i'm connell mcshane and we have another terrific hour planned for u.here of late. some are funny, some very interesting to listen to. we start with kristen powers from fox, a fox contributor and writes for the daily bemis the government shutdown, who takes the blame? speaking-of-the-government shutdown, paul begallia, former advisor

dagen mcdowell and connell mcshane are upset about the vikings. connell: the giants were do.ot one. dagen: the vikings, this will make you feel better, the giants still -- connell: nothing to write home about. thank you. dagen: let's make some money with charles payne. could be a big winner thanks to this shutdown and the fight over the debt ceiling. connell: it went away. we haven't talked about it in a while. charles: a couple months ago website called silk grove was huge and the feds took them down, what the heck, this has gone away. yesterday they had the second-best close ever and it was the result of the government shut down but not in the way was spun in washington. when all was said and done what we do? raise the debt ceiling, still have my was government spending, the federal reserve spending out like crazy, all the things that made people weary in the first place of the u.s. dollar and other currencies around the world. all of a sudden truth, justice and freedom which is the motto of the big world has made this remarkable, look at that, this remarkable rebound. conn

that and so much more with connell mcshane of "markets now." connell: there you go. taking you a while. already 11:01. dagen: i am southern, we move slow. and it is cold. connell: it is cold today. look at the flag behind us. that's get things going with nicole, and we will talk about the rand paul thing may or may not do with the yellen nomination. good morning, nicole. nicole: good morning, dagen and connell. stocks are still hot. the dow up 27 points. we have watched some of the dow names on the move including microsoft and dupont. you do have up arrows across the board not only today but also for this week for all three major averages. it is worth noting the nasdaq composite has moved to record highs that we have not seen since the year 2000. russell is at highs we have not seen in 10 years. let's take a look at western digital. western digital came out with their numbers, doing really well. prophet speak the street. several and was upgrading moving on to the storage products and cloud. don't forget during the microsoft xbox and playstation four. connell: things.

connell mcshane is here with me this hour of "market now." ♪ connell: why have you started to add thesewkward comments? i do look pretty good today. dagen: even when you are casual, you kind of throw people off because you look even better. connell: still not buying her lunch. let's go to nicole petallides. nicole: good morning. we are looking at the markets right now. we have seen some accelerated selling over the last hour or so. it shows you that there are still some tutors here. traders on wall street shrugging off his comments. we are watching just about every sector here. the one green arrow on the big board is though that is, the fear index. there is nervousness here on wall street. dagen: the strange worry about that default. the employment report for september will not be released tomorrow as the government shut down enters day three. connell: race at covering it all. rich: congress is here, but they will not pass anything. the house will try and the senate will reject and we will continue going on here. the white house meeting was essentially a negotiation about not negotiatin

connell mcshane, it is yours.y those most famous sandals and what you wanted. the white sox and you are off to the races. remembers that? you guys are funny. charles will be with us next hour. moving right along, shut up, he says. how much did the administration now before the health care websites went all i've? that is the question. today there are reports that five million lines of code need to be rewritten to get this thing fixed. former massachusetts senator scott brown standing by. one firm is pushing back its timeline on the fed after this morning's jobs report which fell short of expectations. than the best cities in the world for business. we have the list, talking about cities more companies call home. that means more jobs. who is more excited about the new ipad? you or your kid will end up playing in real birds or candy crush on it. apple is expected to make the announcement it today but we will tell you about some big challenges facing the company as it does so. that and

this is the huge start so i will head off to dagen mcdowell and connell mcshane.epublicans with the short-term fix with no strings attached. the drop dead date in the new deal in this extension would be november 22nd. the gop leadership, any moment from capitol hill, the borrowing limit is acceptable. dagen: treasury said terry jack lew telling lawmakers in front of the senate committee that if they don't meet their responsibility extending the debt ceiling the market and the economy would be deeply damage. peer connell: the president would sign it without additional conditions like changing the health care law. dagen: breaking news in the next hour but let's check in with a market rally, fall and the

i am connell mcshane. dagen had to leave early today. i will take you through the hour. nicole petallides imposition at the new york stock exchange to start us off. nicole: good morning. three days last week that showed some stellar gains. today, obviously, there are some frustrations. last week what we saw was a winning week on wall street. we keep an eye on washington now as the october 17 date is looming. a lot of the traders i speak with think that they will somehow come to an agreement. even this morning, that is what the traders were telling me. we will continue to watch the nasdaq. the only up arrow i see at the moment, other than the mix, is gold. connell: this kick the can seems like the best case scenario right now. peter barnes is that the white house with the very latest. all eyes right now are over on the senate for a budget and debt ceiling deal after the white house rejected a deal from white house republicans. harry reid said he spoke with mitch mcconnell. about one dozen senate democrats or republicans are still trying to hold onto a proposal from susan

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get into this overtime, which we will be ratcheting down the care dagen: in terms of what connell mcshaneas saying, you will have a chunk of the population is you're talking about that benefits from this. whether you qualify for subsidy or not. but now i need to get insurance and it's going to be fairly reasonably priced. >> this is the question. connell: either there or going to be happy people are we are going to have fear. when the premiums go up next fall because not enough are overpaying for policies that they don't need, and those people will be reckoning. >> there is a logical or reasonable argument that you can make if you support this. because you have the technical problems and they have quoted one thing and set another thing and those are serious issues. >> maybe this has to be written in 18 months from now and are we going to go to single payer or turn back the market. >> i think that yes, the answer will be great but it is the evil ensures that are doing this and this includes after our long after it we need to get this. dagen: how could cost not go up for those who have empl

. >> i am connell mcshane with your fox business brief.from morgan stanley today. predicting some of the weakest holiday season missing since '08. as they can shop is to trim holiday spending for consumer confidence remain low. midwest manufacturing activity hitting the highest level march of 2011. surging more than 10 points in october. the readings 69.9 up from september. the biggest monthly jump in six years. higher customer demands and inventory replenishment credit for that particular increase. the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits down. estimate 339. those are the latest stories we are following on the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. dennis: the faa is announcing plans today to relax many of the restrictions on passengers using electronics when in-flight. alec baldwin thrown off of his flight recently. great news for my next guest whose company is launching a faster wi-fi on je jetblue the. thank you for being with us, mark. let us know what you think of the action today. you were taking some

i bet you connell mcshane does. he is old school on this hour of "markets now." connell: that literally makes no sense. dagen: who writes letters? connell: when was the last time you wrote a letter to somebody? 15 years ago? dagen: probably a thank you letter, probably. connell: the market up. housing we will talk about. obamacare. some mixed earning report reporo talk about with nicole petallides. nicole: good evening, dagen and connell. the s&p and the dow are gaining. we're seeing these records coming off of another record high 32 times this year, but is worth noting and the dow 100 points away from all-time highs as well. that being said we continue to watch names, and we have to focus on apple which traded as high as 539 and change. right now pulling back. third consecutive quarter of profit declines. beating revenue, they continue to sell millions of ipad and iphone. dagen: the head of the agency in charge of overseeing the rollout of the obamacare website facing some tough questions before congress. connell: starting with rich edson. rich: how may people h

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