and she is so strong. >> i'm here to see monique jeffries. >> monique jeffries. >> yes, ma'am. >> innd out. i go through like most people i know hell and back. and just hoping that my mama can get out and share it with me. >> have you thought about what you want to talk to her about? >> money. i'm running low on it. i need $30. >> hey. look at you. >> did you cut your hair? >> huh-uh. >> look. >> you got nails. >> you see how long they are? >> they are. that means you ain't been nervous or angry. >> i miss you. you look beautiful. >> thank you. >> during the visit, alexis gets a cell phone call from monique's brother. >> oh, my god. tell my brother i miss him so much. >> your sister says she misses you so much. >> tell him to meet you to give you some money for me. tell him to give you $25 so you can give it to me. and don't take it, alexis. hello. >> i am listening, mama. >> tell him we don't have that much time. what'd he say? >> he said i'm going to give you some money. >> i want to be happy with her, not stressed about having to be locked up and having to have money on the books

jeffries. and then we will return to specifically the background check gun control debate issue with gregory cordy from "usa today." but first, a news update. >> more on the gun debate issue. federal authorities say the connecticut gunshot that legally sold weapons used in the newtown school shootings lost its federal firearms license after the december massacre. alcohol, tobacco, and firearms and explosives found hundreds of violations at riverview gun sale in east windsor, including selling firearms without background checks and leading a felon by ammunition. turning to the situation on the korean peninsula, a north korean agency called the committee for the peaceful reunification of the fatherland am in a statement released earlier, says the country has "powerful striking means" on standby for a launch them adding that it has entered coordinates for targets. but it is not explaining what it means. analysts don't leave north korea will stage an attack similar to the one that started the korea

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joining me at the table, hakeem jeffries, alicia reece, and mayor pedro segarra.lso we have david remote of salon.com. he is in connecticut this evening to tell us about john hickenlooper's somewhat amazing conversion on the issue of guns. david, i want to start with you. i think there's a sense in which the signing of the law in colorado was not at all a done deal. if you were betting on it, you would not have guessed about it. how did it come into play? >> look, the governor of colorado, first, had said at the beginning after the aurora shooting that he wasn't necessarily supportive of even having a discussion about gun control. and then over the course of eight months, his position kind of evolved, and his position kind of evolved because, i think, there was public outcry. there was constant reports about the consequences of gun violence in colorado on the front page of the newspaper, on the radio, on local television every day. and essentially, he read the fact that the population wanted something to get done. but that didn't necessarily guarantee it, as you e

>> denise jeffries runs a family business in queens, new york. a daycare center that her mother linda started 30 years ago to make sure she was properly looked after. >> i just worried all the time that my child wasn't getting what she needed. >> reporter: now at 32, denise is facing the same challenge, balancing her work while she and her husband bring up two young children. >> this is number two. >> that's number three. >> reporter: life at home is a flurry of homework, cooking dinner, and bedtime stories. >> it's absolutely not easy. but nothing worth having is easy. >> reporter: one voice in a debate raging about the cost of success, fueled by books like "lean in" and "the atlantic monthly" story entitled "why women still can't have it all." and a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows that almost two-thirds of men and women agree. when it comes to having a career and family, most women can't have it all without making a lot of sacrifices. among women 55 and older, 68% said having it all comes at a price. among 18 to 34-year-old women,

jeffries: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the representative from new jersey for making it clear that all children in this country deserves the opportunity to be part of a pipeline toward progress and prosperity, even though some unfortunately have been subjected to circumstances that often lead to a pipeline from the schoolhouse to the jail house. that's not how things should be anywhere in america, and that's why we believe a robust investment in education is the right way to go in this country. and this chart -- and i'm going to ask the distinguished gentleman from the silver state for his observations. what this chart illustrates, education pays. that if you invest in education, increase the level of degree attainment, what it does is it increases the capacity for americans to earn a better living. and so for example, for americans who have less than a high school diploma, their , erage weekly earning is $451 but someone with a high school diploma earns on average $638 per week. and someone with a bachelor

jeffries. four kid -- poor kids who are exceptional should be the norm, not the exception to the rule. they deserve the resources they need to be successful and that's what we, on behalf of the congressional black caucus, are bringing forward here today. and in order to fix what's wrong right now, we need to change the way we think about our schools. because it's not simply schools that teach our students, it's actually the entire community. it is the community effort. in 2011 78% of high school graduates from high-income families enrolled in college. the shares for middle and low-income families were 63% and 55% respectfully. we have to work to close this gap and open a pathway to college for all students. now, today we will hear from our colleagues who share with this need to invest in education. we'd like to talk about the particular issue that's affecting our black men and boys in education. we want to focus on the need to grow more science and math majors. we know we need to invest in pre-

