sandra: no. allowing the suit could backfire, the unemployed because doesn't would try not to get these people through their doors in the first place. >> executive mentality that these people are worried about the recall the map radioactive. many people are unemployed because they have been outsourced and downsized. the sole legitimate reasons why they're unemployed in this rough economy. no, when employers say we're not even going to consider you, we're going to toss arrest may have simply because you been employed, they literally say that by you're unemployed. the daughter employed. that's not american. sandra: if you walking with a resin made it shows that you have been out of work for a few years, an employer will look at that and it will be a red flag and say when have you been doing? >> we're talking a protected class of people who businesses are saying you need not apply. >> i sort of agree with the other guest. i am not implying that these people a bad. maybe only 5 percent are bad, but e

sandra: excellent panel. thank you all for joining us tonight. >>> the other major money problem our government's dealing with right now is the dreaded sequester. of course that deadline is many looking. those automatic spending cuts are set to kick in just ten days from now. president obama is out pushing his platform. just today he warned the cuts are like taking a meat cleaver to the economy. listen to what he said. >> so ese cuts are not smart, they are not fair, they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an be a instruction. people will lose their jobs -- abstraction. sandra: critics say the president is resortg pure threats and our next guest agrees. economist peter morici managed part of the federal budget and knows first-hand,000 this gets done. weome back to the show, peter. >> nice to be with you. sandra: you wrote an article today, very controversial article, saying president obama is blackmailing taxpayers. explain. >> well,

[aplausos] >> sandra dice que efectivamente fue con su mamá a tocar la puerta de doña cristina sandra ir a vivir a la casa de doña cristina. incluso mi mamá, desmiéntame si no, me ayudó a hacer mis maletas y alberto fue por mí porque acordamos que alberto iba a ir por mí a la casa. >>cuando el muchacho fue por mi hija yo se lo dije? sabes que yo no estoy de acuerdo no te acepto, veniste a deshacer mi familia, echaste a perder mi vida, medida media vuelta y mi suegra estaba asomada por la ventana cómo se iba mi hija y yo no moví ni un dedo para que mi hija se fuera. >>claro pero lo que tú no sabes luis, ella salió de la casa porque ya habían acordado que ya. en ningún momento >>si yo hubiera sabido que la ley me podía ayudar, no hubiera permitido que mi hija se fuera. pero a donde yo iba decían que su hija quiere. >>todavía no se hacía ningún movimiento de esos. >>entonces, falta de comunicación. si tú fuiste con tu hija a casa de doña cristina, le debiste haber dicho tu marido las cosas como fueron. una cosa no tiene nada que ver con la otra, por favor, y por mucho que tengan testigos

sandra: that is very good.til the $85 billion mandated spending federal cuts kick in and there doesn't seem to be any hurried negotiations between the two parties. david: not at all. what if anything can we expect from d.c. with seven days to go? fox business's rich edson joins us live outside the white house where there is a lot of hysterics right now how the world is going to end if we cut $85 billion out of a 3.8 trillion dollar budget, right, rich? >> not much in the way of discussion or negotiation to figure out how to fill in those cuts. president obama, the administration, discussing all week with cabinet secretaries the dire economic circumstance that will occur if these automatic spending cuts go into place in a week. earlier today, the transportation secretary, ray lahood, came out and said, we're looking at faa furloughs that would lead to flight delays. that would lead to possibly flight cancellations. earlier this week it was agricultural secretary tom vilsack discussing how meat inspectors would b

sandra: a $50 billion project, dave, a big one. peter? >> that's right, sandra and dave.dent is pushing $50 billion in additional infrastructure spending that would include $10 billion for a new infrastructure bank. the president telling a boston tv station yesterday, quote, we want to see if we can leverage private dollars into the process so that taxpayers don't foot the whole bill. supporters say a bank could raise additional billions for road, bridge, and rail projects from private investors through government guarantees of debt that it issues, but the proposals, these proposals look like they are on a bridge to nowhere right now. house republican majority -- house republican majority leader eric cantor dismissed the bank idea as, quote, a fannie and freddy for roads and bridges, and the committee opposes financing any new infrastructure projects with more deficit spending. some conservatives also want states to take over more infrastructure spending. >> what it does is solidifies a washington centric approach to transportation policy when its states and localities th

