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His attacks on the people who can least afford it. We use fossil fuels because it makes economic sense. And if they're going to make this giant shift to green energy in any way, shape, or form, it means people in this country will have to pay a lot more for going places. That's the one thing --
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AMY HOLMES, POLITICAL ANALYST: We've had a lot of subsidies with solar with the Obama administration that went belly up. But I wonder if this is just a PR move. When we know that for Ivanka, this is one of her number issues and she was in that meeting. And of course we know that the president-elect highly regards his daughter.
JON HILSENRATH, CHIEF ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: And we have been asking throughout the campaign, what are Donald Trump's core beliefs? What issues is he going to back away from? He called the global warming idea a hoax. Is he actually going to back away from that and try to make some moves through Ivanka?
HOLMES: And I wonder if some -- they said that they were trying to find common ground. It may be conservation could be a place where Donald Trump and Al Gore find that common ground.
BARTIROMO: Erin, what do you think?
MCPIKE: Well, look, we did hear last month that Donald Trump also told "The New York Times" that he has an open mind about climate change. So there are certainly areas where he probably is looking to coordinate with more liberals like Al Gore on climate change. We don't know yet. We have to hear Donald Trump says at this meeting too.
MCDOWELL: But one of the biggest -- one of President Obama's many issues that he's tackled through rules and regulations is making the federal buildings green and setting these new standards for federal buildings. I think it's by 2020 maybe that all these federal buildings have to spend ungodly amounts of taxpayer dollars, the more energy-efficient and green. That's potentially something President Trump should be looking at rolling back or at least easing back off on. And I wonder what this meeting with Al Gore.
HOLMES: Or he could do it to throw the green (INAUDIBLE) frankly. If they will do this --
BARTIROMO: I think that's what Erin is saying.
HOLMES: Yes, I they (INAUDIBLE) I think the real sort of proof in the pudding will be his EPA. His choice for EPA administrator and will that person actually start rolling back --
HILSENRATH: I think when it comes to production in the United States, it's very clear that he's going to be pursuing that. But what about other issues like taxes? Is he going to try to tax imported oil? I mean he wants to go to take steps against the U.S. trade deficit. Are there steps he could take on that front?
BARTIROMO: Yesterday, the White House took issue with Trump for his phone call with the President of Taiwan, Erin. They say they could undermine China relations. Now, why has Spokesperson Josh Earnest said that national security officials spoke with Beijing twice over the weekend to reassure the country of Washington's commitment to the One-China policy following that call with Donald Trump?
But in an interview with Fox News, President Obama's former national security adviser, retired marine general Jim Jones had this to say about the call. Listen. I want to get your reaction, Erin.
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JIM JONES, RETIRED MARINE GENERAL: That didn't bother me. I think the purists are flapping their wings and saying all kinds of things why they can't have a five-minute conversation or whatever it was to say congratulations. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. So it didn't bother me.
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BARTIROMO: So what about that, Erin? Is this call being blown out of proportion? Was this the right strategy? Was it calculated? What's your take?
MCPIKE: Well, we don't know, because we've heard two different things come out of the Trump team and from republicans saying people are overblowing this. Even Bob Corker said this is just a congratulatory call.
On the other hand, you are seeing transition officials say they knew what they were doing. I would point out that yesterday Josh Earnest also said, loo, if the president-elect has a different approach then his team needs to lay out what that is. And look, it is clear that Donald Trump is going to have a different approach to China, absolutely, from everything he had said throughout the campaign.
HOLMES: And if you are a Chinese official taking a phone call from this White House that when they're only going to be there for six more weeks. Would you be reassured by saying, oh, we're going to keep this One-China policy rather Donald Trump, he campaigned as a new kind of president.
MCDOWELL: Well, this is certainly a new way. It was to communicate -- after the fact it was a communications issue about what you heard from some of his surrogates. Was it intentional or not? And just stick with that. If it's intentional, then good on him because again, he's taking a step -- he's laying down the law with China so to speak.
In terms of hey, we're going to take the upper hand. We talked about this yesterday. Peter Navarro, one of his surrogates who's been on this program before has pushed for a cabinet level meetings or visits to Taiwan and to kind of kowtowing to the One-China policy. But if that's what it is and it wasn't intentional, then just say it.
HOLMES: I can appreciate Donald Trump being a bit coy on that issue. He said, well, hey, they called me because there are real diplomatic stake.
