look at that. of course, our demographic is the highest demographic in television and that goes to the point the critics would make which is it would benefit those who are at the top of the income scale. exactly. i mean, you know, let s just be honest for you 86% out there. you re not getting a flat tax. i mean, i m just going to state the fax. steve forbes has been a guest on this program numerous times discussing the merets on the flat tax and interesting to see those numbers. if you just play it out hypothetically if you were to do it and then you re going to be getting rid of. i m not saying these are good things to get rid of or bad things. personal economy, how many jobs in america are linked to the bloated and ridiculous tax code that we have? it might be bloated and ridiculous. is that necessarily a bad thing? you wonder about the revenue side and fairness. when was the last time we had significant tax reform in this country? it s been a long time. have we
time for our call to action on the stocks you need to watch in afternoon trading. cnbc matt nesto is here with a look. thanks, guys, very much. fourth gain in a row, 6 out of 7 in terms of the big benchmark indexes. look at a couple of the trends i m tracking. come fly with me, i have three stocks that are flying today, all on takeover rumors. glg is up a very strong today and bloomberg reporting that man group out of the uk might be interested in a piece or all of it. radioshack also in play here today and rti international being said to be eyed by bea systems. doubling down on the casinos, all five higher here today and best percentage gainers in the russell 1,000. that s about 10% growth and also power stocks are replace strange buying binge going on here. three of the top ten volume actives in the s&p 500 are utilities. back to you. all right, matt nesto, thanks so much. that is going to do it for us here on the call. i m trish regan. i am larry kudlow. i was
senate. i will say this, here s the difference that makes me optimistic. when we were doing this bill last year, health care was the number one issue on the agenda. there were other important issues on the agenda. whether or not to send the troops to afghanistan. when we come back from recess, the number one issue before the u.s. congress will be this bill in the united states senate. senate dodd s leadership and i know i look at the bill that he, himself did. i know what he wants to do. obviously, there will be some opposition and a lot of people lobbying against it and some of the republicans are promising the financial community they ll kill this thing. i believe we will get a very good bill out of here, especially, i think this is important, this is now the number one issue that the american public is going to be focusing on and in every single issue in contention i think we benefit from that. senator dodd, do you expect to get this will passed on memorial day? the le
welcome to power lunch. major development in the world of sports and tiger woods will begin his golf comeback in just a couple weeks at the masters. darren rovell will have more on this breaking news. i m sue herera. wall street waits to hear the message coming out of today s fed meeting. the federal communication looking to expand broadband internet across the nation. is high-speed right for america? we ll talk to michael powell. a fashionable run up for a stock that has doubled since last year. we ll explore whether there is still time to get in on this outperformer and here what else is on the menu today. i m diana olick. we ll take you to a $14 million home in hilton head, you will not believe the final sale price. all right, thank you, diana. let s get more now on tiger woods who is returning to golf at the masters next month. darren rovell here with the very latest. this was called out some people surprised he would start with the masters. let s get to tig
doubt, due to don t tell me. the weather. yeah, the weather. you got a problem with retailer and housing and everybody blaming the weather? i thought they adjusted for that somehow. they re supposed to. nor do they generally credit the weather when things are better than expected. but they blamed it today. the commerce department said construction of new homes and apartments fell 5.9% seasonally adjusted 575,000 units. this is realty day on cnbc. we have full coverage ahead this hour. another thing people don t point out is what? fewer starts is actually good for the housing market because we have got an inventory. work through the inventory of existing. fair point. gasoline prices a little tougher to take, mark. highest level there since october of 2008. keep national average now $2.79 a gallon, 88 cents higher than a year ago. you want to see a glass half full, that october of 2008 was right after really things started to plummet. yeah. on the back o