over the next hour, some terrific imus interviews, few laughs with the icrew. studios. blond on blond has become a staple of the imus in the morning program over the last few years and we're going at it about all the subjects of the day. topics in this particular edition of blond on blond that you'll see here in a minute or two include a woman who wanted to sell her virginity a

from the imus in the morning program megan mcdonnell. how are you?great. >> you are my wife's favorite person on tv. oh, finally a southerner like me. she says that all the time. >> that's awesome. >> what's going on? >> you don't know anything i can't wait for this. are you wearing a manning jersey to the super bowl? >> she calls my radio show she's the biggest broncos farn in the world. i am going to the super bowl. >> are you going to wear a jersey? >> i'm not going to wear a jersey. >> don't bleng that word jersey by the way. >> i'm 6 for 6 the last two weeks. >> i know. i know. >> and i'm picking the broncos because this is the peyton manning destine me here. >> i'll take that. >> how much? >> a drink. >> second question, a tweet from nikki benning ton, who are your favorite country artists? >> easy, my love for country began when i lived in alabama, my wife's from there, i got hooked on garth brooks. absolutely the most riveting entertainer ever. with that said, i love new country, old country. my buddy charlie daniels is there. john rich. the

. >> here we go, thi this is the t of the imus program. i'm connell mcshane.ve a terrific show lined up for you. we really mean it. imus has been known for those who watched him and listened on the radio as one of the great interviewers and on this particular program we have a couple of his best interviews that happened of lte. clive davis for o is a legend in te music business buthis interview

. >> there are many clues there, requiring a little research, imu very valuable. will i sell books only in e-book form online or in the physical form as well. do i want it sold in chape stores, bookstores, supermarkets, airports, available to libraries, or do i want to see it published in spanish language these are all things to consider, i have been able to give insight into the landscape of publishing today. there's many different models of publishing, and the important question is what kind of author do you want to be? what are you good at? where do you want to spend your time? what model is suited for you? traditional publishers and self-published authors are not blogger heads. traditional publishing is not for everyone as self-publishing is not for everyone. find the model that suits you best and ask what kind of cake it is. thank you. [applause] >> the entire expo crafted to assist the self-publishing author to do what was advised. ask themselves the right questions and plan well to sell to the right audience. >> what we try to tell people is the one thing s

familiar tople billion raised by governments and private enterprise if i was recentlya there but unless imusething it was disastrousi gripe with poverty and famine and abuse. that is what worries me you write the number of children that die every year those living in extreme poverty cut in half. i do see examples that is not the case. >> you should have gone to haiti before the earthquake. >> i did. >> it was a very tough place before the earthquake. of lots of that did not get spent to restore things back to that situation.n. so there's you just make up for a huge setback.t so you choose to have the population with the growth there the numbers could not be clear. my money that goes to aids is the same pot as the u.s. money. my money that goes to the of foundation for taxation -- vaccination is in the samer th pot under the bush to administration it went from us very tinyg a part to now over half for those neglected diseases and that half death is that we haveve e expertise that i will vouch for completely because we look at the numbers all the time. neil: i think very smart folks of they wa

syrian army is certainly horrified by the rise of these radical rebel groups there's no denying that imus's is worse than the syrian president bashar assad fighters on the i if it's were using the children's i hospital as the central detention facility and dozens of bodies were discovered inside they appear to have been executed those who survived in the some of the eyewitness reports that are coming through saying that the excitement was worse than they were ever treated by the regimes intelligence one of them saying that he was praying bombs were dropped that planes were dropping bombs to put an end to their ordeal not fighters of the same insists who are behind executions and kidnappings in syria are now controlling key cities in iraq's biggest province with researchers and analysts saying that the lives of radicals in the region is that knowledge being fueled by the u. s. policies so certainly a very worrying picture unfolding in this region. and in iraq tribal leaders in the city of fallujah in the anbar province are calling on our car to find us to leave their city is currently surrou

