but ron johnson's tenure at j.c. penney appears to be over now according to a source familiar with the situation. >> the stock rose the day he took over the job and it's rising big time as he leaves the job. we'll turn it over to you guys and let you guys on "fast money" chew this around and see what it means for this stock going forward. over to you guys. >> thanks so much. welcome to "fast money." let's go straight to the breaking news in the after-hour session. j.c. penney ceo ron johnson is out. is out. this after the stock has been beaten down to a pulp. as we see the stock popping sharply in the after-hours session. >> this certainly has people running to cover what's been a great trade. i think people will say, this is a guy who came from apple, where it was a product specialized place and you couldn't do that in j.c. penney, even though it seemed like a great idea. traders trading this news and should be. >> there are a lot of missteps along the way, declaring that promotional strategy was out, alienating a l

ron paul's home school curriculum. before i get to that, i am not opposed to home schooling per say. i dough night my time to helping cheerleaders. that said you brought up the part of the curriculum in western civilization and rick you said a lot looks like bin laden beck stuff. the guy in the incredibly bad video he is a christian reconstructionist. they fever bringing back stoning for offenses such as pa ri sy and homosexuality. and kid being disrespectful to their parents. when people curse their parents is is a capital crime. the integrity must be maintains ed we the threat of death. >> i should have read the whole article. >> this wasn't on the art -- article. >> the only way somebody believes that is if they take the script tour which he does. if he wears leather belts he should be told that women should not cut her hair and when you have sex when wore life when she is on her -- can i say it? >> period. >> piert. -- >> period. >> are you not supposed 20 polly cotton blend. you are not supposed spue mix -- many t

on the first reports that ron johnson is leaving. when he came in a year ago, jcpenney stock popped on hopes of johnson could do something to add some sizzle to this middle of the road retailer. it is not as hip as it needs to be, not as young as it needs to be. ron johnson tried to establish all of these branded stores within a store. they are now fighting over the martha stuart brand. one of the new store in a store they started. now we will see what happens when the new officer will come in to set the company on the right course. the problem is apple and apple stores were dealing with a product people super loud and exclusive. jcpenney was selling run-of-the-mill retail goods you could get almost anywhere where price and discount becomes a way to compete. ron johnson tried to change the entire industry with his approach of everyday low pricing and it failed numerous times in previous years in other sectors. p&g tried it and backed off of it. people love the idea of a discount even if it turns out you're giving them lower prices ev

on the first reports that ron johnson is leaving. when he came in a year ago, jcpenney stock popped on hopes of johnson could do something to add some sizzle to this middle of the road retailer. it is not as hip as it needs to be, not as young as it needs to be. ron johnson tried to establish all of these branded stores within a store. they are now fighting over the martha stuart brand. one of the new store in a store they started. now we will see what happens when the new officer will come in to set the company on the right course. the problem is apple and apple stores were dealing with a product people super loud and exclusive. jcpenney was selling run-of-the-mill retail goods you could get almost anywhere where price and discount becomes a way to compete. ron johnson tried to change the entire industry with his approach of everyday low pricing and it failed numerous times in previous years in other sectors. p&g tried it and bacacked off of it. people love the idea of a discount even if it turns out you're giving them lower prices

look at ron claiborne. that says it all. that says it all. >>> all right, coming up here on the broadcast -- we're going to talk about the 4-year-old food critic who's not a big fan of gourmet cooking, he's going viral. we'll hear from him next in "fixation." "there are some people who say it's the best yogurt they've ever tasted. and there are some people who haven't tasted it yet. delicious, nonfat, authentic greek strained yogurt. extraordinary fruit flavors. the fage total split cup. plain extraordinary." satisfies even the boldest tastes. share an appetizer, then choose two chili's entrees, like our slow-smoked baby back ribs with new honey-chipotle sauce. chili's $20 dinner for two. more life happens here. living with moderate to semeans living with pain.is it could also mean living with joint damage. humira, adalimumab, can help treat more than just the pain. for many adults, humira is clinically proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tub

