Cant wait to see what jason got us here. Welcome to squawk on the street on this final trading day before christmas. Im carl, with melissa lee, david faber at the nyse. The New York Stock Exchange and nasdaq closing at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time. The futures, a little bit of weakness here which well talk about in a minute, after it comes after a pretty bad day on friday. The european markets closed for the Christmas Eve holidays. London, paris, spain have each completed shortened sessions in light of the Christmas Holiday as well. The friday selloff, only five trading days are left in the year. Is the market getting used to the idea that a fiscal cliff solution will not happen before year end . Only a few hours remain to finish your christmas shopping. But some words of caution for toymakers. Are tablets and apps ruining the season as kids get more accustomed to technology . Microsoft windows 8 gets more bad press today, as the New York Times said it is not leading to a boost in pc sales.
Dinosaur of all time and a giant fossil says they feasted on massive shells. Welcome the program, the cia says the number of fighters that joined the Islamic State group is three times more than previously thought, until now it was estimated the group was around 10,000 strong but u. S. Officials believe is could have as many as 30 1 2 thousand fighters and they have taken krom of Northern Iraq and syria and some suggesting it could hold a third of syrian territory. Cia say more fighters have been recruited since june following battlefield successes and a counter fate of the Islamic State. Lets talk to Martin Reardon who worked at the f. B. I. Or 21 years and we want to talk first about the cia group and says the numbers tripled in three months and has the cia under estimated the strength of the group . They have not got it wrong, this is a public update from the information released in june and the increase from 10, 12000 from 2031,000 or so, there is an explanation for that. And im go
The Warriors Heart an app adaptation of becoming a navy seal for young adultings. This is just under an hour. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] thank you so much. [applause] thank you. Can i get a round of applause for will . [cheers and applause] fantastic, buddy, thank you very much. [applause] thank you. One of the things thats followup for me about being here tonight as gary mentioned, im from st. Louis, good to do these things in st. Louis, and i have wonderful people who shaped my life who are in the front row. My second grade teacher here with me tonight. Welcome pat. [applause] i know that if this book can have the kind of effect on just one persons life that pat and my other teachers had on me, this will be a very successful book so thank you very much for being out here tonight. I appreciate. Im going to begin the book reading right from the very beginning of the book where i asked young people to imagine themselves in the navy seal training, an
Controlled by other nationalities or other interests. He wanted to create a school that represented the american model of education, that lived American Values and that gave people in the middle east an awareness that an American Education was something that would benefit their lives every day in tangible ways. And he succeeded. Host why is it important to tell this story, in your view . Guest because i think most middle easterners and americans, for that matter, are unaware of in this longer, deeper humanitarian dimension of americas involvement in the middle east. When we think about our involvement in the middle east, it usually centers on oil, israel and military security. And middle easterners feel likewise. They dont think about what are the longer roots of american involvement that have nothing to do with oil, israel, the deployment of combat troops to protect our interests. Host brian sand mark, his most recent book, american sheikhs. This isz3 booktv on cspan2. Up next, author
this is a pandemic that is not only affecting people in america but affecting people all across the world. this is affecting people in other countries, and everyone is collectively coming together to try to defeat if we want to use a team analogy, to try to defeat this virus. and we as americans, we all need to come together and try to defeat this virus for each other s safety. . and if you look at the data, lieu at the facts out there, there are certain demographics, certain sectors of the community bearing the brunt of deaths due to covid misinformation. one is conservative trump supporters. there s no way around that. you can look at the data, look at the maps out there. we have been showing that on our program. we have seen great progress in the african-american and latino communities. but are you upset to see prominent black athletes with