[applause] [cheers] ♪ >> connell: this is the e best of imus, coming at you from new york city, today to have you with us on the program as we're going to look at some of the terrific musical ts of -- that performed here recently on the show, for example, in just a few minutes, vince gill will be on, and just a terrific guy, every time he's here, one of the big stars in country music, and he has this group, a group of guys who get together and play on the local scene down in nashville and they were getting popular and put a new album out an vince will sing, six pack to go f

stop the mushrooming costs in social security medicaid and medicare and upon might it's on it's on imus on it will be on our on the i store so ok amazon on the i stores when we go back to dream of and the man who will stephen cohen and we'll talk about russia and the united states don't go away. i've got a quote for you. it's pretty tough. to stay with that story. if this guy like you would smear that guy stead of working for the people in the mainstream media working for each other bribes do you know. if they did rather. i. love them to politicking with larry king catarina vended who voted the editor and publisher of the nation and stephen cohen russian studies professor emeritus at n.y.u. they are by the way celebrating their twenty fifth wedding anniversary congratulations thank you catarina you don't use the name cohen. you know our daughter is cohen i just think i had a life before steve though i can't remember it sometimes and i thought i'd keep the name that i've made my own and i was getting some big current guys to reno one of the what do you make of obama's sinking ratings wha

stop the mushrooming toss in social security medicaid and medicare and if i might it's on it's on imus on it will be on our on the i store so ok amazon on the i stores when we go back to dream of and the band in the movie stephen cohen and we'll talk about russia and the united states don't go away. why is the price of gold so high. demand global demand do you think oldest money. know the value of the only place we have to live of the water that we need to survive it's not compared to i mean gold we're not going to eat gold we're not going to be told. we're not going to drink what clearly what amal is and is in a desperate economic situation absolutely right what we're wrong to do is say therefore any kind of economic development from the outside is going to be a benefit their only purpose is to extract as much money as possible to feed into the global financial system. with we are part of the geo political economic system that's extremely exploited. first was a question whether mining should even be carried out altogether can it be done in a way which doesn't destroy people's lives re

reaction as he is speaking the biggest names the only place to get a ♪ ♪ connell: welcome to the best of "imuss good to have you with us this morning, we'll have the journali and author jim lehrer to get us started, in fact, the first two interviews today deal with the jfk assassination. jim lehrer was anchor on pbs for many years, but he's also been the author of a number of best-selling novels. his latest stas with a premise that's true, lehrer was there on the d president kennedy was assassinated,

american people and also to maintain our security absolutely well attorney general eric holder said on imus in d.c. today that while clemency for snowden really is sort of off the table the u.s. would consider a resolution so an alternative to clemency i think it's left a lot of people wondering what another resolution could mean give any insight as to what could be an alternative to clemency well i think i'm a maybe an anomaly people tend to put edward snowden into the he's entirely good or entirely bad camps and if you're not in agreement then you know people get rather angry with the i think i mean between the two i mean there's no doubt what he did was wrong and he signed the same security paperwork that i signed and there's no if ands or buts about it being wrong to take classified information i think you ought to be accountable for that but i'm also pleased that we're having the discussion that he triggered i mean the president wouldn't have given the talk on friday but for edward snowden so there there is benefit to what he did as well so i think there ought to be some middle eastern

. ♪ ♪ >> connell: here we go on the best of imus from new york city this morning.m connell mcshane and terrific hour with the i-man and some of the great guests we've had on recently. none better than jeff greenfield jeff has made more appearances. his new book is called 43 when gore beat bush. speing of new books, mike lupika will

