scott: yeah. -lemonis: okay. -scott: awesome. chris: so, what options are important for people that doesn't throw a wrench in the process? -matt: it's definitely paint. -scott: i have ideas about that. i think you go one flat finish, but it's a natural satin stain, 'cause then you're eliminating the cost of the laminate, you're eliminating an extra step when you're doing the baring edges. pat: what about, like, formica? scott: formica's cool. but then again, what is it? 100 bucks a sheet? one sheet covers one kit. your labor, the contact cement, the labor spinning it, drying it, doing the seam, doing the outside edge, filing the outside edge. i think natural's the way to go. what's the size of the bass drum gonna be? chris: it's a 20-inch bass drum. scott: 20-inch? if you offer a 20 and a 22, you have almost the same shipping costs, 'cause you're still getting one box, but then we're able to get another shell in there. [ drum pounding ] lemonis: scott's knowledge of innovation and creativity is second to none. and, quite frankly,

." ♪ scott: good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. christmas has wrapped up.anukkah is still going, kwanzaa too. however it is that you celebrate with your family, you're likely still doing it. and we have a new year right around the corner. we are also with our families and this morning we're offering you a "best of" show. this allows us to do two things: one, give everyone the day off and, two, showcase some of our favorite interviews. let's start with jay chaudhry who's a frequent guest on this show because he keeps making his investors and his employees so much money. scott: good morning to you. joined by joe menn of reuters and jon swartz of "barron's." so your stock, if i've got this right, is up 68% in six months. is that right? jay chaudhry: something like that. scott: something you're--not that you're keeping track or anything? jay: my investors are. scott: the last time you were on you told me at your first startup, 70 of the 80 employees there became millionaires. you're on--it's fifth startup, right? jay: yup. scott: you were estimating the last ti

scott: not yet. lemonis: okay, so that -- that's -- my issue isn't putting money to chase the business. my issue is putting money in and not knowing what scott's gonna do with it. scott: i know you about want to shoot me right now. lemonis: [ chuckling ] i do kind of want to shoot you. i do, because i feel like it just never ends. you see, when i look at the $85,000, the question is should it go into a new machine for orders that don't exist, or should it go into new inventory, where i know i have a guaranteed return? scott's not willing to take the time to do the analysis. that's my issue. i think the concern that i have, scott -- and, you know, we've talked about this -- is that our original deal was for me to put $630,000 in the business. i'm now well over 1 million bucks. and every time that phone call comes, right, it's, "we got to get an order out. this is burning down. that's burning down." but i'm not sure where the end of the hole is. and so how much money do you think you need right now to

so dred scott v sanford is not just about dred scott. it is about harriet and dred and eliza and lizzie. it is about a family who in various ways have different claims to freedom, right? eliza is born in a free territory and lizzie is born upon return to parents who have effectively under law, possibly, freed. i just want to make this clear, the dred scott case is a family freedom suit. like queen v hepburn, and many of the others that came forward and washington, d.c. the other introductory point is this, all of these freedom suits aimed toward limiting slavery's reach. you think about all of the freedom suits, they are about defining slavery as subscribed -- as described by something. it can exist only by law in this way. if there are wills and contracts, as we will see in a minute, slavery is void in those cases. in other words, almost every freedom suit if we step back and look from 30,000 feet at what is happening, all of these freedom suits are finding slavery as something local. freedom is national, the norm, slavery is local. fre

by scott's car alarm.ent to investigate. >> and while he's out front he hears his mother screaming. he goes inside. giselle is inside of his house. she's inside his room tampering with his computer. >> reporter: sound familiar? it was the same thing esteban was doing at the nursing school. >> and when was this vis-a-vis the murder? >> four days before, on the tuesday. >> reporter: but there was something else. a piece of evidence you have to hear to believe. scott told the detectives that four months before michelle's disappearance giselle harangued and threatened him. verbal attacks so alarming, he recorded some on his iphone just in case something bad ever happened. this one in scott's car, their small daughter sitting in the back seat listening. you listen closely. you're about to hear the real giselle esteban. >> i asked you can we just be honest about michelle because she's the one issue that i really, really am having a hard time dealing with. >> that's not what you said. >> yes. >> we didn't talk fo

