alan reynolds, great to see you. >>> coming up on the kudlow report '. larry summers warns of a bad jobs' numbers and fudges on the volcker plan to limit bank trading and tries to tell us if the president is really, get this -- really very pro business. you don't want to miss this. we'll get a quick report and "the kudlow report" will be right back. if you pay people not to work, guess what? they don't work! >>> earlier today, "fast money" contributor and president of metropolitan company, sat down with larry summers. she asked for clarification on the so-called "volcker rule" and here's what he said. >> the volcker rule spoke only to institutions that were banks. it did not speak to institutions, to other types of financial institutions, pure investment banks, for example. trading companies and the like. and so any financial institution that is not a bank is free to engage in these various kinds of trading activities. >> so, we have karen with us. this is a very rare and wondrous treat. hello, karen. >> hello, larry. >> let's zip through this. let me as