. ♪ sandra: i am sandra smith. dennis: i am dennis kneale. raise investors take some profit but we have a blockhead, bulls joining us with differing views how bullish you ought to be. sandra: president obama taking the road trip after the state of the union. he is at north carolina in a factory to sell his agenda. one person who is not sold, senator and paul. he delivered the tea party response last night. he says the president's plan is dead on arrival and congress--he will be joining us live. dennis: a long-running battle over the creation of the doll, the ceo of bratsmaker with us. sandra: time for stocks now, nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange. market's taking a bit of a top. the dow, lows of the session. nicole: we are selling off. we have seen the dollar going back and forth, the fear index to the upside. dow 14,000, not looking at that now, 13,963. these are volatile markets, they go back and forth but we are pulling back, down 1/3%, the drug index and the bank index two of the reasons we are pulling back, bank stocks

sandra: j.c. been hearing a lot about him, laying off 300 workers this week at the company's headquarters in texas. in an effort to radically overhaul the struggling department store's chain but johnson isn't working through the night to come of with a solution for this big turnaround plan. he rarely even works a full week according to sources. when the ceo does come to town, meet on the company private jet, and all at the expense of the retailer. this is according to our colleagues at the new york post. j.c. penney shares down 40% over the past year, today trading slightly. dennis: i bet you don't care about a hotel. that guy is a retail start. he built chapel into a $14 billion a year operation and falling stock flying higher, the committee meets this afternoon with the faa on a plan to end that battery problem for the dreamliner and we will be live in washington with that at how the ceo of the company is dealing with this crisis. sandra: takes to help you in your office full. address ahead with

sandra: i am sandra smith. the dow closing the week higher.re waiting for a pullback to get in, forget it. there won't be one. dennis: the american u.s. airways merger good for investors but warnings that ticket prices will be going up and we got a point guy ahead with tips on how to protect your frequent-flier miles. sandra: what carnival needs to know, the pr nightmare. dennis: a different scene in florida. hawks yachts. ^ -- cheryl casone the at the miami boat show. cheryl: we are on a boat right now. what would you pay for a multimillion dollar yacht? what is it worth to you to have one of the top yachts in the world? david marlow will take us on an exclusive for of this amazing boat. not going to tell you the price but think about it. it is the top of the hour, noon eastern. let's go to the floor of the stock exchange and nicole petallides. nicole: looking great. let's tell you what is going on on wall street, dow 14,000, we did actually break through that mark and traded as high as 14,000, still looking like a losing week, nasdaq is up s

puede ser hasta violador. >> sandra, sandra. [discuten >> a ver, sandra. ya la tienda y no lo dejaba ir. pero la comida estaba en la estufa y yo corrí a apagarla y cuando salí ya no estaban, corre por las calles y ella se las había robado. ¿tú prestes es un acto de una persona decente? >>

liz: thank you very much, sandra. sandra smith with the trade.as to go back to our nest and work as she does. in the meantime, we have another nest in new york, down at the new york stock exchange. nicole petallides looking at the macy's. nicole: we have a good little hot spot here, liz. let's talk about macy's in particular. they came out with the sales numbers that actually were quite good. under the macy's umbrella is also bloomingdale's. earnings did drop, but again doing well with their sales numbers. the other story surrounding macy's of course is the deal with martha stewart. when i was reading through this very closely, talking about the ceo of macy's who really considered martha stewart a friend and thought this deal with martha stewart was to be a good one for macy's, and then she called him on december 6 in 2011 and said they were going to move forward working with jc penney. he said he was sick to his stomach and hasn't spoken to her since. this is an on going court battle about the rights for products of martha stewart. when you talk

