. >> steve mcshane here. mcshane's nursery and landscape supply.the best salsa you've ever had. it was the fresh cilantro, wasn't it? herbs go a long way in the garden and we're going to learn a little bit about how to succeed with herbs in your landscape and in backyard. well, let's see, the first thing i'd say is you need to plan for your herb garden. most people are growing herbs these days in containers. they put a little gravel in the bottom, water their high-grade potting soil, maybe a little bit of [indistinct], add some starter fertilizer to get them going. i always tell people--select things that are going to be found to be a little exotic. edible plants as well. why not mix in with your herbs thgs like nasturtium? the flowers in nasturtium are a little peppery. they do a lot for your salads. calendula is also edible. these blooms, the plant, what a great addition to your salads and entrees. the other thing i'd say to folks is make sure you consider sun, sunlight, 6 to 8 hours a day. if you've got the right plan, you got the right herbs, y

i miss connell mcshane so he could carry some of the weight. black friday, hope everyone had a great thanksgiving but stocks are trading until 1:00. let's go to the new york stock exchange where nicole petallides is standing by on the shortened trading day. nicole: we had our markets closed for the thanksgiving holiday. however in europe and asia they were easily awaiting the market opened, half-day of trading moving at 1:00, u.s. stocks are having a good day on wall street, record levels once again, the nasdaq 4 thousands 64, dow jones industrial 16,055 and the s&p at 1812, all three are higher and a record, look at the retailer's, the thanksgiving day, black friday people running in for a limited brands, abercrombie, walmart pulling back but retailers are talking about a lot of traffic and a lot of deals and so far so good for these guys and i am sure they will continue. dagen: shoppers used to line up in the early hours of black friday to get the best deals, now they don't have to because many retailers opened yesterday on thanksgiving even

i'm connell mcshane. reporting from new york.he head of national intelligence said earlier this year that cyber attacks are the leading threat to national security. >> it is importance and reach as a global threat can not be overstated. >> few understand the sheer capability hackers have in disrupting our nation impact a major attack would have on as we go in our daily lives. in the next hour we'll look at some of those threats and we'll look forward to come up with solutions. here to help us do that is mike baker, fme

connell mcshane is here too. this hour of "markets now" starts now. ♪ ♪ dagen: i was trying to get your name in there. connell: hey, all right. let's do this -- dagen: mcshane's here. connell: yeah, that'll tease 'em up, get things going. markets up, and, well, everything's good unless you're kathleen sebelius out on the road -- dagen: or the driver of that ferrari that got crushed. connell: also not good. nicole petallides joins us to start things off. >> reporter: and i'm good, i'm doing well here on the floor of the new york stock exchange. dow's up 61 points, folks, snapping the two-day losing streak we've been seeing. dow jones industrials up 61 points sitting at 15,606. don't forget we had a great october, right? we're up 2.7% on the dow gaining over 400 points, so we've hit records this week on the dow, nasdaq and s&p to speak of. also let's just take a look at some longer charts comparing one week and one month charts as we continue to watch the action to the upside. some of the energy names doing well, w

i'm connell mcshane, reporting from new york. >> tonight on "the willis report". how the obamacare fix turns into a fiasco health insurance companies say it cannot work it should have taxpayers hopping mad but the white house is set to give them a back door bailout obamacare style. to user's guide to shopping looking at the best stories ever. watchi out for you tonight on "the willis report." melissa: welcome to the of willis report your show and your money and voice. fresh warnings tonight's the health insurance policies will send premiums soaring and now the insurance company is scrambling for how that would work. residents scrambling to do damage control with executives to ensure that public our brainstorming how to go forward with obamacare joining me now from wells fargo insurance with the independent insurance agents and brokers of america agreed to have both of you today. can this we done? is a possible for insurers to reinstates willy-nilly? >> it is the aggressive time might. back from individual consumers walking in with a new health care plan for us to

here is e georgetown drector and michael mcshane, a fellow at the american enterprise institute and coeditormmon core made education reform and what it means for politics and policy and the future of schooling. welcome to you both. before we get started, i have gotten more tweets from viewers on this topic. people are so passionate about this. i want to start with you. both of you have concerns about common core. it's a mystery, but what are your concerns? >> my real concern is more about the debate than the standards themselves. i think that what we are seeing is the beginning of a fairly difficult. matt for the common core standards, largely to do with the fact that they can't seem to get things done. so the common core standards are definitely important, but i think largely there are reasons to be concerned and i think the more compelling story is why can we get them done. gerri: that's right, they are not always blended initiatives that are okay by you. >> my primary concn is how much these standards are intertwined with all the other things that we're trying to do. so this includes teac