ron johnson. >> has he turned on the ron congress dollar yesterday? he had 140 xharcharts that show this was going to happen. >> if you're going to though these things, you have to go all in. and salesmen, people that seem to succeed in life. but you don't have to be smart to just stig to something. >> although this got down to the wire. ron johnson is out at jcpenney's strategy. >> shares of the retailer jumping nearly 11% in after hours trading when cnbc' scott wapner first broke the news, but then the stock dropped after jcpenney announced his predecess predecessor, mike ullman ras coming back to take over. we'll have more from dana tellsy in just a moment. >> but that's what you needed, a big guy to come in and turn it around. jp penny fell so far, and you bring the savior in and he doesn't work and then you bring the guy back in. >> but this is essentially the guy there ackman brought back in, too. >> under ron johnson, all the other department stores, macy's especially ksh. >> plus he turned it around once. jcpenney came back and then it lost it

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well, ron doesn't think so, and not ron johnson, our viewer, ron. he says: haven't been in one of their stores since my mom shopped there when i was a child. david weighing in, he says: he remembers tweeting the day they announced their new ads, how it was doa. he should have stepped down a while ago. thank you, david. you know what? the board doesn't get enough blame for this, right? the board should be replaced for allowing him to do what he did. mike weighing in, mike says: he doesn't think they can compete in the current retail environment, just too horse and buggy. join in, don't forget to like us at face book.com/liz claman. also help me beat charlie in the twitter or war we're having, @lizclaman. i think i'm 3,000 behind. >>> okay, when this analyst was on our show in september, he picked a stock that has rallied nearly 55%. yes, 55%. don't we all wish we put everything we own into safe? i mean, who would have thought safeway? but his second pick almost as good, it's up more than 30%. the man, the legend behind these two picks, look at don sc

and i overcame it. >> we're proud of you for that, ron. >> we're learning a lot about ron claiborne. >> she's enabling me, america, by the way. >>> we're going to turn to rising tensions overseas as the world waits to see whether north korea will launch a missile. secretary of state john kerry is traveling in the region, trying to diffuse the crisis. this morning, he's in japan, meeting with top officials there. abc's bob woodruff is in seoul, south korea, monitoring it all. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. yes, secretary kerry this morning landed in japan, which is the most vulnerable country when or if a missile is launched from north korea because it could be pointed right over the top of japan, with a range of more than 2,000 miles. now, because of that, japan has brought in more patriot missile interceptors this week. just in case. but his trip has not been only about nuclear missiles. kerry got the tour of a buddhist temple, built in the 14th century. and he also had the chance to meet the winning students who built a solar car that can drive 50 miles per h

he described ron johnson during his visit. he has been incredibly critical of as delightful and energetic. he said the shops look good but the customer will decide whether this new thing actually works. we will find out when that first shop is scheduled to open in may. the largest shareholder, has the big long position in j.c. penney was making comments today as well at a conference up in boston and he said the criticism of j.c. penney, and he has been ron johnson's biggest defender and j.c. penney's biggest defender to date. in his words, too much change too quickly without adequate testing and that so far the execution has been -- again, in bill's words, something very close to a disaster. no surprise then that we just found out in the annual report that ron johnson got no bonus. his total pay was $1.9 million after some 50 some on million a year ago. >> and he bought a lot of stock which is basically worthless. i think it's overstating it to say that allen was optimistic by what he saw. i don't think he was willing to go th

