it's why joe paterno got fired. >> that was not even the allegation. >> joe paterno knew sandusky wasehaving utterly inappropriately towards these young boys over a long period of time. >> if that was true -- >> it was a disgraceful dereliction of joe paterno's duties. >> can you explain why he testified the way he did or allowed mike mcqueary to testify? >> let me bring in somebody else who knows all about this. cnn correspondent sarah gannon who won a pulitzer prize for covering this story. you heard this interview i've been trying to conduct here. what is your take on what my guest has been saying? >> you know, piers, here's the deal. i sat through that trial every single day. i listened to all those men, including mike mcqueary, testify, and at the end of the day, the jury believed them. every single one of them, including mike mcqueary. he believed he saw something inappropriate in that shower. they convicted him -- >> she won a pulitzer prize. let her finish. >> she got a pulitzer prize for repeating -- >> let her finish what she wants to say. [ speaking simultaneously ] >> sara

joe biden isn't.able, i think, to engage on a personal level with leaders internally, dmesly and overse overseas. actually, he has learned an enormous amount through his career, and i think that's a tremendous reflection on him, but i don't think it necessarily should be used to critique someone who is that much younger. obviously one-term senator himself, the president. not as experienced in those terms in d.c. >> i'm not using it as a sort of weapon to criticize the president, but i do think it is -- it's pronounced his power in the white house. not just because of sort of the outreach and the marketing and the branding for the obama administration, but also because he gets it done. i mean, this is the closer. this is the guy that negotiated us off the fiscal cliff. >> yeah, that's important shift, though. remember, at the beginning of the first term there was all this anxiety about not having biden overshadow the president, in part, because of their age difference and experience difference, and now

welcome to "morning joe."ith us on set, we have national affairs editor for "new york" magazine and msnbc political analyst, john heilemann. the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. and in washington, pulitzer prize-winning editor and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. very good day to have you on, eugene, given you were the editor as well. >> it's also important to have gene here to give us some weather. >> right. >> did you have to get your snow dogs and sled to get into the bureau? >> yes, i cross-country skied in. actually, you know, it's snowing. and right now this is technically classified as a regular snowstorm. however, it's going to get worse, and we're going to have a lot of snow later. >> thank you, gene. okay. >> we play hurt. we do what we need to do. >> yeah, at that point, mika, that's really when you miss great leaders because, of course, a great leader, hugo chavez, passed last night. when that snow comes, that's when you miss great leaders like marion barry run

what would joe mccarthy do with a witness like ted cruz if joe mccarthy asked him is so and so someoneanswer was i am not going to engage in the back and forth and the attacks. that actually was, word for word, ted cruz's answer to is mccarthy someone you admire. i'm not going to engage in the back and forth and the attacks. ted cruz could not bring himself to say no, i do not admire senator joe mccarthy. here is what the world knows about senator joe mccarthy. he was a lying alcoholic who was censured by the senate in 1954 and drank himself to death three years later at the age of 48. that's the guy. ted cruz, maybe add meyers or maybe doesn't. the senate censure resolution against joe mccarthy actually used the word condemned instead of censure. censure didn't feel like a strong enough word to them. that's how bad a senator joe mccarthy was. the vote to condemn joe mccarthy was a bipartisan vote, 67-22. half of mccarthy's republican colleagues voted to condemn him. and ted cruz is not willing to say whether joe mccarthy is someone he admires, and he won't say that, because ted cruz w

let's go probb, let's go joe d. let's go prop b, let's go joe d. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> all right, is there high-energy today? fantastic. a couple of other colleagues, peers in the city family, tom, who is our arts commission executive director. thank you for joining us. we have a partnership in the arts commission that every new building has public art. i don't know if our artist for north beach is here, bill fontana, we're excited about his work and the opportunity to have beautiful art as part of the project. so bill, thank you. also, we talked about how important access is to our neighborhood libraries and today we have our acting director in the mayor's office of disability, carla johnson. carla. thank you for joining us. thank you for being here today. [ applause ] our next supervisor who also does not need much of an introduction because he is at every single library opening. a terrific staunch supporter and advocate for public libraries supervisor scott wiener. thank you for joining us [ applause ] . >> thank you, luis and congratulations on this great day moving for

