i think it's important to stress kara and i -- not only kara and i, but i'm sure everybody at this table" on a day-to-day basis, but always doing your stories based on high standards similar to the "times" or "the journal." but all our reporters are terrific and they all know there are stories that will hold till we get the right sourcing and all that. having said that, you layer on top of that a nimbleness and anq think it's just much more liberatingçó than what you get - >> charlie: liberating is the word. >> yes. youçóÑiçaf' standards. we are moving journalism to the next phase by bringing along the old standards that are good and leaving behind the ones that aren't and embracing a new way of delivery. it's like redelivering journalism in a way that's more interesting toÑi readers in differentçóÑ nateÑi igiÑiÑiÑiÑi çóç he's doing now is there's all different needs the consumers have. it's not that they don't love content and good content, they just want it in different ways, so we want to appeal to that. >> charlie: are you different than the three of them are doing? >> i think these

kara, why does facebook want to be in this area of business?'s a fast-growing area of business. these two sites and including snapchat are growing quickly. >> there had been reports that facebook might make a bid for secret for about 1$100 million, that's been knocked down since, what's facebook play here? >> i think they're looking at it. they look at a lot of things. facebook isn't buying it for $100 million at this time. i think they look at trends. it started in silicon valley, it's an interesting area where people like to confess things and -- it's polar opposite of facebook where you're very well known. >> kara, one of the things, we talked about, the facebook, the last acquisition, the form of currency, they their stock is expensive and they're trying to get into other areas. >> it's expensive -- >> they think it's expensive, should the street, it sold off in kind. >> it has recently, in the past couple of weeks. they see an opportunity, when your stock is at a high, it's a great opportunity to buy some things at a discount in some ways.

i don't know how this evolves and when they monetize it. >> kara mentioned android. there was a lot of acquisitions that we never heart of and the people have come and gone over the last ten years at google. for these guys so heavily waited to just search they need to find that next thing. we see this happen and some point there's going to be some other geeks from stand ford that are going to start losing market share. >> does this mean you're positive or negative? >> can i tell you this. i think they should be making as many acquisitions as they can. look what just happened. they just announced they're going to disattach their messaging app. now, you're going to have two facebook apps on your small cell phone. that makes no sense to me. >> there's espn and there's hbo. why would you want to mesh them together? >> that was their argument. >> no it wasn't. facebook doesn't have a phone. this is bad news for facebook because this is how everyone is getting their information. with facebook not having a phone, they have to own espn, they have to own hbo and the must-have

kara, wasn't that a beautiful picture? was a beautiful picture. >> do you know who took that? i did. on my iphone. >> i'm glad you figured that out finally. >> just to impress you. tuesday marks 149th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination at the ford theater here in washington. ken burns has come. he's made a new documentary of the impact of the gettysburg address. always great to have you here. >> thanks. >> this was -- you live up near a school where the gettysburg address was playing a buying role. >> it's called the greenwood school in putney, vermont. i was asked ten years ago to be a judge. the boys there, only boys, 50 of them, have dyslexia, adhd, a alphabet soup of learning differences, they're asked to memorize and then publicly recite in front of a few hundred people lincoln's gettysburg address. we embedded ourselves for three months a year or so ago and watched them learn it. the trials and tribulations, the fights, the disagreements, the helping each other and it begins to remind you that in this r

kara where is your head on this?ely or do you need a big deal with darden or mcdonald's? >> i think it's a food delivery ipo. it seems small to me. i think these things -- i think it's going to bump along, you know, it's very open table but smaller and it's a sort of a hand -- it's a local battle to get everybody in. and there are so many players in this space. i don't know. i think it's very difficult. it's a very difficult business. good for them. >> they've been quiz tive and they say in s1 they will continue to be, probably using stock. jon, how much of a liability is that? >> i think what's a challenge is that some of their most effective competition is around their size. i mean, their valuation i think is $3 billion now with where it's trade right now. opentable is around 2. yelp is the biggest in the space with $6 billion valuation. acquiring anything sizable is going to be tough. maybe they can do some little stuff. e-24, stuff overseas. but, you know, maybe it's a bigger name that ends up rolling up. i think

