marriage is. >>> that was an emotional moment on the steps of the supreme court yesterday honoring charlie morganofficer became a staunch advocate for the rights of same-sex couple until breast cancer took her life earlier this year. it happened the weekend before then chief panetta extended full benefits to same-sex couples. joining mess is karen morgan. first off, it is with such heartfelt sadness that i welcome you back. every time we've had a chance to meet, it's always been with charlie by our side. just know for all of us here we are very sorry about charlie's passing. just to remind everybody, charlie was diagnosed with this recurrence of breast cancer. she fought it valiantly, but she said something very important on this shy on our air when she appeared last. take a look. >> time is of the essence for me, because if something was to happen to me, as i said before, i want to make sure my family is provided for. i came back from deployment, proving i'm willing to put my life on the line for my country. it's important now that my country protect my family. >> karen, you are still a doma pla

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last month, we buried my friend charlie morgan of the new hampshire national guard.or guard carefully folded the american flag that covered her coffin. there is a moment where the sergeant touches the flag to the coffin. before he hands it to the general who then handed it to charlie's wife, karen. her wife. the new hampshire national guard knows what marriages. -- marriage is. they know marriage when they see it. the military is prohibited from treating karen as charlie's wife. we are better than this. as americans, we know in our bones what freedom and equality are. what they really mean. that is why the majority of americans, including my aging parents and pretty much everyone who has ever had a conversation with my mother stands with us. we stand here today as defenders of the constitution. we stand here today as patriots. we say now is the time, we will not let another chief charlie morgan or staff sgt donna or andrew wilbert die without knowing that his husband or wife will be accorded the full measure of our respect. now is the time. [applause] >> now is the t

we will not let another chief charlie morgan or staff sergeant donna johnson, or corporal andrew wilfordull measure of our respect. now is the time. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> now is the time. now is the time. now is the time. now is the time. now is the time. >> thank you so much for that personal story. weren't they wonderful? [cheers and applause] yet, they were incredible. i'm not going to bring up our future, a young person in out incredible movement who is, i know, we're all young at heart of course. this young man, nick, is here today as a sophomore at george washington university. he's in the house as a representative of allied and pride. and he's here with us to carry a torch for marriage equality. nick. [cheers and applause] >> hey. >> hate. spent i stand here today as a young, proud gay man. part of a generation that overwhelmingly understands that same-sex marriage is a human right, not a special write. [cheers and applause] we understand marriage equality is about fairness. it is about love. it is about commitment. we believe the government should about any one of u

friendnth, we buried my charlie morgan of the new hampshire national guard.onor guard carefully folded the american flag that covered her coffin. there is a moment where the to thet touches the flag coffin. before he hands it to the general who then handed it to charlie's wife, karen. her wife. the new hampshire national guard knows what marriages. -- marriage is. they know marriage when they see it. the military is prohibited from treating karen as charlie's wife. we are better than this. as americans, we know in our bones what freedom and equality are. what they really mean. that is why the majority of americans, including my aging parents and pretty much everyone who has ever had a conversation with my mother stands with us. we stand here today as defenders of the constitution. we stand here today as patriots. we say now is the time, we will not let another chief charlie sgt donna orff andrew wilbert die without knowing that his husband or wife will be accorded the full measure of our respect. now is the time. [applause] >> now is the time. it now is the t

tracy: nicole, we'll see you in 15 minutes. >> breaking news from charlie gasparino. who else. morganppoint gary kaminsky as the brokerage unit. this is being planned on according to a source we'll have more 3:00 p.m. eastern hour on "countdown to the closing bell". tracy: gary wendt from neuberger berman to cnbc. back to the business where the money is. ashley: i guess so. tracy: speaking of money, it keeps flowing into exchange traded fund that track the s&p 500. will this market momentum push the benchmark index to a record high? sandy smith with today's trade. hey, sandy. >> talk about the dow record but talk about the s&p 500? this is broader gauge with the stock market. s&p is flirting with highs of the session at 1554. let me quickly remind you where the record high is. 11 points from where it is now hit in october of 2007. 1565 is the closing high to keep in mind there flip the screen. you will see the intraday high to watch is just above there at 15, sorry, 157 of. that is another number to watch -- 1576. we flirt with all-time highs on the session. as you look at s&p 500 yea

this comes from our own charlie gas. he says morgannley is speeding up the purchase of remaining portion of smith barney brokerage. we heard american express is buying back 15% of the stock outstanding. capital one increasing its dividend 30 cents a share. a lot of news coming on the edge of this new decision by the fed to clear a lot of banks. ally and bb&t not cleared, not getting away so easily. jpmorgan and morgan stanley also having trouble that might affect the market tomorrow but it will be a huge day for financials tomorrow. so stay tuned for that. this guy knows financial pretty well. billionaire investor wilbur ross is shifting gears and investing in transportation as well as shale gas. so what kind of investment opportunities are there and that maybe you can buy into along with the billionaire? joining us now, wilbur ross, w.l. ross chairman and ceo. good to see you. >> good to see you. david: let's talk about financials for a second. looks like a lot of financials getting back on their feet full bore now. is that an area wh