you can stand for joe. stand for joe! give it up for joe biden! applause ] joe's a hard working vice president. you know, and he told me when he agreed -- when i asked him to be vice president, he said, well, i don't want to just be sitting around. i said, i promise you, i won't let you just sit around. and he's not. he's played a key role in forging the gun safety reforms that i talked about, largely by working closely with survivors of gun violence and their families. he forged the violence against women act 20 years ago. never forgetting who it was all about. [ applause ] so, on behalf of everybody here and all of the lives that you have had a positive impact and touched through the violence against women act, the survivors who are alive today because of this law, the women no longer hiding in fear because of this law, the girls growing up aware of their right to be free of abuse because of this law, on behalf of them and all their families, i want to thank joe biden for making this one of the causes of his career. [ applause ] proud of you. no

here she is. >> thank you very much, joe. ordinarily i wouldn't mind hearing joe marshal say some nice things that are on this piece of paper but the fact is we've come to hear from all of you. it's an honor to be here at the omega boy's club. it started right about the time i went to congress, about 26 years ago, over 25 years ago. joe marshal is way up there on mount olympus, one of the gods, one of the real people who does the most important work, help young people reach their aspirations, their fulfillment to reduce the violence in the communities in which they live. so joe marshal, thank you for your on-going and well recognized nationally and locally and every way globally, really, for the effectiveness of your leadership. thank you, joe marshal, for your hospitality and for your friendship and most of all for your leadership for america's children. just a few weeks ago and actually one week ago, the president took his and all of us who are engaged in any aspect of public life take an oath to protect and defend. protect

that gop bill slated to hit the house floor this thursday. >>> last night, "morning joe" anchor joe scarborough went head to head with economist paul krugman for an-hour. the two debated the u.s. economy. they hit everything from entitlement reform to the urgency of paying down the debt, they address the cutting government spending and whether or not congress can focus on more than one thing at a time. >> as bob rubin said, you never know when a bond crisis will come. it's not like we'll get a warning. you'll wake up one day and suddenly there's a crisis. when is that going to happen? i don't know. >> all kinds of things can happen. >> what do you mean all kinds of things? paul, again, you've been predicting this for 20 years. that's such a tired argument, to search for quotes i said in stuff once upon a time. >> once upon a time? you said this for 15 years, then woke up one day and said i was wrong. you said we needed to create a housing bubble to replace a nasdaq bubble. >> you know i was joking when i said that. >> you were joking? >> this is so disa poinppoindis? >> i'm quoting back what yo

i'm joe kernen.w is on assignment and becky quick has made her way to la vista, nebraska, where she is speaking with one of, it says here, like maybe the greatest, i think, but we'll call him one of the greatest investors of our time, warren buffett. we'll get to here in just a minute. first a check on the futures which have been meandering around. they've improved a little. they're down more than 50. now down 38 or so. here are your morning headlines. at least chosen for this batch. a new survey of economists say the u.s. budget deficit needs to be cut. but indiscriminate spending cuts are not the way to do it. the national association for business economics says more than 70% of its members are against the so-called sequester cuts that began taking hold on friday. and las vegas sands is lashing out at what it calls indiscriminate and misleading reports. it's calling out "the new york times." in particular, for a headline that said, casino companies -- company says that it likely cheated the story s

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david, you wake up -- you wake up and watch "morning joe." >> i tevo "morning joe," i watch it every. you sort of see the difference between edward r. morrow and me. >> okay, you know a lot of people confuse the two of you. thank god it's directed in such a way. for people that didn't watch the last time you were on, you are obviously a great comedian yourself and also a director and have been through the years for curve, one of our favorites, "seinfeld" through the years. let me ask you. what do you enjoy more? >> well, you know, i -- i'm only in comedy all the time. >> right. >> and that's an enjoyable thing to do. because you're dealing with humor, you're dealing with laughter. so directing is like that. so it's great fun, you know? i boss larry david around. he does everything i say. >> i hear that's the case. when is the next "curb" season coming? i don't know. whenever he calls me up and says okay. he kind of goes at his own pace. >> i can review some shows have been written already. but that doesn't mean anything. >> it doesn't mean anything. this has got to be really a lot fu

welcome to "morning joe."h us on the set we have msnbc contributor and "morning joe" pope mike barnicle. mans analyst and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman, harold ford jr. in washington, nbc news capitol hill correspondent is with us, kelly o'donnell. >> look at this. >> yes, we have a full report on that coming up. >> what is the story here? >> the story is the beverage industry is making sure that they have deep roots in certain communities so that their brand still sells. >> what do you mean? like with yankee fans? what? >> i think they want to make sure they win the soda wars. the sad thing is, ultimately, they won't, but it will be a long process to get this nation on a healthy track. >> i'm rooting for you. i hope it goes well. what are we looking at today? >> we have a lot. that story is coming up. >>> big show today. you know, mayor bloomberg is going to be on a little bit later. >> wow. >> we can ask him about all this. also he has a big announce want and some special guests. >

