ashley: good morning, i am in for stuart varney today. start reporting it right, that's the message president biden has for the media. according to him the economy is doing much better than is being reported but do voters agree? not if you look at any of the polls. we get into that story. mass of migrant caravan, 6,000 strong headed toward our border comes ahead of secretary blinken's meeting with mexico's president, the latest on that. our troops under attack again in the middle east. iran backed militants launching more attack, our military launched countless attacks but i will ask congressman michael walt's. this is a holiday shortened week, the dow, the s&p on nasdaq, let's look at the 10 year treasury yield. look at it now. 40. 9% up slightly but still under 4%. that too up 4.35%. take a look at what bitcoin is doing, showing holiday cheer. down $1000, still at 42,703. to the weather,. 's and ice causing big issue in the planes. and brian brenberg, just today. december 26, 2023. "varney and company" about to begin. ♪ ♪ wake me up ♪ w

i'm stuart varney on fox business.idate and he'll join me on the set after this. former vice president mike pence is here and vivek ramaswamy is about to walk straight towards me here in new york visiting. the 2024gop hopeful nikki haley is here walking to the set as we speak. what a pleasure it is. look who's here, ladies and gentlemen, logan paul. let's talk about prime. i've got to ask you about taylor swift. >> love her. stuart: yeah, you're really a big fan. why do you like taylor swift so much? brilliant artist, anything else? >> she's been true to herself and always told the truth. stuart: that's the first time we've had a camel on the program. oh, it's not a camel, it's a rhino. thanks for bringing the first rhino on the show. i thought it was a camel. i couldn't see the hump or a horn. l i didn't know what it was. stuart: i've been handed a chick, okay. that's a chick. a chick. a baby chicken. okay, we're going to tell you what i'm doing here in just a moment. come on right here, knock it off. >> quit that now

varney, i have a kneeling. and, of course -- a feeling. of course, we'll be taking a lot of looks at some of the very best moments from the show this year. they are hilarious. by the way, it's the last show of 2023. "varney & company" about to gun. ♪ ♪ ♪ now's the time for us to say -- ♪ happy new year, happy new year ♪ ashley: one of the most iconic places, of course, for new year's eve, times square in new york city. there it is. it's kind of dull, damp. mild though for this time of year in new york city. high e 40s as we look at some folks there getting a look behind the scenes. all right. good morning, everyone. let's begin with this: maine's secretary of state kicking donald trump off the primary if ballot yesterday. meanwhile, colorado's secretary of state putting trump back on the ballot pending a review by the u.s. supreme court. todd piro, god bless him, back with me this morning. great to see you, todd. are we going to see this kind of actions with trump on ballots the whole election season? i mean, the ballot battle over trump,

third hour of varney starts now. stuart: it's frayed, you know what that means, jimmy failla is on the set. is he ever with his commanding voice and presence. will the democrats use impeachment to push biden aside? >> if they think they can because they absolutely want him out of the way. when you start seeing things like leaks. this was not an administration ever plagued by leaks and leaking is the sign of the times. essentially nobody wants to get out there and try to sell another four years of this thing. imagine selling beach get aways to a movie theater that just watched jaws, okay. that's what they're doing right now, and they don't want to do it. they are singing it from the press and asking biden tough questions like what's your name and staying on this guy. straight up. but the one serious point i want to make is when it comes to hunter story, okay, and the fact that they're, you know, we've seen the story evolve a lot. and to be clear, everybody watching understands, i do consider the current revelations re

varney & co. picks it up, david asman in this morning. >> of money emmer i am david asman informed stuart varney this morning. senate negotiators failed to reach a deal on a framework for border security within the spending plan for israel and ukraine. further diminishing changes of any boat book for christmas. new fox news poll showing overwhelming number of voters think restoring border security is critical. the same goals show former president donald trump increasing his lead within the republican field. gop primary is now biden 69%. a new report and "wall street journal" claimant former president barack obama is now preserved president biden went very well losing 2024. to the markets in the green, futurist look to extend the rally for the dow and s&p and nasdaq we can see doubt is up before the market opens 67 points, s&p 16 and nasdaq 33. 20.2% gain for the nasdaq. the tenure is trading up to about the yield is up 2.7 basis points. just under 4%. the yield on the two-year is 4.4 right now, th

