on christmas eve we got word that secretary minu chin was going to call a meeting of the plunge protection team which people may think is like some kind of fake conspiracy theory anybody can google the president's working group on financial markets and read all about it it was created by president reagan after the crash in one thousand nine hundred seven so menuhin convenes a meeting of the big banks heads and everybody else that's on the plunge protection team while that meeting is going on on christmas eve the stock market falls seven hundred points on a holiday shortened session and then magically the very next day the markets are open the day after christmas on wednesday the twenty sixth the dow rallies eleven hundred points and it's now up something like twelve percent off the lows if someone actually thinks that that's like just generic people buy the dip because the economy's getting better and fundamentals are improving. they're just not paying attention it's just another part of the problem of how markets now are so manipulated whether it's the stock market whether it's the bond market

so well once he shuts his government down well remember jay powell got the meaning of the plunge protection team together when the markets were down heading into correction territory or bear market territory yes i was statement which actually who tweeted it he. decided to get the plug protection team together which was a conspiracy theory up until steve nugent confirmed that there is a group within the government that is minute relating markets when needed according to them and it's been up ever since and you know why government shutdowns are very good is because we have an oligarch here and as princeton university their studies have shown that we have an oligarchies and then in fact voters have very little influence on anything the government does so that the government is shut down i want to show you two headlines here that prove in fact that no matter what voters want because we have an oligarch because almost all of our politicians are in the pockets of some big corporation no matter what you want to do no matter what how many how much good you want your government to do it always ends up ba

so well once he shuts his government down well remember jay powell got the meaning of the plunge protection team together when the markets were down heading into correction territory or bear market territory yes so steve actually who tweeted a day because he decided to get the plug protection team together which was a conspiracy theory up until steve nugent confirmed that there is a group within the government that is minute relating markets when needed according to them and it's been up ever since and you know why government shutdowns are very good is because we have an oligarch here and as princeton university their studies have shown that we have an oligarchies and then in fact voters have very little influence on anything the government does so that the government is shut down i want to show you two headlines here that prove in fact that no matter what voters want because we haven't oligarchies because almost all of our politicians are in the pockets of some big corporation no matter what you want to do no matter what how many how much good you want your government to do it always ends up ba

it's lunacy and it's indicative of all the other lunacy that we deal with whether it's the plunge protection team interventions keeping the stock market afloat quantitative easing keeping interest rates low in the debt of twenty two trillion dollars that it's stated that nobody seems to pay attention to nor care about i mean this is the world we live in and it's something that you know like you said eventually just unwinds and crashes under the weight of economic reality the silver market you identified up act in two thousand and nine in ten for the fraud that it is the fact that it was down it fifteen dollars sixteen dollars an ounce is is just crazy and i think anyone who patiently takes actual physical silver off the market puts it in their safe going to be richly rewarded and craig will have you on for a second segment but how can people find you get to follow up on your work there yeah max max just hit us a tip metals report dot com kaiser report watchers and viewers can use a coupon code of max out twenty nineteen to get half off their first month that's a great deal all right well thanks.

they start to see blood in the water they are really are in addition not someone being the plunge protection teamadd fuel to the fire. charles: what are the events early this month that could at least change some of the psychology in the market? we know the headline stuff, trade, powell, they have garnered all the attention but this morning's pressure is good old-fashioned slowing economy, in this case china and europe? >> our economy is doing well. i think it is just fragile. i think that is the problem. i think the investors think that as well. that it could easily get knocked off course. numbers are coming through good. we'll get a halfway decent non-farm number, 150, 180 on friday. investors think things are fragile. we'll need things strengthen and sharpen up here a little bit. right now any little bad news is send ising the stock market lower. we could look at some old lows. we could see the 10-year go to 2 1/2. having said that there are still great things out there. i filled up my tank with gas in indiana, at buck 85 a gallon. nothing gets to the consumer faster than cheap gas. oil indust

protecting y pet and your pocketbook. >>> we have a storm team 4 weather alert. as you can imagine team coverage tonight as we track this polar plunge. >> yeah, bundle up, brace yourselves, folks. that blast of cold air is barrelling our way. >> in chicago they say the hawk is out, but that city is feeling the teeth o this polar vortex. the wind chel temps in the negative 40 >> meanwhile in st. paul, nneapolis, you betcha, it's cold. as for our area, the folks are out andbout. a bundled up and brutal night on the way. fairfax, arlington, and montgomery county schools are already on a o-hour delay tomorrow. >> and we are still dealing with a some strong gusts out there. this is the scene at the point today. the whipping winds making for some wobbly landings. let's gettarted at the storm team weather center. >> we've got to buckle up, you guys. this is only going to e woge trs in ig aerround 11:00 i'm heading to t and telling people get ready. now the wind chill is down arnd 5 to 10 degrees. >> and that was very evident for some of you whe that snow squall moved through the area. right after that we really saw our temperatures start t

protecting y pet and your pocketbook. >>> we have a storm team 4 weather alert. as you can imagine team coverage tonight as we track this polar plungee up, brace yourselves, folks. that blast of cold air is barrelling our way. >> in chicago they say the hawk is out, but that city is feeling the teeth o this polar vortex. the wind chel temps in the negative 40 >> meanwhile in st. paul, nneapolis, you betcha, it's cold. as for our area, the folks are out andbout. a bundled up and brutal night on the way. fairfax, arlington, and montgomery county schools are already on a o-hour delay tomorrow. >> and we are still dealing with a some strong gusts out there.

plunging below zero and families feared trapped, rescue teams were worki working around the clock. suddenly, theyeard a baby cry. the baby, namedan iv, survived becaushe was swad led in a blanket and warm bedding, some protectionagainst the harsh elements. he was air lifted to moscow, one thousand miles away f treated frostbite and a head injury. his parents distraught. room. my dest and i were able to crawl out. dozens of people are unaccounted for. grieving friends and relatives leftflowers and candles for the victims, praying for more miracles. >> tonight, baby ivan is in serious, bu stable condition, no brain damage and expected to be okay. > news 4 at5:00 starts right now with jim and wendy. >>> at 5:00, the shutdown ow wn continues. >> roughly 2,000 illegaln immig trying to get into the country. sumand parks, forced tmuo se close their doors. >> storm team 4 tracking the arrival of rain in the forecast. >> reporter: the rules of the roa the changes for 2019 that cocol you if you are not paying attention. we want to start on this first working day of 2019 with the fight that carried over from 2018. >> yeah, folks. a new year withsoon-to-be new congress. we are facing the same stand ofn on lvania avenue. i