By almost every measure america is a better stronger place than it was when we started, in 10 days, the world will witness a hallmark of democracy. No, no, no, no, no. The peaceful transfer of power from one freely elected president to the next, i committed to president elect trump that my administration would ensure the smoothest possible transition just as president bush did for me. Maria look at president s legacy coming up sign for struggle retail this morning walmart set to cut another 1,000 jobs shift to ecommerce weighing on one of the Largest Companies volkswagen reportedly close to deal over emission cheating scandaling the automaker will pay a fine more than 4 billion dollars, details this morning on that settlement coming up, check about Global Markets steady ahead of Donald TrumpsNews Conference this morning, start of earnings season as well kicking off friday with banks take a look at futures so close to dow to,000 higher opening all expected to be higher at the open, check european markets right now not much change to report, ft 100 up a fraction as dax, up a quarter of a percent right now, gains across the board, in about asia overnight markets mixed kospi south korea top performer off nearly 1 1 2 shanghai composite pulled back nikkei average up a fashion Kim Kardashian robbery all details coming all those stories young me to talk about it Fox Business NetworkDagen Mcdowell recon Capital Partner chief Investment Officer kevin kelly outside adviser to president obama roll either are wolf here good to see you. People cant wait to see regular team in is mr. Fireworks celebratory fireworks that you are back, i am telling you. Jamie dimon interview. Kicking coverage out west. Healthcare conference yesterday more jamie dimon interview and president obama. I thought i was getting applause because obama speech last night but im not sure is in a it was riveting. Ahead of his speech talk about the speech over weekend. I was friday and saturday fantastic as you said going to make sure that he has peaceful transfer, and he is really focused on that. Talking about that a lot on table coming up this morning former u. S. Ambassador to u. N. Senior fellow to American EnterpriseNewt Bolton Scott Brown with us j. P. Morgan Ceo Jamie Dimon touches on international story, as well as, earnings are going up, expenses coming down what does that mean for payouts, about, Andrew Napolitano with us ceo of pi, Roger Ferguson with us former advice chairman of Federal Reserve in studio, president obama addressing the nation last night in final speech as president , urging americans stand together and fight for democracy, watch. America is exceptional. Not that the our nation has been flawless from the start but that we have shown the capacity to change. And make life better for those who follow. Yes, our progress has been uneven. But work of democracy has always been hard democracy does require a basic sense of solidarity there have been moments throughout history that threatens that solidarity. In the beginning of this century has been one of those times. I leave this stage tonight even more optimistic about this country than when we starting because i know our work has not only helped so Many Americans it has inspired so Many Americans. Maria joining us right now friend of the program nice of Martin Luther king jr. , good to see you. Good morning hole everybody. We are happy you are here what did you think of president obamas farewell address. As i viewed the speech i those were me were having so many emotions i thought about history i know Going Forward when people see that speech a great speech without any research, it was a speech that left us feeling pretty good, but i thought about it, and will remember many, many of the things that happened and did not happen. And that was the way that i took the speech but i thought it was a pretty good speech. Yeah. You know, first of all, i know coming up Martin Luther king day coming up i want to pay respects. On monday. On monday. Thank you so much, absolutely. I would agree with you, last night you know, i went into think he go going to be melancholy i left quite spirited but i liked wasnt taking shots took a few ideas things he wants to make sure continue, like Climate Change immigration, i also think that he didnt you know challenge trump in any way, actually when president elect trump kind of the aura came up he said no we have to pass it with peaceful transfer, and like maria said i was with him this weekend i think one thing so true if you are president you run as fast as you can when you are time you pass baton you got to make sure. That is what one thing that struck me was you know he was trying to inspire or empower young people said neighboring of times organize a anybody of times organize lace up shoes grab a clipboard trying to speak to portion of the population to get them to run for office, organize, did you notice that. Yeah consistent with modus operandi four years if you look at the bench if you want something do something about it vote always a cool temperament come across well remember when he had the beer with plumber kind of that whole situation, a cool guy you want to be so he relates to the younger generation. I was thinking like dagen what does dagen think. I want to jufrp if on that if you let me the transition talking to millennials, i think that is very important, and we all need to give millennials something to look forward to, so we have to encourage millennials. However i watched a movie over the weekend Hidden Figures no profanity no anger no hostility yet three women have given us so much a form of employment went away, and so they learned new things about computers they went to school they did better so there are some real good messages i noticed the president did address the millennials i think that is very good, there is so much we all have to do we need to roll up sleeves and help. He said that in part because Democratic Party is in rubble wloefr you want to blame for that but the democrats had a income tax loss 1042 seats that state and federal democratic post and governorships as well. Statehouses, i guess at lowest level they have been since civil war, i thought that you watched this speech, and it is the two sides of president obama that you saw the one with the the great speaker, but, also, who implemented policies in this country that ail enated a lot of voters. Health care so much has to be done with health care for example. The racial issues dealt with that is what i paid attention to what was said beautifully said i was remembering what was not said at the same time. Didnt love the fact wasnt looking straight at camera i will be honest i recognize there was a but i thought that he was speaking to chicago, and, you know, rather than speaking straight on to American People. Did you notice that. I noticed that, i did i said to those viewing with me, i said he is going here he is going here, and, so weve got to see what the rest of us are going to do as i did notice that i did. Final on millennial thing. You know i am honored to be on Obama Foundation that for the most part january 21st, and i think that part of the foundation will be the outreach to millennials very programmatic getting people engaged. He said that. I actually said that i think overheard somebody i mentioned on air last week, saying Inauguration Day that is the day world comes to end, it was a stranger i spoke up i said you got to be kidding me. I said if you dont like what is happening in washington do something yourself, and think about somebody else other than yourself, i think that is is speaking to the base Democratic Base if you are you know happy with what happened in november you need to pull yourself up by one another straps. That is what he said grab a clipboard organize, you talk about the confirmation hearings senator Jeff Sessions testified at Senate Confirmation hearing trumps nominee for attorney general, protests interrupted many times. I was accused of in 1986 of planning failing to protect Voting Rights of africanamericans by presenting the case the voter fraud case, and condemning civil rights advocates organizations, and even harrowing aamazingsly similar thooedz for kkcommittee falls charges cory booker is going to testify said against Jeff Sessions prntdz the first sitting senator to speak against in the sitting senator in confirmation hearing your take. I you would like toaway in on that some very good friends enterprise a powerful press conference on behalf of senator sessions in d. C. This week, Bishop Jim Lowe reverend dean nelson reverend mccoy many examined the record of senator sessions and his work to prosecute ku klux klan did he desegregate being glorified over if nothing else to target with the race card is being played i would like to play a card that says that is man that has done things to advance justice in america, and i want america to really take note of that. Maria that is right, and there are a lot of talk that much of this has been many cases inaccurate. Inaccurate. Im not familiar with senator sessions clear that he is going to pass yesterday a moderate Susan Collins a democratic joe manchin support him i think today will be interesting. Cory booker. John luigs and corey john lewis, cory booker. The congressional gold to marchers in selma, alabama worked together on it spoke very glowingly of senator sessions then, now today, hypocrisy. People feel cory booker has his idea where he is going maybe this is part of that. Political no way. Always a pleasure lon to see you thanks very much. Thank you for the opportunity. Have a good day. We appreciate it we will see you soon, and, of course, stay tuned with us today because 11 00 a. M. Eastern we are bringing you live coverage of Donald TrumpsNews Conference live this morning Fox Business Network 11 00 a. M. , short break we will be right back lots to come, stay with us. 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We had to give justice for our family, our family but for other families, we had different feelings how should have gone but we had to get justice one form or another, works or for me may not work for another family. Formal sentencing to take place this morning. Walmart reportedly planning to cut nearly 1,000 jobs before end of the month part of a move to shift focus to ecommerce according to the wall street journal cuts to focus broadly on retailer u. S. Operations including the east commerce divisions third round of layoffs in as many years in late 2015 walmart laid off hundreds at arkansas headquarters in september slashed ,000 back office jobs in Stores Across the country. Well it may just be the cheapest way to get to europe, discount carrier wow rolling out 69 dollar flights from california to europe, customers can go from l. A. 