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let's get to joe kernen. "squawk box" team is getting ready. joe is joining us with a look at what's coming up. joe? >> i just have become -- watching the thousands of people at the bernie rally yesterday, a lot of these people were actually put on camera with microphones, talking about why they were supporting senator sanders. now i think i'm going to devote my life to more funds for education. after seeing that, there really is a big problem in terms of, well, economics education and the like. you know, i will not -- i don't care if the deficit blows up. maybe we do need to educate everyone a lot more. because the stuff coming out of these people's mouths about economic systems, capitalism versus socialism, i feel maybe it is our fault that at this point after all these experiments, after all this time, watching the results of the socialist economic system, still plenty of people think that's the way to go. so we got a lot of larrys on today. larry fink from blackrock. larry summers. unable to book larry bird, who would have made great comment

joe kernen joins us from new york to continue the political theme.reat interview for you guys today. >> we have senator cruz for an hour starting right at 8:00. i was listening to wilfred's comments on donald trump. it is a little bit -- it's interesting, guys, because his appeal has been his raw sort of break the mold outsider appeal. put that together with a little bit more policy. hired a couple veterans to try and help with that. put that together, and it's a little scary. we'll see whether just the sort of idea or presumption that he doesn't have a chance against hillary clinton. it's a long time until november. you put those two things together, somehow combine the two, and he's been underestimated up to this point. even carl rove's super pac. i don't know if you noticed that. they've been anti-trump, but they've been telling people that he can win in november apparently. that's one of the stories. wilfred, let me digress. when do people in the u.k. -- do you have an april 15th? do you have a day like that celebrated by democrats as really thei

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. check out the u.s. equity futures.inuing to pick up steam this morning, with the dow futures indicated up close to 90 points this morning. s&p futures up close to 12. the nasdaq is up by 35. overnight in asia, china's trade data for march showed a surge in export that was much stronger than expected. that was offset by weaker than expected export data. still, it was enough to spark a rally in stocks. the hang seng was up by more than 3%. the shanghai composite rose by nearly 1.5%. let's take a look at things in europe right now. you're going to see in the early trading there, there's strong gains as well. looks like the

i'm rebecca quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. means something i guess that's why we're playing the grateful dead this morning. the futures this morning. things relatively flat. yesterday we saw the markets close higher. this morning dow futures down 7 points. s&p futures up by just und under .5 points. nasdaq up 3.3. oil prices have been giving back this morning down about 2%. you can see wti still above $40. down about 82 cents to $42.26. >>> headlines. housing market. now about three hours away the national association of realtors expecting to report that march existing home sales rose 4.3%. >>> donald trump and hillary clinton have won their new york state primaries by pretty comfortable margins in tuesday's voting. both had seen their top rivals take a string of recent primaries prior to yesterday's voting. >>> printer and imaging solutions company lexmark aagreagreed to be bought by a deal worth $40.50 per share, about a 17% premium to yesterday's close. >>> earnings out from dow component coca cola. the company earning 45 c

i'm joe kernen along with soandw ross sorkin and michelle caruso-cabrera.bell on wall street. futures back up to 34. up 60, up 20 now 35. s&p up 11.5. i'm sorry. the s&p up five, the nasdaq up 11.5. markets in europe were around the flat line, except for spain up half a percentage point. >>> oil prices rising on hopes of an output freeze. opec members and other outside members including russia are meeting in doha. earning seasons officially opened. mixed results for a metal company, alcoa beating the street by a nickel. results were hurt by low commodity prices, strong u.s. dollar and plants closures. alcoa lowering its full year outlook in the aerospace industry and announcing plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs. those results came out late because of a snafu with business wire. small business confidence dropping to a two year low monthly index from the national federation of independent business fell .3 of a point for march. >>> few stocks on the move. juniper networks warning quarterly revenues will fall short. among the reasons weak corporate demand. abbvie r

