that news story from the guggenheim was unpredictable.ut i feel enriched by it. >> you need to be rich to buy it. so there you go.

white house there, was a quest that was made for a van gogh painting and it was request to the guggenheimuseum but i believe they offered something else. >> that's right. this other work is called america so in a sense, you think donald trump might like it. it is right on with his theme until you see a picture of it. there it is there. it is actually a working solid gold toilet. this pies by the italian artist catalan. "the washington post" said critics have describe it had a say tire aimed at the excess of wealth in the u.s. they call the sensation when it was shown because it was installed in to the bathroom where people could go and use i themselves no. . everyone is amused. fox news calls it an insult to the trump family. the curator is a very active trump credit kicking and she made the connection to trump saying he is synonymous with golden toilets the guggenheim hasn't responded to inquiries so far. maybe he will reconsider. molly: thank you for that, allison. we're going take a quick break. stay with us. the news continues on "france 24." ♪ ♪ >> in this episode, a look at personal

the guggenheim offers a toilet.s not just a slap in the face for trump but it's a slap in the face for the presidency and the country. if she believes in our beloved country she should apologize and resign. the second hour of "varney and company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ ♪ alright everybody, i will come down. the dow is up 86 points. we at 26000, 480. look at that. we are 18 points away from 265. the dow component, intel, huge amounts of money and that stock is up 8%. that is a huge gain for that company. starbucks, not so much money coming across the transom, stiff competition and it is down four and a half percent. don't ever forget about general electric. it may be fading away. it's down another 1%. sixteen dollars and very small change on ge. i understand this is a big newsday but i have to address the golden toilet outrage that i described a moment ago. bill is joining me, a member of the wall street journal editorial board. i think i was rather restrained, what you think. >> i think so. >> i think it's a damn ou

the washington post says the guggenheim apologised for not being able to furnish the trumps with vanly functioning 18 carat gold toilet is the creation of artist maurizio cattelan, titled ‘america'. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm samanthabbcnews. stay with us. cloudy and mild and quite windy weather to come this weekend, and a bit of rain, as well, and you can see some of that in the far north—west this evening, but later on to not it will turn wet as the wind picks up in many western areas. further east, clearer skies, it could be quite chilly, those temperature beginning to lift as the wind begins to freshen. wet and windy weather sweeping east through the morning, heavy rain in the western h ills the morning, heavy rain in the western hills in the afternoon as the rain continues, it becomes light and patchy and we will get sunshine in northern ireland and maybe in the far north of ireland. quite windy to the day, and the temperatures probably higher than yesterday. windy weather in the far north of scotland, easing off through the d

that news story from the guggenheim was unpredictable. but i feel enriched by it. >> you need to be rich to buy it. so there you go. >> thank you, sir, chuck todd with "meet the press" daily, this is "the beat." and we are as you may know exactly 24 hours out from the president's unusual and sweeping promise to testify under oath to bob mueller. and now i can report 24 hours later, two major reactions tonight. one, donald trump's own lawyers trying to walk that promise back in a hurry. and two, donald trump's conservative partisan allies telling him if he's confident that he can go into this interview with bob mueller and come out ahead, he's wrong. take a listen to long-time trump aid roger stone. >> under no circumstances should he grant mr. mueller an interview, it's a suicide mission. it's a very clear perjury trap. >> another warning from talk show host rush limbaugh. >> there are conflicting opinions on whether or not trump has to talk to mueller, whether he should, or he shouldn't. if you ask me, don't do it. i don't care what form

the washington post says the guggenheim apologised for not being able to furnish the trumps with vane would be of interest. the fully functioning 18—carat gold toilet is the creation of artist maurizio cattelan. and it's called america. lots more as always on our website and you can get in touch with me on social media. coming up next, click. first the weather, with tomasz schafernaker. well, the weekend is not looking too great for most of us. it's not going to be that bad, but there will be a lot of cloud around. it is going to be mild, though. this is what is heading our way. it looks like a lot of cloud streaming in our direction. we'll be stuck under this during the course of saturday. it's already coming in, bringing some rainfall to western parts of the country. ahead of it, you can see it's still dry even through early saturday morning. so here we would have had a touch of frost around. i think by around 6am, the temperatures are above freezing already. but touching freezing early in the night. this is what happens through the course of the morning. so the weather front moves

