i'm becky quick along with joe kernan and andrew ross-sorkin. and we have a special guest with us for the entire half hour, ceo muhammad alerian. but first we have a big week for the markets with another mega round of reports, a fed meeting and a big economic number. the fed kicks off a meeting tomorrow with new decision on rates. anew language about the taper coming on wednesday. and the ap report for april released at 8:18 eastern time followed up on 8:30 for more on spending and auto sales leading up to the big number. and that is friday's employment report. as for earnings, we have another full calendar for you. merck, e-bay, twitter, chevron, mastercard. all on the list this week, but before we get to that, we'll go to joe with breaking news. >>> okay, becky. nbc unioner in value parent comcast struck deals with charter communications to invest 3.9 million subscribers after the deal to buy time warner cable. they just announced transactions transfer 1.4 million time warner cable customers directly to charter for cash. comcast, meanwhile, wi

andrew ross sorkin and i are here.ky is out. >> we needed a little -- >> yeah, we did. >> we need something to cut that with. >> in the headlines this morning -- actually, i've got a lot of hair. that means you don't have a lot. >> that is true. >> we're about two hours away from the march jobs report. economists are looking for an increase of 200,000 in nonfarm payroll. the unemployment rate is seen dropping to 6.6%. the fed said we don't care about numbers any more, but still, you get down to what used to be some type of significant number for employment. you get down and you start thinking, when do we finally see rarts start pinning up. shares of anadarko petroleum are adding to yesterday's big gains in premarket trading. the justice department announced anadarko will pay almost $5.2 billion to settle its current issues. anadarko shares jumped over 14% after that deal. >> can i make one comment about that? >> yeah. >> i don't know if you saw earlier this week, he made the comment that companies should settle because

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. our top story today, the european central banks meeting to discuss the future of monetary policy in the eurozone. but the ecb is expected to remain in a holding pattern. former pimco chief mohamed el-erian and commentary on cnbc.com says policymakers are likely to -- future meetings before making any decisions like lowering rates or launching an asset purchase program. a decision is expected at 7:40 a.m. eastern time followed by a news conference from mario draghi coming up at 8:30 a.m. eastern. we will have more on today's euro events in just a few moments with ross. he'll be joining us from london. right now, take a look at the futures. check things out right now, you will see that the futures are indicated higher. dow futures up by about 14 points even after those big gains from yesterday where you saw the dow reaching a new all-time high. we start giving that back a little bit. we did see some big gains across the board. if you check out currencies, you'll see right now that the d

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen. becky is out this morning. we hope she's going to feel better and hope to see her later this week. ceo mary barra is heading to capitol hill to testify before the energy and commerce committee about last month's recall for an ignition switch. that's scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. among what she's going to say is the following, as soon as i learned about the following, we equity acted without letation. we told the world we had a problem that needed to be fixed. whatever mistakes were made in the past, we will not shirk from our responsibilities now and in the future. gm said it expects to take a charge up to $750 million in the first quarter, mostly related to the costs of recall repairs. shares of gm, they've come off their highs of about $42 million a share, now trading at about $34 a share. we will see what happens to that stock today at she begins to speak at gm. in just a few minutes, we've got represent michael burgess. he's going to give us a preview of today's hearing. i still don't know i

i'm andrew ross sorkin. a lot of earnings reports coming out literally as we speak.e're at 2.632. that is the number to beat. >> a busy day for earnings. three dow components already in. one more due to report -- you know what? >> what? >> i always forget united health. first quarter profit of $1.10 the a share, beating by a penny. faced earnings head winds related to the affordable care act. if you were an insurance company would you be mad? they signed on big time with the administration. dow upon the earned $1.58. we'll read the w word a lot. hurt by seven cents a share. a penny ahead. revenue just absolutely below expectations. there was a rebound in ge's industrial businesses. a loss of three cents a share. expected a profit of nine cents. morgan stanley up a dollar. beat estimates by nine cents first quarter. the firm doubled to 10 cents a share. >> pepsi out with first quarter results. beating the street by 8 cents. joining us to react to the numbers is hugh johnson, cfo of pepsico. the company has been under pressure to split the company up. with results like

