, "the wall street journal report." now maria bartiromo. >> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week on wall street. shoppers got little rest during the month of march. same store sales showed a surprise increase of 1.7% increase last month. in spite of bad weather across the country and late easter shopping. analysts had expected a decline of 7/10 of a percent. the dow jones industrial average closed at the highest point in nearly three years on monday, was higher again midweek, but stocks fell on friday. >>> crude oil just keeps on rising. futures touching $111 a barrel on friday, a 30-month high. the federal reserve's open market committee released minutes from the last meeting which showed few signs othe fed easing efforts and showed few concerns about inflation. in a couple of minutes i'll be talking with one othose fomc members, charles evans, ceo of the chicago federal reserve. the markets have had a powerful run during the first quarter, and now with the second quarter underway and earning

[applause] >> why was the "wall street journal" -- [laughter] >> could you tell us about the "wall street "wall street journal" incident? [laughter] >> sure, sure. how much time do we have? >> [laughter] there's different reviews. you can get work that's unappreciative of the work, and that's disappointing or a bad review that misrepresents your views that says you do things you don't do and do do things that you don't do. this was both. it was written by russ smith, and he's a person who i admire his work. he wassed founder of three alternative newspapers, so i make a distinction in the book of the underground press in the 60s and the free weeklies in vending boxes. you know, he -- he claimed in the review that i, you know, celebrate the editorial structures, but i just criticize them. i don't deal with the issue of the fbi's seemingly uninterested in rolling stone magazine, but coming down hard on the underground newspapers and said that issue was unexplored with me, but i did. i can show you the page numbers. i gave short swift to the village voice i guess, and went on to talk about th

wall street and its clout. i have a suspicion that the "wall street journal" op-ed page is under the mentality of that mentality that we have to salute the wealthy and everyone else is a parasite. that whole mentality you read in the pages of the "wall street journal," is that more potent as an argument to the congress than the average guy out there, woman out there, who says, look, give me a break, i need my medicare. >> i don't think that argument appeals to a broad base across the country. chris: does wall street have clout in this debate? >> yes, they do. they have clout because they are the people who are running businesses that are employing so many people across the country and hiring -- >> well, wall street. they're not heroes. they're producing nothing. >> that's not true. it's not a parasite class. they're people who are financing everything else. >> they're not actually creating good. >> yes, the finance comes to a point where, if you're a company and you want to hire people, you have to go to wall street to make sure you can get the loan to do it. >> the person that rand would support would be the -

, "the wall street journal report." now maria bartiromo. >> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week on wall street. encouraging news about jobs in america. the unemployment rate fell to a two-year low in the month of march as companies created jobs at the fastest two-month pace since the recession began. the labor department says the economy created 216,000 new jobs, slightly better than analysts' expectations. the unemployment rate dropped to 8.8%. >>> the markets wrapped up a strong quarter, the dow having the best first quarter showing since 1999, the s&p since 1998. the dow hitting a six-week high on wednesday and highs for the year on friday. there is now another bid for the stock exchange. ice making a counteroffer to by it at a price 19% higher than the deutsche borse's offer. >>> the case and schiller s&p index showing house prices dropping for a seven months in a row. >>> warren buffett may have to start looking for a successor and the man thought to be the replacement of berkshire hath

you may have read analyses, and longwood in "the wall street journal," saying saudi arabia will be the next big, no of the arab spring. after all it's sort of autocratic country and geriatric leadership. youth employment bulge, it has all those characteristics.

senior intelligence officers to argue its case in the white house, congress and the media and wall street journal. needless to say this lobby's work is assisted by our oil and armsmaking organizations whose concerns have less to do with u.s. securities and making sure they keep their seats on the

officers to argue its case in the white house, the congress and the media, especially in "the wall street journal." needless to say, this lobby's work is enthusiastically assisted by our oil and arms making corporations whose concerns have less to do with u.s. security than in making sure they keep their seats on the saudi gravy train.

