i'm becky quick with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. at least 13 people are dead after a commercial flight crashed into a river shortly after take off. there were 50 passenger and crew aboard. the plane clipped a bridge and crashed into the water. that aircraft belongs to transasia. >> that's terrifying video. >> in the united states a horrible train crash in new york city last night in the suburbs there. a crowded commuter train slammed into an suv on the tracks. it happened at rush hour. seven people were killed. at least 12 people were hurt. most of those people were in the train. at least one person on the vehicle. the crash caused the vehicle to explode and it set the front of the train ablaze. the third rail pierced the front cabin and came up through the train. >> that's a horrible horrible situation. that's the train my father takes every day. among big business stories we're watching this morning if you read on jobs the adp employment report is coming up. forecasters say the economy likely added 245,000 private sector jobs last

i'm becky quick with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. it's another fridged morning in the big apple. if you're in bed. stay there. trust me. manhattan with temperatures around 2 degrees. add in the wind chill and it feels about negative six but not just new york is feeling this. the latest winter storm is expected to spread snow and ice from the rockies to parts of the south today. there could be snow on the beach in part of the southeast. keith carson will be joining us with today's national forecast in just a bit. but first the big stories we're watching this morning. crude oil prices falling. this is all coming as traders question reports that opec might meet for the meeting in june. some people questioning those sources but it's been something the oil market has been watching closely. in other global news positive developments on the on going greek saga. athens sending economic reform plans to the euro zone overnight. the proposals include measures to crack down on tax evasion and corruption. and back here a packed agenda of economic

i'm becky quick along with andrew ross sorkin. boston getting slammed. six feet of snow over the last 30 days and another storm is blanketing parts of the region. historic amounts of snow on the ground and not enough space to put it all. they use flame burners to dissolve the snow and can't keep up with the amount reigningaining down. you don't want salt and sand and all of that stuff dumped into the harbor but they don't have a lot of choice. all of my complaints about my morning commute ring hollow when you look at these pictures. >> they're expecked to get another snow on thursday. boston we're with you but only in spirit. this is why people should not live in the northeast. i grew up in southern california and now i realize why people live there. >> why do we live in the northeast? it makes no sense. >> because of jobs. >> good morning, g-20 finance ministers are gathering in istanbul turkey. here at home the employment market front and center. the labor department will release it's latest job openings and latest turnover survey the jolt survey at 10

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.utes away from the opening bell. if you've been watching the boards this morning, the dow futures are up about 60 points above fair value right now. nasdaq up by 8.5 and nasdaq up by 14. in europe we have seen green arrows there as the greeks seem to be stepping back from some hard lines. at this point gains better than 1% for france, germany, london. greece, the stock market up by more than 10%. >>> let's tell you what's making headlines at this hour. bp slashing expenditures by $20 billion. in an interview earlier this morning the bp ceo said it may stick for some time. also the nation's automakers will be reporting sales. we'll see if lower gasoline prices are driving the spending on trucks and suvs. and alibaba is trying to break into the u.s. the chinese e-commerce giant is teaming up with lending club to offer financing to u.s. that want to buy from chinese suppliers. >> bob dudley. >> bob dudley ceo of bp. >> certainly is. a few stocks to watch this morning. u.p.s. posted earnin

i'm becky quick along with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan. joe will be back tomorrow. the s&p hitting all time highs yesterday. in fact this was a very broad rally. you had 12% of the components setting new 52 week highs of their own. the dow is now within .3% away from its record high in december. disney united technology and boeing all trading at 52 week highs. the nasdaq targeting return to 5,000. among the biggest drivers you have apple clearly heating things up but the nasdaq composite at 4899. shares of apple up 20% in the last month alone. check the futures and get a read on where things stand. at this point things have barely changed. dow futures down by 12.5 points but the nasdaq is slightly higher. >> here's the big stories you need to know about this morning. greece topping your headlines. athens widely expected to ask for an extension of a loan deal with the euro zone. we'll talk about the implications of that. the bank of japan leaving it unchanged. the world's third biggest economy is on the lend. by the way, the nikkei 225 is u

i'm along with andrew ross sorkin. joe and becky are off today. >> it's on the west coast, you know. >> here we are freezing. >> they may not be able to get back here given the weather. i don't know what's going on with flights. >> bad news. >> good for them. >> for me. >> bad for us. >> make it back. right. snow is coming down in new york city. that's likely to make for a messy morning commute but the weather problems are worse in other parts of the country. >> you should be thrilled that you're here this morning. >> we are. we are so happy. it's a privilege to get up at 3:00 in the morning. >> we are thrilled. we just don't want to be back tomorrow morning. >> life is full of o -- trade offs. kentucky tennessee, virginia maryland crippled by a winter storm. federal offices in washington d.c. will be closed today as they brace for snow. airports in north carolina and tennessee look to be the hardest hit and we'll have a live report from the weather channel in about 20 minutes, scott. >> here's the big stories we're wa

