not sure how many times i've read that. real business. more real business. bigger ones, in fact. melissa francis is here. money starts now. melissa: how can i possibly follow that? the race for the white house begins. ted cruz the first candidate to throw his hat into the ring for 2016. todd is here with why establishment republicans maybe cruz's own worst enemy. the edge of civil war, the us pulls out as yemen collapses. quite the turnaround from the success story touted a few moments ago. obamacare celebrating five years but forget the candles. we're talking the big numbers blown to get here. meet chimp one of the frontrunners as the coolest of the cool face off with three and a half million dollars because even when they say it's not, it's always about money. ♪

melissa: obamacare signed into law five years ago. the controversial health care mandate not exactly aging gracefully. republicans claiming they found nearly $6 billion in wasted obamacare spending over the last five years. here's our charlie gasparino. and todd. fox news radio. peter, how would you market that? how would you market that? $6 billion in wasted money down the drain. happy birthday. >> it's almost a beneficial number in the respect people can't comprehend what 6 billion actually means. you can comprehend 5,000 bucks. 6 billion, they gloss over it. >> that's your marketing advice. it's not bad. it's not bad. todd. >> one heck of a website. 6 billion dollars' worth. over the weekend, there was a story about the ihop guy who has to dump his stores because he

can't afford to pay for the health insurance for the employees. a lot of people are hurting out there. when they see these numbers and the amount of waste at the federal government level, there will be folks marching in the streets. >> is that a lot of numbers? >> $6 billion. >> you're a money guy. that's pretty good. >> yeah, you got it. melissa: we might just move on after that. >> in the context of federal budget. how big is the federal budget? 21 trillion or whatever it is. or the deficit, it's not that big a deal. >> the cbo says it will cost $142 billion, the law over the next decade. >> right. cost, but didn't the cbo say it will be a net positive for the budget at first. then they changed it. here's the whole thing, obamacare say mess right now. people don't understand how to implement it or the cost. it will be the gift that keeps on giving for the republicans in the next five years. >> let's move on. bipartisan group putting

president obama on notice about a nuclear iran. raising, quote, grave issues that have arisen in recent negotiations, the pressure on the hill comes amid wildly divergent methods out of iran. the president says a deal is within reach. the supreme leader told the crowd, quote, of course yes death to america because america is the original source of this pressure. so they're basically chanting that we should die. >> death to america. >> some secret love language between the 2bffs. >> i love you. i heart you. melissa: yes w it was '78 when they did death to america. (?) the republicans are coming out on one hand we'll make this work. you have the people in the corner no, we don't want to make it work. we hate you. >> like poison. >> we have to go back to the fact that iranians

are holding americans hostage in their country. we want to negotiate in good-faith with these people? >> if they send us those four folks that we shouldn't be having this conversation until they return those four hostages then critics would say we've traded four lives for some sort of a deal. they're damned if they do. damned if they don't. >> you can't win. >> it's hard to negotiate with people that have an ultimate goal to -- that want you dead. that's the problem it is right now. we did negotiate with kim jong-un. didn't the bush administration -- didn't the bush administration -- no, the bush administration -- >> i confuse bush and rocky. >> there was an opening up for a nuclear treaty. and, you know, it didn't work out. but the bush administration tried it. >> i know a lot of people are arguing about this idea. and i hope i'm saying it right. i think i am.

in the muslim religion. parts of islam. if you make a deal with infidels you don't. have to honor. a risk of causing a so-called earning recession. nearly one fifth of s&p 500 companies have issued warning on first quarter results. 84% of first quarter guidance has been negative. but well above the five-year average of 6%. >> the fed will raise rates amid that. when i saw that story. >> yeah. >> my first conclusion was yellen is really going to raise rates and make the dollar even stronger and squeeze corporate profits even more. she's so worried about another recession and all that. that's one of the biggest arguments of raising rates. >> this is like the fourth largest number -- third largest number of

companies that warned of negative results since they've been keeping track. so if they're so far off where they thought they were when they issued guidance have things gotten worse? this is a -- >> where is the dollar right now? it continues to get stronger. i think one of the main problems that yellen will have is the notion that the dollar -- listen the dollar is getting stronger because people think the rates are going up. it's squeezing profits. when you do it, what will happen then? will the dollar continue to get stronger. it factors out of her control. the european economy is imploding still. they're devaluing their currencies across europe. money is shifting to the u.s. you can't raise rates at this point. >> especially since the dollar isn't working in that regard. >> how important is money in the election coming up? >> i think it will be huge. at the end of the day, a lot of the evangelical conservatives want someone who is faithful

