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Well move higher at 2020 were not going to be up by 34 for the nasdac, as we were in 2019, but perhaps, 5 is in reach, and of course, thats what i said last year were up 34 , a lot of people said that. Connell its been surprising this run in terms of how long its continued as i said i dont know, by the way the mets won the world series in october of 86 so id love for the comparisons to be true. They defeated my beloved ed red sox, i had this moment where they walk out of the subway entrance, in october was it for that celebration the mets were having. Connell oh, yeah the parade . I could never forget it, it was so downhearted. Connell ons let me fast forward because the comparisons are more that 90s and more people are around in trading environments, or covering it or whatever and they say boy, are we in an area like that, but i mean, i know the nasdac has been up a lot but this isnt exactly 1999 again isnt it . This market is valued without a doubt but we dont have the gross overvaluation that we had in 1999 and 2000, to give you an idea march of 2,000 was was when the nasdac peaked and march of 2000 the nasdac was up 103 year to year. Today were talking about 34 . Better yet, three years ended march 2000 the average annual increase of the nasdac, 55 past few years its been about 18 , a lot different. Connell so up yes but nothing as heavy as back then. Go ahead. Corporate credit quality was falling apart, by 99 and early 2000. We have the measure of corporate default risk that was coming in over 8 of march of 2000 today but just over 4 . Connell not an issue there because some people brought up corporate debt at least as an issue but the credit quality is its not deteriorating the way it was back in 1999 and 2000 connell what about the economic back drop which is your area of expertise as we head into 2020. You can find areas of concern and say well way lot of us in the stock market is propped up by the Federal Reserve that certainly has the back of the market even if you dont want to call it quantitative easing it certainly seems like that, they keep adding to their Bernie Sanders maybe we cant sustain that forever but also the economy looks quite strong right well the economy was stronger then 99 were looking at growth in excess of 4 likewise for 2000 things really didnt begin to fall apart for the economy, until the latter part of 2000. Were doing quite well in that respect then. That was the last time we had in 2000 an Unemployment Rate below 4 which is what we have today. Theres another important distinction and its one of the reasons why the equity market got carried away in 99 and 2000 was because believe it or not we had a federal budget surplus. Connell right. And now we have a deficit approaching 1 trillion and nobody seems to care. Connell nobody. Despite that deficit the 10 year treasury yield today under 1. 9 was about 6. 25 in march of 2000 despite that federal budget surplus. Connell nobody seems to care to your point. Should they . I would only become worried about this in the event that the Dollar Exchange rate begins to tumble, and that in turn causes Foreign Investors to start dumping their treasuries. We dont see that happening any time soon. We dont see any type of event taking place globally that would prompt Foreign Investors to abandon dollar denominated debt and by doing so, drive Interest Rates in the u. S. Sharply higher and by the way, when you look at a treasury bond yield, whats happening with the expected rate of inflation, core inflation is far more important than what is going on with the federal budget connell great insight as always its always good to see you john have a happy new year. You too. Connell i apologize for opening up those old red sox wounds easy to talk about the 90s then 86. We were talking so much about the tech stocks and if you have to pick out one to highlight its probably got to be apple on track for its best year since 2009 and gerri willis on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange to talk more about that gerri . Gerri thats right connell. Apple on track for its best annual yearly performance in 10 years, so shares were 84 higher on the year, as you can see right here, 84. 14 and higher again today, touching a brand new high of 293 off that a little bit right now. Remember wedbush raised its price tag and on the stock to 350 and it looks like itll punch through 300 in short order here. Now why is this stock doing so well . Despite skepticism last year, apple has managed to find new, appealing iphone features like extended battery life, and the ability to take slow motion selfies and meanwhile not only that but other products are on offer too, the nextgen air pod, the mac book pro and a whole host of new content from apple tv plus, thats happening too plus apple has enjoyed a push from this is the general market optimism, regarding holiday sales, plus they manage to avoid tariffs, despite fears that would kill their business the trade war would raise supply costs for the company, derail china sales big selloff on that , that didnt happen and the Company Shares first topped that trillion dollar valuation level way back in 2018 and now the valuation, 1. 29 trillion. Connell isnt that amazing and as you say the word of the year, gerri, thank you for that. I will point out gerri, youre not blaming her the nasdac turned negative for the first time in 25 years, no, it never seems like its negative, but everybody calm down but we may not be up on the nasdac today which is news in and of itself look at these numbers, lets work a little politics into the discussion, with President Trump certainly, whether its the market or the economy in general would appear to have the economic wind at his back, but he says and he said this on twitter that impeachment is actually making it more difficult for him to work with foreign leaders. Trump 2020 senior Legal Advisor jenna ellis joins us now so we we go into the new year, jenna what do you make of that back drop for the president . Politically obviously, fighting for reelection, and he says this whole, the impeachment drama is making him a little bit tougher for him. Well i think that President Trump is clearly coming out on top with the impeachment fiasco for the democrats, because everyone understands that this is an impeachment sham, and i think with his polling numbers and Approval Ratings at an alltime high he is going into 2020 very strong and the democrats are simply campaigning on this issue, because they know that they cant talk about actual policy and they also cant combat the factor or even respond to the fact that President Trumps economy is so strong and for average americans like me, who arent necessarily paying close attention to the stock market to nasdac to all of those other things, were looking at the fact that President Trump is keeping his promises to the American People, we have more money that we were able to spend on christmas, because of lower taxes were Getting Better jobs, all of these things that President Trump is doing for the American People, i think thats really significant moving forward, and the democrats clearly cant respond to that, so they are pushing this impeachment sham, but nancy pelosi withholding the articles from the senate and trying to control the trial, shes actually really scared of a fair trial, in the senate because she knows the facts and the evidence are not on the democrat side. Connell so the question for the president he made the reference to dealing with foreign leaders im not sure who he was referring to specifically maybe it ways Boris Johnson, theres been reports of him delaying a trip to the u. S. Postbrexit until that is completely finalized but is reluctant to the reports in the british media to come here while the president is facing impeachment, so maybe, jenna thats what hes referring to in his dealings with foreign leaders, you know, its more difficult for him until he puts us behind them. Well unfortunately, impeachment is a very dirty word and it carries a cloud of illegitimate mass it and trying to put President Trump into this whole category of maybe theres a cloud of suspicion over his presidency, and thats what the democrats are driving for and i think that its very wise and very understandable of President Trump to fight back against that , because there is no evidence for a legal or constitutional basis for this impeachment to move forward, and so that complaint is entirely legitimate but lets not forget the democrats have been trying with this administration from the very beginning, 19 minutes after he was sworn into office, the democrats were saying that they were moving forward with impeachment, and so they have been trying to delegitimize his presidency from the very beginning, and so thats all that they are trying to do here and so for foreign leaders who maybe dont understand our constitutional process they need to understand that think us is just a political tactic by the democrats, and they can deal with President Trump very amicable, they can deal with him as a regular president , and they can move forward with us because impeachment in and of itself does not mean that President Trump is guilty and i read a piece in Washington Examiner with that exact same headline. Go ahead and read that. Connell jenna thanks good to see you today as one thing, we have not seen is any impact on markets from any of those kind of talk as the record run continues. When we come back well talk a little bit about amazon after the multiple hackings of the ring devices, these have been wellpublicized on social media and elsewhere, the new development is that customers are firing back. Theres a new lawsuit here that well tell you about so stay tuned for that and then after the bell today at 4 00 p. M. Eastern well have an interview with the huawei chief Security Officer. That should be interesting, andy perty will join us. Meanwhile, more, more, say jump for my love, jump in Classical Music playing throughout quitting smoking is freaking hard. St, like quitting every monday hard. Quitting feels so big. So, try making it smaller. And youll be surprised at how easily starting small. Can lead to something big. 