And as the time warner cbs blackout continues heres the big question. Will this speed up the demise of the cable tv model . More and more americans are looking into cutting that cord. All those stories and much more coming up in the kudlow report, beginning right now. Good evening, everyone. Im larry kudlow. This is the kudlow report. First up tonight, a major shakeup at two of the countrys most influential newspapers. After four generations of family ownership the Washington Post is selling to amazon ceo jeff bezos. This coming on the heels of the New York Times fire sale of the boston globe, unloading the paper to red sox owner john henry for seven cents on the dollar. So what do the Washington Post, the New York Times, the boston globe, and lets add the l. A. Times and the chicago tribune, what do they all have in common . Well, theyre flunking the digital revolution. Theyre also ignoring centerright conservative readers. And therefore, theyre getting slammed by new media competitio
Barbara harrison. Right now there is light snow in chicago. This is Michigan Avenue a few hours ago. The snow is coming from the same storm system that could bring us snow later this afternoon. The windy city already has a layer of snow on the ground and has been dealing with extremely cold temperatures this week, just like us. And this is what the snow did to neighborhoods in one Fairfax County naked overnight. The snow turned to ice. This is a side street off annandale road. Vdot doesnt plow the roads unless they get over two inches. Some of the schools already decided to close early. Fairfax county closing 2 hours early. Montgomery county 2 1 2 hours early. Fauquier closing at noon. Charles county closing 2 hours ear early. Loudoun county closing 1 hour early. Calvert county and frederick county, maryland, closeding 2 hours early. Continue to watch the bottom of your screen for more updates and tune into nbcwashington. Com. Storm Team Meteorologist tom kieran. Folks are getting read
Welcome back, everybody. Just a reminder for you. Sunday at 2 00 a. M. , that marks the start of daylight savings time. Spring forward, lose an hour of sleep. So youre going to be even more tired when you come in on monday morning. Happy friday. Lets get back to our guest host. That just depresses me. Leave us with you know what, its been such a good news day and i dont want to screw it up, but is there anything youre worried about at all . Ten seconds here. I think one bad thing about getting bad news, if we keep getting it, people will start to obsess about the end of qe. I think its too early for that. I think its goldilocks right now. The analysts are still too negative. Stocks go higher. Thank you very much for joining us today, alec. Have a wonderful weekend. Join us on monday. Squawk on the street starts right now. 236,000, that is the jobs number for february. The jobless rate, 7. 7 . Thats the lowest since december of 2008. Good morning. Welcome to squawk on the street. Im Car
It is jobs friday, the bulls are betting that this mornings employment report will add fuel to the markets report run. But theres always that risk that the numbers could rerail the rally. We want to talk about this. Plus, cash back. U. S. Companies are showing investors are love with the windfall of dividendes and Share Buybacks. Plus, stress tests. The major banks get a passing grade. I think 18 out of 19 from the Federal Reserve. Still, critics say questions about the health of the Financial System remain. Its friday, march 8th, 2013 and squawk box begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im barack obama along with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Happy jobs friday, everybody. Double whamny today, not only is it friday, its also a jobs friday. The full forecast says 160,000 jobs were added last month. I cant believe the which is fer numbers arent higher than that. Ive looked at a lot of numbers that say its above 200,000. The Unemployment Rate
Earlier in the show, we asked you to weigh in on the jc penney debate and decide whether the bear or bull won. We tallied the results, and you said i dont think im surprised. Steve weiss, made the better argument, weiss . I think we have a very intelligent audience. Victory lap. I had to give you a victory thing there. Pete . Trm, this is going higher. Doc . Shipping. Chrw. A lot of buying of may 60 calls. Stock correcting more than 10 . Bought citi yesterday and more this morning. Tesla. Among the june 40 calls, unfairly beaten up. Tweet me. That does it for us. Can you see more fast at 5 00 tonight. Big snap back. Dow marching towards all time closing highs. Right now up 130 points and power starts now. It is 1 00 in the east. Welcome, everybody. On wall street we have several breaking stories to tell you about. Big news on apple and price line today. Apples Shareholders Meeting and a day after a big report on priceline. We have that companys ceo. Lets look at apple shares for the up