ryan shapiro, explain. is the next code espionage act of 1917. this is the same odious law under which chelsea manning was convicted, edward snowden is facing charges, and daniel ellsberg was prosecuted for leaking the pentagon papers. >> so how do you get around the fact you have been denied? today, as we go to air, you filed a new foia with nsa. what changed in your request? >> today i filed a lawsuit against the nsa, fbi, and cia due to their failure to comply with the freedom of information act. they're in violation of federal law. i am suing them to hold them accountable to federal law. what changes they failed to comply with the law, so i am suing to hold them accountable. how do we get around it. that is a great question and a tough one. the nsa has a very difficult nut to crack as far as foia is concerned. not only does the nsa invoke national defense here as well as the espionage act, he also of 1959,e nsa act though the act was passed years before the freedom of information act was passed, the nsa has succeeded in convincing the courts

and i welcome, first, to the podium ambassador shapiro. [applause] >> i'll just have to get over that. as strategy u.s.es, as practitioners -- strategists, as practitioners, i think all of you are very familiar with the headline economic numbers, but there was some very quick review because they do provide an important context for what the administration is working to accomplish through its trade policy. of we've now seen g, the p growth for 11 -- gdp growth for 11 straight quarters. unemployment is at its lowest in five years. the private sector has added jobs every single month for nearly four years, eight and a half million in total. 600,000 of these jobs were in the manufacturing sector which is the first such increase from the 1990s. and consumer spending and real buzz investment are up significantly. -- business investment are up significantly. while we still aren't quite where we want to be, these achievements aren't taking place in a vacuum. the president's agenda is driving economic and job growth, and trade is playing an importan

it very shapiro on copyright.n >> international property, patent, great american ask for. our brand is known around the world and our creativity as a country -- that is what innovation is about. >> are we making headway in getting back to copyright in particular the recording industry? made a career sometimes battling with the content world. we believe innovation comes in many forms. and consumers have to have the right to take what they bought and move it around so they can enjoy it in other places. >> why can't i do that? it drives me insane. >> you can do it a lot more now than 30 years ago. we went all the way to the supreme court saying the vcr is legal and from that position would establish pretty clearly you can do a lot. if you bought something, you can move around for private use. if you are sharing with others and charging for it, it is a problem. >> we are going to talk about next hour.e porter bit and others saying it is a huge deal. in april the supreme court decision, we will hear it. broadcasters ha

although now that your client nine shapiro is actually at. he is known to act as the most prolific whatever pastor to the fbi that's quite a tight on him and he could shed some light on how he claim that title even cleaning the ice bestowed upon him and not one of his other lawsuits involving the fbi surveillance of animal rights activists. mr shapiro and shoes. to get the fbi to continue processing and releasing information. and he said that they couldn't do anything for the next ten years. they couldn't even explain it on the record. why he couldn't do anything other than his dissertation project which is to investigate. odds use of national security rhetoric to marginalize rights group that dissertation itself to such a rock band to submit a secret declaration to the court explaining why it was a brat tom and the of an argument and the artistry of the record. they pointed out that he was such a prolific winner plus three seven hundred where classes and am currently two hundred of them are in issue in lincolnshire he would have to do all th

shapiro, scott armstrong who did file a 2000 foia question.had an attorney general who got quite exercised by that, but our strategy was to get a lot of people in the same room so the left hand knew what the right hand was doing. it was coordination. it was not coming up with a new highly unprecedented, highly questionable basis for non-disclosure, which i gater is what mr. shapiro has run into. >> carlton tweets in . . . and karla says . . . and the government apparently kills a lot of black markers, lisa. >> should people who challenge government secrecy be concerned about being targeted themselves? we'll talk about that right after the break. real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. ♪ >>> welcome back. we're discussing government secrecy, and the freedom of information act. ryan you accept the risks of what you are doing, but do you think people might legitima

but shapiro says multi-tasking actually makes your performance tank.ntion between tasks can decrease efficiency and accuracy. >> companies say multi-tasking is what they want. it's not really what they want. what they really want you to do is focus in with laser beam focus on one thing and then switch to another and switch to another and switch to another. >> reporter: office sin number six -- talking to human resources. even though your company will always say it's best to take your troubles to hr, that can be an rx for trouble. most people assume that what they tell hr is confidential. >> all that means is they are not gonna blab it to the other employees. but they will absolutely tell your boss. >> reporter: so if i am having a problem with my boss, which i am not, who do i go to? >> well, i would encourage you to figure it out yourself and work it out yourself. >> reporter: another office error, mistaking your cubicle for your living room. office sin number five, overdecorating. shaprio says you may think it's smart to make your space cozy and comf

