and nobody puts nicole in a corner.ry shopping, a little homicide, just the cure for a broken heart. >> i've played every scenario through my head a million times. do i want the car to go off the highway? do i want someone to just come up and take her out? do i want me to go into the house with my silencer and take them all out? like, i go to sleep every night thinking of these things. >> reporter: she goes to sleep at night, wrestling with how to murder the other woman. but wide awake, just a few cars away in that supermarket parking lot, federal agents listening to her every word. among them, agent angela mullins. so she has no idea that as she's talking to the hit man you're right here in the same parking lot, listening to the whole thing. >> no clue. >> reporter: and what are you listening for? >> to show that she wants to carry this through. >> reporter: so you're listening to make sure she really wants to kill this guy? >> absolutely. >> reporter: for days, every secret meeting, every phone call, every text messag

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nicole, did they leave anything out? nicole: i thought it was interesting, actually. we have been hearing that one, plenty sales were weaker. what is interesting is how they were noting consumer confidence in the concerns. while we have heard from so many retailers, they talked about severe weather, dollar general saying they'r they are concernet consumer confidence. they geared toward the lower income, like walmart and target, that is the theme we have been hearing from them in the forecast does miss the estimates. stuart: charles, this is what you are saying earlier. williams-sonoma up, dollar general down going to a lower end of the income spectrum. that is the story of our economy. charles: nicole is right and accommodation side, the dollar stores did amazing over three years. walmart ringing their prices down. but the idea the rich aren't spending money is preposterous. those numbers boggle my mind when i looked at them. the aussie store sales up 14.6%, same-store sales? these dollar stores a lot of competition, they have to figure out something else, somebody ha

chuck is running me through the complex procedure of launching a titan ii nuclear missile. >> so, nicole, i'm gonna ask you to have a seat in the commander's chair right there. >> okay. >> and we'll talk about how -- what's the process for actually launching the missile. first of all, the only person in the united states who can authorize the use of nuclear weapons is... >> the president. >> president. right. i knew you would know that. it's in all the movies, right? wherever the president goes, he's followed around by this guy with a briefcase, and they often refer to that as the football. >> if the president were to open the briefcase and send the message to launch, it'd set off a response like this at every missile silo around the country. [ alarm beeping ] >> alpha-2-3-charlie-hotel-mike. >> so, you and i are gonna grab our decoder books and start writing down the message in these notebooks. we're gonna write every letter and number that we hear down in the spaces provided. and it goes on and on for like 35 characters. when we're done copying the message, we're gonna swap notebooks a

my name is nicole. thank you for adopting vision zero and thank you for the presentation for walk first and how we're going to achieve vision zero. i want today to ask you all to direct the staff to help us identify funding through achieving funding zero. the $17 million set out for walk first over the next five years is 6.8 percent of the budget, and point 68 of the pedestrian who make up the traffic fatalities and the trips taken, point 68 is too little. we could go -- the mta and the mayor's office release walk first and highlighted that every year $564 million is spent on lost economic cost due it pedestrian injuries in our city. $564 million if double the cost that it will take to implement walk first. i'm not saying we don't have a very ambitious goal of reaching vision zero, but if we can reprioritize our funding and direct more funding toward prevision verses treating injuries after the fact. we can use tax payers dollars wisely but we can especially had those most effectively and those who have

nicole petallides.ow we're seeing nu skin, nu skin, nicole, a company obviously in the same space as herbalife. we're getting headlines crossings on nu skin. >> well the fact that both of these companies here were moving to new highs. both were on very high volume. nu skin enterprises is now halted. you can see a little bit of a drop-off right best halt. we were watching new skin now. it is halted in the same sort of business, when you think of health, wellness, and products that go along with it with it. herbalife, yesterday, bill ackman of pershing who is shorting and vocal was talking about the fact that herbalife was breaking chinese laws, direct sale laws. we're watching herbalife as well. herbalife was up almost 4 1/2%. heavy volume there on that one as well. herbalife is up about 60% in last 52 weeks. contrary to his bet. don't forget he has been short this one. there is news pending and been out there trying to make his case known why he believes that herbalife really is a short. both of these s

