i am brian sullivan. a live look at the olympic flame here. it is nearly 11:30 at night.ut the olympics beforehand, how would it go, what kind of a job might russia do. of course, so much made about the money that was spent, not only on the games but also on the infrastructure investments. generally on cnbc, we talk stocks, buy, sell, hold, and carl quintanilla, michelle caruso-cabrera, our entire team and myself have been here for over a week. some folks here for more than a month, in fact. we decided we would put our own cnbc spin, offer up perhaps our own ratings on the game, each part of them, and here's how we rated sochi. first and foremost, the olympics are about the athletes so the venues are the most important thing. and though we didn't get a chance to see everything, the ones that we did see like here at the sanki sliding center at the top of the mountain, newly built, first class. got to give these a b-plus or perhaps a-minus. for the visitors to the games, bit of a different story. here at the coastal cluster, we will give the russians credit for putting all

i'm brian sullivan. if the giant olympic flame over my shoulder didn't give it away, i'm coming to you live from sochi, russia. mandy is off this week. we have melissa lee and simon hobbs doing all the heavy lifting and we are going to give you all the updates on what is happening with the latest. there has been a change in the medal count. got some great interviews for you and as well as a look back at some of the soviet yunion cas that are still on the road here. by the way, i know you have breaking news. serious stuff right now coming from a neighboring country. i will send it back to new jersey with melissa and simon. >> we look forward to all that. meantime, let's take a look at live pictures from kiev, ukraine. riot police are moving in on thousands of protesters encamped in the city center. at least nine people are dead, two of them police officers in the clashes. parliament was set to debate changes to the constitution, curbing the powers of the president. the protesters want constitutional refor

he is joining us at the table, brian sullivan. am i correct on the weight?ton, senior political editor and white house correspondent for "the huffington post," sam stein. >> a little whiff of the little man. >> come on! >> i know joe is out on 95. >> are you going to be okay, joe? >> you okay? >> mark halpern just beat you up. a little man? >> it's all right. >> donny, i am -- i'm a storm chaser. you know what storm chasers do, don donny? they sacrifice themselves. >> they hunker down. >> they now you're bright and politically connected. they do not know the selfless side, the man against nature side. >> oh, my god. i just do not like you. >> i don't want to embarrass you this way. >> are you finished? can i answer? >> yes, sir. >> they chase storms. that's what storm chasers do and what i'm doing today. >> is this mutual of omaha or "morning joe"? >> i think it's a tough one, mika. >>> let's go to bill karins and see what is going to be happening out there later today. it's going to get ugly, isn't it, mika? >> yes. the nor'easter is barreling up the easter

to brian sullivan monitoring the situation from sochi, russia. brian? >> reporter: melissa and scott, thank you very much. more on the olympics in a moment. first, to a developing and deteriorating situation in ukraine. we are getting news within the past hour that the european union has approved sanctions against officials in ukraine. all of this comes after the white house stead was "outraged by images of ukranian security forces firing automatic weapons on their own people." ukraine's health ministry now says the official death toll is 67, and more than 500 have been injured. even as president obama goes public with his statements, though, there are behind-the-scenes talks held between washington, brussels, kiev and moscow. about 20 minutes ago the polish foreign minister, who had been in kiev meeting with the ukranian president said there was willingness among officials to call early elections to help quell the violence. joined by phone by eastern europe eder to for the financial times and on the ground in key've four days. thank you for joining us

brian sullivan has been following the situation from sochi. brian? >> it's impossible to ignore here. thank you all very much. let us bring you up to speed on this developing situation, which is about 800 miles from here. as you saw from the video, fires are indeed burning in the heart of kiev. it is the second night of violent clashes between police and protesters, who are seeking constitutional reform. ukraine, safe to say, is at the brink of a possible civil war. the foreign ministers of germany, france and poland are heading to kiev in the morning to try to defuse the situation. while the european union is holding an emergency meeting to discuss possible sanctions against the ukraine government. ukraine's currency is flirting with its lowest level since the crash five years ago and it weakened more than nine to the dollar for the second time this month. moments ago, the president replaced the head of the army. here's why this is important. the acting defense minister says the ukraine army may take part in a quote, nationwide anti-terrorist operat

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i'm kayla tousche along with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan. becky and joe will join us tomorrow from pebble beach, california. the major averages are coming off their seventh losing session in just the last ten trading days. the losses yesterday were fairley slight. 53 points today would be the implied open to the upside for the dow. the s&p would open about 7 points to the upside. the nasdaq would be about 15 points from the green. that's because a lot of the european markets are firmer as we awaited the decision from the ecb and the bank of england. we are earnings and economic data. first on the economy, here is the calendar. it all happens at 8:30 eastern time. weekly jobless claims, december international trade and fourth quarter productivity. throughout the morning, a number of the neigh's major retailers will report january same-store sales. as for earnings central, the train continues philip morris, kkr are among the names to watch before the bell today. news corp., activision. the ecb will announce its policy decision later today. the

