been the google, amazon, facebook, apple of the world and it's the peloton, the newer companies, the companies that traded those price to sales multiples, not p/e multiples, much more challenged if you're worried about portfolios near term stick with the highest quality tech names in my space they have an acronym, f.a.a.n.g., i don't think that changes that much we're trying to get more offensive and look beyond this, assuming there is beyond this, you can lay into more names that i think are dislocated here. i think facebook and amazon fall into that category and so does uber. >> given what we've seen in recent days and over the last week or so with regard to covid, do you think it's prudent for investors to go back to some of the trading behavior we saw until spring of 2020 and mid 202

let's bring in the panel leslie marshall and congressman chip roy who literally just got done votingr. congressman, thank you for making it. >> my pleasure, good to be on. >> shannon: leslie always great to be having you. congressman who represents texas, a great interest to you as many americans. "the washington post" today talking about this idea of being discussed of the border welcoming centers sort of where people will get processed. the model would allow migrant families to remain together in nonsetting with assess to programming, legal counsel and silent seekers with reception center is technically detained but they have sites to comply with the adjudication process, your thoughts, congressman. >> will, it is completely absur. this is the biden administration solution and kamala harris sent to central america to talk to them once and come back to the united states and have no actual solution for the border. the result is we have 51 dead migrants and a vehicle overturned with two dead american citizens because we have an american citizen cartel tea bowling and killing two ameri

. >> got a lot to unpack this morning regarding the market action but really, leslie, it was the cdcuidelines, cutting quarantine, isolation guidelines in half that is reflecting a period where thanks to a variant that's a little more mild and thanks to a couple hundred million people vaccinated now, governments can afford to be maybe a little more practical, maybe a little more flexible and that's going to have a big impact on some of the cuts in early '22 growth. >> absolutely. absenteeism is a big thing, you've seen it in airlines, restaurants. when you have a labor force that is required to quarantine for ten days, that has a really big impact on their ability to staff and then you've put kind of the holiday season on top of everything there have been a lot of businesses that have really struggled during this time to stay open at the very least, let alone made sure they're providing good service it will be interesting to see if this shorter quarantine period changes the game without sacrificing health of the community as well. >> it's funny you say changing the game the words tha

>> leslie, the dow thihitting another record high as we close out years.ts let's bring in harris associates partner, cio of international equity, david herro, nice to see you again. >> good morning. thanks for having me on the show today. >> yeah. we appreciate you being here we're talking about ending the year so strongly, why should i think about investing internationally when right here, right now looks pretty good? >> for that reason you've seen a strong uptake in u.s. stock prices and valuations, and what has basically been ignored is what's happening in the overseas markets, in the european markets and to some degree even some of the chinese companies have been -- continue to do well in terms of earnings growth and business success, very strong business funds, but these valuations are at near 20-year lows in terms of a differential between non-u.s. and u.s. stocks all you have to do is look at the efa index performance for say s&p and you see the huge gap continues to open and i believe at some point this becomes extremely unsustainable and you have

behind this poking of the bear that leslie is alluding to.ending troops. and things that biden ought to be doing at the moment. including of the selling of military supplies to ukraine including lethal aid and some very, very clear lines on very stiff international sanctions and particularly when it comes to banking. if russia were to make this move. there's plenty of things that could be done instead of just signing off on the nord stream pipeline. >> bret: hugh, what about the diplomatic ban of the olympics that the administration is announcing today which by the way doesn't affect athletes going or not going. it means administration officials and v.i.p. diplomats attending or not. and they wouldn't be it is better late than never. something rather than nothing. but it's not nearly enough. there is a genocide underway in china it is a very gradual genocide. it involves a million people locked up in prison camps it means a half million children separated from their families fd sterilization of women. mandatory marriages of wen with uyghur wo

leslie marshall, joe concha and jason chaffetz. back to all of you. >> hey shannon. >> hi, shannon. >> shannon: want to read out of philadelphia temple university student shot dead in broad daylight and loading a car after home to visit. his family for thanksgiving. his eyes death brings the homicide rate to a record-breaking 506. the soaring homicide rate has lead to tensions between the cops and district attorney and officers accuse him of allowing crime to skyrocket by failing to prosecute, though mike gun crime. jason your thoughts. >> this is a problem in more than one city. you have gun crime and they don't get prosecuted. even back when i was in congress, we were questioning the obama/biden administration why aren't you prosecuting more gun crimes? it is very simple, police, neighborhood by neighborhood but i've seen the democrats take exactly the opposite approach of making sure they get out on bail as quickly as possible. that is what kamala harris was doing last summer for writing, people allegedly committing other types

