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melissa francis, the host of after the bell on fox business. ere in town last week for the inauguration. i assumed you were in the section reserved for foreign heads of state. where were you? >> that is where i was supposed to be i guess but i guess i didn't get my ticket. i was looking at one of those big overviews and i with the literally the right behind the outhouse is. the porter potties. i couldn't see the stage because they were right in front of me. it was very funny, we were in the back and we were listening to this speech and i was with all the people who had driven in from all over the country and they are wearing boots and have plastic ponchos on and none of the dress-up clothes up front. these were the real folks. i've got to tell you, the speech played very differently back there. he's talking about all the stuff of the beginning. then he gets to the part and he is saying that for the forgotten man out there, you are forgot no more. your voices haven't been heard. these people up front, have come to washington, gotten rich for year

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is the after the bell.covered on all the big market movers. here is what else we have for you this hour. president trump kicking off second week of executive orders and frenzy from the main street media. i don't know if you noticed that he is meeting

david asman and melissa francis pick it up here for "after the bell." of earnings, guys, take it away. melissa: business front and center on donald trump's first official day in office but the dow remains in the red. the s&p 500 ending the day lower as well. the nasdaq managing to eke out, well, not anymore, seem like it was eking out gains. couldn't quite get there at close. i'm melissa francis. david: i'm david asman. glad you could join us this is "after the bell." this is what we have for you in a very busy hour, particularly inside the beltway, president trump hitting groundunning meeting with the heads of major americanompanies this morning to talk taxes and jobs in america. then a slew of executive orders, chief among them, dumping

"after the bell" with david asman and melissa francis.ank you very much president trump getting down to business on the second day in office. stocks are cheering him on. the dow making another run at 20,000, but take a look at s&p 500 and nasdaq both, closing at brand new record highs. hi, everybody, i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell," we have you covered on all the new records. here is what else we have for you at this hour. another busy day at the white house. president trump remaining focused on jobs and america, what he told heads of major u.s. automakers today, and new plans for the keystone pipeline. they're calling it resist trump tuesday. i don't know how catchy that is. david: i don't know.

i am melissa francis. vice-president elect mike pence on the hill leading law makers on dismantling obama care. this as president obama discusses how to save his signature achievement. mike is on capitol hill. what is vice-president mike pence's message to the republican maw law makers? >> reporter: his message is 16 days changing the way washington does business. vice-president elect mike pence is making the rounds on the first business be day of the one 15th congress. he said the american people have spoke sxent president-elect and his team will untend to deliver. >> they want to see us repeal and replace obama care and my message to members of congress, we are in the promise- keeping business and the first order is to repeal obama care and replace it with with the kind of health care reform to lower the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government. >> reporter: i should note that the vice-president elect is at a policy lunchion with senators. we expect him and the senate gop leadershi

david asmand and melissa francis pick it up here for after the bell on this friday afternoon. melissa: wow take a look at this. the dow fighting for gain but the last hour of trading, all three of the major averages ending the week on a high note with the nasdaq settling at a new record high. happy friday i'm melissa francis. david: happy friday to you. i'm david asmand. this is after the bell. we've got you covered the big market movers. but first, here's what else we have for you. this hour, a lot of breaking news for you right now. a victory for the republican leadership in the house. let's start right there. it wasn't a guarantee but the house just cleared the next major hurdle in the repeal of obamacare moments ago. we're going to take you live to capitol hill for details on what this means and what happens next. meanwh

"after the bell" with david asman and melissa francis. david: thank you very much president trump getting down to business on the second day in office. stocks are cheering him on. the dow making another run at 20,000, but take a look at s&p 500 and nasdaq both, closing at brand new record highs. hi, everybody, i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell," we have you covered on all the new records. here is what else we have for you at this hour. another busy day at the white house. president trump remaining focused on jobs and america, what he told heads of major u.s. automakers today, and new plans for the keystone pipeline. they're calling it resist trump tuesday. i don't know how catchy that is. david: i don't know. melissa: next round of protests chicks off in chicago, targeting trump administration ties to goldman sachs of all things as chicago's homicide rate at 19-year high. they're not protesting that. there you go. >>> president obama defying congress, paying $200 million in taxpayer dollars to the pale