volatility, nicole, is off the charts today. nicole: that is right. that is something that we focused on. take a look at the dow right now. a loss of 1.1%. our low for the day was 16,771. the nasdaq is down one full percentage point. a loss of more than three quarters of 1%. worth noting that the transportation index was also lower. there are concerns about what is going on in crimea and the ukraine. concerns about russia. oil supplies. we are seeing oil moving higher. gold, the safe haven. the save play. that has been jumping $30. we have mixed economic news. just a lot of selling going on across the board. cheryl: a lot of the big names that do business in eastern europe. this crisis is putting investors on edge. these geopolitical worries are temporary. jeff flock joins me now. you are not that concerned about what you are seeing in the ukraine. we will have some kind of escalated issue with the russians. are you dismissing that concern today? >> it looks to be that the ambassador had it right. the russians have all the cards. they are there and we

nicole: to the downside.are watching obviously the annual press test of our banks and citigroup is one of five banks whose play out plans were rejected by the fed this weekend they plan on buying back $6.4 billion losing the dividends however that is not likely to happen now, citigroup downgraded by bernstein, also ubs cutting price targets downgrading stock in some way, shape or form, citigroup down 5.7% but this down great right now you can see lower but most banks do have down arrows. goldman is down a tenth of 1%. cheryl: just after the fed's annual stress test and its latest decision and capital plans top officials from banks and financial institutions descended on washington for the annual financial services round table spring conference. peter barnes spoke with some of them ahead of that meeting. peter: one of the things that happened this morning was the new fed chair janet yellen who regulates these companies came by to talk privately to b.c. e os and executives and one message they had for her and o

. >> nicole johnston is live in malaysia in kuala lumpur. first to sydney australia and to andrew thomas. a big day in australia, andrew, the prime minister saying potentially important benefits, and the maritime authorityies saying credible sightings here. >> that's right. it was about six hours ago now that tony abbott stood up in parliament and announced this potentially major development in the search for the plane. the fact that he stood up was in itself significant. he used the word credible when he talked about the objects. they had been spotted by satellite of the indian ocean area where the malaysian maritime authority has been searching. all the bits of the puzzle came together to make him think it was potentially an important development. two hours after the prime minister spoke, a press conference was given by the australian maritime search authority, and this is a little of what they said there. >> the object are relatively ipp distinct on the imagery. i don't profess to be an expert, bout those who are, indicate they are credib

nicole: not good news for european companies. -- and giving them $500 and try to get a new one. they are being investigated, and so many retailers, foot traffic in stores, freezing winter weather, no one wants those wars. stuart: big problems for both. that is it for the halftime report. we thank everyone involved. google is really getting into everything. they reportedly bought a part of something called green throttle gains, little knowing gaming hardware company but according to reports this could pave the way for google's that hotbox. i am lost. you want to explain? sandra: it could be used to play the games through mobile operating system and a larger screen. it will take all those games they want to play on line and put the lot of bigger screen with a proposed set top box. in my mind, google buying this company, who needs a company like this when you can print this on a 3d printer nowadays? google is putting themselves out in so many faces and that is the key. google is everywhere. and stuart: would you pay $85,000? probabl

stuart: nicole, thank you very much indeed. liz: nicole is absolutely right. moving the facebook stock higher. that means facebook stock, if it goes higher, that acquisition is easier for facebook to buy. >> they have currency. liz: that is exactly right. charles: this is the basis of what i talk about every single day. americans doing smart things. it has nothing to do with that said. we want to start this company. high altitude. 65,000 feet. right now carrying 70 pounds. not the only ones doing this. there are deeper implications. you need to have great carbon fiber technology. you need to have battery technology. all of the things that we talk about, all of the aspects of technology coming together to create something amazing. this is the underpinning of what i think people should never give up on america. never ever persuade themselves on how great they can be. stuart: a direct down and internet connection to africa. that is something else. >> the same sort of concept. a guy who years ago was an amateur cyclist. he merged the two together. anyway, he made

