>> simon: no, not at all.stead, they just sing their hearts out. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ when the ladies leave, levine does, too, to that other new york landmark, central park, the great outdoors. d here too, the tempo is allegro. that really goes at a fair clip. >> levine: it can go pretty fast. >> simon: i bet it can outpace me. >> levine: the park's a miracle. it's, in a way, like a mini- vacation just to come in there for a couple of hours. >> simon: what do you plan for your retirement? >> levine: ( laughs ) i don't understand why people think they want to retire. >> simon: he never plans to. maestros rarely do. but he's focused on his legacy shaping and molding the next generation of singers. 35 years ago, he created the met's lindemann young artist program. even when he couldn't conduct, he kept on working with his students. today, he's coaching mary-jane lee from canada. ♪ ♪ ♪ she is taking on one of the most heartbreaking arias in all opera-- the doomed desdemona in verdi's "otello." ♪ ♪ ♪ levine has conduc

let's call it a hostile bid from simon propertyies group for macerich announced by simon property group which has tried to get macerich another large shopping mall operator in the country, with primary parts of its property. it has tried to engage it in a potential deal discussion for some time. makes the decision this morning to come with a letter that it has made public and an offer. $91 a share, 50% cash 50% stock. they also have a plan to sell selected assets of general growth propertyies. as for simon property group, it's the largest in the country, an enormous $60 billion market value company. this deal, by the way, worth over $22.6 billion when you include debt. the $91 a share price though well, it is a 30% premium to where macerich's stock was trading. but some will tell you, at least i believe, that it's still not quite enough for them to want to part with their shares in a sale to simon property group. consolidation is coming. we don't see many in this part of the world. they are by their nature extremely difficult to do. i could add, by the way, that macerich is incorporated

simon: that's the betting. in shifting yesterday, in shifting what their projections and their forecasts are, the fed is now more in step with what the market was expecting and so it now is looking at the data, yellen making the point yesterday, you want to know what we're going to do, we've seen strong jobs growth, but as we noticed last week at bloomberg, the surprise index, which measures actual data versus expectations, is that it's the lowest since 39. they'll want to see a pickup generally, and as she said herself, reasonably comfortable that inflation is back, heading back towards 2%. francine: you were just mentioning the norwegian central bank, it just kept interest rates unchanged. in terms of what we're seeing overall guy: can we just add a little addendum for that? it says it sees a reduction, as a result of coming under pressure, so they are hinting at a rate cut. francine: but nothing today, but it may come. it is interesting when you look at what the swiss national bank did, they were saying, loo

simon bank -- simon: as yet to be determined.oline: of course not recovering quite at the pace we have seen, is looking to raise more capital after it fell through the strata whether half a billion euros worth. how is that potential in terms of the sheer sell? you are committed to remaining a majority. simon: i believe it is going well. we are informed that the cell in excess of 500 million euros and it will pay back. and is moving in the right direction. trying to give back to what the taxpayer made in returning to the irish banking system. and it needed to raise more capital for the stress test. caroline: to investors like that you are remaining and majority shareholder? simon: investors are realistic and pragmatic. [indiscernible] this has to be in order to process. we have seen this may number of countries. the minister of finance has made it clear that the irish government has no intention to be a bank owner. but do not want to be rushed into a possible deal. a lot of money to recoup. we are encouraged that we can have a con

and, he says the gunman was jcx simon. agnos was social worker at the time, leaving a meeting in this building, when a couple of women stopped to ask him a few questions. >> "and, so, i stopped to answer the question right by this tree. the same tree is still here and uh, as i was responding to the question, this man came up right here where my hand is and fired point black into my chest, right here." >> phillipe: agnos survived and about 15 years after -- ran for mayor and won. he was one of at least seven people who survived an attack from the so-called "zebra killers." 14 people were brutally murdered mostly white at the hands of these men -- one of them jcx simon. who it appears has died of natural causes. >> "i needed some emotional and mental help which i got, but that's long since passed, because frankly, there's been no long-term after-effects and my life has been a very good one." >> "it was random and they're insane, uh mentally, obviously created a hatred that caused this." >> "i did not hold black people, if yo