look at ron claiborne. that says it all. that says it all. >>> all right, coming up here on the broadcast -- we're going to make a sharp left turn here, we're going to talk about the 4-year-old food critic who's not a big fan of gourmet cooking, he's going viral. in fairness, a lot of this stuff you wouldn't eat either. we'll hear from him next in , axation." lot of this stuff you wouldn't eat either. we'll hear from him next in "fixation." they've ever tasted. and there are some people who haven't tasted it yet. delicious, nonfat, authentic greek strained yogurt. extraordinary fruit flavors. the fage total split cup. plain extraordinary." satisfies even the boldest tastes. share an appetizer, then choose two chili's entrees, like our slow-smoked baby back ribs with new honey-chipotle sauce. chili's $20 dinner for two. more life happens here. living with moderate to semeans living with pain.is it could also mean living with joint damage. humira, adalimumab, can help treat more than just the pain. for many adults, humira is c

let's go to ron claiborne. hey, ron. >>> good morning, everyone. north korea is again keeping the world guessing this morning with reports that the north korean military is moving two missile launchers to its east coast for a possible missile test. south korea is however disputing this report. last week, the north moved two other launchers to the coast while making threats against the u.s. and south korea. >>> and in denver, a frightening scene when gunfire erupted at a mass celebration of the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana. sending thousands of people panicking and fleeing this rally. police say two people were shot and wounded. witnesses say that the rally had been peaceful until the violence broke out. the event had been expected to bring out 80,000 to celebrate. that legalization of marijuana in the state of colorado. >>> and also in colorado, the bodies of five snowboarders have been recovered following what's being called the state's worst avalanche in 50 years. they believe they triggered the avalanche 50 miles west of den

and we would like to thank ron and jim. as you said my name is mark barton and this is my wife jackie. we have three children. james is 12, natalie is eleven and daniel 7. three months ago today on december 14th, i held his little hand as we walked to the bus. i kissed him good-bye. for as you know, will be the last time. daniel as any parent will tell you that their child is special, but what was special about daniel is his kindness. he had a very unique compassionate part of his person. if you noticed the classmate sitting alone, he would ask the teacher to be excused to go and comfort that classmate. his cousins were moved by this to the point where they wanted to set up a facebook site to honor his kindness, they call it what would daniel do, wwdd. this tech effort, that you guys are doing, is something that daniel would do. this is what daniel would do. he would look into his heart and try to fix things and we can't tell you how much or how deeply it touches us that you are looking into your hearts, taking your time an

ron johnson imp le apple retail. ron johnson imp lmented what steve jobs wanted done. to that extent, he did a great job. he was able to implement and execute. we're saying now there's an opening at retail at apple. that correlates with, with johnson leaving. johnson left. steve jobs died right around the same time. those two things happened right around the same time. a lot of problems that happened at apple, we can trace back to jobs. bringing back ron johnson isn't going to solve anything. >> you know the apple story is as good as anyone. the destruction in shareholder value over the past year or so. where does retail fit in the fires that they have to essentially put out right now? >>. >> i don't think there's anything wrong with retail right now. i think it's running on auto pilot right now. which says to me they're just running the show the way jobs would want to. i mean, sales per square foolt and everything else. it's fantastic. i don't think there's a problem there. there's problems in other parts o it have business, primarily. can apple innovate and do anothe

let's go to ron claiborne. >>> good morning, everyone. north korea is again keeping the world guessing this morning with reports that the north korean military is moving two missile launchers to its east coast for a possible missile test. south korea is however disputing this report. >>> and in denver, a frightening scene when gunfire erupted at a mass celebration of the legalization of the reck reegsal use of marijuana. police say two people were shot and wounded. witnesses say that the rally had been peaceful until the violence broke out. >>> and also in colorado, the bodies of five snowboarders have been recovered from the state's worst avalanche in 50 years. they believe they triggered the avalanche 50 miles west of denver. the wave of snow was 100 yards wide. six snowboarders survived by digging themselves out of that snow. >>>ened in texas, that deadly fertilizer plant explosion, residents were able to move back home. abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: residents begs to get home were finally allowed a few short hours saturday night

