barron a liberal, i've heard many call mr. barron a conservative. so he must be doing something right. and i think it's interesting. so let's keep politics out of this and look at someone's record. madam president, with all the argument and debate that goes on around here and in a very legitimate way, it's fair. parties have grown very far apart, whether you look at the minimum wage with the democrats wanting to raise it, the republicans, some of them say do away with it altogether, extended unemployment benefits where you can barely get a handful of them to go along with us; i could just go on through the list. we're going to have a chance to make sure students have a fair shot at refinancing their student loans. we don't know where they are, but so far i haven't seen them join senator warren in her very important move to allow students to refinance their student loans. i could go through a list, you know, longer than i am tall. i'm not that tall, but still it's five feet of differences. we finally have come together in a way that i'm very proud. a

barron.is is 45 minutes. >> i rise today in opposition to the killing of american citizens without trials. i rise today to oppose the nomination of anyone who would argue that the president has the power to kill an american citizen not involved in combat and without a trial. i rise today to say that there is no legal precedent for killing american citizens not involved in combat and that any nominee who rubberstamps and grants such power to a president is not worthy of being placed one step away from the supreme court. it isn't about just seeing the bear in the memos. some seem to be vacated by the fact that oh, they can read these memos. i believe it's about what the memos themselves say. i believe the barron memo's at their very core this respect the bill of rights. the bill of rights isn't so much for the "american idol" winner. the bill of rights isn't so much for the prom queen or the high school football quarterback. the bill of rights is especially for the least popular among us. the b

barron's nomination. i do want to take a minute to outline that this whole matter is about much more than a single memo. it really drives home madam president how incredibly important vigorous congressional oversight is. that is of course the mission of the intelligence committee and it really is the mission of all of us in its classic work on democratic government. woodrow wilson wrote the conducting oversight was one of the most important functions of the congress. he says just did -- suggested that it might be more important than passing legislation. woodrow wilson wrote a quote is the proper duty of the representative body to look diligently into every affair government and to talk much about what it sees. he added congress must examine the disposition of the executive branch and scrutinize and sift them by every form of discussion. woodrow wilson said if the congress fails in this duty than the american people would remain ignorant and i quote here of the very affairs which it is most important that

we should be proud of the conduct of david barron at the office of legal counsel. i ask unanimous consent that the one-page memorandum for the attorney general, signed by david barron, be entered into the record as an exhibit to my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: and i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. rubio: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rubio: thank you, madam president. i'm here on the floor today to talk about an issue that has received a tremendous amount of attention, and rightfully so, over the last few weeks and it's the outrage of what's happening at the veterans administration. let me start at the outset by saying that while certainly people need to be held accountable to this, this should not be and really is not a partisan issue. i think we all have a deep commitment to service -- helping o

it's a record that reveals professor barron's judicial philosophy. and while that judicial philosophy may be appropriate for the ivory towers of academia, it has no place on a federal appellate court. and it's also a record that reveals professor barron's embrace of an approach to judging that is flatly inconsistent with what federal judges are called upon to do under their constitutional responsibilities. professor barron has been very candid about his view on the role of the federal courts in our nation. so from that standpoint, he's intellectually honest it's fair to say that he appears to view the federal judiciary as a political branch of our government, not the judicial branch, interpreting law instead of making law. so let me recount some of the evidence that leads me to this conclusion. professor barron has written that the courts are -- quote -- "significant wielder of power for progressive potential." end of quote. what he appears to mean is that the courts should be used as an instrument to impose progressive policies on the american peopl

barron's nomination hearing. and i have full support for mr. barron's nomination. it's almost like he sent to central casting for who should be a court of appeals judge, who could be the most qualified to be a court of appeals judge. i have not seen anybody with better qualifications by either republican or democratic presidents. now, let me respond to some of the criticisms levied against him. with respect to the so-called drone memos, as well as allegations he would not be an independent judge. and i reject both those. over the last few weeks, i've spoken extensively about the issue of the drone materials. refer specifically to my statement on may 14 of this year. now, senators may disagree with the administration's policies regarding the use of drones for lethal counterterrorism operations and i have raised criticism of some of those operations, but it is important that senators not conflate the confirmation of david barron with the disclosure of department of justice memoranda over which he has no control. he wrote what is the law. others make the decision of w