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jeffries: thank you very much for your recognition, mr. speaker. under ordinary circumstances, i would stand before you today as a member of the congressional black caucus, where for the next 60 minutes the c.b.c. would speak directly to the american people about an issue of significance that the country is confronting. however, today, as a result of the extraordinary events that occurred a few hours ago in boston, massachusetts, there is no issue that is more significant than standing with the people who participated in the marathon, those runners and those observers and those first responders who were victimized earlier today. as president barack obama mentioned, this is a moment where we're not democrats or independents or republicans, we're americans. we're not blacks or whites, latinos or asians, we're one today and as representatives from 43 different congressional districts across the country, the c.b.c. would like simply to extend our thoughts and prayers to the family members of those who died earlier today. we want to extend our great sym

survivor of the tucson arizona shooting witness yesterday's defeat of the gun control bill in our dean jeffries who sixteen year old daughter bushnell was one of four teens killed in a drive by shooting here. in washington d.c. . attrition or dean thank you so much for being with us tonight thank you for having us appreciate it patricia the clip we showed you had shame on you. joe biden responding to it that was you speaking it was what provoked it. if people provoked it and we had gotten up to leave because we didn't want to hear any more and if we were walking out i just it went from sadness to madness and it made me so angry that i just decided i could not. let this opportunity with them milling around like the world goes on for them in their safe. places in the senate and in the house where you have to pass a background check and are passed a security check after security check to get in and they're just down there calmly chit chatting with each other and i decided i could no longer take it i needed to let them know that they were soulless and that they had shame. and if they do and they di

keep in mind that roche reports first quarter sales tomorrow morning and analysts at jeffries expectease in first quarter sales. jeffries including price targets for a number of european and global pharma companies raising price target from 230 to 250 and it has rose the target for novartis. growth will be fueled by the oncology franchise. and strengthening dollar will help. roche is facing a benign patent. shares are slightly underperforming today. credit suisse up by 3%. back over to you. >> all right. thanks for that. catch you later. a meeting yesterday between center left and center right has raised hopes that a deal could be reached and italy could form a government more than 40 days after the election. according to the spokesperson, the two leaders only spoke about the issue of choosing a new president. the tenure ends on may 15th and formal process to elect his successor begins on april 18th. two parties didn't discuss names but agreed on criteria for someone they both trust to take them out of the political deadlock. >>> brazilian prime minister admitted that her country's b

let's bring in brian pitt analyst at jeffries. he is predicting a gain. >> thank you for having us. >> what's the main gist of the linkedin story? you cite different content which could add to ad inventory. are these tangible factors that could be put onto a model? >> they are. the company rolled down linkedin today, endorsements and a new search experience which proved to be a very good driver of engagement. when you've got a higher engaged consumer on the site, you have more usage and the ad dollars go up. when you capture people, the fly wheel starts to move and you could drive people to talent solutions, as well as some of the sales-related products, sales navigator the company is starting to push. get people on the site, get them engaged and start to monetize them with the big money premium packages. >> what historically as far as you have measured engagements. what's the relationship between engagement time on the site and actual translation into subscriptions or revenues? >> generally, when engagement increases, advertisers

. >> there's not any news out but jeffries put a good note about how they're getting better pricing. the european market is improved. i think the stock market is interesting. >> simon? netfl netflix. >> sharon put a bid in for hulu and recent competition and still questions on the distribution with the "house of cards" but, hey, 5%. some people are taking profit. >> biggest year to date winners. time warner cable. josh? >> this thing is trying to fill a gap. dropped down to 85 but had trouble at 100 twice before in the recent past. i don't think you want to be long listing unless they break above. that's resistance. the dividend has not been special. >> weiss, lousy year for cliffs. >> it has been. they came out and said it could be take yoer. i'm tired of hearing that. 52-week low, i would sell it, i wouldn't own it. >>> coming up, onner forget dumb money. we have the results of a survey of retail investor use won't see anywhere else and new names in the smart trades. >>> late, is best buy the best short? shares are up more than 100% this year but one of our traders says it has noth

