>> mandy. >> mandy drury. >> i'll say mandy. >> mandy. >> mandy, of course. >> mandy is number one. > do you think about brian sullivan? >> never heard of him. >> what do you think of brian sullivan? >> never heard of him. >> what about herb greenburg? >> never heard of him. >> no one knows who i am. it's 100 degrees and i'm sitting eating by myself. but at least i've got one thing in my favor, fried pork knuckle. >> how much did he pay people to say that. >> no, it's no so surprise. you left them wanting more. >> that was so set up. that was so set up. oh, well, at least you got a mention. >> a mention. they don't know who i am. >> and he got pork knuckles. we're all happy. >>> looks like the frady cats are coming out in force. the nasdaq is now about 9 points away from 3,000, it was closer to that earlier on. the dow is upy

mandy? >> it certainly is a big story. the same story yesterday when you were saying the story of equities is the story about bonds. what's the story today with tech, bertha? >> today it's apple, really. apple now just off of the highs. take a look. we're at $585.28, up just 3% but apple today, morgan stanley, slach i slapping a $720 12-month price target, they think by the end of 2013 it could be close to $1,000 and earning $80 per share for the year. beyond apple we have more than 120 highs and some of the big caps are following on the coattails that microsoft, intel, and qualcomm all at multiyear highs today as well. we've also got some strength in retail. bed bath & beyond seeing the folks at bernstein raise its price target and it's at an all-time high, and lululemon fell today after an all-time high and the regional banks looking good. and zions bancorp up nearly 10% here on the wall, and it is set to repay its t.a.r.p. funds. back to you, mandy. >> thanks so much for that, bertha and

mandy, at the end of the day it's too froth.s more likely to see sales back down in the 14.4 million range. you have a number of things, weather and japanese suppliers back in. all of those factor wills not be there this spring. >> what about advances in fuel efficiency? just a moment ago we heard from auto nation's mike jackson. he's also saying fuel efficiency plays a big role in showrooms nowadays. >> they do. and people really don't pay attention to the fact that we're seeing a big shift in terms of the type of engine people want in their vehicles. we are moving more towards 4 cylinder engines. and because of technology, people can get a 4 cylinder and not feel like they're giving up on performance. they want the turbo boosters because you get better performance and fuel efficiency. >> i love those cars that go vroom. nice gains in shares. should investors expect that to continue? >> i think people are going to wonder at some point given what we're seeing, lower incentives, higher sales means you're going to see more profits

here's the reason why, mandy. when you look at jet fuel over the last six months as it continues to move higher, the bottom line is that the expectation among investors is that at some point there will be a break in oil prices. and jet fuel prices will come down. as we all know, mandy, jet fuel is the number one expense for the airlines. if they can get a break there after spending $50 billion on jet fuel last year, they'll take it this year. >> i bet they would. i'm sure they're wanting a break right now. i want to ask you in the meantime to what extent do high jet fuel prices driving the need for consolidation in the sector, phil? >> it's a huge driver because ultimately it's cutting into the bottom line. and that's going to force some of the limited players who are out there looking to merge to maybe perhaps make a move although a lot of people are saying it's premature to expect it to happen any time soon. >> okay, phil lebeau, thank you so much for that. in the meantime stocks are feeling the hopium today. is

>> agree question, mandy.hat you have to do is after the earnings come out go to the 10 q or k and see if it's adjusted downwards. you have to go to the documents. >> i've been listening to you uncover these things since i'm like 15 years old. i was reading your columns in the '90s. seems to me that one out of two of these is some kind of pharmaceutical or drug-related biotech company. why do you think this sector is so prone to having these type of discrepan discrepancies in accounting? >> you have a lot of hype around the drugs. are they going to make it or not? you have to get people attached to the story. in this case for six years. this drug is not even technologically feasible until 2016 according to documents. by the way, john told me it's a big block buster. this is a game changer for the company if it happens. between here and there generics aside, anything is possible. >> did josh suddenly make you feel very old, herb? >> i might say everyone around here really makes me feel very old. >> looking grea

