China trade deal jobless claims fall. And real estate and staples are leading the charge joining us for the hour is stephanie link were both feeling the holiday red but we got a green market. Like a christmas theme were now starting to see internalsin the market thats confirming the stabilization look at the 210 spread, the yield curve is steepening. Nats a good sign asia stocks, they are breaking out. You look at oil up 10 in the past month all of these things are confirming were seeing stabilization and that sets us up for 2020 seeing better growth my biggest question mark does this translate into better earnings i think we will see better earnings which maybe not right away you have pmis globally that are stabilizing. I feel good going into 2020. It has to be an Earnings Growth year all three averages are up half a percent first lets focus on the big stories were watching Kayla Tausche has the latest on china trade and usmca. Then the senate spendling bill vote and Bertha Coombs has
Cheryl that will wake you up, 5 00 this morning in new york. Ashley good morning. Cheryl welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning, im cheryl casone. Ashley im ashley webster. Cheryl the markets are looking good right now. We have green arrows across the board. We are waiting for earnings from kroger, tiffany, express. The nasdaq is up 22 andahalf right now. Ashley whats been going on in asia overnight while youve been sleeping, most of the asian markets moving higher. The only fly in the oin the oin. Cheryl the dax is a little lower. Just went up by a quarter point. Democrats say theyre all in on impeachment following a marathon day of testimony on capitol hill. Four law scholars went head to head over what constitutes he removing a president from office. Ashley Hillary Vaughn has details. Reporter three law professors invited by the democrats to join the House Judiciary Committee to give their take on the constitutional grounds for impeachment say the information inside the Intelligence Comm
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News conference. This after video emerged showed World Leaders gossipping about the president. Melissa mean girls. Connell latest response from the white house on that and more. Impeachment hearings back today on capitol hill. Witnesses taking the stand. Not everybody believing that democrats have a case. Well talk about that. Plus, a new message from north korea as kim jongun once again ride as white horse off the peak of a sacred mountain. Melissa typical day. Connell what the staged photoop means for the United States. Melissa i didnt mean to step on your joke. That was better one. Fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman live in london. Gerri willis on floor of the new york stock exchange. Edward lawrence at white house, Grady Trimble in chicago. Blake, lets kick it off with you . Melissa, connell, forthright meeting yesterday between President Trump and Emmanuel Macron is warm up for back and forth we saw between President Trump and justin trudeau. There was a hot mic moment last