From dow 20,000. The dow industrials have 91 points, thats a session highs than an hour ago, touched 19,700 for the first time ever. Were at 19,706 and climbing. Russell is slightly negative, the s p is jumping, too. Can the stock market flex muscle and dow flex real muscle to break 20,000 . Were in the middle of all the action, were going to break it down for you tickbytick, have you got to stay with me right here. To the budget showdown that is happening this hour, the Senate Democrats right now and the republicans for a nail tooth and nail battle behind closed doors over the Government Spending bill. We are less than nine hours until a very significant midnight deadline and the stakes could not be higher. It could maybe affect the markets today on monday. We have a fox business exclusive with the man in the senate whos been in the chambers all day. All day long, republican senator from mississippi roger wicker with me in a firsthand recap of the battle inside the senate going on rig
Yacking on a cell phone. The Transportation Department now suggesting it may indeed let Airlines Offer cell service. Think that is a good idea . Think about it. Then tweet us, at shep news team. Arrest get to it. First from the fox news deck, the head of one of the Largest Companies in the world may be the leading contendor to become in the nations top diploma. Rex tellerson is the chief executive of exxonmobil. Donald trump was very impressed after their meeting. If that surprises you, youre not alone. The wall street journal is writing it even surprised the man himself. He has no government experience at all, and according to the online is set to refire from exxon next year. Friends say he would consider taking the cabinet post out of patriotic duty. He owns tens of millions of dollars in exxonmobil stock, and that presents potential conflict if he takes the job. Just consider russia. The wall street journal reports rex tellersons friends say he is very close to the russian president
That all that water caused a lot of emotion. The earth shifted meaning the soil, of course, and they had to cut a larger than expected hole as you see there to replace all that washed away. At 3 00 this morning emergency crews found water bubbling from two spots in the pavement. Water had already made its way to nearby garages. The loading dock at the Marriott Hotel also flooded. Very little, if any, damage to any of the properties. There was some flooding spillage into a couple of other garages in the area. Reporter the new mosconi underground station is part of the new project and it, too, got flooded and construction there is still going on. While there was a reduction in water pressure, service to people who live and work there was never interrupted. The water from the 12inch pipe was rerouted. A huge hole in the old pipe was discovered. Crews worked quickly to replace that section of the right above it is a much larger 30inch distribution line. This is a castiron pipe. First insta
Stephanie mentioned in baton rouge. Chris jansing is there for us. Donald trump is having a get out the vote event. Quite frankly, chris, we thought it would be over by now, but hes running a little bit late. Hes going to be there with Senate Candidate john kennedy. What do we expect out of the president elect . Reporter well, who hours late so far but were told hes on the ground so hopefully this will get under way. These folks have been waiting a long time though theyre shouting trump so they must be getting some indication or seeing some movement over there. Look, this is a critical race. Its the very last race of the 2016 campaign. If the republicans can win, if john kennedy can hole the seat that was david vitters, that means 5248. Whats one seat mean in the senate . Well, as you know, kate, there is a very ambitious agenda that president elect trump has, that the leadership in the senate has, and for that every vote will definitely count from things Like Health Care reform or rep
Administration has decided to order an entire review of looking into potential hacking from the 2016 president ial election. Lots to discuss. Thats where president elect trump is about to make his return to the campaign trail stumping for himself but for the republican in the last senate race here in the nation tomorrow is the Runoff Election between john kennedy, the republican, and democrat foster campbell. So ryan nobles is there in baton rouge where were waiting to hear from the next president of the United States but before we do, lets roll back the layers of the state Department News in the fact that do we know why Rudy Giuliani is now off the list . Reporter brooke, we dont know the specifics behind the decision by president elect trump but we know there were concerns by members of congress about Rudy Giulianis potential business ties around the world and if perhaps that could be a conflict of interest. We know that Rudy Giuliani was also being considered for attorney general an