professor barron will be judge barron for the rest of his life. second highest court in the land. who would want to be judged by a man who says the government can kill who whoever wants? >> without any indictment or warrants, just kill him. >> welcome to america. >> modern day america. >>> petsmart said it will stop selling china made treats. and petco said they're doing the same thing. they have linked toxic chinese treats to the deaths of more than 1,000 dogs. the feds say they do not know the exact cause of those deaths or the cause of some 5,000 reported pet illnesses, but they say in most of the cases the animals had eaten chicken, duck or sweet potato treats from china. a spokesperson from petsmart said the company plans to pull the product by next year. if you have any in your treat jar, time to think about it. >>> a more in southern california is the prime suspect after cops say they found her three little girls dead lying in a pool of blood next to her. we'll tell you about the phone call the more is said to have made just before everything went down. >>> plus, a school b

and yet the argument against the barron memo, the argument against what barron proposes should be no secret and should be obvious to anyone who looks at this issue. no court has ever decided such a case. so barron's secret defense of drone executions relies on cases which, upon critical analysis, have no pertinence to the case at hand. am i the only one who thinks that something so unprecedented as an assassination of an american citizen, that this should not be discussed, that we should discuss this in light of day? am i the only one that thinks that the question of such magnitude should be decided in the open by the supreme court? barron's arguments for the extra judicial killing of american citizens challenges over 1,000 years of jurisprudence. trials based on the presumption of innocence are an ancient right. the romans wrote that the burp n of proof son he who asserts that you are guilty, not on he who denies. the burden son the government. we describe this principle as the principle being considered innocent until guilty. this is a profound concept. this is not something we sho

why was there opposition to david barron? >> the role he played in authoring a memo that lace out the administration's justification for drone strikes abroad, the drone strikes used against terrorism suspect. that has been a very controversial tactic. rand paul who has been a persistent critic on the administration has been the loudest vote in this debate. >> circling back to the white house and to the n.s.a. surveillance issue. they want david barron's nomination to pass. what is the bill in the house? >> they endorsed it and said the compromise language that appeared this week seems to have emerged after a closed-door meeting between white house officials and house leaders. you.b, thank follow his reporting on twitter. thanks for joining us. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> again, the house is in recess until about 5:00 eastern time. live coverage continuing then here on c-span. votes coming up on veterans department management authority and

for these reasons i cannot support david barron. i cannot and will not support a lifetime appointment for someone who believes it is okay to kill american citizens not involved in combat without a trial. thank you, madam president. i yield back my time. the presiding officer: the presiding officer: the clerk will the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of david barron of massachusetts to be united states circuit judge for the first circuit, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of david jeremiah barron of massachusetts to be united states circuit court judge for the first circuit shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote

barron's expected to come up for a vote this week.ere is no legal precedent to justify the killing of an american citizen not engaged in combat. there's a role battle going on in the senate right now. talk about the significance of the obama administration not appealing the court decision. >> significant on several points. one is the decision the second circuit, written by one of the most famous appeals court judges , basically took the government to task for its attitude toward secrecy. so the government is keeping this secret but they're going before audiences and talking about in detail the doj is releasing a detailed white paper. you can't have it both ways. either it is secret or it is in the public sector and can be discussed. there's this fundamental criticism which -- the second major point really has to do with david barron. an important figure, i think, a lot of people are critical of his decision, particularly his .pinion on anwar al-awlaki i think the judicial appointment is a particularly important one. >> marcy wheeler's

the man's name is david barron, he's the former acting assistant to the united states.wrote the memos what the white house calls the legal basis for the controversial drone strikes something that p napolitano said was controversial. captain harris, lawmakers from both party, criticizing this nomination, right? >> that's right, democrats and traditional supporters on the left, they're on the same page to enforce david barron's legal opinion before the senators vote on his nomination. >> there are very few decisions that come out of the justice department than more controversial than authorizing to kill a u.s. citizen away from the battlefield. >> mark udall joined by the republican congressman ron wyden, and for al awlaki killed. senator rand paul is taking the debate a step further. writing in the "the new york times" the american people deserve to see the redacted verges of this memo so they can understand the legal ramifications for the extraordinary exercise of executive power. what's striking in his reporting, not even congress knows for sure how many legal memos we

