back to joe. >> becky, we will see -- did you say march 14th, becky?h 14th. >> yeah. >> i wonder if we'll have done our brackets by then. >> we won't. i believe sunday, that sunday. march 14th is a friday. i believe sunday is the when the brackets open up, who's going to be in the running. you won't have your brackets yet but you'll be about to. >> i think we are -- final four picks, we got at least arizona, warren, and florida. you're going to put creighton in there. i might put cincinnati in there. >> but, joe, i will tell you, right before the 14th, i'm going to sent you a special private list which will lay out the whole 64. >> you'll do that? i'm going to have a better idea whether that 17-year-old -- sounds like an urban legend, whether a kid's already done that, supposed he has -- it wasn't just hit or miss, he used date to try to do it. thank you, warren buffett, very much. becky, safe travels, although who doesn't want to spend at least a couple of days in omaha if they get a chance. >> sure. >> maybe you won't be back. becky, join us tomorrow

becky? >> you'll send me $100 million, right?hat in the account, the deal is -- we're done. >> there's three people in the world who would be interested in whether we had a falling out. that's the difference. it's a little different at pimco. >> we have other news, perhaps with bigger implications. president obama speaking to russian president vladimir putin for an hour on thursday. they called this diplomatically addressing the need of russia, ukraine and the international community. they discussed direct talks between ukraine and russia with outside observers. putin put out his own statement saying that russian/u.s. relations should not never over ukraine. ukraine's prime minister speaking out with our own steve sedgwick today about attempts to get crimea to secede from ukraine. >> there have been no referendum. it is absolutely and entirely -- no one will recognize this referendum, probably accept north korea, probably syria or -- and i want to be very clear. crimea was, is and will be an integral part of ukraine, no concessio

becky was always serious. i love that. was so responsible but jedd was like a -- more like a corn ball, more like me, a goof, always smiling, always wanted to have fun. all he wanted to do was have fun. becky was like my mom or something. more like my mom than my daughter. my mom if my mom was responsible. becky was more responsible than my own mother. what am i going to say? what am i going to say about becky, she was great. it's weird to have a little girl that's so responsible. it's weird. jedd wasn't. he did the smart thing, bail, worry about yourself, take care of number one. becky didn't have that spirit. she didn't have a take care of numero uno mentality. she had a never leave a fallen comrade, even if it costs you your life, which it did. which it did. >> over in the women's wing of the jail, mary kay concepcion has just had her 26th birthday but it also marks the death of her 2-year-old son, fox. concepcion and her boyfriend are both awaiting trial for his murder. >> i'm waiting at home for that anniversary. for

>>> welcome to "on the money", i'm becky quick. lessons in leadership, how former ge ceo jack welch says you can get ahead in your job. >> one word, overdeliver. >> the markets take a breather this week. is it anything more than a pause? why everyone is so nervous about china all of a sudden. >>> seeing green for st. patrick's day, why irish whiskey may replace scotch as the drink of choice. does the name mcsorley's mean anything to you? "on the money" starts right now. >> here's a look at what's making news as we head into a new week. the big chill in the u.s. economy may be thawing, sales rose 0.3% last month. that was better than economists had expected and it could show a rebound from a weather related mid weather slump. consumers make up more than two thirds of the u.s. economy. a surprise sell-off late this week although there was no shortage of reason, ranges from fears about china's economy and tensions in ukraine. the dow fell 200 points on thursday, the fourth consecutive down day. the markets continued to fall on friday.