i'm david asman in for stuart varney. let's get to your money. it is all in the green. we see some dow sticklers in the red, five and the red. the dow is up now over one hundred points. it was down earlier after the trading day began. the nasdaq and the s&p in the green all day. s&p is up 21. nasdaq is up 68. 15,000. not 17, 15,000 on the nasdaq. the 10 year treasury yield is down one. 8 basis points, yield is 3.87. house it trading? up a little bit, it is almost $1, $74.78 for a barrel. bitcoin trading down 345, now at 43,630. we just got the latest on consumer sentiment. lauren: the final number better than expected, 69. 7. the reason is we feel better about current economic conditions. the number very strong and expectations, that number increased. that was a good report. lauren: new home sales. lauren: plunged 12.2% november to seasonally adjusted annual rate of 590,000. this is where -- david: that was a big miss. lauren: the sales price keeps going up. $434,700. the october number was $30,000 less so prices are going up which is interesting because -- david: mitch

in for stuart varney. the markets, not a lot going on essentially flat. with a on the upside, the dow and the s&p and the nasdaq up 0. one%. look at the 10 year treasury which continues to drop earlier, 3.7, 3.84, not that big a drop, 3.84% on the 10 year, it was 5%. the price of oil going down a little bit, $0.62 under $75 a barrel. we need to keep an eye on bitcoin around 42,000, up another $400. let's get back to the crisis at the southern border, mass of migrant caravan continuing to make its way through mexico heading toward the us border. great to see you. secretaries blinken at mayorkas heading to mexico city today but what can we expect. >> best case would be mexico cracks down, border patrol can regroup. that's like asking for a miracle. it worked for a while. the white house wants several things, resume deportation busses and flights to central america. tens of thousands of migrants campout along the fence and shelters, mexico and its people, resume policing the rail lines known as the beast. most of those migrants come north. we want them to in

we want to know what was your favorite "varney" moment in 2023.ox.com. >>> next, house republicans vowing to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress after refusing to appear at a closed door deposition. tom fitton tells us if hunter will ever sit down to testify. that's next. ♪ stuart: another big day on the hill for hunter as former doj prosecutor leslie wolf is set to testify today. chad pergram on capitol hill. chad, what could her testimony mean for the president's son? [no audio] stuart: i think we have an audio problem there. let's see if you can open the channel of communication to my good friend chad pergram. he's moving his lips, can you hear me? >> reporter: i hear you now. while leslie wolf was an assistant u.s. attorney for delaware, republicans believe wolf put the chi kibosh on the understood -- hunter biden investigation. she's talking to house investigators now. >> we want to ask her questions about all that, and maybe most importantly why the invest decide -- can invest decided to let the tax years 2024, 2015 when the bulk of th

good morning, everyone, i'm david asman in for stuart varney. pack your gifts and your patience. a record number of us hitting the road and the skies, of course, for the holidays. it's expected to be the busiest travel weekend of the year with. to the markets now, today we had a read on how much folks are spending and whether slowing of inflation is helping shoppers. well, the dow and the s&p 500 and the nasdaq at first took it in very much of a negative fashion, but at least the s&p and the nasdaq have come back in the green. the dow is still in the negative, down about 60 in premarket activity. the 10-year yield, by the way, is trading down a little wit, 1.5 basis points. the yield is now 3.87. the 2-year yield, if we can put that up, is actually in the green just a fraction, up .1 basis points to 4.35. and bitcoin, let's get a read on bitcoin. it is down about $250 to 43,720. well, meanwhile, president biden is talking to mexico's president about our border crisis but why not a direct meeting with our own lawmakers? meanwhile, the white house claims the president has, quote, d

[laughter] i'm ashley webster -- i was waiting for that -- in today for stuart varney. an 8,000 strong migrant caravan continues to get closer to our southern border. we've been following it every step of the way. secretary blink. meeting with mexico's president to talk about the surge. the question is, did anything come out of the meeting? well, we're going to get into that. but how about a sobering stat for you? migrant border crossings this year outnumber the population of 17 states. wow. >>> house republicans, meantime, expanding the biden impeachment inquiry. they want to know whether the president had anything to do with hunter defying that congressional a sweep that. we're going to tell you what -- subpoena. we're going to tell you what they are saying. >>> let's get to the markets. we could be looking at a ninth straight week of gapes. looking a little flat ahead of the opening bell. the dow and s&p just slightly lower, the nasdaq about a telephoneth of a perform take -- tenth of a percent. the 10-year treasury is on the rise but still only at 3.82%. take a look

good morning, everyone, ooh i'm david asman in for stuart varney. the numbers don't lie and, boy, are they bad for biden. a new fox poll showing only 14% of voters say biden's economic policies have helped them, 46% say they have been hurt by them. if we've got a bunch of new polls, and they are mostly dismal that the white house probably doesn't want to see. and another thing the white house is trying to ignore, the surge at the border. we're looking at thousands of illegal migrants waiting to be processed. our own bill melugin says he's never seen anything like this during his years of reporting from the border. we have a live report from him on the ground coming up. >>> to the markets where we are seeing more green on the screen. the federally, as we call it -- fed rally, is going strong. the dow jones industrials and futures up about a 16 -- 660, the s&p up about 7.25 -- 60. the 101-year yield, if we could put that up on the board, it's down 2.4 basis points, under 4%, 3.9. but the 22-year yield is up a little bit, 1.6 basis points coming in at

