robert benmosche dead at the age of 70. the fate of the department of climate security -- of homeland security still unsure. peter cook is on capitol hill. what is the status of this temporary fix and will it work? >> the status is the house of representatives is looking to pass a three-week continuing resolution that would fund the department of homeland security at its current level giving republicans more time to take a whack at the presidents immigration executive order. meantime, over in the senate you've got republicans there who have effectively blinked and they have agreed to fund the department of homeland security through the end of this year. two different tracks from two different republican leaders. what we are waiting for now is for the house to come back into session and passed this vote for this three-week extension. it may happen soon. here are some of the debate that played out earlier. >> a solution is being put forward. there is no one putting forward a bill to shut anything down. it is too fond for thre

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robert benmosche, dead at the age of 70. and that is your cnbc news update this hour. back to you, brian. >> thanks. >>> well oil rallying into the close. looks like it's going to break a seven-month losing streak. let's get back to jackie deangeles at the nymex and, boy, the buyers are really coming in here. >> that's right, brian. we mad a run for $50. we didn't make it past that critical level. we were positive on the day, and as you mentioned, it's the first time that we've had a positive month since last year in june. that is when oil prices started to take the turn south. psychologically, investors could be looking at this and thinking that we may be sort of bottoming out here but, of course i'm going to give you some other data to consider as well. now, what was interesting intraday is when the recounts came out from baker hughes, we it see a decline of 42 u.s. rigs. we paired some of our gains for the day there, put then we went sharply back higher into the close. two things to watch for here. some real evidence not just recounts, but that production here in th

former aig ceo robert been much a died -- robert been russia -- robert benmosche died at 87. >> he madehe announcement his successor would be coming up sooner than anticipated. aig said under his leadership aig paved america in full. a profit of $23 billion. >> diplomatic talks between the u.s. and cuba resume today. john kerry says the decision -- the decision is separate from talks to normalize relations from the two countries. cuba wants to be removed from that terrorism list first. priceline has named a new ceo of priceline.com. chris soderbergh comes chairman. additions to the portfolio including the purchase of the restaurant renovation service opentable. french media conglomerate is planning to return 6.4 billion dollars to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. the company has unloaded $30 billion in assets, including two wireless carriers. they profit nearly quadruple -- the profit nearly quadrupled in the fourth corner. that fourth quarter. this comes a week after apologizing -- including adware on laptop -- adware on laptops. they will offer effective losers a free six

country's financial policy robert benmosche dead at age 70. >>> heldole everyone i'm kimberly guilfoyle along with juan williams, eric bolling. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." >>> day two of cpac and a new batch of gop stars. >> imagine if we had a commander in chief that understood that the way to defeat isis is not to find them a job, imagine a president who doesn't travel the world bad mouthing america. we survived jimmy carter. we will survive the obama years too. there is nothing wrong with america that cannot be fixed with new leadership. we must rise and stand with our forefathers who stared down the king. we must rise as free men and women and reclaim our birth right. we must protect and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> rubio perry and paul followed by republicans speaking to win over a lot of critics within the party today. here is jeb bush defending his stance on immigration. >> you said they broke the law. it's not a felony. it's an act of love. you also said that you support a pathway to citizenship. >> the simple fact i

the insurer who some say single handedly made good on this country's financial policy robert benmoschee along with juan williams, eric bolling. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." >>> day two of cpac and a new batch of gop stars. >> imagine if we had a commander in chief that understood that the way to defeat isis is not to find them a job, imagine a president who doesn't travel the world bad mouthing america. we survived jimmy carter. we will survive the obama years too. there is nothing wrong with america that cannot be fixed

. >> robert ben benmosche was born in brooklyn in 1944. early in his childhood his father moved his family to the catskill mountains, but shortly afterwards, his father died of a heart attack, leaving his mother and three other siblings a quarter of a million dollars in debt and with a half completed hotel. from there, money, having enough of it, became a driving force in benmosche's life. soon after graduating from alfred university, he rose up the ranks at some of wall street's biggest firms, chase manhattan and metlife, where he became ceo. it was in 2009, three years after he retired from metlife, that he took on his biggest job yet -- turning around the ship at aig. it was in croatia that benmosche accepted the job that would turn him into a key player in the financial crisis, and, at times, one of its most hated characters. during a boat ride along the adriatic coast, benmosche, now retired, explained how he fell in love with the country years ago when visiting with a colleague. >> we came here in 1987 with about 250 people and 125 p