i bring that up because it is near the union pacific tracks. the first capital corridor train out of second men -- second men to -- sacramento is set to leave at 5:30. elsewhere we have road work on the dumbarton bridge westbound until 5:00 and eastbound until 6:00 with various lanes blocked there. kristen and eric? >> 4:50. thank you very much. >> coming up, breaking news, more on our crockett fire that sue has been covering. it is going on right off the carquinez bridge. firefighters have been responding to a structure fire. it is very close to the factory area. we were seeing some plumes of smoke and we are trying to confirm if that is smoke from the fire and factories could be producing steam but we have report of a one-alarm fire. union pacific tracks were shut down. we have word they have re-opened. crews have asked for water supply and are in defensive mode not getting anyone in the building. the coast guard is assisting because debris is going in the water. this is happening in crockett. we will cover this breaking news as we continue in

initially, they had to shut down the union pacific railroad track in that area. they were able to reopen the tracks and again this is a live look at the carquinez bridge. capitol corridor amtrak both should be on time. and we are sending a news crew to the scene so we'll bring you live pictures here very shortly. stay tuned for that. in the meantime, other traffic news. here's a live look at highway 4 traffic sensors picking up a little bit of slowing right now in the eastbound lanes. they have a full freeway closure scheduled to wrap up in the next half hour. so by 5:30 maybe a little bit earlier than that. otherwise here is a live look at the nimitz 880 in oakland flowing nicely towards downtown. quiet golden gate bridge. they did some lane changes a little while ago so they have more southbound 101 lanes open now and mass transit including capitol corridor amtrak all on time. that is traffic. back to you guys. >> okay, liz, thanks. >>> 5:03 now. a dead body is discovered in sonoma county. investigators found a car in a no parking zone last night on petaluma roa

it was close to the union pacific railroad tracks there along the waterfront.e restored between martinez and richmond but they are still saying expect delays of around 45 minutes or so and there are also city street closures in crockett near where the investigation continues at jackson and loring avenue. golden gate bridge no problems heading into san francisco towards doyle drive. every morning around 6:45 we start to see delays around the bend. this is 880/237. stop and go towards zanker road. all other mass transit is on time. traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. back to you guys. >>> americans apparently went on a big shopping spree over the holidays. oh, boy don't i know it. here now is kcbs financial reporter jason brooks. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the economy very happy to hear that. we saw a better-than-expected rise in retail sales in december up .5% overall from the month of november. that was better than expected given all the stress regarding the "fiscal cliff" threats and when you lock at the best performing category cars a

>> the highway patrol is responding and the union pacific tracks are should down right now. our news department says now they are open. the tracks are open again. amy will have a live report coming up. >> good morning, thank you very much for joining us on tuesday, i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. now the weather. >> it is chilly but unlike the last couple of mornings we did not have to scrape off the ice because there was so little. it is cold again this morning. the air mass is drying and the frost is not so thick. you can see how dry it is, with not a radar return to be found. this was sent in to us from twitter. that is what it looks like in petaluma, frost on the car. temperature is in the 20's to 30's and same in the east bay valley we have near freezing conditions if los gatos and a lot of sunshine this afternoon and temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's. >> back to fremont we had an early accident northbound 880 new cleared from the lanes and to the shoulder so we do not see slowing. eastbound dumbarton bridge we have road work until 6:00, and westbound the road

they also initially had to shut down the union pacific railroad tracks in that area. they just reopened the tracks. capitol corridor on amtrak will be on time once they start running around 5:30 this morning. overnight roadwork going on, all lanes this morning eastbound 4 shut downright now at loveridge. scheduled to wrap up per caltrans about 5:30. westbound 4 sluggish through antioch not too bad. northbound 880 past the coliseum fine. northbound 880 approaching thornton, sounds like there may be an accident blocking a lane. we'll update you on possible delays through fremont. live look across the golden gate bridge. haven't seen any lane change trucks yet but i'm sure they are passing by. this is the time of the morning they do. mass transit is on time including capitol corridor amtrak because of the fire there in crockett. there were possibly going to be some delays but right now everything is on time. that is traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> the colorado movie theater where a gunman killed a dozen people last july is re-opening for business this week. t

the decline in cosmic things like the pacific ocean . easy to ship goods in from china. what might save the unions, the fact that the chinese are no longer willing to work on assembly line for safe wangs. in china factory jobs are paying better than office jobs . >> they are spending millions trying to win things they are losing. >> the governor from wisconsin, scott walker, they spent millions trying to defeat him and they lost. >> the purpose of unions is to get members more and have them do less. that runs counter to productivity. the only way economy grows is adding more people. unions run counter to that and why more people are against them. >> steve when they spend millions on issues they are