president obama's nomination of b b barron is one of the most controversial. republicans and democrats and the president's traditional supporters on the left are banding together to force access to david barron's legal opinions before his nomination. >> there are very few opinions that have come out of the justice department that are more important and more consequential than an opinion authorizing the president to kill united states citizen away from the battlefield objections were taken over the obama administration's secrecy over the drone legal opinions to the senate floor -- >> without full disclosure to the full senate of all materials on this nominee's involvement in the legal case for the administration's drone program, this nomination should not proceed. >> asked about the nomination, white house spokesman jay carney saying barron is highly qualified. what's stunning in this case based on our reporting is no one can say for sure how many legal opinions were written for the drone program. the aclu says they believe there are at least 11 memos and four

today that stock is visa, topping barron's annual 500 ranks, barron saying it is our top pick.undamentals is jason cupper burg of jeffries. jason, a lot of people agree visa is a great company. do you think it's as good as barron's made it out to be? >> we do think that. and i want to make a couple points here, first of all separating some of the recent private movement from the longer-term outlook. if he think about what's happened recently, visa is a stock that got call in the general downdraft of the market sets growth names, and then the quarter came long, we karkized it as a bump in the road. the quarter could have been a bit better, could have been a bit worse, but the market is skittish about issues like russia. they did guide their revenue outlook toward the lower end of the range for the year. if we start to look at the stock in a longer-term context. they're still growth drivers, a tremendous, competitive mode for this franchise globally. we would argue we're also in the time frame of regulatory and legislative risk is a bit diminished, so at the end of the day you've

barron creates a defense for executing american citizens without trial. the cases that he cites, which i am forbidden from talking about and from citing to you today are unrelated to the issue of killing american citizens because no such cases have ever occurred. we have never debated this in public. we are going to allow this to be decided by one branch of government in secret. and yet, the argument against the amendment and against what he proposes should be no secret and should be obvious to anyone that looks at this issue read no court has ever decide to case. so, the secret execution relies on cases which upon critical analysis have no pertinent to the case at hand. am i the only one that thinks something as unprecedented as the assassination of an american citizen that this shouldn't be discussed but that we should discuss this in the light of day? by the only one that thinks the question of such magnitude should be decided in the open by the supreme court? barron's arguments for the killing of american citizens challenges over a thousand years of j

david barron, former justice department official, will serve on the fifth sick it -- fifth circuit court of appeals despite opposition over his role in the killing of u.s. citizen anwar al-awlaki [captioning made possible by democracy now!] . the internal revenue service is delaying the release of new rules aimed at limiting political activity by tax-exempt groups. the delay means the rules will not be in place before the next election. the agency said it is revising the rules after receiving a record number of comments. last year, the irs faced a scandal over accusations they get extra scrutiny to right-wing groups. the fbi and a number of other federal agencies will soon begin recording interviews of suspects under custody. the fbi agents have previously been banned from making such recordings without approval. attorney general eric holder announced the shift on thursday. >> creating an electronic record will ensure we have an objective account of key investigations and interactions with the people who are held in federal custody. it will allow us to document detained individuals are a

. >> watch mergers and acquisitions the cover story in barron's. merger activity, deal premiums are little bit below the long-term average. i think there will be another leg up but we're starting to -- >> david boockvar, is that his name. melissa: peter. >> peter put out a interesting analysis about the vix. the vix as low as it was now was back in 2007. melissa: 2006. melissa: right. >> before you know what hit the fan. melissa: definitely pays to run a company. new study says average ceo raked in a cool 10 1/2 million dollars last year, just like me. no. while ceo compensation is linked to stock performance, staples is buck the trend and rewarding executives extra cash despite the company's poor performance this. is always a rub, right? they had reinvention cash award in 2013. i can't believe they called it back, despite the company's poor performance, two years of failing revenue and declining store traffic, they have to retain the talent. jack, do you buy it? >> i'm not worried about ceo pay. it is cyclical thing. melissa: you're not worried be