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Reporter i am eager to take you inside, connell, with the Worlds Largest single store electronics mecca in the world. They got it all here, 37acres, and yes, today, according to some, this is when inventory gets cleared out for all sorts of things including fitness equipment, because obviously a lot of people want to start the new year off right. Whats the deal on this . Weve got a nordictrak treadmill thats normally 1,700 on sale for 998 so its a great value for a great looking product and great performing product. Reporter connell is asking what causes this . Sometimes its youve bought too many of something. Other times it is people that have returned merchandise, and then you cant sell it at full price like these big screen tvs here. Weve got an example of one thats a samsung, right . And that is one that somebody returned, and whats the deal on that one . Reporter so what happens is somebody might get a gift and its too big to fit into their family room so they return it to get Something Different and we mark it way down. Thats the actual one the samsung were talking about there which is now i think what is it . This one is 650 down from 1,100 so its a great value. Reporter half price and the other thing you bought too many of and that is apple what is it called . The airpod and these are the ones with the Wireless Charging case. Reporter i want to put the numbers up on that one and ill show it to you. The copresident of Abt Electronics says he bought 8,000 of these. Yes, we did have 8,000, we sold through some but we still have a lot left and so we have them marked way down to 166 the best price in the country so get them on abt. Com so you dont live locally to pick these up. Reporter when you told me earlier its the best price in the country i started looking around and actual actually i couldnt find anything cheaper than that. So there you go. Apparently, a very good day, prices go up at the end of the year, on a lot of items and then maybe come down again, big screen tvs included leading up to the super bowl. If you got any money left over after christmas, maybe you could spend it connell he says you dont have to show up, go online get air pods not a bad deal, thank you, jeff good story. There are reports meantime that amazon and ring are being sued over those Security Camera hackings and the mom and dad of an eightyearold taunted by a hacker using ring and speaking to their child, and he spoke to us last month about it before we talk about the lawsuit lets watch this. When i first heard his voice , i mean, i ran inside, and he was just petrified and my husband was obviously shaken, and he could barely get words out. Shes still really scared. She said that she like still cant sleep in her bedroom. No, sir, well never put cameras back inside of our house , period. Even on closed circuit. Connell yeah, who could blame them after that the likelihood of being hacked is leading some to just ditch those cameras completely and we have a former internet crimes prosecutor joining us on the trouble that these companies could be facing. Good to see you. What about the liability of the Companies Involved here . Im sure they would argue theres not much we could have done about it but is there . That is what they can argue, ive actually read the complaints, its about 30 pages and it details incidents across the country, most of which sound annoying but really, the question of damages is one that is going to be hard for these plaintiffs to overcome. So, in this case, you know, they are going to say look when youre dealing with the internet of things, when youre dealing with Home Security systems and things like that, there are no rules so there are no rules, there are rules for the handling of data but what people can do, what government can do and even those areas are evolving and moving but here, theres no rules here, and so people, there has to be some responsibility put on the consumer. The man you just showed clip of actually said hes not going to put a Home Security in there so when you look at all of the stuff when you ultimately say oh , this will protect you and give you the security when something sounds too good to be true it usually is. Connell so the companies are being accused of not having as far as i read the lawsuit of not having of what is described as robust security against the hack ers. They are accused of being negotiationly genetic but theres no requirement, for them to have that robust security, to protect against hacking . Yeah, look, this is sort of the buyer assumes the risks right . Ultimately whats going to make these companies more profitable is dealing with the stuff. All this bad publicity for ring is going to hurt it. Its just so ultimately they will get better. One of the things they put in the lawsuit is they talk about google and how its the Gold Standard of security and it has two factor authentication and they actually i dont know if they meant to do this in the paper it says well google will p ing you if you dont and remind you but guess what that means. Its not required and at some point, during these papers they actually mention that ring does have two factor authentication, but its up to the individual buyer whether to use it or not. Connell yeah because this is a decision now on the plaintiffs part to file this lawsuit. We do segments all the time about whether its a good idea to have these cameras and what the risks are thats different from a legal question or legal obligation for the companies by the way weve reached out to amazon they havent gotten back to us in terms of their side of that but youve articulated what we expect, their side of it to be. Will something change in the future . It would have to come on the legislative side where legislators put in rules that dont currently exist, right . Thats right. Thats the only way this could happen and even those kind of rules, i mean, youve got to ask yourself, is this what government wants to do, the legislation wants to step in and it may be a situation just like you have with facebook. You have all of these hearings and things going on but ultimately, congress hasnt moved yet and even if they do, there are things they put against, for example, facebook, where we could be challenged. Connell thanks for explaining that all to us. 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They run a very steep trajectory in terms of capabilities and numbers. Reporter the joint military exercises are kicking off in the port city in the gulf of roman outside the persian gulf and where over the summer a small of attack from commercial oil tankers and iran forces also shot down that 100 million american drone. U. S. Officials say iran, russia and chinese actually dont trust each other and they will not be the only ones in the gulf of oma n, and harry truman just arrived on station with dozens of strike aircraft as well as destroyer escorts carrying hundreds of cruise missiles. The u. S. Allie japan announced today it would also be sending warships and troops to the region, connell. Connell lucas, thank you, sir at the pentagon for us, as we continue here, on cavuto coast to coast, its the 27th of december, this friday, and the countdown is certainly on as it is every year, for the big ball drop in times square on new year s eve, jackie deangeles is there with a live preview, jackie . Reporter good afternoon, to you, connell so if you live in new york city you know about this ball. If you live anywhere, and watch the celebration for new years, youve seen this ball. The question is how many crystal s, waterford crystals does it take to make this ball drop. Its been dropping since 1907. Weve got the answer on the crystals when cavuto coast to coast is back. Most people think as a reliable phone company. But to businesses, were a reliable partner. 