everyone's been saying either gm or ford. clearly what china is trying to do is inestimate date trump -- intimidate trump largely because of his comments about taiwan. we had 430 billion-dollar trade surplus against the u.s., with a trade war they certainly want, they would be in a very difficult position, trade deficit countries have nothing to lose and we're the trade deficit country. liz: so interesting that the chinese government, you know, here's why i really hope donald trump realizes you don't want to attack your free media. free press is so extraordinarily important. chinese government, used china daily news, their newspaper to get out this message. here's what they put up. for the american economy to be great again, clearly a snipe at donald trump, the u.s. needs to cement economic relations with china, not destroy them. read between the lines there, gordon. >> well, what they're saying is that they're going to retaliate against american companies and you know, we have had two notices last two days about antitrust in

general manager paul retafeld recently marked one year on the job and he wrote up an ambitious the gm is confident riders will see improvement. >> reporter: in a room chock full of elected leaders, metro employees, and media, gm paul wedefeld charting a new course that quite simply caters to the rider. >> what they want is the trains to run on time and the buss to run on time. that's what they want. the big message is i want i customers to know that i get it. that you get it. that we get it. at metro. >> reporter: all throughout this speech the gm feeling confident that metro will turn it around. so what are the specifics? >> we're going to put a much greater emphasis on customer experience, particularly with regards to reducing the number of delays due to track issues, the delays due to car issues, then we're going to improve the environment, particularly in the stations. >> reporter: here's a little bit more on the transit agency's goals. get metro back to good. that's their plan. they'll do that by focusing on rail cars, specifically to make sure they're running smoothly the system

the report pressured shares of the seattle coffee company, as well as ford and gm with gm falling the most as you see there, almost 4%. the warning comes as american companies try to make a bigger push into china, and as president-elect trump tweaks beijing on topics from trade to taiwan. eunice yoon reports from beijing. >> reporter: china is sending a not so veiled threat to president-elect trump after he questioned the one china policy. today, the state-run media has been forecasting potential trouble for american companies here. the global times, the communicatist party paper, specifically referenced starbucks, saying the coffee chain, which has 2,500 stores, may perhaps have to watch its competitor, the uk's costa seize market share. separately, the china daily reported that antitrust authorities are now reviewing business practices of an unnamed american automaker which would likely be slapped with a penalty soon. ford said it's unaware of any investigation. gm won't comment but says it would abide by the country's laws. for both companies, as well as for starbucks, china is a m

gm sales are expected to drop this year for the first time since gm's 2009 bankruptcy. >>> russian cyberthieves are cheating advertisers out of as much as $5 million by creating fake internet sites. a russian cyberforgery ring created more than 500,000 fake internet users and 225,000 fake websites to trick advertisers. the advertisers paid for ads that were never watched. the fraud began in september and is still going on. >>> actor morgan freeman will be the voice behind facebook's artificial intelligence jarvis. >> good morning, jarvis. >> good morning, mark. it's saturday. so you only have five meetings. >> that is so cool! freeman's voice was picked by popular demand via facebook. freeman is the voice of google navigation app waves. >> morgan freeman is still the voice of god for me so i know if my phone says it's time to get out of bed, anne-marie, i will not be hitting the snooze button. >> i'm going to download that app with morgan freeman. i had no idea that was an option. >> that's cool. hena daniels at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, hena. >>> concerns over privacy as compa

gm sales are expected to drop this year for the first time since gm's 2009 bankruptcy. >>> russian cyberthieves are cheating advertisers out of as much as $5 million by creating fake internet sites. a russian cyberforgery ring created more than 500,000 fake internet users and 225,000 fake websites to trick advertisers. the advertisers paid for ads that were never watched. the fraud began in september and is still going on. >>> actor morgan freeman will be the voice behind facebook's artificial intelligence jarvis. >> good morning, jarvis. >> good morning, mark. it's saturday. so you only have five meetings. >> that is so cool! freeman's voice was picked by popular demand via facebook. freeman is the voice of google navigation app waves. >> morgan freeman is still the voice of god for me, so i know if my phone says it's time to get out of bed, anne-marie, i will not be hitting the snooze button. >> i'm going to download that app with morgan freeman. i had no idea that was an option. >> that's cool. hena daniels at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, hena. >>> coming up on "cbs this mornin