according to the washington post, the white house reports at the guggenheim museum in new york city,gogh painting to decorate the president's private living quarters, but they were offered an 18 karat gold used toilet instead. this toilet you see here is actually a piece of artwork that was installed in the public restroom of the museum. people used it throughout the year it was at the museum. many believe it is intended to mark the excessive wealth in this country and the museum's curator described it as anti-trump. possibly a direct insult to try to offer this to the white house. a lot of people saying this is causing the museum's reputation to go down the drain if you will. one twitter users is the disrespect for the office is blatant and promoted by the left and in what universe is this correct. what a shame you brought upon your self and your museum. a lot of other people are joking about this. another tweet says when you got a van gogh, you got a van gogh. >> other people asking if they get federal funding. heather: oprah 2020 may be over before it begins. >> not happening acco

the guggenheim said no, it's prohibited from travel, except for the rarest of occasions.ut she did offer, and this is not a joke, this fully functioning 18k solid gold toilet, which had been on display. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: that's what they offered them. baseball the museum told trump to van gogh eff himself. the trumps said no, because what are they going to do with another golden toilet? i'm surprised they said no. it's way veteran been a van gogh. the first time you pee on a van gogh, it's ruined. maybe this is something trump should hang in the white house. vice president pence tweeted this photo of the annual crop of white house interns. page class will graduate this week and return to their homes across the country, inspiring group. what an inspiring group. look at how white they all are. it's like an albino rainbow. [ laughter and applause ] so much diversity. female white kids, male white kids. those aren't interns, those are the children of the corn that you're posing with. and what was the interview process like? and how many times have you seen t

that painting hangs in the guggenheim museum in new york city. the chief curator nancy specter said no. the van gogh was not available, but miss specter offered an alternative. an 18 karat fully functioning gold toilet. this work of art had been display in a public restroom at the guggenheim and it had been used by thousands of people. i suppose you could dismiss this as tongue and cheek humor, but i don't take it that way. and i don't think most americans will be amused. i'm a concrete mason. i own my own company. i had some severe fatigue, some funny rashes. finally, listening to my wife, went to a doctor. and i became diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma... that diagnosis was tough. i had to put my trust in somebody. when i first met steve, we recommended chemotherapy, and then we did high dose therapy and then autologous stem cell transplant. unfortunately, he went on to have progressive disease. i thought that he would be a good candidate for immune therapy. it's an intravenous medicine that can affect the patient's immune system and unleash it

it's fantastic what do you think would be any will be as influential in the india's let's say the guggenheim as i have no question of that i mean i think it leads on to a lot of things and people are beginning to market because i also am a great even though i criticized a lot of the i think it was a great university and i thought i would recommend any kid to go to the because it's a great environment but you said that these are said here survivors but when sometimes children survive and. he was not tolerated because he was there from one thousand or he was m.p. from one thousand know it one hundred twenty two. and he was greatly supported by the irish but when he got to one hundred twenty two with the black and tans with the whole six counties deal in northern ireland and the death of michael cole of the irish community held where he went from being a friend a fireman to an enemy of the other way of drug abuse murdered by the electorate and you had a family connection i had a family connection here may well call jordie when i was a wee boy used to tell me about churchill who he admitted that

the mid-century aesthetic attracted orders from new york's guggenheim museum. >> i barely have to sell these, the staff barely has to sell them, because people recognize them for what they are. we have to stay connected to the art in our collection or of course the actual building whic itself. >> reporter: that vision belonged to architect frank lloyd wright who famously connected his work to its natural surroundings. his circular design and use of light both inspired by nature turned museum architecture inside out. nature inspires bufa's work too. there are wooden sunglasses now and a botanist collection of jewelry featuring real flowers encased in resin. perhaps bufa's time is yet to come. >> we're really creating conversation pieces or what some of our museums call wearable works of art. >> for his next trick, bufa is working on a new product using cork. >>> ever since price club introduced consume to the idea of stocking up and saving, in the 1970s, we've been snapping up boat-size packages. now the biggest of the club stores do $200 billion of business each year. one new jersey en

