to lunch. -- invite us to lunch. there was nothing rushed about it. that was sort of the high point in our relationship, but then it continued. one of my all-time favorite moment in a senate chamber was in 1996, when he gave his farewell address. i was fortunate enough to be sitting right behind his wife in the gallery. i think that the applause after his speech probably went on for a good tenant to 12 minutes. people had not quite heard -- a good 10-12 minutes. it was filled with his experience is going back to 1969 pyrrh. we were back to the senate of the classical days, when you hear a speech from the heart. >> when he resigned from the senate -- he resigned from the senate 14 years ago. what do you think his legacy will be? >> is a legacy as a leader of the senate is one of civility. the balanced budget amendment of 1995 -- he spent a great deal of time rounding up votes, republican of votes. he joked at one point that some people go to sleep by counting sheep. he goes to sleep by counting centers. [laughter] -- by counting as senators. [laughter]

find you any office space -- that was the currency of the time, but the other thing was to invite us to lunch. it was a very special lunch at the capitol, and there was nothing russia about it. we have plenty of time to chat with him -- there was nothing rushed about fitten -- it. we have plenty of time to chat with him, and that was -- one of my favorite moment was in 1996 when he gave his farewell address, and i was fortunate enough to be sitting right behind mrs. dole, and i think the applause probably went on for a good 10 or 12 minutes. it was so filled with quotable observations about the senate from his experience going back to 1965, so you have the sense but -- the sense we were back in the senate of classical days. when you hear a speech from the heart like that, that is terrific. >> he resigned in an 1996. he has been out of the senate for 14 years. what did you think his legacy will be? >> certainly, his legacy as a leader of the senate was one of civility. it is the balanced budget amendment of 1995. he spent a great deal of time rounding up republican votes, and he joked at one.

the breeze gets us to 79 by lunch time. 84 the two-degree guarantee. we'll build in thunderstorms with cooler temps. right now at 6:00. let's go to the roads with kim brown. >>> good morning, we do have a pretty decent start to this morning's commute. no accidents to let you know about at this time. in towson, you're going to see road closures. brook avenue at hillin road remains closed. onto stevenson lane. they have that ongoing utility repair up there. as we look at the beltway, hardly any volume, light to moderate on the northeast corner. looks good. more so on the west side. a lot of people headed towards 95. traffic still remains to move at speeds. megan and jamie back to you. >>> will you be able to make a pot of coffee or take a shower this morning? let's take a look at those of you affected here. here are the arrows. falls road, we're up on uh, we go to the top, all the way to sparks, south all the way down to lake avenue and then, harford road. that's a big square block, big chunk of area. abc2's linda sow is live to take a twist at your spigo

arlsberg have walked off the job because of new rules that they could only help themselves to a beer at lunch. >> there used to be beer coolers around the workplace. and the new rule doesn't affect the drivers. they can take beers and go. >> oh, wow. just have to stay sober. >>> next on this friday morning, tiger's big comeback at the masters. the magic's in the mix. >>> strong orms in south carolina, at least 15 homes were damaged after a tornado touched down there. the 125-mile-per-hour knocked down trees and cut power to about 3,000 homes. >>> now, for a look at your morning road conditions. snowy on i-80 in wyoming. and rainy along i-95 in the northeast. >> if you're flying today, expect airport delays in just three cities, new york, boston and miami. >>> tiger woods is back. and it appears he has not missed a beat. >> he heads into the second round of the masters today only two shots off the lead, after a warm welcome on the course at augusta national. that's where t.j. winick joins us now. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning. well, no one has ever really accused tiger woods of losing his way

to drink three beers per day outside of their lunch break. beer drinking has been limited just to the lunch breaks only. the beer coolers that usedaround the brewery have been removed from everywhere except the can teen. as many as 250 workers were still on strike as of yesterday. >> what you didn't say is they added two more lunch breaks to the day to even it all out. >>> as we head to our business beat of course jobless claims appear to be having less of an effect on the market. chris cotter joins us from new york. i see you smiling. you're trying to push for more lunch breaks. >> i'm just thinking if i had three plus the five or six that i normally have on my lunch break and i would be good and toasted by afternoon y now you are talking like a wall street exec. that is why they're cutting back. i tell you what. the market, no signs of cutting back here steve. we have -- it looked right for a pull back yesterday. down 7 # the day before t looked like we may continue that yesterday. as we got the job numbers that weren't very good in termed of the weekly numbers up 4 # 0,000 in terms of the initial claims. the market seems to be