i'm david asman in for stuart varney today n. a stunning decision, the colorado supreme court has kicked donald trump off the 20224 state ball if ott. the justices there claim he's violated the 14th amendment because of his part in january 6th. trump says he will not be silenced. karl rove reacts in just moments. meanwhile, the chaos at the border continues. migrant encounters just so far this month are on track to exceed 1900,000 -- 190,000. that's an average of 0,000 a day, and we still have 11 days to the month, so where is our president today? if well, he's going to be busy pushing his failed bidenomics policies in wisconsin. meanwhile, randi weingarten is back in the news. this time the teachers union president saying school choice, quote, undermines democracy. you can't make this stuffer up. and to the markets, seven trading days left in the year. the dow, s&p and nasdaq are all trading a little down in premarket activity. not tremendously down, but a little bit. and remember how many days we've been up. the 10-year yield,

listen up, stu varney.not changing, that's the good news, but there's speculation that the $111.49 churros -- 1.49 churros are going to be discounted next yea. they could be replaced by with cook keys. shah, do you own costco? it's at $662. >> no, we don't own it. i wish we had. it's obviously had a spectacular 2023. like a lot of companies, it's done spectacularly. we do not own it. i think right here i wouldn't chase it, ashley. it looks more than a little bit overbought here, and think it's due for a little bit of maybe sideways a action. but i think maybe the best is behind it. a stock that has this kind of parabolick move and given what costco's numbers are, their metrics as far as their profit margins, i think it's a little bit overdone. ashley: all right, very good. all right, let's get to this one, bitcoin, shah. it's been happening around, well, the low $40,000 range i guess for a little while now. it was the crypto winter the year before. maybe we're behind that. are you a crypto buyer or -- buyer

here is stuart varney. >> good morning. >> ainsley: what do you think about the numbers? is resilient labor market and president biden will talk about this because these are good numbers for bidenomics. 199,000 jobs added to the economy, unemployment down to 3.7%. he'll say that is bidenomics at work, that is low unemployment rate. >> ainsley: is it because of christmas? >> retail employment went down, didn't go down, 28,000 that is low for this time of year. looking at no rate cuts from the federal reserve because this shows strength in the labor market and economy and fed will not raise rates or lower rates in the immediate future. steady as she goes. you have labor market that is resilient, which is surprising, you still got 199,000 jobs added. you have resilience, biden is saying this is bidenomics, vote for me. >> ainsley: it costs -- to get married, buy a house, cover healthcare and retire and $8000 for a funeral and i would argue it is more than that, because we planned one before. brian and i were giving advice to lawrence. brian said, stay single and don't die. >

third hour of varney starts now. stuart: steve forbes joining us this monday morning. my opinion, biden's green push is a failure, do you ever see him giving it up? >> the answer is no. they're not going to give it up but it's a failure. the voters will force him and it's happening at dealers across the country and thousands are saying it's not working and people are not buying these things. look at germany and electricities costs two to three times here and same thing in britain and they want to ban meat, get rid of cows and have us eat insects. people are saying to this cult and that's what it is, enough. we want sanity back. sultan was absolutely right. stuart: but it's voters that have to do the job here. >> yes. stuart: let me point out new zealand. i'm familiar with new zealand, they changed government because the government was trying to clamp down on farming. same in the netherlands. government tried to clamp down on farming for climate reasons, change the government. it's possible here, isn't it? >> absolutely. especially in holland, which has gone overboard o

"varney and company" picks up. stuart: the debate, plenty of insults, plenty of in finding, nikki haley was attacked frequently and responded thanks for the attention. christie called vivek ramaswamy the most obnoxious blowhard in america. we take you through the highlights in a moment but i have to wonder how many people actually saw the debate. it was staged on news nation, a somewhat obscure channel but hard to find. it has been a bad week for the president. 40 white house interns signed anonymous letter demanding a permanent cease-fire in israel, that an internal revolt. the president just lost a fight in congress, republicans beat back aid for ukraine in israel because biden wouldn't consider serious border reform and a cnn poll showed his approval rating hitting a new low just 37%. to the markets. bitcoin had a great rally and no real selloff this morning, $44,000 yesterday, 43-3 today. interest rates at recent lows, the 10 year treasury yields 4.14%, a little bit. the two year treasury 460, 459. not much cha

