pete: good evening. president obama this week challenged congress to follow his path for fixing the economy and the republicans said forget it. the president took his case to three cities across america and said improving the lives of middle-class americans is his highest priority. >> if you're willing to work with me to strengthen american manufacturing and rebuild this country's infrastructure, let's go. if you've got better ideas to bring down the cost of college for working families, let's hear them. if you think you have a better plan for making sure that every american has the security of quality affordable health care, then stop taking meaningless repeal votes and share your concrete ideas with the country. [cheers and applause] pete: but the response from republicans was curt. >> the president says he's going to go out and pivot back to jobs. well, welcome to the conversation, mr. president. we've never left it. >> look, this president is a terrific campaigner. we all recognize that. he's got awa

pete? >> this is one of the reactions you expect from the impact when you get exactly what was delivered which is the projections going forward aren't what everything expected. i still think you have to look at the international markets for their growth. that's where i continue to look. that's where they can expand in europe, canada and latin america but they have not done on outstanding job. as a matter of fact they have been a modest job so far. i don't think if you are long this stock you would want to sell it just yet. certainly there's pressure on the stock in the after hours based upon these numbers. all of these money they spent on content, they needed to deliver more than they did. that's why you're seeing the selloff. a lot less movement. similar to google. >> that's an interesting point. do you know how much this stock moved on average? 26%. it seems like a round is error for a stock up this much. a lot of pete's points are important. these guys are going to have to demonstrate ov

pete? >> micron i think is going to $20 a share. >> karen? >> don't make me do it. >> this is your worst segment ever. >> one very hot call on the streets this morning. bofa up to 1750 from 1600. we have the strategist here to talk about it. always great to see you. >> great to see you, too. thanks for having me on. >> you mentioned that over the last several years fundamentals sometimes take a back seat. how much of the other forces come to play in raising your price target to 1750? >> our call is primarily driven by fundamentals. but i would say this, sentiments and positioning are still fairly conservative and suggest a lot more upside to equities at this point. we're seeing a falling cost of equity capital. we think the risk of equities has diminished over the last sick rsix months. we haven't necessarily seen the market rally on earnings. it's been all about an expanding multiple. whatever earnings growth we get from here is upside for equities. >> how much of the fed really plays into

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i'm sort of in pete's camp. i understand the reasons there are to be bearish but price is truth and the price to me says we're going higher. >> when you are talking about the options have been telling us this. there is been consistent buying into the october options. people are starting to think that these financials are going to move to the upside. look at these industrials. they are off the chain. ge, united technology. those were strong earnings. when you get into the pharmaceutical space everybody says defensive. these are not defensive names. they're growth names. >> i have a question here. you both are working in the options market and seeing all these signs of bullishness and financials and industrials and so on. you look at the same markets and come away bearish. >> when i see a large call buy or something usually someone is selling stock against it. i don't exactly know what is going on. sometimes some of the smart guys at these levels are buying calls and replacing long stock. they're defining their ri

. >> no long-term debt, pete. that $1.7 billion in cash they have on the balance sheet, that is huge because the stock trades at a market cap of $2.6 billion. they're not giving them any credit for basically the upside potential here. the annual revenue is about $1.2 billion. they just added john dorr from cliner perkins to the board. that's huge for these guys because they don't make big mistakes. i think he's on there to help turn this thing around. that and the fact you have microsoft, the guy from xbox on here, i think that's huge. i would be buying this thing and am long this stock right here. >> you know, they have had declining revenues. when you look at the name, they adduce it on a boat load of cash. they're getting all the credit they deserve because they don't deserve any credit. they're basically trading at what they're worth. they've got to start figuring out a way to get this monetized prorm. obviously getting into mobile, i do think they have the proper ceo in place. it's going to take a lot of quar