thanks a lot, nicole.four years we have been hearing from president obama and colleagues on the left how great all of this is. listen to this. president obama: we will keep this promise to the american people, if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. if you have or had one of these plans before the affordable care act came into law, and you really like that plan, what we said was you could keep it area did if it hasn't changed since the law passed. >> we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. president obama: at this point it is working the way it should. >> there's absolutely no evidence that there is any job loss related to the affordable care act. >> i think success looks like at least 7 million people having signed up the end of march, 2014. >> there are plenty of horror stories being told. they are being told all over america. >> do you agree a

nicole: pretty impressive.e dow jones industrials, record new highs for your beloved microsoft and you can see it doing a really great today. stuart: surprise loss and a difficult forecast for those 3d printers, x 1. i think some of the air is coming out of that 3d balloon. charles: what happens when you get a lot of hot stocks, the stocks go ahead with fundamentals and take a hiccup and normally they come back but x 1 is unique. they don't sell a lot of printers. they sold a handful but this is more vulnerable. stuart: to nicole petallides and chipotle, the $612 a share or roughly is that where they are? nicole: hitting a new high for capote mexican grill, surprising, the most positive analyst, to boldly furrowing from out of the water. is an unbelievable mover. stuart: $600, we got it. let's get to our cac 40 matchup of the day. two big social networks going up face book and twitter head to head, here is the other matchup, apple going up against fire i. we know what apple does but fire i is a security company

nicole: details. stuart: thanks, nicole. we appreciate it. time is money. he is 30 seconds worth of headlines. microsoft xbox one highly anticipated sci-fi combat videogame released today. the company hopes the release will boost consul sales. so for the playstation for has been outselling the xbox one. the chairman wants to buy up t-mobile. if a deal happens, it would combine the number three and number four wireless companies. an app that can tell you how you are feeling. speak into your smart phone and 20 seconds later it gives you an emotional analysis. i bet you cannot wait for that one. not a good sign for the millennial generation. 18% of people ages 18-25, only 18% of them, less than one in five can answer for or five basic financial questions correctly. what do they ask? jennifer is here, you have the questions, you're going to post those questions to me. >> i am putting you on the hot seat. stuart: if i get them wrong i am really up a creek. >> i want the emotional monitor thing, i want everybody feeling really good about this lineup. >> suppose y

my name is nicole snyder. i'm from walk san francisco and we are of course really pleased to see this hearing about vision zero. we're really excited about the prospect of vision zero and the leadership that you all have shown along with mta and the mayor's office and the police department and the da and many, many, many agencies the department of public health, transportation authority. you know, i think we really have an opportunity to change san francisco's streets for generations to come and we're looking forward to that. in addition to the progress that we've made so far on vision zero, we really want to see more funding dedicated to vision zero to the engineering solutions identified through walk first. and to other things like the da's new attorney, we need funding for these things to actually take place and for -- in order to save lives. we also need better coordination between agencies [speaker not understood] as a model and we want to see that be infused into the culture of the city. and we also want

nicole is in kuala lampur. how is that search going? we just had a press conference from the acting transport minister here. what was remarkable was how on message it was with the australians, very much repeating what the australian said in terms of how the search is going. there are four planes that will be conducting the search in that vast southern section of the indian ocean. there's a merchant ship on its way, as well as a naval vessel. the latest information that we have about how the search is going is that the one aircraft that was in the air, looking for those two objects had a turn back to perth because of poor visibility. this is a little of what the acting transport minister had to say. >> for the families around the world, the one piece of information that we want most, that they want most is the information we just don't have, the location of mh317. our primary focus has always been to find the aircraft and with every passing day, our efforts have intensified. >> some of the other information that the malaysian authorities

