one was rick's. this wasn't out of the ordinary. the same are respect to rick's drinking. i did socialize with rick a l litt little. we were not closed but we group in the same circles and close in age. even at the christmas parties, which were very nice, i never saw him drunk. i think he was a binge drinking and particularly after his marriage. whenever she was out of the country or out of town he would get drink. and i never met his wife, but she apparently was so difficult her lawyers couldn't stand her, even the poor borough guys listening to the phone -- they thought rick was abused so just a human touch to ames. and i will add one think. if you told me rick ames was going to be one of the worst traders this country has ever seen i would have said not the rick ames i knew. >> were there other people around you other than rick ames that knew more suspension and have you thought what was different between him and the others? and do you know what happened to his wife in columbia? >> i will answer t

one was rick's. this wasn't out of the ordinary. the same are respect to rick's drinking. i did socialize with rick a l litt little. we were not closed but we group in the same circles and close in age. even at the christmas parties, which were very nice, i never saw him drunk. i think he was a binge drinking and particularly after his marriage. whenever she was out of the country or out of town he would get drink. and i never met his wife, but she apparently was so difficult her lawyers couldn't stand her, even the poor borough guys listening to the phone -- they thought rick was abused so just a human touch to ames. and i will add one think. if you told me rick ames was going to be one of the worst traders this country has ever seen i would have said not the rick ames i knew. >> were there other people around you other than rick ames that knew more suspension and have you thought what was different between him and the others? and do you know what happened to his wife in columbia? >> i will answer t

rick was aware of it. he even interviewed rick.ople who are aware of the operation to gather more information about how paper was really handled. you know, you could read what it says in a file. nowadays and e-mail but you really don't know the interaction of people. >> two questions. i am surprised that he could walk into the soviet embassy in washington d.c. and most of the embassy under surveillance? two, i just wonder if there was a moment where he was arrested when he realized he knew who he was or if not what was that like to have to work their? when he realized it was him but he hadn't been arrested, how difficult was it to have to deal with him? >> it was more than difficult. you know, most of the time we are pretty good actors and act as his, but that was tough. i will say personally confession, i smoked during those days. you couldn't smoke in the building so go out to the courtyard to have my cigarette. brick was a very heavy smoker and because we are friends you know, acquaintances, he would always come over. were you d

i'd love to be able to live in a world like rick unger does. you cover your eyes and your ears and accept the narrative that's out there without getting a special prosecutor to tell us what happened about the white house's potential government. are a government by the people and for the people. this isn't by the government for the government. the perspective, what is going on with the dna of our government where we're allowing the irs to behave like this without any checks and balance, without a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of the shiefling of political dissent. >> bruce, the fact is that the white house and their mignons have been throwing one office and a group of people working in cincinnati under the bus when, in fact, it went much higher than that. the cincinnati people aren't taking it lightly. there's a woman named elizabeth hoffenger who worked in that office and here's what she had to say about being thrown under the bus. >> i was deep ll lly offended. i felt like it was a nuclear strike, like they were blaming us. >> bruce,

i think rick is absolutely right.lywood has always been about profits and i would throw into that that hollood has been more conservative than people won't admit. taxi drivers, one of the great all-time film, very conservative message. even if you look at spike lee films, they often bring with hem conservave messages perhaps -- >> quick. >> i new movie coming out "hope and change." >> okay. >> just kid. >> we have to leave it at that. pleased to say we leave it with everybody agreei. >> john candy said i'm right. >> mark this day on your calendar. sufer dude is back and making a splash over who he says is ally to blame for all the easy government handouts. a lucky couple in california finding buri coins in their backyard worth millions. you are in luck. our informers are about to >>> we are back with our former stock treasurers. >> i like this. they make anti-inflammatory drugs. ey have an anti-inflammatory drug that will not cause you will is yours if earnings are improving. >> you like it? >> you want to buy somethi

