Stephanie ruhle. I was out sick yesterday. I would say that Brendan Greeley and lisa a berlitz filled in greatly. Carts thanks for all the twitter love yesterday. Think for all the twitter love yesterday. You were so nice yesterday. Im going to step it up today. Here is the bulletin with the top business stories of the morning. It is a showdown in brussels between greece and germany. European Prime Ministers are meeting right now to discuss the greeks request to extend financial grade for six months. The government has art economized on many issues. Here, just an hour ago, we had this. I trust that we are going to have one. The greek government has gone the extra mile and we are expecting parliament to meet us halfway or 1 5 of the way. I have no doubt that this will be a very cordial discussion and , hopefully, at the end of this, we come out with some white smoke. Thank you. White smoke. Post out. Germany is willing to let greece leaves the euro unless it continues austerity. Bcg par
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] looking live at the u. S. Twotol now, one of the legislative bodies are in town this week. The senate gavels and today at two 00 p. M. Eastern. They will continue working on a bill that would provide incentives for energyefficient manufacturing. A procedural vote is set for 5 30 p. M. Eastern today. Also on the agenda, several executive branch nominees. As always, watch lighthouse coverage. At the white house today, president obama welcomed the president of uruguay. They are saying the visit will highlight the support for the administrations leadership on andn rights, global peace, security. This afternoon he will honor recipients of the 2014 top cops award. Be live for awill discussion looking at how safe are handling a Medicaid Expansion under the Health Care Law is. Arkansas and michigan, hosted by the alliance for health reform. We will have that for you life sitting at 12 15 p. M. Eastern right here on cspan. Also coming up
Record. And in corporate news, comcast is buying the rest of nbcuniversal from general election for 16. 7 billion. Its wednesday, february 13, 2013. Squawk box begins right now. Good morning, everyone, welcome to squawk box on cnbc. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. We are following major stories. After yesterdays close on wall street, u. S. Equity futures this morning, well, you see they are fight a little bit higher. They are fight a little bit higher. After gains yesterday, the dow up more than 45 points yesterday. Our guest host is westwood capitals len bloom. The next hour, famed investor and billionaire real estate tycoon, sam zell. Topranked money manager don yakman. His fund have seen annual returns of 10 over the last five years. Well also talk about how Business Leaders and investors are reacting to president obamas state of the Union Address. Among the topics high talked about last night, jobs and the economy. Even mentioning some companies by name
Heres a look at some of our live coverage. Throughout the day, the privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board is holding concussions on programs. Rveillance cspan2 is live now. We will be live here on cspan with the afternoon session p. M. Eastern. 15 the Senate Continues debate on a workplace nondiscrimination bill. It bars job discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. Senators will consider some judicial nominations. Span3,his afternoon on c a report on hospitals and health care. Joins the heads of the Cleveland Clinic and the Texas Medical Center to talk about the impact of the Health Care Law on hospitals. That is live at 3 00 eastern on cspan3. I am surrounded by a few of the items that kept on the best dressed list. She worked with one of her favorite designers for her suits and daywear outfits. This is the outfit she wore to the formal opening of the Saint Lawrence seaway. Designed dressed as this the eisenhower qual. With the houses that many of th
And a recordbreaking day for the dow after an unexpectedly strong jobs report. Here is that report. The jobless rate rose, but the u. S. Government added 204,000 jobs to thei204showscompanies. Tony harris from new york, with the headlines. Inside story is next on Al Jazeera America. A global food challenge of emention proportion could confront humanity as the earth heats up, but there are new solutions in tonights inside story. Hello, today there are nearly a billion people who dont have enough to eat or who face food insecurity. By 2050 with 9 billion people in the world, the Climate Change and challenges will multi my, my. Tonight what is being done and tonight what can be done to feed the plant. Climate change is expected to change many things but a particular threat comes to the food we grow. Projections suggest global Food Productions could decline. This is according to a summary for the u. N. s Governmental Panel of Climate Change. The next report is due out in march. The next re