gm sales are expected to drop this year for the first time since gm's 2009 bankruptcy. >>> russian cyberthieves are cheating advertisers out of as much as $5 million by creating fake internet sites. a russian cyberforgery ring created more than 500,000 fake internet users websites to trick advertisers. the advertisers paid for ads that were never watched. the fraud began in september and is still going on. >>> actor morgan freeman will be the voice behind facebook's artificial intelligence jarvis. >> good morning, jarvis. >> good morning, mark. it's saturday. so you only have five meetings. >> that is so cool! freeman's voice was picked by popular demand via facebook. freeman is the voice of google navigation app waves. >> morgan freeman is still the voice of god for me so i know if my phone says it's time to get out of bed, anne-marie, i will not be hitting the snooze button. >> i'm going to download that app with morgan freeman. i had no idea that was an option. >> that's cool. hena daniels at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, hena. >>> concerns over privacy as companies collect info

gm's driverless cars hit the road and disaster for whip cream lovers. hena daniels is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. >> a positive day on wall street. the dollar reached its highest level against other currencies in 14 years. the dow rose 59 points. the s&p 500 gained 8. the nasdaq finished 20 points pier. >>> general motors began testing self-driving cars on public roads in michigan. chevy's electric bolt is on the road in suburban, detroit w a human backup driver just in case. the detroit metro area will serve as gm's main testing center for snowy and cold weather for its autonomous fleet. gm is also testing self-driving cars in california and arizona. >>> twenty states are suing six generic drugmakers over pricing. the suit alleges the company's artificially inflated and manipulated prices to reduce competition for antibiotics. heritage pharmaceuticals as the principal architect of the conspira conspiracy. >>> 150 billion dollars in student loans are delinquent. 51 colleges and universities nationwide will participate. the governm

brewers gm david stearns and his staff continue to take their swings at improving the roster. they've signed 4 players to minor- league deals--including infielder/outfielder ivan de jesus-who hit 253 in 104 games with the reds this past season. plus--they've sent catcher los angeles angels, with a minor league pitcher, for halos catcher jett bandy. for the last 6 years, the 30 year old maldy was good field, but no hit. the 26 year old bandy batted 234 with 8 homers and 25 rbi in 70 games for l.a. jett might have gotten his good hands from his dad john, a former bartender. the elder bandy taught tom cruise "bartender flair" for the 1988 movie "cocktail" story. wake forest radio analyst tommy elrod has been fired after the school said he had been giving wake forest opponents information about the demon deacon since twenty fourteen! after a loss to louisville last month, the wake forest football staff discovered material left behind by the cardinals that showed they were prepared for demon deacons plays. no wonder coaches are paranoid about having open practices! we skate off wit

gm jumping right on top of it. probably the news, as much a big deal that is, to be able to test in michigan. they only test in california and arizona overshadowed somewhat about questions about china. this was all scheduled before donald trump talking about the one china policy and news that china, perhaps in retaliation says it is going to sanction a u.s. automaker unnamed. mary barra was asked about that, could be gm. she says she doesn't know at this point. she was also asked by me and others about impact of the trump election on gm's china business. take a listen. >> are you concerned that the one china departure, from the one china policy the president-elect talked about could have impact on your business in china? you have a huge business in china. >> again i'm not going to speculate. i think there is a lot still going to unfold. we have very significant business in china. we have very significant business here that creates a lot of jobs. reporter: she also revealed, mary barra is on the president-elect's ec

gm's driverless cars hit the road. and a dessert disaster for whipped cream lovers. hena daniels is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. >> a positive day on wall street. led by bank stocks which stand to benefit from higher interest rates. the dollar reached its highest level against other currencies in 14 years. the dow rose 59 points. the s&p 500 gained 8. the nasdaq finished 20 points higher. >>> general motors began testing self-driving cars on public roads in michigan. chevy's electric bolt is on the road in suburban, detroit with a human backup driver just in case. the detroit metro area will serve as gm's main testing center for snowy and cold weather for its autonomous fleet. gm is also testing self-driving cars in california and arizona. >>> twenty states are suing six generic drugmakers over pricing. the suit alleges the company's artificially inflated and manipulated prices to reduce competition for antibiotics and oral diabetes medication. heritage pharmaceuticals as the principal architect of the alleged conspiracy has been identified. >>>

gm's driverless cars hit the road and disaster for whip cream lovers. hena daniels is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. >> a positive day on wall street. the dollar reached its highest level against other currencies in 14 years. the dow rose 59 points. the s&p 500 gained 8. the nasdaq finished 20 points pier. >>> general motors began testing self-driving cars on public roads in michigan. chevy's electric bolt is on the road in suburban, detroit w a human backup driver just in case. the detroit metro area will serve as gm's main testing center for snowy and cold weather for its autonomous fleet. gm is also testing self-driving cars in california and arizona. >>> twenty states are suing six generic drugmakers over pricing. the suit alleges the company's artificially inflated and manipulated prices to reduce competition for antibiotics. heritage pharmaceuticals as the principal architect of the conspira conspiracy. >>> 150 billion dollars in student loans are delinquent. nationwide will participate. the government wants to know if more cou

