bret: all right, dana. the christmas spirit has officially kicked off. i think dana had the hots for santa. i m not sure. fantastic here. a beautiful night. good evening. i m bret baier. we re going to get to some news now. oare negotiators getting close n a deal for release of some of the hamas hostages? we will get bipartisan reaction from the heads of the house foreign affairs committee. as former president donald trump dominates the polls, can he scratch off one name from his vice presidential list. we will bring that you story. and what could be the busiest thanksgiving travel week on record could get even tougher with a major storm system coming. bret: we are live in the plaza outside fox news world headquarters in new york. part of the christmas festivities here. hoped you enjoyed the lighting of our christmas tree. it s a great fest every year. they are also celebrating tonight at the white house where president joe biden turns 81. that fact causing him so
money payment to a porn actress that case relates to reimbursements that trump made at the time to his lawyer michael cohen. cohen had paid stormy daniel to silence her before before 2016. the former president has pleaded not guilty. he contends this case belongs in federal court. and the stocks were up today. the dow gained 109. the s&p 500 rose 11. nasdaq finished ahead 4. gillian: well, the biden administration has cut off u.s. funding for the chinese lab in wuhan where the coronavirus is suspected to have originated back in 2019. the biden administration is reportedly concluded that that wuhan facility failed to provide adequate documentation about safety and security. here is fox business correspondent grady trimble. the wuhan lab at the center of the covid origins probe won t
chapter in the saga you have to feel for the family here. thank you for your reporting. you do. absolutely. so the public health emergency over covid-19 officially ends today. what that means for covid testing, treatments, and vaccines. and we are just minutes away from the opening bell on wall street where market futures have been relatively flat. today, as we head into the start of the trading day today. investors still weighting the new inflation data, the nasdaq and s&p 500 rose yesterday after data showed inflation cooling to the slowest pace in two years. still hanging over all of this, the debt ceiling. janet yellen offered this reminder to lawmakers, allowing a default is, quote, unthinkable.
spending his afternoon saluting virginia unions. you are the backbone of this country. i have been saying this for the last 400 years i have been in office. [laughter] the national archives are starting to hear back from some former presidents about that ask to do an assessment of possible classified materials in their archives. this evening, i have been in touch with george w. bush s chief of staff who responded to nara with this. thank you for your note. we understand its purpose and remain competent that no such materials are in our possession. bret? bret: peter doocy live on the north lawn. peter, thank you. bret: g.d.p. numbers sent stocks up today. the dow gained 206. the s&p 500 rose 44. the nasdaq surged 199 today. senators on both sides of the political spectrum are upset tonight over a lack of information about the document situation during a briefing from the nation s top intelligence official. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has
a lot of people think that s extreme. bret: brit, love hearing your voice in this time. thanks. brit: thanks, bret. bret: president biden does intend to visit the southern border next week. the president s comment comes after previous remarks from the administration the president himself that such a visit would not be constructive or overshadowed by greater concerns. we will have jacqui heinrich. nfl player damar hamlin still in critical condition in the hospital. there are signs of improvement. great news. he suffered cardiac arrest during monday night s game. wavering over the release of the federal reserve. the dow eventually gained 133. the s&p 500 rose 29. the nasdaq finished ahead 72. up next, some republicans are none to happy about senate minority leader mitch mcconnell standing arm in arm with president biden touting his infrastructure deal as we showed earlier. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. wfxt in boston where t