latrobe may have seen or was told about america's first national order invented by peter charles in 1788 for the senate chamber at federal hall in new york where the first federal congress met. latrobe's column capitals includes stars, rays of the sun, and the cipher u.s., all emblems borrowed from the great seal. latrobe approached his american orders in an entirely different way. he used the flora of native american plants to represent the professions of the nation's population. the six corn stalk shafts topped by corn cob capitals represented america's farmers, represented agricultural, our farmers. latrobe broke from the tradition of the 1790s capitol in other ways. the 1793 drawing for the first senate included paintings of stars and state seals on the vaulted ceiling to express the chamber's function. the first senate chamber was directly above the courtroom. it was entered in the center of its semi circular side through four of the most elaborate of the greek ionic columns. according to greek historian, it housed several ancient cults. senators then elected by the state legislatur

peter. >> charles, republicans need to pick up six seats to take control of the senate. they think they have momentum. look at this calendar. democrats are defending seats in seven states that this map -- seven seats in states -- seven states in states that mitt romney won over president obama in the 2012 election. we're watching a couple of interesting races. one is in iowa where the latest clear poll shows joni ernst is polled ahead of democrat bruce braley. in kentucky, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has a solid lead over democrat alison grimes. but in kansas, incumbent republican pat roberts is slightly trailing independent greg orman. charles, back to you. charles: all tongue-tied. can't wait until tomorrow. oil today broke a support point at 80. let's go to nicole petallides on the new york stock exchange floor for all the big movers today. >> well, charles back and forth green red, green red. we're getting used to to that. the dow and s&p pulled back after setting highs. the nasdaq highest level we've seen in 14 and a half years. weedid see alibaba, appp

peter. >> charles, republicans need to pick up six seats to take control of the senate.mentum. look at this calendar. democrats are defending seats in seven states that this map -- seven seats in states -- seven states in states that mitt romney won over president obama in the 2012 election. we're watching a couple of interesting races. one is in iowa where the latest clear poll

peter. >> reporter: charles, there's no black friday sale on bronze or silver or gold plans, but shopperseight states will still have hhs trying to tell them new coverage because of a deal that has been worked out between the federal government and westfield mall. so in florida, connecticut, washington, illinois, maryland, new jersey and new york, outreach tables will be set up and pamphlets will be handed out by health and human services representatives. it's the same story on the west coast with covered california running the show. the goal is to get 9.1 million new customers enrolled in the next two and a half months. so far fewer than half a million signed up. this morning the website for bestbuy went down on friday friday. they put up a banner that said we're sorry and after about 90 minutes they were back in action. charles. >> speaking of obamacare, if mike cutler is right, it's making these illegals the president is helping out even more attractive to hire than the millions of legal americans here. mike, this is a big story. explain it to the audsure. under the provisions of obama

peter barnes and rich edson. charles: peter barnes is not sloppy. stuart: who is that? d charles. the whole picture of charles payne, the teenager right there. charles: i wonder if liz macdonald is really -- stuart: i yankees fan. voters rejected the tax and spend ways of the democrats. morning again in america? new age of growth and prosperity, don't we all wish? our 2 moments away. tein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 70% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. stuart: hope springs eternal on "varney and company". it has been so bad for so long we hope the turning point has been reached. we hope the turning point was last week's election results. it seems to us that the tax and spend borrow e

while we wait straight out to peter barnes with the latest. >> hey, charles. we expect a decision in this ferguson case to be announced any minute. a 12-person grand jury has been meeting in secret for months as is the custom for grand juries. hearing evidence from a wide variety of witnesses to decide whether wilson should face charges that could range from involunteer manslaughter to murder. jurors could decide not to charge wilson at all. the main question has been whether or not wilson used reasonable force in shooting brown, not excessive force. witnesses say brown raised his hands in the air in a motion of surrender when wilson shot him. officer wilson told authorities that he was punched and scratched in a struggle with brown and that this was basically a case of self-defense. charles. charles: thank you very much. appreciate it. approximate let's do this. let's dig further into with payne's pros. joining us, former prosecutor, doug burns. great night to be with us. back with us, the chair is empty. he's on his way, fox business and news radio host tom