>> i'm going to go with pete. i agree with pete's arguments. i really think the upside for coach is in asia. i think there is a shakeup with the management company. aagree with bmo, $70 price target. >> he's on everybody's tie. look at him. are you kidding me? >> doc, do you agree with murph did your brother make the more compelling argument? >> i like this one and michael kors. kors. i like them both. i think going back to school even though specifically these are not back-to-school stocks, judge, the moms and dads that bring their kids that shop to the back-to-school will be dropping in these stores. >> property at coach for back-to-school? >> no, within they bring the kids to the boys. >> bringing boys there for man bags? what are they dropping in for? >> leather belts, that satchel that you carry, stephen. a lot of people shop at coach for. you guys are really discounting men's accessories. they are projecting $600 million in sales. >> off the bottom aggressively. okay. ship sailed. >> flat on the year essentially. you are talking a flat sa

it would be king pete. only pete the i if there was ever a pete the ii. >> if he's king carlos danger, he would be have to be the second because carlos danger according to the website is anthony weiner's facebook name as he was sexting with somebody. anthony weiner admits he's deeply flawed. usually we find out mayors are deeply flawed once they are already mayor. in this case we know in advance. i guess that's a positive. >>> just hours after the white house tries to write-off the d.c. scandals with this -- >> some phony scandals that have captured the attention of many in washington only to dissipate. take scandals or things like that. >> did you hear hadthat? phony. fake. strong words from the president's spokesman but a new report says the irs scandal is very real. >>> welcome everyone. this is area "your world." a new time line about the irs scandal. this puts the white house front and center because

pete? well, i think you've already seen a number of states say that they're going to put forward voter i.d. provisions in the law again in indiana. we already have that to ensure the integrity of our voting process. the privilege to vote is precious and we want to ensure the integrity in the process. the folks coming to the polls should legally be at the polls voting. you'll see that in other states. the key part of what you said there is an element of the voting rights act. it is still against the law to discriminate in any way when it comes to the right to vote. and some of the coverage has said that the voting rights act has been struck down, which is not true. they've found that a formula that was still used from 1964 when this bill was first passed in 1965 was being used to determine which states had to get preclearance for changes to their voting laws. so it's about modernizing the law. that's what was struck down. but the essence of the voting rights act remains today and i hope you'

nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, we kept you downstairs because we really only had so many seats at the table for right now. but i do want to start with you. give us the latest if you can from the department of justice in terms of those new guidelines in the way they handle leak investigations. >> two substantial revisions that the downtown will announce later today we are told by officials. the first one deals with when the news media is notified that the government is seeking records, like phone records, such as it did with the ap during the investigation that became so controversial earlier this year. the new rules say that when the government wants these records it will normally tell the news media and give the news media a chance to go to court and resist and try to prevent the government from getting those records. under the current rules, the presumption is you don't tell them. under the new rules, the presumption is you do tell them unless, "it would pose a clear and substantial threat to the integrity

pete has been bullish forever on starbucks. they blew out numbers. you look at recovers, stocks like amazon. amazon, steph and i debated it yesterday. after hours last night it was down probably 15 bucks at one point. it's all the way back. it's in positive territory right now. so it depends on what part of the market. you started off with housing. that has struggled right here, and i think we need to see a turn in that space. i don't think we see it until september or october though. >> scott, one critical thing and that is who on this desk can pull off wearing a striped shirt and that's me. that's not these guys. that's pretty important for today. >> all right. on that note we'll go to steve liesman. >> who does not have a striped shirt. >> very sharp. >> our idea today is sort of to look ahead to what's coming next week and how it's going to impact the way the guys on the desk and those at home or wherever they're trading react as a result. realistic expectations to come from the fed next week in terms of message, what kind of message we could get

pete, are you such a significant news man that even when you get news of something significant like the ruling and the gay marriage debate, it is becoming viral sensation. the loop seen round the world of the intern hustling the decision to pete williams so he can inform the world. good to have all of you here. >> i was sweating, too. >> exactly. so much to get into. let's begin with where this did debate over gay marriage goes now. rachel, because the reaction has been so big, so fast, and yet what now becomes a really big question. >> the supreme court has the choice not only which way to rule, but also how they were going to rule. they could have ruled just federal. this isn't a federal issue at all, state shoes decide it, or they could decide it on equal production grounds. those are the grounds on which they decided it. so i tend to side with justice scalia on this who ten years ago in the lawrence case said if the court finds that there is not a state interest in discriminating and showing moral disapproval of homosexuality, then we can't does that equal marriage rights. >> and if

for the latest, we're going to go to justice correspondent pete williams. pete, when you're looking at this coldly, what do you see? >> i see unlikely -- they're unlikely. here's the reason. the closest fit under federal law would the 4-year-old federal hate crimes law. it says that for a person to be punished under the federal system, you have to show that bodily injury was the result, was caused by someone's racial perception or the belief that the victim they attacked the victim because of race. that's the difficult thing here. now, the federal government could well look at evidence. there's been an argument here that it all started because george zimmerman, the race was a factor that trayvon martin weighs factor was a race. that's why he started following him. what the federal law requires is that you persuade a jury that the reason zimmerman pulled the trigger was because of trayvon martin's race and not some other factor such as self-defense. the further away you get from the shooting itself and you go to some other part of the chain of events, no mat