sandra's always gone above and beyond the call of duty.harge of the street parks program and i'm involved with that kind of work in the city. she's also involved with the clean streets program. and she's also -- a lot of people don't know this -- a board member of the american community garden association. and she ran the show for this big huge conference we had this last august. i called her the hener lisa ma. she's real a dine a moe and we're so lucky to have her in the city. * dynamo. so, i want to invite sandra up here as our most empowering city employee of the year. (applause) >> everybody here, sandra has touched all your lives. >> i'm truly honored. you guys are all wonderful to work with. i love the community. you know that. i'm allegation here for you. thank you so much for this honor. it's all about you guys. thank you so much. (applause) ♪ >> i'd now like to invite the supervisor for district 9, supervisor david campos, to represent the next award. (applause) >> good evening, everyone. welcome to this beautiful building here at

sandra smith is in new york, robert gray on the west coast. let's start with sandra. sandra: it is amazing what we are learning. we are sitting in a gorgeous $2.5 million home and we are in manhattan. you own the entire building. it turns out you acquired this building a long time ago. >> yes. 1984. the real estate values were down dramatically. we acquired it back in for $700,000. there were 12 floors in the building and all full floor tenants. sandra: it was a family acquisition. >> it is valued at about $60 million. sandra: that is a good return on your investment. $2.5 billion units now. a few of your floors are commercial, but mostly residential. why do you think that somebody should buy this particular unit for $2.5 million? >> what is really unique about this building is every tenet in here will have a full floor presence. they will not have neighbors. sandra: let's show that. this is how you get into the condo. you have your own private elevator entrance. tiny elevators. this is your own private entrance. you say that is a major plus. >> yes. they do not want

>> sandra bullock. >> jimmy: yeah, i could see that actually. yeah, sandra bullock.ed aon-a. [ laughter ] sorry. i barely graduated high school. her favorite movie this last year is "silver linings playbook." and if there was a movie about her life she would like sandra bullock to play her. obviously. roots, for this next one, could you do this is classic chicago-style blues song? ♪ ♪ it's hard to spell aonna "silver linings playbook" one of her favorite films ♪ ♪ trying to tell you now actually i saw that it was filmed in philly ♪ ♪ and i can't say that i was underwhelmed listen to me now ♪ ♪ if they were gonna make a movie about her and she decide who it would be ♪ ♪ it would be sandra bullock whether it was a film for the theaters or on tv ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you very much. i appreciate it. thank you. hey, i'm going to get through here, if you don't mind? how are you? how you doing? [ scattered applause ] hey, buddy. oh, sorry buddy. pal, how are you? you actually are in mumford & sons, aren't you? yeah -- [ laughter ] sorry about that. exc

charles and sandra are with me. i hated it, but it was a wild success. >> the fact that you hated it is what made it a success. okay? shock value sells. sex sells. heart warming messages as we saw during the super bowl sold. and shock sells. this shocked you? you've been talking about it, you've been running it on your program. they won. stuart: you're saying that an old guy, out of touch if i'm shocked, it's a success. >> absolutely. stuart: you're right, you're absolutely right. charles: people would have been shocked by that ad if it was yesterday, a hundred years from now, 200 years ago, i don't care how old or young you are, it was kind of-- the irony, it was repulsive. stuart: i wasn't shocked, i was repulsed by it. charles: maybe we are just that country you know where we slow down and watch car wrecks and maybe that's why people go to nascar and go to hockey games. and cbs said two versions were indecent. but 45 takes. >> 45 takes. >> we'll leave it on that one. >> i'll do a commercial. >> and enjoy that sup

sandra?ou know, peter morici wrote something interesting yesterday saying that he's essentially blackmailing the american people where it's either this or this is going to happen. he's not labelling really what the choices are for the american people right now. cuts are necessary. he's threatening this is going to kill education. this is going to kill defense. i mean the way he's speaking, stuart, it's quite alarming really. because these aren't the only options that are on the table. stuart: precisely right. charles? charles: i think they know we're in trouble already. you know, fourth quarter gdp was a bust. consumer confidence is down. jobs, unemployment rate is going up. i think they know. all i think he's trying to do right now is establish a blameless position. in other words -- stuart: he's saying you let these spending cuts happen, the economy goes in the tank, and it is the republicans fault. charles: it is going down anyway. they see that. they can see that it's going down. they und

