steve wynn steakhouse is one of the best in the world.: what incidents interesting about steve wynn, he's blind. >> he has grown on that for 20 years. liz: he continues to build these businesses and he's a power broker when it comes to politics. what makes you think that he would endorse hillary? >> well, he said that. i think, listen, i think the republicans accounting based on his rhetoric. he's been very, very quickly of the democratic party under president obama. it's leftward tilt, they believe that that makes him, you know, a prime contender to support a republican. i think john kasich think so that he's, you know, should be in the top position of getting this endorsement, which would boost his campaign. we should point out that kasich is a very successful governor, he was -- he ran -- he was the head of the house budget committee when we had record -- when we had a balanced budget and a strong economy. and this guy's got the chops. he thinks that he -- and he's moderate on a lot of issues, so he thinks he fits that wynn professiona

robert: i cannot speak directly for steve, -- mr. wynn, but they have gotten to learn about each other. opposed to dwelling on the past. janet: i know you' re saying the money is not an issue, but i think the mayor would disagree and he feels you need to commit more money, especially to the infrastructure around the area. are you prepared to offer more money to get things done? so there is no negotiating there? robert: an interim plan we will 100% fund. plus, we have committed to another 25 million dollars for the long-term solution in sullivan square. there was recently a transportation bill passed in congress that enables massachusetts to get serious dollars for loss of project, one of which would be sullivan square. when you look at what is available through the gaming commission and the litigation fund, through wynn putting in 11 going to the recent bill in money to fix sullivan square. janet: you' another dollar on the table? ed: mgm in springfield is shrinking its project and plainridge has seen a major dip in its revenues. won' t y

along with steve wynn?ink you do. we've seen this in the past when he stepped up. there was march call buying a couple of weeks ago in this thing. we were all looking at exactly where it was. i think you're not late now even if you start to move -- >> up 10%? >> you're piggybacking on the guy already. >> different situation. this is a guy who's inside and buying his own stock. >> still averaging for himself. >> could be. but he also sold up in the 150s before too. >> 80 students are sick after eating at chipotle. will it ruin their brand? we sent our own tim seymour out on the streets of new york to find out. >> i'm tim seymour for "fast money" here in times square trying to figure out just how many people are avoiding chipotle. do you eat at chipotle? >> i absolutely do. >> why is that? >> fresh ingredients. >> what do you know about their burritos? >> it's healthy. >> we're asking what you know about the recent health scare that may be affecting the company? >> i asked them is everything clear when i walk

randy: a big win for steve wynn's push to build a casino in everett/ a judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the city of boston to stop it. the judge says the state gaming commission acted properly to award wynn a casino license. the city of boston has claimed among other things the casino would add to traffic problems in nearby charlestown. emily: a new warning for one of the hottest gifts this holiday season, hoverboards. the state fire marshal says overcharging the lithium batteries can cause the board to overheat and spark a fire. experts urge customers to make sure their product has a symbol proving that it meets safety standards in the u.s. and always handle the devices randy: new research says half the amount of americans who need to lower their cholesterol are not taking the appropriate steps. the centers for disease control says many of the people who could benefit from cholesterol-lowering drugs are not taking those drugs. the drugs are recommended for people with heart disease, high cholesterol, and diabetes. 36% of americans over 21 are eligible. emily: a flaunt quincy is

steve wynn is going all in on a casino company he founded. the ceo purchased more than one million shares of the company this month. he now owns 11 million shares of the company. the company has plans to open two new casinos and is hoping to build one right here in everett. jc: a contractor seeking nearly $2 million more per year per funding. so far, the tea has been more than $1.8 million on the center, using money that was supposed to ed: a homemade pipe bomb explodes inside a vermont apartment. jc: several people were hurt. the investigation right now into the people who lived inside the northfield building. ed: caught on camera, a dramatic confrontation. the violence during a taxi driver protest. jc: a popular app among our teenagers causing alarm tonight. the information parents need to know. ed: take a look at the southeast expressway. does not look like it is moving too quickly, but this time of day, you would not expect that you are. let me hit the update button. mass ave to route three, a 40 minute ride going north, half hour to the

