illumina's board saying it will review roche's unso liss tilled takeover offer. on the formal position on the offer within ten days. the company put a poison pill in yesterday. no big surprise there. >>> you can see the nasdaq is doing reasonably well. the s&p 500, at least it's holding above 1300. quite a tight range. utilities are down today. a very mixed picture. let's have a look at where we are on the breadth of the move. should be relatively evenly spaced. the nyse. there you go. almost 1 to 1. the nasdaq, bearing in mind that that market is doing slightly better. it's only a marginal move, again, 1 to 1. >>> ford missing estimates but posting its biggest profit in -- shares of ford right now are trading, there we have it, down by about -- phil lebeau standing by in dearborn, michigan. >> reporter: the reason ford shares are trading lower is because this was a disappointment for a lot of people on wall street and for investors. take a look at ternings for the fourth quarter. they missed by a nickel. the street expecting 25 cents a share. ford coming in at 2

. >> roche confirmed they are going hostile. 41-50 bid for a stock trading over $52 a share.are playing a game of chicken here to see how much they can hold roche's feet to the fire to get this deal done at a higher price. >> smoke 'em if you got 'em. altria dropping 2%. >> volume under pressure. look at the 100-day moving average. you get a huge deal. >>> next up, a favorable ruling for rig. >>> welcome back. shares of transocean rising on a judge's ruling bp must compensate the company for the cost of the 2010 gulf oil spill. how do you play rig right now? dan dicker is a cnbc contributor. he's been long in the stock a while. great to have you on the show today. you bail now or what? >> i think do you bail now. i want a little love. i took so much abuse on transocean when it was down near $40. now that it rallied and got closer to $50, i want the love. >> i'll give you the love. >> i don't want it from you. i wanted it from the judge. >> you got it. >> truth is, it is time to bail on this. this was not an unexpected ruling from this judge in new orleans who has given tells

the maker, swiss pharmaceutical roche, has been hesitant to release full reports of the studies. tamiflu is one of roche's most profitable drugs. >>> the federal agent who accidently shot himself while lecturing children on gun safety lost his appeal over the release of that video. >> okay, i'm the only one in this room professional enough that i know of who carries a -- [ gunshot ] >> all right. >> so much for professionalism. and the idea of bringing a loaded gun into a classroom of children -- this video was taken in 2004 when dea agent lee page was speaking at a school in florida. the video went viral. page sued the dea saying the release invaded his privacy and ended his ability to work undercover or give motivational speeches. the court says there is no right to privacy because the incident occurred at an event that was open to the public. >>> british airways apologized to passengers for an emergency message that aired by mistake. a taped message told passenger aboard flight 206 to brace for an emergency landing on water. it happened friday morning on a plate from miami to

in deal news, swiss drug giant roche made an offer for iluminia for $5.7 billion. keep an eye on boeing. a norwegian airline announced today it is buying 22 boeing 737s. fans of dalton abbey now can tour and lunch at the actual english castle where the popular series is shot for a cool 10 thousands bucks. people say it's great. >>> coming up, big baseball signings and a big hockey suspension and the heat beat lebron's old team. trying to keep a ball from going out. a high school player makes a miracle shot. there was just one problem. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> we are seeing the heaviest rain in the drought stricken texas area we have seen in years. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>> in sports, the american league has signed another hitting star through free agency away from the national league. here is fred roggin with an early look at all of your sports headlines. >>> good morning. we will start with news out of detroit. the tigers open

in deal news, swiss drug giant roche, made a hostile offer for illumina for $5.7 billion.an eye on boeing, a norwegian airline announced it is buying 122 boeing 737s. and finally, fans of the pbs drama "doubtin' abbey" can tour and lunch where the popular series is shot for a cool 10,000 bucks. i've never seen it but it has a popular following, apparently. >>> a big baseball designing, a big hockey suspension and the heat beat lebron's old team. >>> plus, trying to save a ball from going out, a high school player makes this miracle shot. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. -three. -one. two. three. one. -two. -three. -one. -two. -three. [ male announcer ] with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% back on groceries. and 3% back on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. -it's as easy as...1. -two. -thre

the drugmaker, roche, is standing by its claim. >>> and new information on women in tennis.o do with the grunting and shrieking when adult players hit the ball. you heard it there. there's grumbling that not only does that noise distract other players, but young players are learning some strange behavior. [ grunting ] >> sometimes, it can be very distracting. it feels like they're just doing it on purpose just to get you annoyed. >> the women's tennis association says it will take up the problem in march. >>> and do birds just want to have fun? well, take a look at this video from russia picking up steam on the internet. it's a crow on the lid of a jar, carefully sliding down the roof with snow. the crow 234r50i flies to the s the lid and does it again. crows are among the smartest birds in the kingdom and on these slopes. >>> and still ahead, the end of illness. our friend and reporter makes a discovery on camera that could have saved his life. and could lead to changes in have saved his life. and could lead to changes in yours. swollen ful, i've been in your shoes. one day

