plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >> right now in the jodi arias trial reversing the initial decision not to allow text messages received in his life. they will ask the sister about the text exchange but not the content or the sister's reaction to receiving them. and the prosecutor said that could help establish where he was before he was killed. >> the u.s. making progress and seen in shaping a deal that would initially freeze the nuclear program and that is the report from geneva today. secretary of state kerry there to reach a framework of an agreement. michael, it is nice to see you. and secretary kerry for the record said there was significant grapes. we are getting reports from europe of how the negotiations went. and it is reminder that the united states and iran is at a stand off. this time different? >> every time it is different because iran is building up the nuclear capacity over the decade and during the bush administration and obama administration. they have far

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> welcome back to hannity as we continue from cpac. this is my sit down interview on the main stage with former governor, jeb bush. >> i mentioned candidates. some people when i mentioned your name i'm to give you a chance to talk about your record directly. >> for those that made an ooh sound, i am marking them down as neutral and want to be your second choice. this is a record that may be hard for people to imagine. taking conservative principles and to say i believe we should cut spending and believe we needed to take on the trial bar and all of the things we did. we created a world class business climate. 1.3 million net new jobs were created. don't tell rick perry, but more than texas. i left with 3% unemployment rate. our economy grew by like 3.9% when the rest of the country grew at 2.6%. we reformed our education system. not just the fight that mattered. we have led the country in rising student achievement. kids in poverty are the

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> welcome back to "outnumbered." the man president obama tapped to turn around the scandal-plagued veteran's affairs department is caught in scandals imhimself. mcdonald was shown talking to a veteran who said he served in the armed special forces. watch what happened: >> army? navy? >> army? >> what unit? >> special forceman. >> what year. i was in the special force man. >> oh his statement was inaccurate. he apologizes to anyone he offended. the white house said they take bob at his word. this is after coming under fire for saying 60 people were fired in the wait time scandal and a fact checking website found fewer than 20 had been dismissed and the others were disciplined. let's talk about this bob mcdonald. hillary -- >> or hillary. >> she is always on your mind. >> harris -- >> that was funny. >> i mean the glasses. harris you come from a military family. and bob went through ranger school so he wasn't that far away but he didn't serve

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >> federal investigators say the driver of the truck that caused the train derailment made a mistake. jose ramirez was released from jail without charges. the ntsb said ramirez was trying to turn on the street and made it too early and getting his truck stuck on the track. 30 people injured and four critically. and investigators are trying to figure out why ramirez was confused. >> the u.s. economy grew in a slower pace at 2014 than thought. the gdp numbers are down to it a gain of 2.2 percent from the fourth quarter and that is significant. and it looks like the dow is reacting to that down 32 points this morning and also driven down by lower numbers for jc penney. >> and of all of the problems of pot legalization and warning about profitability washington d.c. joined four other states to allow recreational marijuana use. as more states join in and pot shots open up around the country. some growers may have to stop farming. dan? >> reporter: we a

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastwireless to learn more. >>> a bangladesh born u.s. citizen who was a prominent blogger against religious extremism has been murdered. police say he was hacked to death with a meat cleaver thursday nights on the streets of the bangladesh capital. a previously unknown militant group is claiming responsibility. >>> activists say kurdish fighters are closing in. isis terrorists have captured up to 220 christians in that town and the surrounding province this week. >>> a prominent russian opposition leader has been murdered in moscow. he was a former deputy prime minister. the russian ministry says he was shot four times from a passing car as he was walking on a bridge outside the kremlin shortly after midnight. his death comes one day before a planned protest against president putin. the kremlin says putin will personally oversee the investigation. >>> outgoing attorney general says the obama administration is working on ways to capture or kill the terrorist known as jihadi john. reports s

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. jenna: right now investigators trying to determine what caused a home explosion in new jersey that injured 15 people. dash cam video from a police car capturing what you're seeing on the screen right now, the debris flying through the area. officials say all that remains of the house is the basement and here's a look at the aftermath. right before the explosion, 75 people were evacuated from the area. investigators were called in because the neighbors smelled gas and they made the right call. six workers and seven firefighters were among those hurt in the blast. several other homes were also damaged. jon: some of the biggest foreign policy issues of our time as we get word obama administration is nearing major decisions on the battle to defeat isis iran nuclear showdown and the crisis in ukraine. john kerry refused to specify the direction the decisions are taking when he testified before a senate hearing. joining me now is the fox news natio

