shares in ericsson fell after falling shy of forecasts. the company warned sales were coming under pressure in japan and over maturing projects in the u.s. we will be speaking to hans bispa on a cnbc interview and that happens here a little bit later on, 12:00 cet, as well. >>> let's talk about abb getting a boost after power and automation company. this company reporting earnings above forecasts, fighting improved conditions in europe and a solid demand also seen from the u.s. last but not least, wpp, the advertising giant and consulting group citing stronger economic conditions, especially in the uk and the americas for its solid results, topping estimates with 5% organic revenue growth. speaking to cnbc earlier, first on cnbc even, the ceo, sir martin sorrell warned us that the debt ceiling debacle in washington could hurt business going forward. >> they've kicked the can down the road for another three months. and we could expect quite reasonably or our clients could more political serb ewe lens as we get into january and february next

red state blogger and lead insurrectionist eric ericsson was livid. paul ryan wants a grand bargain and did not once mention obama care. he continues, the only path to victory in this shutdown is to keep our fire on obama care and our focus on the defunding effort. when even paul ryan, the tea party whisperer, can no longer please the right wing's right wing, it's clear the republican party has a serious problem on its hands. this debate has exposed a dep schism between the base that will only relent when obama care has been repealed and leadership that actually and very recently believed this. >> you had said next year that you would repeal the health care vote. that's still your mission? >> well, i think the election changes that. it's pretty clear that the president was re-elected. obama care is the law of the land. >> obama care is the law of the land. joining me today, former rnc chair, michael steele, u.s. news editor of the "the guardian," alex coppleman, and "the washington post's" ezra cline and luke russert. we had to play that boehner sound

. >> what about the idea of lake ericsson -- leif erikson? he was one of two people with a national holiday and the other is martin luther king jr. >> well, i am all for holidays of celebrating great people that if you want to aristotle's break today, john locke's break today. the celebrate great people. >> focusing on federal holidays. only two people have been named with a federal holiday after them. should we not hold clues for columbus and his actions subsequent to his discovering of america to a higher standard? >> sure. he was a great man for what he achieved. not everything he did was good. the reason he is known to history as not because he and slave some indians are was responsible for bringing people on killed people. it was because he discovered america and this new land gave birth to the nine states of america. that is where the focus should be. >> thank you for sharing the different light. tom added analyst. -- tom, an analyst. the holiday season is just around the corner. we are starting to see holiday advertisements promoting t

red state blogger and lead insurrectionist eric ericsson was livid. grand bargain and did not once mention obama care. he continues, the only path to victory in this shutdown is to keep our fire on obama care and our focus on the defunding effort. when even paul ryan, the tea party whisperer, can no

one of the people pushing for -- one of the companies pushing for that is tell cordia part of ericssonjanuary will there be a decision will neustar lose the contract, very unlikely, have more competition with the contract, possibly, or the price of the contract come down even further just as the whole situation is review reviewed. it's an interesting story. when you look at it and boil it down the way did you you get into a situation where there is risk in this name. >> and here's a story you thought warranted being put up on facebook and that is about the short fund. what got your goad here? >> this is very interesting. i wrote about this, bill, long-time short seller got out of the business in 2009 and looked at interest rates and thought he could not, you know, fight what was going on with the fed. and now he told me, he's coming back and restarting his short fund. this is very interesting because he believes he's -- he's taking a look at this and i've tucked to a few short sellers thinking about doing some of the same thing, people who have been away from it. he's recommend taking