You. Four, three, two, one,. [cheers and applause] happy new year it is officially the first day of 2018. Confetti new and fireworks went off at midnight as the crystal ball dropped in times square ushering in the new year. Tens of thousand of merry makers braved the frigid temperatures i can talk. Tradition. It was the second coldest new years eve in times square on record. The temps only 10 degrees in new york city at midnight. Foxs Lauren Blanchard is in new york with more. Reporter temperatures in times square not keeping revelers away bitter cold and unprecedented blanket of security marking this new ye year. Reporter keeping all these people safe a major concern. The more than Million Party goers going through patow theres so much police around and they checked us pretty well when we came in here. So, i think i think it will its safe enough. Reporter following the terror attacks and concerns here in new york and octobers shooting in las vegas, cement barricades and trucks filled
Correspondent daniel new howser and congressional reporter pitterson, later anthony from the center for strategic and International Talk about the Foreign Policy challenges that are facing in 2018. Social media. But voters, wed, should make it a priority that basic knowledge pertaining to our government. Amy says it helps. I have learned so much from the social media. I can adjust my opinion to include new facts. Ive change my mind is some because of conversations with people online. One more from saul. A lot of people do not care about the research, it hurts, they end up spreading false information. That is a sampling of the discussion on our facebook page. Here is a poll. Different wording, but same idea, this is from surveymonkey from october, asked whether social media does more to help, promote democracy and free speech or does more to hurt it. 51 surveyed in the late october poll said it did more to her democracy, 45 said it did more to help. Large majorities among hispanics and
To what we were seeing november and part of december as we saw some rotation. On a relative basis the dow having a much smaller gain than the nasdaq. Leadership in largecap technology. Its a bit broader. We see Consumer Discretionary also helping lead gains. I want to talk about the weather affect. Take a look at whats going on with some of the commodities. Gas rising to its highest in about a month. A 14 surge. Its quite chilly in the northeast. Temperatures hover well below normal. Coffee is also seeing a boost. Things that are hot. Some crop issues in columbia. Slowing brazilian exports also helping and cocoa also seeing a boost. Shirts are hitting a record in london. The u. S. Actually burned the most natural gas ever on record on monday. Natural gas consumption surpassing even the socalled polar vortex. 143 billion cubic feet was mondays usage in the United States and this is having a Ripple Effect within stocks so out Gas Producers are outperforming. Retail generally is seeing a
We have a washing a washington congressional reporter with us as well. Lets talk about what happened over the weekend, when Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan joined the president at camp david for a retreat. What do we know about the agenda their . Agenda there . House Speaker Paul Ryan indicated he is interested in doing some kind of overhaul of welfare programs. Shown he isell has not that interested in doing a Major Overhaul of entitlement programs. Sure if there is some narrow sliver those two leaders might need to work on. The president has told House Republicans he is interested in doing something with welfare programs. But it is a midterm year and, there is anysure appetite in the senate to take up a big, controversial change. Host can you talk about what happened at camp david . Senator mcconnell is trying to convey the political realities. His missile majority in the senate has slimmed to 51 republicans. The tax billot done and failed on the obamacare repeal. That changes a lot. W
The second session of the Congress Officially begins tomorrow. For roundtable discussion on the agenda ahead, we are joined by the staff correspondent with the National Journal. Us asina peterson is with well from the wall street journal. Wall street journal. Be agenda is likely to shaped by what happens over the weekend when Mitch Mcconnell, paul ryan joined the president at camp david for a retreat. What do you know about the topic, the tomorrow. It seems like senator Mitch Mcconnell is trying to convey the realities. His majority has slimmed from 52 to 51 and that will change. They can barely get the tax bill done. They failed on the obamacare repeal. As he told reporters, that changes a lot and when it comes to entitlement reforms, whatever they might be, that is really hard to get any democrats on board. I would expect him to try to convey that. Paul ryan has been a big think leader. For him, you know, he may try, as he said he will, to the these, but he is facing some hurdles in