tyler, back to you. >> okay. thank you very much, dom. >>> twitter soaring up 15% after it reported strong revenue growth, but analysts also focused on slowing user growth at the social media giant. twitter adding only four million users in its last quarter. that was alarming to many. in its conference call twitter revealed a bug in its integration with apple's ios 8 caused twitter to lose four million users. our carl quintanilla spoke exclusively with twitter's ceo about getting some of the users back. >> it's not a one size fits all correction. there's actually a number of complex and fairly detailed steps we have to take people through to get them back into that tightly integrated experience on ios. if they've experienced the bug. so frankly, we're pretty happy with the volume of people we have gotten back into the platform given the steps we've had to take them through and the work we've had to do on our end to correct the issue. >> carl also asked him if he thought he would still be ceo by the end of the yea

the stock, again, down by about 1.5%, tyler, today. back to you. >> dom, thank you very much. >> groundhog day was yesterday. anybody notice? here it is. the same thing all over again. that's waterbury, connecticut, digging out from yesterday's snow but guess what there is more on the way. here's tom nizzle. >> we have plenty of cold air locked in place across the northern u.s. our next weather system is going to put down a large swath of snowfall. let's get to it here. in the wednesday time frame, kansas city, st. louis des moines, you come into play with a couple of inches of snow. the clipper system moves quickly to the east coast so that wednesday night we see the snow across the lower great lakes and ohio valley and by thursday that translates into new england where new york and boston are, again, going to come into play. total snowfall from this event probably in the range of one to three, three to five inches across the midwest. three to five into boston. five to eight further north towards down east maine. slight changes in the

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i'm tyler mathisen. sue herera is off tonight. well put it in the record books. the s&p 500 hit 2100 on the nose for the first time ever on speculation of a bailout extension for greece. according to reports, that country will ask for an extension of the country's alone agreement tomorrow. but there is no official word no confirmation just yet. the extension according to multiple reports would prevent the country's current agreement from expiring at the end of the month. that prospect worried investors for months since it could lead to a spiral of events from a default to greek exit of the euro. dow jones industrial average up 28 points to finish at 18,047. close to an all-time high there. nasdaq up 5 and s&p 500 closed 3 points higher but that was good enough for the fresh recordthe button. a lot of action it did today was in the bond market as the yield on the ten year approached a 2015 high. here too, analysts pointed to the pressospect of a debt extension for greece. michelle caruso-cabrera reports t

>>> this is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >>> historic vote. the fcc approved sweeping new rules for the internet giving the government greater oversight of one of the nation's most important economic engines. >>> black and blue. ibm ceo announces an ambitious spending plan but was she able to win over wall street? >>> why our nation's airline industry is overloaded and under stress. all that and more "nightly business report" for thursday february 26. >> good evening and welcome everyone. a historic day in washington today. here's why. nearly 90% of american adults use the internet and today, a landmark decision in the nation's capitol ushers in a new erea for internet use. the federal communications commission in support of net neutrality ensuring all internet traffic is treated differently. the goal to prevent internet providers to control what online content people can access. content can't be blocked, deliberately slowed down or sped up for a price. critics who vow to fight the ruling in court say innovation and investment in the internet

>> reporter: last year at 23, tyler became the youngest head coach ever hired at the university. the ladies have since jumped from 14th place in their conference to 3rd. attendance at home games has more than doubled. for the summitts, it's not just about basketball. >> in jesus' name, amen. >> it's way beyond basketball, actually almost the basketball is like a side effect. >> it's about life. and we use basketball as a metaphor to prepare our players for life. >> reporter: the dawn of another summitt two decades in the making. jacob rascon, nbc news, ruston, louisiana. >> wow 23 years old. lots of wins and success in the future. >>> now here's a look ahead. the westminster kennel club's 139th annual dog show gets under way in new york city. tonight's competition for hounds, nonsporting and herding groups will be carried live on cnbc at 8:00 eastern. also want to say happy birthday to 2015 football hall of famer jerome bettis who turns 53, tennis great john mcenroe is 56, and "law & order svu's" ice t is 57.