in the dred scott case. you read that opinion and it is notorious in american history -- the blatant racism and it in it, for the sanction to human property under the constitution, and for denying lack citizenship. -- black citizenship. and denying blacks even as persons under the constitution. dred scott was one type of freedom suit. it was based on his physical presence in a free state, illinois, and his physical presence in wisconsin, a free territory. it is often presented in american history textbooks as if it were the only freedom suit in american history to go to the ,upreme court, the only uniformly presented as dred scott, one man bringing a freedom suit. but when we look into it closely , there were thousands of freedom suits in american courts. all of them challenging the notion of slavery under the constitution. what we are looking at here is a long line of anti-slavery constitutionalism. today, our subject for what are the freedom suits about, what did they do, and how do they challenge the conc

scott morrison needs to say that coal is still important for australia.ate change. that is definitely a prime minister, michael mccormack, who was acting whilst he was away on holiday, has said that more action needs to be taken on climate change in the wake of these fires. scott morrison so far not committing australia to any further action beyond its commitment under the paris climate targets. what do australians make of the prime minister's handling of this crisis? is this going to inflict political damage on him in the future? you have to say it will deftly take some shine off scott morrison after he won these elections in may of this year —— definitely take. he will definitely lose some skin over this one. part of the reason that these fires are such a big discussion point in australia is that whilst we have had more deadly bushfires in the past, these fires are so large, burning over 3 million hectares or so. it is impacting very badly on syd ney so. it is impacting very badly on sydney and new south wales. the air quality has been so bad from the s

. >> we have a pick surprise for scott wolf. >> "e.t."tarts now. >>> the golden globe nominations are out and we are all in. >> y we are. think about the red carpet collisions on that day alone. it's going to be crazy. welcome to the heart of hollywood here at thlondon hotel with our special guest the man who invented the fountain of youth. >> we know you've bee to the globes. >> i have. party ofive won a globe in 1996. do you remember we were there with u? >> i so remember. >> we'll get to that in a minute. >> keltie night, baile out. she's got auto theolden globe news. >> right there, ladies and gentlemen. >> the returto television. jen is back. >> we've got each other so we're good. >> and now "the morng show" co-stars jennifer aniston and reese therspoon are nominated in the same category, best actress tv drama. >> i need a partner. sometimes partners walk out. >> this is jen's first t nomination since winning the 2003 golden globe for "friends." jen's date that nighwas her then husband. >> can i just say i love -- brad pitt, love y.

scott, you're being -- scott can take it. go ahead. >> actually, a lot of this isn't directed at scott. i think big picture, i don't think it's really productive to compare clinton's conduct to president trump's conduct because that takes us off president trump's conduct and the simple fact, as we said earlier at the beginning of the segment, the facts are not in dispute as to what happened on the july 25th call, to what led to the months leading up to it and so on. i just don't think the exercise of was it lying about personal sexual conduct versus obstruction versus -- let's look at president trump's conduct. and, frankly, it's quite serious both legally, constitutionally, and so on. where i strongly differ from scott and david is on this question of whether sencensure might have picked off a couple good-minded republicans looking out for the good of the nation and taking a stand against the president. from the beginning the president has had an overwhelming -- he's overwhelmingly popular with i assume the republican base a