dom chu has more at hq. >> simon, a bounceback here.today by a factor of two, health care in second by a half a percent. if you look at some of the star performers here overall, names like eversource energy one of the strong performers there, also energy american electric power, all trade alongside of interest rated. interest rates mixed but lower today. remember for utilities a winning trade last year they are down some 10% since highs this year. carl utilities a bounceback maybe bottom picking. but for right now it seems investors like that particular trade in today's market. >> a rough go. >>> let's get over to the cme group. rick santelli has the santelli exchange. >> good morning, carl. your last guest, mr. croft, unbelievable insight into the energy market. jim, geopolitics is an old treasury trader used to be flight to quality, price goes up, yield goes down maybe a dollar flight to safety. but when we're talking about geopolitics of oil, at a time where we question infrastructure, we don't even consider the notion that there cou

simon spent his fortune helping animals. as service animals. donated to peta and the sea shepherd conservation society. >> i consider this the greatest honor of my life. i think the battle for animal rights is the most important battle. >> reporter: on monday, social media was flooded with tributes to sinl.mon. cone cone tweeted sam simon's contribution to the spirit of sharp, well-observed comedy is incalculable. even if that comedy intersected with tram did. >> today i was diagnosed, i made a promise to myself that i would not spend the rest of my life in bed watching television which is bizarre because it's my favorite thing to do. >> fabulous show. simon's credited with writing the ravens segment in the first three house of or halloween episode which went on to become a series staple. the show is in its 26th season. >> i love it. what a legacy. what a legacy. >> all of the charitable contributions he made, a guy who created something that he said to morally safer he thought would last a year. >> lasted more than that. >>

. >> reporter: on the ground, park warden simon naylor is in constant touch. >> carry on. >> reporterino is hit with the tranquilizer, our convoy speeds across the savanna. we have only a few minutes to find the rhino and inject an antidote before there is any fatal or long-term injury. the rhino is blindfolded. his ears plugged to block out all senses. this is not a pleasant experience for the rhino, but it is a brief experience of discomfort that could ultimately save his life. >> i was lucky today. i see that the drugs worked nicely. >> reporter: moving a groggy 3,000-pound rhino often takes two dozen or more men. cooper and his team also darted this huge female. her calf was clearly terrified. but naylor says the poaching crisis demands desperate actions. >> now most of my day is spent protecting these rhinos. we've had to double our guard force. we've really had to become like a fortress just to protect the rhinos that we have. >> reporter: in two days the team captured ten rhinos, but poachers killed 1,200 rhino last year alone. >> right now it does look like an insur municipali

simon's original offer $16 billion. simon property shares were up nearly 3% close at $197.34. mesa rich trades on the exchange. and era, the supplier of industrial gas and welding t cited a weak economy, sharp drop in oil prices and strong dollar for weak guidance. shares closed down 5% to $107.28. >> a number of cyber security firms plan to go public this year rapid seven logarithm and mine cast are all set to sell shares to the public and seek valuations in excess of a billion dollars. the firm is looking to capitalize on investor interest following a number those high profile hack attacks. >>> coming up what the canadian medical marijuana industry has that the u.s. doesn't and why big money is flowing north of the border. >>> economical cal der. consumer price index, steve liesman reported that the number federal reserve watching closely and friday the final read on fourth quarter gdp. >>> the government has unveiled the first set of fracking rules on federal and indian lands. the plan includes provisions to protect ground water, increase transparency on the part of compani

simone gbagbo was seen as a major protagonist in the crisis. the former president is now awaiting trial in july for crimes against humanity. >> troops have joined the army inside nigeria to take on boko haram. they have already taken a border town the first gains against the militants. it comes after boko haram pledged allegiance to the islamic state. we have more. >> a new front in the fight against boko haram, as another neighbor officially joins the war. army vehicles cross the border into nigeria. they managed to retake a border city. an offensive that comes a day after boko haram pledged allegiance to the islamic state organization. the country had limited itself to defensive operations on its own soil. >> there are two fronts now. there's the cameroon-nigeria front. we are open to two friends. >> troops have been leading the fight on nigerian territory retaking two cities. until now, they had mostly done it by themselves. four countries have now sent troops to combat boko haram in nigeria. last friday the african union endorsed 10,000 to