i'm becky quick. leadership from a man who knows, how jack walsh says you can get ahead in your job. >> one word, overdeliver. >> the markets take a breather this week. anything more than a pause? and why everyone seems to be nervous about china all of a sudden. plus, being green for st. patrick's day. we'll find out why irish whiskey may replace scotch as the drink of choice. and talk to the owner of an iconic irish bar. "on the money" starts right now. >>> this is america's number one financial news program. on the money. now becky quick. >>> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week. the big chill in the u.s. economy may be fine. sales at retailers rose 0.3% last month. better than economists expected could show a rebound from a weather related midwinter swamp. retail sales are important. consumers make up 2/3 of the u.s. economy. a surprise selloff in the markets late this week, fears about china's economy to tensions in ukraine. whatever the cause the dow fell more than 200

send it back to becky. >>> it's been a great show today and we loved having you from vegas. >> becky >> it's still early here. >> thank you for being here. and andrew, we'll see you back here soon and we'll see you tomorrow. right now it's time for "squawk on the street." ♪ blue blue you can do anything but lay off of my blue shade shoes ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, andrew has left the building. ♪ >>> and we have to follow elvis. good wednesday morning welcome to "squawk on the street," i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer back from the bayou and david faber. looking at a weak market for the third day in a row, the fifth day on the nasdaq. a lot of international data is weak. and the ten-year yield has crept down to 274 after hitting 281 last friday and then europe is in the red led by france as industrial production there contracted and missed estimates. the roadmap

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i'm joe kernen along with becky quick. andrew is off. secretary of state john kerry may be reading with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov this week. but the u.s. says that will only happen if moscow is willing to engage seriously on a diplomatic solution to the situation in ukraine. ukraine is getting part of the blame, believe it or not, for a first quarter earnings issue with dupont saying the unrest in ukraine, where dupont has a feed factory is hurting its bottom line. congress's 30 senators are on the case. they're goes to pass legislation against the weather. what was that? another dow component microsoft also in the news this morning. it's releasing its widely anticipated titan fall game for the xbox 1. it's hoping the game will give xbox sales a boost as it tries to close the gap with sony's playstation 4. coming up, it is shark tank tuesday followed by the prophet tonight. and we're going to have marcus on to tell us about his turn around challenge. it was pretty cool about the meats. >> yeah. >> i wanted

i'm becky quick. the economy feels the deep freeze. the markets are hot.l run may not be done yet. time to buy, sell or hold when it comes to housing. the state of real estate and the bottom line. bizness of basketba the bizness of basketball and hate him or love him. and whether the league can plan the success of a slam dundunk. >> now, becky quick. >> a look at what is making news. we head into a new week "on the money." the latest report card. the grade is far from an a. it shows slowing growth. gross domc

i'm becky quick. the economy feels the deep freeze. the markets are hot. why the bull run may not be done yet. time to buy, sell or hold when it comes to housing. the state of real estate and the bottom line. bizness of basketba the bizness of basketball and hate him or love him. and whether the league can plan the success of a slam dundunk. >> now, becky quick. >> a look at what is making news. we head into a new week "on the money." the latest report card. the grade is far from an a. it shows slowing growth. gross domestic product for last quarter 2013, showed growth of 2.4%. down from initial read of 3.2% a bout what economists expected. numbers weaker for exports and housing. gdp, broadest measure of the size and strength of m economy. the market continues to chug along. thursday, the s & p, closed above 1850. dow and nasdaq up as well. below all time highs. stocks were mixed friday. new federal reserve chair, janet yellin said the economy softened in recent waekz haeeks. yellin said it is likely the fed will slow down the bond buying program. and, ear

i'm becky quick. the fed says no to a giant bank. the economy may be doing better. what does it mean for your money? >> the man who built obamacare, said it will work fine. if you get your health care through your provider that may change. and science fiction becomes science fact. from the consumer to the hospital. how one company sees big profits ahead. taxes that you may not know about that could save you money. and "on the money" starts right now. >> announcer: this is america's number one financial news program "on the money." now becky quick. >>> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week on the money. the federal reserve got out the big red pen and wrote fail against citigroup's plan to raise dividends. it was part of the fed's stress test to determine how big banks would function under adverse conditions. citi90 days to resubmit. citistock plunged. stocks closed lower thursday. down for the fourth time in five sessions. nasdaq touched a new six week low. markets rebounded friday. america's economy is growing at a slightly faster pace tha

