Irs employees living in the lap of luxury. David oh, great. Melissa perfect. David of all the agencies to waste money. Back to the markets. Well get to those stories in a minute. The dow ending in positive territory but not high enough to score a new record at the close. Were back to 140 points from 20,000. Still pretty high. Gold taking a huge tumble today. Phil flynn has the very latest on that from the cme. Lori rothman on the floor of new york stock exchange. Lori, what was holding the dow back . Couple specific names, david. Breaking earnings news from oracle. If you like i can get with those. These are headline downers if you will. Nike off 1 . United technologies off 1 . Ge also off. Boeing down half a percent. Many names are considered consumer second calls or economically sensitive. Even though we saw gains there was probably a little bit of hesitation here in terms of getting to the key psychological dow 20,000 milestone everybody is so anxious to get to as well. On the other side we had airlines pretty strong today. Jetblue up 2 . Looking pier one import. They had a fantastic earnings call. Fourth quarter earnings per share way above analyst estimates and also boosted estimates for this year. There are airlines. Lets get you to the oracle numbers the looks like one penny beat in terms of earnings per share. Revenue though was a little bit light. On your screen looks like shares are trading slightly lower in the extend session. Oracle ceo was meeting with trump, going through the golden elevators today and this week. They are making some comments about that. We can pull you for those in detail basically saying she will stay with oracle. Also you know the story with oracle in terms of Business Strategy playing catchup to rivals in the clough computing industry. I leave it for there. Send it back to you. Melissa lori, thank you very much. Gold down 3 to 1129. Much lower will it fall, do you think . Not being able to bounce after the fed announcement somewhat expected by a lot of players it could go a lot further. I think we could test gold below 1000 bucks, maybe 999. Maybe then it finds support. Im shocked gold didnt get more of a bounce because of the dollar. The dollar has been amazing the way it is skyrocketing. We hit a 18year high on the dollar. That is incredible. It is really making it hard for a lot of commodities. Oil as well, even oil with the bullish report this week on inventors and report out of kuwait theyre tling their customers they will get less oil in the united states, and get less oil in europe wasnt enough to really overcome that strong dollar. We did come roaring back at the end of the day. We tests below 50 for short period of time. That had a lot to do with options expiration but it is a very difficult environment to get too bullish on gold an and silver as market goes up. At some point oil will forget about the dollar and look at stocks. That means more demand and better prices in the future. Back to you. Always brilliant, phil, thank you for that. David . David pushing the fed aside, trump rally taking back markets after the first rate hike in a year as the dow continues charging towards 20k. We have steve cortez, bcg partners chief strategist and liz peek, fiscal times. Good to see you both. Market is looking for follow through from Campaign Promises of donald trump. How soon before we actually see some action on taxes and regulations after the inauguration . You know, david, gosh, i think things will get started on january 21. It is almost already if donald trump is president of the united states. Markets are acting that way. In terms of real policy changes we could see them in february or march at the latest. David wow. We control both houses of congress. The onus is on us, i am the first to say that. As many im very happy we won and i worked hard for the campaign and we should celebrate we won the onus is on us with the white house and both houses of congress to deliver regulatory and tax reform immediately. David liz, it will not being without resistance. We had warning signs of republicans of all people. Mcconnell suggesting we have to worry about the deficit before tes perhaps . There is going to be pushback, right . Absolutely the devil is in the details but i think whats exciting, lets not forget, for months and months, actually years, everyone thought that a rate hike was going to kill the bull market. That was sort of the assumption, that you wanted to be in equities until rates started to go up. This market will blow through not only a rate hike but also advisory from the fed there will be more aggressive than expected. By the way, yes, policy will take a little while to wind out, there is no question about it. I agree on day one theyre ready to go from everything i hear but already you have the rig count up. You have manufacturing sentiment rising. Homebuilder expectations, highest its been in many, many years. There are some positive factors, railcar loadings are up. This is really kind of crazy that there are so much going on because of a sentiment shift. David i think youre speaking to there is so important which is the psychology. Policies are crucial absolutely but also the psychology. It is sense of optimism. Absolutely. Economy largely thrives on confidence, on optimism the and its out there. I tell you this. I live in chicago which is pretty blue state. I know a lot of people here didnt like donald trump as candidate and donetskly support him politically but when i talk to business owners, wow are they excited. Melissa i bet. They believe we can hire people and invest. Melissa brings us nicely to our next topic, my friend. 