fred davis, son of on clive davis, focusing on digital media and music.year after the boston marathon bombings. the city is coming back strong. taking a look how social media will keep the flow of information moving even days after as the final hour of "squawk box" begins right now. i'm joe kernen along with becky quick, talking the fed, the economy and more. isi group vice chair and former member of the management committee of the new york fed. the futures at this hour are indicated up a little after after a really good rebound week last week which got us into positive territory for the year. some concerns about weather all the forecast for increase for economic growth were on track. now i guess we have good numbers as well that helped last week. >> some of the earnings were better than had been. >> some of the government numbers. claims numbers have been good. retail sales weren't that bad even though it was autos. >> full retail sales was looking okay. corporate loan growth is an interesting one to watch. i'm encouraged. >> the banks were pretty good.

. >> third letter fred davis, i'm mad as hell no one has were -- weapon. shooting of an homeless man is disgusting. >> is he on to something. not kill people but incapacitate them. >> albuquerque. four attempts nonlethal method. what they used there was a police dog there flash bangs which is basically like a stun grenade. they used a stun gun and then they also used a shotgun filled with beanbags. >> they couldn't stop him. if you have a big bear in your backyard they shoot a dart into the bear and the bear collapses. >> i don't know about darts. >> i would rather have a dart in my butt than a guy in the morgue. they have to really take this seriously. >> he did pull out two knives. >> yeah. we covered the story. jim sarah from fremont, ohio, why does every restaurant serve rock hard pats of butter. >> i don't eat bread because there is glut in it that's why they do it. they don't want you to eat it. >> are you glue continue free? >> are you a vegan too. >> i don't want the wheat. i can't work the wheat out. that's all it is. i know you are a farmer and y

they have fred davis on, find out how he's disrupting the music business right after this break. ♪ [ fixed income experts... ♪ ...work with equity experts... ♪ ...who work with regional experts... ♪ ...who work with portfolio management experts, that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expertise without collaboration. >>> good morning and welcome to "squawk box." more problems for gm as information shows they waited years to address problems on saturn ions despite thousands of complaints. >>> mega deal for two farm suit call companies. pfizer reportedly making a $101 billion proposal to buy british rival astrazenca. >>> and a big week for earnings with a third of the s&p 500 set to report. we'll tell you what to expect from apple, microsoft, milk donald's and more. it is monday, april 21st, 2014. "squawk box" begins right now. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" on cnbc this monday. i'm becky quick, andrew ross sorkin is off today. gm waiting three years to address saturn ion problems with power failures despite many claims. the national highway transp