Univision so much to get to on this very busy day so lets get started and we begin where else but with the very latest on the coronavirus as that surge of new cases is rising outside of china were also seeing markets react very strongly kristie is the latest on that coming up in just a 2nd but right now lets take a look at the boom of new cases in south korea as well as iran lets start in south korea where virtually all of the new cases are connected to a mega church about 200000 people in fact about 60 percent of all south koreas cases of the coronavirus or link to the church of jesus where it apparently a 61 year old woman began transmitting the virus its not clear how she became infected but now south korean officials have announced that they will test all 215000 members of that church south koreas number of confirmed infections has risen to 893 the largest number outside of china meanwhile iran is claiming that only 12 people have died from the virus. In that country that claim tho
Infected well now south korean officials have announced that they will test all 215000 members of that church south koreas number of confirmed infections has risen to 893 the largest number outside of china meanwhile iran is claiming that only 12 people have died from the virus in that country that claimed though goes directly against a claim being made by a local leader in coom who says that as many as 50 people have actually died in that city alone this is a rons Deputy Health minister has confirmed that he too has contract in the corona virus and has quarantined himself listen. I wanted to inform you that i am were on a virus positive i had a fever initial tests turned out that of late. Myself you know since last night i was told a few minutes ago that it was. Well all of this as the World Health Organization is warning countries that the coronavirus is literally knocking at their door. And i said yeah unless they should get i mean i dont know about it out of my kitchen i was going
Right this hour, where there is still here one hour left of it. Good to have you with us here for closing bell. Im Contessa Brewer in for sara eisen today. It has been a big year for stocks the dow, the s p, the nasdaq all on pace to close the year higher by more than 20 well tell you which names have seen the biggest gains and with tech up by nearly 50 this year, well have an exclusive interview with Tech Hedge Fund giant, dan niles. Hell give you a peek into his 2020 playbook. Also, we didnt answer bills question lets do it what is your drink . Whatever gets put in front of me great answer. Very good answer, indeed mine might be an Old Fashioned tonight. We shall see but we have to get back to the show lets take a look at whats driving the show 59 minutes left. Were down 40 points on the dow. A little bit of rebalancing as investors get ready for the new year President Trump tweeting today he will sign the phase i deal with china on january 15 and Consumer Confidence data out this mo
A 50 billion deal and room to run. A closer look at the consumer and the stocks our expert guest says are the must buys heading into the new year as Worldwide Exchange begins right now good morning im dominic chu. We begin today in our Nations Capital warehouse democrats are set to impeach the president for the third time in the history of our country. The president sends a scathing letter to House Speaker accusing her party of, quote, unconstitutional abuse of bower. Going to tracie potts. We have new details of how this might play out and how it might get extended beyond the six hours of debate. In that letter you talked about. President trump on the eve of this vote is accusing democrats of declaring open war on democracy. Rallies across america on the eve of a vote to impeach President Trump on abuse of power and obstruction of congress i have not seen it. It is a hoax his comments follow a scathing letter to House Speaker demanding she immediately cease this impeachment fantasy ar
Eamon javers joins us this morning with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carl. Its oddly quiet here at the white house today. We dont see Senior Administration officials out here defending the president or making arguments we dont see any events scheduled with the president publicly, other than his departure later on this afternoon. Nonetheless, the president has been venting some of his frustration that we saw boil over in that letter to nancy pelosi yesterday and continues in tweets this morning the president saying can you believe that ill be impeached today by the radical left do nothing democrats and i did nothing wrong. A terrible thing read the transcripts this should never happen to another president again. Say a prayer and, carl, having covered the last impeachment, so far today this day feels very different than the day on which the president president bill clinton was impeached back in the late 1990s on that day, there was a real sense of uncertainty about wh