lauren: yeah. and it's remarkable to me that joe biden nationally real clear politics average he's up 9.4 points. do you think that's because voters where you are across the country are looking at these radical proposals by some of the other contenders and they're saying you know, he might be full of gaffes but he's the most moderate there is. >> absolutely. you said before about the trust factor. people are losing -- have lost trust in the democrat leadership, nor should they have any. number one, they want to undermine and remove the president. they don't trust the people to elect the next president. secondly, the policies. the policies, no other way to say it, socialist in nature, all about big government. lauren: thank you for taking the time this morning. we appreciate it. coming up, how one company is luring more millennials with new car models and sales strategies. and nearly half of u.s. states hiking minimum wage in 2019 and more on the way in 2020. and legal trouble with amazon, the compa

lauren: u.s. attorney john durham's report into the russia inquiry is looking into the former head of the ci a a. the new york times reporting that durham has asked for john brennan's e-mails, call logs and other documents from his time at the agency. he wants to find what brennan may have told officials about the steele dossier including former fbi director, jim comey, inspector general michael horowitz's report found the fbi was justified into opening the investigation into president trump's call pain. deirdre: here's r other heads lines keeping news this morning. the u.s. keeping a watchful eye on north korea this holiday season after they promised a christmas surprise earlier this month. they conducted what officials are calling an engine test that experts believe may be part of a space launched vehicle or long range missile and could be a prelude to a possible launch of anism cbm. negotiations between the u.s. and north korea stalled after north korea called for broad sanctions relief. apple

lauren: okay. you can catch brett, hangover and veganism on fox news headlines, 24/7, sirius xm channel 115. deirdre: from sunshine to snow in just minutes, if you were here in the northeast, you saw it and you felt it. an incredible sight after a fast-moving snow squall blankets the big apple, the video's quickly going viral. we're showing you one right now. it was taken from the empire state building. it was amazing. it felt like a tornado that was kicking out snow. lauren: it was also deadly. he other parts of the northeast, the sudden snow just turned fatal. more than a dozen cars, check this out, piling up on this pennsylvania highway where two people were killed. janice dean is here now with what we can expect today. it's unbelievable, the weather that we've been seeing at the end of 2019. janice: the national weather service had it right on. they gave us a snow squall warning in the new york city area, 40 minutes before it happened. people were on alert. it is a quick-moving snowstorm, white

lauren: here we go again. senior meteorologist janice dean is live in the studio, tracking the latest winter storm. i'm just not ready, janice. janice: this one will be a quick-mover. but this morning's commute is not going to be great. so just keep that in mind, especially along the i-95 corridor. you can see where the cold air hamoved across the deep south. we had snow in huntsville, alabama, with temperatures below zero across the northern plains, the great lakes. we are getting reports of light snow around new york city and long island, up into connecticut and boston. and then by this afternoon, this will be all out to sea which is great news but again, it's coming as people are trying to get into work. so just be aware. your delay or your commute could be delayed and a we've got a big temperaturtestimony drop from t- temperature drop from this time yesterday, with temperatures dropping 23 degrees in new york city, 28 in atlanta. that cold front is going to move through and then the precipitation is going

lauren: good morning. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: let's take a look at how your money is moving this morning. we've got red arrows this morning as this looming deadline on the u.s. levyin levy levyingn china, investors seem skittish today. lauren: the deadline on sunday. asian markets mixed, up arrow in china, up a tenth of 1%. the nikkei and hang seng both lower. cheryl: in europe, as election day fast approaches in britain, markets are in the red. remember the ftse was in the green yesterday. that is gone. we've got red arrows across the board. lauren: the top story this morning, hours from now democrats are expected to unveil at least two articles of impeachment against president trump, after 10 hours of heated and partisan hearings of capitol hill wrapped you up yesterday. cheryl: griff jenkins has more from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what a hearing yesterday and we should know what those specific articles of impeachment are at some point today, believed to be at least two, abuse of power and obs

lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. all my holiday shopping is done. cheryl: congratulations. let's take a look at how our viewers' money is moving this ms monday. the nasdaq is 32 and-a-half. the good news, green arrows on the heels of friday's a announcement. boeing will make a decision on the future of the max. lauren: take a look at the shanghai composite in china, rising half a percent, stronger than expected industrial production and retail sales. cheryl: ftse in the u.k. on fire, conservatives in the u.k. moving forward with brexit. look at that, more than 2% jump on the ftse 100, cac and dax also green. our big story this morning, and this is breaking news, the usmca is facing some trouble at home and abroad. first, the big news, mexico's deputy foreign minister for north america says that mexico will never accept a measure that would allow labor inspectors from other countries on mexican soil. this provision was added by house democrats on fridayed and that quickly drew criticism from our neighbors to the south. squad member alexandria ocasio-