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Morgan Healthcare Conference jamie dimon talked to me about why most successful attended conference on wall street. 35 years ago, the first year there were 20 companies came here market cap 3 billion this year 467 the total combined market cap 4. 3 trillion there are 10,000 people coming as guests 20,000 coming guests of Deutsche BankGoldman Sachs competitors as they meet people here, the amazing thing this going on 09, the innovation excitement the growth, Health Care Data systems cancer curiosity staggering, up lifting going to do mankind, unbelievable, exciting to come here. One growth story in sector take a look at stock in the year they raised guidance on earnings past year stock has risen 15 , i spoke with ceo at the conference to talk about what to expect in the year ahead. Particularly at this moment in time, where it seems like celgene has greet momentum you have a phenomenal timeline talking about celgene growth story tell us about that where is the growth right now. Thanks, maria we do have very, very strong operating momentum our core business in cancer, increasingly in other areas i am nology inflammation growing very nicely cancer, a drug for. Progress nicely that pipeline sets you up for decades several years youve got one after the other start with biggest part, of course, that is cancer drug, where are we in the fight against cancer talk to us about what youve seen. Broadly speaking were in a miraculous time for cancer understanding immune system it is fourth leg what i call a table, radiation chemo were they, immunotherapy. More than a decade for cancer in hematology our flagship we have another drug multimy loma, and in pipeline we have a area of concentration of in immunooncology to make better, from bmf, we are working to make drugs better through immunology oncology approach. For 2017 we raised guidance, versus consensus very excited for 2017 we reaffirmed 2020 targets greater than 1 billion pathline from this years guide on revenue 11. 2 billion on bottom line we grow eps from a guide this year 5. 94, to over 13 dollars a share, in 2020. That is a great story to tell for the Investor Community but also for people out there, the population working on a Crohns Disease tell us what i else in pipeline. We are very, very excited about what we call ibd franchise to put in connecticut two Million People a year struggling conically with kroemz disease we are developing unique oral medicines unique mechanisms action market needs work in a unique way that one is doesnt have a name yet these mechanisms we think going to disrupt the market and treat patients much better in an how they are treated today. People think that is a takeover target Larger Company aacquires you the case years ago sounds like you are the acquirer. 8year history building pipeline through extensive neither work we do build to buy we have scientific collaborations we are pursuing science to innovate some greatest medical need if you want to do that you have to partner. You are expecting partnerships in 20127. Will continue momentum will continue science advancing quickly we want to be part wherever we can find it because that is how we build celgene in the future. Back drop of what we are talking about that is a new administration coming in, how do you expect the trump economic policies to impact business. Well i think broadly speaking Corporate Tax reform is very, very important part how American Companies can be more competitive do i think with respect to to health care we are in this very, very important time where a lot of policies can help actually accelerate innovation for patients, remember when it comes to medicines, there are 10,000 medicines at any one Time Available to patients, 9,000 of those are generic, 70 less than branded cost of the drugs, if we can continue that cycle we will bend cost curve if pro innovation policies new medicines will come go generic costs come down, remember the brands of industry that we represent, at the innovators medicines that are medicine cabinet for generics. That is a good way to put it i like that, what do you want to see in what do you want out of Affordable Care act obamacare as debate rages on in materialize of repeal and replace. First of all, i think i dont think repeal and replace it is rerefine so many good things employ coverage estimates i hear 20 million americans have access to insurance should continue, so how we make sure that is done premiums not going up 25, 50 at a time is really critical it is very clear, insurance pool created, is not able to afford the continued coverage of people so we have to do something to fix that. Ceo celgene in San Francisco busy morning we are going to talk about the Senate Confirmation hearings continuing today, day two for Jeff Sessions plus former exxonmobil Ceo Rex Tillerson expected to face criticism over Business Done with russia. The pool will have suspects linked to Kim Kardashians paris robbery decreased by one latest on this case. Were back in a minute. Ema. Good morning happy wednesday i am Maria Bartiromo wednesday, january 11 top stories 6 30 a. M. On the east coast. President elect donald trump set to meet the press. Trump expected to annoyance his pick for the va secretary during a press Conference Today 11 00 a. M. Eastern, fox business will bring live coverage of this it is expected to begin at 11 00 a. M. This morning. The news accommodation big names picked to serve in administration facing a grill on capitol hill this week secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson up next on hot seat this morning following ag nominee Jeff Sessions, senator sessions kicked off confirmation hearings yesterday. Mr. Chairman, was highly intensive campaign, i like a lot of people made comments about the issues in that campaign with regard to secretary clinton and some comments i made i do believe that that could place my objective impressions i have given that thought i believe the proper thing for me to do would be recuse myself from any questions involving investigation. Not over yet for senator sessions in historic move senator cory booker set to testify today against Jeff Sessions, wild weather nonchalantlying california consider what you need to know flooding snow put golden state at standstill volkswagen reportedly set to plead guilty in emissions cheating scandal 4. 3billiondollar fine company set to pay coming up more arrest not paris robbery of Kim Kardashian insider that may have killed a key role. Weve got top trends you need to know planning next escape, and markets this morning higher take a look futures indicating a strong opening for the broader averages really fractional up, as you see Dow Jones Industrial average looking up 14 appointing nasdaq s p 500 up barely, in europe stocks little changed as well eurozone averages dax best performer up quarter of a percent 32 points higher about asia overnight market mixed fractional kospi in south korea cop performer up 1 havd confirmation a hearings to continue this morning exxonmobil criminalist eo tillerson to face questions today over his ties Business Done in russia, and iran during his hearing, before Senate ForeignRelations Committee former ambassador to United NationsFox News Contributor john bolton good to see you th you. Expectations this morning for Rex Tillerson. I think looking at the hearings yesterday, there could be a lot less here than people speculated about sessions confirmation hearing i think you a try um as you mentioned a continuation today i dont think anything like kind of serious confrontation that people had subjected general allens hearing for Homeland Security even though reaffirmed some of the president elects very tough controversial immigration policies over almost before it starting, so i think you know you can only base on projections what happened already we havent heard anything with speculation about these subsequent hearings so i am not sure this is going to be nearly as interesting as the president elects press conference 11 00. Mr. Ambassador Dagen Mcdowell some republicans on capitol hill republican senators marco rubio to name one expressed they are uncomfortable with Rex Tillersons close knows about vladimir putin. Things he said in the past about russia. Again, coming out begins sanctions dont you been think he will get hammered of an may be by those on right night is possible but we dont know that i mean since senator rubios initial tweet has been very quiet. And, you know, again you hear a lot of speculation i mean take one thing the question of mr. Tillersons tax returns, which he said he would provide the committee with information relating to taxes, but not the returns unless there has been a development, same position cabness nominees have taken only committee that looks at tax returns is Senate FinanceCommittee Nominees for Treasury Department in the place where irs exists writes tax regulations so this is this is a political maneuver by Democratic Senators they still cant believe that candidate trump didnt release his tax returns this doesnt have anything to do with till soon it has to do with a political war over the lost campaign so they say a lot of this that people speculated about we will see proof in hearing itself but there is certainly no indication here for general palatis tomorrow for scott pruitt, epa, congressman pompeo cia here, will be tomorrow i want to see where it comes from. I am curious to get your take on where he accusal by Jeff Sessions with when it comes to Hillary Clinton email scandal does this set a different tone when it comes to new Justice Department in stark contrast to the Previous Administration what is your take on it. Yeah, i think he made it very clear that he didnt think at the department ought to be pursuing political differences with opponent nobody is above the law but nobody beneath obligations what it means whatever is going to happen will be decided if it gets to high levels in the department, by his deputies i mean i think sessions performance yesterday was just outstanding, i was at Justice Department in 198 of in charge of legislative affairs when he was nominated to be a District Court judge alabama subjected to only described as character assassination by opponents one of the most unfair things i have seen spring training for chief justice ren quits nomination bob borks nomination politics experimental destruction i think American People are sick of, and you know look if it breaks out later in the confirmation hearing, i think, i think those who engage in it will suffer consequences as they should. Mr. Ambassador nice to see you just with with all due respect with wrp to sessions being politically tort most part