kara tsuboi >>> smartphones just keep getting smarter when it comes to the features available at yourara tsuboi with samsung's latest challenge to apple when it comes to smart device supremacy. >> reporter: take your heart rate and pay with your fingerprint. >> paying with paypal. >> reporter: samsung released the galaxy s5 trying to outsmart competitors like the iphone 5s with new different features like using your fingerprint to pay with paypal. >> you can log in with your fingerprint and go to millions of mobile merchants across the world and actually pay with your fingerprint. so no stumbling with your phone number and typing a p.i.n., no stumbling with email and password. you really just hit pay with paypal, swipe your fingerprint. >> reporter: samsung is also putting pressure on apple to come out with an i watch. samsung is now selling two new watches that sync with the phone. >> there's a lot you can do. you can get notifications and all the communication that happens on your phone you can get access to that on the small screen on your wrist. >> reporter: but apple may not bite

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this is what you don't want to miss. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but now, as kara tsuboi sho us: a high-techheadband can >>> it can be hard to get stuff done when you're stressed out, you're upset or distracted. >> but now as kara sue boyd shows us, a high-tech head band can help calm your mind. >> a calm, cool day at the beach or a stormy one. >> that is how your brain looks and sounds in this head band. >> it is on your forehead and years and is able to track your brain activity. >> the head band is desaned to help people clear their -- designed to help people clear their mind so they can be more productive and relieve stress. >> you can track how your brain is doing in real time. it gives you access. >> on the app is a three minute exercise with a beach scene. when your mind is active it becomes windy and stormy. when it calms down, it is sunny. >> the water gets quiet. you want to get to that place. >> they have applications to help things like adhd, problems problems like smoking. >> you will be controlling your systems and answering your telephone. that is 20 years in the future. >> bu

techno contributor kara santa maria is looking how dogs are a new tool this cancer research. >> you know, there is yet another reason why dogs are man's best friends. they can actually save lives by detecting cancer in people. some dogs can actually be trained to sniff out the disease. techntechno went to find out hos done. >> three-year-old grand champion troy as his family calls him is a purebred doberman show dog. >> i credit him with saving my life. no question about it. >> diane's family has a history of breast cancer. she had been diligent getting mammograms. she had just been given the clean bill of health when troy, then a puppy, began to act strangely. >> he was nuzzling up to my left side. and he was trying tell me something. he knews is wag not right. that's what got me to feel the lump. >> diane had a double mass tec massachusettmassmastectommastec. >> there have been dozens of reports. so many in fact that researchers around the world have spent considerable time and money figuring out why dogs are such super sniffers. >> that was techno's kara santa maria. you can check out

. >> joining us this morning for the "jacqusquawk feed," kara fi. >> good to see you. >> amazon firstt analysts' estimates. sales beat by a margin. >> yeah. >> judged on top-line growth, on cash flow. is bezos feeling the noose tighten? >> i'm not so sure about that. i think the stock has been up a lot, and there might be some profit taking. but i think what was interesting was the revenue growth was so drastic and the reaction was different, which i thought was fascinating. i don't say i understand wall street, but it was an interesting growth in revenue for him, which i thought was impressive. >> cara, an interesting tweet yesterday, said huge revenue, tiny profits, bad guidance, stock is up, retweet every 90 days. -- getting tired of this story and such weak guidance? do they need to see something a little more -- a tiny sliver of promise from amazon when they're spending so much money? >> i think they spent the money on the hbo deal and everything else. i don't think jeff bezos cares or has cared for 20 years. it's not every 90 days. it's been ten years that he does this. i think

in san francisco, i'm kara tsuboi, cnet.com for cbs news. >> the recommendation to change every password as anything could be compromised. try using dollar signs for ss in your password or at for a. we have more tricks like this to make it simple to remember. but complex in its password. you can go to kpix.com and search password. >>> google is checking into the hotel business. check it out. when you search for hotels on google's homepage, a black bar appears at the top with a number of different hotels and prices. the company's basically cutting out the middleman at sites like priceline and expedia. the move is to encourage the consumer to plan more of their trips directly on google. the internet giant will be working directly with hotels to get them involved in the service. >> it may mean that they get access to some smaller hotels that something like a priceline wouldn't currently offer so it gives a little more choice for consumers. >> the new feature on google could be risky. online travel agencies are among the company's biggest advertisers. >>> silicon valley is full of people wit