while we wait straight out to peter barnes with the latest. >> hey, charles.t a decision in this ferguson case to be announced any minute. a 12-person grand jury has been meeting in secret for months as is the custom for grand juries. hearing evidence from a wide variety of witnesses to decide whether wilson should face charges that could range from involunteer manslaugt

charles: thanks a lot, peter. back to your money. the economy.p from the previous reading of 3.5%. stocks moving somewhat sideways. the big question, hitting 18,000 before thanksgiving. still possible. we will asked a stock picker in the next hour. three days from the start of holiday shopping. look at that. a basket, by the way, of retail stocks. nevertheless, these stocks have had one heck of a run. nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. let's talk about tiffany's. nicole: why not. holding onto gains despite that consumer confidence number. the stock is up about one and a half percent. hitting new highs. they solve their same store sales doing well and growing. that is another thing that has done very well for us. they did that their full-year forecast slightly. however, moving to a new all-time high. charles: the obama architect that thinks voters are stupid or will appear before the white house committee. any sort of satisfaction out of this guy? >> some people are actually calling him to return some of that $6 million

peter's square is expected to appeal the warning >>> mass murderer charles manson could we getting married. a marriage licence was issued for him and a 26-year-old long-time girlfriend. the licence does not have a wedding date. they must reapply within 90 days or get a new licence >>> a man pushed to his death from a subway platform. the victim was standing with his wife on the platform in the bronx on saturday when suddenly he was pushed deliberately into the path of an oncoming train. the suspect is a violent parolee who spent time in prison on other crimes. >> big news on capitol hill, the national senate gave a thumbs down it the keystone pipeline, rejecting a bill allowing for an extension to take it to the gulf of mexico. the house passed it friday. it was proposed by democratic louisiana senator mary landrieu. it needed 60 votes to pass but was one short, 59 senators in favour. >> the senate debate in photographer of the keystone pipeline centered around the j word - jobs. >> what people in louisiana want, what people in texas want, what people in missouri want, what people in south

peter doubt with more. >> couple raising a lot of eyebrows, charles manson at 80 years old now plans to marry someone 54 years junior. the marriage license was issued november 7th in verified by cbs news. twenty-six year old aston elaine burton goes by the name star told cnn in 2009 why she is attract today manson. >> he is the one that knows what's going on. he is the one that is in the truth whenever nobody else is. >> the california department of corrections says a wedding coordinator now assigned to handle the prison ceremony. prison officials say manson and burton can invite to up ten guests not inmates. but manson is not entitled to congical visits, and is no possibility of parole until 2027. well ' be 92. manson and his followers were convicted in at least seven murders including actress sharon tate. tate's sister spoke with us by phone and said she cannot comprehends why anyone would want a relationship with manson. >> he is extremely dangerous, and i just can't imagine what kind of person would want to interact with him. >> said she plans to marry manson because she interested on working on his case

responding and helmet and miriam phil's and charles and teresa johnson and lauren gray williams and sharon mendosa and natalie and john doe i didn't and peter and craig and jan and mike dar darla danny heather, rebecca and reaping and allen la away listen and matthew and lisa and jackie and sam grant and denice and jose and annabel bryant me cantor and matt, heather johnson and claudia so each one of those individuals have written a letter in support many are recipe at north beach as well as business owners. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm a long time resident and property owner during the development of my property i faced a lot of issues with the city and bruno helped me as i was going through my project site when i learned he was facing difficulties i came forward watching my neighbors over 89 years old as passing on and new generations are coming in it's beautiful to so someone who's committed to our neighborhood bruno is doing this to raise his family i had last year accusations i said this is my home and that's what bruno is trying to do so create a space for to raise his children as well as his parents that a