>> sure. >> hey, simon, president obama is gone in 21 months. lousy foreign policy for eternity. i'm okay with the senators sending a letter to the supreme leader of iran. i'm worried about iran. i think iran is our biggest threat. i think they are a big arer threat than north korea, china or anyone else. i like this idea. >> well, i think the criticism, which is also coming from inside of the republican party, i mean, just in the last 24 hours senator core corker senator jobs and mccain express regret what the republicans did, michael gearst and the bush administration official wrote a scathing op. ed today criticizing tom cotton for what he did. not just democrats piling on. it's about the tactic. first of all, i want to say he think it's important that congress take responsibility for our foreign policy i applaud frankly the republicans for stepping up and making their voice heard but i disagree in the way they are doing it it's like they are conducting foreign policy. like there is a second government in the united states, the reaching out d

simon wood is in switzerland with the latest. >>reporter: they are through the deadline of midnight local time on the 31st of march and we're in to april 1st. there are significant differences between the parties still according to the white house and the state department talking out of washington. but they also say there has been enough progress to merit the continuation of the talks past this initial deadline. we don't know exactly what the sticking points are. we've heard very little from the participants themselves. earlier an iranian deputy foreign minister came out and spoke briefly to the press talking about the need to resolve all the differences but clearly there is a commitment to pushing through the night into the small hours. there is talk from some unnamed european diplomats that the international community has told the iranians to focus on getting this deal by dawn. there is talk that the french and german foreign ministers have plans to leave at 5:00 and 6:00 o'clock in the morning. it's not clear if that's a real

cane has more. >> simone sits in court. was once first lady of ivory coast but in this trial, she was described as having undermined state security. pros kighters argued that when her husband lost the election, she organized armed gangs after he rejected the result. in the violence that followed, more than 3,000 people were killed. she and her husband were arrested in 2011, by french and u.n. peace keeping troops. it is now awaiting trial at the international criminal court in the hague accused of crimes against humanity. at the court on tuesday his wife simone was found guilty. the verdict, was welcomed by groups representing the victims. we are really satisfied that this trial took place. as ever the us, it is a victory of criminal justice over impunity, over promotion of those that have committed crimes random executions and over the forced december appearances that have become the way to govern but the legal team rejected the legitimacy and called the judgement political. >> given the court the decision and the sentence

is simon really just throwing in the towel? karen's got the fine print. >> yes, this is the kind of fine print stuff i kind of love because this is a bump but really it's roadmap to a drop. it's a modest bump to $95.50. and it's meant to put a little bit of pressure on the company, but we know it's not enough. everybody knows $95.50 is not enough to get it done. so april 1st which is the deadline they've put out is going to come and go. we're not going to see them engaged or see negotiations and will see simon drop. we know this because simon took off one of their most useful weapons, took it out of their quiver in that they didn't nominate directors so they really -- it was such a good pressure point to put in the company, they chose not to do it. they're telling you, we're going away. i think it's going lower from here. the only hope if there's some activist out there. i don't think that's going to happen. we're short until next wednesday just to see what happens. >> you're short -- >> macerich. it still has takeover premium

betty: simon needs to do in acquisition.tried general growth and could not get that done. >> he doesn't. he has a strong balance sheet and good internal growth. he has a cost of capital advantage and sees it as a good opportunity. the macerich portfolio is $22 billion. senior management owns about 3.5% of the company. if he feels he can get this done without too much initial damage it would be an attractive long-term investment for the company. betty: simon wants to focus on class a properties. they want to get rid of their strip malls. >> they spun those out last year. betty: great to see you. thank you so much. much more ahead. what do investors think of the great gm buyback? the activist investor, harry wilson. the mcdonald's ceo faces more challenges after sales drop again. can he turn the world's biggest restaurant chain around? much more ahead. ♪ betty: mom is the word from hillary clinton for now. she ignored her e-mail controversy during a form yesterday. -- mum is the word from hillary clinton for now. she might hol

even when may agent token i thought no way then simon & schuster published it. even when they expected it in the house ethics committee approved it i thought mom will buy it. maybe a few other people. but it has done quite well. rob reiner who made one of the greatest movies a spinal tap which gives you my sense of humor i of the talks with him he read the book doesn't interest to develop into a television miniseries. how cool is this site to meet with the president and fly on air force one to meet with kings and queens and prime ministers was sitting with mike stick -- was pretty cool. he wanted to change and i said you figure what to do with television so i'm having conversations with rob reiner "the washington post" -- post gave a favorable review of was very gratified to be in the same review as others and i hesitate to say this in the independent bookstore but i will tell you there is the fairly popular online bookseller there ranks sales and several weeks ago aracaris several days ago i learned that we resisted the best-selling book category humor subcateg