[synthesized birds chirping and water trickling with new age music] (shapiro) any wave form that you make in the air, you can make in a wire an analogous wave form, and so you can make music; you can make sounds electronically. an early example of the electrophone was the theremin where the player moves his hand further and closer to an antenna and changes the pitch of the sound that way. and a second antenna over here changes the amplitude of the sound that way. [eerie electronic tones] [electric guitar whines] as the century developed, the electric guitar came into very general use, taking the sound of the guitar and picking up the sound on little pick-ups which are like tiny microphones behind the strings and putting those sounds into an amplifier and back out of a speaker. and then, of course, after that, you begin to come to electronic music synthesizers, and on into the future, who knows what will be next. (stubbs) timbre is connected with musical instruments mostly by structure of the instrument and the materials that the instrument is made from. it's significant that musical

among them matt shapiro of mws capitol who is now looking at buying opportunities in eastern europe stocks... "no one knows what vladimir putin is going to do and what i've been telling my clients is kind of look at it from russia's perspective -- there is, in a sense, a little bit of an arab spring where a government of ukraine, which is in their sphere of influence, everyone has to recognize that, was overthrown and they want to protct theri lease until 2040 of their deep water fleet in the crimea. so, you've gotta look at it from that perspective, but i think things will wind down a little bit and even russian stocks, look at yandex which is the google of russia, was down 15% yesterday, so for very interpid investors yo can certainly look at stuff like that" our thanks to matt shapiro. chuck coppola steps in now with an update on manufacturing in the u.s. angie-- back in the u.s. a surprise bump in u-s manufacturing. the index of factory activity around the nation--- known as the i-s-m-- rose to 53.2 in february. a number above 50 indicates expansion. in january, the index was 51.3, the

adam shapiro on the floor of the new york stock exchange. phil flynn at the trading pits of the cme. first to you, what are the traders saying about the actions. >> the s&p 500 can't break through the resistance, the intraday high. just have not been able to get through that. some of the winners, some of the losers, big winners, disney hitting an all-time high, goldman sachs up today, disney up 1.5%, goldman sachs up almost 1.5%. you look at the big loser, exxonmobil down almost 3%, a drag of 18 points and they have put on hold their plans to extend, they will be expanding oil production from territories, but that is on hold because of the political situation. back to you. cheryl: stay with me, i want to go to phil flynn with the minutes of the data, crude plunging, so it is going on with crude, again. >> what i think it is, what we are seeing are the same things we are seeing economic data. demand is very disappointing. we had a bad when you factor number, a bad jobs report and it is showing up in oil. we saw crude oil supplies rise by 1.49

matt shapiro of mws capital joins us now. hi matt! >>how are you doing chuck? >>i'm doing very well, thanks. so what's causing this selloff? >>i think it's a little of the aggressive investors that got into the go-go phenom highly valued stuff actually kind of lost their nerve yesterday contributing to the selloff of tesla and biotechnology, small caps and really anything that was hot so far this year. >> are we waiting for any economic data is that partially what is contributing to this? >>i think the market has been a mixed bag of a lot of investors on the pause button right now. and the aggressive part of the market that actually has been doing well has been very valued. so there were some stories over the weekend speaking about the high valuation of the russel 2000 and of small caps we knowtesla, facebook has a high valuation. finally investors took a cue and ran for cover from a lot of that. that took the market down. >> everyone has loved tesla up to this point... what's causing this? >>it's really instability that's created when everybody in the media an

. >> reporter: charles shapiro was the u.s. ambassador to venezuela.vez was briefly outed on a coup he blamed on the u.s. some spear owe says we had nothing to do with it. >> we didn't organize it, plan it or and weren't behind if if we were guilty of anything we were too happy too fast because it was obvious the direction this government was headed. >> reporter: where chavez could rally millions, shapiro says maduro lacks his predecessor's charisma and his support. >> beyond the election by a little bit over 1%. he lost support so quickly it's amazing. through his nonpersonality. through his lack of personality. >> reporter: in spite of the political friction between the u.s. and venezuela, oil has bound the two countries together for decades. venezuela sits on the world's large of the reserves and much of its output was s* process inned the u.s. but that link is growing weaker. >> they are producing less and shipping less to the united states so it's shifted it's almost as if venture swa las la needs the u.s. market more than the u.s. markets need th