i would say senator Lindsey Graham senator mccain have been most out spokesperson when it comes to secretary of state possibility tillson i wouldnt say came from left it actually has come from those two, what is your perspective of how they will take todays session. They are not on the committee would be the be there but yesterday they introduced i think a very sound piece of legislation, that would sanction russia legislatively for the election meddling, they had three other republican cosponsorship including senators rubio and portman both on committee senator sas i think other five democratic cosponsorship been cardin senator mendez of new jersey, shaheen of New Hampshire i think on thee the effort the question about russian sanctions about as bipartisan as you can get in these times. What about cory booker ambassador has what is your take ubl unprecedented sitting senator pushing back on a sitting senator what is behind cory bookers pushback here. Let me say i think jeff sections is going to get a lot of democratic votes in favor of his nomination i think people are going to be surprised at the margin of victory he said not going to vote for himself but will otherwise get 51 respective votes confirmed i think 99 senators in Congress Today who think that cory booker is running for president in 2020. You think it is political then what he is doing. Yeah. Look, if he if he has new facts to bring to the table that is fine but the expression of moral outrage posturing i think a mistake on his part. Mr. Ambassador, during the type of sessions, dmaths usually pick one or two to go after. It seems to me that focused on may be epa and labor. What is your take on ones that will probably the most on. I think you are right i think senator schumer sent is under mcconl alert a week 10 days ago listed will nominees particularly concerned about there is no way in my judgment anyway they can go after 8 in a full fledged way i do think they will pick two or three, and the two that you mentioned are possibilities but in the case of scott pruitt nominee for epa, sonar manchin of West Virginia coal state basically said he would support him, i think there are many others who are up in 2018 who have business communities in their states that think that epa is a pain in the neck to you the it politely. And that they may well vote in favor of scott pruitt as well, so it is just not clear to me that the socalled democratic opposition to senior appointments is just not collapsed we should mention many senators facing their constituents, their states once voted for donald trump. It is more complex than just democratically versus republican i think. Good to see you thanks so much ambassador john bolt tlon stay with us fox business will take you live toex tillerson confirmation hearing we take it live stay with us right here as we watch, that hearing coming up next extreme weather continuing california is bracing for quite out kons more flooding new storm movers in the forecast for you, chipolte grill an jump in sales have they covered from a rough year . Back in a minute. Maria welcome back markets mixed performances off highs of the morning, we are still expecting higher opening for Dow Jones Industrial average and nasdaq that is where momentum has been nasdaq take over couple names on move verizon, to watch creasing price charges to operate to new device used to be 20 dollars now going to cost 30. To upgrade to new device verizon raising cost of adding new phone line to account, will cost 30 dollars, keep an eye on chipolte this Morning Company reporting nearly 15 increase in samestore sales for december overall still is a rough end of the year for for chipolte warning expects samestore sales down nearly 5 Fourth Quarter a storm poundings Northern California this morning, with even heavier rain than yesterday. Cheryl casone with the story. Thousands evacuated after very powerful storms caused massive flooding, strong winds blizzard conditions causing road closures in parts of Sierra Nevada dumped up to 7 feet snow in the lake tahoe area alone. Well, now to the latest in investigation, last years Armed Robbery of Kim Kardashian paris driver of the limo has been released with no criminal charges filed that is according to the limo company, that hired him a a number of reports as well watching this Morning Company says 27yearold was did he contained for testimony purposes nothing to do where if crime he was one of 17 people arrested this week for questioning, over theft of 10 Million Dollars in crash and jewelry from kardashians Paris Hotel Room in october. Well volkswagen closer to putting its emission scandalized in Rearview Mirror says it is negotiated 4. 3billiondollar settlement with regulate lateors to plead guilty to criminal misconduct charges subjected to independent monitor three years days after authorities yesterday of vw executive nabbed by agents in miami over weekend due back in court tomorrow, and maria interesting with volkswagen this is now cost them more than 23 billion in u. S. 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Samsung and the exploding phone crisis. It has recalled nearly all of the phones on the market. And honda owners this is for you. They are issuing a recall nearly 1 million vehicles over airbags. The details on the affected models coming up. One of the key policy proposals trade. One of the key policy proposals trade. I think there are legitimate complaints about trade. I think its fair for a new generation dash make a new and ministration to come in and look it over. Much more on my exclusive interview. We will Talk International markets as well. Global markets as will study ahead of the president elect News Conference today. Take a look at futures indicating a higher open. The nasdaq continue a pretty good run up another six points right now. Mix performances but little changes to report as you see here. Its up about a third of a right now. The others up fractionally. The top performer up nearly one and half percent. You two is delaying the new album because of her election election results. Talk about the first hour we have. We have the sum of that. Its only going to get better. Stomach it is an important take away there. Its been a send earnings up and send expenses down what does that mean for dividends. Its about 2 . And they are only trading and about 12 times earnings. When earnings come out on friday you can see that push the market. As part of the rollback. They will get back of that investment tax. Deregulation is good to be the biggest tail when. Its not even necessarily the Corporate Taxes going lower. Most of the jobs that they had were complaints. As a non Revenue Generating department. We will hear from jeremy diamond. Also joining us as well. A lot coming on in europe. Our top story right now. President elect is holding his first News Conference since july. Trump is expected to name his pick for Veterans Affairs. And author of we the people. Good to see you guys. Thank you so much for joining us. He is the only person that Elizabeth Warren and the whole Republican Party is rooting for. I dont know one thing you can say about that. My handoff. The fact that i have bob wills and Elizabeth Warren supporting. As a friday of friday i was still very much in the ms. I will probably find out like everybody else at 11 00. Thats how it works. Obviously it is a very important job and ive been honored to be in the mix. The is really at the core of the issue. How should it be fixed quacks. I think one of the first things is dealing with appeals. A couple hundred thousand appeals are outstanding. What i would do immediately as i would work with general matus and get madison get all of the guard and reserve mobilize them for a year and really just go through that appeals process. And they get back to square one. The second thing is obviously dealing with the suicide and long lines and access issues. In looking at the others that are doing great and expand them. Their theres some things you can do. I think of the competition at the moment. I know he is looking at some other people. One of the issues is people who had experience and would have some knowledge Going Forward. I dont know how much scott brown knows about all of this. We have to switch gears and talk about russia for a moment. They are reporting that russia said it have no come for my seat material on trump. After reports that u. S. Intelligence agencies had spent months trying to confirm that they were engaged with advisors to the trumpet campaign. The reports are unconfirmed. We should be concerned that intelligence officials leaked to the press and wont tell the president elect or the president himself what the information is. The press report was about them going to the press. They said they never briefed him on it. He said he is not aware of that. That concerns me. Trump tweeted out, fake news about this. Its a writ witchhunt. They also responded to the story. Without divulging Sensitive Information do you know about this or no what compromising information the russians claim to have. They had been made about president elect truck lots of times. Virtually all of them had been proven to be exaggerated and untrue. Would you make of this intelligence situation. It comes from the Intelligence Community and again its not their source specific. They are talking about sources that they believe have reported that the russians have compromising information on the president elect. So it becomes a question then of sources. The fact that they put in the report said they give it a higher level of credibility. U. S. Agencies have not been able to verify this. And even independent News Agencies like the wall street journal have not been able to verify that. It has been circulating for some time. A private contractor who used to be there. The u. S. Intelligence communities have not been able to see that. We didnt hear anything about russia or the elections. Notes become a big thing. Someone has names was all through wikileaks. All of it leaking. At the its time to put this behind us. And figure out facts from fiction. So who in the dnc got the info to him. Suddenly things are so politicized that they want to give credibility to him who put americans lives at risk. As no surprise that china and iran and korea and obviously russia and other countries are trying to implement treat this through Cyber Security issue. Ive said for many years that is the next frontier. We need to get our act together. I had been hacked. The chinese had my personal information. I dont like it. The government needs to fix it. This is not even been a thing. You mustve missed some important stories but on this one and to come back to the news this morning the reason it is troubling scott brown i just said just said that hacked personal information on some of the leading players in american politics. It suggests that he could be manipulated or pushed at key moments on policy and the myths of International Crisis and i think all americans have to have a tremendous concern about it. Are you ready for them. Senator scott brown. A rocky road for honda. And then you two pushing the positive button. Its no longer considered a flight risk. The faa has lifted the requirement that the passengers is prohibited on airplanes. You probably heard it if you been flying. Its of us most of those devices have been returned. They were forced to take back those devices because they were prone to overheating and cahing fire. Honda has announced another recall. The auto renew calling honda and acura vehicles in the United States. The defective airbag insulators. The vehicles part of an expanded recall of 1. 