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. . >>> rescuers have freed a hump back whale off the coast of hawaii. video shows the rescuers off the big islands of hawaii cutting the fishing line from the animal's tail. they did it using a pole with a knife at the end. in senator imagemore images court tes sichesy of the marine mammal health organization. you can see the fishing line there. it was a real problem. recent you could youers say they had to get within 10 feet of the animal just to cut it free. more pictures coming now. hawaiian newspaper reports somebody on a helicopter tour first spotted the tangled up whale about ten days ago. in some cases fishing line can cause the whales to drown or starve to death. hump backek humpbacks are the third largest type of whale on earth. >>> a military judge found a u.s. marine guilty of decertification charges for running away on not one, but two separate occasions. the judge convicted the corporal of leaving his unit in iraq in 2004. defense

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. fiorina. >>> jihadi john the ghoul from the isis videos from a well-to-do family who graduated with a computer degree. mohammed emwasi clearly an irish scientologist, had a breezy upbringing briar to cutting off the heads of captives. now, remember when spoke withes person marie harf said more jobs we'd have lesser to? not wrong. mo only had a degree in computers shall not like that expertise is in demand these days. so, when the fwhormal turned evil, what's the why? you could think religion, which provides one with burr pos, but come on there is no catholic isis. let's be honest isis offers thrills. you, charging across a desert gun in hand full of zeal and certainty, facing infidels plundering homes. when death is a step to nirvana what's the downside? so, the issue is our counteroffer. hard to champion a free society when own our leaders in media find it gross, heartfelt patriotism, the belief that this place is worth dying for is now seep

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> near emergencies on the iss today. an astronaut reported that the water while he waited in the air lock while he waited for yesterday's space walk to end that's significant because the water level increased slightly. you remember two years ago? an italian astronaut almost drowned after the same sort walk. now we have a potential, another incident, but everything seems to be okay as of now. now to that airlines story southwest airlines reaching a last-minute agreement to keep it's airplanes in the sky. would you feel safe to fly southwest? trace gallagher is going to explain all that to us. trace, what did you find out? >> southwest failed to inspect the backup hydraulic systems in it's fleeld. so the planes were grounded for six hours and after both meeting with southwest airlines and boeing, the faa has now decided that the southwest can continue flying the 737s as long as the planes are checked out within the next five days. so the planes will fly

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastvisit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >> lowe's earnings up 46% in sales. brian on the squawk newsline with his instant reaction now. what do i buy? home depot or lowes? >> good morning, i think they're largely the same stock at this point. i was on your show yesterday discussing home depot results and we said they were good. >> make this interesting today. that's your assignment. >> make this interesting today after we talked all about every single thing about how improve lt yesterday make it interesting today how lows is different. can you tell us anything or should we move on in the next segment? >> look the one interesting thing here with lowes as i think about lowes over the next several quarters is operating margins are still repressed. so that does suggest to me as i look over the next couple of quarters with the back ground of the housing environment lows has more potential to show earnings upside. >> that is interesting. what do you attribute this to? does home depot have

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plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastsit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. ♪ >> welcome back to "outnumbered." veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald making a public apology for the first time since he admitted lying about military service claiming he was special member. the initial comment was caught on camera during a news report talking to a homeless veteran last month. listen to the exchange. >> i asked the man where he served in the military. he responded that he had served in special forces. and in an attempt to connect with that veteran to make him feel comfortable, i incorrectly stated that i too had been in special forces. that was wrong and i have no excuse. we at va are working hard to restore trust and again i apologized to those who may have been offended by my misstatement. >> this coming after secretary mcdonald already come under fire saying in another news report that 60 people were fired for their part in the va wait time scandals, when a fact checking website the wash upon post gave him four pinno

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastsit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> twitter is out with a statement that is supports s.e.c.'s action on net neutrality. saying, openness promotes free and fair competition and fosters ongoing investment and innovation. we need clear, enforceable legally sustainable rules to ensure that the internet remains open and continues to give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly without barriers. this is the heart of twitter. a lot of what they said in the past. >> a lost silicon valley companies jumping behind net neutrality. the question is, local broad band competition. are we going to end up with regulations that actually discourage competition and investment in internet infrastructure or are we going to get policies and actions that encourage it. a lot of people don't understand what net neutrality is. there's a lot of passion around it. not a lot of understanding. i think we need to have more substantive debate. >> perhaps weise should break it dow

