they have just come out of talks with visa and mastercard. russia and visa and mastercard have been in a conflict now for a couple of months, ever since they declined to service the credit cards of some of their clients in the country on the back of u.s. sanctions. there was a short suspension. it was long enough to rile the russians. rules,plemented some new including visa and mastercard having to pony up collateral to the russian government to prevent them from doing something like that again. the visa ceo said the amount of collateral was too high and it ran into the hundreds of millions. as far as he was concerned, on those conditions, it did not make sense to continue to do business in russia. those conversations have continued. another round of them just ended here at the forum. we will talk to him about that. we will also talk to the ceo of megaphone. inobile provider here russia. how is he navigating this crisis? we heard a lot of ceos talk about how borrowing costs have gone up on the back of the crisis. rin will join us later in the

therefore, i would like to know mastercard -- and threat to did was a his clients.lawyer, i glad to take this payment systems to court. >> aren't you concerned that visa and mastercard, as you said yourself, were just following orders in a sense from the treasury in the united states? they could leave the russian market. >> i would like to reiterate, we do not want these are mastercard to leave russia. overall, our event has been quite productive. however, before taking fast decisions, those companies should remember that fast actions undermine trust. >> very high stakes in this dispute, not just for visa and mastercard, but also for russia. the vast majority of financial transactions in this country, not just credit card payments, but also interbank payments, go through visa and mastercard. >> a great interview. an exclusive with dmitry medvedev. one can only wonder their thoughts on american express. waiting for president putin to sign the gas deal in china this week for gazprom. >> credit suisse is pleased to helping americans evade taxes. joining us now from zur

visa, mastercard, and american express.w, let me stipulate what will happen to stop i will focus on sanctions and political decisions. they are considered an act of parliament. issue fromat this another perspective. i have a card issued. million inound 700 this country. more than the population. i would like to stress that i do not have a relationship with a foreign state. i have a relationship with the card. it never occurred to me that my payment depends on a foreign state. whatld like to know if visa and mastercard did was in violation. we trusted those payment systems. if i was a lawyer. i am, unfortunately, not at the moment. concerned that visa and mastercard are just following orders, it in a sense, from the treasury of the united states? to say that we do not want visa or mastercard to leave russia. our relationship with them has been productive. actions, that such responding in such an awkward manner. how are the politics coming? we have it at the top of the hour. a good morning. what's good morning. looking forwar

. >> both visa and mastercard are considering leaving russia. what did the prime minister say about that? >> he was saying that he would like mastercard and visa to stay in russia. the background, as you said, is that both are thinking about leaving russia. they have about six weeks to make up their mind before they will have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to change their operations if they want to stay. is according to some russian legislation that has been introduced. why? go back to the first round of sanctions when we saw some russian banks targeted by the treasury. effectively, that was when visa and mastercard declined to serve some of the credit card customers of those banks in this country. that raise eyebrows about the financial integrity of there being 3 -- banking system and the integrity of their financial system. they said they would like collateral from both visa and mastercard before they go on. saying heard the ceo's at this point, the answer is, no, and he's taking about leaving. but we did hear comments from the prime

. -- advice for mastercard and visa. >> time for today's company news.t swiss agreed to pay 2.6 billion dollars in penalties and pleaded guilty for helping americans cheat on their taxes. this is the first global bank in crime.e to admit to a helping -- holding a platform that has more than 45 million viewers a month. j.crew is opening two new stores in hong kong today. the chief executive told bloomberg he wants to establish shops and online stores and capital cities worldwide including paris. >> we have quite a large internet does this. to radicallyss increased we opened in the u.k.. prior to the openings this week we have an important spike. we have shops, a man's and woman's shop. that has also helped that business. >> they did not comment on reports j.crew had held early retailalks with soft about the sale of the chain. it is 6:44 a.m. in london. in an exclusive interview, russian prime minister dmitri medvedev said a second cold war may emerge from the crisis in ukraine and weighed in on the sanctions on his country urging mastercard and visa to st