here to react is host of varney and company and host of american built stuart varney.t john kerry wants to pull the plug on coal. >> it shouldn't shock us a grave area. 20% of america's electricity supply today comes from coal. kerry wants to abon done coal completely. you can't build any new power plants and you will shut down the coal fired power plants that we have already got probably by 2035. although they haven't actually given out the date. you face a short-term crunch where they will get rid of all these coal fired plants. where does the electricity come from if it's not from coal? where are we going to get it from? the president says we can get it from solar and wind. they actually said that just a couple of weeks ago. >> steve: he says it all the time. >> dream on, mr. president. cream on. have you seen all the wind projects canceled all up and down the eastern seaboard. massachusetts, rhode island, new jersey, delaware, maryland. they are not going to get the electricity they will need from those wind farms. and when it documents natural gas, if you want to

it is monday december 4, 2023 "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪.tuart: were going to start with the news out of the middle east are warships along with several commercial vessels they came under attack in the red sea, tell us what happened. >> the worship uss carney shut down three drones yesterday. the u.s. central command says houthi rebels in yemen fully enabled by iran with the attacks targeting commercial shipping and perhaps the carney itself. the u.s. ship was not hit. did you see the cover of the new york post, red alert, here you go calling the latest attack a frightening development suggesting the israel hamas war could spread in the mid east, i want to point out that president biden took the houthis responsible for this and many other attacks in the red sea off the foreign terrorist list, they thought how it would reduce hostilities. >> exact opposite. stuart: the white house seems to be downplaying the attacks on the military. charlie hurt with me, we have attacked iranian proxy forces killing five is that a strong enough response in yo

third hour of varney starts now. stuart: aforementioned jimmy failla making hides mark on tom petty is with us now. was i too harsh? >> no, you're speaking to the obvious truth. joe biden is the president with the public appearance schedule of a ground hog. we should be predicting seasons based on his appearances. the democrats are -- this is very telling what you just said. okay, we are in the midst of an election, okay. prior incumbents, trump and obama spent about 12 times as much money as biden, did 50 times as many appearances. the democrats in an election year are treating an incumbent president the way gavin newsom treated all the homeless when xi jinping came to san francisco. they're sweeping him out of the way because they don't want people to see the problem, okay. they're playing a pretty thin defense with the president. this is a conversation we have and i don't want to make the segment about me or national syndicated talk show fox across america listening to weekdays noon to 3:00. this is a k we've seen

i am a great tipper, stuart varney. stuart: but i've never had food delivered, ever.w what you're talking about. all right, i'm -- lauren: aye not -- i'm not imagining it. i'm not. stuart: i've got a far more interesting story. lauren: this is scary. stuart fedex, they've sent a warning to their contract drivers. what's the warning? lauren: someone might steal what's in your truck and hurt i row in the process. in memphis they surrounded a fedex truck and stole $100,000 of other people's stuff, holiday gifts, okay? so fedex has their own delivery drivers, but they also have about 7,000 contractors who are usually small businesses. this is their busy time of the year. they're sending a message to them, please be careful, reminders, lock the truck. just be very careful because organized crime is a thing, and they're noticing that it's happening. stuart: these stories like on doordash and fedex as well, they're stories which don't affect the stock price, and that's an important point to make. lauren: fuss for the fedex one, yeah. stuart: the we see fedex moving, but it's

david: good morning, everyone, i'm david asman in for stuart varney. warning to democrats, using legal maneuvers to beat donnell donald trump -- can donald trump just isn't working, extending his lead in iowa, and the caucuss are only three weeks away. meanwhile, the border a growing worry for borders, and -- for voters, and new numbers revealing since october 1st, just october 1st, there have been more than 686,000 migrant encounters at the border. and once again, we've had nearly 12,000 migrant encounters in just the last 24 hours. is that the new normal? to the markets now, and the markets look to be beginning the day in a very positive note. the gdp final tick on the third quarter was down a little bit. that gave more impetus to investors thinking that there'd be more impetus to the fed to drop rates a little more, so the market topped off now at about 220 on the dow, 34 on the s&p and about 170 on nasdaq. we'll see if that sticks when the markets open in about a half an hour. the 10-year treasury is down just a tick, its yield is now 3.84. and the

