let's get straight to sarah eisen, who is there outside the conference.came out of the q&a session? because that was obviously a very interesting time when a lot of pointed questions are asked and we learned a lot from the answers as well. >> reporter: many of the questions centered around this idea there would be forced pressure for mr. sterling to sell the team, the clippers. if you're just joining us, just to recap, it has been a moment here for the nba, where the commissioner has done something that has never been done in history. he has banned for life one of the nba team owners, donald sterling of the clippers, from the nba, from the clippers, from personnel decisions, from attending games, from being at any board member meetings of the nba. he stopped short at saying he was going to force him to sell the team, but did say he would urge the board of governors to play their part in helping force donnell sterling to sell the team. one question, i want to read it to you. it gets into some of the legal questions about what the nba has a right to do. wha

sarah eisen, eamon javers.making a surprise appearance at vladimir putin's q&a session, asking him about his stance to mass surveillance of his citizens. let's listen in. >> i'd like to ask you a question about the surveillance online communications and the bulk collection of private records by intelligence and law enforcements. does russia intercept, store or analyze in any way the communications of millions of individuals? >> well, he kind of answered no, eamon. he said -- shocking that this would even be asked, right? >> yeah, look, the whole thing was a shocking and extraordinary moment, tyler. earlier this morning, a lot of questions that are unanswered as of right now. was snowden live or on tape during that interview? was there any coercion involved or was this snowden's idea in the first place? what vladimir putin said was no, the russian secret services do not do mass collection, but they do go after specific individuals for collection of information with a court order. they say they don't have enough

our very own sarah eisen is live in d.c. eting this weekend with the imf's managing director christine lagarde. sarah, good morning. take it away. >> good morning. thank you very much, simon. and it's great to have you here, madame lagarde. great to see you again. >> lovely to be with you. >> i have to say, there is a more optimistic tone. we were talking about how last time we spoke here, it was in the middle of the u.s. government shutdown, on the brink of a possible default. 3.6 global growth. is this the most optimistic you've been since the financial crisis? >> there is quite a positive mood around, and it's true that the global economy is turning the corner of the great recession. but it's not yet all rosy, and it's still too slow, too weak, and still a bit uneven. i'm glad to say that the united states is doing a lot better. our forecast is 2.8% growth. and a bit more next year. >> but we're not in the 3% drop. not in this breakout growth rate in this country. why not? >> i think there is -- first of all, there has to

in the last two months, the stock is up almost 10%, however, sarah eisen is monitoring the meeting. >it's an unusually suspensionful meeting because of the debate on executive pay. first the ceo has addressed coke coal -- talking about the tremendous size and scope of the business. some of his priorities like growing sparkling beverages, investing in the brands, but then the shareholders will get a chance to vote. this is the suspenseful part. it comes down to coke's equity plan, which includes plans to issue shares for management compensation. one coke shareholder, david winters of wintergreen has raised a very public campaign in the last few weeks in letters to shareholders, the board and warren buffett, to vote against this equity plan. winter said it's a raw deal for investors, dilutes the values of their shares. coke has been very vocal as well, disputing winters' math say it's more like 1% and completely in line with coke's history. so the managers only get paid if investors get rewarded. winters only owns about less than 1% of the stock. the question will be will the other big

of the los angeles clippers with regard to his allegedly racist remarks, our very own reporter sarah eisenspot and will be able to give us analysis and reaction after the news conference. brian is at the milken conference, he says that is the talk o t

. >> sarah eisen is in manhattan and has more from that press conference. >> reporter: kell and bill, the press conference wrapping up in the last half hour. sense then an outpouring of support from -- for the nba and for the new commissioner adam silver's decision to ban mr. sterling, donald sterling, owner of the clippers from life, from the clippers, from the nba. not allowed to go to the games, not allowed to participate in personnel decisions, not allowed to attend the owners' meeting. he did stop short of forcing a sale of the team. however, here's what he said about what he's going to do when it comes to a sale. >> i will urge the board of governors to exercise its authority to force a sale of the team and will do everything in my power to ensure that that happens. >> and there you go. that's why you have support, not just from the clippers themselves who just issued a statement. they will be holding a pre-game press conference tonight as game five, home game. very significant for them, but also from the lakes of lebron james and magic johnson, all over twitter, supporting the

sarah eisen, it's all about this vote over the equity plan. >> they just voted. i got the preliminary results. it looks like shareholders did approve the coca-cola 2014 equity plan. that was in question, particularly by david winters, a shareholder. he told others to vote against it. it was approved by 83% of the votes cast. that is a vote of confidence in coke management, in the equity pay plan that was set forward. just a few other highlights to show the support coax gets, an advisory vote to approve executive compensation, 90% of the votes cast. >> one wonders how many votes were cast. it's like eight people tend to read these proxy material, unfortunately, so nine of ten people who voted? >> no a lot of people go to the shareholder meeting, and certainly all of them major investors, usually vote on these kinds of issues, but there was some drama going in because of what david winters had raised about the dilution of shareholders, and warren buffett is the biggest shareholder. you have to think with 83% of votes in approve of that equity plan, he voted in favo