and mastercard declined to service some russian credit cards on the back of sanctions a couple months ago. it was a temporary suspension, but it led to the russian government demanding very large collateral from visa and mastercard that the company say they will not pay and they may exit the country. those are important talks. there has been some accommodating linkage from the russian government, but a lot depends on the meeting that will happen just before i sit down with the deputy finance minister. manus? forward to, we look that later on from st. petersburg. general electric has agreed to give more time to consider it $17 billion bid. hans nichols has this story from berlin. weeksthis is a matter of they have been granted, yes? >> three weeks is the deadline. it puts this to june 23, when alstom's board has to make a formal decision on what they will do with this bit from general electric, $17 billion. it's the latest number we have. has alreadyrd signaled they are for it. they have not formally approved a takeover. aat this extension does is gift bit more breathing room to work o

i want to put up mastercard up here.e the headlines but i'm being told that they were saying that consumer spending was better than in the first quarter. you can see that stock moving up. you were mentioning campbell's earlier in the day. the issue is not just weak soup sales but they are having a tough time overall. put up the board of for-sales here. the soup and gravy division. the heart of the company was up and that was because of cost savings that they had. international meals and beverages was down. p pepperage farm, is not doing anything at all. let me talk about ipo's this week. there is going to be a huge one coming. this is a warm up. this is the forerunner. this is the largest online direct sales company in china. $1.6 billion offering. $16 to $18 that will be on the nasd nasdaq. market caps $23 billion. this will be the third biggest ipo of the year down here with allied financials. $2.4 billion and 1.8. if this came in, in the mid range at 1.6. third biggest ipo of the year. the big story over the week end.

like to reiterate that we do not want visa and mastercard to leave russia. our cooperation has been quite productive. however, i believe that before taking such decisions those companies should have thought about the fact that such actions , responding in such an awkward -- er to a request >> for more on this exclusive interview with the russian prime minister, ryan chilcote joins me now from moscow. congratulations on getting that exclusive with him. what was your big take away overall from the interview? my big take away was when the prime minister said that the current standoff with the west and the u.s. could lead to another cold war. those are pretty strong words. we have heard other people characterize the conflict in that way but from that to come from the government is really notable. considering that dmitri medvedev was the president of russia and now prime minister. architect of the so-called "reset" of russian-american relations after president bush left office. there is a lot invested in his relationship with president obama. to talk about the id

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and i think mastercard, as your previous guest said, mastercard did give things that little bit of aseeing the yields slowly coming up. a lot of people are still waiting on wednesday what the fed's to do, and then you hear in the background a little bit about bernanke going on these talks and saying that the fed really isn't going to taper back that much more, and we're not going to see those interest rates change for some time. so everybody's just kind of getting themselves positioned to see what wednesday's numbers are -- or what the fed says on wednesday. and then don't forget next week, we have the initial claims for employment numbers, and we'll see if those are going to be weather-affected. and we also have the holiday coming up, so we're seeing a little bit lighter volume. the volatility index is holding right now. we're not seeing any major jumps. and, again, like your guest was saying, we're coming into this buying stocks, not buying the markets. liz: gary, and i know you want to know this. tomorrow, right, isn't it, mark, tomorrow that we have a very rare interview with the

you have big banks and beside mastercard who all have leverage? clear how early competition can win this case. >> there have been reports that square is looking for a buyer, but maybe can find one at the valuation that it recently raised. what you think about a company like square? >> square is an innovative company. they have a great design and came out early. what they're trying to do is side with players, like banks and beside mastercard. it's going to be a tough battle. >> what is so tough about it? i see a lot of merchants out there with their little square. >> there is existing system in which people are able to make money. keep their want to economic spirit square has to figure out a way to displace one of them to create value for the consumer as well as for themselves. >> who wins the mobile payment business? would always be paypal -- will it always be paypal? integrate aho can full value system so that from a consumer to the merchant is a very integrated experience, it will be similar to the music industry. when apple came out with the ip