3 million those it can explode in a crash and pieces of sharp metal into that capacitor department. The rock group and said they are delaying the release because of Donald Trumps election victory. They told Rolling Stones that the album was pretty much initially but then the election happened and suddenly the world changed. Its not the first time they had spoken out about trump. The band was set to release that album. At the end of last year another celebrity waiting into politics. Maria britains decision to leave the European Union sending shock waves. They tell me how the bank is planning for the process. As the president elect gears up to make policy changes. Wow, x1 has netflix . Hey, drop a beat. Show me orange is the new black wait, no, bloodline how about bojack, luke cage oh, dj tanner maybe show me lilyhammer stranger things, marseille, the fall in the same place as my basketball . Narcos, fearless, cooked the crown, marco polo, lost and found grace and frankie, hemlock grove, season one of. show me house of cards. Finally, you can now find all of netflix in the same place as all your other entertainment. On xfinity x1. Anything with a screen is a tv. Stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. You can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. Only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. Download the xfinittv a today. Maria welcome back. President elect donald trump is tweeting. He tweeted about that report on russia. It reads this. Russia just said the un verified report played by political opponents is a total fabrication. Very unfair. British Prime Minister thersea may signaling that shes not interested in keeping bits of membership of the eu. I asked jp morgan chairman and ceo jamie diamond about that. He said how britain leaving the European Union will affect his bank. To meet the issue was what to do for the future of the euro zone. Mankind got together and said lets live in peace and not kill each other every time we have a problem. They wanted a common market. Those two things still exists. Lets accomplish those things. I kind of got bogged down and now its into deep political issues. And how the labor and flexibility. I think going backwards is really hard. As you note we tried very hard to have a private solution for that. Its a small little issue even the ecb said its an 8 billiondollar issue. The Italian Government could take care of that with a snap of their fingers. We put rules in place of the dont allow them to do it. In the Italian Government doesnt want to hurt retail investors. That is not a financial crisis. We dont have a real solution for it. The banks in europe they need to be allowed to finance what they want in europe. Its a much bigger part of their financial market. Theyve been through years of rules and regulations. So as not a flashpoint for the economy. Have you begun to think about what you can think about. That is a huge political issue everywhere else. You. These complaints about labor and flexibility. Taxation policies. If they dont do that it will be right relegated to decades of low growth. Have you decided on anything in terms of what youre doing with your people in london as a result of britain leaving the European Union. Its a gnocchi negotiation between one party and all these others. We have to follow the laws of the land. When i tried to change the well of the european people. But since we dont know what it is we have to look at the potential outcomes. And they go from not much. Take away all of these rules and requirements. Im not doing that as a threat but we would have to put people in data centers in the euro zone countries. We are preparing hoping some can of transition. All that means is they okay here are the new roles. If we are to do it right now were guessing. With to make a lot of changes in the guessing world. We will be prepared we will do whatever we have to do to serve our customers. As one area that the people will question. The trade. He already said that hes going to be meeting with thersea may in the uk. Given that they have business all over the world. I think there are legitimate trade complaints about trade. Im not in favor of just throwing out nafta. But its clearly legitimate for them to say there are flaws in this and that. Lets open it up and do the right thing for america. To me to sit down at the table and try to sort those things out im hoping and that the president elect will come back and say i renegotiated the best trade deals for the American PublicAmerican Public. Trade is generally very good there are negatives to that. Lets acknowledge that and fix that. So you will have everybody a little bit some people lose a lot. Its interesting hes been so vocal. Where i can assent all of these jobs out. When i can ado this plant in mexico or bring were to change our plans here. Do you think hes in a good job of doing this. He is not present yet. Eventually he will be president he will need consistent policies. And they need certainty. The regulatory circuit tea. Its very portant fothe confidence of american business. Is not just the large companies. We have an election he made some promises and stuff like that. He said his get and bring a lot of benefits to some of these companies. We believe you can make these other things better. We will see. A lot of the chinese banks theyre the largest banks in the world and yet they have an easier set of rating from the Financial Stability board than the u. S. Banks at the j. P. Morgan that is much stronger on a financial power of your balance sheet. We have to compete with the chinese banks. And people ask me seriously theyve a huge home market. Theyre Going International. The companies are Going International i want to make sure that america has a j. P. Morgan chase 201 day. Some of the rules and requirements that are set up basically put them and a in a diff venus to other banks. You see some japanese banks some european and the European Countries they think they have become excessive. So it makes it even harder if americans and then i have to. That can make it worse. Im hoping at the end of the day that those regulators get together and negotiate but a fair deal for everybody. Financial services should be part of trade as well. We should act like its completely separate. We have to compete. We hope all these companies around the world and compete around the world. The retail bank looks completely different than it did ten years ago. You have the new sapphire card tell me about the retail bank and what youve done to make sure improvement. Weve always been an vested in branches and technology. People say that they dont like banks until they get the first paycheck. They love the direct deposit. Moving money. Its just the additional effect of the market expense. Its great. Were using technology in many different ways to buy and process better products and services. Some may not work. Some exciting some exciting 67 are millennial. At some point they are can have money and they will be loyal to you. Will you be able to pay out more money to shareholders. I have to demure on this one. Will talk more on that on investor day. Because people want to know if you will give out a hundred percent of earnings to shareholders. Ive always believed e of a eva consistent dividend policy annexing a really want to do with your capital is invested in the future. If your opportunities to do that. I would rather do that than buy back stock. Its not the same thing at this price as it is at that price. If to determine how you will handle that overtime. In the best interest of the shareholder. Also remember when the feds were been so strict in terms of what you could pay out and how mu you could pay out. Would you scrap it if in fact you are able to pay dividends better and on a more he end up with too much capital and you have anyway you can use it in the short run. Two or three or short four years. That is a rational thing o consider. Is not my favorite outcome. I very special thanks to jeremy diamond. It is intensifying this morning. One local chickfila is honoring that brave officer. Going into the new presidency. How they will deal with the concerns back in a minute. And ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. Do not drink alcohol in excess. To avoid longterm injury, get medical help right away for an erection lasting more than four hours. 