not necessarily the national federation but for people in the us each on to russia and it could be that people in the show there are sleet either known to or appointed by the national federation the new code will make penalties on those people on the old strict. much more effective and i think that's a move forward where you've probably thought about that as well why doesn't the threat of a ruined sports career stop athletes from using performance enhancing drugs i mean the use of suspension whether they're wall famous or not is all over the place right away and that everyone just looks at them as people who have committed crimes . well i wish i knew the answer to that. it seems to be part of. human nature that on occasions some people will cheat. the drugs society. and inevitably i suppose some of those drugs will be those drugs your child misused could also be misused in sport one of the complications of course is that motion drugs are designed to make people who are on well better it's the abuse of these that is the issue. knew the answer to why you. were tempted all the time you. ac

illinois chicago and i had the medical marijuana case and i was one of the lawyers for the national federation of independent business when they challenged the affordable care act all the way up to the supreme court. >> host: given all that experience, professor barnett, what do you think of the constitution? >> guest: like the constitutional law. i like it more than those who want to change it by creating interpretations of what is supposed to mean by eliminating large parts of the constitution. >> host: here's your book, by the way, "restoring the lost consultation" the presumption of liberty. when we had that argument between a living document in a strict constructionist argument, looking at the constitution, is that a fair argument? >> guest: i wouldn't put it quite that way. i want to follow the constitution and that's what keeps it alive. as first-rate construction, it was justice goalie when he says he went to correctly construe it. neither strictly and are liberally, but accurately that's the thing we have to aim for. >> host: the subtitle of your book is the presumption of liberty. >>

argued the medical marijuana case in the supreme court and i was one of the lawyers for the national federation of independent business when the challenge the affordable care act all the way up to the t supreme court. >> given all that experience, what you think o of the constitution? >> i'd like to constitutional law. i think i like it a lot more than those who want to change it. by having created judicial interpretations of what it'scr supposed to mean and eliminatin large part of the constitution. >> so when we have that argument come and hoosier book by the way, showing "restoring the lost constitution: the presumption of liberty," when we have thatf argument between the livingcumt documents and a strict constructionist argument looking at the constitution, is that a fair argument? >> i wouldn't put it quite that way. the constitution doesn't get followed is a dead constitution. constitution and that's what keeps it alive. as first-rate construction, it was justice goalie when he says he went to correctly construe it. neither strictly and are liberally, but accurately that's the thing we ha

the national federation of independent business represents business owners across the country. you have been talking to some of them. what are they telling you about their concerns for the affordable care act? guest: i was in ohio 45 days. we did nine meetings in five cities. in nineine meetings cities, i'm sorry. we met with more than 350 small business owners. i have been impressed with how they are understanding how this developed. a year and a half ago, the questions were far more general and nonspecific. what does this law mean to me? now folks are asking very specific questions. what does this do for my deductible? what changes will have to be made? their concerns are many. host: we will be talking about the subject for the next 45 minutes or so. we have our standard lines on the segment, but also a special line for small business owners, if you have questions for kevin kuhlman. that line, (202) 585-3883. republicans, (202) 585-3881. democrats, (202) 585-3880. independents, (202) 585-3882. we will keep the special line open the entire segment. let's get into specifics. ho

i will say this, the national federation of retail chief economist said that it should be zero. but they do represent businesses. i don't come across a lot of people in america who think there should be a minimum wage of zero. >> what else are you looking at? >> reporter: nafta. happy anniversary nafta. a lot of people think it's created a great deal of prosperity, some people hate it as much as they hated it 20 years ago. we've got a good discussion on that. >> coming up on al jazeera america. more u.s. troops than ever before are using food stamps to help feed their families. we'll look at the growing trend and what's causing it. also a 84-year-old nun and two activists have been sentenced for breaking int in to a nuclear plant. their punishment next. >>> there is the picture, more updates throughout this hour. so many money stories sound complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down the confusing financial speak and make it real. is. >> we have just learned that a judge has sentenced an elderly nun convicted o. the