it might miss its quarter according to jeffries. that is not good. metrics show a precipitous drop year-over-year in growth and spending. high digits last year. that is not good news. when you talk about a big financial giant like this one maybe missing the quarter, terrible, to even have an analyst insinuate something like that. on a day where we started to see everything come back a little bit american press remains to the downside, down a buck 43. that is not good news there. talk about the banking index, over the last three months, with the stock, it is outperformed the banking index and certainly vulnerable to the bad news. that's why you're seeing a down arrow. meantime john and susan comb man breast cancer awareness behind me. a lot of action here on the floor. david: nicole, have a wonderful weekend. thank you very much. s&p futures are closing in 15 seconds from now. let's go right back to larry shover at the pits of the cme. larry, i see a lot of guys hanging around there. what are the signs for monday? >> i think you will see a lot more ha

but first, jim jeffries is an australian comedian who is quietly taking the u.s. by storm.ries "legit." we go to beso in hollywood for tonight's interview. ♪ >> carson: for those who follow your career, like i do, i'm a big fan, and you've gone from like just this sort dark texture of comedy of drugs and alcohol and hookers. and now, there's this great show on fx and you're a father. >> i'm a father, yeah. i met my girlfriend on the pilot, she played the prostitute. >> carson: you're kidding me? >> no, no, the girl who's the hooker, kate -- >> carson: that's the mother of your -- she's beautiful. >> that's the mother of my child. yeah, she's lovely looking, you know. >> carson: oh, hot damn, jim. that's fantastic. >> when they look that good, you leave it in. [ laughs ] ♪ >> i'm 32 years old and i've never been laid. >> right. >> how could i, man? >> yeah. i -- never thought of that.

along with howard from jeffries. gentlemen, good to see you. 30 seconds on the clock.ould i be prepared for tomorrow. >> three things. first the china pmi will come out overnight. very, very important given a lot of the weakness we have seen in china over the last few weeks. behind that we have coach, which wedbush has previewed negatively. and finally i would say tell bob the industrials are not nerdy. they are very important when we get economically sensitive predictors. >> that's really going to set the tone. howard? >> you're going to see that out of lock heed. the information businesses will be challenged but the longer term business, the fighter and missile business will be very strong. we will continue to hear foreign military sales opportunities. buy rated stock for us. you will find they will continue to be able to integrate very well. i thinkover a overall they will just fine. >> you said it's not nerdy about the industrials. are you expecting them to show that it's a global slow down? >> oh yeah. caterpillar rallied but at the end of the day there is not muc

jeffries upgraded home depot to buy from hold. it expects strong sales gains.e depot is up this morning. toyota up 4% yesterday, despite the big air bag recall. and down 12 cents. this is what a lower yen does for you. you can export more cars to america. toyota at 112. now, look at this, please, the dow is only off 20 points. we were down 45. now we're down 20. and that means we are 145, what. charles: 55. stuart: thank you very much. we're close to 15. and time is money, 60 seconds worth of what else we've got for you starting with this. were we premature to put the personal computer on death watch? clayton morris weighs. death or dying on the pc. stuart: a woman whose company has found away to find a medical device tax. regenerative medicine. it's fascinating stuff and we're talking about it and she's with us. the irs responds to our report that it could read your e-mails and text messages. let's just say the agency's response is less than a full denial. the full story at 10:45 for you. we always thought that owning a home is the american dream, but no, our

board, lowering their targets, so it was down graded at mcquirery from neutral to out perform and jeffries april 12th, credit suisse set a price target of 110 from 123 which still seems like a rich, but they're more optimistic than the rest. >> i know our viewers can see that on the little bug on the right-hand side of the screen. yeah, we're down 102 points for the dow jones industrial average. as we said earlier, it's a down day all across the board. oil down to 87 and the dow is down and price of gold is retreating further from $1400 an ounce. is it a global slowdown? is it the failure of money printing to create an upswing in the stock market? maybe all of the above? but we are having a down day right now. and i got a new report for you. it's going to get you fired up. td ameritrade says the average investor is still on the sidelines. missed the rally and missed the selloff. did not cash in. that's a big deal. the little guy is sitting this thing out and still doesn't trust wall street and that's a very big deal. we'll cover it for you at ten o'clock this morning. i've got your 7 early

