good for elon musk when it comes to the auto industry. let's get to what nicole was just saying, a new record close, the level you see in the bug, 1850, when the federal reserve book on the 12 regions came out just at 2:00 p.m. eastern time, that was up 7 points. we have added to that, adding them to the conversation, what happened? i saw the modest to moderate look. was there something tha that goe market little bit more excited today? >> it was more positive than we have seen. one of the other things important for the findings, everybody took real pause to look at the market fundamentally an ceo regarding the right direction. indication i got was it was a bit of an anomaly will not worry about that report. the fed is signaling all things are firing in the right direction right now, so they will continue to stay out of the way. we will see that with another announcement. what is really positive for the other market is we are now back to analyzing the market based on fundamentals as opposed to the federal reserve and the monetary policy,

>> upgrade. >> it's never easy with elon musk. according to the federal trade commission, it's a recall. but he says they need to recall that word. it's not a recall. but we'll talk about that coming up. >> yes, we will. we'll talk about that stock today up big. if you google the term big brother, meanwhile, the result might well be google. we'll look at the company's latest acquisition of a startup called nest and how it could mean google will know when you're home, what you're doing at home. how much could google profit or use that information? stay with us. >> and what are they up to right now? >> what aren't they seems to be the question. >> it's amazing. let's show you what's happening today. rally day from the get-go. we're near the highs of the session right now with the dow up 91 points at 16,349. the nasdaq doing very well, up 1.5%. gaining back-plus what it lost yesterday. and the s&p up almost a percent now, 17 points at 1836. joining us in our "the closing bell" exchange is ra beck that patterson, david kudlow from mai

this week the founder and ceo elon musk sat down to talk to us in the wake of a big recall.ut 29,000 of the wall charger adapters for the tesla model s have been recalled, because they can overheat and possibly cause a fire. now, tesla says that it did an over the year software upgrade to fix the problem but are sending out new chargers as an extra precaution. this recall comes on the heels of a handful of cars in tesla cars following some crashes this fall that led the national highway traffic safety administration to investigate nap investigation is ongoing. elon musk says, look, he feels his company tesla is getting far too much mnegative attention arguing there are far more fires and gasoline powered cars which is the case. we sat down to talk to him about all of the headlines and also what is ahead for tesla. can you thaunds although electric cars aren't a new technology, it's a new market for a lot of people. so, of course, there's going to be more attention to it. >> any new technology is going get added scrutiny. that's understandable. there should about spotlight on

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i don't know elon musk, but i respect him from having watched him. of new ideas. >> a quick question for you. this is an ethical question. so we were talking during a break before. matthew martoma of s.a.c. who is in this case, criminal case of insider trading. i don't know if you saw the news. >> yeah. >> he recently, it was discovered -- was unveiled that he had forged some of his transcript at harvard law school and got kicked out. he later changed his name and somehow got into stanford business school. do you think that that piece of information should be presented to a jury in his insider trading case? his defense attorneys say totally irrelevant. >> and the judge ruled that it could be put in. >> at the moment. >> it's a character issue. >> but i consider you my sort of great ethicist, if you will, at the table. >> it does seem it goes to character, but there's a larger issue as becky was saying on privacy which is in this day and age, you don't control your delete button anymore. you will have a picture of you, you know, or your kid will on fa

we'll tell you why he's so excited for business in a moment. >>> elon musk has an issue with recall. n, looking to establish the first ever union shop inside an amazon facility in this country. we'll hear directly from that union later in this hour. >>> and democrats calling for answers and hearings from a massive breach of customer data at target. one of the democrats leading the charge here, congresswoman maxine waters, will join us. >>> it's a big week for apple as the iphone actually launches in china. here's what they had to say. >> it's a watershed day for apple. it's a huge announcement. i'm so honored to be doing business with chairman shi and china mobile. they have the largest network. we're incredibly impressed with them. we have deep respect for them. and have had from the very first discussion that we've had together. we see this as bringing the world's best smartphone to the very largest and now the fastest network in china. last year we were able to work with the government authorities to be able to launch china at the same time that we launched every other country. and