ron claiborne back with us on the news desk. >> i feel like i've come home. back with my family. >> you are home. >> and ginger over there, too. hey, ginger. >> hey. >> hi. >>> good morning, the everyone. fbi says it is leaving no stone unturned in the murder of two texas prosecutors. investigators searched the home of eric williams on friday. he had previously been questioned in the murders of district attorneys mike mclelland and prosecutor mark h hasse. >>> taxpayers will foot the bill for the costly rescue of a carnival cruise line back in february. the company indicated it would not reimburse the government the nearly $800,000 it cost to rescue the "triumph." in response to a letter, senator jay rockefeller, carnival said it is maritime tradition to assist those in trouble at sea. >>> the president and first lady released their tax returns for 2012. three days before the filing deadline and paid $112,000 in taxes. the number of that would rise for taxpayers in their income bracket under the president's own budget proposal. the first family gave $150,000

ron johnson came in from apple. you know, prior to apple he was very well-regarded in the retail industry from target. and he tried to come in and say we have no coupons, no deals, low prices all the time and didn't bother to test that strategy. it didn't work, it failed miserably and when you look at the number, bleeding, sales dropping quarter after quarter and finally enough is enough. the one strategy that the ceo coming back in likes, is the shop within the shop and see if that helps j.c. penney in the quarters to come. stuart: i think it's down because of the mess he left. all right, nicole, thank you. dow is up 20 in first nine minutes of business. and i've got 7 early movers, j.c. penney not the only company with a change at the top. the security software, sourcefire, and new chief, remember what charles payne says about leadership changes. star surgical makes implantable lenses and an upbeat forecast, nicely higher. up a buck on a $6 share. and alcoa, dead flat there. plastics maker shulman lowered the outl

ron claiborne for the latest. >> hi again, dan and bianna. good morning, everyone. >>> we have breaking news. a plane crashed in bali, indonesia, this morning overshooting the runway and ending up in the water. nearly 200 people were on board that plane, but there were only minor injuries. no one was killed. the cause of that crash is still unclear. >>> and now to that vicious attack outside of a 7-eleven store in southern california. a man was set on fire inside his parked car after he refused to give money to a homeless man. this was the scene near los angeles at rush hour. cars ablaze in a convenience store parking lot. >> officers were dispatched to a car on fire right here at the 7-eleven. that's what they originally thought that they were coming to but when they arrived, they found that there was a man who had actually been on fire. >> reporter: eyewitness ed bolack described the horrific scene to "gma." >> when the door opened, you could see the entire insides were ablaze, and he came out, and it was horrifying that he was -- his entir

it's been a difficult week. >> reporter: a radio station gave ron and his family red sox tickets for sunday's game. rob went in his place. >> we are going to be on may 19 attending rob's graduation. we are part of each other's life now. >> reporter: an unshakable bond forged by an act that shook the world. anne thompson, nbc news, boston. >> nice story to end on as we start a new week on this monday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com now. >> i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. more eyes in the sky. security cameras led law enforcement to the bombers in boston and now some bay area leaders want more cameras on our city streets, too. while the extra blanket of security may comfort some others see it as an overreach. the police chief is making the case for more cameras on market. >> reporter: he did make his case for more cameras along busy market street but not everyone agrees with that. meanwhile, at the sa

they defend people like ron. what is this about? >> the fact that a veterinarian should be able to give advice and it shouldn't be illegal. fist amendment right to free speech and power of occupation. >> what laws is he violating? >> texas says a vet can't give vet advice unless a vet has examined the animal in person once he can't because the animals he helps are all over the world. >> ron, you do this because you used to have a practice but you have back problems so you wanted to do it by telephone or internet? >> yes. seemed like an excellent way of continuing to do the work i love. i can't do it physically but there's nothing i can't do from the key board. >> any complaints but? >> not to my knowledge. >> any complaints? >> not at all. >> there's no allegation that he harmed any animals. a dog can be in the parking lot you don't have to touch the dog but it has to be there. >> it has to be an in person evaluation. in 95 texas adopted this law verbatim from the veterinarian association which in 2003 they said there's some crisis