i'm tyler mathisen. sue herera is off tonight. >>> well the largest private employer in the country is making a big investment in its employees. walmart hikes to $9 above the federal minimum wage. the world's largest retailer has been under pressure from organized labor group demanding higher pay and better benefits. reported earnings today. they topped expectations but it did cut sales outlook citing the stronger dollar. investors pushed shares of walmart lower likely worried about the bottom line of worker pay initiative. it was the worst performing stock in the dow jones industrial average today. courtney reagan now with more on walmart and what was behind the company's big decision. >> reporter: the country's largest private employer will spend a billion dollars to increase wages for half a million of its 1.3 million workers. improve its scheduling and offer new training programs for career advancement. currently, only 6,000 walmart workers make federal minimum wage but starting in april, wages for w

i'm tyler mathisen. sue herera is off tonight. >>> well the bulls are back on wall street turning friday the 13th into a lucky day. the s&p 500 ends the week at an all-time high. the blue chip dow index breaks above 18,000 for the first time this year and not to be outdone, small caps also finished the day at a record. strong economic data out of europe gave the markets a lift early on and hopes that greece and its creditors will reach some sort of deal when they talks on monday. dow jones rose to 18,019. nasdaq gained 36 points to fresh 15 year high and the s&p 500 was up 8. for the week the dow rose 1%. the nasdaq up more than 3% best week since last october and the s&p 500 gained 2%. the energy sector was helped by a 3% rise in west texas crude. it is now up nearly 20% from its lows last month. brent crude back up above $60 a barrel actually above $61 for the first time this year. both benchmarks have now risen for three consecutive weeks. >>> what's behind the broad based run-up and is a sign the bul

i'm tyler mathisen. sue herera is off tonight. >>> well no rush to raid. that was the big takeaway from federal reserve policy makers at their last meeting. according to the minutes released today, many said they were inclined to wait before hiking interest rates because moving too soon could stall the recovery. still, others said the central bank had waited long enough suggesting that the majority is in a real hurry to move away from the zero interest rate policy as followed for some years now. stocks briefly peared their losses on the release of the minutes but failed to end the session higher. at the close, dow jones down to 18,029. nasdaq eked out a gain of 7 and s&p 500, it was just basically flat on the day. and yields on the ten year note fell on signals the fed would continue to be in its words, patient on rates. hampton pearson has more on the minutes and the road ahead for interest rates. >> reporter: fed chair janet yellin and policy makers did not appear to start raising interest rates anytime soon. while job growth is increasing and the unempl

thanks for watching. >> and i'm tyler mathisen. thanks from me as well. have a great evening, everybody and we will see you back here on jobs friday, tomorrow ni >>> every single bite needed to be -- >> twinkies in there. it's like a great big hug. >> about as spicy as i can handle. my parents put chili powder in my baby food. >> french fries all over the table. >> a lot of chewing.

. >> kevin: tyler ulis is 5 foot 9. when they want to close an opponent out he is in there. >> bill: quickness too. good balance. nice hesiontati. >> kevin: andrew harrison. >> bill: any time you dribble-drive, just a terrific effort. know the shot clock as well. 12 and 9 for the little guy with the big ticker. stick him with it. >> kevin: high school basketball in chicago for tyler ulis. >> bill: drive and get in the lane. when kent needs help the bigs sniff it out and get to the rim. >> kevin: jacorey williams. >> [buzzer]. >> bill: how about the expression by cal? kevin he knows the lever to pull and the buttons to push. john calipari has a number 1 team going for their 29th consecutive win. in people. but the m-class scans for danger... ...corrects for lane drifting... ...and if necessary, it will even brake all by itself. it is a luxury suv engineered to get you there and back safely. for tomorrow is another fight. the 2015 m-class. see your authorized dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial s