scott: i didn't name you. host: i think it was unfair and attacking sort of the structure of the press, something that i think a lot of journalists wouldn't even disagree with you about freitag little bit about that and how that feeds into the way people think. scott: like to put it in context of a small technological change the nobody noticed what happened. which is the ability to measure with precision, the people are clicking on anything white in some cases. and once that was the case, once everybody could measure these people click on this and that. it would've been come obvious as it did for the things they want to click on the crazy stuff. the things that make your hair catch on fire. i want to hear about the budget. i want to hear about impeachment. i want to hear about the plot, what's going on with the government. i want to hear some really good stuff. so we are all elevated in our opinions because the news model is forcing us towards more provocative stuff read somewhere before they just would've sai

i'm scott woman ner if for melissa lee. tim seymour, dan nathan karen finerman and guy adami tonight on fast a roller coaster stock but one technician has picks no matter which way the market heads plus a trio newly public companies on the move. will the results help the once hot stocks regain glory? the desk breaks down the numbers. and eyes on jobs investors awaiting the employment report for november can we break the recent trend of slowing growth but we start with tesla, a boost after hours after morgan stanley prays raised price target on the stock from 440 to eye, sr. $500. 50% higheren than where it ended on the day pb guy what do you make of it. >> adam john as -- i don't know this to be the case but read going now. i think he is saying the bull case, the price target he raises from 450 to 500. but i don't think he is changing the current price target i guess it doesn't matter. the bottom line is this. he says the potential surge and sentiment through the first half of 2020, the $500 is doable. but i'm not certain t

but they don't make profit i would not buy it ahead of these earnings, scott.nside to maybe 18 or 17 bucks. >> wow. >> so i'd lay off and then you can pull the trigger that's $4 or $5 lower than where it is right now. >> ceo stuart butterfield's going to be on "squawkbox" tomorrow check that out tomorrow. pete, for you from shay in new york, lucken coffee. >> love the name i was lucky to get into this name i have no plans to get out of this name because i think they're showing they can attack. now, they're going to have to show they can make money sooner or later because right now they're still not making money but i think they will in the future. >> did you just add to starbucks or buy it? >> yeah. 83 kevin johnson's doing a fgreat job. he's buying back stock hand over fist >> okay. we have a question for you from johnny in ohio what financial stocks are a buy right now. >> it's j.p. morgan, which is still the best but mastercard announced $8 billion buyback yesterday. you have to have both fintech and just regular bank. >> okay. megan from new york. home buil

how many did you serve, scott? scott: 10. marjorie: my husband served 17 combat tours. so there are names and prevailing, enduring war has a face and if america's comfortable with it, we need to ask ourselves why are we comfortable with this? because less than 1% of americans are performing our foreign policy commitments overseas. so i'm all about talking about enduring conflict. and the second aspect of enduring conflict and endless wars is not putting a time line in 2009 through 2010 when i was in afghanistan, president obama said we will draw down forces in 2011. the very next day, my intelligence collectors couldn't get anything because they were talking to villagers, community, all of our sources and they said you guys are leaving in two years, why would i work with you? because you're leaving in two years and i have to still live down the road from the taliban fighters. so you never, never put a time line on enduring conflict like this. and last thought on this is that you don't fight a war, an 18-year war one year at a time. we need to think about what is our gre

"the exchange" with joe kernen starts now >> thanks, scott welcome to "the exchange."ernen and here is what is ahead despite the sell-off, the markets are on pace for a blow out year, with gains of more than 20% with such big moves, we're going to ask the question are stocks too expensive? we're asking it, maybe they're not. >>> plus 2019 saw the biggest jump in wages for employees in a decade we'll look at whether the trend can continue and what areas we'll see the biggest growth and c suite changes, menu revamping and a huge tec

scott: madam speaker, i -- scott. mr. scott: madam speaker, i know my friend has to head to the rules committee and the house has to pause momentarily for a procedural motion. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i send to the desk a privilegedsed report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 713. resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 1309, to direct the secretary of labor to issue an occupational safety in health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan and for other purposes. providing for proceedings during the period from november 22, 2019, through december 2, 2019, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. the speaker pro tempore: referred hot house calen