but you're right, joe.ually, if it was a business, we'd be doing the opposite of what we should be. taking money from what would be investment where you're actually going to make the investments that are going to allow to you grow. whether it be infrastructure or in so many different areas. and instead choosing not to go down the road where there is real opportunity to make those cuts. it goes back to just the overall dysfunction i think when i speak to so many members of the business community, and they look at washington. the reaction has not been that negative in the stock market. certainly not the case. and even in the business community to the sequester, but nonetheless, it's the overarching theme of can't they get anything done? we still don't have an energy policy. we still don't have an immigration policy. we still are making the wrong decisions. >> you're exactly right. and leigh, what's happening is the opposite of what businesses would do. they are cutting r&d. they are cutting future investments

(joe lewis) i was supposed to shoot that and had a four-day schedule. we shot it in about three hours. and far better i'm sure than what was in the script with the interior of the bank and the people laying down and the guy's holding their hands up and all that. we left it to the audience's imagination and suggestion. (ringing of alarm) take off. all right. i told you to stay in the car. (joe lewis) the shot was so real, people on the street yelled, "they held up the bank!" and we kept on going, photographing as we went. the shot took two miles. two miles and without a cut. (paul arthur) a large portion of hollywood's technical community learned documentary technique working either within the u.s., or for various branches of the armed forces and so they were more schooled in how to shoot in a more raw, less studio-bound, less stylized fashion. and i also think the experience of the american public with documentaries during the war led to a greater acceptance of semi-documentary realism in fiction films. shooting on location, it's a must for film noir be

[applause] that is right, you can stand for joe. stand for joe. give it up for joe biden. [cheers and applause] joe is a hard-working vice president. he said i do not want to just be sitting around. i said, i promise you, i will not let you just be sitting around. he has played a key role in forging the gun-safety reforms by working with survivors of gun violence and their families. he forged the violence against women act 20 years ago, never forgetting who it was about. [applause] so on behalf of all you here and all that you who have had a positive impact to the violence against women act, the survivors who are alive today because of this law, the women who are no longer hiding in fear because of this law, the girls who are growing up aware of their right to be free from abuse because of this law, on behalf of them and all their families, i want to thank joe biden for making this one of the causes of his career. [applause] as joe said earlier, we have come a long way. back when joe wrote this law, domestic abuse was too often seen as a private matter, best hidden behind

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anyway, they couldn't ask joe. to shed light on his ex-landlady's disappearance. still playing amateur sleuth, brittany's family now asks the obvious question, was there anyone here in st. augustine who might want to harm brittany? and the answer was a resounding yes. friends like joanna simmons told how at the serenata beach club, in the days before she disappeared, brittany seemed terrified. >> i saw her one day leaving the hot tub area to go into the pool. she had this look of absolute terror on her face. >> why brittany was terrified began with a very weird story. a neighbor she had gotten to know, this woman. her name is ann lydon. >> everybody knew brittany. if she stopped you, you'd want to chat and get into your life. >> you couldn't get away from her for a while? >> no. she was a busybody. >> if ann doesn't speak very kindly of brittany now, you have to understand it was different at the beginning. they were friendly enough to become partners in a dog breeding venture. >> she wanted to breed huey with one

>> thank you, joe. what needs to be done and developing a priorities list, sort of an inventory what we need to do first. my priority is in conjunction with the mayor who has promised me to be a great partner, try to deliver services to the citizens and examine the obvious issues have to do with debt service and employ and retiree benefits. >> reverend al sharpton here. >> governor, i think no one can defend what the condition of detroit is in, but how do you deal with the fact the customers, as customer calls them, feel disenfranchised? you made a unilateral decision, elected officials, the power has been taken away and undermines people's rights to vote because the only one who voted for kevin is you and this is something that is very disturbing that you have governors undermine the will of the voters. a referendum last year opposed to this kind of action. did you it any way. >> reverend, if you look at it, that -- the old law went away but we put in a new law that really was responsive to the issues

