this is steve ross. >> hello! dr. oz: what i love about steve is how he makes it all fun. >> ready, straighten the legs, reach up, only two out of three die usually. [laughter] >> i thought he was amazing. >> i feel mind, body spiritual connection. dr. oz: what are the long term benefits? >> your body becomes more sensitive. your diet naturally changes into something that is better for you. the people that you hang out naturally shift into a way that's kind of more positive. dr. oz: would i want to do it again? >> yes! dr. oz: come back to the studio with me and let's teach everyone how to do this. [cheers and applause] dr. oz: please welcome steve ross. this is what he looks like in the flesh. let's go with the most basic idea that you shared with me in the very beginning. fundamentally, above all else, yoga is about happiness. >> right. dr. oz: it's so different from what i hear people say about yoga. >> it brings you to a stage of joy and happiness, most people practice it, to despair and misery. why do you do yoga?

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and steve liesman. andrew ross sorkin is out today. as joe mentioned, the second half is upon us, and the first week of trading will be dominated by the jobs report due out later this week. by the way, it is an abbreviated week for the u.s. markets and for the rest of us. we have a half day of trading on wednesday and a full day off on thursday for independence day. yeah, that's the way we like to start the week. why don't we look at the futures now. here's another way the bulls will like to start the week. dow futures up by almost triple digits now. dow futures up by about 97 points. s&p futures up by about 9 points. and there has been some wobbling around this morning. they were up 90, then up only 50, and now back up about 97. you can see the major market averages across europe right now are also well into positive territory. the cac is up by about 0.3%, as is the ftse 100 in london. in germany, the dax is up. more from ross westgate in london in just a moment. >>> more dramatic pictures out of egypt this weekend. hundreds of thousa

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and steve liesman. andrew ross sorkin is out today. is upon us, and the first week of trading will be dominated by the jobs report due out later this week. by the way, it is an abbreviated week for the u.s. markets and for the rest of us. we have a half day of trading on wednesday and a full day off on thursday for independence day. yeah, that's the way we like to start the week. why don't we look at the futures now. here's another way the bulls will like to start the week. dow futures up by almost triple digits now. dow futures up by about 97 points. s&p futures up by about 9 points. and there has been some wobbling around this morning. they were up 90, then up only 50, and now back up about 97. you can see the major market averages across europe right now are also well into positive territory. the cac is up by about 0.3%, as is the ftse 100 in london. in germany, the dax is up. more from ross westgate in london in just a moment. >>> more drama

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and steve liesman, who is sitting in for andrew ross sorkin, onning. thank you for being here today. you have another name too. we'll talk about that in a little bit. >> do we have to? >> i think we will. >> -- the tip market. go ahead. >> okay. as has been the case all week, our top story today is earnings. >> yeah. >> among the names reporting before the bell, we do have general motors, 3m, biogen, colgate palmolive, southwest airlines, star wood hotel, underarmor. those only a few of the names. we will be joined by -- >> the only thing -- the whole staff, the crew, dunkin'. >> gary kelley will join us from southwest airlines and general motors cfo will be joining us as well. and dow chemical chairman and ceo andrew liveris. yesterday we saw

let's talk about that in today's talking numbers, on the technical side with rich ross and the fundamental side steveve, what is it, is it an analogy, ford versus gm? who do you like better? >> i do like gm better. i agree with goldman sachs. ford is very much underperforming today. i think gm is right for a couple of reasons. the first one is very simple. when you look at new product launches, gm's is heavily stacked to the second half of the year. so they have only launched one-third of their new products, so the second half looks more promising for gm. the second reason is europe. when you look at europe, the car market there is in dismal shape in contrast to the united states. we are still at sales levels there that we saw in the mid-'90s. ford, as a percentage of total revenue, gets much more of its revenue from europe, so a greater headwind for ford than gm the status of europe. >> i don't know, who do you like better here? >> the charts are very similar. but when it comes to the carmakers, gm is about potential. in the nfl, they have a saying, they have potential that will get me fired. i like

i'm joe kernen with becky quick and steve liesman, sitting in for the vacationing andrew ross sorkin.rands is out with second quarter earnings, a penny above estimates. the company just signed its first store agreement with four franchise groups that have agreed to open 45 restaurants in southern california. and joining us, nigel travis, the ceo and president at dunkin' brands. who we have called, like, a visionary genius because he figured out, you know, maybe california is a place we should have some dunkin' donuts. >> i can't believe they weren't there. >> they weren't there because they didn't have a visionary, nigel. nigel, how do you do it, to think, do they have mornings in -- >> joe -- >> go ahead. >> that's one of the best compliments i've ever had from you and i'm and i'm delighted you put that in a -- that's true. but we're delighted to be going to california. we announced it earlier this year. we signed up four franchisees. they're going to build 45 stores. you won't see them quite yet because it takes about a year and a half to get the stores up and running, but they will

ross matthews just bought in california. he's a 33-year-old comedian getting his own talk show later this year. >> steve: leno's intern. >> brian have been an intern in the past. fox business alert, about 15 minuting, the labor department releasing new job numbers. they took a big jump, 360,000 people filing for unemployment. what does that mean? joining us from the stock exchange live is nicole petallides. all right. good morning. what do you make of the numbers? >> good morning gretchen, steve and brian. what do i make of these numbers? when you look at the numbers and you see the jobless claims that came in of 360,000, that exceeded the analysts' estimates. it also moves them to a two-month high. that's not good news for americans looking for work. it is technically good news for the stock market because you know what that means? that means our fed head, ben bernanke, is going to keep that money flowing. keeping that bond buying going. quantitative easing and you heard it out of his own mouth, he said that they have to keep the policy, this highly accommodating policy the way it is for the foreseeable future. in other words,