i would say the most interesting name in the list of barron's was sit rick systems, ctsx.rtualization. almost any tech giant could fit this into their offerings and it would make perfect sense. >>> speaking of health care, stef, the bear, won the debate on pfizer. sore, guys. that's three in a row, by the way, for you. you're on a bit of a roll. >> i didn't realize you were keeping tabs there. >> don't get too cocky. that's me. >> i'm totally cocky. >>> final trades quickly, josh. >> a matt look for the breakout. >> sprint. >> american express long. >>> have a great rest of the day. "power lunch" starts now. >>> halftime is over. "power lunch" and the second half of the trading day start right now. >> well, it is summer unofficially, and stocks have kicked off the first trading day of summer, with a bang. the s&p 500 hitting an all-time high, dow transports, new high, s&p material sector, new all-time high. the s&p technology sector trading at levels not seen since way back in year 200. remember that? well, the dow right now as you see up 56 points, a third of a%. just poi

while serving in the justice department's office of legal counsel, barron helped write at least two memos that underpinned the government killing of the american-born cleric anwar al-awlaki. but senators, including mark udall of colorado and rand paul of kentucky, has said they will remain opposed to barron's nomination unless the memos are released to the public. several new york city council members are calling for leniency in the sentencing of occupy wall street activist cecily mcmillian following her conviction of assaulting a police officer. she says she struck out in suitably with her breast was grabbed from behind. she faces up to seven years in prison at her sentencing next week. on monday, a council member was among five to voice support for cecily mcmillan. she was joined by the national lawyers guild. >> this is the time we have to make sure our women are treated with the midi, with respect. we have to make sure that all law enforcement respects women, the specs all individuals. we cannot any longer continue to have our women attacked in ways that are dangerous, the harmful, th

, because they had a report over the weekend -- and we often use the phrase barron's bounce.nly was exactly evidence of that. and in that report there was eye-popping potential for fair market value of $36 for barnes & noble, in particular looking at the underappreciated area of the college business for barnes & noble. and as a result, everybody jumped in to buy barnes & noble, and after this they basically said it's undervalued for investors. many of them read that and jumped right in hoping for more. back to you. lori: thank you, nicole. david: the s&p futures are closing, let's go back to my man, larry shover, in the pits of the cme. larry, any sense of what it'll be like tomorrow? >> you know, right now traders are accepting the fact that two cheap themes have driven the market last week and today, good economic data, pmis housing and also central bank commentary whether it be dudley's remarks, bernanke, whether it be the fomc notes. that said, traders also realize that we're in a multiples market, and if you're assuming $119 per share for the s&p 500, that puts us 16 tim

barron will join the federal appeals court in boston.e, republicans and democrats united to pass a $600 billion defense bill. it spares some aging planes, plus ships and bases that the pentagon sought to retire or close. the bill also bars moving terror detainees from guantanamo to u.s. prisons. that provision has prompted a white house veto threat. the senate is considering a similar bill. russia and china vetoed a u.n. security council resolution today, asking the international criminal court to investigate war crimes in syria. the u.s. and 60 other nations supported the proposal, offered by france. russia argued the focus should be on a political settlement, but u.s. ambassador samantha power condemned the veto. >> sadly, because of the decision by the russian federation to back the syrian regime no matter what it does, the syrian people will not see justice today they will see crime, but not punishment >> ifill: this was the fourth time that russia and china have blocked u.n. action in the syrian war. elections for the european parli

liz: read jack hough in barron's. david: he is the best. jack, thank you.president obama meets with industry leaders to discuss how to increase international tourism into the u.s. in an effort to spur economic growth. coming up we're speaking exclusively with marriott ceo arne sorenson on the president's plan to boost terrorism. david: why don't we just have guys in bathes suits? we'll deal with producers after the show. speaking of producers, travel rewards miles you racked up could face new government taxes. yes, they found a new way to tax us. how will you be affected? rich edson has all the details on this. liz: listen to this psychologists found the formula for getting people to like you. do you want that formula? we have got the breakdown for you straight ahead. ♪. ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ ...i got lots of advice, but i needed information i

finally, that following the cloture vote on the barron nomination, the senate proceed to consideration of calendar number 773, cook, 775, green, 774, daly and 775, martinez. that further there be two minutes for debate prior to each vote equally divided in the usual form. that any health care votes following the first in each series be ten minutes in length and motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with noint intervening action or debate, that no further motion be in order to the nominations, that any statements related to the nomination be printed in the record, that president obama be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reid: with this agreement, madam president, on wednesday, we expect one roll call vote at 12:15 on confirmation of fischer, and as many as five roll call votes at 2:10. we hope that all four of these votes will be by voice, but again we have to wait and see. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate previous order, the senate story set the stage for no

