tom -- former senate majority leader said if he was still in the senate, that fritz would vote yes. why is it important? because he's a cardiac surgeon. and that leads into why president obama brought supportive doctors down to the white house today to talk to them about health care. to get them to chair for his plan. to put pressure on the senators up here on the hill, despite all of the opposition that's surfaced. >> these men and women here would not be supporting health insurance reform if they'll really believed that it would lead to government bureaucrats making decisions that are best left to doctors. they wouldn't be here today if they believed reform in any way would damage the very critical and sacred doctor-patient relationship. >> those doctors will be watching the president will be watching. we'll all be watching when the senate finance committee votes because that will set the stage for what goes to the senate floor and the big fight that is soon to be ahead between the house and the senate versions. president made his point today, michelle, that we need reform. we can

days since general motors exited from bankruptcy so the board is getting an update right now on how fritzenderson and bob lutz and the rest of the executives are doing with the turn around plan. '09 shares for general motors remains under 20%. at the end of september they came in at 19.7% market share. buyer consideration, however, it is up. that is one encouraging sign. again, the board will be meeting over the next couple of days. we're not expecting major news to come from the board. later this week we'll get an upt date on where, gm stands from fritz henderson. >> thank you, phil lebeau. >>> coming up, the faber report. >> and can a motorcycle be both exhilarating and eco friendly at the same time? we'll talk to an entrepreneur who is betting yes, mass producing the first electric motorcycle in the united states. as we head to break, take a look at the widely held stocks which may be in your portfolio. >>> welcome back to "squawk on the street." i'm david faber. just going through goldman sachs' call on the banks this morning. you know, i'd like to follow some of the research out ther

wendy fritz, best buy senior vice president of computing said on the call, "when we look at the netbookategory, we view it as a companion device. so it's an additional device, not a replacement device to a notebook. so that business is generally and vastly incremental." then brian dunn, best buy's ceo, chimed in, putting all our netbook fears to rest when he said, "i think the notion that people are going to choose one device, one for connectivity, is an erroneous assumption." listen, i'm taking them at their word. they've never, ever been dishonest. in my experience with them. so i am saying that netbooks are not cannibalizing sales of more expensive computers. in fact, i am going with them and saying it's creating an additional incremental world. it's an entirely new product in a category that's going like crazy, and that means we've got to find a way to make money. and just like that i realized if i had been running best buy's conference call i would have followed up by saying are you ready skee-daddy? i probably wouldn't have said that on the call. buy -- ♪ nvidia. the best way to p

. >> interview with fritz henderson. thank you, poppy. >>> a legal tug of war over a philadelphia philliephillies' s. a 12-year-old girl caught it and agreed to give it up in exchange for an autograph ball. later the girl and her family filed suit seeking return of the home run ball. howard gave the ball back and the family is dropping the lawsuit. >>> david letterman is getting support from hollywood women. "showbiz tonight" talks about that next. >>> in washington, the u.s. supreme court just heard arguments involving the display of religious symbols on federal property. the case involves a cross that has been around some 75 years. there it is. built in the mojave national preserve to honor world war i troops. here is the deal. a man sued to have it removed when the park refused to allow a buddhist memorial nearby. this case could make a massively important statement here about the separation of church and state. >>> you have a webcam? listen to this. one woman nabbed burglars in her home even though she was thousands