i think what they are trying to players like visa and mastercard, it's a tough out to win. them well but it's going to be a tough battle. >> what's so tough about it? i see a lot of merchants with their square dongle. is an existing value system where people can make money. issuing banks and networks, all of them want economics. square has to figure out a way to create value for the consumer as well as for themselves. lex who wins in the mobile payment is this? is it always going to be paypal even if they don't have the most innovative technology question mark they command the biggest part of the market. >> someone who can command the system. it's an integrated experience. it's not dissimilar to the music industry and the ipod. when apple came out with the ipod, they came out with the experience that was beneficial for everyone. we need someone to do that in the mobile payments area. >> is someone going to do that? >> paypal has an early lead, but this is going to be fought with amazon, apple and microsoft. ask what about apple and google? google wallet has not been super s

exxon and conoco phillips and t-mobile and mastercard. after the bell, mastercard and linkedin.headning with the today cover t-mobile. this is according to people with knowledge of the situation. we met with six banks to get financing in place. there is also talk of a blockbuster deal in the pay-tv industry. at&t has approached directv about possibly buying the satellite-tv company. that is according to the wall street journal. nobody's commenting. the second-biggest pay-tv operator. abercrombie and fitch has given into an activist investor. they forged a truce with its investor and for independent directors to its board. been revamping the company after four straight quarters of falling sales. adam johnson is not buying his hunting year they. but as today's company news. >> criminal is now civil. that is the distinction. zÜrich and paris confront criminal charges in new york for their credit suisse. this is a serious business. he is a chief financial officer of lehman brothers. what was your reaction to the article as you saw yesterday on the distinction of criminal charges ver

shutting down the websites of veevisa and mastercard by refusg to accept donations to wikileaks. >> his commitment as a foster-father was enormous and it was for him, you know, the choice to put his family first was just not a difficult decision. >> inside the courtroom the judge used the word extraordinary over and over again to describe monsegur's cooperation with the government. he helped prevent cyber-attacks, one against a water system of a major city. his case also raised questions about the government's conduct. one hacker now serving a ten year sentence said sabu encouraged him to collect information from foreign governments. monsegur said he wasn't the same person he was three years ago. the information he helped gather could lead to other arrests. kristin saloomey, al jazeera am new york. >>> trained as a spy and worked undercover overseas said with edward snowden. after taking 1.7 computerrerrized documents. >> i am a technical specialist. i am a technical expert. i don't work with people. i don't recruit agents. what i do is i put systems to work for united states. and i've

to use your mastercard. they don't give you anything to sign unless you make them go out of their way. >> it would still be an option, though, right? the p.i.n. or the signature? >> reporter: yes. i think most merchants will start with the cards and signature and p.i.n.s with the new card. with the new card it will be in the envelope or separate envelope or p.i.n. number there or get a p.i.n. number from on line. it's been hard for target but this is perhaps the single thing that leveraged the u.s. credit marched to catch up with the world and get cards that don't have as much fraud. not much has changed in 50 years. >> it sounds like it will cost target and other businesses. >> reporter: this is a big conversion billions of dollars in terms of buying new machines where you swipe because the ones they have now don't read these p.i.n.s. you put them in different. you swipe it on the edge. the new ones they go in flat and the chip is facing up so it's a whole different language. >> we have a long way since whe