the stock of gm will trade down. there's an antitrust investigation of china talking about what's going on between gm and saic motors. i would be remiss not to say that this is -- sounds like tit for tat. gm does have large cars they sell there. this may be the beginning of when the chinese communist party does not say, be careful, mr. trump. just says, all right, here is a company made its bed with -- this is the up side for gm is china. an antitrust investigation is kind of -- would be fancifufanc even three months ago. this is something that gm has been in the good side of the chinese communist party. beware it's starting. that's all i want to say. gm has a very good move here because expansion, numbers are good, cash flow is good. a lot is because china has been such a standout for them. never expected to see this so quickly. >> it's a reminder of how many of our companies have significant amounts of business in china that that are profitable. i can think of one that has the largest market cap in the world. makes

i've been long gm and i continue to like the trade. on the long side. i am worried about this china news. 15% of the sales. china has been an enormous auto growth market for a lot of players and i think you have to be wary. the next trump stock kind of implicitly, this is one of the names that got taken down. >> for more "options action"s, check out the full show 5:30 p.m. eastern time on friday. >>> cutting the cord could actually cost you more money. we'll give you the names when "fast money" returns. ♪ guyhey nicole, happening here? this is my new alert system for whenever anything happens in the market. kid's a natural. but thinkorswim already lets you create custom alerts for all the things that are important to you. shhh. alerts on anything at all? not only that, you can act on that opportunity with just one tap right from the alert. wow, i guess we don't need the kid anymore. custom alerts on thinkorswim. only at td ameritrade. ♪ well, if you want to sing out, sing out ♪ ♪ and if you want to be free, be free ♪ ♪ 'cause there's a milli

strikes, they were more frequent and lasted longer than anywhere else in the gm universe, so gm dispersed its workers to less militant locals. i also discovered a company in lansing called nile wave which makes particle accelerators for physics experiments, x-ray imaging devices, and the company's president told we -- told me that lansing was one of the few places he could operate the business because he'd hired retired gm craftsmen , and there were very few places that had both the academic knowledge of michigan state university and the ethic of manual craftsmanship that gm had imparted to the community. so i think high-tech manufacturing offers a future for postindustrial cities. another example i found about that was in syracuse, new york, and syracuse used to be the air-conditioning capital of america. and it made the sun belt possible. and as a result, they ended up moving all the jobs down south because that's where the customers were, and the labor was cheaper. so syracuse invented the appliance that caused its own demise. but i visited a company which made high compression chiller

now, i am going to go to gm. pick another company. that's the highest enterprise valued ebida i've ever seen, period, stop. now, we're saying it's going to go 50% higher from there. it's going to be 450 times enterprise value to ebida. yes, look, i get that the company is growing. maybe that ebida will go up ten fold and then 45 times enterprise value to ebida. you can't get away from it. it's the highest measure like that i've ever seen. >> we'll make that the last point. paul, happy new year. >> here's what else is coming up on "the halftime report." >> marissa myers pegged as yahoo's ceo. one analyst gives us his tech predictions. plus, josh brown opens up his playbook for next year. the area of the market he says is universally despised. it's now a buy. from the last trading day of the year. here's a look at the top performers in the cnbc iq 100. amd, computer sciences. applied materials. for more on the cnbc iq 100. go to cnbc.com iq 100. more halftime with scott and the gang coming up. myusineswas t wi passi... bukeep iow byaker

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again, specific to gm. they're making a lot of money at that, and as that comes off, which it will eventually do. you've got china and europe starting to really pick up steam. i like gm a lot here. staying away from car max. i don't particularly know that one. i just say there's another side to the trade as far as the subprime. >> what do you do with consumer confidence picking up, personal income tax cut potentially going to happen? >> god i hope so. >> favorable. >> it is definitely favorable. it's true. you know, jim pointed out inflation is good. you know, i am going to have tole chaening that. inflation is going to be higher interest rates. we have a globe that is levered as well as our consumer that is levered. inflation equals higher interest rates and less affordable things, and we already have -- >> higher, but -- >> i hooer but still low, though, right? if you are -- we're not talking about -- >> it's an important distinction. >> the world levers to the previous 24 months. we just do, right? every

