i'm eric bolling, we'll get to the cashin' in panel in a moment. but first, director mulvaney. ironically democrats are all of a sudden worried about our debt when it comes to this president's agenda. do you see a little hypocrisy there? >> i'll file it under better late than never. i'm just as concerned about the deficit, i'm glad i'm not the only one. nice to have the democrats along for the ride and hope that keep that focus during the product process. eric: director, president trump ran on cutting useless waste and spending. give us a way to understand that. >> we are he going through that. omb, office of management and budget identified what we think to be the most wasteful programs and duplicative program, programs that are ineffective and sharing with the various agencies as we work with them to try and get the spending numbers down to where we need them to be in order to provide additional spending for defense. we go through that process this week and by the 16th of march will be able to roll out the budget. eric: you mentioned a 10% increase, shockingly senator john mc

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eric: our cashin' in crew and one of them saying, i hate to tell you so. but it looks like the minimum wage increases are back firing on the very people that the unions said they would help. with car insurance, and i was not happy with the customer service. we have switched back over and we feel like we're back home now. the process through usaa is so effortless, that you feel like you're a part of the family. i love that i can pass the membership to my children, and that they can be protected. we're the williams family, and we're usaa members for life. call usaa today to talk about your insurance needs. >> all right, it looks like we're seeing the fallout for the fight for 15 crowd. after more cities and states forced companies to hike their minimum wage this year, wendy's says it's installing self-service kiosks in 1,000 restaurants. now, we've been talking about this for a very long time. we knew this was going to happen. >> yeah, color me shocked, eric. of course, it's going to happen. and why would you have humans do the job when machines do it more e

the cashin' in gang ready to roll the bottom of the hour. eric: president trump laying out an aggressive agenda. the question, how do pay for it. the president as budget director dick mulvaney is here. and the unions mandated could hurt those they were supposed to help. a fast food chain is proving us right. david: it could be a travel war. e uch eu temporarily halting u.s. citizens in europe over immigration policies. could that cost us job right what if technology gave us the power to turn this enemy into an ally? microsoft and its partners are using smart traps to capture mosquitoes and sequence their dna to fight disease. there are over 100 million pieces of dna in every sample. with the microsoft cloud, we can analyze the data faster than ever before. if we can detect new viruses before they spread, we may someday prevent outbreaks before they begin. we asked people to write down the things they love to do most on these balloons. travel with my daughter. roller derby. ♪ now give up half of 'em. do i have to? this is a tough financial ch

david: keep it here, the number one business block continues with eric bolling and cashin' in. eric: the tax return leak, the liberal media's game of gotcha has hyped as a bombshell for president trump, but turns out he paid 25% in 2005, higher than former president obama, bernie sanders and even mitt romney paid. is the left trying to make something out of nothing again and again and again. and our panel, welcome, everybody. the media thought they had them, but trump was triumphant. >> this is the biggest media flop story of the week, eric. it was something that the liberals, as we know, including hillary clinton, harry reid and the gang, they all believed if they could simply get donald trump's released tax returns they're going to find something. obviously, rachel maddow built this whole story up this week, she was teasing it on twitter and everyone watching, and even those on the left criticized here when as we know, what happened was, president trump's successful business man, paid a lot of taxes and there was no story there. eric: let's talk to you, jean and your thoughts

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let's bring in art cashin here at post nine. art, good to see you again.ash wednesday of course. >> thank you. >> you said three-to-two odds last night that reaction would be negative because the president had to say all the right things. did he? >> well, i was assuming he'd have to come across with some details for the market. and he didn't do that. he gave a rather sweeping this is the way i want to take the nation kind of speech. initially futures look like they're going to sell off and then they shot around and spiked higher. that left a feeling in some of the guys who were trading that some of the initial buying may have come out of europe. and that they were perfectly willing since the speech was much more presidential and somewhat conciliatory to buy into that. and there's still a feel that some of this celebratory rally that we're seeing part of that can be out of europe too. >> is that a function of this new reflation data out of germany? we got a china pmi number that was good, but we obviously just got ism at a multi-year high. >> yeah. the data