charles schumer and harry reid. as for taking on the gop, listen to what representative peter welch told msnbc's lawrence o'donnell onord." >> if the speaker, who now has the largest majority of republicans since herbert hoover, wants to act, show us the bill. he can act. what he's doing instead is complaining about obama. and his problem is not with obama. his problem is with his own conference. >> in a "usa today" poll, 46% say the president should act now, 42% want him to wait for the new congress. >>> in alaska, senator mark bagich has finally conceded. he lost to republican dan sullivan, helping the gop gain control of the senate. >>> in d.c., keystone opponents took their gripe to a new level. they put an inflatable pipeline in senator mary landrieu's yard. she's hoping a keystone bill can save her job. >>> despite the 2016 chatter, wisconsin governor scott walker is not sure about running. take a listen. >> i'm not going to run just because of, you know, the pundits or anything else like that. the closer you get to something like that, the more you realize -- and i say this only half jokingly -- that you have

wealth management at charles schwab >>> the parents of aid worker and former army ranger peter kassig, composed yet filled with sorrow read from a prepared statement. >> our hearts are battered, but they will mend. the world is broken, but it will be healed in the end. >> reporter: kassig, a muslim convert, was kidnapped in 2013 in eastern syria and now his family is seeking closure. >> we're asking for time in privacy to mourn, cry and yes forgive. >> reporter: the -- inter -- maxine from normandy france and british norths question whether this -- steve on sotloff to be decap pated. >> our friends and partners are not intimidated. isil is very, very wrong. >> reporter: the video was also released in a novel way i r by sitting several distribution networks overnight. isis kept the video up longer and it spread more widely. >> isis is just one of the policy headaches greeting president obama now that he ee' back from a week-long asia trip. >> reporter: president obama was briefed on the execution of a third american by isis as he returned from china, burma and australia. at a news conf

how about peter barnes and rich edson? not too odd. how about charles payne and liz macdonald? fox and friends host elizabeth hasselbeck returning to her record as a threat healthcare, glad to have you back, elizabeth. >> make it what? >> you guys, it is really comfortable. you got to take care of it. you know why the couch is so comfortable? because mornings are better. dad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future.you. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. sometimes they just drop in. always obvious. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. stuart: for the entire trading sessions this has been a flat market down 18, 17,634. the price of oil, $75 a barrel, close to the fo

brit hume, peter baker, who covers the white house for "new york times," republican divorce carly fiorina, and charlesane from "the washington post." when democrats lost their last midterm badly, president obama came out the day afterwards and called it a shellacking. what struck a lot of people this time is he seemed unwilling to admit how badly republicans had lost or talk about any changes in his policy or his way of doing business. i guess the question is, peter, behind the scenes at the white house, are they any more realistic about what happened on tuesday night? >> they know it was a bad night. they're not fooling themselves, but they look for all reasons why that happened. a bad electoral map. every two year in a presidency, it tends to go badly. he didn't want to look chastened. he didn't want to use a term like shellacking. he wants to come out and be aggressive. what we've heard is he's chomping at the bit to be more aggressive, but was held back -- >> to be more aggressive during the campaign. >> now he's liberated in effect. the election is over, and can be more aggressive if he wants to

peter baker who covers the white house for "the new york times." republican adviser carly firorina and charlesne. when democrats lost president obama came out and called it a shellacking. but he seemed unwilling to admit how badly republicans had lost or to talk about any changes in his policy or his way of doing business. and i guess the question is, peter, behind the scenes at the white house, are they any more realistic about what happened on tuesday night? >> well, they know it was a bad night. they're not fooling themselves about that. but they look for all sorts of reasons why that happened. it was a bad electoral map, obviously every six-year election in a two-term presidency tends to go badly, and so on. he didn't want to come out and look chaiseened, so he didn't. he didn't want to give us a word like shellacking or thumping, and he didn't. he wants to come out and be aggressive. we heard from the white house the last few days is he was champing at the bit to get out there and be aggressive but held back by senate democrats. >> during the campaign. >> during the campaign. now he's mor

