i picked up a book by chance, the letters of john and abigail adams. the book of john and abigail. we're fortunate that someone had to save franklin's writings from the dust bin and preserve them for us. george washington is simpler. everybody who had his name on any piece of paper saved it, or obvious reasons. much like they saved robert e. lee's. as i began to read this book about john and abigail, i was struck by this is a love story. i didn't know that. john adams is the man,hi man w states government. think about, you know, the united states government. we sort of take it for granted. we have a senate in the house of representatives and all that kind of stuff. well somebody had to think of that. somebody had to sit down and write that down on paper how this was going to work. the person who did that is john adams, you know that. as i got into this story, i began discovering the character of abigail adams. abigail adams is the first american feminist. this woman was 100 years ahead of her time and with no education to support that. in this era, women were not allowed, in many c

abigail adams and mercy were very good friends. i think they influenced each other. but i love -- one thing i sort of pick up from your question as you ruffled the feathers on this story. i really like that. congratulations. because somebody -- you know, you'll get absolute statements such as, and this is an example that is not fair maybe to say this in simplistic forms. well, the feminist movement in the united states started in he's getting -- because he's the most visible columnist. he is a celebrity in his time. because he's the most visible columnist in london, he's getting the grief. he's the one being pinpointed by king george as the target of a lot of the frustration. consider 3,000 miles distance between england and the colonies. it takes a month for a ship going east. the ship going east can ride the gulf stream. coming back, it takes often as long as two months or more. so if you send a letter or in the case of general thomas gauge, another of the main characters, if you send orders or requests for information, it takes a month to get there. somebody has t

we're losing altitude quite rapidly here, abigail?there's a big gap around 510 that would have been the first level i would have looked at. i think we're close at and the next level to look at is 477. this can't go on forever. and as the guy said, you don't want to be too greedy. take the profits. >> i mentioned that apple doesn't seem to have long coattails. even though the market has been making higher highs and sentiment numbers have been hitting higher highs, we're not seeing the number of new highs increase. actually starting to decrease. so apple, is secretariat, but secretariat is not pulling a carriage with a lot of other stocks behind him. >>> next on the halftime report, home builders may be one of the year's surprise comeback trades, shu you buy into that industry now? >>> and tomorrow on the halftime report, special guest host, whitney tilson of of t2 partners will be here. [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs,

abigail, start with you first.rm monthly charts point to a serious correction within the next 3 to 12 months. a serious correction. what are we talking here and why? >> we could really be talking about a 50% correction. >> 50%? >> yes. it's amazing. when we look at the long-term chart of the s&p 500, it's showing a failed double top. those peaks reflect an outrageous borrowing binge over the last 30 years. the failure reflects the liquidity efforts of the central banks starting in 2007 right through today. now, there is a shot that the s&p 500 could continue to be inflated up toward the old peaks of about 1550 for triple peak but more likely the s&p 500 appears to be in a relatively small topping pattern that could take it down into a long-term descending trend channel. >> define long-term, abigail? >> we're talking 20 years. 20 years monthly charts so really over the long-term. in terms of borrowing ban, really the cause of the financial collapse and probably the cause of what is likely to be a coming recession as

abigail doolittle, talking numbers here. maria?> all right, wibill, we have about 30 minutes left in the market trading today. we're looking at financials rolling over a bit as we approach the final stretch. coming up next, easy come, easy go, the dow losing its grip on 13,000. is this the end of the rally or a buying opportunity. our experts will weigh in, and we'll get you set up for tomorrow's trading session. we'll also get insight on the ecb's action. bob doneiamond is talking aboute tougher regulations. he will talk about the european central bank's latest ltro move as well. you're watching this edition of "closing bell" on cnbc. >>> welcome back. bob pisani down on the floor of the new york stock exchange. not far from the lows of the day, hewlett-packard and alcoa are the lag guards. but overall, we've had a pretty darn good month and pretty darn good year so far. the s&p up 8.6% so far this year. that's the best start since 1991. dow's doing pretty well, not as good as the s&p, up 6% year-to-date. the best start for the ye