to a lunch. she said do you use m2 or m3 to measure the money supply in [laughter] >> but i'm not certain that we can ignore monetary measures. and i'm not certain that shouts of second best should cause economist to back their kits and go wherefore it is economist go. i'm rather purveyed the attempt to realize the unrealizable. the best maybe a invitation to the worst. the parols of ewe taupism is messy. second best is messy. it's realizable. best is neat and somewhat unobtainable. and most of us, and i suspect most troubling to the audience, i'm not sure uncertain consequences is the reason to leave market power. for several reasons. doing nothing has unintended consequences as the recent turmoil shows. adam smith's invisible hand. in fact, we those the unintended continues sequences. not all unintended consequences are undesirable. i don't think we have to fear them so long as we have modest goals. if we are a little wrong, we can fix it as we go along. he pointed out it's a utopian fantasy to think we can eliminate all of capitalisms court. i just think, i don't know, i don't worry as much as

to -- trying to use -- as she explained it to us, trying to use these programs as teachable moments. as part of the classroom as she would say. whether it's the school garden or the lunch or breakfast program. and i was discussing diabetes with some people yesterday. and when you -- when you think that 23 million children and adults in the united states have diabetes but the number of children under the age of 20 it's 186,000 individuals. and so it would seem to me that as we talk about obesity and diabetes and diet, that there's a moment here to really do an education. that if you have this explosion of diabetes in the adult population, some kind of work with the children, while you have these moments around the school nutrition programs could conceivably, if well structured and properly delivered could conceivably have a lifetime of benefits. for those -- for those individuals. and i don't know how you're thinking about this. >> absolutely. we see -- the school nutrition association sees this as a wonderful opportunity to utilize the school cafeterias as a learning laboratory for healthy eating so that we can improve the eating habits of our children. we support coor

to the lunch program to change that? >> a couple of things. first of all, establishing nutritional standards that allow us to reduce the amount of salt, sugar andreplace it with fruits and vegetabl vegetables. making sure the vending machines have nutritional and healthy snacks and reinstitute school activity into the day the first lady is proposing with her initiative. >> secretary, can you really get sugary drinks out of elementary, middle and high schools? >> i think you can. even the drink companies recognize that they have a contribution to make, that they can create an opportunity for youngsters to make a healthy choice in those vending machines. it won't damage the school budgets. youngsters will still buy water, juice drinks and fruit drinks. it's just a matter of substituting healthy choices for sugary choices. >> yeah, but we saw how hard that association fought back against the health care bill. i doubt they're going to give in when it comes to getting cokes and things out of schools. >> we have a lot of support from the soft drink association. i think they recognize the responsibility and duty to step up. i don't anticipate quite th

to say. larry? >> thank you. >>> a programming note, caterpillar's ceo, jim owens. he joins us first on cnbc to give us his outlook for profits and the economy. that's today on "power lunch." jim owens of cat. it's going to be 1:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> trish, over to you. >> thanks so much. >>> when we come back, we're going to talk about small cap stocks, they're rack of double digit gain. do these tiny little titans still have room to run? >>> plus the euro taking a hit as germany drags its feet over aid for greece. we're going to head live to athens for the latest. with fidelity, you can take your trading around the world, because now you can trade u.s. and foreign stocks online, in 12 markets, 24 hours a day, all from the same account, and settle in u.s. dollars or the local currency. plus, we'll guide you with international research and realtime quotes, so you can diversify your portfolio, wherever -- whenever. and we'll be on call around the clock, while you trade around the globe. fidelity investments. turn here. >>> welcome back to "the call." i want to get you caught up on these markets. still in positive territory. barely there. pretty much a flat line on the

. >>> hundreds of workers walked off the job in denmark because they can only drink beer at lunch. used to be a right to drink whenever you wanted to on the job, as long as you were working for the company carlsberg, which makes beer. beer coolers all over the office. the only rule was you couldn't get drunk. not anymore. on april 1st, april fool's day, go figure, workers were told they could only drink beer on their lunch breaks. [ female announcer ] the latest athletic fabrics inspired stayfree® to create thermocontrol™. designed with the comfort of athletic fabrics in mind, stayfree® with thermocontrol™ quickly wicks moisture away for exceptional dryness. thermocontrol™ only from stayfree®. ♪ three decadent flavors. 60 calories. it's me o'clock. time for jell-o. [ male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america's beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools, reducing beverage calories by 88%. together with schools, we're helping kids make more balanced choices