lauren, cheryl. lauren: griff jenkins, thank you very much. a major setback for dow component boeing, the stock falling once again in the premarket after the company said it is temporarily suspending production of its once popular 737 max jet. the stock down 1 and a quarter percent. cheryl: let's get the latest from fox's ray bogen. >> reporter: boeing p putting the brakes on the 737 max. starting in january, the plane maker will temporarily stop production of its most important passenger jet, the move comes nine months after authorities grounded the planes following two crashes that killed a total of 346 people. experts say the decision could create chaos for the aviation industry and have h detrimental effects on the american economy. >> suspending production of a commercial air a craft is something that has been very rarely done. it truly is an unprecedented decision and it is one that has massive impact to boeing and its suppliers and the airlines. >> reporter: some argue the production halt will ease boeing's cash crunch. >> producing the

lauren: maybe. i feel like i've heard of it. >> they go into people's old storage -- >> lauren: yes. >> people will sell that stuff as well. definitely buyer beware. lauren: people will buy anything, if you think about it. jackie: that's not okay, if you think you're getting something new and it's a garage sale item. experts are issuing warnings on cyber security, going into 2020. this is so scary, brett. what now? >> you know, we're going to have to be really mindful heading into 2020 of all the stuff that we're seeing online. we saw this in the 2016 election cycle with the fake news that was coming up from -- mostly from russia. in this instance, they're starting to use artificial intelligence to create this stuff. what that's letting hackers do is create deep fakes, that's videos that are of famous people, it could be a politician, saying and doing things that they didn't actually say or do. the artificial intelligence allows p them to create that even faster and it allows them to basically autom

lauren: you're born and bread new yorker? >> yeah. lauren: me too. how many times have you done ball drop new year's eve? >> never. lauren: it was such the experience, you can get a special pass. not deal with the crowds, still no? >> still no. i'd rather be with friends and family. lauren: that's amazing, what are you doing with friends and family this year, there's a survey and i thought most people would be going to party, most people do something quiet with their loved ones. >> i will be at home making roast chicken having dinner and watching everyone on television. lauren: you're up at 5:00 a.m. for this show. >> i'm not sure, i can make it through dinner, but making it to the ball drop might be another story. lauren: good luck, thank you for everything that you do and we are excited and grateful for the new year, catherine, thank you. >> thank you. lauren: that does it for us on the final edition of fbn:am in 2019, we say good morning to cheryl casone. cheryl: good morning, lauren, see you in just a little bit, good morning, everyone, i'm chery

lauren, cheryl. cheryl: inspector general michael horowitz grilled on capitol hill for more than five hours yesterday, painting a troubling picture of the fbi's russia probe. lauren: we have the hearing's biggest moments. anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. good morning to all of you at home. all eyes were on michael horowitz as he shared his findings from the inspector general's fisa report. south carolina senator lindsey graham saying the code name for it, crossfire hurricane, was very fitting. >> that's what we wound up with, a crossfire and a hurricane. there's been a lot of media reports about your report before it was issued. and i remember reading all these headlines, lawful investigation with a few irregularities. >> reporter: although the probe found no evidence of political bias, it did uncover 17 inaccuracies and omissions in the process of securing a fisa warrant for carter page. >> there's so many basic and fundamental errors, made by three separate hand pic

lauren: i know. when everyone starts saying things are so good, mitch, you study this, you know the stock market, does that mean you should go in the other direction. >> not necessarily. think about what happened last year. we were worried about the fed raising rates. this year the fed lowered rates three times. the markets are sending them a message, saying we like lower rates. i think fed talk will be the thing to look at. i would look at corporate earnings next year. baked into the market this year is the fact that next year will be a good year for earnings. last year was a meh year for earnings. lauren: if you're sitting on the sidelines or trying to make further investments to what you already have in your portfolio, where is the entry point? so many people are saying, well, you know, it's feeling kind of top py. if stocks give a little bit, maybe we'll come in. we haven't seen that. >> we haven't seen that. it's a tough place for individual investors. if you look at the market, stocks are up, b

lauren and tracee. tracee: shares of boeing up 3% yesterday, up now the premarket this morning forget christmas, the left is acting like it's impeachment season. house democrat hinting they will try to impeach the president again. mark meredith is in the nation's capital with the new court filing on possible new art tells of impeachment. >> reporter: the idea of another impeachment is sure of to raise a lot of eyebrows. on monday lawyers for the house judiciary committee filed a brief in federal court arguing they need to hear testimony from don mcgahn. the white house long refused to let him testify and lawyers for the house argue that if mcgahn's testimony produces new evidence supporting the conclusion that president trump committed impeachable offense that's are not covered by the articles approved by the house the committee will proceed accordingly including if necessary considering whether or not to recommend new articles of impeachment.. a court date is set for early january. the fight over what