abigail, you have been looking at the chart of deere, what does it tell us?e look at the near-term of deere shares have room to run toward the upside on a confirmed bullish inverse head and shoulder patterns. carries a target of 98. supporting that is an ascending triangle, trying to confirm, it looks like deere could run 10% in the near-term lirking in the background are bearish signals, 50 day moving average through a sagging 2 hunz day moving average, that is a weak golden cross, second when we look at the longer term weekly chart, shares of deere, if they pop on earnings will trade in potential double top pattern that supports confirmed bearish wedge pattern. talking numbers on the pattern, a target of 35, another extreme target, 50% decline, rather than taking that target too seriously the bigger takeaway the longer term risks really overshadow any near term reward. >> near term it could have a pop, long term going lower? >> yes. >> rob, what is the company's chart or fundamentals tell you, shares up 14%, what is behind the rally? >> i think investors ha

the high court said it will hear fisher v texas, to determine if abigail was denied admission to the university of texas because she was white. the federal appeals court banned the affirmative action. but justice o'connor has been exceeded by samuel. he wrote: right now students in the top 10% of texas high schools are automatically admitted into that state's public university system. miss fisher missed the cut off and was put in to other things that were considered like work experience and community service. the last time the supreme court ruled on affirmative action and why are they taking this up now? >> probably a simple head count. the court is much more conservative. and keegan was a very strong vote likely in favor of texas. and the swing justice, justice kennedy voted previously against the position of sandra day o'connor in the case you just mentioned. but the odd thing is really timing. one of the most controversial parts of the o'connor decision is she sort of arbitrarily said we're going to allow this to happen for 25 more years, and a lot of people viewed that as why 25

. >> the supreme court justices will consider the case of abigail fisher who claimed she was denied admission to the university of texas because of her race. this will be the first time the courts have considered an affirmative-action case since 2003 when the justices endorsed the use as race as a factor in the mission. collecting bodies of four american air meant that died in a crash in djibouti are back in the u.s. one of the men is from other marlboro. 3com plane went down and this morning the bodies arrived at gilbert airforce base. they're investigating the cause of the crass. -- it because of the crash. >> the white house is apologizing for the controversial burning of religious texts in afghanistan. it led to violent protests there, about 2000 people throwing rocks and setting fires near the airfield. they burned copies of the qoran and an investigation is underway to determine how it happened. >> dominique strauss-kahn is being questioned by the police again. they are quizzing the former imf fund chief about a suspected prostitution ring in france. french investigators say prostitutes

nations to train the afghan minister of defense and no one tells the story of sacrifice better than abigail who is back in her mama's arms. >> i'm happy. >> i'm a single parent so it was tough on her because i had to move her out of state down to florida to live with my family which meant a new school for her, new friends, you know, living in a place she never lived before. >> they want access to health care, they want goodellcation. that is what you did when you deployed. >> they were driver scena wards based on the number of deployments and everyone in thi in october. >>> they issued a recall of more than 40,000 tires because of safety concerns. it includes six sizes of armor tires sold back in 2009. 27,000 tires may still be out there on the road so they will send notices to all customers next month. >> gas rose 3-cents overnight. we could be looking at $5 gas this summer. it is already $4.25 in california. the average price here, $3.63. the reasons are, tensions with iran and growing demand from asia and south america. we want to chase you to our website and look for the traffic tab. yo

abigail doolittle joins us now to look at oil. we were saying earlier, we're that close to $110, that probably is high. >> two short weeks ago crude was below the 50-day moving average. now 10% above. that signals an unsustainable move. crude's just going to keep climbing. maybe to $115 or so. more likely, though, support of that bottom channel, 50-day moving channel probably pulled crude quickly back down to $100. >> you've got a target price above? you're going to say -- >> i'd say 100. i'm looking more down side. i think $100 looks more likely. this move has been too far, too fast. >> what about the equities? how do you play it? >> that's one name i've been looking at, apache has come pretty far quickly as well. 20% up year-to-date. the last time it strayed above the 50-day moving average was back in 2009, quickly corrected back down. we could see a patchy, pretty quickly down close to $100 again. >> i got 30 seconds. show me copper. do you like copper here? >> i'm bearish on copper also. it's interesting, right now it's breaki

supervisor kim: i believe that abigail evans is here today. thank you for patients. we appreciate your application. pedestrian safety is one of the top priorities for my office. as you know, so many of the collisions between vehicles and pedestrians happened in district 6. i did appreciate your application and background and expertise. you can speak to your interest on serving on the pedestrian safety advisory committee. >> thank you for having me. i am currently a research associate at san francisco general hospital. we are one of 13 injury centers funded by the cdc. currently i managed and direct a handful of projects aimed at reducing the incidence or recurrence of injuries among people of all ages in san francisco. many experience this -- experiences says that this leads to a sustainable results. we executed an economic analysis as a cost of auto verses pedestrian industries. -- entry. the cost is $80 million each year. we found 74% of those involved in a collision were san francisco residents and 75% of the cost was charged to public funds. that is medicare or m