according to the national retail federation. that's up from 4% from >>> and it's valentine's day. the average gift will cost $135 according to the national retail federation. that's up from 4% from last year. dating couples spend more than married couples and about 18% in relationships don't buy their partner anything. anne-mrie? >> so if you haven't spent $135, your sweetheart will know everything is below average in terms of your relationship, so buy some more chocolate, right? >> yeah, exactly. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, jill. >>> well, coming up on the "morning news," police arrest a suspect in a bombing that killed an elderly couple. >>> and later do not look down. two masked daredevils with nerves of steel climb above the clouds. down. two masked daredevils with nerves of steel climb above the clouds. well i drove grandpa to his speed dating this week, so i should probably get the last roll... yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this. [ imitates robot ] everyone deserves ooey, gooey, pillsbury cinnamo

officials at the national federation of fisheries cooperative associations submitted a written request to vice industry minister kazuyoshi akaba and urged him to launch a swift investigation. fishermen are asking the ministry to ensure a full recovery of the spilled water and calling for stepped up monitoring of the effects of the spill on seawater and seafood. aqaba apologized for the incident to the fishermen and pledged efforts to prevent a recurrence. >> this is extremely deplorable because the leak was caused by human error. >> tokyo electric power company that operates the plant says someone may have left tank valves open causing about 100 tons of contaminated water to overflow to the ground. many people attempting to recover from the physical effects of the two,000 eleven disaster in northeastern japan are also struggling with depression. a recent university survey indicates that over 1 out of 4 residents may suffer from the disease. >>> a team from tohoku university conducted a survey. members interviewed yearly 3800 residents of miyagi prefecture. the project's leader says res

chief economist at the national federation for independent business sees a lot of hope for the overall economy in these latest numbers. >> nice jump in hiring plans. the best numbers we've seen in the hiring plans component since 2007. so this all kind of follows through and if the sales turn out to be as strong as these owners think they're going to be, well maybe we'll finally get going. >> in addition, january's increase in optimism was the third monthly gain in a row. >>> still ahead, con-agra warns and it's not alone, dean foods one of the largest dairy producers also gives a weak outlook. what's behind the soft guidance? and are food stocks turning sour? >>> how much safer for your heart is the medication naproxen? a fda panel says new research shows that naproxen, the main pain reliever in alleve, motrin and other over the counter pain medications is no safer for the heart than rival drugs like ibuprofen. >>> some of the nation's biggest food companies are warning investors about lower earnings in the year ahead, blaming weaker demand as americans change the menu on what they're

economy and industry minister causing a shiite and i explained the plan to the head of the national federation of fisheries cooperate. at the bottle he or she can see that authorities would monitor radiation in the water and strain toee. he said he would make sure it was well although the government safety standards. around four hundred tonnes of groundwater is flowing in from nearby mountains everyday he comes into contact with one that we use to cool nuclear fuel and becomes contaminated officials say their plan twenty five percent. he said he understands the plan but said it's too early to give his consent. i want to make a final decision after studying how the process will be monitored. and so was the government will do but we returned to unfounded speculation it was causing the reputation that of the fishing industry. he said the local fishing organizations need to give their support before he can approve the plan the day. for people we are. due to some new ones. we are convinced the preview. people start to the stars are so strong. they stopped building. the are the pacific's get lai. it

said here in capitol hill with a president who is changing the laws which he's breaking the national federal laws every day with what the stance that he's taking on different legislation primarily his health care plan so people look at that and say well why should we abide by these laws if the president is breaking these laws well there's also the issue of the deadline has passed to register their arms people have said that they're scared to come forward because they could be slapped with criminal charges so do you think the state should take any type of steps maybe. passing other legislation or no i think what's going to happen the governor knows very well that this is not going to this is not going to work it's not going to make everyone compliant and there is twenty thousand laws currently on the books in the united states on gun laws and currently crime is still criminals who are using criminals who still use guns it's not affecting them at all it's only affecting the the hundreds and the sportsman but there are some people who think that these types of stricter gun laws actually make re