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cashin from ubs. we've been wondering what the next catalyst would be for this market as it kind of meanders. it's pretty clear oil is having an impact. >> oil. the thing is they're picking different spots. earlier today it was the 49 level. when it dipped below 49 you would see bids and equities disappear. when it went above 49 they got reinstated. now they've marked that target do you know to 48.40. so above 48.40 where we are right now there's a little bit of bid under stocks. before that next week is going to be very, very busy. we not only have the fed. >> right. >> we've got the dutch election which is on the same day as the fed. then the next day we have the swiss national bank and we have the bank of england. so we've got a lot of balls in the air. >> the yield on the ten year, too, challenge 260 this week. it's pulled back a little bit. that's a number that bill gross has identified as being the number if it closes above that, then we see a bear market for the bond market. is that good for eq

the cashin' in gang getting ready. >> knew leaks through the cia, through smart tv's and cell phones, time to stop the government from snooping on customers. the day without a women resulting in a day without school, and parents of kids scrambling. is that right? is that fair? see you all at 11:30. david: first, our trade gap is jumping to a multi-year high and president trump's trade advisor warning it is a threat to our national security. somebody here says it could actually be good for our economy. wait, what? they'll explain coming up next. say carl, we have a question about your brokerage fees. fees? what did you have in mind? i don't know. $4.95 per trade? uhhh. and i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee? guarantee? where we can get our fees and commissions back if we're not happy. so can you offer me what schwab is offering? what's with all the questions? ask your broker if they're offering $4.95 online equity trades and a satisfaction guarantee. if you don't like their answer, ask again at schwab. >> i'm leland vittert in washington. screen left, you'r

for more on market action with all eyes on washington, let's bring in art cashin, ubs director of floorare. >> yes. >> drama day. how are traders trying to process this? >> well, first as kayla said, the presumption is that it's going to happen after the close. so that will allow people to rethink and mute. if you're going to have to instantly react, here's the way the form chart goes. if they call for a vote early, that means they think they've got the votes and that's why you'll see a little bit of anticipation rally going into it. if they decide to postpone and not vote either tonight or whatever, they'll be a mild selloff because people say the votes still remain questionable. if they vote and have it voted down, there will be a more substantial selloff. and certainly if it votes and passes there will be a rally. so that's the way the form chart sits down here. >> is it obvious to state the reason we're hugging the flat line major averages because they're waiting to see what happens with this? >> absolutely. just as yesterday afternoon people were diverted by what happened in london

art cashin here at post nine. >> speaking of oil, we're getting some eia inventory numbers.s. >> good morning to you, carl. take a look at the intraday chart when it comes to crude oil. really fell off a cliff when this number came out at 10:30. department of energy reporting an inventory build in crude of nearly 5 million barrels, that was higher than what we got from the epi at 4.5 last night and higher than platte's expectations of 2 million barrels. this is part of the oil story we've been seeing week after week, nine weeks in a row rig counts are going up, looking at u.s. production in this report also well over 5.9 million barrels a day. may contract now trading at 47.42. back to you. >> jackie, thank you very much. when we come back, the border tax debate continues to heat up. one group that's on board, hedge funds. we're going to explain why. meanwhile, shares of fedex, company misses on estimates saying it handles fewer packages than expected during the holidays. revenue roughly in line with forecast and it's good for almost 2%. back in a minute. uh, yeah. it's over

this is interesting to me, art cashin runs floor operation, he says 200 million to buy on the close. see a move to the upside? >> that will certainly give the market support. one interesting thing to me, gold is down $15 today. it had a big move. it broke out from a month ago but gold being down $15 is not indicative of a risk-off today. liz: 100 point down is only half a percent on the dow jones industrials. you're so dramatic. number one, my mother is theater actress, so what do you want from me!? number two, listen, a move is a move. we're watching this closely, hank. makes me wonder what is on the left side of the screen, shaking slightly the confidence of the markets on the right-hand side of the screen? >> we have been spoiled for the better part of several months with lack of volatility. you brought up a great point. 100 points is not what it used to be. it is still well below 1%. that said we're in low volatility kind of environment the past several months no. one knows that will change. liz: we're down 110 points. you are hearing cheers for what would be ap pick ipo. snap cl