liz: thank you very much, adam shapiro. yeah, he did try and kill adobe flash.tml, whatever -- that's not even it. he wasn't able to do that because adobe then morphed into something in the cloud. but he had a lot of companies on the run. samsung, did you get any sort of ideas about how he felt about samsung, his big competitor in the phone world? >> oh, i think, you know, he hated samsung. and for him the trials, the patent trials where they're involved in this epic battle is about painting samsung as a copyist. for me i, i don't know what that actual leads to because i'm not sure that any consumers are going to stop buying android galaxy phones because they're considered -- liz: they won't, because they overtake apple. but in the end, now you have tim cook and as we finish up, is he the man to lead this company? >> you know, i think he is the right man for today. it's just going to be a different company. you know, steve jobs was the center of this universe of apple as we know it. without him it's not going to be the same. liz: the book is called "haunted empi

i hope adam shapiro is watching. lamborghini has unveiled its new model at the geneva international motor show. that is today. this is a big deal for member jeannie because the carmaker is only -- they make two cars. it will succeed. lamborghini -- in the automaker's line up. the car is a hit. it has won a thousand free orders during the month-long world wide private tour. there would be vip clients. which country will have the most need for speed? and a first on fox business interview here is lamborghini ceo and president stefan wiggleman. >> they did very high. how many cars we are able to deliver to the united states and we are looking forward to exceed the numbers. liz: you think you will be your 2013 numbers. china is your second largest market for the most luxurious car, that is lamborghini in general. are you concerned about china and the effect that may have on your numbers in 2014? >> not at all. it is a good response from the chinese market because we did all over the world selling activity and in two month

two winners for you, i cheryl casone and adam shapiro will take it now. cheryl: i will take it here. adam: will king crushed expectations? the ideal market off to its best start since 2007 and there is no sign of things going down. the one hit wonder king digital kicking off a busy week of stocks going public. cheryl: jpmorgan losing one of the few people who could take over as ceo. charlie gasparino enforcing details on the latest developments and the most significant exit at the bank after a string of leadership the partners. adam: the food stamp economy. for the first time walmart revealing how pour its customers are. the top retailer is hooked on public assistance. i am adam shapiro. cheryl: i am cheryl casone. a double whammy of less than stellar data. come prices falling a third straight month, new home sales falling to a five month. adam: what will jump-start the housing market? tweet us that cheryl casone or a j chaps. cheryl: after months of speculation, box announcing plans to file its initial public offering. the latest hot tech company to jump

adam shapiro at the new york stock exchange.alking about a down day but not so for facebook. why has that happened? >> facebook at all-time high today. year-to-date up 30% this stock. today up roughly 3%. a lot has to do with good call have an analysts at still saying there is more upside. they're good at getting market share and advertising dollars. shareholders are smiling. david: amazon shareholders, why are they doing well? >> amazon up 2%. you heard about the big dish deal with disney. amazon will let dish subscribers programing on kindle. this is another part of amazon,, being, amazon helping dish with its dish anywhere programing. 14 million subscribers. [closing bell ringing] some of them probably have a didn't kill. david: by the way certain sectors did well. financials were doing particularly well. bank of america up 3%. you can look at overall down day on the dow. but it is a mixed signal on a lost individual stocks we've been looking at. the dow jones industrials as you can see is a down arrow. that is 31. not so wit

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surveillance of animal rights activists mr shapiro had sued to get the f.b.i. to continue processing and releasing the information and they said that they couldn't do anything for the next seven years and they couldn't even explain on the public record why they couldn't do anything other than his dissertation project which is to investigate the. f.b.i. is the use of national security rhetoric to marginalise animal rights group that dissertation itself is such a threat they had to submit a secret declaration to the court explaining why it was a threat and the public argument the arguments made on the public record they pointed out that he was such a prolific foyer requester has seven hundred forty requests and currently two hundred of them are at issue in litigation he wouldn't have had to do all of this litigation this the f.b.i. has done its job and process the request for the timely manner well i'm sure the f.b.i. knows his name very well anyhow thank you for weighing in attorney jeffrey light thank you and now we go to ukraine prime minister arseniy yatsenyu