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin. little bit this morning. up 1 on the s&p 500. up 9 on the nasdaq trying to set an all-time high. might do it in our lifetime. among our top stories that andrew is ready to bring you are -- >> thank you for teeing it up for me. here are the top stories we're looking at this hour. greece and the eurozone are close to a deal. that's according to reuters. today's meeting starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. meeting is critical. the current agreement expires on february 2th. and the eurozone finance ministers tls still no deal with the slowdown in port operations. it's causing supply problems across the country. honda is stepping up cuts at north american ports. they expect 20,000 fewer cars because of the supply disruption. and the nation's current and former governors gathering far meeting. also taking part along with business and academic leaders. >>> nasdaq having its strongest winning streak in a year. closing in at a new 15-year high. driving the index close tore the milestone level o

that's the subject of a "new york times" piece written by andrew ross sorkin.s a look at if and why female ceos may be targeted for change more than men. the targeting aside, how have these women-run companies performed against their peers? let's bring in the co-founder paul hickey who has been breaking down the numbers. what are they, paul? >> the article seems to imply that these activists think that women ceos are somehow less skilled than male ceos. but if you look at the performance numbers of the stocks, there's 24 companies in the s&p 500 with female ceos. over the last year, they're up 19.5%. their male-run counterparts are up about just under 15%. so there's outperformance there. only two of the stocks run by female ceos in the s&p 500 are down over the last year. so that's a small sample size. but if you look into the russell 3,000, you still see that performance gap between female and male ceos. and coincidentally, the top performing stock in the russell 3,000 over the last year, it has a female ceo. and even though they make up just 4% of ceos in th

. >> coincidence or not, andrews ross sorkin our buddy colleague raises in "the new york times" of whetherctivist investors target ceos. >> another name to add to the list. >> it comes up because of that. there are many. marissa mayer meg whitman, coincidence or not is want to talk a stab at that. >> i thoughts it was a good piece, it's still on minority of situations where the women are ceos to begin with and where the women are ceos are companies of activism. on the raw numbers hard to say there's a trend. that said you do see an increasing incidence of this anecdotally speaking some of the higher profile fights have been with female led companies. marissa mayer comes to mind. >> marissa mayer was installed there by an activist let's not forget if and andrew pointed that out and said as well the activists he said were offended by the mere suggestion. the female ceos didn't want to address it. it's sort of a -- >> too small of a sample size. >> when you look at the companies you laid out whether it's yahoo! go through these lists these are high-profile companies led by women. i don't know

." >>> first in the business world, good morning, everybody, i'm andrew ross sorkin.becky today. 16 years at the home of the "daily show" jon stewart is retiring. comedian laying it out in last night's taping. the departure with stephen colbert. and this could put viacom down the road. rye now, viacom's shares are lower on that news. >>> in the headlines at this hour greece is in the spotlight once again today. the country ease finance minister will offer a so-called bailout. this is an extraordinary meeting being held in brussels. it's going to start "squawk on the street." >>> and according to "the wall street journal" the fbi is looking into how personal information was obtained about the users of the popular turbotax software program. >>> and you can be putting yourself and your employer in jeopardy if you use dating apps on company smartphones. an ibm study showed 26 out of 41 dating apps had medium or high severity vulnerabilities. ibm has alerted the app developers of its findings. andrew, get off tinder. >> i'm not on tinder thank you. for the advice. >>> appl

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.ng is barry sternlicht. he is starwood capital founder and ceo. we're less than 90 minutes away from the opening bell on wall street. been watching the futures this morning. and after a slightly lower close yesterday, you can see red arrows once again today with the dow futures down 27 points. >> here's what's happening right now. germany is rejecting greece's application to extend the terms of the bailout. that news spooking investors worrying that athens could run out of money in the coming weeks. and check out shares of crude prices right now. or rather check out prices of crude. among the catalyst a rise in inventory and worries about over-supply. and walmart expected to earn $1.5. a share. that's on revenues of $132 million. carl's got an interview with that. >> billion. >> did i say million? billion, you're right. >> good number for a quarter. not so bad. >>> few stocks on the move this morning. t-mobile u.s. on the rise this morning. the mobile operator earned 12 cents a share f

