pimco's neel. we are glad we tricked you into getting up this early. >> i didn't know if we would be shooting in the dark, watching the ground hogs run around. glad we're inside. >> i think they're gophers. not really ground hogs. >> you're right. >> getting ready -- >> did you -- were you at monterey peninsula? >> i was all over the place. my gps system, i don't want to say the brand, had me driving through neighborhood and little towns. >> we heard you saw a green and pulled in -- >> i went to a green -- >> said is this pebble beach? no, it's monterey. you made it and thank you, really. it's early. >> it is early and we're thrilled to have you here with us. >> who is coughing? liesman? >> i'm not coughing. >> we missed you yesterday. >> i missed you yesterday. >> who is coughing? liesman. >> joe, i hope you had a good week so far. >> it's been great, andrew. thank you. you've been holding down the fort, right? >> we've been trying. don't watch any of the tapes and we'll keep it there. that's prob

here's neel kashkari. >> we had republicans, democrats, the house and the senate getting full view ofom the banks and so it's shocking to me to think that any member of congress or senator would ever potentially trade on that information. >> so we don't know, carl, where this ethics investigation is going to come out, but for the moment, unfortunately, for spencer bachus, he is becoming the face of the stock act, as it moves through the congress. we have separate versions that passed the house and the senate and they'll try and reconcile those. >> his response to larry, john, uses his purchases of etfs as a defense but according to the probe is centered around the options activity. >> and the question whether or not he was using information he got in his capacity as a high-ranking member of congress to trade those options and we'll see where this ethics investigation comes out. it's part of what this legislation is trying to prevent. >> i know you keep an eye on it for us, john. we'll talk cpac later on. thank you. >>> let's check in with rick santelli at the kr, me and get friday's "