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. >> when we talk specifically about the board, there's james turley, and randall stephenson, the ceo&t. they have said they support lifting this ban, welcoming gay members and leaders into the organization. as pete was pointing out -- >> and thomas? one other thing. the significant thing about that is that randall stephenson is the next in line to be president of the boy scouts, so he's not just a member. he's a big deal member. >> so you make a great distinction there about where this is going. because if he does support this, zack, the fact that he along with other board members would like to see this ban lifted, why do you think that it would get pushed to this larger voting body? and do you find that to be encouraging or less encouraging? >> it's disappointing. it's absolutely an abdication of responsibility. the boy scouts of america was founded on basic values, respect, courtesy, kindness, bravery. this is walking away from that. what we're going to see is thousands of scouts and scout families all over the country continue to suffer from the silence of shame that some people h

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. >>> randall stephenson will be joining us live in about ten minutes.he big news on his company today, gm is switching to at&t from verizon for on-star wireless service. that's beginning with the cars they make in 2015. >>> plus, we have a busy week ahead for retailers in earnings central. after friday's report from walmart, we will hear from a number of names in the coming days. home improvement chain lowe's is just out of the gate. you can see the premarket trade there down by 1.3%. the other big story this week is the sequester. budget cuts set to kick in on friday, march 1st unless congress takes action. we will talk to president obama's right hand xhan on the economy been gene sperling. and we will talk about what action or inaction means in corporate america and the markets. among our guests today, larry bossidy. he will be our guest host today. evercore's founding partner, roger altman. >>> in the headlines this morning, royalty pharma is making an $11 a share bid to acquire elon. it hasn't received a formal response, but acknowledges it has been

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