becky, we have been going 20 miles an hour. we are in a financial school zone. all of a sudden you are going 25 miles an hour. >> it feels like you are speeding. >> for while, whipped in your hair. then you go, okay, we are getting better. the weather was cloudy, everything, as you start to peel away the weather, you see it's a better economy. service jobs aren't high paying jobs. when income for the average family is going for 54,000 with an ad justed basis to 51,000 now. that's 85% of the economy, you go, yeah, okay. you go faster. you get out of the school zone, you don't have to worry about getting a ticket or running over kids. it's not xa you and i would call dynamic. >> i will give you that. it's not 3,000 jobs. are we getting through the weather? >> i think that's what we are seeing. i think where we come from weather are the housing starts, which are still low. and retail sales, because right now, they're still reporting on february. and we did see definitely a decline. i think other than retail and any industry where you have to be outside, like buildi

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i'm joe kernen along with becky quick.ng to join us live from new orleans in just a few minutes. topping today's headlines, walmart is filing a $5 billion lawsuit against visa. walmart is accusing visa of passing along unreasonable slide fees when shoppers use their cards at its stores. another high profile ipo is about to make its debut. it's called becky and it makes -- is the symbol b-e-c-k-y? >> though. >> why is that in there? am i supposed to ask you what you think about it? >> that was smooth. way to go. >> roll that back down. it's friday. >> you can roll through anything. >> what is that? >> make you can as an aside turn to me or ask me. >> are you involved or affiliated with this ipo in any w way? >> no. >> do you know what it is? >> yes, because -- >> are you involved in outdoor advertising? >> i am not. cbs is. >> did you help get les to appear on "squawk on the street"? >> i did not. my guess is that was faber. >> they might be down there at the u.s. stock exchange. >> anyway, cbs outdoor is launching an ipo t

becky was a television journalist before trading the studio for the official corridors of power and thenng to journalism. he now writes a political column in a newspaper. becky rejects the notion to turkey's prime minister is no supporter of freedom of the press and is edgeing in the direction of the old empire. he says he's a democrat. i spoke with him in istanbul about the new internet law, the structural problems in the needs that there and what he calls the turkish way. >> thanks for joining us here on the listening post today. >> thank you for having me. >> you go a long way back with him. as a leader, compared to other government leaders he strikes me as being more direct in his involvement with the media. what is it in his background, do you think, that makes him this way? >> i don't think that it has anything to do with his background at all. actually. maybe my answer is going to disappoint you, but as i said, it's not unique to him. it is to a certain extent just all turkish way. i mean, it has to do with media powers, media-politician relations in turkey. >> on the new internet

>> i haven't changed too much, becky.his year will be about good news, initially being good news for stocks. but ultimately good news becoming bad news for stocks because it starts to become bad news for interest rates and also for the fed and inflation. >> i have to give you information here. jim paulsen was one of the respondents to our fed survey. nobody believes the fed will reduce its assets more next year and will be tighter and do more qe uneasing than jim paulsen. >> next year? >> next year. >> by a factor of four. >> jim, what does that mean? you think this will be a strong year for the markets but next year look out? >> well, i've said this is going to be a volatile but flattish year. we've already gone down on underheat fears early. i think we've head higher now over the next several months on better than expected economic reports and maybe the last half, becky, we start to get over heat fears, bond yields maybe go up 3.5 to 4%. we get concerned about whether the fed is behind the curve or how much they may hav

, becky, with this. >> but.rating earlier this month. they did it because of the unfund pension liability problem, suggesting if there's not a pension fix they could downgrade you again. how do you deal with it? >> first things first. i balanced our budget three years in a row, put money back in the rainy day fund and never raised property or gas tax. i eliminated the employee head tax two years ahead of schedule that i said i was going to do. but i made major reforms to our structural deficit. now we're not done but we took about two-thirds of our structural deficit and whacked it out of the system. we have more work to do there. the next piece, even if the campaign i was running we have toism if the long-term fiscal. there's music in the background. i told labor, it's going to take revenue and reform. you can't do this on the backs of taxpayers or on the backs of workers. together we can solve this problem. if i solve it, i'll be able to invest not only in our pension but paving the roads. >> we have to go. ev