. >> union pacific railroad had no idea train operators could make this kind of money. >> there's engineers mechanics, people that can do it. two-thirds of the country is covered by union pacific railroad cars and transportation mostly the western part of the united states. 28 percent of the work force is military veterans. in the fast four years 25 percent of the new hires have been vets. >> this will make your ears perk up. the average salary is 14u7b,000 a year including pay and benefits. >> and barton security services. 1400 jobs. this is personal security. this is -- you know the good looking security guard walking around. these are the guys to call. they are award winning when it comes to physical security. they hired 500 veterans in 2012 and maybe more right now. they have control room operator. if you want to be in management again officers managers who have some type of security and it experience. >> they could do security in an office building as well. >> what we are doing is everything at casone knee exchange.com. you go to the web site check it out and we will be giving you all of the information you need right there more details

if you look at the union pacific, that stock has dramatically outperformed the rest of its peers, becausee industry. the balkan 18 months ago was producing 10 million barrels a monday in cruelty. now we're more than double that. as a result we've got -- we've more than doubled the number. we're seeing 22,000. we're seeing natural gas success, 330 per mcf, that's cheap feedstock. we are permitting and building chemical plants in the united states for the first time in 40 years. so when you look at a rail like u.p., who has great access to all of those chemical plants, it's benefiting both in bringing product in, the petroleum carloads and bringing finished product out that benefits them to the point that, you know, since we first started recommending that stock, it's more than tripled. >> that is a good tip. finally helene, your favorite pick, you've got one? this. >> yes, we line dealt a and united. >> which by the way the earnings are coming up quickly. >> thank you both for your time. >>> is apple's presence if best buy stores tarnishing the tech giant's image. while best buy could be d

i don't think you will see the dramatic falloff like we saw this year. for union pacificing that void, how we are able to turn in record financial results even with coal dropoff is the shale activity. >> right. >> and chemicals business and autos drug doing extremely well now. >> i want to ask you about that as well, seems like backian has taken away from the coal storage, excess natural gas produced as by product, the same time, it is giving you that increase in chemicals. is this a case where, you know, you see the decline in one and get the offset in the other and vice versa in the future? >> our projections are that we will continue to see strong growth in unit oil trains, which is the shale-related oil, a great position, our franchise, who haul both sand that goes into the drilling activity for gas and oil and hauling you the oil trains out of the shale activities. our growth in 2012 was 80% growth. think it will grow strong, double-digit growth. not necessarily a 1-1 tradeoff. the way we have been able to achieve the record results we have achieved without coal vol

finally, the rails, up all exception union pacific reported in the last 34 hours.ak. >> they are on the upside of the dow. that's all anybody is watching down here, if you're a bull anyway. thanks. good to see you. let's go to the nasdaq. seema mody is there. >> we are seeing shares of google outperform in the last 15 months. last night reporting a smaller than expected quarterly loss. a couple sales sites. and shares of amd, that stock is higher. all eyes on apple. that company getting set to report earnings to knit. here is our stock of the day, sue. pharmaceuticals up better than 58%. you can see that stock is a better performing stock on the nasdaq by a tick index. back to you. >> that quite a chart there. >> let's look at the bond market for you right now. bond market is watching washington very closely and we have seen a move in interest rates by the debt market vote which we have been reporting on. right now we have the the yield on the ten-year. we have seen the move to the down side in 30-year bond but the yield is holding steady. hasn't moved all that muc