i am melissa francis.e-president elect mike pence on the hill leading law makers on dismantling obama care. this as president obama discusses how to save his signature achievement. mike is on capitol hill. what is vice-president mike pence's message to the republic

david asmand and melissa francis pick it up here for after the bell on this friday afternoon. david: indeed. melissa: wow take a look at this. the dow fighting for gain but the last hour of trading, all three of the major averages ending the week on a high note with the nasdaq settling at a new record high. happy friday i'm melissa francis. david: happy friday to you. i'm david asmand. this is after the bell. we've got you covered the big market movers. but first, here's what else we have for you. this hour, a lot of breaking news for you right now. a victory for the republican leadership in the house. let's start right there. it wasn't a guarantee but the house just cleared the next major hurdle in the repeal of obamacare moments ago. we're going to take you live to capitol hill for details on what this means and what happens next. meanwhile, getting down to business. president-elect trump talking trade today with union boss richard. not always a fan of trump's. with lockheed martin and, yes, you can see the picture there that's talk show host steve harvey as well. and chicago

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is the after the bell. we have you covered on all the big market movers. here is what else we have for you this hour. president trump kicking off second week of executive orders and frenzy from the main street media. i don't know if you noticed that he is meeting with his national economic council as we speak. this hour we have karl rove, art laffer, walid phares will join us after the bell for all the big issues. david: what more would you want? the dow still suffering the largest postelection loss making the biggest drop so far this year. lori rothman on floor of new york stock exchange. lori, what caused the trigger. it didn't end in positive territory and way off the lows. what happened? >> absolutely. if you consider the calendar, david, you have the trump jitters. you will get that well into the broadcast. got a peek at a note off the trading desks there is lot of rebalancing going on. equity stocks outperformed bonds. so a lot of portfolio managers rejiggering their portfolio to even out their money.

david asman and melissa francis pick it up here for "after the bell." lots of earnings, guys, take it away. melissa: business front and center on donald trump's first official day in office but the dow remains in the red. the s&p 500 ending the day lower as well. the nasdaq managing to eke out, well, not anymore, seem like it was eking out gains. couldn't quite get there at close. i'm melissa francis. david: i'm david asman. glad you could join us this is "after the bell." this is what we have for you in a very busy hour, particularly inside the beltway, president trump hitting groundunning meeting with the heads of major americanompanies this morning to talk taxes and jobs in america. then a slew of executive orders, chief among them, dumping president obama's trans-pacific partnership trade deal, a big blow to some asian nations but teamsters and other union officials inside of the white house are cheering. right now he is meeting with union leaders and workers at the white house. meanwhile on capitol hill, the confirmation showdown continues. the sena

i'm melissa francis. david: i'm david asman. so glad you could join us. this is "after the bell." a lot of big events at this hour. let's go through the list. president-elect donald trump, of course he will be president trump in just 20 hours. he is in d.c. attending a full slate of events including lunch with his potential cabinet this afternoon. some funny things happened there. the first event of the inauguration just took place. a very somber replaying in arlington national cemetery at the tomb of the unknown soldier with vice president-elect mike

i'm melissa francis. here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house.nt is meeting with republicans and democrats as he talks about the supreme court. now the president says he will unveil his choice next week. down the street at the capitol, lawmakers hearing from some of president trump's cabinet choices, including tom price. the controversy nominee for health and human services company. democrats said he had stock in health companies while pushing bills that could have helped those companies. and the controversial keystone xl pipeline is back on track. that's just one of donald trump's big decisions today. let's get to it.