to god. i understand that. i'm an evangelical. we don't need a pastor in chief. we need someone who knows a little -- i wouldn't mind having a business leader. knows what it's like to take risks. >> i would love someone who can do math. maybe understand the balance sheet a little bit. >> mitt romney knew that. >> won the award for math. >> herbalife -- for the third time in the past four trading days. creeping closer to $50 a share. probably putting bill ackman in a bad mood. charlie, this is your story. >> we should point out ackman the short seller who tried to drive this stock to zero had a pretty good year last year. had a good opening year this year. this stock has been making a comeback lately. it's above the level he shorted it. it's at a break-even point. it's rising on the

markets. but also because bill ackman is facing some scrutiny for how he shorted this company. as you know we reported this a million times. the company herbalife has been progressed regulators and the fbi to open a stock manipulation case against him. i don't know if they've opened it officially. i won't call it an official case yet. but they're snooping around. talking to people. if you look, the stock is moving as that's going on. plus a couple of lawsuits -- i will say this, just for a retail investor, only roll the dice with this if you want to. >> the new york times poking another hole in hillary clinton's -- purporting the clinton aides used private accounts to communicate with her on matters of state. that information at odds with the clinton's claim that her messages -- through other people's government accounts. maria not disputing this in the new york times.

you remember her defense was, i always knew they would be safe. i wasn't trying to hide anything. from her personal account, she was emailing to people on her staff to their personal accounts. does this stick, todd? >> this won't matter a hill of beans come election day to be perfectly honest with you. one of the things that got he many was one email exchange where the secretary of state said did we survive today? survive, yes. (?) there were people that didn't survive that benghazi. we can't forget about those folks, at the end of the day. i've said, at the end of the day twice haven't i? >> when we talk about this i sort of snickered did we survive, we have to remember people did not. >> we're talking about these emails. the clintons need to come clean. >> when you have multiple emails. my wife has her corporate, her personal email, her old one i met her online. exactly that i don't know about. the other one.

when i type in kyra four different emails come up. it's not the easiest thing in the world to pick the right one. i'm not saying that's her argument. i'm saying, you have two email addresses at least. you have two. you have two. >> sweet cheeks. >> i'm sweet cheeks 42. aol. >> i don't know if anyone has my personal email at work. >> i can find it. >> you better make sure they are laying off the juice boxes. the us department of agriculture now weighing children as part of michelle obama's push for healthier school lunches. this is both public and private day care centers. they're coming. take their height and weight. then what? >> they sent notices to the parents last year that the kids were overweight. the kid got home and opened the mail and it

destroyed them. it was terrible. >> these are kids who can't even read yet. >> this is terrible. i have a 22 month old it's terrible. >> they say it's about controlling the food and the amount of exercise inin the day care. there's better ways to do that to weigh and measure the kid. >> just over the weekend i was in mississippi giving speeches. folks there are fired up last week, michelle obama was going after sweet tee. you don't mess with the house wine of the south. >> this is why conservatives are angry that jeb bush, for supporting national standards like common core. you get the impression that the government is controlling every single point of our lives. particularly the schools. (?) we should be teaching the kids how to add subtract, read. you know. >> take them out to exercise if you're concerned. >> don't you have gym? >> this is day care. these are little -- >> don't they run around a little bit?

>> they're pulling them. pull them across and see how that works out. russia's new threat. putin is back in action. and the kremlin is wasting no time delivering a nuclear warning. plus reality bytes power hungry politicians are outranking the actual president. amazing. it is not a great day when frank underwood is beating you in a popularity contest. remember he killed people on the show. more money coming up. ♪