gm november u.s. sales up 10.2. analyst -- >> 10.2? >> analysts were looking for 8.4. >> wow. >> chevy, buick, gmc brand best november in well over a decade and toyota out with a 4.3 number just shy of a 4.4 estimate. >> what can i say? gm's been going up. it's been one of the best performers of that group. it's gone up around 31 to 35. let's see if it breaks out here. i think the stock can really go for a run. absolutely go for a run. that's a great number. >> it's taken awhile, right? >> it's been a value trap. we've talked a lot about it. we've talked about it with david about how gm was going to be this return cash situation. it never got off the ground. believe it or not now it is. >> i know. although i do still wonder when you start to discount back cash flows in a world of autonomous cars, where do you get in terms of a terminal value here? what are you starting with for gm? you've got to start thinking about that. maybe it's ten years out, but that still figures into some people's models. >> i think for a lot of people it's the

metro's gm called the incident completely intolerable. no one was hurt in that derailment. more than two dozen employees are facing disciplinary action for the incident. >>> metro cutting off late-night service for two this morning many of you are wondering how this change will impact your life. yesterday the board unanimously voted to slash hours to make more time for maintenance. metro rail service will stop 30 minutes earlier monday through thursday, stop two hours earlier friday and saturday and one hour earlier on sunday. d.c.'s board members say it is not what they want, but they went along with the vote. metro gm says it's what the system needs. >>> in the next few days, you'll probably find yourself standing in line at the post office to ship out all the gifts. we would hope, right? >> i have one more. one worry many of us have is the weather around the country will affect delivery. news 4 consumer reporter susan hogan explains how the shipping company keeps an eye on the weather. >> hi, guys. this is the heart of where all the packages coming through. you've got yo

the gm says that the restaurant has focused on marketing to draw customers year-round in a variety of new businesses plan will halt. weather and traffic every eight minutes just ahead. scary moments as a reckless facebook how his joy ride ended. good morning everybody. not all whole lot of activity. winds are primarily west to east which means light snow possible this afternoon as temperatures stay steady the road 35 and for 41:00 a.m. a short time of friday morning in the city. it's time for our weather report. we're going to start hanging ornaments in there. is lovely. it's not often we see a man with a beard. i like the palm all in the hang onto it. maybe we'll hang some lights then they put the following weekend. weather blog looking back at the weather across northern ohio we talk about the signs of whether breaks in the overcast further south and temperatures are not going all whole lot. we've had no personal worth it is going to change though. that's another mini front they don't show up until before they actually create the snow and and rainout we are starting to see the effec

gm says it will ensure all appropriate actions are taken in regards to this matter. it doesn't happen often, but gm shares managed to finish the day right where they began, unchanged at $35.69. >>> discount store operator fred's saw its shares rise today after a regulatory filing revealed alden global capital took a nearly 25% stake in the company. the activist investor says the shares are undervalued and represent an attractive investment opportunity. shares finished the day up 4% to $20.20. >>> and calmain foods swung to a quarterly loss. the egg producer said it was negatively impacted by an oversupply of eggs but that prices have started to rise recently. shares rose. >>> shares of gnc holdings hit a record low today after piper jaffray cut its rating on the stock to underrate and slashed its price target. the analyst said the company's decision to discontinue its paid membership program adds to the risk of an earnings miss. and as a result, the stock was down 10% today to $10.84. >>> medical supply distributor cardinal health will pay $10 million to the u.s. gov

the gm issue was a matter of chloride in the water. it was acceptable according to our experts, for human consumption. rep. cummings: although it was rusting away, brand-new, the water was rusting away brand-new parts at gm, but it was ok for human consumption? i do not think that was mr. early testimony, by the way. gov. snyder: ranking member cummings, these are the kind of red finds where i kick myself. i was getting advice -- rep. cummings: i want you to finish your cake. -- you kick. on march 2, 2015, the chief of staff offered the following assessment about flint. quote, "it is tough for everyday people to listen about financial issues and water mumbo-jumbo when all they see is problems. if we procrastinate much longer in doing something direct, we will have real trouble." end of quote. governor, did your chief of staff your right hand man, talk , to you back in march? gov. snyder: i cannot recall a specific discussion in march, we had ongoing discussions. and he was right to raise concerns. we took actions including the maximum