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen. becky is out this morning.'s going to feel better and hope to see her later this week. ceo mary barra is heading to capitol hill to testify before the energy and commerce committee about last month's recall for an ignition switch. that's scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. among what she's going to say is the following, as soon as i learned about the following, we equity acted without letation. we told the world we had a problem that needed to be fixed. whatever mistakes were made in the past, we will not shirk from

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin.t's another busy day for earnings led by dow component merck, which is currently a u.s. company. the drugmaker will issue its quarterly numbers in about a half an hour. merck is expected to report first quarter profit of 79 cents a share and revenue of $10.44 billion. in following yesterday's better-than-expected jump in spendi pending home sales, we get the case-schiller home price index, that's expected at 9:00 a.m. also today, federal reserve policymakers will begin a two-day meeting with a statement to be issued tomorrow afternoon. >>> one of today's early winners, nokia. the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter, it announced plans to return $3.1 billion to shareholders through buybacks and extra dividends. it also named the head of its business networks business as its new chief executive, andrew. >> surrey. you just did the syllables. >> we know suri. because tom cruise has a daughter named suri. >> check out your script. >> i thought this was unsc

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. what is that? are you getting sick, too, joe? >> allergies, i think. >> it is the season. trees are coming back. pollen is here. we'll lead off with the markets this morning. they went into rally mode after the fed minutes yesterday. signs that the central bank will remain more dovish and less aggressive to hike rates. that sent stocks flying. joe's right. we were watching for what was going to happen with this. sure enough it looks like the fed put maybe back on. there was a unanimous decision to drop thresholds being used to telegraph a possible rate hike. and the markets, you saw the dow yesterday, it took off, adding 180 points for a better than 1% advance. the s&p 500 gaining over 1%, adding 20 points to close at 1872. finally we are above where we closed the year last year. we're looking at a gain of 23 points for the course of this year. the nasdaq stormed back. internet and biotech names lead the way. it added 7 points. in europe right now, markets around the globe taking cues from what the

i said it just mentioned -- it's wednesday, nonetheless, i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen this morning. becky, sadly, out again today. she's a little bit sick, but she's going to hopefully be back, we hope, tomorrow. joe was saying it is autism speaks awareness day. that's what all these pins and ties are about. but straight to our top story this morning, gm's ceo mary barra facing a congressional panel we're going to get to aman jabbers in just a moment. it was interesting to watch just what she had to say yesterday. i'm not sure she -- >> you were able to see the advantage of having a new ceo, too, right? the advantage of being able to say, well, we're different now. my company is not going to be focused on the cost cutting and its negative effects. what can you really say when someone says that? and the harder you sort of criticize her and pushback, the more people say, well, she wasn't in charge, anyway. so it's a moving target for these congressional guys. . >> do you want to give her a grade? >> i think she did as well as could be expected. >> in terms of apologizing

i'm joe we are knapp along with michelle caruso cabrera, and andrew ross-sorkin.wo companies to get extra attention from investors following the news of a multibillion takeover deal. one is generic drugmakers following news that india's sun pharmaceutical buys ranbaxy. you probably know some of ranbaxy's products but they have been banned for u.s. import because of concern about manufacturing plants in india. and another industry in the spotlight, cement makers, switzerland's holcim is buying lafarge to create the world's largest cement maker with combined annual sales of $44 billion. cemex and eagle materials are among the cement company that is trade here in the u.s. we'll see if there's a bounce in those companies. gasoline has gone up 5 cents over the last two weeks says the latest lumberg survey we talk about on monday to put the average retail price at just under $3.61. demand is up 4% from the same period a year ago. and the survey from lumberg says that's a key factor in the jump in price. >> are you not going to talk about the blackrock news? i want to pr

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernan. becky quick is off this week. here's what's going on this week, several reports have been pushed to thursday since the markets are closed on friday for good friday. today we're getting citigroup around 8:00 a.m. eastern time. tomorrow, here's what is on the list, coca-cola, johnson & johnson, intel and yahoo! then on wednesday, bank of america, american express and ibm. on thursday, it's a huge day because blackstone, dupont, ge, morgan stanley, pepsico and many more on the calendar. i can't say it in one breath. here are the numbers for citigroup, the giant is expected to report a profit of $1.14 a share on revenue of $19.3 billion. we'll have the analysis and people are looking for any comments on what is going on with the criminal probe in mexico. >>> also, one piece of data on economic data today. the retail sales report from march is due out at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. and economists expect the rise of .8% following 8.3% advance in february. that's the corporate news. i think our good friend michelle caruso-ca