[laughter] simon: mandatory service. frank: i would say you should first just teach the civics class. [laughter] the content is not that complicated. but somehow we have lost this sense that citizenship is something that actually has to be cultivated. it does not come to people naturally, but it is a duty that all of us have. we have gone through a couple of generations where we think that we have lots and lots of rights, but no duties. >> we will take you over to the house. they will be considering two issues. the house also scheduled to host israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tomorrow before a joint session. last week, the house passing a seven-day extension for the homeland security department. expect more work on that this week. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives.

i was screaming to simon, what's happening.current took myself and simon out of the bungalow. then a debris of wood and metal and trees and glass started to press on my pelvis and i had no way to escape. i felt i will die. and there was a palm tree -- first palm tree i saw and i tried to catch the leaves and i couldn't. >> reporter: despite a broken pelvis nemcova finally managed to grab hold of a tree which she clung to for eight hours until some local men were able to rescue her. >> i had very strong hope that simon will be found. i didn't think that there was a chance that i wouldn't make it. it was i think about three months after when i got the phone call that simon's body was found and that it's going to be coming to england. we didn't mourn his life. we celebrated his life. the beauty is that his family became my family. his best friends became my best friends. and he passed me incredible gift. >> powerful story. it does not feel like it's been 1 1 years. >> no. when you say 2004 -- >> you see those pictures and it remin

at the court on tuesday, his wife simon was found guilty. verdict was welcomed by groups representing the victims. [ applause ] >> >> translator: we are really satisfied that this trial took place. it's a victory over impunity, over promotion of those who committed crimes random execution and over forced disappearances. >> reporter: but mrs. gbagbo called the judgment political. >> translator: given the court's decision and the sentencing, and given the absence of fact and proof against her, this is nothing more than purely political decision to keep her out of the political game. >> reporter: ivory coast is due to hold a presidential election later this year. with simone gbagbo now contemplating a 20-year prison sentence, her involvement may be limited. >>> footage as emerged at the moment the two helicopters crashed in argentina, killing ten passengers. among them three french sports stars. the amateur pictures were aired on argentinian tv. >> reporter: this is all that remains of the helicopters. on board was a group of leading sports men

according to john's gospel, then simon peter came and went into the tomb.e saw the linen wrappings lying there. but the bible doesn't mention what happens to the linen cloths next. more than 1,300 years later, a shroud showing the crucified body of jesus appeared from out of nowhere in a small village in northeastern france. when it was moved to turin, 40,000 people were there to welcome it. then centuries later, in 1898, it became a global phenomenon, when secondo pia, an italian, took the world's first photograph of the shroud. >> all of a sudden, a negative image of the man of the shroud pops out at him. it's like staring at the face of jesus. it suddenly turns the shroud from an object of religious devotion to an icon of scientific obsession. if you prove that the shroud of turin is real, you're proving that jesus christ existed. >> in 1978, former u.s. air force physicist john jackson from the shroud of turin research project was given unprecedented access to study the relic. >> you see the image of a human man. for example, we could see the head, cros

. >> simon, his full name was simon atlee, and he was a fashion photographer. and we connected in a very beautiful way, romantic way. i was really excited of taking simon to thailand and showing him a place which was so close to my heart. when we got to khao lak, we checked in into khao lak orchid beach resort. it was by the seaside, beautiful, a long beach with very few people. and it was exactly what we needed, little heaven. >> december 2004, life was amazing. i had just signed a deal for -- to go and play professional golf for three years. i mean had just been married. i feel that amanda found the best in me. she loved to travel, she loved to do spontaneous things. so for our honeymoon, our game plan was get on a plane, land in thailand and we'll figure out what we do when we get there. no hotel reservations, no nothing for two weeks. so we arrived at koh phi phi. it was just amazing. >> we were in our second year of business school at stanford. >> and planning to go on a study trip over the christmas holiday. to go to singapore and thailand and added anoth

