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maria. maria: brooke, thanks very much.ou know, it's funny to hear kamala harris talk about unity. we're all in this together. didn't she just call donald trump hitler the other day, liz? >> yeah. and a fascist and obviously a threat to democracy and so forth. i've never heard such bashing of the other party and i've got to say, maria, i think it's taken a toll on the harris campaign. when you come out and basically demean, call half the country garbage, et cetera, this is not working for democrats. i hope. because it's just too angry, too dark. but my concern, maria, as we head down into the final here, is that men have to get out and vote. donald trump has a serious problem with women voters. he's lagging there by 8 or 9 points. he's ahead with men but let's face it, there are more women than men who vote every time and they have a higher tendency to turn out. so my focus, i think their focus should be on getting men to the polling place. maria: it's a good point. but you know, cheryl, the trump campaign is making the poi

i'm maria bartiromo., president trump moves at lightning speed to shape his cabinet and stuns with key nominations. will his unconventional picks cross the finish line? coming up, the senate confirmation hearings with missouri senator eric schmitt and alabama senator tommy if tuberville. the department of government can efficiency with vivek ramaswamy on how much he and elon musk can identify the cut waste in government. plus, donald trump jr. is here on trump's approach taking no chances with anyone potentially undermining his a agenda this time around. then, fema reportedly skips over trump supporters when doling out aid. kentucky congressman james comer on the oversight committee's investigation into who told staffers to skip over trump supporters in need of hurricane help. if plus, hollywood stumps for kamala, telling fans if hay don't vote for kamala, they'll never vote again. why did the the majority of voters ignore harris' celebrity endorsements? longtime actor and director scott baio weighs in. i

maria: wow. >> so that is very interesting to me. but to liz's point about making sure all these nominations are good for the stock market, i believe that president trump is taking that into consideration with every single one of these nominations. we remember last time, you know, from 2017 all the way until january of 2021, he measured his success by the performance of the stock market. maria: yep. >> he continuous toly said, how is your 401(k) doing? so i think the he understands that, and he will be great for the market. of. maria: well, the markets have been rallying on the trump trade, no doubt. but, of course, given -- as well as some weakness in the last week. but let me just say as president trump is ramping up in terms of these positions and announcements on appointments, he's also gearing up to cut back on a number of agencies and wasteful spending with this department of government efficiency. i spoke with vivek ramaswamy yesterday who's the co-head of so-called doge. here's what he sa

maria: dead and gone. >> they're gone. maria: yeah. in terms of the public's perception, i mean, the democrats like to say that trump is all about retribution, he just wants to get people back for what they did to him. do you think he's going to have those screams from the left throughout because you do have -- you know, you do have the leadership in these roles that perhaps will in fact need accountability? i mean, these people have gotten away with it all of this time. >> you will hear it and they will be screaming and yelling and all of the things that they do so well. but i'm telling you, it's not going to take this man, the president, off his mission. listen, you can gripe about it but let me tell you, he telling us what he's going to do and then he does it. he's made clear to pam bondi and to everybody else who voted for him and those who didn't that he's going to clean house and a lot of people, a lot, maria, think that's really what needs to be done here. maria: absolutely. all right, guy. thanks very much for your insights. gu

maria. maria: all right, kelly. thank you.e road this thanksgiving, fox business' jeff flock has you covered. he's on the road right now in philadelphia with a look at the situation there. jeff. >> reporter: i was driving, maria. now i'm more like crawling. maria: how are you going to talk to us while you're driving? >> reporter: i can drive and talk at the same time. maria: you better be careful. >> reporter: i know. they tell me to keep my hands on the wheel. i will. although i'm pretty good at steering with my knees by the way. but there you go. 70 million people, that's a lot of people on the roads. if you look out the front of the car, you see some of those folks. yeah. it's pretty crazy right now. good news, though, is that with all the numbers the gas prices if you've got to drive and sit in traffic for a while, well, not so bad. we're down at $3.07. i better slow down here. we're coming to a bunch of cars. $3.07 is the national average, that's down from what it was last month and last year. so that's a good thing. and