. >> yeah, you had elon musk. he said great things about china. i would argue one of the most accurate analysts on wall street. he downgraded the stock just before it hit the record high. he's upgraded the stock today. we'll get that on the closing bell. >> i want to hear what he has to say about the use of the word remedy, melissa. an exercise in semantics. over to you guys. >>> "fast money" starts right now. live from the nasdaq market site in new york city's times square. i'm melissa lee. here's tonight's lineup. technology takes center stage. the nasdaq closing at a 13-year high. and google, on the prowl. could the tech giant be looking for more acquisitions? we have the ceo of the company looking to automate your home. >>> and breaking just moments ago, general motors declaring a dividend. should you be buying the stocks right now? let's get to our stop story. technology in the market. partying like it's 2013. and the big winners of last year are keeping the party going. big cap tech, social media, solar, all leading the way. you made this on

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elon musk just unveiled the hyperloop. is set real or is he trying to make a point? >> i think it is both. i think elon has shown time and again that the boundary for what is real for him is fuzzy. there is one guy in the world i would trust to take it from making a point to making a real. it would probably be him. >> if this never happens, does it matter? >> transportation is one of the world's biggest markets, expenditures. there will be innovation there. the thing that makes entrepreneurs special and what i aspire to do is just looking at problems that are massive, where most people would say we are not touching that. elon and his transportation projects in my own world, health care, people don't want to touch it because it is so crazy big. that is exactly why we want to go after. i suspect he would do something and if he doesn't somebody will. >> one less question about your book which you wrote -- which you are going to write. you said you didn't end up writing it because your views differ on innovation. what did you disagree on and could it ever happen? >> the b

i think that elon musk, the founder of tesla, is becoming that way. he is one of those people who has a remarkable ability. there are lots of incredibly smart people out there. there are relatively few or national are incredibly smart and can make things happen. what elon musk made happen is remarkable, and it is so inspiring to people. a crowd of 50 people came up and asked him questions for an hour and a half. it is so inspiring what he is doing. steve obviously had the same impact. elon is carrying that mantle. ,> when you look at the future there was a.com crash, which you remember. what could cause it again? >> people talk a lot about a tech bubble. there are always a couple of companies in the middle of that that are held up with the example. techu look across heck, -- , valuations are nothing like they were in 1999-2000. there is definitely a boom going on that will bust at some point. tech is always cyclical. the idea that we're going to have a repeat of the dot-com bubble, there are very profound changes happening. look at apple, google, amaz

ranking above elon musk and eric schmidt.early two decades after he invented one of the most used technologies in history, his own brand of search. >> robin li doesn't just answer to himself, but to the chinese government, widely known for censoring. i asked about this and the recent controversy over the u.s.'s relationship with technology companies revealed by edward snowden. first, we talked about to -- two companies that remain blocked by the chinese government -- facebook and twitter. li says he hopes the government changes its mind, but it is not something he can control. >> i think facebook is a great innovation. it makes people's lives easier. but that may not be the only way to do social. >> what should facebook's long- term strategy in china be? we know that mark zuckerberg wants to get back in. >> i hope they can get back, too. it is a government thing. >> do you think google will take another shot at china? >> i do not know. it is up to them. they are a very successful company. they have unlimited resources to do t

even billionaire elon musk who is a big player in the sector has admitted investors are weary of somenames. i got to speak with him when clean tech company solarcity went public ii 2012. >> investors looking at ipo, for the last 10 clean tech ipos that they invested are underwater. liz: chairman of solarcity and ceo of course of tesla. david: doesn't seem like two years ago. solarcity of course ended up being a huge success for investors up 400%, more even. but other clean tech companies crash big-time with billions of dollars going down with them. will we see a turnaround in the clean tech ipo market or is it another false start? we have tom tally, investor place writer and ipo playbook writer. tom, good to see you. we've seen spectacular successes and spectacular failures. what is the future. >> i think the future looks good for a small number of companies that meet very high criteria. yesterday's google-nest deal gave a shot in the arm to the clean tech industry because big part of nest is actually conserving energy. so i think -- david: that's a good point. hadn't thought of that.

