Mr. Mccarthy hello. Now, this is going to be our last Weekly Press Conference for the year. And for the decade. So before we begin, if i dont get to see you, i want to wish you all a very, very Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. Being our last press conference, i guess were going to start just where we started with our first one about a year ago. Talking about impeachment. You watch what had transformed last night on this floor. Its something weve said all the time. The weakest, the thinnest, the fastest impeachment in u. S. History. Schumer even admitted, trying to ask for more witnesses, that what happened on this floor over here was wrong. Now we have the own speaker of the house who is so embarrassed that she admits the failure of this impeachment that she will not even send it to the senate. So embarrassed that i watched in her press conference, she wouldnt even take your questions. That is not a good legacy to have. Shes admitting defeat by not sending it. By refusing to
Come along with me. Step into christmas. The admissions free. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning at home. Im lauren simonetti. Im deirdre bolton, in for cheryl casone. Keeping you company. Lauren we look like christmas this morning. I was thinking that. Lauren the music, the scene, merry chriss mass rally last christmas rally last night and historic vote to impeach the president. First lets take a look at how your money is moving. Dow futures gaining 31, nasdaq up about 4. Stocks in asia mixed. If you look at the japanese market, lowering the kospi, the if you like, nikkei as well. The kospi is a little higher right now but the nikkei is down after the central bank in japan p kept moneyly policy steady. Lauren the ftse is up 15 point, cac slightly higher, dax down twotenths of 1 . Nancy pelosi is considering bypass aing a senate trial after the Historic House vote to impeach President Trump. Th it is not letting the te president is not letting it stop him, rallying in michigan. R
Coming up on washington journal your reactionimpeachme. [video clip] aren this vote, the yeas 230, the nays r 197. Resent is 1 article 1 is adopted. On this vote, the yeas are 229, the nays are 198. Present is 1. Article 2 is adopted. Thosewith that, with votes, President Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, was impeached in the house of represented ofs on his 062nd day. On his 1 publicans, 2027488001. Emocrats, 2027488000 and independents, 2027488002. Join us on twitter as well at cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan and you can text us at 2027488003. Name, city,r first and state. Lets show you the reaction President Trump had when he learned that last nights rally in battle creek, michigan, the house voted to impeach him. [video clip] vote cominge have a in, every single republican voted for us. Almost 200. We had 198. We did not lose one republican democrats voted for us. Hailey. Thank you, haley, great job. The Republican Party has never been has never been so affronted
Republican party like weve never had before. We didnt lose one republican vote and and 3 democrats voted for us. This was just an excuse. You are the ones obstructing justice. You are the ones bringing pain and suffering to our republic for your own selfish personal political and partisan gain. Its cheapened up, its exactly what our Founding Fathers didnt want and they said it could happen and its happening. Maria yeah, historic night last, joining the conversation from new york, fox business dagen mcdowell, republican pollster Kristin Anderson is here and former wall street journal editor stephen moore. It was a historic night last night, dagen, i was able to watch the proceedings from the gallery last night and it was something to see, the third president in our history to get impeached. Dagen Andy Mccarthy writes in the New York Post that this count will likely pick up because theres a new bar, a lower bar for impeaching a president not one criminal act alleged in the 2 earlies of a
Orecast indonesia decides later thursday while the boj starts a meeting. A straily markets have just open. Sophie, what are you seeing . Markets have just opened. Saw steepening for u. S. Bonds, pushing the u. S. 10year yield to a fiveweek high, and the kiwi dollar off about. 1 , reversing the earlier spike we saw on the back of new zealand hosting a faster than forecast gdp report on a quarterly basis, which may provide relief to the rbc. Nikkei Futures Holding steady. Were expecting a mixed session in asia as we have plenty of Rate Decisions on tap from indonesia, taiwan, hong kong, along with the boj meeting under japanese as we see stocks perhaps getting a little more love from investors, but not to be loved just yet. Investor view on japan is improving slightly with net 6 of global investors. Paul thanks for that. Lets check in on the first word news now with ritika gupta. Proposed budget for the next fiscal year will approach the equivalent of 1 trillion for a second straight yea