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beth shapiro of university of california santa cruz. >> ancient dna is a technique to be used to getom animals and plants that live in the past of. >> de-extinction. do you think it's doable in the foreseeable future? >> i don't think making 100% genome of this can be possible. this is why people who are interested in deextinction of the mammoth for example, used genome editing techniques, to make specific changes in the genomes of an animal that is still alive to make it look more like the genome of the animal you want to try to deextinct. away you would need to know are the places in the genome, the elephant genome, the places in the elephant genome that differed from the mammoth genome, and you would be able to have an elephant that has some of characteristics of a mammoth, for example, tolerance to cold or longer hair. >> tell me more about that genome editing. is that possible? >> that is possible today. and the technology to do multiple changes at once is being developed as we speak. there are some people in science that say if a species has gone extinct, there is a reason for

let's talk with matt shapiro of mws capital for our chart talk segment. matt, you see some opportunities here. particularly, not with natural gas which is a part of the news right now but on the oil side. >>absolutely. right now a lot of investors have been disappointed with the last 2 u.s. supermajorsexxon and chevron. the stock prices are actually pretty attractive. my pick is chevron which pays a 3.5% dividend. one of the big themes coming out of the geopolitcal moves is everyone saying liquid natural gas. we can move it to europe and we can counter russia's moves. what people don't realize is that liquid natural gas is incredibly expensive. these are 50 billion dollar projects and chevron of all the major u.s. oil companies is the only one with real and big lng exposure. >>you also think that chevron and exxon are deeply diversified companies so they can be in your view a better play. >>right. i think investors really need to analyze and assess and reassess their energy portfolios. there's been a lot of moves in the second and third tier companies in

the real force behind those talks is the american ambassador in israel ben shapiro was with tirelessly for the past three years to get the sides to talk to each other and seems to never give up hope even in the greatest moments of st in ice age has always taken a position were certainly for many years and is always present from us. he says in every speech that israel is a jewish state to search are recognized as such i think the piano this process of. that's what we're looking for is that i need to work and we are working very closely with both sides to try to put in place the elements of a framework that will permit. continue negotiations for a final status agreement. it's not easy. every word of a dog like that as sensitive as to address all the core issues of but i think the conversations have been productive. factional of both sides are committed to trying to make this effort succeed and though hopefully be able to present a framework for him. the israeli ambassador to the united nations dan gilbert has been told that negotiations for years the key to understand that it's something

. >> reporter: growing up near san antonio, alexis shapiro's smile used to be what most people noticed >> what we used to do as a family, everything changed. >> reporter: but two and a half years ago she had a benign tumor removed, and it moderated her weight afterwards. her weight grew to more than 200 pounds, she is only 4'7". >> she is always hungry, it is not her fault, it is her body and brain telling her she was starving. >> doctors said she would put on two pounds a week unless she had surgery, but the insurance company denied it. >> reporter: that drew worldwide attention, $84,000 was raised on line. >> the support that we got has been amazing. >> reporter: perhaps even more amazing, insurer tri-care then reserved its decision, telling nbc news the initial request had no information indicating that this patient had a rare disease. >> i just really hope that this surgery will be a life changer for her. >> reporter: so friday, in cincinnati, the 12-year-old was wheeled into the o.r. for the long-waited surgery, but less than an hour into the procedure, the unexpected happened. he

. >> reporter: growing up near san antonio alexis shapiro's smile used to be what most people noticed >> what we used to do as a family, everything changed. >> reporter: but two and a half years ago she had a benign tumor removed. it damaged the part of her brain that regulates appetite and weight. her diagnose -- hypothalmic obesity. >> everyday life is a challenge for her. >> reporter: her weight grew to more than 200 pounds. she's only 4'7". >> she's already hungry and it's not her fault. it's her brain and her body telling her she's starving. >> reporter: doctors said she'd keep putting on two pounds a week unless she had a gastric bypass but the insurance company denied the request. that denial drew worldwide attention and support for alexis poured in. $84,000 raised online. >> the support that we've gotten has been amazing. >> reporter: perhaps even more amazing, the insurer, tricare, then reversed its decision telling nbc news the initial request had "no information indicating that this patient had a rare disease." >> i just really hope that this surgery will be a life changer

two winners for you, i cheryl casone and adam shapiro will take it now.the ideal market off to its best start since 2007 and there is no sign of things going down. the one hit wonder king digital kicking off a busy week of stocks going public. cheryl: jpmorgan losing one of the few people who could take over as ceo. charlie gasparino enforcing details on the latest developments and the most significant exit at the bank after a string of leadership the partners. adam: the food stamp economy. for the first time walmart revealing how pour its customers are. the top retailer is hooked on public assistance. i am adam shapiro. cheryl: i am cheryl casone. a double whammy of less than stellar