julia. >> thanks, mandy.t facebook has asked secondary markets companies like second market as well as shares post to stop trading of its shares. so they've been asked to halt trading. sources tell us facebook is doing this. they're trying to halt the trading on the secondary markets in order to ensure an orderly transition to the public markets when facebook does eventually ipo. this has nothing to do with the timing of the ipo. no commentary on where the s.e.c. is in the review process. just facebook taking steps to ensure transition from the private market trading into the public markets. neither second market nor shares post nor facebook has made an official comment on this. back to you. >> julia, thank you for breaking that news. coming up, brian has another really big interview aboard the u.s.s. intrepid. he's going to be sitting down with jamie dimon to talk about how he is hiring heroes. "street signs" back in a couple minutes time. cannot be contained. [ clang ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no

mandy. >> thanks, brian.resting especially when we saw the lennar numbers this morning. steve weiss is with us here on set. we're trying to figure out which stocks are going to be the share. steve, which one do you think is going to get there first? >> i'm going to go with priceline. not because i think it's the best investment but it's the closest, number one. it's not overvalued. 36 times thisser yoo, -- this year, 19 times next year. say i that because they're closest to the target. however, if i talk fundamentals, who deserves to be there, it's apple. so it's tied between the two. >> why's that? >> it's the cheapest stock. right now on a forward earnings basis, only 11, 12 times. for the type of growth they're seeing, that's almost unprecedented. >> do you care? >> i care. >> we care about the numbers in the media, round numbers. do you care as an investor about these ronald numbers? >> i could care less about it all. i care about the found dags and the fundamentals. if it gets to the point where it's too

i'm mandy drury. hi, herb. >> i couldn't sit here and look. >> this is what i get for trying to support your point. >> splits won't do anything more than -- we know they're smoke in mirrors and apple's too smart for that. i really believe that. >> the only thing that would have an effect on it perhaps is if they split 10 for one down to 50 and the stock went to 100, you wouldn't think that was anything great. but people ask me, you know, do you think the stock's going to go to 1,000? you asked me that when i was here before. >> i absolutely did. >> i said sure it can go $1,000. it's not that much. still only selling at 22, 23 times earnings. >> and trades at a less than 2% forward. one of those is misvalued. >> microsoft is probably undervalued at this price. but so is apple. i think they're both cheap. >> would you care to put a timeline on when you think it could hit $1,000? >> no. i don't think so. i don't think i want to put a time, but i don't think it will be too long. couple three years. >> oka

i'm mandy drury. the averaging are having an average day but lots of big names making big moves, ibm, costco, and more. can you still make money buying these high flyers? we're going to debate that. while everyone is focus odd sky high oil prices, he we asked can you find a wave of products in water? a top analyst breaks it down and names names as you hunt for liquid assets. a reality check. is 2012 a year that the home buyers make a big comeback, or will the red hot rental market drive the market. new details are coming your way. in the meantime let's check on the markets for you. the dow with the plus side with two hours left in the trading day. exxon, coke and walmart leading the way. the s&p is hovering around the flat line, harley davidson and h & r block hovering there. one positive note there, folks. the nasdaq is on track for the biggest percentage gain since the third quarter of 2009. let's get right to the trading floors. bob at the nyc and semi. it's a tight trading range and very light vol

>> well, mandy, you're exactly right.asy as in the past, but still able to find them. >> where? >> well, natural resources is one area and also in the technology area, there's still values there. >> let's go through them individually. for example, you've got a gold company which you say kind of lost its luster. i mean gold prices have also kind of lost their luster. my question to you is to what extent is this a company that can still make money if we have gold prices around $1600 an ounce or possibly low sner. >> they can make very good money at these levels. this is a company -- a very high-quality company and they've stumbled. that's the reason why the stock price is in the bargain basement, if you will. >> let's talk about another one. this is an interesting name. alpha natural resources. okay. coal has been slaughtered, natural gas we just talked about is so cheap. you see the conversion from coal to natural gas. your bull argument on anr seems to be this, it's mostly met lerj call. isn't that risk to china slowdown?