57 of the people trust markets and private businesses will be reason for improving economy compared to 24 mers who believe government an politicians will drive the economy. That is according to the latest fox news poll. Liz, i would ask you, what are those 24 thinking, the 24 who think government makes things better in terms of the economy . That group is minority at this point. Weve had eight years of the government aficiondados trying to do this and it hasnt worked. The amazing thing about the Obama White House they never reached out to the business community, hey, our major priority is making, creating jobs, how can you help. Look what trump has done even yesterday meeting with tech guys, people who are clearly not in his column over the last year or two. He is saying look, this is what we want to do. We want to boost the economy, please help us. That is something that the Tech Community was happy to hear. The country should be happy to hear it. Look at the cabinet picks. A lot of private sector people in the white house, exact opposite what obama did in 08. Melissa yeah. People are cheered by that because they know they have got some answers. Melissa although the irony there is doing that in the name of business but he is in that equation technically the government, right, steve cortez . Some are already accusing him picking winners and losers and stepping in as businessman ceo president and telling companies to keep jobs here. Sure. You know what he is doing there . He is fulfilling a campaign process that he will fight for main street. Multinational corporations have had it pretty well under this administration and last one for that matter but the average American Worker hasnt. He says i have taxpayers back in terms of overspending, for instance with superfluous or outrageous spending programs within the defense budget. I have the American Workers back, use bully pulpit when necessary to make sure we keep jobs here. Heres the thing, in the end everyone wins if we get the economy truly growing again. Tech people in that room who largely opposed him. I give him so much credit reaching out to them just as he did to political opposition like mitt romney. He want to be president for all the people. If we grow, three, four, 5 , guess what . David rising the tide lifts all boat. President trump blaming media making too too much of his busis interests, tweeting out, the media makes my moving into the white house and my business so complex when it isnt. Latest fox news poll 52 of people believe he will put his business interests over the interests of the American People. Liz, americans voted for active businessman. There is bound to be some conflict of interest at some point, is there not. Absolutely of the as much as many of us would dumb down the twitter account, this is the way he reaches out the American People and bypasses media. The more media piles on him on this topic and others the more he will go around him, directly to people, for the most part kind of take his side on these issues. This case, look, hes going to have to figure out how to separate from his businesses no question. I think he is right, it is not that hard. David liz, steve, we have to wrap it there. Thanks for joining us. Appreciate it. Melissa. Melissa General Motors ceo and chair mari barra holding a News Conference in gm Corporate Headquarters in detroit, michigan, moments ago, announcing that the company will begin testing Autonomous Vehicles immediately. Jeff flock standing by at rain sans center in detroit with the latest. Reporter this chevy volt ev. Autonomous driving technology. Here is one of the companies responsible for that technology. They will start right away, Governor Rick Snyder signing legislation to allow this to take place. Gm jumping right on top of it. Probably the news, as much a big deal that is, to be able to test in michigan. They only test in california and arizona overshadowed somewhat about questions about china. This was all scheduled before donald trump talking about the one china policy and news that china, perhaps in retaliation says it is going to sanction a u. S. Automaker unnamed. Mary barra was asked about that, could be gm. She says she doesnt know at this point. She was also asked by me and others about impact of the trump election on gms china business. Take a listen. Are you concerned that the one china departure, from the one china policy the president elect talked about could have impact on your business in china . You have a huge business in china. Again im not going to speculate. I think there is a lot still going to unfold. We have very significant business in china. We have very significant business here that creates a lot of jobs. Reporter she also revealed, mary barra is on the president elects economic council. She he revealed though, that sort of a paper transaction. She has not yet actually talked to donald trump, presumably, she will advancing gms interests, we presume. Melissa you would think. Jeff flock, thank you so much. Good stuff. David a showdown between the Intel Community and congress. The head of the cia, john brennan refusing to meet with house republicans. More on this snub sparking a lot of anger from law makers. Melissa republican electors say they are getting harassed to change their mind ahead of mondays