what they're going to do. we're done with her. i'll sign her in. >> nicole tinan knows all too well the cold reality of cook county's jail cell and being controlled and sold by a pimp. >> you stand on the right side of your pimp, and you don't tell anybody that you have a pimp. he said, when you're done, you bring me all your money, and if you steal any money, if i catch you cuffing any money, you could die. >>> he hit her with a bat. he hit her with a hammer. i was so scared. i said, he's going to kill her. s every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. >>> that's my stuff. >> it is? >> one of the biggest hurdles in fighting modern day sex slavery is being able to recognize that victims don't always look and sound like victims. >> that's not your stuff. >> that is. it's in my room. it's my property. >> but more often than not, behind all the tough girl exterior, is a shattered young woman being horribly abused. >> why are you so protective of this guy? >> how are you? >> at first glance, nicole

technology names. nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange. nicole: technology bucking the trend at the last point today. when the dow is down over $100 you son teams like intel and microsoft with the arrows. hewlett-packard is up 3.5%, twitter at $43.40, up 5% and facebook up 3.4% so you see this group in particular seems to be bucking the trend we have been seeing, financial very temperamental, crossing the unchanged line, the dow went over the unchanged line 30 times, something -- that is will we have been seeing with financials, social media and technology really seem to be leading the way for us today. facebook of 3.4%. liz: we were up 46 points for the dow jones industrials and you can see the tough go, the market swimming in positive economic data this morning, the markets have drowned in it. first we got better than expected home sales and the ndp jobs report, both better than expected. in the last hour the newly released beige book gave us a rundown of the current state of the economy and whether it is heading but is it heading into or or our temperatures more comfortabl

. nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange on track for a fifth day of declines. nicole: we come off of the lurch and worth noting technology stocks, and attack have been nasdaq moved into the green moments ago for the nasdaq. up four points at 2,049. the s&p and the dow have down arrows. 15,823, and the loss is just 24 points. keeping an eye on the fear index, some strength in retailers, and what the fed will be doing. j.c. penney under pressure again, topsails coming in for j.c. penney and the lot of analysts say those 6 months are they're looking at markets, whether or not they believe some funding for next year. cheryl: thank you. huawei adam: the world's largest carrier may be carrying the iphone according to the wall street journal's china mobile, will likely author the phone later this month so what does this mean for companies? with more details and to break it down. >> to give some perspective, seven hundred million subscribers, the number of users of verizon in the u.s. so there will be potential for sales here who are expecting apple to rollout the i phone and on

stock exchange, nicole petallides, we are heading for a third day of losses. nicole: the fear index to the upside, the dow industrials down 85 points. nasdaq composite down 1% and the s&p 500 dropping 0.3%. we are to the downside and we will watch that after eight weeks of beans and in the meantime the vix has been jumping today. it is up 6%, almost 15, a level of 15 so we are watching that and here's a look at the dow laggers. the banking index under pressure, retail index, oil services, the name on the dow that have been weighing include united healthcare, worth noting cisco got a downgrade today. under pressure, nike down 2.7%. we should note breaking news we have gotten in and this is royal bank of scotland. the u.s. treasury fining royal bank of scotland $33 million for violations of u.s. sanctions. they violated sanction programs in relation to iran, cuba and sudan. we are watching for that and in addition royal bank of scotland has their finance chief stepping down. the stock is down 4% at the moment. adam: we are also watching shares of mastercard. at stock soaring to an all

, not online and 40 million credit cards compromised. connell: thank you, rich. let's go to nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange and check in on the markets after the huge rally yesterday. hey, nicole. >> reporter: well, hey, guys. that target story, obviously, a lead story on wall street as well. we're taking a look at the major market averages, we got in the jobless claims, slightly higher, but the four-week average s still under some key thresholds which is good news and you had the tapering yesterday and record highs for the dow. let's take a look. you saw the dow up about 300 points, today back about 18 points, the s&p down one-quarter of 1%. the vixx, the fear index, to the down styled. tomorrow we have -- downside. tomorrow we have rebalancing of some of the indices, so you may see very heavy volume, and we're keeping a close eye on caterpillar as they said deals with their dealers have dropped by 12%. dagen: from the most fascinating person this year to the white house, hillary clinton named barbara walters most fascinating person. not just the on the list, this

looking at doing on the five-day losing streak. nicole: it was a good jobs report, jobs were added. the labor participation rate improving some. it could be going the right direction, that obviously is good news for americans who need jobs and we want jobs if they want them. dow jones industrials up 180 points resting at 16,000. we have snapped the recent losing streak, there is the one week chart. we have traded down every single day since last friday, all down arrows. the question was whether or not this week we would snap the recent winning streak. 16,086 would be our threshold to watch for the closing bell. we will see if we get past that. maybe tough. the vix is pulling back after a four-day low. what we have been seeing today. 2.87%. back to you. adam: see you in 15 minutes we had cheryl: the jobs report a big catalyst this morning. peter barnes to break down the numbers for us and the highlights, the participation rate seemed to be the big change, peter. peter: that is right. one reason we saw the unemployment rate drop, such a surprise from 7.3% in october to 7% in november. and