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e-mail us at varney viewers@fox.com -- >> after this first 37 minutes?] stuart: mortgage rates below 7%, and the stock market has rallied so people can buy cash if they made a lot of money on wall street. real estate guy mitch roschelle is here, he's next. ♪ i'men on my way, i'm on my wa- ♪ home sweet home ♪ you can't buy great conversations or moments that matter, but you can invest in them. at t. rowe price our strategic investing approach can help you build the future you imagine. t. rowe price, invest with confidence. teeth sensitivity is so common. it immediately feels like somebody's poking directly on the nerve. i recommend sensodyne. sensodyne toothpaste goes inside the tooth and calms the nerve down. and my patients say you know doc, it really works. -hey there. -hey. -hi. hey there. how are you? i'm with disabled american veterans. i was wondering if you had a quick minute to thank america's veterans for their service and sacrifices -of course, why not? -oh, sure. -absolutely. -sure. all right. well, come on in here. i'm just going to hit recor

that's something i never thought i'd say on "varney," but there you have it.elief sent to major music acts and touring companies such as a post malone and chris brown. brian, money well spent? what say you? >> the only problem with releasing this now is the timing is bad. these things need to come out every time we have one of these debt ceiling conversations -- ashley: yes. >> oh, no, we can't cut anything. oh, no, we must raise. no. and this is just the tip of the iceberg, ashley. i mean, there are hundreds of billions of dollars of waste. come on. ashley: yeah. >> next time we get a debt ceiling conversation, bring back the lobsters, and then let's talk about whether we want a raise. ashley: and the monkeys. brian, thank you very much. >>> coming up, taylor swift dominated headlines this year partly because of her new romance with kansas city chiefs' tight end travis kelce. well, the pop star and her swifties have had a significant economic impact on kansas city. we're going to break down how much of a boost swift gave to that city. >>> and with mortgage ra

e-mail us at varney viewers@fox -- lauren: do i get to do it? stuart: why not?from. [laughter] stuart: 2012 had a good year. >> it's ap may amazing year. stuart: flattery is the mother's milk -- here we go. former obama adviser david axlerod has more bad if news for biden's re-election campaign. watch this. [no audio] e. >> the wall street -- poll was, you know, very, very dark in terms of, from a biden standpoint. job approval down, ratings genre down -- generally down. most of the comparatives with trump not good. stuart: he was obama's guy, so what role does obama have in all of this intrigue in the white house? we'll ask the question. >>> the fed held rates steady, indicated three rate cuts coming next year. too good to be true? economist peter morrissey on that -- peter morici on that next. ♪ too good to be true ♪ ♪ students... students of any age, from anywhere. students in a new kind of classroom. ♪ using our technology to power different ways of learning. ♪ harnessing ai to plant new beginnings. ♪ so when minds grow, opportunities follow. -hey there. -he

second hour of varney just getting started.ose peak joins us, why is it so hard for women's group to condemn totally the mass rape by hamas? lauren: they are progressives in the wrong side of this war and it exposes the hypocrisy, and they try to deny it. they are trying to deny the whole thing. if you listen to palestinian protesters in the streets none of this happened. it is all fake news and propaganda is for israel, promoting these ideas and narratives they are horrible things that happened and i agree 100% the fact vote women's groups did not come out loudly condemning everything that went on is shocking but not surprising. stuart: donald trump blasted john kerry during last night's town hall saying he is destroying the country. >> our country can be rich again. john kerry has to be stopped. he is destroying our country. i mean think of it. he goes all over the world in a private jet, goes all over the world talking to these people about getting rid of coal plants, they all laugh at him, treat him with respect and when he

i am ashley webster in for stuart varney, straight to your money. the markets moving slightly higher, a shortened week, the final week of 2,023 and markets have been finishing strong indeed. the s&p has been up 8 weeks in a row. let's look at the 10 year treasury yield. remember when it briefly went above 5%? look at it now. it is up 4.9%, less money going into treasuries. more into equities upper basis point. oil moving higher, $2, 7549 a barrel and bitcoin earlier, $1000, 597. look at this. the hill reports the white house is deeply frustrated with the media focusing on biden's plunging poll numbers. instead of focusing on his economic success like bidenomics. governor mike huckabee joins me, is bidenomics really considered economic success or is the media have it wrong? >> this is the greatest thing that ever happened since the invention of the coin but most americans have to ask themselves who do i believe? president biden who is known to tell a few things that didn't happen or do i believe my lying eyes when i go to the grocery store or the gas

ashley: good morning, i am in for stuart varney today.t's the message president biden has for the media. according to him the economy is doing much bette

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varney & co.ey emmer i am david asman informed stuart varney this morning. senate negotiators failed to reach a deal on a framework for border security within the spending plan for israel and ukraine.