we talked to jonathan karl of abc news, gerald seib of the "wall street journal" and john heilemann of "new york" magazine. >> the budget though is really setting the republican agenda not just for the rest of the year but potentially for a generation. i mean he has put forward a plan that gets into not simply questions of government spending but of policy. i mean his efforts to basically remake the medicare program into a system that is government subsidized but private insurance. >> what paul ryan did this week starts a national conversation slash debate that runs all the way through the 2012 election. it is a conversation and debate that's not really about the budget, it is about what is the role of government in the 21st century america and how much are you willing to pay to have that role fulfilled. >> if you think about gingrich, he had those revolutionaries behind him, his base, the further i was pea he pull on the

here is the marketplace section of "the wall street journal." they say, "big u.s. s shift hiring of brought -- shift ."ring of broabroad that is "the wall street journal" marketplace section. "the los angeles *" takes taught journalism award." host: also, another headline that many of you will be interested in. it's in "the new york times" and many of the newspapers this morning. pentagon clears general mcchrystal over profile in magazine. "the executive editor said on monday that the article is accurate in every detail." bates was a recent guest on "washington journal." go to c-span.org and you can listen to our interview. he talked about that article and he talked about the most recent piece in "the wall street journal" over photographs in afghanistan. an independent. we're talking about the downgrade. go ahead. caller: i just happen to be looking to one of my coins. there are two sides to every coin. is says "in god we trust." that should be the splitting point of the two sides. i think everybody has pretty much taken god out of schools. we do not even say pledge

right now we rely on the "new york times," "washington post" and wall street journal as our main news source. 10 years from now will that be true? >> i think we still have to prove ourselves again and -- chris: quality newspapers? >> and let's face it, the distrust of mainstream news media is off the charts. most particularly not on the seaboards of our country but you go in the heartland, the disru69 -- disto do trust, you can -- distrust, you can box it up and panel it. so people in the business are going to say we can prove ourselves again. i think they can. chris: pat? >> the sunday morning crossword, there is only one time you can find that, "the new york times." but in reality, those papers, they matter. some outlets will be march trusted in 10 years but fundamentally people need a filter. they need to know it's trusted. chris: wow. one for the filter. >> bigtime. chris: you didn't bring me in here to dig my own demise! approximate chris: will they have their day? >> i think absolutely but there will be other sources of physician as -- of information as well. online publications

in this week's nbc-"wall street journal" poll he's running second only to mitt romney. they include voters with no college, tea party supporters and voters who say they're very conservative. they like trump's background but also may be reacting to his recent birther talk. he's suggesting that before barack obama was born plans were made to make it appear he was made in hawaii so that there could be a birth announcement in the local hayian newspapers in preparation for the day he would run for president. that's the story. what's he up to? >> donald trump is an american original. for 25 years he has been the most brilliant marketer of his own personality and this is another chapter in that. i assume he's going to run because it's a great amount of publicity. chris: a reality show or is he actually run for in the >> i don't know but why not do it? but the impact of this, the reason we should care, donald trump, michelle bachman, palin if she gets in, they have the effect of freezing the race. it makes it very hard for tim pawlenty, mitt romney to emerge through that proces

at this point, you look at the politics of this, our own wall street journal poll, and republicans don't -- wouldn't pay a political price with their base for not shutting down. they might pay one if they didn't shut down. that's what the -- the way the white house is looking at this, and what does this mean this weekend? there's a lot of spring break trips. this is a weekend where all over washington kids from across the country are coming here to look at the declaration of independence and the constitution, and if that shut-down happens, those doors are going to be locked. >> a lot of sad kids. chuck todd tonight. >>> to libya where the anti-gadhafi rebels unhappy with nato went from bad to worse today. the rebels have been saying nato wasn't doing enough to protect them. it's today what nato did do by accident that stoked the rage. stephanie has our report tonight from benghazi. >> reporter: this hospital in eastern libya sees wounded rebels every day, but today, it wasn't gadhafi who put them here. the rebels say it was nato. for the second time in less than a week, nato fighter jets

>>gabe: according to the wall street journal the tracking data is not just toward on your i phone, i pad 3 g and computer these devices and up to but it's also been transmitted back to apple headquarters. the wall street journal reporting it's not just the i phone tracking you but that google android smart phones are also tracking where you have been and send that information back to google. what to the companies behind our phones use this tracking information for? by looking at the data they can say where we got cellphone reception at our and fix it. google could help find out how traffic conditions along highways are doing, how fast and slow the moving. don't forget how many apps on your smart phone use your location to operate. if you try to find a certain type of business nearby or social networking up for your interacting with people or in your area. it brings up another use for apple google they could use your location to target ads to you. that helps to make money. another interesting twist in this unfolding drama, an editor with c-net discover that law enforcement has known ab

