for "nightly business report," i'm susan lee. >>> still ahead, bad credit? no problem. the sign and drive sliver of the u.s. credit market that's making some investors nervous. >>> an update now on the investigation into the crash that killed former chesapeake ceo aubrey mcclendon. the suv was going roughly 78 miles per hour when it hit a concrete bridge earlier this month. data from the vehicle's black box show that he tapped his brakes but not in the 31 feet before the impact. investigators found tire tracks but no skid marks as he was not wearing a seat belt. >>> to companies at a crossroad, valeant and united. united, one of the most recognizable brands in the world and both are facing mounting challenges. we begin with united whose ceo is back at work today, two months after a heart transplant that followed a massive heart attack last fall. when oscar munoz can't ease back into his old job. as phil lebeau reports, he has big tasks ahead. >> it may look like business at usual at united airlines but at the company's headquarters, it's not a normal day. the ceo is bac

minister, justin trudeau, in washington for a summit on nuclear safety, speaking exclusively to our susan leethan an hour ago on the show, making some headlines as well on trade policy. susan joins us now. i see the winds, susan, hasn't yet died down. >> reporter: yeah, yeah, the gusts are still going out here, but let's talk about the u.s./canada relationship. and a lot of it is hinged on trade. they are both each other's largest trading partner, $670 billion worth of trade go through each other's borders each and every year. and as you've heard, some of the rhetoric during this election cycle, both from the republican and the democratic side, both front-runners say they want to either renegotiate or cancel nafta, the north american free trade act. so, i spoke to the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, and asked him if he's concerned. >> i think we have to understand that trade is ultimately good, not just for our countries, but for our businesses and for our workers. we know that engaging with the world in a constructive, positive way leads to good jobs and good growth. i'm not worried

along with susan lee sitting in for sara eisen. good morning. >> let's get straight to the markets. futures why not a decent end to the week. a very strong rally friday as people digested that ecb decision and decided it was positive risk assets. today, they're looking at profit taking. the dow by four points, s&p by about 5. nasdaq by 10. following strong gains on friday, not too much of a correction expected today. a quick look at the ten-year note, interestingly, back close to 2% for the treasury, highlighting that risk-on sentiment that we've seen in the last couple of weeks. >> good monday morning, let's get to this morning's top stories. the bank of japan beginning its two-day meeting today. a federal decision on wednesday central banks in england and switzerland will also meet this week. other global news, an attack in the turkish capital of ankara leaving 24 dead. officials say car bomb targeted civilians in a busy bus stop in the city. no one so far has claimed responsibility for this attack. in europe meantime, germany's angela merkel suffering big losses in regional elect

we turn to susan lee live at cnbc headquarters. good morning. >> good morning. let's take a look at the markets. first stop is wall street looking set to rebound today from tuesday's losses, it stopped a 5-day winning streak pulled down by a disappointing data out of china and drop in oil prices. this wednesday is the seventh anniversary of this current bull market start we're in bottoming out in march 2009. since then the dow is up 1$159%. the insinasdaq is up 259%. nasdaq losing 59% yesterday and trading off levels. the big banks are looking to take on test rivals, and they will let their customers transfer money with the customers of us bancorp with a new system called clear exchange meaning you can transfer funds in a flash instantly when you split a dinner check, rent payments or vacation bills. it is currently owned by b of a and others. whole food is embracing solar power and the supermarket chain is teaming up with solar city and installing solar panels in up to 100 stores in distribution for the coming years. it can contribute as much as 20% of the annu

susan lee from cnbc headquarters. >>> okay. the thing about these stocks is they have had massive run-ups into the numbers. wynn, lvs, all of them. nice gains. >> your instincts would be to take profits here. i think your instincts would be wrong in this case. wynn -- it trades around 20 times earnings. interesting, not interesting. that's a massive short interest in the stock. people have been betting against its for quite some time. steve wynn bought massive amounts of stock. you have a double bottom at $50 from the fall. then recently again in early january. i think people will continue to fight against this. continue to chase it. i think they've taken it up to $100 which was support all of last year in the beginning of the year until it broke down. again you want to take profits here that's fine. i still think there's room for the upside. >> i agree with guy actually. you have been all over it, following wynn. >> big giddy-up. >> just as i believe in the die hardness of the american consumer, corruption will be back in chin