nicole: back to connell mcshane and dagen mcdowell below the 700 mark.e sold off once again the dow yesterday down 30 to points. and the unchanged line. the fed capering top continued worry on wall street. let's look at macy's also the parent of bloomingdale's and macy's looking great. stocks hitting a new high. got to love it if you are a shareholder here, anything in the retail sector is good news out of macy's, profit on a rise boosted the entire sector so macy's over 9% today and most retailers have a perrault's as well despite the fact that much of wall street has down arrows. dagen: officials behind a lot of healthcare.gov are aware of one attempted cyberattack. connell: this comes as tech officials are testifying before congress about the problems on the obamacare website so rigid and joins us with the latest. >> revelations about that attack from a separate hearing than we are watching on healthcare about them that not alleging there was one denial of service attack against healthcare.gov. the chairman of this committee was saying he doesn't know

mcshane and all of our viewers. connell: i used to be an altar boy. travel and shopping for the business world. can people get their fifth thanksgiving, if they do go out and brave the elements, would they feel like going back and doing shopping, numbers coming up on those topics. is it time for these guys to come out of hiding? talking about the bears at the market. one of our mission managers will tell us what he thinks. princeton is turning to an overseas the scene not approved by each the to treat this and meningitis outbreak, we will show you which companies are behind that so there is money to be made and the city concerns that may or may not surround that. tomorrow's business today, new technology that you wear on your head. we have that and more with dagen mcdowell on markets now. ♪ dagen: black friday, starbucks, stainless steel coffee mugs. espresso drinks. dagen: i will get you that for christmas. it used to be. connell: a crazy winter storm wreaking havoc among travelers today, leading into one of the busiest retail weekends of the year. d

i'm connell mcshane, reporting from new york. weeken. "the willis report" is coming up next. ♪ gerri: hello, everybody. i'm gerr willis. tonight on "the willis report" consumer relief or blatant union to know. watching out for you tonight on "the willis report". ♪ gerri: welcome to "the willis report." your show, your money, your voice. tonight another delay in obamacare. this one is intenonal. this time open enrollment deadline is being extended by a month so that it can get past the election. people can't cancel the election time. with us now, steve more from the law street journal editorial board and dr. scott gottlieb's, formerolicy for centers for medicare and medicaid services. welcome to you both. i will start with you. let me read you what the obamacare administration is saying about what is essentially a 30ay delay. they say it is to give insurers the benefit of more time to evaluate the experiences during the 2014 plan year and low them to take into account those who may enroll late including young adults before setting 2015 ra

stuart: we are done but connell mcshane, it is yours.out his health care fix, george w. bush on the late night circuit. samsung developing the skills which wipes your phone clean if it were to be stolen. they don't want. coming up tomorrow's business today, nothing says that more than robots. ♪ dagen: where have you been? stuart: hitting me with too many questions. the dow below 15,000. dagen: i have to say 50. connell: we are up by 13 points and lauren

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happy thanksgiving to connell mcshane and all of our viewers. connell: i used to be an altar boy.an people get their fifth thanksgiving, if they do go out and brave the elements, would they feel like going back and doing shopping, numbers coming up on those topics. is it time for these guys to come out of hiding? talking about the bears at the market. one of our mission managers will tell us what he thinks. princeton is turning to an overseas the scene not approved by each the to treat this and meningitis outbreak, we will show you which companies are behind that so there is money to be made and the city concerns that may or may not surround that. tomorrow's business today, new

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connell mcshane on this hour of "markets now." connell: stay class sir, southern virginia.cus today. not as an exciting election as maybe, i don't know, last year but, or -- dagen: or new york city. connell: that one is pretty much a foregone conclusion unless every poll is wrong but dagen's home state of virginia we'

maybe we can convince connell mcshane to take one of himself coming up on this hour of "markets now." connell: you are sometimes here sitting taking pictures of both of us even when i don't want to. dagen: i am guilty of it on a rare occasion. but as somebody pointed out on twitter once, when a chick takes a self-portrait and posted on twitter or facebook, she has taken 50-75 to get that one good one. i posted some of it on instagram. connell: at the top of the hour, the dow back above 16,000, nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole: dial 16,000 is back. the s&p 500 at 1793, so not quite back at the 1800 mark. they are not a big deal to traders, they look at other things like resistance levels, those of the kind of things they are looking at, however if you are a bowl out there, six straight weeks of gains, a winning week, the nasdaq and s&p are down. overall the momentum seems to be to the upside, though the fix does have a slight up arrow. also watching campbell soups. look at what it is doing now. the stock is down almost 6% at 39.38. they cut their fo

maybe we can convince connell mcshane to take one of himself coming up on this hour of "markets now."

