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Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Cheryl the song is block hawk. Were going to have black hawk. Well have that coffee, donut debate later on in the show. Good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren good morning, im lauren simonetti. Cheryl you may have been surprised if you saw markets react to the yo attacks in iraq against u. S. Soldiers. 24 hours ago we were talking about a Global Market selloff. Futures are now higher by 89, s p is up 11 and a quarter, nasdaq up 43 andahalf. The nasdaq closed at a new record last night. Lauren lets take a look at commodities, oil prices are up today by 16cents, below 60 a barrel, after rock he et a rockn baghdads green zone. Gold continues its sell off. Cheryl taking a look at stocks in asia, stocks finishing broadly higher with japan leading the way. The nikkei gaining more than 2 and a quarter percent. Hang seng and kospi, strong numbers in asia. Lauren investors reading all this as a deescalation of conflict in the middle east and iran. The dax is gaining 1 and a quarter percent this morning. Other markets in europe are higher as well. We begin with a fox business alert. The Iranian Military intended to kill american troops with targeted missile attacks, our Service Members staying safe because of Early Warning system. Cheryl rick h. Cheryl rick ls details. Reporter we are learning more about the missiles fired and seeing images of the damage done and both sides seem to be standing down for now. There are concerns about what comes next. The pentagon says at least 16s missiles were launched by the iranians. Some you appea appear to be miss capable of carrying 1600pound warheads. Several buildings at the alasad air base took direct hits. The iraqi Prime Minister said the iranians warned him before the strikes. The iraqis tipped off u. S. Forces who were already in a defensive posture. There were zero casualties. I believe, based on what i saw and what i know is that they were intended to cause structural damage, destroy vehicles and equipment and aircraft and to kill personnel. Reporter irans leadership says this was a slap to the face of america and the ultimate goal is getting American Forces out of the region, the foreign minister tweeted at reel donald trump has been fed disinformation. Quote, beautiful military equipment do not rule the world, people do, and people our region want the u. S. Out. The u. S. Has thousands of troops on the ground in iraq. The biggest threat now are iranian proxies who could act on their own. Were receiving encouraging intelligence that iran is sending messages to the militia not to move against american targets or civilians. We hope that message continues to echo. Were sending a very clear message as we did with those five air strikes that well not tolerate violence. Reporter last night President Trump spoke with israels Prime Minister who says this country continues to stand sidebyside with the u. S. Lauren rick, thank you very much for that report. Cheryl President Trump calling for peace with iran while addressing the nation from the white house yesterday. Yet House Speaker nancy pelosi still plans to move forward with todays vote to limit his military power. Lauren lets go to griff jenkins, hes in washington, with the controversial move. Griff, good morning. Reporter good morning, lauren and cheryl. Here we go. Speaker pelosi moving forward with that vote aimed to curb the president s ability to use military force against iran. If passed, it says this, it directs the president terminate the use of United States armed forces to engage in hostilities in or against iran or any part of its government or military unless Congress Declares war or an imminent threat to the United States exists. Thats why Administration Officials spent all day on capitol hill trying to convince lawmakers that killing soleimani was the only option. But the classified briefing fell short for some including one republican, senator mike lee. This is not the biggest problem i have with the briefing, which i would add was probably the worst briefing ive seep at least on a military issue in the nine years ive served in the United States senate. Reporter not surprisingly, democrats strongly owe pose the actions taken despite the briefings. Unless we declare war on iran we cant be striking their officials and especially not striking them in iraq when iraq has not given us permission to wage military action on their own soil. Reporter House Republicans are firmly backing the president s decision, saying it protected americans. Kevin mccarthy is blasting todays vote. Youve got to understand how theyre bringing it up. Its the same type of resolution we use to do a soap box derby on the capitol hill. It doesnt go to the president. It means nothing. Reporter if the house passes the resolution today, it would then go to the senate where a simple majority is needed to pass it. With only 53 republicans in the senate majority, the math could be something to watch. Lauren, cheryl. Lauren well see if they get defectors. Griff, thank you very much. An update on the ukrainian plane that crashed in iran yesterday amid the missile attacks there. The pilots of the jet, the boeing jet, apparently never called for help. Investigators reporting that the you crew was trying to return to the airport in tehran when the 737 plunged into a field and burst into