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Russia just said the un verified report paid for by political opponents is it complete and total fabrication. Very unfair. We will bring you live coverage of the News Conference this morning. It is expected to begin at 11 00 a. M. Eastern. As trump faces the press. Members of the potential cabinets are getting grilled on capitol hill. Rex tillerson on the hot seat today. This follows the nominee. Jeff sessions yesterday. He kicked off the confirmation hearings yesterday senator sessions making headlines saying he would recuse himself from any investigation into Hillary Clintons email scandal. He will continue that confirmation hearing today. Jeff sessions part two this morning as well. Surrounding the tragic shooting death of a Orlando Police officer. They are now offering a 100,000dollar reward for any information leading to the suspected shooters arrest. It comes as one local restaurant does its part to honor this leaned officer. Check your cupboard. The massive twinkie recall. We have that story in markets this morning flat to hire. Now and the negative column. It has been a flat morning. They seem to have a bid under it. Its up just about a point right now. There theres a little change there as well. Its up about a third of a . The other major indices flat to hire. In asia overnight markets are mixed. The top performer. Up one and half percent. Theyre letting you decide new monopoly pieces. That is one to watch. With that story as well. They spoke publicly for the first time yesterday since trumps victory when he testified before congress. Watch. They would always prefer to get access to the original device or server that is involved. Were you given access to do the forensics on the server. We were not. This is what they saw there. Judge good to see. They have the outside company and how can they play out in the Trump Administration we had two issues here. Why did they refuse to give the fbi access to those servers. Was there some level of miss trust there. It does not like to utilize an intermediary. They cant use an intermediary. They have to testify. You have to establish what is called the chain of custody. Your email to kevin to me. Kevin would have to be in that testimonial area. He doesnt work for the fbi. They prefer to have a hands on control of the acquisition of evidence. I think theys felt this felt snubbed and inappropriately so. Mystified by them. The other side of this is that monday night the same fbi that is complaining about the democrats not giving them access to the servers. Some of these we have seen before. All of them had been sent by her to a person she emails on a regular basis. All of those head been hacked by russian chinese and Israeli Intelligence services. This vindicates Donald TrumpsCampaign Based complaints on the last three weeks of the campaign that mrs. Clinton exposed secrets it may very will reopen the investigation. This ties into what Jeff Sessions said yesterday. He said i dont think im going to be involved with it. Thereby telegraphing his belief that there will be an investigation opening again it just wont be run by him. I dont even know where to begin. Between the bs about the russia emails and trim. And listening to him say that he couldnt say things. Were all over the place. Why did they not give the fbi access to the server. They consistently did this. Whether theyre having cheryl mills go into the meeting we are all just speculating. We dont know why we should make believe what the answer is. Nor does the fbi had the ability to go take that somewhere. The fbi has the ability to go into. And they want access. Tell me that they dont had cess. First of all this investigation is whether or not. They were very lean and the investigation. They did not use a grant jury. They did not use investigative tools readily available to them to get to the truth. I suggest you they did so to time it to force them to take a position. There is something for everyone to hate in terms of how he has conducted himself. I expect that someone will ask the president elect trump that today. Its hard to believe that james comey who a year ago have a spectacular reputation in the legal, judicial and Law Enforcement community that he would be able to stay. If it came out when it did. They will bring it the you the highlights from the confirmation hearing. It all kicks off in 9 15. Not so happy holidays for twinkies. The vote for new tokens. Ork bro. Now we just need 500 more. Translated into 35 languages, personalized oh and shared across the 7 continents. other languages spoken look abbot, i got it. Its a miracle. Maria present elect donald trump is tweeting again on the report on russia. Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I have nothing to do with russia. No deals, no loans, no nothing. An intense search continues for a man who shot and killed a Police Officer in orlando. The reward for the capture of the shooter. He shot and killed a wife and mother debra clayton. He was already the main suspect in the death of his pregnant exgirlfriend. He has a criminal record dating back two decades to decades they believe someone is helping him to hide. The chickfila restaurant in orlando is honoring a Police Officer who died in a crash while responding to the manhunt for lloyd. Norman lewis was said to be a big fan of chickfila. He went to the orlando chickfila at least once a week for years. They decided to create a tribute for him called the missing man table. Hostess is recalling twinkies because they might be contaminated with salmonella which can cause serious in the sometime and fail infections. They were distributed to Stores Across the u. S. Hostess is saying they have not received any reports but that recall is out of the abundance of caution. 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Here is what he said this time it says intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to leak into the public. One last shot at me. Apparently his very upset about this report. That is circulating that russia has information that is trying to compromise him. Following the announcement of u. S. Stock prices. What does it mean in terms of planning for your retirement. Last night in his farewell address he commented on the current state of the economy. Watch. Dash growing again. Even as the stock market shatters records. Join me right now is the president and ceo of tia craft. Nice to be here. Thank you so much for joining us. Is so important for all of you. Let me get your take on the economy. Not for everybody obviously. Weve seen unemployment coming down. Job creation continuing for many quarters. Having said that the election clearly showed that there are number of folks that are still feeling like theyve been left behind. With it tempered the the sense that the economy is doing well. It is not true for everybody. Most people would say the wages have not moved in a long time, manufacturing debt has doubled. So what do you think that is . Why had wages not moved in so long. As you pointed out decades so as not to since the recovery. A couple of things have been happening. One is productivity has not been increasing as much as we would have hoped. Its hard for businesses to increase wages and salaries. Secondly we are seeing a lot of technology thats come in. And that means that we dont necessarily had to pay people as much as we would have. It is a complication , look come located and mixed story. There can be changing a lot of things. Lower taxes rollback regulations. We see is an impact of this. There is a general broad consensus. There are a number of folks that think the individual attacks structure did change. A way that would encourage more saving and more investing. At least thats what i would hope for. When you look at our airports and roads and bridges in our country versus some other countries across the world. Let me ask you about the rollback of regulations. This is something a lot of people wonder about the impact. What might be the impact on the Financial Services sector. We have already heard some discussion for example around modified or trying to tweak the vocal role. There are a number of questions that have risen around the Oversight Committee and how they designate this. There are some modifications that seem to possibly be on the horizon. As you correctly note a lot of americans do not had sufficient emergency money. Talk to us about this. What should they do in terms of the nest egg. We should realize that this is something we want to think about. We discovered that lots of folks really are relatively illiterate around finances. They dont necessarily understand the basis of budgeting for example in how the sorts of things work. 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Im one of the real live attorneys you can talk to through legalzoom. Dont let unanswered legal questions hold you up, because were here, were here, and weve got your back. Legalzoom. Legal help is here. Maria welcome back good wednesday morning thanks for being with us us i am Maria Bartiromo it is wednesday, january 11 your top stories right now 58 km on the east coast, a big day for don ton to who will first news concerns since july this morning we will cover it live we are expecting more cabinet announcements, and on camera response that russia has information about him he has spoken about it on twitter four times we will carry News Conference live this morning 11 00 a. M. Eastern busy on capitol hill confirmation hearths continue former exxon mobel ceo tillerson before the committee today in hearings for secretary of state. Senator Jeff Sessions faces another day of questions day two, defending his record to become next attorney general, plus, president obama looks to cement legacy his record last night raising questions this morning over some comments on fighting terrorism. Because of extraordinary courage of men and women in uniform because of our Intelligence Officers and Law Enforcement, diplomats who support our troops no, he Foreign Terrorist Organization has successfully planned executed attack on homeland past 8 years. Year taking a closer look at that coming up, Global Markets ahead of the president elect News Conference today, earnings season futures mixed market opening trading we know Fourth Quarter earnings season in earnest friday bye banks report in europe little changed take a look at european indices dax best performer quarter of percent 31 points higher in germany markets mixed kospi top up nearly 1 1 2 end of era as if carr procuring interests outside of racing, plus good news for your tooth orioles cook cadbury teaming up, Dagen Mcdowell, recon chief je. Officer kevin kelly, Fox News Contributor robert wolf great show. I am sorry to see carl edwards go the car charisma of bill bill may be politics . I wondered wlae is going to do. I dont know. Other interests. Very unexpected. Weve got breaking news this morning joining the conversation this morning fox news counterterrorism strategist dr. Gorka with us, casey gut berg former defense economic minutes under Angela Merkel. Stuart will away in stay with us kick off right now breaking news the moment president elect donald trump to hold News Conference this morning we are expecting, his response, to the latest allegations about russia adam shapiro in washington with latest. