here's what paul ryan had to say about yesterday's big republican loss. >> do you agree with scott walker that last night's results were a wake up call for republicans and is it evidence that a potential wave election is coming in november. >> i know sheila fairly well, it's not my district. but typically we held the seat, and we lost it last night, so we should pay attention for it. >> it sounds like ryan speak for it looks like the democrats are in for a big win in the elections. we'll be back to discuss that next. we've got auto insurance, homeowners insurance. had an accident with a vehicle, i actually called usaa before we called the police. usaa was there hands-on very quick very prompt. i feel like we're being handled as people that actually have a genuine need. we're the webber family and we are usaa members for life. usaa, get your insurance quote today. theseare heading back home.y oil thanks to dawn, rescue workers only trust dawn, because it's tough on grease yet gentle. i am home, i am home, i am home we rbut we are not victims.ack. we are survivors. we are survivors. we are

here's what paul ryan had to say about yesterday's big republican loss. >> do you agree with scott walker that last night's results were a wake up call for republicans and is it evidence that a potential wave election is coming in november. >> i know sheila fairly well, it's not my district. but typically we held the seat, and we lost it last night, so we should pay attention for it. >> it sounds like ryan speak for it looks like the democrats are in for a big win in the elections. we'll be back to discuss that next. ary and made it liberating. we took safe and made it daring. we took intelligent, and made it utterly irresistible. we took the most advanced e-class ever and made the most exciting e-class ever. the 2018 e-class coupe and sedan. lease the e300 sedan for $569 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. this is food made to sit down for. slow down for. put the phone away, and use a knife and fork for. and with panera catering, it's food worth sharing. panera. food as it should be. jimmy's gotten used to his whole yup, he's gone noseblind. od

reporter: do you agree with scott walker that last night's results in the special election in wisconsin were a wake-up call to republicans? is it evidence that a potential wave election will happen in february? speaker ryan: it's in western wisconsin. typically we held this seat and we lost the seat last night. yeah, we should pay attention. >> last question. reporter: last month leadership said you just needed a few more weeks to negotiate a cap deal and daca deal. are you confident all you need this time -- speaker ryan: i think the cap deal is very close and the democrats are holding out on the caps deal because of these daca negotiations. the fact we are earnest in negotiating in good faith with our four leaders on daca speaks to the fact we want to see a solution, that we want to get this thing fixed and it's got to be a balanced bill. we will not bring a daca bill that the president doesn't support. what point would it be if we don't have it signed into law by the president? so this has to be a balanced. this isn't a one-way street. it's got to be balanced. it's got to be bipartis

wisconsin governor scott walker on that conundrum for republicans here. as you know, governor, that seems to be a problem for your party, finding the big names to stay or big names to step in and fill the void. what's going on? >> i hope tonight it will help. i hope to hear a lot of optimism and a lot of excitement and where this country is at. in or our state we have historically high levels of employment and low levels of unemployment. we're at 3%. the only other team was in may and june and july of 1999. i hope to hear about the benefits of the tax cut to individual families and a typical family in our state thanks to the federal tax cut will save $2,508. that's two parents working and two kids home largely because of the tax credit. something we're pushing here at the state level as well. i hope he talks about welfare reform. in states that are working, the majority are led by republican governors, our challenge is finding people to fill the spots. those are the things i hope congress is working on and things are the things i hope the president talks

walker. the win has fueled concern of more democrats to come. senate district 10 special election win by a democrat is a wakeup call for republicans in wisconsin, said scott walker. >>> a former minnesota governor announcing his plans for midterms. >> i am very interested in public service and service for the common good. there are a lot of different ways to do that. i will tell you today that running for the united states senate in 2018 won't be part of those plans. >> there you go. they considered him their best chance to challenge tina smith, former lieutenant governor of minnesota who was appoint to the senate he staoet after. >> allison: franken resigned earlier this month. mitt romney made his first appearance. romney spoke at an economic and policy summit in salt lake city yesterday. but he remained silent on if he would run. gary herbert told reporters he would like to see romney take over. and the trial of paul manafort and it could start at the height of this year's midterms. a dist