. >> according to "the washington post," the trumps asked the guggenheim if they could borrow this vanalled "landscape with snow." >> but instead the museum's curator offered this, an 18 karat gold fully functioning toilet in installation entitled "america." that is valued at more than $1 million. it's meant to mock some of our greedier instincts. "the post" says the white house has yet to respond. >> it's a million dollars. it's almost like a cheap van gogh. >> but functional. >> exactly. >>> one last point about powder rooms. they can make great wedding venues. >> interesting. yeah, this courthouse restroom is where one new jersey couple did the honors moving theirs so deputies could administration oxygen to the groom's mother who had trouble breathing. >> since she signed as a witness and only good for 45 days they decided let's just go ahead anyway. the groom's mom is okay there for the ceremony and the family says they're grateful for the court's kindness and kind of being there in the bathroom. >> i dos and flushes. >> what can you ask for more? more news after this. he's also a

the guggenheim museum in new york is reported to have turned down a request from president trump to borrowsaid they apologise for not being able to furnish the painting but expressed hope the alternative may be of interest, the 18 carat gold toilet is the creation of artist marussia catalan and it is titled america. a reminder of the top stories: president trump has told the world economic forum that us will no longer tolerate unfair trade practices, defending his america first policy against accusations of protectionism. he told leaders in davos that the us supported a global system of global trade. you're watching bbc news. stay with us. well, the weekend is not looking too great for most of us. it's not going to be that bad, but there will be a lot of cloud around. it is going to be mild, though. this is what is heading our way. it looks like a lot of cloud streaming in our direction. we'll be stuck under this during the course of saturday. it's already coming in, bringing some rainfall to western parts of the country. ahead of it, you can see it's still dry even through early saturday

office but now the washington post is reporting that when maloney and donald trump asked new york's guggenheim museum for a painting by the vanguard while that museum declined and offered something of an interesting substitute a functioning solid gold toilet by the italian artist rachel cut along the work of art entitled america is estimated to be worth about one million dollars it was installed in one of the museums restrooms and has been used by tens of thousands of visitors the president's known to favor gold decorations in his personal residences no word on how the presidential couple responded. get your mind of our top stories this hour formal coalition talks between. conservatives and the social democrats are finally underway for. reasonable time. and he says he plans to offer a positive message when he delivers the closing address of the world economic forum . you will have live coverage of that. speech was to begin. this is. an unusual. the grand museum and joy. country the international co-chair. for genesis discussed living in fear how anti semitic is germany. a german boy was bullie

there were cut from the show to buy valuation over guggenheim. vonnie: thank you for that update.he 10 year yield is even higher with the benchmark passing .6% and expecting lawmakers to come up with a deal to avert a government shutdown. what it could mean for the federal reserve -- u.s. economist and head of u.s. research. what makes you so confident we are going to get a deal done tomorrow? >> we had a wrench thrown with's comments on the children insurance program. mcardle is signaling that we might be facing a shutout over the weekend. will be short-term, i don't think would be a prolonged one. historically, we haven't seen a lot of market reaction to a partial government shutdown. i'm not thinking it will be a , certainly not an economic event provided it is short-term and contained. i'm a little concerned about the john kelly news in terms of some order in the white house in terms of -- the recent confrontation in the public way. it is reducing confidence in the white house's ability to have coherent messaging. it has always been in doubt, one kelly has been seen as of the

it's fantastic what do you think would be any will be as influential in the audience let's say the guggenheim as i have no question of them i mean i think it leads on to a lot of things and people are beginning to mug because i also am a great even though i criticised a lot of the i think it was a great university and i thought i would recommend any kid to go to the because it's a great environment but you said that lisa said they are survivors but when sometimes still didn't survive and. he was not tolerated because he was there from one thousand or he was m.p. from one thousand know it in one thousand nine hundred eighty two. and he was greatly supported by the irish but when he got to one hundred twenty two with the black and tans with the whole six counties deal in northern ireland and the death of michael cole of the irish community held where he went from being a friend a fireman to an enemy of the other way of dudley's murdered by the electorate and you had a family connection i had a family connection here money well call jordie when i was a wee boy used to tell me about churchill who