he also invited us all to lunch. it was a very special lunch catered in the republican leaders suite of the capital. there is nothing rushed about it. we had plenty of time to chat with him. that was a high point. then it continued. one of my all-time favorite moment in the senate chamber was in 1996 when he gave his farewell address. i was fortunate enough to be sitting right behind mr. dole in the gallery. i think the plot after his speech probably one done for a good 10 or 12 minutes. people have not quite heard something like that. it is so filled with quotable observations about the senate from his experience. you had the sense that we are back to the senate of the classical days. >> who resigned in the senate in 1996. what do you think his legacy would be? >> certainly his legacy as a reader of the senate is one of civility. the balanced budget amendment of 1995, he spent a great deal of time rounding up republican votes. some people go to sleep b counting sheep. he goes to sleep by counting centers. does he ha

for every for the rest of the years of this is part of the agent the first lady asked us to work on to read your lunchesthe breakout sessions. there are 12 break help rooms. we will take all that information and as lisa and tom and bob gates and authority is involved in that move forward but this is the last time we have the whole entire group assembled so i just want to see first of all it has been a wonderful adventure putting this together. i want all of the people who have worked with secretary vilsack including undersecretary chairman robert, of the department eckert culture people please stand up and let's please stand three [applause] >> and to all the other people here from the council of an donato quote and the white house, please stand. [applause] lisa jackson and all of her people from the epa, please stand up we are going to hear from you. [applause] thank you so much. the army corps of engineers is telling us to have more visitors and they do in their facilities and the and we do in the 400 million who come to see the national parks, the land etc. i don't believe them all of the army corps

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to charge for the big ones. >> that's a good idea, thanks so much for joining us. >> good luck. >> trish, over to you. >> just imagine how we would have covered all that "power lunchcoming up at the top of the hour. sue herera, what do you have? >> huntington bank shares up 12%. surprising the street with a first quarter profits. the chairman and ceo will join us live. senator chuck schumer one of wall street's power players on capitol hill wants to add a bank tax. whether or not that is a move that might backfire. >>> facebook and we will meet the ceo of the hottest company in the social networking space. >>> up next, earth day tomorrow and a lot of businesses failed trying to go green but one is thriving going against conventional eco thinking. >>> heading into this afternoon's trading session, all here on "the call." gecko: all right... gecko: good driver discounts. now that's the stuff...? boss: how 'bout this? gecko: ...they're the bee's knees? boss: or this? gecko: sir, how 'bout just "fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance." boss: ha, yeah, good luck with that catching on! anncr: geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen

healthy meals and trying to use she explained to us trying to use these programs as teachable moments as part of the classroom as she would say whether it is the school garden with a lunch or breakfast program to do this and i was discussing diabetes with some people yesterday and when you think that the 23 million children and adults in the united states have diabetes the number of children under the age of 20 its 186,000 individuals. so it would seem to me that as we talk about obesity and diabetes and diets there's a moment here to do in education that if you have this explosion of diabetes in the adult population some kind of work with the children while you have these moments around the school nutrition programs could conceivably if well structured and properly delivered could conceivably have a lifetime of benefits for those individuals and i don't know how you are thinking about this but -- >> absolutely. we see the school nutrition association sees this as a wonderful opportunity to utilize the school cafeteria as a learning laboratory for healthy eating so that we can improve the eating habits of our children. we support coordinated school health programs so th

. >> we had just met, and we went for a lunch at top of the rock, before we started hosting together and we wanted to see if it would work with the two of usi see on your show -- you guys always have mixologists on there making cool drinks. it makes everyone jealous watching at home. like, i want to be there. >> we called today winesday. i have to be careful, though, because my mom watches our show, and she is like, "it's kind of weird, all of my friends are watching you, and you're drinking on the show" and i told them, she doesn't drink, usually. anyway -- and i mean, because it's becoming part -- i only drink on the show. like, that's usually the start and end of it. but kath and i during that lunch, it was one of those things that we just clicked. like, you know when you're just with someone, you just connect? and we knew. >> jimmy: you guys are on fire. it's so fun to watch. i watch it all the time. i watch you guys all time. it's always on in my office. >> is it is really? >> jimmy: yeah, of course. >> do you love it? >> jimmy: i absolutely love it. i want to go to the outside window and wave. which i will do. >> we want you to come

welcome back to "power lunch" as we look at some of the stories we're following at 36 past the hour. >>> usrways ending its tie-up talks with united airlines. centurytele looking to buy quest communication. and two economic reports find home sales rose sharply last month and jobless claims fell last week. michelle? >>> we want to go beyond the big caps, finding smaller names that are big movers today. mike huffman is standing by with those. >> i like to do theme stuff so i'm doing lunch box for "power lunch." in addition to starbucks, the coffee giant, a big food chain is providing more anecdotal evidence after rebound in consumer spending. that's made shares of chipotle mexican grill hotter than its namesake pepper today. the chain served up way better than expected earnings. they made $1.19 a share versus 95 cents analysts thought it would. jeffries calls what's happening at empoet -- chipotle an emphat return of the company's stock. up almost 12%. a huge move is driving the s&p restaurant index to a new high, right now up 1.3%. the back-to-back to back positive earnings out of mickey d's