>>> and our special guest tonight, governor rick perry. you'll get a chance to judge for yourself whether he's now a presidential front-runner for 2016. all those stories and much more coming up on "the kudlow report" beginning right now. >>> welcome to "the kudlow report." i'm larry kudlow. it's 7:00 p.m. eastern and 4:00 pacific. we begin tonight with the gm recall crisis that's threatening to blow up into one of the most expensive lawsuits in the history of the auto industry. our own phil lebeau joins us now from chicago with the latest. good evening, phil. >> hey, larry. pressure is reallyla starting t mount on not only general motors but also regulators in washington to do something more about what'shi happened with regard to this gm recall crisis. the latest comes from a filing out of texas. an attorney down in texas has filed a motion with the u.s. district court asking the court to have general motors issue a recall ireport. he says the cars should not be driven because they could potentially hit a bump.y they say they can be drive

why did rick white target churches?hite was angry at the first assembly of god church for turning down his membership application. but he couldn't bomb that church, at least not right away. it would have been too obvious. so he chose the oakwood united methodist church as first choice, possibly because his ex-wife was a member. >> he was experimenting. he was trying to get different things to work, different initiators for the device. >> the forensic evidence shows that white placed the first bomb in a green cooler, not caring who picked it up. church member brian plawer was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. in the first assembly of god church bombing, white used a stronger bomb since this was his primary target. he placed the bomb on top of an outdoor air conditioner, this one had a timer designed to explode during the sunday service. 33 people were injured. in october of 1998, a grand jury concluded richard white built both bombs and murdered brian plawer. the forensic evidence left no doubt. >> these inves

thank you, rick, so much. eric? >> as we've been saying it's a race against time to find the missing jet's black box. flight data recorders have about 30 days of battery life. they transmit the signal once they are submerged under water. so far now we're 14 days gone. 14 days have passed since that plane could have hit the water. that means there's a little over two weeks remaining before the black box which you see there, they're actually orange before it totally goes silent. when it dies, recovery efforts as you know in the investigation of how this plane may have gone done could be more difficult. it could two years to find the black box of the air atlantic flight that crashed in 2009. flight 370, in some spots is more than two miles deep, so investigators certainly have some amazing obstacles ahead of them. >> they say one of the most difficult areas to search. malaysia is asking for more help in this search to help them cover hundreds of thousands of miles of water. the u.s. has already diverted two navy destro

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unger of this segment. >> rick unger is the rick unger hat there's such a thing as an oil or gas weapona myth. the notion that russia can keep its oil and gas from reaching other countries in europe defies basic economics. the only closed economy is the world economy. if russia 'em bar goes every single european state they'll still consume russian oil and gas but they'll buy it from the russians who don't 'em bar go. this will not push putin out of power. >> with respect, i listened to the europeans, the length wayne yans. we got to leave it at that. >>> we talked about how russia is trampling its neighbors so why is it planning to give it and china more control over the internet? is free speech online on the line? ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] you're the boss of your life. in charge of long weekends and longer retirements. ♪ ask your financial professional how lincoln financial can help you take charge of your future. ♪ a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday

>> rick: i found her at dad's.he'd been there all night. >> hope: yeah, he's away on business. >> rick: and... she was talking to stephanie. [ door opens ] >> brooke: hi, you two. what's going on? >> liam: you were just gonna let me find out from katie? >> bill: don't cry about it. i'm telling you now.

rich and elizabeth, bruce jackson, rick unger and john. so steve, this is the only hope a lot of these kids have. >> absolutely, david. that's why parents are so adaamant about it. they want them to have a ticket for the future. i'm here in chicago, out here the mayor is in favor, rahm emanuel, so kids in chicago, 13% than in new york which is 6 or 7%. out here the mayor knows they are a ticket to the future. he is a great fan of them. so the more charter schools the better. and at least one mayor out here gets it even if de blasio in new york does not. >> bruce, the reason,et's be clear about it, the reasons that the unions hate these schools is because they don't have to hire union teachers. >> well, that's part of it. i'm out in denver for health care conference, but one of the things going on in chicago where i live is that they closed 50 schools and the mayor does get some credit for opening charter schools, but he's only opened a handful and the unions in a lot of people, the taxpayers are asking questions saying you know, who is own

