markets december meltdown to china trade and the federal reserve. we will take you live to the white house in just a second for all the latest. this comes as wall street celebrates the new year by pretty much trading the same way as we have seen over the last few weeks. wild swings, neck-snapping jumps and falls. the markets, after being down 398 points, then up 86, right now, the dow jones industrials down 72. you see the s&p down, the nasdaq up 21. the market coming off its worst year in a decade, enduring paper losses of $5.2 trillion. how much of that, we ask, really had to do with the true fundamentals of companies and what they make and who s running them versus what i have decided to call the robotic herd. electronic trading pioneer seth marin, ceo of liquid net and market maven david dietz here to analyze the whipsaw moves and turn their sights on the year ahead. one thing is for sure. i m so glad you re starting the new year trading with us. less than an hour to the
christopher hill will be here if the commander-in-chief has the right battle plans for the country. also spacex taking another giant leap forward. dr. lair are you krauss tell us what success means for manned missions and how that could drive america s space program into orbit. plus, bill gates calls for robot tax. four-wheeling in a dodge charger. charlie breaks it. the markets are closed. we re most definitely open for business. i m ashley webster in for liz claman. let s begin the countdown. ashley: here is what investors need to know, kraft-heinz abandoned the offer for unilever, 48 hours after making an initial bid to combine the two companies. in a statement, kraft amicably agreed to withdrawal the proposal. shares of unlever soared after the initial offer was made friday. in breaking news, saudi arabia is getting ready to list its state owned oil company in new york or london with a preference in new york. with a minority stake in saudi aramco. this is set to be
congressman mike bishop was up all night. he was marking up the bill. the president has summoned his cia chief to the white house. follows the massive site search. the wikileaks founder. they will be there to explain. and whether america s tech giant will reach out on his offer to fix the leaky software. on wall street eight years ago the financial crisis cloud parted. on this anniversary will be see the slip and slide in oil. where yes than less than an hour for the closing bell. let s start the countdown.รง liz: we ve a couple of breaking news pieces here. what we are doing as we are watching the gigantic text company and the cyber breach of spine secrets. those are some of the names must start the countdown. anything that comes out of this meeting because of course it was a cia who somehow left this breach happened we will let you know. they are down. we do have google moving slightly higher. to the story that riveted market ruptures. they are i had need i and the pan
lead the team. no word if it was christie s close ties to two former aides and now convicts who shut down the george washington bridge for political payback that played any role in his decision. team fox business getting into place to report on the break developments but the markets are watching just as closely as we are on this friday. the nasdaq showing green on the screen since election day, first time we ve seen that. on this 11th day of the 11th month, we observe veterans day honoring soldiers, sailors and marines for their sacrifice. and does businesses and you as a manager sift through resumes to fill a job on any given day. navy veteran and super bowl hero phil mcconkey why we should all be hiring veterans? hard facts about the positivity of hiring veterans. on wall street, the dow looking, doesn t have it for this session but looking for second straight all-time record, we ve got our eye on oil too as it dips below $44 a barrel. to the end of a historic trading w
the good news was tempered by the white house. the increase in the gas tax is now under presidential consideration. we don t believe the best way to fund modernizing our infrastructure is to raise the gas tax but some people do. and we re willing to to consider those proposals. we believe that the best way to do that is to close close loopholes that benefit the wealthy and wealthy corporations. lou: we ll be taking up the issue of falling crude oil prices and how it will affect the overall economy and the bottom line for this country s middle class here tonight. also the incredible story tonight of the former president the current prince, and a pedophile friend who is causing consternation from buckingham palace to hollywood. a story that could have major ramifications for the 2016 presidential elections. in a lawsuit filed against convicted sex offender and new york financefinancier billionaire was forced to have sexual relations with the duke of york at least three ti