. >> well, donahoe himself was on "squawk box" this morning with andrew ross sorkin on the heels of theement of this deal. let's talk to -- let's hear from mr. donahoe in terms of what he thought about this whole process and exactly what changed. >> we had a chance to talk more about paypal, more about ebay, more about the opportunity of the company. and i think carl now sees the potential of our company and is now becoming, i think, a long-term shareholder. i think this is a real win-win for both us and for ebay shareholders. >> carl making it clear as well, guys, that he continues to press his case. he will do so, as he now has that seat on the board, and he even said that he is still extremely confident that eventually paypal and ebay will split, though he was quick to say those are his words, not necessarily john's at this given time. but he's making a bet clearly that down the road they're going to be able to split, those two companies. and in terms of carl's position, there was never a 13d filed in this case. at least from the folks that i've been able to speak with and some of my

. >> i'm andrew ross sorkin with your week ahead. we have a short week with good friday coming up, but earnings season kicking off into high gear. big names will be out, citigroup, coca-cola and ibm. google glass goes on sale on tuesday to the public for first time. the price tag, $1,500. also on tuesday if you haven't filed your taxes, midnight is the deadline. that's your cnbc executive edge. get the latest business news on cnbc and cnbc.com. and get $100 off for every year of safe driving. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side so, what'd you think of the house? did you see the school rating? oh, you're right. hey, babe, i got to go. bye, daddy. have a good day at school, okay? ♪ [ man ] but what about when my parents visit? okay. just love this one. it's next to a park. [ man ] i love it. i love it, too. here's your new house. ♪ daddy! [ male announcer ] you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. zillow. (agent) i understand. (dad) we've never sold a house

cnbc's andrew ross sorkin sitting in with the morning joe crew this morning posed this interesting question. >> can we talk about the human drama that is grandma clinton? >> who is stupid enough to think that -- the point is an entire country is going to watch a family have a child. you've seen this -- this is a human drama. people are going to get behind this. it's going to change the way people look at hillary clinton. >> oh, dear. ever since their only daughter got married four years ago there's only been the slightest bit of pressure from her proud parents. >> one title i know you seek to have one of these days is grandmother. >> yes, you figured that out. >> i would like to be a grandfather. i would like to have a happy wife, and she won't be unless she's a grandmother, something she wants more than she wanted to be president. >> i want to say, mr. president, once again, you got the better of me and you beat me to being a grandfather. >> do you think the president will have another child? >> well, no, but i wouldn't mind -- i wouldn't mind one of those grandchildren that i hear so much

i'm andrew ross sorkin alongside joe kernen and michelle caruso-cabrera.s higher. a couple of pieces of news. johnson & johnson reported just a short time ago the company earned an adjusted $1.54. the company increased earnings guidance for a full year 2014 to $5.80 a share and $5.90 per share. we will see what happens there. joe, the other big news, coca-cola. >> reported 45 minutes ago, an hour ago. mukhtar kent, chairman and ceo of coca-cola. good to see you. how are you? >> good to see you. thank you for having me. >> whatever you're a company the size of coca-cola, even getting a 5% gain for earnings per share, it's not a given. what initiatives that you instituted have you been able to at least beat slightly some of these expectations, mukhtar? >> well, we are beginning to get our momentum back here in in the beginning of 2014. we have grown 2%. it's the smallest quarter of the year. we are please the we have been able to gain 2% on volume. also 2% on currency neutral adjusted revenues. and operating income growth on 7% on those numbers on a currency

i'm becky quick, andrew ross sorkin is off today. gm waiting three years to address saturn ion problems with power failures despite many claims. the national highway transportation safety board did not seek a recall on the saturn ion and found 12 crashes and two injuries caused by the problem. gm issued a statement saturday admitting it did not do enough to take care of the power steering problem. phil lebeau will join us at 7:00 a.m. with more on this story. >>> and gm is announcing plans to invest $12 million in china by 2017. speaking at the auto china show in beijing, the president of gm china says they plan to build five more plants in china next year. eunice yoon will join us with more news in a minute. >> look at my font. >> what happened? >> who knows. >> wait a second. >> you have no idea. anything on any given day -- >> you can read that from 30 feet away. >> i can see it. i'm fine. >> that's right, you are good with the distance, right? >> i was a good boy in high school. anyway n corporate news, pfizer reportedly approach

