let's go in focus with steve forbes, rich carlguard, elizabeth macdonald, sabrina safer, rick unger and john tamma tammany. john, is it hurting jobs or not? >> the secretary's comment is a reminder of how fraudulent the economics profession has become. the simple truth is obamacare is a huge cost for businesses. that's going to reduce profits. reduced profits means less investment which means lower job creation. yodon't need a ph.d. to state the obvious. this is common sense. it's anti-capital formations and anti-job creation. >> she said every economist. we've spoken to economists who don't say that, even democratic economists admit there's going to be some job loss. >> i will agree with you that saying every economist is an overstatement. i know some who disagree with her. but two quick points. first, i'll remind you two weeks ago, aol tried to pull a big change in their 401(k) program blaming obamacare. nobody bought it. it was a lie and they had to back off of it. a lot of compans are trying to blame obamacare when they want to do something else. point number two, remember, 96% of a

. >> let's just deal with numbers at we know about, and elizabeth macdonald. so many politicians throwing around so many phony numbers. dick durbin, senator from illiis, throwow around numbers. play a spot of that and get your reaction. >> 10 million americans havave health insurance totoday who wod not ve had it without the american afford act 10 million. >> the "washington post" gav that four pinocchio noses. we have the numbers and the numbers don't look good. >> a lot of helium in those numbers more than in the hindenburg forwhatick durbin just said. they're cooking the books. these are deep fried numbers. >> which numbers are frd? >> you cannot rely on a poll of a limited group o people, maybe 1,000 people, to extrapolate what's going on in the entire system. the problem is, insurers don't disclose how many have actually been enrolled. another problem, you can say 3.2 million, whatever, enrolled, how many have actuly paid? maybe st a quarter have pd for their insurance. this is not a seamls transition. talking about people being transitioning to more expe

ashley: elizabeth macdonald all over that story. you? >> we have a bunch of tips in there. you may want to consider reentering. even if you are making less than before, that is still cash. ashley: that is a great point. thank you. lori: let's make money with charles payne this hour. looking at the tech sector there. charles: it has piqued my interest for several reasons. the stock was unstoppable. i think this ceo used to come on the show with a beret on. anyway. they have come along way since then. take a look at their earnings. they missed the street by 9%. last quarter they reported. beat by 36%. four different areas. remember that cool movie with tom cruise? you have the pc on a wall. that kind of stuff. there really futuristic stuff. also, earlier today, they pulled out. a lot of people think that they will make an announcement. the volume is high. when you pull out of deals like that, it is pretty convincing. $13.50. my target is $16.50. ashley: are right. time to top off the tank. gas prices cheaper than this time last year.

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elizabeth macdonald has two dogs. gigi and louis.le with her dog, forrest gump. we could not resist showing you our senior producers of dogs. all right, charles, liz, and nicole, how much do you spend on your dogs? charles: lots of money. thousands of dollars. not a month, but thousands of dollars. liz: 5%. 5% of my monthly income. nicole: the dog walking is killing me. stuart: you have a dog walker. >> i love that dog. >> see you later guys. stuart: aren't they brilliant, beautiful dogs. stateside and heading to silicon valley. our other favorite recovering european is in washington. do you think that this is going to work? do you think american high-tech people will be convinced to put their money in france? >> i do not know. this is happening right at the same time that google, in particular, is subjected to an audit. they are asking for $1.3 billion in taxes. what is it that people would grab it put their money in ireland than invest it in france. stuart: could you run a very fast-moving high-tech operation in france? >> if you w

if you are a regular viewer, the answer is elizabeth macdonald.f i walked by a church, i would burst into flames. i delivered her heart medicine to her in calcutta. she was trying to give me a blessing on my four head. like an idiot, i accidentally high-fived her. iran back to my hotel room ccying into my pillow. mother teresa, i do not think she got espn or the sports channel over there. the story gets worse. my sisters tortured me about it after that. it is a fun story. stuart: i have to move onto something much more serious. i will talk about julie blum struck. she is a mother diagnosed with cancer. dropped from her obamacare plan. she is fighting back. she has made an anti-obamacare add. here is what she told fox news megan kelly about her ordeal last night. >> the $6000 is a lot of money. money i do not have that i cannot just have a service. have a test on. i just do not have it in the bank. stuart: okay. >> we have seen this story before, stuart with other cancer victims. it is almost as if they do not have insurance at all. they only have