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HOLMES: There was a report that it was setup. But there are real diplomatic stakes. If you remember George Bush, his first term in office, his first couple of months in office had a major China crisis. When one of our navy planes was clipped by one of Chinese jets in the air. I don't know if you remember, but it landed and then the Chinese held our people hostage for 10 days. So they do have the potential to make trouble if they're riled up.
HILSENRATH: I think he has an incentive to keep the Chinese off balance right now as they try figure him out. If he's going to be trying to negotiate better trade deals with China, why not leave a little mystery about where he's going with this and let them react to him instead of him react into them.
BARTIROMO: We'll see. Erin. Good to see you. Thanks so much.
MCPIKE: Thank you.
BARTIROMO: We appreciate it. Erin McPike joining us there. Be sure to catch tonight special, our special two-hour edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight, talking to president-elect's "Thank You" tour. He will take it live and be talking to lots of people tonight from president-elect Donald Trump's "Thank You" tour. Join Lou, live tonight 7:00 to 9:00 for that special on Fox Business Network.
Coming up, Chick-fil-A is taking the show on the road where you can find the fast food chain's next food truck.
And then hitting crossroads. We have Ford's consumer trends report for the year. What to expect in the auto business, coming up. Back in a minute.
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BARTIROMO: Welcome back. A Georgia dad convicted of murder after his 22- month-old son died in a hot SUV. He's been sentenced. Cheryl Casone with the story there. Cheryl.
CHERYL CASONE, FBN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Maria. Thirty-six-year-old Justin Ross Harris was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. Prosecutor said, at trial, Harris intentionally killed his son to escape the responsibilities of family life. They showed evidence. He was engaging an online flirting and in person affairs with several women, not his wife, including a prostitute and an underage teenager.
Cooper Harris died after sitting for about seven hours in the backseat of his dad's SUV on a day when temperatures reached at least into the 80s, the 80s in Georgia, we should say. Defense attorneys said the boy's death was a tragic accident.
Well, Theranos predicted revenue nearly $2 billion net income of about $500 million for this year. This is according to investor materials from the blood testing startup. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes attracted more than 630 million in her latest funding run.
The company shuts down all of its blood testing facilities back in October saying it was going to focus on products that could be sold to outside labs and hospitals. Well, the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco is trying to determine whether Theranos misled investors and regulators.
Well, the job market continues to strengthen but changing food Trends have taken their toll for General Mills. The food giant is planning to cut up to 600 jobs. In the last two years, General Mills has closed factories and outline plans to eliminate about 5,000 jobs. That would be more than a 10th of its workforce.
The company that home to many familiar names you know, you might be having them right now. Cheerios, Yoplait yogurt (INAUDIBLE) some of their biggest names.
And staying on food here for a second. Chick-fil-A rolling out a mobile food truck. Yes. December 15th in Houston, Texas, they're going to be offering a limited menu, waffle fries, lemonades, sweet tea and of course the original chicken sandwich. Demand for the fried chicken chains food is very high in Houston. There's already 74 restaurants there in the metro area including two of the countries busiest locations, Maria.
But if the food truck thing takes off for Chick-fil-A, you might see them across the country, maybe here in New York. I don't know.
BARTIROMO: Well, there's always food trucks around this building, right?
CASONE: They're everywhere. But we need a Chick-fil-A one. I'm just saying.
MCDOWELL: We've got Chick-fil-A right down the street. It's right there.
HILSENRATH: We've got a Chick-fil-A --
BARTIROMO: Yes, but Cheryl likes food trucks.
HOLMES: I love food trucks, actually. To tell you the truth. There is that during the summer like the lobster roll truck is great. I think it's terrific.
HILSENRATH: We have a Chick-fil-A food truck in D.C. There's always lines there. Even though there's been protests around Chick-fil-A and the political beliefs of the founder, people like the chicken sandwiches.
HOLMES: You know what? What's interesting, who don't like food trucks are restaurant owners because they say that it's driving down traffic into restaurant to sit and dine. That's a big problem in Los Angeles, actually.
BARTIROMO: I don't know anything about it, but it seems like it's a good business, food trucks. But I have no idea.
