>> john carl. >> bill: john carl is a conservative in your opinion? >> yes. >> bill: okay. cnn.conservative presence? >> i don't have one for you there. >> bill: msnbc? >> don't have one for you there. >> joe scarborough. >> yeah, joe scarborough. >> bill: five of the major networks, okay. enter your credit, came up with a couple of names that are debatable. at but no major people. i don't believe that carl -- >> bill. lester holt is a registered republican. >> bill: but he is not a conservative presence. nor should he be. he is an anchorman. those networks, all five of them, don't have anyone there. that just makes my point. if i ask you the same question about "the new york times" and "the washington post" and the "l.a. times," you would stammer and starter, too. they are not there. if i did a survey, and i did come i studied the operations, there is no conservative presence. none. >> but "the wall street journal," fox news, rush limbaugh, our number one in all of their categories and all of the categories and you can't say they are left-wing publication. >> bill: nor should t

. >>> heard sean spicer there telling john carl that he could not confirm that any member of the campaigneam had contact with the russians. but abc news has now learned that that did happen. >> sources say u.s. authorities were concerned with chun chasings between trump assess yachts and suspected russian intelligence before the election. "the new york times" reporting this morning that both side had repeated contact. so far no evidence of cooperation between the campaign and russia to influence that election. congress to look into all of this. republican leaders now saying flynn may be called to testify before the senate intelligence committee. as part of its investigation into russia's suspected involvement in last year's election and relates matters. >> in the house, oversight committee chairman, says that he won't immediately investigate flynn's interactions with russia. but he says he may kids launching in the future. chavitz says he will focus on trump related controversies including kellyanne con way's comments promoting ivanka trump fashion. >> the government office of ethics look

carl, back to you. >> all right. sue, as we're talking, sessions is out of committee. let's get to john harwood in washington. john? orter: carl, jeff sessions has become the third donald trump cabinet pick to make his way to the senate floor for a vote coming up at some point. don't know how quickly that will come. the judiciary committee on a party-line vote approved jeff sessions earlier today. the finance committee sent both tom price for hhs, steven mnuchin for secretary to the floor on all cases over bitter resistance from democrats. in the case of mnuchin and price, you had a democratic boycott of the committee vote. republicans sent it on anyway. in the case of jeff sessions, you had a party-line 11-9 vote in judiciary but a very strong speech by al franken of minnesota assailing the honesty of jeff sessions in his speech before that vote. we've now gotten into a situation where the two parties are in a state of complete warfare right now just a few days into the donald trump administration. democrats are not likely to be able to stop neil gorsuch from the supreme court, but this is an indication that it's g

john carl setzer, winchester, virginia. my son was born in 2009 with a severe congenital heart defect called hypeo plastic left heart syndrome. basically he was born with half a heart and required three open heart surgeries. all of his treatment is considered palliative. in 2009, he had the first of two heart surgeries, in addition to another on his diaphragm. he was hospitalized for many weeks. he had insurance under my employer coverage. clearly, he has a preexisting condition, but the other issue is that he almost maxed out on his insurance coverage in his first year of life. my understanding is that the a.c.a. eliminated the lifetime caps on insurance coverage, and my wife and i blew a major sigh of relief. otherwise, he would have had to switch his coverage from my insurance to hers. however, he required another surgery a couple years later and at some point will require a heart transplant. thus, the insurance games would have continued. the a.c.a. eliminated that burden on us, at least until he is an adult. the lifeti

back with us, john pistol who's now president of anderson university. phil mudd, and carl bernstein. john, direct conversations between the white house and the fbi over an ongoing investigation, it's certainly understandable why reince priebus would want the fbi to knock down a story that the deputy director of the fbi has told him is total b.s. do you see this as unusual? >> well, it's unusual in the aspect of having a chief of staff ask for the fbi to get involved in some type of media campaign or something along those lines. it's not unusual, obviously, for the fbi and the department of justice to brief the white house on ongoing national security matters as a, in fact, broader policy issue. so i think the parsing might be on what was exactly said, what did the chief of staff ask deputy director, what was offered offered and then how it that played out. and i think that's where some of the information may be conflated with the ongoing investigations of did somebody in the trump campaign say or do something in terms of contacts with russian officials, whether intelligenc

