pay dividends. go back in the economy. stock. somebody is going to pay taxes on that. they are going to reinvest. somebody is going to reinvest. it doesn t matter who is getting tax cuts. everybody is going to be spending money. right now, nobody can save money. what s the interest rate? half a percent? todd: t.k., thank you very much. we have a lot more to get to here in the great state of mississippi. we may talk football because it s been an interesting time here. eli manning had a situation with the giants. ole miss guy and mississippi state hired a new coach. they are also talking a lot about that here in new york. steve: a wide ranging conversation. all right. todd, thank you very much. brian: they do love their football there. we have two hours left. ainsley: we have breaking news overnight. serial killer behind bars after terrorizing his community for months. one tip that led police to their guy that s coming up next. brian: plus, newt gingrich is here. how is his voice? how is
it s not the end of the free world but it is painful while it happens. hang on, hang on. you said heart attack and healthy in the same sentence. many people, yes, are having a heart attack when they look at these numbers and are not as knowledgeable as someone like you. how do we get back to steadier, healthier numbers? well, i use that analogy because after you have a heart attack and survive it, you stop eating bad food. you eat healthy again. right. maybe what that means in the stock market is, you don t buy expensive stocks. you don t buy speculative stocks. you buy stocks as i do. i only pay stocks that pay dividends because they are less volatile and i get a check from them every quarter and that makes me feel warm and fuzzy. when i watch these volatile days, i try and nibble on the stocks i like and they all pay dividends. i m still going to get a check
the nikkei closed down. tech stocks in hong kong led a market rebound. let s look at what s happening in the u.s. the technology slump has helped put the market in negative territory. the dow is down 2% for 2014. what? yep, one week after hitting record highs. now, new signs investors are feeling more hawkish. busy stocks are hit hard, tesla, netflix tumbling. meanwhile, safer stocks like energy companies, stocks that pay dividends, those have been doing very well so far this month. turn this around, romans. we re counting on you for this. i just report it, i don t drive it. allegedly. this morning, a big part of the southeast trying to dry out after extremely heavy rain and some serious storms tore apart a big part of the region, leading to the deaths of at least two people. this was the scene in birmingham, alabama. more than 4 inches of rain fell in just 12 hours, inundating cars. you can see it there. also homes. rescuers had to take boats to get some people out. it w
or so ago said the bad news in europe in a curious way ultimately may be good news for u.s. stocks. as the money flows across the atlantic, into what is perceived as a safer stock market investment. namely, u.s. stocks. many of those stocks which pay dividends. so that was this person s argument. we ll see today off the lows but not in positive territory right now. thank you very much. i know we ll be with you i m sure very soon. a big court decision for amanda knox tops our stories. the supreme court will decide within hours if knox and her boyfriend should be retried for killing her roommate, meredith kirnlger. they were convicted but the court overturned it four years later. if the court upholds the acquittal, it will bring closure for amanda knox. and kevin orr because poipd
the markets and the economy right now when you re just looking at taxes. and dividend taxes are not a rich tax. nor a capital gains. you re talking about pension funds, 401(k) plans, invest in companies that pay dividends. if you re expecting a dividend tax to go from 15% to 44% that, completely removes the opportunity or the incentive to buy dividend paying companies. and that s going to hurt not just the rich. that s going to hurt everybody if we see that. that s very dangerous, and it would create a massive selloff. one of the things that the president has done, going to congress and said, going out and encouraging people to tweet and post on facebook my 2k, meaning the $2,000 they would get in the extended tax breaks for the middle class. but he is also meeting privately with ceos. he has a bad relationship with wall street and with corporate america generally. he has presented much of this plan. what s the feedback he s getting? there will be a big recession if you don t get b