i disagree with rick. i thought it was an important announcement today that maybe she's notbe going to be quite a doveish as we thought. she's talking about higher interest rates, continuing the tapering. someone n't sound like who's going to be an inflation dove and i applaud her for that. at this point i want to error on the side of pulling back on this money. >> so you don't agree with the market monitorists and others who want an easier policy, more money supply and so forth? >> no. >> do you agree with that school of thought? you're quasi. >> i agreere with them that monetary policy has not been as easy overee the last few years most people think. the money supply has really not been growing thatea rapidly. >> why is that? >> because banks have been holding excess reserves in very large quantity. >> and why is that? >> partly because they've been beat over they head and shoulds by the u.s. government and loan demand is probably not what it should be. >> that could change of course. rick, i probably do

let's turn now to rick wright with the latest on the weather conditions at the storm area. rick? >> we had the storm that moved through yesterday so when they were out there yesterday searching. there was a lot of cloud cover and rain. that's that storm right there moving through. now they have actually some pretty decent conditions and as they get up over the next couple of hours, high pressure is controlling it and things are looking okay. still big waves. this is a really unforgiving and treacherous ocean and that never changes. it isn't that we go through more mild patterns of weather where it gets better. things are always bad. another storm right here. that moves in by the time we get in towards sunday morning, sunday morning hour time. so we've got about two days before the next storm goes through and another one develops right behind. it looking at 48 hours after that of really, really treacherous weather so the next 48 hours is the best chance they will get in and find that debris that they spotted possibly. >> and after 48 hours, rick, if disappears, it sinks, and then

but rick perry is not wrong about anything.e territory last night knowing there was at least one thing for which he would get well deserved applause. >> in january, you said you might possibly favor decriminalizing marijuana in the state of texas. is that true? >> what we did was we for over a decade, we've lowered the penalties. we're trying to be smart about it. you don't want to ruin a kid's life for having a joint. and that was historically what you saw. and we put drug courts into place, we've -- i think kids make really smart decisions about dealing with people, particularly when it comes to these small amounts of drugs. and we've been able to shut down a prison in the state of texas. i mean, that is conservative, man. >> and did this decision have anything to do with willie nelson. did he lobby you in any way for this? >> you've got to love will. >> well, yeah. >> okay. you don't got to love rick pe y perry, but you do got to admit that he ain't wrong about everything. ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that ar

i'd love to be able to live in a world like rick unger does. you cover your eyes and your ears and accept the narrative that's out there without getting a special prosecutor to tell us what happened about the white house's potential government. we are a government by the people and for the people. this isn't by the government for the government. the perspective, what is going on with the dna of our government where we're allowing the irs to behave like this without any checks and balance, without a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of the shiefling of political dissent. >> bruce, the fact is that the white house and their mignons have been throwing one office and a group of people working in cincinnati under the bus when, in fact, it went much higher than that. the cincinnati people aren't taking it lightly. there's a woman named elizabeth hoffenger who worked in that office and here's what she had to say about being thrown under the bus. >> i was deep ll lly offended. i felt like it was a nuclear strike, like they were blaming us. >> bru

>> yeah. >> or for rick perry? >> chris christie. >> for chris christie, it was really interesting, he comes in as someone who had a lot of skepticism among conservatives, but there was a sense that chris christie was not going to have purple state rhetoric, wasn't going to move to the center as he has in major addresses in the past. this was chris christie looking ahead to 2016, knowing he needs to head into the 2016 election and compete in places like iowa and south carolina whose voters democrats are very much like cpac. >> well, he didn't even get invited to cpac last year, and for people who didn't see it yesterday, let me play a little clip of chris christie. if i wait a second, will we have it? i'm going to things out of order here, i can read it if we're not going to have it. we have it now. let's look. >> we don't need, mr. president, your opinion on what income inequality is. we don't have an income inequality problem, we have an opportunity inequality problem in this country, because government's trying

rick perry in that camp. chris christie a little on the other side, saying i don't care how we brand ourselves, let's just win, baby. >> that's the big message. >> right. >>

