think pat riley, mickey arison, how they handled this and refuse to reflect focused on the positive. worth the investment and cleveland is getting a truly great professional in all of sport, really, when you talk about how lebron has invested himself and what he means on a global brand standpoint. impressive. greg anthony, thank you so much. an exclamation point to add to that? lebron coming straight out of high school the first time with the cavaliers. goes away. equates that to being in collegea maturation process and a joy to see him back in a different role back with his team. the king, never the less. that s right. thanks so much. appreciate it, greg, as well. thanks to you both. we ll be right back.
the news of the day from our nation s capital. the supreme court, for example washington, d.c., president obama and his family getting ready to take off on the long trip to africa. we ve got that covered as well. we ll bring you up to date on everything that s going on as well and give you a chance to comment. that s what makes if so special. your calls your comments, your calls at 1-866-55-press. your comments on twitter at bpshow and on facebook, facebook.com/billpressshow. president obama and the first family leave this morning for a week-long trip to africa take them to senegal to south africa and tanzania. by the way former president george w. bush is going to be on the african continent at the same time. there is no plan now for them to hook up. but of course, all eyes will be on the hospital in pretoria where the great nelson mandela remains in critical condition. here in the united states, the supreme court took a sledgehammer yesterday to the voting rights act and vl
marriage. more than 30 have laws prohibiting it. tara mergener is at the supreme court. good morning, tara. good morning, anne-marie. well, the waiting is almost over, and today s announcement by the high court will have national implications. believe it or not, this was an issue that barely existed just a decade ago. what do we want? equality. protesters and supporters of same-sex marriages have been stationed outside the supreme court anticipating rulings on two cases involved those rulings. first involves a state-wide ban on same-sex marriages that california voters approved in 2008. it affects over 7 million voters in california who want to protect marriage. it could impact up to 35 states which have approved similar bans, but during oral arguments in march some of the judges hinted they may not be interested in issuing a ruling with such widespread implications. is there any way to decide this case in a principled manner that is limited to california only?
the 10-year yield is hovering above 2.5. and europe up 1% this morning and overnight in shanghai, wow, what a ride down 5% intraday, but they rallied to close almost flat. a victory! the road map begins with the volatile markets and the dow has posted a number of triple-digit moves and this is the most since 201 2011. we will tell you how that will affect you. and robert shiller will tell us about the housing recovery. and we will hear from the board of lawrence robins from glenview capital management. and we will also have an interview from previously on squawk on the street. do we have tape on it? well, we can search quickly. futures higher after the 39-point drop on the dow, which amid higher treasury yields and cash crunch in china, blue chips had fallen 248 before recouping the losses. overnight in china, the shanghai down in the session, and only to snap back with a nice decline after the central bank said they would guide rates to what they are callin
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