the republican governor of wisconsin scott walker said, "special election won by a democrat is a wake-up call for republicans in wisconsin" and he doesn't mean just wisconsin. >> that's an alarm bell for republicans and the trump belt, if you can call it that generally, that that was a district and this was not some seat that has wobbled back and forth or that voted for, you know, mitt romney in 2012 and hillary clinton in 2016. this is trump country. it was romney country before that. it was bush country before that. so this is a place where republicans ought to do well. one of the big questions for the 2018 elections is, will democrats just gain ground in these sort of educated or will they make up ground in this sort of rural and industrial parts of the country where the president did really well and last night they did exactly that. so for scott walker to come out and say, he's both a very successful governor and a very canny political strategist, that's a voice that republicans nationally are going to listen to. >> lynn, finally to you. there are those on the republican side, like l

let me read to you what scott walker tweeted. he said senate district ten special election win by a democrat is a wakeup call for republicans in wisconsin. our friend at 538 said tonight's results on their own don't mean much, but in context of 80 plus state and federal legislative special elections they're merely the latest signs the gop is in big trouble. what do you make of that? it >>'s true. if we look at the trend from this time a year ago, democrats are fired up and they're ready to go. we talk a lot, and people talk about the way in which president trump's base is loyal to him and in the way that what he does or says gets his base fired up and they like it. but they better remember there is an equal and opposite reaction at the other side of the political spectrum. those things will enflame and inspire democrats to get out the vote and pick up seats like this. just as we saw in virginia. just as we saw in alabama with mitigated circumstances that we've seen all over the country. >> dana: do you think that would be differe

walker of wisconsin. wisconsin has been a test case, the laboratory for the koch brothers and so many other people for destroying the progressive movement and corrupting democracy stuff scott walker led this effort. wisconsin, since he took over, has passed the worst germanic in the country. the worst foot suppression laws, and the worst dark money laws. what they're doing is systematically corrupting every letter of democracy to try to give republicans for power. they are turned a purple state, it gave birth to unions to social security, do so many other important progressive achievements, turned it into a laboratory for the coat others another big-money interests that have their way and decimated all the things that made wisconsin progressive state historically. this is the model that republicans want to export all across the country. that is why i said what i said my article, because what is happening is that major ramifications. able how is it they are through more sophisticated gerrymandering able to

track just to get approval for this water one more and more companies like foxconn come in and scott walker is going to keep making these deals eventually there isn't going to be enough water for everybody and you're not going to be able to pull more water out of the wells out of out of wells eventually it's going to be into the watershed and everybody is going to hit their caps and i tell you they will sell those politicians will side on the side of factories and they will not care what happens to the people yelling about this law that water demand is a major issue and i just want to start it up so the overthrow of the cape town not having any water left you know let me just out of nothing this is ridiculous we've got to we've got to get control of this because for all you know it's a little thing like fresh water we only needed to live as we go to break or quarters don't forget to let us know where you grew topics to cover these words your poll shows that r.t.g. dot com coming up we are talking president donald trump of the state of the.

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track just to get approval for this water one more and more companies like foxconn come in and scott walker is going to keep making these deals eventually there isn't going to be enough water for everybody and you're not going to build a pole more water out of the wells out of out of wells eventually it's going to be into the watershed and everybody is going to hit their caps and i tell you they will sell those politicians will side on the side of factories and they will not care what happens to me so the people yelling about this law their water demand is a major issue and i just want to start it up so that overgrow the cape town not having any water left you know let me just out of nothing this is ridiculous we've got to we've got to get control of this because you know it's a little thing like fresh water where you only needed to live now as we go to break or quarters don't forget to let us know we have a good topics to cover that there's going to see our poll shows that are to dot com coming up we are talking president donald trump of the state of the state of the union and all o

scott walker has refused to legalize marijuana in his state. walmart fighting back against the opioid epidemic, giving out free packets that safely dispose of unused prescription drugs. customers into the contents into a pill bottle and add warm water which turns the drugs into a harmless gel and the packets are coming to 4700 walmart pharmacies nationwide. kim jung un's friend dennis rodman checking himself into rehab following a dui arrest in california, his agents saying hall of fame is battling alcoholism at a rehabilitation center in new jersey, spent three weeks at the same rehab facility in 2014 after visiting the dictator's friend in north korea, he needs to decompress from that trip. just weeks from his super bowl lii halftime performance justin timberlake is opening up about the infamous 2004 wardrobe malfunction we saw with janet jackson. >> it is something you look back on and you can't change what happened but you can move forward and learn from it. >> you took time to do that, you were able to make peace. >> absolutely. >> timberl