i'm melissa francis. neil: across the board. i'm david asman. dow closing above 20,000. sell the inauguration. phil flynn price futures, fox business contributor watching

i'm melissa francis.s shep. >> the russians committed an act of war against the united states of mark. that from the republican chairman of the armed services committee, john mccain. the incoming president says he doesn't believe the be russians did it. let's get to it. in case you missed it, there's a thing happening in the republican party. the question is this: is president-elect donald trump saying the russians didn't meddle with the election because the hacking helped him? this is a thank you to the

joining us, melissa francis and charlie gasper reno. good to see you. the president-elect and his meeting today. >> we had a great meeting. jobs. you just saw what happened with fiat. they are going to build a massive plant. we are very happy. jack and i are going to do some more great things. >> we were specifically talking about creating supporting 1 million small businesses, especially in the midwest. small business on the platform selling products. american services to china and asia. we are pretty big in asia. >> he is talking about supporting 1 million jobs. his spokesperson said they are going to create 1 million jobs. what about this? >> the message coming from donald trump is unmistakable. people argue about, are these jobs real, new, where they coming here anyway? he is sending a message that jobs are number one in importance to him. to create that, he's creating an environment with low taxes and less regulation. we need to see the follow-through. we need to see it work. this is the tone he's setting in the beginning. >> tone is good. there's

i'm melissa francis. here's shep on the news deck. >> it's noon on the west coast. 3:00 in new york city where the president-elect is whipping up questions about american intelligence. questioning whether our top agencies have their stories straight on the hacking. and now the head of the c.i.a. is responding. donald trump also tweeting about obama care's problems and republicans meeting with the v.p.-elect mike pence to talk about taking obama care apart. the current president is not giving up without a fight. he's sitting down with democrats to come up with a plan to save his namesake healthcare laws. and hillary clinton's allies gathering to take on trump. their new strategy to fight the president-elect's administration. let's get to it. >> good afternoon from the deck. who are you with on russian hacking? julian assange or the united states intelligence community? president-elect trump is standing firm with the group that he once called disgraceful and for which he once told us "there should be like t

s&p 500 ending just shy of new record high, i'm melissa francis. >> i'm david asman this is "after the" glad you could join us. we have you covered on big market movers. here is what else we have for you this hour. bringing out the big guns. president obama and vice president-elect pence going toe-to-toe in the battle over obamacare. we're going to take you live to capitol hill for details on what is going on behind closed doors. >>> plus build a wall, it is not just a popular slogan. the president-elect reportedly laying the ground work to make good on one of his biggest campaign promises. >>> this just in, president

i'm melissa francis. here's shep. >> the russians committed an act of war against the united states of mark. that from the republican chairman of the armed services committee, john mccain. the incoming president says he doesn't believe the be russians did it. let's get to it. in case you missed it, there's a thing happening in the republican party. the question is this: is president-elect donald trump saying the russians didn't meddle with the election because the hacking helped him? this is a thank you to the russians? or does the president-elect not trust the intelligence community? it's one of those. we don't know which. the evidence is clear, crystal clear. unless everyone we pay billions and billions of dollars to every year is lying to us, the russians hacked the democratic e-mails and attempted to affect the outcome of the presidential electi election. that's it. john mccain, war hero, senator, said the russian action was an act of war. by definition an act of war. spying? act of war. that's it. no

i'm melissa francis. neil: across the board. i'm david asman. dow closing above 20,000. so much for sell the inauguration. phil flynn price futures, fox business contributor watching action in oil and gold from the cme. lori rothman on the floor of the new york stock exchange. lori, how much higher can we go? >> let's hope a lot more, let's hope this 20,000, it was kind of a slow grind, david. even though this is the second fastest course from 1000 points, 19 to 20 ever, it is still vulnerable. a lot has to do with trump and his pro-growth policies. a lot has to do with what we've seen pretty solid batch of earnings. let's just celebrate today because here we are finally. these are the top gainers of the dow, driving the dow to 20,000. boeing hit a lifetime high today, the story behind that expect to deliver more planes and higher earnings this year. caterpillar up almost 2%. this is a two-year high. analysts say the sales pick you are is improving. adobe up half a percent. these are among companies hitting lifetime highs. particular stocks we're pulling from a broad ran

i'm melissa francis. here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house. the president is meeting with republicans and democrats as he talks about the supreme court. now the president says he will unveil his choice next week. down the street at the capitol, lawmakers hearing from some of president trump's cabinet choices, including tom price. the controversy nominee for health and human services company. democrats said he had stock in health companies while pushing bills that could have helped those companies. and the controversial keystone xl pipeline is back on track. that's just one of donald trump's big decisions today. let's get to it. >> now "shepard smith recording." >> shepard:. trump says he will announce his pick for the highest court in the land in a matter of days. a decision likely to shape our nation's future for generations to come. >> we have outstanding candidates. we will pick a truly great supreme court justice. i'll be announcing sometimes next week. >> president trump meeting with four state leaders this afternoon to discuss his potent

i i'm melissa francis. i'm david asman. here is what else we have for you this hour.s president barack obama holding his last press conference in office. responding to questions about the commuting of chelsea manning's sentence. former army intelligence analyst serving 35 years for leaking government secrets to wikileaks.

