And we are just seven short hours away from the ball drop here in new york city as well. This is a look at times square live where a Million People are expected to fill the streets. Well fill you in on all that. And from times square to wall street, what a year, what a decade its been for stocks as they close out the very last trading day of 2019 in positive territory, turned around at the end of the day. Its the dows best year since 2017 and the s p 500 and nasdaqs best year since 2013. The dows more than 170 gain since 2010 now ranks as the fourth best decadelong performance in the past 100 years. And now theres new hope that the celebrations will continue well into 2020 as President Trump announces a breakthrough in the china trade deal. Hi, everybody, this is bulls and bears. Again, happy new year to you. Im david asman. Joining me on the panel today, jonathan hoenig, liz peek, kevin kelly and john burnett. Well, the president delivering a surprise new years eve tweet, quote i will
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Im trish regan. Welcome everyone, to the intelligence report. British Prime Minister theresa may, shes upset, understandably, over u. S. Intelligence leaks. You can blame her . Now donald trump is calling for an investigation promising to get to the bottom of it, but are these leaks undermining the president . Weve got the intel straight ahead. Liberals are outraged after secretary ben carson told a radio host that, quote, poverty is a state of mind. Isnt it . Right . A little bit . If you got a positive attitude and a good work ethic, shouldnt you be empowered . Cant you get out of poverty . Isnt that the American Dream . More on all of that coming up. And Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg calling for universal basic income. Thats the government issuing a paycheck to every Single Person in the United States, just for being american is that really the best way to spend taxpayer dollars . Were breaking it down. Back to our own top story, blake burman live in sicily where President Trump is a
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