maria: yeah.re right, it's funny. >> it is so -- i'll tell you, maria, i was struck by the fact that i look at these press conferences after the fomc meeting and time and again i couldn't help but notice that no reporter and not even the fed chairman would make any mention of the federal budget deficit, how it's so huge and how it's such a threat to the well-being of the u.s. economy and financial markets. but trump wins the presidency and all of a sudden a reporter is brave enough to step up and ask chairman powell, you know, questions that pertain to the threat of this huge federal deficit to the u.s. economy. man, how things change so quickly. maria: i mean, it's amazing. by the way, john, powell also said that he would not step down as fed chair even if president-elect trump asked for his resignation. he says the president doesn't have the power to fire or demote him. his term ends in 20226. trump said he would not reappoint him in 2026, john. >> we've got to preserve the independence of the f

maria: welcome back.ok at futures, a big rally underway on this the beginning of the final trading week of november. dow st industrials up 300, nasdq up 115, bullishness going into thanksgiving as many expected this melt-up. a look at crypto this morning, bitcoin trading just shy $100,000 right now. it's pulling back fractionally this morning. joining us now is david towel. he predicted in january bitcoin would hit $100,000 this year. you saw this when bitcoin was so much lower. david, congrats. nice call. >> thank you, maria. good morning. maria: and do you think it has legs? what's your prediction for the year-end and into 2025? how high can this go? >> so i think we definitely cross 100,000 shortly, maybe today would be a an auspiciousy to cross 100. i think next year we cross 250,000. the market has been on a good rally since trump's election. i think we'll continue to have the santa claus rally into the end of the year and when president trump takes over and starts to enact his policies the market wi

maria: okay. well, maybe he'll say we'll look at trump's policies and we'll consider -- we'll have to see how he plays around that. meanwhile, third quarter earnings season i guess about to slow down. moderating a bit. we've got moderna reporting double beat fueled by the launch of the updated covid-19 rsv vac svaccines. how would assess the earnings season. >> a plus. we have an acceleration of earnings going into next quarter and even next year. what was more remarkable about this quarter was margins improved a lot, a little over 13%. that means companies are getting more efficient. i think a lot of that has do with the whole a.i. trade. i said this for a long time. every company now is an artificial intelligence company because everyone is using it to add to their productivity. i think that's going to be one of the big themes moving forward is we're going to become more productive, more efficient over the next couple years which makes me very optimistic on the outlook for the economy. maria: lo

maria. maria: all right, madeleine, thank you. you know, interesting we're probably going to see the rest of these names coming up in the next couple weeks, i'm understanding that the treasury secretary well be announced next week, joe. your reaction to what we know so far? >> look, the next series of appointments goes as well as the first series of appointments, i am even more excited for the trump administration than i was on election day. you know, you look at someone like elise stefanik and how she handled the harvard presidents, she took on anti-semitism in some of the most engrained institutions in the united states. now you'll put her in a legislative body that involves high stakes drama and i am 100 bees confident she will be one of the consequential u.n. ambassadors we've seen in the united states of america. you have lee zeldin, i'll give you a secret. the first text i sent lee zeldin after i heard of his pal appoint was a picture of h javier meleee with a chainsaw. you have rfk. i am someone who has scepticism of the fd

maria. maria: brooke, thanks very much. despite record early voting turnout, nearly 81 million americans voting in the leadup to election day, the harris campaign is still painting trump as a threat to democracy, harris, biden and walz have consistently used the phrase and celebrity endorsers are using similar language. here we go again. your rezack at the final hour, nothing should surprise us from the democrat party. they're continuing to implode and showing us who they are. contrast what kamala harris is doing, hob knobbing with every celebrity with president trump. he stood with steelworkers, then he stood with his family on stage to talk about family values. this is the americans that we need. we don't need more hollywood elites telling us how to live our lives. we need donald trump's back in the white house so we can achieve prosperity and the american dream. the contrast you had with oprah versus donald trump with his family, everything you need to know about the campaign, all about the family. maria: cheryl. >> the