with us is olivier blanchard and sarah eisen. >> it's interesting 3.6%, certainly an upgrade from whatt but it's not strong. you point out a number of risks facing the global economy. why are we here going into six years almost since the financial crisis. why a sluggish global recovery? >> first, 3.6% is better than 3% last year. right? the other thing is why don't we have more? because financial crises leave a lot of choices and they leave high levels of debt. these need to be worked out. that's the reason we don't have a goal we could dream of. it's going dome but it will take time. >> what about the united states. you captured the u.s. forecast. you said it's the driver of global growth right now. some of the softness we've been seeing the consensus is it's just the weather. we had unusually freezing winters and that held back economic activity. is that all it was? are your expecting to see a meaningful pick up here in the second half? >> i'm not terribly worried. weather comes and goes. numbers come and go. if you look at fundamentals in the u.s., the breaks i was talking about bef

. ♪ ♪ >>> here we go now, business before the bell with cnbc's sarah eisen. of a downgrade in the credit rating for russia from standard & poors. we're also talking about netflix. on a lighter note, for the first time ever if you have cable providers rcn, grande communications and atlantic broad band and testiivo, you ca watch netflix like another cable channel. it's interesting. >> a lot of discussion of the sotheby's fight going on with dan lobe. what's the latest going on with that? >> yeah. in fact, dan loeb got a boost from one of the major shareholder services recommending that sotheby's go with dan loeb's choice for a board member. >> is that where you hang out on the weekend? >> southeby's? oh, yeah, sure. i just walk around -- >> with a paddle in your hand? >> sara, great to see you. have a great weekend. >> great to see you, too. >> coming up, he's one of the top music producers, actor, author and musician, rza coming up. keep it there. [ female announcer ] every box of general mills big g cereals can help your kids' school get extra stuff. they're

. >>> 43 after the hour now, business before the bell with sarah eisen.ird of s&p companies are reporting results this week. after the bell today, the parade starts with netflix. tomorrow earnings out of mcdonald's, at&t and thursday apple, general motors, after the research, friday, ford. it will tell us what the company says about the economy and what they say about china. we're also waiting for a prospectus from ali baba, the commerce e-giant set to go public here in the u.s. it could set records and be the biggest tech ipo since facebook. it's sort of like the amazon of china but also incorporates paypal and google as well. it dominates the industry. and we're also watching kraft for the open because we just learned kraft is going to have to recall 96,000 pounds of oscar mayer hot dogs because they contain milk and weren't labeled as such and causes problems for those allergic to milk. >> we're trying to visualize 96,000 pounds of hot dogs. can't figure it out. >> it sounds like a giant amount, though americans eat a lot of hot dogs. check your labels

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sarah eisen bringing us up to speed. >>> transports have set a record high today as well.hat you missed earlier on. >> welcome to "squawk on the street." here's what's happened so far. >> when i look at the rates in these countries including a third biggest bond market in the world, italy. when i look at some of the statistics that i see in autos i get a little hopeful. this is not going to stop until they get better economic growth. very bernanke like. >> this is an all-time high now for the dow. at 16601. dow has never been hire in the entire history. >> we got to get in there and find out what's actually happening or we will not have regulation. if we don't have regulation, we have a real problem. >> equity awards to our employees for years at the coca-cola company. and this plan does nothing to change the equity practices that we've had in the past. >>> it is 11:00 a.m. on wall street. 8:00 a.m. on the west coast. a messaging app that's adding 100,000 users a day. is this the next whatsapp? we'll talk to the ceo behind the company. >>> and rumor has it, this is the wea

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. >>> sarah eisen back at post 9 with one of the great interviews of the morning. >> we're looking forwardaway. the number-one most-watched sporting event in the world. that's why today nike is in madrid showcasing the latest lines of products. mark parker, we'd like to welcome him, the president and ceo of nike, for an exclusive interview here on cnbc. good to see you, mark. tell us about what you're launching today at nike in madrid. >> well, actually, we're launching our complete -- actually, line of football products, the most innovative collection of football -- or soccer as we call it in the states -- product that we've ever created. obviously, it comes at a really important time with the world cup coming up, less than two months away. one of the highlights of today's introduction is a new shoe called the mercurial fly. it's incredibly innovative, lightweight design, meant for the fastest players in the world. in fact, here it is. incredibly lightweight. new technology. new outsole design, lightweight, full carbon-fiber, designed for the fastest players in the world. you'll see this