. >> just on the politics and headlines, john, that carl just read off, there was some trepidation inarly part of the week that the initial focus and priority from the white house would be on immigration and protectionist policies. here he is again meeting with ceos, talking about deregulation and tax reform and rolling back dodd/frank. do you think that's part of the rally here. and do you breathe a sigh of relief going forward that that's still at the top of the agenda? >> i think most certainly and i think he's working with the easiest or easier things to work on first and the second thing will be the most sensitive both from a political and geopolitical agenda. the other thing i think related to this we were talking about is the lucky thing is the dollar is weaker. if you look at the dxy, it's down 2.32% year-to-date, last 12 months it's down 3.33%. it's down against all 18 of 22 emerging market currencies. >> i get that helps earnings. >> it does. >> but the strong dollar has been a better growth prospect on the u.s. economy. what does that tell us? >> it certainly has, sara, but

[cheers and applause] as final preparations take place in santa monica nick carl and john say expect to be a celebration sprinkled with political statements. >> people have a duty to say whatever they want on stage. >> hollywood stars haven't shied away from sharing political opinions when given a platform this award season. meryl streep and others did it at screen awards. most will be done in a respectful way. >> no one wants to be preached to but there's no question and i hope that they do in a way that's palatable, express how important it is for us to value each other, respect each other and -- and how humane behavior. >> the evening will also shine the light on best performance this year. fence's costar viola davis and octavia spencer. >> i have an amazing team. people whose job it is to find intriguings for me to play and so a lot of this i owe to them. >> i have very comfortable and that's because i know the road, i know the road and i know what's at the end of it and i also know what's beyond it, so i feel good. >> i remember the names before called and i don't remember after

john mccain, as well as democratic lawmakers. we don't have the answer to that question. >> carl, i'll state the same thing in a different way. what did the president know and when did he know it? just like the watergate scandal, is this deja vu for you all over again? >> we don't know yet. all we know is the russians tried to hijack an american presidential campaign and they tried to do it through relationships around donald trump. and now we need to know all the facts, and the president has not been forth coming. his aides have not been forth coming, and republicans should embrace and open wide investigation as there was in watergate. it was republicans who joined with democrats as patriots in watergate to find out what had occurred in a presidential campaign, and had it indeed been hijacked by the president of the united states and those around him. that's the situation we're faced with, and all patriotic republicans ought to be saying, hey, open up, mr. president, let's see what happened here. let's get past this, if nothing happened. but we need to know what happened. >> kirsten, what are the chances of that happening? >

i'm ask john bolton what you have to worry about next. say carle a question about your brokerage fees. fees? what did you have in mind? i don't know. $6.95 per trade? uhhh- and i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee? guarantee? where we can get our fees and commissions back if we're not happy. so can you offer me what schwab is offering? what's with all the questions? ask your broker if they're offering $6.95 online equity trades and a satisfaction guarantee. if you don't like their answer, ask again at schwab. new pantene doesn't just wash i wiyour hair, it fuels it.gain. making every strand stronger. so tangles don't stand a chance. because strong is beautiful. impl . >> neil: all right. we have two different phenomena going on here. the leaks at the white house that got a lot of concern about super secret stuff getting out and the north koreans at it again, launching missiles on the likes of iranians doing the same. what is the commander-in-chief to do? john bolton, good to see you. >> glad to be with you. >> its a worr