carl and simon are both off.sitive territory for the dow s&p and nasdaq. still they have been down every session this week. the nasdaq heading for its worst week in five months. wti crude and brent reversing yesterday's sharp gain. both up more than 10% for the week. >> a big show for you this hour. let's get to the road map. dow chemicals splitting off and selling one of its units. jim cramer will talk to chairman and ceo andrew liveris in a first on cnbc interview coming up in a few minutes. >>> plus the euro almost at parity with the u.s. dollar which should make it an ideal time to go on a shopping spree in europe but the deals might be harder to find. jim stewart just got back from europe, he'll talk fashion and currencies. >> blackrock's cio of fixed income will join us live to weigh in on the fed what could be on tap after the market route and we'll see the rate hike. >> breaking news on consumer sentiment. rick? >> absolutely. our march final read remember the mid month read was 91.2. the final read that

our next guest says he's expecting a higher bid from simon.is for sale at the right price. mace rich adopted a poison pill. but this is just defensive posturing. it still wants to get the higher bid. >> we don't know their intent, but they are putting up all the defenses to give themselves some time to evaluate their options. joe: you always read about how malls are dying. why is there so much interest in these malls? is there some segment of the mall industry that is still driving? >> both of these companies specialize in class a malls. these are the most reductive malls in the country. they cater to high-end shoppers and high and retailers. the high-end consumer is doing very well and there's also a very limited supply of this type of space. the retailers have to vie to get in to the best locations. scarlet: why couldn't they just build more? >> we are pretty much built out in this country. also to get the anchors that would the necessary to get this whole project off the ground. scarlet: there are vacant malls across the country. you cannot

maybe simon cowell should look at you. just thinking. >>> no i can't sing.you my daughter says she doesn't have enough -- she has more tears left. >> tears will turn into rain. we're getting a lot of rain headed our way an your radar. >> we're getting rain but also going to get snow a lot of folks were crying and complaining about that potential as well. this bizarre weather continues as we look at your planner for tomorrow, we'll start off with fog and drizzle. watch out for reduced visibilities but look at those temperatures. climbing into the upper 60s by 4:00 in the afternoon and also we could see and hear a rumble of thunder. let's talk a little bit about this severe weather outbreak right now through oklahoma as well as arkansas. numerous power outages reports of funnel clouds, tornadoes and wind damage as well as golf ball sized hail with that system. not anticipating that to be severe across our area by tomorrow night. however, this system will allow for temperatures to soar tomorrow. we've seen some scattered showers move through our area today earl

sam simon, co- creator of "the simpson simpsons."e millions to rescue animals and feed the hungry after diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2008. sam simon died on monday. he was 59. he was associated with "the simpsons" for four years. he had a parting with matt groening. >> clearly talented man. >> "taxi" and wrote for "cheers." >>> 25 minutes past the hour. zero tolerance. the commitment from oklahoma university's president after a racist chant by members of a fraternity. what is done to overturn bigotry on campus. >>> sent packing. a fraternity at the university of oklahoma booted from campus after this video shows students engaged in a racist chant. new developments from campus and community moments away. >>> another war of words with the president and republicans. this time over iran. the gop doubling down on tehran warning it has final say over nuclear deal. forceful reactions from the president and vice president ahead. >>> iraqis appear on the verge of retaking tikrit from isis. america's top general vows the terror group will

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simon property group not trading yet in the premarket.turned down the offer saying undervalues the company. american airlines rising in the premarket. it is set to join the s&p 500 replacing allegan. it will become the benchmark's 30 u.s. carrier. alibaba getting an upgrade. shares already reflect counterfeit audit risks -- product risks. almost 440 million shares will be freed and available to the public as insiders get out of their positions or are allowed to at least. betty: we will be back in two minutes. ♪ betty: here's a look at our top stories this morning. iran sending advanced weapons to iraq to help fight the islamic state. the weapons include advanced artillery rockets and missiles. the concerns are that they are not precision guided and may cause civilian casualties. they are trying to recapture tikrit from the islamic state. the u.s. not taking part in assault on tikrit. nintendo is going mobile. the company announced today it is teaming up with a mobile game company from japan. click a button nintendo characters on tablets a

simon battled cancer in recent years and passed away at his los angeles home yesterday. sam simon was 59 years old. >> played for one day what a career he had. >>> moving on to some consumer news, if you have ever had a mistake on your credit report you know how hard that can be to correct. >> now the three big credit bureaus have agreed to make it easier to challenge that >> michael finney is here with all of today's consumer news. >> consumer advocates have been on them about this for years, they are celebrating today. with all the identity theft and computer errors it's easy to get bad marks you don't do serve and hard to get them erased. i have reported on this extensively extensively. now the three major pure rose have reported, have agreed, i should see, make it easier to dispute bad marks. ex-peerian, transunion and he can give back if says they will train and assign workers just to handle disputes. they also won't put medical debt on your credit report if insurance claims are still pending. that's major. changes will be rolling out this spring. >>> last week it w