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Now, 192 of them are going to be replaced because were not just turning the year on calendar year, we are starting a new decade, and they are going to be celebrating the gift of goodwill so youre actually going to see a design of three pineapples to celebrate that. Now, there is going to be a ball drop test tomorrow, a confetti test as well, because so many people worked on this and they have to make sure that everything goes smoothly. Another bit of trivia, its going to be a million, maybe a little bit more than that in terms of attendance here in times square, weather seems to be setting up to be okay, but remember, millions watch this nationally, billions watch it worldwide, and of course, its going to be a lot of security to make sure that its safe so the nypd working with new york state police, the mta police and the fbi and many others they wont let you bring backpacks or bags, no alcoholic beverages no umbrellas in case it rains but so much goes into this the detail of the crystals, a few more interesting facts connell and ill let you go. 12,000 pounds, thats how heavy it is just under that, more than 32000 leds it takes, to light this thing up, and the first ball drop was in 1907 this is a storied new york tradition, and for me as a new yorker, to be able to touch that ball, huge. Bucket list. Connell youre right. Just looking at it around 50 during the day, it might get into the mid30s which is not bad. Thank you, jackie. Theres something on your head by the way just so you know when you come back. Just there it is. Thank you. [laughter] connell good stuff. Small Business Owners are raising concerns, on the side effects of minimum wage increases. This will be a big story to watch as we head into 2020 and neil had a conversation with a sacramento Restaurant Owner who closed his business earlier this month. Lets watch. Neil with all these people, will now lose jobs and the state counting on that extra revenue from these higher hourly wages youve got to wonder how the next step is that. I dont know. Everything goes up. Everything at the Grocery Store goes up and life goes up, that dollar doesnt really help anybody. I dont know what the plan is hopefully they could fix it, because that destroyed a 51 yearold business is kind of sad i think. I dont know. It was my whole life, my first and only job and now im starting from scratch back to when im 45, starting all over which is okay. Im a big boy. I can handle it, but you know, im sorry. Connell hourly rates are set to go up in 21 states, the first of the year, so how will businesses adjust . Will they be able to adjust to these new guidelines, dover group ceo is with us, and see that gentlemen getting emotional about this. Its hard, i understand i feel for him and i have the same problem myself, so how are you working through it . You have to cut back on your hours and minimum wage originally was set up for the students and kids like entry level kind of job not for someone supporting their family. Look whats happening people are cutting back on hours, cutting back on labor, stores are closing, and they are being, people are being exchanged for robots now so you go to a mcdonalds and use an ipad to place your order. Connell are you one of these people who thinks there should be no minimum wage or maybe it shouldnt go up as much as its going up . Itll go up 8 , not only just minimum wage for a worker but its for the wait staff, and for the workers that dont have hours accounted so everybody gets an 8 raise except for those that make more than that. Connell a lot of these changes going into effect that start off , im sure, with the best of intentions to say well we want people to make more money or like that economy law that weve been covering out in california, where they are going to re classify a lot of the workers as those that are independent contractors. So, that again, probably started off best best best of intentions similar to the minimum wage where well Certain Companies or employers are maybe abusive or whatever the case may be and trying to fix that but in the process . They are hurting people. They want to be aggressive and get out and drive an uber or go do things. Connell is that something that would effect you too if that comes in . Oh, sure because if everybody becomes your employee and not an independent contractor then of course almost 30 between all of the time the vacation pay, possible severance pay, or the Different Things that you dont pay when you have independent contract. Connell which people dont even think of all of the time how you would use independent contracts but your business, how do you use it . Like the wait staff and the big catering jobs or sometimes kitchen help or Different Things , and usually the independent contractor you think of as a plumber not as a full time worker and thats where the line gets drawn. Plumber comes and fixes something and leaves and these people stay and work for you fulltime and thats where the whole thing gets mixed up. Connell those people want to be in many cases independent contractors . They can work when they want to and other ones get stuck and they say working for a minimum. Connell thats what they are trying to fix, right . Yes. Connell so you would acknowledge there are some issues, so how do you solve this you have to define what is independent contractor a little bit better. If you are telling somebody what they have to do and wear then they become your employee. If somebody is committed to perform a duty or a job for a send amount of time, thats different. Connell i was reading about it in our business in journalism they say if youre writing say for a paper and you submit more than 35 pieces a year all of a sudden you cant be an independent contractor so a lot of people might do something once or twice a week. And then the incentives so it mess that up. Oh, sure, and the person thats aggressive cant be aggressive any more so ones driving uber 20 hours a day cant do it because they dont want to pay overtime. Connell good luck and happy new year a good discussion these things are not that simple. Thought out well in many cases. 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It could become increasingly costly for consumers, as we head into the new year, if they dont pay off their bill every month, but so far so good. Rebecca walser, Wealth Management ceo and good to see you, rebecca and so far so good because generally people are paying off their bills. They are taking on more and more credit card debt, they use their credit cards all the time but numbers are pretty good on paying them off. Yeah, if you look at february of this year, we actually hit 1 trillion of credit card balances for the First Time Ever in u. S. History and that number is down to 443 billion, so we have had a 500 billion payoff, over from february until now, so its really not as bad as it seems, that we just have an exuberant consumer, if we arent now, connell when will we be . This is the time for exuberance. Connell its time, wallethub, just to add they did numbers, look back at 09 and if people were late on their Monthly Payments is usually a pretty good indicator there is an issue and back then it was 15 of people missed a piment and this year its 6 so people are missing payments but not a ton so its almost like this goldie locks moment because coming in this pretty Good Environment for the banks, you wouldnt think of it, but not on credit cards they are able to make those that have their credit card businesses doing well, right . Thats right. If you look at this between the actual federal funds rate and the average credit card per consumer its not pretty. I think the average balance right now is about 6,500 per family and thats about 1,100 a year in interest charges at the average credit card rate so its less than 10 offer disposable income and thats what you focus on connell is americans incomes are really, we have real wage growth. We have real rising wages and really at the bottom end of the pay spectrum the wages are growing even faster. Connell thats an interesting story, just to stop on it for a second in the journal this morning about that very topic, and because for years weve been doing stories about the fact that wages for workers, and at the lower end of the pay spectrum would not go up but to the journals point now were starting to see them rise at a faster rate than some people in management so what does that tell you . It tells us that people feel confident and that they have more disposable income, and we dont have an inflationary costs putting the pressure on housing and cars and all of that, so the inflation isnt there, wages are really growing and so people have more disposable income, and we saw that with Super Saturday 34 billion in sales the largest retail day, ever in the history of america, we see that the consumer is here and ready to buy and that our economy, connell and we need them to buy. Connell a quick final point, all good or anything storm clouds on the horizon, anything 2020 that worries you or this continues, this environment . Well, i will just tell you obviously what goes up must come down. We are overdue for a cyclical recession. I dont think its going to happen in 2020 but if you just look at the cycles were certainly overdue and everyone should prepare for a rainy day so take some of that extra disposable income and make sure you have a good Emergency Fund about at least six months. Connell we were joking earlier it seems like the market goes up every day. The nasdac is actually down almost 9 points right now which is a headline in and of itself. I know, but connell, 9,000. 