good morning, everybody. no double dip. reassuring words to the market from u.s. treasury secretary tim geithner. the world s biggest bond fund says it favors germany over the united states. pimco s latest call. the saints marching to the super bowl championship. new orleans defeating indianapolis 31-17. squawk box begins right now. we are the champions my friends and we ll keep on fighting to the end good monday morning, everybody. welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. i m becky quick. joe and carl are off today. i m lucky enough to be joined by steve and russ. welcome to both of you. thanks for being here. thank you for having us. good to have you guys. can we start right away that joe and carl are off together. they come in together. the purple ties together. where do you surmise they are? it s not a holiday week. they just happened to take off this random week in february. the day after the super bowl of course. enough said. enough said. no