. >> mastercard did beat by a penny.ue a beat, purchase volume up 13. >> i misjudged and thought this would -- after visa, i thought they couldn't deliver. this was last quarter, it was mastercard's turn not to deliver and visa delivered. this quarter visa's turn not to deliver and mastercard congratulations. you know sometimes got to take your hat off. i didn't think they could shoot the lights out versus the previous quarter which is not that great. they did a great job. this was a great quarter. mastercard back, i apologize for thinking they wouldn't be back. >> sony on the other hand, cutting their forecast for the third time in six months, almost by 70% as the electronics, getting out of pcs, that's going to take you back to not quite the low of the year, but close. >> yeah. i don't know. walkman there. >> wow. >> that does, of course, you remember the dan loeb is still i believe the significant shareholder there. made one foray trying to get the company to do an ipo of its film and television business or subsidiary

merck, exxon and mastercard came in ahead. sales rose by 8% to a rate of more than 16 million vehicles. gm was up 7%. ford was down 1%. chrysler was up by 14% and toyota, up by 13%. one of the big themes here at the shareholders meeting is always value investing. looking for equities that trade below their value. joining us now are two of the best known value investors out there. mario gabelli and david winters, wintergreen advisers ceo and gentlemen, thank you both for joining us. >> great to be here. >> quickly, some broad thoughts on the market and economy. we did get jobs numbers that showed conflicts signals and mario, i just wonder when you add that up, what does it tell you about the market? >> i think the market is adjusting to the prospects that yellin will at some point, accelerate the tightening of the monetary supply and hopefully, hopefully, we get after the election in november, the fiscal dynamics in place. >> we also heard from janet yellin this week, david. she's talking about another tapering of $10 billion a

. >> mastercard -- didn't mastercard make an investment in this company? >> basically, my first job out of school, an engineer for xerox, and basically, xerox put american photocopy out of business. apple and samsung put rim kind of out of business. you have to worry about technology and risk. i gain great comfort from the fact that 68 p on a fund-raiser, visa europe owns outright and has options to own about 14% of the company. their business relationship with ibm, bankco sindair, they've never lost a customer, and if they go to 220 million customers in the next four years, i'll make a lot of money. >> and when you look at the top-ten investments you've got, i see a lot of financial names on there. if you would put fresh money to work today in a financial, is there any specific one -- i know you have aig. i know you have citi. there's a couple of other names in there, but fresh money today. >> for a financial? >> yes. >> yeah, i would say aig, citi corp., jpmorgan, octavus, thermal electron. we have no shortage of ideas. the limitation, to be honest with

. >>> meanwhile, visa and mastercard doing a push for microchips to replace magnetic strips on debitnd credit cards this. would cut down on fraud. chips are widely used in canada, mexico and europe but haven't been adopted here because of costs. >>> for the fifth straight year, the honda accord ranks as the most stolen car. lojack says most of its cars on its list are top sellers but already a few surprises. the acura integra, for instance, hasn't been available since the 2001 model year. frances, back to you. >> morgan, thank you very much. >>> time for some other stories we're following this morning. naming names. the man who helped edward snowden leaked classified document something set to release another bombshell. glen greenwald reportedly told "the sunday times" he will publish the names of u.s. citizens target the by the nasa and believes this will help shape snowden's legacy. he called it the finishing piece. >>> a reminder, you watch brian williams' exclusive interview with him on nbc wednesday at 10:00 p.m., 9:00 central. >>> a 34-year-old mother is the champ of the texas c

and visa and mastercard are renewing a push for microchip to replace magnetic strips on debit cards. this would cut down on fraud. widely used in mexico and europe and haven't been adopted here because of cost and disputes over what type of payment system to adopt. signature or pin number. scott, back to you. >> morgan at cnbc, thank you. >>> want to check in with rob mayeda who joins us for christina this morning. >> chilly starts in bay area. and 40s around the north bay and a few patches of low clouds closer to san francisco where it's 56 degrees right now and 54 closer to san jose and speaking of san francisco coming up at 7:15, we've got the jixhngiants coming up with the first pitch forecast. winds 10 to 20 miles per hour and a few spots we'll see gusty winds approaching 4:00 and 5:00 later today. a strong sea breeze out there this morning. a sign that today's temperatures, especially for the tri-valley and inland locations and the valleys seeing those numbers drop a good five to eight degrees from yesterday's highs. sea breeze not a lot of low clouds yet. visibility and miles

