rick, any reaction to the beige book there? >> very, very little, and as i talk you can see, looking at an intraday 5, hovering at 172. we're at 173 before the beige book and looking at a new high yield close going back to july. 10s, hovering at 2.89. that currently is their high yield close going back to july of 2011. two-year notes at 45 basis points, doesn't sound like a lot. those are going to be fresh multi-year highs as well. dollar index, hardly moved down about a fifth of a cent, a, beige book didn't make a difference and b, interest rates continue to be proactive with higher yield closes. >> rick santelli, thank you very much. >> all right. on deck, another blowout month for car sales. one dealer says it was the best month since the old cash for clunkers program. a closer look at how hot it really is. >> and if you're on facebook you have to pay attention. there's a new controversy brewing over how your profile could be used in all those sponsored ads that you see on your newsfeed. plus, how one very angry airline pass

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when we get the new beige book, we'll give you all of the beigeness. >> the idea google called back rubse a back rub. >> and use google as well. >> thank you. >>> rob mayeda, what's going on weather-wise. >> near 50 now napa. for the rest of the morning, temperatures will warm through lunchtime, you'll see 12:00, 1:00, already 70s and 80s inland. by 6:00 sea breeze will turn strong. short term, little bit of cooling before the warming trend arrives friday and for the weekend. mid to upper 90s saturday and sunday. >> here toward the east shore freeway. headlights westbound, that's the backup that formed after the traffic break. a couple minutes long. but traffic did back up. university avenue, overcrossing in the headlights there you go, slowest point. slow around the berkeley curve and heading around the toll plaza, metering lights turned on at 5:44. before our 5:55 for a wednesday. pattern may be they might have the lights slower and turned on earlier to keep traffic from being built up on the upper span. folks are getting distracted by the beautiful view. south bay. no big surprises.

. >>> this is the so-called beige book. it's not, it's a silly prop about the beige book, it comes from the federal reserve, cal calling they put together a snapshot of the economy that the fed actually uses to make decisions on monetary policy and interest rates. it came out on wednesday, and here's what we learned. housing demand is up moderately. the fed thinks the rising interest rates pull the plug on home purchases sooner then they needed to. consumer spending is up all over the country. strong auto sales and back to school shopping season probably contributed to that. and new vehicle sales topped 16 million in august, the highest number in six years. hire something up, although not enough that we're seeing wage increases across the board except for tight markets like high tech and engineering. and the feds say there are actually labor shortages in auto manufacturing and residential home construction. finally lending dropped off because of, you guessed it, rising interest rates. the soaring cost of college tuition has

it is not because it is beige, but it could be the absolute beauty, no. it depends how it is done, how it is made, how it looks like. so i was like, let's say, killing the french fashion. i should say france in general. so absolute. it has to be like that. things that i did not feel like. i think it's time i was going, i felt really in love with london. i felt more freedom. when i was going there, it gave me -- [unintelligible] sending like, yes, go on to do the things you feel are good. because it is very conservative in paris. >> only you had come to san francisco. >> yes. >> i can only imagine what you would have produced. [applause] >> that is true. >> here is this good little boy who is be heading classically and is very charming and wonderful and working hard. how did you turn into a bad boy? [laughter] and tell us about the whole business of putting sexuality on the map, as it were. when you go into the exhibition here, it is still shocking to see some of the clothes which are suggesting a kind of pervert petit, never against women. you see a lot o

let's take about the beige book.u remember, terry and marp la, we were talking about the beige book. >> not really beige, not really a book. it's a casual look at how the fed is -- how america is doing. if you're old enough to remember life in these united states from the readers' digest, it's sort of the life in these united states of the economy. as far as what the fed said was going on in our neck of the w d wood, we looked at san francisco. hotels are reporting linens are more expendive. business at fast food restaurants are slow. most of us get our vegetables. >> no. >> at fast food restaurants? >> right. the tomato on the double whopper with cheese. >> the catch up counts. >> lettuce, tomatoes, on junes. apparently we're eating fewer hamburgers. >> how about a nice salad. put brussel sprouts on top of that. >> or don't. >> let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> i prefer mcdonald's salad to tell you the truth. 61 degrees in concord. if you're looking for sanity, you've come to the wrong place, ter