"the wall street journal" has the story this morning. the president is open to a deal. is what the authors write. possibilities of some type of negotiation over the debt limit according to the "the wall street journal", and if you want to weigh in, the lines will be on the screen. you can also send us an e-mail or a tweaet. eugene, ore., you are up first. it morning. caller: -- good morning. caller: thanks for taking my call. al qaeda is leading us to spend ourselves into oblivion in variation as to how we let the soviet union spent themselves into oblivion. we cannot afford our empire. global trade has declined due to piracy -- if we withdraw our troops. global trade has not been that good to the american public. host: is that -- what about raising the debt level? caller: i do not think the republicans want to cut down the military. i think in bargaining for the debt limit increase, we should try to withdraw our troops. host:maine, independent line. our previous caller -- what do you think about the process and point he made? caller: i agree with him. i think our presi

i become a student of anything i read, which also includes the "wall street journal." the "wall street journal," since murdoch has taken over, while it certainly remains an excellent paper, there's considerable leakeg of what they're covering and what they are now doing and their goldeg age is gone as well. the fact is -- as against the grand notion that it is not good for democracy, you have listed what seems to me nitpicking and haven't addressed that big grand issue about whether the "times" is good for the democracy or not. >> just like this gentleman here who didn't like their coverage of the catholic church -- >> i want to get a couple of more questions before i get in. >> i wind up. >> i think it's more than nitpicking. >> hold on. i want to get a couple more questions. anyone else want to ask a question? >> henry is required to ask a question. it's in the city charter. >> you didn't ask the question which i think is very important and which constitutes rule 18i, and that question is, is it good for the jews? [laughter] >> no one has talked about that. and that's

there was a piece in the wall street journal talking about how eisenhower stopped the british and french invaded egypt in 1956 to capture suez. little worse lead to big wars. this is particularly relevant, and arming our arsenals, fearful that a small war would lead to a big one. he was under tremendous constant pressure. to get away from his own theory of war. military and civilian to fight limited wars. to fight in the vietnams of the future. eisenhower resisted every step of the way. you have to be willing to go all the way but don't fight at all. this is relevant to this very moment because barack obama has sort of i don't want to intervene but this one time in libya because a lot of civilians are about to be killed, let's do it this one time with allies and a limited war. he is talking about national policy which is gaddafi has to go but he doesn't talk about how that is going to happen. makes me nervous. i thought he made a good speech and reasoned analysis but had eisenhower ringing in my head. i could hear his ghost say all or nothing. don't do this unless you mean it. don't go i

base is to some degree going for it according to a recent poll from the wall street journal he's close to leading the field but if there was ever a poll to be questioned this is it i think they must have been asking something like for president of the united states of america would you prefer a donald trump be snooki mitt romney care or d. some guy from kenya yes trump is going to. the birth or issue one is right about one thing it certainly resonates with the people who respond well to wall street journal polls and america's new disgusting strain of xena phobia that is fear of people not like us you know like a rock present from kenya who is a socialist and a baby eater you don't have to be afraid of the president to disagree with him but trump is then making the headlines and making the rounds i would going to take the oil i would just take the oil we don't know who the rebels are we hear they come from iran we hear they're influenced by iran iran or al-qaeda and frankly i would go and i would take the oil and stop this baby stuff like your babies we have wars and we leave we go and

also joining us up for "the wall street journal." guest: the fcc is to have spectrum caps in place to prevent companies from getting too big and then i think it was -- i'm not entirely sure, they did away with them. to think it is time to bring them back? >> guest: is not in favor of that. i think it went much better had we continued with spectrum caps and avoidance of excessive concentration we have had since them. yes, think that is something that we could consider. the numbers would have to change in the percentage would have to change, probably given the things that did happen in the market. i noticed just the other day off, great britain announced it is going to have this enormous auction from 250 megahurts of spectrum and they are putting limits on the amount that anybody can end up with and it is premised on the idea that they think there should be at least a minimum of four wholesale competitors in each of those in that spectrum. >> guest: when you talk about limits on options if you are talking about incentive options and au