i was talking to bernie from the imus show, if hillary gains weight, is that okay? double standard. sorry. >> he's fat. we get it. >>> ahead on "the five" a facebook free for all. your question for us at facebook.com/thefivefnc. we'll answer what you ask us, i guess. >>> plus, if you're wondering what the football players at next month's super bowl are going to be wearing, we'll show you. we've got the clothes here. pretty exciting. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back to the fastest seven minutes in tv news. three exceptional stories. effervescent post. >> check out the little pop star getting angry. bad neighbor style. watch it fly and listen to the voice in the background which is alleged to be the biebs. >> see you [ bleep ]. i see you. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> so that allegedly is bieber in the background egging the neighbor's house. i love the fact i'm placing the salt like you're placing an order for chinese food. >> i love salt. it's delicious. >> this is tragic because justin bieber's music is great. he's leif garrett without a spine. he's david cassidy without a uterus. >> you don't get y

and i am good with eight to >>> ladies and gentlemen, "imus in the morning." >> the idiot washingtony gruden, the brother of jon gruden, jay won the super bowl, jon did not. that's like going into the heavyweight fight thinking you have mike tyson and just before the bell rings you have sicily tyson. what you are, nuts? >> yeah. >> god, they should blow up that whole franchise. >> yeah. >> you shouldn't let

it's great to be with you here this morning and we have a terrific program lined up with best of imusth one of the more iconic pictures of all time from november 22nd of 1963 the image of a secret service agent leaping on to the back of the presidential limo after prq kennedy had been shot and that

. >>> ladies and gentlemen, imus in the morning. >>> i thought, well, last night, i didn't feel well.today. i'm telling you now, i don't know feel. and i don't know what it is. nothing specific. such a long week.

imus has prostate cancer. where he was trying to figure out how to treat it. now it seems like it is much more specific. there are more options out there now that are more mainstream. am i right? >> yes. look at a man's age, his psa level, what does it look like under the microscope. we determine what is the best treatment for each gentleman. we have surgery, radiation technologies that and we have hormones. we have something that takes away for testosterone from fueling the cancer. we have to look at the specific details and the underlying medical condition as well. dagen: the side effects, my father undergoing surgery a number of years ago, the side effects can be horrific for men. that is something that is just not discussed enough. >> that is where we really went with our prostate cancer fad. not only are you dealing with the immediate side effects from having surgery and not being able to sit up or cough without strain, the long-term side effects can often be incidents and incontinent of things that men j

i overcome it because i have to because i have a tv show.well but ask my friends and ask imus and he'll tell you i'm socially awkward. but what is it about people whoy like to analyze? bill clinton is the opposite. he felt your pain and then spent more money. personality type? >> economists would argue that everything we do when we fightnl for freedom, when we show up ate rallies and care about thew future of our countries, they would say that's irrational. we think it's the best thing to do because we care not only about our country, but our future and our kids' future. that's not normal in this country. and that's what we have to fix. >> but it's part of our culture, entrepreneurs, are always tryin to see things that others aren't seeing. steve jobs famously said, you do marketing stays, he said no, because people don't know what they want until we show them. that's the entrepreneur. put it out there and see if they like it. oftentimes we fail. but that's we try to learn from failure. that's what freedom is about. take a chance, fail, learn. hope to do it better next time. if we accep

[laughter] when i was interviewed a couple years ago during the don imus debacle, i got asked, a comment was made about, you just explain some things to us on the radio in a way that made talking about race safe, for lack of a better word. so as i listen to you now and agree with a lot of what you say, what strikes me is we need some kind of language, we need to learn how to speak about race so that it is not threatening the either side, any site, all sides, whatever. how do we learn that language in a day of antagonistic internet comments? the moment summary says something, and the world we live in? >> very difficult, because people, when you try to raise the subject at all in a days media age, people are only listening for the first spit ball. when they get the first pitfall, the conversation is it because it's going to try to get a spit ball going back the other direction. that is our atrophied public discourse. >> every conversation should begin with the premise that talking about race makes us bigger, it enlarges the story. it does not pigeon hole the story. that's not to say that t