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.you are just checking in on the markets after yesterday's sell-off, let's get you up to speed. take a look at the futures at this hour. yesterday you saw the dow down by 266 points. the nasdaq was down by 3.1%. you'll see that the u.s. equity futures are indicated slightly higher at least for both the dow and the s&p futures. dow indicated up by less than 20 points, s&p 500 futures indicated up by less than 2 points. nasdaq looks like they're down about 1 point. >> in europe, the major averages are selling off following what happened here yesterday. in germany, dax is down by 1.4%, the ftse off by 1.2% and the cac in france off by 1% as well. in asia overnight, the nikkei tumbled more than 2%, closing below the 14,000 point level. right there at 13,960. this started thursday. the nasdaq felt the worst of it, down by 3%, closing at 4054, the biggest one-day decline since 2011. the nasdaq is down 7% from the recent high on march 5th. it's down by 2.6% for the year. for the s&p 500, that

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. u.s. markets will try to rebound after two straight sessions of sharp declines. at this hour, though, the futures if you take a look, the u.s. futures indicated slightly higher. nasdaq futures up by just over 1.75 point. the s&p futures are slightly negative. this all comes after the dow fell another 166 points to 16,245. as for the s&p 500, that index capped off its biggest three-day drop in two months with a decline of 20 points it closed at 1845. you are looking at the nasdaq. it got the worst of this. that index had its worst three-day decline. negative for the year are the markets. we will talk about the momentum shift in just a few minutes. first, andrew has more of the top corporate stories. >> we're happy you're back. >> me, too. >>> if you're a citigroup shareholder, not happy. they'll take $1.2 billion to settle claims. the settlement resolves a significant legacy issue left over from the financial crisis error. citi will take a related charge of $100 million for the first quarte

your colleague andrew ross sorkin seems to say that today but that's totally unfounded. the heroes of the book, the flash boys, what do they engage in? they're engaged in building what they see as the one fair exchange. the one exchange which -- >> but i'm talking about the more established, the nyse, the nasdaq, the quote unquote, traditional exchanges. >> right. >> i take your point, i take your point about -- and we are going to talk about that in just a few minutes, i take your point about the building of the new world exchange, that evens the playing field. but the more traditional exchanges that benefit from a high frequency trader. >> that's absolutely true. the book very clearly makes the point that there are several actors involved. i think of the high frequency traders as just basically exploiting a system that's got these glitches in it. and that they found loopholes to jump through. you know, it's sort of like, i don't know, blaming the lion for eating the antelope, that they do what they do. the problem is the opportunities they have been given and they have

. >> i'm andrew ross sorkin with your week ahead. tuesday, microsoft hands its support for its xp operating system which runs 95% of the nation's atm. banks must upgrade or face security risks. on thursday, another look at the jobs market with data on weekly unemployment claims and the galaxy s5 hits stores worldwide. you can get all the latest business news on cnbc and cnbc.com. u. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. [ bottle ] ensure®. as a i'm still not going toall the pmake it to mars,o visit. but thanks to hotwire's incredibly low travel prices, i can afford to cross more things off my list. this year alone, we went to the top of the statue of liberty... and still saved enough to go to texas-- to a real dude ranch! hotwire checks the competition's rates every day... so they can guarantee their low prices. so we got our 4-star hotels for ha

kernen and andrew ross sorkin. our top story, france's alstom says it is backing an offer from general electric for its energy business. ge's offer for alstom's thermal power renewable power and grid businesses totaled $16.9 billion. alstom still left the door open for a competing bid from siemens. the french officials are concerned about keeping jobs in france. siemens reportedly improved its bid for the alstom unit and is waiting for a response. ge's ceo jeff immelt expressed confidence it would go through. alstom's shares are on the move in europe. you'll see they are up another 9.3%. it's been a steady climb since the word about the ge offer first leaked out. you can see right now, the latest trade 29.51. back here at home, ge shares are down by about a penny in premarket trade, 26.75. ge's jeff immelt will be talking to cnbc first around 9:30 eastern time this morning. we'll also be talking to an analyst in just a few moments about ge's offer, what he thinks ultimately will happen with this deal. first, more h