those people were finally arrived back when the liquid was identified as a nontoxic saline solution. union pacificcials hope to up right the cars tomorrow and remove them from the track. >>> searchers in hawaii will resume their work tomorrow morning trying to find the body of a san francisco man who was swept off the ocean off the island of kauai. another victim has already been found. >> reporter: spectators could hear and see the high swells from the kauai shorelines. the waves made it difficult for crews to rescue the bodies of adam griffiths and brian baker. >> the island mourns with them. this is really a tragic event. >> reporter: the group were part of five men vacations in kauai. the men decided to surf in the north shore. >> that time another friend who was with him adam griffiths jumped in to try to help him and he was overcome by the waves as well. so they both drowned. >> reporter: officials were able to retrieve the body of griffiths but the high swells made it difficult to search for baker. the search continues today. >>> the last minute legal move that has protesters up in arms. >>

when unions take a stand it is usually a situation that ends up with fewer jobs with twirchingis and american airlines? >> i don't glareagree. i think the decline in cosmic things like the pacific ocean . easy to ship goods in from china. what might save the unions, the fact that the chinese are no longer willing to work on assembly line for safe wangs. in china factory jobs are paying better than office jobs . >> they are spending millions trying to win things they are losing. >> the governor from wisconsin, scott walker, they spent millions trying to defeat him and they lost. >> the purpose of unions is to get members more and have them do less. that runs counter to productivity. the only way economy grows is adding more people. unions run counter to that and why more people are against them. >> steve when they spend millions on issues they are losing, that is union dues money and doesn't fall out of the sky. >> yes, they are heavily in politics and union members don't have to pay for politicing and focusing on the bargains they don't pay the dues. it is overreach. >> are they toothless tigers. >> no, you have to keep an eye on this. the great state of california numbers are

the man was found after union pacific crews heard tapping from inside one of the cars. the train had arrived wednesday night from stockton almost 300 miles away. >>> wildfires still raging all across southern australia. one person right now reported dead. several homes have been destroyed. the fires have been fueled by a relentless heat wave that's gripping that continent. >>> a controversial set of apps has disappeared from the google play store. change.org says a series of apps that allows users to alter photos to see what they would look like at a different ethnicity like asian or native american. the app disappeared. some called it racist and insulting. you are looking at examples right now. for instance the make me asian app changes the shape of a person's eye, puts rice patty hat on them and fu manchu mustache. a petition with 10,000 signatures were submitted asking google to take the apps down. >>> turning to business news, this story makes you say really? "wall street journal" analyst of who will pay under the new tax plan getting chuckles this morning. >> scott

the first transcontinental railroad began. building it was a huge undertaking. toddles were blasted out of mountains, rivers or braced and workers faced brutal weather conditions. two railroad companies to union pacificl pacific took the challenge of put down more than 2,000 miles of track. think of that. a total of more than 64 million in u.s. government bonds were issued to complete the job. the railroad was completed on may 10th to 1969. cost passengers $65 took seven days to make the coast-to-coast trip. the rise of air travel and america's of cars kill the railroad. today 80,000 passengers per day travel by amtrak. in its heyday it was one of the most significant eric in accomplishments. construction of the first kick transcanada railroad began on this business state janary the eighth 150 years ago today. still to come to my "2 cents more" on the flute, and next among the biggest trend in travel, higher prices. from air fare to a hidden fees, we will take a look at the travel picture for the year. the ceo of fare compare. there he is. ♪ gerri: get out your vacation calendar is next. important travel trends that will change the way you ♪ gerri: never too soon to start planning your 2013 vacation

earlier in the show, i thought the tape behaved very well today, especially the transports which completely outperformed. union pacificl like. hold 'em. >> next up, have a la valero, j from a year ago. grasso? >> we mentioned that year end, you wanted to be exiting a lot of these refiner trades because portfolio managers wanted to show them on the books because they had an incredible run. they had to be paid, basically to own them and wanted to show their shareholders they still own these names. so, i foresaw a little bit of pressure being put on the refiner space. now, you're looking at rig, bp, apc, where the money is going. i would fold it. >> very good. what an improvement from yesterday. >> emphatic closure there. >> you got it wrong. >> practice. >> apparently. >>> lennar rises to its highest levels since 2007. it's up 100%. so, beeks? >> i think you fold these here. >> nice. >> terrible price action. terrible price action. >> nice. >> you got it wrong, too. >> i guess i did. i don't see the little x. but today, we had terrible price action. they've been on a tear, up 100% over the last year. better than they di

