Here. Lauren one day after am admitted, yeah, we slowed down phones on purpose, the lawsuits pile on, fbn am starts right now 5 01 a. M. In new york. Friday december the 22nd, three days until christmas. Good morning, im gerri willis. Lauren theres time left. What did you call this weekend . Its daddy weekend because the men wait till the last minute. Lauren christmas morning, they go shopping. Congress avoiding Government Shutdown last night. The yeas are 66, the nays are 32, motion to concur is agreed to. Lauren Senate Approved a temporary spending bill last night to keep the federal government running through january 19th, hours earlier the house passed the bill, 231 to 188. This legislation has provision to turn off automatic spending cuts to many federal spending programs including medicare but lawmakers will face huge challenges when they return next month. Capitol hill unfinished, includes a lot of things, federal budget, Childrens Health insurance called chip and daca program.
Oil and gas this morning, you have a drop in oil prices. Gasoline prices have hit a twoyear high following not storm. Futures are showing this common stocks to start the new weekend. 18point loss on the dow futures come a loss across the board. In europe, stocks are heading lower as well. Losses at the biggest loser being the dax in germany. In asia overnight, markets mixed. We had games on the hang seng in hong kong and shanghai 1 . Breaking down the board vote in the richer task of juggling faces a hard. So much more this morning. Come and morning. Come and enjoy the music pollster ed the same ski partner and editor we will be breaking down the business impact. A lot of terrific guest coming up this morning as well. Retired Army Lieutenant general Hurricane Katrina joint Task Force Commander russell honore. Retired Lieutenant Colonel allen west and attorney general of texas, ken paxton. This gentleman will all be here. Right here right now, catastrophic flooding in houston. Tropical
All with this plan. We are looking for the middle class and we are looking for jobs. All this coming ahead of the visit to florida will he were surveyed the damage from Hurricane Irma is a criminal investigation is launched into nursing homes. Breaking news overnight. In the threat from north korea wants to reduce the United States to actions in darkness. Market lower this morning after the major indices closed at a high yesterday. Major indices of the Dow Jones Industrial average up a fraction of two points. S p 500, nasdaq down fractionally. Investors waiting on the bank of england decision this morning happening in the next hour expected to keep Interest Rates unchanged. In asia overnight, markets lower to close concerns about chinas economy weighing on the market after industrial activity is the shanghai composite down a third of a percent. The other is mostly weaker. Martin said by breaking up behind bars. His bill has been revoked after offering money for a piece of Hillary Clint
Counsel Robert Muellers investigation. The pair pleaded not guilty to a dozen charges including Money Laundering, conspiracy against the United States. White house chief of staff john kelly said he was not worried following the indictment. Everyone is presumed innocent and staff is very comfortable. The vast majority of the staff would have nothing to do with this kind of thing, so there is no worry about it. We been saying since day one there is no evidence of trump Russia Coalition and nothing in the indictment today changes this at all. Maria Technology Takes executives from google, facebook and twitter set to testify over the thoughtful impact russia had on the election. The latest as they spoke once than 120 Million People may have been exposed to content backed by russia. Earnings of mostert among the top names. Aetna and pfizer earningspershare top expert patients. Take a look at those stocks over the last three up 11 as the deal was announced the cvs as well. In the u. S. , loo
Campaign promise but imperative to get rid of obamacare. Maria another threat to the president s agenda. New fox new poll show how americans feel about the use of social media service, we will tell you about it. Legal concerns to Venus Williams, at fault in a deadly car crash, we have the latest. Unwelcomed surprise for gym goers in st. Louis, a sink hole swallows a couples car while they are working out. Incredible story. Another major milestone to report. Markets this morning wrapping up the Second Quarter, markets are ending on positive note it looks like, dow industrials up 30 points, nasdaq up 16 after declines yesterday largely dragged down by technology stocks. Today looks like a strong opening. In Europe Markets are bounded from yesterdays selloff as well. In asian overnight, stocks mostly lower, shanghai composite best performer squeaking out a gain. All the stories coming up this morning and joining me to talk about it fox business dagen mcdowell, Mitch Roschelle and wall str