to remember this. there are a thousand take products for your lawn. -- tick products for your lunch. you put it around the perimeter of your house and you only have to use it to or three times -- once a month. you put on a topical product, perhaps front line. you have to do it because the ticks are out there. >> lime disease is something that dogs can get quite a lot of dogs are exposed, but they do not get sick. once they have lyme disease, it is too late. prevention is using the product sprit -- the product. >> my pomeranian has had to seizures this year. both have been within a week of going to the groomer. any idea what might be going on? >> you go to the grower and you get a fleet treatment and you get a car were treatment and your dog gets a seizure. there is a problem there. i would talk to your veterinarian and. eliminate the variables. i would talk to your vet. there is an answer there. i think there is a direct relationship. >> ringo has finally calmed down. thank you for joining us this morning. >> live, local, latebreaking. >> welcome back to saturday morning. thank you for joining us. >> john is here to taking another look outside. i have t

used to the taste of diet. >> not me. >> i'm going to jam today, i'm going to live big. >> 69 at lunch on the way to a high -- i think it will get as warm as 76 degrees. we're still calling for 74, but 74 this evening at dinner, which might be chicken mcnuggets by the way. >> hit mcdonald's twice? >> why not? >> ronald says thank you very much. >> why not? >> it's going to be a great, great afternoon. the five-day forecast is looking splendid if you are just joining us, we've added one more day, tuesday. the run of sun and warm if not hot feeling temperatures will continue. i'll have the first warning details. of course sharon's traffic. coming up on coffee with, the show created by diablo cody, now in the second season, actress toni collette joins us, talking about a role where she place a character with multiple personalities, five to be exact. your traffic, everybody is on their way to the breakfast and the mcgrid he will. >> i'm going to have, you know, i'm going -- fight the traffic. >> i can see the golden arches in easton from that other shot. >> we're taking a break, we'll be ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> first warni

the summit got underway, vice president biden invited some of the participants to his official residence for lunch and used stark and silver language on the agen agenda. >> many of the countries here and just 50 pounds of high purity uranium, smaller than a soccer ball could destroy the downtown of all our capital cities and kill tens if not hundreds of thousands of individuals so it's very much in our interest to gain control. this is the horrific threat that we all face together and one that we are determined we will defeat together. >> right now president obama and the national leaders are sitting down for a working dinner at the washington, d.c. convention center. what do they need to talk about? what do they need to accomplish? wendy sherman is here because she studied ways of keeping terrorists from getting their hands or weapons of mass destruction. >> talk is cheap, but what does this president and this world community need to come out of this meeting with in terms of tangible proof and steps that you think would take this problem down a notch? >> we saw one very important step today when president

to buy and acquire more possessions than we can use. can't something be done about this? those thoughts occurred to me recently when i brought my lunchmy desk from the cafeteria downstairs. i ate what i had, then i wanted a cookie, so i went back downstairs and bought two cookies-- not because i was hungry, but because i desired the good taste of cookies. maybe what some of us need from the medical profession is an anti-desire pill. if we had a desire for too much food, money, sex, sleep or a thousand other things, we could just take this pill and it would hopefully kill the desire for whatever it was that we didn't need. if they ever invent the anti- desire pill, i'm going to take one before i sit down in front of the television set every night, because i always end up watching a lot of stuff i'm not interested in. >> stahl: i'm leslie stahl. we'll be back next week with another edition of "60 minutes." so many arthritis pain relievers -- i just want fewer pills and relief that lasts all day. take 2 extra strength tylenol every 4 to 6 hours?!? taking 8 pills a day... and if i take it for 10 days -- that's 80 pills! just 2 aleve can

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to do it for us here on "the call." i'm melissa francis. >> i'm larry kudlow. see you tonight on "the kudlow repor report", 7:00 p.m. eastern time. "power lunch" is up next. >>> hello, everybody. welcome to "power lunch." i'm sue herera. the dow barely off its high of the morning but it's above 11,000 as oil reverses a week of declines but remains kind of stuck above 85 bucks a barrel. >> i'm dennis neil. paint is the new faux. microsoft unveiling the fruits of its pink project. the first word from microsoft. >>> i'm michelle ka russo cabrera live from harvard business school in boston, massachusetts. does twitter mean business? especially salient with news today coming out of the internet world. int internet advertising pioneer and twitters own letter to developers where they really calm to calm down the twittersphere. people were concerned there was going to be some kind of cutting off of twitter apps. a lot to cover. it was biz stone that made huge news when he announced later on this month we were actually going to see a twitter business plan. people have been screaming about it for years. can they actually make some money? here it is, tw