. delivering bulk size items a run for their money. nicole petallides to find out what investors are thinking. nicole: this is a big deal because last time the fed met, popularly doing some tapering, which they are not. now the question is while we have seen some improved economic numbers, although they are not looking at the numbers, looks great, is it enough to stop the tapering? will they taper. the s&p 500 down by four. the fear index has had an interesting day, pulling back in the morning and moving to the unchanged line as we eagerly await on the fed. it will guide the market at least the next hour and a half or so. back to you. adam: cheryl. cheryl: lets get to our man who will bring us latest news and said the fed, peter barnes live from the federal reserve. 55 minutes and counting, peter. >> this one is a coin toss. i have been reading so much research going into this meeting, starting yesterday, whether or not they will start to taper now or wait. the taper is going to come, just a question of will it come now or in the new year. the indicators are pretty mixed. we have had strong e

billion jackpot in history. how about a jackpot in your investments. nicole, couple of big names bucking the downward trend. nicole: there are. looking at 3m and boeing. boeing 1.3%. i have been leaders in the dow. three and added 19 points, boeing about 11 points. as a boost their dividend by 35%, so many people buying stocks, a great way to get some return on their money. boeing approving a share buyback repurchase program showing confidence in the company coupled with a dividend raise of nearly 50%, so that is a big deal as well. they really are indeed bucking the trend area did back to you. lori: check the calendar. one week left until christmas. turning to their smart phones. discount luxury retailer is taking the world by storm with mobile with mmre than 40% of its revenue generated solely by mobile sales. joining us, michelle, good to see you again. congratulations i really strong holiday so far. thanksgiving sales driving revenue more than last year. black friday up 60% in revenue over last year. the big trend you are seeing is mobile. a lot of steps pointed to profitability hope

acts out today, who did they go after first? nicole: citigroup has been the big lagger on the dow jones. blackberry managing to squeak out a gain of half a percent. locate medications down 1.6%. seller ratings as far as cisco systems, they were concerned it was losing market share. also the revenue growth going forward. they also downgraded blackberry to a cell. making winding down blackberry expensive. right now $6 per share. but they cut their target on blackberry down to $4 from seven. they also added another rating, that was brocade communications. qualcomm had as a winner, nokia some of the names they like. also, another name they liked. back to you. liz: we will stay with you throughout the hour watching the market on this wednesday. when will stocks stabilize again? let's go to the floor show. traders standing by, new york stock exchange, cme group and the nymex. on the floor of the new york stock exchange. you would have thought, keith, with the budget deal he would have had a solid market because it takes the guesswork out of what january will look like. i thought the mar

void at the top. right now time for stocks heading to new york stock exchange where nicole petallides is watching what is happening. now negative again, what is going on? nicole: tha that is a back-and-h action we have been seeing as of late. the market has been trending to the upside these last few days have challenged that. right now the dow down 35 points, to be down for the fourth day in a row. we have not seen that for some time. down a quarter of 1%, so is the s&p 500 and the nasdaq composite. we got some adp data for private sectors, that was good news. also our home numbers so new home sales did bp estimates, that was good news for the month of october when we saw a big jump, the obvious initiative helped the group overall. it was the biggest jump we had seen increase in over 33 years, however you are seeing pulling back. kb homes within a barrel. people buy between now and spring because that is the hot season. adam: nicole petallides, thank you very much. wall street's fear gauge is still gaining ground. in the pits of the cme. a whole lot to talk about. on track

do every 15 minutes, go to the floor of the exchange to see what has caught nicole petallides's attention. nicole: that is the attention grabbing line overall. yesterday we made record highs, all time highs in the dow ended sunday, notable highs and yet today we are not giving those back. sometimes you see a swing to the upside and the adjustment on the other way but not so. and basically flat today which shows everyone is comfortable with the level of -- the levels for now. the dow jones industrial average up fractionally 16,174 and the s&p, 1808. reaffirming the full year guidance, you think of ready wept, and some other names. and right now it is up 5%, and the near term volume, a little cautious on that. that is good news overall. dennis: chef boy are the ones from cleveland, ohio. turning to commodities, metals are losing their luster. gold, silver and copper on the decline. phil flynn of price futures group is in the trading pits of the cme. gold is on track for its lowest close in three years. phil: if the fed is worried about inflation their policy of capering is failing

book. can you handle three hours of that even with leo dicaprio. we have triple-digit gain. nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange. >> good morning, everybody. the dow jones industrials up 135 points right now as dagen and connell noted triple-digit gains which erases some of last week's loss. last week we lost 265 points on the dow. we're making some of that back right now. we're focused on the fed as we do have a fed meeting. we'll see if they slow down on the money printing and bond buying. that will be on the 17th and 18th this week. keep in touch here. exxon, ibm, caterpillar, american express some of the best performers on the dow jones industrial average. the big picture is in europe they actually turned things around. they had been seeing losses. recently they have an up arrow. productivity numbers here at home were good news there. there was one part of weakness. chinese manufacturing slowed slightly. that is something we'll keep in mind as well. certainly a lot of focus on this. dagen and connell. back to you. dagen: most definitely. thank you so much, nicole. c