spacex was founded in 20-02 by elon musk of tesla fame. the company has another 50 launches scheduled. the city of detroit is back in court tomorrow along with its creditors to discuss ways to end costly interest rate swaps. bank of america and u-b-s had agreed to let detroit out of the swaps for $165 million. the city maintains getting out of the swaps deal is essential in order to secure new bankruptcy financing. the baltic nation of latvia has officially entered the zone - the euro zone. the northern european nation is the 18th to join. great fanfare with fireworks are planned. this means latvians will be able to buy things with the european currency - the euro -- on january 15th the euro will become the country's only currency - replacing the lats. the last nation to join the euro zone was its baltic neighbor, estonia. that was 2 years ago. ford motors is jumping the gun on offical sales numbers -- due out tomorrow -- by saying it will retain the moniker of best selling brand for the fourth consecutive year. the company is touting 20-1

and elon musk says these charges have nothing to do with those fires.pany is getting far too much attention for a handful of fires versus all the fires you have in gasoline powered cars. he also said that we are a company that puts our story out there, so it's a double-edged sword. he said this is the chargers. of course it's going to be in the spotlight -- >> when you are the new and breaking the mold, you're going to get the attention. >> that's exactly right. >> what about the price? >> 70 grand. >> yeah, they're very expensive. is he charging a premium for this car or do the costs necessitate this valuation at this point. does he give any insight as to when it will become consumer market friendly? >> i asked him when are we going to see a mass market tesla. he said probably not tomorrow, but you're going to see that down the road. >> a mass market affordable car is about three years away. that's the car we've always wanted to make. >> that's going to be about half the price? >> yeah, about $35,000 car. >> what about a pickup truck? i believe you sai

they want to disrupt health care delivery in the same way that elon musk is transforming the car industry. renowned venture capitalist bill guraly recently tweeted he's busy studying where the internet intersects with health care and welcomed ideas from his followers. >> it's tough. >> reporter: alexis borsey of third rock ventures focused on the life sciences, sees opportunity to transform health care but also real challenges. >> this is one of the most regulated industries in the world because we're talking about the health and safety of people. and so i absolutely agree, this is an opportunity to make a tremendous improvement and have a tremendous disruption, but it also has to be done right. right? it has to be done in a manner that really proves it is going to make a difference for patients. >> reporter: start-ups in silicon valley are focused on different fields within health care. one example is sell scope. if your child has an ear ache, you might bring him to the emergency room and wait for hours to be seen. it offers an alternative. a smartphone attachment that takes high-quality

. >> i think elon musk is gradually sort of becoming views viewed that way, the founder of tesla and space x. >> rose: and paypal. >> yes, he is one of these people who has a remarkable anti-, there are lots and lots of incredibly smart people out there, relatively few who are incredibly smart and can also make things happen, and what elon musk has made happen with those two companies at the same time is remarkable, and it is so inspiring to people, we had him in a conference he came down off the stage afterwards, crowd of 50 people just came up and asked him wes for an hour and a half and just so inspiring what he is doing for people, and steve obviously had the same impact, so i think elon is inheriting that mantle. >> rose: when you look at the future, there was a.com crash, which you remember. >> yes, i do. >> what could call it again? >> i don't -- people talk a lot about a tech bubble and the thee are always a couple of companies in the middle of that that are held up as the example with no revenue and several billion dollars of evaluation, i think if you look across tech, valu

. >> elon musk founded tesla and paypal, he makes entrepreneurs feel like they're not thinking big enoughisagree with them on that? >> i think most of us are not thinking big enough. we are thinking logically. his first personal reasoning is a college education should not cost $50,000. you should monitor yourself before you need to go to a doctor. there are so many things that need to change. >> should entrepreneurs be focused on the internet or other industries? like energy, education, space? >> yes. there are big topics that need our attention. there are big things we can solve. the really great entrepreneurs go out with something new that people think at the time is crazy. all of a sudden it becomes commonplace. it becomes possible. there is a utility for them. you need to go where someone has never gone before. >> you want to bring higher education to the masses. how is that going? remind our audience what it is you do. >> we were the first to start online classes. we had 160,000 students. at the end of that we had credits. that is the barrier that exists. it puts you from a fringe pr