commodity foods for breakfast which can be used if you've already -- if you already have them for the lunch program. but that are not available there. what about farm to school? do you see a role for that? in the breakfast program? >> we are urging congress to consider five additional cents for commodity. and the farm to school program in that value would certainly be a wonderful thing to have. and you're absolutely right. about the vegetable gardens and, you know, providing the nutrition education aspect to the students' knowledge. ... >> yes fight being authorized existing federal farm to school program, hasn't invited. so what would you say about making the funding mandatory? >> absolutely. >> that was a softball question. [laughter] >> any funding you can make mandatory will graciously accept. >> not a trick question. a key pillar of the first ladies let's move campaign to solve the problem of obesity is to serve healthier food. she is encouraging or actually working toward the goal doubling the number of schools that participate in the healthier u.s. school challenge. what does it take to become a healthier u.s. school? how can we help more schoo

these storms move to the southeast with dangerous weather on saturday and then the east coast on sunday. >>> well if you're watching us on wvtm nbc 13 in birmingham, blaem, have lunch with one of the tallest mammals on the planet at the giraffe feeding event at the birmingham zoo. that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. i've fed giraffes. it's a lot of fun. their slimy long tongues. >> it sounds fun, bill. don't oversell it. >> it's worth it. >>> well, now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. this weekend's box office champ, jennifer lopez. they provided lopez with her more successful film roles and that's what she's got here with the "backup plan" of course after being artificially insim nated does she fall in love. if they show up, backup plan has a shot at number one. $15 million could be number one. "kickass" will contend if jennifer lopez falls flat coming in somewhere at $10 million. >>> it could be a champ who sneaks. "how to train a dragon" could win. i mean i em not seeing the movie but this "how to train a dragon kwets won't go away. >> i want to start a facebook of banning j.lo or jennifer aniston for any more. >>

lunch program. all right. one more for you. ooh, got a hot one here. >> no, no! you can't leave him with us. he needs help. take him to the nurse. nurse? >> the nurse was let go at the end of last year. >> there is no nurse? >> in the early 90s, governor arnold schwarzenegger cut a microchip out of the back of his own head with no anesthesia. >> dude, that was the terminator. >> i don't know what that is. [chuckles] >> greg: hey. would like to apologize if you haven't blown your brains out, except bill, of course. i was hoping you would. >> actually, funny stuff, but i hate political ideology -- especially patti ann browne, when they don't know what they are talking about. >> it's a false choice, that's the problem. i think that megan fox and brian a stin green have their hearts in the right place. but the teacher salaries in california are the highest in the nation. they have great benefits and pensions. if they cut the teachers' salary, they would not have to reduce the teachers and all of that to the extent they are talking about. you know, the unions will not let that happen. the unions would rather see the kids s

to make us fall like that off a cliff. and 1230 on the s&p is also the time melissa has lunch every day. >> huge difference here. there's a huge difference in this market versus lehman's market, though. if the fed is behind this market, the fed is on the gas pedal and they're not going to let it go down. >> 100%. >> gary. >> and the major difference too is you were paid, or you were rewarded if you were a money manager to actually have some cash post-lehman. it was okay to underperform the benchmarks because you were protecting capital. it's the exact opposite. speak of beaks, as clarence beaks would say in one of the greatest movies of all time, steve, this is a different type of market. >> that is some transition you made. >> let's just hope i don't get put in a monkey suit. >> this is a different type of market clearly, but if you look at the market you have now, the poster child for it has been apple. look at apple. the earnings are reported this week. we talked about it. the stop out point on appsale 250. yesterday it began to extend the market higher toward the price target the analysts have 285. got above

us at brownbagmovement.com. >>> walker is trying to emphasize his money-saving cred with ads making lunch in his kitchen, whichlook familiar. scott brown in a kitchen ad humanizing himself. walker has a potentially bruising republican primary ahead of him facing businessman mark newman. before he can take on any likely democratic candidate, most likely is milwaukee mayor tom barrett. saturn, an american car, which in its 20-year history, has never been profitable, is an odd choice. gm has announced it will be out of business by 2012. not sure where he's going to get that saturn fixed. >> i don't know, but i guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. >> scott walker is somebody a lot of republicans had been pinning their hopes on for years. they're hoping he's a national player someday. >> coming up, first an executive order on abortion. now offshore drilling. is president obama trying to break the collective heartings of his progressive base or is this smart politics? plus, the great american head count. we're talking to the director of the census bureau about why this april fools' day is no joke. got

