she replaces sarah fryer who announced she was leaving her post in october.hares are up by 2.75% in extended hours trade. >>> we are getting a fresh read on the health of the u.s. auto market as well let's get to frank holland with those details. >>> auto sales held steady last year defying forecasts of a downturn the industry sold about 17.3 million cars, trucks and suvs i 2018 it marks the fourth straight year sales topped 17 million, the best four-year stretch in u.s. history the numbers at the end of 2018 were soft. numb the country's best selling truck, the f-150, was down gm only reports quarterly numbers. fiat chrysler had sales rising 14% in december and 9% for the year auto executives still expect the industry to face a number of headw d headwinds in 2019 including rising interest rates and higher sticker prices one bright spot is gas prices lowering, which could be big for pickup trucks and suvs. >>> turning to the wall street agenda it's all about the fed and the economy. we kick things off, 8:00 a.m. eastern time with a first on cnbc interview wit

k and sarah mali fryer.e probably couldn't get away with a resolution like eating only meets that he killed this year. trying tokerberg is present some of the problems that facebook faces as not unique to facebook. he is saying these are issues with technology and society. let's talk about it broadly and talk about the issues that we all face with ai, content, and these things that are becoming huge problems for him. but also, other companies. emily: will something like this help him lead better? he could be a talk show host going forward. see -- i think they are shifting attention away from what is essentially their problem. they haven't addressed the core problems as a company at home. is, ig about resolutions think, just getting us excited about nothing. emily: is there any chance that zuckerberg leaves facebook? om: hell no. emily: what about cheryl? om: why would she? emily: sarah, you are continuing to talk to sources internally. what do employees think about leadership? sarah: there is a little bit of