you have to have other kinds of evidence. >> yeah, thanks, pete. you're always great. >> you bet. >> justice correspondent for nbc news. we're joined by someone very much involved in the matter, jasmine rand, an attorney representing the martin family. thank you for joining us. can you tell us what your feelings and thoughts are now about the future in this case? >> you know, saturday was certainly heartbreaking for the legal team and for the family. it was a big disappointment for us to get a not guilty verdict but we want the people to know that not guilty does not mean that george zimmerman was innocent. right now in this moment more than anything, i think we are feeling inspired and hopeful by all of the love and encouragement we've literally gotten from all over the world. i've had calls from morocco, from london, from jamaica, and this outpouring of love. i think that's what the family is standing on now. we've heard the words of our president, and we've heard the words of attorney general eric holder who says he plans to pursue the federal h

we're trading the action with stephen weiss, mike murphy, pete and jon najarian. is the market proving it cannot continue to go up if rates do as well? >> the market is going through what it went through last week or earlier this week, which is basically off better economy. you have got rates moving up in a measured way, i believe. you could call it a spike but i don't think it is because you're still very, very much an easy rate territory. accommodation will continue and draghi head said we're going to keep going until we don't go. so the bottom line is this is an economic cycle where an economy proves you have got huge leverage to corporate revenue models. i think it can keep going and will keep going. >> why did the market react the way is it did off this better than expected jobs report? was it too good combined with the revisions of the prior two months. >> might be a little too good and then suddenly everybody starts to say, hold on now, maybe the fed is going to step away. maybe we're not going to see the same fed we've seen for months and months and that c

that's not good price action. >> pete? >> i know they're going through some of the cash as tim mentioned but i think you're wrong about how much cash they have on the books. i think they have a significant amount of cash on the books. as a matter of fact, this thing is trading practically at that book value level. for those reasons now that they've shed this i think going forward nokia has a shot to either get taken out or go much higher. >> that book value is somewhere around 3 bucks. >> it's $3.86. >> i agree. it's trading well above. >> i wouldn't call that well above. >> that company was actually marked too high on their books. are we done? >> let's do this. >> let's see what the options market says about nokia. >> pete it's easy to take your brother's side but the options market was on tim's side here. they were buying from the get go on the start here ruffle about 2 basically betting that nokia would trade over the next couple of weeks. when we look at the fear index within our side of the trade here we see it rising

you have to have other kinds of evidence. >> yeah, thanks, pete. you're always great. >> you bet. >> justice correspondent for nbc news. we're joined by someone very much involved in the matter, jasmine ranch an attorney representing the martin family. thank you for joining us. can you tell us your feels and and thoughts are now about the future in this case? >> you know, saturday was certainly heartbreaking for the legal team and for the family. it was a big disappointment for us to get a not guilty verdict but we want the people to know that not guilty does not mean that george zimmerman was innocent. right now in this moment more than anything, i think we are feeling inspired and hopeful by all of the love and encouragement we've literally gotten from all over the world. i've had calls from morocco, from london, from jamaica, and this outpouring of love. i think that's what the family is standing on now. we've heard the words of our president, and we've heard the words of attorney general eric holder who says he plans to pursue the federal hate

i'm with pete on this one though. i have liked it for a while. like the gentleman last night said i'm not sure it's a 40 handle but the low 30s wouldn't surprise me. >> select come farthfort is mov the after hours right now, mattress making but bad guidance. >> it's no longer about the earnings. it's obviously about the guidance. they couldn't follow up with temper pedic who had great numbers. this stock is getting punished for that right now. >> it's that time of the show to do the final trade. let's go around the horn. guy adami? >> we've talked about biotech on this show for quite some time. sell jean made another all time high i believe today. it feels like it stretched but it's a name that continues to work. i think they report next week. i'm not convinced it's an earnings story, doesn't matter. >> bank of america continues to trade. there are over a million contracts traded today. 800,000. folks are looking for more out of this name. i think it's going higher. >> karen? >> i took some money out of bank of america. i feel like we are in a di

