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Meanwhile, Election Day has come and gone for voters, but members of the Electoral College cast their ballots in two weeks. Some Republican electors are getting flooded with harassing e-mails and messages, demanding them to vote for Hillary Clinton instead of Donald Trump, in a last-ditch effort to block President-elect Trump for taking office. It's just extraordinary. Joining us right now to weigh in, Republican presidential elector from Florida, Susan Moore. Susan, good to see you. Thanks so much for joining us.
SUAN MOORE, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR: Good to see you, Maria. And thanks for having me.
BARTIROMO: OK. So can you explain the process to us? Can you legally vote against Donald Trump in spite of the fact that he won the state of Florida? Tell us what plays out now in the next couple of weeks?
MOORE: Well, you know, electors, at least in Florida, and I can only speak about Florida, but we're pledged, and so I signed a pledge. And I intend to vote for Donald Trump. I suppose if you wanted to write in someone else, I think it would be unlikely that you would be still seated in the Electoral College. I think you would be replaced.
BARTIROMO: So electors made their pledge. They're going to stick to their pledge. But a lot of the electors are saying that they're being overwhelmed with messages, asking them to vote against Trump. One from Michigan received death threats. Have you received threatening or harassing e-mails, first of all?
MOORE: Well, you know, the volume I think is probably harassing enough. You know a lot of them are belligerent e-mails, and phone calls, and text messages. But for the most part -- it's just cut and paste kind of e- mails, that a lot of them are the same way, where they just ask you to abstain or flip your vote to Hillary. That's not going to happen, especially not in Florida, the great majority of people that were chosen as the electors are party faithful, the party loyalists, and I wouldn't split my vote anyways.
BARTIROMO: It's just sad.
KAT TIMPF, FOX NEW CONTRIBUTOR: It's like if somebody breaks up with you, and you just keep e-mailing them over and over again, and hope they'll take you back, and it's just makes it worst. I respect you people less now.
KEVIN KELLY, RECON CAPITAL CIO: I don't know what you're talking about. I've never been broken up with. But, Susan, quick question for you, are there any cogent arguments that they're trying to make to get you flip? It seems like it's all just hyperbole that they're spewing and there's no real actual argument that they're making here.
MOORE: No, and you know, I read the great majority of these e-mails. I think I am at about 1800 right now that I've gotten, which is a bit overwhelming. Most of them are just sort of cut and paste the same sort of language, but there's not really -- there's not a lot there.
KELLY: So there's no substance to their arguments.
MOORE: Not really. And I think a lot of it is just, you know, they'll say like I'm begging you, please vote for Hillary because she won the popular vote. I think those e-mails are based on sort of a misconception. I mean, even though, you know, everybody goes out to vote and the tally up numbers as far as the popular vote goes, I mean, we are a republic, and so the Electoral Colleges is where, you know, where things happens.
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BARTIROMO: Yeah. Dagen, it's pretty extraordinary, isn't it?
MCDOWELL: It is. Susan, do you have any idea who is behind this coordinated campaign of, well, harassment?
MOORE: Well, all I know is that there's several websites that give all of the electors personal information, their home addresses, our phone numbers, our e-mail addresses, so I've seen several of those websites. I don't know who's behind it, but they certainly put our information up there with sample letters that can be sent to us and, you know, encouraging people to contact us in any number of ways. I get a lot of phone calls every day in addition to the e-mails.
BARTIROMO: So what do you think happened in Florida? You said a moment ago, look, it's not going to happen. I've signed a pledge and, you know, probably not going to see people change their vote in Florida. Why -- what was going on in Florida? What was the sentiment like?
MOORE: You know, in Florida, we obviously went for Trump. And then the people that are chosen as electors are, you know, party faithful. I mean, we're the ones that worked for Donald Trump campaign. Even if I hadn't signed a pledge, I wouldn't flip my vote anyways because I was completely behind Trump. I was a delegate to the convention. You know I'm not -- it's just not going to happen. And the great majority of the other 28 delegates in Florida, also party loyalists, you know, just not going to happen. And I don't know about other states. I have heard that there is one elector that says that he cannot in good conscience vote for Donald Trump. I don't know if that's true, but that's not going to happen in Florida.
BARTIROMO: So, I mean, what do you think -- what do these people thinking? They just want to name call and like harass you into changing your vote?
MOORE: Well, you know, I think there's a little bit of an intimidation factor there. Several phone calls that I've gotten -- and this is the most intimidation I've received is, you know, people saying that, you know, they want to send me special packages and things like that. I don't quite know what that means, but I think there certainly an intimidation factor there. But I really don't think there's anything to be frightened about. I mean, it's really more of a hassle than anything.