♪ melissa: and they're off. the 2016 race kicking off as senator ted cruz becomes the first official contender for the white house. [applauding] >> i believe in you. i believe in the power of millions of

courageous conservatives rising up to reignite the promise of america. and that is why today i am announcing that i'm running for president of the united states. [applauding] melissa: here now is byron. todd is back as well. byron, i want to start with you. there are things that everybody thinks they know about ted cruz. a lot of facts they don't. i was interested in where he stands on the money issues since that's the name of the show. he's very much for getting out of the way of small business. there's too much regulation. too much cost of obamacare. is that a message that he can sell? what do you think? >> well certainly he's been running as far as repealing obamacare is concerned he's been prominent as any republican in the effort to repeal obamacare. remember, his work led to the government shutdown in late 2013 on

that. so -- so economic freedom issues have been very very strong with him. and, by the way he actually stuck to his guns when he went to iowa not too long ago, and some other candidates were saying they supported ethanol and renewallable fuels. and he said no, i don't. they should be eliminated. kind of gutsy for a candidate to say that. >> very consistent on that front. the export/import bank. your tax dollars, picking winners and losers in terms of giving them loans in order to export products to other countries. that's been something on his plate that he's very much against. what do you think todd? >> i think ted cruz was brilliant in picking the location for announcing his run. liberty university, the largest christian university, the kingmaker in the community. that will be important going by into the primary. you have cruz go against

mike huckabee, rick santorum and to a extent, scott walker. it will be important who comes out on top. ted cruz he struck first. he got a very very reception there at liberty. >> his wife heidi, the managing director of goldman sachs, people in our audience know what that means. she's a real power broker. he's viewed as soicially conservative. he is a powerful wife. television trumps reality. fictional tv president now more popular than president obama. this is according to a rioters poll. he is a 46% approval rating compared to an 89% approval rating of david palmer. even the power hungry frank underwood 57% approval. byron, (?) underwood is a murderer.

he's killed two people while he's been in office before he was president. but he's a murderer and he's more likable right now. >> i mean, this is so understandable in the case of 24, the president is saving the united states all the time. and on -- if you're a democrat on the west wing where the president was a good and principled man but frank underwood is one of the worst human beings on the planet. >> he really is. >> here people say they prefer him to barack obama. that's not good. >> but he does like barbecue. >> he does. you're right. our caffeinated nightmare finally comes to an end. after huge backlash, starbucks decides you can have your coffee without a steaming cup of discord. the teams that wouldn't cooperate with your precious bracket. the wichita shocker. trades their high tops as for cinderella

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would make them a legitimate target for nuclear attacks. denmark's finance and national security will suffer. i want to be denmark today. landing in france a super tide has surround a medieval town turning into an island. it's usually accessible but a solar eclipse cut it off by sending a wall of water four stories high. look at all the people who showed up to see this. look, a little wakeboarding. paddle boarding. news that is shocking no one. starbucks has not solved racism in america. i was sure they would do it. they had baristas write race together on coffee cups. peter shankman is back. bruce, remind me, how many starbucks are in inner city projects? >> you know cynicism is a great way to look at

this melissa. but there is another way. howard schultz has not been wrong that that often. ii wouldn't be so quick to bet against him. >> i thought he was saying this was only supposed to last a week anyway. we didn't give up on it, it ran its course. >> starbucks is the number one employer of minorities on the country. why aren't we talking about race? >> because you're supposed to sell coffee. >> you do it -- look, when i go to starbucks next to my apartment the only thing is, give me my coffee before i cut you. i don't want a conversation about race before i have my he is espresso. >> it's really dangerous. >> very dangerous. >> ask people hot button questions as you're holding their coffee off. >> really hot beverage. >> so much physical danger involved in this, bruce. >> first of all i order my coffee black. i'm bringing race into

it anyway. >> gosh. >> sometimes black coffee is just black. >> this is why we can't have nice thing. >> and the salons in paris have been the hotbeds of thought. it makes sense for schultz to upgrade the quality of his image of his thought leadership with this. let's point out since you say let's follow the money, their stock went up $3 since the campaign started. so i would drink a cup of coffee to that. >> you never hung out in a starbucks? >> i'd like to see their sales the past week. while they've been threatening to start conversations with people who wandered in looking for caffeine or a rice crispy treat which is also my favorite. i wonder who chose to skip it and go somewhere else. >> what are other companies going to do to match this? >> oh, no. >> other issues in america. they'll talk about things happening in the south versus the north. at the end of the day, it was a smart idea on paper.