art cashin said the market on close orders show an imbalance to the sell side by $400 million.arlier. art said a buy program came in. we are seeing the market hover near the lows of the day right now, down about 80 points. look at some of the market movers today. caterpillar has been the biggest drag on the dow after a report accused the manufacturer of tax and accounting fraud. that stock is down nearly 2% as a result. the energy sector has been the biggest laggard overall with the price of crude oil falling 5%. wti trying to hold levels around $50 a barrel. and the health care sector, which was yesterday's big laggard, is the gainer today, the bright spot leading the way higher among the s&p sectors. joining me now on the floor of the new york stock exchange. michael block and michael zinn from ubs wealth management. good to see you guys. you guys disagree on the financials. you don't like them here, right? >> i think they are a little ahead of themselves. i don't hate them. i am not looking for a crash in financials. i think they're pricing in a lot of expect angsations that

r >>> cashin stopped by moments ago and said the market on closed orders paired off.ther the buy or sell side now. >> dow up 335 points heading into the close. >> looking at the top stories moving markets on this historic day. the dow well above the 21,000 mark. we closed above 20,000 on january 25th. it took just over -- a little over a month to climb the 1,000 points. the financials hit levels not seen since december of '07. utilities by far have been the biggest underperformer today on fears of a sooner interest rate hike than expected. >>> joining us now, john spalenzani and sara. you think this is just getting started? >> i think we're just getting started. we have to go back past 2008, have to go back past 2000 and back to 1950 when we saw similar interest rates and similar monetary policy after world war ii and similar huge stock market rally. going forward i think really things are in place for the trump rally to continue. we have low interest rates. if i told you a year ago that the 30s would be 3% and we would be at 2300 you would have said you are out of yo

. >>> moments ago art cashin told us that the market on closed orders have paired off.either to the buy or the sell side today. >> but there's bigger news on the cashin front. >> happy birthday, art catch shin. the gang at "squawk on the street" gave him a bottle, it was wrapped. i don't know what was in it. we can always guess. we decided he needed ice to go in with it. we presented him with some ice to marinate and i haven't seen him since. >> very, very happy birthday, arthur. thank you for everything you -- >> our great friend and mentor. >>> so we've got about ten minutes left in the trading session with the dow down 44 points. joining us right now david sauerby and matt freun. hi, guys. david, have you figured out who you should be buying or selling after the health care bill was introduced yesterday? i mean, so far today the insurance companies seem to be okay but the hospital companies are going down and drug companies are feeling the pressure. >> too soon to tell. >> yeah. >> one thing i know with washington, bill, they will always take an hour or two longer th

and don't forget to catch my job "catching "cashin' in."for watching this special edition of "the o'reilly factor," the trump agenda, i and eric bolling in for bill o'reilly who will be back on monday, please remember, the spin stops right here, we are looking out for you. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," a wild week in the news, republicans already in a near civil war, the president has accused his predecessor of spying on him, perhaps illegally, and wikileaks embarrassed the cia. one story will open with tonight. the effort to kill obamacare is not the only contentious part of the new republican health care bill. the health care act would also cut off federal funding for planned parenthood that amounts to more than $500 million here, but 40% of its budget. planned parenthood is the nation's largest abortion provider by

and don't forget to catch my job "cashin' in." airing at 11:30 a.m. on the fox news channel. again, thanks for watching this special edition of "the o'reillt factor," the trump agenda, i am eric bolling in for bill o'reilly, who will be back on monday, please remember, the spin stops right here, we are looking out for you. >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight" it's been a wild week in the news. republicans are in a civil war over the obamware -- obamacare appeal. wikileaks humiliated the cia. the headlines overshadowed a bunch of stories, one of which we're going to open with tonig tonight. the effort to kill obamacare isn't the only contentious part of the new republican health care bill. american health care act would cut off federal funding for planned parenthood that amounts to $500 million a year, 40% of its budget. planned parenthood is the nation's largest abortion provider by far so unsurprisingly, those who view abortion as the linpi