maria. former president trump defeating vice president kamala harris in a decisive victory, delivering him a second term in the white house and making him the 4 47th president of the united states. trump saw victories in major battleground races. it was pennsylvania that effectively shut down any possible pathway to victory for harris, wisconsin pushed him over the edge to 277 electoral votes, more than the needed 270. when fox news declared him the winner. harris did not address supporters tuesday night but trump took the stage at the palm beach convention center with his family and top campaign staffers, friends and allies. he calls his win, quote, a magnificent victory for the american people. >> god spared my life for a reason and the reason was to save our country and restore america to greatness. i want to thank the american people for the extraordinary honor for being elected your 47th president and your 45th president and every citizen i will fight for you, for your family, and your

maria: absolutely.aware of our adversaries and the impact of communist china trying to overtake the united states as the number one super power so yeah, i agree. people were saying, well, how is kamala harris going to deal with xi jinping. jonathan, we've got to jump but real quick. >> just curious remarks do you think made the difference for black voters in north carolina. barack obama carried north carolina and for some reason kamala hasn't been able to get the same segment of the voters. >> yeah, you know, it always bothers me that any particular group, color of the amount of melanin in your skin or whatever your gender is determines your politics is absurd. it goes back to the issues that really matter. the economy, the economy, the economy. she was deciding vote for the disastrous spending plan, she was the last one in the group with afghanistan. remember, north carolina is a very strong military state and we did not forget the debacle of afghanistan. maria: great point. >> i think black america is

maria: yeah.s when they were saying russia, rush russia, russia with president trump. they were actually missing what was a serious danger, and that was communist china. and i know you've also done extensive work on the threat of communist china. talk to us about that in terms of what you see as the most important threats facing this nation right now. >> it dovetails what a we were talking about, these leaders of dod, the i'm sorry c. and every elsewhere -- i.c.. , have to report back to the senate their findings and make sure we are attacking our adversaries. it's the ccp, russia and iran. and it's what they're doing in space especially that is concerning. they have taken a leap. remember, people were laughing at president trump when he created the space force. he did that brilliantly and with foresight. and we need to take on the orbital landscape above the earth's atmosphere and make sure we have the technology based on elon musk and company to take on these threats, the cyber capabilities they

maria: yep.u believe john thune and john cornyn will bring to the floor the pieces of legislation, the ideas that president trump wants to get executed? i mean, i know that there were issues around mitch mcconnell. he would not even bring certain issues to the floor because he was existence them. i want to know -- against them. i want to know how likely it is that trump's agenda can get through either with you, or john thune or john cornyn. tell me that. >> so, number one, you're going to have to, you're going to have to to get his nominees done. that means you're going to have to have a plan to get those done. number two, to get the legislation done it's not just bringing it to the floor, you've got to figure out how you bring people together to get it cone. that means you're going to have to sit down with people and understand their agenda. so that's what i've done my whole life. i've probably, i don't know, done 500 economic deals in my life. that's what i've done. i've brought people together

maria: welcome back. good wednesday morning, everybody. thanks very much for joining us this morning. i'm maria bartiromo. it is wednesday, november 13. president-elect trump is promising to shake up the u.s. education system. lydia hu has details. >> president-elect donald trump is vowing to remake education in america and a centerpiece of his platform includes dismantling the department of education. he would need congressional support for that which could be tough. but some like former secretary of education betsy devos thinks that budget cuts to the agency could find widespread support. trump wants to expand the school choice movement nationwide giving every american parent tax credits for private or home schooling. that will build on progress at the state level. 12 states have universal school of choice. parents have a private school option in those states regardless of their level of income. and after trump won re-election, the major union, american federation of teachers, president randy wine garde