simon hobbs. >> two major points well made rick. the meantime, the final season of "mad men" premieres in less than two weeks, april 5. kayla sat down with the show's top names sunday afternoon. >> it was a very fun day. a very interesting conversation with the cast of "mad men." the final installment is called "the end of an era." very aptly titled. it could apply to the show's impressive run on the air. nearly eight years, four golden globes and 15 emmy including best drama four years in a row. i sat down with the show's writer, creator, and executive producer matthew winereiner to talk about making a blockbuster show as the content business is being turned upside down. >> when we went on the air, there was no streaming, no iphone, no ipad, no twitter, and just if you're looking at oh i'm looking at the '60s and they started in 1960 and it's 1969 that must have been an incredible time of change. i'm like we're in the middle of an incredible time of change. >> what has the introduction of streaming a and social media done to your b

npr's scott simon chronicles his mother's final days. and, using music to fight discrimination in a war torn country. >> woodruff: now the fight over >> woodruff: longtime nigerian president goodluck jonathan conceded defeat today in his re- election bid in africa's richest and most populous nation. he lost by at least 2 million votes to challenger muhammadu buhari. jeffrey brown reports. >> brown: supporters of buhari celebrated in the northern city of kaduna, an opposition stronghold, as word of the results spread. >> i am out because i am happy about the change of government. >> brown: later, president jonathan called buhari to congratulate him, making it official. the winner, a muslim and former military ruler, swept the muslim north. crucially, he also scored well in states across southern nigeria, where christians predominate and jonathan had his power base. the outcome stunned the ruling party, and one of its officials even disrupted the electoral commission's proceedings charging, "we have lost confidence in you!" but for buhari'

simon hobbs at the new york stock exchange.imon. >> many of the recent clear trades in europe reverse today even the euro managing to bounce. stock markets are cutting losses into the close but the german dax was down almost 2% after, of course, rocketing yesterday. profit taking across europe on many of the big stocks that have done well so far this year. on qe from the ecb and the collapsing euro. so, for example, air bus is down heavily but coming into the session boeing's rival was up over 30% this year. and the big auto players similarly getting marked down despite news that car registrations rose 7.3% last month. but the big gainer so far today are the energy stocks from the uk after the british government indicated that tomorrow, finance minister osbourne will announce major tax cuts for both -- major tax cuts for north c oil and gas to encourage exploration in the face of week oil prices. in the meantime with greece running out of cash the greek prime minister is requesting a face to face meeting with the presidents of

>> they are, simon.to could with a lot of other factors not just what's happening with the euro and dollar. we're here at vw headquarters this is a customer delivery center. all the vehicles being delivered here were built in europe and being picked up by europeans. this is not where americans come to buy a vehicle in europe and bring it back to the united states. but as we talk today, the euro is once again under pressure. it's broken through that 106 point, it is down 106, and we're looking at lows that we haven't seen for the euro relative to the dollar since, what 2003 and it has brought up the question that we've heard from a few people here is it possible that we could see the euro and dollar trading in parody. it wasn't, you know too long before 2003 that they were briefly trading in parody and now we're hearing people here say could it drop below parody the euro down to 0.85. for the european automakers exporting their vehicles to the u.s. a lot of people are saying while these are great times, b

simon. >> back to you. >> my pleasure. of the sin know nism nisms for flexible, soft springy, spongy could be an interesting meeting. up next crude oil down for the sixth day in a row. how low will it go? we'll take you live to the nymex when "squawk on the street" comes right back. . now with the xfinity tv go app, you can watch live tv anytime. it's never been easier with so many networks all in one place. get live tv whenever you want. the xfinity tv go app. now with live tv on the go. enjoy over wifi or on verizon wireless 4g lte. plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> . >>> you can see there markets slipping today in trading. conoco phillips trades slipping after the company announced a three-year plan to cut capital spending to $11.5 billion from a prior $16 billion level. under the new plan the company expects spending on major products to decline while spending on certain drilling projects to increase doe