rick, only because you touched on something.th a guy last night in the bond market and he said he had this feeling, rick, that the entire bond market was so much on one side of the boat that the bond market itself could get caught out on the wrong side of the yield curve. what do you think about that? >> i completely agree. i think that the 10s and 30s are doing about what anybody would have expected especially considering the pace of the taper and who's going to replace that buying. tick data yesterday stayed said that's a question mark. but on the short end i think it's purely lojs t lly logistict of the big holders of treasury are caught offsides. your source is probably correct. >> what were you going to say, steve? >> just one more thing. all the commentary i've gotten so far is neutral to dovish. i haven't seen -- i've read four or five reports to this point. i don't know if you've seen anything that we might be missing here but i guess i have to stand by my initial take on this thing, is that it's a neutral to dovish stat

governor rick perry is here. we have music from aloe blacc.han is sitting in with the cletones. and we'll be right back with rosario dawson. we are live from austin! [ cheers and applause ] >> enjoy a made to order flatizza today. only from subway. subway, eat fresh. on expedia you can book any flight, car and hotel together and save up to 20% when you build your custom trip. expedia, find yours. berry pomegranate mio. do i just squirt a little? or you can squirt a lot. ...really changes your water. it changes everything. [ male announcer ] mio. squirt some. ♪ it changesthey lived.. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back. we are coming to you from the long center in austin, texas. the south by southwest festival is going on, and we are right in the middle of it. tonight on the program, he is the governor of the great state of texas. if we do anything terrible this week, he can pardon us. governor rick perry is

rick del fiorentino grew up in the bay area and at the memorial his family spoke.u's rob roth was there. >> reporter: on this gray drizzly morning hundreds of law enforcement cars from throughout california and beyond will slowly go through fort bragg. it was a long sad procession honoring sheriff's deputy rick del fiorentino killed last week in the line of duty. people stood and watched the cars. >> devastating. all my employees said they are not working today. i said go to the funeral. [ music ] >> reporter: many people attended the service that two auditoriums were filled and over flowing. [ music ] >> reporter: rick del fiorentino had three children and a wife. >> i lost my best friend and the love of my life. >> reporter: rick del fiorentino was killed in gunfire last wednesday by a man on a ramp age. he was -- rampage. he was 48 years old. >> i believe he saved the life of many innocent people. from a monster who was determined to do damage. >> reporter: he knew rick del fiorentino, described him as a gentle giant, a practical joker who put on hunting and fis

. >> but whenever rick and suzy are out in deep waters, several miles from shore, they can't help butope to one day get lucky, and get an up-close view of the giant blue whale. >> some weekends are hit-or miss. you have to get incredibly lucky to have one come near you. >> they're usually off in the distance. you just kind of yearn to be closer to them, you know. it's just amazing. >> it's early october 2011, rick and suzy spend the morning paddling out roughly six miles into the pacific, when rick gets an unexpected greeting. >> all of a sudden i hear -- whoosh! i thought, is that me, or did i just hear a whale. sure enough, a whale had just surfaced not too far behind me. out of nowhere came this big lung right next to the kayak. that's really exciting. that's the closest, most exciting moment i've had with a whale. when i was on top of the water, and you have the whale surfacing near, that's exciting. >> moments later, rick does what few would dare to do. he attempts to get even closer by climbing out of his kayak into the ocean with a mini cam strapped to his forehead. all to get

the speakers include rick perry, rick santorium, and rand paul. >> reporter: rand spaul going to be somebodyo watch today because his libertarian views are very popular among this crowd. but we're not seeing mitt romney here this year, del, and a fair number of speakers have been critical of center mccain and john boehner, some feel he is pushing too far towards what the white house wants, that he's not holding enough of a strong conservative line, and he should be willing to blow things up politically to find the path forward for the party. governor rick perry spoke. and we are seeing a lot of governors speak. and people say they like what governors are doing around the country. and rick perry talks about what other republican governors are up to. >> what is the common denominator in these states? it's conservative governors who cut taxes, who control spending, who invest in jobs. it is conservative governors who trust the people more than the machinery of government. it's conservative governors who know the freedom of the individual must come before the power of the state. >> reporter: and