[laughter] i am sandra, not rude and mine said i am route, not sandra. [laughter] every year i was on the court with sandra, invariably, one lawyer or another would call me justice o'connor. they heard a woman's voice. [laughter] it did not matter that we did not sound at all alike. [laughter] when center-left, it was lonely. it was really lonely. at least when she was there, she was a tall woman and then there was this rather small person until i was joined by justice sonia sotomayor and just as keychain. if you -- and justice elena kagan. if you watch a case in the court, you will see a very lively bench. my sisters of the court are not shrinking violets. [laughter] have very active -- they are very active participants in the arguments. i do think that justice sonia sotomayor is in competition with justice scalia to see who can ask the most questions. [laughter] [applause] with three, we look like we are there to stay. we are no longer curiosities. >> i would like to go back in time a bit to the 1970's when there was a strong effort to amend the consti

thanks for opening that window into that world, sandra.initely a buyers -- not the buyers market, the sellers market. the closing bell ringing in 29 minutes. we're still seeing double digit gains here. so as we continue with the real estate theme here, homebuilders, real homes with curtains, yes, they have been on a tear. sales are up. new orders going through the roof. prices have rebounded as well. one of the biggest names in that region of the business, hovnanian enterprises has seen its shares of ups and more downs through the years. will this recovery last? hovnanian enterprises chairman ceo and president making his way into the studio to break down the real story. he's made it through the recession. he's coming on to our set next. liz: sticking with our real estate theme today, things are looking brighter for one apartment reit, real estate investment trust after its fourth quarter results. let's check it out with nicole on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole: right here on the floor of the new york stock exchange, let's

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and i don't think sandra would mind me saying that, you're much better looking than sandra bullock ine. and her son, her other son, sj, is there with her, as well. so how are you doing, lee ann? how are you doing, sj? are you guys all right? >> can't complain. being here at the super bowl. >> i know, i'm sure you guys are full, stuffed with food and with drink. so mom, which is more exciting for you? which is a more exciting moment, the premier of the movie "the blind side" or super bowl sunday? >> super bowl sunday. not even a question. i mean, everybody has been asking me that. this is hands-down been way more exciting and fun, entertaining. and we've worked a lot harder to get here. >> yeah. the movie, it's hollywood, but this is what your son worked for, right? >> oh, yeah. i mean, he has worked for this for i can remember when he would sit in the living room and practice his signature, i'm going to go to the super bowl one day. and that day is coming tomorrow. so we're really excited about it. and, you know, he is determined, dedicated. everything that you can possibly imagine th

connell: we have the trade now with sandra smith. continue to see the markets flirt with these all-time highs. take a look at your vix chart. we are down at 13.7. this means there is a pound of complacency in the marketplace. often times will we get that low, analysts put up their hand and say this could be an indicator that this market is ready for a selloff. you can see the dow up 7% so far this year. the s&p 500 of 6%. the nasdaq is up 7%. this market is tempted to see a selloff. i will be back at the top of the next hour to show some technology earnings that may be the ones to derail this rally. everyone is sort of looking for that spark. that may be just it. we will have that at the top of the next hour. connell: small business investors under attack in the state of california. cheryl and dennis tell us why a ruling will discourage job creation in california. they go one-on-one with the postmaster general. ♪ >> we are coming up on noon eastern time here on "markets now". i'm cheryl cheryl. dennis: i'm dennis kneale wf a bull deb