duke scott walker. i would not use it because you have security issues. some of these apps you don't know who it will be good for me personally i have a walker, but it is the same every day. i know him, we built him, we built a relationship. he's been walking duke for several years now. i would prefer to go that route rather than a nap. cheryl: especially as security issues. >> yes, someone coming into your home. cheryl: nice job dressing duke up for halloween. >> he hated it but i loved it. cheryl: thanks, tracee. we've got a illegal war erupting over the russian dossier. president trump's lawyer firing off a defamation lawsuit over buzz feed. first, he was fired in rain, now california facing tragedy for mudslides. >> gymnasts come that were both asleep and i just said there is not in the driveway, mud in the driveway. cheryl: we will be right back. you are watching "fbn:am." ♪ joined the call. hey bill, we're just- phone: hi guys, bill here. do we have julia on the line too? 'k, well we'll just- phone: hey sorry. i had you muted. well yea let's just-

. >>> i am scott walker. what the volatile week of stock says for the rally we ask rick rieder what it means to the markets. >>> getting ahead of facebook earnings is there disappointment in the cards after a run for the stock? >>> the sneaker trade, is that back one says yes and the perfect way to play it call of the day. that and more top of the hour. see you in a bit. >> see you then, scott, thanks. >>> over to rick santelli at the exchange >> hi, carl. it is exciting on the trading floor when you have a fed meeting. back in the old days, they weren't two day meetings, it was one day. this day is exciting, even though most don't expect anything exciting to happen. there's always an atmosphere here to that end, i have former governor mark olson, from 2001 to 2006, going by memory there, what a smart, wise gentleman and when we were talking off camera, i continued to press the issue i have been talking about over several santelli exchanges about if the fed truly does three, possibly four raises of quarter po

scott walker and marco rubio and ted cruz each had their followings but donald trump just sort of towered above everyone in terms of name recognition and could just dominate the field. i think you'd see the same with oprah. she'd dominate the media coverage and leave the others lagging far behind. >> and matthew nussbaum found out if things didn't work out, he could make a damn fine news reporter. coming up for us, a look at some of the breaking news surrounding us tonight, including a huge political story in the american south. that when we continue. >>> a political shock wave in north carolina is topping our look at some of the breaking news we're covering this evening. panel of federal judges has ordered north carolina to throw out its congressional district map. they found the districts were drawn up, gerrymandered in ways that nakedly favor republicans and are designed to keep them in office. the judges told the legislators in north carolina. they said there will not be a 2018 congressional election based on the old one and the judges have threatened to draw up a map of their own. bu

scott walker, and marco rubio and ted cruz each had their followings. but donald trump towered over everyone in name recognition and dominating the field. i think you would see the same thing with oprah. she would dominate the media coverage. >> matthew nussbaum who learned today he could make a damn fine entertainment news reporter. >>> coming up for us, a look at some of the breaking news surrounding us tonight including a huge political story in the american south. that when we continue. >>> last thing or two before we go tonight, a political shock wave in north korea is topping our look at some of the breaking news we're covering this evening. a panel of federal judges has ordered north carolina to throw out its congressional district map. they found the district were drawn up jerry mandered in ways that nakedly favor republicans and are designed to keep them in office. the judges have told the legislator in north carolina come back with a new map. they say there will not be a 2018 congressional election based on the old one. and the judges have thr

. ♪ >>> wisconsin's republican governor scott walker is freaked out about what happened in his state last night in the heart of trump country, in a district where every county went for trump, a democrat won the special election for state senate, flipping a seat that had been held by a republican since 2001. patty shockner won by 11 points, even more impressive when compared to donald trump's 17-point lead. it is a wakeup call for republicans in wisconsin. but that wisconsin race is far from the first wakeup call for republicans. democrats have flipped 35 legislative seats since donald trump won the presidency, and democrats have consistently overperformed their 2016 margins. of the 17 special elections that have taken place, the average swing has been 11%age points. the blue arrows represent the margins across the country in all those different races. that is what a blue wave looks like. joined by pollster cornell belcher. i thought it was interesting that walker himself came out and said it, after it spent over $100,000, a state senate election in the heart of trump country, they sp