just a miracle that i was alive. >> it's december 2005. high-flying gymnast nicole lev is eagerly looking forward to her team's home show and a very special night at her high school in portland, tennessee. >> the home show is definitely the biggest show of the year. but this was sort of what we prepared for all year. so excitement is pretty high. >> the team has a surprise finale in store that night, the famed russian swing. >> the inspiration came from the same apparatus that cirque du soleil had. >> the swing is a pendulum that catapults fliers as high as 30 feet in the air. the team has never performed on the swing in a show before, and they're hoping it will wow the audience. >> we were trying to have something maybe more exciting for the crowd, something they had never seen before. >> what the audience sees is certainly not what anyone expected. with the swing, timing is everything. >> all week before the show during practice, i had been leaving a little bit early, and so i had been going straight up. >> on the night of the show, nicole is determined not to repeat the mistake

been going up. nicole, give me the two stocks right now. nicole: both are to the down side. microsoft and sony came out earlier. and we were getting the two microsoft xboxes. and what we know 2.1 million sonies sold for microsoft, well, killed 3 billion zombies in the games dead rising three and not telling how much they sold. they're being secretive, but i'm glad to know how many zombies were killed. stuart: when we have the numbers you'll get them on the xbox one. both the stocks down little in an overall down market. we have the dow industrials off 4 40-odd points. and michael robinson, you want to make real money in the stock market today you've got to be in the high flying technology stocks. what say you? >> absolutely. the last time i was talking to you, stuart, i was bullish on technology and i'm more bullish than i was two weeks ago. you've got to be in technology, the road in america is paved with high-tech. i definitely would be in technology in 2014. stuart: that's what i've seen and looking at holiday shopping, it seems to me that people are buying technology. the apple st

bit from record highs that were set yesterday hanging above 16,000 on the dow. nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange. nicole: the dow jones industrials pulling back, 16,008 holding at 16,000 mark to the s&p holding 18 under market, a record close for the s&p 500, down two points, squeezing out a gain in the ticketing nasdaq, worth noting the s&p is coming off of its 49 food record high, a stellar year for stocks and we are seeing stocks on track to break two session win streak. named leading the dow include goldman sachs, jpmorgan, chief financials doing well on the heels of what we heard from the volcker rule, that was a unanimous vote and microsoft, pfizer and coca-cola weigh in on the dow jones industrials. connell: you talked-about the fdic vote on the volcker rule and that is the story, the first of five regulators voting on the new rule and we go from wall street to washington with the details on all this. peter barnes in d.c.. peter: five years in the making, a lot of back and forth and battling between government agencies and banks but five federal agencies ar

, let's head to the floor the new york stock exchange with nicole petallides. stocking sendin extending fridag jobs inspired jump. nicole: that is) jobs inspired jump, without enough to push us over the unchanged line for the week but we did have a nice gain on friday, 200 planes worth. today adding 19 points, that pales in comparison but still end up arrow nonetheless. at least has been kept to the upside up about one-tenth of 1% to a quarter of a percent. it is worth watching the s&p, it is up nearly 27% this year, which is the best year we have seen since late 1998. we have a big deal today. talking about the food company, u.s. foods reached a deal to merge. the total enterprise of the transaction everything included is actually over $8 billion. up 11.5%. back to you. adam: so, deal or no deal. negotiators in the house and senate work to hammer out a budget deal before the house leaves for recess at the end of the week. rich edson with the latest. they just got back to work, i thought. >> lawmakers are not getting into town until tomorrow, much of it because of the weather.

. >> reporter: like kylie, nicole, struggled to mix glamour with her faith. she too left the industry to become a consultant. >> i just wanted to be famous. it would make me happy. >> at 5'10", she was told her curves pose aid problem. >> my agent said my hips were too wide. just the way i was built i could never do that. i was embarrassed. i left the agency crying. >> nicole's former agent toemd us she doesn't make statements like that to models. four years later, nicole shunned her provocative past. to day her faith its front and center. spending her days offering advice on everything from clothes to relationships. sunny gives a couple of tweens a modesty makeover. >> you could put a cute little cardigan over it. it is covered up. i love polka dots. anything is so cute. >> you look beautiful. >> thank you. >> modest is hospitalest. >> modest is hottest. >> of then i thought back to your pictures that i saw before i came here. >> it sort of lead to a crisis of who've i was. here hype was, showing it auz all and i felt ashamed. >> when she is not a personal shopper, she runs ate website.

nicole petallides live on the floor of the new york stock exchange to see which stocks could get out of the biggest, if you will. >> reporter: we are watching to see stocks related up this weekend. other people will hit theaters. real entertainment. that is up about half of 1%. now, and max, a 3d theaters and dolby sound. and time warner. so they do have down arrows. it down almost one and a half% to the moment, but certainly not the, the desolation to out this weekend. you have some of the analysts making calls as well. by the way, reading time warner stock as a neutral, a $68 target. that is one to watch. a happy feeling this weekend on this now with weekend of the east coast. lori: something will all be inclined to do. thank you very much. meantime, the broader market, indexes are mixed. let's get our floor show started . traders at the cme and nymex. chris robinson in joining me. t first. of all the tile they come back and forth. the glitch in index. a total of 52 times. what does that say you? anticipating the january 10th unemployment number, and i really think that between now an