the european union, in the context of its assistance to the countries of africa, the caribbean, and the pacific makes a major contribution, and the financial wherewithal in the european development fund, they are becoming more substantive and part and parcel of this initiative. the haiti of today signs up to that is conscious of its place, its weight, its cloud, its role in the region, but also the deficiencies, the gaps. we have the lucidity to realize that we must stop the self flagellation, and we must work to fill the gap, which is what we are doing. every day, we feel more of those gaps. this is not going to be a sprint. it will be the long haul. and, here again, europe is a source of inspiration for us. because there are some eu member states which are feeling the pressure and have been doing for a long time now. before then to come back in financial terms, getting year of that depends on transparency and management of public resources. it means fighting in the areas of education for the population so that they can work with determination to make their contribution to rebuilding their res

this is the southbound amtrak train on union pacific trairails. the fire department working in conjunction trying to collect evidence. they are trying to figure out exactly what led the person to go on to the tracks. as soon as we get more information we will let you know. >> we want to go to a press conference right out with nancy skinner and the banning of high-capacity magazines and california. >> why is it so much easier to buy bullets? it is the things that make guns deadly. today it is easier and california to buy bullets than to buy alcohol, cigarettes, or sudafed cold medicine. i am joined here today with my assembly colleague newly elected to our 18th assembly district, police chief, other law enforcement, school officials, and folks all over from the east bay. we are saying we have had enough! when 2800 californians were killed last year due to gun fire, it was the bullet that killed them. buying bullets should not be easy. buying bullets should contain the same scrutiny as the purchase of guns. i want to open out with one of our leaders,

the transports. you have planes trains automobiles truckers. you have union pacificouthern, the railroads, pulling back, they're sort of the bigger leaders in the fall of the transports today, fedex is another one in the transports along with ups. that's down about 1%. but we're waiting on names like qualcomm, like facebook for earnings. it's coming up right now as soon as we get those numbers, david asman is going to have them along with -- david: a fascinating market today, particularly when you look at things like rimm which initially was up about 4% but then as soon as the products came out, boom, it went down. let's go to nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange. liz: nicole? nicole: all right. research in motion, let's start with that, up about 5%. they actually released the blackberry 10 finally after 18 months. and everybody is disappointed for a number of reasons. and then you see the stock sinking 10%. not what blackberry had been hoping for. david: yeah, that's the thing. and clearly this is the highest volume they have had in nine years right now,

outperforming the dow industrials as has been the pattern for the past month or so kansas city southern and union pacifictoric highs. kansas city southern beating the street on top and bottom lines. the airlines outperforming since the november 16th low. delta among the gainers again today after matching estimates. southwest higher, too. it is announcing this $40 charge. you can guarantee you're one of the first 15 on board the plane. us airways also up nearly 2%. some deals going on in the health care space, wellcare looking to buy, and health stocks getting a lift from the obama care. so gains across the board in health care. >> thanks, courtny. >>> shares of microsoft are slumping, the last trade on microsoft, let's look at the chart, down about a third of a percent to 27.15. that's well off of the lows of the day. this after david faber reported that the company was in negotiations to invest between 1 billion and $3 billion in a buyout of dell, in the form of mezzanine financing. dell had a run up on david's reporting last week. it's still up better than 2%, almost 2.5% now at $13.15. to the nasdaq,

the door. you could make a lot of money as a trainer. >> brian: union pacific, they operate the premiere railroadrate in the western part of the united states. they really cover two-thirds of the united states, western union does. -- union pacific does. excuse me. they need electrician, mechanic, conductors, engineers, people this can do i.t., track equipment maintenance, benefits, benefits are good with this company. you can make more than $100,000 a year, depending on the type of job that you apply for and get. >> brian: smart tax? >> same thing. 'tis the season for tax. this is going to be one of the most challenging tax filing years in the history of this nation. mark my words. and they need people. they've got 100 extra jobs now. these are immediate. so if you're going to take these jobs, do it this week. they've got five locations. they're expanding. they'll be franchises across the country, more and more americans are realizing i cannot handle my taxes alone. it's too confusing. the tax code is worse, not better. therefore, if you want to be part of smart tax, great position for you. >> br

