years later, it was easier to write for guys that had characters, like rodney dangerfield. he had that thing, i do not get no respect. it was easy to say, i never got any respect. even as an infant, my mother would not breast feed me. she said she liked me as a friend. [laughter] see, that was easy. these -- the catskills were dying. i said, ok, i am going to live with my parents forever. i am go to work in this delicatessen forever. i took these jobs that these old guys would not apply for me, and i made it into a stand-up routine for myself. there were two big clubs in new york. i will go on stage, deliver the jokes, and maybe a manager or agent, the kind of people who used to hang out there, would like my material and give me a job. this is where richard pryor started and lily tomlin and others. the first date -- the first week of was working there, i met a guy who is also starting up. his name was billy crystal. he lived about 3 tons over from where my parents live. he had a little blue volkswagen, used to pick me up every night. drive into the city. we would get on sta

is microsoft the rodney dangerfield of wall street? >> that's the story of my life.spect. >> microsoft stock looking for respect after a decade of being stuck in neutral. coming up, we're going to speak with a microsoft bull, we're going to speak with the company's lead guy on kinect and how their games software may inspire a new revolution in pcs and staggering numbers around microsoft that may give it a little respect. stick around. hyundai genesis. in a new, faster-acting formula. zero-to-sixty in less time than a porsche panamera s. the 429 horsepower genesis r-spec. from hyundai. >>> we just showed you apple being so widely held. it's another all-time high for apple today. this is interesting, the blog says that apple is in talks with walmart-operated sams clubs to expand their current partnership. could take the form of an apple store within an apple store within a store within a sam's club store. target evidently looking at this mini store. but we know how much you love apple headlines. speaking of tech, let's talk about microsoft, right? now, for the last ten

. >> he may have been rodney dangerfield at one point but he got everybody's respect now.question about it. he has managed to forge ahead when few thought he could. he has done so on fumes. >> santorum told supporters today no one ever thinks he can win anything. call it a gift. last night's victory, the aides say he raised $250,000 online overnight. critical if he is going to try to take momentum and resources in the battles ahead. bret? >> bret: more on this in the state of the race with the panel. thank you. president obama political opponents doing their best to turn a dispute over how his healthcare law applies to catholic run institutions to an election issue. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler has the latest. >> republicans increase their outrage on the campaign trail. >> this is a very hostile president to people of faith. >> and capitol hill, condemning the requirement that the catholic institution provide insurance for workers covering contraception. >> what the administration has done is unprecedented in terms of both parties respecte

i'm like rodney dangerfield. i don't know what happened to me. years ago you go to the same stock.ut i just -- maybe it's overlooked because i own so much of it. but i do think it's a great -- i think iep is in a great place to take advantage of activist. to be an activist you've got to be really willing to do it. the whole game is the risk reward. that's our formula. like what we're doing here. there are no activists left. there's no one really willing to step out there and go into the fray. so it's a great -- to me it's a great activity. i've been saying for years salutory. i'm going to continue to do it. right now we have several billion in cash let alone, you know -- i forgot the numbers now. but, you know the multi-billions and the liquid security. so i think the -- i do think it's undervalued, i do. >> all right. >> and the question is why. it's a good question you're asking. i'm going to certainly examine it. >> well, come back to us when you have the answer, carl. we hope to come back to you. happy valentine's day, by the way, carl. carl icahn. joe? >> a couple of things. t

and the rodney dangerfield why microsoft is getting no respect. that's next on "street signs."ack to sue and tyler on "power lunch." [ laughter ] >> i think we're going to brian shactman, aren't we? >> this whole brian, brian thing is not working. >> he's taller. we both talk a lot. kovn tri health but eps missed by 5 cents. they were a bit weak on the service side. apollo investment getting hit after an eps miss and bucking a general trend down almost 9.5%. raised and went and filed for a secondary. still up 1.75%. tyler, over to you. >> now we are ready. like oil in the 20th century, investor ron lauder says water is going to be the number one essential commodity on which the 21st century will turn. and in response mr. lauder is right here on "power lunch" announcing the launch of a water and waste water treatment company, it actually already exists, serving the global middle market critically. ron, welcome. good to have you with us. >> thank you very much. people don't realize 97% of the water in the world is undrinkable. 1% is antarctic, one is arctic. only 1% of the water

how come i'm the rodney dangerfield of the fed? financial system, but i get no respect. george tweets -- i tried speaking slow will you. tried speaking english, it doesn't work. which of you dolts is in charge? if the fed seems to be doing -- it's because you guys aren't doing your. >> did you catch the apple ad? a lot of giants taking pictures of the lombardi trophy with apple, no, that was actually guys using i phones, not paid for by apple. >> you watch the parade today, all the giants on the floats, they will be using their i phones to -- >> the samsung with stylus? >> and of the crowd. >> look there's crowds out there already. >> need i say this is my worst nightmare? now it's right in front of me. giants fans everywhere, surrounding me, a sea -- >> in jerseys -- >> yeah. >> second super bowl. >> that's why they created xanax and electric roe shock therapy. >> you do it together -- >> you do whatever is necessary. >> that sounds like together. >>> much more "squawk on the street" is straight ahead. people with a machine. what

it's a combination of rodney dangerfield and maybe at the top of his game don rickles. >> you mean don rickles is not at the top of his game anymore? come on. he's only 92. >> i'm having fun with mark. mark is -- is maybe the best pros the letizer for the cloud i've ever heard. it's a good interview. cramer's really full of himself, he says. i like what benioff did in the interview. >> all right. when we come back, central bank's insider. jurgen stark. >>> as we head to break, take a look once more at futures. we are looking for, perhaps, the dow to close above 13,000 today. looking to add 22 points at the open. >>> welcome back. rick santelli on the floor of the cme. it's not easy today to ascertain is it a dollar friendly day or not. it all depends where you look. if you look at the dollar index, it's down a bit. but let's start out looking at the dollar versus the yen. boy, on a 2-day chart it's a barn burner all of a sudden. we're really starting to move. once again, if you move the chart all the way back to july of last year, you can see that we continually are making new inroads