the gm issue was a matter of chloride in the water. it was acceptable according to our experts, for human consumption. rep. cummings: although it was rusting away, brand-new, the water was rusting away brand-new parts at gm, but it was ok for human consumption? i do not think that was his testimony? memberyder: ranking cummings, these are red flags i kick myself. i was getting advice -- rep. cummings: i want you to finish. on march 2, 2015, the chief of staff offered the following assessment about flint. quote, it is tough for everyday people to listen about financial mumbo-jumboater when all they see is problems. if we procrastinate much longer in doing something direct, we will have real trouble. and of quote. did your chief of staff come i your right hand man, talk to you back in march? i cannot recall a specific discussion in march, we had ongoing discussions. he wasn't right about concerns. we took actions with the maximum grant, $2 million earlier in the year to help flint with water infrastructure. we also worked on getting filt

you know, when gm needed to be bailed out, you said companies like gm are used to being in first place. are used to being dominant. they don't reform like other companies. that's kind of where -- is the democratic party where gm was in 2008? no new ideas. >> it is about ideas but i'm going to say something that's politically indellicable here. i don't care if it's a movie network, at 75 years old when that's the think tank, ideas are not new at 75. there's an issue with the age. i pleased my mother's friends and don't want them yelling at me. >> donny, your passport to boca has been revoked. >> was it an issue or idea or just a person? same thing with ronald reagan. yes. it is about ideas. they need transformative people. personalities. dynamic figures for people to rally around. ironically, same thing with donald trump. it wasn't about his ideas. it was about the power of that person. that's what the democrats need. >> i agree with that actually. first, with respect to nancy pelosi, i think she has done a good job. i'm happy she got reelected. that's not really the issue. the issue is

tesla, gm and other automakers will roll out features next year, where more cars will do the driving for short periods of time. but automakers will stress, drivers remain in control. a fully autonomous drive car, we're still years from seeing that expand beyond limited testing. second, in 2017, we'll find out if america embraces lower priced electric cars. the chevy bolt, with a range over 200 miles, will be sold all of next year, starting on the west coast. meanwhile, tesla's model 3 is scheduled to be delivered late in 2017. let's see if there are strong sales for two models that will be priced under $40,000. third, america's love affair with trucks and suvs will stay red hot in 2017. right now, almost 60% of the vehicles sold are trucks and suvs. that will continue next year, especially if gas prices stay in check. and if the economy remains strong, we could see record auto sales next year. one question for investors, how much will automakers have to spend in terms of incentives in order to keep sales rising or above the 17 million mark? we'll get a good indication of that in janu

interesting. >> gm seems to be the well -- was your first car a gm car or something? >> it was not oh -- i'm getting set up here. do you want to know? >> yes, set it up! >> i had a porsche 914. >> >> of course you did. >> it was a volkswagen engine, a cool-looking car. by the way, that was my paper route money that made that car. >> sure. we just want to get that out there. >>> up next, karen looking at one mega tech stock she says is oversold. more "fast" straight ahead. yeah, chevy was great in that. who played the wife? beverly d'angelo! juliette lewis costarred as the daughter. chris columbus was the director... it's called claymation... narwhals really exist... actually guys, it was the ghost of christmas past... never stick your tongue on a frozen flag pole... yukon cornelius... "die hard" is considered a christmas movie! that's the unlimited effect. stream your entertainment with unlimited data when you switch to at&t and have directv. what's critical thinking like? a basketball costs $14. what's team spirit worth? (cheers) what's it worth to talk to your mom?

to high schoolnt with, most of them either went to the gm plant or something like that in janesville. our big employer since 2009 was -- until 2009 was general motors. you could get a really good job there and have a very nice life and your kids can do the same. that just went. we lost the plant like that. now they are all made in texas. there really was not anything to replace those jobs. the guys want to high school with, they either moved because they had seniority so they went to st. louis or indiana in a couple other places, arlington, or they did something else. a buddy of mine who i worked ish on an adoption case, he a nice guy at a convenience store. he would from a good, skilled job with great benefits, six-figure income at gm to the manager at basically a 7-eleven. >> i actually worked there when i grew up in kansas. i didn't know it went that far west. there is a perfect --ofle -- his name, john the anxiety and the lack of opportunity. i can give you stories. wisconsin is like that. huge anxiety. what do we do about it? i see johnson controls, biggest company in wisconsin,

gm sells more vehicles now in china than the u.s. >> i'm not going to speculate. we have a very significant business in china. we have a very significant business here that creates a lot of jobs. jeff: so far she hasn't talk today him yet. perhaps that'll come. an announcement made that township assembly plant in michigan will be the one where these vehicles and the autoon autonomus. that's the latest. lauren: jeff flock, thank you. nicole: there are report that is verizon is reconsidering its $4.8 billion plan to buy yahoo. one report says that verizon is looking to bog down price or possibly ditch the whole deal altogether. yahoo shares down 5% yesterday on news of that cyber-attack. lauren: facebook is taking additional steps to combat fake news, testing new system that allow users to flag fake news stories. the stories will be checked by outside fact-checkers, if they are false, they won't be removed from the site but buried within it. producers will be barred from selling advertisements on the site. the challenges followed criticism that fake news may have in