it is going to be down big, nicole. nicole: that is not good for these shares down 14.5%. the double whammy. the tough winter season difficult for all the retailers. coupled with the fact they are trying to attract the fickle teens sometimes they shop, sometimes they don't, and they are also working with partners taking a stake in aeropostale working on getting some board members on the board. stuart: i am familiar with fickle teens.ith general motors and why they are down to a? nicole: they had a disappointing profit. stuart: we're about to introduce you to a 26-year-old millennial. he quit college to pursue something bigger, dropped out to start his own company. the company is called daily steals.com. and his name is matt, he is with us today. 26, dropped out of college? >> 28, actually. stuart: you dropped out of college. which college? >> i did. when i was in college i started buying products on ebay, primarily consumer electronics. fast forward, we were one of the biggest sellers on ebay. stuart: you are making money selling stuff on ebay before you started your own c

nicole. the very own greek goddess, grand marshal of the parade.ed the parade, even better than on tv the whole entire time. we had grand marshals, chuck assume irand big business leader. we interviewed mayor de blasio in new york. all the food that looked so great. octopus, i did not make that. we had yogurt people on and a lot of great people. maria menounos, tony orlando. it was a lot of fun. thanks, melissa. melissa: our very own greek goddess. we love it. appreciate it. all right. >>> pop goes the sector. all this week we'll look at areas that could be the next big bubble. kicking uggs off is scott martin of united viceadvisors. calling bubble on one of my favorite things, 3:00 deprinting. >> i didn't know that was your favorite thing. three deprinters have been hit hard. they're getting back to valuation a little more tenable. i think they will still go down. matt said in previous segment he felt like a girl in a boy band. you could have printed your own boy band. matt could have fabricated his own boy band to hang out with and giggle around

nicole: the facts taking a little breather now. cheryl: good.u very much, we will see you in a few minutes as the bells are ringing. i want to bring this story to you, we are all familiar with the traditional police cars on the highway. caught on video like this one happening in california. the old police department workforce is the crown victoria but they are out of production and with them slugging it out for sales, who is winning this race? "usa today" claiming ford is claiming victory with modified torus and an suv. sales surged 31% last year from 2012 but the big winner really is the interceptor suv, sales increased 140% for these guys. ford to the downside $0.10, gm up by $0.04. the rival continues. looking at these markets as you can see. i want to recap what we have been saying. a day started out squarely in the red for the major averages all trading to the downside. the nasdaq is really showing a lot of pressure today. we talked with our last guest a few moments ago about the technology companies that have an ipo. certainly we can see t

melissa: nicole, thank you so much. we know it is were wrong to kick a company when they're down but sometimes you can't help it. so this week we're calling out worst of the worst. from lackluster stock performances to terrible product the and greedy executives. scott martin of united advisors first up with the picks a fox news contributor. you have aol on your list. >> that is a pretty easy one, melissa. ceo tim armstrong shouldn't open his mouth anymore, reducing company matched to a couple distressed babies he put it from employees to actually firing a guy, right in front of 1000 employees on a conference call, because don't go near mr. armstrong with a camera because you might get fired. melissa, aol is been in a lot of trouble since they republicized twine. they're pin 2009. tim armstrong is not frankly bilged the subscriber base. not only isn't fun guy to hate but numbers speak for themselves. melissa: you talk about jcpenney. they have lands end under their umbrella. that is strong product. they make many school

liz: nicole, thank you so much. this story fascinates us., billionaire activist investor has been urging authorities to investigate herbalife: the controversial nutrition company a pyramid scheme. herbalife joins a roster of companies with a similar multilevel marketing model that has come into question for allegedly being a pyramid scheme. these are marke multilevel sche. telecom sales company, we put up a bunch of these. you see these on late night tv, legitimate companies. this word thrown around a lot, pyramid scheme. what is it and how can you spot a bad apple in this market? economics professor and antitrust attorney and office of policy and evaluation, great to have both of you. we were sitting around saying we have to define this for viewers. what the heck is it. define it. >> i think the place to start is with a legitimate franchise system, just happened to bring along some graphics here. here is a franchise, there will be distributors because, you know, i have a good idea, but i am not really good at this distribution stuff and the