against economic numbers pushing the numbers lower. the callower. nicole petallides at the dow jones industrial pit nicole: s&p 500-1779, losing two tenths of a percent. the nasdaq almost 4010. that hasn't up arrow. tech heavy nasdaq looking better today. the stocks seemed mixed. transports are higher. oil services are looking good, the drug stocks are pulling back, so seems like a mixed bag today. still pressure on this market. the fed economic news today was mixed. jobless claims and retail sales showing some strength. let's take a look at facebook, facebook going into the s&p 500 closing trading on december 20. we will see some names coming out including paradigm on the 500 on the 100, the williams company. back to you. dagen: thank you so much. connell: a new poll suggesting america's interest in congress is reaching new lows. job approval ratings averaging 14%. the lowest annual average in history of gallup. dagen: fox news contributor monica crowley. we want to look at monica who looks particularly smashing. connell: 14%. a little high, don't you think? >> i want to know who th

economy means good news for stocks. nicole is on the floor of the new york stock exchange to explain it all. nicole: we are seeing something have not seen in some time, some big gains, green arrows. triple digit gains in the dow jones industrial. we have not had an up day where at the closing bell we had i anp arrow for the dow. since before thanksgiving, since last wednesday. it is welcome especially for the bulls, but for right now it looks like we will be snapping our winning streak we have seen. up 8 of the last straight weeks, but last friday the dow closed 16,086, so some way to go with that. some all-time highs worth noting. you are hot on these names. 1064. back to you. dagen: i'm smiling because two of my favorite people on the planet are here. two of my favorite people. here to talk about this, the newest news on employers. 243,000 jobs in november beat estimate by more than 20,000 people. a five year low of ninth round. labor participation rate, the number of people in the workforce looking for work up slightly. what to make of all those. global chief investment officer. you

. to start it off at the top of the hour at the stock exchange. nicole: good morning. things are looking down again. the dow and the s&p down four days in our row. we will s what hstapens between now and then, right now, down 56 points, thousand eight thirty-three. and the nasdaq composite down 9 points, a quarter of 1%. the big picture is everybody is moving to the fed. the fed keeper as soon as this month, there is a m ting this month and with economic news, better cdc dropped o begin tapering. the s&p 500, apple a new high, can't leave that out. Ò i appen: thank you. connell: the movement demanding a $15 an hour wage for fast-food workers which they organize these walk outs and stryes in a ht country and process activities in 100 more.vid lee miller in brooklyn, new york with the latest. what is going on? >> just about half an hour's time the rally is expected to be held here outside the fast-food wendy's behind me. on the str t you can s demonstrators have started to arrive and the netwber of them are wearing orange sweatshirts. i talked to some of the participants in this r

. lori: stocks rebounded nicely. after two consecutive down weeks, let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange for an update. nicole: i think jeff flock is a great man. the dow up 120 points. the dow got a nice rally out of the gate, up 1 and a quarter percent at one point. you are seeing buying across the board. we also have seen although not at the moment all 30 dow green. this is all a head of the fed. a big week on wall street and good manufacturing numbers from abroad in europe. wanted to talk about sprint and t-mobile, there is consideration happening as sprint may be considering this takeover, we will see what transpires from this. lot of details go with this report but i guess you get the headline. back to you. lori: see you in 16 minutes. athis stock alert, shares of twitter down today despite hitting a new all-time high, stocks tumbling following a pair of analyst downgrades. one from our next guest, infect. in fact. he cut the social media giant to a neutral from a buy. want to remind our viewers first and foremost for the first analyst to initia

minutes. nicole petallides is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. you are watching twitter. >> reporter: let's see what the stock is doing right now. a $26 ipo. a dollar 50. below $40. right now sitting in 4101. certainly nowhere near $26. it fell. but now is the time that the underwriters, the quiet time is over. so we are finding out what goldman and deutsche bank and saying, and they actually posted a very positive on the company and the stock. a $46 price target. long-term value. a $50 target. best buy on mobile and its coverage. morgan stanley and j.p. morgan gave a neutral ratings. that is something to weigh in to your decision making as well. back to you. adam: thank you, nicole. lori: so many opinions on twitter today. actually twitter not being treated about. adam: likening it to what they're saying about amazon on twitter. lori: just so negative. adam: amazon stock is actually down right now. lori: oh, my gosh. less talk about the latest in a new developments in the investigations of this weekend's deadly train derailment. crews recovered to data recorders. invest

. and we have nicole petallides watching out for us at the new york talk exchange. reporter: that is right, the dow jones and the s&p 500 hitting all-time record highs today. just when we thought the rally was over. up 81 points. the s&p 500 up about a half precent. and the nasdaq, helped along by apple. forty-one, 43. these are the highest levels that we have seen. the s&p 500 is also out. if you are an insider and you follow the sox coming have to update your numbers. up 5% today. new highs, up 37% busier or facebook. that is a great year. adam::thank you very much. the s&p 500 up 35%, on track for its best year since 1997. we just learned from nicole. the my next guest says despite the major gains, this is the most hated bull market that he has seen in his nearly 30 year career. hank smith is a chief investment officer for haverford trust. and you don't think that this is even close to being over. i remember in january of this year having analysts say, get ready for a 20% correction. you say that they were wrong and will continue to be wrong in 2014. hank: that's right, it was the

out at the new york stock exchange. nicole: good morning, connell and dagen. good morning, everybody. today is fed day. everybody's waiting to find out what they will or won't tell us this afternoon. a whole panel put together to wait those facts. the dow and s&p are posting gains. the loss of more than one-tenth%. the dow looking good with a gain of one quarter of 1%, s&p 50017.82. exxon and chevron among the leaders. oil stocks doing well. they have been pulling back on the big picture. a lot of people waiting on the fed. connell: the state of the economy, a new gallup poll showing a gap between the national satisfaction. dagen: personal satisfaction for us get a 79% are satisfied in their personal lives, just 23% are happy with the state of our nation. former white house press secretary under president george w. bush. this difference isn't surprising, but 80% is usually the level if you are below that level, even that is disturbing. it seems historically that suggests the economy is lagging. >> we have always had this discrepancy between personal popularity and how people perceive