connell: starring elizabeth macdonald.ooking to play anybody who has ever worked in the technology industry even steve jobs. connell: even bo dietl wouldn't have a role in that. dagen: he was fine. connell: a four year high referenced earlier by mr. newton, sandra smith coming up. take a closer look next. dagen: if yoo can't fix it by it. coming up one woman's costly quest to get a certain tax on tee shirt off of store shelves. that is right. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. connell: natural gas biking to would highest level in four years. helping energy stocks make big gains up big. dagen: is not helping anybody if they use natural gas to feed their homes. sandra smith is here with today's trade. >> look all the green arrows, unbelievable moves. look at the u.s. natural gas fund because anybody who doesn't play in the futures market is looking for a

dagen: elizabeth macdonald has the bottom line. not enough ammo to win this fight. >> based on the fact that a going gone behind the scenes and let's look at what the billionaire corporate raider told neil cavuto yesterday. here is carl icahn. >> what you set your sights on now? >> you know about the base separating paypal. neil: they say no. where is it going? >> you tell me. a battle is a battle. we are not afraid to fight a war. that war is just starting. liz: wall street analysts say this is like apples separating itunes from its business. basically pay pal growing at 20% year, represents certain periods, 40% of the day's overall revenues. here is the other issue, big proxy adviser group institutional shareholders service, the way it has been moving against these proposals doesn't bode well for carl icahn. there has only been 12 corporate breakup proposals according to facts set, sent to investors since 2005. only half of those make it to a shareholder vote and the thing is institutional shareholders services already said to ca

elizabeth macdonald is here i'm not quite sure if she's outraged or what.ke we're looking at a new way of looking at work. ellison is from the left. i think he takes the european view that work is not a big deal, we want more leisure. >> it's dangerous because you need the workers working to float health reform and the health exchanges with the taxes coming down. the fog machine is in overdrive, the disportion field sis up and the spin doctors are out there with the phrases like liberating us to be entrepreneurs. and what the congressman said, working moms have more time to stay with their children. and he says that obamacare is good because working moms will be able to spend more time with our children? we'll be spending more time getting our children health care because we won't have insurance, basically worrying ourselves sick, too. liberating us from jobs when there are none to be found. this is the new america, mr. ellison, thank you for policies and a way of thinking that's driving the economy into the tank. stuart: how can you want less work with a p

elizabeth macdonald knows more about this than i do. liz: refinancing is down.ks will not need all of these workers. they did ramp of the mortgage units, though, during the boom. stuart: it is not a positive sign. it is a negative.3 that is another team as they lay off workers. stuart: i am told if you go to a small thing, tedium size bank, you have a problem. you have to have a high credit score. most people do not have that. liz: there is a bottleneck there. stuart: i have some big-name top tech stocks. first of all, they spoke coming off their all-time highs which was 7144. the stock is down 1%. now look at netflix. it hadn't all-time high earlier. the tenth of the year. now talking to at&t and verizon. netflix is up. a strong performer for zulily. that is the amazon for bob's. it is up 38%. now check the big board. we are up only six. dead flat at 16.2. nicole, show us michael kors. one hundred dollars a share. nicole: 10104. new record highs for michael kors. they came out with numbers early february. all of the analysts jumped on board. it really has been

thank you charles payne, elizabeth macdonald and matt welch.s and losers had. dennis: after hosting a rather tall meet super bowl, the northeast is getting hit again. hundreds of flights are already canceled. it is coming down right outside. ♪ welcome back. how is everything? there's nothing like bng your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. sandra: welcome back. the dow is down 234 points midway through the session. a loss of 1.5%. the nasdaq, the biggest loser, down 76. the biggest loser right now is at&t. at&t down $1.15. one stock in the dow 30 in the green. that is pfizer. time now for stocks every 15 minutes. but to the floor of the new york stock exchange where nicole petallides is. nicole: we are seeing the markets sell off. let's take a look at the

elizabeth macdonald and sandra smith are here. sandra, where is she getting her facts from?irresponsible for her to call it a myth and throw it out there that every economist is saying this. when you look at the congressional budget office report, which is a nonpartisan, they're saying that this is going to cause 2 million fewer jobs in 2017 and that number is going to rise to 2 1/2 million jobs over the next decade or so. so, for her to put this off as a-- and i think, liz, we were talking about in at the comerica, put this off, no, people may choose to leave their jobs and ignore the fact that that's going to decrease employment in this country is very irresponsible. >> yeah, come on, liz. >> the fact remains, the employer mandate delayed for a year see we will not know about the true impact of obamacare on jobs, when the employer mandate kicks in. and you see companies reacting and busting down full-time workers to part-time status. moving workers to the exchanges. so, we're now 700,000 fewer full-time jobs since pre recession peak according to the federal reserve. so for