. >> donald trump wanted a painting for the white house for the guggenheim museum, guess what, trumpare inundating facebook with negative reviews because of this seemingly insulting move by the curator, one saying hate and bias against the president, lisa on facebook says you can have differences in opinion with donald trump, you may not like him but disrespect to the office and our first lady. another facebook user says the curator needs to leave her personal bias at home, 33,000, one star reviews on facebook. >> donald trump will be the deciding factor whether the controversial pfizer memo will be released as the house intelligence committee sent it to his desk, democrats wasting no time to slam the move as political. >> i believe the memo is written is a brainwashing memo that relies on inaccurate facts. >> a deeply regrettable line today, this committee voted to bring personal interests above national interests. >> we appreciate it. what a day yesterday as it continued to unfold. what did you think about the things he had to say to release the pfizer memo. >> just political blust

book award, and won prize for best work of fiction in english and story prize that short story and guggenheim and excellence in short story elected to academy arts and sciences in 2013 named one of the world's 100 most o influential people by "time" magazine teaches in creative writing program in syracuse, university latest novel lincoln in the bah is winner of a 2017 man booker prize. from a seed -- [applause] from a seed of historical truth george spends love and loss that breaks free of its realistic historical framework into a supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying please help me welcome to the stage mr. george sanders. [applause] hi thank you so much for being here. i just i came here i called my wife she said where are you reading i said miami-dade college oh, i went there. you've been after 30 yearses you can be surprised. but she often tells story she was a dancer in new york city and had sort of thinnish high school in a regular way made her way here and this is where her intellectual life opened up and first novel is come out in august so she sends her greetings to miami-d

joining us from davos is scott minnow, chairman of investments at guggenheim partners good morning toou. >> good morning to you >> scott, i thought i would start off the back of an amazing move overnight in net fliflix, l us about the tech and the f.a.n.g. names in particular they kicked off this year in a positive fashion after a great year last year >> i think f.a.n.g. names have had a great run. who know how high up is in this market there's probably some better plays for people who want to take advantage of the change in the tax code in the united states looking at financial stocks, that seems a more interesting place to go. and with the run up in energy prices around the world, you know, the energy companies certainly are interesting. in the u.s., master limited partnerships are interesting the great laggard has been emerging markets you look at chile, you look at brazil, even china these markets have more head room and i think the run there will be more interesting than playing the f.a.n.g.s. >> in terms of being at davos, clearly a lot of focus on the economy as opposed to the

guggenheim bear call is at 3%. a little bit higher than the year-end consensus call, 2.92%.he core of where a lot of markets are going to go. dollar-yen, you just mentioned it. we are seeing a little bit of further reaction. what happened to the 10-year treasury yield to some extent as well. ask, is there some support coming through for dollar-yen? citigroup saying it could go either way from here. finally, taking a look at oil. nowe gone past $63 a barrel on wti after that api data showed u.s. stockpiles dropping. we get the eia data later today. manus: thank you very much. we're going to get all these calls from the bulls and the birds in these bond markets. matt miller is on the ground with goldman sachs. he's joined by the bank's chief economist. maybe he's got the answer. boom or bust in bonds? are probablye we at different places in different regions. thanks so much for your time this morning. let's focus on what is going on in the u.s. you put out a forecast of 4% growth 2018. largely due to the new tax package that has gotten through congress? >> that number refers t

. >> you have to go to the met and the guggenheim >> balance sheets. >> that's your museum. >> in londone museums are free that's lovely being ability to go on a sunday morning, going back the next week i did that while i was in london >> two years here, i haven't been to a pew smuseum not my thing >>> still ahead, a few hours go before the jobs report we'll break down the expectations and dive in on what you ed tneo be watching. jimmy's gotten used to his whole room smelling like sweaty odors. yup, he's gone noseblind. he thinks it smells fine, but his mom smells this... luckily for all your hard-to-wash fabrics... ...there's febreze fabric refresher. febreze doesn't just mask, it eliminates odors you've... ...gone noseblind to. and try febreze unstopables for fabric. with up to twice the fresh scent power, you'll want to try it... ...again and again and maybe just one more time. indulge in irresistible freshness. febreze unstopables. breathe happy. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." stoc stocks having a record year, topping 25,000 yesterday the nasdaq up 32 points, the s&p up 8