>> mandy, i think it is.ars we were worried that workers really struggled with the idea of building a portfolio from the building blocks that were given to them in thundershower 401 k plans. >> does it reduce the return as well? >> what you do see is individuals are in more balanced strategies so you see younger people more equity-oriented and as they approach retirement they get lower risk and lower returns. but, again, lower return is relative to having a diversified portfolio. >> you know, listen, there's no doubt that these can be very useful to people that have busy lives and busy families. don't have time to sit and analyze their portfolios all the time. when i look through target date funds for example the 60 to 64-year-old fund which is in retirement or close to it, it's still 56% stocks. a lot of financial advisors say it's too much risk and the 19-year-old product is not 100% stocks, it's about 90%. how do you determine what the proper balance is? a lot of people would disagree with those percentage

but there's still such a long way to go, mandy. biggest natural gas company in the world is one of the largest traded stocks in london because a lot of the trade doesn't trade here. fidelity and jpmorgan are afraid to come here. something like 35% of all russian trade takes place outside of the country. they'd like to bring that back into russia. >> thank you so much, steve liesman. stay safe in moscow. senator john mccain is calling for u.s.-led international air strikes against syrian leader's forces. speaking on the senate floor at this hour. mccain is telling colleagues that military assistance to opposition groups will not be enough. he says air strikes are necessary to stop the slaughter and save innocent lives. we'll continue to follow that story. in the meantime a quick look at oil. oil is currently sitting at $106.70. it's sitting approximately unchanged as we speak. coming up next on "street signs," president obama says he would buy a gm volt when he's out of office. why at this rate we might actually have to buy used. pl

mandy, what have you been able to find out? >> well, we understand the american soldier left his remote base in khandahar province this morning around dawn. he went house to house shooting villagers. according to an afghan official in one home he killed 11 civilians including women and children. he has been detained and an investigation is ongoing. >> schieffer: do we have any idea what prompted this? >> no. american officials have been asked what caused the attack to happen. there is no indication what the motivation could be. they haven't made any links to the victims and the soldiers so it's very unclear why he went on this shooting rampage. >> schieffer: mandy clark in kabul. mandy, thank you so much. security correspondent david martin is with us in the studio. david, can you add anything? >> as she said, the soldier is in custody so sooner or later presumably they will find out his motive. but the motive seems almost beside the point. the number one mission for u.s. troops in afghanistan is to protect afghan civilians. fo

mandy, thank you. we'll be in touch. >>> meanwhile we're learning more about the soldier accused of killing 16 afghans. a 38-year-old father of two. u.s. officials say he is a training sniper and suffered a head injury while serving in iraq. secretary of defense leon panetta says he may face the death penalty. president obama says sunday's massacre was tragic but they'll not speed up u.s. withdrawal plans. >> what we don't want to do is make a rush for the exit. we have to make sure that the afghans can, you know, protect their borders and prevent al qaeda from coming back in. so we're going do it in a responsible way. >> but "the new york times" this morning says the obama administration is considering accelerating withdrawal of u.s. sold forces from afghanistan. the name of the suspected gunman has not been released burke we know he's from a base south of seattle. as ben tracy reports, the base has seen its trouble. >> reporter: iraq war veteran jorge gonzalez was shocked by the murder of afghan civi

>> well, mandy, thank you very much. and i think it's great to see mark and remember that call that he made which was impressive and amazing and an amazing time. i think that as we look at what's changed since then and where we really are now in the process, we've repaired a lot. certainly domestically we've repaired a lot. think about what we were concerned with back then, it was much more of what u.s. banks were going under the waves and what was the next step and how much contagion there was going to be domestically. obviously our problem -- the problems we face today are much more international. we're concerned about china, european sovereign debt issues. but much less about double dip recession that was montra for a good chunk of that last three years since the markets hit the bottom. i think we're in a much different place. and i think we have more room to go on the upside. >> how much more room? >> i think it's interesting as we look at the valuations and as we sort of flirt with some of the round numbers, the dow