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this plan and drive my nation reporters only carpenter and legislative director of the national wildlife federation josh sachs thanks so much for coming on both of you thank you so start with you bass obama statement and also the latest report at the state department do you think that the likelihood what what likely or do you think the pen will be approved sorry you know i think it's really hard to say at this point there is so much wiggle room that this report left open for the president to maneuver. we've heard contradictory statements you know he still keeps repeating this message of all of the above energy strategy which i think is very worrisome from a carbon climate perspective at the same time he's laid out a pretty clear standard in terms of that at what the national interest as you know i think it's pretty clear that this project does not meet that standard and josh i want to read a key part of the report that said approval or denial of any of the crude oil transport is unlikely to significantly impact the rate of extraction in the oil sands the continued demand for heavy crude oil refiner

thank you so much zoe carbon reporter for the nation joshua sachs legislative director national wildlife federation really appreciate you coming on thanks for having us. that's our show you guys thanks for watching join me again tomorrow remembering the set all over again until then have a good night. sleep . little. little. legal eagle little. little. cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. little. leg length. right from the scene. first street view and i think picture. on our reporter's twitter. instagram. to be in the know little. is obviously more for the ladies because it's pink. women wanted to avoid rate they really needed to buy guns environ how to games that. this is the one that i want to go with them once again it's the feel of. when the definitely the target of the gun lobby and you don't kill them when the killing money but if somebody would he would just put her. i've noticed that more and more if that's really scary marketing tactics which implies that women have some sort of moral obligation to protect their family and young girls shoot out here too s

the national federation of independent business says its optimism index was up slightly in january to 94.1. this is the third consecutive increase. and democratic senator maria cantwell of washington state is the new chair of the senate small business and entrepreneurship committee. she takes over from louisiana senator mary landrieu. really successful companies have a relationship with their customers. one that's about more than just selling them something. it's about connecting with them. and the way to start that relationship is to share your story. a bit ago we discovered that you can get customers excited about something as ordinary as salt when you give them insight into your passion behind it. >> a red salt from hawaii for pork, seafood. >> mark bitterman has changed the way people think about salt. >> when you have a couple of salts here, your smoked salt. >> yeah. >> your chocolate salt. >> it started with a trip overseas with his wife jennifer. >> one day i was just riding through the north of france and i stopped by a truck stop to get a good bite to eat. and i ordered a st

out of this and think even people that are but ation between the national federation and european union hall to use the european technology and technology come put it together in the same and for be a symbol of corroboration between often for generations in your opinion. running your own party. and that's all from the sport save until the olympics. in two thousand and seven one of the first things released by wiki leaks was a secret video recording that actually looked like a video showing two american actually click talk shows opening fire on a dozen people in iraq this is going to institute a society images of violence become normal this is what the sense of isolation and lack of empathy look like. when we try and experience from place to disassociate. and body into action. table we also have a sense from certain kinds of moral. i absolutely am frightened of the potential games desensitize people we know they can because the military uses games. as. old as war it is not simply but it is killing and killing exacts a penalty of the killer. people for whom it is defined by the popular me

>> from insurance companies and surveys and national federation of independent business and national small business association. some of the insurance companies as well are providing us with a peak inside of their books and frankly it is not pretty. the model for dumdum care is upside down. they were reloying on 40 percent of the enrollees to be between the ages of 18 and 34, alisyn. and that number right now is only 25 percent. why is that important? it is important because the young people are the ones they are counting on to pay the premiums to support older americans who need greater care. >> so lou, back to the 11 million small business employees who may have to pay a higher premium. let me remind you and the viewers what the president said on the campaign trail to the small business owners b about their premiums in 2012. >> once we have fully implemented, you will be able to buy insurance through a pool so that you can get same good rates as a group that if you are employed in the big company you can get right now which means your premiums will go down. >> he made that claim wi

ontoday i am calling congress to create a strong national standard. federal law requiring companies to quickly alert consumers about cyber attacks, and if not, they are held legally responsible. to breaches, banks and hospitals are federally regulated but many companies, including retailers, faced no uniform federal standards. that is why senators grilled executives from neiman marcus and target. it is now being revealed that neiman marcus overlooked 60,000 internal alerts that its credit card system was being hacked. still, target shoppers are undaunted. >> they were up front from the very beginning. i love target and will always shocking the matter what. a federal law to hold retailers feet to the fire is getting mixed reviews. >> i do not think it was overkill. we need protection. >> i think we get lazy when we want the government to do everything for us. a man and his two dogs are recovering after a water rescue in prince william county. a part of lee's helicopter saved the man and the dogs stranded on lake manassas. the canoe flooded with icy water and f