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sandra? hey, charles, well, manhattan continues to be a safe haven environment for those who want to invest in real estate or buy a place here, to go shopping or hit the trendy restaurants or bars or a show. we're going to have a look for you the next hour of varney about two and a half million dollar apartment, what you get for that kind of money and who is buying these places? manhattan's real estate market is booming. it's a seller's market right now. what does it take? we're going to have the answers to all of that with you, charles, coming up at 10:30 on varney. charles: i can't wait. sometimes i stand in central park and look at the apartments, are there that many rich people out there? i can't wait, sandra, thanks a lot. >> exactly. charles: don't talk about home builders stocks not necessarily on varney, but they've been soaring in the past year, nicole, i know you've got one that's more than doubled. >> i thought you were going to say a manhattan the apartment not everyone is rich in

. >>> sandra elementary school was closed after a 19-year-old man was shot and killed overnight on the school grounds. our reporter spoke with the victim's father about what happened. >> reporter: hillside elementary school was quiet today because students were told to stay home today. >> i want to know who's to take someone's lifelike that. >> 19-year-old male was shot while he and others played dice. >> it's like there's no value of life. it's like kill or be killed. >> his father said violence is still too common. >> nobody should have to bury their son especially when they're trying to go to school and making good grading and going in the right direction. >> this is video of him playing football. he played at lany college, as well. friends bragged about the talent in this family. >> i expected him to become a great player, too. he was a great person. something for this to happen is unimaginable. >> his father is challenging witnesses to come forward. >> the guys that was with him, they know who -- they know who it is. you guys know who it is because y'all was with him, y'all was up

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as far sandra --. >> i'm not going buy anything from amazon anymore. >> jeff reached out to amazon for comment but hasn't heard back. >>> the newest british royal has finally made his or her public debut, sort of. the duchess of cambridge showed off her baby bump on her first official outing. pretty soon, the duke and duchess are going to be hearing this. >>> when it comes to understanding a crying baby, most parents are crewless. spanish researchers say they have cracked the baby code. the key look at the eyes and listen to the sound. an angry baby keeps his eyes or her eyes happen closed. the cry goes up and up. a scared baby keeps their eyes open almost all time and moves his head back and forth. a baby with pain, their eyes are constantly closed and they're frowning. the cries start suddenly at maximum intensity. >>> some drivers probably wanted to try today. there was a huge pile-up. a hundred cars and trucks spun out of control on an icy snowy road. there was a huge back-up. chp made drivers stop and put on chains. >> that came in all of a sudden mid morn. >> it did. it seems lik

sandra smith has details. >> american airlines and u.s. airways have just agreed to merge creating the world's largest airline. >>> $11 billion deal, the new american will have more than 900 planes, 3200 daily flights and about 95,000 employees. not counting regional affiliates. >> now, what you've seen is that stability is beginning to generate modest profits for the airline industry and that's good for everybody, good for the economy, good for consumers. if our airlines are going to be competitive, they can't lose money every year. >> american airlines parent amr corporation filed for bankruptcy in 2011. the merger would give amr creditors 72% stake. and the remaining would go to shareholders. bad news for passengers. many analysts are predicting fewer flights and higher fairs. which could actually be good news for stockholders who may see gains if profits recover. in new york, i'm sandra smith. >> you've had this storm storm on your radar. >> it's back in again, brian. but somewhat in a weakened state until it gets off the coast. doesn'

our "cashin' in" crew this week, wayne rogers, jonathan, trish shah and sandra smith, also joining us, julie. welcome, everybody. okay. so as the national debt continues to soar, unions telling washington they don't want to tolerate spending cuts. >> we won't allow cuts to social security or medicare or medicaid! we're going forward! this is our country! we built it and we're going to take it back! >> oh, boy. jonathan, is big labor a big reason? we'll never x our spending problem? >> eric, unions destroyed the fuel industry, automobile industry, the public education and literally they're bankrupting government as well. they're only growing in government. unions account for about 36% of government workers. only 6% in the private work force. i tell you, the nerve of richard trumka and the unions to demand jobs. where do they get off with that? we have more government workers now than we had citizens of the countries founded in 1776 and so many of them have nothing to do with actually protecting individual rights. they're educators, library workers, researchers. they should be cut. we n

sandra: there's a reason why the trend is what it is.y are not going to have a job tomorrow but why buy a home. stuart: i think you caused a good deal of discussion. good stuff. appreciate you for joining us. >> thank you. stuart: my take on dr. ben carson's lecture to president obama. that's next. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all onhinkorswim from td ameritrade. ♪ we all work remotely so this is a big deal, our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you