elon musk is a billionaire, founder of tesla, the electric carmaker. >> those are really cool.re very cute. >> he is south african. so, a south african beef jerky. i want you to construct a dish using beef jerky. mario, you've had a second to think about it. what would you make lloyd blankfein? >> first of all, i would chop one of the hot dogs -- do i get more than one hot dog? i would chop one of them up and dredge it with flour and salt and pepper and some cayenne and make it nice and crispy and hot. i would take the other one, i would butterfly it open until it was flat, dredge in flour and bread crumbs. i would make a hotdog schnitzel and serve it with a crispy hotdog salsa. >> nice. >> yes, please. >> i'm up for that. bobby? >> he is the ceo of mcdonald's, you said? i'm not going to try to serve him a hamburger. i think mcdonald's could use a little more vegetables in its life. so, i will use the sweet-and-sour sauce and i will do a roasted cauliflower, agua dulce, sort of sweet and sour with some red chilies and put it in an earthenware dish, and put it in an oven and roa

founders involved, especially when you have founders and leaders and business people of the quality of elon musken't these people on the board? yahoo!, apple, ebay and paypal take a larger interest. you say it is not a matter of if, but when, how ugly is a going to be on the way there? >> i would classify the benefits of spinning it out. obviously, you have to figure out some of the details, but given the potential value that could be unlocked, i think it could be a worthwhile exercise. >> do the founders want to go back? do they want to be on the board? >> i will give them a call right after this and ask them. i think they all feel paypal is an important company. sense the paypal stalled when it went over to ebay? anybody thought it would make us more focused or innovative, but we had a real dependency on that -- at that point on ebay transactions that no longer really exists. 12 years ago when we sold the ebay had basically declared war on us. but now it is a salient company. >> this is something we will continue to watch. much.you so one l.a. startup is using technology to bring guys the clea

they do it the same way elon musk has been doing it for the tesla products. as for paying more than $3 billion for this business, is that what it's worth? it's worth it to google to be able to push further into this area. it makes you wonder how many different things nest is already putting on its drawing board in terms of this whole big theme of connected home. to be following you wherever the devices are going and we have seen that with this deal and the recent push into robotics, their push into health care, and just try to cover all of their bases. it is a company that is willing to go out and spend money to do that. it makes you think back to the purchase of android which ended up being the loop -- the blue print to their mobile strategy. nest becomes the blueprint for the strategy and the connected home. julie? >> thank you. really interesting acquisition here. google buys nest labs. we are not done with the deal. we are going to be talking about a major shakeup. we will tell you what the japanese company is paying a big premium for an iconic u.s. brand

especially when you have founders and leaders and business people of the quality .f elon musk why arehese -- why aren't these people on the board? >> we have seen activist investors take an interest in technology companies. out -- how playing do you see this playing out? how much about discussion he can provide ebay even though they do not want to do it. how ugly will be on the way there? >> there is a distraction from fighting this thing. there's is the distraction of spinning it out. i would classify the benefits of spinning it out. you can point to -- you have to figure out some of the details. given the potential value that could be unlocked i think you would be a worthwhile exercise. quest to the founders want to go back and be on the board? >> i will give them a call and ask them. -- they all'll feel feel that paypal is an important company and product. >> is the consensus that innovation up paypal really stalled once a win over to ebay? went over to ebay? >> i don't know anyone who thought that we did the acquisition it would somehow make us more focused or innovative. we had t

elon musk.pitalists not get all that excited about what the outcome will be in the market. -- iding the willingness to do these challenging business is a selling point. peter is on the board of facebook. any company that sees itself wanting to be tied in with the face of network, increasingly any company on alexei, would love to have peter involved in the company. >> there are a number of new funds. also brand-new, i will put myself in that lot. it seems there is a new generations -- generation of funds challenging the older funds. e >>u see it that way obsolete. it is very clear where the numbers are. there is a handful, maybe 10 firms, and a couple in san francisco, that are still doing very well. dozens ofe are just them that have been around for a long time. entrepreneurs do not know about their history so it is not a big deal. thatee firms like yours moreeally, they are much attractive to entrepreneurs given who they have worked with. if you waste -- if you are a you want totart up, work wi

