i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. we'll start with the market rally. stocks coming off the best day of 2017. the dow was up by 303 points, climbing above 21,000 for the first time ever. that march from 20,000 to 21,000 happened in just 24 trading sessions, that's a tie for the fastest time that's happened. last time it happened was on the march from 10,000 to 11,000. >> 1999. >> right. >> two horrible comparison years. we have the records, 12 in a row, 1987. >> right. >> this is 1999, neither of which turned out particularly well. >> no. but it has been fun watching things climb. >> i have three newspaper takes on this. just to show the universe and how things work and the way of framing what happened yesterday. one of them is really good. you'll like it. it's not the "new york times." >> it's -- are you going to do it now? >> we can do it now.

andrew ross sorkin's column says trump's take on tax break could look very much like obamas.e conflicting areas that they won't achieve as much as hoped. the man is here himself to join us with his take on the tax reform and his view on the article. good morning, andrewments. >> good morniso your general po will be almost as hard that the proposal on the table will be no border adjustment tax perhaps and the corporate rate tax may be less than we thought? >> we had grover norquist on the show yesterday, he talked about it. i did some work on it yesterday afternoon. we could be talking about 28% all over again. that was the number we talked about for the past five, six years under president obama, which was a non-starter then. to me, part of it was pointing out the irony of where we may very well be given the expectations, or the high expectations we've had over the past couple of months, which have buoyed the market and taken air out of it as we've seen over the last couple of days. >> what's coming up on "squawk box"? >> here's what we got. we'll talk markets, talk politics,

andrew ross sorkin joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. a lot to talk about. be talking about these guys. >> you got a pair. >> nice. >> we'll be snapping a bit this morning. i'm snapping you as we speak. so we'll see how that goes. >> i didn't know you were on snap, andrew what is your user name? >> andrew r. sorkin. >> good. >> we'll find you. >> how did you get the spectacles? did you wait in line for six hours in midtown? >> i know some people. i know some people. we have the new ceo of exxon who will talk to us. did a sitdown interview with becky quick yesterday. we'll hear some of that interview and tape. fascinating what's going on in the world these days. separately, a couple other things that are fun, especially because you guys, you're so fun, millennium and digital. we have the founder of reddit. have you done these ask me anythings? >> no. >> such great examples of millennials we are. >> and the ceo of semantic syma coming up for you. >>> all right. still to come, david rosenberg will be on to talk with us. we'll be back in a couple minutes. your p

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. u.s.ity futures, almost triple digit gapes for the dow futures. dow futures indicated up by 97 points. this comes after one slight day of delclindeclines. we did not make the record of 13 highs in a row for the dow. but we are looking sharply higher. s&p futures indicated up by 12 1/2 points. the nasdaq up by 35 1/2. overnight in asia. you will see that the nikkei was up by almost 1.5%. the hang seng and shanghai were slightly higher. in europe,

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.e have an update on the blizzard pounding the east coast. it's happening right here outside our windows. that's what we walked in through this morning. forecasters calling for up to two feet of snow in some areas. hard to say what will happen, but airlines have canceled more than 4,000 flights. several governors declared states of emergency including new york, new jersey and connecticut. schools are canceled in new york, boston and philadelphia. we're here at the nasdaq. things are moving just as expected. the new york stock exchange is expected to operate normally. take a look at the u.s. equity futures. they are indicated slightly lower after a mixed day yesterday for the markets. the dow futures are down by 13 points. s&p futures down by less than a point. the nasdaq down by 1.7. overnight, in asia, there were some red arrows when it came to the nikkei, which was down by 0.10%. the hang seng was flat, the shanghai was too. in some early trading in europe, you'll see that tlinhings a

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. u.s. equity futures, almost triple digit gapes for the dow futures. dow futures indicated up by 97 points. this comes after one slight day of delclindeclines. we did not make the record of 13 highs in a row for the dow. but we are looking sharply higher. s&p futures indicated up by 12 1/2 points. the nasdaq up by 35 1/2. overnight in asia. you will see that the nikkei was up by almost 1.5%. the hang seng and shanghai were slightly higher. in europe, early trading there. >> big. >> similar big gains. >> big. >> the dax in germany, the cac in france, up by 1.5%. the ftse is up close to 1%. look at the dollar. you will see in currency markets just focusing on what's happening with the dollar. the dollar is up across the board. euro at 1.0541. the dollar/yen at 113.62. >> interest rates finally went up. >> 2.42. up from 2.35 yesterday. >> 2.42, we're calling that up. >> good to see someone making europe great again. >> you know, sara eisen told me we should focus the show on the peso. >> that'

i'm becky quick with joe kernin and andrew ross sorkin. welcome back. >> thank you.om the slopes. a little cold, too. it all came together. i'll tell you how i got the cold, then you'll understand. >> did you need a jet to fly back here? >> you know, i knew -- i was thinking what was he going to say? did you need a plane or were you just floating on air the way back here? >> how did you sleep over the weekend? >> i'm not real happy