our tape, leslie, patter. thank you so much. thank you. let's go deeper into depth on this now for what it all means with former fed insider and ceo of cool intelligence, danielle dean martino booth. danielle is great to have you on the show today. let's start with what we've heard about this tapering timeline. is it that, that moving in the right direction, or is this all a little too late? at this point? we are really about to find out. this is a real time experience experiment, the likes of which i've never seen. so i think we're going to find out literally in a matter of months whether or not the economy is going to be able to withstand this removal of liquidity. and especially as we're going into an election year and there are questions that remain in terms of the level of fiscal stimulus that is or is not going to be there for us households. of course, the with economy is driven by consumption. so these are important questions to ask, but it appears to be, at least for the time being that the fact could be extricated from increasing

you would be replaced by the divisions new seniormost commander leslie.a political party who replaced the able stephen well at brigade command on may 14. as gordon has something up, he had no combat experience, drank excessively and would quickly prove himself breadth of common sense. [laughing] >> and i will just add it looks like a living kewpie doll. [laughing] the battle box on may 24, he disobeyed orders and launched a doomed attack against the fortune of inverted v defenses. in a torrential thunderstorm he would lose 450 men as he drunkenly cheered their advance. after the battle of -- in a region staff officer lewis found leslie shirking duty. is not seen during the action and that the close i found him drunk, lewis wrote. and when i was pulling his records from the party archives here, i saw little notation next to this line where it said i found him drunk and the west wing wrote, who didn't? [laughing] >> he should've been court-martialed then and there but later on his cowardice in drunkenness, the cause of great disaster at petersburg. yes, pet

now, leslie. whenever it comes to that latest coven 19 variant. what did the fed say regarding the outlook is, is that something that they are continuing to be concerned about? it's obviously something that they're going to watch for, but it wasn't the main focus of this meeting. the meeting will discuss interest rates for the next year, where we're going to go and what, what to actually person to expect. so now some of the interest rates that they talked about, they wanted to keep it down to 0. but we're going to get probably a rate of point 9 in 2022. then we're going to jump up to 1.6 in 2023 and then falling and ending it with 2 point one in 2024. i flee. what is the fad looking at moving forward as well? what indicators are they looking for? well, honestly, they're just looking to make sure that the real problem, what they're doing is trying to stabilize the economy and make sure that american people feel comfortable. yes, wages have gone out, but people are still unemployed. well, the employment rate is also gone down in the right now at 4.2

let's bring in our panel leslie marshall democratic strategist.tical report. when you see the numbers they are stark. they are right in your face. >> look. i hear these not just from the data that i'm seeing but i actually hear it from voters that i have been listening to. sitting in a lot of focus groups. with voters who consider themselves to be democrats and they raise the issue about rising prices continually, whether it's filling up their car, whether it's paying for groceries. and so we know this. in politics, the most important thing for the white house to get under control is the economy and obviously in this case that's inflation. this right now is eating up so much not just of the president's approval ratings, it's bringing them down, it's raising frustration among voters. but it's also making it harder for some of the democrats on the hill or really specifically one of those democrats joe manchin to go along with the plan though i build back better plan though i expect, bret, by the time we get to 2022, the pressure is going to be prett

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. >> i'mle leslie picker in for sa eisen. the fed and am omicron variant, sparking shut down fears again that's as fed officials are reiterating the hawkish pivot jay powell announced earlier this week, and it's the financials under pressure today with goldman sachs the biggest loser in the dow >>> coming up, tony dwyer and how he thinks the market will perform. and concerns about the omicron variant weighing on vaccine sentiment. >>> you know it's been a volatile week. when we need to bring mike santoli in on his day off, that's a sign. mike, we've missed you as always it's great to see you face on that picture and to hear from you. what has been your take from afar this past week? i mean, we've had a pretty volatile -- we got a nice bounce in the middle of it. it seemed like we took the fed's pivot in our stride at least temporarily. >> for sure. i mean, i think there's some value, unintended value in actually unplugging a little bit and looking at what has changed and what hasn't changed over the course of a week or severa