flames, all 176 people onboard. The cause of the crash remains under investigation after they walked back an initial statement that referenced engine failure. They want to look for possible debris from a Russian Missile at that crash site. Boeing shares are higher today. They did close down just about 2 yesterday. Cheryl all right. Well, carlos ghosn speaking publicly for the First Time Since his stunning escape from house arrest in japan. He held a press conference in lebanon yesterday. The former nissan chairman was taken into custody more than a year ago and he claims Company Executives conspired against him to block a merger with renault. Ghosn called himself a victim of political persecution and an unfair japanese legal system. He continues to deny charges of financial misconduct. An arrest warrant has been issued for his wife, carol, in japan. Were going to hear more from carlos and carol ghosn today. Theyre going to join Maria Bartiromo, 7 00 a. M. Eastern time, right here, mornings with maria. Lauren its going to be a good interview. Taktakata is recalling 10 millin more air bags. Cheryl Tracee Carrasco has that story. Tracee there are fears the air bags may explode due to defec defective erin late inners. This is the last of the recalls the company agreed to in a 2015 settlement with the u. S. Safety regulators. Takata says it doesnt know how many vehicles are affected, leaving that up to the automakers to recall. Decide. Its believed to be the largest series of automotive recalls in u. S. History. Bed, bath and beyond falls short of earnings estimates for the latest quarter. Same store sales tumbling 8 from a year ago. The company blaming the shorter Holiday Shopping period for the disappointing performance. Bed, bath and beyond withdrew its fiscal 2019 guidance. Instead, it will hold off, closing 20 of its stores until the first half of fiscal 2020 in order to sell more merchandise. Walmart is out with a new weapon as it tries to compete with amazon and the grocery wars. The robot has been built into one of its stores in New Hampshire. Its estimated to pick and pack orders 10 times faster than a human. Walmart hopes to expand the service to other stores as the demand for Online Grocery service grows. As many of you are preparing to eat breakfast, which would you rather have, coffee or donuts . A new survey shows that most americans would rather have that coffecough fix coffee fix. Out of 18,000 donut shops in the country, people ordered more than 2 billion servings of coffee through october of last year, compared to only 805 million donuts. I pick coffee hands down. Lauren team coffee. Tracee i love donuts but i have to have the coffee. Cheryl why do i have to pick . Im just going to throw that you out there. I know our show team this morning was split about it. Coffee only won by i think like one vote. So its a h its a very intense. Lauren its generational. Older people want coffee, younger people want donuts which surprised me, because arent younger people more healthy . Plant based . No sugar . Tracee i switch to cheryls answer. Why. Cheryl well debate this later. Lauren we could see new highs certainly today for the nasdaq, but also he very likely for the dow and the s p. Dow is up 93 this morning. Still ahead, President Trump promising iran will never have a you Nuclear Weapon under his watch. While pushing for peac with teh. Pushing for peace with tehran. Is that possible. A royal announcement fit for the queen, why Buckingham Palace appear to be furious with what prince harry and megan just did. Keep it here on fbn a. M. She aint no human being. There is no future. In england and when you open a new brokerage account, your cash is automatically invested at a great rate. Thats why fidelity leads the industry in value while our competition continues to talk. Talk, talk while our competition continues to talk. I am not for ignoring the first sign of a cold. I am for shortening my cold, with zicam zicam is completely different. Unlike most other cold medicines, zicam is clinically proven to shorten colds. I am a zifan for zicam oral or nasal. shaq chime magenta . I hate cartridges not magenta not magenta. Im not going back to the store. 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Lauren that was President Trump yesterday, signaling he wants to work towards peace with tehran but is there a route for diplomacy, joining me now research fellow, benham bentonblu. The u. S. And iran were communicating through the swiss, is that encouraging that the diplomatic channels are open . Its always a positive sign to see a channel thats established so long ago still be opening or reportedly be used. Theres a different kind of communication between the u. S. And tehran, thats high level communication between irans Prime Minister and yesterdays speech by President Trump and more important is what the behavior signals and communicates, whether its missile strikes by tehran or rocket strikes by pro tehran militia or american sanctions or american troop deployments. The sign for 2020 is this, that conflict will continue admittedly at a lower level. Cheryl. Lauren irans president pledged to kick all u. S. Forces out of the middle east. Where do we go from here . First of all, ro rohani is proving that he is siding with the hardest of the hard liners. There is no difference between the left or the right flank of the Iranian National security establishment, they all want