fundamental imus of snap chat is that it is better and more fun if you delete everything except the thingsant to save the way a loty, of technology works is that you save everything and delete things that make you feel uncomfortable. companies will be interested in this philosophy. that saving those things are important. >> you guys do the photo thing and what is it, like 40 characters? >> the between 30 and 40. >> are you guys going to go into a different vertical? time spent a lot of digging at the future of the product. we hired a sociologist and we have been thinking about what we want to build. he named the term digital dualism, thinking about the digital and analog world, saying it is separate. trying to take experiences in the analog world and bring them into the digital with something like video chat. but it turns out that video chat is kind of lame because the connection breaks up. you could leverage all these aspects on the digital world. you never have to say goodbye. people acknowledge the hybridization of agile and analog area products will be billed in that vein. >> what will

"imus in the morning" cheryl: if you talk to leaders of business what would you say to make sure they are on board to make sure what your dream is becomes a reality? >> each business has something it can contribute. a food company can help poor farmers raise their quality, do processing in africa. if you are a cellphone company there's a lot in terms of letting software companies get up. and track expenditures and reduce corruption. every global firm should look to its expertise and giving is a big part of this, whether it is giving to groups like world vision, or save the children, in country or having their voice heard that they believe in the generosity that helped it all happen. cheryl: you look cold, one of the colder it -- how has davos been? >> great. a lot of people from countries we work in talk about our progress and it is a very efficient way of working with partners. >> that line grabs a lot of people's attention. glad you came on a program to talk about it. bill gates of the bill in the melinda gates foundation and co-founder of microsoft. if you go on line and look at th

. >> sean: imus, he's a right wing nut job, but i really like the guy. >> we don't talk to him. >> seane him at 5:30 grunting at me every day. and dierdre, i love her to death, and i can't conceive why that woman married him. >> they're a lovely couple. a >> sean: back next week,lusi #asksean,offaskyourquestions. earlier today reince priebus called for an apology, he got what he wanted, but was itting enough. and also america's mayor rudyat giuliani, we'll continue from fox sports broadcast tower, how? safe is the super bowl? what about the olympics? we'll talk to him straight ahead.li safe is the super bowl olympics? we'll talk to him straight ahead. i ys say be thman with the plan but with less ergy, moodiness, i had to do something. i saw mdoctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. we talked about axiron the onlynderarm low t treaent that can restore t vels to normal in about two weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especlly those who are or who may become pregnant, and children sh

i was talking to bernie from the imus show. he said, if hillary gains weight, is that okay? is that okay? you can't. double standard. christie's fat, we get it. >> all right, ahead on "the five," a facebook free for all, and your questions for us now at facebook.com/thefivefnc. we'll answer what you ask us, i guess. >>> plus, if you're wondering what the football players at next month's super bowl are going to be wearing, which i do all the time, we'll show you. we got the clothes here. pretty exciting. what you wear to bed is your business. so, if you're sleeping in your contact lenses, ask about the air optix® contacts so breathable they're approved for up to 30 nights of continuous wear. serious eye problems may occur. ask your doctor and visit airoptix.com for safety information and a free one-month trial. at a company that's bringing media and technology together. next is every second of nbcuniversal's coverage 0f the 2014 olympic winter games. it's connecting over one million low-income americans to broadband internet at home. it's a place named one america's most vete

♪ imus in the morning >> we're going deeper and deeper and deeper into debt to china?he obamacare website is still anything, but secure. and some big named stocks will be moving big time today. good morning, everyone. we now owe china 1 trillion, 317 billion dollars, that's a record. so are the interest payments that will flow to them from us. they promised an obamacare security fix. they still have not delivered. that's what security professionals will tell congress today. you're info is not safe. on the corporate front, best buy sales down. the stock drops 20%. j.c. penney closes stores, lays off 2000. the politicized national labor relations board goes after wal-mart, no surprise there, but some amazon workers reject unionization. thursday, january the 16th, "varney & company" is about to begin. >> in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from 5 trillion dollars for the first 42 presidents, number 43 added 4 trillion dollars by his lonesome. so we now have over 9 trillion dollars of debt that we're going to have to pay back, $30,000 for every man, w

