only bell could afford.began asking the government to take bell to cot der titrt laws the way it had standard oil. then in 1914 at&t president theodore vail sent at&t vice president nathan c. kingsbury to washington. he set up a deal that would create what vail called "a natural monopoly." we asked picard wagner of at&t what was in the kingsbury commitment. the key part of it, of course, was the commitment to refrain from buying up any more independent telephone companies, that it would provide long distance connections to the independent, which means the non-bell companies, which then existed. mr. wagner, what do you think prompted theodore vail to give up the fight, so to speak, and decide to go into an agreement with the federal government? at&t got the government off its back. and with the kingsbury commitment, we were able to go ahead and set up the long distance network. and we were assured that the government was not going to come in and take away from us that long distance network. schoumacher: henry

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[closing bell ringing] here comes the closing bell, parker hannifan.e, and the philadelphia flyers. david: tough boys of philly. liz: we want the rangers. david: tough boys of philly. city of brotherly love. bells ringing on wall street. a mixed decision today. everybody is pausing. holding their bret, wondering what will happen with microsoft. what will happen with amazon. pandora, some of the little stocks reporting that could move as much as 10% either direction as you can see here. with the exception of nasdaq which is getting a big boost from apple's big earnings report. all the other markets are essentially flat just waiting. we've got it all covered in the hour to come. "after the bell" starts right now

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. >> closing bell is up next. >>> we do welcome to you "closing bell" for this thursday. >> magic number to watch today for the dow, looks like we're not going to get there because we are in negative territory but the all-time high to look for is 16,576. the s&p getting closer to its highs. the biggest mover of the day is the nasdaq. not hard to figure out why. apple surging today. big news broken on this show yesterday. 7 for 1 stock split along with a dividend hike. what about new products? today investors don't seem to care about that. they're happy with the results. the stock is moving, having its best day in two years. we'll speak to a major shareholder and ask how long that will last. >> that 7 for 1 split i think a lot will agree is a move to make it more eligible to be a member of the dow jones industrial average if they have a smaller stock price at that time. >>> later this hour we'll be joined by qualcomm's brand-new ceo, his very first television interview. also etna's ceo mark bertolinp. dunkin' brand ceos. weather was a problem. but people need coffee still in the bad weath

there are eight bells above your head.igh a grand total of 7,200 pounds. >> wow. >> so the stairs you're about to climb were actually built in 1982 when the bells were restored, and the bell frame that they sit on was restored. so these stairs do not reflect what it would have been like to climb up here in 1775. they're actually a relatively stable version... >> ah! >> ...of what they may have had. >> i find that hard to believe. so, is this it? >> this is it. we are up at the spot where the lanterns were hung. >> so, which window was it? >> it was this window -- the northwest window facing towards charlestown, which is where the militia would have been waiting to see the signals as arranged with paul revere. >> so are these the actual lanterns that were hung? >> they are definitely not the actual lanterns. they are lanterns that we use for our annual birthday celebration, which is on april 18th. >> this was a special side trip. the actual hunt for clues continues downstairs. >> well, this plaque here in the washington cou

"closing bell" is next. ng bell". >> hi, everybody. welcome to a very special edition of "closing bell." i'm kelly evans at cnbc global headquarters. >> and welcome, everybody. i'm tyler matheson in for bill griffith. the actual closing bell will be rung right here on the floor of the cnbc newsroom which will be filling up for the full hour, nearly everyone, hundreds of people who work for our network. we won't time lapse it. will show it to you in realistic as it all developments as part of the cnbc 25 celebration, and we have a very special broadcast just ahead. >> yes, including an interview with one of the first cnbc 25. former federal reserve chairman alan greenspan joins us exclusively. we're going to talk about his biggest achievements and his biggest regret over the last quarter century. when we ask him we'll speak with him in just a moment. >> and we'll find out this hour if the dow can make a new all-time closing high, possibly a fitting touch on this special day. the dow only needs to gain about 41 points to close at a recor