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with becky quick -- >> wrapped up like a deuce?u can wrap up like a -- >> too early in the morning. >>> chicago mayor recall emanuel facing a runoff on election day. emanuel won 54% of the vote. he is now going to face second place to jesus garcia in april. >>> the house gets a crack at the fed chair today. janet yellen expected to face tougher questions to audit the fed. steve reeseman has more. he'll be with us. >>> also net neutrality. a house subcommittee will hold a hearing on the regulation. the ftc is set to vote tomorrow. republican lawmakers conceding that a fight with the white house with proposed rules may be over. expected to rule like a public utility. >>> also, southwest airlines grounding 128 planes overdue for inspection. that represents about one-fifth of its fleet. as of last night at least niebt flights were cancelled. the planes were boeing 737s overdue for inspections for backups on systems used to control the weather if the main system failing. the faa has agreed to let southwest continue using those planes fo

i'm andrew ross sorkin with becky quick and steve leisman.r his song "happy." we've got a little more grammy buzz coming up later this morning. >>> in our headlines this morning, here's something we haven't seen in about nine months. higher gasoline prices. the latest lundberg survey shows it was up 13 cents over the last two weeks. average of $2.20 a gallon. imports tumbled almost 20% in january from a year ago in china. they were looking for a drop but maybe something more like 2.5%. and greek prime minister is vowing to dismantle the austerity program and is ruling out any abandonment of the bailout program. he would also like to see reparations made for his country from world war ii. >> that's helpful stuff right there. i sat down with u.s. treasury secretary jack lew before he left for this week's g20 meeting in istanbul. i asked him about concern over greece's potential exit. here's what he had to say. >> i think what has to happen is there needs to be a conversation where greece and all of the parties it's engaged with looks for practi

i'm becky quick with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.he ecb is taking a hard line on the country's debt. they'll no longer let banks use greek government debt for collateral for loans. some lost up to a fifth of their data out of the gate this morning. the other big story, oil prices swinging wildly in the last few days. the saudi finance minister saying the kingdom is okay with cheap crude for some time. >> we have been preparing for such a period. we have learned from the past. we have been through this in the past. with obviously the oil market. everybody knows goes through ups and downs and peaks and valleys and so in the last few years we have the resources. we build the resources. we build the buffers to help us in sustaining our policies and not disrupting them. so i'm comfortable we'll be able to continue that. >> he's comfortable but a lot of other people aren't. oil prices are now down about 60% since mid june but that doesn't tell the story of the last week. over the hastlast week oil prices pick up about 20%. you're talking a

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen and becky quick.bowl was the most talked about on facebook. the game generated 265 million posts, comments and likes. more than 65 million people. that's up from 50 million people last year. the game generated big buzz on twitter as well with more than 28 million tweets globally. we'll have more details from last night's game later this hour. >>> among the other stories we're watching this hour the white house has officially unveiled its 2016 budget proposal. and it targets trillions of dollars in overseas profits for a one-time tax. that proposal is expected to encounter major republican resistance though many people say this is a conversation they're glad is taking place. >>> u.s. regulators say 2.1 million older fiat chrysler and honda vehicles will be recalled because of air bag problems. these are unrelated to the earlier recalls with the takata corporation air bags. and today is expected to be the busiest day ever at the airport in sky harbor phoenix. >>> key deadline reached in the general moto

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with michelle caruso-cabrera.bble beach pro-am. before we go to them michelle's got some morning headlines. >> among or top stories at this hour, a new hope for a greek deal. the country will make every effort to reach an agreement with its eurozone partners when the ministers meet on monday to discuss a potential new bailout package for the country. european powers are warning russia of new sanctions of a cease-fire deal with ukraine isn't implemented. the german chancellor and french president saying more sanctions are possible if the truce fails. and president obama talking cyber security today. he's expected to announce new executive action to address online security at a summit in silicon valley. >>> speaking of cyber security apple beefing up security to its messaging and video chat apps. a two-step verification process. users also need to use a four-digit code sent to the user's cell phone. it requires two elements of verification. what you know and then what you have with you. we talked about getting doubl

i'm becky quick with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. we're not talking about even funding homeland security. as of this morning marijuana is legal in d.c. but now there's a drug war of sorts break down between the district and some in congress. we'll have a live report in about 20 minutes. >> we'll tell you about the big stories we're watching this morning. snapshots of jobs in a big way. inflation, manufacturing and housing. also beginning weekly unemployment claims. cpi, durable goods, housing price index and fed survey. ibm is hosting an investor day in new york. it's been the worst performing stock in the dow for the last two years and it's underperforming the index so far in 2015. we'll talk to an ibm analyst later this hour and don't miss the ceo on cnbc talking about everything that had gone on during the presentation. the senate is set to vote today on a $40 billion spending bill aimed at preventing a partial shutdown of the department of homeland security's funding because it will expire at midnight on friday if congress doesn'