the owner of the world's biggest producer will sell one of roche buses weren't just meant bob may but it's the first half of the year could be tough for his business he sees commodity prices remaining stable with growth only coming in the second half of the year. we don't expect you know in a significant improvement the next six months in the we're. not in the very bush but optimistic for the second part of those a year but it's a moment come of this market is quite stable in general of course we come here we're. in a positive trend to nation in the improvement in the. slowdown in the euro but in general it's the. and you can see the full interview with a like that of us on our website all these are called forward class. others a little small in that all the bath fifty five minutes with another business up that can also. be. a soulless substance. in a touch like a well trained army. villages in ruins. for thailand where time stands still. all becomes a scene of nothing. the mysterious sons of russia. were shot four times a day old. days of. syria's a voice are still a lot of. people s

probably play roche will sue for. a lot of people in the new chairman he may be on the way with machine and with a little bit with them patient to get people from the movie solutions coming back from all the. positions so i would say that probably the market will be hard. there actually stock market lost twenty percent last year in defiance of its longstanding correlation with the oil price which grew by twenty five percent chris we far from troika dialog says this year russia's equity markets will closely monitor the european debt crisis rather than follow the crude. the equity market is moving much more with the global trend rather than the oil price but that's only the case so long as your price remains above and acceptable limits for the budget which is approximately nine thousand dollars in terms of the deficit and below about one twenty five dollars which would then start to affect global growth so it's a background issue when we spend a lot of time talking about it but the reality is that it's much less importa

in this i'm referring to last week's unsolicited build from roche.ily lumina said they may offer for illunina. that's a first. not unexpected perhaps but it does figure into this tender. now remember roche is coming after the board, illumina has said we're not interesting. it gives them an opportunity to walk away, even officially if greece is in default. >> when you're doing strategic deal like this, why should you care? isn't it just cost of business something like that could happen? >> it is. if you're roche and you're in europe, you might have a significant impact from all sorts of dislocation occurring in the emu, i would assume, though many would argue that's already happened, right? >> this isn't a company that does diagnostics. we're not talking about something that's going to be used less because of greece. >> that's why i mention it. it's kind of strange. on the regulatory front i wanted to point out a couple of things. i'm talking about the ftc's commission to sue to block omnicare's potential acquisition. it doesn't look like they're goin

. >>> as we go to weather, i would say, when i first came to town from upstate new york, roch chester cornell and i was used to snow. we had weather that year like this, i came out in a sportcoat with no topcoat, i thought i had gone to heaven, when i moved to this area. >> we had mild winters recently. last winter not all that cold and this winter really really mild to the tune of 4 1/2 degrees for december and january, above average. very unusual for us to have a top 10 warmest december and what looks to be a top 10 warmest january to follow it up. winter, what winter are we talking about? that's what i'd like to snow. snow lovers, i feel your pain. not even 2 inches of snow for the entire winter at international airport. outside we go on a saturday morning. generally nice way to get your weekend started. the still calm waters of the potomac earlier this morning. mirror-like finish, barely a breeze blowing. we will pick up a south and southwesterly wind later this afternoon. it will be breezy at time. kite flyers, be wear. -- be wear. those winds will increase. 38 in manassas. 29 in

. >> roche pharmaceutical says it will take the necessary steps to make all the evidence available torchers. >>> did you hear? gossipping is good for you. researchers at california berkeley conducted gossip experiments. when participants saw someone behaving badly, their heart rate spiked but neverred off once they shared what they'd -- leveled off once they shared what they'd seen and the people who shared what they had seen had reduced stress levels. >>> montgomery county has advanced life support ambulances updated with systems that can transport a patient's vital signs and heart rhythms to the hospital. so once you arrive doctors already know if you're having a real heart attack and can treat you faster and more accurately. >> since lifenet has been in place the last quarter we met that goal of 90 minutes 100% of the time. so it really does decrease the time the patient has between experiencing the somes and getting their heart vessel opened up. >> suburban, shady grove, washington, venice and holy cross hospitals all have the new system. >>> the news

the victim was here at murray steaks in tacoma park when the robber scad victim to cash a check this roche wasn't alone. she had another woman with her and three small children, two toddlers and an infant and she said the kid hadn't eaten in days. >> that is the only thing that stopped me to help children, see that they got something to eat. >> reporter: the victim agreed to drive the robber to the bank of america on new hampshire avenue a mile and a half away. the children stayed behind with the other woman. once in the car, the robber changed her story. >> she told the victim that she had a gun and threatened to shoot the victim if the victim did not withdraw several thousand dollars. >> reporter: once inside the bank, surveillance video shows the robber stood next to the victim at the term window, appearing to orchestrate the transaction. when the 84-year-old woman gets the cash, you see the robber shoving her out of the bank door. police say the robber forced the victim to drive her back to murry's steaks she got out, walked away with all the cash. >> well, i don't know where they are

