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We have to go back to the markets big day. we see them just about to open. there's the bell after taking a steep dive on thursday. shutting 660 points over worries about spending in china will have a ripple effect in the economy. with today's open, comes after that first jobs report of 2019. the economy in december. adding 312,000 jobs. joining me now, msnbc political analyst and gop strategist rick tyler. cnbc's markets reporter dominic chu. cnbc senior analyst ron insana. bloomberg opinion editor tim o'brien. dom, what's driving them today? >> we got a good jobs number. the reason why we're ...

There. your response? >> it's offensive. the mere fact that they are talking impeachment shows they are more worried about 2020 and the ability to beat a president whose been successful in making sure the economy is growing. look at the jobs reports, a strong 312,000 jobs added. wages are rising. we are seeing growth in manufacturing and construction. there are opportunities for americans today. we want to work with the democrats on issues like infrastructure and on the trade deal. we had a huge, successful trade deal with mexico and canada. they are critical for us to work with the democrats ...

At the president's proclamations about the economy. because the economy is so enormous and driven by so many factors that are really outside of political decision making. the best i believe government can do is really get out of the way and let the market be the market and we'll be ahead. i know a lot of people don't like that attitude. >> ron's shaking his head. >> i think that freedom is the way to go. support freedom. politically speaking, he's tied himself so close to the markets performance. for a long time, the market ignored all his proclamations. you do have a tightening labor market. ...

All right. i'm going to talk to you about stocks and the markets and the economy in a mubtd. breaking right now, congressional leaders are meeting with president trump at the white house about the government shutdown. they have been inside for 90 straight minutes. we haven't seen any members of congress leave the white house yet. or say anything. as soon as we get any news, we are going to bring that to you live. we'll taking a look at the markets right now. they are surging in part because of a jobs report but in part because of comments from the federal reserve and some talk that china and t...

600 points, 593 to be exact following a very tough day on thursday when the dow dropped more than 600 points throughout trading. the rebound following a surprising strong december jobs report that far exceeded expectations this morning, more than 312,000 jobs were added in the month of december, though the unemployment rate also rose to 3.9%. before the report was released, the president blamed the democrats for the economic turmoil, and as i have stated many times, if the democrats take over the house or senate there will be disruption to the financial markets. we won the senate. they won the...