. >> i don't know if it's that wave yet, but scott walker himself was saying, it's time to sound the alarm. >> every president since 18 tv, it's been an arnl average of 32s lost by the president's party. looks like the democrats could win back the house. thank you, kimberly atkins, howard fineman, dave bedenebeti. when we return, let me finish with trump watch. i no wondering, "what if?" uncertainties of hep c. i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after harvoni treatment. tell your doctor if you've ever had hepatitis b, a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv or any other medical conditions and about

governor scott walker immediately responded to the results by saying people clearly don't know what is going on in wisconsin and we have an obligation to get out there and let them know what we are doing for them. we have to make sure they're getting turnout, and they're enthusiastic about these races. president resistance certainly is enthused. they're ready to go. >> martha: and probably republicans and the president getting out there and articulating. this is the question neep aak poll, how oprah is doing. chris, what do you make of this, she's doing well. >> she does well in the head-to-head against trump. also we know that voters, there's not a lot of appetite to continue the trend of celebrity candidates. i think if democrats fall for this, if they say well they have a celebrity, we should have a celebrity, i think they will be making a mistake and i think they will be handing trump a too easy of a win. they need to get earious, be on policy -- serious, they need to be good stewards not being silly. >> it's funny, the woman who ran in pi said she's a member of the bear hunters as

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. >>> i'm scott walker coming up today top of the hour on "halftime report," a cnbc exclusive. what david tepper told me today about stocks as the dow hits yet another milestone. plus the strategist behind the most bullish s&p target on wall street he just upped his forecast today. now he'll join us to tell us why. also, is it time to get out of western digital? one analyst thinks so. we're going to debate it in our call of the day. and the two big-name stocks john and pete say could pop based on unusual activity in the options market see you in about 15. john >> all right, we will not touch that dial, scott now let's get over to the cme and rick santelli for the santelli exchange. rick >> thanks, john. you know, there was a commercial many years ago, where's the beef, and it has become part of our vernacular to question a lot of things going on right now, though, i will answer the question superficially, where's the beef, it's in china. you know, last spring the president and the president xi of china got together and created a plan, and that plan had an offshoot, and that is

governor scott walker didn't mince words and called the democratic win a wake-up call for republicans. and he's far from the only one sounding that alarm. in the house at least 30 republicans have decided not to run for re-election. and in the senate as politico notes republican leaders have failed to secure the top choice candidate in eight of the ten senate rate raiss in the state -- races that trump won in 2017. the president has been briefed on the blue wave but reportedly telling advisers that the public will rally around their president like they did after 9/11. but folks, the president's recent vulgar comments made it significantly harder for anyone to rally around him. even his biggest defenders. senator lindsey graham has had enough. after a break down of talks, he announced he is opposing his party bill to prevent a government shutdown from happening on friday night. >> i just believe we've blown an opportunity to close a deal without a lot of uproar. >> [ inaudible question ] >> i'm tired of it. this is the fourth one we've done and you're killing the military. >> joining m

. >>> i'm scott walker coming up today top of the hour is this week's rally a new reason to believe 2018 is going to be another blockbuster year for the market. plus david tepper told me yesterday the market won't fall until the bond market gets hit we'll see if black rock's rick reitter sees warning signs any time soon when he joins us today. and the third upgrade for a major sports retailer this week. is it time to give this sector another look we'll ask the traders on "half-time," carl, 15 minutes away >> look forward to it, scott, see you in a bit >>> let's get to the santelli exchange with rick >> good morning. thank you, carl. you know, this morning i was only 100,000 off on my estimates for what i thought non-farm payrolls would be. and, of course, i was on the high side. jobs were on the low side, but if you looked at wages, hours worked, everything was pretty decent, holding some of the recent level gains it's had in the cycle, but what i find most important, putting everything together in this crazy last year and a half we've had with markets and specifically the big banks star

this was something scott walker, for example, dealt with in wisconsin and that is often turned into an argument about race. and about how exactly people have access to the polls or don't and what it means in these individual cases. so, this clearly a surprise decision, as you pointed out. now kicking this to the department of homeland security. and i would also point out that there are legitimate concerns about the integrity of american elections that the homeland security department are concerned with. they are come from russia outside the united states and that has been a focus, despite the president's refusal to acknowledge that that they have been working ahead of the midterms, hallie. >> thank you. >>> more now on all of that with somebody who was a now former member of that commission. former ohio secretary of state and treasurer ken blackwell and served as the domestic policy adviser. ken, thank you for joining us. let me start and i truly don't want to be combative here but how is this anything other than a big waste of time? >> well, it wasn't a waste of time, holly. if you re