the senior vice president for the council on the national retail federation spoke about protecting financialata for consumers. he joins us today. tanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> what are the economic consequences of these security breaches? what numbers are we talking about on an annual basis? >> the numbers are huge. the fraud loss is estimated to be about $11 billion. the time and inconvenience for customers. the risk of an identity theft breach that customers could be adversely affected. and then many billions of dollars the companies are spending trying to lock down their systems, trying to keep these criminal hackers from breaking in and the first place. >> the credit union national association says that credit betweenill have to pay $25 million-$30 million to provide new debit or credit customers affected by the data breach at target. is that fair considering the credit unions were not responsible for the breach? >> this is a very complicated issue. and iointed out yesterday think other members who testified made very clear, we have a fundamental problem with cards in

of the national retail federation to moderate. of course many of you know that i am working with the national retail federation. by way of background, the national retail federation is the world's largest retail trade association with membership in more than 45 nations. matt is a graduate of wittenberg university, the ohio state university college of law, holds an m.b.a. from georgetown. he's been recognized as one of the top 50 nonprofit executives. and i know everybody knows our other panelists, so-so we can use as much time with the audience and with matt, i'll turn it over to matt to begin this session. thank you. >> thank you, jack. good morning. it's a pleasure to you back with you again. especially pleasure to be here with jack serving in his capacity as president this year. we are very proud and pleased to have him in that role. it's a terrific organization, and we are proud to be supporting it. and especially pleasing to be here today to engage in this discussion with two of our nation's foremost economists on fiscal polic

she was suspended by her countries national federation.rown has always denied wrongdoing. >> jason collins made his debut for the brooklyn nets as we won at the los angeles lakers. collins became the first actively open gay player to compete in the nba. the 35-year-old signed a 10 day contract for the nets sunday. he failed to score, but williams the top scorer scored 30 points. >> i understand you guys have a job to do and i do understand that there is significance, but at the same time, there are other athletes, all of us, you know, it's about being an athlete, about going out and winning, competing, playing hard. >> after the longest delay in nascar history of over six hours, when the race resumed, there were multi-car crashes. danica patrick hitting the wall head on in one. there was even a big wreck on the final lap, but earnhardt, jr. still managed to take the checkered flag. he last won this race 10 years ago. >> the state championship in arizona, a final could have been avoided had he sunk a put on the 18th, but he missed it. he ha

national retail federation. retail industry leaders association. all of these have been shared with the minority. so ordered. now we are adjourned. thank you, gentlemen. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] coming up on c-span, the house foreign affairs committee on the response to al qaeda in iraq. a discussion on the role of the surgeon general and first responder training. that is followed by data security breaches at target and neiman marcus. >> coming up on the next washington journal, a discussion on pending u.s. trade agreements from pacific and european countries. later, university of oklahoma president and former senator david boren discusses proposed budget cuts. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. senators had the day off for their policy retreat. being a congressional reporter means covering these retreats. hearing from president obama and former president bill clinton, what is the significance of the timing? in some ways, senate democrats have

we heard from the national federation of independent businesses and their own research says that the minimum wage hikes shows that it would be in the restaurant and franchise sector, and we're in a recovery right now, and the focus should be on creating jobs, and not the labor costs, i'm not in the business of telling people we're right or wrong, but the national common mist said that the minimum wage should be 0. >> found on by members of his own party, the concern is about losing jobs to foreign companies. accused culprit, naphtha. the north american free trade agreement. >> flurry big questions that president obama will face from his counterpart in mexico city on wednesday. they call it the three amigos summit. and when president obama meets his fellows in mexico, he'll have explaining to do. hamstrung, and unable to followthrough on big ticket items. the keystone pipeline in limbo. and the project would bring oil stands to the gulf coast. mr. obama must choose between environmentalists, who opposed pipeline, and thinks allies. canadian prime minister, steven harper, is pushing ha

. >> in 45 minutes, the national federation of independent business looks at how the health care law is impacting small businesses around the country. at 8:30 a.m. eastern, the human rights campaign on same-sex marriage on the goals of getting it legalized in more states. at 9:15 a.m. eastern >> good morning. it is tuesday, february 18 2014 area at the house and senate will convene for it brief pro forma session this morning. "the washington journal" will bring you a full three hour show. first, we want to talk about the growing number of americans who commute to work via bicycle. recently, a bipartisan group of congressional members proposed and $11 million program to help make bicycle commuting safer.

