for the past ten years, bill griffith has been curator at william faulkner's estate. >> bill griffithe of his novels. >> jack pendarvis: yeah, that was his greatest book. >> bill griffith: yeah, faulkner thought this was his masterpiece. >> anthony: jack pendarvis is the author of "your body is changing," "the mysterious secret of valuable treasure," and "awesome," as well as staff writer for a game-changing animated series "adventure time" -- all works of which i am a huge fan. so he wrote right -- right on the wall. >> bill griffith: he just wrote on it. >> anthony: it's -- it's his man cave. >> bill griffith: yeah, it's his -- it's his version. he said that houses in mississippi who have a family business have one room dedicated to the family business and this family's business is writing. >> anthony: from as early as 1919 through the '60s, faulkner wrote extensively about the post-civil war south. he was the first author to do so at a time when most writers were writing about anything but. >> bill griffith: he always said that he wrote about a south torn between itself. torn betwe

bill griffith, 1991. cnbc has never been the same. tulations, bill. >> thank you very much. >> we were both actually brunettes at that time. >> we were. and i had hair that i could color at the time. i don't anymore. >> thank you. >> i remember. we would start, kelly, every morning because bill and i anchored together like for the whole day. we were it. we both started blow drying our hair and moved up to the stage and spent the whole day together. >> yes, we did. >> i wouldn't have made it in those days, that's for sure. sue, thank you so much. and congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> you're not done. >> i'm so glad sue brought up this very important story because we did a little more digging. remember the moustache? a few of the great bill griffeth moments on cnbc over the past 25 years. >> i'm bill griffeth. you know since cnbc premiered in 189, the world of business has certainly change dramatically. >>> welcome back to the e3 conference. >> the top of the rock. >> you didn't look like you could have played another hole. >> it

. >> i'm bill griffith. stocks are off the lows. dow about 170 points. shares of apple have been dragging the dough lower. it's hitting a two-year low. we go live to the nasdaq to see what's behind that move today. >>> donald trump and house speaker, paul ryan are committed to unifying the gop after today's meeting. judd greg is on the fence. he'll join us live to explain why. >>> meantime, a war of words on cnbc between j.p. morgan head jaime diamond. tell you what's behind that controversy that's been brewing for a while. >>> after the bell, wilfred frost has an interview with bank of america ceo, brian moynihan. stay tuned for that. >> look forward to that very much. >>> now, the retail pain. shares of coal sinking again. >> the hard times for traditional retailers might not be over anytime soon as amazon continues to outperform. they were out yesterday with a note reiterating the preaddition that amazon could become the top clothing retailer next year, 2017. how big of a threat is amazon to traditional retail? let's bring in stacy and cou courtney re

. >> and i'll bill griffith. a two day rally for stocks as you have seen. the dow powering higher.as up 177. just off those highs right now. bond king jeff gundlach says he feels this rally is nothing more than a short squeeze. we'll debate coming up here. >> weak numbers from tiffany and express hit the market this morning. but there are three retail stock market with momentum right now. tiffanys now kind of hanging in there though. >> and delta is looking to make those tsa lines shorter this summer. phil lebeau is live in atlanta with details. and he's going wait on a tsa line for us. >> team player. and the one stock in berk sher's beneficial she doesn't agree with.shire's beneficial she doesn't agree with. >> what could it be? we'll find it. steve leisman looks at the improving economic data we've seen. and jackie deing angeles is following stuff. and more. >> two development that is the market has taken notice. first decline in the worst fears of the global economic melt down and u.s. recession and global financial systemic risk and that is because of the improvement in the ec

. >> and i'll bill griffith. a two day rally for stocks as you have seen. the dow powering higher.7. just off those highs right now. bond king jeff gundlach says he feels this rally is nothing more than a short squeeze. we'll debate coming up here. >> weak numbers from tiffany and express hit the market this morning. but there are three retail stock market with momentum