. >>> and a terrifying ordeal for a grandmother when a roche convinces her to do his dirty work. >>> it is estimated that food allergies affect 6 to 8% of children under the able of 5 and 3% of adults. in news, the recent death of a virginia girl is raising new questions about the way schools and parents handle children who suffer from severe allergies. 7-year-old amaria johnson died last week after being exposed to peanut at her school outside richmond. so, how can you protect your child? dr. jackie saabet, a family allergy and asthma care in gaithersburg is here with advice for all of us. so dr. jackie, what is the most important step that a parent can take? >> the first thing is to get diagnosed. if you don't have the diagnosis and you know for sure this is what you are up against, all the rest of the stages can't follow. you need to get that correct diagnosis to be able to tell all the people that are going to be around your child that this is, in fact, a life-threatening allergy. >> okay. once you get the diagnosis, you say that you have to have a treatment plan. so, what should

roche has been hesitant to release results of the studies. >>> it is 11:39. still ahead, ask the doctor. dr. joshua answers viewer questions. the new designer making clothes for target. the first lady michelle obama has warn his >>> president obama is heading to the happiest place on earth. not for fun. he's unveiling a new tourism plan at disney world near orlando. industry is pushing the president and congress to make travel to the u.s. easier for people living in developing countries. the white house says his disney world announcement was part of a series called we can't wait designed to help create jobs. first lady michelle obama help d put fashion designer chase only wu on the map with a white one shouldered inaugural gown. soon his designs will be within reach for all of us. a new collection from jason wu will debut at target next month. this morning on the "today" show he explained his inspiration. >> it is like a little mischievous, you know, it is -- a little -- nonchalant. i love -- i always loved french films. i thought the women that defined that

roche was at one point not too long before a president or chairman of american through democratic action. extremely liberal institution founded in 1948 by arthur/injured jr. -- arthur/injured jr. --schelsin r --schelsinger. fred lee as the world changed at least on foreign policy he found himself much more in tune with national review than with many former allies. he and bill were talking somewhere and john asked if he could write a column for national review and bill said delighted. please start any time. so john wrote this column on foreign policy but i assumed we were far apart on domestic policy. and then one day i forget when the subject came up but something to do with poverty or whatever and he gave an answer that led me to say john, you sound like an israeli conservative. that he said no! a catholics and nicholas --se i --sendicali --sendicalist. do you have any comments for each other or shall we invite the audience? with any questions or comments, some things up? >> first thought would like to say it has been a tremendous pleasure to listen to these distinguished speakers and t

i can't remember who all was in it but was really liberal and john roche had been the president of it. gradually as the world changed at least on foreign policy, he found himself much more in tune with the "national review" and many of his former allies in the john asked if he did write a column for the "national review" in the bill said a delighted, please, start any time. so john wrote this column on the foreign policy and it was always brilliant. but i assumed we were far apart on domestic policy. and then one day i forget what subject came up with something to do with poverty or whatever and he gave an answer that let me to say you sound like an israeli conservative. he said know a catholic cenacle list. [laughter] these labels can be interpreted in very different ways. do you have any comments for each other or shall we invite the audience? let us invite the audience with any questions, comments. yes. >> first i would like to say it's been a tremendous pleasure to listen to these distinguished speakers and to hear more personal as well as political information about the buckley's

. >> jen roche one of our producers on the "fox & friends" program when she went to africa not long agoxact place and they were thinking about doing the bungee jumping there. but when they got there, they thought wait a minute, this is a little rick ety. i'm not going to do that. >> that's why i go to montauk for miniature golf and less chance of getting hit in the head with a windmill. >> had she gone on it, we might have had that shot of the morning two months earlier. thanks a lot, jen! all right, let's talk about something in "the wall street journal" today you'll find very interesting. what's the number one topic vulnerability or, i guess, plus that you can say about mitt romney? he spent his time in the private sector. people say that's good, we need that now. he's been involved in big business. that's pretty important. what did he do at bain capital to get so rich and successful? that's what "the wall street journal" looks at today. >> they analyze it. and this is like a precursor to what the president would do, president obama would do if he, in fact, were up against mitt romney

the republican have been duly noted roche and it really hurt this country.we have less than two months and we are here to say we don't want this to go down to the last hour when it can. there are important issues before this conference. we want this to be a real conference, a real conference where we sit down -- about the issues. chris van hollen has discussed one of than peered to the extent that the nature programs need to be financed, we want to look at a wide variety of financing them and weep to not want health provisions to pay for non-health provisions. best of unemployment, let me just emphasize this a record number of want turn on kuwait in the country beyond any level on record, almost half of the unemployed have been unemployed for at least 26 weeks. and so there has been some improvement for the vast majority you're an way, they are looking for work. the fact remains for every john kerry three to four people who are looking for work. and so, will sit down with the republicans. we urge that they can't hear and sit down with empty chairs and were w