ron, are you excited? >> i am very excited. >>> first up, a mother facing charges, accused of lying to everyone by claiming her son had cancer. and by everyone, police say she told friends, family, even the young boy he had the disease. tai hernandez joins us with more. good morning, tai. >> reporter: good morning, bianna and dan. the mother has been charged with theft by deception and endangering the welfare of a child. not even her family knew she made it up. neighbors said when susan said her son had stage 3 non-hodgkin's lymphoma -- >> i'm just shocked. >> reporter: it brought out the best in the community. now just disbelief. shock that mother made it up. lying to the boy himself telling him he was ill when he was not. according to police. this woman, who identified herself as stillwagon's mother, had little to say in her defense. >> i will just tell you that my daughter is sick. something snapped in her head. i don't know what. >> reporter: the 35-year-old new jersey mom was arrested after her releas

david: well, ron you have winners with us before. ron, good to see you. peter kenny, always great to see you. larry shover we'll see you in a couple minutes when the s&p futures close. thanks, gentlemen. he made his billions thanks to savvy timing investing in social media and buying into facebook and groupon well before their public debut. where is he playsing his bets right now? yuri milner, digital sky technologies founder will join us. >>> goldman sachs says we're not overbought and the bulls will continue to rule. where do they see opportunity? well, abby joseph cohen, goldman sachs senior investment strategist and president joining us in a moment. you don't want to miss that. >>> also we want to hear from you. nielsen, the tracking, they track tv shows, how much you watch. they may soon begin tracking online viewing of tv shows, online viewing. do you watch more tv online than on a traditional tv set? log on to facebook.co facebook.com/afterthebell. we're going to read some of your answers a little later this hour. ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ [

we'll have that report for you just ahead and he's back months after leaving office former congressman ron paul returns to the spotlight here about his new project when he speaks with r t. two days after violent clashes between guards and detainees that the u.s. military says a hunger strike to obey is expanding plus we're learning about a new report that looks at torture we'll sort through that just ahead. well it's wednesday april seventeenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret held and you're watching r t. and the city of boston is still reeling from the tragic events that rocked the city monday afternoon now two separate explosions ripped through the stands of the boston marathon injuring scores of onlookers and leaving three including an eight year old child dead as law enforcement agencies can tell you to search for answers in the case artie's own honest as the a church going to joined us earlier from boston now i asked her for the latest on this investigation. well margaret what's happening right now is of course the investigation is ongoing it's certainly still in its first st

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. >>> nbc's ron allen is also in boston. he's at mass general hospital where many of the injured are being treated. ron, good morning. we heard over 100 people have been injured in this attack. we heard some injuries were so serious they are resulting in limb amputations. what can you tell us about the range of injuries. >> reporter: there are about 30 people roughly who were taken to various hospitals across boston in very serious condition. here at mass general doctors said there were eight people who were in critical condition and were still undergoing surgery and will begin under going multiple surgeries before their conditions can be ascertained. there's a lot of people here with horrific injuries and still unclear whether they will make it or not. the death toll could increase but at this point it's still at three. another problem here, all the patients who were brought in have not necessarily been identified. some were unconscious. families were separated. some were taken to this hospital, some to others. earlier in t

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sharply curtailing this aggression that america has practiced around the world so i think you know ron paul and i have been able to demonstrate this capacity of creating new possibilities and frankly since the two parties continue to fail to address america's economic problems i think that the american people increasingly will be looking towards alternatives as we move towards a future i call it the two party dictatorship congressman let's talk about civil liberties which is something that you have been very vocal about in your entire term rand paul i'm sorry at that i think filibuster not really supported by a single democrat i mean how is it that drones and due process are a partisan issue now well they shouldn't be and what happens in washington is this whatever party holds the white house their supporters in congress try to protect the president of their party but the president isn't just a president of parties united states and members of congress are just partisan participants in the process they are united states congress persons and what we have to remember is that both myself

