Morning. We had a sprinkle pop through north of philadelphia. Some of you might get a slash on the windshield, but it wont last more than a couple of minutes. Temperatures are cool, 54 degrees in philadelphia. 46 in allentown. Close to 50 in trenton. 49 in wilmington. 6 is degrees in sea isle city. See if the winds are doing very much. Starting to pick up a little bit. 1 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. As we get past sunrise and into the majority of the day im looking at breezy conditions building with wind as high as 20. 8 00 a. M. , 53. Noon, 62. 66 by 3 00 p. M. The high of 67 around 4 00 p. M. A breeze accompanying the clouds and sun mix. When i step inside well have dropping temperatures including the possibility of a killing frost. What you got on the roads, karen . Reporter we have the schuylkill expressway expressway 26th street onramp we have an accident with two vehicles right here. Look at the number of police officers, penndot on the scene we have fire crews they left the s
Watching this morning. Crude oil prices falling. This is all coming as traders question reports that opec might meet for the meeting in june. Some people questioning those sources but its been something the oil market has been watching closely. In other global news positive developments on the on going greek saga. Athens sending economic reform plans to the euro zone overnight. The proposals include measures to crack down on tax evasion and corruption. And back here a packed agenda of economic and corporate news. Well be getting the the home price index. February Consumer Confidence and the richmond fed survey. Home depot and comcast and macys. We have earnings that are just out from dow component home depot you saw across the screen while becky was talking. Earning 1 per share. Beating estimates of 89 cents. Home depot also announced 26 increase in its quarterly dividend. Now up to 59 Cents Per Share as well as an 18 billion Share Repurchase program. The company did say the strong u.
Live from new york where business never sleeps this is squawk box. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im becky quick with joe and andrew. Are you a millionaire in the making . If so a new Study Suggests that you are most likely a woman and youre in your 40s. The survey finds that 68 of emerging investors are female. Right now women only make up about 40 of the existing millionaire population. Well bring you the other common characteristics later this hour. But first lets get you through some of the big stories were watching this morning. As joe just mentioned china lowering its 2015 growth target. Now going down to 7 . Thats down from 7. 5 last year. Asian stocks selling off on that news and our own colleague will be joining us from hong kong with a full story in just a minute. So hang on. In other global headlines brazil hiking Interest Rates to a six year high of 12. 75 . Feels a little bit different than here. Policy makers there are trying to fight inflati
Msnbc contributor Mike Barnacle. In washington, euGene Robinson. Weve got barnacle, willie, joe and me. Do you believe those numbers . Talk about a bad day. Theres bad days. These are some of the worst numbers ive seen in a long time. I cant believe how bad the new york giants are. They are the Worst Football Team i have seen. No, this was supposed to be a good team. They got a clock in their locker room and its like a countdown to playoffs. This is like countdown to the first draft pick. Willie geist how bad are the new york giants . If it werent for the Jacksonville Jaguars they would be the worst team in the nfl. Thats how bad they are. They cant run. Eli is throwing is 15 interceptions already this year. They are 06. Their defense cant stop anybody. Other than that they are fantastic. Last night more sports. The tigers. Served notice last night. We got the most classic finals i think in both the national and American League weve had National League it will be los angeles against th
Mitch mcconnell is negotiateing a plan to extend the debt ceiling and end the shutdown in exchange for a list of concessions yet to be determined. As for the thing that got the gop into this approval cratering mess to begin with, so far no repeal of obama care, no defunding of it either. President obama is meeting right now with Senate Republicans including, as we said, Mitch Mcconnell. The biggest slice of obama care that appears to be on the table is a repeal of 2. 3 tax on medical devices. Whether the gop will be able to extract more as payment for all their woes remains to be seen. As politico reports discussions have been described as free flowing. Joining me today Senior National correspondent with Bloomberg Business week josh green, editor and publisher of the nation and contributor of the Washington Post and Political Editor and White House Correspondent at the Huffington Post sam stein. Joining us from capitol hill democratic senator from pennsylvania bob casey who serves on t