melissa: and i'm melissa francis. this is after the bell.red on the big market movers but this is also when we have coming up this hour. a very busy start to a very busy week for president-elect trump holding a number of high caliber meetings today with hearings in the days to come. this as the sena

melissa: i'm melissa francis, this is after the bell, we've got you covered on the big market moversat else we have for you this hour. donald trump is the driver seat from mowtown to washington taking on general motors and ford. e president-elect scoring a big victory on capitol hill as well. hous republican yanking controversial ethics measure

i'm melissa francis.ter the bell we have you covered on stocks but here's what else we have for you this hour. trump's cabinet picks getting grilled. on the left is senator jeff sessions up for attorney general. he's been responding to charges saying he is racist potential prosecution of hillary clinton, immigration, and extreme vetting. on the right trump's pick to head the department of homeland security, general

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell."covered for all the big market losers. here is what we have this hour. apple reporting in the hour. will this put a dent typically what is their best quarter of the year. we'll bring you numbers you need

this is "outnumbered," i am sandra smith, harris faulkner, cohost of fox after the bell, melissa francisnd dagen mcdowell is here, and #oneluckyguy, the former ambassador to the u.n., john bolton is here, and he is outnumbered on a very big and important day, several days in fact

very few have had a life as interesting as fox business network's melissa francis.u tonight. >> great to see you. i am so excited to be associated with you tonight. you are the king of cabell. i wanted to rub off on me. >> tucker: 's [laughs] i don't feel very kingly. long before you got onto this business, you were an actor. i'm sure many of our viewers know that. but your writing, i think, a book about that. >> that's true. i have a new book that comes out in april, there is a cover right there. and basically, most self-help books are really annoying, this one will make you snort with laughter, mostly at me. i make fun of myself throughout almost the whole book. then, i came up with some good lessons, some great formulas to tackle the problems that dog everyone. what i realized was, when i left hollywood, which is insane, as you know, a lot of the great values that they learned on the prairie really apply to the rest of your life and the rest of america outside of hollywood, like self-reliance, independence, hardware, all of those kinds of things. >> tucker: oh, i

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." we have you covered for all the big market losers. here is what we have this hour. apple reporting in the hour. will this put a dent typically what is their best quarter of the year. we'll bring you numbers you need to know when they come out. that is describing congressional democrats skying two key cabinet members. less plan to delay votes and boycott hearings. sparks fly at the white house as members of the mainstream media continue to clash with press secretary sean spicer over immigration and everything else. david: that was a pretty wild press conference. adam shapiro on the floor of new york stock exchange. adam, it came back a bit. it looked like it was. >> if you look at dow, goldman sachs accounted for 30 points being shaved off the dow. losers goldman sachs, jpmorgan chase, intel. intel was darling last week. hit a record high. a bit of a selloff today. some of the winners and losers up coach up five or 6%. coach with much better-than-expected profits especially overseas. d

i'm gerri willis in for david -- melissa francis. david: i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." here is what we have this hour. donald trump met with son of martin luther king , jr., there were negative comments on both sides of that we'll take you live to trump tower for the he details. insurance for everybody? president-elect says he has a plan to replace obamacare, and it may include a major goal of obamacare. we're going to explain. a scandal still haunting the clintons months after the election has now led to a major announcement. >> i don't see this president-elect as a legitimate president. i don't plan to attend the inauguration. it will be the first one that i miss since i've been in the congress. >> i hope that john lewis and some others who have joined his plans to take a pass on the inauguration will rethink that. >> i understand why john lewis feels the way he does. this is a very fearful and divided nation right now. >> this is disappointing to hear somebody who has such an important voice and platform to say what he said about the president, which by the way is ju

