We have the chief executive of the rock n roll hall of fame. Hes going to explain what case, kiss and what nirvana have in common. Microsoft saying it anticipates completing the thech for its next ceo in early part of 2014. Lead independent director john compton wrote in a blog post that the company has identified 100 candidates, talk to several dozen, and has focused on 20 individuals. The senate has moved nearer to passing a bipartisan budget deal that would ease 63 billion in spending cuts. With 12te voted today republicans joining all the chambers democrats. President obama said he will sign the plan into law. This set the stage for a final vote by tomorrow. Back over to you. Executives from 15 Technology Companies went to the white house today to meet president obama. One issue at the top of their list, the u. S. Intelligence activity. White house correspondent Phil Mattingly joins us now. What did Silicon Valley have to say to the president in the white house . A statementased sh
Right now at 10 oclock we have learned that doctors have downgraded the condition of nina pham, the first person to contract ebola on u. S. Soil. Good evening, im chris may. And im Natasha Brown in for jessica. Doctors downgraded phams condition from good to fair. Researchers are working on an ebola vaccine at the National Institute of health in maryland. Thats where pham is being treated. Today president obama named ron crane former chief of staff to Vice President joe biden and al gore to serve as ebola czar. A cruise ship carrying a dallas Healthcare Worker being monitored for signs of ebola is headed back to texas. The ship was refused to dock in mexico. City officials are urging calm. Today we learned another philadelphia hospital will be on the front lines of any fight against the virus. The hospital of the university of pennsylvania will care for medical workers who contract ebola while working in west africa. The hospital has conducted Refresher Training and says it is able to
Stamp hunger out. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis pleased to welcome alicia keys to this program. The 14time grammy winner is out with her first album in three years now, and this is the since the birth of her twoyearold son, egypt. The project is called, as if you didnt know, girl on fire. As i mentioned at the top, it features a great lineup of guest artists. From the new disc, here is some of the video for the title track, girl on fire. We got our feet on the ground and were burning it town oh oh oh oh oh got our head in the clouds and were not coming down this girl is on fire this girl is on fire walking on fire this girl is on fire everybody says that shes on fire that they can see the flame thats in her eyes tavis so even though you have a legitimate reason for being gone for three years a baby. Youve earned that right thank you. Tavis to take a few years off. But even when you have a legitimate reason for doing that, three years i
Given what we just saw on the gdp . I think the new normal is the old normal. Stock give you pretty good turns, especially on top of inflation. Stocks are going to be once again a big part of peoples portfolios. You have a right to be cautious. I only need one number to put you back in now we talked about this last time. I was going for slower appreciation. Guys, thank you very much. That does it for us today. Right now its time for squawk on the street. Good morning to you all. Im melissa lee, along with jim cramer, david faber at the new york stock exchange. Carl quintanilla is live where research in motion is holding their blackberry 10 launch today. Lets look at futures and how were setting up for the day. We saw a bit of a reversal on the gdp numbers, the first contraction since 2009. Now were in negative territory. As for europe, confidence coming in stronger in the real star here. The euro topping 135 for the First Time Since april 2010. And strengthening even more after the gdp
The news came out. Liz there go the bells on this tuesday as we take a look and see how stocks are faring up. Dow jones industrials. At 3 00 p. M. Eastern, suddenly we hit the highs of the session pointing to the upside. The nasdaq cant quite make it. Apple represents 10 of the nasdaq 100. Down two to 3 the last couple of minutes so we are watching that very closely. David facebook not helping the nasdaq either. Lets take a look at natural gas, if we could. Actually doing quite well today, coming back again after a very serious drop for most of the year, but ever since the first of the year, it is on its way back. Natural gas is doing well. Liz disney announcing a new Gaming Experience bringing storytelling, look at these tiny figures on your screen, to a whole new level and takes advantage of their iconic disney and pixar characters. We have the copresident of Disney Interactive coming up to tell us all about disneys Innovative New gaming universe. David everybody wants to know what i