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"closing bell" is next. ng bell". >>> hi, everybody. welcome to the "closing bell." i'm kelly evans here at the new york stock exchange where markets are in rally mode. >> i'm bill griffith. the third day of gains we're looking at, but don't count this in the win column just yet because we've had a lot of volatility lately, especially in this last hour, so we'll keep an eye on this. could go either direction, and what we've had rather positive news today, janet yellen's rather dovish speech earlier and the beige book was rather constructive as well. >> a huge day for earnings after the bell. google, ibm, american express all reporting, and all could be big market-moving events. information first. top analysis. stay tuned because when the bell rings then the real action may just be starting >> exactly. more after the bell news today called babe weibo. will weibo disappoint? we'll take a closer look. this is the canary in the coal mine stock to see how that sector is doing in the market. >> absolutely. here ewhere we stand. dow up 140 point to about 16,400. meanwhile,

herbalife earnings after the bell., applause ] five tech stocks with more than a 10%... change in after-market trading. ♪ all the tech stocks with a market cap... of at least 50 billion... are up on the day. 12 low-volume stocks... breaking into 52-week highs. six upcoming earnings plays... that recently gapped up. [ male announcer ] now the world is your trading floor. get real-time market scanning wherever you are with the mobile trader app. from td ameritrade. liz: we started with a massive rally. we lost most of it and we got a lot of it back. that is the biggest rally -- david: that is the greatest thing this. is david asman, "after the bell." there is conviction to this rally. when you see how it turned around. came from real negative numbers for a very big gain. nasdaq was down over 1 1/2% at this point. liz: we've seen quite a swing. david: let's let's go to nicole petallides. talk about one thing unfortunately didn't swing around. bank of america, huge accounting error led to a big loss. >> they told the feder

a few minutes away from the opening bell.ou do not want to miss right after the break. keep it here. ♪ >> welcome back. ended its the loop" 26 minutes past the hour which means we're on the markets. the latest on futures before we open. headed higher. rex stock said to open a little bit higher. stocks were open the first day, up 1.3%. that marks the fifth straight quarterly gain for the s&p 500. the key thing investors will look for is at 10:00 the isi manufacturing index. the number will come in at 54. an expansion from february into march. >> cutting down to the open. the only trades you need to know about today. julie hyman joins in as well. number 10, marvell technology. they have to pay 1.2 million in damages to carnegie mellon over patent infringement case. they rolled that marvel will have to continue paying a royalty for producing the disputed technology. >> number nine is clean energy. the americas natural gas highway station will serve ups natural truck fleet. signing multiple additional fueling agreements. number 8

let's talk about taco bell.are the lego's of food and take four ingredients everyday and come up with 12 delicious mu -- menu items. i came up with three. >> they can put these on the menu? >> a toast taco, shaped like a pop tart, covered with sour cream and then toasted. >> i like that. >> what? it's a million dollar idea. the match no- -- nacho d irks ara is good. >> is that cheese dripped over the top? >> my favorite the burritza, a slice of pizza rolled like a tube and stuff it with guac and sour cream. when you eat it it shoots sour cream all over the person across from you. >> or all over the car. >> they blame taco bell for a lot of heath problems, that it causes the runs. if anything i see that as a health benefit and speeds up a tedious biological process and speeds up so you have time for a lot of other things. >> almost like a cleansing. >> we're not rich enough to go to a spa. i can't afford a colonic but i can go to taco bell. >> so right. >> they are heroes. they produce 2 billion tacos a year. pre

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liz: the bell is ringing. [closing bell ringing] 3d systems, ceo was on yesterday.moving around and moving higher. 3-d systems up. david: you see that 3d house they built? we'll try to get somebody on about that. let's look at markets. we do see a slight gain here, not a record. we were hoping for a record as we hear bells ring on wall street. we were close to it. well, maybe, if the dow finishes -- you know what? i think we are there, folks. liz: we are. david: i think we are there. we have not seen, we had to go up 41.3. wee see how it settles. it is so close, folks. this is the fourth time the dow traded into positive territory in 2014 on intraday basis but failed to finish above the 2013 close, if it settles below that but i think we made it. this is another record on the dow. so that is good news. we're all in the green today, particularly small and mid-sized caps. boy, do they need a little boost. it's a little

