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dow futures down 21. s&p futures down three. lauren: in a château markets close again for holiday. the only market open is china could the shanghai composite down a quarter 1%. trenches lawmakers threaten airlines if they don t improve their customer service. transfer the celtics if the washington wizards and hockey come of the new york rangers got there seriously. we love highlights. nicole: 5:01 a.m. in new york. wednesday, made very. we welcome you to fbn:am, your first look at morning markets and breaking news. lauren: republicans making some last-minute changes to their health care bill as president trump works phone in search of support. moderate republican fred upton who opposed the bill now reportedly under change that would help people with existing medical conditions pay premiums. steve scully s way in and as the clock ticks down to a possible vote before a recess that last 11 days. are bill protects people with preexisting conditions and provides multipl ....
diplomatic efforts coming out. now showing a negative vote then. the dow, s&p and not fractionally lower this morning. we will talk about it. plus m&a on wall street. bigger deals including energy sector. details on the move to acquirer encore. as you can see, markets also opening under pressure. part of that is the global tensions and central bank discussions. taking a look at asia, mixed action there. as you can see the nikkei down by 4%. hang seng in shanghai composite. kospi down fractionally. here at home, rethinking the war in afghanistan. president trump set to address the nation tonight on the future of our military presence in that country. tune into fox business for special coverage of the speech 9:00 p.m. eastern time tonight. eclipse day is finally here. millions across the u.s.a. to take in the event and it s costing corporate america big time. it has to cost its productivity. that is coming up. big game for little league. other parts and cardinals had the ....
capabilities. that was interesting. blake burman is all over it. and last minute holiday shoppers getting christmas miracles. you know you had three days until christmas you can get a gift in less than two hours. just a few minutes. winter is just a day old at this point after last year s poor season. that was reason enough for us. we have done we ve done that in lake geneva wisconsin today. you don t want to miss that. with some latest on some other breaking stories. it s all coming up. we have less than an hour to go until the closing bell. in once again for liz claman. let s start the countdown. welcome back. the major averages our falling today. for the second day in a row. it s down by 25 right now. so still you have your 80 plus points to get to the magic number if you want to call it that. we were couple of toy companies that are not exactly feeling the holiday spirit. we talked today about mattel. both trading lower reports of sluggish toy demand out there they ....
free in the first place? is it political correctness giving terrorism a free hand in europe? also the left s going nuclear over president-elect donald trump s plan to boost america s nuclear capability. reaction to his message on twitter this afternoon. and more familiar faces officially joining the trump administration. we ve got the details on new rolls in the white house. lauren: let s go back to the markets right now. the dow in the red for the second straight session. walmart, home depot and apple are among the biggest draggers today. in fact, all day, the dow never saw positive territory. gold losing more luster as well. we have phil flynn with the details from the cme and lori rothman on the floor of the new york stock exchange. lori, start with you, good to see you. always great to see you, too. lauren: what s driving the selling today? i would say interest rates a big factor. have a look at mortgage rates, 30-year fixed-rates hit a 2 1/2-year high. the ....
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