thatt is likely the man that wah in the trerv trench and now beig rescued.uthorities from montgomery and frederick county were involved in the mission to free they w ma hophopefully there will be goode news. we will continue togo follow thh and bring you an update when we know more about this. >>> turning heartache into action. the human right campaign isn starting a new school initiativn to help protect children from bullying. it's called the welcoming schoo project and tomorrow hrc isis releasing a new film. jointing us tonight is womenmen westheimer the direct of directe program. this goes straight at educatorsd and teaches them how to see signs of bullying and how to help? >> absolutely. educators have been asking us for something likeg us this, thh want something of practical examples of how they can start conversations of bullying and bias in the classroom and this that is the goal of the film. we have filmed those that have been using schools in minneapolis, and showing themowg how they made the connectionon between bullying and bias. the conversation

the federal reserve released the latest beige book report on the economy on wednesday. it is based on surveys in the 12 regional districts. it shows consumer spending rose in most districts thanks to strong sales of cars and housing-related goods. higher demand for travel contributed to growth. the report said manufacturing activity modestly expanded among automakers and others said hiring improved in many industrial sectors. the report notes that home purchases picked up in several districts, rising prices and mortgage rates prompted the buying. with the economy recovering, attention is focused on whether the fed will go ahead with their plan to start scaling back credit easing later this year. jobs data coming out on friday could affect discussions at the bank's policy meeting in mid-september. investors in new york ponded positively to the report. they rose for a second day on wednesday. the dow jones gained 2/3 of 1%. for more on japanese marks, we go to the tokyo stock exchange. how are the markets opening this morning? >> good morning, ai. investors seem to be enc

and on wednesday, the federal reserve will release the beige book that gives the snap shot of the economicross the country and on wednesday, the motor vehicle sale's report is due, we will see if new car sales surge in the month of august. and on thursday, g-20 leaders will convene for a two-day g-20 summit. that will did do it for us today, my guest, next week, the ceo of blackstone. have a great week everyone, i will see you nex ♪ too big. ♪ too soft. too small. ♪ mmm! ♪ too happy. ♪ [ male announcer ] at progresso, we've got a passion for quality. because you've got a passion for taste. >>> you are watching an nbc bay area especial. tonight, bay area proud he was there when one of man's greatest moments, the landing on the moon, but this bay area man reveals what it was like to be there during one of man's darkest hours. >> i get goose bumps talking about it. >> she found it on craigslist, her purpose in life. >> that was it. that's what i could do. >> what this young mother that put her on a path to help countless babies that could help with what she has to give. >> four to six months

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it can be avoided if you carefully track beige patients don't overuse antibayotics, another one we have talked about on the show which is resistant to our most prominent antibiotic. >> how do you know if you have it? gone ria, yeah, but how about the first two? >> when you talk about c-dif, that's a kind of infection you're going to get in your bowels that gives you severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, and that can get into your system and kill people. but the news is worse than we think. over 100,000 people have died from the hospital-acquired infections. over $10 billion we're spending on taking care of these kind of infections. i think the reason why we're here today is because since 1927 when alexander fleming discovered penicillin unl till now, for many years we were doing well. antibiotics were defeating these bugs. then we kind of fell asleep, and the bugs are very smart. they have genetic mutations. they talk to each other. when one dies, a gene can go to someone else. resistance builds up, and meanwhile, our companies did not invent new antibiotics. it takes a lot of money and year

gathering at the marine beige rake. prz barack obama and the first lady were meeting privately with each of the 12 families who lost loved ones. he says the nation owes to these families not to let their loved ones die in vein some times i near tkraoeping resignation, that these tragedies just somehow the way it is. >> this somehow, new normal. we can't accept this. president says our murder rate three times higher than other advance the nations, our murder rate from guns and 10 times higher. ep dc mayor told me after the memorial that what sets our country apart from others, is would don't do enough to keep guns out of hands of criminals, and those with mental chal hrpblgs. >> american has got to do simple thing, i think one thing virtually for certain if we do nothing it will occur again. as they left relate teuls and friend foes due lives lost. lane lot ler friend and neighbor, who decide work navy yard took part time job local wail pheurt. just stay connected to noonty. >> she loved being around time.. she come poli