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i'm leslie brinkle bri >> no one should go hungry.onating food, because they buy in bulk, very efficient. >> the temperatures are really warming up, drew. >> it is like spring out there. drew: today we hit a record warmth into cities, san jose and santa rosa hit record highs today in the low 70's, and we will likely find more records tomorrow. the warm weather is sticking around. here is a live look from the emeryville camera. not a cloud to be seen on the horizon. we are looking at a fog free forecast overnight tonight. mostly clear overnight tonight. and discussed the nr hills, with offshore winds that are helping to supply the warm weather. it does turn pretty breezy first thing tomorrow morning. record highs, very likely tomorrow. over the weekend, we will turn cooler. still above where we should be for this time of year. if you hours -- in a few hours, with close the book on november. the past couple of weeks have been rather dry. rainfall has been below average this month. we look at the next 70's, not much to talk about unfortu

leslie. to get this is part of the problem i have with my party is messaging.st say hey, we're no donald trump and keep invoking trump and the division in the gop while we have division in our own party. it is still the economy, when you look at the full's, latinos women, african-americans, white males coming economy is number one and most important to them as voters. going into the midterms the democrats should put forth that we have higher wages out there, put forth at the end of limit rate is coming down. at think there's a lot of negative messaging that comes from our opponents on the right and they been successful in tha talking about there's never jus less people going back to work, more people have retired bird sometimes retiring can be a goo thing but democrats need to hon in on the number one issue for voters which is the economy and put forth everything that has been done that's been good so far like the infrastructure and bipartisan support and that under the leadership of president biden and into the midterms. historically we know the party in power

maybe a different kind of market, too, leslie.t a different picture on interest rates and the fed and maybe more volatility in the overall market, right? >> that's right, those companies that have been able to go public via spac this year may have more trouble next year when people are more focused on the "f" word that i mentioned, the fundamentals >> yes, the fundamentals leslie picker, thank you so much following the money as always. we have "final trades" next. (soft music) hey dad, i'm about to leave. don't forget your hat . good morning. how can i help? i need help connecting with my students. behind every last minute save, ok, that works. and holiday surprise, thank you! a customer service rep is working unseen, making it happen. and at genesys, we're proud to help them help you everyday. i invest in invesco qqq a fund that gives me access to nasdaq-100 innovations, and at genesys, like cgi. oh, don't worry. become an agent of innovation with invesco qqq (swords clashing) -had enough? -no... arthritis. here. aspercreme arthr

i'm carl quintanilla with david faber and leslie picker. morgan brennan has the morning off.rns to a third day and we look for some more tools in the toolkit to fight covid. >> that's right. merry christmas eve eve. we're about 30 minutes into the trading session. here are three movers we're watching today starting with nicola, shares getting a boost after saying it completed delivery of the first electric vehicle and more were on the way. the stock still down more than 30% year to date >>> jd.com shares sliding on news that china based social media company ten cent would distribute its stake to shareholders in the form of a $16 billion dividend las vegas sands with company operating shares in macau rising following the end of a 45-day public gaming result that might hurt industry profits. >> thanks. another name we're watching this morning is merck with the fda authorizing its covid-19 oral antiviral pill meg tirrell has the latest, they're both approved, pfizer and merck. >> we saw the second clearance just in the last real hour from the fda for merck and ridgeback's molnup

now let's send it over to leslie picker who's got a cnbc news update good afternoon, leslie >> hey, dom's what's happening at this hour in minneapolis the jury at the kim potter trial has reached an outcome according to court officers it will be read into the record at least an hour from now. the white house says it is still hammering out contracts to order hundreds of millions of at-home covid tests. press secretary jen psaki says she has no doubt the deals will be struck. she expects the first batch of covid tests in early january >>> in wisconsin, dangerously icy roads causing multiple crashes in the closure of an interstate highway freezing rain created the hazardous conditions one pile-up involved about 40 vehicles >>> on "the news," traveling for the holiday. how americans are dealing with rising covid cases and surging prices for hotels and car rentals. that's tonight at 7:00 eastern >>> and a giant of american literature has died. joan didian was a key critique of turbulent times her work ranged from novels to essays she succumbed to complications from parkinson's disease at the