a senate vote on barron's nomination is expected this week.e memo with him not be released immediately, because officials still need time to redact classified information. >> the administration dropping the hammer imposing as you have sanctions against russian. tuesday, the treasury democratic restricting 12 russians, but the list didn't tie the sanctions to the crisis in ukraine. restrictions fall under an act which freezes the assets of people accused. in 2009, a whistle blowing russian lawyer died in prison. >> the stage is set for some high profile senate races this fall following primaries held in six states tuesday. voters went to the polls in pennsylvania, kentucky, arkansas, georgia, idaho and oregon. in georgia, david perdue, the former c.e.o. of dollar general advanced to a run off election. libby casey live in washington, d.c. lets focus on mitch mcconnell's win in the race in kentucky. mock connell spending $9 million, his challenger spending more than $3 million. what about the fall? >> expect even bigger money spent in the genera

reports that sen palmer has informed senate majority leader kerry reed he will place a hold of david barron the nominee to the first circuit court of appeals. it was formerly employed at the justice department's office of legal counsel where he reportedly wrote the legal justification for the administration's target interim strike that killed in action tomorrow i'll call blocking in two thousand to eleven. sen poly is now demanding the full release of that legal justification telling the majority leader in a letter. the constitutionality of this policy has been the subject of intense debate in our country since its implementation the disclosure of this document will not only clarify that they will also allow the senate to gain critical insight into disrepair and judicial philosophy. the sensex on capital hill with more for show or who pervert of this region's kentucky derby. sen rainfall continues trying to puncture holes in the obama administration's wall of secrecy. this time he's demanding release of a secret department of justice memo first reported on back in two thousand and eleven. w

we had rockefeller, jim fisk, all of the robber barrons out making a lot of money. and i think it was easy for them because they had been running low rent con artists, now let's go with the big boys. they were beautiful and they were tough and they were driven they were driven both for power and individualism, but as have been court i sans, they could have been kept in a fine manner if they wanted, but they really were pushing for their independence and women's independence. so they became these fiery feminists, unlike anybody on the scene. >> mcpherson argues that two little remembered victorian sisters changed the course of women's rights, and american history. 8:00 on c-span's q and a. >> president obama on thursday honored the teacher of the year, an english, teacher from maryland. this is 15 minutes. thank you to a leader of unbelievable passion and everyise, somebody who day wakes up and thinks about three things, either his family, how to give every child a world class education. of education arnie duncan. [applause] i also want to thank our members of congre

dared barron is the author of it. he's president obama to sit on the court of appeals out of boston. that has raised concerns out of some in congress including rand paul, who opposed his nomination. >> i rise today to oppose the nomination of anyone who would argue that the president has the power to kill an american citizen not involved in combat and without a trial. i rise to say there is no legal precedent for killing americans not involved in combat. >> he was able to get through the first procedural hurdle today. >> do you know when the memo, when that memo could be released? >> we don't know yet. the white house has not set a timeline. it plans to make redactions. we'll wait and see how significant those cuts are. it's classified information. congress has been able to look at t but some say like rand paul, okay, i've looked at the memo and i'm not happy and i'm concerned about this particular nominee. >> libby casey for us on capitol hill. >>> a radical group is suspected of carrying out more attacks in nigeria.

under reagan they deregulated wall street and a lot of the robber barrons took over.put us in another depress. >> what about the community reinvestment act? >> unemployment went down. inflation went down. job creation skyrocketed under reagan. >> it did. it was inflated and investment bankers made billions of dollars. >> i'm sorry. go ahead. >> if you're down on prosperity and the free market and you want lower taxes and you want less regulation -- >> excuse me? >> what is wrong with you? i mean, a lot. >> they're moving us along. we'll get you back. remember joe garcia the ear wax chomping congressman. that should earn the lawmaker a spot in the fastest seven. here is representative gross talking immigration and communism all at once. >> the safest city in america is el paso, texas. it happens to be across the boarder from the most dangerous city in the americas and two of the safest cities in america, two of them are on the border with mexico. and of course the reason is, you know, you proved that communism works. if you give everybody a good government job, there's

