yes, it is now a consumer-driven economy. we do want to alert you to new protests in hong kong. nothing major so far but it s just 9:00 at night over there and protests generally pick up steam in the hours before midnight. we cover this because these protests are a wild card in the china trade talks. they could affect our market and because we respect the courage of those youngsters demanding freedom. now this. there you go. which is the real elizabeth warren? take a long, hard look. i couldn t tell but we will let you know who is who on the show a little later today. and watch this. this is another internet optical illusion. take a long hard look at this one. is that a bird or a bunny? be quiet, ash. to me, it s clear. but our production crew was split. how unusual. we have a big show and it s on its way for you. varney & company is about to begin. i am the chosen one. somebody had to do it so i m taking on china. i m taking on china on trade and you know what? we re
far today. we do have a flurry of tweets from the president this morning and he s holding his hard line on china trade. one of those tweets says this. we are now a much bigger economy than china and have substantially increased in size since the great 2016 election. we are the piggybank that everyone wants to raid and take advantage of. no more. i call that hard line trump on trade. let me throw these headlines into the mix. the new york times says the administration has a plan for deploying up to 120,000 troops to the mideast. that after reports of attacks on shipping in the gulf. the saudis say the iranians did it. big news from walmart. they are going for one-day shipping. that is a direct hit on amazon. it s all about delivery and walmart looks to get ahead of the game. bayer takes a huge legal hit. a jury in san francisco has awarded $2 billion to a couple who claim the weed killer roundup gave them cancer. more lawsuits to come. bayer faces financial ruin. va
party has to end but when? okay, of course, it s going to be a pullback but is that all you ve got to say after the most explosive rally in modern history. next story, the economy, in december 148,000 new jobs created, that is not strong, big job losses in retailing, big job gains in manufacturing and construction. big show as usual. new probe of clinton foundation, were donors playing to play? varney & company is about to begin. stuart: here is another big story, look at that. much of the east coast is still under a very deep freeze. roughly 13,000 homes out of power. that s serious. here is a look at the latest weather map with windchill, by the way, frigid temperatures continue across the northeast for the entire weekend, will you look at the minus signs there? chicago, minneapolis, my that sg story. the other big story remain it is market. i have a tweet, the latest from the president. here it is. dow goes from 18,500 to 25,075 for new time record. jumped a thousand p
military response if we or allies are threatened. the deferred action for childhood arrival daca dreamers looks like they get a six month reprieve while congress sorts out a solution. the swamp, there are a lot on its plate with a 7 billion downturn and debate on a budget plus a debt ceiling deal and attaching bigger harvey is request to that debt ceiling. all of this and a 12-day period when the house and senate are in session together. like do you think in here comes irma now a category fife tomorrow on track to arrive florida declared an emergency in all county website the message is clear, be prepared. well harvey is gone but there s a lot of south texas that s still waterlogged parts of houston still throeded. and about a new estimate suggest that up to 300,000 homes suffered damage. u now, with all of that, you might expect a harkt selloff. stay right there. we ll show you what s happening to your money. varney and company is about to begin. here we go. we re going to
warnings across the caribbean. talking about wind now at 180 miles an hour. still a western movement of the storm. defined eye. working 14 miles-an-hour. will take a couple days to work across the caribbean. this is powerful one. hurricane irma, wind running up to 180 miles an hour. this is the strongest storm in the atlantic with very strong wind since 2005. the very strongest ever were winds up to 190 miles an hour. we re not far off of that. this is powerful storm. as a result, you re beginning to see all the watches and warnings being issued across the caribbean. there is puerto rico, san juan, under hurricane warning. the path should run right to the north of island as this powerful storm gets on the move. category 5, we think it runs over some of this land it falls back dunn to category 4 storm, taking up moisture and fuel. cuts it off when you run over pay attention to time stamps. fried mornings, friday evening, lifting up closer to the coast of florida. the steerin