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin.e headlines, it's a busy day for economic report which is are -- they're always important. they seem more important because everyone is counting on 3% gdp now. at 8:30, march housing starts, economists looking for a 5.8% jump. 45 minutes later, exactly, the fed is going to be out with march industrial production. also important, expected to rise by 0. 5%. at 2:00 eastern, the fed will issue its beige book, a region-by-region assessment of the nation's economy. speaking of nations, china is rejecting a white house warning that its currency is too weak. chinese officials say the u.s. needs to recognize that the country is still in the process of perfecting and regulating its exchange rate system. yesterday, the administration had expressed that china was letting market forces guide the value of the yuan. and mt. gox has given up plans to rebuild under bankruptcy protection. mt. gox is asking a tokyo court permission to liquidate. they filed for protection last month after it lost 850,000

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.op story today, the european central banks meeting to discuss the future of monetary policy in the eurozone. but the ecb is expected to remain in a holding pattern. former pimco chief mohamed el-erian and commentary on cnbc.com says policymakers are likely to -- future meetings before making any decisions like lowering rates or launching an asset purchase program. a decision is expected at 7:40 a.m. eastern time followed by a news conference from mario draghi coming up at 8:30 a.m. eastern. we will have more on today's euro events in just a few moments with ross. he'll be joining us from london. right now, take a look at the futures. check things out right now, you will see that the futures are indicated higher. dow futures up by about 14 points even after those big gains from yesterday where you saw the dow reaching aew

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen. becky can't shake that cough. better. hope to see her on monday. we have a lot to talk about. it is jobs friday. our top story today, we're going to get the march jobs report and the markets, they're waiting to see if the u.s. economy is starting to heat up after that brutal winter. let's take a look at the estimates here. the numbers to beat, the consensus is 200,000 for nonfarm payrolls. that's up from 175,000 in january. the economists are expecting unemployment rates to continue on a downward trend, falling to 6.6%. and hourly wages are expected to tick the up. all of that is rt staing at

i'm becky quick along with joe kernan and andrew ross-sorkin.h us for the entire half hour, ceo muhammad alerian. but first we have a big week for the markets with another mega round of reports, a fed meeting and a big economic number. the fed kicks off a meeting tomorrow with new decision on rates. anew language about the taper coming on wednesday. and the ap report for april released at 8:18 eastern time followed up on 8:30 for more on spending and auto sales leading up to the big number. and that is friday's employment report. as for earnings, we have another full calendar for you. merck, e-bay, twitter, chevron, mastercard. all on the list this week,

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. we do have a big morning for cnbc.st 25 list of the most influential rebels, icons and leaders that transformed the business world will be unveiled, that's coming up at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. we'll have a sneak peek at the number 15 on the list later this hour. >>> earnings central heating up today, drugmakers merck, bristol-myers and forest labs all out this morning. forest labs ceo will be talking to us first on cnbc later in the show. after the bell, ebay and twitter will be capping off the day. meantime in washington, the federal reserve kicking off a two-day meeting, leading to an announcement on wednesday after noon. this sun with of the meetings that does not come with a news conference. check out the markets right now. yesterday we did see a mixed day for the markets. the dow was up by about 87

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. what is that? getting sick, too, joe? >> allergies, i think. >> it is the season. trees are coming back. pollen is here. we'll lead off with the markets this morning. they went into rally mode after the fed minutes yesterday. signs that the central bank will remain more dovish and less aggressive to hike rates. that sent stocks flying. joe's right. we were watching for what was going to happen with this. sure enough it looks like the fed put maybe back on. there was a unanimous decision to drop thresholds being used to telegraph a possible rate hike. and the markets, you saw the dow yesterday, it took off, adding 180 points for a better than 1% advance. the s&p 500 gaining over 1%, adding 20 points to close at 1872. finally we are above where we closed the year last year. we're looking at a gain of 23 points for the course of this