. >> much of the coastline is either a bright red or a beige print th. >> here we are at the base of telegraph hill on lombard street. this is owned by the city. behind you is a large piece of something exposed. you are looking at a large class that was xextricated in a quarry about hundred years ago. this is a secretive sandstones, shales, accumulated debris. essentially it ended up piled up here. the quarry activity was so intense and they used some much at dynamite that the kind of over blasted. 10 feet of the face was left shattered. you can see the fresh colors and a pile of debris which is precariously perched on the edge of a cliff up there. it is more fresh and more recent than the rest. it stands out because there's no vegetation. there is no weathering of material. those are the kinds of things you look for. >> there are many types of slides. there is the bedrock slides which we are looking at in is a combination of a block slide and where the material is just out of balance and is falling off. rainfall pushes from the ground water and out of the cliff. as you can see, the

i think that the beige book certainly was encouraging. and certainly the auto sales coming in much stronger than the market was expecting at 16-plus million. on an annualized basis. all of the things suggest to me that this economy has a fairly good head of steam going for it. >> and, peter, so if that's the case, what happens to the stock market? >> peter anderson, you there? >> no audio here. >> all right. let's move on. michael pinto? >> yes. >> mike pinto, let's go to you. let's assume anthony is correct. >> i believe it will. i believe it will happen. but since mid-july, i've been in 60% cash. i think an awful lot of things have to go right in the next 60 days. oil prices have to stay below $100 a barrel, and they're over that right now. so the war in syria, whatever is coming, can't be able to spread. you know, the tapering is going to happen. i think it sends the 10-year note toward 7% and the last time that happened, that sent a negative gdp print in the next quarter. >> wait a minute, 7%? >> did i say 7? i meant 4. >> oh, yeah. >

we were talking about the beige book yesterday.nited states if you're old enough to have read reader's digest. as far as what it said, we've now been able to see it. in san francisco district, hotels are reporting linens are suddenly more expensive, but the fed gives no reason for this in the beige book. it says hobby stores are doing well in our neighborhoods. the fed speculates it's because lots of people in the area are specialists in math and science. they're doing well financially. i've never made the connection, hobby stores, model rockets, airplanes, cars, robots and science. i guess so. >> or people have more time on their hands. >> and maybe more money. >>> meteorologist, here we are on this friday eve. we're getting ready for a warmup. >>> yes. today will be the coolest of the next seven days. works like this, about 86 degrees inland. 79 at the coast today. a comfortable day for you. 69 degrees. then come this weekend it's going to be hotter than a billy goat in a pepper patch inland with temperatures near 100 degrees. ye

on wednesday, the federal reserve will release the beige book, which gives us a snapshop of the economic conditions across the country. on wednesday, the motor vehicle sales report is due. we will see if new car sales continue to surge in the month of august. and on thursday, g-20 leaders will convene in st. petersburg, russia. >>> that will door it for me today. next week, byron wean of blackstone. we'll get his ideas of investing. keep it here each week where we are "on the money." have a great weekend, everybody. i'll see you again next weekend. : help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all drilling activity twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. our commitment has never been stronger. >> francis: what happens when a marriage worth millions falls apart? >> he told me either we