and i overcame it. >> we're proud of you for that, ron. >> we're learning a lot about ron claiborne. >> she's enabling me, america, by the way. >>> we're going to turn to rising tensions overseas as the world waits to see whether north korea will launch a missile. secretary of state john kerry is traveling in the region, trying to diffuse the crisis. abc's bob woodruff is in seoul, south korea, monitoring it all. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. secretary kerry this morning landed in japan, which is the most vulnerable country when or if a missile is launched from north korea because it could be pointed right over the top of japan. with a range of more than 2,000 miles. now, because of that, japan has brought in more patriot missile interceptors this week. just in case. but his trip has not been only about nuclear missiles. kerry got the tour of a buddhist temple, built in the 14th century. and he got to meet the winning students who built a solar car that can drive 50 miles per hour fully powered by solar panels. as for north korea, despite the growing tension,

and we would like to thank ron and jim. as you said my name is mark barton and this is my wife jackie. we have three children. james is 12, natalie is eleven and daniel 7. three months ago today on december 14th, i held his little hand as we walked to the bus. i kissed him good-bye. for as you know, will be the last time. daniel as any parent will tell you that their child is special, but what was special about daniel is his kindness. he had a very unique compassionate part of his person. if you noticed the classmate sitting alone, he would ask the teacher to be excused to go and comfort that classmate. his cousins were moved by this to the point where they wanted to set up a facebook site to honor his kindness, they call it what would daniel do, wwdd. this tech effort,

ron, are you excited? >> i am very excited. >>> first up, a mother facing charges, accused of lying to everyone by claiming her son had cancer. by even, police said she told friends, framly, even the young boy he had this disease. >> reporter: the mother has been charged with theft by deception and endangers the welfare of a child president not even her family knew she made it up. neighbors said when susan said her son had stage 3 non-hodgkin's lymphoma, i broug it brought out the best in the community. now just disbelief. shock that mother made it up. lying to the boy himself telling him he was ill when he was not. according to police. this woman, who identified herself as stillwagon's mother had little to say in her defense. >> i will just tell you that my daughter is sick. something snappedn her head. i don't know what. >> reporter: the 35-year-old new jersey mom was arrested after her release from a psychiatric facility. she's accused of theft by decepti deception. they sold items, held special even ev

. >> joan wood followed by john horn and ron collins. >> good afternoon sir. >> good afternoon all of you. i'm second generation and living in north beach continuous ly since 1962 which is a long time. i'm here because our elected representative david chew seems to have stopped representing us he won't call a community meeting the last community meeting was cut short by a fire alarm with a whole lot of unanswered questions i'm sure you received our march 14th letter that we have had to schedule ourselves because mr. chew doesn't answer our requests for the questions to be answered or about another community meeting. mr. nolan you have acknowledged and mr. rifkin you have acknowledged -- back in december we were given five options for where they could be extracted one of them was clear down on columbus and taylor streets which is totally unrealistic -- and among the five is the chinatown option and now we're told that other circumstances have neg ated -- therefore we're having to have our own community meeting inviting you and experts that you referred to but we've never seen any repor

nbc ron mod is in kabul tonight. ron? >> reporter: at least six service members and civilians, including one employee secretary of state john kerry met with just last week were killed today in a series of attacks in eastern and southern afghanistan. the attack in the southern area of kabul. the attacks occurred on the day joint chief chairman martin dempsey landed here in afghanistan for what is being described as a periodic visit. he will meet with u.s. and coalition leaders as well as senior afghan military officials to get an assessment on where things stand operationally. before arriving, general dempsey said he would like to determine just how large a force the u.s. would like to keep in the country beyond 2013. lester? >>> and this country is keeping a close eye on a different kind of threat tonight, the outbreak of a new kind of bird flu that has infected at least 18 people and killed 6 in china. nbc correspondent robert bizell with that story tonight. >> reporter: in shanghai, the chinese slaughtered 20,000 chicke

