where there's a few planets there's a lot more to be found. >> reporter: meteorologist jeff smith, eyewitness that i'm all that excited about it. >> are you nervous? >> i saw the remake of "independence day." >> maybe e.t. will bring back reese's pieces. >> there is an upside. >> that's what's making must in america this morning. >> stick around for "gma." >> good morning, it is 4:30 a.m., thursday, february 23. >> we're following breaking news, a shooting in a philadelphia neighborhood sends three people to the hospital. >> the trump administration federal protection for transgender students, when it comes to uses bathrooms in schools, philadelphia school district responds. >>> sitting in a pair of slacks, sits a powerball ticket worth $430 million. >> i guess whoever has tha

at our launch event today, we had jeff smith, the cio of ibm. e vehicle to establish a great the kind of cultural change that executives want to see other companies. as often thinks of a cio enabling technology. jeff is a good example of somebody who is opinionated, who has a point of view, who has a mission to drive agility. we have talked to dozens of people, has of i.t., cio's, other executives, managers. literally, thousands of individual users in shaping this product. caroline: competition is fierce. a lot of startups are focusing on the opportunity. we just had an event here from dropbox. is it microsoft, google that are the big challenge, is it the startups? are you collaborative? >> we try to take a collaborative approach. the regard ourselves as having very few direct competitors. the number of software product categories has proliferated like crazy. we have specialty software for recruiting, for finance, for i.t. for sales. we will never be able to compete and create products that work in all of those functions. instead, we provide a co

but guys like jeff smith of starboard and jesse didn't get that memo.hey were very actist last year. as some of the most active years ever and they did very well in their activism. >> maybe some of the largest investors looking at putting extremely large amounts of money to work, a point i guess both of you are making it's a risk off environment for some period of time. >> i mean, if you look at the market now, a lot of companies feel emboldened, maybe they will wait for tax reform to do so but they feel emboldened to do things like m&a, stock buy back, tax repatriation coming back into the tax reform bill. those are things that activists look for and they want to take stakes now in advance of th happening to feel better down the road. >> one other thing i would mention is, you know, valeant, people underestimate the effect that valeant had on them. it was a bad advertisement for six months on activism in general and a lot of people that invested on the fringes are -- fled for a short time and now people realize, you know what, that wasn't the end of ac

jeff smith, who runs star board, the activist fund you may remember from the battles taking place at hoo! he'll step on to the board along with two other members. including, did you see jeff kinler, former ceo of pfizer, he'll be on the board. they have plenty ahead to figure out at perrigo. >> oh, my, yes. >> they want to evaluate the generics business. they have work to do in the european business. they made the omega deal that didn't go well. they have to figure out a lot of things at perrigo. the hope is, at least on the part of mr. smith, of course, that being on the board will help them do that with management. don't forget, they changed ce,oceos. joe papa fought off mylan. don't take the $75 and 2.1 shares and he goes. that brings them together. other than allergan, they're not stocks you would have ever wanted to own. >> now up 40 points. kind of a jamie diamond buy, i might say. >> let's get to the bond pits now. rick santelli joins us from chicago. >> if you were to look at ten-year rates or any treasury rates before midnight or slightly thereafter outside of our trading tim

and jeff sessions and bill smith. sessions is clearly the most qualified nominee we have ever had. i think served as an assistant united states attorney, united states attorney, state attorney general and four terms on the state judiciary. great appointment. i don't know the deputy general. if he stands up to the team of rivals, rick perry was a rival. some people are not in but if he stands up the team i will be p happy enough. i am going to hope he gets reelected if it is against cory booker or you know the most tale talented person they is is chris murphy from connecticut. i think he is their likely nominee. harris from california. >> yup. talented. >> she is very talented. she is very talented and very smart. >> if you have had hard lefty who will take the courts in a different direction versus a president you are still uneasy with maybe they will convert you. >> i always thought conservative did best when making an intel c intellectual or emotional argument. do you put trump in either of those categories? >> trump