jeffries came out with analyst call to raise the company to a buy from a hold.n't seem particularly worried about the cold weather we've been seeing. they have a bullish view for sales near term and intermediate term. we're talking about the spring selling season. this is big-time from retailers home depot and lowe's. a new all-time high for home depot. back to you. lori: thank you, ma'am. melissa: let's get back to lauren simonetti at the courthouse this morning. lauren? >> the state supreme court behind me a judge ruling that jcpenney can sell some of these items designed by martha stewart for jcpenney under the jcp everyday label. you would imagine that j.c. penney's stock would surge on news like this but it is much the opposite. this win for jcpenney not showing much of a reaction in the positive on wall street. one. issues we have to talk about right now is something that the judge said, that macy's failed to prove that j.c. penny, selling jcp every day would harm them. if you know what, look how macy's has done over the past 52 weeks. if you compare macy'

the gap, jeffries, they continue to view the stock as a top pick. buy rating there. tote $56, up from $51 so at $36.75, upside potential for that one. j.c. penney, the problem story here of the day and of the last year, we really should elaborate, but they continue to deteriorate further. they have a $15 price target. c.e.o. replacement reflects urge ents situation ard koing to the u.b.s. saying that they even reduce further their estimates. they reiterate the sell rating. they have a $10 price target so $14.10. they're saying sell it because we think it's going to 10 and now there's talk about even j.c. penney putting itself up for sale on wall street so you're hearing those rumors as well. they brought in the prior c.e.o. and that in itself doesn't seem like a cure-all for you will. cheryl: and michael francis left j.c. penney, by the way. another executive left that company to go to gap who just got a positive briefing. there you go. thank you very much. like a soap opera. dennis: it is. and it's time to make money with charles payne. he's looking at a kind of cli

jeffries said shareholders could look forward to a return to e he ps growth and is stronger cash flow. they've placed a buy on the stock. tesco stock up at 0.9%. >>> u.p.s. is appealing a decision to block its merger with tnt express. it says the appeal so to make sure there's no precedent to block its acquisitions. >>> mitsubishi ufj is in financial talk toes buy commercial property loans assets from deutsche bank. the report suggested the acquisition was around $3.7 billion, would be made by a ufj u.s. subsidiary union bank. >>> and a nice one for the -- section, city roads trader nick gleason is joining ireland's gdp partnership. he's developed an infamous reputation. now he's effectively his own consultancy practitioner. in a statement, leeson said his experiences make him the right man for the job. get more on that story at cnbc.com. >>> still to come, russia's putin arrives in the netherlands with the aim of striking oil exploration deals. will warmer ties impact the european markets? we'll talk about it when we come back. [ male announcer ] let's say you pay your guy around 2%

. >> jeffries says best buy numbers may be too low?going higher. >> you call unp remarkable. >> you want to contrast that with csx? michael ward is a great railroad man but union pacific is in the right place. >> holly frontier. >> i don't care for refiners as much as drillers. >> we already know indra nooyi on "mad money" tonight. >> technology companies come in all shapes and sizes. rich kinder is the game changer. talking about one of the largest pipelines in the country. >> that's quite a trio. >> thank you. i worked hard for that. >> we do have taminco and intelsat open. none of them are setting the world on fire. neither is this bounceback we thought we would get at the open. >> no. it is frankly -- no. not good at all. the s&p's turning. apple's now $399. take it for what it is. financials, bank of america down another 2.5% after a 5% loss yesterday. yeah, i'd say it's not doing too good. >> little disappointing pepsico doesn't have legs, union pacific doesn't have legs. ppg doesn't have legs. >> jim, we'll see you tonight. >> t

jeffries is right to raise the price target. >> this is incredible!ay! they be giving money away! acres of diamonds. >> what's coming up tonight on "mad". >> you know shark tank. one of my absolute best brand managers. i'll ask him can apple get their mojo back? i don't know. >> 6:00 to 11:00 tonight. >> i'm looking forward to halftime. >> we got a great show today. we got a great stock picker on. andrew wellington. don't miss that. >>> simon hobbs with a look aswhat's coa at what's coming up in the next hour? >> an interview with the ceo of eli lilly. david faber will be talking to liberty media's ceo on the new sirius xm chairman, greg maffei. and rick sherlund. this is cnbc "squawk on the street" on a thursday morning. stay with us. ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ [ female announcer ] each one of us is our own boss. ♪ and no matter where you are in life, ask your financial professional how lincoln financial can help you take charge of your future. ♪ ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and with t