york exchange, nicole petallides, from san francisco michael robinson, you're in the studio elizabeth macdonaldyou because i have a bone to pick with you. tesla stock is up 600% since last february and that has nothing to do with the fed, janet yellen, printing money. has it? >> not quite so fast. i am not in a position to comment specifically about the fundamentals of tesla. cars driving around chicago, whatever, people are buying the stock and running out but let's remember what the fed's stated policy is. it is the wealth affect. of the drivable asset prices then people will feel better about themselves, feel richer and that will turn into consumption never mind that just generating consumption is not making the economy grow. that is the classic keynesian argument, increase jobs, increase things in the economy has to come from savings and investment. stuart: i you totally obsessed with janet yellen and the fed? five seconds. you are. >> that is the only story and is a fact and borrow wing today at low rates to consume today, you are borrowing against future consumption. that is a problem. st

our elizabeth macdonald from the fox business network is here with more on this story. liz?er: you may be getting a new cable provider. the nation's two largest cable internet companies are merging in a whopper of a deal. comcast buying time warner cable in a friendly all-stock merger for $45.2 billion. if approved it would affect a third of all cable customers in the u.s. or estimated 33 million people. it is estimated the comcast-time warner company would be the largest cable operator in the 19 of top 20 u.s. markets that includes los angeles, new york city, san francisco, washington, d.c., philadelphia, chicago and dallas. get this being cable king is one thing. customer satisfaction entirely another. both time warner and comcast range last in customer satisfaction of among all tv service providers. this is according to the american customer satisfaction index. comcast score ad 63% while time warner cable scored a 60% and verizon, directv and dish, well they scored higher but not by much. comcast and time warner said they are working diligently to improve customer service

elizabeth macdonald has the bottom line. >> let's take a look at some of the tweets that came pouringx months ago. they have been on hold for a representative. time warner merger talks will be slow. this is what happens when time warner and comcast make a baby. honey boo-boo. lori: there is customer satisfaction. that was bad equals worse. lori: getting so much publicity. they kind of go o homes. ashley: a growing industry. >> we have some high. individuals behind the scene. charlie has spoken. >> sure. whatever. carry on. ashley: great tweets, by the way. we want to hear from you, of course. do not forget to send us your tweets. what waa your worst customer service experience. it does not just have to be a cable company. tweet us at fox business. lori: roses are red, violets are blue and now you can pay with it going to. an unusual flower design. even more unique ways to tapering off. ashley: usually money cannot buy you love. it can buy you chocolate. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together the fastest internet and the best in ent

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elizabeth macdonald has the details in the bottom line. [ male announcer ] once, there was a man who a magic seashell. it told him what was happening on the tradg floor in real time. ♪ the shell brought him great fame. ♪ but then, one day, he noticed that everybody could have a magic seashell. [ indistinct talking ] [ male announcer ] right there in their trading platform. ♪ [ indistinct talking continues ] [ male announcer ] so the magic shell went back to being a...shell. get live squawks right in your trading platform with think swim from td ameritrade. ashley: ashley webster with your fox business brief. java communications proposing an overhaul of time warner cable's board, the next step and a hostile takeover bid. time-warner rejecting charter at $132.50 a share bid as too low last month. time warner chairman robert marcus calling carter's move an attempt to pressure the board into accepting the same offer. wholesale inventories rose to their slowest pace since july. the commerce department says wholesale business stockpiles climbed by 0.3% in december from november. that mr. e

with more details in the bottom line with elizabeth macdonald.will this mean for all of us who watch cable? liz: a great question. good to be with you. you may be getting a new cable provider. the nation's two largest cable and internet companies are merging a whopper of the deal. comcast buying rival time warner cable and a friendly merger valued at $45 billion. approved the deal would affect the third of all cable customers in the united states for an estimated 33 million people and it is estimated comcast time water company would be the largest cable operator in 19 of the 20 top u.s. markets including los angeles. new york city, san francisco, washington d.c. philadelphia, chicago and dallas. being cable king is one thing. customer satisfaction is entirely another. time warner and comcast ranked last in customer satisfaction among all tv service providers. this according to the american customer satisfaction index? comcast scored a 63% while time warner cable's court 60. verizon, direct tv and discord higher but not by much. comcast and time w