melissa: i'm melissa francis, this is after the bell, we've got you covered on the big market movers but first, here's what else we have for you this hour. donald trump is the driver seat from mowtown to washington taking on general motors and ford. e president-elect scoring a big victory on capitol hill as well. hous republican yanking controversial ethics measure after he criticized the move. all of this happening on day one of a brand-new congress. republicans are pushing an aggressive agenda as vow to put up a fight. we've got you covered on this very busy hour. david: and the markets getting aggressive there at the end. the dow climbing in the final minutes of trading. nike and verizon moving positive and oil moving in the opposite direction. the ce in chicago to tell us why and lori rothman is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. lori, it was up more than 170 points and in the morning it lost it, and then it came back. why? >> hi, david. happy new year. we did see some late-session buying today. that's for sure. quick answer to your question, the vix. volatility index f

i'm gerri willis in for david -- melissa francis. david: i'm david asman. this is "after the bell."at we have this hour. donald trump met with son of martin luther king , jr., there

i'm melissa francis is food -- good to have you back. i'm david asman with "after the bell." is very busy hour. it will be very busy toughou the evening just three days, donald trp sworn in as president of the united states. president-elect's team is getting ready mapping out priorities for his first 100 days in office. more businesses are caving to pressure before the president-elect moves into the white house.

this is "outnumbered," i am sandra smith, harris faulkner, cohost of fox after the bell, melissa francis, and dagen mcdowell is here, and #oneluckyguy, the former ambassador to the u.n., john bolton is here, and he is outnumbered on a very big and important day, several days in fact. >> another quiet day. >> let's just begin with the serious backlash that we have been watching all weekend from members of the own parties, that began after president trump signed on friday and executive order that temporarily bars them from seven majority countries, white house chief of staff priebus says that he has nothing to apologize for, and to the travel ban could be expanded if necessary. >> this was a promise that president trump had made, and it is a promise that he is going to keep. he is not willing to be wrong on this subject. we need to do our best to be vigilant and protect americans. perhaps we need to take it further, but for now, the immediate steps, pulling the band-aid off, we are doing further vetting for people traveling in and out of the country's. >> meanwhile, top democrats in the tr

hello, i'm melissa francis. the mexican president staying just last night he didn't see a need to cancel the meeting, in spite of president plump's push to build the wall. now, he's telling the world, on twitter of course, because that's where we talk about these things, he's pulling out. president trump responding moechlgts okay, in philadelphia. -- president trump ponding. >> president trump: the president of mexico and myself have agreed to cancel our planned meeting scheduled for next week. unless mexico is going to treat the united states fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless and i want to go a different route. >> see, it was mutual. president trump in philly at the party's congressional retreat showing up u.k. prime minister teresa may before heading to a meeting with mr. trump tomorrow at the white house. chief white house correspondent john roberts is live on the north lawn. the president continues a furious pace of pollymaking with new executive orders on homeland security and immigrat

i'm melissa francis. we are awaiting president trump to speak as he takes the first steps in building a wall on the border with mexico. boosting the number of border patrol as and more. mr. trump earlier addressing who will pay for the wall. >> president trump: we will be in a form reimbursed by mexico. >> they will pay us back. >> president trump: absolutely, 100%. >> the american taxpayer will pay for the wall at first. >> president trump: we will be reimbursed at whatever later date whatever transaction we make with mexico. >> when does construction begin? >> president trump: ss we can do it. >> months? >> president trump: i would say in months. planning starting is immediately. >> let's go to chief white house correspondence john roberts live on the north lawn. busy day already. >> oh, yeah. unbelievably busy week as well. building the wall is just one thing that the two executive orders that the president will sign at the department of homeland security. the bullet points on the screen, building the