that prompted governor scott walker to tweet that a win by its democrat as a wake-up call for republicans in wisconsin. >> i think the effect his candidacy and the president so far he has had, it's really... galvanized people to come out and show up. >> despite all the criticism leveled at the president for causing america's standing in the world to erode, trump voters here like what they saw when he talked tough with north korea, when he recognized jerusalem and the capital of israel and promised to move the u.s. embassy there. they like when he told his military leaders to take point in destroying isis. >> i think other countries probably perceived our president is someone who is going to back up what he says. if he draws a line in the sand, it's to be respected. >> i think now we are more respected overseas now again then we were before. >> they are also looking at a stock market pushing further into record territory. wisconsin credit tax reform to speaker paul ryan, but note it went through on trump's watch with his support. >> companies are giving out bonuses to workers. i mean, you

. >>> i'm scott walker, coming up today top of the hour on "halftime report," exclusive interview with the investors taking on apple. the company responding today we will have the latest. plus, the blistering call on under armour one analyst comparing it to reebok and urging investors to sell the stock plus, one firm telling clients to buy stocks right now. >> big show, scott, can't wait >>> let's get to the cme group in chicago and get the santelli exchange good morning, rick >> good morning, carl, thank you. ed lazear, thanks for taking the time this morning. >> always a pleasure to be with you, rick, thank you >> all right, so last friday we had what i thought was a weak jobs report, 148,000, but the metrics for wages and hours worked were still pretty solid my question to you is the big question the federal recervical brated much of its policy and removal of policy on the notion that we are at or near full employment 95 million people that could work that aren't working, hoping that isn't true. is that going to be a big deal should we start to draw some of those 95 million back in

and scott walker, there were two open seats coming up in wisconsin. he decided to hold off and not have those elections, and i wonder if the wave that's going to come has anything to do with it. i'm sure it does. >> interesting. randy, you say you want paul ryan's seat. i have to ask you, if you were in congress right now, would you shut down the government over this immigration and daca issue? >> well, i think we need to look at this. who are the adults? we're talking about kids. not just that but chip funding. let's look after our kids. it should be a completely separate issue. it should be something that why are we holding our kids hostage? i'm so disappointed in congress and the president and especially in paul ryan where he's trying to lead his caucus. what are they thinking? these are kids. let's help our kids. >> randy brice, thank you. i appreciate it. >> thank you. always a pleasure. have a great night. >> you, too. >>> when we come back, do democrats have a message other than anyone but trump? anyone but trump. that seems to be the message.

. >>> wisconsin's republican governor scott walker is freaked out about what happened in his state last night in the heart of trump country, in a district where every county went for trump, a democrat won the special election for state senate, flipping a seat that had been held by a republican since 2001. patty shockner won by 11 points, even more impressive when compared to donald trump's 17-point lead. it is a wakeup call for republicans in wisconsin. but that wisconsin race is far from the first wakeup call for republicans. democrats have flipped 35 legislative seats since donald trump won the presidency, and democrats have consistently overperformed their 2016 margins. of the 17 special elections that have taken place, the average swing has been 11%age points. the blue arrows represent the margins across the country in all those different races. that is what a blue wave looks like. joined by pollster cornell belcher. i thought it was interesting that walker himself came out and said it, after it spent over $100,000, a state senate election in the heart of trump country, they spent $

walker, said this is a wake up call. we are in deep trouble here. >> deep [ bleep ]. >> deep [ bleep ]. >> does the white house have any idea how deep the [ bleep ] is? >> they're concerned. they're putting trump on the road tomorrow. he's going to pennsylvania to start his first event for 2018 congressional candidate outside pittsburgh. they do recognize that this is problematic. they can read polls like the rest of us. they know if the democrats capture the house, that could theoretically imperil the entire presidency. they point to the economy is doing well. they will point to some of the things he's accomplished, the tax cut and so on. but they recognize they are swimming upstream here and they recognize that they need to get him out there and they need some poll numbers to change. >> all right. natasha, thank you so much for joining us. and spending some time with us. so, jeff flake went there on donald trump's authoritarian instincts and constant attacks on a free press today. warning that without truth and the com

