Slowing economy. Joining us for the hour, stephanie link great to have you. What do you make of this market right now . I have fatigue over trade i really do. Its impossible every day it changes. So im trying to ignore it and focus on fundamentals. Today i thought we got some good data on the economy. The philly fed better than expected vince were better than expected meaning he they went own maybe were bottoming. Lets see the flash pmis tomorrow existing home sales up 5 yearoveryear good consumer, lets talk retail earnings have been very good Minus Department stores and some one office. I think that bodes very well for the consumer fatigue over trade but excitement over m and a. Very much so. Im still excited by trade. Im more excited about bristolmyers closed earlier than expected. Thats a great story for 2020. So theres a lot underneath the surface to this market of whats going on and thats what im trying to focus on versus trade. Lets get straight to that big story, the potential c
Currents. The midterms. Youve got the midterms. Im not so sure this is all breaking in the direction that democrats and democratic active theists. Also, rodney good job. Good tease. You kept it short. Hes going to the make a speech. Oh, no. Were you in congress . It was the spring of 199 7. No, but that was good. It was good. Stop and then you move on. Bbcs caddy kay. This is international know your value day. Your book is being released. It is. This morning in australia already they have thank you, willie. They have gone in sydney to the opera house and stacked a pile up and started burning them. What . I mean burning torches and cheering for you. Can i take over and read the news. . But thank you, it is you have your outfit. Ive got my uniform. Im steve jobs. Im going to wear this every day on my book tour. Looks great. And his bank account. Do you remember when i wore my same sweater for three years . Even in the summer. Yeah, the first fthe food fr thanksgivings ago. Oh, thank you.
Spends christmas in washington amid the partial Government Shutdown. Reporter donald trump spoke with reporters for 10 minutes but it didnt take nearly half that long to realize this border fight is far from over. The president and first lady spending Christmas Eve at the National Cathedral. Nearly 1000 miles away from their other home in more a lot of. I would rather not be doing shutdowns. I love the white house but i wasnt able to be with my family. I thought it would be wrong for be with my family and i didnt want to go down and be there when other people are hurting. Donald trump began Christmas Day with calls to troops overseas. Merry christmas, happy new year, keep doing the job, we are very proud of you. A chat with reporters. Mister trump says he cannot say when the Government Shutdown will end but the road to it end must be paved with money for walls along the southern border. It is not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they like to call it. I will call
Speaker nancy pelosi. Weve got the very latest. Meanwhile we learn about the man shot dead after attacking an i. C. E. Detention center in Washington State. The attacker has ties to mtv and leftwing groups are calling him a martyr. Stick around. Welcome to fox news at night, mike emanuel for Shannon Bream and we have Team Coverage tonight Trace Gallagher standing by and House Speaker nancy pelosi stands tonight, but we begin with david spunt on the battle between the squad and the president. Good evening, david. A lot going on on capitol hill. The white house met late to discuss the resolution with the president s rhetoric. The first line said condemning President Trumps racist comments directed at members of congress. And it mentions the name benjamin franklin, Thomas Jefferson and franklin roosevelt. We found out in the last 5 minutes the resolution will come to the house for tomorrow. If they dont like it here, they can leave. I dont know who is going to miss them but i guess some p