very ill-conceived in the real world. >> why? >> it's a way to publicize. we're getting involved. we employ thousands upon thousands of minorities. we want to help people talk about race. when you don't think won't things through. it's 7:30 in the morning. i'm already late. do i want to discuss this? wasn't thought out well. >> the other point, mcdonald's did almost the same thing. call your mother. or drop your pants. >> that's not talking about race. >> it was some way to get interaction with customers. and starbucks is doing it in a way that maybe doesn't seem quite so gratuitous. i think they're on to something here. >> i want the food or beverage i paid for. a serious case of hillary fatigue. why some democrats are demanding that elizabeth warren run for president. and isis terrorizing our soldiers at home. worrying hit list

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♪ melissa: the us military urging personnel to be vigilant as isis publishes a so-called kill list of 100 service members complete with their photos and addresses. meanwhile the us is pulling the last of its troops out of yemen as the country just spirals into chaos. the move comes six months after president obama hailed yemen as a victory for us policy. president obama: the strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us while supporting partners on the front lines is one that we have successfully pursued in yemen and somalia for years. >> i'm joined by lisa. she's an investigative journalist. christian let me start with you. what do you make of this hit list, and how do we respond? >> well it's -- you know, just another sign

that what -- the current strategy isn't working. it's not putting anyone back on its heels. yemen, if you look at this, it's a case in point of drone strikes not working. the idea we can have a sterile war and kill people and be fine, it's not working. these places are collapsing into civil war. the threat is coming closer and closer to us in the homeland. >> let me ask you lisa when you look at the pro-isis tweets that have been going out. folks are breaking them down. it is amazing to see where they're coming from. the fourth most prolific place that is producing these tweets is the united states. behind saudi arabia syria, and iraq. but we're producing more pro-isis tweet than egypt, kuwait turkey the palestinian territory. obviously we have a larger population. but it's still staggering. >> if that's not a

wake-up call, i don't know what is. this idea that isis is contained to syria and iraq, i mean, even militaryiarily speaking they're in tunisia, arab. they're spreading their message so quickly and recruiting people. whether or not we want to believe that the war -- that terrorism problem is here in the united states it's already here in terms of technology and their presence whether it's these individuals linking up with these networks or these networks recruiting these individuals. they're link you go. >> a lot of people look at yemen and throw their hands in the air. far away place. so many problems right now. how can we focus on this? it has the red sea to the rest. the suez canal is there. 10% of the world's goods flow in there. if that gets disrupted, the price of materials go way up for everyone, not just crude oil.

there is a cost to us. >> there is a big economy cost in the short-term for the reasons you cited. and also for the long-term. they controlled just one city in iraq and now they've broadened into this jv team, through yemen and places like tunisia as lisa mentioned now aligned with boko haram, you're looking at a regional war that the next president will inherit that will have huge economic consequences. >> time for them to stand up, what do you think? >> absolutely. the biggest sign of how this is -- the whole world is shifting is looking at countries like saudi arabia and jordan and egypt and the uae and calling for reform. they understand the war on terror much before the west is catching up on that. >> ted cruz throws his hat in the ring for 2016 as he breaks into the top tier of our g.o.p. power index. here now with movers and shakers of this week's

ranking is chris. fox news digital politics editor. i love saying that. >> i like hearing it. >> yes. i'm looking at your power index. the g.o.p. side. you have ted cruz at 3. was that before or after today's speech? >> that's with today. that's a big deal. look we're stingy about the top here. the three you could see having the nomination. marco rubio didn't do anything wrong to get knocked down to 4. cruz doing it how he did it, with an absolute blitz, tweeting a huge event at liberty university which is the bastion of evangelical christendom in the united states ted cruz makes the broad spectrum field to the right. evangelical christians, everything else he says, i can be the one ring to unite them all. he can bring everybody together and say that he has the best argument that he can go and block jeb bush's path to the

nomination. >> he looks presidential. he stood out there. was pointed out to me earlier. that's not what makes a leader a great speech. he walked around. he was commanding. he appeared to have no teleprompter. they were clever enough to put him in a situation instead of standing in front of a fake potted plant and a flag, he's in this giantditorium where people are cheering. who are the other big movers. >> rand paul goes down 1. general down trend for other conservatives hoping to ride niche support from evangelicals or libertarians into the chance to be the primary opposition to jeb bush, those folks all take one notch down today because, really ted cruz is making the argument that he can be the guy. >> and elizabeth warren getting a pop on the democratic side. because you have the boston globe calling

hardware for her to hop into the race. good week for her. >> but fake. >> okay. got it. chris, thank you for coming on. i love having you here every monday. we appreciate it. get us up-to-date what's going on. a first for the nfl you'll be able to watch a game on something other than a television. details coming up. plus why if you were one of these guys you're probably having the best day ever. at the end of the day, it's all about money. ♪