in san francisco, i'm kara tsuboi for cbs news. >> dolby is headquartered in san francisco. company first unveiled its dolby vision prototype at the consumer electronics show in january. >> some things just never go away. tv will be here forever. >> thank goodness. >> so will the weather. as long as we have a planet. oh, wait, we have a backup planet. 500 light-years away. it's a long drive but we have it there. [ laughter ] >> just in case. >> good. >> backup. >> let's try and take care of this one. >>> the weather around here in this little chunk of the planet i would argue the nicest chunk on all of earth, looking good through the holiday weekend. first off, the sky just crystal clear and blue. were you out driving today? was there like three times as many cars everywhere?! well, it's the same story for everybody driving into the city right now from. oaklanders that the oakland touchdown of the bay bridge and that's more of the same backed up traffic on the brand-new span of the bay bridge. oakland 63, san francisco 59. livermore 67. cooler than yesterday. san jose now do

. >> kara, thank you for that. kara swisher. a reminder, nbc group is a minority investor in recode. we're showing you the first trades of weibo as we hit noon here on the east coast. scott wapner, you'll have fun watching that in the next hour? ♪ >> announcer: the trader with the golden mane, pete najarian, his brother just as large and even louder, john najarian, and the most connected mover and shaker on wall street, or so he says, stephen weiss. and now, your host, the man, the myth, the judge. scott wapner! >> nobody reads it like jim. sounds awesome. glad he's in the house. thank you so much. welcome to the "halftime report." we want to revisit the first weibo trade. the stock did open below the price that it was priced at, but it's up now by about 2%, and that trade is starting to ramp up. you can see the volume there. we'll watch that throughout the program and give you the traders' perspective, as well, on this latest ipo in what has been a flurry of new offerings. today's playbook, though. the stocks s -- traders debae

the processed of raising money, so "right this minute" from columbia, south carolina, we have glen, kara and little aliza via skype. welcome back to the show, you guys. >> hi. >> thank you. >> thanks so much for having us again. >> how are things going right now for her? >> she's doing really well. she still continues to learn albeit, you know, more slowly than normal. >> the difficult thing to even think about, though, is that children with this type of syndrome by age 5 stop speaking. things happen really, really quickly. it's a quick childhood alzheimer's. >> the government shutdown affected her treatment and now it's just funding or are there any other things the government needs to do? >> the government center is kind of on track. >> we were able to attend the nih advisory committee meeting. there was a 17-0 vote to move it forward. >> i thought the hospital pays for these things or the government but what you find out in a rare disease it comes down to the parent. a cure is there. it comes down to funding now. >> tell us about the time line you are under. >> we need the money to co

kara made the coaching job and the gals played a great game. >> we were a little nervous. but janai is our rock. >> it was rough. they are always saying relax, play basketball and let the game come to you. that's what we did. i'm so proud of everybody for their resilience tonight. >> we were not going to lose the game. >> reporter: so this year, they have to get it done in music city, nashville. this sunday, a semifinal date against long time nemesis, connecticut. at stanford, vern glenn, kpix5. >>> mark jackson's 49th birthday in dallas and what a present he got in overtime. green to o'neal. on the other side, o'neal swats the monta ellis shot. the warriors had a chance to win and here is how it ended. >> curry to win ... good! good! >> it's good! curry sends the war owes to san antonio happy. they are two-and-a-half up on ninth place in the west. >>> the replay system put the test in phoenix tonight after bruce bochi. replay confirmed it was an out. but bochi was not allowed to challenge it because he failed on his first challenge. that was 4-3 at that point. giants lose