. >> mayor walsh' s lawsuit to stop steve wynn' s $1.7 billion everett casino on boston' s doorstep was denied on all 10 the judge called the suit included inflammatory descriptions and hyperbole. boston spent more than a million dollars to sue. >> i' ve been asked questions the money we' re spending is about the residents of the city, the residents of charlestown. >> publicly city counselors will not chastise him for trying. >> protecting the city and the voters and the residents of boston, you cannot put a price on that. >> the closest they will come -- >> me to sit down, reconnect, reevaluate and see what steps we >> have you lost in the clouds in negotiation? >> i think the conversation needs to continue. >> he needs to figure out how to squeeze more money out of wynn. but wyn n is holding all the cards. >> it will be difficult to have any other business model. >> a costly appeal is not a popular alternative. but it' s unlikely he will get as much money as mohegan sun had offered for their field -- failed proposal. antoinette: and a nice weekend on top of it. >> i' ve may be saying

you have spent much of the year in a bitter feud with casino developer steve wynn. why not play a little game ofrock ' ' em sock ' em and get it out of your system? there are those who say that you are a little invisible? if that doesn' t work, this should help you stand out more. goes with more of a boston theme? she' s not even running. on a purely nonpolitical note, as we enter big papi' s final season in boston, he will finally be able to lounge around it night and watch the game and something nice and comfortable. and unlike pictures from a few years back, enjoy an adult beverage or two while you do. cheers and thanks, big papi. for massachusetts governor charlie baker, if the t should break down again this winter, you will need a few of these. one for every commuter, with the for the democratic front-runner hillary clinton, can you have too many flash drives? even color-coordinated for christmas. and last on our shopping list -- it is not easy finding something for the man who has everything, including a leader in the republican polls for president, but we can

randy: another win for steve wynn's push to build a casino in everett. a judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the city of boston to stop it. the judge says the state gaming commission acted properly to award wynn a casino license. which has been one of the boston. emily: economic headlines this morning, staples is conceding in order to make a proposed deal with office depot. the two companies are meeting next week with federal trade commission officials, to resolve antitrust concerns stemming from the deal. staples says it will sell office depot assets with revenues of up to $1.25 billion. investors are keeping an eye out for november's jobs report to be released today. that could have an impact on the federal reserve's decision to raise short-term interest rates. asian stocks were lower this morning. right now, stock futures are higher on wall street, after the dow lost 252 points to close at 17,477. randy: before 5:00, a check of your stories trending this morning. a major upset in college basketball. the ucla bruins beat the top-ranked kentucky, han

billionaire casino owner steve wynn reportedly met with texas senator ted cruz... and sheldon adelson was planning to meet with donald trump for the first time since trump announced he's running for president. both wynn and adelson have the cash to make massive contributions to a super pac... set up to boost the candidate of their choice. so far, no announcements of any commitments or contributions./// ((dave courvoisier)) > senator dean heller stopped by the 8 news now studio today. i had the opportunity to ask him about several issues he's working on that affect nevadans, including one you may not have heard of: the so-called cadillac tax. (( senator dean heller/(r) nv: "it's going to affect 130 million americans. and probably half the nevadans fear that have private plans and are simply saying that we're going to put a 40% excise tax on any program any good health care program. here's the bottom line is this is what i truly believe, the purpose of the cadillac tax is to reduce benefits in healthcare, raise premiums so that every nevadans and every american has t

phil: another win for steve wynn's push to build a casino. a judge dismiss the lawsuit to stop itment the judge says the state gaming commission acted properly to award the casino license. the boston mayor claims the casino would only affidavit ad to traffic problems in nearby charlestown. next on wcvb newscenter 5: heather: the nationwide alert about the season's hottest gifts. the fire risk and the trouble signs to watch for. phil: the new warning about how much is too much. >> we start tomorrow on the chilly side but wait until you phil: the nationwide alert about the season's hottest gifts, the fire risks and the trouble signs to watch for. heather: the nationwide alert about the season's hottest gifts. the fire risk and the trouble signs to watch for. phil: the new warning about how much is too much. >> it exploded. boom. reporter: state fire marshals are issuing a national warning. >> there are cautions that need to be taken. there are safety concerns with the hoverboard. >> a 12-year-old hoverboard ignited while charging burning the ho