9,000 connell i know. Good to see you rebecca. Happy new year. Happy new year. Connell shifting gears, fasting is it making us everlasting . Theres new research out that actually suggests these intermittent fasting diets could add years to your life, so with that, the fox news medical contributor, dr. Nicole sapphire joins us and its great to have you on any time but in this particular case, you are actually applying one of these intermittent fasting diets in your own life right . Youre doing this . A year ago today, keto diet was all the rage and i never got on that bandwagon because i found it to be so restrictive and i had concerns about its long term effects and intermittent fasting on the other hand is completely different. Connell i should have asked you exactly what youre doing because people hear anything about fasting or diets in general say its a gimmick or a fad, whatever it may be but is it more of a lifestyle . So we all know calorie restriction is good for lowering weight. Intermittent fasting is actually focusing on the time between meals and what it does is it works on on the Cellular Level so there are several different types the one i like is 16. 8 because its easier for people to follow and the only diet that actually works is within that people can follow, right . Any fads if you do it for a month and go off of it you tend to gain weight so you fast for 16 hours and then eat for eight hours so 8 00 p. M. To 12 p. M. The next day without food. You can have black coffee, water and tea. But what happens on a Cellular Level your body is not having an intake of glucose so its having to break down fat cells in your own body for its energy, it puts you in the state of ketosis, which is what the whole goal of the keto diet is. But its a bit safer, for your body in the long term. Now i do have to give the caveat there have not been a lot of long term studies on this but the shortterm studies and the animal models do show that not only does it help people lose weight but it decreases systemic inflammation and blood pressure, decreases risk of diabetes and improves cognitive function. Connell well good. It adds to your life or jot maybe well find out down the line whether thats true. Nice to say we dont have the numbers yet. Would you recommend it for everyone or a certain type of person . Everything needs to be tailored to an individual. Now if you, children, elderly i would absolutely say you need to consult with a physician, children should not do it but anyone should consult with a physician or a nutritionist and if you have any health concerns, you really always want to do this under the care of a doctor, but if you are otherwise healthy , as an adult, you can try it. Connell some of them i saw as you say you have the 168 version some was reading quickly about where you dont eat at all for like two days. Thats a 52 and i find this a little more restrictive so for five days of the week you eat whatever you want and on two non consecutive days you calorie restrict about 500calories for that day. Unfortunately, i think people really have a hard time with that, and it really should be everything in moderation and what works with your lifestyle. Connell i feel myself getting angry or hungry thinking about it. Its like if you dont eat you tend to overeat the next time right . Absolutely and i will say some people do find themselves irritable in the beginning of intermittent fasting and headaches and most of the time that will pass but its not just eat whatever you want and then fast. I mean, you really want to eat healthier, right . Fish, grains, leafy green vegetables, limit fast foods and all that. Connell right. Lets keep things in perspective, eat healthy in general. Exercise. Connell i didnt think youd come in here, but its kind of interesting because when i first read it was two days no fruit, i said forget this but the 168 thats, i dont know. There is no magic diet pill anything that makes you healthy but if you incorporate a lot into a healthy lifestyle, you are going to increase your life expectancy. Connell good to see you as always. Thanks for having me, happy new year. Connell dr. Nicole sapphire as we continue on cavuto coast to coast, the peloton controversy, well it spins o in so to speak. 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So you come in with the peloton and the controversy for maybe one or two people who dont know was supposedly that people said oh, the ad is sexist and he wants her to lose weight and this is the kind of thing that you shouldnt be giving your wife or girlfriend, as a present what was your girlfriends reaction . Yeah, so it comes full circle right . This, i think, is the perfect way to finalize the story from my point of view. So what peloton does is when they come up to the door and knockon the door and boom, they deliver the bike as if its a christmas present. It came a few days before christmas. She goes to the door and she goes are you serious . You didnt buy me one like theres no chance, and she was so happily surprised, it did. It blew her away, and so what had happened was through this whole controversy we were on the phone together, we were talking about it, and she had reiterated that it is a good present. It is something that someone like myself, someone like anybody, would like to receive. And then after hearing those messages, thats right so i dont know if she did that on purpose. I dont think she did but through these hints i was going do you know what . It is a good present, i think i could get one and i looked at my finances, wasnt quite ready to get her one until id received a buyout from the commercial. Connell oh, really . And i looked at that sum of money, yes, so what happens is you get paid actors rate on the day but also a buyout from the commercial and so thats just in the contract and that was a good sum of money, so with that sum, i looked at that check and went yeah, this is it. Connell that was my question. We were joking around about this yesterday and i said boy i hope he paid for this because it would be like me getting something at work for free with a fox business hat and my wife would be like well thats not exactly a christmas present, but maybe he works for peloton and they gave him a free bike but you paid for it. No. No, no, oh, yeah definitely. That was from that check, and that was a great purchase, because so what happened with that check is when i received it , i looked at it and a knew okay half of it because it was a pretty good sum of money i could afford that peloton with half and the other half was from myself. Connell has this experience, i mean, well see over time what it means for the company at first to say oh, this maybe this is the bad publicity, now maybe its turned into any publicity is good publicity because everybody is talking about the bikes and what they are capable of. Has it had any effect on you . Youre getting more extra publicity as an actor, any effect on the career . Right, of course the publicity is very interesting, because it is positive. Im getting a lot of good messages from a lot of people. Im still getting those bad messages trickling into me and on the Instagram Post i just did of course you saw theres a lot of overwhelming messages theres a lot of responses to it and im reading it, its good publicity, its bad publicity but it is still getting my face out there, which from an actors point of view is good. Connell im sure it is. I am a teacher, of course. Connell whats your responsibility to people who say oh, youre a teacher okay and then its kind of a side gig. Yes, thats right. Connell whats your response before i let you go to people who do say whether its instagram or somewhere else that it is sexist this kind of thing. Whats your response to them . I find that so intriguing and so interesting, and i want to hear more, because i just because i dont see that point of view. I dont see it being sexist at all. The whole advertisement when you watch it, theres no hints that it is sexist. It was not in the script at all so i wonder why people view it that way. For me, it is curiosity. I just want to know and if there is a good point where maybe it could be deemed as sexist, i would like to hear that point of view. Connell on the perception everybody has a different take on a lot of Different Things. Well good to see you, sean. Merry christmas happy new year. Glad you still have your girlfriend. Thank you. Connell sean hunter. Now, in a moment, not peloton but these other tech stocks boy they are still on quite the run. Well talk about it, as we head into the end of the year, whether it can continue, into next year. Well be right back. To the outside world, you look good, but you dont feel good. 