he's the man and the man is joining us "right this minute" with his parents kara and todd. so when did you calm down? looks like you were pretty excited. are you still excited? >> well i'm very excited. >> you hear him in the video he's already ready to be an edgewood eagle. >> oh, wow. see that. there you go. >> what are you most excited about, noah? >> i want to be a pastor. and i hope i will be a pastor at church. >> how proud are you, mom and dad? this must be an exciting moment for the two of you as well? >> probably an equal mix of excitement and scared out of our minds. todd said to me the other day, it's kind of not fair. we had noah, we thought he would live with us forever and here he goes off to do something he wants to do and we are very proud of him but a little nervous too. >> noah, when do you go to college and have you started packing? >> no. >> i work swing shift and it was like 4:00 in the morning and i got woken up. it was him packing his bag. this is april. and he doesn't go until august. so he's getting prepared, trust me. >> i'll tell you, we all think

kara swisher. a reminder, nbc group is a minority investor in recode.st coast. scott wapner, you'll have fun watching that in the next hour? ♪ >> announcer: the trader with the golden mane, pete najarian, his brother just as large and even louder, john najarian, and the most connected mover and shaker on wall street, or so he says, stephen weiss. and now, your host, the man, the myth

kara. >> reporter: police want a database of a location of as many private cure ti systems and surveillance systems as they can. public safety is a priority for leah hall in san lee andro. >> one of my daughter's classmates was car jacked last week in their driveway. we see this as a potential solution. >> reporter: she said as soon as she can find it she'll install the cameras at home and join the registry. >> i hope we'll focus out on this street where we're have agriculture lot of speeders and people may be potentially looking for houses to rob. >> are the police are trying to get more people on board so they can pinpoint near by surveillance cameras. >> if we knew exactly where to go to and were able to bypass res debs, those officers could spend time in the field. >> reporter: they say video surveillance helped officers make an arrest when this place was burglarized last summer. >> the owner was able to relay to the dispatchers to tell them that the suspect was hiding inside up in the rafters where officer would not have been able to check. >> reporter: this program is voluntary and it

kara. >> reporter: police want a database of a location of as many private cure ti systems and surveillance systems as they can. public safety is a priority for leah hall in san lee andro. >> one of my daughter's classmates was car jacked last week in their driveway. we see this as a potential solution. >> reporter: she said as soon as she can find it she'll install the cameras at home and join the registry. >> i hope we'll focus out on this street where we're have agriculture lot of speeders and people may be potentially looking for houses to rob. >> are the police are trying to get more people on board so they can pinpoint near by surveillance cameras. >> if we knew exactly where to go to and were able to bypass res debs, those officers could spend time in the field. >> reporter: they say video surveillance helped officers make an arrest when this place was burglarized last summer. >> the owner was able to relay to the dispatchers to tell them that the suspect was hiding inside up in the rafters where officer would not have been able to check. >> reporter: this program is voluntary and it

. >> i agree with you, but i would say, and i know kara talk about it a lot, we want quality, seriousnessh standards. it does not mean that we will not occasionally be funny. there are different ways of engaging readers. we write reviews of gadgets and products and it is one of the many things we do. those reviews are very personal and often have funny anecdotes. by the time you get to the end of it, if you do, you will have learned what you need to know, but you may also chuckle. and that is important, too. >> totally agree. we are not talking down to people. >> never. >> we are reaching the tools they want to be reached on. >> other reporters, are there different breeds? beyond the social media usage. >> i do not want to say entrepreneur -- they are entrepreneurial and interested in new things. they are open-minded. >> when we went to journalism school, which were different periods, they did not teach that journalism had anything to do with being entrepreneurial. you can multiply the power of your journalism if you have control and good partnerships with smart people and you can move it

that according to kara.f yahoo but preparing images of what a search product like that would look like and she has spoken to johnny ive about this. back to you. >> traders in the stocks could take a hit after earnings. mike is in texas with today's option. mike. >> we saw some above average options volume in all three of the names. yum traded about two times it's average and starbucks, about 1.2 times. . krip olt lay i was looking at. moving about 11% on tomorrow's earnings result and the single trade was a buyer of the -- paying about $1.60 for that. it's going to be below 525. the options markets also expecting bigger than usual moves in yum and starbucks next week as well. >> thanks. more options action next friday as this friday is good friday. check out the website cnbc.com. coming up next hour on "mad money" tonight cramer is gooding a look and talking with neil book coming up next. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ tires screech ] chewley's finds itself in a sticky situation today after recalling its new gum. [ mal