here are dagen mcdowell and connell mcshane. the next hour and we will also talk about a number of other things including the weather. we need to have that name on everything that is what we're looking at. big-time storm starting to come together for the eastern part of the nation that could wipe out travel for the holidays so there is big money on the line. health and human services pushing back next year's enrollment until after the midterm election. won't get to see the full effect of obamacare until after you vote. the politics which we will get into with rich edson. the debate in the skies over allowing passengers to use cellphones while they are flying, this gets people fired up and we will have it for you and how to get this right. 80% use smart phones when watching tv broadcasters are having a hard time making that interactive said dennis kneale will tell us about that. markets now. dennis: good to have you with us on november 22nd, 2015, 50 years after the assassination of kennedy. we will have a report from dallas in a

connell mcshane is here on markets now. ♪ connell: great to have you back after a couple days.agen: always wondering if i am going to get arrested when i fly. connell: of bad weather. dagen: i'm made it through the needles. connell: have happened to you. dagen: lovely people, lovely flight attendants on american airlines. love the people. connell: i am glad you don't focus only on the negative. stocks of two which is positive as we have mixed economic news which we will talk about with bob schiller, alan greenspan, peter barnes, nicole petallides starts us off from the floor of the stock exchange. nicole: you see the dow jones industrials up 20 points. we haven't broken through yesterday's highs. we had an incredible run, weeks of gains, an incredible year. the dow was up 23%, the s&p up 27% and the nasdaq up 30%. the run continues and some names on the dow better hitting highs said disney, american express, a traveler to name a few. take a look at tiffany, all-time highs for tiffany, a higher quarterly profit in asia, that is where way saw the strength for sales and raise full

connell mcshane coming up in this hour of markets now.

connell mcshane is here on markets now. ♪ connell: you caught that it in the open. dagen: 4 hours.onnell: do michelle ng your own accent, better than imitating party. dagen: my accent is bad to begin with. identity anybody. connell: nicole petallides as a terrific accent like mine. she is from the new york stock exchange to talk about the market up 50 points on the dollar. nicole: 16,000 getting closer and closer to that level. dow jones industrial average set another record today, all time record high for the dow today and at the moment of 50 points, a dish of 1/3%, 13,926, nasdaq composite of 3 points, fractional move and the s&p 5 under the 0.2% but for the most part we obscene a lot of the across-the-board. retailers and banks stocks and transport and oil services looking good today. that being said what about six straight weeks of the genes for the dow and the s&p so that is likely what we are seeing here today on this record-setting day not only for the dow jones industrial average but the s&p 500 all-time high and the nasdaq at a 13 year high. i want to get to kimberly-clark

connell mcshane coming up in this hour of markets now. >> a lot coming up this our and interesting stuff happening on the floor of the senate. we will look at the floor and senate majority leader harry reid introduced the nuclear option which would allow, minority leader mitch mcconnell responding to senator reid, all of certain motions in the senate to pass by majority vote, 51 votes rather than 60 votes. republicans are not happy about it to say the least, think that getting ugly. we will talk more about it has the power goes on. the thick argument from the republicans is democrats are trying to say a change the subject from obamacare with which mcconnell said majority leader promised he wouldn't break the rules to change the man he may as well have said if you like the rules in the senate you can keep them. you get the reference. that is interesting. rich edson will come up and we will have dan henninger on. -mack breaking news, anything you can talk about. let's go. changing the filibuster rules in the senate. we are going to do it. >> talk about markets right now close to 16,000 on

connell mcshane on this hour of "markets now." connell: stay class sir, southern virginia. that's it. dagen mcdowell's home state and focus today. not as an exciting election as maybe, i don't know, last year but, or -- dagen: or new york city. connell: that one is pretty much a foregone conclusion unless every poll is wrong but dagen's home state of virginia we'll talk about. let's go to nicole petallides before we talk about anything else. check on the markets. good morning nicole. >> we pared the losses. we're down 41 points on the dow jones industrials. 15,059. just below the 15,600 mark. we had a nice run though, haven't we? s&p 500 down 1:00 quarter of 1%. it shows you we had momentum remains to the upside. traders continue to believe with the easy fed policy the path of least resistance is to the upside. of 3-d systems, largest printer company, looking good. new all-time high. potential takeover rumors maybe by ibm according to our own charles payne. spending on research and expanding retail presence. up over 100% and what a great performer and a new high today. back

." >> steve mcshane here, mcshane's nursery and landscape spot, also known as dr. dirt. has your soil got you sick? well, i might have the remedy. take a look at this medium, breathing with life. soil is where it all begins in the garden, teeming with microorganisms, as much as a billion per teaspoon. it's just marvelous. microorganisms are what bringing--breaking down that nutrients and making them plant-available. one of the most important things when talking about soil microbiology is temperature. i keep a soil thermometer in my garden, because when things get to 50 degrees or higher, microbial activity spikes, making those nutrients available. now, there's some things we can do to get microbes goin'. first one is kelp. second one is alfalfa. by adding either of these amendments to the soil, studies have shown populations spike. there's also some trace nitrogen. and knowing that microorganisms are feeding on organic matter, i recommend adding some every year. maybe an inch to the vegetable garden or under the drip line of a tree goes a long way. and if you're like mos