China says unless you remove the december tariffs we dont have a deal otherwise. David dietze and kristen anderson, last but not least the wall street journal wealth reporter, veronica daguerre. David i will begin with you. One out of five s p 500 companies have already reported and 82 beating earnings estimates. 63 top line revenue estimates. So far, so good. What do you think . I generally agree with that. Remember the bar was set very, very low. Of course companies forced analysts to push down the ratings so it is easier to beat. Neil i thought i was only one who did that. Gave my parents d and fs and see cs would think i was genius. They learned from you. Expectations are very low. I am seeing pretty good beats. I like the fact revenue is coming up strongly. Remember that Information Technology sector that is really weighing down expectations for the s p 500. The rankandfile is doing extraordinarily well. Neil it is interesting, veronica, Biotech Sector on this stunning news out of
Guess, what he expected. Pretty much what he expected. It is. He is doing a fantastic job, not easy, but doing a really good job. I think he will make great progress come october, come november. October. October the 31st. The results, the results will start to show in november. But, it looks to me like he is making great progress. It is an honor to have you here. Well discuss trade. We can drew group pell our trade with the uk and we can i think do a big job. Bob lighthizer is here, our trade representative. Your trade representative is here. Theyre already scheduled a to continue negotiations. For more substantially more trade with the uk. Well look forward to doing that. Well talk about other things also. Boris . Great to be here i hope we can make a our secretary of state of International Trade is here. We hope to get going on that always remembering the nhs is not for sale but everything else, theres a huge amount we can do. I guess well talk a bit about iran and some of those diff
With lebanon we are now in a doubled Double Battle as hezbols up the taxpayers this as israeli warplanes reportedly hit targets across the gaza strip and the west bank. And in syria at meantime idf troops prepare for a Ground Invasion into gaza that could come at any moment. Welcome to a new hour of Fox News Live i am molly line in for arthel neville. Eric hello everyone thank you for joining us im eric shawna for the Gaza Ground Offensive looms to south north idf is trading fire with hezbollah militants and lets lebanon. Sending more troops and tanks up north like hamas, hezbollah backed by Iran Military experts fear tehran is trying to orchestrate a broader conflict. I think hamas, hezbollah are taking pages from those books and making sure everything now focuses on this is going to get bigger if israels goes in. I think it is important that western leaders to include the United States stand firm in their support. Eric will there be a two front or que quest mixing of Foreign Affairs
In, whos out, and what is in the actual plan itself. How it will impact you and your family. Plus escalating criticism of the fbi is more evidence revealed of higher ups playing politics. President trump trying to boost the morale of the agency at the Graduation Ceremony today. What the president is saying now as we are learning about efforts to water down former fbi director james comeys statement on the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Among our guests on these issues, this hour, republican congressman tom mcclintock, steve forbes, retired navy captain chuck nash, Bob Goodlatte the chairman of the house judiciary committee. Melissa back to the markets, the dow ending the day at a new record close its 69th under President Trump. Can you believe that . And for the end of the year. 2017 is tied for most records in a calendar year. Nicole petallides, is floor of new york stock exchange. That is ominous. Tied with 99. The records for the dow, nasdaq, and s p. Were seeing 69th record c
The bottom of the list. Also, antitrump publication, now under pressure from democrats. Vanity fair apologizing for a video posting mocking Hillary Clinton. Now the president is weighing in on this. Wait until you hear what he has to say. Winter weather walloping midwest and the east with arctic weather. It will get a lot worse before it gets any better. The latest on this, a lot more coming up this hour. Lea the dow hitting new highs, led my shares of United Health and caterpillar and travelers. The ninth month in the green, the longest monthly winning streak since 1959. Lets go straight to gerri willis on floor of new york stock exchange. For more what is driving markets today. Hey, gerri. The dow up wow, you heard cheer behind me at the close. That is a record close, the 71st for this year. Also the 71st for trumps administration. Behind these gains unitedhealth, caterpillar. Were keeping eye on banking stocks. Look at this. Goldman sachs, bank of america, all these banks doing much