she came home to find a comcast utility box installed right in front of her home. it's all perfectly legal, but as kpix 5's john ramos reports, the woman is asking why homeowners don't deserve more respect. >> reporter: when you do something beneficial, having the law behind you can be a good thing, but sometimes it can also lead to an arrogance of power. there hallenbeck is proud of her san rafael home, but admits amid the neat landscaping, there is a new addition to her garden. >> i was gone for 2 hours, and when i came back it was there. >> reporter: this contains a backup battery for the comcast hub hanging from the utility pole at the corner of her lot. it's appearance in claire's front yard on friday came as a complete surprise. >> there is a huge truck in front of my house, and the guy tells me we are doing an installation for comcast, and i said you have to be kidding me. what is going on here. nobody told me about this, and he said governor newsome wants these installed. >> reporter: a 72 hour backup supply has been ordered by the state to maintain key inf

comcast business.ering possibilities.™ >> with peloton struggling and apple riding record profits, there is speculation apple could acquire peloton. in my opinion, not so fast. when apple buys companies, it is to develop new features. take authentic in 2012 and how it enabled touch id, or siri before that. peloton would not fit the bill, but would give apple the ability to jump into the physical equipment market. it is unlikely, given bikes are low-margin, expensive to make him an expensive to ship. i think we can rule out apple buying telethon for hardware. what about software? telethon has developed fitness applications for its own software and third party devices. i don't think apple needs anymore fitness software expertise. content. peloton has fitness classes. it blows apple's fitness pods out of the water. but apple should invest more in what they have instead of peloton. but peloton would still make sense in terms of underlying tech, patents and key employees. but i think the company is too pric

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we are funded by these television companies anymore including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? no, it is way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with community centers so students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. announcer: comcast support c-span is a public service along with these other television providers, having you a front row seat to democracy. -- giving you a front row seat to democracy. announcer: president biden gave an update of the situation between russia and ukraine. this is just under 10 minutes. good afternoon. today i made two vital calls, as i have been making for some months now. two vital calls on the situation in russia and ukraine. first was to a bipartisan group of members in congress currently representing the united states along with vice president harris at the munich security conference. the second was the latest in a series of calls over the past many months with our nato allies and european union. updating them on what is likely to happen in ukraine in the coming days, to ensure that we cont

it should improve and support the energy transition. >> two others you like are comcast and apollo comcastourse, owns cnbc and nbc universal. >> yeah, so comcast, as you know and i don't have to tell you guys, the stock got hit in the fourth quarter of 2021, and it came under pressure because of concerns over competition. we think the pressure is overdone today, comcast shares trade at about 14 times earnings which is a significant discount, and comcast's biggest earnings driver is its cable business and that business is still growing both in terms of subscribers and the ability to raise prices we see solid groelth ahead you combine that with the cyclical kicker, as the world continues to heal, the parks should continue to see increase in attendance and earnings at 14 times with a strong core and the cable systems business and the cyclical kicker in the parks, we think comcast is well positioned >> also apollo, i would note, 2% yield, 14 times price earnings ratio. michael, thank you very much we appreciate it >> thank you >> still to come, cupid's choke hold, valentine's spending expected

it is more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to create wi-fi enabled listf students from low-income families can get the tools they need to be ready for everything. announcer: comcast support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. announcer: remarks no by secretary of state antony blinken. during the session secretary blinken and the german foreign minister reinforce their equipment -- commitment to ukraine's peace and security. other topics included u.s.-germany relations and climate change. vice president kamala harris and others are in germany for the conference. this is about one hour. i moderate, and it is symbolic to have a panel with the foreign ministers of germany and

we are funded by these television companies can more, including comcast. >> do you think this is just a community center? >> no, it is more than that. >> comcast is partnering with community centers so students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> nato secretary-general yen stoltenberg -- jens stoltenberg condemned russia's invasion of ukraine before meeting with member countries. following that meeting, the secretary-general answered questions from the u.n. headquarters in brussels. this runs about half an hour. [gavel] >>