joe francis is a survivor. he spent 339 days in jail on 70 or so charges on a "girls gone wild" mission to panama city, florida. they didn't want him in town. >> here comes a company that is going to put on a show and basically turn our community into a theater for some soft important movie. they are very good at getting young people who have been drinking or perhaps have not, to do things that are, at best, risque but more appropriately just illegal and nasty. >> reporter: francis won the right to shoot in the city and francis was thrown in jail. the judge threw out all but eight of the charges and francis pleaded no contest at charges that the cameraman had performed women performing sex acts in the bathroom. the plea was a legal convenience at the time. >> i'm 100% innocent of anything that i just pled to. >> reporter: francis said they lied about their age and signed release forms and francis claims he wasn't there. he told "nightline" he doesn't have a problem obeying the law. >> i have a problem with bein

this time to a filmmaker who is bent on clearing joe paterno's name. but paterno's family says no thanks. >>> and this could be a historic week for gay marriage in america. the supreme court taking up two major cases over the next two days. and the lines are already forming. i'm not kidding. >>> first, though, a 15-year-old accused in the horrific shooting death of a baby in brunswick, georgia making his first court appearance this morning. the suspect not named because he's a minor did not enter a plea, but he and a second teenager are facing murder charges in the death of this 13 month old baby boy. 17-year-old demarcus elkins is being charged as an adult and will be in court later on today. the baby's mother said both suspects demanded money and then shot both her and her child last week. >>> authorities in mississippi are investigating the death of jessica upshaw. local news reports say that she died from a single gunshot wound to the head. the simpson county sheriff is quoted as saying it appeared to be a suicide. brian todd is covering the develo

let's bring in cnbc con brtribu, joe, foo this conversati joe, into this conversation. >> we see it inious surprise indices and as we're likely to learn tomorrow, the fed is going to be happy with qe and will pat themselves on the back. we are still in the sweet spot and the fed is getting into it. >>en oh the other hand, if data continues to get better, it's been better than expected. won't that be bad news for the market because they will start to price out qe? >> it will, mandy. i think we're probably still minimum three or four months away from that. >> no, it won't, joe. >> the fed needs to see at least another three months, four months of strong unemployment and then i think that conversation of tapering qe gets louder and that's when you see markets -- >> before i let steve liesman get in here, mandy, did you suggest that if bad news is good news, good news is bad news? >> i certainly did. >> my mind is blowing up, steve. >> i disagree with mandy's question and with joe's answer the following way. it assumed that there's a free lunch out there. that the fed has not to policy app

joe is getting an upgrade. stock is a fractional mover, quarter of a percent. >> there's been a flurry of analyst moves upgrading the stock. goldman sachs takes it to 25. another takes it higher to 28. this is a turn around story but use the strength to pare back the long positioning. the general reaction to a higher price action. that's not when you want to stay with the stock. >> goldman upping freeport mack today. what do you now? >> it's nice to have goldman along for the ride. i think this stock at $30 was a steal. there was a date about a week and a half ig. i've liked this stock since then. there's been up side buying since then. i think the fundamental story is phenomenal. there's still 75% on the mining side. now they're in the oil and gas space, i think they can manage it better. i think it's going towards 40. >> how about boeing. they expect to resume commercial flights of the 787 dreamliner in weeks. if you stayed with this through all the turbulence, you're a happy person. >> the past month it's ra

with this joe could dial the time himself. would dial 737 constantly just to listen to the voice. one day joe noticed that the 3 was three holes away from the dial stop and the 7 was seven holes away. i thought, well, if 3 is three away and 7 is seven away, maybe 2 is two away and all that. joe dialed away at random. he heard a ring l signal. a woman's voice answered. i asked is this 439-011, she said, yes, and what do you want? he said, oh, boy, i just learned how to dial. [laughter] play in the world of the telephone was fantastic. the phone had interesting things to listen to. it even had people who would talk to him. it was more than playground, it was a laboratory, a place where a little kid could try things out and where he could conduct as many experiments as he wanted. it was a world of possibility, a world prefaced with that most intoxicating of words, "if." quote: the way i learned thousand dial sort of characterizes the way i've learned about telephone systems all my life, he said later. you make a theory, you think

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i agree with joe. but i think the risks are to the downside here.i haven't touched this one lately, judge. i think i would wait, like i say, i'm not saying you're wrong, joe. i say we wait to get in this one. >> tell us who you think won the debate. you can tweet us. use either the hashtag bull or bear. we'll have the results and what you thought at the end of the show. >>> the european markets are closing an hour later than they initial do because of the time change. and simon hobbs has it covered for us. >> american markets have outperformed what's going on in europe. very reactive phase at the moment partly as a result of the data that came out of france which was not good. france could be headed for another recession, its third in four years. also the china data wasn't very good overnight. the dow, the s&p in positive territory, if we can have a look at europe as it's the european close, i could show you that much of europe is -- there we go. it's in negative territory. notably what is happening in italy. italy's fallen badly today, reacting to