. >> yeah, you know, as i told you earlier, if you are in kara inch there are the militants, you mustf [ inaudible ] he was a reporter, and he was killed and later [ inaudible ] with the political party there. likewise a journalist in [ inaudible ] and sandwiched between the militant and the military. and the same with the journ aileses that are operating from the [ inaudible ]. the journal lists in islamabad they feel more threatened from the agencies. >> very interesting to get your story. thank you very much. >>> now afghan forces have killed at least 60 fight frers the taliban-linked network. this instance happened in a district near the border with pakistan. around 300 fighters came under fire when they tried to storm an african military base. at least four afghan soldiers were killed in the fighting. >>> this man was given lethal injecti injections duri injections but it was called off after he started convulsing. what happened? >> clayton walton was declared unconscious after the first of three drugs were administered. the problems began when the second and third drugs were adm

ten-year-old kara cutler succeeded in getting her school to cancel it's annual trip to sea world.s it this way. >> wouldn't you rather see whales not treated right or would you rather see real whales in the organization and go whale watching. >> watching and now waiting, as california lawmakers decide to look more closely at the issue, before determining whether captive whales will go free in california or if the shamu show will go on. aljazeera, los angeles. >> it's not big enough to hold a cup of coffee, but at auction, a piece of pottery known as the chicken cup, sold for $36 million. >> reporter: from any angle, this cup from the 15th century is remarkable, only for how ordinary it looks, unless of course you're a collector. it first came up for auction in 1999 where it fetched $3 million. at the time, the highest paid for a piece of chinese art. >> it goes well beyond it's historical importance. it's an object that emperors adored and it was copied many times throughout history. >> the cup is the first of april's spring sales. with auction houses around the world selling ever

kara. >> well, woman at the center of this lawsuit works here at this pier one store in san jose, this whole or deal has been stressful, both financially and emotionally. >> all i want is my job back. >>reporter: erin castle man at a pier one store is expecting baby number 2 early this summer. she says she planned to continue working as a sales associate, through much more of her pregnancy, but when doctoring told her in november she shouldn't climb ladder, she was placed on light duty. according to her lawyer, pier one's policy quote, puts win om light duty for a maximum of eight weeks and then automatically placed them on unpaid pregnancy leave if they continue to need accommodations. meaning erins forced into unpaid looefl in january, months before her due date. >> shocked, completely shocked. and hurt, you know, because i've been such a loyal dedicated employee for that company for two years. you know, i figured that they had some kind of policy for pregnancy, you know, it wasn't eight weeks and you're out the door. >>reporter: she says the loss of income has been stressful and hop

meanwhile, kara is showing no signs slowing down.ey are one win away from their sixth final four. they blew out penn state yesterday. 29points was their leader. she had plenty hole p. three other starters were in double figures. helping a strong supporting cast was the goal this off season. >> last year's team was too -- kind of a little bit of a coat tail team. we're just riding her coat tails. as coaches, we took the couches out of the locker room, brought in work out equipment. took down the pictures and put up more motivational signs. the only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. we need people working. >> i love that line. have you heard that before? >> never heard it. >> on the men's side. kentucky is headed back to final four thanks to this guy, marcus lee. this 6' 9" freshman made the most of his increased playing time with so points, eight rebounds. nobody saw this coming except his head coach. >> tell them what i told you for two days before this game? >> all right. so y'all know cal is always right, so. >>

kara. >> well, woman at the center of this lawsuit works here at this pier one store in san jose, this whole or deal has been stressful, both financially and emotionally. >> all i want is my job back. >>reporter: erin castle man at a pier one store is expecting baby number 2 early this summer. she says she planned to continue working as a sales associate, through much more of her pregnancy, but when doctoring told her in november she shouldn't climb ladder, she was placed on light duty. according to her lawyer, pier one's policy quote, puts win om light duty for a maximum of eight weeks and then automatically placed them on unpaid pregnancy leave if they continue to need accommodations. meaning erins forced into unpaid looefl in january, months before her due date. >> shocked, completely shocked. and hurt, you know, because i've been such a loyal dedicated employee for that company for two years. you know, i figured that they had some kind of policy for pregnancy, you know, it wasn't eight weeks and you're out the door. >>reporter: she says the loss of income has been stressful and hop