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastsit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. jon: a new study on peanut allergies that seems to go against conventional thinking. it finds that feeding infants at risk for peanut allergy, a small amount of peanut protein lowers their risk for allergy. doctors say exposure should come between four and 11 months old and that the infants, just as those in the study, should be tested before to make sure they don't already have the allergyies allergies. more than 13% of kids who avoided peanut allergy -- peanut protein, i should say, developed an allergy. less than 2% of those exposed to peanuts did so. much more in the next hour of "happening now." jenna: overseas, very serious report out of northern syria where there are reports that isis terrorists staged raids on villages and took at least 70 christians hostage. now former c.i.a. analyst and senior fellow with the senior for security policy fred, it passes precedent. you have to be concerned for these people. what do you expect here? why is

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastcom/wireless to learn more. >>> we were just talking about this on the set right here, traveling in the winter. more than 1,400 flights being canceled across the country today because of more brutal weather. check out northern texas. icy roads caused lots of accidents. at least one person died. the winter storm slamming parts of the south with freezing rain and heavy winds and causing widespread power outages as well. >>> meantime no time for niagara falls to thaw. temps in northern new england and parts of new york state dipping once again below the zero mark. >>> time for real talk now and what's going to happen with congress funding the department of homeland security. senate dems and republicans remain in that standoff with a few days left with the new terror threat to attack the mall of america, will that change anything? julie roginsky and david avella join me now. david, will it change anything because we have this new threat that seems to be daily, even a new group, al shabaab

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastmcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> i'm sue herrera, and here's your cnbc news update for this hour. federal reserve chair janet yellin testifying on capitol hill and saying the u.s. economy is making steady progress, but for now the fed will remain patient about raising interest rates because the job market is still healing and inflation remains low. consumer confidence fell this month after a big gain in january, but it's still remaining higher than it was a year ago. consumers were considerably less confident about the next six months. jp morgan says it is aiming to save about $1.4 billion in annual expenses. mainly in consumer and investment banking. as a proposed government requirement to hold more capital is expected to be a drag on profits. eye fedex plane had to make an emergency landing after there was smoke inside the plane. it was headed to minneapolis from memphis. >>> that's the cnbc news update for this hour. back to you. >> okay. thank you so much sue. >>> gold prices

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with jon stewart! (cheers and applause) ♪ captioning sponsored by comedy central >> jon: welcome to "the daily show"! (cheers and applause) my name is jon stewart! what a program we have for you tonight! we have crafted this with love tonight. our guest this very evening the very talented very beautiful mr. an janu he has a show that's amazing. we'll start with politics. in the next presidential election, we've started a phase called the invisible primer. the travel to the path to the rootroute to the road to the white house. the invisible primer is a time for intense jockeying intense speechmaking fundraising. and a all important deep thinking policy research that this country needs will soon prove the future of itsd fundraising. it's likely about the fund raising they need a lot of money. since the presidency in 2016 been app open seat assuming the tyrant ob

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastcomcast.com/wireless to learn more. ♪ >> so what's the most ever paid for a babe ruth baseball card? it's b. $517,000. for a 9014 baltimore news sold in 2008. (?) jamie: in 2012 in defiance, ohio, karl discovers 800 vintage cards in the attic of his old family home. most of the cards remain in near mint condition. which is rare among cards even half that age. before the collecting craze in the 1980s, cards were simply fun things or to be used in flipping games. it will land either picture. you'll toss the card. if you match my card, you get to keep my card and your card. if you don't, i get to go home with your card. here goes. it's up. picture. i'm a winner. >> you're a winner. jamie: fortunately, for karl, his grandfather wasn't interested in such games, and the collection should easily be worth millions, if they play their cards right. you see, selling the so-called black swan find all at once could flood the market and drive prices down. >> because of the size of the collection and

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastvisit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> the forensic evidence showed that andy rich was in john helble's home around the time of his murder. based on the position of the body, prosecutors believe rich killed helble after he fell asleep in the living room watching tv. the motive was apparently money. rich wanted to sell helble's gun collection for either cash or drugs. the shooting may have agitated helble's dog. [ dog barking ] to stop the barking, rich put keisha in helble's van, then drove her several miles away before letting her out in a strange neighborhood. little did he realize that keisha's hair would be found in the stolen box of ammunition and that canine dna testing would prove it came from helble's beloved dog. >> andy hated that dog. andy could not stand keisha. i don't know why he spared her. i have no idea. how can you spare an animal and shoot a human? >> when rich sold helble's prized pistol in texas, he left the note inside with handwriting that matched helble's