nicole? >> listen. george soros -- instead of pouring the money through george w. bush. we have freedom of speech in this country. i think when you have someone like harry reid he forces people like senator schumer to stand by him when he is uncomfortable. he was very uncomfortable answering your question. of course the kochs are not un-american. you may disagree with what they are doing but it's within their rights and within free speech in this country. >> isn't this -- you have people like -- others describing the attacks on rich as hitler-like, the third right, talking poise with the third right. it's insane. the way that people talk about each other is all just about getting that cable flavor that goes on all the time. >> tina, can you stay one more block? >> sure. >> there is something else i wanted to get to you about. we will be right back. we need it right away! we cannot let the fans down. don't worry! the united states postal service will get it there on time with priority mail flat rate ship

nicole petallides standing by -- nicole: you can see it, it is not real and yet.s is all about some of rex reed issued patent regarding that adviser says we have to appeal a court decision. disagrees with a ruling, pursue all available remedies. right now we have not gotten any indication whether it opens to the downside. initially this doesn't sound like good news for pfizer. it is down 1/2% before it was halted. melissa: they will appeal the court decision regarding the celebrate 3 issued patent. you can see the stock, we will keep a close eye on that. gold reaching its highest level, not all the metals are looking shiny. let's go to this cme with more. what are you seeing? >> right now i am seeing gold popping, high of the day. i don't buy this rally. overriding themes are driving gold prices to china and ukraine but the over hang on the gold price seems to the normalization of u.s. monetary policy. that will be the anchor on to gold. i don't buy the rally. i have been saying that for the last $30 but what happens as we normalize policy. copper is a different s

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forgive me, nicole. we're showing it on the screen.head. >> we saw prices fall, yield spike because they have inverse relationship. market recovered a lot of losses. we are down 116 versus 210 earlyer. >> nicole before the decision was the health insurance sector. that was some of the big winners stockwise. [closing bell ringing] >> united health, many of them are up five and 6%. this has been a great sector this week. cheryl: nicole, the best are ringing on wall street. what a two-hour span, we've had in the markets. janet yellen giving her first fed conference, chairwoman conference. she did not disappoint. the dow is down 112 points. we were down 210 points about an hour or so ago. we have recovered from that. s&p, nasdaq an russell to the downside of the market, david have recovered from what we got. that was during janet yellen's first press conference. >> you want to stick we have sheila bair, brian robertson, cofounder of cast light. that was up 150% on friday the day its ipo came out. it's a busy hour. start with the front page

liz: okay, nicole, thank you.stion for all of you, would you pay $33 million to drive like james bond? >> yes. liz: one miami millionaire is certainly banking on the fact that somebody out there is going to do this. he's grown tired of his collection of aston martin and that amphibious lotuses's prix in the iconic bond films. fox news' phil keating, we sent him to a museum this miami with all -- this guy's been collecting these things? >> reporter: yeah. three years ago he went to england, took a look at the entire collection and said, i'll buy it. and three years later, as a lot of collectors do, they want to sell it. this is a gorgeous aston martin equipped with -- well, not real, but there are machine guns in the hood because this car was used in a james bond film just like every vehicle you see here. we've got submarines like this yellow one from the '89 movie, "licensed to kill." and from goldfinger, the rolls royce with odd job who throws his hat. again, you want to own all of this? it'll cost you. ♪ >> this

