Stephanie i am stephanie ruhle. We misseed y we missed you. Erik a vacation. I will not go so far to say i deserved it, but i enjoyed it. Stephanie getting the top business stories of the morning. Greece. Talks over the greek bailout have broken down. Germanys commerzbank says theres a 50 greece will leave the euro. Greece is refusing to meet european demands that it requests an extension of the current Bailout Program. Here is greeces finance minister. Yanis varoufakis in the history of the European Union, nothing good has come out of ultimatum. We proceed from crisis to crisis and this is how we improve. In the next few days, any notion of an ultimatum is going to be withdrawn. Stephanie the greek government says terms are too tough and it wants be deal rewritten. Time is running out, the agreement expires at the end of the month. A shakeup at Starwood Hotels which owns sheraton and w. The ceo has stepped down. Starwoods board says it is time they speed up company growth. The Parent
The dow holding marginally above water. As for the nasdaq and the s p, lets get a check on those two as well. Theyve been kind of positive today, but not superbly so. At least it is a positive start to the trading week. Now, forget about the number of days shopping days until christmas. Were talking about 13 and a half trading days after today how to position your money ahead of what might or might not happen with the fiscal cliff deal. Are we ready to go . Lets find out how you should be investing. Everybodys looking at me like i should not be saying something right now. Okay. Everybodys there. Mandy . Okay. Joining us now we have a cast of thousands. Dan mcmahon from raymond james. Nathan backrat. And our very own rick santelli. Thank you for joining us today. Nathan, lets start with you. So 13 and a half trading days left. What do you do with those to make it worth it . Y better have the right allocation to begin with. In the meantime guess whats gotten cheaper . Europe. Germany and
Last. New word that an american journalist is finally back home after spending almost two years as a prisoner in syria. And surviving ebola, cnn goes inside the Worlds Largest ebola treatment center, and speaks to doctors risking their lives to fight the deadly virus. The american journalist freed by militants sunday is now back home in the United States. Peter theo curtis was greeted by his mother just hours ago in boston. A moment he had been waiting for for so long. Curtis was held for 22 months by fighters believed to be with the Al Qaeda Affiliated group. He was released just days after isis executed james foley. U. S. Officials tell cnn another american man was killed in syria over the weekend, but they say Douglas Mccain was fighting with isis militants. He was not the First American to join extremists in syria. The u. S. Very concerned about what could happen if they ever return. Hes an american with an all american name, Douglas Macarthur mccain. This man from san diego went t
Tom thank you, michael. Lets welcome our guests. In 2008, she won the only election i was happy about. Conservative political commentator and yes, miss america 2008, kirsten haglund. Im amazed a man of his age still gets invited to tea parties. Comedian stephen kruiser. Hes young at heart and in your program, comedian tim young. And hes an expert at the dead lift, so if youre looking for a pallbearer, hes your guy. Sitting right next to me, comedian is joe devito. Okay, lets start the show. Tom sweden is picking a fight with President Trump, on a platform hes not very comfortable with, twitter. When president on saturday blamed problems the scandinavian country is having on the refugee policy, the swedes disagreed. Swedens twitter account, which is manned by a new citizen every week, responded by putting the violence and perspective. We have around 100 birdies per year, thats like to go days the u. S. Two. Days. Donald trump is now saying that immigration in sweden has now led to an in