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin.mic reports about 30 minutes away. weekly jobless claims number one and consumer price index number two. futures right now have turned marginally positive as far as the dow, the s&p and nasdaq are both down. and in europe that's more of the same of what we've been watching for most of the morning, sort of nothing very significant happening. up a little bit in germany, france and the ftse but italy and spain both down just freezing marktionally. >>> among our top stories today the bank of england leaving rates unchanged. global oil great will ease. there there's deceleration. but there's rise in demands from india. at least after yesterday's declines they were earlier this morning oil prices continued to drop. at this point they have turned around. up by four cents to 41.80. financials are in focus. bank of america posting better than expected earnings and revenue. results were below a year ago and the impact of lower interest rates. that stock is down by ten cents. >> wells fargo -- th

i'm joe kernen along with andrew ross sorkin.ecky is in fort mills, south carolina with twopecial guests fo the hour, erskine bowles and alan simpson co-founders of fix the debt campaign and co-chairs of the president's commission on fiscal responsibility. great to see those two gentlemen. we'll get to becky in just a moment. but first let's check on the futures right now. 91 points of upward pressure expected at the open for the dow jones. the s&p is up nearly 12. and the nasdaq up just over 30 points right now. oil at this hour is part of the positive reasons for the market going up. oil goes up and that gives equities a boost. oil is up about 3.5%. >> let's get you caught up on the corporate headlines. yahoo! shares are on watch. verizon may, let's just say may put forth a bid for yahoo! next week and there's reports of interest from other companies. the deadline is next week so we'll see who ends up showing that interest. >>> the government will appeal a judge's ruling that removed met life's designation as a systemic phil mi

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin.our have gotten a little bit better. they were down over 140 now down 115. oil pulling back, that probably isn't helping but it's been less correlated in recent sessions and not down that much. europe is a problem. down more than 2%. still are. germany is down 2.3%. ugly chart or ugly board right there with four out of five down more than 2%. only the ftse down 1.36%. this hour we have some economic data out of the continent. german industrial orders dropping unexpectedly in february and maybe that's part of the problem. >> got some other headlines. here's what's going on at this hour. a war of words between pimco and bill gross. pimco saying gross engaged in abusive conduct and acted unprofessionally when he abruptly quit the firm. gross is seeking more than $200 million in damages. >>> two economic reports investors will keep an eye on. february trade deficit comes out at 8:00 eastern time. expected to increase slightly from january. and ims index that is seen as improving in the mar

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. we're counting down to 8:30 a.m. eastern time. that's when we get the march jobs reports. forecasters say the economy probably added 213,000 nonfarms jobs in march. the unemployment rate is expected to hold steady at 4.9%. check out the u.s. equity futures. they're down a little ahead of this. the dow was down yesterday by 30-some points. you can see this morning the dow futures are down by about 43 points. s&p futures off by seven. the nasdaq down by 17. that pales in comparison to what we saw in japan overnight. stock there is selling off significantly. check that out. the nikkei was down by almost 600 points. that's a decline of 3.5%. among some of the things that were cited was a weak business sentiment result from a survey from the bank of japan. traders also citing weak earnings expectations in the united states. again, 3.5% decline. >> it's not our fault. it's japan. >> i think that's a little separate from what we see here. >> call someone, what do you think? they just come up

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. we're playing this music because john popper is joining us later this hour. let's take a look at the u.s. equity futures this hour. after declines yesterday, you see green arrows for the futures. s&p futures are up by close to eight. the nasdaq up by 21. this comes after the dow's first triple-digit loss in almost a month. take a look at energy prices. they were higher yesterday. obviously that's split between energy prices and stocks. you can see wti right now up by another 2.6%. that's a gain of 93 cents to 36.82. overnight in asia, the markets were flat. in europe right now, things are looking a little bit better. at least for the bulls. if you want to take a look right now, you'll see that the dax is essentially flat, but the cac is up by over half a percentage point. >> let's tell you about the top three stories that we're focused on this morning. they all about regulation. the top one, pfizer and allergan will be mutually terminating that $160 billion transaction following the n