. >> adam shapiro is here with that and our other top business news. >> good morning to you.he honda recall covers 8 money thousand it was. owners will be recovered can actually deteriorate and crack. it could potentially cause a fire. chemicals in car baushs could cause it to conspirator re. the movie star and singer has been a paid spokes american with weighted watchers for the last four years after she lost a total of 80 pounds. she is expectcited about the ne project and lots of music now that she is stepping down as a weight watchers ambassador. they are ready for march madness new that they are on the web can taipei a ticket to the game. average price of 40 bucks. 142.50 the average. most expensive 181,28 cents. >>> when tournament game starts later this week the media will pay close attention. off fish shall media video nights instagram microsoft tablet. >> i love me some college basketball. >> it is here already. >> 12 minutes after the top of the hour. two bumpy to stay on board. a flight -- good news for sign we would. one of the characters smiling bringings world i

adam shapiro had jim apple and, the new do we--the new dealer holding on, he called the business modelnwise and unlawful as a distribution model. unlawful according to whom? him and his dealers? i don't understand it. what is at issue here? what do they say is so bad about tesla's business model? >> if you look at the legislative rules across different states and in new jersey which has a motor vehicle rules, the rules have been interpreted to say you have to have a franchise license to operate to sell vehicles here so that is the rule tesla has to abide by at this point. liz: i have been in that says let's show room and there were people stopping by and eyes glittering. it is a shame. here is the bigger shame. they are looking for a state to set up a platform to make it huge plant to manufacture batteries, could make hundreds of thousands of jobs in new jersey, but know. because they have been chased out they won't get that business. >> it does not seem new jersey any longer would be a candidate for that but when we talk to tesla, they are going to be sliding back this particular deal

adam: and i am adam shapiro. cheryl: the white house is reaching for the whiteout. major revisions and delays to the president signature healthcare law. weight -- weight wayne rogers on the expansion. adam: demanding answers about a dangerous admission problem. cheryl: finding the man behind the virtual currency. he is right here. in the united states. the bitcoins community is not happy about this one. adam: right now we have a news alert for you. diplomatic tension between the united states and russia is heating up. this happens as congress rushes to impose sanctions on russia. those soldiers still in place despite orders to lead. the heritage .h standing by. dennis: crimea is in the middle of the worst standup since the cold war. lawmakers took another aggressive step by declaring their intentions to slip to ukraine and joined russia. crimean lawmakers also voting to set up new ministries which will be independent of kiev. russian forces remained in control of crimea. ukrainian media also claimed that are men captured the operator of television transmitters and c

. >> and mary shapiro, the last administration of the fcc said she wanted to look into high frequency trading but the issues we have, at least david and i, when we saw the crash happen before our eyes, what worries me was the next crisis might very well not be humans but it will be some glitch in the machine. maybe that needs to be oversite. >> over maybe we should realize that when you have combined computers, high frequency trading, which is progress. that's what people do, create create program when you combine that with the nasdaq and the new york but 40 different markets, there's an issue here, it's dark pools. the fact these high frequency traders to figure out what a dark pool is doing, what activity is going on. >> this is nontransparent. >> as opposed to the new york stock exchange, that they could figure out that before anything else. remember if everything is routed to two markets there's more transparency. the old human beings, they could step between trades. there's a lot more transparency that you could see. i'm telling you, when the fcc opened up the notion to trade in

i am adam shapiro. cheryl: i am cheryl casone. is apple losing its way? the stock vaulters and doubts growing about how many tricks the company has left under it sleeve. adam: no one has been fired yet, but there will not be any, and this is a quote, the company investigates. tried to get out ahead. cheryl: a blast from the past. thanks say this time it will be different. adam: courtesy of the sacramento kings. using google glass to give everybody at the game eight court side seats. nicole: the dow is up 82 points. a little bit of a bounce back last week. we had a big selloff last week. there have been worries about ukraine and china. these are the things that have been plaguing the market. one of those days where they buy them up. all sectors have of arrows. we were up 122 points. we got some news from the housing there. homebuilders are higher on the news. the big picture is building permits on the rise and the underlying numbers are promising for the spring. green arrows across the board. the tech heavy nasdaq the best of the bunch. back to you. adam:

i am adam shapiro. cheryl: cheryl casone. trading jabs. president obama issuing sanctions on russia amid, quote, grave concern over the situation in ukraine but the kremlin firing back with threats of its own. adam: wall street waits, the latest round of bank stress tests are due shortly, breaking down the big issues and potential payout with charlie gasparino and guggenheim's marty moseley. cheryl: on your screen -- two large object on route for a closer look. we will keep you posted. adam: college the antisocial network. we will introduce you to the new apps warning u.n. people you know and may not really want to talk to nearby. cheryl: charlie gasparino right now. we are looking at bank stocks trading higher ahead of the fed stressed test results. those could help the biggest names in the business to determine their future, exclusive details from senior correspondent charlie gasparino. what are you hearing? >> positive for the banks. i don't know if jpmorgan is going to increase its dividend. we talk to our guests about that later on. t

beginning to swirl especially on the internet, here to talk about that, breitbart.com editor, ben shapirosee you again, how are you? >> thanks for having me. >> i don't want to put you in that category, but i thought you had a good column today on breitbart. planes just don't go missing from the sky, and nobody has any idea where it is. the whole thing -- >> it's definitely a bizarre world, whether you're talking about the transponder being turned off. or the black box, it's supposed to be activated once it goes under water. they're still able to see the signals, they're calling cell phones of people who were on the flight, and the cell phones aren't going directly to voice mail. i'm not a conspiracy theorist on this in anyway, it's terrorism or the pilot did something, i can't think of anything else happening, there's no question that conspiracy theorists have picked this up on the internet, everything from folks who think aliens took the plane or folks who are "lost" junkies trying to figure this out. the oddest thing, the black box gives a ping and that has not been picked up at this p

adam: i am adam shapiro. banks hitting back at the the federal reserve stress tests. why some are now questioning the transparency of the process. cheryl: president obama in saudi arabia with the ukraine situation, should the president convince the biggest oil producer to join the u.s. and put pressure on russia's vladimir putin? and if the saudis will help. adam: the king of advertising, rare and exclusive interview with the man who is credited with creating the media agency the ceo of wpp's group and on what is next. cheryl: he never does jimmy. adam: how the world is changing. first shares of city have been hit hard after the proposed capital plan failed the fed stress test. you would think other banks would be piling on the negative statements but do they feel sorry for city and their ceo? charlie gasparino is here with the details. call the bankers bonus and how is this not keeping in that thing? >> when you talk to rival bankers they have no reason to stick out for citigroup and not on the record because they are afraid. what they say is look at the arbitrary na

andrew shapiro was a clinton policy adviser at the state department.lican jay michael allan, a former majority staff director for the house intelligence committee was a capitol hill fixture. in a recent interview, they suggested beacon may be a temporary stop, quote, in terms of going back in, i think we all want to. but we also know that life doesn't necessarily work out so cutely. >> it is -- >> bill allison's sun light foundation is a nonprofit that supports government transparency. >> republicans have gone through the revolving door, democrats. it says a lot about washington and how hard it is to be independent in washington. >> michael morrell joined the firm. a year earlier in november 2012, morrell testified before the house intelligence committee about benghazi, where alan was a staff director. business records show in april 2013, beacon global strategies registered as an llc. a month later, morrell testified for a second time before the house intelligence committee about the benghazi talking points. congressional rules require immediate notice

adam: i am adam shapiro. did you hear this one? this had the show team buzzing this morning. hotels in new york offering a social media wedding service, that person who takes selfys on your big day. adam: a nation of narcissists. cheryl: is social media going too far on this? adam: if you want to spend $3,000 go for it. all right, we have a stock alert right now. let's get to nicole petallides working entertainment and candy crush. >> by $3,000 worth of stock to the upside. we traded as low as $19.08 a share. what is interesting about this is people are concerned about this. this is the big ipo. everyone was waiting on this one but it is over at $7 billion in valuation but the concern is whether their main game, is that it? what will they do in the future? did it allow zynga? some of the other traders on wall street say that. we watched zynga closely, it is down 50% from its ipo debut in 2011 but you see zynga down 4.3% on a day when the market is doing great, tough market conditions, the ipo is having a little bit of tough time on this day. jpmorgan and bank of america -- ch