>>scott, you and jason priestley were on everybody's wall back in the day.e same, both of you. what's the beauty secret? >> can't give it away. i need to launch a skincare line. >> it's because youon live in hollywood. >> tt's it. >>> shania kicked off her las vegas over the weekend. >> and only our laun zima was with her. ♪ oh oh oh totally crazy welcome to twain town. twain town saloon. >> oh, so good to see u. >> same he. >> thank you for having . >> this is melody. come here, baby. >> melody. is melody in the show? >> she is. she's got her own pass. melody's credenaled. >> shania's dekicks kind o a show stealer. >> i brought a song back in the show that i haven't done in a very lontime. "forever and forlways." >> w haven't youone it before? >> it's hard to si. >> even for you? >> it would be hard f anybody. >> i know you're workingn something maybe with lizzo too >> yeah. >> where's that at? >> lizzo and janle, i ote a song for the three of us so we will see how that comes together. >> can't hang out inhania's saloon witut playing a game of biggest hits.

scott: thanks, representative walden, for being here. we know that nancy pelosi is plowing ahead with impeachment. it does not look like a single republican will be joining democrats in voting for the articles of impeachment against president trump. we do now have testimony from fact witnesses, like colonel vinman, who was on the july 26 -- july 25 phone call, fiona hill who was in a meeting between sondland and the ukrainians in the white house who have testified that they raised concerns about the president's conduct and people around the president's conduct regarding ukraine. do you share any of those concerns? do you think anything you have seen or heard so far from these fact witnesses is alarming and inappropriate? rep. walden: the question is whether we deserve to have the president duly elected removed from office. that is the threshold of impeachment. when i went through the transcript, i was not happy. i probably would have done it differently. but no one said there is a crime, nobody who does this kind of law said there is a c

scott: it is amazing.has become an asset class, an asset class of people that do collect, hold on to these items, trade these. obviously, a sneaker that would be trading at thousands of dollars originally retailed at $200. i look at my own portfolio of sneakers this year, well outperformed the s&p, well outperformed the rest of the market, but it is also an acknowledgment that these are items that have persistent trading value. there are a lot of people using the platform to fund a college education, fund a platform, to fund their business and passion. lisa: i cannot wait to ask somebody, how did you fund your child's college education, and they say, flipping sneakers. i do have to, though, wonder what the logic is of flipping sneakers over time. -- appreciation of sneakers over time. because under my use, they tend to lose value as i use them. i'm just wondering, how do you ensure this is not a repeat of tulips? scott: this is important. we started with this concept of the stock market of things, where at

. >> scott wapner front and center, final stretch. where will your money work best. 12:00 noon and this "the halftime report. >> more historic buys. where to put new money to work in this record breaking rally. netflix revealing numbers behind its global growth story for the first time ever and the stock is rallying is momentum back in this name? boeing, a major drag on the dow. stock in danger of first negative year since 2014 traitered take their positions. >>> plus the best stock ideas for 2020 the investment committee is ready to go. halftime report starts right now. >>> welcome. good to have you with us on this tuesday. our investment committee joe, stephanie, john, courtney, president of capital markets private wealth management. one of forbes top 100 advisers let's begin with that new milestone for stocks as s&p sits within 2% of its best year since 1997 joe terranova, s&p, nasdaq 100 new high russell 2,000, 52-week high. emerging markets, 52-week high. >> left our europe. >> pretty good nikkei 25, 52-week high. >> world is ral

scott: mr. chair, just want to comment about a letter that we received from the american federation of state, county and municipal employees. this letter states in part, and i quote, enactment of h.r. 3 is needed because it directs our government to stand on the side of all americans and protect us from price gouging by directly negotiating for lower prescription drug prices. it creates a new $2,000 out-of-pocket limit on prescription drugs for people on medicare. it reinvests the federal savings and much-needed new medicare benefits such as dental, vision and hearing. the cost of inaction is too high. it is calculated in the suffering of individuals who are forced to ration their medicines or choose between buying medicines or paying for housing and groceries. prescription drug companies must be held accountable, we urge you to send a clear message that congress is on the side of all americans by directing the government to directly negotiate for lower prescription drug proo -- drug prices. ple