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.his morning i'm live from north carolina. we have a huge lineup for the show this morning, including the co-chairs of president obama's debt committee, former white house chief of staff erskine bowles and farmer senator alan simpson. the two will be sitting down together. we'll be talking taxes, politics, where we stand in the debt situation, and a lot more. we'll also be joined this morning by duke energy ceo lynn good and carolina panthers head coach ron rivera. if that wasn't enough, we'll also be hearing this morning from former treasury secretary hank paulson and honeywell chairman and ceo dave

ted cruz is joining becky quick, joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin this morning.opics discussed is minimum wage. >> i think minimum wage hurts the most vulnerable and it's within the state's constitutional authority to have a minimum wage. so they have the power to do it. i think it's bad policy. >> and yesterday we told you amc entertainment ceo was considering letting movie goers text in company movie theaters. today the company put out a statement saying there will be no texting at amc after getting a lot of negative feedback. the idea has been sent to the cutting room floor. that's the cnbc news update at this hour. back to you simon. >> they'll allow people to throw soda over one another in the future. thank you very much. macy's ceo joined us on squawk on the treat earlier and i asked him about how he was planning to turn around the stock's sluggish performance. here's what he had to say. >> we're going to maximize the opportunities with real estate but the most important thing that's going to drive our business our stock price is our business top line sales

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. we're counting down to 8:30 a.m.astern time. that's when we get the march jobs reports. forecasters say the economy probably added 213,000 nonfarms jobs in march. the unemployment rate is expected to hold steady at 4.9%. check out the u.s. equity futures. they're down a little ahead of this. the dow was down yesterday by 30-some points. you can see this morning the dow futures are down by about 43 points. s&p futures off by seven. the nasdaq down by 17. that pales in comparison to what we saw in japan overnight. stock there is selling

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. we're playing this music because john popper is joining us later this hour. let's take a look at the u.s. equity futures this hour. after declines yesterday, you see green arrows for the futures. s&p futures are up by close to eight. the nasdaq up by 21. this comes after the dow's first triple-digit loss in almost a month. take a look at energy prices. they were higher yesterday. obviously that's split between energy prices and stocks. you can see wti right now up by another 2.6%. that's a gain of 93 cents to 36.82. overnight in asia, the markets were flat. in europe right now, things are looking a little bit better. at least for the bulls. if you want to take a look right now, you'll see that the dax is essentially flatut

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. check out the u.s.orning. you are looking at triple-digit losses. the dow futures down by 137 points. s&p futures down by 20. the nasdaq down by 35. this comes after the markets ended at about their lowest levels of the day yesterday. nothing major for the dow. only down by about 56 points. again, you can see how this is carrying into today. overnight in asia, the nikkei was down sharply as a stronger yen hit japanese exporters once again. china bucking the trend as stocks close near a three-month high. stocks in europe right now also under some pressure

i am joe kernen along with andrew ross sorkin.a for -- >> it will be a great weekend. >> berkshire hathaway's annual meeting. she'll join us live tomorrow with -- does it sound like dirty? >> it does. >> you need to enunciate. >> the n. >> durable goods sounds like durable goods. she'll join us live tomorrow. special interviews all morning long. monday a special show with -- we -- the guys we had to settle on were buffett, gates and charlie munger. who wasn't available, andrew? who would not be available. >> i was going to say obama. >> yeah. he's available before you can get those guys. i don't think we could get like the kardashian sisters, probably. >> we can work on that. >> you would actually like to. >> i would love to interview them. >> we did interview them. >> you did? >> yeah. we interviewed kim when she was opening some popup location in union square. >> you were somewhere breathing the same air as her? >> i wasn't. courtney regan was. >> i'll just touch courtney. not really. >>> in the headlines, a mega-deal announced