first in the railroad category, you've got kansas city southern and union pacific; then delta and southwestand finally, fedex hitting a new 52-week high today. coming out, actually, on thursday. all right, let's have a look at the big movers today. sandra smith has more from our data wizard here in the studio. >> reporter: as we show you some of the earnings market today, take note that all three major averages are in the green, you can see we're right near the highs of the session as are some of the companies that had reported. johnson & johnson was one of the misses today, down nearly a full percent. stock's seen a lot of volatility in today's session, but this is the stock, by the way, that's up about 11% over the past year, so some biggies appointment on their 2013 -- biggies appointment on their 2013 forecast. another dow stock to watch here, it's up about 1.5% right near its highs of the session, dupont. reported a sharp drop in profits, but it did beat forecasts. you know what happens then, the stock gets a nice boost, so that's got dupont up right now. travelers, their profits were

japanese co-prosperity sphere with the asian pacific economic community i mean this is sheer absurdity and. i have socialist tendencies myself but the call the eurasian union and what russia is today the result of unification is so far from the truth in a couple of sentences what is russia doing in its neighborhood this is a very natural in this world the globalized neoliberal fast moving twenty first century world regionalization this is a natural tendency economic and political defensive tendency we see it occurring all over the world europe is the pioneer after the united states south america mirka sore. the eurasian union is only natural because of the cultural the historical the language the infrastructure. and actually it's largely for security reasons to the way this is the way i should point out of it russia doesn't want to recreate the soviet union because the soviet union cost russia a law school and i do disagree it would be for the previous speaker because i didn't find anything new in that statement i don't think it was their fall back into cold war because i've heard such statements in the ninety's. which is true basically it's an official th

the screen. everything from and a half-3 percent. railroad union pacificith kansas southern also looking pretty nice today. in case you were not a football fan, this weekend very important, very important, packed with nfl wild-card games. the big decision games that could the team's in the playoffs actually have an impact on a publicly traded company? billings consumed at restaurants like buffalo wild swings to yes, stuffing their faces with wings. we have our g3, tom grady, peyton manning, they all love wings. joining us now in a fox business exclusive of wildlings ceo and president. this is your super bowl. all you have to do is look at the fed you very of the past two years. you have double digit percentage moves in the stock two years in a row. and so will it be a third do you think? make a guess. >> i would like to think so. i know one thing that will set a record for the number of boeing's eden, last year seven and a half million. this year with 100 more locations, my guess is we will pass the 8 million marks. liz: okay. that is -- that is a good tal

the west coast toward our stations here in the pacific. >> effort to build ties that benefits former enemies a generation later. >> the british prime minister's speech on ukase future in the european union has received a mixed reaction. david cameron promised a referendum should he win the next general election. one poll published on some basis support for his conservative party rose to 33%, 5 points higher than last month. but how is the issue seen outside of the uk? in france, to polls reveal a split. one survey says 52% of people one survey says 52% of people

they run their passenger train service, the capitol corridor service, and also union pacific runs freightlong those tracks. it is a major bear a fair for ropthoroughfare for the railways. >> another hot spot we have been tracking we have cleared up the problem on interstate 80. not here on 880. in my last report i said the drive times or not that bad. that has changed. the normal commute time from san leandro to fremont down to a fremont boulevard would be about 45 minutes or so at this hour of morning. right now it is running over 51 minutes so we are seeing an impact here. there's really not a good alternate route. the accident out of the traffic lanes we believe. nevertheless, backing up the ride on a 80 south bound as 92 of four highway 238. the ride south bound for the nimitz freeway is now delayed because of this hot spot. >> george the freeze morning frost advisory in effect for the next hour or so. here's why. 27 in santa rosa. 20 in fairfield in concord. some spots have come up a couple of degrees. is still below the freezing mark. the entire bay area is affected. the color on yo

if you look at some of the rail, historic highs for kansas city southern and union pacific. some of these continue to move higher. back to you. >> talk to you in a little bit. thanks very much. let's get over to mary thompson. watching a name that's going to report later on this week. >> that's right. tomorrow actually coach will report the results tomorrow. right now, the shares are down 2.1%. clsa cutting the rating to outperform from buy. also lowering the price target as well to $71 from $79. there are concerns that coach is going to report slowing sales in the top market tomorrow. that being north america. earnings right now expected to be $1.28 a share. up 9% from last year. this according to analysts surveyed by thomson. >> look at facebook spiking higher. inching ever closer to the $38 level at which it went public. a lot of discussion about how much resistance is here in the 30s. should you buy now? we'll break down all the headlines when we come right back. this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much. i appreciate it. i'll be ri