lauren. after a tough weekend, we've got more delays and cancellations across the northeast and the west coast. so both coasts are dealing with big storm systems today. here is our transitioning coastal storm that's going to bring snow, more of it, we think, intense snow overnight tonight but we're still going to see the potential for a lot of delays across the northeast airports. here are all your winter weather advisories, across the appalachians, up towards new england and the temperatures along the coast a little bit too warm for snow but as we get into the overnight hours, temperatures are going to drop and we will see the potential for significant snow, especially north and west of the city. so there's our transitioning low. this is 4:00 a.m. tuesday, eventually moving offshore on tuesday afternoon. but we're still going to see quite a bit of snow, especially north and west of new york and in towards new england. additional snow totals, some of these computer models differ, especially w

lauren: good morning. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: the breaking news overnight, it started with these comments from emmanuel macron, france is now calling u.s. tariffs that are threatened by the united states on nearly $2.5 billion of french products, quote, unacceptable. the president said the proposed tariffs are in response to france's new digital services tax on tech companies. the trump administration targeted a list of french of products that include champagne, cheese, handbags, lipstick, france's finance minister said the eu would be ready to respond strongly if the u.s. carries out the threat. lauren: we have perhaps more tariffs on china, tariffs on france, brazil, argentina. the wall street journal put it perfectly this morning. one of the headlines read, mount tariff erupts again. tariffs with essentially the rest of the world. cheryl: the president in the press conference we just brought you which by the way was 40 minutes long the president was asked multiple questions about the ig report, he was able to look at i

lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: well, let's the tak tak t how your money is moving today. 24 hours after comments about the china trade deal, look what's happening, we're getting a boost to u.s. futures right now. bloomberg news is reporting that china is moving closer to agreeing with the u u.s. on a phase one deal an the issue of the tariffs being moved back. nasdaq is up 51 right now. lauren: trade moves the market every time. that report came after the markets in asia closed sharply lower, the hong kong market down 1 and a quarter percent. cheryl: there is a reason i'm talking about france, we're looking at the cac 40. from chanel to champagne, they're watching what will happen with the threat of tariffs. cac 40 is higher, a little optimism, ftse slightly lower. lauren: we are waiting for president trump to walk onto the stage at the nato welcome ceremony. president trump landed on marine one for a packed day two of the nato summit. cheryl: blake berman is live for us in england with the high stakes meet

lauren:.lauren: tracee carrasch the details. tracee: twitter will verify every candidate running for office, this comes as twitter recently banned all political ads on its platform. it will no longer be the responsibility of the individual candidates to seek verification. the blue check mark next to their name. twitter says this is toe ensurea level playing field. your cop phi is about to get a -- coffee is about to get a boost. pepsi announcing a coffee cola for a limited time. it comes in two flavors, original and vanilla. each can contains roughly double the amount of caffeine than a regular pepsi. well, the internet's latest deception will soon be available on toy shelves. hasbro taking preorders for the baby yoda toy sets which comes in several varieties including a talking plush toy that is about $25 a figure. that will cost you $20 and a smaller version for less than 10. the toys will be available next may, 2020. get your orders in now. cheryl: so cute. tracee, thank you very much. lauren: coming you up up, it'sg season.

lauren: stocks in asia mixed. china, shanghai composite up 1.2%, nikkei down three quarters of 1 today. cheryl: over in europe, come off a strong week for markets, a little bit of red but last week a he very strong -- very strong week for the european markets. stocks are set to kick off the final trading week of 2019 with another round of records. the s&p 500 on track to score the biggest gains in 22 years. if the index rises 29.6% for the year, we should say that's the best level since 1997 and the nasdaq, got to point this out, as of this morning up 35% for the year. analysts see the momentum continuing into 2020 if it looks like president trump will win re-election. the l rally could be in jeopardy if a progressive democrat wins the white house in november. warren not easing investors minds when she said this yesterday. >> if there is a decision to be made in washington, it has been influenced by money. the only way we are going to fix this is not by going around the edges, it's going o to take big structural c

lauren? lauren: blake burman thank you for explaining that to us, we appreciate it. deirdre? >> david asman, with us now, our very own, so david we know that you have been watching right alongside with lauren and myself. what is your take? david: you know, it was interesting that he didn't talk about either the impeachment or the ig. i mean, sometimes he does stick to script and i think a lot of people in his staff breathe a sigh of relief when he does so, but you know, it's amazing how much is going on in terms of the political turmoil that surrounds this presidency. i mean, you have, you do have all of this stuff going on, but in fairness to what to congress and it's hard to find anything fair to say about congress these days, but in fair fairness to them it does look like they are moving on with the usmca: we remember during the clinton impeachment the stock market went up. bill clinton, president clinton was actually able to get a reduction in the capital gains tax which led to the huge stock market economic boom, so you can get stuff done, despite all of the political tu