to both of you for joining us. cnbc's special coverage of taxing america continues on "power lunch." one-half a bipartisan team on its tax reform bill. on "the closing bell," are closing corporate tax loopholes bad for america? that's all coming up. >>> when we come back, some on wall street say the fed's boring predictability is to blame for asset bubbles. >> cowboy monitorism. >>> plus, on "the call," planning on taking flights soon? you'll want to see the latest airline quality ratings before you do. we'll have the surprising numbers. >>> welcome back. let's get you caught up on the markets right now. off our highs of the session but still in positive territory. the s&p is up better than a point, about .1%. the dow hanging above 11,000. it, too, is off its high. 11,010. the nasdaq to the plus side by about a point and a half. barely positive. european markets closing right now. they are, too, in positive territory as well. looks like it's going to be a day in the green for them. not by a whole lot. larry. >> the fed has repeatedly said it won't raise interest rates any time soon a

matter of fact, the schools around us in alex and other parts of jo'burg they will provide one lunch meal at school because they know that is the only meal the kids are going to get. >>reporter: one african in four suffers from malnutrition, while four in ten children under five are stunted. that's 57 million youngsters who are short for their age -- it's a real issue that has ramifications far beyond football. >>naidoo: if we don't deal with the challenge of nutrition in pregnant mothers and children under two, if we fail to deal with that nutrition challenge in that period then, even if that family wins the lotto, the human potential of that child is permanently affected. >>reporter: that's why african leaders and international health experts came together in johannesburg recently -- they want to build a grass roots movement to offer hope to the next generation. >>odinga: nutrition is a subject that appears like a new subject in many of these nations, but it is a very important subject. i wish that many countries, all the countries of africa could have nutrition as ranking high in the policy-making organization. i wish they could make it very important, bec

us are struggling with the tight budget. and in need increased rimsment. we urged congress for 35 cents across-the-board for breakfast and for lunch. we're wanting to meet the institute of medicine new recommendations of offering more fresh fruits and vegetables. and in order to do that, we need higher rimsment. -- reimbursement. >> how much of your budget, ms. rivas, is used up in administration? and trying to find out who's eligible and who's not eligible? it seems in the schools are virtually everybody is eligible it makes no sense to waste money. you could serve everybody for the cost of fooling with the eligibility standards? >> and that is one of our recommendations. you do reach a certain threshold where at a certain point, you know, when you have certain districts that have certain levels of free and reduced lunch participation, it's more cost-effective to be able to eliminate the process of applications. >> in virginia, we have a tough budget situation. and there's consideration being given to dispensing with school breakfast. can someone say how important the school breakfast program is. >> i can certainly do that. i have been involved in

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to come in. >>> "power lunch" coming up at the top of the hour. michelle, what's on your plate. >> we have a lot, larry. a special guest from the world of retail. mickey drexler joins use and gives us his unique take on the state of the consumer. by the way, j. crew's stock more than tripled in the past year. >>> there's a study that says 47% of households will not pay federal taxes at all for 2009. however, the top 10% of earners will pay 73% of the total bill. does the tax system punish success? that is our power grid debate. >>> apple is said to break some new news. we'll be all over that as soon as it happens. back to you guys. >>> when xwhee back, companies spending big money to beef up personal security for their ceos. >>> why in name names dig through the numbers. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "the call" with your daily realty check i'm diana olick in washington. home prices fell quarter to quarter nationally for the first time in nine months down nearly 4%, that according to clear capital while prices are still up 5% from lows a year ago, the number of foreclosed properties hitting the market is rising and putting pressure on prices again. the avera

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and then also earlier this week don ritchie, our senate historian, who speaks to us on tuesdays at our -- at the democratic lunch each week when we get together, gave what i thought was a fitting tribute to gaylord nelson that i wanted to share with people. and i ask permission to do that and don ritchie agreed that that was something that was acceptable. so i would like to read through this. it'll take two or three minutes. he, as the senate historian, he recounted the facts as follows. he says, "this past weekend, the mini page, a syndicated children's supplement that appears in 500 newspapers across the country, paid special tribute to a former u.s. senator, gaylord nelson, for launch the first earth day on april 22, 1970. five years after his death, senator nelson remains an icon of the environmental movement. senator nelson used to say that he came to environmentalism by osmosis, having grown up in clear lake, wisconsin. he promoted conservation as governor of which is wills and after he was elected to the senate in 1962, he used his maiden speech to call for a comprehensive nationwide program to save the n

to ask you about a couple of things. first, starting with the breakfast program, but you recommend providing commodity food for breakfast, which can be used if you already have them for the lunch program, what about farm-to-school? do you see a goal for that in the breakfast programs? >> we are urging congress to consider five additional acts for commodities. the farm-to-school program would certainly be a wonderful thing to have. you're absolutely right about the vegetable gardens and providing the nutrition education aspect to the students' knowledge. once they see and are exposed to those fruits and vegetables, and they see it growing in the neighborhood garden or at their school garden, they are able to see that it is not just something you pick up at the grocery store, but you can grow it at home. they take those messages home to their parents, but any financial assistance for the program, the institute of medicine guidelines have increased the requirements in the breakfast category to expand more fresh fruits and vegetables as well. that funding is very critical to meeting those guidelines, as well. >> thank you. despite being authorize, the existing of federal farm-to-