our justice correspondent, pete williams, here with us in our d.c. newsroom with more on this presumably, we are talking about something in the category of a hate crime and isn't that notoriously hard to prove? >> very hard to prove. and the short history that that law has been on the books, the justice department has pledged to look at what the fbi learned about the shooting and what the fbi gathered during the trial it would be surprise tuck federal brought a criminal case. the most likely law thank could be invoked is the relatively new one, the federal hate crime statute passed four years ago, make tag federal crime to cause bodily injury to someone because of the victim's actual or perceived race. so the government would have to try to convince a jury that trayvon martin was shot because of his ray not because of self-defense or some other motive. several former civil rights prosecutors today said it wouldn't be enough, for example, for the justice department to claim that george zimmerman started following trayvon martin because of his race. pr

pete ashdown pete welcome. thank you for having me tom thanks for joining us tell us about exploration how big is the company how many subscribers do you have what do you do we're actually in our twentieth year x. mission was one of the first internet service providers in the country i started it in one thousand nine hundred three when i saw the need for using the internet at home i was using it at work and at school but i had no access at home so i got a little bit of a loan for a little bit of a loan from my father and i started it then and never expected it to become as ubiquitous ubiquitous as it is today we have over thirty thousand clients in utah and throughout the country in the world and about forty five employees it's great and one how have you dealt with the warrantless federal requests for information. well since the start i had read my constitution and i understood that the data people entrusted to me their e-mail their web pages and whatnot essentially became my papers and effects so i demanded to

. >> now nbc news chief justice correspondent, pete williams. pete, explain how well has clapper done with his apology and backing out of the quicksand. >> first we have to say what the hearing was. senator weiden asked does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans and what mr. clapper said -- general clapper said was not on purpose. not intentionally. now in the letter clapper says in his head he was thinking about the internet program, the so-called section 705 program, which looks at overseas internet exchanges, e-mails and so forth, not the telephone program. after the hearing he says i realize i should have talked about the telephone program. he said he sent a letter to senator weiden and his staff but he couldn't make it public until all the revelations about the program. now he's saying -- 702 i should have said, not 705. he's decided to make this public now. that's his explanation. >> pete, senator widen revealed that his office sent in represe preparation the questions in advance so he kne

pete i want to start from you. from a legal perspective is this an effective strategy and how might it be applied to other states. >> it's the only strategy the government has. the supreme court in june left most of the voting rights act intact but took down, struck down the part that defined which states were subject to pre-clearance automatically. the states that have been listed through the history of the voting rights act. texas was one of them. the coverage map and what the supreme court said is that data behind that map hasn't kept pace with changes in voting practices so that part is unconstitutional. but it left intact the pre-clearance requirement. now what the government is saying is we're going to use another part of voting rights law and under that law you have to go to a judge, the old law was pre-clearance automatically. under the law new, under this new provision they are going use they go to a judge and say judge for these reasons we think that you ought to bail this area in. it's called the bail in

pete ashdown pete welcome. thank you for having me tom thanks for joining us tell us about exploration how big is the company how many subscribers do you have what do you do we're actually in our twentieth year x. mission was one of the first internet service providers in the country i started it in one thousand nine hundred three when i saw the need for using the internet at home i was using it at work and at school but i had no access at home so i got a little bit of a loan for a little bit of a loan from my father and i started it then and never expected it to become as ubiquitous a ubiquitous as it is today we have over thirty thousand clients in utah and throughout the country in the world and about forty five employees it's great and one how have you dealt with the warrantless federal requests for information. well since this started i had read my constitution and i understood that the data people entrusted to me their e-mail their web pages and whatnot essentially became my papers and effects so i demand

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pete williams. pete, for those of us not well versed how this proceeds legally at the federal level, give the audience an idea of what type of charges the federal government could possibly bring up here against george zimmerman. what is the way forward? >> there aren't many. as a matter of fact in the justice department statement that came out over the weekend, they referred to the limited civil rights laws under federal jurisdiction. the little sound bite you had from congressman jeffries really sets up the key question. the most likely law that could be invoked here is a relatively new one, the hate crimes law congress passed four years ago. it makes it a federal crime to cause bodily injury to someone because of the victim's actual or perceived race. so the government would have to convince a jury that trayvon martin was shot because of his race, not because of self-defense or something else. several former civil rights prosecutors say it would not be enough for the justice department, for exampl