lauren and tracy good morning. the house approved two articles of impeachment against present trump. so far democrats had delayed sending the articles from the house to the senate. and now he has been charged with two articles of impeachment. >> once the house is spoken. they transmit it to the senate in my view. >> the delay is all about ensuring fairness. they want senate republicans to allow at least four white house officials to testify in the senate trial to chuck schumer. he made the case for witnesses to testify over the weekend. they might exonerate president trump where they might further incriminate him but the truth should come out as something as important as the impeachment. mitch mcconnell said last week it was up to the house is not the senate to investigate and he does not see himself as an impartial jury in the case. >> this is a political process. there's not anything judicial about it. i would anticipate we would have a largely partisan outcome in the senate. both the senate leaders met last week

david: lauren knows about it. lauren: i know about it. david: i didn't know about it. >> people like the stores. they low cat stores in suburbs where there is not as much competition. they do very well. david: jack hough of baron's, good to see you. latest installment of the "star wars" franchise making a lackluster showing at the box office. lauren, tell us about this. lauren: yes, it was $175.5 million. we were looking for maybe 200 million plus. i think there is "star wars" fatigue out there. they keep putting these out. next one is not coming until 2022. critics say one thing. fans say another. if you talk to people who went to see the movie, they loved it. most did love it. even on rotten tomatoes, critics rating is much lower than the fan rating. david: look at what happened with "cats." they low expectations. they managed to meet low expectations. the reviews were just terrible. lauren: to the litter box. first thing this movie cost 100 million dollars to make. taylor swift, jennifer hudson. opening weekend, 6 1/2 million dollars.

the guard at the bank of england, lauren simonetti with the headlines, lauren. lauren: finance minister has named andrew bailey the new governor of the bank of england, he will be taking over on march 16th, next phase of brexit. here at home nike surprising analysts with the quarterly results last night earning 7 0 cents a share, much better than 58 cents and generating $10 billion, first had billion dollar quarter thanks to spike in interest and innovation but something bugging investors this morning, and after today the u.s. may be closer to sending astronauts back to outer space without having to rely and pay russia to do so, the boeing star liner capsule scheduled for unmanned launch in 15 minutes from now, flight to

lauren? lauren: good thing because they spent $15 billion, aggressively, on their own content and the most streamed show, murder mystery. adam sandler, jennifer aniston. i did see it myself. i can't believe it was the most streamed. but nevertheless, it was. number two, stranger things. ashley: i watched the adam sandler. i laughed. i thought it was quite funny. lauren: really? okay. i would expect us to say the opposite. ashley: you didn't like it? lauren: i liked it. i'm just surprised it was the most watched. i guess that would explain the adam sandler appeal. ashley: it's a guy thing. lauren: remember, now you've got disney plus so the disney shows are off of netflix. as they spend aggressively on their own content, at least it is paying off for them. ashley: that's good. film maker michael moore said in an interview he thinks donald trump will win a second term. must have hurt him to say it. take a listen. >> if the vote were today, i believe he would win the electoral states that he wou

lauren will be the one who'll be in the front. -lemonis: hi. are you -- hi. -lauren: i'm lauren. lemonis: hi, lauren. how are you? -lauren: good. nice to meet you. -lemonis: very nice to meet you. -are you a baker? -lauren: when i have to be. lemonis: so what is your primary role here? lauren: i'm in the front selling the product. lemonis: okay, great. nice meeting you. lauren: you too. thank you. tonnie: there's a lot going on with tonnie's minis right now as we speak. i'm doing a project in newark that's close to being finalized. the people who are giving me the space, they're building out the store. lemonis: at their expense? tonnie: at their expense. so what i have to supply is equipment, the first month's deposit, working capital. lemonis: and they're giving you the money to do that? tonnie: they'loaning me the money to do that. lemonis: do you feel like you're ready for more expansion? tonnie: i am now. lemonis: the only time a business should be expanding is when it's totally proven out its model. you have the product right, you have the right people, you have the right pr

let's begin with congressional reporter lauren fox. lauren, tell us, will democrats get the witnesses and the documents that they want? >> well, brianna, if republicans have anything to say about it, they won't be. majority leader mitch mcconnell making it very clear today that he and chuck schumer, the top democrat in the senate, are at an impasse when it comes to the negotiations over which documents to get and witnesses are part of the trial. they have yet to come to any kind of agreement and what we're