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, maria important to rhyme everybody allegations unverified uninstanted, the president elect is tweeting about it in fact the latest tweets 45 minutes president elect said on twitter intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake nice in public, one last shot at me are we living in nazi germany. I win easily Great Movement crooked opponents try to be little with fake news soar state russia has never tried to use levin over me i have nothing to do with russia no deals, no loans no nothing. Timing is everything the timing of this possible bombshell on important day for the president elect, mr. Trump holds first press conference, in more than a month later this morning at trump tower sure to be asked about all of this as well as the bombshell report that russia possesses compromising information about him that is unsubstantiated and unverified one reason the president elect tweeted last night that it was fake news a total political witchunt russian government even this morning issued denial calling report a complete fabrication and other nonsense. Etrump followed up with a tweet calling the report unfair, but issue sure to be part of the confirmation hearings for Rex Tillerson also happening, this morning, he is mrs. Trumps nominee to become secretary of state, now as cevidentlio Exxonmobil Tillerson had extensive bess dealings with russian government Incoming White House chief of surface Reince Priebus calls this trash. It is complete garbage i will tell you that, and you know look, i was in the briefing too i got to tell you this salacious stuff first i heard of any when printed buddy 70s. Press conference to focus on ways he would avoid conflict of interest because of business dealings, once he becomes president , i would imagine Something Else will take center stage. We will see about that adam shapiro in a d. C. , sing goodbye, president obama delivered farewell address touted achievements on National Security last night watch. No Foreign Terrorist Organization has successfully planned executed an attack on our homeland past 8 years we must guard against a weakening of values that make house we are that is why past 8 years i worked to put the fight against terrorism on a firmer legal footing that is why we have ended torture worked to close gitmo, that is why i reject discrimination against Muslim Americans lets be vigilant but not afraid. I still will try inno people cannot defeat america unless we betray our constitution and principles in the fight. Want to bring in dr. Sebastian gorka on this counterterrorism strategy author of defeating jihad thanks for joining us. Happy new year thank you. The president said no Foreign Terrorist Organization has been able to conduct a terrorist attack on u. S. Soil what is your take on this . My take is i live in reality, maria. Yesterday was alice in wonderland mirrors spin, this is outrageous the moment when president obama could have shown graciousness hand over baton with style admit some mistakes, just welcomed new administration, instead, the lies continue, just once weve had more than 13 attacks nked directly to outside jihadi organizations, the fort hood shooter concentrate on woman the fort hood shooter wasnt just inspired by jihadism reading jihadi he waseling alawlaki, alqaida leadership in yemen, and the president has the cheek to stand up in front of American People say no, no, no, no foreign attacks he took a leaf out of the playbook of president clinton can when said depends what your definition of kwet is is. The comments you make i want to point out one of the sections he mentioned last night was closing gitmo this morning we have a report that the chairman of the highways Foreign Affairs committee is demanding that president obama halt transfer of get mother detainees reviewing intel reports what do you think of that. I was told by vary individuals in National Security enterprise that he is adamant because so embarrassed, that on his first day in office he signed that executive order closing gitmo 8 years ago, sent through personal sheer embarrassment, he says i have to close it this month. This is this is not about National Security. It is about prestige and ego, these are bad people maria gitmo isnt a detention system it is gitmo an intelligence asset how we found out where bin laden was interrogations ksm, narrative more support than reality spin more important than safety of American People. A National Security expert robert wolf i know do you not agree with some things you do want to respond listen, i will never speak for president obama. And i am not certainly not going to speak about President Trump in the next four years likes disrespect this individual showed to president obama, if you listen let me just finish. If you listened to speech talking about the courage of the military. And he actually then did say he was not talking about homegrown radicalization he we should. Is it what he said is it then number two, you know, most americans dont want boots on the grounds, president obama has gone has taken from 175,000 troops in afghanistan, iraq, to now 15,000. Okay . We during the presidency we are not a warmonger country this country did not want boots on the grounds. Acknowledge we had terrorism attacks did acknowledge that he talked about having homegrown radicalization, he brought up actually fort hood brought up but if you listened to the whole speech, he did not shy away fright he actually did bring it up. So i would disagree. Go ahead dr. Gorka. I hope your guest Democratic Administration what a water carrier, removing troops from theatre of combat is not definition of victory i recognize you open a history book definition of victory when enemy stops killing you tell your spin, to the bed of orlando dead of orlando. Did oversee capture of osama bin laden. Overseas, yeah anybody who was in that chair would be overseeing it left or right let me talk about military you talked about military guest mentioned military just before the speech i had a conversation with three star general, who is in charge of counterterrorism issues in america he says counterterrorist effort under president obama about sham bolick morale at lowest level ever from inside dont try and take the brave preof our military, and wrap yourself in it when we have isis become largest insurgent jihadi group in more than history the Intelligence Groups say outside of iraq syria we have had a jihadi attack every 83 hours, not 83 days, every 83 hours 65 million refugees in the world most part thanks to jihadi he extremism if that is a Success Story i have a bridge to sell your guest. A couple different situations happening president obama did call isis jv team able to go in libya after toppled ghadafi the red line a terrible situation for us, because were seeing what is happening request aleppo until today there is he Foreign Policy situations that we have to come back from a, it is not going to be easy because they have gotten worse unfortunately when talking about a lot of terrorism it is continuing to breed over there i think you know, intelligence communities here abrad we need to coalesce together nato does need to get strongesh addressing this as well as u. N. Very well said. That is concern about the rift between donald trump coming into office and Intelligence Community right now, what has been said so far i think that bothers some people on right and left. I dont think there is a question that president obama speech talked about courage of the military i dont think that that is a he is absolutely has been a president has not been to put military in harms way, we are going to have to agree to disagree. I mean, dr. Gorka weve got confirmationing a hearings today what you would be your takeaway from the senator sessions expectations for Rex Tillerson . I think he will have a little bit of heat put on him but i think this is a man in charge of one of the largest most Successful Companies in the world, i think he will do swimmingly just skate through a little bit of rhetoric posing for cameras i am confident nominees will be confirmed. Good to see you thanks very much joining us this morning you can watch the News Conference today live 11 00 a. M. Eastern on Fox Business Network well be right back. Theres a denture adhesive that holds strong until evening. Fixodent plus adhesives. Just one application gives you superior hold even at the end of the day fixodent. Strong more like natural teeth. Maria welcome back in South Carolina jury sentenced roof to death for murdering nine black church go inner city 2015 Cheryl Casone with details. Cheryl that is right the 22yearold hot what no remorse telling jurors i still feel like i had to do it jurors deliberated three hours before delivering the death sentence graham whose sifrt was killed by root praised the verdict. How do you justify saving one life when he took nine . And such a brutal fashion. With no remorse. He just took them way from us. He because he wanted to, he decided the day the hour the moment my sister was going to die now someone is going to do the same for him. Well root faces state trial could also face Death Penalty also headlines this morning. Former new york senator Alphonse Damato escorted off plane for commotion after 6 1 2hour delay occurring monday night in fort lauderdale, listen to this. Can still speak in this country what you are doing to me and i want to tell you i am making appeal to all you people, you want to know what . Stand up for what is right, and walk out with me. Okay 79yearold ex senator starting ruckus after crew tried to get passengers to change seats a spokesman said after visiting a sick friend jetblue says passengers can be removed if a situation could escalate. Snap that is the Parent Company of snapchat making london home of international operations, the decision runs counter to that of other technology companies, like apple and google when chosen legislator tax bases like ireland snap says uk strong Creative Industries made the country great place to build global busess, snap has 150 million a day worldwide does plan to go public this year many experts say snaps tax strategy could boost investor transparency, this if pu love cadbury, the season coming up, lighting up social media over release of a new one oreo flavored got the hard chocolate shell oreo cream on inside of it cannot wait new egg has new package, plastic cup instead of wrapper, on sale for a while already in uk waiting for reviews no word when they hit u. S. As soon as they do i will bring them to set back to you. Maria counting on that thank you so much, by the way, senator damato a regular you agree with what he did. I always try to avoid getting thrown off an aircraft for any reason never happened to me so far. But going through anticipating lengthy delay like that, plane to leave roughly 1 00 afternoon was 8 00 at night sitting around, trying to move passengers around. You pay for the extra legroom seat trying to move passengers around you just reach breaking point, and he just got loud a new york got loud. Job cuts on way World Largest retailer walmart cutting down Corporate Office president elect daughter leading charge for women in the workplace details on he very soon kas trumps renewed push, back in a moment. Rodney and his new business. He teaches lessons to stanley. And thats kind of it right now. But rodney knew just what to do. He got quickbooks. It organizes all his accounts, so he knows where he stands in an instant. Ahhh. Thats a profit. Which gave him the idea to spend a little cash on some brilliant marketing ha, clever. 