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comcast business.g possibilities.™ ♪. elizabeth: senate banking republicans warning that president biden's latest federal reserve nominee wants to reimagine the entire u.s. financial system away from oil and gas right when tomorrow's jobs report is potentially worse in a year potentially showing the economy is in reverse. hillary vaughn from washington. reporter: liz, sarah raskin is chair for vice president ad the federal reserve and some republicans have reservations about her because of her outspoken comments about using the role of the fed to combat climate change raskin had to defend a "new york times" op-ed she wrote last spring where she criticized the fed using its coffers to give covid relief to the oil and gas industry but raskin's lucrative business dealings in the past are drawing speculation, particularly her involvement in a fintech company, reserve trust, that managed to secure a rare and highly sought-after access to the fed's payment system after its first application was rejected. a b

comcast business.s.™ ♪. >> welcome back to "cavuto: coast to coast." i'm hillary vaughn. border patrol chief raul ortiz was here on capitol hill to meet with lawmakers to ask them for more resources so that the border patrol can deal with the influx of illegal immigrants surging the southern border. we obtained video from inside of the closed-door meeting yesterday and talked with congressman carlos gimenez who was also there. he told me border patrol chief ortiz told lawmakers he is afraid what will happen if title 42 goes away. that is the rule that basically says because of the pandemic the u.s. border is closed and people will be deported or turned away who tried to enter. ortiz says he is worried what will happen when the pandemic is over, the rule goes away and the record number of people coming here illegally can indefinitely stay. >> he is actually afraid that title 42 will be eliminated because that is one of the tools he uses to deport, whoever it is they're deporting. the change in policy ca

comcast supports c-span as a public service. along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> airport and lana fort -- enforcement officials on firearms at tsa checkpoint. before a house homeland security subcommittee. while most situations could turn out to be unintentional, they put a strain on resources and cause delays insecurity operations. the hearing is just under an hour and a half. a new and unprecedented rec

comcast business. powering possibilities™. >>> across the country, states and cities are lifting mandates. businesses bringing workers back to offices even some of the strictest local leaders are starting to say it's time to live with covid, especially as the omicron surge fades. hhs reports a 65% drop from a month ago, and deaths are also down we're averaging 1,800 deaths a day, but a 27% decrease over the past two weeks many americans are asking, when will we need another covid shot. a recent analysis suggests most people may not need another vaccine dose for several months or even years. what are these recent studies telling us about how well the vaccines are holding up? >> what is on everybody's minds, whether we'll need boosters and vaccines for the foreseeable future and the studies are telling us, we will probably not need a booster for many months, if you already had two doses, and especially if you had three. it's coming from at least eight studies. >> it's great news to read your article focu

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and it's only available to comcast business internet customers.ost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities.™ emily: welcome back. i am emily chang in seattle. getting people back to work in person and sickly is the goal of salesforce's new safety cloud. it helps businesses manage testing and health protocols as everyone navigates the return to work and in person events. for more, i am joined by brett taylor, co-ceo of salesforce, in his first interview since getting that new job. talk to us about this new safety cloud. i understand it was based on salesforce's own work experience. how does it work? >> it's really about scaling testing, which is the way back with all these new variants that none of us expected that are part of the new reality of this pandemic, which is becoming an debt make. the company kickoff in new york city with 5000 employees, it means that you can scale testing. you can do an at-home test or with one of our partners like cvs pharmacy, do a test, show up with a qr code, and you know everyo

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and it's only available to comcast business internet customers.ering possibilities.™ >>> hello, everyone. i can michael holmes coming to you live from lviv in ukraine, where air-raid sirens have been blaring. [ sirens ] >> sirens have also been going off in the capital, kyiv, which was hit by at least six explosions in the early-morning hours. ukraine's foreign minister calling the strikes the worst in kyiv since 1941, when nazi germany attacked. the government says this dramatic video shows one of its anti-missile systems shooting a russian rocket out of the sky. we are also hearing troops blew up a bridge north of the capital to prevent a russian column of troops from advancing. across country, many ukrainians are, inevitably and understandably, terrified. some families, crowding into subway stations and bomb shelters with young children. trying to explain to them what's happening. and make some sense of how the world has been turned upside down for them. eu leaders have been condemning the barbaric invasion, as they put it, and just announced h

comcast support c-span is a public service along these other television providers giving you a frontow seat to democracy. the white house council of economic advisers testify on the state of the u.s. economy and concerns about inflation at a hearing held by the senate banking committee. senators also discussed the need to fill vacancies at the federal reserve after republicans recently boycotted a committee vote

including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. >> comcast is partners with 1,000 community centers to create wi-fi enabled spaces so children from low-income families can get the tools they knead to be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service along with these other providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> up next, a house hearing on sustainability practices in the livestock industry including methane emissions from cattle. this is about two hours