watches for idaho and nevada and fire weather watches and red flag warnings in effect for the red and beigecolor. that's because these storms come with lightning and a little bit of rain in some parts. heaviest rain in washington, but there's lighter rain with the lightning. there's a fire danger out in the northwest. that continues here for the next 24 hours at least. next 24 hours and more are dry for much of the eastern united states. this line of showers and storms you see right here has pushed south. that's cooler air that moved in dropping the temperatures and lowering the humid and making it nice and comfortable at least in the afternoon. the temperatures climb in the 70s at this hour, but by tomorrow morning could be into the 40s across the northeast. this cooler weather has chilly mornings depending on where you live. 47 in pittsburgh and 43 in portland, maine. over the next new days it's cool and comfortable in new york. temperatures barely above 70 by friday, getting a little warmer saturday and sunday. tropics, watching the caribbean and the gulf for some development. keying an

. >> the beige color is the proposed 7 foot set back. and we worked on that another great lengths with the planning staff including the urban design team and you will notice that we have two feet of that is given over to a sort of public oriented green, buffer, that is right up against this yellow sidewalk. and then in this street a private garden behind a four foot screening as well as a four foot tall fence and each one of those has a private gate entrance and so that each town home has a personal identity. and we are really excited about these units and we have heard from the neighbors and also, there is a lot of folks who live and work at home and like the idea of an individual address on something that can be reached from the street otherwise opposed to inside of the building, we are excited about this. and we think that it is always challenging to do ground floor or town home design and one solution is to raise these units and another is to set them back and we looked at raising the floor and forenaturally because of the ada, becau

the beige book, as you know -- >> very positive. >> beige book spoke about people actually bringing forwardheir purchases on existing homes rather than new homes for near that the mortgage rate is rising. >> of course people want to spend less than more but they're not going to stop buying homes at 4 1/2% mortgages. i spoke to five realtors in the last to weeks and they are doing well. i spoke to a rel or last week who had five bids on the same home and it was a jumbo mortgages. >> people don't stop buying houses. they end up buying smaller houses to accommodate for the higher mortgage rate. >> we'll follow it. dan, scott, thank you for your time this morning. if you want to read up more again on jumbo rates, it's on the front page of the journal today. >>> samsung unveiled galaxy gear smart watch. it works as an accessory to the smartphone. small screen offers photos, well, i think it's a camera, hands-free calls and instant messages. some question whether it's too costly. priced just about $300. qualcomm is getting in on the game with its talk smart watch which can play music and handle p

and a beige you show yeah the major show i'm surprised i didn't cry my mom and dad were there my dad is eighty three and my mom is seventy nine so my mom and dad were there course my husband my son a whole bunch of wendy's staffers and then we had a party up the street at you know one of the watering holes how was it magical when i open the stage door i couldn't believe there were actually people out there. there are actually people out there and i was saying to songs i started this other song and called class with one of the two major actresses in it so you know you don't want to mess her up by being bad so it was a lot of pressure you great role over the larry runs the prison larry if they called me i'd do it again i had the best summer it really was a wonderful experience and guess what else i got out of that oh my gosh one of the head writers at the a.b.c. sitcom neighbors was in the audience and saw me playing mama i didn't know this and called up my office for me to come out and play a role on the show so i did that just a couple weeks ago where did you play your mama pretty mu

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next we painted the garage door to match the light beige siding on the second floor.oks dirty because of the white door. it doesn't contrast well. >> paint the main door teal, pressure wash the driveway. >> why teal? >> teal will bring it forward. red would look hokie. >> another flower on the other side. what did we run out of money? and a little brick in that -- >> you are talking to kathie lee. >> come on, barbara. spend a little money. >> it's neat and clean. you'd want to go into that house. people don't like the front of your house they'll not have a look inside. in so here's cheryl's before. a little victorian. adorable. >> it is shabby and has absolutely no contrast. it is too white. we painted the front door red. that's victorian. it says welcome home. we freshened up the white paint. we pressure washed it. $160 to do it yourself at $900 professionally. we painted the wooden stairs and wooden base dark gray so they match. the stair railings white. we added dark gray shutters to the two bottom windows and two upper right. >> what about window boxes? >> we move