♪ melissa: i'm melissa francis with your fox business brief. biogen now shortening its name to biogen. they merged a decade ago creating one of the world's biggest biotech companies. its shares coming down from record highs. get it? after announcing a new drug to treat alzheimer's. radio shack is being decided at a bankruptcy auction. one offer wants to keep the brand up and running, but on a much smaller scale. other parties want to sell off all remaining inventory and close the business for good. what will happen to those ads? wilson sporting goods is buying the louisville slugger brand for

$70 million. all rights will now go to wilson. that's the latest on the fox business network giving you the power to prosper.

♪ >> march madness living up to its moniker with no shortages of upsets. wichita state knocked them off.

the shockers. i learned what that means. moving to notre dame. i'm from the city. what do you want? they may never stop partying in wichita. it wasn't an upset. that didn't stop top speed doing back flips after cruising over iowa. getting into the act with a handstand, the coach. eighth seed carolina state taking down villanova. nc . guard, he gave the opportunity to bash president obama's bracket after the win. speaking of the president, the commander-in-chief on hand to watch his niece's princeton team play in the women's tournament. he proved to be good luck. they stayed undefeated over the year. very nice. breaking news. the league announcing for the first time it will broadcast the game over the internet only. it will be week seven's game between the jaguars

and the bills. the game will be played in london. a kickoff time of 9:30 a.m. eastern time. starting to come together. (?) the nfl planning to sell the rights to a digital distribution company like facebook or youtube. the move marks a huge shift for the league which signed a $27 billion in tv contracts back in 2007. it has implications for tv providers which counts on sports to keep would-be cable cutters in. back to discuss. it's a game played at 9:30 in the morning? >> apparently. that brings up why this is happening. melissa: right. yeah, go ahead. >> three words: money. we know that. rehearsal. they are going to use this game to figure out how this thing works before they sell it for the real games. and number three, and most important: millennials. my son danny is 26 years old. big fan. melissa: how is that possible? you're not a day over

35. >> i know shocking, isn't it? but he watches everything online. on his phone on his ipad on his computer. knows how to do it. even though you're not much older than him, you don't either. i don't. he wants everything digital. so the nfl, they're pretty smart here, you know they're figuring it out. >> they ditched the blackout rule. everyone out there knows what it is. if you're in a city where a game hasn't sold out either because your team is not that great or you have a crummy stadium or whatever it is, then no one gets to watch it unless you have directv. so the blackout rule they finally threw that out the window. right? >> because at some point they accept the fact that they cannot manage legislate any of you watches what. once it's online. once it's digital anywhere you are with a cellular connection wi-fi connection, you can watch it. why stand up there and say, we're not allowing it when they have no

control. >> yeah the wave of the future. thank you. former quarterback will join charles payne on making money. you can be sure he'll have something to say about all of this. look forward to that. lululemon shares down big time. let's go to nicole petallides with more on that stock story. >> melissa the stock run up 20% in the last three months. is that too far too fast? when you talk to the analysts, they say exactly that, the stock has run up and could be setting up, in fact, for a sharp sell-off. what they've seen in the near term, it's a weak start to the year 2015. cautious orders could lead to cautious guidance from the company. they are reporting on thursday, we'll delve into the numbers at that time. you can see the stock is down about 3%. turns out the shares aren't doing great even though i love the pants. back to you. >> thank you so much. be sure to watch fox business' fantastic

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season 6. no! the final episode will air later this year in the uk and on pbs next january. but reports say that most of the actors this is always the case, on the show their contracts finished up. resigning them costs too much. that's a r that'sthat's it. the brains behind this jurassic creation. father and daughter team re-created the hit movie with $100,000 of plastic bricks. they even used stop motion animation to make this three-minute video. that's impossible. you move a tiny bit. take another picture. that must have taken forever. very impressive. getting free stuff today. to say teed as celebrating by giving away free dip with anyone with that name. all right. all you have to do is prove it with your picture id.