also joining us here an the table is amy schatz of "the wall street journal." commissioner, if i could start with the at&t/t-mobile usa acquisition. what do you see as the biggest impediment to that happening, and how long do you see the process taking? >> guest: well, at first, i really don't know how long the process will take. it could be the better part of a year. i don't know that it should take that long, but we'll just have to wait and see with the expectations at the commission are. this is a huge transaction, it's a paradigm-altering transaction insofar as the world of wireless goes. you will remember in the comcast merger that i said at the outset that was a very -- would have been a very steep climb for me. i ended up voting against it. this is maybe even a steeper climb from the standpoint of a lot of power, a lot of influence given to one company in a world where with two companies are going to control, like, 80% of the spectrum. so i would hope that my colleagues in looking at this transaction in the months ahead will be asking themselves some ver

cspan: how many years did you work for "the wall street journal"? >> guest: i work with the national observer and remember the weekly publication and when it went under and when it was closed down in there aren't very many getting the civil war and walter cronkite. c-span: when did you retire from the journal? >> guest: 97. i'd still do some work occasionally for the journal. c-span: is their anybody in this book -- you have lots of reporters to talk about in the civil war. do you think it's kind of like jim perry? >> guest: i like to think that. yes, there's 1i like to think of, is charles and he was an amazing man. he worked at the treasury department and his desk was cleared he was allowed to take the field as a war correspondent for the new york tribune and he was very good, he was the best feature writer in the civil war, i think. i'm the only one who's ever written a book about the correspondence who's been a reporter himself so i think i get a better feel for who these people are. i know these characters. they are familiar to me. cspan: where

and they'll continue i just you know it's just it's like we've created this monster any other wall street journal released a new report this week about job outsourcing turns out some of the biggest so-called american corporations including g.e. wal-mart and cisco have dumped two point nine million american workers off their payrolls and two thousand one at the same time is corporate giants that added two point four million jobs overseas so at a time when america is broken needs its industries to create jobs at home these corporations are dodging taxes sitting on two trillion dollars worth of cash and creating jobs overseas isn't there a word to describe these guys like hers i would say savvy business but i think that what they want to create jobs of the city are not very j.r.c. the good news. seriously you want to be there sitting on cash because there's a long term uncertainty they're not sure what the administration will do if you if you give them incentives to invest they probably would number two is that you know economists agree on very little there's a lot of debate one thing we do agree on

also joining us is amy from the wall street journal.tt acquisition of team mobil. how long do you expect that to take? >> i do not know how long it will take. there is some speculation that it could take the better part of the year. we will just have to wait and see what the expectations of the commission are. this is a huge transaction, a paradigm-altering transaction as far as the world of wireless goes. you will remember in the contest a merger that i said that would have been a very steep climb for me. i ended up voting against it. this will be an even steeper climb from the standpoint of a lot of power, a lot of influence given to one company in a world where two companies are in control of 80% of the spectrum. i hope that my colleagues are looking at this transaction and asking themselves very serious questions about what to do, what competition will be left if this merger is approved. what is the impact going to be on american jobs? i have not found a satisfactory answer yet, but i hope that we will. there is a lot of money on th

. >> some positive news for you, this new poll -- nbc news wall street journal poll shows you surging to second place for potential candidates for 2012. why do you think you're connecting with voters? >> i think i connect with people because i happen to be smart, i happen to have a lot of common sense, i happen to know what i'm doing, i built a great company, and by the way, if i run, i look so forward to filing a declarati declaration, because it's a great company. i built a great company. and i'll make that decision sometime prior to june. >> what are you waiting for? what are you waiting for? >> well, i hate to say it, i have the number one show in nbc. "the apprentice" is doing great, "the celebrity apprentice." >> what does that have to do with it? >> it sounds so trivial, and i hate to bring it up, but you're not allowed to have a show on and be a declared candidate. it's a great show, and it's got phenomenal ratings, and until that show is over, i can't declare, because otherwise nbc would have to take the show off the air, and i think that would be very unfair to nbc. >> recen

crocker israel is going to be really important here what do you make of that report from the wall street journal here jack. well i think this is huge i mean the fact is that afghanistan is an unmitigated disaster and in some ways it's getting worse not because of what's necessarily happening just you know i can understand but what's going on in pakistan because every time we talk about this issue every time we talk about the region you can never do it in isolation it has to be the two side by side i think time in kandahar kabul of herat other parts of the country and if we look at what's going on right now in pakistan it's fascinating to see what the pakistanis are going to do they're pulling back from the americans regardless but we have to really pull back further and look at what it is the pakistanis are always been interested in if you think about the pakistani i.s.i. their intelligence service they've essentially created the tell again drove the taliban into afghanistan for one purpose it's to gain control team influence in the region the idea that they would actually go to karzai and say c