scott walker was tweeting this week when the results came in for the special election saying okay, republicans, we need to get out there. we need to let everyone know what our message is in wisconsin. what we have been doing. we can't sit back and think because we are in power, because we have the white house, bowers we have these local seats or that it was a red district locally that we can just assume it will be flipped back. you will. >> maria: walker called it a wake-up call. >> harris: he would know what a head wind feels like. >> maria: republicans thanumberi think republicans are most concerned about independents, women in the midwest. there are 24 hours seats that democrats, i think 24 democrats need to take. and there are a lot of those seats that hillary clinton actually won the district. >> 23. >> maria: almost enough. so, i think that republicans are nervous. and they should be. right? and that, you know, in some of ways democrats going into the mid terms in 2010 weren't nervous enough. i think they were over confident and republicans should avoid making the same mistake. >> sandra

. >> do you agree with scott walker that last night's results were a makeup call -- a wake-up call to republicans? ryan: it is not my district. it is over in western wisconsin, but typically, we held this seat and lost the seat. we should pay attention to it. >> last question. last month leadership said you just needed a few more weeks to negotiate a doctor deal. are you confident that all you need this time -- speaker ryan: i think the cash deal is very close and the democrats are holding out because of these daca negotiations. but i think the fact that we are in earnest in negotiating in good faith with our four leaders on daca speaks to the fact that we want to see a solution and get this thing fixed. it has got to be a balance bill. we will not bring up the dr. bill if the president does not support it. what point would be to bring a bill modified by the president? street.not a one-way it has got to be balanced, bipartisan, and the president has to support this for this to occur, and the president is being completely rational in that you want to fix daca, but you want to address t

neil: all right that was a few hours ago with governor scott walker. you know and thinking two things occurred to me he's very optimistic this will turn things around for the president explain ing the benefits of the tax cut and everything else help his poll numbers and i think it was two degrees warmer a few hours ago right? it's like really freezing right now but i'm not one to complain and certainly not to my friend lou dobbs whose cozy in a new york studio where the heat is controlled lou, how you doing? lou: oh, i'm doing great. neil: you know, lou it's interesting but it has been remarkable with the tax cuts you and i can remember even with the reagan ones and the bush jr. ones they come out the gate universally by the media and people see them, experience them and look at the paychecks and they start liking them and people change their mind. but walker is convinced it's going to save the day for republicans in the midterms. what do you think? lou: well it certainly will contribute to the success of the republicans if they're to have it at the mi

scott walker is running for election. you guys are almost a perfect window into a trump swing state. just talk about the political dynamics, not just the money but what you're looking at in a race where scott walker is running for reelection. republicans are highly motivated to get out. and donald trump has presumably lost altitude in your state. >> one of the things i've seen change over time is we've always been a battle ground state, but we are sadly a lot more polarized than i remember in early years. fewer ticket splitters. and just a deeply held partisan views. i've seen that change over time. but i think 2018 will be a lot about the field and a lot about who turns out to the polls. and what i see in my state and across the country, perhaps starting from election day in 2016, perhaps starting from the day after the inauguration is just the incredible engagement, the indivisible groups, the move on groups, the march on washington organizing groups. i wondered whether that energy would stay and remain through the year

plus, governor scott walker, calls it a wake-up call for republicans in wisconsin. a democrat wins a seat in the state senate after nearly two decades of gop control. what it says about the upcoming mid-terms, straight ahead. >>> but first, bill karins and a check on the forecast. >> so many areas have seen snow and ice overnight for the first time in ten years, the french quarter in new orleans with a dusting of snow. it snowed overnight for the third time in the panhandle of florida. here's pictures from just outside of new orleans, reports of two inches of snow in atlanta. you know what atlanta does with two inches of snow. and now that's moving into the carolinas. so a lot of school cancellations, a lot of school delays and a lot of messy commute for millions of people. right now 65 million people are under alerts from winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings, including houston, because what fell yesterday in the deep south is so cold it hasn't melted. so the roads are still icy. look at the wind chill, it's negative 2 in jackson, mississippi. we're at 8