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Other than can this run continue that we have been on. Well, theres been a lot of promises. Deregulation of the economy, the president delivered on that. Tax cuts, lowering of Corporate Tax rates, that has clearly been good for american business. A lot of people i know, lot of businesses were a little bit afraid, upset about the trade wars and now theres a bit of tempering of that. Now business can actually do what they want to do, engage in commerce, and i think people are happy. Markets are happy, corporations are happy. Everybodys happy with that. Connell is there another side to that, laura . I saw it in the last democratic debate, where some thought it was a slipup for the former Vice President , joe biden, when he was asked about the economy and started to talk about areas that werent as strong in his view and said something to the Effect People dont like this economy. Is that the way the democrats argue it or you just change the subject and talk about Something Else . Because things are so strong . The reality is everybody will have their pompoms out because President Trump has a 44 Approval Rating which is not good, with this economy. So thats the challenge. Connell interesting point. You could argue it should be higher. We talked about this before. Well, any other president , president ial contender and incumbent would be, democrat or republican, would be running away. Reagan won 49 states when he had a similarly strong economy. President trump is talking about squeaking by. People arent translating that into giving him credit for that. Thats why you hear people saying whip out the cheerleading poms. Connell are they not feeling it for real . There are definitely some pockets connell are there other issues the president has politically where he can be attacked . In other words, how do you argue against this economy . Or is it just a personality or whatever, you know all of the above. Connell is it the economy, what is it . A lot of people dont have stock portfolios. If you do you are probably feeling good. If your Health Care Costs are rising, Kitchen Table issues are impacting you. There are a host of other issues people are judging this president on. With this strong economy, its just remarkable that his Approval Rating is that low. Connell lets keep that going a little. I want to get eric in. Roughly around the same numbers in terms of Approval Rating, look at the electoral lens. Even laura has trouble explaining what the messaging will be from the democrats to say wait a second, the economy is booming, its certainly great, but we still want to try to impeach this president. I think the messaging from the democrats is really very vague right now. I think you have seen that in the president ial debates and you certainly saw it with joe biden the other day. Connell the one thing laura did say that we talked about this a lot, its a valid point, another president with this economy would have higher numbers. I think that is fair and you know, you could argue why thats not the case but what would you say . Everybody is a mixed bag but in terms of Just Economics alone, it does impact the average person. Were at record low Unemployment Rates. Connell thats the main point, rather than the stock market. That translates into dollar wages for the average american going up, and so yeah, people are happy, people can go buy what they want at the store. American corporations are innovating like never before. We are not seeing this economic malaise that we saw ten years ago. Connell lets talk a little more, you brought up impeachment and all thats out there with the president , and certainly, the economic wind as we have been talking about, whether its the stock market or jobs would appear to be at his back but he is out slamming the democrats this week saying impeachment may be holding him back a bit in terms of his ability to work with leaders abroad. He said as much on twitter. Blake burman at the white house with the latest on all that. Reporter President Trump speaks with, engages with World Leaders all the time. For example, we saw the latest even yesterday, when hes down at maralago vacationing for the christmasnew years break, the white house says the president spoke with the egyptian leader over the phone yesterday. That conversation came at the very same time or at least on the same day as the president made the claim on twitter that impeachment is harming his dealings with World Leaders. This was the tweet at one point from President Trump yesterday. He said quote, despite all the Great Success that our country has had over the last three years, it makes it much more difficult to deal with foreign leaders and others when i am having to constantly defend myself against the do nothing democrats and their bogus impeachment scam. Bad for usa, the president writes. While that might be true, we should also note that the president has been very vocal and very public in confronting some World Leaders. For example, just a few years ago at the nato few weeks ago, rather, at the nato meetings in london, he called the canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quote twofaced after trudeau could be seen the day before laughing with macron and Boris Johnson about the mini press conferences that broke out when trudeau and macron met with the president in london and just yesterday, after the president had blamed impeachment for difficulty in dealing with foreign leaders, he threw out another twitter jab at trudeau. Responding to the reports that his role in home alone 2 had been cut in a canadian broadcast, the president tweeted the following. He said quote, i guess justin t doesnt much like my making him pay up on nato or trade. That was the response from the president. We should note the cdc has said the scene involving President Trump, then a private citizen, was cut in 2014. As far as his facetoface interactions, it will probably be more restricted next year or at least confined to the white house. Maybe the president will head to davos next month but then we go to a campaign year, normally foreign travel isnt as heavy in a year in which theres an election, of course, versus a year that there is not. When you look just more widely at the broader agenda next month, everything is sort of laid out for this administration. Trade one phase deal, expecting that possibly next month. Usmca should be signed in the senate, then even broadening out after that. They kind of have the decks cleared here at the white house. Spending bill through september, not having to deal with the debt ceiling next year at all. But in an election year, you got to wonder what exactly to get done. Connell i dont know. Sounds very simple if its all scheduled like that, there shouldnt be bumps in the road. Everything should go smoothly. Thank you. Well see what happens. Blake, thank you. Blake burman on the white house north lawn where things are quiet this week. About the only week it is. The president has been talking about impeachment push, as blake says, as blake also reports i guess there are two sides to this. Whether its good for the country, good for the president , bad for the president , it hurts america with other World Leaders. Maybe his own words, hurt his relationship with world i mean, i dont know. The idea that impeachment is an impediment for the president to do his job, what do you make of that argument . I think hes a little frustrated. I think the reality is he has a great record of success as president. Just look at the substance of his policies and Everything Else that hes been putting forth. You got an economy, Unemployment Rate, i think hes frustrated that this is undercutting his agenda and really his policy prescriptions that hes put forth. I think you see that as he lashes out on Justin Trudeau. I think that twofaced comment probably had a different connotation to it than he intended. But my point is i think you are looking at a president that is frustrated by the way that democrats and even some in the media have perceived the administration, his many successes. Connell what about from the democratic side . There is some risk if the needle doesnt move on impeachment from the publics point of view, that this move politically could backfire on democrats, especially in swing states. If you look at the data in key states that will decide the election, the numbers are not great from a democratic point of view on impeachment. There have to be democrats worried about how this is being perceived, right . Sure, but they are putting principle over politics. This was never about winning at the polls. Its not a winning issue. But i will say this. The polls are shifting. The obstruction, Mitch Mcconnell is not allowing witnesses to testify in the senate and kind of rigging it, thats a problem. The American People are noticing that. 55 , the highest watermark ever and more importantly