lauren mcgough took us to one of lauren mcgough took scott pelley to one of the most remote places on earth to meet the hunters who trained her. and, before the next few minutes are through, you will know what it's like to fly like an eagle. the mongolian steppe is the greatest expanse of grassland unaltered by humankind. it endures because human existence has narrow odds between the widest climate extremes on earth-- 104 degrees in summer, 50 below in winter. i that yield nearly all of their food, fiber, clothing, and fuel. and, one of the oldest bonds in nature is an alliance of survival among hunters, horses, and golden eagles. >> lauren mcgough: this is the most ancient form of falconry in the world. this is where it all began. it's the cradle. so, several thousand years ago-- we don't know precisely when-- a man saw an eagle catch a rabbit or a fox, and had the ingenious idea to hunt in partnership with it. it blows my mind that it's even real. it's like something out of "lord of the rings," but you can do it. >> pelley: lauren mcgough was in high school when she dedicated her li

lauren: it might. stuart: he thought it was a good investment money that they were putting into the company. lauren: this might be a dip for some people because the stock did hit an all-time high earlier this week. yeah. 4% off now. stuart: it's at 90% this calendar year. you can expect a bit of a pullback. it's a pullback now, down ten bucks, 4.6% on the downside. >>> there's one more thing i need you to tell me about. food labels that say how much exercise you need to burn off a particular food item. is that coming? lauren: sounds like an eating disorder to me. if you are so obsessed with what you are eating and how much you have to walk or run to burn off what you just ate or drank, i say no way. regulators do not need to do that. are they thinking about doing that? they are always thinking about something. researchers in london did put out a study and they are considering to cut down on obesity to make our waistlines smaller, telling you if you eat or drink this, this is the number of calories whic

lauren: correct. stuart: at & t are releasing their own streaming service, i think that's coming in february, is that right? susan: yes. this is a direct competitor -- stuart: another one? susan: exactly. hulu live plus tv, yes, they have hbo max coming next year, but they are testing right now to launch in february their own streaming platform, basically you get a set tv box, you install it yourself. it's going to cost around $60 a month so this too is expensive. you can see tons of programming. stuart: you've got to install your own box? lauren: i have been trying. i asked my husband, would you know how to do that. he said yes, i would know how to do that. i think the average person, not me, would be able to do that. all this is confusing and expensive, no? stuart: it raises the question, how many streaming services will the average household have, and does this really mean your bill for entertainment, there's a lot coming at you, actually goes up? ashley: i think the average is four to five right n

lauren what's going on? lauren: so this law goes into effect tomorrow in california that would force these companies to pay hundreds of millions of dollars more between 20 and 30% on top of their cost, if the driver is an employee of the company, healthcare and minimum wage and the like. uber responding. the lawsuit that they filed post mates saying this. state legislatures had the opportunity to expand benefits for hundreds of thousands of independent workers in california. a step uber has been advocating for and one that other states already have taken. they're speaking of in new york, for instance, is the first date to provide benefits to some of those drivers anyhow they go out instead passed ab5 with this law in california using a bias and overtly political process that ignored the voices of the workers most affected and granted preferential treatment to an arbitrary group. ashley: basically treating these freelancers as full time employees with benefits and the whole thing so that would be a big hit to

lauren: $110 a pop. david: next case, president trump just announcing a keep america great rally next month in toledo, ohio. keeping up that push for the battleground states. coming up next, kelly sadler, former special assistant to president trump. i want to know if ohio is still all in for donald trump. like they were in 2016. the third hour of "varney & company" on this christmas eve just getting started. ♪ than you. you are my diamond. for the diamond in your life, get up to 40% off storewide or get these one of a kind deals at the "you are my diamond" event. exclusively at zales, the diamond store. male anchor: ...an update on the cat who captured our hearts. female anchor: how often should you clean your fridge? stay tuned to find out. male anchor: beats the odds at the box office to become a rare non-franchise hit. you can give help and hope to those in need. david: former president barack obama has stayed relatively quiet on his pick for 2020 but according to a report, he is now vouching for ca

. >> we're joined now on her tv set by lauren duka. here is her book how to start a revolution, young people in american politics. ms. duca, when did you burst in a sense onto the national scene? >> i underwent a political awakening were i had previously under this democracy had sort of a historical bystander of our government. andve even though i had a voice, as a journalist, i did not understand that i could have political agency. and when trump wase elected, i felt powerful to write about politics and no longer thought it was possible to write about anything else. ils wanted to use my journalism to empower people with information, and the first piece i publish that kind of catapulted me to it my current platform was called donald trump is about the disinformation that is continues to come out of the white house. when trump was then president-elect, and it has ways was the falsehood and the contradictions disseminated by trump and his team are meant to disarm the public from the foundation of facts that allows us to participate as ci