2014 when she became the first african- american woman given a solo exhibition at the prestigious guggenheimrks on display: the 1995 series, "from here i saw what happened and i cried," where weems altered 19th century photographs of slaves. and the 1990 "kitchen table series," in which weems herself is a character in a set of carefully constructed scenes from a woman's life. in recent years she's taken the aspect of performance further, to a theater piece she created called "grace notes," a response to the 2015 murder of nine members of a black church in charleston, south carolina by a white supremacist. for the armory event, weems set a theme for the day, what she called "the history of violence." >> i think it's important to examine what violence is, how violence disrupts and dislocates, fragments not only the self, the person, but also the society. >> brown: the participants picked up on that in a variety of ways. >> today, 2.3 million people are in prison. >> brown: adam foss, a former prosecutor in boston, spoke on mass incarceration and the need for criminal justice reform >> one in t

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guggenheim, you own it. >> yeah, it's a growth story, it's a turn-around story it's the family dollarwell that plays into this. margin improvements, great cash flows. all of that puts them at a price target of 125. i was lucky to get in this name around 93 back in november i don't know if i'll be able to hold it that long. it seems like it's had a great run. i just wonder if it's starting to plateau at this point. >> it's not luck, it's talent, pete talent. >> thanks, man >> another all-time high. >> airlines are getting a boost from demand, great from a strong global economy and tighter trucking environment boosting rails, so i think that will continue in that subsector. >> netflix, initiated overweight at barclays. 245 is the price target. >> yeah, they're not adding anything new to this story we don't already know multiple seasons for shows keep people continuing to pay people tend not to cancel once you get them but they are amping up in the superlatives department. i just want to read you the last sentence of the summary. in our opinion, in the next three to five years, netflix i

up a bot labs hitting an all-time high after jpmorgan and morgan stanley upgraded that stock and guggenheim its best stocks list. >> q3 was very strong for them, organic growth coming in around 6% they have many new products. this is up with of the names that in 2008 will perform well. >> baxter striker takes to overweight and you've been in striker before >> yes, and i sold it just the other day. i'm keeping my pki and abbott labs is a name if we get a pullback i would buy it over striker. >> lululemon downgraded to neutral at citi. the stock is moving higher and weiss, i'm wondering what you make of the call look, that's been a great stock. >> been a great stock and they are one of the few with a buy on it i still think that lululemon has a franchise and a brand that's been unsealable so far i can tell you that the stores are very crowded i was in them over the holidays, and i just think it keeps going. valuation has always been a question here. so -- but that's the market, so i would not sell. >> this got a lot of chatter today, doc netflix, disney both upgraded. >> josh was talking abou

painting and they wanted it to be in the residence in the white house but it is hanging at the guggenheimut they said you can't have it but you can have something else. you can have this. an 18 karat fully functioning solid gold toilet entitled america and an interactive work that critics said was satire aimed at the excessive wealth in this country. the president's first year in office at the museum displayed in a bathroom. after all, as the saying goes, if you gotta go, you gotta go. we are still not sure what the white house has to say about option number two. but given the president's love of gold, it could make its way to 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >>> will wrap things up this hour. and now, guess what? i didn't want to do this but my show has forced me. i have twitter. but now you could keep up with the show on all of the social media platforms that you love. facebook, twitter, instagram, you can even e-mail us with all of your complaints and hate mail. msnbc live with katy tur at msnbcuni.com. and chris jansing, i suspect you will be the first e-mail. >> i won't e-mail you but i wil

stocks aren't the only things heating up take a look at how hot solar stocks are one proxy is the guggenheim solar, shares have hit their highest level since early 2016 it's up 6% year to date and up 50% over the course of the past 12 months. this is an exchange traded fund that has around $475 million in assets and some of the top holdings include more well-known names in solar energy sun power is among those names, up 13% just since the beginning of the year. canadian solar gaining 3% in that span. and first solar, the biggest weighted of the fund, up 13% year to date a lot of the gains in some of these stocks is the result of trading today, helped look by positive analyst commentary by vertical group about first solar. a big caveat here is that many of these solar stocks are still a long way from hitting their multiyear highs. it's pretty cool compared to where they were three or four years ago. >> thank you, seema mody in the newsroom what do you think of solar >> i have one position in the space, solar edge, in the inverter business. potentially a little bit of pricing pressure there a