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick. andrew was last seen at a craps table at casear's blowing on some woman's dice. it didn't say that here. it says that he lost his shirt. i don't know whether efs blowing on the dice -- i don't know how he's dressed at this point, but he's off today. >> or if he's dressed. >> or if he's -- you know, he could be on the mattress like in the first -- >> vegas is a dangerous place. >> it is. >>> plenty of economic data for investors to digest today, including jobless claims, retail sales and import prices. joining us now to talk about the economy is lindsay piegsa. chief economist at stern ag. and on the markets, david joy, chief market strategist at ameri is prise financial. lindsay, are you at 3 and have you wafrd at all? >> actually, i'm lower than 3%. i'm looking for more of the same as the economy is stuck in this 2%, 2.5% range throughout all of 2014 carrying into 2015. so even a little more pessimistic than some of those economists looking for 3% growth. >> yeah. because we decided

>>> hi, everyone, welcome to "on the money," i'm becky quick. fed says no to a giant bank, but the economy may be doing better than ever thought. what's it mean for your money? the man who built obamacare says it will work just fine, but if you get your health care through your employer, that's going to change. 3d printing, science fiction becomes science fact. one company sees big profits ahead. plus, tax deductions you may not know about that could save you money. "on the money" starts right now. >>> this is america's number one financial news program, "on the money." now, becky quick. >> here's a look at what's making news as we head into a new week "on the money." federal reserve wrote fail across citigroup's plans to raise dividends and decrease stock buy backs to determine how big banks would function under adverse conditions. citi has 90 days to redo its plan. citi's stock plunged on the news, and it wasn't alone, stocks closed lower on thursday, down for the fourth time in five sessions. nasdaq touched a new low, but the markets rebounde

back to you, becky. >> all right.nice, thank you. >> look at the end of this letter here, which i like. >> seth carmen's letter. >> where you say it here and it comes out there because he says, he quotes jim grant, from jim grant sitting right here like two weeks ago or three weeks ago. in his letter he says, as jim grant recently noted on cnbc, the problem is, and i remember when jim grant said it, it was not even two weeks, he said the fed can change how things look, but it cannot change what things are. >> right. >> and he said it right here and then carmen used that in his -- he heard that from jim grant, but that's interesting. >> the idea that investors like seth carmen would pick up on that. >> and something on cnbc, too. >> yeah. >> why doesn't he come on? have we called this guy? >> he tends to not -- he tends to shun publicity. >> he does? >> yeah. this letter itself, you said it was out from a week ago just because he sent it to investors and somebody got their hands on it. >> if he had a chance to come on

becky is live in omaha. hi, becky. >> reporter: when we come back, we will talk more about what warren buffett is saying. he says he's a long-term investor so if stocks drop today, he would be buying. what is it that warren buffett and some of his closest hand-picked money managers are weighing? we'll talk about that. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ tires screech ] chewley's finds itself in a sticky situation today after recalling its new gum. [ male announcer ] stick it to the market before you get stuck. get the most extensive charting wherever you are with the mobile trader app from td ameritrade. wherever you are with the mobile trader app for tapping into a wealth of experience. ♪ for access to one of the top wealth management firms in the country. ♪ for a team of financial professionals who provide customized solutions. for all of your wealth management and retirement goals, discover how pnc wealth management can help you achieve. visit pnc.com/wealthsolutions to find out more. to nbcuniversal's coveragens of the biggest lose

becky?come our guest host who is supremely qualified to talk about the busy m & a and ipo markets. his private equity and corporate culture strategies are featured in "opportunity knocking." . good morning. >> my pleasure to be here. i'm not o'rubenstein. happy to be here nonetheless. >> sell braiticelebrating with . >> where do you think we stand from an economic perspective? >> the economy is recently in good shape. people wish the congress and president would get along better and we could pass more legislation that would be helpful to the economy. that said, i think the economy is doing reasonably well. i think 3% growth is not unrealistic this year. it could be within a couple tenths of a point either way. ear optimi we're optimistic. we're looking at some things seriously in the emerging markets. we think europe has come back. prices are pretty attractive for people like us. we're reasonably optimistic about the global economy. though there are weak spot in some places. >> jack welch sa