john mccain and democratic lawmakers. we don't have the answer to the question. >> carl again, what did the president know and when just like with the watergate scandal. is this daj gentlemeja vu for y? >> we don't know what this is. we know the russians tried to hijack a u.s. presidential campaign and tried to do it with relationships around donald trump. and we need to know all the facts. president has not been forthcoming, his aides not forthcoming and republicans should embrace open and good investigation. it was republicans who joined with democrats to find out in watergate what had occurred in presidential campaign and had itbe been hijacked by the president of the united states and those around him. that's the situation we're faced with. all patriotic republicans should be saying open up mr. president, let's see what happened here. let's get past it if nothing happened but we need to know. >> what are the chances of this happening? >> very low. it's interested what carl is saying. nixon investigated by republicans. sort of unthinkable for that to happen today. our investigations -- and democrats just as bad. very par

carl, back to you. >> jim, thanks so much. good stuff. jim cramer at one marked with john legere. we're going the come back with more janet yell len and the market reaction as testimony continues before the senate finance committee. ways wins. especially in my business. with slow internet from the phone company, you can't keep up. you're stuck, watching spinning wheels and progress bars until someone else scoops your story. switch to comcast business. with high-speed internet up to 10 gigabits per second. you wouldn't pick a slow race car. then why settle for slow internet? comcast business. built for speed. built for business. >>> we're going to take you back to washington, d.c. around fed chair janet yellen's congressional testimony. >> i think that is true. and we've had to slowly growing economy in many small business essay their sales growth don't justify unsignificant expansion plans that would make it desirable for to borrow or not looking to borrow. >> to me, madam chair, isn't it problematic to have people leaving this meeting think that small businesses that have busines

carl icahn. maybe it was einhorn. no, john paulsen as well.you have this kind of performance and these kinds of reports, you wonder if it opens them up to some kind of activist pressure which they have had in the recent past. >> mr. hancock has been in the office since the fall of 2014 after the untimely passing. >> not long at all. >>> netflix off session lows here. the video streaming giant ceo reed hastings delivered the keynote address at the mobile world congress. jon fortt is on the scene for us in barcelona. good evening, john. >> reporter: yeah, good evening is right, bill. it's 9:45 here. reed hastings and netflix aren't names you would typically associate with mobile just a few years ago, but that's changing pretty rapidly especially as in the flex and the whole industry moves further into broadband and wireless. hastings talked here about how the internet has been about finding niche audiences and finding things and gathering them together. netflix has certainly been able to do that, especially as it has expanded internationally. he

john died at the age of 67. crimson marketing mistake and nearby deep in the 60s and 70s. asia in 1981 with drummer carlalmer of emerson lake and palmer. the keyboardist geoff downes. after the release in 1982. heat at the moment reached number four on the billboard chart. his manager says that cause was colon cancer. lauren: look at the latest in sports that russell westbrook establishing a newsstand or triple doubles but he's never had one and san antonio spurs. first-quarter nasa three-pointer. the thunders down i bet they come back in the third. westbrook drives interested up to stephen adams for the alito. a minute later, westbrook drives and finishes. after being down by 17 in the third of the san antonio steps it up again. the crossover dribble and credible reverse layup and they took my westbrook. the slumping raptors taking on the pelicans. it's 53. rafters hundreds minute to the game. the pelicans rebound and gets the ball back. 10 seconds on the clock. does that then had to pay raptors win one away-1 of six. nhl all-star break is over. john treadwell and the columbus blue jacks visiting new y

john ford at the world congress in barcelona. give us a temperature of what you're seeing out there. >> one thing, carl, that has been particularlycinating, the changing of the guard at the fcc is going to lead to some changes in privacy rules. there is a stark difference between how the new chairman, and the previous one, tom wheeler looks at this, i caught up with them both here. pi says if goog enand facebook can traffic information about you -- >> as the previous fcc, there was -- i made the argument that they the ftc has applied a uniform set of rules to all players on the online space. >> what is good for google is good for the different service providers. >> we just want them to all handle data in the same way. >> wheeler completely different take on this, he sounds a little unshackled now that he doesn't have an official position any more. listen to him. >> here is the interesting thing. here is what is really surprising about those who want to remove privacy and allow networks to sell my information without my permission. on a telephone network, you cannot do it. if i make a telephone call to verizon can't turn around an