>> yes. >> it's brian sullivan.r joining us. >> sure. >> at what point do we see a push back -- maybe we don't -- against this data. about a month ago i but a nest product at an apple store which i suspect will no longer be sold there, i'm just guessing on that one. i've not installed this yet. now i'm sincerely questioning whether or not install it. to be frank, who cares what the heat of my house is. i do worry we're getting to a point where there's too much data intrusion into our lives. and i'm finding myself making decisions to cut back. ie, shutting gps off in cars, et cetera. >> really? >> am i weird? >> infamous words of bill gates about a decade ago, it's like oxygen, you may get used to it. i think it's a generational thing. short of financial information, i think young adults are living their life on the net. this new generation understands it's living its life in a fish bowl and it can deal with it and it understands that the benefits of generating the data maybe outweigh the creepyness around safety and

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he's brian sullivan.lete in the '76 games, perhaps, joe, but i appreciate it nonetheless. thank you very much, guys. i want to get to hockey in a second. let's start with figure skating because the russian who was the superstar and all the weight of russia was on did not perform we well. in fact, yulia lipnitskaya, adelina sotnikova ended up getting the gold. it was the 15-year-old who all the eyes were on. still, russia takes the gold. in free skate, women's hockey, obviously very, very difficult defeat for the u.s. women's team. they were up 2-0 with two minutes left to go. canada pulled their goalie. a shot, hit the pole, missed. canada scores in overtime and takes the gold medal. a bit of a heartbreaking loss for u.s. women's hmo ockey. news generally, guys, tends to be on the negative side. earlier today we were interviewing four of the members of the u.s. women's team and speaking with julie chu. in the middle of the interview, literally we're tapped on the shoulder and the u.s. olympic committee to

so, brian -- >> being in a hot tub with brian sullivan? >> such a good movie, though.hot tub, by the way? i never figured that one out. >> what are you all talking about? >> hot tub time machine. it's a movie. >> oh. >> like mr. smith goes to washington. >> cinderella. >> i thought you were insinuating that you would get in a time machine hot tub, brian. >> depends on who else is in there. >> oh, lame. >> take me to target. >> well, target may be also wishing the same thing, guys. cfo of target is going in front of congress today. they want answers and want to figure out what happened with the data breach, 110 million customers credit card or other personal information obviously hacked. you had similar concerns with neiman marcus, michael's arts and crafts. target getting all the attention. that will be in a couple of hours. john mulligan is expected to say we need to speed up the chips. if you go to europe, the credit cards have a microchip. we don't have that here. that chip protects a lot of personal information. we want to start implementing that here in a couple o

. >>> brian sullivan makes a triumphant return now from sochi as "street signs" takes to the air. >>> we're back. i don't know if it's triumphant. did you win a trophy? when you were off? >> i won a chocolate trophy. i have already eaten it. >> that's our triumphant return right there. happy monday, everybody. stocks are making a triumphant stock to the week. maybe all the problems around the world are pushing money right back here in the good old usa. welcome to "street signs." the markets, the stop totop sto today. we also have what ford may be doing that has tech heads scratching their heads. what commodity you likely use every day is spiking and how to profit from it. one "jeopardy" contestant is driving people insane. what he may be able to teach you about investing and apparently we landed an interview with arthur chu. he will be here. >> lots of questions for him. that's a nice way to start the week, isn't it? he will be on the show later on. and a classic merger monday hoping to propel the s&p to new record highs today. it has now curled its way back into the black for 2014 so

safe travels to our friend brian sullivan. "street signs" begins right now. >>> thank you very much, tyler. after a brief spat, the love affair with stocks appears hot and heavy once again. the dow is higher. we've got some of the stocks, a few of the world's biggest hedge funds have partnered up with recently. happy friday, everybody. all that, plus even more stock picks for you from our guests. why microsoft is picking a fight with the "new york times" and as we do prepare for sochi, this happens. >> you ain't kidding. that's hot. whew! >> if you want more of that, we got more of that later on in the show. i can imagine every single viewer is going say what right now. >> none of that was planned. the butt smack was not planned. more of that coming. >> yeah, lots more of that coming. stay tuned. okay, guys. lots of reasons to honor the removal of st. valentine's day, well, it was the removal of his head from his body on this day in the year 278. firstly -- >> that's romantic. >> maybe he forgot to give his wife a box of choco

safe travels to our friend brian sullivan.begins right now. >>> thank you very much, tyler. after a brief spat, the love affair with stocks appears hot and heavy once again. the dow is higher. we've got some of the stocks, a few of the world's biggest hedge funds have partnered up with recently. happy friday, everybody. all that, plus even more stock picks for you from our guests. why microsoft is picking a fight with the "new york times" and as we do prepare for sochi, this happens.

