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Im Charles Payne in for stuart varney. Varney company starts right now. While cnbc is on break, we are open for business. Charles hundreds of americans back in the u. S. This morning after being evacuated from the coronavirus affected diamond princess cruise ship. Lauren, we know some have tested positive for the virus right now. Lauren yes. So the u. S. Chartered the two flights that arrived early this morning, one in california and one in texas. As they were going from that cruise ship docked in japan to the charter plane, 14 tested positive for the coronavirus. That essentially doubles the number of infections right here in the u. S. We had 15, now you have 14 coming in. They will be in quarantine. They were already in quarantine for about two weeks but they will be in quarantine at those two air force bases for another 14 days. Charles thank you very much. Mean meanwhile, macao says the casinos can reopen. Susan its a big deal ....
It was being called the christmas protest. Three big hours for you. Buckle in. Merry christmas. Varney company about to start right now. Charles huge gains for the markets this year. The calendar year, in fact, has wall street looking extraordinarily well. Want to bring in market watcher Rebecca Walser on these gains and of course, at this point in time, we always look ahead. What do you make overall of this market, considering all the negative headlines, all the negative speculation . First to have this kind of market is really remarkable. Charles, it is. Merry christmas. Im having such a great retail season high. I dont care what the retail experts, you know, were expecting. We got 3. 4 growth and Super Saturday, charles, the biggest shopping day ever. 3. 4 billion on Super Saturday. Thats what happens when you have a ....
86point gain. S p and nasdaq also looking to be higher at the open. In other news, lebron james is trying to do damage control after criticizing the Houston Rockets general manager darryl morey for his comments on the hong kong protests. Wait until you hear what lebron is saying now. The democrat president ial candidates are in ohio for their big debate tonight. You can bet they are going to rip President Trump and promote their far left policies so how will that play in ohio, of all places . We are on that all morning long. And we have a lot to go at this morning, including Mark Zuckerberg meeting with some big name conservatives, walmart delivering groceries right to your fridge. That and so much more. Varney company starts right now. Charles hey, go happy birthday to you ashley go, baby, go. Charles stevie wonder, ....
Maria we have a big show this morning. Joining the conversation, Deirdre Bolton is here this morning, real clear politics cofounder and president tom bevin and pwc partner, mitch rochell. Thank you for being here. We have a market under pressure as a result of some i guess digestion over this trade deal. Take a look at the markets where were looking at a triple digit decline this morning for the dow industrials. Bloomburg is reporting that china wants more talks before signing phase one of the strayed deal. The u. S. Trade deal. The u. S. And china made progress on friday. China agreed to buy 40 to 50 billion worth of Agricultural Products while the u. S. Will suspend a planned tariff increase set to go into effect tomorrow. Beijing addressing currency and Financial Services concerns but setting aside issues l ....
Imagine that. The president meanwhile will be heading to dallas for another rally this week, doubling down on his pledge to bring jobs back to america, as a new Louis Vuitton factory gets ready to open. Texas is open for business and so are we. We are watching it all. Varney company starts right now. Theres execution work to be done on the document, but this document is substantially done. We made a lot of progress, and our expectation is this will be concluded and signed by chile. Charles that was secretary Steve Mnuchin moments ago talking about phase one trade deal thats getting ready just in time for apec, the meeting that will be held next month in chile. China reportedly wants more talks before the deal is signed. I dont know. I think its normal. People are interpreting that as a red flag. Susan we heard about this on friday, by the way. They said it will take maybe four ....