maria: welcome back. good friday morning, everybody. thanks very much for joining us this morning. i'm maria bartiromo. it is friday, november 22, 7:01 on the east coast. hope you're having a good friday morning. time for the hot topic of the hour, president-elect donald trump choosing a new attorney general nominee hours after matt gaetz's decision to withdraw from consideration. brooke singman has the latest. >> reporter: president trump appointing pam bondi to serve as attorney general, she served as florida's ag from 2011 to 2019. before that, she served 18 years as a prosecutor. as florida ag she led efforts to combat opioid abuse and end human trafficking and helped recover more than $1 billion in consumer protection, anti-trust and false claims matters. bondi is a long-time trump ally as the president says she will refocus the doj to the intended purpose of fighting crime and making america safe again. she is smart and tough and is an america first fighter. the nomination comes hours after trump's

maria: yeah. so we've got better than expected earnings, better than expected revenue, better than expected comp store sales and the ceo saying e-commerce is getting close to profitability. stock is up better than 4% right now. it is time for the word on wall street, top investors watching your money. joining me now, shelby mcfadden, also with us is mike lee this morning. shelby, thank you so much for joining the conversation. >> of course. it's a pleasure. maria: your reaction to the walmart earnings, better than expected acrows the board. >> we love to see it. i'm not surprised. walmart has been trading like a broke stock for the past couple years. this is why. on our team we're not necessarily excited about a growth stock valuation on what is traditionally a great dividend yielder for us. the proof is in the pudding. they're capturing the upper income lad e able to consistently deliver on price cuts and doing what they promised in terms of money spent on e-com and the situation where they have

in maria bartiromo. president-elect donald trump sending a clear message to china, mexico, and canada. stop the drugs and illegal migration now, or face new tariffs next year. the threat already sparking response from our trade partners, a spokesman for china's embassy in washington saying, "no one will win a trade war." canada's prime minister just in truman dough calling up trump and vowing to work with him while mexico's president is agreeing to take action against migrant caravans but she's also threatening her own tariffs. meanwhile texas governor greg abbott and incoming border czar tom homan sent a warning to us cities who might stand in the way of border security. >> don't cross that line. it is a felony to knowingly harbor from immigration authorities, don't test us. the nation wants a safe country. we're not waiting until january. we're already talking and planning and we'll put a plan in place and secure this nation at the highest level its ever seen. maria: this as we saw more shocking video

maria: welcome back. good thursday morning everybody. thanks very much for joining us this morning. i'm maria bartiromo. it is thursday, november the 21, 7:00 a.m. on the east coast. republican lawmakers are making move to work closely with president-elect trump's new department of government efficiency to help cut costs and waste out of the government. digital political correspondent brooke sigman live this morning with the latest. brooke. >> reporter: good morning, maria. house oversight committee chairman james comer tells me he's createing a new subcommittee to work with elon musk and vivek ramaswamy at the new department of government efficiency. i'm told the panel will be chaired by marjorie taylor green who will focus on eliminating government waste, fraud and aabout in the federal government. a source tells me comer already met with vivek ramaswamy and his incoming team at doge. the source tells me the teams are already working together and comber told me the panel will align with president trump'

maria: welcome back. good wednesday morning, everybody. thanks very much for joining us this morning. i'm maria bartiromo. it is wednesday, november 20, 7:00 a.m. on the east coast. time for the hot topic of the hour. president-elect trump rounding out his cabinet as he returns to the white house and it is fast approaching. fox news digital's political correspondent brooke sigman live in west palm beach this morning with more. brooke. >> reporter: good morning, maria. president-elect trump building out his cabinet and he tapped howard lutnick as commerce secretary. lutnick will be partly responsible for overseeing trade with trump promising to impose at least a 60% tariff on all chinese exports to the us. you spoke to lutnick on this recently. watch this. maria: what's the most important plan that people need to understand about donald trump and about his plans for the economy and taxes? >> he will drive down the cost of gasoline, he will drive down the cost of energy and he will drive down corporate taxe