tyler matheson right here. melissa lee for mandy drur where i. >> i'm always so lucky to be on the show. sprint time for housing. the season is officially underway. we'll show what you the early signs show so far. >> it's a bird. it's a plane. it's new drone rules. who wins? who loses? who is safe and who is out? >> diana will tell from yous snowy washington. wow. >> well tyler, look builders are blaming it all on this. just like they did last we're. take a look. homebuilder sentiment slid two points month to month on the monthly nahb survey but at 55 it's still in the positive and well above the 46 level it was last year. last we're builders blamed the harsh winter. the slowdown continued into the summer due to the price jumps. builder prices are still very high with big premiums to existing homes, and that may be why traffic fell dramatically. down five points while sales expectations were flat and current sales were only slightly lower. builders still pushed the president's day open houses though. that is th

tyler matheson here. mandy drury there. is puerto rico sinking? >> big hedge funds putting new prour the ceo of gm. >> and what it takes to get into that 1% club. we got the numbers, and it turns out that you can actually probably tell whether you are going to make it from your first few annual salary numbers. >> incredible survey coming up. okay. let's have a look at what's happening. stocks are moving higher at this hour. it feels like investors are shaking off fears about the debt standoff between europe and greece, but folks, the action is really in oil. prices plunging again after the international energy agency warned of more sell-offs in the near term. we begin with fears in the bond market. we're talking about, yep, puerto rico, and its debt crisis sending its bonds to record lows. why does it matter to investors here? many hedge funds and big bond investors have exposure to puerto rico. kate kelly has more on the fall-out. >> big legal news the last few days on puerto rico which has been struggling with over $70 billion in debt as well as

tyler matheson here. mandy drury. no rate hikes just yet. >> fed chair janet yellin wrapping her testimony a short time ago. details on what the market thinks. 30 seconds away. >> how about the nasdaq 15-year high today? five stocks five of them are powering the index right now. should you buy them or are they too hot to handle? sfwroo the s&p 500, the dow and the russell 2,000 all trading at nigh all-time highs toted. we have a five-star rated investor playing it all through etf's. we'll see exactly what he likes. >> now to the state of the u.s. economy. janet yellin getting grilled by lawmakers up on capitol hill. stocks seem to like what they heard. investors in stocks. stocks have no mind in and of themselves. it's the investors who move it. but the investors like what they heard initially. our senior economic reporter steve liesman has the details. hi, steve. >> tyler, thank you. fed chair janet yellin giving no hint at the first -- fed's first rate hike in nine years is imminent or that it's not coming. the only

>> very close tyler. notice if you develop a new drug that lowers blood pressure the patient will take it literally for the rest of their life. antibiotics are short term. you know week ten days and then as a new one is developed, we experts say, don't use it. leave it on the shelf. use it only when necessary when the old ones don't work. not a very good business model. >> are there antibiotics that you're aware of in the pipeline in the development that you would point to as potentially game breakers? >> nothing that i know of as a game breaker, but there's a lot of research pads out there working on new antibiotics. >> always great to see you, appreciate you spending time with us today. >> thanks tyler. >> all right. susan, over to you. >>> well a new survey shows investor optimism at the highest level since the start of the year. more good times ahead, or is this a sign of caution? that comes your way straight ahead on "power lunch," plus -- >> casinos are known for having top security so how did a gro

steve. >> hey, tyler. thanks very much.anks ver as you know, treasury secretary secre jack lew is the man in the t administration charged with administering those sanctions.sanc i got to speak with him last night and asked him that very question, tyler.r. are the sanctions against russia working? >> violence seems to be escalating in ukraine. given the escalation, is there a sense right now that the currentrent level of sakes is not is no sufficient? >> actually i thinkk the sanctions are working in the the sense that they've done a tremendous -- had a tremendous d impact on the russian economy.onomy. the russian economy is not good. some of it is the sanctions have really weakened the core of russia's economy. i think that what we haven't seen is the government of russia, president putin, respond in the way that would be the reasonable way to respond which is to work to a diplomatic resolution and see the sanctions rolled back. i hope he chooses to take that course. obviously, the diplomatic course right