KELLY: Are you reporting this to the authorities? I feel like these threats should be taken.
TIMPF: That's a death threat.
KELLY: Yeah, that is a death threat.
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BARTIROMO: We'll send you a package of what?
MOORE: Right, yeah. That is a little fearful, especially I have a young son and, you know, he doesn't understand all of this. And so, certainly, there's some concerns. You know, I can only speak personally, but, you know, I've had several folks reach out to me about security and, you know, I think I'll be fine.
BARTIROMO: All right, Susan. Well, thanks for your courage, and thanks for joining us this morning. We appreciate it.
MOORE: Absolutely, my pleasure.
BARTIROMO: We'll be watching. Susan Moore, good to see you, thanks so much. Coming up, the Dow creeping closer to 20,000 now, Stuart Varney weighing in on when he thinks that will happen. Plus, rolling luxury, we're going under the roof and hood of the world's most expensive SUV from Bentley. Back in a minute.
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BARTIROMO: Welcome back. So how about those markets, is it the next stop, Dow 20,000, the markets post-election euphoria still in full swing with the Dow, trading above 19,000. Joining us right now, Stuart Varney, Varney & Co. Hey, Stu.
STUART VARNEY, VARNEY & CO. HOST: Are you throwing cold water on my suggestion that maybe, just maybe, we'll hit 20,000 on the Dow at some point in the very near future?
BARTIROMO: No, I totally expected this rally. I mean, you know, I'm there.
VARNEY: OK. So let's do some detail here. Not only do I suggest 20,000 on the Dow at some point in the near future, but we have no less than Goldman Sachs predicting a 9 percent gain for the S&P 500 in the first few months of the Trump presidency. I think that would translate into 20,000 on the Dow. I think the whole thing is predicated on growth. You grow the economy, cut taxes, grow the economy. You grow profits. You grow jobs. You grow wages. And I think that gives you 20,000 on the Dow. You know, there's a downside, obviously, I mean, Maria, you've been reporting all morning. Interest rates have gone straight up. Mortgage rates are back above 4 percent. Oil at 50 bucks a barrel. Gas prices are going to get up. I've got all of that, but I think the new positive mood and growth in the economy gives you 20,000 on the Dow.
BARTIROMO: Yeah. Well, look, his priority was growth. His economic policy is growth. That helps earnings, one thing that drives markets are earnings. I don't know that it goes in a straight line, obviously.
VARNEY: Right.
BARTIROMO: But maybe 20,000 -- I would not be surprised to see 20,000 sometime in `17.
VARNEY: Right. I wouldn't bet against it. I really would not. The two gentlemen that you had on yesterday morning, Wilbur Ross and Steve Mnuchin, I think they talked about prolonged, sustained, strong growth. When you talk about that from the guys who are going to be running treasury and commerce, that's a pretty good hint that we're going up.
BARTIROMO: It's true. They've got 3 to 4 percent economic growth in their sights in the short term.
VARNEY: I love it.
BARTIROMO: I love it, too. I'll see you in 10 minutes.
VARNEY: You will.
BARTIROMO: Thanks, Stu. Varney & Co. begins top of the hour, right after Mornings with Maria, 9 AM Eastern. Join Stuart in the next 10 minutes. We are just 45 minutes away from the opening bell. Dagen, got the stocks to watch right now, over to you, Dagen.
MCDOWELL: Maria, these are some of the stocks that we're this morning, keeping an eye on shares of Google. Hackers had breached more than a million Google accounts using malware to attack android devices. According to a reports out, the malware targeted phones running Android 4.0 and 5.0, which make up nearly 74 percent of Android users. Also watching Toyota, this morning, the automaker launching a free navigation app that provides driving directions, and live traffic updates in Japan. The app is called TC smartphone navigation, mimics Google Maps and Waze. Both of which work just fine. Coming up next, driving first class. It's like first class plus, plus, for the most expensive SUV rolling in to the Plaza. The posh features coming to the new Bentley. Stay with us.
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BARTIROMO: Welcome back. When it comes to riding in style, Bentley is unparalleled. There new 2017 Bentley Bentayga is the perfect combination of luxury and everyday use. Joining us right now is the product marketing manager for Bentley Motors, John Simon, and he's here with their latest hot wheels. John, good to see to see you.
JOHN SIMON, BENTLEY MOTOR: Good to see you, too.
BARTIROMO: Thank you so for joining us. Can you actually combine luxury as well as just average use when you're talking about a Bentley?