. >> back in the day it used to be kids fighting on the playground and the noon mommers on the lunchoms would get out there and break it up and that would be the end of it. sort of boys will be boys and somehow it's gotten worse that when school lets out the bullying doesn't let up. >> reporter: the three teens arraigned yesterday in absten cha will be in court april 15th and three other girls charged in this case will be in juvenile court tomorrow, but kyra, we're hearing that at least one of the girls has waived her right to appear. kyra? >> alina cho, thanks so much. >>> you knew this was coming. you just knew it. an airline turning an overhead compartment into the moneymaker. how long before the others start salivating over your carry-ons? i remember being at the hospital, thinking about my wife. i should have done more to take care of myself. now i'm exercising, watching my diet, and i trust my heart to lipitor. [ male announcer ] along with diet, lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and certain kinds of heart surgeries in patients with several com

lunch" a little after noon today. back to you. >> phil, thank you for that. phil lebeau in michigan. alan mulally on "power lunch ". >>> joining us this morning if a special "squawk" exclusive is simon lawrence, also former general counsel at the s.e.c. he joins us along with our guest host bill ackman of pershing square. great have you. >> great to be here. >> does the s.e.c. have the goods on goldman orren? >> it's very hard to tell from what you can see so far. doesn't look like their strongest case, i'll tell you that. >> what's missing? >> at the beginning, they're alleging fraud involving two very sophisticated purchasers who were involved in the transaction. and it's hard ho see where they were misled. maybe they were. the s.e.c. is focusing on the absence of information about john paulson's involvement in selecting the pool of mortgages. was that material to the transaction? it's hard to tell. john paulson of the time wasn't the john paulson we know now. >> that's the point. >> and it's very hard to tell whether that would have been material to a reasonable investor, which is the test the s.e.c. has to pass. >> if you wer

us working together. the government, business leaders, students, everyone has to come together. when we think about the federal government when it comes to school lunches, the child lunch reauthorization act is one way the government supports, and we hope to get more money put into implementing that act so we change the food you get in your lunches, that the quality of food goes up, because a large percentage of kids in the country are getting half of their meals at school. >> matthew, you chose an issue important to michelle obama and got to ans -- ask her a question. what was that like? >> it was neat. i'm glad we got to talk about childhood obesity. it was a good time. i did not know much about obesity before i did it, but i did a lot of research. >> what triggered your interest in it? >> i decided on the issue after i saw that kids were not getting lunch and exercise on friday in my state, and that could lead to obesity. >> did you know the first lady was interested? >> i chose it in october, before she did. >> did anything surprise you about the issue when you started looking into it? >> there are so many layers and factors to the program, so it's

lunch in washington, d.c. >> this is a woman who is so phenomenal. this is when she was 97. and she had the most energy ever. and ever since that day, and she told us to tackle any obstacle, we have been advocates in the community, advocates on our campus that she we're have to continue her legacy. >> reporter: height's legacy ran deep, simply because she did more than any other woman to further the cause of civil rights. height came to baltimore often, including in 2001 to the university of maryland to be honored with the frederick douglas award. height will be honored as a brilliant woman who blazed many trails and opened many doors, particularly for women of all races. >> we're that passionate, that dedicated. >> reporter: and now, today's young women are empowered and inspired by dorothy height. >> it's a sad day that she's gone. >> it is a sad day. but you know, we have to take it as a loss, but we also take it as a gain. we're losing a spirit. but heaven is gaining an angel. >> reporter: there will be a candlelight vigil on thursday night. and another event planned thursday, with first lady katie o'malley. it is called hats on for dorothy height

to require all of us working together -- the federal government, business leaders, food manufacturers, farmers, students, nurses -- everyone has to come together. specifically, when you think about the federal government, when it comes to school lunchesthe child nutrition reauthorization act is one of the ways that the government supports school lunches. childhood nutrition we offer -- re-authorization act is one of the ways in which the government supports school lunches. and one of the things we're trying to get done, because it's time for it to be re authorized. to put into combhementing that act so we there's much less processed foods, the quality goes up, because a large percentage of kids in this country are getting half of their meals at school. so if we can do a better job in the schools providing better option that is are healthier, then we're going to -- but the fact also works to encourage more schools to become u.s. health yir schools. and these are schools that are designated as already taking those steps to change the way they do things, providing healthier meals, incorporating new strigs education into the curriculum. making sure that they are making time for physical activity and recess, because in many schools around