we will have jeff immelt, fred smith and tim cook. that's straight ahead.ts from coca-cola and twitter expected in the next hour. we'll get you ready, tell you what to expect. and the northeast bracing for thunder snow. thousands of flights already canceled, schools are closed in new york city and other places. an up to the-minute forecast is coming up. it's thursday, february 9, 2017, "squawk box" begins right now. >>> live from new york where business never sleeps, this is "squawk box." >>> good morning, welcome to "squawk box," i'll melissa lee along with michelle caruso-cabrera, along with steve liesman. tomorrow we have becky live from the links of pebble beach. the nasdaq after posting yet another record high in yesterday's session looking to add one point at open. the dow and s&p looking to open slightly higher. looking at the action overnight in asia, we will see

americans from south carolina going to be dynamic and i think jeff sessions may dish worked for two attorney generals, ed meese and bill smith jeff sessions this most qualified nominee that we have ever had having serve as an assistant attorney, state attorney general and four tomorrows in senate. >> host: right. >> guest: great a opinionment. don't know the -- i don't know the dep attorney general. if he stands this administration to -- not -- rick perry was a rival. haven't seen bobby jindal on any list. but if he stands up on the ateam i'll be happy and you will come around and say, got his quirks but i'm going heap he gets reelected if it's against cory booker or the most talented person is chris murphy from connecticut. a like lie nominee. kamala harris from california. very talented won. year -- obama did it so they can do it because she is very talented and smart. so if you have a hard lefty that will take the country in the opposite direction versus president you are still uneasy with, man maybe they'll convert you. >> host: i love books who elsewhere with who we are as movement and party and i always thought that co

by the way i think jeff sessions, i worked for attorney general ed meese and bill smith. jeff sessions escorting the most qualified nominee that we've ever had having served as an assistant united states attorney, united states attorney, estates attorney attoy joseph orchard innocent on the judiciary. great appointment. i don't know the sg yet, solicitor general. associate attorney general, deputy, i know the rumors. if he stands up this team of rivals, i mean rick perry was arrival. i haven't seen bobby kindle on any list yet and some people are not into expected to be in. but he he stands up the a-team, i expect he will come around and say got his quirks but i'm quite hope he gets reelected if it's up against cory booker or the most talented person that right now is probably chris murphy from connecticut. i think he's a likely nominee. kamala harris from california, she's very talented. only two years, four years. obama didn't so maybe kemal harris can do it, too. she's she's very talented and smart. so if you have a hard left that will take the courts and the country in

smith. >> i'm listening for it waiting and dying see are you kidding the only summertime song for philly is summertime, scott, d.j. jazzy jeffh. >> summer madness that's the hook they took from summer madness. incredible. great song and throw back♪ as a matter of fact i was reading something 20 something years ago that will smith and jazzy jeff won the grammys in '9 i think it was. >> really, that's cool. >> little throw back there. >> history from shawnette wilson. shawn. >> shocking news number one overall pick ben simmonds will not play at all this season. whoa hear from the team president brian colango on why. first the winning lottery president brian colango on why. first the winning lottery numbers. mom, i just saved a lot of money on my car insurance by switching to geico. i should take a closer look at geico... you know, geico can help you save money on your homeowners insurance too? great! geico can help insure our mountain chalet! how long have we been sawing this log? um, one hundred and fourteen years. man i thought my arm would be a lot more jacked by now. i'm not even sure this is real wood. there's no butter i

jeff sessions. the. we are not talking about someone that doesn't appreciate the weight and the importance of civil rights in this nation. william smith who was hired as the first african-american chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee by jeff sessions,re, trendsetter. he is a man that cared for me and looked out for me and had my best interest in mind and for anybody that says anything different, simply doesn't know jeff sessions. one last statement because this is an important one for my perspective. i mentioned earlier that there was a case against a couple where jeff sessions was the prosecutor and the turners were being prosecutors. this is from albert turner junior the son of the two defendants in this case. they speak out with senator sessions personally. first let me be clear we disagree on some issues. however, despite our politicaltn differences, the senator and i share certain values including the love of our state, the people and the country. beginning with the voter fraud case in which my parents were ad descendents in the policy and ideology with then do not translate to personal malice he is not a racist, as i