. >> nicole, thank you. well, i'm sure nicole knows this, everybody kiss begins with kaye.ind your favorite jeweler or tag lines? it signet jewelers and diamonds aren't just a girl's best friend. they have been raking in gold from the glittery gems. they are beating the expectations. this morning when they reported and the stocks roars to an all new-time high and up seven buck. sicnet jeweler, michael barns. thank you for joining us and congratulation for your high stock price. >> thank you. we're very excited about the execution that our team has deliveredd witdelivered over thr and as we move into the new fiscal quarter. we're excited. we believe that our stock is still a great value and that there's a lot further for us to go. >> to that effect, one retail and list saying it pars that the price is right for signet shares. shareholders and time will decide if you can hold on to the gains but what a driving all of the sales of jewelry at your retail stores. >> i tell you, there's two things, it's the execution of the teams that we have in the field. we have always believed

liz i liz nicole, thank you. 52 minutes before the closing bell rings. keep activist investors at bay? how about calling one of the big guns themselves and asking what they would do? charlie gasparino has exclusive details on how one major u.s. corporation is trying to tame these vicious activists out there. >>> and new york would surely roll out the welcome mat for alibaba, no matter which exchange wins the ipo, but what is alibaba really about? did you know there are certain cities and towns in china that exist entirely due to alibaba? who stands to benefit? stay tuned. ♪ ♪ weekdays are for rising to the challenge. they're the days to take care of business. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your trusted partner, our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custom communications solutions and responsive, dedicated support, we constantly evolve to meet your needs. every day of the week. centurylink® your link to what's next. how much money do you think you' need when you reti

i talked george to nicole yesterday on this program. two reasons that she was speaking out. one, she wanted to thank publicly all the volunteers and all the rescue workers who are out there. in many cases risking their own lives because the conditions can be very treacherous still for those searchers. and also to let people know just of the impact this one landslide has had on this whole community. this a very small close-knit community, george. >> reporter: absolutely. and that's really the reason they came here, aerpd aernderso. they wanted to see it, to be back home, to see the volunteers working, to be closer to their family's home. and also keep in mind, this was a difficult day for them. the next several days will be difficult. when you consider the size and scope of what happened in this mudslide, officials say it could take weeks before they're able to clear the mud, before they're able to find bodies. and of course, to notify the families. >> our thoughts and our prayers are certainly with nicole and all the other families out

nicole johns ston is there in kuala lumpur. first to sydney australia and speak to andrew thomas there. tony abbott calling this a potentially important development. australian maritime that's riaus saying it's a credible finding. >> that's the word, credible. tony abbott stood up in parliament and revealed this development. it's an image taken by a satellite of an area the australians were in charge of searching, along the southern vector that malaysia believed the plane could have flown along. it said north or south, and if it was in south, it would be in the deep indian ocean, very south, 2,500km from perth, the post western of sydney's cities. that is the area that the image has been taken of. it shows two indistrict - he used the word - credible objects in the sea. >> earlier, an hour and a half ago, australian maritime safety authority held a press conference and described what they were seeing and what the objects might show. >> the objects are relatively indistinct on the mimagery. i don't profess to be an expert. those

i want to go to nicole with procter and gamble. nicole: it is pretty amazing. of 2.25% right now. it is not only leading the dow jones industrial average, but also the best performer on the s&p 500. they are adding 10 positive dow points. charles: thanks a lot, nicole. how about this for the geewhiz technology. a camera that travels to your veins to find blockages. doctor and inventor of the camera. that is absolutely amazing. >> this is as small as it gets. yes. right. charles: it feels like you guys have focused on the heart and circulatory system. tell us the advantages of this camera and what it means to mankind. >> this can act like a flashlight. when the doctors are searching, they can see what is in front of them. when it comes to blockage, they have an opening, they can now see what is going on there so they can see the front and the back of the blockage. it could be pushing something. charles: operations that would normally seek the findings blockages. maybe some cases they will need surgery after all. >> that is the idea. >> did this actually opened t