"the wall street journal" reports the securities and exchange commission is nearing a deal with several wall street banks to settle separate charges of fraud that triggered the financial crisis. all street journal reports the security and exchange commission is nearing a deal to settle fraud that triggered the financial crisis. ford shares slipped after widening a recall of more than a million of its best selling f-150 trucks over air bag problems. zip car zoomed 56% during its first day of trading on the nasdaq. finally, if you love the smell of bacon frying, one company is hoping you may also want to smell like it. that's right. bacon cologne, a peppery essence of pork that won't clog your arteries. >>> coming up, a damon dinger, and some high school ingenuity on the diamond. plus, when it comes to the new york mets, maybe they should look for some help from their ball boys. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> severe weather will continue into your saturday. your weekend forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waki

he owns the "wall street journal." bloomberg sprung from nowhere to create progress of journalism online. i will respectfully disagree on that. >> thinking about california watch, we feature them regularly, and they are doing excellent investigative work. is anyone familiar with those, and can you talk about the success and where you see that going? do you think that we will see more of these kinds of outlets? >> i think that paying for news journalism and especially for news journalism with a variety of politica

>>gabe:>>gabe: according to the wall street journal the tracking data is not just stored on your i phoned 3 g and computer these devices sink up to but it's also been transmitted back to apple headquarters. the wall street journal reporting it's not just the i phone tracking you but that google android smart phones are also tracking where you have been and send that information back to google. what do the companies behind our phones use this tracking information for? by looking at the data they can say where weak cellphone reception are and fix it. google could help find out how traffic conditions along highways are doing, how fast and slow their moving. don't forget how many apps on your smart phone use your location to operate. if you try to find a certain type of business nearby or social networking app where your interacting with people or in your area. it brings up another use for apple and google they could use your location to target ads to you. that helps them make money. another interesting twist in this unfolding drama, an editor with c-net discovered that law enforcement has k

>>gabe:>>gabe: according to the wall street journal the tracking data is not just stored on your i phonek up to but it's also been transmitted back to apple headquarters. the wall street journal reporting it's not just the i phone tracking you but that google android smart phones are also tracking where you have been and send that information back to google. what do the companies behind our phones use this tracking information for? by looking at the data they can say where weak cellphone reception are and fix it. google could help find out how traffic conditions along highways are doing, how fast and slow their moving. don't forget how many apps on your smart phone use your location to operate. if you try to find a certain type of business nearby or social networking app where your interacting with people or in your area. it brings up another use for apple and google they could use your location to target ads to you. that helps them make money. another interesting twist in this unfolding drama, an editor with c-net discovered that law enforcement has known about these secret files on tra

did you notice the wall street journal said that the vacancies in shopping malls are up.. >> rob: us. from an investment standpoint we knew that that was coming- yes. real estate has been a problem and even commercial real-estate. on the other hand apartment vacancies are dropping. people are getting foreclosures and moving into apartments. if one person is losing? the other person is gaining. and perhaps if you and i started jewelry business? >>catherine: vigo not now. >> rob: longeron? at costco lingerie-la >>catherine: oil? >> rob: $110 per barrel. $4 per gallon is going to stay throughout the summer. and could impact financial recovery. monday will see more with marginal depression how much it it does this price suppress profits. >>catherine: perhaps quadriad costco is not such a bad idea all law coastacostcod launch repurchases at cost lingerie purchases--at costco with the rising to prices, combining trips. [ jerry ] look at this! you got a state-of-the-art man-cave, but the savings account of a cave-man! hey sports fans check this out. [ beep ] oops, my bad. earn m

