union square improvement districts and tremendous work that they are doing down here, joe dell sandero with travel and of course due to mayor lee's efforts it's a time for tourism and general manager in this city. thank you. visitors information center. it was a freudian slip because it improved tremendously and it couldn't be in greater location. so all the visitors that come to san francisco from the airport stop right there and come here for information on things to do in the city. it's tremendous for me to be the general manager because i have concierge but the volunteers and the people here are an extension of concierge and giving information for all the visitors that come in and make this a world class city and really visit all the areas, the restaurants, the attractions and everything else this city has to offer. i want to thank again san francisco travel because they are the ones who market tourism, no. 1 industry in san francisco and again i want to thank you. i want to thank the volunteers. as mayor lee has said, you are the ones that truly breathe live into this city. and yo

union square improvement districts and tremendous work that they are doing down here, joe dell sandero with travel and of course due to mayor lee's efforts it's a time for tourism and general manager in this city. thank you. visitors information center. it frlip because it improved tremendously and it couldn't be in greater location. so all the visitors that come to san francisco from the airport stop right there and come here for information on things to do in the city. it's tremendous for me to be the general manager because i have concierge but the volunteers and the people here are an extension of concierge and giving information for all the visitors that come in and make this a world class city and really visit all the areas, the restaurants, the attractions and everything else this city has to offer. i want to thank again san francisco travel because they are the ones who market tourism, no. 1 industry in san francisco and again i want to thank you. i want to thank the volunteers. as mayor lee has said, you are the ones that truly breathe live into this city. and you give out inf

joe, i'll get your opinion on where all this goes. you were in dell, you're not in dell anymore. >> yes. >> what would make you want to be a part of dell? >> i don't want to be a part of dell because i think there's too much risk right now and jeffries put out an excellent report highlighting the fact that shareholders right now are just going to basically want the $13.65. they're not going to want to take the volatility risk, they're not going to take the uncertain downside risk should carl's efforts fail. >> carl's got a great track record. they say i'm with that guy. >> and the only way to do it was through the options market. i would not own the pure equity of this. just in a pure risk/reward basis, although carl is knocking the ball out of the park right now, i think that the odds are really long here against him. >> doc, is there a trade on dell? are people just best advised at this point to steer clear? >> i mean, the way i'm looking at it, scott, with what carl described for you on friday, again, kudos to the interview is i'd

. >> what happened with dell? i'm joe kernen. >> no, we have a bit of breaking news. probably as expected, but dell's special committee supporting michael dell's offers after a lot of back and forth over the past couple of months. >> you didn't know what a knaidel was. >> i didn't. after a lot of back and forth over carol el iqahn's proposal. the committee has decided the best bid out there is michael dell's bid of $13.65 a share. you can see that stock trading at about 13.27 right now and they are recommending shareholders approval the michael dell bid. the final other offer out there was one by carl icahn and those folks i imagine they have something to say about all this. they have threatened a law previously. i don't know if they will continue to see that. >> i guess they've done their diligence. >> craziness? is that what it is? >> michigog, sort of a lot of -- >> back and forth. >> yeah. >> just an adjective for -- >> it's not crazy? >> actually a noun, it's a bunch of stuff that's crazy. there's probably some germanic root in it somewhere. >> you're jewish. web

. >> dell reporting 79% slide. earnings per share roughly in line. the dow jones suggested the pc headacher would post well below analyst estimates. now, are you going to introduce him, joe? >> again? let's get to our squawk reporter roundtable. both have had a lot to say. >> he's not a reporter. he's a ceo. >> i'm going to introduce both of them. both of these guys have a lot to say on a variety from facebook, irs scandal, henry blogett is here. he's the ceo. one of the fat cat types. overpaid, unscrupulous, unethical. >> small company. >> ceo, editor and chief of business. >> start-ups. >> why don't you grow it? and steve bertoni, associate editor of forbes. the young mr. forbes. >> i am not a ceo. >> someone said we were doppling. >> he's like a good-looking andrew ross sorkin. >> i guess we will go to break. >> we already did. >> i'm not sure. it's like when facebook bought instagram. they didn't have revenue or revenue platform. >> a very good point. everybody looked at that and said, oh, as if we needed more confirmation this was a 27-year-old