i'm ashley webster in today for stuart varney. the market as you can see all moving slightly higher, that is where they finished yesterday continuing the upward momentum of the modestly this holiday shortened week. jobless claims rose more than expected coming in at 218,000. we still have a tight labor market for sure. the economy continues to be resilient so the markets continuing to move higher. let's look at the 10 year treasury yield if we can. it was up fractionally earlier, 3.18%, 3 basis points. how about the price of oil. oil in the high 70s, it is up $73.63 a barrel on oil down half of one%, taking a look at bitcoin, down nearly $1000, 42,661. good numbers and stats. we just got the latest read on pending home sales down 5.2%, record low. the housing market has really struggled. economists predicting a rise of 1% from october's reading of 71.4 which is the lowest on record. high mortgage rates and lack of inventory, difficult housing market right now. let's move on with more numbers for you, 37% of republican voters say t

i'm david asman in for stuart varney.heck the markets and the dow was momentarily in the green but remember it opened down over 100 points and all the indexes were down when we opened up. now the nasdaq and the s&p are just barely in the green, but it's good enough. show me big tech and algerine on the screen and positive markings, alphabet, amazon, meta all in the green. the yield is down a bit, 2.5 basis points, just barely. the yield is 3.9% right now for the 10 year. now to a fox news alert, the trump campaign already vowing to appeal the supreme court of colorado after they disqualified donald trump from the 2024 ballot, the court claims he is ineligible to be president based on the 14th amendment's insurrection ban. perfect time for martha maccallum on the set with us. she's visually going over her notes. bottom line, what is insurrection and even jack smith has not charged trump with insurrection and he's not been convicted of insurrection and here the supreme court of colorado is calling hip out on insurrection. w

ivan david asman interest to what varney, things are improving, we are in the green as we open, now the dow is doing very well, not extremely, not excessively but all the indices are up 1/4 of one%. the s&p is up 11 in the nasdaq is up 38. oil, let's see what's happening with oil, it is trading down, that's the 10 year treasury yield, 10 year treasury yield is down 3.5 basis points now at 3. 89. where do we go next, there is oil up more than a percentage point, $0.81 to $73.28 a barrel. we have bitcoin, 313. it was up earlier, following yesterday's lead downward at 42,288, historically on a higher note. former obama campaign manager jim messina doesn't think a third-party candidate has a chance of winning in 2024. watch this. >> any pretensions that any third party has a chance is completely bs. who do they take votes away from, we can't have a third-party candidate taking away votes. it's a silly idea run by people who want to make money off of politics. my message to voters is wake up and realize you don't want to throw your vote away. david: jason chafe its joins me now. does this hu

second harper lanes of varney just getting started. stuart: charlie hurt joins me now.hought it was going to play music there. all right, charlie, bringing hillary into the campaign. surely a sign of desperation? >> surely, there's no doubt. no, if you're joe biden and you need to get hillary clinton, you have to bring her in to -- against donald trump in order to win over women in the democratic party, you are in deep, deep trouble. the other thing amusing about this is that they're talking about bringing her in to help raise money. you're the president of the united states. the one person that can raise all the money he wants is the president of the united states. the one place he can raise money is hollywood. man, how out of touch do you have to be to pay a guy $15 million who has inflicted this unimaginable misery on regular working americans? stuart: good question. they're shelling it out. they're paying. >> they don't care. stuart: i don't see how hillary can help his campaign. i don't see it. lauren: is it because obama wouldn't help in a bigger way? >> i think o

"varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ ♪.t: that he is on i'm not sure about that one but that is sixth avenue, not many people on but 9:00 o'clock on a monday morning. >> nobody wants to come out on the ring. stuart: a deserted new york city. we start this monday morning with the pull from the wall street journal donald trump with a four-point lead over biden and hypothetical when he 24 rematch, cnn has trump's five points ahead in georgia, ten points in michigan, sean duffy with us now. these polls have to be ringing alarm bells in the white house. is it desperation that makes them bring back hilary. >> i think hilary clinton does resonate with a certain group of democratic voters in joe biden needs all the help he can get but alarm bells you are absolutely right democrats, the media, the government have thrown everything at donald trump whether campaign ads or the media who will not give him a break it's all the prosecution going back to russia collusion and donald trump is still standing even after they tried to prop up a

third hour of "varney" starts now. ♪. stuart: let's get back to last night's debate.t watch this. roll tape, please. >> nicky, you were bankrupt when you left the u.n. after you left the u.n. you became a military contractor and now you're a multimillionaire. that math does not add up. it adds up to the fact that you are corrupt. >> you have other candidates up here like nikki haley, she caves anytime the left comes after her. >> the only person more fascist than the biden regime is nikki haley. >> these wall street liberal donors they make money in china. they will not let her be tough on china. she will cave to the donors. she will not stand up for you. stuart: jason chaffetz. i thought that was a little over the top seems like nikki haley has a target on her back. how do you judge her response. >> she is giving the best response she can. vivek ramaswamy was way overboard. since when are republicans or on serve i have its or libertarians, since when do they have be anti-business, anti-success? here's a woman who had great success. she became a governor, you know. wo