scott: yes. we don't think that you can have a structural overweight summer like europe because they have their own problems. that is not good for long-term investing, but for a trade for a short-term play, we like european equities here. guy: why do you think the dollar goes down next year? >> things having to do with trade, the impeachment stuff, we've had a lot of known unknowns this year and all of that has been resolved largely, and while the dollar is a bit of a safe haven currency when people get scared, as those fears begin to abate, it could come under some modest pressure. all you need is some monster -- modest pressure to get some of these markets really humming. em, and it mentioned does look like there might be some good news ahead for emerging markets. would you be picking those specific markets are buying the index? scott: are looking more at the index level right now which means you got to get china right. we do think that china has been putting in place policies over , they have

i'm scott wapner did the president's trade turn just kill a year-end rally for stocks it is noon and this is "the halftime report. >>> stocks tanking again with the markets up more than 20% this year, should you take the money and run? five questions about f.a.n.g., what they reveal about valuat n valuations, growth, and one stock to own in the group. a new call on tesla naming it a must own stock we'll debate this battleground stock in our call of the day the investment committee is ready to go. "the halftime report" starts right now. >>> let's get right to it. good to have you with us our investment economy joe terranova, stephanie link, josh brown, pete najarian we begin with the sell-off the dmencomments from trump tha might be better to wait until after the 2020 election to make a deal with china. more on the words that are wrecking stocks today. eamon? >> reporter: scott, the president traveling in london today, began the morning by suggesting he doesn't really have any particular time lining for completing that china trade deal he announced he had gotten to a phase one deal wi

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prime minister scott morrison has acknowledged a link between global warming and extreme weather, butbled down on his defence of the coal industry. shaimaa khalil has the story. it feels like a deserted war zone, but this is the aftermath of the catastrophic bushfires that have ravaged new south wales. and in the village of balmoral, the devastation is everywhere. russell scholes has been a volunteer firefighter for six years. he was out with his team trying to control the blaze in the village when his own house was burned to the ground. so many of the brigade are tired. that's the mental side of it — when you're continually battling something you can't beat. the prime minister scott morrison, appearing for the first time today after fierce criticism of his holiday in hawaii, conceded that more needed to be done to tackle global warming, with scientists saying that drier conditions brought about by climate change have worsened the impact of bushfires. the catastrophic fires have subsided but the situation is still extremely dangerous here. the roads remain closed off. balmoral was one

what you're seeing right now, scott, the end result of that. people who have trailed the market and people have been cautious they're looking for something that hasn't done anything yet. the best evidence of that even energy energy right now is pushing. i've been talking about halliburton on the desk for the last few weeks pretty obvious break out there when you have energy now making its move at the tail end of the year, you know exactly what's happening. it's catch up and people looking for the thing they'll look less stupid for buying now. >> brin, you have all three of the majors hitting high. the notes are passed around. bank of america, market prime for a melt up in q1 and brext and trade. the risks have receded is that how we should all view where we are >> i think it's really important for investors to take a step back and view this time last year in the fourth quarter the s&p was down close to 20%. peak to trough everyone was worried about the fed raising rates too much and then fast forward 12 months and to josh's point, pretty much a

i'm back in australia to help coordinate the response prime minister scott morrison outraged by leaving for a holiday in hawaii is a crisis peaked he's returned with repentance. obviously return from that has caused some great anxiety in a strike there and. acknowledge that. he had to time ever again and you had the benefit of hindsight and with my different decisions. the past 2 days have been desperate in new south wales a situation officially catastrophic as one official said as bad as it gets exhaustion is setting in. management and the dry and the relentless niter this season is certainly taking a toll on so too is a geographic spread of the activity just to go challenges transport and an accommodation challenges spreading and moving people right across such a broad geographic area all add to the challenges. maybe. it's the intensity of the. cold wet weather moves in but still hundreds of. on the assessment of the damage caused. journalist roger maynard ease in sydney following the blazes there roger prime minister scott morrison has apologised after returning from vacation is you'