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"countdown to the closing bell" starts now. liz: markets ablaze, stocks near record highs, the economy is still dragging. are we heading to the pullback millionaire george soros is predicting. stocks keep going higher and higher. we debate how to play the market no matter what the big jobs report. a boat, a car, even a house. is there anything a 3d printer can't do? the 3d printing expo kicks off in new york city, fox business exclusive with the ceo of 3d systems here to showcase what his brand new 3d printer and other innovations can do. plus local out range over the price tag for 90's world cup soccer, now even britain's prime minister is weighing in. it is it unsportsmanlike conduct or plain old capitalism? will investors cried foul? "countdown to the closing bell" starts right now. i am liz claman. it is the last hour of trading. caution seems to be ruining the day especially now ahead of tomorrow's critical march jobs report. after hitting all-time intraday highs, the dow and the s&p recoiled. you see the dow jones industr

liz: the bell rings in 27 minutes. all major indices are down.you want to keep every penny of your retirement fund but you are not. there are hidden fees all over the place this start up the sheriff the of nottingham may not be too happy with those one dash with the results. you have to hear what the ceo says he is exposing dark secrets it is a fox business exclusive. a media company gets the big black guy last night they were spreading murder and mayhem but how did investors react? details when we come back. ♪ liz: today market sell-off does not sideline the new eight -- ipo a small businesses advertising company that could raise $100 million. word deutsch bank and credit suisse are working on the deal. nickel, we saw the market comeback but now starting to claw their way back. >> it is interesting. liggett the vicks index is on the upside. in 2014 investors had to into were ups and downs. look at the highfliers 100 percent or more. let's get tesla and netflix and facebook they have the of back-and-forth action some are 20 percent of the most re

joining, one of the names after the bell is netflix. they'll be looking at -- subscriber growth and international expansion. there's a lot of analysts expecting netflix to meet or beat on expectations when it comes to the top and bottom lines. they were helped by "house of cards." they've been focused on controlling costs, but the real quiche will be the domestic subscriptio subscriptions. the numb we are we're watching is 35.67 million. that's the number the company gave. this would be interesting. a momentum name that's gotten slammed over the past month. >> maybe this is set up for success in some small way, because it's lost 25% of its value just since the highs we had in march. $458 stock at that point, so maybe the expectations are priced in all right, but what i can tell us is the options market is prizing in a plus or minus 11% move. >> yeah, that's a very big one. >>> also listening for the commentary from reed haysings about things like fire tv. just for forward guidance, fire tv apparently is a netflix app. listed ahead of am

. >>> welcome to "closing bell." i'm kelly evans other at the new york stock exchange on a big tuesday, bill. >> it is a very big tuesday. i'm bill griffith. watching a market with mostly green arrows. in fact the dow, all it needs is a gain of 128 points to close at a new all-time closing high, something we haven't seen yet this year, and we're within a gain of 100 points, only need another 28 points. >> that's right. >> and only need a 21-point gain for the s&p to do the same thing. >> more points than that this hour yesterday. we'll keep a close eye on markets here. got to watch that nasdaq what art cashin was saying if he were standing here. that may tell you what direction we're getting. >> a big couple hours. an hour from now the mega earnings parade continues with two heavyweights. tonight we get twitter and ebay. a lot on the line for both of these companies. we have their results first with the best analysis including the instant reaction from twitter's largest single individual shareholder. that should be v

the leadership position is shrinking as competitors like taco bell and dunkin donuts are introducing new breakfast menu items. but the sources say they don't think that mcdonald's is in danger of losing their morning dominant position. mcdonald's does say april global comparative sales are expected to be modestly positive. although the analyst david palmer doesn't see a lot of upside for the fast food chain in the near term. >> right now we're waiting to see what they will do to make ultimately their sales and earnings go up. because this is really an earnings revision story when it comes right down to it. >> many on wall street need signs of the sales turn around before buying into the happy meals. i'm courtney reagan for "nightly business report." >>> and the supreme court decision that could change how you watch television, and pitting the country's biggest broadcasters against a start-up. that story next. >>> david versus goliath case at the highest court of the land, the court heard a case on the broadcast tv giants who are looking to stamp out a tiny video service called aereo,

