. >>> and i will go one on one with basketball great kareem abdul-jabbar. he is taking a shot at a new career. "the wall street journal report" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "the wall street journal report." now, maria bartiromo. >> here's a look at what is making news as we head in to a new week on wall street. hopes that a deal has been reached for a greek bailout are fading. an apparent agreement among greek political leaders on a package of toughs asterty measures sparked protests in athens. now there is word that the deal maybe blocked by eu finance ministers. it requires wage cuts, and slashes defense spending. the markets yawned at the debt deal on thursday though the index hit multiyear highs in the middle of the week. the technology sector sizzled this week. three dow components reported earnings this week. disney, cisco and coke all beat expectations and mario monti is receiving praise for lifting them out of their crisis there. i spoke to him about his focus on growth. >> we needed to have spending cuts

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you can catch the full interview with kareem abdul-jabbar this sunday on "the wall street journal reportrepeats sunday night at 7:30 p.m. on cnbc. my thanks to kareem abdul-jabbar. such a wonderful person and a do gooder. let's recap the week on wall street. friday knocked wind out of stocks after greece's deal to avoid default showed some signs of unraveling. s&p edged down two points. the nasdaq also cut about two points on the week. as you can see there. and that'll do it for us on the "closing bell." thank you for being with me. thanks to all my friends online who helped with the questions for the prime minister. stay with kk because "options action" begins after this short break. 00-345-2550 and still gives me a great price. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 at charles schwab, you get everything you need tdd# 1-800-345-2550 to trade your way. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 all for $8.95 a trade. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 here, it's all about trading. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 start trading with the intuitive streetsmart edge platform tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and use its tools like strategy builder to screen for stocks, tdd#

>> kareem abdul-jabbar, it's a pleasure to meet you.so much. >> the new children's book once against "what color is my world?" it's a great book. >>> up next. >> if they want to find out anything more, go to my website kareem abdul-jabbar.com and they can find out more. >>> i love it. >>> up next how social media is changing the business model. more "morning joe" in just a moment. i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] only from aveeno. >>> i say it's time to start making money for the facebook. who is right? >> well, neither of you yet. facebook is cool. that's what it's got going for it. ads aren't cool. >> it's like you're throwing the greatest party on campus, you don't even know what the thing is. >> that's exactly right. >> how big it can get. this is no time to take your chips down. you know wh

he taught him how to play basketball by showing him tapes of kareem abdul-jabbar.be it's his smile. the enjoyment he gets from the game. maybe the humility. >> thank you for the energy, as always. we love playing here. >> reporter: in the end, the fact of the matter might be this. if you can't root for jeremy lin, that's simply lin-sane. i'm john berman, for "nightline," in new york.

let you know, names that our generation have been familiar with -- john elway, ronnie lott, kareem abdul-jabbar kidd, tiger woods, they all came through the pac 12 colleges. if the digital media center is here, they will be coming here for their interviews, coming here to announce what they are doing, coming here to be entertained, as well as see their fans. we are on a good role. pac 12 is exciting to have here. so we have the unemployment rate reduction to 7.8%, the america's cup moving forward on the eir, and this key agreement with the piers and development rights, balancing what the public and port staff has been focused on, and then with our great partners in the ac event authority, and then we have this pac 12 agreement. they want to be broadcasting by next year. so with that, i want to welcome] >> i would like to thank the mayor personally. we are new here. we have not got it right all the time, but we are learning fast. specifically, with regard to the areas of piers 14 to 22. the mayor called me into his office and suggested to me that that was off the table. so i listened, and we wen

>> it is the cream cream -- it is the kareem abdul-jabbar who is well known for his basketball career. he also is an activist. he put together a book of african-american inventors. it is a wonderful book because, one, it is just beautiful. >> colorful. >> colorful. it has all types of activities. and it introduces young people, and young at heart, to the fact that an african-american invented the stoplight, the electric stoplight, fredge racial, so you -- refrigeration so you can get your fruits and vegetables in the winter. >> what age would this start with? >> this is 8 to 10 years old. you could really take it all the way up. >> and there is one more book you wanted to talk about. >> we didn't bring it because it is hard to get, so please get it the bookstore. melissa harris-perry has written about the pour trails of -- portrayals of african-american women. it is called sister shame and sister citizen. that is hard to get. i couldn't even get a copy. >> thank you for coming in. please don't go away. we have answers to your pet questions when we come back. first a look at events goi

i got a private basketball lesson from the one and only kareem abdul-jabbar.going to be my guest this weekend. that was my sky hook. >> that was the sky hook right there. there you go, huh? >> thank you. >> what's the secret to making the sky hook? >> i'll tell you. he taught me how to do it, and i got it in because of his direction. you have to keep your fingers on the ball, not your palms. very important the way you hold the basketball. you've got to keep your fingers on the ball, not the palms. and then on the right side, you go right foot, left throw, and on the left side, you go left foot, right hand. in terms of -- >> could you demonstrate that for us? >> i just sort of did. i got it in three times. what are you doing tonight? the lakers could use your help tonight at the garden against the knicks. kareem with maria. making sky hooks this weekend on the "wall street journal" report. >> thank you for that, bill. 20 minutes away from the closing bell. once again, words over the eurozone, we're speaking to mario monti, the prime minister of italy coming up

fans have not come down with a basketball-borne disease this intense since the outbreak of kareem abdul-jabbarhe knicks can play altogether tonight. my good friend, chuck todd, you no he how he loves new york city more than anything. chuck, he just tweeted this, leave it to chuck to rain on parade. what if zwrarmy lin was a warrior playing the game? >> he hates, he so hates new york. more than chuck todd. >> i don't understand we're the center of the universe. really? i mean everything starts. >> we have weather events. >> why is he so bitter? >> it's all-consuming for him. it's a wonder he can get out of bed in the morning. >> we've got times square. >> i don't know how he gets through the day. >> why does he hate the syndrome? >> coming up, the battle of the economic charts. steve rattner -- >> this is going to be great. >> this is left-on-left crime. >> we'll pick it up where we left off. [ horn honks ] hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. w

what color is my world" the lost history of african-american inventors, by basketball legend kareem abdul-jabbar, we have done little to teach children about the outstanding contributions african-american inventors have made to innovation. i therefore like to use this time during black history month to pay tribute to some of the many, many contributions african-american inventors have made. i'm not the first member of this body to take to the floor of the house to acknowledge the long legacy of inventiveness of -- in the african-american community. on august 10, 1894, representative george washington murray, the only african-american in the house of representatives at the time, and himself the holder of eight patents on agricultural implements, read the names of 92 african-americans who held patents and described the inventions on the house floor. had time allowed repres murray would likely have highlighted the achievements of even more patent holders. inventors such as thomas l. jennings, a free person of color, and one of the earliest african-americans to patent an invention who in 1821 was aw