>> >> we have an informal gathering point* in the module they liars lunch table is located and it is a very good tradition for us to welcome guests around the table and they have space to sit-in but otherwise we ran into somewhere in the station and in the shuttle discovery they are always glad to see us there we see no borders there is one station. >> this is stacy with russian that today. this is the second mission compared to your first? >> this is my second mission iowa's on the shuttle and the shuttle mission and every day is a new day and very exciting but the station is a controlled and slow pace. i enjoyed both of them but the discovery time have a good memory selanne jury sharing my time with you. >> discovery iss this is houston acr that includes questions from moscow please stand by for a voice checks. >> we are back with you room just for the jackson event. >> we read you loud and clear. >> before becoming amerus shun to it. [inaudible] what did you think when you were walking to it? >> the people the first time i walked and i realized that it was in this space it was fairly moving. if it was cherished

and make it more difficult and costly for consumers to obtain credit for their families and small business. senator enzi, at a recent lunch, just told us that he had actually read word for word the 268 pages that follow the $10 million criteria in regards to what this board or this council or this group will be responsible for. and, oh, by the way, who have we seen come in in the halls of congress to talk to individual offices by harley-davidson, and they're worried about funding for their motorycycles. dentists, doctors, we have boat manufacturers, we have car dealers. 96% of their funding doesn't come from the automobile dealers. they come from somewhere else. they're worried. so as the news goes out and people read the 268 pages, everybody has to come to the conclusion that this is a bill like an octopus. it reaches out into anybody, any business that wants some venture capital or a loan or some leg up to start a company. this approach will not benefit consumers or community banks or our economy. we need to work to improve this bill. it is vital for our economy that we get it right when addressing financial regulatory reform because

us, the federal got to the, business leaders. food manufacturers. farmers, students, nursing >> when you think about the federal government when it comes to school lunchese childhood nutrition we offer -- re-authorization act is one of the ways in which the government supports school lunches. and one of the things we're trying to get done, because it's time for it to be re authorized. to put into combhementing that act so we there's much less processed foods, the quality goes up, because a large percentage of kids in this country are getting half of their meals at school. so if we can do a better job in the schools providing better option that is are healthier, then we're going to -- but the fact also works to encourage more schools to become u.s. health yir schools. and these are schools that are designated as already taking those steps to change the way they do things, providing healthier meals, incorporating new strigs education into the curriculum. making sure that they are making time for physical activity and recess, because in many schools around this country with budget cuts omp times being the first thing to go so there are schools out there th

lunch market insiders. lou, president and ceo of legend financial advisors and jack ceo of indexfuturesgroup.com. jack, let's start with you. what's keeping us from hitting dow 11,000? >> we're starting to lose momentum on this rally. couple things taking place. we're seeing lighter volume on the way up and we're seeing the breath of the market not as good as it was on say the last rally we saw or the last leg of the rally we saw six months ago and now you have competition for capital. we're talking about a ten-year yield that has gone up 42 basis points in the last 32 days. that is a big move and that will draw money away from what would otherwise be fuel going into this overbought condition. >> we have been trading in a narrow range recently. what do you make of this range between 10,900 and 11,000? lou. >> frankly, it's -- we're in a situation where we had basically a 60% plus run up in the market and we should not expect great returns from this point forward. in fact, i would suspect we're going to have a lot more volatili volatility, similar to what we had this year going forward where we might go up 3% or 4% and then go down 9, 10, we'll recover, go up another 1% or 2% and then co

us, the federal got to the, business leaders. food manufacturers. farmers, students, nursing >> when you think about the federal government when it comes to school lunches, the childhood nutrition we offer -- re-authorization act is one of the ways in which the government supports school lunches. and one of the things we're trying to get done, because it's time for it to be re authorized. to put into combhementing that act so we there's much less processed foods, the quality goes up, because a large percentage of kids in this country are getting half of their meals at school. so if we can do a better job in the schools providing better option that is are healthier, then we're going to -- but the fact also works to encourage more schools to become u.s. health yir schools. and these are schools that are designated as already taking those steps to change the way they do things, providing healthier meals, incorporating new strigs education into the curriculum. making sure that they are making time for physical activity and recess, because in many schools around this country with budget cuts omp times being the first thing to go so there are schools out ther