we are joined now in our book tv set by author lauren duka. here is her book, it is called, how to start a revolution. young people in the future of american politics, ms. miss duka, when did you first get a sense onto the national scene. >> well, when john was elected i underwent a political awakening. previously i looked at that democracy is a historical -- i was a bystander of our government and even though i had a voice as a journalist, i did not understand that i could have political agencies. and so when trump was elected, i felt compelled to write about politics and no longer thought it was possible to write about anything else. i wanted to use my journalism to empower people with information and the first piece that i publish that catapulted me to my current platform was called donald trump is gas lighting america. it's about the disinformation that continues to come out of the white house and i am past the ways in which the falsehoods and contradictions disseminated by trump and his team are meant to disarm the public from the foundat

lauren, what's wells fargo saying? lauren: kind of is a good word. they are saying there will be a 10% correction in the first half of 2020, but then say the s&p is going to be up on the year, giving it a 3388 price target and adding we would buy the dip. stuart: oh, well, that's not quite raining on the parade. lauren: it's just a headline. stuart: i don't know about you, charles, i would expect a 10% correction after an 11-year bull market. i would expect it. charles: too cute by half. way too cute. wells fargo, fix your business. you know what, get your stock up before you start pontificating about the rest of the market. here's what i worry about with this kind of stuff. when we were at a seven year run, people thought it was long in the tooth. eight years, eight years is long. kind of long in the tooth. nine years, oh, little worried, maybe a correction. ten years, 11 years. don't ever guess the top. what i'm trying to suggest to people is i don't say chase stocks or even chase the market, but chase fundamentals. these numbers are reading out to

lauren simonetti has that one. lauren. lauren: the repercussions here, cheryl. a police officer in kansas claimed a mcdonald's worker wrote this message on his cup and now the harrington police chief said the officer faked it. the mcdon a at mcdonald's ownere to prove the worker didn't write it. the copies now out of a job. a oregon creamery find with major fine. organic valley was fined $26,000 for sending milk solids into a storm drain back in january. organic valley spokesperson says the company will not appeal the fine but they did turn a mile of the river white. the most crowded place on new year's eve might also be the safest place. times square security includes thousands of police officers, metal detectors and 1,000 security cameras and for the first time ever, drones. so a lot of -- a lot going on in times square just a few blocks from here. cheryl: we had a segment on "fbn: a.m." about the clean-up too which is a massive undertaking. lauren: by dawn wednesday morning you won't even know the biggest party in the world existed. isn't it unbelievable a ho

reporting live, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >> thank you, lauren. if you are flying today, once again, check the status. the weather has been disrupting flights coming in and out of sfo. here is a live look at the airport. more than 100 flights were canceled. 565 delayed yesterday. some arrivals running as much as four hours late because of the weather. we were checking on the travel situation. we found a couple heading to l.a. they had no idea their trip was going to be put on hold for a couple hours. >> my grandmother was telling me a lot of flights got delayed and canceled yesterday. i showed up and then it said 9:40 instead of 8:00. >>> airport owe facials say the problems are because of a combination of bad weather here in the bay area and other parts of the country. you can track the weather from your phone. download the abc 7 news app. >>> developing news this morning, a woman is dead after being hit by a vta train. it happened in san jose. it's not clear exactly what happened. the woman's name hasn't been released. stanford police want to fi

fix all the way from lancaster new york lauren thank you for being with us today. thank you for having me tesla is aiming to make more than 1000 vehicles a week by the end of 2019 and ultimately push that number up to 48100 a week and a lot of this is about gaining access to the chinese market but it's not incredible . but it was incredible how to look at to use to exist based upon government subsidies so what you make of this government subsidy program. well the government subsidies program put in place by china was to entice people to switch over to alternative types of propulsion for their vehicles and what's happened unfortunately is when they did 1st put it out people took advantage of it but nowadays cut it cut it back and now only down to $3500.00 people of course are not buying it as rapidly as they were now with tesla and their model 3 they're going to get $3500.00 of credit to a new consumer on a $50000.00 car now we don't have exact numbers yet of what the tussle will cost of course how you option it will also make a difference and there are 2 different

lauren: correct. stuart: in the great scheme of things, $6.99 a month ain't bad for a month's worth of entertainment from disney. susan: lot of entertainment and keeps the kids quiet. stuart: what's the word, they keep them on -- ashley: recurring revenue. stuart: retention rate. lauren: retention rate. stuart: what's the news on netflix? i don't know it. lauren: netflix needs to respond to what disney and others are doing. for the first time ever, they always told us how many subscribers they have in the u.s. now they are doing overseas. look, the stock is up 3%. you can make the argument they are saturated in the u.s. but check out overseas. in their biggest region after north america, europe, the middle east and africa, 47 million subscribers. that more than doubled since 2017 and the revenue in that period, more than tripled. so netflix is sending the message, we've got competition but we've got growth. we are a global company, 158 million worldwide paying subscribers. stuart: netflix stock was up