maria: yep.et me get your take, tricia, because we are still waiting on bob casey to concede this race. >> yeah. so chuck schumer, he's pointing to al franken who won his race in illinois by a very narrow margin years ago. that's the precedent he's using, saying oh, well, al franken didn't go to orientation because it was such a close race and therefore dave mccormick shouldn't either. it's silly. this is why americans don't trust congress. this is just politics as usual. people just want to get stuff done. maria: yeah. i want to get cheryl's take on this later. because cheryl, all of this talk about a threat to democracy, i think we heard that from oprah as well. but i just saw your reporting earlier and she was actually paid, we're going to get b backo that. wow, i didn't realize oprah was paid. that's incredible. we're just getting started this morning. quick break and then markets are starting the week in unchartered territory. we are looking at record highs. investors are putting stock into

maria: yes, for sure.y what investors are thinking about but overall, mark, you said that the numbers came in better than you thought as well, not just disnicks i'm talking about -- disney, i'm talking about overall earnings. >> earnings expectations at the beginning of the quarter, analysts were expecting 4% earnings growth, it ended up 8.6% or so, there's companies that are still going to report but certainly a heck of a lot better. expectations going into next year are for roughly 15% or so earnings growth which would imply record margins and hopefully that can happen given all the enthusiasm surrounding president trump coming back to washington. maria: speaking of president trump coming back, wow, did he put the fire under bitcoin, huh, mark? >> oh, gosh. maria: bitcoin briefly topped $93,000 yesterday, a new record, investors are digesting the post election gain and the october cpi report. everybody looks at president trump as the first crypto president. he says he's going to make america become the w

i'm maria bartiromo. it is friday, november 1, i hope you're having a good friday morning, it is just before 7:00 a.m. on the east coast. time for the hot topic of the hour. we are now four days away from election day, the candidates are neck and neck in swing states across the country, fox news national correspondent brian llenas is live from pennsylvania this morning. that's the place to be. he's got the latest, good morning, brian. >> reporter: here in pennsylvania voters can turn in mail-in ballots up until 8:00 p.m. on election night. in bucks county they have until 5:00 p.m. today to take part in on demand, in person mail-in voting where you can apply for a mailed ballot, fill it out and turn it in all in one visit. this type of voting ended across pennsylvania on tuesday but it was extended in bucks after republicans sued following complaints that voters were being turned away earlier than the posted hours. democratic governor josh shapiro last night downplayed election concerns. >> our system is r

maria: yeah. and i like the fact that he is prioritizing national security. >> totally. maria: that's number one, given our adversaries, enemies, cheryl, are on the march. >> also too, in that clip of lee zeldin talking about regulation, i mean, the biden-harris administration put in 1,000 new regulations and actually in an op-ed this morning on foxnews.com, senator john thune who is looking for a leadership role in the senate, he talks about the fact that caused the country about $2 trillion. what i think is so interesting about the epa, that's going to be good for housing. some of these are going to be state and local regulations, city regulations that do hurt new home building. but in a time in our country where we've got a housing shortage, the epa could actually be a positive influence on those regulations to help us build new homes. what was harris' idea, just give everybody a few thousand dollars. no, this is how do it. maria: that's a great point about the regulations, cheryl. that's going

i'm maria bartiromo. i hope you're having a good thursday morning, it is thursday, november 7, just before -- well, yes, it is 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. time for the hot topic of the hour. vice president kamala harris formally conceding to president-elect donald trump yesterday and promising a peaceful transfer of power. president biden invited trump to the white house to move along the transition process. fox news digital political correspondent brooke sigman with the latest. >> reporter: president biden is planning to address the nation at 11:00 this morning after extending the invitation for president-elect now donald trump to return to the white house and speed along this transition process. so the trump campaign accessing the invitation and putting out this statement, president trump looks forward to the meeting and very much appreciated the call. the invitation coming after harris formally conceded to president trump yesterday after his sweeping victory, trump securing another battleground state,

