also lori glemscheyer, the dean of weill cornell medical college.orning. i just want to say this is great news. we love hearing about big gifts like this, but what made you decide to give this gift to weill cornell? >> i'm happy to tell you, first of all, the gift is largely directed at cancer research. our family has not been just touched by cancer, we've been battered by it. so my wife and i have known for a long time that when we came to give a major gift, and this is one of them, it would be in the service of cancer research. the real question was where do you give it so that it has the most effect and can be most productive in terms of improving cancer care? and we did a great deal of research, due diligence like i did in business, and came to the conclusion that weill cornell, run by lori who, by the way, is a researcher. i love that. and with a doctorate was really going to be a leader in the new paradigm of cancer research. so it was a great delight that we ended our two-year quest for where it should go to conclude that weill cornell was wh

how weill ever get out of this mess is a very good questio how we will make it operate is a very good qustion. how it will be fair and equitable is a fair questio why didn't they do the nixon thing ofgiving it a check for people who couldn't afford to buy health insurance? i have no idea. >> charles, now whether you like it or not, it is what it is and republicans, of course, want to just turn away from itch there is another strategy that says, well, let this thing go on its own course and die on the vine of hits own accord. i'm not sure it happened that way. >> listen, to charlie gasparino's point, you may have the president the same for three years the argument is are we going to let insurance companies go out of business an nobody has health insurance? and it's going to be a tough proposition. ben just said we knew it was going to be a wealth transfer, that's true. we did not know we were going to be subs diekz it as single men who is a grown adult that make $45 grand a year, somehow we would be on th hook to pay these premiums. the young peopleign up, it is ludicrous they are not

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talk to us on twitter weill we're on the air. >>> seattle seahawks quarterback richard sherman speaking out after his tirade after beating the 49ers last night. here is sherman right after the game. this is what has got everybody talking. >> final play. take me through it. >> i'm the best corner the game! when you try me with a sorry receiver like crabtree! that is the result you will get. don't ever talk about me! >> who was talking about you? >> crabtree. i will stand up for you real quick! bill: that is epic. really great stuff. sherman is coming out with a opinion piece on a sports blog. this is part of what he writes. quote, a lot of what i said to erin andrews was adrenaline talking and some of that was michael crabtree. to those who would call me a thug or worse because i show passion on a football field, don't judge a person's character what they do between the lines. judge a man what he does off the field what he does for his community, what he does for his family, end quote. adrenaline pumping, end of game, 70,000 people. the guy went to stanford. was a wide receiver converted

ahead weill get up in the 30s and 40s along the northeast t will be mainly a rain event.r. this roller coaster ride. winter weather advisories and we have blizzard warnings as the storm system moves through. keeps us busy in the fox extreme weather center. back to you. >> whoa, janice dean, thank you very much. >> you're welcome i think. ashley: exactly. tracy: i have this little pipe that was frozen this morning. i think it will be rosen next month. ashley: i think so. tracy: we'll use a different sink in the house. tomorrow's business today. general mills announcing that it is producing cheerios without genetically modified ingredients. first question is why were they there in the first place? there is broad consensus food containing gmos is safe but we decided to move forward as a result of consumer demand is the quote from the company. concerns for gmos is heating up because of possible health concerns due to pesticides. general mills is up 19% in the last year. man, oh, man. that is expensive box of gmos. ashley: really is. not like it is cheaper that it is again net

weill be right back. tracy: all right. it is this time of day.. nicole petallides on the floor of the exchange. we go every 15 minutes. nicole, the dow is down 34 points right now but you have big movers in the airlines, right. >> that's right. they are actually going in opposite direction hitting new times, 52-week highs, all-time highs. southwest airlines, continental airlines, delta air lines, up arrows. american up 5%. delta up 3%. much of it on a call from deutsche bank. deutsche bank said airlines will reap benefits of mergers in the industry in the year 2014. also anticipating growth, more global growth and better economic growth. that is good news as well as they expect profits to rise in 2014 and so, just saying basically the best is yet to come for the group despite the fact we've had a few storms including hercules and electra that caused cancellations. but big picture here deutsche bank liking the group overall. back to you. tracy: thanks, nicole. recent loy about the jetblue incident, it is going to be fine. ashley: that is fine. it

. >> you can put paulson, sandy weill on that list.son made some of the courageous decisions in the shortest period of time that anybody has put under the pressure to do and, you know, i go to work every day thinking if we can hit an 80% right on the decisions we're making we're doing beautifully. i think they did better than that. t.a.r.p. i think was extraordinary. it was innovative. he'd be number one and probably two and three. >> not bernak? >> obviously great support. he's done great. the troika at the time. bernanke, paulson, this was the yankees. we were lucky to have them at the plate. all three of them hopefully are on the list. >> greg, great having you. thank you. >> thank you. >> we'll be back next year, absolutely. >> thank you. >>> up next, actor matt damon joins us to talk about his new venture to bring clean water to the world. that interview is up after this break. "squawk box" will be right back. by the way, we go from damon to dimon. j.p.'s jamie dimon will be here. we start at 6:00 a.m. eastern time. "squawk box" i