♪ imus in the morning ♪ >> be honest, it was a dud, a series of small measures, not much fire in thete of the union message. good morning, everyone. there's a whole lot of fire on wall street this morning and none of it good. look at this, futures pointing to a very big drop when the stock market opens today. what's the problem here? wall street's reacting to what's going on overseas and what the federal reserve might do over here. now, look at america's technology company, still plenty of excitement there. amazon breaking new ground, again. netflix expanding in europe. icahn buys more apple. and yahoo! marisa mayer's honor may be over. and the weather, kids sleeping overnight in schools and customers trapped in pharmacies, a big deal. here on "varney & company" we're looking for the return of prosperity and looking for leadership. oh, found it. look at this. >> tonight we can take pride in 25 straight months of economic growth, the strongest of 34 years, a 3 year inflation average of 3.9% lowest in 17 years, and 7.3 million new jobs with more of our citizens working than ever before

. >> reporter:for those not willing to shell out that kinda cash just yet, chip- emba sal-imu says l-e-d's are the most popular right now. >>- led gives you more efficiency, the build of the tv is actually slimmer so it looks a lot better than bulkier tvs, the lcds that we used to sell. >> reporter:whether led, lcd, or plasma, one thing's for sure - many customers are purchasing larger tv's. >>- get the best tv for them. go big or go home. >> reporter:reporting in emmeryville alecia reid kron 4 news. >> pam: coming up at 5:45. a child dies after compications from dental work. the mistakes the family is accusing the dentist of making. >> pam: but first -- why the u.s. supreme court has stopped same sex marriages in utah. >> pam: and a quick check on stocks. >> pam: the s-and-p 500 notched its worst start to a year. in almost a decade today. closing lower for the third safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to find big savings on the things you need. just make a straight line to safeway. your club card helps you keep your resolution to save money. now's a good time to pack your

♪ ♪ ♪ imus in the morning ♪ >> you can relax a little.t a full bounceback by stocks, but as of now, the manic selling has stopped. good morning, everyone. after the worst week in two years, the dow opens with a gain of maybe 30 points. nobody can tell you whether it holds through the day, but at the open of trading stocks will be up a little. watch google. it's extending its reach everywhere. today buying into artificial intelligence. >> that is machines that think for themselves. and we'll be watching the cruise industry. yeah, another pr disaster. hundreds down with gastrointestinal illness. i guess that's better than last week's cannibal rats. "varney & company" is about to begin. >> the deadline to raise the nation's debt limit next month and president obama will not negotiate. he wants a blank check. listen to what his top advisor told chris wallace yesterday. >> the american people should not hold congress ransom from doing their basic function, which is paying the bill. they have passed what is essentially a debt limit free of ideo

♪ imus in the morning ♪ >> good morning, everyone. look at this.flix brings in more than millions more subscribers, the stock is going up, $50 higher. and aetna may have to drop out and the entire document says that the entire industry is at risk. here comes the bailout. and iran goes to davos, the president rouhani says he's a moderate. this show starts now. >> the obama administration plays up the economic comeback, but the majority of you are not feeling it. in fact, the latest fox news poll shows 74% of voters still feel like it's a recession. it's important to note that is a value judgment, but it points up the contrast between what the administration is telling you, recovery, more jobs, more growth, and how it looks to you on the ground floor. still in recession. straight to obamacare, internal documents released by the administration reveal they knew just how deeply flawed obamacare was despite what they were telling us. here are some quotes from those documents. first, problems with the website put the entire health insurance industry at ri