elon musk tweets that he will make a family road trip from l.a.k over spring break. 2013 was a big year for big data. how about 2014? what will be the big trend? cory johnson is back with more. >> talk about big road trips. he had 17 kids. how will that work in a tesla? >> he has four or five. >> it is not that big of a car. good luck to him. big data is not a big deal. big data 2.0 comes along. we're joined now to talk about what is going on with redefining the data. steve, what was the matter with big data 1.0? >> nothing was wrong with it. it was the first phase. what you're really looking at now is more organizations want to take advantage of what they are seeing. a way toctually get outperform your competition. that is the essence of big data 2.0. how can more people tap into the data and outperform or know more about what is going on? >> i was on the air with a great investor this morning. one of his favorite lines is software is just software. is big data just data? how is it different? >> that is a really good point. data on its own is rel

when elon musk says it isn't.with regulators on what he calls a remedy to fix the problem on the electric vehicles. mine was earned orbiting the moon in 1971. afghanistan, in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> now, it's the tale of two automakers this morning. u.s. safety regulators and gm have decide to return some cash to shareholders. to get more on that, seema mody is with us at cnbc hq. hi, seema. what are you going to start with? >> let's start with gm. of course, a lot of auto news. when it comes to gm, the company will start paying a quarterly dividend at 30 cents a share in march. it's the automaker's first common stock share in june 2008 before st

tesla ceo elon musk says it will go for about 35- thousand dollars. for tesla is the model x suv, which will sell for between 70-thousand and and 90-thousand dollars. that vehicle is set to go on sale in late 2014. don't forget. kron will feature the top-20 new high tech gadgets from this years consumer electronics show. our vicki liviakis will host the show. it airs on friday, january 24th at 9-pm. right after kron 4 news at 8. the supreme court is returning to the issue of regulating protests outside abortion clinics for the first time since 2000. the court will hear arguments today over a massachusetts law that keeps protesters 35 feet from the entrance to abortion clinics. protesters at planned parenthood health centers sued the state over the 2007 law, saying it limits their ability to encounter patients arriving for care. federal courts in massachusetts have upheld the law. abortion rights groups report that incidents of violence are down in states and cities that have buffer zones. president obama is expected to support changes to the way the g

>> watch out, elon musk, here he comes. i can see it now. ladies and gentlemen, the dyson.ou have a number of names for this. >> of course, all these technologies that we want to develop, i want to be around to see those being developed in 15 or 20 years out. i am thinking about those. i am not thinking about making cars but developing the technologies that give us the power to develop other things. >> are you concerned about the idea of making engineering and attractive profession so that people -- you encouraging people to do it, and young people to understand how exciting the life in engineering can be. this is an idea that you care about. >> the real problem they have even in japan, not in china but india and singapore, where there are graduates -- the problem is that the pace of technology is moving too fast. china and indonesia and korea, other countries can make wonderful things and historically we rarely export to them but now they can make it much more cheaply so we have to make it much better. and so, we have to do this much more quickly and make bigger leaps. >>

>> caller: from the incense burning headquarters of elon musk, who i voted for.with the stock of solar city. >> i'm going to play solar city. >> buy, buy, buy. >> taking advantage of the rules of trying to get more solar in homes and it's working. they have something going there. that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round. >> announcer: the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade. >>> anybody who has a high school diploma has almost certainly taken a course in chemistry, geometry, physics probably, a host of history classes. do you know the one thing they almost never teach you in high school, let alone touch with a ten-foot pole in college? financial literacy. ♪ hallelujah >> i'm not talking about economics here. you could be an econ major and still learn nothing about personal financial planning or retirement readiness. that's why cnbc is on a mission to educate and empower you to take control of your finances. you have to check yourmoney.cnbc.com because it has the tools you need. i want you to start doing this. that's why we ar

don't tell elon musk that the good old-fashioned muscle cars are the leading the way so which are a mustich goes the way of the minivan? taking in all the action as he joins us now, what gets the most attention? what blew off your socks? >> it was hard not to be blown away by the chevy corvette. racecar territory. zero through 60 and four seconds and you can drive it dates today if you choose to but performance is very much alive. you will see other cars but just talking about the toyota ft1 there'll be so many fuel saving devices. corvettes alsowith a new puttert raising the cylinders deactivate to save fuel so it is up in the up most of their minds. trying to do whatever they can and with fuel economy. melissa: one of the coolest things the fourth half and 50 aluminum truck. is that the game changer? >> it is a huge. they will really lead the way from authentication. coming from aerospace alan mulally has a lot of background how to use aluminum. it is used in all types of transportation products so it is not unusual for ford to be tested for dirt validate. we know that but the reality

