general, andrew. blocking people on twitter, suing people in general. people are made to be sued. i m more excited about the we ve got to talk about this battery company. the chinese battery company. chinese company buying a u.s. battery company. it wasn t before. the obama administration has put a lot of money into this and now who s going to get the technology and the company? this is the latest in a series of things that s very difficult to decide what type of industry you re going to create when it s just not being created by market forces. this is unfortunately what happens. i don t know how much we, taxpayers, have put into it but the chinese are going to end up with a lot of the innovations and kind of step in and save it. classic. in other news this morning, more homes entering foreclosure process in july. lenders are tackling a backlog of mortgages that have gone unpaid. according to realty track, the number of homes hit with an initial notice of defaul
december. so it is no surprise that our road map today says beware of europe. spanish yields now higher than where they were before the ecb s latest rescue plan and with disappointing production out of germany is the periphery of europe now infecting the core? good chain store sales here in the u.s. thanks to the warmest march in 50 years. macy s and target beat and raised guidance. gap posts its best in years and the stock ended an 11-year high this morning. and jamie dimon s annual shareholder letter. housing is back. his stock is a buy. and banking regulation is holding back the recovery. markets poised to open to the down side one day after posting their worst losses in about a month. renewed worries about the european debt crisis in the spotlight as spanish yields are spiking. all of this ahead of tomorrow s big jobs report in this country and though the markets are closed tomorrow, be sure to watch a very special jobs report edition of squawk box from 7:00 to
the border has been able to survive during this tough time for financials. next, on the floor of the new york stock exchange, this is the final and most important hour of the trading day. and we do welcome you. as you said to me earlier, it s march already. march 1st. when did that happen. welcome to the big board. i m bill griffeth. hi, everybody, i m maria bartiromo. we re coming from post 9 of the floor of the nyse. it s a risk on day. you know how i know that? yesterday the leading sector of the s&p 500 sectors was a defensive sector. consumer discretionary, staple discretionaries. you know what the lagging is? the consumer discretionaries. we heard from bernanke earlier, a lot of commentary in the bernanke speech earlier today about the volcker rule. we now know that the volcker rule will not be implemented right now in july. we re waiting for more clarity on that. but clearly, not enough information. and not enough distinction between what is proprietary tra
simplest, blunt question are you clean and sober? yes, i m glad to say i m clean and sober. can the troubled star mount a comeback? a preview of our exclusive interview today, wednesday, february 29th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to today. it s 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on a wednesday. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. authorities have now updated the death toll to four across the midwest. take a look at harveyville, kansas, where a tornado has damaged 40% of one town, matt. just one of those twisters has had emergency crews scrambling this morning. we are seeing widespread damage in missouri, as well. this, coming up, is a picture from branson, where a tornado uprooted signs and toppled power lines around that city s famous theater district. there you re seeing branson, missouri, right there. that s right. so we want to get right to al roker, who s joining us with the latest. good morning. wel
yes. i m good. i m clean and sober. can she mount a comeback? a preview of our interview today, wednesday, february 29, a preview of our interview today, wednesday, february 29, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television don t get to say it all that often february 29. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. once every four years. i m ann curry. the tornadoes started late last night in the midwest. this morning tornado watches are in effect as far as tennessee and we are told there is a tornado on the ground in metropolis illinois as we go to air this morning. a storm chaser caught these images of a twister moving through hutchison, kansas. nearby, part of the town of harveyville has been damaged. al will have more on the storms coming up. and for the first time we are hearing the frantic 911 calls from monday s high school shooting in ohio. three students were killed. coming up, the parents of the first victim who died will be speakin