australia's prime minister's scott morrison has been forced to apologize for taking a holiday at the height of the devastating bushfire crisis emergency crews are struggling to contain hundreds of blazes around sydney a combination of record temperatures drought and powerful winds is fueling the inferno at least 9 people have been killed since the fires began but there is hope at last of a break in the weather. the reality of the fight against the flames told mensing australia the force of nature overwhelming. here in europe. just a handful of firefighters here more than 3000 others are on the front lines in new south wales and one of the biggest fire disasters australia has seen to have lost their lives. i'm back in australia to help coordinate the response prime minister scott morrison outraged by leaving for a holiday in hawaii is a crisis peaked he's returned with repentance. obviously return from that has caused some great anxiety in a strike there and. acknowledge that. he had to time ever again and you had the benefit of hindsight and with my different decisions. the past 2 da

scott, thank you always appreciate you are joining us, scott boras. >> and when the markets right around even after those trend headlines that were positive and news that the markets took as positive from overseas in those elections where the labor party lost big, we'll see where it fws from here "squawk alley" is back in less than three [grunting] [maniacal laughter] gold. gold! right, uh...thank you, for that, bob. but i think it's time we go with gbtc. it's bitcoin exposure through a traditional investment account. nice rock. it's time to drop gold. go digital. go grayscale. >>> well, the dow is about flat but visa, apple and microsoft are trying to pull it to the up side s&p also flat. that will do it for us here on "squawk valley." >>> john, thanks our breaking nugs continuews co. welcome to the "halftime report." the u.s. and china say they have reached a partial trade deal >> reporter: we're getting information about what he has just said about what's in this trade deal as people try to figure out what the details are and some of the numbers here the president is saying here that

i'm a big fan of that well scott. is joining me now from the culture desk the obvious question about all those 3 all those a whole favorites and then produced by netflix yeah you know it's a really amazing this year completely dominates the globes they got 70 nominations in film 70 nominations for team that's ahead of everybody else and. both categories and i think it's really for to me main reasons one is money netflix is speed spending a lot of money just the irishman alone cost at least on a $50000000.00 they've been spending a lot of i just to get awards credibility so that's one reason but i think another reason is that netflix are making movies in particular that the big hollywood studios are making i mean marriage story is a great example of this is a very sort of delicate drama it's a divorce drama it reminds me a lot of crime of 1st kramer if you member that movie. and this is the kind of movies that maybe 2030 years ago would have been a big studio film but but the studios are making you know superhero movie

scott: no. andrew: oh. scott: no, no. >>> let's look at what's going on outside.e the beach hazard statement. the rough surf, risk of rip currents and sneaker waves was going to end at 9:00 this morning. the national weather service extended it another 12 hours. if you think about heading out that way, be careful. right now the swells are around 13 feet. so you could have big breakers out there. let's talk about the winds. they're another issue. just mainly this morning. you can see they're fast in napa and fairfield out at half moon bay. they will be gusty, as we head from 5:00 this morning until noon, they remain relatively quiet. they could push higher late this afternoon and this evening in the north bay along the napa county mountains, everyone else is going to be quiet after the breezes this morning. we'll talk about the chance of rain sunday and monday conming p next. >>> the bay area is marking the start of kwanzaa. san francisco will hold its 14th annual celebration at noon at city hall. kwanzaa starts the day after christmas and ends new year's day it ai