elon musk said a car the rest of us can afford, three years away. model s, 70,000. tesla wants to build a model closer to 35,000 which sounds less, but 35,000 a lot for a car. >> a lot of people will pay. you so so many teslas. >> we used to count them for fun. >> a lot to count. >> now boring. >> exactly. thanks. >>> christina loren, talk about the amazing story going on around here, the weather. >> the weather, we've been lucky in the bay area. it's really dry, it has been dry. we have a red flag warning in place and we're blessed because we haven't had big fires break out. we have made it through so far. we still need to be on the best of fire safety all across the bay area especially as we head through the next couple of days. red flag warning stays up until tomorrow 8:00 a.m. eight degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. out in oakland, six degrees warmer in san francisco. you might be scratching your head thinking, why is this the case? it has everything to do with the warm, downsloping wind keeping temperatures near record levels. 48 in oakland. 52 right

can't remember his maim the analyst suggest that apple do something crazy like buy tesla and get elon muskhey need to do something. they need to ttink different. raise the pirate flag and need to start moving in a new direction, a bold direction. david: maybe hire you as ceo. brian soly. s. good to see you my friend. have a great weekend. thank you very much. liz: mexican fast-food giant taco bell trying to put a little physician into its menu in one of the biggest expansion of its offerings ever. what is it? we'll tell you in a minute. david: socialite and celebrity paris hilton turned her talents, quite a few business ventures, paris hilton, another story, wait until you hear. you have no idea what this woman has, what she is doing with her celebrity status. she is monetizing it like nobody in the world has ever done. details on that coming right up. ♪ [ me announcer ] this is the story of the dusty basement at 06 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. ...and the little room above the strip mall f roble avenue. ♪ this magic momt it is the story of where every great idea be

. >> solar city, one of elon musk company's made a lost money putting them on the roof.kes them from you, and takes promise of that future income and turns them into securities that it can sell to other investors. so solar city really is less of a solar company. kind of more of a bank. well this morning, solar city says it will sell you some of those solar-backed securities. the ceo says the company may be able to raise a billion dollars selling those securities. solar city up better than 2% on the news, on the nasdaq this morning, musk's other company te tesla up 2%. free bagels today you, have to go to the site, get a coupon, the new low calorie bagel. i took a closer look. lower calorie because it's smaller. >> oh, less. >> if you eat half, you're all right. >> lasagna works that way, too. >> eat less, exercise more. that's the trend. >>> popular tourist destination in san francisco looking different. no more tour bus as howed in the alamo square neighborhood made famous for the panted ladies victorian home. >> christie smith live from the neighborhood. some like the

elon musk's spacex launch.ll make launches for missions and nasa's science satellites. >> i thought -- that's not a tesla. >> i thought that was lance bass on the space shuttle. >> oh. >> lance -- what does that mean? >> lance bass. he was going up in the space shuttle, wasn't he, at one point? >> he was one of the beastie boys? >> he wishes 'n sync. >> backstreet. >> it was one of the host hated trades. barrick goldcorp. look at the gold miners. the reversal here especially when you look since december lows. the last week of december. it's up 9%. >> well, if you look at what's going on, barrick is a company estimated to make $1.90 a share. it was making $4 a share. they are focusing on low-cost mines. and capital efficiency. and you go after the best balance sheets here. gold, i believe, is going lower. spot gold is going lower in 2014. i think 1100 at best. it might test prefed levels around 350, where the gold was before the fed got into the game. but barrick and a few of the boys can play through this as yo

melissa: well, he will not be happy about this one, the next generation of hybrid cars is a ford, not elon muskered car at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. here to tell us about it is ford's chief technical officer. thank you so much for joining us. >> great to be with you. melissa: questions right out of the great -- date. how'd you get a karcher run on solar power. that makes me nervous and cloudy weather. >> is a great concept. we have taken our vehicle, which is a plug in hybrid and the bill tends to the roof of very large solar panels. it is like a large magnifying glass with about eight hours a charge. we can get enough electrical issues to give us a 20--mile driving range. a very exciting concept and one that we can use for of energy in the vehicle. melissa: it is interesting. i am parking androgyne magnifying glass. the magnifying glass : does that need to be in a sunny place? add all know if you have looked at the weather around the country today, we are freezing to death. how is this getting power? >> i look at michigan. it is something that you would park under, like, a ca