i'm sorry, i'm not buying it. >> rick, rick -- >> wait a minute. >> rick, rick, i'm in southern michigan'm in the midwest, too. rick, i'm in the midwest, too, and in southern michigqnx nathan is in cincinnati and the weather has an impact. it's having an impact. >> four year low on the service sector. i'm sorry, i'm not buying it. why is it at a four-year low. >> rick -- >> hang on one second. can i just jump in here? look, here is part of the issue and it goes back to the report i mentioned because it's the most comprehensive we have yet. there's a huge spike in the amount people were paying in utility bills. there was definitely an impact there, and there was a big inkroo he is in the amount consumers were paying for the affordable care act. those two things, one may be -- >> there's a whole lot more wrong with the economy than weather! >> yes, an interesting point, rick. >> rick, the point that kelly is making is that money wasn't going to the high utility bills, it might be going to walmart or might be going -- it's not the weather -- >> an extra $2 a month -- >> let me -- >> a ques

can i quote rick perry? oops. >> come on. what do you make of the fact it does seem like rick perry is a little different. >> a very energetic speech. i thought he did great energy. didn't leave anything in the dpre greenroom for that speech. what i didn't hear from cpac. i watched today and yesterday. they keep saying they have a different vision what is it? specifics. putting down obama, health care, saying he's a bad president, bobby jindal calling him stupid. what is the new idea? >> mike, do republicans have a big battle in front of them? look at this poll. rasmussen asked voters who would they choose if held today, 47 hillary clinton 3.3% picking jeb bush, 14 another candidate and 6% undecided. >> but it's so early, gretchen, i think allen is right to the degree republicans need to formulate and articulate a message. lets face it. it's not hard to deliver a less government message. anti-obama will win. if we focus on obamacare like i said over and over and over again, that's a winning strategy. i think you're right. rep

in the afternoon, rick was up, and vice versa.he point i want to make is that when you look at the people who voted after 5:00 p.m., in one state rick was up 20% of the after who voted for him the 5:00 time. that is a very significant thing. those are the people working and getting things done. , he couldn'tle say win last time. remember, in that election, the governor of pennsylvania lost by 20 percentage points. secondly, the democrats ran a pro-life candidate against him. thirdly, conservatives had no specterwhat his backing was about. he basically backed arlen specter because he and bush made a deal. to me, and some people have criticized him for that position, it is a profile in courage and who rick santorum is and i'm glad to be his friend and i'm glad to be a supporter and i wish the heck i could beat him in golf once in a while. welcome rick santorum. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you very much, foster, i think [laughter] . [laughter] it is always a joy to be with foster friess. it's always -- you never know wha

and rick perry was on the panel. rick perry sounded like eric holder in terms of talking about we want to have fewer people in jail, we want to change our prison sentences work. he sounded fairly liberal and that got a great applause. on criminal justice, mandatory minimums, the republicans are moving left. that could help with minorities and the edge of things. the other thing, think about how many rulings we've had the last few months in favor of gay marriage, but on stage, there were almost no speeches that mentioned that issue. and that tells me -- i talk to people in private about this, too -- the republican activists here feel like that issue, they need to move on from that issue. banning gay marriage is not going to happen and they're losing the issue and people here were talking about the new issue should be maybe religious liberty and think about it that way instead of thinking about banning gay marriage. and i thought the silence on the issue was very striking and tells me the republican party is moving on

rick santelli's got it in chicago, rick?chigan sentiment survey 80.0. 80 right on the nose. this is close to expectations. you could say a little light. our last read which was the preliminary for march at 79.9 was very close to this number obviously and this will be the weakest number since november last year when we were at 75.1. and just to put a final face on this, last july 85.1 was the highest read going all the way back to july of 2007. so, we have lost a bit but still holding an 80 handle. interest rates on the week are down a bit. carl, back to you. >> rick, thanks so much, rick santelli in chicago. >>> jim, what's coming up tonight? >> we've got finish line. the group has been under pressure, the footwear group, let's find out what is selling. the company had a good quarter plus six, but there's always a story here that perhaps retail is slowing down. that has been the theme. remember, retail is the one that looks like it's breaking down, you know, after biogens broke down they're trying to make a stand. it's retai