meanwhile, visa and mastercard are renewing a push to replace magnetic strips on debit and credit cards they say this would cut down on fraud. chips are widely used in canada m mexico and europe but haven't been adopted here because of the costs. >>> and for the fifth straight year, the honda accord ranks as the most stolen car. lojack says most of the cars on its top ten list are top sellers, but there are a few surprises. the acura integra hasn't been available since the 2001 model year. richard, back to you. >> maybe that's why folks like it. thanks, appreciate that. >>> if a long weekend was not enough for you, orbitz is offering 15% off hotel stays with the promo code get happy. and hotels.com is offering $50 off, a coupon there for expenditures of $300 or more. >>> and the top ten companies for pay and the perks. that keeps employees happy, evidently google number one, costco, two. facebook, adobe, epic round out the top three. intuit, usaa, chevron, salesforce.com and monsanto. the survey was conducted by glass door. >>> just ahead on "early today," the rolling stones are back on

will it still be through an intermediary like mastercard or visa? >> great question.ing new schemes, visa and mastercard are connected with every bank and retailer. that is hard to replicate. it is interesting you mentioned google. it is >> a lot of speculation. >> who is going to try and intercept and be the custodian of your money. you get your sl ray at the beginning of the month. do -- salary at the beginning f the month. google, amazon, apple is where all the fun stuff happens. yes, it is monetize the business to make sure that doesn't happen because we work with the banks. very difficult from a regulatory perspective. we as consumers should be comfortable with someone not a bank looking after huge amounts of our money. >> how do you stay ahead of the pack, alastair in this marketplace that is changing? hugely competitive? >> look, someone wrote a report a few years ago and described it as inspired dullness. we have to be etch thetic to big banks. their systems have been around for a long time. it slowly moved forward. it was a translator between the two. >> is i

mastercard reported first-quarter earnings that beat analyst estimates on increased consumer spendingt payment net worth admitted to having some challenges in russia and european payment industry regulation. cardompany said it step a in latin america, asia, and the u.s., we are on the markets again in 30 minutes. "bloomberg west" is up next. ♪ >> live from pier three in san francisco, welcome to "bloomberg ." t-mobile adds more subscribers in the first order than verizon and at&t combined. i will speak with the ceo of the carrier about how his company made such a huge turnaround and whether a merger with sprint may be coming. facebook plans to buy oculus rift -- it may not become a reality anytime soon. a company out of maryland is now claiming rights to the virtual-reality headset paired we will dig into this brewing legal battle. there could be another

anonymous is credited with shutting down the websites of visa and mastercard for refusing to processtributions to wikileaks. >> he places family first and i think the judge recognized that, his commitment to -- as a foster father was enormous. and it was, for him many, the choice to put his family first was just not a difficult decision. >> reporter: inside the courtroom the judge used the word extraordinary over and over again to describe his cooperation with the government. he helped prevent over 300 cyber-attacks including one against the water system of a major city. >> sharing the information with the fbi, his case also raised questions about the government's conduct. one hacker now serving a ten year sentence said sabu encouraged him to collect information from foreign governments. monsagur said he was not the same person he was years ago. kristin saloomey, al jazeera, new york. >>> riot police have shot tear gas, in brazil. bows and arrows and threw gas canisters back to officers. threatens to shrink some of their reservations. out of that grew one of the world's deadliest and

on the earnings front, conoco phillips, exxonmobil, mastercard, clorox, t-mobile, kellogg and viacom.ll have more on that. after the close on earnings, we'll hear from kraft and lin d linkedin. >>> dealers continue to shake off the effects of the winter weather. >>> other stories we're following today, sony has cut its profit outlook by almost 70%. the japanese electronicsmaker says its exit from the pc business costs an extra $294 million than they initially thought. we'll also see a $244 million impairment loss from its disk production business. it's being put forward as a problem for sony. >> the biggest problem with sony in most of corporate japan remains completely unable to innovate or come up with new products. plus a stubborn belief that at some point something like a tv business will turn into a profitable sector. they're hanging on in there based on what they sees aa long-term -- like 200, which isn't going to happen anytime soon. >> at&t apparently approached directv about a possible takeover. >>> "the wall street journal" says any agreement would be worth at least $40 bill