as arthur cashin was saying, he thought you'd have a rally if it was pulled.they don't have the votes to get it done, they move on to tax reform. that's been the signal. while you're looking at trends in the market i would imagine the prospect of that still happening and maybe getting tackled right away would bolster your bullish view. >> well, that's the point, you know? if they can get past this and not delay all of trump's other programs, then i think the market will breathe a sigh of relief. that's exactly what they're -- they'll look beyond this and see things that will get done. that's positive. >> okay. all right. thanks, ralph. always appreciate your insights. >> thank you. >> ralph alcampora. back to kayla tausche on capitol hill. what now? >> reporter: well, bill. i want to direct you to the twitter feed of robert costa, writer at the washington post, national political reporter and one of the closest chronicles of the white house. is he tweeting about a conversation he is having on the phone with the president right now. he says president trump just

cue the arthur cashin animation, mr.nd said the market on close orders showed an imbalance to the buy side of 250 million. not large and certainly doesn't like it's going to make the positive here. >> we keep sliding into the close, moving lower down 105 points now on the dow. >> we'll have the closing countdown in just a moment. >> after the bell, the wall street vet who called this market runoff the face-off rally says it may be time to be more cautious. >>> and we're minutes away from attorney general jeff sessions' news conference, that gets under way at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. that should be very, very constructive and could have a market impact. we'll bring it to you live as soon as it begins. stay tuned. ♪ we're drowning in information. where, in all of this, is the stuff that matters? the stakes are so high, your finances, your future. how do you solve this? you don't. you partner with a firm that advises governments and the fortune 500, and, can deliver insight person to person, on what matters to you. morgan st

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our friend, art cashin, points out that will require action, not talk.l the markets reflect that? >> you know, the debt ceiling issue, it really hasn't been an issue until just these previous sessions of congress. before that, the debt ceiling was increased in the darkness of night. i think you're going it see something more like that. so, i don't think this is going to be as much of an inflection point from a market's perspective as it has been recently. but i do think it's a good point, though, that you bring up. there are lots of other things that congress has to do. they have to fund the government, they have to raise the debt ceiling. there's another government funding bill coming up in september that they have to address. so, there are lots of other things that congress has to do in addition to obamacare repeal and replace and tax reform. and that's why our view is that many of these things probably will get pushed more off into 2018, which could get complicated then by the midterm elections. >> sure. kevin, libby, thank you guys. appreciate it. >>

. >>> as we head to the close, according to art cashin, sell side $450 million and i think we've seen the impact. let's look at some of the stories moving stocks today. they have been down sharply. a myriad of situations going on today. worried about the gop health care plan play not pass and in turn could delay the anticipated tax cuts promised by washington. the financial sector has been a laggard today down over 2% as interest rates move lower. and transportation stocks getting hit hard as fedex gets ready to report earnings after the bell. speaking of the transports, they have been lagging the broader market late so far this year. down about 1% while the s&p was up about 5% going into today's session. >> maybe that is an opportunity. is now the time to be buying the transports? joining us jeremy hill and david dietz. good to have you both. and jeremy, what do you think about the transports? >> well, we have a bit of a moderately buld lilish view on company in the freight areas. the big ones. fedex as well as u.p.s. we think they have specific roenls to be bullish. but also more th

as we head into break, art cashin says we have 3 billion to buy. it's an expiration day. he sees a lot of that pairing off. a big number. a lot of it pairing off. the dow is four points lower with 6 minutes to go. >>> up next, coming right back with the closing countdown. >>> after the bell, president trump changing the face of the energy industry with deregulation as well. we'll take a look at the sector's winners and losing and where you should be investing. you're watching cnbc first in business worldwide. . sixty to seventy million people are moving to cities every year. at pgim we help investors see the implications of long term megatrends like the prime time of urban expansion, pinpointing opportunities to capture alpha in real estate, infrastructure and emerging markets. partner with pgim the global investment management businesses of prudential. with e*trade you see things your way. ♪ ♪ you have access to the right information at the right moment. ♪ ♪ and when you filter out the noise, it's easy to turn your vision into action. ♪ ♪ it's your trade. e*trade. start