sfroo hi tyler. well, an oscar win's impact on the film's nominate thissed year will be bigger than err. why? it's because this year's nominees are actually the lowest grossing groups since the academy raised the best picture nominees to ten back in 2009. with boyhood, theory of everything, and whiplash all grossing less than $40 million at the box office in the u.s. now, the smaller the box office of a nominated film the bigger the boost it gets from oscar attention. best picture winners earn nearly $14 million more after winning the gold statuette than their fellow nominees. that's according to a world study of winners from 2009 to 2013. even the losers still cash in. oscar nominated films remain in theaters on average about twice as long as others. the studio that's best positioned to cash in is fox search light. it has 20 nominees. more than any other studio. it also has two nominations for best picture. grand budapest hotel and frontrunner bird man. the film with the least to gain from an oscar

. >> reporter: he may not be much older than his players, but on the sidelines, tyler summit feels right at home. >> instead of growing up and slumber parties at your friend's house, i was in locker rooms, hotel rooms, i was on the bench. >> reporter: such was the life of the only child of college basketball legend pat summit. >> all the public saw was this lady on the sideline who looked like a dictator screaming at her players and staring them down. behind closed doors, she was a loving caring person. >> reporter: for most of pat's 1100 wins and eight national championships, tyler was right there. until three years ago, when pat stepped down, facing a new opponent. >> it was a hard couple days when she got diagnosed with alzheimer's, and at first she said, why me? and it took a while for us to say, you know what, this is god's plan, and we have to figure out what our next step is. >> reporter: in 2012, she received the presidential medal of freedom. >> anyone who feels sorry for pat, will find themselves on the receiving end of that famous glare or she might punch you. >> reporter: tyl

he made tyler promise to shave his head if the pat's lost and paid the price by the hair on his chinny chin chin. >>> coming up the daughter of a musical icon fights for her life. >>> and an nfl hall of famer arrested and charged with soliciting prostitution. >>> plus the photo of an act of kindness that is going viral. >>> and there goes our latest storm up into the canadian maritime. we are locked into this pattern. we have two more storms for new england in the next week. you're watching "first look" on msnbc.

tyler nicknamed spot was left out for weeks in the cold. >> it was never inside. it was always out back. 24/7 they never brought it in. >> reporter: tyler and his family took pity on the dog. >> well would pet it. it would play with us. we'd feed it. it was great dog. it's a shame it died. >> reporter: now neighbors are calling for justice. after the delco spca confirmed the dog froze to death earlier this month. the spca says police are investigateing a spokesperson says any pets left outside in frigid temperatures must have enclosed shelter, food and water water. spot died the spca says there could be charges pending the police investigation. >> i just love animals and i don't think anything should suffer like that. >> reporter: chester pd didn't return a request for comment. just this winter philadelphia started enforcing an ordinance which stated that pet owners have to bring their dogs inside if temperatures dip to around 20 degrees. it's designed to prevent this very kind of tragedy. sabina kuriakose fox 29 news. >>> pennsylvania's death penalty is on hold t

you alluded to that in the lead-in, tyler. they say this is circumventing the state department review. it says they don't have major objection to this as a matter of environmental impact. so i think really this is a political positioning by the white house to try to initiate some sort of back and forth negotiation between the white house and the congress that may still end up despite today's veto in an approval of the project. >> i was going to say, was that a softening of the administration's position or sound like it's a way to get back to the table and talk this thing through. >> reporter: i think the latter sue. it was not a new position to reiterate where the white house has been all along and because republicans have been so insistent on this president obama doesn't seem to have very strong feelings one way or the other. he's holding back and saying if you want this so badly, give me something on my agenda like alternative forms of energy. >> john harwood reporting tonight in washington. >>> we begin tonight's market foc