the people i went to high school with, most of them either went to the gm plant or something like that in janesville. our big employer since 2009 was -- until 2009 was general otors. you could get a really good job there and have a very nice life and your kids can do the same. that just went. we lost the plant like that. now they are all made in texas. there really was not anything to replace those jobs. the guys want to high school with, they either moved because they had seniority so they went to st. louis or indiana in a couple other places, arlington, or they did something else. a buddy of mine who i worked with on an adoption case, he is a nice guy at a convenience store. he would from a good, skilled job with great benefits, six-figure income at gm to the manager at basically a 7-eleven. >> i actually worked there when i grew up in kansas. i didn't know it went that far est. speaker ryan: there is a perfect example -- his name, john --of the anxiety and the lack of opportunity. i can give you stories. wisconsin is like that. huge anxiety. what do we do about it? i see johnson con

the gm says testing sites are san francisco and scottsdale, arizona. barra said gm will produce unspecified number of bolts at the plant where regular bolts are made. >>> police in godly, texas, launching a program called ticket fors to the. they ask residents who receive a ticket to donate a toy instead. they will be handed out on christmas eve to children in their community who may not otherwise receive a gift under their tree. maria, they already collected couple hundred toys for the kids. maria: very nice. >> great idea. maria: we break down the hacking concerns ahead of the president's press conference today at 2:00 p.m. eastern. plus big gains for the banking sector due to trump rally, right? why industry is expecting good news to extend into the new year. we'll check on the financials. stay with us. ♪ your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about rep

cars and i think frankly there were many doubts comments who didn't see mary as surviving what was gm's worst crises if not ever. she took personal responsibility for getting it right and making it right and she made it clear in her town hall meetings that she did gm employees that she was holding everybody else accountable, everybody else was responsible for fixing what was going wrong and i think that he weathered that crisis like so many other women that i interviewed for this book. they overcame crises big and small and they became better leaders for it. mary today is a much better ceo, not just because she's more experience but because she had trial by fire. >> after words airs sunday at 49:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous after words programs on our website, booktv.org. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. book tv, television for serious readers. .. on book tvs afterwards program at 10:00 p.m. eastern, the wall street

year before and only trails vw as the largest foreign automaker in china, so the stakes are high for gm, and this comes in the context of those strained u.s.-china ties, particularly around what trump has been saying on tariffs on china imports, the questioning of the one china policy, and the controversial phone call he had with taiwan's president. another thing to think about is that these investigations have been used before according to one trader expert to pressure foreign firms operating in china and to get domestic automakers a bit of a leg up. in 2015.unit hit in 2014, fiat and vw were hit with some fines. going into 2017, there was uncertainty whether beijing would extend a tax break on smaller engine cars, but now we ,ave an idea what will happen and increase on that sales tax, so what do we know here? haslinda: those auto sales have rocketed. cut willces say that be increased, but they're taking the middle road, seven point 5% for 2017, that compares to the original tax rate of 10% price october 2015. still, china's automakers are miffed about this. looked, trading lower in t

gm had to stop using the water from the city because it was corroding auto plants and there was toxic hazardous. >> ten times worst than toxic waste. >> they found that a company rkim were dumping, they said that they didn't, they put in fraudulent paperwork where they were dumping pcv's in the water. may of 2014 we had tthm's and at 154 pounds drinking, .2 litters a day at .8, three people are guarantied to die so in august you had e. coli, you had tthm and negilena. 12 died and 97 ill. now outbreak, they tried to hide that again this year. so it's a lot of things going on that a lot of the people in the nation isn't hearing and they're covering it up. what we have here is lack of communication. the city sent money in for infrastructure. we have 27,000 lines that need to be changed and since february when they got $2 million all we had 499 lines left. maria: people want to see accountable. thank you for your efforts. good to see you, gentlemen, thank you. coming up next, 12 people hospitalized after a fire broke out in michigan ski resort. the swiss company launches to acquire kkr, p