commercial and personal bankruptcies sank this year, but 2022 could be very different leslie picker isory, and a sector to watch closely. leslie >> kelly, the number of consumer and business bankruptcy filings is on pace this year to be the lowest annual amount going back to 1985 and may record even fewer than that year for the first 11 months of the year, there were just over 373,000 total bankruptcies, the low figure can be attributed to a number of macro factors, including covid-related stimulus, lender forbearances and low interest rates looking ahead to next year, there likely will be no more pandemic relief. plus inflation and higher interest rates will be sources of economic head winds for consumers and business as american bankruptcy institute director says. according to reuter's, the proportion of u.s. loans trading below 80% of face value, an indicator of likely default was just over 1% in november that's according to an index compiled by s&p glebl's leveraged a commentary and data unit n. junk bond prices gained in december looking to recoup losses in november with yields of

leslie. sure. tom escort. another thing yet. i wanted to order. oh yes sir. how with the scrubs from social spending influence the inflation situation and you are absolutely right . we're just gonna dip out of the presidential press conference for now. what is the president's answering a few questions on domestic policies and issues. this press conference is going to probably go on for a few hours. if you do want to watch it without any analysis from us, you can do so it out. he don't come over to them. really shouldn't be serious. that able to be children at you at leash yet a such innovation filiette lewis, you can move it to that you didn't have to get it super good that. so if you are with me then julio is artesia. alexander boy had to give her some analysis and context as to what we've been hearing that domestic things at the moment, of course. but i guess as we were saying before, that there are issues that every country is grappling with right now. and he kept some pretty concrete positive numbers that yeah, and i think this is his normal style. i thin

all right, leslie. what insight did we get from chairman power on wednesday? well today to empower laid down the groundwork for pulling back easy monetary policy. so he discuss pulling back and tapering off of i said, purchases and as well, what are the interest rates for next year? take listen in support of these goals to federal open market committee kept interest rates near 0 and updated it's assessment of the progress of the that the economy has made toward the criteria specified in the committees forward guidance for interest rates. the committee also decided to double the pace of reductions in its asset purchases. beginning and mid january. we will reduce the monthly pace of our net asset purchases by $20000000000.00 for treasury securities and $10000000000.00 for agency mortgage backed securities. ah, so yes, the economy is on track to expand rapidly as people are getting more vaccinated and businesses are opening. however, the rising coven cases in the oklahoma con very has been found and could change projections right now. lastly, whenever it comes to

would you be leslie picker 2 exactly the same vr? >> no. >> impossible. >> i don't have the power of a perfect memory. >> i remember that. >> sleep less. you would like that, too. >> impossible. thank you. thank you all for watching "power lunch." "closing bell" begins right now. ♪ >>> it does. thank you. welcome to "closing bell." i'm wilfred frost at new york stock exchange major averages rising. gaining steam throughout the session. on record close watch for the s&p 500. >> for the 69th time of 2021 welcome, everyone. i'm sara eisen consumer discretionary stocks up today as new data showed the strongest pace of holiday sales growth in 17 years energy making a move higher. wti crude back above $75 a barrel the nasdaq outperforming big tech stocks leading higher and semis doing the heavy lifting today. 59 minutes left to go in the session. every sector is green. >> quite comfortably we'll speak with the ceo of check point about the vulnerability and how companies protect themselves and supply chain challenges and opportunities with

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i'm leslie petter. okay, so tom, we've talked previous felicia about crushes basically being targeted and we know exterminated in many middle eastern and asian countries. but now we're seeing these attacks happening in europe. so do you think that has prove the anti christian culture wars are actually winning? well, i don't know if they're winning, but i, i doubt that if you caught the people responsible for any of these and questioned them, they'd be proponents of any thing that we believed in. when we founded the united states like freedom, individual, liberty, limited government of free markets. for the most part, these people are i of an ideology that believes religion is the opiate of the masses. and even more than that, that christianity in particular, is the religion of the world oppressor that colonized all these, these, these people thou, you know, there's some truth that the people who did most of the colonizing were christians at one time. but that doesn't mean there's anything to do with tha

i'm leslie patter. ok, so tom, we've talked previous felicia about crushes basically being targeted and we know exterminated in many middle eastern and asian countries. but now we're seeing these attacks happening in europe. so do you think that has prove the anti christian culture wars are actually winning? why don't know if they're winning? but i, i doubt that if you caught the people responsible for any of these and questioned them, they'd be proponents of any thing that we believed in when we founded the united states like freedom, individual, liberty, limited government of free markets. for the most part. these people are of an ideology that believes religion is the opiate of the masses, and even more than that, that christianity in particular, is the religion of the world. a presser, that colonized all these, these, these people thou know, there's some truth that the people who did most of the colonizing were christians at one time. but that doesn't mean there's anything to do with that with the r