mark: really quickly, is maclachlan the chief executive? he said the deal is critical to him.l he survive in the job or not? remains to be seen, but there has been speculation even before this that he was on his way out. this certainly does not make it different. us.: thank you for joining , shares ires are down see are declining in the u.s. as well. four ge, the stock is off just a bit. overall declining here in the stock market, just days on energy shares. i want to bring in abigail doolittle, with more on specific stocks for the nasdaq. abigail: it is not everyday we report on a major stock, up 70% on a day when the major industries are down but so it is here the company entered a definitive agreement with the investor group, as has been reported all morning, acquire for $92 per share in cash. moretock is still down than 30% year to date. turning to a sector flying higher today, american airlines and jetblue. a wall street veteran said today's move up is due to lower fuel comprising 60% of the cost. jetblue according to bloomberg analyst george ferguson has the added tailwi

host: the reporting of seth maclachlan as the piece is available online at the washington times.com. libertarian voters are flocking to donald trump is the headline today. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to ask henry olsen if he has sent his wish list to send -- to santa claus this year. the has happened to republican party, they need to divorce themselves from the chamber of commerce. we know exactly what is going on and i am a conservative republican. that people are speaking exactly how they feel. we need to do something with the republican party. it is totally lost. host: who is your candidate? caller: i like ted cruz. all of them except for donald trump. ok.: guest: clearly there are a lot of people who share your anger and your beliefs about the republican party. right now, the people who may not share those beliefs are divided among multiple candidate whereas clearly the vibrancy of the poignancy of the messages and the rhetoric of ted cruz and donald trump have attracted people. we will see whether or not that battle ends up producing the nominee. there are a

host: the reporting of seth maclachlan as the piece is available online at the washington times.com. libertarian voters are flocking to donald trump is the headline today. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to ask henry olsen if he has sent his wish list to send -- to santa claus this year. the has happened to republican party, they need to divorce themselves from the chamber of commerce. we know exactly what is going on and i am a conservative republican. that people are speaking exactly how they feel. we need to do something with the republican party. it is totally lost. host: who is your candidate? caller: i like ted cruz. all of them except for donald trump. ok.: guest: clearly there are a lot of people who share your anger and your beliefs about the republican party. right now, the people who may not share those beliefs are divided among multiple candidate whereas clearly the vibrancy of the poignancy of the messages and the rhetoric of ted cruz and donald trump have attracted people. we will see whether or not that battle ends up producing the nominee. there are a