President trump signing the continuing resolution into law a couple hours ago. In this hour the battle is just getting started. Congressman john geir menddy, democrat of california with us live. Whats his and the democrats price for passage . Well ask him. And he is in california where wildfires in los angeles now expanding to san diego county, getting more and more dangerous. 1000 plus firefighters on the ground right now battling the spreading blazes that threaten some of l. A. s most luxurious hopes. The star of the l. A. Listing, josh flagg is here. One clients home has already burned. He will tell you what they are most worried about when it comes to the wildfires and their real estate. They call this guy the hollywood brand father. Row hand oza, the man with the midas touch. When it comes to introducing new, disruptively Healthy Snack food. Rohan will tell us how the gop tax plan could affect him and other venture capitalists and other entrepreneurs. One hour to the closing bell
The president did sign an executive order that could lead to new sanctions, the North Koreans threatening to test a hydrogeneral bomb over the Pacific Hydrogen bomb over the pacific. Ralph peters is here, hell give us the threat assessment on north korea. Plus a congressman from North Carolina with a preview of next weeks house go pucks tax re gop tax reform rollout to. Health care and Technology Stocks have been dragging markets a little bit lower, if emphasis on a little bit. Less than an hour to go until the closing bell. Im Connell Mcshane in for liz claman. Lets start the countdown. Connell want to go to some breaking news thats coming in as we get started this afternoon from President Trumps twitter account. This is businessrelated, a bit of a shoutout to American Airlines. Its chairman and ceo, theres the tweet thank you to doug parker and the American Airlines for all the help youve given to the u. S. With hurricane flights. Fantastic job, says the president. So calling out an
good afternoon. good afternoon. the dow up, slight gains here. low volume. 240 million shares change hands here at the big board. dow jones average has been kept in a 36-point range. very narrow range today. as mish etch mentioned at the top of the show we are awaiting results from today s treasury auction, two-year notes. followed by a five-year note sale tomorrow and seven-year note sale on wednesday. the markets broadly flat. strength in materials and energy stocks, weakness, though, today, in the industrials as well as the consumer staples groups in today s session. two stocks really standouts when you look at them as far as a percentage winners go. fannie mae and freddie maximum higher after on christmas eve the treasury said it will be lifting a $200 billion aid cap for both of the mortgage giants. allowing them unlimited government aid for the next three years. they are off their highs of the day. still up 18%, 19% respectively. retailers also higher after spending a