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." we have you covered on all the big market movers but here is what else we have for you coming up this hour. a live look at the white house. sources just telling fox news that one much president trump's more controversial executive orders is being moved up to this afternoon. the president and his advisors are hammering out the final details in the oval office. plus uk prime minister theresa may currently speaking to republican lawmakers. earlier today president trump spoke to the same crowd, vowing allegiance to gop priorities as lawmakers preparing to go to battle over a timeline for tax cuts. coming up, steve moore, economic advisor to donald trump, austan goolsbee, former advisor to president obama sound off. david: all right. we have the a-team. meanwhile back to the markets. the trump rally is marching on. new record close for the dow. phil nine, price futures fox business contributor and watching action in oil and gold and lori rothman on the floor from the new york stock exchang

(whisper) rocket >> i'm melissa francis, strong words from senator john mccain, calling the russian hackingt of war." white house briefing is going on right now, we will tell you how they are responding. plus senate minority leader chuck schumer responding moments ago to president-elect trump's claim that he is "head clown" of the democrats. that should be fine. and can trump actually save money? a former marine and military reformer will tell us if the f35 is worth the cost and identify other ways they can cut costs on "america's newsroom hq," coming up. >> jon: companies are trotting out the latest in technology at the annual consumer electronics show in las vegas. adam housley life on the show floor and i am jealous. >> this is my tenth year here, amazing, joe just opened 45 minutes ago. this is the stuff you will see on shelves now or in the very near future, 200 new items including this. you could have seen those walking bans, this is not that p this is for people who have motion sickness or women who have morning sickness, he put this on your wrist, little electricity goes into you, a

outnumbered," i'm harris faulkner, here is sandra smith, cohost of "after the bell" on fox business, melissa francis, democrat extended just, julie roginsky, and today's #oneluckyguy, veteran broadcaster and super bowl winning quarterback, joe theismann is here. always glad to have you, glad you're back. >> joe: good to be back, thank you very much. merry christmas, hope everybody had their dreams come true. new year's, i watched it here in new york city, it was unbelievable this year. the weather was so cooperative, the entertainment was unbelievable, and it's exciting to get onto 2017, and in about three weeks it's going to even be a little more exciting. >> i feel like i'm in a locker major giving us a little pepto. let's get started. on capitol hill, lawmakers set to be sworn in and members expected to reelect paul ryan as speaker of the house prayed once that is done, republicans who will be soon in charge of both the white house and congress for the first time in a decade say they have an order of business to be able to who repeal and replace obamacare. lawmakers will also take a look at overh

hello, i'm melissa francis. this is a live look at both the house and the senate right.president biden swearing in incoming members, senate minority member chuck schumer saying this will be an accountability congress. republicans preparing an aggressive agenda from the rapid repeal of obamacare to tax in trade reform, only minutes ago wisconsin congressman paul ryan was re-elected as house speaker. he will speak shortly before swearing in new house members. we have fox team coverage in all of this, laurie standing by but

i i'm melissa francis. i'm david asman. here is what else we have for you this hour. there is president barack obama holding his last press conference in office. responding to questions about the commuting of chelsea manning's sentence. former army intelligence analyst serving 35 years for leaking government secrets to wikileaks. it created backlash from both sides of the aisle. >> i feel very comfortable that justice has been served and that a message has still been sent. david: this is donald trump's cabinet nominees getting grilled by democrats on capitol hill. we have tom price, scott pruitt, wilbur ross, nikki haley all on the hot seat today, making their case for their confirmmation. how did they fair? we'll have team coverage taking us through all the details on the big events. melissa: but first, let's check how stocks ended the day. the dow sinking into the close. united health, exxon, verizon and the biggest drags. phil flynn, watching action in oil and gold from the cme. lori rothman from the floor of the new york stock exchange. lori, oil losing big. >> th

melissa: and i'm melissa francis. this is after the bell. we've got you covered on the big market movers but this is also when we have coming up this hour. a very busy start to a very busy week for president-elect trump holding a number of high caliber meetings today with hearings in the days to come. this as the senate begins the process of trying to repeal a big part of the obamacare. but it's without the full support of republicans. why not everyone is onboard and the plan to change that? plus another tense moment promised -- prompting the u.s. navy destroyer to fire warning shots at iranian ships. details on this and how an agreement from donald trump and the navy may keep this from happening in the future. david. david: we're going to get back to that that in a moment. but first the nasdaq may be closing at a new high but dow is retreating even further from 20k. sinking in the final minutes of trading. ibm, exxon, nike all big traders on the dow. lori, you're watching some other big names as well today. but first, phil flynn where the c