i'm joe kernen along with rebecca quick and andrew ross sorkin.ikely to have a positive session. i think -- first we said 7. we meant six out of seven. but we have, in the last -- telling you, from the day that guy was on "squawk on the street" and said there is no more upside to this market -- i read that and tweeted it out, i am writing this down. it was just like -- >> make note of this moment. >> it was so loud and so obvious. anyway, we've been up ever since and we're at almost 18,100 at this point and we just had a technical analyst on who said we need to spend a week or two above 18,000. >> she said the next two friday closes are very important. >> i love technicians. you can't use them because a lot of it is already in hindsight. you combine fundamentals with technicals and you might at least be right 51% of the time. >> that's all you need. >> here is what's happening at this hour. earnings just out from dow component travelers earning $2.37 a share for the latest quarter, below the street's expectations of $2.55. however, the miss was be

i'm joe kernen along with andrew ross sorkin.ring the berkshire hathaway annual meeting. we'll hear from her in just a minute. i don't know if she is up to speed on this latest development in fitness. >> i am just wild about saffron. ♪ she is just wild about me ♪ call me mellow yellow >> you know that song, right? this is why i need you. >> i'm old. go ahead. >> becky, i need you here with the golden hair. >>> first, we kick off the hour with -- does everybody know about that now? i guess. it's mainstream. beyonce and jay-z is that a combined name for them? >> i don't know. >> bay-z. we're infatuated with anything that goes on with them, aren't we? especially when two really rich and powerful people are together. we're more interested. >>> the futures this morning. do you want me to mention those? fine. we'll stop talking about jay z and beyonce. s&p up. do you jones up .24 points. the nasdaq is up. you know why. amazon. it's going to be a big one. >> jeff bezos. $6 billion richer. >>> before we go to those. let me tell you about

i'm joe kernen along with andrew ross sorkin and kayla tausche who is in for becky.e been positive for most of the morning session up somewhere around 50 points last time we looked. we'll take a quick look up. 62 now on the dow. up 8 on the s&p and up 19 on the nasdaq. oil was down just fractionally earlier today. but above 39. now down less than .25%. >>> here are the other top stories we are watching this morning. britain's daily mail may become involved in a bid for yahoo!. in a statement a spokesperson says the company has been in discussions with a number of potential bidders but the discussions are at an early stage and there is no guarantee any transaction will take place. we'll have more on yahoo! in a moment. but that news of a potential bid from "the daily mail" and partners sending yahoo! shares up 1.5% in the premarket. >>> gasoline prices have jumped 8 cents a gallon over the last three weeks. the latest lundberg survey putting the average price at $2.10 per gallon. >>> president obama meets with janet yellen at the white house to discuss the economy as

i'm rebecca quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. the futures indicated higher.tures up 42 points. s&p up by 6. nasdaq up by 16 after a strong week last week. oil prices which last week were down over $2.5. another to $36.76 this morning. >>> this morning the panama papers making headlines. they're about 40 years' worth of leaked documents from a panama law firm said to detail companies located in tax havens for money laundering, tax evasion and drug deals. connection to putin and other leaders around the globe. >>> alaska air buying virgin america for $57 per share or $2.6 billion. the deal creating the fifth largest airline. the two ceos will be joining us in a couple of minutes to talk about it. bats global markets trying for an ipo offering. the exchange operator planning to sell 11.2 million shares. this coming across the tape earlier this morning. it's their -- if you remember, this is their second attempt. the first attempt at an ipo four years ago failed after a technology glitch disrupted the system on the first day of the offering. >>> the economic surv