tt america not just from iraq, but from the region. This is something they want to do, to establish themselves on land and a sea. Lauren what do we do now . Iran has to double down, have to have a better defended base infrastructure in the region, they have to make sure they have we pons they need to offset iranian escalation and make sure iran cannot actually accomplish this land bridge its trying to do, to correct iraq to syria to lebanon to send more men, money and yo munitions into the combat zones. Lauren do you think the new sanctions, the additional maximum Pressure Campaign is the right move . Its absolutely the right move. It should be built on in 2020. Enforcement of the sanctions is the name of the game. It will be key in 2020. Lauren thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Cheryl hats off to our u. S. Military members, not one life lost this week, in all of this. Lets take a look at how your money is moving this morning. Investors really have they shrugged off the you attacks yesterday during the day, during trading, doing it again today. Theyre seeing the positive economic story of this country. The dow is up 97, s p is up 11 and three quarters, the nasdaq is up 45. Well, coming up next, televisions made a huge splash at ces this year from tv walls, hideaways, rollup televisions. Also, ones that make you actually stare at the microwave which apparently is bad for you, we were told when we were children, i guess. Weve got the biggest, Craziest Technology coming out of ces. Another wrinkle in the Harvey Weinstein trial, why his lawyers are asking for a new judge. Youre watching fbn a. M. Whoa, whoa, oh, oh, t. Liberty biberty cut. Well dub it. Liberty mutual customizes your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Do you recall, not long ago we would walk on the sidewalk all around the wind blows we would only hold on to let go blow a kiss into the sun we need someone to lean on blow a kiss into the sun we needed somebody to lean on all we need is someone to lean on everything your trip needs, for everyone you love. Expedia. Lauren this years Consumer Electronics show has everything from futuristic cars and televisions. Cheryl and a lot of controversy as well. Lets bring in brett larson, fresh off a few days in sin city. You covered the show. What was your big takeaway from ces . Big takeaway, big crowds this year, over 175,000 people is what they were expecting and actually we noticed the crew, were there in the wee hours of the morning because were three hours behind but we definitely noticed about an hour after the show opened it was far more crowded than it had been in years past. Lauren why . I think the economys doing better. I think there were a lot of really good ideas there this year. Were definitely in one of those up years in technology where were getting new tvs, were getting faster cell p phones, were Getting Better smart devices. Its all on the uptick right now. Every once in a while you have a lull year at ces where its like oh, great, more tvs. This year there was definitely a push up. Cheryl you told us on i think it was monday you were with us that the foldable tvs, the foldable laptops, the rollup tvs the rollup tv cheryl which i was into. Lauren the microwave tvs. Thats it, cheryl. Weve been seeing foldable displays for 20 years. Somebody always has that, look at this curved display. Oh, yeah, great, we saw that last year. This year were finally seeing it in stuff. I saw a foldable laptop with lg. That technology is here. There it is right there. What the foldable thin Screen Technology is allowing is you can put tv screens on a microwave. You can put tv screens on a divider on your airplane seat so you can have privacy and you can waif something when youre sitting in your seat. Lauren is that safe to put a tv on a microwave. Youre not supposed to look at the microwave. Of course it is. Cheryl in 1985. Now were okay. The screen on the microwave, its a funny idea. Its going to be a display, a countdown clock, tell you you have 10 seconds left before you stink up the place with burned popcorn. Lots of robots this year. A little bit of controversy. We had controversy last year at ces because a sex toy won an Innovation Award and people kind of freaked out about that. Not sure why. Humans have sex. And this year the controversy was a Cannabis Company was there. The Cannabis Company called keep labs was there. They had basically a lock box for cannabis. So in the 11 states where its legal for recreationalal use, its a way to keep it in your house and keep it away from your kids. Its it lobs with an app, locks with an app, has a motion sensor on it so it keeps stuff away from prying hands that shouldnt have it. Cheryl the convention wouldnt let them talk about cannabis and restricted their presentation and a lot of people were angry about it, i understand. Its one of the things a had that doesnt make sense. When you think about it, its technology, its the future. Lets look towards the future, not towards the past. Lauren can we afford the future . Were the price points reasonable . I think so. I think prices on Consumer Electronics devices are coming down. Lauren youre getting the foldable tv, i know it. Cheryl thank you for getting up so early for us. I just stayed on east coast time. Lauren you can catch him on fox news headlines, 24 7, sirius xm channel 113. Prince harry and mega meghan mae breaking from tradition, stepping