jeff. intense situation right now where people spent the day watching rising creeks. christy smith is live with more on that. >> reporter: good evening. we were told that actually the heaviest part of the storm here was sometime around 2:00 this afternoon and i want to show you what people are saying is that those steps there that you see were actually covered with water here at the creek, this is what it's looking like right now. the sheriff's department was patrolling many businesses here were closed some open but this storm hit hard and fast. heavy rains pounded mill valley this morning sending a 60 foot tree crashing into a garage. blocking access on south morning sun. >> i imagine until the storm blows through it's going to be quite active, power lines and trees. >> reporter: many school districts cancelled classes. creeks rose sand bags lined driveways and deputies checked on residents as the high tide brought flood waters. >> so that's why we came out to see how bad it was. >> reporter: as water receded some said it was worse earlier in the week, still resident clark french

jeff pierce explains. police are police are investigating the suspicious death of a man after officers found his body at a pleasant hill park. it happened at around seven this morning at roger smithark on grayson road. when officers arrived they found the victim in a field at the park and realized he was dead. the victim has not been identified. no details on how he died have been released. officers urging anyone with information in this case to call them. a san jose man was arrested in connections with his wife's death. officers responded to reports of a body at a home on coyne court near the san jose municipal golf course. it happened just before nine this morning. police say they found a woman who was unconscious and not breathing. she was identified as 40 year-old leann watson chadhar... she was pronounced dead at the scene. the death has been ruled a homicide. her husband--27 year-old sajawal chadhar-- was arrested in connection with the crime and is being held at the santa clara main jail without bail. he is set to appear in court on monday. this is san jose's fifth homicide of the year. coming up at eight. at least 25 people have been left homeless after a fire ripped thro

smith. thank you, lamar, very much. i appreciate it. joni ernst has been a terrific, terrific senator, very talented woman -- [inaudible conversations] >> mr. president, thank you. >> military person. and jeff fisher, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we also have senator barrasso e and senator boozman, joni, we said hello, heidi heitkamp. thank you, heidi. senator jim inhofe, senator pat roberts, senator dan sullivan, representative bob gibbs and representative lamar smith. we really appreciate you being here. and, of course, we have our new sba director, linda mcmahon -- [applause] we have a lot of very talent talented -- udible] today i'm signing two bills to promote women leading and entering the s.t.e.m. fields, science, technology, engineering and math. currently, only one in four women who gets a s.t.e.m. degree is working in a s.t.e.m. job which is not fair, and it's not even smart for the people that aren't taking advantage of it. it's unacceptable that we have so many american women who have these degrees but yet are not being employed in these fields. so i think that's going to change, and it's going to change very rapidly. protecting women with s.t.e.m. degrees and all ameri

william smith who was hired as the first african-american republican chief council to the senate judiciary committee by jeff sessions, trend setter. jeff sessions is a man who cared for me, who looked out for me, who had my best interests in mind. so anybody who says anything different simply doesn't know jeff sessions. one last statement because this is an important one from my perspective. so i mentioned earlier that there was a case against a couple, the turner couple, where jeff sessions was the prosecut prosecutor. and the turners were being prosecuted for some voting -- voter rights issues. this -- interestingly enough, what you don't hear in the news, by the way, the case was brought by other african -- other african-americans in alabama against an african-american couple, the turners. this is from albert turner, jr., the son of the two defendants in that case. while i respect the deeply held positions of other civil rights advocates who oppose senator sessions, i believe it is important for me to speak out with regard to senator sessions' personally -- senator sessions personally. first, let me be c