. >> do you agree with scott walker that last night's results in wisconsin were wake up call for republicans? and is it evidence that ha potential wave is many coulding in november? >> i know the district very well it's not my district in western wisconsin but typically we've held this seat and we lost the seat last night so yeah i think we should pay attention to it. >> last month leadership said you needed a few more weeks to negotiate a caps deal and daca deal are you confident that all you need this time >> look, i think the caps deal is very, very close and i think the democrats are holding out on caps deal because of these daca negotiations but i think the fact that we are in ernest in negotiating in good faith with our four leaders on daca speaks to the fact that we want to see a solution we want to get this thing fixed. it has to be a balanced bill we will not bring ha daca bill the president doesn't support. what point would it be that we won't have signed into law by the president? so this has to be balanced this isn't a one way street. it has to be balanced and bipartisan and the

now the nation reports that governor scott walker is literally preventing wiscons wisconsinites from voting by refusing to call special elections. walker's violation of state law could mean he is afraid of the political climate his party faces. especially after a wisconsin democrat won a special election for a state senate seat in a heavily republican district last week. coming up, more on the 2018 midterm elections and the potential political impact of the government shutdown. i accept i don't conquer the mountain like i used to. i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. but whatever trail i take, i go for my best. so if there's something better than warfarin, i'll go for that too. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis had both. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you

walker referred to defeat in special district race in district 10, won by democrat as governor said to be weak upcall for republicans in wisconsin. here is the worry. that a lot of big-name republicans are not only leaving key bodies, including the house and the senate, but trying to draft big names that has proven very, very difficult. we saw that particular i in minnesota with tim pawlenty nixed the idea of running for senate. take a look. >> well a lot of people are looking what is going on now, governor, and saying you know you should run for the senate. a lot of big names are passing up such an opportunity but in your state they could use you. what do you say? >> well, neil, i am very interested in public service and service for the common good. there are a lot of different ways to do that but i will tell you today running for the united states in 2018 will not be a part of those plans. neil: all right, so that is a no. federalist bree payton. kat, is this worry for republicans one thing when they retire and leave, one thing trying to corral big names for those spots opt not to

right now one of the things that scott walker has going for them is the fact that the democratic field is so split. if it's a wave election paul ryan might be vulnerable. democrats have not recruited an a-level candidate. it might be some what disappointed when they say how this campaign plays out. >> there are so many. one of them of course is voter suppression which is uniquely strong. he did a piece back there may of 2017 saying the voter id law there suppressed up to 200,000 votes. while they witnessed an increased voter average wisconsin's turnout dropped by 3.3% and had increased by the national average over 200,000 more voters would have happened. when you talk about them saying there could be surges of democratic voters typically in their mind it means we ramp up things like strict enforcement of voter id. could it wind up playing a factor? >> i think voter suppression across the country, we just saw the ruling in north korcarolina. i want to echo something charlie said as well. i think it's amazing. it became a national race because his campaign video was amazing. we are excit

. >> i'm scott walker in for bill griffeth. >> we're watching what could be a major development in the nafta talks. >> and new information on what could be the biggest tech deal ever. >> we start with the rising ten-year the interest rate crossing the 2.7% marker earlier. what does it mean for interest rate sensitive stocks? dominic chu live at headquarters. >> the highest since april

. >> i'm scott walker. major news for apple today the company will add another corporate campus, hire 20,000 employees in five years, and invest $350 billion in the united states. >> yeah. we'll tell you why, what else they plan to do, and we begin today with this amazing market rally. look it's dow 26,000 back after yesterday afternoon's pullback the markets came roaring back to life to record highs here. the dow now up 285 points, wow, just 1% these days, 1.1% higher for the blue chip. today is a broad based rally compared to yesterday, the s&p up 1% as well as the nasdaq and russell. dom has a run-down >> we hit the 26,000 mark, a shot of keeping it for the close this time. remember, it was a year, a little under a year we've seen a 20,000 to 26,000 rally, just 4% between that last big move in 25,000 to 26,000, but still, look at the drivers behind it. there's familiar names we talked about for quite some time with the dow, heavily weighted ones between the 25,000 and 26,000, boeing added 350 points. cat