. >> i'm in the pakistan city of kara karachhi and find out why the armored vehicle business is boominge. ♪ the numbers really are extraordinary, a court in egypt sentenced 683 people to death in a mass trial. among them the leader of the muslim brotherhood, badia and the same court reduced hundreds of other death sentences which were handed down in march but 37 defendants in that trial will still get the death penalty. they were convicted for their alleged role in violent protests after the over throwing of mohamed morsi last july and we report. >> reporter: relatives in shock, moments after the verdict was announced. heavy security was deployed outside the court building where egyptian presiding judge convicted 683 supporters of the outlawed muslim brotherhood to death including the group's leader. the muslim brotherhood is a conservative political group to which former president mohamed morsi belongs. the defendants sentenced on monday are accused of insighting violence and killing a policeman in southern egypt. the attack happened last august, shortly after egyptian security forces

kara, how significant is this news?an issued his reports almost two years ago, and it's the first indication of potential criminal wrongdoing, although to be clear no charges have been filed, and it's an investigation to determine whether any charges would be filed. >> herb, is that 14% selloff warranted? >> well, you could argue was the wise warranted given the uncertainty around the stock and that's been per mentioning to me. we did our documentary selling the american dream, well over a year ago, raising guess on our -- we had an eight-month investigation too this thing or however many month it is. we've watched this thing bounce back and forth knowing full well there's issues that need to be addressed and perhaps now they will be addressed and it's to see if the fbi and federal go further whether they are looking at things like mail and wire fraud, things like that. of course, we don't know what they are actually looking at. >> based on all the reporting that you've done, herb, i was surprised how many investors are

. >>: project kara is coming to google.lows users to swap out individual pieces of hardware like a battery and camera. the idea is to allow to our phone users to update and customize their phones on their own google says the first version of of the fog will likely be available in 2015 cost anywhere from $5,500. >>james: coming up with a have an in-depth look at easter sunday in what kind of afternoon whether we can expect for that. more to come in a moment tree---50- 500 dolars. lars. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of the game. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. welcome back. in new this morning a major accident in san jose writes now turns deadly habit of coleman road of an expressway through kron4's will tran is live on the scene. >>will: and just confirmed with the traffic investigators they say no

charged with false imprisonment, >> eight are charged and prosecutors eventually drop the charges for kara't so lucky. brittany hartcastle described by witnesses as the main attacker in the video pleads guilty to false imprisonment and battery. she is sentenced to 15 days in jail and three years of probation. >> we may have our differences but no one deserves that kind of treatment. >> prosecutors offer to drop false imprisonment charges against april cooper and brittany mays if they agree to plead guilty on misdemeanor battery charges. all accept and are sentenced to a year of probation. prosecutors say mercedes nichols partially arranged for the fight to take place and pleads guilty to battery and tampering with a witness and given three years of probation and 100 hours of community service. as for tori lindsay she is recovering from the injury. >> coming up -- >> if you so much as sneeze, i'll split your [ bleep ] throat. >> a video shows a teenage girl tied up, bound and apparently in fear for her life. >> if you scream and fight, we're going to kill you now. >> those filming call it a

with more and particularly on meri kara, i want to bring in -- , i want to bring in matt miller. matt, let's start with you. we know there is a lot of trouble that general motors is in. what about mary barra herself? is going to answer why she did not know about this as the chief of engineering design. before she was made ceo, she was in a number of other leadership positions at this company. runningently, she was hr. before that, she was the head of product and in that role, she should have been in control of quality. why would she not have known about this? if she did not, what does that say about her leadership? those are the questions that people are going to be asking on capitol hill. mary, i thinkwith a lot of people think she has handled this very contritely. it looks like she is willing to cooperate. much differently than any of the previous ceos would have when they had into washington. general motors is going to have its own problem. this image ofover putting out for quality building, shoddy american cars and have finally won over the automotive media and consumers have