>>gabe: according to the wall street journal the tracking data is not just stored on your i phone, i d 3 g and computer these devices sink up to but it's also been transmitted back to apple headquarters. the wall street journal reporting it's not just the i phone tracking you but that google android smart phones are also tracking where you have been and send that information back to google. what do the companies behind our phones use this tracking information for? by looking at the data they can say where weak cellphone reception are and fix it. google could help find out how traffic conditions along highways are doing, how fast and slow their moving. don't forget how many apps on your smart phone use your location to operate. if you try to find a certain type of business nearby or social networking app where your interacting with people or in your area. it brings up another use for apple and google they could use your location to target ads to you. that helps them make money. another interesting twist in this unfolding drama, an editor with c-net discovered that law enforcement has k

this is from "the wall street journal."ost: we have got george on the line for independents from ridgewood, new york. caller: thank you for taking my call. when everything was made in america -- now, we have to take money from china to support america. if we create factories in the united states to make television, and to make plastic, to make products -- if we wait for the rich to do that, we're going to wait for a long time and they will never do it. rich people are taking their money overseas to invest in things that will multiply faster. they will not open factories here. the united states government must open factories in america but to hire people, to pay people, the people will pay taxes, and then the economy will come back. the only way it will work is to open factories in this country. look at japan after world war ii. they did not have anything and they build the economy based on industrial. host: let's take a look at a couple of comments. this one by e-mail from st uart. this is on twitter. jack says, "the republ

that is in the "wall street journal." this is the front page of the "wall street journal." it talks about the stock market increase yesterday. in the lead story, "hurdles confront obama's campaign." last call for this first segment, idaho, lary, 68 years old. caller: good morning. it is a pleasure to speak with you this morning, peter. i have a couple of points, but i will be brief. i served 27 years in the military. i put my life on the line many times. he asked me if i am willing to give money to help our country -- you asked if i am willing to give a little bit of money to help our country -- absolutely. it does not bother me that people are smarter than me and make more money than me. i do not begrudge them that. this sounds like the bolshevik resolution -- revolution. we are raising a class of which i do not believe we will ever be able to get rid of. they do not take care of apparent anymore. their parents take care of them -- they do not take care of their parents anymore. their parents take care of them. they're just sucking the life out of our country. host: did yo

wall street when standard & poor's downgraded the long-term outlook for the nation's debt to negative. but there are other worries about the strength of the recovering u.s. economy. abc7's lilian kim has more. >> "wall street journal" ended the -- wall street ended the day lower. it tumbled as the standard & poor's lowered the outlook from stable to negative and said there is a one in three chance the rating on the debt could slip if washington doesn't come up with a plan. the white house tried to offer assurances. >> the fact that republicans, he and the republicans agree on a target $4 trillion in deficit reduction over ten to 12 years is an enormously positive development. >> grim outlooks are also having an effect on gas prices. but unlike stocks, they're not plummeting, they are storing. wall street is accomplice. speculators in oil future market who bid prices up are betting that things will get worse in the middle east. >> it's not a fear premium. it's a risk premium. they accept a risk and you pay premium based on the risk. >> that premium is costing consumer 35 cents extra a gallon. so in bay area it is costing $4.25 a gallon. it's taking such a toll, people are running out of gas. calls for emergency gas

the wall street journal plans to export 22,000 trucks and cars in total. it's usually 32,000, to keep it in perspective. they shut down their plants after the earthquake and tsunami. this is your cup of tea. apple is suing sam sung over the galaxy phones. they copied the iphone and ipad. it uses googles operating system. apple has a bigger issue like the entire look of their screen icons just to name something. apple is samsung's largest partner. we love how apple likes to mix words when they are out speaking. >> it's direct. you have to be honest, if you just see somebody walking by with a sangsung tab, it looks like an ipad. not that you ever see anybody. >> that's the point that people are saying. >> theoretically if someone walked by. thank you very much. christina, loren, the authentic thing. >> that's crazy talk. good morning to you. we are looking good this morning. we are clear overall. we have cloudy skiesover head. nothing on the radar. you might find fog that produces a drizzling effect. this afternoon, when the sun comes out, we warm up to the

joining us is jeff bennett from the wall street journal and eric mayne from wards. great to have you too. i'm fascinated with what is going on with the mopar brands. i have interviewed countless spokespersons, but i don't believe anyone has talked about the mopar brand before. here you are as ceo, doing all of these things. what are the marrin marching instructions that sergio gave you? >> the m oorkopar brand has a lf history, 75 years of history, and within the last ten years has been neglected. a lot of industry firsts, but was not under the spotlight. mopar is in charge of everything, is about taking care of the customer after the purchase of a car. one of the main missions we have at chrysler is to improve and revamp the customer experience. so naturally, mopar is an important asset in this process. take care of the customer is the mission, and giving the best experience when they come to our dealership. >> how important is mopar to the customer's biz ?ns business? >> i tell you, november 2009 when we presented our plan, our ceo was clear in explaining the miss