national business coalition on e-commerce and privacy, the payment card industry, the national association of federal credit unions come in the american bankers association, national retail federation, and the retail industry leaders association. >> without objection that it be included in the record. matt asked the four witnesses to please stand and raise your right hand. let the record show that the all took thes oath. we will hear from each of the witnesses first and then we will ask questions. john mulligan is chief financial officer and executive vice , thedent for target second-largest largest general merchandise retailer in the u.s. 1996.ned target in his responsibility includes financial planning and analysis, financial operations, tax .ssurance, investor relations he graduated from the university of wisconsin in 1988. 1996 he earned a masters of business administration degree from the university of minnesota. >> good morning, members of the committee. my name is john mulligan. i'm executive vice president and chief financial officer of target. i appreciate the opportunity to be here today to

jack klein, chief economist at the national retail federation, thank you.xchange. the managing director of seaport securities. we are having a rough time this year. nice to see the dow higher when we have the disappointing jobs report that missed the estimate. how much of this is that related? >> cooler heads are prevailing. we had a great year last year. you mentioned with your previous guest. the market was going to take a break. that was the behavior we have seen in january and early parts of february. we are not selling off, not a lot of pace behind it, not a lot of volume behind the sell-offs. extended bull run needs to pull back, we never saw it last year, very healthy for the market. i think the economy is going in the right direction. the fed has telegraphed what they're going to do and to your point i think as long as the fed stays the course the markets will continue to key off of that and go higher. they were a lot higher at year's end than they are now. cheryl: all ten of the s&p 500 sectors are higher. we will take what we can get after the mon

the association cited add rule of the national federation of state high school association basketball rules. the referee shall not permit any team member to wear equipment or apair real which, in his or her judgment, is dangerous or confusing to other players or is not appropriate. bailey and his supporters were heart broken. >> very disappointing. the school association reversed and allowed a game by game basis relying authorizing senses to the same rules to provide reasonable accommodations to individual participants with disabilities or special needs. bailey has done a great job of working and overcoming some of the handicaps he hasanding being a part of our team. bailey is the first to admit he is not a starter for the team but he played friday night and that crowd was back, too, going wild. >> really good. you know, all here we have the best crowd here in colorado. it just makes me feel good and happy, myself. >> his teammates are feeling pretty good as well. they got a win last night, upping their record to 16 in 1. jim huly, douglas county, colorado. >> a lot of people cheering

. >> reporter: also last week, the nation's retail federation lobbied congress for computer chips and pins. the technology would premise the stripe on the backs of the credit cards, the likely source of the recent data breaches. interpretebreaches. right now, it's really insecure, and when you put a chip on the card, it makes it more difficult. >> reporter: as an added security, they would use a pin. pin use has a less use of fraud than chip. >> reporter: in europe, some countries saw credit card fraud decline by more than 70%. in the future when chip cards are required, hackers won't be able to use data theft. this will prevent that. >> reporter: the reason technology is so good. when you have a chip in your card, it creates a new code every time you make a purchase, so very hard to counterfeit the cards. it's not a fix all, there will still be fraud. but the hope is that that system can be in place in the united states by the end of 2015, so del, we're still aways off from a of securer system, more secure system than we have today. thank you, lisa stark. looking at business news, wa

national highway traffic safety administration threatens new legal action if the company refuses to recall nearly two million more. arthel neville has details at the breaking news desk. >> >> yeah, jon, federalafety regulators saying graco did not go far enough. it is unusual move the national highway traffic safety administration sent a letter to graco threatening a forced recall if graco does not fix even more seats. the details on the current recall for you. close to 3.8 million car seats recalled because faulty buckles can make it hard to free the child in a emergency. listen up now to see if your child's car seat is on the list. we're talking about faulty seats, model years, 2009 to 2013. here we go. the cozy kline. comfort sport, classic ride 50. my ride 65. my ride with safety surround. my ride 70. size for me 70. smart seat, nautilus. nautilus elite and argos 70. the problem with these models, according to these parents complaints, they had to cut the straps to remove their children n one case it took 45 minutes for a mom to free her toddler. and that worked only after the straps were loosened and her little girl was squeezed between them. you remember federal safety regulators want

