stabilize. i ve had the same job 34 years. i m good. where the economy sits might determine what the next chapter will look like for the country. i m going to work hard, pay off my bills. have a new car in sight. i m going to do it. i m optimistic about 2024 and all it will bring to the world, to the economy. neil: investors have high hopes for a new year and a new stock market. let s say for the first trading day, not the most magnificent of starts. last year s so-called m magnificent big tech stocks were big duds. so we record, you decide if 2024 is still big. welcome. i m neil cavuto. happy to have you with us. happy new year to you as well. to lydia hu on the bumpy start to what ken fisher says is going to be another banner year. but again, not quite starting out that way. yeah, hi, neil. you said it best. today was a bumpy start for the first day of trading in this new year. of course, it s coming on the heels of a blockbuster close at the end of 2023. al
[cheers and applause] greg: yes! happy monday, more like happy fun day. i just invented that word. so friday the daily caller obtained video of an employee having anal sex inside a judiciary committee hearing room. oh, applause, thank you. pro anal sex in the senate judiciary room audience. we don t have access to the video so we had gene one of our producers sketch a screen grab. there you go. yeah, talk about yielding the floor to the next gentlemen. after the story broke democrat senator ben cardin s office released this statement quote, aidan may is no longer employed by the us senate. good thing his id badge had the picture of the back of his head. security forces tell fox news that capitol police are taking the matter seriously and charges haven t been ruled out. now, either this was a rare event or maybe this career s secret santa gift exchange got way out of hand. but where else can you get paid to have sex in the workplace with a free colonoscopy? only in dc are th
musk. desantis making light of last night s rocky rollout. we had a huge audience. it did it was the biggest they had had ever had. it did break the twitter space. so we re really excited about the enthusiasm but ultimately about the future of our country. lawrence: okay former president trump campaigned saying, quote: ron desantis botched campaign announcement is another example of why he is just not ready for the job. the stakes are too high in the fight to save america is too critical to gamble on first timer who is clearly not ready readyfor prime time. his re-election donation page with the caption this link works. the king of fumbles is making fun of desantis. i find that interesting. ainsley: good point. he made the announcement last night on this platform that most people don t use a lot. we were all talking about live on air. and lawrence is texting us saying it s basically a conference call. brian: trying to help us on the show yesterday. ainsley: basi
officials ahead of an announcement in next week. i i m charles payne in for neil cavuto. this is your world. desantis says he s the only one that can beat president joe biden. we ll dig into that in just a moment. first to mark meredith in washington keeping track of this. mark? good afternoon. there s no doubt about it. the 2024 race is underway. we ll see two well known republicans jump in to the race. fox learned ron desantis will file his presidential campaign work within days. as you imagined, he s been out there on the road in these battleground states. today he made stops in new hampshire. the first republican primary state. he had a chance to meet with governor chris sununu. sununu also thought to be a possible contender. desantis told the crowd he s eager to make a conservative agenda front and center. if you look nationally, people are pessimistic what s going on with the country. understand ably see. i think florida provides a ray of hope. it doesn t have to