i bet rick perry would. >> if it was delivered on saturday, i bet rick perry would. >> that's a callback. that's how we do it. i would ask ted cruz two questions about what he believes. look, senator cruz, do you really believe that it was the other guys in the democrats that shut down the government? he said that repeatedly. do you feel you were filibust filibustering during the famous nonfilibuster. is he a true believer who is hopelessly confused or is he misrepresenting to the base and the public? we don't know that right now. >> i wonder if he would do the shutdown now given what's happened to him. he lost favor in the republican party. >> he sold a lot of books or will sell a lot of books. here is where i go on ted cruz. he made a speech yesterday saying the reason the republicans lost in 2008 and 2012 is because they weren't principled enough. they were in 2010. what does that mean? i'll tell you that means absolutely nothing. we like to deal in the world of facts here at nbc news, msnbc. look at the 2012 demographics and what happened to the republican party. obama won by nine. h

you're saying it's rick scott. >> unquestionably it's rick scott and the national brand of the republican the republican party into a cul-de-sac ideologically and they can't get out. >> so how does charlie crist go on the road with health care? what does he say? what's the winning message? does he run from it? run around saying "i'm going to fix it" what does he do? >> as was indicated in the miami "herald" today, he was at the function in the president in south florida, miami, last night and said he supports health care. he supports the affordable care act and he has embraced it. so he's not running from it. i can tell you that any candidate who's been around for a while reads polls. i can assure you if it was a drag he wouldn't be saying it. >> why is this governor's race so important to the democratic candidate for 2016? >> well, because we are, as you said, a megastate. there's four megastates in this country. california and new york go democratic. texas at this point goes republican. florida is the only giant state that swings back and forth everyday. and therefore setting the table

rick, it's great to see you.ving me, guys. >> rick harrison of "pawn stars" joining us from las vegas. >> we want to send it to dom for a quick market flash. >> airline stocks taking a quick hit this morning, 2,300 flights have been canceled as the latest storm hits the east coast. on sunday 2,000 flights were canceled in the midwest. it's been a tough winter for the airlines and air travelers. since december 1st more than 87,000 flights have been canceled, couple that with rising fuel prices today and you get that downside move in those major airlines. kayla, back over to you. >> thanks for that, dom. up next is the situation in ukraine escalates, the president on the council of foreign relations joins us with his insight. you won't want to miss that when we come back. >>> checking in on the markets, right now we have the dow near session lows down 201 points, the s&p is also down 19. nasdaq holding solid into the red as well. of course, all markets are watching the situation in ukraine as it has escalated. we w

paul ryan, and rick perry rising to third at 11%. from a month ago, paul, ryan and perry are heading up. for the rest of the gop field, if you look at our numbers, they are either static or heading down. it is very early but you'd still rather go up than down. peter hanby, rand paul and ted cruz at it this week saying don't say you're the next ronald reagan. these two guys, both freshmen, both tea party guys, both friendly until this past week. what happened? >> i think both of these guys realize that at some point they're going to be playing in the same lane for the republican nomination so they have to create some space for themselves. ted cruz spoke at cpac, actually a conference next door -- gave a foreign policy speech and gently tweaked rand paul saying we can't shy away from the world. rand paul has been walking this really fine line between being his father's libertarian and actually trying to appeal to a larger swath of republicans and make nice with the republican establishment. we saw him sort of straddle that this week ta

so is rick perry back in the presidential mix? we'll have a live report, all those stories and much more coming up in "the kudlow report" beginning right now. >> good evening. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report". we're live here at 7:00 p.m. eastern 4:00 p.m. pacific. sergei lavrov sending a warning to the u.s., saying the u.s. should not take any hasty or reckless actions to damage relations between the two countries. let's bring in jim miklaszewski, live from the pentagon. this sounds nasty. what's cooking? >> reporter: larry, despite all the international outrage over the russian occupying of crimea as of tonight it appears to be fa fait accompli. the russian military is firmly entrenched in crimea and have no intention of leaving any time soon if ever. according to military officials, it's clear that the russians have been consolidating all the gains they made so far. today, for example, by brute force they knocked down the front gates of a ukrainian air force base and seized that base without firing a shot. they scu

