Maria joining the conversation, Dagen Mcdowell, former republican president ial candidate steve forbes. Im so happy that youre back, dagen. Dagen i was watching or trying to, i missed you immensely and i will leave it at that. Maria we will talk more about it. Maria steve, thank you so much for joining us, big day again. Consumer is still king. Maria we are wait on retail numbers, top story, markets hitting record high, futures on the way to another record at the start of trading, s p futures up 8 and nasdaq futures up 34 with a number of retailers to report quarterly earnings, home depot, kohls, tjmaxx among them. Lets get to home depot, Ashley Webster are the numbers. Ashley lets get right to it, home depot on the earnings per share coming at 2. 53 a share, that is one penny better than the estimate but revenue just a hair short, estimate for 27. 53 billion coming to 27. 2 billion, lets not forget home depot lowered guidance in last Earnings Report and reaffirming that, same store sa
Because the democrats have not proved yet. That debate coming up. Also will talk to him about the Justice Department new criminal probe into russia probe that can bring criminal charges. Obama officials lawyering up. Intelligence, Law Enforcement officials worn this is serious stuff. Its about potential criminal abuses using biased obama officials to unleash the awesome power of the u. S. Intelligence community normally used against terrorist i guess an Opposition Campaign and their lower level workers. We have that and how that fits in with a long history of the Obama Administration overreach. Reports coming in, china and the u. S. Coming close to finalizing the trade deal as we debate the media overreaction and overreach at the New York Times. The day the trunk died, taught money on wall street, youre wrong, joe biden his campaign, joe biden saying his children would never work at the white house like President Trumps children. The debate, critics point out, your controversies about
Selling nba products. A stark warning from beijing, stay out of chinas sovereignty. Keep your mouth shut. Theres action on the trade front. The u. S. Has blacklisted 28 companies which are accused of helping in the repression of uighur muslims in western china. The Foreign Ministry there is considering retaliation. High level talks resume in washington this week, now with a more threatening backdrop. Its another day when the market reacts to headlines. Investors clearly worried again about china trade. The white house is also looking at limiting chinese stocks in u. S. Government Pension Funds. Now, were looking at a significant drop at the opening bell. The dow is off about 170, s p down 17, big drop for the nasdaq, down about 40 to 50 points. Heres what we have. Free speech threatened, American Business threatened, china playing hardball defense as it faces challenges from all sides. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart china trade, deputy level talks start today ahead of the hig
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D can disgibson. Theyre sending a ground hog. Farmers taking their almanac instead. Dramatic moved by the Justice Department leaving it apparently at odds with the white house. The Washington Post today suggesting that the divide between President Trump and attorney general bill barr over among other things the president s tweeting. That divide reportedly by the Justice Departments decision not to charge former acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe a target of the president who authorized the investigation of trump. Following the president in west palm beach, monica, good morning to you. Did the dropping of the charges come as a surprise to the administration, to the president . Reporter it appears so. We havent heard from the president directly. Heres here for the hes hoar for the weekend in maralago. The Washington Post is reported this morning that he was caught off guard. This comes days after attorney general bill barr gave that interview to abc where he said it was impossible for him