john king, he is officially withdrawing, quote does not want to proceed. this is the very first cabinet pick not going through for the trump administration. carl bernstein your response? >> my response is that he was unable to be confirmed and for good reason, he withwithdrew. i don't think this is the most important thing going on in washington right now. they will find a suitable substitute for this gentleman. but right now we're dealing with the most important questions about the honesty and integrity of our electoral process of the presidency ip presidency itself and that's what we need to keep our eye on as journalists and follow whoever his successor might be. >> but it is also true that as wonderful as journalists are, one thing we don't have is subpoena power, we can't force people to testify to answer our questions. that's why it's so important the congressional investigations take place. >> will flyth flynn. >> and the work of the fbi because ultimately they can force people to testify and we can't and that's why it's so important that congress try to get to the bottom of this. >> we heard senator elizabeth warren a while ago and mul

john's a guy that always overachieved. always tried hard. and he always played with a great deal of heart. >> high school coach carl was in the stands.er the game, davis didn't head back to maryland with his team, staying at home in philadelphia to attend his son's baby dedication. >> that's all he talks about. and you know how much he's made his life better so he can make his son's life better. it's senseless. >> reporter: just after midnight, a gunman opened fire in the 900 block of south fourth street. according to police, a bullet grazed davis' knee, a 16-year-old was also shot in the thigh. >> guys you grew up with and went tout get something to eat and hanging out, they just got back and unfortunately, you know, is he was just in the wrong place at the right time. >> reporter: they were back in john davis's neighborhood, both davis and the teenager are recovering. >> it's good to hear his voice. i know he's good. he's in good spirits and hopefully everything will go well when he goes to see the doctor. >> reporter: now john is a senior, still unknown if he'll be able to return for any of these last games of the season. as for p

john mccormack it on the floor of the house. but i was always pretty to those moments when i saw speaker mccormack and johnny and carl albert in just the nicest kind of setting personal relationship wise. one of the things that help me everett dirksen's congressman. he was leader in the senate. he would invite me to the shop. i was in the back room and he would have those members coming back from time to time. refreshment, and talking. those were very, very educational times for me. sometimes it wasn't always his republican friends. he was always one to always reach out to those across the aisle. you can't sit there and be privy to that dialogue and conversation without picking up something. helpfult have been very to him when he needed it. brian: only got about a minute and a half left. are you going to run again for congress and how long do you intend to be leader,? rep. michel: [laughter] [applause] on the last question, you ask my quest -- members on how long they put up with me. of election, we won pretty handsomely by 55%. that was against the opponent who gave me a tougher race six years ago in the throes of the recession an

john donahoe. we'll get to goldman call on tesla, goldman's call on nvidia today. a lot to get to on a monday when "squawk on the street" comes right back. say carlwe have a question about your brokerage fees. fees? what did you have in mind? i don't know. $6.95 per trade? uhhh- and i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee? guarantee? where we can get our fees and commissions back if we're not happy. so can you offer me what schwab is offering? what's with all the questions? ask your broker if they're offering $6.95 online equity trades and a satisfaction guarantee. if you don't like their answer, ask again at schwab. ♪ >>> warren buffett this morning speaking on kraft heinz's bid for unilever. the big question of course is now that kraft heinz has dropped its bid, does buffett have a backup deal in the works? >> there isn't a backup deal. i mean, there was -- that was the only one that certainly i seriously thought about that made sense. so, no. will there be another deal with kraft heinz some day? my guess is yes, but who knows when. there's no backup deal. and, again, it would have to be friendly. and frankly, the prices