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mandy clark and david martin have details. while whit johnson reports on what this could mean on a strained mission in afghanistan. >> is it time for us to leave afghanistan, mr. speaker. >> i think it is. >> jeff: pensions, republican employees are slashed in one new england town, tony guida tells us rhode island may have been first but it won't be last. >> and remembering-- remembrance in japan one area later. bill whitaker is there as the country reflects on the earthquake and tsunami. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: good evening, i'm jeff glor t was awful news from afghanistan coming at such a critical time. and tonight the fallout is just beginning. a stunning and so far inexplicable mass killing by an american soldier inside a small afghan village. that soldier acting alone, u.s. officials say, opened fire early today just outside his base in kandahar province. mandy clark begins our coverage in kabul. >> reporter: the shooting rampage took place here in the village of balandi after a

>> mandy, risk-on continues. witnessing best quarter since 1991. the nasdaq 100, the subset of stocks is turning in 12 straight weeks of gains. some money managers saying tech is still cheap and has the ability to run up even higher. when you have a risk-on rally, you naturally see investors pile into tech. interestingly enough it's not just high beta momentum names adding strength. it's the older tech stocks that are seeing some green today. keep in mind though during the last week of the month we usually see some window dressing which basically means investors are grabbing some of the quarter's best performers to dress up their portfolio listings. >> window dressing, got to love it. thank you very much, seema mody. >> all right. who says that old technology stocks are dead? some of the big boys are looking a little more magic than matlock. intel, microsoft, nasdaq 100 all up double digits this year. intel not trading at levels seen since july 2005. the nasdaq 100 has turned in almost three months straight of gains. and with cheap money still flow

it's a megafriday, mandy. >> indeed it is. i wouldn't run, brian. would come right into work the very next day. anyway, let's check the markets as the quarter is drawn to a close. the dow up six straight months of gains. s&p up so far for the quarter. here's why that matters. every year since 1950, every time the s&p is up more than 8% in q-1, it has been higher for the year by an average of 22%. in the meantime, the nasdaq is up for the seventh straight week. and on track for its best first quarter since 1991. and here is your megastat of the day. if you win just imagine the full $640 million megamillions jackpot in an instant you'll be worth as much as beyonce, jay-z and britney spears and tom cruise. >> megamillions is what everybody's talking about here and all over the street. think how big the pot has grown. on tuesday night's drawing the jackpot totalled $363 million. a lot of money. nobody won. it got more big. on thursday it grew to $540 million. and by noon today it jumped a full $100 million to $640 million. keep in mind, it is still grow

hey, sharon. >> hey, mandy. oil had been range bound for weeks.going to break out in one way or another. today was a significant breakout to the downside following the 50-day moving average. right now we're below $103 a barrel here for nymex crude oil. also seeing weakness in the brent crude contract as well. the saudi arabia oil minister's comments in the "financial times" about the oversupply of oil and the fact they'd be ready to meet any supply shortage if there was an iranian shortage, that is something that traders are watching. they're also watching all of this chatter about strategic petroleum reserves and tapping them and the supply data from the energy department. natural gas down 6% of the session. how low can natural gas go? that's what everybody wants to know. peak theory research says $1.36. >> we're at $2.14. thank you very much, sharon. in related news, natural gas is leaking from a platform in the north sea. nbc news chief environmental affairs correspondent, ann thompson, is live in scotland with the latest for us. what's going o

mark, thank you so much. >> thanks, mandy.hanks, brian. >> herb, welcome to the show. >> i'm glad to be here, finally. >> what are you looking at today? >> finally? put the claws back in. >> you talk about the deals and bad deals -- >> that was hyperbolistic about that. >> what's important is you're looking at sales numbers. that's why you have to still go back and really try to dig through to see what acquisitions were made, what deals were done and really understand the financial statements. but it got me thinking what were really the worst deals -- >> first off before you do i have to jump in on that. i fundamentally disagree. i referenced the sales numbers but the stock price only thing that matters for investors, report card of a ceo, report card of anything you do with a publicly traded company. >> by the way, the stock price is what i mentioned yesterday as being flat, not what you mentioned being flat. you were talking about the sales. now, let's get onto happier things here. i want to point out -- >> the worst merger