connell that was one poll thats always kind of been in favor. Its always been a poll, the one you referenced the day or the day before, its always been leaning in that direction. Fair enough. The watermark is moving but its also the number of people moving to dont impeach him to hey, ill think about it. In fact, i cant believe the numbers are this good because this wasnt a political move. I think we get through impeachment, democrats stand on principle, and they get back to bread and butter issues which as we talked about earlier, half the people arent dealing with. Connell there are politics all over it and both sides are kind of feeling it, i think. Who is quote unquote, winning right now . I think its actually backfiring against the democrats, against pelosi. Most americans dont care. Sorry. Connell what about this idea the president brings up himself, its kind of tough to do my job . Im sure its interfering with individual conversations he has with World Leaders. But in terms of the average american, if you look at election betting odds, his probability has gone up since this whole impeachment thing. Of reelection sirngs thnce thi thing has happened because americans are like this is obviously political, they have it out to get him and they dont care. So i think its actually maybe even helping him. Connell to me, thats a state issue again, because if you think about where impeachment is popular, places where the president is unpopular, you will get huge numbers in favor of impeachment, right . But its moving in the national polls. Some of them, it remains to be seen. Lets talk about this other issue. Connell michigan, wisconsin, states like that. Totally fair. Those numbers need to be watched but bigger picture, we are talking about World Leaders laughing at President Trump. Now, i dont think that certain people that may disagree with my politics, they dont mind the tough talk from trump but him getting laughed at by even people he considers his allies, like great britains leader, thats a problem for him. America does not like to be connell i dont know if that is in the states im talking about. That would be my question. This is a national trend. Connell quick final point. The numbers are moving. Look at the electoral lens. He is polling very well against all his democratic counterparts. Its not just the impeachment. People are watching the democratic debates and looking at it and laughing. Thats the laughing matter. Connell to push back a little on that, hes not polling great headtohead against many of the democrat candidates. In the states, your point is hes doing better in those states. We dont need to win california and new york. 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Sanders, on the other hand, is talking in vagaries and saying we dont know, we are going to do this, we are going to do that. I still think hes also too socialist for the average american to get behind. But if you compare him to all the other candidates, its like the worst possible set of choices. So hes one of the few people remaining. Connell the one thing about Bernie Sanders we did learn from 2016 is that he has the staying power to hang around. People write him off all the time, saying hes going to drop out. Hes not going to drop out. Heart attack this year, apparently hil apparently his health has improved, even at his age, he has a lot of energy but he doesnt go away. He hangs around and hangs around. Now people in this politico piece are talking about him like he could take the nomination. He has a really strong base of support which is important in a primary. I know i have a couple swing voters here but i will say theres a wealth of options to choose from, virtually every democratic frontrunner, wins going headtohead with trump, whether you are talking about Elizabeth Warren or joe biden or Bernie Sanders. So it is a strong group of candidates. All of them have their base. So we are going to continue to see this movement in the polls over time, but Bernie Sanders support is fixed and it is strong. His supporters love him. Connell Elizabeth Warren seems to be fading. We even saw that in the stock market i think a little bit. People coming in, our guests, telling us markets, it would be maybe up anyway but the market liked the idea that she was fading. There was some worry maybe a month ago she could be the nominee, worry about her policies. There by the way would be a similar worry about Bernie Sanders policies but so far wall street hasnt taken a president sanders seriously. I think he has a real shot. The difference between him and Elizabeth Warren is she is not authentic. Shes come out and talked about whether its College Tuition and what shes getting paid and of course, heritage, all that kind of stuff. Shes found herself to be in more gaffes kind of like joe biden has. I think if you are looking at one socialist versus the other, hes got a real populist message out there and if you have ever been to one of his events, he gets them out there. Do not underestimate Bernie Sanders at the very least. Connell you support the president. Yeah. Connell sounds like you are rooting for berniened sa e sand. Absolutely. You are scared of warren. I feel the fear. No, i think theres a difference. I think Bernie Sanders brings a lot more to the table. I think theres also a little bit of buyers remorse of not electing him in 2016. When Hillary Clinton went on and lost to donald trump. Connell the one thing it brings up again, people see him hanging around, they see Mike Bloomberg with all this money hes spending, and i know this is more of i think a fantasy of pundits and reporters, maybe we actually get the brokered convention this time around. Its possible. It all depends on who holds on. I think bernie, we saw him not wanting to trop odrop out in 20 we may see this again. It depends who comes forward. I fundamentally disagree. Elizabeth warren has proved to be resilient in this field, sufrdz so suffered some setbacks and came back swinging. Connell you dont think shes done . Absolutely not. Shes extraordinary on the stump. Her life story, coming from nothing in oklahoma and making it big, her understanding of wall street. Shes even got the former president barack obama stumping for her behind the scenes. This is not the mark of a fading candidate. Connell allegedly, right . They all have a strong following of people who dont understand basic economics. Thats the problem. I think shes pretty good. Showing her plummeting and probability of winning now that people see what shes about. Shes against corporations, shes against the stock market, shes against wall street. Shes against people that are billionaires that she wants to tax. Shes not even really against them. She would just like them to pay a little more. Her message when you look at a fox news poll resonates with the American People. Give her a little more lead time. Shes going to be the focus is going to be less on the president , more on the field of democrats for better or worse and we are going to see her shine. Connell we got to run. Whether shes against them or not, they are against her. Thats also a big part of the story, from our perspective. Not in big voting blocs. Connell right. But well, thats interesting. Well see. Youre right, many of them are in the states that are probably going one way or the other. But in primary states, they have a lot of money to spend. 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Medical experts warn that if you were in these airports around these dates, you might have been exposed. The symptoms could take days or weeks to appear and are typically flulike until that rash appears. People who feel they might have contacted the disease are encouraged to see their doctor oneonone versus waiting in a clinic or waiting room, because the disease is so contagious, the cdc reports 2019 has seen the highest number of measles cases in 25 years, 1,276 cases this year. Medical experts warn the best way to not get the disease is to get that vaccination but we do know, we have been talking to people who say they do not get the vaccination and are not giving their kids the vaccine as well. Medical experts say that creates an area where the disease can surface. Connell matt finn with the information for us live from ohare in chicago today. In a moment, why uber could soon be forced to go electric in the city of los angeles. Im your mother in law. 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Gerri knows all about that. Gerri willis joins us with a look at the leaders. Gerri hey, connell, thats right. Lets take a look at the dow. Nike leading the dow higher. Lots of headlines on that company this week, on kaepernicks shoes. The Company Selling out almost immediately on Colin Kaepernicks shoes. You will remember him take a knee. Meanwhile, boeing helping as it has all week to propel the dow. Dennis muilenburg is out. We have a new ceo in, david calhoun, impressing investors by immediately reaching out to the faa to assure them he was going to try to work with them to get this plane, 737 max jet, into the air. Just to show you how broad this rally is, the s p 500 leaders, just a real range of stocks here. Amcor, International Flavors and fragrances, century link, networking services, amcor packaging, so across the board, lots of interesting stories there. One you have to hear about is michaels. The arts and crafts retailer up last i looked, oh, my goodness gracious, up even more now, up 19. 