hey, rick. >> hi.a little larger than expected and last month was increased from 0.3 originally released and stands it up 0.4. that's the inventory side. sales side, sales for the month of january not nearly as optimistic down 1.9% and i'm sure there's going to be implications on the weather side there. it's just we don't know how much. and last month, december originally released it up was diminished to 0.1 of one percent. and we're expecting january read on jobs opening and labor turnover we want to monitor that and separations and quits. but it's running a bit late. we're looking for a 4 million number, and if you recall in november we had the first 4 million number since march of 2008. and when it comes out, i'll call the control room and i'll come back! back to you. >> oh, rick, thank you very much. our next guest says by the end of the year we'll be at 2014 on the s&p. that's a gain of 7% or 8% from here. adam parker is the chief u.s. equity strategist from morgan stanley. adam, welcome to the pr

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it was really interesting. >> rick, are you a math guy?bers guy on wall street. >> i am a member of the math museum and i take them there a lot. >> it is a good thing -- we have a lot of kids smart in math. >> the museum is great because it is fun. you are riding bikes and turning yourself into a tree and you are solving puzzles. it is very hands on. toit is not that you have sit here -- >> it is very geometry based. >> geometry is cool. >> rick, when you hire people for your firm do you look at whether they have the necessary math skills or can be picked up? >> it can be picked up and supplemented but there is an element where you have to understand how businesses work. there is such a huge quantitative aspect of that, about income statements work and what margin structures look like. if you are not at least into with that it would be really hard to be an investor. >> comparing and contrast. >> relationships. >> you and i talked about this before. i see this every single day. they can do math but they can't do math. it is a distinction wi

governor rick snyder has the republican address. he talks about creating an environment for job growth and gives examples of states that accomplish this task. >> hi, everybody. i visited a community college in florida this week where i spoke with students about what we need to do to make sure our economy rewards the hard work of every american. more specifically, i spoke about making sure our economy rewards the hard work of women. about half of our workforce and more than half of our college graduates. more women are now the family's main breadwinner than ever before. in a lot of ways, the economy has done -- not caught up to this reality. earned $.77 for every dollar a man does and too many women face outdated workplace holds back our families and our entire economy. a woman deserves to earn equal pay for equal work and paid leave that lets you take a day off. congress needs to act on these priorities. when women hold most lower wage jobs in america, congress needs to raise the minimum wage because no woman who works full time eve

rick scott has dealt with hispanics in florida.nk that when the folks go to the polls, they're going to take into account how the state has progressed and that's the main issue. >> why is it -- >> i have -- >> go ahead. >> as a hispanic, i haven't felt any insensitivity from my community or leaders and you can't base a person's actions on the entire republican organization. that's just absurd. >> go ahead, annette. >> i know, but that is the leader of the republican party in florida. instead of saying, this is not right, we shouldn't be making mexican jokes at our campaign. fire those people and actually stand up for the hispanic community. this shouldn't surprise us. this is the person who just last year, vetoed driver's licenses for dreamers. every step of the way, he's been -- oh, he didn't veto it? i mean, i'm sorry, maybe you didn't read. >> i don't agree that to categorize a governor as antihispanic because somebody made a joke about a mexican accent? it's overblowing the entire situation, really. >> why didn't he help out th

>> rick perry kick things off. he got a standing ovation from the crowd. mike huckabee also got a lot of encouragement. they spoke about accountability and still to come, rant paul -- rand paul and rick santorum. >> thousands of people traveled across the country to be here. >> day two of cpac gets underway. was a speakers list roster of potential candidates. they were focused on washington and the cpac as it is commonly known. >> cpac continues today. they will hear from rand paul, on almost certain presidential candidate. organization turns 50 this year. can you believe that? we caught up with the man behind it all. wheree pictures of cpac texas governor rick perry has just begun to speak. it is the largest gathering of conservative activists. they will talk strategy. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back the chairman of the american conservative union. ♪ >> what a week. senator cruz kicked off on thursday. we also heard from congressman paul ryan. we heard from governor christie and governor jindal. we heard from donald trump. yesterday, governor