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with becky quick and joe kernen.ecord close on wall street yesterday. futures this morning marginally down. the nasdaq would open down close to eight points down right about now. european markets, a little more mixed, virtually unchanged. >>> here's what's making headlines. snapchat parent snap beginning trading today after its ipo priced above expectation at $17 a share. it's the largest technology ipo since alibaba went public in 2014. we'll have more on snap's wall street debut in a few minutes. >>> after yesterday's data flood, just one report on the calendar for today. that is the labor department, which will be releasing its weekly jobless claims at 8:30 eastern time. it is expected to be a virtually unchanged number from last week. >>> and the fed governor is the latest to hint that rate hikes could come sooner rather than later. she told a harvard audience last night that it will soon be appropriate to remove additional accommodation. those are her words. with sentiment increasing that a march rate hike is in

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. the federal reserve boosting rates bay quarter point and signaling more hikes this year. the fed indicating two more rate hikes this year. we'll have more on what fed chair gel season tejanet yellen the markets about the economy. all of this idea of three rate hikes for the year are on the table, not four as markets had been anticipating, we'll see, that rally was sparked yesterday in the equity markets with the dow up by 112 points. the nasdaq now just 100 points away from the 6,000 level, closing at 5,900. the gains we saw yesterday put the s&p 500 and the dow at the second highest closes of the year. let's look at u.s. equity futures. you'll see right now things are indicated higher once again. the dow futures up by 63 points. s&p futures up by 5, the nasdaq up by 18. all of this was good for rallies around the globe. you can see in asia, the nikkei closed higher, by 12 points. hang seng up by 2%. shanghai come poz sit wcomposit up as well. you can see the markets in europe are als

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin.ceo of southern company. we're going to hear from him in just a bit. glad you're here. i need a -- i got an ally. >> piece of cake. we got it going. >> i needed you in the last -- anyway. let's get a check on the markets right now. the futures are indicated down now. down 13. that would be nine straight days. it's weird. so we got to go back, what? 1978 to get nine straight days. did we go back -- how far do we go back to get the eleven straight records. wasn't that like 1960 something? >> a long way, yes. >> we just had one. >> set a new record. >> we just had a record for up days in a row. now we're going to set a record for down days in a row. but the down days have been much more muted. >> only down 1.9%. >> and remember in -- we were supposed to not chase -- >> twice in history that you've seen -- that long of a streak with that small of a loss. >> all right. and treasury yields take a quick look. treasury yields are below 2.40 again. i'd like to know if they go back below 2.25 ag

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. u.s.quity futures this morning, after a pull back yesterday, you can see u.s. equity futures are indicated higher. dow futures up by 47 points. s&p futures up by 6.5 points. the nasdaq up by 11. this is all coming on fed day today. today is the day we get the decision from janet yellen. news conference follows after that. in asia overnight, markets were relatively tame. nikkei and hang seng down slightly. shanghai composite was up slightly. this morning in europe, some early trading there, things are relatively flat. the ftse is up by 0.2%. oil prices are moving higher this morning. api data late yesterday showing a surprise draw down in u.s. crude supplies. 531,000. later this morning we'll get official inventory data from the energy department. it has been a rough ride forever cru for crude oil prices. 48.59 a barrel. >>> let talk about today's agenda the fomc policy decision comes at 2:00 p.m., chair janet yellen will hold a news conference 30 minutes later. you can watch all of this we

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's look at u.s.futures and see if they're in the green for st. patrick's day. some are cooperating. s&p 500 up by a half percent or a half a point. the dow down by half a point. the nasdaq up 3 1/2. this after a mixed market yesterday. look at what happened overnight in asia. you'll see the nikkei was down by a third of a percentage point. some slight gains for the hang seng. shanghai composite down by

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. u.s. you can see u.s. equity futures are indicated higher. dow futures up by 47 points. s&p futures up by 6.5 points. the nasdaq up by 11. this is all coming on fed day today. today is the day we get the decision from janet yellen. news conference follows after that. in asia overnight, markets were relatively tame. nikkei and hang seng dow