back from official royal duties. Cheryl sending shock waves within Buckingham Palace. We have mixed reaction over their big decision. Ryan, good morning. Reporter good morning, cheryl. Well, prince harry and megan know how to make a splash, make their own controversy and theyve done it again with that Instagram Post that came late in the evening, u. K. Time, here, saying, quote, after many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year and started to carve out a progressive new role within this institution. We intend to step back as senior members of the royal family and work to become financially independent while continuing to support her majesty, the queen. The duke and duchess also said they will split their time between the u. K. And north america. Lots of speculation by the way, that means that they will live at least part of the time in canada, its where megan filled part of suits, where the couple just spent their holiday and is part of the commonwealth, which may make this a bit more palletable for the royal family. The bbc is reporting that the royal family was blindsided and hurt, Buckingham Palace putting out a statement saying we understand their desire to take on a different approach and these are complicated issues that will take time to work through. Among the issues, what will the new roles be . Do they keep their titles . Do they keep getting money from british taxpayers. Harrys mother, princess diana, lost her royal title when she divorced Prince Charles in 96. It is problematic for the royals. The queen is reportedly unhappy. A lot of brits identify with and like prince harry and to a certain extent megan, and so the big issue for the royal family is, if they do depart, how do they maintain that support with the british public, thats something that the royal family is thinking about a lot right now. Cheryl the british tabloids have beaten her up. You cant blame her for wanting to take a little break. Thank you so much for the live report. Lauren its a mexit. Up next, Michael Bloomberg just released an economic plan that he says will help him defeat President Trump. But some are saying it falls short. From subway to runway, how the pizza rat, oh, boy, is making an impression on the world of high fashion. Go, rat, go. All that for a pizza. Our new home. But she wanted to be close to nature. So, we met in the middle. Ohhhhh look who just woke up you are so cute but one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with homeowners insurance. Yeah, it was really easy and we saved a bunch of money. Oh, you got it. You are such a smart bear call geico and see how easy saving on homeowners and condo insurance can be. Lauren here is your morning cheat sheet, the top head lines to get you through the day. The pentagon said the Iranian Military intended to kill american troops with targeted missile attacks. Our Service Members stayed safe thanks to Early Warning defense system. Nancy pelosi is moving forward with todays vote to limit President Trumps military power. An evacuation warning coming overnight as a yo a new fire tht grows in australia. Soaring temperatures and growing winds expected to fuel the fires across the country. 27 people now confirmed dead. I think we are reaching a point where the articles of impeachment should be sent and we should have votes on whether witnesses will be called. Cheryl well, that was democratic senator richardially blumenthal, Richard Blumen l blumenthal. Support for Nancy Pelosis plan to withhold articles of impeachment is starting to lose support from fellow democrats. Can nancy pelosi keep her Party Unified . How much longer can she hold onto the articles . Lets bring in democratic strategist, david turner and chairman for the committee to defend the president. This is within the democratic party, senator Dianne Feinstein saying i if you had to get the articles and had to get the vote ofrom the house on impeachment before the new year, where are they. Whats your response . Throughout the process, its been clear we should as a democrat trust Nancy Pelosis judgment here. I think Mitch Mcconnell has been very clear that he keeps saying hes not willing to call witnesses, even though we had john bolton say he will testify under subpoena, understanding what the rules of the game are before you Start Playing i think is important. I think nancy pelosi is within her rights to withhold it until Mitch Mcconnell makes clear how the trial will run in the senate. Cheryl its clear shes making a calculation, could this be a political miscalculation. The entire impeachment coup has been a political calculation and she realizes the democrat senators realize nancy pelosi is losing the narrative, the American People are not supporting her, that certainly the unaffiliated voters in swing state their support of the impeachment is collapsing and it is true, if it was so important to get it through before the end of the year, why is she holding back . The reason why shes holding back is shes hoping she may be able to pressure some republicans to come across the aisle and thats not going to happen. Mcconnell has the votes. They need to move forward and put this behind us and get the country moving in a positive direction. Cheryl they have the war powers vote, even though the situation with iran is kind of muted at this point. I want to move on to the issue of Elizabeth Warren. There has been concern among some that she