now it's not possible, mandy, you have a series of trades with pennies. they were obviously erroneous. regardless, this is an embarrassment. you're a stock exchange, you're going public, and you're trading your stock on your own exchange and it's the only stock on your exchange. you got to figure out what happened here. we're waiting, mandy, for some kind of comment from them. >> it really is embarrassing. i think it really could be called a clunker. thank you very much for that, bob pisani. >> bad story. all right. moving on. nobody can predict with absolute precision what's going to happen in the future with the markets, but you can certainly pay attention to some warning shots when they're fired. and our good friends at cnbc.com came up with a list of stocks that are currently firing shots loud and clear that they could drop in a big way. here's the criteria that they used. pay attention. maybe you want to get your pens and pencils out right now. these are stocks that are, a, in the s&p 500. they have an average short interest of at least 3.86%. meanin

mandy smith, a career counselor, is dawn's mentor as she adjusts to civilian life. >> one thing thathey talk about in the air force is transition, but they don't give you the tools necessary to transition to the civilian sector. >> reporter: mandy gives dawn those tools. how to write a resume, interview skills and negotiating a salary. >> sometimes i'm a coach, sometimes i'm an advocate, sometimes i'm just helping them explore options and possibilities. >> let's go. >> reporter: caroline allen found out mandy does even more. the 40-year-old mother who served 20 years in the army landed a job on her own in kentucky but turned to sandy for something else. >> i don't want to just know how to get a job. i want to know how to keep a job. >> reporter: in the civilian workplace, she says, the strict regulations of the military world no longer apply. >> they tell you how to dress, and that's the way you would dress. you have no choice. but to know that you have choices in the way you present yourself and your appearance in the civilian world, as simple as it sounds, i was not prepared for th

i'm mandy drury. the countdown is on for the fed's decision on interest rates, the news and all the instant analysis just minutes away. >>> how will the decision impact your portfolio and how can you make money in this low volume, low volatility market? two five-star fund managers are going to tell you. >>> and betting some of your retirement dollars on foreclosed homes? you can do it. our diana olick will be here to tell you if the risk is worth the reward. >>> in the meantime, we have a nice rally on our hands. a day of real double-take stats. the dow above 13,000, going for its highest close since 2007. over on the s&p, that index at its highest since june of 2008. as for the nasdaq, it's taking aim at 3,000, which would be the first time since 2000 if it closes above that and if the major averages hold at these current levels, we'll see a market first, what is it? the dow closing above 13,000 and the nasdaq closing above 3,000 on the very same day. let's check in with bob pisani at the nyse. you'v

mandy, what do you know about this morning's attack? >> well, it seems that the attack could have been an ambush because the attackers struck from a number of sides. it's unclear at the minute if anyone has been killed or injured but we do know the delegation was visiting the villages as part of a government investigation into the shooting and that two of afghan president hamid karzai's brothers were part of the mission. >> they're the prospect of more violence. could we see violence like this in the days to come? >> reporter: that's a very real possibility. in the past, we've noticed that as protests carry on, they seem to get angrier er and angrier er and more and more violent, and violent protests seem to be a slow burn in afghanistan, so the possibility that violence could spark off again is very real, and everyone is still on high alert. >> mandy clark in afghanistan this morning. thank you. we'll be in touch. >>> meanwhile we're learning more about the sold wrer accused of killing 16 afghans. he's the father of two. secretary of d

s&p 500, mandy, could i just say, by the way, we're only 2.5% off the recent highs. i wouldn't put up any particular panic. we're back to levels where we were 15 days ago. what they're going to do is they're going to sit and wait for a little while and see what happens. if you go to 1,325, what happens? do you get buyers? greece is playing in here, too. what happens on that debt exchange on thursday night is going to matter. one other quick thought, i got a lot of questions about gold today. why isn't gold going up if there are concerns about global growth? it hit $1,677. that's the 200-day moving average. technicals matter. it broke the 200-day. china slowing growth there, the number one gold buyer in the world, that would put some pressure on gold in terms of the fundamentals as well. i think that's what's going on in gold today. >> absolutely. we watch china every single day. big driver of the markets. >> we've got news on greece right now, having to do with that private debt swap. michelle caruso-cabrera is opt tone from athens. >> reporter: all the major greek b