's wife sandra left as she appeared for her own plea hearing before the same judge. in court, she pleaded guilty to federal charges show filed false income tax returns and lined about the couple's income. the attorney said that sandra jackson's plea is to take responsibility for her actions. >> she had to make a hard stition on whether to made guilty or to fight the charges. show saw this as an opportunity to put this behind her, to admit that she made some mistakes and judgement regarding the expenditure of campaign: zeros. >> reporter: sentenceing is set for monday, july 1st. her husband, former congressman jesse jackson jr., will be sentenced the friday before on june 28th, both here in washington. it's important to remember that this the weekend hand down a sentence more or less than the two parties agree to and both jackson and his wife were ordered to surrender their passports and they'll be able to travel between the two homes in chicago and washington, d.c. while the defense attorneys were talking here, the u.s. attorneys have had their say as well tonight. f

. >> reporter: his wife sandra also pled guilty for filing false tax returns. she failed to report $600,000 in income. he resigned from congress last november. he has been treated at the mayo clinic for bi-polar disorder. >> those health issues are directly related to his present predicament. that is not an excuse just the fact. >> reporter: jackson agreed to pay back $750,000 in campaign funds including money he spent on travel and meals with a mistress, he will be sentenced in june. under the plea agreement jackson faces up to 5 years behind bars. during the hearing today the judge warned him he does not need to follow those guidelines. reporting live, megan mccorkle wedge wedge eyewitness news. >> sandra jackson will be sentenced july 1st. >>> tens of thousands of maryland jobs are on the line with massive budget cuts looming in washington. president obama is appealing to congress to stop the automatic cuts. >> reporter: there is no question that here at the white house the new cycle has been about budget cuts. at the white house the president and senior sta

sandra smith at the cme chicago, let's begin with nicole, what a wild day it has been. nicole: we started off to see it sell off. go into the last hour of trading getting closer to the closing bell. they look at webmd. you think of online medical site. 6.3%. raymond james talking positively calling it a strong buyout saying they change the way they appeal to consumers and answer those questions and it is actually quite lucrative to them. the stock up over 50% in 2013, and yet we are seeing it up again, and they are putting their money into calling it a strong buy. that is what we are looking at here at the new york stock exchange. ashley: sandra smith at the cme, talking about the strong dollar all day, what impact has that had on your trading at the cme? sandra: it brought the energy prices down. afternoon trading, oil prices back in $93 per barrel. it wasn't too long ago we were nearing $100 pai $100 per barre. for wholesale gasoline prices are coming down a bit. getting hopes the pump prices will come down. it is a precious metal complex, silver prices up a couple% o

>> all right, sandra, thank you very much. and i want to bring in cruise ship passenger dee tucker now. she's joining us on the phone. she's on the ship with her sister, audra, and a group of friends. and dee, i want to bring in your fiance as well, he's on the phone in florida and so eagerly awaiting your arrival. dee, you heard our reporter say that people are now out on the decks, there was some dancing, some celebrating getting ready for land. how you feeling right now? >> caller: we are just exhausted. we're tired. this has been a very long journey. and we're trying to keep our hopes up, keep our spirits up. we had some people who put banners up that said, you know, say strong, god is with us, you know? and we've had some get-togethers to try and boost some morale. so we're doing what we can to survive. >> and i know you're going to be arriving -- i mean, we're not sure exactly when, within the next couple of hours. what are you hearing from the crew about when you're going to arrive and the process to get off? >> well, t