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comcast business.ing possibilities.™ david: tomorrow a judge will decide if virginia schools have to follow governor youngkin's mask optional executive order. seven school districts in the state are actually suing over it. they actually want mask mandates. fox news correspondent mark meredith joining me now with the details. hi, mark. reporter: david, as you mentioned one of governor glenn youngkin's first order of business was to block school districts ability to mandate students in the commodity mon wealth to wear masks. the governor said parent should decide what works best. this executive order went into effect mid to late january. almost instantly lawsuits were filed to challenge the effort. a judge as you talked about expected to hear arguments tomorrow in northern virginia. the governor summing up his reasoning in all of this in the executive order, writing, undervirginia law, parents, not the government have the fundamental right to make decisions concerning the care of their children. now the

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comcast business..™ 100,000 russian troops supportively on the american border, american soldier standing by and it's only the first month of 2022. good job. president biden teetering on what to do with big bad flat. jen psaki today said more sanctions on the way if russia does invade. watch. >> i can confirm we've developed sanctions packages for both russian elites and family members if russia further invades ukraine. they are near the inner circle of the crime and plate a role in decision-making or at minimum composite and the problems destabilizing behavior. kennedy: but whisperer is growing deafening despite the fact that most americans don't want war. are we really going to create another generation of veterans month after the botched end of the afghanistan war? he with me to discuss, retired marine sgt. and fox news contribute, johnny joey jones. what's happening? >> good evening, a great day we are sitting here talking about potential war, that's what we are looking forward to last august when

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comcast business.ering possibilities.™ liz: the goat made it official tom brady known as the greatest quarterback of all times says he is done he ended his nfl career after a historic 22 seasons and seven super bowl titles he announced his retirement this morning as tampa bay fans the wagering world is asking who to bet on now is a sure thing let's bring in bed mgm ceo adam greenblatt, bet mgn open as brick-and-mortar sports book connected to an mlb stadium in washington, d.c., we cannot wait to hear how your sports traffic looked we are seeing the video right now of the videos but i have to ask you, tom brady i would imagine he has generated countless bets how do you view his retirement of the ceo of the sports per company. >> he goes without saying i really have good things to say and respectful of the career of one of the all-time greats in football but from a betting perspective i'm happy to see the end of impossible come back and covering this in a reliable way. not shedding too many tears. liz: h

comcast business.ssibilities.™ guy: we're wrapping up the wednesday session in europe. the final few seconds of regular trading. outperformance from london. european markets running over a little bit but the ftse 100 still up nearly .1%. vodafone doing well on the back of its results. also oconto getting a double upgrade. the ftse is outperforming. the dax is flat right now. the cac is up .3%. not a great session in terms of the levels but certainly consolidation seems to be the story. let's show you the session. asia looks fairly solid. a nice move higher. then we track sideways. i talk about consolidation today. we are only trading 477, just off the highway hit an hour ago. the high was hit on the session later on -- earlier on, but a very narrow range. up around .5%. let's take a look at the sector breakdown to give you an idea of what is happening and talk a little bit about the pound -- i wanted to get to this first. euro sterling, i'm basically doing the stuff like the story. bank of england and

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comcast business.g possibilities™. >> you've seen some of the pictures but listen to what is happening in kyiv. the city on high alert. streets around the city are empty. we've heard many people are spending the night in subway stations and under ground garages to try and stay safe. >> as conditions worsen, even more refugees are expected to pour into neighboring countries to escape the violence. we spoke to a member of the parliament about the situation. >> first of all, you have to watch out for the sirens. every time you hear the siren, you go to the bomb shelter. it is usually two or three times during the day. four or five times at night. during the night, we usuallile expect russian soldiers. every evening goal is to stand up to the morning. they close the city with the shells. cover it with the shells. at some point, they just bring their people with the guns inside the city. our army is hitting the strategic spots. then the resist tense, such as myself is taking care of the smaller groups of ru