i promise, mandy. >> okay, brian. good afternoon. dow getting back a nice chunk of yesterday's drop. blue chips up 0.5% today and up about 5% year-to-date. similar move high today on the s&p 500 index up 7.5% so far this year. the nasdaq meantime jumping nearly 1% today. and over 12% for the year. yeah, the big outperformer in large part thanks to this little apple. apple stock up nearly -- let me see up a little bit there on the announcement of the new ipad. check out this stat of the day courtesy apple ceo tim cook he says 76% of revenues came from the ipod, iphone and ipad last year. just staggering. brian and i will be debating the apple phenomenon shortly. mary thompson in for bob pisani at the nyse. rick santelli at his usual perch on cme because you are irreplaceable, but mary, not a bad rally. seems as if we have a very risk-on market today. >> that's certainly the case today, mandy, just as you said. couple things contributing to today's bounceback. first of all the adp jobs report in line with expectations, optimism enough

we have more on that from mandy clark in kabul. >> reporter: president hamid karzai called the attack an assassination and unforgivable. antiamerican sentiment is already running high after a number of serious mishaps by the u.s. military. in january, a video surfaced that appeared to show u.s. marines urinating on dead militants. the desecration outraged the afghan public. then three weeks ago u.s. soldiers mistakenly burned copies of the muslim holy book, triggering mass protests across the country. six american soldiers and at least 30 afghans were killed. weeks ago, these streets were full of angry protesters. today all is quiet. but that doesn't mean that the shooting hasn't been a terrible setback for u.s. and afghan relations. opposition leader abdullah abdullah said he fears that u.s./afghan relations have reached a new low. >> it is no doubt that it is very harmful and it puts under question those american values which the free world is so much proud of. and that's the danger. >> reporter: that danger is now very real for u.s. troops on the ground here. the taliban called the

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for that let's head over to cnbc's mandy drury. good morning. >> good morning. the u.n. envoy has arrived in damascus to press for a peaceful end to the country's year-long crisis including a deadly government crackdown in cities lie homs. >>> uganda vows to catch rebel leader joseph kony dead or alive. friday's announcement follows the video spot lighting the atrocities of his lone army. the video has turned into an internet sensation with more than 170 million hits. nightly news will be on monday to check on the claims that they only focus on kony rather than the government. >>> mitt romney picked up y unanimous delegates. he's expected to win today in socially conservative kansas and newt gingrich vows to stay in the race, even if he loses in alabama and mississippi next week. >>> well, dozeezens of police a looking for your a spft in washington state. the manhunt began friday after the suspect stabbed a judge and shot a deputy with his own gun in a courtroom struggle. shade been treat and released from a hospital. >>> we loose an hour tomorrow due to daylight savings

we want to thank bill karens who is not here and mandy drewy. meet the 7-year-old whose dance moves at a hockey game went viral. >> you guys -- >> we'll see you later. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm angie. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. straight aid head, let's make a deal. the redskins set to pull off a blockbuster trade and turn the franchise around. >>> another small victory for mitt romney. overnight with just days to go before the gop candidates battle it out for votes down south. >>> a popular hike and bike trail in bethesda in jeopardy of being closed. good morning. i'll have more on this story coming up. >>> and i'm storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell. the sun is shining but should we expect that to continual weekend long? your forecast coming up. >>> all that and much more when you join us in just a few minutes. >> "news 4 today" begins in just a few moments. stay with us. >>> good saturday morning. welcome to "news

mach mandy drury is here. >> walmart is really going after that market.debut a new program in april, as you said, it's called pay with cash, where customers can essentially select items online and pay for them at a nearby store in order to offer people without credit or debit cards, just some of the convenience of being able to shop online. as i mentioned walmart's actually wanted to get into this market for quite a while, because about 20% of walmart customers are unbanked. in fact since 2004, walmart has put munsoney centers in their stores, and in the past holiday season they relaunched their lay away program. so they're really trying to make it easier for their customers. >> and i want to talk about these low ratings that could spell trouble for own, oprah winfrey's network. where does all this stand? >> oprah winfrey network own has been struggling and therefore there was a shake-up this week, there was a 20% staff layoff and it's really up to own to turn things around and one of the questions is whether or not they released to a big enoughed a yens

