What a week. It ended up on a good note. Liz dow jones industrials, very nice levels. Look. Have not seen these numbers, 13 months. Thirteen months since we have had this time. The nasdaq moving higher by a fraction of a percent, but after the past couple of days it looks pretty good. Hitting another record high today. David small and midsize midsize caps. But stocks go up like they have been going in there is sort of a good feeling about the market in general, you see the index down. The low is 14, one of the lowest levels that we have seen in about a year. Huge drop. Its been going down for the past week, ever since they signed a deal. These levels we have not seen for a long time. Liz one year ago, the start of 2012. Financials moving higher. Same thing in 2013. Movers of almost 5 . Seeing a nice pop as a result. Making at three time bullish on financials, jumping three and a half percent. Liz david and as we were mentioning , continuing to post strong gains. The russell 2000 hittin
Formerly known as bruce jenner. Well start with the story youll not see anywhere else. It deals with a hospital in florida, it touches directly on a universal question. How much do you really know about how the medical professionals treat you or someone you love are actually good at their jobs. Tonights report focuses on a hospital doing some of the most delicate and difficult surgeries there are on babies. Pediatric open heart surgeries going terribly wrong. State Health Officials known about some of these problems for years. Parents have not. They want to know why they havent and why the hospitals Surgery Program is still permitted to continue. Elizabeth cohen tonight keeping them honest. Just weeks into life this tiny baby needed heart surgery. Here at st. Marys Medical Center in florida. A doctor performed a procedure to widen laylas aorta. A problem she had since birth. It was like no sweat, dont worry about it. The surgery was a disaster. I looked at her, and her legs had started
48yearold richard matt convicted of kidnapping and beating a man to death and 34yearold david sweat convicted of shooting a sheriffs deputy 22 times. Police say the men somehow got their hands on power tools. They cut through steel walls in their cells and they crawled through a series of tunnels and sewers until they came out through a manhole on the other side of the prison walls. Heres what they left behind. Yep. A postit note saying have a nice day. Cnn National Correspondent joins us from outside the prison in new york. Polo it is extraordinary, and the police now say these guys have a more than 36hour head headstart. Reporter thats right. You know its very much an impressive feat according to officials, however authorities on the ground are hoping people focus more on the threat these two individuals pose to the general public. Now that were here just outside the perimeter fencing, though, poppy, it puts things into perspective perspective. I want to step out of the shot so you c
Time after time. They managed to bring guns, explosives through tsa checkpoints again and again and again all over the country. Not just one airport. We just learned that the man in charge plans to do to fix the problem, well tell you about that just ahead. Later, the headline simply reads, call me caitlyn. Caitlyn jenners first public appearance as Caitlyn Jenner formerly known as bruce jenner on the cover of vanity fair. Well talk about that. Well start with the story youll not see anywhere else. It deals with a hospital in florida, it touches directly on a universal question. How much do you really know about whether the medical professionals who treat you or someone you love are actually good at their jobs . Its an important question. Tonights report focuses on a hospital doing some of the most delicate and difficult surgeries there is on babies. Pediatric open heart surgeries going terribly wrong. State Health Officials known about some of these problems for years. Parents have no
Good morning. The days top stories, the Global Markets. Political paralysis, the point of that in italy spooking investors and lead to go a selloff on wall street. And then asia follows suit overnight. European stocks are tumbling on upper trading this morning. It is tuesday, february 26th, 2013 and squawk box begins right now. Good morning and welcome to squawk box here on cnbc where thirchx feel a little under pressure. Im Andrew Ross Sorkin along with joe kernen and becky quick. Well, becky quick is off today. She will be back tomorrow. Global markets focusing on italy this morning. Sylvia berlusconis center left rivals won parliaments left house, but failed to win an absolute majority in the upper house. This is creating uncertainty. Berlusconi has ruled out an alliance with former italian Prime Minister mario monti. Hes arguing the results reflect unpopular discontent with stocks. We saw sharp drops, italian yields jumping. Check out early stocks in european trading. This morning,