the author of that memo, david barron, was nominated for a federal appeals court judgeship... the senate is expected to confirm him today. a white house aid will go to phoenix, to look into the revelation that a veterans saying that certain bacteria can live on airplanes for many days. m e r s a can live four days in a pocket seat. e. coli can live on tree tables for three days. passengers who used alcohol based wipes are used hand sanitizer after their flight were less likely to contract these problems. just like those kids to spread their peanuts out on the tray and then they put their leftovers in the pocket. >> to is a good day to catch one of those flights. storms and a roof over night. we continue to see showers and thunderstorms moving through the county's going towards kendall county very shortly. 80 will be one of those areas that have trouble spots. this storm is creating some help. wind gusts as high as 50 mi.. this storm will reach about 50,000 ft. in the atmosphere. at 67 we know it really means business and becomes pretty severe. that's what we saw yesterday. thi

the marx war looking a at barron's just for fun, we also continue to get some mixed messages on the economy. who better to put it together for us than steve liesman. retail sales are worrisome. >> a hefty revision to last month taking much of the sting out. for now the data suggests a pause in computer spending growth, not a retrenchment. here are the details. retail sales up a paltry 0.1%, missing expectations s. the core, the part that feeds into the gdp calculation down a tick, look at the march revision, up 0.4% -- i'm sorry, that's my mistake from 1.1 to 1.5. spending moderated in april after a strong finish to q1, but the net result is still a good start. bank of tokyo says net net consumers are down, but not out. the momentum of retail spending is enormous. finally ubs says the late easter added volatility and softer april is not a signal of fading consumer demand. >>> now our wrap it up, where we take the data from today, the inventory, we plug it into the calculations with our help from moody's analytics. 3.6 is still the tracking, and minus 0.4, down two ticks is the tracking for

positive comments from for visa from "barron's" a great day forevers say, pfizer is having a tough day with the numbers and follow thestory whih 106 billion says does in the suffice. is down 2.3%. a loser along with the financials. david: by the way revenue they came up short. again a good bottom line you about the revenue came up short. cheryl: real quick, blackberry, nicole, real quick. >> when we look at blackberry they will sell off real estate assets. cinco de mayo. check them out. david: happy cinco de mayo, everybody. and actually all of the indices managed to pop into the green. [closing bell ringing] the global dow is down one if you follow global markets. oil is down which is more of a relief to many. we should mention small and mid-sized caps represented by russell 2000 down just a bit. hard to make too many generalizations with figure this is low. i would suggest one. with the uncertainty that we have, with all those conflicting economic figures that we had last week, maybe people are moving out small and my size, cheryl. cheryl: as the close, david, as you were going throu

that is the "barron's" thesis too. they have issued a lot of stock to pay employees. you have to wonder when they will do a 10 for one split like citigroup did to make the stock go up. >> twitter is not citigroup in the sense that citigroup was bailed out. >> other companies do reverse splits. >> what twitter has to do to get back on the positive side they have to innovate and follow the facebook playbook. my view, i think she is overexposed but i don't want to see her anymore, they need cheryl sandburg, operating type. melissa: adult in the room to fix things. >> they need an adult. cheryl sandburg is whole another discussion. twitter to me, it is already over, game over. >> tech company or valued as news media company? melissa: is this about twitter or -- >> she makes a good point, is it valued as news company or tech company? what i point out and why we all should be scared about our jobs in the future, niece media, tech, internet, all converging and makes reporters redundant. that is what this will do if they play it right. melissa: you could never be redundant, c

>>host: circling back to the white house from obviously there but the barron nomination to pass what about the nsa bill in the house? >> they endorsed it that the compromise language said appear this week seems to have emerged after a closed door meeting between white house officials and house leaders. >>host: homeland security >>> this hearing will come to order. today, as we meet here, we have nearly 300 young girls from chibok in northern nigeria that remain boko haram kidnap victims. it has been five weeks since they were abducted. with every passing minute makes their successful rescue less likely. and we meet today to ensure that the united states is doing everything it can to assist in their rescue. just yesterday the house passed a resolution pressing for more aggressive action. and many around the world are just now hearing of boko haram. sadly, though, for communities in northern nigeria, they know the death and destruction that this group brings, only too well, and they've known it for a number of years. they've known it for a number of years, because as boko haram has spr