5 . They have a new ceo, they have hired a top walmart executive to come in and run the joint. You are seeing a picture of him here. Hes a rising star at walmart, led ecommerce as a chief merchandising officer. As you know, that unit at walmart did very, very well. Hes succeeding a fellow named mark cosby who was there for just two months, interesting. The cfo of michaels also leaving. Walmart has not announced any kind of replacement for this new ceo at michaels but i got to tell you, its doing great things for the stock. Back to you. Connell gerri willis, thank you. Lets go back to tech for a moment. Its been the story of the week, the records day after day. Its pulling back today so maybe the streak will finally end but Still Holding above 9,000. Tech stocks in general poised to close out their best year in a decade. Apple, the best of examples, gaining almost 85 , 84 . There it is. 83 . Okay. Apple at 288. 57. Hit another new high today of 293. 97 before pulling back. So whats next . The tech analyst joins us and you look at apple, just as an example, its one of many, but whats the repeat performance, whats the encore for apple and these other tech stocks in 2020, do you think . They certainly have High Expectations headed into 2020 after this fantastic performance in 2019. For apple specifically, they are going to try to look to increase their run and their market share in the peripherals, the gadgets that go along with their mobile devices and the airpods to apple watches, its all about the devices for them. Obviously, increasing icloud storage and their work with developers to continue to grow so theres a few different revenue channels but certainly expectations are quite high. Connell 5g has been out there forever, that this could finally be the year where we see that start to become a reality, whether its late this year or next year. What about the concerns for not only apple but other Tech Companies in terms of regulatory risk, antitrust and the rest . Is that something that we also should finally be concerned about . Listen, next year i think is going to be another year of, you know, question marks as we prepare for a big election, right, and there will be increased scrutiny. You will see more hearings, you will see facebook and apple and others being called into d. C. To talk about their plans and their policies. But we i think more you think about it, i can see it with buses or taxis but the private cars, is this a future these companies should be concerned about . Theyre not doith yet but they are at least talking about it. And how they are looking to do it, a big part of that strategy is electric vehicles. Yes, they are committed to their own fleets and their own buses being electric, but they are saying it is in our control to mandate the Car Sharing Services to go electric and it is something they are looking at. They havent even hired any consultants to do the feasibility on it. Its probably, you know, got them a lot of press so good for them on that. But we will see whats in the year ahead. Connell also private contractors, which is another issue, they would probably have to bear the cost of it. We can talk more about that. But i want to get a quick comment on tesla from you, expanding in china. They did get that factory built in shanghai. The first delivery out of that factory is actually coming on monday. I believe tesla employees, then they build, of course, from there. Theres a big bet on china from tesla. Whats your outlook there . They are looking to produce 250,000 vehicles a year out of this factory which by the way, they got constructed, from construction to delivery of cars, in less than a year. Amazing. What they are doing is they are placing a big bet in a market that is, you know, very advanced in their desire and their demand for electric vehicles, and you know, hopefully they will be able to take advantage in their mind of huge market share in china. Connell theres competition in china. Neo, some other companies vment connell all right. Heres a story for you as we come back. We have one West Virginia teacher who is introducing Drone Technology into her fifth grade classroom. Molly line has an inside look. Up a little more. Reporter it doesnt look like your typical classroom. Its really cool. You can do flips and stuff. You guys need to be careful. Reporter for Megan Salters fifth grade class in West Virginia, drones were a regular part of the curriculum. Heres the challenge. Little billy is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. They just found a living donor, no ambulances can transport the organ. Reporter but for this class, there is no textbook. Salter has created all the lessons, weaving in science, technology and math. Shes also written grants to buy equipment, all to inspire these students and open their minds to different possibilities. When i was growing up, it was basical basically expectations for me to be a teacher, a nurse or secretary. I feel like when girls think about robotics theyre like no, thats not something i would like to do but i mean, honestly, thats what i thought. Reporter her mom hopes this encourages her to dream. Its a big world out there. I want her to know that its okay to leave and pursue something that is a little foreign to kids in West Virginia. Reporter they are learning about aviation and unmanned flight. But they are also learning teamwork, problem solving, patience. And if things dont always go as planned. We will try it again. Reporter salters class isnt the only one benefiting. The program itself has a really strong effect on the whole school. There will be something going on, all the kids are looking in the windows and are amazed with it. Its helped me with math and stuff. Sometimes in school we have to do measurements and i already know part of them because when we do the drones i have to do some of it. Reporter salter says she sometimes tell the kids shes tricking them into learning. One of the main things she wants them to carry beyond these classroom walls is that they are capable of doing anything. I really want to just expose them and let them know there are things out there that they can do. Reporter molly line, fox news. Connell im sure they will carry it beyond the classroom walls. Thats a great story. Meanwhile, Small Businesses have been scrambling with wage hikes. The new gig economy rules in california are about to go into effect next week. This could be a big deal for a lot of small Business Owners. Charles payne joins us. We have been talking, some of them, i said rl iearlier, its of those things im sure, well, im not sure, but whoever started off with this had the best of intentions trying to help somebody who is being abused by an employer, whatever the case may be, but you end up hurting not only employers but employees in many cases. No . Charles you really do, connell. Its one of these things where weve got this blossoming socalled gig economy and its a large portion of americans either do it parttime or fulltime, its what they call a side hustle, and all of a sudden government gets involved. Connell right. You want a job, you can have it and many of these jobs, you can go out, its not just driving and everybody always gives that example, driving an uber, which is fine, but there are smeen oth so many other exams of people working fulltime but are not fulltime workers, not classified that way. Charles many millions of americans actually choose that also, the thing called Work Life Balance is a big positive thing for a lot of people. They choose to do this and now with this intervention, heres an interesting thing with this new law in california. I saw a negative article in mother jones about it, at the same day i saw a negative article in breitbart about it. Connell that should tell them we should rethink this. Charles how often does that happen . Connell what was the left, what was the argument against, do you remember . Charles it hurt freelance workers, particularly journalists, a lot of struggling newspapers now have an excuse to fire people. Connell thats true. Right. Then small Business Owners have fewer options with who they can hire. We will see you at the top of the hour. Charles sounds good. Connell charles all over every show today. The peloton husband, you remember him, sean hunter, was on with us last hour, bought his own girlfriend the peloton for christmas. He defended that decision. He still has the girlfriend. We will have reaction from our panel on that and a few other stories when we come back. Dont go away. Listening and observing are Critical Skills for scientists at 3m. One of the products i helped develop was a softer, more secure diaper closure. As a mom, i knew it had to