zero heartburn. [ bell ringing, applause ] five tech stocks with more than a 10%...he tech stocks with a market cap... of at least 50 billion... are up on the day. 12 low-volume stocks... breaking into 52-week highs. six upcoming earnings plays... that recently gapped up. [ male announcer ] now the world is your trading floor. get real-time market scanning wherever you are with the mobile trader app. from td ameritrade. >>> we love getting tweets at cnbcoptions. a question we got on twitter tonight. can carter do a chart on facebook, solar city. carter. >> well, again, important, regardless of the security, what's coming on monday is not likely to be good. in terms of facebook, let's do that one. the downside is to 52. the presumption is lower. >> lower for facebook. dan, would you agree? >> yeah, listen in the near term, here's one point, they have made $1 billion in acquisitions they're not going to put up a lousy quarter in such deals. i wouldn't be short this stock into the earnings deal. to me -- >> lot of speculative looks. here's the thing f these things don't

"closing bell" is next. >> hi, everybody. welcome to a very special edition of "closing bell."t cnbc global headquarters. >> and welcome, everybody. i'm tyler matheson in for bill griffith. the actual closing bell will be rung right here on the floor of the cnbc newsroom which will be filling up for the full hour, nearly everyone, hundreds of people who work for our

what do you think of this move and what you think of amazon "after the bell"?that is fair they will succeed. the pricing power, if they look at the cost of goods is great. i love shopping on amazon. i just think it is all about bringing people, in philadelphia, new york, chicago, a lot of us don't have time to go shopping every day just to get the goods in. "after the bell" i am looking for a beat from amazon but i would be really careful here. there are a lot of things on their plate. they are looking for chatter of acquiring some storage from kmart and sears and defunct real-estate and open up some brick and mortar stores. a lot of moving parts. i love the company but be careful. melissa: you may have noticed some things around your office. it is part of take our daughters and sons to work day. the white house is getting in on the act. michele obama held a q&a session where the girl in the front row approached her and gave the first lady dad's resume. take a look. >> that is the out of the john and i wanted to give you his resume. >> she brought the girl up,

apparently taco bell is taking some of that. is it really working, taco bell? >> it's early to say.taco just recently came out. you recently could argue starbucks is going to a slightly different market than mcdonald's in term of how much the stuff costs. we don't know yet exactly how successful taco bell has been. >> for the sake of research, i will try a waffle taco but i'm recommending people don't eat these things on a regular basis. >> such a committed journalist. >> thank you, julie hyman. we'll report those numbers to you as they come out. stay with us here on bloomberg. snoit ♪ >> i'm matt miller in for trish regan. "street smart" is heading in for the close. it's time for the top 10. i'll kick it off with hog harley davidson, up nearly 7%. the poikmaker reducing the most in more -- i should say rising, most in more than two years. the company reported first quarter profits with analyst stills of sales of their bikes increased and they expect to ship 284,000 hogs worldwide this year. >> reducing, rising, what's the difference? allergan is rising, i think we can fairly say, u

lots of earnings to report after the bell, and we'll have all of it for you on the "closing bell."r you. >> can't way. going to be exciting. about 13 minutes before the closing bell. dow jones industrial average coming off the lows, down only about seven points at this hour. >> by the way, a smart viewer pointed out i said we didn't have an all-time high. on a closing basis. we had a new intraday high but failed to close above the high. so we're both right. >> our viewers are so smart. >> s&p in danger of snapping its six-day win streak. final moments are coming up so stay tuned. [ male announcer ] this is the age of knowing what you're made of. why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to youroctor about viagra. ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain. it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor

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closing bell ringing in 37 minutes.e new fireworks in the battle of the billionaires over that shake maker herbalife? charlie gasparino has some new, exclusive, bombshell allegations that are about to surface. he'll surface them right now, coming up. you cannot miss this. >>> and samsung trying to turn up the heat on apple with a brand new flagship smartphone, the galaxy s5. have you seen it? have you heard about it? it's making its sales debut today. who's leading this innovation race? who's the one to beat? is it really apple? maybe not. we ask our all-star panel, stay tuned. ♪ ♪ up. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. ♪ ♪ liz: okay. the volatility index at the very moment is<2iz up about 5, nearl% o

