liz: ross gerber, tim higgins, and tesla stock moving higher by more than a percent. got 37 minutes, dow up 106 we'll take you down south to south america where one country says it's not going to let the u.s. stage any movement against venezuela. obvious. sometimes, they just drop in. 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. ♪ liz: brazil has made it clear, the country is staying out of the conflict in venezuela as political unrest continues. brazilian leaders are now saying , "under no circumstances can the u.s. use brazilian land to stage an invasion of venezuela. no military allowed." this as the u.s. treasury department is designating four officials that were aligned with the government of nicholas maduro let's call them friends of maduro, all four are governor s of regions within the country. it cops as juan guaido the opposition leader continues to proclaim himself as the president and guess what? vice president mike pen

lauren: ross gerber, thank you very much. [closing bell rings] markets close mixed for the day, the very first trading day of february. that is it for countdown. "after the bell" is next. have a great weekend. melissa, stocks closing out the day mixed but finishing up the week in green. up 58 points. not bad. better than expected jobs number helping things along the way. nasdaq ending in the red. s&p 500 fighting for gains into close. i'm melissa francis. connell: i'm connell mcshane. good to be with you. this is "after the bell." we got that part right. the two parts at the beginning. rest of it we're not so sure about. here is what is new at this hour. ♪ connell: far from common ground, president trump standing firm on his worder wall demands. gap between white house and democratic leaders grows even wider, is declaring a national emergency the president's next step? we're live at white house with very latest. plus a bright spot in the u.s., china, trade talks. president trump is optimistic on a deal. but a few democratic s

lauren: ross gerber, thank you very much.ll rings] markets close mixed for the day, the very first trading day of february. that is it for countdown. "after the bell" is next. have a great weekend. melissa, stocks closing out the day mixed but finishing up the week in green. up 58 points. not bad. better than expected jobs number helping things along the way. nasdaq ending in the red. s&p 500 fighting for gains into close. i'm melissa francis. connell: i'm connell mcshane. good to be with you. this is "after the bell." we got that part right. the two parts at the beginning. rest of it we're not so sure about. here is what is new at this hour. ♪ connell: far from common ground, president trump standing firm on his worder wall deman

ross gerber joins us do you think awards core late with subscriber growth for netflix?at all. nobody on netflix watched "romo. i did a poll 85% have not watched it. this is the advertised movie that nobody's seen in the history of film probably. >> how many people did you poll? >> i think several hundred that answered the twitter poll an all young people and went through the office and i couldn't get anybody except the 58-year-old that watched it. it is like, you know, i get what netflix is trying to do. they want the prestige and prove that they're a legislate gnat player we this is a very expensive way to do it >> but, ross, i mean, hold on a second the subscriber growth is outstanding and that's been from them investing in original content and they have got to sort of slightly change that content that is. >> incredibles is what's trending on netflix right now. tv shows are trending right now. you know, romo is not trending on netflix right now and so, you know, netflix is hugely successful as aal termtive to cable with the collection and there are so many great shows