by the way, the national federation of independent businesses, small businesses in the u.s., their latestg washington right now. >> very, very interesting. carol roth, what does one do tomorrow? >> i certainly don't have a crystal ball but i would wait. there's a lot of information coming out this week that's very important, especially being the jobs report. if you're an investor that is concerned about the overall factors here, i think you're going to be looking towards the jobs report. you're waiting for those numbers under the week. >> you've got roughly a 6% s&p 500% correction. is it time to nibble and go back in? >> it is time to buy, larry. you can buy the broader market, small caps actually corrected a lot more than large caps did today. we did across many of our portfolios today at the close, bought some small cap stocks. what we did is a great idea. if you can't stomach buying some stocks, think about trimming some bonds here. there's been a tremendous rally in the bond market year-to-date. muni is up a whole year's worth of interest. that's what which did, sold some munis and b

the national federation of independent business, nfib, they produce a monthly survey of small businessesot of the employment creation across the country is what they ask small businesses every month is what is the top impediment to getting stuff done. we're up to, well, over 40% of the small business networks saying taxation and regulation are the biggest impediment. that is one of the reasons why again we're having difficulty getting really sustainably strong growth out of the economy. david: what happened, david, to the service sector jobs? because, if you look at friday's report,, you notice 100,000 of the jobs disappeared. the yellow line, we're showing a graph. the yellow line are the service jobs. as you can see they really dropped down. what happened there. >> that's what i said in my daily today. there was like 100, service sector jobs in the non-farm payroll report. the reality that adp does their own payrolls. it is also has a large sample size. it shows service sector employment was actually very strong. we know from the ism non-manufacturing employment, mostly services was ac

going on, they say moreover, because federal borrowing generally reduces national savings, the capital stock and wages will be smaller than if the debt was lower. that's what they call the crowding out effect. if the federal government is borrowing all this money it makes it harder for the private sector to do the borrowing they need and there is a crowding out effect and a depressing effect on economic growth. so america's massive debt is already hurting our economy. it's exacerbating the already difficult situation that people are experiencing when they're looking for work and they can't find work. and the problem will get worse, not better, as time goes by, because one of seen the difference that inflation, that growth and that interest rates can have, which can allow this to spiral out of control. and that doesn't even address the other concerns that many of us have about the unsustainability of medicare and social security. these are sacred promises we made to our seniors, that it would be there for them if they were put -- once they reach a qualifying age. and they won't be on th

federal minimum wage for at least their workers to $10. that's a big deal. >> it's a massive deal as well. especially with the nationaletail federation saying this could cost a lot of american jobs. gap says our workers are 65,000 u.s. workers getting $9 an hour this year and $10 this year, and that's going to put them well above a lot of their competitors in the retail space. we know the president is in favor of getting this around $10 .10 per hour, but others such as wal-mart, they've been more agnostic saying they're going to see what's going to happen. it's a gap certainly that has made it very interesting for a lot of their retail competitors. >> thank you. we want to go back to whatsapp. that $16 billion deal, that's a lot of cash for a company that has about 50 employees. this is about the same value of some other really major brands like marriott's victoria's secret or con-ed. how would you spend that type of cash? use the _#way too early. we'll have your best answers coming up in the show. sflirchlg keet stone pipeline won't be running from nebraska any time soon. a judge ruled that the state's public service

despite dreary data in january...the national retail federation expects sales growth to increase by 4.1% this year -- up from 3.7 % last year -- as shoppers feel more optimistic about economic growth. trae bodge of retail- me-not says consumer sentiment is overwhelmingly positive. "we did ask consumers how they were feeling about the year ahead and about 70% of people felt that they were going to be able to save more, that they were gonig to be able to earn more and that they would be able to buy the things that they needed this year. so that was really encouraging." the harsh winter weather may have consumers moving online to shop. sales on the web could rise up to 12% this year. as a result of the massive hack attack at target-- by october of 2015, americans may no longer swipe credit cards and sign reciepts-- they will instead use pin numbers according to the wall street journal. the target hackers may have used a contractor connection to break into the retailer's data network. bitcoin prices are plunging on technical problems. mt. gox-- bitcoin's major exchange -- halted withdrawals

to give you some stats on tomorrow's big game. 181 million, that's how many people the national retail federation estimates will watch. the survey found viewers will spend an average of $68.27, exactly, on food, decorations and new tvs for game day. people are loading up at costco there. this year nearly 39 million people are throwing parties and 62 million are going to those parties. except for me, because i'm going to be here working. in about 24 hours, the seahawks and broncos will face off in the first-ever cold weather open-air stadium super bowl. bay area fans may be rooting on a cal alum on the field. seattle's running back marshawn lynch. cheryl? >> reporter: hi, diane. i'm not going to be doing any of those things either, because i will be working tomorrow. i am live right now at the high school football field, live on the 15 yard line. this is where marshawn lynch played many games. this is where he's played his rivals. and essentially became a star, even though he is the star running back for the seattle seahawks. at the time he was a star running back for the oakland technical high sc