carl. >> eamon, thank you for that. we're all wearing red for some other reasons today, women's health related. >> right. >> john harwood's is the story this morning from your viewpoint? >> well, i think the administration is moving from the points of emphasis in the first week to a different message addressing the business community more directly and more congenially in the second week, but there's a long way to go in figuring out how this relationship is going to work, because as my colleagues were just saying, there are significant elements of collision between portions of donald trump's message that goes to the working class base that he has in those industrial states that made him the president of the united states and those of these wall street and business leaders. when you talk about the immigration issue, as andrew mentioned, elon musk and others are going to bring that up with the president, but there are other elements that we're going to see beyond the immigration order. jeff sessions, who is the president's choice to be attorney general, has talked about reducing the number of h1b visas, for example. that's g

carl, when you see those images from saturday night, given how much you understand about the importance of privacy and national security, johnn himself said possibly president trump needs a bit more training about how to handle this information. what's your take? >> i would say those making the allegations that there was classified information discussed at that table, where is the proof of that? he was briefed prior to that in a skiff, in a classified area where this goes down. so until that proof comes out, i think everybody should slow down on it. >> there's a picture on instagram of the guy with the nuclear football. are you okay with that? you literally never, ever seem to admit that donald trump has done anything wrong. >> it's not okay to take a guy with the picture of the nuclear football -- >> you think that's in tnot a security risk? >> do you see the 40 guys with guns around him to protect him? >> any minute, paul ryan will hold a press conference. will paul ryan be on the same page as jason chaffetz? replace . what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replace

going to see what john boehner forecast, which is more of a modification of obamacare than a replacement of obamacare. >> can i do a quick one? we remember back in the bush years carlng the brain. do you think all this about steve bannon is overblown, or is he truly informing the president's world view? >> i think he is. i think the difference between donald trump and george w. bush or other presidents is he's never had any real experience in government politics or policy making. so he comes to this office with no grand world view. i always joke that if he had a halt today, it might say rent this space. steve bannon fills in -- steve bannon fills a lot of that in. you can hear trump in some of the things that he says about the world and about sort of putting a moat around america. so reflecting what is a long-held view of steve bannon who has this apocalyptic view of judeo christian society at war with islam and about global lichl as a threat to the sovereignty of this country. you can hear intimations of that in trump's rhetoric, and i don't think it's something that donald trump has long studied and thought about. yes, i think bannon is really influenced. >> davi

carl vinson." it asked the u.s. not to challenge its sovereignty and security. it comes amid growing tensions between the u.s. and china over trade. currently in beijing, john to have you with us. the u.s. calls this a routine exercise. how often do we see this? >> not very often. the last time, in 201567. it is fair to say we see the u.s. sending a stronger message when is it comes to its participation in u.s. and the south china see. the "uss vinson" leading the charles of this exercise. this is considered a geopolitical flash point, the top five in 2017. admiral james kilby said he is looking forward to demonstrating u.s. capabilities in asia and tightening the bonds between it's allies and friends. it is good to suggest this took on a new meeting after a successful bilateral meeting between the u.s. president, donald trump and his japanese counterpart, shinzo abe. japan also as a territorial dispute with japan over these waters. >> john, they are not very happy with this. what is china saying? >> in fact, the position hasn't changed. you mentioned the comments on wednesday. this came up at a press briefing at the ministry of foreign affairs on friday, a

carl icahn here. fifth biggest shareholder with 4.66% stake. you mentioned john paulson here as well.most recent move would reduce his state by 4.1 5 million shares could have these investors given any kind of preference or voice to any kind in terms of who they want to lead to the company? sonali: no, certainly nothing said publicly about this. very difficult person to choose. not like any other insurance company at this point. what they wanted was a full three-way split at aig. peter hancock had been selling assets left and right. the big question is what is the next goal if there is somebody else to take charge of this -- to build it up or build it down? cap and in selling mode for about a year now. -- they have been in selling mode for about a year now. oliver: you hear the phrase "too big to succeed" with aig. is there still room to be had in terms of getting rid of the business and cleaning it up a bit or do they start to have to thing about the opposite direction? sonali: everything about the if you thinkes, -- about the other companies, they did huge deal -- aig turned a headc