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.bay quarter point and signaling more hikes this year. the fed indicating two more rate hikes this year. we'll have more on what fed chair gel season tejanet yellen the markets about the economy. all of this idea of three rate hikes for the year are on the table, not four as markets had been anticipating, we'll see, that rally was sparked yesterday in the equity markets with the dow up by 112 points. the nasdaq now just 100 points away from the 6,000 level, closing at 5,900. the gains we saw yesterday put the s&p 500 and the dow at

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's look at the u.s.rday a big day of gains for the markets. dow up by 150 points. this morning you are seeing giveback in the early hours. futures indicated down by 20 points. nasdaq is up by a half point. look at what happened overnight in asia. the nikkei ended flat, the hang seng was up by 0.2%. shanghai was down by a third of a percentage point. in europe,

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen. melissa lee is with us. becky quick is off.utures at this hour. dow looks like it would open down, off about 10 points. nasdaq up about 2 1/2 points higher. the s&p 500 looking to open off by two points. in asia, looking at red arrows across the board. shanghai composite down a full percent. also flying over to europe for a quick moment. show you what happened or what is happening over there. dax is up. what you are looking at? >> you'll have some problems taking off and

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. happy birthday to the bull market. eight years since the march 9, 2009 low. a lot of squawk viewers and cnbc viewers know it as the haines bottom after hark haines said on cnbc on march 10th that he thinks the market hit its low. look where we have come from then. 666 back to 2300 and change. look at the u.s. equity futures. the dow futures are indicated down by 14 points. markets have been down. the dow and s&p have at least for the last three trading

andrew ross sorkin will join us at the top of the 7:00 hour with commerce secretary wilburio ros.ng us on set is jason. are you watching all these records we've been setting? >> you're darn right. it's terrific. let the good times roll. >> there you go. >> you have been. you've been long. >> we've been

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.n update on the blizzard pounding the east coast. it's happening right here outside our windows. that's what we walked in through this morning. forecasters calling for up to two feet of snow in some areas. hard to say what will happen, but airlines have canceled more than 4,000 flights. several governors declared states of emergency including new york, new jersey and connecticut. schools are canceled in new

i'm andrew ross sorkin with joe kernen and becky quick.ou going to come ut of your shell. >> a lot more from him in just a moment giving us thumbs-up. taking a quick look at the futures. this morning we're going to show you, dow looks like it opens down 12 points, s&p 500, 2 points and dow a little over 5 points. >> among today's top stories, shells surging, israeli website announcing the deal to buy the autonomous technology for $10 billion. a report says the transaction will be announced sometime today. as a result mobileeye shares are up 34%. yahoo! unveiled details about its management team after the sale of internet assets to verizon. board member thomas mcinerney chief executive office. alexi wellman, ceo, currently vice president of finance. after the acquisition will be known as al tabbaa be trade under symbol aaba. >>> las vegas gambler billy walters accused of insider trading allegedly making $40 million in trading in shares of dean foods. this is the case that drew attention because of connection to golfer phil mickelson. not ac

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's look at u.s.quity futures and see if they're in the green for st. patrick's day. some are cooperating. s&p 500 up by a half percent or a half a point. the dow down by half a point. the nasdaq up 3 1/2. this after a mixed market yesterday. look at what happened overnight in asia. you'll see the nikkei was down by a third of a percentage point. some slight gains for the hang seng. shanghai composite down by 1%. in europe this morning, on this day when president trump will be meeting with an la merkel, the dax is down by, the cac is up. the ftse is flat. crude oil, after an interesting week, up 24 cents. 48.99. gold prices rallied yesterday for the biggest day since june. a rally of 2.2%. >> let get you caught up on some other big stories. president trump will meet with german chancellor angela merkel today. the issues of trade and immigration expected to be front and center between those two leaders. the ceos of bmw and semens are expected to attend the meeting. this is merkel's first u.s. visit in