i take this to you, david, that even though the fund raising has fallen down and her polling has fallen down but theres concern among those that support Elizabeth Warren that she doesnt know how to reach out to moderate democrats, the centrist democrats and she is starting to lose her political will, if you will, in the party. Well, look, i think Elizabeth Warrens coalition is a little bit different than if you had a joe biden or a Michael Bloomberg as the nominee. I think thats very clear. I think some of her ideas would be extremely popular in pop lift areas in places like southwest virginia. You have other places that have been traditionally republican that have gone increasingly pop populist. I think the ideas she brings to the table would bring a different coalition. The fact of the matter is, donald trump is the person who is driving this election and whoever the l nominee is, its going to be the numbers are going to change based on when they become the nominee, not when its a fictional question. Lauren. Cheryl theres a an on piece that says theres a possibility that Bernie Sanders could be the nominee. Him as president , there are question marks whether he could win against President Trump who raised about 46 million in the Third Quarter fourth quarter, sorry. Well, definitely the socialist wing of the Democrat Party which pretty much makes up the Democrat Party right now, they have coyo coalesced around Bernie Sanders. He has raised a lot of money from that socialist side of the party. He wont be able to sell that to mainstream america and thats going to be a disaster for the party if he wins the nomination. Cheryl david i want to goat your take want to get your take on Michael Bloomberg. He came out with an economic plan. It was short on specifics. We know he wants 15 bucks as a minimum wage. What did you wake of the plan . Weve seen democratic governors win in eight trump states since 2016 on these same ideas, raising the minimum wage, apprenticeship training. These are ideas you can win in trump areas. I think its a great economic plan. The idea that any american doesnt trust Michael Bloomberg to run the economy i think is a fallacy. Cheryl hes got the cash behind him, 100 million, to try to win the no nomination. Thanks, guys, appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning. Lauren well, democratic congressman adam schiff may be facing some stiff competition in his home district. Drew pinsky, known for his tv shows, is reportedly considering a run for office. Doctor drew says seeing the impeachment madness unfolding, its pushing him to think about making a run. Meanwhile, California Governor Gavin Newsom signing an executive order yesterday to create a fund of 750 million to help with the states homelessness problem. If you didnt think the 2020 Campaign Season could get more political then you are in for quite a ride. Prepare yourself for the conners live episode during the New Hampshire primaries. The plot will focus on one of the younger children watching the primary for a school report. Meanwhile, adults air political differences and try to garner support for their candidate. The primary is tuesday, februar. Futures this morning, the dow, nasdaq and s p 500 all firmly in the green, could see new highs at the open, dow up 85. Markets continue to march higher despite geopolitical tension and two trade deals are on the horizon. Should americans be celebrating . Scammers taking advantage of recent global fears, the text t message thats causing the u. S. Army to h respond. Keep it here on fbn a. M. What do you mean. 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Others claim they will be fined and sent to jail if they dont respond. The draft ended in 1973, so dont worry, they are fake. A new poll says most americans dont know where iran is geographically. Only 28 of registered voters were able to he locate the country on a map of the middle east. When it came to finding iran, men had better luck than women, as did those with higher educations and wealth, while Political Party and age made little impact. Cheryl sticking with iran, stocks shrug ed off the tensions after an initial knee jerk reaction about 24 hours ago. The good news of the Global Economy, two trad two trade s near passable, they finally won out. We came off an amazing decade, an aa macing year with an amazing year with 2019, a bull market run that is ten years strong and despite a geopolitical hit and a concern, markets really took off yesterday. Talk about what youre seeing out there. If you look at the prospects of growth for 2020, i mean, markets you love certainity. And we have two pieces of it. We have trade certainity with china. We have a trade deal coming up next week, with little or no drama which is kind of unique. We also have the usmca being working its way through the senate. These are two he key pieces of President Trumps trade agenda that are actually moving forward. I think thats really helpful for the Global Economy but i also believe that you also see this resurgence of economic activity, the ism nonp nonmanufacturing index has been very good. The fed is on hold. Cheryl gdp. Its the perfect sweet spot for stocks. Cheryl adp yesterday, that report came in much stronger than the expectations. Those are jobs being created in this country. And what is so interesting about in particular when you look at the nasdaq which hit another record last night, we were talking