abigail found a lump in her breast two years ago, got help through komen's funding of planned parenthood. today she is healthy. >> i would not have gotten the care without the funding from the komen fund, they covered all the costs of not only the biopsy but also the care going up to the biopsy. >> lisa meyers reporting for us there. the 24 hours after komen's announcement planned parenthood reported $650,000 in new contributions. michael bloomberg pledged to match $250,000 donations to the group. more to come. >>> as the patriots and giants lock down in their hotels to get foe dusted for the game seen by a big chunk of the planet, the rest of the characters are growing less and less focused. jimmy fallon coaxes jerry rice in a woman's wig to reenact a scene from jerry maguire. >>> the donald has thrown support behind mitt romney we thought we would look back at all mr. trump has given us. a rememberance and a check on weather when "way too early" comes back. ♪ [ male announcer ] we know you don't wait until the end of the quarter to think about your money... ♪ that right now, you want t

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nobody tells the tale of sacrifice than abigail. >> i'm happy.ingle parent, it was tough on her, because i had to move her out of state down to florida to live with my family. meaning a new school, new friends, living in a place you never lived before. >> you want good education and opportunities and that's what we did when you're deployed. >> the soldiers were given awards based on the number of deployment and the best news they all returned home safely. >>> they are the littlest web stars finding fame and fortune online. and parents making big money as these have viral videos. there's precautions you want to take. >> 19-month-old micah has a great laugh and 31 million people know it. thanks to a home video his dad posted for friends and family on youtube. the video went viral and racked up millions of hits. micah is part of a growing breed of web stars gaining fame. >> they are cute, funny, some have sort of sound bytes people coat. damion colonel rare is the ceo of viral spiral. he says in addition to fame there's a fortune to be made on these

her name was abigail smith adams. and she was the first woman to have been married to a president and was the father of a president. i mean the mother of a president. thank you anita. it was actually the secret service that whispered first. on february 12th, interestingly, 11/11 and 2/12 are important days in history, but there was another woman born but she was born in london. and she was the daughter in law to a president. and the wife of a president. the two women that we will hear from tonight are even more unique than those two individuals. because one is not only the mother of a president, and the wife of a president, she also got to witness both of them taking an oath of office to be president. the other woman is the daughter in law of a president and the wife of a president. and she got to witness both of them taking the oath of office to be president. these two women are pretty remarkable. barbara pierce bush has had a long legacy of caring about people and inviting people to make a difference. she cares deep

abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. provided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. >>> welcome back to "first look". i'm lynn berry. the knicks's newest sensation will join some of the other rising stars in orlando to play for team shaq. >>reporter: good morning. jeremy lin has made the all-star team. not exactly. he was a last minute add to the rising stars challenge, a game of rookies and second-year players. linsanity hits orlando next weekend. 23 points and 10 boards against the celtics. chicago continues to run without derrick rose. now to indiana where the pacers literally shut the lights out. running offense in the second quarter. the arena went dark. took five minutes for the game to resume. and when it did, granger lit up the nets, scoring 32 points. pacers win it. the nets dropped eight s

abigail found a lump in her breast two years ago and got help from komen's funding to planned parenthood. today she's healthy. >> i would not have been able to get that care without the funding from the komen fund. they covered all the costs, not only the biopsy, but the care going up to the biopsy. >> reporter: komen says the money not going to planned parenthood still will go to help low-income women get breast exams and treatment. as for planned parenthood, officials say they already raised $650,000. that's almost enough to replace the money komen is taking away. brian. >> lisa myers in our d.c. newsroom starting us off tonight. thanks. >>> to the campaign trail today. donald trump found a way to thrust himself back into the spotlight backing mitt romney, who was also pushing back against criticism that he is making too many verbal mistakes and it could hurt his candidacy. nbc's peter alexander on the trail tonight in las vegas. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. there was no better evidence this campaign moved to the wild west than donald trump taking the s

