servicemember killed in afghanistan as sergeant first class michael jch. goebel. he was assigned to eggland air force base in florida. the taliban has claimed responsibility for goebel s death even as peace negotiations between the group and the u.s. continue. it s a short trading day for christmas ooeeve, but stocks ar yet at another record. they finished off at an all-time high and the president said so in a telephone call from mar-a-lago this morning. our country has never done better economically. we just set a stock record yesterday. that would be the 135th in less than three years of my presidency. we ve never had an economy anywhere close to this. our unemployment numbers are the best we ve ever had. they re african-american, asian american, hispanic american.