illinois chicago and i had the medical marijuana case and i was one of the lawyers for the national federation of independent business when they challenged the affordable care act all the way up to the supreme court. >> host: given all that experience, professor barnett, what do you think of the constitution? >> guest: like the constitutional law. i like it more than those who want to change it by creating interpretations of what is supposed to mean by eliminating large parts of the constitution. >> host: here's your book, by the way, "restoring the lost consultation" the presumption of liberty. when we had that argument between a living document in a strict constructionist argument, looking at the constitution, is that a fair argument? >> guest: i wouldn't put it quite that way. i want to follow the constitution and that's what keeps it alive. as first-rate construction, it was justice goalie when he says he went to correctly construe it. neither strictly and are liberally, but accurately that's the thing we have to aim for. >> host: the subtitle of your book is the presumption of liberty. >>

numbers came out this week for the national retail federation. they said sales will be up 4.3%. that means the consumers are resilient. americans may not have a job, but they love spending money. times are good, you spend money. times are bad, you spend money. one of the worst months ever for retail, january, buy into the weakness. >> americans share that trait with their government. >>> look under the hood of twitter now that it is a public company. what did we see? did we see a company that is saturated its niche. 240 million active users. >> this is why i did not buy the stock when it went ipo. the growth is good. you can't fight that. the problem is, have they peaked? that is the question on wall street. stocks sat at $51 a share. if you look at the valuation, this stock can sell at $20. based on valuation, this can be a $20 stock. >> i got a lot of grief from users. 240 million active users. the growth was slowing. maybe the celebrities and politics and snarky snarks gave me grief. >>> falling rates for now after rising a full percentage rate, mortgage rates are slipping ba

national business coalition on e-commerce and privacy, the payment card industry, the national association of federal credit unions, the american bankers association, national retail federation, and the retail industry leaders association. >> without objection that it be included in the record. could i ask the four witnesses to please stand and raise your right hand. do you swear the testimony you give in this matter will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? let the record show that the four witnesses all took the oath. we will hear from each of the witnesses first and then we will ask questions. john mulligan is chief financial officer and executive vice president for target, the second-largest largest general merchandise retailer in the u.s. he joined target in 1996. his responsibility includes financial planning and analysis, financial operations, tax assurance, investor relations. he graduated from the university of wisconsin in 1988. 1996 he earned a masters of business administration degree from the university of minnesota. >> good morning, members of the c

that's the small business index from the national federation of independent businesses.average of the prerecession. your typical downbeat report this morning, i slightly disagree. i saw a few golden snug thes that made me a little bit more optimistic. overall, the index up three points. it's the creating the new jobs. capital spending was down but up quite a bit last month. expecting higher sales up 7 and earnings, mean us in 5. tell me why i should be more downbeat like you. >> we're treading water. we haven't seen the index move up into any kind of expansion level. one nice piece of the index, one of the components, up 7 points. that was expected real sales over the next three months. that may explain why we have the nice jump in hiring plans. the best numbers we've seen in the hiring plans components since 2007. so if this all follows through and if the sales turn out to be as strong as the owners think they'll be, maybe we'll finally get going. i don't know if we're going to do better this year than we did last year. >> if i could pick two parts of the index to rise,

that's according to the national retail federation. also, did you know that super bowl sunday is the second highest day for food consumption in the united states. second only to, can you guess? thanksgiving. and this may be proof costco was packed today. >> i'm actually going out to visit my son in rockland. so he's doing all the shopping. i just got some beer just to be sure he had enough. the important things for football games. >> priorities, all right. this year 39 million people are throwing parties, and 62 million more are going to one of those parties. i will not be one of them, along with some other folks around here. we'll be working. maybe we'll throw a party here. >>> and the countdown to sochi. the games begin in five days. but one record has already been set. these games have the largest security force in olympic history. to try to keep the games safe, russia has deployed more than 50,000 police officers and soldiers, as well as air defense forces and patrol boats. sochi's olympic venues are among the tightly guarded facil