vote even from the likes of hollywood celebrities. Oh, no. David dont hurt their feelings. As more announcements coming down from trump tower today. Very familiar names joining the administration and some new names now under consideration for the remaining top spots. Were really happy with the pace and execution. I mean this is a very donald trump project, isnt it, the cabinet . Under budget and ahead of schedule. Attention homeowners age sixtytwo and older. One reverse mortgage has a great way for you to live a better retirement. Its called a reverse mortgage. Call rfree information kityour with no obligation. It answers questions like. How a reverse mortgage works, how much you qualify for, the ways to receive your money and more. Plus, when you call now, youll get this magnifier with led light absolutely free when you call the experts at one reverse mortgage today youll learn the benefits of a governmentinsured reverse mortgage. It will eliminate your monthly mortgage payments and give you taxfree cash from the equity in your home. And heres the best part. You still own yohome. Call now take control of your retirement today melissa 14 down an two to go. President elect trump finalizing another person for his cabinet. Leaving two spots open, secretary of Veterans Affairs and secretary of agriculture. Connell mcshane at trump tower with the latest on this one. Connell . Reporter melissa, transition officials quick to point out last two days saying theyre running ahead of schedule, comparing themselves to president obamas first term putting a cabinet together. One official, that montana congressman, former navy seal, ryan sink key. What is notable what we did did not see. President elect answering his questions about his business interests and transfer control of his business over to his children. Supposed to happen today. It will happen in january, i was talking to transition officials they were telling me they need more time, talking about structure. There are internal considerations they say how the businesses will be structured, presumably with mr. Trumps two oldest sons, don, jr. , and eric running it. But there are questions about his daughter ivanka and her husband. Watch this. Inview can and jared will make their own decision in due cores. Were exciting about them. Reporter there is more to do there. Team trump says they need extra time. They think it is important to take that time as they have told us to get it right. Go back to you, melissa, leave you with the thought of the oracle ceo safra katz. I bring her up, we were talking about the tech roundtable. We were wondering why she was more than three hours before the meeting. She has been added as one of the members of the trumps executive committee of their transition team. So i suppose that is why she was here early. Melissa very interesting. Great he details, connell. Good reporting. Thank you. David good stuff from connell. Here to react to all that, julie grace, daily caller news foundation, capitol hill reporter, kneel sroka, democracy for America Communications director. Julie grace, rumors are flying that larry kudlow will be appointed to a Major Economic position. We first got a hint of that, we were talking to steve moore last night. Let me play a clip of steve moore, then get your reaction. Keep your eye what happens next 24, 48 hours, i think you will be very, very happy a couple of people picked for some. Economic positions. Not confirm yet. David tell us more. Tell us more. A little teaser here. David he is a little bit of a tease, steve moore, what have you her if anything about kudlow or some of the other supplysiders that folks want in the administration . So i havent heard a ton of that up on the hill. I heard more about the va secretary, heard names mitt romney floated for that, jeff littler. I know he had a meeting earlier today with, totally blanking on his name, wow. But as far as transition goes he has a lot of Big Decisions to make. He is meeting with people and vetting people, i think it will be interesting to see how it all pans out. David weve got some opinions we got through fox news poll, neil. A lot of fuss in the news about whether or not the media and dems, mostly from the media and dems whether russia affected the election, how much they did. According to fox news poll, russias attempts to influence the 2016 president ial election had no effect on the election itself to which you say, what . To which i say, actually the majority of americans seem to think that Donald Trump Administration is going to do more to appease russia and Vladmir Putin. Also worth noting this poll happened before we got most explosive news coming out, putin himself directed some of the attacks against the dnc over course of the election. David there is a lot of dispute about that. Julie grace, there was refusal of john brennan, head of ciia to meet with congress. That is making members of congress very mad. You have time to leak information to reporters, you dont have time to talk to us. They should absolutely be meeting with members of the congress. It is ludicrous that he is not. These people need information they need to know and, i mean as far as russia having influence in the election, its, i mean this is information that was all true that came out, not to defend russias actions, their hacks into security but i mean hillary lost the election and hillary lost the popular vote thanks to intrusion of Russian Foreign service. David you know that is not proven. The whole thing is going to be investigated. Well see if it is investigated thoroughly. Russians wanted putin puppet and got donald trump. David panel will be back with us to no doubt argue about something else, melissa. Melissa breaking news. Making it official. Labor secretary tom perez is running for dnc chair, tweeting earlier, okay, im in. Im running for the democrats chair to strengthen our party from the ground up. So there you go. David all right. Keith ellison will be fighting with tom perez. A cabinet full of energy. What picks mean for the country and the energy. 