MCDOWELL: It depends on the permitting in the city where you're operating. Los Angeles is kind of maybe the birth place of like delicious, like fantastic food trucks. And it gives -- you want to talk about entrepreneurship. It gives people who don't want to cook in a restaurant, who don't want the overhead of opening their own joint. They buy a truck and just kind of park in wherever.
BARTIROMO: That's what I'm saying. I feel like it's a good business.
MCDOWELL: There's a Belgian waffle food truck, there are a couple of them that are around the city. They're delicious.
HILSENRATH: I think someone should develop an app to rate them, so I know which ones to --
BARTIROMO: You need a Zagat guide for the food trucks.
HOLMES: Well, there are apps to follow food trucks as well. So you can find your favorite food truck wherever you want.
BARTIROMO: Cool stuff. All right. Coming up next, filling Trump's cabinet. The president-elect meeting with ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as he widens his search for the next secretary of state. We've got all the details next.
Plus shifting gears. Ford Motor out with its auto industry examination of how social and political changes are influencing consumers going into the new year. So what will our cars look like? We will tell you next.
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BARTIROMO: Welcome back. We are getting behind the wheels telling you what the future of cars may look like. The fifth annual "Looking Further with Ford." It's the trend report telling us what consumers can expect years down the line.
Joining us right now is Ford Motor's , Sheryl Connelly is with us.
Sheryl, people look forward to this trend report because it tells us a lot about what we may be doing in the next, not just year, but five years. What are the highlights from this report?
SHERYL CONNELLY, MANAGER OF GLOBAL CONSUMER TRENDS AND FUTURING, FORD: Well, I think a lot of people who look at the report are surprised to see that's not really focused. What we're looking as big picture global trends and for the coming years, a couple things that come to mind is trust.
BARTIROMO: Consumer trust was once again one of the major trends that you outlined.
CONNELLY: The first trend that we talked about in the first year of our publication and so we revisit it five years later and found that it's even more relevant today than it was in 2013.
BARTIROMO: So 85 percent of the people are afraid personal data is collected without their consent?
CONNELLY: Yes. I think it's an increasing concern. The consumers are happy to give up their information as long as they can see the benefit. So you've got to be very transparent about it. And so companies like Ford have to recognize that they have a responsibility. They have to be faithful stewards and what the trusted ones --
BARTIROMO: Because there's so much data in the car, by the way, we should point out. That you've got all sorts of stuff about people.
CONNELLY: So our strategy with that regard is that the customers have to opt-in. So we have things like SYNC which is our platform that (INAUDIBLE) or Bluetooth enabled device, entertainment system. But as soon as the device is taken out of the vehicle, it's all gone. But it doesn't -- there's no connection. There's no data loop that stays with the vehicle once the phone leaves the automobile.
BARTIROMO: Is that typically with all of the Bluetooth enabled devices or just Ford?
CONNELLY: I couldn't state to the (INAUDIBLE)
BARTIROMO: But when you take your device that you would expect that your information is not still in the car.
CONNELLY: Right.
BARTIROMO: All right. The Ford survey also talks with the changing role of women. This is interesting.
CONNELLY: It is really exciting. We call it the female frontier. And survey customers three years ago and we asked them in that time period. Do they think advances in women have improved? And in a nine different countries universally people said yes. But yet still 88 percent of women and 77 percent of men think that men and women are not viewed equally.
BARTIROMO: But 78 percent said that women are getting more opportunities, right?
CONNELLY: There are increasing opportunities and that comes with improved access to education, greater career opportunities, more financial independence. In fact, I think that's why you see more single women today around the world than married.
BARTIROMO: But you would imagine if the women is the CEO of their household, right? That's who's making the buying decisions, that's who's making the decisions of what comes into her house for her children.
CONNELLY: So they 85 percent of all household decision-making is done by a women. It's really important for all categories but in the car world, we pay this particular attention to recognize and women have always played a strong role in deciding how to keep their families safe.
BARTIROMO: Sure. This is one of my favorites. Ford survey also found that consumers are finding more enjoyment in having less.
CONNELLY: Yes.
BARTIROMO: Seventy-one percent of those surveys said that they defined wealth differently from their parents. It's not about money.
CONNELLY: It's not. We call it a good life 2.0. And I think that people are assessing what are their priorities. We look at that as that not everyone looks at the car as a status symbol. And for some it's just a mere transportation. So Ford is exploring this new smart mobility services.
So it's not just about serving people who want to own their own vehicle, but some people who just need transportations. So car sharing, ride- sharing.