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dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all on thinkorswim from td ameritrade. ♪ [ bell ringing,e ] five tech stocks with more than a 10%... change in after-market trading. ♪ all the tech stocks with a market cap... of at least 50 billion... are up on the day. 12 low-volume stocks... breaking into 52-week highs. six upcoming earnings plays... that recently gapped up. [ male announcer ] now the world is your trading floor. get real-time market scanning wherever you are with the mobile trader app. from td ameritrade. >>> i think it's very likely that what we're seeing in the next 12 months, an '87 type of crash. and i suspect it will be even worse. >> i think it's not if, it's when. i think there will be a major direction. i can't tell you when. it may be three years, it may be three days. but that's my belief. >> two legendary investors and two men with very thick accents. that was marc faber and carl icahn making very bearish comments to cnbc just yesterday. similar comments at an investor convention this week. three wise men sounding the alarm here. what do you think? >> for one

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the closing bell ringing in 38 minutes. is there more to the decision to delay its ipo and the outcry over high-frequency trading? came out after michael lewis book was out. charlie gasparino with exquisite details he says really clarify the story a different light. thmicrosoft executives taking a bite out of apple's playbook. will microsoft big reveal be a game-changer? what helped the stock reach new highs? stay tuned. >> it's the high frequency trading firm playing it safe or was i forced to delay it's idea after buyers started to hesitate? charlie gasparino joins us with what he believes is the real story. >> listen, why do they hesitate? because you had this new book by michael lewis, there's a lot of attention on it. the book forced the regulate's to say we were the first report that the doj is a looking at. hewhen that happened the institutional investors and the incremental buyer started to baulk, and the buyers, the people that would buy this thing. >> didn't have to do with the michael lewis book? >> once all of t

maybe. >> thanks for being here. >> closing bell is up next. >>> we do welcome to you "closing bell"thursday. >> magic number to watch today for the dow, looks like we're not going to get there because we are in negative territory but the all-time high to look for is 16,576. the s&p getting closer to its highs. the biggest mover of the day is the nasdaq. not hard to figure out why. apple surging today. big news broken on this show yesterday. 7 for 1 s

"closing bell" is up next. >>> and we do welcome you to "closing bell." >> in one week's time, we have gone from worrying about a correction to now watching for new all-time highs. the dow suddenly knocking on the door. roughly 25 points away. and the s&p isn't too far away either. roughly seven points. today's rally coming even as we learned that existing home sales are slumping. they're at the lowest levels since 2012. what's the disconnect between that and the stock market? we're going to find out what's behind today's move. >> yeah, just keeps going. starting to look like 2013 again. in one hour then, here we go again, more fundamentals. earnings palooza comes your way with at&t, young branum brands. amgen and gilead. we'll have the information first. the analysis, the market reaction, everything you need to know coming up on the "closing bell" today. >>> also, should you be allowed to accumulate stock in a company you know will be a takeover target? some say that's what bill ackman did. the former head of the securities and exchange commission harley pitt weighs in exclusively abo

apple reports second quarter results after bell.nalysts expect the iphonemaker to earn $10.19 a share on revenue of $43.7 billion, slightly higher than the year ago numbers. apple stock has been stuck in a tight trading range for months and is down about 5% so far this year. there's been some concerns the company's third quarter guidance could disappoint as it's facing pressure from the china mobile deal and on subsidies from its u.s. and wireless partners. ahead of the earnings, this is how the stock is trading in frankfurt. perhaps a sign of confidence mcneil currie is staying with us. joining us from new york. mcneil, a huge amount of tension around some of the tech numbers today. what do you think facebook and apple will be doing for sentiment? >> i think generally speaking, if we step beyond those individual names and look at the sector in general, frankly if you look at the u.s. equity mark net general, we're seeing a rotation out of the likes of tech and relatively small cap names and into more defensive type sectors and into

"closing bell" is next. >>> hi, and welcome to the "closing bell." i'm kelly evans here at the new york stock exchange. >> and i'm scott wapner in for bill griffith today. the stock market hearts the fed. a roaring comeback from the recent selloff after the fed minutes were released about an hour ago. don't fight the fed, i don't know. >> we had to declare what we were fighting, right? this was the fed meeting where afterwards janet yellen came out and when pressed on the language between the time they would end new purchases of bonds and start to perhaps raise interest rates said a considerable period of time might be something like six months and what people wanted to know is a reflective discussion that the fed had, and it looks like not necessarily. >> janet yellen gave a week or so ago what some people describe as the most dovish speech by a fed chair possibly ever. >> right. >> so it took maybe a little bit longer for the message to get through to the markets. we'll see how long this lasts, but it's a pretty decent reaction to the stock market.