adam: adam shapiro. russia is retreating and the market's doing anything but. the major averages wedding out losses and continuing to gain ground, a better than 2 and the points. cheryl: president obama and john kerry condemning russia's actions but offering few other details. president putin pulling back troops that says he reserves the right to use force as a last resort. the standoff may not be over. adam: facebook is looking to the skies to spur growth. it is betting on drone technology to bring it social media site areas unable to access the internet. cheryl: dish network disabling the controversial ad skipping technology but playing favorites, doing it only for disney. as the satellite cable provider moves to offer streaming content for those who don't want a dish on their roof and that is just about everybody. adam: tensions mounting in eastern europe as the crisis in ukraine unfolds, president obama and john kerry today speaking against russia's escalating military presence in the region of crimea. >> we stand on the side of history that i think more an

herewith details, adam shapiro. >> necessity with debris a thousand miles off of australia really coastlineages show that possible debris from the missing jetliner shows search teams scouring the indian ocean. search crews are trying to get close to the objects they can be them up close and one of the pieces spotted was believed to be almost 80 feet long. it's important because this bowling tribble seven has a wingspan of about 200 feet. and it was found in the recently expanded search area. investigators are looking into the disappearance of the plane also focusing on the pilot and his personal flight simulator. the fbi is involved in the investigation. gerri: will the fbi do? >> they're bringing the flight simulator to the united states where they will take it apart. even when you delete a file on your computer, i.t. friends or folks can find those files and rebuild them. so that is what is to happen with the flight simulator that the pilot had. the malaysian authorities say that his family has been cooperating with them and they reiterate that he is innocent until proven guilty. but the

i am adam shapiro. gerri: cheryl casone. the automaker no longer able to sell its cars in new jersey under the ban on sales to consumers. we will hear from the man who led the charge to stop tesla. adam: jim apples and on why he says tesla should never have been allowed to sell cars in new jersey plus the analyst take on tesla stock, and calling rush on why he says by now. cheryl: eliminating fannie and freddie, shares of the mortgage buyers in free-fall, charlie gasparino will talk to dick bove as congress and the white house move to reform the u.s. mortgage market. adam: many falling from the sky in the form of an asteroid. we will introduce you to the man behind a plan to mine asteroids for astronomical profit. planetary resources co-founder eric anderson on his company's efforts and big money backers. eric schmidt and richard branson. if you are looking to buy it has lockhart in new jersey you need to do it by april 1st, tesla announced it will leave the state by the end of the month after it lost a battle to keep its di

adam shapiro is all over that story. charlie gasparino too.t's a big one. >>> come up you either ride the bull or get trampled by it! which stocks may be about to get of the fight in the bruising market. call him, shaq of the deer hunter. how he spends each week on sheet emup apps. seriously? do you ever have too much money ? melissa: all right. we want to show you stock boyd gaming right now. trading up, what, look at that, up almost 1%. 9.9% stake in boyd gaming today. that is sending shares up higher today. very nice. >>> bulls are running. s&p near all-time highs, just five years after the bear market lows but which stocks are at risk for reversing their trend? here with their predictions, jason rotman, and mark tepper with strategic wealth partners. let's dig right in. jason, three stocks have been total winners you say are risk of losing their bounce. first one is american axle and next star broadcasting and seagate technologies. which is in danger. >> are we still in commercial break? >> melissa: can you not hear me. let's go to mark. h

adam: hello, everybody, i'm adam shapiro in for gerri willis. right now on "the willis report", the obama administration's war on seniors. the plan to destroy a big benefit enjoyed by millions. >>> also, skirt-chasing perverts get a high court approved pass to photo your private parts. wait until you hear the judge's reason why and she's a woman. >>> and aaa is here with a new safety warning. what you're doing behind the wheel could kill you. those stories and a lot more right now on "the willis report." adam: as you know, general motors is facing a federal probe into the timing of last month's recall. the national highway traffic safety administration submitted a 27-page document with more than 100 questions asking the auto giant for all kinds of information, leading up to the recall that resulted in 13 deaths. of course information about the crashes that resulted in 13 deaths. hear to way in, joan claybrook, former head of the national highway traffic safety administration on what was done wrong by both general motors and nhtsa. thank you for

with more on this important story, fox business's adam shapiro. adam, thanks for coming on. so finra is now on the case, regulators jumping on this, why? >> well they were using common core principles to figure out how puerto rico will pay off this debt. it is very simple. when puerto rico sold 3.5 approximately dollars of debt last week, it was historic. it was junk bonds. rated as junk and a lot of people said stay away from it. to entice to hedge funds they had to put in offering plan it would be sold minimum denomination at 100,000 bucks. they have been trading 100 cents to the dollar, at 101. now it is falling and it is falling because somebody is trading these in blocks these than 100,000. finra launched the investigation. that is only beginning of the decline. gerri: adam, i know a lot of people out there, there is a big debate whether it is worthwhile buying these bonds a lot of people are worried that individual investors, people who are in retirement, will go for this higher yield with these bonds offered but you say there is danger there. >> here is how you have t