comcast business.ing possibilities.™ francine: welcome back to the open, 30 minutes into the european trading day. meta plunges as users stalled for the first time. spotify tumbled. the boe is set to leave the boe in the dust, lifting rates. siemens raises guidance as covered tests boost profits. we will speak to the chief financial officer, dr. jochen schmitz in a few minutes. technology stocks are filtering through to the broader markets. diversions between the ecb and boe. tom: and whether the ecb will act earlier than they hoped to. even that cpi number, another record print for the euro zone that was a surprise. to what extent does that feel the debate between the hawks and that of spirit manus cranny is on the ground, he will keep us up-to-date. the european markets looking at these earnings on the back of what happened on meta. investigator -- investors are seeking clarity. the dax is down 37 points. the ftse 100 up 0.1% supported by basic resources. we will see that slow as we crossed to the se

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comcast business.ep, a fifth-grade teacher showing what he calls unpopular opinions on tiktok including elementary students should not have homework, recess should not be taken away as punishment, and if a student can't stay awake in class, let them sleep. based on some of the responses that looks like those opinions are not so unpopular after all. new york city, you know you've seen them. we see them all the time. the naked cowboy. he's showing he's not worried about the snow standing almost completely and his birthday suit in the middle of times square strumming away on his guitar. no big deal. >> we are going to the super bowl! >> shannon: well, a cincinnati bengals man showed his excitement yesterday. unable to contain his excitement he ran outside into the snow. his friends filming it. the los angeles rams fan getting hyped. looking forward to watching the big game. let us know who you are going to be cheering for. is there anything cuter than baby animal videos? we do not think so. the cleveland

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comcast business.d as they roll along here. >> remarkable amazing video to see. 7:30 a.m. eastern time this morning, those are russian heavy artillery guns rolling past our correspondent fred pleitgen's live location. right toward the ukrainian border. overnight, further evidence of russia's full scale air and ground attack on ukraine. air strikes, explosions and fighting reported across the country including the capital of kyiv where we also are seeing gridlocked streets as people try to flee. i want to get back over to jim sciutto in ukraine who's been on air since early this morning live in the east, western part of the country. i was just handed this, jim. a senior u.s. defense official saying the world, the u.s. and the world have not seen a conventional move like this, nation state to nation state since world war ii. >> the ground invasion we saw with the pictures from russia just across the border in the bright light of day. pentagon believes this is the first phase, just the first phase of a mu

comcast business.owering possibilities.™ >> shortly after the speech recognizing to eastern ukrainian territories as independent, russian president vladimir putin ordered troops in the both areas, and where he framed as a peacekeeping effort of the region. russia has been backing separatists in this region for the past eight years. and it is unclear if the troop movement, if it actually happens, will trigger further sanctions by the white house. simon ostrowski was in ukraine for the 2014 invasion. as a special correspondent for the pbs news hour and he joins us now. >> hi. >> putin talked about ukraine essentially being russian territory, but is still recognizing the independence of those regions. right, he is not annexing them as he did with crimea in 2014. i wonder what you make of that strategy, that position that he is taking out. >> well, i think it is too early to tell if he is going to annex those territories in the end or not, what his decision-making process is going to be. in 2014, when the

and it's only available to comcast business internet customers.line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities.™ >>> welcome back and good wednesday morning. time now for your big money movers three key stock happenings now here we go first is electronic arts it's falling on guidance, short of expectations. video game earner or maker sees earnings of 46 cents a share estimates were 62 cents. not good stocks are down. number two is amd. it's reported record revenue for the first uarter amd stock is higher. lisa su will have more on "squawk on the street" at 9:15 a.m. eastern time. >>> and stock three, paypal, shares of the digital payment company getting hit hard after reporting weak revenue growth, the ceo citing things like continue continueing ebay transitions ebay stock is down big on this wednesday morning while the rest of the market appears to be going in a different direction let's talk about inflation and supply chain, shall we, because many people seem to be looking to the federal reserve or the white house for some fix

comcast business.™ >>> first deployment of u.s. forces have left for eastern europe after president biden ordered a troop presence as russia as thousands of troops along the border of ukraine. approximately 1700 service members from the 82nd airborne division left from ft. bragg yesterday for poland as other service members deploy to germany and romania. joining me now from ft. bragg is cal perry. what did you hear from the service members as they got ready to deploy? >> reporter: we talk about the 50,000 service members who serve here on ft. bragg, but we don't often talk about the 200,000 family members that also live here. a quarter of a million people live on this base and it is so often the families that have that heavy burden when their loved ones go away and so we spoke to brittany fuller, and we wanted to find out what is it like when the president makes that decision and you are waiting for the phone to ring. take a listen. >> its so hard just because you never know when they are going to depl

