. >> carl jones: so that's it right there. >> stahl: air force colonel carl jones told us that, underneathhe concrete near that white pole, there's a minuteman iii missile. it's one of the deadliest and most powerful weapons on the planet. so, is that particular missile armed right now with a nuclear warhead? >> jones: it is. >> stahl: the warhead on each of these land-based missiles is 20 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on hiroshima and could kill millions if dropped on a major city. the air force still keeps nearly all 450 of them on constant alert, ready to go. we thought the missiles would be hidden away on some vast tract of federal land. my goodness, is this a farm right here? >> jones: it is. >> stahl: we were surprised the missiles were close to rural communities. we saw bales of hay and herds of grazing cattle. >> jones: it's a safe weapon. i mean, it's not going to... it's not going to do anything here on the ground. >> stahl: if by accident or a deliberate act, one of those missiles was launched, is there a way to disarm it or bring it back? >> jones: no, we can only l

verna jones, veterans affairs director for the american legion. welcome. mr. ryan galluci, mr. carl blake, welcome, sir. mr. joe valente, welcome, sir. mr. rick widen, executive director of the government affairs for the veterans, again vietnam veterans of america. welcome, sir, and mr. alex nickle son who is a legislative director for the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. welcome, sir. thank you all for joining us here this morning. thank you so much for your patience. your complete written statements will be made part of the hearing record. ms. jones, if you are ready, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> i wonder how many people in this room would bet their last $40 on a long shot chaness to make some sense of the v.a.? mr. vice chairman, on behalf of the national commander and the 2.4 million members of the american legion, thank you for your diligence and oversieg during this crisis. the american legion has been the last six weeks in five cities setting up crisis centers. we've send over 2,000 veterans. i've been at each one of those crisis centers and i can tell

carl? >> all right. we now have both sprint and t-mobile resume trading. again, if you're just joining us, dow jones citing a source francis iliad bid for control of t-mobile. during the 9:00 a.m. hour we asked in what form could they be involved in consolidation. here's what he said. >> obviously i'm a big fan of john legere running anything. let me go on the record, you know, and point that fact out. the issue, of course, is scale, balance sheet. things if i want t-mobile and the carrier brand to lead the industry to compete and succeed to number one over verizon and at&t, if i want to be able to bring to the united states wireless industry sustained real competition, you need more scale than we can organically get to in the short to medium turn. therefore, transaction that gring brings capital, highly beneficial. >> precisely while you're seeing sprint shares down. if france sweeps in, takes a big piece of property, less for sprint. >> a piece in the "journal" from march of this year profiling iliad and co-founder, french reading might be better than mine, carl, ill yid sweiad bougr this year and

jones, veterans affairs director of the american legion, welcome. mr. ryan gallucci, deputy director of the national legislative service or veterans of foreign wars of the united states. welcome, sir. mr. carl, acting associate director -- executrix or for government relations, paralyzed veterans of america. welcome. mr. joseph violante, who is the national legislative director for disabled american veterans. welcome. mr. rick whiting, executive director of the government affairs for the vietnam veterans of america. welcome. and mr. alex nicholson, legislative director for the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. welcome. thank you all for joining us here this morning. thank you so much for your patience. your complete written statements will be made part of the hearing record. ms. jones, if you're ready, you're now recognized for five minutes. >> i wonder how may people in this room would bet the last $40 to make some sense of the va? mr. vice chairman, traffic on behalf of the national and the 2.4 me members of the american legion, 90 for your diligence and oversight during this crisis. the american legion has spent the last six weeks setting up crisis centers. we have seen over 2000

carl and david are off today. let's look at how the futures are setting up this morning. and there is how it looks. the dow jones industrial average looks like it is going to have a negative open of some 43 or so points, digesting earnings today, some economic data, the president's comments as well, the s&p, by the way, having its 27th intraday high yesterday. so we're watching that closely. take a look at the ten-year note yield, which this morning is down to 249, below 250. we'll talk about that as well today. as for europe, here's how the picture is setting up. mostly red on the board for the most part except for spain is in the green, one of the few bright spots over there. our road map starts this morning with amazon shares, down sharply premarket after posting a wider than expected loss, while continuing to spend on new products and technology. starbucks beating the street. a live and exclusive interview with ceo howard schultz coming up. in another exclusive interview with cnbc, president obama weighing in on companies looking to cut their tax bills with overseas deals. and visa falling premarket. we're g

carl, that the united states is going to send members of the fbi along with the national transportation safety board to do an investigation, that according to nbc news quoting u.s. officials. dow jonesg that the u.s. officials caution that the investigation is not complete. at this point, they believe it is the pro-russian separatists who brought it down. it's a crucial link, what gets us closer to the potential for a much higher round of sanctions. guys, back to you. >> forgive me, the next big question, important for financial markets, is where did they get the technology from? if they got the technology from vladimir pew tin's army, that accelerates us, and if they stole it, there's a tweet to that effect, from the ukrainian government when they were looting at some point, that, in a sense, is a deacceleration i'm right in saying. >> giving russia the ability to say, look, it was not necessarily us. at the higher level, angela merckle said, look, russia, you are responsible for this, you have fermented the pro-russian separatists, armed them in the past, maybe they stole this particular equipment, but look to putin in russia as being the reason this group feels emboldened to figh

carl and david are off today. let's look at how the futures are setting up this morning. and there is how it looks. the dow jonest is going to have a negative open of some 43 or so points, digesting earnings today, some economic data, the president's comments as well, the s&p, by the way, having its