don't think she would have time to read the mail, even if she wanted to. >> this letter is from steven parker inmate named reese. >> kyra gyden is in charge of reading the mail at holman. she has just intercepted one of parker's unauthorized letters containing insulting language about warden culliver. >> he wrote "culliver," i'm not going to read all of that because it's a lot of cussing in it. "he's an idiot, treats everyone like inferiors or children. i cannot stand that, and he's a supercilious jackass." steven parker is a weirdo, anyway. very weird. that's why he stays locked up in the back. >> coming up -- >> i don't think there is any good way to have to take a life. the sidebar to that, of course, is the individual is being put to death took a life. >> inside alabama's only execution chamber. plap ♪ [engine revving] the all-new audi a4 is here. we built our factories here because of a huge natural resource. not the land. the water. or power sources. it's the people. american workers. they build world-class products. and that builds communities. and a better future. for all of us. becau

steven parker is going to join us. and donald remote of via.in manhattan. >> i've heard of it. and people have told me to use it because i'm an avid uber user. and it seems so much cheaper and better so i'm going to use it. >> i'm going to try it. >> the way i understand it, i haven't used it myself, my producer jen has. you're often sharing a ride with people. it's like guaranteed. it's gotten popular very quickly. and the other big guys are doing the pool riding aspect. i don't know outside of manhattan, how much density do you need and how comfortable are people in sharing a ride with strangers. >> indeed, i'm not sure i'm ready for that. thanks for that. "squawk box" coming up in ten minutes' time. >>> first, retail earnings, the dollar, the catalyst most likely to drive pricing today. when we come back. with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in buffalo, where the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will soon energize the world. and in syr

joining us is steven parker. guest host, of course, is richard fisher.>> richard fisher raised his -- just so you know. >> what kind of a froth are we talking about? where are we looking? >> i think if you look broadly across all asset classes, where is the money going? it's going into gold. it's going into government bonds. it's going into the yen. specifically with equities which is where i'm focused while there are outflows broadly, the places inflows are places like consumer staples. and people are thinking because says that very uncertain world, they want some uncertainty. the problem is, safe assets are a function of not just the fundamentals, but also the price. if you look, staples trading at 22 times. utilities normally trading at 22% of the discount. today, they're trading at a premium. markets basically saying growth is never going to recover. interest rates goring to stay low forever. inflation is not coming back soon. if you see any of those things starting to reverse, i think the safe assets are potentially at risk. >> it's how to make a ro