I never forgot that. It was terrific to see him yesterday. We are happy to be here in iowa. We are going to come back to iowa. Were going to go over the whole state, and were going to come back as many times as we can. Youll be seeing more of us. I would like to take a few minutes tonight to talk to you about three things that i care deeply about. What are the challenges that are facing us as a nation . Where do i see the need for us to really focus in the next several years . The first is restoring fairness, economic fairness. Social justice in our system. I talked about this when i ran for the senate. It was the principal issue i was talking about when i ran for the senate. We have had an economic recovery since the Great Recession that has only helped a partial element in our society. We have to be honest about that. Particularly as democrats we have to be honest about that. If you go to april 2009, and look at the recovery. If you own stocks and capital assets, youre probably doing
Since the Citizens United case in 2012. I hear jeb bush saying he will raise 100 million in three months. There are the super pacs. He is not alone here, but this cannot continue. The only way we are going to be able to do anything about it is make sure our people by the numbers can outnumber the kind of money that is coming in here and that we get the policies that we believe into place. That is what we did when i ran for senate. We had 14,000 volunteers who came up to help us when we ran against and incumbent senator who just gotten the highest number of votes. We need to remember that the American Dream is a unique thing in this world. When people say you should not talk about american exceptionalism, excuse me. I think the American Dream is unique. That is why people are trying to come here from all over the world. I have lived the American Dream of open. I was able to give scholarships to go to school, was able to serve my country. I have had a great experience in my life, but i w
Tenyear eeled reacting to a ppi number that did run a bit hot, first rise in a few months and europe in the green at least for now. Our roadmap begins with a cnbc exclusive. With both apple and china mobile ceos, apple shares rising in early trade on the tech giants new deal with china mobile. Bank of america reporting betterthanexpected Fourth Quarter results. And as new ceo mary barr takes the helm, gm expecting pretax profits to rise modestly this year but margins remain flat until 2015 on the back of news that the automaker will pay its first Quarterly Dividend in almost six years. And elon musk taking on the government for the proper term for teslas fixes. First up, though, apple shares rising in the premarket on optimism surrounding the companys deal on china mobile. Tim cook saying it will help bolster sales in the Biggest Smartphone market and china mobiles chairman said the agreement will entail various cooperative ventures and will not be limited to iphones. Cnbc spoke exclus
West. Comcast and Time Warner Cable are defending their merger. The House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing. There will be antitrust experts at more as they tried to get a grip on whether this deal would ultimately help or hurt american consumers. Congress holds no power to approve or deny the merger. Their input can help sway the two agencies that will be making the decision. The sec and the Justice Department will fcc and Justice Department. This will drive innovation. It will also drive investment from our competitors. Consumers clearly it will be the beneficiaries. A former Justice Department attorney painted a different picture. This merger is likely illegal. The parties know it. That is why they are here, talking about how they plan to fix it. I am here to tell you what they wont, why it is illegal, and why the fix does not cut it. Joining us now is yang yang. You have been following the hearing. What happened today . What stood out to you . Time warner cable and comcast e
They will now automatically default to friend. That means it can see bc my friends only. Be seen by friends only. There are also rolling out a privacy checkup tool the lower spine you that will remind you about privacy setting. Move more than 1400 workers to it this new complex in sunnyvale. They declined to comment. Theyre also leasing space in santa clara as they fill their new headquarters. Spying feud between the u. S. And china is not letting up. China now says they will apply tighters group me before to foreign internet companies. Companies that do not pass will no longer be allowed to sell products and services in china. This is after the u. S. Charged five Chinese Military officials with espionage. First, to the lead story. J. D. Com are off to a good start as the company went public today. Shares rose after being priced at 19 last night. They raised about 1. 8 million for jd. Com. They now have a market cap of 28 billion. They are the largest chinese internet listing in new yo