both radioshack and supervalu eliminated their dividends. the supervalu was really hard because the ceo had told me a year before he cut if that the dividend was safe. so what do you look for to tell if the dividend's secure? first, above and beyond everything else, we look at the earnings per share. my rule of thumb is if a company has earnings greater than twice its dividend payout, we know it can sustain the dividend even in lean times when the earnings shrink. in that case i think you're almost home-free. you can't ever be certain about anything. but the dividend seems secure. if not you need to go to step two. look at the cash flow. especially important when dealing with those companies that have a lot of machinery or other capital investments. cable companies, which cause them to report high depreciation and amortization costs. think of the high-yielding telcos, verizon, at&t. as communication networks, they don't come cheaply. these depreciation and amortization costs don't come out of a company's actual cash, but they do skew the ear

keep an eye on the other names like supervalue and kroger.he same market because we know whole foods is different. stuart: all right, nicole. total change of subject. secretary of state john kerry gave his first major foreign policy speech yesterday. what will be the focus of his first speech? climate change, yes. i'm quoting directly now. if we don't rise to meet it, rising temperatures and rising sea levels will surely lead to rising costs down the road. all right. we've got that. later this hour, we will have an environmentalist on. he's going to be on the show talking about climate change and what he's calling the politics of fear. the climate of fear. harold ambler outspoken critic of the global warming hysteria. he's been slammed for it but he's here in person at 10:35. let's get to the push for pot tourism in colorado. joining us now is an executive chancellor. dale, you teach the pot business. and i really want to know some specifics from colorado because they have gone fully legal. okay? they want people to go there and buy the weed