as millions struggle to lose weight, reporter susan lee has more on the business of slimming down. that's our cover story this week. >> running, stretching, sweating. millions of americans need to lose weight every year. >> dieting never worked for me because i felt restricted and i wanted more. >> i will stick to it about six month thaens crash and go back to my usual routine. >> reporter: a cycle so many people across the country are facing and why staggering 35% of american adults are now obese according to the centers for disease control. it's costing the u.s. economy big money. >> comparison against the $315 billion treating obesity in the united states every year, to cause $125 billion of damage. >> what's developed is a multibillion dollar weight loss industry as companies aim to help the overweight trim down. in 2014, according to market data enterprises, $64 billion was spent on the business of weight l she knows what it is like to be overweight. like many she tried all sorts of diets with few results. >> i had tried to many other programs. i had done the shakes, in the co

state senator susan lee said she tried back in 2009 to implementation err reforms, she said it is a state-wide problem, believes too many police departments are not compliant with taser use standards, that are already in place. >> we found that i it is about six, over 60%, who are not compliant with best practices and standards all over the state. so this is something that has to be addressed, because it has result in the death, and then montgomery county i believe there are about four deaths, and we have to take that seriously. >> right now senator lee's effort to create state-wide task force are before the state senate judiciary committee. >> seven people including five children were taken to the hospital after they got sick from high levels of carbon monoxide in their home. police say the homeowner was heating the silver springtown house with charcoal grill. all seven were taken to shack trauma in baltimore as a precaution, police say they're all expected to recover. >>> it was a historic moment for the us and cube, a but tonight former cuban fidel castro breaking his silence saying he will

cnbc, make sure you tune in a bit later today because the canadian prime minister will be joining susan leen "squawk on the street." that's an exclusive interview starting at 15:30 cet. you certainly don't want to miss that one. >>> good morning and welcome back to "street signs." i'm nancy hulgrave, and these are your headlines. stocks in europe retreat on the last day of the quarter despite a solid session stateside, which saw the dow and s&p hit their highest levels of the year. >>> static on the line. orange and bouygues push out their deadline, sending shares lower. >>> italian banks also leading the way down, while unicredit reportedly looks to delay the cash call. >>> and u.k. prime minister david cameron chairs a crisis meeting after tata steel puts its british business up for sale, but the government says nationalization is not the answer. >>> good morning and welcome back to "street signs." we've been watching moves on the nikkei this morning, hitting a two-week low, partly due to moves in the yen/dollar trade. also individual movers to watch. that's japanese car parts maker takat

our susan lee is here with details. >> hi, scott. let's show what's on the table.ffered $10.8 billion, and stock bid to buy up starwood hotels and resorts, which represents 63, $74 a piece. and that would have created the world's largest hotel group in a deal still endorsed. the board says it would carefully consider the outcome of these discussions with this new consortium bidding. who is this new bid coming from? being led by china. the group includes jc flowers. they are offering $76 and all cash bid, which represents a significant premium to marriott's offer. so who exactly are they? they really paid up $1.95 billion for the waldorf astoria two years ago. the company also reportedly bought up strategic hotels and resorts from blackstone for $6.5 billion. and then they're a diversified group so they are an insurance group as well, bought occupy fidelity for $1.6 billion. and you throw in stakes, of china's biggest, like icbc, european insurers and also under their umbrella, asset managers, you name it. this company is only 12 years old. and it was started by cha