kudos to elon musk. he's managed this perfectly.it holds the 157. >> a pop for rosemary's baby. robotic baby. it growls, shrieks and spits up like the exorcist. it's part of a publicity new campaign for a new horror film. >> got to get out to see that. >> i would love to see that through times square. >> traders see more opportunity in the space. mike is at the smart board. >> we saw four-times the average volume in mosaic. about 1 1/2 time in lion bell. it was an institutional player. what it looked like they were doing was rolling one of their covered rites. they were buying the 62 1/2 calls that expire in january. those expire this week. that was covering the short. and go ahead and selling the 65s out in february. so, basically, what they're doing here is trying to collect a little bit of income. they sold those for about 80 cents. may not seem like a lot when you're dealing with a $60 stock. but you're correcting about 1.2% of the current stock price over about one month. great strategy for the home gamers who are looking to pl

i want to talk to you about elon musk's baby, solar city. they got an upgrade today. is that the play on solar or stick with an etf? >> i'm not a big believer in this. we had first solar in. that's an inexpensive story. solar city has momentum. i said solar city and tesla, they're cult stocks, because they just rely on momentum. amazon is a cult stock, but i actually like the stock. and we know twitter is a cult stock. and why do i say cult stock? you can't use earnings per share or revenue growth, you go with momentum growth. and that is not for me, but i recognize the model of solarcity, which involves residential solar panels on your roof. it's a good model, i just can't cotton to it. what keeps me up at night? ella said it best, stormy weather. the gathering clouds that we saw in 2013 now look like they could do some raining in 2014. stay with us. >>> coming up, tarnished? they're the unofficial kickoff to earnings season, but it's the criminal investigation into one of alcoa's subsidiaries that's taken the front page instead. what's it mean for this company going

elon musk. that's his company. >> always great to see you. thank you. >>> still ahead on a serious note, the outrage of the day. dozens of ex-cops and firemen arrested in a sweeping disability scam. some are even accused of bilking the 9/11 fund. does it show the system is simply broken? >>> later, we are live at the consumer electronics show talking the big business of digital music with the ceo of clear channel. plus the worst thing to happen to stoners since twinkie gate. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ tires screech ] chewley's finds itself in a sticky situation today after recalling its new gum. [ male announcer ] stick it to the market before you get stuck. get the most extensive charting wherever you are with the mobile trader app from td ameritrade. over the pizza place on chestnut street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreling down i-95. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's

. >> elon musk is having trouble procuring them. i'm not saying he is. that's the rumor.of the biggest players in the space and unlike many, they are not a chinese battery producer. so that's viewed as a positive, i think. i think a lot of folks that want these, want them from the likes of johnson controls instead of some of the upstarts from asia. >> actually, jci i believe is after the bell today. as is netflix. that's another one that a lot of people will be watching for. of course, you think of netflix, you think of momentum. the stock is up 227% for the past 12 months but over the past two and a half months, it's been a rough go because the stock is sitting at pretty much two and a half month lows going into the quarter tonight. the key metric of course, subscribers. 33 million is the magic number that netflix will have to hit. also, a lot of people will be listening for any sort of commentary on net neutrality. that ruling came down, will netflix have to pay more in order to ensure that its customers can actually stream at robust speeds, will they have to pass it on

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poppy harlow asked founder elon musk about the bad pr. >> if false negative perceptions are allowed tong pired of time it makes people reluctant to buy electric cars. >> musk went on to say what affects tesla good or bad affects the progress of electric cars. okay. whatever you're doing, i want you to sit down and take a few minutes and watch this. we're going to talk about america's new crisis. we're not talking about politics or the economy or even national security. we're talking about something much more personal. it is creeping into your state, into your town and maybe even into your own home and you might not note about it. we're talking about the crisis that is heroin. listen to this. nationwide, heroin use jumped more than 100% between 2002 and 2012. and overdose deaths increased 55% from 2000 to 2010. all you had to do is open your local paper and it is clear the problem stretches clear across this country. and it is growing. exponentially in places you'd never expect. like vermont where that state's governor thought it was so important, was important enough to dedicate his en