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastom/wireless to learn more. >>> charles rathbun claimed that linda willingly engaged in sex with him before the automobile accident and had taken photographs of linda that day, which would prove it. >> the defendant told his brother there were some photographs in the desert that would prove his innocence and prove linda consented to sexual relations with him. and drew hymn a map of where to fine these rolls of films and his brother and robert and his girlfriend, drove out up into the mountains and were able to find these five rolls of film out in the middle of the desert after months of exposure being in the sun and the win and the rain. >> robert found five rolls of film, but instead of turning them over to police, he developed the film himself. four rolls contained g rated pictures of linda posing at el mirage in two different outfits. in some of the pictures, linda's outfit looked dishevelled, and there was a hole in her thigh high stockings. raising questions about whether linda pos

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastcomcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> new this morning, for the first time we hear the dramatic testimony and evidence from the "american sniper" trial. overnight, the jury took less than 2 1/2 hours to convict eddie ray routh of murder sentenced to life in prison without parole. >> the jury agreed with the prosecution's argument that routh new right from wrong at the moment he pulled the trigger and now the judge released emotional testimony, the emotional exchanges that played out on the witness stand. this is the first time that we're hearing this because we were barred from hearing any of this emotional testimony until after it all wrapped up. listen to this. this is what chris kyle's widow told the jury about how she learned her husband was dead. >> a guy chris went to school with who is a police officer pulled up to the house. >> was he on duty? >> he was on duty. >> he wasn't just there as a friend. >> correct. even on duty sometimes he would stop by our house just to say hi o

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." tonight our final installment of our series "the gulf today, five years after the spill," we examine the legal battle for restitution. the battle is now in year number five. lawyers representing clients have mountains of information and stories to tell beyond. i spoke with glen gilyard, a partner in the accounting firm that structured the now contested bp settlement. residents along the shores shared their stories. resident haves concerns about bp meeting their obligations and honoring their pledge. >> four of the five largest companies in the world are oil companies. >> they lied to the american public about what they intended to do, which was to take care of these people. >> many coastal rezsidents and business open business owners are still seeking compensation. >> after a meeting that went twice as long as scheduled as administration officialed eds hammered out details with bp the president emerged. >> bp's lia

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastsit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> in the impact segment tonight. attorney general eric holder and the race card. sounds like the name of a great band, they are opening for hootie & the blowfish. holder is livening office in a few weeks and telling the press that race has been a factor in his struggles. >> there clearly have been times when you have felt disrespected on capitol hill hoich thaf do you think how much of that do you think relates to race. >> there were times. >> were there times you felt that was a piece of it. >> there have been times when i i thought that was at least a piece of it. been political in nature. >> joining us now from washington constitutional law attorney david ripken along with nationally syndicated radio host richard fouler. david, holder seems to be playing the race card more than obama plays golf. why is that? is that to escape blame or is the allegation actually legitimate? >> accusation is not legitimate. he may be trying to escape blame or

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> welcome back to "squawk alley." lumber liquid daters is down. the company revealed on fourth quarter earnings conference call it will be the subject of a negative story on an upcoming episode of cbs's news program "60 minutes" and says immigration and custom enforcement or i.c.e. officials executed warrants at the company's headquarters this happened a couple years ago. now the department of justice may seek, again, may seek, criminal charges against the company under the so-called lacy act. an act that really prohibits the sale and trade of endangered species and wildlife and plants. fourth-quarter results missed earnings and sales estimates so interesting news coming out at least here, kayla, about lumber liquid daters a fifth of its market value being shaved. back to you. >> thanks so much, dominic chu at headquarters. watching shares of lending club falling to the tune of about 16% this morning after the company posted its first earni

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastcomcast.com/wireless to learn more. jenna: we want to show you what's going on in new jersey. we believe this is the remnants of a tanker truck that got into some sort of accident on route 130 in new jersey. checking the weather quickly, it is below freezing here. very windy outside but we don't know what caused this accident. we're working on finding some more information but as you can see, from this helicopter shot that we have from wtxf not a whole lot of response thus far as this tanker truck explodes and burns out of control right now. we'll keep you updated on injuries or potentially worse as we get more information. jon: right now three students in critical condition in a mysterious drug case. police say 11 wesleyan university students were hospitalized over the weekend. their symptoms seem to point to a drug known as molly. it's not clear whether they were together or where the drugs came from. police chief said side effects can be life threatening. officers are working closel