lauren martinez is live in san jose with more. good morning, lauren. >> good morning. a public information officer says this occurred in an older part of the hospital and there are repairs und y.ok at the viof the roof. medical staff along with first responders tried to move medical equipment out of the way. the spokesperson for the hospital says a water line in tower three, which is the oldest portion of the hospital failed causing minor water damage near a service elevator. he says it occurred in an administrative area. now, they also said no patients were affected. reporting live in san jose, lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> thanks. >>> the time is 40k 30. if you're just joining us, a quick update of weather and traffic where you live. mike, we see lauren out there. >> she's drenched. >> you need the wet weather gear this mo

lauren: very. stuart: i think the president was kind of unleashed in michigan last night at the big rally. thunderous applause from supporters as he slammed the democrats on impeachment. the only real winner from impeachment, in my opinion, is the president. i think it's going to backfire on the democrats. we will get the white house reaction to that in just a moment. >>> if it's thursday, nou weayo we've got dan henninger on the show. he's got a piece out about all the inspector general stuff testifying on the fbi mistakes during the russia investigation. he's asking where is all the outrage from the left? haven't seen much of it. the third hour of "varney & company" just getting started. ♪ (classical music playing throughout) (shaq) (chime) magenta? i hate cartridges! not magenta! not magenta. i'm not going back to the store. magenta! cartridges are so... (buzzer) (vo) the epson ecotank. no more cartridges. it comes with an incredible amount of ink that can save you a lot of frustration. ♪ th

lauren, so what? lauren: so what, about $1 billion so what. okay. disney plus streaming the mandalorian, episode seven comes out on friday but not this week, because that's when "star wars" comes out on the big screen. the mandalorian is coming out tonight. in it, this is baby yoda. why do you care about "star wars"? because it could be the seventh $1 billion movie by disney in 2019. and they know they are doing so well, they don't want to give you too much. you are taking a "star wars" break until 2022. stuart: are we done with this? lauren: we are. stuart: until tomorrow. apple's new airpods pro, airpod pros, i think properly put, they are really selling well. in fact, apple has been sold out of them for a month. big retailers have been out of stock for some time now as well. coming up, we have apple watcher dan ives with us. last time he was on the show, he said apple's going to $300 a share. it's at $280 now. what's he saying now? any advance on $300? we will find out. >>> i have got to get to the democrats. we know they are big on socialism but

in new york, lauren greene, fox news. mike: time for night court can we start with a real-life grinch reported by news 12 in brooklyn. santa and the tooth fairy are not real, public-school 321 promises the teacher will not be back, let's bring in legal eagles to ask if this could turn into a lawsuit. great to have you both. the santa aspect of the controversy. >> all parents and children who believe, their parents lie to them is damaging to kids. >> three weeks before christmas these kids are 6 years old.

lauren, more think the president shouldn't be impeached. if the president isn't going to be convicted in the senate, are democrats concerned that they're risking too much here? >> certainly i think the moderate members in the house of representatives who won in districts the president won in 2016, they're the ones having to walk the tightest line. tom malinowski held a town hall a few minutes ago. here's the reception he got when he said he planned to volt for articles of impeachment. >> based on the evidence that i have seen in the depositions, in the hearings, and the documents i have seen, i believe that on two counts of impeachment that have been put before us that the vote should be yes and i will be voting yes. >> reporter: that reaction very split. you hear applause and hear people standing up, you also hear boos. that gets to the fact this is a divisive issue for members in swing districts who have trump supporters and liberals in their district who they're trying to make happy. it is a difficult balance. >> speaking of new jersey l

charlie, lauren i want to start with your toe tells about the story. baroness just declaring that it might actually be time to see small caps come back. >> that is correct. if you believe that the economy is going to improve in 2020 and that corporate earnings are going to get better. it's a great time to buy small caps. its most small caps are domestically oriented unlike big cap and multinational companies. and they've been lagging the market for almost a decade. and they just started to move up, we think it's the real thing. >> and were talking about stocks that have a market value, market capitalization of 5 billion or below. does a strive at their view? >> it does fortunately, it's about time. it's been a rough ten years actually for small-cap value managers. what happened essentially after the great financial crisis was that people decided to pay up the growth. and growth is much more presence and large-cap youth inc. of google and facebook, and all the likes netflix so we suffered a double whammy and that that small was relegated disadvantage to

soldier killed in afghanistan, lauren simonetti with headlines now. lauren. lauren: good morning, maria. the u.s. military says the unidentified service member died today during combat. officials are not saying where in afghanistan the soldier was killed. but this death brings the total number of u.s. combat deaths in afghanistan this year to 20. as travelers head out for the holidays, a massive 69-car pileup brought traffic to a standstill on i-64 near williamsburg, virginia yesterday. chain reaction crash entered more than 50 people, some of those injuries life-threatening. state police say ice and dense fog may have played a role in the crash, made it hard to see. first responders had to walk over cars to get where they needed to go. boeing looking for answers following n a abort test flight of the star liner spacecraft. the flight was cut short after a it ended up in the wrong orbit after a clock was improperly set. it was brought back to earth yesterday, landing in the new mexico desert safely. no people on that flight. but this could mean something for