mandy drury with the story. >> thanks a lot for that, maria. the "wall street journal" is reporting that the citigroup chairman is not going to be standing for re-election on the citi board. he will give up the chairmanship. he's been on the board itself for 16 years. apparently citigroup is reportedly expected to name michael o'neill as the new chairman, maria. mr. parsons was the longtime former ceo of time warner. his departure is seen as a confidence in the remaining ceo vikram pundity. if you just want to take a look at the reaction in terms of after-hours share price, we're sitting at $34.07. citigroup has lost about 94% of its value since its all-time high which was back in 2006. so it's an incredible fall from grace in terms of shareholder value. >> it certainly has been. thank you so much, mandy. let's get more on sunday's presidential election in russia. joining me via skype is former world chess champion and chairman of the opposition movement, united civil front of russia, garry kasparov. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks

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mandy is there. >> good morning. there are fear of reprisal attacks against westerners in afghanistan today. the taliban vowed revenge against what they call thick-minded american savages following the killings. >> i cannot speak says this villager, overwhelmed after the brutal killing spree by an american soldier. the u.s. army sergeant's rampage began at 3:00 a.m. yesterday. the 38-year-old walked off his remote base and wint to two villages nearby going house to house shooting civilians. nine children and three women died in the massacre. he dragged the boys by their hair and shot them in the mouth this witness says. other villagers say he bundled up the dead into blankets and set them on fire. their charred remains were taken to a nearby american base for investigation. after the shootings, the soldier then returned to his base and was detained by american forces. the suspect from striker brigade was assigned to support a special forces unit engaged in a village stability operation. now, the stability of the enti

more from mandy clark in kabul. >> reporter: bloody countrywide protests ripped afghanistan after american soldiers at bagram mistakenly burned copies of the muslim holy book last month. six u.s. soldiers died in retaliation. afghan president hamid karzai said the incident never would have happened if afghans had been in charge of the prison so a new agreement signed yesterday by the expuz afghanistan will give the afghan government control of bagram prison in 18 months. >> it is yet another example of the progress of transition, and our efforts to ensure that afghanistan can never again be a safe haven for international terrorists. >> reporter: bagram is where the u.s. military is holding more than 3,000 detainees. their number has doubled in the past year, and is five times greater than when president obama took office. the tedeignees are afghan citizens. though their cases may be reviewed every six month, dedetainees don't get a lawyer or see the evidence against them and can be held against them. this lawyer has met many detainees and worries the prisoners will be treated worse under a

mandy drury with a look at the winners and losers since march 9th. >> i'll start with the losers. we dug out the worst performers since what we can here at cnbc call the haines bottom in 2009. the first prize goes to first solar, down 76%. it's been a tough business for first solar. and others actually in that business. because it looks like fewer solar panels are going to be installed this year. margins at the top five solar manufacturers have been slashed. and first solar is already planning for this reduced demand this year saying just a week ago that it is halting production lines, and the germany plant as long as six months. next on the list is super value, down 63%. and for-profit education company, apollo, a favorite of herb greenberg on "street signs" talked about this one. and metro pcs. let's go to the top five performers. windham, hotel and resorts. look at this, guys, up 1,311%. just to make that a little more concrete for you. i've got a little fact story. if you invested $10,000 three years ago today, in w yirks ndham you would be $1,400 richer. that makes it a littl

mandy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. dozens of people in kandahar held a vigil in memory of the shooting victims. around 1,000 students gathered to voice their anger over the killings. >> reporter: burning an ephigy of president obama. the protesters in the eastern city of jalalabad demanded the soldier responsible for killing 16 civilians face a public trial in afghanistan. we don't want a strategic partnership with foreign troops, the student said. the protesters also called for american troops to leave afghanistan now describing them as tyrants and dictators. it's the first significant protest in reaction to the shooting attack. the taliban has issued another threat to u.s. forces. in a statement the insurgent group said the islamic emirate once again warns the animals that the mujahadeen will avenge them. >> reporter: today militants ambushed an afghan delegation that was visiting the scene of the attack. gunfire came from two different directions killing an afghan soldier and wounding two others. >> mandy, thank you

