people talk about republican, we re pro america, go america. that s not what america is now. america today is that we do not allow or tolerate this kind of bigotry in our politics. john macarthur, one thing that has happened in the last generation of politicians, they ve all become religious exhibitionist, they are all eager to tell you about their relationship to god and their religion. donald trump very eager to tell you about his presbyterian credentials and all that stuff. none of them say that that s a private matter, that s something i m not going to discuss. yeah, i would bring up barack obama. i mean, not as muslim but as kind of a not very serious christian. he had to work very hard to present himself as a christian candidate, precisely because of his heritage and his african father.
really remember. but that s pretty much what happened. well, today french president gave the three men and a britain the french highest award. joining us is lt. colonel ralph peters. what do we know about this jihadist, colonel? bill, the first thing i have to say is thank god those americans were there. go america, they were wonderful. as far as the jihadist goes, what s striking about him is what a real dufus he was. this was not a stunningly well-trained guy. fortunately he didn t even know how to clear a jammed weapon. but i think what the french police must be looking at now is that he clearly did not act alone. now, he was a solo gunman. but where did he get the guns? how did he pick them up? he was able supposedly homeless, flying all over europe. he can get a first class train ticket. so you what think he even has his lawyer saying he
we are just moments away from the opening bell and the start of the new trading week on wall street. mandy drury joins us with a market rundown from cnbc. good morning, jose. at this stage futures are flattish, remember coming off an amazingly good february for the stock market. it was the best since october, 2011. obviously now a kind of waiting for the next positive catalyst to push higher from here. you might have heard warren buffett this morning on cnbc talking with our becky quick and he did sound a bullish knode note saying if you re a 20 or 30-year-old invest american because he believes the best days of america lie ahead. really bullish note for go america. elsewhere, the dollar hitting around 11 jeer highs. more bang for your buck and more consumer spending this morning, which fell for the second consecutive month. good thing for viewers. income grew. what we want. right? wages, salaries increased. really good news. if we continue to get job gains
before. rachel nichols joins us. reporter: i don t think there was anyone more surprised than sage. and he made it out of the semifinals, he tweeted whoa, i just made the olympics. he sat down to talk with us about everything from his very unusual night before race preparation to his resemblance to a sean penn character in fast times at ridgemont high. it was a time like go america, i was like what? i felt like you guys are family. we don t even know each other but you re here, thanks! you re not the hard-core, athlete type that we re used to seeing. your routine the night before your biggest day of competition,
builds, along with the numbers. now tomorrow the snowboarding halfpipe competition gets under way. that s where the world s most famous snowboarder, shaun white, flown as the flying tomato, will compete. perhaps that will get the crowds going. certainly people hoping the atmosphere continues to build. rachel nichols is joining us from sochi. she s covering this winter olympic games. you got a chance to speak with one of the big winners. yeah, absolutely. the snowboarders have dominated the early part of these games. you know, normally, wolf, when i go to an olympics, we see very serious athletes. they ve been training their whole lives. they talk about personal bests and split times. but this group, it s been a little different. i had a chance to sit down with gold medallist sage kots islist and you ll see why he s the hit. there were a ton of people, the u.s., everything, go