matt. >> becky, thanks very much. the latest information that we're getting out of australia, authorities here on the east coast of australia is that one royal australian air force jet has been unable to locate any debris associated with these two satellite images that were released a little earlier on today by the australian government and australian officials. they say that two satellite images showing two objects which may or may not be pieces of da prefrom that missing malaysian airlines flight 370 have been discovered just south of the corridor that australian authorities have been searching. one is 24 meters or about 75 feet in size. the other is around about five meters in length or around about 15 feet in size. now, the officials say that the objects are indistinct, but they say that they are credible sightings and they have been what they call awash in the indian ocean. this is located in a very remote place of australia where about 2,500 kilometers or about 1500 miles off of the coast of australia. it's very

joe and becky are off today. the cfo of cisco, frank calderoni, win tilton, plus changing the world with oil been heir harold hamm, that is over the next three hours. >> are you ready for that? >> joe is away and the cat will play. it's an exciting day. the fed is going to wrap up its two-day policy meeting today. >> do you know what time the fed decision will come down? >> i was waiting for this. 2:00 p.m. eastern time. the fomc is expected to stay on its current path. and janet yellen's first news conference as fed chair begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. she will likely field questions on everything from the impact of the weather to the economy, political unrest in ukraine. i'm sure some bozo is going to ask about being the first woman on the job. >> do you think that's a bozo question? >> that could happen. >> how much would we have to pay him? >> who knows. all right. >> do it, anyway. >>> as for the markets right now, futures are suggesting we'll have a positive open, but not by much. call it flat for the s&

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i'm becky quick. the fed says no to a giant bank. the economy may be doing better. what does it mean for your money? >> the man who built obamacare, said it will work fine. if you get your health care through your provider that may change. and science fiction becomes science fact. from the consumer to the hospital. how one company sees big profits ahead. taxes that you may not know about that could save you money. and "on the money" starts right now. >> announcer: this is america's number one financial news program "on the money." now becky quick. >>> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week on the money. the federal reserve got out the big red pen and wte

becky quick speaks with him on that and first, the u.s. economy. >> we've had this moderate but consistent growth now for four and a half years and every now and then we get excited about a speeding up, and every now and then we worry about a double dip. we haven't gotten wildly optimistic and pessimistic but over that period, its small waves of optimism and that. >> you laid out the terms of your will, what you set aside for your wife. >> i laid out what an average person, not the expert on stocks will do. my widow will not be an expert on stocks and i want to be sure she gets a descent result. she doesn't need to get a sensational result. since my brooke shire sells go to somewhere else, part of it goes out right, part goes to a trustee. put 90% in an, 10% and the market and you take it out of that and instead of selling stocks at the wrong time. she'll do fine. anybody will do fine with that. it's low cost. it's in a bunch of wonderful businesses, and that takes care of itself. >> you specifically set a van guard index. >> yeah, well, i

when you're going through an airport, do people yell, hey, becky. >> aunt becky. >> aunt becky. >> ofyou by your new character name. because this program, you had your biggest ratings last week and you got three or four more episodes. >> yes. we're on saturday night on the hallmark channel. episode ten tomorrow night and two more after that. we're really hitting our stride. >> what do you think accounts for the success of the show now? >> i think the olympics went away. but i also think it's finding an audience. you have to give a show time to find an audience and for people to catch on. word of mouth and social media is really picking up, facebook, twitter. people arele are talking about the show. >> i know you're talking about the fact that since there is some period costume involved, you got trouble walking in the pettycoat. >> every time i would walk into my trailer, i would step on the pettycoat and trip up the stairs. >> we have spandex now. >> you have a corset and you no technologyor sit down. allowed on the set. you have to hide your cell phone. >> i kid you not, sometimes th