. >> i'm bill griffith. stocks are off the lows. dow about 170 points.le have been dragging the dough lower. it's hitting a two-year low. we go live to the nasdaq to see what's behind that move today. >>> donald trump and house speaker, paul ryan are committed to unifying the gop after today's meeting. judd greg is on the fence. he'll join us live

. >> laura fin more, jim gains, gaulin knee, bill gildersleeve, derek griffith, rachel jacobs, jip pepsierez, justin sen ser. >> among the passengers that fate fall night former bucks county congressman patrick murphy. who's letter about the tragedy was read allowed to those in attendance. >> this tragedy has already taken eight lives. we must stand fast and not allow it to take eight memories. >> as wreaths where laid to honor the dead the talk on this night was also of the living. more than 200 passengers aboard that train many of them badly injured but kept alive in part by the heroic efforts of this citi's are first responders. >> unfortunate reality we lost eight brave individuals that night. but i know that we did indeed safe many more. >> reporter: on happened for the services, laura fin more' parents richard and cynthia in queens new york still feeling the pain of their daughter's death but appreciative of this community's efforts on their behalf. >> there's so much out there that contributes to vitality and life and we need that. my wife needs that. i need that. and we need that

that bill will be voted on next week. >> jennifer griffith at the pentagon. thank you.e took out one of the islamic state's of the senior leaders. the guys name, abu wajib. he was a military chief for the anbar province in iraq. the strike happened last week in the western part of that province and also killed three other isis terrorists. >>> the leader of al qaeda trying to convince isis fight towers switch sides and join his crew. in new audio recording the group reportedly posted online described isis as a group of extremists and renegades predicting their followers will stop take orders. al qaeda chief said coming together is a matter of life or death for jihadists. the two groups are battling for land, power and mostly influence in the terror world. isis fighters were once part of an al qaeda affiliate but split from the group a few years ago after a power struggle. >>> we're waiting for the attorney general, loretta lynch and we got a two-minute warning about six minutes ago. so when she does speak we'll take you there live. stay with us. of their type 2 diabetes

kaptur: i appreciate congressman griffith's efforts but i rise in opposition to the amendment. let me just say that in the base bill that we have worked very hard on, there is $645 million in the account for fossil energy and that's about $13 million moreover the current fiscal year. in addition, it's $285 million above the budget request. if you put it in that frame, we have done quite well with difficult choices inside our bill. the energy efficiency and renewable energy account is lready $248 million below this year. and more than a billion below the budget request. o i would say to the gentleman i don't think that the offset you provided is a very good one. renewable energy is at the forefront at the energy transformation that is already happening across our country and we need a more balanced approach to energy and while i do support research and development and communities that have been harmed by the transformation in the energy sector, coal companies and coal-shipping communities, i can't support this disproportionate level of funding. i strongly oppose the amendment and do not agree with his offset and urg

bill and house amendment and modifications committed to conference messrs. upton, barton, whitfield, shimkus, latta, mrs. mcmorris rodgers, messrs. olson, mckinley, pompeo, griffith, johnson of ohio, flores, mullen, pallone, rush, mrs. capps. ms. matsui, castor of florida, messrs. sarbanes, welch, ben ray lujan of new mexico, tonko, and loebsack. from the committee on agriculture from consideration f sections 3017, 3305, 4501, 4502, 5002, part 2 of subtitle c of title 10, and section 10233 of the senate bill and sections 1116 and 5013 of division a, division b, and ections 1031, 1032, 1035-1037. subtitle k of title 1, section 2013, subtitles f, m, and q of title 2. and title 25 division c of the house amendment and modifications committed to conference. messrs. conaway, thompson. pennsylvania, and peterson. from the committee on natural resources for consideration of sections 2301, 3001, part 2 of tle 2, 3017, 3104, 3109, 3201, 3301-3306. 3308-3312. 4407, 401, 4403, 4405, 4410, 4412-4414, title 5, section 6001, subtitle a of title 6, section 6202, title 8, title 9, subtitles a, b, and c of title 10, parts 1, 2, 3, 4 of subtitle d of title 10, and sections 10341 a