the fight was a turning point for ron and for the cats. even though there were no serious wounds inflicted in the feline ruckus and they were back in the ring a couple of hours later things would never be the same. >> i knew it was the beginning of the end of working at training cats. once they got into doing that they knew they could do it. i thought it was time to retire. >> reporter: which was the first step to starting the retirement home for big cats. since 1985 this has been a safe haven for cats all around the world a culmination of a lifelong love affair with the big cat. >> when we come back on a second look a mountain lion ends up leading a big chase in a sacramento county courthouse. plus the big cat that tried to get into a casino in reno and what happened next. >>> over the years as homes have moved into areas that used to be rural, mountain lions show up at homes. it happened a few years ago and burns hawkins has the story. >> reporter: residents say that dogs are always running cats up trees. this time it was a big cat. >> a

ron, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. outside of mandela's home, i think it's fair to say that a lot of people in this country feared for the worst when mandela was rushed to the hospital back on march 27th. ultimately, that was diagnosed as pneumonia. mandela, aged and ailing managed to pull through again. ambulance with mandela inside. left pretoria hospital. and seen arriving later at his home. the former south african president was released from the hospital on saturday. following a sustained and gradual improvement in his general condition, according to south africa government. it was his third hospitalization since december. the third time that he's fought back from a serious lung ailment. he continues to undergo treatment at his home. a fellow anti-apartheid activist imprisoned with mandela said that even in decline mandela remains tough. >> i've known him throughout his life to be a fighter. i don't think he's ready to give up. >> reporter: tough, yes. but he'll be 95 in july and is his health is increasingly frag

sharply curtailing this aggression that america has practiced around the world so i think you know ron paul and i have been able to demonstrate this capacity of creating new possibilities and frankly since the two parties continue to fail to address america's economic problems i think that the american people increasingly will be looking towards alternatives as we move towards a future i call it the two party dictatorship congressman let's talk about civil liberties which is something that you have been very vocal about and your entire term rand paul sorry at that has i think filibuster not really supported by a single democrat i mean how is it that drones and due process are a partisan issue now well they shouldn't be and what happens in washington is this whatever party holds the white house their supporters in congress try to protect the president of their party but the president isn't just a president a party president of united states and members of congress are just partisan participants in a process they are united states congress persons and what we have to remember is that bot

sharply curtailing this aggression that america has practiced around the world so i think you know ron paul and i have been able to demonstrate this capacity of creating new possibilities and frankly since the two parties continue to fail to address america's economic problems i think that the american people increasingly will be looking towards alternatives as we move towards a future i call it the two party dictatorship congressman let's talk about civil liberties which is something that you have been very vocal about in your entire term rand paul sorry at that i think filibuster not really supported by a single democrat i mean how is it that drones and due process are a partisan issue now well they shouldn't be and what happens in washington is this whatever party holds the white house their supporters in congress try to protect the president of their party but the president isn't just a president a party president of united states and members of congress are just partisan participants in a process they are united states congress persons and what we have to remember is that both mys

is that right, ron? >> 2009, yeah. >> you know steve cohen well. >> mm-hmm. >> also joining us wealth editor robert frank. ron, what can you -- what do you think is going through steve's mind right now? he's had so many lieutenants and other traders who have either been indicted or openly investigated. at this point they've not been able to point a finger at him directly. >> yeah. first of all, i haven't spoken to steve probably for about a year. safe to say i wouldn't know what he's thinking right now. based on what i could imagine he's thinking is that this has been a very long, drawn out process. i think they've often felt at times that they've come after s.a.c. for quite a number of years without finding any smoking guns. that obviously has changed in the last year. but when i joined the firm which was literally the week before lehman brothers collapsed, part of the process in your discussions were the increased compliance, that there was a real effort under way to make sure compliance was first and