because every chip needs a dip. right? (?) oh. the broader markets are trying for gains as the russell 2000 hits a new all-time high topping the intraday record. heading into the last hour of trading. let's check in with cheryl casone. try and top the legos the chips and downton abbey. >> i'm crying over downton abbey. i need a moment. also, it's national puppy day. so happy national puppy day. >> how did we miss that? >> everybody missed it except me. a lot coming out in the next hour. existing home sales coming out today. i was disappointed in the report. the missed expectations. first time home buyers aren't coming in. what is going on with the state of housing? two great guests to help me break it down. rick davidson, ceo and president. he's going to be here. and mark. the chief economist. he has some troubles

ahead in the housing market. he'll give us more specifics. then texas senator ted cruz comes out on twitter, announces his bid to be president. right? does it at midnight on twitter. was that the right move? that's our question during the next hour on fox business. jim anderson social flow ceo. he advises companies and anybody how to handle social media. we'll ask him, did this editor make the right call by doing this on twitter? we'll see. >> i don't know. it seemed like he came out with a bang. saw that speech. i look forward to it. and national puppy day. the ultimate standoff. the best robots in the world. preparing to battle it out for more than 3 million bucks. look at that robot. we're getting a closer look at one of them. at the end of the day it's all about robot. ♪

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melissa: a few stories on our radar right now a big corporation move for richard fisher, joining pepsi's board of directors. he just stepped down from his job at the bank on thursday. and a new tool helping parents monitor their children's driving. uh-oh. it is called teen drive. it will debut this year in the new chevy malibu. parents will get a report on how well their kids are doing behind the wheel. the system also will start nagging them when they're driving taos or their hair is too long -- too fast or their hair is too long. 25 finalists fight it out for millions in prize money at the annual darpa competition. instead of feet one of them has tracks like a tank, it is called chimp and i'm joined by one of the lead designers of the national robotics engineering center. thank you so much for joining us. >> nice to be hoar, melissa. melissa: we're huge into robots in our family, so this is just enormous. chimp placed third in darpa in

2013, but now he's back. why is he ready to take the crown? >> yeah. we've within working hard -- been working hard day and night. we've got a great team of world expert robotics engineers and we're really looking forward to the competition in a couple months and we hope to be one of the best teams there. melissa: what's different? how have you improved him? we're -- >> we're pushing to make him more reliable easier to use and faster. some of them it's kind of like watching paint dry, and we're trying to make it as exciting as possible. melissa: there's severe competition, there's robo-simian, he walks on all fours. do you feel threatened by this robot? do you think he could take your robot? >> i think there are a lot of really fantastic robots and, you know a head to head would be very exciting. melissa: come on, i mean, work with me here. what's great about this other robot? why do you think yours is better? >> we have definitely in the

heavyweight class. our chimp robot weighs over 400 pounds. it's one of our sort of heft advantages. melissa: okay. elon musk and bill gates are among those warning of the dangers of robots, they're very concerned about artificial intelligence. do you agree with that? >> no, i don't, actually. this competition is more about how can robot withs work with humans and, in fact, it's a rescue robot competition, and it's inspired by the tragedy at fukushima where we think a robot could have been really helpful. melissa: what makes a great robot, clarke? >> oh that's a great question. it has to look good, it has to do really cool things, and above all else it needs to inspire the next generations to do even better. melissa: all right. good luck to you. thanks for coming on we appreciate it. >> thank you, melissa. melissa: all right. that's all we have for now. i hope you are making "money" today. the market right now trading to the plus side by 53 points. countdown today with cheryl casone starts right now. cheryl: melissa, thank you very

much. we have got breaking news from the nfl. the league just announced big changes for the upcoming season. it will end its practice of blacking out certain games that don't sell out ending a decades-old process. and the nfl will live stream one game over the internet for the first time ever. it's going to happen in week seven when the buffalo bills meet the jacksonville jaguars in london england. more on that story coming up. we've got all your headlines covered. take a look at the markets right now, stocks are mostly higher today breaking the up-down cycle that gave investors sore necks last week. check out these unusual bedfellows, i think i'm still trying to get used to apple being on the dow, but there it is. pfizer, ibm, exxonmobil, once again our newest member of the dow as of last week, apple, part of a party that's going on with the dow. all right, president obama had to make a very tough sell just moments ago. he's pitching foreign companies on investing in the united