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joe? valero, good year? >> off course. >> marathon? continue to have the favorable tailwind of t.i. contracting significantly, relative to brent. i thisnk that continues. gasoline as a future product remains strong. i also would say i like what's going on with hess here. i would own hess. i would also look at anadarko and oxy, those that have the presence in the u.s. they are clearly going to see activity both on the m&a side and in return in capital. >> simon, do you agree with that? the spread between brent and wti remain wide enough for the refiners to keep making what they are? >> i think so. i think he's dead on. i think you play those names, good exposure with shale. >> doc? >> mro, i think that's underperforming clearly versus a stock like western refining wnr. i like both stocks but on the valuation level, i like marathon better. >> all right. is the everyday investor missing the bull market or jumping in? today t.d. ameritrade is tracking the trades of its clients. joining us is steve quirk. good to see you again. >> thank you

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with joe sears, it's a big waiting -- it's a waiting game.knows if he can make it there or not. >> but sears' old reputation precedes him and not everybody is happy about the move. >> i personally have never had any problems with him. but i am concerned having him in my pod, in my unit. i've heard and i've seen other things that he's done to other officers, just verbally abusing them and just throwing items from his food port. >> they have some machine weights there. you get to go out with a few guys you live with in your unit. like a group. you get an hour tier time, i hear, to play games, cards or just conversate with someone there. >> so they can actually recreate and congregate with other inmates. if you visit at level 5, level 5 is much more of a quiet unit and they become much calmer. they become much more cooperative. they become much more willing to comply with the level system. >> lean forward. you're leaning back too far. there you go. all right. like part of the family. >> why is that? >> well, we've known each other 20 years. who

welcome to "morning joe."us onset, we have msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst mark haleprin, former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst steve rattner, and in washington, we have nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. wait, one more. >> not yet. what's going on? >> what do you mean? >> it's a huge story. >> i can't wait to get to it. >> yeah, is jon meacham here? >> yeah. we have -- >> i want to know the historical context. >> well, there are historical implications on our society that you all don't have the foresight to see. hopefully meacham won't make fun of this. pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham. >> no chance. >> not since william howard taft has there been more important -- >> there it is. 6:01. a taft reference. >> you're going to be talking about it soon. >> a lot to talk about this morning. our top story, though, is about big, sugary sodas. they came out on top yesterday. the decision came as a blow to

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joe, michael, great to have you on the show. joe, you have enough to mark up your gdp forecast? >> that's correct. we doubled it from 1.5 to 3. i should also add that we have business inventory data. in terms of measuring output it looks a lot better than what we thought. we think a lot of this will carry through over the course of the year. so we marked up our full year gdp number as well. >> then why, michael, are you not so encouraged? you know, one or two months of good data does not make a good trend and you want to see more? >> i do want to see more. ceos want to see more. they want to know what is going to happen from washington. when you look at the ryan budget, it doesn't stand a chance. were it to go through, it would be a good head wind for near term gdp and hiring. we need a solid playing field that will not shift under us. i'm also a catholic so i'm seeing the white smoke and feeling bullish. does that make me a papal bull? >> it makes you popeful. >> let me try this idea on. we have had a pretty major adjustment on the market and to me that is doing away with a cri

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joe hurd. i can have a conversation via im.-exactly-- probably half an ear on a conversation with a person. >> in the room with you. >> yeah, exactly. can you do it now? >> if you're doing two or three things at the same time, are you really doing them all well? >> well, you know, this is not neurosurgery we're talking about here. >> well, it's work, though. >> but you can do a lot of that simultaneously. >> joe may be able to pull that off, but many corporate executives say the volume of voicemail and email they get has become unmanageable, eating up an average of three hours a day. combine that with a corporate culture that values endless meetings and face time with the boss, and you can see why so many employees toil into the night just to get their real work done. we visited the corporate headquarters of best buy, the electronics retailer in richfield, minnesota. >> hey, john. it's stac'. >> employees stacy verstraight, jason dehne... >> oh, i sent it to her already. >> and marissa plume say that putting in 60-to-80-hour we