another win for steve wynn ' s push to build a casino in everett. a suit by the city of boston to prevent the building of the casino. mayor marty walsh said it would only add to traffic problems. randy: staples will sell some assets to aid in its takeover of office depot. staples says it will sell office depot assets of up to $1.25 emily: buyer beware this holiday season. randy: stores have new ways to get you to spend more money this holiday season. research shows that rude salespeople can cause customers with low self-esteem to spend more money. pop music playing in the stores is designed to make you happy and feel festive and by like crazy on impulse. lesser-known music will be less of a distraction. putting items on the middle shelf at eye level is a way to get more money out of your wallet. that appeals to you more. emily: when i see it, i go, i need that. i need that chocolate. randy: i don' t know about the rude salesperson. emily: still ahead, a castle within your probably civil erika: new m.i.t. students. a housekeeper accused of scamming an older man out of thousands of dollars.

. >> i love steve wynn and what he has built but mgm has that balance that i need so mgm is the play. joe in missouri, joe merry christmas and happy new year. >> same to you. if i had to recommend a steel company it would be new core but i'm not going to because the metals in mining remain a very weak place. look at kmt and what happened when they preannounced down almost $5 today on a 25 dollar basis. ben in texas. >> booyah. >> booyah. looking at ford. good pure yeen sales but they're at a 52 week low. >> still got a lot of latin america. don't like that. i'm worried about honestly auto stock. how about doug in mississippi, doug. >> booyah, jim. >> booyah. >> hold or sell cve. >> oh, boy that is not one of my favorites. it's down 37%. maybe we wait as people start thinking oil goes to 40. >> sell, sell, sell. >> let's go to mike in illinois. >> jim, this is mike calling from illinois. hometown of ronald reagan. >> you look great. talking about immigration. i loved it. am i allowed to say that? >> i'd like to send out a hawkeye booyah to all the fans. >> absolutely. >> thank you for

steve wynn making open market purchases of his own company's stocks to the tune of a million shares.s a result those shars moving a bit on the after-hours. this is a stock that lost half of its value entering this particular day. we'll watch wynn shares. but up again up 8%. back over to you guys. >> all right. kind of like his personal stock buyback. >> i was having the same thought. something carl icahn could do. >> yeah. exactly. dominic chu, thank you. news on carl icahn coming up next. it's your grandpappy's hammer and he would have wanted you to have it. it meant a lot to him... yes, ge makes powerful machines. but i'll be writing the code that will allow those machines to share information with each other. i'll be changing the way the world works. (interrupting) you can't pick it up, can you? go ahead. he can't lift the hammer. it's okay though! you're going to change the world. >>> welcome back to "the closing bell" here. we want to call your attention to what's happening with car rental giant hertz. activist investor carl icahn has reported he boosted his stake to a little ov

walsh's lawsuit to stop steve wynn's $1.7 billion casino was denied on all 10 claims. he and city attorneys argue it for nearby communities. boston spent more than a million dollars to sue, claiming the gaming commission acted improperly to award wynn the license. but mayor walsh says it's worth it. mayor: i've been asked questions about spending money on this and losing. the money we're spending is about the residents of the city. the residents of charlestown. >> i think protecting the city and the voters and the residents of boston, you can't put a price on that. frank: mayor walsh says a solution to the traffic problem the casino could cause is just as big of an issue for wynn as it is for the people of everett and charlestown. still to come this morning, new trouble for the chicago police department. antoinette: a potentially key piece of evidence in a controversial shooting is what it means for the investigation. and sales are down after an e-coli scare for chipolte. the impact after the outbreak. danielle: a cold start this morning, but we will see a major warm-u