>>> this is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >>> big deal. greece and its euro zone creditors agree on a four month extension of that country's bailout and that sends the dow and s&p 500 to all-time closing highs. >>> tech talk. as the nasdaq takes one step closer to 5,000, our market monitor has a list of technology stocks to put on your buy list. >>> and the hunt for yields. companies are hiking dividends like madmen and four stock tips if you want now. all that on "nightly business report" for friday february 20. good evening and welcome. i'm tyler mathisen. sue herera has the evening off. >>> well what a finish to the week for stocks. the dow jones industrial average and the s&p 500 close at records. and the nasdaq is now within 2% points of one. why? simple. greece after weeks of posturing and brings man ship on both sides reached a temporary debt deal with euro zone creditors and that's where we begin tonight. those creditors will extend greece's loan agreement for four months. that's less than the six months greece had asked for but gr

. >> reporter: she may not be much older than his players, on the sidelines, tyler summit feels right at home. >> instead of growing up and slumber parties at your friend's house, i was in locker rooms, hotel rooms, i was on the bench. >> reporter: such was the life of the only child of college basketball legend pat summit. >> all the public saw was this lady on the sideline who looked like a dictator screaming at her players and staring them down. behind closed doors, she was a loving caring person. >> reporter: for most of pat's 1100 wins and eight national championships, tyler was right there. until three years ago, when pat stepped down nacing a new opponent. >> it was a hard couple days when she got diagnosed with alzheimer's, and at first she said why me? and it took a while for us to say, you know what this is god's plan and we have to figure out what our next step is. >> reporter: in 2012 she received the presidential medal of freedom. >> anyone who feels sorry for pat, will find themselves on the receiving end of that famous glare or she might punch you. >> reporter: tyler's

i'm tyler mathisen. >> and i'm sue herera. well it is mid february and for much of the country mired in deep freeze thoughts are turning to spring just about a month away now and while spring is usually a time for warmer weather, it is also an important time for finances. >> that is very true sue. tonight, we'll take a look at some things that come into play in the spring and could have an impact on your money from your taxes to selling a home to pruning your portfolio. >> and that's where we'll begin tonight. your portfolio. the first month and a half of 2015 has been a volatile one. we've seen moves like the dow losing nearly 4% in january only to recapture most of it in the first week or so of february and as dominic chu tells us, these kind of moves can make investors nauseous. >> reporter: after what seemed like a relatively calm upward trend for stocks throughout much of last year the roller coaster ride came roaring back in just the first month and a half of the new year. larger cap stocks as repr

i'm tyler mathisen. >> and i'm sue herera. well it is mid february and for much of the country mired in deep freeze thoughts are turning to spring just about a month away now and while spring is usually a time for warmer weather, it is also an important time for finances. >> that is very true sue. tonight, we'll take a look at some things that come into play in the spring and could have an impact on your money from your taxes to selling a home to pruning your portfolio. >> and that's where we'll begin tonight. your portfolio. the first month and a half of 2015 has been a volatile one. we've seen moves like the dow losing nearly 4% in january only to recapture most of it in the first week or so of february and as dominic chu tells us, these kind of moves can make investors nauseous. >> reporter: after what seemed like a relatively calm upward trend for stocks throughout much of last year the roller coaster ride came roaring back in just the first month and a half of the new year. larger cap stocks as represented by the dow and

back to you, tyler. >> hat day, no? >> well i'm sorry. >> there's a deadlock ahead of monday's euro group meeting. both sides say there is still hope for a debt deal and that hope is reflected in greece's market. over the past week it is up 11.25%. >> with the s&p 500 once again hitting an intraday high. while the u.s. market is doing well, the german dax is on fire. it's out performed the s&p year-to-date. it is up by 12%. should you be betting on the u.s. or germany at this stage? which you can do by the way, through etf's which mirror the performance of the dax. three of the biggest ones are dbgr and dxge. great to see you there, bob. germany or the u.s. what say you? >> i think ewe very interested in what's going on in europe. we're seeing good strong gdp reports. you're seeing growth out of there. it's not going to come from the euro zone or uk or latin or south america. it's going to be coming from the united states. you know why go overseas if you are a retail investor and have an argument that's predicated on gr