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastcom/wireless to learn more. was ruled a homicide, her ex-husband jim became the prime suspect. police also suspected that walter scott's disappearance was somehow connected. by this time, walter had been missing for three years. when police heard that jim williams' estranged son, jimmy, was serving time in a florida prison for an unrelated crime, they decided to pay him a visit. during questioning, jimmy jr. made some provocative statements about the three-year search for walter scott's whereabouts. >> he was kind of sarcastic. he, i guess, was kind of making fun of the police, making comments like, you guys aren't smart enough to figure this out. it was cold. the rivers were frozen. the lakes were frozen. you couldn't -- the ground was frozen. where would my dad get rid of a body? he was very, very suspicious that his father built a flower box over the cistern and that cistern has been exposed his whole life. >> police took out a warrant to search jim williams' home. the cistern was i

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plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastvisit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> developing now. new comments just moments ago from house speaker john boehner about funding the department of homeland security. speaker boehner says the house passed a bill to fund the department six weeks ago and is now criticizing the senate for not taking action. take a his ebb. >> i just think it's outrageous that senate democrats are using homeland security funding for blackmail to protect the actions of the president where the president himself said he didn't have the authority to do this. >> well, now to potentially troublesome development for hillary clinton and her 2016 hopes. the clinton foundation has disclosed that it accepted millions of dollars in donations from foreign governments while hillary clinton was secretary of state, including one donation from violated the obama administration's ethics rules. the donations were first reported last week by the "washington post" which raised questions about a potential conflict of in

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastsit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> we love getting your tweets and answering them. one from mateo. asks quite a long time ago dan and mike did a put up or shut up on herbal life. where do they stand out in? >> no good news for this company and no incremental buyer. that's problem when someone's dug in on the short side. i'm not sure how mr. icon gets out of this. to me this is a no, no touch. i don't know if it's a zero like ackman thinks but certainly not an $80 stock anytime soon. >> never trusted their business model. i think many people, i'm one of them, suggested ackman would be right in the long run. the way carl gets out is hits the bid. >> perhaps he does that. i think herbal life is a tough name to trade, because you have two very strong personality there's. you don't know what either are going to do. i would stay away from it completely. >> one thing to point out options premiums are off the charts expensive. sell verticals. >>> acknowledge the death of a tv movie le

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastcomcast.com/wireless to learn more. >> a u.s. military official says an iraqi ground offense to push isis is expected to begin in april or may in mosul. isis in the meantime has released a new propaganda video showing its fighters training in mosul. >> and a cease fire in name only. a city is in runs at ukrainian forces withdrew leaving prorussia separatists in control. at meticulous cleaning of the scopes may not eliminate the risk of a super bug. >> the mayor has been arrested for what a venezuelan military source says was his involvement in a coup plot. the well known opposition leader was taken into custody when dozens of agents raided his offices. >> now to australia where people on two different coasts face tropical cyclones. 180 million people. and this is the really bad part. it may not get better any time soon as another surge in arctic air is supposed to hit in the coming days. >> it is so cold in the u.s. that look at this. niagra falls has nearly frozen over. it's roughly m

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> more states moving to scrap their tax on personal income. mississippi just passing a bill to do it and this could be why no personal income tax states fair a lot better than states with my income taxes from making more money to more jobs to a better economy. steve, why aren't states, more states, doing this? >> two reasons one, politicians are short sided they're unwilling to make a sacrifice today even if it means a better economy tomorrow and the second reason is power. when you have high income tack rates and complexity it's more power to the politicians. >> people are moving away from tax high states to tax low states. >> that could be, but in some of these states where they've had no income tax like alaska where oil revenues are down and in texas where you have one in four texans that are uninsured they have problems when the economy gets hurt from oil and things like that. so an thk tax might bring hope nor dee difficult ability to

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastsit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> and developing right now at cpac, look there you see him. governor rick perry onstage. if you're a republican looking to run for president next year you're probably taking a trip to national harbor maryland. day two of the 2015 annual conference. governor perry, can see, in the midst of his speech right now. but -- run, scott, run, the chant heard from the crowd on day one, with wisconsin republican governor scott walker taking center stage. it's these remarks comparing some of this past union foes to terrorists that are getting some criticism this morning. from surprising places. >> i want a commander in chief who will do everything in their power to ensure that the threat from radical islamic terrorist doss not wash up on american soil. we need a leader with that kind of confidence. if i can take on 100 protesters i can take on those from across the word. >>> live at the cpac conference in maryland and with an nbc exclusive. good morning. i

enjoy over wifi or on verizon wireless 4g lte.ial savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> time for cramer and stock trading. >> dollar tree obviously got the winner. very important piece today from jp morgan, which moved over away from whole. very compelling reason why sales are just accelerating. i think it's a very good piece. then the other one just going to compliment david again. i'm putting some pen to paper. back to envelope. i thought that valeant could earn ten bucks. now obviously selling at 20 times earnings here. when you add on who knows how much they can cut out of salix. i think it's possible to get a $21 number. again, a $12 number. maybe $11. you see why it's going right to $220. >> they've hid 200 already. i can't remember the last time we saw a stock react this way to a deal. they all react positively. but friday investors had an opportunity to respond to this. >> talking about buy valeant off of this deal. it was right t