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. earnings season is under way.ther significant report coming out about an hour from now. bank of america is expected to report profits of a nickel a share. revenue expected to top $22 billion. we'll have the numbers and the instant reaction as soon as they're released. >>> and later today, the countdown will begin for ibm and google, those results coming after the closing bell today. we're also leading up to a huge thursday full of dow components. we have general electric, goldman sachs, dupont, united health, all reporting tomorrow. so a lot to sink our teeth into. right now, let's get over to andrew. he has the yahoo! story. >> thank you. we missed you very much. >> i missed you guys. >> let's talk about yahoo! for a moment. yahoo! reported better than expected profits last night. they reported first quarter earnings of 38 cents. sales topped a billion dollars. they see a period of stable yet

i'm andrew ross sorkin and michelle caruso cabrera is in for us with becky quick out, we hope she's back soon. and billionaire real estate investor same zell, barry sternlight is joining us, and then bill miller. plus big news to move the markets. and michelle has more on that. good morning, michelle. >>> following friday's employment report, the focus will shift from jobs to profits. the financial sector is going to kickoff the earnings season later this week. both jpmorgan and wells fargo scheduled to report on friday. profits for the s&p 500 companies are expected to rise by 1.2% in the first quarter. ahead of that, the fed will put out the minutes to the march meeting on wednesday. the markets will look for more clues on what the central bank could be thinking about the future of interest rates and the bond-buying program known as quantitative easing. let's check out the futures, are

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.'s alstom says it is backing an offer from general electric for its energy business. ge's offer for alstom's thermal power renewable power and grid businesses totaled $16.9 billion. alstom still left the door open for a competing bid from siemens. the french officials are concerned about keeping jobs in france. siemens reportedly improved its bid for the alstom unit and is waiting for a response. ge's ceo jeff immelt expressed confidence it would go through. alstom's shares are on the move in europe. you'll see they are up another 9.3%. it's been a steady climb since the word about the ge offer first leaked out. you can see right now, the latest trade 29.51. back here at home, ge shares are down by about a penny in premarket trade, 26.75. ge's jeff imlt

it's been burning since the world's been turning ♪ >>> becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkinago? cnbc was getting ready to go on air for the very first time at a small studio just south of here in fort lee. in "squawk's" place in cnbc's hiss thi history, that would come back six years later. wow, we're 19 years old? there's mark haines himself. wow. first before we get to some of this, we get down to business. >>> this hour alone, due upon, united health, blackrock, general tremendous and morgan stanley. pepsico is out at 7:00 a.m. goldman

welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc, i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.including barry sternlicht. we'll be talking to the ceo of panera bread, ron shaick. at 8:15 a.m. eastern, we have an exclusive interview with treasury secretary jack lew. steve liesman will be here with that. we'll be covering everything from economic growth to slapping sanctions on russia. we start this morning about a look at the markets and a focus on what's been happening with the fed. the federal reserve will be releasing the minutes of its last meeting on march 18th and 19th. that is expected at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. market will be looking for hawkish comments luing anything related to the discussion on changes

i said it just mentioned -- it's wednesday, nonetheless, i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen, sadly, out again today. she's a little bit sick, but she's going to hopefully be back, we hope, tomorrow. joe was saying it is autism speaks awareness day. that's what all these pins and ties are about. but straight to our top story this morning, gm's ceo mary barra facing a congressional panel we're going to get to aman jabbers in just a moment. it was interesting to watch just what she had to say yesterday. i'm not sure she -- >> you were able to see the advantage of having a new ceo

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.st checking in on the markets after yesterday's sell-off, let's get you up to speed. take a look at the futures at this hour. yesterday you saw the dow down by 266 points. the nasdaq was down by 3.1%. you'll see that the u.s. equity futures are indicated slightly higher at least for both the dow and the s&p futures. dow indicated up by less than 20 points, s&p 500 futures indicated up by less than 2 points. nasdaq looks like they're down about 1 point. >> in europe, the major averages are selling off following what happened here yesterday. in germany, dax is down by 1.4%, the ftse off by 1.2% and the cac in france off by 1% as well. in asia overnight, the nikkei tumbled more than 2%, closing below the