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credited with shutting down mastercard and refusing to access wikileaks. he is said to have helped the government to help his two young cousins who he is raising. >> he put his family first. his commitment a as a foster father was ey enormous. >> the judge used the word extraordinary over and over to describe his corporation with the government. he presented very cyberattacks including one on the water system of a major u.s. city. he helped to gather information that led to the arrests of eight hawkers, drawing them out and sharing information with the fbi. but his case raised questions about the government's conduct. one hacker now serving a ten-year sentence said that sabu encouraged him to collect information from foreign governments. he told a judge he is not the same person three years ago. his lawyer said that the information he helped gather could lead to more arrests. now michael this case is unusual in that the government actually publicized his involvement as an informant around the time that a bunch of arrests were made back in 2012, and lawyers

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. ♪ >>> visa and mastercard vowing to stay in russia despite a new law allowing russian officials toscate funds. vladimir putin speaking to cnbc earlier today. he addressed the sanctions placed against his country by the west. take a listen. >> translator: these sanctions are absolutely illegal, unlawful, and, of course, they decrease -- they make our relations worse. we are now hearing about the third package of sanctions, and i have a question in that regard. why? >> what does this do to the r e russian trade? >> i was meeting with companies, and they were seeing if they got one. it's the equivalent of a political oscar in russia. that's how serious they took it. the st. pete forum, i have been there, not a lot of people showed up are western companies leaving russia? no. jeff, a big fan of the show will sit down and tell you, until the white house says no, ge has a very good relationship. one that's at least strategic, and they need american corporations as much as anybody. this is the point. but like mcdonald's, busiest store in moscow. and the largest dairy was bought out. and t

. >>> mastercard is hoping to give its card users more confidence about its security. it's extending its zero legal atm transactions in the united states. that means customers are not responsible if cards are used without their permission. it also says its cards come from technology that will cancel missing cards and alert credit reporting agencies. mobile homes are hot right now, not just for families. looking for an affordable place to leave? >> mobile home parks are unique in that they present relatively easy on ramp for investors. for instance, someone with just a couple of thousand dollars could get into the business. >> i'll show you more coming up. >>> plus google's plans for a driverless car. cool, yes, you bet. sexy, hmm, not so much. we'll tell you more. >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ha

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visa is up on the news that it and its rival mastercard will continue to do business, despite very steep deposits that russia is asking for them to do business. but investors like the news. followed by disney and caterpillar, also united healthcare gives a lift to the blue chip average. again on what would be a record-setting day, consumer discretionaries helped by those home builders. and also some good retail news from a few of the fashion's retailers. we want to close out with two companies who went public on the new york stock exchange today, energy priced at 18. that gain up 19%, and heritage insurance which priced below its range at $11, but nevertheless a nice gain. guys, back to you. >> mary thompson, thank you very much, with the big story today as president putin, speaking inclusively to geoff celtmore, it was a very wide-ranging interview from ukraine to putin's thoughts on president obama. well, joining us to break down the putin-speak is john jensen, also our very own steve liesman. welcome to both of you. you know what, guys, we're going to play a couple sound bites, then i

visa and mastercard should be up much more right now.arters because of russia. the business itself, both were fabulous. v and ma are right to buy and will go higher. >> even one reason crude has come up because of the victory in ukraine. >> i think there's going to be -- not saying normalization and not saying we're not going to keep it back on the front page but does seem like the commerce between the west and east being resumed and important for visa and ma. heavy exposure to russia. >> tonight on "mad money"? >> continuing with this theme of natural and organic. it's been a winner. the companies that sell into it, sunopta is one. you see a whole food dpouns and say, that industry is over. no. this is an arms dealer situation. everybody who has product that is natural and organic selling well. >> see you tonight, jim. >> good to be back. >> breaking news on consumer confidence and founder of jetblue when we come back. we c. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase like 60,000 bonus p