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> welcome back to power lunch. breaking news from federal reserve vice chairman stan will you fisher who says the markets funds rate rise will happen sometime this year but giving no actual detail about when. he is talking here at the university of chicago monetary policy conference in new york about the central banks enlarged balance sheet. he says the fed's big balance sheet does provide challenges to raising rates, but he is confident they have the tools to overcome those challenges. the asset purchases he says provides stimulus to the economy, including, he says lowering the unemployment rate by 1.25% and increasing inflation, he says by half a percentage point. the affects of qe on the economy since they lag, he says are only now manifesting themselves. the risks, though include financial instability and he says the fed is mindful of those. we'll ask stan fisher about these and other questions regarding the economy. politics and the fe

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> governor scott walk sir set to address the gathering of conservatives known at cpac this week and join a slew of potential 2016 presidential candidates including jeb bush and chris christie. despite rise in polls the wisconsin governor is hitting bumps in the road now under scrutiny for comments made over the weekend when he told "the washington post" he didn't know if president obama was a christian. it's not the first time walker has struggled to answer questions in recent weeks. while in london he dodged the question on evolution, and last week refused to distance himself from rudy giuliani's comment that president obama does not love america. with me now msnbc political correspondent casey hunt. casey, good morning. >> good morning, jose. >> so the governor has wouldn't three state-wide elections in four years. are party viewers lookingality these recent events as not ready for national primetime or gotcha journalist? >> jose, this is

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastom/wireless to learn more. so yeah there is no doubt about it. this whole thing is being done under the guise of banning arming piercing ammunition. this has not been determined armor piercing ammunition and the standards that were set is up for it. this is being done going around the letter of the law that was passed in 1986. and it's just trying to legislate from the white house. >> right it sure seems that way. which, again, is unconstitutional. here is justification. put this up on the screen to. protect the lives and safety of law enforcement officers from the threat posed by many ammunition capable of penetrating protective vest from firing from handgun. manufacturers will distributing the ammunition. have many members of law enforcement been killed recently by this ammunition? >> actually, it's a great question tucker, because the answer is zero. >> brother? >> zero. so this is like totally made up out of nowhere. out of thin air. and there isn't a threat with these. police offi

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastisit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. bill: the ultimate selfie. astronaut bruce willmore was in space when he fired up his shot. great stuff. well done. martha: these guys are preparing the iss to dock private spacecraft like a big marina in the sky. it's supposed to happen in 2017. phil keating is reporting live from miami. what they are doing today is pretty complex isn't it? >> have much so. tricky, tedious. the most complicated cable run in the space station's 16-year history. it's been a busy morning up 260 i'ms above us. -- miles above us. they are done laying 800 feet of cable. later this year international docking adapters will be installed. as for boeing and spacex, they are on tarring tote get u.s. astronauts up into space by 2017. space x is ahead of boeing on this. they could seat 4-7 astronauts inside. it plans an unmanned test flight next year. boeing is not planning on an unmanned space flight but plans to send up as row knotts two times in 2017. and boeing broke gro

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> time for a quick check of the headlines for you now. the death toll is rising from an avalanche in ave gan stan. it hit northeast of kabul. rescue crews say 186 people are confirmed dead but they expect the number to rise as they reach villages that had been buried for days. >>> a french court sentencing eight men to prison for a double jewelry heist in paris. the crooks made off with gems and watches worth more than $140 million. their terms ranged from 9 months to 15 years for the robberies in 2007 and 2008. >>> and in north america, hyundai is recalling about 263,000 cars over a problem that could disable power-assisted steering. the company says dealers will fix the problem at no cost. >>> if you were watching a tense night on capitol hill. lawmakers passing a one-week bill to prevent a partial shutdown of homeland security as the midnight deadline approached. after conservatives blocked a three-week extension. the stalemate highlighting the diff

