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Welcome back. i'm stephanie ruhle. it's my favorite part of the show, money, power, politics. today, we're talking stock buybacks. republicans promised you would see more cash in your paychecks, so-called trickle down, but so far people have only seen one-time bonuses that just make up a fraction of what these companies are saving in taxes. bank america/michelle lynch analysis found that less than 45% of the s&p companies, the ones that benefit the most from the major corporate tax cuts, have invested those in tax bonuses. cn cnbc's sara eisen joins me now. only a handful of companies gave bon...

Welcome back. let's turn to business where the dollar made a big comeback after fed chair janet yellen reiterated her confidence in the u.s. job market. cn cnbc's live in london. what's the thinking? can we expect the dollar rally to last awhile? how might it fare as trump prepares to take office? >> many here are saying they don't anticipate that we'll see a reversal in that dollar trend for the time being. we might see a little knee-jerk reaction heading into next year but we should remain to see dollar strength over the longer term for the time being. janet yellen's comments were interestin...

United against any supreme court nominee that hillary clinton, if she were president, would put up. i promise you. this is where we need the majority. >> a spokesman for the senator later clarified releasing a statement that reads, senator mccain believes you can only judge people by their record. and hillary clinton has a clear record of supporting liberal judicial nominees. that being said, senator mccain will of course thoroughly examine the record of any supreme court nominee put before the senate and vote for or against that individual based on their qualifications as he has done througho...

Very clear options other than more sanctions. they can try to devise more sanctions. they've already squeezed north korea economically but to do anything militarily would just start an escalation that i don't think the u.s. or any of the allies would want to contemplate. >> andrea, thank you very much. cn cnbc's senior correspondent eunice yoon, what can you tell us from there? >> reporter: there is a saying about the china-north korea relationship you guys were talking a little bit about it, that the two countries are as close as lips and teeth. but these days the chinese have been feeling th...

Marco rubio, you're feeling good with those ratings. if you're one of the moderators, you're feeling worse and people are talking about how badly you did. >> the head of the rnc seconds after the debate wrapped blasting the network. here he was. >> i think it was one gotcha question, one personal low blow after the other. it's almost like they tried to design a rubics cube for every question to take the worst element, i think, of what moderators and what the media should bring to the table and all i can tell you is that while i'm proud of our candidates for pretty much sticking together, i'm v...