and it's only available to comcast business internet customers.ne by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities.™ brian: now it's time for the news duel. these are the hottest stories, everyone is talk about but didn't make the top five. >> i'm so excited to be here. brian: let's get going. drop dead gorgeous women advertising for a funeral in moscow. they are basically hookers. this 29-year-old social media manager came up with the idea. here and prostitutes to sell coffins and funerals. brian require's unclear if there will be legal action taken against the undertakers in russia. so we are going to follow this story like there is no follow. do you have a story? >> sean penn may have to kiss his career good-bye because he keeps saying men are turning soft and turning into women. he goes on to say i don't think in an order to be fair to women we should become them. brian: he's being honest in a way a lot of peopl . . . . it. >> i notice his daughter was sitting next to him at the time. >> he went on to make fun of people who don't w

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comcast business.>>> in a surprisingly strong january jobs report, the united states added 467,000 jobs last month. that defies what many economists predicted in the midst of the omicron variant. but the american public doesn't seem to be taking notice. a gallup poll puts their satisfaction with overall quality of life at just 69%, that's down from 84% back in 20 2020. >> so many people are living disrupted lives. how stssful was january with kids in school and teachers being sick and all the rest? i mean, it's a very challenging time for everyone, with a backdrop of a very negative discourse on many dimensions and the uncertainty. i think people are living through a very stressful time. >> the new year also saw a number of states enacting pay bumps ranging from pennies to dollars per hour. in new york and seven other states, the increases are parts of scheduled raises in an effort to reach $15 minimum wages in years to come. the hourly minimum wage in los angeles will raise from $15 to $16.04 on july

comcast business.ering possibilities.™ books on race and sex walt are disappear figure texas parents are requesting the schools pull them from the libraries in record numbers. nbc news requested records from nearly 100 school districts across the state and found dozens of requests by parents. some of the books they want banned include how to be anti-racist. plus "george " a book about a transgender child and nate, a teenager notices he is attracted to other boys. one school system has become the focal point of this book ban fight. nbc news' antonia hilton spoke with students and parents at kailey independent school district. >> reporter: iris remembers if first time she found herself in a book >> it was compelling to see this accurate portray am of what my culture looks like and what i as a person represent. >> reporter: iris who identifies as queer always loved learning about the world of her hometown of katy, texas until this fall when her district started bank books. >> i think students of color and

and it's only available to comcast business internet customers. today. comcast business. powering possibilities.™ >>> new tonight, republican senators forced to respond. or manu raju speaking to some of them in the past couple of hours just as they returned. did they call trump out for saying he pardoned the convicted rioters who attacked them at the capitol? >> if he had some specific cases that he thinks would meet a pardon criteria, that's up to him, but the reality is he's the former president. >> the former president said he would pardon january 6th rioters. do you think that's appropriate? >> what i always said is i went through every case and would look at the facts of every case. >> i believe the former president has -- i never judge the appropriateness or not of his comments so i think that that's his view, then that's his view. >> okay. >> here is what trump exactly said which obviously should be a pretty basic thing for anyone to say not okay. here's what the former president said. >> if i run and if i win, we will treat those people fr

comcast business.owering possibilities.™ >>> welcome back competition heating up between elected officials looking to make their states or cities the crypto capital joining us with highlights kate, talked to many a little more measured >> exactly a little more sober on the idea of cryptocurrencies but spoke with a governor in the camp, state accepting cryptocurrency for taxes this summer. acknowledged volatility in crypto saying colorado is getting around it converting crypto immediately into dollars. colorado will not hold digital assets on the state's balance sheet. he does not own bitcoin. got to ask holdings. none for him buyer beware, though talked about potential for underlying tech. >> i don't advise speculation, you know, unless you have extra money and feel like gambling on what individual digital currencies will do, but the concept is sound concept is here to stay. decreased transaction, increased efficiency the way the whole world is going. >> there are at least 20 states now with crypto or