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our phil lebeau has the latest. >> reporter: kelly, gm is testing the volt in michigan. the company now plans to be the first mass market automaker to roll out autonomous vehicles. on the topic of whether or not general motors is the target of a price fixing investigation in china, mary barr said she would not comment on that. on the topic of donald trump, remember, she is on a policy board that will advise him, she has not yet talked with donald trump. and i asked her how she feels about the president-elect's penchant for calling out companies on twitter. here is what she had to say. >> i respect his decision on how he wants to communicate. there's a lot of new tools in communication these days. i think working constructively to resolve issues, to raise issues, resolve issues, to seize opportunities, i'm fine with working with the president-elect to do that. >> reporter: still unclear when mary barra might have a conversation with the president-elect. but kelly, as we know from constant tweets and other stories, he's not shy about reaching out to ceos or saying somethin

gm's self-driving cars are hitting public roads in michigan. the next generation will be built in america. >>> and facebook announcing its plan to combat fake news stories. the social media giant wants your help flagging online hoaxes. it's friday december 16, 2016. "squawk box" begins right now. >>> live from new york where business never sleeps. this is "squawk box." >>> good morning. welcome to "squawk box." i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen and kelly evans is joining us. a look at u.s. equity futures, the dow opening up higher by about 44 points. the nasdaq about 6 points higher. the s&p 500 about 5 points higher. in asia overnight, japan's nikkei rising for the ninth straight session. we're not going to flip it around, it's frozen. maybe we can take a quick check on the ten-year? that's frozen too? let's do -- let's do the news. >> let's talk about the top stories. >> new this morning, goldman sachs is hiking its outlook for oil prices. the

gm says it won't comment on that report. but it does adhere to the lays of the land. for both of these companies, including starbucks, china is a huge market for him. howard schultz said he believes china would be a bigger market for the company than the united states. the american chamber of commerce had said today that he was hoping there would be stability in this relationship, beijing through the official state media says it also wants to see a stable economic relationship. but it is sending a signal beijing will use its levers of influence if trump rocks the boat. >> who else stands to lose from this besides starbucks? >> well, i think specifically starbucks, also gm, ford, big american companies that rely on the chinese market. another one that people here have been talking about, kind of almost like a sick bet, boeing. because boeing has such massive business here. in 2016 is supposed to have about $11 billion in orders. the state media also had suggested that china might suddenly see more airbus orders than boeing if trump were to continue to question this one

nats gm mike rizzo and manager dusty baker, they were talking about what they're getting and see him helping the team right away. they say he's a tough out. they also like the fact he's a hand basket but we are going to continue because that's what we do and how we roll. jason is up now, well -- >> there we go, a green screen for you. >> a green screen, now a fuzzy screen. anyway, we have redskins news, jason, tell us about it. >> plenty of redskins news. lot of names on the injury -- >> hold up a second. what we're going to do is take a >>> developing news tonight -- cop killer manhunt. officer shot in a deadly confrontation, the assailant on the run. a university community in fear students being warned to stay inside behind locked doors. >>> arctic blast -- snow hitting several states and look out, the dreaded la country into a deep freeze. >>> mystery device -- being used to break into cars without even touching them. a new warning for drivers, how thieves can make a copy of your keys just by standing near you. >>> and the greatest generation -- returns to pearl harbor, our team i

but even as the winter meetings conclude, gm david stearns says trade discussions are far from over. the benefit of the winter meetings is that everyone is here an dwe can schedule meetings back to back. we've had countless meetings the past three-plus days here and that will continue once we leave here. clay matthews limited at practice today... this after missing practice st coach mccarthy saying he didn't expect him to practice at all until saturday. matthews still nursing that injured shoulder. shoulder.you never wish injuries on anyone... but you'd better believe the packers are happy they don't have to see earl thomas. the seahawks safety out for the year with a broken leg. so now, aaron rodgers and the packers offense could have an easier time with the league's best scoring defense without arguably their best player. keyword: could earl's a great player. it's a and play well. this defense plays well together and one guy isn't gonna equal a ton of holes out there. freshman sam hauser's shooting a big reason marquette able to get by fresno state this week. they'll need the steve

brewers gm david stearns and his staff have been busy in the trade department today. they've sent catcher mar-teen maldonado packing. maldonado has been dealt to the los angeles angels, along with a minor league pitcher.in exchange for from 2 thousand 11 through 16--the 30 year old maldy was good field no hit. 26 year old jett bandy batted 234 with 8 homers and 25 rbi in 70 games last year for l.a. in a separate deal-the crew signs 4 players to minor league deals- including infielder outfielder ivan dejesus who played in 104 games with the reds last year. the bucks continue play sloppy defense. the latest example? last night's feeble by as many as 26, as the raptros made it 6 in a row and 12 of 13 over milwaukee.. giannis and jabari combined for 57 points-but if the "d" is a no show..it doesn't matter how many they score. the badgers trailed marquette by 5 at halftime saturday at the beemo harris bradley center. but they strutted their stuff after intermisson..to the tune of 58 points en route to a 93-84 victory..now up to 14th in the polls-nigel hayes and company sho

