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Not feel like president obama was business friendly. he was friendly to new tech. new tech isnt hiring manufacturing jobs. >> i remind you in 2014, obama did have a better number. its not that its bad, its donald trump will tell you no ones ever done it since him. heres the problem. the stock market was down 6.2% in 2018. thats bad. thats the biggest annual decline. >> a baddy? >> a baddy. >> thats a baddy. >> dont be sassy. >> never. >> 2008, we had a recession. thats the worst stock market per...

"business" this morning. and markets around the world are mostly lower on the first trading day of 2019. you see tokyo, shanghai, hong kong lower there. pretty decent decline for hong kong, almost 3%. and then european markets also following suit here. on wall street, futures are lower, as well. the dranchow jones industrial ae futures on that average down almost 1.5%. 2018 was a record-setting year for stocks, but its one no investors would rather forget. the s&p down 6.2%. the nasdaq down 4%. ...

In 2018 the s&p 500 fell 6.2%. look at that. the nasdaq fell 4%. the dow slipped 5.6%. the worst year for stocks since the financial crisis in 2008. only the second year the dow and the s&p 500 fell in the past decade. taking a look at where futures are now, you can see beginning the year right where we left it, down, down, down. >> what do you sense is driving that? is it anything to do with the government shutdown? is it -- >> yeah, thats part of it. >> the global slowdown? >> the government s...

$15 an hour. minimum wage workers from maine to missouri to arizona will see bumps in their paychecks immediately. according to business for a fair minimum wage, business owners across the country say these increases will boost consumer spending, reduce employee turnover, increase productivity and customer satisfaction, and help the economy. even as some states raise the minimum wage, the federal minimum has been stuck at $7.25 for the past decade. the bump comes after a rough year for stocks an...

That second meeting between kim jong un and president trump happens later in the year. perhaps that will help break the deadlock. molly? >> molly: 2018 with such a remarkable year for north korea, as you mention. we will see what 2019 holds. kitty logan, thank you. >> leland: u.s. stocks posting the worst year and a decade. the s&p 500 and the dow. they made solid begins on monday, but still finished 2018 and a decline. the s&p 500 down 6.2% as wall street experienced a major of turbulence in de...

Pete hegseth coming up live in a few moments. over two dozen alumni of the bernie sanders 2016 presidential campaign are asking for meeting with senator and other top staffers to discuss the issue of sexual violence. and talk of a "predatory culture." they developed on his 2016 campaign, according to political. a former staffer sent a letter citing no specific incidents but said they want to preempt a "dangerous dynamic" in the upcoming presidential cycle. senator sanders is still mulling over a...

Wages are rising. thats been a big talking point for democrats. you are creating jobs but wages are not coming up. each democrats now acknowledging wages are going up. pete: jobs are come back prominent democrats said would never come back to include 5,000 mining jobs in october alone. 32,000 manufacturing jobs. thats a thousand a day. thats a big number in these key states that voted for him. it takes that unemployment rate that was high for too long back down. why know that overall its 3.7. if...

To another re-election. and at one point he was beating his republican competitor by a 21-point spread in the polls. but now this race is down to 6.2% in the real clear politics average. sensing an opening, hugen is out with a new ad raising questions about menendezs unsavory past. here is a snippet. >> when will we as a society begin to believe women, to trust women? >> what a hypocrite. what about the underaged women who accused you according to the f.b.i. >> new jerseys bob menendez denying a...

Companies were hit the hardest. >> good morning. we could see another selloff today. futures pointing firmly in the red, dow futures down by about 300 points. but here is how we closed yesterday. the dow lost 831 points, its worst day since february 8, losses of 3.1%. the nasdaq lost 315 points, down by 4.1%, its biggest one day decline since june 2016. the s&p 500 lost as well, the steepest lost since february 8. some of the biggest losers, tech stocks hurting, hammered hard with the selloff. a...

>> it is a criminal charge, of which -- >> do you believe her? >> i think she -- the way she testified there was some sort of sexual assault that happened to her and someone sexually assaulted i understand how it affect your life, but -- >> do you believe something happened to her? she said with 100% certainty she knows who her attacker was, you are questioning whether she knows who her attacker is? you dont believe her. >> according to due process she has not set a date, a location, could not e...