maria: to pay for?at is a pastor that gives out endorsements and for republicans in the primaries those do not come free, politics is a dirty business, take a step back if you look at how much more money was spent by the harris campaign and the impacts and other favorable media and the fact that jim still won the popular vote despite all the lies and slander in the negative media the ford - $5 spent against his media still on the popular vote of the how popular he actually is. maria: it carries on the whole beginning of the journey when donald trump says fake news now this is the next adoration we are paying for people to come in and forget about any objec objectivity. i think that at the end of the day, and folks looking at the tv saying doing care i don't trust you. that's a problem journalism has a huge trust gap. it only reinforces that. maria: let's get a look at the weather. forecast across america, "fox weather" meteorologist marissa torres with an update. >> agood morning no shortage of impactfu

"mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪. maria: it is time for the hot topic of hour.n building on his administration tapping trump culture and cantor fitz-gerald howard lutnick as commerce secretary. he will be partly responsible for overseeing trade and tariffs would trump promising to impose a 60% tariff on all chinese imports into the united states. i spoke with.net cad of the election. maria: was the most important plan the people need to understand about donald trump and about his plans for the economy and taxes. >> he will drive down the cost of gasoline and energy and he will drive down corporate taxes which means they will build the factories bringing back farming and tariffs will protect our farmers, manufacturing will employer people and energy will drive down our cost. we have oil and we have farmland and incredible people i do work for us we are just killing them by supporting china and outputting tariffs on. and donald trump is only going to be the person talking about these things. created budnick in the running for treasury secretary with the source tel

maria: i want to thank this incredible panel adam johnson? >> morning america, maria. maria: lee?, "varney" & company picks it up, stu take it away. stuart: see this smile? good morning, maria, and good morning, everyone. donald trump is the president-elect. he won the electoral college and the popular vote

maria: welcome back. the key senate races breaking down the voter analysis that led the last night treadway. cheryl casone do with the details. >> as of now the republicans have flipped to seats read. let's start with ohio which fox news called for the republican challenger bernie marino he is projected to defeat the incumbent senator sherrod brown. 50-point to percent, 46.4 on brown. republicans are feeling good about west virginia. they had good reason, the popular governor of the state jim justice projected to take the seat by senator joe manchin. a very decisive win for jim justice. 68.9% 27.6% for the challenger. as of now, fox news is projecting republicans will have 51 and democrats 43. let's start with pennsylvania it's not been called but this is bob casey up against former hedge fund executive david mccormick. casey had sought to distance himself from the body to administration on energy policy. think about that and pennsylvania. mccormick 49-point to percent, 48.3% fox news has this race too so

maria.sease control and prevention announcing bagged organic carrots have been link todd a de deadly e. coli outbre. 15 people hospitalized, one is dead. green way farms recall the carrots, impacting more than a dozen brands. carrots are no longer in stores. they could be in homes and refrigerators, the fda is warning about this outbreak. well, president-elect donald trump getting a warm welcome back to madison square garden for ufc309 on saturday night with applause and patriotic chanted of usa before he took his seat. he was joined by elon musk, house speaker johnson, donald trump junior and robert f. kennedy junior. trump was spotted sitting with the head of saudi arabia head of public investment fund who chairs saudi aramco, the state owned petroleum company. and the winner of the match was john jones, he did the iconic trump dance, pumping his fifth and pointing before gifting the winning belt to the president-elect. another fight to tell you about. netflix drawing an estimated 60 milli