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. we have a big morning ahead. gop presidential candidate ted cruz will join us for an hour to talk jobs, the economy, taxes, trade, the banks, and much, much more. that's all coming up at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. in the meantime, let's get a check on the u.s. equity futures. markets eked out a gain. that was the third day in a row of gains. the futures are just slightly lower with the dow futures down by about nine points. it has been a big week of gains for the markets. overnight in asia, china releasing first quarter gdp numbers. the country posting its slowest pace of economic growth in seven years, but the 6.7% figure was in line with forecasts. we'll have much more on china in a minute. you can see the chinese markets closed relatively flat. nikkei was down by about 0.3%. in europe, it looks like things are modestly weaker. the dax is down by about 0.3%. the ftse looks flat. >> let's get you through some of the top stories this morning. we have citigroup expected to report at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. analysts l

i'm joe kernen along with rebecca quick and andrew ross sorkin.ing your way. nasdaq's bob greifeld here to talk earnings in a minute. guest host governor rick perry is waiting in the wings. next hour, a rare squawk appearance. travis kalanic. >> i like colonic. >> it's kalanic. >> uber ceo joins us on set along with aryana huffington. she is going on the board, right? maybe. it's an idea. >>> john chambers, executive chairman of cisco. earnings from the mothership. >>> the dow component utx came in with earnings of -- one second. let me double-check. 147. $1.47 versus the 1$1.39 that th street was anticipating. giving guidance for the full year. seeing revenues of $56 billion to $58 billion. the street is in the middle with an estimate of $56.99 billion. looking for a full year earnings per share of $6.60 versus the street's estimate of $6.50. the shares are still unchanged. but we'll continue to keep an eye on that. we have results out from our parent company, comcast, coming in with earnings of 84 cents a share for the first quarter. 5 cents bet

i i'm rebecca quick with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.utures this morning have been higher once again after the dow closed above 18,000 for the first time since last july. both the dow and s&p are within 2% of all-time highs. right now it looks like the dow is indicated up 62 points. s&p up eight points. nasdaq looking higher by about 16. oil prices managed to close down by about 1% yesterday. and they are picking up that and more this morning. wti gaining 1.4% back at $34.30. the ten-year note. treasury market this morning looks like the ten-year yielding 1.787%. >>> today's big stories at this hour. united health group beating estimates by 9 cents reporting quarterly profit of $1.81. revenue beating forecast and the health insurer raising the full-year outlook. johnson & johnson beating by 3 cents. the company raised its full-year forecast now largely above street forecasts. watching shares of ibm after the company reported a 14-year low in revenue over the company's quarterly earnings, revenue did come in -- >> that's all that matters!

. >>> good morning, i'm joe kernen. supposedly we're going to have a big sell off.ck out oil, the losses there are significant this hour. oil is now indicated down -- or is down 3.3%. wti is back below 40. we're going to have more on the doha meeting. sully sully is there. >> he spent the whole weekend there. again, waiting for doha. >> i want a rundown on just the entire weekend. >> he was tweeting it. >> what goes on in doha. do you know, sorkin? >> what happens in doha. >> stays in doha, really? >> except for the price of oil. >> except for that, can't talk about anything else? you can friend soind some place a kibble? >> moral's clause. >> really? there's a statute of limitations. >> once you're in doha. >> pepsi could he reporting a quarterly profit. pepsi did report expanded profit margins and increase in organic beverage sales. stock is up by $1. a blowout for hasbro. 14 cents better than the street expecting. revenue beating by a wide margin as well. hasbro's results were based on toys from the "star wars" movie. we will be keeping an eye on amazon and netfl

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. check out the u.s. equity futures. we are continuing to pick up steam this morning, with the dow futures indicated up close to 90 points this morning. s&p futures up close to 12. the nasdaq is up by 35. overnight in asia, china's trade data for march showed a surge in export that was much stronger than expected. that was offset by weaker than expected export data. still, it was enough to spark a rally in stocks. the hang seng was up by more than 3%. the shanghai composite rose by nearly 1.5%. let's take a look at things in europe right now. you're going to see in the early trading there, there's strong gains as well. looks like the cac is up by 2.5%. the dax in germany up by 2.25%. in italy, stocks are up by 3%. oil prices hit their highest levels since november yesterday. you do see a little bit of a retreat this morning after comments from an official in saudi arabia. right now you see that wti is down by 64 cents. still well above $40 at 41.53. just days ahead of a meeting of key oil producers, saudi arabia's oil mi