among those arrested al jazeera reporreport, they are still beig detained in prison pending charges ofking police officers on public poverty. now the problem of the press in egypt has been brought to the united nations here in geneva. >> egypt has moved up considerably in the ranks of the deadeadliest countries for journalist. it is now in the top five, when not even being in the top ten three years ago. >> reporter: in the human rights council meeting, journalists highlighted the need to keep channels free from censorship. >> so many are crying out for reliable information. for so many, including so many in egypt today, information is a critical lifeline. >> reporter: the united nations is well aware that challenges to freedom of speech is a worldwide problem. that egypt needs that upheld more than ever now. as one speaker said without media freedom there can be no political reform, no democracy. and what happens in egypt will set the example for the rest of the regauge. >> israel has drawn up jobs for palestinian workers in the west bank all aimed as supporting renewed peace talks. b

healthcare call centers are beig set up to help people understand president obama's new affordable care act. some of the people who work for those call centers are not eligible for healthcare benefits. >> i was denied by three of the major carriers in california and i was not able to get insurance at all. >> information on the affordable care act and how it may affect you is available at kpix.com/aca to find tips for choosing health insurance and a glossary of health insurance terms. >> the cdc is taking steps to warn people about dangerous resistant bacteria like e. coli. urgent, serious and concerning. the cdc estimates more than 2 million people get infections that are resistant to antibiotics each year. >>> in your health watch, research supports progress is being made in the fight against cancer. the american association for cancer research says since 1990, there have been more than a million fewer cancer deaths. researchers say the number of people surviving cancer continues to increase. more than 13 million people are cancer survivors today. and lifestyle changes may affect age.

beiges go up $1 in july of next year and another $1 in january 16. >> probably felt those gusty winds, the combination of the wind and low humidity are ripe conditions for potential wildfires. the national weather service is issues a red flag warns for the north and east bay hills. the warning begins tonight at 1 1:00 and remains in effect until friday afternoon. it has meaning for both the public pane fire officials. >> on the public sector in, end we typically are more cognizant of fires as they begin because again, red flag warnings are an indicator that a fire could ignite or spread faster. we tend to call more resources err will i. >> the wind kind of sneaks up us on us. similar wind conditions have brought down power lines and started brush fires. which aer yeahs are impacted? >> what you're going to find hooer in north bay hills above 1,000 feet, it's in effect for you. also in the eastbound, south bay and also the peninsula. the thing you want to know, is the worst of the fire threat, nosht bay, 20 to 40 miles an hour. next 4 miles an hour. and it's going to be a lot worse bec

thank you very much ver for beig with us. >>> wounds so raw they found enough strength to rally on exol hill for tougher gun -- capital hill -- capitol hill for tougher gun laws. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. that's all i have an real money. >> well, the navy yard shootings left many of us shocked outraged and horrified, a campus, should have been one of the safest places to be on a workday morning. there is one other location that understands sadly the victims. the tragedy at the sandy hook are elementary school bonded those of ne newtown, connecticu. all over again. monty frank heard it as he came into his house. >> what went through your mind when you heard the news? >> i'm not sure much went through my mind. i felt like someone had kicked me in the gut. i had just come back from a bike ride. and i -- living in sandy hook you ride by the school, you ride by homes of families that lost kids. it's a reminder every day to come home to hear the news that there's an

gap forecast wie widened by $5 billion. 2:00, the beige book of economic conditions.omakers report u.s. august sales today with another strong month expected. as far as u.s. futures, they point to a fairly flat start for u.s. equities. "squawk box" will take over with the countdown to the opening state side. whatever happens, have a profitable day. >>> today's top stories, washington trying to come to an agreement on whether or not to authorize a strike against syria. >>> investors try to handicap the odds of action or inaction and figure out what decisions in d.c. mean for the global markets and on the economic agenda a key report from the fed, it is wednesday, september 4th, 2013. and "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm becky quick with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's set up today's agenda. in washington, the senate armed services and foreign relations committees will hold closed hearings to receive classified intelligence on syria. they could vote as soon as today on the syria authorizatio