macdonald is your realtime captioner. >>> the bay area getting drenched. this is the start of a stormy weekend. i'm ken bastida. >> i'm elizabeth this is what drivers are dealing with now. mobile five is on 680 near alamo where the roads are wet but traffic is moving along okay. team coverage begins with chief meteorologist paul deanno and hi-def doppler radar. >> radar picking up a lot of rainfall out there. i just got off of kcbs radio and was talking with the traffic reporters there. basically whatever the normal commute is, double that even on a friday night that's how bad the roads are. rainfall picking up again very heavy couple of hours ago caught a break but now in the north bay santa rosa, rohnert park, highway 101 i hear it's a parking lot. sonoma, napa, yountville, st. helena moderate rainfall. 580 out of san leandro and hayward out toward dublin, rainfall north on 680 from dublin to san ramon. i'm just going to zoom out to show you what's been transpiring over the past four hours. all of that rain is the pineapple express. it's exactly what we need but folks trying to get home from work are going to get home later t

macdonald. cook. he can't make it rain so governor brown is turning to cash to fix california >>> good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm elizabethn't make it rain so governor brown is turning to cash to fix california's drought. but he admits writing checks totaling more than half a billion dollars won't be enough. kpix 5's phil matier is at the state office of emergency services with where the money is going. phil. >> reporter: that's right. it's an interesting mix of policy and public relations that the governor is trying to get out a message that he is trying. but what he has planned isn't enough. >> you can't manufacture apartment. you can desalinate it or capture it and store it or move it but within those constraints, that's exactly what we're doing. >> reporter: so while the political and environmental debate over who should get water continues to rage in california, governor jerry brown called for spending some $680 million on short- and long- term relief that everyone can agree on. >> this is serious. today is a call for action. >> reporter: for example, money for emergency food and shelter, for farmers and laborers who

macdonald. >>> here we go. the first of two storms drenching the bay area and tonight, we could even see thunderstorms. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm elizabethrt live in the north bay. it is getting soaked right now. this is how the commute looks. pretty slow going. this is right along lucky drive in larkspur a notorious spot for flooding. >> a live look at the east bay for you. the rain starting to pick up in walnut creek after a brief break this afternoon. >> and we have reporters and cameras all over the bay area tonight. we start with paul deanno. paul? >> reporter: the radar really, really is getting active. we told you yesterday that the evening commute would be the worst of this. well, it's commuting by rail, it's commuting by road or sfo with a nearly three-hour departure delay right now because of the rainfall. so pick a road. first 80 from san francisco across the bay bridge through oakland, berkeley, richmond all the way to vallejo, we have steady soaking rainfall. rainfall rates in excess of one half inch per hour that's the yellow you see on your television screen. this is all the stuff that's coming up from the south. you see j

macdonald. >>> now at 6:00 a grammatic dramatic example of how the tech effect is rapidly transforming the bay area. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm elizabeth00 ryan takeo shows us how money and influence are spilling into the east bay but first len ramirez on how silicon valley is trying to lure more tech workers out of san francisco. >> reporter: san jose already has a thriving business community but it could be better. that's why one city council person after viewing the protests against some businesses in san francisco feel that san jose can do better than the city by the bay. >> reporter: san jose is building new housing by the story. and by the block. thousands of new housing units are coming online at a blistering pace including two new 20 story high-rises in the downtown core but what's not up to speed are the number of jobs being created here. >> out of the top 20 cities in the united states we are the only one that has a larger nighttime population than a daytime population and we want that to change. we want more jobs. >> reporter: that's why this city council member was dumbstruck when he heard about the loud angry protests over

macdonald is your realtime captioner. >>> smacked by storm one as the second more powerful system makes a beeline for the bay area. and tonight, we are bracing for possible floods. good evening, i'm elizabethstida. we'll have more on those storms in just a minute but first, a story that you'll only see on kpix 5. >>> "covered california" is shutting down a major portion of its website following our investigation of doctor shortages. julie watts has been on this story and is here with the exclusive. julie. >> reporter: we got word late this afternoon that "covered california" is shutting down a key part of the website because there are way too many mistakes about which doctors are accepting "covered california" patients. >> you would think that once you have the insurance that all you needed to do was find a list of doctors that accepted the plan. came to the realization a week later that not enough regular doctors are available. >> reporter: these are two who signed up for obama administration and discovered the doctors originally advertised as in network weren't actually accepting their insurance. >> this is something that the consumer is going to have to work out with the health carrier.