i think becky was making that point in last hour.f they don't represent slack in the labor market and you know they are not exerting downward pressure on wages then maybe the fed has to move sooner. >> well, if i were the fed, which i'm not, and i spent four years not commenting on the fed. it's somewhat liberating to be able to give my views. >> right. >> i would wait to see signs of inflation. we have been well below the 2% pocket for quite some time. inflation is determined by many factors, not just how tight the labor market is, energy prices and so on. i think we can with stand reaction. i'd wait to see sure signs of inflation, not get out ahead of it. >> can i move the question in a different direction? i hear the president constantly talking about mobility problems in this country. this goes to the american dream issue, this goes to larger employment issues yet we were talking during the commercial break that emanuel saez argued that mobility has not changed in this country over the past 30 years. where do you come out on that

i'm becky quick. leadership from a man who knows, how jack walsh says you can get ahead in your job. >> one word, overdeliver. >> the markets take a breather this week. anything more than a pause? and why everyone seems to be nervous about china all of a sudden. plus, being green for st. patrick's day. we'll find out why irish whiskey may replace scotch as the drink of choice. and talk to the owner of an iconic irish bar. "on the money" starts right now. >>> this is america's number one financial news program. on the money. now becky quick. >>> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week. the big chill in the u.s. economy may be fine.

i am becky quick. a rare interview with the man many call america's greatest investor. >> shouldn't think of buying or selling your stocks every day. >> defying gravity. stocks keep rising. unemployment picks up. what does it mean? the power of the dollar. how money may be able to do what military might can't. why vladamir putin will be watching russia's wallet. and "on the money" starts now. >>> here's news -- we head into a new week. signs the economy bay wemay wak from its winter slumber. 175,000 jobs created last month. more than predicted. unemployment picked up to 6.7%. number of jobs in two previous months was revised. many expected bad weather to depress numbers. it was mostly blue skies and sunshine for the markets this week after worrying abut ru ini invasion of ukraine. the dow was less than 1% from the all-time record. the markets were mixed friday. cold weather hammered up atow sales last month. gm, ford, toyota fell. chrysler rose 11%. industry hit an annual pace of 15 million sales on tr

i'm becky quick along with brian sorkin. i reminded the kids to wear green and went upstairs and forgot. brian has a good excuse for why he's not. >> yeah, because i do this thing on cnbc digital which uses a green screen, so i can't wear green. then i become invisible. if i wore a green shirt, i would have no torso. that said, sullivan, i think it stands to reason that i'm irish enough. >> we already had this conversation this morning. yeah. >> brian, welcome. andrew, welcome back. >> thank you. i missed you guys. you did a lot last week. you had buffett last week, a huge show. and march madness and these brackets, we'll talk about what these seeds may mean for the billion-dollar bracket offer a little bit later. >> are you playing in this? are we allowed to play? >> yeah, we are allowed to play, i think. >> because i signed up. >> i'm in, baby. >> you're in? >> you can sign up until the 20th. >> if i win the billion, i'm buying a massive evaluation. i'll pay you 100 times. >> i know some people and we can work something ou

jim. >> reporter: hey, becky. you can feel a sea change in the past 24 hours, and that clearly stems from vladimir putin's comments yesterday that he saw no need for a use of force in ukraine and had no desire to annex the crimean peninsula. and that really has allowed, in my sense, at least, that cold war style military confrontation to take a step back from the brink, if you will. and even though crimea today remains a very tense place with a new report of russians seizing two ukrainian anti-missile posts, i believe, the perception today is really in ukraine, i believe, that it's spinning not towards war but more towards a kind of diplomatic solution. now, secretary of state kerry's meeting with his russian counterpart later today in paris, sergei lavrov, that's their first face-to-face meeting since the current crisis escalated. no doubt they'll be talking exit strategy. the russian and ukrainian governments are talking on a cabinet level today, and a russian defense official is discussing ukraine with nato mem