that was the expectation that pete sessions says was the purpose of passing the farm bill. let me go back to the point i was making before the gentleman on the to correct me on what i think were accurate representations, both on all the pieces of legislation as i mentioned. surely that is the case i mentioned. that is the case on the budget. i do not what the intention is, but we have not gone to conference on the farm bill, and we did not go to conference on the violence against women bill. the fact is what those bills that he mentioned did have in common is -- and he said -- we had no democratic votes for it, there was no work to get them a -- to still work for compromise. that is why the polls reflect to the working people such concern. aboutjority talked a lot confidence, talked a lot about building confidence if we are going to build the economy. i agree with him. we need to have individuals confident, and the gentleman knows every one of business leader says if they had confidence that we could work together and get things done, not put the debt limit and risk, not fo

. >> nbc justice correspondent pete williams joins me now. pete, take us through the law here. how does the attorney general have the legal ability once the supreme court has ruled about section 5 to actually go and require texas to go through preclearance again? >> so section 519 part of the voting rights act that says that states with a history of discrimination must get preclearance. but what the supreme court struck down is the coverage map that determine which areas would be subject to preclearance. it left the preclearance requirement intact so now the justice department is dusting off a little used other part of the voting rights act that says anybody, including the government -- although it is a bigger deal when the government does it -- can go to a judge and say, look, this county, this state, this city, whatever -- in this case, texas -- still has a recent history of discrimination. you should subject them to the preclearance requirement. if the government gets its way here, if attorney general holder gets what he wants, then it would be just like it was before. texas

i should get some for pete too. should make him drink this too. i will taste it and see if really tastes good. tastes perfect. tastes perfect. >> it is perfect. liz: real innovation here. reverse osmosis process. >> indeed. liz: thank you so much. >> thank you. liz: you and your team have been wonderful here at dow. all of this is happening. there are a lot of water pureification companies out there. general electric is in the business. dow chemical look at this brand new facility we can do it better and perhaps less expensive. that is what is being developed here in collegeville, pennsylvania. david: i'm told effects of impurities take five minutes to set in, liz. sit down for at least another five or 10 minutes, just in case. just in case. liz: okay. david: i'm sure you're fine but just in case. thank you, liz. >>> michelin is one of the biggest tire makers in the world if not the biggest and its u.s. operations are benefiting enormously from the boom in car sales. but is that enough to balance out the losses from europe? and how many more jobs

nbc justice correspondent pete williams joins me now. pete, obviously the tsa not the most popular agency among most travelers although they've been trying to be a little bit more consumer friendly. this is pretty appalling, the kinds of security lapses that were detailed in this igo report. >> reporter: this is fundamentally not a report about security lapses, andrea, although they do mention a couple of them. the whole point of this was a report by the gao which says the tsa lacks a uniform system for deciding how to handle discipline and then tracking how the disciplinary system is working and making sure, for example, that if an agent goes from one airport to another his disciplinary record goes with him so that if there are further problems they can be dealt with. they do have some examples here. they note a 27% increase. 9722 cases 2 -- 9622 total cas. they say in here that a screener was running the conveyor belt that goes through the metal detectors and just letting things go right through without stopping to look at each item. t

pete, you have a number of people who called on the justice department, and it's been noted in several articles, to use this so-called bail in procedure to restore what existed before the supreme court's decision. >> reporter: right. first of all, i know craig knows it's james hensenbrenner because he said it earlier today. >> it's been a long day there. >> reporter: let's look at what the supreme court did. it left most of the voting rights act standing but it cut out the map, where preclearance was automatic. what's preclearance? that's before a state could make any clearance at all in its election laws, it had to get permission from the federal government. so it's not automatic anymore. what the justice department is going now is going state by state, and it's starting with texas. it's starting with the redistricting of state legislative districts and congressional boundaries. it's joining a lawsuit that's already been filed down there. what the government is saying is to the court that you should rule that texas has a history of discriminatory practices when it comes to voting, tha

pete, first to you. pressure now on the justice department. how do they handle this if they were to decide that they don't have a legal avenue to pursue here? >> it will be a while before they reach any decisions at all. they will be very serious about how they investigate it, andrea. the problem though is, as both your previous guests have noted, the law. the best fit, if the government was going to try bring charges here, is the 2009 hate crimes law. but what it says is that the person was assaulted, or in this case killed, because of the actual or perceived race or color of the victim. in other words, based on former officials i've talked to from the civil rights decision, which would be where this decision would be made, it is not enough for the government here to show that george zimmerman followed trayvon martin because he was black, but the government would have to show that george zimmerman killed trayvon martin because he thought he was black or because his perception or the actual or perceived race or color. that's a very difficult b