i am maria bartiromo. it is fridayks november 1, 8:01 east coast early voting is underway in georgia, and making their voices heard, voters there are. especially deep red counties madison alworth live in georgia with the latest. >> good morning. it is the final day of i recall voting, here in georgia we are expecting this to be a record-breaking turnout for the state, take a look. latest count shows 3.6 million cast early vote history breaking expecting that number to surpass in perspective over half of the activevotes in the state already cast ballots, secretary of state tells you see he expects more records to be broken. >> are we going to see record high voting or just getting all politically active people coming in early. >> numbers are so high thank we are we will break being 2020 record over five million so where we look right now my guess 5.1, 5.2 we have 7.2 million active registered voters if campaign is doing a good job supposed to turn them all out. >> republicans have been doing a good job gett

maria: wow. incredible, amount of money as well hillary thank you, hillary vaughn this morning on the cap poll. >> i think president trump will add to voters the base, ohio, president trump i believe going to win by 10 to telephone points going to carry, over that finish line, sherrod brown in office too long looking at house today maria, i genuinely believe as president trump continues to do well, peel off democrat voters we are going to have more independents democrats saying enough is enough, you haven't sealed to border you absolutely have increased, our cost on every day goods, so we are going to see more and more seats pick up for the house and senate, in my opinion. maria: i mean look, immigration has been one of the key issues here, but, you know, cheryl, the democrats confuse the people because they are talking about trump and republicans not wanting immigration when in fact we all know they want a diverse pop lacing outstanding coming to this country legally not through open border, and

maria: yeah. mark: this accept of u.s.-based voters placing bets, anyone can do that using a vpn going to happen nothing to do with the way polymarket is run that is -- is people who are trying to beat the system and they go around, so, you know whether or not that happened is a completely different question but it has nothing to do with the owner of polymarket a running clean ethical business. maria: there are other prediction sites why poley market? lee: sick me as large talking about 28 fbi agents show up at this person's door 6:00 in the morning we are talking about, a business, that is being the questioning whether or not the business did this in, united states but is -- is that what happens when people question, that you have 28 fbi agents, when sleeping one thing to show up during working hours say we are concerned about -- to question them but this is extreme reaction can't help but wonder what is going on. maria: confirms speculation doj fbi running scared of donald trump coming back to the white house, and it is

maria: yeah.lso report and we can confirm that today when president trump is meeting with congressional leaders, he will be with elon musk. so elon will be walking with president trump today in washington. thanks, everybody. great conversation. really appreciate pit. we will see everybody tomorrow. thanks for being here. "varney & company" picks it up. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone. inflation picks up a

maria: nice to hear some honesty.t's not just getting ahead of their skis in terms of the russia collusion but he makes a point, your reaction. >> it's very clear donald trump is making symbolic appointments, these are people you say no major promises that i would shake things up, guess what i'm shaping things up and you watching the reaction follow-up i don't think fetterman was wrong this in some ways was trolling i don't think it's trolling as much as i'm showing you what i'm going to do and i think were watching everybody react, not all these people will get confirmed that's a very different thing but is making it very clear symbolic statement by the people that he is putting forward especially with matt gaetz. maria: i wonder what happens, you have to wait for the next person if he doesn't get confirmed, that elongates it more. you have to look at this 15 appointments, 16 appointments in eight days he is moving aggressively. >> warp speed it's only happened nine times when the cabinet nominee has been rejected wo

maria: good friday morning. thank you for joining us this morning. i am maria bartiromo.day november 8. we hope you have a good friday. your top stories, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. today the second trump administration taking shape, present electronic making history announcing the first female chief of staff. his campaign co-chair susan wiles to become white house chief of staff and trump's first announcement on a new team. president biden was all smiles as he spoke about the election results asking americans to bring down the temperature after democrats unleashed our world when of insults toward trump and his supporters. the senate gop majority growing as pennsylvania david mccormick upsets income to three-time senator bob casey, casey is still refusing to concede even as republicans are leading in the house and gop majority has yet to be confirmed with the latest coming up on the sweep. futures are pulling back, take a look at stocks were expecting a lower opening for the broad averages, dow industrials at 28, the nasdaq 1086 and the s&p 500 lower by 11 points. yields