they wrote this op-ed in the "wall street journal." i'll just quote two short paragraphs. they start out by saying "wanted: a strategy for economic growth, full employment and deficit reduction all without inflation." they say "experience shows how to get there. credible actions that reduce the rapid growth of federal spending and debt will raise economic growth and lower the unemployment rate, higher private investment, not more government purchases, is the surest way to increase prosperity. when private investment is high, unemployment is low. above all, they say, the federal government needs a credible and transparent budget strategy. it's time for a game changeer, a budget action that will stop the recent discretionary spending binge before it gets entrenched in government agencies." and they conclude by saying "we need to lay out a path for total federal government spending growth for the next year and later years that will gradually bring spending into balance with the amount of tax revenues generated in later years by the current tax system. assurance that the curre

there's a surprise in nbc wall street journal poll.he poll asked voter who is was their choice among the possible republican candidates. mitt romney came in first with 21%. donald trump is tied for second with mike huckabee with 17%. newt gingrich. trump isn't officially a candidate. he's telling a lot of people he wants to run. a lot of people aren't buying it. chris christie says trump is a friend and doesn't think he wants to be president. you'll hear more from trump coming up on the "today" show. >> he wants to do it to go in and tell everybody from the previous administration, you're fired. i want to check in with scott. >> it's quiet on wall street. the dow is unchanged. i want to call your attention to netflix. it's down almost 2.5% after google said it would invest or rumors google will invest $100 million in professional youtube programming. before we go, i wanted to call your attention to this. a biochemist who discovered hepatitis b died of a heart attack in mountain view. he was at a conference when he had a heart attack. h

host: in other news, "wall street journal" frontpage.nside of the "washington post," president of bonnet contemplating sanctions against syria. the bush administration imposed stiff financial sanctions -- that is on the situation in syria this morning. newspapers reporting on that. also this morning, the caller referred to the health care law passed under president obama. here is "usa today" with many of the newspapers having this. the supreme court rejected a request from virginia officials to hear the constitutionality of the federal health-care law passed last year, winning the battle to play up first in lower appeals court. we are talking about the role of whistleblowers. haddam, the democratic line, illinois. caller: thank you, c-span. i am from ghana originally. i learned that our government is aware of the drug dealing. through wikileaks, we have found that the government of ghana is aware of the drugs taking place. [unintelligible] yesterday i read also on the radio, i heard on the radio, that the president's wife has received a

. >>> and perhaps the most stunning result in our most recent nbc news/"wall street journal" poll comesrom the potential lineup for republican contenders in the 2012 presidential election. the survey finds that donald trump is suddenly tied for second in the gop field, running behind front-runner mitt romney. trump now shares the number two spot with former arkansas governor mike huckabee. trump, who has received a considerable amount of attention recently for continuing to incorrectly insist that president obama wasn't born in the u.s. also surprisingly finishes first among tea party supporters. and don't miss meredith vieira's exclusive interview with donald trump, that's later this morning on "today," right here on your nbc station. >>> libyan leader moammar gadhafi is trying a rather unusual tactic trying to end the nato air strikes in his country. he sent a letter to president obama. in the letter, which includes numerous spelling and grammatical errors, he asks president obama to end a, quote, unjust war. gadhafi goes on to say that he bears no ill will towards president obama. he

new york book review the "wall street journal" "l.a. times" the washington post. so on.com. three books on white buddhists, recently american jesus, how the son of god became a national icon. red sox die fan and ken u.s. richard plotherow. >> bangor maine 47 years of age. wife na g i sa. jewish. politics independence. wesley 81. london school of economics ms international relations. business week magazine moscow burro chief 4 years. the atlantic contributing editor one year and currently. national journal staff correspondent with five cover stories this year. the french were right kerry is a worldly der the rise of nationalism. rethinking that zionism and going dutch one year the new york and washington post, "los angeles times" contributed to. the real state of the union essays on united states the angry american our commentary on social rage. hobbies, travel in the form of ussr, the mideast and europe. paul, jeffrey sarrabin. >> the statistics that i gave from this quite remarkable 5,500 were recapped. do you believe that the historical account as given by at least two of