work. There were babies involved. And they werent saying much. I envisioned what its like for babies to have diapers around them. Thats what we do at 3m, we listen to people, even those who dont have a voice. At the end of the day, we are people helping people. What are you doing back there, junior . Since were obviously lost, even those who dont have a voice. Im rescheduling my Xfinity Customer Service appointment. Ah, relax. I got this. Which gps are you using anyway . A Little Something called instinct. Been using it for years. Yeah, thats what im afraid of. He knows exactly where were going. My whole body is a compass. Oh boy. The my account app makes todays Xfinity Customer Service simple, easy, awesome. Not my thing. Some people say thats ridiculous. Age is just an illusion. How you show up for the world, thats whats real. Whats your idea . I put it out there with a godaddy website. Connell whats your response before i let you go to people who do say, whether on instagram or somewhere else, it is sexist, this kind of thing . Whats your response to them . Find that so intriguing and so interesting, and i want to hear more, because i just because i dont see that point of view. I dont see it being sexist at all. The whole advertisement when you watch it, theres no hints that it is sexist. It was not in the script at all. So i wonder why people view it that way. For me, it is curiosity. I just want to know, and if there is a good point where maybe it could be deemed as sexist, i would like to hear that point of view. Thats what i want to know. Connell that was sean hunter last hour, the actor who played the peloton husband. He joined us explaining why he actually bought his real life girlfriend one of the bikes and he doesnt, as you heard, see the whole thing as sexist, as some have said. Thats why it became a controversy to begin with. Edward, laura, our panel back with us. You want to take this first on the idea, the allegation, the whole controversy and the idea this guy bought for his own girlfriend. Full disclosure, the man was paid in pelotons, gave one to his girlfriend, to his mother, to his 94yearold grandmother. Connell thats funny because thats what i thought. I was like if i came home with a neil cavuto mug and gave it to my wife, she would be come on. No, no, he claims he swears that he paid full price for the peloton. Residuals of peloton. Connell paid for it with the money, with the from the commercial. He claims it wasnt like he got a freebie here. Fair enough. Fair enough. I do think, look, as the only woman on this panel, i have experienced some sexism in my day. Its a problem with the tone. The tone was, what is the next ad going to be . Is she going to be chained to the peloton, hostage peloton . Connell you did have an issue with it . I wouldnt say, just a tonedeaf ad, like a 1950s retro but that said, it was a great p. R. Move or ended up being. It was covered so nicely. We are still on tv talking about peloton. The stock, i dont know. If you seen the stock has not recovered in the same way but in terms of turning bad p. R. Into good, bonus and props to peloton. Connell down 24 this month. Impressions of this whole deal . I mean, clearly everybody wants to have a peloton for christmas. We just need to have the next version of the commercial showing that. I dont know why they are beating up on this company for advertising their own product. This is actually useful for people. Connell im sure i dont have a peloton personally, im sure its a good product. By all accounts, it is. Its expensive though, which is maybe more of the issue than whether the ad was sexist. Do they say this about the car commercial, where theres a big bow on the car and you are going to get this for christmas at 50,000 . This is only 2,000. Connell not a bad point. You buy a peloton for anybody this christmas . No, but my wife is a pretty big spin instructor. Im kind of already a spin husband, not a peloton husband. But i would like to get a neil cavuto mug if you have one. I would appreciate that a lot more. I do agree, i think the ad was a little tonedeaf. I think they tried to adjust to it. Im not sure how good a p. R. It is. Their sales are down. Was it even worth doing in that regard . Connell i dont know. We will see what happens with it. Connell want to talk about the movies for a few minutes. We will see what happens with it. I really dont know if its good p. R. Or not, one of those situations where any publicity is good publicity. Anyway, at the movies this year, we close out 2019 and some people are starting to get worried about the Box Office Numbers you see on the screen overall, down almost 4 . Estimated to fall. About 4 when all the numbers come in. One of the things i noticed, laura, about all this is that it was a big year for certain movies, right, and when they look at like the top ten movies, they killed it. But if you werent making a top ten movie, then you were out of luck. Tells me that, you know, we have to really be convinced nowadays to go out and see something. We are not just going to see any old movie. Thats true. These are all franchise films. How many versions of one movie can we see . A lot. Thats where the bankable money is. We will continue to see that shift. Its a little disappointing. They are trying to make the theater experience more interesting but the diversity we see on the streaming services is great in one way because we are hearing a lot of voices and seeing a lot of films that wouldnt otherwise be made. The downside is we are not getting out to the theater. Connell no. I get it, to your point, you put a recliner in the theater, thats great, its comfortable and the whole thing, but its got to be a movie with a lot of buzz, you have to want to see it. You have to be motivated. Thats right. Movies are more expensive and less creative these days. You got the big blockbuster films and top ten films and how many times can you kill thor, you know . So connell well he keeps coming back. The reality is the movies have become less unique. Im 30 minutes away from hollywood and i wish they would get a little more creative like they used to be. Connell ed is going to say this is not true. He just went to see cats. He was one of the few who liked it. Yeah, batman versus superman number 32 and cats are my favorite. Im surprised there arent as much sales as people predicted. We are all going out later to see bombshell. Connell i dont know about that. Again, the top ten thing was what stood out to me about all this. If you want to talk about a movie that has been in the news the last couple days, how about the home alone 2 thing . Does anybody have a thought on that . For those who dont know, home alone 2 was made years ago and President Trump, when he was a private citizen, had a small role in it, cameo, and then it became a big issue earlier in the week because oh, they aired it up in canada and that particular scene was edited out. Now, apparently it was edited out years ago, before he became president , which maybe was not known when the story got in the news, but President Trump, i think got a little i think he was having a little bit of fun with it, he talked about it on twitter. Lets listen to the president also speaking about it. We will come back and talk about it. Here he is oh, we will listen. Sorry. We will listen to the scene. Here it is. Up the hall and to the left. Thanks. Connell so i say theres the tweet i was referring to, the movie will never be the same. Kidding. How could you cut that scene out at the same time . By the way, it was oscarworthy scene. Easily the best scene in the entire movie. I agree with the president , they should have put it back in there. Who else is going to tell kevin where to find the lobby . Connell one of the things, though, we did get all worked up about this, both sides politically. Again, i think he was just joking, i dont think he really cares. Maybe. I dont know. I dont know. Cbc, he called Justin Trudeau twofaced, got to watch your back. Both of them are very pretty faces. We should note that. Connell one of the things, this may not be a serious comment either but looking at President Trump in general, he would be better off being lighthearted with some of this stuff sometimes, whether its criticism. We need to have more president s in home alone 2. Thats the solution. Connell i dont remember, i got to be honest, i remember home alone. I dont remember the sequel. Was it terrible . It probably was. No offense to President Trump. Anybody remember home alone 2 . It was a blockbuster because it was a franchise film. It was one of the highest grossing films connell moneywise . Yeah. It was a huge winner. Nobody seems to miss the president in the scene. He had to tweet about it to get us to even remember. Connell yeah. The first movie was funny. Anyway, thank you, guys. Have a great new year. Eric told us hes the only one on the panel that by choice went to times square one year for new years eve. You going back . You should go back. Absolutely loved it. Connell liar. 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