the heated rhetoric not helping the markets at all as we head into the final hour of trade. neither did the weekly jobless claims number that came out this morning. it rose for the first time in 15 weeks. then you have goldman s morning call that apple is bruised and should be tossed from your portfolio. we ve got red acheck it here. dow down 341. s&p down 38. the nasdaq down 227 points. this china situation, american farmers dependent on selling their product to china, are bracing to be pawns once again. we will talk exclusively to a wisconsin soybean farmer about how his business was first affected since signing of the phase one trade deal and who knows what s going to happen to that phase. from massages to a whole different business of medical testing. how one chain flipped business plan to survi the covid crisis. we ve got the ceof express supspa group. they have the airport chains where you get massages. he s here to tell us how he s pulling the 180 and offering covi
i would have maybe anticipated even more. charles: we have these crazy markets covered for you. they re trying to claw their way back. nasdaq went positive. all hour long we re covering the markets on making money . we begin with trade tensions from beijing, rattling the market. president trump commenting on china for the first time since labeling it as a currency manipulator. the chinese government set the yuan at the weakest level since 2018. ii want to go to edward lawrence at the white house with news. edward? reporter: charles, currency another reason president donald trump today calling for more federal reserve rate cuts. the president watching the chinese economy slow, the chinese eventually will want a deal. they re losing, thousands and thousands of companies, are leaving china now because of the tariff. we re in a very good position whether or not a deal will be made. i will tell you this. china would like to make a deal very badly. reporter: right now the chines
we do. he also told employees that boeing will ensure the safety of its 737 max jets. we have the latest on the situation. and the battle between billionaire visionary elon musk and the securities and exchange commission over his twitter use. that s hit a new low. we will tell you why the s.e.c. thinks musk s tesla tweets are simply stunning. to another form of messaging, new revelation ons o how the explicit text messages of the world s richest man, jeff bezos, ended up in the hands of the national enquirer tabloid. it s not hurting amazon stock, however. it s at its highest point since october today. tech, in fact, leading the overall markets, just 24 hours before the federal reserve s big march announcement. the dow is up 21 points, well off the highs of the session when it was at 26,109. the s&p is up three points, the nasdaq up 25 at this hour. we are less than an hour to the closing bell on wall street. i m lauren simonetti in for liz claman. let s start the coun
they hiked rates? we have the honest comment and a whole lot more on making money. charles: amazon founder and the world s richest man, jeff bezos, is accusing the owner of the national enquirer of extortion and bribery. deirdre bolton is in the new york newsroom with the details. deirdre? charles, this friction between the the national enqui and founder and ceo of amazon, jeff bezos started months ago. the magazine published expose a story about affair between the billionaire and lauren sanchez. the enquirer said they had seen explicit photos of bezos. bezos hired a private investigator to see how they obtained photos. he says enquirer were worried about the threats against them and included. bezos published everything, list of racy photos the magazine claims to have and tons of emails. the e-mails look like they re from the lawyers representing national enquirer and magazine execs to bezos. bezos says i will quote from the blog he post, if in my position i
meeting coming up january 30th? here s a hint. stocks well off their lows with the dow which had been down 230 points, now lower by just 38. this as one of the biggest names in market timing is telling investors to be gutsy and start buying. our floor show battles it out to, get this, catch falling knives despite lurking danger. what dangers? well, across the pond, the brexit vote will play out in less than 24 hours. remember, it was two and a half years ago our markets tanked after the first uk vote to exit the european union. we have got live reports on the ground in london and a warning from a u.s. european trade expert who says britain cannot have their brexit cake and eat it, too. here at home, president trump trying to soothe some of the most wounded victims of the u.s. trade war with china, the farmers. but did the president s message give hope to the heartland? plus the newest bearish call on earnings. pg & e blacking out and charlie is about to break it. on what?