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Welcome back change script on child care ivanka trump could make changes to her roll as head of the beginning of fathers term as president , she is reportedly set to resign from fashion brand and her executive position at trump organization, she works with congress to pass legislation that would mandate six weeks of parental leave has said though that she is probably not taking a role in the White House Joining us to talk about women in workplace deloitte ceo. Thanks for joining us. Big news what do you make of ivanka trumps decision reported decision about all of this. I think good to have this conversation. Be at forefront for american workers, men and women, who are struggling with dial career families making sure they have at the appropriate balance with children, we at dloit put in 16 week paid family leave, so that is very important men and women for a variety of family events because if you look at this multigenerational workforce, people need Different Things life cycle of employee. That was a big deal 16 weeks paid that is going to go for women or men for lee mid career professionals take advantage of, things in someones career they may want to work on. Deloitte receivers 80 s p 500 in terms of consulting Business Needs do you see this trend taking hold within business . I think a lot of businesses are looking at how they invest in he Innovation One of the areas we have been talking about is innovation and talent, so very important if you want to have the right workforce you want to have the retention rates looking for, is to put in innovate will at aent policies this is one, gives people peace of mind to know it is there they can take it when they need it. I feel one of the main sort of ideas around ivanka trump during campaign was really has been instrumental moving needle on child chair legislation how does deloitte what change do you think should be coming out of washington how much of this should fall on government. I think there is a balance, certainly as with any regulation, or any mandate there is a balance in how you think about it, i think it is great conversation being raised i think greet it will get to board room as a result discussions around how companies are investing in these type of policies, but the mandates across entire Population Group every Company Different every ceo i meet with a company has 80 hourly workerers Small Businesses everybody different i think a lot of programs out there today that companies can take advantage of paid leave things like that i dont think government needs to mandate could be important part of an employees benefit package. The truth is sometimes we have really good people, who are working really hard, but they also have challenges at home. And you have to be being flexibility otherwise you lose that person you are ceo of Large Corporation you are a mother as well. Yeah. Walk us through some challenges that you have seen in your career, that may have actually gotten in the way of you getting that next he promotion. Absolutely, as a working mother and dual career family, it was really important that we had reliable and affordable child care that was an important part of it was important that i was able to take time off when i had two children it was now important that we give our employees the flexibility to take advantage of that i had a male with autism i want to take time off can i do it we want them to take time off so that if a broad inclusive family policy. You want employees to feel company has back a big issue at home i know that i can take off without worry that i am going to lose my spot. We see, time and time again productivity employees you give that benefit when they come back, from either that leave, or they come back from doing Something Else, that they will be more productive because again they have peace of mind to know they can take it when the chips are down at home. The question when it comes to women all the time how come we dont see more women in the executive suite your answer. We need to move i say all the time, from novelist to norm i became ceo deloitte big deal for me he personally i didnt think so behaving on outside i am smofth i see a lot of people in that field below that, that are the Leadership Development is invested in companies there is no doubt wha a lot of work to do to make sure women have confidence to arrive their hand capabilities so positioned well for next spot. Absolutely right let me ask your take on economy you are dealing with so many businesses 80 s p 500 what are you seeing out there what would you expect from 2017. I think 2017 is about speed Speed Investment around technology, because as you look at smart cities as you you look at connected home connected car, the connected nation, companies are going to need to invest in things like internet of things, block chain ua. I. Social mobile, coming together same time so platforms that companies are developing m a that companies will need to do, to jog growth outright acquisition really important speed for that is going to be important obviously think from government policy perspective speed will be important as well as look at the Different Things that you have been talking about all morning about tax reform, and certainly about infrastructure. Do you think we will get tax reform. I was he reflection when i johned in 1986, 30 years ago last time meaningful tax he reform. Incredible i think important u. S. Companies have more competitive tax structure i think, as you see, many of the ceos i meet with are very much looking forward to some kt flexibility in being able to unlock some capital they have sitting on sidelines i think if they have confidence in competitive tax structure they will go out there spend that. Could be very good story, a good year. Optimistic. Greet to see. You great to see you thanks for joining us first female ceo major firm congratulations, president obama bids American People farewell message as he prepares to pass torch to president elect donald trump transition continues on capitol hill Rex Tillerson ready to defend relationship with russia during Senate Hearings secretary of state, lots to come back in a moment. Choose. Choose. Choose. But at bedtime. Why settle for this . Enter sleep number and the lowest prices of the season. Sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow only at a sleep number store, right now, the best buy rated c2 mattress is only 699. 99 learn more at sleepnumber. Com know better sleep with sleep number. Optimistic. Maria good wednesday morning thanks for being with us i am Maria Bartiromo it is wednesday, january 11 top stories right now 8 30 a. M. On the east coast, president elect donald trump set to meet the press today, trump is expected to announce his pick for the secretary of Veterans Affairs this morning face questions over explosive new he allegations new reports that say he was briefed on intelligence of russian efforts to compromise him president elect fighting back this morning in a tweet storm among tweets he writes today intelligence aggregations should never have allowed this fake news to leak into public one last shot at me, we are are we living in nazi germany. Saying this is nonsense, Fox Business Network will bring live coverage of the News Conference 11 00 a. M. Eastern with president elect donald trump. Etrump faces press members of potential cabinet grilled on capitol hill secretary of state nominee former exxonmobil Ceo Rex Tillerson on hot seat several protesters arrived including coded pink ag senator Jeff Sessions kicked off hearings yesterday day two of those confirmation hearings today sessions will, current commander in chief said goodbye to American People last night, president obama touted accomplishments in farewell address last night. That is what our democracy mandz at the need youth, not just when an election, not just when you are own narrow interests is at stake, but overly the full span of elections if you are tired of arguing with strangers on internet try talking with one in real life. Latest on transition of power this morning german tightens security following berlin attacks plans to stop terrorism coming up, at t raising fries customers with grandfather plans can expect to pay even more, markets look like this futures indicating a flat opening for the broader averages Dow Jones Industrial average up a fraction, s p 500 down a fraction, a nasdaq up a fraction, nasdaq seeing bid under it money into tech recently, in Europe Markets you are little changed to look at eurozone indices today and you will see ft 100 cac quarante and dax index in germany up a third of a percent, in asia overnight markets mixed kospi southed korea top performer up 1 1 2 nascar losses a lijd the historic career of raceer carl edwards we will tell you about that coming up, first terrorism president obama citing his efforts against isis in Farewell Speech last night watch. Our Law Enforcement agencies are more effective and vigilant than ever. We have taken up tens of thousands of terrorists including bin laden. [applause] the coalition against isil has taken out leaders, taken way half their territory isil will be destroyed. Joining us right now former german ministerch defense k. C. Gutberg thank you for joining us your take on comments do you believe object efforts against terrorist organizations have been successful. Some success definitely beyond the criticism i have i havent seen any about to unite International Community there itself undermining no clear attachment between european efforts u. S. Efforts you see some intelligence coordination, but that could be better, and a lot has not grown last couple years so, yes, we have seen couple Success Stories we have seen bin laden taken out, but is there a wider concept of how middle east will look years to come followup after cairo speech there is anything of goes deeper than just i dont think so. Coming from is one seen firsthand in Angela Merkel opened doors to immigrants, refugees saw a lot of attacks after. Would be too easy to blame object for that that is the failure of european, european not united enough never establish common form of Security Policy to tackle dangerous problems. I was going to ask you seems within the European Union there is a lot of agreement how to tackle unifies migration, so to have a collaborative approach probable starts with eu nato has to do much better jobfying on the ground out how they want to attack migration. Right, nato has to reform itself quite sustainably, substantially to come closer to new threats asymmetric threats you have a point europe comingo conglomerate 28, probably 27 Member States very, very distinct and full of conviction. Is one issue assimilation of the immigrants one of the problems in france