scott nations. nation shared shares christian from hertz founder of trade group and tony zhang, cnbc contribute are. lets get to it another record day for wall street no big moves in the market but on a are record high every nudge up is a new record the dow and s&p 500 closing at all-time highs but if you are worried about things getting frothy at the top or made a lot of money and want to protect yourself a bit, have no fear, because scott has a way to cover yourself heading into the new year lets get in the money with the protection play for 2020. >> i mean, sully what is not to love only the fourth time in the last 30 years the s&p is up 30% for the year it's great but easy to get down on what's driving the broad market 80% are earnings, so so, and interest rates incredibly low. right now the 10-year low is 86 basis points where it was a year ago. if you are not paying attention, then you might be bearish. but if you pay attention then you are likely to be bullish that doesn't mean there aren't r

scott: it certainly did this year.are keeping a close eye on emerging markets, we are neutral there. if you look at the purchasing managers indices, and we try to make some projections on those, they have improved dramatically. consumers are doing very well. of course, it is the trade -related sectors that have been hammered. we are keeping an eye on the emerging world. that is a spot that i think we will have some interest in as the year progresses. europe is a different story. , you look at world some charts on pmi's in europe, projections that we are doing on these. we are not seeing a lot of improvement. the emerging world is what we are interested in. right now, we are trying to pick spot.try looks like the phase one deal came a little bit earlier than we expected. i think it will still be fairly narrow when we see it on spot. paper, but the market did not require a lot. the u.s. looks right now to be our number one pick but we are keeping a close eye on the msci emerging markets index as well. guy: what are earni

because he was martyred. >> very well stated, scott. i would argue his assassination is part of his legacy and a s scott said, his widow had very intentional effort to make sure people remembered her husband the way that she wanted, the whole camelot mystique. >> another question? don't be shy. the lovely lady back there. >> president kennedy did not have a particularly happy marriage though. it seemed like they did at the time. what led you to that conclusion? >> thank you for that question. let me borrow a line from a biographer. he said, the romance about jack and jackie was about them, not between them. unfortunately, i think that was sadly true. there was an attraction. she was lovely, he was handsome, they were both educated. but their marriage was a marriage of convenience. jack kennedy was a renowned, happy bachelor. but he realized he could not run for president if he did not have a wife. we had a number of widowers who ran for president. only one bachelor, james , and he faced constant innuendo about his sexuality. he was look

hi, sue. >> hello, scott. hello, everybody here's what's happening at this hour we begin with the u.s. envoy to north korea meeting his japanese counterpart in tokyo in a bid to revive talks with north korea. his visit to asia comes after senior north korean officials recently stated that denuclearization is off the table. >>> demonstrations continued in new delhi to prothe test india's supreme court's decision to postpone hearing a challenge to a new citizenship law. that law provides a path to sipt senneship for nonmuslim migrants and has ignited protests >>> announcing they signed a deal creating the fourth largest company. the new group will be led by the cost cutting ceo are chrysler's chairman becoming the new chairman of the company. >>> and burger king is offering travelers with a delayed flight a free impossible whopper which features a meatless patty. from now through december 30th, travelers at any u.s. airport can enter their delayed flight info into burger king's app and receive a coupon for the f

i'm brian thomas great to have you with us australia's prime minister scott morrison has apologized for going on holiday as the nation contends with a worsening bushfire emergency he also paid tribute to the 2 firefighters volunteers killed in a road accident while deployed to a blaze near sydney 3 others were seriously injured the men were among thousands of firefighters battling to contain some 100 blazes raging across the state of new south wales. now smoke from the fires is also spreading across australia southeastern cities like sydney where public anger is growth. sydney's skyline envelop in a shroud of smoke with bushfires advancing on the city from multiple sides only its tallest structures remain visible its famous landmarks cast in apocalyptic light. on the ground few dare venture outside without face masks sydney now has the 4th worst air quality in the world experts say it's difficult to avoid such sustained pollution. when pollution exposure is short it's easy to tell people give people advice about how to avoid it stay indoors avoid physical activity but when it sustained