maria. not a penny. we are on our own we are in the middle of the single most expensive senate race in the entire country. chuck schumer has been explicit on his number one target. chuck schumer and george soros are spending more than a wonder to million dollars trying to beat me. we have seen it more than a dozen polls in the last month that show this as a one point race or a two-point race or a three-point race. the washington swamp does not support me. what i am supported by his millions of patriots across texas, across the country who go to our website ted cruz.org, ted cruz.org and make contributions of 10, 20, 2050 are.all dollars. against chuck schumer and george soros wave of cash. i would encourage your viewers we are two days away please go to tedcruz.org right now so we can fight back. we're going to win in texas but we need your help to win. if you are in texas on election day, please, please, please come out and vote. bring your friends, bring your family, bring anyone you can.

maria: all right. let's take a short break we are getting started a big hour, coming up, the doj winding down criminal cases against president-elect trump as the judge in the hush-money case considers tossing that felony conviction as well george washington university law professor jonathan turley will break it down for us, greg steube is here how republicans plan to get trump's economic agenda pushed through. don't miss it. you are watching "mornings with maria" live on "fox business." ♪ it's time to grow your business. create a website. how? godaddy. coding... nah. but all that writing... nope. ai, done, built. let's get to work. create a beautiful website in minutes with godaddy. meet kandi technologies, where innovative, eco friendly design meets exceptional performance. with officially licensed nfl team edition golf carts exclusively available at lowe's. elevate your ride and explore electric investment opportunities. kandi technologies. (holiday music) a puppy! everyone loves to find surprising p

i am maria bartiromo. voters had to clear message at the ballot box, the economy is a top priority and they want to see change from president-elect donald trump. we've been on the story since day one highlighting what voters really care about in the selection this will be the golden age of america working to be paying down debt and reducing taxes, we can do things that nobody else can do. >> fox news voter analysis shows that americans two-sided soaring prices as the top concern overwhelmingly cast their ballot for the former president. president trump with a whopping 68% of those who view the economy as poor backing 45. joining me now former treasury secretary under president trump steven mnuchin. secretary mnuchin it's great to see you, thank you for being here, your reaction to this week unprecedented in terms of what we saw at the ballot box. >> it's good to be with you clearly this was an overwhelming note of support for president trump's economic plan and the success he had in the first term and what

maria: thank you for joining us. i am maria bartiromo. it's monday november 47:00 a.m. on the east coast time for the hot topic of the hour. tomorrow is election day . . . the heroes and donald trump are crisscrossing with polling type as early voting turnout breaks records across the country. digital political correspondent brooke sigman with the latest from the campaign trail. >> vice president kamala harris is focusing on pennsylvania today holding three valleys in the keystone state including a concert in philadelphia with major a-list celebrities like lady gaga, oprah and ricky martin. harris held a rally in michigan calling for unity. >> that's when i say let's be intentional in the face of a stranger seeing a neighbor and understanding that our power to lift each other up his immense and let us do it with the spirit of knowing. the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us. [cheering] we are all in this together. >> former president donald trump will make his closing pitched americans today in pennsylvania, north carolina and finishin

maria. not a penny. we are on our own we are in the middle of the single most expensive senate race in the entire country. chuck schumer has been explicit on his number one target. chuck schumer and george soros are spending more than a wonder to million dollars trying to beat me. we have seen it more than a dozen polls in the last month that show this as a one point race or a two-point race or a three-point race. the washington swamp does not support me. what i am supported by his millions of patriots across texas, across the country who go to our website ted cruz.org, ted cruz.org and make contributions of 10, 20, 2050 are.all dollars. against chuck schumer and george soros wave of cash. i would encourage your viewers we are two days away please go to tedcruz.org right now so we can fight back. we're going to win in texas but we need your help to win. if you are in texas on election day, please, please, please come out and vote. bring your friends, bring your family, bring anyone you can.