you saw that the marquee names were first. j.b. hunt, union pacific, we saw fedex move first. ing to move into a little higher risk names. but the underlying goods doesn't confirm it. so i look at truck tonnage. truck tonnage was less than 1% growing, now it's contracting. car loading and the rail space and unless i'm talking about the oil, balkan related fracking related activity they're contracting. ocean containers contracting. there's nothing out there other than those things directly related to e-commerce because that is a real trend or those things directly related to fracking that are confirming it. >> is that because -- all right that's not fiscal cliff. we're not just measuring the last month or two. >> we're measuring actual, real things. >> so is it the austerity dinakar's been talking about? tax rates are going up around the world. >> we call it austerity in europe what it really was they raised taxes over there. >> you're reducing consumer income. so if you raise consumer taxes by 2% you've reduced consumer income by 2% which means you're going to reduce consumer s

four vets were killed november 15th when the flatbed truck they were on was struck by a union pacifictrain. it happened during a parade in midland which honored wounded veterans and their wives. >>> in georgia a school board member is accused of driving her suv into a teen during a dispute over a parking space. so this all happened in the parking plot of a wal-mart outside atlanta. surveillance video showed the 17-year-old being hit by that vehicle right there while trying to save a parking spot. the school board member claimed the girl received a tire mark on her leg because she alleged on the vehicle. police didn't buy. it corps net was arrested. the teen -- the driver was arrested. the teen was not seriously hurt. >>> a chopper went down last night as it was trying to get to a patient in northern iowa. a nurse, paramedic and pilot were killed in the crash. two of the victims were employees of mercy medical center in mason city, iowa. officials used snowmobiles and all terrain vehicles to reach the wreckage. the hospital says it is cooperating with the faa which is trying to figure

the names. comcast is up there. lowe's. carmax. cvs. marathon. noble. got a lot of them. johnson & johnson. we talked about that one today. 3m. union pacific. adt. how about tech names? e-bay. lots going on. that want does it for us. "fast money" will pick up the ball as well. follow me on twitter @scottwapner.cnbc. >>> scott thank you very much. big bank earnings. boa, citi getting a bit of a whacking. a number of index hitting new highs. scott ran down an awful lot of those new highs. how to get in. where to get in. when to get in. we'll talk about that this hour. of course one of the big stories turbulence for boeing, regulators grounding the plane. how long will it take to get boeing to get this plane back in the skies. ceos, business ceos want to raise the retirement age to 70. saying it will save billions in social security and medicare spending. is it a good idea or are mike corbath. a long road lay ahead. they called results lackluster and they were worried expenses are still too high. citi cfo were worried legal costs will stay elevated around 3 billion. bank of america eked out a small profit beating by a penny. it had widely telegraphe

i'm saying that the rails as an indicator of the economy, may be failing, because they are so coal-based. but union pacificts tomorrow that is less coal-based and i think they blow it out. union pacific is a winner. >> interesting point. we'll get a lot more after the break. stick around. we'll see how mcdonald's opens for trading now that we've got their earnings comps. >>> speaking of restaurants, we'll talk to ron shaich about the state of his business and what's new at the chain. [ maleu turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. whatever your business challenge, i have obligations. cute tobligations, but obligations.g. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus whic

the stock after its earnings were much better than expected. new highs as well for delta. up 18% year to date. southwest, up 12% year to date and j.p. hunt, historic high along with union pacific>> what a transition. thanks you very much. delta shares hit a new solid two-year high and airlines one of the hottest sectors in the past years so should you get on board with delta, for example, or are you better off with a discount carrier like southwest which is pushing the boundaries with new fees? now introducing this new $40 charge if you would like to board early and make sure you have room to store your carry-onbag. today on the technical side, carter worth, chief market technologies on oppenheimer. on the fundamental side, zachary kas kas karabell. who do you like? delta or southwest? >> in principal, group moves are the best kind of moves in the markets, and in this case all airlines are working. lagged other transports such as rails and truckers, and the group is on the move. we like them both to the long side. they look like they have got plenty more in them. >> zach, what about you fundamentally speaking? >> you know, i mean, they certainly have been on fire. very differe