about ces a few moments ago, technology seems to be another big bet for the next decade. Theres no question. I mean, technology is the place that investors have shunned away in the early part of the century, thinking that the tech couldnt recover and for the decade for 2010 to 20 it was the hottest story going. It doesnt look like its has any end in sight. I will tell you there are certain pockets of Technology Stocks that are really, really expensive. If you are a holder of some of these like microsoft or apple, you have to think about taking a little off the table right now. There probably will be a little bit of a correction soon and those are a little bit expensive. Cheryl real quick, 2020, really interesting comments from jeffrey gonlak, he says Bernie Sanders is the biggest risk for the markets in 2020. Theres an editorial in the journal that said get ready for president Bernie Sanders. Your concerns if we see a democrat like Bernie Sanders in the white house, a socialist. I dont think that Bernie Sanders is likely to win against President Trump in a general election. But i think what jeff is probably pointing to is more of the voter turnout that Bernie Sanders would bring to the table. Theres a lot of support among young people for Bernie Sanders and most people vote straight ticket when they go to the ballot box. If youre a swing state, democrat or swing state republican, and Bernie Sanders gets on the ticket and all of a sudden youve got voter turnout, you could see some of these districts switch. I think its more of a congressional play than it is the presidency. I dont think that Bernie Sanders is enough of a mainstream candidate to win a general election. I think he brings to the table a lot of progressive opportunity in congress and that could flip things over which in my view is worse. I dont regard the president as as important as congress when it comes to the overall part of government. I think thats the most important piece. Cheryl interesting. Well have to have you back to talk more about it. Jajamie cox, thanks for being here. Lauren uaws legal issues continue. Cheryl whats happening with the union now . Tracee uaws president facing a corruption probe one month into his term. Federal investigators looking into financial dealings between gamble and one of the uaws highest paid vendors, specifically whether gamble and an associate received kickbacks in exchange for contracts, one in a number of recent corruption probes the union faced in recent months. Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein have asked the judge hearing his case to recuse himself. The request comes after the judge threatened to jail weinstein for texting in the courtroom and admonishing him in open court. The letter also requested that proceedings be halted until negative publicity over the case dissipates in order toen p suren order to ensure a fair an impartial trial. Jurors are being told if chosen they can expect the trial to last roughly six weeks. Amazons subsidiary ring firing four employees who were caught trying to access Customer Data over the last four years. Recently, five Democratic Senators began an inquiry into the security companys privacy policies. The letter released by amazon does not go into detail about how far each former employee got or what if any information they were able to access. Amazon is also facing a separate lawsuit, claiming someone was able to hack one mans ring Security System and talk to his children. And although he may have started in the subways, pizza rat made it all the way to high fashion. Rag and bone debuting an entire fashion line dedicated to the rat that went viral years ago. Items include tshirts, sneakers and a sweat he tea sweater thatu 395. Its the year of the t rat, the lunar year, thats why theyre celebrating pizza rat. Cheryl as a new yorker that rides the subway, im hoping that pizza rat is no longer with us. Lauren i second that. Maybe hes gone, thats why hes commemorated on the sweater. Still ahead, a plant based fast food frenzy, the new food trend taking over Grocery Stores and some of our favorite restaurants. Whats next for one of americas favorite guilty pleasures. And why canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is lighting up the internet when fbn a. M. Continues. This will be an everlasting love. And most of that debt is actually from credit cards. Its just not right. But with sofi, you can get your credit cards right by consolidating your Credit Card Debt into one monthly payment. Including your Interest Rate right by locking in a fixed low rate today. And you can get your money right with sofi. Check your rate in two minutes or less. Get a nofee personal loan up to 100k. Get a nofee personal loan i am totally blind. And non24 can make me show up too early. Or too late. Or make me feel like im not really there. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442342424. Lauren more and more fast food chains introducing meatless options but is that option healthier and what does it mean for the future of the fast noon industry. Dietitian mia fin joins us now. Thank you you for joining us. Is plant based healthier on the menu . So, when we think of plantbased, we typically think of a healthy diet. Its all the rage right now. But just because something is plantbased doesnt automatically make it healthy he especially when it comes to the plantbased protein options. When you stack them up to the real deal, theyre pretty comparable in terms of calories, protein, saturated fat. They are a little you higher in sewed l yum whic sodium whics something to keep in mind. Lauren and sugar . Higher in sugar . They do have more added should r gar becaussugarbecause. These are things to look out for when following a healthy diet. Lauren who is the market for plantbased and why does fast food you have white castle, why are the fast food chains trying to get in on this market . I think they are attracting a consumer that may not have been frequenting these fast food establishments, the healthminded consumer, the consumer that is looking out for the environment. We know that plantbased proteins require less environmental in inbe put, so i input, so it has a smaller carbon footprint. Lauren are they making other changes, maybe plastic straws, fewer utensils that are plastic or napkins also . I believe they are. Some of them are doing that. But i just know that the big shift towards meatless meat has really taken over. Lauren do you eat any of it personally . Do you eat any plantbased . Ive tried it. I as a dietitian am an advocate for real, whole food. Its how we evolved. There isnt anything wrong with meat as long as you stay within the limits of your saturated fat intake. Meat does provide high quality protein and vitamins and minerals that are hard to get from plant food alone. Lauren well, impossible foods and beyond meat are certainly competing in this market but mia we appreciate your perspective. Have a good day. Thanks for joining us. Cheryl pretty good, though. Lauren a lot of people say they taste the same. Cheryl you tried some of this stuff. Lauren i dont think they taste the same but still decent. Cheryl we have a lot more coming up. A new study that is bringing attention to candidate Justin Trudeau, another canadian who is pretty cute, by the way. Emotional support animals are on the rise, so much so that even tough, manly men need them. Youre watching fbn a. M. And when you open a new brokerage account, your cash is automatically invested at a great rate. Thats why fidelity leads the industry in value while our competition continues to talk. Talk, talk while our competition continues to talk. I am not for ignoring the first sign of a cold. I am for shortening my cold, with zicam zicam is completely different. Unlike most other cold medicines, zicam is clinically proven to shorten colds. I am a zifan for zicam oral or nasal. Cheryl baby are out and beer faces in. For all the men out there, we are growing out our factual hair and beards because new survey says that 75 of men with facial hair are more confident and come more attractive with beards, survey was done but a Company Called honest and having facial hair makes you, more socially acceptable nowadays especially in the workplace than just a few years ago, this might have to do because more prominent people have beards, theres Ryan Reynolds of the duck dynasty and politician famous one Prime Minister canadian Justin Trudeau, hes supporting rocking facial hair and won reelection and maybe hes feeling confident in his skin at least with facial hair. Lauren i prefer him without, if anyone cares. Interesting to know. Cheryl lets talk about the oscars, we are hosting who is hosting or who is not. One not wearing a bear is no host, they will rely celebrities, actresses, do their bits or their own kind of intros themselves, they saw uptick in rating a little bit but when emmys did it they had lowest ratings ever when they went hostless last year. They had Ricky Gervais it fell, only 2 , a lot of feedback because i thought they were pretty good. Cheryl 49ers coach has new assistant. French bulldog, zoey. First nfl official emotional support dog or animal for nfl team, they are loving it, they say it helps with stress, et cetera, seems to work, they played this weekend whatever has to happen, shoutout to zoey, not bad, right . Who doesnt want to hang out with that . Lauren i agree. Cheryl mornings with maria start now. Maria good morning to you, good morning, everyone, happy thursday, im Maria Bartiromo and it is thursday january 9th, your top stories right now before 6 00 a. M. On the east coast, tensions easing, President Trump says iran appears to be standing down and the u. S. Is ready to embrace peace, meanwhile house vote and war powers bill is set for today intended to force the president to get approval from congress before any military action against iran. The easing tensions lifting markets this morning, take a look at futures at start of trading, 80 points in dow industrials, s p futures 9 and a half, firmer tone at start of trading, carlos goshn fights back, former nissan ceo and wife carol goshn joining me exclusively this morning together for the First Time Since escape from japan, more on his fight for justice and threats that were made toward him and his family plus response from japan after his accusations, we will get response from japan, how he plans to spend it, loyal exit, prince harry and Meghan Markle stepping down as senior members, they become financially independent including the queen, mornings with maria begins right now. Big show this morning James Freeman with us this morning, fox business dagen mcdowell, former president ial candidate steve forbes, great to see, everybody. Maria top story is iran and tensions appear to be the middle east, the iranian missiles fired at u. S. Troops