pete williams, nbc news at the fbi in washington. >>> we reported on friday night someone had defaced the lincoln memorial in washington by splattering green paint. since then, they have discovered other acts of vandalism on a public statue and on the pipe organ at the national cathedral. well, late today police in d.c. announced they have made an arrest in the cathedral vandalism. we don't yet know about the suspect or possible motive. >>> still ahead for us on a monday night, an enormous tragedy on the water takes the life of a bride-to-be, leaves the groom severely injured and leads to a warning to all those headed out on boats at the height of the summer. >>> and later, to catch a thief after $100 million-plus heist in paradise. >>> we are back tonight with a wake-up call on the potential hazards of boating right at the height of the season for going out on the water. this comes after two people were killed in an accident on the hudson river north of new york city, and it's bringing new attention to the issue of boating while under the influence. our report tonight from nbc's katy

pete williams, thanks as always. our focus shifts now due to the fact that weather is making news tonight. yes, it's summer. and yes, across a lot of this country, it's supposed to be hot right about now, but forecasters are warning about a dong rouse dangerous and oppressive heatwave hitting a big part of the country. one of the more sustained we've seen in several years. meteorologist janice huff is with us from a very hot stretch of sixth avenue in midtown manhattan. good evening. >> the temperatures are in the mid-90s in midtown, but it's felt as high a 102 degrees in new york city because of the humidity. these temperatures are not unusual for one or two days. but to have a stretch of what we're expecting is unusual. at least six, maybe seven days of this heat will continue into the early part of this weekend. let's take a look at the temperatures right now across the northeast corridor. it's hot everywhere. a reading of 92 officially in central park, about ten blocks away from me right now. it's 94 in washingto

our report tonight from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: in a bold response to the supreme court's ruling on the voting rights act attorney general eric holder today said the justice department is asking a federal judge to force texas to get court approval before changing how it conducts elections. >> we believe the state of texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and practices. >> reporter: a month ago the supreme court struck down the map of where the preclearance requirement applied automatically, mostly in the south. now the justice department is signaling it will go state-by-state seeking to revive the requirement where it can find proof of continuing discrimination at the polls. >> it shows the voting rights act is not dead, shows a way toward a future of the voting rights act in which coverage of areas of the country not based on formulas from 1960 or 1970. >> reporter: today's action challenges the plan by the republican controlled texas legislature to redraw the boundaries for congressional and state

it's just me and pete at my place. hello, ladies. pete's having an affair. what? the lipstick, the spring in his step. the sexy justin timberlake hat. no, no, he's still married. i don't know what to tell you. the only reason men start taking care of themselves is if they're getting someone to have sex with them. if it wasn't for that, they'd just sit at home in their own filth. hey, liz. we're out of string cheese, so i think i'm gonna take off. ohh.

our justice correspondent, pete williams, here with us in our d.c. newsroom with more on this and presumably, we are talking about something in the category of a hate crime and isn't that notoriously hard to prove? >> its -- the hate crime lauer talking about is a relatively new one. it passed four years ago by congress and it makes it a federal crime to cause bodily injury to someone because of the victim's actual or perceived race. in other words, the government would have to convince a jury that trayvon martin was shot because of his race, not because of self-defense or some other motive. several former civil rights prosecutors today said it wouldn't be enough, for example, for the justice department to claim that george zimmerman started following trayvon martin because of his race. proving intent, these experts say, is very difficult. when the government has got convictions under the hate crimes law, there has usually been other strong evidence showing racial motivation. unless the justice department can come up with something more, a federal pr

