Crisis. I fully support air strikes in iraq. I fully support air strikes in syria. But i also want to make sure that all of the arab communities steps up to the plate and put their boots on the ground, put their men and women, like we do, on the line. Im telling you, this isis stuff just shows how much our lack of leadership has led to a much more dangerous world we live in. Thank you. Congressman rahall . Isis is a threat to Americas National security. It must be taken seriously and no joking around here with this heinous group. Its vital that we cut the head of the snake off. President obama is conducting air raids as we speak to hit at the head of the snake. The command and control centers in iraq and in syria. I support those strikes. I voted for a limited authorization, not for these strikes, but a limited authorization to arm the moderate Syrian Rebels until december 15. Should we have identified these moderate rebels years ago . Sure. You bet we should have. To make sure the arm
The taxpayers want to be safe. The taxpayers want to know that our government is prepared. In this case, we leave no stone unturned in an shoring and shoring today that america is planning for tomorrow. Beginning in march of 2014 in the west african nation the world first learned about yet another new outbreak of the ebola virus. Due to poor detection its possible the outbreak started late last year. By august, ebola spread to liberia, siberia and sierra leone. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention ebola epidemic is the largest in history and sadly the virus has claimed at least 4,000 lives to date. By the end of september, the cdc confirmed the diagnosis of the first travel associated case of ebola in the United States. The situation is rapidly developing into changing and americans are understandably worried. Worried that their governments response to the outbreak and in particular, the steps we are taking to control the spread of ebola. With the high fatality r
Well. Its wednesday, february 6, 2013. Squawk box begins right now. Good morning, welcome to squ squawk box on cnbc. Becky quick is under the weather. Hope you feel better. Joe is off, steve leaseman here, as well. Our guest this hour, Yahoo Finance senior columnist steven kohey. A lot to discuss about the markets. Stocks rallying to wipe out most of the previous session losses. Check out the socalled ear gauge. The vix as we call it, tumbling below 14. Then in the next hour, something a little different on squawk box this morning. Were going to be joined on set by three wellknown names on wall street. Blair ephron, roger altman. And honeywell chief david cody y. These guys . All three have been sitting in on regular Conference Calls with the white house. Theyre among the leaders the Obama Administration is turning to for advice on everything from the deficit to taxes to the broader economy. Then, after we talk to them, theyre going to paint a picture for us, were going to turn to two
Financial officer, it is a leader of our nation. He has no peers when it comes to any other candidate on the republican side or any other republican sitting in the senate. We are out of time. Connell good morning, everyone. I am connell mcshane. Dagen i am dagen mcdowell. Things are looking up on the jobs front. Connell monica crowley. Dagen dreamliner, the troubles have not gone away for boeing. Michael dell has ordered one of them. Connell then there is jamie dimon and John Chambers. You will be hearing from both of them in this hour. Liz claman at the World Economic forum. Cheryl stocks now and every 15 minutes. Apple. Nicole i will show you apple in a moment. The dow, the s p are doing quite well. Fiveyear highs. Highs that we have not seen since 2007. The tech heavy nasdaq, apple weighing on the nasdaq. Are we almost at 14,000 . We cannot believe it. What a fiveyear run this has been. Ibm helping the markets along yesterday. Today, apple delivering news that is below the analysts
We begin with the escalating violence in ukraine. And this brandnew statement from the Russian Foreign ministry. We again urge the kiev organizers of terror against their own people to come to their senses, stop the bloodshed, withdraw troops and sit down finally at the negotiating table. Theres fierce flighting in slavyansk. It is a ukrainian Helicopter Shot down and a steady stream of wounded. [ shouting in Foreign Language ] in odessa, the volatile mix of russianspeaking separatists and proukrainian groups have battled for several days. At least 46 people are dead so far. Promoscow sympathizers stormed the Police Station in odessa. They smashed their way in. A short time later, they celebrated after setting free 67 of their comrades. Ukrainian government blames russia for stirring up the violence. There are 40 to 50,000 Russian Troops massed on the border with ukraine. Our Nick Payton Walsh joining us live. What are you seeing on the ground . Wolf, weve come out of the town of slavy