i'm melissa francis. >> i'm trish regan. >> i'm larry kudlow.ee you on "the kudlow report" at 7:00 p.m. eastern and now the big story is "power lunch" is up next. >>> and welcome to "power lunch", everybody. i'm sue herera. our partner tyler matheson continues on assignment. the february winning streak may number jeopardy. the dow jones industrial average is on the down side right now. health care and financials leading stocks lower. >> i'm michelle caruso-cabrera. taxpayer-owned aig shelling out $100 million in bonuses. a whole lot of people are outraged. should a contract take precedence over populism? a debate minutes from now. >> i'm dennis kneale. a new kind of stock swap. one restaurant has a message for wall street. swap your stock bonuses for sizzling steak. we'll talk with the founder of smith and wollensky. >> transportation secretary ray la hood on capitol hill with harsh words for toyota whose shares are getting crushed right now. phil lebeau from the breaking news deck. >> it was one statement that investors heard and immediately st

. >>> time for a check of the morning's other headlines and we'll turn to melissa francis at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. >>> president obama has signed a one-year extension to several provisions of the patriot act. the controversial counterterrorism law was set to expire today. the act expands the government's ability to monitor americans in the name of national security. it was first signed into law after the 9/11 terror attacks. >>> more than a quarter of a million people from new york state to maine are still without power this morning following friday's massive storms. crews are working around the clock to restore power and in new york city ice crashed through a skyscraper's glass atrium causing it to collapse and causing minor injuries >>> hundreds of people packed into shamu stadium on saturday just three days after a killer whale dragged a veteran animal trainer underwater to her death. it was an emotional show that started with a photo montage of veteran trainer dawn brancheau. an investigation is under way and trainers at seaworld are no longer allowed into the

let's get out of here and go back to melissa francis. >> after the break the euro is getting smacked around because of the death threat in greece, spain and portugal. is it ready for implosion? we'll take a look. >> with the going price of super bowl tickets as we gear up for the big game. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide.  >> welcome back to "the call," everyone. i'm trish regan. i want to get you caught up on the markets. we're watching the s&p trading down just three points there. a loss of about a quarter of a percentage point. the jobless rate came in 9.7% for the month of january. that's the lowest rate since last summer and we did see, when we look at the payrolls data that 20,000 jobs were lost in the latest month and payrolls declined by 20,000. the nasdaq doing rather well. we've seen a rally in chip stocks. we want to head to rick santelli for a check on the dollar action because, of course, all of the sovereign debt weighing on the market, but helping out the dollar right now, rick? >> well, you know, the there are's having another stellar we

for a along at other stop stories we go to melissa francis. >> good morning. ean up day from the record snowstorm that slammed the east coast. live in central park with more, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, melissa people are busy digging out after the noreaster that dumped record snowfall throughout the region. they are counting it in feet, not inches. up to feet in upstate new york. crews have been working to restore power to up to a million people who lost electricity during the storm. after hundreds of flights were canceled, airports are getting back to normal. if you are flying in or out of this region today, you will do well to check with your airline to make certain your flight is not delayed. back to you. >> thanks so much. embattled south carolina governor mark sanford is closer to a divorce. a judge said she will grant jenny sanford's request. they split after the governor admitted an affair with a woman. the social secretary desiree rogers resigned who was criticized for handling of the administration's dinner where a virginia couple crashed

cnbc's melissa francis is at the new york stock exchange with more on this. ssa, today the focus is on jobs. >> that's right, ann. the dow is coming off its worst one-day drop in eight months, and as a result, asian markets getting crushed overnight. hong kong's hang seng down more than 3%. south korea's kospi down 3%, india's sensex down 2.6%. today markets taking their cues from the jobs report, and one thing is for sure, companies have figured out how to do more with less, they're more productive, their profits are higher. that's good news for your 401(k). it's bad news for people looking for work. ann, back to you. >> sounds like today's a day to buckle up. thanks a lot, melissa francis. >>> two american-born pandas arrived in china this morning, a day after leaving atlanta and washington, d.c., where they had millions of fans. >>> and two members of the coast guard auxiliary walked away unhurt on wednesday after the plane made an emergency landing in florida. the front landing gear wouldn't lock in place and collapsed shortly after touching down. it is no