because of new rules, templar sports here, that beige building there behind me, had two options. they can stop selling guns, or it can move across the street if it wants. it cannot be at the location it's at as that location does not satisfy the new rule requiring a 250-foot clearance from places that cater to kids. while that spot across the sleet does. it was this week that the los gatos city council passed new laws for gun shops. these kinds of businesses must apply for an annual permit and be at least 250 feet away from schools, churches, parks, government buildings and businesses geared toward children. the city took up the issue when residents protested the 07ing of templar sports. just after the mass shooting in new town, connecticut which was perhaps one reason why people felt so adamant about this. they feel like it's a threat to public safety. there have been packed public hearings and this new ordinance. the city has given templar sports four years to move or give up its gun sales. the lawyer representing the sale says this deadline make nos sense. if this is a public

advisories for fire potential in beige with high winds and those of the winter storm watches and warnings a fog adviser in the upper midwest. this is accumulating snow. it does not hit the higher peaks with the big accumulations will occur. but here is what we expect for temperatures. we are about 1.8 degrees above normal. next week a cool down arrives. not and the brain. for tens of an inch average from the various models. seven tenths of 1 in. closer to normal. we have a harvest under way at area farms. 75 is the forecast for to mile warmer than today's 70. around 80 saturday. rains leave by sunday or shortly afterwards. the sun comes out and we have a warm up again close to 80 degrees tuesday and wednesday with the next chance of rain wednesday. it has been dry but it makes for a beautiful autumn. around this area. that will keep up for the next couple days. if you're a fan of self- checkout, you are now out of luck at two chicago grocery stores. citing concerns about customer service and theft, jewel-osco has removed the self- checkout option at two locations in the city, and will pos

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the federal reserve latest beige book as it is called, says overall economic activity across many regions continues to expand at what it calls a modest, to moderate pace. that was helped by consumer spending on cars and homes. david: the u.s. trade deficit widened more than expected in july. exports dipped as a result. there were positive signs on a bounce-back in imports, indicating new strength in demand from the u.s. consumer. liz: in the past few minutes the u.s. foreign relations committee approved that resolution giving the president obama to use limited force in syria. the vote was 10-7. david: auto sales accelerated in august with the industry racing to the strongest month in november 2007. automakers say the it topped 16 million vehicles on annual basis. liz: another trading glitch in the nasdaq system after two weeks after the so-called "flash freeze." the exchange said there was a six-minute outage for a small number about stock symbols. the issue was resolved and trading not effective and more importantly they kept the markets apprised an informed. better communication. "after

. >>> if you opened the "new york times" op-ed beige this morning you may have noticed an interestingvladimir putin who continued a piece called a plea for caution from russia. the russian president went on to urge the u.s. not to use military force in syria and warned the united states against considering itself exceptional, and concluded with a piece on earth goodwill towards men message saying, quote, there are big countries and small countries, and rich and poor, and those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy and the policies differ, too, we're all different and when we ask for the lord's blessings, we must not forget that god created us equal. if anybody knows about theology, democracy and equality, it is the president of russia or at foreign secretary of defense former secretary of defense leon panetta put it this morning. >> president putin should be the last person to lecture the united states about our human values and our human rights. >> for more now i am delighted to say we're joined by ambassador mark ginsburg. mr. ginsburg, i hav