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The state department, exxonmobil ceo has experience the dealing with World Leaders but is it enough for him to be successful secretary of state . John hofmeister, former shell oil president. Let me ask you, everyone is saying, critics at least, Rex Tillerson is Vladmir Putins best buddy because they are out there doing deals. What is that relationship is like, do you think . Like every ceo of a major oil company, a relationship of Mutual Respect where rex is pursuing his objectives, putin is pursuing his objectives, somewhere they thread the needle. By threading the need dell, rex gets what he needs, putin gets what he needs, or they wouldnt do the deal. Melissa people feel like he is a murderous thug. That Vladmir Putin is somebody murdered his own people, done terrible things to the press. A list of things that he has done, crimea, everything else, all the way down what is going on in aleppo, how could you have Mutual Respect with someone like that . When you have a job definition and job scope, you compartmentalize things youre not thinking about. Melissa yeah. He has a new job scope. He has a new set of criteria he will be using and it will be in the political dim men shun, government to government dimension instead of oil company to government. Melissa yes. Rex is a very accomplished individual who knows what he is abouand who knows what his job is. I think of him like a bit after rock of gibraltar, when it comes standing on his position and being able to articulate that position well to just about everyone. You dont push Rex Tillerson around. Melissa yeah. You treat him with respect he treats you with respect. Melissa some people say he has absolutely no experience as a diplomat. Is that true. They dont know how the oil industry works and dont know how ceo of a major American International Company Works because if you dont have diplomatic experience, you dont become the ceo. The board wouldnt have you. 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Members of the House Intelligence Committee appeared willing to fly back here to washington, d. C. , on their holiday break to get this latest intelligence briefing on alleged russian interference in the november election. They were hoping to hear from the fbi, thec cia, the nsa and the office of the director of national intelligence. However, that meeting never took place as the intelligence agencies refused to provide briefers. Here is what i was told earlier today by a top aide on the committee. I was told that the request was officially made for all four of those agencies on tuesday. And the cia declined saying it was too busy working on the president s review. The other three agencies had not responded as of last night. Very likely following the cias lead. After meeting with the president elect, at trump tower earlier today, one committee member, congressman peter king in new york, he called it a disgrace. Couldnt they have at least find the time to one, tell president elect, and number two, tell the House Committee on intelligence which is in charge of this . Reporter now david, im also told that the committee will still try to continue to get this meeting set up in the coming days or coming weeks, whenever it could potentially happen. Also both republicans and democrats on the committee had expressed their desire to come back here to d. C. For that briefing. David . David intel agencies dont want to talk on this one. Blake burman, thank you very much. Melissa. Melissa president elect trump is preparing to take office whether celebrities likes it or not, but wont stop from a last minute desperate push urging republican electors not to vote for the president elect on monday. What is evident is that donald trump lacks more than the qualifications to be president. He lacks the necessary stability. You have a decision. The authority,. The opportunity to go down in the books as an american hero. Who changed the course of history. Melissa what is more compelling than celebrities begging americans to subvert the will of the people . I dont know, neil. I mean it is so compelling to me. Not. You know, listen, hey i dont think necessarily hollywood types are the best to convince these electors but millions of americans are speaking out encouraging these electors to fulfill their constitutional responsibility to actually melissa to do what the people in their districted voted for you mean . To check the power of people. Listen, in federalist 68 melissa check power of people who voted and sent them . In federal lift 68 very explicitly said purpose of Electoral College interference in the presidency. Melissa julie. Great. Real legitimate concern melissa there is legitimate concern that hollywood didnt win. And that liberals didnt win and that people are stupid and those who voted for donald trump obviously were just too dumb