the coverage anchored by scott pelley will begin at 8:55 pacific time. >>> now that lance armstrong has admitted to using performance enhancing drugs, the international cycling union has asked him to repeat his confession to an anti-doping commission and reveal everything he knows, he's already talking to the u.s. anti-doping agency leading to speculation he's ready to name names.he skip reid has more on the has fallout from the oprah winfrey ning. interview. goord good morning. >> cbs news has learned that armstrong has turned down a restitution payment for alleged fraud and the offer to cooperate with authorities in a federal investigation has also be an rejected as inadequate. >> reporter: the world still has to wait one more day to see sti lance armstrong's highly will anticipated interview with oprah winfrey. >> i would say he did not come clean in the manner that i expect expected. it was surprising to me. we were mesmerized and riveted by some of his answers. >> reporter: but those answers won't be enough to satisfy anti-doping officials. tuesday the world anti-doping offi agency said armstrong would need to make a full confession under l oath if he ever wa

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union pacific and dover international. these are real industrial companies that are going to give us a good read on the global picture which i think is going to be a little bit better than what people are thinking, and it really supports what we've been saying for a while now that the global economies are recovering. if you heard schlumberger and ge today, both companies on their conference calls, talked about china being probably the best area for activity 2013. and i think that's very exciting, and that's the reason -- one of the main reasons why you want to be buying this market if you do get a little bit more volatility over the next week. in addition, i think the u.s. continues to do pretty well, too. so i like the market, and on volatility we're buying it. >> so, we've got an economic story that seems to be better from the macro point of view, dean. and by the way, i should point out this market rocketed at the end of the day, settled up 53 points on the dow jones industrial average. what does the macro story look like you to right now? >> the macro story is considerably better than it's been over the past couple of

the fiscal cliff. people are hiring again. >> dow transports continue to hit six-year highs. >> even as crude is up 95. >> it's like a market that has transport leadership. did you see union pacificrn on "mad money" he says point-blank, the hole has bottomed and is starting to go higher. and be good to the shutdowns, the coal plants. don't forget china has been burning coal, like you wouldn't believe. much more inventory reduction, because it is so cold. don't care maybe as much about the air. >> apparently not given what we've been hearing out of the beijing. >> can you see your feet? klaus kleinfeld, i like to invoke him. >> i think something is ringing when you say it. >> talks about whether you can see your feet in beijing. >> well, yeah. >>> one is michael dell working for -- >> thank you. >> is michael dell working for himself or shareholders? >> right, of course. >> and this intriguing piece about whether at&t will buy something in europe. >> european or international forays for some of our domestic carriers have not always got particularly well, they may be softening it up to at least expect something. we know that, the huge deal they wanted, and of course it was set asid

history which will note that europe, the european union is now making a big effort, ma the countries of africa, the caribbeans and the pacific in terms of development and cooperation. europe can be proud of -- the parts they occupy in the world. of its convictions, of the thinking which it has given the world, its responses to the world's problems. it's roll side-by-side with the countries. european, young people in europe must know that the countries -- [inaudible] that it cannot close its borders. they cannot cut off its generosity and its brainpower. that is what could be put into a more -- one which is morally more economic, which is economically more moral, one which is safer in environmental terms, more democratic, more tolerant. strengthened and fortified by this friendship. seeking to throw off the old stereotypes and clichÉs, wishing to break the chains of under development and to exercise the demons. it wishes to fight the desert encroachment which is a threat. and once to open up for the year -- world. for a year and half my administration has been hard at it with problems along the way, but no one can deny our gr

the booming pacific basin. let's get a high quality agreement and let's get it done this year. the chamber is also been leading the fight for a trade agreement with the european unionwe're gaining a lot of support for it from business and government on both sides of the atlantic, negotiations should be launched without delay. in agree knee have a fifty countries have stated their intelligence to launch talk on an international agreement to boost trade and services. let's make sure it includes robust protection of intellectual property. the chamber's global intellectual property center will don't lead at home abroad to protect ip and the millions and millions of high paid quality jobs it supports. our country should also make a major effort to attract more global investments. foreign investment already directly or indirectly supports 21 million jobs. we'll take more investment. we need a lower investment in these barrier at home to attract more business and visitors and investors and tourists. we should negotiate more by -- bilateral treaties to ensure that american investors are treated fairly overseas. now here's another big issue for us. we need to address the co

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