. >> i'm in black and beige. >> i'm glad you took off the eye patch before you went on air today. >>nks, lawrence. >> you're welcome. >> good-bye! [ laughter ] >>> this is a live look at boulder and this is where a lot of flooding is going on. apparently overnight inches of rain have fallen -- 8 inches of rain have fallen and it's still raining there this morning. it's caused massive flooding. this is an intersection in boulder. cars are going through but a lot of roads leading into boulder are actually closed right now. they are impassable because of all of this flooding. two people have died and the cu campus in boulder has been closed today. also some dorms have been evacuated, as well. so a lot of flooding going on there. >> weather not getting any better there. no. >>> for the first time in five years, minimum wage workers in california could get a raise. governor brown threw his support behind a bill that would push the current $8 an hour pay to $9 by 2014. and then $10 by 2016. many people say the current minimum wage just isn't cutting it. >> very tough. very, very tough. >>

some are brown, white, most beige, many wrinkled, highly irregular. argument you'll hear is, jesus said, yeah, help the poor, but he never said the government should pick my pocket to do it, right? you hear that all the time. what they never say is that jesus didn't have democracy. we do. so if you believe in a government based on christian values, then you go to matthew chapter 25 and you want a government that helps the poor, helps the sick and is kind to those in prison. if you don't want that, that's fine. but stop saying you want a government based on christian values, because you do not. >> yeah. reverend, is there any religious case to be made for taking health care away from millions of americans, to deny them and put them in a vulnerable position? >> there's no case that i have ever are heard of out of any religious tradition or out of the humanist tradition that suggests that that is the right kind of vote. it is always a disaster when the congress starts to have bible quoting contests on the floor of the house of the senate. that's not the

and the beige book and auto sales, as well. phil will have that covered.gain, the dow finishing up 23 points, the nasdaq and s&p gaining off the best levels of the day. back to you. >> mary, thank you so much. >>> what will move your money tomorrow? 30 seconds on the clock for our next guest to tell us what they're watching for tomorrow. i'm joined by amy wu from rbc capital markets, charge morganlander. good to see you both. amy, you're up first. 30 seconds on the clock. what do you want to be prepared for for tomorrow's open? >> hi, maria. i like the friday s&p 163.50 straddle by call by put. that's not only for tomorrow, but for payrolls, too. i think it's still the biggest main event. other than that, i like the october-december, selling the snb calendar. >> all right. thank you very much, amy. chad, you're up. 30 seconds on the clock. >> maria, just watch the winds of congress. you'll continue to see that they'll gain support for syrian strike. that should move the market. also, you have two fed governors speaking tomorrow. any type of indication for

healthcare which revvs off the republican beige there's two different messages. >> that's because mosteople don't believe this is going to be a waver year on either side. this is the status quo 2014 we're heading into. the arguments chris just laid out and i think he's exactly right, those sound surprisingly like the arguments we heard in 2012. i don't think you'll hear much difference. >> rose: is that a wave year. >> no, it was not a wave year. the mood, i think 2010 was a wave year where house republicans -- yes, but 2012, the issues of sort of the intransigent congress versus the obamacare and competence of the obama whitehouse or how you feel about the obama whitehouse that's the argument of 2012 and the democrats argue they won that. i don't see a big difference on either side's approach right now. >> rose: in terms of presidential politic and obviously shaped by a whole range of things interesting midterm election and how syria plays itself out and rand mall and libertarianism and whole range of others. on the republican side where do you see it today in terms of where people ar

look, strong car sales combined with an upbeat outbook from the fed's beige book was out today pointo a lot of strength in the economy, but the fed's not going to slow their bond sales. that's the catch. i want to talk about all of this. we're bringing in john rutledge, chief investment strategist and joe. gentlemen, where is all of this money coming from that courtney was talking about these car sales? >> your income is understated. >> part-time jobs, lower hours worked, wages, i don't see it. what's going on with this? >> the employment numbers as you know are notoriously volatile. they're almost always understated. we've seen that time and time again in business cycle after business cycle. the hard data like vehicle sales tell us that there's a lot of pent-up demand and there's actually good income out there. people have jobs because you wouldn't buy a car if you didn't have a job to go to. >> john rutledge, whattest yo's take on this? you wouldn't buy a car if you didn't have a job to go to. i believe the job numbers are not fabulous and the income numbers are not fabulous. >> yo