or too racist or to note hang on,. People voted for. Melissa julie, we always let california elect our president. That is why we have the Electoral College. Julie, dough you want to get a word in. Im not sure people like martin sheen and blist celebrities should have any say how the Electoral College. Martin sheen played president on west wing and has authority . Ridiculous to me. If republican celebrities were out there doing this if hillary won it would be media frenzy. Would say these people are frenzy. Charles in charge. Melissa irony is thick, this is hollywood celebrities trying to say lets subvert the will of the people. There is also this whole push to blame it on russia and say that they are the reason why donald trump won. And how upset we should be about russia, but at same time, hypocrisy, president obama was someone who made fun of mitt romney the last time around for saying that russia was a threat. Listen. My, after my election i have more flexibility. Yeah. Governor romney, im glad that you recognize al qaeda is a threat because a few months ago when you were asked what the biggest geopolitical threat facing america you said russia. Not al qaeda. You said russia. The 1980s are calling to ask for their Foreign Policy back because, the cold war has been over for 20 years. Melissa but, neil, now, russia is a huge threat. Before he is sounds like the jv squad. Making fun of mitt romney saying the 1980s have called and they want their Foreign Policy back. Today theyre a threat. Russian bear is awakened. Putin will have a puppet in the oval office. Really scary. Melissa as opposed to beginning of that, julie grace, speaking of puppets, wait until after the next election then i will have a lot more flexibility. That is actual recorded things president obama to medvedev asked to be passed along to Vladmir Putin. I will have more flexibility. Who is the puppet in that one . Exactly. Feels like the Clinton Campaign wants to blame their loss on everything but their own mistakes. They didnt campaign in key swing states. They, i mean, blue states turned red in this election. That is now russias fault. It is now people not listening to celebrities fault. Every every single scapegoat out there. I will be first person to tell you it is truly horrendous that Clinton Campaign got it close enough that russian meddling could have played a role in this election. I will be first one to say that. But you can not melissa only one to say that. Russians, have played a role in this election. Melissa yeah. Really disasterous role and supportive role clearly for donald trump. Putin puppet. I think it is bipartisan concern that why didnt Mitch Mcconnell jettison effort to make sure it was out there before the elections. Melissa things that really existed of the i have guess, they exposed what was there. Anyway. Did Donald Trumps bidding. Melissa there we go, david . David bold move from economist china. The nation is installing new weapon systems on all Seven Islands it has built up in the south china sea. This according to the center for strategic and international studies. They say quote, china built significant point defense capabilities on all of its outposts. This is a key trade channel by the way where taiwan, vietnam and philippines all claim territory. Melissa so is being called the biggest hack in history a billion accounts compromised. Is yours one of them . What do you do now . Answers are next. Doesnt officially open until later tonight, but some Trump Supporters are calling for boycott of the new star wars movie. Fat chance. Im going to see it. I dont care. [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette. And her new business i do, to go. Jeanette was excellent at marrying people. But had trouble getting paid. Not a good time, jeanette. Even worse. Now im uncomfortable. But heres the good news, jeanette got quickbooks. Send that invoice, jeanette. Looks like they viewed it. And, tada paid twice as fast. Oh, shes an efficient officiant. Way to grow, jeanette. Get paid twice as fast. Visit quickbooksdotcom. Melissa excitement building for the premier of rogue one in theaters across the country tonight but not for everybody i guess somehow. Some Trump Supporters are boycotting the film under the hashtag, dump star wars over rumors that it had been reshot to include antitrump themes. Disney ceo bob iger calling the response overblown and silly. Tilling the Hollywood Reporter it is not a film that is in any way a political film. No matter what im going to see it right away. David so are your kids. Melissa thats right. We already have tickets. David yahoo found out about a massive data breach three years ago that could have violated more than a billion user accounts, phone numbers, birthdates, Social Security questions, all stolen by hackers this is the Second Security breach revealed bit tech giant so far this year. So what do you do if you have been hacked . Fox businesss Hillary Vaughn has answers for us. Hillary . Hey, david, thats right. Largest known cyber threat this internet history. Saying it could have affected about a third of internet users. Here is what you need to do if you have been hacked. Yahoo contact you and have you change your password. Hackers may have the answers to your security questions, so you will need to change answers to those too. Websites use back up security measures, asking for your mothers maiden name or name of first pet to help you get locked out of your account. Here is