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credit card use, mastercard, online purchasing activity, true. what a weird answer.pur chas magazines, cosmetic and beauty aids, home furnishing. i don't know where axiom is getting their information but they probably have infinitely more information than this about me and this is what they're selling to other people? i want to go find out how much they really have. there are literally hundreds of these aggregators doing business but most of the time they'd rather not be seen or heard. >> hello. thank you for calling. thank you for calling tower data. >> hi, you have reached pamela. >> hi, you have reached jessica. >> please leave your message after the tone. >> hey, this is morgan spurlock calling. hey, tom. hey, pam. it's morgan spurlock. i couldn't get through to anybody on the phone. but i'm not that easy to get rid of. maybe one of these companies would rather talk to me in person. so we are in dallas, texas. enroute to epsilon, one of the largest data collecting companies. i have tried to make contact to them and they have basically said they don't want to talk

. >>> target taking steps to reassure shoppers say it will upgrade its cards with mastercard chips andn. technology. this follows that massive security breach that affected millions of shoppers just days before christmas. >>> and then there's this -- folks, don't try this at home. instead of running for cover, an office worker stopped to take smartphone video of that tornado barreling towards his building in northern italy. it injured at least three people. >>> fox news alert now, because the state department saying that it has received that subpoena from house lawmakers for secretary of state john kerry to testify about benghazi. but they are saying that he will be out of town. no reaction yet from the white house, which has been playing defense since the new e-mails about the talking points surfaced this week. chief white house correspondent ed henry live at the white house. ed, sounds like the heat is being turned up on the president and the administration. >> no doubt about it. you mentioned secretary kerry, i'll get to him in a moment. the president himself, though, obviously not

the retail giant announcing a partnership with mastercard for more secure chip and pin technology for your cards. asker to rid just like this one narrowly weeking by all of us on saturday -- asteroid. it was just, just 200,000 miles away. that is closer than the moon. it is raising big concerns why it wasn't detected until days before its arrival. jon: that is not a baked potato. that is an actual asteroid. >>> dramatic new testimony in "the blade runner" murder trial. the trial of oscar pistorius just resumed after a two-week recess. today his neighbor's daughter took the stand, detailing scene and what the athlete told her immediately after the deadly shooting. >> from the second i walked into that house, he was frantic. he just, he just wanted to get her to the hospital and i told him no, can you please, when you got her to the bottom of the stairs, just put her down, just put her down, so we can see what is wrong. i'm sorry, my lady i apologize. >> are you sure you can proceed? >> yes, i'm sure. just a minute. he was begging me to put her in the car -- [inaudible] jon: our pan in

we did learn visa and mastercard will continue to operate in russia.ite the fact they're going to incur losses on the higher security deposits that moscow is imposing on them. should we be concerned about that? >> well, i think it depends. i mean from an investor point of view this is good. we're seeing a normalization of this. i think it's interesting that on cnbc putin says that he's -- he hates the idea, he's slamming the west for doing sanctions. the west doesn't want sanctions either. isn't that abundantically clear >> it doesn't want its gas cut. >> it's more i think the threat of future sanctions that has hurt the russian economy and it has been hurt. i mean it's got inflation issues, it's got interest rate issues, growth rate issues and putin has to be aware of that. >> to bring it back to the markets, is sunday an event risk for the markets? the election in the ukraine. can we sail on regardless through the memorial weekend? >> there's always risk. i mean you've got some crazy people with guns over there. so anything can happen. but i do feel