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastsit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >> you can see "hannity" wednesday at 10:00 p.m eastern. tomorrow, we're going to have john bolton. >> meanwhile, the last story. >> very, very strange you have dolphins a man said used by a dolphin in a documentary "dolphin lover". 1971, malcon-brenner was working at the floridaland theme park when the dolphin began making advances toward him. first, he said quote i discover discover -- discouraged her. and and sexual animation and i think i'm going to throw up. >> and please this off. >> people are complaining about racism. george carlin is right. this is getting stupid and silly. >> are you talking about the show or the city? >> the show the city, the state, the country and the world. a man with a dolphin is like a cat with a sheep in woodstock. >> you were in woodstock weren't you? >> yes. i went to commit a homicide. i took a bat at me. i'm glad i didn't catch things ways going after eddie griswold with my girlfriend. i don't want to talk ab

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastsit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. my name is bret hembree. i am an electric crew foreman out of the cupertino service center. i was born and raised in the cupertino area. it's a fantastic area to work. the new technology that we are installing out in the field is important for the customers because system reliability i believe is number one. pg&e is always trying to plan for the future and we are always trying to build something stronger and bigger and more reliable. i love living here and i love the community i serve. nobody wants to be without power. i don't want my family to be without power. it's much more personal to me for that reason. i don't think there's any place i really would rather be. martha: we are just getting word of a shooting in a restaurant in eastern czech town. the suspect has been subdued. this news is break and we are waiting for pictures and video from that scene. as soon as it comes in we'll bring it to you. bill: another fox news alert. southern califor

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastto learn more. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> wow! >> yeah! we are live here at the iconic roosevelt hotel on hollywood's hottest night live with all of your back stage moments. this is the a-list party where we are. all of that rain falling outside not dampening anything. >> how do you look so gorgeous being in the rain? >> we redid the hair, did a costume change. >> lisa renna and anthony. >> nice to be here with you. >> stephanie elam is at the governor's ball. let's -- i want to play this from earlier talking about women, the role of women in hollywood and with the academy awards. >> to every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else's equal rights. it's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the united states of america. >> that was so fantastic. >> did you see meryl. she went far beyond hollywood. she talked about women in hollywood. we also talked about reese witherspoon's production

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastsit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> new information this morning. the crash of transasia flight 235. officials are releasing the first pieces of information from the plane's black boxes. we know there were problems with bowing both of the engines. the death toll climbed to 35 overnight. the divers are still searching the river for eight missing victims. we have started to hear from the people who lived the ordeal. >> translator: shortly after takeoff, i knew there was something wrong. i always take the flight. i told the girl beside me to take off her seatbelt and cover her head. >> david molko is live in t'aipei with the latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: john good morning. in the words of the passenger, something was wrong with the engine. not problems with just one, but both. the twin turbo prop is designed to be flown on one. let me walk you through the flight. keep in mind all of this taking place in less than three minutes. the plane was off the ground for less tha

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastsit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> his rendezvous with grim destiny begins a little after noontime. death less than one short hour way. >> on november 2nd, 1963 -- >> something is terribly wrong. >> -- john f. kennedy was assassinated. >> health reports say the president was hit in the head. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. >> as malcolm felt himself growing estranged from elijah mohammed and from the nation of islam, malcolm and the muslims in new york had planned a major event. >> the president's body met by important servicemen. >> elijah mohammed was scheduled to speak. after kennedy's assassination, elijah was like, no, i'm not doing any public speaking. i'm cancelling that event, and the ministers in the nation of islam were instructed to not comment on kennedy's assassination. malcolm gave the speech. he did not comment on the assassination. >> you see, he was very c

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> let's get an early start on your money. stock futures are down. investors are turning focus to greece where debt talks collapsed monday. that country could be forced out of the eurozone if it doesn't reach agreement with creditors. european markets are lower. u.s. stock market closed yesterday for presidents day. the dow and s&p come in the sessions today at the highest levels of the year. >>> details in the billion dollar cyber heist. kaspersky labs says most of the firms were in russia. they stole from u.s. germany, china and ukraine. thieves took customer e-mail data from russian banks. the hackers learned about banks' fraud measures from internal e-mails and limited thefts to $10 million. >>> gas prices bottomed out for now. gas is up 7 cents in the last week according to aaa. drivers are saving hundreds from last year. gas buddy says the trend is here to stay. the jump is due to higher crude oil and seasonal maintenance. >>> all right. "early st