[ laughter ] but then he asked the guggenheim to borrow a van gogh, and instead they offered him a gold and i was like -- [ laughter ] what? [ laughter and applause ] then, something terrifying happened. a rat took a shower and someone recorded it. [ laughter and applause ] i saw that and was, like, what -- kind of living nightmare is this? [ light laughter ] i wanted to die because it's a rat, but i wanted it to live as an example to all rats for what they could achieve. [ light laughter ] then i heard about these videos that are popular in china where kids say a line from the tv show "riverdale," karma's a bitch and get an instant makeover. i was, like, what? but then i saw one. >> karma's a bitch. ♪ ♪ >> and i was like, what? [ laughter ] this -- it is my new favorite thing. [ light laughter ] then, for a second, people thought oprah was going to run for president. and i was like, what? [ light laughter ] and she was like, what? and we were, like, what? and she was like, what? and we were, like, what? and she was, like, no. [ laughter ] then, congresswoman frederica wilson said that

this is kind of weird, but it came out that the white house asked the guggenheim if they could borrowce of art by van gogh. the museum said, "no." [ laughter ] and instead they offered trump a sculpture of a gold toilet. [ laughter ] and trump said, "wait, that was just a sculpture? all right, no one go in the oval office. no one go in the oval office." [ laughter and applause ] there's a buzz here in new york city, you guys. the grammys are sunday right here in new york. [ cheers and applause ] and i saw that bernie sanders is nominated for "best spoken word." [ laughter ] meanwhile "worst spoken word" went to this guy. >> united shahtes. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: well -- "united shate -- united shahtes." well, this is going viral, during a game between the houston rockets and the golden state warriors this week, the warriors coach was joking around with rocket star, chris paul. but take a look at paul's reaction at the end. >> momentarily quiet, the crowd's -- and we'll take a time out. and when we come back, we'll hear from -- [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: i love th

the recipients about guggenheim fellowship. he has appeared on the history channel. in pbs. the author of 15 popular science books including the quantum elaborate is available for sale at the end of the program. [applause]. i am delighted to be here and i think smithsonian associates for welcoming me back. the first one was about someone who may be a little bit more familiar to all of you albert einstein a couple years ago i gave a talk about this. i think it's fair to say everybody knows who albert einstein is. probably the most famous physicists of the 20th century. i'm going to be talking about two other physicist today. some of you may not have heard of. most people today are not so familiar with simon and wheeler is with albert einstein. they made a name for themselves on the 1970s and 80s. they did some television shows where he explained science to the general public. on the have a knack for explaining a science. wheeler was not as well known. he did publish some popular science books. he was on some television shows as will including a brief history of time which was

. >> he is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship and is a fellow at the new american foundation. he is the former editor of the virginia quarterly. and he served as director of publishing at the library of congress were 18 years . his essays and criticisms have appeared in the washington post, the wall street journal,the american scholar , npr and the new yorker. last year, he was the eudora welty visiting scholar in southern studies at novi college in jackson and currently he is a visiting professor of english and southern studies at the university of mississippi and oxford. he calls himself a born again southerner. and in his own words, he says he maintains a skeptical eye. that serves as a faithful companion to his newfound intimacy with the south. i'm proud to say that he serves as a member of the national advisory board of the eudora welty foundation. ladies and gentlemen, my good friend mister holmes adams. [applause] >> good evening and welcome to the second annual eudora welty lecture. it is a great pleasure to speak here tonight in honor of miss welty's memoir one writer