♪ well, suzie, baby, we goofed again♪ ♪ wake up little susie ♪ we got to go home ♪ imus in the morningorning, everyone. christmas, new years, over. this is back to normal monday, the regular schedule returns. maybe not. there is a deep freeze about to grip much of the country and this big chill is anything, but normal. bus, travel, schools, they all take a hit. maybe on-line shopping gets another boost. then we have j.p. morgan forking out another 2 billion dollars. this time because it should have known what bernie madoff was up to. and bitcoin goes back above $1,000 as more companies sign up to use it. the latest, zynga, they are the phantom pig people. and kidney stones around the world and the market rally, yeah, we cover it. market's going up in a few minutes and "varney & company" rolling along for 2014. . [cheers] >> american technology drove the market in 2013 and here is the first full week of 14. and there's a chip that would bring pc like graphics to phones. next, apple buys snappy labs. the company that has snappy apps. it's adding camera functions to your smart phone. this

♪ imus in the morning ♪ >> day two of year five on "varney & company" starts now, good morning, everyone angry treasury department goes after the company that downgraded america's triple-a rating. bullying say some. target pushes its part-time workers in obamacare. an astonishing one in five households gets free food from the government and the guy who ran the bank bailout fund wants to be the republican governor of california. plus, a tech stock that's definitely not a winner today. yeah, this iere's a lot going od "varney & company" is about to begin. ...and the little room above the strip mall f roble avenue. ♪ this magic momt it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those o believed they had the power to do re. dell is honored to be part of some of the world'great stories. tt began much the same w ours did. in a little dorm ro -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪ >> the east coast waking up in the aftermath of another winter storm. more than a foot of snow falling in many areas, but please, look at this. temperatures, once again dropping like a rock. it's going to be cold.

>> he was on imus and -- >> wait, you were watching another show?l when he was playing football. but i didn't catch the part where the meat came from. >> we'll have to imagine. >> you never know where it comes from. >> good morning to you all, listen to this story, the nsa knows what you're up to and a little angry bird may be to blame for that. there are new documents that show that the agency used cell phone apps to access personal information. the nsa reportedly targeted the game angry birds, along with google maps to get information about people's sexual orientation and also marital status. the nsa says it doesn't profile everyday americans and their foreign intelligence missions. what do you think about that? >>> passengers told the leader -- the pilot of an american eagle flight telling people to head for the exits from their plane at chicago's o'hare airport. down went the emergency chutes and according to reports, the pilot thought he saw a fire on board that plane. the airline says the captain did the right thing by being cautious. >>> also

"imus in the morning" for the fed comes out with this survey at the top, loan officers, getting a littles. i find that hard to believe. having said that, they are in a position to make money continue to clean up their balance sheet and have a win/win situation if you get my drift. i hope the next time there is a problem, and they can bail them out. dennis: ideas no longer the exclusive realm of the swells. the rest of us can get an idea opening price. that is coming up. cheryl: new fraud claims and accusations the company is preying on california immigrants in the west coast minute. and the best record of the year, sunday's grammy. is that one company letting every day investors, gasoline prices head higher. malcolm to am japanese pitcher's new tax bill could have him rethinking the. dennis: nicole petallides, a lot of freddie cats out there. >> we have a few movers that are worth speaking about. it turns out because they're a good profits, stocks are up 2% and that is a winner and they raise their guidance going forward up 30% in the last 52 weeks. and china actual wheat accounts for a

big "imus in the morning" viewer in the morning. 3d printing comings to a can the aisle near you.rshey jumping on the 3d printing band wagon. joe says it is another reason he is interested in that sector. the marketing campaign everyone is talking about. the devil made me -- double baby. they have planned next. [ me announcer ] this is the story of the dusty basement at 06 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. ...and theittle room above the strip mall f rle avenue. ♪ this magic momt it is the sto of where every great idea begins. and of those o believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world'great stories. that began much the same w ours did. in a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪ there's nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with