BARTIROMO: Tell me more about how this impacts Ford and what you may do to actually change as a result of what you learned in the survey.
CONNELLY: So what we've been doing in the recent years under the guidance of our CEO Mark Fields, he says the company has always been a manufacturer and will always it'll be our core competency. But on the Ford what we want to focus on is this emerging opportunity of mobility services. A city like New York, no less, is really difficult to get around. And so sometimes driving your own car isn't the preferred option.
So we have a platform called FordPass which helps people plan their journey every day. So let's say you're running late, you can reserve your parking spot before you head out. Or you decide you don't want to take your car, we can direct you to mass transit opportunities, how to ride hailing ride or even bike sharing.
BARTIROMO: There's a lot of technology in the car that enables you to do that. What about autonomous cars and driverless cars? DO you glean anything from the survey about that?
CONNELLY: Yes. So I think that people are basically telling us that they had better things to do with their time. So we did this idea about time well spent and time and mobility have always been inextricably tied together.
But if you look at a city like Beijing, they say that their average daily commuters is five hours a day. And so people want to get that time back and I think that's a big part of the appeal for autonomous vehicles.
BARTIROMO: So that they could work in the car.
CONNELLY: Work in the car, asleep in the car, be entertained in the car. I think that we and the company have announced by 2020 we'll have autonomous vehicles on the road or probably in a commercial applications so for ride-hailing services.
BARTIROMO: So you just wonder if there's going to be that kind of acceptance to these -- we've been talking about it for so long. And you wonder. I understand wanting to do more in the car. But does that mean autonomous?
CONNELLY: Well, the appetite for it is certainly different around the world. We did a survey last year and we found that countries that were most interested were India and China. So 84 percent of the people we spoke to said in the next 10 years, they could imagine it. Seventy-eight in China.
But when you got down to the U.S. the number dropped to 40 percent and in the U.K., it was even lower at 30 percent. And we think that's driven by two things. One is that in China and India that's going to be a safer option. The infrastructure, the congestion, road fatalities and accidents are quite high. So people see it as a safer option.
But I think the other explanations that the U.S., the U.K. consumers, western consumers feel the great emotional affinity to their vehicles. They don't want to give it up.
BARTIROMO: Yes, good point. Sheryl, great stuff. Thanks so much.
CONNELLY: Thank you.
BARTIROMO: Sheryl Connelly from Ford joining us here.
Next hour, sweet family memories made easy and made in the U.S.A. The holiday hack that every family can enjoy over and over again. Back in a minute.
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BARTIROMO: Good Tuesday morning everybody. Welcome back. I'm Maria Bartiromo. It's good to have you with us this morning. It is Tuesday December 6th. Your top stories 8:00 A.M. on the East Coast right now.
President-elect Donald Trump gearing up for more high profile meetings today, including a meeting with ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson. The transition team is working to shape that cabinet.
And senior adviser Kellyanne Conway waiting on the possible announcements coming this week.
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KELLYANNE CONWAY, SENIOR ADVISER: I'm not sure about that. That's up to president-elect. He's way ahead of schedule obviously at this point. And president-elect -- term, he had not announced any appointments. So he's still were in a really good place.
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BARTIROMO: Tonight, the president-elect will kick off the second leg of his "Thank You" tour. He is headed to North Carolina today.
The transit terrorist threat. Commuters in Los Angeles are on high alert this morning after the FBI said it's investigating "an imminent threat" to the city's rail system. The latest development is coming this morning.
Plus, the cyber threat to your credit card. An alarming study revealing it only takes six seconds for hackers to breach your account. The details coming up.
And a record holiday for the Apple Watch, at least according to Tim Cook, but he did not provide actual numbers. The details on the mystery sales coming up for the Apple Watch.
Markets this morning looking fractional. But to the upside again, it's going to be another record high on Wall Street today even if it's a fractional move with the open.
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(Show: MORNINGS WITH MARIA) (Date: December 6, 2016) (Time: 08:00:00) (Tran: 120603cb.231) (Type: Show) (Head: No lines, no cashiers, no problem, Amazon plans to overhaul the modern grocery store; Hansel and Gretel would have loved this one, the small business that's looking to cut the mess out of the gingerbread house, just in time for the holidays, we've got it here and we'll bring it to you; A split among the GOP congressional Republicans, struggling with the president-elect plan to impose tariffs on U.S. companies that move production offshore.) (Sect: News; Financial)
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MARIA BARTIROMO, FOX BUSINESS NETWORK MORNINGS WITH MARIA ANCHOR: -- numbers, the details on the mystery sales coming up for the Apple watch.