the wake of widespread controversy over tracking devices in apple's iphones, this morning's wall street journal reports iphones and android smartphones both routinely transmit location data back to apple and google helping them tap a growing multibillion dollar market for location-based services. toyota is recalling more than 200,000 rav 4s and nearly 100,000 highlander suvs over potential air bag problems. a federal jury ruled mattel does not own the sketches or the idea for the popular bratz dolls made by mga entertainment despite the claim that the designer made the drawings while employed by mattel. >>> finally, not sure what to do with that drawer of t-shirts? for about $250, you can have them made into a soft and cuddly quilt. >>> the dodgers manage to ignore disrakss about in their faceoff with the braves. plus lebron james and dwyane wade plow ahead with their playoff charge. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> heavy rain and flooding is in the forecast right into the weekend. your weekend forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if

new york book review the "wall street journal" "l.a. times" the washington post. so on.com. three books on white buddhists, recently american jesus, how the son of god became a national icon. red sox die fan and ken u.s. richard plotherow. >> bangor maine 47 years of age. wife na g i sa. jewish. politics independence. wesley 81. london school of economics ms international relations. business week magazine moscow burro chief 4 years. the atlantic contributing editor one year and currently. national journal staff correspondent with five cover stories this year. the french were right kerry is a worldly der the rise of nationalism. rethinking that zionism and going dutch one year the new york and washington post, "los angeles times" contributed to. the real state of the union essays on united states the angry american our commentary on social rage. hobbies, travel in the form of ussr, the mideast and europe. paul, jeffrey sarrabin. >> the statistics that i gave from this quite remarkable 5,500 were recapped. do you believe that the historical account as given by at least two of

host: the lead editorial in this morning's "wall street journal." they also quote attorney general eric holder. springfield, massachusetts. george on our line for independents. caller: thank you. just a quick observation on the budget. i think it is sad that as a people we have lost the ability to listen to what we are being told. the republicans -- there's a lot of good people, republicans and democrats, but they are supposed to be servants. the thing is, they are servants of the corporations and ponds -- pawns of corporations. until americans realize that, but they are voting against their interests. host: another tweet from a member of congress. from senator jeff sessions who writes -- tweet we found from the senator sessions, ranking member of the senate judiciary committee. our last caller is maria on our line for democrats. caller: can you hear me? host: yes, go ahead. caller: two comments. one is about the budget with medicare and medicaid. they take it out of our paychecks to fund. i do not understand why they want to cut that. secondly, abo

and then also here is the "wall street journal" this morning with their story. is is the story yesterday, halliburton emerges from cult disaster unscathed. that is the headline -- cult disaster unscathed. that is the headline from the "wall street journal." another newspaper, it is down 13% from 2010. the drilling suspension along with the new, slower permitting process will result in a loss of about 375,000 barrels of oil a day during that is roughly equivalent to one-third of the production in libya that remain shut down because of political turmoil there. it goes on to say that bp production stands at 300,000 barrels, the equivalent down from more than 400,000 before the spill. chevron corp. produced 260,000 barrels of oil and natural gas a day from the cult and 2010. lisbon, ohio, richard, an independent. good morning. caller: i like to present a couple of images here. i saw a picture of the pelican, i've seen it a thousand days. drenched in oil right on the beach? you can only see one of its size. i studied that idea the day and i saw the fear and confusion.

you know "the wall street journal" does their homework. 93% of women do not like their armpits. but the cosmetic industry is here to save you. >> oh, yeah? >> they'll have a whole line of product. a bunch of competing brands are releasing deodorants and moisturizers. >> so it's about that. >> absolutely. >> men shouldn't like their armpits either. >> apparently you need to have better looking armpits. now poor ladies will launch this entire barrage of products at you to make your armpits more attractive. >> don't tell me about it. nail polish, i don't know. >> don't you bedazzle your pits, barbara, i will not stand for that. >> tommy mcfly, what will you think of next? >> i don't know. thanks for having me. >>> we'll take a look at some of the stories following this afternoon. pat lawson muse joins us from the newsroom. >> coming up this afternoon. home makeovers. a second season of george to the rescue debuts over the weekend. one of the homes being redone this time this season is in our area. we'll talk live with george oliphant to find out what it takes to pull off one of the