. >>> art cashin just pointed out that the market on close orders as we head to the close with ten minutesalance to the sell side of $700 million. >> joining us now as an outspoken exec, aaron levie, the ceo of box is here in an exclusive interview. even before this was all coming down you were saying in light of some of the comments from howard schultz and others about not looking to washington for solutions your take is people shouldn't be afraid to speak up, throw their weight around politically. >> yeah. >> you feel like they should be doing that more? i feel that we have a lot of that already. >> there's no question there's a lot of noise. it's reaching fever pitch. there are so many issues today where policy intersects with business and intersects with our ability to be competitive. both an individual company level as well as on a global basis and for our country. while we'd love to be able to separate policy and politics, there are so many things that impact our way of life and our competitiveness as a company. so when we think about immigration reform, when we think about encryptio

they raised rates and arthur cashin said it sputtered out when there's an idea the trump agenda may be could be kind of a psychological overlay here. i do think that often you get the post fed surges or the spurts of activity. yesterday was very much a grab forex pose sure, -- for exposur. i think you had a lot of that work through the system. 1% from all time highs in the s&p 500. there wasn't more impetus today to add to the gains. i do think it's a matter of perhaps resting a little bit here. i think the big question is as we've sort of consolidated, the market has rotated within itself for the last few weeks, was that enough to essentially kind of hold down the fort and maybe go to new highs or are we trapped in a new range? >> jason, you're looking into one area where people are starting to talk about but not totally is inflation. we got a couple of reports, ppi, cpi here. what do you think is going to happen there? are we going to see 2.5 turn into 3%? >> i think actually inflation at a headline level might calm a little bit. oil has lapsed from year ago levels. i think the core

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. >> cashin says the world only ends once. >> there you go. think the idea we're a highly levered system. we have been highly levered forever. the fact is that the consumer is so liquid, let's not forget it's the consumer is liquid. the restrictions on a lot of what happened in the -- there was $14 trillion in play in real estate loans. that's a lot of money even for our economy. >> it is a great deal of money. >> that's not in play anymore. >> no. but what is interesting about this eight-year bull run is the fact so many people have not been a part of it. >> good point. >> you had a generational, you know, after the dot com boom/bust and then followed by of course the financial crisis, you have a generation of people who said no way. i am not investing. >> right. done. done with the asset class. >> and those who have participated to a certain extent have done so as we know through the rise of etfs, index funds of course which already had been fairly popular back then are even more so now. that's kind of where we are. so, you know, are we in t

art cashin pointing out the market on close orders showing an imbalance to the sell side of $500 millionng a little edge off here, putting us back in negative territory back below 21,000 on the dow. >> that's true. >> joining us now, david, president of tice capital out of dallas, and the chief market strategist at ab is with us from 30 rock. vadeem, you think markets over -- is overvalued, very expensive, does that mean you're not buying, would you sell at this point? >> it depends on which market. u.s. market still has room to run through the middle of the year. i think as you look toward the end of the year, there's going to be a war between the multiple compression and earnings growth and i think market could end below where it is today as we get to the end of the year. >> david, meantime people have looked at bitcoin above gold in terms of valuation and looks like you kind of would be a buyer of both here. >> yes, i am. really a big believer in gold, silver and especially gold and silver stocks. i really think they represent a gift here. we had such a big decline from 2011. at lot o

. >> yeah, art cashin. ♪ >>> good wednesday morning. welcome to "squawk on the street." with jim cramer, david faber at the new york stock exchange. call it the trump rally 2.0, futures way up on the president's address to congress last night. the dow looks to open within earshot of 21k, europe nearly 2% gains, german inflation cracks 2 for the first time in years and back home the two-year yield an eight-year high as expectations soaring for a fed hike this