it looks nice there diana. >> it is so nice here, tyler. rising out of this parking lot on public land at an estimated cost of $430 million, this 1,000-foot tower that's taller than those condos over there, is being compared to the statue of liberty because it will both welcome tourists to the city of miami and also offer u.s. citizenship to foreigners, that is foreigners who have $500,000 to spend. skyrise miami is the brain child of developer jeff berkowitz. it is stunning at least in virtual form with a sky drop ride where you can fall at 95 miles per hour along with about 11 of your best friends. it has a bungee jump-like base jump and a viewing platform that dangles you over the city. miami-dade has put $9 million into it. berkowitz has put in 30 million of his own. the rest is from investors using the ecb-5 program to get a green card to buy into this tower. a minimum of $500,000 is required. critics say this tower will never generate enough tourist dollars to pay investors back and it could in the end end up costing u.s. taxpayers. b

tyler. >> thank you very much, jane. so with no agreement seemingly in sight, how do we get around this port problem? conveniently, little known fact alan wassler, cnbc.com managing editor right here. he is a former port reporter. not a court reporter. a port reporter. little known trivia. >> actually, it's coming in hand where i here because the alternatives, well if you are an agricultural exporter very limited. your best shot maybe is to go down to the center of the united states by rail and then out through the panama canal to try to reach asia. that's very hard for a time-sensitive commodity. >> importers, you are talking retailers, manufacturers. they can try to loop it up to either canada or down through mexico. all right? but we're already getting reports those ports are beginning to fill up a little bit. what do you do? well, you can go from asia to the east coast. as janing pointed out, a lot of traffic is going that way. costs a little bit more. >> you bet it does. >> you talked about how much it was. >> about

it was a snow angel. >> oh. >> mom laughed. >> tyler is okay. this last video from our awesome viewer sadie. this fella has a pet mouse. put it on his arm. he eventually decides i do not like this. >> get away from me. it is crawling up toward his face. >> that's our show. thanks for joining us. we'll see you for the next edition of "right this minute". [captioning made possible by warner bros. domestic television distribution] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> welcome to "tmz live." harvey levin here. >> charles here. >> so we have a lot of information about the bruce jenner crash. we also have a lot of information about bobbi kristina. a lot going on. let's start with bruce jenner. you know that brous bruce was in a accident on pacific coast highway last weekend. a person died. a car he hit karined into oncoming traffic, was struck and killed almost instantly. we know a lot about this now. let me just tell you where it stands. we know that

concord police say, it happened on tyler court near san miguel road. police say, the victim is a delivery driver. who told police, the men put what felt like a gun to his back. though no gun was actually seen. the car was found a short distance away. one neighbor tells kron-4. in the 16 years he has lived in the neighborhood, he has never seen a crime like this happen. >> a health warning for the east bay tonight.after a person infected with measles dined out a berkeley restaurant. the person visited "la mediterranee" around 6-45 and 8 p-m.last friday night. but because the virus is airborne.it stays in the air for a two hour period. so anyone at the restaurant until 10 p-m could possibly be exposed. however--- health officials say they have interviewed all the workers on the shift and the restaurant is safe to stay open. also last friday.this person also traveled on bart --- possibly while contagious--- he or she boarded a train at the millbrae bart station around 4:30.and got off at the civic center station around 5 p- m. as many as 15-hundred people

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our third witness is tom tyler. tom tyler is mack lynn pleming professor of law and also professor of psychology. at yale law school. welcome. >> thank you. today violent crime is at low levels, fear of crime is down, and we have an opportunity to rethink the goals of policing as we move into the 21st century. i recommend that we focus our attention at this time on how to build issues of trust in the police. that is how to build police legitimacy. why should police legitimacy be a central concern? in the same decades where we've seen this decline in crime, public trust in police has not increased. further, there is a large and persistent racial gap in trust in police. these problems are for many reasons. one has been alluded to is they contribute to an ongoing series of racially tinged controversies with police. but more broadly when people distrust the police, they are less likely to obey the law they're less likely to cooperate with the police which makes it harder to solve crimes and if people don't trust the pol