falsified track inspection records, retaliation on whistle blowers and what gm calls a disturbing indifference to public safety are all part of that. they repeated same measurements on reports for years the rail ties deteriorating. >> that's great. >> the measure needs to get cleaned up. i'm proud. >> we pay way too much more metro. we don't get the service we deserve. >> it is not just rank and file workers getting disciplined. seven supervisors and rail superintendents are diagnose demoted or disciplined or fired. live at the tenly town metro station, wusa 9. >> thank you. the head of the transit workers union says firings caught her by surprise. she's investigating. she believes the problem may be a lack of training instead of deliberate falsification of training and inspection reports. >>> tonight russia is denying reports vladimir putin authorized hacking of democratic party e-mails. >>> cbs news could not have penetrated the servers without the russian president's okay. >> they say putin wanted to damage hillary clinton no matter who the republican nominee turned out to be. trump tweeted

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every team's owner, gm and manager under the same roof. the nats reportedly offered a deal to chicago white sox, five-time all-star. he's changing his white sox for red sox, going to boston. that was announced this afternoon. as for the nationals, the gm mike rizzo addressed the media moments ago. >> we reached as far as we were going to reach for the -- in the trade. we fell short. >> reporter: when you get to that noning inable point, all that work in? >> yeah, you move on to the next. we pivot and we start working on the next deal. >> reporter: mike rizzo will have more coming up on news4 at 6:00. as for the nats, dusty baker and the os buck showalter, both are here. i can ran into him in the lobby earlier. dusty baker would not confirm nor deny the size of the monster fish he reeled in this off-season but we get to speak >>> a woman confined to her home because of a problem with her wheelchair. how susan hogan helped when ther health turned for the worse. >>> the rain moving through the area. when will it be over and is there any warm-

the gm says it is a service to the community, and service will be free. miller lite is picking up the tab for you need to use your smartphone card to swipe and and swipe out. metro has to send the correct bill to miller lite. at 4:00ll open early a.m. and run at a nearly rush-hour schedule until 9:00 p.m. metro rail will close at midnight, and buses will run on his gun day -- on a sunday schedule. jummy: a virginia lawmaker has filed a bill with limited exception that will prohibit the use of cell phones while driving. the democratic senator filed the bill this month requiring drivers use a hands-free or he says he is passionate about the bill because he says a lot of time on interstate 95 watching other motorists "stare at the phone in their hands." national headlines. as you celebrate the holidays, the first family is celebrating. are in hawaii, doing their favorite things like hiking, golfing. holidayeir last vacation as first family. stephanie ramos reports. stephanie: visiting u.s. troops on christmas day is a holiday tradition for president obama, a

he said, ij gm to leave you here to tell the story. then came more gunshots. after his arrest. fbi agents asked roof about the woman he spared. do you remember telling that lady i'm going to let you live so i can tell my story. >> yeah i remember saying that. >> reporter: but investigators say there's a long story that roof carefully planned out his racist rampage. >> those who died that night simply died because they were there and they were black. >> reporter: malcolm graham is the brother of cynthia hurd, one of the charleston nine who was shot at least seven times. how difficult was it to listen to that 911 call? >> chilling and heartbreaking, but it was necessary pain. i think we have a moral obligation to put racism and discrimination and hatred on trial. >> reporter: today roof's lawyer did not crocks polly shepard, telling her i'm so sorry. sitting inside that courtroom, her resilience and strength seemed incredible. meanwhile, dylann roof said he would not testify. closing arguments are set for tomorrow. >>> i can imagine how painful that was. gabe, thank you. >>> late

that's what these guys are doing. >> meanwhile, gm up 5% today. if the auto sector is that concerned, not so much. maybe even banks, when you consider just what the sentiment was on the auto sector before elections, up 21% since the elections. that to me is impressive. >> it's hard to extrapolate because this is such a tiny little deal, right? if i just were to take this and say, what consequences did carrier get, there were no consequences. they didn't get penalized. they got $7 million. >> we don't know what they would have been penalized, though. i'm playing devil's -- we don't know if they would have lost federal contracts on the defense side of the business. >> perhaps. >> we don't know what sort of repercussions there could have been. >> listen. they spent $12 billion on buybacks and we're worried about $7 million over ten years? i don't think either way is good for business. i think for business and for the stockholders, as a shareholder i would much rather have the ceo run the company in the most cost efficient, competitive way that they c