a lot of attackers attacks that have happened people from poverty stricken areas werent asimilar latest is that the situation playing in germany right now. Biggest for germany proximate cause 1 million in 2015 to one million refugees another 260,000 last year that is the number we have heard this morning from jeremy, so assimilate them and to integrate them a task force for the next decades to come nothing can be resolved one or two or three years so it no as easy not that easy to say well it has been it has been easy task for refugees or for terrorists to merge with refugees to come in, and then launch attacks there are a lot being influenced germany 5, 6, seven years ago we are many haves triple as well. Statesponsored multiculturalism a huge problem britain and france, United States does not have in a problem we view assimilation differently in this country. Could it be a problem . That is an important point, because many try to you draw analogy say why dont you act same way your culture is entirely different you are a Country Grown out of immigrants, and that is something europe has never understood to transmit it one of the reasons the surge rise of nationalism. If you are back working for Angela Merkel. What would you recommend to do with syria . Well [laughter] no, but so it all starts there, but it doesnt end there. Right. And the point is is the focus if we focus solely on one country we have failed we have to see interconnections interdependency of all players involved talking about a question that reaches from mali to diaz de la portilla we have to indonesia, countries how do muslim majority integrate into questions we are facing right now talking about the question of whether europe is willing to take the responsibility by itself to u. S. What about that jereger germ says toughening rules in response to berlin attack making exextremists what do you think about measures. Necessary never enough you will never catch everyone you will always see accusations that we have not done everything about it on the other hand, you by pressing through whatever you would like to see at the end of the day, have a Little People are reluctant. How do you think grrmy looking at u. S. A bizarre passports lack of open entry now . This is nothing we can actually adapt to jeremy not surrounded by see we are by open borders even if we try to close the european borders there is a way into europe will remain to be the magnet for those who see the future actually some more prosperous Corporate Taxes, would i be remiss without asking your take on huge that is a complete pivot from what he said. The guy wanted 5 tax rate this is a 75 tax rate. Anybody now simplify things. I want to correct you with 75 that came from france. You wanted one who knows how to play with Business Sentiment an election that is something apolitical, no, so propane a couple messages to come some might be logical others contdictory. Werent spruced nowrplificat. Doesnt spry me. Britain going to 15 , has to do optimist surprising if export driven country that we need internal growth. That wasnt the case three years ago when he said he wanted taxes raised and he want similarplification does not necessarily mean lowering taxes i think he keeps, gate open here, he is a fox. Shifting nose no boards. From a baker. Good to have you on the show love seeing you on set thank you. Coming up donald trump already blasting the press on twitter this morning, Stuart Varney weighs in on report that russia has compromising information on trump, then at t prices up for some customers how much your monthly bill will go up if you have grandfathered unlimited plan back in a minute. Transportation or government. We touch millions of lives every day. 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Maria welcome back we have 450 minutes away from a opening bell for a wednesday market looking flat this morning take a look, as you see there, trend a couple names on move at t set to raise prices, the price of grandfather unlimited data plan 5 dollar increase to begin march raising to 40 dollars a month second recent price increase for the plan after at t raised cost 5 dollars last year shares off better than 0 year over year walmart story the wall street journal reporting the company is planning to cut more jobs, nearly 1,000 jobs, out by the end of the month, the cuts reportedly from walmart human rigorous exhrs decisions second round of layoffs under a year walmart president elect donald trump taking to twitter this morning ahead of press conference to sounds off on reports russia has compromising information on him says i win election easily Great Movement verified, and crooked opponents try to be little our victory with fake news, a sorry state, intelligence agents should never have allowed this fake news to leak into the public, one last shot at me. Are we living in nazi germany he asks Stuart Varney. Let me back up a retired British Intelligence official sets up his own shop, gets paid by antitrump people a report charging Donald Trumps lawyer met in prague with kremlin operatives an exchange of cash, he further alleges that donald trump has been involved in salacious suggestiving disguessing behavior in the past right before hearings today press conference inauguration seems to me like this is dare he i say conspiracy on part of left to did kret further Trump Administration just as about to take power, as you reported, mr. Trump is obviously furious about this i think going to hold center stage at appraise conference 11 00 we will be covering in entirety. And covered also in the tillerson hearings 12 minutes time covering in entirety. What a situation right before inauguration i want to hear about his policies i want to hear about tax cuts deregulation obamacare replacing it no weve got unsubstantiated unverified reports about his behavior, and cash dealings in prague. Maria that is the thing nonintelligence agencies have even verification about any of this yet media is going with it like top story some big information about donald trump. Why was unverified unsubstantiated report why was that included in a two page intelligence briefing given to president obama and president elect trump why in that briefing . If there is no substantiation swa whatsoever why there why leaked in media unbelievable. It looks like you had about this. This is speculating sometime, and News Agencies had it the people on capitol hill had it and all of a sudden appears right before inauguration. Because of buzzfeed. I know a huge show today confirmation hearings as well as the trump News Conference we will be is there. We are rearing to go. I know dow 20,000 by the way, beginning after mornings with maria stuart there with his cast coming up next a push could come to couches grace and allen walk to bench the latest controversy could draw more scrutinize back in a minute. Your Insurance Company wont replace the full value of your totaled new car. The guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. No, i picked the wrong Insurance Company. With Liberty Mutual new car replacement™, you wont have to worry about replacing your car because youll get the full value back including depreciation. Make the switch and find outhy 96 of our customers are satisfied with Liberty Mutual. Call for a free quote today. Liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. Maria okay. So first tripping spoofing players nowrayson allen shoving coach . Is it time to say good nice grayson once again, three games, since he came back from serving one game ban for tripping o poefg player third time in a year Grayson Allen took game to another level last night, second half, allen tries to save the ball for duke as going into the seat, he goes out to dive for ball to keep it in watch as he shoves fwl state assistant coach dennis gates, video dark but you can see as he goes he clearly pushes him. This happened three nights after allen appeared possibly trip a Boston College player no foul issued allen booed by Florida State crowd every time he touched ball went to four line Florida State won by 16, 10 00 a. M. Eastern today, joe gibbs will hold a News Conference to announce carl edwards retiring from a racing Effective Immediately two months ago edwards nearly one first sprint cup championship now number 19 toyota driven by ex finnerty champ daniel suarez, 28 time winner 445 career stats, you world series chicago cubs visit with outgoing president monday Major League Baseball commissioner met with incoming president manfred met yesterday with president elect donald trump at trump tower in mabt with new york yankees president said a nice meeting explained history with the game what a great baseball fan he is glad an opportunity to get together before inauguration. We know mom lets babes gr up to be cowboys they can get more done when watching cowboys tv can be great baby civil right not cartoons, rather the dallas cowboys, Football Game is on the baby is silent threemonthold has had two here at heart surgeries he stops and watches tv like all right, i am with cowboys. So she cried during cartoon put cowboys on everything good. Good, that is great thanks, jared. Well be right back. To the ope. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. Welcome back. We want to point out that Rex Tillerson is going to begin his confirmation hearing in 15 minutes. So stay with Fox Business Network. Stuart is going to have it live as Rex Tillerson is testifying in 15 minutes. Final thoughts from our panel. Id have to agree with president elect trump, having these come out and new twitter after the Farewell Speech, im happy to have a respectful disagreement on twitter. Bank earnings this friday, its one of the largest factors in the s p 500. Focus on that and Everybody Knows the good stuff baked in. Maria theyre up a lot, would you buy here . Relative to historical valuations theyre cheap. Respectful and twitter are an oxymoron, the only thing better is mr. Trump talking to the press at 11 a. M. Going wild and woolley. Maria happy belatedbirthday to you. My friend, Dagen Mcdowell. Stay with Fox Business Network. Here is stuart and varney company. Stuart well take it, maria. Thank you very much indeed. Talk about a full plate. Youre about to see the Trump Presidency tested and challenged before its started. Its going to be a contentious day, oh, yes, and good morning everyone. Exxons recollection tillerson will be grilled on Climate Change and dealings with russias vladimir putin. His confirmation on secretary of state is about to begin. Minutes from now, there will be hostile questioning from the democrats and you will see it. Then, at 11 00, the president elect holds his first former News Conference in six months. Watch out, this will be very contentious