Markets this morning looking up fractional, but to the upside again, it's going to be another record high on Wall Street today even if just a fractional move of the open. The Dow Industrials expected to be up about 10 points, Nasdaq Composite up about nine points as well, as you see there.
In Europe, markets are edging higher as well. Take a look, we've got gains of about a quarter of a percent to a half of a percent throughout the Euros on this morning.
And in Asia overnight, mix performances, the Korean Kospi Index, top performer, up one and a third percent.
Plus, the force is with the Fort Worth Police Department. We've got a look at their recruitment video that is actually gone viral. All those stories coming up this morning, and joining me to talk about it, Fox Business Network's Dagen Mcdowell, The Wall Street Journal Chief Economics Correspondent Jon Hilsenrath, and Rasmussen Reports Political Analyst, Amy Holmes. Good to see you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thanks for having me.
JON HILSENRATH, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL CHIEF ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT: The force is with us this morning.
BARTIROMO: Yeah, I guess so.
DAGEN MCDOWELL, FOX BUSINESS NETWORK ANCHOR: I know, if the Trump team comes together. Hurry up with it.
BARTIROMO: I know. Secretary of State, I mean, this is one of the most important positions, and now the list is widening.
MCDOWELL: Which is interesting.
BARTIROMO: Yeah. We'll see who that person will be. Joining the -
HILSENRATH: Rex Tillerson is a fascinating candidate possibility, because he's got very close ties to Russia through Exxon's oil interests there. If they go with him, what does that say about our relationship - how our relationship with Russia is going to be?
BARTIROMO: I like the idea of the head of the largest oil company on the list because here's a guy who has real relations with presidents across the world. Remember, they had to get permitting across the world, they dealt with hostile governments, not hostile governments in terms of drilling for oil, so I'm sure he has a lot of insight in terms of (INAUDIBLE).
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HILSENRATH: But it also (INAUDIBLE) question of conflicts. Are there going to be conflicts of interest if, you know, with Rex Tillerson is in - is an Exxon guy or an American guy.
BARTIROMO: Right.
AMY HOLMES, RASMUSSEN REPORTS POLITICAL ANALYST: Fair point.
MCDOWELL: Drain in the swamp?
BARTIROMO: Yeah, question mark. Well, we'll talk about that this morning when former White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush joins us, Andy Card is here today. Also with us today, is House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. I want to ask the congressman what he's expecting to get through, early January in terms of new laws. And the host of "Varney & Company" Stuart Varney will joins us as well, as is usually the case, so join us and don't miss a minute of it.
Coming up, President-elect Donald Trump, meeting more candidates today for one of the top positions in his cabinet before leaving for his next leg of his "Thank you" tour. Blake Burman is at Trump Tower this morning in New York City with all the latest. Blake, good morning to you.
BLAKE BURMAN, FOX BUSINESS NETWORK CORRESPODENT: Hi, Maria. Good morning to you as well. We have seen a wide range in group of lawmakers, business leaders, and the like, come through Trump Tower, here over the last few weeks. And that continues later today with the apparent inclusion of Rex Tillerson into the Secretary of State sweepstakes. We were just talking about him, a little bit there. Tillerson, as you know, is the CEO of ExxonMobil. He will meet with the President-elect here at the Tower later today.
Last week, the Trump team was telling us that the list for Secretary of State had been narrowed down to four possible candidates. Now, they definitively say that it has widened from that. After his series of meetings here at the Tower today, the President-elect will then hit the road once again for the second stop of what he is calling, his "Thank you" tour. Mr. Trump will head to Fayetteville, North Carolina, and we are led to believe there that he will be joined alongside his pick, to become the next Secretary of Defense, the retired General James Mattis. You might remember last week, Mr. Trump unveiled Mattis at his first "Thank you" tour stop, and he described him in this light.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES: I asked one of the generals -- I love the generals. But I said to him, "You're a good general." "And yes, Sir. I am." I said, "So, how do you compare to General Mattis? How do you compare to "Mad Dog"?" "Sir, he's better than I am."