ron paul congressman ron paul which really does showcase how there's a lot that libertarians and leftists can agree on we can unite on a lot of things against the establishment instead of having such a fragmented opposition how can we focus more on this unification. what are going to be a number of different coalitions and coming together that will surprise people that brother ron paul and brother rand paul i come together with in terms of their defense of rights and liberties drones has been the focus of the thirteen hour filibuster brother rand paul thought it was wonderful i wish that he had talked about non americans as well as americans would at least the issue of receive a certain publicized invisibility when it comes to ron paul in the in the dialogue that we have come together with him and his powerful rejection of the patriotic act his powerful rejects in the national defense authorization act with the president has the right to detain american citizens without due process without a trial without any judicial process whatsoever that's the signs of an authoritarian state of course

sharply curtailing this aggression that america has practiced around the world so i think you know ron paul and i have been able to demonstrate this capacity of creating new possibilities and frankly since the two parties continue to fail to address america's economic problems i think that the american people increasingly will be looking towards alternatives as we move towards a future i call it the two party dictatorship congressman let's talk about civil liberties which is something that you have been very vocal about in your entire term rand paul sorry at that his ethics filibuster not really supported by a single democrat i mean how is it that drones and due process are a partisan issue now well they shouldn't be and what happens in washington is this whatever party holds the white house their supporters in congress try to protect the president of their party but the president isn't just a president a party president of united states and members of congress are just partisan participants in a process they are united states congress persons and what we have to remember is that both

can we unite these factions to really focus on a cohesive unified opposition again i think that what ron paul and i proved is that there is plenty of space in american politics for a new movement which goes across partisan lines which embraces the concerns of democrats and republicans liberals and conservatives that's based on the truth and protecting the constitution and taking care of our practical aspirations here at home and sharply curtailing this aggression that america has practice around the world so i think you know ron paul and i have been able to demonstrate this capacity of creating new possibilities and frankly since the two parties continue to fail to address america's economic problems i think that the american people increasingly will be looking towards alternatives as we move towards a future i call it the two party dictatorship congressman let's talk about civil liberties which is something that you have been very vocal about in your entire term rand paul sorry at that i think filibuster not really supported by a single democrat i mean how is it that drones and due proc

ron paul congressman ron paul which really does showcase how there's a lot that libertarians and leftists can agree on we can unite on a lot of things against the establishment instead of having such a fragmented opposition how can we focus more on this unification. what are going to be a number of different coalitions and coming together that will surprise people that brother ron paul and brother rand paul i come together with in terms of their defense of rights and liberties. drones has been the focus of the thirteen hour filibuster brother rand paul thought it was wonderful i wish that he had talked about non americans as well as americans but at least the issue of receive a certain publicized invisibility when it comes to ron paul and we have come together with him and his powerful rejection of the patriotic act his powerful rejects in the national defense authorization act where the president has the right to detain american citizens without due process without a trial without any judicial process whatsoever that's the signs of an authoritarian state of course the problem is my liber

we, he thinks samsung should hire former jcpenney ceo, ron johnson. sku skulley's here to explain why in an exclusive interview. >> let's get to the markets as we approach the final stretch. take a look at where we are. a gain of 64.5 points. earlier today, the market had been lower, lower down as much as 17 points on the dow. the high, up about 85 points on the dow industrials. and as you can see, we are holding on to a double-digit move. nasdaq up 3.5 points, yesterday nasdaq was the best performer. let's get a check on what's sending the s&p to new heights. >> just off the highs, two to one advancing to declining stocks. it's been basically straight up since bottom, that was friday, just after the open, after that lousy jobs report. broad advances. what do i mean by that? look at the sectors. when you get material stocks advancing as much as consumer discretionary, consumer staples and health care, everything moving up, that's a broad market advance. people ask me, what do i mean when i say the market's going pa parabollic. we're up another 20 poin

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