SIMON: Yes, definitely. And I think that's what we're showcasing here with the Bentley Bentayga. It's a real attribute of all Bentley cars. Actually, this perfect combination of luxury and performance. And taking a Bentayga as an example, and we have unrivaled levels of performance in category. And the car has a big W12, six-liter engine. It's the fastest and most powerful SUV in the world today.
BARTIROMO: Wow, fastest and most powerful.
SIMON: Yeah, that's right.
BARTIROMO: How fast does it go? Let's take a look here.
SIMON: So, from 0 to 60 acceleration time, the car accelerate in four seconds.
BARTIROMO: Oh, my God.
SIMON: And a top speed of 187 miles an hour, so phenomenal performance taken for a car in the SUV segment.
BARTIROMO: And it's gorgeous. Look at this leather. That is really beautiful.
SIMON: Yeah. And so the car takes 130 hours to build in total. The majority about is spent handcrafting the exquisite interior. And you can see we only use the finest leathers, vinyl, metals.
BARTIROMO: I mean, I'm going to say, this car -- this model comes with some interesting extras like a picnic hamper and the fly fishing tackle box. Tell us about that.
SIMON: That's right. So an SUV like this really is all about lifestyle. And so we developed a whole suite of options and features to cater for our customers different lifestyles. The spokes division, Mulliner, have produced an exquisite picnic camper, it consist of three components, the champagne cooler, an area for your cutlery and an area to store your food.
BARTIROMO: So you need a champagne cooler.
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SIMON: So, yeah, it's a whole sweet of options in it.
BARTIROMO: What are the other personal options that you can choose for something like this?
SIMON: So the color and trend itself, I mean, it's endless option, it's over 100 different paint colors available.
BARTIROMO: Well, that's what I was noticing, this is so beautiful, this color and the trim the way it's sewn here.
SIMON: Yes, and this is quite a sporty interior, just one example of course, I mean the contrast stitching, the steering wheel as an example.
BARTIROMO: Let me get in here and take a look at the steering wheel.
SIMON: Yeah. It takes six hours just to trim the steering wheel.
BARTIROMO: Six hours?
SIMON: Yeah. Just to give you an idea of the attention to detail, and the time it takes to craft this car.
BARTIROMO: Wow. This is so beautiful. Yeah, nice. And in terms of -- just press a button to turn it on.
SIMON: That's right, yes. So the start button is just in the middle there. And you can see there's a number of different drive mode around the start and stop. There's 8 different drive modes in total.
BARTIROMO: This is cool, this little case to put stuff in.
SIMON: Yeah, -- storage case. So all of these -- it's 8 different unit available and, yeah.
BARTIROMO: I love it. How much does this go in the market? I think we've shown it
SIMON: It starts at 229,000.
BARTIROMO: And do you have demand for that price.
SIMON: Yeah. The demand is exceptional, actually. And so we started delivering the car in August this year. And we have a lot of customers, both existing valuable customers and new customers to the brand as well, which is great. And so it's great to see the car on the road now.
BARTIROMO: I guess when you have an SUV, it just bring in a new market, right? So you're expanding the Bentley luxury audience.
SIMON: Yeah. So our attention was to bring new customers into the brand. We're seeing younger customers and more female customers coming in as well. And it's a great segment both in the U.S. and locally. So it's a lot of opportunity here.
BARTIROMO: Let me ask you this, what luxury do most people want? I mean, what is their first question in terms of, oh, I had to have this when you're looking at Luxor?
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SIMON: There will be performance, the craftsmanship. To me what we find with customers as that they really like the ability to personalize their car. So we have so many different options available, color and trend, that they can create a car that's very exclusive, very unique to them, and really reflects their personality.
BARTIROMO: By the way, the backseat is pretty beautiful, too. Very roomy. And you have a TV back here. You can watch Mornings With Maria right here.
SIMON: Yeah. That's the entertainment system, and it actually deploys so you can take it out of the car.
BARTIROMO: And it's just like an iPad?
SIMON: It's a similar tablet base system, and you can actually take the system away, and take it into your home office, and carry on working.
BARTIROMO: So if you just never stop working. We're here, take it with you. I just put it right back on like that? This is great. Oh, wow. OK, cool. I love it. Thank you very much.
SIMON: My pleasure. Thank you very much.
BARTIROMO: Congratulations. That is the Bentley. We will take a short break and we'll be right back. All-star panel, next. Stay with us.
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BARTIROMO: A big thank you to our all-star panel. That will do it for us. Seize the day, everybody. We'll see you again tomorrow. Thanks so much for joining us. "VARNEY & CO." begins right now. Stuart, coming to you from this new Bentley, over to you. Have a great show.
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