i'm david asman in for stuart varney. let's check the markets and it's a good day.appy birthday day for investors. dow jones up 182 points, nasdaq up 65, s&p up 19. show me big tech. how are they doing? we're always most interested in microsoft but unfortunately, i'm sorry, stuart, if you're watching, microsoft is down, so is amazon, apple, alphabet are up. 10-year treasury rates. 10-year is down just a bit, 1.8 basis points. still less than 4% and yield at 3.91 and now this, anti-israeli protesters in new york going after actor alec baldwin, watch what happened when he refused to condemn israel. roll tape. >> do you condemn israel for the violence? >> [inaudible]. you ask stupid questions. david: who better to talk about this than jimmy failla, who is here in the house. >> bang. david: we wanted to have elvis here, so we brought him. >> in spirit, i'm fat elvis. david: you're also a great writer and adept to be a very funny guy. cancel culture deck natural rights approach is your book and this is an example to me of can kell culture failing and it's on its last leg

third hour of varney starts now. stuart: mark tepper is with us this morning.e's not going to stay for the entire hour but he's with us on remote right over there. i want to know what's your outlook for stock market next year. should i buy now? what should i buy now to position myself for next year? >> you've got to be strategic about what you're investing in for 2024, stu. this year has been an ined criminal year and zero earnings growth, multiple bank failures and the hype surrounding ai and ozempic has us up 23% for this year. next year is a more challenging setup and atlanta gdp number has us slowing economically from 5.2% gdp growth in q3 to 1.2% in q4. you've got economic growth slowing while earnings expectations are going up and then investors cheering on the possibility of fed cuts next year. however, you know, history, stu, says investors should fear the cut because the average draw down from the time you get that first cut till the trough is 27% when you go back to 1970. if that holds up this time around with the first cut right now being priced in f

good morning, everyone it is 10:00 o'clock eastern time i am david asman info stuart varney let's get straight to your money we're in the green we agreed last week in the week before, it was a great month, december has been great so far inward from the fed that they could be lowering rates next year, the ten year treasury was up a little bit the rate is up five basis points and trading below or% at 3.96, right now oil is up significantly today, almost 4% jump in oil if there's more economic progress that these are to be spending a little bit more for oil because we get him to use more of it, bitcoin is down $560 and had a nice gain and we had the latest read with the homebuilders sentiment. >> it is 37 better-than-expected increase in five months lower mortgage rates lower than seven, that is good for the homebuilder and less expensive for them to build a home in the buyer, most expensive for them to finance a home, a win-win for everybody. david: ryan payne joining me now and. when interest rates go down it's obviously better for anybody who is buying anything with credit and that in

i'm kade asman in for -- david asman in for stuart varney.ig boards and the dow is off the highs and healthily 224 point gain on the dow. s&p up 32 and nasdaq up 110 points. show me big tech in general. they're all in the -- sorry, apple has come down a little bit. apple is the only red on the screen. microsoft, amazon, meta, and alphabet. lauren: hey, aren't they going to $257 a share? david: yeah, $4 trillion market cap eventually, but it's not going to happen today. meanwhile the 10-year treasury trading up a little bit and yield is 2.4 basis points and yield up to 3.875. now this, president biden is refusing to say whether or not he thinks donald trump should be kicked off the ballot in colorado but he will say, there's no question trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection. listen. >> what's your reaction to the colorado ruling? >> i'm not going to comment on a court case, that's up to the court. >> is trump an insurrectionist, sir? >> the 14th amendment and i'll let the court make that decision and he certainly supported an insurrectio

"varney & company" is done for the day "coast to coast" start right now. stuart: if you are looking to test the nonstop market, copied a little bit today more and not in a second. it's a story of the week and will be the story of this week, stocks survived the next five days and move up the santa claus rally is not only on, some are telling us on steroids leading aside the employment report due out on friday and the fourth presidential debate in alabama on wednesday in of course the war in israel seems to spiral every day, yet the market week like few others in test like few others. we will take it to the white house with anticipation of good economic news is palpable in later this hour presidential candidate chris christie on why he thinks make it into the university of alabama debate stage looks probable, time is wasted we are not, "coast to coast" is now. cowelcome everybody is going toe a busy monday just like a busy week we on top of all the developers at the white house that a to be touting what they think numbers going their way there not touting bi