but neither of them could come close to ruining the adam scott party. world rankings. his hair might have some grey now, but can he hold back —— roll back the years for the new decade? and finally, liverpool have arrived back in england with the club world cup. captainjordan henderson the first to emerge from the plane, carrying the trophy. the europen beat brazillian side flamengo in extra time to win the cup for the first time in their history. liverpool, who are top of the english premier league, have got a quick turnaround with atrip to second—placed leicester on thursday. you can get all the latest on the bbc sport website. but for now, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. sunday saw the winter solstice, that means that at least from an astronomer‘s point of view, we are officially into winter. the days are also starting to get just that little bit longer. how about the weather? the start of christmas week — a bit of a mixed bag, sunshine and showers on the way. we're in between weather systems, one weather front moving out

not too many people around because they are all here to see scott, garcia, and casey.f the lead, that lead held by the japanese amateur, what a fantastic run for him this morning! four birdies in the first seven holes. he finished four under par, that's brilliance. we already knew about him, he is the number one ranked amateur in the world. they are at the head of the leaderboard, they went out and sublime conditions this morning, not a breath of wind, and i have to say there should be some low scores this afternoon because although this breeze has picked up a little bit, it is not that bad at all. so currently, adam scott feeling the heat, he is one under par, the leaders at four under. on to boxing, and andy ruinunior and anthonyjoshua have come face to face ahead of their world heavyweight championship rematch in saudi arabia on saturday. in contrast to many other press conferences we've seen in the division, wednesday's was largely respectful, with both men confident of lifting those three belts they'll be fighting for this weekend. 0ur reporter ade adedoyin is in

journalist roger maynard in sydney following the blazes there roger prime minister scott morrison has apologised after returning from vacation is you're likely to be any political fallout for him in other words are australians buying what he's selling. not really being rather cynical i think at this stage in his absence overseas sunning himself in hawaii while much of australia and certainly didn't go too well and he's been and saloon pilloried in the press and on the social media as a result of that is under a lot of pressure to politically to pull out all the stops to try to restore his image this morning he went immediately to the rural fire service headquarters in sydney to meet officials and also to discuss strategy with them also there were up fighters from america and canada who arrived in australia over the weekend to try to offer a helping hand during his press conference scott morrison accepted the criticism levelled at him and apologise for any offense corps has done here ted to concede that climate change might have been a contributory factor in all this he emphasised that

scott morrison?has long defended the use of fossil skills, and have been increasingly criticised for this, by people who have linked the fires to climate change. they have said the government would take action on climate change. there is no argument, in my view and the cabinet's view, and any government in this country, about the links between broader issues of global climate change and events around the world in weather. but i am sure that people would equally acknowledge that the direct connection to any single fire event, it is not a credible suggestion to make that link. so we must take action on climate change. we are taking action on climate change. arson, lightning strikes, even self combusting piles of manure, have been blamed for triggering the blazes. first though, the authorities have to try and take control of the flames before they can try and control the causes to prevent future fires. gareth barlow, bbc news. our correspondent shiamaa khalil is in balmoral — one of the worst hit places

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scott thank you maturing here. let's start off if we mammon to put some figures up on the screen for you, just to look at notre dame's own endowments under your leadership under the last 30 years. here it is, so the total endowments at $30.8 billion for 2019. as we go through we can see the growth his been really impressive in 201920. to percent and even stronger at 2018 at 12-point to percent and let's quickly look at the way the endowment has grown over that 30 year period from almost 14 billion today. it's been a remarkable run since you've been in charge throughout that time. so we know it extraordinary role you played. tell us first of all how you have managed to attain that extraordinary performance? >> will jerry i'll tell you does start with having tremendous support from our board. you work at a major university the investment of the board is critical to the endowment operation. and we've been so blessed with great leadership there. and then stability. we are kind of unusual institution. we've had three pr