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. our global markets are rebounding after easing tensions in ukraine. this morning, russian president vladimir putin ordering troops engaged in military exercises along the ukraine border back to base. perzs that t exercises that were linked to kiev. john kerry is set to arrive in kiev in just a few hours to show support for the new ukrainian government. as we're speaking, vladimir putin is holding a press conference. you can see right now, take a look at the market reaction as dow futures are up by 162 points. that would be gaining back more than the losses of yesterday. this comes after monday's tumble where you did see stocks lower. right now, the major european averages are higher. the dax in germany up by 1 is.5% and the if it cac in london up .7%. right now, stocks are up about 6% in moscow. yesterday, the stocks in moscow were down close to 11%. joe, right now, over to you. >> that 60 billion number is familiar. >> it's more than the olympics, right? >> yeah. this must have gotte

i'm joe kernan along with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin. citigroup says executives at the bank are promising to bolster the auditing process. the failed stress test means the bank has to wait at least a year or at least until next year to increase, not to increase but to pay a dividend or to increase the stock buy-backs. >>> and new york state joined new york city in a lawsuit against fedex. the company is accused of violating state and federal laws in delivering cigarettes to residences. the suit involves a fedex partnership with a smoke shop that ships untaxed cigarettes. >>> and automaker tesla striking a key agreement with new york state to operate the five existing retail locations. any additional locations are covered under the franchise laws. tesla ran into trouble for selling cars directly to consumers without going through a dealer. >> they didn't talk about that at all. they didn't talk about that or really the safety stuff. >> no, they didn't. although we saw the batteries going into the bottom of the car. and you know what else

but you're a woman, right, becky? >> i am. but look, you're going to have people say that you should be able to do anything along those lines. i think that's a difficult question. >> then what do you do with the arizona law? your religious belief allow you to -- >> they are religious beliefs to -- >> do they allow you not to serve certain people at the counter? >> no. when your religious beliefs are -- what's the word that they use when they are sincere religious beliefs that go along with these things? it's not about serving people. it's about are you forced to pay for these services down the line. >> i saw the big article -- >> and that's not whether -- >> hobby lobby. >> i do think that the united states government should make sure that people have access to -- but making somebody pay for them, that's a different story. >> there's a big piece on the guys from hobby lobby that brought this about. it was in the "new york times." even the "new york times" made the case for why this person -- but he started his company in an ev

i'm becky quick. the fed says no to a giant bank. the economy may be doing better. said it will work fine. if you get your health care through your provider that may change. and science fiction becomes science fact. from the consumer to the hospital. how one company sees big profits ahead. taxes that you may not know about that could save you money. and "on the money" starts right now. >> announcer: this is america's number one financial news program "on the money." now becky quick. >>> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week on e

all right, becky, thanks very much. so if europe is so deeply divided over sanctions, where does that leave the united states? can the u.s. impose sanctions alone? let's bring in fareed zakari into this conversation, host of fareed zakari, gps. what's the answer if the u.s. doesn't have support from critical european allies like germany for tough sanctions against russia, where does it leave all of us? >> reporter: it's very tough to do sanctions if you don't have the germans and the british on board. remember, europe imports almost 30% of its national gas -- of its energy from russia, from russian natural gas. sometimes it goes even higher than that. so they are going to be very reluctant to do the kind of comprehensive sanctions which would deprive them of that energy. and as you point out, london's role as a financial center is dependent upon other things, russia's capital. i think we should push for as comprehensive sanctions as we can get. you're never going to get totally comprehensive sanctions, but they do exact

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. andrew is off today. our top story, two major global pressure points leading the markets. russian troop movements along the ukrainian border raising the tension levels ahead of the weekend's referendum vote involving crimea joining russia. that combination creating a wall of worry for investors. overnight, the nikkei tumbling more than 3% today. it's down more than 6% for the week. a couple trading hours into europe, the markets there are lower, as well. the cac is the biggestdy cliner, only down by 0.5%. in russia, though, the benchmark micex index fell by more than 3% at the open. right now, it's down by just over 2.3%. the u.s. futures at this point are hanging in there. they're showing a slight rebound after yesterday's sell-off in wall street. you saw that decline when the dow was down by 230 points. also saw the s&p and the nasdaq down significantly. we will have a deeper market discussion with our panel in just a few minutes, plus a live report from kiev. secretary of state john kerry gets ready to