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernan. becky quick is off this week.this week, several reports have been pushed to thursday since the markets are closed on friday for good friday. today we're getting citigroup around 8:00 a.m. eastern time. tomorrow, here's what is on the list, coca-cola, johnson & johnson, intel and yahoo! then on wednesday, bank of america, american express and ibm. on thursday, it's a huge day because blackstone, dupont, ge, morgan stanley, pepsico and many more on the calendar. i can't say it in one breath. here are the numbers for citigroup, the giant is expected to report a profit of $1.14 a share on revenue of $19.3 bill

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. u.s. two straight sessions of sharp declines. at this hour, though, the futures if you take a look, the u.s. futures indicated slightly higher. nasdaq futures up by just over 1.75 point. the s&p futures are slightly negative. this all comes after the dow fell another 166 points to 16,245. as for the s&p 500, that index capped off its biggest three-day drop in two months with a decline of 20 points it closed at 1845. you are looking at the nasdaq. it got the worst of this. that index had its worst three-day decline. negative for the year are the markets. we will talk about the momentum shift in just a few minutes. first, andrew has more of the top corporate stories.

i'm becky quick, andrew ross sorkin is off today.ddress saturn ion problems with power failures despite many claims. the national highway transportation safety board did not seek a recall on the saturn ion and found 12 crashes and two injuries caused by the problem. gm issued a statement saturday admitting it did not do enough to take care of the power steering problem. phil lebeau will join us at 7:00 a.m. with more on this story. >>> and gm is announcing plans to invest $12 million in china by 2017. speaking at the auto china show in beijing,

welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc, i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. we have a big guest lineup for you this morning, including barry sternlicht. we'll be talking to the ceo of panera bread, ron shaick. at 8:15 a.m. eastern, we have an exclusive interview with treasury secretary jack lew. steve liesman will be here with that. we'll be covering everything from economic growth to slapping sanctions on russia. we start this morning about a look at the markets and a focus on what's been happening with the fed. the federal reserve will be releasing the minutes of its last meeting on march 18th and 19th. that is expected at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. market will be looking for hawkish comments luing anything related to the discussion on changes in forward guidance. that will be happening at 2:00 p.m. eastern time today. if you take a look at where the markets stand right now, the futures are indicated higher. dow futures up by 33 points, s&p futures indicated up by 2 points and the nasdaq up by 9 points. the major u.s. average managed to snap a three-session lo

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin. it's april.like, this summer you might not do a lot of stuff. have you noticed news overload? >> a lot of news. a loot of earnings that are coming, too. >> in addition to everything else. american business keeps moving, keeps moving, things keep happening. we have a lot to talk about. in the headlines, novartis, glaxo smithkline and eli lilly are -- i don't know what you'd call this, swapping things, buying things, combining different things that make sense synergistically and saving money. they're all higher in premarket trading. novartis is buying glaxo's oncology unit for $14.5 billion and at the same time selling most of its vaccines business to glaxo for $17.1 billion. it's weird the way this is structured. the investment bankers involved in this are going crazy. i don't know if money eventually changes hands. in a separate deal it will sell its animal health division to eli lilly, this is for $5.4 billion. we are going to talk to the chief of glaxo, sir andrew witty in just a couple minutes

andrew ross sorkin, you have to leave now? >> i do. >> why? >> the markets are closed. are you going? >> i'm off to mexico. going on a little vacation with my wife. >> spring break. >> i thought you were just dropping the mic after that argument. >> i'm out. great to see you. thank you, guys. >>> coming up on "morning joe," david gregory, eugene robinson join our conversation. and later we go inside the mind of vladimir putin. how the ex-kbg agent raised in russia. and up next, the top stories in the politico playbook with mike allen. but first bill kairns has a look at the forecast. >> a pretty nice easter weekend for many of us. the exception being the southeast over the next two days. on this good friday, if you're traveling later on this afternoon and this evening. but this morning we are getting drenched here along the gulf. we have some lightning strikes. the storm system is going to slowly be moving on today. almost looks like a tropical system there's so much rain with this. because we're expecting 3 to 5 inches of rain, there are flood watches in this area. be