. >>> brian sullivan makes a triumphant return now from sochi as "street signs" takes to the air. >>>riumphant. did you win a trophy? when you were off? >> i won a chocolate trophy. i have already eaten it. >> that's our triumphant return right there. happy monday, everybody. stocks are making a triumphant stock to the week. maybe all the problems around the world are pushing money right back here in the good old usa. welcome to "street signs." the markets, the stop to

a programming note, in a cnbc exclusive, brian sullivan will talk live with its ceo, dan welch, in "streetns" beginning at 2:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnbc. sue? >>> well, the profit, marcus lemonis is back tonight with an all new season. we are so excited. the big show is on at 10:00 p.m. tonight but here's a peek at the drama on the lot. >> i don't really have authority over any of the parts. what i mean by that is pete wants his finger on every single thing in the store. he micromanages. i have known him ever since he was 5, 6 years old. he's a very proud guy and he's a good guy. we just don't agree on a lot of things. even the buying of the cars. when we would sit down and say okay, we have x amount of money to spend, he wants to spend money on a $100,000 porsche and i'm like it doesn't make any sense, if you had $10 million, you go ahead and buy the $100,000 porsche but when you have $100,000 to spend it makes more sense to buy $10,000, $15,000 cars that the average working class is looking for. and he says i'm writing the checks, i'm writing the money, this is what we're going to

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first brian sullivan in sochi, what do you have coming up for us this morning?team is trying to stay alive in sochi. we've got a big crowd over our shoulder outside the olympic village in the coastal center, watch on the big screen tied 1-1. after the break we'll give you the highlights, low lights and what to look forward to in sochi 22nd winter olympics when "squawk box" returns. take a closer look at your fidelity green line and you'll see just how much it has to offer, especially if you're thinking of moving an old 401(k) to a fidelity ira. it gives you a wide range of investment options... and the free help you need to make sure your investments fit your goals -- and what you're really investing for. tap into the full power of your fidelity green line. call today and we'll make it easy to move that old 401(k) to a fidelity rollover ira. you want everything.orks an expert ford technician knows your car's health depends on a full, complete checkup. the works. because when it comes to feeling safe behind the wheel, going the distance and saving at the pump you

brian sullivan has made his way safely to sochi. what do you think so far, brian?s done a terrific job. sochi misses you. like you said, big day for the bobsled team of the steves. holcomb and langton. there is your launch. they got a great start, a great run. the russians ran away with it, by the way, winning .7 of a second. bronze is good. earlier today we interviewed the steves and i asked them, hey, what was different this time to end a more than six-decade drought? >> it's just kind of came together. we have phenomenal push athletes. i'm more experienced now. 16 years of experience driving. we also have the vmw bobsled they came out with this year. it's been an incredible tool we've been able to use. one of the fastest one on the hill, hands down. we've been able to work with it this last season and dial it in. when all of that comes together is when you win. >> so basically, bobsled, carl, is going better than speed skating unfortunately. the controversy is still out there. listen, you had scott blackman coming out in a pretty strong statement saying it is no

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our brian sullivan live from olympic park and, brian, it is all about the russians today. >> yeah, really right now. when we get to sports in a second. want to give you an update on the russian stock market. we are here obviously. the news of what is happening with the protests and the police backlash in kif, ukraine, a country financially and politically supported by russia. has been a topic here. in fact that is the rsx's etf. down 1 1/2% today but look at year to date. down more than 11%. many of the big russian companies have seen their shares go down in the last couple of days. don't forget the russian economy and stock market and the region all very closely intertwined. something to pay attention to. carl, you will appreciate this anecdote and this is our segue to sports. couple of hours ago i went into the tulip hotel next to the broadcast center. there was a group of men watching television during the russia hockey game. i assumed they were watching the game. they weren't. they were actually watching a news feed from kiev about the protests and then the speech on national televisi

i know brian sullivan is going to be there next week. looking forward to having you back.hink in general how the russians pulled this one off. go back seven days and there were a lot of doubts and security and obviously infrastructure. so far so good. we'll see what happens in week number two. >> and just to say way too close to the wind, did you see brian roberts was departing and might do a deal with time warner cable or was it all hush-hush, carl? >> it's funny. roberts was -- he's our boss. he was in the newsroom when i first got here. and now that i know what he was doing when he wasn't making the rounds, absolutely incredible. >> yeah. even lez moonvez was surprised. >> we'll see you soon, carl. have a safe journey back. >> okay, guys. thank you. >> well-done. >>> see you, carl, on tuesday. we're off on monday for the holiday. >>> coming up, are you still looking for something to do this valentine's day? i know simon is. well, how about tasting in san francisco or a couple's massage in new york city. those are just a few deals available from how about we, the dating