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it is in the bells that i hear my voices. not today when they all rang, that was nothing but jangling. but here in this corner, where the bells come down from the heaven and the echoes linger, or in the fields, where they come from a distance through the quiet of the countryside, my voices are in them. [bell rings the quarter hour] hark. do you hear? "dear-child-of-god" just what you said. at the half hour, they will say "be-brave-go-on." at the three-quarters, they will say "i-am-thy-help." but it is at the hour, when the great bell goes after, "god-will-save-france." it is then that st. margaret and st. catherine and sometimes even the blessed michael say things that i cannot tell beforehand. then, oh then-- then joan, we shall hear whatever we fancy in the booming of the bell. you make me uneasy when you talk about your voices. i should think you're a bit cracked, if i hadn't noticed that you give me very sensible reasons for what you do, though i hear you telling others that you are merely obeying madame saint catherine.

"closing bell" is up next. >>> and we do welcome you to "closing bell." >> in one week's time, we havee from worrying about a correction to now watching for new all-time highs. the dow suddenly knocking on the door. roughly 25 points away. and the s&p isn't too far away either. roughly seven points. today's rally coming even as we learned that existing home sales are slumping. they're at the lowest levels since 2012. what's the disconnect between that and the stock market? we're going to find out what's behind today's move. >> yeah, just keeps going.

"the closing bell" begins right now. >>> hi, everybody. welcome to "the closing bell." i'm kelly evans down here at the new york stock exchange. >> and i'm bill griffeth. this is one of those days, the s&p, any closing above -- any positive close is another new all-time high for the s&p 500. the dow needs 44 points to close at an all-time high, which hasn't been done since december 31 of last year. so we've gone all this year without one. we had 30 all-time highs if memory serves last year. >> it was one after another. right now we're only about 20 points away with the 20-point rally we're seeing. stocks are hitting these highs amid a week that continues to be driven by controversial charges that the market is rigged. yesterday memorably the author of the book "flash boys" michael liewis was challenged on cnbc. today we have the whistle-blower highlighted in his book. we take a closer look at if any retail investors are impacted by what lewis is alleging and if so, by how much. >> looking forward to that. everybody is still talking about it on the floor here. also with

"closing bell" is next. >> welcome to "the closing bell." i'm sara eisen at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm tyler mathisen at cnbc world headquarters. as we enter the final trading hour of the week, it looks like we could be ending on a bit of a down note. those tensions with vladimir putin and his moves in the ukraine weighing things down as the obama administration tees up more sanctions. we'll have the latest as this conflict is heating up again as we head into the weekend, sarah. >> also impacting the market, amazon, that stock plunging today as the worst performer on the s&p 500 after earnings confirm the company continues to bring in huge sums of money but has razor-thin profits. is the street sending a message here to ceo jeff bezos that it's time to turn the spigots on and make some real money? >> if there's trouble at home, is there trouble for the entire economy? mortgage lending plunging, even though we have become the spring housing season and rates e re main historically low at about 4.5%. if the housing recovery stalls, wha

. >> this is neil bell's last day in his cell at stateville.despite one stretch in the segregation unit, he's finishing up a two-year sentence for aggravated battery. as the final hours wind down, his emotions rachet up. >> i'm pretty anxious. been waiting for a while. the last week's the longest. just ready to go home, be with my family. >> sunrise brings what for everyone else at stateville will just be another day. but for inmate bell it brings him that much closer to freedom. >> did you get any sleep last night? >> i've been up since 2:00. >> kind of figured that. >> backing out his property, taking a last walk through the compound, the images of the outside that are long gone memories for so many inmates are within bell's grasp. >> i'm going to spend some time with my dad and i'm going to go see my sister. i got a wedding to go to, my cousin. i'd like to get back into college for computers. i work on cars and stuff too. i can go either way, you know. i'll let you lead the way. i don't know where i'm going. >> sure, i want to see these guys

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