i'm becky quick with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.cb is taking a hard line on the country's debt. they'll no longer let banks use greek government debt for collateral for loans. some lost up to a fifth of their data out of the gate this morning. the other big story, oil prices swinging wildly in the last few days. the saudi finance minister saying the kingdom is okay with cheap crude for some time. >> we have been preparing for such a period. we have learned from the past. we have been through

i'm becky quick along with andrew ross sorkin. boston getting slammed.ix feet of snow over the last 30 days and another storm is blanketing parts of the region. historic amounts of snow on the ground and not enough space to put it all. they use flame burners to dissolve the snow and can't keep up with the amount reigningaining down. you don't want salt and sand and all of that stuff dumped into the harbor but they don't have a lot of choice. all of my complaints about my morning commute ring hollow when you look at these pictures. >> they're expecked to get another snow on thursday. boston we're with you but only in spirit. this is why people should not live in the northeas

i'm becky quick along with joe kerr nan and and kernan and andrew ross-sorkin.a look at the stunning aerial views we've seen. we have some video of frozen niagara falls. even florida is bracing for record lows. and in kentucky last night it was colder than antarctica. we will have a live report from our friends at the weather channel in a bit. first, things are heating up for the bulls on wall street. joe mentioned the nasdaq's big run back to 5,000. andpple a huge part of the story. shares rising more than 60% in the last 12 months. as are for the broader markets, the s&p right now is right around break even for the holiday shortened week. the index is trying for its third st

i'm becky quick with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.least 13 people are dead after a commercial flight crashed into a river shortly after take off. there were 50 passenger and crew aboard. the plane clipped a bridge and crashed into the water. that aircraft belongs to transasia. >> that's terrifying video. >> in the united states a horrible train crash in new york city last night in the suburbs there. a crowded commuter train slammed into an suv on the tracks. it happened at rush hour. seven people were killed. at least 12 people were hurt. most of those people were in the train. at least one person on the vehicle. the crash caused the vehicle to explode and it set the front of the train

i'm andrew ross sorkin. we have a couple of big stories we're watching this morning. what's happening. president balm ball as becky and joe were saying headed their way to host a major summit on cyber security. it will be held at sanford university and ceos from american express mastercard visa paypal apple expected to confirm and tim cook expected to deliver a speech. also ports are open today but will be closed the next three days as the labor dispute starts to get ugly. the ports were closed thursday for lincoln's birthday. a day where

i'm along with andrew ross sorkin.e and becky are off today. >> it's on the west coast, you know. >> here we are freezing. >> they may not be able to get back here given the weather. i don't know what's going on with flights. >> bad news. >> good for them. >> for me. >> bad for us. >> make it back. right. snow is coming down in new york city. that's likely to make for a messy morning commute but the weather problems are worse in other parts of the country. >> you should be thrilled that you're here this morning. >> we are. we are so happy. it's a privilege to get up at 3:00 in the morning. >> we are thrilled. we just don't want to be back tomorrow morning. >> life is full of

i'm becky quick with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.king about even funding homeland security. as of this morning marijuana is legal in d.c. but now there's a drug war of sorts break down between the district and some in congress. we'll have a live report in about 20 minutes. >> we'll tell you about the big stories we're watching this morning. snapshots of jobs in a big way. inflation, manufacturing and housing. also beginning weekly unemployment claims. cpi, durable goods, housing price index and fed survey. ibm is hosting an investor day

i'm becky quick with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. welcome to the year of the sheep.major markets in asia are closed for celebrations today and here's one piece of trivia for you. the lunar new year falls on february 19th in japan and china but it's the year of the goat in japan this year. >> we have a couple of top stories to follow this morning. greece desperately tried to avoid running out of cash so athens asked for a six month extension today to its euro zone loan agreement. it's boosting hopes for a last minute compromise. we'll see where that all goes. unlikely, i think at the moment at least. in the meantime corporate news walmart is set

i'm becky quick along with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan. joe will be back tomorrow.he s&p hitting all time highs yesterday. in fact this was a very broad rally. you had 12% of the components setting new 52 week highs of their own. the dow is now within .3% away from its record high in december. disney united technology and boeing all trading at 52 week highs. the nasdaq targeting return to 5,000. among the biggest drivers you have apple clearly heating things up but the nasdaq composite at 4899. shares of apple up 20% in the last month alone. check the futures and get a read on where things stand. at this point things have barely changed. dow futures down by 12.5 points but the nasdaq is

i'm becky quick with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.fridged morning in the big apple. if you're in bed. stay there. trust me. manhattan with temperatures around 2 degrees. add in the wind chill and it feels about negative six but not just new york is feeling this. the latest winter storm is expected to spread snow and ice from the rockies to parts of the south today. there could be snow on the beach in part of the southeast. keith carson will be joining us with today's national forecast in just a