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our traders tonight are pete grasso, stephanie brown, and enis taner. let's get story we're following tonight and that is rising rates. better than expected balance reports sending yields into rally mode, with the ten-year yield nearing a two-year high. so we're giving you rising rate playbook for these sectors. we kick it off tonight with banks and insurers. yes, we had a very nice rally, closed above the 50-day moving average for the s&p 500, but the banks and insurers even really outperformed that. >> literally, the regionals will benefit from a steeper yield curve. and not only that, a steeper yield curve implies better growth. so you should have better loan growth. i don't think you're going to see it this quarter, but i do think in the second half of the year, you will see a pick up in loan growth. and if cni loans are any indication, that, actually, is a leading indicator going forward for consumer loans. and that's very important. insurers, also, the books are obviously very impacted by the rate, the yield curve, and the steepening of rates. and

joining me now, nbc's justice correspondent pete williams. pete, it was a pretty dramatic moment in the courtroom with all of the victims crowding in and what was his affect? >> yes. it was only about eight minutes long. these hearings tend to be rather short. main point was for him to enter a plea and it was not guilty to all the counts. he had some injuries. he has an injury to his hand that was either in a cast or bandaged. he didn't really look at the crowd or acknowledge them. he acknowledged two people that were presumably his two sisters but otherwise he was pretty stoic during the hearing. >> there is now increasing speculation about the triple murder back in september of 2011 that perhaps tamerlan sarn yev may have been involved in what seemed a drug style shooting, three bodies line up sprinkled with marijuana. what's the investigation showing? >> there's been a suggestion, tamerlan, the brother of jthe defendant according to law enforcement, just before he lunged at the fbi agent and was shot, officials say he had confessed to a ro

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london i've been hanging around pubs a lot and meeting some interesting people including my next guest pete comolli who wrote this excellent book inflation tax which we must talk about right now as a reporter nice to me nice to see you again all right pete my first question tell us what the u.k. inflation rate is at the moment for real there are several different official numbers and then there are the real numbers start about ok the official number is two point nine percent c.p.i. yesterday r.p.i. which i personally think probably a bit closer to the real number is about three point three guys consumer prices and it's i.p.o. the retail price index ok so they say c.p.i. is when they quote they say two point nine percent continue i mean i think what's interesting is that that number's been going up. the figure yesterday that they talk about increases in close prices and petrol prices but i think if you dig down into the actual report i think what's interesting is that the main thing that's driving those prices higher is government regulated prices and indeed if you look in to what moving kin

london i've been hanging around pubs a lot and meeting some interesting people including my next guest pete comolli who wrote this actually book inflation tax which we must talk about right now as a reporter nice to meet max it's nice to see you again all right pete my first question tell us what the u.k. inflation rate is at the moment for real there are several different official numbers and then there are the real numbers start about ok the official number is two point nine percent c.p.i. yesterday r.p.i. which i personally think probably a bit closer to the real number is about three point three guys consumer price index i.p.o. the retail price index ok so they say c.v.s. when they quote they say two point nine percent continue i mean i think what's interesting is that that number's been going up. the figure yesterday that they talk about increases in close prices and petrol prices but i think if you dig down into the actual report i think what's interesting is that the main thing that's driving those prices higher is government regulated prices and indeed if you look in to what moving

>> yes, i am. >> pete, i can't recall whether you're able to see those images. >> i have not seen the latest ones. but from what you've described, it's fairly common, that when a plane is on its belly coming down, it's going to behave in that manner. but, you know, the critical thing, i think, that people ought to be focusing on is just how robust this aircraft is in this accident. you know, it's pretty extraordinary that so many people divide this difficult landing -- i mean, this accident. it really is something. >> pete, to what can we attribute the fact that that plane, as you put it, is for the most part fairly intact? i mean, is that just a function of advances that have been made in engineering over the past few decades? is that a furchgnction of -- anm sure it's too early to know this -- is it a function of pilot expertise? >> it's a function of the faa and the ntsb learning from previous accidents. we look at these disasters, and at each accident, and say what is it that we can improve upon so that the anchoring of aircraft seats now have to meet a standard called 16g, which

must talk about right now with it as a reporter nice to meet max is nice to see you again all right pete my first question tell us what the u.k. inflation rate is at the moment for real there are several different official numbers and then there are the real numbers start about ok the official number is two point nine percent c.p.i. yesterday r.p.i. which i personally think probably a bit closer to the real number is about three point three guys consumer prices and the retail price index ok so they say c.p.i. is when they quote they say two point nine percent continue i mean i think what's interesting is that that number's been going up. the figure yesterday that they talk about increases in close prices and petrol prices but i think if you dig down into the actual report i think what's interesting is that the main thing that's driving those prices higher is government regulated prices and indeed if you look into what moving king was saying in his inflation reports in the last month or so prior to him going that was exactly the point he was making if you look at the key things that are g