hee to discuss retail alyst howe of barron's, it is a li scary. >> i di't rli that the came wh sensorsthibig smileut loo at that it is s.ca smile. > this ia smil happy meal this is not an angry meal cal meal. >> look at thaing. ing out of its skin mburger grimace ton >> look atome of the tweets that were hysterical and fun to go throughch we spent some time doing today. a mixed stake was ptty funny, it is the meals that leads you which is kin what heooks like. >> you keep saying he. i don't think there's a suggestion of that. and it doesn't sound right to me. somebody else said this is horrifying. please tell me and and payne in turn designed this because otherwise there's no excuse. you are retail expert. what would you tell mcdonald's to do? >> the fun facts about their mascot, a grimace at one point had eight arms and was drinking a bunch of milkshakes. very terrifying. >> they go through a lot -- so we find a perfect one. >> happy's job, holes and beverages like water and juice, offering you a grand all kinds of other things so is an effort to read brand the happy meal little bit.

"barron's" nomination is the next chapter in that. it is interesting from these memos this president now wants unilateral power to go and be able to kill u.s. citizens who's never had a trial, never been convicted. contrast that to candidate obama who rode to office on a wave of we should not be using force or intimidation against enemy combatants against the u.s. perhaps -- perhaps someone at the next white house press conference could ask the president how he has so dramatically changed his position. >> i'll call ed henry about that. quickly, final word to you. >> i agree 100% with everything david said. >> hey! >> senator paul is dead on about it. barack obama is dead wrong on this. he flip-flopped on this issue. nothing to add other than i agree with everything you said. >> we'll be singing "kumbaya" on the break. stick around. >>> a shocking beatdown in an elevator. two celebrities getting so heated, they go gladiator on each other. who is it? you won't believe it. >>> crews may have been searching in the wrong place again for th

that's what happened over the weekend in an op-ed published in "barron's" and carl icahn saying he wasin the vote for the employees compensation plan. >> great to be back. >> you as well. why did you feel compelled to write this op-ed? >> there are a lot of problems in our economy that worry me and i think worry warren buffet and charl charlie munger. i didn't go to the conference or annual meeting. i think warren makes great points about the fact that we may have another major disturbance because of derivatives. the thing that turn this economy around, can turn it around and can save it is not necessarily the fed, but it's what i think, at the risk of being immodest i approve without doubt if you go into these companies, go in long term, not short term, and get involved in korcorporate governe and not micromanage but look at the big picture, make ceos accountable, get them off the golf courses if they're on the golf course too much. let me make it very clear there are very good ceos and very good boards. if we can do that and call them to the carpet like you do in a private business,

according to press reports, professor barron wrote at least two legal opinions laying out those argumentss we know -- and we also know that the department of justice relied on the legal arguments professor barron formulated to justify the targeted killing of an american citizen in a tribal region of yemen in september, 2011. in a may 2013 letter to the chairman of our judiciary committee, the attorney general wrote that -- quote -- "since 2009, the united states in the conduct of u.s. counterterrorism operations against al qaeda and its associated forces outside the areas of active hostilities has specifically targeted and killed one u.s. citizen." end of quote. according to press reports, that individual was the first american citizen placed on the c.i.a. disposition matrix, better known as, quote, unquote, quill -- kill this. however, the attorney general conceded that three additional americans located outside the united states have been killed by drone strikes

many senators said they would block the nomination of david barron unless the memo was released. >>>of several primary races that have national implications. here's abc's shushannah walshe. >> reporter: the super tuesday of 2014, six states voting and the primary day that helps determine who could win big in november's midterm. in kentucky, it was a crushing tea party loss of senate minority leader mitch mcconnell beat his point, businessman matt bevin by a wide margin. >> a tough race is behind us. it is time to unite. to my opponent's supporters i hope you join me and know that your fight is my fight. >> reporter: he preached party unity and aimed at his fire at his democratic opponent alison lundergan grimes. >> if you look at my democratic opponent this year, it's clear she'd be no different. she's a partisan's partisan who's been practicing party politics since she learned to talk. alison lundergan grimes is barack obama's candidate. >> reporter: that race will be a brawl to the end. in the shocker of the night, former congresswoman and clinton inlaw marjorie margolies was toppl