, it's a big loser today. some heavy holiday discounts will cut into its profits. so come in, nicole. here is a loser, how bad? >> well, we know that teen retailers are already under pressure, put up with a tough holiday season and the stock is down nearly 3%. down 2.44% right now, just under $16. they gave a forecast, weaker than expected and noting the promotional environment that we talk about. more discounts, more promotion means less margins and less sales even. >> oh, down the stock goes. that's one of the losers today. look at the dow now, up 118, up 120 points and looking at the tapering and i'm seeing all kinds of favorites go up. ebay is up. i see facebook up. i see microsoft up, okay? up until now, it's been a rough time on the stock market, five days in a row the market's been down. the dow has been down. so, john, have you got a couple of bargains after this five days of selling? any bargains that you can jump into right now? >> sure, i think i do. i bought conn, c-o-n-n. they absolutely blew away earnings. an analyst came out and had a $103 price target on it. it's trad

-- north america, too. nicole? >> profits, global orders, yes, yes, yes, it's a full year outlook for 2014 and that's a little light. stuart: that's it? >> that's it. stuart: a 40% increase in profits because they said maybe it's a little light next year and the stock goes down? oh, please. hold on, nicole, i have a money manager with us, ed butowsky. you want to explain this to me. nike makes a 40% increase and the stock goes down? >> what happens is stocks trade prior to announcements and some people are taking profit, but important to remember of the last 44 quarters nike has seen estimates 40 times and almost trades down afterwards. expect that stock to be a big winner for years to come. stuart: would you buy it right now, $77 a share? >> yeah, i would. stuart: you would? >> nike is a big player, you'll see multiple explagues, i would be a buyer of nike. stuart: we're looking at american champions and nike is one of them firing on all cylinders. looking good. stay there, ed. a big loss for blackberry. we were ready to put this thing on death watch, but the stock this morning, this is c

. adam: make the phone calls. it is time to go back to the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole petallides is their call watching amazon, looking to take on the big box stores. >> reporter: call your doorman to see if delivery arrived. right now up one 1/4%. i am talking about an amazon delivery at is actually -- let's talk about this particular service. the idea of drones with your packages. how about this one? they are reportedly working on pantry. this is a wholesale grocery service. that will likely compete against names such as costco, sam's club call walmart, at the track. bring in some of your groceries. costco and amazon have up arrows. walmart and the lots are to the downside. no, "usa today" says that the service is set to launch next year. so we will consider it. and you can also see it as another push to get customers to sign up for emma's on prime. adam: are you after we woman? >> price direct and ordering in. lori: closer to finding a replacement. she assumes the role pending her senate confirmation, of course. peter barnes joins us from washington with more on the

. connell: all that coming up. the market, drones, you name it. dagen: can be discussed nicole petallides for this with what is moving today, nicole. nicole: eight straight gains. we are looking at the dow in particular, that has been up over 3%. 16,060, so it is down 26 points. the nasdaq and the ssp have up arrows barely squeezing out some gains at the moment. we got in some data which helped to trim the losses, but the trading range remains very narrow. in a 55 points, but wanted to take a look quickly at some names hitting 52-week highs. names you know including microsoft, nike and american express. nike the best performer of the three up about 60%, but as regards the holidays is fun to look at some of these movers and some making new highs. connell: the obama administration say it met its goal of a healthcare.gov work for the majority of users, but the problem is some of these insurance companies and states are looking for alternatives. dagen: it seems to work on the front end but not on the back end like getting your information to the insurance company will give you the

numbers from adp, nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange. nicole: you mentioned adp, which was better. we also got new hom home sales numbers better than expected, we are seeing the market with three straight days of selling and they might have scooped up some opportunity. right now dow jones industrial of 41 points, a gain of one quarter of 1%. microsoft hitting new highs, goldman sachs and united health care and other leaders. intel a winner. the fear index up 6 days in a row, is pulling back a little bit. it was interesting to watch very closely to mak seve it would toa seventh day of gains. the longest streak of gains since april of 2012. boosting the share buyback program 8 billion, heavy volumes, big news, keep an eye on that one. back to you. connell: lawmakers have approved a measure to overhaul the state public employee pension system. dagen: jeff flock, we have moved him back to chicago from detroit, he has more on this story. jeff: huge week on pensions. springfield, illinois, where they said they think about $100 billion on the reform the past yesterday that the