. >> reporter: lauren and matthew were on their honeymoon. lauren suffered burns on 20% of her body, matthew with 80%. >> this isn't a joke. the volcano actually erupted while we were on the island. lauren and i got pretty badly burned. we're at a hospital in new zealand. my hands are burned so i can't use my phone. >> reporter: survivors sharing details of their harrowing escape. >> the volcano erupted, so there was a large ash cloud that was a couple hundred meters into the sky. >> reporter: father and daughter were in the tour boat who en it erupted. >> we tried to treat people the best we could. but everybody was horrifically burned. >> i didn't have time to fill. i saw there was a need, and i felt the need. i didn't know what i was doing, but i did the best in the situation. >> reporter: rescue helicopters initially combed the island, lifting some of the injured back to shore for treatment. from here you can look right into the center of the volcano and see the crater and the steam rising from the vents. that's the area where many people

tonight -- david harbour, star of nbc's "new amsterdam," actor ryan eggold, music from lauren daigle featuring the 8g band with steve gorman ♪ [ cheers and applause ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night. how is everybody doing tonight [ cheers and applause at president trump today defended his deal with turkey to pull quote, "if turkey does anything that i in my great and unmatched limits, i will totally destroy and obliterate the economy of turkey." ] that would be reassuring if you ever considered anything off limits [ laughter ] you had sex with a porn star, you partied with jeffrey epstein and you drive your golf cart on the green. [ laughter ] the only way you'll stop turkey is if they try to get your tax returns. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause "obliterate, obliterate. president trump reportedly told house republicans on a private call yesterday that impeachment is a, quote, "bad thing to have on your resume." [ laughter ] dude, do you really think your next job's gonna require a resume "wow, it says here

lauren. thanks judy yes boris johnson's pitch to get it done has paid off spectacularly with the conservatives snatching seats from the heartland and the opposition labor party johnson has promised to be a unifying force but in scotland there are growing calls for independence after a scottish national party swept through most seats charlie angela begins our coverage from here in london. boris johnson is welcomed back to downing street. after the conservatives radically reconfigured britain's political map that biggest majority since 1000 into 70 i'm proud to say that members of our new one nation government a people's government will set out from constituencies that have never returned a conservative m.p. for a 100 years and yes they will have an overwhelming mandate from this election to get it done and we will honor that mandate by general the 31st striking a more grateful note johnson thank labor voters for swapping sides his promise now to embrace all and deliver grex it i say thank you

for more on what to expect today, cnn's lauren fox is on capitol hill. >> reporter: dave and amra, a huge day on capitol hill, with the house judiciary committee hearing slated to take place in just a couple of hours. this hearing is going to look a little more like a trial, with house judiciary committee lawyers laying out what they believe is the evidence to impeach president trump. republicans will refute that. and the house lawyers will lay out the evidence that they documented in the 300-page house intelligence committee report. we know that donald trump's lawyers had an opportunity to participate. they declined that opportunity on friday. and it could be a huge week in the house judiciary committee because they could unveil articles of impeachment. and they could vote on them as soon as the end of this week. then, there could be a full vote on in the house of representatives on whether or not to impeach donald trump before christmas. >> lauren fox, thank you. >>> a prominent senator pushing the debunked theory that ukraine meddled in the 2016 election. ted cruz got in a heated

mike, we saw lauren getting rained on in her live shot. we're probably trying to figure out howl this will stick around. >> the better part of the morning it will be steady and then off and on during the afternoon hours. i have a couple of dry days for tuesday and wednesday before another storm moves in for wednesday, thursday and friday. let's look down in the south bay, rain showers have been strong here. the heaviest of the rain is moving up through alum rock and the mountains. period ps s of rain everywhere. san jose, the water standing there, the rain falling. that's going to continue. caution no matter how you're commuting today. let's look at some of our best times for rain on the peninsula. 7:00 to 9:00. then it becomes more scattered for the afternoon. for the south bay a chance through 11:00. another chance from 3:00 to 5:00, we'll reach barely 60 this afternoon. north bay a chance of wet weather for all 12 hours of the planner. for the east bay, a bit of a scattered in nature day. san francisco, drizzle, then rain possible up to