jo ling kent, jack otter from "barron's" and james frischling from new oak. what do you make of this market, james? >> ten per is pretty good guy. he speaks his mind. i don't think he talks his book. melissa: you don't think he talks his book. that is what a lot of folks think. he knew this, he watched the market and he is profiting. >> i say he doesn't care. what i mean there is a time to make money. a time to protect yourself. market all-time highs. fed thrown everything they can including kitchen sink with this i think he is telling people to take a little money off. melissa: we've been saying it for a while. why now? what is the tipping point, jack? >> we've been seeing this already in the market. small caps are in correction, down 11%. a flight to safety, glamour stocks, tesla, groupon, have been hammered. no surprise, the risk-on trade is off. it is now risk-off. even the big stocks. melissa: he makes a great point. russell is canary in the coal mine. down officially 10% correction territory from its high. >> dow chemical too. another sector to watch. c

. >> reporter: we haven't seen a human bench since sacha barron cohen played one.d paula abdul into taking a seat while she thought she was being interviewed for the austrian entertainer of the year award. >> it is like the air that is breathe. >> reporter: but when the human serving platter arrived paula ended the interview. >> can you play it? come back. >> reporter: but this was no joke, rita sat on caesar for about half an hour until firemen managed to open the doors and saw this site. >> but i would also like to thank his mother, because she raised a really good boy. >> reporter: and here you thought pee wee herman was the only one with a talking chair. >> hey, pee wee i love it when you do ♪ >> rita says it is special when you're 79 years old. >> when a young man comes along and offers his back to you. >> i call him my special angel. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> you're my special chair ♪ >> that is so nice, and we do all hope we can raise boys who would do that. anderson is next. >>> good evening, everyone, we have breaking news tonight that re

in the 16th and 17t 17th centuries, the state really beginning to exercise control over robber barrons, various wars, and the monarchs say we're going to provide you with security. in the beginning to have the century, europe was a blood-soaked battlefield. the future to have the world looked as though it would be determined in china, looked as though it would be determined in india. there were three cities in europe which had a population of more than 300,000 people in. china, the heavenly city, alone had a population of 300,000 people. it had this incredible civil service selected from the whole of the population. so europe was a backwater. but by putting through the security revelation, by providing internal security, it began to create a sort of powerful civilization that people helped secure themselves but, at the same time, there was competition between european states for preeminence. china was a middle kingdom, european states are also looking outward. when china invents gunpowder it's used to fire, when europeans invent it, it may not be a good thing. but it's power abroad. se

"barron's" recently wrote positive about zynga. i would like to have your thoughts. >> i like it.listen, it's time to buy zynga. i caught a point. it's now pulled back. i like zynga. you're from houston. i would not put this in the j.j. watt category, like dot, dot, good. more of a lightweight, and it's a 210 pound defensive end. you should not sell zynga. you have to own it it. >> coming out with an alibaba ipo, will come at the expense of amazon. i expect money managers to sell, sell, sell, and buy, buy, buy alibaba speaking of ipos, you know there are a hundred or so in 2014? so far i only like one. find out which one on "mad money" after the break. we're moving our company to new york state. the numbers are impressive. over 400,000 new private sector jobs... making new york state number two in the nation in new private sector job creation... with 10 regional development strategies to fit your business needs. and now it's even better because they've introduced startup new york... with the state creating dozens of tax-free zones where businesses pay no taxes for ten years. becom

david kudla is with mainstay capital, named to "barron's" top 100 independent advisor list for five consecutive years. david, welcome. congrats on that. >> thank you. >> give us the broad read on what we've seen in the markets. what you think the message is as yellen speaks, stocks go up? >> yeah, as yellen speaks, stocks go up. as we look at the broader market environment right now, you know, today not withstand, we've seen some of the high fliers come back a little bit -- >> a little bit is an understatement for some of them. >> yeah. but when we look across at the sectors that we think are attractive, the high fliers of 2013, investors should be -- should be pulling back on those, should be looking at some of the large cap value plays, looking at sectors like energy, looking at other areas to move into, like high yield bond, preferreds, reits, for defense in this market environment. >> you're saying that don't be tempted by the big pullbacks that some of these names have had. you didn't use the word falling knife, but some of these may have a lot further to go, so don't look to get in now? >