nicole petallides. nicole: if you like a bull market moving to the upside, you're pretty happy today bouncing back from last week's losses. dow jones industrial up 180 points. at the highest point today we can't 205 points, so not too far off the highs of the day. up 1.1%. the s&p up 1%, and the nasdaq composite up 1.1%. i hear bagpipes on this st. patrick's day. also taking a look at major averages, the fear index to the downside right now, so you know there is not too much worries about that. maybe if you pan out you will be lucky enough to get a site of the bagpiper going by. that is the new york stock exchange. cheryl: turn out to the crisis in ukraine, president obama announced engines against several russian officials in response to a referendum held yesterday. joining the russian federation. u.s. and europe to clear in illegal saying it violates ukrainian and international law. the vote raising concerns russia can push further into ukraine. we have several angles covered for you. rich edson at th

nicole petallides will talk about that, and keep that in mind. charles: i think the audience needs to understand that there are the iliad of the economy and then there are the one trick ponies with amazing things on the drawing boards. that is when you start to worry. >> they are still positive for the year. there are some companies that have been able to buck this downward trend. charles: coming into the week, 46 ipos. virtually, none of them have profits. the highfliers of recent times getting hit. they are bouncing back after taking hits over concerns of the pricing. yesterday, for them, there was

let's turn to nicole mitchell. how much rain are they going to get?nding where you are, the rain is going to add up, could easily see a half inch or more. that's a lot of rain for an overly saturated area. >> you can see heavier bands of rain, oregon and washington, the whole area is in a drought scenario, but you don't want all of it at once. definitely you can see the core, three or four inches in this northern part of california expected. that's just today, and then more of this as i said over the course of the weekend, so that's going to cause problems with any recovery efforts, but also -- and rescue efforts, but could put more areas in the flood and landslide risk. this is today, but this actually runs through the weekend. by the time we get to the end of the weekend, you can even see another storm system coming in and then another one for next week and next weekend, as well. it's going to stay very persistently wet, which it already has been and all all the way back through february. some places like the mud slide area have had 200% of the rain

good evening, nicole. >> good evening. you for having me. >> nicole, thank you for joining us. you know, it's always so difficult, you know, trying to think of what's the right question or what's the right thing to say to a family member in such a sad situation. so, you know, i confess that i feel clumsy in terms of, you know, asking. i'm afraid to say how are are you, you know? >> i'm doing amazingly well. thank you for asking. >> your parents, you haven't heard from your parents, right? >> yes. my parents and my oldest daughter, who will be 20 on april 4th. and her fiance who is 21 are missing in the mudslide. >> both of them due to be married on august 16th? >> yes, ma'am. >> >> you don't live in that area, did you grow up there? 22 years old. i lived in the area between the sister town of. you know, it looks so beautiful that it hardly looks dangerous. i never really gave it any consideration myself. , no. >> you know, i imagine tonight i mean, there are -- you know, you are not alone in the sense that there are many o

charles: nicole, give us the latest on panera bread. nicole: they are spending money.the near-term hoping that kiosk and mobile ordering will help them in the future. charles: fast chop and bite. thanks a lot. tracy, target cfo testifying on that data breach today. we know he will get slammed. tracy: we are already hearing that they knew there were security issues. people tapping in and they did not do anything about it. we also heard that they fail to respond. lois lerner, eventually, the truth will come out. charles: as a consumer there, i find it despicable. gold beading the major averages so far this year. what is going on? can it continue? >> do your homework and notice how the chinese continue to stimulate physical gold. there is a story there. people need to be aware of it. the people of china have made a lot of money. that is the same reason they are buying real estate in australia. same idea. charles: we have to do the varney tech tournament. today is round two. we have the big matchup. microsoft versus amazon. remember, stuart varney a huge microsoft sharer.