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. happy birthday to the bull market. today marks eight years since the march 9, 2009 low. a lot of squawk viewers and cnbc viewers know it as the haines bottom after hark haines said on cnbc on march 10th that he thinks the market hit its low. look where we have come from then. 666 back to 2300 and change. look at the u.s. equity futures. the dow futures are indicated down by 14 points. markets have been down. the dow and s&p have at least for the last three trading sessions. that hasn't happened since the end of january. s&p 500 has indicated down by 1 point. the nasdaq by 2 1/2. in asia overnight, nikkei ended up by a third of a percentage point. the hang seng and shanghai were down with the hang seng down by 1.2%. in europe, some of the early trading, there are red a arrows. >> a couple big stories we're watching this morning. in the last hour, crude prices swinging from modest gains to extend yesterday's losses. wti plummeted more than 5% in yesterday's session, hit by a record build up in u.s. inventories. and shell

and andrew ross sorkin. counting down to the february jobs report due out in less than 90 minutes. the futures right now are strong this morning. and yesterday, it's all over the map, ended up about two points on the dow. but here we go. again, was that -- we had a little three-day pullback. anybody looking for below 2,300 on the s&p. we'll see whether they ever get that chance. andrew, you're still hitchhiking. you still haven't gotten on the train. it made it to wilmington, came back to philly, where you were down. you were waiting for it to come all the way back to newark, which it did not. now we're back past philly, you missed it, next thing you know it's going to be down in bwi. >> what happens if it gets all the way back to new haven. >> that's what you're worried about. >> here's what's making headlines at this hour. it is jobs friday. the 8:30 eastern time report expected to show 170,000 new non-farb jobs since the last report. that's the number to beat. however, we should mention that many individu

i'm becky quick with joe kernin and andrew ross sorkin. welcome back. >> thank you. back from the slopes. a little cold, too. it all came together. i'll tell you how i got the cold, then you'll understand. >> did you need a jet to fly back here? >> you know, i knew -- i was thinking what was he going to say? did you need a plane or were you just floating on air the way back here? >> how did you sleep over the weekend? >> i'm not real happy -- it's nuanced. i'm not real happy with the freedom caucus. but i have empathy for their position. >> did you see there's one guy who already resigned? >> i have empathy for their position. i think it would have been better to -- i think the perfect -- i think they cut off their nose to spite their face. i don't know if they thought about it, the trillion dollars now that they have. >> 24 million people will have health care. >> there you go. >> whatever you think. >> whatever you're reading. whatever you're reading, probably continue with happy to get maybe 1% growth for the next eight years but -- >> now, the president is suppos

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with becky quick and joe kernen. 25 points, s&p off about 2.5 points and nasdaq looks like it would open up slightly to the upset. let's get you caught up with some of the mornings headlines. the brexit process officially has begun. prime minister theresa may has signed article 50 formally triggering the process of britain's departure from the european union. the official letter will be delivered to the european council just a couple of minutes from now. also black rock has announced a significant revamp of its equities business. it will slash fees, cut some jobs, and this is probably the most interesting part of it, they're going to start using computers to pick stocks. blackrock is trying to boost the performance of itzhakive management business and is looking to ai and robots to help them. >>> and president trump thinks a deal on health care reform can now be reached. despite last week's events which resulted in that proposed bill being pulled. he told a group of senators that he thinks a deal will happen, quote,

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen. melissa lee is with us. becky quick is off.ook at u.s. equity futures at this hour. dow looks like it would open down, off about 10 points. nasdaq up about 2 1/2 points higher. the s&p 500 looking to open off by two points. in asia, looking at red arrows across the board. shanghai composite down a full percent. also flying over to europe for a quick moment. show you what happened or what is happening over there. dax is up. what you are looking at? >> you'll have some problems taking off and landing with your ears, i can hear, with the pressure. you're sick. the nose spray -- >> clear. >> your sugar -- >> i thought i was sounding pretty -- >> you sound up. you're trying. you're trying. i can hear it. maybe it's the end. it gets worse towards the end. you don't feel as bad, but you sound worse. >> thank you. the european markets were mixed. >> let's not fly over there. i'm telling you, your ears will pop. >> probably will. if you're buying wti, buy the barrel. a barrel will cost you 49.41. >> it's touching joe has for your health

andrew ross sorkin will join us at the top of the 7:00 hour with commerce secretary wilburio ros.oining us on set is jason. are you watching all these records we've been setting? >> you're darn right. it's terrific. let the good times roll. >> there you go. >> you have been. you've been long. >> we've been long. >> good. that's why you're here. can't find anyone. we have one guy left. simeon. >> is he bullish? >> he will be on. already talked to him. one of the things he's saying is even if -- if there is a stumble in some of this stuff, market already deserves to be here, which is what i think. >> i think so, too. >> in terms of tax policy or -- >> that stuff is a bonus. just not having the private sector vilified on a daily basis, not adding a new regulation, layering on a new regulation every day. when you take that off, it's going to come back to a more normal level. >> i'm with you. i think -- >> i know you are. >> the multiples are getting a little stretched, but interest rates, you know, stock prices are a function of earnings and interest rates. interest rates are historic