Calls. Well talk more about david tepper and some others in just a moment. But first, andrew has a roundup of some of the mornings top stories. Andrew, that story is already here in the new york city area. I cant believe it. We needed it about a week ago. I dont know. Shocked me a bit this morning, whoa, back to work in the snow. Well, happy new year. You, too, happy new year. Fiat decided to buy the stake in chrysler it doesnt already own. This is all in cash. Once that deal closes, chrysler is committed to giving the trust an additional 700 million. The agreement ends months of tense negotiations. The deal means no chrysler ipo. Thats important because the ceo never wanted that. And phil lebeau will have more at the top of the hour. In our corporate news, mccow ka seeno has reeled a deal. Were going to talk more about the big business of gambling coming up at 7 40 eastern time. Cnbc is part of that and windsor media, an Investment Firm run by former yahoo chief terry stimble, its sig
Is dependent, along with most of the European Union, on russia for their energy. They get more than a third of their energy from russia. So at the same time that russia is invading ukraine, the European Union is reluctant to stand with the United States and our other allies on strong sanctions to prevent that type of aggression. Why . Because they get their energy from russia. So when we talk about this, when we talk about building the infrastructure that we need in this country to work with our closest friend and ally, canada, to make sure that we are Energy Secure and that we do not need to get energy from places like the middle east or venezuela or other places that may have interests that are antithetical to ourselves, think about how ours, think about how important that is for the security of our country with whats going on in the world today, in the middle east, with isil, when you see whats going on in ukraine, in Eastern Europe with russian aggression, and the e. U. So i would
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