i'm melissa francis is food -- good to have you back. i'm david asman with "after the bell." this is very busy hour. it will be very busy toughou the evening just three days, donald trp sworn in as president of the united states. president-elect's team is getting ready mapping out priorities for his first 100 days in office. more businesses are caving to pressure before the president-elect moves into the white house. plus it is round two astrump's cabinet appointees are taking the hot seat on capitol hill. the hearing for interior secretary is currently underway. in just one hour, senate democrat are expected to grill betsy devos, trump's choice for education secretary. fox business will be bringing that hearing from stem to stern live. coming upjohn stossel will join on "after the bell" to sound off on all this. melissa: dow plunging as dollar slides to one-month low as president-elect donald trump described the currency as too strong in an interview with the "wall street journal." phil flynn, price futures group is fox business contributor. watching action on gold from floo

>> bill: with us now in new york city, melissa francis and mary anne marsh.ids, marianne, do they care, do you think they care that they care? americas, most of them, think that it is a despicable display. >> the fact is, bill the people that protested jeff sessions are the same people that protested hillary clinton throughout the entire presidential campaign. many people condemned the behavior today applauded it during the campaign. i think that speaks to the divisions we see in this country. i think the more effective protest was by kaiser con today, the gold star father, who bore silent witness in his opposition to jeff sessions, and his nomination because of his opposition to the full voting rights act, his support of donald trump's muslim band, and his criticism of civil rights groups. >> bill: no one is saying that there are legitimate protesters in a good thing. you mentioned the division of this country, remember, your guy, president obama, promised to bring everyone together. but the country is more divided now than ever, is that correct? >> i think

sandra smith coming here today is harris faulkner, cohost of "after the bell" on fox business, melissa francis from fox business, dagen mcdowell is here, and today's #oneluckyguy, we welcome back the cohost of "the five," juan williams is here, and he is outnumbered. >> juan: nice to be here, i am one lucky guy. because today is

i'm cheryl casone in for melissa francis today. david: i'm david asman. happy friday.ll." thanks so much for coming. we have you covered on big market movers. here is what else we have for you. it will be a very busy breaking hour. president trump making his first official visit to the pentagon. along with vice president mike pence will participate in a formal swearing-in of defense secr

s&p 500 ending just shy of new record high, i'm melissa francis. >> i'm david asman this is "after the bell." glad you could join us. we have you covered on big market movers. here is what else we have for you this hour. bringing out the big guns. president obama and vice president-elect pence going toe-to-toe in the battle over obamacare. we're going to take you live to capitol hill for details on what is going on behind closed doors. >>> plus build a wall, it is not just a popular slogan. the president-elect reportedly laying the ground work to make good on one of his biggest campaign promises. >>> this just in, president obama releasing four more gitmo detainees within the next 24 hours, and just wait till you hear where they're being sent. we'll tell you. lori: back to the markets now. the dow climbing again today, shares of nike and american express and ibm. oil on the rise as well. but watch out for some pain at the pump. phil has details from the cme in chicago. lori rothman is back with us. lori, exxonmobil the worst-performing stock in the dow today. how come? >> so it was the

is outnumbered, i'm harris faulkner, here today is meghan mccain, cohost of "after the bell," melissa francis. fox news legal analyst and host of "justice," the judge herself, jeanine pirro, and today's #oneluckyguy, the host of the "david webb show," david webb. we say he's outnumbered, you are looking gorgeous in the pink and gray. >> david: if i'm going to show up on this couch i've got to bring my a game for clothing. look at this, red, white, and blue, sharp, deep black, and a nice bright color for the trump. >> wait, wait, wait. >> we like the guy who appreciates the color wheel. >> that is your color wheel, harris. >> jeanine: i always love telling coming on the show, you tell us what color to wear, i love it. >> harris: will begin with what was one of his top campaign promises as i mentioned, when he launched his presidential campaign more than 18 months ago. candidate donald trump vowed to build a great while, his words, on america's border with mexico, a promise that helped fuel his long shot bid to win the white house. and now during a visit to the department of homeland security a