but to the point of the establishment, they're all, i know this for a fact, they're all wooing steve wynn the casino mogul. >> the casino mogul, john kasich supporting anybody. >> and they're mad. neil: well, i do think the take away line here is the man breath thing. myself. >> it's the truth. think about it. go look at the pictures on the internet. you know what i'll saying. neil: one more laugh? [laughter] . neil: you will hear that voice in the star wars movie. >> that is definitely witch-like [vet] two yearly physicals down. martha and mildred are good to go. here's your invoice, ladies. a few stops later, and it looks like big ollie is on the mend. it might not seem that glamorous having an old pickup truck for an office... or filling your days looking down the south end of a heifer, but...i wouldn't have it any other way. look at that, i had my best month ever. and earned a shiny new office upgrade. i run on quickbooks. that's how i own it. a...the persone attbehind this desk. will have to protect your family. will he be impulsive and reckless, like donald trump? will he have voted

steve wynn announcing earlier in the week he was buying 1 million shares on the open market of the company's stock. that was up more than 13% yesterday. could not hang onto those gains for today. yahoo!, tech is a big story here, and yahoo! today down about 5%. seeing more talent out the door after news that its svp of products is leaving. it is one of the biggest losers in the nasdaq 100 today. sticking with tech, shares of gopro, they just went higher. they had been down 1% after krit can i group cut its rating to neutral from buy. also slashed the price target to $22 saying demand for its products is softening and sticking with tech other names to the downside include facebook, apple, netflix, and amazon. >> let's go to steve liesman for a rapid update on the economy. >> tyler, we calculate this cnbc wrap-up with moody's.com. we have ten contractors to ibu on the street. pretty decent data this morning. the -- it could go higher. we began the quarter in october with the first data at 2.5, so we have come down. take a look here, jim o'sullivan towards the high side. goldman sachs good for

another big loser of wynn after steve wynn announcing he is buy 100 shares on the open market for the company. the symptom up mother than 13% yesterday, down today around 5%. staples another big loser in the 100 continuing to sink after the ftc filing a complaint to block it's proposed acquisition of ofs depot. that stock down 4.5%. adobe after posting profit that beat for the ninth straight quarter on strong subscriber growth for its creative cloud including products like photo shop that is up by around 3.5%. back over to you guys. >> kate rogers. >>> let's head out to dom chu. >> we have an update on the daily fantly sports situation. what we have is a report from reuters saying that the new york courts have allowed an interim stay while they appeal the ruling that we had from earlier today. in other words, daily fantly sports sites like draft kings and fanduel can continue to operate in new york state while an appeal iseing heard on whether or not they have to cease their operations. the new york attorney general's office won a ruling in which they had to force them to cease their

also on the casino side of things, wynn resorts even though steve wynn has bought a whole bunch moresonal account, the stock has still lost over half of its value year-to-date. cast aside, concerns about macao gaming weighing on that stock. and one more, it was a darling over the last few years. if you look at micron technology, year-to-date down nearly 60%. this stock over the last couple years had been a huge, huge performer and now it's fallen really out of favor as perhaps some of the flash memory chips it makes becomes more xh commoditiz commoditized. three of the stocks that have been cast off to the land of mitt fit stocks. >> thank you very much, dominic chu. with just seven trading days left in 2015, the markets are gearing up for what could be a break even year with 2016 of course just around the corner. what should investors be looking out for. joining us, drew canally and john buckingham. thank you very much for joining us, guys. drew, the dow and s&p are down. the nasdaq is higher but is it too late to expect at least a break even by the year end? >> oh, i think we're pa

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wynn as competitors. betty: right, and steve had that conference call act in october where he had candid comments about howling with the chinese. chris: one of the things the chinese government is trying to do is cut back on the number of tables. if you are planning on may be 400 tables and now people are getting 250 at most, your economics change. betty: interesting. chris, thank you so much. lmeri of bloomberg news. ceoin shkreli, the everyone loves to hate. he jacked up the price of a drug 5000%. he did not invent this practice in the drug industry. it has been going on for decades. it's just that he did it with more gusto. here to talk about how he is holding a mirror to the entire drug industry, our correspondent. this has been going on for quite some time, right? it goes on for two forms. companies that did almost exactly what martin shkreli did, drugs,s find old repurpose them, and jack the price up by orders of magnitude -- betty: as much as him? reporter: not as much as him, but we are talking about companies like valiant, other companies, they have all tried that maneuver your it sometimes they b