here on a chilly january 1st in 1801, john and abigail adams received the ministers from the first six countries that had recognized this brand new nation. and still today this room offers hospitality to visiting chiefs of state. this is where we invite the prime ministers or kings and their wives for that half hour or so before a state dinner. the earlier part of the day is filled with ceremonies on the south lawn. colorful fanfare. sometimes a parade. this has always been an impressive experience. a responsibility. i go to the third floor before the occasion and look at the great map case and pull down liberia, india. then i real a big sheaf of briefings on the visitor and his country. i also try to go over the guest list. a good many times before the state dinner. because hopefully you can say something more than just how do you do? to our guests who come from all over the united states to meet the visiting head of state. and then, it is a high moment when the color guard enters. es of the visiting chief and i in turn bring our guest. for a year, perhaps the marine captain who led t

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a white high school student, abigail fisher sued claiming that affirmative action kept her out. she said her grades and test scores were better than those of many minority students who were admitted. nine years ago, the supreme court said colleges and universities could consider race to make classes more diverse, but the court is more conservative on this issue now, with the departure of sandra day o'connor who wrote that decision, replaced by samuel alito. the court will likely hear this case in october or early november, just as voters are preparing to go to the polls or cast their absentee ballots, brian. >> pete williams at the court where this will indeed be a contentious case. pete, thanks. >>> overseas tonight, we have news from three separate hot spots around the world, starting with iran. it is now saying it will strike first against its enemies if it feels threatened. just this week, they've been using military vessels in their own show of force on the water. in syria, government forces again bombarding the city of homs. there are reports today of at least 100 more dea

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. >> reporter: in 2008, abigail fisher, like thousands of young americans, applied to college, specifically the university of texas at austin. but texas turned her down. and for only one reason, she and her supporters claim because she is white. >> your skin color and ethnic heritage shouldn't be used as something that you benefit from nor should it be used as something that harms you. >> reporter: the university of texas uses a student's race as a factor in some admissions, giving minorities an advantage. all in the name of achieving greater diversity in the classroom. it's something colleges across the country do. lawrence summers, former president of harvard says, it's absolutely crucial that admissions committees take a student's race, and more important, economic background, into consideration. >> we do not want this to be the generation in which america's leading universities became both whiter and richer. >> reporter: at the supreme court, affirmative action hangs by a thread. in 2003, the justices, by the narrowest 5-4 vote, upheld the university of michigan law school's affirmative

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. >> abigail says she would be lost in washington d.c. without her cell. >> i use it for my bank, i pay the bills, check my e-mail. >> per sister gave up the addiction the hard way. her phone broke. >> i feel withdraws still. it has been for months. >> it is on the rise affecting 53% in 2008, 66% surveyed in 2012. >> one more stress factor in here life. >> it is less stress knowing she can connect with me at any time. >> he is someone like to give up his cell phone. >> mine is connected to my work e-mail. i have enough of that at work. >> 70% of women always want their cell phone 61% of men. before you worry we have gone too far, there is this. >> this cell phone saved my life. >>i called 911 and three satellite they located where i was. they came and rescue me and helped me across the street. >> it is the sense of security that makes one interesting finding in this survey. adults 18-34 are the most addicted to cell phones. the second most addictive groups are people 55 or older for people who feel anxiety without cell phones. reporting l

montgomery and abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit.rovided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. >>> now to the big stories in the week ahead from the white house to hollywood. our correspond epts tell you what you need to know. we begin with the president's plans for the weeks. >> at the white house on monday, president obama unveils his new budget for 2013. he will lay out the details at a community college in nearby virginia. then on wednesday he hits the road on a three-day-trip, making stops in california, missouri, and washington state. it will be a mix of campaign and policy events. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. the company is expected to post a $6.5 billion profit for 2011. we will get the numbers on thursday. on the economic front, the retail sales numbers and housing starts and the get releases the mi

montgomery and abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. which provided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. >>> the new york giants. the new super bowl champions. for the second time in five years, they defeated the patriots for the nfl championship. these live pictures in indianapolis, everybody is excited kind of. more excited. new york and giants. eli manning was the mvp and 88 yard drive that capped the giants come back. congratulatio congratulations. the pentagon is investigating the death of a highest ranking soldier to die in afghanistan. he died friday in kabul province of natural causes. the 49-year-old general was based in texas and deployed to assist the nato training mission. police in pierce county, washington believe josh powell is responsible for an explosion in his home that claimed the lives of him a