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>> so let me ask joe the same question.party is supposedly so intent on making responsible -- >> fiscal decisions. >> fiscal decisions. and these aren't. these cuts are random across the board, and some of them are cruel. and ridiculous given the amount of money that needs to be cut, which you found out is even less than what we're talking about which wasn't even that much. >> the cruelest penny. >> why can't they talk about entitlements, and why can't they bring something to the table? why would they put this on the president now when the president is only proposing to close loopholes, which they agree with? >> because republicans support a balanced approach. if you look at what's happened -- >> excuse me. worlds are colliding. >> yep. >> you guys want to finish? >> i'm loving it. >> that's some phlegm. >> keep going. >> so republicans support a balanced approach. >> uh-huh. >> mr. wolfe. >> it's friday. >> you need a sip of that? >> we have all day. we have three hours. no, i'm truly curious. >> republicans support a bala

>> joe fresh is like joe boxer. i've got wi-fi. >> jim, do you have views on cyprus?prus, it's near malta. >> i use cypress, the golf course because when i heard there were problems at cypress. once i found out it was some island i've never been to, i didn't care, but if there were problems with cypress point, then i -- >> we'll have to talk about ita you will day and figmight as we get it off our backs, it's bad. the european regulators, what were they thinking? obviously somebody has to step in. >> the russians are coming. >> the russians are coming. >> am i right with liesman that savers in this country, deposit, people that go into a bank, is what they have ten% less than what it would have been than if the fed wasn't at zero, jim? >> yeah. pretty much so. as much as pensions in new jersey would have been if the governor hadn't made that change. don't forget, as we're concerned about cyprus, the housing numbers are a blow away and they're being blown away. >> lennar, again, cyprus is bad. they really screwed up. one more reason to take your money and put it here r

joe scarborough is the host of msnbc's "morning joe" and was a republican member of congress from 1995 to 2001. he has warned of a coming collapse without cuts. the two of them started a debate on debt over a month ago on "morning joe" and here's a look at how the conversation began. >> if the problem is we are worried about health costs in the year 2025, why exactly is it urgent that we do something now? because we're not talking at this point about paying down debt. >> are you saying we don't need to -- >> we need to work on projects. >> and i'm talking specifically about the main drivers of the debt. medicare, medicaid. >> well, the math clearly doesn't add up, would you agree? >> we know something's going to happen. >> but why wouldn't -- >> it's not something that's going to hit right away. what we need to do on health care costs is we need to find ways to deliver health care more cheaply. we need to find ways of controlling those costs. we can do that through a lot of things that are already in the affordable care act. we have have pilot projects on different ways of paying healt

joe's coming back i think.wk box," our guest host will be famed investor leon cooperman. we'll ask him about the economy, market milestones, and his best investing ideas. plus, an early read on friday's jobs report. mark zandi will bring us the adp private payroll numbers. "squawk box" starts tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. eastern. carfirmation. only hertz gives you a carfirmation. hey, this is challenger. i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. . . . >>> welcome back to "squawk box," everyone. futures picked up even more. dow up about 60 points above fair value. we're keeping an eye on shares of sears holding. right now, let's get down to the new york stock exchange. jim cramer is standing by. we've been watching a lot of retail stories today, including what's happening with jcpenney. and macy's, and martha stewart. where do you come down on this whole thing? >> this sale after

joe. when we met with her about the issue of violence and the underlying causes of it, she said you really got to get the guns away. in other words we want to do more things at the same time. our colleagues on board at tucson and injured with gabby gifford, he's now a member of congress, he was injured. he worked for 30 years in the mental health community and then he was her assistant and now he's a member of congress. and he said, i had really -- and he represents sun country. he said, i had concluded after thinking through and listening that the only way to keep guns out of the hands of the resident assault magazines out of the hands of those who shouldn't have them is to keep them out of the hands of everyone, of everyone. (applause sxwrierx. >> we do have to address, and i think it's really important, it's a moral imperative to create jobs, moral imperative to reduce the disparity in income and equity and the rest and it's only getting worse and we have to address that. we have the af

joe nocera will come back. presidency. yes, indeed. so wait for that. >>> also ahead, now annihilation smaller than connecticut is threatening to cause huge problems across europe. brian shactman, the shack-man rejoins the table with the latest on the banking crisis. keep it here on "morning joe." [ female announcer ] are you sensitive to dairy? then you'll love lactose-free lactaid® it's 100% real milk that's easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lactaid®. for 25 years, easy to digest. easy to love. for 25 years, a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support, we help you shine every day of the week. >>> stones here on morning drive time. that's not what we're doing, is it? >> morning zoo. >> business before the bell, brian sh