charlie: i wish i could be with you to do this. this guy is a very prominent guy. morgan stanley is in advanced talks to make the senior members of the executive teams. morgan stanley has the largest brokerage on wall street. a key thing for the strategy is to promote that brokerage department. make it a bigger preference out morgan stanley. he will be the guy that coordinates the effort between the various departments inside. that is pretty important. morgan stanley brokers deal with a lot of high individual people. they send those deals to other firms. they keep profits internally and boost that share price. this is not a commlete done deal. they have been in negotiations for the last six weeks. the guy who heads the wealth management department is likely to offer this, officially, later on today and he would be named sometime tomorrow morning unless, of course, they speed everything up because of our reporting which is a possibility. that is where we are right now. a fascinating story. connell: was an incident, i guess, where he had spoken out against warren buffett. h

as charlie gasparino first reported, morgan stanley added a new executive to its management team.n morgan stanley wealth management as vice chairman in april. currently with capital market. and federal employees now on the hook for three and a half billion dollars in unpaid taxes in 2011. that is according to a report from the irs. nearly 3% jump from the year before. the most out of all federal departments and agencies. that is the latest from the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. ♪ ♪ liz: the convenience of ordering food from home. just your favorite restaurant just that a lot easier thanks to modern technology. a company that enables customers to order food right from their computer, smart found a more tablet. a company does not a lot of success. they expect $100 million in orders this year. david: joining me now, ceo, jonathan. great to see you. >> thanks for coming in. appreciated. the 100 million is the money that travels through your organization. you take a cut of that for your services. what percent of that hundred million do you get? how you put that

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fox business network, giving you the power to prosper ashley: morgan stanley throwing some sharp elbows in the del takeover battle. charlie here now with the inside details how the smallist of the major wall street firms has muscle when it comes to financing major deals, throwing elbows, huh, charlie. >> let's get through this news and some of that raj rajaratnam. i have good detail. here is what we know. morgan stanley is always the odd man out. people say, listen they can't compete against jpmorgan. a megabank with lots of capital. you can finance just about any deal but people forget they are 22% owned by mitsubishi bank. it was a loan given during the financial crisis when morgan stanley looked like it was going out of business. that loan is coming in handy. as you know dell is basically, is a takeover battle for dell. blackstone is one of the bidders. 14.25 bid trying to upend the bid by silverlake and michael dell. who is behind the dell, blackstone deal, morgan stanley. guess who is behind morgan stanley? fox tell sources telling fox business network, mitsubishi will provide a chunk of this financing. their relatio

morgan stanley. >> but they are going to have brian steel. would you short the stock now? liz: not over that. [laughter] liz: good to see you, thank you, charlie. closing bell ringing in 26 minutes and change. the fed, look it is obvious, will eventually have to tighten rates. the question is, when will ben bernanke and company do that? what does that mean for your portfolio? and how should you organize your portfolio? charlie is saying short the dow. but guess what, len tannenbaum is the ceo of fifth street finance, he's got some great protection plans. it's a fox business exclusive. ♪ [ female announcer ] from more efficient payments. ♪ to more ficient pick-ups. ♪ wiress is limitless. [ female announcer ] from tracking the bus. ♪ to tracking field condions. ♪ wireless is limitless. ♪ investor. yeah, ibut i'm a busy guy.or it used to be easier but now there are more choices than ever. i want to know exactly what i am investing in. i want to know exactly how much i'm paying. i want to use the same stuff the big guys use. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-is

actor charlie sheen says that some were directed at him during his time at "two and a half men." sheen appeared on cnn's "piers morgandressed thetive -- and he addressed the tiff between the two of you that ultimately led to his exit from the show. hear what he said, and we'll talk about it on the other side. >> have you come close to calling him or -- >> no. i think we were in the same hotel lobby one nice and missed each other by ten minutes. >> what would you have said? >> hey, man, good luck with everything. sorry about that. and see you, you know, see you on campus. >> do you have any -- >> i think that's what i would have done, you know? yeah. the fantasy, the fantasy's walking up and dropping him. that's not who i am. that's not who i am. >> okay. so it sounds like needless to say that he may hold a grudge against you. do you hold a grudge against him? if you were to run into him, what would you say? >> you know, i don't know how to answer that question. you know, it was a terrible, terrible time. we had a great run for 8 1/2 years. we made television i'm proud of. i think we made people laugh, which is what w