susan lee has more. >> good morning.h the chinese way to pronounce anbang, it is ang bang and it was started in 2004, founded by wu xiaohui. back in 2004, it was hard to get insurance licenses which is a sector heavily dominated by state-owned giants, but anbang's chairman, wu, is marry ed ied t the granddaughter. they have been acquiring massive stakes. in the largest banks, like ibc, six insurers, two asset managers, asset properties. but the thing that put them on the map is the 1.9 billion they paid up to purchase the waldorf a astoria. they have been going after insurers like strategic and fidelity guaranty life. they have also bought up buildings in canada as well because of the cheap canadian dollar. they're looking at hotel groups, 6.5 billion for strategic groups and hotels. this is strategic for a lot of insurance companies and chinese companies looking to go outside of china. because they are expecting some slowdowns to take place in china and also u.s. assets are look cheap in comparison to them. what about t

cnbc susan lee joins us with more details. >> good morning to you, darlene. big banks are set to take on the tech rivals of instant payment. bank of america is expected to announce later on today that it will let customers transfer money with u.s. bank through a new system called clear exchange. you can transfer funds in a flash when you split a dinner check for one. representative payments in the future and even vacation bills. clear exchange is owned by -- they. >>> whole food, another story embracing solar power. the chain is teaming up with solar city and energy energy(tn install group solar panels in up to 100 stores and centers in the coming year. hopefully it says that a rooftop unit could generate as much as 20% of the store's annual electricity need. i guess -- darlene, kerry, back to you guys. >> susan, nice to see you. >>> 6:09 right now. still ahead, top driver staring down the barrel of a gun. >> crazy video. luckily this terrifying holdup happened at the right place at the right time. >>> the quick thinking officer who had a hunch that this bott

susan lee is heerl to set us up for a promising week. >> two of the largest central banks will be meetingnext week follows on the ecb move this week. the bank of japan, he went negative the end of february, there might be pressure on the boj to add more stimulus. then on tuesday, the fmoc kicking off the two-day policy meeting. people are expecting and keeping their options open and we have earns from or ka kel and this is going to be interesting, winner take off in florida and that should shake up the race a little bit. wednesday we're expecting the fmoc rate decision and earnings from fedex, a good gauge to global growth. and thursday a gauge on consumer spending and tiffany earnings and it's a busy week. back to you. >> thank you so much. >> what were you going to say? >> we were talking about oil and whether or not three years from now, four years from now it's significantly higher. i mean, i can't tell you the direction. it may be significantly lower. what's important to look at in this market, at $40 oil, we'll talk about this on fast later on tonight so you can tune in for that. th

hoping to make a big slash with the event that is supposed to feature spike lee, harry belfonte and ro sayre owe dawson. >> susanppeared to say if sanders doesn't get the nod she would vote for donald trump. >> in an election about choices, i think a lot of people think to themselves if it's donald trump and hillary clinton, and i think bernie sanders, probably would think this. >> i think bernie could encourage people because he doesn't have any ego in this thing. i think a lot of people are sorry. i can't bring myself to do that. >> how about you personally? >> i don't know. i'm going to see what happens. >> really? >> really. i can't believe as you're watching -- >> you know, some people feel donald trump will bring the revolution immediately if he gets in and things will really -- >> you're saying the model of the contradictions? >> yeah. some people feel that. >> for her part, she tweeted she would never support trump for any reason. still, her comments highlight a potential challenge for a democratic party hoping to unite before the general election. charles wrote about this in his new york times column to

beth murray, maria malarki, and others of the media bureau, sharon lee and sharon randolph of enforcement bureau and marilyn stone and susanaron of the general counsel's office for their work to support this item. >> thank you. good morning, mr. chairman and commissioners. we have often heard it said if all the improvements in senior citizen in the last century closed captioning was the most significant and true for the last item presented, the obligations for closed captions came from the 1996 amendments to the communications act celebrated now by the 20th anniversary. but you be till february 2014, problems with the quality of captions are had gradually been making an television viewing with closed captioning increasingly difficult. in the years leading up to this order, consumers reported inconsistencies in the way that captions were being provided. with many people reporting that captions were often inaccurate, incomplete, and delayed behind the program's audio track. two years ago, the commission took landmark steps to ensuring that tv programming contains high quality captions that accurately reflect the dialogue and