. -- fourth quarter. straight to nicole pet' lee d.c -- petallides. >> reporter: taking a look at lululemon, lori, looking you can see it's down about 11% to $60.78 a share. when lori says sheer, that was one of the many problems that lululemon has faced, they went back to the manufacturer, they had to recall some pants. that being said, they've had to lower their full-year numbers. they said quality control was an issue, getting the products back to the stores and on the shelves also challenging. and while they think things will go smoothly in 2015, they have to be realistic and say, well, all bad press has ultimately hit our stores and slower traffic. the amount of people walking through those stores as well. and don't forget, these are not cheap items. those yoga pants at lululemon are $100. in the meantime, you also have the ceo stepping down and the new ceo coming in who came from lbma, also thom's shoes and louis vuitton, so has a lot of obvious experience, but there is some transition going on in this particular company. back to you. lori: thank you so much, nicole. we'll see you soo

nicole petallides, commodities at the nynex. was it the right move at the right time? >> i was surprised. i would i say shocked because it was clear what is coming. it feeds me to the second question you asked. it was a little early, if in fact the fourth quarter would come in strongly, we don't know that. if in fact other labor market indicators besides the unemployment rate, which has been doing great, going to start looking better, than it was the right move. we know employment rate has been going down substantially because of people dropping out of the workforce. dissenting from basically those reasons, i would have preferred to wait. liz: let's just make one point, professor. bernanke said if the economy slows, we will skip a meeting or two of tapering, right? >> and i think there will be tremendous pressure from the market to keep on doing that. they can do that, it will not be as easy as they think, there will be market reaction. this is like getting a dog the first piece of the liverwurst. it wants the second and third and so on. i think that his life, that is the way t

more businesses... we're open to it. start a tax-free business at startup-ny.com. adam: nicole petallides is at the stock exchange looking at today's big losers. nicole: keeping a close eye on oracle before the opening bell, talking about the fact that oracle is likely to be under pressure. there it is down 2.5%. at the lowest point, some of those losses, there is concern about oracle overall, morgan stanley to an equal rate just talking about the path of growth remains unclear. you don't want to hear that. and outperform and it is up 5%, the analysts seems to think it is fairly valued at the current level. adam: thank you. webmac the latest in washington the house during the put the final vote on a bipartisan budget deal. it is a step in the right direction, next guest says it doesn't fix the country's biggest problems. republican senator of massachusetts at fox news contributor scott brown joins us. great to have you this afternoon. begin with your take. why do you think congress was able to reach a deal so quickly? >> take the good and the bad. they are getting back to regul

sales. connell: first to nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange looking at today's markets. nicole: good morning. good morning, everybody. right now all we mayybe clocking in some losses for the third day in a row for the dow and the s&p and we haven't seen that since september. dow jones industrials down 66 points at 15,932 and nasdaq down sitting at 1797, friday is jobs friday, watching for that. also a close eye on dow chemical which jumped to little bit yesterday on this news, pulling back now, trying to spin off part of their business so we have seen this moving back and forth, gains going back today. connell: breaking news in a detroit courtroom where a federal judge is ruling whether or not the city can continue with its bankruptcy filing. dagen: a win for the city? jeff flock live from detroit with the latest. jeff: it is accused ruling. for the first time ever a federal judge has ruled in detroit std may cut, diminish the pensions of municipal workers in bankruptcy, first time there has ever been a ruling like this and it may have huge implications across t

exchange and nicole petallides. we are coming back from the lows of the day, however. nicole: we are down 24 points at the moment. we had broken down below 16,000 mark, right now we are down two tenths of 1% on the s&p 500. but this after a record date again yesterday. we had our 39th record close for the s&p 500. we have a mixed bag as far as what we are overseeing for the stock market. up right now at 1261. of $46.30 at the moment. this move up 2 and a quarter percent. gold-mining stocks are higher as well as you look at those. the stocks have been beaten down to a certain extent, but a stronger dollar has helped them along. there they are. back to you. lori: thank you, nicole p at a adam: general motors making changes in the management team at the government finished selling its stake in the auto market. jeff. jeff: the headline, no more crappy cars. she has not done any interviews yet, the last time she did one was a few years ago, actually. she did say famously w can't mae crappy cars anymore. it is that simple. she boiled down a complicated dress code policy to two words, dress appr

getting a big hug from investors. the dow on its way to another all-time high maybe. nicole petallides at stock exchange. what is going on? >> we're looking at new highs, 16,254, we are up 60 points 3/4% and the s&p looking good. we have had a great run and we continue to watch what is going on on wall street. a lot of earnings, made it through fed capering, there is a look at the dow, a winning week. we have this streak of wins and we to weeks of selling and this has been a stellar 1 on wall street, 300 point gain on wednesday and yesterday tacked on to the gains, didn't give us back. it is rebalancing so we will see rebalancing from indices and it will be very busy. red-hot highs, earnings growth, strong demand. europe 19%. back to you. dagen: kim draper out with this idea. break up the golden state in to six pieces, six new states drawn up within the current boundaries of california. pushing his initiative to california's attorney general. connell: senior fellow at the man and institute. should it happen? sounds strange but maybe it is not. >> there have been 220 proposals in the histo

major averages extending losses. let's go to nicole petallides on a floor of the stock exchange for an update. nicole: we are looking at the markets under pressure, third day in a row of selling as we watch that. we seen that since september but the trend has been lower. we have 104 points, down 1/2%. down 1/4%. below is 15,082. let's get to apple because that is a different era green on the screen. 6178. and did well to three orders and that was the beginning, they were buying a ipad. lori: the ink barely dry on the eligibility for bankruptcy, and filing an appeal to jeff flock outside the courthouse with the latest. >> this is just huge. let's look at the judge who did it. steven roads, and a bankruptcy attorney, this ruling could have huge implications down the road all over the country saying he sensually if you have a pension and a municipal worker in your city declares bankruptcy it is not necessarily protect. kevin is the emergency manager who got everything he wanted in this judge's ruling but very somber when he came out to talk to reporters. >> we were very pleased, we rem