nicole petallides, what is going on? nicole: pretty amazing. in just the last few minutes we dropped another 40 points. right now we are down 202 points at session lows of the day. there are two key stories everyone on wall street has been following and continue to evolve. the first is the ukraine story and the tensions which reportedly have been coupled with concerns about china growth shrinking and now you talk about china and the loans that they make out from the banks and that is not necessarily good news so you are seeing weakness that every sector with the exception of utilities, technology, industrial, oil and gas and financial are the worst of the bunch. utility squeezing out a gain. ashley: nicole petallides point out that all industries down 3%. cheryl: we will follow these markets. a lot of concerns about china. is ukraine vote coming up but we had decent news today, retail saw a rebound in the numbers, retailers beating expectations for february, the last in three month. let's bring in david lucks, stiegel necklace managing director

nicole petallides on the floor of the feigning with more. nicole? amazing here what first solar is doing, especially in contrast to some of the other solar stocks, solar city, for example, is down for the third day in a row, talking about not being able to install as many solar panels. first solar, different picture. now, the stock has been soaring this week, and the company has been attracting a lot of attention from wall street, and this is as they gave a forecast for growth. what we're seeing here is that they are talking about sales growth for 2014 into 2015 and '16 is what some are suspecting here. ubs raised their target to $72 up there $55. the stock itself has been jumping, up over 25% this week. so fist solar -- first solar, a great performer. over 52 weeks up 143%, so is the solar market slowing down? maybe, but not for first solar. back to you. cheryl: last year that stock was an incredible performer. i'm glad you brought it up today. nicole, thank you so much. okay, so we've all had that uncomfortable run-in with an ex-boyfriend or girl

nicole petallides at new york stock exchange. liz: here she is.y taking another hit today. >> again. you were hoping for a bounce-back for all the blackberry shareholders. down another 4%. concerns about revenue for blackberry. 8.07 is where blackberry is now. david: let's talk about microsoft. it is over 41, rye? >> it hit a new high for the dow jones industrial average. satya nadella made a presentation of office boeing to the ipad. they will be focusing on apps. the stock up 1.7%. liz: microsoft is trading above $41 a share. we vane seen that price in years. >> when you talk about microsoft we're really looking at some tech stocks, liz, focusing on nasdaq up over 1%. micron technology another great, great performer, up 8% ahead of earnings later in the week. david: may be that biotech is turning around now, nicole. ibb, sort of the biotech etf. that is doing very well today. >> biotech had a tough turn, beaten undo. folks are looking to biotech to see whether that is turn in the market. we're looking at nasdaq biotech index up really great, up

nicole mitchell is back, nicole. >> as we look out this morning, that system that passed up the east coastline, washington, d.c. at 30, seattle at 45 for example, much warmer. in fact, near record territory in a couple places. for new york, the record is 20, 22 right now. just knowing that you're in the range gives you some perspective that it is cold. these winds out of the north will shift. some parts of the east coast already have the southerly winds but that same southerly flow out of the south is going to warm portions of the southern plains today, funneling in moisture. this heat, places like 66 degrees in memphis, that will be part of the risk for fuel for severe weather. we'll have more on that risk coming up. back to you. >> in business news, a couple of big temperatures connected to the financial crisis, bank of america will pay $9.3 billion to settle claims of mortgage fraud with the federal housing financing agency. it's a much bigger settlement than j.p. morgan's $5.1 billion settlement. bank of america's former chief executive reached a settlement for his role in the ba

we have nicole petallides at nyse right now. first talk about the dogs of markets as i like to call them, jcpenney and barnes & noble. we had analysts on the past week who predicted what is happening. these stocks have been almost going straight up. >> right. jcpenney which has been a turn-around story, finally showing signs of a real turn around. stock is is up 4%. up 18 1/2% this week. barnes & noble up nine 1/2%. [closing bell ringing] cheryl: seeing gains certainly of more than 3%. that is helping lift the index. >> absolutely. record highs. moved back to an area where it is comfortable with 1176. david: bells are ringing. look at this, s&p 500 another high on the s&p 500, folks. dow jones making nice baines. the dji is about the best that we're looking at of all indices. we're keeping a close eye what is happening with the russell 2000. it didn't manage to get into the green. we can't ignore the small cap and mid-sized companies. they have been making a nice comeback. top of the board is doing well. nasdaq can not pull out