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastreless to learn more. >>> i can't stress this enough. a brand new "red eye" returns on monday. tom shillue will host on monday. there will be a variety of hosts including andy and joanne will be filling in until a permanent replacement is named. we have ike ken gnaw dye and tim norton and robert kern. and now here is joanne with more thoughts on her time with me at "red eye." >> thanks, greg. i spent the last hour doing what i usually do, talk about things i am too young and pretty to understand. while i have only been a part of the show for the last year there are some episodes that i will never forget. here are some of my fondest "red eye" memories. >> i am dana perino filling in for greg gutfeld i cooperate careless about. >> i am jedediah bila filling in for greg gutfeld. >> i am gavin mcgineess filling in for greg gutfeld. >> i am andy levey filling in for greg who is buying white rugs and tape. >> i am sherrod small filling in for greg gutfeld who is in colorado. i hope he brings

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast> the maranon canyon. we're headed to meet some of the farmers that supply the beans that make our chocolate and get me an education in all things cacao. the roads up into these mountains can be tricky, so we is to take care of the local vigilante dudes that run a roadblock here outside of town. it looks like a shakedown but they're a welcome sight. this hill, where cars have to slow down, was where all sorts of highwaymen and miscreants used to waylay travellers like us. so these guys stepped in to take care of business. >> wow, that was a big shotgun. that will shoot through an engine block. actually, i don't really know but i'm assuming. at this time of year, there's also the rain and mud, which can mean flooded streets and streams that cut right across the roads. and there's this, the river. in the best of circumstances, a fairly adventurous way to get your vehicles across, a long line across a fast moving current, the ferry propelled only by the flow of water. but today, the river

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastm/wireless to learn more. >> it ends with respect to isil needs to be the lasting defeade. >> doesn't sound like a strategy to me. >> who is the key to defeating isis? does a coalition work? two tough questions. >> we had information recently on capitol hill isis is becoming very much like al qaeda in the sense that they have affiliated or branch operations outside of iraq and syria. the three countries identified algeria, libya and also egypt. you can see it has begun to spread almost like a cancer i would argue a con netic solution to this it has become a battle of ideas and we have to not be afraid to engage in this battle of ideas. >> we have to change the idea of people getting killed. >> quite honestly to paraphrase it's the ideology. it is met it's sizized. we have seated the battlefield to the jihadists. we can either collect intelligence as we need to do than those leaving social media to travel overseas we can shut some of it down to try it put it in the margins make it more

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> alabama's top judge ordered all other judges in the state not to perform same-sex marriages although they become legal starting today. chief justice roy moore claims to strike down the gay marriage last month is causing confusion. any marriage of the same sex in alabama is invalid. couples are expected to line up for marriage licenses this morning. it is not clear if they will be granted. >>> the $1 billion concussion claims against the nfl is close to be approved. the deal is expected to cover 20,000 retired players and compensate players who develop problems with concussions and neurological problems during their careers. >>> the fashion model is the latest cosby accuser. the comedian canceled shows over the weekend. helen gumpel claims he sexually assaulted her in her dressing room. >>> a revealing report of how vulnerable your car could be to hackers. an early start on your money is next. real transformations can happen as much inside a person as

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastom/wireless to learn more. >>> programming note. tomorrow here on msnbc, the great jose, host of "the rundown" on msnbc, he's going to be hosting a town hall tomorrow night on msnbc, with president obama. the town hall is at florida international university in miami. unless republicans in congress find a way to pass a bill to fund homeland security, a potential shutdown that would happen as a protest against president obama's executive actions on immigration. that town hall with president obama is about immigration. and more. and it's going to air at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc tomorrow night. we'll be right back. flo: hey, big guy. i heard you lost a close one today. look, jamie, maybe we weren't the lowest rate this time. but when you show people their progressive direct rate and our competitors' rates you can't win them all. the important part is, you helped them save. thanks, flo. okay, let's go get you an ice cream cone, champ. with sprinkles? sprinkles are for winners.

plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcastvisit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> university of minnesota nouncing they will no longer use vague racial descriptions to identify suspects on crime alerts. the university officials say that is because they may unintentionally reinforce stereotypes of black men and other minorities. they will only use suspect descriptions that will help identify specific individuals. one sheriff blasted the move on fox and friends. >> if i were a parent looking for a university to send my child to i would scratch that university off the list because campus safety isn't a priority. we want to narrow the pool of people might approach and more information is always better than less information. >> to me andrea, that sounds like common sense. not even the law enforcement expert experts needs to know. >> they say they will only use it when it reasonbly help them catch the criminal. are they suppose to play a game? we don't have time for this. a human being with a beating heart >> pretty soon you w