: we're going to hear about that in about two minutes. connell: nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange to talk about the market ended up it today. nicole: after an update yesterday, we are pulling back a little bit, ahead of the fed, so that is going to be obviously in focus. the two things coming out of washington that really grabs the attention on wall street today and tomorrow. we will find out whether or not the fed decides to taper. a loss of two tenths of 1% at 15,855. the nasdaq down over one third of 1%, and the s&p 500 down half a percent. that being said, the dow was trying for three straight winning sessions. 3m and boeing helping to lead the way. both boosting compensation to a certain extent. watching dividend raises, they are both great performers today. a buyback and wanted to focus also. back to you. dagen: kicking off the annual waste book event today finding government waste seems to be the easy part of it, stopping it not so much. connell: always interesting to see this kind of a thing. 100 wasteful examples. that is what the staff describes in the lat

miami. stay there, i'll get back to you in a moment. nicole, general motors named a new ceo, mary barra, the first female ceo in the company's history and i found out she takes over in mid january. the outgoing ceo's wife has cancer and explains the rapid movement in of mary barra. the stock is hardly budging on this. nicole: the stock is hardly budging. it did hit a high yesterday and the treasury has been exiting general motors and that's a big story coupled with this one. what's interesting about mary barra her father worked at a pontiac motor division for 39 years in michigan, and she went in there 18 years old as an engineer. and then went on with the company and the like. so, even had an internship and also worked as an executive assistant and she certainly climbed through the ranks. stuart: okay, she's a car person from the get-go, go the it. listen to this one. lululemon, first the founder put his foot in his mouth and then he cried about it and now he's stepping down as chairman. is there any reaction on the stock, nicole. nicole: the put the foot in the mouth if your thi

gains, nicolew york stock h more. nicole: good morning, everybody. another day of gains. the dow, nasdaq and s&p all posting gains one quarter of 1%. watch the s&p 500 at the near all-time highs a quarter of a percent. dow jones industrials up 11. and this after what we saw last week where we sold off a little bit after nine weeks, so that was a big deal to break that trend. watch a mcdonald's coming out with the same store sales numbers and it turns out in europe, japan u.s. had weakness. some names of the same sort of realm when you look at mcdonald's, wendy's, burger king underperform some of those names but there is chipotle and yum brands. connell: here we go again, fun times in d.c. with a week left before the house leaves for the rest of the year the clock is ticking for congress to reach a deal over the budget. dagen: rich edson with the latest on this. rich: it is working that direction, try to find a way to set government spending levels for the next couple of years to avoid a government shutdown over the next couple of years. but now they're still figuring out the top

by that one item, the ipad. so, let's start with nicole and the check on apple shares. >> take a look, right now, it's approaching 560 at the moment. up 1 1/2%. and jason from seaport securities, he's been right about that. raised a buy today and raised the price target to 650 up from 540. stuart: thank you. joining us is the former paypal ceo and liz macdonald, bill, to you first. this is your doing, isn't it? you started paypal, and you sold it to ebay, paypal is doing fantastically wellment you opened upjohn line. >> there were many people involved in paypal and you look at mobile payments to paypal are up over 500%, both u.s. and globally. stuart: this is a revolution. >> it is. stuart: in where we shop. i think we're moving towards on-line very rapidly. >> why he. stuart: and how we shop. the movement towards smart phones and tablets which you just described, that's a revolution. >> it's huge, huge, and one of the things, it feels like an overnight success, but in fact, it's been growing for ten years, and it's now just hitting its inflection point. and so many things that a

. >> reporter: nicole says that his career change has made him a better father. >> let's go, you ready, big guy? okay, jump in the car. >> reporter: this morning, miller is dropping off the kids at school. and then taking the scenic route to work. >> yea, that is the playground. >> reporter: a playground with very real risks. >> the scary side is you don't just crash and hurt your wrist or ankle, you crush and you break legs or backs or worse. >> reporter: just last week, a 22-year-old base jumper, daniel moore, seen here in august, was killed when his parachutes opened too late. the third base jumping death in utah this year. as an occupational hazard they prepare for. >> it's dangerous, there's risk involved. we want to recognize that risk and try and manage it smartly. >> who's messing with my gear? >> reporter: after testing the gear, time to make sure the cameras are in place. >> you don't have a dirty lens up there. a big thumbprint. >> reporter: and neil, who served in afghanistan and iraq is giving me an assignment, a wind meter, a smoke grenade to see the direction of th

and let's look at where the snow and rain is falling across the country and our metrologist nicole mitchell is back. >> it has a clipper that we have been talking about, the western half of the country is dry and coming up, we will talk about the dry conditions influencing some fire dangers in california, moving across the country this is moving through pretty quickly and that is part of what a clipper is, a fast mover so we have it in pennsylvania right now and moving in new york, new jersey and lingering snow behind it in wisconsin this morning. but they will not be heavy amounts and it will develop some off the coastline and northern parts of new england will get more snow but a lot of places 2-4", 2-5" and already cleared out by tomorrow. back to you. >> thank you. chinese doctors used a rare surgical procedure to let a man keep his severed hand. it was accidentally cutoff in a factory mishaped and they reattached it near his ankle and kept it there for a month. doctors say the hand borrowed the blood supply from arteries in his leg to keep it alive and treated other injuries b