also the whitney, the guggenheim they also have an entry fee as well.s one of the most famous museums and definitely one of the biggest attractions here in new york city. >> sounds like they need to partner up and get a museum pass out there, something a little cheaper and you can hit them all. >> reporter: yes. there you go, that's a good idea. >> thank you. enjoy the snow and the cold up there. see you on monday. >> reporter: i'll try. >> that's going to be a hard sell for like a family because you're already -- for some of us, it's an art museum. yeah, you're going to love it and that money is -- >> the problem is they've had a $25 suggested donation for decades. >> right, yeah. >> and they've lost -- 70 percent of the people over we're not going to do it. like people used to pay the donation. now they're just not doing it any. >> the hard part is around here we can go for free. >> so come to d.c. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> 13 now in washington. it's all about that that wind chill. minus four. we're under a wind chill advisory. it's not going to warm up to

they call it one of the best position growth prospect in value tale a broad process assortment guggenheim is see a growth >> now to the tl, tyler. >> thank you, guys, stocks start rallying again today new records across the board how many times have we said that >> the earning season is coming up it is going to be full of interesting stories. will stock go higher or will the earning seasons diminished >> is it the start of a healthcare, a robot that reminds you to take your pills >> we'll be right back >>> i am brian sullivan. welcome back to "power lunch." we begin with breaking news. lets go to ylan mui with more. >> reporter: the trump administration has taken a critical step of turning the tax plan into real money in your pocket the irs department have put out new guidance telling employees how much money they should be holding in your paychecks in taxes. mnuchin expects 90% of workers to see a pay increase under this new tax plan and as far as these bonuses that all these companies announcing, the treasure department issued a guidance saying employees should see a 22% tax rate on tho

. >> before josh, guggenheim partner scott -- thinks unemployment will be the lowest since 1969 anybody> there are several people including, i believe i interviewed a fed official who said he thinks it will be a three handle on the unemployment rate coming this year. that was robert kaplan >> you believe you interviewed him? >> things are robust. >> i believe that's what he said i was groping for the data >> today 4.1%. we have been down. the three handle is coming the next question to ask is does it scoop the fed it might be something to get the fed moving faster. >> stick around. we have other news stay here. apple announcing in the past hour -- well, a lot of news. they'll add 20,000 jobs in america over the next five years. add $350 billion to the american economy, repatriot money and, oh, yeah, josh, look for a location for a second headquarters, kind of like amazon did you process that i think your beard is longer >> that's right. let's walk through how apple gets to the $350 billion number. one, apple will be hiring more people creating 20,000 new jobs over the next five years re

. >>> dollar tree was rated buy at guggenheim which says the discount retailer qualifies as a turnaroundstory. >>> chevron was upgraded to outperform to market perform they say they will benefit from the ramping up of significant projects and tax reform which -- i love -- both john rogers and buffett both have that same answer about -- >> good for shareholders. >> it begs the question. was john rogers and warren buffett both lobbying against helping their shareholders >> john rogers said he hasn't called any of his congressmen. >> but do you think he was -- >> look their questions come -- >> warren was against the tax plan but he was opposed to helping berkshire shareholders. >> i think their questions come from what happens with the debt you take out both warren and charlie yesterday said any economist who tells you they know what happens in the scenario is not correct. >> but they're basically saying when you ask all these good things have happened so far, were you for it or against it, they admit they were against it but they grudgingly concede it's helping berkshire shareholders >> a

. >> i think districts when i wasr on the guggenheim one of the conditions i had was that they supportedthe learning through the arts and that we had to make sure that children were from harlem and they had it access to instruments but you come into these big institutions and their concerned about the weekend and the week and the vulnerable and they are taking sure what they are intended to and what they're about. i think generally speaking they probably would hold off on me. >> it's an enriching experience i've had because when it comes to my fundraising our donors almost universally including our conservative donors and many of our donors are themselves politically conservative have counted it very much in favor of the program that cornel and i do together. i got out a single complaint from a donor or anyone else about our sponsoring cornel's course last year and making him a fellow. >> and i was on martin king and desmond. >> exactly. >> in the work that cornel and i do both in princeton and around the country i find that supporters were enthusiastic about that. this is what they want