. >> it's really moved from what senator sharon brown acknowledged was a joke. >> thank you.ator david vitter will be on closing bell today. >> due to cut government spending. . joining us first on cnbc is juniper networks ceo kevin johnson ch johnson. >> you do not expect the government business side to improve any time soon. how do you then counter act that? >> well, as we announced in our earning s yesterday this is the third consecutive quarter. 60% of our business is with service providers. and that business continued to grow. that includes federal government and financial services which are two of the big verticals. we also highlighted the fact that our service provider is starting to pick up. that's a very positive thing. >> our focus is being sure that we are doing the best that we can. federal government, financial services in whatever situation they're in. we continue to be very focused on working closely with federal government customers and help them navigate the customers that they have. that can lead to positive results for us long term. >> let me turn you to th

senator sharon brown please and thank you, republican of kenowick, would allow businesses to deny serviceshical differences. they have the right to feel oogy. so the reader of a seattle-based blog called up one of the cosponsors. senator mike hewitt to ask why he was supporting the bill. he was asked a simple question rural gays -- who will think of the farm gays -- what will ruleal gays do if a gas station refused to sell them food the staffer replied that they could grow their own food. >> wow. >> stephanie: so grow your own gay food. >> i would like to see you procure your own side of beef. good luck with that. >> stephanie: exactly. exactly. and of course we have to update because it is our current obsession, what is happening with -- ♪ >> stephanie: bomber mom. >> stephanie: what? ♪ zooble-dot ♪ ♪ zubeidat ♪ ♪ zube-dot dot dot ♪ ♪ a zube-dot ♪ . >> stephanie: all right. mary in an arbor is a deeply deeply silly woman. >> physical exercise prevents you from becoming gay. >> i would like to take him to my gym and see what he thinks about that. >> stephanie: or jason collins' gym. >> ste

sharon olds, later in the program. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: back to the boston bombing story. president obama went to white house briefing room this evening to make a statement on developments. >> good afternoon, everybody. earlier today i was briefed by my homeland security team on the events in boston. we're continuing to monitor and respond to the situation as it unfolds. i've directed the full resources of the federal government to help state and local authorities protect our people, increase security around the united states as necessary, and investigate what happened. the american people will say a prayer for boston tonight, and michelle and i send our deepest thoughts and prayers to families of the victims in the wake of this senseless loss. we don't yet have all the answers. but we do know that multiple people have been wounded. some gravely in explosions at the boston marathon. i've spoken to f.b.i. director mueller and secretary of homeland security napolitano. they're mobilizing the appropriate resources to investigate and to respo