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Minutes. back in u.s. the traditional indy race car drop pays tribute to the indianapolis 500 suspending a race car and dropping it instead of a ball. further south it is all about the orange. thousands turned out in atlanta, florida to watch the orange drop 120 feet. it was a color bowl celebration on the west coast invegas. new years celebrations going off there about two hours ago. >> beautiful. >> new year new laws nationwide from gun control to hoover board safety. peter barns from our sist...

Fiscal cliff. >> when john boehner is no longer speaker of the house. it will be fascinating to watch. thank you, bret baier. tune into special report as brett mentioned he has a live and exclusive many who are calling to be favorite for the next speaker of the house. the third person from the president. majority leader kevin mccarthy. and donald trump unveiling his tax plan today. he gave a little bit of a hint as to what would be in it yesterday saying certain americans would be exempt from ...

What do you think about that. >> i understand that. every other country have been wheeling and dealing and visiting the great beaches of cuba for all of those years. they have have been in true engagement in cuba and nothing has changed in cuba. it wont be the united states that will make cuba change. cuba has to change from within. the castro brothers have to go. we want freedom and human rights respected. this president is not going to get them to this point. martha: we are waiting for a news ...

A decade. >> fox business network peter barns explains whats happening and what it means for 2015. >> the u.s. economy could heat up in 2015 if millennials sell more houses and tractors in china and disney still has more to do with the animated hit "pro "frozen" short term moran gnaw towel in a franchise. >> economists are optimistic the economy will grow faster in 2015 at least in part because of lower oil and gas prices. >> it is something that is certainly good for families, for households. i...

That was a fly in the ointment somewhere. peter barns is here to tell us whats happening and why it looks like a green christmas here. >> it does. a santa claus rally. beyond that gdp number was the best quarterly showing coming well above economists forecasts. that helped the dow industrials close above 18,000 for the very first time, its up 8% this year and that gdp report was for economic activity over this past summer before oil and gas prices really started to drop. thats just one thing tha...

Friday is the day they release the unemployment numbers and the expectation is it will hold. >> the lowest unemployment rate in midland texas 3.1 percent. the heist unemployme-- highest unemployment rate uma arizona 22 percent. >> job reports come out tomorrow. >> peter barns will be reporting those numbers live as they come down. >> the usda puts out a cost list. it will cost you $146 a week for a family of four. this assumes you are eating healthy and not doing what they call the more liberal ...

It is because of the rules of the epa. fox business network peter barns explains. >> the top senate critic of the environmental protection agency says after delaying regulations to help president obama win the election the epa is about to flood the election with new rules about consumers and jobs. >> he said jews give me a chance to get re-elected then we will come together. >> the senate environment and public works committee a report by his staff contends new gasoline rules by the epa can add ...

Institute presented imhoff with 16,000 petitions demanding quote congress control the rouge agency. >> everything the epa does have a cost. we need to make sure the costs are in line with the benefits. >> some ak noodge higher costs and some regulations. so say the benefits out weighed them. with expected clean air regulations on coal fired power plants. >> we are talking about increase nationally of between 2 and 3 percent in electricity rates as opposed to the price we pay 45,000 lives lost ev...

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Which everybody wants. most analysts agree were stuck in a very slow recovery. unemployment rate has not gone below 8% since early 2009. of course, millions of americans are still out of work. millions more underemployed. tomorrow the government releases its monthly jobs report. that will likely give us a clearer picture of where the economy stands at least right now. peter barns is live with us here in charlotte. what are we companying out of these jobs numbers tomorrow and what have analysts t...