one, of a top chinese executive in canada. and the state of politics. more shadowy politics revealed. as the investigation into north carolina elections fraud takes aim at a gop operative. in the state of wisconsin, the power grab continues. the wisconsin legislature voted to strip away the power of the incoming democratic administration. this is legislation that s clearly designed to undermine the results of the elections we just had and the process through which this is passed was simply embarrassing. and no vacancy. saudi lobbyists booked hundreds of rooms at trump s d.c. hotel immediately after the 2016 election. this as a group of bipartisan senators condemned the white house s response to kamal cahas
and concerned about cyber spying. they have said they don t want the largest global supplier of i.t. technology to come into the u.s. market because they re worried about that company spying through a back door. you have the cfo arrested in cana canada. reports are they want her extradited here, the eastern district in new york. what s happening here could really jeopardize those situations about the trade deal. this is stunning, david, don t go anywhere. i have to bring my panel in. josh brown, wealth management. and the author of why wall street matters. josh, to you first, it was only a couple of months ago.
wawah. it s the second largest smart phonemaker in the world. the daughter of the founder, arrested in canada, but facing extradition to the united states where she s reportedly accused of violating american sanctions against iran. this is massive. china is already calling for her release. unclear how any of that could impact the negotiations. we know it ain t good. all of this is essentially overshadowing the fact that the u.s. economy has been good, wages are up and companies are hiring. why is wall street acting like everything is falling apart? i ll start with msnbc s david g gerra live at the stock exchange. walk us through what is driving markets today. straight out of the gate when
the ccfo, the daughter of the founder. i want to bring in dom chu and . we might neat a correction. sometimes it s a buying opportunity. i don t see a buying opportunity. if you like where the markets were a week and a half ago, you ll love where they are now. we re cheaper than we were back then. the issue comes down to whether or not the same things driving the market downside since the beginning of october are still in play. you mentioned the arrest in canada at the u.s. behest. that s what will drive more tension in the marketplace. pundits will say this, this does
economy. that s not going to change. unlike previous administrations that when they got to the point, wrote checks for millions of dollars and let the north koreans off the hook. we re determined to fulfill the commitments made by chairman kim in singapore. looks like u.s./mexican relationships are improving. you re off for the inauguration of the new president, together with the leaders of mexico and cana canada, the new trade agreement. but there s still a lot of tension along the border. and there s a lot of uproar about whether or not the u.s. should go ahead and build a new wall. spend all that money. whatever happened to the president s commitment for so long during the campaign that mexico would pay for the wall? that wall s going to get built. i have already developed a good relationship with my counterpart, the incoming foreign secretary of mexico. we ve met a number of times already. i m unfortunately not going to