women's hockey team, as you probably know, our brian sullivan is live in sochi with the latest. >> reporter: hey, carl, thanks very much. gr yeah, i mean, it certainly was. they got the silver and we spoke to them and you'll hear from them in just a bit. they were pleased about the silver, but when you are up 2-0 with two minutes left to go and you end up losing the game in overtime, that's certainly a difficult one. 2-0. canada pulled the goalie. america took a shot, almost made the empty netter just a few inches to the left it would have gone in and it didn't. and canada scored twice and sent the match to overtime and canada indeed scored and won the gold medal. a bit of a tough day but the silver certainly nothing to sniff at as well. and earlier today we got a chance to speak to four member of the u.s. women's team hockey and something very cool happened. they put a brave face on it. and they are proud to represent america but during the middle of our interview i was tapped on the shoulder and the usoc had just made the decision that julie chu would be the flag bearer for the

i'm kayla tousche along with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan.ill join us tomorrow from pebble beach, california. the major averages are coming off their seventh losing session in just the last ten trading days. the losses yesterday were fairley slight. 53 points today would be the implied open to the upside for the dow. the s&p would open about 7 points to the upside. the nasdaq would be about 15 points from the green. that's because a lot of the european markets are firmer as we awaited the decision from the ecb and the bank of england. we are earnings and economic data. first on the economy, here is the calendar. it all happens at 8:30 eastern time. weekly jobless claims, december international trade and fourth quarter productivity. throughout the morning, a number of the neigh's major retailers will report january same-store sales. as for earnings central,

>> brian sullivan will be here next week along with michelle. >> look forward to talking to him.he ear with skis on their feet. you know how when we get a little air, just the feeling in the pit -- >> yes. >> to get air like that i need to be on the chair lift. that's the only time my skis are off the snow. >> and to keep your skis parallel as the wind wants to blow your legs apart, unbelievable. >> it just is frightening. they practice with swimming pools and those big -- >> foam pits. >> foam pits. >> imagine the first time you have to do it on the actual mountain. >> that guy was so young. >> that's the thing. i never understood how you first get into it. how do you first get into this? you know? the first time you decide you're going to do that? >> i don't know. >> hopefully you're coming back to like 8 feet of snow, carl. >> i know. believe me, i'd love to stay here. >> bring your skis. we will see you soon, carl. >> okay. >> coming up, let's talk about import and export prices for january. that, plus, harvard professor on the economy and the markets. get the jumble update,

brian sullivan. and in washington, white house correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein.er, is that like the -- >> no, it's that app. check donnie's phone. >> my dogs don't like you. they have nowhere to go. >> your dogs don't like anybody, by the way. they bite you and pee on your foot. >> i'm like a dog whisperer. i'll come to your house and work it out. >> we just saw the french media pass. [ speaking in french ] >> can i play the sound bite we were going to play from the speech? >> i'd rather just hear myself talk, but sure. >> i know. >>> welcome back to "morning joe." it's time to talk about what we learned today. thomas. thomas, thomas. basically wearing glorified olympic flag, what did you learn today? >> i learned that my sweater is a big hit on twitter. my patriotic valentine theme is a success. >> it's fantastic. >> i learned that you do not challenge al roekner a tweeting contest. don't do it. >> that is smart. i want to borrow that sweater. thomas. i learned even though it's valentine's day, mike barnacle still gets a hard time on this show. really. >> a lot

brian sullivan is in sochi with more. good evening. >> carl, thank you very much. do appreciate it.gine. this was something that everybody hoped would happen we would see maybe a russia/canada at last. it is not to be. we talked to locals today. nah, it's tough but there's always next time, i suppose. they're trying to put a brave face on. still, in about 45 minutes it turns to women's hockey. united states and canada are going for the gold medal so that's going to be happening. we're going to give you live updates on the scoring as the day and night goes on. and then tomorrow night we see the men go at it, the same match-up. usa/canada. that the that in the semifinal. they'll play the winner of sweden/finland for the gold med medal. earlier today bob suter on the 1980 miracle on ice team was here in the olympic village. his son ryan actually plays for the current u.s. men's team. so we got a few minutes with bob and we asked him what he thinks the chances are that the u.s. will repeat. >> i think their chances are good. i mean, you got to get to the game to have a chance. and the c