about to get much worse and let's bring in nicole mitchell. >> we have a brutal system coming from canada pulling the air down and it moved through the dakotas and starting to move into nebraska with all the moisture along with it but the cold air is going to take a couple days to really settle in. so if you are getting a taste of the cold air and saying this is it, no, wait until thursday and friday morning and even into the weekend and that is when we will see the worst of it but we have had widespread areas of snow and some is heavy snow and places like arrow head in minnesota could get a foot and a half and a couple places isolated two feet of snow so that is almost up to waist high you will be digging out of. widespread and you get the cold and the wind. the wind will be blowing it so interstates like 90 will be treacherous and they could get a couple feet as the system comes through and the cold air will sink in behind this and this morning where the winds are picking up like bismarck feels like on your skin 3, this is going to feel balmy in a couple days because by the weeke

illegal in india >> a storm will impact the money, meteorologist nicole mitchal is here. >>uably at this time of the year we talk about snow storms. as we head west wood we have a developing storm system and energy bringing snow. it will be the southern part that we are concerned about. i just want to get through today's forecast. 2-4 inches in a lot of cases. not too problematic. it's when we get into the weekend. this is it developing south ward, the morn edge of that. a lot of the rain, because the temperatures will be so warm. that is part of the problem for us. is the fact that we have the cold air to the north, and then these temperatures in the '60s, '70s. the clash of those two different air masses - a lot of uplift and that's why we could get the severe weather. this is really saturday into supd, especially saturday. even the risk for isolated tornado and into sunday the risk east ward and the risk for wind gusts and damaging winds and things of that nature. there's a lot of warm air asserted with the system. along with watching that we'll watch the temperatures, lifting saturda

. >> an unsuspecting young woman going by the name nicole is the first to take the bait tonight. >> $200? all right. what do i get for my $200? >> full service. >> officers next door listen carefully for the bust signal. good deal. >> all right, good deal. >> arresting officers move in to make the bust. >> police. >> do you have any guns, weapons, knives or anything in there? >> no. >> how about on your person? >> no. >> hands over your head. >> a quick search of nicole's pockets turns up $380 in cash. a records check shows nicole is not a juvenile. her arrest is barely five minutes old when detectives learn their next date is on the way. they stash nicole in the bathroom while they lay a trap for daisy, the girl they suspect may be underage. >> you're going to be very quiet. >> okay. >> we tried this once before and it didn't work out. >> daisy has been lured to the room by a female detective on the pretext of providing sexual services to a married couple. >> if it makes you feel better, you're my first couple. >> really? >> yeah, i've only been doing escorting for a few months

zuckerberg. he is unloading a little bit. nicole, i presume the stock is down. >> the stock is down, absolutely right. you put more shares out there, stock moves lower. hit a high yesterday of 5589. that is worth noting, down 2 1/2% at 54.09. stuart: mark zuckerberg and other sellers they will dilute ordinary share holder's little bit. that is why it is down i think. 54 on facebook. >>> we have that are get. listen to this. information from about 40 million credit and debit card accounts might have been stolen between the day before thanks bying until december the 15th. 40 million. it appears only in-store transactions were affected. not online purchases. that's important in this year of the online triumph. target's up 7% this year. thieves got ahold of information on strip on back of these cards. they could potentially mint their own fake credit cards. that is an important breach. the stock is down. >>> the market gained nearly 300 points yesterday but apple finished lower. look at it no now. down another almost three bucks. hereeis "market watcher", michael robinson, known as mr.

dropped. >> commissioner loftus nothing was dropped nicole this was a endearment over the sufficiency of the evidence that was presented and in this instance the officer had been asked whether or not that officer said those words to the clairvoyant the officer denied. it was our determination that probation officer to bring him back in and say where you lying was not going to resolve additional evidence except he would deny. he was saying that in his original interview and now, when you ask is there an opportunity to do additional interviewing or gather additional evidence once we've made a determination jefferson once we've made a determination that's takes into account the determination, however, there are instances where the officer or the complainant asked for a hearing and indicates there's additional evidence we will reopen the investigation >> okay. but not nicole. >> we determined in this case it wouldn't be fruitful and we didn't agree. >> thank you. >> all right. call like that item 4 c as commissioners report. >> i want to report that both commissioner caan and i meet r with c

, we have our nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange, washington correspondent peter barnes and all of our floor show traders including keith blitz, bob at the cme and from the nymex, alan harry. nicole, you first. you saw traders behave right after that number. >> reporter: right. it's pretty amazing, never looked back only to set new highs here in this afternoon trading up 183 points. watching the vixx, the fear index, guess what? after days of having up arrows, it moved to a four-day low, it's down 9%, and they're buying from every sector from energy to technology and industrials. liz: foresting to see that concern interesting to see that on the vixx there. it had touched 15 two days ago. now to peter barnes. peter? >> reporter: well, hey, liz. these numbers today are adding fuel to the taper talk with the fed potentially moving as soon as its next policy meeting on december 17th and 18th, just two weeks from now. i'll tell you what a couple of fed officials are saying about the numbers and tapering in just a couple of moments. liz: okay. let's get to our traders a