becky, join us tomorrow. right now, jacques a"squawk on street" is next. >>> good monday morning, welcome to "squawk on the street." i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer david faber at new york stock exchange. if you had a great weekend we kick off the trading month of march with futures in the red. escalation in the ukraine over the weekend will take a toll after the s&p did hit all-time highs friday. ten-year has a lot to react to today. manufacturing, ism in an hour and jobs numbers coming up friday. europe's losses are roughly in the 2% range. germany right now, among the hardest hit. markets, unpressure this morning, due to the escalating situation in ukraine. monthly increases in consumer income and spending not making a dent. warren buffett says he's not discouraged about the markets today or in the future. citing slow but steady economic improvement. find out what else he's thinking about. >> apple rolling out carplay technology with mercedes and ferrari? futures pointing to a sharply lower open, than

>> aunt becky. >> aunt becky. >> of course he they do. >> they were everybody's aunt becky. >> do youch her new show when called to heart saturday night on the hallmark channel and those are your headlines. i still remember the episode where she was teaching the young girls how to put on makeup and telling them it needs to look natural. that he that's what aunt becky would do. >> i never saw the show. i'm pro-aunt becky though. also pro-rick reichmuth who is standing by to let us know what is going on outside around the country. >> and i'm inside, too. take a look at this. temperaturewise, not th bad of all of this cold air dealing with this winter it's beginning to go away a little bit at least, so there are your temps as you are weighing -- waking up this morning. northeast we have clouds moving through and a little bit of rain and then eventually a little bit of snow that's going to fly across the greax. not going to cause any problems. today have problems brewing across areas of texas. there is a storm going to develop this afternoon and along with it chance for severe weather inc

you just wish it wasn't happening, becky. would just go away, but it ain't going away and i think it's the real test of this ipo market because the momentum peaked. >> faber's not there with you, is he, jim? >> he'll be coming. >> he'll be coming. >> correcting joe and his movie. >> ingrid bergman would never say -- i knew it was lauren bacall. but i messed up a quote, anyway, jim, i thought maybe he was there and he's watching, that's good, in correcting me in sort of a supercilious way. >> which we appreciate. >> jim, i'm sorry, are you sick and getting the dreaded cold? >> i am coming down with it. >> i'm sorry? it's rapid fire. it's a virus. >> it's a long one, too. it lasts. >> you played with it. and i want to be -- >> i was sick all day. >> i'm in your camp. >> all right, jim, i hope you feel better. >> thank you. >> we'll see you in a few minutes. a lot coming up on "squawk on the street." >>> okay. coming up, before the opening bell rings we'll bring you stocks to watch. we'll feature media stocks in our "what's work

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. have been indicated higher this morning. dow futures up about i 33 points above fair value. yesterday you said you saw the markets give back a little bit. that came after massive gains with the dow up 220 points. the ten-year note continues to yield to 2.712. in our headlines this morning, we have a busy day for economic numbers. even as investors look ahead to tomorrow's february job report. >>> we have initial jobless claims an revised fourth quarter gdp. fourth quarter productivity i should say. both out at 8:30 eastern time. later in the morning, we'll be getting the january reading on factory orders. >>> the crimeaen parliament approved a referendum to be held on march 16th on whether the region should become part of russia. no response yet from ukraine's government. yesterday, the prime minister said crimea would remain a part of ukraine. >>> directv is in talks with disney. they are seeking the right to offer disney con ten as part of an internet-based product that could be acc

i'm becky quick.t week lewill be joined by the former white house special adviser on health care. each week keep it here. we are on the money. i'll see you next weekend. >> tonight on the profit... i go inside worldwide trailers, a custom trailer manufacturer in tampa, florida. and so is this essentially a commercial kitchen? >> yep. >> that's your serving area. >> co-owners struggle to work together after their nasty breakup. >> you're a pathological liar, is the way i look at it. >> i can't work with you. >> i have my work cut out for me. for me, it's all about business. >> none of it would've-- should've been anything except for business. >> i need to put the controls in place... my name isn't going on this if it looks like this. there's no way. >> we do track our money. >> but no, you don't track your money. and make sure these bitter rivals can work together. >> yeah, you got that right! >> my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. i don't know how you run your