the thing, hackers could use the answers to reset your passwords on other platforms. Get even more of your personal data. So now yahoo is beefing up its security and asking users to start using a twoset Verification Service they call yahoo account key. Its a simple verification that sends you an authorization text whenever you need to log into your account online. Now yahoo says the hack happened three years ago but theyre just finding out about it now. In fact, they didnt even know about the massive attack until Law Enforcement flagged the issue and handed over files they say had Sensitive Data belonging to their use. Now cybersecurity experts say these accounts have been compromised for years and search served as lar source of Identity Theft if, could have been prevented yahoo mon toured. They called mom yahoo security measures reckless and urged users to close accounts entirely. Yahoo says credit cart information and credit card data was accessible to the hackers. David little solace. Hillary, thank you very much. Your tax dollars at work. While youre saving up to the pay the tax bills, irs is racking up a huge travel bell for its employees. New details on the agencys luxury spending on your dime. Plus taking the affordable out of the Affordable Care act. Taxpayers expected to fork over billions of extra dollars to pay for skyrocketing obamacare subsidies. How all this could affect you and your next. You do all this research on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. Your Insurance Company raises your rates. Maybe you shouldve done more research on them. For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. And if you do have an accident, our claims centers are available to assist you 24 7. Call for a free quote today. Liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. David go up an additional 10 billion next year. So can we replace obama care before it bleeds us dry . Here now, Louisiana Republican senator bill cassidy, also a doctor, joins us now. Senator, good to see you. We put up how much these subsidies are going up, it goes from 32. 8 billion all the way up to 42. 6 billion because of the premiums going up. These are the subsidies, taxpayers are paying for. Wint it be cheaper to cut a check for all those who are uninsured out of that 42 billion . Certainly could do something cheaper than obamacare. I thought david you were going to speak about how the premiums that people are paying directly, not through taxes but themselves increased 10 billion. A friend of mine, he and his wife paid 39,000 a year. David oh, my god. I put that on my social media because no one would believe me. Co better. Starts with repealing and replacing obamacare. David add up all the costs, ones you mention, costs normal people dont need subsidies are paying for. Plus the subsidies. Plus the deductibles. A lot of people say they wont go to the doctor because they wont reach top of their deductible at 10 or 12,000. You wonder if this was, i dont mean conspiritorial a system designed to fail . President obama wanted single payer system, socialized medicine completely. Do you think that is true they really designed the system to fail . Barney frank certainly said at some point, hey, with this bill well get to single payer. People that wrote the unAffordable Care act really believe in the ability of government to tell us how to live our lives and we do exactly what they say. Our replace bills gives patient the power. Once you give the Patient Power things get better. The thing that my bill does david how do you unwind . This 10 billion is going to be needed next year. How do you unwind this massive change that obamacare meant for Health Care System in an orderly fashion without it costing billions more . You dont do it on a time. You have to have a period where one transitions out, the other transitions in. But with that, you do have the ability to lower costs. I have always advocated price transparency. If a patient knows that her blood test is 6 here and 50 there david that would be great. She will go here. David get competition back in the system. That is a perfect answer. The other questions though a lot of americans want an answer for is whether they will have more control over their own spending on health care. Too many people think it is either the insurers or government or everybody else has control but i dont . I totally agree with that. Obamace tells people the premiums, excuse me the things that they must purchase, therefore how much they must pay. As one woman told me, im 56 years old, ive had a hysterectomy, i dont need obstetrical benefits, pediatric dentistry. Im paying for both. David the answers seem clear now we saw the experiment play out, but jeez it cost billions of dollars for taxpayers so they could see the experiment fail. Doesnt seem fair to the taxpayer. Senator bill cassidy, great to see you. Good luck on your work. You have a lot on your plate. Meanwhile your tax dollars at waste and at the hands of the tax collectors. The irs spent nearly 1 1 2 million bucks on longterm travel for just 27 employees during fiscal 2015. That works out to 52,000 apiece. A lot of first class travel there. The report citing employees racking up huge bills at luxury hotels, grand hyatt, ritzcarlton in d. C. , i can tell you they cost a lot. One employee rent ad fourbedroom townhouse in arlington, virginia for a year. That cost taxpayers nearly 60,000. 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