charles: the entire community has rallied around the family. nfl insider peterow. this story,,we heard it went viral, it has been viral from the beginning. everyone watched it, they raised an amazing amount of money. >> i was in cincinnati for a couple games and got to speak with devon still was a wondeeful young an himself. always amazing you go around as the and everyone is wearing no. 75. he is not a star player on the sales are going to cancer research. this is not one of your marquee players. the cops were wearing 75, she got to pose with the cheerleading team, take a couple selfys, a was great to have what has been a very rough season for the nfl. a great moment. charles: anyone feel he is not a star player, some people think if it wasn't for this he might not be on the team, some skeppics mmght say listen, this is all being done to counterbalance all the other bad stuff. >> this is an authhntic moment. was a ccol moment was that battle, the quarterback at the browned on the opposing team came over and shook still's hhnd and they spoke and said afterwards

peter greste were jailed on charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges they deny. they're appealing their convictions. >>> well, to afghanistan now where taliban fighters have attacked an foreign ngo compound in the capitol. charles stratford is in kabul with this update. >> reporter: the source of the afghan security forces who have been down on the scene in kabul reports a number of foreigners wounded and killed in this latest attack. also one afghan wounded. now the military spokesperson told us that the ngo targeted in this attack was involved in the educate sector. we have no more details than that in this stage. this is latest of three attacks on foreign targets in kabul over the last three days. that is despite a massive increase in security across the capitol city. the taliban explained responsibility immediately. describing what they said was a compound housing christians trying to convert muslims. they have vowed to continue their attacks on foreign targets very unhappy with recent security agreement approved by parliament here which will see foreign forces stay in the country and training afghan forces into 2015. >> one of nigeria's president is vowing to hunt down those responsible for friday's mosque

peter and paul in center city. matt, actually, the archbishop, archbishop chaput was in rome when the announcement was made this morning, right? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, chris. archbishop charles chaput and a delegation from our area was in rome to get that news as it was happening, just a couple of hours ago. archbishop chaput even says that he is overjoyed and he believes that the pope's presence next year for the world meeting of families will electrify the gathering. now, the world meeting of families is scheduled to be held september 22nd to 27th, and that would include a papal mass on sunday, september 27th. you might recall, there was a strong push from local leaders to get pope francis to make the trip to philadelphia for this event. it will be pope francis's first papal trip to the u.s., and it's only the fourth time that a reigning pope has come to this country, so it's an historic moment indeed. and right now, we'll come back live. i've got gerald davis here, on the board of trustees for st. charles seminary. tell me, how exciting is this? you were up early this morning to find out that pope francis officially is going to come to philadelphia. >> matt, it's actually

peter's square for a blessing. one group got a rare and privileged view. right there the philadelphia delegation. mayor nutter and governor corbett and his wife. charlesrom the altar. they were planning underway with the world meeting of families they hoped to persuade the hope. one after a next they lined up for a chance to convenience him in person. >> this is beyond what i could imagine as a kid or even in public service. >>reporter:the group came bearing gifts. he brought tiles made in bucks county. and he gave a jersey to st. joe's prep and a plea to thets. >>reporter:those students get to see a papal mass after all. and along with two million others which will be largest event in philadelphia's modern history. i had a cool vantage point. standing onto the vatican complex. i asked each of the members of delegation if they got a sense of the pope whether he would commit. he was optimistic but non-committal. they were playing coy with he leaned into tom corbett said whispered "i will come." >>> the impact of the papal visit will not be limited to center city. businesses and hotels are expected a big boost. "action news" caught up with a director at