"varney & company" picks it up. stu, take it away. stuart good morning, everyone. here's the number that affects interest rates, the stock market and your wallet, 0.1%. that's how much prices went up in the last month. 3.1%, that's how much consumer prices went up in the last 12 months. bottom line, inflation is slowing, prices are still rising but at a slower pace. now, here is the market's reaction. at first stocks took off when that inflation news came out. we've moderated the gains significantly though. the dow may be up 20 points, s&p down 4, nasdaq up 4 points. very different picture from a half hour ago when the numbers came out, stocks went straight up. as for the yield on the 10-year treasury, down just a traction, 4.22. the yield on the 2-year, that's up nearly 3 basis points, 4.73. gas prices, here's the good news, keeps on falling. $3.13 is the average for regular now that we're down 2 cents overnight. texas still has the cheapest gas in the nation, $2.60 a gallon. diesel down one more cent, $4.09 is the price. and bitcoin, where's that this morning? th

so i was varney.webster like the dictionary -- ashley: oh. it's not. stuart: moving on. greg writes this: dear stuart, what are some of your favorite holiday dishes? then he says you have the best ties and ashley too. so let's ignore the tie part of it. best of favorite holiday dishes. ashley, what you got? ashley: well, i love the traditional turkey with all the a trimmings. i love christmas puddings, especially the ones that light on fire. in the old days you used to put six -- [inaudible] in it which led e to an emergency call to the e.r.. [laughter] and also i love fruit fruitcake. i do like fruit cake. i know a lot of people in this country hate it. i love it. stuart: i like paxo stuffing, sage and onion stuffing, and my turkey. that's what i like. what is yours, lauren? lauren lauren we searched far and wide for the first press of wine that someone makes who put a pare in it -- pear in it, cook it overnight, and then we make these cookies, and you make bows and fry them in the lime. i'll bring y

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"varney & company" pix it up. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone. a strong and vigorous performance from donald trump last night at the town hall with sean hannity. it was an opportunity to make his case for re-election, and he took it. on day one he'll lose the border and drill for oil. he said don't joke about biden's cognitive decline, and he predicted that biden, ultimately, would not be the democrats' nominee in 2024. meanwhile, the president -- as in joe biden -- he told donors if trump wasn't running, i'm not if sure i would be running, end quote. so it's not that he still has a lot to accomplish, oh, no, it's just to save the country from trump. to the market, and we're to going to start with bitcoin this morning. the rally connells. it it -- continues. it hit $44,000 this morning, and right now it's at $44,100. the dow up maybe 80, s&p up 20 and it just pond up for the nasdaq -- popped up for the nasdaq, up 110 points. apple's stock is rallying. i think that's good news. it is the most widely held stock of all and has returned to a valuatio

"varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ ♪ stuart: all fired up by petra.e the idea of getting all fired up on a friday before a wonderful weekend. now, we're going to get started this morning with highlights from last night's debate between governors desantis and newsom. roll some tape, please, go ahead. >> so i was talking to a fella who had made the move california to florida, and he was telling me that florida's much better governed, safer, better budget, lower taxes, all this stuff, and he's really happy with the quality of life. and then he pausedded and said, oh, by the way, i'm gavin newsom if's father-in-law. >> you're trolling folks and trying to find migrants to play political games so you can outtrump trump, and and by the way, how's that going for you, ron? you're down 411 is points in your -- 41 points in your own home state. >> that's why he's running a shadow campaign -- >> i will take joe biden at 100 versus ron desantis at any age. [laughter] stuart: last night had its fair share of jabs and personal attacks. one big question for me is whe

that is it for "varney and company". coast-to-coast starting two seconds. thanks for coming. neil: seo are not into the stock market but more into real estate, buyer home, sell a home, maybe maybe your interest rate mortgage has come in. the latest week, down from 6.95 just the week before, we were well over 7%. the trend in lower mortgage rates is on now. we are exploring that with manchin global host. katrina, we were talking about what could change the environment for a slowing down of those looking for homes or those not willing to sell their homes. will this change that? >> there is so much going on in the real estate market. the decrease in long-term interest rates will likely boosting land multifamily housing next year. i cannot growth that we desperately need and minimizing a recession. mortgage rates are dropping, uptick in new home construction may revive the housing market as a result. mortgage rates is linked to the 10 year treasury bond yield and that coincides with a significant rise in new home builds. with existing home sales hitting a 13 year low builders are

"varney & company" is up next, and ashley webster is in for stuart. ashley: good morning, cheryl.rally

"varney & company" picks it up now. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone.som, red state versus blue state. in my book, desantis won both on the performance o