carl vinson." they asked them not to challenge sovereignty and security in the area. it comes amid growing tensions between the united states and china. our cnn money emerging markets editor, john about the u.s. commitment there. >> in fact, the u.s. is sending stronger signals when it comes to asia, at lease the strategically and particular when it comes to the geopolitical flash point of the south china sea. note that they are taking the lead in this exercise demonstrating the capabilities that they have and continue to want to demonstrate here in asia. we know, indeed, this yair why has been a geopolitical flashback. james kirby said the u.s. looks forward to demonstrating its capabilities in the region. this is a quote again that he wants to build on stronger relations with allies and friends. in that context, george, it is worth note whing what was consid a very successful bilateral meeting between u.s. president, donald trump and his counterpart, japanese president, shinzo abe. the u.s. will continue to back japan as they have a territorial dispute with beijing. the u.s. has recognized beijing's one china policy when it comes to the south china sea which handles some $5 t

john bolton next. ♪ ♪ >> when you ask me what am i going to do with the ship, the russian ship as an example? i'm not going to tell you. say carla question about your brokerage fees. fees? what did you have in mind? i don't know. $6.95 per trade? uhhh- and i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee? guarantee? where we can get our fees and commissions back if we're not happy. so can you offer me what schwab is offering? what's with all the questions? ask your broker if they're offering $6.95 online equity trades and a satisfaction guarantee. if you don't like their answer, ask again at schwab. companies across the state are york sgrowing the economy,otion. with the help of the lowest taxes in decades, a talented workforce, and world-class innovations. like in plattsburgh, where the most advanced transportation is already en route. and in corning, where the future is materializing. let us help grow your company's tomorrow - today at esd.ny.gov trust #1 doctor recommended dulcolax. use dulcolax tablets for gentle dependable relief. suppositories for relief in minutes. and dulcoease for comfortable relief of h

carl, jim, david, back to you. >> rick, thank you very much. when we come back, we'll talk all things president trump with ambassador john negroponte.p 2336, apple another all-time high. we're back after a break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ whether you're after supreme performance... ...advanced intelligence... ...or breathtaking style... ...there's a c-class just for you. decisions, decisions, decisions. lease the c300 sedan for $389 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. across new york state, from long island to buffalo, from rochester to the hudson valley, from albany to utica, creative business incentives, infrastructure investment, university partnerships, and the lowest taxes in decades are creating a stronger economy and the right environment in new york state for business to thrive. let us help grow your company's tomorrow - today at esd.ny.gov >>> proctor & gamble helping the dow put together 31 points at the open. of course we're not far away from yellen on the house side this time. netanyahu at noon at the white house. retail ceos meeting with capitol hill leaders. we'll get to all of that after a sh

. >> finally, carl mentioned how much you've raised is going to go towards repaying debt, is that correct? >> that's correct. 100% proceeds are going to pay down debt. >> johnve you. >> it's been fun to be here. thank you guys. >> fun to watch. invitation homes joining us here at post nine. >>> let's send it to sue herera for a cnbc news update at this hour. sue. >> hi, good morning sara and everybody. i'm sue herera. here's the news update at this hour. iran's defense minister confirming that his country did conduct a missile test recently. he did not elaborate saying only that the test was not in violation of either u.n. resolutions or iran's nuclear deal. the white house said on monday that it is studying the details of that test. newly appointed defense secretary james mattis beginning his first overseas trip. he left joint base andrews this morning for a trip to south korea and japan. the trip is meant to assure both countries of the longstanding alliances with the united states. quebec authorities allowing cameras into the mosque where a gunman opened fire and killed six people on sunday. alexandre, a 27-year-old university student has been charged wi