peters will be listening and. commentary from him after the official announcement. look at this. the dow closing in on 18,000. charlesayne is here. what do you think? this market just want to go up. i think you are on board. >> it could be the day after thanksgiving. we got so many wednesday morning. personal spending, consumption, durable goods. durable goods, i will be watching. to me, that is the key right now. trillions of dollars putting it back into the economy. how much of it is coming at the expense of saving. how much of it is a real improvement in wages. stuart: i was coming down new jersey this morning, $2.55 for a gallon of gas in new jersey. >> starting to see these trends before gas so. i worked nine hours yesterday. on a sunday. stuart: look at oriole. $70 a barrel range. we are about 74, $75 a barrel right now. the real story is the price of gasoline. the number of states with gas below $3 a gallon is holding at 38. i cannot remember seeing such a sharp decline in the price of gasoline. i cannot remember a time when so much money was put into everybody's pocket. charles: we have to make a distinction.

charles payne, and you're watching "making money." riots, looting, fires. gunshots. businesses destroyed. more than 80 people arrested. obama calls for calm. as he did, rioters nearly flipped over a car. peter with the latest. peter. >> we're awaiting additional remarks on ferguson from president obama who is in chicago to talk about immigration reform. but we're told he will make new remarks about the situation in ferguson. we'll get those to you as soon as he puts them out. today, however, attorneys for michael brown's family criticized st. louis prosecutor robert

charles payne, and you're watching "making money." riots, looting, fires. gunshots. businesses destroyed. more than 80 people arrested. obama calls for calm. as he did, rioters nearly flipped over a car. peter barnes live in d.c. with the latest. peter. >> we're awaiting additional remarks on ferguson from president obama who is in chicago to talk about immigration reform. but we're told he will make new remarks about the situation in ferguson. we'll get those to you as soon as he puts them out. today, however, attorneys for michael brown's family criticized st. louis prosecutor robert mccaul assaying he presented a weak case against officer darren wilson leaving a grand jury to make no charges against darren wilson. eric holder repeated that the justice department is still working on the case in two investigations. (?) >> the department's investigations will continue to be thorough. they will continue to be independent. and they remain ongoing. they will be conducted rigorously and in a timely manner. >> one investigation is examining whether ferguson police officers routinely showed a pattern of excessive force against minorities. the department is investigating whether officer wilson's s

peter's life is evidence that he has been right all along. >> during his time in captivity kassig coverted to islam and change his name to abdul rahman, which means servant of the merciful. >>> reverend charles engelhardt died over the weekend, who was in the process of appealing his sex abuse conviction. the 67 year-old died sunday at a hospital in pennsylvania. he was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison last year for abusing a student from saint jerome in northeast philadelphia. in the late 1990's. >>> good evening, everyone. it is a very, very busy day. weather is not helping anyone if you think maybe i won't take i-95 and take schuylkill or roosevelt boulevard, anywhere you try to get around the delays, you'll find another delay on another alternate. i-95 is a sea of traffic. it doesn't matter heading southbound or northbound. you are jam. northbound i-95 specifically approaching allegheny we are dealing with a disable vehicle that is blocking the left lane. delaying things between the vine street expressway back towards penns landing. we are sort of in the same delay situation as we were when we had in a jackknife tractor trail they are afternoon. as we take a lot at schuylkill expre

charles: he got tired of congress. it is my way or the highway. more regulations from the obama administration. they will hit power plants and fact trees across the midwest really hard. colonel ralph petershere to weigh in. china cut a deal two days later with australia that was absolutely amazing. in the meantime, we are putting in these requests or demands while they pollute and all they want until 2030. >> i do not understand how they took a victory lap. since china is destroying their environment, we should destroy towers to? >> no. why should we destroy our economy? >> charles, i am sick and tired of this. i stand for america the beautiful. i think clean air is patriotic. the issue is not either or. intelligent, and he said people have to come together. we do not want radical environmentalists making the rules. i also do not want peabody coal. >> if you wait long enough, they will go out of business. we put thousands of americans out of business. >> follow me on this. it cannot be done in the time span that they did it on. >> i am not defending the policies. >> i know cool. hard cold, hard people. the power companies that use cool, they are lying to the american people. we do have c