. >> i'm scott walker in for bill griffeth. >> we're watching what could be a major development in the nafta talks. >> and new information on what could be the biggest tech deal ever. >> we start with the rising ten-year the interest rate crossing the 2.7% marker earlier. what does it mean for interest rate sensitive stocks? dominic chu live at headquarters. >> the highest since april 2014. one of the big ripple effects is utilities. take a look at this chart behind me we're seeing the death cross that's what some technicians call it when the shorter term 50-day moving average of a stock or etf falls below longer term trend, the 200-day average we're seeing it with the excel, the spdr sector utility, xlu this does not portend bad things but something to pay attention to it's not the only that we're keeping an eye on. we're seeing some action play out in some parts of the market. namely in the real estate stocks the vanguard reit index is sinking down to multi-year lows. as we take a look at what's happening with this, it's already in correction territory, off about 10 plus the highs we

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. >> i'm scott walker. major news for apple today the company will add another corporate campus, hire 20,000 employees in five years, and invest $350 billion in the united states. >> yeah. we'll tell you why, what else they plan to do, and we begin today with this amazing market rally. look it's dow 26,000 back after yesterday afternoon's pullback the markets came roaring back to life to record highs here. the dow now up

also featured jeb bush, sarah palin and that day's breakout speaker, the beginning of the scott walker bubble. and there was also one other person there, too. you say you are considering running for president again. what is your favorite county in iowa? >> well, my favorite county in iowa, and i'm not going to get into this because this is not a history class, but one of my favorite places is iowa itself. and iowa is great because the people are great. the people are workers. they are wonderful people. and they like me and i like them. >> reporter: there are 99 counties in iowa, you can't give one? >> i can name many more than one. >> reporter: such as -- >> i'm not doing, who is the president of a certain country. we don't do that. >> so that was nearly five months before donald trump entered the race and people were rolling their eyes at the mere mention of him potentially running for president. that day he also gave what we would probably now consider a classic 2016 trump stump speech on everything from the border wall to china to tell prompters to laguardia airport. >> the world is

[inaudible] >> do you agree with scott walker that last nights results in the special election in wisconsin were a wake-up call to republicans? and is a evidence that a potenl wave election happen in -- >> i know the district attorney will pick a sobering western wisconsin but typically we have held the seat and we lost the seat last night so i think we should pay attention to. >> last question. >> last month leadership said you just needed need a few mors to negotiate a cap deal and i daca deal. are you confident that all you need this time -- >> look, i think the caps still is very close anything the democrats are holding out because of these daca negotiations. the fact we are in earnest in negotiating in good faith with our leaders on daca speaks to the fact we want to see a solution, that we want to get this thing fixed. it's got to be a balance bill. we will not bring i daca bill that the president doesn't support. what point would it be if we don't have a signed into law by the president? this has to be balanced. this isn't a one-way street. it's got to be balance. it's got to be bipa

walker and his associates, trying to hurt people associated with investigations into him back when he broke election laws. yesterday the republicans in our state senate voted to get rid of our state elections board administrator. take a look at an editorial written by joel mcnally, he points out just last month how you have a tax on both investigations in it. it's matching what tactics they do. host: we have to leave it there. thanks for all who participated in open phones. hour is devoted to policies. what is the most important issue in their state. > i think the most important issue here in the state of north carolina is to make sure that implementing what we say in our instituti about edation. e say in article nine of the constitution that 'r going to provide equal opportunities for here in north s carolina. i would like to see that we equity and value provide for the educational all students for here and fund that, as well, not just say it to give lyft service it, but to fund that. >> one of the most important issues facing our state right are the issues of the court system and co

reporter: do you agree with scott walker that last night's results in the special election in wisconsin were a wake-up call to republicans? is it evidence that a potential wave election will happen in february? speaker ryan: it's in western wisconsin. typically we held this seat and we lost the seat last night. yeah, we should pay attention. >> last question. reporter: last month leadership said you just needed a few more weeks to negotiate a cap deal and daca deal. are you confident all you need this time -- speaker ryan: i think the cap deal is very close and the democrats are holding out on the caps deal because of these daca negotiations. the fact we are earnest in negotiating in good faith with our four leaders on daca speaks to the fact we want to see a solution, that we want to get this thing fixed and it's got to be a balanced bill. we will not bring a daca bill that the president doesn't support. what point would it be if we don't have it signed into law by the president? so this has to be a balanced. this isn't a one-way street. it's got to be balanced. it's got to be bipartis