"imus in the morning" when you introduced -- >> can i say something?ne, you can wear the head of it and concentrate and pbs documentary in which they used my performances to say can you imagine everybody can do this? can control the car by the way you think, it reached the point in years to come where we will tap into people's thinking, what they like, what they dislike and i am not sure this is going to be the way we would like to live as a society, that our thoughts will be open to machinery. stuart: already started. >> i worked for a lot of people, need people to work with and sunday on the air i will read his thoughts. charles: we know his thoughts. >> the things that are going to affect us, i didn't mention this earlier. i am reading the thoughts of audiences as i travel around world and the year ago 362 appearances around world, i want to tell you something. you have security in your homes, we have crime, break ins of homes, five times every minute. i got to tell you something. i predict you will realize the economical threat that this is involvi

♪ imus in the morning >> it is absolutely freezing cold and income inequality week gets started todaygood morning, everyone, now, the two are not connected, they're simultaneous headlines. the deep freeze, that is as bad and as extensive as forecast. airlines taking a hit and goldman sachs says the economy will, too. from the president obama, the political theater starts today. he kicks off his push to narrow the income gap, extended jobless benefits, a higher minimum wage and promise zones for inner cities, yeah, politics rules this week. but the samsung, ooh, a pr disaster. a hollywood star ruins their showcase pitch in vegas. so, sit back, watch your stocks rally and they will in a couple of minutes and "varney & company" is about to begin. [ cellphones beeping ] ♪ [ cellphone rings ] hello? [ male announcer ] over 12,000 financial advisors. good, good. good over $700 billion dollars in assets under care. let me just put this away. [ male announcer ] how did edward jones get so big? could you teach kids that trick? [ male announcer ] by not acting that way. ok, st quarter... [ male

of your jokes♪ ♪ my love, you didn't need to coax♪ ♪ oh, maggie, i couldn't have tried any more♪ ♪ imus oh, what a shocker. hardly any new jobs and more than 300,000 just walk away from the work force. good morning, everyone. catch your breath. nobody expected this. only 74,000 new jobs. the rate dropped to 6.7%. how did that happen? because 347,000 people dropped out of the work force. worse yet, the participation rate dropped to a new generational low. the market's not happy. the pre-report rally, it's faded. you've got to follow this thing minute by minute and we will. and then there's this. the day after the chris christie press conference. that story received 17 times the coverage than the irs scandal received in six months. watch out, sears, it's the gm of retailing and we are putting you on death watch. ♪ >> apple invades blackberry's turf. yeah, it's a big day and "varney & company" is about to begin. how is everything? there's nothing like being your own ss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotio

lori: some of the disappointing reports, goldman sachs, a industries, i got up early with don imus thissmorning, it was a blast but i am paying for it now. does that portend what could be a weaker earnings season for the quarter overall? >> it is going to be a weaker earnings season, i am seeing that across a variety of industries whether it is financial services or transportation, because of coal shipments goldman sachs, the retail industry, we need to remember earnings are backward looking. this happened at the end of last year and we have tremendous momentum building up for the economy going forward and a lot of optimism. retail sentiment a couple weeks ago retail sentiment measured by the aye aye aye aye survey was at a three year high and the market reversed. the market will do whatever -- we have been seeing this sentiment off to a degree, we see this pessimism buildup in the market, but a lot of the different tale winds whether the bank of japan money printing or interest rates breaking in the direction nobody set up for lower at this point in time, a lot of tailwind for a rally to conti

tracy: brian, goo to listen to imus i guess. thanks, sir. ashley: good reference. also at the mall. coming up new details about a program that allows retailers to monitor buying habits and what stores you shop at, tracy. tracy: fcc takes a bite out of apple. we'll tell you how the company changes its way it sells products to children. ashley: should general motors pay the back the taxpayer bailout before it starts paying dividends to stockholders? a panel debate. first as we do at this time of day, look how oil is trading. it is up today as you can see by about $1.80 at 94.39 this as crude inventories posted their steepest drop in more than a month last week. we'll be right back. mine was earned orbiti the moon in 1971. afghastan, in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's ened, usaa auto insuance is ofn handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former miliry members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an au insura