you heard mandy talk about the story with swatch. >> you look at the stock over the last three monthsx months, you can see a wide range. this stock was much higher. it's pulled back. now starting to move to the upside. look at the april call spread. traded 1.55. early this morning a couple thousand times definitely some speculation that this stock could move to the upside. talk about square footage and sales per square foot this is one of those names that sticks out. >> the misery continues for nat gas. >> there are opportunities in the natural gas space. we have the ceo of southwest energy. you can look toward clne. we'll eventually get cars and trucks toward natural gas. >> all right. ibm holding strong above 200 bucks. >> classic momentum value situation. trading 12 times earnings. 7% earnings yield in a very low interest rate environment and it's got a very diversified portfolio now in terms of its businesses. this stock should continue to do well in an environment like this. >> next trade you have fundamental case for banks earlier in the show from dick. how did the charge look a

cnbc's mandy drury here with what's moving your money. $3.80 is the national average.oday the president is firing back. tell us about the new report. >> yeah, as you said, chris, gas prices are now a big factor in the presidential election. so the white house is trying to arm itself against election year attacks on the energy policies, which as you can imagine, republicans are using to blame for high gas prices. all eyes are on the president's blueprint for a secure energy future, which says essentially american families can't be held hostage to the wins of the u.s. oil market. analysts are not making predictions on oil gas prices, but setting a goal of reducing imports by a third in over a decade and setting fuel economy standards to down the line save consumers at the pump. apparently the president would like to appeal the $4 billion in tax credits and subsidies that oil and gas companies receive. and focus more on clean energy and greener jobs. those are just some of the highlights that the report is looking at. >> cnbc's mandy drury, as always, thank you, my friend

mandy clark is in kabul. what can you tell us about in latest act? >> well, the american soldiers were shot dead in kandahar province inside their outposts according to afghan officials. one of the attackers was an afghan soldier, the other a teacher. it's the third time that afghan security forces have turned their guns on americans since the your ran burning indent. the protests may have died down, but it seems targeted attacks on american soldiers is on the rise. >> mandy shall what's being done then about those targeted attacks? is there anything to be done? >> very little can be done now. a big part of the u.s. mission is training up and partnering with the afghan forces so u.s. soldiers share the same bases. they eat together and they go on patrol together. now they not only have to worry about the insurgents threat but also the danger of the enemy within their own ranks. >> mandy clark in kabul. thank you. >> thank you. >>> and just moments ago we learned from national security correspondent david martin that there were, in fact, three gunmen,

mandy drury is here with that. >> according to an a.p. survey, the u.s. than many economists expected. they're seeing stronger growth and hiring than they did just two months ago. all things, of course, if they continue, chris, would help president obama's reelection hopes. now, the findings also show the economists think the unemployment rate will fall from the current 8.3% to 8%, even by election day, which is better than their 8.4% that they gave when they were surveyed back in december. by the end of next year, they predict unemployment to drop to 7.4%, which is better than their earlier estimate. but here's the thing. only one of the 19 economists said that obama should get a lot of credit for declining unemployment. they gave the credit actually to us, the u.s. consumer who account for about 70% of economic growth and also to businesses. >> another key economic number that we've watched, that's gas prices. there have been 27 straight days of gains. they actually dropped off .3 of a penny lower. still significantly higher than a month ago. >> absolut

cnbc's mandy drury is here with what's moving your money.akeaways from the survey. >> the survey just released by manpower reveals that employers in all 50 states intend to increase payrolls during the three-month period ending in june. of the surveyed employers, 18% anticipate the increase in staffing levels in their second quarter hiring plans while only 6% expect a decrease. 72%, however, expect no change in their staffing, but obviously that's better than decreasing. and the final 4% of employers are basically uncertain. the bottom line here is, chris, these are the most positive hiring intentions that we have seen since 2008. where are the metropolitan areas for the best hiring outlooks this spring? south carolina and tennessee. >> okay. let me ask you about something that even among our staff, we think we have heard everything in the news business, it raised some eyebrows this morning, police around the nation are reporting a rash of thefts of tide laundry detergent? >> yes, it is totally bizarre. a fifth of tide has become so rampant