. >> reporter: today alexis shapiro is out of the hospital but still under observation in cincinnati. her doctors say she's making important strides. already her diabetes has been reversed she no longer needs insulin and she's not always hungry like she had been. in a statement to nbc news her pediatric surgeon says she can eat four or five bites now and have a feeling of fullness that we all take for granted. alexis before she had surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. afterwards her family discovered a part of her brain that regulates diet and appetite was damaged. >> she never feels full. no matter what she eats her body hangs onto it. >> reporter: by 12 she was over 200 pounds and only 4'7" and needed weight loss surgery. when the insurance company refused to pay for the procedure saying she was too young, the family got help from people around the world. they raised more than $85,000 online for the operation they felt alexis couldn't wait for. >> the support we've gotten has been amazing. >> reporter: then another big surprise. the insurer reconsidered its decision and will cove

. >> reporter: growing up near san antonio, alexis shapiro's smile used to be what most people noticed what we used to do as a family, everything changed. >> reporter: but 2 1/2 years ago, she had a benign tumor removed. it damaged part of her brain that regulates appetite and weight. her diagnosis, hypodylamic obesity. >> everyday life is a challenge for her. >> reporter: her weight grew to more than 200 pounds. she's only xxxvii. >> it's not her fault. it's her brain and her body telling her that she's starving. >> reporter: doctors said she'd keep putting on 2 pounds a week unless she had a gastric bypass, but the insurance company denied the request. that denial drew worldwide attention and support for alexis poured in. $84,000 raised online. >> the support that we've gotten has been amazing. >> reporter: perhaps even more ama amazing, the insurer, tricare, then reversed its decision, telling nbc news the initial request had "no information indicating that this patient had a rare disease." >> i just really hope that this surgery will be a life-changer for her. >> reporter: so, frid

i am adam shapiro. cheryl: i am cheryl casone. northwestern football players have potential to change the n.c.a.a. model. adam: what will happen if college sports can't unionize? tweet us at cheryl -- at cheryl casone. cheryl: unions make a ton of sense. and the biggest loser on the s&p 500. diving today after the video game posted fourth quarter earnings, analysts expectations. competition for walmart in their use video-game market, the company is diversifying in other fields. joining me exclusively is game stop president tony bartels. thanks for coming gone. good to have you again. tough to see the stock's movement today. what do you say to shareholders about what we are seeing in the market? >> there are some short-term profittaking taking place. we double shares last year and went through a transitional quarter where we had an exciting event take place, innovation back into the industry and it helped us drive growth so the way we look at it from a long-term perspective is we have a great growth cycle at of those. are marked mo

tune in to robert shapiro, undersecretary of commerce in human affairs on wire raising the minimum wagee who needed the most. that is tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. the countdown starts right now. >> lamborghini unveils one of the fastest cars on the planet. it can accelerate to 60 miles per hour in three seconds. and how you can get ahold of one. a stranger wants to know how to buy them, brand new apps, unveiled today could save you a ton of time of guess work and money, the ceo of the new tag. reach for the sky, u.s. tech companies are in the cloud business the facebook ceo mark

let's head back to adam shapiro on the floor of the new york stock exchange.m. >> not bad for a company which had its ipo in december. daniel ives raised his price target to $100 up from $90. they hit a new high, $97.35. year-to-date the security firm shares are up 118%. one. new billionaire on the forbes list is founder. this company again the ipo in september. the company has been around since 2004. shares are up 377% since the september ipo. and according to ives over at fbr, the company's 2014 outlook looks conservative. you could have got in on this 20 bucks a share in september. what were you doing, david? david: hard to remember. adam, thank you very much. >>> a weak adp report this morning is causing worry ahead of friday's big jobs report. as we continue to see weak data will the fed call timeout on its tapering? that is what our next guest is suggesting. he also says even if we're heading into another recession the fed should step back to let it happen. joining me, peter schiff, always interesting and controversial and author with his brother. with h