. >> we had this view from amit kara saying when we had rates at 13% and very high inflation we movedn big chunks. we could do 1% or 2% moves. now that rates are at all-time lows, maybe we should only move at 10 basis points. >> sure. the implication is maybe the first move would be something like 17 basis points. effective fund rate is about 8 right now. you move to that and you don't move every meeting greenspan style. you pause, you give information, assess the economy. that's how you can get these things to move along. >> stay with us. more to come from you. also, don't forget today, tomorrow we'll hear exclusively from the president of the bundesbank. catch that interview from 7:00 cet. and today, "squawk box" is speaking to the u.s. treasury secretary, jack lew. that exclusive kicks off from 8:15 eastern. >>> also still to come on this program, the new prime minister of france has survived his first big test but his focus moves from confidence votes to economic policies. can manuel valls really succeed? we'll have the latest from paris. mine was earned in korea in 1953. afghanis

kara gpa, which i know you have received overnight. make it reading fee last night. we're sharing it with you for the first time in advance. so you probably wondered what policy makers are going to discuss during these meetings. we believe that the overriding topic for discussion would be a topic of growth. quality girl, more inclusive growth, and sustainable growth. what does that mean? it means the overriding a trio of -- rules. first and extended the time of low inflation and the immense economies. topic has been discussed. we are concerned about this potential risk and advanced economies in general and your area in particular. we know that low inflation would hurt the growth and jobs. and in this context it is encouraging that the ecb has reiterated its commitment to use unconventional measures as needed it is just too low. many back now. that requires sections across the board. they need to get the pace of fiscal adjustment right and the normalization of the military policy right. it will be about timing, execution, communication. in the emerging market economie

but go to kara waiting on our line for republicans. good morning, thank you for watching "the washington journal." officer, think the whoever it was, should be the ones to carry weapons. if you have everybody carrying a 350on, i am in a room with guys and one crazy shooter all 350 of us plotter weapons we don't know who to shoot. host: sorry we dropped your call there. i think the line -- we will try to get your line back. we have a call for michigan discussing this topic. morningre minutes this for the first segment of our show. to point out a few other stories for you. one story in today's financial times, talking about democrats here, the chance to mold of the supreme court is slipping away. democrats fear that president obama postulates is to mold one of the most powerful institutions, the supreme court, are slipping away -- that is going to do it in this first segment of "the washington journal" this morning. charles wejoined by lend to talk about his efforts to start a -- charles wheelan about his efforts to create a centrist par

. >>> new h brk o show "silicon valley" features kara swisher but the real question, is it any good? >>> joining us today, dennis berman of the wall street. good to have you back. >> it is spring. >> it is spring. >> i'm feeling it. >> it's not going to be any more? >> i know. sorry. >> our own jon fortt joining us as well. more people tuning into pandora these days. listener hours up 14% in march compared to the year ago. pandora also gaining share, over 9% of the total radio users using the platform. last couple of months dennis gave the bulls but this is a nice number. >> apple incursion into the apple radio sent that stock down for a while. those growth numbers are darn impressive. 9% of all radio listening hours. but i did a little research, carl. i looked at how much money pandora has made in the last seven years. you know the answer, right? >> i think i do. >> the answer is nothing. it's lost, i think, close to $100 million. so this is a call valued at $6 billion. the market loves the growth. but as we know about the pandora business model in some ways the more it sells the mo

it's the good the bad of the very very kara seemingly oddly good senator kerry. speaking on the floor yesterday the senate majority leader bill lasted republicans for their close connection to the billionaire koch brothers saying that republican lawmakers might as well where koch insignia suits. nascar fans can easily find their favorite drivers by simply looking at the cars fly by because they are corporate emblems on what is the car and factor all over the car. your clothing here in the senate we don't bear any commercial logos and there are republican senators these days might as well where koch industries and cygnus. harry reid's right our elected representatives have become a little more than tools of the corporate elite and a coke insignia is a great idea but i think we should go even farther as i argued in my book rebooting the american dream that i devoted a chapter to a title have the more nascar patches all lawmakers whether they're democrat or republican or anywhere in between should have to wear nascar badges showing the names of their dollars that wa